#that episode pic you know the one

[artisdrama]

“right now, i feel useless. no, i've always been useless. i never exist. i have no feelings. i don't freaking have anything left within me. i can't take myself anymore, vegas.”

we all kept saying that vegas and pete are parallels to each other to what the same kind of abuse can lead to. it’s almost tiring how many times we analyzed how vegas weaponized his trauma by turning into an abuser in self defense, but we were a little blinded by pete’s smile because we genuinely believed pete was always being completely open about everything. his tattoo says it all, doesn’t it? no legacy is so rich as honesty. didn’t he share with vegas what his dad did? didn’t he follow what his heart told him? isn’t he gentle, a good friend, a good subordinate? that must be who he is.

vegas craves attention, acknowledgement, and he thinks he never received it because he never accomplished anything. pete did, though. he won the fight, and yet his dad still hit him. it doesn’t matter how good he is or how much he contributes to his surroundings, he’s never actually seen. it doesn’t matter how much effort he puts, how much emotional labor he puts in his relationships, he’s still secondary to their choices, a supporting character. it’s not just vegas that was never recognized as a person, it’s pete too. 

it’s pete because he can disappear and people that he holds dear to him wouldn’t even notice until someone dreams about him. because he keeps being the wingman to others, but no one ever falls for him. he solves the problems for everyone, but not only that, his efforts always turn into more responsibility since he’s so reliable - never, i don’t know, a vacation i guess? his work has no emotional return to him, and while he’s loved by tankhun he’s still a subordinate and not a friend. it’s his boss, and he has no say in their relationship like the other does. “my most understanding bodyguard”. pete understands tankhun and shows his concern for him through how he takes care of the other, but tankhun loves pete exactly for that, and not for him. no one sees the true him.

he puts his heart in everything. yes, the honesty is there. and he does everything without expecting anything in return, because he knows that doing the right thing sometimes isn’t rewarding. that doesn’t mean he doesn’t crave recognition, it’s just that he doesn’t feel he’s ever going to receive the type of recognition he so desperately wants. and he can’t show this side to the others, because then he will be a burden and not fulfill the role he wants. he honestly wants to make everyone around him feel ok - and he’s fine with that, in some levels. he thinks helping others is rewarding because you can see the smile in their faces after it.

“i’m sorry. i aim to spread more smiles than tears.”

he’s content. it’s enough to keep him going, to inspire him to keep making others around him happy, because if anything that’s the only thing he knows. he has to live each day by itself, because if he sees the big picture he’ll feel like a side character to his own life. but deep inside, even though he has come to terms with his father’s abuse, he can’t distance himself from the violence. it’s his whole environment, it’s how he learned relationships work, it’s thrilling - and makes him feel alive. after being successful in destroying vegas’ plan, he’s so high on his accomplishment that the torture is almost a recognition on how well he fucked up vegas, and he can take it with a smile in his face.

but after all the violence and the torture vegas puts him through, he still can’t turn his caring persona of, because he’s so used to finding patterns in people in order to make them smile that he easily cracks the code to what’s vegas’ problem is. it’s almost instinctive at this point to only comfort him, not because he actually feels for vegas but because he is simply like that. he opens up just enough for vegas to understand that he’s being seen, but not enough for vegas to see him. he says just the right things at the right time, never giving information about himself or opening up. his goal was never to have vegas obsessed with him, but just to live each passing day and try to handle it as best as it could.

but vegas gets obsessed with him - actually, the idea of him. vegas is so caught up with the idea that someone understood him and didn’t judge him harshly that he completely ignores that pete is not “someone” in the sense of an abstract concept in his mind, but a person entirely separate. he starts seeing pete as an extension of him, projecting his feelings and his desires into the other. but this obsession shows up in the form of little actions of care and attention (in vegas’ way, of course), in the sexual tension, and this desire is so intense that it moves pete’s heart.

