#love english tho

[turtleblogatlast]

Love the thought of Leo just casually being well traveled to absurd degrees. Like one day they’re facing their new Big Bad of the year and like, Draxum or whoever says that the key to their fight is located somewhere in, like, Latvia or some place, but no one knows where to start.

Then Leo’s like “oh I know a place” and when asked how the heck he could know of one it smash cuts to Leo falling through the ceiling of said place due to a portal mishap.

Also love the idea of Leo, being as accidentally (and then later, purposefully) well traveled as he is, sometimes taking his family on outings to different places all over, maybe to some new Yokai spots he found along the way.

In these places, Leo 100% lets his bros get scammed by tourist traps.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rise leo #rottmnt headcanons #bro was so excited about buying stuff that he didn’t realize it was a scam until too late #so now he’s super sus of all that BUT super willing to laugh at his fam for making the same mistake #anyway yeah I love Leo being well traveled because it honestly makes sense? why NOT use your teleportation to travel if you can do it fast #all his portal mishaps in the series as well as that time he accidentally went to Paris (+ once a diff dimension?) live in my head rent free #Leo destroying the stall of some random family’s restaurant in Paraguay and having to work it off the rest of the summer #he’s just like ‘hey guys I’m heading out’ but doesn’t mention it’s for a part time job in a different country #he only knows like English and Spanish BUT he’s picked up on a lot of other languages too due to his misadventures #tho he mostly knows a whole lot of various swear words #leo about to tease donnie for getting banned from witch town only to remember HE’S banned from a place in Turkey: 😬 #he keeps trying to find where he accidentally put his brothers in Tahiti but he can’t find it and he’s so salty about it lol

[pickled-flowers]

I'm so curious, queer people for whom English is not their first language and/or who didn't grow up in a majoritarily English speaking place, what is your relationship to the word queer?

#ive been aware that word exists since i was like 13? #growing up tho as it started being used in Quebec i did hear it in a negative way #not that much because its an english word that i mostly see being used by queer people and not cishets #unless its like #corporations deciding they have the right to use that word to talk about us but thats another conversation #anyways! #would love to know what are other peoples experience with queer as a word that isnt part of your native language?

[lemonsourcrisis]

One Piece ワンピース (2023) • 1.03 — Roronoa Zoro

#lemongifs #one piece #one piece live action #opla #opla spoilers #netflixedit #mackenyu #roronoa zoro #onepieceedit #lemons queue #tvfilmedit #tvedit #loving mackenyu's visuals as zoro way too much in this 😍 #still feels odd to hear him talk in english tho hahaha #since I mostly watch doramas & jmovies with him-

[sysig]

I think the world is so wonderful... (Patreon)

#My art #Handplates #UT #Papyrus #I have not been able to get this idea out of my head for like - days now lol #It's only solidified the more I read! Heck!! #I dunno if I was necessarily hoping that reading further would point me in another direction but no now this is one of his songs lol #I really like Rugrats Theory actually :) The song of course it's lovely but I even have some nostalgia for the creepypasta haha #Been a while since I read it tho so that's probably just the soft haze of memory talking lol #But the song is still great! I'm partial to the English cover but I like the original as well :) #There are just so many fun lyrics! Especially for Papyrus specifically #''Everything I've been told I believe and yet people that I love just leave'' Gasterrr #''I think I'm old enough to understand so there's no reason to hide from me'' Sanssssssss #Once I returned to the scene of Sans trying to lie to him I just fjdslahfd these lyrics would Not leave me alone lol #I'm also Extremely partial to the second verse surrounding blindness and willful ignorance - his vision problems literal and metaphorical! #I wasn't planning to start a Handplates playlist but I guess by this point it's kinda too late haha #I also tried a different style of shading for this one ♪ Trying to style match a bit hehe #It's fun! Scratchy - tho some of that is from still using my usual brushes lol #I was Very inspired by watching the comic creation playlist - so cool! Very fun to watch and pick up ideas hehe #I knew I forgot something lol dang it - forgot the dash between WDG-2 #S'what I get for using pre-plates references :P #For just a quick little thing I'm fairly pleased overall tho :)

[meguchi512]

i made this self portrait. just a glimpse into my sick and twisted reality. not like you'd understand anyways

