#I'm not even joking y'all

[zukosdualdao]

i'm literally insane about the last agni kai and the lightning scene(s). i swear i've rewatched it 10+ times since my last rewatch of the show (which was my first watch in years) and like. azula sees katara come into view from behind. zuko doesn't. he follows azula's gaze and sees katara and is immediately horrified. he doesn't even think or hesitate because he doesn't have time and for once he doesn't have to look back at azula to figure out what she's doing because he knows what she's doing and he won't let it happen. time dwindling into slow motion as a haunting score plays? and zuko literally yelling out "no!" because that lightning absolutely cannot hit katara. as soon as he sees it there's no chance of that ever happening. and then katara watching in horror as the lightning flashes against features in what is probably one of the most hauntingly beautiful animated moments of the show? zuko hitting the ground still convulsing with lightning and katara crying out "zuko!" and immediately trying to run to him before azula attacks again? and the next scene we cut back to with them, zuko is groaning weakly and trying to lift himself up, and we see katara literally gasp in surprise as she realizes he's still alive (i'm sobbing because i do quite literally think she thought he was dead) and immediately tries to run to him again, nevermind that she knows azula is still there, and the hand katara uses for healing is already doused in water as she reaches for him. but then azula starts attacking again. and zuko, despite literally being in so much pain that he can't stand and can barely even move at all without whimpering, still tries to reach for the spot where he can see azula attacking katara. katara is forced to hide from azula's attacks. and as azula is mocking "zuzu, you don't look so good" down to zuko, the perspective shot is such that you can SEE that katara is also looking at where he lies prone in the distance, surrounded by flame (probably wondering how much time they have before it really is too late) before looking back up at azula and realizing she needs to defeat her as quickly and handily as possible so katara can get to zuko. obviously katara would have done this anyway (the whole reason they were THERE was to halt the continued cycle of the imperialist regime of the fire nation), but the scene is specifically framed as katara trying to figure out how to stop azula so the obstacle to her getting to zuko is no longer in the way. katara's defeat of azula was epic and deserves its own post. but then after making sure azula is securely chained, she runs to zuko, looks at him with such immense sadness and horror and fear as she hears him in so much pain, tenderly turns him over so she can get a good look at the wound. and she cups his head? briefly but so gently? so that he won't hit it as she turns him over? and when she tries to heal him you can tell she is so genuinely unsure if it will even work, and so relieved that she starts crying tears of joy when she sees it has (at least enough to keep him alive and somewhat lessen his pain.) they thank each other (and you can tell it's still really hard for zuko to talk and his eyes are barely open but he thanks her anyways i'm.) and she thanks him back and!!! when he starts to try to sit up she makes a little surprised face and then immediately helps him to do so (and puts a tender hand to his chest while she does!!!) and obviously that last shot of them standing together is also one of emotional support, but katara's hand on his back is also partly because i still think (and certainly katara still thinks) trying to walk/stand on his own would be a bad idea, so it's definitely not happening.

#y'all. let me tell you right now. there was a way to write and animate this scene that didn't play on a dozen romantically coded tropes #and this. uh. wasn't that! #zutara #i know this is basically just reciting what happened ( i almost included the actual way katara defeats azula but that wasn't the point of t #is particular post and also would have made it even longer.) #but #there is nothing about this sequence of events that does not make me feel like i am on drugs. #also you Know zuko immediately after this was like: alright well i guess i've got shit to do! then promptly falls unconscious again. tbh #the joke is on him if he thinks katara is letting him out of sight for a While #atla #zuko #katara #this isn't even particularly analytical i'm just gushing #i'm not joking i will never be over it. #the last agni kai #sozin's comet

[bibibuck]

los angeles wasn't built in a day

buck/eddie | rated m | chapter 1/5 | 10k (this chapter) | getting together, fake dating (in a sense)

“We’re not going to pretend to be divorced just so Chris can get into a summer camp, Buck,” Eddie says, trying to sound convincing even as he starts to feel his resolution crumbling inside of him. “Why not?” Buck asks, sounding genuinely baffled, like he can’t understand Eddie’s refusal at all. And how does Eddie begin to explain the irrationality of his rational denial? He can’t tell Buck the real reason he can’t go through with it. He can’t tell him without having to reach into his chest, clawing out his heart, setting it down at Buck’s feet still beating, and saying, “Because the only thing worse than loving you knowing I can’t have you would be having to pretend like I didn’t love you enough to keep you with me forever.” (or the fake ex husbands to fake husbands to husbands fic.)

