#WHY ARE WE YELLING?! IS IT TIME TO YELL????????? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

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Machine, how many times do I have to tell you this?

TAKE YOUR TESTOSTERONE.

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[mushroom-winners-proof]

yeah hey i finally decided to make a “proper” line delivery comparison audio for ansem’s darkness speech and what he says upon defeat from KH1 and KH2. because the speech is halved in KH2 i did the same for the KH1 audio so the comparison would be as accurate as can be. i was too titted to properly separate the speaking audio from the music but it’s good enough for now innit

billy zane’s voice is the first to be heard and is followed by richard epcar for both scenarios. my personal thoughts on their deliveries are below the cut.

Billy Zane

Darkness Speech: He speaks with a steady confidence that emphasizes his stalwart belief. Moreover, there’s a sort of wispy, mysterious quality to how slow he speaks, his speech undeniably presenting as more dramatic than informative from a researcher’s perspective. Moreover he starts to speak with a subtle haughtiness when talking of the heart- as if what he’s saying is commonplace and indisputable, laughable that he should have to explain his ideology in the first place.

Defeat: Although he sounds pained from the fight before, it’s evident he’s confident in the supposed power Kingdom Hearts possesses. He’s sure in that Kingdom Hearts will provide him the darkness and ergo power he needs in order to finish off Sora and continue his plan; he speaks with cockiness, no hints of desperation or fear in his tone despite his circumstances.

Richard Epcar:

Darkness Speech: With a firmer and clearer tone, he speaks a tad faster than Zane and is mellow and straight-forward, cold in his delivery. His monotonous delivery gives the impression he’s giving a proper, informative speech where he has little personal attachment to the subject matter. His banausic delivery only lasts until he starts to speak about the heart’s “true essence,” in which there is a subtle grin and sureness in his tone, as though his passion for his research can no longer be contained as he discusses his findings.

Defeat: He sounds more agonized, as if he’s truly on his last legs after the final fight. His booming command to Kingdom Hearts sounds more like a plea despite his aggressive call; with a strained tone Epcar sounds more desperate, making it sound as though Ansem is hoping to be filled with darkness opposed to having a sure belief that he will.

[featherfur]

Jiang Sect juniors being brought along with Wei Wuxian (technically Jin Ling is the one ‘watching them’ with his own people but they all know they only said that so Jiang Cheng would let them go) and of course the Lan with Hanguang-Jun.

They get halfway through a hunt and have to take a break while the Adults figure out where to go from there and the Jiang Juniors just plop down and start pulling out insane amounts of food and passing them out.

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are absolutely blown away by how much food these guys have prepared, though Jin Ling is just sighing and nodding.

“I’m surprised they didn’t start complaining earlier about missing snack break time.” Jin Ling says, almost fondly as he waves and assures his own juniors that “yes yes you can have some, Jiu- Sect leader Jiang would have packed enough.”

The Lan clan are standing behind Lan Wangji with their mouths hanging open.

“You guys get snack breaks?” Jingyi shouts as if he’s not an adult who can bring his own snacks.

“You guys don’t?!?” A Jiang disciple says, absolutely scandalized

The Lan sect turns to Lan Wangji with the most betrayed look on each of their faces. Lan Wangji turns to Wei Wuxian who just looks confused and gives Lan Wangji a pout back.

“Why don’t we have snack breaks?” Wei Wuxian says, as if he is not also an adult who can bring his own snacks and also in charge of a night hunt that’s still going.

The next day Lan Xichen arrives to work to find a piece of paper signed by all the juniors and Wangji and Wuxian that requests mandatory snack breaks on every hunt.

[iamanartichoke]

I’m not feeling super meta-y today, but I wanted to post this before I forgot: 

The moment where Thor says, “You can’t kill an entire race,” and Loki says “Why not?” and laughs is a very interesting moment. I think that a lot of viewers take his laugh (well, grin) as though he’s mocking Thor and mocking Thor’s newfound empathy for the Jotuns. This mockery further paints Loki as the villain, standing there laughing at the hero who’s trying to do the right thing. 

I don’t think that’s happening at all. Others may have pointed this out, so I’m sorry if I’m repeating anyone, but I think that Loki genuinely thinks that Thor is joking. 

It’s like - 

“You can’t kill an entire race!” 

“Why not?” Loki returns blankly; Thor’s statement has taken him by surprise, as it’s very much not consistent with the Thor who, three days ago, literally marched into Jotunheim seeking, if not war, at least a battle. 

He starts to smile, waiting for Thor to join him; Thor, after all, has long vowed to slay every last Frost Giant. But Thor remains stone-faced, and after a moment Loki realizes, with a sudden, cold, clarity, that Thor is serious. Thor genuinely believes that Loki cannot finish off the Jotuns. Had Midgard truly changed him so much in so little time? 

(^^This was written off the top of my head, please don’t judge me. But you get the idea.)

For a thousand years, Thor’s narrative has been, “I’ll hunt down and slay every last one of them!” His narrative has been Asgardians = good and Jotuns = bad, and their attempt to steal the Casket was, while infuriating to Thor on the coronation-ruining-level, probably the excuse Thor had been waiting for. 

