#(shrug emoji) x2

[sanstropfremir]

okay, so i watched the entire kingdom ep. and it made enjoy sf9's performance more. initial watch i didn't know they were referencing tbz's danger where they stole the crown and that sf9 was stealing it from them in this cover. i was confused like ateez when they kept asking wait what is happening and like oh is that what this means? i think there were a lot of moving parts and although they were more cohesive compared to the other groups, it did fall a bit flat for me at the end (like you mentioned). supposedly they referenced new world (kmovie) - i never watched it but luckily the overall concept and storyline of their stage was easy to understand. i liked the different outfits each member wore!! i think that was my favorite thing about their performance, despite it being all different it was still cohesive and highlighted each member. i'm still :( about their use of guns in the choreo. i felt like during some parts, the members did not know what to do with them and it just felt awkward. it was okay during their group dance but still, i felt like they could have used it more.

ahh thank you for coming back!!! i love hearing what other people think of the stages since i have such a specific viewpoint and i overlook things all the time! 

i also watched the full episode yesterday and somehow, mnet actually did a pretty good job of showing the level of effort and detail that sf9 put into their stage! actually calling up and getting lessons from not just an actor but a musical theatre actor was like, possibly the best decision they could have made, because he basically told them everything i’ve been yelling about to my lil audience of 5 here. acting lessons > drowning. this stage is massive improvement for them, especially since it's only the second(!) time they've worked on something of this scale (the first was last round’s stage). and they've still got room to grow, which is perfect. the fact that they're taking this silly pop song competition as a serious opportunity to improve their skills is really admirable and shows they have a real respect for the work that goes into the industry of entertainment. but i also hope that they don’t take the whole rankings nonsense to heart because its rigged as fuck and not worth the stress. i also hope we get to see them expand into that confidence they exude a little more and do a stage more lighthearted, where they get to visibly have fun, because ikon really does have the right idea in that you truly can't take this trash fire of a program that seriously.

i think there’s an important difference to note here in how sf9 approached applying theme to their stage versus how tbz is applying theme. sf9 applied genre first, and then lightly referenced specific films on top of that basic foundation, whereas with tbz they start with a name brand and have to build down from there. i vaguely hit on kind of this point in my review but if you have a strong genre foundation it’s easier for the audience to suspend their disbelief, because they can draw on what they understand the tropes to be from their own references, and then if you did want to add some easter eggs in over the top, they aren't necessary for viewer understanding but for those who recognize them it’s a fun lil dopamine hit. if you start from a specific reference, you then either lose your audience right away because they don't know what’s happening, or you’re constantly fighting against the audience’s ability to draw a direct comparison between the two. now you can purposefully use an audiences’ perception of particular reference or genre to subvert their expectations, like in the 2018 robin hood movie with jamie foxx and taron egerton. is it a good movie? absolutely not, it's garbage, but it does have some spectacular takes on medieval fantasy costuming that are fascinating and it successfully manages to look nothing like every other robin hood movie ever made. is it mostly over the top and very “makes you think” meme? yes, but the impulse is in the right place and also this is the first example i thought of because i was thinking about quilted flak jackets yesterday, so sue me. and yes if you are wondering i do purposefully watch bad movies for fun.

as far as the gun choreo, i totally agree with you. i mentioned this when talking about minhyuk’s sword choreo but the physical and figurative weight of a weapon are integral to how it operates in space. some of the gun choreo looks awkward because a) the guns themselves are being used a bit carelessly to how we (as predominantly western viewers) are accustomed to seeing them, and b) they’re obviously fakes and not heavy enough, so the members’ movements aren’t in sync with what we expect their movements to be because our brains understand what it means to move with weight. it's like how you can tell someone is pretending to drink out of an empty paper cup, because their movements reflect that the cup is too light. acting the weight of something is a very difficult skill and there’s a reason mime schools exist, so i wasn’t expecting that level from sf9 at all and i thought they did well regardless of the visual tip off. in comparison, let's use the gun choreo in the ateez stage, because i’m still not over it and i want an excuse to watch it a few more times. why did we not find what seonghwa did awkward or out of place, especially when they used a shotgun sound effect for a rifle and we all know you can't load a bolt action rifle by spinning it around? because the gun itself is a proper weighted replica. also the orange tip, which is required on replica stage weapons. but look at the difference in speed in how the dancers move with their rifles versus how seonghwa moves with his. look at the visible thud that it makes when it hits his shoulder. it really is the smallest details that can make or break the experience. also something something camp has a wider threshold of suspension of disbelief. also the gun choreo had a specific intention within the narrative yadda yadda. sf9 was missing some of that specific intention in a few places, so there could have been some changes to give the guns more weight (literally and figuratively).

also yes sf9 has a killer styling team so far and i’m curious to see what they bring out next!!

