#i know the rainbow was there in the background the whole scene but STILL

[aphroditesmoon]

fem reader attending one of gwen stacys band shows and just being distracted by how gorgeous she is 🤞🤞?

see how it shines

gwen stacy x fem!reader

warnings: none, fluff, lyrics from the song; risk by mega mango.

a/n: I hope you enjoyed this lovely <3

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THE SHOW has already started. You were about 15 minutes late due to the absolute horrid traffic. The scene wasn't one you'd see yourself to ever be in if you were honest.

You enjoyed music much more in a less crowded company. The sweating and the yelling could get tiring after a full 20 minutes. But once you've slid into the front rows of the crowd, you feel as if the whole world had gone quiet.

They were still there and they are still singing and yelling, buf it all felt like a background noise then. The kind you'd put on using the television or a radio while you actually focus on whatever it is that's consuming you. And when your eyes had met the sight of the infamous drummer, Gwen Stacy.

You'd realized then that she was the focus in this situation. You supposed you should thank her for the front row tickets.

The two of you had met in a record shop,  you were looking for a good ole Amy Winehouse when as she lets her eyes search the section, left arm alredy hanging onto an Indigo De Souza vinyl. She'd introduced you to new music that evening, with a ticket to one of her shows near your area.

The lead singer had a mesmerizing voice, but you found yourself zeroing on the beats of her drum, and the way it matches the tune so easily. As the music gets louder, the lyrics became clearer too as you try your best to sing along with the rest of the crowd.

"I know I'm not alone or far from home...but I'm freezin.." It sounded like the type of music she'd make. Just the vibe she gave off. Though you almost expected her to be a rock kind of girl. Her eyes were stuck to her instruments, she was there but she wasn't. And when she opened her eyes and risked a glance to the crowd, your arms instinctively goes up to wave. Her eyes meet yours, and your anxious heart relaxes when she smiles at you. "...I've been up all night..." 

You were embarrassed of yourself for raising your hand. But her notice rid you of your humiliation. Besides, you were sure no one else besides her even saw it in the first place.

She had a leather jacket on, with bright coloured pins on them. You wondered when was the last time you saw someone who looked this good in a leather jacket on real life, someone in a band too.

The dimly purple coloured lights gave her a glow that convinced you she must be an angel at the moment. The absolute passion in the way her hands moved made her stand out to you the same way rainbows do in hazy skies after a heavy rain. Like it just made sense. You ignore the slight nausea you were suddenly feeling. Stop getting overexcited. You scolded your nerves. You heart was weak, and what with this full of fire of a being in front of you, you'd let her consume your whole being if she wanted to, with the way her eyes are twinkling slightly like faded stars, and she's smirking at you like she knows you'll do anything if she'd just ask.

The rest of the one and a half hour show, you felt drunk of the lively atmosphere. The smell of sweat ceased to bug you every time Gwen acknowledged your presence with a look. You had waited for her once the show ended. Doubts risen of whether you should've just left as everyone currently was, but the drummer herself was quick to find you before you could change your mind.

She beckoned you to the corner of the stage. The air felt less stuffier as people moved to the exit, and yet your chest was piunding like you lacked it with every step you took. A silly grin was plastered on your face, and how happy you felt to see her sharing the same expression.

The spotlights was being shut off when you reached her. You failed to hold yourself back from a hug, arms wrapping themselves around her as if they're used to doing it. The sudden jerk of her body told you she wasn't expecting it, hut she returned it as easily. "I didn't think you'd come." She teases.

You pulled away from her, againts your own want. "Well I did." You replied awkwardly, hands feeling empty as they leave her body. "You did." She repeated.

"And I'm glad you did. Did you like our songs?" You nodded. "I liked seeing you play, you seem passionate about drumming-" Her fingers finds your own before she pulls you with her to the backstage. "-like you're lost in your own world when you start playing." She lets out an awkward laugh at that.

The rest of her bandmates barely glance at her as she brings you into a room with her name by the door. The lead singer was the only one who looked your way, winking at her before he went back to talking with another girl. "I feel like I'm in a different world when I play." She states before closing her door.

You took a seat on the single couch in the cramped room, watching as she finishes off a bottle of water on her desk. "That's nice. " you replied genuinely. "I've never really had any particular thing I liked to doing, or am good at." You explained. If she looked like she wasn't listening before, she completely turned herself towards you as she sits on the spinning chair opposite you, completely paying attention. "Oh there must be something you like to do." You chuckle at that and shook your head slightly. "I mean, I like reading, and sometimes I play video games or something. But nothing I'd say that I'm particular sure I'm passionate about."

She gives an understanding  'ah', nodding her head at your words.

"Maybe you just haven't found it yet, I mean- I know everyone says that a lot...but sometimes your passion could just be out there, waiting in a...random concert you've been coereced to go, or maybe its in the form of a cooking book recipe? You know what I mean?" You nodded. You did know.

"You never know until you actually try the things you never have before. Maybe, drumming could be your passion, who knows?" You laughed in a suprised manner at her teasing. The blonde girl grinned warmly at you, raising a brow. "What? I'm serious! I could give you a few lessons." You hummed and smiled brightly at her.

"Oh I'm very sure music isn't it, I can't even read music notes." You confessed, earning an audible gasp from her. "What?"

"Mmhm." You confirmed, scrunching your nose at her. "All the more reasons to teach you." She decided, earning another laugh from you. "You are relentless!" You noted. She shrugged and moved her chair closer to you. "The things you'd do to spend more time with another person." She whispers loud enough for your ears. You feel your cheek warming at her obvious flirting attempts. But with the pressure to come up with something smart to say back, you ended up saying nothing instead, mouth open, yet speechless.

"Sorry." She apologies when she sensed your quietness. "I have a tendency to move too fast-" You stand up abruptly, cutting off her trail of words. "Oh no- not at all!" She days nothing, waiting for you to continue. "I just, well I just didn't think you'd like me like that."

She frowns when you're done. Standing up herself, so she'd be in an eye level as you. "I've been trying to get your number since we first met at the record shop." Oh. she did. You hadn't given her because you were sure that she was just joking. "And I would love to have your number still, If you're fine with that." You were sure you're looking like an idiot with how big your smile was.

"For drumming lessons?" You joked. The corners of her eyes crinkles adorably as she dissolves into a giggle. "And other lessons you could be interested in."

#gwen stacy fanfiction #gwen stacy x reader #gwen stacy #ghost spider #spider gwen #atsv gwen #spiderman across the spiderverse #atsv #atsv x reader #across the spiderverse

[ariapmdeol]

How would you describe the dynamic between seosane 🙏

they mean everything to me,, (receiving your question right after i got one that says "yaoi" was very fun for me. yeah thats my yaoi <3) Spoilers for the entire DLC, including whats past the youtube TL! I mention things from Hermit Room. quotes are paraphrased or referenced bc i am too lazy to dig for them.

I have another seosane essay somewhere in drafts but i can't find it rn and it's not edited so you're getting my current stream of consciousness <3

sanemitsu and seodore are two people who, by the end of dlc, have very different perspectives on how to handle the timeline and what should be done. Sanemitsu in particular goes through several perspectives on this, varying from his POV pre-1999, 1999-2015, S root, and S+. They are parallels and narrative foils, and this shapes how they interact with each other.

From their first interactions, they both have something that the other party wants. Seodore promises that Sanemitsu can change things, if they can reach Gods Love. Sanemitsu is critical to changing things (as we see in the start of DLC/S root). You can see them talk about this in record 4, where neither of them will know if Sanemitsu's ability has activated or taken effect. Seodore wants Sanemitsu to use this ability. Sanemitsu resists because he knows that if he changes the past, then he'll lose Reiji. Reiji, who is his number one priority, who he's clinging to as tight as he can.

But they appreciate each other. There's fondness. Their breakfast conversation at the end of DLC highlights that despite them ending up on different perspectives on the past, they still understand each other.

What always stands out to me is in Hermit room, there is a choice that the player can make. The two options are (paraphrased):

Even if we gained something at the end of it, it would have been better if none of it had happened. [better to change the past even if we gained something in the end]

If we gained something at the end of it, then we can't say that it would have been better that none of it had happened. [better that the past happens (good and bad), if we gained something in the end of it]

This choice is both paralleling Sanemitsu's perspective change in S vs S+, and the perspective of Seodore versus Sanemitsu (and System.NH) as two halves of the same whole. They're foils, and remain on good terms despite their differing POVs.

it's about the Metafiction. Sanemitsu doesn't break the fourth wall until after our current point in canon (System.NH is 2019 and also Outside the Timeline). Seodore breaks it ALL the time bc he Knows but doesnt SEE. Tangent but can you tell I really like the metafiction groups. I like System.NH + Seodore + Mutei, I think it's fun.

It's about the quiet things going on in the background. About blood, about factors, about inheritance. The contrast between the domesticity of daily life (seodore canonically makes him breakfast!). It's about "I'll take your hand, Seodore" (PARAPHRASING AGAIN) and things left unspoken. It's about what he says about Seodore in his journal from 1999. (see just before record 4. yt tl doesnt show us whats inside unfortunately).

Also it's SO good that they have other priorities than each other. They both know and are fully aware of this and it's so <33

This is why I like the intro scene to DLC so much too-- they both know that they're dying there. Even if this plan works, even if things change, even if the interaction between the Rainbow Factor Artifact (Malkuth) and Respawn means that there's a chance to save Reiji, then the selves that exist in this moment still die. This is peak yaoi to me.

There is something to be said about how sanemitsu refuses to risk using this power, until the very last moment. He only does so when Reiji is dead and he's lost the last person he wanted to cling to so desperately.

Fun Fact: Seodore has his eyes closed for this entire scene except for ONE frame as sanemitsu raises the blade <3

I realize a lot of this is about them as a duo but not necessarily in a shipping lens oops.

From the lens of them as a COUPLE, they dont talk about it LMAO. They are doing couple things and ignoring their feelings about it bc theyre both still mourning other people. I do think they're the kind of couple who do domestic things like grocery shopping together,, cooking,, sitting around at home,, a casual kind of comfort in each other. The hand holding symbolism gets to me. "ill take your hand" linked with THIS SCENE, RIGHT AFTER THAT LINE. Linked with Sanemitsu's scarred hand only being present in S+ because it comes from killing Seodore. They mean everything to me.

