#and. so. much. back. footage.

[lyinginthesnow]

something about childhood in succession.. the way it casts its shadow over the entire narrative, the rotten root of the roy siblings’s pain, all wrapped up in Logan’s power and abuse and love. The opening credits are filled with images of them as kids, beginning every. single. episode. by emphasizing the importance of their childhood: the siblings posing for a photo, playing sports, standing on a manicured lawn, riding an elephant, etc. and then the shots of logan, in which he is always shown from behind, or far away. It is a childhood the viewer never gets to see in any other context, since there are no flashbacks in the show, and therefore as integral as it seems, we know almost nothing about it. What exactly happened? What are the details? We feel its presence, we can tell how it informs their relationships, we can put together the pieces of incomplete and contradictory memories expressed through dialogue, and if we trace their struggles and dysfunction back far enough we know it leads there, to when they were kids. But there is so much empty space we can’t fill in. It’s almost like their childhood is presented in that horror technique where you never get to see the monster clearly straight on. It’s always in darkness, and chopped up into close-ups so that the viewer’s imagination is forced to invent something, however vague, and that is far scarier than it would be if we could actually see it — a monster that is terrifying BECAUSE it’s unknown. The roy siblings’s childhood is a major force behind so much that happens on screen, but what specifically occurred is out of the reach of our understanding. We are shown the monster’s shadow but not the monster, we are shown the frightened faces of the characters as they look at something behind the camera we never get to see, we are shown the running or the fighting or the blood but never the true, bigger-picture, clear details of the horror itself

#sorry succession as horror scratches an itch in my brain and the idea of their childhood makes my brain explode <333 #just!! even showing this shaky blurry footage of mundane childhood moments feels ominous to me— #it’s like. a documentary abt something awful that begins with #a ‘before’ montage of seemingly benign family life #and of course when the videos were taken they seemed meaningless. but now looking back at them we can see they mean so much #like the tragedy was woven into them right from the start #eeeeeeeeeee i need to be sedated i think #roy siblings #connor roy #kendall roy #roman roy #shiv roy #logan roy #succession #ruby (unfortunately) watches succession #succession as horror

[jvzebel-x]

here's an update for all the "tOuRiSm iS fOr ThE pEoPlE" fucks. always remember that the second anyone steps foot on that land in the name of "tourism" or any other haole institution, that is colonizing&that person is a fucking explicit modern colonizer who made the conscious decision to be one and has spent a lot of fucking money on that trip to get their title. only that kine want more of their kin there-- don't pretend that shit is for anyone else.

drop dead of spontaneous combustion specifically, not even the sharks would want that pīlau fucking meat.

#video footage of haole families already in burnt wasteland is so fucking dystopic its almost funny #'funny' in the way of 'i might have rabies bc im foaming at the mouth lol'. bc fuck if i wouldnt literally #rip these ppl to fucking shreds. god bless whoever took the pics&vids bc i couldnt havd held my tongue. #you know we're all fucked when the governor is holding private back-chamber business-only meetings #to decide to open a fire wasteland two months after 1000+ ppl were killed&where ppl are still looking for remains to tourism #&it honestly seems so much less disgusting bc theres literally footage of haole families already disregarding any form of boundaries. #like this is what we've come to lmao. #i have so. much. violence. in me&no where to put it lmao. i want to go home. i miss home so bad. i am so fucking homesick. #i think the next person who responds to finding out im from hawaii w anecdotes of their trip there will probably get knocked out. #like i dont actually think i should be held responsible for that first hit. anything after is fair game tho i guess. #undescribed

[the-prima-vista]

#cloud strife #tifa lockhart #cloud x tifa #cloti #final fantasy 7 #ff7 remake #final fantasy vii #ffedit #ff7redit #clotiedit #back to the remake footage #i still want to gif so much of nibelheim though whenever i have time #also i'd love to do a gifset of all the times they touch one another #but i don't have the time to go through and get all of that (because it's SO OFTEN) #myedit #mine

[hamofjustice]

nemona feels like an obscure blorbo instead of the main rival character from the latest pokemon game because to get to her really good content from people who really get it, you first have to wade through the ocean of yandere pervert obsessive stalker annoying punchable bimbo amazon goddess interpretations of...

... a neurodivergent and possibly disabled high schooler who's desperately trying to make any friends or get any support from her rich neglectful family - while everyone in her school is jealous of their own imagined version of a privileged asshole version of her they made up - who deeply and platonically loves and supports the one new kid who agreed to take the time to get to know and respect her and her special interest without having to hold back her true self

unlike her, it's not great!

kinda feels like she has the same problem in our world that she does in hers.

