TV Tuesday: Is It Here Yet?

Sep. 23rd, 2025 11:08 am
yourlibrarian: Buffy's life sucks (BUF-LehSuck-eyesthatslay)
[personal profile] yourlibrarian posting in [community profile] tv_talk
It’s pretty obvious these days that for many if not most shows, the 3 month break between seasons rarely applies. What is your preferred length of breaks between seasons? Are breaks between seasons too long these days?

Poll #33651 Season Breaks
This poll is anonymous.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8

Do you find breaks between seasons to be too long (in general)?

View Answers

Yes
3 (37.5%)

No
2 (25.0%)

Depends on the show
3 (37.5%)

Depends on another factor I'll mention in comments
0 (0.0%)

Which comes closest to how long of a break do you prefer between seasons?

View Answers

3 months
2 (25.0%)

6 months
4 (50.0%)

9 months
2 (25.0%)

1 year
0 (0.0%)

18 months
0 (0.0%)

2 years or more
0 (0.0%)

What factors might affect how long of a break you find suitable?

View Answers

How many episodes each season has
6 (75.0%)

If it's the first season versus a show that has many seasons
1 (12.5%)

The genre of the show
1 (12.5%)

If the show relies on big cliffhangers at the end of seasons
4 (50.0%)

If the actors are very in demand and you'd prefer any wait to a cancellation
4 (50.0%)

If you're only somewhat into the show
3 (37.5%)

If the plot is complex and you don't want to have to keep rewatching before a new season starts
3 (37.5%)

If a long wait means you lose track of its return
5 (62.5%)

If a long wait means it gets supplanted by other shows you watch
2 (25.0%)

Something else mentioned in comments
0 (0.0%)

Prompt table challenge: check in #3

Sep. 22nd, 2025 12:55 am
xfirefly9x: (River Tam)
[personal profile] xfirefly9x posting in [community profile] worderlands
Check in #3!

How's your writing going?

How many prompts have you made it through? How many stories?

Even if you've only been poking little bits here and there, any writing you've done is more writing than you had before.

If you've not written yet, consider this a gentle nudge to take a look at the prompt table and consider working on something today.

As usual, feel free to share writing links or snippets or the like too!

Drew some Tomoko

Sep. 20th, 2025 12:16 pm
fennectik: Anime (Anime)
[personal profile] fennectik posting in [community profile] anime_manga
Recently found out about this lovable anxiety-filled character named Tomoko from Watamote, being quite late to the entire series as it is. Went on sketching her face.

Speak Up Saturday

Sep. 20th, 2025 01:08 pm
feurioo: (Default)
[personal profile] feurioo posting in [community profile] tv_talk
Assortment of black and white speech bubbles

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

The beauty (?) of pre-streaming TV

Sep. 18th, 2025 12:05 pm
jo: (Default)
[personal profile] jo posting in [community profile] tv_talk
Apologies for the post title -- I am very bad at coming up with titles for entries.

This topic arose out of a discussion on Bluesky and I thought it would be interesting to post it here. The premise is that before streaming, scripted television had to react to its own reality. What I mean is, shows that had to pump out 20+ episode seasons *every year* had to deal with actual real life things and work them into the script. For example, a character becomes pregnant because the actor gets pregnant, or a lead role had to "go missing" for part of a season because the actor was off doing a movie or dealing with a real life issue, or a character had to end up in a cast or otherwise accommodated because the actor injured themselves in real life, or the "filler episodes" that exist because of budget concerns, or the finales that were written because they didn't know if they'd be renewed for another season, etc.

With streaming, because the wait between seasons is so long, we no longer get these (admittedly sometimes rather demented) workarounds anymore. Or as one person on Bluesky put it: "If you can just tell the story you want to tell with the actors you have with whatever running time you want, it's not TV, it's a movie."

Thoughts? Do you miss the imposed responsiveness of pre-streaming TV? Do you have any favourite (or not so favourite) examples of plot lines that came about because of real life events involving the actors or other aspects of the show (e.g. budget issues)? 

TV Tuesday: Always With Us

Sep. 16th, 2025 12:27 pm
yourlibrarian: Long Time Ago for Spike and Angel (BUF-LongTime-sfwolfpup)
[personal profile] yourlibrarian posting in [community profile] tv_talk

Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk



In a recent interview, Wendell Pierce stated “The Wire is something that is classic. What makes it classic [is]...it spoke to the audience then, it speaks to us now, it will speak to audiences long after it’s over.”

What defines a "classic" TV show for you? Do you have examples for that?

Prompt table challenge: check in #2

Sep. 15th, 2025 11:25 pm
xfirefly9x: (Mal and Inara)
[personal profile] xfirefly9x posting in [community profile] worderlands
That's 15 days of the month gone already! How are you all going with the prompt table challenge?

Any thoughts on the types of prompts? I know a few of you were struggling with the dialogue prompts, so I'm curious what you've come up with for those ones (if you've pushed through with them)...and if others also struggled or enjoyed the dialogue prompts?

