#dot staking

[stuckinapril]

I love Tumblr because nothing matters here truly. There are no influencers. Having followers doesn’t mean anything. It’s just a site where people post their sporadic thoughts and rb pretty pictures. Anyone who thinks any of this matters is woefully missing the point

[gibbearish]

oh boy its my favorite day where nonusamericans condescendingly explain to me that the election effects other countries too and therefore i need to be even more terrified than however terrified i already am

[spheciform]

Oops! Oh no! It looks like I tripped and accidentally dropped The First Chapter Of My ROTM rewrite thats been stewing since last November????? Oh no!!!! What will I ever do???

[babblingfishes]

sometimes i say a thing that is just over-the-top salty to strangers and then i remember they aren't part of my salt cult, so writing a detailed, multi-paragraph callout post about Unnamed Scientist #2 who had one single line of dialogue is not funny to them. it's just insane. i am cringe to them. my humor is lost on these fools

[moonlightperseus]

rick riordan: fuck it! three more books about percy, annabeth and grover!

sadie and carter kane: you can just do that????

[fastcardotmp3]

toooootally agree that steve dying in s4 would have made sense. after all the mentions of running away and steve never doing that, his death would have hit home that standing and fighting isn't always the best (or smartest) choice. also think about how interesting that could have been for eddie, unceremoniously placed in the big brother position

LOTS of potential for interesting character moments but. 🤷‍♀️

no EXACTLY.

It's a plotline that not only /didn't/ fit Eddie's overall story, but /would/ have fit Steve's arc so perfectly if they hadn't decided to use him largely for comic relief and regurgitated relationship drama in S4 and had actually, y'know, written him an arc.

This is a guy we've seen come back from having the absolute shit kicked out of him three seasons in a row, who throws himself into the line of fire with very few questions asked of himself other than "will this choice help keep these people safe" and who-- this is the interesting part for me-- always gets back up.

He's almost over powered with the way he can take a hit and keep going and it grows with intensity every season 1-3 to the point where you can see him getting more reckless with his human shield endeavors. Steve has gotten up before, he knows this about himself, he has convinced himself that this means he'll be able to get up again, convinced himself that he'll resurface from that lake to the degree where he just does it so casually.

But that's not true. The opportunity to have Steve run headlong into a frenzy of creatures that he was already almost taken out by once and /needed/ backup to survive without that backup, to do it for Dustin's sake after building that relationship up so thoroughly during s2-3, and then for him to not only not get back up again, but for it to have BEEN IN VAIN? because they still don't WIN?

AND THEY DECIDED NOT TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY?

The version of that scene where Dustin is sobbing over Steve's dying body pleading "No-- Steve-- you die, I die-- Hey, stop, you die, I die, got it? You son of a bitch you die. I die. Don't you fucking dare, please, please--" while Steve smiles and reassures him because he has so much faith that this is worth it because it's over now, it must be lives rent free in my mind.

The version of S5 that gives us the opportunity to see the fallout of what losing one of our original s1 characters does to the rest of them-- does to Dustin in the trauma of watching it happen, does to ROBIN who is half a soul down when she was within /walking distance/ of his final stand, does to Nancy who has got to be convinced at that point that her love is a death sentence, does to Max who has now lost two older brothers (even if this one is both less and more complicated because she actually felt /safe/ around him), does to Lucas who has looked up to Steve in so many ways, does to Eddie who is new to this group and now feels the utterly incomprehensible size of the shoes dropped at his feet to fill-- a sword to carry when his chosen path had always been a shield? Yeah. that lives rent free in my mind too.

The Duffers are cowards who didn't want to kill off a fan favorite and risk losing viewership in their last season and I for one think it hurt them in the long run.

sorry for blabbering I have so many thoughts about this 😭

[roseberryboo]

The Woman of Moonlit Stars

You see her smile. It’s enchanting. Worthwhile. You tell her so under a moon lit by stars. You hang out for a while, and you slowly fall for her charm; her confidence. Maybe you wanted a little bit of that too. You confess under a moon lit by the stars. Hearts tied together, she’s dragging you with her. You see cracks in the skin, a red flag. You ask her about it. She denies it vehemently. You don’t remember the conversation. You just remember the moon lit by the stars. Your concerns grow. Your gaps in memory grow. Hours. Days. Weeks. Months. Years. All without memory. All under a moon lit by the stars. You wake up four years later, an alarm sounding in your head. You’ve been exposed enough. You can resist it somehow. The argument- the fight- it physically hurts. A week later, you’ve completely changed your identity. You know she has the ability to see through it all. Your only peace is the dreams of the ending universe. Somewhat painful, every bit beautiful. For once, the sight of the moon and stars doesn’t make your blood freeze.

[dorkofspace]

Ok…am I the only one who thinks the FNAF movie looks??? Cheesy??? Like I know the franchise has always had its humor to it and it’s probably silly to wish anything even remotely serious but idk. Maybe it’s just cause FNAF has become a more saturated series with a mostly young fanbase.

[themanwhowouldbefruit]

in other news my attempt to learn touch typing for real this time like legit touch typing for realsies. has brought me to a website where you can type out the entirety of animal farm.

[theefaggotamerica]

[us-ugay]

i will say, even tho the fandom on twitter is larger and more active, the amount of absolutely brain dead takes bitches have there is enough to keep me here on tumblr of all places

at least i can mute over there without unfollowing and causing a scene but jfc 😪

[holyarcadeglitter]

Being brave fuckin sucks lmao I'm never doing this again

[poptartmochi]

WAIT....... does this mean gioia is the one who initially wrecks Nico's life. oh my god 🙉🙉🙊

[muchemoaboutnothing]

I just watched fury road after seeing furiosa last night and the difference in the quality of storytelling is just night and day imho. I see what they were trying to do with furiosa and it was very close to good, but it just didn’t hit the mark for me.

[nerdie-faerie]

Why do they always break the nicest wooden furniture for stakes they never end up using?

[pubby-dawg-eyez]

umb and espy

made with an idea and motivation but not with much skill :,)