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watching-sam-and-dean-again · 6 months

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Watching a reactor on YouTube who just got to Season 4: Lazarus Rising, and I’m so annoyed by the amount of comments with people saying things like, "this is when the series REALLY starts" and "Seasons 1-3 were the prologue, now The Story begins" and "I’ve been waiting for you to meet my favorite character!"

First, I will never be able to understand Castiel being someone's legitimate favorite character. I just don’t get it. He starts off as a massive dick, becomes an ally, uses and betrays both brothers a number of times, rarely takes full responsibility for his actions, and ends up as a totally different and neutered version of himself. But this guy is your favorite!? The only reason I think a large number of fans who love him do is because he comes in the gate treating Sam like crap and he becomes a simp for Dean (or they are shippers). Also, if someone is a more casual fan, I can see enjoying Cass because he’s quirky and he mostly stands up for the Winchesters, but if someone is a big fan of the brothers, Cass makes their lives harder a lot of the time. Also, I’m coming to really hate the fact that the dude is always in a trench coat. How am I supposed to take a character seriously who is essentially like an unchanging cartoon character come to life? Anyway, despite how it might sound from my ranting, I actually do think people are allowed to love whatever character they want, but it just doesn’t compute for me personally that it’s Cass as he is on screen (not in someone’s head).

Next, the idea of people calling the first three seasons "The Prologue" to supernatural is offensive to me personally (well, not offensive but it’s dumb as hell). A prologue is used to give some important background that should be known for you to better understand the main story, but it happened before, or doesn’t quite fit into, the main narrative. I’m sorry, but the first three seasons of Supernatural are the foundation that everything builds off of, and maybe I’m splitting hairs here, but it’s not just the set up to the Real Story. The Real Story of Supernatural has always been and will always be "the epic love story of Sam and Dean," not the angel crap. Calling the basis of the whole show the prologue has an implied message that it’s not as important as, or connected to the rest of the story. Again, people are allowed to have their own opinions about what they enjoy in media, but this idea that what came before Season 4 wasn’t as important as the rest of the show is actually bad media literacy, especially when you consider how much retconning and inconsistency later seasons have (*cough* John Winchester, for exapmle). The early seasons are Supernatural at its most pure, and if you don’t like or care about Sam and Dean's story, what are you doing here?

I was going to go on by listing all of the important things that we learn about Sam and Dean's characters and relationship in the first three seasons, but honesty, I’m tired. If you’re reading my post, I’m sure you already know. True fans of the show, even if seasons 1 to 3 aren’t their favorite, know how important these seasons are. Frankly, if someone claims that they don’t matter as much as the later season, then I’m going to assume that they are probably a heller (and I’m probably right), thus their opinions on the show don’t matter.

Speaking of Hellers, they are the Jehovah’s Witnesses of fandom. They descend on your doorstep (YouTube video, blog post, etc), uninvited and unwelcome, to make you uncomfortable by forcing their literature (head-canons and subtext) on you in a vain attempt to make you convert to their twisted version of a cult religion (Destiel). Some get indoctrinated into their cult, others consider them a joke, and yet others are driven to madness by the constant hounding of the hellers. I wish they would just stay in their lane and let people come to their own conclusions about the show and the characters, but they try to gatekeep the fandom experience by jumping on anyone new and telling them how they are the "most popular ship" and that supernatural queerbaits, but Dean and Cass are still totes husbands, and there is some other guy there, too but Sam is just some jerk who isn’t as important as Wuwu Dean and their Little Meow Meow Cass. If somone actually sees and enjoys Destiel on their own, great, good for them; they’ll find the blogs and groups who love it too. Hellers don’t need to try actively recruiting people. It’s all just a numbers gone to them. We have the most fanfic (um, yes, because the show doesn’t deliver what you want), we are the most popular ship (sure, because the other main ship is brothers which squicks some people out, and because you crucify anyone who admits to being a Wincest shipper), and they tell the stupidest lies (the show shifts away from being about the brothers, and focusses more on Dean and Cass' "relationship," and Sam isn’t as important to the story later). I wish they would just stay in their own sandbox and not come pee in everyone else's. Cult like behavior in action.

Okay, deep breaths. I’m grad I got that one off of my chest, but my blog is getting very ranty. I’m going to try make sure my next post is a positive one.

Happy weekend everyone!

#anti hellers #anti destiel #supernatural #sam and dean #spn meta #Fandom BS #Castiel critical #the epic love story of Sam and Dean #thanks to the gif makers

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adhdchilles · 8 months

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completely valid to be like "i think madeline miller didnt write patroclus' death/the events leading to it very well i think she undermined it too much" like yeah thats valid criticism i dont like how she narrated it either and i also agree that "she made patroclus a little bit too reliant/dependent on achilles" but like. it starts to get extremely weird when yall phrase this criticism as "i hate the fact that this writer made this male character feminine" as if 1) femininity is apparently a bad thing and 2) femininity makes the character weaker ?? also very weird how some people also associate him being a doctor with him being feminine as if certain careers have specific genders ??

also very weird how a lot of these people tend to be okay with achilles being drawn in this very feminine manner considering hes often portrayed as white while not being okay with pat being drawn feminine on the other hand as hes often portrayed as a poc nowadays. apparently femininity in men is only ok if the dude is pale, right, ok. borderline racist but alright

and like i get it if its like "i dont like that he was made more feminine bc its as if miller is trying to make them heteronormative" like thats valid as hell and can lead to a very interesting discussion (even though i dont think she hyper-masculinized achilles at all) but the way some of yall PHRASE THIS???? mind your words holy fuck

anyways you can be both feminine and a badass warrior. if achilles can be both at once so can his bf. "but pat being overly kind doesnt make sense when he tries to climb the wall of troy to kill them all" what if i told you that kind people can still feel anger and hatred... especially when they were forced to be in a war zone for a whole decade watching people die endlessly and pointlessly... and that it makes a lot of sense actually if you interpret it as patroclus just wanting to end the war himself because hes Fucking Sick Of It.

