#brian writes

[briankilroy]

Reconciling any sort of timeline for Mad Max (and tearing it down - and building it back up - then throwing my hands in the air)

At least, in the context of a canon I can slap my fanfictions against. And maybe workshopping this in writing will help. And it's not like this hasn't been litigated up and down the block already, I guess this is just my own coming to terms with it to help sculpt a way through everything. So the number one issue I really want to solve is that everything happens. Everything happens, if it absolutely can, and Fury Road is where all movies take us. That's quite the task, of course, since Max has three movies of his own and the Furiosa movie is a completely confounding factor because so much of it straight up was not foreseen in what we knew of previously shared Green Place and Vuvalini lore, and even beyond. It for sure destroyed many headcanons, my own included. But at the same time, going through this thought process has told me just how hard it would be to apply all of the movies into one cohesive timeline - so what would give? Tell you what, more below the cut, spoilers abound.

Yow! My god where do we even start. What do we do if we want all the movies to be in a cohesive timeline? I think first of all things is to accept the destructive nature of man. The ill nature of man that accelerates the downfall of society, that means Humungus' horde could naturally form, say, five years after the events of the first movie? I mean, come on, he's a gimp. We still have police cars with working lights. In this universe, it seems natural that the inclination for man to misbehave and become feral is greater, happens faster. The thing about Mad Max 1 is that it's not even Fantasy fantastic in the way the second movie is. It's grounded in a small town, within the structure of Max having a job in the Main Police Force. Toecutter's gang rolls in and it feels like a Western recontextualized into a modern-day setting. They got the guns and leather, all they did was swap the horses for cars. There's only a desolation in how separate they are from more urban society, nothing more. The oil shortage is there in the background - they even rob petrol from a tanker - but there's really nothing that drives this film into the "absurdity," if you will, of the later films.

Road Warrior can't really happen too long after that - Papagallo escapes to a derrick with schematics amid difficulties with the Seven Sisters (the oil conglomerate) and the road gangs face a level of acceleration in their debauchery. I've looked it up and there's a mild consensus that it's three years later that it happens. Is three years acceptable? We still end up getting some fantastic cars (Papagallo's vehicle, the gyrocopter, the souped-up tanker they drive out of the compound) but there is a level of primitivism to it all. Like, yeah that's a little weird, let's go for it! Football helmets and pads for armor! Weld on spikes and barbed wire! It can't even begin to touch how things are designed for the new movies. This world of pain is still new. In Beyond Thunderdome, the world is completely lived in by this point. The post-apocalyptic framework of how people live, think, act, dress, and die isn't completely structured but it almost completely wipes away Before except for the saxophone in Aunty Entity's office and the fact that the tribe of kids remember a plane. Hell, the plane is real. When did the plane take off? Why? How? Who? You know, a whole litany of questions that beg questions of a timeline. How old is the youngest child? - and the answer to that would give us the earliest time that plane could have taken flight - unless one of the adults gave birth in the aftermath of the crash, for however long the adults stayed at the crash site. Still, you have to acknowledge that quite some time has passed since Road Warrior, where it's clear that the Outback has completely abandoned the idea of civilization, and the big coastal cities are holding on to the very last. People are driven out into the desert because they perceive it as better, but what goes on out in the desert is just plain dreadful and the best place to see some of the worst parts of humanity break free. I think 15 years from Road Warrior to Thunderdome is not entirely unreasonable if you want to constrain the timeline. It's like, whatever, you know? The lost kids have to make sense in this context. The advanced state of Bartertown is an artifact of the accelerated capability of humans to still form this kind of society, which is forever stained with the viciousness of struggle and survival in this post-apocalyptic world. Haves and have-nots and whatnot. A slave class, a proletariat class, a bourgeoise class.

You have to start taking things for granted, otherwise all explanations break down. (And this admission is definitely where it all starts to break down). But things are different when Fury Road comes along. The big thing is that, according to concept art, Max has tattooed on his back 12045 days - 33 years. Furiosa had been separated from the Vuvalini for 7000 days (plus the ones she doesn't remember) - just over 19 years. With Alyla Browne being 11 or 12 as filming commenced, let's just say Furiosa came up to be 30 or 31 for the events of Fury Road. So at this point, fuck every thought, man. HOW is everything about the concept of Fury Road (and even Furiosa) supposed to fit in with the original trilogy? For Max to have experienced all that he did - and STILL be so young in this era? For him to have been in the MFP, still trying to hold society together, and meanwhile, the Citadel! And Dementus! And everything! There's your problem. How do you reconcile the disparity? You really can't. The big counter to this, as has been discussed many times but is difficult to swallow, is that it's all faff. Nothing matters, really. It's all legend, fuck a timeline. Tom Hardy Max is a different Max!

