#earnestly answers

[butchrocket]

that post i reblogged made me rewatch the post-spamton neo scene and i would never pick yes because its very mean to not let kris have some much needed catharsis after a horrible too-real experience for them but this bit is so cute...

[ophernelia]

the "meanest" thing i'll say today is to please google that question before you send it to me. particularly if it is a general question. like "how do i install tray files?" you can google that. there are youtube videos that show you how to do things like that. even with making cc. there are so many tutorials out there. and it's not to be mean or to just deny you my labor, but encourage you to take advantage of the resources we have at our disposal. there are so many great creators who already have extensive tutorials out there and they're easy to find. please support them. do not take the luxury of being able to do independent research for granted. you need that skill.

[littlemartyr]

I don’t think it’s very deep or anything. As in I don’t see any point in saxloch ship. Really not deep.

I thought the brothers relationship was a commentary on the dude bro over sexualization and over sharing. Saxson acts like dehumanizing women and talking about sex all the time is totally normal, he does it with his friends, his business colleagues, and even around his family. His mom rolls her eyes but laughs and doesn't stop him.

What is his younger brother supposed to think?

He doesn't understand that you shouldn't talk like that around family

I can totally see how the inappropriate conversation leads to what happens. They normalized it till it hurt him. What it doesn’t imply is that it’s gay or emotional or something like that. no, they aren’t attracted to one another. Also nothing in story indicates they have things like that. Had to be said. Said it.

So I’m just now realizing I have a few messages in my inbox asking me my opinion about saxon x lochlan and I think this is a continuation of another ask that was sent right before this one where you referred to Saxon as straight. Going to be honest with you anon, I think we just interpreted the brothers’ plotline very differently.

Each season of the white lotus focuses on a theme/topic. These themes definitely carry onto the other seasons but they are heavily showcased in various seasons. Season one was exploitation and class divide, season two was sex and betrayal, and season three was identity and religion. Saxon definitely goes on a religious arc throughout the season but it’s not relevant to this ask, his arc based around his identity is.

Saxon’s whole identity is a lie, completely made up. He identifies as a successful workaholic whose only pleasure outside of work is meaningless sex with women. However, he is not successful by any means. Any “success” he has achieved in his career has been achieved by his father merely handing it to him. And I’m betting you his “work” that he’s soooo addicted to back in North Carolina is just him sitting at a computer and/or running errands for his daddy all day.

And meaningless sex with women does not fulfill him by any means. He does not want meaningless sex and he is not (just) attracted to women. There are many many great analyses and posts written up by people on this site but I truly came to conclusion before I had read any of them. I came to this conclusion in real time in episode five as I watched Sam Rockwell’s monologue. I truly believe his monologue is meant to mirror Saxon’s arc.

Both Saxon and Sam Rockwell’s character talk about women in such a sexualized and objectifying way it’s borderline disturbing. Both characters have (allegedly) sleep with hundreds and hundreds of women and yet neither one of them really seems self actualized or even really fulfilled. Then, after copious drug use, Sam Rockwell’s character comes to the conclusion that he does not want to fuck women; he wants get fucked like the women he’s been fucking the same way he fucks them by men who look like him.

I believe Saxon has the same desire but is simply (a LOT) more repressed about it. Before episode five he was OBSESSED into turning Lochlan into someone that looked and fucked like did. Wanted him to work out, diet, and flirt with women like he did. Consciously, he wanted to set Lochlan up with a women that was the same age as him and just as creepy about sex as he was. Subconsciously, however he wanted to be this women getting fucked by Lochlan.

There are many posts that analyze the threesome scene but this was one of the first ones I could find for you. These flashbacks all come from Saxon’s flashbacks of the threesome (aka his consciousness) and there are multiple shots that trade Chloe for him. The shot of Lochlan fucking Chloe is framed in such a way it looks like Saxon is getting fucked by Lochlan at times. I truly believe the scene is framed on purpose this way, especially since Lochlan’s flashback of the threesome is MUCH different. Lochlan’s recollection is mostly him having sex with Chloe and then a brief shot of him jerking off Saxon. I really don’t think you see much, just a phallic shaped object being stroked under some sheets. Saxon’s recollection on the other hand is these constant trade off shots.

