#unsurprising endings

[jaykorianddickkoriforlife]

For ONCE I want a movie where the main character and their companion(s) choose to be selfish, and do the wrong thing for each other instead of sacrificing or hurting each other for the greater good. I want them to acknowledge what they're doing is fucked up, and that they feel guilt over it, but they still choose each other even if it means causing hell for all others. I want to see a movie where the expected "good, and noble" people do the opposite because they'd rather see the world burn than hurt each other. I just want a movie where what's expected to happen doesn't happen, and they're selfish for themselves, and whom they love. I want to see that kind of love on screen for once as fucked as it is. I've seen it happen in books, but I want to SEE it on screen.

Edit:

I want to add that I'm talking about wanting to see BOTH of them simultaneously decide it. Not when one person says fuck the world, and the other doesn't so it creates an issue, and they end up fighting over it because one is having difficulty moving on from it. I want them to be the main characters, I want them both to decide it, I want to see both of them live, essentially 'win', as happily as they can with each other while the world ends, even when the time is ticking for them as well. I don't want to see their demise. I just want to see them choose each other selfishly, and live till the very end before the screen fades into black.

#knock at the cabin review #knock at the cabin #andrew and eric and wen walking through the apocalypse but as a family #no one irritates me as m. night shyamalan does with how his movies end except split #but then he ruins it with glass #jonathan groff #ben aldridge #m. night shyamalan #rupert grint #nikki amuka bird #abby quinn #dave bautista #psychological movie tropes #movie tropes #unsurprising endings #movies #fandom ideas #cuz y not #apocalypse universe #apocalypse movies #apocalypse #the fact that he changed the ending irritated me #psychological movies #they deserved better #AND I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL #a selfish love but as much of a true one as all others #and they dont fight over it with eachother and it ends with them WINNING in the end and living while the world perishes #I need to add that edit based on some tags ive seen #i dont want them fighting over it #and i want to see them as mainies not sideies lol

[tommarvoloriddlesdiary]

Tom: Harry, we already tried things your way.

Harry: What? No, we didn’t - when?

Tom: Well, we tried it in my head.

Tom: And it didn’t work.

#tomarry #tomarrymort #harrymort #someone take the post button away from me #for my sake #harry: you cannot be serious right now (knowing full well tom is serious) #harry is equally offended and unsurprised #tom - as always - thinks he knows best #which is how we end up with harry doing things his way anyway

[hahniana]

Look I love and respect the yuri nation and also think it Sucks when fandoms ignore perfectly good f/f relationships in media for mediocre yaoiz but like we cannot understate just how strong of a presence farcille has in the dungeon meshi community as of writing. Newcomers making the guys suck and fuck is such a non-issue can we chill

#dungeon meshi #ive seen a couple of posts over the past weeks (here and on twit) of people like. genuinely being mad about the spike in m/m #and its like... sorry what are u guys on about #farcille is cute dont get me wrong but like with all ships theres only so many dynamics they can believably have. IMO anyways #and theres other f/f potential too but those are like.. relegated to side characters with a minimal presence in the source material #so its not unsurprising that they dont get much attention (kikimari save me..) #loathe as i am to admit it there are more men in the primary cast/later characters that get a ton of screentime compared to women. #so we get more tuoys to smack around. like. its not unsurprising. #if the dungeon meshi tag on ao3 ends up having m/m overtaking gen AND f/f then we can talk about preservation of endangered species #but right now.. let them cook #theres some lesbian yaoi on the menu so show some respect

[emblazons]

Taking a break from my lil International Women's Day gifset to talk about how I have so many thoughts about this moment I'm finding it hard to articulate them...and I know its because this is the moment that holds the key to understanding Nancy as a character across the entirety of the narrative of this show.

I'm thinking about how this is one of the first moments we hear what Nancy's relationship is to the core themes of "forced conformity" that gets pulled on in season 4—and how we learn that her primary battle is between desiring more for herself and her relationships and complacency, because she doesn't want the life her mother has (which she told Jonathan the scene before this one) but also still feels comfortable in the space that middle class suburbia allots her as an attractive and intelligent young woman.

