#sensing a pattern with these....

[fuckyeahisawthat]

So there is this thing that the two Villeneuve Dune movies do together that I cannot stop thinking about, where they will present something (often, a weapon) in a context the first time around where it looks a certain way (often, very sexy and cool). And then they will present it again in a way that doesn't exactly negate your reading of the original context but makes you recoil in horror from the new context.

Paul and Jessica using the Voice to escape from their Harkonnen captors? Very sexy and cool. Look at them working together, mother and son, a couple of space witch badasses.

Jessica using the Voice on Chani to force her to participate in reviving Paul after he drinks the Water of Life? Horrifying. Saying you will be part of this myth that has been created to serve political ends that have nothing to do with your liberation, and if you don't do it voluntarily to save the person you love then I will make you do it.

Chani and Paul working together to take down the ornithopter gunship using those little shoulder-fired rockets? Very sexy and cool, we love guerrilla warfare against an occupying army. (I'm not being facetious here, this sequence is extremely satisfying to watch.)

The much later image of Paul silhouetted against the blast from the missiles from his family's private nuclear arsenal blowing up the shield wall? Nightmarish.

The way the climactic battle to retake the palace at Arrakeen extends into the night so that it begins to look very very much like the initial Harkonnen attack on the same place? I'm sure this is intentional; the whole third act is about taking a giant sledgehammer to the idea that the Atreides are the better or more civilized imperialists.

Perhaps my favorite example of this is the Atreides signet ring. When Paul first puts it on in the first movie, it's a symbol of him accepting that Leto is dead. It's a melancholy moment, but it's also a sign of Paul accepting the responsibility of his birthright as the new Duke.

Early in the second movie, when he is trying to be equal to the Fremen, he takes the ring off. And you just know that when he decides to put it back on again, that will be the sign that everything's about to go to shit. And when it happens it's a very similar moment--it is Paul accepting his birthright, just a different kind. But the accompanying feeling is oh no.

#there are enough examples of this that it seems like a pattern that was given thought #it's just such an effective way of conveying the sense of oh god not like this #dune #dune spoilers #dune part 2 #dune part two #dune 2024

[tiredyke]

#sensing a pattern #lesbian #wlw #transmisogyny #lesbophobia #neon talks #lgbt #top posts

[ruporas]

🎆 (id in alt)

#trigun #trigun stampede #roberto de niro #meryl stryfe #nicholas d wolfwood #vash the stampede #happy new years everybodyyyy yippee! these kimonos are really cute…(crash sfx) #i liked looking at the details and doing my Best not to stress over the details of it while drawing lmfao #also does anyone know the pattern for wolfwood’s haori.. it looked like the bird feathers one so that’s the one i wound up using #the significance also made sense to me alongside the chidori obi. he is so 🐥🐥😢 #and if anyone wonders for the fedora i am a full fledge believer of knives fedora arc #i was going to drawn a little knives too but he looked so goofy with the fedora adjdndj I couldv taken it the fedora out all together but #it felt Vital. though now he will just sit peacefully in my 8100 wips

[99thpercentile]

places where the audio distorts

image ids under the cut

tmagp 4:

tmagp 5:

tmagp 7:

tmagp 8:

the audio distorts when people lie.

I imagine this knowledge will come in handy later.

[id: ALICE: This is not something you go poking around in. Not if you want to keep your job… or your neck. SAM: (a little amused) Okay, okay! I get it. Consider me scared straight. "Consider me scared straight" is highlighted. end id]

[id: LENA: Now, while I understand your concerns, you need to understand that Colin has held the IT Manager position for some time without incident, and although he is somewhat… frustrated with his current assignment, he can request help from the central IT team at any time. I am certain that should he find his responsibilities unmanageable, he will request assistance. Or resign, of course. Either way, the problem will resolve itself. "Or resign, of course" is highlighted. end id]

[id: CELIA: Is there any way to look up specific files? ALICE: Like what? CELIA: Oh, I don’t know. Every case about… being buried alive, or meat, or… whatever. ALICE: Well, there’s a search bar, but it doesn’t actually do anything. You’d have to dig through them all manually. (suspicious) – Why do you ask? CELIA: Just figuring it all out. Ah well, I guess I’ll need to find Bigfoot on my own time. "Just figuring it all out" is highlighted. end id]

[id: GERTRUDE: I see. Well, I’m sorry, but I don’t think Gerry can help you – GERRY: (casually) Yeah, I barely remember any of it. "I don’t think Gerry can help you" is highlighted. end id]

