#for anne

[togetherkru]

Bellamy Blake in S5 - a study for science  

For @pendragaryen  🖤

[pheonixrainbow15]

Drawsadoodle and Spendco Elephants

Quick note: I just want to say that I'm not hating season 3a, nor any of the characters, in any way. I really enjoyed the weird adventures and new characters we met this half of the season. But I will be critiquing this first half of season 3a in this post so yeah :/

In episode 19 "The Dinner," After a somewhat awkward dinner outside the plantar residence, our cast of characters walk inside to play frog pictionary.

After 1-2 turns, its Sasha's round. She opens the note, and smirks as she confidently doodles a simple tree. She steps back and showcases her regular drawing to everyone.

But for Hop Pop, unfamiliar with the concept of trees, his mind immediately goes to the fall of toad tower. He is interrupted Polly, who mistakes what is supposed to be the leaves as the explosion caused by the boom shrooms. Sasha is set off by the way they recount the events of reunion.

Finally, Sprig decides to bring up the moment when Sasha let go of Anne's hand while they were dangling off the crumbling tower, sending her down to what would've been her inevitable death.

That was the last straw. In an action of anger, motivated by the pain that boils back up in her mind, she picks up the drawing board and throws it at the wall behind Anne and Marcy. The tension is at an all time high, the elephants running around in broad daylight.

This scene from The Dinner reaffirms to the audience that the event that took place a few months back still provokes an emotion, it still lingers in the back of our characters minds. These characters had a long lasting effect from the events of toad tower, and it can't be mentioned lightly.

~

Fastfoward to season 3, episode 10. Its been around a month or 2 after True Colors: the unforgettable season 2 finale that shifted the tone of a mostly slice-of-life show.

In order to increase the radius of the portal for Anne and the Plantars to go through, the Plantars and the Boonchuys take a trip to Spendco in order to find all the ingredients for the Portal Pie.

While Anne is distracted by her phone, her father surprises her with a toy sword from a nearby display. He challenges her to a "duel," to which Anne ultimately accepts. After a bit of back and forth, Anne bests her dad with the help of the combat skills she's learned in Amphibia. But just as she apologizes to her father for pushing him to the ground,

SHHEEN!

Anne yelps in shock, as a long, plastic sword enters between her arm and torso, catching her by surprise. The cold chill ran throughout her body due to her mothers antics. Even the sword itself is coated with cheap, bright yellow paint, that some would compare to fire.

Maybe that struck a cord. Maybe she felt the urge to cry or scream or punch someone in the face. Who knows?

But in a blink of an eye, Anne shakes it off. She yells out in a comedic voice, "These parents are the worst!" She dramatically falls to the ground laughing along with her parents, brushing off the glimpse of a haunting scene.

It has been 6 episodes since she last mentioned her name, and even then, it was only brief and meaningless. In the episodes of season 3 that we've gotten so far, this 40-second scene is the most explicit reference to an event that would shake anyone to their very core. And Anne laughs it off like its a hilarious joke.

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I'm gonna say it again: I don't think season 3a is bad, nor do I think Anne or any of the other characters are bad either. I find a lot of comfort in this show, especially 3a. And I like to give credit to the show for a lot of its writing decisions that allow for the audience to form a genuine bond with most of the characters that we get time to understand.

But it was somewhat disappointing to see season 3a fall short in its ability to connect with our characters current struggles. I am mainly talking about Anne's character moments after True Colors, as well as all our other characters who didn't get enough time to process what happened.

The drawsadoodle joke was made to change the tone in order to properly address the fucking angst elephant. The spendco joke reminds the audience of the other shit that went down and proceeds to mock the audience that waited 10 episodes for the show to at least acknowledge that the elephant is there.

Spendco's elephant being the emotional toll that Marcy's death had on Anne. They did it for Sasha and Anne, which showed their individual development post-toad tower, and created real suspense and tension for when they reunite. They didn't do the same for Marcy and Anne though, which resulted in 10 episodes where it doesn't feel like Anne emotionally develops at all.

In my opinion, that's the biggest problem in season 3a. And it could've been so easily fixed, it could've made season 3a a lot more impactful. But season 3a is now set in stone, and that's why this is the weakest arc of the series.

