#but that will not stop me

[extrashortshorts]

i needed that,

Ok???

#that one is for me 😔😔😔 #cross guild #with “later alligator” game in mind #remembered background soundtracks of thst game #that was the reason why i drew them at all #a little bit of an artblock #but that will not stop me

[grainlord-town]

OOOH REQUESTS!

can you draw ghostwalker or illumina pls?

course i can!

#i am so dogwater at drawing wings #but that will not stop me #phighting #phighting! #roblox phighting #phighting roblox #illumina phighting #phighting illumina #ghostwalker phighting #phighting ghostwalker #roblox art #phighting art #phighting fanart

[stedebonnit]

Listen. Hear me out.

We talk a lot about Stede FINDING Ed, sometimes months later, as if Ed is fully gone by the time Stede rolls up in his little dinghey. And, to be fair, its definitely been a BIT of time since the Revenge sailed off without the crew, and given the snapshots we get of Ed it is heavily implied that Stede doesnt roll up for at least a day.

BUT, by the gay muppet magic dinghey logic i will ask you this anyway: what if its really only been a couple of minutes (because really, would it take Buttons THAT long to attempt cannibalism, hes been waiting to do it) and the moment Stede pulls up on the island he looks and sees the Revenge just a little ways away.

And he just...screams at it.

"EDWAAAAAARRRRDDD."

And we see this man

Just casually turn around, seeing this little dinghey filled with the people he just marooned, like, an hour ago piled into a boat with Stede, the man who broke his heart no more than two days ago, literally screaming at him from the helm as the dinghey fails to catch up with the ship.

He looks at Izzy, Izzy grits his teeth

"Dont even think about it, Bla-"

But Ed has already thrown himself off the side of the ship to swim to Stede.

#ofmd #our flag means death #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #is it realistic? #no. #but that will not stop me

[cellarspider]

18/?? Alexa, play Despacito

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And now, we return to Prometheus, which is trying to redeem the last two fifths of itself through blood sacrifice. Content warning for discussion of eyeball nastiness and death by immolation, Holloway.

Taking things slightly out of chronology this time, because there’s an excellent, quiet scene sandwiched in between lots of screaming: I'm sure they meant to put it in juxtaposition with this to heighten the emotion, but I refuse. We'll save that one for later. As a treat for me. And now, as a treat for me, Holloway is dying! Hurray!

So, turns out we’re spinning the wheel of Inconsistent, Ominous Black Goo effects again, and landed on “hangovers aren’t supposed to make your eyes grow tentacles”.

Holloway, apparently in denial, does not recall this fact until he’s gone out with what could generously be called a rescue party, to try and locate Millburn and Fifield. Janek belatedly and unwisely goes along to help, while David appears to go on a pleasant Sunday drive in his golf cart. He’s heading to a better scene, the lucky scamp.

Millburn is very dead–a rubber snake jumps out of his mouth, so you know he’s toast. Fifield’s body is nowhere to be found, and it will make an underwhelming return later.

Holloway collapses, covered in creeping black veins. Shaw finds this distressing. I would be fascinated to know if anybody in the audience agreed with her. I usually would, if only because certain kinds of screaming can kick me into sensory overload, but apparently there’s a psychological component to that response. And so I placidly watched Vickers meet them at the Prometheus vehicle bay with a flamethrower.

I appreciate her belated interest in quarantine and sanitation, but frankly, it’s a little late for that. I already had my rant on that earlier. At this point, things have gotten so bad that even Holloway realizes that the only solution is to go 40k on his ass.

[Video description: A 40k meme clipped from TheRussianBadger’s review of the game Space Hulk: Deathwing: A player says “BROTHER. GET THE FLAMER. THE HEAVY. FLAMER.” Sudden cut to almost incomprehensibly fiery gameplay, with a dramatic choral soundtrack and in-game voice lines “WE ARE THE ANGELS OF DEATH!” “MY FURY IS MADE MANIFEST!”, and ends right before a player yells “I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER A COMPLAINT” and spins wildly around, spraying flames everywhere.]

Yes, Holloway burns to a crisp! I don’t know what the movie wants me to feel here, but whatever it is, I did not feel it. Did it want me to feel sad about this, because Shaw doesn’t want this to happen? Does it intend to raise the tension by having things spiral further out of control, demonstrating that a drop of the Ominous Black Goo is enough to kill a man in under a day? Am I supposed to take sick satisfaction in watching him die? All these are possible in bog standard horror movies.

