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"she said my outie excels at stargazing" is driving me fucking wild. he knows constellations, can point them out, look up and find language and meaning. you do not know these constellations. you have never seen the stars. you never will. but there is a version of you that loves them .
#severance#actually sick over this jesus#buckwild line . to me#keep fucking thinking aby it.#yes there was a lot of big cool and crazy shit in that episode#but this is . idk dude hit me kinda crazy#paired with how the sky is one of the main things ppl want to see as stated in ep1#fuckk dude
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HAL JORDAN & OLIVER QUEEN in GREEN ARROW (2010) #30
#hal jordan#oliver queen#hal x oliver#green arrow#halollie#what the actual fuck oliver?? this line is BUCKWILD#take me out with that arrow sir good god#*panelsandpages
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Omg I saw your tags about the "stab of hunger" post and now I must gush to you about the specifics of that. So it is indeed from an ep of Hannibal. Will Graham asks Bedelia "Is Hannibal in love with me?" And because this show is the Most Extra in the most delightful way, instead of saying yes, Bedelia says, "Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for you and find nourishment in the very sight of you? Yes. But do you ache for him?"
And Bedelia is actually adapting her response from a part of Dante's Divine Comedy (again, Most Extra lol): “He woke her then, and trembling and obedient, she ate that burning heart out of his hand. Weeping, I saw him then depart from me. Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for her? Find nourishment in the very sight of her? I think so. But would she see through the bars of his plight, and ache for him?”
OKAY CARRY ON GUSHING OVER
sorry for taking one hundred thousand years to answer this but oh my god am i still delighted by this. thank you for blessing me with this knowledge fjdlksjfsal
Hannibal is such a fucking extra show, I loved having the cast as blorbos-in-law back when it was airing. Is it art? absolutely. is it GOOD art? It's Hannibal Lecter making heart eyes and evil-courting the most sopping wet and pathetic bag of neuroses jumbled together for the express purpose of humanizing Hannibal the Cannibal Lecter lmao so i don't fucking know, you decide. they reference Dante's Divine Comedy apparently so. maybe so 😂
#hannibal#it's still a fire line regardless lol many such lines from hannibal (tell me will--)#extremely tasty food (badum tsh)#i miss how the hannibal fandom went buckwild over food puns and tortured metaphors. it was low hanging fruit. delicious delicious fruit#asked and answered#punchedbymarkesmith
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I could be wrong (and I'm completely willing to eat my words, bleem has a habit of blowing my mind with the things he pulls out as a GM) but so much of the fhjy fan theorizing I've seen has hinged on the time quangle stuff and I honestly think it was all just a joke to handwave away the continuity errors that are naturally going to come up when you try to make a coherent and thematically interesting story with a canon that has spanned 6 real life years with multiple campaigns and one shots and 12+ players/PCs
#babbling#especially with the starting in media res thing and all the jokes about These Beloved Characters That We All Know#it just strikes me as a nudge nudge wink wink style humour to lampshade the continuity errors#and it's been so long since the time stuff has mattered AT ALL that it just doesn't seem like it's a plot point#more of a soft reset since it's been like. 5 years since sophomore year#the only way i can see it mattering is another buckwild Arthur Aguefort chronomancy moment#a la the Kalvaxus fight from the end of s1#again though i could be wrong#but none of the theories I've seen have really made sense to me more than just. it was a throw away line to explain continuity weirdness
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Lord knows I'm gonna regret this because people go buckwild about ships, but look. You can love destiel, I'm happy for you. You don't even need to give me any evidence. Ship characters who haven't even met if you want, I'm not bothered.
But please, I'm begging, stop using the siren thing as evidence for destiel. The siren being Sam isn't even subtext it's just text, what with the 'I gave him what he needed. And it wasn't some bitch in a G-string. It was you' line so there are exactly two ways you can take it.
1. Dean's greatest desire is to have a good relationship with his brother (the siren can take on the shape of platonic desires)
2. Dean's greatest desire is to fuck his brother (the siren can only take on the shape of sexual desires)
You don't have to like option 2, that's fine. But in that case, take option 1 and run with it people. Because if you start trying to argue that:
The siren is evidence that Dean has sexual feelings towards a man, so Dean is bi, therefore destiel. What you're really arguing is Dean has sexual feelings for the illusory, perfect version of Sam.
Like idk guys, I see people joking about how not heterosexual Dean's siren being a man is and... you can totally watch it that way. But the siren isn't just a man he is a very specific man.... his brother.... soooo.
#i have no idea how to tag this#cos i dont wanna clutter up anyones ship tags?#wincest#i guess?#sam winchester#supernatural#dean winchester#spn#spn 4x14#sex and violence#please don’t crucify me y'all I'm glad you enjoy your angel ship
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It is so buckwild to me what Insomniac did with Harry Osborn and Venom.
