#The reflection of others in their eyes
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I think what amazes me about the animation in arcane is how HUMAN the characters look. Especially their skin, you can see the pores, the lines, all the "imperfections" which are typically covered by makeup in real life, photographed to not appear as such, or is simply neglected in animation in favour of ease.
At first, I thought it was weird. Never seen it before, right? But as time went out it grew to be one of my favourite things about the show. The animation in general is phenomenal, but the way you can see that exhaustion, contempt, surprise or rage or WHATEVER on those painfully human features, just like us, always like us, gets me more than anything else.
#I haven't seen anyone talking about this#It's the little details#The tooth gaps in certain characters#How Jinx is all sharp lines and shapes but 'powder' is softer. Like a 'baby face'#The blood and saliva and the veins#The SCREAMS#How their eyes are so expressive. The way they dart around subtly before coming to a conclusion. Always moving.#The reflection of others in their eyes#arcane#I very distinctly remember thinking 'hey. That's what I look like.'#And the realisation that .. that's kinda what everyone looks like#We're all just desperately trying to convince ourselves of 'flawless skin' but really that's just what makes us human#They are ugly or something to be fixed or 'taken care of'#They're me.#Arcane#arcane season 2
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Love that Oppenheimer is a deeply disturbing horror movie about a man forced to accept that he is, in a person, the representative manifestation of mankind’s evil in committing one of the greatest horrors of human history - LITERALLY acting as the modern Prometheus, tormented by his sins for the remainder of time. Knowing that he will never be pitied and his actions will forever be utterly unforgivable because the blood of genocide and the potential of total human annihilation will eternally drip from his hands.
But also the simultaneous indictment by the film that to blame a single person for the Manhattan Project is to refuse to accept your own capacity for great evil if the ends ever seem to justify the means, and the culpability of every member of a species that lets itself create something so unspeakably terrible.
Hate that twitter’s take on such a nuanced and brilliantly handled examination of those issues is “movie bad because protagonist not evil enough.”
#what’s that quote about the problem with othering the enemy in media is that we can no longer see our own reflection in their eyes#oppenheimer’s motivations WERE sympathetic that’s the POINT#we SHOULD feel uncomfortable with our sympathy for him - the film goes out of its way to make us feel uncomfortable about it#we should be uncomfortable with the fact that we might have made the same decisions as him in his place#yes he’s evil but his evilness represents the evil that we might all accept in ourselves#twitter simply cannot handle nuanced takes on things ig (tumblr does though - the posts on here have been surprisingly excellent)#oppenheimer#(tldr - look if you walk out of Oppenheimer thinking it somehow celebrates the man then you may need to retake 9th grade Literature srry)#films
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I'm sorry but the irony of Nico calling Max unprofessional is sending me so bad like sir there's an entire garage full of people, who were literally in the trenches trying to survive the Brocedes fallout while just doing their jobs, who might have a few things to say about your (& Lewis') level of professionalism at that time 😭✋️
#f1#formula 1#formula one#max verstappen#nico rosberg#lewis hamilton#brocedes#like niki lauda had to try multiple times to literally parent trap them to try and get them on speaking terms it never worked#because one would arrive they'd see the other and the other would leave#& if i remember correctly the garage crew would swap around from race to race as a like see we aren't favouring anybody gesture 😭#and thats no shade to nico because it was both of them contributing to that environment#his comment re max is just making me laugh#like if i was a part of the pr/media team - which is a part of the degree I'm working on irl - at merc that year i would've lost the plot#like its insane reflecting on it nearly a decade later but the poor souls just trying to do their job in the eye of that storm#truly gods strongest soldiers#ngl the professional comment irks me a bit because its not like max is engaging in inappropriate work place behaviour#he's engaging in another aspect of racing that his involvement raises awareness of & that makes racing more accessible#& we all know how inaccessible not only getting into racing is but also to continue to pursue the further along you go#theres so many stories of 1 sibling giving up racing so the other can keep going because the family can't afford for them both to race#its a huge financial strain & we only see a handful of drivers talk about that & try to do something to change it#and nicos fellow sky sports commentators are routinely unprofessional on so many levels#additionally max had a lot of valid reasons to be annoyed at his team today#but alas he's not english so he's ungrateful#i hate that drivers can't criticise their teams or car without immediately being branded as bratty & ungrateful#ESPECIALLY WHEN THEIR JOB IS TO GIVE FEEDBACK#you can see the double standards from sky when say Lando or George have complaints with their team/car v the likes of Max and Yuki#especially Yuki my god the things i would do to get the British media to leave him alone#this was a jokey post at one point and then became a rant whoops lmao#I'll leave it that before i write an actual essay here 😭✋️
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MMMM twins au with danny and dan except its og TUE timeline danny and dan
ok okay i neeeeed o write this down and share it before i explode buT. as the title says. twins danny and dan (who im going to be calling James/Jamie bc i cannot express how much i despise the name dan) where, instead of disappearing into the ghost zone after he's separated from danny's body, Dan rips out Vlad's ghost half, tears THAT in half, and fuses one half with himself and the other with Danny.
