#nevertheless meta

[nevertheless-moving]

sometimes i think i'm being too glib writing stormlight chatfic but then i relistened to the end of way of kings and this was a verbatim canon interaction

Dalinar: The whole kingdom needs you. Perhaps all of Roshar. The true desolation comes. Kaladin: What was that last part?  Dalinar: Nothing.

and then Kaladin left and got stew and didn't ask any follow up questions. these guys are near constantly concussed. if anything I don't write them saying out of pocket stuff enough

#way of kings #stormlight archive #nevertheless cosmere #nevertheless meta

[gferamos]

Told myself I'd post this eventually (it's been a month)

#oug ibispaint confuses me but I am going to be experimenting with it because it's fun nevertheless B)) #I DRAW!!! WOAH!! #I swear I'll draw something else other than these two.. eventually #my art #kirby #meta knight #king dedede #metadede

[saints-who-never-existed]

I love Dundy so so much but Christ, do I hate how fucking calm he seems in that Lawful Mutiny scene...!

Little is riled the fuck up. He's the most animated and impassioned we've perhaps ever seen him, using uncharacteristically expressive language too ("this coven of traitors", "that devil").

Le Vesconte, in sharp contrast, appears cool and collected, to the point of complete detachment and numbness (I say appears because of course he's suffering too). He speaks slowly and plainly, clearly having rehearsed, and chooses his words very very carefully indeed (those too ill to walk will not be left behind, for example, they'll just "stay").

It's almost like he's that arsehole in a disagreement who tries to convince you that they're right just because they're arguing in a calm, 'logical', grammatically-correct manner, and you're wrong just because you're getting passionate and emotional over the subject at hand.

Like, just imagine being Little in that situation!

You've been suppressing your emotions for god knows how long, keeping your anger and resentment simmering just below the surface for as long as you can remember for fear of what will happen if you let those emotions show, fear that it'll just make things worse.

But finally you can suppress no longer, something in you breaks. All that anger and resentment starts to boil over but you find that you were right - letting those emotions show didn't help at all, it made everything worse, just as you feared.

#I don't think I'm articulating this as well as I'd like to #Same old story #But nevertheless I persist #I'm having a lot of feelings about this today and I just need to get them out somehow #It's just the lack of catharsis y'know? #The idea of letting go and ceasing to give a shit and tearing your treacherous coworker a new one #Only it doesn't help #It doesn't make you feel any better and it doesn't change anything #You're just screaming at a brick wall #Oh lord I'm rambling #Ooh boy this got real long and real incoherent real fast. #The Terror #The Terror AMC #Edward Little #Dundy #Henry Le Vesconte #Meta #Observations #Random Observations

[nanomooselet]

Episode One/Episode Zero Composition

Sometimes you're scrolling through screenshots because you want to dunk on Hundreds Spoons, and you discover shit like this.

WHAT

@tristampparty

#i think my favourite is the captain getting smacked in the back of the head during ep one #and then his face stepped on in ep twelve #(that's a lie it's the sun and moon one. glorious) #(all those shots at night with the moons in the background = knives's influence is being felt. it's absolutely consistent) #trigun stampede #trigun meta #tristampparty #i dunno if i should still be using the tag but nevertheless

[gofancyninjaworld]

just peopling

I don't think Murata knows what he does for me when he draws characters showing their more unguarded, vulnerable moments. And I don't mean when they're undergoing a profound emotional experience. Just the mundane, everyday activities.

It's not easy to depict mundanity in a story: real estate is precious, and Everything Has To Mean Something. So Murata finding space both within and around the chapters to ground the characters as people despite their abilities is precious.

Something that comes to mind is Scott McCloud's comment in his excellent book 'Understanding Comics', where he notes that depicting a superhero going to the bathroom is funny as we don't see these characters as human and it breaks our immersion. In One-Punch Man, the characters may be incredible and in a fantastic setting, but ONE and Murata have pulled off their also being so human there's nothing remarkable about them eating, sleeping, going to the bathroom, or having a recycling schedule on the wall. It's not easy to do.

