#i explained it like this to my sister:
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i think mostly we as a culture need to stop pretending media is for us and instead recognize that it's for the people making it. "the show didn't do the thing I wanted it to" is so not the point. did it do what the people making it wanted it to do? did it tell the story they were trying to tell? than it was successful. if that doesn't align with what you wanted to happen, don't get up in arms about it. don't badmouth the creators and throw a tantrum. that's what fan works are for. the text is the text, and it told the story it was telling. you wouldn't be like "ugh shakespeare is insane for act v btw like there was no reason for juliet to kill herself she should've just waited and then her and romeo could have been together wtf this ruined the whole play" like no!!! the themes were there the set-up was there the foreshadowing was there shakespeare did what he intended to. just because it wasn't a happy ending and just because you thought it should've went differently doesn't mean it was bad. read a fic where juliet lives and move on.
#this is about ghosts but honestly fandom in general#stop pretending the creators of things owe you certain story lines. they're making it not you#i explained it like this to my sister:#imagine you're reading a book and there are sort of hints and scenes that you take to interpret a character as gay#you cite quotes and talk about the themes and the impact of your interpretation#and then at the end of the book the character comes out as asexual.#and then a lot of those scenes and quotes that you were using as evidence for your interpretation-#now they could be construed to have been pointing towards them being ace all along#just because it wasnt the end you fabricated in your head based on your understanding of the hints#doesn't mean it wasnt always the writers plan from the beginning.#AND it doesnt mean you can't keep imagining a world where they're gay instead#it just means that the writer was leaving those clues to point you towards the ending#and you interpreted the clues differently#bbc ghosts#ghosts spoilers#bc like. if last resort was the ending#you could 'read' the whole series with the understanding that they weren't going to leave the house#and the foreshadowing would add up#but now with the special. you can go back and 'read' the series with the understanding that they leave#and it still all adds up. the foreshadowing was there it just meant something different than you thought.#stories have beginnings middles and ends#you predetermined the ending while still in the middle and got mad when you weren't right.#does that make sense?
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I politely ask for more of the vague modern AU art :3 they're so silly I LOVE them
They’re playing sister location, specifically night 4
#this is from real experience#me and my sister had to give up playing the game because that’s literally just impossible#modern aus are great bc what do you mean I can project my interest onto my blorbos#but viktor has spent like at least a few nights attempting to explain fnaf lore to Jayce#maybe even#five nights#my art#ask#arcane#Jayce arcane#jayce talis#viktor arcane#jayvik#jinx arcane
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Being a “Fun Fact !” kind of autistic is all fun and games until you get halfway through sharing an interesting tidbit and realize that it probably wasn’t appropriate to share in polite company and now you have to deal with the consequences :(
#autism#neurodivergent#adhd#fun facts#GOD I’m such an idiot#anyways now a 10 year old is out there looking up swear words online and it’s all my fault :(#I got so excited by the fact that I knew a fun fact#that I didn’t stop to think that maybe not everyone knows that fun fact for a reason :(#it’s like explaining how to successfully bury a body at a book club#or explaining the dangers of Scientology to your sister’s boyfriend the first time you meet him#or debating gay sex positions with your best friend in front of your mom#no matter how much I wish to be a beacon of knowledge in this world#sometimes there are things others just don’t want to know#and consciously that’s valid but the autism ? I does not care
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Carlos' job is science much in the same way as Ken's job is beach
#i was trying to explain carlos' job to my sister and she went “oh so he's like ken and beach”#and she's so correct for that actually#i'm only on episode 47 so you know. this may become inaccurate in the future. but for now it's fitting#he is just. a scientist.#of what? you may ask#yes. the answer is yes#wtnv#welcome to night vale#barbie#wtnv carlos#carlos the scientist
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my sister texted me smthing going on at home thats making me sad but im trying not to think about it and stay whimsical. its fursona friday..... its fursona feidayyyy...
#not unexpected just like. transphobia. u know the deal#her bf came to visit and my family wont call me my name which is what he knows me by#so now she has to like explain to him that im trans....#she was trying to be respectful and let me do it if i felt the need to#but basically texted me distraught like 'im so sorry i dont know why they cant just be respectful to you its not fair'#i love my sisters i wish that none of us had to go through this anymore#her bfs chill too like he knew me as 'allies gay older brother' (#(close enough) so i dont think this will b an issue for him Or them ots just like. Man.
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Going back to my roots
#i also have to talk about my lore now#its a staple of these posts#i guess I can talk about how my sister broke her femur playing sharks and minnows#I'm not even stretching the truth she was LITERALLY just playing sharks and minnows and two people fell on her#We were at like a day camp so they got me to go over and one of the first things I hear aside from her screaming#is her friend asking if she sprained her ankle#Anyways ambulance blah blah blah hospital blah blah blah surgery blah blah#she was really loud when they were setting it so I just left and played mario#when she was in the airport this guy tried stealing her wheelchair like why would you even want to touch something a seven year old has#she had crutches and rods in her leg for like a year she's fine now#My dad tells everyone she broke it playing touch rugby and I think that explains the kind of person he is#red vs blue#rvb#rooster teeth#rvb wash#rvb tucker#felix rvb#rvb tex#sister rvb#rvb carolina#tweet
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If you were watching Nosferatu and you noticed the doctors talking about how Ellen had too much blood and that's why she was acting crazy - let me explain why (and also how excited I am that it was included in the script).
