#< HESISTATION.

[demigods-posts]

no but imagine percy who inherited his mom's beachwave brown, shoulder length hair as a kid. and all of his classmates and teachers thinking he's a girl and referring to him as such. and he doesn't correct them because he thinks it means they find him pretty. and he likes feeling pretty like his mom. then gabe makes him cut his hair in the second grade. and finds he likes the short hair and feeling handsome too. but he also really misses feeling pretty sometimes. and it isn't until after gabe mysteriously dissapears that he grows it out again and reconciles switching between both.

[eats-a-berry]

honest to god i don't think even fans of this guy talk about these pages NEARLY enough and how many implications are packed into them

now, i already consider this panel to be the Thesis Statement of his character IRT the first part here, but like, i will never get over how INSANE it is in general. the only sort of personal request, the only SELFISH REQUEST that he's ever made is asking his SERVANTS for HELP TO SAVE A GIRL HE LOVES??? there's no way that they don't have to listen to what he says, he straight up could've gone back to the inn and have ordered them to help as its an emergency but he GETS DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND BEGS THEM TO HELP HIM???? the most selfish thing he's ever asked for isn't even something selfish at all, not even for himself but for someone else's sake? does he just never ask them for anything ever??? absolutely insane set of pages. where am i. can anyone hear me

[ghostlycleric]

What if I said Will was blurred out here because he was smiling and that's not what they wanted for the shot? If they focused on Will's face here, like they did with Robin, it would send the wrong message.

In a season so focused on how sad Mike and El being together makes Will, suddenly including a moment where he was happy about them wouldn't make sense. But, they couldn't make him look upset, like Robin did, because that would make it seem like he was upset they found El (which would be out of character and bad for audience perception, which has been important to his character since s1).

Basically, they wanted to do 3 things: convey Mike and El being together as something that hurts Will, parallel Rovickie/put Will between them like usual, and convey Will is still ecstatic to see El. So, to do those things, they blurred Will out completely while standing between Mike and El. After that, they had him come into focus in a seperate shot where it's very clear he's only happy about El and not about he reunion with her boyfriend/his "crush".

That's why Will wasn't in focus in that shot. They couldn't have conveyed everything correctly if he was. That blur is what makes it a direct parallel to the Rovickie scene.

And no, they didn't just want the focus to be on Mike and El's moment. If they really wanted that Will wouldn't have been in the shot at all. They put him there on purpose when they really didn't have to, and it would've made more sense for him not to be.

Will being in focus and smiling wouldn't have conveyed the right message. Will being in focus and sad wouldn't have conveyed the right message. Will not being there at all wouldn't have conveyed the right message.

Will being there and blurred out conveyed the message they intended.

[doorstovenus]

leela being badass

[justaz]

merlin who stands against the wall while uther reprimands arthur, who stands behind arthur at dinners where uther’s disapproval and disappointment is apparent, who has been there when arthur is quiet and despondent after private meetings with his father, who has watched for years the sting of uther’s words and sometimes hands against his own son, who has bit his tongue and followed arthur with gentle hands and softer words as he puts the pieces back together of the man he knows and loves.

merlin watching uther lose his temper over arthur going against him for their people and watching arthur crawl into himself and shove his feelings down to be the emotionless prince his father expects of him. once uther’s rage has quelled somewhat, he dismisses arthur without another look and arthur leaves, his back ramrod straight and his chin held high despite the glazed look in his eyes, his last shot at keeping his composure. and merlin breaks, he glares at uther and waits until the doors shut to speak, in case arthur was close enough to hear.

merlin rants and raves at uther, calls him out on his bs, and tells him to be there for his son. ofc uther isn’t having any of it and yells back at merlin but merlin isn’t deterred and keeps going on and on about how much of a disappointment uther is as a father and how much better arthur deserves. uther steps in close and raises his hand as if to backhand merlin but he doesn’t. the two stare at each other, heated glare meeting heated glare, and finally uther mutters that he should have merlin flogged for speaking like that to him. merlin doesn’t waver as he welcomes uther too but he couldn’t just stand by and watch uther tear arthur apart anymore.

