#further commentary:

[serialadoptersbracket]

Bonus Round: Tomfight Rematch, Madelines Not Included

(Mod notes: This bonus round is mostly an apology to O’Malley, for having to fight Batman in round 2. I’ve cut all of Wachowski’s propaganda that mentions his wife, as he fights here without her. On a similar note, reminder to Houston’s fans that his bio-kid, for the purposes of this tournament, does not matter. [Sorry, Tim.])

Without further ado…

Submitted kids:

O’Malley: Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz

Houston: Lex and Hannah Foster

Wachowski: Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles

Propaganda under the cut!

O’Malley:

“That cat was immediately all about the family of the lady cat he fell for. Well, he was slightly put off at first but he adapted quickly and was all about keeping them safe.

He was Disneys first canonical stepfather!”

No propaganda has been submitted for Houston

Wachowski:

“they're canonically found family; at least Sonic & them are 100% confirmed, & Tails & Knuckles are implied.

Tom may be a cop but he actively goes against the government in both movies. in the first, to protect this alien hedgehog kid he just met in his shed & shot with a tranquilizer dart by accident, & in the second, his kid & his new friend (Tails), both of which just came tumbling through a ring portal & crashing Maddie's sister Rachel's wedding.”

#thomas o'malley #tom houston #tom wachowski #disney #hatchetfield #sonic the hedgehog #the aristocats #black friday #sonic movie #serial adopters bracket #bonus round #tumblr polls #tumblr tournament #further commentary: #on O’Malley: #I have a feeling I know how this round will go HOWEVER #on Wachowski: #to be clear we love the character here but HATE the actor #on Houston: #finally did a character named Tom really name his son *Tim*??? hatchetfield wildin

[museofvoid]

i think men are too emotional to own websites

#i don't have any further commentary actually #i'm just almost impressed by how big of a manbaby elon musk is #elon musk #twitter

[lucabite]

loop you cant say that

+ bonus

#i dont have any further commentary i just think im funny #isat #in stars and time #isat loop #loop isat #doodlebyte #fanart #in stars and time fanart #isat fanart

[olessan]

live druid reaction

#presented without further commentary lol #i'm sorry I just couldn't help myself #Critical Role #CriticalRole #TLOVM #TLOVM spoilers #The legend of vox machina #legend of vox machina #keyleth #keyleth of the air ashari #percy de rolo #percival de rolo #vex'halia #vexhalia #live slug reaction #memes #critical role memes #cr memes #Percy I love your stupid angry little blush #vex'ahlia

[stil-lindigo]

The Biden admin is quietly preparing to pressure Switzerland to block a bid to probe violations of the Geneva Conventions ― aka war crimes ― by both Israel & Hamas (+ others).

Today in “things you do when you’re definitely on the right side of history”…

#saw a tweet that said the day the US empire crumbles is the day the world rejoices #saying that without adding any further commentary #free palestine #free gaza #you may be hearing less from gaza and it is not bc things are getting better it’s bc more people are dying #palestine #israel

[khaotunq]

TYPECAST: First Kanaphan edition

#first kanaphan #the eclipse #moonlight chicken #blacklist series #wolf series #only friends the series #not me the series #wake up ladies #my gifs #my edits #mine: first kanaphan #mine: typecast #userjamiec #tuserhidden #tuserrowan #tostrangers #idk if any usertags will work bc of how far down they are? but #should i use the edit tags instead of the show names? #i don't wanna use bl source or asian lgbtq~ tags bc they're not all bls #i don't fuckn no how to tag thisssss #i am in DISTRESS #i was about to say presented without further commentary but then i did my alt texts #sorry about that. #i lost my mind making this set btw #nobody's allowed to ask chiara about it #i have khaotung drafted but i have to go download a bunch of episodes to gif some of the characters #u better believe i have typecasts written for a bunch of these boys but lord knows if i'll ever do em #i didn't do kim because 1) i haven't watched the shipper and 2) i just have him described as 'dead' because i think i'm funny #i didn't do f4 or astrophile either bc i haven't watched them and don't intend to