From ancient Greece through the Renaissance, we believed in The Four Humors in medicine. Essentially, they thought there were four fluids in the body (blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm) and they determined a person's temperament; an imbalance of them was believed causes illness. The Four Temperaments (based on the balance of their humors) are as follows:
Sanguine: Optimistic and social - (affected by blood)
Choleric: Short-tempered and irritable - (affected by yellow bile)
Melancholic: Analytical and quiet - (affected by black bile)
Phlegmatic: Relaxed and peaceful - (affected by phlegm)
They were also connected to celestial bodies, seasons, body parts, and stages of life. Here's a neat little chart:
Ellen was already rather macabre, and as she spiraled she became less able to adhere to social convention; it makes sense that a doctor of the time would consider that to be an imbalance of her blood. It also feels worth stating that a sanguine temperament can be likened to the manic phase of a bipolar episode, which Ellen's symptoms certainly could have been indicative of.
I also think it's an interesting (though possibly pointless) connection that a sanguine temperament is linked to the heart, to adolescence, and to Spring.
The heart obviously links to Ellen as she's a hopeless romantic. Adolescence also connects due to not only her young age in the film, but the events causing Orlok's fascination with her happened when she was quite young as well. I would argue that you can tie Spring into Ellen's character also - she was blooming, transforming, awaiting a new breath of life (death?).
It made me so happy to see it included so casually, it was such an accurate portrayal of how medicine would have actually been practiced at the time and it wasn't made into a huge thing. It shows the appreciation and effort Eggers brings to his work.
I can absolutely see how you may just brush past that part (it was brief), or attribute it to vampirism, but it's actually a super cool little detail of our real life medical history!
#I got so excited in the theatre my sister was like wtf is wrong with you (when i explained later she was like oh wait that is cool lol)#im not a doctor and never took any classes in medicine.. just a nerd if im wrong about smth pls let me know#it reminds me of how trad chinese medicine balances the body but obv different#when i worked in TCM (not as a practitioner) i was like wait we're basing diagnoses off of hot and moist this is like Galen lol#ive not seen anyone else mention this and it adds some realism to the story#nosferatu#count orlok#ellen hutter#robert eggers#film analysis#film#horror films#gothic horror#medical history#fun facts#media analysis#my post
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Uhhh hi five pvp civ fans sorry I was being cringe
#I'm lowkey scared to post my art#Like I post all the time on other platforms but tumblr?#I haven't posted my own art since January eugh#Honestly wouldn't post this if my sister didn't tell me to#I put so much thought into some things that just got covered up#I'm gonna make a video explaining it#pvp civilization#pvp civ spoilers#evbo#mcyt#pvp evbo#fanart#my art#digital art#art#artists on tumblr#evbo fanart
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I may not be in the Percy Jackson fandom that much anymore but drawing purple Nico to represent angst and sadness is one of life's simple joys <3
#my art#pjo art#percy jackson#percy jackson and the olympians#riordanverse#nico di angelo#nico di angelo fanart#fanart#bianca di angelo#bianca di angelo fanart#one of my favorite things lately is all my instagram mutuals are leftover from my pjo days#and so i have been explaining ace attorney characters through pjo parallels so they understand my posts#and now i can do the opposite for all my ace attorney mutuals here#*steeples hands* OK so Nico is like. Imagine if maya fey was exactly her happy silly self but a boy#and then nick lost her case and she was like MY SISTER TRUSTED YOU :( HOW COULD YOU BETRAY HER AND LET US DOWN#and then she went crazy angry and summoned spirits and everyone was scared of her and she ran away#and then she lived as an outlaw and it is revealed that she ALSO had a little kid idol worship gay crush on Nick and hates herself for that#and also if Mia was like stop hitting me up let me rest in peace. That's what nico's backstory is like#so yeah nico's really cool and fun. sad kiddo who talks to the dead and misses his sister. Also he's from the 1940s. And italian.#people will try to tell you Nico and Will are parallels to Miles and Nick WRONG!!!#Phoenix Wright is the percy in this parallel. Miles edgeworth is Annabeth if Luke convinced her to join the titan army in the first book#the difference is Nico is a big sweetheart who just wants to make friends with everyone deep down#but Annabeth legitimately hates everyone when she first meets them JUST LIKE MILES ok i'm done#i can't get into this I don't even go here anymore.
