#From Among the Dead

[scenephile]

Somewhere in here, I was born, and there I died.

#vertigo #alfred hitchcock #Kim Novak #james stewart #psychological thriller film #D'entre les morts #From Among the Dead #scenephile #movie quotes #film quotes #movie scenes #movie scene #film scene

[thebramblewood]

An Ill-Fated Afterparty: Part II

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Lilith: Goodness, I feel so exposed now.

Helena: Oh, don't play shy all of a sudden.

Lilith: It'd help if we got you out of that dress. Now... where did we leave off?

Helena: Oh, we're going straight for the neck. You're really committed to this vampire shtick, huh? And I'm weirdly kind of... into it? [laughs nervously] Lilith, I think that's enough. You might actually be drawing blood. [attempts to pull away] Give it a rest now, okay? I said stop, Lilith! LILITH, STOP! Lilith?...

Lilith: Helena? Wake up, Helena! Shit! Fuck! No, no, no! Not now! Not yet! Oh, god, what have I done? CALEB!!!

#ts4 #sims 4 #sims 4 story #ts4 story #simblr #story: hzid #sim spice #nonconsent tw #blood tw #injury tw #violence tw #horror tw #death tw #dead body tw #gif warning #lilith is definitely the bad guy here #but she also feels like she unwillingly lost control #(this is a big debate among vampires #someone like caleb would argue that his decision to abstain from feeding on humans is proof they still have free will #while others would say their bloodlust is a compulsion they're helpless not to act on #lilith falls into whatever camp is convenient at the moment) #she absolutely didn't mean for this to happen so soon (if only because she wanted to keep toying with helena a little longer) #but the consequences of her impulsiveness have arrived #(btw i was playing with relight this whole time #it's not super obvious bc it took me forever to figure out #but the 7th picture here was my aha moment) #helena zhao #lilith vatore

[adventure-showdown]

What is your favourite Doctor Who story?

TOURNAMENT MASTERPOST

synopses and propaganda under the cut

Blink

Synopsis

In an abandoned house, the Weeping Angels wait. The only hope to stop them is a young woman named Sally Sparrow and her friend Larry Nightingale. The only catch: the Weeping Angels can move in the blink of an eye. To defeat the ruthless enemy — with only a half of a conversation from the Tenth Doctor as help — the one rule is this: don't turn your back, don't look away and don't blink!

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

City of Death

Synopsis

While taking in the sights of Paris in 1979, the Fourth Doctor and Romana sense that someone is tampering with time. Who is the mysterious Count Scarlioni? Why does he seem to have counterparts scattered through time? And just how many copies of the Mona Lisa did Leonardo da Vinci paint?

Propaganda

even if your not a classic who fan, you have seen moments from this, “wonderful butler, he’s so violent”, “youre a beautiful woman, probably”, “if you wanted an omelette I’d expect to find a pile of broken crockery, a cooker in flames, and an unconscious chef”. The location shooting, iconic, the music, iconic, the plot, so iconic I was once watching something (non doctor who) that referenced it as a fake historical event. Dare I say duggan is the greatest side character of all time. Romana’s outfit, the design of scaroth, the implication time lords can fly. it’s not my favourite overall, but its damn near close, it deserves AT LEAST the semi finals, AT LEAST. If you’ve not seen it or any classic who, go watch it, its so good, one of the best of the era. Also, how could I forget, the most watched episode on broadcast out of all of doctor who, including new who. (yes it was because itv was off the air due to strikes, but im glad its this episode that holds the record) (anonymous)

#listen up everyone #anyone voting blink (who hasn't seen city of death) is dead to me #the happiness patrol i could forgive because it wasn't finals material for me #city of death is #city of death is among the classic who stories of all time #round 7 #city of death is so so good #i don't actually know if i can put it into words #just all of it #i would say at least 50% of the iconic 4th doctor lines are from this story #duggan is the greatest character in anytihng ever #THEY SHOT ON LOCATION IN PARIS #and oh my god the music #im not one to remember expecially classic who soundtracks #but city of death's is just that good #romana's out fit #all of it #its genuinely so so good #if you've not seen it i encourage you to go and watch it right now #i can almost promise you won't regret it

[densitywell]

