#sorry I'm so bored lol

[violent138]

Jason Todd returning as a vampire would be so much fun to write. Especially if Duke stays as his Robin, but has to be super careful with his powers lest he disintegrate one of his favourite mentors (but Duke routinely threatens him with that when Jason annoys him). The hood makes sense then too, serving as a physical barrier that prevents Jason from just sucking the blood out of any bleeding opponent or person he's trying to save. Furthermore the inability to enter Wayne Manor without invitation, and keeping a bomb in his helmet a) because he's crazy like that and b) because beheading is one of the only ways left to kill him. I like the idea that Dick or someone finds out by accident and just rolls with it.

One unfortunate source of angst in this would be the fact that Alfred would very seriously have to rethink garlic in dishes.

#fulfills my emotional needs for cryptid batfam #my fic stuff #super bored don't know how obvious that is #fic ideas #duke thomas #jason todd #dc comics #vampires nonsense #sorry I'm so bored lol #ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #batman #bruce wayne #batfamily #signal #red hood

[accirax]

the costume design was a highlight

#danganronpa despair time #drdt #veronika grebenshchikova #arturo giles #verturo #fanganronpa #red flags meme #no shot i'm actually the first person to draw this right lol #missing the first two years(?) of the fangan means someone else must have beat me to it #nevertheless imitating the video's art style was super fun! #it kinda reminds me of the monster prom art style #i'm kinda bored of my current drawing style and i really like how this turned out so maybe i'll try using some of what i learned again #i love this duo they're so funny. i ALMOST put them together in my duos post so consider this makeup #sorry for all the arturo posting lately hsdfkfdl he's not even my favorite it's just what's come to mind #fanart #drawing #tw eyestrain #also nsft warning for the song/link itself but not the artwork

[theblogof-rassilon]

'm bored.

Bored.

Bored.

BORED!

-♾️👺

I'm a very important man, I had a lot to deal with. Now, we have a lot of tests to run through.

Get in this fMRI.

#you: 'I'm bored' #me: leaves you for two weeks #sorry. I needed a break and then I went away for a few days #but I'm back now! #is 'Lin meta-aware because if so this would be a very funny time to show it #ask #answer #lin #of rassilon #fMRI not as in functional MRI but as in futurustic MRI lol

[the-expresidents]

Hiroyuki Sanada as Hamura Takao in High School Teacher, 1993 (Ep 2: Angel of Grief)

#hiroyuki sanada #jdrama #jdramaedit #tvedit #dramaedit #1990s #kou kou kyoushi #High School Teacher 1993 #japanese drama #高校教師 #asiandramaedit #Kôkô kyôshi 1993 #dailyasiandramas #my gifs #in the second gif he was explaining some stuff abt penguins so he was actually pretending to be a penguin flapping its wings #and his gf was so bored by him LOL #oh my god #he's so cute #sorry girl i'm not you he can talk to me abt literally any boring ass topic and I will be paying 100000xxxx attention

[belugaobsessed]

i think it's so cool that they named a day of the week after honkai star rail's character Sunday 😌❤️

#the impact this game has on the world is so big! #hsr #hsr sunday #honkai star rail #sunday hsr #lol sorry i'm sure this joke has been made many times #i'm just bored #delete later

[rev3rb]

Since @nayruwu asked, I'll finally get into it! I'm SO SORRY for how late this is. This won't be that long and I might not point out much, but the Shinya and Kureto scene.

First off, I absolutely love how consistent this is with Shinya's character. Shinya is often a character whose behavior doesn't line up with how he actually feels about someone/something. He rarely lets negative emotions show at all, and if he's not putting on his cheerful persona, he's pretty outwardly emotionless. THAT is the Shinya we get here at first.

It makes sense. He's in a jail cell, alone (yet again). There's no one to put up a front for. However the second those walls come down it slides right back into place. Now yeah, this is likely also partially in excitement about no longer being stuck, but his dialogue continues to be about Kureto, so being seen again IS on his mind.

ANYWAYS! The actual dialogue. GOD THE DIALOGUE!!

What a fantastically subtle way for them to keep tabs on each other's condition without actually having to share how they're doing. Neither of them is one to really be honest about something like their condition, especially Kureto, but they're both wise enough to realize that this is what it is. Maybe it's a bit of boredom too, but by having it be right after Shinya's asking if Kureto is alive or not would imply that's not its only purpose, not to mention that Shinya immediately drops it and asks if he's alive yet again once he's freed. PLUS!! We have Shinya taunting Kureto here. He's trying to bait an answer out of him. If Kureto answers, even if it's to tell him to shut up, at least he'll know he's alive.

