#is it worth seeing otherwise

[buddyhollyscurls]

Sigh. Here I was tempted to see the 97 version of Jane eyre for Ciaran Hinds but through investigating here I found that in that version Rochester is uncharacteristically violent with Jane?? Is it terribly bad??

#is it worth seeing otherwise #?????? #jane eyre 1997 #ciaran hinds

[clownsuu]

Small detour of what I usually post, but I absolutely wish (other) clown the best of luck during these confusing and almost hopeless times- nobody knows how to deal with such amount of attention in such short amount of time- a blessing and a curse to behold

#Seeing their posts absolutely shattered me #I may never be able to relate to how he’s going through rn but at least I can relate to the fear of living in absolute fear #the fear of unable to be yourself in your own home with creative and personal freedom #The fear of being terrified that the thing that gives you the most innocent happiness will be heavily demonized and threatened #The fear of getting caught doing something you love and being yourself with your found identity #The fear of destruction #I relate heavily to this and to feel you are going to be caught doing anything that isn’t a crime hurts #I wish him safety and love during these stressful days #He’s brought so much joy to my life that I must keep private irl too #Whatever he decides for the fandom I will fully support it #I will still continue posting of course unless he wishes otherwise #If he sees this (which I doubt) hey other clown lmao- you are loved and not alone #It may be scary but you are not alone- you will never be alone #There will always be people out there who love you and there will always be those who are not even worth giving time of day #The internet is both a blessing and a cruel cruel unforgiving place #I hope it doesn’t deter you from doing what you love and hold dear #I hope you have anyone you can be with online or in irl that can give you the comfort you need #You deserve peace and security #Do what you feel is best #Welcome home

[americankimchi]

god i wish they hadn't retconned maul's death. i get wanting to explore more of his character because he was, objectively, one of the coolest star wars characters to ever hit the big screen and didn't get much screentime prior to his death, but also his role was fulfilled perfectly within those constraints so i wasn't too upset by it.

but by retconning it and making it so he never died it's like. okay. what now? the whole point (well, to me, ymmv of course) of the theed generator fight was that it was the first ever fight between the jedi and the sith in thousands of years, and that in the end even though the jedi (obi-wan) won the fight, a jedi (qui-gon) and a sith (maul) still died. a master and an apprentice dying together to herald the start of a new age/the return of the sith. perfectly paralleling the way in rotj a master (palps) and an apprentice (anakin/vader) died together to herald the return of the jedi. in both instances, a father figure (qui-gon/vader) dies in the arms of their son (obi-wan/luke) as a sith (palps/maul) is cast down into the abyss to their deaths. (palps being alive in the ST and retconning his death in rotj is also annoying for this reason)

i mean i like maul. don't get me wrong. he's an incredibly compelling character and i enjoy seeing more of him... but there's always the thought hovering in my mind like "he should be dead though. he should 100% be dead. this wouldn't be happening if he was dead, but i honestly would rather it not if it meant that maul was dead."

like the tpm fight just doesn't hit the same knowing that canonically he's just. going to become a robot octopus at some point. (shoutout to palps becoming sith glados in the ST) it cheapens the moment for me. it was supposed to be a moment of triumph marred by the deep and soul-crushing loss of a loved one and it's just... not, anymore. or at least not to the same extent. AUGH i'm just. frustrated. wish star wars as a whole wasn't constantly reframing/retconning what's been established. just puts a bad taste in my mouth.

#personal #star wars is HUGE #there's a GALAXY'S worth of stories to be told #and we're always for whatever reason focusing on this ONE PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD #it's suffocating #this is partly why i'm so excited to see the acolyte #it's a break from the skywalker saga #i love the skywalkers. i love the skywalker saga. #but that's also why i want them to STOP ADDING TO THEIR STORY #sometimes a story has a beginning middle and an end and that's okay! #that's fantastic! #we don't need to see between the lines! or behind the scenes! what if we just LEFT IT ALONE #AUGH #anyways. i don't know. i'm just frustrated with the state of star wars as a whole #it feels so claustrophobic right now. just because the space is there and undefined doesn't mean it needs to be filled #this constant push to canonize the years leading up to an event with content is so frustrating #negative space in an image isn't a bad thing it just helps guide the eye to what's most important #otherwise it gets too cluttered. too noisy. too DISTRACTING. #this was supposed to be about maul being alive but it's really about my ongoing grievances with how star wars is cannibalizing the movies #i'm tired of it........ tired i tell you #anyways that's all. real old man yells at cloud moment rn lmao

