#and foreshadow things i have planned

[grape-writes]

This is what i do instead of writing, apparently

There are more!!!

A treat

#levy draws #levys art #levys oc #fnaf oc #fnaf mer au #fnaf tw #<- for friend who follows this account #in my defense i do have 2000 words written for chapter 2 #i swear!!!! #its just the one chapter i have basically nothing to work with so im gonna procrastinate on it #its really just filler for Moon content #but i planned this ahead of time so i gotta write it #at least it lets me build some world building or backstory for stuff #and foreshadow things i have planned #Become One with the Sea of Stars

[egophiliac]

LET THE BOY HAVE AN EDUCATION

officially at the point where we're starting to see where it's all headed and I am just going NYEEHEEHEE in delight at it all. ahhh...next week can't come soon enough...

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #stage in playful land #stage in playfulland #leona: (devises an actually somewhat clever plan to take out the staff-puppets without breaking any rules) #leona: (taken out two seconds later because he sat down in the wrong place) #at this point i'm half expecting the ssr boys to actually bust in with a big sandwich platter or something #a cake with 'please don't kidnap people :)' written on it in shaky icing #kalim isn't good at plans but he DOES throw a good shindig and by god he's going to play to his strengths #also IT WASN'T SHINY TICKETS IT WAS GIDEL?! #MY BOY #MY BEAUTIFUL MAGICAL FELINE BOY #i mean i'm assuming at this point but that seems to be the implication #genuinely kind of shocked that they actually WERE being magicked into being extra gullible #it was ✨foreshadowing✨ all along... #the blot though! what about the blot! #is that going to be an issue or are we going to have enough to deal with already! #i have rocketed from 'i find these villains entertaining' to 'i am suddenly incredibly invested in them as characters' #LOOK there is one thing better than characters with sort of unhealthy codependent relationships #and that is characters with sort of unhealthy codependent relationships but TWIST IT'S NOT THE WAY YOU THINK #nyeeheeheeeeeee

[natjennie]

i think mostly we as a culture need to stop pretending media is for us and instead recognize that it's for the people making it. "the show didn't do the thing I wanted it to" is so not the point. did it do what the people making it wanted it to do? did it tell the story they were trying to tell? than it was successful. if that doesn't align with what you wanted to happen, don't get up in arms about it. don't badmouth the creators and throw a tantrum. that's what fan works are for. the text is the text, and it told the story it was telling. you wouldn't be like "ugh shakespeare is insane for act v btw like there was no reason for juliet to kill herself she should've just waited and then her and romeo could have been together wtf this ruined the whole play" like no!!! the themes were there the set-up was there the foreshadowing was there shakespeare did what he intended to. just because it wasn't a happy ending and just because you thought it should've went differently doesn't mean it was bad. read a fic where juliet lives and move on.

#this is about ghosts but honestly fandom in general #stop pretending the creators of things owe you certain story lines. they're making it not you #i explained it like this to my sister: #imagine you're reading a book and there are sort of hints and scenes that you take to interpret a character as gay #you cite quotes and talk about the themes and the impact of your interpretation #and then at the end of the book the character comes out as asexual. #and then a lot of those scenes and quotes that you were using as evidence for your interpretation- #now they could be construed to have been pointing towards them being ace all along #just because it wasnt the end you fabricated in your head based on your understanding of the hints #doesn't mean it wasnt always the writers plan from the beginning. #AND it doesnt mean you can't keep imagining a world where they're gay instead #it just means that the writer was leaving those clues to point you towards the ending #and you interpreted the clues differently #bbc ghosts #ghosts spoilers #bc like. if last resort was the ending #you could 'read' the whole series with the understanding that they weren't going to leave the house #and the foreshadowing would add up #but now with the special. you can go back and 'read' the series with the understanding that they leave #and it still all adds up. the foreshadowing was there it just meant something different than you thought. #stories have beginnings middles and ends #you predetermined the ending while still in the middle and got mad when you weren't right. #does that make sense?

