#WAY too rich for me

[hanthecannibal]

can't believe the scarland art book is going for 12k rn

[anna-scribbles]

last one i promise(<—lie)

[lizardywizardy]

The thing I can't get over about this whole billionaire submersible thing is, like

The Titanic was a work of art. It was a feat of luxury and the people who built it (the thousand hands that built it between Belfast and South Hampton) really believed they'd built something to be proud of, something that would stand the test of time. It was equipped with full restaurants, pools, spas, gyms, ballrooms. The poorest accommodations were still the nicest in the fucking *world* at the time.

And, for the regulations of the time, Titanic was considered overprotective. They had almost twice as many lifeboats as was strictly required and had watertight panic doors to contain flooding if the ship were to get hit.

The problem was that these measures failed. Not that nobody who built the Titanic cared about them.

Also, a first class ticket, adjusted for inflation, cost about $50k.

Conversely, a group of rich dipshits paid FOUR TIMES AS MUCH to die in an under-pressurized aluminum can the size of a Honda Odyssy that they KNEW was suicidally unsafe to get into.

[sleepy-grav3]

We Became Heroes Because You Didn't

The Justice League don't specialize in much. If you ask them, they'd say otherwise. Unless they're one of the Bats, because they acknowledge that, especially with magic. They hate it, but they have connections and will at least ask for more details to deal with the situation at hand. Though they'll need proof.

That's the thing really. Proof. Because how are you going to get proof of something if everything gets repaired by the end? Or maybe you're the villain here according to the public. Or maybe everything you say is just plain crazy that nobody even knows what's going on from the start!

It was only when another group was formed when everything became clear. They were frowned upon, unknown, spoke nonsense, and never asked for help. They were the survivors that played hero. They were the shadowed version of the Justice League.

They were Justice League: Dark

A fanfic (or multiple small ones grouped together?) that isn't really about them joining forces, but more about the discovery of more dangerous territory that's being handled by kids/teens. Lift some weight for these kids. They really want a safe net by now in their hero careers.

Like- maybe a few of these wouldn't be the JL's fault. Maybe it was the government (at least for the US). Like Danny Phantom and Gravity Falls mentions the government, maybe they blocked off those regions from outside connections.

I feel like it would be funny if maybe Constantine just ends up collecting kids like Batman with his.

They're just kids! Itty bitty toddlers. It's supposed to be our job to take care o' that shit, ain't it?

And JLD now has a bunch of young professionals cause what the fuck, kid. Why do you know this??? Ya know? Maybe the JL just randomly finds these things, calls Constantine after Zatanna fails to know wtf is going on, and he just calls over a kid. Or a group of them.

JL: We need a professional, why is there a child here?

Constantine: Cause even when you fuckers ignored their calls for help, they still at least try to help where they can

JL: We never-

Constantine: Shut your traps! School's in session

*Child tries to explain*

JL: You have to be kidding me. ___ doesn't exist.

Constantine: Oh bloody hell-

Child: And they wonder why they get more attention than us.

idk, I just like the idea of Constantine being a father for OP characters and desperately want a Young Justice League: Dark. I read a couple of Danny and/or Billy being adopted by him, but the cravings... And if it's a whole big crossover thing, that would be great. Tag me if you see or write about something like this. I wanna read too :)

Don't put too much hope in me writing it though, I'm seriously bad at continuing/finishing stuff. But if I do, I'll edit this post with links to whatever I write.

[seraph5]

Now that I've listened to Re: Dracula I feel like I've been weirdly spoiled for a lot of other Draculas. Like don't get me wrong there's a lot of Dracula's out there to like but there was something really beguiling about:

a) Mina and Lucy's quite modern musings about their place in the world, the beginnings of wonderings about what they might like or could like as people not just as what society demands

b) Mina and Lucy's relationship. I just adore that they are surprisingly different characters and interact in a very realistic interesting way that you don't see a lot in media that depicts this time period. I also love how intelligent Mina is.