BORN TO SWIM

WORLD IS A WATER

オランダ獅子頭 BLIND Em All 1989

I am oranda man

410,757,864,530 DEAD COPS

#this one took me 29 minutes which is half of what it usually takes for me to make something #there's no lineart tho so that may be why #also i did the math and i slept like #56.25% of what an average adult sleeps #also apparently teenagers should be sleeping like 10 hours instead of 8 so uh #my english may not English properly #art #my art #digital art #digital illustration #digital drawing #artists on tumblr #digital artist #fishblr #WAIT FISHBLR EXISTS peace and love on planet earth #fishposting #fish drawing #oranda goldfish

[cringefail-clown]

i think my favourite tidbit ive written so far for cam cafe au is the Hal's Real Name debacle, bc in it hal is a name he got for himself when he first watched 2001 space odyssey at 13. jake first catches a wind of it when dave calls hal "dee", but hals like nah im not telling you it requires lvl 69 friendship and youre at best on lvl 3 so get fucked noob. everyone at the cafe and all jake and hals friends know but everyone decides to fuck with jake and not tell him. its a constant subplot through the story until its finally revealed at the end and i can tell you, yall aint ready for what the name is

#cam cafe au #hal strider #jake english #when the idea first came to my mind i fr laughed out loud #basically dave fucks up: the subplot #im not telling tho i wanna write that fic so yall have to wait #also lil sweet detail i wrote out its that only dave has the privilege to call hal his name #so dave uses a shortened “dee” for him #idunno it just makes me warm inside he loves his big bro

[theyarewrestling]

Dan and Phil, The Blair Witch Project, and taking back agency.

In their latest video, «DanAndPhilCRAFTS - Slime» Dan and Phil have made a very clear homage to the 1999 found footage film «The Blair Witch Project» directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez. The movie tells a story about a group of students, who travel to a small town in order to film a documentary about a local legend. In the process of filming, however, they get lost in the woods and never make it out of there, being haunted and then presumably killed by the witch. In this essay I am going to analyze how the visual narrative is structured in both films in relation to one another, the way «Slime» differs from «Blair Witch» and how that difference conveys the shift in Dan and Phil’s public presence.

Let's start with imagery associated with the paranormal in both films. In Blair Witch one of the signs of the witch's presence become the "dolls" made out of sticks. They are filmed by the characters, who are naturally freaked out by the dolls appearing seemingly out of thin air, signaling the presence of the dangerous and inhuman Other.

Dolls are also used in Dan and Phil's video, the main difference being that the pair are not haunted by the paranormal and unexplainable Other, no, they willingly put the dolls there, they are taking active steps in bringing about their own doom.

While in «Blair Witch» the dolls are placed ominously in between tree branches, filmed from below to make them look like they’re floating above the camera, being forces of a power that the characters ought to be afraid of, in «Slime» the dolls are nailed to a steady surface at camera-level, and while they do provide an unnerving atmosphere, they are not a danger to the characters, at least not a danger they’re not aware of.

The same can be said for other "occult" imagery and artifacts. While in «Blair Witch» the characters finding strange symbols and even bloody remains in the forest strengthens the tension and suspense, signaling the close presence of the witch, in «Slime» all of the unnerving, "occult" and "satanic" exists under the characters' control. Dan draws the symbol on the wall himself, the animal skulls are presumably also brought in by the characters. Instead of being signs of danger, uncontrollable, they are merely tools in the hands of the pair.

The interior of the shack where the students meet their end in the 1999 film is filthy and decaying, which only strengthens the fear within the characters and us as the audience. It is filmed using close up shots which show the shack in it's decrepit and unnerving state. The shack that Dan and Phil's video is filmed in also seems abandoned from the interior, it is broken down, dark and dusty. However, instead of being mortified, like the characters of «Blair Witch», they occupy the space quite comfortably. Instead of being haunted by the building, they become the ones who haunt it, once again taking back control of their own demise. The interior is filmed at strange angles, almost reminiscent of German Expressionist films, in which the odd angles conveyed the detachment from reality and perpetual insanity, which in Dan and Phil's case could be used to depict the pair's descent into madness which leads them to their ritual.

Nature plays a crucial role in «Blair Witch» as the witch herself is never shown. The characters are "surrounded" by the unnerving dark trees, which presumably hide the horror that is never allowed to be seen directly.

