#like it hits every single time

[torgawl]

link click's new episode leaving us with more questions than answers as usual. 1) lu guang and qian jin kept looking at the clock for some reason which seems to indicate lu guang knows something would happen anytime. he either left by his own will or was forced by someone else. he also seems like he disappeared in thin air so, what's up with that? 2) cxs losing connection and transferring bodies temporarily before being forced out of the picture has to have an explanation. could there have been another ability user interfering with his ability? i'm not sure if the same happened during emma's fall or not because he also came back immediately and they didn't show him touch hands. the common factor between these two situations is red eyes, whatever that means 3) we are given the impression both cxs and the woman police officer leave the police station voluntarily with li tianxi at the end. were they controlled/manipulated? is this li tianxi's power? and, if not, what is "her" plan and why is cxs so ready to help? 4) qian jin put together an entire group of people that seem ready to attack someone. who is the person he apparently wants to get rid of or get? 5) who is the mysterious kid and is he working with li tianchen? 6) i still think li tianchen is the one able to control bodies and taking over his sister, it would make sense why li tianxi isn't mute anymore and even cxs was suspicious it wasn't her. but then, again, what does he want with cxs? is this part of qian jin's plan or personal reasonings? 7) and, finally, how does qian jin tie into all of this. this family's case seems to be the one that made him leave the police. i wonder what happened that made him turn sides and who is he trying to actually get to. is he really just a bad guy? each episode is more intriguing than the last!!!!

#i'm not smart enough to make theories #i hope lu guang keeps using his cat pyjamas they're really cute #also cried sobbed when lu guang told cxs if he knew what would happened he wouldn't have let cxs go through such pain 😭 #that was so sweet #anyways really curious to understand what's going on #link click and the cliffhanger endings will always be iconic #i feel like it would be so easy to just keep reusing the same formula and get boring/repetitive but link click is always so well done that #like it hits every single time #and it's so satisfying #they're able to keep us on the edge of our seats for every single episode #it's so good!!! #never getting tired of saying how good link click is #link click

[unforth]

Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

#unforth rambles #this wasn't really prompted by anything #I'm just sick and tired and distractable #or i should say it wasn't prompted by anything recent or that happened now #like no one has disrespected me #but as i hit the point that it's regularly taking me an hour plus every single day to queue things for the danmei art blogs #i just think of all the times people go WAIT YOU RUN ALL OF THOSE??? BY YOURSELF??? #like i just don't think a lot of people realize how much work it is to really do background fandom labor long term #and i appreciate places like rec blogs and networks and events and just everyone #y'all are awesome #thank you so much

[mewtwo24]

I finally finished reading the fourth volume of svsss in full, and thing is--the first time through I only read the bingqiu content because I was ravenous for more of their happy ending.

Turns out that was a perilous mistake.

Because I started reading the airplane extras. And I swear to god. MXTX is trying to kill me

What do you MEAN demon lord Binghe was sitting on his big fucking throne. All stoic and forbidding. Surrounded by his demon generals who don't know shit about human courtship. Asking them what he should do, fully demoralized by constant rejections from sqq, only to have airplane tell him to act more pathetic and needy. Which is already hysterically funny and insane, UNTIL LBH'S RESPONSE IS THIS, KILLING ME INSTANTLY:

LUO BINGHE. WHY DOES HE SAY IT LIKE: "I already tried that, didn't work--nothing works :/ not mean, not maidenly, not housewife, not spicy, not capable disciple. Is doubling down on clingy really all it will take? What's a born hater with only one love in his life to do????"

The dichotomy of him sitting there like 'how can I reach the unfathomable depths of shizun's heart?' A HEART HE'S ALREADY WON OVER, MIND and then in the Holy Mausoleum solving the puzzle without blinking and being like 'oh yeah you just have to hit the acupoints, no sweat.' Literally the comedy writes itself I'm so--

How am I supposed to be normal about this. MXTX understands the juicy quintessential queer joy of a person with the world's power at their fingertips wishing only for love. Willing to do anything to earn that love, when unbeknownst to them it's already been freely given. Totally not screaming and yelling and clawing at the walls

And that's not even touching airplane's uproarious account of events. The way he's like 'lol what's next, lbh and sqq are best friends now? smfh' only to see lbh TACKLE SQQ LOVINGLY. FOR SQQ TO BE BASHFUL ABOUT IT BUT SO SO FOND OF THE LITTLE SCAMP. This when we've been experiencing sqq's constant inner monologue of 'I'm so cool and so dignified about my role, truly the epitome of propriety and poser-level fortitude.' Meanwhile, in their universe:

Airplane constantly flaming???? Sqq and lbh in his observations????? His absolute bewilderment and confusion????? Legendary. No notes every single second of this shit was hilarious.

