AHHHHH THOMAS MAKING OWL HOUSE CONTENT THIS IS NOT A DRILL Y'ALL

My asexual ass loves this idea

Sucks that “sleeping together” refers to sex. Sometimes a fella just wants to snooze with a pal.

I hate Belos but I gotta admit those AU's where he's got a frenemy relationship with Luz and Hunter are kind of interesting

Two of my favorite things combined, how amazing honestly

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A beautiful locomotive has the same birthday as my dad that's awesome

I haven’t been able to get the full video but we just celebrated one of our steam locomotives turning 145 by chucking a chocolate cake into her firebox

This ^^^^

Amphibia Season 3 Thoughts/Review

Season 3 of Amphibia is easily the most divisive season among the fanbase. There are a lot of different reasons for this but I think it primarily comes down to tone and pacing.

The reason why the issues with tone and pacing are so prominent is because of how it followed up True Colors. True Colors came in and seemed to promise that things would never be the same. It created a scenario for Anne and the Plantars that was very desperate. Sasha was left in Amphibia, Marcy had been stabbed (and for all they knew was dead), Amphibia was in imminent danger, and earth was going to be invaded next.

All of this should have created a massive sense of urgency and worry, but this doesn’t carry over very well into many of the episodes. The tonal whiplash that occurs when you watch True Colors and The New Normal back to back is massive. It goes from that gut punch of an ending to Anne being excited that she has wifi for the first time in months so quickly that it’s almost as if the characters forgot what happened.

When the show does address the sense of urgency the characters should have it is always on Anne’s end. Anne is the one staying up researching how to get back, Anne is the one trying to drop everything for new leads, Anne is the one losing sleep over the situation. The most the Plantars show on their end is homesickness. 

They are frequently the ones telling Anne to be careful or calm down which seems odd because they should have very pressing and important reasons for wanting to get back beyond missing their home.

In season 2 the heroes’ lack of urgency made sense. They didn’t know about Andrias’ plans, the core, or Sasha’s toad rebellion. The episodes where they explored Newtopia or visited towns on their travels fit much better because of their gap in knowledge and like I said previously those episodes usually found a way to keep the story moving forward or have important character moments so that they rarely distracted from the plot.

In season 3 there’s too much hanging over the characters’ heads that they know about for it to feel organic watching the episodes back to back. 

This isn’t to say that what happens on the earth half of the season is bad. The content is actually very enjoyable. Watching the role reversal between Anne and the Plantars is fun and we get to see even more of Anne’s culture and home life which is always a welcome addition.

The exploration of Anne’s family and culture is one of the best things about the first half of the season. The Thai Temple episode (Temple Frogs) in particular is one of my favorites. 

It has Anne displaying the urgency that some episodes were missing while also addressing how Anne’s parents struggled during her time away and how their community kept them afloat. This strikes a balance that makes almost everything that happens feel important on an emotional level without losing sight of what this half of the season is building towards.

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Bro- the amount of disrespect the Fandom has been protruding with For The Future has been insane.

But tbh I'm not all that surprised. There's always people like this in fandoms. It's awful, but atleast for me it isn't that surprising anymore.

The thing that gets me is that TheOwlClub released the episode. Just like they did with True Colors. It's one thing to make that mistake once, but twice? At that point is doesn't seem like a mistake.

They made a whole post regarding everything and apologized, which is nice, but the episode is still up on their website. "Maybe they haven't had time to take it down yet!" They posted it yesterday. I have seen people say that and oh no, they've had plenty of time to take it down.

Maybe it was a mistake, and they didn't mean to upload the episode. But they still did and now I'm seeing spoilers and the full video all over YouTube. This is honestly awful. Last few episodes and no one can respect that. Not to mention that cute message Dana made with the titles "Thanks For Watching" and now "fans" are uploading it everywhere and spoiling it.

I saw a post on YouTube about someone posting a picture of Luz's palisman being that purple cloud and said "If you know what it is don't spoil it!" And luckily most respected that, just commenting "It's really cute and creative, that's all I'm gonna say" and stuff like that. But then there were people in the replies revealing what it was, and they were all doing it multiple times.

