#establishing shit important

[whoopssteddiefeels]

If you think the CC boys aren't looking for Eddie, you're wrong

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Steve opened his trunk and placed the groceries inside, Eddie’s special requests next to his usual staples and the excessive number of snacks he had grabbed for this week’s check in at Hopper’s cabin. Eddie was probably just being cute, requesting the same thing they had brought him in the boathouse, but Steve figured it would be just as cute to refill the request anyway. Anything to make Eddie smile and call him a sap in that overly sweet way he had.

He closed the trunk, pulling his keys out of his pocket. Already excited to get home to that amused smile and twinkling eyes.

“Where the fuck is Eddie?”

Steve jumped about a foot in the air, spinning on the spot, fumbling his keys in an embarrassing 3-part scramble that still ended with them clanking to the ground. He’s effectively trapped against his car, three boys glaring at him from a few feet away. How the hell did they sneak up on him in tandem like that?

They stood in a V-formation, arms crossed and eyes angry. The one in front, a black boy with braces and close-cropped hair who was doing his best to stare down at Steve despite their roughly even height, spoke again. “We don’t know what is going on, what happened, but you and Henderson are definitely involved.”

“I… I don’t…” Steve looked around quickly, hoping something would appear and save him from this conversation. Nothing did, the parking lot was empty except for them. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Bullshit, man!” the smallest of the three exclaimed, pointing angrily in Steve’s face. “Whatever the fuck happened involved your stupid basketball team and our freshman members and god KNOWS what else but there’s no way Eddie would ever-”

“He didn’t do anything to that girl,” the first boy interrupted, Jeff, Steve’s brain slowly supplied, based on stories he’d heard from both Dustin and Eddie. This must be the rest of Corroded Coffin. Jeff, Gareth, and… shit what was the third kids name? Doesn’t matter, he needed to come up with an exit strategy fast.

Steve raised his hands, painfully aware that his keys were still on the ground. “Look, guys, I don’t- I don’t know what you want from me. Yeah, I don’t believe Eddie did anything to Chrissy. Henderson is at home, I haven’t even seen him in days. I don’t know where Eddie would’ve gone after the earthquake, you’d know better than-”

“You’ve got his battle jacket in your back seat.” Unnamed member cut in, voice hard.

“You just bought honeycombs, yoo-hoos, and camel cigarettes.” Gareth, the little one, chimed in.

Jeff took a step forward, making sure Steve was looking at him before he slowly reached forward and carefully pulled on the chain around Steve’s neck, drawing the guitar pick out from where it had rested under his shirt. The younger boy just raised his eyebrows, emphasizing the implication.

Steve sagged against his car, and Jeff let the necklace slip from his fingers as it was pulled back with his movement. It fell against the outside of his shirt, the red and black guitar pick stark and damning against the light blue of today’s polo.

Steve rubbed at his face, refusing to meet the trio of accusing glares. These were Eddie’s friends. His brothers according to the metalhead in question. There was no reason for Steve to be wearing that necklace other than what it was: a claim. They would know that, better than anyone. There was no getting out of this.

“Jesus H. Christ, okay. Okay. He’s… at my place. Just, follow me, I guess.”

#steddie #ficlet #established relationship #friendship #Eddie has FRIENDS damnit #he's popular in his own way #friendship is important they wouldn't let it go #the CC boys would burn shit down to find him

[interstate35south]

i love when people draw all the mxtx protagonists together but i’ll be real the generic anime boy face curse is alive and well

more often than not the art itself is fantastic it just takes me like a solid minute to figure out who’s who. bonus points if lbh is robbed of his wavy hair and the only way i can tell him apart from wwx is his forehead

