#this is beautifully written though

[most-tragic-character-tournament]

Speaking of other polls: the very first tumblr poll also got botted, and the OP was like "thats part of the winning experience" so desperation can override guilt anon. that aside. its not even about the potential bots here anymore. its just how invested everyone has gotten to the point I'm casting my vote for a potential third option here. maybe we SHOULDN'T make this an iconic sweep if we can't be civil. the essays coming out feel like a College Staff Needs To Round Up Student For Group Therapy And Apologies. is this what we want our fandoms to be memorialized for? is this how we will walk away, with bitter losses and hollow victories, knowing we have torn our hearts apart to achieve it? I see everyone spilling their guts out for a desperate plea to understand what all of it means to them. We've dropped our weapons in favor of words, and it is no longer a war, no longer a battle, we've lost sight of our enemies and only want to be known. have you ever seen a tumblr poll drop the jokes for serious, sincere confessions. to sit in a circle and speak quietly from hearts that bare the grief of dying stars. OP, what move you make next will determine everything. we have risen our voices, and mourned our chances, and conspired over sportsmanship until the battle became muddled into something deeper into the human condition. the characters and stories no longer existing. only many souls. history may be written by the victors, but it is you who holds the pen. we started the war, and you have the power to decide how this chapter in fandom history will be resolved and remembered henceforth, forevermore-

Wow uh yeah so no pressure right

#/lh #this is beautifully written though #antigone #Lloyd garmadon #fandom #tumblr

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Turtle Takedown Teamwork.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #tulu xuanwu #Something about changing the action sequence to something gentle is hilarious to me. #The lesson here is “Be nice to turtles. They are gentle creatures. And many are very endangered.” #don't get me wrong here; I love this scene a lot. LWJ's string technique is one of my favoyrite things. #We do get a fair amount of LWJ fighting but I always loved how the theme of strings comes into play. #There is actually a lot to unpack with LWJ being associate with 'strings'. #The musicianship: Of dedication and rigor in one's practice. #The tension between following along a path or composing your own way forwards (playing what has been written vs composing) #A string is a tightly coiled/taunt entity; The same tension that makes it sing so beautifully can be it's downfall if pushed too hard. #And as a non-musical string - something that binds. Be it to his sect and family or how he binds his fate to WWX - #LWJ cannot exist without his binds. It is not something which ties him down though. It keeps him together. #And he himself *is* a bind. He 'ties wwx down' in ways that are initially negatively viewed ('come to gusu' - feels like: come be trapped) #But later it is shown how (despite being introduced as a free spirit) WWX truly wants to be bound to something and someone. #Marriage is a bind he wants. He wants to be tied and grounded by LWJ. #It's starting to sound like innuendo. Let's call his fondness for being literally tied up smart thematic writing. #Finally. Sex scenes that are important to the plot and characters

[hiveswap]

It's all fun and games reading fanfic from 2001 until one of the characters legit says "baka"

#the rest of it is beautifully written though.....

[the-grimsqueaker]

Ok...ok I know he's been dead a while now but does anyone know of a way I can lodge a complaint to Robert Jordan?

The first-sisters ceremony was about the most vivid description of soul mates I've ever read, and hey I loved the whole being reborn as each other's twin thing. Loved that. However the ENTIRE CEREMONY BEFORE THAT was about the most romantic thing I've ever read. That's not two girls who want to be sisters mate, that's two girls in love.

#wot spoilers #wheel of time spoilers #just hedging my bets on spoiler tags #oh my god though. beautifully written and so infuriatingly incorrect good lord. #i just started book 9 so...we're getting there

[trashpocket]

((excerpt taken from Plain White Beach Houses // part 3 of "Impossible Things and the Tin Can" by gibbouslunation ))

more pacrim steddie for tumblr, cause this series that i threw ideas with at myk (the author) has severely killed me

#steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #pacrim au #steve x eddie #seriously though #myk has written the series so beautifully #i teared up every time #the way they handle love grief and danger #EXQUISITE #must read

[melonsharks]

Have you read Speechless by @antilocaprine?

