#that long take is bonkers

[celluloidbroomcloset]

I've seen a few posts concerning this, so I wanted to add my two cents about Ed consenting to sex but not actually being ready for it.

The claim I see floating around is that Ed is doing this for Stede, because Stede needs the physical and emotional comfort, which I think overlooks Ed's own need for comfort, his faith in his relationship with Stede, and his personal autonomy.

We see in the torture scene how Ed wants to protect Stede and is unable to, to the point that he says he's going to kill Low for burning Stede with the poker. We see how he tries to warn Stede about the poison attached to committing murder. His arrival at Stede’s door is indeed about offering love and comfort, but not just for Stede. When Ed grabs Stede at the wall, that’s not just comforting Stede—that’s comforting Ed. It’s Ed grabbing him and holding him. Losing Stede always sends Ed into a panic, and he did indeed nearly lose him again.

The undercurrent of the “he’s doing this for Stede” claim is that Ed in some way pities Stede or that he’s being self-sacrificial—that he’s doing what Stede wants, not what he wants. And this in itself would be a violation of consent—Ed only goes to bed with him because Stede want/needs him to, and Ed in some way feels that he deserves it. This both removes Ed’s autonomy and argues that Ed pities Stede in some way—two things that just aren’t supported by their characterizations.

We never see Ed being condescending with Stede, even when he’s explaining how to be a pirate or how to fight. We never see him humoring Stede about what he wants—including in the treasure hunt, where he complains until Lucius tells him to stop being a dick, and then earnestly enjoys himself the rest of the time. Ed does not lie to Stede about anything; he even goes so far as to confess the attempted murder. It seems grossly unfair to therefore assume that Ed would take a step of such importance in their relationship because “well, Stede needs it.”

Ed’s own autonomy is important as well. He’s been comfortable asking for Stede to slow down. In Season 1, he’s clear about his physical and emotional boundaries and Stede does not cross them. For him to suddenly decide that his autonomy is unimportant when it comes to Stede would, again, be out of character in a way that cannot be explained by the situation. They’ve developed a mutually respectful relationship and Ed himself wouldn’t violate that, any more than Stede would.

Note that Ed can say he wants to take it slow and then decide he doesn't want that anymore. He's allowed to change his mind, as he appears to, and overlaying an interpretation that he doesn't actually change his mind, when there's no textual evidence, again questions his autonomy and right to make choices. He's not apparently second-guessing the morning after either—not until other issues come up and Ed starts getting scared again.

I’ve talked about the “last night was a mistake” line before so I’m not going to repeat that, but I will again note that there’s zero indication that Ed thinks it was a mistake UNTIL he sees Stede increasingly enjoying his fame—something which neither of them predicted. Ed seems to have found the sex so physically and emotionally satisfying that he finally discards his leathers and talks to Stede about how he wants them avoid near death situations.

Them not being quite on the same page in what they want professionally is not the same as them not being on the same page emotionally or Ed regretting sex. I've no idea why there should be any assumption that Ed pities Stede or offers up his body in exchange for Stede's comfort. That would violate their relationship and their trust in each other. The desire is mutual, the consent is mutual, the respect is mutual.

#ofmd #our flag means death #gif #edward teach #ed teach #stede bonnet #gentlebeard #ofmd meta #long post #honestly i keep seeing takes that are making me go bonkers

[mibexe]

Been super into Touchstarved lately, so here's my sona. :3 Full design and some colour concepts I did under the cut.

#my art #touchstarved game #touchstarved oc #touchstarved sona #touchstarved #uwahhh recreating the style took So long I feel bonkers #didn't really know how stuff like arm hair would work in the style #but I think it worked out nicely #I'd upload the speedpaints if anyone asks they'll just take forever to save <3 #every day my sonas get taller because Good Lord Guys

[sneezypeasy]

Watsonian vs Doylist Analyses - A Couple Points of Clarification

I just want to clear up a couple of misunderstandings I may have unintentionally contributed to in my previous references on the subject:

1. There can be multiple explanations (multiple Watsonian explanations, multiple Doylist explanations, multiple of each etc) of a given scene or character portrayal or plot point, and people can accept more than one explanation at the same time. It's just uncommon for people to accept or present multiple explanations at once because that's kind of how people people.