[moongothic]

So I'm confused about something. There was a cover story about Ms Goldenweek and other Baroque works agents breaking Crocodile out of prison but he just. Told them no? And stayed there with Mr 1 and Mr 2? I don't get why he wanted to go to Impel Down just to break out when he had the chance

I can't tell you 100% why Crocodile chose to stay in prison and go to Impel Down, but my best guess really is that he was just...

Taking the L with grace

More specifically. Crocodile had lost everything. I think deep inside he might've been literally too depressed to want to go free again.

Like he does literally say that. He gave up.

He had been building his reputation as "the Hero of Alabasta" for at least 10 years at this point. He had built not just a criminal organization that he had been running for four years, but also he had been running legal business stuff (like his casino) for probably longer than that. A decade's worth of work and effort to take over a country, and most importantly, get away with it. The reason he had orchestrated that whole rebellion was so that the rebels and the royal family could "take each other out", leaving the country wide open for a World Government Official such as himself to take up. The reason Baroque Works was doing this all in secret was so that the WG never found out, otherwise they wouldn't have let him have Alabasta.

But indeed, his plans were foiled by a kid in flipflops in less than 24 hours, just at the final moment before Crocodile would win. He lost everything. And the World Government found out about what he had been planning.

So even if he escaped from that prison with his former agents, what was he going to do?

He wouldn't be able to take over Alabasta anymore because he did not have manpower (as he had lost all his goons), and having lost his financial empire he wouldn't be able to build a new army any time soon. And even if he did, now that they knew what he had done the people of Alabasta would not accept him as their new king, even if he personally assasinated Cobra and the entire family. Not to mention, the WG finding out about his plans meant that they had every fucking reason to try and stop Crocodile if he did as much as set foot on that island again. By which I mean, they could launch a Buster Call on his ass. Send all the fucking Admirals after him. And so, even if Crocodile still believed Pluton was somewhere in Alabasta and that he just had to comb through the entire desert to find it... Between the Alabastan people and the WG in the way, finding Pluton would not be easy. Especially when Robin wouldn't even be there to just point him directly to it. It could take years, if not decades, while fighting off the WG by himself. And that's while assuming Pluton was somewhere in Alabasta. Like WE the readers now know Pluton is in Wano, but since Robin didn't tell him that. All Robin said was that the Poneglyph "didn't mention the weapon", and Cobra's reaction to the name merely proved the weapon's existence in Crocodile's mind. But surely, because Crocodile is a smart young man, he'd understand there was a risk that Pluton could exist, but just not be in Alabasta, right? Like that would be a possibility too, right?

I think this is why Crocodile has given up on Alabasta. He had one opportunity at seizing the country, and he failed. And without Robin, he could spend the rest of his life combing through a haystack for a needle when there's no needle, and he'd have no idea. I think is why he explicitly says in Impel Down he no longer has "interest in that country". He won't be able to pull off another stunt like this, ever.

And that leads us back to "why not escape earlier and avoid going to Impel Down to begin with". Thanks to his status as a Shichibukai, Crocodile hasn't been on the run from the WG for like two decades. And the past 10 or so years he has seemingly lived a life of luxury in his funny little casino. But now, having lost everything, he'd be back on the run. And because he's a world famous former "hero of the people", there would be nowhere he'd be able to go where people would not recognize him and send the marines after him. So he'd be on the run, for the rest of his life or until he'd get capture again. And mind you, the guy does not trust anyone, so he'd be on the run alone. Without any purpose or goal.

