#emotions are escalating

[stars-owls-musicals]

CPC Episode 143 (Spoilers!)

Okay but like holy shit.

Hello there I'm new to posting about Cursed Princess Club on tumblr but have been reading this wonderful webcomic for over a year and a half at this point, and I need to share my thoughts and reactions about this episode.

Okay so Suzanna seems to be putting some things together, and the military leader dude didn't mention any specifics about attacking the Pastel Kingdom, so I'm still wondering what the specifics are on that whole situation.

Isolde's investigations into Leland's plans were all cool to see, but what I want to theorize on is the "List of Questions to Ask It"

So first off these seem like the questions that Leland wants to ask the omniscient clam. I think that the betrayal thing has to do with Jack and possibly Leland wanting to get rid of any other "enemies" that are close to him. The ham sandwich thing would be funny to see a callback of at some point. And the last one is mighty concerning, but I can't say I'm surprised that Leland would ask that question. I hate him with every fiber of my being.

Also the "Happy Clam Care Guidebook" was funny.

Jamie it's fine, Frederick isn't dead! He's just...not doing very well at the moment.

Lance is still silent whenever we see him so that's a thing of note.

The painting with the CPC!

Okay so watching Lance's facial expressions throughout this episode what stood out to me here was how shocked and startled he was. Like, prior to this he was mostly almost stoic to go with his silence? So yeah this panel stood out to me.

Some humor mixed in with the angst. This trio is amazing.

Also, Leopold's mention of the coast being clear and then this happening?

I'm not okay.

Also, again Lance's facial expression compared to Leland's and Blaine's. He's confused while the other two are more annoyed/angry? I don't know how to interpret this yet but I wanted to point it out.

I don't think I'm prepared for the next episode.

#cursed princess club #cpc #episode 143 #a lot is happening #emotions are escalating #i'm not prepared

[idiot-mushroom]

the angst be angsting today gents

#no i just had to get my anger out with this one #my aunt will smtimes not forgive my lil siblings over shit that she escalated and it is so annoying #so have this ig #ttnm au #ttnm #teenage turtle ninja mutants #my tmnt au #my tmnt iteration #tmnt au #tmnt iteration #tmnt leo #tmnt leonardo #tmnt splinter #comic #angst angst angst #angst #emotional neglect #emotional abuse #tw emotional abuse #emotional neglect tw #toxic family #toxic parents

[yellowjackets-1996]

(do you love me like that?) you're a reckless driver (I'm a reckless driver) and one day it will kill us if I —

#yellowjacketsedit #yjedit #akilahmari #lyricsongifs #yellowjacketscentral #ok i WANT TO DISCLAIM. im not 100% sold on pitgirl mari im not 100% sold on anything. the show will tell me when its ready! #that SAID im incapable of giffing unless theres tragedy involved and also i think it would be an interesting trajectory for them #akilahmari work imo because while different they are both very vulnerable in the same way #they want to be seen and cared for and they arent in an environment where thats easy #and like. yeah the you tell me all the time to keep my eyes on the road gif IS the gay scenes #but its also akilah being in tune with people and their emotions. ofc she knows taivan love each other ofc she knows lottienat need a momen #and later ofc she knows lottie and nat need a moment!!! that skill serves her as tension escalates #whereas mari cannot read a room + does not filter herself. and akilah often gets the best of that from her! #but also. akilah shoots her a look when she presses javi about the missing bear meat. but also. mari isnt wrong to be concerned #mari is vulnerable and scared !!!AND!!! heavily concerned about survival. so whereas akilah and mari are both scared to hunt javi #mari is the second to run to grab javis body. akilah follows still horrified. mari is better suited to survive in a lot of ways #but also tends to step on toes!!! but also mari is so loyal and so like. attentive? eager? in a way akilah isnt #so mari says more controversial things but ultimately follows status quo in a way akilah is less inclined to #even in terms of skills mari can cook and akilah can sew but eventually what good is stitching people up when they need to eat. you know. #IDK i think theyre soooo interesting and im rly looking forward to their relationship hopefully developing bc i think theyre cute and fun #but i think their dyn could get sooooo interesting. even in terms of letting mari go. like. many connotations #akilah can giggle when the jokes are still funny and they can find each other in any given space. but does that matter if it cant save them #anyway ive run out of tags to tag the chars for my blog and im being really brave about it btw. #also its 2 am and i wanna post and im being even braver about that (not deleting this tag but its not 2 am my time as i post im drafting<3)

