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isabellerecsSo the weather has been kicking my butt, not in the "I live in a deep freeze" sort of way but more in a "these wild temperature fluctuations are setting off my migraines". :( I'm feeling okay right now, so I figured I should resist the urge to procrastinate to my day off tomorrow because I don't know if I'll be okay then.
While I haven't had much brain focus for thinky thoughts, I've actually been consuming canon media. o_O The spouse started season two of The Punisher while I was at work last Friday, but I got to see the rest as we stayed up to nearly midnight to finish it.
I'm going to attempt to put any spoiler-y things under a cut,but I've not been 100% successful at doing that first time so look away if this doesn't precede a cut. XP
I think it's fair to say that The Punisher has fallen victim to the notorious sophomore slump. I'm not saying I hated it or anything and Jon Bernthal is so great, but it didn't seem as tight storywise nor did the reasoning seem as visceral or believable.
Poor Curtis, give that man a break I am so serious. Don't even get me started on Karen. She's only in one episode, and while there was finally acknowledgement of the Kastle sized elephant in the room it was done in the same breathe as Frank saying it couldn't happen. *sigh*
As a bit of an aside, it pleased my Kastle heart that they had Amy and Karen in the same room briefly and nothing could have been more obvious than the fact that Karen is a woman in her early thirties and Amy is a girl in her late teens/early twenties. It put paid to the anti-Kastle argument that she was too young or that the age difference between her and Frank was so vast. (If you don't ship them, that's cool but that wasn't a good reason to my mind.)
The Mennonite John Wick was a little weird, not going to lie. Also, Billy didn't come out as scarred up as I thought he was going to be and I can't help but feel it was because the production folks just couldn't bring themselves to cover up all that pretty. ;) Okay, if you're still here I'll stop inflicting my nonsensical Punisher rambles on you.
Now on to the canon media that I just finished this morning, I watched She-Ra! I'm a little behind the times, but not as much as I usually am and I am utterly in love. :D I was unfamiliar with the original show besides being able to pick out the character of She-Ra, but besides knowing that she was in some way connected to He-Man I didn't know anything. So while I went in with no preconceived notions, I didn't think it would really grab my attention. I was wrong. I loved the whole thing. I loved the designs for the characters and the settings, I loved the plot, I love the lore building, and I can't wait for a second season because I have so many questions!
But the thing I love the most is, ugh, the Catradora! I have a documented weakness for the former friends turned enemies but still really hung up on each other dynamic (Grindeldore, Clex, oh God, Cherik!). It is my jam. And these cute baby lesbians are playing my song.
I have loved this all so much that I have tried to make icons, because well I meant to start doing that and I just need more She-Ra in my life to tide me over to the next season. ;D
While I haven't had much brain focus for thinky thoughts, I've actually been consuming canon media. o_O The spouse started season two of The Punisher while I was at work last Friday, but I got to see the rest as we stayed up to nearly midnight to finish it.
I'm going to attempt to put any spoiler-y things under a cut,
I think it's fair to say that The Punisher has fallen victim to the notorious sophomore slump. I'm not saying I hated it or anything and Jon Bernthal is so great, but it didn't seem as tight storywise nor did the reasoning seem as visceral or believable.
Poor Curtis, give that man a break I am so serious. Don't even get me started on Karen. She's only in one episode, and while there was finally acknowledgement of the Kastle sized elephant in the room it was done in the same breathe as Frank saying it couldn't happen. *sigh*
As a bit of an aside, it pleased my Kastle heart that they had Amy and Karen in the same room briefly and nothing could have been more obvious than the fact that Karen is a woman in her early thirties and Amy is a girl in her late teens/early twenties. It put paid to the anti-Kastle argument that she was too young or that the age difference between her and Frank was so vast. (If you don't ship them, that's cool but that wasn't a good reason to my mind.)
The Mennonite John Wick was a little weird, not going to lie. Also, Billy didn't come out as scarred up as I thought he was going to be and I can't help but feel it was because the production folks just couldn't bring themselves to cover up all that pretty. ;) Okay, if you're still here I'll stop inflicting my nonsensical Punisher rambles on you.
Now on to the canon media that I just finished this morning, I watched She-Ra! I'm a little behind the times, but not as much as I usually am and I am utterly in love. :D I was unfamiliar with the original show besides being able to pick out the character of She-Ra, but besides knowing that she was in some way connected to He-Man I didn't know anything. So while I went in with no preconceived notions, I didn't think it would really grab my attention. I was wrong. I loved the whole thing. I loved the designs for the characters and the settings, I loved the plot, I love the lore building, and I can't wait for a second season because I have so many questions!
But the thing I love the most is, ugh, the Catradora! I have a documented weakness for the former friends turned enemies but still really hung up on each other dynamic (Grindeldore, Clex, oh God, Cherik!). It is my jam. And these cute baby lesbians are playing my song.
I have loved this all so much that I have tried to make icons, because well I meant to start doing that and I just need more She-Ra in my life to tide me over to the next season. ;D
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