#amy rambles

[thinkingisadangerouspastime]

BOTH hopclaps?? im sure this has been pointed out already but,,, mayhaps brennan has something in store here

#dimension 20 #henry hopclap #ruben hopclap #fhjy #fantasy high junior year #fantasy high #dropout tv #id in alt text #amy rambles

[syruubi]

Man its been weeks and I’m still soured by the conclusion to Fontaine’s main story. I'll just rant here

There were a lot of things I didn’t like about it (Arlecchino's altruism being played straight, Traveler being out of character, the lore exposition ass-pull with the prophecy slates, the weird logic about how destroying a Gnosis could potentially wake up the Heavenly Principles but not fucking destroying an Archon Throne when Celestia forced everyone to fight a GODDAMN WAR TO ESTABLISH THEM-) but the biggest offense to me was how Furina was handled. This was marketed as the grand finale of the arc, the climax with Furina at the center of it all. And she got shafted. Big time. Furina had no agency in the plot whatsoever, nothing she did had any effect on how things turned out, and she didn’t even have the dignity of fully understanding why it all had to happen that way.

(Also I will preface this with yes Furina and Focalors are technically the same person with the same origin, but after the split Furina lost all her memories as Focalors. They are two separate consciousnesses with different experiences, and therefore I will treat their individual choices as their own)

I’ve seen people try to argue that no, she chose to take on this role knowing she would suffer, that she didn't HAVE to go along with it. And she was even working by herself to solve the prophecy without relying on Focalors, she wasn’t a puppet/pawn! But the thing is she was essentially in a hostage situation. If she didn’t do things exactly as dictated by Focalors people would DIE. Like there is a reason why criminal punishments are lighter when it’s found the perpetrator was coerced into it! And her researching how to avoid the prophecy changed nothing about the outcome, she could have sat around eating cake and the story would have word for word turned out exactly the same. All that information served to do was highlight her suffering and draw the audience’s sympathy. That's what I mean about her not having agency, it's not about her ability to act as an individual but how her actions had an effect on the overall plot. None of her choices outside of the role designated by Focalors did anything to change the situation for better or worse.

And to top it all off she didn’t even understand WHY this all had to happen. Why do people dissolve in the Primordial water? How does her pretending to be an Archon play into solving the issue? Why can’t she confide in anyone? What the hell is Focalors even doing? She doesn’t learn the answers to any of these until after everything was over, and not even from Focalors’ own mouth, it was relayed to her by Neuvillette.

Speaking of Neuvillette, I’m not gonna lie I’m sorta annoyed at his existence because it felt like Furina was shafted for him. Everything is very tilted in Neuvillette's favor. He gets his powers back, full control over Pneuma/Ousia, final say in trials, the ability to hand out Visions, and just straight up the ability to manipulate life itself. And okay all these things were his to begin with lore-wise, whatever, but he also becomes the "lore important" character after this at Furina's expense. Furina doesn't have her memories as Focalors, she can't tell us anything about how the world works, about Celestia, about what happened 500 years ago. Even though other Archons didn't give us much either for one reason or another, they at least HAVE that knowledge, and are therefore guaranteed to have involvement in future events with the Abyss and Celestia. Furina at the moment, doesn't. Neuvillette has it now. And all that talk about Focalors judging Celestia? Also Neuvillette's job now. And it feels like it was all stolen from Furina from a story-telling perspective because again, she didn't know of the plan to return his powers. She didn't even get to explicitly agree with her other self that he should have them back. The writers really seemed to go out of their way to place him on a pedestal at Furina's expense, which irks the hell out of me.

There are some opportunity for future interludes to turn the current state around, and they probably will since Furina is still being marketed as an Archon, but as it stands I want Fontaine to be over so we can move on to the next disappointment.

#I'm actually ok with the trial #I thought it was dumb but from the characters perspectives Furina was willingly hiding key information #and they already gave her a chance to come clean with it privately #so they had to corner her #and the writers needed to build up to the climax #so even if it was contrived I give it a pass #It was undoubtedly dramatic and I was very moved by Focalors sacrifice #but I couldn't disagree more when people call it peak writing #maybe it depends greatly on whether you liked Furina before her past was revealed #Bc despite the implications that there was more to her even early on people looked at her act at face value and thought she was insufferabl #and it was after we were shown the extent of her suffering that opinions took a 180 #and while I'm glad for that I can't help but be a little bitter that it took THIS for it to happen #amy rambles

[appocalipse]

i have a feeling that steve is going to die in s5 🤧

#stranger things #amy rambles #steve harrington

[tojirights]

hey y'all, i know I've been quiet for a little bit and i guess i should officially say that im taking a step back for the time being, a slight hiatus.

things are just too hectic in life right now and my interests are fading. i will be back i promise!

