#...stay tuned. possibly | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

Visit Blog

Explore Tumblr blogs with no restrictions, modern design and the best experience.

Fun Fact

The total number of visits Tumblr.com received during January 2021 is 327 million.

#...stay tuned. possibly

futzfuck · 1 month

Text

HEAVY SPOILERS FOR MONKEY MAN!!!! GO WATCH THE MOVIE IF YOU HAVENT ITS REALLY GOOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!

Anyway

I think an overlooked bit in Monkey Man is how bleach is used as imagery and association. Bleach is often use is to remove stains from clothes/surfaces, disinfect things, and just generally clean stuff. I think this plays a lot into the revenge narrative central to the film, as well as offering a comparison/contrast to the villians’ methods of “removing India’s scars”

When the Kid first shows his hands he says they look that way from bleach and chemicals and calls them his CV. Now, without the mention of bleach this scene is still impactful within context, bc the Kid is indirectly saying that his life is defined by his trauma and the death of his mother (and maybe even his inability to save her). Hands are also a reoccurring symbol throughout the film in an of themselves. But back to bleach. I think mentioning bleach is important bc it depicts bleach as corrosive and something higher ups don’t want to engage in. “Give me the job no one wants to do, and ill do it.” No one at Kings wants what the Kid wants, and no one there is willing to cleanse the city and the establishment of its own corruption.

There’s also the fact that Kid’s pseudonym comes from the brand of bleach he uses at his job. By naming himself after the bleach he uses, Kid associates himself with an aggressive way of cleansing, which is kinda the whole message of Monkey Man as a narrative. It’s telling that the closest thing to a conventional name we have for the Kid just reinforces his purpose within the story.

Finally, the Kid bleaches his monkey mask before he goes to Kings for the final act. I think this is symbolic of him stripping away his persona of “Kong” that he used as a fighter from the mask, replacing it with the identity of Hanuman he has come to inhabit. The lighter fur looks more like the fur Hanuman is shown to have throughout the movie, both in the children’s book and the puppet in the stage play. It could also symbolize the Kid “cleansing his mind” of what remains from before he was saved by the hijras, and fully embracing his purpose.

Am i thinking about this way to much? Obviously but i don’t care bc its fun lol. Love this movie.

#monkey man #monkey man 2024 #mobile tumblr #tags are so stupid #i just be saying shit #dev patel #bleach #symbolism #i hate tagging #its so annoying #now im gonna think about the significance and symbolism of the heeled shoe and what that all means #stay tuned for that maybe #will this movie make me read the entire ramayana?#it’s entirely possible

377 notes · View notes

bbeelzemon · 9 months

Text

as time goes on im realizing that describing your gender is tbh kinda similar to the naming of jellicle ca- hey wait no stay with me for a second here okay. im holding your hands and looking directly into your eyes now. listen to me. i have a public facing gender. a more specific and personal gender that i can share with my closest friends and family. and an innermost unique gender that only i can ever truly know. gender is just like a jellicle cats

#i thought i made this post before but after 3 seconds of searching i didnt find it so im rewriting it #entirely possible i wrote it in a note app as opposed to posting it #anyway stay tuned im gonna reblog this with the naming of cats but edited for gender lol #yes it will probably be cringe ✌️ dont care #ohh you know what i bet its in my tumblr drafts somewhere. oops too late already rewrote it oh well

474 notes · View notes

chirpsythismorning · 18 days

Text

Fun fact: In the original pitch for Stranger Things, El had a little brother.

After being rejected by almost 20 studios for the Montauk pilot, the Duffers were finally green-lit by Netflix. It was at this time that they began casting and then writing the first season officially, which included reworking a lot of that first episode.

This led to the removal of the brother reference, and with it, removing any sort of arc El could have had about her apparent brother.

But the thing about this moment, is that it might not have been scrapped entirely...

Going into the final season, no one can explain why or how El recognized Will back in 1x02. And while there are plenty of things on the show that are left unexplained, with a small portion likely left that way with the intention to uncover it later, what sets this moment apart from the rest is that there are very few possibilities here.

