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episode recaps; 1️⃣ 2️⃣
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season 1: episode 2 (crush, chop, & burn pt. 2)
here we go!
y'all chase taking the office supplies is so real. i took so many things when i resigned from my job
bree was such a cutie the way she wanted to live up to all the expectations from movies
i love when adam's imagination is so detailed
the three of them being against eddie is so cute
when you remember the conditions of one of davenport's sceintists who was living in a remote facility, chase's comment about needing to gather wood is valid
Pluribus S1 E1 & E2 - "We Is Us" & "Pirate Lady" Review SPOILERS Vince Gilligan & Rhea Seehorn back together again? Yes Please. Terrence reviews the first two episodes of the new Apple+ series #Pluribus...and it is a wild ride.
Emmerdale 21.08.25 Part 1
Love in the Air & also the smell of burning trash
MAME’s adaptation of her novels “Love Storm” (พายุรักโถมใจ) and “Love Sky” (พระพายหมายฟ้า) this is a duology focusing on two different couples and their storylines.
Well, fuck me.
This is your fault tumblr and I blame all y’all entirely. But yes, guess what this is?
Well, it’s me flouncing, but apart from that?
Another MAME dumpster fire marshmallow roasting trash watch.
Some of you even begged for it. Or maybe if I’m a MAME character, you didn’t beg for it but I’m gonna gaslight you into thinking you did and then ruthlessly kiss your neck.
Look. I DON”T KNOW WHAT’S GONG ON EITHER.
Good start, ABL.
Real good start.
You see what this show is doing to me already?
Fortunately for the few of you who like unconsenting trash-watch neck kisses, and unfortunately for the rest of you, the opening of this bloody show made me realize that I had to do a trash watch.
Take the neck kisses.
Take ‘em and like ‘em.
Without further ado, let’s get started.
Episode 1 - WHHHHYYYYYY???????
The longest establishing shot in the history of establishing shots, Kubrik take notes.
And what is it focused on? The gayest bridge in Thailand! (okay maybe not, but it looks a lot like it)
Did the overdramatic music make me laugh? Yes it did.
My brain on BL figuring out what is being trafficked inside those 3 big trucks.
A bunch of acoustic guitars?
Vats of pink milk?
Stacks of white towels and plastic bowls?
MAME’s morals, value system, and taste?
I’m a motorcycle rider and I’m still disappointed they were full of motorcycles.
Speaking of which, is anyone reminded of the trailer for that one Thai BL called Motorcycles from years ago? It never got made.
Cute meet cute in the rain with the umbrella. Styling trope drops, actually.
Takes me back it does...
Can’t knock MAME’s meet cutes.
Just everything else.
The Characters
Rain = Random assholery disguised as tsundere + flirting + homophobia wee. Also kinda stupid, dramatic, and slightly cute.
Matched with P’Phayu = a bisexual predator-slut (TM) because MAME can’t leave THAT one to dry for one fucking show. Bonus seme points for eyebrows even more aggressive than he is.
I like Sky = snarky bestie with solid moral compass and epic eye rolls. Maybe she’ll let him be cool? (Oh noes, I said something, he’s doomed.)
Random bratty kid in the seat behind Sky = I have seen that actor before, damn it. WHERE? OMG it’s Dr. Sing from Triage!
Look I’m beginning to get slightly weirded out over the age jumping Thai actors do.
He’s in high school,
he is an office,
he’s in uni,
he’s a doctor,
he’s back in high school.
Are MaxTul the only ones allowed to grow up?
Okay, grow up = wrong term entirely. Whatever. Don’t distract me with MaxTul, where was I?
Right, instead let’s talk MewGulf. Anyone else think MAME is gunning for that pairing style with this lead couple? PhayuRain giving me... vibes of the TharnType variety, shall we say? Not exactly, of course. So maybe not vibes, more sort of squint your eyes wiggles target practice?
Back to the... episode.