In any case, it's been great seeing all the comments come in on the main post. Feel free to share more writing here, or updates, or whatever else. :)

Giving Lucky Star a second chance

Sep. 14th, 2025 07:43 pm
fennectik: Anime (Anime)
[personal profile] fennectik posting in [community profile] anime_manga
When I first watching Lucky Star, I simply couldn't get into it. I know its akin to American shows like Seinfeld where it's practically about nothing and I got behind that, but I simply couldn't got to be invested after the first four episodes. Decided to give it another go after watching clips on youtube and finding Izumi practically adorable after all this time.

Had also finished Area 88 (2004,) and despite its mild ending and how it directed itself, I enjoyed it for what it was.

Another Anime with a cute protagonist I'm trying out is The Great Jahy Won't be Defeated (or something like that,) which so far it's entertaining, and Heatguy J, which I'm sure I've watched some episodes of it before. Best way I can describe it is like Inspector Gadget if he were badass.

Will update on more progress on said titles.

Pluto fic

Sep. 14th, 2025 09:01 am
thawrecka: (Default)
[personal profile] thawrecka posting in [community profile] anime_manga
Preludes and Endings (Arr. for Piano) (1854 words) by thawrecka
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Pluto (Anime)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Paul Duncan/North no. 2
Characters: Paul Duncan (Pluto), North No. 2 (Pluto)
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Canonical Character Death, Angst, First Kiss, Robot/Human Relationships
Summary:

Paul Duncan uses the time they have to reach out for North no. 2's hands.

Speak Up Saturday

Sep. 13th, 2025 03:44 pm
feurioo: (music: guesch etienne mv)
[personal profile] feurioo posting in [community profile] tv_talk
Assortment of black and white speech bubbles

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
yourlibrarian: Grogu Smiles (SW-Grogu Smile - alexia_drake.png)
[personal profile] yourlibrarian posting in [community profile] tv_talk
There are a bunch of entries on Henry Jenkins blog about various Emmy nominees as well as a post talking about the differences in the Emmys and Peabodies. Well worth reading!

Link to the Emmy posts

Link to the posts about the Peabodies
soc_puppet: Two girls in highschool uniform staring in awe; their hands are pressed together, and imaginary roses are blooming behind them. Above them is a crude drawing of an umbrella topped with a heart and the words, "A happy ending". (A happy ending)
[personal profile] soc_puppet posting in [community profile] anime_manga
Kodansha is teaming up with Humble Bundle once again to bring you the Fall In Love With Shoujo collection!

This collection includes:

  • Shugo Chara!, volumes 1 thru 12
  • Shugo Chara Chan!, volumes 1 thru 4
  • Peach Girl, volumes 1 thru 18
  • Mars, volumes 1 thru 15
  • Say I Love You volumes 1 thru 18
  • A Condition Called Love, volumes 1 thru 16


  • You can get the entire bundle of manga for only $30 USD. That said, you can also get the first volume of each series for only $1 USD! All items are available as ePub and PDF.

    This bundle supports Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which has helped bookstore and comic book store employees and owners who encounter unexpected financial crises. The Binc Foundation works to keep book people in their homes, in their jobs, and with their families – stabilizing the brick and mortar bookstore community. With some bundles, you can pick which charity you want your donation to go to, but that doesn't seem to be the case with this one. If you scroll down on the right hand side of the Humble Bundle page, you can also find an area where you can adjust how much of your purchase goes to which organization (the charity, the publisher, and Humble Bundle, respectively), with a minimum mandatory amount to Humble Bundle as the host.

    With most manga ebook volumes costing around $7 USD (sometimes fifty cents less, sometimes a few dollars more), you only need to be interested in five of the volumes available in the complete bundle to justify the cost—and the total bundle has 83 volumes! That's just over thirty-six cents per tankoubon.

    You can find out more information about the various series at the Humble Bundle link. Definitely worth checking out if even one of the titles catches your interest, IMO.

    This bundle will close in about three weeks.

    Edit: Everything except "A Condition Called Love" is a complete series and is included in its entirety. "A Condition Called Love" is still ongoing, and, at this point in time, has another volume available from Kodansha.

    Spy x Family Season 3 trailer

    Sep. 11th, 2025 12:15 am
    fennectik: Anime (Anime)
    [personal profile] fennectik posting in [community profile] anime_manga
    Seems one of my top favorites has gotten its third season. Crunchyroll unveiled the trailer a day ago and was wise not revealing much in terms of spoiling it the context. I can't wait to watch it all when I can see it.


    Here's the link for said trailer

    Spy X Family season 3 trailer

    About...

    The Journal


    Welcome! Feel free to add me or even contact me if you're curious, and don't forget to comment if you have anything to say!
    See ya around. :D


    Random Stuff



    Protagonize: my author profile



    Current Mood: The current mood of Arwym at www.imood.com

    Most Popular Tags

    Style Credit

    Expand Cut Tags

    No cut tags
    Page generated Sep. 23rd, 2025 06:24 pm
    Powered by Dreamwidth Studios