The Man in the High Castle: Season 1 - Rotten Tomatoes

Intro:
Deck performance HERE.
I wanted to share my latest modifications to my Mono White list from Zendikar standard, updated for Kaldheim. This deck has performed crazy consistently - 19-4 on the ladder, with no mulligans taken the entire time. I also went 7-0 on the standard metagame challenge on my third attempt. Basically - I think this deck is really good. It can't be overstated how helpful it is to have consistent mana on time and a low curve to allow nearly every hand to be keepable - if your opponent is even a touch slower than you then it's very hard for them to come back due to our efficiency. The best tools I feel White aggro got from Kaldheim are Usher of the Fallen (2/1 1 drops are a premium), and Reidane, which I posted a discussion on Here. I wanted to share this list before the end of the metagame challenge in case anyone else needed a 7-0 capable list. This deck still needs a little tuning - I'm not sure on the exact numbers of a couple of cards, but this is a great place to start.

The Deck:
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3474283#arena
2 Kabira Takedown (ZNR) 19
4 Luminarch Aspirant (ZNR) 24
3 Maul of the Skyclaves (ZNR) 27
3 Skyclave Apparition (ZNR) 39
2 Legion Angel (ZNR) 23
3 Castle Ardenvale (ELD) 238
3 Giant Killer (ELD) 14
4 Seasoned Hallowblade (M21) 34
3 Selfless Savior (M21) 36
2 Emeria's Call (ZNR) 12
18 Plains (ANB) 115
2 Shepherd of the Flock (ELD) 28
2 Venerable Knight (ELD) 35
2 Reidane, God of the Worthy (KHM) 21
4 Usher of the Fallen (KHM) 35
1 Halvar, God of Battle (KHM) 15
2 Lavabrink Venturer (IKO) 19

Sideboard:
2 Legion Angel (ZNR) 23
2 Glass Casket (ELD) 15
1 Baneslayer Angel (M21) 6
2 Idol of Endurance (M21) 23
1 Soul-Guide Lantern (THB) 237
1 Giant Killer (ELD) 14
1 Reidane, God of the Worthy (KHM) 21
2 Basri Ket (M21) 7
2 Drannith Magistrate (IKO) 11
1 Sigrid, God-Favored (KHM) 29

General Gameplan:
It's an aggro deck, so the general gameplan isn't too complex. However knowing how to use each of the creature's/spells toolsets to the fullest will help you squeeze out a number of narrow victories. Due to the diversity and aggressiveness of threats, it shouldn't be difficult to get under Yorion/Ugin/Ultimatum decks. Also there are some defensive options that allow you to go over other aggressive decks. There's a few cards in here that are kind of on the weak side (Halvar, Sigrid) - but they're new so I want to give them my due dilligence.

The Creatures:
Giant Killer:
There's no way a rare Eldraine card could be bad, is there? This card is just great - we all know that by now.
Selfless Savior:
Running 3 instead of 4 because the main early game use of it is curving into our Aspirant..since Hallowblade kinda protects itself. Though there will be times you can use it for Hallowblade if it saves your tempo.
Usher of the Fallen:
In this deck, Usher is a straight up upgrade to Venerable Knight due to its boast ability. If you have a proper curve however, then play your threats out before worrying about activating boast.
Venerable Knight:
I still run a couple of this card since it's a 2/1 that can also be buffed by Aspirant to a 3-power attacker on turn 2 - even if your opponent deals with the aspirant, they'll often have to deal with this 3 power one drop very inefficiently.
Luminarch Aspirant:
Very snowbally card. Easily generates value on the turn it comes in. Often it's a better idea to spread out the counters if possible - that's what makes this card bonkers.
Seasoned Hallowblade:
Great offensive creature - though admittedly it sucks against random x/1's (beast tokens, Omen of the Sun tokens, etc.) Still a great diverse threat that can't be defeated by common doomblades.
Shepherd of the Flock:
Should likely be running 1 copy instead of 2, however I do like having at least one around as a utility spell/creature. "Usher to Safety" just puts in so much work for how cheap it is, saving your Creatures/Mauls from destruction and often just allowing you to outmaneuver your opponent's big play. Can do a bunch of other nifty tricks as a bonus.
Lavabrink Venturer:
Having built in protection is pretty good for offense and defense. Make sure you're very familiar with what spells your opponents have and also how you plan to interact with it (savior, maul, basri), before choosing odd or even.
Reidane, God of the Worthy:
I've already waxed poetic enough about this card. There are so many 4+ mana spells being played by nearly every archetype to the point that I have her in the maindeck and do not regret it. When I originally posted about her a few days ago, I was underwhelmed by her artifact side. I was careful to take a closer look at a lot of situations in games where it's relevant - and I'm now fairly impressed with it. Combat/Tempo will nearly always be in your favor once it's down, and your opponent will have much reduced mana effiency for trying to interact with you in any way besides sweepers. This card just single-handedly solves a ton of Mono Whites problems against ramp decks.
Skyclave Apparition:
Taking away an opponent's threats while adding one of your own is just insane in an aggro deck.
Halvar, God of Battle:
This card has been...ok, but sorta underwhelming and I often board it out. Though it has definitely put in work, especially in game 1 scenarios. Suddenly giving your creature with a maul on it double strike has won a few games. I've cast the equipment more than the creature. It's also decent. Vigilance is always nice and refunding your creature to hand is a nice bonus.
Legion Angel:
A great piece of top end that often gives you the gas/evasiveness you need to close out longer games. I often go for the maindeck/sideboard split of 2/2 - however I could see merits to running a 1/3 split.

The Spells:
Kabira Takedown:
We go wide enough to nearly always make this card relevant. I'd add another - but there are so many games that could go wrong if just a single one of your lands is tapped, and this is perfect as a "nice to have but don't need" land in hand.
Maul of the Skyclaves:
This card is ridiculous. Another offensive/Defensive tool.

The Sideboard:
Giant Killer: An extra for any matchups with green stuff. Remember to keep a couple in even against Yorion decks with Green in them, as they'll often try to stop you with Elder Gargaroth - don't be caught flat footed.
Soul-Guide Lantern: For anti-graveyard strats.
Drannith Magistrate: Undecided on whether to keep this card in, but decided to revisit it. Being able to slow down adventure/foretell and avoid stomp are great upsides. Can really put in work when buffed by Aspirant/Maul. He remains until I can settle on other sideboard pieces.
Glass Casket: Can be awkward...especially against anything with Green since it can interact/destroy..basically everything. However they can still buy you time if you're on the draw.
Basri Ket: I've always been high on this planeswalker - even if others aren't. At 3 mana it defeinitely does what it's designed to do in the matchups where you need it. Its ultimate often comes fast and will win you most games once you've triggered it. Great against slow decks - for now I also board him in versus Rakdos since Maul/Apparitions aren't the best there. If you can defend it before they get Kroxa out then it becomes very difficult for them to break through.
Idol of Endurance: For the Rogues matchup. If you can resolve it once they have a decent amount of your creatures milled, then this empties your graveyard and gives you an efficient way to rebuild your board.
Reidane: An extra one against any ramp/control decks.
Sigrid, God-Favored: I've cast this maybe 2 or 3 times, and never want to use it board it in...even in the matchups where you think it'd be great. Maybe if something like mono-red or the mirror is more prominent? Will likely take it out until the meta changes in its favor.
Legion Angel: No need to explain.
Baneslayer Angel: For aggro.
The best upgrade for this sideboard should probably be a couple Hushbringers. Abzan Yorion was one of my 4 losses and it felt tougher than other Yorion piles due to them depending on card advantage efficient blockers. Hushbringer could completely save these matchups. Also puts in work against Mono Green Food/Henge.
There may be space for Archon of Emeria too, as this deck doesn't double-spell often outside of the early turns.

The Matchups:
Just keep in mind how your threats align with the opponent's answers, since they will likely always have to answer what you put on board instead of vice versa. For instance, there's quite a few bounce effects in standard right now - don't go for Maul/Apparition plays in these instances as you're going to lose a ton of tempo. Go as wide as you can and sacrifice units where need be. Its aggro - Keep some one-land hands...turn some creatures sideways..and you'll be just fine.

The "Why not "X" Card?" Cards:
Resplendent Marshal: This card doesn't feel quite there for this deck - and probably isn't meant for it. I've tested him a bit and he's done some decent work when cast in the mid to late game..but doesn't do much on curve to help our gameplan.
The big question I imagine will be asked: Why not go Boros and add Skalds.
Don't get me wrong, Showdown of the Skalds is a good card. However, and this can't be stated enough, it DOES have drawbacks that players should be familiar with in certain decks. Personally, I feel that it is best used in decks that have a decent amount of haste creatures. That allows you to get very explosive and threatening turns after your untap.
I had multiple opponents tap out for Skalds (even multiple ones) in games against me, and I never once felt threatened. It lost them a gigantic amount of tempo each time and they were forced into awkward defensive positions for the rest of the game until they lost. I also wouldn't imagine wanting to use it as a "refill" card against slower decks without haste threats. Tapping out (if it resolves) on turn 4, and playing threats on turn 5 that you have to wait until turn 6 and attack with? No thanks, I'd rather just have my threats be a bit stickier. I think this card is great as a "mirror" breaker between midrange decks (again, if not running haste threats), and I've also seen it be very effective in prowess decks...however, for this deck, I don't think making the mana base worse and adding more 4-cost cards is going to help any of the matchups.
I've seen some very well performing White lists that are even more aggressive than this one running cards like Clarion Spirit and even more 1 drops to double spell. Compared to those lists this one is more "midrange" - but I think there's a lot of avenues to explore if you go that route. Going lower and wider has a ton of appeal against decks that can win by stealing your value creatures (Rogues/Claim/Akroan War decks).
Why not Snow Lands/Haven? Because I'm a fool and just started jamming games today and didn't think about it until now. They definitely could've won me the few games that I lost. I'll be switching over to the snow package and taking out the Emeria's Calls..which I've cast 1 in about 40 games. Haven would surely be more relevant than that.

Conclusion:
TL:DR - The deck has performed fantastically - to date, 19-4 on the ladder (with no mulligans) and 7-0 in Standard Metagame challenge. Great offense and defense. Maindeck/Sideboard need a little bit of optimization - but has tools for most matchups. No idea why I'm not running snow lands/Faceless Haven yet - adding them in. Looking forward to running this in online tourney soon.

EDIT:
Lots of great discussion in here! I wanted to add in some noteworthy stuff so far that's been concluded and speculated as we continue to discuss.
First off, here's what I'm going to be running for the time being, though I haven't tested much: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3474283#arena. Updated the mana to a snow package, added a single Lurrus instead of Halvar and updated the sideboard.
Some things that I've noted in the discussion:

Halvar *can* have some sweet plays, but is very situational with this deck, so another more consistent piece may be optimal. I initially had him in just because I like getting in some reps with the sweet new cards to explore their play patterns.
Lurrus is a good option to consider. Personally, I know about Lurrus' potential, but am not 100% sold on it in this deck as it's not usually something you want to aggressively cast on turn 3, and if you're casting it on turn 3 as a defender then that can be awkward too. Still, the Lurrus/Protection (SavioAlseid) combo is potent and very good. It's just not the direction I chose for this deck.
Really no reason to not run the snow lands/faceless haven package unless Reidane becomes more popular. Obviously I'm super high on the card, but it's not in the meta consistently enough as of now to consider not running the package. I'm still on a split of 2 Haven/3 Castle. Some are more inclined to go heavier on Havens, which may be correct.
I may add in some more detailed description of how I choose to sideboard in certain matchups. Usually I do that in my write-ups. I avoided it this time because I was honestly mindlessly jamming a bunch of games and winning a bunch without much in-depth thought to how I was boarding :D . That's the true joy of playing aggro!
It seems that a number of people have had similar success with this deck on ladder and in the metagame challenge! That's awesome. I doubt the mirror will become common, but remember that mono white actually has some good tools against itself if that's the case.

Makjang 101: Taking Things To The Extreme

In the wake of the recently aired Penthouse: War In Life and in preparation for its upcoming seasons 2 and 3, I wanted to do a little introduction to makjang (막장) dramas -- which is one of my guilty pleasure kdrama genres. I hope this introduction will provide a better "clearer" idea of what is makjang and what dramas are makjang dramas, in addition to the "best" viewing attitude towards such dramas.

What Is Makjang (막장)?

Word Origin
The word makjang (막장) is actually not an officially recognized word but rather a non-standard form of the word kkeutjang (끝장) (noun), which means the end or the conclusion (such as death or complete failure).¹ Essentially kkeutjang represents a state of having reached the extreme where further continuation or development is not possible. In popular culture, the term makjang is used to represent the idea of having reached the extreme.
Makjang + Drama
In the context of dramas, makjang is a stylistic, tonal, or narrative element in dramas that chooses to play up outrageous storylines to keep viewers hooked despite how ridiculous the stories become.²
According to the Urimalsaem definition of makjang drama:

막장 드라마: 보통 사람의 상식과 도덕적 기준으로는 이해하거나 받아들이기 어려운 내용의 드라마. 억지스러운 상황 설정, 얽히고설킨 인물 관계, 불륜, 출생의 비밀 등 자극적인 소재로 구성된다.
A drama that is difficult to understand or accept based on common sense and moral standards of an average person. These dramas will often feature things such as forced situations/settings, tangled relationships, affairs, and birth secrets.