Now Kureto not answering and instead physically showing up to Shinya's cell too? I don't think it's a reach to say that's him showing rather than telling Shinya his condition. 'I'm fine, now it's time to get everyone else (which I wonder who that is. The rest of Guren squad?) and get out of here.' To some degree, it's a manga so it'd be a huge shame if Kureto only made a voiced appearance in the chapter, but just telling Shinya to get his ass in gear IS an option.

Anyways, longer than intended post short, they care about each other and it shows. We've seen it before, but it's always nice to have that reaffirmed. It's also nice to see how this little interaction stuck so true to their characters and what we know of them.

#Owari no Seraph #OnS 136 #OnS 136 spoilers #Shinya Hiragi #Kureto Hiragi #THEY'RE BROTHERS!!! #god I saw their last interaction recently and missed seeing them lol #again sorry this is so late! #I don't think I'm saying anything revolutionary here #so sorry if it's a boring read too

[icewindandboringhorror]

I have a big google doc thing where I keep track of media and stuff (putting everything in loosely ranked categories), which is mostly just for my own reference so I know what tv shows I've already seen before, etc. and I never really look back through it, typically just a quick "okay, watched two movie in the past 8 months, need to quickly slap them somewhere in the lists. okay. done. save document. exit". But today I was actually reading through some of the old notes and there are like... MULTIPLE places where my comment is basically "It would have been good if it were about elves" or "I wish there was a fantasy show made in this same style" or "It's well made, but I just keep thinking about how I would like it more if everyone was an elf or was in old 1700s costumes" or etc like...... lol.... Most biased media ranking system on earth blatantly made by someone with an extremely hyperspecific range of narrow interests. It'd be like if a food reviewer only had 5 foods they actually liked, so they'd just go to a pizza place and be like "eh, the pizza was okay, but I just think it would be better if it was cereal instead. :/ ...2 out of 10"

#Which.. I mean... I am allowed to be biased because literally it's just for my own personal reference (or occasionall #y to send to friends or something if we're discussing the topic) so like.. nowhere am I saying 'I am the god of perfect taste and these #rankings are objectively the absolute truth and everyone should have my same opinion' or anything #BUT still.. it's funny to me sometimes #'Succession would be 100x better if it had the same cast/character quirks and shaky camera style and #acting choices/weird dialogue and general concept etc. EXCEPT it takes place within an elven noble family or something #managing the family business and everyone is in fantasy costumes now'' like.....okay...... but it's NOT that way..soo... thats not the show #''I like the acting style/general tone of Fleabag but i don't care for any of the characters or any of the subject matter and I wish it was #set in the 1800s and had vampires and was about magic instead'' okay..... again... you are making up an entirely new show in that case lol #OR my other beloved typical complaint ''The concept is good but theres too much plot and action and not enough people just sitting #around doing nothing and exposition dumping world and character lore'' ''this needs more goofy sideplots and filler episodes'' #''this Drama was too dramatic I think it should be more lighthearted & people need to sit around doing nothing just being weird more often' #''the Action Movie was ok except for the action scenes - which I skipped through all of- but I liked the costumes and worldbuilding'' etc. #ERM sorry your plot has too much plot. also elves have to be included somehow. bye #BUT SERIOUSLY!!!!!! I literally genuinely believe that any show I like (or even dislike) could ALWAYS be improved greatly by #putting people in fantasy or historical costume/setting/etc... why the FUNK would I want to see bland jeans and cars and cell phones #when I could see elaborate velvet cloaks and fantastical landscapes and interior design and innovative takes on historical or #magical technology or etc. etc. etc. I LIVE in the modern day. I see it all the time!!! BORING! stinky!! boo!!! #ANYWAY... another social divide for me.. People love to bond by discussing media. which is hard when I'm like #'I literally will not watch something at all unless it fits into one of these 10 extremely specific categories which are all i care about i #the entire world''.. I say this and yet I still dislike most fantasy or historical things I've watched lol. ok TWO main criteria then!! #it must 1. be in a different world or time period. 2. be goofy silly. Nothing ever has BOTH. It's always overly serious boring drama action #fantasy/history stuff OR it's comedic lighthearted but with modern day characters... WHY.. anguish and woe and so on.. #ANYWAY jhjnk... at least I can make that divide. Some people seem to project their own personal preferences and get really emotionally #defensive if you say you didn't like something - as if the fact that they DO like it is some Objective Truth or something rather than just #opinion/preference based. I can still easily say ''this is well made/well written/acted/good in a technical sense/has a lot of #points of appeal that most people would be drawn to/etc'' and admit that it's a GOOD show probably. I just PERSONALLY think its #bad because my tastes are very narrow. Some things ARE actually made badly but. things are not bad INHERENTLY just bc they dont suit ME lol #Better to recognize/accept whats odd about you and be peacefully aware of it than just being mad at everyone all the time for not fully #agreeing with you even when you're the one with the Weird opinion in that case lol.. I am right though :3 but.. lol... still. i get it

