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[amemberoftheosc]

Thoughts of Season 4, Episode 3 of Inanimate Insanity

This was a fantastic episode! Perhaps I'm, biased because or easily amused But still a fun episode nonetheless! I made a bingo card for this, but unfortunately no bingo I'll show it at the end! [Spoilers ahead!]

I'm impressed with how Fan reacted to Jack and the trial I was expected a snap, a vehement defense of his show But no! Instead he sent to Jack to trial (very reasonable) And even accepted his reboot being cancelled Meanwhile Test Tube supports his show Even defends Jack, her almost murderer?! She really wants Fan to be happy but girl... Maybe Fan is right this time round and the show should be cancelled? Kind of funny to see that Fan and Test Tube don't even need to talk to agree on not telling the OSC the truth These two are ill for each other and make each other worse Ah and Suitcase's line about cancelling the competition and crushing everyone's hopes and dreams before they've fallen asleep is fire! And Fan and Test Tube's reaction to it is golden!

Perfection Good matching pfp material

Why is Taco kind of concerned...? Fan is just going over potential team picking Was this foreshadowing on her needing to be on Mic's team? "Will be divided evenly" Girl, you had a team down a member My favorite line in this episode by far is Soap's line on Taco's codependency!

To be fair, I only rank Taco 2nd in the most codependent! Pepper is 3rd While Fan and Test Tube are tied for 1st because codependent Fantube is a fun thing to think about Oh! And I love how Metag gestures that they'd quit if they weren't on Poppy's team! I found that cute! (Hopefully Metag isn't brainwashing Poppy like some of you theorize...)

AMAZING REACTION I LOVE IT! IT'S SO SILLY!

I'm noticing Poppy's reaction is all It's kind of a mix of concerned and slight irritation Because hey, Poppy did nothing wrong and so has Metag So they're frustrated with all these assumptions... At least Paper is trying! "Hey hope this works out." "And by work out, you mean us not being on the same team, don't you?" "No, I was just being nice." "Oh, sorry." That's an interesting interaction between Taco and Soap I didn't really understand it until I typed it out Actually, I don't really understand it still... Why did Taco assume that Soap didn't want her on the same team? Did Taco assume that Soap wanted Microphone for herself? Or because Soap wanted to be competitive with Taco? It's kind of confusing to me Or maybe, as someone on an OSC server I'm in (it's Tacomic lol) said, Taco assumes the worse in everyone who isn't **extremely** close with her? I can't say, but at least Taco apologized on her assumptions quickly

This image reminds me of the "INANIMATE INSANITAY!!!" GIF lol

ALSO YO FAN AND TACO INTERACTION!

I LOVE HOW FAN HYPED UP TACO BEING ON THE RED TEAM HOW TACO LOOKED SO SMUG WHEN SHE KNEW AND WAS GOING TO RED TEAM AND HOW HAPPY MIC WAS TO SEE TACO ON HER TEAM Also lol, Taco being indignant

Nah, these two (Mic and Taco) are also unwell for each other And I just love the reaction from Soap, like she's had to deal with this so many times even before the show Like, based on the fan art I've seen, Soap would be waiting tables in the restaurant and when she goes back to reception She sees Microphone and Taco, who's supposed to be getting reservations, laughing with each other Ah, the idea makes me laugh so much aha Also, I do like how the Cherries are split in what role they do! One does the talking The other does the gestures! I love it!!!