[id: GERRY: Oh yeah, but I was pretty young. I remember filling in a bunch of forms and questionnaires, then some old men asking me questions about what books I liked to read, who did I look up to, that kind of thing. And then I left. SAM: (disappointed) That’s all? GERRY: Yeah, afraid so. Other than just sitting around with a bunch of other kids in a room that smelled like old books. "Yeah, afraid so" is highlighted. end id]

[id: CELIA: I’m trying to look into… Weird physics stuff: time travel, other dimensions, teleportation, all that good stuff. Freddy doesn’t really do searches, so you could keep an eye out and let me know if any come up in your cases? SAM: Uh, sounds a bit sci-fi compared to our usuals. What’s this for? (amused breath) You’re not doing research for that podcast you were on, are you? CELIA: (surprised) You know about that? SAM: I might have given you a quick Google. CELIA: Then… yeah. I’m doing a favor for Georgie. "yeah. I’m doing a favor for Georgie" is highlighted. end id]

#tmagp #The Magnus Protocol #tmagp theories #tmagp spoilers #original #most of these are relatively easy to clock as lies regardless #which makes sense. they need to be for us to notice the pattern and apply it later #but it does tell us for sure that Colin can't quit #or maybe he can but he won't be able to work anywhere else like Teddy? #in any case he (and possibly the rest?) can't quit in a meaningful way #if you find any I missed please let me know!! #why is this happening? who knows! Beholding thing maybe?

[uncanny-tranny]

I think it's incredibly important to remind folks on testosterone or folks who want to reverse patterned baldness about their options, but man, does it sometimes suck wondering how much of our insecurities about our hair stem from backwards beliefs that to strive towards beauty is not only preferable but "makes you good."

As someone with a rather masculinized body pre-medical transition, patterned baldness has always seemed neutral. Hair is incredibly important (hell, much of my own energy is spent on my hair because I like it), but the pressure to have hair, to have hair the "right way" is something that I absolutely loathe.

I'm not here to judge people who don't want patterned hair loss or baldness, I'm here to say that those traits will never make you lesser. Not only is it neutral, but it is also just as worthy and beautiful.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #this especially goes for folks who may be transfem or trans women experiencing patterned hair loss/baldness #i love you and think you are gorgeous<3 #i mentioned trans folks going on t because that's a lot of my own experience #i already had a somewhat masc hairline before t and now it's just settling in... #...i found that i'm fortunate in that way for having an already masculine body and i think that's why my changes are more... #...like unpacking your house rather than moving to a new home if that makes sense #but i find that the beauty culture around hair adds even more unnecessary stress for those who want or value their hair #i am beauty culture's number one hater

[corffee]

First Sonic’s VAs, NOW SHADOW’S?????

#I’m sensing a pattern here #as I said before ‘‘if I had a nickel for every time a sonic va referenced sonadow-‘’ #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #sonadow #sonic #sth #sonic prime

[yangioh]

I made this forever ago but These Four are fused with my brain and have yet to leave since

(will they act normal about it or will they blurt out a smug insult with affectionate undertones)

#same thing different font and i took that literally #i sensed a pattern and had to get it out to the world #karina drawfee liked this on twt and i still think abt it sometimes tbh #drawfee gave me the final push of getting into hades and AA so. yeah #hades #hades game #hades supergiant #thanzag #thanatos #zagreus #my art #artists on tumblr #ace attorney #miles edgeworth #phoenix wright #wrightworth #narumitsu

[andsewingishalfthebattle]

Novice sewing pattern: Cut out shapes. Line up the little triangles on the edges. Stitch edges together. We've also included step-by-step assembly instructions with illustrations.

Novice knitting pattern: yOU MUSt uNDerstANd thE SECret cOdE CO67 (73, 87, 93) BO44 (63, 76, 90) 28 (32, 34) slip first pw repeat 7x K to end *kl (pl) 42 * until 13" (13, 13, 15) join new at 30 pl for 17 rows ssk 27 k2tog mattress lengthwise BO and sacrifice a goat to the knitting gods. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT "INSTRUCTIONS," I JUST GAVE THEM TO YOU