[raina-clipse423]

Cat Doki! (Pt 4 FINAL)

(Natsuki, Sayori, and Yuri for those who haven't seen them!)

Here's cat Monika! That paw took me SO long to draw I was gonna make her claws outstretched but I forgot about in the end, drawing paw undersides is a weakness :'D She's the only one two different designs, I couldn't decide which one I'd use so in the end I chose to use both, just in different au's. The Warriors!Monika still has that little curl she has at the end of her ponytail tho! It's just obscured right now. Her fur colors is also supposed to be more faded together, but for simplicity's sake, I kept them flat

She's a Somali! It's such a beautiful breed and it's temperament fits her the most (just like the breeds I chose for everyone else!) She has two names in Warriors, her original name and FoxSong!

(Warriors info for those interested under the cut)

Monika is a housecat, and one of those housecats that's not often kept indoors, that and because she always found a way to escape, much to her housefolks dismay, but she does her best to be careful anytime, she befriended some wild cats in the woods too, so if the situation calls it, they can help her since they know the forest better.

She got her first exposure to the life of these wild cats via the "WindClan" that's just close to town. It was one of her jail break days when she saw a cat, thankfully right before she got run over by a car. "CherrySilk" was her name... How fascinating! You'd normally hear that kinda name on those nice but strong smelling shampoo her housefolk uses. She happily explained to Monika why she was named that. It got confusing but she listened, first she was CherryKit, then CherryPaw, then she's CherrySilk! She can even be CherryStar if she becomes the "leader" of her clan (which she doesn't want to). That's so many Cherries.

Monika's little journey to learn about the clans jumpstarted from there, CherrySilk warned her about the territories and the patrols, and wow! Their territories get BIG, well guess it has to be with that many cats. There was RiverClan, but it's surrounded by water, she can swim but it felt risky, she went to ThunderClan next and met another friendly she-cat, LilyPool. She had beautiful claws, which she hid under her tail in fear she'd startle Monika away, so she showed off her claws which are pretty nice too in her opinion. LilyPool didn't talk much, but she seemed like curious cat by the look in her eyes, but Monika had to go home at that time since it was getting dark so she had to say goodbye.

Her next stop was ShadowClan, which she was hesitant to go to and had CherrySilk with her just in case. Surprisingly they ran across LilyPool, who was just as surprised to see them at the border. She timidly asked if she could come with them because apparently there was a kit she saw some days ago that got scared of her, and she wanted to apologize. How nice of her!

They came across the kit eventually, who turns out to be way past her kithood and is the gatherer of ShadowClan. BerryHope has quite the sass that Monika found entertaining as she scolds Lilypool for mistaking her for a kit (who is now apologizing feverishly) CherrySilk had to break them off. She also was not scared of Lilypool that day, she's huge compared to Berryhope and those claws screamed certain irreversible injury so it was the most logical thing to do.

The four of them ended up meeting up after Sun-high (hah, she's getting the hang of these clan terminologies) and Monika learned many things from LilyPool, who's apparently very chatty and knowledgable if you can figure her out. It was almost like they have their own little clan and Monika never really got this... "Clan" feeling before, a community, sure she got other housecat–or Kittypet–friends here and there, but they all keep to themselves.

She soon names herself FoxSong, because of her pelt, her rather cunning nature being able to evade the territory patrols well, and she has a good singing voice to name a few. She's not getting rid of her name Monika, Foxsong is just a little alias for her clan friends.

Curious though, CherrSilk mentions of another Kittypet, a tom who sounds familiar to Foxsong. There's vague memories of them passing by each other but they never talked–maybe because he's a more strictly indoors kept housecat. Another kittypet that has his own meddling with clan life! Who must he be...

