OFF STRING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RAMBLE UNDER CUT with no conclusion. just babbling
I reeeeeeally like to think that going off string requires A LOT of sacrifice. That it's not that easy to just ..... Get off
I love to think about how hard it is to cut off your godlike metal giant body from yourself. Are you even going to be yourself after this? Is it painful? I think it should be. What happens to the can right after? It's still you. What happens if your puppet dies? Are you going to wake up in another cycle? But what about the can? IT'S STILL YOU!!! WHAT IF
I looooove thinking about how fucking difficult it is for an iterator to even EXIST out of their can to begin with, and how it fucks up their already (most likely) shaken up mental health. And physical health. That it's extremely hard for them to walk, to get up after they fell, to touch, to see, to feel, to run, to fight, to rest, to be alive. That not running thousands of processes on the back of your mind is making your head dizzy, that you can't stand straight and be balanced because of how you used to have an umbilical arm, and how painful it is not to have it. How hard it is to be dependent just on your little, vulnerable, pathetic (in comparison) new body and a few neurones
It's just so much
And I love to think that they STILL can't get rid of all the curses that they had
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something about the fact that Hermie wasn't even supposed to exist, the fact that he only came into being because Beth was fucking around with an anagram generator and he was funny enough to keep around. (something about the fact that Anthony clearly liked him enough to not want him to be a total creep, and retconned an explanation that he was method acting as the Joker.) something about the fact that Paeden didn't mind getting frequently forgotten by the PCs, but Hermie minded a lot, and that was funny, so it became a running gag. something about the fact that all his flirting and messing with Normal was motivated by his single most important desire in life: getting attention, and more specifically, attention from Normal. (something about the fact that he seeks attention more than he seeks love.) something about neither of his dads wanting him, of the party not wanting him (of the cast not wanting him). something about the fact that it was clearly specified that Scam spawned him into existence, meaning he might not even have a soul, meaning he might be gone forever without even the possibility of reunion in the afterlife. something about the fact that he outlived his usefulness, and the only significant or meaningful thing he could do for narrative or characters was to die. (something about "he's basically a free kill that changes nothing in the story.") something about him saying in the stand-up ep that he'd be better off dead. something about the fact that the narrative decided he was right. something about the fact that he was loved enough from his introduction to keep coming back, but not loved enough to be made plot important. not loved enough to be saved. Hermie the Unworthy, everyone.
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so,
I love the kick scene. The cheeky smirk, the exasperated look, the dangling legs and steady foot hovering near the unstable chair and how mr. zimmers music gives the perfect drop to create one of the most visually satisfying scenes ever.
but.. I also like the immediate line which precedes it.
from the beginning of the movie, we get to see snippets of how arthur is well and truly done with Cobbs shit and the unpleasantness it brings. he knows cobb can potentially sabotage the entire mission, and being the pointman, he needs to ask the important questions, he needs to know how they all wake up. But here, he brings up the previous mishap. while arthur really doesn’t need to add the part he got shot by cobb, he says it anyway..
Is it anger? Is it frustration? Or is it both? Is it both of those and also cause he’s hurt?
that wasn’t the first time arthur was killed by either of his best friends, and even though it comes as some sort of twisted mercy from cobb, it still stings. He hides it as much as he can but he’s only human. it’s not easy to gloss over the fact that despite not being able to kill his own projection, cobb is always ready to kill his only friend who dropped everything and ran away with him. he doesn’t show remorse over it and even here, when arthur does mention it, the most cobb manages is an exasperated eye roll. it’s all arthur will ever get from dominic “one apology” cobb.
eames sees this. he sees thru the brittle anger and fragile frustration and sees how hurt arthur really is. eames also knows that he can’t interrupt and may be try giving a cobb piece of mind or acknowledge arthurs pain, both eames knows that Arthur wouldn’t appreciate. So he goes with one thing he has always been good at in getting Arthur to relax a little.
Distraction. tried and tested and confirmed over the years to get an exhausted arthur to smile, a scared arthur to chuckle, a stressed arthur to smirk, a worried arthur to snort or a sad arthur to give a fond eye roll.
and it works. the moment is stolen from cobb and eames can’t help by smile at arthur levelling him with a lovable bitch face. It’s not perfect, and may be a poor substitute for a hug that eames really wants to give, but he knows he has made arthur tear himself from a bad memory and look at eames with a promise of some laughter.
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grief and it's effects on us was a Major theme in chibnall dw and why are some people acting like that is bad? Is it not cutesy enough? Not heart warming enough? Do you think children do not know grief? Do not know death? Do not deserve a fictional hand to hold them through?
the grief and hope themes in the era are deeply intertwined and this is a Feature, and it certainly is not grim or uncaring.
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things that do not seem to have helped my covid-19 sore throat:
honey tea
chicken soup
ice cream
numbing lozenges
numbing spray
nyquil
ibuprofen
things that seem to have helped a little:
popsicles
... root beer barrels?????
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