#finale

Here we are. The end of Amazon, faster than anyone at the time expected. Cancellation’s a bit of a jerk like that… But it’s been fun anyhow, hasn’t it? So, let’s see how we wrap up this wild ride…
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… Amazon’s wearing a suit, nuke safety is nonexistent, and I’m not sure I can describe any of this. Let’s roll.
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Episode 23:

   And by fireworks I mean H-bombs helium bombs, aka a thing that does not even exist as far as I can tell, but okay. Because Garanda just has those now. So some island somewhere is now kind of inhabitable and/or does not exist anymore, probably. … guys I know y’all really want to set Tokyo on fire but like, really?? 

   Ah, nope, now their plan is simply to wait out the radioactive fallout (WTF) and then build the Garanda Empire over it. … So now, extrapolating logically, we have an AU wherein the last remnants of Spain (who were previously wiped out by the Inca) are going to try nuking everything and probably turn the world into Fallout/Mad Max. Show, what the hell.

  Anyway, insane plans aside, YO AMAZON HOW ARE YOU GONNA CATCH ONTO THIS AND PREVENT THE WEIRDEST MAD MAX AU OF ALL? … Who knows, because right now we’re joining Masahiko’s sister where – OKAY WHY IS A LIZARD SLEEPING IN MASAHIKO’S BED, WHAT????

   there are no answers
   there is only a salamander beastman, now kicking them out of their own house
   this is our life now 

   Ah, but a last-minute save from Tachibana, who is still valiantly trying to fill Mole’s shoes! He is still not living up to those standards, and possibly never will, but oh well. FWOOSH, AWAY IN THE SENSIBLE SEDAN… OF JUSTICE

   It has literally taken them until the second-to-last episode to find a mode of transportation that doesn’t just make me giggle/burst out laughing, and it’s still not even all that threatening. But y’know, two of ‘em pin in the poor Sensible Sedan pretty well, so, TIME FOR AN AMAZON RESCUE

   NOW WITH 300% MORE STRAIGHT UP MURDERING FRINGE-LUCHADORS, WOW. Bye, minions. You possibly had names and lives, but not anymore. Well, uh, shall we be off to… somewhere, Amazon? Idk, Masahiko’s house is now Salamander Country so who knows where we’re going

   INTO A FREAKING TRAP, THAT’S WHERE WE’RE GOING
   BECAUSE THIS WASN’T AMAZON AT ALL
   IT WAS SALAMANDER
   HE CAN SHAPESHIFT 

   … the fact that I did not at all question that Amazon would straight up murder non-monster mooks, and only thought it was weird that he was being a bit more terse than usual, says a lot, I think.

   Anyway, Tachibana gets thrown out of the car, which is now being driven away by the salamander and a fringe-luchador. Because they want Masahiko and his sister, for some reason? 

   … Dude, if this is to fight Amazon, I think you could’ve just stabbed some folks in Tokyo and found him pretty quick without personally antagonizing him. Also, WHY NOT JUST SET OFF THE HELIUM BOMB, WHAT THE HECK WOULD HE EVEN DO ABOUT IT??

   Er, ahem, so yeah, Amazon points out the second fact there, Tachibana realizes that he’s an idiot as usual, and thus Amazon is allowed to set off after his child-parent and his teenager(??)-parent. SAVE CHILD BIKE, AWAYYYY~

   and then, meanwhile elsewhere, Cosplay Boss murders like four of his Fringe-Luchadors FOR NO GOOD REASON. Dude, how do you keep getting more of those? Are they all just clones of one guy, or something…??

   so back over to our hero – OKAY UM AMAZON OPENED THE DOOR OF THE ABANDONED SENSIBLE SEDAN AND THE WHOLE THING JUST EXPLODeddddokay no never mind after the commercial break he’s just fine
   just digs himself out of some minor rubble, literally just brushes some dust off of himself and that’s it, exploding is a minor inconvenience to him 
   starting to see why y’all thought just setting off the helium bomb before Amazon can do anything wouldn’t be enough, yeah

   Aaaand then Amazon literally stepped on salamander in his lizard-form without even noticing until he’d already done it. Everyone is failing their Spot checks today and nothing is entirely sensible: KAMEN RIDER AMAZON’S PENULTIMATE EPISODE

   So uh yeah, one minor scare later, iiiiit’s fight time! Well, it’s about a minute later than usual, so maybe… Ah, nope, it’s not going well, because Amazon isn’t transformed and, when he’s about to, Salamander threatens to kill Masahiko and Ritsuko if he does. … So either Amazon finally figured out that yes he does in fact henshin when he does the thing, or he’s very confused about why he can’t shout his name right now. 