uther slowly lowers his hand and turns his back on merlin but he hasn’t given in to merlin’s argument so he switches tactics. he asks how uther expects arthur to be the sure, determined, and just king he is meant to be if uther won’t let him grow into his power and autonomy, let him learn his lessons and apply them as king. uther finally lowers his shoulders at merlin’s argument which just irks him more as uther clearly cares more for arthur as a future king rather than a son but he doesn’t point that out.

uther turns to stare at merlin and asks if he really just disrespected the king so horribly just for arthur, merlin nods once without hesitation and echoes “for arthur”. uther’s lips twitch despite himself and he nods and says how he is glad arthur has someone like merlin looking out for him. merlin tests his luck once more and responds that arthur could have more than just him, he could have a dad, not just a father.

merlin watches as arthur reports back to his father the next week about an expedition they had gone on to protect one of camelot’s outlying villages from raiders and uther grins wide and pulls arthur into an awkward side hug that’s more a complicated pat on his shoulder but at least it’s something. uther says openly how he’s proud and that camelot should feel lucky to have a prince who is looking out for her.

arthur is stunned and manages a slight bow to his father as he leaves (merlin and uther exchanging a glance and nod as he passes). merlin watches arthur as the room empties and a wide, proud smile stretches across his face. merlin feels warm and fuzzy at the sight and chuckles as arthur spins and pulls merlin into a similar side hug while laughing loudly. the two of them have the most fun that day, spending the rest of the daylight goofing off and running around with no particular goal in mind other than enjoying the day. it’s the happiest merlin has seen arthur be for such a long period of time.

[beaulesbian]

One Piece ep. 1095 || "It's not that simple! I even hesitate to attack just because he's a kid!"

[snarkspawn]

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[floofery]

found this doodle I made right after I finished my first playthrough of Omori

Don't think I've drawn anything capable of rivaling it yet

[innocentarteryarchive]

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[canisalbus]

Have you ever played Stardew Valley? I think you might like it, the soundtrack is lovely, it has so much lore, and the art is very pleasing!

I've seen it getting a lot of praise left and right, but haven't played it myself. What would you say to a person who knows next to nothing about it, but is tentatively interested in giving it a try?

[celbrini]

Panthers v Oilers ... pre SCF Game 5 ... 18.06.2024

[itsnotmourn]

give me those little grey spooky month doodles and i’ll sketch out the in spooky warriors au? x]c

examples:

[razberrypuck]

I NEED everyone to understand that gangle's masks don't control her emotions. I need everyone to understand that she is literally masking her emotions and not having her comedy mask only limits her ability to do so. she's seemingly capable of feeling and expressing happiness without her comedy mask -- just like every other emotion -- she's just. not a very happy person.

[nopantscook]

ahem.

[kijosakka]

more,,,, character dynamics save me,, save me character dyanmics (WHY IS ITHIS SO LONG)

idk how clear it was but this is less a canon-self-indulgent-noah-centric rewrite thing and more an exploration of how to write a character in This Specific Way and how that itself affects canon rather than how the wanted changes to canon affect the characters?? idk

now while i havent thought too hard about the rest of canon i do imagine post-london one of those challenges is an elimination of someone that skews the gender ratio of the cast, strictly because im imagining noah takes owens role and gets paired with blaineley — and he hates her. and the sentiment is shared. she cannot fucking stand him and he would rather jump into the falls willingly than even risk getting blaineley immunity.

