WHAT were the writers on with this scene and can i have some?!?! Like… HELLO??????? This ship is my bath salts. Its my PCP. It makes me insane and feral and rabid and like i could lift a fucking car. This is the level of writing i aspire to. I want people to lose their minds over shipping my characters. Why cant we have this in modern media? Nothing hits like this any more. Ive ascended to a completely new plane of existence on this watch through. (And dont even get me started on my feelings and the symbology in the episode one breath my heart almost imploded on that one thats a whole essay long post in itself)
Iced in and still watching DS9 for the first time in years. I'm up to the third episode, A Man Alone.
Why does Odo have DNA
Makes no sense whatsoever to me
He is a completely different form of life. I mean he's played by a human in rubber makeup, but that's a restriction of American television in the '90s. He is legitimately alien, one of the few major characters in the entire franchise that isn't just human-shaped but a little different. He shouldn't have DNA. He shouldn't have mitochondria. He shouldn't have blood
am I the only one who feels like izzy was never really in the wrong (as of the start of ep7). like a dick, sure. but not wrong. dude was just trying to do his job as a pirate and keep ed following the rules ED himself had created.
shizuku literally invited yuu out on a date because she wanted to show yuu the yuri fanfic she wrote about shipping a beast setsuna and a maiden ayumu like what
love how she can't do her nakagawa persona without her glasses lol
the gay
the gayyyy
this was just a great episode. this is what has been missing from nijigasaki for me. just goofy fun. like, yeah, lots of ship bait too (like lots lots lots) but we got the whole stalking them on their date, and the improv play. finally some real fucking fun.
and i have thoughts. (like why is one of the point people/people running the show/operation the guy currently running the prison? like it feels weird that he'd be running it since he was in charge of the jail when it had all the problems without fixing it... though I suppose it's not like he'd be able to hide evidence or let something happen to the people when there's a team recording and stuff.
Anyways. i have other thoughts but all that aside this funny thing happened:
I am going to begin on my watchthrough of the KP Series for the 20th anniversary. However, I am gonna go by the production code order because, of course, Disney being Disney when it comes to airing them out of order. :P
Days later, beginning my watch of a RE6 playthru. Doing Leon’s first, of course.
Five seconds in and Leon’s luck is already going strong.
...damn, Leon is pretty in this game.
First thing we see is someone blowing Leon up and him doing his damnedest to take care of someone else. Yep Looks about right.
“It’s too dangerous!” followed by Leon’s “I can’t abandon them.” ;_;
Hey, Leon, bet this reminds you of your Raccoon City roots!
I want to see Leon’s checklist of vehicles he’s wrecked. Is that so much to ask? Like, he gets teased about wrecking them, but it’s not like anyone gives them these vehicles in good condition.
...okay. That looked like it hurt. Someone give Leon’s poor shoulders a break. Like, talk about running on adrenaline alone at this point.
And he keeps checking on everyone. Poor baby.
And now we’re back at the beginning of the whole mess.
“I’ll always value your friendship, Leon.”
So hit the 14 minute marker and I’m already whimpering. Poor baby!
Leon hasn’t hesitated to shoot a zombie since fucking RE2 and here he is, pointing a gun at the president, and his voice is shaking and he’s shouting at him to stay where he is since he hasn’t since that first cop turned in RE2 and omfg.
“Don’t make me do this.”
“Adam!”
“How do you know my name?” Anyone competent should know your name, honey.
Not “The president was infected” but “I shot the president.” Oh, baby.
Leon is killing me. This game has just started and Leon is killing me.
Also, yeah, already know Helena betrayed him but I already know why and ow.
Oh My General has got it all! An interesting plot, crossdressing, throwing gender norms on a pottery wheel and reshaping them, humour, love, color coded concubines, and bi representation where the joke is about realising instead of about being. Ye Zhao - the titular general - is good-natured, gorgeous, and unapologetically who she is during the series.
A lot of what we cover are boys crying in the snow and then sword fighting each other - because that's a lot of what there is. It's important to remember that there is other stories that both are and need to be told as well. Crossdressing, especially historical crossdressing has long been an excuse to explore what it means to be who you are as well as the rights, privileges, and limitations of gender, sexuality, and social ranking. Oh My General takes these concepts on with all the vigor of the main character and with so much good humor it can poke around the corners of identity in a way that feels refreshing.