And you might be thinking, "Daz and the rest of BW was still there!", yeah, arguably true. But at this point Crocodile had no reason to trust any of them. Like personally, I think the reason Crocodile ended up taking a liking to Daz was BECAUSE he chose to follow him to Impel Down when he really did not have to. Like Daz showed an unusual level of loyalty to Crocodile, and I think Crocodile recognized that. That's why Daz is still with Croc, post-timeskip. But Miss Goldenweek and co? Crocodile had no reason to believe they wouldn't betray him if given a chance and a reason. And if the WG would come chasing his ass, they'd have plenty of reason to try and betray Croc (handing Crocodile over to spare their own lives). Not to mention, when they come release their former boss from jail, what did Miss Goldenweek say?

"Let's do Baroque Works again"

As I've already explained in detail, I think we might know why Crocodile wasn't interested in being Baroque Works' "boss" again.

So. Yeah. If in Crocodile's mind he'd be on the run from the Government for the first time in two decades all alone, in a situation where rebuilding what he had before would be bloody hard if not downright impossible, and he wouldn't be able to obtain what he had spent the last decade working for regardless...

Taking the L and just going to prison might've been the easier option

#Moon posting #Asks #OP Meta #Sir Crocodile #Long post #Mind you Crocodile only *left* jail because he saw AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY for petty revenge #Like had it not been for that war bringing Whitebeard out he probably would not have bothered to try and fight WB again #Otherwise he could've just escaped prison with Goldenweek and co and travelled to the New World to fight the old man right away #((Also theoretically Crocodile might've been slightly suicidal with the ''taking WB's head'' thing)) #Also worth noting that Crocodile choosing to stay in prison could've had two other purposes re:the former agents #It could've been a test of loyalty (to see if anyone would stay with him or would they all abandon him) #Which could be important to Mr Trust Issues (and to be fair he did find at least one loyal subordinate in Daz) #((Like if they had all told Croc they'd stay with him...... Who knows. Maybe he might've chosen to escape after all?)) #Other option: Crocodile escaping with them would mean the agents would be in much more danger than they'd be without him #Like the WG wouldn't send tons of marines after the individual agents if they all scattered to the winds #But if they all stuck together they'd become a bigger target. And even more so if Crocodile was there to lead them #And like. IDK if Crocodile was willing to leave out Goldenweek from the assassination order and spare her... Maybe this was the same #Maybe he wanted to spare Goldenweek (and the rest?) from being put into danger by going with them? #I dunno man this reptile has far too many layers to him I can't tell what's going on in his head

[random-lil-illing]

screenshot redraw of everyone’s favourite hacker!! i may have gone a little overboard with the neon, haha. do i regret it though? not at all.

#my art #art #digital art #finished art #fanart #carmen sandiego netflix #carmen sandiego player #carmen sandiego fanart #carmen sandiego #carmen sandiego 2019 #carmen sandeigo #cs player #cs player fanart #player #player bouchard #player bouchard fanart #carmen sandiego season 4 #screenshot redraw #screencap redraw #screencap #screenshot #redraw #this screenshot redraw made me realise just how different the player in my head is to the player in canon. huh #also for those who cant see the picture on their shirt its supposed to be a pic of 6arelyhumans profile pic :3 #i apologise for the shit quality i genuinely don’t know what happened there. ill try to correct it next time i do a redraw #listen i think theyd get bullied by people in a higher grade then them. but the people in their grade would be OBSESSED with them #my boy introduced themself as player and then like. 2 thousand dollars worth of electronics started ringing in their bag #the people in their class would have a conspiracy gc about them you cannot convince me otherwise. theyre the school cryptid #anyway enough rambling #enjoy the burnt food

[spinetacks]

defy doing this camera work for free when I would pay so much actually

#might try giffing this later..not tagging these. if you see you see 👁️ #this match is so full of events and emotions tho it’s really an hour’s worth of a 25m 🤧 #rapid heel turn and emotional loving yelling at the end ;-; #anyways if you haven’t seen it and want the link lmk otherwise I’ll do some gifs or somethinggg to rec it properly later in the week #I do love their setting and filming style so much tho;; I’d watch a hundred matches like this #match