#knitting #no it's not a real pattern but I can't write one that makes sense because I have no freaking clue what any of that means #How do you make things that aren't basic rectangles #Why has every knitter I've asked for help just said 'patterns are easy; you just have to know how to read them' & then refused to teach me #Where do I even find a goat to sacrifice #How do I join the pattern cult #I am so confused #I've been knitting for almost a decade but I can only make scarves and potholders #I learned one (1) stitch by watching a YouTube video and none of my friends or family knit so I have no IRL resources #And nobody I meet seems to want to take the time to explain the rest to me #I taught myself to sew through trial and error but that doesn't really work with knitting because error is pretty much just... Unraveling? #Anyway sorry for the tag rant I'm just frustrated that I see pretty things I want to make but the instructions are in an alien language #And the gap between 'absolute novice' and 'intermediate' seems to be about 20 years of experience and formal instruction

[houseswife]

parallels that deal me +10 psychic damage for every second I spend pondering them

#cameron is wilson in the way that amber is house #except the former goes unmentioned a lot more #both cameron & amber had the potential to fix house & wilson respectively #but that’s the issue #no level of well-adjustedness could root out this level of codependency. this particular brand of love #house and wilson are the antithesis of one another but in the sense that they compliment each other’s pathologies like a puzzle piece #not to use another hannigram quote again but. they’re identically different. #that’s why they’re soulmates <3 #house md #hilson #house/wilson #greg house #gregory house #james wilson #hatecrimes md #allison cameron #GOD just thinking about it #house became irritated with cameron’s pursuit of him #because he’s insecure and believes he’s fundamentally unlovable #and her pattern with falling for ‘charity cases’ did nothing but affirm her lack of genuine interest in him #meanwhile. when it comes to wilson #he’s actually elated to know that he’s screwed up enough to never leave him #and the same goes for wilson #when he goes mattress shopping with amber #she encourages him to choose something he likes. for himself #because she doesn’t want him to indulge her to the point of resentment #and so he gives in! because it’s the healthy thing to do! #but when it comes to house #when house tells him to choose furniture that fits wilson’s tastes #he ends up buying an organ FOR HOUSE. and the response? ‘I like what this says about you wilson.’

[fulcrums501st]

enjoying the ahsoka show so far but why is no one talking about how dumb it is that this ancient magic miggufin thingy would know Thrawn’s exact location

#like it makes no sense #the whole point is that Thrawn and extra are MISSING #the miggufin should have told us about pergil migration patterns or something #would have made more sense #rest of show is cool tho #sw ahsoka #ahsoka show #ahsoka tano #star wars ahsoka #ahsoka spoilers #ahsoka series #tcw ahsoka #thrawn #star wars

[leroibobo]

some of the architecture of zinder, niger. zinder rose from a small hausa village into an important center of trans-saharan trade during the 18th century, culmunating in it becoming the capital of the sultanate of damagaram in 1736.

#niger #hausa #architecture #my posts #in case you didn't know: hausa is a part of the afroasiatic language family (same family semitic langs are in) #there's a lot of theories about how exactly afroasiatic speakers spread & there isn't a consistent cultural/migration pattern #like w/ indo-euro languages #but hasua is probably to arabic/hebrew/syriac what english is to bengali or assamese (except even less similar) #i can pick out some hausa words myself ('sama' is 'heaven') but tbh im not sure how many are loadwords from arabic (since they use #'dunya' for 'world' for example). most hausa are muslim so itd make sense if they took some arabic words

[hotcinnamonsunset]

x files socks ft my favorite bit of frequent dialogue because the below screenshot simply would’ve been too long👽

#knitting #wip #knitblr #pattern is spooky salutations socks on ravelry👽 #the x files #this pattern is the epitome of me realizing I can put anything my little heart desires on knitwear no matter how silly! #i thought about this pattern for .2 seconds and said yeah. lemme just pull up stitch fiddle real quick. and behold! #i giggle every time i hear them say this dialogue so immortalizing it via sock knitting makes sense you know???

[bisexualfbiagents]

It’s on the video, Mulder. I can’t prove it was you, but I know what I saw. This man is a murderer. He is a terrorist. I have a report to give this morning. I expect you to give me an answer. I expect you to tell me the truth.

THE X FILES GIF MEME [3/20] EPISODES The Pine Bluff Variant (5.18)

#the x files #txf #txfedit #xfilesnet #fox mulder #dana scully #txfmeme #memeepisodes #mine #5x18 #the pine bluff variant #would you be surprised if i said i'm a really big Die Hard fan? #this has always been one of my absolute favorites #the score EATS #the lighting is SEXY #also i'm sensing a pattern in my favorite episodes and scenes #i apparently really enjoy when their trust is in jeopardy #or when they're just flat out lying to each other lol #i eat that shit up ! yum !

