Okay, so spoilers for the apothecary diaries
Also, there are some heavy topics here, so be warned
Okay light context:
Old emperor :creep
Lady Anshi: dowager empress
Lady Ah Dou: concubine of current emperor
So I've been thinking about the implications of Lady Ah Dou and Anshi's babies being switched at birth.
Anshi understandably so could not love the baby she had later in life. The baby came as a result of her revenge on the old emperor. Honestly, I don't blame her for it. She took revenge on the man who sexually abused her since she was 9 or 10 years old, and while it is wrong, I completely understand where she came from. It was the culmination of years of abuse, then being ignored and forgotten entirely, while she had to live with the abuse that was done to her and live with the knowledge that countless other girls were actively suffering as a result of the emperor. And yes I do understand he suffered abuse at the hands of his mother, so it's likely a result of that. The show handles the cyclical nature of abuse very well, especially in the time period. Except we dont see Anshi going on to rape other men too. She rapes the man who raped her and as a result, becomes pregnant. The situation obviously traumatised the old emperor, too. He now had to live with seeing his rapist around and carry that trauma, the same way Anshi and the countless other little girls had to do for decades.
but back to my main point.
Ah Dou was concerned her son would not survive and she wanted him to. So they switched their babies it was a mutually beneficial thing to them. However the implications of it.
We know, mao mao is incredibly intelligent and has figured it out more or less. Could it be possible that another high-ranking government official has figured out that Jinshi is infact the heir to the throne. Considering that twice now he has had an attempt on his life. And a certain high ranking official who pushed for his daughter to become a concubine who also happens to look similar to Shisui, who happens to be the younger sister of Suirei, who orchestrated the first attempt on Jinshis life. Is it also not such a coincidence that there are foreign envoys present in the village that Suirei has taken MaoMao to. Western foreign envoys which coincidentally, the gun used in the second attempt on Jinshis life was western made. And another coincidence it happened at the father of Concubine Loulans retreat. Who looks suspiciously similar to Shisui, who's related to Suirei.
Lots of coincidences
And no, I haven't read the light novels or manga or seen spoilers, so this is purely speculative.
The second reason why Sabra does not work as a character in a marvel film. (Besides the obvious that she's Israeli propaganda) is that she's visually aligned with protecting a nation. Any hero in Marvel has always been known to protect the world and galaxy and universe and multiverse as a whole. The heroes of the Marvel cinematic universe always strive to protect everyone no matter their nationality, race, gender, sexuality etc. That's the whole point of being a hero.
Sabra contradicts that. She's a hero aligned with a specific nation who will save everyone but a minority. As far as I'm aware she's presented as an antagonist for the Hulk. She makes no fucking sense whatsoever.
(Im using the broad definition of hero here so don't come at me)
Also, if you're deadset on watching brave new world. PIRATE IT.
It really is nice how obviously fond Elphaba is of Glinda right off the bat in the movie, with What Is This Feeling showcasing how much Elphaba enjoys their little feud. For the first time in her life, someone's judging her for her, rather than her skin or her magic. Glinda doesn't give a shit that she's green, she's mad that Elphaba's taste in clothes and decor clash so severely with her own! She doesn't care that Elphaba could accidentally kill her if she got too angry, she's too busy being upset that Elphaba keeps minorly inconveniencing her! How refreshing that would be, to meet the most annoying person in the world and discover that her own narcissism has caused her to be the only person who sees you for who you really are. Of course Elphaba would take the hat seriously as a gift -- has anyone other than Dulciebear ever gifted her anything? Of course she would gamble her own self-confidence at the Ozdust -- at worst, Glinda's ego is so massive that she would never allow her mortal enemy to be the butt of someone else's joke. And in the best case, well, Glinda recognizes how important she is to the one person that she knows has no one. The only one who gets her, the only one who has ever understood her, standoffish and rude the way a stray cat is before it finally follows you indoors.
It's a real shame this story couldn't be anything other than a tragedy, huh?
I should have known I wasn't straight when all of my favourite characters were the girls and I lowk hated the boys (except for Ben 10 i resonated with him)
Gojo: goes overboard, purposefully slightly cringe. He does it at school too. He has a poster, a fat bouquet of flowers with Lindt chocolate. Even a box of condoms as a joke (not really) He makes geto film it so he can post it on tiktok and go viral (he does) he makes a playlist to play off of a jbl speaker too.
