#dived right deep into the deep end

[literalite]

i think i have to tell you guys before i get started on this moonwood mill story i never watched teen wolf. i never watched true blood i watched like one season of supernatural i read the twilight books did NOT watch them movies. the only werewolf media i can confidently say ive seen is ginger snaps

#im diving in the deep end without doing the preliminary readings/viewings but yall trust me right #seph.txt

[danvillecheese]

looks like SOMEBODY doesnt know about milo murphy's law

#phineas and ferb #candace against the universe #this is the thing right like yea catu happened but pnf never really left? like as soon as it was revealed in mml it was set in danville #it was like oh okay we're in the same universe so we're gonna see characters from pnf. and mml premiered like just over a year after pnf #ended so its like the gap wasnt even that huge #especially when you consider that there were probably bigger gaps between the pnf seasons themselves (not fact checked btw) #im just saying like there have been pretty big gaps between pnf episodes airing and especially toward the end when they were winding down #back to my main point though like people who havent deep dived into the dwampyverse have no clue. genuinely #like mml happened almost instantly. it was being made the same year pnf ended. it never needed a revival bc it never truly died in the #first place LIKEEEEEE #do you see what i mean #anyways #im very normal about this. i should actually write that analysis lol

[soapcan18]

I’ve said this before but I love how Through the Deep, Dark Valley resolves it’s own narrative but also sets up and leaves loose ends for Dear Wormwood! It’s so cool, especially since Dear Wormwood is the official “sequel” to TTDDV. Seeing everything as far back as Like The Dawn finally be resolved is soo satisfying.

#am i making any sense? it’s late i should be asleep 😭 #seriously tho like i just adore the whole ‘unfinished business’ vibe ttdv has by the end of everything and how dear wormwood dives right #into the toxic relationship ttddv set up but it’s narrator never fully resolved #its* #something about how change isn’t linear and takes time yk? 😋 #and how sometimes u gotta fix urself and then u realize dam i deserve better and fix the life around u? love it #the oh hellos #oh hellos #dear wormwood #ttddv #through the deep dark valley #the oh hellos are amazing #indie folk music #folk band #folk songs #indie folk #folk music #folk music >>>>>> #indie songs #indie band #indie music #indie rock #song analysis

[order-of-the-eye]

I love space SO much. And it absolutely terrifies me too. If I wasn't terrified of space, and I was good at math, I'd be working at NASA. But even then I won't ever get to explore the galaxy in my lifetime, because we are nowhere near travel that equals the speed of light, and even then, lightspeed is still painfully slow on the cosmic scale.

Did you know that, no matter where we are in humanity, our sun will begin to die billions of years from now? We may all be dead and gone, or we may have evolved into something unrecognizable, or we may still be around. But one day, the Earth will be engulfed by the sun. Or it'll be thrown out of orbit. It'll be the end for Earth. We may have figured out how to go beyond the speed of light by then. We could have discovered that the Einstein-Rosen Bridge theory - wormholes - is real, and we could have used that to bend spacetime to our will and find somewhere new to call home, potentially even new universes.

But we don't know. Earth will likely become uninhabitable before the natural lifespan of our sun can engulf it, as a result of our very human mistakes and actions and impacts.

And... this is just a longwinded way of me saying, that's what Starfield is about.

It's about being human in the face of the divine, in the face of being so so so small in the universe. It's about conflict, the tragedy of it, how it can so easily destroy our humanity before time itself has the chance to. It's about looking at the petty wars between the UC and the Collective and going, "what are they doing? There is plenty of space for us all. This is only our galaxy, what about beyond?" It's about humanity pushing forward for answers about the universe and how they will always resort to the same petty violence over those answers. It's about how you can decide what you do with those answers. It's about looking in the eye of sure destruction that will certainly come one day, and say, "I will live and love in spite of it."

You can certainly become like the Hunter. You can continuously perpetuate the cycle of very human violence because that is all that is left to you, because you have embraced the uselessness of it all. Or you can become like the Pilgrim. You can settle down and bring love and kindness to others, and bring them knowledge, despite the fact that everything is pointless.

We are just starstuff. We come from the stars, and back to the stars we will eventually go, one way or another. And it's up to you to decide if you will embrace that as the only meaning in the universe, or if you will reject the simplicity of that, and embrace humanity, embrace love, embrace compassion, embrace meaning in spite of it all.

