#please watch this !!! it's very well done

[brookheimer]

the one thing i feel pretty certain about for this episode is that america will not decide the election. a decision will be made, a president will be elected, but america will not be the deciding factor.

succession can’t mimic 2016 or 2020 point blank, that would be boring and have nothing to say. it can’t try to outdo trump because it’ll go too whacky and fall flat like veep’s last season (sorry conheads, no way he’s winning). but what it CAN do is illustrate the immensely corrupt, often arbitrary, and hugely influential nature of news media and conglomerations on political processes. i think probably jimenez will be in the lead, then atn/waystar does something to, i don’t know, discount votes or cast suspicion on jimenez or call the election for mencken early, and the tide will shift, even though the votes are already in. the votes don’t actually matter. the actual result doesn’t actually matter. that’s the power logan (and as an extension, billionaires and CEOs in general) hold. shiv says it herself to logan in s4e2: “just cause you say it’s true doesn’t make it true. everyone just fucking agrees with you and believes you, so it becomes true and then you can turn around and say like, 'oh, you see? see? i was right.'” but it doesn’t matter that logan’s “a human fucking gaslight,” everything he says comes true anyways. not because he was right, but because that’s how it works. he says things and then they happen, regardless of what the truth is or what should actually come to pass. that’s been one of the key throughlines since the very first episode of the entire show when, in response to kendall calling logan out of touch because times are changing and logan isn't changing with them, logan hisses that everyone always says you’re wrong until you do it and prove you were right: “you make your own reality.” you can't miss the bus if you're the one driving it. the election, the votes, the political process? none of that matters. it was always going to come down to the roys and their ilk (allies or enemies, just the top 1%) — that was the whole point of “what it takes” (the mencken episode) last season, after all.

i’ve seen lots of theories about what america will choose and how the candidates will respond and all that and i just don’t think that’s the show’s focus; i think the whole point is to demonstrate the lack of agency, the illusion of democracy. because, i mean, we’ve already seen the fall of democracy via fascist election and fascist election-denial, both in real life and in the countless (usually mid) satires created afterwards. it would be disappointing to see succession use the election to reiterate that same point of 'ohhh alt-right ahhhhh!!!' i don’t think it’ll be about ‘fascism’ at all — at least, not ‘trump-y’ fascism. it’ll be about fascism in the broader sense, the kind that doesn't sport a KKK hood (even when it keeps one tucked away in the attic). it's the fascism that every single roy (very much including shiv and kendall) aid and abet -- the fascism that so many succession fans don't seem to regard as fascism, despite it quite literally being the definition of fascism. trump wasn’t the entrance of fascism into our political process. he wasn’t the lone sign of the failing of american democracy. democracy in america has long been illusory, trump just made it more blatantly evident with his particular brand of hate-speech-ridden masculinist in-your-face fascism.

so i think that’s what this episode will hopefully focus on — america will not decide. corporations, news media, and the roys will. thus, the president will most likely become president not because the country supports his policies the most, but because he’s likely to agree to help block a business deal for a major media empire, and the other candidate is unlikely to. and this will likely come to pass due to said major media empire's interference and influence: they create their own reality. they say it, and everyone agrees with them and believes them, so it becomes true.

#WOOF okay here's my unnecessary ~thematic prediction~ for this episode #i have some more like random thoughts ab what'll happen but those r less thought out and more throwing shit at the wall etc #but i've been thinking a lot ab this ep n idk i just can't see any other way it could be done satisfyingly -- they can't just do 2016/2020 #again. the focus has to be elsewhere. i have some specifics thoughts on details but again those r kinda random n will be in another post #after bizarrely getting a lot of things right this szn i know a lot of people are looking to me to see what i'll say for this ep and let me #remind yall that I AM LITERALLY JUST GUESSING BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE SHOW AND HOW NARRATIVES #TEND TO WORK PARTICULARLY IN SUCCESSION! if i am wrong which i very well might be please do not crucify me. i know literally #nothing more than anyone else i'm just a random english/gov major who likes speculating about media ! that said if i end up right again #somehow then yes i am a prophet i am jesse armstrong i have never been wrong about anything in my life. etc #watch this age so poorly tho. #LOL #also fwiw i dont think the Shock etc is going to come from the election results - maybe possibly from the way things happen (i could see a #line of miscommunication resulting in fucked up outcomes etc which i can get into in another post) or a roy sibs moment but i just #don't think there's any way the results themselves cld be surprising. it's jimenez or mencken. it's not gonna be connor guys. #succession #succession spoilers #except not really. just succession speculation more than anything else #long post #succession speculation #100

