#and this scene forever breaks me

[bittergloss]

--I only wish to be with you from dusk to dawn, watching the world's frost and snow. Just want to wander long streets and narrow alleys with you, watching the moon on the eave.--

THE LAST IMMORTAL 神隐(2023) - EP. 14 Dir. Chan Ka Lam

#the last immortal #zhao lusi #wang anyu #cdrama #mygif #cdramaedit #cdramasource #tli #im not even caught up to this point yet it just rly got me even in a clip? #i loved this scene 😔 esp. with the ost like it really captured the sweetness and innocence of young first love #like something abt young love...... its at its purest form unsullied by external forces and you only experience it in this state once #b4 growing up and getting jaded and cynical abt relationshps and the world and i feel like a world weary old person #looking at their youth and innocence like i just want it all to work out for these kids i hope their hearts don't break too much #i want this to last a little longer for them i want them to live in this bubble a little longer b4 they get bulldozed by the world #its sweet tinged with a bit of sadness she's all dressed up to marry him. gathers flowers along the way with- #excitement and expectancy. lovingly puts a flower on him to match hers with his promise of forever in mind thinking its not far while he ha #no memory of his promise or his feelings towards her #ost so good and hits a weak spot of mine- singing abt wanting to experience just the ordinary everyday things with the person you love #don't you wish that's all love could and should be?

[carefulfears]

one of the few moments between them where they threaten to break the act down.

he knows the answer to the first question; do you believe that? have you ever believed that? all she can do is stare at the floor, almost like she’s been caught. because she doesn’t. and he knows she doesn’t.

her role in this thing that they do is to not believe in aliens. she answered him on that first day, does she believe in the existence of extraterrestrials? she had to say no.

she can’t answer him this time, though. she stares at the floor. but he knows.

he knows the answer to the second question too, though. what do you think happened to her?

scully can stand in front of him and tell him that he’s just being emotional all she wants. tell him that it’s manipulation, that it’s impossible.

but her role in this thing is that she is the rational one, and he knows what the rational thing to think about 8 year old girls who disappear from their homes and don’t come back is.

even if it’s not this killer, even if it’s not this man, the rational thing to think is that it’s another.

so after four years of seeking and chasing and following after as he walks into the same room every day, as he wants to believe, what does she believe? what is she really saying when she says no, she doesn’t believe in the existence of extraterrestrials?

and can they keep the act up, when this is what it means?

#paper hearts #my forever favorite episode #the deepest of the series in my opinion #but god this scene is so palpable #goddd it’s the way he’s CHALLENGING her #normally her role is to say it IS a murderer #that whatever crime has been committed WAS just a man #she’s been saying that every case for years #it wasn’t aliens. it wasn’t XYZ. it’s a serial killer. #until he says ‘maybe it wasn’t aliens. maybe it was a serial killer.’ #and she FREEZES #it’s almost like he’s throwing their entire dynamic and their entire lives in her face in this moment #and he’s not doing it to be cruel he’s just like…so what now then? isn’t this what YOU believe? #but if she doesn’t ever think it’s aliens and she always thinks it’s a murderer then WHAT DOES THAT SAY about samantha!!! #what is that REALLY saying every day for years to the person who HAS to believe it’s always aliens/etc and not people #talking in circles but it makes me crazy bc they live so comfortably in their roles but you can tell he thinks about this #and he’s just like. okay then. so come out and say it. #and she can’t because she needs him to believe it’s aliens #because it’ll fucking break him if it’s not #it’ll break him if she’s right #so she won’t even say it out loud and she prays to be wrong

[novelconcepts]

I’m so torn, because part of me wants Tai and Van to remain an unhealthily-bonded force to be reckoned with the entire time they’re in the wilderness. I want them to repress all the shit they’re not talking about, hide it all under physical contact and standing shoulder to shoulder against the world. I want them to pretend they’re fine, trick themselves into thinking it’s working as the weather grows warmer and the society they’ve built steadies. I want them to believe their love can outshine their toxic habits.

But the other part of me keeps thinking how DELICIOUS a messy gay breakup in the woods where they both still love and crave one another would be. Think of the yearning. Think of the sexual tension. Think of how intense it would be for them to go head to head at last, Believer vs. Skeptic, and how wild the inevitable crash would shake out. They can’t escape each other. They still need each other to survive. Van’s not gonna let Taissa sleepwalk alone and Taissa’s not gonna want to let Van go full Lottie without supervision. Think of how fucking taaaaasty that dynamic becomes when they both let themselves actually FEEL what their relationship lacks. Liv and Jasmin would fucking kill it and us and I kind of want it.

