#[ i'm not accepting criticism at this time ]

[pondsphuwin]

loustat + “i chose you”

interview with the vampire (2022), in throes of increasing wonder // natalie wee, letters from persephone //  interview with the vampire (2022), after the phantoms of your former self // hermann hesse, the seducer // interview with the vampire (2022), is my very nature that of the devil // ashe vernon, burning //  interview with the vampire (2022), the pursuit of blood with all a child’s demanding // franz kafka, letters to felice // interview with the vampire (2022), a vile hunger for your hammering heart // angela carter, the erl-king 

#loustat #interview with the vampire #anne rice's interview with the vampire #iwtv #lestat de lioncourt #louis de pointe du lac #sam reid #jacob anderson #iwtvedit #i'm not accepting criticism at this time #web weaving

[touchstarvedreader]

Stories that use the "rejected by my fated mate" just kinda make me mad, cause what was the point of being someone's fated mate if that's not the person you're gonna end up with?

What? The one person who's supposed to love, cherish, protect and be there for me against all odds doesn't want me?

What is this REALITY?

Gross. Hard pass

Let me live in my delusion that someone would care about me, flaws and all,

just because

#book tropes #fated mates #book #books #touch starved #i'm not accepting criticism at this time #escapism #reality

[zukkaoru]

[ID: a screenshot of three songs on a Spotify playlist. they are, in order, "I Have Friends" from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, "Legally Blonde" from the Legally Blonde musical, and "Role of a Lifetime" from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. /End ID.]

i have to say. i think my reigen playlist is off to a pretty good start

#i'm not accepting criticism at this time #hello grace here

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy Valentine's Day! (and this blog's first post anniversary!)

#poorly drawn mdzs #better drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #Woah...it's been a whole *year* since I took the leap and uploaded my 'first attempt' art. #It's outdated now but it holds a special place in my heart for the fact it started all of this off. #Calling this 'poorly-drawn' was always about accepting that my art was going to be imperfect and messy - and doing it anyways! #There has been a staggering number of times I have drawn something I almost didn't upload because I didn't think it was 'good enough' #only for someone to say they liked it - or that it made them laugh. And it has helped me realize - #-The worst critic for my work has always been myself. If I listened to it all the time...well we would not be here now B'*) #And now that I have dabbled in other fandoms I can truly see how lucky was to start out with the MXTX fans. #The supportive messages and tags have truly been a guiding force toward my artistic and self improvement. #I really can't describe how grateful I am. #Thank you for seeing something worth rooting for when I was just figuring things out. #Thank you for being sweeter than the candy I have strategically hidden in the nooks and crannies of this house. #But watch out! If you forget to find them we will get ants. #I remembered to not hide chocolate in the bed this year. Yes I know it melted last time. Yes it did stain. I'm still sorry. #Thank you for loving me regardless <3 Even if it looked like I shit the bed real bad.

[nellasbookplanet]

Okay but I'm going a bit insane about the growing disconnect of "maybe we're meant to harness it"/"maybe we're meant to fight it". They both thought they were on the same page when they said it, when actually they were on polar opposite ends of the same spectrum. Imogen meant "I never plan to give in to this power even if part of me wants to, I will continue fighting it, but it’s a comfort knowing there’s someone who understands the temptation and who I know won't judge and will still love me and understand if I ultimately fail and give in". Meanwhile to Laudna it meant "I've been in this struggle for longer than I can remember and I don’t know if I can do it much longer. I don’t know if I want to. I don’t know if I even should, or if giving in would be better for all of us because I'm a lost cause. You understand this about me and won't judge as I inevitably am doomed by the narrative, and you won't demand of me that I fight an inherent part of myself, even if it’s destroying me". And Imogen is finally catching on to this disconnect, is realizing that to Laudna their connection isn’t just understanding but an excuse, not too different from Lilliana. And, desperate of losing Laudna to power just like she did her mother, she says, 'if you let me go, I'm gone', meanwhile Laudna is going 'all I can do for you is die and let you go to lift you up' and both of them are going 'why are you so upset about this. i love you'.

