#he’s just so sad :( that he killed thousands of ppl :(

[urdreamgirls-dreamgirl]

i saw that review on letterboxd of all the rhetorical questions for barbie and like… the more i think abt it, the more i’m certain that the review’s author fundamentally misunderstood the film. barbie land is not a utopia in the way that adults would think abt a utopia, like the author seems to imply… barbie land is canonically shaped by little girls playing with their dolls. that’s why we see a supreme court. thats why there are nobel prizes and authors and lawyers (also because that’s how the toys are marketed… would there be a mermaid in ur utopia??? there would be in mine!). that’s why barbie and ken don’t necessarily know what a boyfriend and girlfriend are “meant” to do (not to mention that the author’s assumption that sex is fundamental to a romantic relationship is problematic at best). that’s why barbie is indifferent to ken (i personally had the life size barbie and my sister had the barbie dream house—we had the working woman barbie game, i had the genie barbie gameboy game, we had countless barbie dolls; we didn’t own a single ken doll lol). barbie land is a world created by and for little girls as they play with their dolls (she says in a comment on the original post “don’t little girls play with their dolls in a sexual way?” and yeah, sure, some do. but i didn’t and i’m sure there are others who didn’t… just like there are some girls who completely mutilated their own dolls and made them into horrifying creatures)… that’s why stereotypical barbie starts having an existential crisis—because a grown woman begins to play with her doll again and starts reshaping barbie land… we, as the audience, are meant to understand this as an outlier to how barbie land is canonically created. the author also calls ken “crass” and “slovenly”… maybe after he builds the patriarchy in barbie land he becomes “crass” but i wouldn’t call him slovenly at any point in the film (i suppose this is just semantics tho).

also, please stop saying that barbie land is a reversal of the real world. it isn’t, even if that may have been the filmmakers intentions. again, barbie is indifferent to ken. she does not abuse him, she does not treat him like he exists to service her by cooking or cleaning or providing other favors for her… barbie does not oppress ken in the way that men oppress women in the real world (we have no idea if he owns property or where he lives and she doesn’t seem to particularly care—extremely different from the fact that women couldn’t have their own bank accounts or credit cards, get a mortgage on their own or divorce their husbands through no fault divorce until the second half of the 20th century in the us… within a lot of our mothers and grandmothers lifetimes!!!!) and it is a complete disservice to conflate or equate the two. we actually see barbie drawing clear boundaries around her time and space in regards to ken—this is not a reversal of misogyny as women and girls experience it in the real world, by any stretch of the imagination.

is the film perfect or revolutionary or radical? of course not. it was produced by major studios and corporations in hollywood. of course the barbie movie is a fucking commercial for barbie, like… to expect anything different is just extremely dumb on your part if u saw the trailer, saw the marketing, saw the interviews, bought a ticket, and sat ur ass in the theater, like be fuckin serious. but don’t do women and girls a disservice by discrediting the world and thoughts and ideas it could open up for them by seeing themselves be taken seriously on screen in a major summer blockbuster with stupid fucking questions because u want to feel superior to everyone else because YOU and ONLY YOU see through the capitalist marketing of lipstick pop girlboss feminism (especially when juxtaposed with the way the female characters are treated in oppenheimer, which we cannot help but compare to the barbie film with the viral marketing of barbenheimer).

[deathlonging]

i think my primary issue with daevabad 3 is there's too much war criminal. why are we spending a third of this unnecessarily long winded novel in his head while he kills people like whats the point + the author likes him far too much to treat his character as seriously as she should........yes most of this is personal preference but also. it isnt like you cant take a villain with a personality if you've read of john and kennit (and enjoyed their character greatly). it's just the way none of what the author is depicting seems purposeful. the impact of this book would not have lessened one bit had the author not put a treat w a string attached in the reader's mouth; dara's pov adds nothing

[sqwdkllr]

no cause that post awoke something in me

c!phil was going through his own personal hell and couldnt do shit about it. Ppl always saying phil was too mean to ghostbur or some shit- ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME GUY? The man who murdered his ONLY blood relative in thousands of years only for this twisted sickly sweet version to pop out without a single memory of anything. Sharing the same face, same voice, and the wound phil had made. And phil had to just suck it up and be polite to him

and you cant even say that "oh but phil wasnt sad during this time tho" HE WROTE A BOOK WHEN GHOSTBUR ASKED HIM TO WRITE ONE FOR HIS LIBRARY ABOUT HOW DEPRESSED HE WAS. He tried to be so SO polite and get away from having to see him all the time so he wouldnt blow up on this ghost version. He was barely keeping it together during the time he was reconstructing and when he was with techno

And then he gets locked in his own home for not selling out his friend to execute in front of him and has to burn his leg cuffs off on a magma block. And he just sucks it up and decides he can take it ! ((obviously techno did NOT take phil's treatment as well as phil himself did but-))

the only time he opened up to another person about this was with ranboo basically confessing that he cannot stop thinking about that day he killed him basically reliving it daily and then- shoving his feelings aside ONCE AGAIN oh and when he lost his wings! and repeatedly tried to get himself off the ground and just kept failing. The way he confesses that he feels so used by everyone around him EXCEPT techno. His devotion to techno goes so far to ALLOW him the permission to use him like some object because he loves him so dearly

AND THEN- HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SAM- FUCK this guy he immediately becomes so alert around the moment they interact like he has to be prepared to fight or run because of their history together that hurt each other deeply. Sam telling him that phil NEEDS him becoming downright possessive of him because he had begun to idolize a version of phil that would be proud of him for breaking the laws of life itself. Something phil has told to sam directly that his immortality is not a blessing, and something sam should not desire

nevermind guys i think c!phil should have killed more people honestly- how that guy kept it together for so long to be less of an inconvenience to everyone is insane

[renegadeem]

With the Vengeance saga coming out soon, I am in the mood to yap about Epic.

One of the things I love the most about Epic: the musical is how it builds up this musical language throughout the story, with leitmotifs and callbacks to previous songs.

I'm not a music theorist and will probably use the wrong language to speak of this, but it is my current hyperfixation, therefore I will talk about it anyways. It's probably nothing other ppl haven't already said a thousand times.

Goes without saying there will be spoilers below.

Here's all the songs in epic and what other songs from the musical they reference, based on my listening to them a gazilion times:

(Take a shot everytime I say call back to destroy your liver)

The Troy Saga

As the first one one, this saga really sets the building blocks for the entire Epic. Not much references from one song to the next, so instead here are the bits of each song that will be coming back:

The Horse and the Infant 🐎- From the start we get the guitar with Odysseus' theme, which will follow us through the entire musical. We also get Athena's ticking clock, very faintly but definitely there. Our first instance of PE-NE-LO-PEEEEE, which is another mainstay of the musical.

Just a Man 👨- Possibly the most referenced song of the entire musical ,lyrics wise. Variations on "...just a man" , as well as the entire lists of "when" will be coming back as Ody makes choices. Usually questionable ones.

Full Speed Ahead ⛵️- another one that will come back often, from listing the number of men left in the crew, to them harmonizing to "full speed ahead". This is also where we begin the call response of "captain" "eurylochus", which will come back a few times.

Open arms 🤗 - it doesn't come back THAT often, objectively. But this is Polites' song. And that boy WILL be haunting the narrative, thank you very much.

Warrior of the Mind 🦉 - this one is where we get Athena's piano theme, which comes back as often as she does. We do get a call back to 🐎 already with Ody and Athena's meeting, his theme on the guitar along with Athena's ticking clock. Her meeting with Ody also shows her adding the same flourishes to "warrior of the mi-iiiii-iiii-iiii-iiii-iiind" that Ody does as she take him under her wing and I think it's super cute.