[ctrllila]

“Oh? Where did you hear that? I could definitely be okay with that rumour.” 

[fen-ha-fuck-you]

I'm lowkey hoping the s6 trailer lacks in Bellarke because the s5 trailer lacked in Bellarke and look at all we got

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ a big reason there was 10 total frames of bellarke in the s5 trailer was because bellamy being unaware clarke was still alive was such a huge tension point and putting any of their dialogue in the trailer itself would’ve been too spoilery

season six is starting out with quite literally the opposite situation for them. where season five left off, clarke and bellamy (and jordan) are the only people awake. so.................... shrug emoji x2

[transgenderboobs]

i was tagged by @kcznej & @todreamforever (like a Billion year ago) thank u darlins :’)

under a cut b/c it’s Longe

name: prem

gender: shrug emoji

sign: aquarius

height: 5′9″ bitch

sexuality: Lesbian <3

favorite animal: cat!!!!!!

dream trip: UUUHHHH idk. i wanna travel the whole entire world,

dream job: character designer

when and why i made my blog: sheesh um i think like jan. 2014 ???? uh as for Why. hm. who remembers.

followers: 1690 !!

reasons for my url name: as the certified Worlds Biggest jean moreau stan i needed a url that would reflect my love for Son and since he’s a trojan now this is a combination of his name and his team <3 

favorite music band: hmmm paramore, fob, and p!atd are tied

tattoos: i have six (6) and i want More

favorite emoji: 💓

1. would you rather be exceedingly rich but unhappy, famous but somehow with little money, or happy and wealthy but in ill health? im already unhappy gimme that Money bitch

2. do you have any piercings that are not in your ear lobes? yes. tongue, septum, nostril x2, & bellybutton 

3. what kind of exercise do you do/sports do you play?��lol uh i dont have a car so just walk everywhere does that count

4. can you sing well enough that you wouldn’t be booed off a karaoke stage? noooooo

5. can you cook any meal from scratch? yes !! i’m a good cook when i can be bothered

6. describe in 5 words the last person you had a serious crush on: i dont rmmbr who the last person was

7. android or iphone? iphone

8. have you ever broken a bone? not to my knowledge lol

9. what’s that one song you can listen to an embarrassing number of times in a row? it changes p much every week i find a new song i like nad then listen to it nine thousand times on repeat lmao

10. what is the last book you read that wasn’t tsc? uh idk what tsc is but the last book i read was the king’s men lmao kjfgkjgfjgjh

idk its late and i have social anxiety so this tag game dies w/ me sry

[captain-fanattic]

slams paw on table, do the evens my dude

pokes ur cat paws

HECK YEAH

2. How old are you?

21

4. What is your zodiac sign?

taurus!

6. What’s your lucky number?

4 or 5 prob

8. Where are you from?

florida

10. What shoe size are you?

uuuh god idk it always like? ranges? it’s hard to find me shoes for some reason. depending on what i buy im like a 6-7

12. What was your last dream about?

heck man i dont remember what i dreamed about last night but i know the night before i had a dream that i was playing d.va in overwatch and i knocked 4 people off a cliff at once and it astounded the enemy team so much that they stopped attacking us

14. Are you psychic in any way?

n..not that i know of i guess?

16. Favorite movie?

the road to el dorado is a big fave i guess?? i just woke up and can’t really think of any other titles

18. Do you want children?

NO no absolutely not

20. Are you religious?

yeah but i never talk about it or anything

22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law?

nope

24. Baths or showers?

showers i guess

26. Have you ever been famous?

no

28. What type of music do you like?

i don’t really have a set genre if it sounds good to me ill probably listen to it,,, stuff like p!atd and tally hall i guess??

