#thread: so far we are

[kedreeva]

Okay if you haven't yet, and you have Netflix/Paramount+, consider giving "School Spirits" a chance.

It looks like a silly little cheesy teenage ghosts show, I put it on for background noise, and then got totally engrossed in the mystery. It's VERY well written, very well filmed, the mystery was GREAT and the payoff at the end is also great.

One of the things majorly lacking in shows I've recently tried to watch is that they try to do a twist/reveal at the end that comes out of nowhere. They don't want you to guess what they're doing. This show doesn't do that. This show wants you to guess. They give you seven different mysteries and enough clues to guess (most of) what is going on, so that when you get the final puzzle piece to any given mystery, it feels GREAT.

The story premise is this: a teenager in hs wakes up as a ghost in the hs, and doesn't remember how she died, and with the help of the other ghosts, tries to solve the mystery of her own death.

Simple premise. BEAUTIFULLY executed. Not all of the questions that arise get answered, but the main one (what she doesn't remember) gets solved by the end of the season, leaving the "why/how and what comes next" to be carried to the next season. It does a cliffhanger RIGHT. But now I desperately want to see the second season (which I believe has been approved, so it's a matter of waiting).

So pretty please, if you're looking for something to do and a great, engaging lil mystery to watch, consider! School Spirits!!

#school spirits #there is so much in this show #Spike and I finished watching it today #her for the first time me for the second #and the second time through it was even better because I was picking up the right threads #the first time through there are SO MANY CLUES #but there are also SO MANY MYSTERIES that you aren't sure which clues belong to which mystery #and then the last half of the last ep hits #and dumps out all the final puzzle pieces to several mysteries #and we spent like an hour digging through thoughts afterword #pulling out themes and clues #and there are some potentially REALLY CLEVER things done #and actually they 100% followed through on the things they set forth and paid off so far #so I feel pretty confident some of the things we pieced together actually belong to the puzzle #and aren't just mistakes #or coincidences #and it's been so long since I got to see actually good writing STAY good writing through #I'm so stoked for this series

[benevolenterrancy]

I lied about posting art next, my bad. Someone on AO3 was asking me about how I plotted out my MASH/Torchwood crossover, so I said I'd drop a look at my planning doc, for anyone that wants to see what it looks like when I'm going full wall-of-red-string about a fic

I'm very visual, so I used colour-coded tables to help me keep track of things. I basically wanted to ensure I knew the BIG MAIN GOAL for both MASH and Torchwood, followed by the B and C plots that were happening at the same time. Once I knew what was the Main End Goal for everything, I then broke the plotlines down into the plot points that needed to happen to arrive at the End Goals without it feeling random. Then I just assembled those plot points together to ensure that pacing made sense and felt good. Obviously things changed a lot from a planning document and the ultimate end, but that's the gist of it.

#i'm sure no one cares about this but i do love getting to chatter about my blorbos and art and shit so here we are #bene speaks #fanfiction #to be clear i do not normally go this far into a planning document this story just had way too many plot threads not to without going insan #or doing a bad job #if it's a longish fic i'll sometimes have a bare bone outline just to make sure i keep my eye on the end goals and pacing but that's it #the only other thing i've gone this intense for is that hogan's heroes dating sim that i've had forever simmering on the back burner #that planning document is mighty and infuriating #torchwood #mash

[solvicrafts]

You know, jokes aside, the sad thing about this fandom is that back in the day it absolutely WAS awful in some areas. Especially forums. And especially Candlekeep and the RAS boards. I don't remember Lavender Eyes being too bad, but I genuinely believe that if you were around in the 2000s-2010s when the discourse around Jarlaxle's alignment and/or sexuality was going around, you deserve financial compensation and restaurant discounts for the rest of your life.