(This one specifically)
Careless whisper and that one boys to men song are the top two songs. He also makes a song and sings it loudly and obnoxiously. For the rest of the day he's trailing behind you holding everything he got you as punishment for embarrassing you. He's humming careless whisper for the rest of the day too.
Geto: He's more subtle. He gets your favourite flowers and sweets. He doesn't do it at school he shows up to your house when he KNOWS you'll be cute so you can take pictures.
Nanami: flowers, chocolates, card, the whole nine yards. He plans the night too. Takes you out to formally ask you at your favourite restaurant. He also gives you a necklace to wear with your dress (he already knows the style you want of course)
Toji: passes a note to you in class and asks you. When you say no he waits by your locker to ask you. When you say no again he FINALLY buys some flowers to ask you.
Choso: He's sweet, similar to geto he asks you in private. He's super nervous, so you can tell he wants to ask you something. He has your favourite book or manga and a card that he shoves in your hands while quickly asking you if you'll be his date to the MD, but it's okay if you say no. You two are the ones that end up a couple after MD (and the only truly cute couple)
Sukuna: does not ask you. Shows up to your house with a nice car. You wonder how he got your exact dress colour to match the hankerchief in his breastpocket.
Shoko: She's nonchalant. She wasn't even planning on going until you kept hinting and hinting (no subtlety at all). Then she started asking about your dress colours and plans so she could work out her own. Then one morning you opened your locker to a card and a singular rose asking you officially and apologising for not realising you meant as dates for the longest time. (Oblivious lesbian shoko is MY CANON)
Yuki: Said you're her date from grade 8. And she meant it. Except she didn't think you'd be going as dates and not as friends. (YEARNER YUKI) Does the whole nine yards. Flowers, chocolates,sweets, and cutesy teddy bear, she makes a big fat deal of it.
Feeling very opinionated tonight (when am I ever not feeling opinionated)
Stranger Things began to flop when they decided it would be a good idea for fans to have to wait years in between seasons AND split up season 4 into 2 parts. Like what show does that. (I also believe this format will be the downfall of netflix in a few years' time)
Also, I think season 1 stranger things was its peak. It's gone downhill (story wise and quality wise) since then. The Duffer brothers should have kept it as an anthology series.
been a Drake hater SINCE i was a child that wannabe never sat right with my soul.
He's holding that lady hostage someone help her
The movie Wicked is proof that any source material can be vastly improved by simply making the intense female friendship much gayer + the mutual male love interest both wildly bisexual and lowkey down to just be their third
Im rewatching, and the very first time we see young galinda with her hair fully out of her face is the first time she emotionally connects with Elphaba, and the first time, she strays from the norm. She joins Elphaba in her dance, which is a very emotional scene as it is the first we see her openly accepted by someone. This is the most vulnerable we see glinda as she sees Elphaba, who she truly is (Fiyero and Glinda's dialogue regarding Elphaba), and for once Glinda does something that would not socially benefit her (although it does) for once Glinda does something truly good.
Some people talk about how Glinda and Elphabas fashion slowly merge and they begin sporting similar clothes.
But I'd like to point out something about Glinda's hair. (Someone's probably already mentioned this though)
Before she and Elphaba become friends, she has her hair partially up. One side pinned back, the other loose so it could partially shield her face. Possibly linked to how she's always performing for everyone, curating her persona to be this extremely 1 dimensional good person. When she's not 1 dimensional at all, but by keeping her true nature hidden, she can always stay in the publics favor and therefore popular.
Elphaba, in contrast, always has her hair fully back, out of her face. She's not trying to hide who she is. She knows she's green she knows she's different and owns it because either way, she'll be shunned. She, too, puts on this persona.
Then they become friends. And well, we don't get to see glinda after her transformation we do see elphaba.
Glinda starts putting her hair back entirely. Showing her face. This could be her keeping a piece of Elphaba with her, the same way Elphaba has with Glinda (her hat and cape) based off of context this could also be her removing that part of herself she keeps hidden. She's now entirely the 1 dimensional good person Oz expects her to be. There's no Elphaba to push her to be truly good. It's her (like Elphaba) accepting the persona pushed onto her entirely and just going with that.
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Arcane act 3 spoilers
Viktor going back in time in order to find Jayce in every single universe because he realised achieving “glorious evolution” meant nothing if he had to spend eternity living in solitude is NOT casual. Them creating and then being destroyed by their life’s work together is NOTTTT CASUAL. (Keep in mind I can barely remember what happened and need to properly rewatch but I’m not emotionally ready)
Also I’m being reminded of a certain black and white haired duo who died on the exact same day a year apart.