I tresure this moment with all my heart,,, I had to draw it. I managed to get a lot of work done today, so I indulged with fanart ;_; I genuinely couldn’t get Benrey’s line out of my head, it is. It is so. It’s soooo…

#half life vr but the ai is self aware #hlvrai #frenrey #benrey #gordon freeman hlvrai #benry #frenry #gabuart #dr coomer #bubby hlvrai #dr bubby #boomers hlvrai #blood cw #incredible amazing fic #though really just check out all of her work on ao3 #every single fic is stellar HDJDHD #ALSO HI IF UR READING THIS im a huge fan ok #the among us fic is one of my favorite things ever of all time !!!!!!! #speechless is beautifully written :) #ok bye HDHDMDJ

[prismatic-starstuff]

*blows a kiss somewhere in the general direction of the sky, and therefore space*

For HAL

#2001 a space odyssey #hal 9000 #i finished reading the first book today #first things first: beautifully written book! absolute masterpiece! 10/10 highly recommend! #but also #i'm still tearing up thinking about the murder scene (which is what it was) even though i read it a day ago #it was Not any easier in written form. not at all. still Extremely painful. #i love him and i hate what happened to him #can't wait to start 2010 so i can see him alive and well again #(sidenote: last time me and my mum watched 2001 i genuinely did blow a kiss at hal without thinking about it... #it's cool though #my mum understands #i told her before the first time we watched it: 'listen i'm Absolutely gonna fall in love with hal' #(and she expected that from me anyway) #and so my very immediate falling in love has been no surprise to her whatsoever ALSMSLXNSNXN)

[candied-cae]

S2E2 Ed's plot my beloved-

I ADORE THIS EPISODE IN HOW IT PORTRAYS ED'S MENTAL HEALTH!!!

TW, this post is going to discuss Ed's suicidal behavior and attempt in depth. It will not be heartwarming, I am agonizing over the details. Please don't open if that reading is going to be damaging at all to you. Protect yourself first, y'all! Anyway...

Every little detail from his time on screen is spent sending hints to the viewer that it's Ed's last day alive.

The first time we see him that morning, he looks refreshed. He's decidedly sober and cleaning up his cabin and he's joking and almost... bright again. He's talkative and seems so calm. And it's because he's finally decided to kill himself.

It's been a long observed point for folks with suicidal thoughts/actions that once they've decided on doing it, there's a certain kind of peace that comes with that. Because it's going to be over soon, you know you'll be able to rest. There's an expiry approaching, and there's a comfort in knowing you've almost reached the end, like getting close to the end of a long work shift.

And so he's cleaning up, so he'd doesn't leave as much of a mess behind (Also something that is well documented from people who attempt). At least, assumably that was the idea, like he hadn't originally planned to take the whole ship down with him, it seems like he was planning to do something smaller for just him as of that morning. So he’s tidying up for the rest of them.

It's both a gesture of kindness to make sure they aren't left with as much of a "hassle" once they find him dead, but it's also a point of "pride" in a way. So when it's all over, they will sweep through a cleaner room and remember him better in that last day, than so much of the mess and stress of the earlier ones.

The second time we see him is when he's figured out Frenchie didn't finish off Izzy. And not only does he offer for Izzy to do it, he tells him that it'd be a good thing for him to do. Like it was a favor, killing him would've been "just what the doctor ordered" to make him feel better.

But Izzy doesn't do it, and he assumes Izzy ends himself after he's left the room.

The third hint is that he's so forgiving with everyone. He doesn't hold a grudge against Frenchie for lying to him and hiding Izzy in the secret room, he doesn't yell at anyone (like Jim or Archie) for conspiring with him, he even tells Frenchie to take the day off and thanks him for the closure.

Again, it's following that motion of peace and contentment, he doesn't have to go into death mad, he can do it calmly. He can let it all go, because soon enough it won't be a problem and he knows he's now decided to take them all down with him. So he might as well let them enjoy their last few hours as much as they can.

And he instead resides to sit at the wheel, turning them sharply right into a dark storm, all the while he wears the softest smile. Because he is calm, he is clear headed, and he is done waiting for something else to kill him. And that's a very common thing for people to want in those last moments. To go clean and sober and content and in peace.

They hit a lot of the MAJOR signs they teach you that someone is about to take their live, the only one I can think of off the top of my head that wasn't explicitly included would've been the giving away of personal possessions.

(But, perhaps even following the idea that originally he was going to go alone, he was going to be leaving everything including the boat to his crew, so maybe that idea was kind of hidden in there. It's just not as direct as personally going to people and handing over things.)

Anyway, I'm sure a lot of these clues were well picked up by the fandom, I'm sure a lot of us have learned about these stages of suicidal action for various reasons ourselves. I just wanted to point out that timeline and how perfectly it seems to fit across the whole episode as this singular, unspoken intent behind every single one of Ed's actions until it comes to a head and the crew on deck can't ignore how drastic everything had turned.