That is what Starfield is about. That's what it is about to me. And I love it.

#starfield spoilers #starfield #stfu cloud #starfield has made me go back to those SEA videos that i linked in the post #and i just. yeah. i have a lot of feelings about this game #ive immersed myself in the worlds bethesda has made #i have dived into the deep end of the elder scrolls lore #i have written fanfics for fallout and i've studied the themes and their reflections of our world #and yet starfield is just... something so special. #i mean they are all very special don't get me wrong #but i just. i think starfield came out at the perfect time in my life and perhaps that's the same for many others #here i am trying to get my life together after the pandemic #convinced that the world is too harsh for me to function as an adult within it #and then starfield comes out and it's such a comfort to me #i am right where i need to be. and i have the ability to live and love and move forward despite the world's harshness #i love this game. so much.

[knightofgreatrenown]

if i chewed off your horns, would they bleed out or be hollow

I do not know what prompts these morbid questions.

But regardless, uhm... No hemolymph runs to my horns, so none should spill in the circumstance I should lose one.

#prattling on #sketches #[[ooc: i had to go on a whole deep dive to make sure I was right that bug horns are indeed hollow and do not have muscle or hemolymph #and well technically the only source I could find that confirmed that was a blog as opposed to a scientific paper. but the papers #i'm finding are NOT helpful. if I end up wrong in the future. Kill me about it]]

[musclesandhammering]

I need any and all au fics where Loki actually died when he fell from the bifrost or where most of the fic takes place in the 1 year gap pre-avengers so you actually see the family and Asgard’s reactions in the aftermath.

#I’m like.. obsessed with this genre of Thor fic #I just love writers that dive into Thor and Odin and Frigga and sif and the warriors 3 dealing with the fact #that Loki went off the deep end and is now dead #like how did they break it to Frigga #how did Odin feel? did he actually feel guilt? I think so #what the hell did Thor think was going on with him? #and what did the conversation look like when Frigga and Odin had to explain everything to them? #what did they tell the asgardian public? did they tell the truth that it was suicide? did they tell all the details? #did they tell everyone about loki being adopted right then and there? #what did sif and the w3 say to Thor after that? #it’s all just so fascinating and heartbreaking #thor 2011 #fic request #fic recs #thor and Loki #loki #Loki meta #kinda not really #tag meta #mcu frigga #mcu Odin #pre avengers #post Thor 2011

[verybadatcardgames]

This is closest thing I'll ever get to Sightshipping in official YGO media

:'D

#Pegasus taking a nose dive off the deep end #Isis still trying to reach out and get him to do the right thing #his devious face #her sad face #10/10 #isis ishtar #ishizu #ishtar #pegasus #maximillion pegasus #pegasus j crawford #sol chevalsky #reshef of destruction #sightshipping #shipping goggles

[todayisafridaynight]

Who was ur favorite yakuza character before daigo and mine? Since u would’ve had to go through 0-2 until u meet daigo and 3 til mine (unless u didn’t play chronologically)

playing the games chronologically, i dont think i really had a favorite until Y3, and even then i didn't immediately latch onto mine (if anything, rikiya was my favorite for most of my first playthrough). also with Y2 it was more fair to say ryuji was my favorite from that game since at the time daigo was still 'thats my old friend daigo :)' to me

but excluding Y2, i really liked lee and makoto from Y0 :) and date from Y1. my best friend date ........ also haruka was my daughter in an instant and i still love her sooooo

#snap chats #my wife date even #but yeah for a while daigo was just 'thats my old friend daigo' to me LMAO #i cant really think of what the turning point was for me- maybe y5. i remember seeing his stupid disguise and thinking #'thats daigo isnt it i know what his ears look like thats fucking daigo' and being so happy when i was right and seeing him jalkjk #with mine after i beat y3 the first time i was enthralled from his last scene/s so i went back to watch all his appearances #i think i was mostly baffled by the fact a character so blatantly expressed his love for another man so i went back to watch everything #just trying to see if i could notice any kind of like. foreshadowing whether its from his body language or dialogue #thats what made me appreciate and love mine more as a character. with help from the rggo stories of course #daigo i think it just became a matter of 'he's been with me for so long he's like a son to me now' which. HILARIOUS considering y6 #but then i got to the END of y6 and i think thats when i started to fully dive deep into daigo. because now he is my son LMAO

[silverhandj]

Rabbit lore Johnny singlehandedly making ppl love them just to do the most atrocious bullshit to them just so he can feel smth (I say Rabbit lore because my brainrotted deep dives into the facts the devs pepper in the source lore match up with the atrocious delusions Johnny lies to V about whenever V goes into his memory because in Johnny's mind, he IS the legend.)

