#I HAVE OPINIONS

[sweetcardamom]

It kinda depends for me. Did the author do his/her research? A book I was really enjoying had someone going shopping on a Sunday in a village in England during WWII. This tells me the author missed some pretty basic facts about daily life there and then. There was also a window with a screen on it. This isn't as big a deal, because it doesn't make the story itself unbelievable. It's also a fact less likely to come up in one of those "Daily Life in ________" books.

Or a movie - okay, so it takes place in 1933, but the one car is actually a model year later. Understandable; old cars are expensive and it can be hard to get a bunch of them, perhaps. The '33 and '34 might have only minor differences anyway. But having a character watching television? Or wearing an obviously polyester suit? No.

If it's fantasy, just please be consistent, even if the consistency is that things are a hodge podge.

If a history-based work is good and inaccurate it’s because it’s a piece of art that sacrificed some points of accuracy for the sake of storytelling and conveying themes deeper and more important than a straightforward recounting of facts. If it’s bad and inaccurate then that’s just another reason why it sucks

[simplynerdilicious-blog]

I'm seeing a lot of Simon is a dog guy vs Simon is a cat guy when it is painfully obvious that Simon is a rat guy.

[mollyjames]

I saw this thread on reddit and it made me curious

(For the purposes of this question, let's assume you're playing a casual game with a friend and testing out a new Standard deck.)

[the-breath-in-air]

Just saw a post of someone saying that Daniel (from Interview with the Vampire) is so far into the closet that at the time of the Dubai interview he doesn't even realize he's queer.

And I really don't think that's true for his character.

He wrote articles about AIDS in the 1980s (later published in a book). He frequented gay bars in the 1970s (and possibly later). He's had sex with men. He's not repressed. (ETA: not repressed about the gender of people he's attracted to, anyway)

Now there's a lot we don't know about Daniel's life, so it is open to interpretation, I'll admit. But it really feels more to me that he's written to be someone who's, like, a 1 on the Kinsey scale. Like, his longest romantic relationships were with women. His primary motivation for being at gay bars in the 1970s really was to score drugs. (Tho that wasn't his only motivation). When he tells Armand "I can be on my knees in a minute" it really is just him "bargaining with desire" not expressing his own desire. He was definitely attracted to and intrigued by Louis (and flirting with Louis) in San Francisco, but the promise of sex alone probably wouldn't have convinced him to go to Louis' apartment. And for sure there is so much tension between Armand and Daniel in that Dubai apartment, you could cut it with a knife...it's just, y'know, both sexual and angry.

Daniel's a character with a lot of nuance in his sexuality. His sexuality is fluid. He's a character for whom his motivations for having sex are not always purely about desire (though desire is wrapped in it). And I love that! Finally a character whose sexuality is muddled...who doesn't fit into any boxes (not even those created by other queer people)...and yet who doesn't seem to be at all confused by himself. By the time we get to Dubai, he knows who he is, in terms of his sexuality.

And that doesn't make him less queer. His muddled queerness isn't a problem to be fixed. Hell, that's true even though Daniel might not even call himself queer or bisexual. This show has earned having a character do that. Like, the beauty of there being so many queer characters on this show is that no single character has to carry the weight of representation. So their sexual identities can be muddled and stay muddled.

[spielzeugkaiser]

Right when I was slowly getting back to a drawing routine life happened (exam week, blurgh). So before I vanish again, have a little snek boi. plant man. babygirl-

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Agatha All Along Finale Thoughts (spoilers)

Imo, the finale undermined the entire series. It was a show built on the strengths and foibles of women, middle-aged women at that, with Agatha at its heart. But then, in the final hour, it was revealed-- umm, actually, it was Teen all along. It all ties back to the Maximoffs, sorry.

It was completely unnecessary and renders all other characters moot. And disposable. Even the one woman who survived, Jen, was nothing more than a wordless snippet of her flying off-- no follow up, no through line, or even thoughts about her experience. And there was absolutely zero intention communicated in trying to reconnect with her.

And yes, yes, the lesbian kiss of death was literal this time. But the kill your gays trope bothers me less than what they did to Agatha. Or rather, what they DIDN'T do. See, basic storytelling requires a journey. Not just physical, but emotional too. Either from the characters or from the audience's understanding of the characters.

Throughou the series there were hints that Agatha could be changing-- but she ultimately reverts back to her initial characterization with nothing learned or developed within her character. And I wouldn't mind that Agatha starts and remains an unapologetic villain-- if the story had shed some light on the reasoning behind it. Desiring more power for the sake of power isn't enough anymore. What did she intend to do with that power? And there didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it, even as selfish as she is.

Also, why can't she face her son? It was a big confession, one that *suggests* guilt or remorse in how she's lived her life, but in the end even that didn't seem to amount to any significant change.

Overall, I think the show should cut the entire final episode. It was ultimately unnecessary, and in my opinion making Teen the source of The Road all along was a dumb choice, and turned the show from a fully formed stand alone series to nothing more than a launchpad for a future series all about Teen.

So. When I rewatch, I'll be excluding the official finale, and end my viewing where it should have ended-- with a kiss.

[reginamillls]

explain yourself in the tags, I want make/model/yeah feel free to add pics

[saxspielercaderface]

Elden Ring Lore Book: *exists*

Me: "You assume, Elden Ring Lore Book, that I will listen to you and not continue to fulfill Miyazaki's hopes and dreams by drawing my own conclusions about the lore from the environment, dialogue, music, and item descriptions."

[gunsatthaphan]

"wake up!"

