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I love how Arcane utilizes the meta language of film and digital media to convey its story.

The most obvious example of this is Jinx’s scratchy hallucinations. This is an exceptionally old film technique where you literally scratch the emulsion off of the film stock frame by frame. When done correctly this results in these sharp jagged gaps in the film that light shines through, resulting in this scratchy inconsistent effect.

So whenever Jinx is having a psychotic moment, the screen takes on the qualities of film stock and becomes irregular and out of focus, almost as if whoever was scratching those lines literally took the film out of the camera, scratch it, and then is trying to re-insert it back into the shot.

There are other meta-like moments in Arcane too. In season 2 when Vi punches the jaw guy in the pit fighter scene, her punch is SO STRONG that it literally dislodges the film reel briefly. Which is hilarious to me!

But the most interesting thing about this use of meta film language to tell the story is when the Anomaly comes into play. We first get glimpses of this when Jayce is walking through the storm right before exiting into the clearing at the top of the hexgate.

Instead of scratched film and other physical media tricks, the screen starts to… glitch. Like a faulty LCD TV monitor or a bad digital broadcast signal.

We never see this effect around any other parts of the show. ONLY around the anomaly and other moments where the Arcane is coming through.

And I think the reason they do this is because it makes the Arcane feel other worldly. Up into now all the visual effects and subtle tricks have been based on physical media. Film scratches, out of focus reels, dirt on the film stock, noticeable film splicing, projection issues, etc. It’s always been quirks of physical media.

But the Arcane is different. It’s not of this world. It’s MAGIC. So they switch to using noticeable digital effects when the Arcane starts acting up. Screen tearing. Streaming glitches. Color blocks and signal loss.

I just think that’s really cool. They could’ve just kept using film language to tell the story, but they use our familiarity with film language and start mixing it up to convey the magical other worldly nature of the Arcane. How cool is that?

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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino ( Centob 1591-1666 Bologna )

Source: christie’s.com

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tormented girl fall

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I'm also really territorial about my kitchen and always have to stir the pot if other people are cooking in it.

I'm curious. Reblog this if you know how to cook

I don’t even care if it’s macaroni, ramen or those little bowls you stick in the microwave. Please, I need reassurance that most of the population on tumblr WOULDN’T STARVE TO DEATH if their parents couldn’t fix them food or they couldn’t go out to eat. 

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i was so scared for him

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Ich hasse die Vorweihnachtszeit. Alle wollen besinnlich Zeit miteinander verbringen und dann schleppt man sich zur xten Weihnachtsfeier. Und dann heißt es würdet ihr bitte was fürs Buffet mitbringen und wichtelgeschenke organisieren und auch noch was zum schrottwichteln.

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I'm knitting in the corner at a party

and guys my age stop by to tell me I remind them of their aunt, of their grandmother. This is a compliment and I take it as such. They confess to having tried crochet once, and I smile. They get back in line for the bathroom.

I'm knitting in the corner at a party and a queer woman sits on the floor next to me, arranges her skirt, and smiles up at me. (I try not to blush.) She asks me all the questions on her mind about my craft and I answer them, hands still moving. We swap yarn sources. She doesn't stay, but she knows where to find me.

I'm knitting in the corner at a party and everyone knows where to find me when they need a minute, when socializing is too much and the music is too loud and they need to catch their breath. They pretend to be checking in on me, which is sweet, but I can see the relief in their eyes the moment they stop performing for a house full of people. They sit down and tell me things and all the while they never take their eyes off my hands.

The party has wound down and I'm still knitting and the hosts, two guys in their twenties, thank me for "helping to curate the vibe." I had no idea that's what I was doing. I leave the party having forgotten to drink anything and without that woman's number but with many rows added to my top-down raglan sweater. I call it a night, and a good one.

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No I get it! My opinion vary a lot as well and I will rewatch the series to see which of them stick.

And sometimes things are not that clear cut and I'm happy about a piece of media that I can keep changing my opinion on.

ok so i might sound insane right now but am i the only one who can't seem to settle on an opinion on season 2 of arcane?

someone will praise it and i'll agree. someone will criticize the same thing and i'll also agree, even if it's contradictory. i can only hold one opinion at a time, but they don't necessarily invalidate one or the other, which is why my opinions are a contradictory mess

whenever i'm actively watching the show i feel very content with what we get, like i have no strong positive or negative feelings towards it and i'm just vibing. but when i'm not watching it and thinking critically there's stuff that bothers me a lot

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someone I follow on the bird app just announced they’re starting a very exclusive private fic server because they and a bunch of other people want to talk about how much they love the fics they’re reading, and as an author can I just say that a really great place to talk about a fic you love is in the comments for that fic

I understand that people are trying to create safe spaces, but as the number of comments that I get on my fics dwindles with each passing year, knowing these spaces exist where my fics are being discussed, places that I am excluded from, makes me want to write fic LESS

I mean I guess who cares, right, because if I stop writing, there’s 10,000 other people that will continue…but if you participate in a fic “book club” server and you say nice things there about a fic you loved, maybe copy and paste that into a comment on AO3?

the only thing fanfic writers are asking for in return for hours of hard work is attention. please don’t rob us of the one thing that we hope for when we hit “post”

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Iconic outifts in TŘI OŘÍŠKY PRO POPELKU 1973 | dir. Václav Vorlíček

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One man’s bloodthirsty, murderous beast is another man’s father

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Young silco and dictator cait wear the exact same hairstyle btw

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she’s so dark mysterious brooding leading man here

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she’s so dark mysterious brooding leading man here

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I agree. I still love it to bits and weirdly act II healed me from act one, but man there is A LOT going on. It could have benefitted from a breather here an there.

New act of Arcane on balance very good, though it got a bit messy (and characters clearly getting dragged by the necessities of plot) in episode 6.

Still just an incredibly gorgeous show though.

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