#failing beautifully

[the-traveling-poet]

I’m finally updating “The R.O.S.E.” on AO3 lmao

[beatriceportinari]

Toad, origami, one square sheet of paper

[softiedingo]

he's just a cute lil guy wearing glasses 🥹🤏🏻

[theswedishpajas]

Based on my favorite gif lately

[xfilesinamajor]

Look, someone needs to say it:

Odysseus, buddy, letting the cyclops live wasn’t the mistake. TELLING HIM YOUR NAME and then letting him live, THAT’S where you screwed up. You had that brilliant “my name is Nobody” business and then you went and blew it.

[sengokubasara3]

this is one of my favorite amelia scenes. she obviously has an inkling what phribizzo wants out of lina, but friendship takes priority over doing what's most "right". bweeeeeeeh ;__;

[eiichiro]

TAISOU ZAMURAI (2020) dir. shimizu hisatoshi ✴ studio mappa

[thebroccolination]

BE MY FAVORITE IS GETTING THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES!

I'm delighted to see that what many of us expected is coming true:

Be My Favorite is gaining more and more acclaim as time goes on, finding its audience more and more by word-of-mouth.

- Awards -

For example, today, BMF collected two awards from Sanook after fans of the show voted overwhelmingly in its favor.

🥇 Be My Favorite: Best Y Series from the 1st Quarter of the Year

🥇 GawinKrist: Best Starring Duo from the 1st Quarter of the Year

Director Waasuthep tweeted a thank you to everyone for voting. Recently, the pre-ordered DVDs went out to fans, and included was a note from Waa saying, "If each of my aired projects were my children, Be My Favorite would unquestionably be my favorite child."

I hope he can see his beloved series getting more and more love. It's clear he and the cast put their hearts and souls into making it. <3

- SALES -

The general DVD sales for Be My Favorite was announced on November 30th.

…And sold out by the following day.

- OVERSEAS -

And then in October, Be My Favorite was listed on the Japanese streaming site Rakuten, where it promptly shot to second place under Kiseki: Dear to Me.

It's earned itself extremely positive reviews and stood at a 4.7 rating by mid-November.

Look at you go, my favorite show. :')

[imminent-danger-came]

Personaly think that, if Nuwa does care for MK it's out of the kind of love an artist may have for their favored creation, a beautiful, flawless little thing she sculpted to divine perfection, worthy of every admiration

I'm down for most interpretations that aren't "Omg!!!! Nuwa is MK's mom!!!" or any care/love Nuwa has for him being a result of motherly instinct.

For me I'll always go back to "A simple creature, with no past, no family, and no name." (which was said AFTER we had already gotten flashes of an implied creator). Like if nothing else, MK was catalyzed with no family (including any familial connection to his creator). SO. I'm just really interested in where this is going to go tbh

[merakiui]

those rollo headcanons have wrecked me in ways unimaginable.....just.....how did you make him soooooo freaking yummy?!?!?

It is my job as a Rollo Enjoyer to spread the gospel of NBC's beloved student council president. (˘︶˘).｡*♡ I will not be sane when GloMas arrives. Many Rollo brain rots are sure to come. He just has so much potential to be a filthy pervert who deludes himself into thinking he's still righteous even though he's stalking his darling from afar and doing the most depraved things. orz

[steelycunt]

reading an academic article that disagrees with your essay argument [it’s so fucking over] reading an academic article that agrees with your essay argument [we’re so fucking back] reading another academic article that disagrees with your essay argument [it’s so fucking over] reading another academic article that agrees with your essay argument [we’re so fucking b

[seventeendeer]

I can't articulate this very well right now but. listen to me. rgu and pmmm, the tv series, are parallel stories. an echo. two versions of the same event. and their respective movies-

adolescence of utena is the happy ending, where the abandoned girl lays down her sword and finally leaves behind her flawed "hero" role so that she may go to the outside world and be with her beloved again. rebellion is the tragedy, where she is unable to let go and takes her old role to its logical conclusion, destroying herself and her relationship with her loved one in the process while convincing herself that she's doing what's best for the girl she loves, even if it means taking away her right to choose for herself.

