#its a fuckin GOOD story

[soldier-poet-king]

Ik the internet has collectively decided liking Hamilton is cringe bc ppl were writing real person fic, making founding father self inserts, and because anything that gets a big enough following must be mercilessly shunned after 6-12 months but like, I got surprise tickets to a matinee today as a bday gift and it really IS that good?

Like. I'm not USamerican. I'm not sitting here like "oh yes this is absolutely historically accurate and this is how everything went down and how these ppl were irl". Its a story. A historical adaptation. But it's a Damn Good Story. It's thematically compelling. It's emotionally resonant. It's about hunger and imagining death and ambition, about that desperation that drives you towards elusive satisfaction, about legacy and memory and the construction and telling of narratives, it's about UNEARNED GRACE and impossible forgiveness.

Like it really IS a good story, and as someone who only know these people as /characters/ and not historical figures, they're compelling characters? Their arcs are interesting? Hamilton and Burr as foils is so good? Washington as a model of leadership and of regret? Of legacy earned and unearned? ELIZA??MY EVERYTHING?? She's not a "main" character but the narrative hinges on her, when Hamilton is stripped bare of his ambition he thinks of her. She controls and saves the narrative, ultimately. It comes down to Eliza as the centre of it all, best of wives and best of women truly.

The music is a bop, the choreography fun, the set design simple but effective. Like? I get things that have a massive teen fandom can be annoying, and taking it as Historical Fact would be stupid. But as a story???? It really is that good?

Also we had an understudy as Hamilton and he was v young with such a soft higher voice and it REALLY worked esp in act 1 with the whole young scrappy hungry thing. He was also shorter than Eliza which imo. Perfect. Tiny man among a cast of largely very tall men and a few very tall women.

#who else is giving me martyrdom fantasies and ambitious unending hunger and legacy and history and narrative #And the UNEARNED GRACE OF IT ALL #forgiveness? can you imagine? #LIKE. IT REALLY GENUINELY IS GOOD. AND I ENJOY IT IMMENSELY #its a fuckin GOOD story #maybe i am just able to be like. completely separate from the historical aspects bc i am not american #like yeah the real goerge washington owned slaves. evil vile. #but hamilton Goerges is like. a character. they r not the same. he is a compelling portrait of leadership and regret. #one last time makes me cry. i wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree. like damn ok u got me #the hamilton burr foil is obvs contructed for thr show. but its GOOD its NARRATIVELY COMPELLING like. #anyway. i have been really uhhh ******** lately #but this was. this was good. #live theatre in general is just good for me. its just so expensive so i rarely go #but man. the arts. the arts. THIS is why we live and work

[thatone-highlighter]

I love you albums. I love you songs connected by similar themes. I love you listening to songs in a specific order picked by the artist. I love you reoccurring motifs throughout the same album. I love you album covers. I love you albums with extended editions. I love you songs that reference each other.

#guys i fucking love listening to albums fr #best thing CDs have done for me is forcing me to listen to albums in order #this post is about. so many albums and artists #bad suns #imagine dragons #Set It Off #bastille #FUCKING HELL BASTILLE #theyre albums are SO GOOD #guys seriously. give me the future + dreams of the past. go listen to it. its so fucking good #doom days also fuckin slaps man. my fav oart is the fact the first 3 songs merge together for me until i realise million pieces is playing. #<- and ofc it has another place on it #also Imagine Dragons‘ Mercury 1+2 OUGH #the tone shift as you go through the double album until it does a full circle #sometimes a good album can be made up of songs that are banger after banger #<- All This Bad Blood-bastille Night Visions-ID smoke+mirrors-id apocalypse whenever-bad suns elsewhere-sio etc #and sometimes a good album can be made of songs that tell a progressive story while referencing eachother to enhance meaning and connect wit #-with the artists lived experinces #<- give me the future + dreams of the past-bastille mercury act I+II-ID Duality-sio #Tree Man Posts #music