#legend of drizzt #the thing is people whine about how Drizzt ruined drow ALL THE TIME #like. people who hate drow and/or Drizzt cannot be normal about it at all #any time you see a thread somewhere or a video or literally anything about Drizzt or drow the comments sections are always flooded w/hate #the toxicity in the fandom has never really been ABOUT Drizzt himself so much as it's been about people #projecting their own ideas and/or issues ONTO Drizzt and RAS and his fans and going waaaaaaaaaay too far with it #and that's just become a socially accepted norm which is gross because people who AREN'T in the fandom think that this is just what it is #those of us who have actually been around and involved over the decades have dealt with that this whole time #BUT ON TOP OF THAT we also had to deal with other people in the fandom being assholes #primarily over thinly veiled queerphobia and misogyny #like... unless you were THERE for it y'all don't know how ugly that shit got #as RAS started getting better at featuring women and queer characters and started really putting more effort into their portrayals #the pushback in the fandom got really nasty and just plain vile #so yeah in certain circles the fandom WAS toxic but not because people liked Drizzt and wanted to play drow in D&D lmao

[mayasdeluca]

#station 19 #save station 19 #really hope we can get decent ratings #seems like a lot of international fans are helping out though so hopefully it helps #if anyone else still needs help with the vpn thing that others are doing just let me know #I’ve posted some links to threads of people who have done it successfully so far but icymi

[craftlands]

just saw one of ms newbabel's lines for the first time. okay. so blue epoch knew EXACTLY what audience they were going for with her entire everything, huh

#i say i really like taunt/counter units and that's why she was my thread pick #and like. that's true. that's absolutely true. however #she was also a thirst pick and now that i know BE was doing that shit on purpose i'm not ashamed to admit it #wamen... handsomb. #reverse 1999 #also lmao yeah this is probably a radical change from our other posts in this tag so far. what can i say. we have the range

[defiledtomb]

'Fake Relationship/Arranged Marriage/Forced Proximity'

👀👀

I feel exactly the same, nony. I can't wait until we get until that part.

It is going to get messy. It involves pacts and overthrowing a cult that stands for everything Y is against. It involves a show of power, a game of thrones, a decadent play of rules that leaves the court of Oakwerth trembling. And it will, if you play your choices carefully, have them kneeling at the feet of y&mc to grant them a mere smidge of mercy.

#ouroboros-if #interactive fiction #every thread of the story that im weaving in at the start holds the promise of a otherworldy climax #it is what keeps me going #sometimes it feels so far away #but I know. if I can just get past the agonizing hurdle of the muddled middle I will get to the promised land and hopefully give you wh #whiplash from the way things evolve #can someone give me 1 miljon dolars so I can write this fulltime. please. and also the confidence of #your run of the mill influencer so I could be sure I can pull this off #lmao okay. [pats self like an overhyped dog] one step at a time. i can't wait until we get there though #💀

[robinsteve]

“lucas, i’m scared. i’m so scared. i’m so scared. i don't wanna die. i’m not ready. i don't wanna go! i’m not ready.” if the duffers kill max in s5 after that we will be having words.