Airplane's comment that sqq + older adolescent lbh traveling together was just watching a couple in their honeymoon phase. OR the fact that lbh is exceedingly petty and refuses to share their food in the wake of airplane's interruption of their time together, until sqq relents sheepishly and insists airplane eat what's left (ONLY AFTER PLACATING LBH WITH MORE FOOD FROM HIS PLATE, SOBBING)

Watching airplane salivate over Mobei-Jun and acting like that's totally normal behavior. Finding out mbj and airplane got together first. Finding out sqq encouraged airplane. LIKE THIS. WHILE HE IS STILL IN DENIAL ABOUT HIS OWN FEELINGS:

Mobei-jun clearly thinking their arrangement is a forever thing, heartbroken his human abandoned him with all the hapless fury of a scorned wife swept away by false promises of fidelity. Airplane writing demons to be the type to beat up their crush lovingly and still unable to connect the dots about mbj's feelings. Mbj letting him go and respecting his wishes, only relenting when there's indication airplane was poorly processing his own feelings and didn't actually want to leave. Mbj caring for him and listening to him as soon as airplane voices what he needs directly and with clarity. None of these gays are functional and it's everything to me

Unrelated, but I physically can't hold this information in anymore:

I'm still reeling from younger lbh having his sexual awakening from the image of sqq wrapped in the immortal binding cables. Condemn me as you like he was so, so real for that.

And no I will not be taking any comments about how luo bingge couldn't bear to see luo binghe cherished in ways he never got to have and all the haunting implications of that. I will also not be taking any comments about luo binghe's instinct to look for sqq in that alternate universe, only to be shaken to the very core to be unable to find his shizun anywhere. The unspeakable and latent horror of his relentless mind likely piecing together what happened, but unable to say it; to suspect what is true, and live with the harrowing confusion of his double's actions. To blame himself, to assume that he had let his anger get the better of him in that world and result in unspeakable folly...

I also refuse to talk about how heartrending it is to hear Tianlang-jun weakly say "In the end, I really can't bring myself to hate humans." The implication that the foolishness of that hope and bright-eyed fondness--the very thing that put him through such unspeakable agony--couldn't be beaten out of him entirely. To discover that his faith in Su Xiyan hadn't been misplaced, to the contrary: his beloved hadn't scorned him at all, but rather fought to the miserable end to protect the fruition of their genuine feelings of love when she couldn't protect tlj or herself.

How MXTX has sqq deliberately draw parallels between their situation and that of ygy+sj and tlj+sx; desperately wishing it might not be too late for them. The concept of breaking cycles of abuse and harm pervasive throughout the newly devised story, how it evolves for the better only when love takes the place of power, pride, and domination. How the moment sqq chooses vulnerability instead of saving face, the genre shifts to the so-called "cringe" girly genre where most if not every character is more fulfilled, more true to themselves. How the "male-oriented" former genre was aimlessly sensationalized and sexualized, how it was a sustained performance of aspirational toxic masculinity. How men objectify other men without end. All of the unspoken gendered implications that come with that.

Anyways. Going to go put my head in a sandbox and try to process everything I just witnessed because even a second reading is not enough to find a modicum of closure.