ONE does get mileage out of making superhumans doing ordinary things hilarious, but he does it by making the context funny. Sure, Sonic on the shitter is funny, but it's not funny because he's an impossible ninja having a shit as if he were human. We accept his humanity. It's why he's crapping his guts out that's hilarious: there's both the schadenfreude of seeing him hoisted by his own petard and the relief that because he's screwed up, he will stay human. Sure, Genos using his arm cannon to dry the dishes is funny, but not because he's a combat cyborg that probably costs the same as a fighter jet. He and Saitama ate. Of course the dishes need doing. It's that he's abusing a million-dollar piece of equipment to do something ordinary that's hilarious -- like an engineer abusing a high-powered laser to heat coffee [1].

Often, the context isn't funny for the sake of being funny. Genos cleaning the house? Not funny. Genos ignoring the sounds of battle outside because he can't bring himself to leave the house until he's cleaned up all traces of the previous night's party? Hilarious. However, it's not just funny: it's the setup for us seeing later the pots and bowls set out as the apartment is destroyed, all ready to start dinner as soon as Saitama comes back. He's prepared for a meal that neither will ever eat. We carry out our routines as if life will never change, even though we're aware it can be cut short at any time and in ways we cannot anticipate, and no amount of power or privilege changes that. In the meantime, we live.

Why do they go so far as to humanize the characters? Other than it being nice to see, it also allows the story to land points that otherwise couldn't work. Points such as everything takes time, effort, and attention and no one can do everything, but must needs choose, and these choices have consequences. That we need others to be human. That even the best relationships take work. That fulfilling yourself as a human being is a work in progress. That the idea of there being a 'thing' or 'state' that will make one happy is nonsense. That we can go too far. That we don't deserve second chances, but no one's counting.

Being human is complicated and frustrating and boring but oh so worth it. That's a big point that ONE wants to get across. And he can't do that if the very idea of a character needing the bathroom is hilarious.

[1] Obligatory health warning: do not fuck with lasers. A laser capable of warming your coffee in a useful time is both invisible and more likely to set you on fire than give you a warm beverage.

#OPM #official art #Yusuke Murata #meta #long #it's hard to tell a bombastic fantasy story that is nevertheless very human and grounded -- McCloud certainly can't see a way to do it #somehow ONE is pulling that off #and Murata's art is integral to it #indeed the heroes would have little reason to be heroes if they also weren't so human #in OPM heroism may be less a matter of 'I have powers and wish to do good' as it is a matter of 'hey I live here too' #and of course in this world one's humanity can't be taken for granted but that's another story

[ctl-yuejie]

I very much understand why Nick is always so receptive to Boston cajoling him with sex.

They are super compatible in bed and Boston particularly is a very passionate and attentive lover. Compare him fucking Top and Gap to his sex with Nick: I would say that the sex he has with Nick is intimate to say the least.

And Nick craves to be loved by Boston, even if he's understood that he can never get it, what he IS getting is true affection so it's no wonder to me why he "gives in" every time.

#only friends #only friends the series #bostonxnick #bostonnick #I would love to post sth besides bostonnick but I love their dynamic - I feel there's a lot out there about the others but bostonnick posts #are often channelled hatred towards Boston + poor baby Nick (which fair) but their whole thing is so tasty #loved the whole onion peeling of his dad being big in the message parlor business transitioning into politics to the layer where he can go #nd leave anytime to NY #his dad doesn't seem to care that much that Boston won't do his business degree nevertheless Boston IS still there #that is so interesting to me #photography is his passion so going to NY immediately would make sense and even lessen the potential of blackmail affecting his dad #but for now he is staying! and I want to know why #high-fives the people who write meta on the ephemeral aspect of ofts #also one of the days I had to get up at 5 to make it to court so I can only spare so many braincells for posting

[venusssssssssss]

i wonder if DFF is another case of the fans thinking of the most interesting and wildest theories out there... but the writers didn't actually think that far ahead

#nevertheless a good show!!! #it s just that i m reading all of this meta and i m like....this is super good but i don t think they have it in them to pull this off #dff #dead friend forever #dead friend forever the stories

[keepyourpantsongohan]

Eight Principles of Shinobi Knowledge in Naruto and parallel Confucian ethical values:

Virtue (ren - co-humanity/altruism)

Justice (yi - disposition to good and sense/competency to do so)

Ceremony (li - rites/customs)

Wisdom (zhi - the ability to see what is right and wrong)

Loyalty (zhong - reciprocal faithfulness with a ruler)

Faithfulness (xin - trustworthiness/integrity)

Prudence (jié - continence/self-control)

Filial Piety (xiào - respect for one's parents, ancestors, and societal hierarchy)

Ebisu lists these eight principles off to Naruto and Konohamaru in Chapter 2, and they seem to be in direct parallel with the Five Constants and Four Virtues. My knowledge of Confucian ethics is passing at best, so my interpretation of it may be different than another person's reading. But I find it very interesting which of these are followed by the characters, and which aren't.

Kakashi explains why he stays helping Tazuna in Chapter 21 with the words, "To know what is right and choose to ignore it is the act of a coward. Like Master, Like Man [...] True shinobi do not merely dance to the tune of whoever pays the Piper." In that quote alone, Kakashi seems to be upholding wisdom (knowing that's right), justice (doing the good) and virtue (doing something for others' sake rather than for self-gain).

However, on the other hand we see Kakashi disregard filial piety (shame towards his father as a child, refusing to abide by hierarchy with friends and colleagues, both when he is a shinobi under the Hokage and when he is the Hokage himself), loyalty with a ruler (in placing Naruto's plea for Sasuke's life above the village/the Hokage), and prudence (in not moderating his chakra usage in battle, in risky experiments like having Naruto aim a rasenshuriken at him). So, while he is sometimes described as a model shinobi, what's most interesting to me are which principles Kakashi chooses not to follow.

#kakashi hatake #naruto meta #shinobi principles #ayesha talks anime #i think the prudence link might be the biggest leap #bc all of the others feel pretty 1-to-1 #but nevertheless! #i was actually looking for other stuff but every time i look at any naruto chapter i'm immediately like 'OH I HAVE THOUGHTS' #if i did a chapter by chapter commentary we'd be here for the next 38 years #naruto series #long post #moqueueton

[whentheresmoonlight]

Why Katsuki reads as queer coded.

Long before I shipped bkdk, Katsuki read as a queer character to me. Not meaning that Hori was assigning a sexual orientation to him but that he has qualities that parallel or make sense within the common narrative of the (western, I'm reading this through a western lens) queer experience. Here's why:

Disclaimer that this isn't to say that these traits make someone queer or that Katsuki is being intentionally written as queer, it's just reading Katsuki through a queer theory lens 👍

1. Perfectionism

Katsuki, if nothing else, is an incredibly hard worker. It's clear that in middle school, he worked to be at the top of his class. While he's a naturally intelligent and talented guy--as we see with his early skills in both sports and kanji in flashbacks--it's implied that he works for it. He doesn't have to work as hard as Izuku does, but it seems as though he works harder than, say, Todoroki does. I interpret this due to the way he berates his friends for underachieving in class. He knows that he's inherently smart, but he also knows that he achieves what he does via hard work, and so--as with Izuku in the flashbacks--he doesn't understand why his peers don't achieve the same.

Perfectionism is a classic queer-coded trait because it's a shield. If I'm otherwise perfect, no one can hate me for the thing that makes me different. It's a queer impulse to try and disguise "negative" traits with armor in the form of positive traits. You see this in people who are bullied becoming the class clown, for example, using comedy as their armor. If a queer person is afraid of not being loved for who they are, there's an impulse to be valued for what they can offer. This can manifest in overachieving and overcompensating so that they are never looked at with scrutiny, so that they can never be found out.

Katsuki makes himself scrupulous. He has an interest in maxing out every merit-based skill that he can so that he is no longer able to be scrutinized. He even takes advantage of popularity despite not liking people, as it's social capital and makes him more untouchable. He doesn't ever want anyone to look deeper than the skills that he offers. And when this strategy is interrupted, we see--

2. Anger

Anger comes from fear of vulnerability. In the context of the queer experience, this can easily be a reflex to keep people at a distance, as the perfectionism does, and a manifestation of repression. For Katsuki, it's both.

