#the symbolism with the blocks and all

[dyketubbo]

loving both ctubbo and cwilbur is so hard. where are the rest of the tubblings that appreciate the sentiment cwilbur gave . like i get being anxious over the sorrys and yes sirs and how wilbur was the one to choose what they did but like come on. how was ctechnos apology better than this for yall come on 😭😭😭😭

#IM SORRY THIS IS LIKE. PURE SALTPOST but im soooo tired of people still making cwilbur out to be like. #malicious?? towards ctubbo?? #like. tubbo has been Wanting things to be how they were in the past yknow #like hes been wishing to have experiences like the early lmanburg experience #wilburs gesture wasnt about like. saddling him with responsibility Again or pulling him along on a conquest tubbo didnt want to go on #and yes tubbo had his hesitations but jesus christ i wont lie i think this was like. something that shows cwilburs mentol illness more? #the stream was abt ctubbo but it was Also about cwilbur. he like. literally has the vibes of someone whose going to try to die again #yes theres room for cwilbur to have improved here but. #i dont think characterizing this as a negative experience for ctubbo is accurate either? #ctubbo enjoyed himself he was having Fun yes he said yes sir and said sorry a lot but like. thats how ctubbo.. is sometimes? #i think cctubbo has been characterizing ctubbo as like this cruel unfeeling character for long enough that its been forgotten- #-that at his core hes like. a polite kid who finds fun in fucking with things and likes playfighting without serious consequences #and wilbur was like.. giving him something without serious consequences. and yes there were flaws in the apology #and situation overall #but.. just. jhfjenkd i dontt knowwww so many tubblings continue to read cwilbur in such bad faith #like come on. he cares about ctubbo hes trying to make up for it and ctubbo genuinely appreciated it this time he Had Fun #cwilbur was doing this as a gesture to show hes truly trying to see ctubbo as an equal now yknow? #the symbolism with the blocks and all #mask mews #dsmp #wilbur #tubbo #dsmp spoilers

[nikysavi]

daughter's/father's found hope

#wiki said that lilies-of-the-valley symbolize hope and consolation so I imagined that #block sees clara as a person who can help him to end war and fight ptb; clara sees him in that way too #but they also could find an emotional support from each other as well? and a hope for a better future they can build together #but it's all very sad too... esp what goals they're trying to achieve. esp that block sees her as saint. #that clara was betrayed and the only adult she can somehow depend on is like that #so. think whatever as you wish. my thoughts are a bit fuzzy yeahh #pathologic #pathologic classic hd #pathologic 2 #мор утопия #alexander block #clara saburova #clara the changeling #александр блок #клара сабурова #клара самозванка #crtani

[monstertsunami]

it rained today

#rain world #rain world downpour #slugcat #rw hunter #rw rivulet #rw spearmaster #these r digital btw <3 i WISH i had access to block printing materials irl #art hell #spot all the symbolism challenge

[svtskneecaps]

not to qsmp purgatory post in the month of our lord december 2023, but genuine question for soulfire mains:

i've seen a lot of fanposting about soulfire being connected to ice symbolically the way bolas was to gas, how much of that symbolism was directly pushed or reinforced by the ccs?

as a bolas main, i can think of blue's spawn being a frozen hellscape, bad wearing the freeze armor 24/7, and bad finding green's base with the ice from a blizzard event!

#qsmp #qsmp purgatory #mmmm not gonna tag the team bc i'm worried this won't come off as /gen WHICH IT IS it is a GENUINE question #i was just thinking about how deeply the gas mask / toxic fog was cemented into bolas's legacy #i was thinking about branding and how bolas kept the gas omnipresent as a team symbol #and like team symbols are really important for a competition in terms of engagement imo #it's like this is bolas the team of the gas mask wearing lunatics who get excited when the island is coated in toxic fog!! #and already you know exactly what you're getting when you tune into their pov: a crazed cult #like in the iconic clip of jaiden screaming at the event roulette on day one you can hear cellbit in the back begging for gas #so even day one bolas was begging for the gas even before slime suggested they all wear the masks #it's really interesting to me and i wanted to hear about soulfire!! #shut up vic #block game brainrot #long tags