Shit happens, and BOOM. Two morally ambiguous and perhaps slightly murderous demonic twins from hell. Daniel James Fenton and his Twin WHose Always Been Here What Are You Talking About :) James Daniel Fenton. They are both depressed, lonely, and one bad day from becoming a mass extinction event :)
this is because i got grabbed by the hair today and dragged into the SVSS fandom screaming and the fanart of Shen Jiu/Shen Yuan/Shen Quingqiu (????) with his fan entranced me. Ice Prince Core is my favorite thing so naturally i have to implant that onto my favorite blorbos ever :)
After the Incident, both their appearances changed and they're practically identical to each other. Sorta. They both have heterochromia and salt-and-pepper hair. But Danny has one green eye and one blue eye and white hair with black streaks, while Jamie has one blue eye and one green eye and black hair with white streaks. I'm iving them both long hair, for funsies <3
nobody can tell them apart, they keep getting confused on whose who and frankly the mix-match hair and eyes make it worse not better asjd. they're horrifically codependent. please do not separate :)
and because i must. im pulling a blood blossom/tales of the passerine and giving them to pre-robin batman. batman and his terrifying demon(??) twins. nobody is quite sure if they're human or not, and the scourge of gotham are a little too terrified to ask.
(they dont HAVE to go to batman while he's pre-robin. however. i think its much funnier that way bc gotham isn't use to A) Batman having kids, and B) Batman having TERRIFYING kids yet. think of all the new fun rumors)
they both use war fans while they're out, and neither of them use their ghost forms because they at least have the remaining empathy to know that they're more likely to murder someone accidentally as a ghost :). Ghost form is for fellow mythicals and Functionally Immortals Only! Not for Squishy Humans.
Jamie: murder. bloodshed. revengggee Bruce: no. no. Justice. peace!! hope! Danny: bittinngggg. blooood. ^-^
They're honestly not bad kids they're just horrifically traumatized two halves of a whole that can never be reunited ever again :).