Dan and Phil make an obvious homage to that with their shots of the trees, however there is a major difference. While the shot is still desaturated and somewhat unnerving, the flowers on the tree are in bloom, symbolizing a new beginning and the hope that comes with it. The new "life" that is going to happen after the pair summons Baphomet.

In «Blair Witch» Heather's final message is a long shot filled with pure fear and desperation. Dan and Phil's shot mimicking it is almost unnecessary as it lasts only a few seconds, however in those few moments it manages to showcase the pair as a unit, they are calm and in the process of their ritual, determined to bring it to fruition. While Heather is left alone in the dark forest in which she will die, Dan and Phil are not alone: they are in this together, they are a team. If they die, it's because they chose to do so. "Creativity is nothing without friendship".

Now for the infamous "Blair Witching it in the corner". In this memorable scene from the 1999 film one of the students is stood in the corner facing the wall. Heather and the audience both know that, according to the Blair witch mythology, this position is a prelude to being killed, as that is how the murderer, who was persuaded by the witch, used to place his victims, for he couldn't bear to look them in the eyes. This face-to-the-wall position conveys pure helplessness at the hands of the persecutor. In «Slime» there is a scene that makes an obvious homage to the «Blair Witch» scene: Phil is stood in a dark corner of a room, the shot is in black and white. There is, however, a stark difference: Phil is facing the camera. With just this one change the scene no longer feels like a display of helplessness. Phil is looking straight at us, he is not a victim at the hands of unknown horrors, he is in control.

The way the "monster" is presented in both films differs significantly. A big part of the horror in «Blair Witch» is our inability to ever see the witch herself. The "monster" not being shown to the camera is a trope as old as low-budget horror: it helps build suspense and also hides the lack of budget. In «Blair Witch» the rapid movement of the camera also makes it feel like the horror is too great for a human mind to comprehend, too great to be caught on camera, Lovecraftian in nature.

The 1999 movie starts with the characters interviewing Blair locals, who tell the characters and us, the audience, the legend of the Blair witch. The witch was sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft, so she haunts those who try to disturb her peace. Here we can make the connection between those persecuted for "practicing witchcraft" aka being Other with being queer and being othered and, historically, persecuted for it.

This interpretation correlates well with the fact that the "monster", in this case the devil Baphomet, is present in «Slime». More than that, Dan and Phil actively seek him out. In the final scene of the short film, Baphomet has his arms around the pair, claiming them. The characters are willingly allying themselves with the Other. Dan and Phil see the "monster" and yet they do not run away, instead, they worship him. In the theme of reclaiming your agency, this could symbolize coming out, proudly and purposefully becoming part of the Other.

They are doomed from the start, but they are not helpless victims of the Other, scary and unknown, they are the ones bringing about their own doom. This is taking your agency back, and I feel like this narrative rhymes really well with Dan and Phil's current presence on the internet. While the early years of their careers were filled with public speculation and being stripped of their agency, something that "was just theirs" being scrutinized by the public, which definitely affected the way they had to behave, their current self-described "chaos era" is very different. They no longer make the effort to pretend to be anything they're not. They are the ones in control of the narrative, keeping their private life private, while also sharing way more openly and freely, knowing that we know and not really caring about the public's perception, as post coming out they have taken the power and agency back into their own hands.

#i cracked and wrote my own analysis #putting this under the cut cuz its long BUT IT HAS PICTURES PLEASE LOOK #sorryy if some phrasing is wonky or awkward haha i can't always tell what doesn't sound natural in english #there were a few more shots that were direct homages to specific blair witch shots but they dont differ much and idk what to say about thos #the beauty of experimental cinema specifically is how it can only mean as much as the viewer is willing to put into it #so by overanalyzing and creating our own meaning we're entering a dialogue with the film #we're a bunch of sick freaks who write essays for the love of the game huh #dan and phil #phan #<- for the bit

[ayv-art]

Love how Tamaki looked when he dressed as a girl, so I did a screenshot redraw of him. Original under the cut.

