#but goddammit this interests me

[thestuffedalligator]

Rewatching Truman Show for the first time in a long time, and the detail that’s stuck with me this time is the set design.

The characters drive modern cars and hock modern products, but it’s all presented with a veneer of 1950s wholesome applecheeked Americana. Truman’s life is presented as an escape for the audience from the drudgery of the modern day, and the aesthetic they’ve chosen for this is the post-war economic boom. This is the simple time, the movie says. This is the good time. Doesn’t the modern day suck? Let’s go back and see our friends from the days when life was good.

And it’s a lie. Truman’s life is a lie, and the image of white picket fenced suburbia they’ve presented is a lie. It’s an elaborate construction to recreate a false memory that’s comfortable for advertisers. The movie is a satire, but it’s also a very blatant statement against the nostalgia for a golden age which never existed. It’s a lie. It doesn’t exist.

I don’t know. I’m spitballing. I’m biased because I despise mid-20th century Americana and I naturally treat it with hostility, but it’s very gratifying to see a movie kind of agree with me.

#the truman show #i’m sure this is a point that’s been made before #by people more clever than me #but goddammit this interests me #10k #20k #30k

[sacchiri]

Hellsing 2002 calendar illustration.

Ein wunderliche und erschröckliche Hystori von einem großen Wüttrich genant Dracole wayda Der do so ganz unkristenliche marrter hat angelegt die mensche, als mit spissen als auch die leut zu Tod geslyffen

A wondrous and frightening story about a great berserk called Dracula the voivode who inflicted such unchristian tortures such as with stakes and also dragged people to death

#hellsing #alucard #kouta hirano #translation was found in a comment by u/lazyfoxheart on r/Kurrent #fun fact this is the highest quality version of this image that exists online #i know because i've been looking forever for a version that's clear enough to actually read what hirano wrote under '1443' #but there weren't any so i had to take matters into my own hands #the real image on the back of the guidebook is only 2 inches tall so i had to take this with my smartphone and will my hands not to shake #anyway i'm pretty sure it's supposed to say Eğrigöz (the location vlad was imprisoned) so yeah. thank you hirano very cool #if i might rant for a sec it took me an embarrassingly long time to figure that out because i didn't have the guidebook at first #and in the images i could find online that part was just a blur that looked suspiciously like a person's signature and i was like. who tf #i was thinking matthias corvinus since he issued some political propaganda against vlad iirc but it didn't match his signature on wikipedia #then i thought it might be vlad II dracul's since he probably had to sign an agreement to send his sons over as hostages at some point #but that didnt seem right either so i kept skimming vlad's wiki page #and then i was like goddammit...hirano.....you just misspelled Eğrigöz didn't you.. .... #i maybe should've made a separate post dedicated to this instead of writing a novel in the tags but eh #the hellsing brainrot runs deep #also- i put it in the source link at the bottom of the post but the german inscription is copied off a real woodcut of vlad from 1491 #except instead of depicting him as an adult hirano drew him as a child which gives the inscription a very different feel imo #the one final thing that interests me about this is the fact that hirano published this calendar in 2002 #which is REALLY early in the series. like this was before volume 5 came out?? #i have no idea why he decided to do a massive spoiler drop in a random piece of japan-only merch #sandwiched between a drawing of alucard as john travolta from saturday night fever and integra as a fish no less #it makes me really curious to know what the fan response to this was back then. like did people even know who this was #maybe im just an idiot and everyone back then was like 'ah yes its alucard as a 12 year old. how very informative'

[qqueenofhades]

I am deeply unashamed to say I want this SO BAD.

#hilary for ts #i have a few other lego sets which i got as gifts and/or bought for myself with my Grownup Money #but look #a natural history museum!!! #made out of legos!!! #ultimate nerd interests colliding #it's rude to make me see this when i have no money goddammit

[echo-s-land]

It's insane how most of the time I don't get how ppl interact and I also Don't Fucking Care