#mxtx #tgcf #mdzs #svsss #heaven official's blessing #tian guan ci fu #mo dao zu shi #scum villian self saving system #hua cheng doesn’t tend to be a problem but wwx and lbh. man #also not technically a protag but honorable mention to my favorite guessing game “is it shen qingqiu or male shi qingxuan” #i must admit i am a victim of same face syndrome as well but it gets worse when they remove distinguishing features #i’m still talking abt lbh’s hair btw. i feel very strongly about his hair #every other character and their mother already has long straight black hair let him have a little fun #i love you three mxtx characters with not straight hair #also not necessarily a features thing but part of my beef with generic anime boy face is that they all look early 20s which is propaganda #listen wangxian being in their thirties is SO important to me you guys don’t understand #teenage hualian is not real to me i don’t believe in it we’ve already established that #but i’d at least like SOME indication that they’re not all the same age #i love you artists that draw san lang and hua cheng visibly different i love you artists that draw wwx and mxy visibly different #bottom line is pls give them more distinguishing features or i gotta do it myself #half joking but also this shit gets serious

[greensaplinggrace]

no because the 911 fandom is going completely wild about something that makes no damn sense. like its okay for buck and eddie to date multiple women and drop them constantly throughout the course of their narratives on the path to self-discovery, but for some reason buck finally starts dating a man and suddenly it's his forever relationship

#evan buckley #911 #i dont get this #'oh no what about buddie!!1' #like idk maybe wait?!?! #sorry but i hope buck dates around and i hope he even dates a woman again just to fuck over all the biphobes #buddie is NOT as important as him having an established character arc do you even care about these characters at all lol #plus it really goes to show what's normalized in media #men can only be interested in men if they've sacrificed their heterosexuality for The One like miss me w that shit #911 abc #buddie #eddie diaz #bi!buck

[a-sketchy]

the thing about yosuke’s shittiness around here (up close and personal, the campout) is that the vast majority of it isn’t doing literally anything for his character. i completely think yosuke’s shittiness is important to his character, but it’s by and large reflections of his own insecurities and flaws. he’s insecure about his masculinity and sexuality, he’s lame, he’s selfish, he’s obsessed with the idea of women, his mouth moves faster than his brain, he doesn’t like himself, and he cares way too much about the societal ideal of ‘normal’. but it’s really important that he’s self-aware! he knows when the things he says are shitty, he knows he’s lame, he knows he’s selfish, he knows he’s putting up a front of being carefree and normal. but there’s absolutely no self awareness here, there’s no recognizing he went too far and apologizing the next day, there’s no regret, there’s not even any self-deprecation, and there’s absolutely no compassion or empathy like he has in serious moments. a lot of what he says is just mean for meanness’s sake, in an execution incongruous with previous behaviour. it’s not even funny!

#tbh i think the thing with kanji in the tent was the closest to being interesting #like by the end he’s warning against kanji leaving the tent #so clearly he cares about kanji more than he’s homophobic #he was straight up just saying that stuff to be shitty. knowingly! #that’s interesting! and the whole thing reeks of yosuke’s own insecurity in his masculinity and sexuality #he took it way too far and i deeply wish he’d quit it with the we statements #but if he had even a single line like ‘shit… i shouldn’t have said all that’ or recognized he was in the wrong at all #then i think it genuinely would’ve been an important moment for his character #everything else was just extremely shitty for no reason. the fucking swimsuits was pathetic but the gross guilt tripping was awful #he’s just lacking all of his usual self awareness. he’s lacking all of his good qualities and nuance #like it’s a fundamental misunderstanding of what makes yosuke’s other moments interesting or funny #this is just him being mean getting punished arbitrarily and not learning anything #on paper i get it. i get how these events could be continuations of established charateristics #but it’s just so mean and shitty that it becomes absurd nonsensical and unenjoyable #the stuff with hanako is just genuinely repugnant on the game’s behalf. it serves no purpose other than cruelty #definitely the worst part of the game so far #rambles #p4g posting #yosukeposting

[july-19th-club]

episode four you're like a little sibling going off to school for the first time to me. i love you. the suits before it became old. dean says they're going in as homeland security 'because it's something new and nobody's heard it already a thousand times'. his homemade emf reader made out of an old walkman. little miss nervous flier but he has an extremely good reason (there's demons up there). mathematically significant ass shot. i could go on

#the previous episode establishes dean's need to save his child self in order to come to terms with his survival #and his need to flirt his ass off #but THIS episode establishes his need to just be a silly little guy #he was the sidekick in this episode and it was sooooooo important #spn #this man hasn't done ANY of that shit yet. there is a sparkling light of mischief and cheer in his eyes #his biggest fear is Plane Crash (a completely normal fear) #the last interaction he had with a child went swimmingly (pun appreciated) and it would never cross his mind to shoot his stepson

