#i love this series so goddamn much

[multi-lefaiye]

soooooo what's this tales of the gas station *twirls some fettuccine*

FIXATION POWERS..... ACTIVATE

SO! tales from the gas station is,,,,, pretty much my strongest fixation atm. my interest in it waxes and wanes a bit sometimes but it's always there in the background. looming.

what is it specifically? WELL! tales from the gas station is a creepypasta series centering around an underpaid, exhausted gas station clerk named jack townsend (who has the same name as the author, but i treat them as 100% separate and distinct entities, kinda how the protag of tma has the same name as his performer/writer).

for the most part, the gas station is pretty ordinary, except for the fact that weird shit happens there sometimes. however, as the series progresses, the weird shit becomes less and less benevolent and a lot scarier. the thing is, though, that jack is so used to weird shit that most of it doesn't rattle him, and the series has a REALLY good deadpan sort of humor to it that's just delightful. also it gets really absurd sometimes and it's just GOOD.

so, there's the creepypasta series, but it also has been adapted into a four-part book series! i'm still making my way through the books but boy howdy am i a fixated little man. i love it dearly. the books tell the same story as the original creepypasta for the most part, but the books go into significantly more detail and connect it into a larger narrative better.

so what's the actual plot premise? what kicks things off?

well, without getting into spoilers! picture this! you're a severely underpaid, overworked gas station employee with a ton of health issues and, in general, a lot to worry about. one day, your best friend pulls you aside at work to ask you about the guy who just came into the store and is just kinda hanging out. you explain who the guy is, and our friend says, very worriedly, "no, that can't be him. i killed him last night. his body's still in my trunk."

that's the day jack is having.

and as a last note, one thing i think is fun with this series is that like... the books tell the full story, but the original creepypasta is still *kinda* canon in-universe, in a way! because part of the plot involves jack keeping a blog to document his life and the weird shit in it, and the creepypasta represents that blog. i just think that's neat :3

anyway ok i have a lot of thoughts about this series but that's the basic rundown!!! if you want more i have like 300 essays locked and loaded /hj

#talk to the bunnykitty #illuminated interlude #tftgs posting #i love this series so goddamn much

[kazzledazzleandstretch]

That time Cardan banished Jude & expected her to unbanish herself tho 😂😭😭

That time Jude ACCEPTED IT AND DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER THE POWER SHE LITERALLY JUST MARRIED INTO

That time Cardan wrote lETTER AFTER LETTER apologizing & begging Jude to come back bc he thought she got the joke & was just punishing him by giving him the silent treatment

That time all of Jude's letters from Cardan were interceded so she lived for MONTHS thinking Cardan maliciously tricked her bc she never got any of the letters

These two have more misunderstandings than any couple ever lmfao.

#the folk of the air #tfota #queen of nothing #queen of nothing spoilers #tfota spoilers #putting under a readmore bc it's the big one lmao #i love this series so goddamn much #just finished the wicked king (again) #i'm hyped for everything to come together #i don't actually know how long she spent in the mortal world? #it FELT like months tho

[bird-inacage]

Only Friends Episode 7 | "You wouldn't get me." "You're right, I might not get you."

This episode did me so dirty. We had about ten seconds of Ray/Sand fluff and then THIS happens. I'm so completely heartbroken for him. Seeing Ray and Mew together just felt so wrong. (I'll have to dive into a separate post as to why). But for now, I just feel for my man here.

#only friends #only friends the series #ofts #ray x sand #sand x ray #raysan #sanray #raymew #mewray #first kanaphan #khaotung thanawat #book kasidet #mark pakin #khaofirst #firstkhao #im so goddamn salty #how much does my man have to endure?? #the pain never ends #i love how the bar lights flashing looks like thunder

[storytellerofuntoldlegends]

I'm having so many thoughts about Gem. She joins the series with this big reputation of GeminiSlay- but the truth is that she doesn't want to hurt anyone. Yes she carried out the boogeyman curse, but only because the secret keeper told her to. And even during that, she was still loyal to her original alliances at the start, until the curse was too consuming. Then when she was red, she didn't touch Scott or Impulse until they gave up their lives for her.

