#complete sidenote

[peepingwizard]

last one for today I promise. please get this man some asprin or something.

[ruporas]

kisses of affirmation (ID in alt)

[chkn-kit]

something stupid that's been cooking in my brain for a while MOOTS LOOK AWAY

[mildarka]

waiter!!!! waiter!!!! more reapermare please!!!! <33

they dancin'

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

what i like about movies like Heathers is they ask "what if teenage girls committed atrocities?" and then they take a good hard look at teenage girls and conclude that what's already going on is worse

[lover-of-mine]

[dooweeedooguy]

Since there are a lot of people who just watch New Who and dont watch Classic, I feel like I need to clarify this for ALL of you...

these two fine fellows, although they play the same character... ...they do NOT play the same character

...hopefully y'all understand w/o having me going into depth lol

[puppyeared]

The garment, worn by those in good standing with Hyrule royalty, has been reworked with the latest improvements, such as a new shoulder guard.

[chocokano]

little thingy i did when making a strawpage :3 i detest them

[sophsun1]

Queer As Folk – 2.08: Love for Sale

[turtleblogatlast]

[ cw: death mention / immortality mention / imprisonment mention / torture implied / ]

I think one of the reasons why I love to explore the idea of the Prison Dimension and especially Leo being trapped there for considerably longer than canon is that, well, literally anything is possible. Time could pass the same or it could pass faster or it could pass slower or it could go so slow for years and at random outshoot earth by half a decade or vice versa like-?? It’s such a malleable concept.

And I think that very same malleability is what makes it so horrifying.

Because you can toy with the concept of death to its utmost there. You can choose to keep it as with the outside’s reality, where death by injury or sickness or even old age may occur. Or you can assume it is a place that simply won’t let its prisoners die, and that whoever enters is doomed to eternal life in endless void. Or even still, maybe you can die, but you’re rewound, or your soul can’t escape (or is kept there), and now you’re in a cycle, back and forth between life and death.

That doesn’t even touch upon whether the inhabitants can age, or grow, or if they need sustenance, or sleep, or if there’s any other life in there at all aside from who you’re thrown in with. And, if there is other life, is that life friendly? And could you even come across it in the vastness of the space?

How big is the Prison Dimension, even? If you went forward one direction for as long as you could, would you never run out of space, or would it cycle you back around to the other side? Gravity seems to be both there and not, so I wonder if the dimension is random in regard to how that works.

And, further, I wonder about the possibility of the dimension being even slightly sentient, and the potential horror that could imply.

The Prison Dimension is an endlessly fascinating concept to me, and the thought of Leo being trapped there, and not getting out when he did…that’s horror, really and truly.

[greenleaf4stuff]

"You told me you went down the river once, in Beleriand. How the banks were covered in sage blossoms. You sounded wistful. But look around you now - there is no river here anymore. No sage blossoms will grow on this ground drenched in blood. And no young elves are left here who would see their beauty. Because of you."

aka, I wish they'd let these characters speak during their fight scene.

I mean the fight itself was great - we have seen that Arondir is very skilled at fighting with how he easily dispatches the uruk that try to slow him down. We also see Adar catching his arrow in mid-air - this is going to be a tough fight for Arondir, Adar can match his skills with a bow/fighting with his own.

Their fight is a wordless exchange of "let me give you your arrow back" "oh you shouldn't have, I actually got more where that one came from" "sword beats arrow". And then they get super close as if they both want to look into each other's eyes even as Arondir begins to go down.

My best interpretation would be that this is Arondir trying to fight and kill Adar, yes, but being unable to do so, he wants Adar to face the consequences of his actions - "look me in the eyes as I am dying* and know that you caused this - you are causing all of this, and I will not let you look away from it".

Which is why I wish the show would have let them talk. Adar had some very interesting interactions with Arondir in s1, and already had talks with Galadriel and Elrond who did try to talk some sense into him in s2. It would have been so great if they'd have let Arondir tell Adar some hard truths as well. Maybe mirror some elements from their conversation(s) in s1, like I attempted to do above.

Best case, it would have given the fight another layer and added to their character arcs. I suppose the show had to keep the fight short, but still, it seems like a bit of a missed opportunity.

(*he couldn't have known he would get better atp)

[coquelicoq]

i think the dub tanuma line that bothers me the most in s07e01 is when natsume's like idk if accepting casual gifts from youkai is a good idea...😕 and tanuma's like, i'm sure it's fine 🥰 um, excuse me but he would not be blithe about it. that is very much not his m.o. one thing i love about him is how he tries so hard to be thoughtful and reassuring and he doesn't just write natsume's worries off. this specific moment is partly just a show problem though (as opposed to only a problem with the dub) because in the manga natsume doesn't say that part about not knowing whether to accept youkai gifts out loud. so tanuma's response is more along the lines of, oh, you have a substance that's supposed to be baked into clay? cool, because i have some clay for you. makes perfect sense and doesn't require him to figure out how to respond to natsume's concern about youkai gifts.

in the dub tanuma seems dismissive of natsume's dilemma:

Tanuma: Huh, a bottle of ash as thanks? Which fairy tale was this guy from? Nice to hear you meet polite yokai, though. Natsume: A little too polite. All I did was return something that belonged to him in the first place. [sigh] Not sure if it's the best idea to casually accept yokai gifts, you know? Tanuma: Eh... [upbeat] I'm sure it's okay. Speaking of, I have a gift for ya.

in the sub he doesn't seem to know how to respond and kind of segues into a new topic:

Tanuma: He gave you that ash as thanks? It's like something out of a fairy tale. Some of these youkai are really polite. Natsume: Yeah, but...all I did was give him back something that was his in the first place. [sigh] And I don't know if it's a good idea to accept gifts from youkai. Tanuma: [pause] Oh, I've got something you'll like, Natsume.

interestingly, in the manga natsume doesn't say anything about giving back something that already belonged to the youkai. he also doesn't articulate his concern about accepting gifts:

Tanuma: [On the previous page, not shown, he says, Wow, a gift?] Sounds like a folktale. How dutiful of him. Natsume: I suppose, but... Natsume's internal monologue: Yokai and humans have different rules. I hesitate to accept gifts I don't understand. Natsume: [sigh] Tanuma: Oh, I have something perfect for you then. Natsume: Hm?

i don't think either version of the episode handles tanuma's response to natsume's misgivings very well so i wonder why they had natsume say that out loud, thereby requiring them to come up with a response from tanuma. because showing natsume thinking it as he does in the manga would take time and in the meantime they would just be sitting there staring at each other? idk.

[harmonicabisexuals]

after watching s06e08 i was totally right- cameron leaving house is her jane eyre leaving thornfield post-bertha reveal moment....see when you marry your boss's protege bc you're in love with said boss and then get upset when your husband acts like your boss...and then your proxy marriage dissolves bc you can't get over your husband's (boss's) actions but you're still so in love with your boss despite everything that it's literally impossible for you to be in the same room together but oops you're working together again so you have to leave so you can look at yourself in the mirror and desperately cling to some appearance of morality but it's already too late and he's irreversibly changed you for the worse

[raptorrobot]

icarus being aroace is deeply integral to the icariel dynamic for many reasons and GOD do i love thinking about it. icarus isn't driven or blinded by attraction, he loves gabriel in a more cosmic way - like a magnet being pulled to another. he finds him endearing and silly and cute. he finds comfort and warmth in his presence. he likes the feeling of being loved and being able to reciprocate that love and make someone else feel that way too. he doesn't need to experience attraction to love that angel !!!

[larrythefloridaman]

WOAH, HE'S BIGENDER? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!