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right, can we please take a moment to talk about the bridge sequence in bad habits because oh my god the SUBTEXT??
at the start of the video, the distance between miles and alex is really highlighted, e.g. opposing colour palettes, the kind of divided imagery above, alex standing several paces behind miles etc. they're constantly in each other's eyeline, but also constantly apart. throughout the video, they gradually get closer, and the biggest catalyst for this is miles's guitar solo at the bridge of the song, where they start off at opposite ends of the room and miles moves backwards to alex as he's playing; by the end of the solo, they're finally properly side by side for the first time.
this is then immediately followed by shots like this of the two of them together:
in the earlier stages of the video, miles's singing was just intercut with sexual imagery of either women, or him and women - now, in the build up to the song's climax (and as the sexual imagery gets more heated), his singing is intercut more vividly and more frequently with clips of him and alex; the images of women become fainter and more infrequent, outnumbered by moments of him and alex wrapped around each other, while the women remain hazy and separate from miles.
this is then followed by a full on physical altercation between them; throughout the video, alex has been this silent, imposing presence behind miles, and at the bridge of the song here, miles finally turns around and confronts him in a way that has distinctly sexual undertones - and idk, this just feels so much like a metaphor for being followed around by desire and finally grappling with it (i.e. alex is the desire that's following miles around)
we then this gorgeous shot of miles's gaze and the fantasies behind it where (unlike earlier in the video) the images interposed behind it aren’t of abstracted female bodies, but of a woman walking up the stairs to him and alex lying entangled with each other, and then some fleeting imagery that clearly shows the three of them engaged in sexual acts together.
then - and this is the part that really gets me. the undertone of lust and fantasy laced through the video is finally being played out explicitly (in the scenario we get a glimpse of between miles and alex and the woman), and then is then IMMEDIATELY followed by a sequence of imagery that is ONLY OF ALEX AND MILES. and not just only of them, but of them being increasingly close to each other; they're no longer at opposite ends of the room, they're lying on each other and their faces are pressed together and they look utterly blissed out. all the shots of proximity are of them; the intercutting imagery of women has completely disappeared at this key point of the song and it's just them. them together in a situation that has been established as explicitly sexual.
the fact that throughout the song, alex and the two of them being together is inextricably linked with the fulfilment of desire and fantasy is just - it makes me a little bit insane, actually.
because it’s only once the two of them come together that the sex behind the images of fantasy interspersing miles’s singing actually come to fruition. it’s only once they’ve touched each other that others touch them, only after they come together that the sexual images that have been chasing them come into focus and become anything other than hazy, fleeting fantasies. in a music video so explicitly about sex and desire, it’s all about them.
#i just came across this in my drafts and totally forgot i’d written it in a haze of covid induced insomnia#so if any of it doesn’t make sense#that’s why lol#but honestly this music video - there’s just SO much to unpack#all the imagery and the subtext and the metaphors#i could write an entire essay on it#(and i mean. i kind of have 😭)#milex#tlsp#the last shadow puppets#bad habits#alex turner#miles kane#lulu posts
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fast car song of all time.
#leah rambles#i could write an entire essay on it#my old man's got a problem live with the bottle that's the way it is / i said some body's gotta take care of him. so i quit school and that#compare that to 'you stay out drinking late at the bar see more of your friends than you do of your kids' because it's just an endless cycl#and endless cycle of hoping for better and getting no where. endless cycle of trying to escape generational poverty#convinced anyone in upper classes literally just won't get it.#and that's okay! it's not for them.#'i know things'll get better.' vs 'i always hoped for a better' cause that's what it is!!!! always hoping for a better...#how you're forever chasing that higher income to get yourself and those you love out and into better lives#i... had a feeling that i belonged.. i had a feeling i could be someone.. be someone..#SONG!#hello it's fast car by tracy chapman appreciation fucking HOURS
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my favourite genre of seventeen is when they're straight up lying
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#quite possibly the funniest still in the entire episode#“he's not that scary” with THREE WHOLE PEOPLE ON THE COUNTER#this is like the funniest episode of gose we've gotten in a while#gose writers understand the series and the medium so much they always know and commit to the funniest bit possible#i could write an essay on the going seventeen horror specials and how the writers subvert/evolve the going original episodes#the exit pass part of the episode was peak btw#i had to cross-reference their outfits + the next few camera angles + voices to figure out who the two crouched in front of jeonghan were#so if that wasn't them. rip.#seventeen#svt#going seventeen#gose#wonwoo#junhui#jeonghan#my art#fanart#art#comic#no watermark it's been 3 months since I've touched this account I forgor#dont repost or dk will start his 5 step donald duck zombie routine and you will not be able to escape.#i also need yall to know. when jun was zombie-talking to the exit pass people. he sounded like an angry bird.