In the vast majority of Spider-Media, Venom's defining character trait is his hatred of Spider-Man, and at first, it looks like Insomniac might be going that route. They give Harry ample reason to be absolutely furious with Peter, to resent him, resent the life he gets to live, a beloved superhero with a girlfriend, healthy and strong, a genius of such caliber that even his own father seems to prefer him to Harry. His supposed "best friend" who seems to be withholding lifesaving medical treatment just because he likes how it feels on him, because it's not enough that he be better and stronger and smarter than poor, sickly, doomed Harry, no, he has to be stronger than himself, stronger than the old Spider-Man could ever hope to be. It's not enough for Peter to have his own powers, he has to have Harry's as well, and if that comes at the cost of Harry's life? Well, that's just the cost of doing business. As long as it makes him a better Spider-Man, that's all that matters, right?
It seems like they are going down the route where Harry gives into his anger and resentment, the symbiote whispering in his ear and exacerbating his worst aspects until there is nothing left of the sweet boy that Emily Osborn raised to be so deeply good, only a supervillain hellbent on revenge and world domination.
But that's not what happens.
Instead, almost everything Harry does after the Venom symbiote takes over is framed as helping. As a genuine, if twisted belief that the world he is making is a better world. Instead of seeking revenge against Peter, Harry/Venom wants to convert him. Wants him to stand beside him as they "heal the world" together. And the odd thing is, this only becomes more true with time. At first, Harry/Venom seems almost indifferent to Peter, and angers quickly when Peter calls them a "thing." But we see that the idea of Peter doing this with him, the need for his best friend to be beside him at the end of all things, eventually becomes so important to him that it is ultimately a weakness the heroes exploit.
Think about that; Harry Osborn's love for Peter Parker is so powerful that it almost seems to be corrupting the Venom symbiote, infecting it and twisting its mind as surely as it twisted Peter's, but in the opposite direction. It's so wild to watch the scenes at the end of the game and hear Tony Todd, in his deep-ass Venom voice, read lines like "Thanks for coming, Pete 😊" with the same casual inflection and tone as Harry would. Saying "This is where we became best friends. Now it's where we become brothers!" and sounding so pleased and excited that you'd think he was talking about Pete's mom marrying his dad and not infecting him with alien mind goop.
It's so incredible to me that the defining trait of Insomniac's Venom isn't hate; it's love. A twisted, warped love that doesn't fully understand itself, but a sincere and true love nonetheless, one that holds to the very end.
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A non-exhaustive list of the absolutely buckwild explanations I’ve seen MDZS fix-it fics make for avoiding/shortening the Sunshot Campaign
The power of friendship saves the day, courtesy of Wei Wuxian’s maxed-out charisma stats in fics where he’s not adopted by the Jiang
Wen Ruohan presented late in life as an omega and, because the Wen sect was sexist, that took him out of the line of succession
Lan Xichen Lysistrata's Nie Mingjue, who then goes on to single-handedly turn the tides of the war
Following her engagement to Wen Qing, Wen Ruohan gets to try Jiang Yanli’s cooking and it grows his heart Grinch-style
Wen-Popo assassinates Wen Ruohan
Please give me more, I crave this level of wholesome crack-fic insanity
#god i don't even remember what fic the nielan lysistrata thing came from but i remember it was iconic#most of these involve saving the day by making everyone gayer...or giving wen popo a gun.#mdzs#mo dao zu shi#grandmaster of demonic cultivation#wei wuxian#yanqing#nielan#my post
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Also don't think anyone has said this (thats a joke) but like, art styles aside:
The animation, expressions, movement, everything of ATSV is IMPECCABLE.
Like insanely, ridiculously, almost mind bogglingly good.
[This is a MEDIUM length post]
The main strength is the Emotion -
In terms of animation, the range of emotions Miguel is capable of expressing is like... crazy good. Gwen's emotions ARE UNSPEAKABLY IMPRESSIVE.
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LIKE...ANIMATING HER FUCKING BREATHING???? AND BLINKS!! AS AN EMOTIONAL CUE. HELLO???!!
And the movie hinges on this - almost every scene has an emotional cue that HAS to hit. Whether is Jess's looks of hesitation or Peter B.'s looks of horror.
And this may seem like the most ridiculous comparison ever made but like...
The Bee Movie and Across the Spider-Verse came out FIFTEEN YEARS APART.
THE BEE MOVIE...THIS MONSTRASITY that has plagued humankind - was made less than two decades from THIS:
The fact that we progressed that far as a society (pun intended) in that short of a time will never not baffle me.