let bro be the nicest person at home and kill people when his bf sends him to do it. hes probably the most likeable character in the fucking epic, and his combat before he dies is impressive as hell. how about we let him have both trophies instead of acting like he can only be 1 of these two things or acting like people who are feminine cant be powerful or badass because uhhh borderline mysoginy or something. doesnt that sound nicer?

thanks for coming to todays episode of i hate cisgender people

#last part is not /srs #before anyone whines about it #robb screams into the infinite void of chaos #achilles #the song of achilles #tsoa #patrochilles #the iliad #patroclus #song of achilles #classical mythology #greek myth #ancient greek mythology #greek mythology #greek myths

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gatzilksis-2 · 3 months

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Brother of the Best Friend Pt. 2

Part Two:

Part One Here

This story is mostly fictional with a few real elements. Includes adult content. 18+

I woke up early, lying head-to-foot with Jesse in his bed. I didn't live here, but I spent a lot of time at his house. Now, with Marty one room over, I didn't think I'd leave any time soon.

The door of Marty's room had been left open. He wasn't there. He was probably awake, having gone to bed right after dinner. I didn't blame him; he hadn't slept in his own bed in four years.

I went downstairs to get coffee, hoping he would be there. I waved to a knitting Sherry on the way to the kitchen.

I passed the doorway and nearly choked on a fart. No way it was just one. It had to be at least two, layered on top of each other to create the manliest of stinks.

"Hey, Dan."

I stepped further into the room to find Marty standing in the center. His big, soft chest and half-muscle belly were hidden under a gray tanktop. He wore the same jean shorts as last night, his bare feet chubby and wide.

Marty had the biggest, most mischievous grin on his attractive face. "What's wrong? You seen a ghost?"

"Yeah, a shit ghost." I smiled and pushed past him, "accidentally" brushing my arm against his warm back. The smell was heavier around him, almost too thick for me to appreciate. I reached the coffee pot and coughed.

"You sound like Jesse." Marty turned around, padding towards me while maintaining the grin. "You don't like farts?"

I did. I really did, but I hadn't yet been lucky (unlucky?) enough to meet someone with such powerful gas. His taunting was already turning me on, and suddenly the scent in the air became alluring once again.

"Obviously, you do." I stirred milk and sugar into my coffee and took a sip. I kept my crotch against the counter, to hide any possible growing.

"I'm a man." Marty stood closer to me. I felt the warmth off his body as he reached for the coffee to refill his mug. "It's what we do."

He sipped and put the mug down. With a return of the cute smirk, Marty extended a hand to me, closing all his fingers but the index finger. "Pull my finger."

I stared at it. I would have to turn around to do what he said. The act of the whole thing had made me harden at an insane rate. Of course I knew about "pull my finger" jokes, but I had never had the honor of doing it.

I grabbed his chubby finger and yanked. Marty stared at me as the fart dropped. VWRRRT! PHWRRrrrrrrRRR! FRRRT!

The fart was too long. I hadn't let go of his finger, and he hadn't broken eye contact. The fart punched me with a violent, rotten ferocity, and I released him and backed away. "Okay, that one was nasty."

"How long you think it was?" Marty sniffed the air and laughed. "Ten seconds?"

"I don't know." The fart burned my eyes, and I thought I might be sick. I had to get away from it. I grabbed my coffee and headed for the doorway.

Sherry passed me, entering the kitchen. I stopped to watch her, getting an idea. She smacked Marty's arm. "Martin Edward, you stink!"

"You should've heard it, Mom!" Marty yelled with pride. "It was epic! Ask Danny."

As soon as he talked about it like that, it was made sexy again. My idea had worked. Maybe as long as he was hyping it up, I could handle Marty's gas. "It was gross."

Sherry walked to the sink, not facing us.

"How are you a dude?" Marty asked me. His mom turned the water on. Marty stared at me for a few seconds, realization settling in his eyes as his signature smile spread across his lips. The water turned off. "Oh!"

"What?" Sherry asked over her shoulder. "You didn't toot again, did you?"

"I'm a man. I fart, not toot," Marty responded. I started to leave the room, hard once again. But Marty continued, "And not yet. Danny and I just have to talk about something."

I stopped at the sound of my name, turning my head while taking a sip of coffee. I didn't like the way Marty was looking at me, not with that smile.

"Whatever it is, I'm good." I walked away from the kitchen and set my mug on a living room side table. I went upstairs to use the bathroom for obvious purposes.

I knew Marty might follow me up. Part of me was intrigued as to what he wanted. Maybe we could...but what if he just farted a bunch? At what point would too many farts really be too many farts?

I finished unloading in the bathroom and opened the door, jumping at Marty's presence. "Hey, Danny Boy. Let's have a chat."

To be continued...

#gatzilksis #farts #eproctophilia #fart kink #eprocto #flatulence #fart fiction #fart stories #male fart fiction #male fart stories

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theyhavetakenovermylife · 5 months

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Cooking Catastrophe

2003!Michelangelo x reader

A little short, but we can work with that🧡

You decide to surprise the turtles by cooking dinner, but your culinary endeavor takes an unexpected turn. Laughter ensues as Michelangelo attempts to salvage the meal🧡

Warnings: Spelling, Mikey being sweet.

