#a mystery wrapped in an enigma

[m0ose-idiot]

S2E6 Perfect Day / S4E1 Happy Holiday

#i can't find any credits for the extra plague ghosts or party guests! #bbc ghosts #a mystery wrapped in an enigma #plague ghosts #reblog for larger blah blah etc #tumblr polls

[shegoesbyjoy]

🚨 Link Click spoilers (up to S2 E3) below!! 🚨

I wanted to collect in one place all the evidence we're seeing for the theory that there are two different people with red eyes, so here we go.

First up is their hair, specifically where their bangs are. One is a straight blunt cut, while the other is more of a fringe situation.

A slightly more subtle difference can also be seen in their eyes...

As this great analysis video explains (sorry non-speakers it is all in Chinese but I'll note the relevant points below), Link Click stylizes men's eyes differently from women's—where the latter tends to have more well-defined lashes compared to the former.

There's also the clothing differences, a pink hoodie versus a yellow one. This COULD just be a lighting thing, since the patterning is exactly the same on both outfits, but hard to say!

(The thing that's throwing me off is that the Red Eyes at LG's door has different bangs from one shot to the next...animation error perhaps?)

In the following screenshots from S2's OP you can see one hooded figure with short hair (and a yellow jacket) and one with long hair...wearing a different outfit! This long-haired person is wearing a hooded jacket with a shirt underneath, rather than a hoodie underneath a jacket. Deeper down the rabbit hole we go...

In any case, the conclusion that the analysis video comes to is that there are two different people with red eyes, one male one female, and they are likely siblings. But what's really fun is that this video was made before E3's release, so they didn't have this very interesting tidbit to work off of yet:

The text translates to, "do not/cannot die, good (older) brother". It's vague enough to be interpreted in a number of ways—is she referring to Lu Guang as her brother? Is she referring to a person we haven't seen yet who's at risk of death, who happens to be her brother? If we follow the theory that the two Red Eyes are actually siblings, could she be talking about her red-eyed brother? Is this a taunt, a warning, a plea for LG to survive, or a request for his help???

We know basically nothing about Lu Guang's life before he met Cheng Xiaoshi. Since the end of S1 I've been hoping and wishing for the show to dive into LG's backstory, and this could be a really really good opportunity to transition into that, if this note actually has some sort of personal significance to him 👀

#link click #link click s2 #link click season 2 #link click spoilers #shi guang dai li ren #shiguang daili ren #sgdlr #lu guang #red eyes #i spent so long on this post bc i just have SO MANY QUESTIONS #mystery wrapped in an enigma this show is

[wallacepolsom]

Wallace Polsom, A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery inside an Enigma or Something (2023), paper collage, 21.3 x 29.5 cm.

#wallace polsom #a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma or something #paper collage #collage #collage art #art #artists on tumblr #analog collage #contemporary art #handmade collage #handcut collage #21st century #wallacepolsom2023 #surreal #surrealism #satire

[timeforsomethrillingheroicsblog]

caught the thinking about jack shephard disease again

#a mystery wrapped in an enigma baby #like on the one hand: this is the man that was able to laugh while kate was stitching him up #and tell her an extremely personal story so she wouldn't be so scared #the man who lifted sawyer back onto the bed when he fell off it #the man who almost cut off boones leg because he didn't want to let him go #the man who keeps his touch gentle no matter who he's treating #and on the other: this is the man that cheated on his wife #that wouldn't take no for an answer #that is unable to give his relationship partners the autonomy to leave #the man that decides who you are and then acts accordingly #the man that gives kate all the passes in the world and leaves none for sawyer #the man who said juliet wanted ben to die without caring about the consequences #only to regret it a single episode later #i'm having the Too Many Thots disease someone please dm me lol. #jack shephard #lost

[amplifyme]

Saw your tags-- I wonder if Mulder's expression is absolute loathing and fierce anger at himself, drawn to Scully's frank and gentle understanding but reeling his head back because he knows he WILL fall apart if he looks her in the eyes. That's my guess!