2. Doylist takes aren't inherently "better" than Watsonian takes, and vice versa. People use both to engage with the text in different ways and for different purposes. Watsonian logic is fun for roleplay or immersing yourself into the story, and I imagine a lot of fanfic writers often start from a prompt like "I wonder what would happen next if I took x character and then put them in y scenario". Doylist logic is fun if you like examining the text from a more "meta" standpoint, trying to see what purpose various narrative choices serve (or undermine). Neither angle is intrinsically a more valid way to engage with fiction, and you might enjoy doing one thing one day and another thing the next - with different texts or even with the same text.

In litcrit, because I like to pick my brain on the subject of "what would have made for the best story here", I tend to be more interested in analyzing theme, character arcs, setup and payoff etc, which are Doylist interpretations. Some people focus a lot on authorial intent, which is also a Doylist perspective (just a different one). Some people like to try to get into the heads of the characters they're analyzing and discuss ideas like "what choice would make the most sense for x character given who they are as a person". That's a Watsonian take. There are contextual and individual reasons why some explanations may resonate with you more than others some of the time or even most of the time, but they're really apples and oranges. Which one you prefer will likely vary depending on the type of question being posed and what scope seems to be the most appropriate for it - and people are always going to have different opinions about that too... because that's how people people.

Of course, the opinions I personally care enough about to splash all over the internet are going to be opinions I hold with very strong convictions, which is why I can come off quite aggressive about them, but they're still just opinions and there's no such thing as "one true explanation", whether that's Watsonian or Doylist. If I make a Doylist argument and I dismiss someone else's rebuttal on the basis of it being Watsonian, that's not because Watsonian takes are intrinsically weaker, it's just because you generally can't use a Watsonian take to rebut a Doylist one or vice versa. You need to engage with someone's point in order to counter it, and you can't generally do that when you completely change the scope of the question, which is what tends to happen when a Watsonian perspective and a Doylist perspective comes into conflict.

(Of course, you can argue that a Doylist scope is situationally stronger than a Watsonian one or vice versa, but that's a different argument and usually context-dependent lol - point is just because a Doylist answer might fit one particular prompt much better this time, doesn't mean all Doylist answers will always trump all Watsonian answers in every single context all of the time, and that's not even accounting for the fact that you're never going to reach unanimous agreement about these sorts of things anyway.)

I hope that clears things up 😊

#litcrit #watsonian vs doylist #apples and oranges #long post #text post #side note but this is why I tend to only engage in Watsonian logic myself when I'm the one doing the rebutting #I don't usually care to come out with my own Watsonian takes #but occasionally I'll come across someone else's that seems totally bonkers #and unsubstantiated by anything #at which point I'll put the Watsonian hat on so I can engage 😂 #otherwise I prefer my trusty Doylist hats 😁 ✌

[skinks]

Ñíbrahge. 

Hm?

Ñíbrahge. Means water that’s flat. It’s Otoe.

Yeah, Nebraska. Like I said.

Ñíbrahge.

chaske spencer as eli whipp // The English (2022) 1.05 “The Buffalo Gun”

#the english #chaske spencer #eli whipp #this WHOOOOOOOLE SCENE LIKE IM NOT KIDDING.... the entire conversation leading up to + including the buffalo gun scene #some of the best cinema of the year. of a long time. it's bonkers #the tension the triumph the horror the release the catharsis #the HARMONICA on the soundtrack even as that guy falls off his horse. the gun jousting #the use of spacial and sonic geography #the cinnamontographies #ELI SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #I'll literally never get over it #he's magnificent #roaring out with his whole body so hard he rises up out of the saddle!!!!!!!!!!!! #the fact that he's gone from 'not my business' and turning a blind eye to all the suffering around him #and his whole arc takes him to talk with different other Native characters and their stance on everything. Charlie White. the homesteaders #Kills on Water and now Touching Ground #through them he sees that just as they see all the white people as The English because they'll always ally with each other #he needs to ally himself to his past if he's gonna have any chance of survival #and of being true to himself as a deeply honourable man!!! #so he goes from literally keeping quiet ('Learnt not to [talk]' 'See why we don't talk much') #to literally h o w l i n g his rage out across the plains #we've never seen him like this before and it's important that it comes right after the conversation about residential schools #im the one yellin

[phontao]

thinking of making a kenjaku animatic to the tune of i expect you die ....