I don't think I need to put much explanation into how anger distances Katsuki from others. People's first impression is to fear him and then either avoid him or follow behind him. This collapses somewhat at UA, where people don't fear him, but it keeps him from forming bonds with people on any other basis than mutual respect. There's not a lot of intimacy like we see in, say, the early Todoroki + Iida + Izuku dynamics.

There's an argument to be made that Katsuki's explosive personality is a nature/nurture mix from his mother. That he's mirroring her behavior and that's basically it. No repression or fear involved. But we don't see enough of his parents/childhood to really spell that out. What we do get a good view of is his early desires from Izuku.

In those aforementioned flashback scenes, we see Katsuki not simply being confused when Izuku is unable to juggle a soccer ball, skip stones, or read kanji--Katsuki is upset by it. He's having strong feelings that he doesn't understand (not necessarily romantic! They're young!) and he covers them with anger. This continues through to middle school, when Katsuki is angry that Izuku is applying to UA, angry when they're paired against each other in the first partner exercise and Izuku has some success, when they're paired together for the final exam. These are BIG feelings and what for?

At first, Katsuki wanted Izuku to be on his same level, in the flashback scenes, and he was let down when Izuku wasn't. Then, after the river scene, Katsuki switches, and wants Izuku to be pushed down, to prove his own superiority in the face of Izuku's inherent goodness. This pairs his need to be perfect with an inability to face his admiration for Izuku. When he begins to see enviable qualities in Izuku, he represses those positive impressions. Whether or not you're reading bnha through a bkdk lens, there is repression here. Katsuki doesn't want to feel that there is something desirable about Izuku, that there's something he could be given by Izuku. That feels unsafe to his sense of self, and hence: anger. Anger, which is a trait also found in--

3. Masculinity

Masculinity is different culture to culture, and I'm not cultured enough to unpack the differences between western and JP representations of masculinity, so we're just gonna cast a wide net here.

Katsuki's parents are fashion designers, yet Katsuki pursues the absolute most violent career path that exists. And yes, this is because being a hero is the best (meaning very public to a young child with the trappings of fame and valor), and because his quirk is compatible with it, but that's not where the story ends.

All Might is Katsuki's role model. And yet, the persona Katsuki takes up is nothing like All Might's. As stated earlier, Katsuki is smart. He's smart enough to recognize that All Might is kind, friendly, generous, and likeable and that those are inextricable parts of his brand. And yet, Katsuki goes out of his way to instead be cold, mean, and unapproachable.

Again, wide net, but these are masculine traits. They keep a person closed off and inaccessible. They make it impossible to get close enough to really see a person. This is the same kind of shield that the perfectionism provides: armor against intimacy and scrutiny.

And, of course, the thing that a man can never be is weak. Weak is feminine. For a man, weakness is queer.

Katsuki's greatest fear seems to be being found out as weak. We begin to see him unpacking this, as he begins to admit to himself that Izuku is stronger than him, but, of course, we also see just how much work goes into him unpacking it. It only comes from honest self-reflection about himself, his bad defense mechanisms, and his relationship with Izuku. With introspection, he fears weakness less.

In conclusion

Queer theory is about heteronormativity and what it means when a person deviates from the norm into queerness. Katsuki's story in bnha is very much one of a character having many layers of armor to make him free from scrutiny, and slowly peeling those off to reveal his imperfections. This is the queer arc of a character being closeted, to a character coming out. Again, it's not to say that Katsuki is literally in the coming out process, it's to say that his narrative arc is a very queer arc, and it always felt that way to me. And, of course, as a bkdk, I see both those original closeting moments and the coming out moments as pretty much all being linked to fundamental interactions with Izuku.

Tbh, this theory is still a little half-baked. I don't know enough about queer theory, and I'm lacking a bit of cultural knowledge to give Katsuki the full breakdown. But before I had a single bnha ship, it was my impression that Katsuki was gay coded, and I've had these thoughts rattling around in my brain for over three years and I finally wanted to get them out (after a previous attempt that tumblr ate, rip). Maybe later on I'll do an analysis about who I think that Deku's experience is all about compulsory heterosexuality, hehe. Thanks for reading!