because, for a second, pete wants to believe that all that intensity and emotion is for him. that vegas actually saw who he is and understands, and is desiring him. when vegas tells him he’s sexy, is he saying that because he sees pete’s body and thinks he’s attractive or because the sex they had and pete’s submission is sexy to him? vegas proceeds to only talks about him and his feelings, but he never asks pete how he feels. he opens up - “i thought i was a freak”, but it’s not followed by a “have you ever felt something like that, pete?”. vegas finally asks him “how did you survive in this environment?” and pete’s finally smiling, asking back “why, do you think i’m a good guy?”. he’s expecting vegas to give an actual insight on it. but vegas shows how little he understands pete telling him he’s “stupid” - pete is far from stupid and he knows. and it’s not just bickering, because pete realizes that vegas truly believes he has nothing going on inside his mind, that he’s just what vegas wants him to be.

after that, he slaps himself in the face to wake up - vegas isn’t seeing him as a person, he needs to leave. that life is not what he wants. but then why did he say yes to him? why did he kiss vegas? of course there was a previous build-up of desire between the both of them, but what was that made him give in? he has never been into subspace before and he’s still trying to understand himself and what he wants, but right now he’s completely sober. and he blames himself a lot for everything. but when vegas gets inside the room mad, he’s doing it again - he’s trying to help vegas.

vegas still doesn’t sees pete, only what he wants to see. so it’s easy for him to simply act up and vent all his violence on the other when pete shows again how understanding he is (and he switches his emotions as if he wasn’t, a few hours earlier, putting all the care in the world making a dish for him). vegas still believes in what he told pete in the last episode before they kiss, that pete likes that side of him and that it turns him on, so it never occurred to him that acting like that again could have any other effect. not only that, but the line about them sleeping (which was already making pete dwell on self hatred for what he did and what he desired) finally snaps pete, because not only he isn’t in the mindset to enjoy that type of violence, but also because he’s done - he understands everyone, even vegas, but no one ever tries to understand him.

vegas’ obsession isn’t seeing him, but just a toy that will behave how he wants and like him the way he wants. pete wants to be desired intensely, madly and deeply, but he knows this isn’t what’s actually going on. it’s all a lie he’s telling himself, because he had a hard time coming into terms that vegas’ liked what he provided for him - comfort - and not him. he’s once again secondary to someone else’s feelings, and it doesn’t matter what he wants and what he likes, what his pain is, he’s not seen. and now, being punished by something he didn’t do, unable to even comfort vegas with his words, he’s useless too.

pete’s so done that he asks for vegas to kill him, and vegas is so out of his mind that he goes on to grab a knife and actually threaten to do it. vegas isn’t thinking properly but he does think this is just pete’s usual bratty behavior, and in his mind is something that can easily be solved like every other instance between them where he plays abuser with pete and then leaves. but this time, pete’s finally honest about his feelings. he’s done with everything, and he’s done with vegas treating him like that. he feels like shit, and there’s no point on keeping with this if he will still be treated like that. he tells him, he’s lost his humanity. he’s not living as a person, but as something. in this case, vegas’ plaything.

after all that, vegas sees the huge mistake he’s making, and starts begging - and that touches pete’s heart again. because vegas is begging him so desperately to not kill himself, that he’s sorry and that he needs pete so much, that pete falters a little. he knows that vegas still isn’t truly seeing him (if anything, he’s just finding out about him) but the feeling of having him begging for pete to stay with that face creates a bitter taste in his mouth. he wants vegas to desire his true self like that, and not the character vegas created in his mind. and that reinforces pete’s desperation either dying or running and leaving.

“i’m a human, vegas. i have feelings.”

vegas insists on needing him, which pete finally throws in vegas’ face that is not him that he needs but a mirror. he keeps projecting onto him, and never asking what pete needs, treating him like a pet. and pete shows him - if he actually needs him as a person, why the chains? why aren't his needs being met too? and vegas begs him to promise he won’t leave him. the fact is, pete can’t lie to vegas at this point, because he’s opened his heart so much he can’t pretend anymore he would do something like that. and he touches vegas’ face, because deep down he’s still conflicted with all those feelings, but he finally chooses to put himself first and knocks vegas out.

and while they’re apart, vegas never leaves his mind. even though he’s loved by everyone and everyone is grateful he’s back, there’s still a lingering feeling that he only ever felt being with him, and he misses it so much. because now that he had the taste for the obsession, for being almost consumed by someone else that wants them so badly, how can he go back to his normal and mundane relationships? he’s numb, both traumatized by what happened and dwelling in guilt because even though everything was so terrible he wants a little bit of it back. and he feels the shame of the intoxication he feel, unable to open up to anyone about that. him lying and denying to tell porsche is not only because he wants to protect vegas, but because he wants to protect himself from acknowledging that he doesn’t despise him as much as he wanted to, as he should do.

