#like i get profits and everything

[kanansdume]

I've recently been watching these very interesting Star Wars video essays on YouTube (yeah I know, a rare breed) and it brings up these comments Lucas has made about how he views Star Wars as almost like a silent film in terms of how important the visuals are to him in comparison to the dialogue. But this essay also points out how important Lucas finds all of the "rhyming" moments in his trilogies and the way he utilizes them to remind you of something else for emotional or thematic reasons. And there's so many of them, both in visuals and in dialogue, and it's interesting to consider how important this is to him, the repetition for a purpose as well as the storytelling through visuals above everything else and then to look at Star Wars since the Prequels came out and realize how little has really been able to match up to those ideals since then.

The ONLY thing that's come out since the Prequels that I think really hits these two things the same way is, in fact, Andor. One of the things I noticed about the way people discussed Andor as it was airing in a way I haven't really seen for any of the other shows or films was the visual SYMBOLOGY. So many times I saw people noticing the Imperial cog everywhere, from the aerial shot of Narkina 5 as the prisoners escape to the architecture of Mon Mothma's house. There were people picking up on the use of items in Luthen's shop that are familiar from other things to give this idea that Luthen is from another time, he's attempting to preserve this world he lost, that if you're not looking closely enough you won't notice what he's really saying or doing with this shop. The color choices for the different locations and people got analyzed because the people involved spoke about how they intentionally utilized color to SEND A MESSAGE about the characters and the world. We know that the people who made the costumes and sets really worked hard to treat Star Wars almost like a period drama and study the history of the franchise as if it were a real place so that the things they came up with felt like they belonged in this world everyone knows so well even if it's completely new. And of course there were all of the myriad references to things from Rogue One, the constant repetition of "climb", the sunset on the beach, etc.

Nearly EVERY SHOT in this show was created with so much intention behind it in order to say something meaningful about the characters, the world, this specific story they're in, and the overall saga of Star Wars itself. It's insane how much greater impact this show was able to achieve through the incredibly careful usage of visual symbols and thematic repetitions, much like Lucas did before them. It feels like they didn't just study the history of the galaxy far far away, but they studied the history of STAR WARS and what Lucas was trying to do and say with this story. They peeled back his onion a bit more and were able to create something that really has that same visual feel even when it's not created for a child audience. It also is experimenting with its narrative style through its structure and through Cassian's character being allowed to be somewhat more reactive than proactive, and while that didn't work for everyone, it does feel like it's following in Lucas's footsteps of experimentation through Star Wars. Push the boundaries of what Star Wars is and can be and what you can say with it.

But this only works because they peeled the onion back enough to TRULY understand all of the messages Lucas was sending with it. They got the heart of Star Wars and despite its lack of space wizards, despite the lack of most major characters in the Saga, this was a show that honestly got the message more than just about anything else Star Wars has put out since the Prequels. The choices between selflessness and selfishness, the themes about how you always HAVE to make a choice even when it feels like you don't have any (sometimes ESPECIALLY when it feels like you don't have any), and how important it is to make sure to choose the path of compassion above everything else. The themes of connection to others, the symbiotic circle and the impact even the smallest person can have on world around them, it's RIGHT THERE and it's CENTRAL to Andor's storyline.

So yes, it experiments a little with narrative structure, but it's possibly the most Star Wars thing to exist Revenge of the Sith because it honestly truly GETS what Star Wars was about, both in its themes and in its filmmaking. A lot of people said that Andor didn't feel like Star Wars to them, usually because of the lack of space wizards and the fact that it's not a story aimed at children. But to me, Andor is EXACTLY what Star Wars is and has always been. They're stretching the boundaries of what Star Wars can be, but it's saying the exact same things Star Wars has always said, it's just saying it slightly differently. This doesn't feel like fanfiction to me, not really. Unlike things like the Mandoverse or the books, Andor isn't just taking some of the toys out of the sandbox and going to play with them somewhere else. Andor is IN that sandbox. It's building a slightly different sandcastle, but it's still within the sandbox, using the same sand that Lucas did.