^ something something comedic potential but it is also to the effect of showing how noah doesnt play to win, but plays instead to benefit his own goals — small change, but it makes the difference

umm canon events are again so very lost on me but character dynamics are fun!!! alejandro and him are on rocky footing since london and wary of one another — alejandro believes noah doesnt trust him, which he doesnt, but its less of an ‘avoid you at all costs’ distrust and more of a ‘poking the sleeping bear’ kindof deal where if noah were to find out about how he feels, he would further use it to pry about the person underneath. alejandro is naturally curious about noah because of his limited screentime yet apparently ability to play, which is what drew him to being friendly pre-london, even more so than the rest of the team, but his interest is set to the side while he focuses on figuring out his motivations (in a rushing, jump to conclusions manner hes way more hurt than he should be) (smth smth maybe noah finds out and criticizes his getting too emotional when Playing and finds that alejandros reaction to that, while real, really upsets him?? smth smth character arc),, noah realizes later with no small amount of horror that he himself is entangling his person in the emotions of his character, and would likely try to distance himself and have a little moment of inward frustration when the intrigue does not quell with it,, so instead he tries to Ignore. (spoilers it doesnt work)

tyler is Tyler, noah doesnt really have any major opinions of him, he does heavily heavily criticize him for falling into the group of people who had relationships on the show, which he sees as bad and stupid, and he doesnt feel sympathy for his plight of trying to get lindsay to remember him. sortof similarly tyler sees him as standoffish and brash and openly dislikes his cold interactions with everyone and his unwillingness to make proper friends and connections. tyler sees how total drama as a show affects relationships as just part of it, and further than that worth it, whereas noah (initially) views it as more trouble than it could ever be worth

duncan is also in the group of people who got into relationships on the show, which immediately sours noahs perception of him (and their first meeting not really being on good footing, and the tddddi special,,,) which turns into real personal dislike after the gwen/duncan thing happens; not only did he not have the decency to properly break up or even just talk things out with his girlfriend, but then he went and cheated on her in the confessional. to noah, its intentionally crossing the line of separated characters and the person — duncan the character is ruining the relationship of duncan and courtney the real people, and that makes him genuinely angry (smth a development of how hes usually just irritated that no one else separates the two like he does). duncan doesnt think much of anything of noah, just sees him again as standoffish and rude, but also someone fairly easy to push around? in the sense that he sees him as passive and come something like sweden does not expect the pushback that comes partially from noahs dislike of him and partially just to be contrary (i would imagine that despite this noah gives him the same advice as courtney to the effect of ‘do not give a public reaction’, but is more motivated by knowing that duncan will likely ignore that and is content to watch it blow up in his face while he sits back and says i told you so)

(im saving owen and izzy for later okok) team amazon :0!!! gwen was someone noah had a neutral to positive opinion of, mainly coming from sympathy with heather, again, pulling real life into the characters lives (a sentiment which idk if you can tell he shares about basically the whole cast) but it is soured with her relationships. however its a little different when by s2 it becomes apart of the character and is no longer crossing those two lines — which he does pity, in some distant sense, but ultimately accepts as a facet of the character moreso than the person. come post-london it becomes more neutral-negative because again, its a facet of her character in the show no matter how unfortunate that is, but when he sees how she feels genuine and personal regret he gives her the same advice as duncan and courtney: do not show a reaction, do not give anyone anything to look for in this situation. unlike duncan, she actually follows this (smth smth while courtney does not like her rn she does see how gwen cares enough about the situation to go out of her way to make it unpalatable to the viewers). pre wt simply because of their vastly different circles, gwen didnt know enough about noah to have too many thoughts, but come post london she really appreciates his separation of character and person and generally ends off with a pretty positive opinion of him (and similarly noah can appreciate how she actually took his advice and furthermore liked his little separations)