(read on ao3)

#buddie #buddie fic #911fic #911 fic #911 #911 on abc #fics i write #well well well you thought you'd seen the last of me huh?!? #jokes on you cause i am back and worse than ever!!! #this fic has been in the works for almost 2 years now and it's not even finished but i need to push myself to just fucking finish it #so i'm hoping that by posting is as a multi-chaptered story i will both get the inspiration and the motivation to write and post as i go #hope y'all enjoy it babes <3333 #fake ex husbands fic

[genericpuff]

what people assume i'm thinking while i'm working on rekindled: "GRRR I HATE LO AND RACHEL!!! I HATE HER SO MUCH!!! THIS WILL SHOW HER AND HER FANS! THIS WILL SHOW ALL OF THEM! I HOPE RACHEL SEES THIS AND CRIES!!!"

what i'm actually thinking while i work on rekindled: "man i'm having a great time working on this but i can't wait to be done with this panel that's driving me nuts. i wonder how i can get that cool splatter effect rachel did in S1. bright colors make brain go brrrr. i can't wait to get to the part where hades clowns on himself. oof i'm hungry, i need to figure out what to have for dinner tonight. oh look, an 11 hour retrospective on the simpsons-"

#fr i'm vibin' y'all i'm having a great time #ppl see me joke about rekindled being a spite project and just automatically assume i'm SEETHING the whole time i'm working on it #i wouldn't waste time working on something purely out of hate y'all lmao #it's easy to cling to the idea that i hate lore olympus with a blind seething passion due to what i get up to here #and it undoubtedly makes for the easiest explanation that doesn't require any nuance #but i promise you that i still have a lot of love for how LO used to make me feel and what it meant to me once upon a time #i wouldn't be trying so hard to make it emulate the style of S1 to begin with if i didn't love it deep down lol #you're just on an LO critical blog so ofc a lot of what you're gonna see is LO critical stuff LMAO #don't miss the forest for the trees pls <3 #i didn't even include all the times i'm sitting there drawing thinking 'i wanna play video games i wanna play video games i wanna play vid- #lore rekindled #self post

[jahanmp4]

I've seen a lot of hate towards q!Antoine regarding his treatment of q!Forever, and it's a bit disheartening to see that all of it is because people never watched his POVs.

Though we joke about the fact that q!Antoine isn't human, he clearly isn't. He often showcases how little he understands human emotions, even when Pomme shared about feeling like q!Kameto abandoned her, he did not understand fully how she would hang onto someone she met for 5 minutes tops.

He's been distrustful of literally everyone on the island except for HIS EGG, rejected the idea of a Presidency since the very beginning, and kept track of every candidate as his paranoia only grew stronger with all the stuff the Federation did.

Still he cares. He changed his skin to show the sad face first until Pomme comes back, and to me, his determination to prove that q!Forever should NOT be president is quite literally how he copes. Right now, the eggs are gone, because of the Federation, and who has direct contact with them ? The President. The person that was supposed to protect everyone on the island, who was supposed to be a GOOD thing for the island.

He doesn't see the poor broken human soul, he only sees the job. And it's true that q!Forever is a liability right now considering how unstable he is with the amount of power he acquired. It's cold, and extremely detached, but it's all very much into character for q!Antoine. And it goes against the current of people genuinely wanting to help him even though they aren't the closest because they genuinely believe in q!Forever (q!Etoiles my beloved), which adds VARIETY !!!

THIS IS A SEMI-RP SERVER !!! IF THERE'S NO TENSION WHAT'S THE POINT !!!!!!!

#qsmp #qsmp antoine #and again i don't often watch antoine on qsmp so yeah #some stuff are missing #but still !! #also people saying they wished cellbit didn't bring antoine into the whole thing #y'all are the meanest mfckers i'm not even joking #why are only certain people allowed into rp suddenly

[piracytheorist]

In totalitarian Ostania, child adopts YOU

#I'M SORRY #Spy x Family #sxf humor #I thought of this joke at EXACTLY 4:20 am yesterday so nice #I checked it bc I picked up my phone to note it down before I fell asleep and forgot #this is how important it was to me to share this with y'all #I even had to pick the right screenshot #looking like she's signing the paperwork to adopt him as her dad #while he's waiting with anticipation to go home with her

[halcyone-of-the-sea]

The way that if I could digitally draw all of you would be getting bombarded with post after post of Gaz/Spitfire and Nikto/Seraph in their universes getting involved in shenanigans is crazy.