#(except much hornier) #i hate to say it but i think her skin color has something to do with it #nemona pokemon #nemona #pokemon sv #pokemon scarvio #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon #nemonaposting #dog girl and goku memes are fine i guess #i legitimately cannot google her without a video of someone being cruel to her on purpose and making her visibly sad coming up #i don't think people like that really browse these tags but i hope they're not the reason she was not in the dlc footage at all #and thus may never get more screen time to actually be her best friend's 'rival for life' as promised before the 3 year cycle marches on #you know the dlc about nemona's best friend and 'greatest treasure' transferring to a school about the hardcore battles she's dying without #potentially abandoning her and sending her back to almost square one on having a reason to enjoy life #don't get me started yelling about that again #also i didn't mean platonically in a don't ship them kind of way you should absolutely do that if it lines up with your interpretations #i usually do in fact #just trying to emphasize the contrast between canon and fanart here #opinions of her already start off so low faith just because she's from the 10 fps pokemon game and i'll be real i wish she wasn't #i wish she and her friends were somewhere i could trust that they would be treated respectfully by their copyright holders

[thepiecesofcait]

Here's a look at the opening of the Cafe scene from our production of Les Mis last year! (a behind-the-scenes of the set up before the curtains open can be found here!)

#I miss my show so much #I am finally at a stage where I can look back at the footage without just weeping at the weird grief of knowing that it's really over #and so I have Many Snippets To Share #ABC Cafe #Les Amis de l'ABC #Les Miserables #Musical Theatre #Community Theatre #Cait Directs Les Mis #Enjolras #Combeferre #Feuilly #Courfeyrac #Grantaire #Youtube

[theology101]

hey brennan? Hey brennan? Imm going to vomit. This makes me sick

This was not a moment where someone just… slit her throat for some sort of ritual. This was a sustained combat encounter were Lucy Frostblade, a child, A literal Child, was killed by her friends. Killed by the people who she had spent years healing and protecting

And she had time to recognize that, and engage in combat. Multiple assailants. Ivy and Skuttle and Oisin and Ruben and Kipperlilly all fought and killed her. This was not an instant, Lucy had time to scream, then plead, and then finally beg for her life before being executed.

This was not a fair fight, this was not a quick fight, and I can not imagine the terror Lucy Frostblade would be feeling. The helplessness, the betrayal, the horror. Multiple assailants.

And then they left her in the fucking woods to rot. And not only that, they mocked her. Oh, Lucy likes the animals and tries to help them? Well, now that she’s dead we’re not the High Five Heros, we’re the Rat Grinders. In light of Spot telling us that she would hang back AND BRING BACK THE DEAD RATS, the name choice? Sickening. I hate it so much. And all the rat grinders.

Im spitting blood right now, im so angry and sick and pissed off.

#fantasy high junior year spoilers #fantasy high junior year #dim 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #the rat grinders #i hate the rat grinders so much #THEY KILLED LUCY #SHE WAS BRINGING BACK THE RATS #im so angry at them #the fact that her friends killed her #it hurts #idk if you’ve seen explore with us or other interrogation footage shows #but murders of a friend where the friend can fight baxk are always so much worse to read about #and to learn about #because you’re terrified and fighting for uour life #against someone you trust completely #your mind literaly has a block preventing you from hurting them the same way they’re hurting you #i hate them i hate them i hate them

[possession1981]

#the boyz #tbz #tbzinc #chanhee #new #choi chanhee #kflops #kpopco #*mywork #useroro #userfairy #hiiiii tris i didn't wanna tag u in too much stuff while u were gone so as to not overwhelm but since u are back <333333 #higabi #rosieblr #lunanuggets #madstual #i have like uh a bunch more sets from this video that i made bc i wanted to practice giffing difficult (mainly dark) footage so #i scheduled them

[dreamaze]

Beautiful Liar ⟡ 230115 One Take Stage

#mx7net #monstaxedits #kpopccc #monsta x #beautiful liar #230115 #inkigayo #choreography #tuseral #wabisarah #userkyutie #usermowah #hijaehyukkies #wings.gifs #wings.original #eyestrain #i don't think i really did it justice but i love how this stage is filmed so much #all the extended hand choreo looks especially cool with this perspective !! #may be back again soon with bigger gifs of just the min/kyun duo... been waiting for the best footage & this may be it

[kenobion]

Andrew Garfield on The Graham Norton Show

#I'm back baybee but my enthusiasm for him never wavered it's just I was away a few days #andrew garfield #my gifs #I missed hearing his beautiful voice #the graham norton show came through for me with more footage again #I love the moment in the first gif so much #how can he be both the hottest and the cutest person ever? at the same time?? #there is only one thing I want for my birthday and it's for Andrew to slide into my dms (not realistic but I can imagine) #ugh I love everything about the way he looks and he thinks and he talks and he is #please sir let me love you #I'm available anytime