[unexpectedbrickattack]

experimentin w shit heehee

#fake peppino #arts #mine #horror #eye strain #guh #body horror #a lil tho but i just think thats a more commonly blacklisted tag than 'horror' #spooky month is the only time im like. i guess i should TRY to draw spooky shit #i always feel like my style is too loose and roumnd to convey it in the way i want to #but spooky month is like okay u can fuck around and fuck up and itll still be good. the spirit of spookyness n all that #i love horror so much but it feels so hard to grasp. like what is ACTUALLY scary yknow? #its very easy to say whats not scary but then its also so hard to stop urself from doing the same things lol #to be fair. stories and 'motion' (through the use of comics or animations) are far easier ways to convey things like suspense n stuff #still art is like. well that is an image alright lol #not entirely true tho; theres an artist i dont know the name of that did trailcam images that were photorealistic #and theyre sooooooooo fuckin creepy #like when i get around to doing more fp art i wanna use that and the lighting in it as practice #okay thats it i think; gonna draw furry shit bc i need comms yay yippeeeeeee

[bringina]

bioware really said "i made this whole ass cool as fuck last second reveal in absolution that gives dreadwolf so much potential, so help me if y'all say dragon age 2 is a bad game that can just be skipped in the triology ONE MORE TIME I WILL SEND MEREDITH TO BEAT YOUR ASS-" and honestly that is so correct of them

#dragon age #dragon age 2 #dragon age absolution spoilers #dragon age absolution #da2 #daa #when i say i fuckin screamed #leaped out of my chair even #justice for da2 its a great game actually all it needed was more time to make maps more varied and not backtrack so damn much #time the devs did not have. and honestly id take shitty map design over fumbled story any day of the week #im still screaming this series was so good #the ONLY complain is i wish it was a 12 episode series so it could pace itself well enough to keep the non game fans from being lost #i imagine the show is way lesser if you cant remember codex stuff and dialogue bits at drop of the head #how do people who dont know things like who venatori are feel about later episodes??? #anyway funky dragon show good had a great time #bringie talks

[mozzarellamint]

the carp swims up the waterfall

#yakuza #rgg #my art #akira nishikiyama #yakuza 1 spoilers #yakuza kiwami spoilers #in case. anybody care #kiwami 1 was uh. rough (negative) but i Loved nishiki in it #the crybaby whos constantly being compared to his cooler brother fuckin. losing it completely is so fun #the corrupting power getting to his head its good #its a shame it is a video game story from 2005 lol #i have also been sitting on this piece for a bit but it has the boon of 'not being especially ambitious' 👍

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

a lil fieldrake hanging out <3

#aka BUTTERFLY DRAGON BUTTERFLY DRAGON BUTTERFLY DRAGON BU- #im FINALLY fuckin satisfied with the general design for dragons from the golden fields #that makes no sense outside of my brain but its important worldbuilding to me and thats what matters #i hate that this is a random dragon and not a character #bbg i want to name you and give you a story so bad #oh shit i never sketched in a basic arm outline #theyre not a wyvern i swear theyve got four legs #scribble garnish #dragons #oc #original character #not-fish <3 #ive been on a worldbuilding Bender #when im not going insane over puppets ofc #my dragon cuisine doc is getting out of hand #though im missing ideas for like. 4/7 territories #anyway its taken me literal weeks to get this design right #i played around with so many head/snout shapes and none of them were good #originally i was aiming for either a snake-like look or like. cat-butterfly-dragons #but this is so much better #im very proud of the wing. and the color pattern. prebby

[satsuki-yumizuka]

Who're your favorite Monogatari girls?

LOOOOOK LOOOOOK SHE IS SO PRETTY NAD BEAUTIFUL AND LOVELY LOOOOK LOOOK HAUUUUUUUUU SHES SOOOOO OCUUUUUUTE SHES PERFECT SHES SO CUTE AND PERFECT AND CUTEEEEE SHES SOOOOOOO PRETTY LOOOOOOOOOOK

#anyways its kiss-shot acerola-orion heart-under-blade #like for sure #i fuckin love nadeko too. she is like me kinda but not really but in a lot of ways i get her. u know #kiss-shot is not really like me at all but she is all of my favorite things in a character #i want to write so and let it be known that every character. every story. she will be in there. #spiritually. maybe even literally. #like. it is just. exactly what i want. from a story id write. u know #i will not be specific bc im pretty sure u and several other followers have not watched kizu #but its so good #i love kiss-shot so much

[analligatorr]

Mando!Mama Graves and lil Malcolm

In my Star Wars AU, the Graves family is one of the oldest and most proudest Mandalorian families in the history of Mandalore, hardly associated with other families, but did frequent business with Separatists and crime syndicates, of course, as long as they were loyal.