Thinking about the way it's Jonathan who pulls on this war within her, and is the one who encourages her to step outside of what is easy and into what she wants—and how a lot of the reason we see her regress in S4 is because Jonathan isn't there to challenge the "easy way" that comes naturally to her, even though its not necessarily what she desires...in much the same way her brother is influenced by Will to challenge his own sense of "what he wants."

Thinking about how, no matter how the show ends for Jancy, Nancy will never end up with Steve because he has always represented caving to "normalcy" and social order complacency—even to the point where he talks about being "normal" in much the way Finn talks about Mike trying to be, which anyone who understands the themes of the show (aka championing the outcasts & weirdos) knows is not the winning hand in Stranger Things.

Thinking about how the only reason we even had a Steve revival was to bring Nancy to her own "narrative low" we saw for every character in Season 4, where she falls back into the comfortable familiarity of Steve because its easy and familiar (much like her home life)...and about how Nancy is currently at the crux of deciding whether or not her pursuit of more for herself as a woman and her relationships is just a phase or something inherent to her.

Thinking about how Nancy is a fascinating character because she, even moreso than Mike, has every single bit of what would make it easy to cave to what is "normal" in her world—and is now being presented with the choice between leaving the "phase" of rebellion with Jonathan to get with that one-time jock who wants 6 nuggets and a Winnebago...or pushing forward with someone who its not as easy to do life with, but who embraces and challenges the part of her that wants more.

....I just. These goddamn Wheelers and their ongoing battle with the familiarity of "normalcy" (and the Byers who always ends up challenging them enough to get them out of it) are killing me. Even down to the way both of them "backslid" in S4 to hit the "you feel like you lost" feeling with the PARALLEL MONOLOGUES of love confessions...only to end up standing next to their true love interest / the one who aligns with their (correctly) fulfilled characters in the end oh be serious

#my best girl #nancy wheeler #anti stancy #dsfsdlfkj dude I am thinking so many thoughts about this FUCK #but also...I've seen somecommentary on this on the dash and lmao #SHE IS NOT GONNA END UP WITH STEVE EVER BE SERIOUS #ITS THEMATICALLY I N C O H E R E N T #Nancy leaving Jonathan for Steve makes about as much sense as M*leven if you are paying even ONE IOTA of attention to the show #and like sorry if thats heated as hell but its TRUE #and also. nancy does not even deserve the hate she gets but lmao #people hate on everything that requires they use brain cells in this show so I'm unsurprised #LMAO #anyway! #my st commentary #stranger things

[akkivee]

really looking forward to samatoki on sasara violence because if we cannot clown on him, i want to throw him

like when it comes to making sasara pay for his clown crimes, we take whatever wins we can get lmao

#vee got an ask #hypanispoilers #it’s the fact that samatoki gave him the backhanded btch slap that’s killing me LOL #tho tbh he kiiiiiiiinda seemed to enjoy himself and the end there #maybe just a little bit lmao and that little bit has me slightly concerned for sasara’s tastes in general LOL #you enjoy being slapped around a little okay sasara tmi tbh but it’s unsurprising as well when you think about it LOL

[faggotryandtransjesterism]

to be clear succession is so bizarre and insane to me that it's nearly impossible to watch. like they might as well be on another planet. but hearing greg answer his phone with 'this is greg on greg's phone' was such a crazy silly little moment that now i'm just watching it for real. because of greg on greg's phone

#never before has something so completely in character and unsurprising taken me so completely off guard #nothing could have prepared me for this is greg on greg's phone #i do feel like i'm descending into madness by exposing myself to this show #like i'm fundamentally altering my brain chemistry and by the end i'm going to be as ridiculous and insane as these people #but like. this is greg on greg's phone #i am studying them like bugs i have never been more interested or less emotionally involved #anyway i'm going to start liveblogging this experience like an expedition journal or smth #the great succession madness of 2024 #succession #greg hirsch

[forgottengodfrey]

lizzydobbs: " we all have secrets, don't we? " (edmund)

Godfrey was still, gaze flicking to meet Edmund's and slowly he smiled. He did not answer at once, bending instead to drop another log upon the hearth. Outside, the winds shrieked their fury upon the castle and, within, its denizens shivered.