[yuyumatsulily]

my friend showed this to me and i need to share with others too

#assault lily last bullet #assault lily #assault lily bouquet #asslily #yuri #gl #asslily amv #amv #femslash #please watch this !!! it's very well done #Youtube #girls love

[fivefeetfangirl]

När vi två blir en // When we become one

taglist: @destielpiebitch

If anyone else wanna be on the taglist lmk!

#destiel #destiel amv #asa.amv #spnamvarchive #song: när vi två blir en #artist: gyllene tider #finally posting this. its been in my drafts the whole summer. ive been working on it very on and off. tried to experiment a little with #the cuts and rhythm but other places are really boring haha cause i was so unmotivated to work on it. but now im done!! and im gonna sleep #i do not speak swedish so if something is translated wrong lmk!! #these subtitles fucked me up frr!!! im definitely looking into a new video editor cause i cant live like this lmaooo. i tried my best but #there are some places where the video and subtitle doesnt match up. but well. live laugh love haha #if you know swedish please watch without subtitles!! the flow is a bit better then <33 #and change to HD if its not automatically that already <3 #Youtube

[caeneus-telamon]

Yelling about Dead End: Paranormal Park again!

Season two just came out, so obviously no spoilers, but oh my lord I can't recommend this show ENOUGH

The protagonists are absolutely amazing.

Barney Guttman, a fat, gay, Jewish trans man, and Normah Khaan, South Asian, Autistic, Bi girl. Also Barney's magic talking pug voiced by Alex Brightman (aka, Beetlejuice), working at a haunted theme park with a demon named Courtney. There's also a delightful cast of side characters

The representation is, imo, incredibly well handled (though I can't comment on what parts don't apply to me), with important topics dispersed among wacky demon hijinks, often at the same time!

I can't say much more without spoiling it, but I absolutely cannot reccomend this show enough. If you've been looking for something new to watch, give this a whirl!

#i am not normal about this show #please go watch it so it can get a season 3 #it is also based on the Deadendia comics #which are also very good #everything about it is so good #Hamish Steele is actually amazing #as well as all the cast #okay now im done #dead end paranormal park #animation #cartoon #Netflix #deadendia #animated shows #i still don't know how to tag #kids shows #tv series #comics #new series

[lycanr0t]

the dungeon mshi dub has such an odd script and translation choice oh my god it's. so bad

#i refrain from bitching abt this generally but wow its... not very good #they phrase things so... weird? #they call monsters 'critters' ??? why.. #and i HATE what they did with senshi why tf does he talk like that.... #if you havent watched it please save yourself and watch the sub... #the voices themselves are irrelevant the SCRIPT is just. not well done #rot posts

[cosmiado]

im so glad we're getting FHJY because of how excited people are for it, but honestly i wish i could be more excited about it :(( i want to like it so badly, but alas. ive only seen season one, though, should i give season two a shot? or is it more of the same?