[midnightinjapan]

Your tags on all of the Interview With the Vampire posts are sending me!! Good to know it isn’t just me who’s been obsessing over this dramatic ass show. 😂

What nerd wouldn't obsess over this masterpiece? These showrunners are putting everyone else in the game to shame!! I didn't even know my fangirl personality had receeded into dormancy until I watched this show. It worked like a summoning spell because she is back for these immortal, toxic, intoxicating gays. We are all in good company. 💗

[space-lynn]

Okay but imagine: Marcy having a girlfriend before she left to Amphibia and Anne finding out.

Thank you for the idea! This was fun to write. Enjoy reading this!

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Anne didn’t mean to, she was only trying to find Marcy. She had something to tell the ranger. She’d even practiced what she wanted to say: Hey Marcy, it might not be the right time, but I like you. As more than a friend. And I would really like it if we were together, but her journal was right there.

Sitting and waiting. Open to reveal one of its pages.

She really shouldn’t have taken a peek, but damn her mind for wanting to know the content.

And she regretted it. Severely.

The pages spoke of a girl, one Anne has never met or heard of before. And her brain was trying to explain and give her a multitude of reasons why the way Marcy described and wrote about their dates hangouts was platonic.

But the more she read, the more she began to doubt it was.

Which was why she should leave. This was wrong, in a lot of ways. She should leave the notebook as it was and get out before Marcy--

“Anne!”

Nevermind.

Marcy surged forward and snatched her journal from the brunette’s hand. A piece of photo paper slipped from one of the pages, landing on the floor by Marcy’s feet and revealing its content. Although the ranger snatched it as quickly as she could, Anne couldn’t help notice the hearts drawn in red ink around the polaroid’s edges, the brief flash of someone’s chocolate-brown hair and Marcy’s black locks and the words written at the bottom:

Girlfriends! MW+OJ

With a heart around the initials!

Yeah, her brain can’t go on saying it was platonic.

Marcy went on a rant about how it was wrong and a violation of her privacy to read her journal without her permission, but Anne didn’t have the heart to listen. Because, well, it shattered at the jarring fact of Marcy having a girlfriend. It was no secret to Anne that her first best friend was a lesbian, but she’d never expected her crush to already be dating someone. Never.

“I’m sorry,” she apologized when Marcy finished, rubbing the back of her neck. “I, uh, I didn’t mean to.”

Marcy huffed, “It’s fine, just-- I’d prefer if you’d ask.”

Anne quickly nodded. “Yeah, y-yeah sure.”

The tense and awkward air that arose was so thick, you’d need a sword to slice through it.

“So,” Anne started, voice slightly shaky, “a girlfriend, huh?”

Marcy blushed and Anne’s heart ached at the little fact that she wasn’t the cause of it.

“Yeah,” the noirette giggled.

“How long?” Anne wondered. Frog, she hoped her voice didn’t sound as small as it did to her ears.

“5 months.”

5 months? Holy crap.

“O-Oh.”

“Yeah.”

That awkward silence was back. Anne swallowed.

“What were you doing here, anyway?” Marcy asked, opting to save both of them from the suffocating atmosphere.

Shit.

Anne didn’t want to answer but she had to.

So, she lied, “I wanted to know how the research is going?”

The other girl perked up at that, instantly forgetting or ignoring the tension earlier. She sat down on her bed and waved her hands, excitedly explaining the things she and Andrias had learned about the Calamity Box. Anne could only nod along and try to listen.

It hurts. She’d come close to confessing to Marcy but the raven-haired girl had someone who already wormed their way into the noirette’s heart.

The only upside to this was the absence of the ranger’s partner, so she’d take every happy glance Marcy gave her close to her heart. It wasn’t enough, never will be, but it’s all she can take.

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I can't believe the first Marcanne snippet I write is one-sided, haha.

Regardless, I hope all of you enjoyed reading this. Have an incredible morning, afternoon or evening! Until the next snippet. :D

[the-math-hatter]

Eh, I’ve got nothing better to do. And since tomorrow (2 1/2 hours, but who’s counting) marking thirteen months of quarantine and is simultaneously 4/13 (which my friends assure me is very important), might as well learn what it truly means to be Stuck at Home.

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@nikelykke / @despinaneri 

[princessanneftw]

YES WE NEED THE HEADSCARF TO MAKE A RETURN, LIKE NOW

LETS MAKE IT HAPPANNE