#it's genuinely so good

[sincerely-nines]

Team Rancher to "I Don't Smoke" but it's the country(?) version

#THE REALLY CHEERY ONE FROM HER RECENT TOUR #The yeehaw version? #IT'S GENUINELY SO GOOD

[justastrugglinghotchocolate]

Spoilers for The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)

So I am week late, because life happens, but I just got through watching The Fall of the House Usher. Right off the bat, it’s fucking phenomenal. It convinced me to finally get around to reading this giant collection of Edgar Allan Poe works—I haven’t read anything for the year and this show single handedly got me to pick up a 1000+ paged book.

But the thing that I wanna talk about is this moment in episode 7. When Juno finally talks to Roderick about Ligodine, Roderick compares himself to Victor Frankenstein.

Now being a pedant and also a Frankenstein enthusiast, I immediately turned to my sibling and joked that Roderick probably doesn’t realize that book Frankenstein was (as another user on this site put perfectly) ‘the sci-fi equivalent of nineteen and pregnant’. And then, I thought back to what Verna says to Victorine in episode 5:

“What’s more important to you, being famous or saving lives?”

In much of the discourse surrounding Frankenstein, there is dispute over what Victor’s motivations were. Some point to the loss of his mother, others to his desire for glory, and some claim it was simply because he could—from what I remember of the book, no explicit, singular reason is given.

Why did the Ushers hold on so tightly to Fortunato? Because of their mother? Because they wanted Ligodine to be something glorious? Or is it simply because they could?

Roderick is correct. He is a version of Victor Frankenstein. But his monster is not Juno. His monster is his children, who are simultaneously their own versions of Victor Frankenstein, each killed in pursuit of their own monsters.

#the fall of the house of usher #frankenstein #victor frankenstein #how funny that my latest obsession piece makes mention of my last obsession piece #light analysis? #idk i just wanna talk TFOTHU #It's so good #favorite horror series of all for sure #the fall of the house of usher spoilers #anyways if you can handle gore and horror watch it please #it's genuinely so good

[vulturedimension]

im BEGGING u to pls link me to that second century warlord fanfic im losing my mind

here u go, enjoy

#it's genuinely so good #ask tag #particlewaveform

[armed-saphire]

Funniest joke my brother could've ever said in response to hearing a character's name in mgs3 is "Sokolov deez nuts"

#It's genuinely so good #Mgs #metal gear solid #mgs3 #metal gear solid 3 snake eater #sokolov mgs

[iambecomeahamburger]

Draw the squad: Httyd:Rtte edition (again)

#httyd #rtte #hiccup #astrid #tuffnut #snotlout #snotlout probably said something stupid to astrid #and she got super mad #as usual #so hiccup had to step in to stop her from murdering him #tuffnut's just along for the ride lmao #template is from poe party #poe party #edgar allen poe's murder mystery dinner party #it's genuinely so good #you should really watch it #if you're into like classic literature and stuff #or just murder mysteries

[they-didnt-last]

idk what kind of drugs lovejoy put on wake up & it's over, but i cannot stop listening to it. i've listened to the entire ep four times today

#lovejoy #it's genuinely so good #it's like if 'the fall' was an ep

[skz-maybe-incorrects]

the way last year had a christmas treat so good the way this year had a christmas present so wonderful. yeah.

#skz replay #it's genuinely so good #the whole of it. so welcome and cherished #w

[gyuphorias]

face the sun was nothing short of ... life-changing actually i will never be the same after this

#⭐️ — moon speaks #it's genuinely so good #i cannot believe i saw people saying that this was gonna be svt's first Bad Album #like ... how are u feeling now? a little embarrassed perhaps? maybe a tad foolish? #IMAGINE thinking this was gonna be bad..... #OH it's my new favorite album i'm so serious

[schroedingers-faggot]

I literally do not care about your preferences (/j) but if you're a potc fan, or hell anyone with an internet access, pls pls pls pls go read Rash Actions by blanketed_in_stars on Ao3 it's probably my all time favorite fic and I can't stand having no one to talk bout it with.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/6338491/chapters/14522305

#This is mostly joking #but also #please read it #it's genuinely so good #text #rambling moss #ao3 #potc #will x james #will turner x james norrington #james x will #james norrington x will turner #fanfic rec

[the-silli3st-girl-in-the-world]

i wish i could watch kill la kill like i first discovered it. That anime changed me.