I’m losing the plot already. Fortunately for me, said plot is pretty banal, but what do I expect?
Also the pacing is odd. Things are moving physically faster than they should, but with no real establishing emotional connection. Again normal for MAME. It’s either emotional chemistry drawn out as unnecessary angst over the whole show, or physical chemistry shoved in your face like a wet waffle with an attitude problem.
I don’t know enough Thai slang to know if the double asshole entendre was on purpose with this dialogue.
But if it was, it might actually be the greatest line ever executed in a BL.
And I am thoroughly ashamed of myself for thinking that.
Get it? Ass-shamed.
To conclude:
Screw all you all, I’m dragging you down with me into this hell (ass)hole. And since I highly doubt there will be lube, this is gonna burn like the dumpster fire it is.
I refuse to take responsibility for anything I say or do around this dumb show, it’s @fandomwithjoy ‘s fault.
Episode 2 - in which I do some actual analysis about VO work as victim blaming and then get distracted by spankings and scoop neck t-shirts
Serious moment of film studies?
Do I think we are getting Rain’s voiceover (narration track AKA VO) because otherwise it’s too dub-con and this is MAME trying to avoid complaints? YES I DO. Basically we get Rain’s thoughts during the “almost rape” stuff so MAME can say:
“See? He actually wants it.”
Look, here’s the thing about having a character VO narrate anything, it’s clumsy. It smacks of not trusting the audience (to be clever enough to follow the story) or the actors (to be good enough to transmit the emotion) or the genre (to convey the world building in a show not tell manner). That’s why so many in the film industry are against it. (See the Bladerunner VO controversy.)
Do many of my favorite BLs do it? (Cough cough.. JAPAN.) Yes. But then I’m not as against it as many because I like super complex world building and I don’t mind some lazy technique in the pursuit of audience comprehension. Also yaoi was all about head hopping.
HOWEVER, I’ve never seen voiceover work used as an excuse for portraying dubious content before. Essentially this show is doing a victim blame version of VO.
Ballsy of you, MAME. VERY ballsy.
I don’t know if I should be impressed or appalled.
Typical.
The thing about MAME is, regardless of anything else you know you’re going to have a lot to talk about. I suppose that’s why she always summons a trash watch.
Quick add from the future:
I went off on Takara & Amagi because they manage to use VO to directly combat dubcon (or at least the issues with BL that lead to dubcon) in a GOOD way. So if you’re intersted in this technique working, you should 1. be watching that show and 2. read this post about it.
No booze tonight but that’s only because allowing BL to drive you to drink once a week is expected, but twice? That’s just schedule mismanagement.
So next week I might delay Unforgotten Night for Thursdays and just decree:
Thursdays = BOOZEY BADGAYDAY!
Trashlush Thursdays?
Eh, I’m more creative when I’m drunk.
Moving on to the new ep.
It’s a weird quirk of Thai that no matter what, they will not believe that work is not pluralized in English these days.
Every time it’s translated plural I think of little Victorian maiden aunts doing good works for their community, knitting, or darning, or tatting.
And now I’m picturing Payu draped fiber arts.
Back to Daddy Payu...
No.
I can’t.
He just doesn’t give daddy vibes. Bad boy vibe = yes, daddy = no.
Back to P’Payu disciplining his bad boy in the bathroom.
With... erm, neck breathing, I guess?
Still, oddly sexy.
Also... RESULT. Rain used polite (submissive) language.
Am I taken with the idea of Domming for linguistics? YES I AM.
Shall we try?
Nong Thailand, NO MORE “works” FOR YOU!
I will now breathe heavily on your neck until you stop sticking that “s” on the end.
Nope, that didn’t work. Works. Ha!
Question: Who the hell is directing this? It feels like Tee’s work but he’s not listed on MDL. ***
Look the thing about bratty militant tsunderes without reason like Rain (or Type for that matter) is I fail to see why anyone likes him or wants to be friends with him, let alone fuck him. Fuck with him, sure. But he’s not hot enough to get over a bad personality.
