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unsung benefit i think a lot of ppl are sleeping on with using the public library is that i think its a great replacement for the dopamine hit some ppl get from online shopping. it kind of fills that niche of reserving something that you then get to anticipate the arrival of and enjoy when it arrives, but without like, the waste and the money.

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I had a very interesting discussion about theater and film the other day. My parents and I were talking about Little Shop of Horrors and, specifically, about the ending of the musical versus the ending of the (1986) movie. In the musical, the story ends with the main characters getting eaten by the plant and everybody dying. The movie was originally going to end the same way, but audience reactions were so negative that they were forced to shoot a happy ending where the plant is destroyed and the main characters survive. Frank Oz, who directed the movie, later said something I think is very interesting:

I learned a lesson: in a stage play, you kill the leads and they come out for a bow — in a movie, they don’t come out for a bow, they’re dead. They’re gone and so the audience lost the people they loved, as opposed to the theater audience where they knew the two people who played Audrey and Seymour were still alive. They loved those people, and they hated us for it.

That’s a real gem of a thought in and of itself, a really interesting consequence of the fact that theater is alive in a way that film isn’t. A stage play always ends with a tangible reminder that it’s all just fiction, just a performance, and this serves to gently return the audience to the real world. Movies don’t have that, which really changes the way you’re affected by the story’s conclusion. Neat!

But here’s what’s really cool: I asked my dad (who is a dramaturge) what he had to say about it, and he pointed out that there is actually an equivalent technique in film: the blooper reel. When a movie plays bloopers while the credits are rolling, it’s accomplishing the exact same thing: it reminds you that the characters are actually just played by actors, who are alive and well and probably having a lot of fun, even if the fictional characters suffered. How cool is that!?

Now I’m really fascinated by the possibility of using bloopers to lessen the impact of a tragic ending in a tragicomedy…

#love this love this love this #film stuff #i love blooper reels in the credits especially when used to highlight the leads

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Shoutout to people who “just” have anxiety and depression. I’m sorry the severity of your disorders are downplayed. I know from personal experience, when I was dealing with “just” anxiety and depression, that this was something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. Depression is severe. Anxiety is severe. There is no “just” anxiety and depression.

#hi it me #im in a constant state of exhaustion from it

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i need to find shaders that don't smooth the skin. my wrinkles textures......... invisible

(ft. @verysmallcyborg's Fornax)

#they deserve to grow to ripe old ages together #then go out in a blaze of glory together #ffxiv

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first gpose VS most recent gpose

2019 - my first gpose

VS.

2024 - technically not my latest, but my latest are for a sceenshot challenge that hasn't started yet!

#what a difference 5 years can make #eyri #ffxiv #femroe #roegadame #ffxiv screenshots #gposers #roegadyn #ffxiv gpose #ff14 gpose

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new reaction image

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RANDOM DASHBOARD INSPECTION!

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My lovely partner in festival crime, Chihaya Saito, came up with a screenshot prompt list to count down to Ride the Tide 👀

The screenshot challenge and the countdown starts May 1st!

#reblog #I've managed to get through Sunset so far #but HEY - I'm ahead on a promot list for once instead of starting a few days in and playing catchup the whole time! #ride the tide #screenshot challenge #ffxiv #rtt #ffxiv screenshots #signal boost

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stop making such hot OCs

(don't)

I can't be attracted to so many hot OCs

(I need so many more of them)

I literally cannot simp any harder for hot OCs

(I can and I absolutely fucking WILL)

#it is almost a month away from pride month and i can feel it #pls let me bite and gnaw on your OCs

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gender euphoria is looking rly hot to other queer people and offputting to everyone else

#yo #these are just facts i dont make the rules

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she miiiight have fallen into the water

#WOWOWOWOWOW #femroe #I am looking #ffxiv #gpose #the muscles and the tight shirt #im such a sucker for this look

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🐹 because you seem like such a lovely person, and I also adore Ryss! You've also been so helpful and welcoming in the realm of fishing and modding ; u ;

thank youuuu <3 fishing and modding are my passions and if you make the mistake of asking me about it i'll never shut up ahahahahah

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Source

"Isn't it exhausting being someone you're not?"

"No! Isn't it exhausting being the same?"

#ALL OF THIS #you are entitled to recreate yourself #i fuckin love that

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#well my first exposure to any japanese animation was literally pokemon but i only watched like 5 episodes #you could only rent the VHS tapes one episode at a time #Card Captors and Outlaw Star were the first two series that i watched and it was pretty simultaneous #two wildly different shows for two wildly different audiences #4Kids saturday morning cartoons and toonami baybeee #tbh Outlaw Star was 100% too mature for my age when i watched it but idgaf

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A woman wearing Chinese armor

#muscle babes are my biggest weakness

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This is how my dnd character met her girlfriend

and it was from that point that I was in fucking shambles over T H E M

A tall muscle fem walks into a secret underground revolutionist hideout and meets a scarred up andro butch.

#happy lesbian visibility week #dnd art #mae #locke #i want them to be so happy together #my art