[mercutiotakethewheel]

rereading fablehaven is actually so sad rn bc like fuck im not eleven anymore wtf? i keep reading expecting to relate to kendra and seth like i used to but i just dont? like i can still feel the beating heart of love i have for this story underneath but its like different now. like this fun story is deeply sad to me now like what???

these kids joined the magical world and in doing so had to sever every connection they have to the outside world from before. they only have friends their age for like a ch of book 2, and after that they basically have no peer group. how awful is that for a couple of kids?

and they dont get to be kids anymore. seth’s mischief gathers consequences until he seems to lose it in the latter half of dragonwatch. kendra gains self confidence in some ways but then also becomes more and more burdened with responsibilities she didnt ask for and shouldnt have at the ripe age of 13-16.

like i dont even know

i might be projecting here and its def not this deep but i desperately need these bitches to re-enter the public school system and make some fucking friends their own age. please. magical or non-magical.

#fablehaven #and like it even seems to eat at the relationship they have to their parents #who more and more become distanced from the lives and emotions and actual going ons of their children #like fuck the whole umnite book 4 parents are worried their kids are in a cult #and they dont know whats going on with them anymore thing isnt funny anymore #kendra sorenson #seth sorenson #i even think maybe this is some of whats going on in dragonwatch #where kendra and seth are seeing this escalating mistreatment of the dragons by the supposed good guys #and dont seem to think twice about it either #i wonder if theyve just become so isolated with this set of adults #around this set of adults who have this ideology about preserves as unquestioned forces of good #that maybe its harder for them to put it in a context they no longer have #idk #im just spitballing here

[heres-to-all-that-is-mine]

Fun theory of mine I’m sure someone smarter’s thought of before—

Juniper is the way he is, evil monologue and all, in part because he approaches his role in Zoraxis as just that! A role. The role of a villain, specifically. And because of his frankly terrible method acting practices, it started to bleed through until it was just part of him as a person.

#purples rambling #I’m sure I could phrase it so much better but. sigh #ieytd2 #I expect you to die #John Juniper #ieytd theory #this isn’t exactly what I think because conveying what exactly I think would require a novel and a device #capable of translating thoughts and emotions into words #but it’ll suffice I guess #but like. yes. a large part is his vanity and insecurities Zor has dragged to the surface directly or indirectly #(but very much intentionally) #a large part is based on his feelings as a person #but I’d wager a bet starting out he was acting a LOT more comfortable and in his element than he actually was #doing all these things #and it escalated from there

[winslowat3am]

You prob won’t see this but hi! I follow you and your beautiful wife bc of your love for black women and life tips! I wanna share a story that happened yesterday where I was harassed in a gas station by an aggressive black male security guard and get nonblack poc feedback bc I no longer feel safe around black men and just curious to what advice or thoughts you have.

Last night I walked inside a pilot gas station to use the restroom where I wore a yellow camo track suit with the hood up bc I was cold. The security told me to take my hood down even tho there was no policy where I could see and followed me to the restroom door and called me out my name (I heard him thru the door), after I finished in the restroom I went to confront him at the register he was hiding behind where we got into a heated verbal exchange , I cussed him out amd I hurt his ego evidently bc he felt the need to follow me outside to escalate it but I outtalked him and got in my car. I never took my hood down. I went back in the gas station with a girlfriend for water after informing her of what happened where he then tried to make me remove my hood again and tried to encourage the women at the registers to refuse me service bc I wouldn’t remove my hood, we got into it again. He was aggressive, approached me slamming his hand on the counter, got loud, and sensitive bc I got the best of him twice verbally and in the end I still got the water and never took my hood down; the nice white lady at the register took my money from my friend who paid for it, the black woman at the register was a m@mmy. He nitpicked my outfit and physical appearance but ppl passing thru wore hoods and had pants hanging off their asses, tummy shirts, brought dogs in the store, but was never harassed like I was. I don’t have a problem following a policy but I won’t follow a policy when it’s enforced on me but no one else. So I called the police and they told me to file a complaint with corporate and see what I can do about it so I will be calling them in the morning. Did I mention the security tried to get me banned for trespassing just bc i didn’t back down and verbally whooped him?? LOLL!!! I’ll be carrying a switchblade from now on and learning to shoot a gun real soon!