[trashcatsnark]

ngl, didn't play EA but I'm poking around datamined dialogue from an EA version- I find it very inchresting, that seemingly, they definitely turned down the dream guardian's like horniness and romantic interest. Like it seems to be implied that at one point the dream guardian like- tries to kiss you during the first encounter, like lots of notes about cheek caress, thigh touching, and leaving you with a smooch souvenir. And then in the morning you get a pretty good idea of who everyone saw (Karlach didn't have a file for it that I saw and Shadowheart's was vague, beyond- "someone she is attracted to") and Gale is funnily enough seems (from my searching) to be the only one who admits that... yeah, he smooched them...

And like, totally get why they turned that down for final release, but god if that was still the case- I would have lowkey tried not to laugh my ass off when who the dream guardian is was revealed and ask Gale how he liked the taste of squid mouth, was it worth it, bud?

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #look no shame to emperor fuckers and if anyone of the companions would be an emperor fucker it would be gale given his reaction if tav turn #but like god that fucking reveal would have had such a different vibe if I knew gale had kissed his dream guardian #i love gale but that is worth some fucking bullying also given the emperor is now flirting with me seemingly exclusively in front of them #like oh im romancing gale and the squid he kissed wants me now too- am i the homewrecker in this situation? #have i now through the transitive property kissed the squid? #is this the start of the worlds weirdest throuple? #probably not being mindflayers are a bridge too far for even my monster fucker ass #which tbh is just because i'm a lot more picky about amphibious reptilians or otherwise non-mammalian based monsters #and thats probably enough oversharing in the tags #tho also for those wondering gale sees mystra astarion sees cazador laezel sees vlaiikith wyll sees mizora and again shadowhearts is vague

[marc--chilton]

house and wilson. but they are cats. warrior cats, if you will,

(bases by googaoo!)

#warriors #house md #james wilson #gregory house #hilson #(because it goes without saying i think) #sometimes house uses a stick to get around but as cats sometimes it's more trouble than it's worth #and on bad days his leg tends to drag hence the scarring on his foot #house's little forehead mark is kind of a joke on how people put stars on leaders #which i love but thought it would be funny for house to have a mockery of that #'starclan gave me the power to see through your bullshit' (he would use human curses obviously) #and wilson gets markings like labcoat and tie :) and gloves! #i love wilson but he's like some guy. a pretty guy of course but i couldn't think of him being otherwise terribly #interesting as a cat. just brown. brown cow #i'm just getting to season 3 so i feel like i don't have Enough to give them good names Yet #in the meantime i guess i could go with goldentouch for wilson and icewhisper for house

[fauvester]

i think my coworkers and friends think its a little excessive that Im so militant about my sleep schedule but its hard to describe the extent to which the terrors fucking get me if my circadian rhythm is even a little fucked up

#see. if i fall asleep by 10:45 or so usually the RLS doesnt start up #but if i drink a coffee too late. or im out late. or stressed. or dont get much sleep the night before #it puts me at precipitous risk of getting fucking got #and then its genuinely some of the worst suffering i ever experience... crying pacing self medicating panicking etc etc etc #would take food poisoning over a bad RLS night easy. at least inbetween the vomiting you can sometimes get some rest #rn trialing a med that totally zonks me during the day but its worth it as a PRN cause otherwise ill be zonked ND a bitch if i dont sleep #to delete #resident good #my coworker like.... you wont even go out to dinner before a work day? not if its after 9PM bro otherwise theres a chance i Will Not Sleep #and not only that I WILL suffer the whole time #man Im frustrated too! I wish I wasnt like this but thats the bitch of living with a poorly understood movement disorder!

[wretchedbirdthing]

Despite just making the post about how fun it is to roast Aya as an Aya Enjoyer, I am also happy to see her grow and learn to be a tiny bit less of a shithead.

Heactia’s interview put the fear of god into that bird and it shows. Imagine having your world view shaken by a goth who dressed her kid up as an American clown fo piss off her girlfriend’s enemies.

