#he occupies both!

[the-overreactress]

I think I get a little too deep in the dredges of Jess Mariano’s mind when I write, and then I watch scenes from the show or discuss him in any other context, and I feel more and more like this character we all love plays multiple roles in various spaces at the same time. Yes, he is begging silently to be loved, but he is also such a physical touch and words of affirmation guy. Yes, he is angry and likely seen too much in his short life time, but he’s also hilarious and snarky and eventually builds a stunning life with 2-4 strangers who become his surrogate family. Yes, he is the “troubled kid” sent to Stars Hollow to be straightened out, but all he does when he gets there is steal inanimate objects and do close-up magic to impress girls.

I've loved writing On The Road because it's forced me to look at this guy critically and find where the line really is for him. How conscious is he really of his inner turmoil? Are his perceptions of the world he occupies really true, or are some of them warped in some way? Is his main concern finding and possessing safety, truth, or love? Maybe all three? Does he live in a bit of denial about how others perceive him and vice versa?

I once wrote Jess Mariano can’t take a compliment to save his life, and I wonder if there’s some truth to the fact that he’s never sure what people’s motivations are when they give him praise OR criticism. His distrust of others colors every interaction, and that’s what’s so striking about Rory being so—normal(?) to him. Like, for the most part (excepting early season 3 and the Truncheon Open House), she is completely genuine to and around him. Maybe he literally has no idea how to process any of it because his life is full of people who break promises and don’t hold to what they say they’ll do.

For all anyone has ever written or said about Jess Mariano’s fierce anger and troublesome behavior, he’s also a guy who reads more than anyone else alive, does close-up magic, and visibly blushes when Lane calls him and Rory a “cute old, agoraphobic couple.” The boy contains multitudes!!

[jedi-starbird]

No one ever tells Obi-Wan that he is his Master's padawan.

Of course, for most people who had known Qui-Gon Jinn, telling someone else they resembled the the man would in fact be a thinly veiled insult. But still, Obi-Wan feels the absence of comparisons almost as strongly as he feels the absence of his Master.

There is no one for Obi-Wan to push against now, no strong presence at his side, ready to grab him by scruff and pull him back from another reckless stunt. It's an odd feeling. He has been set loose against his wishes. There is no one to his left and Anakin at his heels, but Anakin had needed, still needs, a strong, gentle figure for his prickly but sensitive heart. For even their worst bickering could not hold a candle to the scathing remarks he and Qui-Gon had shot at each other and Obi-Wan knows he cannot push and needle Anakin in the same way.

When Qui-Gon had been alive they had been an amusing, mirrored pair, the maverick and his rule-following padawan. Opposites clashing against each other, yet working together to complete the most difficult missions. Few saw that Qui-Gon's impertinence had indeed rubbed off on his padawan, cultivated from that small, angry initiate, because the only way to rebel against the rule-breaker had been to parrot the Council fastidiously. No one would ever get to see that again. Obi-Wan is one half of a mirrored pair trying to complete a routine on his own. What once was an impish, teasing compliance is now a betrayal of all his Master's values.

"How could Qui-Gon raise such a model Jedi?" He hears them say, "It's admirable that Master Kenobi was appointed to the Council despite his Master's maverick ways."

Padawan Kenobi would have yelled and kicked and screamed. Master Kenobi is serene. It should feel like an achievement. It feels like a disappointment.

Sometimes, Obi-Wan looks at the shape of the man he has moulded himself into, and aches to be his Master's padawan.

[flicklikesstuff]

“Maybe the flash was to blame. Or maybe it’s his shrunken state that gave the looming witch the illusion of being exactly 10 feet tall.

Whatever it was, it had flicked something within. Suddenly, he was no longer a lizard. Nor a great, powerful wizard. Not even “Rick Shades.”

He was a little Gourami.

Only 12 years old. Eyes wide and unobscured. Skin smooth from the lack of scars. But most of all, untainted by the horrors.

And unlike that little Gourami, he was entirely aware of what’s coming for them. He could warn the 12 year old. Maybe save them even. Tell her that continuing this approach is a bad, BAD, VERY TERRIBLY BAD IDEA!!

…

But he couldn’t.”

My inspiration pieces: :)

[short666bread]

[art-is-kayos]

Phone games

[ghostlycleric]

The phone booth scene is so special to me.

(Pic from longbttms’ vol. 1 scenepack on Youtube)

Mike holding the phone for Will? Basically throwing it at Jonathan right after? I NEED to see whats going on in Mike’s head.

The camera literally spins slowly around the phone booth throughout the scene, and they specifically have Mike hand the phone to Jonathan when his reaction is in perfect view. He straightens up his posture, borderline tearing his hand away from Jonathan.