You have no idea how crazy i went when i saw this scene DSALKLKJDSA

This ended up off topic. this all factors into the dynamic of two guys who keep thinking about other things and have a lot going on but can choose to find comfort in each other regardless. i think they should kiss <3

anyways. these are my guys who i love and adore. Seosane forever <3

#cell of empireo #seosane #sanemitsu isoi #seodore riddle #aria rambles #aria answers #aria's analysis #anon #coe spoilers #gavi no clicky #yayyy my yaoi #ok this is getting long enough #i need to finish my dlc replay #i went on tangents sorry #also i do not explain the s to s+ stuff but ill explain it another time

[tatasoom]

PREVIEW IS RAISING PAINFUL FAMILY ISSUES

Maybe the most hard to write analysis, because I totally understand topics like divorced parents, hardworking mother, problematic older brother and all those psychological little things someone probably didn't even notice. Day's family is like trigger bingo for me and that's... interesting.

1. Let's start with the most controversial part.

Day and Mhok will come back home, I guess MUCH later than they planned and also with bad news about Day's eyes condition. Many people keep writing about Day's mother being too harsh, that she's always busy making money and can't understand how much Mhok loves Day.

You can see that in this scene every character has tears in their eyes. They all have their own truth as well.

Day loves Mhok and wants to be more independent and he's right.

Mhok loves Day and want to take care of him and he's right.

Day's mother loves Day and want him to not be hurt and she's right.

That's why this scene is so heartbreaking.

We already know about Mhok and Day's love, but look at Day's mother perspective! She was officially married, gave birth to two boys and still that wasn't enough for that man not to leave her for another woman letting her and her sons craving for food. Now you want this woman to accept that her completely blind younger son has a romantic relationship with a man she barely knows. Not even mentioning Mhok's background and financial status. For her the word "love" will never ever be enough to agree with this whole situation.

So Mhok wants to quite (and that is also right), Day can't bare the thought of loosing him even for a day now that he knows how it feels to love and be loved. P'MHOK PROMISED HE WON'T LET GO OFF OF DAY'S HAND will think Day of course. However things has already changed and Mhok will be standing outside the door:

Mhok was allowed to join this family sometimes on definite terms. Day's mother already told him that there're only three of them and those who breakes this rule is not welcomed anymore.

And for those who thinks Day and Mhok is gonna break up. Nah, not these guys. They'll be together next episode.

2. Begin again

I really appreciate the idea of giving Mhok a chance to change his life completely. When talking about Last Twilight being a series that gives hope we need to mention that no person is qualified for only one job. No matter how old are you, no matter what you studied in the uni, you can find something new you really like to do and make it your job.

Btw, could you think of that Mhok who aggressively fixed a chair becoming a chef?! The best plot twist ever haha

Also need to mention the bag in Day's hand. I have a strong feeling that Day can leave home after arguing with his mother (not blame both of them actually).

3. Love love love

It's not Last Twilight if we don't have some funny and bright scenes after some angst like rainbow after the rain.

They're in love, your honor!

It's pretty interesting that Day is painting something after meeting his father (who's an artist). Did you know that visually impaired people can be painters too?

This scene also gave us a lot of BTS shots, so we can assume that Night and Phojai will be somehow there with Day and Mhok, yay!

I like her Kiss t-shirt, she's a badass!

4. Another scene?

Now I want to tell you something about the scene we didn't see in a preview, but already have some hints for it.

One of the most beautiful picture in the whole series. Do you remember the bag? It's here, right beside Day!

I can't show everything with screenshots (and too lazy to make gifs so really appreciate everyone who makes it), but Mhok looks kinda sad listening to Day in this scene. Maybe Day needs to go back home? Oh maybe they just discussing some serious things? Who knows!

And that's all for this episode 10.

I don't like the idea of having ep 11 curse after having already like four or even more heart wrenching episodes... However we still didn't see that crying Mhok from the trailer. And moreover there's another hint for something terrifying, we just don't know yet if it's future or past. I don't think I'm ready for this sh*t if it's gonna happen later. Once I've noticed it I can't stop thinking of this moment and also can't make myself to discuss it. Let's just trust in P'Aof. And prepare some money for going to Thailand.

Thank you for reading!

For more brainrot check this.

#last twilight the series #last twilight #jimmy jitaraphol #sea tawinan #jimmysea #mhokday #morkday

[chirpsythismorning]

Crack Theory: Will Byers is Twelve (012) - Part 3

I seriously meant it when I said things are about to get even more interesting. You're not ready.

I didn't notice this until literally today (so if it's a well known concept already, my apologizes!).

For those like me who didn't know about this, essentially we got two different versions of the opening to the Massacre at Hawkins Lab. The 4x01 version, and the 4x07 version.

They're almost identical, both one long take, but still with slight differences, especially in how they end. It's now clear to me that these are two entirely different takes. And so what purpose does that serve exactly?

I'm guessing they did this in large part to convey how El now has a more clear memory of that day, compared to at the start of the season.

But upon rewatching the 4x07 version, and specifically in the context of this Twelve theory, I'm shook.

4x07: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (cont.)

Does this series of images... remind you of anything?

ANYWAYS

THERE HE IS ON THE LEFT!

Oh nvm he's gone.

WAIT THERE HE IS AGAIN!

It's confirmed!?!! Twelve (Will) sat next to Eleven (El)!?!?! It's just that the story wasn't willing to reveal this in the beginning....

And there he is again, just on the edge of the frame, to the right, coloring away...

Then, Brenner takes Ten out of the Rainbow room, and suddenly this moment that was framed as important in the s4 opener, is now being looked at from a more important perspective: El's.

El then follows through with the plan, in hopes it will bring back her memory...

The last time we see Twelve, he's still sitting at the desk drawing.

I will say before getting into what's about to happen, that this sequence is pretty haphazard at times. Like s3 ending w/the goodbye hugs level haphazard. What I'm saying is, there's visible shots during this sequence, where you can tell the blocking of the characters doesn't match up exactly with where they were in the previous shot/where they were probably intended to be for that shot.

However, I think it's helpful to think about how these are very young actors in this scene, and a scene that is extremely sensitive/serious at that. I wouldn't want children (or even adults) to have to work ungodly amounts of hours, redoing a take over and over because it wasn't perfect, nor would I expect them to do reshoots just because one or two shots doesn't match perfectly with what they intended continuity-wise. That just happens occasionally in film, and the only people with perfect continuity, I imagine are a pain in the ass to work with...

However, I think there is one specific detail that makes me slightly open to humoring this theory.

Because I will admit, I myself am skeptical for an abundance of reasons. There is still a lot that would need to be addressed in s5 if Will was indeed Twelve this whole time. Like a lot of explaining. Though, now looking back at past seasons, there is an interesting new angle to think about it with all of this in mind (that's a different post for a different day).

Still, one of the main arguments, that debunks this whole theory, is that presumably, all of the kids died that day, except for El. Right?

And so how the hell would Twelve (Will) have survived?

Well, that one specific detail I was just referring to, is the framing of Twelve in s4, and specifically in relation to El.

As you've seen so far, Twelve is either very much in focus more than the others, practically front and center, or he's lingering in the background of shots that are really odd for him to be in, or he is left out of the sequences almost entirely, while everyone else is shown. It is so. weird.!

And the ending of the massacre follows that same formula.

As El runs into the Rainbow room, the first place she looks is in the direction where she was just sitting before she left, which we now know happens to be where Twelve was as well (last time we saw him).

However, we do not get to see what El saw in this exact moment. Instead, the camera continues to focus on El as her eyes scan the room from left to right.

Once she looks down to her right, we finally get to see what she sees (I'm not going to post these shots for obvious reasons).

And so basically....

I think Twelve is under the mirror/window, roughly the same area where Twelve was when she left the Rainbow room...

The first time we get closer to seeing someone possibly under the mirror/window, they don't allow us to. It's as if they are panning over it, high enough so that test subject is out of view.

But then, we see a pair of feet on the floor to the left, below the mirror/window, along with a very prominent bloody hand print.

Take note of that handprint and those feet because I think it could be important...

SHIT there it is again!

And again, this time slightly between Henry and El, but more so closer to Henry.

God. I feel like any moment know, dramatic irony is gonna kick in and we're somehow gonna get something that makes us think of Will...

IM SO SORRY

Part 4 coming soon!

Part 1, 2, 3, 4

#stranger things #will byers #byler #stranger things 5 #twelvegate #twelve #rainbowshipgate #birthdaygate #stranger things theory #stranger things meta #st5 headcanon #st5 theory

[theothin]

Iteration in AI Art

I've found that using loosely defined prompts can feel like wandering into an unfamiliar place, taking photos of things found there, and then picking directions to venture further. To demonstrate, let's start with a simple prompt and see what comes up.

a ghost

Rather than getting one ghost, we're getting a whole lot of them, all in the sort of rainbow colors that come up a lot with this style setting on the AI in question. There's no real environment around the ghosts, so let's try adding one.

a ghost floating in the field at night

Now we've got a more conventional sort of background. The type of ghost also changes completely, to the bedsheet type. The two versions of the scene have a number of similarities, but very different vibes.

ghosts patrolling a city at night

Another big style shift. This time, we're getting elements of both of the previous two: a cartoony bedsheet ghost, in an actual environment, but with the left one taking a more abstract rainbow approach like the first set while the second one goes for more detail, and also brings in a number of other ghostly figures.

What about an environment between these two?

ghost wizards casting spells in a village at night

Hmm. I wanted to see what it would do with magic ghosts, but here, it looks like the "wizard" part overrode the "ghost" aspect entirely. I like the witchy buildings, though.

ghosts arguing in a village at night

Here, I wanted to try to get the ghosts to interact with each other, but with limited success. We're getting a similar setting to the fourth set, but in two distinct styles like the ones in the third batch.

