#to watching it sincerely as a whole

[linktube]

maybe one day i'll finish lord of the rings just for link

#that would be the only reason lol i dont care about all that otherwise #i know i've seen parts of the first movie #maybe i've watched all of it? i have no idea #whenever i start my mind just wanders away #he's right in a sense that super popular movies that have been in the zeitgeist for a while are hard to sit and commit to watching later on #like i know so much about it and i've seen sooo many screeen shots memes gifs etc that it takes you a minute to give yourself fully #to watching it sincerely as a whole #im no way reading the books tho lol that ship is sailed

[nouverx]

I just had the intense realization that Alastor, aka the last person in universe that anyone would ever consider to be sentimental or the type to consider his friends family, was the first person to coin the term Found Family in CANON! Legit he was the first to bring up the idea of the Hotel being a family!

YEAH NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT??? I didn't even fully see them as a found family before he brought it up ahah, that line in the song made me think about it harder and be like "Oh wait YEAH they kinda are"

I don't think he was sincere at that moment ("I'm making Charlie believe we are a family so she doesn't feel the need to reconnect with her dad" yk) but it means the idea of them being a family was already somewhere in the back of his head 👀 Alastor is there something you would like to share with the class

#ask #answered #basically this whole song is weird because we KNOW he's not being sincere but the fact those ideas were already planted in his brains 👀 #maybe he just had a thought one time like “oh that felt like an argument between siblings” while watching Angel and Charlie #and he kept that in his head for manipulation #but still 👀👀👀 my guy you are starting to see those people as your family arent you #hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #am I lying to myself? maybe

[aulerean]

Everyone go watch deadloch immediately

#deadloch #this show is so so good #also #why is everyone saying it’s like ofmd? #the only thing these shows have in common is the aus/nz style of dark humour #like guys #but that aside #THIS SHOW IS FANTASTIX #MESSY LESBIANS #FANTASTIC WHODUNNIT #ADRESSES SO MUCH #IS FUCKIN HILARIOUS #and it’s so Australian oh my god I was like this actually feels like real people #the forced sincerity deconstruction too #‘all that civility and none of the community’ and how that’s shown even with Cath and how she operates #like the whole thing slays #I could talk forever #everyone go watch it #please #I beg of you #the satire is excellent #every one of the characters is fleshed out and feels like a real person and most of them have arcs #it’s so so so so so so good

[b0bs0ndugnutt]

I still think my biggest bummer with V9 is that — by the logic of the Ever After — episode 4 established that WBY didn’t need to be there. And the speeches they give to their shadow-selves are ones they could have given three volumes ago.

#‘WBY’s character arcs are complete!’ #well they shouldn’t be thats the whole damn point #its like saying Jaune’s arc was complete once RN confronted him at Pyrrha’s statue #but they keep finding new plots and pressure points to keep him dynamic #m watches rwby #i do sincerely hope RWBY finds a new home but honestly if they have to finish the story with V10 #ive consoled myself with the fact that i just dont think WBY’s remaining character points will get much focus or breathing room #So if there’s no V10 its all the same

[inkblackorchid]

Sigh.

Screw it, I have to talk about it. Watching episodes 56 and 57, but especially the latter, hurts my heart every time I do it. Yusei has had some emotional moments up until this point, but I would, without the shadow of a doubt, claim that this is definitely his most emotional moment in the entire show. And the thing is, it's so unnecessary, and not in the "this is a poor writing decision"-kind of way. Quite the opposite. Allow me to elaborate under the readmore because I have a feeling this post is going to get long.

A question I had for a long while before I really started bothering to analyse the show, especially for fic writing, was when and how Yusei found out that his parents were leading developers in the Moment reactor that ended up causing Satellite's separation, killed presumably hundreds of people, and caused a lot of the misery in his own life, too. The thing is, the show never gives a definitive answer to that. Only context clues. We can infer from Yusei's reaction the first time Goodwin mentions his father and the Moment research before the signers depart for Satellite that this circumstance isn't news to him. Furthermore, we can infer from Crow's reaction to the impassioned speech Yusei gives in episode 57 that he must have known about his parents' identities for a while.

