#I think you've earned it

[nerdynikki94]

There are too many reasons for why Hannibal is such a captivating series: the artistic visuals, sound design, phenomenal acting, dialogue, character development, beautifully executed split season arcs, etc.

I could literally spend like 3 hours just praising the storytelling of the cinematography and sound design in Hannibal S3b (don't even get me started on the painfully purposeful dialogue - word choice is so thorough and deliberate, especially regarding Will). This arc is truly masterful in the way it conveys intention, intimacy, and barriers, not just in relation to Hannibal with Will, but all the characters.

In S3E8, we are instantly introduced to the way Hannibal exists within his memory palace. We first see him interact with Alana, sitting with a glass of wine in his old office. It's important to note that she's first shown there, before we transition to reality, the transparent partition separating the space between them. He brings people into that room in his memory palace to retain that old sense of composure and control.

Also, notice the way we see Hannibal interact with Frederick. There is no place in his memory palace for Chilton. In this entire arc, these two are always shown in cuts of untouched reality. Hannibal doesn't respect or hold any esteem for him. He talks to Chilton without investment, and thus, he is not worthy of the honor of Hannibal's confidence. His control in this instance is cold and completely removed.

That shifts entirely in the last scene of that episode when Will goes to see him. The music changes, a haunting few notes, incredibly reminiscent to some opening notes blended in Love Crime. We see him strut straight into Hannibal's foyer, the Norman Chapel in Palermo; Will knows where to find Hannibal; it's just as much his memory palace, as it is Hannibal's.

Will is the only one to do this throughout S3b. All other characters shown in Hannibal's memory palace, are simply there at the start of the scene, they never walk into it. Hannibal has to be the one to extend the invitation, but not with Will. For him, Hannibal has an open door policy.

In S3E9, we continue their meeting. Hannibal & Will's angles are so specific in this scene, but also, throughout this setting. When they talk between the partition, you are often seeing the other's reflection in each one shot. They are equals, both of them caged and free in their own personal ways. Their presences are fused together, fractured reflections of one another. The distance isn't absolute, because they are still so close, as if no time has passed.

Then, later, we see Alana going through Hannibal's cell. It's intentional that the camera shows her milling about in a way where we can see the holes in the glass between them, at first. We are meant to be aware of the wall ever between them, until Alana steps closer. In threatening him, showing Hannibal the true power of her position, she gets to safely encroach on his space. Suddenly, the glass wall is gone. And then, when she steps away, the angle changes so we can yet again be reminded that the wall is still there, it always was, but the threat was real. It's the closest thing we see to Hannibal being rattled by his captivity.

Then, we see Jack visit Hannibal. Hannibal's reflection is seen in most of Jack's one shots, but his face is always obscured. He's a dark looming shadow, always lingering over Jack's shoulder like a threat. (Hannibal will manifest as a reflection in this way for Alana and Frederick as well throughout this arc; just like her and Will say, as if everybody feels like he walks out with them.)

Jack's reflection is shown only once in Hannibal's shots during this meeting. When Hannibal is telling Jack that Bella once said his face was all scars, if you knew how to look, we can just barely make out a reflection of half of Jack's face beside Hannibal. I find this brief moment to be really interesting in re-watches, once you ruminate on the notion that is introduced later in S3E12.

In this story, Hannibal is the Devil, and Jack is God. So, we see God's gnarled half-reflection beside the smug devil, a reminder that in more than one way, Jack too, is responsible for Hannibal's actions. More than once in this series, we see God's lapse of judgment allow the devil to get away. Hannibal is Jack's greatest regret, proof of just how blind he can be.

Briefly, jumping ahead on that point. (The God, Devil, the Lamb & the Great Red Dragon speech is also so important as well. A scene where we see Jack's reflection in Hannibal's shots, a forced distance, expression removed, saying with certainty that he'll be standing at the end. Then, Hannibal approaches, asking him if his conscience is clear, and his reflection lands on Jack, but doesn't meld. Jack's face is not overtaken, instead it overtakes what we see, as Jack says his conscience is as clear as Hannibal's. God has made his own choices. He may be blinded, but he's never truly influenced.) AAAGGGHH! Visual Poetry!