#not only would it destroy the message of hope and perseverance in the face of personal struggles- the message that’s been a consistent #thread through all four seasons- it would make max’s first “death” scene incredibly pointless when it could have been #so impactful had it been real #obviously i very much want max alive and healthy and happy but there’s something so cinematic and so awe-inspiring about that #shot of max in lucas’ arms with el by her side and the blue light bouncing off their blood-and-tear-soaked faces #before the camera draws back and begins to spin over them... anyway. my point is: #i will be very angry if they end up killing max via coma when they had OPTIONS. well. one option. but it was a really extraordinary option. #her death in s5 despite /everything/ would cheapen the final season immensely and would come off as almost laughably #desperate- but above all so so CRUEL to max and her friends #if she can't live and she can't just die in the attic don't prolong her and her friends' suffering for a far less impactful departure #and furthermore if she can’t live don’t purposefully degrade the meaning and remove the consequences #of a visually and emotionally stunning moment to string along viewers who want to know if max is going to be okay either!!!! #they're already on thin ice from the whole 'el revives max' thing (which i will expand upon in another post) but i've made my peace with it #because it kept max alive and it would actually tear me in two if she died for real but even so. thin fucking ice. to drag max over to #another season after all of that fragile ice walking- only to pass on resolving her arc in a careful way- would be devastating. #in terms of emotional and visual impact we have ‘max actually dying in the creel attic’ up /here/ #(imagine my hand hovering slightly above my hairline) #‘max pulling through the coma and learning to survive and thrive’ right /here/ (hand at eyeline) #and ‘max dying at the hospital’ allllll the way down /here/ (hand at stomach) #which would really fucking SUCK #to be clear i think she’s going to pull through the coma (thank god) because a) the duffers are cowarddddds and b) narrative reasons that #i don’t have enough time energy or tag space to elaborate on #but i also have trust issues from this season so i can envision a scenario in which they metaphorically pull the rug out from under #us and we all riot at dawn together <3 #max mayfield #stranger things #s4 spoilers #** #millie talks #st 4

[imabiscuitinthousandworlds]

*walking with a friend and a guy my friends befriended (he seems okay? weird humour but cool ig) talking abt falling out of windows*

me: there's actually a word for throwing someone out of a window in english. defenestration

guy, quite weirded out (i think from his voice, his face is like. he's literally twice as tall as me i ain't looking that far up): why? do you just know that??

me: .... Reasons. (chronically on tumblr and weirdly informed abt strange topics)

#a biscuit's rambles #hes not yet desentisised to me saying random weird ass shit ranging from mildly concerning to 'what kind of illegal sites are you on' #and its soooooo funny #i randomly offered them sugar and he looked So wonderfully confused (i am known for randomly handing out sugar packets among my friends) #thus started a contest (well its been 2 days so far) of carries the most random shit in their pockets #so far im winning with my embroidery thread and tealight (which i did not pocket specifically to have something weird in my pocket) #its very funny. its absolutely hilarious. he has no idea what im like and is so utterly unprepared #maybe i do like him (was unsure up until uhhh yesterday when we first properly talked) #(idk he has a sense of humour i kinda. Do Not Like and ive no idea where he came from so i was like. i dont personally need to get to know #him. like good for my friends buuuut. also hes like 2m tall that is freaky as fuck. BUt he seems a chill dude so maybeeeee) #(first impressions and all of that jazz. u dont gotta like everyone. but u might. lmao) #no but for real if im standing anywhere close to him i literally have to tilt my head back as far as can go to look at his face. its weird #no hate to him or tall people i just come from a long line of small people and moderately sized friends this seems Wrong lmao

[shanastoryteller]

wangxian identity porn

it pissed off the baba yaga

#ppl always complain about my prompts being separated and hard to find #so i was like what if i try to keep all the prompts on one thread so we dont have that problem anymore #which was a huge fucking mistake bc now that post is way too long #and every time i add to it i get someone swearing at me for it and throwing a hissy fit #but also ive gone too far in and i refuse to break it up into multiple posts #so we all suffer #cursed

[shisui-uchiha-anon]

starter for @kcgarashi

Has passed away almost a year since he was captured and brought back to Konoha alive. From winter to summer and winter again....

He never even considered the possibility of surviving the confrontation. His arrogance cost him deeply, for the village and its elders were not ready to let him go.

Did he ever consider the possibility of escaping? He discarded that idea the moment his wrists joints and neck were branded with curse jutsu, or as they call it now living prison jutsu. It was over. For this jutsu will not let him leave or fight. Seal was made to burn through his joints and wrists if he do not stop fighting. Seal also contained all of his chakra in. Without a possibility to use it. And third, if he tries to escape seal around his neck will behead him. His jailor Toshizō never far- like an additional shadow. Toshizō and Shisui were childhood friends and now they are a jailor and prisoner.