#laudna #imogen temult #critical role #cr3 #laudna truly is a FASCINATING character #she's happy and living every moment bc she's already accepted she's a lost cause #she's been neither fighting it nor embracing it for 30 years and now she has an excuse to embrace it #bc embracing it means protecting imogen. even if it also means giving in to temptation and letting imogen ultimately lose her #which is okay to laudna bc LOST CAUSE. She’s happy and living every moment with imogen now but can’t imagine a future for them together #she thinks imogen will go in to greatness after laudna has given up everything to help get her there #bc if laudna doesn’t give up everything and tries to fight imogen will help her #and imogen helping her will mean laudna holding imogen back #she doesnt see that in destroying herself shes destroying part of imogen bc she sees no value in her own life bc of living on borrowed time #I'm going insane about them!! #southern gothic #imodna #nella talks cr

[fluffypotatey]

I find it deeply aesthetically pleasing, character-wise, that Arthur and Merlin are both very much like their mothers, which is especially meaningful in Arthur's case since he's never known his mother beyond a single painfully brief meeting in "Sins of the Father."

Not only does Arthur look like Ygraine (which adds several layers to the clusterfuck of his and Uther's relationship) but it's clear that he takes after her temperament, too. Yes, he sometimes shows his father's temper, and yes, he does stupid things when he's in a temper, but unlike Uther, who literally took his prejudices to his grave and beyond, Arthur never stays mad at people, and he's overall a far more caring and kind person than his father, which is an interesting case of nature vs nurture.

And then on the other hand, we have Hunith, who told a mounted, armed brigand to go fuck himself, later fought another (also armed) brigand with a twig broom, harboured fugitives on multiple occasions, and raised an illegal magic child out of wedlock, and Merlin "Fuck the Police" Ambrosius, who got in a fistfight, got thrown in jail for the fistfight, called the prince a bitch to his face in a public market square, got in a second, armed fight all within his first 48 hours in Camelot, and then committed treason on a daily basis for the next 10+ years, compared to Balinor, who became a weird antisocial hermit that lived in a cave for twenty years.

couldn't have said it better myself bestie

also, there's a reason hunith and ygraine never met in the show. their dynamic duo would outshine everyone, they'd be unstoppable, untouchable, I FEEL ROBBED

#ahem anyway #yes they do take after their mothers and yes this does provide insight in how merlin and arthur complement one another #and like i just have such a soft heart at the thought of arthur wanting to know about his mother and asking the staff what he can #maybe he asks the older knights who treat him like a nephew they never had and one of the most common thing they'll say is #“ygraine was kind and cared for her people” #“ygraine was not one to abandon the needy when times got tough” #“ygraine saw her role as monarch as one of service and not greed for power” #and mini arthur internalized that shit i accept NO criticism #merlin was a total mama's boy as we all saw and she had him drinking that anarchy juice since he was small #hunith was merlin's first hero and fuck i'm crying #bye i'm too soft for this #bbc merlin #headcanons #arthur pendragon #merlin emrys #hunith #ygraine #hunith & ygraine would have totally wreaked some shit if they ever met i assure you it is a CRIME (to me) THAT SUCH A DUO NEVER *gunshots*

[beestandsforbiancanottheanimal]

hdkwhdkw god how i HATE the way every sakura-center fanfic is always about sakura realizing she isn't strong and that she needs to take her treaning more seriously AND THAT'S GREAT i love that but i definitely don't like that they always make her like, give up on sasuke(? or don't care about him or whatever. and i mean that doesn't make the fics less good or anything but c'mon, she's a twelve years old, let her have a crush at least. where are the fics where idk she realizes that sasuke (strong, and from a strong family sasuke) wouldn't like her if she's weak and doesn't take the ninja life seriously enough and blablabla and decides to do better because of that??? idk that's something I'd like to read i guess