   Either way, Tachibana’s trying to catch up with Amazon for some reason – AAAAND MANAGES TO KINDA SORTA SAVE MASAHIKO AND RITSUKO, WHAAAAAT. Well, I mean, it’s still mostly Amazon swinging on up there and knocking out the Fringe-Luchadors for realsies, but uh… he got a couple punches in, anyway??

   Actually, Salamander’s just being a jerk here: apparently he’s already poisoned Masahiko and Ritsuko, so now their bodies are becoming SALAMANDER BODIES. And also actually he wants Amazon to fight him, not run away, because he’s supposed to be murdering him, and all. BUT MEANWHILE, THAT HELIUM BOMB IS BEING SET UP, OH NOOOO

   … and then in spite of Ritsuko giving a speech about how Amazon should focus on disarming the bomb, and Amazon agreeing… Amazon proceeds to just get into a fight with Salamander anyway, while Tachibana and crew go out after the bomb?? … Well, to be fair, I don’t know how you’d expect Amazon to disarm a quasi-nuclear bomb anyhow…

   WELL AT LEAST NOW AMAZON CAN HENSHIN – WHOOPS BUT SO CAN SALAMANDER, DUN DUN DUNNNN! … aka: “we had an extra suit and a spare suit actor and we’re gonna use them, gdi”

   1) TACHIBANA WHY DOES IT EVEN MATTER WHICH ONE IS REAL, IT’S NOT LIKE YOU CAN HELP ANYWAY
   2) I THOUGHT Y’ALL WERE GONNA GO LOOK FOR THE BOMB, WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE, LET AMAZON FIGHT HIMSELF IN PEACE, GO SAVE US ALL FROM THE FALLOUT AU 

   Man, and he doesn’t even fight himself for that long before Salamander goes back to being Salamander. Special mention to Amazon counter-kicking the kick attempt, though, that was Pretty Neat. Anywho, Salamander seems to be trying the same regeneration trick as Anemone did, so I guess we’ll just have to blunt-force-trauma him to death –

   Him teleporting away might have been… if not for the fact he literally just teleported back to base to have Cosplay Boss kill him, marking our first time in a long while that an enemy has went “SCREW THIS NOISE I’M GONNA GO BACK HOME FOR A MERCIFUL DEATH.”

   … pfff, baby. Amazon didn’t even bite you once, just ask Gedon about justified mercy-killings!

   OH AND THEN IT TURNS OUT KILLING SALAMANDER MAKES THE POISON ALL BETTER SO THAT’S ALL SETTLED AFTER ALL, AHAHAHA. If only real life poisons were that easily dealt with…

   And speaking of easily dealt with: Amazon has found the Garanda Safe House, hurray! Luckily it was just kind of… over here, in this hill. Okay, sure, why not. It’s only guarded by Fringe-Luchadors, regardless, so TIME TO STORM THE ENEMY BASE BASICALLY UNOPPOSED, I GUESS –

   by which I mean amazon almost immediately falls into a trap, and we’re gonna have to wait until NEXT TIME to see how he escapes and foils the evil HELIUM BOMB. And by “next time” I mean “next paragraph”. ONWARDS, TO THE END!

Episode 24:

   YUP JUST STICK THOSE COSTUMES INTO LAB COATS, A+ DECISION. Not even really being sarcastic, those look amazing. And hilarious. But mostly amazing. … Anyway, Amazon’s easily escaping the spike trap because GUYS HE HAS A GRAPPLING HOOK, so let’s see what Science is up to here!

