#cool to see fans of that in the wild!!!!!

[all-pacas]

while house was planned ahead to a certain extent - rumors of the dibala plot first surfacing in the middle of s5, the slow burn of house's s5 breakdown, the rampup of cameron and chase's relationship from s3-5 and so on - and some things seem reasonably inevitable (it makes perfect sense for a series loosely inspired by sherlock holmes to end with house faking his death) - it's also clear that a lot of things were made up on the fly, right?

an easy example of foreman becoming dean of medicine: entertainment/cast interviews at the time made it clear that lisa edelstein's leaving was unexpected, and that edi gathegi (cole) was in talks to resume his role as dean in s8, before shore landed on foreman as a cuddy replacement. or even the beloved-by-fans plot twist of chase md, which was pretty clearly intended for foreman in s1-5 and only became inevitable in s8. but there's some other things, too: cameron's abrupt mid-series departure, adams's s8 sidelining when the show started to wrap up, thirteen's long absences due to olivia wilde's schedule. it's a credit to how well written the show is that these things tend to feel natural, but... we know (from cast/writer interviews) they weren't.

there's some other things, too. the show was written and filmed in chunks of 6 or so episodes at a time, leading to multiple self-contained plot arcs but few to no season long threads. the show has almost no foreshadowing that isn't (and i mean this affectionately) fans doing a lot of heavy lifting to explain: lots of plots and mini-arcs come out of nowhere and leave just as quickly, vogler being a classic example. it's a great show! but it wasn't that tightly or well planned. kutner's death is another example: while the writers might have intended on some darker storyline for him, everyone is pretty clear that his death was also a way to get kal penn off the show and into the white house. the camchase marriage/divorce also smacks of hasty writing -- why spend so much time on a wedding if we're never going to see cameron again, you know?

and so i'm honestly very curious about what the show would have looked like if it had been planned. if the ending -- cameron and cuddy leaving, foreman as dean, thirteen gone, chase md -- HAD been planned from the start, if the entire show was working towards the s8 finale as aired, how would the show be changed? because i think it would be changed. and in some really interesting ways. just offhand:

if chase was always meant to be the new house, then we need to take out all the instances of him being uninterested in diagnostics (eg, telling cameron she was always the one of the two of them who liked the department), and probably have him move on less totally/successfully in s4-5 -- given him an arc about wanting back on the team, of still wanting to be around house.

if cameron was always meant to leave, she shouldn't have her Dean Cameron arc, she shouldn't spend so long lingering on house. really, you probably should switch her and chase's s4-5 storylines entirely: maybe have her cool on house as early as s2 and stay out of what she feels to be obligation, despite itching to move on.

if foreman was supposed to be dean, then i think his disagreements with house should be less about how similar they are and think, and more about principle: have him be the rat character (instead of chase), have him be a rule stickler, not someone who usually thinks he is above them. give him cameron's arc of befriending cuddy and serving as her number two; have him try to leave the team and not spend most of the series as house's #2.

[reigraceee]

Notes from a first-time severance viewer: Woe's Hollow edition

aka: a day one Mark x Helly shipper goes on the biggest emotional rollercoaster of the season

part one / prev part / sev notes tag

So basically, what I've been doing is sharing my experience and notes from going into Severance blind. And if you know anything about my thoughts on previous episodes, you'd know that I'm a huge fan of Mark and Helly. So. This was a wild episode for me.

Now, unfortunately because I was binge-watching, I never took a moment to reflect and realize that Helly was not actually the Helly I knew. So... the reveal in this episode absolutely killed me lol.

Obviously, my experience is different because I got to binge the season, and thus I'd like to know what other people thought of the episode! Let me know what you thought watching Woe's Hollow in the notes!

^While the whole show has elicited a lot of confusion from me, this ep was the most wild lol. This was the first time the innies were getting to experience the outdoors (not counting the OTC) which is cool, but I wish they explored that more. Then again, there was enough going on in this episode.