#Oh gosh the warriors part got long 😅 #I don't find pride in my writing skills so sorry if it's a bore to read ^^“ #I'm not very satisfied with her colors because they're not blended in maybe I'll treat myself by doing so behind the scenes lol #ddlc #doki doki #doki doki literature club #ddlc monika #doki doki monika #foxsong #warriors #warrior cats #warriors au #warriors fanart #au #alternate universe #character design #my art #rainart #art #digital art #artists on tumblr #small artist #ddlc fanart #cat doki #doki cats

[tempests-bards-and-birds]

Tikki, you're more than just my kwami to me.

Marinette and Tikki for @surikat1984!

#i'm sorry this is so boring lol #im really tired and i didn't have much time to make this #i'm not happy with it and i could have done more but whatever #at least it's done #thanks for the request anyway #tempest's gif requests #ml #mlb #miraculous #miraculous ladybug #miraculous tales of ladybug and chat noir #marinette dupain cheng #tikki #ml tikki #ml befana #ml multiplication #ml multiplication spoilers #ml gifs #ml gif #mledit #ml edit

[andthebeanstalk]

If media has taught me one thing, it's to never own a paperweight capable of causing traumatic brain injury.

My dad owned a heavy glass paperweight once that tapered into a sturdy sharp point on the top, and the fact that no one was murdered with this at all before his retirement from the lawfirm is the surest proof I have that this reality is in fact not fiction.

#original #a marble paperweight or book end? I'm sorry do you want to DIE #luckily real life doesn't work on trope rules like fiction does and so it was just a paperweight and not Chekov's Paperweight #tropes #fantasy tropes #fiction tropes #story tropes #I have a clear memory of being like 12 standing in his office holding that thing & saying out loud 'oh this is a murder weapon' #luckily dad did boring law stuff and not criminal law or high profile corporate lawsuits or whatever #but i do remember thinking it was a stupid thing to keep around bc everyone knows that being hit ONE TIME with a paperweight = death #at least on tv anyway lol #our flag means death #columbo #the fall of the house of usher #I'm pretty sure this trope is in all three of those #come to think of it my dad still might own that paper weight. the fool! #tempting fate in his old age XD #hopefully he doesn't do the Columbo victim thing where he informs someone that he has blackmail on them #and that he's the only one who knows about it. because that's a great way to get paperweight-murdered lol

[fallout-friends-react]

Please write New Vegas companions react to the courier sitting in their lap :)

Arcade: Arcade sighed heavily. It's been yet another long day helping the followers. Feeling tired, he sat on the nearest bench he could find, and leaned his head back so he could look at the sky absentmindedly. With no warning, the Courier sat on his lap, making him jump from surprise. "W-what are you doing?!?!?! There are other places to sit???" The Courier just laughed and said this spot looked the most comfortable. Arcade adjusted his glasses, "I-uh- you.." He stuttered, clearly embarrassed. "Surely there's somewhere better for you to sit." The Courier laughed again and finally got up to sit next to him instead. Arcade couldn't think of anything to say, he rested his face in his hands to hopefully hide his red face. It didn't help much.

Boone: Boone had been keeping watch while the Courier relaxed. They watched him watch the horizon for any signs of danger. He looked bored. The Courier got up and called Boone, "Hey come sit, I'll take next watch." Boone got up without a word, listening to their command. He took a seat on their previously occupied chair. Without even bothering to go keep watch, the Courier immediately sat on his lap. They just wanted to see how he'd react. Blank. Nothing. "I thought you were going to keep watch." The Courier huffed and got up. With crossed arms, they went to do as they had promised. The Courier didn't know it because of his sunglasses, but Boone had a hard time looking them in the eye.

Ed-E: He has no lap with which to sit.

Lily: The Courier was clearly exhausted, and Lily could tell. Without thinking it through, Lily found the closest and sturdiest wall and leaned against it. She assumed a wall sit position, making the Courier confused. "Sit for a bit. I can't let my own grandchild be so tired." The Courier couldn't believe their eyes. There's no way they could sit on her lap while she's doing a WALL SIT, no one could handle all their weight while doing that. Or so they thought. The Courier noticed Lily's bulging thigh muscles. She is a nightkin after all, she's stronger than any normal human. The Courier shrugged and took a seat. Her lap was much more comfortable than expected.

