nothin’ but a sad clown

Idk I honestly forgot they were there when they were introduced. I thought it was gonna be a quick “actually nah this isn’t gonna work out” thing but it really wanted to be important. I didn’t care about Todd and thought he wasn’t as interesting as other characters like Gale.

Of course they have their big moments in the final episodes with Hank and Jesse, but honestly it could’ve been literally anyone other group and it wouldn’t have made a difference - that’s how much they didn’t have a hook on me. It could’ve been a completely separate drug cartel that had no affiliation with Don Eladio because they aren’t the only people in the world running a drug empire. They wouldn’t have to be flushed out in any way but you could understand their involvement and know that even without Don Eladio, Gus, the Salamancas, etc the drug business is a very serious and cutthroat hell you can’t get away from (💔Nacho). I’m sure that’s what the aryans we’re supposed to be, but they weren’t really into meth and even said they didn’t really need/want to continue with it once they had an obscene amount of money. It wasn’t until Todd having a weird crush on Lydia (who - because I watched BCS first- I didn’t think would have so much of a presence and influence on the show) that he said naw we can make more money if we keep doing this.

They didn’t even have that much focus on them in El Camino. They showed them there and how AGAIN they treated Jesse, but it was mostly Todd getting flashback screen time UNTIL they just created a new quick set of bad guys who knew the group and played an albeit small part in Jesse’s torture. They only had to seem important so Jesse could get his money and gtfo of New Mexico. I did not like El Camino.

It’s also weird to think about how absolutely vile Walter White is but he is comparatively not as bad as literal Yahtzees. I’m sure that’s wasn’t the intention, because - unlike some recent indie animated series finales - Vince Gilligan made sure you’re not supposed to feel bad for Walter after literally EVERYTHING he has done. Like yeah the cartel was also bad, but within the context of the show Walter was a loose cannon that wouldn’t and didn’t want to adhere to the rules and hierarchy of the game. He really only did what he did in the finale because he didn’t want someone else slinging the blue stuff while he was a wanted man and knew Jesse was involved but only spared him because he was nothing more than a tortured mangy dog in their care.

But uh yeah. . . I did not care for the white supremacists.

If you’ve watched TADC tonight or at any point before it is available on YouTube, DO NOT SHARE/SPREAD SPOILERS!

You can discuss with people who have seen it (I literally sent the equivalent of a short film to my friend via Snapchat after we both saw it - with time zone differences). You can share your rating on like Letterbox or other sites (I did).

Absolutely loved finding this channel from his Teacher’s Pet video! Jake’s newest videos on ‘The Wild Thornberrys” are sooo good and I honestly love finding someone who likes and makes (long) videos about the shows and movies I loved but never hear anyone talk about.

I wanted to try and come up with aged up designs for his take on a reboot (make sure to watch the vids and catch his thoughts at the end of part 2). I honestly dig the idea and want to try seeing what the rest of the Thornberrys could look like 👀

The vids are linked here for you to check out! See it as a little stepping stone to get to Jake’s Mind Palace and do a cheeky little subscribe ✌️

Shout out to the best Sci-Fi duo:

Mulder and Twoey 👽🪴

Oh wait I realize I can post my whole rambling that was too long for IG 👀 I’ll share my haul in a repost and you’ll be able to see the comparison between my friend’s photography skills and my own 😅