And then in the finale. Gem is so tired of being GeminiSlay. She says to Scott that she doesn't want to have to lead anyone. Before the final battle of the band vs the mounders, Gem sounds so defeated when she tells Pearl she doesn't want to fight. And when Scott asks her to kill him again, Gem sounds so hopeless. And after he's dead, she doesn't even know how to process it.

Gem is just so. Hrhrhrh. She's kind but she's deadly. She follows the rules and carries out tasks the best she can, with the slight caveat of not touching her Scotts (and eventually Pearl). She can be so vicious, but she doesn't always want to be.

I loved what she did with her series so much, and I hope to see her in another life series if they do more seasons <3

#mcyt #geminitay #secret life #secret life spoilers #ALSO SHE HAD NO RIGJT TO EDIT HER VIDEO LIKE THAT. GODDAMN. #the beginning was so good and then the way she edited scotts death????? wails and sobs #i love gem so much #also the hate shes gotten this series is so shit and i hope it doesnt discourage her from doing future series

[liauditore]

the brainrot has been hitting extra hard of late. so lyric-posting hours it is 👍

cw + lyrics under the cut!

// You praised me by saying “You’re crazy.” Thank you, I’ll do my best // From today you'll be the air I breathe, your breath is everything in me // If with one click, and I can reset everything, I want to be your favorite next // I’m yours now and forever but do you even like me deep inside? Guess I, guess I’ve been lied to this whole_ damn_ time //

// So (..) burn me at the stake and make me out to be an evil villain. Painting my sins, it's totally fine. // After all, it has never been my fault! My innocence is proven by the verdict that you chose. // Come gather ‘round, we’re slicing her open. A burning sort of passion suddenly woken. “How stupid” I sigh, your stubbornness claims my mind. The answers I’ve yet to find. // I’m so sick of love love, love. I have had enough.

The After Pain lyrics are taken from this amazing cover while the It's Not My Fault lyrics are from this other amazing cover. Everything else is linked :D

Milgram is about murder so the music videos depict that pretty frequently, sometimes more explicitly and sometimes symbolically depending on how many theorists they want to make angry. Also it's co-created by DECO*27 so themes of suicide/self harm and toxic relationships also tend to pop up 👍

so basically haruka's a very messed up person so desperate for any kind of love he can get no matter how the other party treats him But is also incredibly unhinged, possibly dangerous and muu is a manipulative brat whose instinct is to berate and use those around her because she's scared of being hurt. they are best friends and awful for eachother.

are you seeing the parallels im seeing.

I rambled a bit more abt the lyrics here and here if anyone's curious.

poses/expressions are ref'd from haruka and muu's trial 2 teasers! I LOVE these smug ass looks so much.

#my art #trafficblr #trafficvocabrainrot #scott #pearl #if anyone wants to know more abt milgram pls ask #i love this series to death but its so confusing to get into #its a very unique form of storytelling for sure #and there are some questionable things in it so uh yknow #but yeah ESPECIALLY muu's songs fit scott so much in my head u have no idea #cw suicide #cw violence #cw murder #cw self harm #<-- all for these goddamn songs lmao

[tinycowboybro]

…yeah that’s all i got

#i don’t usually make these but #god fuck this episode was so many emotions at once #first and for most fuck august im sorry #second of all goddamn jimmy had me in tears during the party #he loves day so much he’s willing to step aside for august if it makes day happy #because nothing is more important than day being okay #and i’m SICK #and unwell #i hope they talk more i need this resolve please god #and i hope i also never see august again thank you goodnight <3 #last twilight #last twilight the series #morkday #mhokday #mork x day #mhok x day #jimmysea #jimmy jitaraphol #sea tawinan #last twilight textpost #last twilight episode 6 #jimmy potiwihok

[heretherebedork]

Between the matching bracelets and the tender make out session I love them so much and their tiny future discount shopping like idiots together and their travels and their future of happiness and freedom.

