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19/12/2023

Ok, so I'm slightly competitive.

Looking at the results this year, I decided that for next year, I'm setting two goals:

1. Read (let's be real, skim) at least 1 episode from every new series that comes out. Or at least, that is advertised on the Webtoon scrollbar on top.

2. Read an episode every day so I can get as close to 365 days as I can. I won't be able to do all 365 since we have some holidays where I can't use electronics for over 24 hours.

I've actually been doing something similar with Spotify as well cuz of said competitiveness.

Alright, stay tuned for next year to see how I do on those two measures!

09/12/2023

𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟐𝟗 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭: 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬!

This is it. Season finale and it's gut-wrenching. 😭 Prepare yourselves.

Goliath meets Poppy over the phone and it's bittersweet. We learn about Tora's fear of spiders, and Poppy asks if they're brothers.

Turns out... they're TWINS. 🤯

This explains so much.

Dawn has arrived. Goliath's captor comes. Tora and Poppy clutch each other as the worst happens. Goliath goes out happy that after a life of betrayal, he did one thing right for his brother.

Tora tells Poppy about Goliath and seeks a cigarette, but Poppy wants to distract him by climbing on his lap.

We switch scenes to Tracker #6. The jerk on the train apparently has been following them and is reporting to Cat Lady, also known as Courtney.

And Courtney is reporting to... none other than CORDELIA, who calls Poppy "young mistress." !!! 😲

What a season finale! What heartbreaking and shocking twists!
We discuss Goliath's character and his and Tora's relationship in depth, and freak out and are generally sad.

❓𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛❓
Just chime in with comments! So much to talk about.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗮'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/AEgast/works

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘆'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀e𝘀:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/larosamorada85/works
https://www.youtube.com/

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘁 :
https://archiveofourown.org/users/Vweston/pseuds/Vweston

02/12/2023

𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 128 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕: 𝐴𝘭𝑚𝘰𝑠𝘵 𝘋𝑎𝘸𝑛 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔!

With and

As Poppy showers, Tora receives a call.

IT'S GOLIATH.

Tora is in shock and asks him where he is. Goliath says he's in Malibu, but it's clear he's very far away and in a dingy jail cell.

He looks out the window and sees the incoming dawn. We can all guess what that means.

Tora wants to come get him, but all Goliath wants to do is say he's sorry. He is moved to learn that Tora came to get him that day that he called.

We flashback to Tora's memory of how Goliath ratted him out and got him imprisoned in return for a clear record and wishful thinking. He visits Tora in jail and is completely oblivious and unrepentant. Years later, he comes to pick up Tora, very far removed from the clean civilian lawyer he said he would be.

We discuss Goliath's personality and Tora and Goliath's relationship.

❓𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛❓
What did Goliath do to land himself in this situation?

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮'𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗚 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁:
https://www.instagram.com/darlaamami/

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗰𝘆 𝗧𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/saucytuggles/pseuds/saucytuggles

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗰𝘆'𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁, !
https://www.instagram.com/_midnight_insights/

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘆'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀e𝘀:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/larosamorada85/works
https://www.youtube.com/

01/12/2023

𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟮𝟵 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀!

Season finale and it's a doozy.

With .e.gast

DM me with chapter recap for link.

01/12/2023

I know it's only a day before the public release of this episode, but 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟐𝟖 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬!

May as well have it a couple of hours early. ;)

With

25/11/2023

𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 127 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕:𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑜 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔!

With and .emolina

Poppy and Tora travel on the train, a heavy weapons bag between them until it conks Tora in the head.

Poppy then nestles into Tora and continues with her memory of watching the GoPro footage in her helmet of the night before Agnes left.

Agnes tells Robert that she's given Robert 6 years to figure "it" out, and that she's leaving Moonbright tomorrow, AND also that Robert can keep Poppy with him since she never wanted her anyway.

Ouch. Ouch. And ouch.

We discuss the case from various angles, trying to understand both Robert and Agnes' points of view.

Poppy wakes up and we discover that she had been kidding back at Moonbright when she told Tora she was part of the mafia. Psyche!