[itwoodbeprefect]

girl HELP absolutely everything is going exactly right on the high school lesbians obsessed with space show and there are still FOUR more episodes to go

#looks like there are some oh-no-foreign-exchange-plans-may-make-us-part woes ahead but. probably not four episodes worth #(also yes i AM saying everything is going right while ton is getting hit by charoen bc i think (with much love) that it's good for him) #(of course i don't think mawin getting stood up is what he deserves. but i DO think mawin ending up with ton during the meteor shower....) #(well it SHOULD be foreshadowing is all i'm saying. and so far i have no reason to believe this show would waste that) #* #23.5 degrees #anyway. this is just how the pacing of these gmmtv shows works #< things i tell myself while hoping we can avoid the inevitable main couple breakup arc

[chirpsythismorning]

I'm not going to say we should take every single thing official Netflix accounts post as gospel, because obviously they are not run by the Duffer Brothers themselves.

But to be clear, these people are hired by Netflix and there's more to it than just random interns scheduling posts. The people running these accounts are not the same people designing the posts made there, just like the people designing those posts have higher ups telling them what to do/not do in terms of the content they are creating. And there are plenty more levels that go beyond that, which eventually does lead to the Duffers and producers of the show, who do have a stake in how the show is promoted on a basic level to best align with their intentions and all the revelations still to come.

It is common knowledge that the Duffers work with Netflix marketing directly on a consistent basis to get their vision across, and that carries out in promotion with posters, merchandise, social media, etc., because it's really important in ST case (with it being a show made by nerds that love easter eggs), that they foreshadow what is still to come outside of the show itself.

When it comes to social media, the core purpose of those accounts is to encourage engagement for Netflix's user base, ideally ensuring they tune in to whatever is being promoted (and more), but it’s also more than that, in that it’s even more based on data and other factors.

What this leads to is the people in those less major decision-making roles, like graphic designers, simply being advised what to create, based on the information and content they are given to work with.

And so these accounts going from promoting byler subtly for years, to blatantly posting about it post-s5, is actually very, very intentional, going beyond a simple Netflix intern. It’s orchestrated by those in management positions, being advised by those in the ST production to do things a certain way, so that when all is said and done, we are able to look back and find tiny little things that point to it.

Byler can't be something they NEVER talked about even once on social media, only to have them end up being endgame with them posting about it forever afterwards when it's all said and done. It doesn't work like that, at least not in ST case. We're talking about a production that costs hundreds of millions to make, as well as being the most talked about mainstream series of our generation.

They have an obligation to make their story feel not only satisfying on its own, but to also promote the show in a way that makes the viewer feel this whole well-rounded experience, outside of the show itself as well.

And so when ST came out in summer 2022 and Netflix Geeked was making posts about it non-stop, that wasn't a rogue, low-paid Netflix intern doing whatever they wanted. That was multiple people with a job given a task and following through with it at their advisers discretion. Regardless of where it ended up, it started at the top with the Duffers informing higher ups in marketing that Byler is something that will happen, along with other revelations that they want to inform marketing about, so they can take the steps to plan ahead and create content that matches the Duffer's vision, most often to act as a foreshadowing device for the story still unraveling.

Remember when Netflix Geeked made a post acknowledging that Will the Wise drawing in El's room back in s3?? A very well known byler easter egg that only we know about??? That wasn't some ga intern watching the show once and them spontaneously coming up with content to create related to that drawing and posting about it themselves. That was very likely someone associated with the show giving suggestions to marketing, with a few of them being very incriminating in relation to byler, but with most being casual in relation to the show overall.

Just like I said in this post about how Noah didn't tweet about byler or mention it multiple times at cons unprompted bc he was feeling quirky. He was being advised to...

And look what Netflix did to that tweet Noah posted that was clearly a stunt in an of itself.? They broadcasted it and made a cheesy ass edit out of it... And it's bc several people behind the scenes were advised to make content like that specifically.

I mean, if you actually look at how social media promotes byler (if and when it does), it's arguably in the exact way that the Duffers want it to be promoted?. Just enough. Not too little. Not too much. I would argue if the Duffers had no say whatsoever in how the show was promoted, then we'd either be seeing byler constantly or we wouldn't see them at all, instead we see social media sort of dance around it, which tells me they are following the exact approach the Duffers themselves follow... because they were obviously given the instruction to.

