#not to mention the bridge

[discalmnected]

Bloodhound is the sexiest song on 5sos5 but some of you aren’t ready for that conversation

#like did you even listen to how Michael said he sunk his teeth into the bone #and take off your mask on Halloween #not to mention the bridge #the claps #the gang vocals #spend all our money on our dirty desires??? #I’m actually obsessed right now #people love talking about Luke’s whiny voice but I think Michael has him beat #that man straight up moans every line he sings lamp #the way it was at the bottom of my teir list when the album first came out #and now it’s one of my favorites #5sos #5 seconds of summer #michael clifford #calum hood #luke hemmings #ashton irwin

[stephfandomdumps]

ready the crabs

#queen elizabeth #uk politics #british royal family #queen elizabeth ii #the queen #england #uk #london bridge #operation london bridge #british politics #ukpol #current events #world politics #tw pedophila mention

[normalbrothers]

s02ep02 | s05ep04

"His mother, who committed suicide by throwing herself into a canal, is kind of a spectre who is very much the subtext of Tommy."- Anthony Byrne

#maybe this will only make sense for three people #but as it follows the january is the first time mentioned right after charlie compares tommy to his mother in s2 #but we only learn that he was born on that boat and that it was their father's in s5 (a scene after he's stood on a bridge #seeing grace and his doppelganger and similarly suggesting suicide etc) #there's so much going in with that mom/dad/january/tommy(/+arthur) quadrangle/(+quintangle) but it's so opaque #tvedit #peakyblindersgifs #peaky blinders #tv #momentarily struck by how much uncle charlie looks like his actual father here also

[earlgodwin]

the borgias is my favorite show and i think it's the best show ever made and all. however, there's just this one aspect that is genuinely hilarious to me and i mostly criticize the show for. the writers suddenly trying to make the viewers massively despise juan by turning against him and disingenuously writing him in his final moments so the watchers won't miss him or sympathize with him by making him a walking danger as an excuse to kill him off and prop up cesare's character. they wanted the audience to root for cesare at juan's expense and make his death seem necessary lol. they truly thought they served with this one, like maybe juan's character was shamefully abandoned by the writers (as well as his family except for rodrigo) but david oakes had many people sold with the way he played him to perfection, improvising and making juan remarkable, tremendous, and humane. the show is obviously a classic masterpiece, but in my opinion about the juan part, simply rushing the writing of a tragic dying character on a show for weak reasons is pure disrespect.

#i love the way juan was written off is something that didn't sit right with the rest of the cast either. they know david was done dirty #not to mention the corny ass hashtag they tried to trend to celebrate juan's death lmaoo 2012 was really something #it's why françois and david GET ITTTT #their insights literally go against what the writers were trying to make us Believe LOL françois and david were like No ❤️ #you know when the actors get the characters more than the writers themselves because of how much they lived in them? YEAH!!! #they tried so badly to paint cesare gutting juan and throwing him off a bridge as “heroic” then BAM here comes king arnaud!! #calling cesare an envious monster SJSJJSNSEJ #françois literally admitted that he had the writing on his character's side meanwhile david's character was thrown under the bus #as if it wasn't enough for them to villainize juan by giving him all historical!cesare's negative characteristics !! #that being said. like or hate juan...his presence was truly missed in season 3 lol #juan borgia #cesare borgia #françois arnaud #the borgias #period dramas #period drama #neil jordan #david oakes #borgias #text post

[awkward-teabag]

Love (cannot emphasis how much sarcasm there is in that word) that an official Canadian government response to high cellphone rates is to switch carriers.

Switch it to what? We basically have three companies since one was allowed to eat the forth (with the government saying it wasn't anti-competition and the company eating the other pinky promising they wouldn't jack rates up). Even the smaller companies have to rent infrastructure from the Big Three so there's only so much they can do if that rent costs an arm and a leg.

And that's not touching on how many "small companies" are actually just subsidiaries of the Big Three. You may save $5 but you're still with Telus/Rogers/Bell.

Or that the actual small companies tend to have shit coverage because they don't have the infrastructure available to them and are prevented from getting it. Or their traffic is throttled in favour of the Big Three's customers. Or both.

Or that they're extremely regional thus aren't an option for a huge chunk of Canada's population.

We have no true options and the government has shown time and again that they're fine with monopolies, in multiple industries, and don't care when said monopolies jack up prices to make shareholders and the c-suite more money at the expense of everyone else. At most there will be a verbal slap on the wrist and a giftcard for $25 that people have to register for, for a decade and a half of price gouging.

It's not talked a whole lot about outside the country from what I've seen and heard but Canada is a country of monopolies. A handful of companies own nearly everything, every province has a family or two that owns a hell of a lot (Nova Scotia is basically owned by one family at this point), and our government ignores it. Even the branch that is supposed to be against monopolies is fine with mergers and takeovers in most cases.