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

THE BEST OF THE NORMANDY SUMMIT

Featuring: Cmdr. Sophie Shepard, Primarch Adrien Victus, Dalatrass Linron, and Urdnot Wrex With: Comm. Specialist Samantha Traynor Commander, you need to keep Cerberus at bay- I can't overstate what a victory a treaty between the Turians and the Krogan would be for the Alliance. We need all the help we can get... Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (2021)

#mira makes gifs ✨ #sophie shepard #urdnot wrex #samantha traynor #mass effect #mass effect 3 #me3 #mass effect legendary edition #dailygaming #finally got around to gif'ing the sur'kesh footage and i ended up splitting it in half bc the summit just had too many good wrex moments #by best of: the normandy summit i really just mean best of: wrex bc this is literally just every wrex moment from the summit LMAO #i was gonna stuff this in with the priority sur'kesh set but literally when i had like 10 gifs of just the summit i was like #sur'kesh is getting the mars split bc wrex has too many good moments to just start cutting half of them out tbh #also victus in his fancy primarch robes with THAT VOICE??? i'm not down bad for most turians but DAMN victus #maybe we talk about how fucking real he was for hearing wrex say that the krogan were the ones who spilled their blood to stop the rachni #and immediately looked at the dalatrass and said that wrex was fucking right #and then said that the dalatrass was helping wrex or she'd never see another friendly turian again?? like he's a fucking ICON for that tbh #and soph in the dress blues????? HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT (mass effect women in uniforms and armor 😍) #her angy face coming back at the dalatrass to defend wrex is everything to me #and wrex's expressions during the summit are so fucking good #there's so much raw emotion on his face that you can see and you can tell how like angry and frustrated he is with the dalatrass and victus #and how much he's holding back!! especially when linron insults him!! when she basically calls his people useless!! #like there's just a thousand+ years of pent up krogan rage about the genophage just boiling behind wrex's eyes #and he somehow manages to keep somewhat cool during the summit? like obvi wrex isn't a thousand+ years old but he's his people's rep #he's such a fucking interesting character especially during this scene when you think about a thousand+ years of the genophage #bc you get to watch him balance keeping his cool in a political situation he's a leader in #vs. remembering he's a krogan in the presence of the leadership of the people who literally created a sterility plague for his people?? #and the raw emotions of that for him??? #wrex my love you deserve the world for dealing with the summit in the cool-headed way that you did bc it was 100% bullshit for you #canon soph would have thrown the dalatrass off the normandy so fucking fast for insulting wrex and his people and you cannot change my mind

[starbuck]

“Martha... How do you stop- How do you stop it?” “You don’t.”

Martha from Ravenous (1999) ~ requested by anonymous

#ravenous 1999 #REQUESTED OVER A YEAR AGO I SHOULD ADD #i am SO very sorry that this took so long #i wasn't in a ravenous mood when you sent the request and then various Unforeseen Life Circumstances got in my way #and then i procrastinated on getting the blu ray for a bit #but - if it's any consolation - this is a MUCH higher-quality set than you would have gotten if i had made it right away #i'm remaking all my old sets with the blu ray footage - i'm OBSESSED #and it's soooooooooo much easier to work with than the black sa.ils blu rays thank GOODNESS #so lots and lots more goodies to come! #but i wanted to start with this one because i've been meaning to do it for SO long and life just kept getting in the way #i love Martha SO much - i def would have done a set for her eventually request or not #truly i am keeping it together until Cleaves' coat and the purple stole... then i just lose it #like. she loses everyone she loves to imperialist violence and then is forced to leave her home for her own survival #it's so awful #i'm so glad she survives - but it's still absolutely a tragedy (both for her and in general) #kudos to Antonia for insisting on the inclusion of the final shot of her walking out though... it's such a powerful image #in a tragic sense of her being forced off her land with literally only the clothes on her back #and in a hopeful sense that she DOES escape and live on... she isn't devoured by the system #it's just A Lot #i'm have a few more Martha sets planned that i'm really excited about as well! #one of her and Cleaves (in which i will shamelessly reuse a few of these gifs) #and one of... well... You Will See! :)))))))))))))))))))) #stay tuned!!