#the way i don't post that much and when i do is me hating or criticizing something JSKWJSKSJS #but oh well that's life i guess #if you know any good fics like that #(or amy good naruto fics at all) #please send them to me #i mostly like to read sakura-center things and i like practically any of her shipps #but most of the times I'm not very picky so I'll accept anything as long as is good #well #and as long as it haves shipps obvs #naruto #naruto fandom #naruto uzumaki #sasuke uchiha #sakura haruno #sasusaku #anime and manga

[talaricula]

look at those fucking anime protagonists i'm so angry

#this is from before the tree in brooklyn speech in ep8 #lupe walks to the front when carson calls them together but right before that she is here #look at them #lupe with her foot up on the bench #jess leaning against the locker with her hand right above lupe's head #the fucking BALL at crotch height i'm going to scream #anyway: those two are fucking. i will not be accepting criticism at this time #sorry about this being three and a half pixels i need my wife for the prime account #jesslupe #aloto

[highfantasy-soul]

I know this isn't going to have any effect on those who feel justified in hating the adaptations they do - all sorts from comic to screen, book to screen, animated to live-action - but in my re-watch of ATLA (animated), I've noticed a lot more 'eeehhh' storytelling than I did in my other watches. Because I'm looking for it to compare specifically how they did it in the animated to how they did it in the live-action.

And let me tell you - the animated story is amazing, phenomenal, one of my favorites ever...and it has storytelling issues.

So maybe, if you were convinced the PJO adaptation was shit, the ATLA adaptation was awful, the Wheel of Time show was a tragedy, try going back and watching/reading the OG LOOKING for things to gripe about. Treat the OG like you treat the adaptation - with the most critical eye for any inconsistency, character work you don't like, plot holes, expositional dialogue, and pacing issues.

LOOK for those issues, and I guarantee you'll find them. Because, let me let you in on a secret: no story is perfect. We love them anyways because the story is still good. It's still meaningful. It still has merit.

Imagine the OG is actually the adaptation and (if you're able to honestly do that) you'll find things the adaptation did better.

Again, I know the people who've made it their personality to hate all adaptations and pretend they're storytelling geniuses who know best aren't going to pay attention to this, but idk, maybe one person will? Or for us more forgiving watchers, we'll be able to catch ourselves if we start to make some uncharitable, knee-jerk arguments about certain pieces of media.

Idk, just try it maybe.

#fandom #adaptations #pjo tv show #atla netflix #wheel of time on prime #just something to think about before you get all righteous in your indignation over an adaptation #like I'm watching the blue spirit episode of atla and...yeah...how zuko is up on the roof when zhao gets his promotion? #how did he know Zhao had even captured Aang or where he was keeping him? #it literally makes no sense yet we forgive it because it's a dope episode #we accept that the writers wanted to keep the mystery so how zuko even knows to go there is hand-waved to not give away the surprise #but you can bet your ass if it was explained in the anime and the live-action hand waved it - HOO BOY would people be lambasting it #so many criticisms would be made of OG storytelling if the changes in the live-action v OG were reversed

[shaolinhunks]

On Ashrah/Reptile and Kuai Liang/Harumi

I've noticed that most people feel like these two pairings need more backstory to make sense. As much as I enjoy the story overall... I agree. I feel like if they were fleshed out a bit more (What drew Reptile to Ashrah so soon after his family's death? We know how Kuai Liang felt, but what did Harumi find attractive about him?), more people would be open to them. The potential is there, but maybe the NRS writers weren't given the opportunity to spend much time developing these ships.

I actually have a Kuai Liang/Harumi fic that I've been working on, and eventually I'd like to write one for Ashrah/Reptile, too. Again, the potential is there. I feel like imagining the scope of what their motives could be will help me accept NRS's decisions more.

Anyways, I hope to start posting the first fanfic on here soon!

