#I am not a number I am a free man

[gmotd]

House of Memes (gmotd.tumblr.com)

2023-02-04

[ultrameganicolaokay]

The Prisoner 'Arrival' (1968)

The Prisoner, Episode 1

[jtownraindancer]

missing my second favourite revolutionary spy played by burn gorman tonight 🇬🇧

[supreme-leader-stoat]

youtube finally caught up with adblock plus so of course I did the moral and virtuous thing and finally acquiesced to their demands.

I most definitely did not finally get annoyed enough to muster up the energy to install ublock origin, as that would be wrong. all hail our corporate overlords.

[married-to-a-redhead]

The Prisoner

[a-heart-full-of-dumb]

So Milan van Waardenburg who played Jean Valjean during the Dutch/Flemish 2023/first week of 2024 Les Mis tour and is currently playing Valjean on the West End just posted his top 3 from the Eurovision Song Context second semi final. Which on it's own is already fucking shit. Guess he somehow missed the boycott memo, but guess what his number one is..

Fucking Israel. Israel!

I'm genuinely so pissed and disappointed I don't even have the words to describe this all oh my god.

[leadendeath]

alright i said to myself next time i see this image i’m gonna ask. so here we are (faceblind moment)

is this or is this not brody from jaws / roy scheider ?

[silveragelovechild]

These guys look like they are residents of the same Village as The Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan).

[zincbot]

WWW EPISODE 19

[moe-broey]

Also I was SO fucking right about this. I was on the fucking money.

Some not even half baked like it's batter. Snippet from a daydream that I lost like immediately 🧍

[welcometogrouchland]

See, it's less about whether or not Willow is the braincell, and more about the fact that Willow likes taking care of her friends and looking out for them. It's both a source of self esteem and worth for her (she feels useful and competent if she's helping others) AND it's her main way of expressing her gratitude and affection for her friends presence in her life. They make her happy so she's gonna keep them safe and out of harms way. Plus most of her friends (sans hunter) have a history of looking out for her that, as much as she appreciates, she'd rather not return to. She likes her independence and she likes her new role in the friend group, she doesn't want to take steps back.

Sometimes this Need To Help manifests as magical outbursts that may not be great strategic moves (when she thinks Hunters been kidnapped in coth). Sometimes it manifests as scolding and steering in the right direction (her with Gus in something ventured) but ultimately letting them make their own choices. Ultimately Willows the sort of person to do whatever she thinks is right in the given situation for the people around her. When she can summon it, she has a lot of wisdom for her age (seen in the scene w/ her getting everyone to share food on the airship in king's tide). And if she can't summon it, she'll still try and do whatever seems right in the moment (gives hunter the pic of flapjack) and just problem solve as the day goes on until someone feels better, goddamit! <- this is the kinda moment that leads to rash decisions, bottling her feelings and burning out bc she really doesn't wanna fail due to her history and self esteem issues. It's why Hunter comforting her works so well in ftf and completely shifts their dynamic. She finally has confirmation that someone who loves her won't love her any less when she fucks up, but I digress.

Willows always looking out for others, and sometimes she's dumb about it, sometimes she's smart about it! It depends on who she's helping, why they need help and what kind of day she's had/where she is. Thanks to Them showed Willow in a pretty stable situation, hence there's extra room for silliness. For the future was following extremely distressing events and put even more stresses on Willow herself. Hence she bottles things up and struggles to make the good decisions she was once able to. It's not like she became a worse leader or friend since asias or king's tide (episodes that take time to include small moments of her playing to people's strengths, doing good strategy, making sure no one's left behind, etc). She's just having a really garbage fucking day.

She's probably only gonna get 1 Moment™ or so in the finale bc she had her day in ftf and I'm content with that, but I was rewatching asias where she DOES take on a responsible leadership role (while still maintaining her whole "blossoming wallflower/crouching underdog hidden badass" thing) and it reminded me of the small contained debate that happened around thanks to thems airing. Because yes, Willow and Gus were Goofy™ that ep, but a) they were literally comic relief in season 1 + 2A, it kinda has precedent and b) Willow is only as sensible as the situation calls for her and as her environment allows. She's nuanced like that!

[demigod-of-the-agni]

“The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.”

unofficial cover art for my Frankenstein-inspired Spider-Man fic

[flugame-mp3]

SEASON NINE FINALE WAS WILD. I HAVE MANY MANY THOUGHTS. WHAT JUST HAPPENED. A FUCKING ROLLER COASTER FOR SURE

[witchering10123]

inspired to do this by @transboyzuko :)

rules: post the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it

writing wips because i need to find a new drawing software that won't charge me the absolute earth lmao

foster home au

prison au

game of thrones + sokka

tony stark + sokka

hunger games x atla

chess

stowaways

amaruq

swt fleet in the nwt during siege fic

phantom of the opera musical zukka

(when this is just the tip of the iceberg lmao, i really need to get back into writing)

[armchairaleck]

Eh, I am wondering how they imprisoned Aaravos, and whether the nature of the prison is meant to exclude him from magic as a physical barrier - so he is buried under the sea to cut him off from the primal sources.. or whether they literally severed him from magic in some way, a bit like in His Dark Materials where they try and sever children from their souls, which would be dark..

I’m not quite sure how it would work, because he is obviously able to forge the connection with Viren, but is that because they forgot about dark/blood magic? If Aaravos was able to access his full powers I guess he might have been able to escape at some point.. maybe? Depending on how all powerful he is. Does he have access to magic when he casts through Viren in his ‘vessel’ state, or is he accessing that because Viren, not being imprisoned, has access to draw on the outside primal power?

I’m also not sure how the severing would be accomplished, but maybe the key holds the key to him reforging his connection somehow?

Okay it is literally pointless me speculating any further on this because I am too dumb, but tbh I just really like the idea of the elves/dragons tearing him from magic somehow because it ticks all the boxes of yeah, that's nasty.. you’ll feel sorry for him now.

SPOILERS below I guess if you haven’t read HDM and might want to:

I’m not sure HDM is popular outside the UK, its like a YA book, but anyway I remember really enjoying it..

So the premise is they live in a world where your soul is separate to you and it takes on an animal form that represents the sort of person you are.. so it could be a mouse or a wolf or whatever depending on your inner nature.. and because this animal is the embodiment of your soul you can never be far from it, it is physically painful, and you can talk to your soul, I guess like talking to yourself..

BUT anyway in the books the equivalent of the church tries to cut children from their souls so that they don’t grow up to sin and of course THIS DOES NOT GO WELL, it is very harrowing and the kids are left basically like zombie automatons.. but all in the name of progress and divinity I guess..

Anyway, for Aaravos they would be cutting him off from an intrinsic part of himself, and it would hurt, AND I REALLY LIKE THAT DARKNESS haha..

I mean obviously it would paint the Xadian faction in a pretty bad light.. but then isn't it a pretty bitch move to imprison someone in solitary confinement FOR LIFE.. especially when you think about Aaravos's longevity - that's cruel.. and if they're like, well it's okay cos we'll let him talk to Zubeia and Avizendum from time to time.. well that's just kinda rubbing salt into the wound, no?

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Mystery bugs in my home and I don't recognize them! I've seen a few around at this point and might make a more formal post about it tomorrow but, mystery bugs below the cut if anyone wants to take a shot at helping me ID them:

Not the best pics but it's got an abdomen with clear markings that make me think either roach or earwig, but photos of the nymphs of either don't seem to be matching up; granted I only looked for maybe 5 minutes and mightve missed something obvious but this guy's not ringing any bells for me