#u want a list? #He was in a serious relationship with rogue and broke up but they still fucked and cheated on their partners w each other #purposely kept Kerry in the shadow of his success even tho Kerry was the mastermind behind ALL the hit singles #Made Alt his dream girl just to not know ANYTHING bout her past and gaslit himself into believing her Arasaka opps were his own #Made Henry relapse right after Henry got out of rehab #I could dive deep into the alt and johnny dynamic because its both romantic but delusional but they were also each other's mirror image #He LITERALLY took over her narrative and made himself the hero she DID NOT want #NEED I GO ON #JOHNNY IS HOT AND MESSY BUT HE'S NOT GOOD #HE DOESN'T /WANT/ TO BE FIXED #He's so far off the deep end bro

[anthonycrowley]

happy 8 in the morning 😔 i’m at work 😔 you know what that means

#and diving right off the deep end because my ass did NOT 😅 read 😂 the last jaime chapter last night 🤣 #text #my post #mobi #asoiaf tag

[dandyshucks]

what i imagine an average person would think when they make their third ever animation sequence: I'll try to make a bouncing ball or maybe eyes blinking!

me on my third ever animation attempt:

(its a little wonky but pretty damn good for being done in an hour and only being my third attempt at animating something !!!)

#i cannot go slow fhdjls i must dive into new skills headfirst fjdkdl #i did the same thing with learning to crochet LOL i made a cat ear toque when i was first starting and then jumped right into a balaclava #i didnt even finish the bouncing ball before i started bramwell's head turn SBDHKSL #i simply love to make things dhjdsl i cannot keep to the basics ever #i must jump into the deep end and figure it out as i go !!!! #dandy.cmd #doodlebug.jpeg

[beauceronn]

Ugh I never considered how hard it would be to choose between two breeds when you're deeply deeply obsessed with both of them and both fit what you're looking for just in different ways

#the answer is of course both. both is good. #but although i dont believe in littermate syndrome per se #i havent had a dog before and diving right into the deep end is not the answer #ugh

[publicdomainbooksdevotee]

#i'm not the only one a little worried about this right #they're either diving right into the deep end or ignoring a very big elephant #they will probably ignore the elephant though #lupin iii #lupin zero #yes i know that france didn't occupy japan but no one looking at a little half-white kid in the 1950s/60s would care

[eenochian]

i loved ur post about how cod fans have been treating the characters!! i found it insane how they were having a moral panic over makarov (is the cod fandom like one of the few fandoms that does this? lol) but it needed to be said… people are drawn to cod characters for many reasons and i’m sure it’s not because of “morals”

Thank you!! I was very nervous posting that, since I know parts of this fandom can get pretty aggressive about other opinions. I wasn’t trying to target or insult anyone with my statement, but there’s very clear double standards with characters!

I actually just made another post about this topic (sounds like self-promo I’m so sorry) because, yeah, this fandom can’t seem to understand that art isn’t always about good morals. Being sensitive and mindful about what you produce and engage with is very important, and doing your part to not be influenced by the problematic content that you consume is very important. However, all media is problematic in some way, especially COD (y’know, the military propaganda series). People need to be able to engage with media like this because, if everything is morally “pure,” then we lose out on important discussions about real-world issues, safe spaces for troubled folks, and lessons on media literacy.

I’ve talked about this and thought about this a lot in the past couple days. Like, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time in the past 48 hours stepping back and looking at myself and my behavior in this fandom. I always try to be mindful, sensitive, and very careful with what I produce. That being said, I’m far from perfect. I have an ongoing fanfic for Makarov on my writing blog. Valeria is one of my favorite characters. I’m indifferent on Graves, but will gladly admit that he’s a very compelling villain and an interesting character.

Acknowledging that these problematic things are problematic isn’t saying that you can’t engage with them. You absolutely should engage with stuff like this if you so wish. The important thing to remember if you do choose to produce content of these characters, however, is that there’s nothing romantic in what they do, and they are based off very real issues in our world. Explore the different sides of them, enjoy them, but do not romanticize them.