#yellowjackets #taivan #like don’t get me wrong: I want all the taivan scenes #I want them in 96. I want them in 2021. I want them to soulmate it out to the most unhinged degree. #and the fact that they’re still magnetically linked after 25 years apart. can’t keep their distance or their hands to themselves. #implies that this will always be the case. they are inevitable. #but a season of them being at odds? with the tension and the longing stares and the ACTING?? #only for them to crash BACK together and think it’s forever this time and then they get rescued and it breaks for a quarter century?? #nom nom nom give it to me

[holocene-sims]

just a guy and his snowpal ⛄❄️

#ts4 #the sims 4 #sims 4 #sims 4 gameplay #sims 4 screenshots #simblr #it's missing my pixel son grant hours #actually i've seen a lot of him lately bc i've been working super hard on story posts - yippee yippeee!! #it's just going slow but i swear they're coming again *pinky promise* #btw if you are reading the tags and you do read the story - question?? #do y'all prefer waiting for me to finish a whole bunch so a cohesive arc is released over a short span all at once? #or do you prefer more frequent updates mini updates that just take longer to cover the arc overall? #if that makes sense #it's much easier for me to do the former bc i've styled my story that way but i notice a lot of people do mini but frequent updates instead #and i'm just kinda curious if one would work better than the other or if people have preferences as readers #i don't know that i would retool it bc i like the long drawn out scenes/arcs i do but i also do want to make more story #and the potential is maybeeee there that i could push things out faster as for the whole narrative if i don't wait until i have time to mas #produce the content #like rn because i'm doing a whole sprint to finish this one arc all at once but i had to wait forever until i had christmas break to do it #holocene.png #hlcn: story extras #hlcn: grant

[cantallegory]

“Tell your son what you did.”

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Reference + shitty sketch + less filtered version

#this scene breaks me always constantly forever #final space #final space ash #final space ash graven #final space little cato #final space lil cato #ash graven #little cato #lil cato #gary goodspeed #quinn ergon #avocato

[summerfullofsnow]

me when bl fans stop trying to find "the good one" to root for and learn to look at characters as multifaceted beings with their own motivations and personalities

#playboyy #playboyy the series #dead friend forever #dff the series #idk these are airing currently and i'm having many thoughts #jbls especially have so many morally grey characters that i LOVE but fandom has decided are irredeemable #segasaki uncle jim way vegas kijima boston jiwoo etc #and the worst offender of all! #jaewon breaking up w jihyun bc he was scared of losing him! some ppl were acting like he personally killed their dog #don't even get me started on how gmmtv moralizes it's own shows to pander to the public & sponsors </3 #i'm sorry i'm in a hater mood #mine #thai bl #japanese bl #but i guess that's too much to ask for when half of these people can't even watch playboyy wo making fun of it #like i get it you don't like it. do you have to mock the actors' english or the sex scenes when both of these things are just stylization #to let the viewer understand the characters better

[virfujiwara]

Finding the way back home

#Frozen #Hans Westergaard #Prince Hans #sleepless art #snowgies #doodle #Hans having to say goodbye to his little buddy when he finds his siblings would actually somewhat break me #Even if it doesn't have to be a forever goodbye lol #rip if the snowgies died during F2 #Like they were in the after credits scene but did they have to be revived as well? #disney frozen

[aastarions]

#c plays bg3 #i have more ss and screen recordings too and i could go on and on but i squealed SO MUCH I PANICKED THOUGH WHEN HE RAN AWAY AFTER THE SUN #CAME OUT I WAS LIKE WAIT LET ME FOLLOW YOU I THOUGHT I MESSED SMTH UP DSFLKJ #karlach went to avernus with wyll her scene on the docks hurt me sm i love karlach dearly im glad shes alive #shadowheart was so cute at camp too so excited we hugged :') #poor gale though my playthrough he really got the shit end of the stick OTL #BUT ASTARION SAYING WE HAVE FOREVER AND THE SIX MONTHS OF HAPPINESS I SQUEALED #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #i cant believe its over #until i make a new chara KSDFJ BUT IM GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BREAK #TO FOCUS ON MY IRL STUFF THATS GOING ON #BUT I WANT TO DO A DURGE RUN

[ezralva]

"I will kill Itadori Yuuji myself."