#this isn't anything too serious just something that always struck me #i'll be curious if anyone has anything to add! #meta analysis #bkdk #bakugou #headcanon #queer theory #fun fact: i used to talk about this on dating apps because i was so nuts over this. the guys were NOT interested hahaha #obviously some of these things are very common experiences and traits and i know that #but they nevertheless fit well in the common queer narrative

[yea-baiyi]

call me cheesy but the best, best stories are always the ones where characters, pressed into a corner by evil too vast and too powerful and all-consuming to beat, turn and go “fuck you. i choose to be good”

and they might lose anyway, the evil might be impossible to overcome, the world might go on being harsh and unrelenting and cruel, they might suffer, but regardless. regardless. they choose to be good.

#and it is never. never. wasted #tgcf #mdzs #i don’t know #it can apply to any story #meta stuff #i was going to say that it always make a difference. no matter how small #but i won’t say that #good. without hope without witness without reward. #but nevertheless. it is worth it to be good. to try. #it just hits hard right now. can’t think of a story that i love deeply that doesn’t carry this message

[academyofbrokenhearts]

Extra thoughts about Nevertheless

Disclaimer: I did not read the original webtoon, this post is only about the K-drama.

I really liked it, in spite of featuring the two most frustrating characters in history as the mains.

Adult me was constantly rolling her eyes every 20 minutes or so, being all like "oh dear, here we go again, she assumes things and builds up frustration until she either explodes or ignores him completely, and he just shuts up and doesn't share his thoughts or his feelings, and they just PINE in silence and oh lord, this is exhausting".

But my inner twenty something year old? SHE WAS ELATED.

While watching the first episodes, I noticed that for the most part, it's not Jae-eon's actions per se that turn Na-bi away - it's her misinterpretation of those actions, and the opinions of others that turn her away, because other than that, they get along quite well. I'm not saying he's completely innocent in all that transpires - far from it, even, because he does have a tendency to shut down when she assumes the worst, and also to not communicate properly (telling the person he likes that he likes her? too mainstream), so of course they're bound to argue more often than not. However, she's not stellar at communication either - she assumes things, doesn't speak up on what she actually wants (her internal monologue "why can't you my boyfriend?" remains internal, she doesn't actually ask him out until the last episode), and ignores him when she's upset. And yet, as frustrating as this is, I can see where she comes from. I absolutely hate it, don't get me wrong, but I get it.

Having grown up in a quite conservative society myself (although Eastern European rather than Asian), I found Na-bi's thought process so incredibly familiar. As women, we are taught to be ashamed of having sexual desires. Sexual desires are restricted (ideally) to marriage, with the second best thing being an official relationship - everything outside of that turns you into a slut (derogatory). Na-bi obviously is not familiar or comfortable with the concept of hanging out and dating casually (and having casual sex), and is also immensely uncomfortable with the thought that people might think she doesn't respect herself enough because she has a casual relationship (she has yet to reach that extremely liberating stage when you understand that no matter what you do as a woman, you will still be judged, so it's better to do whatever the hell you want). Also she (obviously) wants more than what she gets, she wants an actual relationship with Jae-eon, not only friends with benefits or whatever it is that they are (they never really define their initial encounters), but since she doesn't have enough guts to ask for it, she just asks him to keep everything a secret. And this ends up creating a disconnect not only between her and Jae-eon, but even between her and reality; for example, she accuses him of only wanting to see her when he wants, although she was the one who asked him to keep their encounters a secret, therefore limiting by default their interactions.

