#I’ve become unhinged

[emdashedem]

Okay but can we talk about this for a minute?

We’ve reblogged the eff out of the first one and for damn good reason. But like. Ava in the second gif??? I have been losing my MIND over this.

There’s just so much wrapped up in one look, in one word — “Bea.”

We can’t even hear her say it, but we don’t need to. There’s a whole goddamn universe of emotion held in that split second on her face because she’s just so taken by a carefree Beatrice.

“Bea.”

It’s a realization. A confession. A question. A plea. A statement of fact. It’s reaching a hand out into the dark. It’s wonder. It’s teasing. It’s “look at you. Look at you. You silly, beautiful thing. I see you. Do you see me, too?” It’s longing. It’s unfiltered affection. It’s a hello. It’s “of all the people in the world, you chose to share this side of you with me.” It’s gratitude. It’s “whaddya say about you and me?” and it’s “I can’t believe one person can make me feel this much, this alive.” It’s the tide, staring at the moon, awestruck and helpless against its gravitational force.

All in a single syllable.

[beetlejuicier-for-your-pleasure]

Another scene from @biggirlshots ‘s fic “The Demon’s Dance”

It was just going to be a sketch, until it wasn’t.

[rowanisawriter]

various situations

[novafire-is-thinking]

How To [Actually] Write a Combat Medic

…according to combat medics and those who know them - Part 1/?

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I’ve learned that the best way to get inspiration for characters in certain careers is to find firsthand accounts from people within those careers.

So, in researching for Pharma and Flatline, I found some combat medic skits on YouTube, and I am LOSING MY MIND at some of these comments:

Of course, not all medics are like this, and these commenters only represent a small part of the combat medic population…but I’m rolling with it because, at least in Pharma’s case, one of my goals has always been to keep a little bit of the Unhinged around.

It’s nice to know I can back that writing choice with reality. lol

[sugarpasteltmnt]

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[aprillikesthings]

Catra hate posts: her stans don’t care about her war crimes or how much she hurt others :(

Catra stan posts: Look at this mangy little beast. Vicious bitch. Horrible sack of shit. I’d let her kill me.

[pedaleceleste]

A collection of Marvin Trilogy doodles I’d post on my Instagram if my followers weren’t already sick of me

These r all disorganised but I do hope they land w the right crowd teehee

[dancingcapybaras]

who was going to tell me the magnus archives was 200 EPISODES⁉️

[waltricia]

More Hawkins/Innovations Ball Observations 🔭🎈🧭

+ A Color Theory

I know I’ve already made several posts about this ball, but I have more observations, so I’m going to compile everything here. For the stuff I’ve already made detailed posts about, I’ll just give brief descriptions.

1. Yellow. There’s so much of it here, and in the episode as a whole. Ahead of the part 1 release, I had been thinking a lot about how the color red would be used to signify Colin’s growing love- and it is, particularly in 3x04 (I’ll come back to that)- but in this episode, yellow is used more so, which is even better because it signifies how much Pen, specifically, is haunting Colin (in the romantic way obviously lol). At Stowell House, earlier in the episode, the walls are a very obvious singular yellow tone, and Colin wears a yellow waistcoat. Here at the Innovations Ball, there are a ton of different shades of yellow on the walls, props/furnishings, costumes, and in the lighting.

Also note the blue elements.

AND green!

(I love Marcus repping all the Polin colors. That bodes well.)

So, yeah, lots of Polin-coding, but also, like I said, I have a particular theory about color, which I will return to at the end of this post.

2. Colin’s entrance into the ballroom mirrors the infamously unfortunate Beauty and the Beast scene from 2x04. Both scenes have our leads stopped on staircases in front of grandfather clocks (another surprisingly significant motif of the season). I love the comparison of her being lonely because she’s left alone by him in that moment- and by everyone else as usual- to now him being lonely, despite being surrounded by admirers, because he’s being left alone by the one person who truly knows him and would make that difference for him.

3. I think everyone already knows about this parallel by now, but I have to note it because it’s so in line with my other observations- when Colin says his “it is possible to do anything” line, that scene mirrors the “assuredly, fervently, loudly” scene from 1x08. Pen and Colin are both inspiring each other, encouraging each other to be honest about their feelings.

And I feel like that’s not the only moment where the scenes are mirrored. In 1x08, when Colin sees Pen, the crowd parts so he has (and we have) the full view of her, and he makes his way over to her from the center of the floor to the edge. In 3x03, after Colin almost reveals his feelings (similar to how Pen almost revealed her feelings in 1x08), Pen leaves him at the edge of the floor to go to the center with Debling. And the crowd, which had been parted- giving us a view of Colin behind Pen- now rushes in to block that view.