“get the hell out of my life.”

pete screams, but he’s unable to shoot the gun and end it all. when vegas takes the gun to his chest and screams, pete has an automatic reaction of fear that doesn’t go unnoticed by him, but he keeps pushing to try and make his point. but pete can’t say anything, just cry the tears he has been holding all throughout the episode since he left vegas’ house. and again, he is only truly honest in that moment where he lets himself fall to the ground from how painful everything is, and vegas is comforting him. the worst, for him, is that he’s allowing once again vegas in his space, touching him intimately and taking care of him. and his hand goes trembling to the other’s face, unsure if it’s the right thing to do or not, because he’s pained by everything that went down and all the abuse - but also a little bit glad that vegas is still so obsessed with him that he’d follow him there. he’s conflicted because he can’t reconcile the idea that he wants vegas and, maybe, vegas wants him too, because it’s never the case. just like he said, he’s useless, has never existed, has no feelings, no humanity. there’s no point in hoping that vegas would do that to him. but he wants to believe in him so much that he can’t stop crying.

#vegaspete #vegaspete meta #wow i WROTE for this one like . dammit don't you have a thesis to write to the 7th sir #i said i had many pete thoughts that i was waiting for the next episode to be released and i am glad to announce that i was right! yeeeee #but fr i am soooooo obsessed with this episode and everything and all the feelings i'm definitely a new human #kinnporsche the series #adding no pics because i'm lazy to screenshot everything #vegas kornwit theerapanyakun #pete phongsakorn #vegaspete analysis #also i feel i need to at that this is pete's inner monologue and not the truth per say #we know vegas' side of the story is different but still i think it's important to state that #pete has no way to read vegas mind so that's what he's working around... and it's a whole mess #pete doesnt know about the little things like making a dish from his home to him and never will so he thinks vegas is ignoring his humanity

[bylertruther]

danny trachtenberg directing an episode for season five my hands started sweating my heart is beating like a drum i'm trembling like a chihuahua i used to pray for times like these MONSTER APOCALYPSE UPSIDE DOWN SWALLOWING HAWKINS WHOLE SUSPENSE JUICY DELICIOUS INTELLIGENT TENSE SURVIVALIST CLIMACTIC THRILLER ACTION GANG WE RISEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 📣📣📣📣📣📣📣🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

#idc if im celebrating too early i know he's going to EATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT #prey goes hard as hell im feeling lightheaded bc i got so excited . BSHHDBDHSJSVSGDHF #and god . just . BITES YOU BITES YOU BITES YOU BITES YOU BITES YOU #IM ON MOBILE I DONT HAVE THE REACTION PICS FOR THIS IM AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WOOF WOOF WOOF BARK AWOOOOOOOOO #im ready for episodes like the s2 one where the electricity goes out in the lab or whtever. 2x08 i think. IM READY DAN . I ! AM ! READY 🗣

[theflagscene]

The insane urge to not sleep since it’s already super late and instead just stay up to watch the new episodes of The Sign and Cherry Magic when they drop first thing in the morning… I mean, who needs sleep anyways, right!?