Raul: The Courier and Raul had taken a trip to the NCR embassy to visit some captain for some kind of mission. Raul didn't really listen to the details so he didn't actually know the reason for their visit. The embassy was particularly busy this day, so they were told to wait for the captain to be available. The lobby was busy enough that there were almost no seats, save for one. Raul sat down without really thinking about it. The Courier awkwardly stood in front of him. "I'd offer you my seat, but I think elders get dibs." He chuckled. The Courier just smiled in response. Raul thought for a moment, probably they wanted to sit too, god only knows how long the NCR will take. "Hey boss," he gestured to his lap, "take a seat." The waved him off, surely he wasn't serious. "No really, come on." He patted his lap. The Courier hesitantly took a seat. The two stayed silent for a couple minutes. Raul interrupted the silence by tapping on their arm, "yeah I don't think my old bones can take this. Let's try switching spots" They got some stares from other embassy patrons, but neither of them really minded.

Rex: You literally cannot sit in a dog's lap.

Cass: Both Cass and the Courier had been complaining about how tired they were from walking. Almost to see who could one-up the other on how tired they were. They happened upon a building with a missing side, but at least it still had a roof. One chair occupied the corner of what looked like a kitchen. Cass used whatever energy she had left to run to the chair and take it for herself. "HA. I got here first." She smirked at them smugly. The Courier crossed their arms and looked at her annoyed. Just as Cass rested her arms by her sides to really relax her muscles, the Courier quickly took a seat on her lap. Cass shot them a dirty look. "Oh I'm sorry was this seat taken?" The Courier reflected her smirk from before. "Uh, yeah, I'd rather take the floor if you're gonna keep this up." Cass was too tired to put up much of a fight.

Veronica: Veronica and the Courier had stopped into the first bar they could find. They were both exhausted from walking for nearly the entire day. The bar was way more crowded than either had expected. Almost every seat was taken. Veronica spotted the singular vacant chair in the corner of the room and quickly claimed it as her own. The Courier stood next to her, leaning on the wall. She could tell just how tired they were and knew their feet must have been aching. "Hey," getting the Courier's attention, she patted her lap, to signal they should take a seat. "You sure?" The Courier asked, just to be sure she was okay with it. "I insist!" She looked at them with a smile. They took a seat and were instantly relieved. Veronica invited them to take a seat herself, but she didn't expect it to be so embarrassing. She blushed slightly, and couldn't look at them the entire time they were on her lap.

Vulpes: Having finally set up camp for the night, Vulpes's guard was down. As down as it could be anyway. Sitting on a log near the campfire, he closed his eyes to relax for just a moment. The Courier saw their chance and quickly made their move to spontaneously sit on his lap. Vulpes quickly opened his eyes at the sudden weight on his lap. He lifted his arms so as to not touch them, "Um.. Is there something I can help you with?" He didn't seem as amused as the Courier had hoped for. They quickly got off his lap, feeling a little embarrassed.

#I'm in my fallout feels these days so I'm back yet again #also I was watching tv while writing this so I'm sorry if it just is bad or if there's a ton of mistakes lol #I feel like this might be more boring than I meant for it to be #o well #fallout #fallout new vegas #new vegas #Arcade Gannon #Craig Boone #Ed-E #rose of sharon cassidy #Raul Tejada #Rex #veronica santangelo #vulpes inculta #fallout companions react

[relicofkorax]

There are like 2 people that will indulge in my bullshit. This is what we came up with about Coluan age? + more crap about ancient Coluans (lmao don't judge it was a common topic for us) Not putting this on reblog I don't wanna annoy anyone with my cringe

so basically, I thought Coluans would develop on a similar timeline to humans, being mostly helpless at infancy, etc. etc.

But excluding Vril II I think they physically develop at a slightly different pace anyway, like at "10" (earth years) a coluan kid is stronger than a human kid (of similar training and physique)

Then in the realm of cognition and logical skills, they "mature" very quickly too... with the emotional capacity to prop it up lagging behind. They can seem very unstable in their developmental years from most species POV lol.. but to Coluans that's just... them. (If anyone cares I'll write why I even came up with this at the bottom).

I'd say a Coluan would be completely mature by 30?? (Earth years). After that age, their cells degenerate much more slowly than us. Naturally I'd place them at having a similar lifespan to elves in fantasy; living 150, 200, even 300 years.

Ik it's been said in canon they can live 600 years normally but imo, a 600 year old Coluan in Vril I's condition has defo had some uh, work done on their body. Artificial regeneration, extreme tech integration, hell, injecting their consciousness into a nice, fresh body they created themselves??

