#I'm going to walk into the ocean!!!

[distant-screaming]

the soft beginning of 'odysseus' ramping up with each line. like. odysseus who starts out soft and throughout the musical ramps up in intensity and rage and ruthlessness

[tevanbuckley]

no but buck having someone who cares about him enough after only a couple of dates to come running after spending an entire day not just at work but actively fighting a wild fire, because they had plans and he said he'd try his damndest to be there

[saltpepperbeard]

so are y’all like me and fixate on the fact that stede has two pillows/an open space available every time you see a shot of his bed or are you normal

[talistheintrovert]

there's something so inherently queer in the way The Eighth Sense is being acted and ESPECIALLY in the way it's being filmed, and the cinematography and editing choices that keep taking my goddamn breath away.

the almost pain in the longing of short, broken glances to avoid being caught staring, the eyes darting over his whole face instead of lingering too long on his eyes or lips, the tentative broaching of conversation and testing of boundaries that only happens with that level of anxiety in a queer relationship

the constant fear of "what if he's not?" "what if i'm mistaken?" "what if i step too far?" which straight people rarely have to worry about, because at worst if you ask another straight person out you'll get meanly turned down, but if you're queer and you ask a straight person out the reaction could be SO bad, so you're scared and you're withholding but you're just WANTING

there are whole scenes where their friendship is clearly blooming and they both forget their sexualities and they're just having fun like they do with other people

and then there's always a moment where it THUDS back home again. the wetsuits. the showers. outside the bar. on the beach. where they're both so clearly HYPERAWARE of themselves and each other and feeling so exposed and so so scared but still desperate to be near each other

jaewon and jihyun are in parallel states of just YEARNING so badly that it makes my heart ache and my breath catch every time one of those scenes appears

[langernameohnebedeutung]

I'm beginning to realise that a major reason why I woke up in the middle of August and was like "I REALLY DESPERATELY URGENTLY FINALLY NEED TO DRIVE AROUND ICELAND FOR TWO WEEKS ON MY OWN" (apart from, you know, seeing Iceland) is that this will be the first time since Ireland that I will completely on my own schedule and on my own and off to clock and not available and it's really interesting that the people in my life who are the most like 'why would you want to go to Iceland on your own, there's nothing there, that sounds boring, it's empty and cold' are the ones I most need a break from. It's you, the stressor is you.

[faaun]

we sang in the aeroplane over the sea tgth ☆

[captainkirkk]

Re: Captive Prince— MAKE SURE YOU READ “the summer palace” AFTER THE TRILOGY! It’s a short story that takes place after the events of the trilogy

I googled it and just looking at the cover is making me feel so soft 😭😭

[astrarche-x]

today's episode of being obsessed with The Radiant Emperor: this conversation (even before the ''you don't kneel" moment) is insane for the parallels it shares with Ouyang's internal struggles. Aside from the obvious ''Why can’t you make it easier for me to hate you?/Would that I could only hate, It would be easier", it makes me want to chew on glass that Ouyang seems to never have considered forgiving Esen for (essentially) being Chaghan's son and is so taken aback by the fact that Esen considers forgiving Baoxiang simply because he loves him. Ouyang could never conceive of such notion even if what he subconsiously wants the most is to live happily ever after with Esen!

Another thing is the parallel between Ouyang being like ''oh no, Esen, why can't you see reality for what it is" several times (even if he admires that) and Esen here going ''oh no, Ouyang, why can't you imagine a different reality"... For all the poetic Ouyang waxes about Esen's naivete he doesn't share I find it sooo interesting this instance of Esen dragging Ouyang for his lack of imagination because this is ultimately what doomed him...

[snobgoblin]

does anyone know a show movie etc with literally zero conflict

[ceaselessims]

currently thinking about arthur lester and You Want it Darker by Leonard Cohen came on my Spotify shuffle 🥲

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

Carver and Varric, together for one last job...

Seriously, I'm not even that far into this playthrough [currently omw to get Lucanis] but already, Rook Carver? *chef's kiss*

Just the idea that Carver's older now. Not even just older, he's nearly in his 40's by now? That he's been with the Grey Wardens since he was around 20-years-old. That he's seen some shit. He survived Ostagar. He saw what the blight did to Lothering. He's lost his parents and both siblings. Every day he knows he grows closer to hearing his calling. He's willing to disobey given orders to save people, to do the right thing.

Then Varric finds him, and tells him about Solas. And he doesn't call him Junior anymore; that's just a reminder that they both lost Hawke, and that maybe they're too old for that game now. Doesn't stop Varric from giving him a new nickname, and while Carver would just prefer his name for once, he doesn't complain much when Varric settles on Rook. They still give each other hell, for old time's sake, though.

After all these years, they're still Carver and Varric, and sometimes, they even let themselves remember that. They talk about Kirkwall. About the Deep Roads Expedition. About the Grey Warden prison where they killed Corypheus. About Merrill, and Isabela, and Fenris... and maybe if Carver's had a drink or two, Anders.

Sometimes they talk about Hawke.

Not "The Champion of Kirkwall," but the man who was a brother and a best friend once.

And then they finally find Solas, and it all goes to shit, and Varric gets "HURT," and now not only does Carver got the damned dread wolf in his head, but for the first time, he's the leader.

There's just..... so much.

[justalittlebluetiefling]

Something I've seen a couple people saying is that they want to make sure that Laudna understands that she's not the only one who has been through trauma. But like. Laudna is not the only one who needs to learn that lesson. Actually, it's not even that Laudna needs to learn that she's not the only one that's been through trauma at all, because they're all very aware of what they've all been through. This became an inevitable confrontation when Laudna decided to let Delilah back in, though, and after rewatching the scene, I actually think the only people who managed this situation correctly were Imogen* and Ashton.

Orym and Laudna are both more focused on their own pasts with the sword and not thinking about each other. Orym should have talked to the group and come to a decision with them about using the sword and Laudna should have talked to him about it instead of trying to steal it.

*my feelings about this are still up in the air don't read into this too much

[soap-is-an-artist]

finally playing Slay the Princess teehee

i love the player character so much we have such cool arms and hands!! pictures below the cut, they are spoilers for sure

rambling in the tags for funsies, spoilers again

[im-adrienne]

When an actress plays butch lesbian just a little ✨too good✨ so you're in their filmography like

[heich0e]

i don't know how to explain it or why but the simple "suguru have you lost weight?" line viscerally rends me. makes me DOUBLE OVER in agony.