Sky deserves better friends!
The seme’s race track consult. Nods in the general direction of Cutie Pie, like anyone could out-seme Zee and Max, are they cray cray? Body language alone.
But could we talk about the sound in this not-Cutie Pie seme-conspiracy scene? It is so SO BAD. They just what? Hooked up some cheap-ass wireless mics during a wind storm and thought, why bother looping? Flipping heck. MAME’s got money, this is insulting,
Moving on swiftly please.
Poor Sky, abandoned by his so-called friend to be (presumably) seduced by greasy motorcycle dude with bad sound tech. (Yes I think that’s where they meet but we won’t see it until their section, which I’m guessing will be in the second half of the series. I believe we got a Star & Sky approach happening here.)
And now...
Slap that baby, make him scream!
(10 points to the first elder goth who gets the reference.)
But also...
A spanking!
A spanking!
I had to, okay.
To my knowledge this is the first spanking scene in BL (Japan doesn’t go in for spankings as a rule, everything else of course). Thus Monty Python is required on such an august occasion.
This is a serious, hallmarked event in the history of the genre.
Heh he. Hall...marked. Get it?
Okay, I did find it cute that Payu chose a scoop-neck T for his boy, clearly we got a neck fetish going on.
That’s it.
That’s all I got. It was what it was, I’m not mad about it, just a little... okaaaayyyy. It’s MAME, no whiff of consent shall there be. I’m not excusing it but dub-con has just GOT to be her kink.
Gotta go, works are waiting.
*** Spies reported in:
Apparently the director is Neti Suwanjinda. He's new to BL who previously seems only to have done short films and music videos. Prior to that, he was bassist in the 2000s rock band Am Fine. Good times.
NO SINGING
Episode 3 - Linguistic Domination is a Go!
am one and a half glasses of wine in and ready to do this thing!
Sky is the best boy and also kinda a little shit. Good combo. Like red wine and dark chocolate.
Sky, are you trying to remind us that there is meant to be a plot?
Please don’t.
I love how they called out English 3rd person gendered pronouns in one tricky little scene.
THAI LINGUISTICS DOMINATION CORNER!
Okay so when he is being polite Rain uses Phi/pom + krap (with he full roll).
When he not being polite he still uses phi but he’s slipping in wa (instead of na, which makes it rude and informal) and not using krap at all (which makes it curt and impolite).
So the little training session was about particle use.
Cute.
Then we got a date, I was very distracted by interesting food choices ordered off that menu, and am mad we did not get a good shot of the table after they were served the dishes.
I’m starting to get tsundere Can vibes from Rain, and tsundere Tharn vibes from Payu. Not sure what that means except MAME only has about 6 character personalities she rotates though. We kinda knew that already.
Well, this is BL.
OH WAIT, is Sky gonna be like a snarky Pete character? Wouldn’t that be grand?
And Dr Sing is playing the Techno of this drama. As always: never enough Techno.
I’m not gonna explain that statement, it’s like 5 BLs deep.
All in all not a bad episode (not a good one, either).
Shoulda had more spanking, tho. And more wine.
Ooo, wine!
Meanwhile:
I just realized the actor playing Payu kinda reminds me of Seonghwa from Ateez and now I can’t stop imagining him in a cropped shirt and vinyl, and it’s BAD people.
Episode 4 - I just... ARGH
Payu is just such a manipulative hot/cold arse. I don’t even like Rain and I think it’s cruel the way Payu jerks him around. You don’t train someone up and then abandon them for any reason. Payu is really pissing me off.
Their chemistry is good though. That age old agony with MAME.
I am going to state for the record that no one deserves Sky. Sky is too good for this show let alone his friends or boyfriends. MAME should leave my precious Sky ALONE. Sky is best cinnamon roll ever frosted.