#i will say ive been considering watching sophomore year for Gilear and Gilear alone #it just didn't quite click for me :// #its obviously a very good and incredibly well done piece of media #but somehow i just didnt love it #anyway. please let me know your thoughts <3 #dimension 20 #dropout #fantasy high #fhjy #fantasy high junior year

[thedevotionaltour]

marvel should hire me to write bc i'd pull the funniest thing on earth where i am wiping his catholic slate CLEAN and i would explcitily have him go ehhhh i've never really been religious me and my dad went some easters and christmases and attended a few services outside of that but that stopped by the time i was around 10 and my dad just kinda gave up on it because he didn't particularly want to go by that point either. and even then we hadn't gone every year for easter and christmas in that time frame. and then we never bring that shit up again in the story. he is only catholic in the sense he went a few times and it's the only church experience he knew and his dad probably grew up going to church more in his youth being dragged in by his family but he never felt particularly compelled to go back to it once he moved out on his own. catholic only in the fact that his family was irish catholic but his dad is a lapsed catholic who did not give a fuuuuuck

#based off my own father's filipino catholic experiences. and my own religious experiences in general. bc my mom's protestant but still didnt #raise me religiously. i've been to church a handful of times and it was never bad but it never ever stuck. i just kinda remember some stuff #and what i do know it's more from the general cultural osmosis of american christianity than anything #plus i grew up in a known for its religiosity suburb. but again. that still didnt really rub off on me. #in my mind jack is a guy who when entering a church will still dip his fingers in the holy water and cross with it #and matt watches and maybe mimics but he doesnt really get it still bc their service attendance has been so extremely infrequent. #so i imagine it's far more like that for matt than the insane bs they've been pullin the last few years. given the you know. #50 somethings years of established only really culturally casually catholic matt. bc well. why wouldnt he be new york irish catholic. #i imagine is the thought process. but i will never be a fan of how it's a big deal now. bc it just never has been. ever #and that's not to say a character cannot become religious or be religious or have it become more of a thing in their life! #very much it can be done. but i think it's been done piss poor. from all i've seen and what i've read of recent stuff. so it's just bad. #like it isnt done in a meaningfully way or sensical to my understanding. it's like. pure show pandering fanon appeal. #so it's utterly meaningless as a whole with no point or purpose aside from it #can we go back to just using it for cool art visuals bc i think we can all appreciate a cool splash page of a church fight and stuff #but please. dont try to make it more than that if you arent going to do it well #SORRY I KNOW EVERYONE ON PLANET DD HAS MADE THIS POST BUT I REMEMBER AND GET SOOOOO IRRITATED!!!!! IT'S SO STUPID POINTLESS DUMB I HATE ITT #static.soundz

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

how come these fictional characters i have created have such a chokehold on me

#remember this show i was writing about an international school in an alternative world??? well today i wrote a bit more #i'm nearly done with season 1 i'm thinking i could post it here when i'm done with it. it'll be in the form of blurbs for episodes i think #no fully written episodes cause i don't know how to do it and it's too much work #but yeah 🥺 i love my blorbo sons and daughters #i was inspired to do this after watching sex education so you can imagine the vibe of the show #i could talk about the blorbos for hours #if you want to send asks about it please do!!!! #the main character is called adewa and i love her very much #there's basically a girl group and a boy group. both of 3 people each #and they are the main core of the show #so the girl group is adewa from nigeria gracie from england and genca from albania #and the boy group is mo from south sudan (adewa's li) daudi from west tanzania and doweiya from nauru #there's more characters but those are the core #for example this last bit i wrote centered about thiri (genca's gf) #who is from kawthoolei (idk if that's written correctly. it's where the karen people live)

[imaginmatrix]

Jfc I’m just not going to use tumblr for who knows how long people just won’t stop ragging on this show with the stupidest fucking takes I’ve seen in a long time shut up!!!!