Tora argues with a train passenger and throws a shoe at him.

They stop off at the BlueCa77y (COUGH COUGH) hotel where Tora bandages his wound while thinking of Poppy showering. ONE BED!

❓𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛❓Why was Robert avoiding Agnes' demands and staying in Moonbright so long?

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗚 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/S_Emolina

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗖𝗮𝘁𝘆'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/BlueCaty/pseuds/BlueCaty

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗰𝘆'𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁, !
https://www.instagram.com/_midnight_insights/

18/11/2023

𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 126 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕: 50 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍***𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔!

With .e.gast and

Turns out Agnes has another whole family! Poppy finds the conversation too hard to handle, and hangs up.

Tora lets it go and dresses Poppy, telling her they're headed to a safe place - his hometown.

He charms the security guard into letting his bag go, for which Poppy punishes him by sitting with the bag sandwiched between them.

As she dozes, she recalls a memory of finding her helmet with a secret camera attached, and of hitting the play button...

❓𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛❓
What did you think of the dynamic between Robert and Agnes?

17/11/2023

🐺 I'm a huge fan of Tim and Valerie's podcast, Whiskey with Witcher, so I'm thrilled that they agreed to come on and answer 21 fun questions about Netflix's Witcher Season 3! 🐺

Let us know the answers to your questions as you listen!

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁!
https://open.spotify.com/show/7mhbdcCVELuKKDUoJxTX91?si=1fe968357f1746d8

𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
Wittiest comeback
Most cringe scene
Most emotional scene
Worst betrayal
Most disappointing decision
Most tense moment
Most confusing scene
Best hairstyle
Most beautiful setting
Favorite costume
Most tender moment
Kindest character
Biggest surprise
Saddest moment
Most morally appalling view
Character you are rooting for the most
Fourth wall
Creepiest scene
Most touching relationship
Food you wanted to eat
Fave monster

11/11/2023

👩🏻 𝐒𝐇𝐄'𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄!! 👩🏻

𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟐𝟓 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬!

𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐲'𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐦 (𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞) and that's the title of the episode! With Ruby.

Tora and Poppy "borrow" one of the Altan guards' car, having left their disposable car in a bush.

Quincey is uber relieved at Ivan and Oyuu's presence.

Tora and Poppy eat breakfast at a diner, where Tora finally confronts Poppy with the real question: Who is she, and why is everyone after her?

To get the answer, Poppy calls..... HER MOM!!! 🤯

❓𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛❓
Do you think Poppy's mom knew that Poppy had her number?

10/11/2023

𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 127 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔!

With .emolina and

(Still processing but should be up soon)

DM me with chapter recap for link.

10/11/2023

𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟐𝟔 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬!

(Still processing, actually, but it should be up shortly)

With .e.gast and Sakura

DM me with chapter recap for link.

04/11/2023

𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 124 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕: 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘆 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔!

With , and

Quincey waits nervously for Tora and Poppy, only to notice several armed people ambushing them outside the elevator. Faced with no other choice, he revs his car and slams into them, just in time for Tora and Poppy to step innocently outside the elevator.

He panics, wasting precious moments as more armed people swarm around them. Quincey once again uses the car as a weapon and then hightails it out of there, only to slow down like Granny to hear himself being praised by civilians.

Tora asks Poppy to patch him up in a touching reversal of his earlier rejection, while Quincey struggles not to eye Poppy's butt. Tora plays up their sensuality in an attempt to get Quincey to move faster.

❓𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛❓Has Quincey killed before?

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗰𝘆'𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁, !
https://www.instagram.com/_midnight_insights/
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗖𝗮𝘁𝘆'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/BlueCaty/pseuds/BlueCaty
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘁 :
https://archiveofourown.org/users/Vweston/pseuds/Vweston

28/10/2023

𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟮𝟯 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀!

With , and Ruby

𝐸𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒:
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒. 𝐴𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ, 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑓𝑓. 𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑛.