c) The absolute intensity of the bond and duty our heroes find themselves drawn into when put in this horrific situation. It really surprised and struck me the way that all these people with not extremely deep connections in a lot of cases closed ranks together in a silent fight to protect not just themselves but to break the cycle of evil. They, all of them, really showed a tremendous amount of care and kindness towards each other in this insane mission. Obviously it would have been nice if the boys had been less dumb about including Mina in things but their follies in that area were clearly a result of the time they lived in and not a fundamental personal lack of respect for mina.

d) I know everyone does not see this interpretation but I like that there is a quasi-homoeric undertone to Dracula and Johnathan's whole thing. Of course Johnathan is there under duress and I'm certainly not saying that there is something consensual or reciprocal going on but Dracula being so possessive of him especially with the brides gives an interesting undertone to some of the earlier parts of the book. There is a real sort of fascination Dracula seems to have for him as a conduit for information about his next conquest and he really tries to connect with him through the guise of society.

I haven't really ever seen all these points illustrated very strongly in other retellings or if it's there it doesn't communicate that feeling that makes these missed points so special. Worse it seems like a lot of the time they make really weird choices like merging characters or swapping characters or cutting characters for brevity or excitement. Which on one hand I kind of understand but when given the space the characters all have their own interesting points and perspectives and are interesting to experience.

I'd love to see a retelling that balanced all these things a little more and cut less. Maybe even have it be a mini series rather than a movie.

[disgracefulthings]

Shen Yuan and Shang Qinghua: Kinda sad, but pretty mundane backstories

Fanfic Writers: Yeah that's not going to cut it, we need to add WAY more trauma so you guys can keep up with the other PIDW characters

[vanhelsingapologist]

Publishing has always been a fucking nightmare, but now it’s a layer of hell. It’s not enough that writers be good at what they do. Writers have to maintain an active social media presence and cultivate a following. Be available.

They have to be conventionally attractive enough to look good enough to see on a screen, aesthetically pleasing, kind, funny, up-to-date on trends, socially aware but not so controversial that they turn off a brand from California from slapping their discount code on a video promoting a book.

They have to do all of this with no media training, with little help from the companies that are supposed to be doing this for them.

Of course, a lot of this isn't possible for say, the 40-something mother of two who teaches English at a school and writes on the side. She’s boxed out of an already complex industry that already has enough walls.

On some level, I think authors have always marketed themselves a little, but we’ve reached such a crazy point where we’re demanding the author become the influencer. Accessibility in publishing has narrowed from an inch to a sliver. And that inch was hard enough to get in as is.

[jimjamjommeron]

Big Ron's errand boy

[itty-bitty-sunshine]

Realizing things about your own art o'clock

[statementlou]

Tbh i am not surprised that a person who openly talked about having drinking problems since 1d days, because of how crazy 1d worked has been agressive. What surprises me is people being surprised (they never seriously saw drunk person?). But i am also confused about this whole book. Apparently Maya said that that book is not fully bout Liam but compilation about her exes and some of the worst parts are not about him. But recently she said that the book is “ofc about him” so what is true then? Or did she meant it that ofc some parts are about him or that whole book is about him?

Sorry, just confused

I also am not surprised- we've learned so much more about the real stories of things and about the guys' actual lives over the last years, and the story that has unfolded around Liam has been totally consistent throughout if you've been following it, and so the information Maya is telling us is shocking and upsetting but not difficult to believe. I got an anon yesterday saying they were worried about getting similar revelations about the other boys, like "if Liam could be doing this we just don't know, any of them could", and while in a way that's always true I guess, anyone could be doing anything in private like... that doesn't really concern me. Because none of these Liam revelations are coming out of nowhere, there have been many MANY steps along the way leading us here if you've been watching, and he has talked openly about both his mental health struggles and his addiction issues. So to answer that anon... to find out something similar about Louis would in contrast contradict everything we know about him and no I'm not worried about it. Is he an abuser or a loose cannon, well that news would truly shock me to my core, I will be honest. But anyway as for the book I don't find it strange that she was nervous when it came out and treading lightly and later decided, fuck it. In the absolutely on point tiktok she dropped today (YES👏GIRL👏FUCKING TELL THEM👏) she even mentions attempts to keep her from publishing the book, presumably by Liam's team, that I am riveted by and cannot WAIT to hear more details about actually- like I said I don't find it at all strange that she was nervous and downplayed it a bit then. But if she says now that it's just about Liam, well, I would say it's been clear from the beginning that the book is their story. Maya herself brought up the parallel of songs being written about stuff and I think it's the same thing; it's true (she was in an abusive relationship that involved certain kinds of events) but maybe not 100% literal (I'm sure details were changed to make the story work, it's not like a word for word timeline of their interactions or whatever).

