NO ONE NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON WARNED ME HOW SAD THE BATFAM IS

Arcane act 3 spoilers

Okay no one talks about this but canonically Noxus aka Mel's place of origin does not accept mages. If I remember correctly they view magic as unfair because their belief is anyone can be a leader if you have the strength and courage to do it. But magic gives people an unfair advantage. And what is Mel? A mage

Mel the daughter of a Noxian general (im assuming). Mel who has struggled with her identity as her Medarda her entire life and I think subconsciously her magic has affected that. Mel who is returning to Noxus (from the looks of the ending of arcane)

I'm curious to see how the writers will handle Mel being a mage if noxus is the next place the writers will focus on.

sidenote If noxus is the place they focus on MEL BETTER BE IN IT I SWEAR TO GOD WE BETTER SEE MEL. AND I hope we get a glimpse of Ionia bc Noxus has been the only place we've heard anything about.

Since we keep getting "live action" CGI remakes of already perfectly adequate animated movies, and because people need to understand that animation is a medium and not a genre, I have prepared this primer about the importance of Visual Language for Conveying Information.

Can you tell what the personalities of these two mice are?

Can you tell now?

Which of these two tigers feels safer to be around?

Which of these three dogs is the funniest one?

If you can answer these questions, then you already have experience with the idea of visual language and stylistic choices being used to impart narrative meaning. If you can understand why these choices were made to impart meaning, then you can understand why animation is a medium for telling stories that has its own inherent value, and is not merely a "placeholder" for the eventual implementation of photorealistic presentation (aka "Live Action" CGI). Animation does not need to be "corrected" or "legitimized" by remaking it into the most representational simulation of observable reality.

I know everyone in the fandom is very Anti ward but uh.

I love him. He's so fucking funny it's like he didn't like them but somehow COULD NOT stay away from the team. He spent months being like "skye please forgive me I can tell you where your father is 🥹" and the entire she's like no and shoots him or tells him to jump. AND THIS MAN DOES NOT STOP. WHEN WE THOUGHT HE DIED? NOPE HIVE. but like not the same unfortunately. If we could have had him pop in and out of the show throughout either helping (to work towards his own gain) or being an opponent i would have been happy. (Like for example finding out he brokered the deal to exchange the Inhumans for the whole future space arc)

Kendrick ate with that shit eating grin staring directly at the camera. He knew Aubrey would be watching.

The main issue with season 2 and the writers condensing 4 more seasons into 1 is they lost the plot.

The 1st season introduced Zaun and Piltover and the class divide between it.

Vi and Jinxs story begins as a result of It. Jinx literally says herself the cycle of death began long before her and vi, long before silco and Vander.

In the alternate universe it's so good not only because hextech was never invented but also because Heimerdinger was there for over 1000 days(can't remember the exact amount) before ekko even got there. And I'm assuming after spending time in the undercity he truly saw the changes he needed to make and used that time to make those changes. However the problem with Heimerdinger is that he was content to stay there and ultimately forsake his original world. Which just proves to us he's perpetuating the ongoing cycle of selfishness from the council. Which is unfortunately a characteristic of oppressors. Selfishness and a willing to forsake a people in order to uplift and protect their own. And that will always be what seperates Zaunites from those who live in Piltover. Ekko couldn't stay there it was too selfish to forget about the problems of his own world and steal the life of that reality's Ekko.

The main conflict of season 2 ends up being Viktors eugenics story and Ambessas grasp for power. When that ends we see Piltover rebuilding with Sevika taking a council members chair. While that is nice, what should have happened is the arcane arc and we had another season to explore the problems between Zaun and Piltover being fixed and Zaun becoming a thriving part of Piltover.

I just realised it is officially 5 days until Christmas and I haven't felt any Christmas spirit at all

I just had a thought.

so it's been confirmed that Ekko tells jinx of the alternate reality to get her to help the fight. And we know she is smart. We also know that someone who was planning to do what she wanted to do won't be easily swayed. So do you think that maybe she realised that the universe where she's happy is the universe where she's seperated from her sister. Do you think she maybe realised that unfortunately the damage to their relationship is irreparable and they'd both be happier without being in each other's lives.

She obviously wouldn't know the outcome of their fight against Ambessa nor had any idea they would have to fight Vander. However I think she was planning to leave no matter the outcome of the fight against Ambessa. That's why in their fight against Vander, Jinx kept reassuring Vi, "I'm always with you even if we're worlds apart" because she was planning to leave. That situation with Vander just gave her a cover so Vi would not follow her because Vi would never give up on her. I'm more convinced that Jinx is not dead I swear im not delusional.

I was just having a discussion about Romeo and Juliet adaptations, specifically about how when adapting the characters, there are certain aspects of them that are the cores of their characters that you just have to keep in order to maintain their integrity/keep them recognizable.

For example, when creating a Mercutio, the core of his character is that he will die. Mercutio is reckless, impulsive, he will ALWAYS get himself into something that will result in his death. Meanwhile, on the exact opposite end of the spectrum, the core of any version of Benvolio is that he ends up being the only one left alive.

So my point in all of this is, I wish. even just for a moment. a few chapters. a brief era of the book. whatever. that there had been a time when Benedikt believed he was the only one of the four of them left alive. The need to see this absolute rock bottom version of him has taken over my mind. It would just be so endlessly interesting to see. Can anyone hear me.

CONTRAVERSIAL OPINION

I liked Gilmore Girls: A year in the life

I thought it was very accurate for the characters themselves. Of course, Rory would be going through a period of uncertainty. I actually liked how Lorelei and Emily's relationship progressed over the 4 episodes. I loved Emily's ending.I loved Lorelei doing something as stupid as living in the wild for however long that book or movie was (never read or seen it).

They lost Richard. The whole show starts with them losing Richard, and they're grieving. Of course, they'd all be going through changes. Grief changes you as a person. For Rory, he was her rock, her biggest supporter. It makes sense that it would kind of cause her to spiral further than she already was. Because let's be honest, that girls life was not what she imagined it to be. She probably imagined herself, travelling yes, but having a stable job and writing things that mattered. Not being in an affair with someone who's engaged and being rejected from jobs left, right, and centre. It actually makes sense she'd be in an unhealthy relationship with logan that girl hasn't had a normal relationship. And I like that the season ends with her pregnant it's a very full circle moment.

Lorelei lost her father. It's tough enough to have a strained relationship with your parents, but to lose them without really ever trying to fix that strain is hard. The scene where she's standing looking over the hills and she calls Emily genuinely makes me so emotional everytime.

And guys, Emily's arc over the show was the best. I rewatch it for her. Of course, she would start housing random people. She felt alone after losing her husband. Her granddaughter was always travelling, and her daughter and her didn't have the best relationship. Of course, she'd want to move and leave the DAR. She lost a major person in her life that's painful. I love that she moves to the coast and starts volunteering for a museum, using her history degree. It's so accurate for her, she'd want peace after losing the love of her life. It makes sense that she'd make these changes.

ALSO, I loved that Jess was the one to encourage Rory to write a book. He was the only one (besides Lorelei) who was actively like what the fuck why did you drop out of Yale?

Honestly, I'm glad Dean didn't show up

Lanes arc in the show isn't canon for me. In my mind, she divorced Zac after the kids turned 2 and started her own band, and they're super successful, and she's mega rich.

I liked Paris's arc it's fitting that she'd be a high-powered white feminist smash through the glass ceiling type.

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