That's not to say Jae-eon isn't frustrating. I actually find him even more frustrating than she is, because I can't relate at all to him, and also, I don't feel like his backstory is expanded enough for me to understand where he comes from (his relationship with his mother is somewhat strained, and it's not entirely clear why he broke up with Seol-ah). I must say, however, that I encountered people like this in real life - people who seem friendly and have an incredible energy, but who are in fact very closed off and guarded, and who make you feel like you bang your head against a wall whenever you try to get closer to them. Jae-eon likes Na-bi, but doesn't really know what to do with those feelings, and is perfectly content with their initial encounters, which are very uncomplicated from his perspective (he gets all the domestic, blissful happiness, with none of the work required for an actual romantic relationship). Then, to his surprise, she ends everything, and distances herself from him, and he basically completely freaks out by the end of the show with jealousy and longing, and well... this is basically catnip to me personally (in a strictly fictional sense, I would have zero patience for such a guy in real life), because isn't "drive the normally aloof, cold guy completely out of his mind" a well-known trope for a reason? I loved to see him suffer, I loved to see him lash out, only to be reduced to tears when she says she regrets their relationship and having met him, and I loved beyond measure that at the end they both seem changed by their common experience, and put their desires and wishes clearly into words.

I also loved that the show acknowledges it's not going to be easy for them. They might be compatible in many ways, but their communication styles are bound to clash, and a happy ending is not necessarily in the cards. "I am going to suffer, most likely", their voiceovers tell us, "but whatever, I am going to do it anyway, I am going to take that leap of faith anyway", and I think it's this final conclusion that cemented me liking this entire thing. I don't find the relationship between the mains as toxic as most people seem to think; I rather saw it as a story of two people who are completely inexperienced in matters of romance and communication, who learn things as they go along, and whose reactions are shaped by their lives up until that point as well as the socio-cultural expectations around them. Frustrating? Greatly. But they still have room to grow, and whether they will grow together, or apart, it will still be worth it. That's the final message, I believe.

#Nevertheless #K drama #Yoo Na-bi #Park Jae-eon #character analysis #meta #they call it 'toxic romance' #I'm calling it 'would you please for the love of all that's holy just talk to each other' #original posts

[nevertheless-moving]

been writing cosmere fanfic and you know what? I think I get it now brandon. I too am unable to write Kaladin Stormblessed interacting with someone without them falling a little bit in love, regardless of my intentions.

#same sorta thing happened when i tried to write wayne. the man just makes dick jokes. i'm not in charge here. #nevertheless meta #stormlight archive #nevertheless cosmere #kaladin stormblessed #cosmere

[ramrage]

A Mountain of Salt

reviewing the new thor movie, lifted from my messages in a thorki discord i’m in

So, my absence from this discord quite neatly shows the fact that I am *so done* with Marvel shit at this point. The characters I love are either dead or so different from how they started that they might as well be dead, the fandom is generally feral, the ship's popularity just ain't what it used to be, etc. etc. And in the meantime, I have found another dalliance. Yes, I am cheating on my fandom and OTP (scandalous!) and in doing so, I've come to the conclusion that Marvel tries and pathetically fails to make Pirates of The Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. Every fucking time. Think about it--there's a plot, for one, the humor works so well (perhaps because it's actually funny shit, the actors who deliver it do it well, and there's again that lil plot, solid characters, solid dialogue to carry it), the pacing is great, so many memorable characters, romance that's compelling, sick costumes, the fucking SCORE, oh. and the effects (mostly) don't look like dogshit. The movies are fun and light, but they're actually compelling despite that.

Also, the idea of Jack Sparrow, that crazy little rogue, messing around with (emotionally) constipated Commodore James Norrington is hot as fuck!

But the movie. Oh the movie. I had the terrible misfortune of actually seeing it and during my watch, I decided to make a tally of the things I liked and the things I didn't. I was trying to be generous. /Anything/ that I felt didn't suck went on my Like tally, and I decided to /not/ add a tally for every instance that shit was out of character, made no sense, was acted poorly, etc. Even so, It ended up being like. 12 to 37 or something.

The thing that broke my heart the most was Thor's character (obviously.) Straight up. I do not know that man. A pure stranger. Don't know him from dick. Who the fuck was THAT? and why in the world was he playing comic relief for this own fucking movie? Only in the end(-ish) did I recognize him--y'know, the scene where he was telling off Zeus. He was responsible, giving a shit, looking to take care of something bigger than himself and willing to be brave and bold to do so. That was a cool, like, two minutes, though. Everything else had him portrayed as a fucking buffoon, self-centered, idiotic, insecure. And the Jane romance. Hm. That's for another paragraph.