Because, you know, the company said it totally wouldn't use consumers' lack of options to increase prices.

#canada #so much of our infrastructure and critical construction such as housing #has been pawned off for decades to private companies #and i forgot to mention one (1) family owns the bridge that is a major international corridor between canada and the us #which is apparently fine even though they fought tooth and nail to stop a bridge they don't own from being built #like our housing crisis can be traced back to the government deciding to stop building public housing in the 90s #because they figured private developers would pick up the slack #affordable apartments don't bring in much money so we got decades of cheap-ass 'luxury condos' instead #and once airbnb became a thing we got entire buildings with units <300sqft #and of course when the party in charge rotates between conservatives and neolibs nothing changes and that can gets kicked down the road #and keeps getting kicked until something collapses and they see the chance to fully privatize an industry #something similar is happening to our healthcare system too #it has been left to languish for years/decades with funding freezes and cuts #and private companies are quick to jump in and get the government stamp of approval to do [thing] that the public system clearly can't do #when [thing] would absolutely be possible if it was actually funded and/or staffed #so many communities were cut off when greyhound closed up shop because there's no government inter-city transportation #we lost internet/banking/cell service/etc nation-wide because one of the big three decided to push an update to live without redundancies #and it bugged and took the entire company's network down #even the government agency that demands major companies have a backup on a different network was taken down because they ignored that #and they got a deal if they kept their backup with rogers while their main network was also rogers #so they couldn't even make an emergency statement or anything about it #half my province also lost all digital infrastructure because it's a private company and making a redundancy line would mean smaller bonuse #it's just so bad #joke all you want about how canada is nice and friendly #but you are wrong and it's hell if you actually live here #the only reason canada is seen as nice is because it's hard to not seem like the better option when the us is your neighbour #and because of decades of pr work to make canada seem friendly and nice and not at all problematic #in some countries you actually have to try to hide you're canadian because of how much we colonize and the damage we do to other countries #yes these tags have derailed from the post but ugh #i take major issue with people who insist canada is nice and has never done anything wrong

[ronon-dex]

'fury' is easily the most fucked voyager episode like sorry. sorry,

you're trying to tell me kes. sweet, selfless kes, who was best friends with tom and tuvok and the doctor and who adored janeway and who was adored in return by janeway, kes who forgave neelix anything because she was just that kind - kes - returned after VOLUNTARILY leaving voyager (AGAINST janeway's wishes mind you!!!!!!!!) solely to send the entire crew to organ harvesters????? as revenge?????

putting aside the fact that she would never ever in one million years hurt these people - wouldn't she be better served times a thousand by going back further in time and TELLING young kes to stay on ocampa? what sort of bloodthirst requires anyone to sacrifice a ship full of their friends in order to rectify a mistake YOU made?????

and then they had janeway kill her. they made janeway, who cradled kes's face and who cried when she left KILL HER.

oh and janeway and tuvok have been hiding the secret that kes is going to go psycho in a few years from the rest of the crew, even from chakotay. and you're telling me they knew all about seven and the borg kids and naomi since s1 but secretly.

perish.

#not to mention how nasty she was to neelix like????? idk who that is it's not kes!!!!!!! #st voy #star trek: voyager #star trek #kes #st voyager #voyager #kathryn janeway #tuvok #6x23 #worst episode they've ever done and i mean that #what an ugly way to bring her back #and then when it's all resolved she didn't say goodbye again to tuvok or the doctor?? #she was still so clearly angry when she left?? giving neelix this sarcasm like... #that's not her. what happened that she got so angry??? why isn't that addressed? #why the hell would she choose this option if she can time travel with a warp core? she can go to any time!!!!! #why not stop herself from leaving with voyager??? #i wouldn't believe any of the bridge crew could do this let alone kes #harry and chakotay spent decades coming back in time to SAVE voyager #kes loved them. loved them so much she sacrificed herself for them #this is soooooo hideous I'm so upset #what an awful way to ruin her legacy #they could've given her an away mission with seven. could've had her require voyager's help for something #could've saved tuvok. or the whole ship in a deus ex machina story. #jesus christ. kes. of all people. I'm disgusted #like if I'm jennifer lien and i read this I'm telling these writers to go suck it

[artiststarme]

Anytime Eddie wants to voice his intrusive thoughts to someone he phrases it like it’s something any Midwesterner would do. 

He and Steve are on vacation to Chicago to see a concert and as they’re walking behind a mother and small child on the bridge, Eddie says, “Ah, the Midwestern urge to push the mini human off the edge.”

And Steve just looks at him in alarm and says, “um… no.” 

