#maydia thread

Brotherhood has been my favorite show for like five years at this point. Until recently, I hadn't ever really heard good things about 03 before my friend suggested we watched it. He made a very convincing argument, and I'm glad we did watch it! I don't think I can quite say I liked it more than Brotherhood, but it is not without its merits.

This version is a lot slower to get going. The beginning that's all in-line with the manga is great, and I enjoyed all of it. But then it kinda peters out as it diverges more and more from the manga. But then around the last ten episodes or so it starts to find its footing, and manages to make all the differences worth it, turning these new ideas into a really compelling narrative by the end. It provides the viewer with a more philosophical take on this world and its characters, serving as a unique dichotomy to Brotherhood's other half.

I love how they give characters that were relatively minor in Mangahood more screentime. Lust I think is the biggest winner of this. She isn't all that interesting in Brotherhood, and she didn't need to be, but she's just so cool in 03. I already loved her but I love her even more now. Sheska too also benefits heavily. Her and Winry are such a charming duo and I was shipping them pretty hard lmao.

Dante is my favorite character in this version of the show, I think. Her motives are kinda bland and uninteresting, but the way she views the world and how she operates is so compelling, and it more than makes up for meager motivations. Father is of course, a similar idea. His plot is by far the more interesting and nuanced version of the two, but he is not nearly as interesting of a character as Dante is. Father could probably kill Dante without much issue, but Dante would shred him to bits if they were in a courtroom.

I've heard that the twist at the end is contentious, and I can see why. I think I ultimately find the idea fascinating, but they don't really do anything with it. It's more form than substance.

People talked up this season as the best in the whole series, and like, holy fuck they weren't kidding.

The Bad Batch arc wasn't really my favorite but it was entertaining enough. I've heard mixed things about that series but I'unno maybe I'll give it a shot. And then the arc with Ahsoka and her smuggling buddies was kinda fun too.

But both of those pale in comparison to the Siege of Mandalore. If this season was just this arc, I would not have complained. I cannot stress enough just how incredible the final act of this show is. The action is incredible, the tension is palpable, and Ahsoka truly gets to shine as one of the best characters in all of Star Wars.

When people talk up a piece of media as one of the best things ever, I often come out the other end feeling pretty underwhelmed. But not this time.

I'm honestly still reeling from it. The overwhelming pressure leading up to the second half of episode 11, Maul's crazed rambling as he tries to salvage a situation he knows is already falling apart, Ahsoka being stuck on a ship filled with thousands of soldiers trying to kill her, god it's almost like a horror movie.

This was a really solid movie. Most horror movies don't get me all that bad, but there is something about this movie that invokes a primal fear within me. It's claustrophobic, isolating, helpless, with an entire universe on the lines. In the game it was something I didn't give much thought to, but on the big screen it's given exactly as much development as it needed. And wow does it shine. Well as much as it can inside an ocean of blood. It deviates away from the main game in a way that I think is really satisfying, and has an ending that suits the new medium well.

While I do think Mark does a pretty good job with the acting, when you don't know the character's name for half of the runtime, you kinda forget to separate the character and the actor. And even after I learned his name, my brain was just like "yup, that's Markiplier". I think it stems from the fact that I've known and watched his stuff for years now. And even if I've fallen off from watching him recently, you can't get rid of the influence he's had on me. Kinda like how I can only ever see Ewan McGregor as no one but Obi-Wan Kenobi lmao

I swear, they never miss with these movies.

This one definitely felt a little different from the others. Not only does the movie open with Father Jud, he stays the main character throughout the whole movie, unlike the previous two films where it is unclear who the main character is until the second act.

I really like the overarching theme of the movie. It doesn't turn a blind eye to the cruel and horrible nature of some Christians, but it also shows that there are genuinely good people within its faith, those who put its teachings before all else to help anyone and everyone in need. Hell, even Blanc discovers something about himself over the course of the film. That's not something the other movies did, and I was very pleasantly surprised by it.

I wasn't raised religiously, but some very important people in my life are Christian, and it was very refreshing to see both the good and the bad parts of the faith on full display.

Compared to the other two films, this one has so many "it was there from the start" moments that you're able to catch on rewatch. After watching it with my fiancé, I saw it again with my mom earlier this week. And yeah, they just let you spot things the first time if you've got a good enough eye for it. It's so cool, I love that they did this.

This is some gooooooood shit right here

Problematic age gap ✅ Unhealthy boundaries ✅ Toxic relationship ✅ Adultery ✅ Committing sin against the word of god ✅ Really good smut ✅ Milfs ✅

This is one of my fiancé's favorite shows, they were so cute about wanting to show it to me. Every time I suggested watching it on our trip he got all giddy and excited.

Somehow this was the first time I was ever exposed to the character of Moriarty, I had never known he was a Sherlock Holmes character until now. I just thought they slapped Sherlock into the series for funsies.

This show is so good though. Almost every episode is filled with righteous justice and a rich asshole getting their just desserts. The ship episode was my favorite, luring the victim into the understage and raising him into the crowd as he stabbed his victim over and over was so, so funny and satisfying.

The show is unfortunately pretty plagued with a predominately male cast, and even the one female lead transitions mid-season lmao. Bonde is a great character, however, and I was pretty astounded that this was a full-blown trans character. No tricks or gimmicks, he's just trans. It fucking rules. He's also hot as shit, like wtf. Him and William seriously making me question my sexuality. But so far the only men I've been attracted to are fictional, so maybe I'm just bi for not-real men lol.

Like seriously wtf, William saying "catch me if you can, Mr. Holmes" got me flustered fggfghjjhg. Especially in the dub, like holy shit. I know he fruity af though. I ain't never seen another man lust after their rival so hard. I don't even partake in yaoi all that often but there's some really great gay subtext.

10/10 update, Mel and Eris get to fuck.