I genuinely cannot name any other animated movie that:
Has multiple styles throughout the duration
Can seamlessly change styles without the viewer immediately noticing (like Gwen returning to her universe)
Show two or more animation styles on screen at the same time (and no, Roger Rabbit and Space Jam don't count - that's half live action lol)
Just off the top of my head - ATSV shows up to three styles in one scene: I'm mainly thinking of the scene that shows Hobie (customized - style 1), Peter B. (standard - style 2), and Miguel (a light stylized - style 3).
It can be brought to four if you want to count Miles/Gwen, though their style isn't visible.
I can think of a couple scenes that genuinely blew me away in terms of animation -
One being Rio's 'What-EVER?!' because of the little stance correction and head bob she does, because it's such a natural thing to do. And it adds so much to an already perfect line.
It's something someone would genuinely do IRL without even noticing.
Another I LOVE is Pavitr and Hobie roughhousing.
Like, I can't yell about these five seconds of animation more.
It's SO fluid it looks like Motion-Capture and I left the theatre googling is any Mo-Cap was used in the movie (and from what I can tell - no, it's all original animation).
The way Pavitr falls to the side and bumps them - This not only being a natural reaction to Hobie and his weight, but it also LOOKS natural. So much so you can see it affect Hobie's model too. The movement has kinetic energy on both models -
Which is AMAZING CONSIDERING THEY'RE ANIMATED ON LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES.
In this shot alone, there's the guitar, vest, AND Hobie, all of which have their own animation rules. Plus the outline on his guitar AND him. And then there PAVI too, who's running at a higher frame rate, touching and interacting with Hobie.
So much so that Hobie's model nearly wraps himself around Pavi. Pavi's hair is moving, Hobie's guitar is moving, there's movement in the background - and it looks GREAT.
PLUS THE CAMERA IS MOVING AND GOSTLING. IT'S NOT A STATIC SHOT. The models and camera are moving AS IF THEY'RE REAL when they're not.
That's - My..I CAN EVEN COMPUTE THAT.
But by far, I think the range of expression used on Miguel is like... Chef's kiss.
(of course I was gonna trick you into reading another post about Miguel. Uh-huh that's what's about to happen)
Like... are you kidding me?
NAH DEADASS ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????
The whole later half of the movie hinges on Miguel looking buckwild crazy insane and they NAIL that. And like-
Oh my god what the actual fuck
?????????????????????????? I........ I have nothing to add. After that picture......Nah... LMAOOO
(left: actual photo of Moche watching this happen)
But Anyway chile, This movie is like.. genuinely a modern marvel.
If Marvel gave Tim Gunn 4 billion dollars and five years, whatever live-action rendition he would have made would not even compare to ATSV on any conceivable level - that's how good it is so jot that down.
And like...don't even get me started on Hobie..his design..his representation...girl I will start crying in this Arby's do not play with me
I just felt that needed to be said.
you get what I'm saying yall know what I mean iight coo
Here's a picture of Hobie to cleanse your palette.
Bye.
#spiderman#atsv#spider man#marvel#hobie brown#across the spiderverse#spider punk#spiderpunk#gwen stacy#miguel ohara#miguel o'hara#miguel o hara#pavitr prabhakar#pavitr#pavi#astv#across the spider verse#miles morales#spiderman 2099#spiderman atsv
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✨💋Friday Kiss/Last Line/ OC Confessions/Writing Share Mega Tag (wew)💋✨
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I know it’s still a little early, but it’s Friday somewhere (right? 🤣) Time to SMOOCH (among other tags. Thank you if you have tagged me recently, by the way! I may miss some, but I always appreciate being tagged 💛✨)
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The Peter Hart confession that covers ALL OF THESE lovely tags. Prepare to melt 🫠
Benji hiccuped as tears fell down to the floorboards. Too emotional for words, he mustered a quick head nod. Peter sighed low, shaking his head. “Oh, Benjamin….why on earth didn’t you tell me?”
The noble shook his head once more. Peter tried again, his tone greatly hurt now, yet soft and unthreatening: “ Benjamin…. ”
Through his gentle sobs, the prince spoke in a cracking voice. “I….I didn’t want my heart to break…..” His lips curled as he tried to bottle his sorrow, but the waves wouldn’t cease. Finally, the onslaught of passionate grief overflowed from his chest to his tear ducts, and down his freckled face.
“Benjamin…..” Peter whispered low and gently.
“…..J-just break my h-heart already…..!” Benji’s crying breath hitched. The amulet was glowing brightly around his trembling bosom, yet the light did not detract the tears.
Peter cupped his hands over Benjamin’s cheeks, wiping the streams away with his thumbs. Tenderly, he tilted the prince’s head up to meet his eyes as he cooed gently down: “You should have told me, Benjamin….because you’d never know that….” He confessed through his own swelling voice. “…..that I feel the same.”
Benjamin’s shining eyes widened in shock. But, before he could let Peter’s words sink in, the captain leaned forward and met their lips. Slowly, sweetly, he kissed Benji as he tried to calm the crying mess of a man in his arms.
