#like can you see the excellency

[b1gwings]

the first episode of fhjy was such a fucking blast. one of my favorite moments was most of the bad kids succeeding on their saving throws against being Frightened by the Night Yorb but Adaine failed, and when Brennan asked Siobhan how this looks/feels for Adaine, Siobhan was answered “i feel a panic attack coming on.”

and it’s like. as much as Adaine has changed since the beginning, it’s really refreshing to see that her anxiety disorder didn’t vanish with her character development. like, they’re acknowledging how that kinda stuff doesn’t just go away — you can’t really get over it so easily. Love u forever Adaine & Siobhan <3

#i know this isn’t a new take or anything #it’s just really nice to see they haven’t forgotten or anything #and i don’t want it to seem like i’m SURPRISED that they’re committed to represent these things well — i know there’s a lot of care that #goes into making & staying true to these characters #i’m just really happy that fantasy high/d20 as a whole is a show that represents this kinda stuff tactfully and truthfully #as truthful as you can be with game mechanics lol #excellent first episode yall. i’m so fucking excited for the AP and ep 2 :3 #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fantasy high junior year spoilers #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #adaine abernant #siobhan thompson

[aroaceleovaldez]

im really not a fan of Rick's recent trend of recycling bits of his writing that got a good reaction the first time and acting as if that's a valid substitute for. actually bothering to write something original a second time around. It's clearly just there as a callback and nothing more.

It's "Nico's rage exploded" and "Percy's rage exploded" with the exact same paragraph formatting. It's CoTG having titles like "My Singing Makes Things Worse, and Everyone Is Totally Shocked" (reference to TLO, when Percy says he thinks his singing would cause an avalanche) or "Pretty Much the Best Good-Night Kiss Ever" (reference to TLO "Pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time") or any other number of near word-for-word references to the first series. It's Nico calling Percy "seaweed brain" in Un Natale Mezzosangue (when Percy says in TTC that anybody but Annabeth calling him that is a major offense). It's Nico and Will falling into Tartarus in TSATS word-for-word referencing Percy and Annabeth in House of Hades, despite it not making any sense for their characters (and otherwise being written as Percabeth 2™). It's the show making huge changes but keeping random "fan-favorite references" (mostly overusing "seaweed brain" and "wise girl" and emphasizing percabeth) only because they're popular in-jokes and considering that a faithful enough adaptation to market it heavily as such. It's lazy writing.

And it's a disservice to the series and to the audience, because it clearly shows Rick doesn't have original ideas anymore (though given all his writing is heavily derivative to begin with, it begs the question how much was original in the first place and how much he has difficulty when he doesn't have a structured mythological plot to work from) and that there is an expectation that the audience will just sit down and accept that behavior hook-line-and-sinker. Everything recently is clearly such lip-service to the audience, either in retcons that are overt speaking-to-camera acknowledgements of things he's been criticized on or wink-wink-nudge-nudges of community in-jokes that have no business in the actual text (see: over-use of ship names in canon). Especially since Rick tends to be about 5 years behind on the fandom uptake. It's just so disappointing to see.

#pjo #riordanverse #tsats crit #pjo tv crit #rr crit #< OH BOY A TRIPLE #MCGA's reference to Jason's concussions in the chapter titles is on thin ice but can stay for now #callbacks can work! in-jokes and references can work! see: Percy's dam joke in Son of Neptune #or Percy in the musical making the joke about his singing causing an avalanche as a reference to TLO #or any other number of references in the musical #but you need to know when they belong and when they ABSOLUTELY DO NOT #and when it's a fun nod and when it just feels like you're copying your own homework #a great example actually - i was recently reading an *excellent* fic by @vivitalks #and in it Jason uses the phrase ''you knock me out'' as a fun nod to Jason's ''you're a knock-out'' in TLH #that's a good little reference! that's how you do it! #a character who has already used one phrase uses a similar phrase. because theyre the type of person to say that phrase. #that's already been established. and it highlights something about their character that they return to that phrase #in that fic it highlights that Jason is a total dork especially when it comes to romance #Percy's ''dam'' joke reference in SoN works because it's only used once very briefly and it's very quickly brushed by #and it's literally Percy making a reference to his own past and acknowledging that he's doing that. it's his own in-joke! that's reasonable #it's not reasonable to expect FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE to have the EXACT SAME REACTION to FALLING INTO SUPERHELL #especially when they're established to all be EXTREMELY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS with DIFFERENT DYNAMICS #long post //

[repmet]

Wingwoman Princess Beatrice

#red white and royal blue #alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #princess beatrice #firstprince #rwrbedit #rwrb movie #rwrb #henry: i'm gay #bea: excellent - hot guys am i right? #also is it weird if i'm annoyed by bea's tiara #not just cause it's ugly #the greenscreen effects show how limited the budget was #but you can see the band which is like #a big no #it also looks too far back but that's apparently subjective #and they obviously did her hair first and put it over top like a headband #you're meant to braid that shit in #no i've never worn one ever why do you ask

[mtndw-whteout]

I'd love to see your take on middle aged or older Terumob!

