#what is up with that

[silentreigns]

I know we are all used to getting second-hand embarrassment from F1 interviewers because they ask dumbass questions all the time. But this time was too much like why would he say that 😭😭😭😭

Lance ate him up and rightfully so. I have no journalism experience and I feel like I could do a better job asking questions that aren't condescending to the drivers

#f1 #formula 1 #formula one #lance stroll #fernando alonso #if i was lance i would have been harsher #like have so decorum??? these interviewers need better media training or something because what the hell #sumn wrong with these dutch interviewers they always have. theyre often slick in the mouth and don't get checked #what is up with that #spanish gp 2023

[polly-wifu]

SPOILERS FOR "ELEMENTAL"

Okay so I just watched the new elemental movie and it made me realize something very interesting

Now, I'm not going to get into the plot or the side stories or the fact that movie is just OBSESSED with everyone's dad

What I'm here to talk about it the fact that this movie actually has the 2 main characters utter the words "I love you" to eachother and that got me thinking

I have NEVER once heard the love interests in a disney movie say those words. Like- NOT ONCE- Seriously!

Rapunzel and Flynn: Never said it just got married

Cinderella and the Prince: Never said it, just got married

Jasmine and Aladdin: Never said it, just got married (I have since been corrected!)

Sleeping beauty: Girly is literally in a coma for most of the movie

Snow white and Prince: Guy kisses a 12 year old's corpse, gets married to her and never says a word

And then there are the cases where one of them says it but they never once say it to eachother

Beauty and the beast: Belle says it while her man is literally dying, like–??? He says he loves her in a different scene but they don't say it to eachother

Ariel and Eric: She says she loves him to her father but Eric he never says it

Tiana and Naveen: She says she loves him he never says it back (he says he loves her in a different scene when she isn't there)

Hercules and Meg: Meg had a whole ass song about it but they never said it to eachother

And there's a bajillion other examples

This was just like a total culture shock to me. It's actually incredible that almost all the disney movies, which center around love and couples, never have the two characters who are MEANT TO BE TOGETHER say even a single "love ya shawty" "Aww radical, love ya too bb"

#disney #pixar #disney pixar #elemental #elemental movie #elemental pixar #disney movies #the little mermaid #mulan #princess and the frog #hercules #megara #snow white #aladdin #new movie #tangled #Cinderella #what is up with that #like seriously #???? #just had to put it out there #has anyone else noticed that? #What the fuck disney???

[junopede]

Is anyone going to talk about the fact that Kayne is the only humanoid character who doesn’t get his face described by John

#no seriously #what is up with that #obviously John can’t describe eldritch creatures like Hastur #but even Scratch gets described as ‘looking like Marie’ #so what’s the deal with Kayne #i love him #malevolent #malevolent podcast #kayne malevolent #arthur lester #john doe #masked

[all-lars-bars]

I just realized that the empty hotel Jay and Jess were at was never explained. Like, yeah Jessica's got a point, where is literally anyone else in this building?

#like yeah ik there were staff members n shit #but no other guests??? #what is up with that #marble hornets

[fruitsyrups]

a susan

#the shading is literally so made up I just do whatever #susan strong #adventure time #my art #goodies #somebody give this girl some fucking shoes #i mean. i kind of did. but she NEVER wears shoes in the show except when shes a kid #what is up with that

[slavicafire]

why does tiredness last so long. why does it catch up with me even a week later

#żmija gada #also I wake up with unprecedented ease these days BUT I'm tired and sleepy like two hours after already #what is up with that #vitamin d restock needed

[evelyncarnahans]

i personally have adhd and watching fourteen in wild blue yonder was like watching myself when i'm not trying hard to mask it:

the overreaction from being overwhelmed and not in control of a stressful situation? then immediately apologising for yelling? check

screaming and hitting or kicking the walls when emotional? check

being unable to stop yourself from talking a mile a minute or going on tangents even when you're in a situation where you shouldn't be? check

finishing sentences? check

talking to yourself constantly? check

wild hand gestures and pacing? check

easily excited/passionate about things? check

etc etc

people have written incredible think pieces about the doctor being neurodivergent across all their reincarnations, and honestly it makes so much sense

#watching 10 and 11 and 13 and 14 especially is like watching a goddamn mirror #i literally have the same mannerisms and never realised until it essentially slapped me in the face #what is up with that #i hate that i said the stupid gravity pun before they did too like brain stop following patterns you silly thing #shout out to the doctor (an actual doctor) that suggested to me in my late teens that i might have adhd. everything suddenly made sense #adhd #neurodivergent #doctor who

[helielune]