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The lair was often filled with the comforting scent of pizza, a familiar aroma that usually meant dinner was on its way. However, tonight was different. Tonight, you had decided to take on the challenge of cooking a homemade meal for your favorite turtles friends, wanting to surprise them with a taste of something different, as a thanks for all the nice things they had done for you.

Michelangelo, ever the playful and curious one, eagerly volunteered to assist. Anything to spend time with the things he loved the most. You and food.

"Dude, this is gonna be epic! I can already taste the deliciousness!" he exclaimed, rolling up his imaginary sleeves with enthusiasm.

“No”, you told the youngest of the turtles, trying to push him towards the door of the kitchen. “This is a thanks from me to you and your brothers, so you shouldn’t be doing anything”.

“Okay, okay”, Mikey said, holding his hands up, smiling at how cute you were when you were this determined. “But if you need anything, I’ll be watching TV”. And with that Mikey left the kitchen for the common area.

Little did you know that this culinary adventure would take an unexpected turn.

You had chosen a recipe that seemed manageable on paper, but as the two of you navigated the kitchen, chaos ensued. Pots clattered, ingredients flew, and laughter echoed through the lair. Batter was everywhere. On the floor, the walls and over your head on the ceiling.

You sighed loudly at the sight, only to be shocked by a certain someone in the doorway.

“You still don’t want any help?”, Mikey asked, smiling smugly, finding the scene in front of him hilarious.

"Maybe I should stick to ordering pizza," you sighed as flour dusted the air like a powdery snowstorm. How the flour got into the air, you had no idea. You swear, the lair’s kitchen had its own life.

"Nah, dude! We got this!" Michelangelo replied, strutting into the kitchen, like he was a king of the kitchen kingdom.

Time went on as the two of you battled against runaway ingredients and mischievous pots. Yet Mikey found a way to turn the chaos around you into something fun. With music playing on his speaker, Mikey would every once in a while pull you close into a dance, still covered in batter and condiments, cousin the two of you to laugh and giggle loud, almost sounding crazy. Well, that was at least what Mikey’s brothers thought, as they came out of their rooms, all to the sound of you screaming a laugh as Mikey spun you around. The three turtles therefore peeked into the kitchen, their eyes widening at the scene before them. You and their youngest brother dancing around together, and even poking each other just to tease. Leonardo, Donatello, and Raphael exchanged amused glances, wondering if they should intervene, but decided to stay out of it.

In the midst of the chaos, Michelangelo's attempts to salvage the meal became increasingly comical. He juggled vegetables, danced with a spatula, and even tried to perform a daring flip with the food-filled frying pan - all with a grin that never left his face.

But after several tries and fails, the two of you finally admitted defeat.

You sighed. "Maybe we should just order pizza. What do you think, Mikey?"

Michelangelo paused, a playful glint in his eyes. "Well, if that's what the kitchen gods want, who are we to refuse?"

And so, you and Mikey decided to order pizza instead, accepting the defeat in the kitchen with good humor.

As you and the turtles sat around the table, enjoying the familiar taste of their favorite takeout, Michelangelo's trademark cheerfulness filled the lair.

"Hey, at least we tried, right?" he grinned, holding up a slice of pizza triumphantly.

The night concluded with laughter, camaraderie, and the realization that sometimes the best memories are made in the midst of a cooking catastrophe. The turtles and you shared stories, jokes, and, of course, plenty of pizza, turning what could have been a disaster into a memorable and enjoyable experience. That was one of the many reasons you loved these boys. Especially Mikey, and his talent of turning the most frustrating moments into dance and laughter.

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icedsodapop · 20 days

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What makes this book an uncomfortable, if distant, cousin of GamerGate and men's rights activist logic is that it, too, relies on a series of false equivalencies and muddy distinctions in order to elevate being shamed on social media to epic proportions. These sorts of distortions are dangerous because they minimize — and even threaten to erase — far more systematic and serious problems that have taken years to even reach the public consciousness.

(...)

That all of these episodes might share something is plausible, maybe even likely, and they all involve some degree of real suffering — certainly, being publicly shamed on Twitter or elsewhere on the internet has very real ramifications — but they are not equivalent to one another. Being shamed doesn’t affect people’s lives equally. Ronson tends to dismiss this, as when Adria Richards, the shamer of Donglegate, suggests to him that the white men she shamed for telling sexist jokes at a tech conference (those with what Ronson calls "supposed white privilege") hold more power than she does, and they and their peers are more likely to call her reaction to sexist dick jokes “overblown.” This, Ronson says, “seemed like a weak gambit,” a “logical fallacy” of the sort deployed “when someone can’t defend a criticism against them,” and “change[s] the subject by attacking the criticizer.”

At the same time, he doesn’t seem to make much of the fact that Richards’ “victim” has remained pseudonymous throughout the affair, while Richards, a black Jewish woman whose identity was public throughout these events, was not only fired from her job as a developer evangelist for Sendgrid, but faced a barrage of vicious, violent harassment, and whose address and other contact information were publicly released on 4chan and elsewhere. His ostensible concern is with the threat of the anonymous crowd, but it’s Richards he calls an “inappropriate shamer,” and Ronson comes dangerously close to saying that she deserved what she got.

The construction of false equivalencies is a major strategy of aggrieved white dudes, like men’s rights activists who argue that men have as much right to refuse paternity as women have to choose abortion, or like video game players who claim that critiquing misogyny represents an attack on their marginalized demographic. Ronson’s no 4chan troll, but So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed reads very much like a defense of unfairly victimized white men and privileged white women. This became especially clear yesterday, when writer Meredith Haggerty tweeted a photo of a couple of lines from the book’s uncorrected galleys, which were subsequently cut when Ronson was advised that they sounded especially tone-deaf: “I’d never thought of it that way before—that men feel about getting fired the same way women feel about getting raped ... I can’t think of many things worse than being fired.” Despite the fact that he’d discussed cutting these lines in an interview with The Frisky weeks before, he became the object of a (fairly mild) round of Twitter meta-shaming. Ronson is right, of course, that it’s a bit unfair to criticize him for something that wasn’t in the published book, but the comparison is telling (and not only because it defines women’s social roles as primarily sexual and men’s as economic).