#star wars #andor #star wars andor #i GET why some people feel like andor isn't star wars #but quite honestly that feels like not just a superficial reading of andor but a superficial reading of star wars as a whole #the only other show to come anywhere near andor's level was the obi-wan kenobi show #there's tons of visuals that are intended to link back to both the pt and the ot #from obi-wan and leia's costumes to things like the fire obi-wan is burned in and that flashback scene #i'm placing andor above owk still because i think andor takes it an extra level higher but owk is also in that sandbox #owk just got stuck with the fucking volume and the disadvantage of going from a movie to a miniseries #but it did far better with those disadvantages than just about anyone else and still told a VERY star wars style story #the fact that it feels like the prequels is exactly why everyone hated it #and it's exactly why i loved it and think it's the 2nd best thing to come out of star wars since rots #i'll give 3rd place to rebels since it tries once or twice to do some visual and dialogue repetition #but those kinds of things aren't something i see analyzed about rebels all that much tbh #everything else is just fanfic that made a profit #some of it is really BAD fanfic that thinks a cameo is the same as a visual motif. it's not. they suck. stop doing them.

[mwagneto]

this site is so unlike anything else in all the best ways and they've tried for years to make it profitable but couldn't because a user-friendly and user-driven experience and profit simply cannot coexist but stagnating/dropping profits aren't an option in today's climate. that being said i highly doubt tumblr is going down it feels too unkillable but if it is im not going to instagram or twitter or mastofort or whatever i will simply walk into a forest and become moss. god bless

#pro tip you can massively lower server costs by getting rid of tumblr live‚ a feature noone wants and noone uses #literally just stop trying to become other sites and instead capitalise on being unlike any other site #in a world where every app is the same app owned by the same people tumblr is invaluable #but it's not profitable which is the only thing they care about #but like. I'm literally not moving anywhere else #not only coz tumblr in general is the best site but also bc my blog is really important to me #it's a record and archive of everything I've liked in the past 7 years meticulously catalogued #even if i went on another site. all that would just be gone. i cant have that #I'll be downloading my blog but that's just part of it yk #barking #tumblr

[s0fter-sin]

wow so watcher just singlehandedly killed their channel

#i get wanting to ensure your company is profitable but moving everything onto a streaming service aint it chief #we are in a cost of living crisis and you want people to pay for another service? #when most are cancelling the ones they already have? #what are they thinking #‘we wanted to keep the price low enough to make it affordable for everyone’ whos everyone? i cant afford 60-72 dollars a year #and thats in usd #for me thats 93-112 bucks a year and thats not happening #how they didnt just start with a channel membership is beyond me #this was such a short sighted and out of touch idea #and theyve already started archiving their videos which makes the whole thing feel so disingenuous #and moving everything off youtube will mean theyll have no subscriber growth bc how are people supposed to discover them? #the comments on the video are so cordial everyone is saying this stuff by the hundreds #so heres hoping they roll it back #even their reasons for it being they cant do bigger production shows bc of their budget #people dont watch you for the production #i for one was a little put out when they started overproducing their shows it felt like they were trying to hard #its always been about their personalities #i just cant believe they didnt think this through #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #hey there demons it’s me ya boy #watcher #buzzfeed unsolved #shane madej #ryan bergara #steven lim #ghoul boys #ghost files

[kleefkruid]

Have to let all art teacher job openings pass by at the moment bc I either need a teaching degree on top of my art degree which I don't have, or significant working experience/a Name in the art field which I have not much to show for in the official sense even tough I've informally taught and informed plenty of people I just need to find my opportinity to prove this in the right setting.

But it does give me a weird kind of comfort every time, because I know, regardless of my general insecureties in life, I know that I am deeply more qualified than plenty of art teachers I've had. That's not a huge leap whatsoever with some of them, but it is nice sometimes to be able to say with a full chest "Hey I am better at you than this and you get paid, so I absolutely deserve this as well."

#it's mainly official schools I can't get in due to regulations #I can try for like everything between non-profits and private projects but they're usually smaller so there's less openings is general #But once I can wriggle myself into one that's a nice tally on the work experience #I've got time #job search #daily life

[lilisouless]

I am seeing comments about the Barbie movie and oh god, are you telling me internet’s beauty standards went so high that now not even Ryan Gosling meets them?

