#but the execution was very poor

[somewherefornow]

BRUCE WAYNE/BATMAN & DIANA/WONDER WOMAN in BATMAN (2016)

#bruce wayne #diana prince #diana of themiscyra #bruce x diana #wonderbat #batman 2016 #I know a lot of people were upset by these issues but I liked this arc #maybe it’s because I’m not a hardcore WonderBat shipper but I liked their moments in this a lot even if king didn’t go all the way #and I feel like it captured a lot of the problems I have with king #writing what are very interesting ideas in the most lackluster way #he’s all concept to me and often poor execution #*panelsandpages

[eclipseshotel]

Me busting into Elder Predator’s chambers to chew his ass out after he ignored my gauntlet call six times in a row (he was taking a much needed old man nap)

#big guy was knocked out #being an ancient yautja is exhausting #and then dealing with my bitch ass… #oh he’s gonna bite a good chunk of my ass off when he wakes up #pardon my behavior I’ve just been very dickprived as of late #it makes me say and do things I shouldn’t #also yes I spied on him and memorized the key code to break into his chambers #he knows this already unfortunately I leave my scent behind when I snoop around his quarters #I also shed so he’s always finding strands of my hair #and I leave very small gifts around for him in places I assume he won’t notice right off the bat #but his finely tuned observations detect traces of my phantom presence #he’s contemplating setting up a trap to catch me redhanded #yes I must answer for not respecting his personal space #especially to discipline me for my poor cloaking execution #now he can’t bring any Yautja women around cuz they’ll smell me there #but let’s be real he hasn’t done that in a long time #yautja #avp elder #elder predator

[taz-writes]

here's a hot take for today

the narrative function of sex is the same as the narrative function of fight scenes is the same as the narrative function of songs in a musical

no i will not explain

#taz talks #writing #actually i WILL explain but i'll do it in the tags #these each serve the same function within their respective appropriate genres #each one is a kind of revelation #they heighten the connection between 2+ characters and highlight relationships and feelings and needs #they are out of place in genres where they do not belong and/or as curveballs when the narrative did not provoke them from the start #but they have the same sort of emotional/dramatic build-up #talk -> sing -> dance (talk -> yell -> stab) ((talk -> flirt -> You Know)) #and they are all expressions of intense physicality and intimacy through physical gesture and interaction #they are fundamentally empty and boring if there is not a deeper purpose or drive behind them #although they can still occasionally be entertaining on their own if your audience is specifically seeking that experience out #people who do not like them will be very unhappy to encounter one where it isn't supposed to be #it is very easy to ruin the mood with poor word choice #many people have an inherent sense for terrible ones but it's often difficult or complicated to explain precisely why a bad one fails #when executed properly they are a very raw and intimate expression of a character's most fundamental needs and desires #the fluff is stripped away and there is nothing left but a series of needs. conflicting or cooperating. #and even when you're lying during one it's still a form of truth #none of these things are remotely necessary to tell a powerful or compelling story but if you're going to use them you need to do it right #also all 3 of these things are difficult if not impossible to write if you are not both interested in them and personally invested #this post brought to you by me trying to write smut about my dnd characters and failing because i generally hate /reading/ smut #so i have none of the vocabulary or instinct for it that i do for. say. graphic violence (or lyrical poetry)

[hezuart]

Have you ever seen the owl house? If so, what are your thoughts on it?

I have watched Owl House and I plan to make a review, but I need to rewatch it at least one more time to gather my thoughts

The Owl House is insanely popular, but I was really disappointed with it, especially season 1. And people are not gonna take kindly to that opinion, so I will probably get a lot of angry comments for it so I've just kinda avoided talking about it. Luz and the show act like Eda is a super powerful witch who is Luz's personal teacher who is gonna show her all the secrets of the witchworld, when that couldn't be further from the truth. Eda is like a parent who tells you you're going on a hike with no supplies, she drops you off in the middle of the woods by yourself and gives you like, a stick, and tells you "good luck!" and runs away. Eda is just the weird lady who lets Luz crash at her house.

It's misadvertised, it has tone issues, it has confusing and straight-up unexplained lore issues... and it fell victim to the SU curse of not knowing what they are doing in season 1, just kinda screwing around introducing random concepts Then they finally get their footing in season 2 or 3 only to get cancelled for being gay. Which sucks, like REALLY REALLY SUCKS, because it's the Network producer's homophobic fault for it being rushed, but its also the fault of the creator of the initial debut for the misuse of screen time on characters or plot that has no stake in the rest of the series.