Just before that, the camera is in perfect view of Mike holding the phone for Will. He leans in, and he like carefully puts the phone up to his ear. Will tries to hold the phone, probably expecting Mike to let go, but he doesn’t.

They make sure that within seconds the viewer knows thats a mikeandwill thing and not a Mike thing. Will’s hand lingering on Mike’s too UGH WHY ARE THEY LIKE THIS

Little moments like these are my favorite. Just subtle moments where you can see how well they work as a team. Their season 5 scenes are going to be so cute.

[borgialucrezia]

the borgias truly went off in 2.10 'the confession'. specifically, where devastated rodrigo buries juan with his own hands, being intercut with everyone happy and celebrating lucrezia's betrothal, and being perfectly juxtaposed with dark and light. we get to see how rodrigo always saw juan while carrying his body (and that's probably how he sees all his children) as an innocent little kid instead of a broken soul. which was one of the most touching and well-crafted scenes that have ever aired on tv btw!! the whole sequence is also backed by a moving piece of tragic music that matches how guilty rodrigo feels about making the family hate juan by pressuring his inadequacy, making him full of misguided notions of defending the family's honor that led him to go wild. and setting him up to be envied by cesare. the murder made rodrigo reflect, and the viewers can tell that he has never told his eldest son that he sees himself when he looks at cesare, and that he has always held him in high regard but with a different dream and vision for him, despite cesare's wrong assumption that juan was rodrigo's favorite. and all because he always had a self-loath. to accept cesare as his favorite, he has to accept himself first. plus the cliffhanger? peak cinema imo.

[pleasedontcareaboutme]

It's missing my father hours rn so imma just dump a bunch of pictures here and cry

( sorry i don't know the source of anything I just had them on my phone)

(also dont read the tags i just need to let it out lol)

[yunmeng-jiang]

that man does NOT think of wei wuxian as his gege

[fisheito]

What would happen if you were stuck in an elevator with Yakumo?

First of all, i would have taken the stairs, so this wouldn't happen ever. Can you prove that i've been inside an elevator, or that i will at some point enter one? No. So . None of this .

Humouring your delusion h,owever, I'd probably just freeze and hope he doesn't see me. What's the F sequence here? Flight>freeze>fight.

I can't flee because stuck in a box. So, freeze. He can do the smart thing here and ignore me, because being stuck in an elevator could mean stuck for 2 minutes. We can wait this out.

If yakumo perceives me, then freeze fails. And he has done the stupid thing, because it leads to the final option: fight.

Maybe hollow him out and use him as a protective covering against the elements [dry and dusty stale elevator air]. Maybe eat his arm in hangry confusion. Maybe GET eaten in hangry confusion. Maybe disintegrate piece by piece out of existence.

Maybe lie extremely flat on the floor and take a nap. Don't need to deal with this if I'm unconscious!!!!

[pixelatedraindrops]

Yuma Month: Day 21: Moon

Goodnight, Little Rain Drop 💧🌙

[joznii]

late to the party with this meme

but uhh svens fake letter is some diabolical villainous behavior like brother PLEASE think of the consequences of your actions

[ambyandony]

every time I draw pannacotta fugo in sketches he’s always just holdin papers n shit 😭

[nandermoenthusiast]

Re: the latest helluva boss short, i REFUSE to believe that blitzø is bad in the sack. i just refuse that notion all together. i do believe he has zero technique whatsoever though, because he relies heavily on confidence and on his excellent capability of reading people.

See, thats all you need to be a sex god imo. If youre skilled enough at reading peoples reactions properly, you dont need technique because you dont need generalisation, you figure out what that SPECIFIC person likes. and that makes you invaluable to their eyes. i do believe two things, one is that blitzø enjoys cracking open that mistery and exploring what makes someone tick, two is that he is extremely observant and good at reading people/situations (exes and oohs is a great example of this, both in how he clocked the drugged drink right away and how he slept with chaz to get info), aside from also being quite versatile, handy and extremely adaptable.

Third thing i believe is that blitz is also DEFINITELY all over the place, so sometimes he may also be bad at sex because he can also be selfish and self centered, so he may not care enough to pay attention to the other person at times. But he has the capability to be great in bed is all im saying.

So what i believe happens in the short is, first of all as other people have said he has some complicated feelings about this crystal. Because of course. So maybe he doesnt even feel like pleasuring a stupid crystal when he should be pleasuring stolas, thank you very much!! And also the crystal is an inanimate thing, he cant really gauge a reaction from it so he would have to rely solely on technique, which he lacks 😋

[owlsie-hoot]

It is obvious who owns his heart

[zuzus-ponytail]

‘so long london’ is about roku & sozin.