Marisha's comment about how Relvin is one of those parents who ended up with a child they didn't know what to do with really gets to the heart of it, i think, and is such a good way to tie the fantasy element of Imogen's powers into things more tangible. because there are really a lot of parents like Relvin in real life, who have a child with the person they're happily married to and never expect to be left alone with the kid. or who expect a ""normal"" (read: cisgender and heterosexual, able-bodied, relatively neurotypical and obedient, etc.) child and end up with one who's ""difficult"", who demands more or different of them than what they believe they signed up for. and that's not entirely entitlement on a parent's part- many cultures' common frameworks of parenthood and child-rearing do not include space for these children. it makes sense that Relvin was unprepared. raising any child is difficult, and raising a child whose needs you were never taught how to accommodate, who the world is so cruel to, is even more challenging.

and yet. and yet, the person who bears the brunt of the harm in these situations will always be the child. they're the ones who have to live every moment of how the world treats them, without the support that their parent is supposed to provide them. and when asked to care for his child even when she turned out to be ""difficult"", Relvin couldn't. for entirely sympathetic reasons, of course. he tried, in his own way. i don't think he's a bad guy. but he's let his own broken heart bleed onto his daughter. he hasn't been able to give her much else.

#imogen temult #critical role #cr #cr3 #like it's really sad what happened to relvin we all know this. but seeing how dani scrambled over herself last night #to clarify that she DOESN'T think relvin is an awful person just bc she thinks he's a shitty dad made me feel for her so much bc like. #sometimes the Posts. about him. feel a little “why do bash dead beat dads but never question if the kid has bad vibes.” so. #especially in comparison to liliana who is 1. worse than relvin 2. still sympathetic 3. more interesting to a nearly comical degree #and while he gets so much sympathy On Here ppl mostly post abt her to wish for her death or call her a bitch. so! #parenting talk is a minefield bc some ppl resent the idea that a child deserves anything more from a parent than basic needs being met #and refuse to include emotional needs among them. so like idk if that's your thing i don't rlly give a shit man #crposting

[nightlight-stardust-and-rain]

Ah, I love him.

It's just - kind, you know? Mister ratman here has very probably not tasted a hot beverage for years, much less tea (he is British) and the can says "ship's tea". This is probably the exact tea that's standard for airmen, the kind that was probably a bit of a comfort drink, that mister ratman hasn't had in years! It's just nice! Everyone's so awed and bewildered by the discovery of ✨ancient ruins✨, but Higgs' very first action is make tea for everyone because everyone needs it but this rat guy probably needs it more........ You really do need non-spark characters! Obviously I'm not saying Agatha's not kind. She's just not very down to earth.

#girl genius #axel higgs #Dripping stardust #Plus as a Jager he probably knows what it's like to be stranded without decent food or drinks in an hostile environment #Jfc rat guy has been living like that among extreme danger for years? Surprised he's not dead from stress

[urfavsherlockholmeskinnie]

Squad is playing Among Us

Regulus: I believe Remus is innocent, I was with him the whole time. James , what were you doing?

James : Oh, I was just murdering… I mean, nothing!

#james potter #regulus black #remus lupin #jegulus #starchaser #sunseeker #marauders era #marauders #the marauders #dead gay wizards #dead gay wizards from the 70s #gay dead wizards #among us #incorrect quotes #james being james

[chemicallywrit]

Happy Audio Drama Sunday! Last one of the year! There are so many amazing shows I listened to this year--Gastronaut, Kakos Industries, Madame Magenta, Dungeons & Daddies, Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later, Bronzeville, Deviser, Ghosts in the Burbs, The Silt Verses, Fall of the House of Sunshine, The Ballad of Anne and Mary, Eliza: A Robot Story, Eeler's Choice, Hemophobia--this list isn't even comprehensive! But here is what stood out to me this week. (As always, some spoilers follow.)

🦸‍♂️ I've had Superhuman Public Radio on my radar for a while, but I finally got a chance to listen to it this week. For lack of a better way of putting it, the structural integrity of this show is flawless. It sounds exactly like listening to NPR, and it's funny and clever with some really incredible worldbuilding. It's everything I like about listening to local news without the stress of it being local news that affects me. I love it.