Most of season 1 is just the formula of "our main characters going to school, screwing up and having to fix their mistake for each episode." And then season 2 is like "Oh right, we're a series with an overarching plot, I forgot- whoops! We're out of time, sorry :/ "

#the owl house #the owl house critical #text post #i just have so much to say about that series #Luz is a disappointment idk if you can call her a marysue in the traditional sense #but she gets away with a lot of stuff that she shouldnt #Edas plot wth her sister wasnt handled very well #the villain is bad- he is extremely boring and just a horrible person for no given reason- horrible person to the extreme- #King's dad showing up in the end doesnt make sense #its advertised as a human witch ward and teacher duo but its not that at all #it kinda just turns into Harry Potter but gay #honestly Luz x Amity............ lowkey drarry #super lowkey but.... im squinting and i see it #the troublesome weasley twins- the mom is lucius malfoy- willow and gus as hermoine and ron- #like its not 100% but if you squint im telling you i cant unsee it #its like harry potter meets high guardian spice meets DOREMI meets Disney #its not a very original series- it doesnt have to be but #in terms of what it was trying to go for- ithink the execution was extremely poor #at least the animation and fight scenes were really badass and cool

[fuckmatpat]

He's RETIREING???

Good for him, he wants to focus on his family and go touch grass and fuck off into the sunset with his money. But also HE'S LEAVING??? WHAT? THE FUCK?

The channels are going to exist without matpat now. What the shit. What do we do now.

we let nature heal <3

#mod cyrus #good ending i think . #hopefully under better management! i think that the channels are not bad ideas #just poor execution #very content farm-y #the more channels you have the more money they rake in #ALSO good to see you dude !! hope you are well #a person on the internet #asks #matpat retirement

[adhd-merlin]

I think this is a mega unpopular opinion among arwen enjoyers but I love the banishment scene in 4x09 actually. yes it's tragic, yes it's painful, but it's precisely because of how much they loved each other. its greatly written and bradley and angel are both incredible in it. I haven't managed to find a proper gif set of that scene yet which is a crime

#yes I love angst!! sue me #I'm sorry I think its very in character for arthur actually #he was hurt he was heartbroken he was furious #and even then he addresses gwen with almost... tenderness? #“what happened guinevere. we were happy” #“what happened”!! = where did I go wrong #he gives her the benefit of the doubt #he goes “god maybe it was my fault. because she wouldn't.” #“if you had doubts...” (!!!) #if you had doubts YOU COULD HAVE TALKED TO ME. #YOU KNOW YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME ANYTHING. #“but he banished her!!” WELL YES his council fully expected him to execute gwen. which would have been the standard procedure #(“do you know what they are saying?” > !!! the ever-watching eyes of the court) #he's still the king. he's been made a fool of. in front of everyone #he's lost and confused and he's just been betrayed by the person he trusted most in the whole world like #he is not exactly clear-headed. ok #and poor gwen can't even explain why the fuck she did what she did (obviously) which doesn't help #oh god I could go on and on about this. I'll stop #unpopular opinions #arwen #merlin

[byanyan]

ㅤborn on june 30th at 3:40 am to eunji byun, a woman who never had any intention of raising a child, byan was taken home by their adoptive parents, hye-jin yoon and dae-seong lee, a couple who had never been able to have a child of their own and had eagerly awaited their arrival. given the name yeong-hwan lee, they were treated exactly as if they were the couple's biological son and learned to refer to the two as eomma and appa (mom and dad).

this was the only period in their life where byan had a very "normal" childhood. and it was good! they were a happy, outgoing kid from the start, always curious and full of energy. they felt loved. they were loved. they don't remember it, but they were even taken to korea to meet their parents' extended family when they were two.

things were good, and it seemed like they were only going to get better when hye-jin unexpectedly discovered that she was pregnant.