This review really highlighted by main problems with Jon Ronson and his anti cancel culture argument. He is, in my opinion, the Buckley of both-sides centrism, a White male figure who positions himself as an intellectual voice on the topic. It's telling that he's never bothered to investigate the topic of online harassment and it's intersections with gender, race and class.

#racism #antiblackness #misogynoir #anti jon ronson #so you've been publicly shamed #literature

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sailing-through-hawkins · 10 months

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okay i originally wrote this for the steddie microfic challenge but failed epically when i realized i was way over the word count 〒▽〒 still i really like this so i'm gonna tag @wynnyfryd and hope you enjoy it regardless! it's set around steve's senior year i'd say idk

So here's the thing.

Eddie knows he's not supposed to be at the pool after-hours for like, security or whatever but -

But sometimes you drop one of your lucky guitar picks while watching swim practice (respectfully of course) and only realize it halfway through your Hellfire session, which means after-hours sneaking in it is.

And he expected to have to double back and bring Frank along to pick the lock but the doors aren't even locked.

Is this a good idea, Eddie thinks, to wander unsuspectingly into an unlocked sports facility frequented by assholes who would probably half-drown someone if they thought it'd be funny?

No.

But Eddie's always been down for bad ideas.

He sneaks his way in, barely makes a sound, and is immediately shoved up against the wall by -

"Munson?"

Steve Harrington.

"What -" Eddie chokes, Harrington's arm making for a heavy pressure on his neck that is definitely cutting off his air supply. "Dude -"

Harrington blinks at him, any sliver of that predatory gaze melting away, before letting go and stepping back. "Oh, sorry. You okay?"

Bent over, hands on his knees, Eddie tries to catch his breath and stare up at Harrington as incredulously as he can at the same time.

"Sorry, stupid question, right." Harrington rubs the back of his neck with a wince and Eddie - realizes he's shirtless. And wet.

"Are you - are you seriously swimming right now?" He coughs out, straining to keep his eyes up above that jawline. "In the middle of winter?"

The guy just shrugs.

What the hell.

"Also," Eddie stands up straight, crossing his arms with a squint, doing his best to hide the shivers racking up his spine. Harrington's eyes catch on something behind him. "What the fuck was that, man? Your first instinct at getting caught under the bleachers is to fucking jump people?"

No response from the King, who apparently finds Eddie's hair more interesting than a damn conversation, considering how fucking unfocused his eyes are. Probably just wants to get back to whoever he's sucking face with, the dick.

"Whatever, man, just let me find my shit and I'll get out of -"

"Here," Harrington says, swiftly taking Eddie's hand, leaving him zero time to react, and pressing his guitar pick into his palm?! He pushes Eddie’s fingers to curl over the pick, patting the fist gently. "Try to stay out of here after school, Munson. Shit gets dangerous."

"Wha - how - what the fuck?" Eddie snatches his hand back. He stares.

The pool water reflects across Harrington's face, a blue glow that makes him look...otherworldly. Ethereal, even. Brown locks of hair turned damp, stuck to his skin, framing his face and curling around his eyes that look too dark for the evening light, barely distinct from the dilated pupils they hold. Water drips down his nose, fingers, chest, audibly splashing onto the wet pool floor, echoing out into the empty space.

"What..." Eddie hesitates, looking back up at those deep, void-like eyes. "What are you doing here, Harrington?"

The guy smiles, tilting his head at Eddie, eyes half-lidded. "Go home, Munson."

He steps closer to Eddie, leaning in, flooding the air with an acrid smell, some combination of chlorine and smoke. He stares at Eddie, giving a small nod and smiles again.

There's no light reflecting off his eyes, Eddie realizes before he steps back, keeps stepping until his back hits the exit door.

Harrington waves a hand, fingers bending up and down one by one. "Try to stay out of the dark."

The door shuts in Eddie's face and he runs.

#sailor✧writes #steddie #au content #writing #drabble #man i was so excited i was like hell yeah i wrote something good in under 600 words and then i looked at the prompt again and went Ah.#i still had fun writing steve like this though like Other!Steve is just gold tier to me #thinking about doing more drabbles like this honestly #monster steve month or something idk #spooky steve stuff

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overthinkinglotr · 2 years

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Everything in the Amazon lotr series makes perfect sense when you learn that the show runners have literally no experience working on tv shows. None. 😂 J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay have barely any experience in the entertainment industry. And like if you check their IMDb, their only credits are a Flash Gordon screenplay for a movie that wasn’t made and “uncredited” writing on the 2016 Star Trek movie (meaning they weren’t an official part of the production but talked to J J Abrams every now and then.)

The only way I can praise the Amazon show is the way you’d praise something written by a kid…”like wow this is your first try? Your first time ever working in tv and writing a fantasy story? This is good for a first try! Nice work! Your mom should hang it on the fridge!” The real question though is like, why didn’t they give biggest budget of any tv series ever made to people who had literally ANY experience showrunning ahsjndndnd.