Personally, I take this to mean that Yusei has known about his parents' involvement in the Moment research for several years at this point—in fact, I'd go as far as saying that he's known about it since his childhood, and there's a reason why I think that: To a child, the line of thinking "my dad developed this giant machine that ended up blowing up and killing a lot of people, even many of my friends' parents" makes complete sense. (Even taking into account the cover-up the city did, pretending the whole explosion was a tectonic shift—because you can't convince me even for one second that the people in Satellite who lived close enough to the reactor didn't see that the Moment explosion happened first.) And I really feel the need to stress that this explanation is something I think especially a child could have come up with. Because with all the context the show gives us about the Zero Reverse incident, it's easy to see that there were a lot more factors involved there than just "man built bad machine, bad machine exploded". In fact, this drives me up a wall so badly I need to dig into it for a second.

With all the exposition Roman/Rudger gives us in this duel, we learn several things about the late Professor Fudo. Chiefly among them, three things: He was extremely smart, he had a project with the potential to change the future on his hands, and most of all, he was extremely passionate about that project, to the point of Roman/Rudger making this comparison:

The reason I'm mentioning that is because despite all the above-mentioned factors, Professor Fudo was 100%, completely ready to shut down his entire project when he realised it could become dangerous for the city and its people. And as someone who's worked with people engrossed in their own research projects, albeit in a completely different field, let me just say this: Giving up a project of this scale is not a decision you make lightly. Scientific research, as intriguing as it sounds and looks from the outside, can be an absolutely draining affair of trying to get funding for an idea, and fighting to keep that funding later down the line, sometimes even forcing you to pay for things with your own money for a while just to keep the project alive. At a point like the one Yusei's dad was at here, this project would have already had exorbitant amounts of money put towards it, not to speak of countless hours of labour from qualified professionals. This would have been a humongous undertaking, not to speak of the fact that it was likely to be the thing that could have defined the Professor's entire career (even though I don't think that's why he was so invested in it). So I'm going to say it again, because this drives me nuts: Deciding to not simply change the direction of a project like this, to not simply try a different approach, but to instead step away, install containment seals and shut the thing down entirely, taking the whole damned idea back to the drawing board, is. not. a decision any self-respecting researcher would have made lightly. And that's without talking about the sponsors' reactions to the Professor deciding to shut the project down.

The Professor may not have been willing to risk the city populace's lives for this project, but the sponsors certainly were. And so was Roman/Rudger, because by that point, he'd already been tempted by the darkness to give in to his worst impulses. It's honestly tragic because with all the facts laid out like that—everything from the project going out of control due to factors Yusei's father couldn't control, to him deciding to shut down what would have been the project of a lifetime, to Iliaster using their shadowy machinations to tempt Roman/Rudger, to him replacing the Professor as head of the project at the sponsors' behest because they wanted a return on what money they invested into it, all the way up to Roman/Rudger purposefully blowing up the reactor in order to be reborn as a dark signer—I, for my part, couldn't find it in me to blame Yusei's dad for everything that happened. Sure, he's somewhere at the start of the causal chain that lead to the Zero Reverse, but saying it was his fault is vastly oversimplifying the whole dilemma, in my opinion. Unfortunately, we all know that there's one person who can't find it in himself to forgive Professor Fudo for being part of the chain of events that led to the Zero Reverse.

And you know what makes this extra painful? Not only is Yusei blaming his dad, who was trying his damndest to prevent this catastrophe, for what happened, he goes as far as blaming himself for it, too, on behalf of being the late Professor's son. What drives me absolutely insane about this is that there's no need for him to. Even if the Professor had, somehow, been directly responsible for the Zero Reverse, that would still not make Yusei, his son, in any way culpable. None of what happened was even remotely Yusei's fault, and he couldn't have done anything to prevent it, either. He was an infant. This is what I meant by it being unnecessary above—Yusei is carrying this insane amount of guilt around, even though there's no reason for him to. Though I don't think he could be convinced of it, come hell or high water, Yusei is blameless when it comes to the Zero Reverse. What kills me is that Crow even tells him as much:

But. BUT. There's one more thing I absolutely need to stress: While seeing Yusei shoulder all this blame for a thing he's not responsible for and that I don't consider his father responsible for, either, is painful to watch, my frustration with it does not come from the fact that I consider it sloppy writing, or a character inconsistency, or any other such thing. In fact, I think it's the opposite. Granted, this is obviously built on my headcanon that Yusei has known who his parents were since he was a child, and thus came up with his rather simplistic, causal explanation of "my father invented a thing that caused a horrible catastrophe" without looking at (or even being able to look at, considering how hush-hush the public maintenance department and M.I.D.S. apparently kept the Zero Reverse thing) all the additional factors surrounding the Zero Reverse. And that this simplistic, condemning view of his father and his past had several years to fester, at that. But assuming for a second that this guess of mine is correct, I think the writing around Yusei's guilt complex is actually spot-on. Being confronted with this as a child, he would jump to the conclusion that his father was the reason the catastrophe that changed the lives of everyone he cares about for the worse happened. He would think that as that man's son, he has a responsibility to make up for his father's devastating mistake. And he would willingly put on blinkers, never stopping to consider whether there could have been other factors that contributed to causing the catastrophe, and never stopping to consider whether the friends he's so dedicated to compensating for the losses his father caused them even actually think that he's to blame.

It's like. My frustration with this aspect of Yusei's character is endless. I want to shake him and tell him to stop being so stupid and taking the blame for this insane thing. But at the same time? That's good character writing. That makes perfect sense. And my frustration is earned because I can't help but feel that this is exactly what Yusei's complex is supposed to evoke. So yeah. I love this writing choice, and I want to throw something against the wall every time Yusei gives this speech.

#yusei fudo #yugioh 5ds #professor fudo #zero reverse #character analysis #this whole thing makes me want to bang my head against the wall every time #idk if anyone actually thinks that yusei's dad carries any blame like he does #but if anyone like that is out there: for one please tell me why you think that (I mean this sincerely) #and for two feel free to call me a professor fudo apologist #zero reverse was neither yusei's nor his dad's fault and this is a hill I'm willing to die on #ANYWAY #orchid watches 5ds (again) #episode 57 #orchid rambles

[felizusnavidad]

"cannibal mermaid hamilton fanfiction about lin manuel miranda" i'm sorry, what???

#i watched a video about hivliving drama yesterday & i don't even know what to say #it was wild #i get it now ok #i know why people say hamilton fandom was fucking toxic & unhinged #& honestly i'm happy i wasn't here around 2016 cause for the love of god this is too much even for me #but like #some of us just want to enjoy the show ok? #this fandom is not as toxic as it used to be back then #at least i think it's not #or maybe i'm just on the right side of it idk #but holy fuck the whole drama was... huge #hamilton #but sincerely can you hear me?*

[demigodofhoolemere]

Watching the Behind the Sofa features for the season 2 Hartnell episodes (surprisingly they’re on YouTube but who knows when that could get taken down) is a weird experience because a lot of the time it’s really enjoyable seeing the various reactions and they’re often very complimentary towards things that you don’t see people appreciate enough, which makes me quite happy, and then other times out of nowhere you’ll get odd comments of a few of the actresses perceiving certain lines as sexist or something. Specifically in The Time Meddler, which was otherwise a crowd favorite among them, Steven complimenting Vicki on being clever was apparently patronizing, and they acted as if the Doctor telling Vicki to keep her nose away when he was messing with the Monk’s TARDIS was him brushing off her questions as if she needs to stay in her place or something, when in context he’s dealing with precarious electrical wires and was telling her not to get her face so close because it could give her a shock — he says as much, but they talk over it. I enjoy very much that they were often appreciating things that people look over and really getting into a lot of it, but every now and again something like that would take me out of it. Don’t like when people attribute their own assumptions or biases as the meaning of something that was totally innocent.