[robo-dino-puppy]

i finally finished a video i've been meaning to make for a long time! if you like cauldrons you might enjoy watching it :)

#horizon forbidden west #hfw #hfw cauldrons #video #video link #hiiiiiii i'm alive (sorta) #not at home and haven't had great internet but i finally got to work on this video #i've had the footage hanging around for like a year+ then lost half the files and just found them the other day #so i sat down and put it together #it's my first time doing any real audio editing/mixing/whatever so uh pls be nice #i think it turned out pretty good! mostly how i envisioned #i wanted to do animated titles for each cauldron (way back on my blog you might find the one i did for MU) but it was too much work T_T #maybe someday... #(ughhh i hate making thumbnails. something always covers up my text no matter where i put it)

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

|Limp Bizkit's cover of "Billie Jean" (2009)|

#the way my eyebrow shot up seductively and chills that ran down my spine when Sam came in with that groovy bassline #and then when Wes came in with that iconic riff my soul left my body☠️ #and best believe John kept my foot tapping to the beat of his kickdrum #Loved hearing Lee's scratches mixed throughout the song so perfectly #and I much prefer Fred's singing this song compared to when LB covered this song with Corey Feldman on the mic in 2013. he did too much lol #this is my fave MJ song and to hear LB do a small cover of it... I hadn't lived until I heard this version #like AAF killed it with “Smooth Criminal” (god how I remember seeing that mv on MTV Hits back in the day. good memories) #but man oh man I'd give my left arm just to hear LB's studio recorded version of this #still salty that I never got to hear LB's cover of Paula Abdul's “Straight Up”. I still have hope of finding footage of it some day. #Limp Bizkit #nu metal #Fred Durst #Wes Borland #Sam Rivers #John Otto #DJ Lethal #lucy the rabbit's video edits #down the rabbit hole

[nofuneralplease]

Classic John Nolan Move? What does that mean?

Oh.

Yeah.

I'm familiar.

#the JoNol Eyeroll my beloved #is that a thing? #Does he still do it? #I need to watch so much live footage now #john nolan #taking back sunday #shaun cooper #straylight run #tbsposting

[buggiebite]

I want a fanfic where Mr. Everdeen escaped to District 13 and watched shit unfold.

#I need a novel… someone write it before I do #he would try his hardest to go back but would constantly be denied #he would feel so guilty #watching 12’s reaping footage for glimpses of his family #I know a rampage occurred when Prim’s name was called and Katniss volunteered #all of District 13 rooting for Katniss in the 74th games and #but his heart hurt for the Peeta because he always knew he had a crush on her #there’s so much I can say omg #then when both of them win… it’s like brains started kicking into gear and a rebellion is planned #buggiebite #katniss everdeen #the hunger games #peeta mellark #thg #mr everdeen #everlark #mockingjay #catching fire #fanfic

[abutterflyobsession]

I pull out so many random facts about the making of Lord of the Rings that people usually respond with, 'how do you even know that?!'

oh, friend.

my brother, a most pretentious lotr fan, snatched up the extended edition hot off the shelf and for weeks it was the only thing on the tv all day long. I've seen every commentary, every special feature . . . twice. maybe more. I didn't have a choice.

#a butterfly obsesses #I've forgotten so much but still #maybe I just don't hang out with nerdy enough people and the rest of you know all this but: #billy boyd every time Minas Tirith is on the screen: I love Minas Tirith #Dominic Monaghan: shut. up. #sean austin forgot to put his waistcoat on for the scene where they all say farewell to frodo so they had to reshoot the whole thing #everybody had to cry again. but the second recording ended up blurry and they had to reshoot a 3rd time. nobody was happy with sean #when sam shows up to fight shelob his hand and sheathed sword appear first like the start of a duel in a western #that's actually peter jackson's hand #sean austin could 'see' shelob when they were filming those scenes. he could very vividly imagine her. #after he saw some cgi test footage of her he lost the ability to imagine her and had to work to get it back #dominic or billy I forget but one stole a skull from the scenes with the army of the dead #after pirates of the Caribbean came out they had to change the design for the army of the dead because the ghost designs were too similar #they built a huge dead Oliphaunt for the battlefield (peter wanted it to be bigger tho) #the people linking up plastic rings for the chain mail wore away their fingerprints on their pointer fingers and thumbs #they basically thawed a frozen stream so andy serkis could dive in and chase a fish in the ice-cold water #I want to say it was billy boyd who had to get a dental procedure done and opted to do with without being numbed #because he had to shoot a scene right after. however he sweated so much his hobbit feet came off #by the time they were put back on the medication would have worn off anyway #viggo mortensen got part of a front tooth chipped off and wanted to finish the scene before having it fixed but they forced him to go #when auditioning horses for the scene the horse kneels down to let the wounded aragorn get on a horse was disqualified for sit on the dummy #the HUGE ring they used for perspective shots