#am I nuts?

[dracomimus]

fantasizing about making a polygon style youtube video where i categorize all of sornieths plants animals etc into a vague phylogenetic tree/region-based ecosystem map. this would include all monsters beastclans dragons familiars and all food materials.

[kdramaxoxo]

'Queen of Divorce' ep 1-5 - Thoughts

Ok I just need to take a minute to talk about Queen of Divorce. First off, I love a noona romance with two leads in their 40's, so that's GOLD. It's a second chance romance which is so rare in k-dramas and I'm here for that!

The setup is that the FL is a badass who runs a company that helps victims (pretty much all ladies) with divorce. She went to prison because she was framed by her d*ck ex husband and learns to fight and be well, like super-hero-awesome. Her company has a fun team who run missions to try and win fights against jerks! HERE FOR THAT.

I'm on episode 5 and I can't QUITE put my finger on why I'm a little bored but I think it's two problems.

#1: The Villain Plot is just okay. The "villain" is the FL's ex husband who has remarried and won't give the current wife a favorable divorce. (like I said he's a d*ck). He's trying to build a lawyer city (I'm sorry this makes no sense and who cares) and his mom is your standard Big Bad Chairperson. He does really bad things and the FL lead is there at every turn to fight him but it's so uncreative! She doesn't even get to use her amazing fighting skills or anything! There's no humor in the story so it feels a bit too serious. Mostly he just does cruel things to foil their plans and emotionally abuse the FL, and they figure out how to fight back. It feels like it's dragging and I don't even care about this dude and HATE anytime the mom is on screen. I

#2: The show needs humor. Ok, this is Kang Ki Young's first ever romantic lead role and they are wasting his potential in my opinion. The show is FINE. Really it's not bad. BUT KKY is a master of comedic timing, usually has a LOT of charisma, and always is the most interesting side character of every drama he's in and they made him kinda bland? This show should 100% be a law COMEDY with romance, and instead it's a law show with some romance. A total missed opportunity to have funny and snarky moments with the main ship and the villains when they confront one another! Think of what could have been with some light moments built in throughout! I think his popularity in Extraordinary Attorney Woo is what gave him this role as a lawyer, but they really needed to take hints from the tone of that drama when making this one.

So, if you like more seriously and traditional chairperson plots and strong FLs, you'll probably like this show. I mean I personally DO like this drama overall. If you love Kang Ki Young and wanna see him kiss obviously watch this show lol.

[bumblehaven]

working on putting unhealthy attachment feelings that have reared up from the past back in their places on my mind-shelf. sucks when someone you love very much weirdly becomes your human fixation, despite having beaten this kind of thought pattern before, and not having had this issue last month. and then when this person cancels plans because "something came up," but ends up spending the evening with mutual friends playing games...just don't feel great. the tricky part is tho, I don't know if my feelings about this are valid or a product of my over-dramatic view of my friend, and the only way to be sure is to distract, give space and time, and revisit things down the line. which is great in theory -- but fixation + anxiety makes that suck.

[kessyathena]

Croix is a time traveler!

Little Witch Academia crackpot theory #17: Croix Meridies is really a time traveler who visited the future. Aside from explaining where she got all her tech from, why do I think this?

I sometimes put Star Trek: The Next Generation on as background. Something comforting to break the quiet that I don't have to pay attention to. Today I happened to have an episode called "Ethics" (s5e16) and I realized that one of the characters is awfully similar to Croix.

Brief summary for non-Trekkies: One of the crew suffers a serious injury that leaves him paralyzed and the ship's doctor isn't able to treat it. A specialist (Dr. Toby Russell) comes on board promising a miracle cure. It turns out that Dr Russell is prone to using patients as guinea pigs for her unproven, experimental treatments.

Does this sound at all familiar to anyone? On top of this Dr Russell has a similar personality to Croix, charming on the outside but ruthless underneath. I think she even sounds and looks a bit like Croix. Here's the two of them side by side.

[mouthfulloftoothpasterry]

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME IF IM CRAZY 😭😭

[sunflowerdigs]

Tbh, in my ideal ending, Roman gets out of WR and starts his own thing (possibly with Gerri) but I actually think there is a distinct possibility that Roman not only ends up back in but also ends up being the pick for CEO. Here's why.

