#this is just an observation

[hallwyeoo]

Something about Luo Binghe being starved, desperate, clawing for love and affection and Shen Qingqiu just being there, soft and calm and quiet, cradling his cheek and whispering reassurances despite seeing the raw hunger for more. Shen Qingqiu offering up everything he is to Luo Binghe like it’s easy, like it’s the natural way of things. Luo Binghe being terrified to accept it and terrified to lose it at the same time.

#they’re so in love #??? it’s weird #most people don’t do that #but okay #this is just an observation #or a headcanon? #either way #they both just gravitate towards eachother I dunno man #they’re soulmates your honor #bingqiu #bingyuan #luo binghe #shen qingqiu #shen yuan #text post #svsss #mxtx svsss #mxtx #scumbag self saving system #scum villain self saving system #the mortifying ordeal of being perceived #the mortifying ordeal of being known #and the mortifying ordeal of accepting love from your Shizun after he pushes you into hell

[ofwraithsandwords]

For a lot of people who claim to love/understand Astarion, there’s a whole lot of fanart and fanfic of him just being mindlessly horny or sexy when part of his entire arc was that you shouldn’t place value solely on appearances alone. That’s all I’m gonna say.

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #astarion #not gatekeeping #this is just an observation #not saying you can’t have him do sexy things #it just seems like a lot of what I’ve seen has lacked….nuance #anyway I’ve said my peace

[bluebellss1]

I love both the Phantom and Raoul, but listening to Past the Point of No Return reminded me of something I read once about how media often depicts villainous love interests.

Villains are often coded in certain ways, and villain romance interests tend to represent sexual awakening and urges and exploring your inner darkness. They are often pitted against ‘childhood sweetheart’ love, which is represented as pure and virginal.

The female hero will be tempted by the villain, of the darkness and sexuality and power that comes with it. Then she will often be slapped on the wrist to see the error in her ways and end up with the pure, childhood sweetheart, sexless love that the other interest represents.

Now this isn’t an argument about who Christine should have ended up with but more how the media depicts certain love interests and pits them against each other. Why does the villain represent sexual desire and the heroic love interest doesn’t, and what does that say about how the media represents female sexuality?

Female protagonists’ stories often have this weird complex about women’s innocence/purity vs sexuality. Meanwhile male protagonists often do get to be with ‘sexy’ female love interests. But when a female protagonist tries to enjoy her sexuality, she often ends up being terrorised or punished in some regard.

Because I can’t lie, Past the Point of No Return was something else. But Christine doesn’t get to have a similar tension with Raoul like that? In comparison, their dynamic is very saccharine and innocent, ‘Little Lotte lost her scarf, let’s talk about the games we used to play as children’. It’s weird how they only give sexual energy to villains as a way to show that they are ‘bad’. Why is female sexuality framed as something harmful and evil?

Because goddamn, the tension in Point of No Return was undeniable. Our man was starved. He almost seems afraid to touch her, as if he can’t believe what is happening is real. That slight tentativeness is just *chefs kiss*

#phantom of the opera #poto #I love phantom and raoul both #this is just an observation #analysis #meta #LOOK AT HOW TOUCH STARVED THE PHANTOM IS #💓💓💓 #the power in that scene just got me thinking

[comradeboyhalo]

its kinda interesting how a lot of people still underestimate bad in a way? like a lot of people are aware cellbit is always on a separate mission, same with forever and even phil, but bads got no suspicion on him, even with a color-changing skin...it seems like only forever and foolish are keeping an eye on it.

idk how to explain it? its just interesting how bad is acting So suspicious and hes still just flying under everyone's radar. hes so openly bloodthirsty, but no one is suspecting that hes doing some fucked up shit to find his son

#NOT neg on characters pls dont read it like that #this is just an observation #for phil its not so much lore (cause no ones suspecting why hes missing) its moreso the fact that they are always aware about his power

[natequarter]

learning that shakespeare's father died around the time that hamlet was written has recontextualised it a lot for me. hamlet isn't the play about the death of a son (and hamnet died around three to five years before hamlet was written); it's a play about the death of a father! now, you know what shakespeare play features a character's grief over the loss of their only son, written in the mid-1590s? king john.

#🗡️ #this is just an observation #i think academics read too much into shakespeare's life when analysing his plays

[random-dragon-exe]

You know what, I've been thinking it, but now I want to say it:

Dr. Facilier has Tumblr sexymen energy.

I mean just look at him.

He fits the qualifications to a T. He has the suit and style, he's skinny, he's got the charisma, and charm. Not to mention, he's got some smooth dance moves.