byan's sister, hwa-young, was born on september 9th, when they were four years old. given her name because hye-jin was fond of the idea of her children having similar names, even byan was excited by this, and by the concept of having a baby sister. things remained exciting for the first few weeks, but as time passed and the newness of having a baby in the house began to wear off, things started to get... complicated. neither parent had particularly high paying jobs, and hye-jin couldn't afford to take much of a maternity leave. she worked from home, but between work, household chores, and hwa-young, neither she nor dae-seong had much time left over for byan, let alone for themselves. needless to say, it was a stressful time, and with money and energy running thin, byan beginning to act out a couple months in due to a lack in the attention they were used to having didn't exactly help matters.

only a few months before their fifth birthday, byan was placed into the care of a foster family. it wasn't an easy decision for either of their parents to make, but they had never planned for two children and no longer believed that they could properly support or give them both the life they deserved. the decision was made thinking that it would give byan the opportunity for something better, and that if things ever turned around for the family, they could eventually be brought back.

ㅤ—of course, that never happened.

contact was kept for a while, but when it seemed to only make things harder on byan, and subsequently harder on all of them, the decision to cut contact completely and all at once was made. the thought process was that if byan stopped waiting and hoping for the day that they'd get to come home, maybe they would eventually allow themself to settle with another family. at least they were probably young enough that they wouldn't remember all that much from their first four years, right? surely they would move on, and eventually be happier for it.

the last thing byan remembers hearing from eomma and appa didn't even come directly from them. it came through their foster mother, who tried to make it sound exciting that their last name had been changed from lee to byun.

#i uh. i've been wanting to flesh out more of byan's history. naturally the beginning seemed like a good place to start. #i like to think that hye-jin and dae-seong's hearts were in the right place... #but they were more selfish in their choices than they realized and the execution was overall absolutely terrible #byan was left scarred and abandoned and ended up blaming themself for what happened for a very long time #thinking that maybe there's something fundamentally wrong with them #or that maybe if they'd behaved better or been quieter they would have been able to stay #and of course those were thoughts that only ended up reinforced throughout several of the foster homes they'd go through #when really they were just extremely unlucky. like. that's it. purely bad luck and unfortunate circumstances and poor decisions #which they had no say in whatsoever #anyway i'm rambling. this was supposed to be a short hc idk what happened i'm supposed to be answering asks rn... #au where the family is better off and byan gets to grow up in a loving family when #━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ headcanon ⋮ danger in the fabric of this thing i made.

[tardis--dreams]

Remember when kang 'I am the abyss' yohan tried to learn how to talk to teenagers, nodding self-confidently and tying his gown a little tighter before approaching Elijah? And then proceeding to remind himself Out Loud to 'keep smiling' when she didn't reply the way he expected to his beautifully uttered rehearsed lines? Because i do and it makes my heart a little softer

#poor execution #but gold star for trying #my beloved 'heartless; always self-confident; very intimidating; usually extremely articulate' poor little meow meow #the devil judge #like i said before #he's got the ✨️r a n g e✨️

[petrodragonicapocalypse]

just watched withnail & i and um. what in the homosexuality???? i don't have time to unpack all THAT

#i can see where the batb comparisons come from like plot-wise #but the vibes and execution were toootally different #the ending was very sad :(( poor little disaster man #withnail & i #my posts

[outeremissary]

Although she was only played in one campaign (a 5e Greyhawk game), Carmen was originally put together for a 3.5 homebrew two years earlier. She had two radically different backstories between the iteration that only shared the concept of a knight errant with a horse named June. Depending on the iteration June's name had a few different origins:

June was a horse named after a dead girl

June was a girl polymorphed into a horse

Carmen believed June was a girl polymorphed into a horse; the real June had died

Although it never came up directly with the party either time, it was always a key point of her character that Carmen was devoted to this dead-or-alive June she had failed and had no hope of atoning to.

#carmen was loosely based on two different older OCs whose stories I had decided not to continue working on #her 3.5 concept as a mounted archer was much closer to the original character named carmen and carried over some supporting characters #in that one she was bound to the service of a veiled fey lady- the one who had (or maybe hadn't) cursed June #and she killed magic users at this lady's command (which at some point she had internalized as a personal dogma) #lot of key points actually did carry over to the gh backstory but wound up taking very different forms- often more distant #I wanted gh carmen to be less overtly fantastical. I really do enjoy both concepts but ultimately they're very different characters lol #and I really enjoyed gh carmen having this low-key delusion that no one ever caught onto that her horse might be possessed by a dead girl #she never saw the girl's execution herself. she never did find closure for the guilt of having been the one to condemn her. #that poor kid. #carmen regis #rambling