✨ I'm also new to Breathing Space, but the Firefly vibes are off the charts. I love any story that is basically just Anticapitalists in Space, but the western vibes of this really make the stories hit home. I especially liked S1E2, "A Rat Among Falcons," because who doesn't love a scruffy nobody being incorporated into a found family? S1E5, "The Salvage of the Valentina Tereshkova" was also a really excellent space horror story. I can't wait to see what they do next. And that theme song tho, right??

❤️‍🩹 @thefringespod has been making incredible use of their new full cast, and I love the twist that this season is driving home--it's not a story presented to you, the listener, it's a tragedy that the mute second character is helping to undo. The softness of the family that Pine Gonzalez spent the whole first season describing comes through beautifully in the work of the actors.

🌊 Modes of Thought In Anterran Literature is always a little bit unnerving, but this week our professor faced the horrors of...rich people. Like, REALLY rich people. "You're already paying for private security?" Absolutely chilling conversations. There was a headline this week about a bunch of Silicon Valley millionaires trying to start a utopia in the desert, which works great all the time of course, and I thought of Anterra, tearing itself apart, and about the professor, who doesn't exactly make great choices, tearing himself apart too.

🐺 Things are getting very scary on Palimpsest! Is this a werewolf season?? It is VERY gothic, which is fun in a Jazz Age setting. It feels incongruous, which just adds to the horror. The quiet build of Palimpsest never disappoints me.

📦 Bless those children on @storiesfromylelmore, they're so darn good. ItMe has always been excellent at writing along the span of human nature, and seeing them do it with the three kids in Stories from Ylelmore is wonderful. Of course, a lot of the credit has to go to ItMe's flawless line delivery too. The kids feel very real, even while they're delivering magical packages from a bookstore to the head of the local witch coven.

🐦 The Amelia Project's Twelve Days of Christmas thing has been so funny. I half hope we never find out who's tormenting Alvina. The only downside is that now I have the song stuck in my head constantly, and seeing that it's like, the second-worse Christmas song, this is a problem. The show's worth it, though.

🕯️ What should appear in my podcatcher this morning but the second episode of Flickers! I was intrigued by that first episode, and this second one is really bringing home the isolationist horror. I can't wait for the next installment.

👽 Among the Stars and Bones is coming back! It's coming back this month! This is one of my all-time favorite sci-fi shows, everyone, if you're not on board yet then GET WITH IT, because this next season is guaranteed to blow your mind.

That's what I've been listening to! Here's what's going on with me:

🧟‍♀️ The Dead has been posting episodes from its second series, Ephemeris, which I wish we could have spent more time on, because the premise is so good. Zombies. In. Space. My gosh. David Ault and Kayla Temshiv in particular are killing it on this story. It'll be a few weeks before our next story premiers, but I'm REALLY excited about that one. Tune in!

Finally, the most important news...

💚Inn Between Returns on Wednesday!🏹

AAAAAAAAAAAAA

I am THRILLED about season five. The cast is killer, the story is fantastic, everyone's bringing their A-game, and I can't wait for you to hear it.

That's all for me! Happy New Year everyone!

(If you like what I do, I'd love it if you could send me a ko-fi! Especially since my car just frikkin. Died. So rude of it. Thanks!)

#superhuman public radio #breathing space podcast #tales from the fringes #modes of thought in anterran literature #palimpsest #stories from ylelmore #the amelia project #flickers podcast #among the stars and bones #the dead podcast #inn between #audio drama sunday #audio drama #audio fiction #fiction podcast

[mindshelter]

Its calls didn't overlap with any other whales. It spoke in a mixed dialect, reminiscent of blue and fin whales, but it was talking to neither of them.

52 Blue: The loneliest whale in the world BY LESLIE JAMISON // spider-man 2099 (1992) #4 // Inside the Nail-Biting Quest to Find the 'Loneliest Whale' BY PAKINAM AMER // spider-man 2099 (1992) #10

#me when it coheres!!!!!!!! #gabriel o'hara #miguel o'hara #conchata o'hara #no tagging dana. who cares #this ain't about her #marvel comic blogging #anyway also please do not take this post to be disparaging towards gabriel. i hope the point that comes across is that among #three abuse survivors who have suffered in distinctly different ways all attempts at clear and open communication are failing #and in miguel's case he is sounding out at a frequency neither his brother or mother can hear or can hear and are not trying to understand #and that's due to resentment whether justified or not #for gabriel... #his behaviour is not perfect because he is coming from a place of extraordinary hurt and he also lacks the full story #anyhow. the tragedy here despite no one being dead. george left behind ruins