Resuming his seat, Godfrey folded his hands before him as he looked at his nephew. "I have secrets?"

"All men have secrets."

Godfrey smiled, inclined his head. "Very good. What do you imagine my secrets are?"

"You wish me to succeed my father."

"Is that a secret?"

It was Edmund's turn to smile knowingly. "Oh, yes," he said. "The very greatest of them all, being so publically known as it is."

Chuckling, Godfrey poked at the flames. "Go on."

"Showing your hand so freely leaves you room to maneuver freely as well. They will not see you coming in other avenues because they believe they know what you are after."

Godfrey inhaled deeply. "I've trained you well, haven't I?"

"It remains to be seen."

He shook his head. "It doesn't. I see it already. I'm proud of you, Edmund."

The boy glanced down and Godfrey exhled slowly. He didn't hear it often enough. Godfrey licked his lips, let it be for now. He did not wish to come off sacchrine and, thereby, insincere. His pride was very real, and he ished to always assure that Edmund never questioned that, seeing as so few others ever showed it.

"Now, tell me the rest, will you? You don't imagine that I secretly plot against you, do you? It's been some time since we've had one of our lessons. The pupil is quick becoming the master, I think."

Edmund laughed. "Of course you don't plot against me. The fact that your stated endgoal is genuine in no way prevents it from also serving as a diversion, as well, when necessary -- sometimes even in its own service. The trick in that is blinding the onlooker to the connection between one thing and the next."

Smiling again, Godfrey nodded. "What if I told you, Edmund...I believe I have just such a scheme already underway. It's in early stages: perhaps not yet fit for sharing...but I assure you: my efforts on your behalf are ongoing."

"I have no doubt." Edmund stood, then, heaving another log onto the fire. "I did say, uncle," he added, claiming the poker and prodding the flames with it. "We all have secrets."

#drabble #edmund varmont #i accidentally posted the wrong ask in the wrong drafts and ended up writing a prompt that literally no one asked for #so the real ones are still forthcoming (not me mixing up my calainons!) laksjdfkljsdff #but here have a thing ig lakjsdfkljsdf #ask #ok but total aside bc like i have 5 characters who really love edmund right? (even if most of them highkey SUCK at showing it omg) #4 of them would be utterly unsurprised by this convo -- either they know it happens or they always suspected itd be like this #but the 5th? the 5th would just be like WTFFFFFFFFFF WHO HAS CONVOS LIKE THIS WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING RN ladsjkfjlksdf and IM LAUGHHHHHH

[deviantartidentitydisorder]

i tried posting on tiktok for like 2 months, one acc w just slide shows and one acc with my face. concluded i hated doing both of them

#unsurprising. i dont really like < why am i talking like this #IM NOT SURPRISED #i dont like showing off my face so i mean i was just like experimenting with what im comfortable with #my conclusion was i genuinely dont like most people on tiktok even when like kept to a really niche crowd #and also i cant be trusted to keep my fyp normal because im really conditioned to only hit like on posts that are like. super personal and #venty because of tumblr and then i end up making an echo chamber of delusion and its like AHHHHHHHHH AHHHHAHHHHHH #so it becomes a super nche community of ppl who all think the same thing and its like IF IM BEING PERSECUTED AND YOURE BEING PERSECUTED THE #WHOS FLYING THE PLANE?! #now i just look at ones my partner sends me. they know what i like #mostly small dogs #sorry my partner is so sick and usually theyre the one putting up with me talking their ear off and now ots all inside of me

[swordtit]

lula + chen friendship is making me insane.