#y'all would get absolutely sick of me #but unfortunately #I am trapped in traditional artist status #Spitfire takes up axe-throwing and scares Gaz shitless when she's 100% accurate #Seraph adopts ten cats and Nikto is fighting off allergies and trying to be intimidating as one sits on his shoulder #Nikto tries to organize the kitchen but gets hit in the head with an old pot because Seraph literally never touched it after she bought it #Gaz tries to hold back tears after watching The Notebook and Spitfire is nearly laughing her ass off even if she's teary-eyed too #I can literally come up with a million of these #I'm not joking

[goldentigerfestival]

So. I love this. The way Yuri snickers at Flynn showing his real self. The way he, without hesitation, says "yeah" to the idea that he would die in Flynn's place.

But the most important part of this entire thing, which was changed in the dub, is how Yuri specifically jokes that Flynn is trying to abandon him, and Flynn returns and tells Don he had no intention of abandoning Yuri.

Yuri does not hear this. Flynn knows that. But Flynn uses the exact same term Yuri used earlier, as if it's his answer to Yuri and saying no, I would never abandon you.

For reference:

Personally I just... love the weight of it. How Flynn will say something about Yuri that Yuri won't hear, but he still speaks it out into existence because it's how he really feels.

Just because Yuri won't hear it doesn't mean he won't say it, and in a way that's even more powerful. He's not looking for the credit of saying it. He's not looking to be recognized for saying it. He's not only expressing how he feels about Yuri somewhere that Yuri himself will hear him.

They're just his real, honest feelings, and he'll admit them even if Yuri's not within earshot.

#GTF Vesperia Clips #Fluri #classic Vesperia dub trying to hide all the more detailed intimacy between them tbh #y'all are gonna see it even more when I get around to post the huge posts I'm doing #going through the entire game with the changes they made #and how HEAVILY most of the drastic changes pertain to Flynn and their relationship #like. there's really no reason to change these matching scenes in the dub unless they're doing it on purpose #meanwhile they're the sweetest thing in the original and I'll never get over these scenes being matching scenes #also bc like. this is so important for their dynamic going forward into arc 2 #also partly why I truly believe they'd choose each other over the world in specific contexts #but that's a story for another time LOL. for now just know Flynn has gone on record #to say he would never abandon Yuri right to Don Whitehorse's face #anyway you ever get that feeling of like. when you find out from a friend that #someone said smth nice abt you? but you didn't know they said it? #like you KNOW they're saying nice/good things abt you to other ppl now? that's the vibe I get from this #that he's not just saying it to Yuri's face. he says the important things /to others/ as well #he's not trying to score extra brownie points by using sweet words where he knows Yuri will hear him #to me that's the most honest form of affection. saying your feelings out loud where they won't hear you #Flynn also proved himself before saying it as if the idea was to show not just tell #I think Yuri understands when not joking that Flynn wouldn't abandon him #but Flynn is making sure that not just Yuri knows through his actions but that others know it too #and ultimately Yuri doesn't need to hear it. he can believe it because he can see it #Yuri doesn't need to hear it bc he understands Flynn's feelings without needing to hear it

[brokenbackmountain]

over 25000 palestinians dead and i'm STILL seeing pjo posts on my dash. your childhood faves (funded by zionists!) cannot possibly be more important than the lives of real living breathing people.

#disney is literally funding the genocide and y'all clowns wanna post and like shit on this show #BE SERIOUS! #please leave this shit behind. i'm so serious #coming from someone who grew up with percy jackson: please stop. these 12 year olds are being funded by a multibilliondollar company- #-funding the iof. #one thousand and one better media out there. you're all awful #and to the people pirating it bc they don't want disney to get money: stop reblogging posts. stop liking them. stop ENGAGING #stop having them as your pfpic. you are NOT helping! #keep that shit to yourself! #need pjo to die like harry potter so bad i'm not even joking. you're not superior for liking the white american made by bigots instead of #the white brit made by bigots #you're all the same. #pjo #yeah i'm tagging it. idc this isn't fandom discourse #anti pjo #percy jackson #disney #anti disney #rick riordan #anti rr

[incorrect-web-novels]

I really enjoy criticizing media, but I need you to know that stories like Scum Villain, DPA, and other "cringe" novels are actually SUPER good - so good that it's a lot of fun to deconstruct and joke about them. Same with characters I tease or make fun of - we're psychically connected