[seafoam-taide]

so the thing with slay the princess is the shifting mound calls the protagonist a passive player but in essence they are the only one in this little pocket of universe with any agency or ability to act which is in part bc of their role as vessel for the player but also because that is their role. the problem is that the protagonist has no goal. they are an entirely fresh person who does not know any of this? does not have a purpose. they are the long quiet because that is what they were made to be but that isn't an identity that is a role and one that is undefined. and there is the narrator, a fixed, unchanging agent meant to provide this purpose, except the shifting mound has one too, and needs the agency of the protagonist to complete it's purpose. everything depends on the only one in this whole thing that can make the choice to change because the shifting mound calls them passive but it is entirely at their whims and must plead its case in the face of the one person who can do anything about this entire situation and it's nature is reaction, not action, built on impressions molded by the protagonist. everything hinges on them and yet the most they have is echoes of motivation and ideas that are themselves built on the ideas fed to them . and all they know is this recursive loop of information . there is nothing to define the protagonist but the incomplete beings, ideas, that make up their surrounding. the protagonist is made up of the perceptions and thoughts and ideas of the echo that is the narrator and the shifting mound itself and the plan is for this person who's only memories and ideas of existence are of the princess and revolve around the shifting mound's intentions to somehow kill a being that is only what it is perceived? the narrator's origin split a god in half then made it so those two halves would only know each other could only know each other and expected this to result in erasure??? did he not think a practically newly created entire whole person would not be curious and would not grow like a person would.

#tide of consciousness #idk its late i think tooo much abt this game i love themes #if ur wondering abt the pronouns for the protagonist its very simple #i took one look at them and used my mega ultra projection blast which among many things includes queering of the gender #anyway this is just like hollow knight #vessel meant to contain and kill the god trapped within it but is ultimately shaped by the expectations and doomed to fail from the start #the long quiet isnt a person and the god it was part of before is long dead and the protagonist who is the long quiet but doesnt have a nam #like the princess to the shifting mound except not quite that either #im normal. whatever #slay the princess #slay the princess spoilers #me when my favorite character in the video game isnt technically a character and instead is the suggestion of one

[americassoldierboy]

#the wolf among us #the walking dead #sam and max #tales from the borderlands #guardians of the galaxy #game of thrones

[s1ithers]

wish i knew the forgotten realms lore better...how am i meant to make my little ocs in this state of ignorance

#i'm so interested in how people relate to the gods in this world which is sort of hard to glean from the wiki #thinking abt those notes in the ilmater temple - 'even bhaal has things to teach us 😔🙏' otoh but the absolute cult is 'heresy' #like who decides that? what does heresy /mean/ in this polytheistic setup where each god's cult seems to p much do their own thing #& it seems like even among the good-aligned gods ppl tend to pick one to hitch their wagon to in a pretty committed way #what does polytheism mean to the average joe in this world #i need to know #i need to make a little guy about it #wrapped up shadowheart's quest and....idk man! #just going off the lore as presented in bg3 so far it's set up distrust for deities pretty much across the board #like babe is your new cult better? bc they've got angel imagery? i guess so #the whole problem of evil thing - the dead three shar et al being so extant & active in the world makes the (apparently?) more distant #benevolence of good gods pretty limp by comparison #so much of what draws lay people to them seems to be protection from the very real material threat posed by the evil ones? #& at least SH is in a better place to choose than say. the goblins #vast swathes of people just born under a bad sign in this world #i heard somewhere that if you don't get a god to claim your soul for their afterlife it just kind of withers away in limbo for eternity? #kinda fucked up #some protection racket shit dude #being a mortal in FR like you're just a little guy in a precarious cosmological situation aren't u #to be clear none of this is a criticism i think it's very fun & chewy #rife with cosmic horror potential #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #edit: i mean it's a little bit of a criticism in that i don't think the game sells SH's conversion super well #if the intention is just to be like. yay white-hat god good ^_^ #but i don't hate the worldbuilding implications if we take the iffiness as read

[scenephile]

Do you suppose many men wear corsets?