And really it feels so cruel to think this way, to allow for all of this to be swept away. I know that Fury Road is a soft reset for Max. Maybe the only thing that really ties him to previous canon is Glory-the-Child as a ghost, which even then is tenuous, because that's mostly a comic/game thing, and the comics have been widely panned. He was also planned to have an earpiece which I believe was abandoned part-way through filming and edited out where present, meant to be something of a reference to his time as a cop, but that's it!

But the cumulative story is simultaneously so delicious! Don't get me wrong, it SUCKS to be Max. It's actually very bad to call all this trauma delicious but it reinforces the idea that here comes this guy who by all means should feel broken by the world around him but takes heart in those who, to borrow a term from The Road, carry the fire.

But at the same time... well. Mad Max 1 is nothing but trauma. The failure of the MFP to do any good. The loss of Goose and Jessie and Sprog. It doesn't resolve - things happen to him and he gets revenge for them. Road Warrior? He does his best to remain detached, perhaps only connecting to Papagallo in a rough and begrudging way, the Warrior Woman, and the Feral Child, and all but the latter are killed. He loses his dog, of course, as well as his car, one of the last things that tied him back to the Force. Still, the movie has something of a good ending - he managed to be the distraction the group needed to survive, even if he, the Pilot, and the Feral Child are all who were left of the distraction. Thunderdome is more difficult to say - in trying to spare Blaster, he is punished for his morals. In meeting the lost kids, he startles them into action, into wanting to leave their oasis, and some die for their troubles. Again, there is something of a good ending - the kids make the escape and somehow the enmity of Aunty Entity resolves into amicability.

Max in Fury Road starts in complete dread. Dread of a voice he's running from, dread of visions of those he perceives himself as having failed, and even still nightmares of eyes popping and hands grabbing and ripping at him. A very unique display of trauma and self-blame. There is years of trauma present in this Max that we haven't seen, that almost seems to lack the wisdom he would have gained from Road Warrior and Thunderdome that somewhat harkens to what George Miller called "engage to heal," which is sort of what Max does in Fury Road but makes the choice to go his own way in the end. The personal growth that comes from the events of the previous two films (Road Warrior and Thunderdome) in terms of engaging to heal, and learning that people are deciding and consummating their own destinies despite him, and not because of him, has not occurred yet. It's evident his soul is still scrubbed raw and he is fleeing from any sensation and situation that would overwhelm him, which is why he'd so readily abandon the Wives by taking the War Rig.

But still, there's something. "Once, I was a cop," he said in the beginning of Fury Road. "A road warrior searching for a righteous cause." There's something there! But what? And when did it happen? And how could it happen with a level of intensity in his experiences that indicate that he and Furiosa are in the same world, with the same despair, with the same level of societal degradation that everything makes sense?

The intro to Furiosa, where we see the Green Place in all its splendor, shows us just exactly what humans are still capable of doing in this post-apocalyptic world. At the same time, I think a lot of the desolation is utterly exaggerated thanks to Fury Road's filming in Namibia. Much to my surprise, Furiosa's production was in Australia, but really could have cooled me. But anyways, I guess it makes sense for the Green Place to have secluded itself in the middle of nowhere, but why did no one else find the forest (unless they were absorbed into the Vuvalini or killed outright) and also live there? But that's beside the point. The Green Place shows us that people are still being civilized. Why not have Max also live somewhere in some situation that parallels who he is and how he is needed in Mad Max 1? It seems easy, because the scale of Dementus' biker horde is obscene, beyond exaggeration, and perhaps better described as an aberration, which eventually meets three even bigger aberrations in the Citadel, Gas Town, and Bullet Farm. So why can't Max be in his own small world where there is some sort of Main Force Patrol, even without its name, even as a band of desperate vigilantes? There's no easy house on the water to come back to, no television or radio beyond what they can squawk in their hodge-podge transceivers, no legal system, no, no, no... stripped back to the desperation of defending some little outback village that hasn't yet been lost to the sands. And maybe Toecutter's biker gang still isn't of a viciousness one could expect from Dementus' gang. But still, the tragedy of losing his best friend, wife, and child happens, and revenge is taken but solace is not found.

And Papagallo's oil derrick helps us bridge the gap of making sense of things. We're already half-way there. Maybe Papagallo has been there for 15 years already instead of three. Hell, make it 20. And they plied their trade selling the oil until they were found by a big enough gang that simply could not be stopped by the refinery and those willing to defend it. The costumes are there, the fierceness of humans is there, the Feral Child, a symbol of humanity already lost, is there. We do not have to worry so much anymore about making it make sense.

And maybe Max doesn't take too long to find them. He abandons his town, settlement, village, what have you and maybe it's only months later that he finds them. And maybe it's not 12 years later that his luck somewhat turns and he's intercepted on his way to Bartertown, but five? And what is Max here, 28? And Bartertown is Bartertown - hell, it can be the Bartertown that I write about if it wants and if I choose it. And Thunderdome? The concept is "sold" to Gas Town after the events of the movie. Here, we can take basically everything at face value. We are in the world of Fury Road and Furiosa if we want to be.

But what happens in these analogous events, these parallel Road Warrior and Thunderdome events, that drives Max into the raw trauma that he portrays in Fury Road? Ah, easy answer. Maybe nothing different. But here he is, 28, and he's 33 in Fury Road. That leaves plenty of time for him to experience everything that drives him, and to meet all of his ghosts.

But really, in the end, there's nothing in Fury Road's Max that implies he is compelled by the events of the previous movies. He's only equipped with his folklore - the jacket, the kneebrace, the gun, the car. None of the baggage is played with.

Ahhh, but the past! What a void there is if not for adapting the first three movies into something that defines his history! And that's why I want them. And tell you what, that's why I'll keep them.

[thehopefulquotes]

You can only grow if you’re willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.

Brian Tracy

[bebx]

Tragic brothers.

Dexter: Dexter Morgan and Brian Moser. Genesis by Valzhyna Mort † Abel’s Body to Cain by Joseph Fasano

[yellow-kudzu]

This guy fucks hard I know it

[roweclementine]

dropout.tv cast members ranked by how likely I think they are to be temporary Game Changer host when they eventually make an episode where they surprise Sam by hijacking the show

8. Zac: it would be funny

7. BDG: I just want him to be on the show more ok

6. Grant: (more) payback for breaking news and like my coffee

5. Lou: Greenroom/Party Bus victim

4. Vic: I just want them to be on the show more too

3. Trapp: was a bingo victim, has game show host experience, is really good at improv

2. Siobhan: was in the hi welcome to the show surprise I’ve locked you in a room now solve my puzzles episode and the time loop episode

1. Brennan: do I even need to explain.

[quotefeeling]

You can only grow if you’re willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.

Brian Tracy

[ireallydontknowohcrabs]

brian moser n gf thoughts ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚

slightly suggestive, fem prns, fem reader, I would say possessive!brian but he already is?? Just even more ig

OKAY OKAY this idea has been haunting me for so long but I could def see Brian treating his girlfriend almost like an actual doll. Painting her nails, brushing her hair, or buying clothing he thinks would look best on her ༊*·˚

“C’mon baby, just try it on. Do it for me huh?” He coos into your ear, still trying to seem hurt at the fact you initially refused.

It was a babypink spaghetti strap with lace accents paired with a white pullover. He had also bought you a concerningly short plaid creme skirt. You had never worn something so girlish before. It seemed all most a bit odd to you that Rudy wanted to see you in something so dainty, yet scandalous. But If it meant he would shower you with more attention than usual, than you suppose playing dress up f wouldn’t hurt. “Fine, I guess I’ll wear it, it is kinda cute.”

“Great, I know you’ll look beautiful. Light colors always looked good on you” He smiled affectionately, eager to see in the outfit he picked for you.

Brian couldn’t deny it any longer, he was developing some sort of affection for you. He loved how focused you looked whenever you talked about your job and whatever funny coworker you mentioned that day. He loved the way you would joke about the darkest things and make light of it. Occasionally, he would sneak glances and see empty eyes. He wondered if you were also fucked up like him. Wouldn’t that be something, like some sort of homicidal Barbie.