The noble’s breath hitched into Peter’s mouth, but he didn’t fight the kiss. Instead, he leaned into it with his whole heart as he finally relinquished his remaining reservation. Giving Hart total control, Benjamin moved his lips and jaw in tandem with the captain. Much like their dancing, he let Peter lead…..and Peter would absolutely take.
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Just watched Nosferatu, and I’ve heard a lot of things. But oh boy did nobody warn me that it was a bad film (in my opinion)!!!!!!
Here’s me ranting bc I have so many thoughts:
1. The costumes and set, the DESIGN that went into this film were all gorgeous, but they did nothing for the story. The costumes and set did not convey the story of the characters
2. The environment also did not play a role in the story of the film despite being used visually. Why use beautiful vistas and the grandiose aspects of nature if you’re not gonna fucking use them for anything other than “here’s something nice to look at!” (Especially when you’re set in the FUCKING ROMANTIC ERA!! Come on!)
3. The plot (oh boy the fucking plot), of which there were three? There were too many plots. This film did not know what it’s point was.
Was it about forbidden desire? (I don’t think so) if it was it didn’t say anything with it. What was the point? What was the message? That forbidden desire is something you must sacrifice for?
This film wanted to be about desire and then someone (the director?) made the choice to make vampires unsexy??? For a film where one of the plots was about sex and desire, it was shockingly uninterested in sex and desire??? It was so committed to being unsexy? Where the vampire is literally called by her desire to exist and yet, there’s nothing? What is happening!
4. Sexism. I thought, considering the setting and the new focus on the woman (idk her name, idk anybody’s names, the Mina Harker stand in), they would address the sexism of the period??? But no! They even discuss hysteria!! Melancholy! They tie her to the ficking bed and it GOES NOWHERE!!!
5. The dialogue. This film is so over exaggerated, it could be so stylistic, the dialogue certainly is. and yet it plays itself so serious, so straight. How can anybody say “I’ve seen things that would make Isaac Newton crawl back into his mothers womb” and not even a little bit acknowledge that it’s a crazy thing to say??? If you acknowledged that this man was a little off his rocker it could work! But no! The audience in the theater laughed!! Multiple times when the tone of the film was very clearly supposed to be serious! But it was funny!!
5a. See Thomas laying flat on his face after his first night in the castle (laughter). Or like, plenty of the buckwild lines. I’m gonna have to go to Reddit to find a proper list some day bc there’s some real gems.
6. Lily Rose Depps performance. It’s so intense. She’s going at a ten when everyone else is acting very subtly, with really great subtle expressions that convey what they’re feeling. And then she’s shouting half her dialogue, with very little build in intensity or time to build up. It made it hard to tell how I was supposed to interpret what she was feeling. Did she really love Thomas? Was she truly afraid of Orlock? What was happening?
7. Pacing. There’d be one incredibly intense, chaotic, horrifying and emotional scene, and then it would cut to Frederick and the two doctors just standing around talking!!! Where does your carefully built tension and suspense go!!!!! For a film highlighting the experiences of a woman, it sure doesn’t spend a lot of time showing us what she’s thinking!!! Or doing! Or feeling!!!
This film dragged. The first half was too long, the second half was unfocused. I could go into the cutting room with this film and take half an hour out and I guarantee you wouldn’t notice. Defoe’s character could be folded into the other doctor and no changes would be necessary. Why is Knock in the later half? What does he add to the story to begin with? (Nothing)
Especially when you consider that it’s totally normal to assume everyone is somewhat familiar with the story of Dracula. You do not have to reinvent the wheel!! You can cut stuff! We do not need Thomas spending so much time in the Castle! Or with the nuns! Or Frederick! (Speaking of, what happened to the money and debt subplot?) we don’t need them. Give me more of what’s her faces story! (Is it Tulla? Helen? Something with an L?)
8. Dracula’s castle: as a modern audience, we know Dracula is evil. Thomas does not need an extended scene of being told Dracula is evil. We do not need him in this house of horrors. It might actually be MORE horrifying if we don’t see it, if we guess! He doesn’t know what’s happening, he’s being violated! And we don’t know either! Just cut it bc it does nothing to the plot after the contract is signed. If you need a reason somebody in this story can kill a vampire, give it to Defoes character.
9. I have seen other films do these same themes and ideas, this exact story even, and I have seen it done better. Hell, I’m a massive fan of Bram Stoker’s Dracula from 1996 with Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves. It does the same story in a very campy, silly, seductive manner. But because it knows what it is, because it knows what tone and story it’s going for, because it does not take itself too seriously, I can actually get into it! I can vibe! I can have fun! I can see what it’s going for and appreciate it!!! But no! Count Orlock’s stuttering drawl has no place in this film! It does not fit stylistically! The “sexy” scenes, the need for Mina to sacrifice herself in a way, it doesn’t work the same!
