#or videos

[weirdcat1213]

After I'm done with this I want to read more about queer representation in Asian media cuz yeah this is heavily queer coded and while I can see how western viewers could take is as queerbaiting I can also see how this is the only kind of queer representation that can get into the Chinese mainstream.

#if you are asian please feel free to recommend readings on this #or videos #like i heard about the discourse but people do forget that not every place is as open as most western countries #side note but the intimacy in this show? im dying #heaven official's blessing #tgcf

[tanadrin]

i think in general when it comes to worldbuilding, you should know how the real world works, not because you have to follow the real world slavishly, but because that way you can break the rules in more interesting ways.

in LOTR, mirkwood is notoriously in the middle of what should probably be a big rain shadow--there could be a really interesting reason for that, but the actual reason is that tolkien didn’t know or care much about climate or geology or astronomy or any of the hard sciences for that matter. as a result there is no elaboration of this forest existing there, or consequences for the world or stories that take place there; it’s just a “meh, this’ll do.”

personally i think that’s kind of boring. even saying explicitly “this is explicitly A Mystery,” is a more interesting violation of expectations than “i don’t know what a rain shadow is, my story just needed a big forest, and i thought i’d put it immediately east of a mountain range tall enough to alter weather patterns.”

the actual earth is big and old and complex enough that you can find plenty of specific reasons to violate general rules of thumb like “mountains tend to create big rain shadows” and “equatorial regions tend to be full of rainforests,” and even if you don’t develop the world in sufficient resolution to know exactly why a particular microclimate or regional variation occurs somewhere, at least asking yourself that question is a useful exercise!

this goes for more than climate, obviously--the same is true for language, economics, politics, warfare, and any other field of human endeavor or experience you care to name. if you’re too content to rest on “well, it’s fantasy/science fiction/mythopoeia, it doesn’t need to be realistic,” i think you’ll end up with endless lonely cities, cookie-cutter fantasy kingdoms, ISO fantasy races, and overall blandness. knowing the rules, even if it’s just to violate them more creatively, will help you understand just how big and complicated and diverse the real world is--equally or more so than any work of fiction--and help you to ask questions about your world that might never occur to you otherwise.

#worldbuilding #to use an analogy: #worldbuilding only with reference to other fantasy or SF #is like learning to paint horses only by looking at victorian paintings of horses standing in profile #rather than looking at photographs of real horses #or videos #or seeing one for yourself #paintings are an abstraction and a reduction of the real thing #if you only look at paintings for reference #all you can do is reduce or abstract them further #your work will be blander as a result

[who-is-the-barest-of-them-all]

really need to stop notifications for my one drive... "this day last year"... NUDES. NUDES EVERY TIME.

#or videos #heck

[jeffbiblesupremacy]

Jeff's Twitter Space Part 1 - with subs

#Tumblr doesn’t allow me to upload videos longer than 10 minutes so… #you’ve probably already seen the translation #or videos #but I wanted to have my little translation here too #Jeff satur #Jeff twitter space #subs by me

[schumiatspa]

The funny thing is that we collectively had a different breakdown everyday for a week about the same couple of pictures

#no new content #or interviews #or videos #nope #just the same hug over and over #and it's more beautiful than yesterday but less than tomorrow #sebastian vettel #lewis hamilton #sewis

[sadaveniren]

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#I like how no one considers that the filmed reaction of her bf was STAGED and he’s just a shit actor when it comes to how he ‘reacted’ #idk maybe it’s just me and the FACT IVE BEEN PREGNANT AND BEEN THERE!! #but maybe JUST MAYBE she didn’t want to show the ACTUAL reaction or forgot to in her excitement and then was like #shit yeah I’ll need that #and he just WAS FUCKING WEIRD ABOUT BEING ON CAMERA #his IG is locked people #she rarely posts pics about him #or videos #maybe!!!! he doesn’t like the attention but did it for her cause he loves her and supports her job but he can’t ACT!!!!! #HAVE WE CONSIDERED THAT AS AN OPTION? #INSTEAD OF JUST ASSUMING THE WORST BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN IDEAS??? #idk!!!! could just be me!!!

[ismellvinegarandfries]

70's Terry Jones with his shoulder length hair, leather jacket, and button up white shirt hits so differently

#monty python #im so mad there aint enough pics of him in that era #or VIDEOS #Im so mad #terry jones #moi post #send me some yall

[copepods]

leitmotifs never get old to me like holy shit dude there’s this melody that corresponds to this one guy and if you hear the melody it means the guy is there. holy shit. and sometimes it refers to ideas too not just guys. has anyone heard about this

#text #my standards for video game music are not high #if there’s a leitmotif i go :O every time

[karlrincon]

Happy New Year 2024 from Korea.

Year of the 🐲🐉!

#Seoul #korea #happy 2024 #new year #drone show #drone #fireworks #amazing #video #viral #3d #technology #🎇 #nature #space #Star #night #earth #awesome #tumblr #hd #dragon #dragon year #chinese #tradition #art #love #moon #animal

[wackom]

The Beast that Bothers

#cat #animation #the sequel #loop #video #music

[auckie]

#spider #arachnophobia #if you see this video elsewhere it’s a ok

[miniaturecatmentality]

guys I just found the greatest video on the internet

#tiktok #tiktoks #well actually this is from #instagram reels #Instagram #but we all know what i mean #short form videos #comedy #hahaha #🤓 #funny #praying mantis #entomology #entomology jokes #and something else entirely #dogs #little dog #chihuahua #creachur #bad jokes #yeah #i think thats enough tags

[bloodstainedmuzzle]

Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023) Leon S. Kennedy [ 1 / ??? ]

#Resident Evil #Resident Evil 4 #Resident Evil 4 Remake #REmake4 #Leon S. Kennedy #Leon Kennedy #RE4 #survival horror #residenteviledit #gamingedit #video games #videogamemen #dailygaming #my gif #my edit #loyal guard dog ~ ♥ #*LeeleeRE

[kropotkindersurprise]

February 28, 2024 - American military veterans burn their uniforms calling for a free Palestine, at a vigil for Aaron Bushnell in Portland, Oregon. [source]

#aaron bushnell #free palestine #palestine #solidarity #veterans #usa #martyrs #memorial #video #2024 #portland #oregon #genocide #occupation #israel #apartheid #military #anti-imperialism #anti-militarism

[rikkitikkitokki]

#tiktok #video #trans #lmao

[furiousfinnstan]

@stvksn on ig

#**mine #videos #stvksn #the level of mental illness this caused me 😞