[skunkes]

having struggles with hobbies and enjoyment and creativity again

#thinking about buying more supplies to make more clay things with and like #idk. id never get good anyway but if i got good what would i do? theres only so many smunkers or als or talons i could sculpt #ykwim? #i wish i liked things and i wish i could make things #i liked making something out of clay but i have no ideas #i love printmaking: screenprinting and block printing. i have block printing supplies. i have 0 ideas. #if i woke up tomorrow an art master id still have no ideas on what to draw #its why i havent improved at bgs or composition. bc i dont draw it because i dont know What to draw #wrt symbols and icons and colors and such #ykwim... #my whole life is just. i like thing so much. i wish i could do it too but im stuck outside looking in thru a window. i wish #i could participate. its not enough to like it i want to do it too. but i cant...! #if i were any good at art id make a piece out of this. out of all my other feelings. but i dont know how to make work that Means anything #its just. technical show of skill. no feeling. no meaning. nothing. i cant make anything #i always talk about how I fear finding a partner bc what would I have left to draw? #i am not an artist. not really. #and if I am i got the worst luck and the worst brain for it. defective. #talkys

[soppymilkgin]

"let's share the fruit of fate" – mawaru penguindrum

#yoshida shouyou #sakata gintoki #gintama #elon nuked my twitter after i blocked him so im dumping all my art here #watch penguindrum for the apple symbolism !! #art tag

[captainbasch]

I thought I would take some time today to gather some flower refs for ffxiv prints, specifically flowers that matched the colors of job stones/soul crystals and BOY did it take a literal 3 hours to get all of them a match @ A @ ; and some of them are reaching LOL Like you want to find me a GREY, SEAFOAM, or GREEN HELLO? flower - too bad I did it already - but G O D. Some of the choices were like "oh wow, this flower matches the color and vibe of DRG perfectly. It even looks like a little snowflake to give Ishgard imagery and its spiky like the end of a lance!" but my favorite ones were "Oh GNB is yellow and mimosas are yellow and they're my fave, so :)" Hardest finds were NIN, MCH, and SAM T v T but i did it in the end. Everyone's got a flower match and hopefully I'll have enough drive to actually make these after all of this work LOL

#they were supposed to be really simple like here is a flower wreath around your job icon and a block of color #and now it's like HERE IS A SPECIFIC FLOWER MATCHING THE COLORS OF YOUR SOUL STONE AND ALSO MAYBE the symbol itself is the same kind of #material as the actual Soul Stone and well maybe it'll be FULL COLOR PAINTS instead of flat #so we'll see what i decide to do because i am super lazy but i've been wanting to do Job prints for ages now #i plan for them to be 4x4 prints u can put in 6x6 frames for a fun gallery effect if you buy all your fav jobs

[likesummerrainn]

▢ ◯

#1899 #1899edit #netflixedit #maura franklin #eyk larsen #daniel solace #my gifs #marie #WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN.jpg #maura eyk and daniel's entrances are all squares. olek and ling yi and tove's entrances are circles. the show's main symbol is a triangle #reminds me of those like. children's games where you have to match the blocks up to the right shapes in the wooden stand. #idk idk idk i'm obsessed i'm so confused i'm in love i need more i never want it to end i need to know what it all means

[shredsandpatches]

Just finished watching the 2016 Baden-Baden Mefistofele (with Erwin Schrott and Charles Castronovo), which came highly recommended by @tuttocenere and did not disappoint. There were a few things I did not like that much (some of the chorus scenes were too quirky by half) but they were largely cosmetic and the singing was consistently beautiful. As were the two lead singers. Yes please.