cody and noah,,, umm do not interact much? maybe the awakeathon didnt happen, but then again maybe it did and it is like a sore point of vulnerability for noah and his 'always aware' thing he has going on (and also hes so aware of how the press will eat him alive for it) and it could also foil sierras character changes bc her appreciation for the characters (noahs onscreen character as a focal point) goes beyond her personal liking of cody (parallels/inverses of her and noah??) umm cody is maybe a little scared/wary of noah?? his demeanor is simply offputting to him,, noah not so much pities him but has a distant sense of such because of codys behavior seeming like hes constantly unaware of the cameras and has no qualms about how it might be embarrassing to the larger public (noahs respect does rise immensely when he punches duncan though),, ultimately codys opinion and how it changes is kiiind of secondary/tied in with sierra and her ramblings?? since theyre often close by and because of sierras changes i want to imagine they get to be friends as People (which again, while noah finds mostly fruitless he does have to give sierra and cody to an extent props for separating the two)

courtney!! again, shes someone who had a relationship on the show which initially made noah dislike her -- but come action she did, at least in his eyes, put her character and position on the show before her relationship. that was a little squashed with the whole 'lawyer contract' thing she gave duncan, which coudlve been a relationship as characters, but it become obvious very soon after that courtney really wasnt aware of the distinction and neither was duncan. and because of it, much like gwen, the courtney/duncan thing became just parts of their characters and tainted what they could have had as people. come post-london, courtney (while having generally thought of him as a slacker/'loser' of the game based on his dodgeball performance) does respect and appreciate greatly that he told her immediately, and even more so that he tries to keep the situation from being exploitable as the plot point its become. similarly noah appreciates how she understands the distinction, and they leave off on good footing even beyond the game (smth character arcs, shes the parallel to alejandro and how he can infact have relationships not spurred on by cold interest)

heather is interesting (mostly bc i interpret canon how i want and this is my little brainworm),, as i imagine it here she, in island, played the social game and crossed the lines of character and person (esp with gwen), but had a sense of awareness while doing so -- and kind of like noah, while she didnt expect hugs, she expected wayyy less animosity than she got when arriving at the playa. to her, its a game, and for the chance of the money why shouldnt she play it as best as she knows how?? < noah respects this -- she plays the game well, separates character and person, and appeals to the producers need for conflict within the show itself. does he think shes mean and vain and insufferable to be around? yes. does he respect and give props to her for her own play style? also yes. (smth,, mention his thoughts on the whole lindsay thing,, he regards it with a disconnect of like 'well why didnt she expect that' thing,, umm foil with one of his own relationships??) heather thinks not very greatly of noah at first tbh, she sees his intelligence as usable and doesnt understand why he wouldnt take advantage of whats around him (but also 'if he doesnt use what he has then obviously he doesnt want this prize bad enough??' smth vague there) come world tour when she figures out noah knows what alejandro is Like, she waits for him to do something. and waits. and waits. and ---- then sierra goes on her whole spiel and she rethinks his character in the show, and has her own little realization that he has been playing the game, using means to a wayy different end. (potential heather&noah teaming?? since noah has noticed how heather seeing through him bothers him in a very different way than anything else [poor oblivious noah he cant see thats what caused alejandros shift in demeanor towards him :Sad:] and she reasons that he isnt really playing for the money anyway

ah sierra,, reality tv obsessed, superfan of total drama,, as someone who was an outsider looking in and who also understands and is fascinated by this in universe idea of panopticon, she gets it more than anything the distinction between character and person. heather the character is mean and bossy and pushy, but maybe the heather the person is toned down. cody the character is the one shes obsessed with, but cody the person might be too different, so maybe she should just stay obsessed with the character (smth smth the dyamic between cody and sierra also changing uhhh,,, also awakeathon?? maybe its a 'since they were sleeping it was cody and noah the people and not their characters so her animosity is just Not There??),, even further than that chris the character is no one to be admired and doing so will earn her no favours, but chris the person is an absolute mogul of entertainment (ty world weary) who she'll forever admire. < contrasted to how in canon she reprimanded heather for being 'mega new' and not understanding a meta-ish reason for why a certain team would lose, she very much understands and likes how noah separates the two and plays as such (imagining a scene where the two of them are on the save wavelength about the behind the scenes reason something happens and the rest of the cast is just Looking On). noah definitely finds her information on the casts personal lives offputting and creepy, but at least can give her (hysteric) props for knowing intimately the differences between character and person, even if she cant really respect the boundaries that come with it