Meanwhile, cruel or not, I guess Payu’s training technique is working. I just wish it had been negotiated. I think I’d really like this show if they’d had a five sentence kink convo verbal contract in ep 1.
It’s a dangerous game that we play
when we seek to rewrite MAME
for the characters stick
to just one pony trick
only chemistry will save the day
Although I’m not sure ‘bout that sex scene.
no opening condoms with teeth, I don’t care how sexy
no one can one-hand a glove that fast, not even a pro
no lube and no prep?
Look I’m just gonna pretend Payu was riding, makes me feel better about everything. Then I can pretend he took care of the necessities ahead of time. Or maybe it was just frotting?
Episode 5 - In which MAME as officially ruined my favorite thing
I’m not drunk but I am jet lagged and that’s almost the same thing.
I see why they don’t have the seme actor with his hair down often, he looks way too young.
Oh dear, baby was caught in the rain. Baby got sick. This is BL. Bound to happen.
The horsing around flirty boyfriends is VERY cute.
I didn’t get any more from the meeha bits than was translated. My stuff on wifey language in Thai BL is here.
These two are good kissers but it’s getting to be a lot of kissing.
Sky puts up with epic amounts of shit.
I guess MAME is preparing him for his own story line?
Get it?
Moving swiftly on from my crassness.
Also Sky, baby, your friend was silly long before he got a faen.
Oh yay!!!! A counter lift! That’s almsot as good as a spanking!
Hooray!
WAIT.
What is this?
NO SINGING.
I now know the only time I don’t love a counter lift is WHEN IT IS COMBINED WITH SINGING.
MAME has ruined my favorite thing!
(To be fair she’s been ruining perfectly good BL for ages now, so I guess she already was ruining my favorite thing... gah, where was i?)
A perfectly lovely counter lift mutilated by acapella.
I feel like I should write an ode, or a dirge. But I wouldn’t ruin your day by singing it.
OMG I’M SO UPSET RIGHT NOW.
Don’t laugh, I can see you laughing.
I’m spiraling into a deep depression as a result of counter lifting Thai soloists.
There will be nightmares. I tell you. Nightmares.
I should have been drinking.
Stupid MAME. It was actually a perfectly serviceable episode.
Until the singing.
I’m going to bed now.
Episode 6 - We Are Now Calling this show “The Taming of the Screw”
And by “we” I mean me. And you can’t stop me. Can never stop the bad puns, for they MUST live!
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BUFFY REWATCH SERIES
BUFFY REWATCH is a series of episode recaps I’ve written as I’ve watched ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ the second time around all the way through. In these recaps I analyze and express my thoughts, feelings and interpretations on the show’s themes, storyline arcs, characters and developments. I mainly focus on the character Willow Rosenberg as she’s my most favourite character in the Buffyverse, so think of this series more as a Willow Watch. I didn’t title it as that, of course, because the show centers around Buffy Summers as ‘The Slayer’ and some of the recaps aren’t about Willow at all. The only season I have not done recaps for is Season 7 and the reason for that is that I don’t like it aside from a couple of episodes (mostly in the first half of the season before the potentials join the cast) so I’ve chosen not to recap them as it would mostly just be me complaining about what I don’t like and that’s not fun to read.
As it’s very difficult to find all of them, I’ve compiled all of the links to every episode recap in chronological order of the air dates for the show so that you have immediate reference and access to them and can read them at your own leisure without the worry that you’ll lose track of where they are. As you read them in order (as I hope you will), you will see how I gradually develop the series from sporadic quick comments to full out analytical assessments with a thematic focus, complete with quotations and action commentary and character studies. Episode 1 and 2 do not have recaps for them because at the time I missed them out but I will eventually be writing a thesis on them as there’s a very important one-on-one interaction that is very significant to understanding Willow’s character and all that she goes through throughout the entire show. So be on the look out for that. That’s everything to say. I hope you will enjoy reading my BUFFY REWATCH SERIES.