#this will forever be one of my legendary scenes #jujutsu kaisen #jjk spoilers #jjk anime #episode 47 #yuta okkotsu #jjk okkotsu #okkotsu yuuta #jjk itadori #yuji itadori #itadori yuuji #tysm jjk animators and GGsen for blessing me with a blissful half a year #my 6 months break from work totally worth it otherwise I wudnt be able to enjoy this as much as I did #I had tremendous fun things I did in this half a year and watxh #and catching jjk every week in real time without fail even when i was in vacation was one of the best thing

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

Summary:

Three little scenes on the theme of singing.

:) I was in the mood for something short and sweet. Hope you enjoy!

#gotta go back to work for a bit but i couldn't resist posting this as soon as i had a few free minutes #i originally meant to post these on here only but the middle vignette got away from me a bit. lol #i think the moment miles complained about rose humming is the moment that cemented my severe dislike of him. like. dude. #your girlfriend is snow-white mary poppins the most adorable princess ever #and you complain? that she hums??? im going to break your kneecaps???? #idk what else i can say about dorothy singing 'what'll i do'. that scene is everything it changed my life ngl #i guess i wanted a happier memory related to it than 'oh she sings it and then leaves forever four episodes later' #i hope rose's pov works well! i'm never quite sure about it. i should give a try to a whole fic in her pov soon #please tell me im not the only one who found blanche's beer jingle to be the sweetest thing ever. she sang it in such a soft voice #like it's funny ofc but i just melted #might be because im in love with her though #i always ramble in the tags when i post this stuff lmao. i hope you all have fun #hugs and kisses for you! #the golden girls #golden wives #writing

[apocketfullofhobbits]

can't stop thinking abt how the fact that declan mattered so little to his father that the asshole couldn't even be bothered to keep the memories of the day his son was born was supposed to make up for declan's whole shitty childhood

like hey kid u know what u just weren't worth the pain. do u feel better abt it now.

#like. for years he made declan feel like he didn't matter. #and then it gets confirmed #and that is somehow the emotional resolution? #trc #declan lynch #the whole getting rid of memories storyline was so unnecessary #such a poor attempt at artificially increasing the poor meow niall factor #like. it's like saying to every kid who got fucked up by the divorce 'oh but u parents suffered more! suck it up' #his parents lacked the emotional maturity to go through the break up and take care of their child at the same time and that's okay #happens all the time #it's okay to say that they fucked up. #u don't need to shift the blame to the child for refusing to see all the love he was supposedly showered with #yes he did that. because it's easier for a child's mind. #the conclusion wasn't supposed to be 'omg my father loved me so much i just refused to see it! now that i see it im happy and healed' #it's 'yeah my father was an asshole and my feelings abt it were valid but he was also a complicated person who did love me in his own way' #'it just wasn't enough to make him a good father and it wasn't my fault' #oh and i am forever mad abt the moth scene at the end #why are we making it abt niall? again #i have had enough of this dude #all that needed to be said abt him was said in dream thieves #he's just not intresting enough to keep bringing him up all the time #this is niall lynch hate blog

[dallonwrites]

I'm reading Real Life by Brandon Taylor right now (love btw) and it's basically showing me in real time what I've thought about prose for a while as someone who mainly learnt from writing "flowery prose"

Brandon is really good at having this smooth, precise prose that I think really works with the type of book Real Life is ("slow" plot, only covers a few days and really sinks its teeth into small moments about relationships across those few days). But I think he's also really good at knowing when to go deeper with the prose and when to keep it simple. Like there's this part that sticks out to me because there's a line that literally is like "the grass is very green and very straight" and all I can think about is how in a lot of writing advice I've encountered about prose and descriptive writing, that would be used as what not to do. That you should use something more "interesting" than something like "very green". But in this scene it worked really well for me because it fit! IMO it suited the rhythm of the scene, the vibe, what the focus was on, the narrator's character voice. The scene already had a lot of atmosphere, emotion, conflict, urgency etc. and this line still effectively added to it in a way that was quick and simple that suited the rhythm/beats. It's not just that Brandon chose not to be descriptive then, it's that what he chose to do what JUST AS if not MORE effective for the moment!