THESE TWO ARE SO MENTALLY ILL FOR EACH OTHER HOLY MOLY THESE LESBIANS- "How important it is that you all look out for each other. When one of you wins, all of you wins." With those two lines, Fan reminded me of my science class Because that class went through safety and it was similar... Like "Keep one of us safe, you keep all of safe. Keep an eye out on each other and you'll protect each other and yourself." Something like that I wish Test Tube was disorientated by the blu-ray The fandom made me wish for it *Sigh* No her being disorientated But at least we get to see her handwriting! Also, I swear, there's nothing going on inside her head most of the time Seriously, and it's mostly when she's with Fan Anyways I love Cheesy's yippie eyes when he heard Pepper's word! Very nice, he was cute I like his punning honestly 21 and 17 characters in two of the team names? Experiment 21? Hall 17? I headcanon that Fan and Test Tube were mentally having vietnam war flashbacks to those fics when they saw the numbers lol "I can't tell how attractive they are!" Cammy, I LOVE YOU THAT IS SUCH A HILARIOUS LINE Also oh no The outside world suspect foul play in Steve Cob's death... And are not happy with having no voting in there! (Hey sounds like Fan in the past ehe) Oh Fan... You really should reflect on what you're saying "We're doing this for ourselves, not the fans! Wait, am I hearing myself? Oh gosh, what have I become?" Fan... oh Fan You do realize the contradiction in your statement That you, are quite frankly, doing it for you, a fan! You couldn't live without the show, having it deeply ingrained in your programming, so you rebooted it You've, in a sense, become Mephone for he didn't want season 3 to end And now, you don't want the show to end at all Anyways I love how Fan, Test Tube, and Suitcase all saw through Jack's false morality Very fun "The only way to learn safety is if there's danger." I do agree with this statement (and does remind me of my most recent fic since it is similar to what I made Fan think) You don't really know the stakes until you're confronted with them You can hear about it, but never truly know it Once you know what's at stake, then you know to be safe You can't helicopter them "I'm like an expert at following blindly." PEPPER NO, BREAK OUT OF THE CYCLE It took a bit to understand Box's rambling about spacial relations But I get it She doesn't know her directions Left, right; forward, back; north, south; east, west Because in the void in Mephone, there was no directions They all lead to nowhere THE MOMENT MICROPHONE TALKED ABOUT SOAP GOING TO THE END AND GIVING HER DIRECTIONS OUT OF THE MAZE I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF TACO LEADING MIC OUT OF THE MAZE IN "MAZED AND CONFUSED" And what do you know! Mic said that idea because of said experience! She even admitted it to Soap! How fun :3 And I love how it instantly doesn't work and Mic calls for Soap back lol LMAO TACO IS GETTING FRUSTRATED BY THE THE WAIT And then she's just incredibly pliant when Mic picks her up (Obviously Fan set it up so the poly lesbians could interact with each other in a chain! He probably set up the challenge so that the people with relationships with each other get to interact with each other because that's what he wants!)

All the Taco fans collectively agreed SHE IS A SOPPING WET CAT AND NOW IT'S CONFIRMED IN CANON OMGA, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT THE MOMENT I SAW HER LIKE THIS I ALSO IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT SOPPING WET CAT I love how she looks so pathetic when she goes splat on the boards And how she grimaces from being dunked in water

NAH I LOVE HOW THE CHERRIES JUST PUT AN ENTIRE LEG ONTO THE TOP OF THE CLIFF AND TACO WAS JUST FLABBERGASTED

I LOVE HER SO MUCH

I love how Poppy is just sitting there politely! Just relaxing, just waiting "Nobody talks to me like that except Pepper!" Hm... new codependency could be forming... Speaking of codependency I don't think Teddy Bear and Spikey Ball's relationship is codependent? We haven't seen enough yet for me to classify it as such

Fan looks so stupid As Test Tube animatedly talks about who's immune Oh no, Test Tube got Fan's love of hosting WE NEED TO RUN "MeTag, I need you to direct me here but I can't see any of your cute little visual cues!" WAS SUCH AN ADORABLE LINE! I LOVED IT! IT WAS SO CUTE HOW POPPY DESCRIBED METAG'S GESTURES! ADORABLE! (I really REALLY don't hope MeTag isn't brainwashing Poppy or going to betray them or anyone else...) AND THEN A CAR CRASH WITH POPPY ENDING UP DAZED

