#you have to admit

[overleftdown]

i finally got around to watching archie madekwe's interview with in creative company and it was astounding, for one. i geeked the fuck out. there's so much to talk about.

his and emerald's understanding of farleigh's character on such a deep level, not just what was on screen, but in his past and in his thoughts... gagged! i was very interested in his interpretation of farleigh's family; archie considers farleigh's mother as a kind of enigmatic fallen star who behaved more as a friend than a parent. archie describes farleigh's childhood as overly mature and neglectful, with the character having to experience more mature and adult situations than he might've in a different family.

another important thing archie touched on was the power dynamics between oliver and farleigh, and how threatening they appeared to each other. archie believes that farleigh didn't truly understand the genius of oliver and how intricate a game he was playing; that never stopped farleigh from observing oliver at any opportune moment. eventually, farleigh had a deeper understanding of oliver's sinister obsession with felix, as well as the way he manipulated the family. this is why, in the karaoke scene, farleigh doesn't bite the bait that oliver offers him. he's not grateful for oliver's sympathy or companionship; he's appalled that oliver would even have a personal conversation with him in the first place.

the dynamic archie describes between felix and farleigh is also really interesting to me. he discusses the transactional nature of their relationship, but also how deeply farleigh loved felix. there was also the need to learn exactly how to behave amongst the cattons; when to pull away, when to fade into the background, where to assert or insert yourself in a situation. farleigh is, above most other things, an observer. the nature in which oliver behaves in the early summer, how clumsily he navigates conversation, incited a lot of judgement from farleigh. part of it was the knowledge that oliver didn't quite fit, didn't make sense among the cattons.

archie talks about how self-serving the majority of farleigh's socialization is, at oxbridge. his opening line is entirely intended to cater towards the people he is walking with. there has always been a need for farleigh to adapt, observe, overthink. in this environment, love is neither unconditional nor reliable.

the biggest difference i've clocked between farleigh and oliver is the way they play the game. farleigh plays his own cards, he analyzes what he's seen, and acts accordingly. whereas oliver integrates, injects, and manipulates. farleigh is playing poker while oliver is playing chess.

i'm an actual blabbermouth.

#farleigh start #oliver quick #archie madekwe #i could actually listen to archie talk about anything for however long and it would be the most engaging thing of my life #hyperfixation rizz #saltburn #saltburn 2023 #farleigh is my favorite last girl #he's got a damn good poker face #you have to admit #the way he played oliver in that karaoke scene? #diabolical #someone needed to humble that white boy #only farleigh could do it!

[koshercosplay]

tolkien: writes essays on his disdain for allegory in fiction, specifically mentions his hatred for using allegory in fiction in multiple letters, expressly tells anyone who asks (and many who don't, he wasn't picky) that lotr was not written to be allegorical in any way, and to please not read it as such

everyone, immediately upon the publishing of lotr in 1955: omg 🥺 you wrote the lord of the rings as a way to process your experiences in the war 🥺 the scouring of the shire directly correlates to your post-war trauma 🥺 wow you're so brave thank you for your service sir 🫡

tolkien:

#i was rereading his intro to the second edition of lotr #and his dry sarcastic vehemence made me think of this lmao #dont get me wrong i also do this #but #you have to admit #it IS objectively hilarious #that he spent YEARS scrambling after people going no no NO NO PLEASE DONT PUT ALLEGORY IN MY CONLANG SPECIAL INTEREST PROJECT #tolkien #lotr #lord of the rings #the hobbit #writing #jrr tolkien

[ramp-it-up]

Ladies, you ok?

Fellas, you alright?

👀

#chris evans #dj speaks #you have to admit #it’s cute as hell #he doesn’t care what we think #and good for him

[takearisk-xo]

why did you choose six years for ginny’s amnesia? or is that spoilers 👀

mostly i just liked the idea of ginny waking up in the height of her “i’m over harry potter” phase to find out she married him

#you have to admit #that’s pretty funny #in a how can we hurt harry the most kinda way #already gone #anon #answered

[psqqa]

mahmood blink twice if you’re being held at gunpoint

#you have to admit #this song does perfectly represent eurovision’s political approach #eurovision

[the-travelling-witch]

i think i need to pick up tears of themis again

#chatter spell #every time i see art cross my dash i’m like !!! #they are fine #you have to admit #and since I STILL CAN’T FUCKING PLAY TWST AGAIN #i must cope otherwise #while cursing the apple and the region lock

[1ghtsout]

stuffed animals like octavian.... COUNT ME IN

YES! you get me (we shall have a fall wedding)! we are getting lewis 15 championships!

if we can put on an organized effort of stuffed animal sacrifices, voodoo, and get some of those astrology peeps to align the stars for us or whatever it is that they do idk, a well placed sniper aimed at everyone else's tires, and some of those witch folks put curses on the other teams, we can have the next 8 years of championships in the bag no problemo! time to double up on that wdc count!