As Poppy packs, she sees her lingerie in her bag. Daddy Tora yells at them to hurry up, and we see Quincess busy applying face cream. Poppy asks Quincey where all the lingerie came from, and Tora, overhearing mention of Poppy's delicates and seeing Quincey grab Poppy (with those sexy, sexy forearms) threatens Quincey with his life.

Poppy remembers the ring, and Tora warns Quincey he may have to drive. It's a serious question of who is endangering them more- those in the chopper, or Quincey with his driving.

Meanwhile, Spiderwoman clambers in to the room and steals Tora's ring. Poppy opens the door, gets a massive gun in her face, and then obediently trots away with it as Tora disarms Spiderwoman.

Spiderwoman lives up to her name with a magnificent flip but gets wounded anyway. Tora kicks off her mask and Poppy gets a shot of her page. Oh how far we have come from that day when Tora got a shot of Poppy's face! (And pillows.)

Others invade the apartment, and Tora shields Poppy with his body as they escape, getting shot in the process.

❓𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑦'𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑔?❓

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘆'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/larosamorada85/works

21/10/2023

𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟮𝟮 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝘖𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘒𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀!

With and .emolina

Quincess hears a buzz and first think it's his phone, then a BOB. Nope, it's the chopper that has got Poppy paralyzed, about to get blown to bits, until...

Tora to the rescue! He snipers the machine gun so that it blazes the heck out of there, and also manages to instantly vanish and swing back into Quincey's apartment.

For all his efforts, he is rewarded with Poppy smacking him in the face with her lethal pillow.

He packs for her while Poppy is glued to his back, and then we get the most beautiful image ever: big tough Tora who 5 seconds ago said he didn't love Poppy, on his knees, nesting his head in Poppy's chest, admitting to her he needs more time. 😣 😭 🥵

That would be enough but then we see Quincey using his 5 seconds of safety to trim his beard. While they bicker, we see a mysterious masked figure pop upside down into Poppy's room.

❓𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠? ❓

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗚 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/S_Emolina

20/10/2023

𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 124 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔!

With , and

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14/10/2023

𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟮𝟭 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀!

With and

Poppy knows Tora is lying to her and slams her way out of the room.

Tora thinks back to his memory of his mother after learning his father died to save her. We learn that a Congressman who was a descendant of Narin's last monarch was killed and Tora's dad took the fall for his mother. His mother tells Tora about the curse we know from Asura's Bride, a curse he now remembers when faced with Poppy's love.

Outside, a rejected Poppy makes fun of Tora, but is frozen when a chopper flies close to the apartment, armed with a machine gun and evil intent.

❓𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠? ❓

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗰𝘆'𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁,
https://www.instagram.com/_midnight_insights/

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮'𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗚 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁:
https://www.instagram.com/darlaamami/

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗖𝗮𝘁𝘆'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/BlueCaty/pseuds/BlueCaty

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗰𝘆 𝗧𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/saucytuggles/pseuds/saucytuggles

12/10/2023

𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 123 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔!

Note: we recorded the podcast before the episode updated. From now on, we will record it once the episode is complete in order to get the full picture.

With and Ruby.

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12/10/2023

𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟮𝟮 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀!

With and .emolina

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07/10/2023

𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝑰 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖 - 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀!

With and

Tora shocks Poppy and readers with his guitar playing and singing skills. He lets his feelings show and Poppy sees them, reaching to comfort him.

He asks if Quincey told her what he does, and she says she does. Tora is incredulous that she is still there. So incredulous that he traps her underneath him and proceeds to kiss her senseless.

Poppy thinks about Tora's potential punishment and begins to spiral and ask him random questions before bursting into tears. Tora thinks she is worried for herself, but then she drops the L bomb: "I love you, Tora."

Tora immediately thinks of his impending doom and the pain his mother experienced, and withdraws. He then rejoins with cutting words and we are left there.

06/10/2023

Midnight Poppy Land 121 podcast is up for Fast Passers!

With

Sorry for the delay!

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06/10/2023

Midnight Poppy Land 121 podcast is up for Fast Passers!

