#and it's HIGHLY fascinating

[willowcrowned]

“is anakin at fault for his actions” is the trolley problem of sw fandom to me. there’s no right answer and that’s actually good and useful because it lets us ask complicated questions about free will and trauma and what being at fault even means BUT. and this is crucial. there are also about a million yahoos walking around acting like there is an OBVIOUS right answer and everyone who disagrees with them is a MORAL DEGENERATE and also an idiot

#yes he is at fault and he’s not at fault and what does fault really mean anyways and does it even matter #what is the difference between fault and responsibility IS there a difference and if so why does that matter #all FASCINATING questions useful for interrogating our own notions of responsibility and redemption #but instead people want to talk about how the jedi TOTALLY WEREN’T RESPONSIBLE or how the Jedi PERSONALLY MADE ANAKIN DO GENOCIDE #star wars #this is my highly developed opinion #but for once it actually is

[aroaceleovaldez]

i stand by that a better, more sensible, and more intriguing plot for TSATS would have been, instead of retconning literally everything:

Bob is dead (because he was very explicitly absorbed/killed by Tartarus Himself in House of Hades, alongside Damasen), and nobody is going into Tartarus to save him. He made his sacrifice and is gone. However. Remember how the Titans, including Bob, were just kind of kicking around for several years? Particularly. On a cruise ship full of mortals. And Bob happened to be kicking around in general for an extra year versus all the other Titans. And he mythologically sometimes has a mortal demigod son who partook in the Calydonian Boar Hunt (Dryas of Calydon). Yeah.

So turns out, Bob/Iapetus leaves behind a demigod (demititan?) child. And because Nico was pretty much his only friend, he named Nico his child's godfather. And while he's not being left in charge of the child, as a son of Hades and godfather to this kid, Nico is duty-bound to fulfill Bob's last will and go find this like 2 year old to make sure they're safe. So Nico has to undertake this very unusual quest (that raises many questions, such as "demititans are a thing?" and "DOES THIS MEAN THERE'S POTENTIALLY MORE-?!" and "SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS?") and is kind of freaking out because. He's the son of Hades! He's notoriously bad with living things, and animals, and definitely small children! Even if he does find this kid and assure they're safe, he is the last person who should be undergoing any kind of quest involving even potentially having to babysit. Fortunately, his boyfriend is the human embodiment of sunshine and calmness and good vibes, and also once helped a nymph give birth, so he feels Marginally More Confident in theoretical demititan babysitting and offers to come along on this Epic Journey of Figuring Out What In Hades' Name Is Up With This Demititan Baby Business.

Proceed with wholesome epic shenanigans quest of Nico and Will scurrying around trying to locate this random OP baby while Nico has an existential crisis about the nature of his powers because he doesn't want to let Bob down! Both for Hades Kid Honor Reasons and because Bob was his friend! But what if he's destined to fail this quest just because of who he is? Because he's simply not built for hanging out with the living/mortals? And Will reassuring him that He Will Probably Not Traumatize The Weird OP Titan Baby And It'll Be Fine, and simultaneously getting a peek into the weird other life Nico leads hanging out with immortals much more than the average demigod, which Nico considers his norm. Bonus shenanigans of both of them getting caught off-guard and culture shocked from where each other's respective worlds (Nico's mostly-immortal versus Will's mostly-mortal) cross over and learning to navigate those for each other - Nico finally starting to make some mortal connections and get glimpses at modern mortal American life, and Will trying not to get his brain literally incinerated while Nico's happily casually catching up with some of his old friends who happen to be literal gods.