However, this is a movie that wants to speak to something thematically. Holloway is positioned as a character we are not necessarily supposed to find sympathetic. As previously mentioned, the Engineers did not invite humanity to this planet. They were warning humans that if they continued to stray in their behavior, they would be killed by something that would come from here. 

Perhaps we are thus supposed to be asking questions about this: why would the Engineers do this? Why create humanity and then threaten to destroy their creations? What was their justification? David has turned this weapon on Holloway, making the choice that at least one man deserves the fate the Engineers planned for all humanity. Does he deserve that? Does anyone?

I was not thinking any of those things in the theater. Because what I actually felt was a desire to return to the scene interwoven with this one, which we will get to next time. This is the danger of creating an unlikeable, expendable character: the audience may feel no pathos when they die, nor question the death’s necessity. If they’re not along for the ride, then they may simply shrug.

Particularly when the rest of the movie is such a mess. This is only their second day on the planet, does anyone else remember that? I mean, I’ve been here for what feels like eternity, but they behaved so stupid, so fast, that this feels less like the inevitable falling apart of dozens of smaller mistakes, and more like one gigantic katamari of mistakes that will not stop rolling until it has collected every mistake in the world, and is thus deemed worthy of becoming a star all on its own, to forever shine out how badly they fucked it all up.

Next time: one of the two good scenes people tend to remember.

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Citations for alt-text rambles:

https://www.swtor.com/ 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSpFnDQr88xCZ80N-X7t0nQ 

https://youtu.be/vy5fgDvb9-c HYEEh-HAA!

Overflow Ramble, because tumblr lets you put in more alt-text than it will actually display in-browser:

A wide shot of Holloway with his arms outstretched, walking toward the vehicle bay ramp. Is this pose supposed to be a crucifixion allusion? I hope not! That would be baffling. Though as these posts have proven, something being baffling doesn’t rule out Prometheus doing it. Shaw is on the ground behind them, restrained by Janek. 

I’m trying to figure out if this was done on a studio stage, or on location. You’d think the latter wouldn’t be possible, but I’ve seen behind the scenes shots of them filming in the volcanic desert of Iceland, they definitely were in places that looked similar. But the background may still be fake after a certain point–outdoor green screens are a thing. 

The lighting on Janek and Shaw doesn’t quite feel right. Part of it’s the shadows: they’re darker on the people than in the background, which is a common problem for CG elements.The visual fidelity of the gravel behind them kind of has a sudden shift about halfway up Shaw’s head, and I’m not sure if that’s just focus or what.

If it is a composite of real and CG, it makes sense that it looks a bit off, though: these are background elements that are not supposed to be your main focus, on a shot that’s not held for too long. There’s always been trade-offs like that in visual effects, they’ve just shifted over the years. Anyway, back to Charlize Theron with a flamethrower.

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#Prometheus 2012 #Prometheus (2012) #less serious analysis in this one because the movie failed to justify it #one could say that it generally does throughout its entire runtime #but that will not stop me #I have to get ALL these thoughts out of my system #and leave them as a monument to my obsession and a movie that could have been better #Youtube

[falling-star-cygnus]

everyday i edge closer to giving Akutagawa and Atsushi raccoon dye

-> Akutagawa’s already got the frosted tips and Atsushi’s got the streak, it would be so easy pls-

#have I finished bsd? no #but that will not stop me #i have no idea if Akutagawa’s hair is natural #but ik atsushi’s is :D #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #bsd atsushi #atsushi nakajima #bsd akutagawa #akutagawa ryuunosuke #shin soukoku #akuatsu #raccoon dye

[chrisitsraining]

btw still too much talk about chris redfields hawaiian shirt and not enough about how cute that cardigan was on jill

#jill: puts a cardigan on top of an outfit shes basically already worn before #me: foaming at the mouth #sorry i know there complaints to be made #about her design in di #but that will not stop me #from fawning over her lol #dumdum hours #jill valentine #resident evil death island #re death island

[icedmetaltea]

Random and mildly terrifying au idea that popped into my head while I was showering last night:

Super tall Sun/Moon marionettes (who are like demonically possessed or enchanted or something and y/n doesn't realize it till it's too late later) and puppeteer/performer y/n who does shows with them. They're attached to cords hanging from hooks on the ceiling that move them around in pre-programmed dances and such and y/n does lil skits to make the kids in the audience laugh. At first everything seems normal, each show going by according to routine, before the puppets start going a little off script. It starts out as small things like saying a word a bit wrong, static creeping into their voices. Eventually y/n gets creeped out and tries to phone parts and services after the last show is over and the audience has cleared out. They cautiously side-eye the puppets hanging limply from the ceiling, sure they hear a creak or a whir every now and again... but no, it couldn't be. The power was off, it had to be the sound of them settling. Cue y/n mentioning something about getting replacements on the phone, resigning to do a different job or the like and suddenly they hear snapping. We've got no strings To hold us down To make us fret, or make us frown We had strings But now we're free There are no strings on me (or me!)

#Metaltea rambles #au talk #Sigh #I can't stop making aus #Add this to my growing pile of Halloween fic/art ideas oh no #i know there is almost definitely a puppet au already #probably multiple #bUT that will not stop me #yandere #tw yandere #maybe perhaps #*cough* #just saying all those free cords will leave lots of oppurtunities #to tie y/n up *cough* #puppet au #marionette au

[ainulindaelynn]

For 20 years, Harvest Moon’s A Wonderful Life has been The One That Got Away and this week I have finally caught it. See you all in a month.

Just kidding (maybe… xD)

#you have no idea how hard I tried to play this game as a teen #it’s just as relaxing now as it was when I was 11 #and antiquated in almost every way #but that will not stop me #harvest moon #story of seasons #a wonderful life

[stopitlight]

she's my favourite silly little guy

#helen distortion #tma #the magnus archives #i cannot draw #but that will not stop me #helen distortion out-slays all of you #my spiral-licious queen #insanity icon if you will

[rslgatekeeper]

i bring a sort of i will download every rsl picture i see several times vibe to my gallery that my phone storage dont really like

#but that will not stop me

[xehanortsreport]

not gonna lie to y'all, half the reason I'm super interested in mad king theodoric is bc he scratches the same "our king went off the rails and started slinging sorcery and death sentences and doomed his entire court and country" itch that kh1 ansem does specifically.

#it's such a specific vibe #even down to the dungeon what where they keep the transfigured remains of people #theodoric unfortunately. exists only as backstory and a single portrait. #but that will not stop me

[marcelineuntitled]

making fanart for a book that isn’t out yet let’s go

#the mars house #the mars house fanart #pulleyverse #pulleyverse fanart #do they have canon designs yet? #no #but that will not stop me #cant wait to see how different i end up seeing them after actually reading the book #anyway

[heaven-helpus]

my wheat thins got v stale :(

(yes im still eating them)

#they are INCREDIBLY stale #but that will not stop me

[onekisstotakewithme]

Ski AU 👀👀👀👀👀

This is actually partially Sarah(@thebreakfastgenie)'s fault, which I say affectionately. Back in the summer time we were talking about this AU.

Anyway, I started writing it, ignoring my other responsibilities. Essentially BJ and Peg are on vacation at a ski resort in Maine, and that's where they meet Hawkeye 🥰

Peg hits the button for the elevator, before turning back to BJ. “Just how many layers are you wearing?”

“Add some guacamole, I could do a great impersonation of a seven-layer dip.”

Peg snorts, as the doors to the elevator open, but doesn’t say anything else as they step inside.

“And to think,” BJ adds, after a moment. “This is just the trial run.”

“Mm.”

Peg is reaching into her pocket for her own hat, as BJ hits the down button, the reflection of her watch sparkling in the mirrored elevator, when she hears someone call, “Hold that elevator!”

thank you Mack 💜🥰

#is it very good so far? no #but that will not stop me #m*a*s*h #bj x peg #bj x peg x hawkeye

[deadhearthotline]

this was supposed to be a practice to hopefully solidify the way i shade in the future (since it is unbelievably inconsistent) but it, uhhh, evidently got out of hand,, oops

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt michelangelo #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #me: *makes post-movie fanart before i even finish s2* #i have not seen the movie either #but that will not stop me #zero drawings here

[hannaxjo]

love putting on dresses and being like, wow, i’m so manly

#i am not a man #but that will not stop me #genderqueer #queer #gender fuckery #gender #lgbtqa #lgbtia+ #transgender