Surprisingly, I didn't mind Jane much at all. The scenes that earned the most Likes and the least amount of dislikes were solo Jane scenes. Natalie actually seemed to commit to this movie in ways she didn't in the first two Thor's, which was nice. Her scenes had emotional grounding and though the way they treated cancer in the movie was a bit iffy, I think she played it well enough. But yeah. The romance. First off, when the fuck did this even happen? Maybe I've been doing too much self-preservation in not studying the MCU timeline, but this long romance doesn't seem to fit ANYWHERE. The two have less sexual tension than a pair of spoons, perhaps better than previous movies, but still. The romance made no sense, the degree to which Thor was hung up on it made no sense, the idea that Thor had never really loved anyone except for Jane made no sense, either. Her loss had no weight (or not much) for me because I couldn't realistically believe in how deeply they loved each other. Made no fucking sense at all. And Thor not wanting her to die in battle and all? weird. Asgardians see death differently than Western humans, so why are they treating it in the way they do?

As for the rest of the characters... Darcy's little cameo felt genuine but not spectacular, Valkyrie was fine (I am biased because I am very gay about her), Korg was fine but seemed like fanservice if we consider Taika and his desire to be on-screen a fan, Zeus was a little too buffoon-y for me to get behind (also the accent seemed. In some way uncouth to me, but whatever), fuck those fucking GOATS OMG, and Gorr. At times the acting was a little /too/ funky for my tastes, but hey, I have to respect a blunder in the name of making a character seem /full/. He looked cool, badass, and dare I say a little sexy. However, given the fate of his daughter, y'know the thing that started his whole villainy, it didn't make sense to me that he'd be terrorizing children. But what do I know? On the topic of children, I feel like TW does like to portray the strength of children in his movies which is cool! That is good! People often overlook children as human beings, indeed, but lol I do not care. Not remotely. I have no interest in seeing an army of children (which sounds troubling, but I guess makes sense in as much as they are Asgardians. But if that's the case, why are they all absolutely clueless vis-a-vis battle? Where did that pillar of Asgardian culture go?) and let's be real, realistically one of them would've karked it in the fray, but none of them did.

Before entirely abandoning the ideas of Gorr and of children, I have to address Love. Silly fucking tie-in for the title. Silly fucking tie-in for one of the main themes of the movie, and ham-fisted at that. And ah, I don't feel great shitting on a child, but I remember watching the movie and thinking "God, this child actor really sucks. Wooden and all." Because kids /can/ be good at acting, they really can. Then I learned that Love was portrayed by Chris Hemsworth's kid and it all made sense. Like, nepotism sucks but it can be worked with. There are some very talented nepotism babies, but this kid was not one of them. This movie and all the shit around it has honestly put me off CH entirely. Like, he seems like a douche. And how everyone is treating this movie like Grown Ups in which bad actor guy who always gets a hot wife or whatever used shooting as a means to take a vacation with his buddies. Not cool.

I was confused to see New Asgard and how it was portrayed. I mean. The Asgardians were always a proud (if not straight-up arrogant) people but yet they've made their whole existence into being a Disney park (hm...) and somehow have none of the same values or tendencies as OG-Asgard. Very strange. I know imperialism and capitalism are buddies, but they are not the same, y'know?

The vfx for the final battle in the shadow realm or whatever the fuck it was called actually looked pretty cool. Like with the b&w, the intense highlights and shadows. Sort of comic-booky look. Not sure if that was intentional or just a product of Too Much Fucking CGI, though. The battle lost its flavor once the kids entered the fray, but I guess the movie did sort of turn out to be Thor 4: More Thor(s) than Ever Before. Eternity looked cool, I appreciated the parallels it drew from the desert in which Love bit it, but damn. People are bad at wishing for shit! Surely the wish could've been "I wish I and my daughter were alive and well, having the life I always wanted" or some shit instead of "I wish my daughter wasn't dead anymore." Like, what are the limitations of this wish? Might as well give it a go, no? Because Gorr didn't /just/ want his daughter to be alive, he wanted to be alive /with her/.

