#but overall I'm laughing

[dropthedemiurge]

I'm laughing so much

Kawi just drank some alcohol and decided to speedrun his own little gay journey

Basically skipped right to "kiss around and find out" xD

Poor Pisaeng tho, his love for hot-and-cold trash racoons like Kawi will make him and all of us go crazy

[bicryptide]

"Rise leo is not canon queer/MLM-"

Be serious.

[louferignojr]

[lgbtlunaverse]

Thinking of the Nie disciple that told Nie Mingjue it was Meng Yao who stayed behind to clean up corpses on the battlefield today.

Nie Mingjue didn't just randomly stumble upon poor lil meowyao eating bread in the novel, he was already looking for him to thank and reward him for his work.

That's what makes it so fun that nieyao's first conflict will end up being about someone else taking credit for Meng Yao's work.

And I'm sure that Nie Mingjue's actual opinions on plagiarism are a lot more nuanced, all we really get from him in this scene is "well you shouldn't kill someone over it!" which leaves a lot of room for what punishments he thinks are appropiate. But I bet that it isn't occuring to him in this moment that the only reason he knows Meng Yao at all, the only reason he got such a capable deputy, is that he noticed someone was taking care of the dead and cared enough to want to know their name. And then the Nie disciples didn't lie to him. The disciple he asked could have said "it was me, Zongzhu" to rise in the ranks himself, but he didn't. He went and asked others, who all also could have taken the credit, but they didn't. Someone saw Meng Yao working and decided to be honest about it and that simple decision is the catalyst for Meng Yao becoming Nie Mingjue's deputy.

Meng Yao can't just work hard to get results, others have to acknowledge that work. If they don't, it's as if he didn't do anything at all.

[galedekarios]

fighting polyphemus is infinitely more funny if you have the knuckle bones equipped

[stellarstardust]

Wake up, babe. New cringey IkePri MC quote just dropped:

Me reading this: 🤦🏻‍♀️

And here is where Chevalier is me:

You deserve to be laughed at and feel embarrassed, Emma. I laughed and was embarrassed for you.

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2023. VILLAINS by V. E. Schwab.

Time for a NaNo Prep Reread! I love Victor and this vicious little family with my whole chest. This'll be my second time rereading VICIOUS, but only my first time rereading VENGEFUL.

[biracy]

It is so stupid, to be frank, to claim that "the less Objectively Good (whatever that means) a Piece Of Media is, the more Easily Fandomizable it is", especially because "'good media' (again, whatever that means) is too Complete on its own to warrant any fandom discussion." Like. Do people actually believe that? That when something is "good" it can never invite discussion or elaboration or expansion? Idk it feels almost cruel to claim that, idk, "fandom urges" come primarily from a desire to improve upon "bad media" rather than to elaborate upon something someone enjoys. Especially when this shite always comes from the "media literacy" crowd like do you actually think that "media literacy" is when you read a good book and say "well that was good! Don't have anything more to say about that!" oh my God

[essektheylyss]

I am obsessed with how narratively convenient Lark's divinatory abilities are. She's the only one of the protagonists who is both pragmatic and has a working sense of self-preservation, so having some internal impulse that is actually the guiding hand of the cosmos pushing her into doing the REALLY stupid shit is both necessary and really useful.

Like, I am the type of writer who kind of scoffs at the idea that characters are beyond the writer's control and will completely screw over your outline, because on one hand, a sensible outline will follow the characters' personalities and tendencies anyway. Obviously in an ensemble cast you will need to do some wrangling, but in theory your characters are responding to varying degrees of stimuli in order to maneuver them into the places you need them to be for things to all come together in the end.

But more importantly, "curse from god" is the funniest and easiest way to push any character to do things beyond the realm of reason when necessary, and frankly, what the fuck is the point of playing god if you don't embrace that?

[brown-little-robin]

yeag

[dellovestorant]

Ok let's address Jamie Chadwick's comments because ofc this discourse continues. It took me 7 hrs to comprehend what she actually said sue me. I'm tired, it's week 13/13 of uni.