30. How many pillows do you sleep with?

4? 5 if u count the weird tiny one. i like having a lot of stuff on my bed i guess

32. How big is your house?

not very big anymore!! think its like 900 sq ft at most?? i can take a few steps out of my bedroom and be in my livingroom and kitchen at the same time so

34. Have you ever fired a gun?

i’ve fired bb guns and airsoft guns, don’t think ive ever used an actual gun tho

36. Favorite clean word?

idk the word frumpy always comes to my mind first for questions like this? like i dont even use it in conversation so its like? ??  ? ?? ?

38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep?

i probably pulled an all nighter once in high school because of how badly i was feeling or like, got 1 hour of sleep u kno, but uhh,, idk probably Awhile. probably not a full day but.. Awhile

40. Have you ever had a secret admirer?

shrug emoji

42. Are you a good judge of character?

shrug emoji x2 i can tell when people are like… not someone i’d get along with, i guess but,

44. Do you have a strong accent?

i dont think so? you might be able to hear if i say some stuff strangely bc my parents are originally from new jersey and still pronounce some things like u would if ur from up there so by default i picked that up, but i dont really think florida itself has an accent so? i guess not?

46. What is your personality type?

uhhhhhhhhhhh furry

48. Can you curl your tongue?

yea? questions like this always make me like….are there… people who cant?

50. Left or right handed?

right!

52. Favorite food?

rice of some sort probably

54. Are you a clean or messy person?

im somewhere in between - like an organized mess? it doesnt really look clean but i know where everything is56. Most used word?

idk probably “god” or “like”58. Do you have much of an ego?

guess not?60. Do you talk to yourself?

yea constantly62. Are you a good singer?

shrugs i dont do it around people so!!! my only judge is myself and i got no clue

64. Are you a gossip?

nah not really i like to keep things people tell me to myself

66. Do you like long or short hair?

either really doesn’t matter to me they’re both good

68. Favorite school subject?

if i can’t pick art for this then,, i really enjoyed zoology when i was in it

70. Have you ever been scuba diving?

nope! too spooky of a concept for me. id love to be able to breathe underwater but scuba diving creeps me out - or like, the thought of ME doing it at least. i have been snorkeling in some mega cool places though!!

72. Are you scared of the dark?

it’s like a 50/50 thing? if i’m too tired to care or like.. upset,, then no it doesn’t bother me. all other times though i’m a little freaked out cause my brain gets the best of me and its like YUOR GONNA DIE UNLESS U GOT A LIGHT ON

74. Are you ticklish?

YEAH ill frickin die man

76. Have you ever been in a position of authority?

uuuuhhhhhhghhhahshffd i… THINK i might have had some kind of position in zoology club? i don’t… really remember honestly

78. Have you ever done drugs?

no

80. How many piercings do you have?

had my ears pierced for a bit - stopped wearing them because the people who did it did it wrong and it was painful to deal with. also i was really good at. losing my earrings. too much trouble / didn’t care enough so i stopped

82. How fast can you type?

my parents are always like “WOAH you type SO FAST” but i don’t know how good of a judge that is for an answer to this question LOL i think i can type at a petty good speed though

84. What color is your hair?

dark brown,,, like super dark brown

86. What are you allergic to?

i think im allergic penicillin or something but other than that im not allergic to any foods or animals or anything

88. What do your parents do?

my moms a substitute teacher and my dad isnt currently working but used to be various things in the medical field!

90. What makes you angry?

people putting the blame on me for something that i didn’t do

92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they?

FRICK THAT

94. What are you strengths?

my ARMS /flexes

96. How did you get your name?

dunno guess my parents thought it was a Nice Name n liked it’s meaning and whatever. think my middle name is more family related or something though? the italian side of the family

98. Do you have any scars?

YEAH boy i dont think you can see the one from when that dog bit me but ive got some scars on my knees and on my foot and probably other places cause i used to get myself cut up a lot in the woods / on the dirt road

100. Color of your room?

orange!!