#on that note i love peter purves to the moon and back for not having done that #he in particular was great fun to watch in these because his love for bill and the whole show is so deep and so sincere #i would marathon the entire hartnell era with that man #classic who #first doctor #vicki pallister #steven taylor #behind the sofa #never like the assumption that something was meant in bad faith that really wasn’t #it’s stuff like that that often keeps people from watching this era #because they just assume it’s there and when they do try to watch it they find it because they looked for it on purpose #this is the kind of thinking that gives us inaccurate perceptions of characters like twice upon a time #they also brought up cooking quite a bit and i’m like…? i don’t think any companion has ever cooked during their travels #much less with that as some kind of expectation of them as The Woman #makes me think of twice upon a time where they have the doctor indicate that polly was expected to keep the tardis clean #as if polly wouldn’t smack anyone who suggested that that should be her role. as if THE DOCTOR wouldn’t smack anyone saying that. please. #begging people to stop trying to make the classic series something it’s not #rant

[goldennika]

why is Soobin the most precious babie boy to ever exist 🥹😭😭

#can't believe i'm only watching this now!! #i was smiling like an idiot the entire time !! #he and jaejae get along so well #and you can really see how sincere he is about the whole thing 🥹😭 #i'm just a soobrangdan fighting for my life out here #i love him sm #soobin #tomorrow x together #mmtg

[elrondsscribe]

Mr. Darcy and I oop

#he and yanli were having a whole pride n prejudice #except it’s a tragedy #it’s an old song and we’re gonna sing it again #jin zixuan #the untamed #elvella watches the untamed #except yanli is much more jane than elizabeth #still tho #the incredible wealth n privilege #the firstborn nobility entitlement #the awkward sincerity #he’s really got it all #he is darcy and i am taking no questions

[beautifulstorms]

Layla Veillon and Alexander Brandys, You Will Be Found || JGP Courchevel 2022

#layla veillon #alexander brandys #fskateedit #jgp courchevel 2022 #sorry this is SO late but i've been thinking abt this program for weeks #like for technique.. look at the curve lift! and the second row gifs of the stsq #but also this is just a genius concept for a junior fd #obv the song in context of the musical is deeply disturbing and i have very real issues with deh as a whole but #as a standalone piece it's just straightforward and heartwarming. a little performative but without sacrificing any of its sincerity #and its perfect because theyre not trying to present themselves as 'almost seniors' by trying to act or be dramatic or mature #bc for gods sake this is their junior debut #but theyre also not going for a childlike or kitchy progam or just borrowing a warhorse without really interpreting it #like it takes the limits of their expression and polish (as nervous first year juniors fresh to the intl field) #that theyre probably not rlly able to present much more beyond honesty and dedication and finishing their movements #and turns that into a strength! like there IS no other acceptable way to approach a dear evan hansen program #(can you imagine a senior team... trying to skate to this....) #(they would get laughed out of the room) #for them its an easier presentation than anything else that would be memorable #and for the audience it is memorable! because of how disarmingly simple and meaningful and earnest it is in all its teenagedness #idk man i watched this live and almost cried. then got angry at myself for getting emotional over dear #evan hansen. then watched the on ice perspectives video and cried again #like it just breathes... the changes of edge in the ofst... the pause before the character step... #AND the ability to use one piece for the whole program despite the music tempo change restriction!! #genius im in love cannot wait to see how this develops

[buildoblivionthenwewilltalk]

see, the thing about GO s2 is that I genuinely believe it needed another go over in the script editing/ final cut stages because watching it as a whole makes the story feel so bloated and meandering - the tone is massively off from the very tightly written first season, lacking focus and not quite capturing the same wit or wisdom that the OG series and the book achieved

but then I see a little moment on a beloved mutual’s gif set and my whole heart goes 🥺😭💕🥰

#yeah I came away a little disappointed #I kept waiting for it to just … get started? #it’s very clearly a labour of love from the whole team #and the response it’s got overall shows it must be doing something right #but idk #it didn’t feel like a sequel to s1 #almost like it wasn’t confidant enough in how they’d already established a and cs relationship before #it repeated itself (and even contradicted/ retconned itself) ALOT #it was just …. yeah I’m not sure #too many ‘hey I recognise that reference’ moments and not enough plot #also the pacing is … off #but the chemistry was great #the ending was perfect for the versions of aziraphale and Crowley they’ve written for tv #and there’s tons of very sweet romantic moments with great craft behind them #it’s nice to see a queer interpretation of a 90s cult classic get taken seriously and sincerely! #I’ll definitely watch s3 and the fandom response has been great! #maybe it’ll grow on me 🥰 #spoilers #good omens #good omens s2 #shut up min