And so seeing an account like UK Netflix, an account that as of recent has really went all out with posting Queer content since Heartstopper released, has also notably made really incriminating posts about byler over the years, but especially as of recent. And that's in large part because of what I've stated, but also based on data.

If higher ups in marketing at Netflix know about byler, then they are very likely pushing people lower on the payroll, doing more simple tasks like graphic design and social media management, to make connections to ST with other shows like Heartstopper, Sex Education, Young Royals, etc. And this is because if byler IS going to end up being this huge Queer love story, data is telling them to make these connections sooner than later, so that the eventual revelation will be a smooth transition amongst other content just like it. This works in Netflix's favor at the end of the day, which is the whole point of all of this.

Not saying you should take the most casual of Netflix posts as byler endgame proof if that's what you're asking. But to say that these accounts have NO association with the Duffer's and ST directly, therefore we shouldn’t even appreciate anything they post if it points to byler, is sort of over-simplifying things.

It's not like s5 is gonna drop and all of these interns are going to be like OHHH okay now i'm a byler so i'll post about it... Going into s5 they're going to be making some very side eye posts and it isn't going to have anything to do with them being an intern without any say in things, its gonna be about them getting a task list and following through with it bc it's their job.

#byler #stranger things #whenever i see bylers just having fun appreciating a netflix post acknowledging byler #only to see another byler discouraging them bc it's not proof #i lose brain cells #bc like no shit it isn't proof #but it's still a small piece of the puzzle just like posters and trailer and merch and everything else in between outside of the show #it's not like these accounts are going to spontaneously start posting byler post-s5 bc they feel like it... #it goes beyond that... #the duffers themselves have said they worked with marketing to plan out foreshadowing hiding in the details of their posters... #all it literally takes is them telling one person high up in marketing #'hint at byler... make it subtle but not too subtle!' #and that's literally all there is to it #all it takes is a graphic designer reading off notes for what the creators want/expect and doing it according to their wishes... #that's it #q: where do you think they get the footage to create and post what they do? a: the ST production! #like lets use our brains here #so if you see a byler positive post from an official netflix account #go nuts #bc byler endgame is already happening #it isn't going to happen/not happen bc of a social media post acknowledging it #but that doesn't mean you cant celebrate and enjoy yourself while we wait

[ghafahey]

SHADOW & BONE, SEASON 01 EPISODE 05 — Show Me Who You Are

every ghafahey scene ever: 7/??

#shadowandboneedit #sabedit #sixofcrowsedit #shadowandbonesource #shadow and bone #ghafahey #my edits #*mysoc #*inejesper #pls he's so unserious djdjdj #but i also think it perfectly showcases a crucial part of jesper's personality #as in he may not be the person with the big master plans but he usually does have an idea of what he's doing and is very sure #of what he CAN do (ie. shooting things. flirting with someone to get what he wants.) and if he doesnt he has some ace up his sleeve #puns may be intended #anyway its the way this scenes has inej wanting him to be serious and he just for the life of him cannot be #and the FORESHADOWING that that has mmmmmh delicious im about to weep myself to sleep

[captainshyguy]

i do wish that people hadnt been so rabidly critical and vicious towards steven universe back in the day, because now it feels like u cant discuss any parts of the show u didnt like without getting lumped in with those guys lol