Read my tags. I'm assuming you're a bw? It doesn't take all the hoodrat buffoonery Glocktavious displayed to ask someone to remove their hood. Talk to a lawyer, they'll help you go about prosecuting Dustavious the right way. So unprofessional. I hope this isn't a late response, I don't really check Tumblr lately or read every ask but yours grabbed my attention. You did the right thing! Always stand up for yourself. You're a savage for checking his ass. Never be afraid of a man, & keep a weapon on you. 👏👏👏👏Insecure, pussy "men" pick fights with women, they think being aggressive & loud intimidates you & they never prepare for a strong retort that shuts their shit down. My completely honest & straightforward unfiltered pov: We need to address the fact that the bullying of bw is a problematic behavior that is perpetuated by bm primarily (not all, but atp it's so common it might as well be). You'd be better off opening up your dating options to men outside of your race, tbh. (Be very selective & careful when itrl dating). Non-bm build their communities & protect their women. [Redacted] That's why I don't understand why some ww leave wm, who have privilege & power, for bm, who 9/10 don't have anything to offer except dick, kids & struggle love. Even when bm manage to have success it doesn't change their crusty ass mentality. I recently learned that a bw is killed by a bm every six hours. [Redacted] Bm are the only race of men who publicly bash, degrade & bully their race of women while praising, fetishizing & worshipping non-bw. But you can't expect men who hate themselves to love or value you. I see the bs bw have to deal with daily & it saddens me. I feel like they target bw cause they think it'll make them men & acceptable in the eyes of wm, it's embarrassing. [Redacted] I can't imagine treating my baby like that. [Redacted] I'll never post or reblog a "this is a safe space for everyone" post. It's not. I don't post for them. I don't want racists/colorists in my space where bw & woc tell me that they feel safe, seen & protected. I gatekeep my blog so that you're safe expressing your feelings here. I thought it was obvious since I never acknowledge bm but it needs to be said. I 100% agree with the bw advising bw to choose higher quality men. You should watch Cynthia G & Paris Milan on YouTube & other black women who cover domestic & racial topics, it's very educational & insightful, they offer a lot of perspective & I agree with so many points they make. [Redacted] The best advice I can give you is to run & never look back. Good luck. ❤️

#you can sue him personally for discrimination & verbal harassment & file a complaint with corporate #If you're banned from the store then you can have the cops get his information & press charges #once corporate finds out about the incident he'll more than likely lose his job #Make sure to stress that he intentionally embarrassed you by making a scene followed you to the bathroom & outside of the store in attempt #to escalate the situation he was highly aggressive & approached you & that you felt scared for your safety which caused emotional distress #those are super important details & ultimately where he fucked up #& if you're able to write down the date/time this occurred & have the camera footage obtained by police & your friends as witnesses #it'll help your case #The moment someone loses their cool & lowers themself even lower than they already are you already won #As you go through life the more jackasses you'll encounter & you'll become so immune that shit won't even anger you the way it used to #Speaking from experience #I don't see him living long cause losers who fuck with people & think being loud & ghetto gives them an upper hand never live a long life #toxic masculinity is a fear of strong women masked by a fraudulent superiority complex #he's corny asf if the only thing he could think to call you was ugly like what guy doesn't automatically run to that as an insult? #They even use it when they get rejected it's always that or 'bitch' cause they're sooo original #they're tiring #long post #ask

[um-vvhat]

One opinion I will stick with before finishing the show is that while yes Aussie is flawed, Mildred was very aggressive and condescending most of the time and even if we didn’t see everything, Aussie did not deserve the way she was spoken to most of the time, no one does.

#it really sucked no one said anything at the recap dinner when to me Aussie was just trying keep the peace and not argue #but Mildred just wants a fight that’s her form of communication and anything other than a fight is not communication in her eyes #I saw someone who is a soft spoken person who genuinely tried to de-escalate intense emotions #and frankly sometimes it IS best to walk away before an argument gets bad! #the ultimatum #the ultimatum queer love #the ultimatum netflix #this has been a post #text post

[nobodymitskigabriel]

I think I need to start tagging canon crit. "It was just done in a way you don't like." Yes?? Am I not allowed to think the show handled something poorly??