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I am SO normal about Jason Todd and all the little ways his ptsd is depicted in both canon and fanon. Totally. not
#like- our boy’s got it all#allergic to feelings#and extreme feelings when he does have them#oooo and don’t get me started on all the ways he’s forcing himself to relive his trauma#I could write an entire friggin essay on it#my doctor finding me poring over psych books: …?#me: IT’S FOR MED SCHOOL#doc: …okay#jason todd#ptsd#jason todd and his ptsd#you can pry the Jason has ptsd headcanon from my cold dead hands#and even then im not letting go#ghost talks#batfamily#batfam#robin#jaybin#jason todd is red hood#headcanon
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I said I was going to draw him so I did
#downright my favorite Elden ring character#thank you DLC for this awful awful man#I could write an essay on his morality (or lack thereof) and how it correlates to his mother’s manipulation#yet how she’s not entirely responsible at all#but not today#elden ring#messmer the impaler#elden ring messmer#Elden ring fanart#my art
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reminder that the only reason the "ADHD is actually demigod BATTLE STRATEGIES" and "dyslexia is DEMIGOD BRAINS HARDWIRED FOR ANCIENT GREEK" things exist in the PJO universe is because it's a very direct reference to early 2000s teaching/parenting techniques for neurodiverse and disabled children, which aimed to frame childrens' disabilities and hardships as a "superpower" or strength so that the children would feel more positively about their disabilities or situations. This technique has fallen out of favor since then for the most part since more often than not it just results in kids feeling as though their struggles are not being seen or taken seriously.
Yes, demigods are adhd/dyslexic (and sometimes autistic-coded) in the series. This is extremely important and trying to remove it or not acknowledge it makes the entire series fall apart because it is such a core concept. Yes, canon claims that their adhd/dyslexia is tied to some innate abilities, which is based on an outdated methodology. It's important to acknowledge that and understand where it comes from! But please stop trying to apply it to other pantheons in the series like "oh, the romans have dyscalculia because of roman numerals!" or "the norse demigods have dysgraphia for reasons!" - it's distasteful at best.
A better option is to acknowledge the meta inspiration for why that exists in the series, such as explaining potentially that Chiron was utilizing that same teaching methodology to try and help demigods feel more comfortable with their disabilities and they aren't literal powers. In fact, especially given Frank, there's implication that being adhd/dyslexic isn't a guaranteed demigod trait, which means it's more likely to be normally inherited from their godly parent/divine ancestor as a general trait, not a power, and further supports the whole "ADHD is battle strategy" thing being non-literal. It also implies the entire greco-roman pantheon in their universe is canonically adhd/dyslexic - and that actually fits very well with the themes of the first series. The entire central conflict of the first series fits perfectly as an allegory about neurodiverse/disabled children and their relationships with their undiagnosed neurodiverse/disabled parents and trying to find solutions together with their shared disability/disabilities that the kid inherited instead of becoming distant from each other (and this makes claiming equivalent to getting a diagnosis which is a fascinating allegory! not to mention the symbolism of demigods inheriting legacies and legends and powers from their parents and everything that comes with that being equivalent to inheriting traits, neurodiversity, and disabilities from your parents).
anyways neurodiversity and disability and the contexts in which the series utilizes representation of those experiences particularly during the 2000s symbolically within the narrative is incredibly important to the first series and the understanding of what themes it means to represent. also if i see one more "the romans have dyscalculia instead of dyslexia" post in 2023 i'm gonna walk into the ocean.
#pjo#riordanverse#percy jackson#analysis#meta#adhd#dyslexia#also this symbolism recontextualizes the relationship between demigods and their godly parents so much#particularly Percy and Poseidon and the whole ''I'm sorry you were born thing'' like DAMN that's an ENTIRE DIFFERENT IMPLICATION#honestly in general the first series' meta analogy of being a demigod as symbolism for being neurodiverse/disabled ROCKS SO HARD#that's SO COOL and im SO SAD NOBODY EVER TALKS ABOUT IT#i could write a whole essay on that alone like COME ON GUYS#can we PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE COOL DISABILITY METAPHORS....#anyways i didnt proofread this cause. re: dyslexia so if it doesnt make sense dont worry about it#i can try to explain further in supplementary posts if people so wish
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Without your words, your touch... I fear I would have sought purpose and solace in that void.
