#AND IT CAME BACK TO BITE HER

[aparticularbandit]

Yeah - that struck me after I saw the movie earlier this week - Glinda is describing herself. The Wicked are lonely, they cry alone, they die alone. That's Glinda herself.

And because it's Glinda herself singing it, that says so much about how Glinda views herself.

Especially when taken with her descriptions in For Good - you were a boulder and you stopped my stream; you were the sun and I was a comet and you pulled me from orbit into you, and when comets get pulled from orbit into the sun, they BURN UP AND DIE - like Glinda met Elphia and who she was before died.

And who she is now has to live with. her own Wickedness.

(Which mirrors the dance scene in Dancing Through Life because, yeah, that's about the relationship with Elphie, but it's also 1) Elphaba absolutely always and consistently will throw herself on own sword if she thinks it will help someone else who deserves it (threatening to quit her lessons with Morrible if she doesn't include Glinda just because Glinda did one (1) nice thing to her? and one (1) nice thing to Nessa? after how many millions of NOT nice things?) and 2) Glinda will always do something petty that goes too far and then realize afterward and feel bad and want to fix it.

Except this time, she can't fix it.)

Hey, you want to hear my favorite Wicked fact? Regardless of what part you are watching or the original musical, Glinda describes herself in “ No One Mourns The Wicked” by saying “ Goodness knows that the Wicked die alone.”

[tategaminu]

Live Callum reaction

[kinokoshoujoart]

the coolest kids in forgotten valley!!☆

(…it seems there may have been a stretch of time where rock and lumina were the only kids in forgotten valley…🥲)

poseref

[gothampiremoving]

SOFIA FALCONE + HER RISE TO POWER.

out of all of carmine's children, sofia is the one who has had the most involvement in the family's business, and has done since she was in her early - twenties. she has always been one to try and prove to her father that she was capable of doing what he needed her to do, as well as proving to those beyond the family that she was more than just the spoiled daughter of the falcone don. which is why carmine had put her in place of the falcone's new york expansion: and allowed her to experience some semblance of power and control over its much smaller operation. her capabilities were put to the test when the falcone's arrival into new york was met with retaliation from its already prevalent criminal gangs (a key opposition being from that of wilson fisk, who had actively been running the majority of the city's criminal empire). however, sofia's ability to prevail against the onslaught helped to solidify the fact that she was more than able to run the entirety of the falcone syndicate in the future: and was what ultimately made carmine officially incite her to be his heir, come his inevitable demise.

upon inheriting the entirety of the falcone empire, sofia's priority immediately shifted to their main operation in gotham: and subsequently relinquished her position in new york to her younger brother, alberto falcone. HOWEVER, THE FALCONE'S OPERATIONS IN NEW YORK CEASED, AFTER IT WAS REVEALED THAT ALBERTO WAS THE HOLIDAY KILLER — CAUSING THE NEW YORK FACTION TO CRUMBLE ENTIRELY. * the only business the falcone's have in new york now is through the transportation of illegal goods, that are kept in a secure warehouse by the docks. they are then quickly transported to new jersey, before anyone can catch wind of their arrival.

[megatraven]

the trolls movie is truly one of the movies of all time.. branch and poppy's dynamic never ceases to amaze me

[widevibratobitch]

something about being told im 'the leading person at this whole academy when it comes to interpretation and stage intelligence' by the husband of the woman im trying (not really. but i mean. who knows) to seduce... ok boy you got me. lets make it a polycule.

[linddzz]

hello, here for your opinion on odysseus! have you read madeline miller’s “circe���? if so, what did you think of odysseus?

Ooooohhhhhhhh you're nudging at a pandoras box asking me my opinions of Madeline Miller 🙃

To answer while holding the full ranting instinct back on a leash (partially bc I legit don't have much time for much typing rn AND I know lots of people like MM and idk I generally don't enjoy making people feel like they shouldn't like a thing, but I also love being salty and this is my constant internal struggle):

With a lot of her characterizations I feel like M.M. either goes too hard making them sympathetic (Circe and Patrocles being the top contenders who come to mind) or she swings too hard the other way. Odysseus is like....fine? He's not outright terrible? But he does fall into her "they are either sympathetic (cougboringcough) beauties with maayybe a couple Tragic Flaws (that are barely flaws, goD why couldn't she just let Circe have full agency and purposely curse Scylla why can't maybe Penelope be as much of a scheming suspicious fucker as her husband GOD these "feminist retelling" authors are too cowardly to touch Medea-nonono the rant is leashed I'm staying on target!) or they are horrible awful people." But she's made so many comments that make me baffled about her academic background in classics (why would you say all the gods are sociopaths Madeline??? that is an actual ancient cultures religion you're trashing??? do you not get how gods are used narratively in stories is not the same as they're worshipped esp in a religion without strict canon??? You know how we all understand that Paradise Lost isnt Christian canon what the F-Not ranting not ranting I'm good!!) lmao. She seems to fall into the common take I see where modern Anglo morality is projected on the characters divorced of the time/culture/narrative they are set in, and then go "omg how did people think this was a hero?"

Anyway I just don't see how people can look at Odysseus being a scheming ratfuck compulsive liar (who is also a great warrior in violent times bc it...was a warrior society who told his story) and go "um he's terrible why would anyone like him as he is originally????" while MCU Loki was so popular they kept bringing him back from the dead to continue being A Scheming Little Bastard.

(EDIT: uh tldr is I read Circe. The entire experience was me going "oooo it's about to get good" and then realizing that Circe is just boring the whole time. Came out the other end with more feelings about how M.M. writes women than Odysseus, but her Odysseus is part of a trend of doing a lot of black and white morality shenanigans)

[dark-elf-writes]

Anyway about the time loop/rerunning life on essentially new game plus/ reincarnation thing.

Cloud sent back in time over and over again, growing more and more ridiculously powerful each time. He has to save the planet. He doesn’t have any other choice.

The first time he is born with mako shine eyes and all the enhancements of a SOLDIER. The second (after another round of Hojo’s experimentations) he is bordering on the power of a god. The third? The fourth? The tenth?

He will get it right eventually. Things have changed every time. He’s getting closer.

What he didn’t expect was for someone else (something else?) to be meddling as well. So when he is reborn again and rather than six years younger than Sephiroth he’s eleven years younger and is picked up as an apprentice/ward/adopted son of Genesis Fucking Rhapsodos himself he is pretty understandably pissed about the situation he landed himself in.

Sephiroth isn’t entirely sure why Genesis’ chocobo child is both terrified of him and is probably plotting his death, but he does know what the after effects of Hojo looks like and he will die before he lets some scientist hurt this kid again.

[dennisboobs]

I'll be honest the whole argument about it being imperative that the gang never "wins" is still so fucking stupid to me. did you watch 3x01 with your eyes closed. dennis has "won" before, and it ruled, actually. why do we need broad ass arguments like this trying to pin down sunny when there's like. countless examples to the contrary to show it's been like this the whole time.

[egglygreg]

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[lnkedmyheart]

Just an awkward family photograph

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

I’ve been watching Titans. What have they done to my boy.

[alsaurus-loves-dean]

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[mimikyuno]

hate and war to all terfs on this earth. i hate y’all and i hope u get deprogrammed soon 🙏🏻

[bitegore]

I'm truly fighting tooth and nail to get to sleep until 9:30 these days, its unreal

[lannisterdaddyissues]

socialized a feral kitten while volunteering at the animal shelter today and i am so proud of myself :')