[yeast-infection-enthusiast]

#presented without further commentary #feminism #feminismo #radblr #radfem #heterorealism #misogny #tw rape #tw sa

[wreckedhoney]

MASSIVE SPOILER for one of the endings.

it's been a while since i tried looking, but i did hear that something like this happens last year and over time started to think, "was it a fluke?" bc no one posted footage or caps of it then, and i aimed for a completionist run in my first playthrough. turns out it's real! and definitely shines a new light on a character that, for most other types of playthroughs, will not give this much emotion! EDIT: transcript now included, and some stillshots under the cut

[0:28] Marie: Henry, this is the man who kept you from doing the right thing tonight. Kill him. [0:15] Forrest: Henry, you don’t have to do this. If you’ve not killed anyone yet, there’s still time to make the right decision. [0:05] Out of shot: (Gunshots) Henderson Police! Freeze! Marie: No! Henry, get out of there!

#killer frequency #henry barrow #these hands……… #so yes MORE spoilers and further commentary ahead here in the tags: #yes this is a fairly tragic ending if you already know how to get it. but again TERRIFIC VOICE ACTING BEFOREHAND AND AFTER. #feel free to reply in post if you want to ask about that part. #i didn't include that in the vid bc it's so visceral and raw but i love their performances. that shit hit hard dang. #but i want to ask anyone if their perspective on henry changes after seeing this? mine does tbh. i didn't expect a possible show of remorse #like at most hesitation! but bc of the context of forrest's dialogue- does it lean into remorse? a large definite shift in his mind! #even if he Has killed already then he's still taking forrest's words to heart and reconsidering everything which DAMN- #-my videogamey headcanon of forrest's character stats showing his Persuasion and Charm MAXED OUT is pulling tf through here!! #also can anyone reply re: would forrest's dialogue change but he still survives if henry kills maurice or murphy? or would forrest die? #and if the devs Actually gave henry other official kills in the game but didn't disclose them in the narrative- then is this the test? #like if henry kills AT ALL in game even though the player isn't privy to knowing which victims are his then is this ending unattainable? #also placing this scene/character moment behind THIS ENDING SPECIFICALLY heck that's cold. dang fellas. #going to eventually pull out a hc i've been holding back for a long time in a later post and i'll mention this scene again then- #-but this part in particular as well as another “easter egg” has really put more fuel to it

[liquidstar]

sleepovers save money on hotel rooms while on missions 👍

#finn's ocs #finn's art #sorry i was super offline the past few days but i had some time to draw between stuff so. them :) #besides i might as well draw all them hanging out like this after drawing PJ designs. but unlike in those i gave polaris and saiph pants #let them at least be decent while hanging out LOL #i want to draw lots more misc oc stuff now that i have all the refs done #but somehow i have too many ideas and yet none at all at the same time! if you have suggestions lmk 😅 #anyway polaris is annoyed at saiph here because he wont stop moving his head even though the braiding was his idea lol #bella passed the fuck out shes one of those ppl who have a very set sleep schedule #wakes up at 6am falls asleep immediately at 9pm #lets all pray she doesnt wake up with something stupid drawn on her face tomorrow #mira is just having fun tho shes reading to everyone every cute :) saiph interrupts with commentary (causing further annoyance from polaris #al is mostly observing like hes just happy to be hanging out. also having al be the most in the shadows because of course #but he likes watching his friends interact. but also hey man his eyes are up there #anyway i tried my best w the colors here so hopefully it looks okay. i wanted something warm but also kinda dark to give off late night vib #i hope tumblr doesnt kill the quality tho! it looks kinda blurry rn but it might be ok when i hit post #if it fits well i might make it my new blog header too? maybee #^_^

[bidokja]

I was joking a while back that the actor they have playing KDJ for the orv movie was too handsome for him and a friend who's read orv was like "KDJ is actually secretly attractive!!" And I just felt my soul leave my body right then

SIGHS...

