#i expected better

[iwanturfeelins]

i’ll admit, the finale was mid but it did have some good moments,,

[edieholmes]

I hate those emotional reunitig scenes with Lana!

Clark just came back from the dead and Lex is just hanging out in his mansion hoping for wonders? Come on, I know what Clark said, but you're not one to give up on Clark, Lex!

GIVE ME EMOTIONAL REUNITING WITH EPIC MUSIC WITH LEX!!!!!

[mystery-moose]

Genuinely astonishing (and somewhat disappointing) to me that Predator: Badlands does not have a larger presence on AO3. The monsterfuckers clearly haven’t discovered it yet, because not since Shape of Water has a movie felt more like it was made for them.

[alex51324]

Another round of thoughts on the "Izzy died like a queer-coded character from a pre-gay-lib era" theme:

Every time I check into the Izzy tag or the main OFMD tag, I see people talking about how they liked/weren't shocked by the finale because it always kinda seemed like Izzy was going to die:

The reason it seems that way is because Izzy is the kind of gay character that has, historically, gotten buried.

He's the queer-coded sidekick that has to die to make way for the straight romance, and the queer-coded villain that has to be vanquished to make room for the happy ending (which includes a straight romance).

This time, he died to make way for a gay romance. Diversity win!!! I guess????

And it isn't that anyone thinks--well, probably someone somewhere does think it, but it isn't that I think that DJenks did this because he secretly loves homophobic tropes.

I think--I mean, he's pretty much said, in the interviews--that he did it because he just kinda felt like Izzy had to die to complete his arc. And he's also said he didn't intend to write a homophobic show, what I conclude from that is that he didn't fucking notice that the reason he, IDK, just kinda always felt like Izzy had to die was because of this trope.

That's why, as of the actual filming of the fucking episode, he convinced himself he was doing the "mentor dies" trope, even though he'd never done anything to establish that kind of relationship between the two characters. Because he didn't fucking know why it just kinda seemed right for Izzy to die.

And that, my friends, means that this show is just not as smart as we built it up in our minds to be.

I wasn't even expecting it to be the show where That Character finally gets a happy ending of his own. But I was--because it is a fucking sitcom--expecting it to be one where he ended up somewhere we could imagine a happy ending for him, rather than leaving him bleeding out on the fucking pavement.

[gulano]

I don't want to talk about it.

You want me to believe this is the same guy who wrote the ending of Part 1?

The same guy who wrote the end of Fire Punch?

[daughter-of-ismene]

I just found out that the Greek state financed Nolan's "Odyssey" with 6.600.000€ and I'm PISSED! I don't even want to watch that movie and they made me pay for it?!

[beargyufairy]

Just My Thoughts Pt. 38

Fairy Tail Manga Reread Ver.

The buildup for Lisanna’s character only let me down once she returned to Earthland. I really expected her to have a larger role in the plot, especially considering how much her supposed death impacted the entire guild. Mirajane was scarred by the loss and lost touch with her magic. She changed her entire personality to keep her sister’s memory alive. Elfman blamed himself for her death and lost control of his powers, limited to his arm only. Although he moved on, he was constantly reminded of it and did his best to keep Mirajane safe as a result. Natsu lost one of his best friends from his childhood. The guild lost a valuable member, even Laxus was fond of her (and at this point of the story, he is a big douche bag). Taking all this into consideration, her role in the story fell short. She barely did much to impact the story after she came back. I watched the show before I even read the manga and from my experience, the opening for the Edolas Arc was very focused on Lisanna (and her relationship with Natsu). I really thought she would’ve gotten better portrayal. Although I do understand why Mashima didn’t want to get too involved in a love triangle (due to the hate he received), but he could’ve added some development to Lisanna. Even a filler arc or chapter of who she is and how her return changed/impacted the guild rather than being placed on the back burner.

It’s rather disappointing.

Until my next thought!

(I had this in my notes for a while but never posted it 🤷‍♀️)

[xxela851]

My friend said “whoever gets horny first is losing the game”. And this is applied for Babe and Babe only lol