And there are other scenes too but these are less substantial. The biggest one outside the threesome I’d say is the beach scene. The face Saxon’s makes when Lochlan runs his hand through his hair and the way he looks at Lochlan after he collapses on the sand is NOT a platonic/familial look. There’s clear lust/sexual arousal in both of these moments, and as Chelsea said “there’s not a drug in the world that would make me get with my brother” (or change my sexuality).

I will say that I also think your interpretations are correct. Their relationship is also a commentary on dudebro socialization and the way dudebros sexualize and dehumanize women. You can have one version of reality which is the canon source material, and then the other reality, our reality of what their relationship is symbolic of.

Also, it really is that deep. Always.

[fratercrucis]

the relationship between sam winchester and jared padalecki is very important to me. I need to see jared and sam interact talk chat drive whatever I need them to be together and cheer each other up and share their stories with each other and have a blast. they're so pleasant to each other 😌

[simplydnp]

Dan really being horny on main for his man what a simp lmfaooo (I won’t speak on how I’m slowly dying inside thinking about the level of comfortability he’s had to get to even post something like that for everyone to see.)

exactly my thoughts anon. i cannot process the earnesty that's veiled by the sarcasm here. 'ahah. ocean eyed loser' meanwhile i can't Not perceive the use of 'ocean eyes' in the first place

[aliusfrater]

she's so curious

[lemonsweet]

One of my favorite things a guest has ever asked me was if there was ghosts in the cave and I said well humans didn't really live in these very lower parts in the cave because the entrance was too small haha so any ghosts would be like small rodents and bats and she went ok but I feel an evil energy do you know where your spirit portals may be?

[plaidos]

sending in my own lustful appreciations for you~

I know you're over 6' but I'm curious how tall you are on your knees~

actually im basically 6ft on the spot.... and ive never been measured on my knees 🤔

[frobby]

I CANT BELIEVE YALL WERE RIGHT ABOUT HIM

[magicicephoenix]

Would you like a Jelly Baby?

sure :) i've never had one before. are they good

[aarontveit]

now that my name-change and gender marker shit is taken care of (just gotta wait like 1 - 3 months or some shit before i know if Service Ontario approves it), the next step, once i have the approval and switch out my health card & get the new birth certificate, will be unsealing my fuckin adoption records. cause my guy. it is TIME.

[bytrauma]

[ 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 ] : unable to handle their fondness towards receiver, the sender lashes out and they end up in a heated argument 👀

How   does   it   get   to   be   this   way?   The   rush   of   his   own   emotions   leaves   him   restless   and   eager,   and   he   has   begun   to   no   longer   recognize   the   person   he's   becoming.   Always   adamant   on   remaining   alone,   having   found   a   great   deal   of   serenity   within   the   confines   of   his   solitude.   To   be   alone   was   to   be   without   problem,   and   to   be   without   problem   meant   a   life   with   no   worry.   He'd   done   his   time,   ached   through   the   years   of   his   feelings   dependent   on   the   moods   of   those   around   him.   There   was   a   moment,   there,   in   his   time   spent   away   from   home   -   a   realization   that   draws   upon   him,   that   he   never   had   to   feel   that   way   again.   How   could   it   be?   Alone. 

So   it   went,   and   yet   Maddy   had   come   along   and   seemingly   struck   a   chord.   Had   he   ever   been   the   same   since   his   eyes   first   laid   upon   her?   Absolutely   not.   There   was   no   going   back,   and   his   stomach   turns   at   the   very   thought   of   it   all.   He'd   gone   from   being   utterly   content   in   his   solitude,   to   wishing   for   her   presence   in   even   the   simplest   moments.   In   a   perfect   would,   this   wouldn't   be   such   a   painful   detriment,   but   coming   from   where   he's   come   from   -   he   knew   this   would   only   bring   him   pain.

It   becomes   apparent   now.   The   tension   pulls   too   hard,   and   every   string   that   keeps   them   composed   snaps   before   their   very   eyes.   A   heavy   breath   draws   from   him,   and   he   allows   her   the   space   to   vocalize   whatever   it   was   that   simmered   beneath   her   skin.   It   helps   none   that   the   conditions   of   their   dynamic   were   less   than   favorable.   Who   would   he   be,   really,   to   get   entangled   with   someone   like   her?   His   head   throbs,   and   the   tension   that   builds   within   his   frame   is   just   enough   to   set   him   off. 