S01E01/E02 - ‘Welcome To The Hellmouth/The Harvest’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch/eeuqb5s2b06z
S01E03 - ‘Witch’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch/o0ky8or2zjti
S01E04 - ‘Teacher’s Pet’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch/jjovr1mfbufs
S01E05 - ‘Never Kill A Boy On The First Date’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/shes-the-strangest-girl-when-men-cant-handle-a/xhuci3r0k19k
S01E06 - ‘The Pack’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/best-friends-xander-pines-for-buffy-while-willow/5d5auvhu1tha
S01E07 - ‘Angel’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/angel-is-very-broody-and-mysterious-buffy-is-very/vxs30xo305o2
S01E08 - ‘I, Robot… You, Jane’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s01e08-i-robot-you-jane/amfb4kxte313
S01E09 - ‘The Puppet Show’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s01e09-the-puppet-show/mghw8vle80q6
S01E10 - ‘Nightmares’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s01e10-nightmares/l9p25jz0p9ph
S01E11 - ‘Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s01e11-out-of-mind-out-of-sight/gxv7xu6zy0ba
S01E12 - ‘Prophecy Girl’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s01e12-prophecy-girl/bwhmrd96p274
S02E01 - ‘When She Was Bad’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e01-when-she-was-bad/v6xc0ibyu19b
S02E02 - ‘Some Assembly Required’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e02-some-assembly-required/ayld9aeigb8e
S02E03 - ‘School Hard’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e03-school-hard/g741f1p26sdk
S02E04 - ‘Inca Mummy Girl’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e04-inca-mummy-girl/p2z4qfxctif5
S02E05 - ‘Reptile Boy’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e05-reptile-boy/dvx0qkyi8ywu
S02E06 - ‘Halloween’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e06-halloween/4lxvhftyxwj2
S02E07 - ‘Lie To Me’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e07-lie-to-me/q1nd4a3m5z30
S02E08 - ‘The Dark Age’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e08-the-dark-age/50x6ho2f1fb2
S02E09/E10 - ‘What’s My Line (Part I)/(Part II)’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e09e10-whats-my-line-part/54hqiie2l0yp
S02E11 - ‘Ted’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e11-ted/wgub6hayna6k
S02E12 - ‘Bad Eggs’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e12-bad-eggs/u2sytylsj88j
S02E13 - ‘Surprise’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e13-surprise/999ng64zczb3
S02E14 - ‘Innocence’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e14-innocence/cymxvorh2f4k
S02E15 - ‘Phases’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e15-phases/058pl1o9ktlj
S02E16 - ‘Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e16-bewitched-bothered-and/4s8l60v69jl7
S02E17 - ‘Passion’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e17-passion/5emr05p56svt
S02E18 - ‘Killed By Death’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e18-killed-by-death/e2oyaif6ardj
S02E19 - ‘I Only Have Eyes For You’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e19-i-only-have-eyes-for-you/1llmets9urei
S02E20 - ‘Go Fish’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e20-go-fish/xrx8i9pz8m97
S02E21/E22 - ‘Becoming (Part I)/(Part II)’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s02e21e22-becoming-part-12/lf584zaxyxkb
S03E01 - ‘Anne’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e01-anne/dd50uyccwbi4
S03E02 - ‘Dead Man’s Party’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e02-dead-mans-party/yw3gprwkkznn
S03E03 - ‘Faith, Hope And Trick’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e03-faith-hope-and-trick/amtqtpxfp5mb
S03E04 - ‘Beauty And The Beasts’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e04-beauty-and-the-beasts/6y0luvs5k44r
S03E05 - ‘Homecoming’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e05-homecoming-willow/qshh66n42654
S03E06 - ‘Band Candy’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e06-band-candy/j6s9jkeye2wo
S03E07 - ‘Revelations’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e07-revelations/s9q3qk2plnpn
S03E08 - ‘Lover’s Walk’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e08-lovers-walk/60dfu1y0a6pq
S03E09 - ‘The Wish’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e09-the-wish-willow-look/zpd3xiekg565