#vent ig #i wish i could #but unfortunately i havent had the occasion of sharing one of my interest with you in the past three months and when i did it didnt go as i #wanted and now we're supposed to talk through smalltalks except i dont know how to do those so im awkward as hell and unconsciously cut the #short and now im being hated (?) even tho that wasnt my intent #but i guess no matter how trustful i am i just look like a liar #and i cant even bring myself to care bc how am i supposed to explain myself when youre convinced what i say is a lie #we werent even supposed to be this close so sorry if im stiff. i tried to get along but i just cant #the never ending circle between 'i want to have ppl to interact with being alone to experience this world is exhausting and dreadful' and #'im not even remotely interested by any of you' #its different on tumblr bc i can curate my own experience & nobody comes @ me when i dont interact with them for days or weeks (BC IVE GOT #NOTHING TO SAY) and its okay and its normal and we dont have to do the 'hi how are you wyd' script every single time (sure we can check up #on each other once in a while but it doesnt become a script. it feels genuine.) #anyway. im so normal. i can def care about ppl that have never been as insane as me about something we both love(d at some point) #am pretty sure i developed 'i perceived you saying/thinking One(1) bad thing about me and now i dont care at all about your existence' as #a child as a coping mechanism but goddammit i feel like an asshole everytime it happened #i hate feeling apathetic #and i hate lying too so i cant just say shit to reassure them when i dont mean them #cant tell them im sorry about how my behavior is perceived when im so damn tired and would rather they disappear of my life

[hundredblooms]

good timezone tumblr!! hope everyone is well :]

#i've been having an uhhhh. interesting morning. #almost missed the bus (mom drove me to a stop ahead of it so i could make it bless her heart) #i forgot my student ID is at home in a different coat until i opened my wallet to show the driver my pass on said ID #and now i'm just realizing my water bottle is at home too. goddammit. #ugh. hopefully the rest of the day is better... #mun.txt

[theghoulboysblog]

put this in my drafts because i expected spring break to be my time to lock into my shane and ryan hyperfixation, but i ended up locked into my stardew valley hyperfixation instead 😔✊

i said “i’ll just play for a few minutes!” and now i am at 98% completion in that game with apsolutely no shane and ryan compilations, edits, or fanart completed 😔✊ so upsetting.

#it’s the stardew valley update’s fault #i’m very happy about it! #don’t get me wrong #but i have a GHOUL BOYS BLOG TO MAINTAIN GODDAMMIT! 😔✊ #my hyperfixations bring me much joy #but they feel like a full time job in a way #and most ppl would just simply stop being so obsessive about their interest #BUT I LITERALLY CANNOT 😭 #i cannot engage with things in regular amounts #it is either ALL or NOTHING #idk any other people struggle with this??? #prolly the neurodivergent brain ig but idk

[raayllum]

anyway because the inspiration and oneshot list grows every day here’s the updated list, in no particular order (all rayllum focused unless stated otherwise)

non rayllum

less: Claudia learns from Viren that Rayla was the one who killed him. She looks back on her decision to hand over the coins in a new light. Terry POV, Terry/Claudia, angst

pre-s4 (set during timeskip)

a frightening thought: Soren thinks he may be falling in love with Corvus. This is a problem for more reasons than one. Soren&Callum with equal Sorvus and Rayllum focus

Breathtaking: Ezran visits the Storm Spire three times. Callum does not.

i think i am finally clean: Rayla decides to go back to Katolis.

during s4

blink and you miss it (ch2-4; angst, hurt/comfort, some fluff)

i’d kill just to watch as you’re sleeping (ch2): Rayla tends to Callum post-possession until he wakes up, and a little bit afterwards. Also features Rayla&Zubeia talks (in between 4x04 and 4x05)

still left with his hands (ch3): Dolling out bedrolls in the Drakewood is easier said than awkwardly done. Missing scene from 4x05

i fell onto love like a sword (ch4): Thoughts once Callum comes back to rest after their “you need to kill me” conversation in 4x07. 

post-s4

The Snitch: Ezran acts as Stella’s translator and Callum learns a little more about just how much Rayla loves him. Fluff

and if you find me, will you know me?: Callum finds out why Soren and Rayla were separated in the Drakewood, and Rayla has some reckoning to do. Angst hurt/comfort 

out damned spot: Callum finally learns why Rayla came back and wishes he hadn’t. Angst, hurt/comfort