The Cyclops Saga

This saga is still building our musical language, but we're already getting call backs to the Troy saga.

Polyphemus 👁- We start with another callback to 🐎, with Odysseus' theme from the top, and again when he negotiates with Polyphemus. The first bits of dialogue between Ody, Eurylochus and Polites also echoes ⛵️ to me, but more somber.

Survive ⚔️ - not a call back to any previous songs in the musical, but I love that this one starts with the cyclops' name sung in the dies iraes. Fantastic foreshadowing of the stakes in this song. A bit of ⛵️ with the 600 lives. And i believe each strike of club is a kill, except for the first (polites lets out a weak captain before the actual kill strike) so we know polythemus kills 14 of Ody's men here.

Remember Them 🪦 - the guitar at the start of this one Calls to ⛵️, we also have the Nobody call back from 👁. I love how the music plays out Ody's theme once the other cyclops tell polyphemus to be silent, showing that it was a smart move not to give his name. A shame he doesnt stick to it. A quick away we go that reminds me of ⛵️, then Athena's intervention calls her theme and ticking clock on top of Ody straight up referring to🦉. We also get some "ooo-hooo-ooo-hooo-ooo"s that will return. And of course, Ody's final few lines that will bite him in the ass later.

My Goodbye 👋 - Athena's 🦉 theme, but sad, really. This one is pretty much warrior of the Mind, the sequel. 👨 reference in there for good mesure as well, for after all he's...(you know the line). One of the things that makes me the most sad in This song is Athena losing the flourishes she took from Ody in 🦉 as she decides she's done. That last goodbye is as plain as her first warrior of the Mind was. Great way to show the loss affecting her. The final "ooooo"s call back to 🪦 to me, sort of showing that my good bye is set in ody's Mind close to the end of remember Them.

The Ocean Saga

More important building of our musical vocabulary in this saga, but we also hit a stride with referencing previous songs for maximum emotional impact.

Storm ⛈️- This one feels like another building block song to me, bringing us musical cues for the storm itself. ⛵️ reference in there, of course, gotta love the crew. This one also foreshadows Aeolus' flutes from keep your friends close, which is fun.

Luck Runs Out 🍀 - Big one for Eurylochus and his arc. This series of questions will haunt Ody through the entire musical. We also get a small musical cues for unnamed gods ( the home of the wi-ind go-od) that will come back later. Small 🤗 refence there as well, leading from the heart.

Keep your friends close 🌬- I love Aeolus and the Winons. A small ref back to ⛵️ in the guitar as Ody returns on the ship, and a blink and you'll miss it music call back to ⛈️ when Ody speaks of the storm in the bag. Penelope and telemachus from 🐎 . And then, ⛈️ coming back in full strength as the bag is open.

Ruthlessness �� - POSEIDON! This one is also an important one going forwards, harsh lessons being taught here. Some horns that remind me of ⛈️, but they are faint and easily missed. The questions asked in 👨 make a return. I'm counting 43 left under your command as a ⛵️ call back. Poseidon final lines echoing ody's in 🪦.

The Circe Saga

I'm probably missing some from this saga. It feels like one of the more self contained ones overall.

Puppeteer 🪆- The first few notes call back to ⛵️, along with it's call response , before switching to 🍀 as Eurylochus tries to confess. The rest is mostly establishing Circe's theme, motives and drives. The think of your past and your mistakes lines feel very much like her casting the spell.

Wouldn't you like 🕺- This one is purely stand alone, as far as i can tell. I'm not mad, it's catchy as hell. Love Hermes, he's a funny little guy.

Done For ✨️ - Another instance of starting the song with Ody's theme from 🐎, and coming back again on his verse.

There Are Other Ways 💌 - Circe calls back to 🪆 quite a bit here as she tries to seduce Ody, with her spell lines of think of your past. We also get our mandatory 👨 , and Penelope's notes come to save Ody before he sings of her, going back again to 🐎. And it ends on more 🪆 references, now with the crew harmonizing with circe as they are turned back to men. Rare Odysseus W.

The Underworld Saga

The shortest saga, but my personal favorite. I love how efficient and painful the callbacks in this one are. Truly the turning point for Odysseus character journey.

The Underworld ☠️ - This one is a fun one, and one of my favorite songs with just how much it does with the musical language we built. We start with Ody's theme from 🐎 once again, and then a quick ⛵️ to remind the crew of the stakes. All I hear are screams is a big one from this saga and will be making a come back later. Then, we are haunted again by the question from 👨, the death count of men of ⛵️ and 🔱, with cries of captain in quick succession. Ody talks of the Infant, but it isn't quite a musical call back. Then the musical whammy that is 🤗, as Polites comes back to haunt the narrative. We also get the first instance of Odysseus' mom waiting, which will be back to break your heart later. Also, not a call back, but I love how the ghosts of the crew harmonize with Ody as they get further in the Underworld and he gets more and more haunted.

Not Longer You 👥 - Another banger that's pretty much stand alone. It describes a lot of what will be happening, but does it without bringing any specific song back. The background chorus in the last bit does foreshadow much of what is to come, but it's hard to make out what they say without the subtitles.

Monster 👿 - It's 👨's evil twin, in vibes more than anything else, as its not actually referenced. Not unlike 👥, we get a lot of descriptions of previous songs, but without any musical call backs to them. Then a bit of 🔱, 🐎 for P & T.

The Thunder Saga

I am surprised with how much of summary the first half of this saga gives without overreferencing itself. Makes sense, this is the beginning of the second half of the musical, we need to make sure everyone remembers what happened, but we dont want to pull at your heartstrings just yet. Very smart.

Suffering 🧜‍♀️ - We start with a mandatory 🐎 Penelope call. A hit of Scylla foreshadowing. I can take the suffering from you will be our biggest takeaway from this one.

Different Beast 🩸 - mentions of suffering in a dark echo to what we had in 🧜‍♀️. The "ooo-hooo-ooo-hooo-ooo"s from 🪦 make a return.

Scylla 🐍 - ⛵️ comes back in scattered harmonies as the crew is tired from the journey. 👨 call back with Eurylochus ' forgive me. It's not super easy to make out, but I am pretty sure we get 6 distinct screams for the 6 torch wielding men who get sacrificed here.

Mutiny 🗡 - 🍀's dark mirror in just about every way. So many 🍀 references. The list of questions. Please dont tell me youre about to do what i think you'll do. I love the home of the sun god echoing the home of the wind god. Eurylochus gets his own 👨. Those final ⛵️ as they try to run away.

Thunderbringer ⚡️- Thunder daddy is here and he doesn't play. This is HIS song. 🐎 call back with Ody's please dont make me do this. Then we get the questions from 👨 layered with me take the 🧜‍♀️ from you. Which is wonderful to me. for ody the real Penelope will make this all worth it, will take the suffering away, even if those were the siren's words, not his wife's.

The Wisdom Saga

True to the saga title, this one is filled with athena. We get some building blocks for telemachus that come back very quickly.

Legendary 📜 - a theme for everyone's favorite anime protagonist, Telemachus!

Fight, Little Wolf 🐺 - Athena returns at last!!! 🦉for her theme throughout the song.

We'll be Fine 🕑 - more of 🦉 for Athena's theme. I also love that telemachus does the same type of flourishes to we'll be fine as ody did to warrior of the Mind, very cute. He is matching Athena's, which musically confirms she misses Ody to me. And of course that final 📜, for Telemachus, Athena's new bestie.