I also hc each one's mind, or at least some integral aspect of them is even a little like a computer program at this point, or data at least- "they" can be backed up and stored, copied.. Vril was regenerated, Lyrl was taken "offline".. etc. I even think it's possible to piece the mind of a recently dead one back together. But with time the organic framework of a mind would be too deteriorated to accurately recreate their original personality. So maybe as long as they have access to the right facilities, a Coluan can exist almost indefinitely??

with that idea Brainiac's ship.. is that facility, and Brainiac is cybernetically altered as hell too. Imo this might not even be Brainiac's first organic body??

//

I said I'd explain the asshole personality thing too: It's really silly, basically we were on Coluan evolution and came up with this: a very very Extremely incomprehensibly long time ago in some distant point in time, Coluans were both predatory, and prey. Basically we were saying like, a thing doesn't get that smart hunting plants only, and they don't get that vicious without a threat. So we thought to even survive as the bloodline that lead to Coluans at all these things were clever as fuck, with unsurpassed memories, problem solving skills, and navigation instincts- all of this developed early in these creatures lives to keep them safe and alive, leaving a streak of coldness and inclination towards viciousness in its wake. This silly hc was also the basis of other headcanons for why their brains are like That (tm), the faster reflexes, and why they can rest certain parts of their nervous system independently.

The creature mostly struck from and lived in trees- eventually formed tight knit families- colonies-clans, became more and more humanoid, more and more successful. They developed technology at an extremely rapid pace for a while, and basically dominated the planet in the process, until they became a highly advanced species almost symbiotic with technology, doing that wild stuff Coluans as we know them do.

Oh yeah and they still have a lil thing for hanging upside down after all this time, or it doesn't bother them at least... lol

#I haven't delved too extensively into Brainiac 1's life because some of his appearances were kinda boring for me :X #I tend to read by-character.. and there's just so much he gets into that I'm not interested in lol sorry #like I hate playing X (the game) but boy if I'm not a backseat gamer asking 1389 dumbass questions about the Boron #and you should hear my Pandora/Borderlands bullshit lol #legionlsh hc

[aroacehanzawa]

i may be a hater of bad media but i cannot stand people who are haters of beauty in the everyday world

#went on an excursion to see the ruins of a castle on the coast and the whole time the guide was like #yeah it's really small. there's not much to see. sorry it's so underwhelming. we can stop to take pictures if you guys want to lol #but idk why you would. yeah it's kinda boring isn't it lol xd. this town is kinda dirty and ugly sorry to disappoint you guys #lol teehee i'm so edgy and cynical XD #like ??????????????????? #that was such a cute small castle with a free museum inside #with a section on beautiful scottish paintings #and one floor dedicated to the nature and wildlife and geography in the region #and another floor about the history and military and navy and what the castle/fort was used for #the surroundings of the castle was right by the coast and the view was so pretty #there was a park and sandy beach right next to it and a harbour and a coastal promenade #i could spend a whole day there #and for free!!!! #it was so fun i'm going to go back another day #AND the town was full of beautiful architecture and cute little shops i'll have to come back to when they're not all closed on sundays

[manderleyfire]

hey, ali! i feel your pain about the tbosas adaptation! i cried so much during the movie but not because i felt emotional, seeing MY book comes alive on screen but because we were robbbbbbbbbbed and shot 😞😞😞😞😞😞 anyways, what's your opinion on the music tho? fav/least fav song? (my is the oldtherebefore and least fav the 0livia r0drigo's one)

hey, lollis!

‘robbed and shot’, exactly. i couldn’t have said it better myself because unfortunately, that’s spot on 🥲

I LOVED THE MUSIC! a dystopian reflection of our reality through intentional use of folk/bluegrass music is something that resonates strongly with me. i mean, they knew how to strike the right chord in the hearts of book readers for sure! *the only other thing i wish was different about the music it's the variety of tempo and rhythm because as much as i LOVED the unified sound of LG's songs, i would prefer each song to have its own individual tune and ~aura)

my absolute favourite adaptation that they did was 'nothing you can take from me' (boot-stompin’ version); i am utterly in awe of the powerful passionate energy that they gave to this song?? also i loveeed the similarity of rhythm and tone between 'nothing you can take from me' and a traditional american folk song 'man of constant sorrow', i kinda feel it was a deliberate parallel which worked just great. (also i’m glad they added maude ivory’s 'keep on the sunny side'!)