Eddie moves on like nothing happened but for the rest of the day, Steve just keeps sending him confused looks like what the fuck is wrong with this man.

Now a full fic!

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#Steve mentions it to him later and Eddie has no recollection of ever saying that #he proceeds to gaslight Steve into thinking he said it #Steve is legitimately concerned that he wanted to push a toddler off of a bridge for an entire two days #Until he talks to Robin who yells at Eddie for being manipulative and comforts Steve #should I write this into a full fic? #I forgot the word 'toddler' as I was writing this so small child it is #stranger things #steddie #headcanon #steve harrington #eddie munson #robin buckley

[firelise]

♪ I'm fuckin' on heart-throbs, I got yo favorite rapper blocked, I heard the dick was whack, yo favorite athlete screamin' "Text me back!" ONLY FRIENDS as SZA Lyrics 2/? -> SMOKING ON MY EX PACK

#a whole song dedicated to being out of pocket #only friends the series #ofts #only friends #bostonnick #only friends boston #neo trai #gmmtv #jojo tichakorn #cgedits #mygifs #oftsXsza #honorable mention for Boston was Conceited -> #'i dont like nobody ion feel guilty about it - i got no reason to make friends im cool - i been burnin bridges do it over again' #but this was funnier #tw flashing #overlay #blending

[goodluckb4be]

we, as a society don’t talk enough about killing eve

#killing eve #sandra oh #jodie comer #phoebe waller bridge #but dont mention the ending #we dont need to talk about it #but everything else #costuming #the cinematography #THE SOUNDTRACK #killing eve soundtrack #unloved #sapphic #wlw #wlw media #sapphic media

[vampirepunks]

Since Kojima’s been saying that the Death Stranding film is going to tell a story that can only be told through the film medium, I really hope it’s a prequel to the game. There are a lot of background events represented through text and dialogue that wouldn’t translate well to a video game format on their own.

It’d be really cool to see the start of the Stranding, Victor and Igor’s backstory (as seen in the DS novelization), snippets from Sam’s childhood/early years with Bridges, the development and construction of the chiral network, and most of the events described in Higgs’ journals.

Coffin’s decision to leave her family behind, start a terrorist uprising by radicalizing the porters who unknowingly abetted human sacrifices by delivering BBs for the chiral network, and the decision to adopt Higgs as her protégé? That story alone would be worthy of a film.

#just thoughts #i would kill to see little baby Peter #and witness his Becoming™️ from that scared kid into the man we know and love #i know that ‘new world with a new sky’ moment would be POWERFUL #and what of his porter partner who died? what did that relationship look like? how close were they? #what of his relationship with Fragile after Coffin died? having a best friend who probably never saw his face? #not to mention his tragic rise to power and the secrecy that came with it. having to kill to maintain his DOOMS because people needed him #like he was handpicked as the inheritor of a rebellion against Bridges/the UCA and suddenly ended up with a LOT of responsibility when- #-Coffin died. and suddenly he was living a double life to care for and protect the people of the Western region #and those folks responded by calling him King Midas. naming him after a folk hero whose defining tragedy is being powerful but alone #everything he touched turn to gold but it’s so hard to form connections when you can’t shake hands #(sorry not sorry lol) #it’s such a complicated and nuanced backstory & so many people don’t even know about it because it’s in hard-to-reach texts & a side quest #idk I just think it’d make a really good movie. bonus points if it canonized him being a repatriate #it’d make a really good sci-fi political thriller/horror #i would vaporize in my seat if it cold opened with higgs saying 'once there was an explosion...' but now i'm just being self-indulgent #death stranding #death stranding movie #death stranding a24 #higgs monaghan #logan.txt

[cjbolan]

Agamemnon: *to Menelaus right after his wife’s alleged abduction*... man, she kidnapped herself.

#I still think Helen willingly eloped with Paris #she mentions regretting going with him which heavily implies she had a choice #and being a Spartan woman if threatened she could easily rough up Paris with his 0 warrior training #incorrect quotes #the big lebowski #the iliad #Homer #greek mythology #classical mythology #funny #Helen of Troy #Menelaus #Agamemnon #jeff bridges

[arealtrashact]

Do you have a favorite Elvis song? Or an album?👀👀

Why oh why would you ask me such an impossible question !

If you're twisting my arm.......... I'd say American Trilogy. The last minute of his 'Aloha' rendition of it never fails to give me chills. There really is no word to describe it other than EPIC.