Their beskar armor was passed down from generation to generation.

(Malcolm Graves' first armor was inherited from his grandfather, but after being imprisoned, it was lost to the Imperials. The second and current armor was his mother's, who died during The Purge, Malcolm adapted it for his body and now carries the legacy of the last Mandalorian Graves)

#yeah. its basically this #im not a good person to create stories. but this au is my obsession #malcolm graves #mandalorian graves #graves family #star wars au #sw au #league of legends #did you like my younger graves?? #its so fuckin hard to rejuvenate characters #i still intend to draw our dear TF as a padawan (a ryze's padawan..👀 who knows..)

[synthshenanigans]

I feel like it was a mistake putting these two against each other in the first set of rounds...

Instrumental Links:

Dream

Light

[Reblog for more of a sample size of you'd like]

#both songs had a LOT of votes #so this might be quite a fight #i am not sorry #blame the randomizer guys #god these songs are so so good #like instrumentals alone they're some of my favorite songs of CJs #like Dream is insanly fuckin pretty. like every time I listen to it my brain like ascends beyond this realm i stg #but like Light is so amazingly crafted togther. swapping between Heart & Minds instruments as well as Light & Nights instrumentals #Overlapping a bit but also swapping with each other. its like one of the most story driven instrumentals #LIKE HOW DO I CHOOSE BETWEEN THOSE #I am biased for BOTH sides dude i cannot choose #chonny jash #chonnys charming chaos compendium #cj mind #cj heart #cj soul #moss poll. #i don't want either of these to get knocked out. this is a loss either way bro

[satansleftnutcheek]

Just had like the biggest brain realization about Astarion bear with me I think I'm onto something here. Spoilers ahead for those who don't know about his "condition" or haven't heard about his tragic backstory™

I think people generally overlook the bite scene in favor of focusing on how it reveals Astarion being a vampire, how it can benefit the player if you're trying to romance him, or find an easy way to get him out of your party. I would like to note that there’s nothing wrong with this response! I did the same in my play through because I already knew he was a vampire due to spoilers. I just saw the scene as Astarion looking for his equivalent of a sandwich when it happened.

But why does Astarion bite Tav of all people?

The obvious answer is because Tav's the protagonist. Any important character scenes will happen to or involve them because they're the player character. It's the nature of how RPG stories are told. However, Larian Studios has put a lot of thought into this game, so why not dig a bit deeper?

Assuming Tav has everyone in their camp when this scene is triggered, Lae'zel and Shadowheart are off the menu purely because if things go wrong they'd immediately kill Astarion. Not good! If things go wrong with Karlach he could possibly smooth talk his way out of it. After all, she's a very kind person who goes out of her way to help people. But she's also twice his size and could snap him like a twig, which is not a risk worth taking.

Wyll isn't nearly as much of a threat as the other three, if it came down to it, Astarion could probably take him in a fight. The main problem here is that Wyll happens to have a habit of killing monsters, which would make talking things out really difficult. Astarion's relied on skills like persuasion for the past 2 centuries so he'd probably want to have his best skills be viable options if things go awry. Halsin, much like Karlach, is twice his size and could kill him with ease. Hard pass on that! This leaves Gale as the last, and really only, viable option. I mean look at him, he's frail as hell, always having the lowest HP in the party, and his weapon is a stick. Worst thing that could happen to Astarion is a bonk on the head.

So then why Tav? Why are they the one Astarion bites?

Now Tavs come in a lot of varieties. The player could be doing a Dark Urge run, they could be playing as the embodiment of pure evil, the kindest soul that is second only to Jesus, or somewhere in between. However, the one thing that unites them all is their power. They're the leader of the party and the others (to varying degrees) respect them. Tav is the one that chooses where the party goes, who they help, who they kill, and even how they'll have the tadpoles removed. In a way, Tav controls the party.

Remind you of something that Astarion openly talks about wanting?

For two centuries Astarion hasn't had autonomy, respect, freedom, resources, or control. What he's learned from those centuries is that power always gets you what you want. If you want freedom you need the power to control others. So while biting Gale would be the easy answer, it doesn't have the perk that biting Tav does.