[nobodymitskigabriel]

Ohh. Chuck never wrote Gabriel into the books.

It makes sense to assume that the Trickster is written into the in-universe supernatural books since Tall Tales and Mystery Spot exist. But Gabriel? We know that he's already taken the liberty of omitting Sam's demon blood arc so why wouldn't he doctor other details to fit his narrative?

Gabriel as the Trickster (pre-s5 reveal) notably doesn't take the spotlight for himself. He pulls the strings and lets his victims put on a show. In 2x15 he literally sits in the auditorium watching the stage. The same way that the Trickster feels comfortable fading into the background, the character "Gabriel" only really exists within the periphery of the narrative up until his reveal in 5x8. The moment he does take center stage by confronting Lucifer, he gets excised from the narrative (which I do 100% believe he knew was inevitable whether he faked his death or not). This is the show telling us loud and clear that Gabriel as Gabriel cannot exist as a character who takes the spotlight because this story is not about him.

And that's why Chuck didn't write him into the books. Gabriel was never meant to be there so Chuck just went ahead and pretended he never was. If Gabriel had been written into the books, he would have been included in the girls' show in 10x5 which couldn't have happened because it doesn't make narrative sense for the character Gabriel to appear on a stage for an audience.

And why would those girls care about a random trickster anyway?

[starrysharks]

i am the cattt just chillin outt but in the night she's all i think aboutttt

[simcardiac-arrested]

wait, that elias?

[active-mind-15]

Thinking about Akashi's father and how he also grew up in a prestigious family, I wondered what it would be like if Akashi didn't even make the decision to go to Rakuzan on his own and he only went there because his father also studied there decades ago when he was a high schooler. If so, it would be another interesting layer to Akashi's character if he had the added pressure of following in his father's footsteps to a T.

Like imagine him getting accepted into Rakuzan and having teachers who've been teaching there for decades tell Akashi how they remember what an exemplary student his father was and how they expect great things from him, too.

Imagine him walking through the hallways and seeing pictures of former Rakuzan students who've won important awards and competitions displayed on the walls, and Akashi manages to find pictures of his father back when he was a high schooler.

Imagine him constantly feeling like he's living in his father's shadow and wanting to escape the responsibilities and expectations that come with the territory of being an Akashi.

Imagine school faculty coming up to Akashi regularly and telling him how lucky he was to have such a great intelligent man like Masaomi to be his father.

(They don't know that beneath the glittering prestige and behind closed doors, Masaomi is not the father figure everyone thinks he is. They don't know of the wordless dinners he shares with his son as they sit on opposite sides of an 8-seater dining table. They don't know that his father, someone who should be guiding his son through life, has left Akashi to fend for himself while Masaomi becomes more emotionally unavailable with every passing day. They know nothing.)

I just think it would be so fascinating to explore if that was the case and Rakuzan had been around long enough for his father to have been a student there in the past.

[cupophrogs]

1. Dog day…why did you say when you saw your husbands picture “ he’s alive????” Did you think he was dead.

"The passage of time is worthless when you there's nothing you can count on, except pain. So I always assumed my past life, and everything in it, was already gone. Hope is a very fickle thing, down here."

(Based on this song)

[giantkillerjack]

"Oh yes, Mr. Rich And Desperate-To-Protect-His-Own-Position Bad Man, I have SERIOUS DIRT on you. YES, I'm the only one who knows about it, and NO, no one knows where I am or who I'm meeting with right now. I'm holding the ONLY evidence in my hand -- and the moment I leave this room, your life as you know it will be OVER! Now, what do you think about THAT??"

- person about to be murdered at the start of a Columbo episode