To be honest I’m baffled at people who say this show is “desecrating tolkien” because like…first off, desecrating tolkien can be super cool. He sucked sometimes. Second, “desecrating tolkien” implies they were creating a story that had something specific to say about Tolkien, and they knew how to use their medium to convey what they wanted to say. But like…they didn’t. The Amazon series can’t desecrate tolkien, it’s relying on tolkien as a crutch to tell an amateur story that would be literally totally incoherent without you filling in the blanks with prior knowledge gained from the books and from other better adaptations.

I’m baffled at people trying to act like Amazon is being progressive with this series when its sorta like…the peak of conservative Hollywood nepotism? Two upper middle-class white dudes with literally no idea how to run a tv show because they have never been part of the process, ever, were gift wrapped the highest budget for any tv show ever made— not because they deserved to make the most expensive tv series ever made, but because they were upper middle class white dudes who happened to know famous people in Hollywood. People work in television their whole lives for the chance to be a showrunner and these two mediocre white dudes who have barely done any professional writing were handed the most expensive tv series of all time.

And it shows! It explains why the show doesn’t feel as expensive as it is. The process was “run” by people who literally have never needed to understand how creating a tv show works.

Everything feels so clumsy, unfocused, and generic because it’s being showrun by people who do not have enough experience to know what they’re doing.

It feels like someone’s first published work because it is. there’s some vague generic theme about being corrupted by darkness but it’s portrayed with all the grace and subtlety of showrunners who have no experience telling stories professionally, don’t understand how to do it, and so are just turning to the audience and flatly saying what the themes are supposed to be in bland boring language. (They couldn’t even find relevant quotes from the books to use instead— at least then it would sound pretty. Tolkein’s language is almost entirely absent from the show. :P)

There’s a lack of specificity— the tone veers wildly from “epic and idealized like the Pj films” to “relentlessly gory and cruel like GOT,” and almost no quotes from the books appear in the show despite language being so important to the feel of middle earth— because the showrunners are too busy struggling to learn the basics of showrunning for the first time to figure out things like “how to set a consistent tone.”

Characters turn to the camera and spoon-feed the audience information like we’re stupid and constantly reiterate exposition from previous episodes because the show runners have never worked on tv shows before, and don’t have enough confidence to trust the audience to understand anything.

The pacing is so bizarre and wonky, and the introductions of important characters/McGuffins is so clumsy, because the showrunners have never done this before ever on any tv show.

The show doesn’t look like the most expensive tv show of all time (even though it is) because the show runners don’t understand how to budget visual effects effectively. Tons of expensive labor is wasted on dream sequences and meaningless one-off plot beats that don’t add anything to the story when they could’ve been spent on the actual important emotional story moments.

And of course the way the show handles gender and race is so hollow because it’s driven by two white male nepotism hires tackling these topics for the Very First Time. They decide to handle sexism in middle earth by making it a world where patriarchy just doesn’t seem to exist(?), but they’re also not willing to actually genuinely imagine what that would look like. so we get a world where “there’s no patriarchy” but most the warriors/leaders are still men, all the women still dress in feminine clothing/hairstyles and all the men have masculine clothing/hairstyles, no women are butch and no men are effeminate, a woman fighting/showing up in battle armor is framed as a big cool reveal, and every single relationship is suffocatingly heterosexual (and there isn’t even the possibility of queer relationships/homoerotic subtext.) They had three POC play some of the side characters but were careless in how they handled them, in a way that’s a disservice to the talented actors— for example the character they marketed as “the first black elf in tolkien” is immediately thrown into a plotline where people are racist to him for being an elf and then he’s captured into slavery and spends a few episodes in chains driven around by white orcs with whips in a way that makes you realize the creators were too white to think about the optics of this. They also don’t tackle the root issues with the way tolkein portrayed race (the idea that different races are different Species with immutable personality traits) and just take his racist assumptions for granted. Meanwhile, every scene where people are “fantasy racist” against white blonde Galadriel for being an elf is handled with all the grace of a white teenager who just realized racism was maybe Bad writing their first fiction story saying Deep Things About Society for a high school assignment. Can you imagine how much more thoughtful writing we would’ve gotten from literally ANY of the far more talented experienced female and poc directors in Hollywood, people who understood how to tackle gender/race in their writing and who understood how to actually run a show? But no, the show has to be handed to two white dudes who have literally no experience writing for tv and no relevant credits, just because they’re white men who are well connected, and we have to trust tHese people to condescendingly explain the importance of diversity to us like we’re children. And then we have to pretend to like it because theres a massive right wing backlash against the show for being “so woke” (when it isn’t). ANSJSJJDJDJD

I just kinda…don’t understand? Why give so much money to people who have no experience and don’t know what they’re doing? People whose only qualifications are being random white dudes who know famous people?

It feels like such a waste of money and resources to throw so much into what’s essentially a training exercise for people who’ve never run a show before. The Amazon series is longer than the first two PJ films but it doesn’t feel that way because the showrunners don’t understand how to use a medium they have never worked in.

Like Peter Jackson had never directed anything on the scale of LOTR, but he had directed plenty of movies (with the writers who later partnered with him on lotr) before he was allowed to make it, AND had spent years pitching his scripts around Hollywood and helping develop the technology used for the visual effects. Heck, Ralph Bakshi had made animated movies before, and Rankin/Bass had worked on tv specials. As much as all those adaptations are flawed like?????????? I genuinely don’t understand why you wouldn’t hire more qualified people for the most expensive tv show of all time. or even just. Anyone who had literally any qualifications at all.