#granted i never been a big fan of his #like once i dreamed he was hired to clean my house and everything i could think was how could i profit on it #BUT #i am pretty sure he was like this conventionally attractive person #or what is he too old now? #aren’t people getting anything that’s not a live AI generated human? #also have you considered he got hired because he was the best for the role? #LIKE A FREAKING ACTOR? #barbie movie #ryan gosling

[rodimissliveblogs]

So far in the lore of this playthrough, Astarion's made two grand gestures of affection toward Mae, which are 1. breaking into the Baldur's Mouth building and stopping the newspaper from slandering her, and 2. robbing an entire bank because she's been complaining about being broke all the time.

#roddy plays bg3 #roddy plays bg3: mae #we had the key for one of the vaults from the fireworks shop (where we killed everyone and then took the profits of the shop) #so i sent astarion in to get that. and then i was like yeah sure. why not have him take everything else too #my headcanon/playthrough lore is that he made both of these decisions on his own. #the best gift he can get for her is crime. which is fine. she does a lot of crimes too.

[hershelchocolate]

Girl HELPPP it is so impossible to try to find a place to sell digital art without every single recommendation being redbubble. I KNOW it's the easiest I know I know, I just really do not like the quality of things I've gotten from there and I've heard they've gotten worse with fees 😔 how is a girlie supposed to try to sell art like this?

#that and all the responses im getting from searches is all heres how to sell your original traditional art pieces to real galleries!!! #like. no. thats not what im doing here #i want to sell prints most of all just cause i always love them so much i want to be able to provide them to others #but shirts and stickers and charms and aaaa!!! theyre all so cool! but i cant make them myself!! #everything takes like 50% of the profits too #buddy im trying to make a living off of this ive got student loans coming in a month or so #you cant take half my stuff >:( thats mean #but i must be really bad at looking for things cause im not getting any sites that actually do what i want 😔 #id be okay with giving up everything else if i can just. find a way to sell high quality prints #and i get to keep the fucking MONEYYY #IT SHOULDNT BE THIS HARD WAAAAA #randy rambles

[master-k0hga]

| Don't talk about my wife like that-

Yeah so the kick is coming back which I REALLY did NOT want happening rn, especially when (even though it'll probably be all done and sorted by then) I'm trying to edit and touch up all OCs refs and other art related to my OCs I've already posted to here-

And then this bitch comes running back like an ex who doesn't realize it's over... But I guess I'm getting my fill of Kohga with a few and also another doodle/drawing of them here so I should be ok getting back with re-doing said other OCs who need re-designs and stuff... But then even when I HAVE re-drawn all of them; Lore, extras, plots and so on will then need to be handled and... Hhhhggg.... I hate it.

Also stiff neck been attacking me for a couple days now and it won't go away,,,,, I hate it

..... Another art dump coming soon I guess...

. Art © Me . DON’T RE-POST .

#MASTER-K0HGA #Ary / Kohga Chronicles #Ary / Kohga OCs and Works #Kohga and his clappable cheeks.... #I love him he's so pretty- We don't even have a canon design for his face yet I'd call him the most #Beautiful thing to our wedding... Cuz he is and I love him so much.... Tags for him are kinda dead #And with unrelated shit now which sucks so like... Guess it's just me and my WIFE now... My beautiful. Ridiculous hilarious wife and his- #Jgngjgjjj #Yeah I'll tag these... I guess.. Might as well. Fan art doesn't get any traction either so like it's pointless people won't see 'em #Not even my followers. Blog is just a personal at this point so like.... I give up with people. I actually deleted my Discord! #It was pointless. I have literally no friends. Discord has bs features and everything is just pay to fucking customise your layout #AI bs I remember seeing as well and selling personally data for profit #Like fr fuck every single website for being complicits to every bad thing in the world. We're the fucking product!! #.... Hate this shit hope the workd dies it's lived for too long #..... anyways... #Kohga #Yiga clan #... Ok that's it. No more tags

[iliterallydecepticanteven]

"Hey Elle, how is brainstorming for kinktober coming along?"

Um.

It's happening. Just not very fast.