Okay. Buckle in. I'm gonna finally actually address and explain and theorize about this whole...thing.

I'm not gonna cite any exact chapters cause it's like 11:30 and I've got an 8 hour drive in the morning but I'll at least make an approximate reference to where certain things are mentioned. Also, this post is just my personal interpretation for a good bit of it, but it's an interpretation I feel very solid about, so do with that what you will. Moving on to the meat of things:

There is one (1) instance in the web novel that I know of which describes specific features of Kim Dokja (especially ones other people notice). This takes place when members of KimCom are trying to make Kim Dokja presentable to give his speech at the Industrial Complex (after it's been plopped down on Earth). This is when they start really paying attention and focusing on Kim Dokja's appearance since they're putting makeup on him; I still don't think they can interpret his whole face, but they can accurately pick out and retain more features than usual. If I remember correctly they reference him having long eyelashes, smooth skin, and soft hair. These features can be viewed as (stereotypically) attractive.

Certain parts of the fandom have taken this scene and run with it at a very surface level, without realizing (or without acknowledging at the very least) that this scene is not about how Kim Dokja looks. This is, in part, due to not realizing or acknowledging why Kim Dokja's face is "censored" in the first place, and what that censoring actually means. I think it's also possible that some people are assuming the censorship works like a physical phenomena rather than an altered perception.

I'll address that last point first. The censorship of Kim Dokja's features is not something as simple as a physical phenomena. It's not a bar or scribble or mosaic over his face. If that were true it'd be very obvious to anyone looking at him that his face is hidden. But his face is not hidden to people. They can look at him and see a face. If they concentrate on his eyes, they can see where he's looking. They know when he's frowning or grinning. They see a face loud and clear. But what face are they seeing? Because it's not really his, whatever they're seeing.

No one quite agrees on what he really looks like. And if they try and think about what he looks like, they can't recall. Or if they do, it's vague, or different each time. We notice these little details throughout the series. Basically, Kim Dokja's face is cognitively obscured. Something - likely the Fourth Wall, though I can't recall if this is ever stated outright - is interfering with everyone's ability to perceive him properly. This culminated in him feeling off to others; and since they don't even realize this is happening, they surmise that he is "ugly."

Moving on to the other point about what the censorship means: To be blunt, the censorship of his face is an allegory for his disconnect from the "story" (aka: real life, and the real people at his side). The lifting - however slight - of this censorship represents him becoming more and more a part of the "story" (aka: less disconnected from the life he is living and the people at his side). The censorship's existence and lifting can represent other things - like dissociation or depersonalization or, if you want to get really meta, the fact that he is all of our faces at once - but that's how I'd sum up the main premise of it. (The Fourth Wall is a larger part of the dissociation allegory, but that's for another post).

So you see, them noticing his individual features isn't about the features. It's not about the features! It doesn't matter at all which features got listed. Because they could describe any features whatsoever and it would not change the entire point of the scene. Because the point isn't what he looks like. The point is that they can truly and clearly see these features. For the first time. They are seeing parts of him for the first time. Re-read that sentence multiple times, literally and metaphorically. What does it mean to see someone as they are?

This is an extremely significant turning point dressed up as a dress-up scene.

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P.S. / Additionally, I'm of the opinion that Kim Dokja is not handsome, and he is not ugly. He is not pretty, and he is not ghastly. Not attractive, nor unattractive. Kim Dokja isn't any of these things. More importantly, Kim Dokja can't be any of these things. The entire point of Kim Dokja is that you cannot pick him out of a crowd; he is the crowd. He's a reader. He's the reader. Why does he need to be handsome? Why must he be pretty? Why is him being attractive necessary or relevant? He doesn't, he doesn't, it's not. He is someone deeply deeply loved and irreplaceable to those around him, and someone who cannot even begin to recognize or accept that unless it's through a love letter masquerading as a story he can read. He is the crowd, a reader, the reader. He's you, he's me. He's every single one of us.