#plus my family went behind my back and Christmas-fied my house #I am shocked and appalled #my BF saw a pic and was like: holy shit that’s a Christmas tree! you haven’t had one of those in years! #I know dude! and I am disgusted lol #anyway yeah I wanna watch the new episodes! why for they take so long to come out!? #ahhhhhhh #thai bl #thai ql #the sign the series #cherry magic th

[bigfeelingsdyke]

just a few of my favorite screen grabs from the episode “killer odds”

#fuck it. gay laramie time #this episode you guysssss #abby and i were losing our damn MINDS #laramie #i know i’ve done a separate post going insane over that ‘through the door crack’ pov lol #i have at least 10 screen grabs from the porch scene- this one was my favorite LOL #they’re sooooo crazy and FOR WHAT!!!! #look at the height difference in the second pic though!!! 😭 WAAAHHH #also slim’s heart eyes in the top pic….bro hold on. HOLD ON A SECOND

[homewrecking-lore]

The treatment of female characters and their writing in Picard's season 3 has already been discussed a lot and much better than I ever could tbh, but I think the way Matalas built up how Tasha would be acknowledged in season 3 just to do what they is a good example of the problem.

The acknowledgement isn't even of her character or her legacy - it's just of Data's memory of her. As it's always been on TNG. That's it. It's like she stopped existing outside of that. So many of her character and relationship beats weren't even with Data. They were with Worf, Troi, Picard, even Geordi! And not once have any of them ever mentioned Tasha. The amount of time wasted on pointless Easter eggs and nostalgia bait and they couldn't bother to have a couple of lines between the other characters remembering their friend? It's so frustrating that Tasha has been consistently reduced to one of Data's trinkets across TWO shows - I'm slapping that goddamn holo statue out of his hands and into the void. We know Data recognized and mourned her loss, we've seen it time and time again, but that's all about Data's character and growth - not Tasha! Do something about HER!

#you would think her character was a guest star in one episode - not an entire season #like outside of the capt worf and troi were her most significant relationships #and neither of them have ever thought about her in entire DECADES? #i dont know what i expect though from shows that have worf ignore that he has a whole ass son #and from another show where ro laren CAME BACK AND BLEW UP and no one but picard blinked an eye #and even picard was like 'well that happened' #i wouldnt mind the holo statue so much if tasha was just allowed to EXIST OUTSIDE OF THAT #but anyway this is not a pic specific problem but it certainly is carrying it forward! #picard spoilers #tasha yar

[clwnpunk]

Some guys feat. Curly hair gaara propaganda <3

#naruto #naruto uzumaki #gaara #gaara of the sand #gaara of the desert #gaara naruto #naruto shippuden #nart art #rensdraws #idk man just some shitty nart sketches #the second one started so strong and ended with his back looking broken but you know what???? I drew today and that’s what matters #if u read the tags i love u but. for gaara pic #i imagine this is him somewhere like… mid therapy and recovery (modern au obvs) #like he is working through his episodes and trying to heal #but still very isolated to an extent #starting to let people into his life but still not really feeling like he deserves them #expressions still mostly a safe emptiness or frustration or anxiety #but he’s learning to be okay more often #unlearning his role as a monster and learning slowly how to be a friend and a brother. how to be love and accept love #anyways!!! no one asked #but in this pic he is a bit of a ticking time bomb but less so than he used to be #and we’re proud of him for that #it’s literally a neutral leaning analyzing expression and a hoodie wren you get none of this from the image #but that’s FINE okay I’m just telling you what IM thinking because I love him #gaara is healing. if u even care

[mrs-kelly]

it's always charlie (19/150)

#it's always charlie #charlie pics #renlie #the very first episode!!! #i got so many gifs and barely took any pictures cuz he just kept making cute faces #and they couldnt be contained in a single frame you know!! #heehee but the ones where he's leaning his cheek on his fist <3 my faveys <3333 #gonna be staring at those tomorrow while im wearing his hoodie <33333

[dennistakesamentalhealthday]

s14 being the first sunny season i saw as it came out really reshaped my brain chemistry for better or for worse like gets romantic chokes texts the noir episode the global warming episode the jumper episode the theories about who big mo was i simply didnt know how to act

#i wish i had been on tumblr then i just scrolled through the tags #the analysis of that one play? like i was eating it UPPP #the promo pic for the jumper episode LIKE... #COULD HE WOULD HE SHOULD WE?!? #like ill never not be delusional at this point....when you watch tggr and have to wait for the next episode thats all you know

[dandeliononthemoon]

oh i keep forgetting to mention this but @literallytypogod @delightfullyterrible i had a dream about you two 3 nights ago but this time you were both in the same dream with me. and i remember being pretty sad when i woke up from it.