Because for starters, the story presents El's ability to see people in the void in s1 as requiring either a picture of that person for reference, or having met that person before.

But when El see's this picture of Will, she's never met him before. Or maybe she has, but we wouldn't know because they never showed us. They could have just not done this scene at all, given that it's clearly a copy/paste/edit of something scrapped from the pitch. Or they could have even still included it, but explained it.

One explanation could be that the lab had shown El a picture of Will before, similar to what they did with the Russian agent they wanted to spy on. But then that begs to question, why would the lab show El a picture of Will? Why would they want to see what he was doing? That alone is incriminating in and of itself, implying that Will is more connected to the lab than we realize.

The only other, and frankly most likely explanation, would be that El stumbled across Will at some point on her journey between escaping the lab and Will going missing. This is actually something that happens in The Other Side comic, which explores all the things Will may have experienced during his time in the Upside Down.

Though it’s worth noting the comics aren’t technically canon, and I highly doubt they would outright spoil everything in relation to Will’s time there, years before it was intended to be revealed. But still, let's humor this for a moment given that I do think Will's time in the UD is going to be very relevant in s5, which means it's highly likely they will finally address how exactly El saw him.

Basically, in the comic, Will see’s El walking through the woods, almost apparition like, glowing as she passes by, while also sporting the Benny’s burgers shirt. This means they would have crossed passed within a short span of time, between when El escaped Benny’s when the agents arrived, but before she was found by the boys.

Though it’s worth noting that we’re seeing this all from Will’s perspective. This means from the UD, Will was capable of seeing El on the other side, despite them being on different sides. And not only that, but she also looks back at him.

What confuses me about this, is that it doesn’t make sense for El to be in the woods, only to randomly decide to pop in to the void for a moment. She was trying to escape the lab and everything that came with it. I doubt she had any desire to lurk back there for some reason, not until someone encouraged her to. Not to mention, it would make no sense for her to go there and see Will if she wasn't even looking for him in the first place. And so this would mean Will and El could see each other, with Will being in the UD, and El being on the other side.

While it does seem pretty far off, given that you would think Will and El wouldn't be able to see each other from different sides, it is true in the story that El not only recognizes Will, but knows that he is in danger. She mentions that he is hiding specifically.

Which means she has likely seen him within the last 24 hours regardless.

This, in combination with Will being able to respond to El in the void at the end of the season in Castle Byers, when no one else outside of Terry and flayed-Billy have been able to, seems to imply that there is indeed something special about Will that makes him capable of communicating with El from the UD. Not only that, but El also seems to have an ability to be in this constant knowing state of how Will is doing, without even checking again to confirm. She's just certain of it. And she seems terrified about it.

Going forward, El never uses a picture of Will to find him. She never did. And more often than not, they don’t show us what she see’s either, not until the very end. And that’s the moment they reveal that he was able to communicate with her.

Again, there was really no reason to have El recognize Will. If anything it complicates things. But the fact that they chose to introduce this concept, with a scene from the original pitch that was related to El’s younger brother, with her pointing at his name cryptically, startling Benny, only to revamp it and have El not say anything at all while pointing at the picture of Will, startling Mike… It just really makes you stop and think.

Which brings me to the other aspect of this that might have people doubting, which is that El’s brother was originally younger than her.

We know Will is not younger than El, so how could this apply to him?

Well, it might be helpful to consider that in the original script, El was actually 10 years old, while the boys were always 12. Meaning that for some reason, they decided to age her up to the age of the boys, aka the same age as Will…

Ever since @erikiara80 shared this brother discovery with me, I have been sort of reeling. It then led to other little discoveries of changes they made between Montauk and Stranger Things.

It’s important to understand that the Montauk bible and the original script precedes what we ended up with in the final product, with it finally changing and evolving months, maybe even a year since that original vision. Even casting occurred before writing started for the first season. We know this because casting announcements were made in June and August of 2015, with writing not starting until August going into early 2016, simultaneously while they were filming.