my least favourite is perhaps 'the ballad of lucy gray baird'?.. and though i did enjoy rachel’s rendition (she copies a young dolly parton in such a warm-hearted respectful manner!), and the respect for traditional appalachian music, she sang it in a cheerful 'to hell with you!' manner which is less intense and intimate that i remember it from the book to be? to quote tbosas here: 'the haunting melody set the tone, and her words did the rest as she began to sing in a voice husky from smoke and sadness' – the movie version really failed to capture both the haunting tune (their version doesn't really tell the story musically because of a major key) and the lucy gray's vulnerability here for me. in the book she did what carrie fisher told us all to do: 'take your broken heart and turn it into art' while in the movie she isn't even angry at billy taupe?? like his betrayal (and her place in the games) is not a big deal? she's openly rebellious and sassy with out of place 'i need no man' attitude and that simply didn't work for me personally.

it took some time for 'pure as the driven snow' to grow on me (i expected it to be more of a waltz-like, similar to maiah wynne's cover), but i'm coming around to it. yet… i wish it was STAGED differently??? they had to combine certain scenes and songs in the film but it was such a SURREAL idea to meld PATDS with 'sell you for a song' setting? and it took away so much from that moment of love and connection and unconditional acceptance, where lucy gray is finally ready to be emotionally unshielded in front of her lover (maybe for the first time ever)?? it was a PIVOTAL snowbaird moment but they needed to blend two songs together because obviously PATDS can't be love confession in form of a song because it should be taken as an ominous warning instead (duh!). 'bitch you better not turn out to be a bad guy even tho i knew you were a villain all along' :??? and it could've worked in its own angst-y way, if there had been any development in snowbaird love story?? but since movie!they are full on survival the whole time (there's no canonical teetering on the edge of an actual fondness/love and survival instinct), PATDS makes no sense at all. so… i extremely frustrated by the use of PATDS on screen but at the same time i love the sound of the full version on the soundtrack album.

annnd i'm actually IN PAIN because they had the audacity to leave so many songs out?? especially given their ties to the original trilogy?? 'deep in the meadow' aka rue's song???? 'the valley song' aka the one peeta mentioned seeing katniss sing at school when they were children????  the festive 'crawling to you' ('that thing i love with') likely performed at finnick’s wedding?? idk maybe it's a musical nerd who is speaking in me but i wish they could have included more of the book songs at least on the album, if not in the actual movie (even tho i'm still sure, it would've been possible to present the whole complexity of this book AND its poetic side too, if they decided to split the film in two).

[the score album wasn't much to talk about but 'snow lands on top' piece tho… vivid, striking, remarkable]

#wifeofthewolves #ask #my ramblings #dolly sorry it's a bit longer and more spiteful than i expected it to be #i have to agree with you 'the old therefore' is mesmerizing and breathtaking + rachel's vocals are phenomenal there #i'm not a fan of how aggressive her portrayal of lucy gray generally was #but that raw anger in 'the old therefore' felt so right it reminded me of eva noblezada's eurydice even #btw rachel's first line from 'the reaping song' sounds so similiar to samantha's eponine #actually first time i heard it i was so shocked i stopped the song to immediately rewind it back to the beginning lol #and i'm glad i listened to the album before i watched the movie #because welllllllll the music is better #i wish we could've replaced 'can't catch me now' with any canon song tho because i really don't care about miss rodrigo #also also the movie’s musical arrangement of the wordsworth song is kind of boring sorry #anywayssssss tell me more what do you think

[daz4i]

bored so i’m looking for shit to overanalyze. anyway you know how nikolai has the 3 diamonds thingie on his eye. and how the diamonds suit can be switched with pentacles in tarot. anyway

upright this card has nothing to do with him (tldr: teamwork, collaboration, learning, implementation. maybe that last one...? if you stretch it) but reversed it’s p much all on point imo. this part^ is more for the doa in general. they literally all have different goals, but like, theoretically, i can see why the other 4 would work on the same things bc at the end of the day it can help them in some way. but not nikolai. he always stands out to me the most in that regard, bc his personal goal is the literal opposite of what the doa’s trying to achieve

this is interesting to me, bc we are first introduced to him when he’s disguised as a government worker that’s definitely overlooked by his superiors, BUT even in the doa he was meant to do his part of the plan then die. he really is basically meant to sacrifice everything for this plan and not even live to see its fruits, and there’s no way for him to further his own personal agenda either

at the end of the day, he went against the plan and saved himself, then went against it again by saving sigma all on his own, AND he’s the one breaking fyodor and dazai out of prison (even if. um. in his own unique way). every time we see him, he works alone. the most he does is drag sigma around with him, but not really involve him in anything actively outside of simple mundane things, never actually letting him in on it