#orv #orv analysis #orv meta #orv spoilers #mine #ask #there's also the meta that he is described with these (stereotypically) pretty features as they are about to try and 'sell' him to a crowd #which feels to me like a very pointed way to convey how 'beauty' is commodified. how audiences like 'attractive' characters more #note: made some edits to add in a couple of sentences my brain forgot in the moment so make sure u reblogged those if u do #tag edits for further commentary that isnt strictly relevant to the point i was making: #do i think that this face censorship was executed as well as it could have been? nah. #not that it was like. done Badly. it's followed through to a certain point. its established enough for me to make this post at least. #but i do think it is the one thing in the web novel that SS didn't capitalize on. #like. they still stuck the landing but it was not as picture perfect of an execution as the rest of the metaphorical stuff in orv #also. this (not the face censorship specifically but the 'hes just some guy' point of it all) is one of the big reasons i think that- #-visual adaptions of orv can never quite work. they can do the best that they can with that medium but a lot of nuance is lost- #-simply by virtue of it being a visual medium #i personally think the only way a visual medium could work would be one where they commit to the power move of not showing kdj's face #(until a certain point (of view) that is) #his face is always facing away or out of frame or hidden by someone or something else in the way #commit to the fucking allegory or simply perish

[klainegifs]

A Comprehensive Inventory of Kurt Hummel’s Hats (+ other headwear) -> Season 1, episodes 9-13 That charcoal fiddler hat really had baby!Kurt in a chokehold, huh?

#i have no further commentary lmao #kurt hummel #glee #kurt #kurt hats #s1 #kurt s1 #misc. #kurt misc.

[raainberry]

whoever had the idea of putting idols in soccer jerseys, i wish you a very one million dollars✨🫶

#twice jihyo #park jihyo #i will refrain from any further commentary #just know i will be thinking of this for the rest of my life #JIHYO THE PSG JERSEY WOULD SUIT YOU SO WELL

[angelsaxis]

miles story being written for him and how he means to reject that opens up with a racially motivated mess from that guidance counselor who some might say "meant well" but who ultimately was just going to do more harm than good. why arent more people talking about that

#angel posts #like its repeated constantly #yall are aware miles parents were annoyed w gwen cause she kept pulling white girl shit (calling them by their first name) right #theres that meta commentary on how ultimately miles will reject what the writers have in store for him #take it a step further and you can see how white peple #or NBs in general try to control the lives of Black teens/boys bc they think they know better #maybe when I have time ill say more #atsv spoilers #atsv

[old-stoneface]

not quite as exploratory as i wanted but heres my carrot design. i kinda hit the nail in one swing so im not gonna do any revision unless i come up w a really good idea

#discworld #my art #carrot ironfoundersson #further commentary is that i find his posture really hard to draw for some reason but with practice i shall improve #the main idea was to make him look meaty. not muscley. meaty #normally i would give all men everywhere body hair but hes a ginger so hes very blond all over

[cinamun]

Super, ultra viral | Next

Oof... Dearest Readers, follow me under the cut to unpack this diaper bag right quick:

So there have been, throughout this story, themes regarding the ways in which the State shows up in the lives of those less fortunate. Those on the "other side" of the tracks so-to-speak. How the State specifically targets certain (Black) families. The Child Protection system (DPS, DCFS, CPS... goes by many names, still the same) was part of Darren's entire story. So here we are.

Yesterday I made mention of how ruthless the "justice" system is and for someone like Jerri, it doesn't get any better.

Learn you something:

Why is this happening to them? <-

The other reason <-

Also stay tuned.

#ts4 #indya #black simblr #tw #author provides no further commentary at this time #ts4 story #sims 4 story #simblr #ch21

[minnaci]

in light of recent deepthroating discussions i would like to propose: sucking tdick. there r no drawbacks. no gagging no choking no petichiae for ur dentist to find and judge (unless ofc it turns ur partner on). just sucking dick and cock. and if ur lucky the refractory period is less than a minute!

#thinkmin! #i have no further commentary ur honor