(But if I may be crabby for a moment: I spent a lot of the prologue like 🤨 because, I mean. I get why directors try to get all clever because depicting heaven is challenging, but. This production's take, having the entire chorus dressed as identifiable dead celebrities, was silly and definitely distracting although the actual singing was glorious. At the risk of being a basic opera bitch: you do not need to do that! You don't need to be high-concept to sell us on heaven being heaven! You know why? BECAUSE THE MUSIC DOES ALL OF THAT FOR YOU. JUST MAKE IT LOOK REASONABLY PRETTY AND THE MUSIC DOES THE REST. Anyway I was a little worried they'd be back at the end but for that they just kept the chorus offstage)

#mefistofele #hot faust summer #and we do mean hot #and starring erwin schrott's pecs as themselves #the only other thing i really disliked was the blocking in the prison scene #you've gotta let faust and margherita share the same space for at least a little of it #i know the giant skull is cool and all #and i guess you could see it as symbolizing faust being stuck in his head #but you need to let the singers interact! #like they both sang and acted it beautifully! #but NOT IN THE SAME SPACE #(i was also concerned that margherita was going to have a wardrobe malfunction)

[courfeyracs-swordcane]

4, 6, and 20 for Alonzo Ballad Brothers??

4) What color or colors do you most associate with your OC?

Blue!! Mostly bc his uniform band (to signify what level/department he’s in) is blue but also that’s a Blue Guy

(SIDEBAR FOR WORLDBUILDING TANGENT— it’s a whole thing with the RF that ppl in most departments get to basically decide what they wear, you’re issued a standard uniform that a lot of ppl (Alonzo.) just go with but you’re also free to riff off of that basically as much as you want as long as you keep the colored band around the waist of your jacket so ppl know where you go)(the standard uniform also comes w light knee-pads built into the pants in the same color as the band but those are optional)

PICTURED (left to right):

1. Kyrie’s only outfit is her customized uniform from when she was the RF’s special little mascot guy lmaooo (jacket got repossessed when she got arrested bc it still had the band on it so she’s technically impersonating a federal employee)

2. El is the only guy here who’s not a current or former RF employee and his jacket is a handmedown from the convent next to the tower so there’s no band on it! (Ditto the knees on the handmade pants)

3. There is not a mad science department for Ari’s band to correspond to so theirs on their lab coat is blank— ditto the knees on their sweats but they ripped those out and replaced them anyway (the band on their more. professional. uniform for their financial department front desk position is pink)

4. An also gets funky w their uniform! They used to have a more vermillion-and-gold color scheme when they had the special little mascot guy band, but they swapped for grey-purple-black when they got promoted since that didn’t really go with the black management band.

5. Alonzo’s basic ass uniform for the sword-for-hire department vs the security department 😔 his ass is NOT interesting.

(Also in-universe blue is the mourning color because of St Miri but nobody really holds to that anymore and also it’s definitely more of a thing in the city on the other side of the lake)(so it’s not really relevant but his ass IS doomed by the narrative)

6) Any flowers you associate with your OC?

(Couldn’t find any good pictures of this genre red poppy rip)

20) What hobbies does your OC have?

NONE. That’s part of his issue lmao he has NO hobbies and NO friends he goes to WORK and then he goes HOME. and sometimes he goes to hang out with his sister (while he’s on the clock)(bc sometimes his job is supposed to be Hunting Her For Sport) and/or his boyfriend (on his days off) but neither of those really count as hobbies? When he’s at home he washes his uniform (for his job) every day bc he has sensory issues and he does paperwork (for his job) but those are also not hobbies. HOWEVER. I do think playing some kind of racquetball as recreation would fix him.

#just me #Alonzo ballad brothers #every day I think about textiles— #also fabric especially big blocks of it is NOT easy to come by so most clothes are patched together w smaller pieces of the same colors #(see: all the Got Damn Seams on these bitches) #things like el’s initial shift and Ari’s lab coat could count as status symbols if it weren’t for the everything else about both of them #Dragger DeLuca (who’s ACTUALLY running the resistance in this city) works at a fabric factory #and intentionally wears long dresses all off of one bolt so that people take her more seriously #conversely: Ari’s dad (city governor) likes to be seen as One Of The People so he intentionally adds extra seams to his suits #(which doesn’t really work bc the fabric is obviously really good quality and all off the same bolt)(but still)

[exo-s-victory-lap]

Like it's incredible how this show was literally structured for the rewatch there's so many bits and lines that you either don't notice or dismiss the first time around that are essential to understanding the characters and plot once you already know the story.