^*insert meme of the monkey looking away awkwardly*

I genuinely (and this is embarrassing to admit because I'm pretty aromantic and spend a lot of time complaining about how there's too much romance in media) spent the first few episodes of s2 just waiting for Mark and Helly to kiss lol. What can I say? They're special to me. Partly because I see a lot of myself in them, but Severance kind of was/is the markhelly show to me, especially on first watch. Now of course I love all of Severance and I've since taken time to rewatch and digest everything so that I can properly appreciate other aspects, but I just love Mark and Helly so much and they were forefront in my mind lol.

^turns out the actors were actually filming outdoors which must have been a fun change in scenery lol

^I think I typed this down when Irv was creeping and watching Mark and Helly from behind a tree or something weird like that, idk. I think at this point I'd noticed enough of Helly's odd behavior to be suspicious of her, although I hadn't really stopped to put it all together. I *do* remember wondering if Lumon did something to change her or if there was another influence at play, but I never seriously considered that Helly was actually Helena.

The difference between binge watching and waiting weeks at a time, is that instead of trying to answer questions with theorizing and reflecting, I just tried to move forward as much as possible to find out what happens next lol. So, my experience was definitely way different than those who spent months digesting and growing a relationship with the show.

^You know what? First of all, I called it. Second of all, I still want to know where Miss Huang and Mr. Milchick went! It really keeps me up at night, the way they just disappeared.

^*insert meme of the monkey looking away awkwardly*

This was the scene where she went to visit Irving in his tent. I was basically yelling at the scream for Helly to tell Irving that she was an Eagan in my blissful ignorance.

Also, I was really puzzled by this scene. I remember thinking "Would Helly make a snow animal?" because while it was really cute and all, it really felt out of character. Not out of character in a bad way (like the way she suddenly turned into a gaslighted) but just in a way that felt a little off.

Anyways, thankfully the real Helly isn't a gaslighter, because I was getting really frustrated with her in these first few episodes. It felt like a character assassination, and I was really confused lol.

^Ok but seriously!! I got the impression that the book was supposed to be about the two brothers but then the twin got killed off in chapter two! I just want to know how much wilder the plot could get please.

^*insert meme of the monkey looking away awkwardly*

Why did I even say that?? My goodness, I'm dead lol

I guess because I was getting evil vibes from Helly? Which I mean if I'd just thought about it for a second more maybe...

^This is sad, but I got really excited lol. The realization I had later was the BIGGEST letdown. I was just trying to ignore the signs and root for these two smh. And it was an especially big deal for me to be so excited, because (like I said before) I usually hate romance plots. These two were so specially to me and I just wanted it to be real lol

^I was getting so bothered by Helly and I could not with her lying. I felt like I was trying SO HARD to be team Mark x Helly and Helly was ruining it by being a little liar. I guess I just thought Helly was ashamed and needed to talk things out. But now that I know the difference between Helly and her outie, I really don't think Helly could ever be this bothered by things. Not in this way at least. Helly is headstrong and upfront. Whenever she has a problem, she's always quick to express it. Helly's honestly a really great communicator.

^See, besides my annoyance with Helly lying, I also feared that their relationship was doomed because of the reintegration. I was pretty much just trying to get what I could before it all completely fell apart lol

^me crashing out, still completely oblivious, while Irving was figuring it out lol

^So the fun part of binge-watching things is that reveals hit you right over the head. I mean I felt that. When Mark gets all piss-y in the next couple of episodes, I totally understood because I experienced the same grief firsthand lol. I mean truly, I gasped so hard I had to take a few moments to catch my breath again. It all came crashing down on me so hard. It was like this revelation of "Oh! of course!" with a sprinkle of extra confusion because I didn't understand what Helena was trying to achieve. I mean, to this day I'm still trying to decipher what her game is, but it was extra confusing then.

^I WAS HAVING SO MUCH FUN UNTIL I WASN'T

At this point I was just very broken hearted because all the progress I was waiting for in Mark and Helly's relationship was just thrown away. I was certain my ship was dead lol. Also, I guess I was too devastated to notice that they killed Irving, because I was really confused as to what happened to him when I started the next episode. I owe him a formal apology.