I think this is what makes me so mad!!!!!!!! It’s similar to how I felt after watching Bullet Train. A well done, we’ll executed movie which very clearly had talented artistic people working on it, but without a soul. A film that has taken better movies and ground them up into a paste to spit back out at me. A film without anything to say. A hollow shell of shots and cuts and dialogue that doesn’t actually add up to a story.
#I wouldn’t even rewatch this film to have fun#maybe to laugh at it#from the midpoint I was hoping it would just end already#it insists upon itself lois#nosferatu#nosferatu 2024#count orlok#movie thoughts#film#film critique#the cinema is dead I suppose#you couldn’t pay me to rewatch this film in a theater
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okay now that I've had a night to sleep on it I just wanna take a minute and go absolutely buckwild over john doe in part 26 bc like. I was expecting the "I will not let you drown" line. I've seen the fanarts of it floating around, I knew that was coming. what actually fucking killed me was the second I realized john was reciting a robert frost poem to calm arthur down. and not just any robert frost poem, one that has been quoted over and over again, usually by arthur. that made me start SOBBING bc like.
this inhuman entity, who around 4-5 months prior, wanted arthur and the rest of humanity dead just because he had power and could kill them. learned so much from this broken mess of a man. learned about stories and poetry and music and mysteries and compassion and love and fell in love with all of it so deeply that it permanently changed who he is and how he sees humans and the world they live in. changed him so much that when he saw his friend crumbling under the weight of his own grief and guilt, chose to not only comfort him, but chose to comfort him with a poem. a fucking poem. when john has been so deeply invested in the stories and poems he's heard from arthur. he heard one that he liked enough to memorize and to keep close to his heart. and he chose to give it back again when his friend needed it most. to reach a hand out to arthur with a thing he loved and tell him he's heard. he's not alone. but he needs to keep going. most human action imaginable. do you think arthur ever recited that poem to john? to keep him calm when he got scared and lashed out? and that's how john learned it? and it brought him enough peace and comfort that he figured it would help arthur too??
literally the only equivalent I can come up with for this moment is something I saw once a long time ago. so my mom was sick. like really sick. normally she's a power-through-a-cold kind of person and she was laid out on the couch, so she wasn't doing great. and our dog, who was a lot younger then, knew something was wrong, and clearly wanted to make her feel better but didn't know how. so, she got her favorite toy, and gently shoved it into my mom's mouth. a kind of "I don't know how to make you feel better, so here's something I love and I hope it helps." it was one of the sweetest things I've ever seen. and it wasn't that the bone itself helped, it was the act of giving it that made everyone feel a little bit better. and that is what happened here. it's not the thing that john gave, even though it is significant, it's the fact that he chose to give it.
nobody talk to me for the next 5 business days, I'm going absolutely insane
#the LOVE in my HEART for this character.....#everyone else move out of the way john doe is my new favorite character#I'm sorry for the long post but the more I think about this moment the more crazy I feel#like it's just#he's so human!!!#he's so.....he's so.....#snkfekksmdjed#malevolent#malevolent pod#john doe malevolent#an eldritch being and his wet cat#I'm genuinely sorry about the length of this rant#sometimes characters Do A Thing#and then my inner english major emerges and goes#“QUICKLY. WE MUST ANALYZE. WE MUST UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVE DONE THIS (AND MAKE IT WORSE).”
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It is actually buckwild to learn that the Prime Consector is straight up one of three heads of government, and the Trust has been effectively using the role as an easy scapegoat. They've been playing games with Company Valor earnings, and they're publicizing every moment of their time on the job and then some. This is the Trust's most effective tool for putting action behind the ideals they want to push, and they're shooting themselves in the foot.
On one hand, a cult of this kind will of course be more effective if its leadership has drank its own Kool-aid, but on the other hand, the quantified tangibility of their ideals and the way the Upper Trust fabricates public opinion and manipulates those in debt means that it's hard to believe they aren't at least somewhat aware of this. So it's astounding to me how much trust they have in the general populace's belief in the Valor system.
The Company is probably the most visible group of individuals outside of literal media personalities. If the Upper Trust committed to making it just a little easier for Company members to break even than for the general public, they would have no issue with control. The Company, after all, are taking on personal risk to themselves in their line of work, and in theory what they're doing is all for the good of the Trust. This is a job that could easily be accounted as worthy of higher rates of Valor, allowing Company members to accrue and break even more quickly, and showcase the societal commitment to upward mobility.
Of course, as in real life, high-control cults do fall victim to their own messaging, and have blind spots which often lead to their demise. This is not to say that it's unbelievable that the Trust has hampered their efforts in this way.