With , and

Sorry for the delay! It's a great one!

03/10/2023

🍓 𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 119 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕; 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔! 🍓

With

Quincey shows Poppy her room, which is also where Benjamin slept. Quincey avoids talking about the day's events, and we learn that today was actually not D-Day. So what is?

He urges her to check on Tora, which Poppy does, tripping over Tora's weapons on the way. Tora is rude but Poppy is patient. She plays with Joe's guitar and notices her old strawberry hair tie, which Tora reclaims.

His hyper-hearing notices Quincey eavesdropping at their wall, taking notes for his novels.

27/09/2023

𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀!

With and Ali

What an episode! You'll just have to read it to see...

23/09/2023

𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟏𝟖 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭: 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝐼𝑐𝑒 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩!

With .e.gast and Ruby

Gyu leaves and things get awkward in Quincey's apartment - for Quincey, at least. Every move is filled with innuendo and poor Quincey does not stop blushing.

Quincey has also been tasked with the difficult job of telling Poppy that Tora is a hitman - but a "good one."

Just as Quincey's limit is reached, Tora comes in with the bad news - he found Vincent's DVD... but not his.

𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Why do you think Goliath had a DVD incriminating Tora if they were friends?

22/09/2023

𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑯𝒚𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒉 62 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔!

With Bundin and

To get out of a sticky situation, Kieran decides to go for the jugular and tell Will and Kym that he and Lauren are... DATING. Kieran pretends to be bashful but isn't pretending when he says he couldn't forget her eyes. The two then taunt each other with increasingly embarrassing "admissions."

They split up, and Will heads to his parent's comfortable home, where he is kind as ever to the maids. He braces himself, and enters a room, where a blurred word stuns him.

16/09/2023

𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟭𝟳 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐺𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀!

With and Ruby.

Ghoa is overcome with emotion upon hearing from Oyuun about how the meeting went.

Quincey returns to his apartment where Poppy and Gyu are waiting for him expectantly. Quincey is at the beginning of an emotional freakout.

Tora, meanwhile, has received pages from the notebook from Gyu, and knows where to look for Balthuman garbage. He finds the CD and destroys it, cutting off ties with Vincent as he does.

But.... turns out he doesn't know where the second one is.

Will he have to get the notebook off Gil to find out?

03/08/2023

🎉🎉 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆!🥳🥳

You know the drill...

🎁 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘢 $25 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘨 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸! 🎁

𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔:

Last year I said that that would be my most productive year, and it was. I'd done 196 videos plus 74 reels and IGTV, which comes out to about one video every two days.

This year it's 75 videos, which is one video about every 5 days. Still a decent amount!

I know it sounds crazy to say since I'm only 34, but I've gotten older. I no longer have the energy to stay up late to do anything. I find I want to enjoy life rather than push myself to do things. It conflicts with my other primary personality trait of only feeling good about myself if I'm doing things. So.... I'm kinda of always mad at myself but also I really just don't have the energy anymore. Maybe I don't exercise enough.

Whatever it is, it is what it is. I try to make each moment count and not be too hard of myself if I fall short of my goals.

Creativity wise, I've also joined a choir this last year, which has been a fun hobby. I've been spending more time reading, about a book a week. Been spending time with friends. I wish I could say I was spending more time with my kids but that's still a goal. The main reason for the slowdown was obviously my full-time job with a two hour commute. That's done and now I'm in between jobs again, and have been spending much of my time being very productive on the "road trips with friends" end but not on the "applying for jobs" end.

There's also some other exciting news in the pipeline which I'll share later.

Anyhoo, it's been a good year. Thank you all for sticking around in whatever format- cohosts, listeners, commenters. I truly appreciate all of the wonderful people I've met through this podcast and the Webtoon world. You really enhance my life.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 🙏

03/08/2023

𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 119 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔!

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29/07/2023

𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟏𝟔 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬!

With

We find out that Scharch is Martin's son. Quincy and Tora try to prove that Scharch is working against the clan by showing a picture of Scharch with Mr. Lam, which causes Scharch to accidentally self-incriminate.