Even in S3E10, when Dolarhyde calls Hannibal. We see Dolarhyde physically enter his old office. There's a sense of counterfeit there, Dolarhyde's desperation to be seen by Hannibal. Yet, Hannibal allows him into that room of his memory palace, not as an equal, but as a patient.

Later in that episode, we get one of the best shots in the season, which occurs when we see Hannibal & Will talking about TGRD and the question of his sanity, Will takes a step forward and this is where we see his reflection meld into Hannibal. The contrast is there, but so is the connection. Just like Jack says to Chiyoh in S3E7: Hannibal & Will are identically different. They have changed each other.

I could keep going. This show is fucking ridiculous. It's so incredibly well-made, thoughtful and fucking efficient. Yes, there's loads of flowery language and overcomplicated arguments, but that all really falls into Bryan's stylistic choices: Pretentious Art Film. But in the same vein, that is how it's able to convey so much, even when doing so little; it's efficient because, even in silence, there is so much storytelling being done.

#hannibal nbc #just bought the complete series. but there are smudges on some dvds. so i had to do another rewatch to make sure they play through. #obviously obsessed with this goddamn series. #Bryan Fuller: I'm standing outside your front door. This is not a threat. I just want to sit have some tea & shower you in compliments. #I think you've earned it #seriously. this show is art. #I'm so happy he told allthe directors to shoot it like a Pretentious Art Film. the story is so surreal that each shot has to be purposeful. #normally network television could never. This beauty was the exception.

[ghouljams]

I know we love to bully faekonig but does their relationship have any tender moments or as tender as those weirdo can get??

Absolutely there are tender moments! This one got away from me, and I got a little misty eyed writing it, even though it's not really anything worth getting teary over.

Sometimes it's hard to be honest with yourself about what you want. You're not in a habit of asking for things. Life has always felt like it's sort of forced itself upon you, things happen to you not for you. Except König you suppose. Despite very clearly forcing his way into your life, and being just generally overpowering in every way you can think of, he asks you things startlingly often. He assumes a lot, but only once he's gotten your smaller answers.

"Do you want to be with me?" He asks out of the blue. He's taken over your couch, making himself comfortable in the way only a man can. Sat in the middle with his legs spread wide, elbows on his knees as he watches you.

The way he says it makes you wonder how long he's been thinking of asking, makes it sound like you've only been putting up with him thus far. You suppose it's a fair question, one you've heard plenty of times. Most people you date get tired of your attitude long before this. He isn't snapping it at you though, hasn't raised his voice or accused you of anything.

"Of course I do," You tell him without looking up from folding laundry. You know the rest of this conversation by heart: 'Then why don't you show it?' or your favorite 'You don't act like you do.' You know that. You know your spines as easily as you know König's, people like them until they realize they can't trim them.

"Then I'll start moving in," König stands. You look up at him in shock, when did you offer that? When- huh?

"Moving in?" You frown, unsure if you heard him right with how huge a leap that is.

"You want to be with me, I want to be with you, why should we be separated?" König tips his head, looks at you like it's the easiest thing in the world to understand.

"That's what you were asking?" You balk.

"What else would I be asking?" You see his brows draw together under his hood, his eyes darting away from you as he thinks.

"If I want to be with you," You cringe a little at your own voice, at König's continued confusion, "like, if I love you, that sort of thing." König sits back down on the couch slowly, stretches his legs long under the coffee table so they rest on either side of you. Creating a space for you within himself.

"You do love me," He tells you carefully.

"I thought you were mad," You explain, though it sounds childish to say it out loud.

"Mad that you love me." He's not getting it, and it's making you sound silly.

"Mad that I don't-" You sigh, not sure how to explain the feeling of disappointment that you seem to carry, seem to inspire in your partners. "Mad that I don't love you enough, I guess. Love you the way you want me to love you," You try.

"How do I want you to love me?"

"Louder, I guess," You try to think of the complaints you'd previously gotten, "in some grand spectacular way, without all the thorns. The way people are loved in movies and fairytales."

"Do you want to be loved like that?"