#like idk man i liked the show a bunch #but i did also fall off becayse like. yeah i can see the tragjectory of the show now! #i can see that it was always gona be about this broken family of the diamonda and all that #but like. idk man. i tend to prefer when we focus on the little guys #and yeah we did do some of that. but that (planned) swerve near the end there really lost my interest #like i know rose being pink does make her infiitely more complex and its a fine choice to make but it still didnt do anythng for me #i still would have mich preferred to focus on the corrupted gems #on the people with no power in this struggle #its lik how i understand that the diamonds are basically a metaphor for someones like. bigoted aunt or something #but that still doent mean that i like that the people who razed dozens of planets to the ground were given time and priority #over the footsoldiers man!!! #like yes yes i get it its a metaphor its a escalation what else where they gonan do but like idk man i can still not like that turn!! #i can still wish they just....idk overthrew them or bubbled them or something. idk pull an anndrias from aphibia. community service lol #i can still wish that steven had healed the corrupted gems like it felt like it was foreshadowed #(since. yknw. rose can heal physical things- and stevne can a bit too but he can astral project into -peoples minds.) #and the corruption was an inury of the mind first and formost. #like. why would u set that up and not do that jgsnsgknkjdnjkgds #i can stil lthink the proportion inconsistenies were weird and too me out of the moment #eh idk its frustrating #like it feels like u say somehng like this and u have one guy going 'ikr the ahow SUCKED steven shoulda KLLED THEM' #and another going 'omg its a KIDS SHOW SHUT UP FORVER NO CRITICSM' #abd im sitting here in the middle like i tihnk theres some nuance here lads. i think we can habe a middle ground #luke rambles

[artheresy]

One of the biggest things still keeping me so sure Dazai will survive is that I am 100% convinced the next major antagonist is gonna be Agatha Christie and the Order of the Clock Tower and I don't think Asagiri would do presumably a long arc once more without having Dazai there

Maybe I'm delusional, maybe I'm simply using my brain and ignoring any angst thoughts, who knows

#On a more serious note #I genuinely don't think Dazai's arc would end with him dying #It would honestly be a very dissatisfying way to end the course of his character arc #Even if it would be technically a sacrifice as his current state is a result of him planning for Sigma's survival and not his own #I'm sure someone can explain it WAY better than I can #But I trust in Asagiri's writing (for now at least until he proves me wrong) and I trust that he wouldn't end things for Dazai in this way #Plus cmon #Dazai's the moneymaker no way he's getting killed off /hj #And I'm still convinced of the oftct/ofct arc happening #No way he's gonna include AGATHA CHRISTIE as a character and have the Order of the Clock Tower mentioned as many times as it has been #Not to have some kind of arc/storyline centered around them #He and Harukawa have laid in some very heavy foreshadowing #dazai osamu #bsd #bungou stray dogs #agatha christie #Order of the clock tower

[phoenixcatch7]

Two things I've noticed about the Count in the last two entries I didn't realise before-

He would not move across the threshold of his own house to touch Jonathan until after John had said that he would enter willingly. This is a reversal - or continuation - of the 'vampire can't enter your house unless you let them' trope. Who knows what would have happened if John had tried to enter without saying anything.

His insistence on learning unaccented English and its customs, that he might blend in seamlessly. So he couldn't be picked out of a crowd. So he wouldn't stand out. So a shadowy encounter might not be traced back to him.

#I know some people have already made these connections it's just occurred to me how much foreshadowing bram was doing. Insane #I don't actually remember drac having any trouble in other home entering circumstances...? #Did pop culture reverse the threshold thing? Or did I forget something? #I love how rereads just constantly emphasise that this is not a man. It's a monster. A predator of humanity. #He has spent years planning the hunt. The transylvania locals are too wary; to clever. They know what he is and how to survive. #The British don't have that protection. In fact they're actively dismissive of the supernatural with the recent boom in industry and wealth #News has reached even his distant corner of the world. They're ripe for the taking. A new world where no one knows who he is is perfect. #It's ideal hunting grounds for a stealth predator. Sheep do not expect the tiger #dracula daily #dracula #bram stocker's dracula

[angelnightrose]

Okay so because it's still rotting my brain I'm going to just do a little introduction-type info dump about the infiniteship fallout au and if yall are interested maybe I'll try and figure out something to do with it, lol.

Jougo is 18 in this au. Before the war he lived and grew up in Sanctuary Hills with his dad (a us war veteran) which is how he got into Vault 111. The opening is mostly the same. Bombs fall, run to the vault, get in the tube, surprise! It's a cryo facility. Sleep for 200 years or so and at some point Jougo gets woken up and sees some people show up and take his dad away before putting him back to sleep again. Wake up again an indeterminate amount of time later, head out into wasteland to find dad, maybe deal with some trauma about the whole world you knew being gone and stuff.