That shop? Still, stands? A bit bigger but still the same as when he was a child, swinging the owner's daughter on a swing, laughing and training together. Upon entering for the first time she was there. He would recognize her everywhere. He doubted that she would like to see him now. He didn't plan to come again anyway.

Wrong! He is regular now, better said part of her shop.

Snow covered all the tracks. This was his fault. He decided to avoid her. This winter came with lots of snow. She was outside cleaning, and there was by her side that bastard of his guard dog Toshizō. The man was not doing anything wrong, he even offered to help her clean the path to her shop. At that moment there was human emotion that he could feel. It was jealous.

"Who the hell gave you permission to sniff around?" Without mercy, Shisui punched the man in the face. Shackle jutsu prevented Shisui from using chakra, and it burned him when he tried to fight, looks like burning was not enough. A slap across his face stopped him, more like stunned him before she stormed back into her shop. She slapped him, in any other man that may awake outrage. In him that tension and interest growing tenfold now.

Leaning over, to her now, over the bar, she cleans his wrist, cursed shackle jutsu made his wrist bleed. He didn't care, not many people had the guts to even look his way far less to hit him. She cleans and wraps his wrist with bandages.

Tips of his fingers traced over her skin, at first just over her knuckles, over her tattoo. The fingers of a murderer were gentle and soft like a feather, able to cause pleasure and able to leave warm traces over her skin. She didn't pull away. She was just looking at him, and he was at her. That need, that urge to kill, to lift human skin just to see what is inside was gone now. With her was none existent, with her he was able to see all the colors.

Lingering touch continues to dance over her hair, safely tucking it behind her ear, with the outside of his fingers, with his knuckles he caressed her neck and her jaw. Men took him away...

After the incident, he was absent for ten days. A punishment was delivered for hitting Toshizō. Body pain and torture have no meaning has no effect on Shisui. He was tortured a thousand times, mentally and physically. All that bleaches before the true pain he was forced to feel during his time with the Akatsuki. Ninja can be strong he can be number one. But face him with Pain and his black rods that block all chakra and send constant pulse-like pain, combine it with three days of no food or water. Well, food can be tolerated but without water, your body starts to wither and your mind refuses to work going almost mad with thirst. For that three days, no drop of rain fell and it's always raining there!

He came back one day she was injured, he asked but what good that can bring? He can not leave and find that person, he is useless to her. He should never have allowed himself to bring her, them into this position. This is exactly why he discarded his human emotions. And when her fingers brushed his wrist all was blown away, it was just her and nothing else mattered. The whole life of his narrows to this moment. Her gentle touch is all he needs, it breathes life back into him, it sends sweet shivers over his spine.

"Please tell me what happened to you while I was gone?" He didn't know how to tell her I care for you. He was not sure is that even right to tell her, she could do much better than him. He presses a gentle kiss on her brow. He was dressed differently, covering most of his skin, so that she can not see bruises and cuts. He is unworthy to be the reason for her pain and worry.

"I have something to give you before I get back to work"

#so a sum up #of what they lived so far #all into one starter #so that we can focus just on this one thread #for them #shisui uchiha #kcgarashi #but as always asks of any kind you can always send this way #^^

[damnedrainbows]

// 🗒️ FOR LUUUUUCI

Her ruby lips could put roses to shame, and it’s been so long since I’ve felt them on mine. We meet in our dreams, but every time she feels more and more like a ghost. I don’t know if it’s a distance that I have created, or one that Heaven has. I probably created that distance so long ago myself.

Rationality tells me she’s in Heaven for our benefit, For our Kingdom, and it’s not to get away from me. Yet I can’t help but think of the years we lost when we were together, but I wasn’t present, mentally. I’d lost my spark for so long. I’d lost hope in our people but hers never died. She encouraged me to fight for us. I’m sure she was frustrated when I gave up. Disgusted.

Her candle always burned for us both, but I made her carry that flame alone for so long.

…Did she get tired of it? Did she get tired of me?