Other hallmarks of makjang dramas include switched identities, revenge plots, power struggles, death (lots of it, especially due to murder), incest (often shown as undertones rather than real relationships), amnesia, blackmail, and evil rich people.
Thus, makjang can be used to refer to specific elements of a drama or the drama overall as a genre designation.

How Makjang Is That Drama?

Over my years of drama watching, I've developed a personal scale of measuring how makjang a drama is based on the presence or absence of "normal" moral compasses in characters.
The fewer number of characters with a "normal" moral compass, the more makjang a drama is.
By counting the number of "normal" moral compasses present in a drama, I rank dramas on a spectrum ranging from makjang-lite to full-blown complete makjang. A drama with 3 or less characters with "normal" moral compasses is what I would consider a full-blown makjang.
I roughly define a "normal" moral compass as one where the character refuses to commit any crimes that would result in prison time because I believe the average common person is a law-abiding citizen that would not commit serious crimes (white collafinance crimes are included) that merit prison time.
An additional indicator that the drama is fully makjang is when characters do not evaluate their actions (especially evil actions) in terms of moral or ethical values but rather solely based on their personal advantage or disadvantage (think gains in powemoney/influence/revenge/etc.).

Example: If a person is considering forging a document and debating on whether it will help them attain their objective as opposed to how ethical/criminal the act of forging is, then the drama is more makjang. If however, the person deliberates on the potential forgery due to ethics (of their profession for example), then the drama is less makjang.

How To Enjoy Makjang Dramas

Makjang as a genre can be polarizing for audiences as some people love them while others detest them. I personally think that makjang dramas have the potential to entertain if one watches them with the "correct" mindset -- that of curiosity of how extreme things can get.
Essentially, I would suggest not taking things seriously (at all) while watching makjang dramas. Watch them with mindset of "how crazy can things get?" instead of "how can a person be like that?" -- If you watch from the first perspective, makjangs are great shows of insanity. If you watch from the second perspective, you might end up checking yourself into a hospital from the stress. More than in any other genre of drama, you have to remember you are watching dramatized fiction.
Even then, this genre still might not be the one for you so don't force yourself to watch something you dislike. After all, kdramas are entertainment, they should entertain you.

Makjang Hall of Fame

(Note: This Hall of Fame is totally unofficial and my personal opinion only.)
When thinking of makjang dramas, one screenwriter immediately comes to mind: Kim Soon Ok (김순옥). She is the Queen of Makjang dramas, having penned the seminal Temptation of Wife (2008), which created The Mole.

The Mole
If you've watched Korean variety shows or lots of kdramas, you have probably come across a spoof scene where a person has a mole on their cheek, which is used to determine their identity. This sequence was used in Temptation of Wife where the FL, who was severely abused by her husband, comes back to exact revenge on her husband. When she returns for revenge, her character gains a mole on their cheek and all of a sudden no one could recognize her for her old self and believes her to be a new person.
See this clip from Runningman Episode 213 to see the spoof in action. (I highly recommend watching this entire clip from the beginning to get a rundown of a number of makjang cliches for female leads and to see how many dramas you see being spoofed.)
If you have watched Search: WWW, then you will remember the mole on the mother-in-law in the drama What's Wrong With My Mother-in-Law? that Cha Hyun (Lee Dahee) was following. (You get a seaweed slap as a bonus!)

Other renowned works also by Kim Soon Ok include Come! Jang Bori (2014) and [The Last Empress](2018), and of course, this year's Penthouse: War in Life.
While Kim Soon Ok's dramas are beloved by Korean audiences (and at least some audiences abroad), there is another famed makjang writer that is worthy of being mentioned in this Hall of Fame: Im Sung Han of New Tales of Gisaeng (2011) and Aurora Princess (2013) fame.
She really takes makjang to a new level as she does not limit the makjang to just her writing but also brings it to life in the process of filming/producing her dramas.
Quoting my favorite bits from the Dramabeans article on her antics:

That was just the beginning, because writer Im began writing out more and more actors as the show went on (more than a dozen in total), killing some off so unceremoniously that people half-joked that Aurora Princess was turning into a survival drama. Some actors gave interviews expressing their dissatisfaction and viewers started calling the drama “Im Sung-han’s Death Note.” (I’m surprised at how vocal the actors have been in criticizing this show, but that indicates that the level of distress was pretty high.) Nobody was safe—the firing spree culminated with writer Im eventually killing off the hero. More on that in a moment.

and

Dissatisfaction with writer Im Sung-han mounted when it became known that one of the cast members, Baek Ok-dam, is her niece. (She is the daughter of Im’s older brother.) This is not Baek’s first drama, but her debut role and follow-up were both in aunt Im’s dramas, Ahyundong Madam and New Gisaeng Story, so you can see where denying nepotism accusations might not be too convincing.

and

(from the drama:) A leukemia patient recently had the epiphany, “Cancer cells are living things too. If I try to die, my cancer cells can feel that. Those cancer cells arose out of me living my life wrong, so I don’t think it’s right to try to kill those cancer cells so that I can live.”

And the follow up to this mess when after her next drama, she announced her retirement.
But of course, what is a makjang without one more twist! Despite her prior "retirement", Im is slated to return in 2021 with TV Chosun drama Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) starring Sung Hoon, Lee Tae Gon, Park Joo Mi and more. As this is a mini-series, perhaps Im will move away from her past brand of makjang but we certainly won't know for sure until the every end!

Some Recommendations

The following are just a few personal recommendations of dramas that have makjang elements or are makjang dramas that I think are an enjoyable watch (if you don't take things seriously). The dramas are roughly arranged from least makjang to most makjang.
Makjang-Lites

Never Twice (2019) -- a drama focused heavily on found families with an adorable main couple that is easy to root for. This drama incorporates certain makjang tropes but overall tone is a heartwarming drama of love and caring for each other.
Mask (2015) -- a Doppelgänger story where our poor FL assumes the identity of a rich heiress. Heavy on romance. Has a fairly makjang premise and makjang elements but overall tone of drama is solidly melodrama.
You're Beautiful (2009) -- a nun-in-training crossdresses as her twin brother to fill in for him as a singer of a kpop boyband. This dramas contains lots of makjang elements -- birth secrets, hidden identities, jealous 2nd FL, crazy mothers. Overall tone of the drama is heavily comedic and full of pop culture references.
Bride of the Century (2014) -- a Doppelgänger story where our poor FL assumes the identity of a rich heiress (deja vu?). This drama also has pretty much all the makjang hallmarks except for copious amounts of death/murder. Overall tone is slightly comedic with a focus on heartwarming moments. The drama definitely does not take itself too seriously (and there's a young Jung Hae In as a kpop idol singer).
Secret (2013) -- A rich heir falls in love with the woman who killed his lover. Dark melodramatic romance with few characters that have a "normal" moral compass.

Makjang On Full Blast

Come! Jang Bori (2014) -- A young daughter of a rich family is lost and is raised by a poor mom meanwhile the rich family adopts a daughter to cope with their loss. When the lives of these two women crisscross, things go crazy.
The Last Empress (2018) -- In an alternate universe where modern Korea is a constitutional monarchy, a (poor) musical actress marries the emperor -- but wait there are problems! Revenge, murder, power struggle, blackmail, and birth secrets!
Penthouse: War In Life (2020-2021) -- A battle for wealth, power, and prestige at Seoul’s most coveted penthouse, Hera Palace, begins. This drama is practically a checklist of makjang hallmarks presented in a drama that delights in its over-the-top and large-than-life tone.

Note: I've seen comparisons made between Penthouse and SKY Castle due to some of the similarities in (part of) their premise -- rich parents obsessed with their kids futures. Personally, I would not compare the two or equate them because they are two very different dramas and intended to be so. SKY Castle is a satire/dark comedy that focuses on the nature of academic competition in SK society. Penthouse is, well, a makjang exploring the extremes to which the rich and powerful will go to stay rich and powerful. In other words, the residents of SKY Castle can be your neighbor if you lived in Korea or a similarly academics-obsessed society, whereas the residents aiming for the Penthouse are extreme, fictional dramatizations of people.

Lastly

I personally love makjang dramas because they are larger than life and often amplify human emotions and ambitions to the extreme -- providing the utmost amount of escapism. More than any other genre of fiction or drama, makjang dramas allow me to let myself go emotionally as I curse at the characters on screen for their actions and motivations. So if you are having a bad day, consider putting on an episode of a makjang drama and letting yourself go completely as you curse to your heart's content.
P.S.
I'm not recommending it but The Heirs (2013) starring Kim Tan and Choi Young Do is a fantastic primer of makjang tropes -- I'd consider it a makjang-lite.
Sources

(1) 막장 > 끝장 Naver Dictionary for 막장; Naver Dictionary for 끝장; Electric Ground/Blue1004 Blog Post
(2) Dramabeans Glossary

Every Character Ranked

So here is my ranking of every character in the show. I'm ranking by season, and then I put my all-season favorites down at the bottom. I'm not only ranking the characters here, but also their complete story and arc. If there's a character I love that just kind of didn't get a good ending, they will be low down. If a character appears in multiple seasons, like Lou or Wrench, I ranked them based on their time in that season. Also, this is really only main and supporting characters, so none of the hotel guests from East / West are gonna be here or any other character like that.

SEASON ONE- My opinion on the season one characters is that it had a handful of fantastic characters but the ensemble around them wasn't as memorable. Besides the main five, every other character was either a jerk or an idiot, and that was really it. There still were no bad characters, but I think 90% of this season's charm comes from Molly, Lester and Malvo.

Lorne Malvo- Who else was it gonna be? Billy Bob Thornton delivers one of the greatest tv villains of the decade with this guy, and he makes him such a great character that you are rooting both for and against him at the same time. Fargo's biggest flaw is that they may never top this guy (but I think they did, which I'll explain a bit later down).
Lester Nygaard- Lester's arc is one of the greatest falls of any tv character. In the first episode, he seems like a loser who got in WAY over his head who you just might still be able to root for, but as the show continues he slowly turns into a deeply disgusting individual. In the time jump, we even get to see him become a happy, successful insurance salesman, but the second Malvo re-enters his life he becomes the same, sad, smarmy villain that he was from the beginning. Probably the best of the show's guy-who-makes-a-big-mistake characters.
Molly Solverson- The moral center of season one, Molly feels a little underdeveloped in the beginning of the show (for a while her only character trait was "let me do stuff, chief!!") but as the show progressed she became one of the coolest heroes of the show, as well as continuing Fargo's long tradition of powerful women that started with the movie and lives on today. My ONLY complaint is that she should have killed Malvo. She deserved it.
Mr. Wrench & Mr. Numbers- While Wrench grew into his own character in later seasons, here they are one entity. Succeeding as the two coolest hitmen to ever be in a tv show, Wrench & Numbers have it all: the jokes, the style, the sign language, and that 11/10 drum solo / theme song that jumps up my heart rate every time it kicks in.
Chief Bill Oswalt- I know that the Chief gets a lot of flack for being an annoying character, but I think he's actually one of the most real characters in Fargo. He's not the chief from season 3 who's actively trying to stop investigating for no reason. He's just a simple, nice guy who got in way over his head. His ending when he resigns is one of the saddest scenes in the whole show.
Lou Solverson- Old Lou was good until he whipped out a shotgun and was ready to straight-up murder Malvo to protect Greta. Then he became awesome.
Gus Grimly- Gus was alright. He had a nice story and he was just a sweet guy, but I feel like he never really had enough personality to match his fellow season one leads. I do like that he got to be a mailman, though. That was sweet.
Greta Grimly- Greta was very obviously much cooler than her dad, but then she didn't get to anything for the whole show. PUT GRETA IN THE GAME, NOAH. I hope that season 5 will focus on an older her and continue the Solverson legacy.
Stavros Milos- I liked Stavros. He was one of the only side characters that fell into both the jerk and the idiot templates. Unfortunately, his story went nowhere, and he had one of the most depressing endings for a character for no reason whatsoever. He wasn't that bad of a guy! He didn't deserve to think God was punishing him by killing his son!
Don Chumph- Okay, look. Don was a funny idiot, but he felt like he came out of a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TV SHOW. He seemed liked he was from some weird, oddball comedy show about bank robbers until the show gave him Fargo's most disturbing ending for absolutely no reason. The Stavros storyline is my least favorite in Fargo, because not only do none of its characters get reasonable endings, but it also doesn't connect to the main storyline at all. If you took out the entire Stavros story, the season would've made just as much sense. It's only purpose was to give Malvo something to do in episodes 2-6.