Yubel is here! They're a ghoul. They were childhood friends with Jougo before the bombs fell and have kind of just been hanging around Sanctuary doing their own thing for over 200 years. They're the first person Jougo runs into after escaping the vault and helps him out trying to find his dad. (no Codsworth here, sorry.)

Somewhere along the way they run into Mamoru. Mamo has amnesia and can't remember anything about who he is, where he is, or anything that's going on, all he could remember was the name "Mamoru" which he just assumes is his own name. He just woke up somewhere in the wasteland one day all alone with a laser pistol sitting nearby. Most everyone he meets in the wasteland don't trust him or want to help him until he meets Jougo. He joins Jougo and they try to find some clues about his memory while also trying to find clues about who took Jougo's dad.

Soooo yeah. I guess that's the main characters and some basic overview. Some of the fo4 characters would show up here and there but it would be mostly these guys and honestly while Yubel does get some focus and story, but it's mostly about the boys and their relationship. The story would be mostly the same as fo4 up until somewhere around Fort Hagen.

#angel rambles #infiniteshipping #fallout au #if any of yall are interested feel free to send asks or something i'd be happy to talk about it #like i said before i have most of the story planned out i just don't know what to do with it lol #i'm so torn because my brain just wants to write the things that are after the plot twist i have planned #so i don't have to spend however long just retelling the beginning of fo4 whith slight changes #but also wanting to do it all from the beginning so i can foreshadow the plot twist and see who figures it out lol

[wizardnuke]

U USED AVALOOOONNNNN YIPPEEEEEEEE [EXPLODES JOYFULLY INTO LOW-POLY VISCERA]

aspen. you understand me better than any other mf on this site

#me: her name is avalon #friend: like arthurian avalon? #me: we can say that's what it is. yeah. #ask #aspen #i don't have any actual significant things planned that would foreshadow anything thematically similar to All That but #something about continuing on.long past when you shouldn't have

[autumnalwalker]

INCORRECT QUOTE TAG GAME

Thank you for the tag, @cljordan-imperium.

Passing the tag on to @ceph-the-ghost-writer, @fearofahumanplanet, @dontjudgemeimawriter, and the usual open tag for anyone else that wants to join in.

This is the site for the quote generation: Incorrect Quote Generator

I got more than a little carried away with the generator, so there's a lot under the "Keep reading" line.

Empty Names cast:

*Everyone is giving advice to Lacuna* Road: It's okay to ask for help. Eris: You're not a burden. Sullivan: Murder is okay. Ashan: Your feelings matter.

Ashan: You’re a loose cannon, Road. Road: No, I’m not. I’m a cannon, maybe, but a loose cannon? Is that what you think of me? Lacuna: I think you play by your own rules. Eris: No way, they think rules were made to be broken. Ashan: Those are all attributes of a loose cannon. Road: No, I’m just a reckless renegade. Sullivan is a loose cannon. Sullivan: *smashes a chair* Aah! You shut your trap, Road! Eris: I’d say Sullivan’s more of a cop on the edge with nothing to lose. That’s an entirely different thing. Lacuna: Now I’m just confused. Is Road a loose cannon or not? Ashan: All right, put on a pot of coffee. We’re gonna get to the bottom of this. Road: groans Sullivan: Aw, man.

Road: You three, explain right now! Eris: It was Sullivan. Lacuna: It was Sullivan. Ashan: It was Sullivan. Sullivan:Sullivan: …fuck.

Lacuna: Uh, Road? Eris is in the pool and I don't think they're waterproof. Road: What? Ashan: I think they meant, Eris is drowning. Road: WHAT?! *Meanwhile* Eris: *is drowning* Sullivan: OH MY GOD, ERIS! KEEP SWIMMING! Eris: I can't swim, dumbass— *sinks* Sullivan: ERIS!

Eris: Yesterday, I overheard Ashan saying “Are you sure this is a good idea?” and Lacuna replying “Trust me,” and I have never moved from one room to another so quickly in my life.