Originally, I interpreted this as Poppy knowing they're going to be eliminated at the ceremony But seeing the episode now It's probably more worried about BOTH themselves and MeTag! TEST TUBE IS FLAPPING HER ARMS IN JOY! "FUNCTIONAL!!!" OMGA SHE REALLY WANTS TO HAVE THIS FOR FAN While also fixing up society as well ^^ Ain't she so adorable! Also by goodness, her panicking and saying that the car crash happened into a padded rail when Suitcase brought the crash up was funny because I just look at it under the guise of wanting to keep Fan's dream of the reboot alive "Well, yes, it nearly did, but then it didn't! So, nothing to report!" Someone on the Tacomic server said that this was literally Test Tube's line Which yeah, it is! ("Well I could've, but I didn't!") I love the knowing look that Test Tube has to Fan when he said the line Either knowing that was her line that he's now saying Or just that she's amused and knows that is what Fan would do AND BOT FEELS GUILTY I'm so glad that Bot didn't lift Test Tube up into the air again (I know some of y'all were talking about how Bot should've dealt with the scoreboard on their lonesome in the first place, so I bet y'all are glad that this time Bot is doing it themselves!) Gosh... the way Bot forces a smile and says that they know that it wasn't their fault dropping Test Tube But the moment Fan and Test Tube leave Bot's face falls into a frown So the Lightbulb votes are from MeTag and Poppy I wonder which is which! I think the print looking one is MeTag's While the more natural and one is Poppy's! "These suspicions are never going to end, are they?" Unfortunately, there is some truth to these words Balloon basically took a season and then some to get forgiven fully by everyone else And it took Cabby a season to get to a place where everyone understood her and no longer hated her Suitcase was blamed for just getting immunity in the painting challenge And it was Paintbrush who was voted off said challenge due to their temper Yep... the II community (the show, not the actual fandom) is overly cautious and wary As the saying goes: "Once bitten, twice shy" The contestants do not want a repeat of betrayal So they will avoid it if they think it's coming Though honestly, the voting out of MeTag is a bit reasonable "You told us you yelled out to MeTag to break, so why didn't MeTag hit their break?" Indeed, quite suspicious They understand that MeTag was at a disadvantage with not being able to talk But they could still hear (right?) so they should've broke! Though honestly, maybe MeTag was banking on Poppy to get their gesture and turn left... There's always that possibility and they didn't think they would crash straight into the wall! "You're all so sure that you know someone that you can't see them for who they really are." An unfortunate trend for these objects It happened with Balloon And it happened with Cabby Who's next to fully fall prey into this mindset of these objects? AND THEN METAG TAKES POPPY'S ARM AND FLEES? AND THAT'S THAT? FAN CHASING AFTER THE TWO? AND BOOM, CLIFF HANGER? GOSH, DANG Anyways, that's the full episode and my thoughts! And here's my bingo card!

As you can see, I was very pessimistic and wanted angst Not much angst happened this time... Hopefully more angst soon but next time, my bingo card will be slightly more fluffy?

[amemberoftheosc]

Thoughts on Season 4, Episode 2 of Inanimate Insanity

OKAY WHEN Y'ALL SAID WE WEREN'T READY YOU WEREN'T KIDDING

[Spoilers Ahead!]

I had a bingo card for this and I'm surprised by how many crosses I got I'll show it at the end

Immediately under a minute, I had 3 of them crossed off I did expect everyone (except Cabby and Bot since I saw the reasons for them supporting Poppy :o ) to take very unkindly to Poppy due to… well, a lot of reasons, but also since the fandom said so BUT I WASN'T EXPECTING BOT TO GET SMASHED IN THE HEAD WITH PORCELAIN AND LOST PART OF THEIR ROBOTIC SHELL LIKE, BOT IS MADE OUT OF METAL, THAT HIT THAT TOILET MADE WAS MADE OUT OF PURE ANGER TO MAKE LITERALLY A PART OF BOT TO FALL OFF

But, honestly so sweet that Poppy fixed Bot up! Not as good as new, but a nice little bandage Also, is Poppy's love for tinkering with machines partially because they came from Cobs? Or is it something that came from their lonesome?