#bg3edit#baldur's gate 3#bg3#gale dekarios#gale of waterdeep#gale x tav#tav x gale#gamingedit#dailygaming#videogameedit#otp: a soul that steels my own#ch: gale dekarios#vg: baldur's gate 3#series: baldur's gate#gif: mybg3#i gif'd this for his expression in the second gif#i could write entire essays about it
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A Day in the Life of Bang Chan 💫
Happy 27th Birthday, Chan! 💕 Thank you for always being the most shining star in the galaxy ✨
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#bang chan#stray kids#skz#christopher bang#christopher bahng#~#createskz#staydaily#bystay#skzco#channiesnet#3rachasource#dreamytag#userlau#kiwitracks#vilmatrack#thestephtag#usersun#usersa#mimotag#tuserchrissy#uservivii#i love you i love you i love you i love youuuuuuuuu#this laptop was running like it was on dial up...but we got here.......#i just couldn't not do smth so.......this mashup of...stuff. i hope it's cohesive LMAO#i had fun!!!!#anyways i could write essays abt how much i love him......my Guy of All Time <3333333333 moon and stars and the entire universe <33333333#also big hug? yes. big hug. <3333333#also u can click the first and bottom ones to read clearer LMAO
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SHERLOCK HOLMES (1984 - 1994) ↳ 4x06 | The Hound of the Baskervilles
#sherlock holmes#sherlockholmesedit#sherlock holmes granada#granada holmes#granadaedit#johnlock#holmes x watson#perioddramaedit#minee#jeremy brett#edward hardwicke#tvedit#adaptationsdaily#gifshistorical#dailytvfilmgifs#televisiongifs#tvarchive#tvfilmsource#smallscreensource#filmtvdaily#filmtvtoday#nostalgiatvdaily#filmtvcentral#userisaiah#userkraina#userhallie#usermoon#crowleyanthonys#i could write an entire essay on watson's reaction here. i mean what is this. what#someone stop me from microanalysing this show before i completely lose my mind
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KEEP THE DANGER OUT // KEEP THE DANGER IN
#billie bust up#bbu billie#bbu fantoccio#robin’s art#2024 art#COMPANION PIECES BABY!!! started these last year (month) and finally finished em!!! :33#i could write an ENTIRE essay abt billie and fanto and their parallels and stuff#which actually i love tumblr tags. lets do some of that here!#okAY IM NOT GONNA GO INTO EVERYTHING BUT HERES A BASIC RUNDOWN OF SOME OF MY THOUGHTS#let’s start by looking at goatshire + the lost city of magic !!#both places have some kind of border around them keeping SOMETHING in/out#goatshire’s wall keeping the trolls/other danger out; keeping the villagers inside safe#and the city’s barrier keeping the curse inside; while keeping everyone outside safe from it#but in turn it’s also keeping billie and fanto trapped in their respective places#one moreso than the other i guess but ahahaha. haha. heh. OKAY MOVING FORTH#unrelated but how sick would it be if the barrier broke and let the curse out. just sayiiin.. a lil theory thats been on my mind recently#anyways back to THE POINT#okay this parts gonna sound insane BUT JUST HEAR ME OUT HERE#goatshire citizens / the cursed city citizens.#billie and fanto both kinda stick out in their respecitve homes; fanto being the only uncursed guy and billie with their magic#so theres like. a real disconnect between them and others there. u get what i mean.#theyre both outliers and like something something allegory for neurodivergence and struggling to connect with others probably#SORRY GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. idk how to explain it BUT DO U GET IT!!! DO U UNDERSTAND!!!!#also they were both abandoned by SOMEone stares at arthur#okay specifically whoever fanto’s cretaor was left him behind but u know me im such a fanto elmtwig jak#something something loneliness and being left behind and having ppl around you who kinds understand u but also not totally. kicks rock#someone get these siblings some THERAPY!!!!!!!#this was a very disjointed explanation bUT HOPEFULLY I GOT MOST OF MY THOUGHTS ACROSS GOOD. IM BAD AT EXPLAINING THINGS SORRY#someone order me a yappuccino!!!!! BYE!!!!