[Image ID - a photo of a woman putting a box on a high shelf while an upset child looks at her. The box is labeled, "my favorite characters and stories." The woman is labeled, "Me, who criticizes them constantly." The pouting child is labeled, "Ppl who actually hate/misunderstand the story/character (and are dicks about it)." End ID]

#not a quote #svsss #dpa #the demon prince goes to the academy #this goes for wwx too btw. I like to joke about how oblivious and sporatic he is but I'm usually exaggerating lol #part of the fun of a fandom is making jokes about characters but sometimes ppl take them seriously 😳 #memes #my memes #my posts #(tho the wwx comparison is not really that important since most ppl do like him. it's more about those ppl who are like: ... #....y'all are so stupid and dumb for mischaracterizing wwx 🙄) #(BESTIE IT IS A JOKE. and even if it wasn't stop being mean. part of stories is to enjoy them it doesn’t matter how)

[philtatosbuck]

the writers well and truly hate bonnie i'm sorry but you have to suspend your disbelief so fucking much about the fact that NO ONE ever found it weird that bonnie didn't speak to them over the phone for an entire summer. you mean to tell me not ONE of them tried to call her and found it weird they kept getting sent to voicemail? even if they were all busy and doing well why would a bunch of teenagers accept that bonnie was resorting to email to talk to them exclusively for MONTHS. that's absolutely mad bro the writers hated her so bad jesus christ

#like. over a few weeks yeah #but for an ENTIRE summer #and NOBODY found it weird? #even in your WORST faith takes you have to be logical #and ask. hm. would caroline really not call bonnie for an entire summer if she were traveling? #would elena not have anything to say over the phone AT ALL and simply write emails back? #matt is whatever sorry dude #but even if you HATE elena and caroline. like hate them #you have GOT to admit it is weird and unrealistic as fuck they NEVER spoke to her over the phone the entire summer #and didn't find it weird #even if you want to say “oh elena was obsessed with damon” okay well maybe she would've called to obsess about him over the phone? #y'all love saying she doesn't have consideration for what he's done why wouldn't she do it over the phone #i'm FULLY aware they're bad friends to bonnie the longer the series goes on #but the writers.... REAAALLY hate her for NO ONE to notice #even after her FATHER DIED. #LIKE. NO ONE CALLED TO TELL BONNIE ABOUT THAT? #YOU'VE GOTTTT TO BE JOKING #they couldn't come up with ANYTHING better? #bonnie bennett #elena gilbert #caroline forbes #that whole plot......... just nasty work #i can't take it seriously bro #i also think it's wild for jeremy to like. Not Say Shit about her being dead but i don't care about them butchering his character #not as much anyway #if tyler were there he'd notice (i'm being delusional) #(except i'm not. he's a better friend than the rest of them) #anyway. julie and c. dries are going to hell

[iamnotawomanimagod]

I love over-analyzing media and I have pulled magnificent theories and headcanons out of my ass on the tiniest crumbs in other fandoms before BUT

y'all might be taking this improvised comedy show that is greatly determined by dice rolls a little too seriously

#dimension 20 #fhjy #the number of times I've seen a bit turned into a long sad analysis of the character's trauma ugh #if you browse the tag of this show w/o knowing what it's actually about #you're gonna think it's a lot more serious and dramatic and painful than it actually is #and that little comedy bits are actually hugely significant when they're just jokes #I've seen it with almost every character #and multiple plot points #across nearly every season #and I'm not here to be the fandom police but aren't you guys tired? #does this show not make you laugh way more than it makes you cry? #this fandom is such a bummer sometimes lol #and so often things are hugely influenced by dice rolls #and the story doesn't go the way the PCs or even the GM thinks it will #but people pick apart 'plot holes' or inconsistent characterization #the cast is making this shit up as they go y'all! #cut them some slack and also don't assume every single little thing is significant #honestly surprised I didn't see deep and tragic analyses about the vulture dimension #rambling about my life

[wayfinderships]

Good morning gamers!! Hope you're all doing well! As for me, I'm thinking about this bastard again-

#pan rambles #He looks good-I MEAN HAHA DID Y'ALL HEAR SOMETHING? #Jokes aside though. Knowing what a fashion disaster S.anji can be... I'm pleasantly surprised his egghead arc outfit isn't awful #I was fully prepared to have some awful color combo but it's actually nice #Blue and Yellow... That's also my s/is color scheme ahem- #talking about anythind related to the end of Wano or anything past that makes me 👉👈 A bit #Bc Panchi/S.anji officially start dating at the end of Wano #“Panchi did it really take over 1000 chapters?-” YES IT DID #They're both stubborn idiots who struggle to put their emotions into words! especially feelings of affection! #They'd sooner take a deadly hit for the other than admit they like each other! and the fact the two are so stubborn doesn't help #They're both incredibly flawed but they both grow to the point where my s/i can finally confess- #Ahem that was long ny apologies! #Ask me about S.anji/Panchi and you'll get a whole essay and sometimes even some of my writing- #I'm so normal about these two (Lying)

[justsalpals]

why is everyone so damn convinced Izzy's prosthetic is from the unicorn??