SEASON TWO- Season two is my favorite season of Fargo, and I think part of what makes it so great is that not only are the characters incredible, but their endings are some of the best in the series. There aren't really any characters in here on the level of Malvo and Lester in terms of originality, but season 2 certainly delivers one of the strongest ensemble casts of a tv show I've seen.

Lou Solverson- Lou is my favorite character from Fargo. He was pretty cool in season one, but getting to see him in season two in his prime pushed him over the edge. Usually the standout character from a season of Fargo is the bad guy, but this is one of the rare cases where therein character steals the show. Also, his defense of the police station from the Gerhardts was maybe the coolest scene in the show.
Peggy Blumquist- Peggy, the self-realized lunatic of season two, was the provider of chaos for season two. Season one had Malvo, three had Nikki, four had... pretty much every character, but here Peggy is the one that leaves a trail of craziness (and dead bodies) everywhere that she goes. Her final scenes in the supermarket and Lou's police car are some of the most heartbreaking in the show, giving her one of my favorite character endings in the series.
Mike Milligan- Mike was just cool. I've realized from watching the entirety of the show that Mike really doesn't do much in season two; he kills Otto and the Undertaker, and he very briefly takes over the Gerhardt house, but besides that he has little to no effect on the outcome of the season. And yet... every time he does or says anything, it just FEELS important. He may not do that much plot-wise, but style and feeling-wise, Mike Milligan is season two. And his grim backstory in season four is just the icing on the cake.
Hanzee Dent- Hanzee was a great character from episodes 1-7. Then episodes 8-10 happened and he reached legendary status. Watching Hanzee orchestrate the Sioux Falls massacre and then get away with it is truly quality television, and the sheer buildup of subtle racism that follows him throughout the show makes his breaking point all the more satisfying. But what makes the story of Hanzee so sad is that in the end, he just became that fat mob boss from season one that Lorne kills. He wound up just being another dead body in somebody else's story.
Hank Larsson- "Ted Danson as a cop in the 70s" was basically the pitch for this character, but it works so much better than it should have. The trio of Hank, Lou and Betsy is genuinely the best part of season two.
Floyd Gerhardt- Poor, poor Floyd. From the first episode we see that Floyd is a tactical genius who was made to run the Gerhardt family, but we know that she will never get the same respect as her husband just because she's a woman. Her ending is so perfectly anti-climactic, too. One of the saddest characters from Fargo.
Betsy Solverson- Lou's wife is docked a couple points for never really being allowed to get in on the action (I would have LOVED to see Betsy take down a Gerhardt) but she still provides some much needed warmth to the show and grounds some of the more crazier episodes, like "The Castle" or the finale.
Dodd Gerhardt- Dodd Gerhardt succeeds by being one of the most vile, unredeemable characters in the show's history. While most of the show's villains can be found to be somewhat sympathetic, Dodd is just the guy you're supposed to hate. And he hits the mark every time.
Joe Bulo- Joe Bulo's death was a real heartbreak. He was really funny.
The Kitchen Brothers- Much like Wrench and Numbers, these two mostly-silent hitmen nearly stole the show a couple of times. Unfortunately, Brother #1 dies halfway through the show, and they just don't feel like a complete set without both of them.
Ed Blumquist- Ed was fine, but he falls into the same character as Gus where he just can't compare to his costars. I'd take Gus over Ed though, because Gus was just cooler.
Simone Gerhardt- Eh. She could've done a lot more, and by her death she was the season's only character who felt like a waste.
Constance Heck- Fargo would eventually take another shot at crafting a good lesbian character (it was kind of better), but Constance was pretty much a waste of screen time.
Bear Gerhardt- I don't understand Bear. He's the nice Gerhardt, but also he kills Simone? He cares about the family, and yet he tries to kill literally everybody in the family? He trusts Hanzee, but he also... doesn't? Bear felt way to underdeveloped, and I honestly think season two would have made a lot more sense without him in it.

SEASON THREE- If I had to choose, I think season three has the best bunch of main characters. Gloria, Emmett, Ray, Nikki, Vargas, and Sy are six of the show's best characters. Some of their endings I could give or take, and the supporting characters this season aren't as strong as two, but this is easily my favorite group out of the four seasons.

V.M. Vargas- For awhile, it looked like the show was never going to top Malvo as far as villains. And for some people, I'm sure Fargo still hasn't. But to me, V.M. Vargas is the show's greatest bad guy, and for one very specific reason: he's not another Malvo. The show could've very easily taken the route of putting that same scary-hitman character template into every season, but instead the show gave us a character so entirely different than anything before. Everything about him just makes your skin want to crawl, and the way that he completely destroys the lives of everybody he encounters is so fascinating to me. As for his ending, I would like to believe that Vargas does get jailed away, but I'm not so sure...
Gloria Burgle- My favorite scene in season three is the final one, which is probably due to the fact that it's one of only a handful that my two favorite characters share together. Gloria is one of Fargo's best moral centers, as she is the first one who seriously needs another moral center to make her feel happy. She's one of the show's most human characters, and watching her rise past Chief Moe in the end and land a great job was a perfect little ending for her.
Nikki Swango- Nikki was just cool. She was the Mike Milligan of season three, where she was the cool, smart character who walked the line between villain and antihero for the whole season. In the end, I'd put Nikki closer to the hero side than Mike, as her rebellion against Vargas in the final episodes turned her into the character to root for.
Emmitt Stussy- I love season three because with the exception of Vargas and Nikki, nobody has any idea what is going on at all for the whole show. It's just a bunch of very dumb people bopping around for ten episodes, and I love it. This is why I love Emmitt, the epitome of the "dumb guy who makes a big mistake" Fargo character.
Ray Stussy- I like Emmitt more than Ray, mainly because he has more character development and Ray never really gets a satisfying ending. But for the time he's alive, Ray was the center of season three's warmth. The first time you watch season three, it's unclear if Nikki actually loves Ray or if she's just using him. But on a rewatch where you know the full story, the scenes between Ray and Nikki become so sad.
Sy Feltz- Poor Sy. He was just an idiot of epic proportions.
Wes Wrench- When Mr. Wrench popped back up on that bus, my heart literally stopped beating for a second.
Yuri Gurka- Yuri was, in my opinion, Fargo's scariest character. The Russian accent? The ruthless killing tactics? The unpredictability? The wolf mask? Horrifying stuff.
Winnie Lopez- Winnie was kind, and she was a nice friend to Gloria. That alone gives her enough to be in the top ten.
Meemo- Meemo wasn't as scary as Yuri, but watching him transform into a lawyer for that one scene was eerily terrifying. Unlike Yuri, Meemo was smart. Which, in a way, makes him a lot scarier.
Larue Dollard- Larue, the hapless accountant who accidentally discovers Vargas' empire, was probably the most normal guy to ever enter a season of Fargo. Good for him for surviving!
Ennis Stussy / Thaddeus Mobley- Season three's brief detour back into the seventies was a season high-point, but Thaddeus was too dumb to be that likable. Also, when he got older, he turned into a real homophobe. Not cool, Thaddeus.
Gloria's Kid- I don't know his name, but I didn't care for this kid. Nothing against him, but the show didn't give him enough to do or give him enough of a character. Much like Greta, Fargo wasted another potentially great child character.
Chief Moe Dammick- It's odd that the most easily dislikable Fargo character isn't one of the main villains, but this absolutely awful police chief. He literally does everything in his power to stop Gloria for NO REASON. I hate this guy so much.

SEASON FOUR- Season four got an unfair rep in my opinion. It wasn't on the level of the first three seasons, but it was still better than 90% of television. In fact, I loved the characters from season four. Loved them. My big problem is their endings. Half of the characters this season felt critically underused (probably due to the fact that the main cast was twice as large as it should have been), and some of the endings felt very out of place. Still a great season, but not as successful as before.

Loy Cannon- Chris Rock was incredible as Loy Cannon, and he provided the one character from this season I have no problems with whatsoever. Everything about Loy and his arc I loved, and his ending was the saddest part of season four.
Satchel Cannon- See what happens when you let the kids do stuff on Fargo, Noah Hawley?? Coming after Greta and mini-Gloria in the long line of underutilized children of Fargo, Satchel had a lot going against him... until East / West hit and it became clear season four was his story. I figured out Satchel was Mike Milligan fairly early on in the season, but the slow build to this reveal was beautiful, and that final shot of Mike Milligan loading his gun like Rabbi taught him was one of the best scenes in the series.
Oraetta Mayflower- I love crazy people in shows and movies, so Oraetta was an instant win for me. Jessie Buckley turns in one of Fargo's all-time great performances as the deranged, racist angel of darkness. My biggest complaint is that Oraetta did nothing the whole season and felt like she belonged in an entirely different story. I wish so deeply that we could have seen her go full-Hanzee and start killing people as the season started to end, but instead she just... died. Eh. If she was actually given something to do, she would've easily jumped to #1.
Gaetano Fadda- YES!!! In the beginning, I hated Gaetano. I thought he made no sense. He was supposed to be scary, but he wasn't. He was some weird, dumb freak who I didn't care about. And then he and Gaetano became best friends and I realized it... Gaetano Fadda isn't supposed to be scary. He's meant to be a weird, dumb freak who believes himself to be scary. Suddenly, he became my favorite part of the season. And watching him die by tripping over himself only solidified the idea that he really didn't mean anything to anybody.
Josto Fadda- Josto was a so-so character given a great arc. I loved watching him slowly drive himself crazy, ending with him eventually getting killed by his own people. He was a little over the top, but Jason Schwartzman was great and the character's ending was great, so I have no complaints.
Etherilda Pearl Smutny- Poor, poor Etherilda. She was introduced in episode one and I was SO EXCITED for her to be the no-nonsense moral center of season 4. I wanted to watch her crack the mystery. I wanted her to save the day. And instead... she did absolutely nothing the entire season. I spent the whole season waiting for her to become a main character again, and all she wound up doing was giving a dead guy's ring to Loy. Thankfully, she was still a joy to watch onscreen, and that ending shot was perfect, but WHY DID SHE NOT GET TO DO ANYTHING???
Dick "Deafy" Wickware- Timothy Olyphant took a so-so character and made him legendary. He's docked a couple of points for dying like a wimp and not really adding anything to the main story, but he was a joy to spend time with.
Doctor Senator- If he stuck around for a while longer, Doctor Senator would have placed a lot higher here. Unfortunately, his death was neccessary for Loy's character arc, but while he was still kicking, DS ruled.
Rabbi Milligan- A true tragic figure, I liked everything about Rabbi Milligan. I liked his story, I liked his acting, I liked how he got sucked up in a tornado. I didn't love it, but I liked it.
Odis Weff- Same as above. I liked him. I didn't love him, but I sure did like him.
Happy- Happy only showed up in the penultimate episodes (appropriately titled "Happy"), but his appearance only made me wish that Happy was around longer. That guy was awesome! What was that whole thing with the frames? I want to know! I want his story! unfortunately, he was only in about two scenes and then died. But I loved Happy.
Buel Cannon- Buel Cannon was awesome and didn't do enough. She deserved main-character status over Zelmare and Swanee 100%
Lemuel Cannon- Lemuel was cool and played the trumpet. Another character who should've gotten more screen time, Lemuel deserved better.
Dibrell Smutny- As far as no-nonsense moms go, I prefer Buel to Dibrell, but she still shined in a couple of key scenes. Plus, she was much cooler than her husband.
That Freaky Sea Captain- He was kinda cool.
Ebal Violante- I liked him in the first 10 episodes, but then in the final episode he went full Disney Twist Villain by taking a full 180 on his personality and becoming a supervillain. It was weird, but I get why it happened.
Odie Sparkman- Much like nearly everybody else in the cast, Odie wasn't given enough to do, but his time in the spotlight in East / West was nice, if brief.
Zelmare Roulette- Zelmare and Swanee were my least favorite part of season 4. They had no reason to be there, and I felt like they just took away time from the main cast. Episodes 1, 9, 10, and 11 were my favorites from season 4, which are the only 4 episodes these bozos don't appear in (well, Zelmare was in 11, but only for a second). Zelmare places higher because I liked her stuff with Dibrell (and because it was nice that Fargo finally did a good lesbian romance after the misfire in season two), but besides that I would count her story as Fargo's biggest misfire.
Doctor Harvard- Ew.
Swanee Capps- She was just a worse version of Zelmare. Her only redeeming quality was that she continued Fargo's long tradition of vomiting onscreen.

And here is my list of favorite characters from all four season:

Lou Solverson
V.M. Varga
Peggy Blumquist
Lorne Malvo
Gloria Burgle
Lester Nygaard
Mike Milligan / Satchel Cannon
Nikki Swango
Loy Cannon
Hanzee Dent
Molly Solverson
Emmitt Stussy
Wes Wrench
Ray Stussy
Oraetta Mayflower
Hank Larrson
Sy Feltz
Floyd Gerhardt
Yuri Gurka
Gaetano Fadda

What are your opinions? Who are your favorite characters?