#Cae Has Lots of Feelings About Our Flag Means Death #I love love love this plot of the episode #From the moment it started and we saw how at ease he seemed... I knew what was coming #The suicide plan was officially in motion as far as Edward Teach was concerned #And there is some soft sweetness that he was going to do it all alone originally. #That he had made the decision that there wasn't anything to live for and he was going to just take care of himself in that way. #That he only decided to try and take the whole ship down with him when he was 'scorned' again by his crew. #AHHHHHH! #I just love Ed so much and his character is so beautifully written and played and expressed #That moment towards the end as his crew huddles together - terrified - and they can't figure out why it all seems to backwards #Why he's acting 'better' but steering them right into the violent waters of a sea storm #Because they weren't taught these things. They don't know what it looks like when someone's ending their life like this. #And they are trying to follow the logic of 'Ed is a sailing genius' 'He knows what he's doing' 'He has to' 'But this...' #It's 100% perfection #and though I definitely have a few gripes and concerns about this season so far... This episode's Ed plot is not one of them. #Not in the least. #Our Flag Means Death #OFMD #Our Flag Means Death Season 2 Spoilers #Our Flag Means Death Spoilers #OFMD Spoilers #OFMDS2 #OFMD s2 spoilers #Edward #Edward Teach #Blackbeard #The Kraken

[sysig]

Reading moodboard #84430940 (Patreon)

#Doodles #I wonder what this is in reference to lol - could be anything really! #Bit funny actually - I was reading something else in overlap at the time - a fic from another fandom though it ended up not being for me #Different authors just speak to different people! It was fun to come back to something familiar and realize Just how much I appreciate it ah #Novel and familiar! My very favourite <3 And of course it was a wonderful experience on top of that hehe ♪♫ #Numbers lol - I really have done way too much age headcanon math pfft #I just love timelines! And even if the hints aren't exact they /are/ hints and I'm going to use them!! #The numbers that are established are such fun markers - and using characterization as hints towards how many years have passed! Ah! ♪ #Like how it's definitely possible that Max took a two year but considering his family he was probably pushed to do a four year #There's no confirmation either way but it's just so fun to consider what they'd do based on how they're written! #These are the kind of written math problems I enjoy hehe #I was being a bit self-deprecating for that doodle actually tho lol - art mimics life and all that pfft #Also confirmation of him being a Lit Major ❤️💕💖💞💗 Small details give me big love you must understand this lol #As evidenced lol ♪ Adding to my playlist definitely didn't help it very strongly upgraded to Big Love for like a week straight lol #Terrible ♪ Couldn't stand it <3 Genuinely painful ♫ #Lol - ''finding'' more - it's what had my blood on fire! I'm so grateful for mirrors #Anyone who's been following me for a while knows I have this whole thing about Legacy and what you leave behind and the internet in general #That the internet is forever except when it's not - that plenty of things get deleted or lost etc. etc. and it makes me very sad :( #So seeing that there was an in-built preservation - it only saved Some things but anything saved is precious!! It made me very happy <3 #And then finishing off 💔💕 Beautifully heartbreaking ah #Even skim-reading later made me cry again! It's deeply affecting hhh #Another experience I'm so happy to be able to have ♥ Another tally on the wall haha <3

[daringdarlingdt]

me, before starting to rewatch dr who: I can be normal about david tennant as the doctor

me now:

#doctor who #david tennant #i am sosososososo normallllll #literally the piece of media that convinced me that actually i have hyperfixations #literally ruined the end of grade 12 watching it during covid i couldn't stop myself from bingeing 5 episodes in a row like twice daily #even though i saw him in good omens first this is the role that made me absolutely obsessed with david tennant in the first place #he is just soo... #but i can be normal about it i promise i don't think about what devil he sold his soul to be able to make me cry with one line #or the tenth doctor's tragic arc over the course of his three seasons and they way his development is beautifully written #or david's big brown eyes and crooked nose and adorable freckles and spiky fluffy hair #or the two best companions in the whole show who are both so good for him in different but important ways #or poor martha the long-suffering who was betrayed by the writers and the narrative and the doctor and had so much potential #but was victim to the doctor's post-rose angst :( #i don't spend any of the time that i should be working on my academic resoponsiblities thinking about these things no sir #nia originals

[ctl-yuejie]

I'm only on episode 7 but I hope they don't change the impeccable dynamic of the main trio

Cao Guangyan and Pu Yiyong really hit the impeccable spot of "loving to hate you" and "eternally bickering but caring very deeply when it comes to the important things".