Your throat feels tight as you settle a neatly folded shirt onto the growing pile. "Not really, I like the quiet. I like how you make me feel, I don't need anything bigger than you."

"Schatz," König's voice sounds strained, when you look at him his eyes are full of concern, "I love your quiet, and your thorns. I love how you don't need me, you want me. I love how you always come find me whether you're happy or sad. I love that you set your alarm early so you can stay in bed longer." König reaches across the coffee table to take your hand, "Liebling, you love me every day, in a million quiet ways. Why would I ever want something louder?"

You swipe your fingers under your eye. It feels an awful lot like having your heart ripped from your chest. You're not sure how that's so pleasant, but it makes it a lot easier to let König direct you around the table to climb onto the couch next to him.

You love how small he makes you feel. You love how he holds you. You love how he knows you, every little detail you think no one notices. You love how he knows your morning tea, and your favorite snacks. That he knows exactly how to put you together again after you've taken yourself apart. You love how he's asking you to move in when he's been living here for months, and how in the morning he'll probably ask you if you want to skip work to celebrate, even though he knows you'll say no. You love that he'll ask anyway, just to make sure you know you always have a choice with him.

And you love that you love him, and he loves you. Spines and all.

#cod x reader #x reader #könig x reader #könig cod #könig call of duty #könig mw2 #könig #könig fanfiction #fae!König #König x oc #x oc #oc: liebling #cod x oc #König x you #könig fluff #1fae1 #you ever think about the ways that people love you #the piecemeal way you've been forced to partition yourself to earn love that everyone else seems to get so easily #and wonder if anyone will ever hold every piece of you and say #this one. I want this one #anyway I'm fine and dating is going well

[daily-hanamura]

#p4 #persona 4 #hanamura yosuke #yosuke hanamura #EVERYDAY IM HOWLING. EVERYDAY IM SCREAMING. #for context this comes at the heel of yosuke charging at mitsuo kubo in rage because of his flippance towards killing saki and he's hit har #but souji and kanji jump in to protect him #like ok a lot of things going on here such as the obvious OH MY GODDDD yosuke being yosuke and taking things on for himself #because he doesn't want to bother people?? because he's made it his own responsibility? because his survivor's guilt is still lingering? #i mean don't tell me he doesn't look at how he surrendered to his shadow like apart from his self-sacrificing propensity #i low key feel like everytime yosuke demands answers about saki's death from the murderer/god/etc there's this undertone of how #he would rather it have been him #he cheapens his own life so much and for what #BUT ALSO!! ALSO!! not just souji jumping in because we know he would he's down bad for yosuke BUT ALSO KANJI #listen you've all heard me talk so much about how i adore kanji yosuke friendships #i can't really tell whether it's kanji or souji that says “haven't we earned your trust yet” but it's a line that hits SO HARD #regardless of which one of them was saying it and i think it hits hard in slightly different manners #it's kanji's admiration and how he looks up to yosuke and how he wants to be closer to yosuke as a friend/kouhai/whatever you want #tatsumi “who's your partner now!” kanji has so much respect for yosuke he wants yosuke to rely on him too!!! #and this stands out because kanji is very conscious of social hierarchies and such but as a kouhai as yosuke's junior #he's so specific about wanting yosuke to treat him as an equal #i smtimes feel bad for kanji because he has a bit of that vibe of a poor puppy trailing after souyo because he wants to be in their convos! #he wants to be included! but critically he also just! wants them to SEE him!! #going a lil off tangent but i think kanji's attitude towards souji is very much one of kouhai respect like he understands his place #of like deferring to souji or getting advice from him and just generally regarding him as a reliable mentor #and it's the same with chie and yukiko? but idk man. with yosuke. guys. with yosuke i always feel like kanji wants to break that hierarchy #that convention. that social norm. to cross a line and be closer to yosuke. #he's more willing to tease yosuke in a way he doesn't with the other 2nd years. and this isn't coming from a place of disrespect either #AGAIN. KANJI REALLY LIKES YOSUKE. he wants to protect yosuke!!! he jumps at the opportunity for yosuke to rely on him!! #i'm getting delulu but there's those hints of “yosuke senpai i want you to see me as a man!!!” kind of energy here and i'm it's yknow hmm

[valiant-portabella-pirkko]

alright, just going to throw this out there for anyone else who, like me, has been waiting 10,000 years for it to go on sale:

Guild Wars: Eye of the North is currently $4.99 on Steam. I repeat, Guild Wars: Eye of the North is currently $4.99 on Steam.