[waugh-bao]

#as someone in the retweets said #this shows you how those songs have been taken #and the answer is ‘not well’ #because those are shitty numbers #Bridges and Voodoo (two very late albums) produced top 40 worldwide hits and number 1 singles #whereas this one seems to be coming up against a combination of lack of demand and poor execution #one of the more complimentary comments is someone saying ‘sweet sounds of heaven’ sounds like a 2023 version of ‘moonlight mile’ #it’s a worse retread of old material #the rolling stones #keith richards #old married band #mick jagger #ronnie wood #source: twitter

[ghosts-and-blue-sweaters]

SPEAKING OF GHOSTS it has recently come to my attention that there are numerous Ghostbur clips I’ve… never… seen before?? The heck???

So! I’ve made it my mission—my quest, if you will—to watch every single Ghostbur clip okay bye-

#I JUST WATCHED LIKE THREE DIFFERENT STREAMS OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW DAYS #it was a Phil stream and then Ranboo and then Tommy :) #it was very fun! #they were all set the day after Techno’s execution #and like #GOSH man #Ghostbur is just so precious #he met Friend for the first time I got to watch him meet Friend for the first time I 🥺 #HE WAS SO HAPPYYYYY #GASP OH #OH OH OH #TOMMY AND GHOSTBUR SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A MONTH #AAAAAAAAAH #Tommy was so angry but he loved Ghostbur and he was happy to see him even though he was quite angry and swore a bit #and Ghostbur was just confused agsajagakgsjsg #the poor thing #but yeah their reunion was amazing :’D #and then Tommy found out that Ghostbur didn’t have a place to stay so he made Ghosthur a room in Techno’s house 🥺🥺 #and he was ADAMANT about Ghostbur staying on the same level as Tommy akdgaksgjafsg #‘I was actually thinking I could make my own house-‘ #‘NO no you live here in this room in this home’ #Tommy just wanted him close 🥺 #AAAAAAH THEM MY HEART #and Ghostbur kept making up little songs that didn’t have any lyrics… #GOSH he’s so darn adorable #I can’t even #my post #ghostposting #oh I also watched a bit of a Techno stream!

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#i was rereading thru my last dyslexia assessment and its really interesting. i took it 5 years ago #which is before i really figured out how to be a person and it does match a lot of my struggles #as u might expect. like very very bad short term memory and delay in ability to call words to the surface #the last one might explain why i constantly struggle to find the words im looking for. and obviously my ability to read and spell are very #bad as well. but they dont actually drill down on why. its weird. theyre screening for problems but dont ask what the problem looks like #from my end. like my eyes dont track well across a page and i find it it difficult to read passages because my brain is constantly #interupting me with unrelated thoughts and daydreams. and you woudlnt kno that from reading this report. makes me wonder how nuanced an #understanding of dyslexia we actually have. i should read dyslexia papers bc i find it really interesting #it also makes me kinda sad bc the person assessing me made notes like: very attentive and focused. obviously anxious when under assessment #like aw poor anxious freak lol. i also clearly did not fucking understand what they were asking on the executive function assessment #bc i answered that i had no problems there and i clearly have problems with just about everything asked abt and i kno i did then as well #it must have been academicly originated and like i can do school. im good at school. but everything else is a disaster #to clarify. i wonder how much assessment of how dyslexia is experienced when assessments are just looking got indications that #its happening. bc if u kno its there as a teacher it doesnt really matter what it looks like to u. but i personally find it v interesting #and im sure brain ppl do to. id do a dyslexia brain study. come at me neurologists #also questions like: r u able to stay organized? me: of course! i only exist in like 3 locations so even if i lose things theyre easy to #find in the massive disorganized pile of things i leave behind #its very funny to me reading that report as i take these measurements where my workspace looks a disaster and im constantly losing my pen #and forgetting what i need to do. then suddenly remembering. like can i stay focused? yes. i stay so focused that i burn my brain to dust #ay ay ay. at least i still feel ok abt my measurement taking. tho my ability to sleep is already in decline so im sure that wont last long #bc thats how it goes. an up mood where maybe i wanna run around in circles screaming a bit but its all good. not getting a ton of sleep and #doing too much. then burning out and losing stability. pulled forward by my own compulsive thoughts #but for now were good. and someday ill do a dyslexia deep dive bc i really really wanna kno but also i cant read which makes learning hard #when u want academic info lol #unrelated

[rohirric-hunter]

Okay so there is one glitch that occasionally crops up in the unhinged lotr mobile game that interferes with gameplay: the Mordor Engineer/Rókma has an attack where he throws an explosive at an enemy, which damages that enemy and adjacent enemies. Now, normally this isn't an issue, since when facing off against him he's typically my absolute first priority to take down, specifically because this attack is so devastating.