#ask #my first ask on this side of tumblr! #thank youuu #you have to admit #as much of a prick as octavian was #those stuffed animal sacrifices were pretty iconic #also funny af

[foreverabrokenfighter]

Let us all agree that no matter what boomers say about the younger generations, at least the majority of Gen X come trained with an emergency phrase that will send us straight to red alert, and most of us don't even know that we have it in our brains.

After all.

There is no war in Ba Sing Se.

#There is no war in Ba Sing Se #avatar #atla #there is no war in ba sing se #you have to admit #if you were walking around #and someone suddenly touched you to say #you'd have flash back and gtfo #hopefully with the person who warned you #me and my siblings use it as an emergency code when something bad's about to happen and we need help #but nah #that sentence gives me flashbacks

[cowardlycowboys]

girl who needs to ask for reassurance would rather be stabbed than admit they have needs

GIRL GENDER FUNNY‼️ POST MADE BY MOST FEMININE HE/THEY SHUT UP‼️

#omg kiera no one cares #admitting u have needs and stuff is so embarrassing like I'm literally an adult grow up #like I'd rather go crazy then ask if you still like being around me and love me #unfortunately that's unhealthy and i gotta work on that but until thats complete i will think about being gutted like fish instead

[inkskinned]

because sometimes there are invisible tests and invisible rules and you're just supposed to ... know the rule. someone you thought of as a friend asks you for book recommendations, so you give her a list of like 30 books, each with a brief blurb and why you like it. later, you find out she screenshotted the list and send it out to a group chat with the note: what an absolute freak can you believe this. you saw the responses: emojis where people are rolling over laughing. too much and obsessive and actually kind of creepy in the comments. you thought you'd been doing the right thing. she'd asked, right? an invisible rule: this is what happens when you get too excited.

you aren't supposed to laugh at your own jokes, so you don't, but then you're too serious. you're not supposed to be too loud, but then people say you're too quiet. you aren't supposed to get passionate about things, but then you're shy, boring. you aren't supposed to talk too much, but then people are mad when you're not good at replying.

you fold yourself into a prettier paper crane. since you never know what is "selfish" and what is "charity," you give yourself over, fully. you'd rather be empty and over-generous - you'd rather eat your own boundaries than have even one person believe that you're mean. since you don't know what the thing is that will make them hate you, you simply scrub yourself clean of any form of roughness. if you are perfect and smiling and funny, they can love you. if you are always there for them and never admit what's happening and never mention your past and never make them uncomfortable - you can make up for it. you can earn it.

don't fuck up. they're all testing you, always. they're tolerating you. whatever secret club happened, over a summer somewhere - during some activity you didn't get to attend - everyone else just... figured it out. like they got some kind of award or examination that allowed them to know how-to-be-normal. how to fit. and for the rest of your life, you've been playing catch-up. you've been trying to prove that - haha! you get it! that the joke they're telling, the people they are, the manual they got- yeah, you've totally read it.

if you can just divide yourself in two - the lovable one, and the one that is you - you can do this. you can walk the line. they can laugh and accept you. if you are always-balanced, never burdensome, a delight to have in class, champagne and glittering and never gawky or florescent or god-forbid cringe: you can get away with it.

you stare at your therapist, whom you can make jokes with, and who laughs at your jokes, because you are so fucking good at people-pleasing. you smile at her, and she asks you how you're doing, and you automatically say i'm good, thanks, how are you? while the answer swims somewhere in your little lizard brain:

how long have you been doing this now? mastering the art of your body and mind like you're piloting a puppet. has it worked? what do you mean that all you feel is... just exhausted. pick yourself up, the tightrope has no net. after all, you're cheating, somehow, but nobody seems to know you actually flunked the test. it's working!

aren't you happy yet?

