#does this make sense to anyone or am i crazy

[incognito-duo]

Oooo that's also true!!! It also just makes me think about how Cait and Jinx are similar in that regard, which is that they don't feel the need to keep their grief in and will react immediately (even if that reaction is violent.) They're both blue characters too, and maybe I'm overanalyzing but so many of these characters have matching color palettes and Jinx and Cait both being blue never seemed to make as much sense as it does now!! But also they're very different, Jinx acting in reaction to her grief is seen as unprecedented but like you said, Cait has never been told she COULDN'T react to her grief.

It also just makes me think about how privileged Piltover is, no one from Topside ever pauses or questions if they can take action because the default is always yes, but the minute someone from the Undercity does the same it's questioned and criminalized.

It's so sad cus I see where Cait is coming from 100%, losing her mom is horrible. I understand that in such a vulnerable time she's angry and will put her pain above others because of it even though it isn't right, but man it was so crazy seeing Cait - who we're at first made to believe is too soft for the Undercity and isn't like the other enforcers because of it (she literally hugs a shimmer addict who she doesn't know at all) - go a full 180 on her stance on Zaun. It really goes to show how grief can turn ugly if a character has a lot of unrestricted power without anyone telling them no before, it makes them entitled to put their pain above others :(

SPOILERS FOR SEASON 2 ACT 2

It's also why, though I still believe her switch over is rushed, I am not TOO upset/confused as to why Cait immediately helps Vi after reuniting with her. Yes it's funny to point out "she saw her ex for 8 seconds and folded" but look at what pushes Cait to act: Vi saying that her dad, who she thought was dead, is alive and needs help.

This directly connects to Cait cus she would want Vi to help her if she had a chance to bring her mom back, yk? Plus we see her start to question Ambessa's rule after time has passed, so meeting Vi was just the straw that broke the camel's back

I don't really go here (in the sense that I don't engage directly with the Arcane fandom) but I just wanted to point out how the conversation between Caitlyn and Vi where Vi is offered the badge as a test of her loyalty is a prime example of how the show is constantly asking its audience to think about who is allowed to grieve and take revenge and who is not. You can see that theme reverberate throughout their interactions for the rest of the first act; idk if that's something folks are discussing in here but that's what's on the front of my mind rn

[betterlivelikegods]

does anyone see my vision?

[brian-kinney-apologist]

reading tvc and thinking…………

[goatedgreen]

and if i start shipping mikorin and this glasses guy? what then huh. glasses guy come back. release mikorin from his comphet .

[carcarrot]

movie-making opportunities shouldn't be happening to other people they should be happening to me

[crocwork-clockodile]

I want to fall in love. But not like you’re thinking; I want the kind of love that the Young Man feels for the Rockies in the song “Rocky Mountain High.” I want someone to see the divinity in me, and for our souls to know each other and recognize home in each other. I don’t think I want to kiss, but I want to cuddle and share the same level of emotional intimacy you might share with a lover. I want to be their most important person and for them to be my most important person too. I want to be the first person they think to text when something happens to them, from the silly to the serious. I want to love them like home, like I love the forest around my grandmother’s house. I want to be able to feel so comfortable and at home with them that both of us feel safe to be completely ourselves with each other. I want to fall in love with someone like you fall in love with a place. Where you feel like you’re finally home.

[end-orfino]

Me: Wow I love seeing this one person's analysis and rambles about this specific fandom that they're fixated on, they're making really interesting points and it's nice to read their posts. Also it's fun to see them talk about this specific character that's their fav, they clearly put a lot of thought into all this. Like a specialist on that one character or smth lol Me when I do the same kind of overanalyzis and fixate on a specific character: I should be stoned. with rocks

[possuminnit]

cwilbur the kinda guy to always be colored outside of the lines

[boxboysandotherwhump]

I finished the painting!