It's   unfortunate,   really,   the   way   his   time   spend   in   Parris   Island   has   made   him   grossly   immune   to   anyone   yelling   in   his   face.   He's   composed.   His   jaw   slack,   and   if   you   didn't   know   any   better   -   you'd   assume   he's   totally   unbothered.   Far   from   the   opposite   lay   his   reality,   feeling   the   way   his   chest   pangs   with   the   desire   to   pull   her   in.   Silence   her   mouth   in   the   only   way   he   knows   how.

“We   don't   need   to   do   it   this   way,   Maddy,”   his   voice   punctures   through   her   own.   “Fight   it.   I   mean.   We   don't   need   to   fight   whatever   this   is   between   us   like   this.”   There's   a   string   of   silence   from   him,   evident   that   his   mind   is   racing   with   all   the   right   things   to   say.   It   feels   like   a   game   he's   never   been   destined   to   win,   and   he   wants   nothing   more   for   the   earth   to   swallow   him   up   whole.   Every   fiber   of   him   wants   to   reach   out.   Pull   her   in.   Alleviate   whatever   conflict   resides   in   the   forefront   of   her   mind.   He's   unsure   of   what   holds   him   back,   why   he's   suddenly   incapable   of   acting   on   impulse.

He   settles,   a   hand   reaching   out   to   take   her   hand   in   his   own.   “It   doesn't   have   t'be   this   complicated.   Y'know   that,   right?”

[bumblingbabooshka]

"Everything you went through was meaningless." [St Voyager S3 E7: 'Sacred Ground']

[ace-malarky]

Happy wubwub! Is there any worldbuilding that you really want to include in a story but that you haven't managed to fit anywhere yet? A magic system? A location? A language? Anything at all?

Happy wubwub!

N oh there's a *few* I've put in as like placeholders? For worlds that I haven't yet dealt with in the Mist Worlds bc there's a lot there, you know how it goes

So there's the "Everything is underground in massive caverns because topside is toxic af" world because just like. Whole cities in caverns, man. Stupid dramatic structures along the walls and the potential abyss below and obligatory glowing mosses and how that's adapted (this is not a human homeworld)

And then there is also "this world is a series of floating sky-islands" because of course there is. That one? Has a few things written on it, technically, but I haven't yet brought up the fact that the land is floating and there are skyships. Just hasn't been relevant to Kam and the Nightgales ongoing "fuck your private menageries" questline yet

[ghulah]

belly dancer ifrit??

Thank you for your ask, Seafoam! Hmm, much to consider!

Honestly, as an Egyptian, I don't think I thought about Ifrit particularly that way. I do headcanon some characters or some of my OC's to belly dance, but not him for some reason? However if there are other Egyptians out there who wanna weigh in tell me because I love hearing different interpretations, especially since belly dancing did originate here.

I mean, would Ifrit do a little jig? Would he shimmy and dance around with whatever jinn/afareet friends he has(as afareet are a subset of jinn, who exist on a different plane from humans but exist in the same place, just invisible to the human eye)? Or maybe jam out to mahraganat (Egyptian party music) or the good old Egy-Pop? Yes, I think so! I don't know about him dancing to proper belly-dancing music or having any professional experience. Like, I don't know if I envision him in a belly-dancing suit doin that whole thing.

I do think he's the guy on the tabla(percussion) or the oud(lute/guitar) or the nay(flute) - most probably the oud, playing along while someone else dances. I think he sometimes stands up to do a few grand moves and shimmy around, maybe pop a hip or two and play around!

I might actually make a playlist of Arabic (or specifically Egyptian) songs I associate with Ifrit later. The artist I associate with him the most is Afroto, because of obvious reasons, afroto is a riff on afreet/ifrit. But his songs are very quintessential mahraganat/Egy-rap.

But yeah!! This ask actually made me think about Ifrit more, I need to like - look into him as a character further to see how I dissect him in my head lol.

By the way, if anyone's interested because of this conversation - here is a playlist of music by SWANA artists, in English and Arabic and in different dialects in some cases.

[futchknopfler]

do you think knopfgirl and fitzgirl would be friends and follow up question whose boobs are bigger

Enjoying my sunny Wednesday morning walk pondering this… the answer if they would be friends is easy. Yes, but they also hate each other and are fake about it. Anyway fitzjames has bigger boobs obviously. Mark doesn’t eat enough for them to get any bigger.