What else might these ghosts do here?

ghosts haunting the mayor's house in a village at night

I seem to have lost track of my ghostly friends again. This time, the mention of the house seems to have taken the focus. I like the colors of the house on the right, but the actual construction leaves some things to be desired.

ghosts haunting a family in a village at night

A different set of wires crossed here: it seems the ghosts are the family. The left one's mostly monochrome style is new to this journey.

ghosts haunting a person in a village at night

Maybe this kind of subject-object relation is beyond this AI's capabilities, at least in the free version. The right one seems to have gone off in a very different direction, including in terms of style.

ghosts swordfighting in a village at night

This time, the concept finally gets across clearly, but the action leads to the ghosts looking very different. They do still look kind of ghostly, but much more human-like than in the previous images.

ghosts fading from a village in the morning

And now, it's time to leave. On to daytime, as the ghosts are off to bed. Who knows what they'll do tomorrow.

#ai art #ai experiments

[hushedstars]

I didn't expect this episode to be sunshine and rainbows but neither did I expect it will leave me feeling exhausted, heavy, conflicted...

I'm not happy with how Atom's storyline was resolved. Everyone was way too nice to him. He deserved stern talking to. A powerpoint on how everything he made up was wrong, and dangerous, and how because of people like him the real victim's are not being heard. He didn't deserve that hug from Cheum. And she shouldn't be so calm and dare I say... amused and fond in a 'och you poor silly boy'. (I am still not sure what I think about what Boston and Nick did. I expected that they will use Nick's stalking skills and record their confrontation with him in which it would be obvious he is full of shit and lied, and then show it to Cheum and the rest or sth. But the ending of that confrontation? Again. Waaaay too nice.)

I don't like Mew's scene with his moms. This is purely personal to me but I'm sick of older generation being all for second chances and staying in relationships that are clearly not meant to be (as Top said, things that happened between them will always linger in the background). And while i don't like Top he is the one that I think could end up hurt later on. Relationship built on one person constantly groveling while having that tiny fear of being still strung along for revenge, and the other person fearing they may be cheated on again and still wanting to spite the other sounds exhausting. And unhealthy. There is no trust between them.

SandRay. Gosh I don't know what to say. I like drama in this show. It's fun. Boeing bringing his whole ass self into OF was really exciting to watch. But this? I wasn't having fun. I was exhausted, and stressed the more Sand was doing whatever he was doing (I want to think it's him missing a friend that shares all his hobbies or trying to be 'unbothered' to not show how hurt he was or maybe people-pleasing that makes him unable to hurt others/put himself first. Because I refuse to entertain the idea - and fail at it - that he is still hung up on Boeing when just 'seconds ago' he pretty much agreed with Ray that they both - SandRay - can't live apart. You can be friends with your ex, sure. But not one that hurt you like that, and seems to be hitting on you again. And sending your boyfriend away TWICE? What is he supposed to think... Just aghhh Sand.). Also feeling heavy with Ray's behaviour. The way he was testing (?) Sand just sat wrong with me. Do I maybe get it? I guess. (This post by @firstkanaphans ? my heart hurts) Did it hurt and was uncomfortable to watch? Especially with Sand looking like he wants to be anywhere else but there? Yes. Talk to each other boys. Of everything I thought may happen between Boeing, Sand and Ray this didn't even cross my mind.

(I'm suffering from lack of kisses between Sand and Ray. I don't mean making out and stuff but a peck for that guitar, and a petty 'stating my claim' peck when Ray left Sand with Boeing... just little kisses from finally happy - for five seconds - SandRay would have been nice.)

#only friends the series #only friends spoilers #only friends ep 11 #mine post #(the personal part: it reminded me of how my parents opinion made my little sister give 2nd chance to her trash boyfriend) #only friends sand #only friends atom #sand x ray #top x mew #i hope the link works #only friends

[fiendishwinx]

why do you like rivusa? (i love rivusa i just want to hear your reasons why)

Now, I did say that if I ever got the chance, I'd write a whole essay about them. Like 10 pages, minimum. But knowing me, it's gonna be shitty bullet points again! Yay! Who doesn't love those?

[SEASON 1]

-I know this season's a tossup for them. Rough times, rough times. Musa's feelings are unrequited (or at least appear to be unrequited) throughout most of it, right up until s1e25. Sucks (for me) that it takes him until the finale to reciprocate, but I like to interpret that as S1 Riven, or "girls!...who needs them" Riven, being understandably wary of anyone's sudden, unfounded affection towards him.

-But the thing about Musa here? She's stubborn with it--her affection. He's not ready for it yet, but she's layin' it on him, and she's layin' it on him thick. With reckless abandon, where her whole damn heart's on the line. That's a dangerous and naïve thing for someone to do, and any cagey person (Riven) would keep their distance. Ignore them, even.

And yet:

-And homegirl gives NO fucks about it, either--no reciprocation necessary! Well, maybe a little, because she stops pursuing him at the end of s1e9. He's dating someone else now, and he's being an ass about it, kinda, but she gets over him. To protect herself, as any humbled girl should. In turn, she's a lot more closed off (especially towards him) than before.

-Deep, deep down though?....it's still there. Can't get rid of those feelings, for shit.

-Would've loved some more buildup scenes post s1e9, or between s1e23 and s1e25, showing their gradual apologies, Trix-ocalypse bonding, and then Riven's "oh fuck, she's serious" moment that he starts pacing outside over. Let it rock his world for a bit.

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[SEASON 2]

-There's a lot of will-they-won't-they this season, but I don't mind that. Always been a "it's the journey, not the destination" kind of shipper, anyway. But something they will do this season, and a whole lot of it, is touch:

-So many touches, grasps, hugs...shared hiding spots.

-Everyone's roughed up from last year, and Musa can't quite verbalize what's hurting her, much less explain it, but she can sure as hell grunt, unravel, and burst into tears in his arms. Because while yes, her friends are amazing, and give her plenty of advice and support, when it comes to Riven, he doesn't tell her how or what to feel. He just lets her do it. Hics, snot, and all.

-On the flip side, Riven's been humbled, or humble squared. Wouldn't say matured just yet, but he's tamed down his ass-ness, compared to S1. He's quieter, more distant. That's what imprisonment and nearly dying does to you (and it won't be the last time, either). Instead of yelling or mocking someone, he might choose to say nothing at all. It's both a blessing and a curse, though, concerning the both of them.

-Remember the formula, people. You put an avoidant guy in front of an emotional girl, then throw in some death dice. What do you get out of that, exactly? A relationship.

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[SEASON 3]

-Less focus on them this season, and I never really vibed with the majority of their scenes being...inflammatory. Small moments like s3e9 (yeah, he could've spared Bloom's feelings more, but we've got two seasons of character development showing why he'd err towards bluntness, Musa...) and fuck-ing s3e19 (like, where? where does this come from, guys?!), that make my eye twitch. Rainbow's type-casted them at this point--they're the tropey, drama-prone "bickering couple" now, and indefinitely.

-If they weren't so serious about it, and had more of a snarky/teasing banter kind of situation? I would've ate that shit up. That's a trope I could get behind, and tbh, it'd make a lot more sense, given the narrative. Like, let them be a fun background couple now, it's fine.

-Shout out to "bACk aWay frOM mY WiFe" Riven in s3e21:

-Say what you want about it, but at the end of the day, Musa sees that he still cares, has always cared in his own way, and will drop everything at any hint of her being in danger.

-From this season's crumbs, I gathered that these two are lines--not parallel or perpendicular ones, but they do cross, and it's at this rare point where their love languages sync, their communication's on point, and they both genuinely see things eye-to-eye. It's somewhere outside of the graphing window, but they'll find it.

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[SEASON 4]

-That interaction in s4e2? That's what I was talking about. Some quippy back-and-forth, where nobody's butthurt. Could've been the blueprint for them this season. And last season.

(Keep in mind, S4 makes me tired and delusional. Another jealousy plot? Failed simping attempts? Nope, doesn't ring a bell. W-Who's Jason Queen, again? No clue who that is, babe...must've hit my head on something...)

-But I do like seeing them switch here, where Riven's confronted with his own insecurities, and starts showing emotional vulnerability towards Musa, in different ways:

-Is it unpopular to say that, though S4 Rivusa irks me to bits, I prefer them to their characterization in S3? Because at least here, their arguments seem justified; Riven's threatened by Jason, and in turn, Musa's promising career on Earth, because it sparks the realization that he's stagnating, and might get left behind? And if it weren't for that realization, that fear, I'd think he'd be very supportive of her endeavors (going back to s2e15, and what he did at the concert for her: "everyone sing, goddammit!").

-This could've been their final relationship "bump", so to speak. They'd have all their deeper, more personal issues bubble to the surface ("Support me, Riven!", "I'm not good enough for you", "Please don't abandon me", etc.), which they'd address and come to terms with, then end S4 being that much closer.

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Wait! Let's not forget SOTLK:

-This scene, in its entirety, had me levitating off the ground. Straight into the stratosphere, and you couldn't have paid me to come back down. Riven knows what he's fighting for, and Musa loves him, crunchables hair and all. That's the finale, for me. The end! Close the curtains, I beg of you!

Fuck, there's more?!

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Anyways, I've always liked the underdogs--the easy-outs, and the least picked poll options. While it's a lonely experience to favor those types of ships (until I joined the fandom here, and found people who either like Muri/Rivusa, or are at least willing to discuss them, critically), it's never discouraged me from making ship content, you know? Some sites will just...never get to see it, though lol. Not that they'd want to, judging from what I've encountered.

I think they're neat, and if no one agreed with me on that, I'd be fine. You'd just see me in that empty section, way up in the stadium's bleachers, waving around some half-powered light stick by myself.

#rivusa #muri #musa x riven #winx club #and I'm not gonna get super crit bc I hate HATE doing that #but seriously #you have no idea how thankful I am of this fandom and its ability to respectfully disagree (compared to most sites) #liking ships don't require (and NEVER require) you to disprove undermine or blatantly bash someone else's ship + the characters involved #instead of 'why A should be with C instead of B (ew)' can't it just be 'why I like A and C together'? why focus on the other character? #*spins in chair* #*spins again*

[sonnetnumber23]

Good Omens 2 Re-watch. Episode 5.

“You leave me with no alternative” – says Aziraphale to the musician preparing to promise to give him a book for free.

[Love the Doctor Who theme playing in the background, hehe]

“Nina and Maggie are depending on me. They just don’t know it yet.”