#my posts #Guild Wars 2 #GW2 #tagging it there since i'm pretty sure this is the expansion #that lets you earn achieves for GW2 as well #so yeah if you've been waiting too. there it is folks #i just snagged it a minute ago because I've been waiting SO long and I wanted it before I started actually Doing Things #since i think it unlocks some stuff in the story??? idk #i'm not very knowledgeable on GW1 sadly #note that I don't think the sale is available on their main website tho since I was looking there and everything was full price #so this might be a Steam-only sale but idk for sure

[imminent-danger-came]

MK: "No way! I may not understand your irrational love of noodles, or working hard, or being angry all the time—but you are always there when I need you, so it's time for me to return the favor! Because Pigsy's Noodles, are noodles worth fighting for!"

(2x04 Sweet'n Sour)

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Subodhi: "Zhu Bajie was a stubborn one too." Pigsy: "Oh! So you think we're the same just cause we're pigs huh, bet you think I'm just a disgusting little monster too." Subodhi: "Zhu Bajie had his vices, however, like all the companions he grew up. He struggled the most, but he worked hard, not unlike yourself. Although he didn't start out this way, in time he became a deeply caring and protective creature, and a powerful ally—one of the best in fact. The heart you have in abundance, the power? Why, you've barely scratched the surface of your potential! And that's saying something."

(4x09 Roast of the Monkie Kids)

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Gettin' emotional over my favorite hard working Pig man.

#Thinking too hard about s2 pigsy rn don't mind me #Like. In 2x03 he definitely does feel he can rely on MK. But by the end of 2x04 he knows he can #So then going from 2x03 ''Classic MK. Goofs off and screws around all day!'' to ''You've earned a break kid'' in 2x07 #To then chewing SWK out in 2x10 on behalf of MK #Growth #Also omg in 2x04....is that MK being their for a friend when they need him??? 3x10 and 4x02 anyone #Actually Tang in this ep too. ''Some day I will become someone they can depend on...the way I can always depend on them!'' #And here he was being someone Pigsy could depend on #Really I think that's tang's motivation in 2x02 too #What I mean when I say this show is so well thought out #Like. Pigsy was closed off until Subodhi mentioned how he ''works hard'' because that's something Pigsy really values #Could even relate ''the heart you have in abundance. The power? Why you've only scratched the surface!'' to 1x09 #''You're hearts in the right place bud! We can work on the rest.'' #Like. Don't look at me #Pigsy had a mini Zhu Bajie arc in s1 and the first half of s2 send tweet #*Pulls out conspiracy board* MK Mei Tang and Pigsy are all dynamic characters. They change in distinct ways #Sandy however is very static (with the exception of resolving to fight in s3) and while there is nothing wrong with a static character #I THINK SANDY IS WRITTEN THIS WAY FOR A PLOT REASON. SUBODHI POINTED IT OUT IN 4x09. #AND HERE'S WHY OG SANDY IS CURRENT SANDY- #lmk #lmk parallels #lego monkie kid #lmk Pigsy #hmmmm. s4 dadsy fr fr

[moinsbienquekaworu]

I have a post in my brain and I'm not going to make it. But. Know that I am vibrating more than a human should. Blorbos are being spun in my brain faster than in a centrifuge

#genuinely couldn't cope if i didn't have fandom #when i say i owe creators my life i mean it in so many ways #okay i'll give you the post you've earned it if you're here #(and it feels less... it's more intimate in the tags. less public and obvious) #anyway. so the post was going to be #''you're not going to kiss me' 'now give us a kiss' what if i exploded!!! why are they always like this!!!' #in reference to two different pairs of characters i think should be kissing about their weird relationship #who both have a line at some point where they joke about kissing #if you know who it is keep that to yourself this is my diary. but you can feel self-satisfied that you know if you do! #wow i have a ramble tag now