God, I can't blame Dana for being pissed. This is just so disrespectful. I know it's just a show, but it has already been disrespected enough, with season 3 being cut short and the LGBTQ+ rep being censored in other countries just so Disney can get their precious pennies.

Like, imagine wanting to make a show, actually getting to do it, the last season being cut short and just as you were telling hundreds of fans who enjoyed the show "Despite the last season being cut short it was still great to create a show!" And promoting a website that showed your episodes, just for those fans and that website to bite you. That must sting.

Edit cause I'm still very mad: Saw someone on here post spoilers with no tag and said "haters dni" like dude we're not haters we're actual fans. I know what I just said is super cringey but that's just how I feel. A very impolite screw you to them and everyone else acting like this :]

Another edit: When I talked about Dana's message with the titles I meant that people were spoiling For The Future, not the titles.

I'd like to add to this cause I have personal experience but my dad is one of the smartest people I know. He used to be a psychology Professor in Hawaii, he knows multiple languages, has multiple degrees in a ton of different subjects, and he was a pilot. Now he has dementia from falling down the stairs and hitting his head. He struggles to tell me apart from his sister (who passed away a few years ago), constantly believes someone who he knew who's now deceased is still alive and he talked to them yesterday, and he needs medication every few hours to keep him stable. Take care of your health in your youth, and prepare for your health to decline slowly or quickly as you age.

A baby and her teddy

So my friend and I were talking about the new episode, and they pointed out something that made me realize something else. Long post btw that will contain spoilers for FTF.

So well all know that Raine gets possessed and Belos uses their body to manipulate the Collector. But something that I didn't notice until my friend pointed it out and I rewatched the episode was that it was actually foreshadowed

In the first two minutes when Raine's rhapsody played in the background it looked like it was playing because of Eda and Raine and because Raine started simping for Eda's harpy form. But still, out of all the music that's been used, why would they use Raine's rhapsody when Raine didn't even know the Collector existed? And they showed the Collector and Raine in the same scene, not only that but they showed Raine very clearly seeing the Collector. All of this was foreshadowing.

The next time we see Raine, they're a puppet along with the rest of the coven heads. And when it shows the coven heads about to attack Eda, Raine is focused on specifically, and their glasses shine

At first I thought that was just because Eda wanted to visit Raine and their glasses shined for dramatic effect. But rewatching the episode, there are a few other specific moments where their glasses shine.

When they got possessed by Belos

When Belos was going to find the Collector with their body

And when Belos was telling the Collector that they're in danger.

Not to mention why would Odalia use them to help her with the other puppets when she's never even talked to them? And why wouldn't she choose Darius, an obviously much stronger witch physically and magically (love the bard coven and Raine but Darius can do a lot more with his magic than Raine can with their's) especially when they were shown to have known each other as kids? Certainly she knew that Darius was a coven head.

All of this was foreshadowing. Odalia using Raine to help her like Belos used Raine to help him. Raine's glasses shining every time the glasses are in full view from when we first see them as a puppet to when Belos uses them to manipulate the Collector, and Raine's rhapsody being used as the background music when they woke up from the draining spell and saw the Collector for the first time. All of this was foreshadowing to them being possessed.

Side note: I think the reason Belos chose Raine and not Odalia was because Odalia wouldn't fight against him if she decided to and also because since Raine is a puppet and the Collector has never interacted with them beforehand, they don't know Raine's personality and don't know what to expect from Raine. He does know what to expect from Odalia though, and although Belos didn't know that, I think he still got the basic idea because Odalia was obviously conscious and not a puppet while Raine obviously wasn't conscious and was a puppet. Plus they know that Raine is a coven head. But the idea that Belos just has higher standards than Odalia is way funnier so forget what I just said.

Anyways, this whole theory is probably a stretch, but personally it makes a lot of sense to me and this show has great and subtle ways of foreshadowing as seen as early as season 1, so I just think this was just the show being clever with its foreshadowing again.