RISING POP SENSATION REVEALS SHOCKING CHILDHOOD MEMORIES IN EXCLUSIVE NEW EPISODE

(textless and super flat vers beelow)

#trish una #jjba #jjba part 5 #vento aureo #golden wind #eyestrain #probably?????? #my eyes were hella strained working on this but i also have poor screen habits so. yknow #isn't it kinda fun that i now have. many jjba posts with pink bgs #even more if you count lilacish greyish colors #what is up with that #MY ART #if this tag is capitalized u know i forgot it at first 👍 #jojo's bizarre adventure #jojos bizarre adventure #pink just bangs ig

[macaulaytwins]

#not to break into the slasher community but this is the funniest fucking thing I’ve ever seen #what is up with that #brahms #the boy 2016 #slashers #slasher community #brahms heelshire #horror movies #horror films #meme #shitpost #the boy movie #slasher #I wish my ***** was getting flooded with brahms 😔

[spnscripthunt]

Here's clarification on strike rules for cons like the ones held by Creation Entertainment from SAG-AFTRA and from actors booked for cons run by Creation Entertainment happening in August (STLV and SPNNC).

#admin: lets-steal-an-archive #sag strike #sag aftra #kim rhodes #armin shimerman #michelle hurd #creation entertainment #what is up with that #did gary write that??? #star trek #supernatural #*it's j2 + impala photo ops now (for those of you wondering)

[franken-loser]

Some lame musical Henry fanart

#literally why did they make him a priest #WHY IS HENRY A PRIEST #What is up with that #henry clerval #frankenstein musical #musical henry clerval #frankenstein

[bashsbooks]

Iron Widow Book Review

★★★★★ ~ 5 out of 5 stars

Due to its popularity on Tiktok and Tumblr, I have long heard rumors about Xiran Jay Zhao’s Iron Widow. I tend to be skeptical about social media hype, but after a friend recommended it to me personally, I added it to my to-read list, forgot about it for like a year, and then promptly remembered it when I was figuring out what books to read for my 2023 reading challenges. And as soon as I started reading, I was like, “Oh shit. I should’ve read this sooner.” 

Iron Widow lives up to the hype. Actually, it smashes through the hype and goes way past what I expected. Set in a futuristic alternative universe based on Chinese history and mythology, Iron Widow follows Xu Zetian as she volunteers to be a concubine-pilot, a deadly but supposedly necessary role required to power Chrysalises, which are basically giant supersuits used to fight off aliens. Concubine-pilots usually die in the process of powering Chrysalises, though their families are heavily compensated for this sacrifice. At the beginning of Iron Widow, Zetian is desperate to get vengeance for her sister was forced to become a concubine-pilot by their family - and then murdered by a male pilot before she could. (Interestingly enough, piloting the Chrysalises is not deadly for men - usually.) So Zetian volunteers with the ulterior motive of killing her sister’s murderer and quickly finds out that everything she knows - about the piloting system, gender and social dynamics, about the war - is a lie. 

Although the patriarchy is a primary antagonist in Iron Widow, not every man in the book sucks  sucks; in fact, Zetian manages to find not one but two love interests in Gao Yizhi, the son of the richest man in the country, and Li Shimin, a man who murdered his whole family (for good reasons, he’s valid) and is only being kept alive because he’s the best damn pilot in the war. As a hater of love triangles and a lover of fellow bisexual men, I am pleased to report that Yizhi and Shimin are also very interested in each other. 

Iron Widow contains such a nuanced and fascinating take on how the patriarchy fucks over everyone. Zetian is understandably upset with the way women are treated, but she learns over the course of the novel that things aren’t all sunshine and roses for men, either. This does not diminish her passion for fighting for women (and indeed, it is never really poised as a competition of who has it worse; it’s pretty clear that it’s by-and-large worse for women), but it allows her to see men as fellow humans rather than inherently The Enemy. 

Zetian is also disabled, having had her feet broken and bound from a young age to turn them into ‘lotus feet’, which are considered beautiful in her culture. She has trouble walking, even with the aid of a cane, and she constantly feels pain in her feet. This is a central aspect of her character, not an afterthought, and it’s woven into the novel thoughtfully. It parallels and interweaves with the novel’s exploration of gender and gendered expectations - much like Zetian cannot be reduced to the caricature of womanhood expected of her, nor can she be reduced to a caricature of her physical disability. Instead, the integration of these aspects into her character are complex. Her successes are not in spite of her womanhood and her bound feet, but because of them, and that makes her all the richer as a protagonist.

