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“Sometimes you meet these people in your life and it's not meant to work out, but they change you for the better. Actually sometimes the strongest love can be someone that you never touch. I think it makes it much more powerful." - Cristin Milioti on Once
#ted lasso spoilers#ted lasso#ted x rebecca#rebecca welton#teddy boy#otp: you liven up the place#m*ne#mine: lasso#this reference has always haunted me but there were soooo many other things going on that i was like... naaaaaah#i just don't buy that no one on the creative team knew that they were telling a love story with ted and rebecca and that it would end#in a degree of tragedy#i think jason knew#what i would give to discuss it with him for conservatively three hours
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The earth shattering realization the game you have played is the only one like it, there is no other game, there isn't a world like it and you are cursed with that knowledge and abandonment for it, you are happier to have known and experienced the joys of playing, have come out wiser for it, but you'll never get anything like it again.
#disco elysium#i was a teenage exocolonist#hollow knight#quite frankly it comes mostly with sim games and interactive narratives#video games#gaming#ramblings ramblings#and this is not me saying “I NEED a sequel” because no#the quality of these games do not come from the potential of a sequel#i love playing games that are just isolated stories#i just wish other games with different stories could experiment with that gameplay because i enjoyed yknow?#the tragedy of being unique is you'll never see a mirror in the wild#oh well the curse of having to make your own stuff#put that creative degree to use am i right
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The eternal conflict between:
“The most interesting thing in a literary sense would be tragedy and a fate worse than death”
And
“I just want everyone to be happy and chaotic and go to the same cafe every Tuesday and adopt a cat or dog and maybe a few kids.”
#soooo many fandoms#to varrying degrees:#merlin#the magnus archives#supernatural#batman#star wars#basically anything that is family horror/tragedy#good omens#doctor who#the sandman#fandom#fanfiction
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Minyard is the 12,514 most popular last name in the U.S. (according to 2010 Census data), which makes it an uncommon name, but not unheard of. Yet whenever I see the name Minyard in the wild, I automatically think "how can this be an AFTG AU?". The brain rot is too far gone and I will just have to keep living like this.
#andrew minyard#aaron minyard#minyard#aftg#all for the game#sometimes these AUs are also really unethical too#Orleans Parish Coroner Frank Minyard for example investigated whether the Memorial Hospital deaths after Katrina could be ruled homicide#But like imagine Aaron making the decision to euthanize patients who wouldn't make it in an extreme natural disaster#and Andrew who used his criminology degree and knife skills to be a coroner finding a way to keep Aaron safe from his own decisions.#technically Aaron could be a medical examiner since that requires a medical degree but there's no story there then#god I hate my brain there is no story anyway#I will not be using other people's tragedy for inspiration#I will use my own tragedy instead
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was meaning to write a serious and thoughtful meta on this shot as the show's first use of metatextual framing (a story within a story) linking its premise to the war movie as a genre (the show as a fascist gothic work) but yknow what. scratch all of that lmao. the only thought that matters is: the moment you really start thinking about the show as a reactionary post 9/11 power fantasy, you can't stop.