#pjo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #long post // #LISTEN I JUST THINK WE DONT NEED TO BE RETCONNING THINGS WHEN THERE IS A HIGHLY INTRIGUING MYTH RIGHT THERE #listen. *listen.* Iapetus in myth has a demigod child? and we're in the series? that's all about demigods? #and had titans running around for 4 years? some primarily on a giant ship mostly full of mortals? #and Iapetus himself was running around for closer to like 5 years? #I AM JUST SAYING. that is enough time. and the right conditions. that there are perhaps demititans now. #that alone is a fascinating plot set-up that ties in basically all previous series inherently and has a reasonable starting point #of *course* Nico would be named Bob's child's godfather! #of *course* Nico would consider it a very important personal duty to see out Bob's final will and go on some quest about it! #and under those conditions it makes *perfect sense* for Nico to want to bring Will along! and that he would be very helpful on said quest! #bringing along a lot of skills and abilities in areas that Nico lacks! that are crucial for a quest like that! #also then immediately the plot becomes Will reassuring Nico about his powers being cool and not evil and him being spooky is okay #while Will is also trying to not literally have his brain melt cause Nico's casually introducing him to a trio of death gods or something #forgetting that Will cannot look upon a god's true form #and Will's dragging Nico across the US while Nico is struggling to keep up cause Will forgot that Nico's not American and not from that era #its cute! it's interesting! it immediately begs the question of a next-gen series focusing on a main cast of demititan kids #dont go back to Tartarus that's lame and overdone and ruins a ton of stuff. dont retcon everything that also ruins a ton #give us the fluffy roadtrip comedy that they clearly wanted to write instead anyways #you can even keep the elements of Nico feeling out of his depth and Will constantly on the verge of death. except it makes sense this time. #and it's kind of funny cause Nico's just freaking out over babysitting and it highlights how much tankier Nico is vs Will #even just in casual interactions. yeah Nico can casually look upon a god's true form. dont worry about it #meanwhile Will is slowly collecting sunglasses the entire trip and layering them up for whenever Nico introduces him to another deity

[saber-smithy]

I just had a fucking realization...

#dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon #laios touden #dnd #dimension 20 #brennan lee mulligan #fantastic leader? Check #intimate relationship with food? Check #highly intelligent about specific interest? Check #fascinated by monster/animal ecology? Check #Unhinged? Check #Y'all see the vision right!? #I'm not crazy right!?

[miss-crazy-rose]

One think I love about the Enola Holmes movies is how they link the plot to real life events of the Victorian era such as the Reform Acts, the matchmakers strike, Women’s vote…

Idk if it’s because I’m a little history nerd but truly it makes the movies 100x more precious to me

#the Victorian era is a FASCINATING PERIOD OF HISTORY and I highly encourage you to look it up #enola holmes #enola holmes 2 #victorian era

[aphel1on]

chilchuck. chilchuck, no. if you have to make this choice, you supervise laios. ALWAYS supervise laios.

goddammit-

well kabru is having the time of his life at least

#seeing the main party interact with normal(er) people is SO funny #it's like we've been aware for the past 15 episodes that these guys are maniacs but then we get outside pov on them and suddenly #you realize you got normalized to it and forgot HOW MUCH of maniacs they are lmfao #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi #chilchuck #laios #shuro #kabru #kabru is starting to fascinate me #he has highly altruistic motives yet also seems mildly sociopathic abt the ppl right in front of him lol #my mans lives for the drama #aphelion.txt

[birdmitosis]

I'm working on Chapter 2 of the fic (and getting back to answering comments!), and I found the Slay the Princess AMA on r/Games and it's really giving me a LOT to think about when it comes to how reality works in the construct, and how character progression and development for the Voices becoming more rounded people might work as well as positive and negative traits for them. (I'm also amused that despite the Voices being "both at their best and their worst in different parts of the story" on purpose, I actually can't think of a chapter in which having Paranoid or Hunted is actively detrimental to you!) I also found this:

Which is really making me think the customization of them getting their own bodies could be wild. What if some of them have beaks and some of them don't, and it only actually solidifies because of actual observation -- like until the first split they both have a beak and do not have a beak but Smitten's body specifically does not have a beak (he must, of course, be able to have passionate, romantic, perfect kisses!) and Hunted's body specifically does (closer to nature, closer to Bird)... Lots to think about for the upcoming parts... I also also found this one, which does sort of have a characterization point I want to think about, but also just makes me laugh so I wanted to share:

#slay the princess #slay the princess spoilers #the voices #this is all just very cool stuff #i highly recommend reading the ama too #it's fascinating #and has some very interesting ideas to play with....... #ama

[utilitycaster]

one of the most interesting reveals this episode is that arguably Ashton's approach to the titans is closest to FCG's approach to the Changebringer - jumping in without a lot of information based on a desired lifeline or connection - except FCG went about it, ultimately, in a much more careful way that was perhaps irritating to some of the people around them, but was never actually harmful to themself or others.