[abstract-hellbender]

quick af btw >> you can hate dutch van der linde without calling him an evil snake who eats people..,,,, genuine serious if you think hes a cannibal GET OUT OF HERE

#yall the anti semitism in this room is CRAZYYYY #i see so many people boil his character down to >> greedy selfish money hungry manipulator who feels nothing narcissist #and then i heard there was a CANNIBAL THEORY GUYS PLEASW #points to him.... he has black hair and facial hair thats often shown in jewish charicatures AND a hooked nose.. #im not gonna say any of it was exactly intentional or anything im just saying some of yall need to take a step back and think about where #some of these theories are coming from yknow #also cause the cannibal theory holds no ground. his tall trees camp LITERALLY HAS CHICKENS N SHIT RUNNING AROUND AND FUCKING PREDATORS #THAT KILL YOU MID MISSIOON I GOT EATEN BY LIKE 2 BEARS GUYS. PLEASE. HE CAN FUCKING HUNT. #also cause the first character who mentions being eaten by dutchs gang (which are mostly native americans btw) is the hyper racist professo #who only says it CUASE HES RACIST ASF guys please. please. idgaf theres bones under a chair theyre ANIMAL BONES he has DEER AND ELK SKULLS #EVERYWHERE GUYS. there are cannibals in rdr1 they established using an arm model for them. BUT ANYWAY im getting off track #you can hate him idgaf #this is a reminder that you dont even need a reason to hate a character you can just hate them #dutch van der linde #i will tag him idgaf i think its important enough

[lord-squiggletits]

So for anyone who doesn't know, in IDW1 Trypticon is actually a really interesting character. Earlier in the timeline, he's basically just an ancient evil monster that gets awakened and used as a fighting force by the Decepticons (covered by the events of Monstrosity and Primacy, although I'm not sure if he made an appearance earlier in terms of the comics' release order).

Later on in the IDW1 comics, Trypticon becomes a character with his own personality and desires as written by Barber in the Dinobot trilogy (not the phase 1 series but Punishment, Salvation, and Redemption). Basically, Trypticon is very aware of the fact that people see him as a violent monster, but he decides to abandon Cybertronian society entirely because he's tired of being used as a vehicle for others' violence. By the end of the trilogy, he actually has a new hotspot inside of him and is nurturing the next generation of protoforms within his own body. He's literally done a 180 from being a source of destruction and death to being a protective, nurturing, life-giving force. And this is interesting because, although Trypticon DID have a personality before Barber wrote him, Barber's take on Trypticon gave the "big scary Decepticon titan" a much more 3D personality that made him a person with his own goals, disinterested in the plots and schemes of others. And that's really cool!

So what ended up happening Trypticon in the finale of IDW1, Unicron?

He gets killed off. In the background. With no one giving a shit about it. Because Barber decided it was more important that, IN THE FINALE OF THE SERIES THAT WAS ENDING IDW1 AND WOULD BE THE LAST ISSUES HE WOULD EVER WRITE, we as the viewers be subjected to a Literally Who OC that no one cares about crying and bitching about how Optimus Prime is a tyrant and a fascist. This entire panel is almost literally shot in a comedic way, like the trope of "person monologuing while something crazy happens behind them that they're completely clueless to."

Trypticon got an interesting characterization that made him more than just a monster, but I guess it was more important to kill him off in the background of a panel so that Miss Literally Nobody can waste an entire page of the LAST SERIES OF THE CONTINUITY being a whining bitch about Optimus, which by the way is what she's been doing literally this whole time since she basically exists just to complain about Optimus.

Oh and by the way, Trypticon was carrying the next generation of protoforms inside of his body, and Cybertron (plus every other colony) got destroyed during the Unicron finale, so I guess an entire fucking generation of new Cybertronians also got slaughtered in this panel. How fun and exciting! I guess putting in that really depressing character death of "man changes his ways and gets to live happily but gets killed off for shock value" was really important to put in the ending of the series to make us readers feel satisfied about our beloved story ending! Oh but not only does he die, he dies IN THE BACKGROUND PRACTICALLY AS A FOOTNOTE so that a different character no one cares about can talk about her feelings, wasting crucial time bitching about how much she doesn't like Optimus while TRYPTICON IS LITERALLY DYING BEHIND HER BUT I GUESS SLIDE IS SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE CARING ABOUT.