Road: What time is it? Sullivan: I don’t know, pass me that saxaphone and we’ll find out Sullivan: *BLASTS the saxaphone* Eris: WHO THE FUCK IS PLAYING THE SAXAPHONE AT TWO IN THE FUCKING MORNING Sullivan: It’s 2 am

Lacuna: Why is there blood everywhere? Sullivan: I may have aggressively poked someone with a knife. Lacuna: You stabbed someone?! Sullivan: No, no. I aggressively poked someone with a knife.

Road: So… I’ve seen you’ve been spending a lot of time with Carnette recently. Sullivan: No, Road, it's not what it looks like, I swear. Road: Oh really? So no reason for me to be jealous? Sullivan: No! You’re the only one for me. Road: Is that so? Sullivan: I promise! Carnette and I are just dating, okay? They’re my partner. Road: So there are no best-friends-feelings involved? Sullivan: You are still my one and only best friend! They’re just the love of my life, nothing more! Road: But I’m still the platonic love of your life, right? Sullivan: Of course bro! Road: Bro… Carnette: What the-

Eris: What doesn't kill me better start running, because now I'm fucking pissed.

Lacuna: Sullivan! I thought you were dead! Sullivan: No, just in deep cover. Lacuna: …But it was an open casket. Sullivan: It was very deep.

The Archivist's Journal cast:

Lin: There is no future. There is no past. Don't you see? Time is simultaneous, an intricately structured jewel that humans insist on viewing one edge at a time, when the whole design is visible in every fact. Vernon: …All I asked was if you wanted to cut your birthday cake first.

Maiko: Are they stupid? Cass: Yes, but they prefer to be called Archivist.

Vernon: Cass got into a fight. Lin: That’s bad. Lin:Lin: Did they win?

Lin: Why is it that I always lose things as soon as I need them? Archivist: Actually, it's not that you lose things when you need them. You lose them a while before. It's just that you LOOK for things when you need them. Lin: Okay yeah thanks Archivist, that's great but WHERE'S THE FUCKING FIRST AID KIT?

Lin: Do you have a self-care routine? Archivist: "Keep going bitch" said to myself in different accents.

Cass: Here is my wall of inspirational people. Lin: Is that a picture of you? Cass: Yes, I am big enough to admit that I am often inspired by myself.

Lin: Do you think different paints have different tastes? Maiko: They do. Cass: …Why did you say that with such certainty?

Archivist: I can't imagine what Lin is planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it and it won't be legal.

Lin: I’m not a doctor I’m a medic. Cass: What’s the difference then? Lin: Well doctors actually save lives, medics just make you feel more comfortable as you die. Archivist: Note to self; never get shot.

*at a zoo* Maiko: What are they in for? Lin: Maiko, this isn't prison. Maiko: So they can leave? Lin: No, but- Maiko, pointing at a meerkat: I bet that one murdered someone.

Maiko, trying their first ever cup of coffee: I am ENERGY! Vernon, an avid coffee drinker, on their twelfth cup of the day: Someone slap me awake or I am literally going to fall into a coma in ten seconds.

Archivist: Could you be anymore annoying? Cass: Yes.

Archivist: You gave me up, you let me down, you turned around, and deserted me. Lin: But did I make you cry? Archivist: *cries on the spot* Lin: …Shit.

Maiko, after getting a job as a life guard: Hmm… I wonder what those things at the bottom of the pool are.. Lin: THOSE ARE PEOPLE DROWNING!

Maiko: That sounds like a terrible plan. Archivist: Oh, we've had worse.

Vernon: Why are your tongues purple? Maiko: We had slushies. I had a blue one. Lin: I had a red one. Vernon: oh. Vernon:Vernon: OH. Cass: Cass: You drank eachothers slushies?

Archivist: I desire moisture. Maiko: Please just say "I want water" like a normal person.

Cass: *finds a note* Hmm, whats this? Lin: Hey, that's mine! *tries to grab it* Cass: Aww, it's a love note for Maiko? Lin: No- Cass: *opens it*Cass: Lin: Cass: I can't read this.

Archivist: You read my diary? Lin: At first I did not know it was your diary. I thought it was a very sad handwritten book.