#amy rambles

[cerberuscaeli]

Why isn't there any modern au fanart of Wriothesley? (Or atleast I can't find any) 😩

Like, I wanna see him wearing hoodies, with skinny jeans and (combat) boots and maybe a beanie on is head 😩

Or him in a thight shirt with a tie and fancy pants 🥹

Or in those school type uniforms but make it university style? 🥹

Or or him studying while wearing reading glasses? 🥹

Or him in the skater type clothing style? 🥹

#wriothesley #genshin wriothesley #genshin impact wriothesley #genshin modern au #amy rambles

[obi-blond-kenobi]

KENOBIIIIIIIII!

As much as I love that this ask cleared out an ask box full of cobwebs, this blog is getting one HECK of a revamp once I finish my Master's degree.

To everyone who followed this blog for Star Wars purposes -- sigh. You're. You're about to adore me or absolutely abhor me. You're about to get spammed with so much content that you did NOT sign up for from a blog you thought was long dead and buried.

You have until the evening of May 1. After that -- don't say I didn't warn you.

#amy rambles #asks #wintercell #vampires #vampires is all i can say #i was never a vampire girlie #but now #prepare yourselves

[longing-for-the-past-times]

Spent the last 3 nights struggling to write a 5000 words paper on a Research Methodology in Computer Science. Were I not in a writer's block because of college and work, I could write 3 or more COD imagines in this time, each over 5000 words...

and I have to write two more essays like this till next week.

I can't wait for the Christmas holidays. I want to creatively write...

#amy rambles #i m sorry to my readers for delaying the fifth part of the ghost fanfic :(

[dragonbadgerbooks]

One of my favorite things about my book photo challenge is seeing what the day's prompt is because I've definitely already forgotten

#i take pics and schedule them like a week or more in advance #and then im like #whats todays prompt? #and see yalls posts #and remember what my post is #and go :D #amy rambles #my book photo challenge #dragonbadgerchallenge

[the-music-keeper]

I'm going to die. (It's fine.)

Pray for me, all. Comps are about to kick my behind.

Musical Diplomacy/Book History

1. Loscocco article. (That was a really well-written article.)

Comps

2. Study the baroque materials. (*sigh*)

3. Study the classical materials. (*another sigh*)

4. Study the Schumann materials. (My advisor always gives constructive feedback but good Lord this is his literal specialty.)

5. Study the theory materials. (I should be able to do a quick review of my assignments from the class -- this is why I kept them all.)

Adulting

6. Gym trip #1. (Done.)

7. Laundry. (Done.)

I'm taking the thesis off the list this week because I really, really need to focus on comps. If I get some done this week that'll be awesome, but it will be after and only after I successfully complete my comps.

#amy rambles #amy's to do list #diplomacy and book history seminar #comps #adulting #catholic university of america #cua #musicology #music major #do not be fooled by the very tiny list #it's big #it's so big #but it'll be okay #at least i hope it will

[witchygagirl]

Happy Birthday to Me

#happy Birthday to me #happy birthday to myself #scorpio season #november baby #amy is rambling #amy rambles #amys insanity #im 33

[thinkingisadangerouspastime]

brb ending all my emails like this

#early modern #17th century #shitpost #really no idea how to tag this #letters #id in alt text #amy rambles

[syruubi]

It's so hard to reupload old art because even though I wouldn't say I even improved much since then I can still hardly look at a lot of it anymore lol

#amy rambles

[appocalipse]

let's say i wrote a little something for steve on a whim but now it's not that little and it really needs editing and it doesn't make any sense unless i rewrite the beginning

let's say eddie lives in this one and he is hiding for now

what then???????????

#let's say eddie survives the upside down but needs to stay hidden for the time being because everyone thinks he's a murderer #and then steeb is like 'oh cool you're eddie's friend that's why you're taking care of him...or is it?' 🤨 #it's been so long since i last got any writing done #steve harrington x reader #amy rambles #i don't know if i want to share this 😫 #i sort of had a dream about it and oh well

[tojirights]

you guys will never believe it..... but im working on something that's not smut....

#round of applause #amy rambles

[j0elmill3r]

stop it rn imagine grown baby girl telling joel he’s gonna be a grandpa i’m sobbing

#amy rambles #baby girl concepts #grown baby girl

[obi-blond-kenobi]

🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨

I haven't gotten an ask in so long, so receiving this one was a really nice surprise. Thank you.

These are tracks off my "currently on repeat" playlist!

1. Heaven's Got Nothing on You - The Struts

2. Breakin' Dishes - Rihanna

3. Scheiße - Lady Gaga

4. older - Isabel LaRosa

5. City Slicker - Ginger Root

#asks #ask game #amy rambles #music #never gonna pass up a chance to share my current favorites!!!