#speaking #i reloaded checkpoint 5 to see the villain revealed scenes #ortega called her a monster (unsurprising) but he did think it was still her in the end #im gonna write some lula + chen stuff i think... #lula & tal x chen

[hiding-under-the-willow]

Tags that have me screaming about the mortifying ordeal of being unknown

#atlas.art #completely understandable that you would not know that but my sense of identity is so inextricably linked to mh that it feels wrong #literally top three special interests are 1. mincraft/mcyt 2. marble hornets/slenderverse and 3. markiplier #my last big 'basically only drawing for one fandom for months on end' era before markiplier this year was mh/sv last year #i was literally running a slenderverse dnd campaign i wouldn't shut up about it #joined this site in 2019 for the slenderverse fandom actually #literally been into mh since i was 11. honestly if there's one fandom I've drawn the most for in my life i would be unsurprised if it was mh #seeing this tag did something to my brain lol #had to make this post before bed i could not stop thinking about it lmao

[twobigears]

waking up to Facebook drama over the agility judge who was attacked by a dog in the ring over the weekend, and just….fuckin yikes.

#simultaneously horrified and yet unsurprised #that something like this finally happened #what also fucking irritates me in the FB comments #is all the people wanting to blame a medical issue #or training methods #which while potentially POTENTIALLY PARTIALLY valid #is still digging their heads in the sand and ignoring the very uncomfortable truth #the agility community for years #nigh on decades #has accepted and catered to aggressive dogs competing #coddled dogs who will not reliably stay with their handler while off-leash IN AN OFF LEASH SPORT #and when you say anything against it #you’re shot down #and now here we are #that poor judge #also i do feel bad for that dog’s handler #because apparently she was a Novice A handler with her first agility dog #which is just another horrible indicator of our community failed her #to allow things to get to this point #/end tag novel #things that grind my gears

[coffeewithcalypso]

I need autumn to come and save me. I'm such in a shitty headspace right now, I need that breeze and temp drop and fall vibes to come and save me

#the boy gave me the whole i'm not ready to be in a relationship talk a few days ago #which was unsurprising given his situation #but that he felt the need to bring it up now has me all in my head that it was more of a it's never going to be you vibe #which objectively is not at all what he was saying but it really plays on my history of all the other men who've said the same shit to me #to his credit it was very much a i want you to have all the information and make a choice but it's your choice #v men who've done this before with a savior complex of i'm ending things because i'll only hurt you and not giving me a choice #especially my last situationship #ocean eyes #and we agreed to keep doing what we're doing but now i'm all in my head #even though we both finally confessed feelings for each other at the time i'm about as guarded as before worrying i'm being too pushy now #and now i'm worried he's right and i should bail not because i'm 'putting other things on hold waiting on him' which was his worry #just because historically #again ocean eyes #they heal up and move on #anyway it's fucking time for autumn #it's not a sad post if i hide it all in the tags right? #pinball baby

[arolesbianism]

I’ve been having a rough few days, but I’ve been feeling a bit better so I decided to make some lil thingies for some spiraling upwards kitties :3

#keese draws #warrior cats oc #spiraling upwards #I’ve posted art of ratstar and pigeonbillow before but the other three I haven’t I think #but yeah these are some more of the minkclan founders #and by that I mean two of them are and one of them was a kitten at the time #lightning is haveniris’ mom but she didn’t trust herself to raise him so her clanmates sort of collectively raised him #and by that I mean mostly pigeon and two other old ppl that aren’t included here #light did end up opening up to him more and acting as more of a mom after he chose to become a medic tho #the two have a complicated relationship for sure but they still care abt each other a lot #oh yeah and literally all of these guys are dead by the time murtle rolls around except for haven #pigeon died about two years before the other two and raincinder has been dead since before minkclan was properly founded #which is unsurprising given she’s such an old withering woman #she mostly made it that long because she was given a guide sponsor life #so long story short not all starclan cats actually get to use the cool starclan powers and those who do are usually ‘sponsored’ with an #extra life and a cool star like marking #this isn’t a well known thing tho and even within starclan only higher ranking cats rly know anything beyond knowing that every now and #then new guides are chosen #now usually what’s supposed to happen is that the sponsored cat has a close eye kept on them and if they are deemed worthy they’re allowed #to keep their mark and become a guide once they die the second time #the main flaw in this system is that the cat who sponsored them has to be the one to revoke it #so if they refuse to revoke it for whatever reason there’s not much that can be done about it #or in raincinder’s case her sponsor ended up fading before they could judge her fully #so even though by all means even the most rebel friendly guides would revoke it easily she managed to keep her mark til death #this was ofc largely helped by her living til 19 fucking years dear god woman #but hey I guess it means minkclan gets a guide even though she’s a rly shitty one #rly that mostly only matters for the sake of nine lives and the sake of travel between starclan and the living territories #which actually does cause a lot of problems when all the guides decide to go haunt a child instead #oh also guides also pass on their mark to leaders who’s life ceremony they hosted #not the guide role tho each guide gets a new mark

[junonreactor]

man.