idk what their vigilante names are but i do know that the underground refer to them in horrified whispers as 'the twins'. this all stemmed from the desperate and sudden urge to see Danny and Jamie, as their vigilante selves, hiding the lower half of their faces with fans and looking terrifyingly judgmental while they do it <333
#danny fenton is not the ghost king#dpxdc#dp x dc#danny fenton#dpxdc crossover#dp x dc crossover#dpxdc au#danny phantom#dan phantom#dp x dc au#dcxdp#dpxdc prompt#the twins au#look look it doesnt NEED to be DPxDC specifically i just WANT it to be. give bruce two twins who arent technically twins at all but the#shattered remains of a boy's soul who will never be whole again :). i need them to be like. 13 when bruce gets them but also when they're#older they're the picture of refined and lethal elegance. bc brrrrrrr. they have scarves bc scarves brrrr. they're like capes lite.#despite Jamie's demeanor comma it IS danny you need to watch out for dont be fooled Danny is not harmless nor declawed he's simply quiet :)#just do you- do you-- dont run away --dO YOU SEE THE VISION. I AM ON TH FLOOR FROTHING. DO YOU SEE THE VISION#they both have hollow looks in their eyes and that never really goes away even after they get older. but it does get better. bruce does hel#bring back some of that spark bc i refuse to slander that man in my house. im going to let my babygirl be a father like god intended#its par for course that of course bruce wayne's new kids look like supervillains in the making. just look at what happened to harvey dent#the gotham public is so certain that beloved bruce wayne has adopted demons. but nobody can prove anything other than the eery reflection#in the twins' eyes and their too sharp teeth. their pointed ears and soft voices that take up the room. antichrists the both of them#bruce wont take this slander and the twins?? honestly?? dont appreciate slander against bruce either. thats their New Dad actually#anywhoosies just a new fun au idea that includes og timeline danny :)) i dont think he'd be anything like his counterpart bc of the trauma#he and jamie get along surprisingly well (according to other danny's standards at least.)
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Vampire Mercedes lore doodles (and vampire Lorenz bullying)
#carrying over my posts from twitter choo chooooo#these were stewing on twit for a bit cuz I had other doodles I wanted to doodle#BUT ALAS even doodles take time and energy. maybe in 3-4 months from now#2023 art#fe3h#mercedes von martritz#Lorenz Hellmen Gloucester#in this AU mercedes can go outside and enter rooms and stuff she just cannot see her reflection#lorenz cannot eat certain things but otherwise hes good to go#well that and the blood drinking stuff#i can't write fics but i would like everyone to imagine in their head the comedy hijinks of Ingrid Felix and Ashe trying to hunt a vampire#while Mercie Annie and Sylvain are like woah vampire?? so weeeeird#Annie knocking over and smashing things into every mirror while mercie stands there like#'you could have also just put a sheet on it...?“#meanwhile Dimitri is fighting his own demons he has no idea what's going on communication is dead just like his dad#Lorenz going on a lore dump about Gloucester's history w vampires#hilda rolls her eyes but when she looks over at Claude he's furiously taking notes the absolute nerd
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oh my god. oh. my god.
#theyre so……theyre so in love#the fuxking heart eyes are you kidding mw#THE REFLECTIONS OF EACH OTHER IN THEIR EYES#HHHHHHHHHHH#puss in boots#kitty softpaws#puss in boots spoilers#puss in boots: the last wish#puss in boots the last wish#puss in boots 2
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DAY 36: it's only you
#codacheetah#isat#loop isat#twohat spoilers#isat act 6 spoilers#sasasap#AUGH IM SO CLOSE TO DEADLINE. I FORGOR ALL DAY#UM ANYWAYS#listen i know this quote is overused as fuck. BUT ITS A GOOD ASS QUOTE.#ty alice so so so much for saving my ass i had no ideas today#we have been radiating the undertale mind virus together. thank you mr fox. for making good quotes.#anyways i know its how reflections work but seeing siffrin with the eyepath on the other eye is perverse
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#the five-in-snuff are SUCH an interesting bunch of one-off gods#bc of rev toes and chainsaw woman obviously but also bc of how they sooooo blatantly reflect some of tsv's core themes#they refuse to cover up the true source of power in tsv – the suffering of sacrifices – in words or depth or meaning#no. they worship the raw reality of pain. they worship not the altar but the flesh and the blade that pierces it#and that is why they are banned!!! they strip back the carefully-woven wool that has been laid across the great many worshippers' eyes#they reveal the reality of the thing. they very very nearly understand#and also. they are govt officials! they are the upper class!#of COURSE they make a sport of sacrifice. of COURSE this is a summer retreat to them.#how many of these officials offer up sacrifices to other gods but praise the five-in-snuff in secret.#how many of tsv's executioners find satisfaction in the act rather than in their prize#it makes sense. it all makes sense. it all wraps together. don't you see#the raw unfiltered sadism is what connects all these people in power. is it such a surprise that the powerful worship sadism itself?#tsv#the silt verses