   … gfdi Cosplay Boss did you make your actual name be “Zero” just so you could feel really important and smug when you tell your men what to set zero-hour to on the bomb
   did you do this 

   Anyway yeah the bomb’s going to go off at 1PM today, so time to just PUT IT IN A REGULAR BOX WITH LITTLE PADDING AND CASUALLY HAVE TWO GUYS TAKE IT OVER TO TOKYO
   guys I am seriously so surprised y’all haven’t just nuked yourself, NUKE SAFETY, PLEASE 
   (which, speaking of which, how far away is your secret bunker, anyway…???)

   Well, I hope it’s really really far, just because Amazon’s having to go through a TON of traps here, so it’d be nice if 1PM is a long way away and it’ll take you guys forever to get to Tokyo IN YOUR SENSIBLE SEDAN OF EVIL AGAIN, GDI GUYS YOU HAD TRUCKS. … how do you all get to work every morning, anyway

   GDI TACHIBANA DO YOU HAVE THE ATTENTION SPAN OF A FIVE YEAR OLD?? Like, I know finding one two-foot-long bomb in all of Tokyo would be difficult, but at least you know what Garanda tends to look like. They stand out. You could look for it that way, and stop them before they set it up. Y’KNOW. LIKEMOLE PROBABLY WOULD. 

   BUT NO HE’S GONNA GO AFTER AMAZON AND HE’S BRINGING THE KIDS WITH HIM. “you have to promise me you won’t go anywhere dangerous”, he says. Oh, you mean like the enemy base, Tachibana?! Wh. No. You’re grounded. Go home. You know. WHERE THE NUKE IS HEADING.

   Oh hey, meanwhile Amazon’s gotten through all the traps! He’s found Cosplay Boss! There’s still no beastmen here at all, so this’ll probably be real quick! Pfff, Cosplay Boss, like you can yell at Amazon for killing “many of your cute(!!) underlings”, I swear you’ve killed far more than he has 

   … Okay, so, small problem. Cosplay Boss’s SPARKLER LANCE OF DEATH can’t kill Amazon, but it can STRAIGHT UP KNOCK HIM OUT OF HENSHIN. You know. That thing we usually need to really get our murder on. Um. Ummmm. … Sure would be nice if we had a plan right now, Amazon, little murderbuddy…

   Well, getting Cosplay Boss to tell us where the bomb is, that’s a pretty good start! We have (really easily gained) info! Now we just need to be able to do something with it, and we’ll be good! Anyone got a fire extinguisher to use on that sparkler?

   (side-note: this bunker is “one million meters” underground, and like, just, how) (no)

   Hahaha actually the guy inside is also a fringe-luchador, but anyway, SURE WOULD BE NICE IF SOMEONE WAS OVER HERE AT LEAST TRYING TO STOP THEM, TACHIBANAAAAA 

   … … guys why the hell did you come here in a sedan, to set up a bomb that will destroy three islands, and only allow yourself ONE HOUR to get away from it?! Like?! omg nobody in Garanda knows anything about nuke safety, someone please save us from these morons 

   … Apparently an hour is enough time to get back to base in, which really makes me question how radiation-proof that bunker is. BECAUSE YOU CANNOT MAKE ME BELIEVE THAT IT’S REALLY “ONE MILLION” METERS UNDERGROUND, GUYS. YOUR MOOKS CAN’T EVEN NOTICE THAT TACHIBANA’S HIDING BEHIND A TWO-FOOT-HIGH WALL, HERE, NOT EVEN WHEN THEY LITERALLY HAVE TO BE STEPPING RIGHT OVER HIM. 

   And so Tachibana manages to knock out a mook and steal their costume, because EVERYONE is failing their spot checks today. Lord help us all.

   Oh, huh, turns out there are off-switches for all those traps, that’s how the mooks get in. Fair… enough?? WELP TIME TO INFILTRATE, THIS TIME WITH 300% MORE STEALTH (disclaimer: tachibana is not actually any good at stealth, help us all)

   Okay, guys, why do you even want the Gigi armlet? I thought way back when you said “screw the armlets we don’t need them”? And now suddenly you want it? Pfff, okay, be tsun about it why don’t you…

   ALSO: TURNS OUT BRINGING THE GAGA ARMLET IN BEFORE YOU’D GOTTEN THE GIGI ARMLET OFF WAS A BAD IDEA: apparently, in spite of the armlets having been this close to each other before, when the Ten-Headed Demon was still a thing, this time the armlets do a MAGNETISM THING and the Gaga Armlet just speeds over to link with Amazon’s.