#mine #watching ep 2 just....ALL if it #but his convo with juwon right before they find the fingers plus everything in the dinner scene #like you think hes suggesting they walk to make fun of juwons car #you think he talks about searching the area slowly and carefully for no real reason- you think he just happens to stop in that spot because #of general blocking reasons-NOPE!!!! #also. the symbolism of the yard being covered in angel statues because yuyeon is still there!!!! #the statues are at the house because she is its SUCH incredible foreshadowing #beyond evil

[nerdyenby]

Going insane about the life series, how is that *gestures wildly* not scripted???

#the patterns and the symbolism go so hard #these dudes just be playing block game but it really do mirror the inevitability of death #and how love is the most dangerous thing of all #and that the ending and the pain that comes with it is not greater than the life lived before #and that creating for the sake of it matters everything is temporary and the world is better with art than without it #and that fate is inescapable but we get to CHOOSE who we die with and for #limited life #nerdy’s traffic analysis #traffic series #trafficblr #double life #last life #third life

[basingstokemercury]

okay

wow

that was a messed up dream

and I say as a perennial weird-dream-haver

might need to lay off mikado and yeomen for a while?

#I don't mind dying in dreams as a rule #but this was... something else #in what twisted region of my subconscious do schools publicly behead dissidents #even besides my being fifteen again that is uh #dark #dreams about dying in battle or being chased by a monster can be very unpleasant #but aside from extreme cases at least leave me an exciting story #in this one I don't think I even ended up actually dying #there was just all this horrible lead up to the execution #my mum and I determined that I would be brave and dignified so my death would be a symbol of resistance #(most unrealistic part of the narrative I am an absolute coward) #again remember dream me was FIFTEEN #this was normal in dreamworld there were maybe twenty schoolgirls lined up to be killed in turn #I think many were my real-life schoolmates or friends from my early teens #I rarely remember sensations in dreams #the only one I can think of is my worst nightmare until now #where I woke recalling the feeling of the monster cutting my wrist open with a razor but no actual pain #this time I remember little fifteen-year-old me standing defiant on this balcony structure #and obediently putting her neck on the block just waiting for it to be over because the strong front was going to crack any moment

[first-only]

Can I ask, what are 'tankies'?

generalized and simplified, people who think the USSR (and other commie regimes) did nothing wrong and was an actual utopia instead of a genocidal regime. the amount of unironic lenin and stalin and other literal war criminals with more blood on their hands than basic decency stanning i see on this website is. worrying. communism was and is an authoritarian regime, that took "political prisoners" and sent people to "work camps" for 'crimes against the people' also known as listening to western music. it controlled/s free speech and thinking. it killed my grandparents.

wrongthink and not heartily supporting the party and its leaders was/is an actual crime that people got punished for. what westerners and deluded americans call communism positively is actually social politics under democracy, not authoritarianism under a ""progressive"" hat. they've ironically fallen under the american propaganda that 'welfare is communism' but decided to stand on the other end without educating themselves (and no the manifesto is not education, nothing in it was actually employed. real world history is important here. for a nation obsessed with using the right words not to offend people they sure do love parading around the names of genocidal regimes that are actual triggers for many a eastern european and other victims of the regime. but we arent people they care about when they're talking about politics, are we). anyway, 'tankies' usually refers to the people that /do/ actually know about the regime and its leaders and /still support it/.

#ask #not me of all people going find another word and symbols #but oh my god you wouldnt be throwing swastikas around to mean 'democratic socialism' would you? #then why do you make me see the hammer and sickle that was on top of the bureau of thought crimes half my life #that the gulags went under #think a lil #aaaaaaaand send post #goodbye followers it was fun lol #if u try to start shit i will just block u; lived experience > ur bad education and american politicians lol #(and no im not saying capitalism is good two things can be bad at the same time)

[yourbleedingh3art]

The things we fight about r so petty you’re still my emergency contact I’m js If you think of me as an enemy that’s a mistake Bc if it came down to it I would drop everything for u

