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fandomsecrets2014-06-13 06:29 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2014-06-13 06:29 pm
[ SECRET POST #2719 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2719 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Jared Leto, Doctor Strange]
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03.
[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$]
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04.
[Star Trek: The Next Generation]
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05.
[Odd Thomas]
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[Murdoch Mysteries]
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07. http://i.imgur.com/4VlZYj4.png
[porny, illustrated]
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08.
[Big Time Rush]
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09. [SPOILERS for Game of Thrones]
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10. [SPOILERS for Game of Thrones]
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11. [SPOILERS for OUaT]
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12. [SPOILERS for Game of Thrones]
http://i.imgur.com/U7UnmUI.png
[gore]
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13. [WARNING for abuse]
[Lie to Me]
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14. [WARNING for dub-con/non-con/etc]
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15. [WARNING for suicide]
[Rick and Morty]
Notes:
Might be ANOTHER 12 am day. Response time will again be slow, sorry.
Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #388.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Re: How To Train Your Dragon 2 [SPOILERS]
I loved it too. Maybe part of it was knowing going in what to expect (good, but not as great as the first film), maybe part of it was me just straight up liking it. Who knows.
Astrid and Hiccup together as a couple was great. They were cute, they supported each other, not once was their relationship treated for drama (ie breaking up, getting back together). I was 'meh' on them in the first film because it screamed of "misunderstood dude gets token badass popular girl of his fantasies", but it got to develop its own groove here.
Oh, God. Stoic's death. Completely didn't see it coming, but as soon as it happened I'm was like HOW COULD I HAVE NOT. From the whole "accepting your duty as future chief/circle of life shit" to "we'll all live together as a family now! yay!" to "I THOUGHT I'D DIE BEFORE I SHARED ANOTHER DANCE WITH YOU". :|
Holy shit, I was caught between facepalming for not seeing the writing on the wall, to applauding the writers for damn straight foreshadowing, to also applauding them for essentially fridging a father while actually keeping the mother as a key player for the rest of the movie.
Which yeah. Valka. Favorite part hands down. Not even because I think her character was flawless anything, but yeah. Mother in animated film who exists, let alone does shit, let alone is a mysterious badass figure who main character is estranged from but can still look up too as a guiding force. Wait, did I say animated? I mean ANY FILM IN GENERAL.
Like people are talking about the progressiveness of movies like the Hunger Games, and Frozen, and Maleficent, but damn. I think that is smack dab right up there on that list.
And she isn't perfect but neither Hiccup nor Stoick hold that against her, and it doesn't devolve into this angsty drama that consumes what little family time they get before Stoick dies. No, they ride dragons, and cook shit, and sing songs and dance, and it isn't all rainbows and smiles and without pain because that separation still happened, but the way they just move past it without just shunting it aside... Agh, I loved it.
Echoing what everyone said. Didn't know about the Word of God now, but definitely figured he was gay.
Don't think the ending was too much like the last one. First ending was about Hiccup's dad accepting him and using tactical knowledge of dragons to physically defeat the big bad (weak on the inside to fire). This one was about the power of friendship and then shounen power-ups and Toothless becoming ALPHA DRAGON. Which maybe falls under using tactical knowledge of dragons to mentally defeat them? But overall I think the tone was very different.
Favorite comedic part of the movie was definitely when the dragon trappers kept throwing Hiccup's not!lightsaber overboard and Astrid's dragon kept fetching it. Favorite general "experiencing the movie" part was when Valka kept stepping from dragon to dragon like it was a dance. Beautifully shot and orchestrated. Loved the first soundtrack and know I'm going to be needing this one too.
Also loved the callbacks to the first movie, especially opening with "This is Berk" and Toothless drawing on the snow with his icicle.