But I guess I’m thinking about this all wrong because…their lack of experience is likely why they were hired. Because of the complicated legal and rights issues happening behind the scenes, Amazon likely didn’t want to hire anyone who would have a coherent vision and a clear idea of how to execute that vision. The show needed to bow to the mandates of Amazon but ALSO the copyright issues (they don’t have the rights to actually adapt most of the stuff dealing with the history they’re adapting), the mandates of the Tolkien estate (who were allowed to make whatever petty changes they wanted to the story at any time) and the mandates of New Line Cinema (who were allowing Amazon to ape the style of their movies to get l publicity for their brand but are also completely willing to enforce copyright and demand change if they felt Amazon was stepping on their toes, and etc etc). Amazon needed inexperienced people who would go along with whatever they were told to do. Someone who had a clear vision and knew how to execute it would fight against the dumb corporate mandates. Someone who has literally never worked in tv before would assume Amazon knew best and do whatever they were told.

I don’t know, I feel the same way I do about the hobbit films where it’s just—it’s such a waste? It’s such a waste. It’s such a waste of time and a waste of labor, on a project that (because of weird corporate nonsense) has no clear artistic vision and only exists to be part of a lucrative Brand(tm.)

I won’t be watching the next season— I assume the the future seasons will be “better” because the show runners have now had their very first season of experience working in television ever (good for them and congrats on breaking into the industry for the first time etc etc), but that doesn’t change what a massive corporate waste the first eight hours were— again, that’s longer than the first two PJ films but it doesn’t feel like It because it’s so directionless and devoid of a clear artistic vision. Idk as long as the only Lord of the Rings adaptations we’re legally allowed to get are massive Mega corporate ones funded off the suffering of all the underpaid Amazon workers who die in the warehouses, you would think the adaptations would at least be good XD. Again, can you imagine what more experienced and talented directors with a long history of working in TV, and who were free to execute their artistic vision, could’ve done with such a giant budget? Can you imagine if corporations didn’t waste an entire season of television as the world’s most expensive training wheels for people who’d never seriously worked in tv before? Can you imagine how much good art we could get if Hollywood was actually a meritocracy? Idk dudes, idk.

#i said i wasn’t gonna talk about the Amazon show again but ajdjkdkf #ok now I’m done #lotr #anti rop #ahsjdjdkd #but I learned how inexperienced the show runners were and am Baffled #i have friends in the entertainment industry and???????#they actually have to Work to become showrunners or directors???#theyre told they need Experience?????#XD GUESS NOT #i feel like I must be missing something because it’s so confusing #but yeah rings of Power #rings of power definitely exists doesn’t it

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nori-the-cat · 7 days

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BOYNEXTDOOR (BND) Lee Han as Your Boyfriend

Remember, this is just my interpretation based on the tarot spread. All of this are alleged and for entertainment purposes only. Take it with a grain of salt. This was a requested reading.

Lee Han as a Boyfriend:

Cards: the star, the chariot, seven of swords, queen of pentacles, seven of pentacles, 3 of cups, the hermit, and ten of swords.

Lee Han sounds like a total catch, no cap! Imagine having a boo who's basically your personal hype squad? That's Lee Han. He's got sunshine radiating from him, always believing in happily ever after and finding his soulmate (which could be you!).

This dude isn't just all talk though. Lee Han's a go-getter who loves planning epic date nights and sparking deep convos. He's all about creating bomb memories together, whether it's exploring hidden gems with your friends or building family traditions. Plus, quality time is his jam, meaning he wants to build a strong foundation for your future boo-thing.

Here's the real tea: Lee Han's reliable AF. He takes care of his S/O and prioritizes stability in the relationship. Think of him as your rock – someone who's always there for you, no matter the drama.

Now, Lee Han might be a bit of a charmer. He could use his wit and playful teasing to win you over (cute!). This playful energy could keep things exciting, but obvi, open communication is key. Make sure his actions match his words, ya feel?

Just like everyone needs to recharge their phone, Lee Han might value some alone time to process his feels. He's probably an independent thinker who wants to grow as a person alongside your relationship. This doesn't mean he's distant; he just respects his space and yours.

Listen, no relationship is perfect. There might be disagreements, but that's chill! Lee Han might need some practice navigating these bumps, but with honest communication, you two can conquer anything together.

So, is Lee Han the ultimate boyfriend? Maybe not, but he definitely brings a ton of positivity, excitement, and stability to the table. He's your cheerleader, your partner-in-crime for fun adventures, and your rock – basically, all the ingredients for a lit relationship.

Lee Han's love language:

Acts of Service: His go-getter nature and enjoyment of planning things showcases his desire to take action and show his love through deeds.

Quality Time: The emphasis on shared experiences and building a strong foundation highlights his desire for quality time and connection.

Words of Affirmation: Being your cheerleader and constantly reminding you of your potential signifies his love for expressing his affection verbally.

Date idea with Lee Han:

Browse fresh produce, baked goods, and local crafts at the farmers market. Pick up some picnic supplies and find a scenic spot in the park to enjoy your finds together. This allows for conversation, exploration, and quality time spent outdoors.

Overall, Lee Han is someone who is supportive, optimistic, and can be a reliable boyfriend who prioritizes quality time and building a strong relationship. He's a go-getter who enjoys planning fun activities and expressing his affection through actions and words. While he might need some practice navigating disagreements, his overall positive attitude and willingness to communicate openly make him a great boyfriend material.

Note: This is a requested reading from @soobieboobieboy

#kpop #boynextdoor #kpop tarot #boynextdoor tarot #boynextdoor leehan #boynextdoor x reader #boynextdoor imagines #boynextdoor fluff #leehan

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red-ruby-rambles · 3 months

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HERMITCRAFT SEASON 10 LIVE REACTION

Scar's POV:

Nice binoculars

MOB ZOO!!! I literally did this in a single player creative world once.

Why is scar all alone?