NOW! and interesting thing i thought about, is that the upright meaning of this card is actually more aligned with the plans fyodor has for the doa. his plan relies on collaboration and everyone doing their part. and i thought, “wouldn’t it be funny if fyodor had a 3 of diamonds thing going on too”. and!

this is the card his game with ace ended on! what a crazy coincidence amiright. (i WILL say tho that’s not the case in the anime)

i mentioned a tldr of what the three of pentacles is, but to go in a bit more length, it’s everyone doing their role and bringing their best to the table. everyone is at different levels of experience and skill, but if they work as a team, they will bring the best out of each other.

i think this is def what fyodor’s going for. for example, he thinks sigma’s lack of history is his strength. he sees his lack of experience as something that contributes to his plan, and he’s willing to work with that. if anything, fyodor is closer to fitting the meaning of the three of pentacles

now. the thing about playing cards is they don’t really have a reversed form, they’re always upright. when we first meet nikolai - out of disguise - he does seem to fit that idea, talking excitedly about why he joined the decay of angels. but... we also see that his words are written by The Page. no better way to implement teamwork than controlling your coworkers’ actions!

there’s this theory running around that whenever nikolai has his eye cover off, that means he’s being his true self. if you wanna go into symbolism, you could say that working with a team - the meaning of the upright three of pentacles, or, the three of diamonds, the symbol literally covering his eye - is what’s diverting his eyes from his true goal, and only when he takes it off - becomes the reversed meaning of it - can he be himself and work towards what he wants.

you could also say, to an extent, that his attachment to fyodor is the thing that’s blinding him, and that this is the reason he wants to kill him and be free. to support this idea, he quite literally removes it when talking about it

the thing holding him back from going and achieving what he wants, the thing holding him back from true free will, the one who planned for him to die, the one whose plans involved nikolai’s actions to be written in the book. his attachment to fyodor. that’s why he has to kill him to achieve freedom

i’m not sure how to transition into the next thing, but this official art

becomes even more interesting to me in the context i’ve laid out so far. this is naturally designed to look like a card, one of the royals specifically, and i doubt that’s not intentional

well. we’ve just said that fyodor (or at least, his plan with the doa, which i’d say is his connecting thing to nikolai from his personal perspective) and nikolai are the inverted meanings of the same card. but the interesting thing is how nikolai’s the one upright in this one, and fyodor “reversed”. this might just be bc nikolai’s the more recent character so he needed high quality art to show off his design for the first time, but... ig if i stretch things again (which, tbf, this entire post is one big stretch lmao, so what’s another small one), his goals are more aligned with the protagonists - free will for all of humanity, rather than peace at the price of everyone being mind controlled. also killing fyodor lol. it could simply mean that this reversed meaning is the “correct” one, in the context of the story.

anyway, i’m not sure how to end this post, but i hope you enjoyed this blurb of words and maybe took something from it to add to your own future theories or analysis of either of them/their relationship 😌

#this is. by far my most unhinged post abt nikolai. which is why i'm tagging this one #bsd gogol #bsd analysis #fyolai #you can probably tell i just typed as i got more ideas and didn't go back to change stuff #so i'm sorry for how messy this is lol #long post #dan rambles #this started as me being bored and thinking i'm gonna explain quickly what 3 of diamonds could mean in his context in 5 minutes #but no. i had to turn it into a whole conspiracy. as i often tend to do #shoutout to anyone who read this. took more than an hour to write lol

[robotsandramblings]

i've rewarched them so many times now, but i'm nowhere near sick of Bad Batch's S1 opener and finale (Aftermath, Return To Kamino, and Kamino Lost).

what a spectacular start and finish to Season 1. they're so goddamn good, and they still hold up after many rewatches. some of my favourite star wars episodes of all time. always. ❤️🩶

(as far as S1, Battle Scars belongs in there too, imo.)

#sorry if i'm a broken record.... i know i've said this many times before lol #i can't stop gushing about them because they can't stop being so good!!!! #the bad batch #star wars #i remember that i went onto reddit after the finale.. just curious to see people's comments and such #and redditors were actually complaining about the finale??? some thought it was BORING??????? a very ''lackluster'' finale??? #apparently we were watching two different shows lmao