Love in Paradise 🏝 - This one is a doozy, taking most of the references for this saga into itself. 🦉 for Athena's theme to start, then in quick succession, 🪦,🌬,🔱,✨️,👥,🩸,🐍 before giving us the last lines of⚡️to catch athena up to speed. Then we switch up to a new sound (another banger) . Ody's guitar riff from 🐎 as he gets a bit upset. Then we skip, 7 years ahead with 🦉's ticking clock, to Ody's infamous breakdown. If your favorite song hadn't come back yet, it's probably here! We begin with a frayed version of Ody's theme from 🐎 (he's literally on his last strings) with ☠️'s all I hear are screams, duetted by calypso 's attempts to bring back the previous good vibes. And when you think it can't get sadder, 🤗+🍀+ ☠️ triple whammy to make sure you remember everything that Odysseus has already lost.

God Games 🛡 - Athena's theme is again one of the major call backs for this one 🦉 mostly as she tries to reestablish control of her argument with Aphrodite, and gets the upper hand on Ares. Love that Ares's beat is kind of a dark mirror of Athena's. As the 2 gods of war it's very fitting. Then, of course, Thunder daddy brings ⚡️ back to smite Athena. We get another instance of 🦉, and a hint of 📜 before Athena's final stand.

So yeah, I'm excited for the vengeance saga.

Sorry if this made no sense, if you're fluent in music theory and have just witnessed me massacre your boy for way too long, or if there was something I missed in your favorite song.

[echobx]

these pics and videos spoilers im seeing is making me a bit sad as a jjpope shipper.... seeing jiara fans happy that rudy and madison are filming scenes between both makes jjpopes future look even worse. i was really hoping for s4 to be their season? pics of kiara and jj in same bedroom? i dont feel good at all for whats coming. how can the show ignore jjpope and their potential?

i feel the same anon. but I still have some hope because all we have got to see hasn't been very romantic looking in my eyes. and to the clip of Madison in bedroom next to a guy, that's JD, that's not Rudy. bc that video they screenshotted from was is on Madelyn's Instagram and I'm pretty sure it's JD based on the fact that he commented something on it that is visible on his body in the shot.

also, the fact that they zoomed in on a poster on a wall and then said "this is proof they live together" is just not holding up. bc (1) not just Kie can have this poster and just bc they used it in her room in s3 doesn't mean they didn't just use it to save money on new props (the surfshop of JB and Sarah has the same logo as the one we have already seen in s1&2 so unless they buy that thing, I'm just calling it cheap production and not wanting to create a new logo) (2) there was no confirmation whose house they are at in this clip, and (bc I'm that bitch) when you look out the window in the video, you can clearly see the marina. so they can't be at JJ's bc of the location of the house. I'm calling it and say their at Pope's or Kie has her own house.

on the other hand what still gives me hope, is that everything I have jiara shippers seen talking about (especially on twitter) has still no ground to stand on. tbh hey sound very delulu to me with all they are saying right now. I mean, I have seen more bts clips were Rudy and Madison don't seem as happy to be there, or aren't even in the shots together, than ones where they are.

I do have hope that the writers aren't that dumb and do what they did with KiePope and give us just a little and then let the characters realize that it's not working out.

I'm also super confused about Luke being there, and tbh I hate that they are doing it now bc they wanted to do that last season and then didn't bc bts leaks and jiara. but what I hate more is ppl going "omg luke is gonna throw JJ off Redfield Lighthouse!!" like why? why would they kill off the one character that keeps thousands if not millions of ppl interested in the show. bc if I'm totally honest, if they do kill him off I'm not gonna keep watching. same with Pope. if one of them dies, I'm done with this shitshow and it'll be fanon forever. (it already is bc canon is shit with holes)

ig my main issue with all that jiaras are doing isn't that they are shipping it, ship what you want, but the impact they get to have and the little media literacy they seem to have too. the homophobia and racism of it all

but then again, JJ is still wearing the bandana in the back right pocket. and I do hope for some good changes (for us) bc none of the official promo they gave us yet was in any instance showing anything about jiara. they gave them nothing. and maybe that's why jiaras sound so delulu to me right now, bc if how they say "this is jiara's season" was true, why wouldn't the short clips we got a few months ago have anything in them that gives jiaras genuine hope? no instead we got a group shot where the two are far apart, then the boys, and Sarah looking sad again. no jiara in sight. and maybe that's why I have hope, but that might also just be a marketing strategy idk.

they should let Kie cheat on him with a girl, that's what I wanna see. she should just fuck a girl and then come home and break up with JJ. that's what I want deep in my soul. bc just from the first intro we got into JJ (JB's pilot episode monologue) it's so damn obvious that they will never work, even if they weren't both raging homosexuals.

[stellawolfearts]

LISTEN, this is my inerpretation. if u dont see the things i do thats fine. idc. u have ur thoughts i have mine.

this is how i see macaque.

which ik most ppl wont see it the way i do and thats fine.

idk man hes pathetic but in a really really sad way.

He's self destructive, he's spiteful, angry, manipulative. hes an asshole.

but i like to think he's also loyal, caring and family oriented.

i have next to nothing to prove my coming claims but. here

say he was on ffm with wukong, lived there. before any immense trauma. He has wukong, he had friends, family. people he cares about.

but then wukong leaves.

the hunters come and take everyone from him. wukong comes back and brings a war. then ffm's burned down and everything he had left is gone.

reduced to ash.

so he goes to the only person he has left. he literally has NOTHING, other than Wukong. so he tries to find her. only to be told to leave. he's finnaly found the only thing he still cares about the only thing he has left and swk wants him to leave.

desperate he tries to antagonize the group to get them to kick out wukong again. doesnt work. he tries to kill trip. he ends up dead.

so in his last moments, he died with nothing, the only spark of hope he thought he had hasnt saved him. no it just. destroyed him.

so then he's revived. he still has nothing.

all he has is hate for swk. thats it. vengance spite and a need to survive. that will make anyone the asshole he is today.

but like. i see potential to be better. and caring. he needs to get his shit togethor but, if he had a friend. (cough-Mk-Cough) then i think he could pull himself togethor. not for his sake, but for this stupid kid that he's hurt yet still reaches out an olive branch. the only one he's seen in over a thousand years.

thats mostly why i like the mk and macaque dynamic

cause, mk isnt macaques fix. no. its more so. a reason for Macaque to pull himself back togethor.

Macaque has mostly never really had a reason, his only motivation fro anything is vengance against wukong and not dying. thats, a really sad life.

but if he has some other motivation like, doing something good bc mk would be proud, not doing something bc mk will be dissapointed and that first step can be a way to, help himself...help himself.

he just needs some other reason, something to live for other then vengance and then one day, one day he can make more friends, make up with wukong. pull himself back togethor after losing everythin. even hismelf

yeah.

[traumxrei-archive]

【 book 6 thoughts ! (3) 】

back at it again ^^ had so much fun laughing bc rook and idia in this chunk of chapters jfksdjfs

part: one, two, three, four / ??

[ spoilers from 6-36 till 6-42 below the cut ! ]

[ about : hunt family's villas ]

lowk sad that they didn't spend more time narrating rookepeyuu's travels together. i'm sure we would've gotten a lot of good banter between them ++ taking a look at the hunt family's villas *eyes emoji*

also. rook being a middle child.....thinking on that.... but also WHEW five siblings, and they call themselves a clan ?? when epel says "the more i learn, the more mysterious you become" i am seconding his words.

[ about : le chasseur d'amour ]

FUCK IM CRYISNFDJSHFJS— i love the way the whole base is scrambling bc !!! omg the base is under attack !!! how could this happen !! and idia pulls up the surveillance feeds and it's this blond frenchman zooming around on a broom introducing himself to the mf OCEAN— (also rook calling vil his "meiyuu" aka sworn friend cryinggggg and sobbingggg)

I STILL CAN'T GET OVER HIM DOING A WHOLE SELF INTRO FOR THE PPL THAT DON'T KNOW HIM !! and then idia n ortho's reactions are so funny for no reason jdfksjf (once again, idia tryna avoid violence and ordering to "secure" rook instead of "removing" him)

[ about : alas... ]

ok rook was the only person whose "defeat" was convincing. the way epel is so bad at acting...and not yuu saying alas of all things to signify their defeat sjkfdsf this is so funnyyy

[ about : rule of the island ]

"the rule of this island is to return the living back to where they came from, alive." that means that they don't intend to hurt people or kill people. and the only beings that are on the island are the staff and probably any phantoms they kept alive for experimentation.