#svsss #bingqiu #moshang #i swear to god this series is just 'gay man who doesn't know shit inflicting his delusional reality on everyone else and inciting chaos' #and literally it's slapstick levels of hilarious every single time; mxtx never change #also i fully agree that we did not get NEARLY enough mobei-jun and sqh/airplane content #the amount of mental illness to mental illness communication going on there was astonishing #mobei-jun being afraid of his uncle and bringing sqh because that's the only person he trusts fully (WAILING NOISES) #sqh having a tantrum but running away because for the first time he was honest about his needs + his dissatisfaction with catering to other #how that reflects his narrative compulsions and how he felt forced to warp more creative story paths for the sake of survival as a writer #how sqq's restoration of much of his original intent--as well as mobei-jun's acceptance of his needs--helps airplane begin to heal #how his happiness begins; how just like sqq he wanders in such confusion and denial before he's forced to realize what truly matters to him #SHREK VOICE: STORIES HAVE. L A Y E R S #it feels like modern day shakespeare and when i say that i don't mean it in a hollow elevating sense i mean it more like #mxtx just hits that perfect balance of poignance but also hilarious concentric circles of botched communication and brainworms #okay but real talk for a minute? .........;-; #the way lbh constantly struggles with such a crushing feeling that he'll be abandoned over any little mishap/thing/problem #really hit me where it hurts??? if only because its so clearly an anxiety that stems from original goods' upbringing #the way it becomes even more heartrending when you think back to all the sect leaders clamoring that he should have been killed as an infan #that he should have been aborted as a fetus--insisting right in front of him that his birth was a mistake and a disgrace #over having demon blood in his veins. like my god that scene is so viscerally upsetting i struggle to read it #the way its so easy to see the demons as a manifestation of otherness in precipitated form #how both sqq and sqh are influenced by human rhetoric without evening meaning to--assuming the worst against their better judgment #how both sqq and sqh both struggle with their own otherness in different ways and only find solace when they begin to accept who they are #how their lovers (lbh and mbj respectively) both are willing to navigate those confusing waters with them #how both demons love them as they are--accept them as they are despite how difficult forgiveness of perceived betrayal is for them #ty mxtx for changing my brain chemistry #as i get older i have such a fondness for the messiness of thematic queer self-discovery and growth into self-acceptance #that and how youth can so easily be defined by perfectionistic self-harm and the violence of repression

[stromer]

jt miller would run an etsy shop like the goddamn navy

#are you kidding me. this is a FAMILY #thinking of him getting everyone’s sizes and making a list and plotting #i NEED to know what this shirt looked like. where can i purchase to support a father and a short man. #jonathan tanner/garly bromance hits like crack every single time #conor garland #jt miller

[djuvlipen]

Just went back to read this and it had me sobbing and crying at every line and I am deadly serious when I say that

#it is amazing how she writes about the experience of grief for a total of 3 times in the series (cedric / sirius / dumbledore) not to mentio #n the grief of Harry's parents that is being processed throughout the entire series #yet everytime she writes about it. it is always in a different manner and yet it hits every single time #a pain like this changes a person but alas i will prevail i guess. everything is so bleak and painful i am going to explode #i swear i am going to explode

[fizzytoo]

rua’s genes… the big brown eyes gene 🫂

#*fizzyspeaks #COPY PASTE FR #not a single pinch of adrien in there #every time i look at amaya i’m hit w this wave of familiarity. and it’s bc he looks so much like rua #he does this little smirk all the time EXACTLY like rua #i hate this silly game i’m SICK

[imminent-danger-came]

Absolutely ripped 7 foot tall man but he’s a baby girl

#like I said #Sandy single-handedly destroyed toxic masculinity #It's about his kindness alright #Mr ''I just want to be there for my friends when they need me'' reminds me of the ''I would hold your hand at the dentist'' post #Like. Oh my fucking god #2x08 hits me so fucking hard every time #IT'S ABOUT CHOOSING KINDNESS ALRIGHT #''I *am* a monster! That's what the world expects me to be—so that's exactly what I'm gonna give 'em!'' LIKE #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #I LOVE YOU SANDY #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk sandy #monkie kid

[freakxwannaxbe]

[gets hit with intense, overwhelming jealousy, anger and uncontrollable doomer thoughts about both mine and the demise of my loved ones]

Me: Uhhh-

[gets period one day later]

Me: Oh okay that explains it godspeed you funky fucked up hormones

#magical adventures of freaky #without fail every single time #then i start bleeding and whomp my brain is back to normal #it hit me like a week earlier this time so it was a suprise #usually i know its coming so the emotional instability and intrusive thoughts are nipped in the bud