Archivist: Cass is restricted to decaf for the rest of this adventure.

#incorrect quotes #tag game #writeblr #writeblr game #my ocs #Empty Names #The Archivist's Journal #I'm amused at how many of these wound up being foreshadowing for things I have planned/already-written-but-not-posted #The Archivist actually has a real name that everyone uses in-universe but since the story is all in journal format it never comes up. #I wish there were more colored text options #Would have been nice to not reuse colors between the two WIPs #In retrospect the color-coding was entirely unnecessary but I was feeling nostalgic for a certain work that had a large impact on me.

[youremyonlyhope]

Observing the fandoms of shows I watch that have lots of fans that skew younger makes me kind of marvel at how different things are in online fandom even just 10 years after I was their age.

Like, I know I probably sounded like I was losing my mind every 5 seconds in posts I made as a teenager, but some things I see nowadays are actually concerning. I see people taking things waaaayyyyyy too seriously. It’s a TV show. It’s not obligated to go in the direction you want it to. It’s not the end of the world when it doesn’t. It’s not even the end of the TV show yet. Who’s to say it won’t go in that direction eventually, or even do something completely different that you’ll like even more than what you initially wanted? And outside the bubble of those younger fans on tumblr and twitter, no one really cares about the same issues that are being blown out of proportion here.

#no spoilers but i'll tag just in case #st spoilers #stranger things spoilers #specifically this is about stranger things and umbrella academy but i also saw it in the julie and the phantoms fandom too #but i'm seeing people act like a certain ship not becoming canon is the end of everything #am i the only one who had the sense to realize that realistically it probably wouldn't be canon and at least not right now if ever #like can we not joke about coming after a teenage actor because they ship the ship that didn't become canon and gave people hope #the actor just wanted to interact with fans. nothing malicious. honestly it's not even misleading. #anyway it's 2am and i watched stranger things this morning and then rewatched episode 8 when my brother watched it #and i'm still like processing the whole season so i can't even allow myself to pay attention to these younger fans #i just see the posts and tweets and i'm like '...nope... really glad i'm not that age right now... not gonna even touch that issue...' #honestly. these kids need glee. that desensitized me from asking for stuff from my shows because then it'd happen #and then it'd blow up in some weird way or just get undone by the end of a season or just be stupid and not what i wanted #only rarely did things i REALLY want to happen happen on glee. the rest of the time i was just along for the ride. #and that's the mindset i have when watching tv shows to this day. so honestly. thank you glee. #quick someone find the gif of soos in gravity falls saying 'this better be exactly like my fanfiction or i will be VERY disappointed.' #also something being hinted at and foreshadowed doesn't make it predictable when it happens. it makes it planned. #i swear. people are getting too used to shock killings or plot twists out of nowhere that they're forgetting what foreshadowing is. #the finale has a 9.6 rating on IMDB right now. a site that is infamous for being incredibly skewed if even half a fandom hates something. #(believe me. doctor who's IMDB ratings are all over the place due to a loud group of Thirteen's haters) #so if even a good chunk of the fandom disliked the finale then the score would be much lower. but it's not. #maybe it will go down a bit as more people watch. but this is not game of thrones. but i see people treating it like it is. #and really only focusing on 2 or 3 maybe 4 specific issues and writing off everything else. #(not trying to swat a hornet's nest or start crazy discourse and my anon is turned off so just don't come at me. i don't care.)

[problemswithbooks]

the fact that spinner doesn’t care more about his fellow mutants like why tf would you even introduce this plot

Yeah, I really don't get why Hori wrote this sub plot like this.

Like I see people mad at Shoji, saying that he's not listening to Spinner and his grievances, but he literally hasn't said shit about the mutant discrimination stuff. Spinner can barely talk as it is, or think and only screams about getting Kurogiri back. Shoji isn't shutting down his or really any of the mutants issues, he's just pointing out that they're being stupid and violent for zero reason.

Getting Kurogiri back has nothing to do with their cause and will not help them what-so-ever. The only one it helps is AfO--a guy who has never shown any care for mutant discrimination and has not promised these people anything. Spinner hasn't promised to help them either--they just latched onto him because...idk, they like his face, I guess.