If Tav wakes up during his biting attempt, Astarion could smooth talk his way out of it. If things go okay and Astarion gets to keep his head, he'll have gained more of Tav's trust. This in turn would give Astarion greater power over them as they'd be easier to manipulate, which in turn gives him more control over the others. If he ends up killing Tav then that technically would open up a power vacuum in the party. Whoever fills it would have all the power and control that Tav has. I don't think any of the other characters would let that happen though. Astarion's the person who you don't want to be the leader because he's clearly performing this role for his own self-centered reasons. Also seeing as this scene generally happens early in the game, nobody likes him enough to just let him become the leader.

Now if Tav lets Astarion bite them things get more interesting. It's a possibility that never occurred to him, but he isn't going to turn it down. First of all, it establishes Tav as an easy food source. Astarion has a consenting snack that in the future, might let him bite again. If that happens then Astarion's food source becomes far more reliable and surviving becomes significantly easier. Tav's consent also reveals how much they trust Astarion. From his perspective Tav's shown too much of their hand. Astarion's simple plan to manipulate Tav for the sake of his security has become child's play at this point.

All this being said having Astarion choose to bite Tav over Gale reveals so much about his character. While Gale is the safest choice to make, Tav's position of leadership is what entices Astarion to bite them over Gale. After experiencing two hundred years of mental and physical abuse, Astarion values power so much he'd be willing to risk his ability to not become a mind flare, and his life, in order to gain it. All because this is what he learned from being Cazador's slave for 200 years.

#slaps astarions head #THATS A LOTTA DAMAGE #you think you understand the story and know know how deep his trauma runs but then you write an essay and suddenly youre crying AGAIN #astarion please god get some help #somebody give this boy a hug #larian studios if you thought of this then i hate you for being so good at what you do how DARE #i havent even finished act 2 yet and astarions story is only getting sadder and richer and damn its written so well but OW #fuckin OW #astarion bg3 #astarion baldurs gate #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate iii #baldurs gate three #baldurs gate astarion #astarion #im officially gone there is no me only bg3 #is now when i admit that ive never written an essay analyzing something i love unless it was for class #the brainrot has never been so real

[astralejection]

i think it's really funny that duke has zero beef with anyone in the batfam, like bro is straight chilling

#seriously like jason lets him make jokes about his death #and he lets duke call him out when he's being dramatic and emo #damian also immediately respected him bc DUKE showed immediate respect #like duke knew damian was more experienced and skilled than he was in vigilantism and didnt treat damian like a kid #so they saw a movie together :) #dont get me started on duke and cass theyre dynamic is so special to me #but also its canon that duke cass and steph go mini-golfing on sundays #they call it their self care day #and i dont think hes actually really interacted with tim much #im pretty sure tim was dead when dukes story was developing #but i assume that duke and tim would be on good terms too #duke is fr just a fuckin capybara bro has no beef with anyone #dc comics #duke thomas #batfam #im only tagging duke tbh im lazy

[soldier-poet-king]

Apparently the Northwest passage song is a uniquely Canadian thing and not everyone grew up haunted by the spectre of failed historical arctic exploration, and so all the tumblr posts about ppl suddenly discovering the terror make more sense

#the duality of fran #i havent seen the show #it just was wild to me that suddenly tumblr was having an arctic exploration phase #and its like. ah. yall didnt do this as kids in school #ive already told the story of how one of the only advanced books in my second grade class was on failed Arctic expeditions #and so lil me was macabre and obsessed with it. read that book so many times #plus in canadian school u learn about all that shit in social studies as a kid #from a largely colonial perspective mind you. but the whole baffins bay northwest passage etc etc #anyway pls go look up stan rogers northwest passage it makes me bawk #sometimes canadian folk music fuckin slaps #(see also. barretts privateers. what s good pub song)

[anotherpapercut]