Tora, holding a gun to Scharch's head, flashes back to Martin holding a gun to his own little child head, taunting him for thinking that Vincent is his father. We are heartbroken, but Tora holds on to the light that Poppy lit for him.

The clan elders warn Vince to take care of the notebook. Tora promises to do so tonight and storms out rudely, leaving Quincy worried.

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮'𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗚 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁:
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Is it time for sexy times 🥵 or is the WRONG TIME??? Is it the perfect distraction or just emotionally unhealthy? From #MidnightPoppyLand 129 season 2 finale podcast, with @larosamorada1 @vwestons_obsessions_ @a.e.gast #Webtoons #WebtoonAmbassador

"His mouth is writing checks his a** can't cash." True words from @larosamorada1 . Goliath has some serious promise-keeping issues, which we discuss in #MidnightPoppyLand podcast 128. It's a tough topic but great discussion with @darlaamami and @saucytuggles #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

Anyone who's heard me talk about the #Witcher has heard me gush over Cahir. Don't ask me why, I really liked him. I even got my friend a sequin pillow with his face on it. This season, I was SO disappointed with his behavior. Killing Galatin just took the cake! Were you also mad at Cahir? From our podcast with 21 Fun Questions on S3 of #NetflixWitcher with @whiskeywithwitcher

Tim's answer to "Most Touching Relationship" from our "21 Fun Questions" podcast. Who agrees?? #Witcher #WitcherNetflix

Whose heart shuddered when Agnes said those words?? From #MidnightPoppyLand 127 podcast with @bluecaty20 and @s.emolina #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

Like father, like daughter. We're all mad at Agnes, but our #MidnightPoppyLand 126 podcast discussed some ameliorating info, including Robert's avoidance. Seem familiar?? #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

Valerie from @whiskeywithwitcher 's disappointment- the Geralt crying over mom scene! I love men crying so I (sadistically) actually really enjoyed it. What did you think do the scene? See full interview on YouTube and all podcast platforms! #Witcher #NetflixWitcher

IT'S POPPY'S MOM. That's it. That's the reel. From #MidnightPoppyLand 125 podcast with Ruby. #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

Veronica dishing the salty ice cream here... Do you agree? Is Quincey sexually attracted to Tora? From #MidnightPoppyLand 124 podcast, with @ticklemeali , @vwestons_obsessions_ and @bluecaty20 #MidnightPoppyLand #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

@larosamorada1 with all the caveats for the "delulu theory." Go listen to #MidnightPoppyLand podcast 123 with @ticklemeali and Ruby and tell us if you think the theory is crazy or founded! #Webtoon #Webtoon Ambassador

When we say "Wow," I think you know which panel we're talking about. From podcast episode 122 with @ticklemeali And @s.emolina #MidnightPoppyLand #Webtoon

This is obviously Poppy's mom. From #MidnightPoppyLand podcast 121, with @bluecaty20 @darlaamami @saucytuggles #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

Definitely on the fence about this one, since what you do does define who you are. But let's give Tora some slack for doing the best under the circumstances! From #MidnightPoppyLand 120 podcast. #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

Story time and real world time are not the same thing... From #MidnightPoppyLand 119 podcast with @memsgoing #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

Poor Quincey... Poppy is driving him up the wall. I was wondering why she was flirting with him and Ruby has an answer in #MidnightPoppyLand podcast 118! (Though this clip is actually from our first recording- we re-recorded it when the panels got updated!) #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

You know how we like to say, "Where is the lie?" In this case, it's literal. From #PurpleHyacinthWebtoon 62 podcast. #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

Ruby asks a very good question... Where is Ghoa?? From #MidnightPoppyLand podcast 117. #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

Today I learned that IG edits out curse words! Both in audio and captions! Thanks for the discovery, @darlaamami ! From #MidnightPoppyLand 116 podcast. #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

Really, what were Yadori and Nicholas thinking??? #MidnightPoppyLand #Webtoon #WebtoonAmbassador

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