i unfortunately dont remember much from it. but i think there was some special event and i invited you both, some other people too maybe but i dont remember much about them. i just know it was an event that demanded guests.

and we had a great time together, lots of fun talking, playing games, gossiping before sleeping. the one thing i remember pretty well is one of the last things in the dream where ahana wanted some nail paint so we three went to the drugstore nearby. we again had a pretty engrossing conversation, i dont remember about what tho. at one point i mentioned that there was a bookstore in the city centre that i should show you both and that there was another small bookstore of the same chain nearby but it was nothing compared to the one in the city centre (i actually have no idea why i said that because that is not true lol the one in the city is great tho but there is not smaller bookstore of the same chain nearby)

but i dont think we ever got to. idk, the next thing i remember it was time for you to go and so y'all got your suitcases and stepped into the cab to the airport and we waved goodbye and we were all sad.

then the dream evolved into something else and then i woke up

#jealous of dream me that i got to meet y'all irl #also i remember seeing a pic of you ahana i mean i obviously dont know how you look like but i just knew it was you #and i actually cant recognize who it actually might've been that my brain made up in the pic #but in the dream it was some old pic of yours a physical one at that #there might be more to tha memory but as i said i dont remember much from the dream anymore #i started to forget everything as soon as i woke up #chaotic bebes #pixie my little sun #ahana banana <3 #tp.e #welcome to another episode of mutuals appearing in my dreams #randomness era

[kil9]

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#sowry i was having an episode last night but i was also right so 🤨 if that bothers u go elsewhere #i kno i go extreme and blow up a lot which isnt the best but its also really fucked up that im like. in the minority of ppl who do that #i dont know why not everyone is freaking out about this. it makes me feel so insane and makes it worse #i feel like nothing will get better it makes me wanna die 😐 /gen/srs #if people would stop being selfish and being like ''oh but what are the odds i will kill someone. govt said its fine anyway'' #this wouldnt happen #yea govt is shit (applies to every country on earth) but at some point you need to start taking stuff into your own hands #at some point youre so afraid of being doomery and negative that u just become compliant & resigned. its not good #anyway im no longer experiencing extreme mental illness about this but it IS still upsetting. #idk why im the only one who sees a fun crowd pic as a terrifying tragedy. i feel like im screaming at a wall #99.txt

[killjoy-prince]

They also make me lose my mind

#prince's gaming tag #hey did you guys know i love these guys? been a fan of them since i played the kyoto trip in my FES file almost 10 years ago #tho i think they changed the dialogue bc i remember them feeding a deer and the deer got the snacks in odagiri's pants #and theres no mention of that in reload #this is cute too tho i enjoyed talking to them everyday on this trip #but man they bring up Kamogawa River being a place where couples go and we had at least three of them go on this trip #first Yukari and Mitsuru‚ then you and Ryoji if you do his second Linked episode and now these guys #and i am here for it!!! #i couldnt put the whole convo in bc its over 10 pics long but odagiri didnt deny that he did it bc it'd make keisuke happy #also did you guys know odagiri is a second year? up until a few weeks ago i thought he was a third year #one bc of his vibes and two bc hes best friends with keisuke and keisuke is a third year so i assumed they were in the same year

[desertdragon]

T/////Eight story amounted to basically nothing so I guess I'm back here to the other stupid as shit game I give too many chances on a more full time basis again (minus still writing my As///u/////Lil////i fic I love that thing too much and people in my DMs are counting on me for more)

At least I'll always have my friend and her best ending

And her faggot

EDIT: Ok it was nonsensical and full of holes like swiss cheese but now that i've calmed down this was always a goofy silly dumb game that cares less about taking itself seriously as it does being cool and fun, so while im disappointed and im allowed to be disappointed, im not running away with my expectations on this like others have. Tekken is still fun and will always have a place in my heart. And I do appreciate receiving some things I've always wanted regardless of my upsets with their execution flaws. They were finally able to make me feel like my favorite characters have closure on some level regardless, and that has to be commended.