First of all, all those jokes about Aziraphale organizing a ball to dance with Crowley are actually very true. And I don’t think he’s doing it just to hold Crowley’s hand – he really wants to see Nina falling in love with Maggie so that he himself could believe that Crowley might open up to him someday at last. Again: he wants to have control over something; he wants to feel that he is capable to make someone happy, and to deal with his own problems himself too.

Secondly, Aziraphale could have just as well made all those people come to the ball – after all he made those men in suits leave his bookshop and never return – but he chooses to negotiate with them, manipulate them, but let them come on their own free will. He’s basically tempting them all, but “They don’t have to say yes,” as Crowley once put it. And Crowley is following him around watching this.

***

I love speeches they do in Hell. :D Dagon in the first season, now Shax. :D No wonder, Crowley was the one to record the greeting message. XD

***

Nina talking to Crowley is so much gentler than when she’s with anybody else. Both here and later when she tells his about Lindsay leaving. You just see how she feels him and relates to him. It’s like it’s easier for her to talk to someone for whom everything is harder than for most of other people. She’s all prickly with Maggie and Aziraphale because quite often they act like the world is a happy place made of rainbows and unicorns with kind people all around you. Compared to that Crowley must seem kind of more real to her, or at least less annoying, huh.

And God, oh God, Crowley’s face after that conversation. How can a person show so much emotion with their dark glasses on?

***

The scene on the terrace of the French restaurant leaves me with a whole bunch of complicated feelings. They’ve probably all been described already, but if I try to lay them out for myself…

The first time I watched I didn’t even pay that much attention to the “smitten” joke, because I was a bit disturbed by how little attention Aziraphale pays to Crowley’s concerns. “You’re being silly” is not the way you should calm down your demon, Aziraphale!

But, as I looked through the gifs later, and now during the re-watch, I came to realize that this moment also shows me that side of Aziraphale that I’ve been trying to feel and describe in these posts.

Now, we’ve got this “smitten” joke, which everyone likes to mention, and it’s great because it’s just in the middle of two POV’s, so to speak.

When Crowley starts talking, he’s damn serious. Though he doesn’t talk directly about all his concerns, he’s still very much in the state where he wants Aziraphale to listen to him, to hear his worries. “I spent last night worrying… He could smite me…” I wonder if little part of Crowley wishes in this moment that Aziraphale would think of the danger he’s putting Crowley in and give in, and give up his stupid idea to hide Gabriel further – at least for Crowley’s sake, and this way Crowley might keep him safe.

But then Crowley happens to stumble upon this unserious linguistic matter – “smote… smited?” – and his whole rant is compromised, as if he is too afraid himself to sound too pleading too desperate. Remember, he did completely the same when he was going to ask Aziraphale for holy water. “Walls have ear… trees have ears… ducks have ears. Do ducks have ears?” – absolutely the same. Poor boy, he just can’t speak seriously about his own fears, the danger he is in. :’( Too nervous, too afraid to ask… T_T

Crowley is known for talking a lot about how he is selfish and values his own existence above all, and yet he is always the first to take huge risks to save others. Like in every single historical minisode this season, and several times in the first season too.

And here he suddenly bares his fears to Aziraphale hoping that the angel would see that if Crowley is afraid then it’s serious and he should be afraid too.

But the thing is that he gets a completely opposite effect.

Aziraphale suddenly feels more confident. He feels responsible, and therefore he feels the strength he needs to carry out this responsibility. We’ve already seen him like this: when he tries to snap Crowley out of his panic after Warlock’s birthday and come up with a plan, at the end of the world in season 1 starting with the refusal to fight the war and further; we’ll see it later, when he “does the thing with the halo” because nothing else and no one else is helping.

And he enjoys it. You can clearly see it while he’s convincing Crowley that he has nothing to fear. It’s not because Aziraphale is oblivious of the danger or doesn’t care about Crowley’s safety. He does, he’s just met Shax after all. He just can’t help and enjoy the feeling of being brave and sure and ready to act and protect – for once. He wants it so much – to feel capable, to feel competent. I wrote in the previous rewatch posts why.

We’re so used to the (head)canon that Aziraphale loves playing damsel in distress and letting Crowley save him. But this season states it quite clearly – if partly as a joke – that he does it for Crowley more than for himself. “Saving me makes him so happy.” That’s a joke, because Aziraphale knows perfectly well that most of those times he did need saving. But whether he does or doesn’t need saving, Aziraphale is always ready to admit that Crowley has done something wonderful. He knows Crowley loves it. And Aziraphale knows he would love it too. “There must be something I could do for you.”

So yeah, maybe he is a bit intoxicated by this feeling, maybe he is too sure and optimistic about Gabriel, maybe his plan is a bit rubbish (though let’s admit – the ball plan worked better than Crowley’s rain plan), but his motives are pure.

[Oh God, I wish so much to finally see a situation where Crowley would have to rely on Aziraphale for something big and Aziraphale will be capable enough to save the day and Crowley…]

***

Should we or do we even have to talk about all the moments where people call Crowley nice in this season? Apart from Aziraphale, there’s Jim and Mrs Sandwich and really Nina would do so too if she wasn’t Nina. It’s so… On one hand, it’s for fans and all, and it works – I do a little delighted noise every time Crowley can’t help being nice and someone mentions it.

[My theory is that there wasn’t enough nice and deep Crowley in S1, so now we’re getting what they owed us.]

On the other hand, doesn’t it sound a bit like foreshadowing to you? Or, like the things we ought to pay attention to. Crowley doing good just because “why not” and because “I do what I please”, kind of proves Aziraphale’s point which is: Crowley hasn’t ever been bad, he deserves Heaven as much as (if not more than) other angels do.

***

I’m really not a fan of Aziraphale messing with people’s emotions. I know he means well, but making people feel fine and even happy while they have all reasons to be upset looks far too much as robbing them of their free will.

That’s a bit like the thing he does with Crowley at the end, isn’t it – thinking he can make him happy even if Crowley doesn’t want it, thinking he knows better what’s best for him.

And this is such a striking contrast with the beginning of the episode where Aziraphale goes to great lengths to get people come to the party on their own free will.

Again, I think this comes from the notion that this time round he’s responsible, he has an idea, and he is so excited to see it work, to be able to save the day. For once. He enjoys being in charge so much, he even asks Crowley to go out so that he can surprise him with the new bookshop look later.

The same comes for the ending where Aziraphale is so happy to be the savior that he doesn’t even listen to the person he’s trying to save.

I can understand him, I know how easy it is to cross this line and not even notice it, especially when you’re feeling euphoric about something.

But of course it was wrong both times. It even reminds of that horrible moment in S1 when Adam makes his friends smile while they’re crying.

***

The whole atmosphere of the ball surrounded by demons is so NeilGaimany, it suddenly feels as if the stakes are higher than you expected. At least for a moment. I must say I like it that in the end it turned out that no humans were hurt after all.

Crowley throwing himself between Maggie and the demons is a moment that makes me jump a little. It’s not Aziraphale, Aziraphale isn’t even around to be impressed, and Crowley doesn’t know yet who those ominous creatures are – and his instinct is to defend the human and to stop something bad from happening.

And oh how much I love the fact that Crowley talks to those demons as someone of a higher rank! :D I love being reminded that Crowley was cool and actually very high-up in Hell. And he still has a lot more power than average demons or angels.

[I really suspect that one of the reasons I liked this season so much on the first watch was because it gave me all my favourite things about Crowley, lol.]

***

Aziraphale looking at Maggie while she and Nina are dancing – there’s so much gentleness and hope, and longing in that face! He wants the same for himself so much. And he hopes for it.

At the same time Crowley is worrying crazy, the whole weight of all these people’s fates on his shoulders. And Aziraphale isn’t listening to him. There’s already a lot of great heartbreaking meta about the way they keep things from each other and then not listening when the other one tries to talk.

I just want to stress how brilliantly the POV in this scene is done: with Aziraphale, we desperately want Crowley to take his hand and dance and talk and appreciate the beautiful thing he’s created to solve their problem (because as Aziraphale sees it, if they fool Heavens, Gabriel won’t be discovered – he doesn’t know yet that Shax has already acted on her threat). And with Crowley, we get frustrated with Aziraphale for not listening, for acting recklessly and putting them all in danger. And at the same time both of them just want to hold hands. XD

And then it’s Aziraphale who puts himself between Shax and the humans (and Crowley). He is confident and I like it just as much as I like cool and bossy Crowley. And when Gabriel volunteers to go out Aziraphale says he will protect him because he promised, and he’s still doing it with his confident, guardian-angel voice, which even sounds a little bit lower than his usual voice. He has it in him – the Aziraphale he wants to be: brave, competent, true to his word. And it comes naturally to him, even though he doesn’t always have resources to keep fighting.

There’s such sad irony that we’ve heard him be like that when he defends the Earth, humans, Gabriel. But we’ve never heard or seen him defending Crowley, have we? We’ve actually seen him defending other things and people from Crowley. Which is just… Uuuugh! Again, it’s all so natural: he sees Crowley as equal, even as someone stronger, cleverer, cooler – so Crowley doesn’t need, can’t need Aziraphale’s protection, not in this way, surely?

I hope so much that we’re yet to see Aziraphale putting Crowley above all else and defending him with all he has. I’m sure Crowley’s going to explode. Or at least I will.

***

[On a side not: I wonder whose clothes were the suit and the furry coat the Gabriel is wearing at the party? :D Did Aziraphale just have them in the bookshop?? Why?? XD]

***

Ahaha, hellish bureaucracy and Crowley’s bluff is just so Good Omens, I love it.

But he isn’t listening to Aziraphale just as Aziraphale didn’t listen to him. :( Well, he’s absolutely got his reasons: Aziraphale has put them all in danger, and after all demons are Crowley’s field of expertise. But still. It leaves Aziraphale again feeling his failure, feeling that he’s just been put back in his place.

I think the joke “saving me makes him so happy” is both a joke and Aziraphale’s little attempt to get back some of his self-esteem before the inevitable battle and after he’s just been put down by Nina. It’s interesting how Nina’s words echo in Shax’s line later in E6 “…Crowley’s moral support angel”.

