#i feel like this is one of the AMITA posts lol

[bubblingcolaa]

K, Rant post. TW for heavy swearing I guess

My BITCH ASS FRIEND WONT JOIN TUMBLR

IDK WHY. SHE JUST WONT. NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY. NO MATTER HOW I BEG AND BEG. ON MY KNEES. DAY AND NIGHT. NO AMOUNT OF MONEY. SHE WONT JOIN FUCKING TUMBLR AND IT PISSES ME OFF BECAUSE 1) TUMBLR IS AMAZING 2) IVE SEEN SLIGHT THE EDDSWORLD SIDE OF IT AND ITS GOOD AND 3) THE FNAF SIDE IS PROBABLY GOOD AS WELL LIKE ALL OF TUMBLR. AND SHE SAYS- she says. "Oh, I don't want to see no tits" BITCH WHADDYA MEAN YOU DONT WANT TO SEE TITS?? LIKE I GET YOU DONT WANNA SEE NUDES AND ALL BUT IVE BEEN ON TUMBLR FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND IVE NEVER SEEN TITS. ONLY A FEW THINGS THAT MAKE ME UNCOMFORTABLE. AND IF ITS REALLY TOO MUCH YOU CAN 1) BLOCK PEOPLE 2) TURN OFF ANONYMOUS ASKS 3) STAY OFF TUMBLR FOR A WHILE 4) JUST DONT INTERACT?!?! YOU DUMBASS HOE- JUST JOIN FUCKING TUMBLR IT'LL BE GREAT. AND SHE SAYS SHE'S GOING THROUGH AN ART BLOCK. I BET JOINING TUMBLR WILL HELP WITH THAT BECAUSE IT SURE DID FOR ME. I'M NOT SAYING WE' RE THE SAME BUT STILL LIKE ANHDKWHSNDBWBGZKSKWKFNKS. YOU DUMBASS KID WITH YOUR DISGUSTING TYPE. I SWEAR TO GOD YOU BETTER BREAK UP WITH YOUR MANS (okay well don't do that but still you deserve better) AND JUST JOIN TUMBLR?!2?2+#(28#(+$)@ LIKE MY GOD WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?! RUN OVER TO YOUR HOUSE THAT'S A FOURTY MINUTE DRIVE AWAY AND STEAL YOUR PHONE AND DOWNLOAD IT FOR YOU?! I understand the strict parents thing but uhm IVE SEEN WHAT YOU DO ON CHARACTER AI MATE. AND YOUR PARENTS STILL HAVENT TALKED ABOUT THAT YET?! GAHHHH. THIS DUMBASS THOUGHT TUMBLR WAS A DATING APP I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD YOU AOEBOWDOWNJSNX JWNSHKAOSBXJANIEKQ RAAHHHHH JUST JOIN TUMBLR MY GUY. ITS NOT THAT BAD.

Rant over. Sheesh

[orbital-obvious]

Ocean's 8 ANALYSIS [1/?] : MET GALA DRESS RANKING

I have watched Ocean's 8 and I have THOUGHTS so letss gooooo This is going to be in a number of parts becuse ahhhh this is gonna be long probably

Let's start with my ranking of the Met Gala looks because AHHHHH i need to get this out of my braiiinnnn (and it's also proabbaly the lightest topic, so!)

(pics taken from here btw which is another dress ranking post lol)

The important thing to remember about our O8 ladies is that a. they slay b. they are pulling a heist, so why they need to be glamerous enough to fit in, they also need to avoid standing out. My ranking will be based upon the very subjective scale of "how pretty i think it is" with notes about how this relates to the heist etc

Going from best to worst, first up ---

1

I mean. Comon.

9Ball aka Rihanna wearing TF out of this simple yet elegetn dress. It's very no nonsense, luxurious but simple.

When I tell you I GASPED when she got out of the van wearing this... Bro. Unmatched. The silluate and fit are perfect and this red was MADE for her, I swear.

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.

You can be a party pooper and say that despite its simplicity it's still to fancy and tight for a character like 9Ball who, tbh, didn't need to go to the gala anyway (being the hacker and off site by design). To that I say that we deserve to see Rihanna kill it going down the stairs like she owns the place which, if we're honest, she proabbaly does.

I love this dress so fucking much it's so simple yet such a perfect freaking fit. Love it.

2

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss hell yes.