Dumb Old Men :)

#art #artists on tumblr #mob psycho 100 #mp100 #teruki hanazawa #shigeo kageyama #terumob #post canon! terumob #older terumob #they’re so dumb #they own a bookshop/cafe together #they have tattoos that remind them of each other #uhhh #ik this isn’t how you see them! but I hope u enjoy #I feel like mob would be tall and soft built muscle wise #and Teru would be tall-er and hard built #I love themmmmmm #also yes the last drawing that posted in server was for ur ask hehehehe #terus fashion sense has not gotten better #neither has mobs but he can be subtle about it #got that dad style #also mobs shirt says ‘dad by heart’ #and terus is ‘freak in the sheets’ with the excel logo next to it lolol #they’re married

[rabbiteclair]

do other fields have this thing where 80% of people who are, in theory, mid-career experienced professionals are barely capable of performing fairly basic tasks without personalized guidance, or is software development just suffering under the curse of an entire generation being told to go into the field if they want to earn enough money to pay rent

#got off work two hours late today #because i was helping somebody with such daunting bugs as #'ah see the issue here is that you sent your content-type header to application/vnd.ms-excel for some reason.' #'you told the server that you are sending it an Excel file. like. an old Excel file. and you aren't. so why did you do that?' #'ah. I see. you copied some 12-year-old code and reused it without considering what it does? well. there's your problem.' #also 'one problem I see is that you spelled company wrong. yes. it has an M in it. right. put an M there. an M. like Monkey. M' #'yes put an M. no not at the end. see how you typed 'conpany'? yes it needs to be 'company'. so just fix that' #'right. c-o-m-p-a-n-y. yes. that's where the M should go. okay but now you've typed 'cmpany'. can we put an O there? yes after the C' #and 'well the problem here is that you're retrieving a list of numbers and telling Hibernate to interpret them as a random object' #'ah it's some code you copied from somewhere and didn't change apart from the query? yeah that tracks. well. change it.'

[crescentfool]

having the hc that minato is ace is incredibly funny sometimes when you think about how ryoji is oh so very bi because it's like. "ah. death stole my ability to be attracted to people," in the same way that ryoji stole minato's eye color and energy level. like wow, thanks ryoji, you just keep finding things to steal from minato!

#persona 3 spoilers #minato arisato #hc and au nonsense #lizzy speaks #happy international asexuality day to my fellow aces out there i hope you know that you are loved!!! 🎊🎉🥳 #i like viewing minato with the lens of him being gay / ace. esp bc it stems from my own experiences so it's fun to look at- #him from that perspective even if that's not what was intended by atlus y'know? #and im sure others have other hcs from me that are informed by their own life experiences and i think that's great ^_^ #something that i found interesting while playing FES was how. stilted? minato's animations felt when hugging the girls #you could definitely go with the perspective that it's a graphical limitation or they didn't have time to polish the animations #and that's def true!! but sometimes i see the hug @ yakushima beach + the other hugs and then i compare it to the sou/yo hug in p4 #and there's like... a noticeable difference to me with how intimate and close together the hugs are... #that said i do know that the animations for reload are updated and the hugs are much more natural (good on them tbh!) #the other thing is (pensive sigh). the way you couldn't reject any of the girls when doing their social links in FES #objectively speaking i'm glad that they did away with that and i like how the rejections were handled in reload. it feels naturally written #but also a part of me enjoyed looking at the “hey atlus what the FUCK” moment and thought of how to interpret it differently #specifically with the idea of minato having like.. little to no autonomy and kind of going along with the relationship #it kind of reminded me of myself tbh with like going along with the rship without considering what you want bc #it's what others want or expect out of you... LOL. i dont think atlus intended for someone to interpret it this way but #eh i think that's the fun part of hcs and looking at characters with certain lenses! #regardless of how you perceive minato i do think there's something to be said about him being the kind of guy who molds himself- #into someone that is needed. not wanted. but needed. important distinction here. #the one caveat my brain runs into when im like “minato is ace!” is when i remember thanatos exists and i go #“you know what these ideas can exist simultaneously” GKLHFHDFHD when in doubt schrodinger's headcanons #anyway that's all i've had this thought in my brain in awhile and haven't sat down to share it properly until now 👍 #have an excellent weekend everyone !!! lizzy loves you all lets all nurture our inner yippee!!! 🥺💙

[ride-a-dromedary]

Alright, the jack in the box is wound, and the coherence is coming to me. Halsin and the dryad, I was talking about his response if the PC indicates that he is most comfortable after a supper large enough to induce hibernation:

"Mindless gorging...? No, that is not right. I did not realize you thought that of me."