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shep. i finished xisuma's s8. i am plagued with so many thoughts /silly
Oh my gognfjgmgimfggfmgnmfdnffgh it’s. It’s so much. I have so much to say and so many thoughts they make me so crazy. They make me so crazy THEY MAKE ME SO CRAZY IS THIS THING ON CAN ANYONE HEAR ME
#hermitcraft#ask#artsy-book#hermitcraft season 8#xisumavoid#xisuma#evil x#not tagging this dbhc bc im talking about canon xisuma#not to say there aren’t theme overlaps but#yeah#the way I could write an essay about Xisuma’s mental state at the end of the season. what it must be like#to slowly come out of that state of being literally manipulated and controlled… to slowly like. gain consciousness again only to find#that the moon has gotten so big that it’s like. too late to do anything.#that he had been so distracted and busy with making the evil empire as profitable and helpful to the hermits as possible#that he just… hadn’t noticed#or been manipulated to believe it wasn’t a bug deal#big deal#or that it was just a rumor#and now it’s too late#but also… the moon is the REASON he’s free from EX’s control#isn’t it.#so… isn’t there a part of him that kind of NEEDS the moon to get closer?#so he can be free?#not that I think Xisuma ignoring the moon was an entirely conscious choice#anyway I’m fine about xisuma finally being free only to realize hermitcraft (and his hermits) are doomed#could he have done anything to stop it had he known about it earlier? who knows#I’m sure xisuma will say for a long time that he could have#but he didn’t in the end#and it wasn’t really his fault but i’m sure he’ll say it was#I need to stop talking before I’m dragged away
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disbarment era... yeah
#dounart#i could write entire essays about disbarred phoenix and the seven years gap#like!!!!#he spent more years disgraced than working as an actual attorney!!#he was at rock bottom and still decided to adopt a child who needed him!#don't get me started#aadoodles23#ace attorney#ace attorney fanart#aa#phoenix wright#miles edgeworth#beanix#narumitsu#wrightworth#art#doodles
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inside you there are two wolves. one finds the way eddie taunted the guy holding him hostage at gunpoint in 5x06 very sexy. the other is incredibly heartbroken by his disregard for his own life. both can coexist.
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Wednesday and the Hyde
#wednesdayedit#wednesday addams#tyler galpin#wyler#wyleredit#weyler#weyleredit#wednesday x tyler#wednesday#wednesday netflix#mine#otp: i guess i have a type.#i could write an entire essay on how throughout the season#wednesday's expression to the hyde prior to reveal was always#wide-eyed/shocked and would chase him#then during the reveal arguably the most expressive we've seen her (other than smiling)#she literally stumbles out of his arms and stood there with her back to him#fumbles out the door then looks back At Him before running away#then final ep she regains her composure and keeps eye contact while he transforms#doesn't run away and doesn't have her usual wide-eyed/shock look#as if she refuses to let him get one last expression out of her cuz girlie had PLENTY about him whether human or hyde form#always found it amusing she just slowly gets up while watching#and didn't even move away before he grabbed her#anyway i want more hyde form and wednesday interaction pls @ s2
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All Creatures Great and small "Holding the baby" 05x02
I don't even know where to start!
First: my internet connection was not AWOL this week and I could watch the entire episode without any trouble. And maybe that is why I still cannot sort my thoughts!
What was this episode? What happened? How many of the predictions came true? How many spoiler dots were correctly connected? A LOT!
Starting at the beginning:
Audrey being on one of her first training sessions to learn everything about her new job, a scene I was eagerly looking forward since the end of February. That the episode started with that was simply amazing. I cried because it made me so happy. Of course it was Siegfried who didn't close the curtains correctly - prediction one. And of course he waited for her because he wanted to make "you were accounted for" - correct prediction two. I mean how many times have we written about this scenario in fanfics? I certainly have used this trope numerous times. Needless to say that this entire sequence already killed me and that was only the beginning. The joking, the banter, the care, the offering of a nightcap, handing her the letter from Tristan. There is no line there anymore. It has vanished.
Only in my rewatch did I notice that episode 2 picks up directly after episode 1. Just one hour later. So we all got to yell "Bingo" if we assumed that Siegfried was only still up, talking to James, because he was waiting for Audrey in episode 1. (sorry was too excited last night to notice this)
Siegfried and Jimmy at the breakfast table: can it get any cuter? Seriously! Reading medical textbooks to the baby is so Siegfried.