#his truth is maaaaaarching ooooooooon #trashtalk #anonymous #Honorable Mentions : Bridge Over Troubled Water and How Great Thou Art (the 70s version) #Fans who think he peaked in the 50s are kidding themselves #His voice matured into something so beautiful and POWERFUL. Especially by the 70s #Like even his last (documented) 1977 concert...where he's swaying on his feet...delirious...basically dying onstage...he sounds incredible. #The music within his heart remained unscathed by the physical and mental strain he was enduring daily by that point #and I think that's beautiful ( if not very bittersweet ) #we watched Christmas at Graceland so forgive me if I'm deep in my Elvis Feels tonight lol #On a lighter note : I thought Posty totally killed Devil In Disguise #I LOL'd when he leapt into the pool ( I feel like that was totally unplanned. But how are you Not going to dive into the Graceland pool )

[sunforgrace]

he sat there on the ground and cried. for cas. cas told him he loved him was taken away and he buried his head in his hands and wept

#AND THEN THEY TRIED TO PRETEND LIKE IT WAS FINE? and after the widower arc #it wasn’t even as nearly fucked then this time all their friends got thanos snapped and we don’t even get canon confirmation that they were #brought back. even with covid not even a vo or offhand mention or reference #jack is god and in every drop of rain or whatever. #sure yeah whatever they beat the final boss and got over the protagonist angst of it all but the world was still the same it just wasn’t a #chuck story which only ramped up to being The Big Problem in the season 14 finale. #cas was stabbed by an angel blade and dean broke while wrapping his body for the funeral pyre. ALONE. and was. not doing well #and you tell me it’s whatever after he sat there in that dungeon refused to answer sam’s calls and cried during the complete and total end #of the world. that he just bounced back from that and died and drove around heaven for decades in a few minutes and smiled while americana #electric guitar played on some bridge #cas helped oh that’s nice I guess smile now I have GOT to go drive my car around. because I did not get enough of that in my time on earth. #unlike my time with cas which I am satisfied with and in no need of closure. perhaps a conversation. looking upon him to see him alive and #well. healing some of that trauma of the last time I saw him. a reunion hug maybe even which has become tradition. CUT THE CAMERAS deadass #he’s going for the face touch. no this we cannot possibly have time for we have to play carry on wayward son twice #sorry. it has been three years. sorry. it’s just so funny buddy your ass did NOT escape the hamster wheel

[art-by-fate]

Heel turn 2 - by the Mountain Goats

I’m still insane about stuffed bird by the way. In case anyone was wondering.

(@theminecraftbee)

#This is about a stuffed bird #Tiaasb #hermitcraft #Mumbo jumbo #evil xisuma #fanart #cw blood #heel turn 2 #the mountain goats #a few more mentionable lyrics: #Spent too much of my life now trying to play fair #Throw my better self overboard shoot at him when he comes up for air #<that one especially when you think about X #I’m walking out of here in one piece #Don’t care what comes after #Drive the wedge #Torch the bridge #I don’t want to die in here #I don’t want to die in here.

[td-tbbg-official]

JULIA JULIA!!!!! Have you featured Mk in any of your Myselfiegram posts? How have your fans reacted to them if you have?

"I've been featuring her! What with our podcast and all, basically all photos are of the two of us. My fans immediately loved her vibe after they saw the two of us on Total Drama and welcomed her like she deserved... Of course, there's also some fans talking about- well, a topic I'd rather not approach here."

#i wonder what the topic is #total drama: the bridge between generations #total drama: tbbg #td: tbbg #tbbg #tdi #tdi 2023 #total drama #total drama 2023 #total drama reboot #total drama island #td 2023 #td julia #julia td #td mk #mk td #(mentioned) #ask friday

[loving-jack-kelly]

Do we think one of Charley's kids is named after Frank bc to me. There's a little Kringas with the middle name Franklin. and every time Charley sees it it makes him sad because how to explain to his son that he's named after somebody Charley loves so much, Uncle Frank who used to be here all the time and used to be so silly and make him laugh when he was little, and now Uncle Frank doesn't visit anymore and now Charley gets sad every time Uncle Frank comes up in conversation and now when little Daniel Franklin Kringas asks if Uncle Frank can come to his birthday party or his baseball game or how come it's been so long since Uncle Frank came for supper, Charley has to take a deep breath like he doesn't know what to say. and when Evelyn and Charley are telling their kids the stories of their names it's so easy to say Hannah is from Grandma Kringas and Alexander from Mama's brother Uncle Alex, and Josephina Mary, well, Aunt Mary still visits sometimes. But Uncle Frank? How do they talk about Uncle Frank? He's still their uncle, but they don't see him. Where did he go? Why did he go?

#also that opens to the door to the kids (especially the younger ones who would only be like 10 at the end of the story) #being the first to welcome frank back when he tries to start to repair things with Charley #merrily we roll along #we know mary kept up with frankie jr so there's no way she fully abandoned charley and his kids after the interview #she probably doesn't mention them to each other at all but in my head she still hopes to be the bridge someday #and after the party. i genuinely think frank will have better luck reconnecting with charley than with mary