#a storytelling masterpiece

[anathemafiction]

"I'll tell you why I spit on your forgiveness. Why I loathe your redemption. To reach a hand down to someone, they need to be BENEATH YOU! And I'm beneath NOBODY."

"My greatest heartbreak is that when I've collected every last mortal soul into my pit, I will only have eternity to punish them."

— Brennan Lee Mulligan as The Lord of Lies, ExU: Calamity

[captaindamianos]

Inktober Day 3 - Path making decisions about the future

[marcmorrigan]

According to the artist, when it was suggested that a smile might benefit the look of the finished portrait, Attaché Nohell reportedly replied, "I thought the purpose of this was to be honest."

Super fun commission of @waterloggedsoliloquy's OC Sicely Nohell (they/them) and their terrible, horrible, no good, very bad lusus figure Commanding Officer.

[bucksboobs]

Like I said BuckTommy season 8 power couple but it would be great if Eddie has his feelings realization towards the beginning of the season and the midseason finale is him telling Buck and Buck just pauses. Looks at Eddie with tears in his big blue eyes and says “Eddie. It’s too late.” Because Buck is so so close to being in love with Tommy and he wants that to happen and moving on from Eddie was the hardest thing he’s ever had to do and he had to come back from the dead once. Eddie can’t just throw himself down as an obstacle right as Buck is about to cross the finish line and finally have a relationship that will last. It’s not fair to Buck. It’s not fair to Eddie. And we get left of that gut punch of a scene until the back half of season 8.

[superbellsubways]

everyone watch The Prince of Egypt neow

[simplydannie]

This is why DreamWorks was always one of my favorites! I actually started watching DreamWorks movies before Disney!

The exploration they do with their world building and story telling! You don’t have to be a person of faith (even though I am lol) to admire the beauty and music of the Prince of Egypt. Over 20 years later and this movie is still a friggin masterpiece! The animation , the story, the music!

This one is my top favorite DreamWorks film ❤️

[novorehere]

“Those girls found it… the thing that they cherish. And that’s why they’re strong.”

[thepersonalwords]

A masterpiece does not unfurl its wings immediately. It takes time. It will fly when it is ready.

A.D. Posey

[soubidou]

If I had a penny every time Luis Carazo played a broken character reaching out and talking (negotiating) to a cosmic/horror/evil deity that ended up ripping open a rift between realities with its own two hands to try and come out of it on a Critical Role short season with a 6h30 long finale I'd only have 2 BUT IT'S WEIRD (EXHILARATING) THAT IT HAPPENED TWICE

[the-labyrinth-of-me]

Alan enters Zane’s room, hoping he’d find the manuscript there. But all he finds is another artist who looks exactly like him, who left his markings and traces everywhere. Ahti keeps reciting his poems, The Old Gods of Asgard use them in their songs, Hartman has one carved into the sundial at the Cauldron Lake Lodge. Zane’s spirit is everywhere. There’s a legendary movie, the „lost film“ that Ilmo and the Cult of the Word are after, and while the Cult of the Tree copies the murders of Alan’s books, the Cult of the Word (who is their leader? Scratch? Zane? Wake? All of them?) copies the ritual of Yötön Yö, the ritual that was once performed by Thomas Zane himself. It drove him into madness. He had to kill the woman he once loved, and still does. But he forgot about it. He’s on another mission now: he leads Alan on. He contacts him over the phone, tries to feed him information. About Parliament Tower, Caldera Street Station, the cinema, the hotel, about Scratch and Alice. But never too much at once. Just plain and simple steps, one after another. Alan is Zane’s biggest chance to get out. He guides Alan to the murder sites. And to his room. But he doesn’t have anything more to offer, at least nothing Alan’s interested in. The only thing he can offer is the truth.

The truth about Alan.

He tries, but Alan either refuses or is unable to understand. Zane’s too far gone, too far down the spiral to explain it better.

Alan, at one point, realised that his constant changes of Return continued to kill people by the dozen. He couldn’t change it to stay consistent with the genre. But he felt bad about it. Simultaneously, Zane found himself stuck. That was unacceptable. He guided Alan to his room, and he knew exactly who he was. That Alan had anger issues, problems with addiction. What Zane needed was Scratch. Scratch didn’t care about casualties. Scratch embraced the horror, the terror. It aligned with Zane’s movie Yötön Yö. Zane was aware of the spiral. He knew the rumors about Alan Wake. Of course he did. It’s all from him, part of the plan. Zane knew how to awaken Alan’s dark side. He made Alan drunk, high, and Alan got unhinged, lost control. Scratch took over. He promised to write. He promised Zane would leave together with him. But Zane underestimated Scratch and his cruelty. Scratch left Zane behind, betrayed him. Zane needed another plan. He knew that Alan would loop back to him.