#HERE IS YOUR DOSE OF PAIN #I SAW YOU HC THEY MEET IN DREAMS AND FIRST OF all we gotta do a dream thread because yes #and i just rolled with it they meet in dreams #but she feels so far 😭 #gctchell #(lucifer) #(memes) #HE HAS SO MANY INSECURITIES MAN #HE LOVES HIS WIFE MORE THAN ANYTHING AND THE MENTAL HEALTHNIS JUST DOING NUMBERS ON HIM

[prvtocol]

@badtrigger : 030, an empty stretch of road beside a broken down car. // either of mine (santiago!), any verse (fc3!) | set the scene ✿

Futile it may be, but an attempt is made to turn the old jeep’s engine over. The hood is even popped to inspect the rusted innards after it puttered to a sad halt on the side of a desolate dirt road in the middle of the island jungle. The two did not get far on their path back to Mister Montenegro’s compound and it remains too far away to safely walk there in the dark of the night. Against her anxious nature, Brianne remains unworried, all thanks to the trust she places in her protective company. 

The look she casts Santiago after he shares the knowledge that they need to walk to find shelter for the evening is weighted in understanding and all too sympathetic. Surely, when the considerate pirate planned to bring her to his secret hot spring, he intended it to go without a hitch. First, it was in neglecting to remind her to bring her swimwear, requiring her to skim down with an apology. It needed none, of course. The surprise of being brought upon that hidden oasis was worth any brief embarrassment on her part. Thinking back on it now, there was no need to be awkward by showing a little skin along with her uninspiring beige camisole and knickers set. And maybe in their time unrobed together, a hurdle was overcome in this new relationship they are both fumbling through. Their inner garments remain damp, but the jungle stays warm at night and she’s not uncomfortable. 

And then this, their vehicle giving out to ensure a good night's rest will be hard to come by (despite a very relaxing soak in mineral-rich hot waters). None of that matters in her point of view. Being here, sharing time alone with him, learning more about him, and still feeling safe in his company despite the dangers of the jungle and its volatile inhabitants, is worth any inconvenience.

Admittedly, this is becoming even more of an adventure, and the courier could easily tease him for that, thinking of how it’s akin to when he took her to explore temple ruins a while back when they were just becoming friends. Intentional or not, he keeps pushing her out of her comfort zone. But somehow being sly is not the way she desires to act around him — nor does any form of sarcasm, light as it may be, translate well between languages. For him, she only wants to be open and honest. Rucksack is grabbed from her seat and swung over her shoulder and the oil lantern finds her hand again. A soft smile graces her lips as she steps towards him, matching the large man's quiet stare with her own; calm, content, its growing fondness undeniable. “All ready. I trust my partner.”

#badtrigger #⚘ ˚◞ answers ◞ 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝑒 𝒶𝓊𝓉𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝓁𝓎. #⚘ ˚◞ verse˚ far cry 3 ◞ 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓈𝒻𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓈𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓁𝒶𝓎𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈. #(( we never continued this thread so this can stand as a one shot of this part just bc :') ))

[bluesadansey]

agents of shield s7 really was a shockingly good conclusion to something I like… like on it’s own it’s a good season but I don’t really realize how highly I think of it overall (it’s not agents of shield s4 who’s praises I’ll sing any day of the week) until I think about how many concluding seasons or books of shows or series I love could have been better if they were more like it in a variety of ways…