So Loki is like, “look! This is a problem that needs to be solved! I’m going to solve it for you and for us so that the Jotuns are never again a threat.” 

And Thor comes back with, “Oh well you can’t actually do that.” 

What else was Loki supposed to say except “Why not?” 

He grins like Thor has told a joke and the punch line is coming. He grins like Thor’s pulling his leg. And when it becomes obvious that Thor is not, in fact, joking, Loki’s smile fades. He understands that Thor isn’t joking, but he doesn’t understand why. 

“Why this sudden love for the Frost Giants?” isn’t meant to be mocking. Loki’s genuinely asking, when did the narrative shift? When did the rules change? Because I was under the impression that this race has always been our enemy, this race is now a threat that needs to be eliminated before things escalate into full-blown war, and if I can both get rid of this enemy and avoid losing any Asgardians in a war, I’d be doing everyone a favor. So what the actual fuck do you mean, ‘you can’t kill an entire race’? Why. Not.? 

The moment is so swift, that shift from confused to lmao to oh wait you’re serious? but it’s there - and this is not even touching on Loki’s own, personal turmoil of proving himself, in the midst of an identity crisis, while being a regent king whose inner circle immediately decided treason was cool, like, five minutes after Loki sat on the throne. 

So I mean, imagine the emotional whiplash Loki must have felt. The confusion, the anger, this extra layer of betrayal, wherein not even Thor will support Loki in his plan even though Thor’s own plan was not much better and happened less than a week ago. 

(Note that I am not saying Loki’s plan should have been supported - genocide isn’t cool, kids - but I am saying that while Loki and Thor’s relationship was, at this point, fraught with all of the tension between them in regards to ‘worthiness’ and ‘the throne,’ Loki presumably at least thought Thor would back him up on the whole killing-the-Jotuns-to-stop-a-war thing.) 

So, yeah ... Loki genuinely doesn’t understand why genocide is wrong. He doesn’t understand why Thor, of all people, is telling him it’s wrong. And I wonder if he doesn’t somehow interpret this as another failing on his own part. That is, Asgard has been subjugating other peoples for millenia. The genocide of the Dark Elves is a cultural legend. Odin entertains Loki and Thor as children by telling them battle stories, ffs. 

Asgard is a kingdom built on the oppression and genocide of anyone weaker than they are or who doesn’t fall in line with what Asgard wants, and its people are raised in a warrior-centric society where these are things to be proud of - 

- and yet suddenly when Loki tries to do what he thinks he’s supposed to do, it’s wrong? Loki’s doing the wrong thing and his actions against Jotunheim are strikes against him and his general being? Why is Loki always the one who ends up holding the short end of Gungnir? Fuck you and the horse you rode in on, Thor, I’m doing this and I am right to do it. 

I, too, would like to know “why not?”

[brilliantfantasticgeronimo]

the little piano keys of the main theme? when kara got flustered by lena? gentlemen,

[levi-ackerham]

Man the things I would do to read a Kevin POV of the entire AFTG series, starting from the day he and Wymack reviewed Neil's file before flying out to Arizona to meet Neil 🥺

[sleepinglionhearts]

I swear every fucking day I'm a step closer to actively posting my brother's stupid twitch handle somewhere and telling people to go rip him to shreds

[sunshineechild]

Why is being the eldest sister exclusively de-escalate, bite your tongue, get criticized, de-escalate, be the bigger person, bite your tongue, don’t fight back, “‘“””compromise’’”””, be the bigger person, rinse and repeat???? My sister gets to be a raging bitch without consequence but the moment I give any attitude back it’s “be the bigger person, you’re the big sister set an example” like???? When is it my turn to go apeshit??????

[suga-kookiemonster]

i was just at walgreens, and omg, i feel so bad for pharmacists. i know corona is only making their job harder and people testy. there were three people in front of me in line, and two of them straight up yelled at the technician ☹️ the pharmacist came out and then she got yelled at too!! to be fair, i think walgreens definitely fucked up in at least one of those instances, but i don't see the point in deadass SCREAMING at people who are understaffed and overworked and probably had nothing to do with your issue and are just trying to do their best?? christmas is over, so now people think it's fine to just go back to being assholes?? like. come on, everyone. we're all stressed. we all have something going on. life is hard enough rn, let's not make it harder for each other.

please remember to be kind.

[batarangsoundsdumb]

hello yes your thoughts on eurovision?

i think they should've left flo rida in florida where he belongs and nothing in the world could have ever made me happier than the uk getting 0 points.

[prism2674]

my friendship dynamic with @me-iz-mezzy-artizt is literally Ryan and Shane from Buzzfeed Unsolved so in honor of this great series here's what I think we'd look like as ghost hunters

[tfiv]

its fucking weird that the voices in my head can surprise me in a funny way. thats not allowed.

[mediocre--writing]

steve: *gets jumpscared by the party and makes eye contact with billy*

steve:

steve: you know, the most surprising part about that isn’t that i thought i died, but that i thought billy was my guardian angel

billy: who said you were getting into heaven?

[potatocatullus]

I just... I just want Sherlock Holmes and John Watson to be together and in love

[bloominstorm]

Takeomi showing his true colors as I KNEW HE WOULD ..

[bemtevis]

mommy issues hours

I feel so sorry for my brother