Zane let everything happen again, but this time made a film, the true companion piece to Return. Alan drunk, high, out of it. Talking rubbish, throwing up, dancing. Scratch. Zane needed to confront Alan about Scratch. He needed Alan to defeat Scratch another time. He planned to confront Alan about this on his next loop, but the Dark Presence interfered. It made Alan forget. The Film confused him more than anything else. Another visit to room 665 was needed .

And Alan came. But Zane couldn’t risk that Scratch would take over again. He tied Alan to a chair. But Alan made progress. Gained power. He managed to fight back, changed places with Zane who was now sitting tied up in the chair. Zane was in shock. His plan failed another time. And many times after. But he needed to guide Alan to the next murder site in the cinema. He cut out the part of the film that wasn’t strictly necessary. He cut out the bit in which Alan, with his back against the wall because Zane had seemingly betrayed him, got angry. They fought. Alan lost trust in Zane and hit him across the face. Zane spat blood. But he didn’t give up. He couldn’t. Scratch was almost back. Alan almost lost control again. A sacrifice was needed. The story demanded a price to be paid. And Zane would pay it.

He made Alan angry on purpose. Alan drew his gun, pointed it at Zane. Zane carefully tried to show him the truth again, about Scratch. But he had to be vague about it, so the Dark Presence wouldn’t be able to interfere. Alan would get it eventually on his way to ascension.

Alan shot Zane, many many times, loop after loop after loop. Zane knew he’d be back until Alan would travel upwards on the spiral. He knew he would have to die countless times, by the hands of his other self. It was the dark sacrifice he chose to make. He was both dead and alive. Dead because the story of Initiation demanded it. Alive because it was just one of his many versions who died. There was always another Tom Zane on the spiral. He knew about it. He told Alan about it when he was drunk, before Scratch showed up. Countless times. Until Alan would remember it.

Zane hid the movie ticket in his shirt pocket, to give Alan access to the final murder site. He had been trying to help Alan all along, as best as he could, but without interfering with the story. Without selling them both out to the Dark Presence. It was necessary that Alan would kill himself in the Writer’s Room again and again. Until he got the story right. Until he got the ending right. And to make sure that Scratch wouldn’t leave without him. He had to make these sacrifices , had to make Alan make these constant changes, until the story was just right. He had to sacrifice himself for the greater good, same as Alice. He didn’t know if it all would work out the way he hoped, but he couldn’t afford to not try it. He spiraled downwards while Alan ascended, continued to lose himself, pieces of who he once was, while Alan gained completion. They needed to be in perfect balance to slay the demon that was Scratch.

[ciderjacks]

hey if u guys r sad about ofmd and want another show with gay people to watch you should consider watching Deadloch. It’s really good it’s really really good uh it might get a second season if the creators decide to do that.

if you watch good omens you’ll be able to watch Deadloch they’re on the same service. Uhhhh One of the actors from ofmd is there shes one half of the main duo (the other half is played by Kate Box who’s an amazing actor and Dulcie is now one of my fav characters ever) gets to wear an open Hawaiian shirt for like 3 of the 8 episodes which is a bonus. It’s extremely gay and it’s fun and beautifully written and no queer characters die and it’s satisfying and funny and Please watch it I’m begging you please watch itPLEASE

[radiantmists]

call me an idiot but i do not get what grand purpose the corinthian serves as a nightmare like. what deep fear does he illustrate? does humanity need reminding that hot men may carve out your eyes and eat them?