[ about : saving vil's life ]

i'm having such a blast laughing at rook's antics this time sjkfjdf not idia letting them in bc "vil might have a life threatening illness that no one knows about" and "rook might have the medicine he needs" aND HE BRINGS OUT A BAG OF RETINOL AND VIT C SERUM PPPLEASEEEE

idia: y-you're really just giving him skincare ? not trying to help them escape ?

rook: that is right ! as the chasseur d'amour it is my duty to—

idia: it's clearly not worth risking your life over skin creams. like, ever.

[ about : ouchhh ]

ok idia did NOT have to say that about yuu— that just hurt to even read bc we know how yuu's been feeling about themself after all that's happened around them...

[ about : nice ride, idia ]

ok but. why does this

kinda remind me of the batmobile— no but seriously, it looks like something that we should be seeing in book 7 rather than rn,,,the wheels are made out of spinning wheels, and it's in. the shape of a bat/dragon with two horns and red eyes....

[ about : ortho and phantoms ]

ortho....did you just say there's a "bunch of phantoms" under the pillar ???? you mean there's multiple phantoms down there that STYX has frozen. and...the more pressing issue...what does he mean "you wouldn't want to end up like me" ? the whole time he was talking about the phantoms, he was...talking in this very quiet and melancholic tone.... (did ortho get hurt badly by the phantoms ? is that why he's basically a robot now ?)

[ about : direbeast grim !! ]

so. grim is a species called direbeast with a high blot density? or they said he's a mix between direbeast n something else and to me, that reeks of experimentation...but who would do such a thing ? and his blot accumulation spikes and drops unexpectedly....maybe as a direbeast, grim is able to turn blot into a magical energy source ?

and there's traces of a...powerful spell on him ? the fire in his ears being blue isn't just a cute and silly thing and it's signs of a curse ? omg. wait do you think that grim is actually some sort of beast from thousands of years ago that got put to sleep by a powerful spell, and he just woke up now ? all this grim lore makes me wanna know more abt where he came from...

[ about : shroud family curse ]

so their curse is that blot gets incinerated the moment it accumulates within them. so the ancient shrouds led a revolt against the jupiter family using the original phantoms (whatever that means) and thus got cursed + banished to the island of woe. they manage tartarus (phantom prison) and the underworld (phantom graveyard). and they're doing blot research in order to get rid of the phantoms so that they can regain their freedom....wow.

and if they don't have any blot. the curse goes straight to eating up their magic, so they constantly need to be using magic to even live. oh my god. the reason why they gave them that job is bc the phantoms will continue to leak blot into the world even after they're dead. so jupiter family put that curse on the shrouds with every intent of making them like a sponge that can "purify" any blot that escapes. bc if not it'll start affecting the world.

so that's why they're doing blot research :00 !! they're trying to figure out a way to neutralize or reutilize blot bc. the shrouds want to escape. they don't want to keep living in the island of woe, which is why they want to turn the phantoms into an energy source. it would bring them back the honor they had once lost + they don't have to keep living at the island of woe to keep the phantoms in check.

[ about : another ortho ]

okay so. i noticed this before. but ortho was talking about himself in third person in one of the chapters. like "what can ortho do for him" instead of using his usual personal pronoun of "boku". and then idia mentioned "what happened ot ortho when we tried to leave this place". so...i'm assuming that there's two orthos, and that one of them is dead ? or something happened to him ? meanwhile the ortho we know rn also knows about this other ortho, and sees him as an extension, but not entirely, himself. (also take note this is all speculation i do not know if im right or wrong)

okayy we're stopping here for tonight ! when i tell you i laughed so much for this chunk of chapters, i mean it jskfjskf it was a nice contrast from last time, since last time was more tense + sad moments... until next timee

[fancyfade]

im on twitter and seeing an audience of wfa that never read the comics, majority of their knowledge is from fics or other ppl’s comments on the subject. Like, there’s a person explaining the Robins to someone who started getting into wfa and Tim’s summary was “neighbor rich kid whose parents weren’t around and followed Batman & Robin with a camera” and bringing up how sad of a time Tim goes through. Jason is “revived by Ras Al Ghul (villain)” and it must be mentioned Jason tried to kill Tim. 1/4

Damian’s is just “assassin child who hates all other Robins and wants Robin for himself.” Some baseline introductions to Tim and Damian’s relationship is just: Damian almost killed Tim by punching him off a dinosaur and Damian cut Tim’s line and nothing else. Ofc their relationship was built on mutual jealousy and instigation (more so on Damian’s end but come on he was practically born and raised to think Violence is Always the Answer he should catch a break by now) 2/4

There are so many other examples of people bringing up wildly inaccurate “facts” of the batfam that you could easily find in abundance in fics. This one’s specific but it doesn’t help that a lot are from woobified Tim fics (i read those fics for fun! but going through those fic comments you start seeing the direct line from wfa introduction directly to fav character whump fics rather than the comics because it IS easier than diving into thousands of comics!) 3/4

Basically wfa is both great for introducing more people to the batfam, but also horrifically misinforming people of these characters when they try to delve deeper by reading fics rather than the comics themselves (i do see plenty getting into the comics, even start buying them! but the vast majority dives headfirst into fics). There’s plenty of canon-informed and well nuanced fics ofc but there’s also an abundance of heavily biased ones that may only contribute to old and undying opinions 4/4

TY for info anon!

NGL if they include Damian cutting Tim's line they should also include Tim putting Damian on a hitlist... like none of Damian's actions are illogical from his POV (this isn't saying they're EXCUSABLE just that there's solid logic behind it from his POV). and I did observe earlier today fandom also likes to ignore that Damian saved Tim's life (link).

(and ofc WFA made it look like Damian was messing up missions to spite Tim when that literally never happened).

I do feel like the bar for getting into comics if you fanboy Tim (and even Damian) is not super high NGL. Tim had a 200 issue solo title you could pretty much just read through it til you get bored barring a few crossover issues. like obviously no one is OBLIGATED to read it, i'm not the comics police, but I do think that the canon version is so much more interesting than the fanon version so I can't see why people wouldn't want to read it.

I know some really unpopular characters its hard to find comics for and you have to skip around a lot or read team series you don't care about the other characters for, but when a character is super popular you can normally get a good idea of them just reading their solo.