And like I LOVE playing and experimenting with language and prose I think it's so fun. I think a lot of the advice about prose and descriptive writing, things like show don't tell and advice about adjectives/adverbs and using "too simple" words, words like "very", are great introductory tools to intentionally think about exploring your prose deeper. But like all writing advice they will not apply to every writing situation. These advice and craft ideas are important but what's imo more important is understanding when and how to use them to best benefit a moment. Knowing when prose will benefit from being more intricate and descriptive and when something simple and bare will not only do the job but do it more effectively. And it doesn't just vary from writer to writer or from story to story, but scene to scene imo! Brandon has some beautiful descriptive lines in this novel that to me are not inherently "better" than the very green line just because they are more complex, both do what they need to do and are effective in their own moments

And this is all stuff I already felt. I have projects that benefit from really saturated, dense prose and others that benefit from really sparse prose. But seeing an author who I admire a lot use these "simple" descriptions and not just use them, but use them well, because he has thought about what moments will benefit from simplicity and what won't, was really reassuring. Writers trust yourselves!! You know your prose, your voice, your book, and you are allowed to do what others may consider "breaking" the rules if it feels like the right move for your writing

#this isnt an advice post btw it is just me infodumping. ive been thinking about this line for days #i also don't think it's breaking the rules i don't think there are rules to writing. just advice and theory #im very particular about the semantics of it all i think rules is a dumb way to categorise writing advice and craft theory #“you learn the rules so you know how to break them” WHY ARE THEY RULES IN THE FIRST PLACE! THIS IS AN ARTFORM! #as the artist it is up to YOU what you consider 'rules' that you choose to follow and when. you know what benefits your art and your goals #all of this to say writing advice is literally just that. it is advice. it's up to you what to do with it #like if there's writing rules who came up with them? who did we give authority to come up with writing rules? what are their origins? #also i put flowery in quotation marks because i kind of reject that term too now personally I COULD INFOUDMP ABOUT PROSE FOREVER BTW #especially coming from the litfic scene which personally i hate the definitions of litfic that are prose centered #in a way to make it seem like the prose in litfic is more complex/intricate than it could ever be in genre fic #but that's for another time!!! real litfic girlies (gender netural) hate the way people use litfic for a sense of superiority

[pigmalionizam]

i hate. Living with the knowledge that i can't and shouldn't help every single cat

#i hate. seeinf a dead cat and having to carry everything avout the scene witb me forever. #i hate that the only wrapon i have against breaking down is. at least its not one of mine

[lumiereandcogsworth]

ADAM TAKES HER HAND (HE TAKES HER HAND BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE WON’T GET ANOTHER CHANCE) AND SAYS “You came back.” BECAUSE HE JUST CAN’T BELIEVE IT. AND SHE SAYS “Of course I came back. I’ll never leave you again!” (SHE’LL NEVER LEAVE HIM AGAIN. SHE FEELS LIKE A FOOL FOR HAVING EVER LEFT HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE.) AND HE SAYS “I’m afraid it’s my turn to leave.” BECAUSE HE CAN FEEL EVERYTHING GOING NUMB HE CAN FEEL HIS BREATH GETTING MORE SHALLOW HE CAN FEEL HIMSELF FADING FROM HER. AND SHE SAYS “We’re together now! It’s going to be fine!” BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES IN THEIR LOVE ABOVE ALL ELSE. SHE BELIEVES THAT BECAUSE SHE’S THERE NOW, A MIRACLE CAN HAPPEN. THEY’RE TOGETHER. SO EVERYTHING’S GOING TO BE FINE. SHE HAS LEARNED THAT THE WORLD IS RIGHT WHEN THEY ARE TOGETHER. BUT ADAM SAYS “At least I got to see you… One last time.” BECAUSE IF BELLE HAS TAUGHT HIM ANYTHING, IT WAS HOW TO SEE THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE. HE’S NOT SAD THAT HE’S DYING. HE’S NOT SAD THAT HE WON’T GET A HAPPILY EVER AFTER WITH HER. HE’S JUST THANKFUL FOR THE TIME HE HAD WITH HER. THE TIME HE GOT TO REMEMBER WHAT JOY FELT LIKE. WHAT LOVE FELT LIKE. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A LIFETIME. HE’S JUST HAPPY THAT HE GOT TO SEE HER… ONE LAST TIME.

#this scene probably lives rent free in my head more than any of the others #it’s The Most devastating but also it is EVERYTHING #because they both truly think he’s dying and going to be gone forever #so they pour out their entire souls over one another #and it just breaks me #anyway sorry for yelling but it had to be done #adelle #batb 2017 #beauty and the beast (2017) #beauty and the beast 2017 #lyd watches batb2017 #op

[wutheringmights]

After what feels like forever (over a month), I have finally finished The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

This books has been hanging over my head ever since I was a kid, and I had always been too intimidated by the length to ever attempt to read it. But I have finally conquered my white whale and let me just say one thing: this book is amazing!