[Standard] Izzet Giants

Hi there Spikes!
With Kaldheim there are many new archetypes and one that has both been exciting and somewhat disappointing has been Giants. I've seen many streamers try the deck and call it hot garbage and just drop it, but ultimately when the deck feels good, it feels REALLY good. So I've set to work the last few days trying to shore up the weaknesses of the deck and come out with something workable. This is where I've ended up with. I'm sitting at around a 60% win rate with it. I welcome your ideas and suggestions! Below are some card choice discussions and initial matchup impressions. I feel really good about the main deck but the sideboard is still a draft really.
Here is the list
https://scryfall.com/@clockworkArc/decks/074e296b-84cc-46b3-a02d-7abeb7f3bfd1?as=visual&with=usd

2 Aegar, the Freezing Flame
4 Bonecrusher Giant
4 Calamity Bearer
3 Tectonic Giant
3 Quakebringer
4 Invasion of the Giants
3 Battle of Frost and Fire
2 Disdainful Stroke
2 Negate
3 Saw It Coming
3 Squash
2 Shatterskull Smashing
2 Footfall Crater
1 Island
2 Riverglide Pathway
4 Fabled Passage
5 Island
7 Mountain
1 Surtland Frostpyre
3 Temple of Epiphany
// Sideboard
2 Giant's Amulet
2 Glimpse the Cosmos
2 Shredded Sails
2 Weathered Runestone
2 Mystical Dispute
3 Soul Sear
1 Reflections of Littjara
1 Squash

Card Choices
2 Aegar, the Freezing Flame - as an inclusion in the deck, he fills two rolls - he's an early play and he can be a draw engine in the right circumstances. Aegar feels really good when you have a Calamity Bearer on the field as the opponent is stuck between choosing to take large amounts of damage or letting you draw cards. He is not overly powerful and somewhat situational, but we can only have 4 Bonecrusher, so I have him in as a two-of. One or both copies get sideboarded out in non-creature matchups.
4 Bonecrusher Giant - One of the main early game pieces. He gives us a low-grade removal or burn spell and a decent body + deals damage when targeted. He always gives you some value. Very good. I'm sure we all expect this. 4/4
4 Calamity Bearer - One of the main engine pieces of the deck. This guy is the guy who makes your opponent's life miserable. He doubles the damage of all giants AND the damage of Quakebringer ticks. Additionally, they stack with each other. So if you have 2 on the field and a Quakebringer in the gy, your opponent is taking 8 damage a turn. Oddly, this doesn't seem to affect Tectonic Giant triggered ability damage procs. I haven't had the interaction come up when Bonecrusher is targeted while Calamity Bearer is on the field (because Bearer is such a high priority threat), but I imagine that is affected by the damage boost. 4/4
3 Tectonic Giant - I didn't expect to like this giant as much as I do. The extra draws or damage can really force your opponent into tough choices. In more spell-oriented matchups, this guy gets his work done. They are less good in creature matchups, so a 3/4.
3 Quakerbringer - The main showpiece of the giant tribal. Everything it does is solid, and the Bringer being in the yard can allow this deck to play as a control deck and still win the game. Excellent against discard decks and Rogues, but slow. As a result of the slowness, they are only played at a 3/4.
4 Invasion of The Giants - This card is the glue that brings this deck together, without this card, it wouldn't be a deck. Scry + Card Draw + Burn + Ramp. This is everything this deck wants to do. 90% of the time it is the strongest turn 2 play you can make. 4/4
3 Battle of Frost and Fire - This is the second glue piece of the deck. This card provides a large amount of value the entire time it is on the board. It totally blows most aggro strategies out of the water (minus Lovestruck Beast :( ). I could see a discussion for only two in the deck, but most of the time you do want to see at least one of these a game. I typically side 1 - 2 copies out against more control matchups, but I do typically keep one in since it can also hit planeswalkers.
2 Disdainful Stroke - I'm finding that the best type of removal for the giants deck seems to be holding up counter magic. As such, between Bonecrushers, Battle of Frost and Fire, or Squash / Soul Sear, there is no 3 mana creature aside from Lovestruck Beast or Skyclave Apparition that can cause us problems. As such, I don't imagine we would ever want Essence Scatter and Disdainful Stroke has been great at keeping annoying creatures or Yorion Saga removal decks at bay.
2 Negate - A flexible tool that can hit engine cards like Henge or removal spells. Don't leave home without at least one!
3 Saw It Coming - I'm finding that in a mana hungry deck like this that the ability to have a universal counterspell up at 2 mana is HUGE. For instance, if you play out Invasion turn 2 - foretell this on turn 3 - then cast a 4 mana giant + hold up counter magic or removal turn 4 feels VERY GOOD.
3 Squash - One of the strongest red removal spells we have! I'd prefer Heartless Act but this serves us in Izzet just fine. It is conditional, but the plus sides are how much it removes and it triggers the 5-mana draw effect of BoFaF even if cast for 2 mana. This has performed very well for me.
2 Shatterskull Smashing - This is a mana hungry deck, and we want more removal. I'm using 2 but had 3 before. 2 feels like the sweet spot.
2 Footfall Crater - HERE IS THE SPICE! This card is for Giants what Witches Oven is for Food. A tiny utility piece that supercharges your game plan. I'd almost go as far as to say this is our Embercleave in our big mana hungry creature deck. Honestly, I'm finding the haste + trample combo to be one of the only ways we can efficiently deal with control strategies and in the late game it can allow you to generate enough momentum to just end the game. Additional copies can be cycled...what's not to love?
1 Surtland Frostpyre - I'm just trying this out really. It has been useful twice. It's a tool against aggro and the late game scry is also nice. This might be slightly better than the blue Castle considering how red mana centric our deck is if we need a scry. Blue Castle is also acceptable or +1 Shatterskull Smashing.
The mana base is not perfect - am missing two izzet pathways and + 1 temple would be ideal.

Sideboard Cards
I'm not posting a sideboard guide, but just explaining my thoughts currently. This sideboard is still rough. I welcome your experiences or feedback!
Giant's Amulet - Since adding this to the sideboard I haven't used it yet. Yes, it can be slow, but - like Footfall Crater - it can be a way around control decks, but blanking their spells AND providing a body. In theory, it should work but might not be as strong as more Disdainful Stroke or Negate.
Glimpse The Cosmos - I originally tried using this card in the main deck but ultimately there was just too many other things the deck wants to do + Invasion, BoFaF, Tectonic Giant, and Aegar can all draw us cards. It's in the sideboard for more control oriented matchups but might not be as strong as other options. I might try Annul in this spot instead.
Shredded Sails - Cheap removal vs Rogues + Dragons + Henge. It's nice.
Weathered Runestone - Rakdos is semi popular and is very annoying versus us. This blanks them + Rogues pretty well. Additionally, we don't use any spells from the grave. So it works great.
Mystical Dispute - A great sideboard option against control to help protect our creatures. Miscast might actually be more universally useful in this deck since our creatures eat so much removal.
Soul Sear - Wicked Wolf, Lovestruck Beast, and Seasoned Hallowblade are all very annoying.
Squash - Great against decks where we need to bring big removal.
Reflections of Littjara - This card is more experimental. Often when you can finally get this down, it just gets ECD'd, Binding'd, or countered...BUT in some matchups it has totally won me the game. We don't have a lot of creatures but if you can get this down for more than one turn...you will win.

Matchups
Some initial matchup impressions!
Rogues - Honestly, this is the one matchup that feels easy mode. Between our amount of counter magic...the fact that our creatures are bigger than theirs, our sweepers, and quakebringer hitting the yard providing burn damage...It honestly feels like one of the matchups you would play giants for specifically. I haven't even had a problem with the mill yet. We are slow... but the bringers in the yard are faster than they are.
Mono G Food - I only had one matchup against these guys, and I won... but games 2 and 3 were very close. Squash is the mvp here as well as Disdainful Stroke. It feels a little like we are playing as rogues vs Food in that we are trying to stall out the board and win but instead of mill.. we use burn. That being said...we can steal games with cheeky Calamity Bearer plays. Weathered Runestone feels nice.
Rakdos - Again, just the one matchup, but this time I lost...game 1 I stole, but then they barely sneaked out a win on game 2 and 3. Them forcing us to discard Quakebringer is great. Weathered Runestone is great....Yeah, I'm not certain... we just ran out of juice. I was facing a discard Rakdos deck. Against sac might be a bit of a nightmare. Reflections of Littjara may be the way to beat this one. More testing required.
Naya Adventures - Actually not bad. The biggest threat they have is Lovestruck Beast and Mammoth. At one point I had Crush The Weak in the sideboard but didn't really feel I needed it. We stonewall them pretty good, it feels nice.
Control - Playing a slow creature deck vs control does not feel good. Footfall Crater is how we get value out of our creatures. It is very nice. I don't currently have any Thryx but might use some WC to try him out here. In general, I've won some and lost some, but it didn't feel particularly one sided. I haven't faced any Doom decks yet...and I'm not excited to try.
Aggro - Honestly, the only aggro deck that managed to beat me was a Hallowblade + Sky Maul combo. Everything else just got bricked by our sweepers and such.
I'd appreciate any feedback or discoveries you have made on your own trying out this archetype!

Spring Information Thread - Series 30

- ULTIMATE list of media with Androgynous Girl as the lead character!! -

Hyperlinks are a link to a pic of the mc in question! :)
Also, ALL OF THEM ARE RR!!! they don't all necessarily feature a relationship, but they all definitely have the vibe, even if there is no relationship!
Films: ("*" indicates its on Netflix!)
· Terminator Dark Fate (she's SO cool!!!!!!)
*· Aliens(=Alien 2) (there are actually two of them so I put an image of both!)
*· Mad max: fury road (imperator furiosa is awesome!)
· princess blade (so underrated!!)
· the dark knight returns(carrie kelley is best robin! )
*· the fault in our stars (not totally rr, but she's hella awesome and think yall at RR will like the film still)
*· girl, interrupted
*· mortal engines
· Secrets of the Surface(badass irl math genius!!!)
· Amelia (the film about the true story of amelia earheart)
*· ok this is an exception, but; Divergent. she only has the short hair in the second film. but i think its a cool franchise so i still put it! (she's the one on the left, in the pic)
TV series:
*· ouran high school host club (haruhi fujiokaaaaaa i love her)
· Kurau Phantom Memory (i love her so. much.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
*· hyena (also, don't be fooled by the first half of the first episode, there's a huge plot twist!!!)
*· Voltron Legendary Defender (ahh Pidge is Best Girl!!)
*· not lead the protagonist but is in the main cast: the show Carmen Sandiego has the short haired scientist dr.bellum and she's the best!!!!
*· star trek discovery
*· the dragon prince
· Andi Mack (ok not thaat andro, but short hair, at least)
*· stranger things (well... although eleven ended up growing out her hair in season 3, in 1 and 2 she has awesome short hair! here, each image is her in: the first, second, then third season!)
· patlabor
*· ok this one, i haven't watched yet but Halt and Catch Fire; Cameron seems to fit the bill. not sure if she grows out the hair at some point though
· Infinity train (each season follows a different character. the one that is andro is in the 2nd season! the first season has a rly cool protag too tho!!!)
· Glitch Techs(she only appears in season 2 though, but she's badass)
Webcomics:
· The Knight and Her Emperor (she's the one with the RED hair!!!!!) MY FAVORITE SERIES EVER ASGFHJSDKLFGJHSDLFG
· crimson karma MY SECOND FAVE SERIES EVER ASDGHJKLDFGFJKLH
· castle swimmer(technically the two leads are 2 males [they are boyfriends ^-^] but there are loads of badass females in the main cast!!! here's my fave in hyperlink; Silver. she's the best haha)
· Axed
· Ghost Bats (she's the one alll the way to the right, with the cool hair!)
· Messenger (i like dis webcomic!!!!! didn't finish it yet tho)
· Sword interval
· The 101st Heroine (she's the one with the brown hair!)
· Thornstone (she grows out her hair at some point though, but still keeps a pretty cool style. there are other female characters with short hair tho!!! it's a cool comic, too!)
Video games
· Immortals Fenyx Rising !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :))
· Beyond good an evil!!!!!!!! :))
· the last of us 2!!!!!!!!! :)) (she only has short hair at the very end though, but she is buff all the time so i made an exception and still put here here!)
· Dishonored: death of the outsider/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/9258153/dishonored_death_of_the_outsider_1.jpg)
· overwatch
· Half Life: Alyx (thanks bigmaxporter!)
Graphic novels and Mangas
· Saotome Senshu, Hitakakusu (havent finished yet but seems promising!) !!!!!!!! :)
· The Spire(havent finished it yet tho but cool) !!!!!!!! :)
· Martha Washington
· spartiates(by Charlotte Rousselle)(its AMAZING but irs only out in french for the moment)
· marion duval (sry again, fench exclusive too for the moment BUT ITS COOLLL)
· enemy(ange savaresse) also only in french too, tho
Bands (this time, in hyperlink, i put one of the music videos of the bands!!!!)
· fanxyred (cool!!)
· existtrace(all-female band from tokyo. they are the best!!!!!!!!!! my bias is Omi)
· christine and the queens
· kd lang (i love her ahhh)
· ael (another awesome japanese all female band!!)
· eurythmics !!!
· leah dou
· MISSter (SO COOL!!!)
· the hoopers
· la roux
· the pack ad
· marija serifovic
· arlo parks
· zwei
· valshe
· big thief
· amber liu
· disacode(the singer Akira also releases music independently!)
· Zhang Yun Jing
· so!yoon!
Short comic artists (can be followed on instagram, for instance)
· randomninjakitty(she's the best!!! a ton of very RR comics!!!)
· life of bibi
· the touring test
kids books:
· the turbulent term of tyke tyler
· because (by mo willems)
· wilma rudolph: fastest woman on earth
· unstoppable me
· rocket says clean up
kids shows:
· ronja robbers daughter (bonus point: the male mc is a femboy!)
· bluey (her family is entirely RR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
. Heidi the pic is from the 1987 tv series, but theres also an anime version. In the latter, she wears a pink dress though but oh well
Others:
· basically any buddhist nun. they are all badass. dunno why there is so little talk about them.
Short animations
· here's a playlist containing short animations featuring badass androgynous females!!! (this person has a couple other cool playlists i recommend you can check out as well!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaalMc4iRVk&list=PLbg9VLCO3I4hqHBMbouiS4o8oWV2xwy9A
novels:

mistborn (although she canonically has short hair like this, some book editions draw the cover for her hair to reach her shoulders though T-T)
protector of the small (her hair is described to be shorter but is just drawn like this on the cover)

you are free to copy-paste this list! :) Please tell me if you have anything to add :D have a nice day!

Random thoughts after my first rewatch of the show since it aired.

I did watch the show when it originally aired and I enjoyed it and was happy when it got renewed once it ended I mostly forgot about it. It wasn't until it appeared on Amazon Prime I started to think about watching it again and by the time I did it had been removed so I bought it on iTunes instead to watch it in HD because the BluRays were never released in the UK. So apologies for another one of these threads but here are my thoughts in no particular order:

The show is great for binge watching. It never feels repetitive and I could pick any episode from the series at random to watch and enjoy it. The first three seasons are essentially the original premise playing out. Season 4 is Chuck confident in his abilities because he's a smart guy, has been trained and knows what he's doing along with his relationship with Sarah playing out. Season 5 is a nice final chapter to see how everything works out. In fact the only episode I actively dislike is VS The Wedding Planner because even with the suspension of disbelief you need for the show I just don't see Sarah getting conned like that. Even then the show redeems itself because the storyline with Sarah's father in that episode is so good.
I think when Sarah says "I like you Chuck" in the pilot is when she falls for Chuck. It's the first honest thing she says on their date and to support my theory I refer to when Sarah says that liking him made it more difficult in Chuck vs The Nacho Sampler
The soundtrack is incredible. While Rivers and Roads is probably the most iconic song used in the show for me A Comet Appears is the still the song that instantly makes me think of the show. Although on this rewatch I now love Hiding Place.
Jeffster Unplugged is the best Jeffster.
Casey might be the best agent but no one does it with as much style as Sarah.
I like how nice everyone is. There are no grey areas in the show, the good people are good and the bad people are bad but even though they can play tricks on each other hit them with a cutting remark they are all essentially good to each other. It's the same in How I Met Your Mother and the mean spirited way the characters treated each other sometimes in the Big Bang Theory is why I stopped watching it.
The Subway product placement doesn't bother me. It actually works for me naturally within the show as something the characters would talk about and isn't used as a very knowing joke like Community or is as blatant as the USA shows of the time like White Collar or Royal Pains who would have the lead reading a 30 second ad on the new Ford whenever they got into their car.
I really felt for Sarah and how lonely she must have been. She isn't Casey and clearly likes other peoples company and has friends like Carina and a recent boyfriend in Bryce. It's why although the show wants you to hate them I actually liked it when she could be honest and show real affection to Bryce and Cole and responded so positively when Shaw kissed her on the neck. Chuck has friends and family and when they are broken up Sarah has no one. It just made me unexpectedly sad when Chuck broke up with her and she was alone watching the show this time around.
The Zune joke from Chuck vs the Tom Sawyer is still the funniest joke in the show and makes me laugh just as much now as it did then.
Sarah was choosing Chuck before Casey told her about the mole. Chuck's picture is the only personal item we ever see in her hotel room, it is on the bedside table when she is packing and whenever she has a choice she will always pick Chuck.
Outside of the Chuck / Sarah drama the most emotional scene for me is the end of Chuck VS The Subway. Seeing Chuck defeated and without hope and then the camera showing Ellie following him with Awesome and Morgan backing her up really got to me this time. Ellie giving Shaw his second serious concussion of the series in vs The Santa Suit is a very satisfying coda to this scene.
I'd love a follow up movie but I cannot see it happening. Chuck had a great run getting to 91 episodes, only one less than The OC and 14 more than Heroes which was a huge show (or felt like it at least) at the time. I just don't think there's enough interest in it to happen and the cast table read has had good but not amazing viewing numbers compared to other shows that have done the same thing. I hope I'm wrong but the more time passes since the series ended I just cannot see it happening.
As for the series finale. The last three episodes are very hard to watch. Sarah having her memories erased is the most painful to watch scene in the show and I'll never get used to seeing her attack Chuck. Memory loss plotlines are usually terrible and combining it with an open ending to the show makes you understand why most shows are cancelled without warning because sticking the landing is so difficult. But over the years I've come around to it and while I'd rather have the real Sarah in those last three episodes I can understand why the did it. The scene where she looks at old mission logs is one of the plus points because we get to see her side of their romance for a change.
It's clear to me that she stays with Chuck, the DVD extra about the future of the characters tells you as much. My take is that the kiss brings all of Sarah's memories back because when it comes to Chuck and Sarah Morgan is always right. He pushes Chuck to call her and says he isn't busy when Sarah comes back into the BuyMore in the pilot to force him to go on the date. He sorted Chuck's emotions when they were locked up in Castle by telling him that he know Chuck loved Sarah and didn't have to deny it. Morgan telling Sarah about the proposal and how to talk to Chuck like a girlfriend in vs Phase Three helped her save Chuck and reverse a near complete lobotomy. So the end of the series when he suggests the kiss and tells Chuck to use his heart to find her and it works Morgan's strike rate is high enough that his kiss idea is in my mind definitely going to work.

This is a lot longer than I intended, I definitely won't be waiting years to watch the show again. I'm not sure what to watch now, there's no other show quite like it. I might continue watching decade old tv shows and rewatch Warehouse 13 which doesn't have the romance but definitely has the action and fish out of water feel that Chuck does.

Turner Classic Movies (U.S.) complete schedule for the month of February, 2021. (All airtimes E.S.T.)