I think WFA managed to skate over all of Jason's violence to Tim which is hilarifrustrating b/c Jason really had it out for Tim way more than Damian did xD

[birbfeeder2artisticboogaloo]

qianqiu/thousand autumns, ep 4~

i can't believe the old man's calling him 'a-qiao~' in BROAD MOONLIGHT in front of EVERYONE'S SALADS amazing bai rong, stop bullying ppl u find attractive. they'll never love u that way! unless they have. very specific relationship needs. in which case. pls carry on 😳 bai rong: call me peony~ shen qiao: no :) ur barking up the wrong tree missy. something tells me that shen qiao is not interested in ladies.... 👀 LMAO MORE PPL CALLING SHEN QIAO PRETTY i mean, they're RIGHT. it's just funny that it keeps happening apropos of nothing 🤣 STOP CHOKING THE POOR MAN JFC HE'S GOING TO SUFFOCATE ONE OF THESE DAYS uh bai rong and the hood man are having their own…..thing rn. i dont think they need shen qiao for anything, they've uh. got it covered 😳 shen qiao: u should go on without me, im dying of victorian novel disease. i mean danmei protagonist disease. chen gong: NOOO why u want to leave meeee? i was so good and loyal to u! i would certainly never betray u out of self-preservation or greed!! ;A; WAIT SO THIS GUY WANTS TO he wants to take someone else's face…..off?? like, his face………off? to take….his face…………….off? hmmmmm xueyin: maybe if i say enough hail marys this guy will leave me alone 😒 awww poor chen gong having nightmares about john travolta and nicholas cage coming after him, that's so sad 😔 shen qiao is such a sweetheart ;A; 'u didn't help all that much but here, take my money and save ur own skin' how kind ;A; yws: heh, scared off the competition >:) OH NO RUN CHEN GONG!! DONT LET THOSE ARSEHOLES GET U!!! OH GOD ;A; well that's one way to hire a new servant i guess?? OH HE'S oh he's tiger food. WAIT NO DONT BE SO COWARDLY CHEN GONG!! but i mean…..its not like shen qiao couldn't take all of these clowns with his shillelagh tied behind his back. bringing them to him to fight like fish in a barrel is actually almost helpful lmao. now he won't have to do it later! :D 'chen gong, u know how to drive right??' 'get in losers, we're going to do martial arts!!' lol duke sadface is wibbling away like 'noooo mister pls dont hurt me, i was just killing peasants for fun, im so innocent uwu' shen qiao is so understanding!! he let chen gong go ;A; what a good boy ;A; and THEN he ruined duke sadface's day!! even better! :D WH CHEN GONG NO U GOT A SECOND CHANCE U LITTLE EEJIT DON'T SPOIL IT D:< poor shen qiao, he's all alone, walking everywhere and coughi--DAMN IT YAN WUSHI!! WOULD U GET OUT OF HERE?!?! WHERE DID U EVEN COME FROM?? WHOSE HANDKERCHIEF IS THAT AND WHAT WERE U DOING WITH IT BEFOREHAND?? yws: *evil laughs flirtatiously* HOMOEROTIC FIGHTING??? YES PLEASE :D shen qiao: 'what do u want from me?' MY LAD HE WANTS TO SLEEP WITH U. DO NOT TRUST HIM, HE IS AFTER UR TENDER AND SUPPLE FLESH!! THE NIGHT SKY CANNOT COMPARE WITH THE STARS IN UR EYES!! HE WANTS U TO BE HIS WIFE!! yws: *literally sweeps shen qiao off his feet and whisks him away unconscious* 'this is nothing personal btw. i would do this for anyone. u mean absolutely nothing to me' whatever u say yan wushi....whatever u say 👀👀👀

[3amtypewriter]

idk why ppl consider tears as weakness. my dad said i dont know the world outside. It is not so good to cry wherever. Ppl consider you as a coward and weak. Ur worth will decrease in just a few seconds.

It happened to me a thousands of times. I can't fight with the society im living in. That is why i dont belong here. And that is why i need poets as my neighbours, therapists and movie theatres around me. i was able to survive and i am still surviving my teenage depression while studying for my boards and the score is much low for my teachers coz they have known my past self which is the best perfect student era of mine. Crying every single day and not attending classes, worrying about my scores but still working on keeping my growth mindset's switch on. Can't memorize stuffs and just overthinking all the time. Emotionally fucked up soul. Yes, self-harm too. Suicidal thoughts. Anxiety (the worst thing ever) Pain, Loneliness (absolute hell). Ghosts are my neighbours, darkness-my home. Tired of having conversations in which i struggle to make ppl understand what is depression and fighting with words telling im not weak. I can't take pills. I can't have good conversations. I don't have a friend fr?!. I don't deserve. I have self-doubt and overthinking killed my friendship inside my heart. But still hope rise, whenever i see them. But tired. It's not my world to live. I hate ppl taking advantage of others. I fight for it ppl find it weird and say this is not girly, you are so much arrogant. And I'm an optimistic chocolate cute cat type girl who wanna be wednesday but I'm not wednesday for real. I tried to be arrogant and that hurt me more than it hurt others. i have more scares. Sadness is my comfort. I want poets to have me so we can have the deepest conversations, playing songs with deep meanings and easter eggs, books (for sure), overthinking stories, love stories, past letters, journal, dreams and all that stuffs. I don't fit here. I don't fit in the shoes of this world. My aunt said that my husband is gonna suffer coz he is gonna live with me and with my insecurities. I fucking know that already. I am very much aware of that. I know it is hard to find a person like my favourite fictional man but i still have hope. shyaam. I don't have feelings fr, cuz a teen with hormonal problems can't actually have time to listen to other butterfly stuffs and with my full time job of overthinking it is impossible. this girl subah, have issues like every single poet and I'm still not a coward. I don't care what you are thinking about me. But I'm not alone. There are ppl like me. Only they can relate and understand me and my world. Thank You.

[demonsfate]

anonymous sent . . . tbh, jin never really struck me as "whiny" tho...he keeps his problems to himself for the most part. he never goes "WAH my life sucks and i went through more pain than you", he's just a stoic dude doing his best to try to make everything better. he doesn't cry much either.

hard agree. imo, most (fandom) beliefs about jin's character are... incorrect lmao. i don't wanna be that person, but it really does feel like most people don't even understand jin's character well. there are lots of popular misconceptions about him. those misconceptions i'm sure everyone has seen being: he's antisocial (technically wrong) he hates / doesn't care about people (wrong) he's rude (usually wrong) he's emo (doubles as whiny, but also wrong) he's an edgelord (wrong) he's aggressive (kiinda wrong? but especially this is regarding his relationship with hwoarang) most of these are either just STRAIGHT UP INCORRECT, MISCONCEPTIONS / MISUNDERSTANDINGS, or are technically true, but was depicted in tek6 only, therefore there's not much faith to hold in them. (sorry but if jin is completely ooc in tek6 and acts utterly different from the other games he's in, you can't really use tek6 as proof of "what he's supposed to be)

MOST people who call him "whiny" are people who SOMEHOW do not understand why he doesn't want the devil gene - that's usually when i notice ppl use the word "whiny" for him (or the fact that he wanted to kill himself) i know for the LONGEST TIME, people dunked on jin like crazy for this quote -

which what's even funnier is that jin doesn't even say this here lmao. this is was just placed for the trailer. in the actual game, jin wants to live haha. but anyway - it's like. how is any of this "whiny"? how is he wrong to say that uhh maybe people who have lead to the deaths of THOUSANDS maybe don't deserve to live? or the whole devil gene thing. BEFORE THE STUPID "DEVIL WAS ALWAYS PROTECTING ME?!" retcon tek8 did, jin had no reason to... want the devil gene lmao. the point was (PRE-TEK8!!!) was that if you DID give into the devil, you lose yourself. how no one understood that is beyond me. especially when "selling your soul to the devil" is one of the oldest stories ever lmao.

jin never acted like he had it worse than people, jin never took out his issues on others, and lastly - jin had an actual very hard life. so uhh... the fact that he's not the happiest about himself or his life is?? completely understandable.

of course... there is problems that tek8 caused which makes jin's biggest problems seem very miniscule in actuality. by making devil jin a protective force, it DOES make it feel like jin was just upset and pushing people away over nothing... over something he was completely wrong about. (therefore, makes him look like a big idiot & fuck up) then whilst i'm glad that jun is back, but uh... it also takes away his grief. i mean, yeah - he still endured the grief for several years thinking she was dead. but again, it's another thing he was wrong about, and it turns out his mom being dead wasn't that sad because she's not actually dead. buuuuuuut that (mostly just the whole devil gene stuff) is something that i didn't like about tek8's writing because it does harm jin's character & his journey lol.

but long story short - i never saw jin as a whiny / emo character. especially not tek3-tek5 jin. (which are the Prime Jins & how jin should be. tek8 has his characterization quite similar to Prime Jins, buuuuut... like i said, the story does some silly things that i unfortunately wish they hadn't)

[schrodingersdiary]

Hey quick q:

What exactly are we supposedly gonna do to "push Biden left" if BNMW puts him back in office? We've already filled every politician's mailbox to capacity, marched in the hundreds of thousands, campaigned and donated and put forth lawsuits and shut down transit and taken over facilities and tracked our politicians down in private to beg, and they don't care. A woman burned herself to death and died in agony in an effort to get someone in power to give a shit; nothing changed except that I got to see our politicians make fun of and disparage a desperate dead woman.