I like how she's gotten progressively more of a shithead. Compare how she was in pofv and then later on in ds or afieu (up until the hecatia part). You love to see it.

She was almost a plucky reporter at the start. Her biggest problem, according to eiki, was that she was too inquisitive. People wanted to be interviewed by her. Like yeah, she'd still write exaggerated articles but it wasn't as bad as afieu. She wasn't terrible, most of her lines are pretty neutral and not all that interesting, save for her convo with eiki.

She's such a little shit (I also like how raw eiki's dialogue is).

But if we move to afieu, things only get worse..

I don't think hecatia put enough fear of god into her. She should do it again. It'd be funny.

Just a little more should be good.

I think it'd help.

Not just her but everyone.

#asks #playing pofv is worth it so you can see the lines eiki gives each character #it's a bit of a headache otherwise #I think more people should put the fear of god into her #she deserves it (and it'd be funny) #first pic is from pofv aya's route #the rest are from afieu #i hope that's not too hard to read #that's the only format afieu has its text in

[tankgotstuckinthecircusgate]

"eleanor rigby" is certifed m2 song to me & i don't want to hear anything

#me abt m2 characters: “look at all the lonely people” 🤓 #tw death #“All the lonely people; Where do they all belong?” <- at the cemetery👍 #no fr post ending francesca in the cemetery at her parents' grave and there are fresh graves with names #that may not be known to francesca but are well-known to the player. was all this even worth it? #no sorry in this regard i'm a moralist and human life/connections r the greatest values in this world it's a tuning fork #m2 is such a lonely desperate game. honestly #(n at this point francesca is a character i don't want to see any violence in bc there has to be at least one!!! adequate person) #“we've been doing this play for over 5 years and in those 5 years only one person in the audience yelled 'mercy him!' ” #“there can't be a “greater loss/less loss” option. you're thinking like a politician. these are human lives not abstract losses” #“i said ”kill him“ bc i was just echoing the play” “but you've got a head on your shoulders and you have a choice” #no sorry i shouldn't be allowed to talk bout such things i always get off track #in my perfect world milgram's “obedience to authority” is being studied in school #i think i take this game way too seriously & personal but i can't take it otherwise

[gemkun]

layla brought up the halovian siblings then i was like do you think veritas had a sibling cause everyone with a sibling has trauma and then it proceeded to fall to the trope of having that one sibling praised by everyone cause veritas is a prodigy and being shunned because you were lesser than them but the prodigal sibling would be the only one there for you and you guys know in hsr its only gonna lead up to tragedy

#* ✦ 𝐈𝐕. ❮ isms ❯ ⸻ ❝ #* ✦ 𝐕𝐈. ❮ muses ❯ ⸻ ❝ 「 veritas ratio 」 #layla if you see this this is your fault #but like i cant decide if hes an only child or otherwise #it would also play a heavy factor in his outlook in life currently #like he is a man who believes in life is worth living #but his cold disposition could very much be a result of losing loved ones or those close to him which is why hes so distant now

[dayurno]

Is number 5 the one where Kevin goes nonverbal after the choking incident?

mn! the first scene is supposed to be kevin and aaron in betsy’s waiting room. aaron is pretty interested in the situation because he thinks it’s actual physical damage that is keeping kevin from talking and that’s what causes a lot of fear-mongering for the other foxes :) but of course it’s the result of a week or two of not speaking for physical reasons and then never actually starting it back up out of intense fear and anxiety surrounding the convention of Speaking at all……….. pobrecito……….. no one is happy about this least of all kevin but they will be fine i promise 👯‍♀️ betsy plays a big role in this fic because she mediates most of kevin’s interactions post-selective mutism; she’s the guiding force for the learning curve that it is for the foxes and works genuinely tirelessly to help accommodate kevin

re: betsy and kevin im actually really interested about and fond even of how their dynamic goes in this wip because she understands rather early that working towards speaking again is infeasible for kevin in the immediate aftermath of his mutism 🥹 i think she’s the first person to actually sit him down and say okay, if this is how you’re going to lead your life now, then well need to do this and this and this. she traces a pathway for him to follow and slowly but surely it will help with speaking again, but most importantly she’s the one to look at him and accept that this might be a permanent condition and it should be accommodated for and respected as such. dloes that make any sense at all? im sleepy