#you are mine #taiwanese drama #asianlgbtqdrama #taiwan drama #taiwanese series #you are mine the series #you are mine series #shunyu x shangzhou #shangzhou x shunyu #taiwanese bl #bl drama #asianlgbtqdramas #asian lgbtq dramas #taiwanese bl drama #taiwanese bl series #i love them so much #goddamn how cute the ending is

[live-laugh-love-mitski]

so i’m gonna assume i’m not the only one who thinks ht’s medic and spy are absolutely enamored with one another

i once saw someone a youtube comment saying they’re eloping and it’s never not been on my mind when i think of them

insufferable about these old men

#magnificent nine #medicspy #gentle surgery #call for the medicspy and/or magnificent nine fans out there #accidental queercoding #question mark #love them anyway #theyre so important to me #i keep so many screenshots of them its not even funny #and i have so much more #the lighting is so dim goddamn #sorry about that #unhealthily obsessed with this entire series #even ​though i kinda lost the plot after his last two videos #too many tags wtf #im so sick in the head for them

[chiisana-lion]

Colors arise!

#enstars #ensemble stars #ryuseitai #tetora nagumo #chiaki morisawa #kanata shinkai #shinobu sengoku #midori takamine #colors arise #gifs #sorry these arent of the best quality but i love this song. so much aough #the mv is literally so cool too like. goddamn #i have . so many feelings about ryuseitai theyre the one unit i didnt think id get attached to but alas! 3rd fav unit of the series #i wish all tetora nagumo a congrats on being the new ryusei center and please for the love of god dont destroy me with ur event story #flashing gif

[akkivee]

there was some display gallery showing off the various logos in hypmic and the ichikuu peeps on the tl were in shambles over both of them using halos in their mc name signatures lol

#vee queued to fill the void #i understand lol this is a pretty big deal like actually lol #one fan suggested an nb logo could have angel imagery since nb was under stairway to heaven #another in a very fast paced series of tweets cried about it being potential sign of ichiro and kuukou’s bond spanning from life #but even into their deaths and beyond when they reunite in heaven (and even pointed out the meaning of stairway to heaven) #and goddamn i sure love being jacked into the hypmic hive mind i can’t believe i was just musing about kuukou and death #and then directly got food for thought LOL but ichiro!!!!!!! i wasn’t expecting ichiro lol!!!!!! #but bb has been weirdly associated with christmas aka the birth of jesus #who gave his life for humanity and i am too in shambles no way does both ichiro and kuukou have self sacrifice themes NO WAY #god i remember when the hella awesome banquet mv dropped and bat fandom banded together to dissect the video #one person commented it’s strange to see kuukou in association with catholic/christian imagery #but posted a wiki article talking about the similarities between buddha and jesus and the ideologies in those religions #*crying* i even posted about it the black crown above kuukou’s head was both catholic and buddhist and meant to be beneficial for humanity #ichiro constantly being shaken to his core by sacrifices…….. him trying to show the nation the path of hope………… #this is so much lol i love getting food for thought from random observations and drops lol

[yujeong]

"I'm not choosing. I'm just not eating" - Pete and the concept of choice

Oh Pete. You wonderful being, you. (Can you tell that I'm lost for words already? Great) I cannot stress enough what this line has done to my brain. I keep thinking about it to this day. I'm sure there are posts here that have delved on it in a more coherent way than what I'm about to do but I would like to offer sth to the fandom besides a small number of fics that will fade into obscurity, so here we are. (If anyone knows of posts that have touched this subject, pls share them, I'd love to read them)

This line, at first glance, seems contradictory. What do you mean you're not choosing Pete? Not eating is a choice you've made. Surely, you must see that.