#it is actually fascinating to me that like #rather like how ashton and beau are very similar #ashton is also similar in highly specific ways to imogen and to fcg #and it's not that you can't like one and not the other...but i think if you do it's definitely a case of slicing off elements to fit a mold #or more bluntly; playing favorites and fanonizing away what makes you uncomfortable #critical role spoilers #also as always it's really telling when people go to the titans or the betrayers or the fey or whatever as the true powers #instead of championing like. humanism.

[asterwild]

Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica)

#id in alt #sorry no spiel today but these guys are fascinating. highly rec reading about their history + current status and conservation efforts #endangered species #wildlife #animal art #animals #nature #anyway for junicorn i'm not drawing unicorns but i'm drawing antlered/horned animals in magical girl poses....this makes sense yes #ungulate june

[raynavan]

I find it so hilarious when I see stuff like “Ingo and emmets facial hair aren’t sideburns”. Bc like. this is a real person. With real side burns

The twins are nothing in comparison to this man. (Meet General Burnside! The man who led his men during the civil war, and had such fantastic facial hair they coined the term after him!)

#submas #ingo #emmet #Making it clear this is all in jest #it’s absolutely hilarious to see comics where they like. Swish #But yeah you cannot convince me they are not side burns sjsnnsjsjsbsnzjbsbsbs #history sure is fascinating #I highly suggest checking him out- he was one of the few actually somewhat competent union generals- if controversial #looking at you little Mac #Anyway- sorry I love history #civil war

[asymphonyofstarlight]

LM Montgomery gang I just spent an hour and a half reviewing every single cover edition of Rainbow Valley I could find — the wiki has about eighty in various languages — and I have come to the firm conclusion that not a single one is canonically accurate at all for the RV-era group. Some of my basic observations were that the girls were all just generally interchangeable for each other (never knew if it was Nan or Faith) & Jerry never seemed to exist & disproportionate amounts of Rilla and Shirley who were barely in the book & since I was going mainly off hair color it was kind of a train wreck in general, I think. Also there were a strange number of blonde girls and only one was white-blonde enough to be Mary Vance so where did they all even come from?? Of course the majority are all Blythe children (and Anne sometimes) because this is Anne’s series but it made me laugh given RV is also partially the Merediths’ story. And some of them simply make absolutely no sense (looking at the Ukrainian one in particular). Then there’s that one super vintage edition where it’s just a singular blonde girl — why??

I feel like the most apt descriptor for most of the covers is “up to interpretation.”

(Also noticed the Slovakian edition is called Anne of Glen St. Mary instead of RV — ~interesting~.)

#rainbow valley #anne of green gables #lm montgomery #okay so fun fact i have to be up in six hours #incredible use of my time !! #highly recommend it btw #curious if anyone else sees this post #and looks — all the editions are on the aogg wiki bless them #foreign editions are fascinating btw

[hibiscuslynx]

has ben ever made ny make the argument about nyc pizza being better than any other pizza because of the tap water because i was just introduced to this concept today and im obsessed

#lynx rambles #i love watching literally anything about cultural/regional differences in the US and thinking immediately about wttt #BUT I LOVE THE PIZZA DEBATE!!!! #thank u ben brainard for introducing me to it. #it fascinates me. it entertains me #i love seeing new yorkers mad at the rest of the country #i love seeing people from a certain place having to concede that pizza from another place is good #currently reading the comment section of this video abt nyc pizza like its the juiciest gossip you've ever seen #this commenter thinks upstate ny gas station pizza is better than highly specialized CT pizzerias' pizza #and im fucking obsessed. tell me more #i need videos about pizza from CT and jersey and chicago and whatnot #lynx rambles in the tags. fork found in the kitchen

[willowcrowned]

I think what really gets me about Maul post-TPM is that he’s the only Star Wars character with true agency. Because of the way the films were made, every character in the prequels is already predestined for a role—Obi-Wan must go to Tatooine, Anakin must become Vader, every person they care about must be lost to them, and every villain but Sidious must die. Maul isn’t constrained by the narrative because he’s already played his part. He killed Qui-Gon; his job is done. He was never meant to be anything more than a one-off villain, so when he’s brought back, he’s without a destiny in the way that so many other characters are not. He has nowhere he needs to end up, no one he needs to be. He alone has the power to escape from the narrative—but he doesn’t. He buys into the narrative, buys into the conflict between light and dark, buys into the idea that he has to participate in it. Maul dies to Obi-Wan on Tatooine because he makes the mistake of going back, of trying to put himself in a narrative that has no place for him anymore.