Above all things, he uwanted to protect you, but he also wanted you all to himself. He wanted to control what you wear, how you do your hair. He adored your usual appearance, but something about having this casual dominance over you made something in him long for more. To mark you, claim you, make it known to everyone that you belong to him and him only.

[yoursonlucifer]

the thing about emily axford as a player is that she rolls fine but whoo boy does she know how to play. theres a couple posts on here about murphs bad luck rolling vs emily "being able to roll a nat 20 on command," but that's just not true. emily rolls pretty middling, but she's very good at strategy, more often than not meaning that she is able to add buffs to rolls or have them work out even if she doesn't roll Great; we gotta give credit where credit is due, which is to emily's strategy and not to her rolls

[sans-enjoyer]

Inanimate Insanity Episode 16 Spoilers!!!!

its been like, two days since episode 16, and people are already arguing about Mephone's age. He is a child, and this didnt come out of nowhere guys, he's always BEEN a child:

^post from 2018!! 5 YEARS ago!

^Brian reposting art (amazing art btw<3) where Mephone is described as a CHILD and drawing in a childish way.

^Brian saying that Mephone is so young he doesn't even know how to SPELL.

Now; heres some stuff ive been hearing in argument against him being a child.

"Cobs is infantilizing him." I agree with this to a certain extent, he is acting like Mephone is a child who cant comprehend anything like an abusive parent. but thats where it stops. Children can ALSO be infantlized! But aside from that, Cobs even says; "I forgot how young you are!" Parents don't say that to their adult children, because it makes no sense unless Mephone is a child.

Secondly, why would Brian and Justin be doing the same thing? They say he's young!

"He has an adult voice." Robots don't hit puberty! This means nothing. Unless youre saying that the creators implied hes an adult because hes voiced by an adult, well i'll have to refer you to the images above.

"He hosts an entire show." Arguably not very well, also again, he's a robot, and also, theyre on an island! its not like you need a permit to film on a random island in god knows where. Any child can "host" a show if they have enough determination, general knowledge of how they work, and equipment, and would you know it Mephone has all three! He knows how they work because he watched them in meeple, and he can generate any equipment he needs.

"He's a robot, he doesn't have an age." True..? sort of...? But the thing is, being legally defined as a child is based off your mental capacity. Children arent as mentally/emotionally intelligent as grown adults, because they don't have the life experience nor the capacity to be. Mephone barely has ANY life experience, he grew up in Meeple, and then started the show immediately after leaving. And obviously, in Inanimate Insanity (and all object shows), robots are almost always sentient beings, unlike real life.

"He's much more mature than a child, especially one that couldn't spell." Debatable! First of all, he thinks things like 'going to jail for one day' and 'the calm down corner' are terrible punishments, like children. If you tell a child to go sit on the stairs for 5 minutes and frame it as a punishment, they will take it as serious as anything else. Secondly, he literally decided to make a random species of bat.. things? fight to the death because they ate his four month old ice cream. No mature person would do that... Thirdly, abused children ACT more mature than others because they HAVE to be. Abused children are not ALLOWED to act like children. They have to be mature for themselves because who else is going to be? Who else is going to take care of you when your parent doesn't? But that doesn't mean they arent still a child.

So now we tread into questionable territory. Is it okay to deny the idea that he is a child at all costs, just so you can ship him or sexualize him? There is really no other reason why you would deny that he is a child.

Now obviously; lets not harass anyone who has drawn ship art of him or sexualized him in the past. This stuff was not commonly known, most people thought he was an adult. But if you look deeper, he isn't.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk, if anyone reads this far (￣^￣)ゞI know I usually only post art, but this is an important topic to me as i am very hyperfixated on Mephone4 i swear i can't control it guys!!

Feel free to make any counter points, im open to discussion, but i am also very set on this opinion. Have a good day everyone!!☆

[hersweetrevenge]

[lady-hibiscus]

THERES UHC SHOOTER X READER YAOI NOW. AO3 NEVER CHANGE

[thehopefulquotes]

Good conversation turns me on. A connection between two people, a mental one first.

Brian Molko

[bebx]

Dexter: s06, e07 — Nebraska

[unbossed]

[existennialmemes]

The Claims Adjuster

There was once a modest man

No one knew his name

He was not seeking riches

He was not seeking fame

He sought only justice

For crimes gone unopposed

He set the tide in motion

Deny, Defend, Depose

For too long we've suffered

He refused to play their game

Now he's changed the rules

May we never learn his name