This is what happens when you're more concerned about huffing your own farts Writing A Theme, Man than you care about creating a satisfying ending that fans will actually enjoy lmao. Who cares about Trypticon and possibly his children that we got attached to as a result of the previous comics dying? This literal nobody who no one cares about needs to have her time in the spotlight monologuing about shit that doesn't matter while everyone around her is fucking dying.

#squiggposting #slide is the worst character in idw1. literaly the worst #she's like the peak of barber sabotaging the readers by interrupting emotional scenes just to have someone complain #also she's a privileged colony bitch who's never lived through war in her life but still feels entitled to judge the ppl who lived through #like. i don't care about her. she's stupid. she's an idiot. she's annoying. she got way too much screentime #she existed just to shit on optimus prime who's a character that actually matters unlike her #but i guess we couldn't even cut off IDW1 in an aborted season finale #without barber having to insert his depressing 'cybertronians suck and optimus sucks' nonsense in it #bc god forbid the FINALE OF THE CONTINUITY be focused on characters that are more important or have had more development #yes this is me being petty and fan wanking but also. slide sucks #little fucking worthless brat wasting way too much screentime existing only to complain about all the other established characters #that have actually had a whole series behind them and who the readers are actually attached to #absolutely worthless character who only existed to waste my time and improved nothing with her existence #squiggle being petty

[the-commonplace-book]

wow fuck sag-aftra for screwing over video game voice actors

#sag-aftra #vas talking about forming their own union and i hope they do #because holy shit #sag-aftra didn't even just approve va ai voice use in video games #they also went so far as to fucking partner with an ai business (replica) #and claimed that they consulted vas about it but literally every video game va around is saying that they absolutely were NOT consulted #we may be looking at a va strike (current discussion is whether to strike or to just form a separate union for video game vas) #(because of how they are continually screwed over by the union) #look sag-aftra has done a lot of good for film/tv actors #i'm not going to deny that #super super important stuff like establishing work conditions and child actor's rights and protections against abuse #both on set and in audition rooms #but damn they really do keep screwing over video game vas

[hyp3rfixation-h3ll]

i love that in lone bot and carb the music playing when bonz-eye explains her situation it goes from minor key signifying how she feels alone and isolated due to not knowing where she belongs , to major key at the end where she is , in a sense , at peace knowing she isn't lonely in her situation-- the other lost bots , and to a larger degree , lady macaron , have shown her that it isn't all about being in a clique full of other people like you. you can be yourself and choose who you want to be and what you want to do even if you're going solo.

and bonz-eye knows that now. even if she's still sad she'll probably never meet other plant bots, or those as down-to-earth as she is , she feels as if she has a goal now . a purpose . the very thing she was looking for in the first place. to be herself & to keep going , not for , but with her new-found friends. the ones who've been there from day 1. the music really ties it together with a neat bow, the last few notes in the major key having a sweet conclusion , reflecting how she's semi at peace with her thoughts and where she is. tl;dr god i love this show

#the captain's rambles #botbots tag 🏪 #botbots #transformers botbots #tf botbots #media analysis #bonz eye #lone bot and carb #I LOVE YOU LONE BOT AND CARB WAAAAAAAUGH #i know botbots is never supposed to be that deep but IT IS TO ME #IT IS TO ME ALWAYS ALL THE TIME FOREVER #its such an important episode to the series not just for the dynamics it establishes (and also having an iconic burgerbonz clip) #but because it goes indepth to the existential part of Being a botbot and what a squad might mean #the lost bots up until episode 10 had No grounding as a squad. they werent “official” to the other bots they were just a group of weirdos #which has a whole new level of “holy shit” when you take into account bonz-eye's outburst in rage against the karaoke machine #in their own unique ways all 5 of the lost bots struggled with that existentialism because they ALL felt isolated #it wasnt just bonz-eye it wasn't just burgertron. all five of them felt outcasted . and they all dealt with it uniquely #some in a more destructive manner than others #what does it really *mean* to be a botbot? to be in a squad? to be an inanimate object brought to life by energon? or something more comple #ring-a-ling doesnt have a squad. is she a botbot? or is she something else? #does being a botbot mean you have to be in a squad to have any respect? because obviously bots without squads are either outcasted #or already ARE outcasts of their own volition (desserto ringy etc) #but even those without squads dont respect the lost bots unless theyre super out of the mall culture loop #do you guys get what im saying or am i just spitting nonsense #also apologies for going all plato and socrates there i took a philosophy class once via crashcourse and ive never been the same since

