#It could've been great!

[mable-stitchpunk]

Enjoyed your Vanny vid as well! There were so many different ways they could have made SB, made Vanessa and Vanny work.

Just one weird idea: what if she had been the player character, and the story focused on her actively fighting the Afton-imposed Vanny identity. What if the Pizzaplex was influenced by her torn psyche, like some Silent Hill logic where reality bends and twists between glamrock neon and nightmare fuel? Because she’s an unreliable narrator, you can’t be sure what’s really happening, what’s Afton’s influence, and what’s her own mind cracking under the pressure. Maybe she sees Vanny outside her own body, stalking the plex, adding more confusion and theory fodder! Maybe Gregary is all in her head, or he’s a real child in real danger because of her, and the fact she can’t tell terrifies her.

I’m pulling at a lot of thin air here, but you get what i mean? Vanessa had all this great setup that could have been taken in any direction… instead, they picked no direction.

Thank you!

Oh, I really like that idea! Especially since Vanessa could maybe encounter Vanny in the flipped hallucination world. Literally the other half of her- or, that is, the puppet created with her own body. I feel like playing as Vanessa might've led to more exciting gameplay at times too. She can't hide from animatronics, but get an aggressive one and, oh boy, she can definitely still get hurt by one.

I know EXACTLY what you mean. I think that's why I am a lot softer on her than Baby, because there's just so much that was almost there, but not quite. >.<

#Vanessa #Vanny #Security Breach #potential #It could've been great!

[castles-crumbllng]

Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) | Dir. Rob Marshall

#thelittlemermaidedit #disneyedit #filmedit #jonah hauer king #jhauerkingedit #jonahhauerkingedit #prince eric #the little mermaid #disney #y'all i just got back from this movie and got a little obsessed. it was good liked it but could've been soo much better. #THE WORLD BUILDING WAS PHENOMENAL but they left so many loose threads that had the potential to make it great #also i got seasick/motion sick SO MUCH during this #useralison #userjessica #usermarsy #useraish #userarry #*shale #userkarolina

[scalpho]

it still baffles me that for the sci-fi comedy zac came barelling in with a cerebro-slug infiltrating the brain of an ex-military man whose memory was wiped by his commanding officer after he was ordered to secretly dump dead bodies, all of which with exploded heads, and also the slug is the slug prince and the slugs have taken over the bodies of billions of people in an attempt to conquer the galaxy and his slug father is responsible for the deaths of all the brothers of one of his friends and crewmates. and then for the actual horror season his character pitch was "i'm a little kitty cat. i'm little and small"

#i know skip was played for comedy (as was everything in aso) but it's such an insane concept with such great potential for horror #it could've been just like among us guys.... #dimension 20 #a starstruck odyssey #neverafter #skip takamori #pib neverafter #zac oyama #scal txt

[ewingstan]

Take the following observations:

Taylor kissed Rachel to cure bonesaw's miasma (wildbow 2012, part 14.11)

Taylor could have spit on a bug and had it fly into Rachel's mouth to cure the miasma (@ty-bayonet-betteridge, 2023)

Wildbow has stated numerous times that neither of these characters are supposed to be taken as queer.

Taylor kissing a girl on the lips in a scenario when there were other options she likely would have thought of to cure her is Gay

These three observations all seem to contradict with each other, such that we cannot take them seriously without one of them giving. Most would place their doubt on 3, claiming that wildbow intentionally created a yuri moment for his readers and then backed away from the implications this would have on the larger story. However, careful reasoning reveals that there is no necessary contradiction:

A normally gay action isn't actually gay if all your alternatives in the situation would be more gay.

The most-often stated alternative for what Taylor could have done involved flying a bug down Rachel's throat.

Taylor's swarm is noted numerous times to be an extension of her body.

We can thus conclude there is no contradiction between are initial quartet of observations as long as we accept the following: Taylor having a bug fly down a girl's throat is more gay than simply kissing them.

With this out of the way, we can turn our attention to a section from 19.7:

We have an instance of Taylor doing what she was fully capable of doing in the miasma incident, and sticking a bug down her teammate's throat—in this case in order to stop talking. Based on our above reasoning, we can conclude that Taylor did the equivalent of dipping Lisa into a surprise kiss sloppy style to shut her up. The fact that this strategy worked and Sundancer did in fact nuke those guys is an important piece of evidence for my ongoing theory that Worm acts on the logic of a romantic comedy—

#wormblr #wildbow #parahumans #taylor hebert #rachel lindt #lisa wilbourn #leo reads worm #leo says #this is a great day for smugbug lovers everywhere and a sad day for wolfspider lovers. Could've been gayer turns out

[dangerousdan-dan]

I’ve been thinking a lot about how Cass’ journey as Batgirl (more specifically after losing her abilities) directly relates to her perspective as a martial artist.