[blackvelvetcorvid]

another one >:]

Scary lesbian

#I sense a pattern #I'm just a bit obsessed #Like a tiny but #I love annabel sm #annabel lee nevermore #annabel lee whitlock #nevermore webtoon #nevermore webcomic #lady in white #get annabel lee'd

[uncanny-tranny]

The thing that gets me about history and humanity is that you never know what is immortalized, and the things that will be immortalized are things you would never think.

I saw a person sharing a new tattoo, and it was one of Onfim's drawings. A boy who lived so long ago he is barely a blip now, but his drawings meant so much to people that somebody is now permanently marked in their skin with one of those drawings. Do you ever look at the things you make and just sit there and wonder if this is the thing that future people look at? Do you ever look at your art, your writing, your schoolwork, or anything that is yours and just wonder who will find it, who will fall in love with a piece of your humanity and become overwhelmed with emotion over? It's not unlikely. It's not totally unlikely that somebody will find a piece of you in the distant future and devoid of any other context of who you were will still love you because you were here. You were here, and you are still here, even hundreds or thousands of years later. Treat yourself with the same love that so many have for dear Onfim.

#positivity #gentle reminders #if anybody has ancient children's drawings beside onfim let me know they melt my heart #i have always wanted a tattoo of that kind of thing too and i want ideas #see if archeologists dig me up or whomever else they won't find significant tattoos or other things. they will see i have loss.jpeg on me #and i think that's just as important. these people must know that people are silly and weird and don't make sense and that's IMPORTANT #i'm just. so obsessed with this because it's instantly humanizing #what little child hasn't drawn humans with twelve fingers per hand #or those kids drawings where it's only a torso/head conglomerate with stick legs and hands #i just really lived seeing how their tattoo turned out because i wasn't sure if it would look good in ink and skin #i feel the same way about archiving the internet. i was looking for the written crochet pattern for something #and the person who wrote and created it passed away and their blog has been scrubbed #their blog only exists on the archives. their pattern is only accessible on youtube because somebody made a video tutorial with the pattern #it's an eerie feeling. they've been gone for two years but their blog has been tethered by the wayback machine

[sammy-the-dead-dumpster]

Thinking about the plot parallels in bnha again, this time as they relate to Izuku's goals--because he's had a specific goal for a long time, and it's not just being the number one hero. Saving is Izuku's half of heroism, after all, and yet from his perspective, it could be said that he fails in one continual regard: saving Katsuki.

It seems to start with the sludge villain. He doesn't exactly fail; he has a positive effect on the situation, at least physically, and Katsuki survives unscathed and more or less emotionally intact. From a literal standpoint, Katsuki has been saved, but Izuku isn't directly the one to save him (and is indirectly the one who put him in danger).

Then training camp happens, and Katsuki is a victim again. And Izuku is frozen there in the forest, unable to keep reaching for him. (And when he plots the rescue, he can't be the one to enact it.) Katsuki is rescued in the end, but Izuku doesn't save him before damage is done--because this time, Katsuki is physically okay, but the psychological effects make themselves known at Ground Beta.

Then there's the next time. Katsuki takes the hit for Izuku, and this time, although he survives, he sustains physical harm. It isn't as though Izuku can prevent this, but Katsuki's only there because Izuku told him about OFA, and is only putting his life in danger because of Izuku. From Izuku's perspective, he hasn't protected Katsuki.

And then there's the final battle, a bigger, more catastrophic reflection of what happened before. Except this time, Katsuki doesn't survive. And once again, Izuku hasn't saved him.

Izuku wins to save; saving is what motivates him. And although he's been victorious time and time again, he has never decisively saved Katsuki from a true threat. This is a pattern his entire life.

His entire life, because it didn't start with the sludge villain.

It started with the river. Katsuki didn't take his hand, and Izuku wasn't able to help him. It's the start of Katsuki's internal conflict with weakness and victimhood, and the start of Izuku trying to be there for him.

Katsuki has to contend with needing to be saved. Izuku has to contend with failing to save him.

#bnha #mha #bnha meta #mha meta #bakudeku #bkdk #in a sense #deku #kacchan #bakugo katsuki #katsuki bakugou #bakugou katsuki #katsuki bakugo #midoriya izuku #izuku midoriya #is this too evident or is it just extrapolation? i don't know #but i like thinking about all the patterns #and how they grow in severity