#kevin spends a Lot of time despairing over it and he is horrified by the thought it might be permanent #and he’ll still be for a long time after betsy tells him theres nothing wrong w it #but at least her help makes him see a Way you know. a way to live even if it is permanent #also always thinking abt that ask gnat sent months ago asking if kevin would still be able to communicate with jean #in french or otherwise #and i still stand by my answer that yes but it would be painful and it wouldnt be worth it #but also i think jean would be a very big part of kevin’s recovery if he does eventually get to a point where it can be achieved #asks #kevin

[eeunwoo]

eunwoo should’ve left fantagio 🙏🏼

#I hate that he has so much loyalty to that ugly ass company #I know technically his loyalty is to astro but it’s just not worth it. all of them should’ve left. the company ran their careers into the #ground. and eunwoo managed to make a name for himself because people wanted to work with him in a similar way to other idols that are #‘faces of the group’ of other groups that are otherwise flopping pretty majorly #but fantagio is not and will never be a good company to debut any idols #they are money hungry first and foremost #and the trauma and abuse they inflicted on eunwoo predebut will never ever be forgotten or forgiven #and to see them do the least for him now during his solo debut that is coming years after his group mates’ is crazy actually #I hate this stupid fucking company so much I wish astro had never renewed their contracts #mrow.org

[despairforme]

He chooses violence all day every day, what else is new?

#[ HMMM i wonder what i should write today ] #[ i'm also thinking about whether or not i wanna keep all my blogs ] #[ i have 10 blogs - 11 muses ] #[ seeing how little i write on most of my blogs makes me think it's not worth keeping them ] #[ i DO enjoy writing them of course ] #[ but it's hard to build any actual bonds ect on the blogs when i'm not active on them ] #[ i'm also thinking i want to try my hand at OTHER characters ] #[ which means freeing up some emails ] #[ nnoitra is OF COURSE not up for discussion ] #[ and byakuya ; mayuri ; doflamingo are safe bc they are my fav to write (not counting nnoi) ] #[ i wanna put more effort into writing spandam which means moving him from his side-blog to a primary blog ] #[ might split my dual blog for caesar and perospero into two blogs bc i prefer single muse blogs and i love both my bois ] #[ so that leaves shinji ; muramasa and ashitaka ] #[ THINKING EMOJI ] #[ gonna keep them until the end of the year anyway bc otherwise my word-count system will be ruined LOL ] #[ ANYWAYS !! just some rambling ] #[ hope you're all doing good guys! ] #despair for me. ╱ in character.

[fauxbia]

man idfk screw everything forever

#!!!!!! AND THATS WHY … AND THATS WHY OFF THE STRING SCENARIOS ARE SO FASCINATING TO ME #because !!! it’s taking the original interpretation of an Avatar to an Extreme #a god truly Reducing Itself Fundamentally #to experience a life it never could have otherwise #cutting off its body and power and divinity #to find the simple pleasure of living #the ultimate fate of a star - no matter how beautiful no matter how grand - is to burn out #there is nothing an iterator can do but shine #and maybe that’s not enough. and maybe the “life” they were forced to live isn’t enough. #maybe when that inevitable far off death comes #they won’t have lived at all #AND THE TRADEOFF !!!! #trading that uncertain future death and permanent stagnation #for a shorter but fuller life #shedding all that you were before to become reduced to the point of incomprehension #How could you comprehend what it’s like to become *that* much less???? #is it worth it? #it has to be. to see the sun. #to live. #an avatar doesn’t need all the power of a god behind it to exist #maybe just a little is enough. enough to find happiness. #and maybe they’ll mourn what they used to be even as they can’t quite comprehend it anymore #and maybe they’ll wake up and see the stars and know. it’s worth it. it always has been.