[bloodof-leaves]

My brain is a mess atm so I'm gonna try to keep this as cohesive as possible but god. I saw Across the Spiderverse for the second time yesterday night and I had completely forgotten the opening with the Comics Code Authority seal. My first time watching me and my friends laughed at that scene, "Haha lmao they're spoofing on the comics code authority a bit, hell yeah" I had thought, and I moved on to the masterpiece that was ATSP. The second time though, after knowing all the themes and ideas of the movie, the comics code seal hit me like a truck. Because Miles's story could NEVER be approved by the comics code. Neither could Pavitr's, nor Gwen's and definitely not Hobie's for that matter. And this ties back exactly to the themes of the movie because Miles's story is about rejecting conventional storytelling and the norms of what a Spiderman story should be. In the same way that Miguel is so obsessed with maintaining canon, maintaining the status quo of the Spiderman mythos, the entire point of the comics code was to restrict stories with new perspectives that didn't fit a certain agenda. It was when comics were able to break free from the code that we got so much innovation and diversity and complexity. And I know that morally Miguel and the Comics Code are definitely not a 1 to 1 comparison but in a meta sense, viewing ATSV's themes as a commentary on storytelling conventions, it fits perfectly I think.

[imaginaryanon]

ohhh, da fandom, how i've not fucking missed you lmaooo the new game's release is still a month away but already i'm reminded exactly why i became convinced i'd never want anything to do with that franchise again. jesus christ. except this time im 30 and hopefully better at tailoring my online experience to not exhaust me & make me pissed and anxious (even if half of da tumblr is like. already laser-focused on making this a shit experience for everyone who stumbles upon their fuckass posts huh hfgjhjhjd)

anyway i'm listening & learning & blocking even MORE tags & not looking at SHIT until i play the game myself <3 For Real this time. "oh but surely it's just an innocent opinion and not a spoiler or anything--" that is the devil talking. all posts abt veilguard rn are full of shit, on account of The Game Isn't Fucking Out Yet How Are You Guys Already Having Novel-Length Opinions (TM)!!!! anyway i simply don't need that kind of energy in my life

i enjoy these games too much to be chased outta here by deranged drama i'm not even a part of again 😭 get fucked & god unbless

[hungnitan]

HSR x Fate UBW coming in Q3 2025 !

(I write these in mind for anyone doesn't know Fate series at all)

For now it's unknown will it come with stories or just skin or full pack with playable UBW character

Not long ago HSR had interview with FGO team, the magazine only release their Q&A but considering both side love each other project, these collab shouldn't really suprising. If there's suprising fact is why only UBW not FGO directly ? Since there is no info about collab details, let's make some analysis for now :

FGO especially Fate series is really big world ! If you need comparasion, it's not only Honkai Impact world but all Hoyoverse become one and you need to know at least a bit of each title to make sense about Fate series !

Continuing point above, which is the reason they gave us years for this collab ! Their developer consider years should be enough for player to quick read most Fate series franchise (lol)

Fate as whole already into their 20 years old now so it's kinda impossible for anyone to learn that series from start (even I only know fifty percent of it). So to make it simple, they just pick their well known franchise but not making players too confused about their world building which is Fate Stay Night. UBW is decent choice considering what's happened with other two.

If anyone need comparasion, UBW kinda like GGZ in term of popularity and reminiscing (lol) while FGO kinda like former Genshin in term of popularity.

I kinda saw FGO pretty desperate nowdays or maybe they're already out of idea to promote Fate series onward. For anyone doesn't know, FGO was the king of mobile gacha games but after Genshin release their revenue drop sharply and with more Chinese gacha games out lately, you can say now it's their lowest situations so to be honest Fate series feels like gonna dying sooner or later which is this collab came.

I can say for sure that this collab came from HSR side since those otaku ops growth like now while watching/reading Fate series (lol) so I think there's no way HSR or even Fate team will slack off especially for storytelling since it's Fate main selling (if there's one for collab later lol)

Onto collab prediction since it's specifically UBW, means the main character is either Rin or/and Emiya. Maybe anyone still not read questionable leaks but there's info this collab need two version to finish means there's at least four and max six new character avaliable later. Considering UBW stories, I can think of Saber and Gilgamesh or maybe Kirei can join the roaster too.

Now for everyone who doesn't know Fate series and need pointer for later collab, first please watch Fate Stay Night, it have three titles with same story premise but different PoV with different ending (Fate Stay Night 24 episode -> Fate Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works 1 movie -> Fate Stay Night Heaven's Feel 3 parts movie). Next it's Fate Stay Night prologue, Fate Zero 24 episode and you're good to breakthrough the collab only.

Sounds simple right, which is the reason they choose Unlimited Blade Works for collab. If FGO, you could swarm yourself with 9 years FGO lore materials + other works with and without "Fate" titles on it (lol)

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

sometimes I think about the fact an edgy newgrounds flash game somehow handled the topic of abuse better than several big budget trying to be Serious stories and that’s hilarious to me