I love Iron Widow, and I’m happy to recommend it with a full 5 out of 5 stars. Its sequel, Heavenly Tyrant, comes out in August, and I can’t wait to read it. Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow’s author, is here on Tumblr (@/xiranjayzhao) and they have already posted some Heavenly Tyrant memes to tide me over until then. (And if you like authors commenting on their books outside of the text, then I recommend following their Tumblr after you’ve finished Iron Widow.)

#iron widow #xiran jay zhao #ya books #sci fi books #ya sci fi #queer books #book reviews #my book reviews #5 out of 5 stars #i could not find a nongrainy picture of the cover anywhere i swear #what is up with that #anyway read iron widow it's awesome #can't wait for the sequel later this year

[antvnger]

do you know the muffin man?

The muffin man?!

#ask scott lang #scott lang #ant-man #anon asks #the muffin man #shrek #I gif searched the muffin man #and got some weird gif choices #like lots of men #and no muffins #and no shrek #what is up with that #ant man #antman

[swallowedabug]

before and after editing 💀

#i should start complaining about coloring h&r like i do about killjoys #i mean what the fuck is this lighting?? #is it just the webdl rip because it's always been a little iffy #like. some frames are duplicates that you have to delete or the gif looks weird #what is up with THAT #it's so annoying 'cause even though i made my own action for it #i've given up using it 'cause it almost never actually does the job #then you just have to manually delete every. fifth. frame. #but sometimes it randomly changes?? that's why the action doesn't work #i've literally never had this problem with any other media that i've giffed. baffling tbh #my gif #i should really just make a before/after tag... #before and after editing 💀 #that's the tag i'm too lazy to come up with a better one

[misc-obeyme]

Hi!!! I’m bombarding your blogs with late-night thoughts/Scenarios again (hope u don’t mind :(( )

Just thinking about the trope “he fells inlove too late” alot lately. It just makes my heart aches so much and a good way to make yourself cry to sleep…

I imagine this with Lucifer, Belphie and Asmo alot, and my reasoning is this. With luci, he attempted to kill us three times…Ik he was only doing that to protect his family…? But i just know for sure that Mc (at least mine) can’t keep the crush on for long after those events. And Asmo, i mean…flirting and affection is kinda his thing yk? So you wouldn’t know of he was serious about flirting with u or not and well it’s hard to tell if u really have a chance lol. And Belphie, *cough* lesson 16 *cough*

And that trope could actually fit the whole LIs now that i think about it lol

Dearest anon, I do not mind. I never mind. Please feel free to leave all the thoughts and/or scenarios in my ask box. However, I am a touch concerned about crying yourself to sleep on purpose? I hope you’re doing all right!

Anyway, I know sometimes the ache just hurts so good. And wow you’re getting me with this idea.

I definitely think you could make it apply to any of the characters, but I like the ones you chose, too.

It’s interesting in the context of the other characters, too. I mean with Lucifer, if MC lost interest in him because of his death threats, they would almost certainly find another brother immediately. My first thought is Mammon. And then I’m like how would Lucifer feel if he realized he was in love with MC too late, after they’ve already given up on him and now they’re with Mammon? Like yeah he’d be happy for them because he knows how happy that’d make them both, but ouchies.

I think Asmo is an interesting option, too. Because I really like to think of it as maybe Asmo has never had feelings quite as deep as the ones he has for MC. And it isn’t that he fell too late, but more that he didn’t know what to do with them or perhaps didn’t even recognize them for what they were. I like to think Asmo never really got into a deep or long relationship until MC showed up. Then suddenly it was like who is this and why do I feel this way about them? But maybe it took him too long to figure it out and now MC has moved on…

Belphie is a lost cause, I think. I know there are some Belphie lovers and some Belphie haters. But that boy killed MC. And by the time MC sets him free, they could have fallen in love with any one of his brothers. Even after that, it takes a little time for Belphie to finally make a pact with MC, too. Perhaps MC just can’t get over what happened. My MC has that issue for a while. I think my MC could give Belphie a chance, but it’d take a long time and there are other characters they’d fall in love with faster. It’s an interesting concept though. Like if none of the other characters were meant to be for whatever reason and by the time MC is fully comfortable with Belphie again, they start to realize they’re falling in love with him.

Oops sorry I got a little off track.

Anyway, this is indeed an excellent source of angst!

#oof it really does hit the spot huh #what is up with that #never thought I’d fall out of my fluff era #but I feel like I kinda am lately? #anyway… #obey me #obey me nightbringer #obey me lucifer #obey me asmodeus #obey me belphegor #anon asks #misc answers

[klayde]

I think i earned at least 100 empty blog followers for the past week.

#what is up with that #dl