It's honestly a little insulting to write this sub-plot this way because it presents the oppressed people as stupid and looking for excuses to be overly violent. Their arguments for standing with Spinner are weak or even non-existent and they literally have no reason to storm the hospital the way they are.

I get what Hori was going for, but it's so clear he's out of his depth and didn't put in the work to research how to write this storyline. He put it in because X-Men did it and because it added to his worldbuilding, yet he didn't put in the time to actually have it be more then surface deep.

And I think that's why some of the takes on this chapter bug me because it's just people gushing about how good it is and how it makes the villains so deep and the kids/Heroes horrible people, yet it's written so poorly. Hell, Hori putting Rock Lock of all his Heroes in this part of the story is by itself questionable. Having you're stand in racial allegory tell an actual black character that he doesn't get their pain is ridiculous and if Hori had spent any time researching for this story he would have realized that was a bad idea.

I get that people want a story that takes the system to task and has this sweeping narrative about oppression, but BNHA, if that is it's end goal, is still terribly written. Yet, I don't see anyone who thinks this chapter is good admitting Hori has made mistakes with this plot point. They're just to focused on how it could make their favs look better and owning the Heroes, rather then if the story makes sense.

#ask #thanks for the ask!! #bnha spoliers #bnha critical #idk it just feels weird to me that no one who loved this chapter because it shows how bad the mutants have it #bothered to mention how tone def it was to have Rock Lock be be treated as if he didn't understand violent racism #like they really seem way more concerned in squealing over their favs #and insulting the Heroes #and pretending the story is prefect to do so #rather then admitting it has issues #because yeah maybe Hori is trying to make a statement about oppression #but that doesn't automatically make it good #or his writing choices perfect #it happened with the Nagant chapter too #she was held up as great and really sticking it to the Heroes and their corrupt society #but totally glossed over the fact none of the shit she'd talked about was foreshadowed or set up #he even admitted he added her because he watched a movie and jammed her in because he liked that films main character #but sure I totally believe she and the HPSC assassinating innocent people was planned from the very beginning #people throw a fit about Hori changing Enji #but are fine when he does the same thing of other plot points #retcons are bad unless they personally support my favs and interpretation of the work #seems to be how they view this stuff

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Stranger Things 5 and no I will not elaborate….

#byler #stranger things #stranger things 5 #st5 headcanon #birthdaygate #jk I do plan on elaborating #so if you’re interested in hearing my analysis on the possibility of these three movies foreshadowing s5… just bully me and I’ll hurry up #it might be obvious… #i will say… each of these have themes qualities that fit very well with what s5 will likely entail… #assuming birthdaygate is real… #also it means will gets a gun and is protective over mike on a dangerous adventure… #or I’m just on crack idk #here’s a hint for each one… #sixteen candles #they forgot my fucking birthday #teen wolf #remember I love you #romancing the stone #El corazón #iykyk

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I like that the ueno seiwa hit was clearly the first time saejima ever used a gun because he didnt seem concerned that none of the shots he fired spilled any blood at all like the red splatters that was splashing all over the place during the shooting scene was literally ramen , like saejima got his shoulder blown open and he was leaking blood everywhere but he was like surely its coincidence

#Yakuza liveplay #i appreciate that they foreshadowed it though even though i thouhht the whole thing was so stupid #like katsugari could have just worn a bulletproof vest and be done with it and let saejima use real bullets for the rest of the guys ...?.?. #he could have made his boss wear a bulletproof vest too. like what if saejima had shot him in the face with a rubber bullet #like he would have been knocked out for longer than the other men #that means he wouldnt have time to kill them and they would have filed outside by then #like the whole plan was so stupid ... i guess he couldnt run the risk of saejima killing their patriarch but still #and sugiuchi could have lied on the reports a bit more .... they could have bribed forensics #like the fucking ... rubber bullets .... god fuck me. #like what if saejima had picked up one of the ueno seiwa guys guns with real bullets and used that to shoot ?? #did he account for that ? what if saejima was extremely resourceful and a little more trigger happy