#devastated. i'm devastated. the one time i was hoping Bamco would give us a decently written feast without shitting the bed #on the one hand i'm a fool for thinking they'd ever not write utter nonsense on the other hand i did get a handful of things i wanted #and i'm ok w going back to not really taking it seriously but it feels like even when i got things i wanted or liked #the WAY they were given to me was so shit i almost wish i got nothing #also this game has the best Asuka ending for once but that's such a low bar- it's the only ending where she's finally happy #god it wasn't even a story it was a skeleton of a script with ten different ppl working in separate rooms only coming out sometimes #to keep Jin on track and even with him as lead he got half baked shit- ALSO JUN??? JUN??? THE WAY THEY DROPPED THE JUN BALL #THE WAY WE GOT NEW CHARACTERS BUT NONE WERE LEGIT EXPLAINED OR GIVEN BACKSTORY? aaaaaughgghghhghghggh #telling everyone here bc i can't put spoilers on my main dash rn since it's not officially out for all platforms yet the PS5 ppl got theirs #and they streamed/posted all the cutscenes and character episodes days early so i saw it on youtube bc im impatient #i know none of you here give a shit lmao #ALSO THE MAIN BRANCH OF THE ******** FAMILY BEING REVEALED AS WIPED OUT BUT ASUKA HAS NOTHING TO SAY ABT IT- HARADDAAAAAAA #it's a fun game to play as a fighting game but dear god anything else you're in the trenches THE TRENCHES #i'm still arguing w myself if i'm gonna buy it once the recent global strike for Palestine is over or if i wait for a steam sale #once again collecting the less than ten things i like abt something and mourning the rest #this is my asuka alt in the pic btw I'll always love asuka goofy or serious but damn girl... I'm so sorry #i liked the ending of T8 but how we got there is borderline nonsensical and contrived #and at the expense of consistent character depth for pretty much anyone #EDIT: YES IM DISAPPOINTED BUT- this has always been The Goofy Game and i accept that now and yes i got things i loved and i love them #this is a game that has never taken itself seriously before anything else- which isn't the same as a serious game dropping the ball ie. FF #so in the end i'm mixed! i have what i don't like and what i think was missed- but i like it for what it is and i LOVE Asuka's potential #i love that in this game Asuka is finally at some form of peace regardless of the holes in the execution

[yerimoonlight]

One short video about Bellamy and Clarke to Adele's song Skyfall & I'm sent into a full-on spiral!

#personal #bellarke #the 100 #bellamy blake #clarke griffin #*insert my fav pic of the guy throwing up the peace signs while crying* #oh you know I CRIED this morning when I saw it #also just now started my 40+ YT playlist with bellarke videos and still mourning the loss of my #FAVORITE bellarke video with he song start again I believe up to episode seven #it's been gone for years but I still miss it #to which ever YouTube had made that video during season one...hope you're okay but please put that back up #also I HATE adulting. I have made 6 different phone calls for things I've been needing to get done for school/travel/etc #I was disconnected from two calls and had to call back... #have to make it 7 now bc I have to call to adjust an eye appt and I'm so done #THE SOUND OF MISSING YOU IN ON NOW...I'm telling you season one had the best video creator #LOVING YOU'S A BLOODSPOOORRRT #once again #season one please!!! #what did I use to tag..?? #SEASON ONE SWAG

[risestarkiss]

✨The Fashionista✨

Rise Ramblings #234

While watching “The Clothes Don’t Make The Turtle,” I noticed something.

I found it interesting that Raph, Mikey, and Leo were content with Raph’s outfit choice until Donnie stated that he wasn’t “in love with it, ya’ know.”

Suddenly, Raph declares “I’m a disaster!” Albeit ridiculously endearing, it was a little strange to see his sudden shift from moderately content to absolute dissatisfaction. Huh…

Then, the disaster twins decide to help him out.

Take a note of their outfit choices.

Raph tries on all of these fits and more.

Donnie’s first choice is a mild “no.” Leo’s choice is a hard “NO.” (Not surprising, lol.) But then, the overwhelming consensus lands on Raph’s fourth outfit, which ended up being Donatello’s other pick for his brother.