I'm sorry Irving. You knew better than I did. My feelings for them kept me from seeing objectively. I'm ashamed I couldn't figure out that my favorite character got replaced by her evil twin :'(

Personally, I think this is one of my favorite episodes (if not THE favorite). The reveal was really cool for me, and it was really fun to watch the mystery of why Helly was acting weird unfold. Theorizing is fun and all, but there's something about the whiplash I experienced this episode that I wouldn't trade for any other experience lol.

[tapestryundone]

I woke up at like, 6:15 am today with nothing to do, stumbled upon your blog by accident, and had such a blast reading through your posts. Seeing the art you've made too. All of it made me very happy :D So thank you for that. Happy new year!!

:D thank you so much!!!!!!! im so glad that my posts were able to cause JOY and i appreciate hearing about it it makes me smile!!!!!!!!! happy new year :)!!!!!!!!!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The girls are here!!!

[againstcrayon]

Every time I see a post that's like "haha I wish we could ride other monsters besides seikret" or like "they should add skins to make your seikret other monsters" I start clawing at the walls of my enclosure SOTRIES YOU WANT TO PLAY MONSTER HUNTER STORIES ITS RIGHT THERE. PLEASE. FOR THE LOW LOW PRICE OF $29.99 USD YOU TOO CAN LIVE YOUR MONSTER RIDING DREAMS. PIRATE IT FOR ALL I CARE JUST PLEAAASSEEEE PLAY IT ITS SO WORTH AND I WONT FEEL CRAZY LOOKING AT FANART ANYMORE

[ifistayitwillbedouble]

oooh interesting, i'll give it a shot

2 Red Flags:

1) I'm Airport Mike Sometimes: WAIT! Hear me out-so I have social anxiety disorder and I'm absolutely not saying that that's the red flag! It's just that the disorder has helped me foster some not-so-great behavioral habits that make it hard for me to express how I really feel, especially when I don't know someone so well. Sometimes I just don't know how to be myself so I just "play it cool" and put on a sort of facade to help me get through a social interaction. But then I don't tell people stuff like how much I love their laugh or how I wish we could go out and skateboard together more often or how it hurts that we've been drifting apart lately. It can be hard to guess what I'm thinking. So I'm like Mike at the airport, but I'm not as much of a gay mess as he was.

2) No Romantic Vulnerability: I am aspec, so the idea of romance being prized over all types of relationships is something that I have thought about a lot and despise greatly. But I wanted to focus on it here just because this is a "get to know me" kinda game and this is honestly something that I find interesting about myself: I'm asexual and while I do want romantic relationships, I'm super averse to them and my own romantic feelings, which is kinda wild because it's one of the only ways in which I'm in the majority (being alloromantic rather than aromantic). Basically, I kinda shut down any time I feel like someone might be showing interest in me and I almost always brush my feelings off to the side (i like to pretend it's just gender envy or other things i can internalize to myself only). I also kinda lied earlier, I'm absolutely as much of a gay mess as Mike, but I've had lots of practice keeping it in lmao. I think this one comes from most of romance in media and such not being appealing to me and gender roles (can you tell I like analyzing myself).

Romance in media and to an extent in real life feels like a lot of people reaching for the idea of a romantic relationship itself rather than forming a relationship with someone naturally as a consequence of caring about the other person. It's like an ideal that distracts people from the base fact that a relationship is with another person and that never made much sense to me. It felt like dating often was using other people as a means to end and to achieve ✨a relationship✨and that was never it for me, so I didn't wanna participate (also that so much of what I saw was imbued with strict gender roles and I personally could not be in a relationship that didn't feel gay). The gender stuff though was a bit more sticky. With growing up very nonbinary, I basically gave up on the idea that someone could like me in a way that didn't hurt me. It always felt like I was shoehorned into a certain gender and that was how people would treat me and it genuinely caused me pain. It made a younger me give up on the idea that I could ever feel seen for who I was in a romantic relationship because it's really hard to get a lot of people to truly see you and respect you as nonbinary. While I was consistently treated as a binary gender, when it came to romantic things it felt like that increased tenfold. I don't believe this quite as much as I used to anymore (thank god for queer friends), but the feelings still stick. Okay that was long, lmao, I just feel like it's something that's interesting to try and look at from an outside perspective so I had a lot to write about it 😅

2 Green Flags:

1) I'm a Huge Fan of Communication: I'm not trying to claim that I'm good at it, but I think even being open to communication goes a long way. My biggest troubles in relationships have always been with people who sort of view communication as a sort of conflict and avoid it entirely, but not me baby! Communication is wonderful and hard and so so necessary. I wanna understand other people as much as I want to understand myself and there's nothing quite as satisfying as being able to bridge that gap. I like admitting I'm wrong. At the end of the day, it feels good.

