#insane to say out loud

[charles-leclerc-official]

Seeing everyone calm down today and start to look at different aspects of the race and clips and stuff with a new perspective (post-race day clarity, as I like to call it), I've seen many people praise Charles' start yesterday! And it's super well deserved, like it was great reaction time and he did what he had to do to get away quickly and put some distance to p2, but the car race pace simply wasn't there. No big deal, not his fault. But everyone's reactions are reminding me of yesterday's commentators on the channel that I watched. Translated from Bulgarian, they said:

*During formation lap* "Honestly, it's a big question mark for us as to why that car (SF-24) is there but it's Leclerc so it makes sense. If we are looking at (car) performance, Sainz represents it more accurately (like that's where the car should be, at the position Carlos had)"

Then they dissed McLaren some: "Mercedes is a bit of a question mark as well but not as much as the Ferrari. Realistically it would only make sense if McLaren were here (at the front) but for them the issue is not with the car"

*During the start and first few laps* "Leclerc has had a brilliant start, he has done everything required of him to pull forward, perfect sense of braking and accelarating, he's losing nothing on those corners compared to the competition!"

Idk I usually watch races without sound and was greatly surprised at the astounding adoration our commentators had for Charles 🥹 Considering the shit I read from SkySports usually this made me nearly weep

Sometimes it's just nice to hear that others see what we see every single week. And he did have a great start, the chances he held it were slim considering the cars behind, but that was a good show of how to defend position at the front and make it look effortless.

Thank you for transcribing all of this <3

[obibail]

"He said that's your style. Never quite lies, clever half-truths that let you convince yourself you're doing the right thing."

[lesbianmaxevans]

daniel molloy, my new bestie

[j0celynh0rr0r]

Say it.

[jessmalia]

Mal's Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch: The beach 3.05

[bigmoon-is-bigwife]

Hey why the fuck was Bad so insistent that only he is allowed to kill Foolish and was extremely distressed when Foolish was offering his life up to help Bad's allies? Bad already took Foolish's first two lives with accidents but then declared he'd have to kill anyone who killed Foolish because only he's allowed to do that (even though Foolish is adamantly wanting to sacrifice himself) ...🤨🏳️‍🌈...?

[laterkatersays]

callowmoore finally gets mentioned, by name, on a 4SD and then Ashley Johnson refuses to answer a question about Fearne and Ashton because she's still waiting to see where things go, like they haven't already cuddled every night for the last week (including one time on top of a dragon), made out underneath a blanket, kissed in public in front of all of their friends, had canonically very loud sex that was overheard by every member of Bell's Hells and the Mighty Nein, and made plans just before leaving for the final combat to take mushrooms together (when Ashton said "I would do any fucking stupid thing you were ever down for")

girl, what exactly are we waiting for?

[foundfamilywhump]

see like the thing with 'carewhumpers' as a concept to me is it just like... i know this is prrrrobably not really how it's meant but something skeeves me out about the idea that kindness or caretaking mixed in with hurting someone can somehow meaningfully complicate or dilute the harm done to the point of making that character no longer a 'whumper' whereas someone doing the same 'bad' things but not ever being gentle or caring for them would just be a straight-out whumper. when like... that's how 90% of irl abuse dynamics work? so i just... don't really get the point, i guess. like to me it implies something about the 'care' provided somehow mitigating or combating the harm done that. i just do not personally appreciate or enjoy.

[usertoxicyaoi]

"I know I shouldn't like this. But, before I knew it, my mind was a mess. I lost control. It's your fault."

TAIKAN YOHOU (2023). Episode 2 -> Episode 8.

[pearlynia]

Teacher: what do you do in your free, Pearl?

Me mentally: I read fan fics about harry Potter's dead father and Harry Potter's dead godfather's long dead brother falling in love over and over again. I also read the dead gay wearwolf and Harry Potter's dead godfather falling in love. Oh also Harry Potter's dead mum and this character that was mentioned once in the books. OH have i told you about the insane deatheater in Harry Potter's forth year who kidnapped the head of aura and this one twink that I'm pretty sure cut off the said head aura's eye which is pretty hot! And also-

Me: I read.

[tackykachowch]

Every time I see a "they clearly needed more seasons, they didn't have time to tell the full story properly" I lose 10 years of my life and 5 particles of my sanity. Why in the world would they need additional seasons to tell a full story, when in season 1 they were perfectly capable of it with the same 9 episodes? In season 1 they didn't waste our time at all, every scene was meaningful, every line of dialog said something important to us or set up something for later. The way the story was structured showed us that the writers understood their limitations and decided to use every single second they had properly. Also said limitations allowed them to focus on one specific overarching conflict (Piltover vs Zaun) and one specific set of characters, each of whom were directly involved in said conflict. No other distractions or side plots that go nowhere.