#almost wrote the champagne line as ''effervescent'' but legit could not write it without saying ''effervescent like a snail'' #ah tumblr... #writeblr #warm up #idk . having trouble writing rn #ps i don't like to talk about it . it is my medical information. but before you ask. yes this is about being on the spectrum #i really don't like when ppl make my writing about how im [whatever ID]. i want it to ring true for the people who it rings true for #i don't want it to be like ''awwwww look at this person!!! she's the EXCEPTION!!! :)" ..... #no.... not really..... #idk something gross happens whenever i admit to certain conditions and i turn into like inspiration p*rnography #like yes they actually let us use keyboards these days #furthermore i just... dont feel comfortable talking about this part of me. i had too bad of a childhood. adhd is one thing... #this one im like. still coming to terms with. which is like. my own journey. #idk. just please be kind. some things are more private than others. this one feels private to me. #i do not know how to help others w/this . and i do not know how to help myself. i will talk about it if im ever ready. idk if that will #actually ever happen #ty in advance i love u im kissing you we are kissing somewhere on the spectrum

[utilitycaster]

"why should I get invested in shows if they'll just get canceled" I was deeply invested in Heroes (2006) and it was not canceled, it just got really terrible. I also got really invested in the sandwich I had a few weeks ago despite it only lasting like 15 minutes. You must embrace the ephemeral. You must be willing to love things that may not love you back, that might betray you, or that may die an untimely death. As the great philosopher Mr. Mitchell Lee Hedberg said "I'm not gonna stop doing something because of what happens at the end."

#now granted he did die of a drug overdose but you know. one can take the good lessons #anyway. point being i understand being deeply frustrated with the state of the tv and film. #but also we can admit that for every gem canceled there's like three real duds too #idk if you want something that's guaranteed to have a bunch of seasons and you know the ending for go watch shows from the 70s #the number of adults on this site who lack the emotional wherewithal to watch an ongoing narrative is. yikes. #queue

[mickedy]

Does anyone remember the internet when MLP first got popular and people online were insisting They were swearing up and down that the show was for adults, and that it was marketed towards kids but was Definitely For adults, full of mature humor and dark concepts and deep complex characters. and then nowadays you go look up an episode of MLP: FiM and the episode synopsis is something like Pinkie Pie Lost Her Balloon 🎈💔

#Like i swear it felt like a bunch of adults not wanting to admit they liked the little horse show for girls. its OKAY #its a good show you dont have to make up reasons that its good. Enjoy it for what it is 🤷‍♀️

[shawolsos]

And if I say that Kinnporsche are SO Clintasha-coded????

#listen whether you see clintasha as romantic or platonic #you have to admit #kinnporsche #kinn x porsche #kinnporche the series #clintasha #marvel #mcu #cerys rambles

[saltycryptid]

bro is NOT listening to Gale's dissertation on the mechanics of the underdark tunnel system

#Baldur's Gate 3 #Gale #Astarion #BloodWeave #Fanart #I would like to offer a sincere thank you to everyone involved in the process of me seeing Gale in this incredible fit on my tiktok fyp #I am captivated (by his double Ds) and I'm not afraid to admit it #you have born witness to a willing victim to propaganda #another in my ongoing saga of manic sketches yw <3 #Roach's Choice

[thewitchqueen281]

a blue beetle movie....

your fucking with me

who gives a fuck about the blue beetle

#dc #dcu #dcu comics #dc comics #look i dont wanna start shit with the two blue beetle fans out there #bur come on man #you have to admit #were getting this before we get ANY robins #before Kon or Jon #HELL BEFORE FUCKING ARSENAL OR STARFIRE KR THE OUTLAWS OR EVEN WALLY JM #where is cyborg where is CYBORG #if you want an obscure one there is an elite group of huge ass nerds who would kill for a martin manhunter movie

[irregularjohnnywiggins]

You ever have those moments where an idea just... won't leave your head?

#dcu #batman #bruce wayne #green arrow #oliver queen #fake tweets #things I was not able to adequately convey in the format: #obviously Bruce's reasoning is really a lot closer to Ollie's but Bruce has a secret identity to maintain and Ollie... well #I don't know if you can make it out but his twitter profile pic is him in the Green Arrow costume and that's not accidental #also I am pretty sure that Bruce does just have the first airing date of The Price is Right saved in a corner of his mind palace #just in case it's ever relevant to a case #and he's angry at Ollie because Ollie knows that and also knows Bruce can't admit it because it would raise too many questions #also I did consider an extra scene where they tag-team harass Lex #but it just didn't sound right to me #also I put a whole load of Green Arrow references in here #Q-Core N_Singh and H_Fyff are all from the Nu52 Green Arrow runs #albeit Naomi and Henry are at least in the good Nu52 runs #obviously this is post-Snowbirds Don't Fly/Hard Travelling Heroes in general so Oliver is trolling Hal and setting up needle exchanges #and even Hal explaining to Ollie what Twilight is is a reference to one of the most dated things about the Arrow pilot: #the extremely tacky Twilight joke #anyway hope you enjoyed!