2) I'm Not Judgemental: Unless it's something that's unethical, I'm pretty good at not being unnecessarily critical. Cringe culture never really got its hooks into me. I don't let those feelings quickly mar how I see someone forever, and I'm pretty good at changing my mind about people. I know it's impossible to fully understand how another person came to be where they are/do what they do and so I feel like I don't really have a place to judge. I just want everybody to figure out what their authentic lives look like to them and find a way to live it. Plus, judgemental people can make people feel on edge around them and I'd never want to be that.

3 Things I Look For:

1) Sweet/Gentle: Honestly, sweet/gentle people have been some of the most beautiful people I've met and I think they deserve that acknowledgment. I really admire them and I find them so easy to be around. I think it's kinda hard to stay that way, especialy with the internet now? Like, I think a lot of people find it more rewarding/cool to by cynical or witty even in ways that can hurt others. I want the people around me to either have these traits or 100% see their merits.

2) Similar Moral/Political Values: What is it they say, "the personal is political"? I know some people think they can push aside things like their political views to get along with someone, but honestly a lot of my political views feel like basic things to me. If a person doesn't believe in things like gay marriage or that nobody should ever have to deal with poverty no matter what, they're just ethically not on the same page as me. There's plenty of opinions/beliefs I have that I'm absolutely willing to be flexible on, but there's just some stuff that I absolutely will not.

3) Thinks Deeply: Someone who thinks there's something worth thinking about in themselves, other people, and life in general. Also someone that I can talk to about my favorite bits of writing and Queer/Feminist Theory. Someone who engages with those conversations! That would be awesome. There's so much that comes along with the willingness to think about things that I think shows both in silly and serious moments.

Love/Intimacy:

i got a little silly with it rather than just aesthetic (i'm also sorry to any ex-vld fans who might see this, but i had to)

(the sleep one got me a bit because I have pretty bad sleep problems, but being around people/cats that make me feel safe essentially makes them disappear)

Thanks for the tag! This was really interesting to do and it's so cool to learn more about people on here, especially stuff that feels a bit deeper. This was also interesting for me to do because I still sometimes struggle with the idea that my love is less than on account of me being ace, but it made me feel a lot better to talk about it, ngl

npt: @bylerpining @boyfriendsmalec @pansexualdisasterrr

let’s play a question game because i’m tired and i like talking about myself + i’m curious about you’re guys’ answers

Rules: State 2 of your red flags, 2 green flags, 3 things you look for in a partner / life companion and make a collage of 6-8 pictures about what intimacy and love look like to you <3

i’ll go first

2 Red flags

1) High standards / Loses interest really fast. In general, i tend to get overly excited at first when i meet someone and im very eager to get to know them, but the moment i sense something not clicking i shut them off and distance myself. I’m nervous about being disappointed and slightly scared of intimacy. I mostly need to feel understood, like on a philosophical and psychic level (i feel like a goddamn book character, sue me) so if that isn’t the case, i’m not interested.

2) Overthinker / minimal self-confidence. I’m pretty insecure and feel like everybody hates me so it’s pretty difficult for someone to convince me that they genuinely like me as a person and they’re not in fact disgusted by me (trauma babe <3). I also tend to over-explain things and i get too into my head, being suspicious of everything and everyone. I also apologise like- a lot. Must be tiresome.

2 Green flags

1) Emotional intelligence. I feel like one of my best qualities is my ability to listen and at least try to understand other people. I’m very considerate and i always confirm my love for my beloved ones via poetry, art, physical touch and words of affirmation. I’m also a very sensitive person so i don’t judge and try my best not to make others uncomfortable.

