#in hindsight this is very expected

[aquarines]

lestat de lioncourt being cancelled by taylor swift fans on twitter only 24 hours after he debuted...can you name a more iconic vampire? absolutely not!

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

Broke (2016): BBC Sherlock is a phenomenal piece of media and anything that seems like a flaw just hasn't been fully explored yet

Woke (2020): BBC Sherlock is an incredibly flawed series run by an egotistical writer, it never deserved the hype and is actively bad on so many fronts (especially representation)

Bespoke (2024): BBC Sherlock is flawed and bogged down by increasingly poor writing, which many fans refused to see while it was airing, leading to hugely misplaced expectations (particularly for the final series), AND it has the seeds of some compelling characterizations and portrayals, some genuinely solid performances, and touches--albeit imperfectly--on complexities that are still being discussed today (particularly as it relates to the relationship between Sherlock and John). The huge cultural impact of the show has created a massive pendulum effect in its public perception, leading to most people today remembering a caricature of the show (whether positive or negative) rather than appreciating its nuanced merits and failings...that being said Season 4 sucked

[eri-pl]

Silm Advent calendar 2: Home

They said the war was over, and the evil had been defeated, and the world was free. There was relief and celebrations, and despite the world being torn by the wrath of the Valar, the Men looked up with hope.

They said the Edain were chosen to become more, to become what the Men should have been. More than the Eldar, and even if not: not less, only different. There was joy, and relief, and their reward was beyond what they could think of.

They called this island "the land of gift". It was beautiful and new, and their ancestors had never dreamed of anything like it. So close to the Valar, so blessed. A gift indeed.

They called it home, finally, the home they'd been seeking.

...they were almost right.

[lostwords-found]

putting my "celia is actually archivesverse jonah lol" tinfoil-and-red-string truther hat back on for a moment, just to say i cannot believe it didn't occur to me until now how incredibly fucking perfect that would make the first statement chester reads to her.

celia: *sits down at computer*

chester, immediately: I RESIGN, MY BOSS IS THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD AND I'M SO GLAD MY HORRIBLE WORKPLACE GOT BURNED DOWN. HERE IS A LIST OF ALL THE WAYS MY JOB TRAUMATIZED ME. PLEASE SEND FORMER BOSS TO GET INTERROGATED BY PYROMANIAC TRIGGER HAPPY MERCENARIES KTHXBAI NEVER SPEAK TO ME AGAIN, ALSO YOU OWE ME SO MUCH MONEY, LOSER

[deva-arts]

How do you shield a baby mind reader from witnessing thoughts it shouldn't? You don't.

This boy has never lived an age-appropriate day in his life

[crystalkiseki]

ruby was 12 when she died of course she'd tell people on twitter to kill themselves

[deus-ex-mona]

5am thoughts about how asuna is the same age as the gen 2 cast…

[wonder-worker]

A.J Pollard’s biography on Edward IV was so cringe lol (generic; minor but frustrating inaccuracies; intensely judgmental at times and oddly dismissive at others while never considering the broader context; entirely diminished and trivialized Elizabeth Woodville as both queen and wife of his main subject in the name of "defending" her; created a false dichotomy between Edward and Henry VII’s styles of ruling and lauded the latter at the former’s expense even though Henry literally followed Edward’s example for the very things Pollard was criticizing Edward for; had a downright nonsensical and thoroughly misleading conclusion about Edward’s legacy & Richard’s usurpation that was based entirely on hindsight, Pollard's own assumptions, and the complete downplaying Richard’s agency and actions to emphasize what Pollard wrongly and misleadingly claimed were Edward's so-called 'failings', etc, etc)

I wanted to buy his book on Henry V but after reading this shitshow and the synopsis of that book, im guessing it's going to be 10x worse, so...no thanks

[phoenixcatch7]

If there's one thing I like more than time travel it's crossover reincarnation, so.

Botk link reincarnated as Damian Wayne.

An incredible weapon master of all types, but especially prodigious with a sword - he was beating knights at the age of 4 and with his memories as intact as they get for him I can see that goalpost moving even further (probably with traps and tricks, a 3yo doesn't exactly have great bodily control).

He's an excellent survivalist, agile, strong, durable, cunning and creative. He can move like a feather in the breeze, strike from behind with ease. His first kill, an animal, did not stir him as it did the other children. With his poise, grace, skills, obedience, he ought to be ra'as' finest assassin in the making, a jewel in the crown of the league.

Except he never speaks a word. Half his targets escape unscathed. He skates by true punishment on the merit of his skills and achievements in other missions. Testing has shown it is not a physical deformity that prevents his speech, but not even talia has been able to coaxe a word from him past his second birthday.

It is a defect ra'as is growing more and more frustrated by, as each attempt to fix these two final flaws ends in resounding failure. Less extreme solutions are running dry.

Talia fears those solutions. Her child does too, she knows. For them, there is a possible solution, more extreme than anything ra'as would tolerate.

She sends him out of the league. To his father.

To Gotham.

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads / storygraph

Camp Damascus

horror

after throwing up insects and seeing demons that her parents deny, a girl investigates the conversion camp her evangelical community runs by investigating young people who’ve gone through the program and her own muddled memories

autistic lesbian MC

[tomaturtles]

me, who has been following you for two months: THAT'S NEWS TO ME

like, you could've told me you've been into nge for YEARS and i would've believed you

HELPPPPP THAT'S SO FUNNY 😭😭 I'm glad my enthusiasm makes up for my short time being into it <3

[acerikus]

Watched the new Futurama episodes hoping it'd be better than the last season. That first episode was kinda dogshit ngl, exact same things I had gripes w last time. The second one was a lot better though imo! It didn't spell out what it was parodying quite as hard and put enough of a spin on it for it to work

[astro-b-o-y-d]

Aww, I get to show off my short hair at work tonight~!

[longagoitwastuesday]

The Toshiro Mifune version of Cyrano de Bergerac was such a pleasant surprise. I loved how they did Cyrano's friendship with Christian, and how they enhanced Roxane's love for poetry and the fact that she writes back and replies during the balcony scene

[talesfromthebandgeekmafia]

I’ve always wanted to be the kind of person who keeps a journal so as a birthday gift to myself I bought a really nice one with an embroidered cover off Etsy a couple weeks ago, it came yesterday and I finally sat down to use it today and I’ve discovered that I absolutely love it. I wrote 6 pages (2 of which were about OFMD lmao) and I feel great

[cultreslut]

a lot of my growth post autism diagnosis has just been to accept and learn to live with some ""quirks"" i have or whatever . like its okay if i want to wear the same pair of socks all the time i dont have to force myself to do something i believe to be expected of me .... i can wear sweaters every day if i want to