#ep58

We're back! Just in time for Shadow and Bone Season Two, how about a retrospective dive into Season One? Here's our take on the books, the show, our beloved Crows, and the sun summoner herself. Hit play and let's find our true north! Ya know, For Science.

(Music is “Energetic Rock” by Rodrigo Vicente from HookSounds)

????? how high were they???

chaos energy Pelipper was a great way to kickstart this disaster (i pretend i do not see moment was gold)

the way i hc Goh joining Ash on his morning jogs sometimes 🥺 the way it’s canon now that he likes to work-out some times bc it feels good >>>

the way they were out and about and PLAYING because they’re cute like that.

because I’m high on fic hormones i’m going to be a bit overreach-y with my analysis this week, and say that this whole bit was actually very carefully planned. Ash was pulling at Goh’s arm here and consciously decided not to pull Gulpin’s squishy body, even when he hadn’t yet been warned about not touching it (which would happen a few moments later, when Gulpin latched to him and he clumsily used his hand to try and get it off) -- had he touched Gulpin and gotten stuck to its body, they would’ve still been glued together, but the hand-holding goodness would’ve been saved.

but BOY are we glad we got this scene. what even was this??? a fever dream??? dark satogou shippers in the writing room??? i don’t really care !! I’m just so happy with it!! look at Ash’s carefree manner, he’s so happy to be helping Goh! he was a proud boyfriend holding Goh’s hand and he even got a little insecure when Goh said he felt embarrassed. aren’t you so happy, too? do you not want to hold hands??? 

(Skye rightfully pointed out in our convo how Daiki did a stellar job on Goh’s voice in these bits, he’s a very expressive boy !! and yet without seeing him it 100% came through that he was feeling a lil flustered. props to that).

baby...honey...there were SO MANY choices. you could’ve held his wrist, his elbow, his shirt, could’ve called one of your ‘mons out to help guide Goh along, could’ve put a leash on him (idk...), just,,, so many things. but of course your first instinct would be hold his hand, it was only natural to you.

he 

didn’t 

let 

go

even when they’d already been literally swallowed down. 

Yeza: I get lonely when I'm alone

Caleb: What if you had some animal friends to keep you company

Caleb: *aggressively looks at jester*

Jester: Well I guess I could loan you nugget

Nott: She also has a weasel

Jester: Why are you offering up all my pets?