#im so sane about that song its actually bonkers fucking crazy #it will take me ages but its ok i have motivation for this one TRUST ME #i want it to be MESSY! i want it to be GRITTY!!!! it probably wont be long though but like #goddddddd its suxh a good song #they're singing to gojo TRUST ME and trust the gojoken agenda #might as well tag??? #phon.txt #jjk #kenjaku

[not-your-bro]

so glad supermassive gave us last names at the end so ppl don't have to be like "y'know, dylan - dylan thequarry" for years

#the quarry #supermassive games #it was absolutely bonkers that the washingtons and mike were the only characters with canon last names for SO LONG #u can't take ur character names from a Most Popular Names list and then be like hmmm surnames?? never heard of em

[toaster-selfships]

i of course HAVE to ask for number 6 on the ask game with mcqueen and anyone else you think would be fun to answer for. i would also love to ask 1 and 5!

~zale (@zaletham)

Thank you so very much Zale!!! Didn't realize how lengthy I was gonna talk about this here in the post and in the tags, but it was very nice to get out my system!! 😊

I'm actually so excited that you asked number 6 for M.cQueen, it hadn't even crossed my mind at first, and technically isn't zoo or aquarium, moreso museum, but I think that still qualifies- but! L.ightning actually loovesss dinosaurs! I don't know if you've ever heard of C.ars On The Road, it's like this little series that came out in 2023, each episode is about 5 minutes long(they say like 7 minutes but it's just 2+ minutes of credits, no extra credit scenes except for a 5 second one in one episode) and L.ightning and M.ater, to make a long story short, go on a roadtrip together and they go on stops along the way and the first stop they go to is like a dinosaur museum!

And L.ightning like full swing goes into hyperfixation mode and just babbles about dinosaurs and I love it. He says he did "hours of intensive research" and it just cuts to him watching documentaries in M.ack's trailer and it makes me giggle. M.ack is so sweet, I can only imagine how much second-hand dino knowledge he has cause of L.ightning or overhearing his documentaries! There's also been some jokes that what if the main reason L.ightning wanted to be D.inoco's team in the first movie is just cause he likes dinosaurs and I love it.

I explain a bit more in the tags but tumblr has a one video limit per post that I didn't know about?? So I'm just doing one of the clips here!

They're so silly I love it.

But basically to make a long story short! L.ightning has a massive hyperfixation on dinosaur stuff and would thrive in a dinosaur related musuem. Though, I'd imagine he'd be bored in an aquarium or zoo until he realized that he could make connections here, and he'd go around to all the bird-type species or sharks and talk about how they're related to dinosaurs or have dinosaur ancestors and such!

1) what does their alarm ringtone sound like

It took me some pondering at first who to answer this for and then an idea immediately hit me, and I'd figure I'd answer this for F.rancesco

Basically, to put it in a nutshell, F.1 is a bunch of international racers on international race courses, and whoever wins at the end of each race gets their national anthem played! And I'm giggling over the thought of F.rancesco setting his alarm that he wakes up to in the morning to ltaly's national anthem.

Ringtone wise though, he'd definitely set it to a specific song, or something someone would ask questions about so he could go on this entire spiel about how it relates to him or something he likes. I'd probably rub off on him at some point and he'd make his ringtone(or the ringtone specifically for when I call) S.mooth Operator by Sade.

5) how do they bookmark their book pages

I'll answer this one for F.inn, just cause I think he's the one that's mostly likely to read full books fairly frequently. He'd probably just have a simple bookmark. something small and fairly thin cause he likes taking care of his books and wouldn't want to bend any pages or mess up the spine of the book too badly, probably something like this:

Maybe not the particular design that's on it, but definitely just the rectangle with the little tassels on it. I wouldn't be surprised if he had a bookmark with the UK flag on it as a design, he's quite patriotic and I think it's adorable. Though due to my recent knitting escapades he'd 100% ask me to knit one like one of these:

Though this has also given me the brilliant enlightenment idea of F.inn having one of those book lights or book lamps that clamp onto the book and shines a light on it and you can kinda adjust it and l'1l be having brainrot over that for a bit. May or may not have cultivated a fic idea around it already.