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My favorite comments on How Do You Sleep
#i have to admit that i grew up on 90s/2000s rap and hdys always seemed pretty mild to me#but i understand that in context paul took it very hard#tbh the absolute worst thing anyone could ever do to him is to criticize him publicly#to take away his ability to define himself by manipulating his reflection in others' eyes#bc paul was denied self actualization and relied so heavily on his reputation to function as his identity#the beatles#paul mccartney#john lennon#beatles#shitpost#ringo starr#george harrison#how do you sleep#hdys#op
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playing slay the princess as intended (watching your friend stream it and then roleplaying as improvised ocs for each of ur runs)
#anethia collectibles#slay the princess#so ...#run 1 is i think the witch/thorns where we chose to be very stoic and silent throughout#run 2 is the paranoid/nightmare route (fav) bcus i wanted to get to ask more qns that round and somehow that ended up leading to my poor#little curious guy getting so broken and fractured :3#run 3 is the hero/deconstructed damsel route ....#run 4 is the tower! and being a little shit who is by hell and highwater NOT kneeling down#run 5 is the spectre ... roleplayed as guy who is for reasons he doesnt understand just wants it to be over#and MEOW anyway#nobody told me this game was an rpg .....#but its cool ! i love romances :]#i think its awesome ... the way the hero and the princess are . changing over time . over with each reset#the way they find each other in the long quiet ...... its something so#i love it ...#the hero is so guilty for hurting the princess that he loves and he is scared of hurtign and he wants peace and he doesnt want the eternity#of it .... he loves the . shifting mound (?) is it (?) as much as he hates the work she makes her do as much as he loves todo the workforher#like a blank slate knowing nothing . except that broken wounds can be healed . and then he meets her. and then he meets her over and over#its a million meet cutes for the hero and the princess snd a sweeping tale of love and devotion and salvation in the long wuiet#how many more vessels do you need .....#and its fun to. at least how i played it . the things the hero picks up on#knowingly or unlnowingly with each run#its soooo#every 'remain silent' feels like a callback to the first libe#telling the voices 'itll be okay' after the brightness of the damsel snd that 'ill be okay' after the selfishness n suffering of apotheosis#or after the deconstructed damsel route . and then to the last run. becoming the damsel. seeing it throughcher eyes#and its so . this culminating ammassing of allcthese voices .... and it comes to it all being reflected at eachcother#spectre posseses hero and shifting mound and player becomign whole#anyway i like this love story i find it very tender and swet#... anyway ! this is . none of this is analysis these are just my ocs and the story i made up whilst playing
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James Fox and Dirk Bogarde on The Servant (1963) Dir. Joseph Losey (P. 1/3)
- "You won't get many better than me, you know. What do you want? An old hag running around the house, getting you up in the morning at the crack of dawn, telling you what to do? My only ambition is to serve you. You know that, don't you?" -
#the servant 1963#god i hope i managed to convey what the cinematographer had in mind#about how their power dynamic is reflected in their positioning relative to each other#basically why i made this gifset#also because james fox has a really pretty crying face#movie*#such an amazing movie#if you're able please give it a chance#also i love how every scene has a very pointed feeling thanks to both dirk and james' acting#their mannerisms around each other as the story progresses?? incredible#I could talk for hours about how tony can’t even hold eye contact on gifs 5&6#they both put their whole bussies into this movie and it shows#gonna tag this correctly later
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*slips another kunsel into your pocket*
#thinking about the public image of SOLDIER.#a thing to be revered and feared#a lot of npcs in the games recognize those mako eyes. but it's also implied that SOLDIERs aren't the only ones that have them?#mako junkies apparently have the same look. you'd figure they would be way more common#would that affect the way people view SOLDIERs? what goes through their minds when they see the eyes?#invariably it's taken as a sign of someone dangerous and unpredictable. sort of an unspoken cultural thing.#i wonder what new SOLDIERs think when they look in a mirror for the first time and see what's changed.#do they mourn their past selves? do they reflexively fear what they have become?#maybe for some of them that twinge of fear never really goes away even with time.#confident killers who avoid their own reflection like the plague.#even learn to avoid bad reactions other people might have. even if it means never showing your face to anyone for the rest of your life...#someone who is already barely perceived as human by human standards#sowing even more distrust in his kind.....#ffvii#kunsel#my art <3#phew. got that one out of my system
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Hey I know the common representation of monster-y post apocalypse Jon is him having lots of extra eyes but. Consider.
