#crane posting

[farther-north]

I feel so bad for anyone who will ever ask me what my roman empire is because shawty sit down, grab some popcorn, you're gonna have to sit down and listen to me rant for over 2 hours about either The Crane Wives, Desert Duo, or both IN DETAIL with all my theories and headcannons ;;;;;;-;

[auto-anne]

[cilly-murphy]

CILLIAN MURPHY as JONATHAN CRANE BATMAN BEGINS (2005) dir. Christopher Nolan

[darkacademiaarchivist]

FUCK I just remembered "canaries should stay above ground"

[xeaiheai]

Reference:

My friend drew a guide to how they think the syringes work but I haven't integrated it into the design just yet.

[doctorsiren]

I have an idea (concept sketch that I will make a more refined version of in the morning since it is midnight)

[jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear]

Jonathan Crane hiding under the bed is literally boogeyman chic and I love that for him

Knight Terrors: Nightwing

[scarycranegame]

the "pro" in proshipper actually stands for "professional". we're professional shippers, thank you very much, we have phds

[emptyjunior]

Still in hunger games analysis mode, do you guys ever think about what Seneca did Wrong. About where he failed at the job he was given.

Because I think what his true fatal flaw was, was he believed it. He believed in the game and all of the propoganda surrounding it.

And this was something that was bound to happen in Snow's kingdom eventually! He made citizens that were clueless and lost in his little cloud nine. You can't make killers out of your arrogant, privileged sheep population!

Seneca Crane believed that the games were about the great show, about making stars and entertaining the masses.

The cold truth that you and I and Snow are aware of, is that the games are one part of the great oppression machine. They're a good political tool to be in control of, they can be used as a punishment to target whoever you need to, you can manipulate the big show on screen in a crude mockery of what's going on in real life! You can crush the spirit of certain districts, you can keep other ones loyal to you. And the victors are an extremely valuable Product that you are endlessly creating, idols and mouthpieces for your horrible propaganda machine.

So that's what the games do! A good tool for a dictator to have, and if you're aware of all the context, then being in charge of them gives you a lot of power.

But Seneca?? Seemed to genuinely believe he was there to put on a big fancy show😭 He was so excited about it, he chatted to sponsors, he did the interviews, he picked themes😭

Like of course he gave Katniss a 12 after her stunt, he wasn't worried about the fire outfits or her popularity at All. Because he thought it'd be good ratings, and it was! That's what he thought the goal was: Get the best, most entertaining story possible.

All those talks in the Rose garden?

This was not Seneca checkin in with the boss, that was the boss saying Hey what the Fuck are You Doing.

Because Seneca truly did not understand at all! How dangerous it would look for someone from district 12 to rise up that fast! (And Snow most definitely understood Very Quickly because he has been dunked on before by a black haired girl from district 12😭)

But even after that Very explicitly clear talk, Seneca kept allowing Katniss chances to tell the Mockingjay story. Because he is a fool, who thought he was there to make tv😭 And did not realise that the silly story they tell in the games, has very real effects on the districts.

Like the metaphor for it could be you hire someone to make you maybe pro-military, pro-war, propaganda films, and that goes great for years until they get a few generations in and the new guys are like "oh we're just making popular films here right?" And let your direct rebel enemy, star in a touching depiction of how great rebellion is😭 And then your movie guy goes "how was that boss? Lots of people watched!" ☠️

[necr0bvnny]

Here’s a silly peep at my designs for the Dork Squad 🐦‍⬛❓🐇

(Ye im aware i spelled quiet wrong but i dont feel like fixing it 😗✌️happy accidents)

[sintiadaria]

Cloud Retainer being the master of both Ganyu and Shenhe begged for a crossover with disciple SJ and LBH and their shizun SY in the Bingjiuyuan AU 😔💙

[farther-north]

I should probably finish my short essay on Beyond Beyond Beyond or my other work but on the other side is another life, a version of me with a spark in her eyes that I don't have, and now she's laughing, and it's killing me that I cannot see what's making her laugh from where I'm standing. And I have to know, so I'm going in, I'm going in- Let's try this again...

[redpapercraness]

bring me brightness

[ghost-bonezz]

[aniihera]

i haven't posted in yonks (and am currently in honours hell) so take these old af scarecrow + riddler doodle offerings

[daphnemoon]