#tumblr has a one video limit????? #which i decided to just leave out the longer one since its like a whopping(/j) 40 seconds long and just add the sillier one #the longer clip just had the scene of Lightning mentioning “hours of intensive research” thing and him jumping around to the different- #-dino exhibits and rattling off all these dino facts to Mater #Mater proceeds to. i kid you not get underestimated and has some bonkers daydream #i could talk about Cars On The Road for a very long time but it just screams how neurodivergant Mater and Lightning are and i knEW IT #felt it in my bones #thank you for coming to my TEDTalk. if youve read all of this then im buying you one million robux and- #-three things of whatever you want from a gas station #sometimes tumblr mixes up my tags and if it happened this time then this is gonna be unintelligible #tooth and nail tumblr. TOOTH AND NAIL. but it was also funny and im being humerously overdramatic #but tumblr put me through a whole thing and i missed where it said that it would take a moment for the video to process and #i typed out this whole other thing and! it was a silly rollarcoaster. but we're all good now XD everything turned out as planned #do i dare put this so blatantly in the selfship tags. shamelessly telling the world i kiss Lightning McQueen.

[plusultraetc]

Thinking a lot about pro heroes who became pros after All Might's debut but then had to witness his final fight and adjust amidst the fall out of that. 'Uh oh! The defining pillar of your life, career, and society is gone' kind of thoughts

#like. obv pro heroes are very significant in universe #in a one part savior two parts celebrity kind of way #but if you became a hero during the last what? fifteen years? however long all might has been all might #you have spent your entire life in a highly visible somewhat all consuming job #with a security blanket #no matter what you do you can never be expected to be the GREATEST hero #but likewise if there's ever a truly dangerous threat there's a good chance that That Guy will take care of it #and NOW after having only this experience #and having 'coworkers'/peers who also have only this experience #the symbol of peace is gone #the pressure is on #to step it up. form a team. do something #it's bonkers and i kind of wish that the pro hero we focused on in the wake of all might's retirement #was not endeavor #like i GET it but i'm like holding edgeshot or someone by the shoulders like tell me all of ur thoughts. what are u feeling. #cementoss all might stan what's going through ur head buddy #don't even get me started on 'all might my coworker all might' #'he's at the desk next to me and his ring tone is really cringe' #liza blather #liza watches mha

[hella1975]

i am now rewatching the bear bc of you ❤️ you’ve reminded me how much i absolutely adore and love the show and i have to experience it all over again

omg yay!!!! ive almost finished it 😭

#that's insane for me btw i always take SO long to finish things so to devour 2 seasons in a handful of days? bonkers #ask #the bear

[xamaxenta]

Id like to become a little more unhinged like supremely unhinged to introduce the stupidest alt throuple ever

Bb/sabo/ace

#because SABO WOULD BE RELENTLESS like ugh youre disgusting #and yet. hes still there. getting railed by aforementioned disgusting creature #sabo with a humiliation kink miles long and a taste for ugly bastards to the moon and back— #idk. inserting Sabo automatically makes every ace pairing so intensely good to me #ace is classic simple #sabo throws a wrench in the plan #sabo would be just toxic and awful HAHA #bb would probably take it tho like hes winning (somehow) at life with two hot young guys gagging for it so #*gets obliterated by a tactical warhead specifically labelled for me* #xam screams about rarepairs #xam screams about ultra bonkers stuff

[gingerwerk]

Okay did make it to work and everything is uncomfortably chill??? Like I expected people to be parked out in our parking lot since it’s kind of a free for all parking lot in the city

#I’m sure trying to get home will be absolutely bonkers #already planning to take the back road 1.5 hour long drive to avoid highways :/

[bobzora]

acheron so good she makes me want to complete gold and gears to unlock erudition blessings

#bobtalk #she fucks shit up SO hard with them it's crazy shit. she's actually crazy in SU. her ultimate is crazy #my world level (forget what they call it in hsr sorry) isn't maxed because i had a Massive hiatus after 1.0 LOL #so between that and well. my relics aren't great. i don't have any 5* sustains. i missed a lot of banners like in general. #my ability to clear higher content is kind of nottttt great <-couldn't pass stage 2 of pure fiction for the free lynx lmao #but at least in SU i can just get bonkers ass buffs #shoutout to the person on my friends list with the well built level 80 e2s1 acheron that i'm leaching off of for farming o7 #relics are so miserable for real. well what can you do #<-guy who used self modelling resin for a crit rate body for her acheron and it rolled all worthless substats lmao #btw i did start a hsr doodle dump u_u thank you for your support in this endeavor. will post it after accumulating more doodles. #rolling for e2 btw we'll see how that goes. won't be mad if i don't get her as long as i don't lose the 50/50 to someone ugly #future banner wishlist is fu xuan and silver wolf (missed her first rerun so. you know. lmfao.) (also missed tutorial lightcone we suffer) #don't know how committed i am to that though because i am kind of. not. a seele main. anymore. lol. for 2 team content maybe #i do really need better sustains. i am very squishy indeed. if i was playing smart i'd take advantage of luocha/aventurine. but uhhhh. lol #i don't pull for men <-hubris but its funny to commit. leaks forecast robin OP but also i already have both e1 bronya and sparkle. #unless the story goes crazy with her which at this point maybe it will who fuckin knows. i don't particularly care for firefly #well. we will see. for now. acheron OPification lol