So, in summary, Raph tried on his personal choice for an outfit, of which they rejected. Then, ultimately, Donatello picked out an outfit for his brother, and that pick ended up being perfect. Hmm…

Then I noticed something else. In this episode, we never get a Donnie “curtain reveal” moment, to our disdain. I mean, Raph, Leo, and Mikey got to try on several different outfits in order to get their brothers' opinions before landing on that “perfect outfit, you know the one.” All of his brothers got to shine. Why not DonTron?

Then it hit me.

The try-ons were to get their brothers' opinions and approval. And, for his brothers' choices, he was a major contributor in assisting them in pulling their looks together.

What if, bear with me, Donnie didn’t need the "curtain scene" because he was so confident in his fashion sense that he didn’t need to ask his brothers for help to pick out a great look.

…or they figured out how to break Hypno’s spell before he could get a “curtain reveal.” BUT STILL-

Look at his outfit choices in this episode. Some of his wardrobe changes were off-screen, but all of them were fire.

(I added the baseball cap pic because it makes me happy. I wish we'd seen more of that fit.)

To me, he makes some really smart choices for himself, pushing the envelope of what is expected and taking chances: an open collar with no tie for a “black tie” event, a beanie and spiked wristbands for their “gansta look,” no socks with loafers (a viral fashion trend that actually began in Africa) with old man slacks in his reclined pose. *muah* Chef’s kiss!

But Don’s fashion sense doesn’t just shine in this episode.

In “Reparin’ the Baron” the boys go to Draxum’s apartment. Leo and Donnie show up in some extra nice “Sunday Dinner” twin drip.

The gold is in the details. Everything Leo is wearing, Donnie rocks its compliment: for Leo’s round collar, Donnie’s is angled, for Leo’s blue shirt, Donnie’s is white, For Leo’s light slacks, Donnie’s are dark. Blah blah blah. It’s so good!

Look at the winter fit in Snow Day.

Again, Donnie is Leo’s perfect compliment. As a pair? Fire.

Donnie has “the eye.” I can go on and on with examples, but I’ve said all of that to say this…

In the future, we see that Donatello’s technology had major pull in the resistance. He had drone ships patrolling the skies. He built and designed Leo’s arm, Casey’s chainsaw-hockey stick, and Casey's mask. The list goes on…

But, when Donatello from the past see’s Casey’s clothing from the future, he says this:

We know about the “Genius Built” brand. We’ve seen that logo on all of his tech up to this point. But, here he didn’t just say “Genius Built.” He said, “Genius Built Apparel.”

“Apparel” is not a tech brand. “Apparel” is a fashion brand. Of course, tech is incorporated into the clothing, but still.

This means that past Donatello secured this trademark with plans of creating a fashion brand, comparable to the likes of Gucci, Ralph Lauren, or any other modern clothing brand, as a subsidiary of “Genius Built,” the tech company.

And why not? The evidence has been in front of us this entire time. He has a sharp eye for style, fashion, and trends. It is easily canon that he can sew. Splinter sewed their ninja garbs in “Insane in the Mama Train,” and there is a sewing machine in the house.

They already learned Ninjutsu through basically osmosis, so learning to sew is not too far-fetched.

And here it is, right in front of us, Casey’s entire ensemble, from mask, to weapons, to clothing, was made by Donatello in the middle of the apocalypse under the brand name “Genius Built Apparel.”

And that was just in the bad future. Resources were limited, they didn’t have access to much of anything in that broken world as they were survivors of a devastating Krang invasion. Yet, he created all of this.

However, now that they’ve changed the future, his future as a fashion designer is limitless. Think of what Donatello could produce with unlimited resources, unlimited technology, and unlimited creative freedom.

Tech genius. Clothing designer. Fashionista. Future Genius Built Apparel Owner and CEO. I’m sorry, but I have to call it...

Donatello Hamato of the present, of the bad future, and of the good future is a fashion icon, the likes of which the world has never seen. ○○○○

Update: I've decided to make this concept into a mini-comic series!

