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can we got an “I miss bandersnatch chain?” And you talk about how much you miss Bandersnatch or your favorite parts about it? Think I might make an edit out of it.

ive only included blogs that are exclusively about bandersnatch (/plaything, now, i guess) on this list... non comprehensive of course and i cant guarantee how alive or dead anyone is. there are plenty of people who were/are heavily involved in the fandom (and/or made fanart, fanfiction, or fan edits) but dont have bandersnatch specific blogs

dead:

@theactualcolinritman, @bleached-blonde-boy-blog, @ekdusis, @gaystefan, @worshippax, @incorrectbandersnatch, @88timelines, @thecolinritman (wow! i didnt realize this was still up!)

alive:

@p4xman (hi!), @hejumped, @colinritman

Hello hello, insane person here

I’m gonna be honest I’m not surprised about how this Bandersnatch sequel came out, in all honesty it’s not a sequel at all it just “BANDERNSATCH BUT AGAIN.” and a thing or two changed. But if I were to rate it based on it being a sequel I’d put it at like a 2/5, with it being its own episode a 4.5/5 but that’s only due to how much I’ve hyper fixated on this piece of media since forever.

Cameron’s character is, as expected, basically just Stefan but they like turned it up to 10. He’s wearing headphones that are playing his what I’d assume is code, stutters a lot, bro just wants to draw (obviously to show is little goobers to the world but y’know), he got the gamer flavor of autism, and the guy CANNOT keep eye contact.

This also goes along to say that the story hits a bunch of the same story beats in Bandersnatch aswell, the same parental issues as Stefan, ashtray kill, goes to jail, chops up a body in a bath tub, goth clerk, Colin makes a video game reference for no reason, etc. which is fine I guess???? But I feel it ruins the story a bit, like don’t get me wrong I don’t exactly hate the references, I just wish they actually took it a little more seriously.

Lump is Peter in this scenario. He’s one of the main driving forces that moves the story forwards, and is also Cameron’s only friend apparently??? But also I just find it funny how out of giving him an actual name they called him fucking LUMP, like LUMP??? Really??? Alright… Anyways, they make a knockoff LSD scene with him and Cameron as they play Street Fighter, which could be a reference to Striking Vipers if you want it to be lmao. But it the same lighting and all that. But also I kinda feel bad for Lump a little bit because he was just like “Wow video game, let me play a little bit.” But also Cameron clearly covered it up and Lump shouldn’t have messed with it. Then he gets ashtrayed which, yeah…

Thakur’s wig got fucking bandersnatched and he’s fucking bald now with a swag ass ponytail, which, fire. Still has a bit of comedic relief but is a bit out of character. Don’t get me wrong, he’s still great he’s just getting fucking bullied. Although I definitely like how he’s very supportive of Colin and clearly cares about him, even if it’s just from a business standpoint, he’s made sure his mental insanity doesn’t exactly go on the news despite everything even if Colin’s denied him from the looks of it.

Colin Ritman. THE Colin Ritman. The whole reason why I screamed during the middle of math class. Get fucking 3 minutes of screen time. Which… ok??? Colin’s whole point as a character is to just kick start it and then fuck off. Which is fine… BUT WILL POLUTER ISN’T FUCKING STARRING, MR.BROOKER WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME?!?! Anyways, Colin isn’t too bad of a character but definitely feels downgraded from Bandersnatch. I like how much info we can get from Colin on his desk and walls and whatnot, but maybe I’ll talk about that in another post… The things I’m mainly pissed about is the fucking cliffhanger we were left on, like what do you mean he went fucking gaga? Why did he have his breakdown? I would like to know more about that please.

Colin as a character in both Bandersnatch and Plaything feels so vague, which is good and bad, but it just feels like we don’t know anything about him or something we can based him off of. I get that’s why some people like him, but it feels like the writers don’t exactly know what to do with him except use him move the plot forward. I love Colin, I know a lot of people do but his mentalist mindset isn’t exactly developed fully and it pisses me off, like why’d you reference Sonic? Pac-Man made sense but god. I do see the difference in him being more mean in Plaything whether it was his breakdown or not, and his light plot points but it’s still all so vague.

Sorry I ranted a bit…

Anyways, I genuinely enjoyed this season as a whole, it’s really bringing itself back on its feet, and although Plaything might just be an outlier for Netflix to prompt there games and crap, it’s kinda of what Bandersnatch was as well. Overall it’s a fun watch, even if the ending is vague as hell, it like alright.

Made this point in a comment then realised I wanted to say it properly

Spoilers ahead for Bandersnatch and Playthings

Tbh, I was kind of underwhelmed by the episode. I haven't actually seen any Black Mirror episodes (other than Bandersnatch) before, so maybe that could've prepared me?

It just felt really short-lived, like there was more things to unpack but they just didn't. The 'Lump' guy for instance. I sorta liked his character. Unnerving.

I needed more Colin, Mo, and just Tuckersoft in general.

And where was Stefan? No mentions at all.

I get it was a cautionary tale about ai, but the ending was unsatisfying.