#the plan is this #brainstorm which prompt i wanna do #which ship to do with that prompt #rough idea of that fic #then begin writing #write no more than 1000 words per prompt to ensure everything gets done in a reasonable amount of time #???????? #step 4 profit #also before anyone asks no i don't know why my microsoft word is in dark mode #and i don't know how i got it to be like that #but it's good for eye strain #my ramblings

[mumpsetc]

Gotta admit, your bot rant intrigues me. I definetly agree with what you said and all but it makes curious, how you rewrite the bot plot to make it not as bad as it actually is given the choice? <:) (Also want to take this as oppurtunity to say I love your takes and art by the way!)

First Off: Omg Tysm That's So Sweet of You :]]]] 💕💕💕

Second Off: My Issue With the Bot Situation is I Feel It Squanders the Concept of Bot Being Based On Bow, a Person Who Did Exist and Also is Still Around. S3 Has Several People Who Knew Her, Her Miraculous Return From the Dead Should Raise a Couple of Eyebrows. I'm Not Crazy About Test Tube and Fan Making Her, I Feel Its a Odd They Did This When They Explicitly Learned Not to Project Their Feelings Onto Other Concious Beings Before, and Also I Simply Don't Think Either of Them are This Disrespectful. Both of Them Were on Marshmallow's Team, They (In Theory) Would Know How Much Bow Meant to Her.

S3 Keeps Gesturing At the Theme of a Show Being Dragged Out Long Past When It Should've Finished and I Think Bot Should Be a Thesis Character for This, and I Think the Weird Walkie Talkie Voice Should've Been Responsible for Her Existence. We Don't Know Anything About Walkie Talkie Because She Doesn't Do Anything, if She Did Make Bot That Would Make Sense With Her Whole Goal of Keeping ii Running and it Would Add Some Tension ans Complexity to the Series. How Did She Do This and Why? Are There Other People Involved? Isnt This Horribly Invasive? You Could Still Have Test Tube and Fan Adopt Bot or Whatever Idc But If She Was Made By a Shadowy Faceless Entity Using the Likeness of a Popular Dead Celebrity to Boost Ratings of a New TV Show That Would Say Something Right? There's a Statement Being Made Here, What's the Statement of Test Tube and Fan Making Bot Other Than "We Did Not Learn From the Egg Baby."

#Like Imagine Mephone Finding Out He Worked With Someone Whos Also Doing Some Weird Robot Child Abuse? #Or How ii Contestants Like Paintbrush Who are Very Aware of How Theyre Percieved Would Feel Knowing Theyre Profitable Enough to Bring Back #After Death? #This is Kinda Creepy and Raises a Lot of Questions About the World Outside of the Show and How They Regard the Show Itself #Idk S3 Keeps Forsaking Unique Ideas That Match the Plot and Characters for Cookie Cutter Generic Schlock #Also This is Unrelated Fan Left His Kid #When He Got Eliminated He Didnt Even BOTHER Trynna Get Back #This Guy Left His Fuckin Robot Kid!!! He Told Test Tube He Was Getting a Pack of Smokes and Didnt Come Back!!!! #He Doesnt Deserve to Be in the Found Family Test Tube Was a Single Mother Here Basically #ii negativity #Dreamy.txt #Awseriously and Schoolunchtray Made Good Posts Abour Bot Too Thats Why Im Thinkin Bout Her #It Would Also Make Them Fucking Around Aimlessly On the Island More Interesting Cuz Like #They Dont Know There are Weird Clones of Them #FUCK THE HORRIBLE IMPS IN THE NEWEST EPISODE COULD BE REVEALED TO BE WEIRD LAB MONSTERS OR SOMETHINF!!! #AE LET ME WRITE YOUR FUCKING SHOW I MADE THE DOGASS POKEMON EPISODE LORE RELEVANT!!!!!! #If iii Revealed the Object World at Large Was Like Antiviral Id Forgive It for Everything Its Done to Me #Objective Criticism

[lesbiansanemi]