#Tech Genius #Clothing Designer #Fashionista #Future Genius Built Apparel Owner and CEO #Fashion Icon #Donatello Hamato #Donatello Ramblings #starkiss ramblings #rise analysis #rottmnt analysis #character analysis #rise don #rise donnie #rise donatello #rottmnt donatello #donatello #rottmnt #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #tmnt2018 #tmnt 2k18 #tmnt 2018 #save rottmnt #unpause rottmnt #unpause rise of the tmnt #save rise of the tmnt #save rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles

[mrs-kelly]

it's always charlie (26/150)

#it's always charlie #charlie pics #renlie #takes all the moments i love from this episode and runs ajfkdsl #never have to watch this one again ajkfl #its a shame that the episode is all about. hurting him. in very extreme and terrible ways #bc the episode is all about him and most of it JUST him #he gets so much screentime #it sounds nice you know. have a whole charlie centric episode #but then they had to literally torture him man #so im taking the fun parts and forgetting the rest ajfklds #rats tw #just in case?

[stra-tek]

This is one of the greatest things ever. Walk around every single version of the U.S.S. Enterprise in photorealistic 3D in your browser, from the Roddenberry Archive. On a phone you just see wraparound 3D pics. On a PC or laptop you get the full 3D interactive experience. They NEED to make this VR compatible, it'll be beyond words.

There are more Enterprises here than Tumblr will allow me photos of, and more will likely be added.

Here's the TOS Enterprise, which appears in several incarnations ("The Cage", "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and TOS proper as well as TAS with the second turbolift!), has the correct original graphics and is perfect.

This is the bridge from the unmade Star Trek: Phase II series (whose pilot episode "In Thy Image" was rewritten to become Star Trek: The Motion Picture), with it's legendary big comfy command sofa seat and tactical display bubble!

The Motion Picture, such an accurate recreation that there's even a very faint flicker on the rear-projection animated screens as seen in the movie.

Enterprise NX-01, looking exactly as it did in "Broken Bow"

Recognise this? It's the briefing room of Discovery season 2's version of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701. Although at the front of the saucer on the "real" ship, here it's off the second bridge door which may well be where the set was IRL.

I wasn't expecting modern Trek to be represented equally as the originals in this project, but it is. This is the Enterprise from Strange New Worlds, with Pike's Ready Room located just off the bridge.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. My favourite version of the classic bridge, as a kid I drew all these control panels and stuck them on my bedroom walls. And now I can look around and look at them all close-up! They've even replicated the noticable TVs stuffed into the panels for the more complex animated screens.

The Enterprise-C bridge from "Yesterday's Enterprise". This one has always fascinated me, being a low-budget TV set (formerly the Enterprise-D battle bridge, originally built from the rain-damaged TMP set's back wall and redressed endlessly though TNG) representing TNG's immediate predecessor. In the episode they mostly shoot the back wall and imply the consoles make a huge circle, but here you can see the set's real dimensions and the weirdness of the classic movie helm/nav console in front of the TNG con/ops panels. I love it.

You know how much I love the Kelvin movies, so seeing this was amazing. For some reason the consoles don't have their screens lit (hopefully this'll be fixed soon), but you can see the saucer under the window and it's shiny and amazing.

The last thing I expected was the U.S.S. Titan-A/Enterprise-G bridge, but it's here. And the lights are on.

Other bridges available to explore which I'm out of pictures to show: The Enterprise-D (of course), Enterprise XCV-330 (the ringship, based on concept art for the unmade non-Trek series "Starship"), the Planet of the Titans U.S.S. Enterprise (again, based on concept art for a cool multi-levelled set) and the "launch" U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 (based on the very first piece of TOS bridge set concept art), the Enterprise-E, the Enterprise-F (seen on viewscreen for all of 2 minutes in Picard) and the U.S.S. Voyager NCC-74656!

Take a bow lads, you've done good. Now just add VR support!

That link again.

#star trek #star trek aos #star trek movies #tng #voyager #star trek picard #star trek phase 2 #roddenberry archive #strange new worlds #set design #deep lore #star trek ships #star trek tech #star trek discovery #star trek enterprise #enterprise #uss enterprise #ncc 1701 #starfleet museum