#deconstructing it. rip)

[simply-a-void]

Hey guys, fun fact we should stop reading before chapter 40. Hope this helps!

(I dont wanna talk about how the re-read got me feeling, I think it obvious)

[spurgie-cousin]

So it looks like Bethany is officially closing the Girl Defined shop, and says as far as everything "else" (idk what else they do besides share misogynistic Instagram reels) it will be tremendously scaled back so that she and Kristen can focus "on their kids".

And while I'm sure that's part of the reason I can't help but notice this happening as Bethany is admittedly deconstructing her fundamentalist values, and while her last few posts on GD's socials directly contradict GD's original mission.

[literallyn01imp0rtant]

I recently had the honor of working with @deconreconstruction through SiIvaGunner! In addition to the music for the Friday Night Funkin' rip that premiered on their charity stream, I also made the announcement post and its art for an upcoming SECRET VAST ERROR PROJECT. I’m very thankful that I had this opportunity. Thank you once again, DCRC! :D

[jinxpologist]

"disco elysium is a detective sto-" "it's a detective rpg-" "it's about solving a mur-" wrong. baltic screen media review be upon ye

[triplethreat77]

I was looking for something in my closet and found rare loot I forgot about - a shirt I deconstructed and hand painted. I wish I had more time to be creative. It still fits!

[balleralbumcovers]

EPIC ALBUM COVER #53

SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES

Released: 2018 (MSMSMSM, Future Classic, Transgressive)

Bubblegum bass, deconstructed club

Suggested by anon.

[marley-manson]

WHAT IS IT about due south that makes my brain whirr like a loud laptop fan as soon as I think about any second of it

Those tags led me to thinking about Ray in the first non-pilot episode, Free Willie, being held at gunpoint while Fraser walks away because he refuses to give up the bonds a bank robber wants, telling her that he can’t forsake his duty to uphold the law so she and Ray are shit out of luck. “[A bond is] an instrument of trust between two people indicating a promise that must be honored. Much like a promise I made to uphold the law. So you see, the problem is now that I have the bonds in my hands I'm honor bound not to give them to you.” So Ray thinks he’s going to die but happily robber gets so pissed off at Fraser she tries to shoot him instead, giving Ray the chance to grab the gun. So ofc once the problem is solved Fraser proceeds to explain that it was a purposeful ruse, he wanted to enrage her, and he’d never actually let Ray die just to protect money.

Which is a perfect contrast to Vault, the early season 2 episode in which that same bank robber returns to rob another bank, inviting the overt comparison between these two episodes. In this sequel episode Fraser drags Ray into the bank vault and seals it from the inside to protect it, virtually ensuring their inevitable deaths when they either run out of air, or the thieves bust it open and shoot them. He genuinely argues that it’s their duty to protect the money with their lives. “Ray, would please just listen to me? This isn't about the loss of millions of dollars from some bank! This is about the average ordinary citizen who has placed their trust in an institution. We're here to guard that trust.” Ray, conversely, tells him the money is insured, they were off-duty anyway, it’s not worth dying for, and he’s fucked up.

The difference of course being that in between these episodes Fraser lost his shit and tried to run away with a (different) bank robber so now he’s doubling down hard on his devotion to duty and is maybe arguably passively suicidal and willing to drag Ray down with him.

But like it’s so good as a compare contrast - Ray doesn’t intrinsically trust Fraser to save him in episode one despite having already ended up in the hospital for him once, and it turns out he’s actually kind of right not to! Fraser may have been playing up his devotion to duty over his loyalty to his friends in the first episode, but as a way of establishing a very central theme that gets explored a lot more in some darker ways, it’s excellent.

Like, the pilot and ep 1 really hit this one two punch of Ray devoting himself to Fraser at the expense of everything else important to him including himself, while letting the audience question Fraser’s priorities in return. In Free Willie there’s also a sequence where Fraser gambles Ray’s job on the case without Ray’s input, leading to a scene where Ray fully believes he’s about to be fired. It works out ofc, but it really underscores the ambiguous question of Fraser’s priorities.

And in Vault Ray brings up the number of times Fraser has risked their lives without consulting him as a point of contention, and the overarching theme of the episode is feeling undervalued (Ray’s sister has a whole monologue about it too lol). But Ray is resigned to Fraser risking his life without asking: when Fraser comes up with a risky plan Ray wearily tells him to just do it without explaining first. Their conflict is resolved when Ray tells Fraser to value himself more and stand up for himself, rather than when Fraser, say, prioritizes Ray over duty. 

Basically Free Willie and Vault together are a perfect examination of Ray and Fraser’s unbalanced relationship.

[ihadtried]

I used to be so afraid right after I deconstructed that I would return to the church. That suddenly I would have to leave behind this new life I loved and enjoyed so much, be sucked back into the tiny box that was my religion. Give up everything I was only just starting to experience. Delete my blog and block my new queer friends and repress repress repress repress.

And now four years later every time I hear a passage from the Bible it sounds more and more ridiculous. It looks more fake with every passing day.

I’m just so much happier

[fantastic-mr-corvid]

Celia<3 some fashion sketches for fun!

the four on the right [cropped jacket&slit legs, slit legs&square jacket, hat&heels, and wrap top] are my favs, probably bc they are more unique & more her vibe and i altered the top two slightly by adding her arrows.

she would wear the wrap top or something similar under the open shirts/jackets tho. [rip her trenchcoat but that cropped jacket be looking good as fuck]

[telomirage]

"you've never—this is a stupid one. this one's stupid. I'm gonna say this one out loud first, which is…this is the thought that I had and I'm recognizing that it's goofy. you've never met spider-man before, you just met one of those spider-man impersonators in new york or LA or hollywood"

"spider-man's helpers"

"yeah, you've only met spider-man's little helpers"

"mall santa spider-man" - friends at the table: palisade without context

[magioftheseas]

Mahiru’s whole situation just seems… tragic. I’m hesitant to pin the blame on either Mahiru of her boyfriend because it’s clear that neither of them were exactly thriving in the relationship. I think it’s likely that sometimes two people with unhealthy attachment styles end up drawn to each other even though they aren’t good for each other? I think it’s obvious both of them had issues before their relationship even began.

Yeah seriously. The tragedy isn't really either party's fault. I'm POSITIVE that the guy had problems outside of Mahiru and that Mahiru did the best that she could. We've seen enough of Mahiru's personality at this point. While she's ditzy and naive, she also strains herself to be accepting and loving even when she actually *is* the victim as seen by how she tries very hard to not be upset at Es and Kotoko despite how badly she was hurt by their oversight and direct actions respectively. Even now, Mahiru is struggling to see where she went wrong and Es is also at a loss. Sometimes tragic ends come about through complicated processes and a multitude of factors and that strongly seems like the case here. It's just really sad shit. Mahiru deserves so much better.

[iamlisteningto]

Amnesia Scanner & Freeka Tet’s STROBE.RIP

[lilithism1848]

[robocops-a-christ-allegory]

There is something interesting about how often the earlier a deconstruction of a genre that would later get a Whole Ton Of Them is the more likely it is to actually go deep into the Actual Faults of the genre.

Like again Vigilante 1983 is not perfect, constantly back and forths on if Adrians right or wrong, and goes insane in the last set of issues (before the last three which go back to being great) but I still think its a way better deconstruction of the idea of a violent vigilante hero guy then other stuff that claims to do the same thing but is incapable of letting its cool male leads look actually vulnerable or stupid for longer then a panel or two

[lesbicastagna]

halfway tru the third book in mare fecundatis and its really devastating despite everything how good this has been like he was just that good at writing. that bastard

[talesgolden]

thinkin about that part in d2 where evie's like 'yes i will go with you to the place where i was trapped and abused because i want to help but you have to Promise Me Right Now i will not get stuck there again'