4. Double meanings. They’re everywhere.

a) Again, the “it is possible to do anything” line. He’s delivering it to the admiring debutantes, but we know he’s really speaking to Pen. He’s really talking to her about his feelings for her. Of course, Pen thinks he’s talking to her about Debling. The hits just keep on coming for Colin in this episode.

b) In another interesting turn of events, considering she’s Whistledown and so much of what she’s said and done in the past seasons has been layered with hidden meanings, Pen goes and speaks the plain singular truth about herself and her intentions to Debling (obviously barring the fact that she’s Whistledown). Of course this is very in line with one of her main journeys for the season, which is to accept and reveal herself.

c) Colin attempts to hide the true meaning of his words to Violet when he asks her about love and friendship. Of course, he’s just so god damn transparent, bless his heart. And Violet, very sweetly, goes along with it.

And btw, after she leaves Colin to let him go approach Pen, she watches them the whole time. 💜

d) Unserious but relevant:

Not only are they literally and metaphorically sick, this pregnancy subplot also fits with the whole theme of nature.

e) The Whistledown narration. As per usual, it applies to multiple characters and their storylines. I’m obsessed with how it’s so intentionally layered onto the shots. The sequence is so incredible and so involved. I’m linking the post I made about it here in case anyone hasn’t seen it yet and is curious about what I mean.

5. I could be totally off about this one, but it looks to me like Miss Malhotra’s hair clip is designed like a compass. If it is, that would make sense because it would be on theme for the ball. But what I particularly love about the idea is that it’s also relevant to Polin. Hardcore Polin fans like to say that Pen is Colin’s compass.

6. At the end of this episode, as Colin has officially fallen in love with Pen, we see the beginning of the next episode’s theme color, red.

Which brings me to my final observation, my color theory.

I’ve said this before and I will continue to say it every time I have an insane prediction or theory: I am probably very wrong. But I’ll say it anyway…

It seems to me that each episode has a different signature color. I think 3x02 is green because Pen and Colin are starting to grow and bloom.

3x03 is yellow because, again, Pen is haunting Colin.

3x04 is red because they’re lovesick for each other.

And 3x01 is everything. It’s an explosion of color.

I think that, in many ways, 3x01 is meant to be a preview of the upcoming episodes, highlighting all of the colors. I mean, wouldn’t the presence of a “Four Seasons” ball indicate that everything is there? Everything that you would see in a year? (Or a full season of Bridgerton?) I think it probably tells us which colors will define the part 2 episodes as well, but I won’t venture to guess.

In speaking about Colin’s garden party waistcoat, the associate costume designer, Dougie Hawkes, said that it has hints about future episodes.

I have to wonder if this color thing has something to do with that. I’m also pretty sure that all of the other waistcoats Colin wears in 3x01 are ones he wears again more obviously in the other part 1 episodes. This seems to indicate, for one thing, that the garden party waistcoat is indeed special, but also that there is so much hiding in plain sight in episode 1 that will come back throughout the season. In other words, there’s probably a lot of stuff in part 2 that’s already been hinted at in 3x01…

But I dunno, I’m probably wrong about this.

Anyway, that’s all for now! ✌️

[1doesnotsimplyhavejust1fandam]

Nothing fandom-related has ever brought me more fear than the concept just introduced to me by an edit of Buddie to “set fire to the rain” bc the line “even now when we’re already over” at the GRAVEYARD SCENE???? When Buck tells Eddie that Natalia sees him more than anyone one else (basically) and Eddie looks pained? THAT SCENE makes me so afraid that Buddie is just going to become a missed opportunity love trope bc Buck never got his act together enough to realize that he’s in love with his best friend who is RIGHT! THERE! Before the s6 finale, I was 100% convinced that Eddie was already aware of his feelings, and a lot of that was because of what the entire graveyard scene was but holy shit if Eddie KNEW but couldn’t say anything bc he realized Buck didn’t know/didn’t feel the same anymore??? pain SO MUCH PAIN what if what if what if

[watchyourbuck]

"i want you to fuck me with your gun"

i cannot stop thinking about this line. you've broken me.

STOP AJDJDJDKSK bc i this fic is gonna have so much knife & gun play im literally apologizing on my own behalf in advance,,, I’m so happy u like it tho 😭

[daffi-990]

This made me laugh! I love love love your tags honey- never stop 🥰

Haha I’m glad I’m spreading some laughter 😁❤️

[mitchmarner]

mitch marner daniel ricciardo

🤝

being infuriatingly beautiful athletes with bumpy noses and brown hair who have amazing smiles and their only purpose in life is to make other people laugh at their terrible jokes and also i’m inexplicably attracted to them despite being a lesbian

[weemssapphic]

seeing someone in my notes who was mutuals with me way back when all i posted about was swan queen (years ago) is so wild to me like 👀 you stuck around? i’m simultaneously so glad and also so sorry

[ninas-gf]

i am filled with the desire to consume media that makes me Feel Something.

[vampire-bite]

Me realizing I can use my favorite found family narration line ever (“The kid—his kid”) for redacted