And why this keeps catching in my mind is not necessarily what he says, but how he says it (so I am commending Dave Jones' voice acting here). The rest of Halsin's responses to incorrect answers are generally even toned and corrective; firm, usually, but not inherently overly emotional. Much like a teacher correcting a student. But this one...he sounds genuinely surprised and taken aback that the PC would even suggest that. The "no, that is not right" is even firmer on its heels. And the last part...the last part, his voice is smaller. Less forward. I would not go so far as to suggest hurt, but it is approaching that territory. It comes so fast after his firm no, that it almost sounds like something that slipped by accident. Like something that was meant to be muttered under the breath, but it slipped from him because the surprise was so organic.

Alone, it doesn't mean too much. It's a slight offense to an obviously nonfactual statement. And that's likely all it is. I'm about to read too deep into this, I am aware.

But combined with the other things spread throughout Halsin's dialogue, particularly the implication that he is otherwise used to people making commentary on his physical appearance or the physicality of his being, it suggests an extra layer of hurt. An extra layer of: "I did not expect this from you, of all people." Not quite a betrayal, but approaching one.

What makes it particularly catching, is that one of the things you are able to wrench (and I say wrench because getting Halsin to share mundane personal details about himself is a production - and it makes *sense* it's a production if a. We keep in mind that Halsin himself doesn't seem all too sure who he is beyond his preoccupation - which elves are prone to but Halsin also just has...a lot on his plate that have evidently stunted his identity formation - to the point where he even claims he was forgetting who he was, and b. If he is used to questions concerning himself and his experience leading into questions regarding his sex life or his physical activities, see: the companion banter with Wyll and Karlach, he likely...doesn't really keep ready details about himself personally on tap anymore. He's so unused to people being interested in Halsin, that he's taken aback when they are. It becomes the "In the moment, I forget everything and anything I like to do for fun" mentality - no one really cares about what I like to do anyway - if you will. He even goes so far as to joking that the PC may be a doppelganger because *why else would they want to know these things*) out of Halsin when you ask him about himself is that he has a sweet tooth. That he likes honey, and people find that amusing. He chuckles, but his face falls, evidently prepping for the PC to make a similar comment (and he attempts to beat you to the joke about that, though a PC can still call that "on the nose" to which he responds that there is little point in denying oneself if it doesn't hurt anybody - indulging isn't a bad thing). If the PC instead chooses that he should pay little attention to what others think, he gives that infamous: "sometimes I think people look at me and imagine my feelings can't be hurt" line. Which implies - regardless of whether he verbalizes it or not - things in this thread hurt his feelings. Comments or assumptions about his body and his person hurt his feelings. He won't say it, but they do. The PC is likely aware of this by this point in the relationship.

Halsin does not otherwise bring up eating or food to any level of significance or directness - the sweet tooth comment was the only time (you could assume outside of canon interactions that they've had other conversations between them and that perhaps this was brought up, but we are going to base this solely in what Halsin reveals in canon). He brings up hibernation, but specifically the sleeping part of it. Nothing else.

So, the PC then potentially goes ahead and makes an assumption of him during the dryad. How'd they arrive at this conclusion, as it obviously surprises Halsin that they did? It reads, very much, that the PC is making this assumption based on the comment about his sweet tooth, his comment on indulgence, and his physicality (note: the ha ha bear and hibernation thing almost seems like an afterthought - Halsin latches *very* quickly onto the "mindless gorging" part). All things that he has shown very evident discomfort (which is ironic because the question is when he feels most comfortable) or hesitance towards (he claims there is nothing wrong with indulgence, but never seems to indulge himself beyond sex, if that. Gee, what does that remind you of?)

Halsin entrusted this individual with this information, as frivolous as it was, potentially revealed that it hurts his feelings when people make assumptions of him, and this individual then went used that information and made the assuming connection: "So, this is a big man. He said he liked sugar, so he must like to eat and indulge. It must be his favourite thing to do because look at him." I am going to essentially ignore everything else I could have possibly heard, and make a bear hibernation joke that has nothing to do with sleeping being a comfort, but emphasize the eating part.