A very good mindset that I’ve taken to heart is this: these people may be horrible, but they are still people. Humans are not one-dimensional beings. Explore the other sides of them. Humanize, but do not romanticize.

Sorry for the rambling, but thank you again for the response! People need to be kinder to each other and more mindful of the content they engage with, but that doesn’t equate to complete media purity.

#also want to make this very clear #‼️I DO NOT SUPPORT THE ACTIONS OF THESE CHARACTERS OR WHAT THEY REPRESENT‼️ #‼️SUPPORT IRL VICTIMS. DO NOT DEFEND THIS BEHAVIOR.‼️ #there’s too many fans (mainly makarov and graves stans) that defend their actions and romanticize them. they’re not good people. #makarov is an interesting character and at the end of the day— there’s more than one side to him. #however. he is still a mass-murdering terrorist that deserved being turned into a goddamn piñata. #explore his more ‘human’ side. but do not forget what he is and what he has done. #he’s not some ‘uwu misunderstood pookie-wookie bear’. he is human but he is still a bad person. #put his crimes front and center and acknowledge them even as you dive deeper into his potentially ‘good’ traits. #same goes for graves. don’t disregard his racism and massacre of civilians. he terrorized a city and tried to take over the local military. #dive deeper into his character— but don’t forget that. #i say again— same goes for valeria. she’s a very complex character with a compelling and realistic backstory. #but she’s still the leader of a cartel. she is a symbol of cartel violence and very real issues. #don’t ignore her ‘bad’ side when discussing her. she’s not a good person despite her complexities. #i’ve wanted to do deep dives into all three of these people because they’ve got very distinct mindsets and symbolism #but unfortunately i just don’t have the time or knowledge to properly do that in a meaningful way #maybe one day? but not right now lol

[the-blackest-spider]

The Truth Always Comes Out

@empatheticagent

It was almost easy now, since she first came back, which still felt like it was a week or barely a month ago rather than years ago. If she wanted to, Natasha could pretend none of it had happened, but she wasn't the type. However, she couldn't, no matter how hard she worked at suppressing her situation, the truth that she was hiding, it didn't make it go away. Despite her expert self control, all the rigirous and torturous training of her past, she still had days when she felt that empitness, that ache of her soul not being there, and today?

Was one of those days.

Much like an animal, Natasha hid her pain well, acting for all the world normal. The void throbbed inside of her, and she felt it down to her bones,  a coldness that made her feel numb from her finger tips, to her toes and even her hair.

Taking a breath, that suttered as it left her lips. Everyone has breaking points, even those who were taught not to have one. Even without her soul, Natasha was very much human, and she was feeling it today, and her struggle to contain it, to hide it, was becoming almost beyond difficult.

At least she was alone, and she could duck out of sight into the first alley she came across, leaning back against one of the buildings, eyes closed, trying to catch her breath, one hand against her chest, fingers curled like claws.

#empatheticagent #SHIELD 2.0 verse #mcuverse #// let's just dive right into the deep end of this

[hgduo]

i change what I want all the time, but I hope if Quackity does do lore soon c!Sam is also there because I miss him lots :( and I miss their dynamic lots too :(

#I like c!Sam a lot- I have such a big soft spot for characters who wanna do the right thing but do it fucked up #he's the brand of pathetic that appeals to me- like c!Q and my others blorbos have their pathetic moments but #no one does that like c!Sam does #I love me a character who so desperately wants to believe the ends justify the means- whose self righteousness just makes me sad /pos #also I adore his dynamic with c!Quackity #and I love it when they interact because it just screams so much about themselves as individuals when they do #like- I will always view them as father and son-esque but in such a weird way like #I don't know to describe it they're father and son but also so very much not- maybe they used to be more cut an dry #but its not like that anymore- it will never be #it doesn't weigh on them that much but... a part of them misses the simpler days #especially Sam but... theres no time to really ponder over that #I guess what I mean is the more tender and 'innocent' parts of it died away- they are business partners before father and son #but you can't look at them and separate the father and son aspect do you get that? #like it's not the most poignant or important or prevalent but to me its still there #idk... I really wanna deep dive more into their dynamic more someday in the future #im just spitballing rn- never been good at translating thoughts into words y'know #I just miss c!Sam