#which is a high bar to clear

[brionbroadway]

caldwell went on game changer and did crimes. as expected.

#i am more convinced than ever he'd be the most chaotic person to ever grace the dome #which is a high bar to clear #game changer #drawfee #dropout #caldwell tanner #naddpod

[fayraje]

Adrienette pre season 5 will always be my preferred version. Marinette was funny and so over the top and Adrien is completely oblivious but sweet and protective. Being arospec I didn’t get the big deal with the ‘just a friend’ thing. It’s great to see them finally get together, they’re super cute, but I’ve always preferred relationships with more than cuteness. Requited adrienette justdoesn’t have Ladynoir’s banter and trust nor Ladrien’s drama potential.

#miraculous ladybug #adrienette #While adrienette(and Mari chat) aren’t my favorite love square sides #its a hetship I actively like #which is a high bar to clear #The only other ones are Lunter #relationships in fiction have a tendency to not have much substance beyond them being attracted to each other #Using romance as a shortcut to development leaves the relationship hollow. #Romance is just the icing #some people might like to eat it straight but it’s usually better with an actual cake

[xehanortsreport]

hourghh

#violently remembered my hetalia phase #truly the cringiest thing i ever was in high school #which is a high bar to clear

[tittyinfinity]

covid precautions: smoking fat dabs all day so you hack up everything in your lungs before anything can get in there

#i do it to clear my sinuses quite often actually lol especially recently bc of allergies #weed affects me so much differently than most people it's weird #i mean i definitely get a high from it but it makes me more clear-headed and helps with my anxiety #(doesn't help with the adhd) #it's the only way i can eat bc my stomach and appetite have been ruined by 12 years of multiple medications #i can go out and do anything and interact with anybody after smoking an amount of weed that would make someone else see Shadow People #i think one of the reasons it affects me differently is bc my body lacks the enzyme to break down thc from edibles #i've tried 800mg thc in a chocolate bar once and it did nothing. which like if you smoked an entire gram of wax at once. #50mg from the same chocolate made my mom so high she was scared. #so yeah i guess it just hits me differently #maybe it's because my mom smoked weed when she was pregnant with me? #actually that would kinda make sense ngl #.bdo

[allidopas]

i wrote a fic about basileus from dragalia lost 🫡

#dragalia lost #basileus dragalia lost #I try not to like. Promote my fics too much because I save the effort for my art but. #Listen! I like writing too #Mayhaps I am even better at writing than drawing #Which #Given my mediocre anime ass drawing skills is probably not a very high bar to clear #But still.

[incorrectskyrimquotes]

the thieves guild is found family and i think a huge reason theyre a fan favorite for that trope is they like. talk to each other. and to you.

#which shouldnt be a high bar to clear but bethesda really knows how to land nuts first on the high beam dont they #the dark brotherhood gets a lot of this too but i see it more often with the thieves guild and i think we know who to blame for that <3

[iheartbookbran]

Honestly seeing all the new HOTD pictures is kinda surreal bc they actually make the show look cool? Like for starters just based on the pictures and few minutes of footage we have so far the costumes look ten times better than anything Clapton ever did in GOT, like… those costumes look like something rich medieval people would actually wear, and we even got variety and color??? And those trademarked silly GRRM’s helmets???? I can’t believe it.

I’ve also been reading the new article and some of the things they’ve added are also pretty neat, an tbh the source material is I think perfect for this kind of adaptation because it’s so flimsy and vague to start with the writers have a lot of leeway to tweak things and give more depth to the characters if they prove themselves to be talented enough to pull it off, which I think the audience will be able to make a judgement on that pretty quickly since the new writers won’t really have GRRM’s scenes and dialogue to fall back on the way D&D did, only the broad strokes of what happens in the story, but still a clear ending in sight (and given what happened with the original series, that’s a huge relief already).

And all of that leaves a sour taste in my mouth in what otherwise would be a show I would be excitedly looking forward to… mostly because of Dany, of course. And I don’t mean it in the sense of like, Rhaenyra “losing” at the end is equally as bad as what GOT did to Dany which is a take I’ve seen floating around an I don’t necessarily agree with. The Dance, the way I see it, is a conflict streaming out of sheer misogyny and what society would do in order to keep women out of power, and Rhaenyra is both a victim and a perpetrator of that, but the story is still very centered around the nobility and a commentary of what they would do to keep their status quo and power, no matter how they hurt the people who depend on them in the process. That’s like, the complete opposite of Daenerys “Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?” Targaryen.

That’s the whole point of Dany imo, how much she cares and how she’s so willing to act in order to implement change and help those who need it, in spite of the repercussions that come with it. That doesn’t scream Rhaenyra to me (though I don’t know how the show is gonna flesh her out, and I’m curious to see Emma D'Arcy and how they work around to make the character more nuanced), but maybe that’s a topic for another post.