So, yeah, he's a little taken aback - incredulous, you might say. A little hurt. Resigned, almost. Because at that point, you can make a very logical assumption that Halsin came to a very quick snap realization that perhaps this person was not so different from the others as he thought. That it always eventually comes back to that. What else was he expecting? When has it ever been any different for him?

#BG3 Musing #Halsin Posting #does this make sense i don't think it does but it's like...jumping from a - z based on assumption and you know what they say about that #note: this isn't actually this deep i am just making it this deep - also yes i'm aware it probably means none of this #i have a degree in bullshit #but this is also why halsin should have had a legitimate bear like build of a body #i understand why he didn't - but this is *verbatim* what fat individuals receive as assumptions on their person #*all the time* that oh you must overindulge yourself you must eat a lot you must you MUST #and in that thread of thought of halsin's relationship with his body #there's also something to say when halsin says 'my ears are all yours...any part of me is yours should you wish it' #because he *begins* by offering his sympathy and understanding...but follows it up with 'but if i am more valuable to you in this way #then that's fine too - i'm used to that' #almost parallels (inadvertently) astarion's: #'i think i'll enjoy having halsin around not for his wit or wisdom he'll just make an excellent shield if we're attacked' #he's self aware #and in regards to how halsin sees his body as a separate entity - a. body dysmorphia and b. i don't think he truly does #halsin claims he sees his body as a vessel to serve nature and wrinkles his nose at vanity - but i feel there is enough old hurt in him #that this can never be true of him even is he so desperately wishes it was #does he have a level of confidence in himself? obviously he does - but it is marred - it's an exchange #there's always going to be that little voice in the back

[enhanced-operatives-division]

I've been thinking about the first time Prism got one of her Robots to work the way she wanted after getting kinesium and uh well this was the product of that

#aughh sorry if her hands look off I literally only have a 1 brown for skin tones so i couldn't do her palms properly #i am looking to get a set of like decent skin tones in paint pens but christ it's hard to find #i tried to use my ballpoint pen brown to at least imply the contrast but idk how well that worked #know i wanted to do it but i was limited by my resources sighh #alas...primmy :(.... #idk she cares so much about her robots and it just breaks my heart to think about it #she's so gentle with them...like she's wanted to make them real for so long and now she can and she loves that and she loves them and AUGHH #i cannot wait until she meets right robot again in canon you have nooo idea how much i want her to see that bobot again #i think she would cry but um. it's good this time? #she's so special to me im crying dr p ilysm #im like a broken reccord the amount i say it. true though she's excellent :( #ieytd #i expect you to die #[agent moose's art] #roxana prism

[minty-mumbles]

Literally frothing at the mouth rn wishing there were more fics about cultural differences between the LU boys

#linked universe #Yes I have read Cultural Differences by Kastaborous #And It was excellent but I mean like less language barrier and more #“What do you mean that smithing technique is lost to ancient history. I literally made that type of blade last week.” #“Hey you can't say that it's rude.” “What the hell are you on about. That is a standard greeting.” #“What do you mean I can't do that? What is this? The thirties?” *Blank stares* “Oh right you guys are ancient I forgot.” #“Ravio and I are married.” “But you don't have a ring??” “I actually have several. Have you gone blind?” “No a wedding ring.” “A what?” #“Good on you for breaking the gender binary.” “What? I'm literally not doing anything.” “You're wearing a dress??” “???? So??” #I have many ideas #as you can see

[proudfreakmetarusonniku]

convinced that people who are convinced rei was meant to be creepy havent actually watched evangelion bc that can be debunked by like. watching the show. like rei isn’t framed as creepy she's framed as tragic. her circumstances are portrayed as frightening because they’re like. child abuse. but rei herself is framed as a traumatised child who’s unhealthy coping mechanisms like literally every other one of the children. like literally everything creepy Around her is not creepy bc of her it’s creepy because it’s clearly a sign of severe trauma and not because rei in and of herself is in any way wrong or creepy (hell, she's probably the major character who does the least amount of fucked up shit, along with asuka) because her upbringing is.

#like if rei was meant to be creepy she’d be like. framed as such #i mean it wouldn’t make her creepy either way again she’s one of the better characters morality wise lol #but Evangelion is fucking excellent in its use of cinematography and visual language #and it uses that to express lonlieness and isolation most of all with rei #i mean you can see in eoe where rei as lilith is actually meant to be unsettling #the idea is literally just ableist projection #Which like why r u watching eva if you’re gonna be ableist lol the show is literally abotu childhood trauma #neon Genesis evangelion

[tastethesetears]

Wednesday: I can tell when you’re lying.