#it's about going to WAR.......the WAR...on Terror#mary then jess......dareisay.....the twin towers....jk/#john the vietnam war vet snoozing and gone complacent w american prosperity. allowing a monstrous threat to sneak in#peak 00s media that is actually abt the war on terror. like two degrees separated from straight up propaganda#tbf it's not as clean as that either (like a mcu movie might be) the show attempts critique and (1-5) does read as a tragedy#the hunt/quest for vengeance after a monstrous threat. that also masks itself as human. capable of influencing your vulnerable son#if demonic influences aren't a metaphor for the white american fear over radicalisation idk what is!#the overuse of torture this show. the returning theme of containment/imprisonment. in the era of guantanamo???????#dean standing in for the gen x gulf war generation while#sam.....lily livered millenial who grew up on liberal cuck shit like captain planet. but also. standing in for#the inherent threat of a minority Other at risk of radicalisation <3#GOD thinking about this show re: fascism + the authoritarian family. im having the time of my life. no one else cares#j.txt
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my research partner and i are huddled in a blanket in paddington waiting for a too-late train i already miss you and you and you
#he keeps falling asleep almost on my shoulder and waking up and readjusting but i want to tell him its ok weve seen a lot#of each other ive seen your brainwaves you called me crying a few nights ago. research partner right now is a potentiality#friend is a certainty. i met a banker passionate about finance. he said his advice made the lives of others better and he likes the numbers#more than he likes anything else. on a high rise near canary wharf the view was wonderful and the people even moreso#he said i loved her but i spent 33 grand on her and i cant do this anymore. his voice cracked talking about her. he did love her.#and she talked softly she grabbed my hand she bought me a pack of Marlborough gold she told me to snap#the russian menthol cigarettes of the tortured polish man near us with my teeth i kept staring at her teeth#bright white and sharp. i couldnt find her heartbeat but i did find warmth and i did find her lips and i did feel#how she felt pressed against a wall. a pretty boy held my hand and i gave him my number. i couldnt stop smiling about her no matter#how many runways youve walked on how many collections youve designed how many students youve taught. senior lecturer teaches me how to do#very unethical things ethically over a double shot of vodka made by the half-persian with broken farsi. she talks softly#and she says her eyes are hazel but they appear a shade of red. pure gold on her hands and leather on her back and her fingers on my lips#(she talks softly sees through me she says something i cant hear but i wont forget the way she flies) she talked to my research partner#about the possibility of moving to sunny dubai with the rest of her family and my heart felt pierced. on her arm i traces a tattoo of a#knife passing through a rose. she told me she thought there was romance in severing so i kissed her some more.#he sat me down and asked me what i loved and i told him and he said no romance no person no tragedy will take that from you.#the room was filled with a collection of people in love with something that wasnt a person and i kept looking at her.#red eyes bitten jawline beautiful hands. it is 3 degrees Celsius my head is on his shoulder i miss my friends#we walked out the lecture hall with arms linked a photo of two years ago and we both said#jesus christ. i miss you all. and i miss logic metatheory lectures. im glad i get to stare at the depth of your eyes#i wish i had met you years ago.#crushposting
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quick sketch color practice thing
(scene from chapter seven of i am weary with contending! by the amazing @ari--anon . i am not the biggest fan of the drawing but the fic is the best thing i read in my life so. genuinely its so good. its a masterpiece.)
#genuinely#the best 300k words ive ever read#grian#mumbo jumbo#(young vers bdw. felt so weird to draw mumbo without the moustache)#(they are about to kill someone bdw. on accident. 2nd degree murder at worst)#i entered the fic thinking its a romcom with action elements but its so heartbreaking. like a tragedy#hermitshipping#? the drawing isnt but the fic really#really is#its so shipping#so just in case#my art
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A Subtle Running Theme
So, a day or two ago, I had the sudden realization about a theme in Abyss that I'm not sure I've seen addressed: 'getting what you wanted in the past that you no longer want now' and how that might influence the ending. Major Abyss spoilers up ahead!
Take Guy, for instance. He, of course, wanted to kill Luke fon Fabre.
He doesn't any more. He wants Luke to live and live well.
And yet...
Asch dies nearly instantly after he finally declares he intends to accept the 'Luke' identity:
...and then Luke follows in short order, despite his fervent wish to see what was done to his family returned to the Duke's.
Jade's another case.
His original intent when he first started working to create replicas was to use them as replacements for the originals, just as substitute bodies to revive the dead, memories and all. He worked and worked hard to find a way to make this dream come to life, modifying the means by which replicas are made in an effort to increase their stability (by means of switching to 7th fonons as their origin fonon).
Since then, he's moved on to believe that such a thing is just flat out impossible. That the dead do not come back, and that everything he did was a fool's errand.
But then, his 'impossible dream' of the Big Bang suddenly is possible. He gets to see it with Star, the original successfully taking over his replica's body, his mind intact...and now is faced with the prospect of it happening to Luke.
Which, again, is a thing he no longer wants.
Jade, shortly after: ...But this time, I do hope that the answer I’ve produced is incorrect.”