(MON FEB 01)
(12:00am) The Battleship Potemkin (1925/1h 10m/Sergei M. Eisenstein) (silent-epic)
(2:00am) Live Flesh (1997/1h 40m/Pedro Almodóvar) (comedy)
(4:00am) All About My Mother (1999/1h 41m/Pedro Almodóvar) (comedy)
(6:00am) Never Let Me Go (1953/1h 9m/Delmer Daves) (romance)
(7:15am) Key To The City (1950/1h 39m/George Sidney) (comedy)
(9:00am) After Office Hours (1935/1h 15m/Robert Z. Leonard) (suspense-mystery)
(10:00am) San Francisco (1936/1h 55m/Major W.S. Van Dyke II) (epic)
(12:30pm) Saratoga (1937/1h 34m/Jack Conway) (comedy)
(2:15pm) Test Pilot (1938/1h 58m/Victor Fleming) (adventure)
(4:30pm) Forsaking All Others (1934/1h 24m/Major W.S. Van Dyke II) (romance)
(6:00pm) Strange Cargo (1940/1h 45m/Frank Borzage) (drama)
(8:00pm) Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959/1h 19m/Edward D. Wood, Jr.) (science-fiction)
(9:30pm) The Swarm (1978/1h 56m/Irwin Allen) (horror)
(11:45pm) The Conqueror (1956/1h 51m/Dick Powell) (drama-adventure-historical-war-period)
(TUES FEB 02)
(1:45am) Change Of Habit (1969/1h 33m/William Graham) (musical)
(3:30am) The Food of the Gods (1976y/1h 28m/Bert I. Gordon) (fantasy-sci-fi)
(5:15am) The Silver Chalice (1954/2h 24m/Victor Saville) (epic)
(7:45am) Avalanche Express (1979/1h 28m/Mark Robson) (spy)
(9:30am) The White Tower (1950/1h 38m/Ted Tetzlaff) (adventure)
(11:15am) Snowed Under (1936/1h 3m/Raymond Enright) (comedy)
(2:15pm) Snow Birds (1932/10m/Jules White) (documentary short)
(2:30pm) Spring Madness (1938/1h 6m/S. Sylvan Simon) (comedy)
(3:45pm) Sunkist Stars At Palm Springs (1936/19m/Roy Rowland) (musical short)
(4:15pm) Palm Springs (1963/1h 40m/Norman Taurog) (comedy)
(6:00pm) Where The Boys Are (1960/1h 39m/Henry Levin) (comedy)
(8:00pm) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946/1h 51m/Tay Garnett) (film-noir-crime)
(10:00pm) Force Of Evil (1949/1h 28m/Abraham Polonsky) (crime)
(11:45pm) He Ran All The Way (1951/1h 17m/John Berry) (supense-mystery)
(WED FEB 03)
(1:15am) Nobody Lives Forever (1946/1h 40m/Jean Negulesco) (romance)
(3:00am) East Of The River (1940/1h 13m/Alfred E. Green) (crime)
(4:30am) Out Of The Fog (1941/1h 33m/Anatole Litvak) (crime)
(6:15am) Blackwell’s Island (1939/1h 11m/William McGann) (crime)
(8:00am) 20,000 Years In Sing Sing (1932/1h 21m/Michael Curtiz) (crime)
(10:00am) It May Happen To You (1937/20m/Harold S. Bucquet) (crime short)
(10:30am) The Mayor Of Hell (1933/1h 20m/Archie Mayo) (crime)
(12:15pm) The Doorway To Hell (1930/1h 18m/Archie Mayo) (crime)
(1:45pm) Soak The Poor (1937/16m/Harold S. Bucquet) (crime short)
(2:15pm) Beast Of The City (1932/1h 27m/Charles Brabin) (crime)
(4:00pm) The Wrong Way Out (1938/17m/Gustav Machatý) (crime short)
(4:30pm) Little Caesar (1930/1h 20m/Mervyn Le Roy) (cime)
(6:00pm) The Public Enemy (1931/1h 14m/William A. Wellman) (crime)
(7:30pm) Jack Pot (1940/19m/Roy Rowland) (crime short)
(8:00pm) Cry, The Beloved Country (1952/1h 40m/Zoltan Korda) (drama)
(10:00pm) A Raisin In The Sun (1961/1h 8m/Daniel Petrie) (drama)
(THU FEB 04)
(12:30am) Blackboard Jungle (1955/1h 41m/Richard Brooks) (drama)
(2:30am) In The Heat Of The Night (1967/1h 49m/Norman Jewison) (suspense-mystery)
(4:30am) Edge Of The City (1957/1h 25m/Martin Ritt) (drama)
(6:00am) Battle Beneath The Earth (1967/1h 23m/Montgomery Tully) (sci-fi)
(7:45am) The Amazing Mr. Nordill (1947/10m/Joseph Newman) (drama short)
(8:00am) Destroy All Monsters (1969/1h 28m/Ishiro Honda) (action, foreign, horror)
(9:45am) Five Million Years To Earth (1968/1h 38m/Roy Ward Baker) (horror-sci-fi)
(11:30am) The Future Is Now (1955/14m/Larry O’Reilly) (documentary short)
(12:00pm) The Giant Behemoth (1959/1h 19m/Eugene Lourie) (horror-sci-fi)
(1:30pm) Fantastic Planet (1973/1h 12m/Rene Laloux) (sci-fi)
(2:45pm) The Snow Devils (1965/1h 18m/Antonio Margheriti) (sci-fi)
(4:30pm) The Wild, Wild Planet (1965/1h 33m/Anthony Dawson) (sci-fi)
(6:15pm) Voyage To The Sky (1937/11m/Jean Painlevé) (foreign-sci-fi-documentary)
(6:30pm) The Thing From Another World (1951/1h 27m/Christian Nyby (wink, wink)) (horror-sci-fi)
(8:00pm) My Favorite Wife (1940/1h 28m/Garson Kanin) (comedy)
(9:45pm) Charade (1963/1h 54m/Stanley Donen) (suspense-mystery)
(FRI FEB 05)
(12:00am) Love In The Afternoon (1957/2h 10m/Billy Wilder) (romance)
(2:30am) Ball Of Fire (1942/1h 51m/Howard Hawks) (comedy)
(4:30am) The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947/1h 39m/Peter Godfrey) (suspense-myster)
(6:30am) To Have and Have Not (1944/1h 40m/Howard Hawks) (romance)
(8:30am) Hollywood My Home Town (1965/52m/William Martin) (documentary)
(9:30am) The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960/1h 41m/Budd Boetticher) (crime)
(11:15am) Ride The High Country (1962/1h 34m/Sam Peckinpah) (western)
(1:00pm) The Shooting (1966/1h 22m/Monte Hellman) (western)
(2:30pm) Welcome To Hard Time (1967/1h 43m/Burt Kennedy) (western)
(4:30 pm) Chandler (1971/1h 28m/Paul Magwood) (suspense-mystery)
(6:15pm) Badlands (1973/1h 35m/Terrence Malick) (crime)
(8:00pm) The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982/1h 55m/Peter Weir) (drama)
(10:15pm) Under Fire (1983/2h 7m/Ron Shelton) (war)
(SAT FEB 06)
(12:30am) The Killing Fields (1984/2h 14m/Roland Joffe) (epic)
(3:00am) Friday Foster (1975/1h 30m/Arthur Marks) (crime)
(4:45am) Drug Stories (2019/1h 20m/various directors) (educational)
(6:15am) Joy Of Living (1938/1h 30m/Tay Garnett) (comedy)
(8:00am) MGM CARTOONS: Little Rural Riding Hood (1949/6m/Fred “Tex” Avery) (animated comedy short)
(8:08am) Tanbark and Turf (1955/8m/?) (documentary short)
(8:17am) Cairo: City Of Contrast (1938/8m/?) (documentary short)
(8:26am) Broadway Musketeers (1938/1h 2m/John Farrow) (drama)
(9:30am) The New Adventures Of Tarzan: Fatal Fangs (1935/?/?) (serial)
(10:00am) POPEYE: Moving Aweigh (1944/5m/I. Sparber) (animated comedy short)
(10:08am) Dr. Kildare’s Crisis (1940/1h 15m/Harold S. Bucquet) (drama)
(11:30am) A Regular Trouper (1932/18m/Roy Mack) (musical short)
(12:00pm) Dive Bomber (1941/2h 13m/Michael Curtiz) (drama)
(2:30pm) The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes (1970/2h 5m/Billy Wilder) (suspense-mystery)
(4:45pm) Sweet Smell Of Success (1957/1h 36m/Alexander Mackendrick) (drama)
(6:30pm) Rope (1948/1h 20m/Alfred Hitchcock) (suspense-mystery)
(8:00pm) The Producers (1967/1h 28m/Mel Brooks) (comedy)
(10:00pm) Blazing Saddles (1974/1h 33m/Mel Brooks) (comedy)
(SUN FEB 07)
(12:00am) The Killer That Stalked New York (1950/1h 19m/Earl McEvoy) (crime)
(1:45am) Dog Day Afternoon (1975/2h 10m/Sidney Lumet) (crime)
(4:00am) Atlantic City (1980/1h 44m/Louis Malle) (drama)
(6:00am) 42nd Street (1933/1h 25m/Lloyd Bacon) (musical)
(7:45am) Roughly Speaking (1945/1h 57m/Michael Curtiz) (drama)
(10:00am) The Killer That Stalked New York (1950/1h 19m/Earl McEvoy) (crime)
(11:30am) To Be Or Not To Be (1942/1h 39m/Ernst Lubitsch) (comedy)
(1:15pm) Designing Woman (1957/1h 58m/Vincente Minnelli) (comedy)
(3:30pm) The Heiress (1949/1h 55m/William Wyler) (drama)
(5:45pm) The Birds (1963/2h 0m/Alfred Hitchcock) (horror)
(8:00pm) The Fortune Cookie (1966/2h 5m/Billy Wilder) (comedy)
(10:15pm) The Nuisance (1933/1h 23m/Jack Conway) (comedy)
(MON FEB 08)
(12:00am) Be Natural: The Untold Story Of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018/1h 43m/Pamela Green) (documentary)
(2:00am) Matrimony’s Speed Limits (1913/14m/Alice Guy-Blaché) (silent comedy short)
(2:00am) Algie The Miner (1912/9m/Alice Guy-Blaché) (silent comedy short)
(2:00am) A House Divided (1913/13m/Alice Guy-Blaché) (silent comedy short)
(2:45am) Wings Of Desire (1987/2h 8m/Wim Wenders) (drama)
(6:00am) Latin Lovers (1953/1h 44m/Mervyn Le Roy) (documentary)
(8:00am) Dancing Co-Ed (1939/1h 20m/S. Sylvan Simon) (romance)
(9:30am) Johnny Eager (1942/1h 47m/Mervyn Le Roy) (crime)
(11:30am) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946/1h 51m/Tay Garnett) (film-noir-crime)
(1:30am) Slightly Dangerous (1943/1h 34m/Wesley Ruggles) (comedy)
(3:30am) A Life Of Her Own( (1950/1h 48m/George Cukor) (drama)
(5:30am) Ziegfeld Girl (1941/2h 11m/Robert Z. Leonard) (musical)
(8:00pm) The Bad and the Beautiful (1952/1h 58m/Vincente Minnelli) (drama)
(10:15pm) Keep Your Powder Dry (1945/1h 33m/Edward Buzzell) (comedy)
(TUE FEB 09)
(12:00am) Marriage Is A Private Affair (1944/1h 56m/Robert Z. Leonard) (romance)
(2:15am) The Big Cube (1969/1h 38m/Tito Davison) (drama)
(4:00am) Honky Tonk (1941/1h 45m/Jack Conway) (romance)
(6:00am) Marine Raiders (1944/1h 31m/Harold Shuster) (war)
(7:45am) Crossfire (1947/1h 25m/Edward Dmytryk) (suspense-mystery)
(9:15am) The Woman On The Beach (1947/1h 11m/Jean Renoir) (suspense-mystery)
(10:30am) Act Of Violence (1949/1h 22m/Fred Zinnemann) (suspense-mystery)
(12:00pm) The Set-Up (1949/1h 12m/Robert Wise) (drama)
(1:15pm) Born To Be Bad (1950/1h 34m/Nicholas Ray) (drama)
(3:00pm) The Secret Fury (1950/1h 25m/Mel Ferrer) (supense-mystery)
(4:30pm) Trail Street (1947/1h 24m/Ray Enright) (western)
(6:00pm) Clash By Night (1952/1h 44m/Fritz Lang) (romance)
(8:00pm) The Sea Wolf (1941/1h 40m/Michael Curtiz) (adventure)
(9:45pm) Body and Soul (1947/1h 45m/Robert Rossen) (drama)
(11:45pm) We Were Strangers (1949/1h 46m/John Huston) (drama)
(WED FEB 10)
(1:45am) The Breaking Point (1950/1h 37m/Michael Curtiz) (drama)
(3:30am) Juarez (1939/2h 12m/William Dieterle) (epic)
(5:45am) They Made Me A Criminal (1939/1h 32m/Busby Berkeley) (drama)
(7:30am) Between Two Worlds (1944/1h 52m/Edward A. Blatt) (drama)
(9:30am) Affectionately Yours (1941/1h 30m/Lloyd Bacon) (comedy)
(11:00am) The Keyhole (1933/1h 9m/Michael Curtiz) (drama)
(12:15pm) The Goose and the Gander (1935/1h 5m/Alfred E. Green) (comedy)
(1:30pm) In Name Only (1939/1h 42m/John Cromwell) (drama)
(3:15pm) Private Lives (1931/1h 27m/Sidney Franklin) (comedy)
(4:45pm) Merry Wives Of Reno (1934/1h 4m/H. Bruce Humberstone) (comedy)
(6:00pm) Marriage On The Rocks (1965/1h 49m/Jack Donohue) (comedy)
(8:00pm) Moonrise (1948/1h 30m/Frank Borzage) (drama)
(10:00pm) The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (1939/1h 30m/Richard Thorpe) (adventure)
(11:45pm) The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (1968/2h 3m/Robert Ellis Miller) (drama)
(THU FEB 11)
(2:00am) A Man Called Adam (1966/1h 43m/Leo Penn) (drama)
(4:00am) Convicts 4 (1962/1h 45m/Millard Kaufman) (drama)
(6:00am) She Had To Say Yes (1933/1h 3m/Busby Berkeley) (comedy)
(7:15am) Vagabond Lady (1935/1h 15m/Sam Taylor) (comedy)
(8:45am) She’s Got Everything (1938/1h 12m/Joseph Santley) (comedy)
(10:15am) Maybe It’s Love (1935/1h 3m/William McGann) (drama)
(11:30am) Goodbye Again (1933/1h 5m/Michael Curtiz) (comedy)
(12:45pm) Beauty and the Boss (1932/1h 6m/Roy Del Ruth) (comedy)
(2:00pm) Honeymoon For Three (1941/1h 14m/Lloyd Bacon) (comedy)
(3:30pm) Every Since Eve (1937/1h 19m/Lloyd Bacon) (comedy)
(5:00pm) A Girl, A Guy and a Gob (1941/1h 31m/Richard Wallace) (comedy)
(6:45pm) Man Wanted (1932/1h 2m/William Dieterle) (romance)
(8:00pm) Written On The Wind (1957/1h 32m/Douglas Sirk) (drama)
(10:00pm) Lover Come Back (1961/1h 47m/Delbert Mann) (comedy)
(SPECIAL THEME: TCM ROMANTIC WEEKEND GETAWAY)
(FRI FEB 12)
(12:00am) The Thrill Of It All (1963/1h 48m/Norman Jewison) (comedy)
(2:00am) Boys’ Night Out (1962/1h 55m/Michael Gordon) (comedy)
(4:00am) Vertigo (1958/2h 8m/Alfred Hitchcock) (suspense-mystery)
(6:15am) Rear Window (1954/1h 52m/Alfred Hitchcock) (suspense-mystery)
(8:15am) High Society (1956/1h 47m/Charles Walters) (musical)
(10:15am) The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933/1h 42m/W.S. Van Dyke) (romance)
(12:15pm) Two Girls On Broadway (1940/1h 11m/TV-G) (romance)
(1:45pm) Bachelor In Paradise (1961/1h 49m/Jack Arnold) (comedy)
(3:45pm) Silk Stockings (1957/1h 57m/Rouben Mamoulian) (musical)
(6:00pm) Party Girl (1958/1h 39m/Nicholas Ray) (crime)
(8:00pm) Casablanca (1942/1h 42m/Michael Curtiz) (romance)
(10:00pm) West Side Story (1961/2h 35m/Robert Wise) (musical)
(SAT FEB 13)
(12:45am) Marty (1955/1h 31m/Delbert Mann) (romance)
(2:30am) Crossing Delancey (1988/1h 37m/Joan Micklin Silver) (romance)
(4:30am) Brief Encounter (1945/1h 26m/David Lean) (romance)
(6:15am) Love Affair (1939/1h 27 /Leo McCarey) (romance)
(8:00am) The Shop Around The Corner (1940/1h 37m/Ernst Lubitsch) (romance)
(10:00am) From Here To Eternity (1953/1h 58m/Fred Zinnemann) (drama-war)
(12:15pm) Gigi (1958/1h 56m/Vincente Minnelli) (musical)
(2:30pm) Doctor Zhivago (1965/3h 17m/David Lean) (epic)
(6:00pm) Magnificent Obsession (1954/1h 48m/Douglas Sirk) (drama-romance)
(8:00 pm) Roman Holiday (1h 58m/William Wyler) (romance)
(10:15pm) Pillow Talk (1959/1h 45m/Michael Gordon) (comedy)
(SUN FEB 14)
(12:15am) The Goodbye Girl (1977/1h 50m/Herbert Ross) (comedy)
(2:15am) The Philadelphia Story (1940/1h 51m/George Cukor) (comedy)
(4:15am) Woman Of The Year (1942/1h 52m/George Stevens) (comedy)
(6:00am) The Enchanted Cottage (1945/1h 31m/John Cromwell) (romance)
(7:45am) Swing Time (1936/1h 45m/George Stevens) (musical)
(9:30am) Wuthering Heights (1939/1h 43m/William Wyler) (romance)
(11:30pm) It Happened One Night (1934/1h 45m/Frank Capra) (comedy)
(1:30pm) A Patch Of Blue (1965/1h 45m/Guy Green) (drama)
(3:30 pm) The Lady Eve (1941/1h 37m/Preston Sturges) (comedy-romance)
(5:45pm) Now, Voyagers (1931/1h 27m/Charles Chaplin) (romance)
(8:00pm) The Age Of Innocence (1993/2h 13m/Martin Scorsese) (romance)
(10:30pm) The Way We Were (1973/1h 58m/Sydney Pollack) (romance)
(MON FEB 15)
(12:45am) City Light (1931/1h 27m/Charles Chaplin) (silent comedy)
(2:30 am) The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964/1h 35m/Jacques Demy) (musical)
(4:15am) Sunday In New York (1963/1h 45m/Peter Tewksbury) (comedy)
(6:15am) Her Cardboard Lover (19042/1h 33m/Geoerge Cukor) (romance)
(8:00am) I Married A Woman (1958/1h 24m/Hal Kanter) (comedy)
(9:00am) Illicit (1931/1h 21m/Archie Mayo) (drama)
(11:00am) The Feminine Touch (1941/1h 37m/Major W.S. Van Dyke II) (comedy)
(12:45pm) What A Blonde (1945/1h 11m/Leslie Goodwins) (comedy)
(2:00pm) Smart Woman (1931/1h 8m/Gregory La Cava) (comedy)
(3:15pm) The Guardsman (1931/1h 23m/Sidney Franklin) (comedy)
(4:45pm) The Shining Hour (1938/1h 20m/Frank Borzage) (drama)
(6:30pm) Rage In Heaven (1941/1h 22m/Major W.S. Van Dyke II) (suspense-mystery)
(8:00pm) In Cold Blood (1967/2h 14m/Richard Broojs) (suspense-mystery)
(10:30pm) Elmer Gantry (1960/2h 26m/Richard Brooks) (drama)
(TUE FEB 16)
(1:15am) Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958/1h 48m/Richard Brooks) (drama)
(3:15am) Lord Jim (1965/2h 34m/Richard Brooks) (adventure)
(6:00am) Sinner’s Holiday (1930/1h 0m/John G. Adolfi) (drama)
(7:15am) Gentleman’s Fate (1931/1h 30m/Mervyn LeRoy) (crime)
(9:00am) The Roaring Twenties (1939/1h 44m/Raoul Walsh) (crime)
(11:00am) The Secret Six (1931/1h 23m/George Hill) (crime)
(12:30pm) The Wet Parade (1932/2h 0m/Victor Fleming) (drama)
(2:30pm) Al Capone (1959/1h 45m/Richard Wilson) (crime)
(4:30pm) The Purple Gang (1960/1h 25m/Frank McDonald) (crime)
(6:00pm) 1932: The Moonshine War (1970/1h 40m/Richard Quine) (crime)
(8:00pm) Humoresque (1946/2h 3m/Jean Negulesco) (romance)
(10:15pm) Saturday’s Children (1940/1h 41m/Vincent Sherman) (drama)
(WED FEB 17)
(12:15am) Four Daughters (1938/1h 30m/Michael Curtiz) (romance)
(2:00am) Four Wives (1939/1h 50m/Michael Curtiz) (drama)
(3:45am) Daughters Courageious (1939/1h 43m/Michael Curtiz) (romance)
(5:45am) Tortilla Flat (1942/1h 45m/Victor Fleming) (drama)
(7:45am) Castle On The Hudson (1940/Anatole Litvak) (drama)
(9:15am) Dust Be My Destiny (1939/1h 28m/Lewis Seiler) (crime)
(10:45am) The Smiling Lieutenant (1931/1h 42m/Ernst Lubitsch) (comedy)
(12:15pm) Princess O’Rourke (1943/1h 34m/Norman Krasna) (comedy)
(2:00pm) Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945/1h 52m/Richard Thorpe) (romance)
(4:00pm) The Student Prince (1954/1h 47m/Richard Thorpe) (musical)
(6:00pm) The Swan (1956/1h 52m/Charles Vidor) (romance)
(8:00pm) Stars In My Crown (1950/1h 29m/Jacques Tourneur) (western)
(9:45pm) The Pawnbroker (1965/1h 54m/Sideny Lumet) (drama)
(THU FEB 18)
(12:00am) In This Our Life (1942/1h 37m/John Huston) (drama)
(2:00am) SuperFly (1972/1h 36m/Gordon Parks, Jr.) (crime)
(4:00am) Brothers (1977/1h 45m/Arthur Barron) (drama)
(6:00am) The Milky Way (1936/1h 28m/Leo McCarey) (comedy)
(7:45am) New Moon (1930/1h 8m/Jack Conway) (romance-drama-musical-adaptation)