[piganatur]

so much of the eighth sense is about the concept of being seen, or at least, the wish to be seen (and at times, not), of seeing yourself through others eyes and letting someone see the real you. like Jaewons need to be seen versus his evasion to let people identify the real him or Jihyuns avoidance of attention versus his surprise and gratitude when he gets included by people he chose to be close with. its also the realisation of picking someone out of the crowd to see them with a special kind of laser focus, and, on the other side, the experience and vulnerability of being that someone

#여덟 번째 감각 #the eighth sense #being seen is such a crucial part of feeling scared and overcoming fears #and so #jihyun and jaewons synergy of giving each other the same limitless and undulated attention #is so intimate so palpable so baring #it all ties in with the importance of #the need to hide things or keep a part of yourself hidden #not just in the process of presenting yourself in a new environment #but the re-presentation of yourself while on a journey/coming to terms with who you are #bc I believe jaewons annoyance is almost tangible at times but no one gives a shit #bc its easier to overlook it or simply not bat an eye #to dismiss others and let them dismiss him #and then jihyun not only rejects the idea of looking the other way #he also makes jaewon face him #like when they are outside the bar #jaewon smoking being so angry and done #im still obsessed with the establishing shot of that scene #at that moment jaewon is in the fishtank #but jihyun pulls him out of it #with the simple demand of #look at me #face me #im looking at you right now #im paying attention #and thats so raw and IM GOING FERAL AGAIN #smattering of thoughts

[perrypixel]

If they siblling-fy luz and hunter, I’m disowning the show

If they make lunter canon, I’m also disowning the show

#yes i am both #can't they just be friends #like im sorry bestie there is no way they are making lunter canon #but also there is one episode left and if they pull this shit last minute #i'm never watching a disney cartoon again #platonic relationships are also important!! but they don't NEED to be labeled as familial to be valid #and as much as i LOVEEE lunter (and i do) it's way to late to even TRY to establish it #text post #lunter #goldenluz

[symphonyofsilence]

The real tragedy of Fëanor never getting rembodied is that we'll never have a Bilbo/Fëanor interaction in Valinor.

#I just wanted to see how it would go okay #Bilbo is the ONE person who would have no problem roasting Fëanor #but he'd also fanboy so hard #he's a certified history & language nerd & Fëanor is the ultimate linguist & historian he had established a school! #not to mention that he himself was probably the most important historical figure! #but nothing could have stopped Bilbo from being a lil shit #& he would get away with it cuz he always does #he could sing about the exact moment Elrond's abandonment issues started in front of Elrond in the house of Elrond & get away with it #lord of the rings #silmarillion #the silm #lotr #tolkien #jrrt #bilbo baggins #Fëanoro #feanor #my two cents #ok but maybe Bilbo wouldn't have been the only character who would roast Fëanor Nerdanel could would and canonically did

[thewhizzyhead]

okay um so how utterly shocked and/or disappointed would you guys be if I told you that the one thing that has finally convinced me to actually check out Starkid's The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals,,,was a video of the musical's closing number filled with literally all of the musical's spoilers + a plot twist and a breakdown that is clearly meant to be experienced um chronologically for it to have the most impact especially considering that it HEAVILY involves the show's two main characters and that said twist HEAVILY relies upon ummmm yea actually having watched the fucking musical properly first-