After the sky splits open, Jon doesn't have physical eyes anymore. He doesn't needs them. His Eyes are the Watcher's, and they See all from where they stand at the top of the Panopticon.
#and by not having eyes anymore i mean Not having any eyes#not blind or blank or glassy eyes#just. nothing. there is just plain skin where there should be eyes#not even a split or something where the eyelid should be#or maybe empty sockets ? that would be cool too#i think the implications of that would be neat#max talks#tma#the magnus archives#blorbo posting#jon sims#jonathan sims#tma s5#monster jon#<i guess its a monster design of sorts. or rather a reflection on other monster designs
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i understand the need to take breaks and pace yourself so you aren't overwhelmed. it's important to take care of yourself so you can keep going in the good fight. i myself usually catch up on news about once a day when i feel equipped for it. that said:
you're just going to ignore palestine for the next three months?
account settings literally already has what youre looking for so if you're set on doing this just use this feature and don't complain to other people about the fact that theyre keeping their eyes on palestine
#khy asks#talking about the palestinian genocide being 'shoved in your face' also is incredibly callous and tactless.#its a very self centered way to think about other peoples suffering. id encourage you to reflect.#i wont judge people for taking breaks as needed and i dont expect people to be glued to the news 24/7#but genuinely: we have a moral obligation to witness the truth as it's happening if nothing else.#to choose to look away and remain in ignorance at this time is a moral failing.#and to do so when keeping our eyes on palestine is one of the only things we can do to help is so reprehensible.#i actually do think anyone who feels like this should just unfollow/block right now#free palestine now and forever
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Put a bullet in his brain and we'll take Maxwell off your plate.
#i honestly just thought the concept of the eye reflection and the popped blood vessel was cool. thats like the only reason i made this lmao#that first pic looks familiar like a webtoon or something. probably other art i saw at some point#i promise i didnt copy this ive had the idea in my head since NPMD came out i swear#nerdy prudes must die#npmd#the guy who didn't like musicals#hatchetfield trilogy#team starkid#starkid productions#starkid musicals#starkid#peter spankoffski#stephanie lauter#ruth fleming#max jagerman#the lords in black#nightmare time#tickle me wiggly#musicals#hatchetverse#hatchet town#hatchetfield#tw blood#you can tell what i used as a reference for the second pic lol#cyanart
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#glaceon#this. seems like an angle i've never really seen for glaceon. just 'cause of the like. wideness of their face here#it's. truly remarkable‚ to be honest. also this seems to heavily imply that the white parts are absolutely their pupils#which. for most of the eeveelutions i was under that impression as well. that the white parts. were their pupils. and that's usually how#i see pokémon that have white parts in their eyes and no obvious other pupils like that. y'know? as opposed to like. the glint from the sun#but i think sv makes these function as reflections which. makes sense for SOME pokémon but for like. glaceon and espeon?? no way#those are ABSOLUTELY their pupils and you cannot convince me otherwise. like leafeon i'd accept bc they have a darker part in their eyes#but this? the white part is absolutely the pupil. especially considering how it's typically drawn that way even in official art#i SWEAR. i swear i'm not crazy. glaceon is my favorite eeveelution okay i swear
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