#I'm not even saying you're wrong #but I Do Not see it tbh?? like I laughed at one hoof joke but do y'all expect his wood leg to have individual toes or something?? #ofmd #our flag means death #izzy hands

[thyandrawrites]

It really was like

Horikoshi: happy birthday, Shigaraki!

Horikoshi: *throws him into a blender and amps up the speed to max, grinning wide*

That's peak favourite oc energy right there. Can't fault him for it, really

#I'm not even mad #I peeked at the spoilers cause I kept seeing doom and gloom about shigi and I got curious #Y'all come on. That's like. A regular Monday in favourite oc-land #I was expecting some other bloody limb loss but emotional devastation is par for the course. Smh #(I'm joking btw don't come at me) #Thyandra.txt #Bnha

[licorishh]

Replayed Modern Warfare 3 2011 on Veteran tonight and goooooooood night. Blood Brothers never gets any easier to watch no matter how many times you've done it and the ending really never misses huh

I apologize for the amount of yapping in the tags I reread it all on mobile and started giggling because it went on for so long but eh. Blessed are those who won't shut the freak up and all that

#call of duty #modern warfare 3 2011 #i just. wow. wow wow wow wow wow #i've played these three games so many times over the last several years and i just. #they literally. never get old. #loose ends and blood brothers will never not make me cry and endgame and dust to dust will never not make me smile so hard #ending it with price smoking the cigar like he did in the first mission in the first game wHEN HE FIRST MET SOAP JUST UGHHHHHH. #i know y'all don't care but i don't care that y'all don't care i could literally yap about this until i shrivel up and die #i have never ever ever in my LIFE seen poetic justice played out so beautifully like it is at the very end #JUST. WOW. WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW. WOW WOW. WOW #they do not frickin make games like that anymore DADGUM #i also forgot how frickin sad down the rabbit hole is?? like jeez louise they didn't have much screen time but gosh #i also have never in my life heard such gut-wrenching anguish from a grown man in my life like price in that one scene #I KNOW Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT MAN MAKES ME FULL ON S O B IN THAT PART HE HAD NO BUSINESS #anyway i'll keep cutely living in denial and pretending literally any of the main characters besides price and nikolai are fine <3 #foley and dunn and their team seemed just fine at the end of modern warfare 2 so i will accept that small mercy #at this point these games have taken everything else i love away from me so #y'all probably think i'm wild for how insane i get over these games but the nostalgia bit is a big part of it as well #like they're honestly in my opinion genuinely the greatest video games of all time #but the fact that i have that connection with my dad makes it so special #crazy cause he said he also cried in blood brothers and my dad is 54 and i have seen him cry one (1) other time in my entire life #heck infinity ward but also bless them i hope the devs live long beautiful wonderful prosperous delightful exciting fulfilling lives #Lord bless them and their entire bloodline for the contributions they have made to humanity not even joking #AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE FREAKING SOUNDTRACKS DO NOT GO THERE OAUSYDJAKAKDN #MW2 AND MW3 CREDITS. EXTRACTION POINT. COUP DE GRACE. RETREAT AND REVEILLE. CONTINGENCY. PARIS SIEGE. PRAGUE HOSTILITIES. RUSSIAN WARFARE. #UGHHHHHHHGHHHH everything about these games is so unbelievably perfect and immaculate #i have got to get over my art block NOWWWWWWWWWW #makarov is also the best villain i've ever seen idc bro he's frickin awesome #i mean obviously he's horrible and a disgustingly evil human being but as a character he's stupidly well-written

[mad-hunts]

barton whenever he thought he was done dealing with all of the nonsense surrounding the joker's schemes and then saw duela dent come in with the joker's CUT OFF face....

#spoiler alert: she wanted it stitched onto her own face and demanded him to do it by threatening his daughter bc why not ig #barton really thought he could escape being in cahoots with the joker but NAHHH #his pasty ass always manages to continue to ruin everyone's day even when he's not around xxx #( i'm just joking y'all LOL ... kind of )