And believe it or not, what I've discovered is that a lot of the changes they made between their original plans and what we see in the final product, have to do with not only Willel, but also Byler.

If you've read the original script for Montauk, you'll know that Mike's crush on Jennifer Hayes was focused on right from the jump, along with the birthmark on his face being focused on, which was the main cause of the bullying he experienced.

This has actually been talked about recently, and some of the claims people make do fit with what I am genuinely starting to consider here, which is that the initial plan for what makes Mike an outcast shifted.

I think when they completed casting, and started actually deep diving into what they wanted this world to look like, both from a short-term and long-term standpoint, they were presented with some pretty interesting discoveries, arguably already hiding in their initial plans without realizing it.

And this is where it sort of becomes a 'chicken or the egg' situation. Because which one came first? Byler or Willel?

I can't say for certain, because obviously this is all just speculation. But in the case that Willel came first, I think Byler would come very naturally after that.

The Duffers themselves are twins. Then they hire Noah, who is a twin. Then they're thinking and planning for El's past and how her family all fits into this, and they're thinking... wait a damn minute... We could totally Star Wars this bitch!

And then when they think it couldn't get any better, they uncover another layer that they hadn't planned or really considered in their initial plans.

While Will was always going to have sexual identity issues according to the Montauk bible, meaning that the writing process for him likely involved sitting down imagining scenarios that encapsulated this arc for Will from the beginning, they were simultaneously now finding very interesting aspects of Mike's character that made it hard not to at least consider the possiblity that Mike is not exactly straight.

Just think about it. The Byers and Wheelers are basically polar opposites on the spectrum of what a family looks like. While Will's discovery and acceptance of his queerness is interesting to explore because he comes from a low-income, single-mom household, all while having been bullied for years based on his perceived queerness, he also has a mother and brother constantly reinforcing that they will accept him no matter what. They've been sort of hitting us over the head with it for years, and so it wouldn't be very satisfying for his entire arc to merely lead up to something we've known all along. It's pretty much a given at this point.

On the other side of the spectrum, Mike comes from a more upper-middle class family at the end of a cul-de-sac, more aligned with what a nuclear family looks like. Mike's family is also presented as being more conservative, and while Karen does give that very queer-coded speech to Mike in s1 (I'm convinced they only wrote this after deciding to explore queer-coding more heavily with Mike), it also comes with comments from Ted and even still Karen that hint that they are probably not as open-minded and accepting as Will's family is to him. Which means Mike's arc would be a lot more about acceptance around him from his loved ones who we have been led to believe might not be as accepting of his queerness in contrast to Will.

And so as they're putting this story together, and they're being presented with something very interesting. Two similar experiences that play out in different ways because of the characters circumstances.

Will goes missing, and his twin sister with a buzzcut pops up and has the ability to help them find Will.

This leads to several moments where El is being compared to as not only a boy, but Will as well.

Now suddenly, their initial plans to have Mike's arc be about having a girl be interested in him and to hopefully have his first kiss and feel like less of a loser, starts to look a lot like what the experience a queer kid in his position might encounter growing up in the environment that he did.

And if you don't want to take my word for it, just hear the Duffer's themselves hinting at what they initially planned for Mike and the fact that it changed.

The changes don't stop there.

Believe it or not, 'It was a seven', did not exist in the initial pitch. When the boys went outside bickering over Nancy, they leave right after that.

Another thing that changed from the first script, was Scott Clarke's introduction:

And so you might be thinking, who cares? What does that have to do with anything?

Well, it's interesting because the line we end up with on the show is arguably one of the most on the nose Twelvegate proofs to date. Mind you, this is from the first episode:

Why chuck the original version, which was arguably more interesting and fascinating in terms of it hinting at the mysteriousness surrounding this story, only to replace it with him listing off tips about their upcoming test?

Well, I think it's the irony of it all. Here Mr. Clarke is practically telling us where to look to figure stuff out for ourselves what is going on, with all the kids filing out and ignoring him...