#I don’t know if it’s a mistake to be friends w my ex Bc Everytime we even try talking it very quickly becomes something we both regret #only Bc it’s so goddamn emotional #our relationship is very emotionally taxing #but that’s literally cuz we have hella feelings towards each other we just carry around and don’t speak about #I’m honestly confused about the terms we are on #i was not confused when he was blocked which is why I achieved so much peace in that period where we weren’t speaking and I figured #the situation was on pause for a good couple of years and I could do some independent growing and let my future expand into a world beyond #my love for my ex and whatever our feelings towards each other have become #at the end of the day I think both of us would come thru for each other #like at the end of the day that’s my ex but that’s MY ex like yea #it’s like no matter what I have this protective kinda energy towards him cuz there’s always gonna be memories and impact there #but when he came bsck jn my life it really twisted my head around and I undid my symbolic blocking of his number and social media #now his number and socials are unblocked and we are even insta mutuals #thing is we don’t talk #even at the bus stop when we have to wait for the bus together for 15 minutes #if we don’t talk whh am I following u on Instagram #it just seems fake and showy to me #Essentislly all this beef is petty to me #Bc I think at the end of the day we both love each other #It doesn’t mean we are gonna be together #it just means love doesn’t go away #blog post

[the-stove-is-on-fire]

After School Ghost Theory 101 with Professor Fenton

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[Image ID: A four page comic that starts with Danny Fenton standing in front of a whiteboard holding up a white cat. "Question: Do ghosts purr?” 

Tucker: “Danny when was the last time you slept?” Danny: “Irrelevant.” 

Danny info-dumps: “The answer is yes, but also no. Technically, all beings that possess a core are constantly "purring", a.k.a. Core Vibrations. Core Vibrations are a nonverbal, emotion-based communication system between Ghosts, similar to how some living species use pheromones to communicate. The exact tone of each ghost is different the same way people's voices are different. Humans can only hear these vibrations when the frequency passes through their audible range (20Hz - 20KHz), hence the 'purring' sound. When the range dips into infrasound (16 - 20Hz) it can cause feelings of fear and unease in humans that they often associate with ghosts and the supernatural. Also known as the ‘Heebie Jeebies.’”

Danny, wiping off the whiteboard: “Any questions before we move on?"

Danny’s audience consists of Wes Weston, Tucker Foley, Sam Manson, Danny’s clone Ellie, and Dash Baxter in a classroom. Wes is seated at a desk at the front taking notes. Tucker is sitting on Sam’s lap playing on a Switch, Ellie is sitting on a desk behind them. Dash is asleep at the back of the room.

Ellie, now holding the cat: “Is this Vlad’s first cat!?” Wes: "Could you tone down the floating eyes before the next part? They're kinda distracting." Danny: "What eyes?" Wes: “Please stop gaslighting me.”

A transparency trick on the last page reveals dark shadows and eyes all around Danny when viewed in dark mode. /.End ID]

An Extended Image ID is available under the read more because it’s over 1k. Side by side light and dark mode versions of the transparency trick is also available under the cut.

[Extended Image ID: The post contains a four page comic. The first page shows two comic panels with white borders. The top panel features a bedraggled looking Danny Fenton from the waist up holding a disgruntled fluffy white cat. There are bags under his eyes, his hair is messy, his arms are covered in bandaids and cat scratches, and his nails are painted black. He’s wearing a white shirt with red sleeves and a red oval on the front. In a large green text bubble he says “Question: Do ghosts purr?” A small orange text bubble under it asks “Danny when was the last time you slept?” “Irrelevant” Danny replies. 

In the bottom panel Danny is standing on the far left side of the panel in front of a whiteboard in a classroom with the cat under his arm. He’s wearing baggy jeans with holes in the knees and his classic white and red Converse shoes. The whiteboard behind him has partially erased doodles around the edges including some flowers, stars, and Phantom’s DP symbol. There are a few balls of paper on the floor. Partially out of frame on the wall behind Danny is a poster of  Einstein and above it a clock. Pointing at the whiteboard with a marker Danny says “The answer: Yes but also no” His words are written on the whiteboard. Under the words is a drawing of a stick figure and a green bedsheet ghost with a circle between them. The circle is surrounded by green squiggly lines radiating out from it. Under the circle, an arrow is drawn pointing to it with the words ‘core vibrations’ written on the board. A green text bubble in the space under the whiteboard says “Technically, all beings that possess a core are constantly "purring", a.k.a. Core Vibrations.”