[smckesrp]

ehhhh skam noruega 8)?

ah, contesto estas cosas de ratitos JAJAJ, pero como ya u know, soy un fraude, no he visto skam og como se debe (lo he visto de a pedacitos for research purposes only) porque el primer skam que veo es skam france, y no me quiero spoilear la experiencia(?), así que contestaré esto con lo POQUÍSIMO que sé. Cuando termine de ver Druck O SEAN VACACIONES (lo que pase primero) la veré i promise.

the first character i ever fell in love with: ????? ninguno aún ggg

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: nO ONE YET???

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: MAN IDK

my ultimate favorite character™: SANA BEBÉ (y Even también porque todos los Evens son mis hijos)

prettiest character: TODOS SON BELLOS COMO ESTRELLOS

my most hated character: Sonja i gUESS????? (i’m biased porque le traigo mucho odio a Lucille ahorita)

my OTP: JAJAJAJ PROBABLEMENTE EVAK

my NOTP: VILDE/NOT HAVING A 5TH SEASON

favorite episode: *SHRUG EMOJI*

saddest death: IDK SI ALGUIEN MURIÓ???

favorite season: no c bro disculpa.jpg

least favorite season: no c bro disculpa.jpg x2

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: no sé si odian a alguien JAJAJAJ, pero yo no amo a nadie que sea odiad@ i guess????

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: NO SÉ JAJAJAJ

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: SANA BEBITA FOREVER

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: NOORA Y EL MAN QUE LA DEJÓ BOTADA EN LONDRES (creo que se llamaba William???? but i can’t really remembeeeer)

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: el mismo ship que arriba ggg

[emmyrider]

I finished watching durarara x2 and it was really good, characters are all still fantastic

Though I dunno if I’m big on endings that are like... “and literally everything was back to normal”

Like it’s nice for the protagonists, the people you root for

But when the only people who suffer consequences of their misdeeds are secondary antagonists at best, it feels kinda deflated. And let me tell you there are two characters who absolutely deserved punishments, one who got off literally scott free and another who was given a nice shrug emoji of an ending.

Is it a specific issue with how light novels work, or is Narita just not as good at concluding his huge plot webs as he is at setting them up and fleshing them out?

[quiplex-moved]

Tagged by @unbelaurable ((heart emoji whatever here))

Name: Kevin

Nickname: Kev - Quipt - Frost/zt

Gender: Shrugs///

Star sign: Scorpio

Height: 5′9

Sexual orientation: Shrugs x2///

Hogwarts house: Shrugs x3///

Favorite color: Dark Teal? Teal

Favorite animal: Canadian Lynx - they floof

Time right now: 4:36 pm

Cat or dog person: Cat - n dogs

Favorite fictional character: I - too many to count

# of blankets I sleep with: 2 in winter - 1 in summer

Favorite singer/band: Uhhh - videogame soundtrack....

Dream trip: British Columbia and around... 

Dream job: Shrugs x4///

When I created this blog: Early may 2014 (....As if this blog turning 3 years old)

Current # of followers: ....82

Why did you make this Tumblr: On my previous account/blog, it was all over the place with the post, so i wanted to make a new start -- so here I am.

Why did you pick your URL: It was my old username long ago so i wanted to bring it back, so ye

Tagging @crimsonpro @kingofnerdss @lilninjin @musicalwendigo

[kaltalks]

fun*** eating quirks

only eating the bare minimum to get through the day because im annoying when i actually have energy

skipping meals because i didnt do good enough today and dont deserve to eat

complete inability to eat iin front of people. im a cryptid nobody can observe. u’ll get more goddamn luck finding mothman than seeing me eat

i stand up to find food when the rat in my head says shit like do you really need to eat right now or are you just being greedy 

bonus round: painkillers work faster when theres nothing in my stomach. so i can be exhausted x2. 

***very sarcastic. this is not fun at all. i do it anyways because [shrug emoji]

[bezazzled]

My URL?

Do I Follow Them?: Yep!

Why Did I Follow Them?: Dip is a good

Do We Role Play?: Every so often

Do I Want To Role Play With Them: duuhhh

An AU Idea For Our Muses: shrugs???

A Song For Our Muses: shrugs again

Do I Ship Our Muses?: platonically

What I Think About The Mun: super nice!!

Overall Opinion: thumbs up emoji x2

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