The story slowly unfolds after that of course and I didn't dare hope that Siegfried and Audrey would get more than two scenes for themselves. Setting my expectations very low for each episode is hard but rewarding because they were inseparable in that episode. Siegfried storming through the house, yelling her name, ranting about Bosworth, telling her everything he hates about that guy, is so married! Of course Bosworth hears everything and of course Siegfried puts his foot in. "Monopolising my housekeeper" - is one way of phrasing it but I think that 'housekeeper' is by now a very hollow expression, only used out of habit. And because every other term would give him away. He cannot say her first name, he cannot say partner, wife, companion, friend. I wasn't sure if the look Audrey shot him was because he called her 'housekeeper' or because he interfered her meeting and offended Bosworth.
Cue Siegfried apologising (scene number 3 for them!) almost immediately afterwards in his own special way. He fully accepts her terms and conditions and points out that he was only angry with Bosworth and not with Audrey who only had two training sessions so far. "feels like more" he mutters because he misses her and doesn't like sharing her. But he does not really understand that he is jealous. At least they talk now! Still not enough but there is so much more communication between them that is emotionally important and not your regular small talk.
As if this wasn't already enough, the next correctly predicted scene happens. Audrey riding her bike while on a round, finding poor Bingo and calling Siegfried for help. Once again the two share a frame but this time even more flirting is added. The looks are killing me and I can't believe what I just witnessed. There was admiration and pride, thankfulness and a tenderness in that scene that leaves no doubt that Audrey is slowly getting there.
The next scene with them doesn't help either because the first hint is dropped that Siegfried is too old for romance (and doesn't have a family) - which Audrey finds so funny that she has a hard time suppressing her laughter. Bosworth could not be more wrong. Seeing Audrey and Siegfried sitting opposite the warden, like the couple they unofficially are, in a house that reminds us of Gerald's dark bachelor flat, is the cherry on top of the cake. Followed by the epic car ride (prediction number 4!) that I rewatched directly afterwards.
Audrey teasing him and Siegfried knowing that she does but playing along. They are on fire. Additionally we have never seen Audrey so carefree, so at ease and happy, smiling and teasing throughout an episode. Gone is the weight that she had carried around for such a long time. She truly is free and Siegfried welcomes this with open arms. "There should be a line between employer and employee" "when is suits" - that line Siegfried pointed out in 01.02 has eroded. She can endlessly tease him and he joins in. Seize the day! And smile about it.
Only to step hard on the breaks later. Have we ever heard Audrey tease him like that? Or Siegfried answer in such a flirty sarcastic way? I don't think so. Will add "Stubborn beast" to the list of endearments Audrey uses for Siegfried.
And finally, the last scene. Not alone this time but the predicted, apron wearing husband. Adapting, helping, not being grumpy about it. And his wife who lets him fight his own battles because she enjoys the squabble between Bosworth and Siegfried way too much (when it is not about her).
#just late night thoughts#acgas 2020#acgas spoilers#all creatures great and small#siegfried farnon#audrey hall#i could write an entire essay on this
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You guys!! Dal's captain arc in season two is literally him just learning to trust that people will watch out for him and care about him and the institutions that are supposed to keep him safe and his crew safe and actually have his best interest at heart, I'm not the only one who thinks this right?? <- girl who thought too hard about Dal R'El and now needs to write an essay and maybe cry a little about him
#star trek prodigy#dal r'el#i might legitimately write that essay post#cause its like!! he's lived his entire life having no one to rely on but himself until the protostar#and he wants to trust starfleet and it makes *sense* to#but being in command “making the big moves” is what kept him SAFE#its what saved him and his crew. he could see all the variables for himself. put together a plan himself.#he didn't have to rely on anyone else but his crew because EVERYONE else let him down before them. everyone.#and quite a few people after too.#being asked to give that control up? to trust someone else with his life with his CREWS lives?#no wonder he struggled so much#and after the mid season finale? when he AGREED that starfleet upper management should be the ones to send the protostar back#when its directly tied to gwyn's life?#it was such a big moment for him. honestly to me it was his biggest breakthrough of the season#it's such an understated moment but it matters SO MUCH to his character and his arc this season#i have more to say actually does anyone wanna see me write a dal essay 👀👀
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