I also quote, from a talk between him and Dist, it's clear that Jade is trying very hard to avoid acknowledging the reality for what it is, that Asch will almost be guaranteed take over Luke's faculties and body in the near future, whilst not trying to appear weak to Dist:
Dist: ...Regardless of what caused his death, we can assume the Big Bang had begun. Jade: ...It may not have begun. Dist: What is that supposed to mean?! You're the one who finalized the theories on perfect isofons! Do you not believe your own research?! The Jade that I knew – Jade the Golden Child – isn't someone who would say something like that. ... Dist: Or is that replica that important to you? More than your best friend, Saphir?! Jade: The dust on the floor has value compared to you. Dist: Listen, Jade. The Contamination Effect cannot be prevented. Even with your talent.
Despite this attempt, Dist recognizes that Jade is not exactly happy with this fact, and tries to console Jade, while displaying his own perspective of 'memories=person' that Jade has moved on from. You know it's bad when Dist is attempting to console Jade in his own warped little way.
What had been his greatest dream is now a worst nightmare: Luke, as confirmed on Eldrant, would have lost his life and mind regardless if he survived the freeing of Lorelei, all to be a backup to the currently-dead Asch.
Hell, I can extend this to Natalia, too. She, in essence, wished for Luke to stop being himself the past seven years. To hurry up and re-become that prince charming she saw in Asch before his 'amnesia'. And soon he will, just as she has started to learn to appreciate Luke for his own merit instead of just being the inferior reflection of Asch.
Luke himself is not immune, either.
Starting at act two, Luke is increasingly depressed. He goes from passively wishing that maybe he ought have died to actively thinking dying would be the best for the world.
Enter Tower of Rem, where he finally decides that he actually wants to live. Lo and behold, it's exactly then the universe then decides to ensure a death in the near future for him via fonon separation. Not just that, but his journey's course leads to a duty that will kill him. Doomed twice over to certain death.
And that's not all. Another struggle he has is determining his own self identity. He finally resolves to want to be his own person, be able to have his own mind and body separate from just being 'Asch's replica' or 'Asch' at all in any capacity. This is a big thing that starts to anger Asch in the ending, as Asch has his own complicated feelings on Luke's independence from him and what it means for his own impending death (that I could and might rant about in another post).
Again, though, even that is possibly contested in the ending.
In short, Jade, Luke, and Guy all got what they wanted at the end of Abyss... just not what they wanted in the present.
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So, uh, yeah!
I see a lot of arguments that it just has to be Luke in the end, that he's the protagonist and thus is more untouchable/more likely to be revived than less central characters like Asch, and that it would be against Abyss' themes of self-determination to have that mysterious figure be anything other than Luke in body and (complete) soul.
However, with Abyss also consistent in its 'be careful what you wish for' narratives that come back to bite and bite hard the good chunk of the cast, I would argue it's entirely possible to have the ending be but another case of this corruption of past wishes.
#tales of the abyss#That being said I will again say I do think Abyss' ending is ultimately ambiguous.#I just think that there's far more room for a bitter or bittersweet ending than many make it sound!#tales of the abyss spoilers#Four of the party wanted Luke dead at some point in their lives in different ways. Some literal. Others figurative.#And they get what they want only exactly when they didn't want it anymore!#There's a certain degree of beautiful tragedy in that and to me I can find an ending with that compelling.#Add in the slightly broader theme of 'getting the opposite of what you want' with Asch (who at least somewhat wanted death) and boom!#He wanted death and now gets to live. He wanted Luke to replace him but now is replacing Luke.#Sorry for the rambling and I'm probably expressing myself poorly but argh. Thoughts(tm) emerged!
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Not sure I care enough to engage with the post, but to read SVSSS + extras and come away with the interpretation that SJ doesn't care about why YQY failed to save him, just that he did fail, and therefore would never forgive him or change his behavior towards him if he learned the truth, feels off-place to me. It seems to lean into the view that SJ doesn't actually care about YQY, just sees him as a useful tool, and thus couldn't be hurt by the supposed abandonment - with that interpretation it would then make sense to think he would neither care nor change his behavior (towards YQY) upon learning what actually happened.
