#random brain thoughts

Caitlyn and Vi team up to try and win the high school science fair. Caitlyn is certain that she can win, while Vi has a defeatist attitude like they have already lost. But with a rousing speech from Caitlyn, and hearing that Jinx and Ekko were bared from working together, she starts to feel like they can do it.

Follow them as the intensely plan what they could build to win that could possibly see the judges. But every time they think they have something that could work they hear what Jinx or Ekko are working on. Forcing them to slowly up their ambition and inventiveness, only for their competitors inventions to get more and more absurd.

Caitlyn also slowly starts to suspect that Ekko and Jinx are working together in secret. She starts to trail them trying to find out what they are working on. And as her and VI’s project starts to take shape but continues not to work she starts seeking help from Jayce. Something that is against the rules.

Day of competition Caitlyn and VI’s cheating is discovered and their machine underperforms. Not wanting to go down alone she brings out information that Jinx and Ekko were collaborating. (Both having tied for first with Jinx’s Poro feeding machine that runs off the grey, and Ekko’s hoverboard that has an inbuilt stretcher ability.)

Ai Di is the heart of the show if we’re all being honest. ❤️

He’s the only one who’s befriended all three of the protagonists of the series and has made sure that Zongyi stayed alive while in prison for him to reunite with Zuhrei now.

Ai Di is trying to make amends for his mistakes and is always looking out for those around him; this is why he always appears so righteous to the audience without making himself appear blameless as well.

One of the two primary culinary themes of the story is strawberries; which are bright red - like Ai Di’s primary colour scheme.

Like the strawberries in this story Ai Di is seeking to bring our main couple back together, as he now cares for them both; and similarly, until Chen Yi incorporates the other culinary theme of the series: cake - to celebrate their own reunion and atone for their missed celebrations - he and Ai Di cannot be brought back together to be reunited themselves.

notes:

united aren’t in “despise” because that would require me to ever actually think about them, and since they’re down in the depths of their own shit, i couldn’t care less about their existence. it’s laughable at best, but i can’t despise a team that’s hardly relevant anymore 🥴

chelsea dropped to “despise” because of the whole underdog gimmick they’re pulling after spending two billion euro

ipswich are in “dislike” b/c of sam morsy, but not in hate because i do think that as a club they’ve been quite morally consistent around their opposition to sports betting sponsors, which i like

newcastle are in “hate” because of the oil money & how annoying the fans i’ve met irl have been

Tbh I actually still find myself struggling a bit to keep up with writers and story arcs in my head (couldn’t work out what SoL was until right now - sentinel of liberty, right?)

BUT so far I have pretty much exclusively read black widow comics or issues she features in. (I discovered that on the marvel comics website you can search by character and it will give you every issue they are in - sometimes that’s meant she has one line and I am left wondering why the heck I read a whole comic book for that lol)

Personally I have noticed I don’t pay a lot of attention to who has written an issue, but I know I have my favourites. I actually could pin an artist before a writer- Phil Noto is a god amongst all others - but it’s interesting to hear the different thoughts here.

I’ve seen a few posts with people mentioning Nat’s thought process in the Thunderbolts mini run and my ear pricked up. I LOVE writing fanfic that is based on Natasha’s inner thoughts, she is so full of depth. I would definitely think about writing this sort of thing BUT I feel I need to get my source material right in my head.

Basically the tl;dr is this- what should I be reading or re-reading? I think the names and the arcs can make it quite difficult for those getting into comics to understand what they are looking for, and the amount that characters can bounce around between issues and titles makes that even harder. I usually only know what I want to read because tumblr told me…

I know and love the Brubaker and Liu writing but I can’t say I know what the Higgins run was (is this the run following the 2012 end for Winterwidow?)

I just hope that there is more good to come for these two- they need and deserve it.

“I checked it out TWO DAYS AGO and I actually SAT DOWN AND READ HALF OF IT WITHOUT BEING DISTRACTED BY EVERYTHING!”

“It’s about Martians, which is probably why.”

“There’s no rock and roll on Mars. There’s no beat among the stars. You can plainly see, the Earth is the place to be, ‘cause there’s no rock and roll on Mars!” 🎶

“Also, how do you tell your dad that you couldn’t do laundry today because you were distracted by La Bamba and Stayin’ Alive playing in your head as a mashup on repeat? Asking for a friend. (That friend is me.)”

“I DID THE DISHES AND SWEPT THE FLOOR THOUGH!”

“As you can see, the cold showers have improved some ADHD symptoms for sure, but also turned others up to 11. My head is noisy. I like it noisy! I just wish noisy had an on/off switch. Or like…a volume control knob.”