Earlier I wrote about Aziraphale robbing humans and Crowley of their own free will. So here we kind of see the reason why he doesn’t see how wrong this is: people keep pointing out that he has no will of his own. And it’s a sore spot. Because on one hand he’s spent his whole eternity being told that his opinion and actions don’t matter. And on the other, he keeps relying on Crowley, because he doesn’t find it bad to rely on someone he loves and trusts. Just like he wishes he could rely on God. And that’s why he can’t see his error: he’s doing what’s in these people’s interests, he’s saving them, surely they’ll be happy to entrust their lives and will to someone who loves them?? Aziraphale would be. He always is.

I know some of these conclusions contradict each other but that’s because the characters’ feelings are so conflicted. They feel so much at every given second, and they have so much background that is not easy to shake off.

#good omens 2 #long post #good omens 2 meta #good omens 2 rewatch #they keep getting longer and longer #well at least maybe the 6th won't be that long as i've already said most of the things earlier

[strxnger-things]

I admit i didnt believe in birthdaygate/memorygate for a long time but after recent events with the st writers twitter i'm starting to believe, and after looking further into how it could be plot relevant i cant believe i never realised how important the shed scene is. like omfg its been right there the whole time???? vecna knows all of wills happiest memories???? ofc he is going to use them to his advantage somehow

(Referring to this post I made and the memorygate theory)

Heeeeey!

Yeah, I guess we'll see in Season 5 whether there's any kind of valid thread here (I'm personally on the fence with the whole thing, and just spitballing and having fun with it)

So far it's been established that Vecna "consumes" the thoughts and memories of the people he kills. They're kept in his mindscape. Everything that made them who they are as a person. And that's going to be an important plot point, especially surrounding Max in S5, imo.

But Vecna didn't kill any of the people present during the shed scene, so how can he do anything with their memories? Well, we know Vecna has the power to view memories without killing someone, but maybe he can actively manipulate/consume them without killing someone too. As in, it's not something he normally does (because why would he need to) but it's something he's capable of doing if he wanted. And Will is different from all of his other victims (save perhaps Billy). For some reason, he doesn't want to kill Will. He wants to play with him, possess his body, or potentially wants to win him over for reasons we don't know yet. We see El explore some of Billy's memories in S3, and Max's in S4. She's not possessing them, she's just able to enter their mindscapes and explore memories whilst she's in there. So we know that both El and Vecna have that power, it's a lab-kid thing that they can do. But Vecna also has this weird connection with time. So could he effectively alter memories and 'change the past', in a sense? Vecna's spent many hours levitating in the Creel House attic room, moving his consciousness from person to person and reading everyone in Hawkins like books. Watching them. Hearing everything. We visually see how it works in S4, just briefly before Vecna chooses Patrick as his next victim. So after Joyce, Jonathan and Mike tell Vecna what Will's happiest memories are (oops), maybe Vecna goes on to locate those exact memories and fuck around with them. And it's not just that those memories are Will's happiest memories - it's that Will's birthday and the rainbow ship drawing were most important to Joyce, it's building Castle Byers that was most important to Jonathan, it was playing D&D and first meeting Will that was most important to Mike.

I don't think it'd be one big event where Joyce, Jonathan and Mike all got simultaneous headaches one day, to be revealed in S5. But it could be a background scheme that Vecna's been slowly working on ever since the end of S2 after El sealed the gate.

Which is why as soon as we start S3, it's like Will has started to... fade? He's slowly being overlooked and forgotten. By S4, Will's birthday doesn't exist, Jonathan is distant and caught up in his own shit, and Mike seems to think his first real important connection with anyone was meeting El in the woods. There are still maaaany plotholes and questions with this theory, so I'm keeping a very open mind with it <3

#memorygate #birthdaygate #shed scene #byler #will byers #st thoughts #st theory #st5 theory

[brandybradyrandyandyndy]

Tagged by @official-lauchzwiebel

Thanks for thinking of me!! :-)

10 songs that come up on shuffle and 5 I actually listen to:

1. Intro - Vince Pope (I'm not making this up I swear 💀; To me it's a bop. A banger even. A staple.)

2. ye. x Squired - gloss (I actually listen to this all the time bc I downloaded some music a few months ago from my edm phase when I was 13 jdjdjddjdjdj I still remember going through every song on the youtube channel suicidesheeep and downloading only the ones I liked, which were like 15 in total 💀💀💀)

3. Big Time Rush - Big Time Rush (What can I say? It's a classic.)

4. 2 AM - Animal Crossing City Folk (I have the whole hourly soundtrack for City Folk and New Leaf on my phone. To me it's a must 💪)

5. Stars Dance - Selena Gomez (Oh. My. God. I was obsessed with this song when I was 12. Banger.)

6. Sick Of You - Selena Gomez (That one I never particularly loved, but it's not bad either; only time I don't skip it is when I'm only listening to Selena Gomez at the moment or when I'm shuffling everything and don't care)

7. Relax, Take It Easy - Mika (BANGER. CLASSIC. ABSOLUTE STAPLE. Could listen to it ALL. THE. TIME. and I actually DO. Unskippable. If you ever catch me skipping it I'm either in a REALLY bad mood or I've been replaced by a doppelganger. This song is my everything.)

8. Investigation ~ Cornered (Variation) - Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney OST (Another banger! Videogame soundtracks FUCK.)

9. Rio - Mika (Funfact: for some reason I have most songs from No Place In Heaven three times on my phone but I don't want to delete any of them bc I don't know which ones "belong together", which is such a stupid thing to worry about, but I just don't want to separate them. Anyway. Now, every time I shuffle my music and a song from this album comes up, I instinctively skip it bc it annoys me how often they play 💀💀💀)

10. Jubilife City (Night) - Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (I've never actually played Brilliant Diamond, I only had Diamond for the DS, but I love the remastered versions of most of the soundtrack, so this is the version I have on my phone <3)

Now would be the time for the "5 I actually listen to", but I really do listen to most of the music on my phone regularly, so I'm doing some honorable mentions instead:

Nobody Likes Me - The Northern Boys (No explanation needed, this is a straight up BANGER. Been listening to it a lot recently.)

Zenryoku Batankyu - AOP (That rainbow road sound effect in the background is what I live for.)

Halb So Schön - Wincent Weiss (For real?? I'm a bit embarrassed to say this. But I went to a Wincent Weiss concert the other night and I had so much fun!! Not all German pop music is good, but it's definitely catchy!)

Die Jungs-WG: Oh là là in Nizza (Banger intro for a banger Jungs WG season, sung by a former Jungs WG member from another banger season of Jungs WG (Deniz from Jungs WG Lissabon) 🕺🕺🔥🔥🔥)

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses DS OST (I listened to it this morning and it's eerie and creepy and nothing you'd expect from the soundtrack of a Barbie GBA/DS game. It's perfect. <3)

Thanks again for tagging me @official-lauchzwiebel!! I had a lot of fun doing this! :-D

Tagging: @9puppiesdrowninginapool @jofngve @tofufei @frogtossing @berg-gry @thia-chattering @midnightxxcrisis @sauerland-2001 @bertie-w-wooster @hard-boiled-noodle and everyone who really likes and/or really hates at least one piece of music I've listed above <333

#tag game #I don't know if the Spotify and SoundCloud links are the right versions of the songs but I can't be bothered to check them #wird schon passen

[daniels-rwby-blog]

RWBY finale reaction (long af)

Oh boi there was hype for this

The alarm i had for these EP was faster than a speeding bullet and yeah that sums it up

Warning this is a 26 minute long ep so this reaction/live blog is long beware

The intro has been such a foreshadowing tool this volume.

And more storytime with summer!

Ohhh that's adorable and such a good model btw

And sure enough it was the last night

TAI MY BOOOOY

TAI YOOOO

that window framing is awesome

And ozpin is ozpin

Awww thats just to cute

AND RAVEN MY GOD

THIS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT

it's raven and summer battling it out, and ruby saw that!

Ruby was not the one to receive the you never were the hero line, i knew that wasn't summers voice

And jaune is reverting back to his old self, good

Alyx is blacksmith yes.

And action!

Wiess got that ice queen ground pound

And the cat laughing and smiling is amazing

"These feelings" on the nose there rt, i like it.

And it's big pussy!

And the blacksmith pressures 

And Yang got yeeted into Blake omg background bees are awesome.

And summer ex machina for ruby

The way she runs.

And sure enough ruby find herself.

RED LIKE ROSES PART 3 YAAAAS

and she sky dives into CR

Petals like the trailer

The HERO SHOT

And that's where the budget went

Into this fight.

The little smirk before that 50cal shot Damm

The rainbow 🌈

I can't 

The colors the glyphs from wiess 

All 4 girls so perfectly synced

Who ever said RWBY isn't visually pretty are wrong.

And the lineup affirming her.

And the hug.

And neo and roman aww.

#saveneo 

Yeah neo redemption arc us still open but that was a good choice i like that.

And i thought we'd see a design change but I'm okay with just seeing that in vacuo next volume.

And little gets a sendoff as somewhat.

And ruby tears oh my God

MY HEART

And a new chapter, a new hero for jaune

The circle, the ever after continues.

And the team holding hand awww

In we go…

Okay this is a great sequence, the blacksmith or as Blake says the tree. 

And the brothers are not the creators, only the tree.

So the ever after is the the first world.

And that story was some serious lore dumping

Really Salem was the second jabberwalker

I do t believe ozpin knows this information, RWBY now knows everything about the world i believe

And jaune is back

And the meta is funny.

And I CALLED THE TIME TRAVEL!!!

that last shot of ruby turning back is awesome gonna be my wallpaper

Oh not time travel oh well

At least we saw vacuo.

And the atlas military?

Or perhaps vacuo's forces protecting the survivors.

And guys watch the credits go appreciate all these people.

And RTA keep the logo

And only a trailer no post credits scene???

Well that's a bit what I was expecting but I'm okay with it, some major lore and summer's death no longer so mysterious, yet also much more mysterious, most are saying the girls went out to go see a maiden and that mission went wrong. as for time change, like a few days, enough for the atlas crew to get to vacuo and collect themselves, perhaps having sent out a team to go find RWBY and Jaune?