[enslaughts]

laura lee has to hold the yellowjackets at arms length post - rescue in order to maintain their innocence,  because it's just as fair as it is un - fair to advocate their victimhood in what happened out there.     she refuses to look at the past too closely,  to even truly face it  ;  it's the only way she can hold her own guilt and the others' innocence at the same time.     she believes so strongly that they all deserve to heal even if she's living proof it's so much easier said than done.     she firmly stands by their ability to recover and forgive themselves,  but she only can because she can't do the same for herself.     she would never think of it so linearly,  but she's never gotten past the bargaining stage of her grief.     she never got past the christian moralizing of her youth,  even if she got past its god.     she can't let go of the fact that they were kids and they were innocent and they deserved to be saved and that her faith wasn't enough for them to be,  but she also believes that what happened out there was evil.     it wasn't right,  and it wasn't fair,  but she has to blame someone for it,  and she's chosen both god and herself.     if she holds herself to it when she doesn't believe even god holds himself to this holy standard of moral responsibility,  then the others don't have to.     if she's damned,  then her teammates don't have to be.

except,  that only worked when jesus did it.     only a sacrifice innocent of any sin can take on the sins of others and have it mean something.     she has to both insist on her damnation and deny it.

when she learns not only of travis' death but that all evidence points to him having done it himself,  she balls her eyes out.     she goes to church to pray instead of to serve for the first time in years,  and she prays for his soul,  but she doesn't ask god for anything.     not a single thing.     she tells him.     she doesn't care what the bible says,  she doesn't even care what travis himself believed ; he will find the same resting place that his brother did all those years ago.     his story can't end any other way.     as if she has any say in the matter,  any power.     what is bargaining,  if not an extension of denial ?     she's suspended in this state of insisting on her own control over their innocence,  their goodness,  denying her powerlessness and accepting the subsequent responsibility,  because if she doesn't have any power over this. . .     she doesn't know where else any good in the world is supposed to come from.     a part of her psyche is still a teenage girl encountering a reality in which she is so alone facing a cruelty that has no one to blame,  and it's too lonely,  a universe that doesn't defend this for her,  and she doesn't know how to live in that reality.     she doesn't want to live in that reality.     and so she does what they always did out there  ;  what she has to in order to survive,  and she denies.     she saw first hand that there's no inherent good looking out for like kind in the universe,  not unless you make it yourself.     she realized there was no son of god come to save them,  not their bodies or their souls,  so she'll do it herself.     she's both god and jesus,  the righteous judge and the martyr facing judgment.     and she is peter,  denying culpability in crucifixion,  and therefore denying any forgiveness of it.

[latinthusiast]

half-baked language take

Hellenists may be better at German but Latinists probably have the upper hand in Finnish?

so in Classics, it's like, a thing that people who naturally take to Ancient Greek also tend to (ime) take easily to German (and weirdly often geometry?)

but people who take naturally to Latin tend to struggle more with German (and take more naturally to algebra) but my experiences learning Finnish are making me think that there are indeed languages that might just feel easier to learn and that's not strictly because of linguistic background knowledge.

I'm finding that my Latin brain is REALLY helping with Finnish and I think it may actually just come down to the structure of the languages, BUT I also wonder whether that structural thing has something to do with how my brain processes language in general.

Like, my experience of Greek is stumbling through a lot of excess information (cough cough particles, articles with BOTH GENDER AND CASE fuck off) while my experience of Finnish is like, each word is a logical chunk of information? but that's not because Finnish is an inherently more logical language, it's just like... how algebra just makes sense to me and geometry feels like i'm in crazy town.

[pawfulofwaffles]

Currently rewatching(or more re-listening-to) every single HuniCast because I swear, I SWEAR, there was a stream where Ed(or was it Micheal??) mentioned some storybook-style video featuring either an albatross or a seagull that finally builds up the courage to fly only to get literally obliterated by a helicopter. My friend thinks I'm nutty but I know it's real, I remember it so clearly.