do you see it. do you understand. there are layers to this !! different takes on the same subject !!! the contrasts also between the main pairs and how they're played !!!!! oh fuck and the deconstructive AU potential is off the chartsssss oh no

[moonyistired]

had a dream the other day that was allegedly about ffxiv but fact is my brain doesn't actually know how ffxiv works

[scoobiebabie]

The only thing I can do

In the garden

In this world

Is to bloom a pretty flower that resembles you

And to breath as the me that you know

[narwhalandchill]

wuwa rambles incoming, on the negative side ish (?)

so i also ended up downloading wuwa to test it out despite being fairly confident in the assessment that it Will not be a long term thing for me (and yeah stand behind that one after day 1 and some today) and like

firstly yes the state of the game is in shambles lmao like it really wasnt finished in time for release in terms of performance and polish At All. on my side luckily the overall experience has been more or less okay on medium graphics with some glitches and a total of two crashes but its still like. this isnt an optimized game at all. ppl rly have been taking genshin being incredibly cautious with new systems and additions (so that the game actually Functions) for granted i suppose 💀 and or consistently taken the most uncharitable angle towards it . like yes we shouldve had xyz since forever but i 100% believe theres actual spaghetti code behind things taking long and that hoyo genuinely wants to be very careful w it for good reason. but yeah artifact presets where still

secondly as much as the world is like, pretty and vast with many sceneries that make for a beautiful vignette to Look at and all kinds of trinkets to run towards and engage w for that quick dopamine release, i think the fact that the story and lore of the world is just so fucking inconsequential and terribly communicated makes it just. Incredibly hard to Feel anything for it. its like a cake with stunning decorations except u take a bite and realize its all just fondant and no actual flavor. its just there. i dont have any thoughts nor feelings for it bc the worldbuilding is such a failure that i care neither for this place nor the characters whose stories are supposed to be selling me on the entire game. and that really sucks bc this place really Does look stunning in places and i Wish they would give me something to care about but its just the backdrop for the (admittedly fun) pokemon echo farm and ur exploration progress and the combat system

character-wise i also just dont mesh with vast majority of them much. they dont stand out enough from one another and no one except for like scar has actually made me very intrigued about anything at all regarding the world. designs vary from ugh to fine with some that i do like but they still arent like . the kind of Instant recognizable design that just Hits. they look fine but they lack the (jenshin) impact that makes you want to forfeit ur mortal possessions to them

now there is One (1) exception to this to be fair and thats sanhua but thats Literally just bc she is so fucking gender envy to me design wise. like its almost perfect just like that. literally if only her top wasnt open in the back . Id wear that shit SO hard for My scifi fantasy waves that wuther self insert oh my god. she looks like a middle school OC id make JSJSKSKDKUSKDK i love herrr literally the only reason i continue playing tbh . And she has ice powers too she is literally made For Me 💀

(jen forbidden lore tldr a niche finnish Banger of a fantasy book series that rewired my brain at 10 had an Excellently written girl protag who among other things gained op draconic ice powers of eternal winter and since then that simply became My main character daydream self elemental power of choice Always hsjsjsjskvkd)

the combat i think is where wuwa stands out and it definitely lets u engage more with the enemies. like ultimate evasion and counters Feel satisfying and building up ur characters unique mechanic like sanhuas ice constructs for her powered up charge atk Feels satisfying i def think theres a lot of potential there but in terms of A Future Meta in a gacha that wants money idk where things would ultimarely go in the future. but ya that stuff is solid.