#this is not very well articulated but anyways #maul is metatextually the most fascinating star wars character change my mind #even boba fett who had. like. a similar resurrection isn't quite so fascinating #partially because his show was so deeply terrible i would actually pay money NOT to rewatch it #whereas clone wars was admittedly horrible even by kids show standards #and rebels was a mediocre tv series for children with some very powerful moments #but anyways boba doesn't work on the same level bc he isn't a part of the prequels #and the post-OT pre-ST stuff doesn't work the same way as the pre-OT stuff #star wars #star wars meta #darth maul #this is my highly developed opinion #but for once it actually is

[excelsior9173]

okay finally had a chance to sit down and watch ii’s drumeo interview (edit to add: this was the only thing getting me through the day, i genuinely just kept telling myself “finish this job and you can watch ii”- sad, i know lmao)

that was so cool? i’m fully obsessed with the way he moves when he drums, i go back to his earlier offerings videos of the tpwbyt instrumentals because he’s mesmerizing to watch. so fluid and graceful

i also very much enjoyed the way he spoke. i’m sure part of the cadence was making sure the voice filter didn’t mangle or lose any words, but the longer i watched the more it seemed like he spoke slowly because he was thinking every word through. ii strikes me as a very thoughtful, and (clearly) very well spoken person

i love finding musicians who inspire me to learn new things and god if i had the space/money/arm-leg coordination i would absolutely learn how to drum (unfortunately despite over a decade of dance i struggle to convince my arms and legs to move differently, they have to match or i short circuit😅)

#ramble on exie #sleep token #sleep token ii #i seriously love his drumming i had goosebumps through that whole video #it was very neat to me to hear about the gospel inspiration #i do not enjoy gospel music- it’s usually the vocals idk i find them really unpleasant. but i’d never really thought about the drums before #it’s highly unlikely because ves writes/tracks all other instruments- #but i’d love to see a similar sort of interview with iii and iv. even just a rig rundown #the technical side of music is fascinating to me- i have very limited experience with it so i love to learn where i can

[canonicallyanxious]

You have to admire this man's dedication to the snacking agenda even when the producers of his gm talk show fully attempt to murder him on camera

#adventuring academy #brennan lee mulligan #connie chang #i had to fucking pause the episode before this bit i saw where it was going from a mile away and it still took me out sgsjdhd #anyway HIGHLY recommend this episode of adventuring academy if you get the chance!!! #incredibly fascinating discussions of actively decolonizing the ttrpg space in your world building #and i LOVED the part where they talked about character and story and world being one interwoven thing rather than three separate parts #even if you don't play ttrpgs i think there's a lot that can be learned from this show from a purely storytelling perspective

[gaylactic-fire]

*Artists here is a very broad term not exclusive to one medium

#fires posts #poll #we have been learning about the nature V nurture debates in class and It got me so curious about art #Like my sibling and I are hugely artistic. My dad studied animation and is a hobbiest composer. My mom knits and has a background in drama #Did we inherit our creativity? Or was it just something we learned from it being fostered? #If our parents discouraged us would we still have that creative capacity hardwired inside us? #I really don't know but it's a highly fascinating subject for me

[fnnck-odr]

It’s so fascinating to me that Festus Creed had liked (or at least tolerated) Sejanus (to an extent). Obviously, I don’t think they were friends per se but it intrigues me that they were at least friendly to some degree.

I would absolutely love to see what their interactions would have been like pre-hunger games.

Give me Festus Creed and Sejanus Plinth being partnered for a project, talking about their father’s businesses, discussing a homework assignment, or their future plans.

Give me some sort of positive interactions between Festus Creed and the other academy students that aren’t Coriolanus.

Give me anything.

#if I could write I would write it but alas I have no talent #Festus creed #tbosas #sejanus plinth #I am just so endlessly fascinated by Capitol dynamics #I highly doubt Festus LIKED Sejanus but the idea that he was at least more friendly than the other students is so interesting to me #I absolutely need to know what that dynamic was like #I now have a small hc that when they were younger Festus would ask Sejanus about life in the district 2 and be really interested in it #but stopping after he repeated something to his father and got scolded