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My personal headcanon is that Pony got his love for reading from Darry. When Darry was in high school he’d read the books he got in class out loud to Ponyboy and straight up just handed him some of the easier ones so they could talk about it later. In my brain the reason Ponyboy clings onto it so much is because it’s one of the things he and Darry REALLY bonded over when he was a kid and it just brings back good memories of when they got along better.
#he begged Darry to keep reading ‘just one more chapter’#one of his favorite memories is reading an entire book one day with Darry#this comes from me and my siblings ngl#my sister used to hand me books she liked and told me to tell her all of my thoughts on it#she was REALLY happy I read above my grade level enough that I could talk to her about it#and I read the books out loud to my brother bc he CANT read above grade level#I have a five year age gap with my sister and a five year age gap with HIM#so like#the books r pretty complicated#today he was mad I didn’t wanna finish reading the book to him which was so cute#the downside to having to read out loud is my voice gets tired#but the bright side is I get to explain everything he doesn’t understand in depth and it’s a#well I wouldn’t say BETTER bonding experience bc I love my sister#but it’s different#more…. connected ig#damn I’m yapping a lot#just imagine it’s all abt pony and Darry#that’s why he read out loud to Johnny#it’s like something he thinks of as an ultimate bonding experience#guys trust#they’re besties#the outsiders#the outsiders 1983#ponyboy curtis#darry curtis#the outsiders hcs
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i love having a non traditional family dynamic and extended family im not actually related to because it’s great but also because the other day my friend complimented my pencil case (it was originally meant as a makeup bag but i don’t wear makeup so i use it as a pencil case) and i genuinely got to say ‘thanks, my mom’s ex boyfriend’s ex mother in law made it for me’
#bee talks#i mean in this case specifically i don’t think of them as family anymore really. but they were for a while!#i mean my mom dated him for quite a long time so.#they’re like so how are you related to this person again?#it sometimes makes my relationship to ppl hard to explain but i kinda think it’s funny#oh they’re my mom’s sister’s husband’s birth mom’s husband.#like yeah i can and do just say ‘uncle’s stepdad’ but it’s also kinda funny to play it up#anyway shout out my uncle’s birth mom and her husband and their kids#and also his adoptive parents and their kids and also his childhood best friend (they call each other brothers)#and also my neighbors i dont live next to anymore. and my other neighbors i dont live next to anymore. and my other other neighbor i dont—
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The thing about it is that I watch 911/Dr Odyssey/Grey’s Anatomy with most of my household now and when 911 is bad you’re embarrassing me in front of my family. Tim. Tim can you hear me
#911 spoilers#I haven’t watched yet this just sounds like an episode that if I were watching on my own#I would be skipping around just to the buck scenes#but now I have to sit here for an hour and explain to my mother and sister that I do actually have good taste#no matter what this dumbass show may indicate
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Ive always really liked how Laios' bewilderment of chimera Falin is portrayed. His initial reaction of, "That's so unfair, it looks so cool" is such an insensitive and crazy thing to think, but something like this happening to your close sibling of all people removes this air of mystique that feels so wrong you almost cant take it seriously at first
#I like how Laios' seemingly unserious thoughts about Falins plight arent explained but are always put next to his real memories and grief#I think I'd process things the same way#Im similarly close w/ my sister and if this happened to one of us we agreed we wouldnt know whether to burst into laughter or tears
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Obsessed with this little motion he does here...
#i know he's imitating rolling dice but to me he looks like my sister trying to explain how “the vibe is off” about some guy#like a dragon ishin#yakuza#yakuza ishin#sakamoto ryoma#kiryu kazuma#yakuza spoilers#like a dragon ishin spoilers
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Sometimes i want to marry outside my culture then i think of how ill have to explain my sisters will steal his shoes on our wedding and he has to pay them to get it back
#if you cant find ur name in my mehndi were doomed#we drown the rings in milk#oh you pay my sisters during the mehndi too#like?? how do i explain this??#haya: talks#desi wedding#hayatheauthor#desi tumblr#growing up desi
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Marie's Spinosaurus 💔💔💔💔




I haven't decided if I like the name Calzone or Hot-pocket for maries spino :/. WHICH ONE SUITS HIM BETTER GUYS......
#splatoon#marie cuttlefish#marie splatoon#squid sisters#agent 3#captain 3#agent 8#craig cuttlefish#captain cuttlefish#smallfry#spinosaurus#spinosaurus aegyptiacus#spinosauridae#paleoart#artists on tumblr#im going to try to explain my reasoning for giving callie and marie the dinosaurs i did jsjsjsjsks#So do you know how Callie is a roller main and Marie mains Chargers?#well#I compared each dinosaurs hunting style to both of there suited method of turf war#callie gets a t rex because they are oportunistic hunters and strike with powerful bites#like when you swing the roller horizontally#and marie gets a spinosaurus because they are thought to have been ambush predators#they would have to have been patient and it takes a lot of patients to use a charger#sorry if this sounds like ramblings of insanity i just want to explain my thought process 😭😭😭
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