My point is that at the of the day, Dany is the original Targ, she is the most important Targ, the fact that there’s like 3 different Targ centered shows in development is only because of her, that’s her legacy, but still HBO didn’t care enough to prevent her character from being so utterly butchered. That’s the problem.

#do i have a point in writting all of this?? eh just that i’m still bitter about g*m* *f thr*n*s and will in fact die mad about it #i wanna make it clear that though i’ve got some criticism of rhaenrya as a person #SHE WAS STILL IN THE RIGHT #aegon the usurper and alicent were huge backstabbing assholes and she was the rightful heir. fight me #still i wouldn’t say she’s like dany #literally nobody is like dany she set the bar too high #and honestly as curious as i am about all these ‘successor shows’ as grrm calls them #ultimately dany’s still a presence hanging over all of them and specifically the targ-related ones #which lbr is gonna be the majority of them precisely *because* of dany #it’s like a never ending cycle #daenerys targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen #house targaryen #asoiaf #twoiaf #fire and blood #a song of ice and fire #house of the dragon #hotd #got #dracarys to d&d

[thistaleisabloodyone]

Something I've noticed - at least with RMPG, FANTA and BBZ - is that the by-age baby of the group is not the functional baby of the group. At least in my observations.

Like, Takuma is the youngest RMPG member, but if I had to pick a baby of the group, it would be Ryu.

For BBZ, Masa is the youngest member, but I'd argue for Riki being the actual baby of the group.

And for FANTA, the age difference is admittedly two days, but I'd pick Keito as the baby over Sota, who is the youngest member.

#thistale rambles #something something youngest members seemingly reaching to be mature #because while every single exile tribe is some amount of Chaos:tm: #i'd argue that these three youngest (takuma masa sota) are on the low end of the chaos spectrum #(i'm not saying they're not chaos #anyone who has watched the first five minutes of the usual night knows sota is also very chaotic) #i'm arguing they're less chaotic compared to their peers #(which admittedly for takuma includes kenta riku and takahide #so it's not a high bar to clear on the being less chaotic scale)

[antimony-medusa]

Okay I haven’t slept enough and the discussion has popped up like seven times on my dash so I’m just gonna say this.

Butchers Army’s actions were absolutely reasonable and logical responses to a perceived threat. Tracking you there. However, that does not mean that hunting down a non-citizen of your nation and (attempting to) execute them without recon (to ascertain if they are still a threat) and without trial (a baseline expectation of a justice system) is not a violent act and an abuse of power.

#it was either an atrocious travesty of Justice #or what it more practically was— an act of war against a foreign nation #which then logically leads to doomsday as you have both sides saying *i can’t live while you survive* #Logical and reasonable absolutely #but you can’t just grab people and try to kill them in your position as a government and escape the sinning accusations #everybody in this bar has done war crimes #does this count as discourse? #butchers army neg? #i never know how to tag things #to be clear I am a Machiavellian bitch and I assure you I am tracking with why butchers army #but you don’t get to do that and keep the moral high ground

[judasvibe]

this is not from season 4 but it's fucking amazing..

#i've said multiple times mr britell's soundtrack is arguably better than the show itself #by which i do mean a high bar has been cleared #Spotify

[fixaidea]

My favourite genre, you ask?

An especially frumpy, depressed god who for some reason can’t access his powers (but has impressive detective skills) solves cases with a vicious ghost who has been quietly in love with him for ages.

#guardian #tgcf #bookblr #...you know all things considered out of the four leads hua cheng is probably the most well adjusted #which isn't exactly a high bar to clear #but the other still manage to dig under it #*others

[bydragonfireandblood]

Tumblr's recommendations are kinda broken tbh. I'll like an anti-greens post and tumblr goes "anti alicent? Here is a blog for you" and it's the most braindead, batshit insane takes you've ever seen that are distinctly anti-Blacks over anti-Greens, which was what I actually wanted, tumblr

Anyway, green stans can make peace with the knowledge that GRRM himself added the Daenerys foreshadowing, Aemond is a pissbaby who burned the Riverlands because he was angy >:(, Alicent is a bitch and deserved her miserable lonely death, and their beloved Aegon was such a shitty king his own people poisoned his ass

#i watched hotd with a friend last week bc he wanted to talk about it like we used to with got #(and he's right i did miss talking plot and politics with him) #but it could NOT be clearer which side is in the right #even in the show! which tried to soften the greens #even with that it's clear as day whose claim was right #hell look at their respective coronations #aegons was big and grand but no one actually wanted to be there and were forced in #meanwhile nyra's coronation was small but surrounded by people who genuinely wanted to support her and chose her #look #shes not perfect #but the bar to be better than the perpetually-drunk rapist is uh... NOT high at all #anyway i could write about it in greater detail but i still care most about Dany so im not gonna get too rabid about hotd #but theres definitely a message abt Dany being Nyra's descendant #and how violently ripping nyra from the throne killed the dragons but her descendant brought them back