#entry.txt #it's genuinely so good #i feel like ppl who hate it rlly did miss the point

[ilona-mushroom]

Not socialist in a “I won’t have to work” type of way but socialist in a “I’ll still be working but I won’t be worried I won’t make the rent” type of way. In a “billions won’t be hoarded by one person” type of way. In a “janitors, fast-food workers, child care workers, preschool teachers, hotel clerks, personal care and home health aides, and grocery store cashiers, will live comfortably” type of way. In a “the sick and elderly will be cared for” type of way. In a “no child should work” type of way.

#socialist #socialism #communism #anti capitalism #the belief that we won’t work under capitalism genuinely makes me so mad #like #you realize the goal of social reform is to abolish imperialism right? #there won’t be good just showing up out of nowhere without slavery and/or imperialism

[spyglassrealms]

had a fucking hilarious dream that tumblr replaced the "block" function with the far funnier "glock" function, which did the exact same thing except whenever anyone blocked you a random bullet hole, like a png of a bullet hole, would appear on your blog. discourse blogs were unreadable bc you'd go to the page and the sheer amount of bullet hole pngs stacked over the blogs obscured everything. I woke myself up laughing

#normally I don't chronicle my dreams here but fucking hell that one was funny #I think this would genuinely make tumblr better tbh #@ staff do this cowards #spy has thoughts #my life is a sitcom and i am my own laugh track #functional website #spy's smash hits #Glock function #edit for everyone in the notes saying 'everyone clapped' #I know I can't prove to you that it happened for real you're just gonna have to trust me on this #but I swear on my goddamn life I'm not making this up #I make so many conscious puns that sometimes my subconscious cooks up a real good one

[mumblesplash]

i know it’s like years old at this point but i love that one collab mumbo and grian did with tommyinnit bc it’s like the single most concentrated example i’ve seen of mumbo’s Chaos Nullification Powers

you get to see a bit of it on hermitcraft, mostly via his interactions with grian, but until seeing that collab it didn’t really hit me just how completely mumbo can no-sell other people’s attempts to control a situation. tommyinnit is possibly the single shoutiest, most chaotic minecraft youtuber out there, and in most videos i’ve seen he pretty much overwhelms everyone else and sets the tone for interactions because of this. but mumbo just. doesn’t let him. no matter how much tommy escalates in intensity, mumbo reacts with *exactly* the same energy he always does. grian largely comes across in the whole video as annoyed and reluctant to engage with the whole thing, but mumbo’s not even affected. he just rolls with anything he finds funny and basically ignores anything he disapproves of, only seeming more and more unflappable the harder anyone tries to get a rise out of him.

AND imo, this is the key to my favorite interpretation of him as a character

see, when the people around him are being more reasonable/calm, i think mumbo often comes across as anxious and a bit easily overwhelmed. the thing is, his nervous wet cat vibes do not scale. he has one setting. his responses to the last life ‘ah-ha!’ jokes and to hermitcraft 8 starting to crumble to pieces under a falling moon are almost identical.

mumbo jumbo is inexorably and eternally Just Some Guy, but that gets stranger and stranger the weirder his surroundings become. the giggly incredulousness that makes him an easy target for goofy puns looks Very different when it’s also his reaction to the impending end of the world.