(9:15am) Morning Glory (1933/1h 14m/Lowell Sherman) (silent drama)

(10:45am) That’s Right-You’re Wrong (1940/1h 33m/David Butler) (comedy)
(12:30pm) The Great Lover (1931/Harry Beaumont) (romance)
(1:45pm) Friends and Lovers (1931/1h 16m/Victor Schertzinger) (drama)
(3:00pm) Father Takes A Wife (1941/1h 19m/Jack Hively) (comedy)
(4:30pm) Stage Door (1937/1h 23m/Gregory Lacava) (drama)
(6:15pm) The Front Page (1931/1h 41m/Lewis Milestone) (comedy)
(8:00pm) The Tender Trap (1955/1h 51m/Charles Walters) (comedy)
(10:00pm) Singin’ In The Rain (1952/1h 43 m/Gene Kelly) (musical)
(FRI FEB 19)
(12:00am) Brigadoon (1954/1h 48m/Vincente Minnelli) (musical)
(2:00am) The Band Wagon (1953/1h 52m/Vincente Minnelli) (musical)
(4:00am) Carefree (1938/1h 20m/Mark Sandrich) (comedy)
(5:30am) Primrose Path (1940/1h 33m/Gregory La Cava) (drama)
(7:15am) Station West (1948/1h 32m/Sidney Lanfield) (western)
(8:45am) Blood On The Moon (1948/1h 28m/Robert Wise) (western)
(10:15am) Roughshod (1949/1h 28m/Mark Robson) (western)
(12:00pm) Colorado Territory (1949/1h 34m/Raoul Walsh) (western)
(1:45pm) Along The Great Divide (1951/1h 28m/Raoul Walsh) (western)
(3:30pm) Riding Shotgun (1954/1h 14m/Andre De Toth) (western)
(5:00pm) Black Patch (1957/1h 22m/Allen H. Miner) (western)
(6:30pm) The Badlanders (1958/1h 25m/Delmer Daves) (western)
(8:00pm) Gun Crazy (1950/1h 27m/Joseph H. Lewis) (crime)
(9:45pm) Thelma & Louise (1991/2h 8m/Ridley Scott) (crime)
(SAT FEB 20)
(12:15am) Coffy(1973/1h 31m/Jack Hill) (crime)
(2:00am) Piranha (1978/1h 32m/Joe Dante) (horror)
(3:45am) Tintorera (1977/1h 31m/Rene Cardona) (horror)
(5:50am) Changing (1971/28m/Hubert Smith) (documentary short)
(6:00am) Sinbad The Sailor (1947/1h 57m/Richard Wallace) (adventure)
(8:00am) MGM CARTOONS: Mutts About Racing (1958/6m/Michael Lah) (animated comedy short)
(8:08am) Wild Water (1957/8m/Earle Luby) (documentary short)
(8:17am) George Town (1941/9m/James A. Fitzpatrick) (documentary short)
(8:27am) Quick Money (1938/59m/Edward Killy) (drama)
(9:30am) THE NEW ADVENTURES OF TARZAN Chapter 7: Flaming Waters (1935/?m/Edward Kull and Wilber McGaugh) (serial)
(10:00am) POPEYE: She-Sick Sailors (1944/6m/?) (animated comedy short)
(10:08am) Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case (1940/1h 16m/Harold S. Bucquet) (drama)
(11:30am) Romance Road (1937/18m/Bobby Connolly) (adventure short)
(12:00pm) Mad Love (1935/1h 7m/Karl Freund) (horror)
(1:15pm) Shadow Of A Doubt (1943/1h 48m/Alfred Hitchcock) (suspense-mystery)
(3:15pm) The Guns Of Navarone (1961/2h 37/J. Lee Thompson) (war)
(6:00pm) The Sunshine Boys (1975/1h 51m/Herbert Ross) (comedy)
(8:00pm) Lilies Of The Field (1963/1h 34m/Ralph Nelson) (comedy)
(10:00pm) Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967/1h 48m/Stanley Kramer) (comedy)
(SUN FEB 21)
(12:00am) Native Son (1951/1h 45m/Pierre Chenal) (drama)
(2:00am) Diner (1982/1h 50m/Barry Levinson) (comedy-drama)
(4:00am) Avalon (1990/2h 7m/Barry Levinson) (historial comedy)
(6:15am) Manhattan Melodrama (1934/1h 33m/W.S. Van Dyke) (crime)
(8:00am) The Corn Is Green (1945/1h 54m/Irving Rapper) (drama)
(10:00am) Native Son (1951/1h 45m/Pierre Chenal) (drama)
(11:45am) Born Yesterday (1950/1h 43m/George Cukor) (comedy)
(1:45pm) Trouble In Paradise (1932/1h 21m/Ernst Lubitsch) (crime-comedy)
(3:15pm) The Fortune Cookie (1966/2h 5m/Billy Wilder) (comedy)
(5:30pm) The Remains Of The Day (1993/2h 14m/James Ivory) (drama)
(8:00pm) Only Yesterday (1933/1h 48m/John M. Stahl) (drama)
(10:00pm) Design For Living (1933/1h 30m/Ernst Lubitsch) (romantic comedy)
(MON FEB 22)
(12:00am) The Cossacks (1928/1h 40m/George Hill) (silent drama)
(2:00am) Touki Bouki (1973/1h 35m/Djibril Diop Mambtty) (drama)
(3:45am) Countryman (1982/2h 23m/Dickie Jobson) (musical)
(6:15 am) Captain Blood (1935/1h 59m/Michael Curtiz) (adventure)
(8:30am) My Fair Lady (1964/2h 50m/George Cukor) (musical)
(11:30am) The Star (1953/1h 29m/Stuart Heisler) (drama)
(1:15pm) Adam’s Rib (1949/1h 41m/George Cukor) (comedy)
(3:00pm) Two-Faced Woman (1941/1h 34m/George Cukor) (comedy)
(4:45pm) Father Of The Bride (1950/1h 33m/Vincente Minnelli) (comedy)
(6:30pm) Father’s Little Dividend (1951/1h 22m/Vincente Minnelli) (comedy)
(8:00pm) Rain Man (1988/2h 20m/Barry Levinson) (drama)
(10:30pm) East Of Eden (1955/1h 55m/Elia Kazan) (drama)
(TUE FEB 23)
(12:45am) The Brothers Karamazov (1958/2h 26m/Richard Brooks) (drama)
(3:30am) Rocko and His Brothers (1960/3h 2m/Luchino Visconti) (drama)
(6:45am) Cast A Dark Shadow (1955/1h 25m/Lewis Gilbert) (suspense-mystery)
(8:15am) Libel (1959/1h 40m/Anthony Asquith) (drama)
(10:00am) The Angel Wore Red (1960/1h 39m/Nunnally Johnson) (romance)
(11:45am) Victim (19671/1h 40m/Basil Dearden) (drama)
(1:45pm) The Password Is Courage (1962/1h 56m/Andrew L. Stone) (war)
(3:45pm) Our Mother’s House (1967/1h 45m/Jack Clayton) (suspense-mystery)
(5:45pm) Death In Venice (1971/2h 10m/Luchino Visconti) (drama)
(8:00pm) Pride Of The Marines (1945/1h 59m/Delmer Daves) (war)
(10:15pm) Destination Tokyo (1943/2h 15m/Delmer Daves) (war)
(WED FEB 24)
(12:45am) Air Force (1943/2h 4m/Howard Hawks) (war)
(3:00am) The Fallen Sparrow (1943/1h 34m/Richard Wallace) (suspense-drama)
(4:45am) Dangerously They Live (1942/1h 11m/Robert Florey) (drama)
(6:15am) Flowing Gold (1940/1h 22m/Alfred E. Green) (western)
(7:45am) Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943/2h 7m/David Butler) (musical)
(10:00am) Hollywood Canteen (1944/2h 4m/Delmer Daves) (musical)
(12:15pm) Bad Bascomb (1946/1h 52m/S. Sylvan Simon) (western)
(2:15pm) Gentle Annie (1944/1h 20m/Andrew Marton) (western)
(3:45pm) Rationing (1943/1h 33m/Willis Goldbeck) (comedy)
(5:30pm) Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone (1950/1h 9m/Norman Taurog) (comedy)
(6:45pm) The Affairs of Martha (1942/1h 6m/Jules Dassin) (comedy)
(8:00pm) Take A Giant Step (1960/1h 40m/Philip Leacock, Philip Bowles) (drama)
(10:00pm) A Soldier’s Story (1984/1h 41m/Norman Jewison) (drama)
(THU FEB 25)
(12:00am) Sparkle (1976/1h 38m/Sam O’steen) (musical drama)
(2:00am) Broken Strings (1940/1h 10m/Bernard B. Ray) (drama)
(3:15am) Sounder (1972/1h45m/Martin Ritt) (drama)
(5:15am) MGM Parade Show #11 (1955/25m/?) (documentary)
(6:00am) The Exterminating Angel (1962/1h 35m/Luis Bunuel) (drama)
(7:45am) Carnival Of Souls (1962/1h 30m/Herk Harvey) (horror)
(9:15am) Juliet Of The Spirits (1965/2h 25m/Federico Fellini) (drama)
(11:45am) Yolanda and the Thief (1945/1h 48m/Vincente Minnelli) (musical)
(1:45am) The Red Shoes (1948/2h 14m/Michael Powell) (romantic drama)
(4:15pm) Brigadoon (1954/1h 48m/Vinente Minnelli) (musical)
(6:15pm) Dreams (1940/10m/Felix E. Feist) (documentary short)
(6:30pm) I Walked With A Zombie (1943/1h 9m/Jacques Tourneur) (horror)
(8:00pm) The Palm Beach Story (1942/1h 28m/Preston Sturges) (comedy)
(9:45pm) Boom Town (1940/1h 56m/Jack Conway) (adventure)
(FRI FEB 26)
(12:00am) Mogambo (1953/1h 55m/John Ford) (adventure)
(2:15am) Knights Of The Round Table (1953/1h 55m/Richard Thorpe) (romance)
(4:13am) Camille (1937/1h 48m/George Cukor) (romance)
(6:30am) Ninotchka (1939/1h 50m/Ernst Lubitsch) (comedy)
(8:30am) Theodora Goes Wild (1936/1h 35m/Richard Boleslawski) (comedy)
(10:15am) Magic Boy (1959/1h 22m/Akira Daikubara) (adventure)
(11:45am) Their Big Moment (1934/1h 8m/James Cruze) (comedy)
(1:00pm) Miracles For Sale (1939/1h 11m/Tod Browning) (suspense/mystery)
(2:15pm) Fingers At The Window (1942/1h 20m/Charles Lederer) (suspense/mystery)
(3:45pm) The Strange Mr. Gregory (1946/1h 3m/Phil Rosen, Seymour Roth) (suspense/mystery)
(5:00pm) The Mad Magician (1954/1h 12m/John Brahm, Hal Herman) (horror)
(6:15pm) Two On A Guillotine (1965/1h 47m/William Conrad) (1h 47m) (horror)
(8:00pm) The Manchurian Candidate (1962/2h 6m/John Frankenheimer) (drama)
(10:15pm) Butterfield 8 (1960/1h 49m/Daniel Mann) (drama)
(SAT FEB 27)
(12:15am) Of Human Bondage (1964/1h 38m/Ken Hughes) (drama)
(2:00am) Hiding Out (1987/1h 39m/Bob Giraldi and Carol Wood) (action-comedy-drama)
(4:00am) Out Of Bounds (1986/1h 33m/Richard Tuggle and James M. Arnett) (action-crime-thriller)
(6:00am) Gunga Din (1939/1h 57m/George Stevens) (adventure)
(8:00am) MGM CARTOONS: Petunia Natural Park (1939/8m/I. Freleng) (animated comedy short)
(8:10am) Sportsmen at Work (1957/8m/Larry O’Reilly) (documentary short)
(8:19am) Sydney: ‘Pride of Australia’ (1938/9m/?) (documentary short)
(8:29am) The Longest Night (1936/51m/Errol Taggart) (crime)
(9:30am) Angry Gods (1935/?/Edward Kull and Wilbur McGaugh) (serial)
(10:00am) POPEYE: Tops in the Big Top (1945/6m/I. Sparber) (animated comedy short)
(10:08am) Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940/1h 18m/Harold S. Bucquet) (drama)
(11:30am) Soft Drinks and Sweet Music (1934/22m/Roy Mack) (musical short)
(12:00am) Knute Rockne: All American (1940/1h 38m/Lloyd Bacon) (drama)
(1:45am) 12 Angry Men (1957/1h 35m/Sidney Lumet) (drama)
(3:30am) A Man For All Seasons (1966/2h 0m/Fred Zinnemann) (drama)
(5:45am) Chariots Of Fire (1981/2h 1m/Hugh Hudson) (drama)
(8:00pm) Dances With Wolves (1990/3h 3m/Kevin Costner) (western)
(11:15pm) Teddy The Rough Rider (1940/18m/Ray Enright) (dramatic short)
(11:40pm) Let’s Sing A Song Of The West (1947/9m/Jack Scholl) (musical short)
(SUN FEB 28)
(12:00am) Odds Against Tgomorrow (1959/1h 35m/Robert Wise) (crime)
(2:00am) The Wind and the Lion (1975/1h 59m/John Milius) (adventure)
(4:15am) Quentin Durward (1955/1h 41m/Richard Thorpe) (drama)
(6:00am) Girl Crazy (1943/1h 39m/Norman Taurog) (musical)
(7:45am) The Story of Three Loves (1953/2h 2m/Vincente Minnelli)
(10:00am) Odds Against Tomorrow (1959/1h 35m/Robert Wise) (crime)
(12:00am) The Awful Truth (1937/1h 30m/Leo McCarey) (comedy)
(1:45pm) Rebel Without A Cause (1955/1h 51m/Nicholas Ray) (drama)
(3:45pm) Days of Wine and Roses (1962/1h 57m/Blake Edwards)
(6:00pm) To Sleep With Anger (1990/1h 41m/Charles Burnett) (drama)
(8:00pm) Du Barry Was A Lady (1943/1h 41m/Roy Del Ruth) (musical)
(10:00 pm) The Front (1976/1h 36m/Martin Ritt) (dramedy)

