#can't believe I haven't posted it before

[wandixx]

Halloween dress-up, let's go!!!

Assignment: "Dress up as ghosts".

Status: Yes. They're ghosts. Just really different types of ghosts

[einaudis]

ALL OF US STRANGERS (2023) dir. ANDREW HAIGH

[harundraws]

doing some curiouscat - art requests in honor of hitting 1k follows on twitter and someone requested *checks notes* "GENLISSA BARK BARK BARK ABRK ABRKK ABRK" so here is genlissaaaaa ♡

[crimeronan]

on picrew figuring out what vee's princess AU humansona looks like, since that seems. important to know. at some point. thus far despite making very few changes from her canon s3 humansona, she bears..... a STRIKING resemblance to luz.

[robo-dino-puppy]

horizon forbidden west | trees in the restless weald

[poetsonart]

Edward Hopper, Summer Evening (1947) // Walt Whitman, "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" (1856)

[nyhti]

The Best of DC #14

[tea-cat-arts]

I'm willing to at least hear out most of the "xyz plot point is heavily tied to abc cultural context" brands of posts but the "wwx isn't meant to be read as morally gray" and "the western fandom made up Sizhui being wangxian's son" brands of post make me feel like my cultural ignorance is being used to gaslight me

[setmeatopthepyre]

One bright morning changes all things Soft and easy as your breathing, you wake Your eyes open, at first, a thousand miles away But, turning, shoot a silver bullet point-blank range And I can scarce believe what I'm believing in Could this be how every day begins?

The sky set to burst, the gold and the rust The colour erupts, you filling my cup The sun coming up

Like I lived my whole life Before the first light

[rockitmans]

I was tagged by @kurtsascot, thank you ❤️

And I think I'm ahead of @forabeatofadrum today but thank you for consistently tagging me anyway! Edit: and you got there just before me of course purely to make me look a fool 😆

So I've actually been writing! In between the fifty weddings I feel I have attended in the last two months, I've been working on my rwrb au. I like to have around four chapters done before I start posting and then the fear sets in and keeps me motivated. I've just finished chapter 3 so hopefully it will be soon™️

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Tina glances at the centrefold in confusion and then she smiles knowingly. "Ah. You mean Prince Kurt."

"Of course Prince Kurt. I don't see any other horrifyingly dull cardboard cutouts on the guest list." Blaine hesitates. "Actually let's be real. I just described the entire royal family. But he's the Worst."

"Your feud with him is so normal," Tina chirps and Blaine nearly laughs.

"It's not a feud. That would imply he hates me too. And obviously I'm so loveable that that's impossible."

It is demonstrably not impossible but Blaine gets a sick pit in his stomach whenever he thinks about it. So he just doesn't. Denial. So much easier than the alternatives.

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Tagging: @backslashdelta @justgleekout @little-escapist @cerriddwenluna

[blazingblorbos]

oh god. oh god. oh.. oh gosh. I didn't expect this so soon. I didn't expect this today, I've been busy with life related things so the HYV calendar is really unbeknownst to me, is this update really next week already?? where can I rant about this- whERe can I rant about this-

oh. I made a blog for that exact purpose ! OKAY—!

fuck. fuck me, dude holy-

FUCK.

the slightly worried look on Arle's face as Snezhevna is reaching out her hand, only for her face to seemingly revert back to cold and neutral once the camera actually focuses in on her. Her tone is cold but her words are reassuring,,,,,,,,

ALSO GOD FUCKING DAMN IT. HOW GENTLY SHE HOLDS HER HAND.

the d o o r. the DOOR. THE FUCKING DOOR, CHAT. the slow opening at first, and once you can make out that it's certainly Arle's silhouette she shoves it fully open - both doors, both hands. incredibly attractive—. the FEAR in that man's eyes.

The crossed hands. We can't see her face but you know what expression she's making (it's not really an expression. it's neutral but you can feel it). THE FUCKING F E A R ON THAT MAN'S FACE.

Oh- she literally just grabbed him by the throat. Just like that- ! There's the expression. Oh, you feel it, alright. If you go frame by frame, you'll notice her eyes narrow in the slightest right before ->

POV: you're getting chocked out by Arlecchino, and that's actually the least of your worries. (my god she is beautiful).

I did not expect him to simply be thrown down to the ground and I ... d i d not expect her to step on his FACE. [insert gay masochistic joke here. you know the one]. Did not expect her to smile (this is the ONLY scene wherein we see her smile even slightly... huh...) *And the reason I say "I did not expect her to smile", is because with the momentum we were getting I thought she was straight up going to crush his throat, or stab him (hand, weapon or otherwise). It looked like she was digging the forefoot of her shoe into the guys head and not the... .. y'know deadly fucking heel, so that.. confused me. (and the sound when she supposedly stomped his head in did NOT sound all that impactful) but ANYWAYS I digress-

I'm of course assuming more happened after the cut to black because . madam where did you get that bloodstain on you—

BLOODSTAIN ON HER FACE!?!?!? (more on this in a second)

Freminet??? Freminet feature ! (not Lyney or Lynette.. interesting). :(((( the poor boy sounds so,, desensitized. His father

holy shit quick intermission. After the mental chronological fuckfest that was "The Song Burning in the Embers" I don't think I can look at Arle and the HotH the same anymore because she's.. she's like not even 10 years older than them (?) it's insane this doesn't make any sense- ANYWAYS.

HIS FATHER comes back with what we later see to be real blood on her face. Tells him "I've acquired new funds". We know what that means... HE knows what that means!!, and the way WE - THE AUDIENCE - know that Freminet knows what it means is because the boy replies "Oh.. Okay.."