THEY ADDED JOEL AND NOT HIS WIFE??!?!!? MASSIVE L!!! also hi skizzleman. Yippeee Mumbo is actually here!!!1 love to see him.

AYO DOC AND ETHO???/ hE'S HITTING THEM BACKSHOTS

Hermitcraft with life series mechanics lmao demise 2

Scar is such a little thief

"It's a corset" LMAO

"We all dig down together" Scar, impulse, and gem did not understand this.

~getting overstimulated by my bf~

Grian learns to never dig straight down. OMG IMP IS A RED LIFE LITERALLY LIFE SERIES!

The Scar and imp duo is going crazy, love their dynamic, I don't ship tho

~it got too hot in my room and am topless from this point forward~

MUMBO! TITS OUT FOR MUMBO!

"Wow, you do have a big crack." Who let him say that? who's writing these scripts??

noooo they all left Scar :< I'll be your neighbor Scar.

nasty vile sound, of course Scar made it.

cute little boat... SCAR PUT SOME DAMN PANTS ON BOY!!!

"Just Bdubs and I!" love it!

My bf's guinea pig really loves Tango apparently...

DUDE IS GOING ON A JOURNEY TO COMMIT DEFORESTATION that's dedication right there.

NO NO NO OH HE he didn't drown. phew!

don't kill the llamas ... WHY IS IT AS SOON AS CUB SHOWS UP SCAR STARTS MURDERING THINGS.

Scar detonating Cubs trap like:

CONVEX IS OVER!!!

omg he goes to Bdubs for help and support in his time of need this interaction is so cute and wholesome... This is why I ship Scardubs literally so cute.

"Maybe I just off myself." BDUBS DON'T DO IT YOU ARE LOVED!

Bdubs showing Squawkers 3 to Scar was so wholesome omfg

"I want you to win." DUDE IM CRYING RN I LOVE THESE TWO.

How do they have crafters already???

"The box in maneuver." how did bro get into this cartoonish scenario?

TRAIN? TRAIN? TRAIN! I LOVE TRAINS! THE SWAGON TRAIN! chat... this is epic.

excellent video scar thank you for blessing my eyeballs today.

Follow my Tumblr or you'll be Scared for life!!!!!

#hermitcraft #hermitblr #hermitcraft smp #hermitcraft s10 #hermitcraft spoilers #goodtimeswithscar #docm77 #ethoslab #mumbo jumbo #cubfan135 #impulsesv #bdoubleo100 #liveblogging

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operator-report · 2 months

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i saw your radiohead post so what music do you think the travelers would have liked :)

thank you anon for this ask because it is the single best response i could have gotten from the radiohead post! sorry i took so long to answer but i wanted to give it some thought:

noelle: all jokes aside, i do stand by noelle listening to radiohead. in general i think she really likes sad dude alternative rock and indie, because it's alt and nerdy enough to fit her tastes, it validates the fact that she is going through it in high school, and, you know, noelle does have a pretty high tolerance for edgy-of-center guys who may or may not suck. the fact that the original car seat headrest twin fantasy came out in 2011 is honestly so sad because noelle got simurghed before she could hear it......... i think it would have helped her immensely

krouse: does a complete overhaul of his taste when he meets noelle, in conjunction with him getting good at games. i think krouse has a more pop-sounding version of noelle and luke's tastes, so he likes muse, the killers, etc. his annoying music opinion is that he will go to bat for coldplay and nickleback just to get a rise out of people. he genuinely likes coldplay but does not like nickleback.

marissa: some top 40 and singer-songwriter. marissa probably has the most "basic" taste, but i also think her taste is influenced by her experience as a dancer, so it's not bad taste! she's just not into the mopey stuff that noelle likes. i think mars likes rihanna and i also think she is the traveler who is most likely to be a swiftie. the band that unites noelle, mars, and jess is paramore.

jess: the traveler who probably cares most about music as an art form, as well as things like genre, etc. listens to art rock bands like yeah yeah yeahs. jess likes pop punk and pop emo, but will also firmly inform you that MCR is not emo. (this is an activity she and krouse like to do together.) i think jess has slowly been approaching getting into more DIY guitar music, like midwest emo and math rock, but, like noelle, tragedy struck before she could get there.

luke: pop punk, grunge, and other assorted varieties of Dude Music. luke likes green day, foo fighters, blink-182, and queens of the stone age. listens to a little kanye from time to time, which is a point of slight contention between him and mars, although i do think he is chill about the 2009 vmas.

oliver: i don't see oliver being super opinionated about the music he listens to, honestly, i think he just kind of goes with the group. you have never met a person who has less wanted to be on the aux. this is a guy who probably could have used linkin park but i think linkin park makes him too scared

cody: given how dedicated cody is to gaming, i think that he's the traveler who listens to the most video game soundtracks. he also listens to Epic Music mixes on youtube and a very small amount of tame nu metal

#worm #parahumans #wormblr #the travelers

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cloutchase · 6 months

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SKYPE: Huh. I sounded way cooler in the story than I actually am…

WIKIDOT: I kinda just felt like dead weight in this story, ha....

WIKIDOT: Wiki and I aren't even that close. I don't think he even acknowledges me half the time.

AMINO: i liked it ^_^

AMINO: especially all of the detailed gore descriptions :3

AMINO: i think i might write my own au...

KIK: why can i still not die in the "everyone dies" story tho

IMGUR: dude, it was epic

IMGUR: sorry you missed out

KIK: YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY DIE IMGUR

4CHAN: Everything about that was cringe.

4CHAN: ...But being Moetron is kinda funny I guess.

ITCH.IO: I WOULD NOT SAY THAT

NEWGROUNDS: HAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

PIRATE BAY: HAHAHA

PIRATE BAY: Mighty fine tale you two spun!