#the limbus situation. i hope the stupid fucks who kicked this off explode. #like. unsurprising that that's the end result i guess but Man. *honks my little clown nose* price of genuinely liking a gacha game #ein babbles #'her controversial tweets that could be linked back to the company' the controversial tweets. the ones that said hidden cameras are illegal #that tweet? lmao ok #SHE DIDNT EVEN HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SWIMSUIT SITUATION RIGHT..... #like. they fucking found out that the illustrator they were attacking for not making ishmael breast boobily into the ocean was a man #so they found the female illustrator and dug up tweets specifically to get her fired for 'feminism' AND IT WORKED??????? #korean men. (deep disdain)

[lunarheslwt]

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#something so funny #about everyone in my life being everything to me #but not being the same for them #time after time it's like #I'm wanted most when they need me #and after that not so much #it's somehow worse to not be wanted #than to not be needed #I just smile and let it be BC I'm tired and I've been through it too many times #it is unsurprising to me now #it doesn't matter #at the end of the road I see only me

[unproduciblesmackdown]

and i draw parallels solely on the cinematographic basis of “when my man is no more than a millimeter away from perturbation at all times but you give the Whole Right Half Of The Screen 3/4 Closeup of Harrowing Recontextualizations” like that’s right. we’re living it up

#i mean i guess it counts lol. said generally similar cinematographic approachs for said very generally similar scenarios #(a) when a guy shows his hand (shit) & the Team Experience is in shambles & you're two sec away from shooting him for real.... #nemik not even being around for said ''oh so this guy is like that then apparently'' but Insisting on giving cassian his manifesto when we #all knew like oh f you're gonna get it lol. unsurprised but not unmoved that nemik's manifesto is the source of that Quoteth.... #paraphrasing closely from memory the frontier of the rebellion is everywhere even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward #the imperial need for control is so desperate b/c it is so unnatural tyranny requires constant effort it breaks it leaks.... #(b) when against all odds you busted out of island forever factory labor electric containment torture execution jail and made it to a phone #make a risky call home to relay to your mom that you're alive and all only to be informed that she is not #and both still like serving as [major turning points] naturally. end of ep six; end of ep eleven of twelve.... #love some drama. even on top of ''oh we knew you'd die but now we know you're dying'' and then like escalation on escalation like umm what's #our bestie here talking about. oh i see. oh he's getting quickdraw blown away right on really at this point; makes sense in this position; #still what a surprise lol truly....that we Aren't surprised maarva dies not only b/c it's heavily cued but also We find out at the ep start #like the one guy dying in prison while we Know that's coming but heaping drama on drama as the doctor tells them what happened on floor two #and we get yet more Acting Wins as andy serkis (lino?) #(nah looked it up & i spoonerized that lol. kino loy. i Only Just Now have one name per each of that heist team down i think lol) so anyways #andy kino loy serkis is getting to be the king of Harrowing Recontextualizations in that moment. ugh just great shit going on throughout #there was a Lot of great [i'm perturbed to harrowed] acting all across the board. its being by and large a cast of characters who are all #like wary and continually endangered with varying degrees of urgency. like the rec abt this series as [tfw depiction of police state life] #star wars /// #andor #truly cassian my [he has the face of a friend] cassian #he really does have this key energy of like your insta new best friend and comrade....nemik's delivery w/''i wrote abt you last night.'' Fun #again like also unsurprising he'd already land on cassian out here like ofc i'll give my crucial legacy work to that guy who just showed up. #and And I Insistingly....and he's right