I love checking your timeline because you find so many amazing small moments that I've missed w/ DD's performances... it's the mature deliberation of someone with multiple tree stump rings that mark their fandom age. LOVE those insights. :DDDD

That's definitely a plausible conjecture! Logically, it's likely that he's angry and disgusted with himself in these moments. I think he's also dreading having to explain to his father what's happened and the impact it will have on his mother. Because it's deja vu all over again. Fox Mulder will once again prove to his parents what a failure he is.

But I think he's also trying to process what it means that he so deliberately and willingly exchanged his sister for Scully. Does he understand yet that his trust in and admiration for his partner has become an inextricable component of his deepening feelings of un-partnerly love for her? I think he's just a big ol' bundle of conflicted emotions in these moments.

I love your description of my maturity (old age) as being rings on a tree! 😆I'll accept that! As far as DD's performances go, yep, I'm an expert. Been studying those tiny little acting decisions and micro-expressions of his from the very beginning. He's a pro at expressing so much using so little. But it's all in his face and body language. You just have to know where to look.

#ask and answer #fox mulder #a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma #that's my boy!

[prettysweetprettysweet]

i literally keep a regularly updated document of questions i have for LDPDL both big and small and i'm sure not even 1/4th of them will be addressed canonically. a random small potatoes one is: what was the emotional timeline between enraged Louis beating the shit out of Lestat and babygirl Louis taking him home later that night? did beating him up and fucking him calm Louis down enough to invite him back home or did it require words from Lestat to bring Louis back to earth? Did they hash it all out right there in Antoinette's bed? how long did it take? Was Antoinette sitting outside the window the whole time? When they did reach an understanding, what could possibly have been Lestat's sign off with Antoinette? 'well imma head out' or did he just completely forget about her and leave with Louis without even the vaguest hint of 'I feel like I'm forgetting something...?' did the apology (?) in which Lestat admitted he had 'disappeared out of a profound sense of shame' happen at this time? what did Lestat say and do beforehand to get Louis to regard him like (*_*) 'oh my poor man you're so traumatized let me hold you baby rest your angelic head on my chest baby!!' during the rule-setting scene?

#ldpdl a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. u drive me insane #louis de pointe du lac #iwtv #amc iwtv #interview with the vampire #amciwtv #yo mismo #yomismoiwtv

[outofcontextdiscord]

#discord #discord chat #out of context discord #submission #I am a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in bacon and deep fried #< submitter tags #admin boa

[bethanydelleman]

Taken from their Homes and Raised...

Jane Fairfax (Emma) and Fanny Price (Mansfield Park) have a ton in common:They are both taken from their poverty-stricken childhood home at a young age (8 and 9/10) and are raised in a much wealthier home to share in the education of the daughters living there.They both return home after a long time away and have difficulty when they do.

Notably, both of them can't eat the food. Miss Bates talks about how Jane never eats except for a special food, baked apples, not made in the house. Fanny also cannot eat the food cooked in the house and sends her brothers out for buns and biscuits.

Fanny, we know, is oppressed by the noise at her home in Portsmouth and there are hints from Mrs. Weston and Mr. Knightley that Jane goes to see Mrs. Elton to get away from the constant talking of Miss Bates. So they are probably both hurt by how loud their homes are.They are also both very reserved and except for Jane's forced friendship with Mrs. Elton and Fanny's friendship with her sister Susan, neither attempts to reconnect with the people who live in their childhood home. Fanny, we know, finds everyone vulgar. It's never completely clear why Jane acts the way she does. Jane is hiding a secret, but it sounds like her and Emma have never clicked in the past either.

The big difference between them being how the Campbells actually love and support Jane. Jane ends up being highly accomplished and Fanny gains very little from her haphazard education. It makes me wonder what Fanny could have been if the Bertrams actually took care of her properly. Or maybe Jane was just more driven.

Importantly, even though Jane was raised with love, she knows her station and doesn’t expect the Campbells to do anything more for her. Almost like all of Sir Thomas’s distinction of rank and Mrs. Norris’s cruelty wasn’t required. They could have just treated Fanny well? Maybe? Please!