(edit so i can confirm the ships are from the kingdoms who are there to support RWBY after the call broadcast from atlas, can't wait for ruby leading the whole world and all the action and arguments that brings)

also heres RLR part 3 lyrics from casey, cause we were too cought up in that fight OMG

#rwby #rwby spoliers #rwby v9e10 #chapter 10 #finale #rwby finale #final rwby reaction for a while #rwby vol9 #YOOOO #Tai xio long #Raven woooo #RWBY #neopolitan #little #so good #i love that fight #bees

[lil228]

Red White and Royal Blue Notes Day 4

Update- no one gave me any grief about the book! In fact one person even asked me if it was good because it was on the list for her book club! So that was fun!

Alex is going to be responsible for all of Zahra’s grey hairs

Zahra knows she’s not going to be able to stop these two from seeing each other. 

Zahra has no fear about cursing at, and threatening a whole prince of England. Damn.

I’m dying at the fact that Alex’s mother made a PowerPoint presentation about this (237)

I laughed way to hard at the slide title “Federal Funding, Travel Expenses, Booty Calls and you- I’m still giggling about it. 

Wait, wait! Do we think this PowerPoint has like a theme? Are the slides rainbow colors? Bi flag colors?  Red white and blue? A sage green? Are there transitions? Are there visual aids or is just like the default white background and black text with no visuals or transitions. I mean this woman clearly takes PowerPoints seriously but she only had like an hour to do it right? Maybe she just used one of the like default designs. Like the ones that open when click design on Power Point? Surely there was at least like one picture per slide.  I know that this is totally not the point of this scene, but that I what I thought about.

That bike messenger who delivered the planned parenthood pamphlets must have had a really weird day at work. Like can you imagine just doing you job and then you get told to go to planed parenthood pick up what I assume are a bunch of sex-ed pamphlets and take them to the White House

Do you think that they made the bike messenger sign an NDA?

I love that both Zahra and Alex’s mom have no problem with Alex being Bi, their just worried about the fact that is flame is Prince Henry. And to be fair that dose make things a little messy.

I did know about Hamilton and Laurens, and there were likely more letters between the two that did not survive.,

Also if someone sent me an email recommending me a book and including the words “see attached bibliography” I think I would melt. 

Also these two are back at it again with the excellent to and from lines of their emails.

I like that both Alex and Henry are named for queer political figures from their countries ( Alexander Hamilton for Alex and Edward II and King James in Henry’s full name)

#red white and royal blue #books and reading #book thoughts

[chirpsythismorning]

Willel Twins Crumbs Because Why Not

Subtitles for the news report stop at this point for this scene, so I will provide them:

Can you remember your favorite stuffed toy from childhood?

And how heartbroken you were when it left your life?

Then you’ll relate to the story, of a girl named *unintelligible*

So right from the jump, directly after the opening credits, we are being bombarded with shots of keys and Hopper showing off his blue bracelet and his watch. We know the bracelet was actually a ponytail that belonged to his daughter Sarah, however I think the importance of this scene runs a lot deeper.

It might not seem important, but the dialogue in the background also connects to not only Sarah, but to Will and El too.

As we know, Sarah had a stuffed Tiger on her bedside at the hospital during treatment for her cancer (also featuring the blue ponytail on Hopper's wrist).

As it turns out, Will and El also had a stuffed toy that was referenced in this same season, though they both had stuffed lions, in contrast to Sarah's stuffed tiger.

While it is understood by the majority at this time that these parallels exist only to jog Hopper's memory of his own daughters death, to give some more depth and impact to these moments, it still doesn't answer the question as to why these 3 kids all have the same stuffed toy to begin with? And apparently enough importance for them to drop an easter egg in the first 10 minutes of the show?

In the context of El for example, she has the stuffed lion because it was essentially the only meaningful toy in her possession while in the lab. Sure, she played with toys in the rainbow room and colored with crayons, but those were all things they were tasked to do to test out and improve the kids' powers. The lion in contrast, was simply there to operate as something more personal, tied to her innocence and a life she could have had outside of the lab. And yet at the same time, this being the only thing El had in the lab, gives its importance a tie to the lab itself, which is why I am so wary about this whole thing.

In the context of Will on the other hand, we don't really know much other than that it was shown a lot more than El and Sarahs' combined.

Will's lion and the prominence of it in s1, more than anything else, is what makes me think the meaning behind these parallels is so much more than how we currently understand it. Because while we assume right now he has no ties to the lab, the fact that this stuffed toy has ties to the lab for El and Sarah, begs to question why there was a need to focus on it so much in Will's case, when he was never in the lab pre-s1 (or was he?)...

Which then brings us to Sarah, where you might think her case has no ties to the lab, but it does!

Sarah received treatment for her cancer at Hawkins Lab. This is something so many people either overlook and don't know about, or forget and just brush off as being insignificant, which I just cannot fathom.

It would be one thing if this was common knowledge in canon and actually spoken about, with Hopper talking about how it's not his first time here, and yet they don't make any effort to establish that. All we got is this stairwell shot of Hopper mourning Sarah's death, in the same stairwell at Hawkins Lab, which we see not only referenced in s1, but also s2 and s4.

Yeah... Owens knows exactly who that is. Let's not forget he's the one who, in another universe (Aliens) signed a document back in 79' that led the death of a lot of people...

So... what's the deal? Why has there been such an effort to put in easter eggs to allude to something unanswered related to Hopper's memories of Sarah, often triggered by instances regarding Will and El, who have almost identical stuffed animals to his daughter's, all tying them to the lab to some extent, and without that being touched on at all by the writers outside of the show?

Well, probably because there's still one season left and this plays a big part in the key to everything...

#byler #stranger things #jim hopper #el hopper #will byers #willel twins #willel literal twins #twelvegate #will = yellow #el = red #you get the gist #premium crackers featured in a scene about el's parents 'forgetting' to feed her #us seeing those same crackers in that same episode when joyce and hopper looking for signs of will #this concept of forgetting #el matching will in her plaid w her bracelet paralleling his watch at rink o mania: 'idk i just forgot...' will: 'right...' #'CRIB' SCORE PLAYING WHEN WILL IS CONSOLING EL OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL IN LENORA #THE FIRST TIME WE SEE THE CRIB BEING CRYPTICALLY ACCOMPANIED BY JOYCE AND HOPPER IN S1 #WHEN THEY WERE LITERALLY TALKING ABOUT THE TRUTH BEING COVERED UP #the lucky charms with the rainbow + upside down horseshoe #hopper cast in a rainbow before he walks up to the shed with a horseshoe above the door... #el's memories of the lab being triggered which included many shots repeated #but specifically 2 shots of her when she was a baby and 2 shots of her when she was 5 years old in the lab... #the lights in that s4 promo above el and will being identical in blocking like literally spot on #something something 'you didn't really think we were working out of a shed did you?'

[alostlittleriverlotus]

Thoughts on the new Monster High movie.

It's not good. It just isnt. The story is rushed and honestly just a rehash of any standard Disney movie despite being nickelodeon. Frankie is adorable and also very autistic, it made me happy. I personally enjoyed Frankie and Clawdeen the best.

Overall, a movie that preaches be yourself and inclusivity is poorly done. It's shallow really. Lots of diversity with POC at least, but chubby characters include background characters, Clawdeen's dad, and Headmistress Bloodgood, but even then they aren't really that big.

The "discrimination" is done so poorly. Like it barely even feels there when the whole plot revolves around clawdeen having to hide her powers.

Confusing elements of the story such as Cleo literally saying she knows witchcraft practitioners cause of a past life working with a god, but uses that to expose Draculaura for practicing witchcraft which just feels...so strange considering she literally had to say she knew witchcraft to expose witchcraft (even if Cleo doesn't actively practice it currently.)

Also Clawdeen describes the twist villain as "going psycho" or "he's psycho" so uh, thanks. Even the new MLP movie avoided using the term "crazy" in a song where it could clearly be heard. It's such a small thing, but it's still discriminatory. Especially as a "psycho" right here (me cause I have psychotic disorders.)

The songs are fine. Most sound like Disney songs. I like the song Deuce sang with Clawdeen. They're not bad, but they don't stand out.

It's harmless, shallow, corporate inclusivity and feels like a Disney channel original movie rather than nickelodeon. It's not great, but it's not bad either. The character changes aren't that bad even if it sucks they had to undo basically all of the old monster high lore. Honestly I would have enjoyed a newer series based around new monsters personally rather than a rehash of the old characters. New side characters like Robecca, Rochelle, Venus, that zombie unicorn dude were genuinely some of my favorite parts of the older movies. I preferred them often times to the main cast.

For the costumes. Most look like Halloween costumes. Cosplayers could have done better. The main cast is the best. I personally don't like Lagoona. Yay she's Colombian, but she has maybe 2 or 3 lines and looks more like a rainbow unicorn than a sea monster. I didn't even notice her fish ear things until a bit into the movie. Abbey I don't think said a single line, but was there throughout the whole movie??? And warning but one scene of bugs crawling out of a cup. Just because. No real reason. Just to show monster stuff? I guess?

Cleo is fine, but not enough pizzazz imo. Like Clone High Cleo looks more like a Cleo than this one.

The writing is really rushed imo and I felt like "high" after it.

The villain is...whatever. He kind of came in at the end like "surprise I'm evil" and it didn't really feel that built up at all. He was more of an information character rather than someone suspicious.

The acting was fine. I think everyone did well, but the directing for the acting is probably why some parts felt poor. I don't blame the actors at all and I hope they had fun.

I just. It's a fine movie. There's more offensive/bad movies out there. It's nothing great really. The most inclusive it is is with POC and Frankie using they/them pronouns. That's really about it. So for a movie about inclusivity, it's not very inclusive. And there's literally no disabled characters. So um, we'll see if they add any in the series, but I doubt it. There's barely chubby or fat characters.

Also for a school that hates humans: zombies were once humans, ghosts were once humans, vampires were once humans, Frankie is literally comprised of dead humans and regularly points out facts about HUMAN HISTORY. So um. What?

The "phone use" and "everyone communicates over phones now" is kinda bleh. The Dracula painting versus phone communication was fine, I personally found it entertaining but they're small jokes. Like they had phone users just ignore people cause they communicate by social media. Nobody acts like that??? It just felt like a stereotypical "young people and their phones" honestly.