I maybe potentially (most likely) have covid but my job is being so fucking cagey about if I’m going to be on the receiving end of disciplinary action for not coming in because of it. I have multiple symptoms of it and was in close contact for an extended period of time with two people who have tested positive for it. I went to get an official test from an urgent care place (because I was told I need proof for my job), and was told it would be up to 48 hours until I get results and until then I needed to self isolate and then obviously continue if the test is positive. They wrote me a note saying to excuse me from my job which I emailed to them. But they keep emailing me like “well the cdc says isolation is no longer necessary so…. If you don’t have a fever you’re supposed to come in” and now I’m so paranoid that I’m going to get write ups for not coming in despite having a literal doctor’s note telling me not to because all covid protections have been so thoroughly axed and it’s treated like any “normal” illness (though this shouldn’t be okay for ANY illness, not just covid) and if you don’t have sick time (which most places don’t supply at all, or if they do, it’s a dismal amount) you have to come in or experience the consequences and I’m just 🙃🙃🙃 so anxious about it and also I fucking hate this country for putting MILLIONS of people in this position where they have to choose between not going work but risking being fired and losing their livelihoods which leads to SO many risks if you have no safety net (and most people don’t) OR going in because you just don’t have a choice but you’re miserable and actively spreading highly infectious diseases to multiple other people. I truly don’t understand how there are people who look at this system and act like it’s fine

#I’m lucky enough that my job won’t straight up fire me #I’ll likely get a write up I think but I’ve never had one before and we’re so chronically understaffed that I won’t be fired #it’s still nerve wracking though… #and I know most people don’t even have THAT much of a safety net #I just straight up don’t understand how jobs can straight up be like ‘we don’t care that you have a doctor’s note come in anyways or we’re #writing you up’ like how is that fucking legal #because it’s America and all we care about is profit and controlling everything about a person’s life I know that #but still #not to mention the classism of the fact that most ppl can’t even get doctor’s notes anyways #that in of itself is a privilege #but Jesus fucking Christ #like I’m not going in tomorrow cuz I’m waiting on test results and healthcare professionals have told me to isolate #but the fact that I’m in this position at all is insidious #jobs should just be like ‘okay! got it! see you when the isolation period is over and/or you’ve been cleared by a doctor’ #the fact that it’s ANY other response is deeply evil imo #never mind my health like I’ll be fine I’m a mostly healthy person #but everyone I could potentially infect that could then experience LIFE ALTERING or maybe even ending consequences???? #I know it’s been said before but the flippant disregard for human life is so…. #like I said I genuinely think it’s cartoonishly evil that it works this way #and if you try and argue against it or point out it shouldn’t be this way you’re just some crazy lazy commie or whatever #lord #kaz rambles

[senselessalchemist]

dont mind if i do

#saro screenshots youtube for fun and profit #i worked in housekeeping for many years #honestly cats probably cant be worse than some people i cleaned up after #and at least they cant maliciously tip like 2 dollars after destroying their room #anyway this dumb ad gave me a pleasant mental journey #cats on vacation in little buttondown shirts with bright patterns #unrelated but why do i always make comics longer than intended #i think i have 13 rough pages and its gonna need at least... probably 20 to get through everything i have planned #and i want to do semi-clean versions #so much woooooork

[cashclown]

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#//this is unrelated to everything jsjfjs #//but i love. ships that start out as jokes. #//bc every time. EVERY TIME it becomes not a joke #//mamm and a certain rockstar ange-- *gets shot* #//generally i think any mamm ship would suck shit (it Does Not Care abt other people + is probably using its partner for money) #//its hard to get along with when it isnt putting up a front for publicity's sake #//but if someone is on its level. it'll still use them for money but also it occasionally SPENDS money on them (WOAH!!!!) #//and not in like an “investing in your future profitability” way but like #//“i thought youd like this dont ever say a fucking word about this to anyone bye” #//bc greed isnt JUST abt the money yk. its just mamm's main interest jsjfjdjfj #//anyway #ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴠᴇʀʏ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ $$$ ooc. #//no reason for why i put this in the tags btw. just felt right

[wizardnuke]

every once in a while i think abt essek "weird theories about the luxon and how it works" thelyss and get a vivid mental image of him pacing around his towers, muttering to himself about the evils of magic 5G