S03E10 - ‘Amends’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e10-amends/aywggjshu7o6
S03E11 - ‘Gingerbread’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e11-gingerbread/mstqiwlqqbrl
S03E12 - ‘Helpless’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e12-helpless/vt8y5lhapkoj
S03E13 - ‘The Zeppo’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e13-the-zeppo/4zin0wfco80f
S03E14 - ‘Bad Girls’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e14-bad-girls/viqhddn5v7ed
S03E15 - ‘Consequences’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e15-consequences/pffpp2la8a86
S03E16 - ‘Doppelgängland’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e16-dopplegangland/cihlqyydgzni
S03E17 - ‘Enemies’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e17-enemies/5mdo6mgeavb6
S03E18 - ‘Earshot’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e18-earshot/gqw1kk5rrgvb
S03E19 - ‘Choices’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e19-choices/en9d69el46i6
S03E20 - ‘The Prom’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e20-the-prom/fkw6f0ztlmca
S03E21/E22 - ‘Graduation Day (Part I)/(Part II)’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s03e21e22-graduation-day-part-1/ps5l676u49uz
S04E01 - ‘The Freshman’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e01-the-freshman/09mb901ud1fa
S04E02 - ‘Living Conditions’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e02-living-conditions/dfhcdxp1021h
S04E03 - ‘In The Harsh Light Of Day’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e03-in-the-harsh-light-of-the/juxeeizgjcu6
S04E04 - ‘Fear, Itself’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e04-fear-itself/djb6n140o2ak
S04E05 - ‘Beer Bad’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e05-beer-bad/7vwboeh6tj14
S04E06 - ‘Wild At Heart’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e06-wild-at-heart/fce9k628pmkb
S04E07 - ‘The Initiative’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e07-the-initiative/p58t52dhqhg9
S04E08 - ‘Pangs’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e08-pangs/1n7p7rz2ok13
S04E09 - ‘Something Blue’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/dhoffryn-you-have-much-anger-and-pain-your/jz46qcyenl6i
S04E10 - ‘Hush’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/willow-you-were-there-looking-for-me-tara-i/eojndfefzrv7
S04E11 - ‘Doomed’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e11-doomed/yo12pu6l6ywx
S04E12 - ‘A New Man’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e12-a-new-man/sjj8a6vxc8mc
S04E13 - ‘The I In Team’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e13-the-i-in-team/7y4u3teqv87r
S04E14 - ‘Goodbye Iowa’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e14-goodbye-iowa/w7wvm1pulat1
S04E15 - ‘This Year’s Girl’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e15-this-years-girl/to55lavyom7y
S04E16 - ‘Who Are You?’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e16-who-are-you/88lpasmqtce4
S04E17 - ‘Superstar’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/willow-next-thing-i-know-this-crazed-vamp-is/x1orjsv8co77
S04E18 - ‘Where The Wild Things Are’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/willow-horses-like-big-tall-teeth-that/mh2nn3j4cdmb
S04E19 - ‘New Moon Rising’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e19-new-moon-rising/5685wmjzdj92
S04E20 - ‘The Yoko Factor’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e20-the-yoko-factor/0uyd0z8iemfl
S04E21 - ‘Primeval’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e21-primeval/rjfvh3s8pd7x
S04E22 - ‘Restless’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s04e22-restless/epuiw4ex9hww
S05E01 - ‘Buffy VS. Dracula’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e01-buffy-vs-dracula/gveewkpo3u1i
S05E02 - ‘Real Me’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/tara-poor-dawn-cut-to-tara-looking-at-herself/7g1vc95kh10s
S05E03 - ‘The Replacement’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e03-the-replacement/baiwfeqtxuc1
S05E04 - ‘Out Of My Mind’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e04-out-of-my-mind/usxoi5e42jd0
S05E05 - ‘No Place Like Home’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-so5e05-no-place-like-home/l65lhryfspak