[goblins-riddles-or-frocks]

lol I didn’t want to debate in op’s mentions but yeah like it’s not guts’ fault at all! at that point in his life he has pretty much only experienced cruelty from other people. he has no frame of reference or real emotional experience. and aren’t they still teenagers at this point? even if he weren’t horrifically traumatized and emotionally stunted he still wouldn’t really have the maturity to be able to actually gauge everything going on with griffith— who is himself just a mess of trauma and artifice and terrrible coping mechanisms.

like griffith is absolutely toxic and manipulative from day one. but I do think he actually cared! otherwise he wouldn’t lose his shit and spiral so badly every time guts left. he seems fairly fine with playing a bit or even ceding some power when that’s the most advantageous thing to do imo. so him reacting so poorly, I think, has to be out of genuine emotion. similarly with him irrationally (from the super utilitarian perspective of only furthering his “dream” at any given time) putting himself at risk for guts.

honestly I don’t think berserk really works or makes sense if griffith isn’t horribly, genuinely emotionally invested. he may react disastrously to it 100% of the time, and he may still be mercenary enough in his principles and so spiteful over feeling anything all that it ends up setting in motion the eclipse and everything after. but I don’t think only a desire for control explains his earlier behavior.

#berserk #griffith #guts #I ramble sometimes #griffith berserk is perhaps the worst white haired anime boy to ever exist which is frankly such a high bar to clear #he’s deranged and it’s great

[elftwink]

kind of think i might have some form of long covid but it’s a little hard to tell given i did spend the 2 years prior to catching it having brain fog and fatigue due to being in the worst mental state of my life, owing to. you know. it all.

#good idea generator #i feel like im doing better mentally. than i was. hardly a high bar to clear but whatever #but i still feel physically. ugh im always tired and my memory is shot to hell #but also i do have adhd that i frequently dont medicate by accident #and also i did become a stoner over the pandemic which certainly isnt helping the memory thing. or general mental clarity #and i could also have burnout #who knows. all i know is every day i wake up and i wish i could sleep for like six years #just like. life pause. things need to stop happening #AND NOT IN THE WAY THEY STOPPED HAPPENING IN 2020!! no monkey's paw funny business #just so i can like. recover. #i feel so frustrated also because everyone else seems to be just like. picking back up. #LIKE. arent you all tired. arent we all tired. can we agree this is exhausting. PLEASEEEEE #i need to go to bed. don't you all need to go to bed

[onepiexe]

nothing like finding plenty to do

#logbook #every time i go to another store and am told 'theres nothing to do' and then i find several things to do #i am equally giving myself a high five and also gritting my teeth lol #im sure they had a bunch of these poinsettias out of the plastic for a reason but besides watering idc. #it looks messy. ive cleared 3 carts. i think this is abt all i can consolidate. i found 3 boxes of urban and livetrends #and 4 pots were broken so i have clearance. i can reorganize some of the houseplants. #also if they'd do smth abt their tables of clearance itd look better AND sell better. #but ofc i go 'oh hey i should go to ml bc weather and also 3 bars in car' and nobody is here. #unless mv comes in at 1p theres. nobody. #which is fine with me im appreciating the quiet. but still. #ph is here also but he's on register and thus i have to go outside to visit. #im going to either take a quick break or go back sweep and then take a break. probably sweep. left a mess lol

[marklikely]

man with pulp fiction listed as his fave movie complaining about "plot holes" on my review of black christmas 2019... lol

#thank you for proving the point i was making in the review which was that #people dislike this movie bc theyre film bros judging it by the wrong standards and cant have fun. #plot holes??? bro its a fucking slasher movie. #michael meyers is unkillable despite not being supernatural hes just a guy. freddy canonically has like 100 biological dads. #what im saying is this is not a genre where you get pissy about plot holes you dork ass loser!! #avpost #i get that a lot of people dislike it because its undeniably worse than the original and thats fair #but i feel like you should judge it on its own bc 1. the original is such a high bar to clear #and 2. its not really doing the same thing that the original did? like theyre WILDLY different. #but still if youre like. damn this is nowhere near the original whyd they even call it black christmas then i get that complaint. #im more talking about the letterboxd reviewers which all seem to be like #'wah the dialogue was dumb. there were plot holes. the killer was soo stupid. why wasn't this a highbrow art drama' #get out of here omg. most horror movies have iffy dialogue and a killer that sounds dumb when you overanalyze it. #thats not what we're here for. BEGGING lbxd users to learn how to judge a movie on its own terms