[the-gom-jabbar]

Dune Part 2: *Throws in multiple shots of Paul waking into the desert alone*

Dune Messiah Fans: *vibrating*

#Every single shot was like a hit of spice #I was just as buzzed and paranoid as any space navigator #Every time Paul wandered into the desert I was that one Dicaprio meme #Dune Messiah #dune messiah #dune #dune 2021 #paul atreides #dune memes #frank herbert #children of dune #chapterhouse: dune #duncan idaho #god emperor of dune #frank herbert's dune #Dune ii #dune part two #dune part 2 #dune part ii

[dennisboobs]

am periodically reminded of the fact that people see charden entirely different than me and i get scared, like who are these guys. that's not who lives in my head.

#ada speaks #OKAY #i swear to god its like being hit by a truck every single time i go on personality database to read what people fuckin say about den #like. you're wrong. sorry you think he's actually this way. if you can't see his core you can't extrapolate. #specifically his insecurities and the kind of avoidant behaviour this causes #but. whatever. i guess. #i thought chardennies were more insane than this but ig it's the same as mcdn where #either you have whump enjoyers inflicting dennis on the other character #or you have people who woobify den to an insane degree #theres. very little inbetween. #i will retreat into my bubble once again

[mochiajclayne]

"If I die, we both die, Sasuke."

Definitely lots of layers going on to which I interpret as:

Naruto knows he doesn't want to exist in a world without Sasuke. His resolve is clear: he'd bear the burden of Sasuke's hatred and die together with him. He doesn't want to die like a loser but he doesn't want to die as the hero that killed his friend to protect the village, either. This is a blatant rejection of what Hashirama did when he fought against Madara. Naruto chooses Sasuke above all else. If Sasuke dies (literally) and Naruto lives, he would spend the rest of his days devoid of his driving force, even the prospect of becoming hokage doesn't fill the empty space which was originally meant for Sasuke--the one who reached out first and saved him from his own darkness. His bond with Sasuke became exponentially bigger than his worldly dreams.

Sasuke, on the other hand, would fall deeper into darkness. Dealing with loss, heartbreak, grief, misery. As much as he takes action on severing his bond with Naruto, when confronted with the idea, he couldn't handle it to the point that he doesn't want to record the memory of Naruto dying with his Sharingan. He knows how far he'd fall and he could never recover from it--he'd end up powerful enough to conquer all but like how Naruto finds irrelevance in a world without him, he'd spend the rest of his days with a resounding emptiness filled with hollow excuses until it runs out and he'd go mad. Perhaps destroy the world because his one and only died in his hands long ago and nothing else matters, be reckless and die in the process.

And both of them are aware of all of this because they were able to see each other's hearts. They would not function without the other. They're connected by wretched fate but their bond goes beyond the organized shinobi system that enabled their burdens and justified their twisted circumstances. At the end of the day, that bond led them to understand one another and they hope it would influence the same system that failed them in ways more than one.

#naruto #naruto shippuden #uzumaki naruto #sns #uchiha sasuke #sasuke #narusasu #sasunaru #mochiajclayne.txt #nsn #can you tell that I rewatched five kage summit arc again #god I love that arc so much it's insane #naruto validating sasuke's actions when the rest shunned him is crazy but making that promise of dying together with a big ass smile...wow #naruto earned a degree in yearning #but that boy really knows how to calm his unhinged batshit blind “friend” #because he hits the nail on the head with sasuke every single time #no one understands sasuke like naruto does AND IT SHOWS #everyone: sasuke is a criminal he has no future #naruto: I can save him AND I NEVER GO BACK ON MY WORD WATCH ME DO IT BITCHES #and he did save him #okay enough rambling lmao

[kingslionheart]

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. That's why bad things happen to me. It is about the sins of my father. And my sins.