(you’re) a crisis of my faith: As Stella’s connection to the Star arcanum grows, Rayla is haunted by dreams of the lives she could’ve had in contrast to the one she does. Possible three-shot depending on length

speculative s5

(this fall) might just kill me: At Rayla’s prompting, Callum goes to the Sunfire elves to attempt to purify himself from dark magic. It doesn’t go as planned. [Fluffier than it sounds I promise] 

i could dive so deep i never come out: Season five, featuring talks and Callum and Rayla on a boat. Fluff, hurt/comfort co-written with thosefiveadoraburrs

if it’s not you, it’s not anyone: Their Tidebound elf guide is a little too friendly towards Rayla. Callum doesn’t know how to feel about it, never mind what to do about it. co-written with thosefiveadoraburrs

#rayllum #anyway im Thriving #if u have a preference for what gets posted first put it in the replies / ur tags #if you send me asks for one i will give you snippets #tdp #clauderry #arc 2 #upcoming #god willing i will have at least half of these out my new years #i fell out of the writing groove a bit bc i think october was just so intense but i Will get myself back into it goddammit #s4 #can you tell i've been obsessed with rayllum + death motifs lately #u Know it's bad when i bust out the keaton henson lyrics #last one is tidebound elf guy being a genuine bro who is also (understandbly) interested in a distracted/oblivious rayla #and callum has so many other feelings he's trying to process and is accordingly a klutz with this one too #only two titles with brackets?? i'm impressed with myself #dragons rambles #tag ramble

[svankmajerbaby]

good even great things about m3gan 2023:

- main character, gemma, is a woman who works in tech, excels at her field, and is also not shown to be maternal or even have an interest in being a mother. this is not portrayed as bad. her situation as the adoptive mother of her niece is shown to be against her will and as much as the movie insists she has to be kinder and more understanding to the child (bc everyone should be) it never faults her or shows her deserving of suffering because of her difficulty to become a substitute to the childs mother. it portrays the fractured relationship as complicated because raising a child is difficult and its not something she could have possibly expected. epitome of good aunt bad mother, and thats alright.

- child character, especially girl main child character, who throws tantrums, compartmentalizes her grief, is a little bit selfish and fully characterized as a bit of a brat while never losing her empathetic nature and basic personhood. she is shown to be creative and smart but not to a hollywood-oh-arent-kids-so-amazingly-in-tune-with-everything degree, just in an expected degree for a nine year old. her grief feels true and heavy and also something she is desperate to escape from, forming one of the core themes of the movie in a wonderful way. shes also shown to be emotionally clever through interactions to know when to lie and manipulate others, especially during the filming of ads and scripted material, that make it both clear that she understands the rewards and that she has personal gain to do this. she learns in a believable way and is just a well written character in all sense, especially compared to the way other child characters are written.

- m3gans voice acting and movements were A+

mediocre or downright bad things about m3gan 2023:

- kind of everything else?

#. 🦴 #some ppl are calling it a camp classic. dude Where #its too few scenes to consider it such.... i dont deny their iconic nature they just feel so self aware and meant to be viral and stuff #the emotional core of gemma and cady was very well done i think. and thats why i hated it when the movie just #became a killer robot movie. thats so boring thats so overdone just sticking her in a house with a child does nothing #she hasnt bonded enough with cady for me to think that cady would hurt someone bc of her #and m3gan as a character is just not interesting or that entertaining when she talks like a generic movie villain. making threats and stuff #i would have loved for her to be endlessly devoted to cady or to be desperate for her approval or sth #but m3gan just shook off her link to her creator and to her child so quickly. she just ended up killing for killings sake #and i repeat shes just not that scary shes so powerful theres no ingenuity to it #goddammit i wish i could have been #given a shot at rewriting it #hey james wan give me the reigns over m3gan 2 i will give u updated childs play 2 #bc this one is definitely no childs play 1

[aeternallis]

Ughh 🫥

#I don’t know #I’m still trying to figure out what happened yesterday #I’m looking at my ceiling #and trying to remember a frame of reference #because this has happened to me before #back in owari no seraph fandom #how did I deal with this back then? #what motions did I go through? #it’s not as if my interest is lost #it’s still there #but something fundamental has changed #maybe lol #did my optimism transform overnight into cynicism? #no idea #like I’m not sure how to approach any of my friends right now #because I don’t know what to say either #it’s like feeling magenta of some kind #it also doesn’t help that another winter storm is coming in soon #goddammit this week is a whammy #is writing meta just a cursed hobby for me?? #🤣🤣🤣 #I earned the ire of a few people back then too #I just do not understand #is my habit of writing in tags and stream of consciousness-ing the real problem??