I relate to Scott a litttle too much in this shot here, any time I try to drop Willel evidence.

And the changes go on, as they obviously would.

Things like Terry Ives not even being El's mom, but actually a man who more so aligns with the characterization of Murray.

And one very interesting one I almost overlooked was in Hopper's introduction, where instead of a kids drawing done by who we assume to be Sarah, we actually see a picture on the wall of him and his wife and daughter... Interesting that they decided to switch it something that is a lot less definitive in presenting what Hopper's past looked like...

If you've made it this far, congratulations.

If you still think I'm out of my mind, just remember that El was going to have a brother in the original script, but they scrapped the scene and gave a near identical one to introduce her connection to Will instead 😘

#byler #stranger things #willel twins #twelvegate #montauk #as you can see #i am out of my mind #and i'm okay with that #i've spent the last couple months trying to make a video going over all the willel twin evidence #and i can't decide if it's even possible to do without going over an hour #like there is just so much shit that fits too perfectly into this family being ripped apart by mind control and time shenanigans #i hope to have it done soon #trying to make it less than 20 minutes #but it's probably going to end up being closer to an hour #especially with this stuff from the montauk pitch being added to the mix now #anyways #willel and byler are the curtain behind the curtain #if you are open to one of them #you are bound to stumble across the other #and they don't want that to happen #stay tuned for the inevitable twin imagery to continue in s5 related to willel leading up to the big reveal #bc it's arguably the most consistent thing about this damn show #and tbh this all just makes the queer-coding for mike in s1 a lot more concrete to me #them exploring will's queerness through his dad's expectations for him to do more 'manly' things like play baseball #and jonathan saying he shouldn't like things just bc people telll him he's supposed to #how they connect that narratively with the boys being at a baseball field when mike's being pressured about his supposed feelings for el #with the bullies showing up and literally being homophobic seconds later #the fact that jennifer hayes did in fact exist in the original pilot and was the girl mike had a crush on #only for them to scrap that and just make it about her having a crush on will...#never once introducing this idea of mike liking her...

113 notes · View notes

sapphicseasapphire · 27 days

Note

More time questions from me, but it seems like I’m not the only one who loves this god. Who are his and malons kids, ( I know you mentioned he had eight… which my god that’s a whole nother post ) whats there name are they like do they know that there dad is like a god,

Good question!

Actually, the eight kids I mentioned in the original character sheets were meant to be the rest of the Chain. You know, because he feels responsible for him and will (eventually) see them all as his boys. (Except Four, but they’re still his kid, as far as he’s concerned.) Although now, the with addition of Ravio and a secret other one, we can boost that number up to ten. Or, depending on how you’re looking around it, thirteen.

As for his biological children, I’m thinking of giving him and Malon twins first, and then a younger third baby. I’m very heavily considering Time’s children already being born by the time he meets the Cryptid Chain so I’ve actually been doing a lot of thinking on this recently! I’m still on the fence about it, though. But his twin girls and little son will happen eventually, and that’s a promise.

Thanks for asking!

#the legend of zelda #chain as cryptids au #i answered question #cryptid time #I’m being vague on purpose because I don’t know if I want to commit to the kids being born already #let me know what you think #also????#another Link???#maybe possibly????#stay tuned haha #links meet au

35 notes · View notes

bayporwave · 2 months

Text

Before the students left Rek, the rakii had been in the process of developing their own AI. At first they were gifted such intelligence by the students, providing washed-down copies of themselves to add to their tech and craft management. But when the need for more personalized AI and general curiosity arose, they went to work, using the student provided AI as a base or reference point. From there, three types of AI sprouted off these projects: • Student AI - Highly valuable, practical holy relics of what remains of the students. These are "purest" AI and are strictly held within Iot's control, only able to function off student tech. There are only 4 existing and 2 remain within the Idle Library. These AI are again, much more watered-down and while are fairly sentient they aren't 100% sapient.

