#i just feel really anxious

[dramashii]

Love does not grow at a fixed rate; CW: The Interest of Love

I couldn't fall asleep so I decided to try and catch up with all the latest eps.

I initially attempted to see this on its premier week, but my friend called me in the middle of watching the second episode, and so I just lost focus. Now that I no longer have any currently watching Korean drama in my list, I decided to get back on this. I watched the first 8 episodes, and if I can describe my experience so far with one word, it would be frustrating. 

The Interest of Love is a Kdrama starring Yoo Yeon Seok and Moon Ga Young. It follows a messy love affair between 4 people in a workplace. 

When I first heard the drama was set in a bank and the title was The Interest of Love, I thought to myself: “That actually makes perfect sense”. Interests and banks are often hand in hand with each other. We put money in banks, and the price of putting them there (or lending it) is called interest. It might seem corny or on the nose, but I think it’s a great nod to the setting and it perfectly summarizes the drama: the payment of love.

For me it’s actually the recurring question in the drama: “How much are you willing to pay for love?” The drama shows the attempts of 4 people in a messy love square answering it. 

The drama is actually interesting to me. There’s so much symbolism involved which makes me analyze everything in different angles (maybe I’m just overthinking this whole drama lol). The main characters have a lot of layers in them which makes watching them intriguing. The drama largely talks about classism which is very prevalent in society. A lot of times, how people treat you depends on how much money you have. The drama portrays many different situations where this is the case. The characters involved in that love square depicts different social classes, and so you get to see how differently they react to common situations. 

I do understand where the criticisms are coming from. Like I said in my first paragraph, this drama is frustrating. A lot of the problems in here could be solved if people would just sit down and talk. There are so many hesitations and assumptions between characters that as a viewer, just exasperates me. If the characters spent less time looking at each other from a far, and more at being honest they wouldn’t be in this knot in the first place. Not to mention that the drama also brushes on toxic working environments, there are a lot of characters to dislike here.

I also don’t really see that much chemistry between the main leads for some reason, neither do I like their characters individually. I find myself rooting for the second male lead a lot. 

I’ll probably just continue to watch this just to see how far all of them will go. 

[lilybug-02]

City of Tears. But Mini.

I wanted to make an atmospheric art piece with Dewi. And the City of Tears is one of the most sorrowing, beautiful, and grand places to do that. This is a lot of firsts for me regarding the architecture and lighting. The shadows cover a lot, and it may have been too much. I'm happy with how it turned out tho.

No idea how Dewi found his way into the City. Probably magic. Probably plot too :) But oh boy, he is experiencing childlike wonder in his raincoat!

This is a better show of the line detail I needlessly covered up in the final lol

[jadeluz-official]

He always loved her, didn't he?

[uncanny-tranny]

Hey, if you have speech impediments, you are so amazing.

If you stutter or have a lisp or misspeak easily or you have a flat affect or a limited verbal vocabulary or if your voice is AAC or if you just have a difference in your vocality, you are so incredibly important and amazing.

Just know that your voice is yours. Nobody will ever be able to truly take it away. Your voice is part of you, and you deserve to make it as true to you as you deem fit. I hope you have the space to grow with your voice and whatever about it makes it unique.

[nordidia]

having a very rough night so raph doodles needed to be made

when in need, mash two interests together

[royalarchivist]

[A sad violin song plays over an image of a sad hamster]

Pac: This doesn't have anything to do with me – I wear a blue sweatshirt, you're crazy, this mouse doesn't even have a sweatshirt, this hamster! [Reading chat] Am I a depressed hamster?

[ Transcript continued ↓ ]*

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Pac: Actually– that's fine! I embrace that idea – of course I'm going to be depressed, are you crazy? [He hits his desk, then starts counting off people on his fingers] Fit is gone, Richarlyson is gone, Ramon is gone, Bagi and Empanada who were always there when we were there are also gone, I haven't seen them! It's just me and Tubbo, and sometimes Philza shows up.

Pac: I lost Chume Labs, I lost the Favela, I lost Murder Mystery, I lost Ilha Chume Labs, it's crazy! Look at how much I've lost, and I've gained nothing! Of course I'm going to be depressed, are you crazy?! How am I supposed to be happy?!

Pac: [Reading chat] "You have us Pac," that's true, thank you. No, that's true, sorry.

* NOTE: Please note that this is an incomplete transcript, as I was primarily relying on Aypierre's translation mod at the time and if I am not confident of the translation, I do not include it. As always, please feel free to add on translations or message me corrections.

[asukiess]

I think about this scene all the time and I don't think its talk about enough tbh

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

Okay challenge mode. You are a therapist and Eridan Ampora from Homestuck has just walked right out of his intro page into your office. How do you fix him?

put him and karkat in a room with a pile of stuff and tell them they can't leave until they've jumped into it and talked about their feelings

[angelpuns]

Deep deep fear that one day all my friends are gonna decide they just don't wanna talk to me anymore for whatever reason and unfortunately, I won't get the memo and will keep trying and that'll just make them hate me more :(

[ferryfoam]

He has no idea he's like a daughter to me. My middle aged male daughter

ASIT is making me real sad and lately I have been spending every waking hour thinking about nothing but Elim Garak

I have also been reading this wonderful fic by Cucumbermoon and it is making me sadder but it's beautifully written and very good https://archiveofourown.org/works/30310065 I am very enthusiastic to read the sequel once I am finished (it is possibly correlated to the fact I am menstruating as of current but I cried multiple times while reading so. Really good!!!)

[pnfc]

i haint watched the dang chibisode and idk if ill actually watch it with sound on sdfjk but i have a hurt feeling about them casually imbuing perry with speech for a one off gag because the idea that he needs to talk to communicate is fake. we had 4 seasons of wacky magic hijinks cartoon where perry never needed verbal speech to communicate. they couldve done this gag at any point in the show but they didn't, and the fact that they didn't felt significant. perry's muteness is such a core part of his character, to me, to the way i conceive of him/write him. i don't wanna overreact to a goofy little side cartoon (even tho i'm doing it anyway) but it's still the characters, and it still upsets me! ok that's it i've said my piece

[graciousdragon]

OH MY FUCKING GOD

I JUST WENT TO MY LOCAL HOT TOPIC THAT I'VE BEEN GOING TO FOR LIKE. 5 OR 6 YEARS NOW RIGHT??

I GOT SOME MCR STUFF BECAUSE. OF COURSE. IF YOU'VE SEEN MY RECENT POSTING HABITS YOU KNOW. THE BRAINROT IS REAL

I WAS TALKING WITH THE CASHIER ABOUT THEM BECAUSE HE WAS ALSO A FAN AND HE FUCKING SAYS "you wanna know a fun fact? this is the hot topic the lead singer used to work at! :D"

FUCKING WHAT

GERARD WAY USED TO WORK AT MY LOCAL FUCKING HOT TOPIC?!?

AND AFTER I LEFT I LOOKED IT UP TO MAKE SURE HE WASN'T FUCKING WITH ME AND YEAH. HE WAS RIGHT. WHAT THE FUCK

SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS THIS IS LIKE. WORLD-SHATTERING INFORMATION TO ME AND HE JUST DROPPED THAT SHIT SO CASUALLY WHAT THE HELL BRO. I NEEDED TO SCREAM ABOUT THIS SOMEWHERE

[arsenicflame]

Bootblacking is my favourite kink to give Izzy, because of course this guy would get his rocks off doing precise, repetitive, manual labour. OF COURSE he gets off on what is essentially just another chore on his list.

[angelmush]

i am so HAPPY . i feel happy. im so in love and i like my job and i enjoy my hobbies and i am so happy!!!!!!!!!!

[bunnihearted]

being too weird and unlikable and off putting and always being shunned and turned into an outcast everywhere i go and not having felt the connection and healing friendship has on you for so many years has really done a number on me

[spamsandsuch]

btw im sorry i never really reply to comments/compliments directly i actually really appreciate them i just have bad social anxiety online /gen