And that's WITH the threat of not getting re-elected over his head! So again, I'd like to ask Democrats: Once he's in office again and on his last legal term, why the FUCK would he care what you think or even whether you live or die? He's already proven he doesn't!!! Go look up rq how many millions of ppl have died or now have the equivalent of HIV or POTS here bc of it. You think that dude is going to keep you "safer" at home and therefore supporting crimes that would make the devil uncomfortable is okie dokie?

Like rn I'm seeing Dems scream at and scold ppl with nothing left to lose that they HAVE to support their oppressors. What happens next though? Do you have to actually repay that sacrifice or do you just smugly congrat urself and gear up for the next round of election wokescolding? Why exactly do you feel entitled to a world where victims "take one for the team" endlessly, w/o complaint or limit, to support your right to be comfy cozy with the color-coded sports teams pretending to be a "representative govt" all bc of an overinflated "choice" you have no control over to begin with and whose result doesn't even have to be honored? Don't you feel embarrassed at all?

Every time one of you whines about how we HAVE to unconditionally support the Democratic Party because The Other Guy is worse, what I hear you telling their victims is, "Sure they hurt YOU and that's sad or whatever, but the other guy might hurt ME too so I need you to shut the fuck up and platform the people killing your families! If you decline you're fascist on account of not shouldering the brunt of the risk & harm for me, a real American leftist. omgomg free Palestine/BLM/etc tho 👏🙏🥺 (just not in a way that requires me to shoulder any risk or fear for the sake of others, only you)"

[castle-dominion]

6x7 like father like daughter

the alexis lawyer episode liveblog

Ok so I only have 20 minutes to liveblog but that should get me to the titlecard at least

Why are they showing us "incorrect" footage tho?

15 years is a long time commonwealth of pennsylvania He can be killed? they still have death penalty? midnight? dramatic.

What is alexis doing here? alexis is so pretty tho

GETTING MARRIED IN SPACE REALLY WOULD BE COOL THO. except for reggie the helicopter spaceship pilot lol & peeing in space is not hot KB: Yes, because when I was a little girl imagining my wedding day, being stuck in a small tin can with a thousand tons of rocket fuel strapped to my ass was exactly what I had in mind.

RC: I don’t want to go look at wedding venues this weekend. KB: Too bad.

Alexis held her breath until she passed out, new trivia

Ooh Alexis is friends with police detectives! Yay abuse of resources! They are friends with alexis, baby alexis is growing up.

Castle stacking pencils on his nose, castle adhd headcanon, the music is great "you should be writing!"

Alexis changed! "I'm still mad at you ok?" Alexis went to court before castle lol *accidentally says frank's name* RC: Yeah … how? (ALEXIS rolls her eyes) I must have seen the file on Esposito’s desk. Evidence? Find the story then.

This isn't a time for you to reconnect with alexis, this is work. Remember in the future, s8, when castle tries to win back beckett in a similar way to what he's doing now with alexis?

Castle talk abt the case not pi... "What if I was, would that be so bad?" He hasn't asked a question yet bc he was keeping up with the case Maggie stayed with him all this time? Freaking sad! Beautiful! every week for three years is a long time... AC: it already hurts.

Wow yay already titlecard.

Good job with the makeup making him look young for the first scene in the ep Lawyer? Cop? No a mystery writer.

His house alarm went off, called someone to shut off the alarm. Shut it off, heard screams across the street. Backdoor open, went inside, she was lying there. But girl what if you like tried to start cpr or smth so when the cops come in they see you beating on herbody but they also then realize that you are hitting her chest for heartbeat. blood on you, police record... She had a crush on him & he flirted back but he also proposed to his gal! Obviously they have looked into lyle gomez, right? Or no. Ok.

Frank: They didn’t have to. They had me. Mr. Castle, I’ve got three days left on God’s earth. I don’t need you to find the real killer. I just need somebody to prove it wasn’t me. btw the music, rly good.

Castle callin ghis police detective wife... here for both of you slkjfsldjfs oof ouch this ep & I have to leave for fucing work now.

Lol cliff's notes.

Can you get partial prints off the bracelet? if it came off during the struggle?

k gtg ily bye

k I'm back. My grandparents visited & I had a FULL day of work so I couldn't return to my liveblog after work & I couldn't start liveblogging in the morning but I have a few hours now before work today.

That's what castle is ther for, seeing things other ppl missed!

lol acab

My bro speaking as alexis: Wait dad, 'm paying the check?

Sherlock holmes, the mest evidence is what is NOT there

Lanie & alexis <3

Police won't do shit

*lyle walks back in & slams the door*

Teenaged girl <3 not asking for permission, but I still want you here

Alexis just enters this man's house?

on/off relationships can just be like that sometimes

Lol I love how he shoplifted booze & the shop owner didn't charge him or anything but made him pick up litter

Except Frank wasn't into her so it wouldn't matter if she was seeing other guys

She turns and gasps. CASTLE is by the door, ready to attack with a tire iron. AC: She turns and gasps. CASTLE is by the door, ready to attack with a tire iron. RC: Overreacting, maybe. You were in there a long time.

Yeah he IS tired all around. "& now I've got to be hers" oh my goodness this is a romance. At least you know you are dying so you can say your goodbyes. He's giving up hope...

Meth? Holy moly! Sammy keyes

"usually I do that with beckett" *ew*

Lanie my beloved

Nooo I love perlmutter he's such a grump

Yes, father-daughter relationships are special!

Not boyfriends, but tutors!!! Alexis was so smart asking about that!

Oh yeah textbooks are pricey!

Castle using his money to get old textbook records lol

Frank's brother! drugs?

He admits to tutoring

Maybe he was wearing headphones Maybe he discussed it so many times that to him it is not unusual. Maybe the smoke alarm went off from the autobody work all the time so he didn't care

Noooooooo John is trying to get his brother out of murder but he doesn't want to get killed either!

Frank believes that John is innocent or he knows & is covering? Oh that's why he said "you don't need to find the real killer just prove I'm innocent" IT WAS THE SAME CAR CRASH

pHINEAS gage... & now they are showing us a different version? They changed it from the start version. They didn't find john's fingerprints anywhere? Again, good job with the actors & makeup & youth

Girl it's been 15 years... You have a girl too...

It is his choice. His life to lose.

Randomly say things & then castle sparks brain thoughts & boom solve case science geeks like kim *castle is able to read it even tho he was a literature geek not a science geek*

Don't they have a time of death thing?

They have a film of this?

I like how lanie tries it anyway even tho it is obviously not going to fit. But there could have been another loop attaching them

Family <3 I love these two sm

Alexis asks questions she already knows the answer to Yeah but there are a ton of bike treads...