The second part of her response is true no doubt about it. Mercedes don't NEED to split the upgrades between both cars. They haven't in years to my knowledge and so Monaco was a first for a lot of fans. McLaren splits their upgrades, so do Aston and Williams to give a couple examples. Mercedes just never needed to because their performance was always to a standard they didn't need to rush the upgrades on one car. Now they do. The drivers themselves have questioned why they always wait for both parts to be ready (source: see Shov's answer in Merc's Monaco debrief). It has been said many many times and proven they had two different front wings in Monaco. There's no need for her to speculate on whether or not Lewis had the upgrades. He didn't. Now this article was modified yesterday (29/05) but idk when it was originally written because it only talks about qualifying and nothing about his response after the race 🤷‍♀️. Either way we already saw the different front wings on Friday.

But Lewis should be giving his hats off to George. Maybe not in so many words but the shady comments followed by a smirk does not help things whatsoever. He very well knows how his fans react online, he knows the way certain accounts write things. However full judgement is on hold for now because technically (and I really mean technically there's so many nuances i could go into but I won't rn) this is the first time he's reacted like this so it honestly just could be adrenaline. Although backing it up with more shady comments after the race doesn't help his case.

Keep an eye on it or don't but if there is this much discourse over a bloody front wing because someone can't answer a question with just a straight answer I wish everyone good luck dealing with stuff after the summer break.

[howlsmovinglibrary]

are you having a brat summer yet my liege? (wishing you all the best!!! everything will work out in the end!!!)

oh, my beloved anon, I don't know who you think I am, but I am having such the opposite of a brat summer that I genuinely wondered if you'd maybe sent this to the wrong person :')

[yellowhollyhock]

I can't believe Donnie's overalls are getting so much criticism 'he should know better did you see him in the clothes don't make the turtle'

yeah did you see him in flannel in the purple game. between those two eps I would argue overalls totally fit his style.

AND. they are simply the correct thing to wear in the apocalypse. I'm sorry he's not going to a magic show this time he's on his way to upkeep his arsenal against goop aliens. Of course he needs as little skin exposed as he can and big pockets and as comfort as possible. It is literally the correct choice

'what's with the dorky--' maybe you should try putting on something comfortable with deep pockets and sturdy fabric and you would feel whimsical and strong and realize that this is the best possible outfit for all kinds of occasions

[aq2003]

--> your eat his heart on the marketplace note. Totally, it's so good and poignant in the Josie Rourke production and with DT's CT's acting choices! And to think that majority of the reviews for it, which I googled before watching for the first time, gave this production its due for entertainment factor but called it too slight and frothy

trulyyyyy. i think my favorite version of the "eat his heart in the marketplace" scene as a whole is actually the 2019 version w/ danielle brooks (it's more tonally consistent and serious and danielle's line delivery is so everything), but catherine's was the first version of it i watched and i was SO blown away by it like i rly fell in love w catherine as an actress right there <333 and god i could go on and on and on about how well the 2011 version portrays benedick in that scene too, like i really love how it's made crystal clear that he recognizes what's wrong and is willing to stand up for hero even without beatrice's urging - he already knows to defend her, but she needs to push him to actively stand up to don pedro and claudio (not my observation, but benedick starts to move to interrupt claudio's outburst at the wedding multiple times and is stopped by don pedro and UGHHH. it makes his challenge to claudio and resignation from don pedro's service hit so fucking hardddd) . like this is why i love the 2011 much ado so much it's not just that it's so accessible and easy to understand and funny, it's that there is so much thought being put into the details and the characterization and you will notice small things like that upon multiple rewatches

[streetcornertwoam]

OH my god...

I just actually had to go back relisten to the last several minutes of the latest ep ‘cause...I can’t believe I didn’t get the hints...

the fucking robes... ‘servant of the seven’ ‘one of seven in battle’...even BUMBERSHOOTS! 

goddammit Justin McElroy I’m so furious but I’m cackling

[teddybeartoji]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh i just get so upset sometimes bc i don't know how to express my love and adoration in a way that isn't just "omg i love that" or "omg that's so cool" THAT'S NOT ENOUGHH IT ISN'TTTTTTTTT THIS GOES FOR ALL OF MY BELOVED WRITES AND ARTISTS AND FILMS AND DIRECTORS AND COMPOSERS AND CINEMATOGRAPHERS AND SOUND DESIGNERS AND FICTIONAL CHARACTERS AND POEMS AND STUNTMEN AND JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA