#i know im a fucking nerd i got it

[kugelbombed]

small ramble because I'm too big a nerd for marble hornets NOT to :

no, Tim doesn't have DID! or black out episodes! he's actually not a proxy at all.

the whole concept that when he has the mask on, he's in a different persona? it's actually untrue. he's fully sentient and himself when he has the mask on - he knows what he's doing, who he's talking to, and it's the same person.

the only reason he forgets things in the series is because the operator wipes his memory. he forgets things after the operator gets his hands on him, or through Alex. Tim doesn't remember getting his leg broken, because Alex was there with the operator when it happened. other than that, he's sentient.

why? he was confused. he didn't understand, so when Brian came along (also fully himself), showing Tim how Alex was "the problem", Tim was enraged and teamed up as "Masky" and "Hoody" to work against Alex and the operator. theyre not proxies, they never served the operator, and they're fully sentient.

I recommend watching NightMind's video on it! NightMind my goat. gave me a completely new understanding on the series.

feel free to ask away if needed. :)

[themyscirah]

Complaining abt Suicide Squad yet again but the fact that they have Waller exposing the alien community to space racist attacks and talking abt how she got to her position through deceit and being a terrible person and stuff is just. Ahsfiwueh JUST SAY YOU DONT KNOW WALLER.

Anyways literally the 3rd mission of the Squad ever (and the first framed as smth Waller picked and not orders from above) was the Squad discrediting and stopping a rogue vigilante who was only arresting POC and funneling white people into white supremacy groups (of which he was the most prominent member) in SUICIDE SQUAD #4. and it's explicitly framed as this mission being personal for Waller that she's hiding from the government bc its illegal like. Guys. Please why are we having her incite (space bc comics) racist attacks now

Also the whole "Amanda got her position through deceit and being a terrible person" NO. she KEPT her position through being shitty and playing complicated political games!!! She wasn't always that way like there is a difference and it is IMPORTANT ppl PLEASEEEE. In Secret Origins #14 we learn Amanda's backstory and she used to be a normal, caring person! Like even after she entered into working in government and politics she wasn't automatically morally bankrupt like please people. She was originally given control of the Squad by Reagan (*sigh* 80s comics...) to distract and get rid of her because she was so successful at pushing progressive social policy in Congress. Acting like she's this static pillar of evil is such a waste of her character and so fucking uninteresting and disrespectful to her arc it drives me MAD.

Like I am NOT saying Waller is all sunshine and rainbows, she fucking SUCKS (said w love <3) but like there's a human being there. It's a progression, she has a character arc like please, DC, please!!! They've fucked up Waller so bad and made her so opaque and uninteresting she can't even be the protagonist of her own story for fucks sake!

Like I don't know how many times I have to scream it until DC hears me or remembers but WALLER IS THE MAIN CHARACTER OF SUICIDE SQUAD. ITS HER BOOK. yet right now she's a cutout to be used as the villain wherever the writers please. Even in her book we get none of her perspective really displayed, no exploration of her thoughts with any kind of understanding of the role she traditionally has played and was made to play in the story.

[afantasyoffiction]

has anyone told jorge how much the feral angsty gay girlies on tumblr dot com love his work??

like i know ppl on insta like comment and like etc etc. but is he on here? does he know? does he realise how absolutely committed and loyal and wildly invested his tumblr fandom is???? i rlly think he deserves to know

[dragonlordofmiddleearth]

Girl what did Arthur do in the legends

He got Morgana pregnant with baby Mordred

[tealfruit]

another day another dealing with management scrambling about their own poor decisions and supply chain/budget issues even tho I'm really fucking not paid enough for all that

[simcardiac-arrested]

cream ... clawing at your legs ... coughs all over you ... i need. to know more about sep + wayback in severance .i need to know. Please. please. clawing you. pleaes

there is more thought to be had about them but so far what i have is: wayback's sense of justice and desire for fairness is an inherent trait of his, so when he ends up severed and in the walls of lumon -- he, of course, becomes rebellious. helly style. he's still kind, but he's not nice, because being nice and finding the good in everything and being passionate and etc etc -- all those behaviors are something wayback nurtured in himself. without that nurture, without the repression and the hiding negativity behind smiles, he really is just allowed to be angry. he is pissed at everyone and everything: he does not like the work, he does not like anyone he's working with, he wants to get out and hopefully get everyone else out without too much hassle, and he hates all the pretenses and airs everyone puts up. especially sep. he just wants them to drop the bullshit.

so what's about sep? i feel like they're not that different from their actual non-severance self. at first they would've put up a fight, been just as rebellious because sep is nothing if not someone who cares deeply, and oh, they'd see what everyone (including themself) has to go through and they'd care. but it wouldn't take long to get that beaten right out of them. because another core aspect to sep is that they long for a reason. a meaning. a justification of why exactly the bad things happen, why it needs to hurt, why it needs to be like this. and lumon would give them that reason, that explanation, that purpose. life is about doing things you don't like. you're not really a person. you're suffering for a greater good. and so this is how we'd actually get innie sep -- someone who spreads lumon propaganda and believes fully in them, irving style, and wants everyone else to believe because sep still cares. and sep still thinks he knows better. but there's always going to be that one crack, that one fault in his reasoning he barely managed to convince himself of, that might still make his ideals come apart at the seams if given the proper motivation

[spinjitsuburst]

I also finished Dragons Rising :D

I could NOT take episode 20 / Beatrix with her Merge Weapon seriously because every time someone got sucked into a mergequake portal, all I could think is “damn, Beatrix just made more paperwork for Jay, poor Jay’s going to have so much overtime from this and be even crankier to his underlings"

Yes I know that stopping the merge storm brought everyone back think of the paperwork angst. So much paperwork angst.

Also who wants to bet that part of why Jay's playing video games on company time (stick it to the man, Walker) is so they can subtly drain his lightning for their tasers (or that's him recovering from 'free willingly' using his powers as a battery). Or that he's signed like a bunch of forms allowing the administration to use his lightning for tasers. Because those tasers are absolutely Jay's lightning.

HELP AHAHHHAHGJKHF

Jay kicking open the door to his office: WHO THE HELL IS MESSING WITH THE REALMS I JUST GOT LIKE 100 NEW REALM REASSIGNMENTS

I could still see them using Jay's powers and skills to create their tech but tbh it's hard to tell until we actually see MORE of the administration and what they're up to

[iamthepulta]

The gem show is dangerous to me for reasons other than minerals.

[biblicalhorror]

Late s3 cordy showing up in the library when Buffy's there to aggressively flirt with Wesley only to complain about being soooo bored the second she's actually left alone with him lmfao girl I know what you are so bad

[nemaliwrites]

drinking wine by the pool tonight, and you know what? maybe things really will turn out okay after all

[themyscirah]

Okay so basically the United States MINT of all people is going to be working with DC to make a line of coins! These coins sadly won't be in circulation (the things I would do to live in a world where I could get Batman coins from the supermarket) as they're collectors coins, but will be releasing over the course of the next 3 years, 2025-2027.

Designs haven't been released yet (the same is true for all 2025 designs) but we know there will be 9 coins in total (3 each year) with the first year featuring (of course!!!) Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.

Although we know the first three heroes to be featured, the remaining six have yet to be decided, and it turns out the Mint is putting out a survey on their site to gauge which of a group of culturally significant heroes people want to see most! (link to the form is mentioned in the article above)

The considered group includes: Supergirl, the Flash, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Captain Marvel, John Stewart GL, Aquaman, Hawkman, Jamie Reyes BB, Robin (Damian?), Cyborg, and Batgirl, of which 6 will be selected.

As someone who does a bit of coin collecting myself (mainly circulation coins like the quarters sets, but I also have a couple proof and collectors coins) I think this is a really cool and interesting idea that showcases the history of the comics medium and these characters and their influence on American culture. Really excited to wait and see what the designs look like for the coins already announced!

[ebitenpura]

Reverse City spoilers but this guy owns my Mihile's whole ass. He doesn't even have a face but he moved me in this story so much. Sad author guy who put his entire soul into his books but also needed the courage of another human being to have the will to live. Kind of boring in his own way but he was so cool-- 'we're all sad lonely pathetic outcasts who want to see our next sunset' theme got me ok

Not to mention there's something really intriguing about isekai'ing a guy from the normal world to this alien one while the PC is from a fantasy world, so you're technically both isekai protags but reversed as well

[robbie-roo]

Wine post coming soon soldiers 🫡

[afantasyoffiction]

i’m fucking obsessed with this post but it left us with one crucial question i want to yap abt!!!

this is abt to be so undercooked so buckle up (ha. buck. lol) and brace urselves for me to pretend i know how to answer the question ‘why are they using something Buck hates (basketball) as triggers for his major life changes?’

point the first. it may be something buck doesn’t like, but it represents a large deal of social bargaining/power given that eddie and tommy and chimney and probably everyone else DO like it. this means it’s relevant in every single instance where Buck is not just approaching a major like change, but is specifically trying to win ppl over. whether that’s Chris, a conversation abt Buck’s literal abandonment issues, or his jealousy around eddie in several episodes.

point the second. the basketball is not a neutral symbol, coincidentally assigned significance on an ad hoc basis. it’s a symbol of a popular thing Buck hates, a symbol of the type of persona that buck (1.0 especially) has always nonetheless presented to the world (jock, womaniser, player {ha, again} etc etc). So when we see Buck with a basketball, it represents his need to blend in and garner approval through a shared interest.

point the third. again, buck fucking hateesssssss basketball (and fair enough, bc it’s netball with all the cool clever parts missing) (omfg i NEED a netball au. someone write a sapphic buddie netball au. i am down on my knees BEGGING YOU). anyways what this MEANS is that every time he’s doing anything with a basketball, he’s pretending. he’s lying, either to others or himself or both. he’s pretending to be something he’s not.

even if the SCENE doesn’t involve Buck lying or pretending (and many of them do, especially the later ones), it signifies Bucks constant need to put on a persona that makes people like him more. that makes them want to stay - bc let’s be honest, as much as we all laugh at the software updates, and as much as self growth is a good thing, most of Bucks are driven by insecurity. so, basketball means Buck wants approval - and means he doesn’t think he himself is enough. he thinks he needs to be something more, someone cool, someone who loves the game…

since 8x11, i have not stopped thinking abt Buck trying to bond with Ravi, and bringing up things (basketball) which he DOESNT LIKE?!! because the point is to bond over shared interests, right. like that’s what the aim is there. but Buck doesn’t start with his own interests and then start pretending to like things later to win Ravi over - he starts with the lie, and then his actual honest confession is made to feel awkward and inauthentic.

now lots of u have argued this is bc buck is starting with eddie’s interests - which is v true and also hilarious - but i don’t think that’s the whole story. i think basketball is a symbol of who buck thinks he should be, who the people around him will like most. (after all, eddie likes it, and who wouldn’t love eddie?) so when buck is trying to bond with ravi, he’s putting on a front - at least until drunk!Buck starts rambling abt Eddie.

i may be making this up as i write this post, BUT i think there are banger implications for season 7 especially 7x04. because tommy has been consistently linked with basketball, hinting that he’s not the authentic relationship Buck truly wants, only the one Buck WANTS to want. and Buck’s jealousy plays out in real time - he goes to the basketball because he thinks on some level that being ‘that guy’ will make eddie and/or tommy like him more.

finally….i gotta address the lakers game. if we take that latest ramble to ravi to be about the lakers game, which tommy got buck tickets to (showing he doesn’t know him all that well), then does eddie going to said game with buck similarly undermine the authenticity of their relationship??? no. absolutely NOT!

the thing abt that game is that it’s evident how fond that memory is for buck. he loved spending an evening with eddie, basketball or not. hell, he volunteers to play that goddamn sport for eddie all the time. i think this former instance is relevant because it suggests that Eddie doesn’t magically ‘fix’ Bucks need to be seen a certain way and all his insecurities. instead, Eddie helps allay some of those fears, and supports him through the rest. with Eddie, basketball isn’t something Buck simultaneously envies and despises - it’s something manageable. even, on occasion, fun. Eddie is the best partner for Buck in every way because he builds Buck a bridge, instead of simply expecting Buck to be on one side or the other