Tyler: Not historically.

#wednesday x tyler #wyler #wednesday incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #wednesday #source: prodigal son #look there could have been an excellent prodigal son and Wednesday crossover #also i can see this being an established relationship dynamic for them #Wednesday thinks she can read him like a book #and he’s all can you tho?

[percki]

as an appalachian girl lucy gray’s character (and by extension the covey band) really cuts me deep because that’s my people. my life, my dances, my instruments. and within two-three generations all of it is gone.

#in katniss’s time the only remnants of the covey band are their songs #and even those are fading away - she was the only one who knew the valley song in her class #the people of district 12 are cut off from the forest #from the mountains and the green and the creatures and everything is replaced by capitol industry #they did an excellent job casting rachel zegler in the film because her voice is perfect for bluegrass/folk #and it’s just as compelling as it is in the book - maybe even moreso now that i can actually put the words to sound #thg #tbosas #lucy gray baird #the covey #in all honesty i cried when maude ivory sang oh my darling clementine in the book #even though it’s not exclusively appalachian of course but i used to listen to that song to fall asleep growing up #and if lucy gray sang shenandoah… oh you wouldn’t be able to get me out of that theater i’d be there sobbing forever #my dad plays the mandolin and i play guitar and we all know how to sing and that music is such an integral part of me #to see it represented like that breaks my heart #talk tag

[thespoonisvictory]

desperately need more worlds beyond number episodes right now pls

#seeing brennan stretch his legs and settle into a long campaign is such a gift #the overwhelming coziness and atmosphere with the excellent audio editing is just. perfection #and lets the episodes stretch out lazily and catch on every pc whim and thorn without rushing #but also with brennan's now trademark sense of pacing that keeps everything going at a nice clip #it's like watching someone who's only ever been able to release sketches and flat coloring start showing off his massive oil painting #(not to say anything bad about d20 just that the scale is different) #you can see the imprint of d20 in the immediate richness of the world and the strong sense of pacing and rails #but it just has this lovely languishing effect bc they don't need to go anywhere anytime soon #so the world is full of fairy lights and soft rain and wildflowers and comedy can come and go easily #perfect trust between the pcs #I just. need more of it #wbn #worlds beyond number

[july-19th-club]

i want to play video game but i specifically want to play the kind where you are a little pixelated man running through a Location and it is all viewed like an egyptian mural so like. you see everything from the side? you know what i mean? and its very simple you jump over things and dodge things and look for doors and thing s. im not explaining myself well but i want the retro-est little dungeon imaginable that to me is the platonic ideal of Video Game and i dont know how to find him and play him . but if i were to get into video game at this late stage in my youth that's how i would start doing it

#please recommend me games so i can see if they fit this olike. concept ive formed in my head of what Video Game should be #it needs like. cute little doodedoo synth music . when he jumps it is pleasingly springy #there are like. stone walls and things . YOU know . a video game #q #ALSo i can only pretty much play games on my regular personal laptop which is not built for serious games it is built for Websites #these need to be games that dont overtax my little 'puter #and are doable for someone with limited experience and not always excellent reaction time

[onlyzhuyilong]

Zhu Yilong’s reactions to OTRF Author Yu Hua (Laoshi) praising his acting, his character, his dedication, and saying he’s a true artist. [X]

#it is really high praise when the author says you did a great job on his creation of Ma Zhe #ZYL is that type of actor that has this ability to take a book character & bring them to life so accurately like they were made for him #idk if you can see but when Long Ge gets embarrassed & shy his ears & neck turn pink xD he’s just that cute #tw flashing lights #zhu yilong #朱一龙 #I gotta side with Yu Laoshi on this one like he was incredible like I will travel and almost go broke to watch you in this film #my gifs #only the river flows #ma zhe #I joke about Ma Zhe being this old man who is really hot and he is but in all seriousness he’s one of his best roles #meanwhile the director was like okay but what about me? lmao you did amazing the film is excellent #please stand by for the queue #source weibo

[oldwitchsleep]

i think a hannibal season 4 should open up a few years later but then contain flashbacks to their journey to getting to where they are now. like flashbacks them in the ocean, them getting out, tending wounds. them arriving at their new home. dinners together, cooking together. first kiss, first kill, whatever. all interspersed between the main plotline.

#oh wait can you imagine #it opens up with them having been caught by jack #and the flashbacks come in the form of like them answering jack's questions #and then as the plot develops (they escape or whatever) we start to see them becoming more intimate #until the final standoff with jack and they come back together for the first time in the season #and jack watches them like reunion make out or smth #excellent bryan hire me #hannibal #hannigram