enemy designs are also cool but suffer from that same lack of context to make me intrigued w the world theyre a part of. like cool eldritch creature ig but it doesnt give heebie jeebies the same way as seeing like. the husks in the chasm for the first time. where u instantly go oh fuck How. Why. Who were they. bc u know there Will be a relevant answer . etc . which is a shame. make me fear for my life smh

anyway for me my pulls have been like ridiculously bad i am genuinely not joking that getting sanhua on my first starter banner multi is the only reason i stuck w it. like. prior to this morning and getting aalto from the 20 free pulls . i have not received a Single non f2p new 4*. i have chixia c3 who i do Not like. yangyang c2. baizhi c1. Literally i kid you not the other new 4* i pulled today was . Yuanwu. so like considering the event and log in thats also c1 yuanwu c1 sanhua (latter of which i obvi have no issue w). and then my starter 5* was the worst case scenario 💀 Walmart gaming i mean. if u think hes cute cool but i am not at All enthused. id have taken Anyone over him lmao

so thats fun . i mean its fine im not gonna play long term i like sanhua and playing her w baizhi and someone like yangyang or aalto its fine for what i intend to do w it for now. & none of the future 5* rly appeal to me either

ultimately the game definitely has potential but it just. released too soon in a shoddy state and in many ways (mostly relating to its open world) i think is too reliant on just resembling genshin without actually innovating on top of that foundation or distinguishing itself from it. and the failure of its story to make players care about its world At All doesnt help. Do i think the world and lore are shit w 0 potential? well obviously no bc its so poorly communicated i cant even fucking tell you what it is About. but any possible potential there was definitely not utilized how it should so eh

now personally i have absolutely no horse in this toxic drama clownfest of a gacha game war arms race other than its not worth the time nor effort. so i truly have no particular feelings of fervent support nor some schadenfreude about kuro and for competitions sake i Do hope they manage to salvage the situation and that wuwa manages to flourish in the end but ironically enough the genshin "killer" number two more or less seems to have went the way of the other one aka ToF. so thats something i suppose lmao

Like there is something very painfully ironic about it all and it is hysterical in that sense. at least that much i can admit hsiajsks. But truly if some ppl find that wuwa offers them sth better than genshin then good for em, dont let my highly lukewarm reception ruin ur enjoyment. just end the fucking drama farm and disingenuous claims to gas up ur own cope and hype

(and to be clear. i would Not have played like 8 hours yesterday if i wasnt genuinely engaged w trying the game out and having fun lol. its just very clear to me that this early rush of ADHD dopamine oh new game new things to burn through new exploration shinies short term quick fun is very likely all wuwa is going to have on offer for me personally)

anyway thats just me so feel free to share yalls thoughts too if ud like

[sarah-cam]

I feel like s3 will be the last season of TSITP, since each season would showcase a perspective from each person from the love triangle (s1 being focused around Belly, s2 having a Jeremiah POV episode, and s3 having a Conrad POV episode). I also feel like Jenny is the type of writer who believes in the Rule of Three (the principle that a trio of entities is more satisfying and effective compared to other numbers), considering her consistent use of the trilogy format (ie. TATBILB trilogy and TSITP books).

Since s3 has ten episodes (two more than s2), I predict that the series’ resolution will start with Belly and Jeremiah’s wedding getting called off in episode 8. Then episode 9 focuses on Belly in her study abroad, Conrad and Jeremiah reconnecting, and Conrad sending his letters to Belly. Finally, episode 10 shows Belly returning home, Belly and the Fisher brothers’ reconciliation, and the Bonrad wedding. While this sounds like a lot of story, the current average episode length for the show is 39-59 minutes and a lot can be resolved within an hour depending on how the episode is structured. And even though an additional season sounds like it can cover these plot points better, there’s a chance that having an extra season could drag on these storylines whereas placing these storylines in the final 3 episodes would allow the resolution to be told in a more condensed and effective way.

i agree with how the pov structure and jenny’s storytelling suggests ending with the third season but i still think it’ll feel rushed, belly and conrad deserve more time to get to their endgame, belly deserves more time to show her growth, and there are way more side characters than the books that deserve their story to be concluded — steven/taylor, jeremiah, laurel

also at the end of the day, all these streaming services care about is money so if they milk this show for as long as they can, they will 😂