* I assume that's a camel skull because desert, but I don't know how much of that Props has lying around. Everyone better beware, especially of the spoilers waiting below!
* Ye Zhao in full armor on top of a hill - remember to hydrate, summer is coming and it's bring the heat.
* The enemy army has arrived in the desert wearing fur hats so you know who they represent culturally.
* Working that high ponytail fashion. That full face covering is probably great for switching between stunt person and actor, also when she's riding down the hill it makes her eyes black which is a very cool effect.
* Also, she's been guarding the border for 8 years and he doesn't know who she is? I know functionally that part of the script is for the Hyped by Your Enemies trope, but it still makes me laugh.
* Impressive opening fight scene, great sound design, beautiful shots.
* I should mention if you can't stand seeing animals get hurt you might want to skip a lot of the first part of episode one, it's not gratuitous, but it is a battle with horses. None of the horses are actually hurt of course, they're stunt horses and probably having a great time, but still.
* Dramas usually blow a lot of their budget on the opening fight scene and we don't see anything like it again. Oh My General carries through to the end though.
* She knocked off his hat!
* Dramatic Sand Fight!
* I'm really into cinematography - as you may have noticed - and I love the camera work. Youku has a habit of using good behind the camera people. Wen Jie and Clarence Fok are both listed as directors but I don't know who did what.
* I honestly don't know enough about Chinese martial arts to have an opinion on the skill of the fight scene, but the filming is excellent. One of the shorthands the series uses to discuss unusual gender situations is camera movement and angles. The angle of the camera both makes Ye Zhao heroic, it makes her stand out on the landscape like a doll or action figure. This playing with size an appearance is interesting and a unique way of teetering on the balance of where she does and doesn't belong.
* The sound design is strong and really sells the blows.
* Beautiful beheading
* Ominous hoofbeats! Who will it be?
* Of course it's our hero and she's really got a-head in life! (insert drum emoji of choice here)
* She just hocks that head through the air
* Ancient Chinese golf
* I love how serious she takes the game
* CGI bird is a Delight, and I support him
* There aren't that many good solid emperors in dramas. They're struggling or malicious, or incompetent. I should do a review but do I have time to watch a lot of dramas and movies? I do not.
* Love the ministers' costumes. I often wonder about the people who play all those maids and eunuchs in dramas and movies. I bet there are people who can make a career of it. I wouldn't mind that kind of job. I wonder if it's the same with court minsters, the people to stand around the characters who actually speak. If anyone knows about the extra process for Chinese dramas please let me know!
* Court shade being thrown
* Ah! When you see a character you'll grow to love but you don't know them yet. It's just heart eyes all the way down. Do I have type? Perhaps. XD
* These men just love wearing furry hats in the desert.
* I know a lot of classic martial artists don't like wire work, but I kind of have a fondness for elements of something Extra in dramas. If I wanted to look at real life I would open a window and accept the inevitable wave of depression. I want something Bright and Fun
* I don't know that it's historically accurate, but there's something weirdly compelling about the emperor's words being translated into slang
* Elder Ye!
* I love how the servants are really aware of what's going on and know how to manage things. I love and respect Gong.
* Elder Ye once again making trouble
* The ladies, I love them, I adore them
* Why does this man want to watch the general pee so bad?
* Fox! I love him. A good and important gentleman!
* ~their bones will melt~
* The romantic fresco, General Ye is having a moment as they contemplate the sudden appearance of a picture of a pretty young man and what that might mean. As someone who doesn't fit into gender norms evenly, seeing a man depicted in a very different way seems to give her pause to contemplate ways that someone can exist in and outside of gender normativity as well as her ~beloved.~
* Sudden foreshadowing memory.
* You know the Emperor's least favorite part of the day is when he asks the ministers if they have anything to bring up
* That moment when a character asks who would marry me to the person who wants to marry them XD
* "No matter how strong a woman is, she is waiting on a man to appear" Is she though?
* It's one things to marry a "project", it's another to be assigned one. XD
* The Empress is just playing dolls at this point XD
* Finally, we introduce the male lead, and the timing is perfect
* It's nice to see gentlemen dancers
* This slo mo scene is so good! This show understands the beauty in the mundane and absurd
* I love this dance scene so much! The bi energy is unapologetically so strong and I always love to see traditional arts from anywhere.
* The way this backstory is delivered is so good! I just love this scene, what a great way to end an excellent episode!