#if you really think that the azazel deal--the demon blood violation that happened to sam as a baby that followed him til he was an adult #that sowed the seeds for him to become a tool of everyone who wanted to destroy him #you think that that being brought up in passing dialogue by dean i.e. not sam #with no narrative escalation or input from sam or mary to one another... #so much of the show and fandom is centered on dean's emotions #but god forbid i wanted an arc about an issue that was literally the main plot in the beginning of the show #and i think it should've centered sam and mary. the people who were impacted by it

[baddieladdie]

You 👏 fuckin 👏 bet 👏 he 👏 does 👏

#supportive in best ways #just *knows* how to escalate #and validate #we love a man with emotional intelligence #so excited to write some spiderman noir smut #i need him biblically #spider man noir #spiderman noir #itsv

[theflyingfeeling]

bye Germany I'm crying all the way home lol

#no i mean literally 😂 #feeling so fucking emotional about everything all of a sudden #in the escalator at a german railway station as well lmaoooooo #i don't know what happened i was just suddenly feeling all the feels all at once #maybe i'll stop crying sometime early april i'll keep you updated ✌️ #edit. not crying in the escalator anymore btw lol but on public transportation 🤡

[bestworstcase]

it really is interesting just how much V4 shows of the grimm that blatantly contradicts what we’re told about them during the beacon arc. right out the gate, too, with bricks and complex improvisational teamwork and the beringel’s emotive reactions to its apparent victory and then realization that its opponent survived the fall through the roof all in the V4 short. everything we learn about the grimm in V1-3 comes filtered through huntsmen academy pedagogy and in the first two volumes every significant direct encounter occurs in proximity—whether diegetic or narrative—to a character who explains them authoritatively using the huntsmen model: pyrrha’s philosophical recitation on the nature of the soul and what makes grimm soulless gives context to the initiation, port describes the grimm as demonic monsters before setting one loose in class, oobleck helpfully provides dollops of exposition to fit the grimm of mountain glenn into the framework laid out in V1. by V3, we have a handle on what these creatures are and the onslaught against beacon plays out—almost—exactly as we would expect based on this understanding, with the singular exception that the grimm are clearly shown to be acting as allies to the non-grimm adversaries. (the white fang transports their own fighters and grimm side-by-side without coming to any harm, and cinder speaks to, makes eye contact with, and signals for an assist from the wyvern.) and the narrative reveals salem at the very, very end to imply an explanation for that singular anomaly.

but… beacon falls. in V4 the school environment is gone and we begin to encounter the grimm outside the controlled pedagogical environment of the huntsmen academy and like IMMEDIATELY the narrative starts throwing curveballs. a beowolf gets up on a roof to throw bricks at ruby. the beringel grabs a beowolf and they flawlessly execute a maneuver we’d call a team attack if a duo of huntsmen did it; later the beringel roars in satisfaction when it thinks ruby is beaten and then reacts with surprise and trepidation when it realizes she isn’t. the villagers in V4 shrug off weeks of provocations by a grimm four young huntresses and huntsmen struggled to defeat. jaune looks at the bodies strewn across the wreckage of shion and asks “who killed all these people,” indicating that “the grimm” is not a foregone conclusion—and the answer turns out to be not grimm but bandits. the sea feilong spends an entire day quietly circling beneath the boat, unnoticed, then reveals herself but doesn’t really do anything except roar and snap once at the huntress who shot her while looping over and around the boat itself—never making contact or actually attacking until after she has been fired on and hit repeatedly, and even then focusing her retaliation narrowly on the ship’s weaponry and the huntsmen attacking her. (the WOR ep notes that grimm are territorial; they don’t prey on animals but violent altercations over territory are not uncommon. what we see in 4.3 isn’t a grimm attack. it’s a territorial threat display that escalates because nobody on the boat can tell the difference between a grimm saying “LEAVE” vs one who wants to eat them.) and on the exact opposite end of the spectrum, the nuckelavee has a nest decorated with trophies it’s collected across a decade or more of haunting its neck of the woods: neither a mindless killer nor a powerful old giant with caution borne of self-preservation but an intelligent being who plagued this small region for years out of what seems to be active malice.

over and over and over again, V4 showcases grimm individuality and refutes the huntsmen academy understanding of what these creatures are and why they act as they do. and of course if you watch V1-3 again with the knowledge that the pedagogical lens is limited and inaccurate you’ll notice the small inconsistencies between what is said and what is shown: the ursai yang faces react to her rapid shift in mood with obvious confusion. the deathstalker dodges jaune’s attempts to grab its stinger several times before it either gets bored with the game or isn’t quick enough and rouses itself because it doesn’t like being grabbed. the grimm in mountain glenn know the kids are encamped in the ruin (ruby makes direct eye contact with one through her scope) but ignore their presence in favor of nosing around the ruins. none of the complexity that appears in V4 is really new: it’s just presented plainly, without commentary by an authority figure to elide everything that doesn’t fit inside the clear-cut, morally simplistic huntsmen academy stance that grimm are just an endless horde of soulless evil. and that transition occurs instantly, the minute the narrative leaves the confines of the academy setting.

it’s a neat storytelling choice. hello, welcome to the real world, the grimm are fundamentally just Creatures. they feel pain, and fear. they’re social beings. they’re smart. they aren’t all the same: some of them would prefer not to fight and need to be pushed really far before they’ll resort to violent retaliation and others hunt people for sport. and sometimes they’re not overwhelming existential threats; sometimes they’re just a chronic nuisance bad enough to make you wonder if moving is worth it.