But it is fascinating to consider that, as they're pinning the blame for the devaluation of Valor on their Prime Consector, the routine procedure of this blame game is in fact a cornerstone of the erosion of the Valor system's credibility and by extension effectiveness, and it's been a very long time coming.
#midst podcast#midst spoilers#midst meta#like look the US military is WAY more effective when they're actually helping vets get the benefits they're promised#the propaganda doesn't work as well when you don't follow through!
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taz musical theater au, please :O??? -ise (currently listening to broadway Anastasia and going buckwild again /lh)
"So," Kravitz says, the door closing behind him dramatically. He doesn't put his bag down like he usually does. Instead he looks stiff and frustrated and confused. And cute. Still painfully fucking cute, as always. "I was surprised to see you at the casting call today."
"Why? You've been talking about it since I moved in last month." Taako kicks his feet off the edge of the couch and keeps pretending to read the magazine he stole from the dentist yesterday, as revenge for having to be there. It's months old, but some of the recipes are still interesting.
Kravitz makes a face like he is trying, with all his might, not to telegraph how confused and frustrated he is. Too bad. Consider that code morsed, buckaroo. Tappity tap tap, you've betrayed how you feel. Better luck when the telephone gets invented.
"It's just," he says. "I did not think you were interested in musicals. Or this musical, specifically. Or being in the musical that I am running, and taking very seriously, by the way."
"Did I do a bad job in my audition?" Taako audibly turns a sleek page, and pretends to be interested in Cheez-it encrusted lamb nuggets. "You don't have to give me a call back if I'm not right for the part."
"No," Kravitz sighs, shaking his head. He clutches his bag close, like it will be a weapon against the great unknown of Taako's mysterious motives. "You were–amazing. I was afraid we weren't going to have a villain this round. You- Taako- " Kravitz walks over and grips the back of the couch. Taako looks So Very Incredibly Casually up at him, smirking. "You absolutely bodied your audition."
"Cool," Taako says, like it doesn't matter at all. Like, oh, chips were on sale? That's nice, maybe we'll make some dip. Maybe not. "I thought there was uh, a process for letting people know they're in."
"There is!" Kravitz stresses. "But we live together. Taako, we live together, I've known you for almost two months now, I've been talking about this musical all summer, and I've never heard you sing! What- I didn't know you even knew where the playhouse was!"
"Google maps," Taako provides helpfully. He closes his magazine thoughtfully. Maybe tomorrow he will get some Cheez-its. Lamb nuggets can't be that bad, can they?
"That's not my question!" Kravitz looks, get this, confused and frustrated. It's hard not to laugh right at him.
"What is your question?" Picture of innocence. Stock photo of a sky-blue day. Motives? What motives?
"Why did you try out for my musical??"
"Bored. Sounded fun," Taako says with a shrug.
"Are you interested in musicals??" Kravitz looks like the unhingedness of this line of interrogation is dawning on him a little late.
"Who isn't?"
"Taako!" That grip on the couch is so tight. Fuck, he's gorgeous. Maybe a little dim, though.
"Kravitz!" Taako grins. "Did you not want me there? Is there a problem? I thought this roommate thing was going okay."
"It-" Kravitz throws his hands in the air and huffs. "You're allowed to be there!"
"Oh good," Taako says, playing as stupid as he can manage with a straight face. "Not gonna get arrested today. Probably."
"Taako-"
"I mean you never know," Taako adds conversationally. "Always good to be prepared."
"Are you going to take this seriously??"
"Course," Taako says, and shrugs.
"You're not just doing it to fuck with me??" Kravitz. Darling. Really? Your first guess is that he's being mean, and not trying to follow you to a second location because he doesn't want to miss out on his Kravitz time? Sabotage, and not ooey-gooey crush the likes of which an adult ought not have to suffer?? Has Taako been Too Subtle?
"Why would I do that?" Taako tosses the magazine onto the side table. The two of them watch the whole pile of shit slide slowly onto the floor. Sheet music and snacks and playbooks and photos and maybe the lost remote go all over in slow motion. Taako looks back at Kravitz. Kravitz looks pinched. Calzone of a dude here. Dumpling, even. What's in your pocket, guy? What savory morsels are you withholding?
"I don't know," he says, after a long, painful moment. "But I'm going to find out." And he turns and marches toward his room.
Wuh oh. Maybe they got two very different messages on what this story is about. Should he say something?
Then again…Taako doesn't mind an enemies to lovers plot. Not one bit.
#taz#taakitz#tazb#the adventure zone#the adventure zone balance#fan5fics#taz balance#taakitz fic#thank you!!#clearing out my inbox
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WELCOME TO THE (UN)OFFICIAL WEIRDASS SHIP TOURNAMENT‼️
DO YOU:
- Have a rare pair so rare they never interact in canon? Or even exist in the same canon?
