#context changes nothing

[mango-ti]

Polish Miku shows off her new hair

[qualityrain]

like a lake in a glass

[fuckmeyer]

the choice between Edward & Jacob is not a question of which relationship is healthier or which partner is best suitable for Bella. neither is correct. neither is best. neither produces a happy ending for Bella. at the end of the day this is still a vampire novel. any choice Bella could make would yield, at best, a bittersweet happily ever after.

if she chooses Edward, she gets the terrifying Breaking Dawn ending: a girl who rejected her call to grow up has hung her love & her eternity on an emotionally stunted partner who hates himself marginally less than he loves her. she's a teen mom with a kid she never wanted who perpetuates the generational trauma passed down from her parents. by keeping this child, the Cullens have set the stage for an uprising/cold war against the Volturi who are likely to take revenge in order to maintain power. Bella is living in a tenuous "dream come true" wrapped in a nightmare & doesn't realize it.

choosing Jacob is the true coming-of-age ending that rips the stitches out of a wound that never fully healed. even if we ignore the fact that she ends up with a man who sexually assaulted her (we must bear in mind Jacob's character is influenced by smeyer's racism, but it did happen), they can't have a secure romantic relationship. based on the high imprinting rate of the pack, Jacob will likely find his imprint in his lifetime & will lose himself to the imprintee. he will no longer be her Jacob. he will inevitably abandon her (whether he wants to or not), & she must reconcile with the reality that she will always be inadequate to Jacob's imprint. & say he never manages to escape the vampires? he will presumably not age for a long time, meaning the relationship Bella always feared with Edward (her being an old grandmother while he stays forever young) remains a possibility. this is the story of a girl who slaps a Band Aid on an open wound & calls herself healed while flinching every time she sees the shadow of the knife that cut her.

if she chooses neither (team therapy), her healing requires her to lose or be at least partially disconnected from everyone she cares about. Bella must spend the rest of her life shut out from one world while never fully existing in her human world ever again. she must always keep secrets. she can never go back home. even in the unlikely event that she manages to escape the Volturi, the threat of being hunted by vampires will never leave her. in addition, she must face her worst fears (aging, losing Edward) while always keeping in mind the immortal life that could have been hers, if only.

even the "healthiest" option produces scars that will never quite heal.

Twilight is a horror. Twilight is a vampire novel. Twilight is gothic. Twilight is fiction. neither Edward nor Jacob is a "bad" choice because neither will give Bella her happily ever after. the choice between Edward & Jacob is simply a matter of which horror story you prefer to read.

[wardensantoineandevka]

I will admit I'm a little salty that people, in an effort to prove that there is no good dialogue in Veilguard at all, keep comparing mission exposition to the high point narrative set pieces of prior games. I agree that some of the writing related to plot mechanics and mission exposition in Veilguard is a little too utilitarian, but that doesn't mean none of the dialogue is good or that prior games didn't also sometimes have this issue here and there.

I also generally dislike when people put the bar for good writing — and all writing too, not even just dialogue writing, ALL writing — at mic-drop sentences that still sound good completely divorced from context, because that really just reduces "good writing" down to like fake-deep philosophizing or witty quips exclusively. sometimes, a really good bit of dialogue sounds like a completely normal sentence out of context.

[harlequips]

I think more people should do research into Japanese architecture and culture when making fanfiction about japanese characters (mostly/especially historical) instead of intentionally keeping it vague when it's relevant or westernizing it because rheyre too lazy. Just my humble opinion. <- also remembering the occasions when I saw hashimada fanfiction where they had them wearing boxers instead of fundoshi or anything where they're using nicknames that would only make sense if their names originated in English

[ryssbelle]

Poppy for N2 au, it took me so long to make her design cuz I didn't really know what I wanted to do only because I feel like her design is pretty perfect.

But then I just thought about fun outfits to give her or outfits that I would find comfortable if I was wearing them and it all came together.

Poppy here is pretty much the same as here movie counterpart, as nothing really changes on her end of things other than having more insight on Branch through his brothers, and through Lief. Shes also a bit more understanding a bit earlier on because of it but it doesnt do much to change her own character arc I would say.