[exsqueezememacaroni]

Mike Patton micro-movements that drive me batty: the eyebrow raise and smile and "ok?" (and the sweaty baby hairs on the back of his neck)

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#mike patton #faith no more #ok so it was 1 gig for two 2 second gifs #things i think about daily #also - mike did you even shave that day? #no no you keep that patchy stubble - you're 41 - you've earned it

[july-19th-club]

honestly the first hunger games movie was really quite good and even the later ones were not THAT awful bad. just watched the scene where she drops the wasps on the careers and i do think it takes some doing to make a nearly two-minute sequence of somebody sawing at a tree branch deadly nerve-wracking

#i'm noticing things that i think redeem the movies a bit more in my mind like #you know like stuff goes through phases of PHENOMENAL and OVERRATED and then you come back around to 'pretty good actually' #like - the fact that in the books she gets the pin from a friend who isn't in the movies #the first time i saw the movie and she is given the pin for free by a vendor in the market i saw it as like #'you've earned this my girl because you Are A Protagonist' #but upon this viewing i caught that the woman is giving an unusual kindness to katniss because she's reaping age #and on days when kids might get pulled to die everyone is a little nicer to them

[aeide-thea]

so i went to reblog some fanart earlier and started to tag it #oh this is. incredible actually, and then paused and thought, @‍self why the 'actually.' what is that adverb conveying. and i contemplated it for a bit, and finally concluded: well, shit. it's reflexive deprecation.

the thing is, deprecation is my starting position pretty much always, and that's a problem in itself, but mostly my problem; but when you're talking abt somebody else's work, and you start backing defensively away from imagined negativity before anyone's even actually voiced any? you may think you're playing bodyguard, but in reality you're the vanguard of the assault, opening a wedge for enemy forces to strike.

i was talking a couple of weeks ago abt seeing ppl tag that kristin sue lucas name-multiplied-by-one post with tags like 'this is art To Me' vel sim., and honestly i think it's a similar sort of reflex—i think exposure to the tumblr vernacular often leads people (very much including me!) to produce turns of phrase like this, that ultimately serve to convey roughly

'i, a clever girlblogger,¹ am, yeah, engaging with this frivolous hai pollai²-coded material; but my relationship to it, unlike that of most she-ple, is Intellectual and Analytical and Examined! and to make that clear, i'll be dropping in these little verbal particles from time to time, in order to distinguish my own, elevated examination of the subject from the state of risible naivete³ i'm implicitly ascribing to the other, more ordinary audience members i'm conjuring up only to instantly put down—but like, it's fine, i'm a free-and-easy girlblogger(TM), so you can't think i'd ever deliberately propagate establishmentarian prejudices! never mind the effect my rhetoric might subconsciously be having, on me or on anyone else…'

and i think this framing is worth squinting at, and worth attempting to excise from one's speech and from one's mindset, because when you get right down to it? it's just yet another insidious manifestation of respectability politics, that's gotten people to adopt it via the cuckoo-chick strategy of positioning itself as cutesy tumblr idiolect.

and like, circling back around to that fanart i mentioned at the outset: yeah, the tag did feel weirdly prosodically truncated to me without that 'actually'! but this way, if the artist ends up seeing my discussion of their work in their notes, they won't be getting slapped in the face with a wet dead fish first, so like. what's more important, you know?

⸻ ¹ ""(gender neutral)"" ² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoi_polloi in the feminine, if i haven't totally fumbled my declensions… ³ phrasing nicked from a comment of @‍proudheron's.