• Hybrid or Steward AI - A mix between student and rakii coding. Since rakii couldn't exactly copy paste the student AI's themselves, what was given, they managed add on it. These AI were specialized and trained to understand the workings of rakii history, and language, while also being able to work on both student and rakii devices. They are still held under Iot control but with special permission, they can be granted to important government official or funded servers. These AI are a tad more self-aware, understanding their purpose and history just fine.

• Factotum AI - Completely rakii made and trained AI. With little to no student involvement, these AI are either standard algorithmic run assistants or commercially used for things like personal computers, phones, self-driven vehicles (mainly rail cars and public transit) or vending machines. Not ALL devices have AI of course, as the general public have a lot of mixed feelings towards, not such distain but prefer to be the only one in control of their tools. On the upside, they are heavily regulated and lack any possibility for self-awareness or sapience. The ones displayed here are two steward AI named Wyrr'Yoii (left) and Booror (right). Wyrr'Yoii is currently housed on the lunar settlement, Wubu maintaining life support and security, taking the avatar of a temperate. They were handed over to the rakii aerospace committee by Iot, which is heavily funded by the city for the investment of seeking out their missing gods. Wyrr'Yoii is described to be standardly monotone and critical, yet easy-going and understanding. They know exactly where their functionally lies and are always willing to lookout for the inhabitants within them. They have long-range communication with ground control, and furthest orbiting station in their system, "The Needle of Shwati" (A Wubu settler checking in with Wyrr'Yoii)

Booror, is housed within an arctic government building in the Shto Dominion hence taking an arctic avatar. Having accepted trading offers and territory with Iot, they were later granted a steward to keep purpose tabs and documents on community. Ensuring those higher up are up-to-date with any possible trading changes. Though the general public are often wary of this development as recently there has been a project in the works of providing AI with RC units, wanting to see how these AI can interact with the physical world. One unit being an elaborate success, however the reactions of many were generally, "It looks creepy." and it became more of an underground project. (Cartographer Wa'chaa "Quiibii" Iot, speaking with Saiba in their RC unit)

#rakii #sci fi #alien #aliens #spec evo #possibly the longest info dump I've ever made woo #my bf had come up with some interesting ideas for rakii display tech too #stay tuned

40 notes · View notes

skeletondoggy · 1 year

Photo

GUESS WHO’S BACK BABY!!!!

AFTER SO MANY YEARS, THE MATADOR COSPLAY HAS FINALLY BEEN REPAIRED!!!! It took a lot of work to get it all the way back up to snuff, but so happy to share it again and be walking around!!!

I’LL BE WEARING THIS FOR FANIME THIS WEEKEND SO IF YOU SEE ME PLEASE SAY HI! REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO WEAR THIS AGAIN!!! WILL BE POSTING MORE PICS THROUGH THE WEEK LOVE YOU GUYS

#ZACK DOES COSPLAY #SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI #AAAAAUUUUUUIIIIII ITS BEEN FOREVER IVE BEEN WANTING TO REPAIR IT FOR YEARS LMAO #SADLY lost some parts but still was able to save the jacket and the hat so that's the biggest part...!!!#LOVE YOU GUYS IM HAPPY I GET TO SHARE THIS AGAIN #Also...now with cosplay materials finally back in hand...possibly some summer fun ahead....stay tuned!!!!!!!

120 notes · View notes

thewormsdontstop · 30 days

Text

Iris as that sprite of Juniper Woods knitting

She's making Feenie's sweater, scarf, and another scarf inspired by the sweater

Here's that sprite of Juniper:

And transparents of those Irises:

#fanart #ace attorney #iris of hazakura temple #ace attorney iris #juniper woods #digital art #my art #op #the worm draws #sorry if the knitting is not super accurate lol i tried to draw it as close to the original sprite as possible #stay tuned bc im drawing more sprite swaps 👀#one of iris and maya and one of maya and pearl #sprite edit

22 notes · View notes

qwerzet · 2 years

Text

biblically accurate waylon park (buzzfeed unsolved reject host included in package)

#waylon park #miles upshur #outlast #outlast whistleblower #outlast fanart #getting their appearances as accurate as possible for a little project of mine #stay tuned!