#it’s not going to be exactly the same we KNEW THIS #THATS HOW ADAPTATIONS FUCKING WORK #Half of the changes are actually better than what we initially had!!!! #just stop watching if you’re so miserable #literally complaining about things that were actually very well done or well written #just because it was different #please like take a screenwriting class or something dear fucking lord

[hobismilitarywife]

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#i absolutely hate how bts are suddenly acting so chummy with the bb members 🤢 #i mean i know that ta*yang is most unproblematic out of all of them and im not at all mad at jimin for collabing with him nope not at all #but all these messages for ta*yang :/// hobi giving him sm of attention and yoongi’s teaser uff that was just very hard for me to watch :/ #because honestly rn it feels like that they will be nice towards the other bb members as well #like are we forgetting how all of these people (the bb members) stood by se*ngri’s side like set stone they always defended him and still do #hmmmmm idk #also ive already gotten the vibe mv at least 4 times as an ad today :D someone please make bh see #this is how actual promotion is done #whenever bts collab with other people i just notice how well the other companies promote their idols in comparison to bh

[blackidyll]

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#also men's sp just ended and the men did men things indeed #i missed boyang's skate but apparently he's grown artistically and i just want him to be happy and healthy and he's getting there #jason brown!!!!!!!!!!! to quote commentator belinda -thank you jason for (not retiring) and coming back (to skate)- #JUNHWAN WAS ON FIRE omg redemption from his disappointment at 4CC also judges you cowards GIVE HIM 100 points #KEEGAN!!!!!! KEEGS!!!!!!!!! swan song performance and it was AMAZING. also judges you cowards AGAIN give him 100 points also!!!!!!!!! #also i was waiting to see his usual photos of his wife and kids but he didn't bring his phone with him to the kiss and cry! ahaha #i was watching through my fingers for shoma but he nailed it! also i laughed a bit when he put in 4T-2T with 2T intentionally lol #could he have done -3T? yeah but i rather he took care of his ankle and rest up for the free skate #my heart aches for matteo adam sota (omg sota) #i loveeeeeeee kazuki's skating even if he fell on his 4S. also was very happy for kevin aymoz and yay lucas too! #nervously looking forward to the free skate on saturday but honestly final flight will be so good ahhh jason made the top 6 #and junhwan got a small bronze medal as well! #figure skating #worlds 2023 #also gifmakers i'm looking forward to reblogging all your gifsets of the men sp #please and thank you <3

[mtjester]

I’m tired of my coworkers not finishing the work they promised and leaving the team scrambling to create curriculum last minute I’m tired of doing the brunt of the work for three different courses when my coworkers are only teaching the one course I’m tired of my coworkers using the work I created and the data I compiled on their gradwork that’ll justify an increase in their pay when I get no pay increases for my own work I’m tired of the workload I’m tired of the hypocrisy I’m tired of the lack of compensation I’m tired of the burnout of education

#personal #why would anyone stay in public education at this point #it’s crushing me #i wish the students were the only stressors #it makes sense when a teenager doesn’t have their shit together #why do i gotta run disaster relief for my coworkers who have higher degrees and get paid more than i do #why do i gotta pay a bunch of money and sacrifice two years of free time to earn comparable pay when my work is so much better #why my coworkers get a masters and get worse at their job like????? #please just finish creating an assignment when you say you’re gonna do it #i can’t very well stare at my students and admit that the test grade assignment our team was supposed to share didn’t get done #i hate making shit up on the spot and watching all the flaws show as the kids try to complete the work #i can’t stay in this field #too much work for no money #and people keep leaving me looking like a fool in front an entire classroom of kids #or scrambling to do work on the weekends like any pay or benefits here justify that kind of overtime #godDAMN

[solitudiante]

Some tiny Jeffs from Singapore's Day 2.

(Yes, I was there. It was fucking awesome.)

#jeff satur #live on saturn sgd2 #i am very pleased #in a very surprised way #i mean i know jeff's singing was going to satisfy me #but the whole show was really well-crafted from start to finish???? #also jeff was so good at playing with the audience???? #like holy shit he's so good at it??? #i came in a casual jeff satur fan and now i'm like YES YOU SHOULD STAN THIS DUDE #10/10 pls watch him if he comes to your country #also shout out to the band! #and the stage director and lighting people and the sound dudes #seriously this was so well done

[ascendandt]

i think saying that the dark i know well romanticizes csa is fucking insane. if you think that perhaps it says something about you rather than the text.