#basically all i'm saying is #adhd is a bitch #and inevitable is one of the best musical closing numbers i've ever seen #oki its important to establish that i already know of the musical's whole plot waaaay before even watching the inevitable video #so like i know all of the twists and tricks even if i haveng actually watched the musical in its entirety yet #i have also listened to a couple of songs from it too long ago #and tho i liked the songs and i loved the plots premise ummm yea i got busy and wasnt really that hooked yet despite knowing it was cool #so anyways like the non-existent attention span bitch that i am i checked out inevitable today cause why not #and um holy fuck i'm hooked holy shit this is so perfectly executed #eVERYONE'S ACTING! LAUREN LOPEZ'S TERROR! HER BREAKING THE 4TH WALL OUT OF DESPERATION! #tHE SHOW STOPPING NUMBER! #the ending has finally convinced me to watch the musical fROM THE BEGINNING BECAUSE HOLY FUCK #iNEVITABLE IS PERFECTLY EXECUTED AND I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT IT LIKE I AM IN AWE #i knew this show was good but i didnt know it was THAT GOOD #will definitely check this out soon #the guy who didn't like musicals #starkid

[kalopsic-lagomorph]

i think helluva boss wouldve been better as an episode sitcom

#I'm not sorry because it's true #They got way ahead of themselves for this project #You cant just skip the establishing shit just so u can get to angst and shipping #Angst is only important when you have a status quo to compare it to #And helluva boss had a status quo for MAYBE three episodes #Really needs some breathing room #Helluva boss #Ro talks #And just cos something's a sticom doesn't mean they don't develop ???? #It just happens slower and more gradually

[afarcryfrommymain]

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Far Cry: New Dawn Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Characters: Female Captain of Security (Far Cry), Thomas Rush, Carmina Rye, The Highwaymen (Far Cry), Mickey (Far Cry), Lou (Far Cry) Additional Tags: Original Character(s), Canon-Typical Violence, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Behavior, Feral Behavior, Threats of Violence, Graphic Description of Corpses, Changing Perspectves Summary:

Olive Laurier is Captain of security on Thomas Rush's team, going around the post-apocalyptic countryside and liberating people from Highwayman Control. Unfortunately the plot of new dawn involves her ending up in Hope County, which is currently crawling with highwaymen and split between the Scavengers in Prosperity and the New Edeners.

#far cry new dawn #Far cry captain #captain of security #captain olive #olive laurier #yes it's another new dawn fic #im gonna make it my main new dawn one though #my other one is my love my life my favorite #my first #but that means i don't really want to keep writing that one because i have better ideas for a long form fic #and i also get to write aphids stuff in a normal way #these first chapters are sorta re-writed of in-game scenes but #establishing shit important

[green-lanterns-c0ck]

"accidentally kidnapping a mafia boss" JohnKyle

John's day is going bad. His car broke down in the middle of nowhere, Ohio, his mother is in the hospital, and if he doesn't get to his meeting with his rich and eccentric potential client on time, he won't get the job, and if he doesn't get the job, he won't have the money to pay for either her medical bills or the car repair.

There's no trains, taxis, or airports in walking distance from nowhere, Ohio, and John has not slept in about three days. All in all, his day is going bad, and he's very stressed and taking the random unlocked car with the keys in the ignition made sense in the moment, okay?

It's not like he plans on keeping it! He just needs to get to the airport and then he'll leave it behind and even put a bit of change on the seat to pay for the gas. This won't hold up in any court, but it made sense in John's head when he decided to do it, and now it's too late to back out, he's already two hours in. So all in all, John's day is going so incredibly badly it'd be hard pressed to get worse.

And that's when the guy sleeping in the footspace of the back seats wakes up.

#john: why are you in my car???? #kyle: why are YOU driving MY car???? #the guy mafia boss kyle told to keep an eye on the car while kyle “took care of important business” in the back: *holding a box of donuts - #- and a cup of coffee* Oh shit where's my boss and my bosses car? #johnkyle #mafia BOSS kyle #upgrade from mafia princess kyle #though I did think about making it “john and kyle accidentally kidnap kyle's mafia boss uncledad” #but I thought this fit the established trope better. #ohio is empty right? #corn? #green lantern #asks #kiseiakhun #my wrtitng