And also, is it just me or is Test Tube being a little hypocritical during the scene where she checks up on Bot? All defensive on Poppy for assuming, when… she created Bot to be someone dead and originally expected them to be someone else? And here she is, expecting Poppy to be like Steve Cobs, someone who is dead? Felt a bit hypocritical!

But anyways, cool that both Cabby and Fan came to Poppy's defense! Very cool indeed ^^ (Also liked the fact that Fan used they/them on Poppy ehe. I don't know if we know Poppy's pronouns but I found that addition cool since Fan did assume Paintbrush's gender :o )

I liked Fan and Marshmallow's scene together Very much on opposing sides and I liked seeing them try to argue for their side When Marshmallow talked about how she saw warning signs, it reminded me (for some reason) about someone talking about about the warning signs of a government slipping into an authoritarian regime? Yeah strange, but maybe it's because I'm getting the game is going to be exploitative and toxic like before?

I may not be a Fantube shipper… But I thought of a Fantube wedding when he said "speak now or forever hold your peace" Maybe all those marriage proposal audios are getting to me ehe (Would they do something game show related for their wedding anyways?)

Speaking of ships Ooo ships! The repeated Payjay here was so sweet honestly ehe! OJ saying Paper is going to crush it, Paper saying he's dating a winner! Aw cute :3 AND THE POLY LESBIANS OF MIC, SOAP, AND TACO! That was really cute!!! Also, new VA for Mic or am I hearing things? Oh right and le Lightbrush! Nice :3 I also like that Pepper is trying to get out and be their own person :o

Also, lol, Fan trying to cope with the fact that he made Bot in his image And forced them to be someone who they weren't for months He must've uh… read the analyses on Fantube family huh? Because yeah… that's quite the origin for Bot ;-;

Onto the challenge! Ehe, Fan and Test Tube are so silly throughout the challenge Fan's there being his host persona Test Tube is there with a smile helping it out as always (like lol, didn't even have to ask to co-host, she's there with him!) Also, that self-deprecating humor that Fan made about himself on socializing ;-; Oh my gosh, caught me off-guard

Ehe, everyone breaking off from their core traits! Cheesy trying hard to break from the jokes! (Which I found humorous) Tea Kettle trying not to be so kind-hearted! Soap breaking out of her comfort zone! Taco to come from her trouble past and be clean! Candle trying to not be so stoic(?) Very cool to see!!!

Also, Fan very much doesn't know what he's doing isn't he? He says he'll remove eliminations under the pressure, then just reinstates them back And I feel like, when he noticed Jack not socializing, he added the extra point system for being able to guess the words that described other people!

Also! Cool that they confirmed (or basically confirmed) that Box is v.1 of Suitcase basically :D

And Cassette Tape Player ooo, I love how they can actually record stuff and play it back!!! I love vintage and retro stuff! I have cassette tapes and a player for them too!

Gosh dang, we got spirituality in here now? Mephone religion, he died for our sins Or a cult, but y'know, I really do like Cammy and their personality :3

"The glory of being in something bigger than yourself" Huh… I feel like this could summarize everyone in s4, participating in the game and not Those not competing are in a society, something bigger than themselves And the game, well, again that's what Jack was referring to Everyone out here trying to find their purpose and what better way than to find something to be a part of!

Pepper "talking" with Magnet, the former definitely got flashbacks to Salt

Lmao, Goo talking backwards was hilarious! Makes me think that Goo and Bot can speak sentences backwards and they'll understand each other And that's how they sometimes do their conversations!

I feel like TK would make a good therapist (after seeing her scene with Teddy) Y'know, her and Clover would do great for a therapy business because good Lord everyone there needs it

Back onto Fan and Test Tube being silly-

LIKE COME ON, LOOK AT THEM SHE'S JUST THERE HELPING HIM OUT WHILE HE'S DOING HIS HOST PERSONA?!?

Ehe, Paper's burn on Trophy (because you'll always be single) was so good! So was Fan's burn on Paper and Pepper (and how much that time did you spend with people other than OJ and Salt) THEY GOT BURNS!