I liked the small trope of Frankie not understanding a high five and then the teacher doing her weird hand rubbing along with her. That was very adorable honestly.

But overall, that's what I have to say. It's not a great movie, but I was certainly expecting worse. I feel it could have been better and that's the disappointing part. I hope the series is better about including fat people, more neurodivergent people (not just autistic/ADHD folks), and disabled characters.

It's not the worst "poorly made remake for money" to exist. Ultimately just feels like a rip off of Descendents and High School Musical. My brother even pointed out how many songs sound like they're from High School Musical.

In the end it's whatever. I'll be sticking to My Little Pony for a better done modern generation piece.

Oh one last thing, Ghoulia was really annoying and didn't need to be there. Her "shriek" at her first meeting caused me to almost throw up cause of the noise, she was only there for strange zombie gags, and ultimately did nothing. Eh.

#monster high #new monster high movie #frankie stein #clawdeen wolf #new movie #draculaura #monster high cleo #cleo de nile #deuce gorgon #abbey bominable #live action #monster high live action #lagoona blue #ghoulia yelps

[unproduciblesmackdown]

had a hell of a time (good) bit ago watching elemental and feeling things including enjoying a film, great ride, i love a metaphor & anything vignettey (just living life, alongside but also including the [this is about the metaphor] threads), i do love it when a couple of fun people have an enriching dynamic that they enjoy and huaaaghwgh (good) & i liked the premise metaphor exactly as is for what it is for what it did with it & i liked overlaps & resonances w/other experiences i saw ppl perceive. i liked the way i was going oh my god that painting looks the way i feel b/c like navigating a complementary dynamic where what's holding one person back is what helps the other person along, vice versa, no interaction or relationship that develops by like having some [theoretically your trait/quality/behavior] contained in the other person, rather it being an interaction within yourself, such that i was going "i have this interaction Within Myself, right now, in life currently like always and the past years but also past months especially really, it's ongoing, i'm going Oh Goddamn Omg" scintillating to see it externalized as a conversation imagined by others. and also still different / more capacious on both ends than "wow Exactly that." feeling things going ohh my god. music is going for it so Noticeably. hot air balloon scene And track changing me with an immediate Resonance

easier when having fun but i was also like continually so hype gasping about intrigued about pointing at art direction decisions & execution and one especial element i was sooo noting was the use of Color b/c it's Really colorful like rainbow palette nigh constant noticeable saturation, And it was atmospheric, always readily visibly parsed, varying in styles but cohesive. the backgrounds babey, with obvious priority for working with a vivacious orange and/or blue. oh and the related use of Light like different visuals for different glows and just different effects and waugh....i collected mostly a bunch of bgs to point at often for that "look at the color design & atmosphere" but also so much more & foreground things big time too. semitransparent characters like bitch. the physics of fluid dynamics. optics like refraction like my God. i'm mclosing it and that these effects would be sooo prohibitively intensive w/o computer but it's so impressive w/computer and that Stylistic Decisions were made all over, it's clearly not ever simply just "oh this is what it'd 'realistically' look like if uhhh someone was made of fire or water" even as realism Based effects were employed for style and fun and our lives. the use of of course 2D animation / art conventions for style and effect and fun & our lives!!! maybe ember a bit too but wade has a whole like 2D style profile so the [curved droplet] shape always faces the camera, how are we doing that it's so cool & i love to see it. not to mention being transparent but also like clearly not!! first time i've properly thought about how inside of mouth 3D animation has Ever worked lmao

cut so i can go on & on (^ that's brevity up there lol) & post mostly various backgrounds to gesticulate at what i notice abt the use of color like oh my god. and some other things. laughed, cried, lived & loved like for real lol

oh my god

and like immediate intro theme going "oh my god blue and orange making Purple (magenta, pink) oh my god we're doing Additive Light with that holy shit yes"

so extra [!!!] about city nighttime shots especially. and the details of all the building designs, it's all the shit like i haven't even sat and Studied any given shot for all small elements like that but that you know they're There so that it looks this complex and "realistic" like you know the attention & effort is there & you get the Overall Effect baby. also the way purple/green are employed to contrast with blue/orange often. the Glows here, the Bluer upper half and the Oranger lower half that both also have some purplishness to them, the Green bridge breaking it up / spanning this

the colors in closeups even. first of all the expressions styles are after my own heart & got it, and i'm sure i'll go on & on more there. pull mouths down do the m upper lip n lower lip lines combo, you know what i mean, i Love it. wavy flowy design vs more triangular / ending in peaks/corners design for your water vs fire aesthetiques. i think that's [heat creating refraction in the air] effect like lord. the pink blue purple here. the slight shadow framing the pic for better contrast, the pink / glow around ember, wade slightly Glows from within too, the constant wave refraction there. okay obsessed again with both sorta transparent and fluid Figures like you've got the outermost layers. you've got the Inside. you've got the silhouettes and the lines that are "drawn," reddish outlines of flame shapes and constant highlight "outlines" for water so it never "realistically" blends in with everything / just Is clear and is impossible to easily parse. that those silhouettes are constantly Flowing and responding to motion / pressure as well. i can only imagine. oh and the colors again that the Glow for fire is often a Soft gradient, but there's this like, slightly convex polygonal style of "glow" / Light in backgrounds a lot and it works great for style and contrast with the important Soft Glow from fire and even also water, again the slight inner glow there too. and again the mutual [pull mouths down] expressiveness lol so much fun. the Elasticity is fantastic, same with like 2D style Movement like invoking a smear frame for example like fuck yes it's about What Works it's about style & effect & what things like lighting color faces can do that aren't just aiming for "be peak realistic" like clearly it isn't. note the sharper line of shadow in the upper corner with a deeper blue. we framing

oh this one was to point out "look at how you can see the full spectrum rainbow in the wave surface light refraction oh my fucking god" not to mention of course In Motion the shapes, the effect, some bubbles and flow for flare and seeing that constant Light Outline, the cyan leaning aqua that's put in along with the overall slight blue not b/c it's "realistic" but b/c it's what works baby the artistic design choices fuck like hell. and only when i took this one frame was it like oh my fucking god look at these split second flame shames flowing off of ember there above her head especially. all the more stylization required for fire without it being like, "realistically" mostly transparent, overly bright, not very strongly delineated / silhouetted....the shape, color, flow of flames on the "inside," outermost breaking off shapes & "outline" as well augh god. and look at the purples in the background's left side

AUGH the night city backgrounds. pottery burn haha yeah the blue orange AND purple my god!!!! it's thematic ([blue + orange = purple] b/w the blue & orange characters) and it fucks like hell holy shit!!!!!

meanwhile the green & purple here with One orange element getting to stand out / not that much blue either, but more ultramarine style than aquamarine, and LOOK AT THE MOON!!! the surface!!! check out that Polygonal glow around it and the green/purple there too!!!

and the use of bokeh. immaculate, not holding back, after my heart. the Purple/Pink additive light properties coming into play!! her reflection is more simply orange(tm) sometimes and i would presume it tends purpler when we are getting [emotionally connecting / recognition of the self through the other] but oh my god heaving overhead like a hero this additive light blue+orange=purple ingenious and stylistically fucking like hell choice. and again their "outlines" working so well while also retaining enough softness/fluidity to be part of them as a whole. everything is so cool

there's the mouth shape i was talking about. you see the slight m upper lip simply n lower lip and resultant (idk like a video game controller?) shape lol. flexible expressive asymmetry. the closeup transparency of [can always see the other side of shirt collar]. green bg for contrast while also incorporating the orange glow. the full spectrum rainbow refraction just also an immaculate and probably characterfully relevant lmao as a bonus. also hell of cute moments wauugh yes, fun, dying thanks

the additive light!!! (how magenta/purple/pink the reflection of Orange is off the Blue like employing what's realistic in another context for what fucks aesthetically & carries symbolism. like wade wouldn't Realistically be constantly [surface wave refractions] but it fucks like hell. also wouldn't be someone made of fire or water but it fucks like hell & embodies a central metaphorical layer to the literal material). also look at that curtain from deep purplish red to deep bluer purple!!! the line of bright blue!!! the glow in the Background with sharper polygonal lines / corners to contrast with the visual effects of glows elsewhere!!! wade default =3 as [wavy featured] and inherent =3 vs ember's more flame tipped => (not pictured)

ohh this one for rainbow color / out of focus usage and b/c it's like how the semi transparency but only So Much + constant outline of Highlights / constant inner glow and visible infusion of like aquamarine / bright turquoise cerulean color helps a water guy stay perfectly Visible / parsable. also besides ember being green, an effect subtly pictured at any given point: like cinders continually rising off fire but depicted so much like Sparkles :') there's so much colors and highlights and choices after my own sensibilities out here like i love a shoulder swoop design that flows right into the arms from the neck from the head. and that's exactly what we get precisely b/c it has so much flow!!! ember's like whole head Flaring out from her neck, terminal points like tips, or sources, of flames. Styles

the bokeh!! the blues and pinks and purples!!!

ouuwaah

UGH obviously in motion the like arcing falling curtains of water, the shimmering....the purple into pink into dusky orange!!! the little bit of contribution of the turquoise light aaa wahooo, ofc what the bridge adds in Composition for this & that previous shot

lmao this is b/c Wavy Scribble Squiggle Mouth again the design choices after my own heart. the constant extra wobbliness to Mouth Outline obviously works great to emphasize [water design] but it also works great b/c i love it

every shot of the background with this beach is gongious like jesus christ. the closeup of sand is like that looks amazing and So soft. look at the wavy swoopy shapiness of the clouds, look at the [in this shot] faintly detectable Polygonal outlines of Glow from the sun. feel free to look at that water like i said every shot of this, wrow. tasked with Pretty Beach Sunset and coming through big time

expressive design contrast, glow contrasts, refracting, silhouettes, those flame shapes breaking off again epic hot wheels style fuck yes....and the bg!!! look at the purple to muted purple pink sky, the atmospheric distancing on layers of buildings that goes from blue to purple!! the dimmer purple / blue / teal on the ground in the foreground here UGH the COLOR USE

ooh i was so Noticing the like, full ultramarine blue here, like it's been used Before in any night environments but the way here it's brighter, making it like "okay yeah night but more Lit Up. also the visual variety of [water curtain] textures there, the area of Pink, the Yellow that hasn't previously shown up too much but might be saved for associations with tension / "danger" lol. also love the "straightup a pool" designs lol wish i was swimming

oh the orange + blue = purple on display here / translating Outlines

amazing sequence and again look at the Purple shadows the Blues the Oranges the Greens!!!! aughhh again like So colorful and so bright but also ofc dimmed, atmospheric, balanced, waughhh!!!