However, it's also devastating in an unintended way; occasionally he will somehow miss with this attack, the projectile will fly off the screen, and then the battle will be locked. Everyone will just stand there. No more enemies will attack and the player will not have the option to take their turn. You can't even retreat. The only way to get out of this is to force quit the game and load it up again.

#unhinged lotr mobile game saga #like i said usually i take this guy down before he has a chance to get this attack off #but ive been struggling with one of the daily challenges #because one of them has this guy on a team with boromir and faramir #and when boromir and faramir are on the same team boromir is your priority #you need to take him down absolutely as soon as humanly possible #or he and faramir will execute a combo move that theres just no coming back from #like legit they have oneshotted multiple heroes on my team from full health with this combo move before #so essentially i need to somehow be able to take down boromir and rokma before either of them can get to their special attacks #so. uh. in one turn #OR i could just wait until they fix the rokma bug #devious idea tho: the rokma thing happens even when autobattling #maybe i should put some effort into unlocking him and put him on my arena defense team #no that would be extremely poor sportsmanship #very tempting tho #probably get the bug fixed faster #i actually do have one more thing i can try #i think one of the isengard heroes has an ability that can block special attacks for a turn #have to use it on rokma as im not sure if the combo starts with boromir or faramir #and faramir is basically untouchable until youve taken down all his allies anyway #anyway #it is really funny to see it happen tho

[plinkcat-gif]

guys i was so productive today :DD

#i cleaned my car inside and out AND i swam a bit before work!!! #usually i can only get 1 task done before work due to poor perception of time and executive dysfunction #and i had time to spare!! fr very productive #work was good too we were busy but kept up #like idk. it’s been a good day !!

[lesbicastagna]

permission to bitch and moan about a random post by some self proclaimed historian on the site famous for its shitty and biased discussions of history?

prefacing by saying that i think this is actually a really interesting discussion to have and that i've seen and read actual historians talk about this topic with the nuance it deserves.

but i cannot help but perceive this type of posts in bad faith as the use of words like "glorifying" is completely lost:

also this kind of post is obv made to stir and attack and doesn't want an honest discussion about women in historical contexts so like. no point at all except being a "white rich women bad" moment which i can understand like this is a silly website. but it grinds my gears.

i'm taking the example of marie antoniette but obv this can be broadened to most major historical figures. discussion of her context and her personality and individuality and how it played a part in the first downfall of monarchy it's not excusing or glorifying her actions. ultimately we have a Lot more personal informations about and by "rich white women" than any other woman who lived in historical contexts because they were the ones who knew how to write. it's not some stereotype perpetuated by contemporary scholars to write and discuss about only rich nobles because they like it lol. and also if you actually studied history in any higher than high school level you would see the efforts that have been made to recover the voices and testimony of the lower classes and other marginalized individuals.

i dont understand the point of making this type of harsh complaints that not only suck out all the "fun" of studying history by realizing how and why all people during all eras were individuals with feelings like ours, but also that are just plain embarassing. you get all your history sources on tiktok that you think this treatment is given only to pretty white rich women? lol

#usamericans study their history at baby level and get away with who cares they all owned slaves lol 😎 im so very woke and nuanced #and then apply this to everything else like did you know??? that monarchies were problematic? so i wont study them LIKE #this is not in defense of marie antoniette whatever that means. as if shes my friend and i could possibly do that #but its not surprising that her figure still holds a fascination. id rather talk about that. how she became the simbol #of a dying concept of politics. she was prepared all her life for a role that was already on its dying breaths #executed for doing the exact same things her family and all european monarchs had done for generations #a #op is a writer btw. not fully historical from what i know thank god lol #WHAT you think versailles is interesting?? how dare you piss on the poor