Also, it was silly to see Mic, Taco, and Soap in succession with each other Ehe, they looked so silly And then Taco gets flashbacked to her death by Lightbulb And Taco talked about how she's trying to be less broken :< Poor girl… still trying to escape from her past

Back on Fan and Test Tube She looks like she has no thoughts as she smiles while Fan explains the game like what the heck aha? I'm willing to bet that Fan was the one to bring up eliminations during his conversations with Test Tube and she was like "full-send! great idea Fan!" Because, crikey, I feel like its her to support Fan's ideas almost all the time ;-;

Oh, speaking of! The crescent immediately after the mention of eliminations! Is it a waning crescent? Because that's what I thought and I immediately though, ehe Fantube

This two make me ill Test Tube is getting Fan's confidence and love for the game ;-; They make each other worse I swear I like how he has his characteristic bowtie tho!!! They should match :D

I like the wheel lol This man loves his wheels

"Betray each other via pen" Test… are you actually over Cabby? Or do you still have something against her?

"Nobody's dead yet" Fan… FAN! DON'T JINX IT YOU ALMOST JINXED IT WHAT THE HECK

By the way, why does the voting section look so… Romantic? Hearts and candles? Like jeez, we're here to betray not to fall in love lol

Oh huh, Fan's favorite color is red And Test Tube's favorite color is blue… Hm… Interesting lol He's quite self-conceited, ain't he (I thought Test Tube's favorite color was red y'all and I was hoping Fan's favorite color was green ;-; )

Aw, Bot is there helping too! Cute! All of Fantube family(?) (Should I even say that for them? A bit too disorganized and confusing for them and the orgins on Bot uhhhh) is hosting the show!

Also, I was expecting really frequent rejoins so that first boots don't have to wait ages to rejoin while watching the elimination scene I was partially right?

THEN THE SCENE THAT BASICALLY MADE ME SCREAM (IF I RECALL MY REACTION CORRECTLY) TEST TUBE. ALMOST. DYING. I am impressed that Fan was able to act so quickly and shoot his shot perfectly Right before Test Tube hit the ground and shattered into a million pieces Like… his aim is real good I was sobbing as I heard Test Tube struggle to get her breathing under control! (Which makes sense, she almost died and her life probably flashed before her eyes) My gosh…

Those three people (and probably more) who saw that Test Tube didn't use the blu-ray technology and feared she might died I am sorry for thinking that you were just being on edge… I… was not expecting this to happen (I also kept seeing people saying we aren't ready for s4, ep2 near Fantube tags and shippers, which also made me think maybe something bad was going to happen and I see why: Bot was harmed and Test Tube was almost killed)

Crikey… That… That was such a scene…

Fan is going to snap at Jack next time we see him… Test Tube was almost killed and that look in Fan's eyes He isn't going soft, he isn't going to be lenient anymore

But… that WAS SUCH A GOOD EPISODE!!!

Oh, and my bingo card!

I think I'll make a new one for the next episode! I'll keep some of the old squares but make new ones too!

[amemberoftheosc]

Thoughts on BFDIA 19

Not too late this time around!

The game is definitely getting more serious

So, let's get on with it!

[Spoilers below!]

Good to see the Freesmart crew is alive and thriving!

Though, seeing them like this always makes me wonder what happened in the group since Book and Ice Cube decided to leave in BFB

Currently, the alliance is going great!

Did something happen in IDFB that made Book and Ice Cube realize that they want to quit?

Anyways, I wasn't expecting Tennis Ball to try and CHEAT?!?

At least with challenges, you can kind of respect it

DANG! I know the other competitors cheat and lie and do anything they can to win, but he was trying to do bribery!

But just straight up trying to win the whole show with a bribe?

No dignity in that one

Which does kind of lead into my next point

I actually wanted Fries to stay in instead of Tennis Ball

I got convinced a while back that Fries should win (or in the very least, deserves to win) the show

But hey, Tennis Ball has got some new character development and that is being a bit conniving

But do recall that he and everyone else are burning down bridges and destroying their integrity for...