#vertigo #Alfred Hitchcock #james stewart #barbara bel geddes #Scottie #Midge #psychological thriller #From Among the Dead #D'entre les morts #scenephile #movie quotes #film quotes #movie scenes #movie scene #film scene

[designernishiki]

y3 has made me feel many things but one of the things that lingers with me the most about it is how majima takes every possible opportunity and makes every possible gesture to say “please don’t leave me alone again, please take me with you when you leave, I WANT to be right next to you when you need me, I’ll literally do anything for you, just don’t leave me alone again” always indirectly but in strong enough ways that i think it’d be obvious to anyone paying attention EXCEPT Kazuma Kiryu, The Densest Man On Earth, who he’s pleading to in the first place. it’s. frustrating to watch. someone needs to grab kiryu by the shoulders and tell him. for the love of god. this man loves you so much and you keep leaving him when all he wants to do is help you and be with you please just take him to okinawa oh my god

#kazumaji #it’s FRUSTRATING #specifically thinking about the scene in the bar after the pink truck debacle #where majima finally says like. if you’re going to Okinawa to deal with this whole assassination thing or whatever comes up I’m coming #with you. you don’t have a ton of support down there and me and you together are basically unstoppable #pretty much completely outright #and kiryu. the dense stubborn motherfucker he is. is like. i don’t have No One down there I have a few friends (missing the point). I’ll be #fine. I don’t need your help there. you should stay here #I’ll give him some credit because then saying ‘someone has to stay here and keep the Tojo clan from total collapse’ is a good point and it #does mean something that he trusts majima to be that person (especially given I don’t think anyone else on earth would trust him with that) #(despite him being totally capable- you know mad dog persona and all that blah blah blah) #like that’s a good point idk who else would be a good choice to do that considering daigo’s out of commission and who’s even left after that #obviously mine is Sketchy. kashiwagi is (supposedly) dead. everyone else kiryu trusts in the yakuza is dead or injured more or less. #not gonna leave fuckin DATE in charge or something #so. fair enough point. but nonetheless it doesn’t erase the fact that kiryu overlooks what majima means in the grander scheme of things #and still believes first and foremost that he doesn’t need/want his help when he does and he should #he’s just. allergic to making life easier for himself #among other issues #sigh #yakuza 3 #y3 #goro majima #kazuma kiryu #kiryu #majima #rambling

[cerise-on-top]

Heyyy so out of Valeria, Laswell and Farrah, who do you think is the most to freak out over a bug, just kill it or take it outside? Silly ask but yk, thank ya!

Hey there! That is a pretty silly ask! I hope I was able to do it justice!

Valeria, Farah and Laswell Reacting to a Bug

Valeria: She definitely just kills the bug. She doesn’t have the time for something as stupid as some bug and doesn’t really care much for it either. If it was up to her, then all bugs would be dead whenever she comes near them. They’re small pests, doesn’t matter if they’re good for the environment or not. She’ll kill a wasp as much as she’ll kill a ladybug, she doesn’t see any difference in bugs. They’re all stupid, worthless and annoying and are better off dead.

Farah: She takes the bug outside. Farah can appreciate animals. While she may not be the biggest fan of bugs, she doesn’t hate them either. They’re such small creatures in such a big, hateful world. No, she won’t kill them. Although she won’t feel bad for squashing bugs either if she does so by accident. However, they’re usually deserving of life, as long as they aren’t being nuisances. But even then she’ll show them mercy and be nice to them. Besides, some of them look cool. Laswell: I wouldn’t say she freaks out per se, but she does get uneasy around some bugs. She’s been around the world, she’s likely been stung by some wasps or bees and knows that they can be little shits if they feel threatened. Or if they just feel like it. Laswell will flinch a bit whenever a wasp comes near her, but, as I’ve said, she doesn’t really freak out too much. If she can kill the bug, that’s fine, but if it flies outside she won’t complain either. She’s probably killed a stink bug before and figured out the hard way why they’re called stink bugs.