I have read a lot of classics in my time, but rarely have I found one that is this consistently entertaining and engaging. Are there places Dumas could have theoretically trimmed? Yes, but I don't want him to. This book feels perfect exactly the way it is.

The plot was fantastic, but it's really the characters that I fell in love with. The count is such a bastard, and between his antics and charm, he would drop lines filled with sheer rage and bitterness that would leave me speechless.

Ultimately, that's one of the things that I find the most valuable about reading classic novels. I love discovering the ways that pieces of art that are older than any family heirloom inside my home resonates with me on an emotional level. I love finding characters I relate to or characters I loathe. I love laughing at the jokes and recognizing the familiarity of a paragraph complaining about how bureaucracy does not work. I love feeling connected to the past and knowing the humans have always had rich lives, and that their experiences are familiar to me hundreds of years later.

That's part of the reason why some of the criticism I read while skimming Good Reads reviews felt disingenuous. Don't get me wrong-- I don't take Good Read reviews without a hefty dose of salt, and the rating for the COMC is extraordinarily positive. But readers who complain that the book is dated in terms of the count being a "Gary Sue" (yes, I actually read that) and the female characters being flat don't get the point of reading any classic.

Yes, the count is unstoppable. But that's the point. He's an angel of revenge who thinks himself equal to god. That's part of the story. Even if you ignored how that plays into the themes of revenge vs forgiveness, can you not take joy in how people long dead also delighted in reading about an absolute bastard of a man making other peoples' lives miserable?

As for the female characters being flat-- I'm not going to pretend that's not an issue. But it is a mistake to open any piece of classic literature and expect modern sensibilities to apply. Yes, you can criticize it, but it just seems like a worthless hill to die on.

I won't say that Dumas doesn't fumble his women characters (let's talk about Haydee some other time), but compared to a lot of other pieces of classic literature I have read, the women in COMOC are not really that bad. Go read some Dickens and then we can have a talk about the maiden/mother/crone issue.

Overall, 10/10 book. I am so glad that I finally read this. If there is any classic you should read, this is a great one to delve into.

Also, Franz totally fucked the count.

#this book is also super funny and i have no idea if dumas intended it to be this hilarious or not #i am thinking of that scene when the count was worried Maximillen would hurt himself but didn't want to knock on his door in fear of #startling him. so the count breaks the window with his elbow like ooops!!! sorry your floor is so slippery!!! i didn't mean to do that!!! #and then the count just. unlocks max's door from the inside in order to let himself in #that is so fucking funny like mr. count you understand that breaking a man's window is more startling than just knocking #you get that right???? #so yeah i'm not going to be normal about this book for the next. forever #i also would like to not be literate for like. two months. but the person i have the reading bet with has pulled massively ahead #so i got to hurry up and read more books #i swear to god if she wins when she's not respecting the spirit of the bet i will LOSE it #me rambling #me reading #bookblr #count of monte cristo #the count of monte cristo #alexandre dumas

[atypicalsouda]

Comments from

Fuyuhiko about/towards

Kazuichi

That I

Can never

EVER GET OVER ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Bonus but I’m reaching pretty far, it’s just the fact that it’s said right after Kaz’s “remember me specifically” comment that my brain took it the first time as Fuyu basically saying “of course I will”. I don’t want to like dampen Fuyu’s line here about remembering everyone not just Kaz but I’m stupidly obsessed so-

#danganronpa #kuzusouda #sdr2 #kuzusoda #the fact Kaz then takes his advice and keeps on playing with Jataro kills me #so does Kaz’s Wait hold on reaction to the UTDP one #WHY DOES NO ONE MENTION THAT FUYU WAS GENUINELY WORRIED DURING THE PLAN TO GET NAGITO SCENE!!❤️ #He literally pays so much attention to Kaz does no one see this?? #like the fact that he was watching him during the anime aphrodisiac scene! #i could go on forever #comfort ship #i love them #danganronpa ultimate summer camp #danganronpa UTDP #fuyuhiko x kazuichi #plz consider these moments #one more thing bout the first one that I’m adding a couple days after posting #I just love that instead of getting exasperated or rolling his eyes #or thinking he’s pathetic at Kaz breaking down a little over the interaction with Sonia #which is just a bit much if you ask me he WAS genuinely trying to help #Fuyu’s first thought was basically are you okay? #when do the other characters get worried about Kaz if it’s concerning his obsession?? #cuz I don’t think they do much