This

Maybe they forgot that this is the prize like most people?

Anyways, I do like that Book isn't a pushover (just sometimes too nice for her own good)

I like her kicking Fries when he insulted her and her basically rolling her eyes when Fries said that no one had ever been in more pain than him

Next we have another host!

THE FISH MONSTER?!?

Was not expecting that

Nor that people would use different synonyms of monster to refer to them

It was sweet to see the fish monster beam when they were told they were the new host of BFDIA!

And funny to see that they had different prediction of the final 5 lol

Interesting to see that Coiny doesn't hold anything against Pin

I guess game recognizes game?

They're more, semi-friendly rivals at the moment

Hopefully if either of them are eliminated, they'll be friends again since there is no reason to trick the other?

Back onto Book, poor her :<

As I've said before, she's sometimes too nice for her own good

It's like she sometimes forgets that she's in a competition and decides to help others out instead

Competitive she tries to be, but her kindness stops her from being as strong of a player as she could be

I guess she's too used to being in alliance and helping others, who in return help her win the game

She did ask Tennis Ball and Needle separately if they'd be willing to team with her

So I guess she's used to working in a team!

Then again, she did want to give the fish monster something very cool from the land even though the fish monster didn't care

Though that was partially due to kindness and a sense of honor

While the other reason was wanting to win the game

Speaking of kindness, guess who's back: Leafy!

Kind of the opposite of Book in that sense though

While Leafy helps others as an attempt to befriend them

Book helps others just because (almost instinctual)

It was fun to see Leafy again though (I want her to meet up with FIrey but I don't think that would work within canon unfortunately :< )

Her voice was deeper than I expected

Also, when she was helping others, I immediately thought of Taco lol

(exiled person for stealing the s1 prize secretly helps a competitor [or competitors] in s2 in an attempt to get something they want)

I did think Book would befriend Leafy, but Leafy was bit too impatient in the friend making process

I could totally see them being friends!

ALSO NOOOO, BOOK DIDN'T GET IMMUNITY AGAIN ;-;

Everyone in the show jokes about how bad of a player she is

So when they saw her, just inches away from immunity, they couldn't believe it!

So of course, it got stolen away from her

At least it was Needle? (That might be worse considering they in the same team and they are friends(?), though maybe it'll be like Coiny and Pin where there's no hard feelings between them)

I thought Needle pushed Book's basket so that it would catch the ice cream so I was happy!

Then I realized it was Needle's own basket...

Oh well, I'm still happy it was Needle and not Pin

Hopefully that wasn't to chaotic of a post

And I'm sure, from this post, one can tell I love Book a lot :3

[amemberoftheosc]

Thoughts on TPOT 17

Am I late? Yep, I am Was busy but was able to watch it today! Let's get started then shall we ^^ [Spoilers Ahead!]

I'll try to go chronologically with the things I enjoyed or noticed Bottle being the host was something I didn't expect And I have to admit, her antics did frustrate me a little bit I guess I'm not one to put up with inefficiency but hey, she's doing her thing so I can't be mad about it After all, she did do a pretty job of hosting! A neat challenge idea of splitting up the teams and having one member try to get the most amount of points in their separate competitions! I quite liked it ^^ She reminds me more like a person who's trying to host their first object show camp: giddy to host but stumbles along the way whilst hosting