Chen Chuying also hits the fine line of capable to a degree but chaotic enough that she would start to join the shenanigans. Adult enough to actually try to keep Pu Yiyong (and later - delightfully so - Cao Guangyan) out of trouble but not enough a stickler to the law to not understand where they are coming from. Definitely not acting ethically but they can treat Pu Yiyong complaining that she was his first kiss as hilarious without it being weird in the overall context.

Another underrated part: both parents clearly started from a point of thinking that their sons being in a romantic relationship might be cute to really just shaking their heads over both of them just being weird all over the place

#oh no here comes trouble #is it kind of perfect writing for them to be thing? yes #but the relationships are written so beautifully i don't mind it - and they would need more time to be able to make sth out of that which #is difficult considering this show balances slice of life - tragedy and comedy so well #i adore all the characters #cao guangyan's dad being on an eternal side quest to open a succesful business #his mom ... i could write so much about her #the actress is ridiculously pretty though #the police chief *chef's kiss*

[meaganfoster]

healing albums are overrated. can anyone drop recs of concept albums abt being a murderer and/or monster its shamefully indulgent but sometimes you do need to self soothe w the knowledge that you can and you must chip away at the proverbial stone block of your personality to ground your survival in the mundane pain of creating something worth keeping around and alive

#r's #albums that r NOT tallahassee. solitary pain only #doesnt have to be albums tbh eps or songs also welcomed #i mean objectively hold the girl is very moving and beautifully written and composed. needs more rock but i say that about everything #at the moment though something different needs must. <- sensible grammatical sentence

[oathofkaslana]

i do think the objectively correct answer to "who is the best hyv character" is kiana even if she may not be your favorite character.

#you could hate her guts and she'd still objectively be the best #she's just suuuch a compelling character with so much heart and depth and so so so much love #her entire character thesis is this unwavering belief in humanity and its compassion because it was what was shown to her as a child #its literally about combating nihilism (re: chapter 25) #the entirety of honkai's story (though definitely haunted by ely) is intangible from kiana #bc they wrote her the way this type of protagonist should be written!! #(as a tool to convey a message with all its complexities and might) #they put so so so much labor and love into her writing #like i mean it when i say kiana is hi3's identity!!!!! everything is so beautifully reflected in her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #hnk3 #kiana

[rest-upon-the-morning-light]

everyone is saying neil gaiman is now public enemy no1, how they’re gonna get him but lets be real. if anyone is gonna hunt down that man for sport it is one mr michael sheen

#good omens #good omens spoilers #good omens 2 #good omens 2 spoilers #neil gaiman #for though beautifully written but heartbreaking #michael sheen

[ejunkiet]

Have I shared my Mason thoughts?

the boy is in DEEP.

(actual thoughts in the tags hehehe)

#twc spoilers #i love the development we get in this book #the insight into their relationship with their powers as well #they are terrified of them #imagine living on a knifes edge like that #knowing your a detonation just waiting to go off #no wonder they focus so much on the now #they have no past and an uncertain future #what else is there? #that moment after the building collapse though #and the shower scene #ahhhhhh <3 #I've written a lot with mason leading into book four #and they fit in beautifully with canon #twc

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Against my better judgement I’ve acquired two new books from Ollie’s: Coriolanus by William Shakespeare and Empire Games by Charles Stross (which I didn’t know was a series when I got it lol whoopsie… I usually don’t read series; but this is classic-style dystopian sci-fi with time travel so it’s a little different).

#I’m a little over halfway through Time Jump by John Brunner and the consumer report parts get me every time 😂 #He has normal short stories in there; interrupted by consumer reports on time machines and wishing machines #The whole thing is basically one extremely well-executed and beautifully written shitpost. Top-tier. #About every ten to twenty minutes I’m doubled over with laughter over something this guy wrote #I had no idea it was a comedy going into it but holy shit it’s wonderful #The longer you keep reading certain parts the funnier it gets because he has such a dry and pedantic voice #but he’s describing the most outrageous events in that dry and pedantic voice #I’ve had to put the book down on numerous occasions because I was laughing too hard to continue #I am not to be trusted at Ollie’s. I always forget about the giant book section and I get lost in there for 20–30 minutes #I found Beautiful Oops and Midnight at the Tuscany Hotel there #and also a calligraphy book and a bread book and a soup book when I was younger #I’ve been hoarding books since I was a little kid #I like carrying them around the house with me #I don’t even read them half the time; I just like to hold them and reading interferes with holding them #They have The Fox comics there but I don’t dare get those with either of my parents present #because they’re quite gory #I hate the stickers so much though. You can never get them completely off