#idk #this is just an observation #random fandom stuff #disney #random disney stuff #the princess and the frog #tpatf #dr. facilier #tumblr sexymen #tumblr sexymen suggestions #sexymen suggestions

[h4zardousch3micals]

I just had an epiphany

so do y'all remember that thing where old-timey human stumbled into a world of monsters and magic and slowly over time became one of them by consuming things from their realm (possibly artificially extending their lifespan) until they're barely recognisable as human and then one day new humans show up they insist they've always been a part of this world even if they probably weren't

#my singing monsters #msm #spurrit #perplexplore #The owl house #Toh #Emperor Belos #Phillip wittebane #DONT WORRY I KNOW MY GUY SPURRIT WOULD NEVER #This is just an observation #Hazard Hollers

[grymmdark]

i cant tell if there's a lotta hungarians on tumblr or if i just have a decent amount of hungarian mutuals but i feel like out of all the non-english posts i see, the vast majority are in hungarian

#grymms spectacular fucking posts #this is just an observation #and i have at least 2 hungarian mutuals i know of #so thats something

[lisxdumbr]

I find it extremely funny that all my life the adults around me have imposed this idea of "depression isn't real, people just act like that because they want attention" when in reality one of the first behaviors I adopted when I started being depressed was to lock myself away, cry in silence so no one noticed, mask in front of others, etc.

And of course there's probably an explanation behind this but I just find it ironic, people points at us and label us as attention seekers when isn't wanting attention something all humans crave? Actually the fact that we seek the contrary and aisle ourselves should be the odd behavior but no one points it out, why is that

#i was thinking about my lack of communication skills and how my illness has affected them and this came out #and i want to believe i am not the only one #this is just an observation #depression #mental health #❝ ritz.txt !!

[fleshdotmp4]

hatemail is so genuinely funny to me. like im going to show up personally in your askbox to tell you how much i hate your pussy then deny all accusations of you living rent free in my head while i continue to send you messages.

#flesh.txt #I DIDNT GET ANY hatemail btw #this is just an observation #the concept is just funny to me

[miragemirrors]

i don't think people on here have much ground to lol at the 4chan guys failing miserably to rec that one dude gaybait sentai bc when someone asks you guys for yuribait toku it's about the same degree of answer without even having the courtesy to tell me i'll live a happier fandom life watching precure

#this is just an observation #bc like. i feel you people sometimes joke about couples and make fanart of sentai heroines together but never consider it further #whereas every 5 second interaction between men will have an essay written 5 minutes after the subs hit #woofy posts

[msfcatlover]

It is endlessly funny to me that in the grand debate of who should be Batman when Bruce can’t do it anymore, everyone seems to use “That time [X] became Batman & was Evil about it” as evidence for why [X] shouldn’t ever take up the mantle, while their own blorbo of choice’s time as Evil Batman was obviously bad writing & never should’ve happened.

#dick grayson #tim drake #damian wayne #jason todd #bruce wayne #batman #dc comics #robin #cassandra cain #stephanie brown #// #I am not picking a fight #this is just an observation #Anyway #for top contender I personally endorse Cassandra Cain. But if you want to hear me argue for the /true/ dark horse in this race #HMU for my ‘’read a bunch of meta-analysis but hasn’t touched a comic (yet)’’ opinion on why Stephanie Brown should be the next Batman. #/ #my life #mine

[lowpolyotakuconvention]

A weird phenomenon is hating the way a character is reduced to an object, but still enjoying how well that object is written and incorporated into the story.

If most of your major female characters could be replaced with a non-sentient mcguffins without losing any narrative value, something is horribly wrong. At the same time those mcguffins would still be well written and their narrative value still valuable. Does that make sense?

#i think that pretty much sums up how i feel about the way women in mgs are written in general #I love her character and I love her part in the story but those things are separate because she has no agency #i hope this makes sense and doesn't sound like I'm trying to justify sexist writing lmao #this is just an observation #also #guess which metal gear woman sparked this train of thought

[random-dragon-exe]

There's like 3 different sides of sapphic that I've noticed:

The super bubbly purely romantic side where you can feel the electricity between the characters.

The questioning side where one or both is questioning themselves and their attraction.

The full on sensual side.

#this is just an observation #also a slight half joke #I might be reading two stories that have one or two of these elements #which is what led to this post #... #random queer stuff #sapphic #sapphic stuff #wlw #lesbian #bisexual #bisexuality #pansexual #queer

[homunculusalphonse]

why do most marvel/mcu fans like taylor swift

#captain's log #anti mcu #???? idk #not rlly #this is just an observation

[turnleftaticela]

if i went back to typing like this i 100% guarantee ppl would think i was nicer & take me more seriously

#This isn’t related to the last post that was just about writing #This is just an observation #post