458 notes · View notes

nattaphum · 11 months

Text

Mile x Guerlain - feeling good 💚

#THIS MUSIC MAKES HIM EVEN HOTTER #IF POSSIBLE #STAY TUNED FOR MORE #OKAY #kinnporsche #mile phakphum #mile x guerlain

71 notes · View notes

oohbuggypie · 2 months

Note

I'd like to see your take on arans snes design!

~ fan-mans

CHARLIEE this is perfectly in time for St. Patty's Day 🩷 unfortunately this isn't anything teww exciting as i drew this like 10 minutes before i knocked tf out buuut here's a redraw of SNES Aran in my style !!

both uncolored and colored versions bcuz in case u didn't know , it's a rlly bad idea to try n color in three separate forms of lighting 😭

AGAIN SRRY THAT THIS ISNT AS EXCITING AS IT COULD BE , PERHAPS LATER IN HONOR OF HIS DAY I WILL DOODLE HIM IN A SILLY SCENARIO ! STILL HOPE U ENJOY IT 🩷🩷

#super punch out #punch out!!#punch out #aran ryan #ask answered #dewdlebug #I HAVE AN IDEAAA THAT I WANNA DOOO BUT GAS IS RUNNING LOW RN IM LIKE ETERNALLY DROWSY SO IDK IF ILL DO IT OR NOT BUT STAY TUNED POSSIBLY ..#SNES Aran looks So . Shaped ... THE LACK OF EYEBROWS IS SO FRIGHTENING but its okay we can still love him 🩷#hmm looking at it a little more i think i kinda made him look more like his PO!! Wii counterpart .. like they merged or smthn #THAT WOULD BE SUUUCHH A LOOK LORD

16 notes · View notes

minecraft-steve · 7 months

Text

so there's a community for cvs on here??? i would love to make some friends who get it lol

#cyclic vomiting syndrome #possible gastroparesis as well #got an appointment with a specialist coming up so stay tuned!

31 notes · View notes

rebouks · 1 year

Text

Previous | Next

Transcript:

[Wyatt flinches as Courtney’s palm collides with his cheek, though realises he should have expected as much]

Courtney: Sorry doesn’t cut it! What the hell is wrong with you?! Wyatt: I don’t know! It’s not like I want to be-… Courtney: You literally have no idea, do you?

Wyatt: I do! I just wanted to explain. Oscar: You’ve got ten seconds before I launch you down those fucking stairs. Wyatt: Uhm-.. what’s his name?

Oscar: Yeah, no. Wyatt: I never would’ve done it if I knew, why didn’t you say anything? Courtney: I didn’t know…

Oscar: It’s fucked up either way! Wyatt: I sent you somewhere you’d be safe on purpose, I-… Courtney: [scoffs] Safe-.. and what about everyone else, tough luck?

Wyatt: That’s not-.. Ash didn’t exactly tell me the whole truth, I thought they’d work for him. Oscar: Come off it, you could’ve guessed as much. Wyatt: I guess I ignored it because-.. well, I won’t bore you with the why; but I know it was wrong.

Oscar: Yet you carried on regardless. Wyatt: I’ve tried to put things right. I came here for your sake, not mine; if you’d let me explain everything. Courtney: [sighs] Half an hour, max.

…

Wyatt: I’m not here for absolution. You started all this; I figured you deserved the whole story, and now you have it. Courtney: I could’ve handled Dale, you shouldn’t have-… Wyatt: You don’t know that, men like him-…

Oscar: Men like you. Wyatt: It’s true that I don’t experience emotion the same as others-.. it makes it easier to do terrible things, but there’s a reason behind every decision I make. I do have morals, they’re just extremely easy to ignore. In the future, I-…

Oscar: [scoffs] The future, as if you’ve got one. Courtney: Oscar, we can’t… [Oscar glares at Wyatt, then Courtney; returning the look, she motions toward the kitchen]