#cod #valeria garza #farah karim #kate laswell #I personally hate most bugs. got stung by a wasp once and I want each and every single one of them dead since #I'm actually really afraid of bugs that fly that aren't butterflies or ladybugs. those don't do anything and are pretty to look at #plus here we say that ladybugs bring good luck. another reason why they're awesome #but I do also like moths. moths are so pretty #one of my OCs is a moth demon and I adore her. she's my favorite among the bunch #but other than that any and all bugs should stay away from me. I don't ljke them they're spooky scary #unfortunately bug season is coming back soon enough 😔 It's gonna be hell on earth again with all the wasps #but bumblebees are pretty cute! right now the bumblequeens are coming out of their burrows to find new ones #bumblebees are adorable. I love it when their little butts stick out of flowers full of pollen #I always called that a bumblebutt. god they're so so cute. #so yeah #not all bugs are bad but most of them are. there are only few exceptions. but exceptions validate the rule as we say in German

[lorian-loriest-dingo]

Height of the characters from Re:Zero

Soo here completely unnecessary data on the height of the characters. (Subaru is taller than the cat brothers, Louis's brothers, Felix, Olbart, Garfiel and Archi)(in total he is taller than the children, Olbart and Felix)(the other children are taller than him or they have the same height )

Rom 220cm (7'2½")

Ricardo 206 cm (6'9")

Halibel 190 cm (6'3")

Roswaal L. 186 cm (6'1")

Hector and Heinkel 185 cm (6'1")

Reinhard 184 cm (6'½")

Frederica, Todd and Petelgeuse 180 cm (5'11")

Julius ( Juli )179 cm (5'10½")

Wilhelm 178 cm (5'10")

Otto 177 cm (5'9½")

Vincent (??)(Only known to be taller than Subaru)

Aldebaran, Joshua, Regulus and Subaru (Natsumi) 173 cm (5'8") (Subaru seems to have grown a bit since in arc 1 he seemed to be about the same size as Elsa. Although Elsa was wearing heels, I don't know)

Archi and Felix 172 cm (5'8")

Sekhmet and Shaula 170 cm (5'7")

Crusch, Elsa and Fortuna 168 cm (5'6")

Echidna, Emilia, Priscilla and Satella 164 cm (5'4½") approx.

Theresa 162 cm (5'3½")

Garfield and Carmilla160 cm (5'3")

Anastasia, Minerva and Pandora 155 cm (5'1")

Ram and Rem 154 cm (5'½")

Felt 153 cm (5'0")

Roy 150 cm (4'11")

Capella 145 cm (4'9")

Beatriz, Luis and Dafne 140 cm (4'7")

Typhoon 125 cm (4'1")

Hetaro, Mimi and Tivey 110 cm (3'7½")

Olbart 100cm (3'3")

Puck 9 cm (3½"; Usually), 20 m (65'7"; Beast of the End)

#re zero #height of re:zero characters #re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 #re:zero #natsuki subaru #subaru natsuki #otto suwen #Why are there two Subaru tags? lol #Subaru is taller than me and most people from my country #But he's shorter than most of his male friends. #Natsumi is tall among the girls #He is taller than Emilia's brother (Archi) butttt he's already dead so I don't know #julius juukulius #reinhard van astrea #emilia re:zero #ram rezero #there are too many characters #I did not find all the heights #Cute Subaru is shorter than most guys so my shipp with him being the bottom??? continue lmao #I have a thing for tall people and short people and Subaru is both #Another reason for him to be my favorite character after Reinhard #tread on me Frederica #Ram and rem are small! Now it makes sense how Subaru was able to throw Ram #Uhm I thought Emilia was taller I guess the heels helped #I thought Shaula was taller than Subaru :(

[blakhol]

Well hi!

I'm either remaking or revamping, not sure which yet. But I'm in general doing an overhaul of the blogs I want to keep and deleting those I'm done with for now - or the characters I only am writing specifically on discord.

I hope everyone has been well and staying safe. <3

#ooc #a lot has been going on whether it has been mental stuff or irl stuff that led me to just disappear for a while #and just lurk from time to time. some reasons valid and some were stupid. i've been writing on discord and other oc's elsewhere #cause my muse for my bbys has been dead and it has been frustrating #among other things zzz #but nestor came back gradually and naturally lenny i've been eyeing. #i've been just kind of hiding away and not happy about it. and also idk. i just have a weird anxiety sharing where i am at in terms of blog #or sites or what have you. it's silly and i've been working on it. #or maybe not silly because it has been an issue i've had to deal with for a long time now to figure out #either way tho. idk if this makes sense but hi. idk how reliable i am but i'm trying to be more than i've been