Bonus

Part of Poppys design was based off a design I had made for previous rulers of Troll Village/Tree

Namely Queen Protea who I designed as Poppys grandmother

Named after the Protea flower which part of her design is based off :D

In the context of this Au Protea was the one who conceptualized the tunnels while her son, King Peppy, was the one to follow through after her death

[pixiecaps]

if anyone ever tells u u can skip the first ordem season theyre lying and the devil

[dreamdripdistance]

(shows up immeasurably late to the party) heyyy guys... hows it going...........

[yarrowleef-babbles]

been hearing rumors that the "i'm always straight" lines may have been cut from the GN and IF that is true, I expect everyone will be super mad about that--and ngl i'd mourn the loss of it too because it has become iconic to me

But. i can't believe i'm playing devils advocate for this, BUT it is not entirely unreasonable for an adaptation of this work to decide it does not want to reference Ronan's sexuality yet......coming to terms with his sexuality is (one) part of his arc in the 2nd book. Adam Parrish being ~the 2nd secret he doesn't want to admit to himself~ , Ronan's catholic guilt homoerotic nightmares and the like, all characterize his sexuality as something he might vaguely be aware of but seriously struggles to openly admit. I don't think he even uses the word gay or any other word to describe himself in the whole series? (unless I'm forgetting something?)

So, idk, it's not unreasonable to want the (hypothetical) audience to also not be aware of it until Ronan is forced to directly grapple with his identity next book.

i think this is one of those things that has become very dear to the fandom over time, but if i look at it objectively without my feelings, i just.....i do understand why someone could conceivably decide that this off-handed bitchy "he's gay btw" joke is not of dire importance for the sanctity of the story 😭 in the 'pros don't outweigh the cons' sort of way....

[iwonderwh0]

I hate nuke ending if I'm being honest. Not in terms of the narrative (narratively it's quite beautiful) but in terms of ideological reasoning behind anyone using nuclear weapons in general and any attempt of painting it as justifyable. If you think Markus is justified in pushing the button and if you would actually push it if you were in his place, genuinely, why?

[threedeebeetle]

so I just haven’t said anything to any of my grandparents about being on T. I know I’ll have to eventually but for now I just haven’t felt the need to explain anything.

so my grandfather called the other night and said hello. I greeted him as normal except didn’t say ‘papa’ (not deliberately, it’s just what came out of my mouth) and he was a bit hesitant, saying “I’m… I’m not sure if I have the right number, honestly”. I laughed as I realized that he didn’t recognize my voice, and said “oh! it’s me, papa!”.

he seemed relieved and still slightly awkwardly said “oh, haha, you see, it’s just that your voice has changed so much!” and I was like wait. did he figure it out? so he kept talking and asked if my parents were around. when I said no he said he just wanted to know if we’re going to plan something for easter (they’re christian) and then asked what was new with me. I told him about this one job that I’m hoping to get over the summer, and how it was a summer camp, but this one was different from the camp I’d worked at before because it was a computer camp.

he said that was cool and said something like “well, it’s good to try to take these opportunities, because you never know where they will lead you!” that I didn’t understand because he knows my career path but didn’t think much of because he just says stuff sometimes. and then to close off he says “you take care, [teenage brother’s name]”.

so we had that entire conversation and he thought I was my brother

[driftingballoons]

Some creatures are more difficult to perceive than others

[kagoutiss]

*complaining for no reason again because i am bored* i need more ppl to know that these. are all the same person these are literally canonically all the exact same individual person im begging u

literally almost all the ganondorfs are the exact same individual and almost all the ganons are the exact same individual, almost all the ganondorfs & ganons are the same exact person just in different forms and circumstances. except for FSA and maybe whatever the fuck is going on with TotK ganondorf but i still think it’s weird that he still has golden eyes & rounded ears when even the gerudo in TotK’s ancient past dont, but anyway ashfjsbfjsn

[kunikidasssss]

ig. ya. you got ur wlw representation at the cost of one of the central characters (vi). idk abt anyone else but as soon as they assassinate a character just to have a ship be canon and have fans not scream and cry???? idc abt it anymore man

[bikefuckersoftheworldunite]

Àlex Crivillé and Sete Gibernau in 1999

plus an excerpt from a 1999 article:

[digitaldiseas3]

i HATEEE when movies or shows or COMMERCIALS include tarot but clearly nobody involved actually knows anything about tarot so every time 100% without fail they pull the death card and everyone freaks out. bitch if you knew anything about tarot you would love and welcome the death card. it’s the tower that you should really be shitting bricks at