I’m convinced that her choices wouldn’t have been the same if she weren’t a martial artist. The thing is, when you love fighting, and when you’re good at it, you become addicted to a lot of things. To winning, to discipline, to having absolute control over your body, to enduring pain for the sake of greatness. And as someone who, same as Cass, lost all of that without consent because of someone else, I totally understand why when given the choice to be “mediocre for a lifetime or perfect for a year,” she chose the latter.

That’s what training is, after all. Your legs shake and burn to get that stance just right, your knuckles bleed because you can’t afford to let the skin get soft, you practice that kick a hundred times because you can always make it faster, harder, smoother. In the back of your mind, you know that you’re dooming yourself to the aches of the future, but you keep going because the idea of not achieving perfection is worse.

When Batman tells her “it doesn’t matter how long it takes, what matters is that you give it everything you’ve got”, the most painful part is that she had already given everything. Cass gave her childhood, her happiness, her sweat and blood. When Cass lost her abilities, it was the equivalent of dismissing all the sacrifices that got her where she was, like saying none of it was worth it. She was the best because she had earned it. So, even if she tried to achieve that same greatness again, the I could’ve been more would’ve haunted her forever. She would’ve mourned that potential for the rest of her life.

Lady Shiva herself is a martial artist, and she was perfectly aware of what had been taken away from Cass and what offering it back would mean. Refusing her offer was never an option. The proof?

Just look how happy she is immediately after getting her abilities back. She doesn’t even care that she’s going to die.

She’s great again, she has agency over her body again.

Her sacrifices matter.

Batgirl (2000) #9

#maybe I'm projecting onto her a little too much #but truth be told I mourn what I could've been every day #(i cried a little writing this post not gonna lie) #I'm sure leaving that chance behind would've killed her #so it doesn't matter to her if fighting lady shiva means dying anyway as long as she gets her year of greatness #batgirl (2000) #cassandra cain #batman #lady shiva

[thundergrace]

Yeah, about now, it does feel worth mentioning that this film exists. It is a literal continuation of Romeo & Juliet. Juliet doesn't die because she's turned by a vampire but Romeo does die and because of that, Juliet is just bitter af forever until she meets this woman. Then she's still mostly a jerk but then she falls in love with her and is less of a jerk.

#and surprisssse yes with a white woman anyway #I've mentioned this one a few times #it's not a great film #it feels like a play and perhaps should've been that #it also could've been a great series #but as a movie it's just too on the surface #it feels superficial #an intriguing idea that i wish they were about #able* to do more with storywise #with a kiss i die #first kill #first kill netflix

[misty-wisp]

sumire could've been so much more interesting, like. okay. i get it. kasumi was really nice but at the same time she was insensitive as fuck to her sister and that made her feel like shit 24/7 and you'd think that'd piss sumire off, no? or at least you'd think it'd be made clear that she's not pissed purely because she thinks so lowly of herself. no. she just sings kasumi's praises even with everything in mind.

like. you'd think "hm maybe kasumi wasn't the best sister even though she meant well" no. no she's the perfect person and sumire still loves her and looks up to her well enough to wear her likeness even after accepting herself as sumire post-3rd semester. sumire didn't even like gymnastics as much as her and she obviously had more of an interest in cooking but she's gotta go on to fulfill her sister's dream even though hey maybe that's not what she wants--no that's exactly what she wants it's what the game says can't you read.

idk man sumire continuing to think her sister was perfect and following on with that "dream" of theirs even though it was holding down her mental health doesn't sound much like her rebelling to me. ik her real awakening was meant to be rebelling against maruki's reality but in that case her whole personal deal regarding how she sees herself and kasumi doesn't mean that much. she doesn't get to do her own thing. she has to go and achieve what her sister wanted for her, because god forbid sumire be her own person with her own interests and wants that have nothing to do with her dead sister.

fuck, kasumi could've been more interesting too. she doesn't have to be this perfect, well-meaning sister who did nothing wrong except make an oopsies that got her sister to have a mental breakdown and accidentally get her fucking killed. like, c'mon, you could infer that kasumi may have had her own ego over getting constantly praised for her efforts and skills and maybe that was what got her to be so insensitive to sumire's mental health. maybe she was so far up her own ass she couldn't see how she hurt her sister over the course of them doing gymnastics together because literally all she knew was that praise. maybe the way she was being treated got her to emotionally abuse her own sister without her even realizing it. maybe we could've seen more of how that affected sumire's mental health after her death--oh what's that? she still has to be a perfectly marketable waifu with next to no personality aside from being nice and cute and romantically interested in the protagonist? okay, ATLUS!!

#gripping sumi by the shoulders i can fix her i can fix her #idek if this is a hot take or not i just. i don't like how sumire's character was sacrificed for marketability #bc she could've been SO FUCKING GREAT #i liked her? at first? but then i thought about it #and i watched my bf play royal and realized WOW she got fucking shafted #it's been a hot minute since i've seen this fandom's thoughts on some chars so uhhhh go easy on me or smth #i know i made a post last year saying 'wow sumi's much better implemented into the game than marie' yeah no i was wrong ignore that #persona 5 #p5r spoilers #sumire yoshizawa #misty says things

[linden-after-hours]

As much as most of us (I assume) found Joker Out through Eurovision last year and maybe are big fans of the contest (me included), please consider boycotting Eurovision this year!

Palestinians and allies have called for the disqualification of Israel but the EBU has refused. Now Israel is participating with a song that used to be called "October Rain" (the title has been changed) that is very clearly referencing October 7th.

Russia was (rightfully) disqualified for opening fire on Ukraine. Israel is allowed to continue, despite the year-long occupation and murdering thousands of Palestinians in the last half year alone.

Boycotting means not watching, not streaming the shows, not creating or interacting with any Eurovision content. You will miss out on a glittery night of music and it will suck, but it will help path the way to a free Palestine! 🍉

Read the BDS Movements statement from March 2nd 2024 here.

#Bojan being this involved kinda put a lil damper on the band for me #but he's such a teeny-tiny part in the entirety that is Eurovision #plus their fame is still kinda running off the event #so this is in no way me saying we should boycot JO #also iirc Kris shared a pro-palestine post in his story a while back (but i could've imagined that) #and i read/saw that Jan and Kris signed a petition to disqualify Israel #and also their lil no-war speech before Novi Val #afaik they haven't publicly stated any opinion #this whole Eurovision thing hurts tbh #I've been watching it religiously since I was eight #and i am going to miss it *so bad* this year you don't even know #but the safety of Palestinians is more important that a night in front of the TV #and the artwashing of the EBU fucks me up #i hope they learn their lesson #kick Israel out #apologise and show they've learned #so we can all have a great time again next year #with a free Palestine #linden talks #joker out #bojan cvjetićanin #eurovision #free palestine

[lgbtlunaverse]

I'm a little bit insane about how in novel canon the whole xiyao ending where Jin Guangyao wants to die with Xichen, who accepts, which then makes jgy change his mind and pushes him away at the last second isn't actually explicit. A lot of adaptations chose to make it so but in the novel this is all VERY up for interpretation.

Here's what actually happens in the text: Lan xichen stabs jgy, jgy moves away from lan xichen, xichen follows him, wwx realizes jgy is about to open the coffin and calls "watch out!" to lan xichen. Jgy unseals nmj, pushes xichen away, nmj kills jgy and they are both dragged into the coffin which is sealed again.

Here's what wei wuxian, our narrator, thinks is happening: Jin Guangyao wanted to lead lan xichen to his death out of revenge for stabbing him. Lan Xichen, unaware, simply followed Jin Guangyao to try and stop him from getting away. Wei wuxian's warning came too late, but Jin Guangyao- for an unknown reason- changed his mind at the last second and pushed lan xichen out of danger before lan xichen had any idea of what was going on.

Here's what most fans as well as the teams behind several adpatations think is happening: Jin Guangyao leads Xichen to nmj's coffin to die with him, Xichen accepts, because of this acceptance, proof xichen still cares for him, Jin Guangyao pushes him out of harm's way. Wei Wuxian just doesn't get that gay people who aren't him or Lan Wangji exist.

Here's what ALSO MIGHT BE HAPPENING: Jin guangyao wants to die in a different way than he is currently dying. Maybe he's afraid of what'll happen to his body after his death like he was scared for his mother's, maybe he wants to confront nmj one last time now that there's nothing more for him to lose, maybe - if he can't take her body with him- he'd at least like his final resting place to be where he buried his mother. Lan Xichen thinks he's trying to get away and follows but Jin Guangyao, who despite everything doesn't want him to die, pushes him away. Xichen doesn't know what happened until it's already happened. What he would've wanted if he had known remains up in the air.

Or, alternatively: Jin Guangyao's reasons are as above, but unbeknowst to Wei Wuxian, Xichen DOES know what jgy is about to do and either misinterprets this as an invitation to all die together, or inidividually decides he, too, is done, and wants to join his sworn brothers in the grave. To Jin Guangyao this has nothing to do with Lan Xichen, and he still doesn't want him to die, so he pushes him away against Lan Xichen's wishes.

Every single one of these interpretations is unhinged and they are all supported by the original text. It's like a choose your own adventure of tragic gay endings.

#mdzs #mdzs meta #meng yao #jin guangyao #lan xichen #nie mingjue #3zun #xiyao #rs: i wish it could've been you #honestly which is worse for xichen. Being denied his wish explicitly or only realizing he wanted it after it'd already been denied for him #OR genuinely not wanting to die but being forced to live with the fact that even after he essentially killed him jgy still saved his life #just another way he's in his debt #like no matter what he's not coming out of here okay #i switch between a bunch of these all the time but actually favor the last 2 because they're very underexplored in my opinion #I like it when 'i never even thought about hurting you' remains true to the bitter end. He never even considered it #also I just... have a lot of feelings about that being his mom's coffin #do you remember that in the novel the coffin was so heavy only sect leaders could bear the weight? #so for the burial a group of sect leaders had to be the pallbearers... the SYMBOLISM GUYS!! THE SYMBOLISM! #jgy dies in infamy but despite everything it's the highest of cultivation society who carry the coffin he's buried in #he's in the same coffin as a great sect leader!! As nmj!! After a whole life fighting an uphill battle finally in death they are equal #it's not justice and it's not fair but it's... something #wwx's interpretation is the one i favour the least. sorry bro you remain an unreliable narrator to me. #it feels rather uncharitable towards jgy which makes sense for wwx's pov but makes it not my favorite #there's an alternative version of that intepretation where jgy THINKS he's doing the coffin trio pact and thinks xichen accepts. #and has the same realization of oh no he still cares I don't want him to die and pushes lxc away #meanwhile lan xichen hasn't actually processed any of this because it all happened in about 0.4 seconds #i like that one slightly more but it's still not my favorite #there's tragedy in the misunderstanding but it's a bit convoluted.

[lesbianwithchainsaws]

Annie Edison is already one of the characters of all time and, if the writers hadn't kept trying to give her a romance with Jeff, she'd be even more the character of all time

#i love annie so much and every day i am mentally fighting the writers for the jeffannie-isms #i feel like there could have been so much to explore with her outside her romance w jeff #shes smart. she wants to be taken more seriously. the study group is her found family. she chloroformed a guy twice #and was ready to do it again #she's absolutely insane and i love her and she's such a great character #and i feel like there could've been more of those moments if there was less jeff and annie stuff #nbc community #annie edison #community

[firelxdykatara]

to this day it's astounding to me that bryke claimed they liked asami too much to have her be an equalist.

like what was the thought process there?

"we like her too much to do anything fun or interesting with her character! she can just be there to drive and look pretty."

it's like they completely forgot that one of the reasons zuko is far and away the fan favorite character from atla is that he had some astounding character growth that began with him as a villain. it's honestly just further proof of their incompetence, because they had the amazing makings of a redemption arc on their hands and just squandered it.

i might have actually shipped korrasami if it had the sauce some decent e2l framing would've given it, rather than asami being the poor put upon girl constantly framed as the victim of the stupid love triangle shit.

#asami sato #every day i think about how juicy equalist!asami would've been #she could've had an actual character arc #there could've been more to her than a great hair routine #sigh sigh siiiiiiiiigh #lok critical #lok salt #bryke salt #atla

[drrav3nb]

GET TO KNOW ME MEME: favourite ships [2/10] - Ubbe & Alfred (Vikings)

I do not trust my own noblemen as much as I trust you.

