#am i overthinking? yes

[maximuslazerbeamsyou]

yknow i like to think of wilbur's finale as a bad ending thats framed to be happy (like whiplash's)

because this was wilbur making his final mistake, leaving tommy alone fighting for scraps once again because he didnt give himself the time to learn his lesson, and most importantly he never quite forgave himself so he left to go home without being able to give the last sorry, and the most important he never got to forgive himself and be able to sleep at night peacefully because his mistakes will follow him around forever until he forgives himself which apparently will never happen so in my point of view this ending is like whiplash's

(whiplash spoilers below)

in whiplash's ending, we see neiman give his sólo, give his heart to the craft and we see for he first time ever, fletcher give him approval, its a happy ending until you realize that thisis actually neiman's abuser gaining power over neiman again, but why does it feel like a happy ending until you rethink the implications?

framing

In whiplash, this final moment is framed from neiman' perspective, the lights are bright yellow, the audience isnt there at all and the only person out there is him in the spotlight and fletcher's approval. (another proof is how the colors go dead when we see his dad' pov, he's frightened, his isnt a happy ending, this is self destruction and his dad is seeing this without being able to save his son)

Then in wilbur's ending, we are seeing his pov, we see him leave while the sun rises, we see a bright blue sky and vivid colors when he arrives to utah, we also see the closeup to his face when he realizes he made it home, he's happy, he's free.But there's also two peculiar shots i'd like to talk about which are first, the ending shot.

Wilbur is alone, we see his happiness, yet emptiness, he's all alone, just him and the sign to what he thinks is his happy ending, yet he chooses to use a wideshot, you could argue that it is an establishing shot due to this scene introducing us to a new location, but what separates this shot from an establishing shot is the subjects in the scene and the way it frames itself from the position of the camera.

it doesnt try and introduce the setting, it instead focuses the sign and wilbur, in the center, surrounded by emptiness, by the fact that he just left the only person who was always there for him to rot, and he is now fully alone and pathetic without realizing it yet.

the other shot is tommy crying before wilbur sails to the sunset, as soon as we switch from the beautiful scenary shown in wilbur's pov to tommy's, which is rainy, cloudy, lonely, it also shows a closeup to tommy's facecam as a way to express how miserable he has been left (similary to the closeup to neiman's father which helps express his fear for what his son had become)

My point here is, wilbur has been an unreliable narrator from the start and this ending is a sad ending for both wilbur and Tommy, but it is framed as a happily ever after due to the subjectiveness presented in the format wilbur presents his story in, we see the way he sees the world as a happy ending yet get short glimpses to the cruel reality and empty life he has yet to realize he has trapped himself and tommy in.

[crystalcanis]

Noriel would either get mischaracterized as a sassy angry and aggressive character or the exact opposite, a wholesome little baby who is harmless and needs rescuing.

I dont like either equally please my character has nuance please I swear, please dont narrow her down just because she has trauma and reacts to it in the only ways she knows. She's not aggressive for snapping when she feels threatened and she's not a harmless baby for accepting help and love. I could also see her being mischaracterized by being narrowed down to just her trauma and the things that have happened to her and I think that would make me explode. That could end up going in so many different directions and every single one I fear. Oh god and her relationship with Dawn too, god I fear it ALL with this caracter.

Kana worries me too, I think people see her as a perfectly good and nice character who just wants to give love and other characters should just accept it.

People seeing her as the perfect picture of goodness and morality are falling for her very purposeful facade. Which I guess in part I write it that way on purpose yes but it just has me worried that if people fall for it too hard, once we reach *That Scene* everyone will do a 180 and mischaracterize her as a dangerous lying bitch who is so unstable and mentally ill that she's beyond saving and needs to be put down or something. I swear if people see her character and conclude something like "so she did actually have some innate desire to hurt people this whole time!" I will literally cry.

tldr; I'm afraid people will not know how to handle mentally ill characters but I have read enough comic comment sections to know the drill.

my bad if you've done this prompt before but!! assuming your oc has their own fandom, how would the fandom mischaracterize / stereotype them?

plain text: assuming your oc has their own fandom, how would the fandom mischaracterize / stereotype them?

[egophiliac]

was this anyone else's first thought, or

[ohithankyou]

— “oh, so i am gross?”

— “evan, i think you’re adorable.”

depictions of a man falling in & being in love ; subject: tommy kinard; object of all his desires: evan buckley.

[lonelyslutavatar]

- Alice crying alone in her apartment 🥺 (I want to see that)

- Sam gave her peppermint tea

- "I haven't seen someone die since-" since what, Alice?? Since your parents died???

- I'm glad that the simps are crowding her and making sure she's ok

- I am happy for more angsty Alice content. Give me more.

- I remember mentioning last year that I really wanted an avatar who is an influencer and I'm glad we're getting that now. We're also getting sea avatars which are also exactly what I want. I swear Jonny has direct access to my brain (can we get Alice fanservice pls)

- Lena being furious at Gwen for endangering her colleagues is so valid.

- WHERE. THE. FUCK. IS. COLIN??????

[im-the-j-in-anthony-j-crowley]

Good omens tag game

Name two things you have in common with Aziraphale and two things you have in common with Crowley

More reasons to love them!

Crowley

1.- Taste for black clothes and... I WANT TO BELIEVE that I look good too

2.- I love Aziraphale Dramatic

Aziraphale

1.- I love books

2.- Stubborn. Really stubborn

No pressure tags: @fearandhatred @bildads-shoes @harbinger-of-existential-dread @di-42 @sayeverythingwillbefineplease @littlekhaos626

And of course, open tags!

[teaboot]

Okay so there's a person I meet with at work events sometimes and when we do meetings the person says "pass" or just a head shake during pronoun introductions and I can't tell if it's awkwardness or discomfort or transphobia or what- I introduce myself as He/She so the person should know it's a queer-friendly space but I'd understand if they wanted to stealth it without lying, but I am unsure what pronouns to use when talking about/referring to the person

The person is traditionally masculine-presenting, and if they're transphobic then deliberately switching up pronouns until the person corrects me might open up a long-term workplace conflict that I'd rather avoid

Is this none of my business?

And yes it is fully possible I just need to touch grass, I'm on new medication today and may be taking things too seriously

[itsallaboutthebirds86]

Ify is a genius for the reflection move, but it is a sucker punch of implications for the universe of NSBU. By the calm, encouraging way that Vic (and later G13) talk to their counterparts, one can assume that these characters are somewhat aware that they are characters in a movie. Or, at the very least, they are aware that they exist in a universe where certain people are sometimes possessed by, essentially, aliens, that they then have to guide through their lives in order to regain control of their own bodies. By all accounts that should be a horrifying thing to reckon with, but the reflections we’ve seen so far seem at peace with this. It seems like they’ve been through this who knows how many times, and it also seems like they retain memory of their previous possessions, and likely have clocked their possessors use of movie tropes to survive NSBU. Ergo, the six main characters of NSBU are likely AWARE they are main characters in a movie and retain a certain level of invincibility that most people around them do not (i.e. the expendability of the grunts trope).

Which begs the question, what are these guys actually like when nobody from our world is around????

[starkjoy]

All memes aside, I believe the finale may have given us precedence for a canon gay Gwayne.

Gwayne voices no sympathy for Criston's plight, only an order: to resist. "Then respect your oath," he could have directed. The word choice here is snappier, of course, but also more compelling—could Gwayne also be familiar with resisting desire?

More under the cut:

As the conversation continues, however, Gwayne makes no mention of himself. He could have said, "We all find a way, your Kingsguard brothers included." Grouping himself with those "morally superior" to Criston would have fit here, given his tendency for condescension. Instead, Gwayne places female temptation as a hardship other men must face, removing himself from the notion entirely.

Gwayne refers to the Kingsguard's oath, of course—an oath he's never taken, therefore giving him no need to "resist" desiring women, in theory. Perhaps there's nothing more to his words than this. The most straightforward reading of this scene has Gwayne confronting his preconceptions about Criston, as well as his own views of honor. The finale finally brings these mismatched men on level ground: one laid bare by the horrors they've witnessed together.