2)Always has something to say. Yep, im a yapper and a nerd to the bone. I have plenty of interests and i’m a very curious person who always looks for meaning in things. Im also very animated when i speak, which may be annoying to some, but it’s certainly entertaining, for better or for worse.

3 things i look for in a partner

1) Communication skills. I feel like communication is the basis of a healthy relationship, without which there can’t be trust, sincerity and depth. Someone who’s willing to reach out, to talk things through and not give up immediately, to express their love, fears, dreams, things i could do on my part to strengthen our bond. Someone who makes their boundaries clear and asks whenever they are uncertain about things.

2) Intelligence / Interests. To be clear, by intelligence i do not mean “ Straight A’s, PhD, successful, NASA FUCKING APPROVED”. Nope. I mean in general, someone who thinks for themselves and has opinions, someone with interests and passions, real passions that give meaning to their life. Someone with a high EQ (emotional intelligence) because i could never be with someone emotionally unavailable.

3) A strong ethical compass. Someone who stands up for what’s right and whose ethical values align with mine. Someone brave and outspoken, who doesn’t tolerate bigotry, insensitivity, ignorance. Someone kind and gentle.

What is intimacy?

No pressure tags <3 @robintheoriedbyler @bylerfiles @justwhenbluemeetsyellow @miwihearts @miwiromantics @yourlocalbadgerscales @star-41306 @nommereranger @somewiseoutthere + anyone who’d like to join

[cloudwardhoe]

Okay I know award shows are silly but Flow just won best animated motion picture at the golden globes and I love that it’s getting recognized 🥹 it’s really such a beautiful film I hope this inspires more people to give it a chance

[chloesimaginationthings]

I'm not sure if this has been asked before (sorry if it has) but who's your favorite animatronic?

Here’s a handful of my top faves! Monty is probably my absolute favourite

Foxy I was obsessed with when I was younger, Ballora I always found to be very creepy/pos, and Helpy is my best friend

[katiebell]

you know, I actually think the moment byleth steps in front of that blow meant for edelgard, an action that changes EVERYTHING about their fate, really is monumental, especially after warriors came out and added context

you have this mercenary who’s known for being stone cold, emotionless, and who can annihilate entire mercenary camps in minutes blank faced, as we saw with shez - by all means, they should never, WOULD never take a blow like that so carelessly for someone they don’t even know, much less with such an angry, determined expression - and yet.

the game draws some clear parallels between byleth and edelgard, and in all routes they have a connection that seems unbreakable - all of this starts at that very moment, when the merciless demon gets swept by a wave of emotion so strong that they throw rationality out of the window.

idk, one of my favourite fe3h analyses mentions the ‘literal divine intervention triggered by edelgard’ and that’s exactly what that moment is. not even because of sothis, but because that’s exactly when byleth takes their first step towards humanity and their freedom - i honestly think that byleth only fully regaining their humanity in crimson flower is the only outcome that makes sense, since that’s exactly what we see in one of the first scenes in fe3h. excellent foreshadowing, I’d say

[faunandfloraas]

Seeing someone be like you can clearly see seungmins been going to the gym and is getting built and im just here like ??????????????????? are you hallucinating??? Have you had a head injury? Quickly go to the emergency room to get your head checked. With hast.

[spittyfishy]

Have I seen the movie yet? No. Was I planning on seeing it? Not originally lol. However I am not immune to awesome girlboss villains and so I absolutely had to draw Velvet, shes so cool!

[a-chaotically-small-lunta]

You know how you look up to someone and how someone looks up to you? Okay, now make it g/t

Lemme explain via example: Imagine a writer who types all their stories on their computer. Maybe they share them online maybe they are way too nervous to do that, and just keep it a secret hobby. Anyway, one day they leave their desk to do something only to come back and notice that their writing document moved to a different page, and their computer didn’t fall asleep like it usually did. This confuses them but they brush it off, telling themselves that maybe they were faster than normal and maybe accidentally moved the page.