- Is literally only known by a small circle of friends and is completely incomprehensible to the average onlooker?
THEN THIS IS THE POLL FOR YOU‼️
THE SUBMISSION RULES ARE:
- CANNOT interact in canon! We are talking the obscurest of obscure. I need to have to hunt these character down and edit them into a photo in order for them to be valid. If I google their names together and can easily find official pictures of them hanging out it’s invalid(exceptions can be made depending on circumstances)
- CAN be from different source material. Literally anything goes!! Anime character and Spongebob? OKAY!!! Two characters from the same show who’ve never interacted?? YES!! I’m looking for ships you need to explain the development of. There needs to be a lore.
- CANNOT have a mass following. Once again, I’m looking for ships that can only be comprehended by a group of friends with insider knowledge. So things like BBC Sherlock’s mormor, despite being a ship wjere one of the characters technically doesn’t exist, doesn’t count on account of being immensely popular and having several hundreds of fics made for them. WE’RE TALKING WEIRD. RANDOM. OBSCURE. There’s gotta be like 5 fics of them MAXIMUM(exceptions can be made if they’re all by the same one or two very dedicated ppl)
- ALL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE JUDGED BY DEDICATION NOT NUMBERS!!! I want you FIGHTING for your LIFE to justify why your blorbos are not only weird but extremely valid to ship. I want to see essays with the same passion and effort youd put into your English paper worth 50% of your grade.
AND THE POLL RULES ARE:
- NO REAL LIFE PEOPLE. streamers count.
- I have full control of who gets in or not. Once again, we are going by dedication, not numbers. Please don’t be upset if your blorbos do not make it in. I f things go well, I’ll probably do this again, so you’ll likely have more chances to see them submitted.
- I DO NOT HAVE ENCYCLOPEDIC KNOWLEDGE OF EVERY MEDIA EVER. while i will go out of my way to do background checks of any character I don’t recognize, I’m not very smart. If a ship gets in that’s in some way notably problematic, I assure you I did not know!! Please just DM me about it if it happens!!!
- I don’t want to see any trash talking towards other opponents. This is a for fun poll! Please have fun. Discover new weird ships to have. Form weird ship polycules with the opponents and kiss or smth. If I see any vile behavior in the polls you will be blocked.
- unfortunately I am a human bound by feelings and bias. This was originally just going to be a ‘weird a3 ships’ thing before I decided to branch out since I doubt I’d get many submissions sticking to one fandom. If you see a lot of a3! Specific ships thats because I have a lot of friends who are all individually buckwild about certain weird ships.
- ALL PROPAGANDAIS NOT ONLY BELOVED AND ADORED BUT ENCOURAGED!!! GO APE!!!
THE SUBMISSIONS WILL LAST UNTIL MAY 15TH GMT -4‼️ (<- linked here)
(Should a date be needed I will specify later down the line. I will give more than enough time with a heads up for when I close submissions, so you do not have to worry about being too late to submit your blorbos.)
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SPECIAL SHOUTOUTS TO @pinkandbluebracket @redandyellowbracket @a3outfitstournament AND @greenhairandpronouns-tournament FOR MAKING POLLS SEEM FUN AND SILLY AND THUS MY ENCOURAGEMENT TO MAKE MY OWN!!! ALSO BECAUSE TAGGING SEEMS CUSTOMARY
#long post#weird ship tournament#poll#character poll#ship poll#sorry in advance if this comes off loud or mean in any way#I made this at midnight hopped up on several different allergy medicines#because of allergies#also goes sour saying but this is for fun!!!#it’s silly!!!!#we’re here to be silly!!!#be silly!!!#also note!#I will not submit any blorbos mysekf or garantee any of my beloved’s a spot#I want to see how this plays out#there’s also the knights of the round table aka KniRoun
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LET'S GET REACQUAINTED ! hey rpc ! lets be honest, datv brought us all back in one way or another either you're a veteran or new, i'm sure there is stuff that has changed or we don't know each other so let's have a game about it to reintroduce each other ! repost this to do the same & tag some pals if you want !