As Frank pointed out in 4x04, Logan was CEO for so long because he started the company. The board didn't really have a choice. Logan held all of the power (and even when he didn't, he intimidated people into thinking he did). His leadership style was despotic but that worked based on how he came into power - starting WR was a dogfight. He trained his children (particularly Kendall and Shiv) to understand and take power accordingly.

However, the kids' situation is different - even if they want to "take" power, they can't because the board is voting for CEO. And that begs the question - will the board really want to empower a despot like Logan or will they be looking for a leader who is more...collaborative?

Succession is about hunger for power, more than anything. Obviously, Logan's style of leadership brought in a lot of money (and Kendall will likely remind the board of that) but it didn't allow anyone but Logan to have much power. If the board is voting on CEO, I think that there is a distinct possibility that they're going to pick someone who allows the board to hold onto as much power as possible and who will serve their interests, rather than a tyrant.

In 2x05, Nan Pierce only insisted on Shiv being CEO after Shiv fucked up at dinner. She claimed it was because Shiv was a woman with Pierce's political views, but it was really because Shiv was clearly green, impetuous, and easy to control, and Nan's family planned on retaining board seats. Nan knew that Shiv would be easy to manipulate and she was right - Shiv proved it in 4x01 with that 10 billion dollar offer. I think there was a reason Succession reminded us of the Pierce deal from 2x05 in episode 1, despite Pierce playing little role in the season overall. It was to remind us that people don't like to cede power when they don't have to.

For these reasons, I think it's possible that Roman's show of "weakness" at the funeral (indeed, his shows of "weakness" over the course of the show) could actually give him an advantage with the board over Kendall and Shiv. In an ironic twist, losing everything to become Logan might backfire spectacularly for Shiv and Kendall because the board simply may not want to replace one tyrant with another. Particularly if a non-family member of the board (Gerri) is guaranteed a position of direct influence over the new CEO if the CEO is Roman.

(And yes, it's in Gerri's best interest to continue working with Roman. She doesn't trust Kendall or Shiv. She doesn't quite trust Roman, but she knows him, his strengths and his weaknesses. And Roman listens to her (as recently as 4x07, he wanted advice), so with Roman in charge, she has influence. Additionally, with Roman out, her retirement leverage vanishes - Kendall may be willing to let her release the dickpics and sue Roman; Shiv would definitely let her do it. No hundreds of millions for Gerri and she's in court for however long Roman can afford to be. Better to stay in power and then cash out with her own narrative in a few years).

[secretlytranced]

Am I the only one who gets incredibly needy and horny and whiney when not feeling well? I'm literally snuggled up on the couch pouting like a child bc I feel icky. But I also wanna play and edge and fuck and kiss and drip and drop and fuck and and but I feel a little yucky.

[chipthekeeper]

nothing better than getting to whip out the "warm vibes" playlist for the first time in the year :)

[moonstrider9904]

I kinda want to get bangs

[tippenfunkaport]

You know, it would be amazing if Hollywood learned the right lesson from the success of Nimona. Something like "Hey, maybe don't throw out a nearly done movie as a tax write off" or "people want queer stories" or even "don't be afraid to take some storytelling risks and be original" but you just know they're going to come away with some absolutely batshit takeaway like, "next time delete all the evidence and burn it to the ground so the gays can't make us look bad!"

[fawnvoice]

los angeles dancer rant;

im very anti-g*n and not to go full bojack but i think only women should be allowed to carry LMAO like i just got hired at a club in culver city and it's a relatively safe area but i still wanna get an airsoft handg*n for the glove compartment of my car........esp. with my 4am walk in dtla after work....

[tgoldwalker]

I love that guilty gear specials can be named fucking anything

[jaypentaghast]

The smirk <3 (part 1)

[lonelyzarquon]

Peter Capaldi as Angus Flint THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (1988) dir. Ken Russell

[vaguely-concerned]

are. are you telling me that if the romanced mage warden dies and alistair is king, he deadass stares greagoir down over her dead body and grants the circle of ferelden its autonomy after ordering it rebuilt somewhere safer. first you have to deliberately leave him behind so he won't die for you and then he does that for you once you're gone, even when you're broken up??? absolute and literal king behaviour of the highest order????? the actions speak louder than words of it all??????? I think I hauve covid

[obsob]

my dreams are sweet when im with you!!!!!!!