The elimination ceremony was a surprise For starters, I'm surprised we were able to vote together and get both Pencil and Golf Ball, not just out of the bottom two, but all the way to top two! Good job team ^^ Seriously, I was genuinely expecting it to be very close And again, Pencil's trauma shows itself again I think we can classify it as PTSD at this point Nobody told her it was a vote to save, and she panicked when hearing she was the most to voted (how did nobody tell her it was a vote to save :<) Then being told she's safe, she goes back to being guarded, unemotional It's as if she's trapped in a fog, being unable to see nobody but herself And when the fog clears up, there's just a blinding light that makes her lose sight of everything And then there's Pencil's scene with Book! In one of my earlier posts, I stated how Book served as a foil to Pencil (in fact, when I was listening to Pen's talk with Pencil, I instantly got reminded of Book) I was intrigued by their interaction I was unsure on how they would interact but I thought Book would recognize herself in her and try to help in someway I somehow forgot that the reason behind Book's abandonment issues (and even trust issues) is Pencil Naturally, Book wouldn't want to interact with Pencil yet (or heck, ever! No one can force Book to reconcile with Pencil. We just have to see if she does or chooses to split ties) I can feel with Book here, truly Of course, her view on things is a bit skewed (after all, Pencil didn't just want to go further in the game during BFDIA! She had a fun time with Freesmart even when almost all of them were eliminated. I mean heck, she even mentioned Needle as someone they miss) but that doesn't mean that Book's pain isn't real Despite all these years, the wound remains fresh in Book And Pencil can't take knowing that it's herself that caused Book to drift, so, ironically, she pushes herself away from Book even more And pushes herself away from the idea of Freesmart even when, it was one of the happiest times of her life Then there's Pencil's scene with Pen Still, it was a bit odd for me to see Pen try to help Pencil I was banking on either Book or Liy but this works as well They did go through similar troubles and Pen was the one to realize the struggle that Pencil is going through, so it makes sense for him to be the one to try and break through Pencil's barrier I also like that the TCOA was not bright at all, just dark Most times we see it, it was so bright and colorful, meaning that Pencil turned it off herself She both literally and metaphorically shuts off what was bright and cheerful from the past, leaving herself alone in the dark I'm honestly not quite sure what to make of Pencil She's traumatized from the isolation and dullness from E.X.IT, yet at the same time pushes away potential connections because she's clinging onto old ones Deep inside, she's sad about losing what once was, but she pushes it all down because she'll become as lethargic as Two if she allowed herself to grieve And if she's listless, she's more susceptible to being eliminated So, she prefers to suppress her grief and focus on her anger because that can push her forward in the game I know that one of the best things to do when going through something hard is to continue working, to keep yourself busy And I do agree, but you can only start doing that when you confront your feelings first When you've let all your emotions wash over you, then you can start you regain some stability by working Pencil has skipped that step To lighten up the mood, I did enjoy that Winner did get some closure over Loser They realize that Loser never forgot them and that he recognized their contributions It's a bit touching for me because I feel like I have a situation similar to this (which is no wonder why I also love Book and focus on her a ton) Also, I feel like there was a whole bunch of fourth wall breaks in this episode, especially with Bottle? Maybe that crack in reality is still affecting the world around them

[amemberoftheosc]

Thoughts On TPOT 15

Spoilers ahead! (I got to say though, this is probably one of my new favorites for the show!)