#actually really like how this turned out. i like the lineart #rewatching ohshc but in sub for the first time ever #seen it a million times in dub but just never got around to watching sub #its good. not as impactful or funny as the dub to me as an english speaker tho #dont like love this episode but i love all the hosts in drag lol #tamaki slays #tamaki suoh #ohshc #ohshc tamaki #ouran #ouran high school host club #ouran host club #ohshc art #ohshc fanart #ouran high school host club art #ouran high school host club fanart

[anantaru]

just fuck me 🧍🏻‍♀️ do it 🧙🏻

#i just started this anime i am so in love #the english dub is insane tho because in that one he goes #“if it helps i can come inside” LIKE WHAT ARE YOU CRAZYYZSZAAJQHQJQJQHQHQHQHQHQHA #๑•ᴗ•๑ yoru approved'

[plasticanwires]

they're actually so cute. in case you didnt know

#c #tim drake #helena bertinelli #love their dynamic and banter #kid actively trashing his star student potential to be a professional little shit and long suffering english teacher with a taste for blood #from robin annual 6!!! all of the annuals are worth a read imo (i skimmed the one not about tim tho. sorry random blondie) #also theres a dick one (robin year one) which is written pretty well #<- from someone that is unfamilliar/impartial to grayson books

[slavhew]

production / consumption

#homestuck #hom3stuck #jake english #dirk strider #dirkjake #gore #blood #dismemberment #cannibalism #implied... #admin draws #fanart #my first dirkjake 50% of the tags are tws lmfaooo #anyways. simple ish doodle to get comfy using medibang again #idk if this is how page of hope and brain ghost powers work but can you imagine if he could just make infinite dirks. wouldnt that be cray #im still an apprentice of this ship tho so ill keep taking notes... theres much to think about #also in love with the hc that jake has a snaggletooth situation going on. ohmeiios i owe u my life

[ghosts-and-glory]

Next person who misgenders Shamura in my comments, inbox or tags gets beat to death.

#my post #to clarify I’m not actually mad just vaguely perturbed #I can excuse it when it’s not in my house #I can excuse it if English isint your first language tho the language sucks and I love and respect you #as a fellow they/them mf I won’t stand for the disrespect #but some of y’all are just borderline transphobic and don’t know how to be normal about non binary characters #I already deal with the same shit irl and I’m tired #some of y’all just hate non binary people

[aliasheree]

heyooo I redid all my kid headcanons because the old ones are like a year old and they are FUGLY don’t go looking for them on my account they are so bad omg

yeah this took all damn day I’m never drawing again

#homestuck #art #my art #john egbert #rose lalonde #dave strider #jade harley #jane crocker #roxy lalonde #dirk strider #jake english #fanart #implied janeroxy #janeroxy #i want y’all to know I do not like jake LMFAOAOOA #yeah me drawing him had me scrunching up my face #love everyone else tho 😻 #goofy goober ROCK #bye lol I’m gonna go fucking die

[terra-toma]

With how Dracula, in text, aims to train himself to sound English on Jonathan’s speech, Karim Kronfli has a golden chance to terrify Me Specifically by weaning off Sounding Like Dracula and going into his own British accent

#re: Dracula #love karim’s performances and he seems like a lovely person it’s just his natural speaking voice reminds me of my piano examiners #i don’t remember any of my piano examinations btw. delete them from my mind after the fact because of the terror #I remember Karim’s tone of voice in that void tho #So if Dracula sounds English after Jonathan’s whole debacle I will have a moment of EXTREME empathy for him

[oifaaa]

fuck that tory was not what i was epecting to see next to alfreds name but i almost burst out laughing (bc holy shit he absolutely could be a tory with the military history)

Alfred was part of the British military then mi5 he's a upper-class butler who also likes guns when told he was going to be the primary care taker of a child he decided the best thing to do would be to keep their relationship professional as this child was now his employer - he's not exactly fighting the tory allegations

#ask #anon #tbf tho #most of this does come from the fact #that alfred was a English man created by Americans #like itd be like if i was creating an American character #like this is Hank Lonestar hes ex military and ex cia #he now works on a cattlefarm loves guns and going ye ha with his cowboy outfit #what political leanings would you say my character has

[httpiastri]

liam saying "what the fuck" in his dumb accent is one of my favorite things this year

i can’t even tell what kind of accent it is he’s doing 😭

#he’s so strange i love him #and the fighting over how to pronounce the sauce #idek what hannah is saying #don’t get me started on how he looks #pleaseeeee what even #im so annoyed that he isn’t like #next to me rn #or waiting for me in my bed #life rlly do be like that huh…. why tho #love the shirt idk what it’s called in english #linen shirt? dress shirt?? either way #chefs kiss #a crime to have that many buttons undone #(it’s not even a lot) #🤭🤭🤭🤭 #asks! #anon! #liam lawson #f1