[fluentisonus]

genuinely feel there's such a clear & distinct line between pre and post 9/11 star trek

#particularly like looking at everything ds9 was doing and then looking at ent. like I diagnose you with post 9/11 america #however to a certain extent this goes for a lot of star trek that's been made since then like it's got a whole different attitude & I #sincerely believe it has to do w fundamental cultural changes in america after 9/11 and it makes it a lot harder to make good trek now #I mean I think maybe we're coming out of it a little & I haven't seen the most recent stuff #but so much of it for like a decade or so after has Such specific vibes that it can't shake in a v unpleasant way #you watch it & you're like Ah. that v specific americanism patriotism militarism conservatism xenophobic brain rot. i see #thoughts #this is not to say older trek wasn't flawed & bigoted bc it was just in a very different way than later

[stephenrea]

WHO UP BEEFING WITH THE NEVERS WARRIORS IN 2024.

#you come into /my/ house. on /my/ mutuals birthday #no but genuinely what's goin on here fellas 😭🙏 #this show has been dead for a year and cancelled for THREE how are there new fans. and why are they mad💀? #few understand that the only reason anyone is able to watch the second act of the series is because WE(alan) recorded it off tubi live #and personally edited the footage so that it could be watched after the two whole times it aired. #where were YOU when [redacted]🫵 #anyway this isn't @all newcomers‚ my sincere condolences to those who witnessed *gestures vaguely at the nevers episodes 1-12* that. #hope you had fun. hope you know we still think about it daily. #part 2 anniversary in 3 days so neversposting is BACK babyyyyyyyy #sorry for putting this in the main tag my fellow ogs and i just noticed some specific. characters. mentioning us and we have to laff🙏 #the nevers #nevers warriors #my nonsense

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

thinking abt kenkaba x reader i fear its too late for me

#THEYRE JUST SOOOOOO #ok but hear me out hear me out #no curses au + kenkaba is a famous stand-up duo + reader watches all their live performances and sits at the very front row #and theyre both just glancing at u the whole time to see if ur laughing #specifically coming up w bits and jokes that they know ull find funny 🥺🥺🥺 #you are their biggest fan AND target audience #ALSO JUST … the contrast…… listen……… #takaba who is so affectionate and loving and silly and warm… who always makes u smile #and then kenny who has his bouts of freak behavior but loves u in his own way <33 even when he seems cold and condescending #takaba who comforts u by trying to get u to laugh and smile vs kenny who sits u down on his lap and lets u sniffle into his neck #takaba who tells u everything will be okay and means it so so sincerely vs kenny who tells u stories with a soft voice to calm u down #DOES ANYONE SEE THE VISION IS ANYONE OUT THERE #theyre just a fucked up parodied version of stsg ohhhhh how i love them so #they could fix me

[un-pearable]

doubled back so hard on the ninjago fixation now i’m full on into stars wars again 👍

#it’s related i swear. we know the creators were obsessed with it #jk star wars fun on its own i sincerely believe that . was a stars war girlie first lmao #i’ve just been fending off new fixations for months now until i could get back into a ninjago mood #enough to finish my art concepts ….. i may be succumbing i REALLY want to watch the clone wars #demonstrably not immune to both clones and robots #been reading a buncha prequel era fic but i’m STILL an episode four/a new hope is the best truther and finn is the single best character in #the franchise. will never forgive them for DOING NOTHING WITH HIM. john boyega deserves the whole universe

[vampyr-bite]

just read an article complaining that ‘feel bad’ shows like breaking bad and succession aren’t being made any more and are being replaced by uplifting shows like ted lasso and like. surely there’s room for both?

#first of all why are you complaining that people want to watch sth that’s sincere and Nice #secondly succession is literally still on tv and breaking bad is still massively popular #thirdly im sure there are plenty of ‘feel bad’ shows being made atm it’s just that there are 29438 different platforms to choose from #fourth im also sure that optimistic happy shows were being made before ted lasso lol #fifth even if this claim was true then… breaking bad first aired 10 years ago. a lot has happened since then and a whole generation of kids #has grown up so of course popular tastes have changed in that time? #finally. people can watch more than one show #idk it was just such a needlessly aggressive article and for what #weirdo #;txt