#anyway like. this for sure isn't the definitive post abt this #and really what i'm getting at is just another facet of 'self-deprecation isn't usually actually separable from disparaging others' #but i do think there's a particular subtle flavor of it here that's worth sticking under the microscope in its own right #for those of us who may have breathed it in without noticing‚ and now be spreading it‚ again without noticing‚ in our turn #i mean. obvs also extremely possible i just *think* i've put my finger on something important bc it's late! #but like. imagine tagging‚ idk‚ the winged victory or sth with 'this is art. to me' #it would be SUCH a weird rhetorical move! but consider: it's *always* a weird rhetorical move‚ actually. #bc fundamentally it's a speech pattern that's seeking affirmation of yr own taste/authority/status as Critic #at the expense of the thing you've evaluated— #like‚ you're going 'i think this is neat!! (but that might just be me 😔)' #and then other girlbloggers are supposed to be like 'yeah no i totally see what you mean!!!' and affirm you! but the thing is— #the '(but that might just be me 😔)' part doesn't just undercut yr discernment‚ it undercuts the praise *predicated* on yr discernment #so it's like. you're dissing yourself in a way that's supposed to earn you affirmation‚ which. is fucked up actually‚ lol :) #but—it's one thing when you do it to yourself; when you incorporate it into the foundations of yr compliment #you've actually totally undermined that compliment and rendered it an insult #(not to mention undermined the idea that the thing might have merit in itself‚ beyond yr authority to bestow or withhold— #like. if you're speaking in terms of what's good/deep/Art/&c To You? you've effectively already ceded the main field of universality #and retreated to defend only yr own walled garden—and implied you'll cede even that small ground if it's disputed) #so like. in the context of yr social relationship with yr followers‚ those sorts of qualifiers are affirmation-seeking moves— #though like. also ones that reinforce yr rhetorical passive-victim positionality‚ in a way you shd perhaps consider *not* reinforcing— #but in the context of yr interaction with an OP? they're negging. #and i just think like. i get it and i'm @-ing myself here as much as anyone else! but it's not‚ like‚ a healed-world way to behave. lol. #so like. consider: tagging things 'art' without the cutesy little qualifiers. praising things without the hedging. #i'm not at all good at that but. i'm going to try. #metatumbling #language #the psyche #'close readings no one needed for 300‚ alex' #(extremely tempted to just scrap this writeup tbh but like. the thinking was worth doing‚ so a record of it is worth keeping)

[flustersluts]

‘M at a month now… still Dunno how long I’m g’na last… really really tempted to give up now.. buuuttttt also- kinda wanna see how long I can go…

-bubblegum 💕

Congratulations on one month! 🎉🎉 you must feel sooooo pent up and needy now though you poor thing!!! I bet you wanna cum so so bad... but it'd be a shame to give up now!! there's only one thing for it 😔😔

#sorry for crowdsourcing your orgasms it's just really #obviously you can completely disregard the results if you wanna #for what it's worth i think you've more than earned an amazing orgasm:)))) #but also.... think how much Dumber you could get 🥰🥰 #flusterasks #bubblegum

[made-nondescript]

Joel accidentally turning Jimmy into a toy pairs beautifully with my interpretation that joel is losing pieces of himself to godhood and I'm going fucking nuts over here. Read tags

#its about hurt people hurting people #its about feeling you've earned your fate why wouldnt they have earned theirs too? #why should i suffer why they don't? #it's about a punishment unbefitting of the crime #its about having nobody to help you cope with the change you're going through and feeling alone and taking that out on someone else #am i making sense #im just. #so what if jimmy doesnt recognize himself anymore joel stopped knowing himself ages ago #because the fountain gave him everything hed ever wanted and as a consequence he'd lost everything hed ever known #and if jimmy can tout himself as the law what is there to say joel cant be the divine word of god? #if joel isn't in control anymore why should jimmy be? #i think joel does it on accident #at least the full thing. the full transformation #and that scares him #he is not evil #he is scared #AM I MAKING SENSE??? CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?? #this probably should have been in the actual post text

[watermelinoe]

i wish i didn't need so much external validation that i'm not worthless but my desire to perform well has been ingrained in me since early childhood

#it is v difficult when you can't function like other people #other people are operating without the pain and fatigue and jetlag #they naturally sleep at night and wake up in the morning #they don't have to rest in bed for several days after exerting themselves #they don't wake up unable to move #none of my accomplishments matter bc i'm physically too far behind everyone else #and it's hard not to see that as an indicator of my worth as a person and the value i contribute to society #bc if i don't earn money then how am i earning my right to exist #but that's a stupid way of thinking. no other animals think that way lol can you imagine a cat having an existential crisis #but still all the time i want to hear ''you're doing a good job'' ''you're not lazy'' ''you're not a leech'' ''you've accomplished a lot'' #this is what happens when you're a really good student and nothing else #until you get diagnosed with multiple Try Making it to Class Like This You Loser diseases 😐 #and then school is over and you made zero connections and have zero prospects bc it was all you could do to fuckin graduate w honors #bc that's all that mattered