#ubbe x alfred #ulfred #ubbe lothbrok #ubbe ragnarsson #alfred the great #king alfred #vikings #vikingsedit #history vikings #tvandfilm #tvfilmedit #tvfilmsource #vikings gifs #jordan patrick smith #ferdia walsh peelo #gtkm #get to know me #gtkm meme #we were robbed i tell you ROBBED #they could've been athelnar 2.0 but hirst couldn't see the vision he couldn't see the greatness! #ugh forever mad they never at least reunited or became canon

[orion-nottson]

megatron mood board UwU 🌌💜😈🔮💊

#transformers #transformers prime #tfp #tfp megatron #megatron #if he had gotten a mood stabilizer the Great War could've been avoided entirely

[wizard-irl]

Modern crystal healing: It opens your ~chakras~ you will attract ~abundance~ you will ~connect with the universe~

Medieval crystal healing: This shit makes you invisible, stops your periods from hurting, and makes your husband love you.

#chatter #Yes those are all taken from real medieval descriptions of crystals. #I can't remember the last one but the first two are topaz and carnelian. #I prefer older crystal healing sources I will not lie. #Its the fact that they're less vague and more confident about their assumptions. #I have read modern (70s) crystal healing books and they are INCOMPREHENSIBLE. #The thing about these books from the 70s is that if you follow the citation chain of modern books they all lead back to them. #I don't know how you could get any useful information from Healing “diamonds are so strong they cause cancer” Stoned. #Want medieval rock information? #Hildegarde von Bingen's Physica and Albert the Great's De Mineralibus. #English translations: Priscilla Throop and Dorothy Wyckoff respectively because I've read those. #Physica includes a lot more than crystals and Throop's translation is easy to read so I recommend it in general. #Wyckoff's De Mineralibus contains a lot of interesting footnotes that explain what Albert could've been referring to. #Because shockingly in a society without ways to definitively test minerals sometimes every green rock is an emerald. #Bonus: Want some Roman crystal knowledge? Pliny the Elder's Natural History volume 11. #|| #witch #witchblr #witch memes #witchcraft #crystal witch #crystals #witch meme

[millions-dykes]

WOE. HOPE DOODLES BE UPON YEE!!! featuring : rare soft moments with knives and co + how her first few weeks with Vash and the gang was like! I love her sm she never leaves my brain

Faux (weird blond guy) belongs to @cliban :3

#trigun ocs #trigun maximum #trimax #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #milly thompson #millions knives #elendira the crimsonnail #legato bluesummers #zazie the beast #faux ersatz #hope rapier million saverem #polygun + #my art #did you know. I love hope #she's my little baby #While knives and the ghg were NOT good parents that didn't stop her from having nice moments yk? #they're rare but. here. #knives could've been a great dad if he didn't get absorbed by making hope The Perfect Plant For His Cause #Elendira only made her a new coat bc her clothes were getting too small and let's be real kniges probably doesn't even know how to sew #Hope also admires elendira's fashion and I think she's a little weak to compliments #hence why the coat is partially inspired by hers!!! #she doesn't think of hope as a daughter or anything but she IS endeared to her. does this make sense. #Anyways Hope takes a LOT of time to actually get along wolfwood (he shot her) and Vash (bias implemented by knives) #Faux and Milly are the twos who get to her first bc they're the best w/ kids #and despite her cold hard facade hope's just that. a kid.

[glorymybeloved]

Genuinely I think about the first arc all the time. I know there's a lot to criticise but the dragonets' character arcs & the morals of each book were sooo spot on. The way each dragonet reacted to their abuse differently & different sides of each issue were shown--my god. Clay learning he was meant to be a protector, not a warrior. Tsunami feeling like a monster for the first time in her life when she was protecting her friends the only way she knew how. Learning everything that was stolen from her by the Talons, her culture, her language, her mother tongue. Having complicated feelings toward Webs (who was explicitly acknowledged as an enabler! That hit so close to home when i first read it in like 5th grade). Glory having no sympathy for her abusers while the others still clung to them (glory's whole arc is so. argh). Starflight coming to terms with the fact that he'll never be the all-powerful prophecy child he was always told he'd grow into. Sunny remaining kind despite it all. ARGH

#not 1st arc but i loved turtle & peril's characters too. winter grew on me. qibli was great but he could've been greater #moonwatcher was kinda basic but ive got nothing against her #wof #wings of fire #glory wof #clay wof #tsunami wof #sunny wof #starflight wof