The thing is, though, Pete doesn't see that as a choice. To Pete, there's the choice of submitting to Vegas and the choice of fighting him. Doing nothing, to Pete isn't considered a choice. He's inactive, passive, simply existing. Kind of like how he is as a bodyguard in the main family. As a bodyguard, Pete doesn't make choices. Other people make them for him and he follows them. The first actual choice he makes is going to the minor family's compound to get the evidence against Vegas (which is fantastic and deserves its own separate analysis but I digress). Otherwise, he's just a weapon for the main family to use, nothing more, nothing less. You can tell that this is his philosophy in life by examining his behaviour throughout the show up to this point. Does he have opinions and expresses them? Oh hell yes. Does he still do whatever he's told with minimal arguing? Also yes. I would dare say, in headcanon fashion, that this is his mindset from when he was young and defenseless against his father's violence. I'm fairly confident in my opinion that Pete never fought back against his father, kind of like what Vegas is doing with his but not exactly the same. I believe Pete never even spoke back at him, like Vegas does both in ep 11, when he tells Gun he's doing what he told him, and in ep 13, when he tells Gun he never wanted to be his son. For this reason, I'm a bit skeptical with the headcanon of Pete killing his father. I think it goes against the basic principles of his character; he's submissive in nature and doesn't fight back and just accepts the violence inflicted on him. Maybe, in Pete's mind, he feels that he deserves it. It would certainly explain his self sacrificial tendencies throughout the series, that's for sure. Now, back to the scene in question, in Pete's mind, a choice would be to eat the food or to throw it away, wasting it. Not touching the food, letting it go bad, isn't a choice. Vegas doesn't see it that way because of course he doesn't; to Vegas, Pete is retaliating, acting defiant again but Pete isn't doing that. He's simply doing...nothing. Generally, the first time I saw this line, it reminded me of ATLA, specifically this exchange:

Whoever has watched the show probably remembers that episode, in which Aang learned the third option of earth bending. That is, doing nothing = waiting. That's what Pete did. He did nothing, he waited, either to slowly die or to find a chance to escape. I feel like I'm not explaining myself properly but I just love how Pete's mind works and I wanted to touch upon this line specifically. It's such a nuanced take on agency and whoever came up with this line deserves all the projects they can get.

#Pete is a goddamn philosopher #Every fucking line that came out of his mouth was 10/10 #Not a word wasted #He's so incredibly written #I'm in awe #I'm really not doing the scene justice #But I hope people more articulate than me can take this chance and analyze this scene better than me #That's the beauty of fandom in general #Sharing ideas and headcanons with each other #Broadening our perspectives etc etc #I love Pete so much it's become an obsession #Looking at my name and blog probably gave that away though #kinnporche the series #pete phongsakorn #pete saengtham #vegaspete #vegas theerapanyakul #kinnporsche meta

[clairedaring]

the second male lead syndrome is hitting extra hard for me these days with both Bake Me Please (Guy) and Pit Babe (Way). if they're not happy by the end of their respective series, like WHAT'S THE POINT!

playing: กลืน - Poom Phuripan (Bake Me Please OST)

playing: คนไม่ค่อยดี (Invisible Love) - Nut Supanut (Pit Babe The Series OST)

#poom phuripan #pit babe the series #bake me please #pit babe #nut supanut #bake me please the series #i HATE it here #why they gotta be such compelling actors i love both so much #the pain the angst of unrequited affections #claire opens her goddamn mouth

[hussyknee]

If you aren't reading KJ Charles's books I sincerely do not know what you're doing with your life.

#kj charles #the first sins of the cities book is still the only dud in her whole body of work #well as much as i've gotten through anyway #i've finished: #the society of gentlemen #the charm of magpies #(lord lucien crane should be the breakout character of a much bigger and deeper franchise. i fucking love him) #the lillywhite boys #(holy plot twists batman! DELICIOUS! SO CLEVER!) #i've also finished #an unnatural vice #which was awesome #and now halfway through #an unsuitable heir #also goddamn engrossing #next onto the will darling adventures and the art of fortune hunting series #i think she might be better than alexis hall but honestly they're too different to compare #except for his one attempt at historical romance which was absolute cringe #i just think that if you're going to write a historical romance for trans people you should actually care about the genre first #kj charles's prequel novella to the lillywhite boys was soo much better historical trans rep #and asexual rep too #i wonder whether she's written anything else trans-centric #she should because her trans side characters are so well done #so are her queer characters of colour. so unself-conscious #historical romance #queer fiction #book recs #book recommendations #knee of huss #mlm romance

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID: a black and white animatic based on the owl house set to "Letter to an old poet" by Boygenius. End ID]

Not sure when/if I'll finish this (I have the rest planned out!) BUT I liked it too much to just sit on it forever!!! So take this messy work in progress. She's not perfect but she makes me Feel Things

(sorry about the lack of ID, I don't know how to write them for videos! If you have any suggestions/want to give it a go, feel free!)