TWITCH: That is some Cry of Fear type stuff OMEGALUL

STEAM: My corruption sounded kinda cool...

DISCORD: ,,,

DISCORD: Why was I british Q w Q ??????

<== GO BACK | START OVER | NEXT ==>

#STORYLINE: EXE #CC #IMAGELOG #ARTIST ID: USERKEY #ARTIST ID: RAZZBUBBY #ARTIST ID: APPLEJUICEYJUICE-ART #ARTIST ID: ANDELLA HEARTZ #SKYPE CLOUTCHASE #WIKIDOT CLOUTCHASE #KIK CLOUTCHASE #IMGUR CLOUTCHASE #AMINO CLOUTCHASE #NEWGROUNDS CLOUTCHASE #ITCH.IO CLOUTCHASE #PIRATE BAY CLOUTCHASE #STEAM CLOUTCHASE #TWITCH CLOUTCHASE #DISCORD CLOUTCHASE

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holidaydesigns · 7 months

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My Saw X thoughts

“I have a few hobbies” okay

Knowing what happens later on, seeing John all happy that he’s going to live makes me want to claw my eyes out

I was in love with Amanda in this movie she’s my wife btw

Her calling Cecilia a bitch was the realest part of the movie I think

The sounds when Diego was cutting the bombs out of his arms were making me wince so bad

I just know they had Lawrence working overtime for these traps

I mean if he was even on the team at this point idk

VALENTINA WAS SO DISRESPECTED she was the nuuuurse bro she didn’t even do that much but she had to cut her own leg off only to die anyway and then Cecilia used her intestines as rope and THEN they used her fucking head for that dummy

Valentina and Mateo’s deaths were similar in the way that they did what they were supposed to but since they hesitated, they couldn’t win

Cecilia urging everybody to participate in their traps is very sinister knowing that she wanted them to die

Amanda caring about Gabriela is so sweet, she saw herself in her for sure. I was so happy when Gabby lived

AND I WAS SO MAD WHEN THAT BLONDE DEMON WHITE WOMAN JUMPSCARE KILLED HER

“YOU SICK BITCH” Amanda was like my inner monologue throughout this movie I stg

I obviously knew that Amanda and John were gonna make it out but the whole part with Cecilia and her boyfriend who I can’t remember the name of had me scared bro

I was tapping my foot and sweating in the theater

Cecilia was fr just despicable for bringing Carlos in dude

It was so sweet when Carlos tried to save John and then John tried to save him

Imagine Adam and Lawrence in the trap they were in though I actually loved that trap

That was such a satisfying ending besides the fact that Cecilia lives

I reallllly see how this sets up Amanda’s thought process in the 3rd movie, with how everyone died but the truly truly evil one, and even after Cecilia saw all those ‘friends’ die she still remained that way

John and Amanda were so father and daughter in this movie

I was so expecting Hoffman to say epic fail

He’s the real epic fail

I LOVE SAW X

#Saw #Saw x #Amanda young #John Kramer #Mark Hoffman #Cecilia pederson #saw x spoilers #Gabriela saw x #mateo saw x #Valentina saw x

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illryiannightmare · 3 months

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okay so im hyperfixated on epic the musical rn and i am just. so in love with it.

here are some specific parts im in love with:

• just a man bangs on its own, but the forgive mes being there because hes activily killing a child (after having a large portion of the song talking about he reminds him of his son) is like. oop

• odysseus sounds so pretty in full speed ahead ahhhh and this is one of the reasons its now one of my dream roles.

• i absolutely fucking love how the lotus eaters sound. it also kinda sounds like one laughed when they told the direction of the cave.

• im also in love with how polyphemus sounds. he sounds so fucking funky!! i also like the way the rhyme scheme is slightly different in the end of this song so that the words last to die feel more startling. there is a pause that we feel and you can tell odysseus feels it too. we are just as surprised as he is.

• survive feels appropriately desperate, as shown by the pacing of the song, i really like when polyphemus pulls out the club at the end and the chorus is flipped, its really funky and i enjoy it. the calls for captain followed by the silence of the club is heart-wrenching sound of the club is delightfully done. the cello? bass? in the background that starts when the club first appears is also delicious.

• i really like remember them, for the musical elements of course. but also because "if nobody hurts you, be silent." is so fucking funny to me. like bitch why are you screaming if youre not hurt. shut tf up. its hilarious. also odysseus is so fun to sing in this one. i do feel like the wording at the end of the song doesnt flow as well as it could? it feels like it should be "i am the infamous. i am odysseus" not "i am the infamous, odysseus" i know my version doesnt make as much sense but it also gives chance for a belty line which is always fun.

• i like storm, but only because i like to imagine one of his men looking at him like "are you fucking insane" when he tells them to aim for the sky with the harpoons lol

• i like when the voice goes treasure during keep your friends close because i can hear odysseus going dude wtf in his head.

• ruthlessness is my absolute favorite. there are so many things about this song i absolutely love. fistly that poseidon says he doesnt get upset easily like bruh you cause hurricanes when you get slightly upsetti lmao. but i really like the pause of silence before die. (i do have like a whole stage scene set up for that innmy head already) i love the barely audible screams for captian under the screams of ruthlessness is mercy, and you can just hear the devastation poseidon has wrought. i also love the call back to remember them.

my one critique about ruthlessness is that the vocal tone of all i gotta do is open this bag sounds. so much like lin manuel mirandas tone while playing hamilton to me lmao.

#epic #epic the musical #epic the ocean saga #epic the troy saga #epic the cyclops saga #odysseus #musical theatre #musical theater kid #musical theater #musicals

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