#I live good deeds

[arvidsgarden]

thinking it was the old kiva where one forgot stuff and it got rained on, I wrote this at the inception of an idea for a novel about what all multilayered narratives are—the comparing of two versions of reality (or oneself). I always have been brutally honest with myself in literature. This is both my burden and my release.

And so it was with flabbergasted wonder after quite predictably, though unintentionally, leaving it on some bench one afternoon, that I saw old-style journaling mushroom as the most appealing pastime to an entire span of generations.

[natasha-in-space]

So I'm replaying Ray's After ending rn, and it got me thinking that what I adore so much about Rika as an antagonist is just how damn scary she can be. I always found those who cause harm with good intentions (at least in their point of view) much scarier than those who hurt you with pure intention on hurting you. I think the best example of it is this CG in particular:

Look at that. Such a loving, gentle expression on her face. Probably kissing his forehead. Because she loves him. Heck, without any context, this CG looks even sweet, if you think about it. And yet, all that is while Saeyoung is forcefully sedated on a powerful concoction of drugs even a trained agent like him can't do anything about (and Saeyoung WAS definitely trained to deal with this sort of thing, hence it's mentioned that this is a 'special' kind of drugs). He looks miserable. Bags under his eyes, his expression pained and troubled, even his hair is paler than usual. All that as a direct result of her actions. But she's utterly blind to it. What's scarier, is that she knowingly shuts off her understanding of what's really happening. She's not oblivious to it at all. She just chooses not to see it that way. Simply because she doesn't want to.

Rika is the type of antagonist that will cup your cheek into her warm hand with the most loving of smiles on her face, all while you are getting elixir poured down your throat. Even whispering to you that you're doing great, that the pain will soon pass, and that she can't wait to see you reach the happiness she knows you deserve. I won't be surprised if she even cried genuine tears of compassion during some ceremonies for her believers. All while being the sole reason behind their suffering.

And that's... God, that's terrifying to me. I love that about her.

Rika Kim, they could never make me hate you

[jils-things]

the immense rage i felt while watching this entire scene go down was so strong. the gall to find joy in someone's misery, misery that cant even be stopped by them even if they wanted to change it. i feel so sad for him seeing this go down

if u need like... a brief explanation on what happened, heres how it went

these two miners probably knew that he gets so excitable when he sees money, so one of them throws a coin to catch his attention which he does, and nor.ton desperately tries to catch it. the coin lands on one miner and they step on the coin and they laugh at him as he tries to lift his foot up and then they continue to toss the coin around until they were done with him :((((((((((( he keeps the coin but you can already understand how hes feeling there :(

[theartisticdoofus]

faraway wanderers is literally just two genuinely terrible people raising one genuinely good child and doing a surprising good job while the plot happens somewhere in the distance.

[aspirant1598]

[altruistic-meme]

waded through the wreckage of a house 👍 shits fucked!

[peachdoxie]

Rescued two doggos tonight! When I pulled onto my mom's street, there was a pair of huskies wandering the road and were clearly not street savvy. It took a bit but I eventually cornered them on a neighbor's porch and got hold of the owner. I could only hold onto one dog, but thankfully the other one didn't go far and eventually came and lay on the grass near me. By coincidence, the homeowner's stepdaughter is a vet tech, so when they all got home she had some extra leashes to put on the dogs, which was good so they couldn't wander off.

I had to wait a while before a family member could come pick up the dogs, but they've since been reunited! They'd apparently been missing since 9:30 this morning (about 8 hours before I found them) and were from the next town over. I'm really glad they didn't get hurt, especially since they kept wandering into the road.

This isn't the first time I've done a loose dog rescue (my mom and I have done it a few times before) but it was the first one I initiated myself, and the first time with TWO dogs. I'm super grateful they were approachable and chill, even if they were a bit skittish at first.

[msommers]

so the thing is that ellana/blackwall have in fact become my copium during the move from hell and actually they're v good together

[firelord-frowny]

my sexuality is Garak's deranged and tortured monologue in the episode "The Wire" in Deep Space 9 where he tells the story of being exiled from Cardassia for releasing Bajoran hostages <3 <3 <3

[dirtsnifffer]

actually kinda sick and tired of liberal russians online who do this little self deprecating apologetic groveling on the floor song and dance about being russian every time someone brings it up. some original sin type beat. very annoying

[tranakin-skywalker]

anons hot take: reva should have instantly died once she let go of her hatred in owk... not walk off to have her own spinoff show...

I've got a number of gripes and criticisms with the Kenobi show but Reva surviving really isn't one of them. I honestly really liked her as a character and wish the show had done more with the potential that was there.

Having her die kind of misses the thematic point of what letting go of the dark means. As unrealistic as I find it for her to have survived being stabbed during Order 66, there's something very symbolic about her being 'killed' along with all the other Jedi, only to have her dragged back into this unlife, waking up amongst the corpses of her friends as this single solitary ghost, then forced to live for a decade in what is essentially hell, being twisted into something she never should have been. She's a vengeful spirit, unable to move on, just lashing out while stuck in this purgatory. She's trapped forever endlessly chasing after revenge- until she's finally able to break out of that cycle and actually live.

I think there's something really interesting in viewing the dark side as this horrific un-death- unable to die but also unable to live. This in-between limbo of pain and hatred forever eating itself alive. A vicious cycle of sad broken people stripping apart and breaking other people because someone had done the same to them.

Reva was able to break free of that. She stopped herself from continuing on that chain of hurt. I don't think the conclusion of an act like that should be death, but the chance to actually get to live and heal.

[royalberryriku]

I'm gonna need people to take a minute to realise that sometimes the best way to be fascist is to get up and start actions against the fascists instead of yelling at people online to stop supporting one of the two fascists.

[azurdlywisterious]

Danny repeating his mother’s mistakes and Enid her father’s and neither of them realizing it until it’s too late fantastic wonderful im in love wuthering heights and it’s consequences beautiful beautiful

Butch is also a scarecrow now but this isn’t about him

[soubiapologist]

i think it's interesting that loveless seems to operate in a universe where the logic seems to genuinely follow the idea that goodness is punished

[ssaalexblake]

the master is a woman for one regeneration and suddenly becoming a good guy is like, the Worst thing to want for that story to conclude with and that it’s actively wanted by people sometimes floors me 

[fairysteve]

steve has a book of fairytales that his mum used to read to him before his father argued that he was too old for stories

she let him keep the book, a secret between the two of them. steve has read it so many times that he can recite the stories verbatim.

for a long time, his favourite story was cinderella. but as he grew older and realised that there would be no festival, and no birds to help, his favourite instead grew to be the little mermaid.

the ending makes him tear up no matter how many times he has read it, but he understands her choice.

he, too, would throw away his chance at life if it meant the one he loved could be alive, even if they're happy with someone else. he, too, would suffer for a chance at love in the first place. he, too, would give up his voice for it.