   Like, y’all tried and all, but… yeah, spoilers: it just hangs there like that for the entire fight. GUYS I KNOW YOU MADE THEM TO BE LINKABLE BUT DID YOU STOP TO CONSIDER WHETHER YOU SHOULD 

   Ah well, anyway, HEY REMEMBER ALL THAT STUFF ABOUT THE ARMLETS TOGETHER UNLOCKING UNBELIEVABLE INCAN POWER AND ALL THAT?? Because yeah that’s what they’re doing now. But for Amazon. Amazon is now literally invincible. 

   You just handed Amazon his power-up, Cosplay Boss. SPARKLERS MEAN NOTHING TO THE POWER OF A MAN WITH TWO ARMLETS ON ONE ARM!!

   OKAY SO HEY TACHIBANA, YOU’RE IN HERE NOW, GO ACTUALLY TAKE APART THAT BOMB, PLEASE. Preferably without killing us all. … we’re doomed. We are so doomed. Ah well, away Tachibana goes IN THE SENSIBLE SEDAN OF EVIL JUSTICE, anyhow! While bringing the kids, because screw you tachibana why are you bringing the children omg do you want them to die??

   Sooo uh, that just leaves a base full of mooks and a Cosplay Boss – who I think is now missing both arms, yup, okay, bye VERY HUMAN GUY’S ARMS. Amazon Does Not Care. … bro i stg if you say anything along the lines of “only a flesh wound”, I will be the one to punt you into the sun. I’ll do it. Don’t test me.

   Oh wait never mind he’s dead now, fell into his own spike trap, ahahaha whoooops. … This show was cancelled for being considered too bloody and violent, you say? Gee, I wonder why! 

   WELLPPP GUESS IT’S TIME TO DISMANTLE A BOMB AND THEN WE’RE DONE?? Also we only have two minutes left.  And Tachibana really does not actually know anything about bombs. … well it’s been a good life everybody, see y’all on the other side, goodbye three islands’ worth of japan

   … … … *deep breath* No. 
   I mean, yes, very murderable, but… No. 

   Okay so yeah I really don’t know what to say here, beyond “this is apparently Cosplay Boss’s Boss, fight scene ensues, and then this guy is actually just Cosplay Boss after all, i don’t even??” What, have all those conversations before just been an elaborate RUSE, I don’t…?!

   He also claims to be immortal, but then Amazon cuts off his head and he doesn’t come back, so uh, yeah. Highlander rules, I guess. Does this make Amazon the Highlander? Discuss.

   AAAAND WITH THAT WE JUST SUDDENLY CUT TO A BOAT, HEADED BACK TO THE AMAZONS, WITH AMAZON GETTING ON IT. WEARING AN ALL-WHITE DRESS SUIT. UM.UM. 

   Like, not that I’m complaining that Amazon’s going home, he’s probably going to live a very exciting life making sure every poacher in South America regret their decisions. And not that I’m complaining that Amazon’s wearing clothes, per se. But like. Apparently the gigi bracelet just got removed and now Amazon’s decided suits are his style and this is all very sudden, is what I’m getting at here 

   But uh, with Amazon riding off and Masahiko being sad but knowing that Amazon will come back to visit ~someday~, our season abruptly ends! Man, cancellation’s a jerk, innit…