Lou kills it with a suit that perfectly encapsulate her 'muscline' and edgy look throughout the film, just all glammed up. The color, the sparkle, that cheeky cleavage showing the jewl, omg. I want the entire wardrobe of Kate Blanche in this movie and her look was no dissapointment.

The thing that trips me a little bit, though, is that she wasn't filmed in the gala like the rest of the squad, and we only get to see her wearing this on the street, walking to Debbie, and I stg I thoguht she litterally wore this on the street and was like ???? But that was O K. and you know why? Cause she did it for the vibs and the WLWs and that's ok by meee.

3

The woman of the hour, Daphn Klueger aka Anne Hathaway.

It's lovely - I'm actually a little bit obssssed because I love a good cape and this is a GREAT cape, and whil striking it's not overbaring and works weell with th straplss dress to showcase th neckless.

This one is interesting bcausee it was designed, in univrse, to stand out and follow the gala theme (european royalty) and I actually feel that in universe she was proabably one of the 'adaquate, but not wow' persons of the night and the interenet probabaly chewed her off for not going all the way with the theme butttt

This is a movie, not real life, and the purpose of this outfit was to highlight the Necklace aka the target aka the focus point for the movie, which it did (as I say, it frames it perfectly) and it is a decent enough nod to the theme for me to belive this is a legit met gala outfit someone would wear.

My only issue is this color. I DON'T like it, not for this. A rich (royal) blue would have looked much better imo (and might have been a node to princess Diana famous ring if we go all big brain about it). I think the color was chosen to make Daphne stick out over the viewers and grab our focus (which was her role in the plot, tbh), so I get it - even if I don't like it.

4

Ok, love this. Amita - aka Mindy Kaling - suntring down the stairs in a look that is, literally, pure gold.

Love. Love. LOVE the sleeves, the ornament heavy on top, and the way the fabric drapes. She looks fantastic and this is definetally her kind of gold. The golden dress also gets extra points because I think that its good for hiest reasons - if you see her in passing and don't know who she is, you will rememebr the dress more than the person becasue it's so sparkly. I also like her hair in this, It feels nicely done but reasonable, considering she had to move from her kitchen worker costum to this in very short time.

5

A stong yet not overwheleming look from our woman on the inside, Tammy aka Sarah Pualson. She is the event orgnizers and therefore went with the (releteively) modest black on black look which fits in with the servers outfits and I personally really like.

I think it also works for Tammy as a person - it's not revealing, the puff sleeves make gives her broad sholders (cause she's a strong woman, lol) and It does look practicle for a woman who will probabaly be up on her feet all night, making sure things run smoothly - both in the heist and the actual gala.

My only issue? It looks CRUNCHY. It's one of those fabric that would either crumble or cut my hands if I try to squeeze it. Pretty spooky.

6

Debbi Ocean aka Sandra Bullock in this look that I'd call sufficiant - mfancy enough for the gala but underwhelming overall --- which is exactly the point of a heist disguise. She doesn't stand out and most people will probabaly forget she was even there.

The reason it's so low on the list is because I just.... don't like it very much. I think it's the gold-on-black color scheme, which I'm not a huge fan of, personally.

I WILL SAY that it works well with her wig which is practically the color of the embelishments and thus kinda mix the entire look togther in a fitting yet unimpressiv blob, a perfect costume for the heist.

Also I get a kick out of her being the only one wearing a wig, an extra con for our head conwoman.

7

It's not that I don't like this dress - I HATE it. I get that Rose is a once-legendary-now-flop in universe but comon, Helena Boham Carter deserved better than this.

It's doing so much, gives so little, and is just MESSY. The tacky print. THe flower embelishment. The unclear folds (?) around the chest UNDER the tacky print. WHY.

Though the biggest offendrs are the accessories. What in the mid 2010's is those stupid sunglasses - which, now that I look at them, might have been decent if not for that stupid giant hairpeice of mounted crap.

Rose Wile consisently gets the worst costumes in this movie and I just. Don't. Get it. This is the worse one though, by far.

8

Ok, but why do this to my girl Constanse (aka Awkwafina).

I have a personal hatred to those hotdog looking dresses with the nude mesh and those applique looking embelishment. Why not give her a suit, as well? She was wearing shirt+pants street style the entire movie, why torture hr lik this?

I hate it, but I do love the way she's wearing it, with he heels (who gave her HEELS?) in her hands and the IM DONE look on her face.

I do wonder how they glammed up her hair so fast, though. Weren't they on a tight heist schedual? Is this some secret thief trick? If so, where I can I learn it???

And that's it for the MET GALA looks of Ocean 8. It's a fun movie and I have lots more to talk about (good and bad) but it'll have to wait. So, for now, gorgeous gorgous dresses. HAHAH.

[nataliescatorccio]

I know you've already done a blending tutorial but do you have any tips for gifs like #4 and 6 in this set? /post/656705880727912448/amita-suman-as-inej-ghafa-shadow-and-bone-the No matter what I do, I can't get the black and white face gif to show up over skin tones when I set it to screen, it's always way too light :( I feel like there's something obvious I'm missing and it's driving me nuts lol, any help would be appreciated D:

honestly it depends a lot on the lighting of the two scenes you are trying to use. but i'm going to try and share what i know under the cut and hopefully this will help you out anon!

so, when putting a bw overlay on a gif, lighting plays a massive part. it's really helpful to use 'neutral' scenes that have both light and dark patches. looking at my inej set, those gifs work because the lighting is fairly dark, but there are patches of light on the face. if we take gif #6 for example, in the 'base' gif there are so many darker areas which means an overlay is going to pop on it (circled here):

all these dark patches allow for an overlay to show up, but this is partly to do with the natural lighting of the scene. the perfect scene has a balance between darker spots so an overlay shows, but also has lighting on the face so it doesn't get swamped by the scene you're overlaying.

obviously overlays are easier if you pick a scene more on the 'darker' side that has lots of darker patches like this, but the perfect lighted scene rarely exists in tv land. recently i did an overlay set with this gif which as you can see, is very light:

the only darker patches here are in the hair which aren't going to help much for a blend... if i put the overlay on as so we get this:

while you can see a bit of her face where it hits the left hand side of her hair, it's not clear and doesn't look great. this is where i grab my trusty paint tool! between the base gif and the overlay gif, i used a black brush to paint over the left hand side of the gif and then set this to 'soft light’, this darkened it a bit to allow the overlay to stand out a bit more:

but i'm still not quite happy with it as i think her expression in the overlay could stand out even more. so i put another black paint layer and this time just focused over the spot where her face will be. i set this to soft light again and played around a bit with the opacity (this is set to 81%) just to get it where i wanted it:

it's a subtle change but you can slowly see how her face gets more and more 'revealed' during the overlay.

you can also try reducing the curves/brightness a bit on your base gif, but sometimes this takes away from your skin tones or colouring of the gif overall, which is why i tend to rely on brushes and setting it to soft light to try to create 'dark' spaces that allow overlays to pop a bit more.

as a clause, i have to say there are scenes where it just doesn't work. if i'm overlaying a dark scene with one that's quite light, they just aren't compatible. sometimes you have to be flexible - for this set there was a scene that i really wanted to use, but she had a big window behind her and because it was so light it just wasn't going to overlay properly. so if something isn't working it's sometimes a good idea to try a different scene where the lighting is a bit more 'neutral'. but good luck, i hope these tips can at least help you a little bit!

[shesmyplusone]

overall i really loved the show lmao obviously by my posts. here’s a bit more just to get my thoughts organized:

-loved loved loved when alina didn’t use david’s mirrors because if kaz had seen them he would have called it a trick. like i was annoyed until his conversation with inej and it makes sense they changed it

-every genya and david scene had me crying lol poor genya she’s so composed around literally everyone else but the moment this awkward little ducast shows up she can’t remember how to speak

-also she totally took alina by the library for a glance of him<3

-all i could think about when there were scenes in the darkling’s rooms/his little map room was how that’s going to be zoya’s rooms in kos/where all the planning conversations take place in kos/row and it made me a bit hysterical tbh

-the darklina was like. managable. like i didn’t like it, but i knew it would end at some point and just had to push through all those kisses lmao poor alina

-i am still offended for count kirigan’s sake that the darkling STOLE his name. like the man was effectively ridiculous in kos/row but. he didn’t deserve THAT.

-mal was perfect. no complaints from me, a noted mal stan since i read s&b in 2016<3

-every single man who the crows had to go meet/interact with that we didn’t know...i thought was going to be strumhond. like i knew leigh said no nikolai but it was like my heart wouldn’t accept it.

-i was SO angry after the third episode because of that little line about how nina had ‘no loyalty’ and i was just. SO MAD because her being a soldier was like the whole POINT of her character. but then she was just spying and i felt much better.

-i am still a little upset zoya was interacting with her/the one sent after her. but if the choice was between her going after nina and her getting to be on the fold/fixing her relationship with alina. i mean....one is more important than the other in the now, and not everyone is thinking about rule of wolves like me. so sorry zoya’s open door, you’ll have to wait</3

-freddy carter is hot. he was a good kaz. sadly he did not get to hit the darkling with his cane. But! he did escape the cut so points to kaz i love you buddy

-’we need a demo man’ JESPERRRRRR you wound me. yes, you DO need a demo man. just not yet<3

-i read some spoilers than said jesper was like ‘sterotypically written because he came onto everyone’ and he literally only flirted with that one stablehand. like....bi people are allow to flirt/sleep w one dude. like it’s fine. it’s not sterotypically anything except a bit sterotypically jesper to get distracted on a job lmao

-inej struggling with killing was SOO good. all her religious stuff was good. man she was wonderful thank you amita!!!! also i like she was worried about zoya. not enough people were worried about zoya!!!

-obvious racist zoya was bad. like, obviously. it’s awful she was racist to alina. she shouldn’t have done it. she’s canonically at this point at the story antagonistic to her. she has to make alina feel like she doesn’t belong so the darkling CAN. to build up that bond before baghara destroys it. And with the constant racism alina was getting from other directions it would have felt a bit...underwhelming if zoya had just told alina she smells. like. also zoya’s canonically suli so she was hitting alina where it hurts. obviously it’s a change from the books and i get why people don’t like it but don’t act like zoya’s not going to hit someone with every weapon she has when she feel threatened. especially a zoya at that point in her arc.

-interesting that mal DIDN’T sleep with her this time. i think that helps his character a lot, to be honest, but it’s not like he and alina were together at that point so it’s not really a hit against him in the books. it’s interesting because it (and what happened on the fold) means zoya’s arc with alina is going to change when (if, really) we get season 2. because she’s not going to be in a love triangle with a guy who isn’t interested, and alina literally has no reason to distrust her when she already knows she’s against the darkling. like....that’s her entire S&S arc gone (yes. i did re-read only her bits like two weeks ago lmao). so.....i’m thinking (god, please renew this show) that she’s going to get nikolai stuff instead, do the love triangle from that angle. like nikolai’s still going to be like ‘we should get married for political reasons’ to alina but his heart won’t be into it because he’s going to get a big fat crush on miss nazyalensky. 

-obviously by my rants i don’t like the darkling. but i think he was well done. it’s good for the audience to see him as a dude who once did have noble intentions- he wanted to keep the grisha safe! but. obviously he wants to be ~the savior~ of the grisha now and thinks only he can do it. also i refuse to call him anything but the darkling, sorry show. props to mal for saying it to his face. also loved their fight on the fold, really going to echo in the finale battle on the fold if there’s a third season 

-jessie was a great alina. i always really liked her but sometimes found her first person perspective exhausting. i loved when she was talking about what she wants :to go across the sea and travel, etc. the dacha in balacirev made me laugh thinking about kos. i personally love her ending in the book and i figure by the time her story’s done in the show she’ll be tired of traveling and that little farm mal wanted will feel much more ideal.

-loved all the political framing during the fete because zoya was literally in the middle of it. all the plotting by the west ravkans was reminding me of kos/row and putting her in the middle of it was great. also her continuingly being alone really stood out to me, especially when she walked through the crowd. similarly when the crows had each other and malina had each other in the finale. she’s missing her prince and man.....i hope we get to see them in season two (please netflix,.....i really want a season two!!!!!)

okay it’s one in the morning. maybe i’ll have more thoughts tomorrow<3

[tarisilmarwen]

Tari’s Top Twenty OTPs - #5

OTP: Charlie/Amita

Fandom: Numb3rs

Charlie: A genius mathematician from a very young age, Charlie is often more comfortable relating to numbers and equations rather than people.  He’s idealistic and cares intensely about his family and friends, but can also be a stubborn workaholic who shuts himself off to work obsessively on a problem, especially as an emotional coping mechanism to ignore some pain he’s going through.  He’s enthusiastic and excitable, always ready to spew several dozen words of explanations about math theory... though not always to receptive audiences, lol.

Amita: Also a brilliant math genius, we start the series with Amita working under Charlie, who serves as her thesis adviser.  Amita is much more extroverted than Charlie, warmer and more emotional, though she shares the same passion and enthusiasm for math.  She often functions as a voice of sanity and stability for Charlie and after she graduates becomes one of his closest friends, collaborators, and partners.

Together: Charlie and Amita quite clearly had feelings for each other from the beginning, which pretty much everyone could see, but because of the mentor/student relationship they had at the time they didn’t pursue it.  After Amita’s graduation and a good half-chunk of the show with her working alongside Charlie as his friend and companion, however, the two awkwardly worked their way into what eventually became a very stable and happy relationship.  Amita is a warm, caring presence in Charlie’s life, often comforting and encouraging him, and Charlie often gave her very helpful advice when she came to him for personal problems.  They would frequently work together on Charlie’s brother’s FBI consulting work, putting both their brilliant minds to the task and enjoying every minute of it.  Their interactions tend to be playful and lighthearted; they clearly enjoy each other’s company.

How I Got Into The Fandom: Gosh, I don't even remember at this point.  I think Numb3rs was just one of the regular shows my family kept up with and I just fell into it.

When I Started Shipping Them: I think I sort of shipped it in the, “Yeah okay they’re totally gonna be a thing.” regard in Season One, but Season Two was when they really started ramping up the Ship Tease and emphasizing how well the two related to each other.  And so like a sucker I fell.

Why I Love Them: Aside from having many of the relationship dynamics that appeal to me (Brooding Boy Gentle Girl, Geek Boy Stoic Girl, Playful Banter, etc.) Charlie and Amita do something rather unique: They actually resolve the UST and get together in the middle of the series.  This almost never happens for me.  Usually I have to go through endless UST and dancing around each other and it is so frustrating because I just want to see to the part where the two can actually be a couple and kiss and cuddle and be adorable together and most shows never reach that place.  Charlie and Amita do, and it is wonderful and they are as precious and fun to watch as ever post-hookup.

Three Favorite Moments:

1. "It all turns on a dime...”

Season Five’s finale ends in the most wonderful way possible.   Having rescued Amita from being kidnapped by a creepy cultist (who wanted her for her math skills, naturally), Charlie and Amita are walking the CalSci campus, cherishing and treasuring each other’s presence with the full knowledge that they almost lost each other playing at the forefront of their minds.  Charlie starts waxing poetical, calling back to the conversation they were having before Amita got unceremoniously grabbed, tying in together some of the underlying themes that had been a constant throughout the season.

And then he kneels down, taking her hand and producing a little velvet box.  He looks up at her adoringly and says those classic words, “Will you marry me?”

The episode closes out with the smile that’s tugging at Amita’s face, with a tableau of the two against the archway of the campus as the pop love song filters in and we fade to black.

2. Magic.

Charlie is very much a rationalist, dismissing the supernatural and extrasensory and other things he can’t explain through science and numbers.  This extends even to stage magic, which Charlie views with a bit of a sense of cynical skepticism.  Nevertheless, after he and Amita have helped solve the case of the week--involving the world of stage magicians, naturally--Amita drags him out to his own private little magic show, with her as the centerpiece.  She’s borrowed an air fan, a suspension system, and dozens of rose petals, and tells him she’s going to show him what she finds so special about magic.

And so she turns on the fan and rises up into the air, with flower petals blowing softly all around her, delight shining from her face.  And Charlie can’t help but find it in his heart to get wrapped up in her passion, and enjoy how she loves it, even if he can’t understand the appeal himself.

3. Surprise kiss.

Amita comes to Charlie’s office with a personal dilemma, having trouble figuring out how to help a kid in crises she knows.  Charlie looks uncomfortably towards his chalkboard, not quite sure how to help her, and just kind of casually throws out the suggestion for Amita to ask her grandmother.  Amita lights up, this apparently being just the right thing to say, just the right advice for him to give, and as he’s turning back around she surprises him with a quick, grateful peck right on the lips.

Charlie goes quite braindead, and can only stare after her as she thanks him and rushes from the room. :)

[coralsgrimes]

can i just say that i always got the feeling that if ben would go for a co-star on shadow and bone it would be amita, bc i noticed in interviews that hes always smiling or laughing at her or with her and he also always comments under her pictures and likes her pictures.. which cant really be said about jessie

Jessie has 29 posts total and Benny liked 25/24 of those... never checked comments cuz I don't care lol

I was thinking the other lady, the one who deactivated her account on ig recently and who is slightly older (closer to Benny's age it is lol)? can't remember her name but she was one of the gregverse airbenders I think xd