[meerawrites]

Not to be weird or overly judgmental of other historical fiction media and media that’s target audience is children, but, I really like the way Liberty’s Kids (and TURN ~ obviously though TURN is a historical Amrev drama first and factually correct second, I do seriously recommend the factual book it’s based on of the same name…) but I really like the nuance and ambiguity of the 18th-century and American Revolution in all its aspects without being overly coarse or cynical of the subject matter, each of them give, you can tell it’s written by competent people.

[starrythroat]

Traffic lights have more options for colours than majority of people in the elden ring fandom have for moral characteristics

[shabbytigers]

random hill I feel like dying on today: ice cream requires a metal spoon

if the ice cream is properly frozen a plastic spoon is obviously inferior and likely to break. plastic spoons only work for ice cream you buy at an ice cream shop to eat immediately because those places keep the ice cream right on the edge of too soft, so the servers can scoop reasonably quickly and don’t hurt themselves. the upshot is you have to eat the ice cream very quickly to avoid ending up with a nasty runny mess; it’s a bit stressful, especially if it’s a cone and/or there are multiple flavors

anyway, casual ice cream places will always give you some kind of spoon solution so you will only ever have to provide, and thus to decide on, your own spoon, for ice cream that’s sold in >1 portion sizes (I don’t want to argue about pint tubs; I will say you pint-at-a-sitting eaters are very probably getting diminishing returns) and kept in a cold freezer, eg at supermarkets, where the goal is for people to be able to get it home, so it needs to have more than a five-minute half-life.

look, idk, i think ice cream should be hard enough that you might need a little muscle to dig into it the first minute or two, but you get to take your time over it and enjoy it? eating ice cream shouldn’t be a race against time! sure it makes scooping a bit more difficult but there are solutions. maybe they don’t work at scale for multi-hour shifts. or maybe shop owners save enough money setting the freezer at barely fucking cold that they don’t care

probably michelin chefs will disagree with my whole premise here and prefer to serve ice cream barely cold enough to retain its shape. but they also are probably giving you one tiny tear-shaped scoop of it on a plate of something else, basically as a condiment. that is not my central use case for ice cream. i want it separate from other things (which it will just make soggy as it melts. no! bad! retvrn to chantilly) and i want to graze meditatively on it whilst comfortably seated

[embervoices]

Humble suggestion:

If you are creating art, or especially marketing content with the intent that it get shared around as widely as possible to raise awareness/interest/money, include the context it's for in the main body of the post, not just the tags!

The OP tags don't display with reblogs. It may seem obvious to you that it's only relevant to people who know the context, but that doesn't mean it's only shown to people who know the context.

[moondustinfj]

As the new season is coming out soon, i want to establish something.

Louis and Armand love each other.

That's it and that's the truth. I have read the books and yes. Every relationship is very complex and most of them run very deep. But no one in both louis and armand's lives can lessen the fact that they love each other. Just look at how obvious their love is in the books:

And it's something else, which is irrational and unexplainable and satisfies only me.

Which is?

That i love him.

You have me. I love you

Who else, knowing us as we know each other, could do anything but destroy us? Yet we can love each other

Armand went wild. He turned and began driving his fists into marble with fury, cracking the marble tiles, the blood splattering everywhere. Until Marius gripped him and drew him back away from the wall. A long low moan came from Armand. Armand was like something broken as he lay aganist Marius. Again I was not thinking, I was merely knowing that Louis, the most vulnerable of us all was in the grip of that monster. Or already dead.

It seemed alltogether impossible that the pain would stop, and alltogether impossible that it could go on.

'You never loved him. ' Armand said bitterly. 'You were cruel to him. I protected him from you. '

I want you. I want you more than anything in the world.

I felt a longing for him so strong that it took all of my strength to contain it.

And it occured to me, if louis does end his life, if he does bring his supernatural journey to conclusion, how will I ever answer for it to Lestat or Armand, or myself?

It was the love of Louis which had at times crippled Lestat, and enslaved Armand.

Do you see how ruthless I am in love?

I fell in love with him hopelessly

He loves you. He loves you. He would have you. And he would not have me standing in the way

I see his power in your eyes, I see your misery, your distress, the love for him you can't hide

You don't need my forgiveness

You need it. Therefore, I need it

They have different kinds of relationships with many people. It doesn't change what they feel for each other. It doesn't take away from it.

The reason i wanted to say this is because i think people don't always understand the significant role they play in each other's lives. I know it's seen as a threat to most popular ships in this fandom but it's the truth.

Of course it is somewhat toxic and it has its highs and lows. But so does every other relationship in the series

[galacticgraffiti]

for my own peace of mind i have a question

reblog for bigger sample size pls

[sparklyandhaunted]

I liked Victoria from Netflix's Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

It felt like she cared too much, and it wasn't valued there. Not sure what the reason was, either she wasn't able to show it, or they put emphasis on different things.

It was slightly disappointing to see her making a commitment to come back, especially after both boss ladies said that they couldn't see her as a leader. I didn't like how her need to prove herself forced her to agree to staying at the place that hurt her.

Oh! The end! She hangs up shackle-pompoms! Good for her!

Strangely, I am a bit wary of Reece, her dancing is exceptional, but her interviews make me wonder how she manages to be so nice, and I am left with an impression of a cold-blooded killer*

Speaking of women that are killing it, it's the management; not many could elevate the team to the heights where hoards apply to work as the second job, full of impossibly high demands, earning only ginger cents**

There was also a lot of talk about Jesus, and a lot of talk about proving yourself, and a lot of hours put into the work.

* <it's kind of amazing, this mystery>

** <are cents ginger (up to 10) in US???>