#hes living in a city where the rich and powerful r dropping one by one via magic insanity-inducing radiation sickness caused via #reincarnating w the use of some magic wifi router that no one understands and only gives divine silence as an answer #and he's like. no i don't want to get plugged into that? no i think these are powerful and dangerous tools we should study #but. they're religious artifacts. and he got shot down. i still cannot say if treason and war profiteering was the solution but #essek my friend i do see where you began. intentions were never good they were important etc #importsnt part of my mental image for essek is that he is always a little weird and sounds deeply utterly delusional whenever he starts to #talk about magic/dunamancy but the catch is he is almost exactly right about everything. cassandracore

[danny-chase]

dc has so much wasted potential it kills me

#sorry for the negativity it's just like. i just talked about kory #but also look at the storys they choose to tell with Joey Wilson #and Barbara Gordon #and Victor Stone #and how they just squander all of that for the sake of making everything into this manufactured version of normalcy in order to maximize #profits because the bible of capitalism says that generic-ness equals marketability #it's just so frustrating that they're never willing to take risks or explore anything more than such a narrow view of the world #think about the stories they could tell with Tara Markov if they weren't busy focusing on Slade Wilson #or the stories they could tell about Grace and Anissa #everything just feels so shallow at dc right now #they're so willing to discard characters of color while writing the same batman comic 17 times over at once #tom taylor throws in one poorly written line referencing Dick's Romani heritage and thinks he's a hero??? like really?? this is the bar??? #why can't you get a romani creator to write him??? #why can't you give Duke anything ongoing when there are how many batbooks running???? #you really can't find any disabled woman willing to write Barbara Gordon as orcale? you really think fans prefer babsgirl to her? #idk if it's a problem with dc or the fandom or both and maybe i'm just out of touch because i only talk to specific people about comics #but if one of your writers is constantly critiqued and called out about abelism maybe you should actually do something instead of just #ignoring the issues... #idk i've been reading old comics with Mal Duncan and it just makes me ask: dc where is he? #and then i look at so many characters of color who just get discarded completely #like the fox family bea mal and karen and onyx and orpheus #the batfam post about black characters getting discarded so quickly makes me question if this happens in other fams as well at dc i just #have little experience with anyone outside the batfam and titans #like hello where's anita from young justice??? she just dropped off the face of the earth when teen titans 2003 changed the lineup #it's especially frustrating when the og creator cares about them and gives them personality and depth (or at least makes them interesting #or likeable or compelling because let's be real a lot of the og creators are also racist) and then immediately after they leave the #vision for the character is completely lost #negativity #vent post #dc you made me attached to these characters just to suffer i swear

[autisticlee]

how to make business plans: spend 2 weeks looking for a website to make a visual plan guide that you can collaborate with business partners, but you end up nowhere because all of them require paid subscriptions to do more than a few basic things. except you don't want to pay for these because you don't have a business yet and therefore no money!!!! but you need more than basic features (basically you can only put 50-100 items on your board with free account and i will definitely need more)

#WHY DOES EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET HAVE TO BE SUBSCRIPTION NOW #i miss the days where you could use a website and all the features for FREE. #or at best only have one-time fee or subs for advanced stuff only profitable big businesses need and can also afford #the average person is starting to get locked out of the internet. we already pay for the internet itself. everything is too expensive #i need to make my own business so i can afford to live but everything to mae a business costs too much!!!!!!! #im too autistic for this shit. “this shit” being “a profitable member of society” #i cant get a big cool job to make a ton of money and then afford to easily become a millionaire #i bet most millionaires and all billionairs didnt work a day in their life to afford to start their businesses #and if they say they did they lie #lee rambles #i found a free unlimited one but you have to download the program and save everything locally #so it doesn't look like you cam collab with other people which defeats the purpose of what im trying to do 😭 #i wanted to use milanote or whatever its called because i liked how you can link separate pages to keep things clear/uncluttered #but i dont want to pay $12 a month i think it was? to put more than 100 items on the boards. that goes so fast #but i might have to use it and just cram things together in a messy fashion to not hit that limit...... #you can double the amount by referring people to make an account but still. i hate bekng limited #and being forced to pay to not have limits!!!! let me be free and only pay for advanced stuff i can live without for fuck sake #i dont know what im doing. but im making an attempt to business or something