[netscapenavigaytor]

actually i feel like a whole essay could be written about "Random Humor" and how it did not really go away so much as get rebranded and change its presentation somewhat. tumblr especially loves its absurdist non-sequiturs but it is afraid to call it as it is (random humor) and quite frankly some of the posts on this site WISH they could be as funny as a ytp from 2009. i havent the braincells right now (or maybe ever idk) to write such an essay though

#error 0 #that being said i do think some part of it has to do with what stock phrases and topics are in vogue #a lot of old school random humor memes were based around like... food and unusual but charming animals #late 2010s was idk. teeth? convoluted death threats? #and right now wizard jokes are pretty big #my point being i guess that like. when a meme is Big you can get caught in the hype and find it funny just because its a meme #but in order to have staying power outside of that a non-sequitur needs to TRULY be a non-sequitur or do something interesting w the topic #we look back fondly on spadinner now but there's a reason people grew so tired of it back then #and i cant remember the last time an ''artsy'' unprovoked death threat crossed my dash except to complain about it #wizards... that's a topic with a lot of room to explore and make a large variety of jokes. but i wonder if it will last #maybe in 5 years we'll be looking back like ''i miss the wizardbloggers'' or maybe we will be like ''ugh remember all the wizard jokes?'' #i hope not the latter i actually rather like the wizards #but i digress the main point i was trying to make here was that a lot of ''random'' humor is not truly non-sequitur #both now AND back then #which is why its easy to pretend theres REALLY a difference between “ZOMG ZOMBIE TACOS?!?!” and “horse plinko eeby deeby” #and. oh my god i just went and wrote an essay in the tags instead of the main post. goddammit #oh well. hopesfuly this oversimplified rambling makes sense to someone else on this earth other than me

[freaky-void]

Eh, not gonna get a lot of recognition or whatever but C'est la vie!

Here's my Rise OC!

His name's August, as shown on the art-

They're Demiboy/Panromantic (Pan&Ace)

He's from New Orleans, moving to New York to be with family.

He has a sort of love/hate relationship with Donnie.

Best friends with Raph, being a chaotic gremlin towards him.

Uhhh... yeah, also close ups to the small drawings and my proof that I haven't stolen this art-

#rottmnt #rottmnt oc #art #i have fallen so far into the fandom that i cannot get out #My brain wont let me change interests goddammit #not that im complaining #lil skrunkly

[gas-stxtion]

//[volume 4 audio book is finally announced]

motherfucker shit goddammit do i have to finish reading the series now

#you know this whole thing is one big experiment‚ right? and you're the little mouse? {ooc} #//this is a joke but. damn. JASDL;FKJSDF #//i have not had the mental energy to keep reading for fucking WEEKS #//but goddammit ok fine #//i'll engage more with the source material of my special interest; something that actively brings me joy and makes me happy. i guessss #//(nah AJSKDFL i'm excited to keep reading <3 just. aughghg mental agonies)

[choices-binglebonkus]

#don’t make me choose goddammit #this is the first time in probably years that I’ve actually been stuck between two love interests #Gabe is so sweet #cas is so sweet but in kind of an asshole way #I’m maybe leaning more towards Gabe though Cas reminds me too much of myself and I hate myself #gabe adalhard #cas harlow #choices immortal desires #immortal desires #choices id #id #choices stories you play #playchoices #choices stories we play #pixelberry #pixelberry studios #playchoices fandom #choices stories you play fandom #choices stories we play fandom #choices meme #choices memes

[coquelicoq]

randomly remembering the song my roommate and i made up at summer camp one year about the (fictional) beefy star of a tv cooking show named sausage man. i have no idea why we came up with him and i guarantee you the name was not a euphemism. after we wrote lyrics for the song together, my roommate (who was better at latin than me) translated them into latin and sent them to me in one of the many letters we exchanged over a 10-year correspondence.