oh my god what can i say. "bisexuality" for one but and also fr like the pink of the sky vs deep purple, lighter with more blue in the water, the streak of oranger light, pink atmospheric haze....augh!!!

speaking of "and then really vivid striking colors in another overall palette we haven't seen before" the teal & golden yellow for this shot was new & noticeable. the yellow of problems, but not too bad lol, looking at that Contrast with the blue on the outer pool edge there. i wanna take a swim yippee....but fr like holding some colors more in reservation, finding new combinations, as Ever how bright the bgs are but atmospheric, non overwhelming of other elements, i Love it

bokeh!!!! colors!!!!!!!

bokeh!!!!!! colors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fucking roy g biv like yes gorgeous. nice tree evocative bridge. composition. lots of lights and colors but the distribution being so balanced, but organic, broken up in all the right ways and all encompassing....the bright orange lights in shadowed blue/purple buildings in the upper left corner, leading down to the path of lights across the center of everything....ugh incredible great

out of focus bg, the lights, the purples, the blue/Green, look at everything on the right side ugh lovely, the slight Shapes of glows, can see that arc in the right side as well, the emotional relevance of all the colors and glows as this bg dims / desaturates a second later

and so similarly here, the Purple, the Glows....like the use of both the perfect balance of soft edges/borders but no sacrifice in clarity

oh and i suppose there's then any amount of spoilers following but like, in part only b/c i point them out as as much but also like. it's about the journey lmfao you see two screenshots, containing some information, well you've seen it all

and to pad that out i'll also note without screenshots about it like bringing in a very like Clear for Compositional Effect sort of Danger Yellow again twice over, with the harshest like chartreuse leaning yellow yet for it, v much a color that it'd just take more effort to fit into a palette / would have to be kind of the color centerpiece, vs the orange/blue/purple here

(but also not to say yellow was never used otherwise....some perfectly harmless golds, paler lighting like just Daytime vibe, constant presence w/fire of course. so the Particulars of a hazard yellow are all the more notable)

the COLORS....look at that orange that pink red the pink reflections the Purples....the just deep slightly slightly purple red in the bg and how like smoothed over / Immediate that background is to just make everything close & present!! the flame textures going!!! water textures going!!! cinders as points of light!! the colors the orange purple pink blue UGHH it's amazing they're really off the shits with it in every scene

spoilers they do kiss about it and i was like smacking hand to forehead like oh my god and they did another "breaking out a new Light thing" when we've glowed and refracted within and without, lit up or dimmed, sparkled, reflected, used further styles in environmental lighting....answer was Lens Flare rainbow refracting glow like goddamn!!! and again like putting In the purple, but also the blue, the orange, the out & out more cerulean / aquamarine that is not gonna simply come from elsewhere in the environment. nice commitment to also having someone smile into a kiss lmao we've all been like i Will make this work. i'm still just like ugh the focus on and variety of Light too, the backgrounds' like soft polygon/hexagon glow "fields," straightforward soft/even gradient glows, wave pattern refraction, refraction also separating light into rainbows, remember water is a lens, stylized light of fire, bokeh, additive color mixing....holding on to & breaking out Cinematic LENS FLARE is fr like ohhh my god they're just fucking On It, got this, here's another effect for you

i also have a gif b/c i couldn't note anyone's fluid dynamics / flowing / Interacting physics enough, and little moments giving that some extra flair are a delight, but holy shit a highlight i'm instantly obsessed with forever, now if there's something and nobody pours themself, i'm out

oh we sloshing!! all the water physics going on here to fantastic effect but also all working within the confines of "and it's some guy." immaculate joke 5 sec later around the "i am Not an inspector" line just What a delight. the vision....the manifestation of effort, craft....i'm not kidding at all i'm like okay forever treasuring [pours yourself] clip and if someone doesn't get it it's like it's called joie de vivre, panache, taking all kinds. some sloshheads out here

again i had a delightful time at the cinema (figuratively. i didn't go anywhere. though i did go "oh fuck re: even the idea of seeing plenty of this in theater format" like i was going oh Shit at visuals and music and every damn thing enough already, can only imagine) i was like bitch i love ppl living life vignettesquely with the emotional arcs aids of metaphor, symbolism. i love the styles and designs and i love paying attention to details and going damn how they'd do that, i love technical shit, noting techniques that are centered around 2D derived visuals, about aesthetic effect & visual purpose....i was going "oh my god same. lately, always, ongoing. oh my god it's me always crying at everything, but also never at anything, and also just sometimes at some things. it's me with the Temper it's me with one like everyone else but not about to let it out at all / not be making room for anyone else's. me like 'just powering through like arghhh' me like 'that, but [a puddle]' liable to spontaneously interact with randos by just doing your own thing, also [dying] and beloathed at that, going with the flow trying to carpe diem it, having these conversations and navigations like just as one person lmao, and also ofc it's different" lol like oh damn okay. and twentysomethings popular with the nebkids like wow in real life....and just having a great time entirely straightforwardly and expecting as much but also being increasingly delighted and surprised and going "wow my aesthetique sensibilities piqued" and going "wow okay a journey" and like Gasp at details and loving the overall effects and little moments and shots and entire deal. did weep repeatedly, when you slosh, when you soggy....delighted a lot, along for the ride having fun for the whole way, so much abt [bummed 20somethings who are nevertheless very vivacious Feeling Things, including About feeling things] and the way that's given sooo much space, Saturating things even, maybe with light & color....i liked it a bunch, [aaaaaa], great time, thinking about feeling things and feeling about it and about thinking about it & so on & so forth too like man hang on a second. and the soundtrack. and the character designs Overall there did i mention?? so cute & fun. wobbly wavy shivery tapering having Flow in the lines / shapes of silhouettes in different ways just like flow in [fluid dynamics] of flame or water in different ways. there's a lot i can say but i just mostly did the backgrounds / color / lighting noncomprehensive slideshow lol. i was very engaged like oh wahoo yippee aaa then mfs let's go and keep going

#i'm big on like rainbow lot of color constant saturation....Yet; Atmosphere / skilled balance in application/usage #i don't have the restraint (or like full knowledge / experience lol) to Use it myself but i Love when i see it used lol. Very colorful here #and i had thoughts & feelings & a good time so that made it easier to be like oh whee AND look at that background. mf we sloshing #nonzero spoilers via largely contextless static images; many wide shots / environments; really doesn't matter much #but i guess if you're like ''i specifically want to know Nothing at All'' like well then there are images in there #like 65% me going ''and look at that purple. oh my God the green blue & blue green. Orange'' #b/c like wrow.... #pixar elemental #films to whisper to myself like omg. like me. right now #btw it's kind of long post inside there. but For Me; typically so lol #can't say shit in thirty tags!! esp when i had a great time i liked it i was like oh my god #can't even say that shit in regular text which is why i mostly talk about colorful backgrounds lmfao. and even Then!! and so on so forth #and hand over heart like omg when by yourself you're a bit too much; but together; you're a bit too much together ;w; #like wow just like me; me; & still me!!! and not caring about what's all ''too much'' like it's about the me & me actually thanks #(and ofc the premise / central metaphor/conflict there as is; vulnerable cultural identity that needs to be maintained but uh oh) #speaking of uh oh look who's underway in the tags!! i'm heading myself off now lmao. time for half past 3 am Night Sandwich

[taketwoinink]

OKAY I’M A DUMMY BUT

story behind YOUR blog name? (and i can’t go wrong here because they’re both the same) it’s very cool and mysterious

Aw thank you!! And there is a story!

So in case you didn't know, I'm an avid fan of a kids' show called Miraculous xD

Gosh I'm not sure how long I've been watching it for... I think since the first part of season 3 aired. It feels like it's been forever but it probably hasn't. Anyway it's cute and I love it and I love the fandom even more.

Before I made this Tumblr and made my AO3 account and started posting fanfiction, I still wrote some. I wanted to basically rewrite the show for fun and create a new story for it. (the project got SO big I just took every plot bunny that came to me and threw it in) As it stands now, there's 100 pages of continual writing plus 25ish pages of deleted/future/unfinished scenes. Sooo yeah. The total word count of just the 100 page doc (there's two, the other one has the other 25 pages) is 43,582. Some of those are notes but most of it is writing. So yeah, big project! And I wasn't anywhere near done with it when I stopped working on it.

Anyway, I wanted a title for it but I didn't have any ideas. So I turned to my trusty partner in crime, Moshae! (one of my cousins). And I don't remember exactly how this came about but we were discussing ideas for the name and xe recommended TakeTwoInInk! Because I was basically rewriting the show as my own version, so it was like a second take. And since I was writing it, technically that's ink (if I were to print it out) and I was like "oh my gosh that's so cool yes I'm doing it!" and so even though I never finished that fanfic, it was the first one I started writing and when I decided to start writing more and actually post them, I knew I wanted to use that name.

And because I can, let's add on the story behind my icon! When I was making my AO3 account, I needed an icon and I didn't have anything ready. I have an art tablet to do digital art but I was too lazy to arrange it so I can actually use it for its intended purpose instead of as my monitor (I basically just have to change the angle and move my keyboard but it's a hassle). So I actually made my icon using my mouse. There's two versions of it, this is the second one. I just edited the shape of the cat a bit and did some blending on the background. I love cats, they're my favorite, so of course that's what I picked to represent me.

The white stands out from the dark background and I really knew I wanted that from the beginning so that was easy. There's actually the bi flag under the cat and then there's the night sky and it has rainbow stars but you can barely see those. So that's my icon!

And there's my whole life's story you're welcome! Thanks for the ask!

#thatfaecreaturee #answered asks #mutuals #thanks for asking! #I've been waiting for so long to share this story actually #just waiting around for someone to ask #and now you have!