And there's season 2. Suddenly the writers decided that dialogs are for losers, actually, and it's better to replace characters reacting to major world-changing events (like Silco's death for example) with music videos. Weird choice, but okay. Oh, a bunch of new characters that serve no practical role in the narrative and distract actually important characters from interacting with each other? Give me 10. Also add a bunch of side storylines that go nowhere and serve no purpose to the main conflict- *the phone rings**picks up* what do you mean the main conflict changed? It's not about Zaun and Piltover anymore? What do you mean this conflict is left unresolved and is forgotten about completely in act3? Then what on earth do they focus on instead??? What, arcane? Meaning like. What? The magic subplot that was only a small part of season 1? And why would it matter more? Ah, marvel fights. Uh-huh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, sure. I get it, thank you *hangs up*. Well, that was a disaster. The decision to change your MAIN CONFLICT in the middle of the story is probably one of the worst ones you could ever make, and then yeah, no wonder they didn't have time to tell the full story. Because they don't know what the hell the story is about anymore. Therefore they can't use the resources at hand effectively and every wrong decision they make going forward is going to make everything even worse. And from what we see they made plenty of wrong decisions. Remember what I said about not wasting our time? Well forget it, because you NEED to see this joke play out in full, even though it's not funny in the slightest and doesn't tell us anything significant about the characters or the world. Also there's flashbacks that also don't contribute anything substantial to existing character stories, and even actively make them worse and inconsistent (ily Felicia🫶🫶🫶). And then there's the entirety of ep7 which is an abysmal abomination in and of itself. Not only does it waste our time with an alternative universe that has nothing to do with the canon conflict and characters in the first place, but it actively pretends that it does matter, actually. Which is detrimental to the whole story going forward. Because now instead of on-screen character interactions and actual resolving of existing conflicts within the story we're just told. To imagine it ourselves. Because the au somehow implied what was going to happen between completely different characters. Somehow. Alright.

So, I hope the reasons I listed above more or less explained why arcane, in fact, did NOT require more seasons to tell its story in full. What it did require was more tight writing, focusing on the conflict we had initially, flashing out the existing dynamics between characters and introducing the characters who didn't interact previously to each other (for example: Jinx and Jayce), thought through dialogs which focused on giving us important information first and foremost, less music videos and more actual scenes with dialogs and characters reacting to the world around them properly, subplots that actually mattered to the main conflict etc. Like, it really is THAT basic. If the story is badly written more runtime isn't going to fix anything, it could even make it worse, because more time = more chances to screw up even more stuff. Only good writing can fix bad writing, and that's an unfortunate truth we have to come to terms with. No amount of pretty visuals or microexpressions or character/prop design is going to change what is ruined at its core.

[introspectivememories]

can i be honest? i dont think tim and bear have a really grand proposal. i think it happens at their apartment that they got bc bear finally put his foot down and went "baby you're immunocompromised. you cannot live on a murderboat on the gotham river" and tim reluctantly gives in but not without finding some random apartment complex that's still near the marina so he can go down and get his ass beat at poker by pie. and so it happens late at night, when tim is in nightwing sleep shorts and bear's old band tee on and bear is in some horrendous anime sweats and no shirt because their home is the only place he's ever felt comfortable leaving his scars out. and the lamplight gives a soft hazy glow to bear's tattoos and tim reaches under the shirt to scratch and in the movement bear can see the bear tim got tattooed onto his hip and he can't help grin softly. and they're both sitting on the couch as some lame ass procedural drama goes on in the background and they're eating batburger. tim's got the nightwing special and bear has the sword robin combo. and the ringbox is burning a hole through bear's thigh and tim makes some stupid comment about how lame meredith sounds begging some guy to love her and all bear can think is how much he loves this boy. so he gets up to get some water and he positions his phone so that he can get the best video bc tim is a sucker for home video and he plops down on the sofa hard enough that tim turns around to complain except bear is holding the ringbox open with a soft "marry me?" and tim goes "what?" and bear says "baby i have loved you since you walked through the gates of our high school and i loved you when you left and i loved you when you came back. i love the way you talk to yourself and i love the way dance when i put music on. and i even love the fact that you shove your ice cold feet in my shins every night. and i don't know exactly what to say except that i want to do this everyday until you get dentures and i get a hip replacement. and i want to be horny in the old age home and-" and tim cuts him off sob-laughing and says "can i say yes now?" and bear who is also crying says "wait, let me finish love. -and i want to do this in as many lives as we get together. so all this to says, timothy jackson drake, will you marry me?" and tim launches himself bear and shouts "yes, yes, yes! a thousand times over, yes" and they're sobbing as they slip the rings on each other.

[brionysea]

a couple of demigods are just hanging around camp half-blood having a casual conversation and maybe they say something mildly blasphemous so zeus angrily rumbles some thunder about it. percy directly addresses the sky like "dude don't you have better things to do than spy on teenagers? weirdo" and then goes back to his mild blasphemy. hermes and poseidon look like they're trying not to laugh which only tempts zeus to smite the smartass child down even more

[blaithnne]

Do you think Johanna settled for Anders’ despite him being so non committal and always leaving her behind because that’s the kind of love she was used to? Do you think she thought this was all she deserved? And it’s through loving Hilda so strongly that she could never dream of leaving her that she realise love isn’t supposed to work like that? Do you think she wondered if she was wrong when Hilda started to drift from her as well in season 2? Do you think she wondered if this was always how it would go?

[lale-txt]

liking the mutuals posts is not enough, i need to sit with them in monobloc chairs during a warm summer night after midnight and smoke cheap cigarettes while we discuss the excruciating weight of being alive and which 2d man we'd like to see oiled up

[djevelbl]

Y'know what would be fun? A clownzy Deponia au. The thought behind this idea?? Idk, I just like clownzy and Deponia tbh