TL;DR: of COURSE the symbol for changes in Buck’s life and character growth is something he hates. Basketball is something Buck pretends to enjoy when doing so presents an image he thinks people will love more than the real thing. Eddie is at times a trigger for this, but ultimately he’s the one who helps Buck overcome it <3

oh, and if you made it to the end of this MAMMOTH fucking post (i’m sorry!) i love u and tell me either ur fave or most hated sport…

Welcome to a guide to all basketball references around Buck's character so far written by the crazy color theory girlie who happens to be a former basketball player and might get too excited writing this!

Okay, first time we encounter a basketball in Buck's journey is actually in 301. The ball is there when Eddie drops Chris off but we do not get an angle of that table in 303, so it's unclear if it's still there.

But I can tell you it's no longer there the next time we see that table. And pretty much every other time we are in that area.

So the ball is only there for the beginning of Buck figuring out he loves Chris like a parent, not enough to create a pattern, BUT, it is the beginning of a major arc for Buck. So something to look out for.

The next time basketball comes up in relation to Buck doesn't really involve Buck. It is during 404 when Chim and Albert are discussing the Daniel secret and the way Buck is unaware of this big secret that shaped his whole life. In the episode he finds that out. So, look, another major event in Buck's life having basketball smacked in the middle.

Once is an instance, twice is a coincidence, so let's keep going.

Next time we see a basketball is in 608. When Buck is babysitting Jee while madney house-hunts.

608 is not a particularly eventful episode for Buck, but the house-hunting leads to the Buckley visiting, which ends up being a key part of his coma dream, a bit of a stretch, but I'll keep it here for further consideration.

Then we get to 704. 608 might be a stretch, but this sure ain't. So basketballs seem to be tied world-altering arcs beginning for Buck somehow.

704 first references basketball when Buck mentions the pickup basketball game Eddie is going to with Tommy. That's not the beginning of Buck's jealousy, but it is the first time he says he's upset he's being "excluded" even tho Eddie keeps inviting him. But that is what starts Buck's escalation.

Which then leads us to the scene everyone misunderstood.

We still don't know who Eddie was talking to, since who is talking to is fully irrelevant, but it is kinda funny that Buck is desperately trying to get Eddie's attention.

The thing here is that the dialogue "I was thinking we should, we should get a hoop, huh?" is easy to misinterpret as Buck trying to invite himself to the game and not knowing the proper language for it, since "shoot some hoops" is a casual way to invite someone to play basketball. But we establish that Buck has a standing invitation, he just keeps saying no because he doesn't like it. He hates in fact, as stated twice in the show. Buck wants to get an actual hoop for the station so that Eddie doesn't have to go with Tommy to play it. Buck already has a ball, we saw it in the loft twice. He got a ball for the station and he wants to add a hoop to the recreational area of the station. They have pool tables, and ping pong tables, and the gym, not that far fetched to have a hoop too.

But that does not work in getting Eddie's attention, so Buck decides to ask Chim to go to the game with him, so he won't just show up.

That leads us to the actual basketball game.

I think the actual game is choreographed in a very fun way. Buck is getting really frustrated, but for me, it has 3 key points.

Buck slamming into Tommy.

This line.

And Buck slamming into Eddie. (I'm not gonna add a gif, I don't like to look at that particular event)

The thing that's interesting that Buck slamming into Tommy, is that Tommy doesn't move. Buck gets all the impact. It adds to the way Tommy is unbending. Tommy is not presented to us as someone who compromises, and that makes that visual of Buck ricocheting from his chest something that catches my eye. I feel like even 811 adds to it, because he only decided to come back when he thought that he had won by default.

"You ain't getting past me" is just one of the many crazy wording lines we've gotten since s7 started. It is true within the context of the scene, Buck in fact loses possession of the ball to Eddie, so he doesn't get past him, but in the overall picture of their relationship, there is no getting past Eddie for Buck. Eddie is it. And Buck can pout, and lie, and distract himself, and pretend to be fine all he wants, he can't fill Eddie's space in his life with something else.