[hb-writes]

Very behind (on my somewhat made up and imaginary) schedule for writing those autumn fics due to (insert personal reasons here) but hoping things are settling down and we’ll be back in action soon.

#it’s still spooky season so long as the holiday decor isn’t up yet right? #hope you’re all doing well #all this darkness is driving me a bit bonkers #mind yourselves #drink some water take a mental health walk etc etc

[bosspigeon]

staring at the Newegg order page like

#pidge speaks #pls ship #pls ship now #i am begging you to ship #legit going insane rn i have not been this impatient for something in a long time PLS #i know im being insane #ordered the pc on the 31st but it counts it as the first bc i did it later in the evening/night??? #1-2 business days to process except it counted as a preorder so i dont think it started actually processing until yesterday #so 1-2 days starting now??? ig??? #and then it will take 3-5 to ship #but i am going absolutely bonkers rn #still gotta buy the monitor and keyboard #know what kind of keyboard i want at least #wonder if i can go ahead and choose the monitor/keyboard and like have the shipped to my local bb and put them on hold or smthn #then i can just swing in and pick them up when the pc gets here #god i still need to buy the fn game #so thats another 60 bucks on top of everything else #hhhhhhhhhhhh #screaming crying throwing up

[laurasbailey]

sometimes i think back on the plot of t100 and even without the lexa death it’s filled with so much traumatic stuff like................. they really made that show for the mentally ill because we ate that up until lexa died

#text #monty and harper taking themselves out of cryosleep to have a son #and live their entire lives just the three of them in space #and then the rest wake up and find out THEY'RE LONG DEAD??? #and all those decades have passed???????? #IMAGINE WAKING UP AND YOUR CLOSE FRIENDS DIED LONG AGO FROM OLD AGE #THAT SHIT IS TRAUMATISING I'M SORRY #< to be fair this is long after lexa died and i had stopped watching #but i did go back and finish the show bc i heard how bonkers the plot had gotten #you thought game of thrones was traumatic? nuh uh

[surskip]

my favourite kingdom hearts characters are the ones who appear in like. one unknown side game and have the most tragic stories. im talking about like.. replica riku (had his own memories replaced against his will and died fighting his 'true' self after learning that he was just a copy meant to carry out a plan. died with his last few few sentences being about how he's scared to die because he doesn't know what awaits replicas after death) and data sora and riku (also created solely to carry out a plan with little thought to the fact they are also sentient people, who essentially die at the end of the game). can i count xion and namine in this? well, i'm going to

#mine #kh #long post #genuinely. genuinely. i know shes popular but namine is sooooo underrated #theres this one exchange thats stayed with me since i played chain of memorires and its like #you can very clearly see juts how little namine values herself. like she was created and used for her abilities #like yeah she messed with sora's memories and stuff but also She was held hostage and never had a choice in the matter whatsoever #even after org 13 left her alone she then had to deal with diz (im oging to explode ansem the wise) who basically told her #'you dont have emotions and youre just a tool for me btw to revive sora so i can take my revenge' #like.. when she's talking to sora about kairi and making him remember you can clearly see that's she is SO lonely #like. i dunno if it's just me but it reads so much to me like heavy guilt and a tiny hope of #'what if he really does choose me instead. he shouldnt but i am so so so lonely' #she was forced to essentially kill repliku her only friend. she brought him back only to die a second time #(kh3 spoilers from here on out) #when she is in the afterlife you can tell she doesn't think she deserves to come back. that people would be better off without her #it makes me go bonkers i really hope they acknowledge her and her complete lack of support throughout her entire life in the next game #the animation with her and riku going in the gummi ship makes me think so butim just.. maaan. shes such a tragic character #Scroll Scroll. Sorry this is really really really long huh............. OTL sorry....