S05E06 - ‘Family’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/willow-my-dance-she-takes-taras-hand-and/1rl0as4gukm6
S05E07 - ‘Fool For Love’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e07-fool-for-love/omqedddpvjk9
S05E08 - ‘Shadow’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e08-shadow/uya5psv461mt
S05E09 - ‘Listening To Fear’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e09-listening-to-fear/4i7f6yqvee3d
S05E10 - ‘Into The Woods’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e10-into-the-woods/dl8rnbwtexir
S05E11 - ‘Triangle’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e11-triangle/g5h6y1bud0ju
S05E12 - ‘Checkpoint’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e12-checkpoint/6dagz5umt5h1
S05E13 - ‘Blood Ties’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e13-blood-ties/o2osav18539k
S05E14 - ‘Crush’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e14-crush/240u3sgb3gc0
S05E15 - ‘I Was Made To Love You’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e15-i-was-made-to-love-you/1uv4o6dqf09a
S05E16 - ‘The Body’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/there-were-so-many-scenes-that-i-wanted-to-write/fip78meekbz3
S05E17 - ‘Forever’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/dawn-i-wanna-do-a-spell-i-wanna-bring-mom/wp4bg69v3ncl
S05E18 - ‘Intervention’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e18-intervention/9fxxqhy40y17
S05E19 - ‘Tough Love’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e19-tough-love/jd391kx74usl
S05E20 - ‘Spiral’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e20-spiral/3gsxaec6frs8
S05E21 - ‘The Weight Of The World’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s05e21-the-weight-of-the-world/03jvqu7fq9qn
S05E22 - ‘The Gift’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/magic-shop-main-room-willow-sits-at-the-table/7jmav4gynh7c
S06E01/E02 - ‘Bargaining (Part I)/(Part II)’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/episode-opens-on-feet-running-through-the/z0kukloa38br
S06E03 - ‘After Life’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e03-after-life/khxyxwqrd3n1
S06E04 - ‘Flooded’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e04-flooded/3rofve1r1wbt
S06E05 - ‘Life Serial’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e05-life-serial/2yekdvh0lj1s
S06E06 - ‘All The Way’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e06-all-the-way/exf7w6ngthr7
S06E07 - ‘Once More, With Feeling’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e07-once-more-with-feeling/wyfm068q07af
S06E08 - ‘Tabula Rasa’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e08-tabula-rasa/gurexvog7ajd
S06E09 - ‘Smashed’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e09-smashed/h0u6106buzhs
S06E10 - ‘Wrecked’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/cut-to-buffy-and-spike-walking-along-sound-of/ec0p6qu8qawl
S06E11 - ‘Gone’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-so6e11-gone/ked4n42mmyle
S06E12 - ‘Doublemeat Palace’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/cut-to-willows-bedroom-willow-lies-on-her/w06lqyl9tefc
S06E13 - ‘Dead Things’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e13-dead-things/8xuzkm4y9fg4
S06E14 - ‘Older And Far Away’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e14-older-and-faraway/so4cxiqz0non
S06E15 - ‘As You Were’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e15-as-you-were/sd9elae0oeer
S06E16 - ‘Hell’s Bells’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e16-hells-bells/zakmcs838na0
S06E17 - ‘Normal Again’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e17-normal-again/w6vx6piibb8c
S06E18 - ‘Entropy’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e18-entropy/d0ti13k0whub
S06E19 - ‘Seeing Red’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/buffy-rewatch-s06e19-seeing-red/7895ucz3m0j0
S06E20 - ‘Villains’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/willow-and-taras-room-long-shot-on-the-tableau/txka4uyq6utm
S06E21 - ‘Two To Go’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/xander-willow-will-make-you-two-boneless/4gz9n18ycz2j
S06E22 - ‘Grave’: https://at.tumblr.com/girl4music/at-worlds-end-kingmans-bluff-the-end-of/9kj77q71kipv
Long time follower here! I started watching summer 2019, but I didn't make it very far. I've been at the season 4 finale for a year and a half now? Yeah.