Name / Penname: Sawyer for veterans, did you go by something previously ? if so what was it if you're comfortable sharing that name &/or penname: Used to be known as Sarah, don't mind if folks know but Don't Call Me That. age & gender( if comfortable sharing ): Nonbinary, 29 what was your first dragon age muse: I will be so forreal I don't remember if Averill or Varania's blog came first but I thiiiink it was one of the two of them? do you have any other darp muses / blogs: I run @orxna and I used to write on @rattrunner and @birdfacedelf, and several other muses that I've since moved over to my multi here. what muses / blogs do you have outside of darp: None right now thedas has two moons: true | false - Two moon truther I don't care what any of the newer media says
single line, para, or novella: Honestly, I'm pretty open for anything. I am a person who may spit out a multi para at you out of nowhere and if we haven't agreed to a length beforehand do not feel pressured to match my legnth. I just can't shut up about my muses sometimes. plotting or winging it: I like to plot a lot, I think it's fun to talk about how our muses interact and I think it can give more depth and nuance to any future spontaneous interactions. That being said, I also like just stuff out of the blue it's fun and brings in variety. fighting threads, you bold enough for them?: Depends entirely on the muse but yeah, I do like them. I do like to have some idea of how they're mostly going to go, and I'm ALWAYS happy to have a muse lose if yours is understandably more powerful. I actually think it's quite fun to find creative ways to throw my muses at brick walls so to speak. The desperation builds character. what content warnings are on your blog?: There's a lot of body horror potential from Several muses, I've got blood mages and demons and eldritch abominations so it's not something I shy away from. I do also have some level of child abuse in several of my muses' histories along with themes of slavery and finding personhood after. what things do you need tagged for your comfort?: Just general epilepsy related tags. Flashing gifs, epilepsy warning, etc.
shipping preferences: single | multi | no ship | polyshipshipping boundaries: For the most part, as long as a person shows pretty basic respect of not autoshipping, and actually checking in with me? I'm real open for shipping. I love smashing our barbie dolls together, I like to be able to talk with folks about the ships so like communication is key and all that but I'm not particularly finicky, I guess? I also love all varieties of ships be they romantic or platonic. favorite ships in dragon age: I love HoF/Sten, any HoF I simply don't care it's just a good ship whether it's queer platonic or romantic, I am a VarricHawke truther. I did not like Solavellan when the game first came out but because of all the wonderful rpers in darp I'm pretty feral for it now lol. favorite ships from the rpc( tag your friends ships ! ): My fucking KINGDOM for Solas(@theharellan) and Ian(@theshirallen). I have shipped that shit for almost my entire time in Darp which is buckwild. I love Inara(@valorcorrupt) and Alistair, Merc has given me so much emotional damage over on Orxna about it.
fun facts about yourself that may have changed since in the past ten years( when inquisition dropped )--
This is so hard, lol. Well, I don't live in the south anymore and am, in fact, like an hour from canada now. I also work on a whole ass Farm now, it's pretty great.
be honest, did you miss darp. come on now--
Yeah, I really got my legs writing in darp I think it very much helped shape who I am as a writer. Definitely helped me fine tune what kinds of characters and tropes I enjoy and work on my collaboration with cowriters just as passionate about this series as I am.
challenge round ! put a small top five things unrelated to dragon age !
I have Too Many birds. Three geese, one gander, twenty-six hens, and one rooster.
I also have too many dogs. I have four Hungarian puli and two Scottish deerhound.
I'm working towards getting my vet etch certification in the next few years.
I currently work at a brick fire oven pizza place making pizza and I'm really good at stretching dough HOWEVER I cannot toss dough. I don't have the pizza rizz necessary but I make a really good sausage mushroom alfredo pizza.
Snow was put upon this earth to specifically inconvenience me every morning when I must do bird chores.
tagging: I am really bad at tagging because I have a horrible time keeping track of people who've already answered so just steal if you wanna
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✨💋Friday Kiss/Last Line/ OC Confessions/Writing Share Mega Tag ✨
Tagged by @sunglasses-in-the-bentley and @the-golden-comet here
Rules: Pick one of these tags (or all, if it applies) ✨to do:
Rules: Post a scene where one of your character's does a confession to another character from your wip. It doesn't have to be a love confession. Maybe it's a lie. Maybe it's a crime. Maybe it's betrayal. Go buckwild, go crazy!
Rules: From your story/WIP, share a kiss. It can be any kiss, from forehead kisses, familial pecks on the cheek, platonic kisses, to full-blown make-outs.
Rules: Post a last line from your story/WIP
Rules: Post a snippet from your writing
TPKODR
No kissing yet but we do have a confession a last line and a snippet
Confession/realization not perfect but pretty close to what I want here
Daimhín watched for a little while before saying “now to hunt down Oisìn for a talk.” He wanted to find out why Oisìn was skittish earlier and talk about the sword. Adoh chuckled and said “yer fond of that one.” Daimhín shrugged “I suppose.” Adoh said “I saw the way ye were lookin’ at him after he stepped in-between you and that sword .” Turning to face him. Daimhín's eyes widened as he realized what Adoh had just implied. He said “I need to be going now.”
Last line
Daimhín stood as well
(now to reread and remember what was going on 0_0)
Snippet
Galen stood and said “what are ye planing?” Daimhín grinned “who me, planning something?” Galen groaned “is this going to involve rum?” Daimhín said “I think it will lift the spirits a little.”
Np tags @gioiaalbanoart @fortunatetragedy @drchenquill @evilwriter-originals
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