#tomaculi vir est suavis/vir tomaculi est [indistinct mumbling because i forget what word went here] #[i forget the next line entirely]/[something something] cupidinem! #goddammit i am going to dig out that box of letters #stay tuned #or not i mean i can't imagine this is interesting to anyone except me but. i am procrastinating!!!!! #so tomaculi vir here i come

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

Finally have time to write more of the fic I’ve been working on, determined to finish since I never finish anything, got it all plotted out and have time now and— oh, what’s this? An original idea I’m excited about that’s actually tenable to film? Oh cool now I have no motivation to write the thing I have plotted out and all motivation to write something I can’t figure out how it ends lmaoooooo

#i wish i knew who made the original of this meme #i need to finish this FUCKIN fic goddammit #but new idea……. my beloved………….. #i just lose interest i always do this #i just idk i’m sick of writing heaven scenes bruh it’s boring #i’ll write more of my go fic i promise #this is really for me tbh not tagging anything ‘cause cringe #eh maybe some #ao3

[bet-on-me-13]

Dan is Trigon

So! The Teen Titans had been chasing down a Cult lately, and they had finally managed to track down their main bases location.

Unfortunately, they got there just a bit too late and the Summoning Ritual they had been preforming was finished. The Being they had been calling crawled up and out of the Circle drawn in Blood on the floor.

And Raven felt her heart Stop. Because that Being crawling it's way out of the Summoning Circle looked almost exactly like her Father's True Form. But also different.

Where her Father's hair was a White Flame, this one's hair looked like Freshly Fallen Snow. Instead of her Father's Blood Red Skin, this being had Icy Blue Skin. And most strikingly, In place of her Father's Piercing Red Eyes, this being had Lazarus Green Eyes.

But even with all those changes, she could still the similarities in the Bone Structure, the shape of the Jaw, and most importantly the Untold Power radiating off of them.

Before they could react, the Being turned its attention to the Cultists.

"Who Dares Summon, the Ghost King?"

"We do, Out Lord Pariah Dark! We Beseech Thee, take this unclean world and tear it down! Cleanse the World of its Filth!"

"Oh Goddammit, not again." Said the Being, "Look, Pariah hasn't been in Power for Centuries. I, am Phantom. And I don't do the whole 'Destroy all Worlds' thing, you want your own constellation? I'm your guy. Otherwise? Bite it."

"Bu-But my Lord! We summoned you to-"

"Yeah how about no." Said the unimpressed God, "Here, let me send you guys Home. I'll give you guys some riches or something as compensation, but that's it."

And with that, the God snapped its fingers and the cultists disappeared.

"Now, who are you kids?" He turned to them.

Robin stepped forward, "We are the Teen Titans, and originally we came to stop them from Summoning you. Now, I honestly don't know what to do..."

"Oh, you guys are Heroes! That's interesting, I don't come across worlds with Heroes very often." Said the Ghost King, "The last one was the one with those Revengers or whatever they called themselves. The Spider Totem was fun to talk to, and Thor is always..."

As Phantom mumbled to himself, Raven stepped up. "King Phantom, I have a Question. Why do you resemble the true form or Trigon so closely? As his Daughter, I can recognize your similarities easily, and I was curious."

The King stopped dead.

"...daughter?"

"Oh, yes. Trigon is my father, though obviously I haven't talked to him recently." She explained.

"...that asshole." He said, "How could he not tell me I had a NIECE!?"

Wait what?

#Dpxdc #Dp x dc #Dcxdp #Dc x dp #Danny Phantom #Dc #Dcu #Teen Titans #Raven #Rachel Roth #Dan is Trigon #Danny is the Ghost King #Raven is technically a Half Ghost and not a Half Demon #But her Ghost Form looks like a Demon because that's what she thinks she is #Danny did not know that Dan had a Daughter #And he is pissed #He knows they haven't talked in a few Centuries but this isn't something you forget to tell people! #(Dan/Trigon has been relapsing into his “destroy everything” mood recently and he didn't want to bother his brother with this) #(Either that or he really did turn evil again) #Danny is gonna be the most annoying and fun Uncle ever #And Ellie is gonna be such a gremlin about it #(Idk if she is the cool cousin or the fun aunt but she's there)