But, perhaps, there is further subtext here. Freddie's performance brings an added layer of emotion to Gwayne—what reads as protective chivalry over Alicent, burgeoning sympathy for Criston, and a shifting of his worldview. It would be compelling, however, if there was an even deeper reason he seems so moved. To nearly tears, as some have pointed out.

Perhaps Gwayne needs not fight his lusts for women, because that lust does not exist at all. Perhaps resisting desire is a concept he's all too familiar with, informing why he's so righteous about Criston's oath-breaking. If a royal Kingsguard can break an oath for forbidden desire, why must he hide his own?

If we are to believe Gwayne might be gay, could an attraction towards Criston play into his twisted feelings? Who knows, but it would make excellent television.

ANYWAY, I think it's very interesting, is all! Thank you to the writers and Freddie and Fabs for giving me so much to play with in so few words.

[bug-in-a-cage]

Occasionally the Culture and the Affini Compact bump into each other in deep space. For the most part, the Culture is...intrigued, albeit not repulsed, by the Affini Compact's whole deal, but prefers to maintain a delineation between the two societies.

Following a few misunderstandings (involving high-powered weaponry that would make most civilisations roll over and crawl back into the sea), the GCU Shameless Exhibitionist presided over the signing of an accord amounting to "It takes all sorts to make a universe, Kumbaya, and all that", with the solemn promise that neither civilisation would try to annex the other, provided the parties follow certain stipulations.

It turns out that a small, but significant percentage of Culture citizens rather like being kept as pets, and the Affini Compact is endeared by the novelty of a spacefaring society with a standing army and a commitment to doing right by people.

Bless their hearts.

[stopthatfool]

Currently trying to understand and pinpoint Ron "Slider" Kerner. Who are you Slider... what are your motivations... what are your goals... what is your favourite colour... why are you in the navy...

if anyone has any concrete thoughts about slider... please share them with me... who is this man... do you think he listens to nickelback? or does he think Metallica is the greatest band of all time?

[knifewieldingenby]

Ugh reblogged this to the wrong blog, so posting my tags here (apologies for it being a picture, the app won't let me copy/paste them)

I just studied gifs of the JimOlu scene in the finale, and throughout the entire time Lucius is in there and after he leaves, Jim keeps a hand firmly on Olu’s titty for comfort.

[stormxwings]

his pretty frilly shirt

[egophiliac]

Waittt, what did you mean with your last post?? I don't want to spoil myself so I'm waiting for the nightmare before christmas event to arrive on the eng server before diving deep into the wiki. But I HAVE to know; were there hints of Lilia joining in for a rerun or a sequel ??? Your big "OR IS IT???" filled me with way too much hope !! please tell me it wasn't a bit : (

there was a little teaser at the end that implied there'll be a sequel event, though we don't really know anything beyond that! I do think it's likely we'll get the other half of the cast in it, even if it's just wishful thinking on my part. 🤞🤞 NIGHTMARE SUITS FOR EVERYONE!!!!

as far as I know there's been no confirmation on whether it's going to be next year's Halloween event or a separate thing (the snow makes me think it'll be more Christmas-themed, or otherwise more related to the plot of the original movie) so. we're probably going to have to wait quite a while before we find out anything solid. :') they really do love just dropping these things on us and then watching us go absolutely wild with speculation while they watch like

[thistledropkick]

Sato Hikaru (QRTing Desperado's tweet about his knee injury):

Sea bass fishing boats are too dangerous because they rock a lot, so let's go fishing at an artificially stocked pond instead (I'm still talking about this)

Despe:

I guess you could just tie me to the boat's guard rail or something...

Sato:

... well then, congratulations on your complete recovery!

Despe:

Why did you tie me there in this unnecessarily complicated way?!!!

Despe: (the next morning)

Oh

Is it a turtle shell tie because it's the sea?

[louroth]

last name reveal for IDREN//IDA + their moodboard character sheet