Kind of the judge to do that

The brothers <3 <3 <3

Anytime <3

This is enough thank lanie & ryan & esposito -- oh beckett ok lol aaah I love those two sm

[eirvosol]

i'm bored lets do this

times new roman or arial .... arial is just default font but college has made times new roman the font that gets my brain gears working HARD

yes, probably. i have a ton of crappy handwritten stories from elementary/middle school hidden away. i like writing in pen more tho

uhhh consume content until it has consumed me and then pump a couple thousand words at like 3 am bc hyper fixations get the brain pumping

more than one word but any phrasing of "there you are" makes me Insane

don't rlly have any superstitions

that i'm actually terrible at writing and everyone is lying to me

mmm writing exposition that i can feel in my soul

dialogue. i love writing exposition but action can be too Much for me to write. probably a conversation between two ppl w some deeper theme idk

half of me does, half of me doesn't

YES. other ppl's writing haunts me bc something apt it has made me insane. my own writing haunts me bc of how badly it was written.

no i love angst i love it i do but i am too sentimental to kill my darlings

ability to write complete stories (instead of countless unfinished one shots), ability to write action (ie kisses, fights), and uhhh CREATIVITY!

uhh anything to do w conflict and resolution ... i get kinda stumped on how to resolve some issue within a relationship (maybe cause i can't solve my own laugh out loud). easy to write ....... trauma, unconfined love, self doubt. i love writing exposition of internal issues and feelings <3

not when i was younger, but i do now bc i love sharing my love for certain books and the feeling of knowing a book i have has been so well loved amongst many people. i do get nervous abt borrowing books from others tho

yes, yes, and yes. like i said in the previous answer, i love being able to tell that a book is well loved. with each dogeared page, scribbled note, water stain, and cracked spine, you can see the years of love and attention a book has received <3 like i said before, i'm sentimental T__T

not weird ig but a reciept

idk buddy im still working it out

zhongli sees red everywhere.

it’s not as if the world was colored red, a monochromatic scarlet. his eyes just seem to find their way to all things red. the color sneaks up on him and traps him in an everlasting trance.  it strikes a fire in his chest, with colors as brilliant and sharp as the red that surrounds his mind.  

he has not experienced so much red in thousands of years. the last time he was consumed by it, he gained and lost everything.  

yet, this compulsive notice of red is not the same as the dreadful war that graced him with the land he walks on now. no, it’s not the harsh red of blood. it’s the type of red that pulls you in completely, and leaves you craving and yearning for something you didn’t know you had.

never before had zhongli been so entranced by the fiery depths of red.

not until he met diluc.

a scarlet blaze of pyro. a phoenix devastating every wall zhongli could ever put up.

zhongli had found himself drunk on the fumes that diluc left behind, absolutely devoured by the flames he never doused.

diluc was a red that zhongli could not ignore. his red was incomparable to any other.

i love this passage deeply and it makes me sad that this is still stuck in my wips (I WILL FINISH IT ONE DAY) i wrote this like a year or two ago so i can't rlly explain the process except that i was absolutely devastated over the pure domesticity and passion of this pairing lol

19. started writing original stories on wattpad in elementary school (don't ask), got swallowed whole by the internet in middle school and started actually writing fan fiction in high school, took a creative writing class for dual enrollment, wrote an actual original short story and began writing poetry, and ig here we are... i mostly write fan fiction so nowhere to go w that but i'd like to publish a poetry book in the next 5 years

20. eternal happiness w my one true love ... a lot of my slash writing has some influence of what i crave in a relationship so yeah i'd choose the fulfillment of that over my writing reaching its peak

21. no. i adore writing and i wouldn't want to quit. i love being able to write. i rlly can't explain it but i just love it.

22. how could u ask me this.... no i am not organized jus gdocs scrambled with my schoolwork <33

23. my laptop propped up on my lap as i rot in bed at the late hours of the night....i cannot be poetic about my writing setup i am simply a gremlin

24. i used to just let the writing guide me but now i just make a messy outline of the overall plot and specific scenes and what i want them to cover. last time i wrote more than 5k words, i had a long ass paragraph for each scene i wanted to cover and what it would include lmao

25. mmmmmm i honestly can't say ... id have to reread my shit and i can't handle that

26. most of the characters i like i see myself in so it makes it easier. also, i am a stickler for characterization and it makes me go Insane if a character says something they never would

27. steve. he's so annoying (/heartfelt) and oblivious. i have to make him miss 90% of the signs right in front of his face smh

28. legolas <333 writing lotr ff is so magical bc i get to focus on exposition more. writing w his mind was so lovely to do

29. other people's writing or poetry. i get inso from the way people describe things ig ....if my inspiration runs dry, i just rot until something hits me lmao

30. no, my dreams r too chaotic and i rarely remember them when i wake up

31. im not good at this Wait .... thank you for reading my writing and showing so much love to it. you make me believe that i can actually connect to people w my writing like others writing has done for me. i love u <3

32. 'visible world' by richard siken or this one quote from a zhongluc ff that went something along the lines of "to have the capability to love something once tarnished is strength" i actually used this line in my college essay lmao but they both deal w overcoming adversity. 'visible world' helps me a lot when im in Bad places

33. mm video editing ig? it helps me connect to some of the characterization that revolves in my head

34. USE IT!!! IT DRIVES ME INSANE WHEN U GUYS DONT USE IT PLEASE

35. run on sentences LET ME SAY WHAT I NEED TO SAY IN ONE SENTENCE!!!! THE PACING IS OFF IF I BREAK THEM APART

36. Pain.

37. "wow! this mf was mentally ill and gay asf!!!!!"

38. i will reread my writing obsessively while writing it but cannot physically reread it once its published

39. idk once i hit writers block, i stop until its gone bc .... Writers Block

40. here's something i wrote recently (its unedited sorry)

blood and bones and ash / you live in my ribs / pressed right against my beating heart / tell tale and told / you're a comfort to my very soul / eyes peering into me / gold and amber and everything more / pinch my veins / let me feel your pain / as long as it's you / (i hope it's you) / spill into my guts / fill every crevice and / bloom like flowers / let their leaves sprout through my skin / rip out to feel the sun's warmth / i will be your soil, dig your roots deep / as long as it's you

Weird Questions for Writers (because writers are weird)

1. What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

2. If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?

3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed?

4. What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

5. Do you have any writing superstitions? What are they and why are they 100% true?

6. What is your darkest fear about writing?

7. What is your deepest joy about writing?

8. If you had to write an entire story without either action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go?

9. Do you believe in ghosts? This isn’t about writing I just wanna know

10. Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you?

11. Do you believe in the old advice to “kill your darlings?” Are you a ruthless darling assassin? What happens to the darlings you murder? Do you have a darling graveyard? Do you grieve?

12. If a genie offered you three writing wishes, what would they be? Btw if you wish for more wishes the genie turns all your current WIPs into Lorem Ipsum, I don’t make the rules

13. What is a subject matter that is incredibly difficult for you write about? What is easy?

14. Do you lend your books to people? Are people scared to borrow books from you? Do you know exactly where all your “lost” books are and which specific friend from school you haven’t seen in twelve years still possesses them? Will you ever get them back?

15. Do you write in the margins of your books? Dog-ear your pages? Read in the bath? Why or why not? Do you judge people who do these things? Can we still be friends?

16. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark?

17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.

18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end. Spicy addition: Questioner provides the passage.

19. Tell me a story about your writing journey. When did you start? Why did you start? Were there bumps along the way? Where are you now and where are you going?

20. If a witch offered you the choice between eternal happiness with your one true love and the ability to finally finish, perfect, and publish your dearest, darlingest, most precious WIP in exactly the way you've always imagined it — which would you choose? You can’t have both sorry, life’s a bitch

21. Could you ever quit writing? Do you ever wish you could? Why or why not?

22. How organized are you with your writing? Describe to me your organization method, if it exists. What tools do you use? Notebooks? Binders? Apps? The Cloud?

23. Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.

24. How much prep work do you put into your stories? What does that look like for you? Do you enjoy this part or do you just want to get on with it?