#anyway yeah i have this whole idea in my head about mumbo’s friendship with grian from a characterization standpoint #bc i agree with the somewhat? common consensus that being friends with mumbo has made grian softer and friendlier over time #but i don’t think it was in a ‘reflecting back the kindness he’s being shown’ way #i think it’s because the more harsh and chaotic you try to be towards mumbo the more you feel ineffectual and out of control #and grian can’t handle it so he slowly becomes nicer until he feels like they’re on equal footing again #like don’t get me wrong i think they genuinely are good friends #and i don’t think this is necessarily something mumbo is doing on purpose #but i think the power dynamic going on under the surface is much more bizarre and weighted in mumbo’s favor than it seems at first glance #mumbling

[inkskinned]

in internet posts it is easy to cut them out of your life. they are hurting you! they aren't listening to you!

they held your hair back. they lent you lipstick. they held your hand at the train station and got you home safe. they rounded on your bully, got loud, said get fucked, spitting-mad in your defense.

they also cut the hair off again. told you that you should really think twice before wearing something like that. took you for granted. took your insecurities and threw them in your face again.

you know logically it should be easy. all the internet advice comments always read it will feel better. like an equation - if a person is rotten, you just remove them. you pull the tooth that's hurting.

but it was never a big flare-up moment. you don't live in a sitcom. they never tried to take your boyfriend or steal from your apartment. they showed up to birthdays and they wrote songs about you and bring you water without you asking. once you found out they carry an emergency inhaler for you, even though you haven't had an asthma attack in years - just in case.

where is the line? people fuck up. sometimes they fuck up badly. sometimes people have raw personalities, like a powerline, and being around them is dangerous. addicting. sometimes they can't help themselves, but you know they're trying. sometimes they are just rough-around-the-edges. sometimes they don't even realize how they sounded when they said that. sometimes it's just - you've both loved each other for so long now, the way this thing hurts goes back to the root.

and that's the fucked up part. you have pushed your fingers against the sweetheart of memory. things these days are electric, tense, harrowing. they didn't used to be. there were a lot of good days in there. sometimes you want to just close your eyes and say can this be over yet? do we still need to be fighting?

doing that would give up any chance you get of getting an apology, but you don't always know that you need an apology, you love them. once they flaked on your birthday party. once they told you to get over it, people are always dying. they also let you crash on their couch for a week after the breakup, handfeeding you when you were so sad you couldn't eat. they are also judgmental about everything, occasionally react to banal statements with an attitude that is weird and fiery. they also love you like a lighthouse sometimes, so strong they cut the storm like lightning.

but the problem is that you might be storm. you might be the thing that needs breaking. what if you are two forces who are desperately, horribly drawn to each other, shaped by the other person's passions, and both good for each other and bad in equal measure.

what if you're both just people, and you're no saint neither.

just cut them off! swallowing the saltwater, you catch yourself in the mirror. you've been shaking more than usual. there's an ache in you that is oblique, loud, impossible to soothe. is this what it looks like? when life is "easier"?

your mouth will always have a hole, is the thing, if you remove the tooth.

#spilled ink #warm up #writeblr #this is about someone specific but feel free to blorbo on main. #tbh this is familial for me so that is an element but it's also about childhood best friends #and probably about ur enemies to lovers blorbo #(but i want to specifically say if ur partner is like this. not necessarily a good partnership lol.) #(the dynamics at play in familial/friend relationships feel equally important and in some ways are HARDER to escape. #bc we can see that this is a potentially toxic romantic foundation. #but in family ? ...... it's toxic and it doesn't stop u from loving them. bc u always have. #and i think that makes it harder. by a lot. which is what this is referencing). #but genuinely and really truly forever feel free to tag ur potentially toxic enemies to lovers on this and all my poetry #here i'll do one for u - adora & catra :x

[shirleyjacksonesque]

i finished my taskmaster season 7 rewatch!!!!

#it's genuinely so good #april.fuck

[iambecomeahamburger]

Crusty Ass Zutara Discord Server update: it’s amazing and y’all should join.

https://discord.gg/VgKUBqB6 (invite link)

#zutara #zutara discord server #crusty ass zutara server #fr tho #it's genuinely so good #pls join #come hang out with us guys