#I WILL GIF THIS ENTIRE SCENE BECAUSE IT HASN'T LEFT MY MIND SINCE I HAVE WATCHED IT YESTERDAY #david's performance was something else here #no one portrays christian guilt as this man does #he nails it every single time #and the way this character is SO alfred coded is making me cry even more #i will totally make parallels between aaron and alfred some day soon #but for the whole time it almost seemed like he was portraying alfred and it hit me SO FUCKING MUCH #the similiarities are so obvious #i fucking see you david #i saw what you were doing with the body language #and the fact that aaron is canonically queer?? #i already saw alfred TOO MUCH during the scenes and then this one scene happened and GOD #i died a thousand times #anyway the target audience of this gifset is ME #you are welcome #my gifs #the burning girls #aaron marsh #reverend jack brooks #david dawson #samantha morton

[ghost-of-you]

Happy Birthday Calum Thomas Hood (January 25, 1996)

#5sosedit #my edit #calum hood #5sos #ch #you know this is the most careful ive been with a set in my whole life soaksokaoskaosk #every single clip has the exact same length #and i know tumblr wont load them at the same time but like same size same amount of frames #i cried #this took me a WHILE #i am in love with this man #read to give up everything for him in a moments notice #thats a lot of calum #it did hit me when i put it all here on tumblr #even more cuz ghost of you ono version was playing on the other screen #so like intense emotions #i dont know how i made it through making this #i did took many breaks #i love him your honor #he is the most beautiful human in the planet i don't care about anything else #this is scheduled to go up midnight for me cuz i don't when he was born but yeah #here

[spacedace]

okay reading "Death and the Maidens" because I want to get a sense of Nyssa's character for fic reasons and I'm barely into the first one and just...

What do you mean Bruce sleeps in a replica of his parent's bed??? And that he only uses the sheets they owned before he was born??? Sir??

Like I know just about every single aspect of who Bruce is could have the statement "Please for the love of god get Therapy" applied to it but this feels like it's up there on the list.

Not at the top, but at least like, upper part of the middle of the list. An item or two down from "Micro-doses on Scarecrow Fear Toxin to try and prepare for the worst possible things that could happen instead of getting restful sleep"

#love the Alfred snark that comes like five panels later tho #Alfred should drag Bruce to therapy by his hair but the man's sass is always on point lol #Batman #Death and the Maidens #Bruce Wayne #Bruce Wayne Go to Therapy Challenge 1939 - Present #(he keeps failing) #literally every single time I start reading a Batman comic there's at least one panel that hits me across the face like a wet fish #that's not criticism I have ADHD & I like the novelty of how many different types of fish DC has in their bucket to slap me with

[suckishima]

why dont you go rewatch haikyuu season 2 and calm down a little

#and by you i mean me #im talking to myself #why must i agonize about every single then ive ever said ever #ive been actually socializing and Doing Things more lately and wow do i not remember how #im just convinced im constantly accidentally coming off as cold and rude #which has always been a worry but its been worse lately?? #even in text im like hmmmm lemme overthink every message and comment #and then still regret every choice as soon as i hit send #:)))) #anyway ive been rewatching an episode of s2 every night and it actually really helps #truly comfort season of all time #hq #x

[cloudiness]

Fan: You almost called him Carlos?!! Lando: I did, almost.. Daniel Ricciardo: That’s alright. Lando: I miss him.. DR: ✨ Their friendship was a little more than friendship ✨ Lando: Yeah, it was. Fan: A proper bromance, it was cute. Lando:  🌷 A lot more actually.🌷 [x]

for @hibiscus-vroom

#for hibi because she wanted carlando edits after all those other ships edits i made for anons and she promised me fanfictions in return 👀❤️ #carlando #carlos sainz jr #lando norris #f1 #f1blr #i started this project like a year ago because that 'a lot more actually' just hits me every single time and i hear it but then #I abandoned it and got back to finishing it just a couple of weeks ago #dedicated to hibi also because she's amazing 😌😌😌 #the flowers thing was kinda a last minute addition but i guess i'm a romantic at heart guys #and btw..whenever Carlos touches Lando flowers do bloom inside and outside Lando 😌🌷 #hope you guys like this..i find some parts a little bit busy/messy but I just needed to finish this #anyway..enough with the tags #made by me #tag:carlando #tag:f1 #typos in some tags but im not gonna edit them..too much work #mine