bro what the fuck are they doing with my package

#fun story #i ordered 3 things from hot topic. they shipped but never arrived so a couple weeks later i messaged them abt it #and went back and forth with them for a while bc their customer service agents cant read apparently #before being told i had to call bc one of the things i ordered went out of stock and i was replacing it w smth more expensive #so i call and im on the phone for like a fucking hour missing the 15 minute window i have to eat between jobs #and being on the phone at work for a while lmao #i finally get it done and the guy fucking forgets my apartment number in the shipping address. it's in the billing address tho?? #so i email them AGAIN and im like yo your man forgot my apartment number. they cancel that order and place another #the effect this has is that the $14 payment for the more expensive item is cancelled as well. bc again they don't read #so im like sick i will effectively get these $60 pants for $15 (im very good at sales and also manipulating customer service) #but apparently when they replaced the order they put ny apartment number not in the address‚ but as part of my name????? #so i think its fucking up usps. but it came in 2 packages and 1 has arrived so i still have hope. but thats not the end #yesterday guess who fuckin calls me. its hot topic. my original order arrived to the fuckin store in my local mall #and theyre like i think we fucked up bc we just found this package but it says you picked up your order already. do u want it #and i was like yes? not really sure what package to be expecting and its my ORIGINAL FUCKING ORDER #so once this package arrives i will have gotten 2 of the same shirt‚ 2 kiki sign things‚ a sweater‚ and a pair of pants for $40 #and i figure i can return one of the shirts and one of the signs that i have duplicates of for store credit of their full price #so anyway yeah. thats been the past 3 weeks for me.

[camzverse]

i think im gonna make a sb rewrite fic.... Giggles

#im not even a writer at ALL its not generally my thing but i feel so compelled to make it #the idea came from a tag carousel carouselrabbit left on one of my posts one time :33 ivebeen rotating the idea in my head ever since #its not gna be a heavy rewrite i think ? just adding a lot of the stuff they cut + making vanessa actually fuckin important to the story Et #basically its like. greg accidentally frees himself from glitchtrap -> wakes up with no memory of any of that -> leads to hiding in fred -> #and then the SB stuff starts #working on a prologue(?) rn that starts with him waking up (+ends w him hiding in freddy) . im also making a drawing to go with it :33333 #idk if it will be any good but WHO GAF!!!!!! Joy of creation #cam.txt

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

if you have some, do you have any headcannons for barnaby?

honestly! not really! i don't have hcs for any of the neighbors!

#the way i interact w/ welcome home is uh... slightly differently than how i interact with more mainstream / company-produced media #like if you compare how i talk about the neighbors/wh to how i talk about characters on say... my dc blog #there's probably gonna be a notable Difference! #with mainstream/company stuff i go Hog Wild with hcs and aus and i form my own version of everything in my head #(while still understanding & respecting canon as the true source) #but wh is Different! i can't really do that! #it isnt some big production created by a team & mass released #where the actions of some fans just fuckin around and having fun won't directly affect anyone or even reach the ears of the creators #and where upon releasing it everyone Knows that its gonna be dissected & torn to shreds & played with like barbies #wh is more... personal? there is one main creator. these are His characters. its Their story. #i can't in good conscience make headcanons and honestly? id much rather stick to canon trivia & facts than create my own #theyre not my facts to create or believe in!! #sometimes ill make a post saying 'hey this would be cute / neat' #but as soon as i post im tossing that thought away. i dont let them stick or become hcs #(NOTE THAT I AM NOT BASHING ANYONE WHO MAKES HCS. THIS IS ALL MY PERSONAL OPINION!!! MY OWN PERSONAL INTERNAL RULES!!! FOR ME!) #rambles from the bog #like even with the lights out au im being careful with it. im trying to be faithful & respect the characters and the source #its an... exploration i think #ive never approached making an au this way bc usually im just flinging characters around and treating canon as a chew toy - scrap for parts #but i cant do that here! im Not Complaining At All im simply stating! i cant! #sorry you probs weren't expecting a lil mini rant in tags my b <3 #this has just been in my head since i first discovered welcome home #i remember feeling myself start getting really attached & interested #and i recall telling myself 'ok. we cant approach this the way we would other things' #and i have done my best to Stick To That. ive relaxed a lil since then but im still standing by my one rule #Be A Little More Normal About This Than I Would If It Were Mainstream / A Company-Made Production

[idkaguyorsomething]

it is quite annoying when people will be like “¡i can’t possibly read or relate to this story, it has no canonically queer characters in it!”. like. okay. go read frankenstein, then look me in the eye and tell me there’s nothing resonant about a monster cast out by his creator for the crime of being made and desperately wanting to be accepted by society but turned away at every opportunity to the queer experience

#stories shouldn’t have to be relatable to be good anyways #there is value in a story that directly represents you in its text yes #but also one where the symbolism and themes still hit a chord even if it’s not necessarily in the way the author intended #and stories that teach you to empathize with who you’re not and challenge your thinking #frankenstein #mary shelly's frankenstein #classic literature #fuckin idk how to tag this #critical thinking #media literacy #idk