However, it keeps happening. Each day they walk away for a moment or even longer, their computer never falls asleep and is on a completely different page. This starts to freak them out. So, they decide to walk away and then sneak back as quietly as possible. When they peek their head inside, they see a tiny little person at their computer, just staring at the screen. The writer watches as the tiny continues to read their story, and that’s when they realize, they’re reading the writer’s story. They walk in, spooking the tiny. The tiny is in shock, they can’t tell if it’s just fear of being seen or getting the chance to actually talk to the writer whose work they adore, perhaps a mix of both. Maybe the tiny gets overwhelmed and before the writer can ask the classic “What are you” question, the tiny burst into a bunch of questions about the story the writer is writing. The writer taken aback by this, just awkwardly answers them and tries to ask them a question only for the tiny to continue asking questions. Eventually the tiny remembers that “Oh right… I’m not supposed to be seen…” and cautiously asks if the writer is upset with them and whether they will hurt them. The wrier assures them that they are mad and won’t hurt them and are honestly glad that their computer wasn’t hacked or there was a ghost or something. Also, how could the writer ever hurt their biggest…well smallest fan?

Maybe they build a friendship where the tiny helps the writer with ideas and getting over those writing hurdles. Hell, maybe the tiny even was inspired by the writer and tried writing their own story and shares it with the writer. Maybe the writer gains the confidence to share their stories online or even publish their work all because one little person loved their work. Perhaps the tiny, with the help of the writer, shares their own stories while hiding their identity as a tiny from everyone. So many possibilities! Just tiny little fans, forgetting they should probably focus on not being seen and not “What is Character’s favorite thing to do when they are bored?” Like sweetheart probably not the best time, but go for it.

[atthebell]

idk if anyone's aware of this, but the original snail assassin meme was a joke from the rooster teeth podcast that gavin free made almost exactly ten years ago, and know your meme actually did a video with him about it a couple years back talking about where it came from and how popular it had gotten outside the rt community, particularly on tiktok. super interesting to see it made real in wild life, i always think it's so interesting to see old rt stuff come up outside of that context :O also it's just fun to actually know the origin of a big internet meme, i think i watched that podcast episode live so it feels really wild that it's fully been a decade since then

[tenaciouschronicler]

March 10-11 2025 2010

One concert down, one to go!

We go meet up with John for a little bit who is once again being Pestered by Gallows.

John seems a little more done with her, really laying on the sarcasm and not even bothering to keep up the banter. Gallows has decided shes also gonna be "helpful" here and get John to the next gate. I say "helpful" because shes only motivated by her own curiosity on the supposed static nature of the timeline. Since the trolls can see and interact with any point of the kids timeline most of the others are positive theres no way to change anything. Gallows on the other hand wants to at least try to make an effort to change it. We dont know what the end result the trolls can see is, so we cant really know how much her meddling is really gonna affect anything. But I applaud her efforts even if Im apprehensive of the outcome.

Theres also the fact shes blind which means the map she offers isnt very readable to the less blind John (side note: that sure is a face John is making there). The only thing we do know is John is gonna pull a Mario and jump into a giant pipe and be carried by the Breeze.

Back with Rose, we find her going to town demolishing Imps with new varieties influenced by her Land. This lends alot to the importance of gristTorrent aside from being Daves secret bank. Theres no indication that the kids can travel to each others Lands or maybe its a later stage concept. Either way, as they level up and unlock new machines and/or alchemizable items theres gonna come a time where the grist requirement is gonna ask for something they dont have. Which in turn makes Dave not telling John about his leeching both insufferable and annoying. Like I said before, the more people 'online' the faster seeding can occur and in turn can cut down the 'couple hours for gristtorrent to steal more of johns' to a shorter time.

But seeing as updates are paused I'll just leave ya'll with pics of Rose decimating that Lime Imp.

[seaofreverie]

As per the "do it alone do it scared etc" rule, I went to an art market today... It was pretty awesome, saw some cool paintings especially, and bought a bunch of fun stickers!! Also, you know you're with your people when you see someone with a Lemon Demon pin on their backpack among the visitors

[qangelbluebird]

Going from dead/non-updating media to technically-updating-but-games-take-years-to-make media to qsmp is wild. From nothing to “the link is still missing where is missing link<-(it’s been a year)” to “do you remember,,,, QSMP,,,, it’s been decades<-(it has been five days. It is coming back in another five days. You people are fascinating(pos))”