#the owl house #toh #uhhh who's relevant to this? a lot of characters appear #luz noceda #hunter toh #emperor belos #philip wittebane #yeah they're kinda the centerpieces of it i think #most frames are pretty on the nose in terms of their relation to the lyrics i feel? not much to explain/ramble about here #i think a lot about everything Belos put Hunter and Luz through over the course of the series. about all the things he projected onto them #Luz is pitiable to him. she delusionally thinks she's the hero of this story when it's so obviously him (sarcasm ofc) #shes his brother she's him but most importantly she's a prop in his story that makes him look better. wiser. more devoted. more rational #and Hunter is his whipping boy. all the resentment towards caleb that festers in Belos' heart makes it's way into his relationship with him #his love for Hunter is so transparently conditional. and it takes so much pushing and abusing from belos for Hunter to see this #bc it's easier to believe that it's your fault when a parent won't show love towards you. you're in control of yourself. you're fixable #but for both luz and hunter they learn that there was nothing to be fixed (at least not in the ways they thought were needed) #and. i just #AUGH #this whole animatic is an excuse to get to the line ''i wanna be/happy I'm ready'' #that's what this whole goddamn show is about man!!! about finding joy and love again in the face of grief and i just. #i love it. it's dear to me #i really wanna finish this one day. for myself #okay i am going 2 go ignore everything around me and watch re4 remake livestreams

[bird-inacage]

Love in the Air: Sky x Prapai (Episode 9)

I’m going to start off by saying - this episode HURT. They really aren’t holding back on the pain in Sky’s arc, and I wasn’t anticipating so much of it so soon. I found some of the scenes in this episode incredibly upsetting to watch, and I’m sure a lot of you will too - because we all adore our boy so much.

I feel like it’s going to take me longer than usual to digest this episode, because there were parts in this that were really heavy and dark, and I don’t know why but I didn’t expect them to go there. I already have a few things I want to do deeper dives on, but I’ll mention some of the key takeaways from this episode.

Prapai has already registered that something’s seriously wrong with Sky. And he deserves more credit than a lot of people gave him. He may not know what to do with that information yet, but you can tell he’s serious about finding out.

The other moments I really appreciated were the scenes of Rain firstly finding out about Prapai pursuing Sky, and then handing over care of Sky to Prapai when Sky gets sick. That was definitely protective best friend behaviour there. You could tell it was probably the first time Rain had seen Sky so vulnerable, and he wasn’t about to leave his friend with someone who couldn’t be trusted. The sad part of this is that the episode confirmed that Rain essentially knows nothing about Sky’s ex. Didn’t know he was a guy for starters, has definitely no idea the level of trauma that Sky now suffers regularly because of it.

And finally Sky getting sick. Yes, I’m a self-confessed sucker for whump, and characters comforting each other. I was however NOT expecting this scene to come up so soon and for it to be so darn painful. My poor baby was under an incredible amount of mental turmoil and pressure that it finally took its toll.

I think we are starting to get the first glimpses of Prapai’s love language, which is taking care of his loved ones by making sure their needs are met. He was constantly asking if Sky had eaten and whether he was taking care of himself. It made my already fragile heart ache every time Sky denied himself Prapai’s concern.

JESUS CHRIST, I don’t know how I’m going to live through this. This was so incredibly heart-breaking. I’m going to go sob into my pillow now.

#LITA #love in the air #love in the air series #love in the air episode 9 #prapaisky #prapai x sky #sky x prapai #they said PAIN TRAIN for the 2nd episode of sky's arc #IM RUINED #i was NOT prepared #i've said it before but i'll scream it until the end of time #PROTECT SKY #this is not a drill #HE NEEDS PROTECTION #goddamn poor sky does not deserve so much pain #this is probably much more incoherent than my previous posts because i'm a wreck

[julietsbb]

When the gods created the world, human beings were created to have two bodies connected. They had four arms and four legs.

(Phuwin as Nuengdiao, explaining Plato's myth on the Origin of Love. Never Let Me Go, episode 8)

#never let me go the series #never let me go #palmnueng #palm x nuengdiao #phuwin tangsakyuen #pond naravit #i took the screenshot because i just thought it was so pretty and i loved it so much and then i was like like juST WAIT A GODDAMN MINUTE--