I'd love something like episode recaps! With screenshots and stuff. @heroes-trash does some for Heroes, and they're amazing.
Awww!! Hello long-time follower! Your support is amazing! Thank you!
Haha don’t even worry about it! I can totally understand that. You should definitely keep watching, though! It only gets better! (Season 5 is my favorite. <3)
Ooh! That’s an interesting concept! I’ve never tried that before, but I’d definitely be down to look into it! I’ll see what I can come up with!
Thank you for letting me know! :D <3
MLQC Anime: Ep 1 Recap
The anime is finally here! I watched the Chinese-dubbed version on Tencent (腾讯）for free. There’s no need to go through Crunchyroll if you’re okay with the Chinese version. @bettertoliveinstories
MC (as of the first episode, MC hasn’t been given a name) dreams of her younger self being saved by a boy, whom we know from the game to be Li Zeyan. She wakes up, and realising that she’s about to be late for work, and rushes to the scene where they’re filming. MC and Yueyue (EN name Kiki) end up quarrelling about how they could have done things differently to save their company. They agree that the only way to save their company now is to report on something new, something radical, so MC leaves to investigate the mysterious teleportation events that have been occurring around the city.
During this time, she stops by a convenience store and meets Zhou Qiluo. Zhou Qiluo tells her that he’s after the collectible card in the packet of chips. It turns out to be Batman, whom he calls his hero, because “as long as justice lives within him, there is no need to fear loneliness.” They agree to have Zhou Qiluo appear as a guest in one of the episodes, on the condition that MC’s show passes muster.
As MC leaves, she is followed by a boy in a hood. At the pedestrian crossing, where the traffic light is still red, he pushes her into the incoming traffic. Li Zeyan appears and saves her. He tells her to be careful, as someone won’t be there to rescue her all the time.
Meanwhile, Bai Qi watches all this from above.
MC continues on to Loveland University to consult Xu Mo on the disappearances that have been occurring, and after the embarrassing scene where she mistakes him for someone else, he obliges her. Crucially, he says that he believes in her, and that she has her own unique colour.
As they walk out of his office, MC asks Xu Mo about Evolvers, and he explains the science behind it to her. He mentions the Red Queen Hypothesis. “Evolvers are perhaps the last attempt of the human race at survival.”
MC leaves, and rests for a while at a bridge. There, she meets aforementioned hooded boy, and he teleports her to somewhere else when two other mean-looking guys approach them.
MC recovers relatively quickly. She rushes to Huarui (EN name: LFG), where she asks Li Zeyan in front of all his subordinates to explain why he’s withdrawing the funding for their company. Li Zeyan coldly replies that she should have made an appointment in advance if she wanted to discuss business matters, and walks away. But MC doesn’t give up, and shouts after him to explain himself. Li Zeyan just says that no one will invest in a company that has no future, and proceeds to give her an earful about how lousy their programmes have become, in front of everyone. (Can’t say MC didn’t deserve it.)
END OF EPISODE 1
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My review: I have... mixed feelings about this. Undoubtedly it’s only the first episode, but I guess I’m just too used to the game so changing their first meetings so much feels like blasphemy. Though now I can see why they initially changed the first two chapters for the game—so that it would lend well to the anime.
That said, there are a few instances of foreshadowing that I like, though. All those quotes by Zhou Qiluo about being lonely and Xu Mo about colour and his stand that Evolvers are a struggle for survival tie in to what we already know in the game.
The other complaint I have is that how can there only be 23 min worth of plot each week?? Most other dramas I’ve watched release 4 x 45 min episodes per week. Urgh.