#also a song can be good. catchy even. and be about weird fucked shit. and that can be FINE! #like i will say the show toes a line with sexualization of minors. but i think the dark i know well is very well done. please be normal #watch parade even.

[bloodanddiscoballs]

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#so i got into the owl house super late sjfbfjd #i honestly didnt know what to expect but #the show is really really good #i dig the humor its legitimately funny and the stories are well done #was not expecting a legit colonizer as the bad guy but woof he was easy to hate #i liked how the team wrote the many aspects of that as well it felt idk respectful in a way #like it was a 'heres how people like this who very clearly arent good people use their power and influence to get others to ignore that' #also i appreciate the little ways they wrote stuff like abusive/neglectful parents and relationships #one that comes to mind is Amity and her dad when he goes to hug her and she asserts herself and offers a hand shake instead #i love that kind of thing being taught to kids where their boundaries should be respected and they should feel comfortable saying yes/no #or how Amity didnt go through Luz's phone even tho she knew Luz wasnt being honest #all these things lead to a bigger conversation about concent and i just really loved all those touches #plus the cast is super fun and interesting #i love the character growth and i love all these kids im their parents now please let them rest and be safe omfg #anyway im caught up #aaaaaaaand i may have made a teacher oc for the beastkeeping track at the school #dont know their name yet but!!!!! #i just thought it would be fun #thats what i would have gone into if id lived in that world ngl #anyway go watch the owl house #also eda call me

[galacticlamps]

oh btw - watched gps (gay pirate show - can’t do the whole ofmd thing because i’ve seen people tagging stuff that for months and my brain still just reads it as ‘outfit of my day’ which i know doesnt make any sense but that’s the perils of skim-reading acronyms and having made an instagram in 2012 for you)

anyway i watched it, i don’t have the brainrot for it but it’s good, it’s fun! i like how much it’s willing to be silly and let anything be possible as long as it creates a scenario that’s funny or cool to see play out - lots of people ‘sailing’ what should be long distances in a little rowboat, randomly winding up in convenient/improbable places, downright sitcom-y tv tropes being bent to involve characters/situations from the golden age of piracy, costumes being historically inaccurate in the most creative and brilliantly designed ways (the 18th century take on pretentious theater director’s black turtleneck i am looking at you). The show itself is very unpretentious and up-front about what it wants to accomplish, and convincing the audience any of this was historically possible is not one of those things, which I can respect

if anything im slightly confused at the amount of stuff i’ve seen dedicated to just the two main guys tho! don’t get me wrong, they’re very gay and very funny and sometimes very sad/sweet, but in context they’re almost the least exciting part of the show - and I definitely don’t mean that as an insult, bc the highlight for me was absolutely the fantastic ensemble cast - really talented actors giving great performances of wonderful characters! they’re all so good! why have i mostly seen a million posts of blackbeard and blondcurls and occasionally sideburns?

Also, I know I just said the one thing it deserves more praise for is its ensemblyness so this is a bit hypocritical but you know who really deserves some more credit? Joel Fry

#gps #not to sound like a disgruntled plebs enjoyer but there you have it #the whole time watching it was like why is joel fry so good and why aren't people talking about it more #(but also i understand there's a difference between being in a fandom and having a lot of mutuals in a fandom #& i know im in no position to judge accurately what ppl actually talk about) #it was just a pleasant surprise to see how not about the two leads the show was on the whole #that wasn't necessarily the vibe i got from watching people post about it all this time but it's nice thing to see #also that one episode that ended with the sequence set to the chain? cinematic genius more of that please! #finally someone to fulfill my middle school dreams of 18th century pirate media set to modern songs #i realize that might be a niche wishlist item to have but it's obviously one i've harbored for an excruciatingly long time #so i was glad to see it done so very very well in that scene especially