25. What is a weird, hyper-specific detail you know about one of your characters that is completely irrelevant to the story?

26. How do you get into your character’s head? How do you get out? Do you ever regret going in there in the first place?

27. Who is the most stressful character you’ve ever written? Why?

28. Who is the most delightful character you’ve ever written? Why?

29. Where do you draw your inspiration? What do you do when the inspiration well runs dry?

30. Talk to me about the role dreams play in your writing life. Have you ever used material from your dreams in your writing? Have you ever written in a dream? Did you remember it when you woke up?

31. Write a short love letter to your readers.

32. What is a line from a poem/novel/fanfic etc that you return to from time and time again? How did you find it? What does it mean to you?

33. Do you practice any other art besides writing? Does that art ever tie into your writing, or is it entirely separate?

34. Thoughts on the Oxford comma, Go:

35. What’s your favorite writing rule to smash into smithereens?

36. They say to Write What You Know. Setting aside for a moment the fact that this is terrible advice...what do you Know?

37. If you were to be remembered only by the words you’ve put on the page, what would future historians think of you?

38. What is something about your writing process YOU think is Really Weird? If you are comfortable, please share. If you’re not comfortable, what do you think cats say about us?

39. What keeps you writing when you feel like giving up?

40. Please share a poem with me, I need it.

[selamat-linting]

i like to write, both serious and silly things, fiction and nonfiction. the serious stuff gets published in the newspaper, or submitted to some zine or a magazine and posted in a personal blog when rejected. the silly stuff tho, that ones for my eyes only. i enjoy both equally. but i do find it a little sad that i didnt have much chance sharing the silly writings because it was so personal and self indulgent. tbf, when i say its silly, its very silly. its a homestuck ripoff with some hints of eschatology using a mary sue as the main character.

premise is this : the world is inevitably ending in several decades, so somehow it activates an eldritch pocket dimension / machine / entity / creature hidden in the earth that are meant as a second chance for humanity. a sample of a few thousand humans were selected. using the data gathered on the internet, the device sets up a network of puzzles and quests to test the chosen people. it almost looks like a game. it promise that if they win, they will be given the means to create a new world. but ofc, its not just the machines who is the judge, but is also the entire humanity. barring certain exceptions (void players, the people who really likes not knowing shit and having things be a mystery, basically ppl who would be religious/spiritual and not question it), the player must do everything in game with the eyes and the judgement of the world watching. something they only know after heavy plot development.

some believed that the players were seen by the rest of the world because theyre judged as a representative for humanity, and that this intense scrutiny was just like how in the end of the world, god would ask every single part of your body about the things you do during your life, and that you will not be able to lie because it was the parts of your body (your actions) that testified for the truth.

anyway, as the contestants played the game, gets outside interference from world powers, the 1% and the like, suffer untold amounts of trauma, and loses their entire privacy as the inside of their heads gets laid out on the table for all to see, they realized that their myriad of different tests was ultimately asking them to look for another way and think for themselves instead of choosing black and white options on ethical/moral dilemmas. theyre metaphorically forced to walk on a long bridge that are as thin as hair. but it wasnt hopeless. again, the bridge, the pathway, was metaphorical. the machine demands the winning players to be a certain way. the kind who wanted to change the world for the better and has done enough thinking and actions to understand what it took, the one who has already let go of conventional human morals and forged their own path and philosophical system. this is the second chance of humanity afterall, they better make it work. the world is not for amusement after all.

anyway, the main character is a prince of doom who proudly proclaims he's killing himself to live. nah, he's not good at walking the metaphorical bridge either at first. look, the answer isnt to demand perfect people to cross the bridge, its mutual coordination, working together, you know the kind of shit leftists love to do. this wip im writing only has like, two first draft chapters and several disconnected scenes of things i find cool. im not that interested in making things coherent or completely finishing the story. the main character is still temporarily names as Anonymous. At best, it will be complete but only as a partially edited second draft that i will never officially share to anyone. its my personal fun project :)

[dumpy-dump]

ffxiv villains

Nael Van Darnus is the english localization team's greatest adversary apparently the unhinged garlean legatus responsible for slam dunking the moon into the ground. she's a big fan of bahamut, sephiroth, and majora's mask, among other things, you see, and decided to incorporate her interests into her work. she dies but doesnt.

Gaius "such devastation" Baelsar is a verbose fantasy nazi who's favorite color is social darwinism. he dies but doesnt, after getting epically pranked by a kingdom hearts cosplayer. later, his many adopted lizard children die. this all causes him to suddenly realize that fascism is not very poggers. it's all very cool and makes sense, you see. gaius "garlean man's burden" baelsar was already slightly less racist than his peers anyway so he's basically a hero.

Nero's not a villain, he's just based.

lol Lahabrea 🍞🔑🗡

Thordan is catholic.

Nidhogg was totally valid actually, but he needed to speak to a dragon grief counselor or something.

Zenos is megatron but sad is a sadistic bishonen who based his whole personality on "the most dangerous game." he's a twisted fuckin cycle path, less a person and more a weapon for the emperor to wield (at least until late stormblood). he's mostly just doing what he was born and raised to do, yeah, but it's not like that makes it fine. he dies but doesn't, as overstaying one's welcome simply runs in his family. he then spends most of his time in early endwalker trying to invite the wol to a nice, romantic, candlelit fistfight in the wendy's parking lot, by pissing on the moon (of course). that, and doing a whole lot of napping, apparently (way to beat the boring allegations, zenos). he helped cause the apocalypse because he's depressed (and very, very battle horny), but it's not like depression makes it all fine.

lol Varis 🗡😱🪦

Emet-Selch is the ceo of fascism, and was a funny and extremely likeable villain who stole the show everytime he showed up, until he wasnt. he stalled in the grieving process and decided to make that everyone else's problem by comitting mass genocide (he kins nidhogg you see) across multiple worlds for thousands of years in an attempt to bring his people back. but he's depressed (about his own ppl, he didnt seem to feel too bad about the everything else), so it's fine. genocide is his coping mechanism you see (very relatable). he dies but still has a ton of screentime and importance even after death because overstaying one's welcome simply runs in his family.

Elidibus more like elidibitch, ayo! was the convocation's little pogchamp who was sacrificed to become zodiark's heart, instead of any of the older members of the convocation who could have made that sacrifice (no, no, by all means, let the lil guy do it). he keeps desperately fighting for reasons he doesnt even know anymore, all while donning his best ff1 warrior of light cosplay (you're doing great, sweetie!). he can also apparently help you travel back in time, even though that's not how that worked when they sent the crystal tower through time initially but yeah okay sure (i kinda already did the twinning broski, cid's funky time robot is gone, how are you doing any of this? dont answer that).

lol Valens 🥛🐄💪

Fandaniel is become zodiark amon hermes a mentally ill funky little jester who is fought three goddamn times, one of those times being in the afterlife after you've already killed him once. one might assume that he may be related in some way to emet and his family based on how he, too, overstays his welcome. but no, he's just one of emet's annoying coworkers. yet another twisted fuckin cycle path, he helped cause the apocalypse (twice technically), but he was depressed, so it's fine. one of two characters whose existence slightly detracts from the whole hope vs despair theme of endwalker (imo).

Meteion is Necron a sad space bird, there to act as an homage to other final fantasy games that also have some random last minute bullshit as the final boss, not acknowledging of course that that is usually one of the worst parts of all the games that do that (i like ff4 but zeromus mcpalpatine-reference is lame). she's trying to destroy all life, yes, but she's mostly just doing what she was born and raised to do, so it's fine. she's also there to connect to the hope vs despair theme, but that is slightly undercut by the player charitably helping a violently mentally ill man die his preferred death (but like in a fun way) right after the big hope overcomes despair moment.