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I wasn't prepared for this... and now, my heart is a ghost town

Let me tell you my story of watching She-Ra and the Princesses of Power since New Years Eve, because I was not prepared for this emotional rollercoaster.
I consider myself an average being, around 40 years old, working as a consultant regarding IT and data protection and manage some real estates. Beside the duties, I watch shows to some extent. E.g. we needed half an year to go through "Star Trek Voyager" during the better part of 2020 and then we binged the amazing "Queens Gambit" around Christmas in three days. Our collection of DVDs consists of series from "Ally McBeal" over "Firefly" or "Mad Men" to "Rome" and "Borgen" as well as Animes, Action, Drama, Documentation or simple love movies. As we both like a good production value regarding graphics and cast, we like a good storytelling more and good character development most. Such story arcs can be found in the best or even the cheesiest productions, no matter the money or effort put in the rest. We found them in "Game of Thrones" as well as in "Downton Abby", "The Expanse" or "Man in the High Castle".
I watched cartoons when young and of course I had the full run from "Tom & Jerry", "He-Man", "She-Ra", "Galaxy-Rangers", "Captain Future", "Odysseus31" or "Queen of the 1000 years" and so on during my childhood and teen years. I read around 100 novels per year as my professional hobby, all genres, and I'm telling you all of this to make you aware, that I had my share of walking through other peoples mind gardens, via books and TV. And even as I consider myself an intelligent, somehow stable and serious man in the middle of his best years, I was not prepared to be overwhelmed so easily by a simple cartoon / anime / animation series whatever...
But, oh man, I was. Period. Many times.
Between Christmas and New Years Eve I started watching "Legend of Korra" and man, was I attached to the hot-headed and goodhearted, female avatar with all her flaws and her struggle to become the best avatar for the world and the people she loves. I immediatly liked the story, graphics, music, everything. And while I went through the first and second season of LOK, Netflix - the bitch that it is - suggested She-Ra to me on the start screen. I was aware of it's existence, as I'd given the series a first little try a few months ago, starting the first episode, but the animation seemed weird and peculiar to me and I found it too fast, too colorful and too remote from what I falsely remembered from the 80s series I watched 35 years ago. So I stopped after minutes and didn't go further. Then, after New Year, being in further lockdown as so many people, I just wanted to keep myself from binging (hahaha!) through LOK in just a few days to expand the joy of the ride and... oh man... was that a mistake.
Being the idiot that I am and while struggling on my crosstrainer, I started She-Ra again and this time, I got stuck with the first three episodes and mostly with the character dynamics of Adora & Catra. I knew immediately, that something was going on there, and I wanted to follow. Me dumb. And then I watched the next few episodes. And then the next ones. And then, the next thing I clearly remember is that I watched the whole series in four or fives days while not being able to stop at any time just beside keeping the children and working much less then necessary. I completely and wholeheartedly fell into it. Or was sucked in.
Was it because of the good storytelling? The unbelievable good caracter development? All the funny little things happening? Adora having no clue what goes on because of her innocence? The snarky comments of Mermista? Catra's "Oh nooo, betrayaaalll....!!."? This one fist bump between Netossa ("It's in the name!") and Spinnerella? Glimmaaaah teleporting a robot in the sky to let fall down? The insane funnyness of the ship-burning Sea Hawk? Drunk Adora being such adorable that you want to cuddle her? Scorpias and Catras relationship which is so much important and the major turning point in Catras ("You're a bad friend.") growth? Bow holding the pack all together? Shadow Weaver's sacrifice and Adora & Catra walking away upholding each other after that? Entrapta rolling through space insanely laughing while Bow trying to keep his sanity? The amazing, world-class soundtrack which underpins the narration so well? The wonderful laid out relationship between Adora and Catra? Hordak ("I defy your will!") , holding baby Adora at the end? The development between Mara and a hologram? The redemption arc of Catra, which is presumably the most credible and reliable that was ever put on TV? The whole episode "Corridors", which should be praised as a masterpiece of emotional and psychological climax? The voice cast all of whom did a great job? All of this is just an epitome.
Presumably, it's all together, but the point is: I cannot remember any series or movie that had such an emotional impact on my heart during the last decade and maybe my whole life. Maybe, I just don't remember it, but I know I sobbed at the last minutes of "Gladiator", "Titanic" or "The Way", for example. But this is different: because without hesitation, I can say, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is the most attaching, best drama I have ever seen on television.
It isn't important, that it's an animation for kids. If you cut through the different layers of the narration, there is so much going on, that you need a masters degree in psychology and 20 rewatches to analyize all details and dynamics and I am very much convinced, that even the showrunners were not fully aware of what a marvel they were creating while doing it. In my opinion, She-Ra of 2018 is the rare example of something wonderful humankind can create, when everyone and everything is at the right place at the right time. This happens rarely, because beside all the hard effort from the people, it is luck, what's needed. This production would not have been possible even five years ago and maybe she would not be possible in five years again. All in all, there is so much pure love going on within the series that I am convinced, that it must be mirrored at least to some extent outside in the production team as well. That makes me happy. Here, we see a creation where everything went right and I am unbelievable grateful, that it did.
And here I am, days later, and find myself staring outside the window when I should read a text or calling a customer and then I am still rewatching scenes and whole episodes and cannot get it out of my mind, as if I am an obsessed teenager again. Tears are dropping down when I watch Adora saving the cat or when she finally lets Horde Prime go, which is an unbelievable good visualization of - at last - really becoming 'the' She-Ra in her own right. Every character is relatable to, from the adorable drunken Adora over Angellas parenting efforts over to Hordaks struggle to become worthy which mirrors so much in Catras & Adoras struggle, even up to Shadow Weaver, who got her deliverance at last. Not to speak about Razz. Or loveable Mara.
Important to me is, that I like all of them. I just like all of the characters, even if I hated some of them sometimes: while Catra as the Deuteragonist obviously being the most important one, Entrapta in my opinion earned a good second place in the swing from liked-hated-liked-again. I couldn't even convince myself to hate Shadow Weaver ("For you, this is only the beginning") at the end, despite her abuse. At least, she died protecting her adoptive daughters whom she raised to what they could and would become. Everyone was relatable, everyone had believable reasons, no-one was onesided nor static. The only exception from that is Horde Prime, unable to change and who is (purposely) designed to be the one-dimensional, evil overlord whose solely purpose at the end was to be annihilated so that Adora / She-Ra could find deliverance from her hero-complex at last. It was wonderful and I am grateful and appreciated it most, that my expectations were fulfilled and not subverted for the sake of a cheesy and cheap shock-effect. Thank you very much. Period.
Days later, I am still impressed and stunned and heartbroken that there is nothing more to watch. I am disconcerted from a - sorry - effing kids animation and I hate that feeling. And without new fodder alike, now I am just depressed (in an amusing way from the outside look) and bewildered. Everything else I touched regarding TV or reading the last days tastes like ash and dust and my heart is a ghost town or rather a void because of the emotional overwhelming desaster and state, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power left me in, despite the beautiful ending. I know, I will need days and maybe weeks to get over that and I hope, I can forget enough of the show to have a new rewatch. Maybe in ten years. I don't think I can bear this emotional burden more often. Ufff.
Thank you for reading.

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