#generously put - I suppose it's not an interpretation that the text of svsss completely forbids#but I don't see it as the most probable interpretation by a long shot and it doesn't explain their interactions or themes well at all#given that Shen Jiu eventually canonically forgives YQY even without an explanation I don't see why he wouldn't if one was earnestly given#I could see SJ continuing to throw some lingering degree of fit if he learned that YQY had indeed tried but failed#(and YQY honestly doesn't need to elaborate on the whole trauma only the important part - that he set out too late)#but I really don't think their relationship would have been anything like how it turned out in canon#no real comment on how SJ's actions would change on ~everything else~ since it's so counterfactual after that point and we know he's a git#I do honestly feel that the novel bolsters this idea with the whole thing at Maigu Ridge#where SY learns of YQY's tragedy and immediately sees what he has to do to avert the same with LBH#he saw how important it was to explicitly let LBH know how loved he is even if he can't explain everything because it CAN change things#and it does for them#the responsibility part is... well everyone is responsible for their own behavior - including SJ#now I don't have strong opinions on this next part#but regardless of trauma or his right to remain silent - YQY has some responsibility for the ~direct~ consequences of the choice he made#namely referring to SJ's belief that he was callously abandoned and his pain and anger over it#but he is absolutely not responsible for SJ's “everything else”#idk just had some thoughts
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quackity used his law school education quite a bit during dsmp lore and i would assume also for the qsmp election. he flexes that law school brain of his, it's just not always done so in a typical court room manner.
You're so right, anon. I just constantly find it hilarious that it only seems to come in handy during Minecraft.
#'so are you planning on becoming a lawyer when you get your degree?'#'alex?'#quackity: *minecraft music intensifies*#asks#ask#he is genuinely shockingly smart#it's just only ever put on display during minecraft streams#whether that is a tragedy or one of the great achievements of this world is still to be determined#quackity#ish
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One thing I really wish the FF Community would Stop doing is Removing All Nuance from the Parents in Those Stories in order to Make Them Abusive Supervillains who Never Loved their Kid.
Like... In the Four Years I've been here, and for how Small the Community really is, you'd be surprised how many Times I've seen it-
#The Most Prominent (and Worst) Example I can Give is with Alec’s Mother#Like... Yeah- She listens to Fucking Books and is a Karen basically- She's not a Good Mother#But making her into an Abusive Mother who Never Loved Alec and just wants to Control Him?? I think we read the Wrong Book Guys-#That Removes alot of the Tragedy in Lonely Freddy- The Fact that Things could've Gotten Better if they just Talked#But they can't anymore since Alec is Trapped in a Dumpster...#There's also plenty of More Examples I can Give#Devon's Mother isn’t Abusive or Homophobic- She’s a Struggling Woman who was Abused herself (Devon’s Father threw things at her)#Which in turn from that Struggle- Has made her Neglectful of Him#I can't really say much for Pete's Mom since I forgot alot of Step Closer- but making her a Comical Abusive Mother probably isn’t accurate.#I even once saw Oswald's Dad get Villainized and Like... We definitely must've read the wrong story cause the worst thing I remember him#doing is getting upset at Oswald for going Into the Pit#It's usually always the Mothers who get Villainized tho- Like... If we're going to look at their Kids with Nuance and-#- believe they could get better if their stories didn't end with Tragedy#Why can't we do the same for their Parents??#Also if you REALLY want like... an Abusive Parent to Hate- Greg's Dad is right There.#Angel's Step Dad is Pretty Abusive too from what I heard (I never read the Story)#I'm just saying- There’s no need to villainize the Parents with Actual Nuance to Comical Degrees#fazbear frights#<- Tagging it because it's something I've really grown tired of...#Oh Yeah in Case I wasn't Clear#I don't think the Ones I mentioned above are good Parents necessarily (Besides maybe Oswald's Dad)#I just Don't like when people make every single one of them Super Mega Abusive cause that like... Kinda removes the fact that you can be a-#- Bad Parent WITHOUT being Abusive or Hating their Kids?? Like... You're kinda removing alot of Gray and making things very Black and White#Ok sorry for Writing an Essay in the Tags- I just had alot to Explain
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I definitely think Mary was being genuine whenever she talks to Yashiki about saving the mark bearers and expressing her gratitude for carrying on Saya's wishes
It would be easy to say that oh that was all an act on her part so she could kill Yashiki much easier but by him pacifying all those spirits he makes hos mark weaker no? So if Mary goal's was to get rid of Yashiki why give herself a handicap? If the blue end audio drama is anything to go by with seeing Yashiki get possessed and ultimately get destroyed as a result from it, I'm of the belief that Mary is a good person and probably wants to be a good person, but the nature of being sacrificed to be turned into a doll and that being almost a curse in itself has had the tragic result of warping her into a sinister corrupted version of herself much like the spirits such as Hanayome before her
#death mark spoilers#all of death mark and NG's spirits all have a degree of tragedy to them so it feels out of place to just say Mary is just evil
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If you claim to be a feminist, you should be outraged by the situation in Sudan.