On the second page there are two blocks of text, each followed by a drawing. The page background is a pale, greenish-grey with subtle scuff marks imitating the look of a whiteboard. The first block of text at the top of the page reads “Core Vibrations are a nonverbal, emotion-based communication system between Ghosts, similar to how some living species use pheromones to communicate. The exact tone of each ghost is different the same way people's voices are different.” Under the text, imitating the look of dry erase marker, is a drawing of two simple ghosts smiling and waving to each other. They both have a small green circle drawn on their chest area with green squiggly lines radiating out from each ghost. Between the two cores, two parallel arrows are drawn, facing opposite directions. Under the arrows is the text “core to core communication.” 

Under the ghosts is a second block of text reading “Humans can only hear these vibrations when the frequency passes through their audible range (20Hz - 20KHz), hence the 'purring' sound. When the range dips into infrasound (16 - 20Hz) it can cause feelings of fear and unease in humans that they often associate with ghosts and the supernatural. Also known as the ‘Heebie Jeebies.’” Under the text a red arrow points from the words ‘heebie jeebies’ to a simple drawing of Dash Baxter holding a flashlight and looking scared. There is a cobweb with a dangling spider drawn to his right and a bunch of green blob ghosts behind him to his left. In blue text the blobs say “you forgot to update your mailing address with the IRS” and “you filed your taxes incorrectly.”

The third page once again shows two comic panels. In the top panel Danny takes up the centre. He’s stretched across the whiteboard in a dynamic pose erasing the drawing of frightened Dash with a big swipe. One hand is braced on the board as he looks over his shoulder and asks “Anyone got questions before we move on?” If the image is viewed in dark mode, there are five, messily drawn eyes of varying sizes surrounding Danny. If viewed in light mode, the eyes are absent. 

The bottom comic panel reveals Danny’s audience to be Wes Weston, Tucker Foley, Sam Manson, Danny’s clone Ellie, and Dash Baxter. In the bottom left corner, Wes sits slouched at a desk at the front of the classroom with papers and an open notebook spread out over his desk. He’s wearing a red zip up hoodie with white sleeves. His hoodie is unzipped showing a green shirt underneath that matches the colour of his eyes. At the desk beside him Tucker and Sam share a chair with their focus on Tucker’s Switch and not Danny’s presentation. Tucker is sitting in Sam’s lap with her arms around his waist and her head resting on his shoulder. Tucker is wearing a red beanie with short dreads, goldenrod yellow turtleneck sweater, green cargo pants, and white shoes. Sam is wearing a black crop top with a fishnet layer over top, purple pleated plaid skirt, artistically ripped purple leggings, and black combat boots with bright green laces. Tucker has the tips of his dread dyed green and purple. Sam has streaks of purple, green, and orange in her hair. Ellie is sitting cross legged on top of a desk two rows behind Sam and Tucker. She’s wearing a cropped hoodie with the same colours as Danny’s shirt and black track pants with white and red shoes. Her hair is tied in a high ponytail and she is holding the squirming fluffy white cat up in the air. At the very back of the classroom behind Wes’ left shoulder Dash can be seen asleep slouched over his desk. Wes has one hand resting on his desk holding a mechanical pencil the other partially raised with his hand open. In a beige text bubble with red text he replies to Danny’s question with an unimpressed look on his face “Could you tone down the floating eyes before the next part? They're kinda distracting.” Under his text bubble a small blue text bubble from Ellie asks “Is this Vlad’s first cat!?” If the image is viewed in dark mode, there are three visible floating eyes off to the side of the panel. If viewed in light mode, the eyes are absent. 

The final comic page is a single, full body shot of Danny standing in front of the blank whiteboard. He’s looking over his shoulder, slightly turned with his back mostly towards the classroom and the eraser in his hand. He has an incredulous look on his face. If the page is viewed in dark mode, the background looks dark and Danny is surrounded by dozens eyes of in all different sizes. If viewed in light mode, the eyes are absent. In a green text bubble Danny asks “What eyes?” In the bottom left corner Wes replies “Please stop gaslighting me.” /.End ID]

#Danny Phantom #Danny Fenton #Wes Weston #DP #image id #Scopophobia #tw eyes #transparent #transparency trick #stove on fire #43393 #long post #extended image ID long enough to post on Ao3