   So, that… was Amazon, and I guess now it’s time for final impressions! Let’s see here, overall…
   Yeah, okay, that was pretty much the best first foray into Showa that I was hoping for, no two ways about it. The plot overall was a bit all over the place and often repetitive, but for a kids’ show from the 70s and for a show that was facing some outside trouble for its violent nature, eventually getting cancelled… Honestly, I’m surprised it was as coherent as it was. The very end was a very rushed mess, but again: cancellation. I can forgive it.
   The characters definitely are the selling point for this season – sure, the fights have some cool ideas occasionally, and sometimes the choreography can be good when it’s not getting shot in the foot by the editing, but at least for me that wouldn’t have been enough to hold through. Everybody but Tachibana was so great here though, and even Tachibana was not terrible, just kinda useless. I was genuinely pretty mad when Mole died, even. They made me feel for the selfish monster who nine times out of ten was only concerned with his own survival, guys. What the hell.
   Of course, Amazon himself was the true star of the show – I was a little nervous going in about how well they’d portray the concept; ‘unlearned jungleman with little to no language skills’ is so easy to screw up. But I think considering the shaky ground they had to start with, they did absolutely brilliantly. The actor manages to portray it well, Amazon never comes off as stupid, just unexperienced and often instinctual; he shows himself to actually be quite clever long before he starts getting the hang of language skills. Which he picks up ridiculously quickly but, y’know, I’ll roll with it, not least because I ended up soproud of him. I think Amazon is the Rider who I’d say actually grew the most over his season, of what I’ve seen thus far, and that was just a precious thing to behold. Ya did good, murderchild, ya did good. ♥
   So yeah! A good season! … gosh I typed too many words for 24 episodes, ahah, what is wrong with me…

   As for what’s next, um, well…

   Alright, this is something I’ve been thinking a lot about, and it’s been a difficult decision to make, but here’s the deal: I’m starting to get more than a little burned out. (Which, quite frankly, if you have to choose a time to burn out, I suppose “after recapping 90% of Heisei” is a good enough time to choose.) Amazon has been great fun, but there was a period of like… a month and a half where I just didn’t have the energy to write anything. Quite frankly? I need a break.
   But, let me clarify: I’m going to continue recapping the ongoing seasons for the foreseeable future; Ghost recaps will continue, and probably everything after it, in the usual Saturday slot. I was just already iffy on recapping Showa, and this burnout isn’t helping, so for now… I have no plans on continuing those. The two eps of Stronger I’ve seen thus far are fun, but man, a full season of trying to recap Showa ludicrousness? I just don’t have the energy. (I haven’t forgotten about the mini-recaps on Decade, though – as soon as I can find the time and work up the energy to tackle that season again, I’ll try to get to those.)
  Please accept my sincerest apologies on this, as well as my very deepest, very most heartfelt thanks for sticking with me this long. It’s been an amazing, long, wild ride with you all, and even if I’ve gotten a bit tired near the end, I wouldn’t change a second of it. Thank you all.

One year since Ducktales finale. Wow. Feels like it was just a while ago.

So Karen Nielsen, the writer of Nothing Lasts Forever, gave a thumbs up to my tweet in which I mentioned the parallels between what Mulder said to Scully in the church and what he said in Requiem. I asked if this was coincidence or a deliberate allusion. Because it if is an allusion, it is significant because Requiem was the episode where Scully learned she was pregnant. However, she did not respond to the question, and I cannot assume the thumbs up meant a confirmation that it was an allusion. She might have been giving a thumbs up to me saying that I loved the episode. However, if the similarities in the dialogue were merely a coincidence, it would be easy enough to say so. But to not respond makes me wonder if she’s dodging an answer because of how it points to the pregnancy spoiler. If she didn’t know how similar it was to Requiem, she might not want to admit to being unaware of the similarities to a very significant episode. But also I know she got feedback from long timers, so I cannot imagine no one mentioned it. (Although somehow long timers failed to tell Ben Van Allen, who wrote Familiar, that Emily was the name of name of Scully’s daughter and to suggest another name). Thoughts?

NOW KISS

(from the killing eve official twitter account)

gravityfallsrockz:

Disney TVA series finales

Literally this incident with the Supernatural finale is why I want to become a screenwriter/director (surprisingly) to avoid absolute shit like this and uphold the ideal that fans need to be listened to, especially when creating a series of books/movies/shows.

When you share a story with fans, they become the canon writers too

-“Amy…of course I’m gonsta dress up baby Mac as a ninja turtle!!”

So I’ve always thought about what’s the use of having a kid if ur not gonna dress them up in silly costumes until they have choice awareness? Then I saw season 7 finale and this happened Xd

cranolagan:

Something I noticed, Leif’s vision vs The Hardest Thing Promo