#destruction commentary

[theoptimisticdaydreamer]

Let me start off by saying I will always love Bake Off. It is the best baking show out there because of the cozy vibes and the way the bakers support one another. In Bake Off, competition itself isn’t the priority and the bakers restore a little of your faith in the goodness of humanity.

However, the start of this season signaled to me that it continues to move away from its bread and butter and is trying to mold itself into something it isn’t.

Don’t get me wrong, it has been on this track for a couple seasons now but I thought they would stop and readjust but they haven’t. This show was built on regular good hearted people. They didn’t have fancy jobs, they weren’t rolling in money, and they baked to feed the people around them and as a love language. What they baked during Bake Off was rough around the edges in presentation because that was the point. Nobody in their daily lives had the time to bother about the superficial appearance of their food as they juggled work and other responsibilities. As a bonus, there were baking history lessons to learn the ancient origins of modern everyday staples as it set itself further apart from hyper-competitive professional baking shows as a show for and about the regular working class person. Bake Off marketed itself as being down-to-earth and firmly rooted in community; celebrating people who went ignored by its competitors. And it found great success!

It doesn’t seem like Bake Off is for these salt of the earth bakers anymore. What is the value of hyper-realistic edible art for someone who grabs a few precious hours every week to bake in between working full time and trying to pay the bills?! What is the purpose of making an uncommon cake without a recipe?! What is the point of requiring equipment and techniques to succeed that cost a lot of money to acquire?! These challenges get more and more outlandish and the bakers are given less and less time AND FOR WHAT?! So that Paul and Prue can have the smuggest grins on their faces as they watch people struggle?!

People watch Bake Off because it isn’t Iron Chef or Sugar Rush. The appeal of this show is that they are not professional bakers so stop designing professional level challenges with professional level standards.

Stop consistently emphasizing finesse and appearance.

This show’s appeal was cemented years ago in the good old days and it remains because people are clinging to the few scraps of similarities left. This show is being destroyed while it acts as a vehicle for Paul and Prue’s ego trips.

Enough already. Stop before it’s too late and go back to your roots.

Please.

[yzafre]

Roxas: Had the Halloween town kids throw bombs in his face for multiple missions in a row before finally breaking down and smacking them around a bit.

Ventus: The dwarves were rude and refused to talk to him, immediately resorted to chasing them down and whacking them.

Characterization I see frequently: Ah, yes, Roxas is the one always willing to throw hands and Ventus is a smol sunshine boy.

[top-shelf-tender]

It’s a drinking to forget kind of night, and Husk is three bottles in…

He knew Rosie wouldn’t want him to hurt himself, but then, she hadn’t exactly taken his feelings into account when she decided to go have a fling with Vox…

[mobblespsycho100]

"the winged lion is evil" hes fucking hungy

[halfdeadsacrifice]

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vayu muttering under his breath "I must not strangle puck in his sleep. strangling puck is the iago-killer. strangling puck is the little murder that brings total oblivion..."

[earthbreadandtendrils]

@dinomites

"Don't think I didn't know who you were referring to! It's US! More spice! more fire! more destruction! OH, HOW I WELCOME IT ALL!"

[howifeltabouthim]

People are always so willing to plow under fertile crops and murder nations if they can convince themselves they'll be planting the seeds of something better.

Jenn Lyons, from The Ruin of Kings

[bigbrotherlouis]

- grief hues - -

a little visual reflection over the past three months. i moved to new york city, and wanted to explore the tension that comes with going to a place everyone expects you to be excited about while the grief of leaving is still very heavy. all pictures by me.

(april 2024)

[dyavol]

"So that's One, Two, Three volunteers from the peanut gallery I see?"

"Welcome aboard."

[iunctura-arch]

"....Fuckin' bastard...."

[thebreakfastmuses]

He has his work cut out for him keeping the four of you alive...

[serpuntine]

[Image Description: A white page torn out of a book with black ink used for blackout poetry. A pencil and two pens sit on the corner of the page. The title 'God's Love for Man' is printed at the top. "Fuck God" is written in messy black marker in the top left corner. The poem reads -

"God is the adaptation of man.

The rain and seas speak to us in beautiful words,

'Eyes openest and desire living'.

The Creator's hand bore God's law that has brought suffering.

God's love cursed the thorn and the thistle as a part of God's plan for ruin and degradation.

The fallen all are flowers upon the thistles."]

[theology101]

Today’s my birthday, im working on getting a degree in politics and I have some empathy issues should I be concerned?

[earthbreadandtendrils]

@knightdomain & @4ffogato

Suddenly boss music

"WELL HELLO THERE!"

[nameless-will]

She isn't completely built yet, but Gunblade March™ doing Super Break ish is fun af

[grahamcore]

truly don’t understand anyone of the opinion that oppenheimer is u.s. military propaganda the whole fucking point was that the international arms race has had, and will continue to have, dire consequences for humanity… oppenheimer and all the other scientists at los alamos were explicitly shown to be grappling with insurmountable feelings of remorse because of what they had done… i’m sorry where are we seeing war propaganda? just because a movie is ABOUT war does not mean that it PROMOTES war jfc