LIKE-! chat omg this is truly just routine for them,,,, Like out of the 3 siblings, Freminet always gave off the biggest child assassin vibe, but wow. To see that routine and desensitized nature of the HotH's line of work just,, splayed out in a Character Trailer is . wow. and the look in his eyes as he says it is- wow.

YEAH UHH BLOODSTAIN ON HER FACE??/ The lighting in this scene now is evidently less saturated. And it's just- oh my FUCKING GOD it does so many things:

the blood on Arle's face looks... dry. it doesn't look as fresh as you may expect which could mean many things. It could mean she spent,,, hella long in there with that guy doing what needed to be done. It could mean she took care of something else immediately after dealing with that guy (perhaps smth related to the children Snezhevna wanted to save). But regardless, it means she didn't put in the effort to clean her face and hide what happened. OBVIOUSLY !!! that is so . obviously her style but to S E E IT IN MY GENSHIN IMPACT CHARACTER TRAILER it's- oh my god

it serves to highlight the really, truly, bleak nature of the scene now that we know plain and simple Arlecchino just killed a man. There's no subtext, there's no reading between the lines. The only thing that didn't happen is that we didn't see contact nor see a body. But, no sugarcoating, Arlecchino killed a man. No one is hiding it. You are not surprised. No one should be but damn.

and ofc it acts as a representation of Snezhevna dying...

because it seems like the saturation is back once the camera switches to looking at Snezhevna laying in bed.

And is it me, or does it look like Arle's allowing herself to actually display a tinge of worry in her expression this time? And also, EVER so slightly in her tone as well. You can feel it, it's gentler.

"Once I'm better I'll start my next mission.."

THIS. THIS!! IN SO MANY WAYS THIS!

OKAY. so bear with me. I haven't actually read any of the sibling's character stories yet, so there could be a LOT of info I'm missing but:

There's still a pretty thought-provoking conversation going on (in MY mind, at least) about just how intensely these children are being trained to be soldiers for the Fatui. They're obviously in an environment that indoctrinates them into being soldiers of SOME kind, but I still don't know what kind of soldier that's supposed to be. Are they all ALWAYS extensions of the Fatui? Or are they more-so extensions of Arlecchino specifically..? Snezhevna was obviously trying to help those children she came across, and I'm assuming that happened on her latest mission, so was the mission for a charitable cause?? What was her next mission supposed to be?? Same line of work? Saving people? Or would it switch up and was she going to be sent to "take care of" (kill .) someone???

So I don't know whether to interpret that line as a hint of them being overworked and 1) feeling like they need to continue their work out of pure fear that they'll be deemed ineffective and useless... or 2) feeling like they need to continue their work out of a sense of loyalty and duty to the place that took them in and raised them. Or both..

and ofc the funeral scene. I can't say much more than what's already shown right on the screen.

and am I bugging? Or is the location of the grave....

[daily-hanamura]

to pair with the ‘your house is there’ post, these panels from the mange imply (a teeny bit) that souji going to yosuke’s house might be a regular occurrence ♥

[pokerized]

i have never really posted about them, but lloyd and whitney are probably the most important duo in vegas.

lloyd henreid is randall flagg's right hand man. he's burnt out and has basically nobody there for him... except for whitney. whitney checks on him after the crucifixions, they sit and talk together, whitney is comfortable enough telling lloyd henreid, flagg's main informant, that he's planning on hopping town. and not just that he's planning on leaving, but that he wants lloyd to come with him and the rest of their group.

the fact that lloyd declines this offer tells me a few things, and all of them can either be separate interpretations or all a part of the same thought process depending on how you see lloyd and analyze his character.

lloyd is so deep into this delusion that flagg is somehow deep down capable of caring for him that he still feels obligated to stick by him

lloyd is so beat down by flagg that leaving him after everything, good and bad, that flagg has done to/for him keeps his feet planted to the ground

lloyd wants to leave with whitney, but is terrified of flagg finding him and punishing him the same way bobby terry got it

lloyd wants to leave but is scared of whitney and the others being hurt by flagg... which is honestly much more likely considering how flagg loves to torment lloyd.

whitney was one of lloyd's best friends and probably the only person he ever truly made a connection with. whitney consistently shows concern, love, and real kindness towards lloyd... and yet in the end flagg is more important than him. because flagg could kill lloyd or whitney in an instant, and that keeps lloyd away.

lloyd tells whitney he can't leave flagg because he believes that he owes flagg his life, but i think it's really because he didn't want whitney to lose his.

too bad he did anyway.

[candescentkpop]

Number one pick

Baekhyun: Pineapple Slice

Baekhyun Part 1 / ∞

[wonder-worker]

"We therefore need to separate out the 'facets' of [Anne de Pisseleu's] life, the way she was perceived by different groups and individuals. According to these, she could be viewed as an ornament to the court, a grasping favorite, a desired patroness, an able businesswoman, later on as a pillar of the reformed church and cantankerous old woman. At different times and over a long life, Anne de Pisseleu played all these roles."

David Potter, "The Life and After-Life of a Royal Mistress: Anne de Pisseleu, Duchess of Étampes"

[pa-pa-plasma]

i don't think i'll ever get over how people treat kids that aren't good in school as worthless no matter what. "oh it can't be that bad" my guy idk how to tell you this but the last time i went to a normal high school the principal called me into his office to brag about how he failed me in all of my classes before the semester was even finished & i should quit while i'm ahead cuz i'm too stupid ("officially" diagnosed as such by a school counselor & a psychiatrist!!) to succeed. & this is considered normal