Obviously, we then have the too aggressive block that makes them believe Buck broke Eddie('s leg). This part is interesting because it takes Buck a while to react. This is a person who clawed at the dirt for Eddie, who ran into gunfire for Eddie. The fact that he freezes says a lot. His emotions get away from him and his immediate reaction is to hide. He only reacts when they determine that Eddie's leg might, in fact, be broken and he offers to be the one to drive him, but he doesn't push once Tommy tells him not to. He gives into the instinct to hide. And that ultimately is the thing that triggers the biggest change in Buck's character arc, the bisexuality once Tommy shows up in his house. But interesting enough there aren't references to the actual game during that conversation.

But we are not done with the basketball of it all in 704. Because we have the conversation with Maddie.

Up to that point everyone is interpreting what happened as an accident. Trust me, as someone who's dislocated a couple of fingers and has permanent damage on my ankle and knee because of basketball, it's ridiculously easy to injure yourself or someone else on a basketball court. But that's the moment Buck admits he is jealous and acting out. That scene is important because Buck admits to it being about Eddie, before Tommy offers him an explanation that's easier to live with and allows him to project that into somewhere safe. But that scene is also important because we find out that Buck didn't actually break Eddie('s leg), he's just scared that his big feelings scared Eddie away. But ultimately we know that Eddie is physically unable to hold anything against Buck so that turns out fine. He always going to be able to come back from his acting out, as also shown in 809.

Basketball is then not brought up again until 806, the anniversary dinner that leads to Buck and Tommy breaking up.

Hey, look, another subtle what got Buck together with someone is part of what breaks them up.

Anyway, Buck hates basketball. Interesting to think that Tommy would think that's something Buck would enjoy, since it is an established fact that he doesn't like it. But this dinner ends up the beginning of the end. Again, basketball is involved in a major life change, since the breakup ends up extended in 811 and we get confirmation on who Tommy thinks is Buck's last. Interesting, right?

We then get Buck holding a basketball as he goes crazy on the potential renters in 809.

The ball appears at a very interesting point in the conversation because when confronted with a mother and her kids, it almost makes it seem like he is "guarding" Christopher's room. And he only has the ball when talking to the mother, the one person that he feels threatened the most. Almost as if the idea of another family there is the thing that bothers him the most.

It is also what triggers Eddie telling him to leave, which makes him overhear Eddie, which makes him act out, which makes him take over the lease which creates all the problems from 811 that will probably definitely eventually lead to Buck's feeling realization. Yay for basketballs present in Buck's triggers.

But if you think I'm reaching on blaming 809 for the events of 811. Fear not because that's not where the basketball ends.

But Buck can't sleep in the house, so Maddie tells Buck to make new friends and Buck, bless his heart, tries to make friends by bringing up stuff Eddie likes because what he likes is Eddie.

But hell, basketball is present when he asks Ravi for drinks and it all leads to Ravi leaving him with Tommy and Tommy calling him out on possibly having feelings for Eddie that definitely won't lead to Buck figuring out any big thing about himself, right? 👀

And we also get a possible confirmation of the fact that Buck did in fact take Eddie to that Lakers game. Because if there's one thing Evan Buckley will do is yap about Eddie.

Why are they using something Buck hates in these triggers? Well, that's the part I haven't figured out yet, but it is something that is present, so I will be on the lookout for it to come up again lol

That's all for today, if you read this I love you.

[sotogalmo]

6:30

Tired of freenoodles fluff. (Makes them miserably comphet and species dysphoric because they want to be gay married together but the world is a fuck)

[imabiscuitinthousandworlds]

have finally reached that "staying out too late with friends" stage of life but the staying out late is the aftershow party of a theatre play and honestly i wouldn't have it any other way. and also! i made contact! relatively young person me n my friend clicked with (they work there and they're also queer and neurodivergent so. got along great) and we also taltled longer with that one actor i admire in every play i've seen him perform in and he's such a chill guy. theatre people are all so cool. it's So Cool