RAHHHHHH I LOVED SO MUCH OF IT AND HATED SOME OF THE TEAMS AND DEBUTERS >:( THE EPISODE MADE ME THINK IT WAS A COMMENTARY ON SOCIETY SOCIETY GIVES US A GOAL TO ACHIEVE (WHATEVER THAT MAY BE) AND SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING TO ACHIEVE IT, NO MATTER HOW HARMFUL IT IS TO OTHERS OR THE WORLD IT IS ONLY WHEN THEY ARE REMINDED OF BASIC RULES, THAT THEY REALIZE THE HARM THAT IS DONE ALSO, THIS REMINDED ME SO MUCH ABOUT INANIMATE INSANITY THE REALITY BREAKING? OH GOODNESS TRAVELING BACK TO THE PAST AND THEN GOING BACK AGAIN TO FIX THE TIMELINE? INANIMATE INSANITY! IT'S LIKE IF THE TPOT CREW WATCHED THE FINALE OF INANIMATE INSANITY AND GOT INSPIRED TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR! Now... Cloudyay They're immune like how Team GABOP was immune Team GABOP was immune to keep Book safe from elimination, so I'm guessing Team Cloudyay was immune to keep Pencil safe from elimination I understand, but still sucks that the most reckless team with the timeline won and Death Pact Yet Again, the team that tried fixing the most, was up for elimination A comment pointed out that Golfball went from wanting to win to wanting to fix the timeline, which is a neat detail since the past couple of episodes she's been so fixated on winning An arc perhaps? One she might have to parallel Pencil's arc And poor Pencil... Came back to the game after being trapped the longest for 6 years Only to find her friends betrayed I see she fueled her anger into winning, because there's nothing else she can do with a team she doesn't favor It's just that this desire, this fury, is what blinds her from making new friends or making amends This is why I view her as a parallel to Book Both characters, after getting into TPOT, find their friends don't want to team up with them due to their past actions They're left with a new team with nobody close with them This is where Pencil and Book part ways While Pencil is pushing people away for victory Book actually tried to get close to people and look! Book got Price Tag as a friend ^^ Speaking of Book, LOVED HER DURING THIS EPISODE During the scene where Price Tag goes back in the future to find Firey, I loved Book's reaction Her being all quiet but talking about her fear of Price Tag abandoning them Unable to say anything other than that, knowing that if she accuses a purposeful abandonment, she may be wrong in her accusation Book had to go through a mini panic attack before Price Tag appears and Book is glad Abandonment issues? Fear of Abandonment? Separation Anxiety Disorder would be less likely than the others but still an option Also, I loved the scene where Book and Price Tag hug when reality is ending AND THEN ICE CUBE COMES IN AND HUGS THE TWO OF THEM TOO ICE CUBE PUTS AWAY HER GRUDGE AGAINST BOOK BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME THE TWO OF THEM WILL SEE EACH OTHER, SO THEN HUGS BOOK AND PRICE TAG AAAAAAA LOVE IT I'll off this ramble by saying that Grassy hugging onto Snowball for support was cute ^^

[amemberoftheosc]

Thoughts on TPOT 18

A bit late as always But better than never! Spoilers ahead!

I don't really know what to say about this episode? I mean, it was nice to see the post-split BFB crew! And the challenge was certainly silly (though Lollipop felt a little bit out of character for me, but hey, her character during post-split is a bit blurry for me) So, I think I'll focus on character interactions and dynamics I liked seeing Flower and Gelatin's dynamic together! I forgot they started a business together (it was with Flower's fashion business and Gelatin's Steakhouse business combined, right?) I think they work well together, even if I can't pin down their dynamic They're truly trying their best to keep their business afloat Hopefully it's still above water? After all, Lollipop ruining their business was just her tampering with the memory (so all's well, right?) And then there's the Match, Bubble, and Ruby reunion! With no bad blood! (Surprising, given the state of Pencil in TPOT) Interesting to see that Match was pretty down when the reunion happened (my memory fails me... but was it due Match remembering her harsh mistreatment of Bubble during pre-split?) Yet she says near nothing about it since Ruby and Bubble are both acting carefree, so might as well join them and not kill the mood I did resonate with what Bubble learned from her time wandering in the memory (even if I knew it would be a bit) The lesson does speak to me Last, but not least, Winner and Loser! It was so sweet to see them have a semi-reunion I assume, when Loser was in Four's memory, he was originally avoiding Winner? Then come the scene where Winner comments on how Loser didn't forget them WITH LOSER SAYING OF COURSE NOT (AAA THAT STRUCK ME IN THE HEART!) That's when Loser stopped avoiding Winner and wanted to see more of how they were doing in TPOT The last scene of Loser packing up and saying that he's coming to Winner was also was cute! I can't wait for them to finally reunite again (hopefully in TPOT 19?)

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Y'all

I have seen a BUNCH of ships for Book (BFB) and I'm kind of impressed so holy dang that's a lot. I'm kind of getting convinced too! So many tasty ships to eat. Heck, I stumbled upon Wrong Tacobook while being on the Tacobook tag! Got to say, it intrigues me!