#s speaks #currently inspired by me venting about my wishes for a raven king where Blue’s mirror powers were treated more like May’s empath powers #(which is funny since apparently Maggie’s og draft gave Blue literal empath powers although mirror is still in that vain to an extent) #and her having feelings and anger and resentment once LMD Coulson comes into the picture but she doesn’t see him as her Coulson #but also the way he can be a neutral space for her while she’s navigating the powers is comforting #I would have Lurved an arc like that for Blue/Bluesey #and the questioning if he’s real or not thread for Coulson himself and everyone around him and their relationships #which is helped by the existence of s6 which wasn’t the best aos season (although even though it had messy parts I liked how focused on May #it was and that Ming got to shine a lot. I could have done with less fs and far less Deke but that’s-) #but if that season didn’t exist at all s7 wouldn’t have landed because we needed to see those chars Without Coulson. If they had just #skipped to Daisy slamming the button and that’s that then he’s off on his road trip and that’s that— #but outside of trcbrainrot magicians could have used that season as a model so could legacies so could a lot of different genre things w #unsatisfying endings #sometimes I will have to do a list of my favorite conclusions to things since there’s definitely less that I wholly am a fan of and more I’ #so so on or dislike. #in terms of tv shows would say community agents of shield and person of interest are the main ones that really hold up to me and are great #endings to shows I cared about #for books: CP2 TKM and others I can’t think of rn

[hawkinsp0st]

my english degree having ass is so happy to be part of this era in the fandom. they’ve confirmed will’s sexuality and feelings for mike so now we can really get into the text. like this whole discussion of “were these certain moments subtext or not” “is mike dealing with internalized homophobia or just oblivious or simply still hung up on eleven and not realizing what’s right in front of him” like yesssss please discuss. this is all so juicy.

#byler #like now we can start examining this text as a queer love story if we wanna #i know we don’t have confirmed byler endgame yet but like #noah has made it clear there was A Thread thru the whole series so far #idk i’m just living for this

[note-boom]

You know how Abilities are supposed to be an expression or representation or something of your soul?

Well, we all know how most of the character's abilities are compatible with their personalities (honestly I love how this trope has actual canon LORE for it).

But Odasaku. Flawless. Seeing just a little bit ahead in the future. Do you wonder if that was an expression of how he continuously hoped for a better future away from bloodstained paths? Or how the name Flawless implies how he tried to make project himself (to Dazai, who definitely sort of romanticizes Odasaku sometimes, to his kids...to himself even)? How he wanted complete control over his future even if he couldn't do much for his present?

How when Gide attacked him, he specifically targeted that hope for the future in killing his younger adoptive siblings? How with their passing, he was made to realize that, oh...even the future can't be controlled? That his kids didn't HAVE a future and they were innocent so why would he have one?

Just Odasaku being overly hopeful, looking towards a hopeful future, being caught up in it so much that when one aspect of it falls apart so does he, trying to appear flawless to himself and others...

#yeah what am i even saying? #i lost the thread of this thought a few seconds into typing it but lets Go #seriously though... #im probably taking it too far but i LOVE connecting people's personalities and worldviews to their ability #and like i said i LOVE that we have actual lore for why the people and their abilities are so...suited for each other #that manga scene of the tiger is strong but you are weak AHHHH #i love.... #and i also love odasaku but man we all agree that he WAS not so flawless.... #his motivations understandable but yeah....man... #i love LOVE how i think we all BROKE when he made the decision to kill...even if it was gide #because we knew it would be bad for odasaku personally #and yet at the same time he was also blinded to see the things he still had and could fight for #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd musings #character analysis #bsd odasaku #bsd dark era #dark era spoilers #bsd spoilers #light novel things

[hailperseusjackson]

awfully bold of rriordan to keep shitting on the movies when they’ve arguably been making bigger changes (thematic, plot-wise, etc.) in the show 🫢

#saw the screenshot of that threads tweet or whatever tf they’re called #about ‘normalize bad movie erasure’ and basically sayig how far we think he’d put poker face in the casino again #bc that would mean calling back to THOSE movies #and like are they perfect films? no. #but i’m sick of the slander tbh #(coming from me who did hate the movies when they first came out but has grown to respect them as their own thing. also they’re fun) #and i’m sick of Rick touting this movie hatred when he’s making so many changes in the show!!! #also that man hasn’t reread a single one of his books ever so tbh I don’t think he should be called the expert here #anyway. i’m annoyed #also if anyone has an a dual link to that threads post lmk #pjo