#fanny price #jane fairfax #emma #mansfield park #jane austen #The Bertrams are the worst #the Campbells sound lovely #I wish we had more insight into Jane's thinking #she's an enigma #wrapped in a mystery #who only eats baked apples #which Knightley provides because he's such a nice guy #I hope she's happy with Frank

[varlaisvea]

bastian is my favorite accessory in the game. we do not start our quests until we look sooo good.

(image id: seven screenshots of my elder scrolls online character with the npc companion bastian hallix. each image is a different set of coordinating outfits.)

#eso #the elder scrolls #my screenshots #bastian hallix #quest completer #this is a bastian hallix stan account! anyone touches that lil dweeb it is on sight #entoloma blue used to be my signature color until i got sunforge patina #where'd he have time to sit for like 40 hours to get those siqq tats #why would this friggen geek have bitchin dragon tattoos #enigma wrapped in mystery that bastian hallix!

[yes7erdays-a1]

⋆⭒˚｡⋆₊ ⊹ endless edits of clara oswald ( bg3 verse )

#chapter i: a mystery wrapped in an enigma. #my edits. #i'm being normal about this today

[youhavereachedtheendofpie]

there is truly no greater mystery than the upstairs neighbour(s)

always home, even during hours when people are normally at work

never home, especially when the mail comes

spends all evening stomping around

only gets home after 11pm

walks marathons at least five times a day around their living room

home improvement projects apparently cannot start when it's still light out or before 8pm

has guests at least twice a week

routinely receives visitors between 11pm and 2am (on weekdays!)

wearing shoes inside (minimum of 5 inch heels)

weak bladder

entire apartment must be fully rearranged at least every other week

#what do they even DO #and why must I hear it all #an enigma wrapped in a conundrum #except for his bladder function I wish that one was more mysterious to me I know way too much about that

[amiracleilluminated]

i straight up don't remember anything that's happened in twin peaks time for a rewatch mayhaps? 🤔

#man‚ my memory is a big mystery wrapped in an enigma #i only remember that one episode‚ the return part 8‚ from third season that pissed everyone off #and i had to get up from my chair and applaud because this is what it's all about

[pyebald]

this is so sniperspy rambling in the tags

#tf2posting #first of all roses and violets being red and blue = red sniper and blu spy #blu spy not being a good class to fight with + lorewise being unknowable 'an enigma wrapped in riddles + mystery' however that quote goes #and the mystery following him into his relationships...no matter how deeply you think you know spy hes always fighting to keep somethn hidd #i love ethis song i lovoe sniperspy i am mashing them together with force

[kingofthewilderwest]

okokokokok last character bingo from me i swear but: Bill Monroe

Bruh, I love your prompts. XD Thanks for spamming!

I like doing Bill dirty. ;) that's what she said Bill Monroe is too easy to speak irreverently on! It's just because I love him! One of THE most characters of all time. Like how is that man even real?

#Father of Bluegrass to help those out who don't know the name #I would try to describe his personality but there is no description #that gives justice to how UNFATHOMABLE this man is #someone once said Bill Monroe is 'a mystery wrapped in an enigma' #and it's truuuuuue #character opinion bingo #ask #ask me #thatbanjobusiness #that banjo business #lightraize #blabbing Haddock

[mostlyinthemorning]

The only discussion I want to have is what the HELL did Noah mean by "us Chrises gotta stick together?!" It's been two? three? years and this still bothers me.

Truly a burning question. I'm going to confess, I had to do some crowdsourcing on this one because it had fallen completely out of my mind. For anyone else who has a memory that needs a boost, it's from this:

I have to assume there's some interaction we haven't seen. Maybe someone else also played the game and got Chris? Or Noah is making a joke about MCU actors? We'll never know.

Thanks to @weathereyehorizon for the video hook-up.

#noah reid #an enigma wrapped in a mystery

[yallwildinrn]

When you wanna write but you also don’t wanna write

#dear diary #I am a mystery wrapped in an enigma #aka I wanna write but my brain won’t let me #PLEASE I just wanna write my blorbo holding cats #I may need to simplify it further to let the ol girl work #god I’m so tired