#mortal kombat #ashrah #reptile #kuai liang #harumi #mk1 #the writers took a decent amount of creative liberties with this game #but i genuinely enjoyed a lot of the changes #yes it's different from any mortal kombat game i've played #but i think that's what i love about it at the same time #i still don't blame anyone who doesn't care for it because the shift in tone for this one was especially drastic #maybe i'm too quick to accept it and need to be more critical/have better standards lmao #i'd just like to keep faith in these writers #i'm sure they knew the risks and decided to take the jump anyways #it's difficult to take an iconic video game precious to several generations and reinvent it without compromising something of its origin #ANYWAYS all this to say i'll be posting a fic on here soon lmao #sorry for the tangent #and again no hate to anyone who still isn't on board with these ships

[elisedonut]

Trans boy Percy can be a lot of fun

just a lot of people have a tendency to make it something he comes out about Pre-canon and that it changes nothing

while I'm over here like I firmly believe that Molly would not have continued having kids if she thought she already had a daughter

and i think she would be annoying as hell about him figuring himself out I just think she would be so disrespectful about it

Molly would be a "but your ruining yourself! you are my baby girl!" while crying type of parent and I believe that in my heart

She would guilt trip Percy like crazy about it while feeling 100% like she's doing the right thing.

Do I think that maybe she would realize after a few years that she's being absolutely terrible? I mean like I would hope so

#percy weasley #Now Post-war Trans-girl Percy finally letting herself be free and no longer caring about what her family thinks? #is amazing and i love that concept #i feel like every non shipping post i could want to make about Percy is one i've already made at this point #ik I've talked about trans!Percy before but im going to do it again #Tw: transphobia #trans!percy weasley #I firmly believe Molly would continue introducing Percy as her daughter im sorry #i just think she would be transphobic i don't think she would spew like truelly heinous things like hoping Percy dies or anything #but i do think she would never respect Percy's pronouns or only respect them when she's happy with him #does this mean i think transboy!Percy can't be done? no obviously not that is dumb you can do whatever you want #its just most depictions i've seen have been very the Weasleys all accept him or at the worst the twins make like one joke and drop it #when i just don't think it would go like that personally #though wish fulfillment is also just a good time so *shrug* #This has been hiding in my drafts for who knows how long so I'm freeing her #molly weasley critical

[strwpup]

in a similar vein to my last post: i can't stop thinking about ludinus not just. killing caleb and beau when he had ample opportunity time and means

and I can't stop thinking about the way they were front and center during the keyleth and vax bait and switch

i severely doubt this is happening but I'm doing pretty good with success rate on theory prophecies recently

i just can't stop thinking about:

1. caleb and beau being specifically kept as bait to lure in their partners and to a logical extent the nein, with the intemt to use them as heavily as he used vax and showing them vividly how well it works

2. caleb being dominate person'd at like ninth level with no way to stop it with the collar [i would love to include beau in this too I'm just not sure anything would stick with stillness of mind. but maybe she'd pretend to keep an eye on things] and him becoming the high level wizard sympathetic villain essek could have been. ESPECIALLY if the wildemount team finds essek in uthodurn for even more parallels. i just think the empire kids deserve to be a little bit uncontrollably evil because that's all i wanted in the somnovem arc and taking away player agency isn't as big of a deal now that they're npcs ♥️

#critical role #my post #critrole #cr spoilers #critrole spoilers #cr3 #c3e51 #caleb widogast #beauregard lionett #empire kids #empire sibs #ludinus da'leth #essek thelyss #zaddies who get possessed by an evil cult together... get possessed by an evil cult together #essek better be in uthodurn with reani and that's the only explanation I'm accepting for why he's not there at this time

[clairenatural]

the only people whose opinions on 10x05 fan fiction i respect are people who were high school theater kids when it aired

#i'll include current high school theater kids watching for the first time too #it was for US specifically ok #the theater kid part is negotiable but the being able to see yourself in those kids part is not #if u didn't like it because you couldn't relate it wasn't for you #if you dont like it even though you were the target audience....i accept your criticism #i'm like half joking btw but also not #it's ok to not like it but i felt seen and validated <3

[ogradyfilm]

Recently Viewed: Re-Animator

[The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!]

Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator (an extremely loose adaptation of a serialized story penned by H. P. Lovecraft) comfortably resides at the intersection of horror and slapstick. The scenario of a zombified corpse carrying its own severed head, for example, wouldn’t feel out of place in a Chuck Jones animated short (albeit a particularly grotesque, macabre one)—though actor David Gale’s talent for nonverbal communication elevates the classic gag (sheer annoyance has never been so palpable).

And no, I won’t elaborate on what exactly that decapitated torso gets up to. If you know, you know.

The true MVP, of course, is young Jeffrey Combs, who is seemingly impervious to the inherent absurdity of the film’s premise, delivering an utterly earnest, straight-faced, unironic performance. In his capable hands, ambitious medical student Herbert West epitomizes arrogance, vanity, and egotism; despite his formidable intellect, the aspiring scientist is neither wise nor self-aware enough to recognize his increasingly obvious madness. Thus, Combs’ unwavering sincerity merely reflects his character’s humorless disposition and unflinching confidence in his academic brilliance—a compelling, insightful, thematically appropriate creative choice.

The movie is hardly flawless; indeed, Arrow’s recent 4K restoration inadvertently exposes some rather lackluster cinematography (flat lighting, bland compositions) that might otherwise have been disguised by the fuzzy grain of a VHS transfer. Such minor blemishes, however, are ultimately inconsequential. The artistic value of a production like Re-Animator is measured not in the quality of its craftsmanship, the structure of its plot, or the depth of its narrative, but in gallons of gore and volume of sleazy subject matter—and on those dubious “merits,” it is an undeniable success.

#Re-Animator #Re Animator #Herbert West #Stuart Gordon #Jeffrey Combs #David Gale #Brian Yuzna #horror #body horror #Arrow Video #film #writing #movie review #originally wrote this for Halloween #never published because I felt it didn't say much of substance #I was way too critical of my own writing while I was unemployed #this is actually fine #at the very least I can accept this level of quality now that I'm working full-time again

[feluka]

THERE i did it. now go vote peony so i won’t have spent 2 hours on nothing

#i'm not accepting criticism at the time thank you <3 #tales of the abyss #my art #peony upala malkuth ix #peonysweep

[aeide-thea]

a while back i made a post (that of course i now won't be able to find) that was like, two really popular (complementary!) fallacies are (1) thinking an experience is universal, when in fact it's specific to one's particular body/psyche/milieu; and (2) thinking an experience is specific to a particular body/psyche/milieu, when in fact it transcends such divisions—

anyway i get that the phrase 'purposelessly cloistral' is fun to sneer but i'm afraid that, like rhetoric about 'touching grass,' i actually think it's both unkind and intellectually unrigorous as analysis. yes, exposure to a broad variety of people is good for you, and can help you realize that positions you've taken for granted aren't shared by everyone; but people tend to cluster into insular echo chambers anywhere they congregate, whether that be in chatrooms or churches or cities, and i'm frankly very tired of this recurrent urge to, like, resurrect middle school ideas of coolness and use them as cudgels. clubbing—of either variety!—doesn't make you a better person.

#you'll also note the 'like this' in the post i'm criticizing‚ which is elusively‚ frustratingly vague as a condemnation— #like *what*‚ you may ask! #but if you have to ask‚ you're obviously not cool enough to be part of the in crowd #god forbid we define our terms and have a conscientiously careful discussion #that's a CLASSROOM standard for NERDS who spend time INDOORS #so if you object to our framing‚ you become exactly the sort of loser we're denigrating! #anyway. some of us are‚ in fact‚ purposelessly cloistral #and frankly deserve better than to get subtweeted with sloppy sneering analyses like this. #like i PROMISE you there are people out there getting warped into absolutely wild shapes by insular environments based on irl socializing #everyone wants to connect! dots! and it's like #sometimes—often‚ even—the real picture is in fact more complex & less binary than yr simplistic dot-connecting urges are allowing for #anyway‚ as with all such rhetoric‚ pushing back at this unavoidably makes me sound like exactly the sort of hothouse loser it skewers #but what can you do? accept that or else be preemptively shamed into silence (which is of course its goal). #✌️