The lack of gynecological care for nearly two million pregnant people aside as well as little to no access to period products, rape has become a common tool.
Mass rapes happen daily.
Though happening to men too, women and girls are targets at any moment.
That’s not to mention there are not any birth control or STI prevention implemented. Leading to more pregnancy that cannot be given proper medical attention or treatment for STIs.
You may be aware it is a civil war taking place, and there are reports from Sudanese women claiming that soldiers from both sides are perpetrating.
About 1 in 5 are displaced.
The war began only a year ago.
Villages are being looted and burned. Men and boys are killed or kidnapped. Women and girls are attacked and raped. Everyone is starving. Children aren’t going to school. People are no longer people.
This is a women’s issues, as well as a major humans rights issue.
Here are places to donate if you can. If not, please stay informed and spread the message as much as you can.
-Fight Hunger in Sudan: The Khartoum Kitchen appeal
-Women for Women International
-Dafur Women Action
-One Million Pads
-UNHCR
-Islamic Relief
#I’m embarrassed that I’ve only very recently began to actually look into the war#though tumblr has done a good job at making people aware there is a huge problem in Sudan#I’m not sure how many have read into it#as someone finishing my history degree#just learning about what Sudanese are going through makes a big difference as they are at least remembered#their suffering isn’t in vain#this is getting like three notes but just like I’ve been with Palestine#it’s so frustrating how little I can do with such a large tragedy#rae’s rambles#Susan#free Sudan#keep eyes on sudan#tw rape
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dahlia hawthorne and lolita and being trapped in a story where youre already dead by the time youre caught up to the present and youre rendered as a ghost no matter how much agency you attempt to exert and even when you were alive your attempt at a quiet life was derailed by the very person who you employed to help you which in turn propelled you towards your own doom and youre blamed for it over and over again??
#dolly you shouldve been allowed to kill people too. it wouldnt save you narratively or your soul. but still.#of course they do die at the end! because its a horrible terrible tragedy where everyone is trapped inside the book! to differing degrees!
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my little source of egotism is that I am fully convinced the black sails fandom is responsible for making the concept of Doomed by the Narrative popular on tumblr
#WHICH of you put the fucking clock in Goncharov#maybe im just in my little Boat Media echo chamber#but a year ago I feel like no one more than three degrees away from bs would know what I meant by The Narrative (threat)#those three degrees obviously including the greek tragedy bloggers who i am sure are at root of this#love playing the game of 'how many steps until I can blame this on the Trojan War'
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wait what was anti-science about twisters?
It’s not anti-science (quite the opposite!) but anti-education I think.
*WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW *
The male lead proudly boasts that his storm wrangling team don’t have or need “fancy PhDs” to do their job, while being very reluctant to discuss his college background . He and his less educated team are the good guys, giving free food and using their earnings from selling tornado merchandise to offer tornado disaster relief.
Meanwhile the more educated academic team, Storm Par, are all boring snobby squares, and idiots unknowingly giving their data to evil real estate developers who exploit tornado victims. The only two likeable Storm Par members (Kate and Javi), are the ones who switch sides to help the other “hillbillies” team.
#this is a complicated matter regarding U.S. education#yes science jobs should be available to everyone and not just degree holders#but having 0 degrees doesn’t make you a better person#and the idea that academics use their knowledge only to exploit victims of tragedies is just offensive to me#maybe because I worked in science communication that I feel so strongly about this movie#anon#ask#answer#twisters#twisters 2024
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