The narrator had a straightforward voice that didn't break even through the comedic part. It was kind of like "moments later, Bob is dismembered" except something along the lines of "Then, the helicopter blade tore out (name's) intestines" or something like that. The video was literally just called something like "(name) the seagull" or "(name) the albatross". I don't remember which bird or what name, but I know this video is out there and exists and if anyone remembers please please please tell me :3

[blackwaxidol]

speaking of onion boy (onision)... a very funny/strange/interesting memory i have is that my very first original post on this site when i joined nearly a decade ago was... a multi-paragraph rant absolutely ripping that man a new one because i could see exactly what kind of soulless excuse for a human being he really was and i was frustrated that this concept was not grasped by... his audience of people my age at the time. no introductory post no "how do i use this site" post no nothing. i just came in swinging with pure hatred in my heart.

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

For dating game: Donna Noble for a non Mash option from something I'm pretty sure I've seen you reblog stuff from, BJ, and Klinger

I can't believe I got 2 Donnas for this game and neither were the MASH one haha. And yes I AM a Doctor Who fan but like with Twin Peaks I'm only a shallow fake one because I only feel really passionate about RTD era :( sowwy again. I'm 0 for 2 today. But at least I didn't skip MASH s1-3 AND I didn't skip the 9th Doctor AND I read Laura's diary + Dale Cooper's tapes. So now everyone has to give me a little headpat and forgive me and say they're not mad at me thank you <3

Donna Noble

I couldn’t handle Donna QwQ I couldn’t match her energy it’s very sad :( I feel like I would do the exact opposite of what the Doctor did for her in terms of bringing out her most amazing qualities. And I do really try to highlight and praise the qualities of people in my life!! I just don’t know if I could help her reach her full potential. Which sounds like one of those weird therapy-talk approaches to relationships but unfortunately sometimes when you really admire someone you actually do start thinking about things like “am I supporting her journey effectively” and all that. But this is just a date right so it can just be a casual thing. I feel like Donna is someone with whom I could straight up be like Hey so I was never socialized properly and your last relationship ended comically terribly so do you want to like try practicing dating with each other? I think it could be fun! And then eventually she could move on to find happiness with Mr. Temple :)  

Wait actually sorry quick tangent if Donna doesn’t remember the Doctor what does she think happened to her fiance from way back when. Does she. Does she remember the giant alien spider or. Hang on--

BJ Hunnicutt

BJ Hunnicutt is the human equivalent of Disneyland. Everybody in the entire nation is absolutely obsessively feral over it it’s sooo beautiful it’s sooo fun you just HAVE to experience it it’s a quintessential expression of the American dream blah blah blah. But I will never attend this overpriced (constantly borrowing money) and overcrowded (too much competition from the rest of Mashblr) theme park. I do not care for its fastpass system (willingness to cheat on his partner) or its uninspiring coaster design (anger issues), and I am further offended to hear of the constant introduction of cost-cutting measures that harm visitor experience (growth of mustache). Not even the prospect of purchasing a fully functioning Cogsworth clock (chance to join the Punnihawk polycule) is enough to tempt me. It’s not happening. I am going to Dollywood (Maxwell Klinger).

Maxie my beautiful girl Maxie whomst is so very adored by me

My wife my kitten my sweet snuggly wuggly good time gal. My Dollywood. Know that I love and adore Maxwell for eternity <3

BUT. I must love her from afar because I couldn’t in good conscience waste her time when I figure there must be a more compatible match out there, ya know? Like, I know hardly anything about baseball and I wear the same clothes every day and I don’t eat red meat so I can’t even share those beloved hotdogs. Max deserves the Best as I’m sure we all agree, and we know he wants a serious long term partnership. I want the same thing, so I know that such a lifelong, committed relationship should be with someone who finds themself more easily compatible with Max’s tastes and interests.  

On an unrelated note, Charles sure seemed to get super into baseball in War For All Seasons, huh? :) And we know he cares a lot about his clothes, as we see him hiring a personal tailor at least once! :) And he was surprisingly eager to get to share in Max’s hotdog delivery in The Grim Reaper, too! :) So many random fun facts in this world \^w^/

[heybinnie]

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[poetryofyouth]

suffering from the consequences of my actions (headache because i ran two (2) necessary errands in one day)