now,,, owen izzy and eva. team escope <3 UMM. im so sorry i love them but. i also think noah would be hesitant if not downright refusing to make connections on the cast (world tour goes off the rails idk) and knew there was something like the beginnings of friendship with eva and izzy on the playa (and to an extent owen on the island) and set it aside to potentially kindle once future seasons and filming was off the table. i feel izzy would be content to go with this (theyre already best friends in her head), and noah would also be content to let her treat him as such because character,, eva on the other hand does not like his reluctance, but she does (begrudingly, angrily) respect it as a boundary up until she finds out its just because of the cameras, which to her is cowardly since the idea of distinguishing such a line that no one else even sees is pointless < which noah finds hard to understand, having been surrounded by that line for years and years (hence the little to no animosity he has towards chris for the show itself) it feels extremely clear to him and he had trouble seeing it from other perspectives and wondering how it could not be so obvious to these people (he learns tho he learns) world tour happens though and despite the cameras still filming he goes ahead and tries to build up something (which eva can appreciate)

^ owen,, they get their friendship as well,,, their interactions are a little disconnected courtesy of one (1) noah but much like eva and izzy after he has his little moment he does take a liking to owen and go out of his way to be friends with the guy (maybe a little sprinkle of foreshadowing-ish moment where noah is hurt to see owen go when hes eliminated but dismisses it as apart of his character and not that he actually likes him as a person),, owen really likes noah!! he thinsk his quips are funny and takes his rude and standoffish behavior as just having trouble with trust and goes out of his way to not push when noah seems reluctant about something,, hes hurt when post-wt noah very bluntly admits that their friendship wasnt as two sided as he thought but is willing when he says he wants to try being Tangible Friends

and uhhh the wider cast generally holds a dislike for him because of (again!!!!) his distinctions that they dont make, but theres no real animosity once noah goes out of his way to try just a liiitle bit (mostly just for his friends,,,)

yeah thats all i have. for right now. this is way longer than i thought it would turn out to be

iam thinking so hard about. noah. and nepotism. like uhhhhhhh

[mollysunder]

Idk who needs to hear this, but in the event Jinx and Viktor do partner up, Jinx is the more normal one of the two. Imo people in Zaun LIKE Jinx better than Viktor. Viktor's association with Jinx alone is damage control for his reputation.

If you think about it for even 10 seconds, you'd see how Viktor is just an offputting dude. Yeah Jinx has volatile outbursts of destruction, but that's concentrated at specific people and at Piltover. Jinx isn't out here performing strange feats of blood magic that turns innocent bystanders (Sky) to dust. Jinx dealing with hextech recognizes it's dangerous (it connects to the realm of Heebie Jeebies) and is hesitant with it. Viktor knows he doesn't know what he's doing and just keeps going. That's worse, that's so much more dangerous.

You could say that Viktor's well-meaning and eventually develops a cult following from it. But one, Jinx has a cult too, and it's more successful (they steal real estate). Two, Viktor's time in Piltover has really skewed what needs to be done. At best, as a part of the hextech duo, Viktor might have improved workplace safety with his inventions, maybe, but not really. He wants to help Zaun, but he's lost the plot in the frenzy of Piltover's trade expansion.

Ironically, Jinx almost certainly has a better handle on understanding Zaun's politics and issues than Viktor ever did. Jinx spent her formative years at the top of Zaun's hierarchy while being raised by the defacto kingpen/political leader and actively enforced Silco's regime as well. So Jinx knows who and what's up in Zaun because she kind of made it happen, lol.

Tldr: Between Viktor and Jinx, Jinx is the more charismatic and likable figure to Zaunites. Take a step back and notice how Viktor is an extra level of weird compared to Jinx.