[hikeyzz]

i'm too tired to get around to kms tonight maybe tomorrow

#((heavy sarcasm)) #just got back from the ER ... again ... where they told me they don't know why i'm still in such horrible pain ... again #and iiiiii think my organs can take it over now go ahead and end my shit go for it you've earned it you have convinced everyone but me #that nothing is wrong and everything is fine #i see you dumb fucks #sometimes being sick all the time makes you wanna ... not :) #disabled lyfe #hikey

[blujayonthewing]

meraki and hiraeth are really fucking good names for elyss actually and I'm really mad about it

#I saw a post earlier (I think I reblogged it?) about hiraeth #and how it's not just the concept of longing for a home you've never been to in the abstract but how it specifically applies to the welsh #and anyway it's been nagging in my head all day that like. that's a character name. #I can't place it. miraki hiraeth. something meraki hiraeth. whose blorbo is that #[searches notes] OH MINE. THAT'S RIGHT. FUCK #for context we found a book that turned out to be a chronicle of her life as written by her absentee genie dad #who it turns out has been just fucking.... Watching her her whole life without ever contacting her #and the foreward is like 'this is the story of elyss miraki hiraeth--' #'who may be known as elyss sibbili but as my child she will bear my name and one I believe she has earned 😌' #which! hey man! FUCK you! my father's name is Carric Sibbili and you are NOTHING to me and you have NO rights to my deeds!! #anyway the audacity of my DM to name this genie-- and by extension elyss-- #after the concept of yearning for a place where you belong but that you've never been to and may not even exist?? HELLO #god. GOD. anyway I've only just now learned that meraki is another word that ends up on 'untranslatable words' listicles #and apparently means doing something with soul creativity and love #VERY GOOD NAMES FOR HER. SLOT THEM INTO THE LINEUP IF SHE WAS A GNOME YA DIG?? BUT THEY GOT SLIME ON EM #my OCs #elyss

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

This woman on my nots is now trying to claim something else than what she actually said.

#txt #pls decide what your argument is ma'am #first she said that women had no power #but now she is saying that she had that they have had less power #honey you do realize that there is a difference between those two claims #i mean yes the second statement is closer to reality but that isn't what she said #she is basically retracting a bit #this is why i don't argue with them #they think they should be taken seriously because they address issues but i'm sorry a lot of you are extremely vitriolic and toxic #that is why people heavily criticize your ideology #you think it's unfair and exaggerated but it's not. you earned this attitude towards you #most people did not mind you guys back then because of most of you still tried to behave #but you have revealed yourselves and because of that people are now hateful towards you #and now you want to distance yourselves by what you've eventually evolved into by saying #“those aren't the real ones!” #people don't care if what you are addressing is valid. you have gradually lost credibility in people's eyes #so nothing you say will be taken seriously by most of the population #and given all the info we have in our hands you are gonna be put under scrutiny as well #which is something that couldn't be done years ago #this makes you angry and frustrated. you are upset no one wants to listen but again #you earned this by yourselves. congratulations

[amaranth]

jongdae's puzzle piece being the only one posted 15 minutes late + a fucked up unfinished version and him being in like 0.5 seconds of any content they upload lately...sm i'm coming for you

#i can't blame them for last scene promotions because that was unavoidable and obviously people healing from the tragedy was more important #but i CAN blame them for having to film a MUSIC VIDEO! in one day and frantically editing it #even though i'm positive they had time to make it work but whatever i won't go into it #idk the deal with bubble...he still gets shit constantly on lysn/kwangya #the only reason the comments get deleted is because fans report them :') #people jump on him for just breathing and it really feels like sm is doing nothing #i saw a tweet from a kfan i follow who said she has concerns abt the fanmeet :') #and really if these children make the whole group/event uncomfortable????? #imagine paying all that money just to mock a person you think you've earned the right to abuse #e.txt