And Thor as a single dad. No. Nah. My face was screwed into some ridiculous grimace the whole time that shit played out. Thor has indeed become more responsible (only to then become irresponsible and then responsible again and then irresponsible and then responsible again and then...) but I wouldn't say it was ever in such a fatherly way. I also don't care to see family/parenthood in anything (my own personal hang ups, I understand), especially not in a superhero movie. And I don't think it particularly jives with the greater MCU so they'll probably have to unwrite it somehow.

Yeah, this movie was not only a personal nightmare, but it was also just a huge brainfuck in general. I wish that I could've been the one to reach Eternity first so I could make it so that it never existed or conversely, didn't suck major fucking nuts. The end.

#tlat spoilers #thor spoilers #thor love and thunder spoilers #thor 4 spoilers #aight did we get all the reasonable spoiler tags in? here’s hoping… #tlat negativity #marvel negativity #thor negativity #thor love and thunder negativity #marvel wank #thor 4 negativity #aight did we get all the wank tags in? here’s hoping… #if you didn’t want to see this sort of content but saw it nevertheless #know that i tried and am not trying to stir the pot xoxo #long post #mine #is this maybe #tasty meta #idk whatever who cares

[saints-who-never-existed]

Hole Media

I've seen The Terror described as "Leg Media". I've seen it described, more accurately I think, as "Mouth Media".

The best description though, in my opinion, is that The Terror is "Hole Media".

Poor wee David Young crashing haphazardly down into his burial hole. The breeze from the seat of ease. Silna's Father's wound - a bleeding hole with a foreign body entrenched deep in it, a foreign body that cannot be removed and a hole that cannot be closed.

"A more appropriate hole?".

The fire hole itself - that they're trapped in ice but that fire is still the thing they fear most aboard the ship. Franklin also being flung unceremoniously down into it - just another irremovable foreign body - and Fitzjames screaming his grief down after him, "tears freezing on his cheeks".

The wounds inflicted on Hickey's body, on Hartnell's and Manson's too. The hole in Heather's head. Perhaps even the gaping chasm between Strong and Evans' bisected bodies.

The trapdoors and the space Collins worries he'll be pulled down into and from which he'll be unable to escape. The hole Hickey slices in the Carnivale tent and MacDonald's body alike - rebirth and death happening all at once via the same incision.

Morfin's sorely inadequate burial hole, their inability to forget or mask the madness and misery that's coming for them all. The open sores and reopening wounds that plague them more every day. Irving and the twenty-three holes punched into his lungs with a boat knife.

"You've got holes in you, James."

And finally, the seal hole by which Crozier sits, that he stares down into in that last parting shot, still and patient and "quieter even than the snow".

#The Terror #The Terror AMC #Observations #Random Observations #Meta #The hardest part of writing this was resisting the temptation to laugh at the phrase 'hole media' #Nevertheless I stand by it

[atlantisplus]

#Meta keywords are no longer a significant factor in search engine optimization (SEO) as major search engines like Google do not use them to #search engines focus on the content and relevance of the page. Nevertheless #I can suggest a set of terms that could be related to the content discussed: #- Instant coffee #- AtlantisPlus #- Premix-based coffee machines #- Coffee premix #- Tea premix #- Cold drinks premix #- Soup premix #- Online coffee shopping #- Coffee experience #- Online shopping platform #- Convenience #- Quality coffee #- User-friendly interface #- Secure transactions #- Doorstep delivery #- Customer support #- Beverage solutions #- Coffee enthusiasts #- Aromatic experience #- Quality products #- Diverse range #- Shopping convenience #- Premium coffee #- Authentic tea #- Cold beverages #- Nutritious soups

[froggygnostalgic]

CANDY FINIIIISHED !!!!!

#wow. #dear god the obama / dave conversation huh #i kind of liked that in the end. i liked where it concluded for the characters i think. #i think jadecalliope at the end there might have been a setup for a later reveal? but without that it's just a kind of.. 'did you know that #stories have authors' yeah man i sure did. #i do in fact know that an author of a text makes the text and makes it say things. sooo true #hs proper (or. the author commentary in specific) kinda tried to forget that fact a lot. But yep #i think hs meta moves are often a lot less profound than they seem to intend to be? theyre often pretty basic? #but i do find value in them existing #nevertheless