#very emotional abt the sea feilong tonight #she gives multiple warnings #the roar the looping the beating her wings to blow a gust of air at them… #that’s a creature saying Back Off!!! #but everyone on the boat immediately goes into red alert #bc grimm are evil. everyone knows that #the possibility that she might be trying to communicate something just isn’t on anyone’s radar! how could it be! #and that misperception escalated a situation that probably didn’t need to be #hm. on theme #anyway chefs kiss for the lies to children worldbuilding approach

[workingforitallthetime]

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#impossible to find this one in the tag without insipid comments added to it so i had to put it in the ecosystem myself #this is the best version because of how the only way they can express their emotions is a series of escalating guttural noises #prehominid behavior #love that mom and dad fantilli were there for the occasion #furious that cbj deprived us of a michigan man group shot tho

[willowcrowned]

puella magi madoka magica episode ten “もう誰にも頼らない” unanimously voted single most devastating twenty four minutes and twelve seconds in human history

#[loki voice] I have been crying. FOR TWENTY MINUTES #madoka magica #anyways even without the immediate context of the preceding six episodes it packs suchhhhh an emotional punch #I have GOT to rewatch the show in full because I’ve never paid that close attention to the pacing #and I’m SO curious about how episode ten works within the context of the rapidly escalating tension + darkening tone #bc in some ways it like. is a break from the story #you get a moment to breathe before the one-two punch of episodes eleven and twelve #but on the other hand it works as a microcosm of the show—albeit with dramatic irony during the cheerful bits—and like. #that’s just a really interesting combination to me I have GOT to figure out exactly what it’s doing

[pixiefms]

“let’s go home”

#but like #positive #but also like but if i thre myself down an escalator i’d be the crazy person #anyways #i am going to let this marinate here #i actually i have so many emotions and also #i am so scared #because for he tian to come back he has to leave and like #what and then #and oh my days somebody SEDATE ME #19 days #tianshan #mo guanshan #he tian #spn #spn gifs

[red-moon-at-night]

The more I look at Shidou's responses regarding his marriage, namely this one:

The more I totally see him as the type of husband who, when asked what he wants for dinner, would reply "I don't mind/you can choose".

AKA: that man has weaponized incompetence and doesn't know what the 'mental load' is in a relationship. When he clocks out of work and goes home, he's no longer Responsible for anything - even his own health (as we can see when discussing his habit of cigarettes):

At least... that's the vibe I get here, lol.

As for applying this to his behaviour in the milgram prison itself, these two little moments come to mind when thinking about how he might handle children:

Also:

#milgram #shidou kirisaki #silly man agenda: activated #HE'S SO STUBBORN WITH AMANE? like as if 'If it's a test of endurance you want I'm happy to oblige Amane' is not the most antagonising-- #--thing you could've chosen to say...de-escalate the situation he did NOT. #I have many more snippets of shidou's silly man behaviour in my vault that I'm just. Ruminating over. #but i wanted this to be at least a little cohesive. I'm very much in a shidou-posting mood rn 👨‍⚕️🩺 #anyways I got off topic: the man does not know what emotional labour is and I'm slightly concerned about the wife. Juuuust slightly. #'I'm quite careless in private' is ringing in my ears loud and clear 🤔🕵‍♂️

[xamaxenta]

So hi I’m back with some more grease monkey Ace so I just came by to drop off a little doodle, hope you do not mind

Wow shes so cute … 😳🥺❤️❤️

#i… #wow shes really cute #thank you i love her!! #this made me realise oh man i cant draw cute girls #like at all i can draw women and stuff but cute girls wah impossible daiyo #fem!ace #genderbend #shes lovely #WHAT THE FUUUCK I KEEP LOOKING AT HOW FLUFFY HER HAIR IS #IM GOING BONKERS SHES SO CUte #like the escalation of my emotions here haha #incredible