#it is my favorite scene

[gashofleastresistance]

[mxalexwhat]

I was gonna leave this in the tags but it deserves to be heard.

You are absolutely right that this scene is a rollercoaster, but it shouldn't ever cause whiplash. It's an emotional journey! Full of realizations that you can see happening in real time. You can see the cogs turning for Beatrice throughout. That moment of realization when he confesses, the moment of utter vulnerability, of hope for so many things! Followed by utter heartbreak in so many ways. Heartbreak for her cousin. Heartbreak over the man who claims to love her but doesn't love her enough to fight for her. Heartbreak for herself as a woman trapped in a man's world.

My only critique any time I see this scene is the false exit. Beatrice says, "Farewell... Let me go... In faith, I will go." Three times she tries to leave! It's stated in the text that she is extremely proud. So much so that she would absolutely just straight up leave this scene. But the actors never do. Sure, Benedick calls out for her, but do you think Beatrice is gonna hear out this bitch who won't stand for justice? NO! And yet, nearly every actor sticks around, in the most unmotivated "oh there's more dialogue to this scene so I gotta awkwardly stay in it" stagey way. Acting is reacting; Beatrice reacts to Benedick's refusal by getting away from him and Benedick reacts by keeping her there by any means. And when his words fail to do so anymore, Shakespeare puts the stage direction in the dialogue. That line, "let me go," means "Benedick must physically keep her in the scene," and because she's trapped and hurt, she unleashes all that fucking fury on him. She stops joking and dodging her true feelings and let's out everything, even her deepest feelings that have nothing to do with Hero or what just happened. And I don't think I can name an instance where that's translated.

I swear I am so normal about this scene, y'all.

per anon’s request, i present to you THE best version of beatrice’s monologue in much ado about nothing. i thought about cropping this but decided this scene must be watched in its full glory

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x08 - “Killing is a Cycle”

[illustroxx]

that scene with eiland and juniper was pretty funny, wasn't it?

[teamunee]

context:

[yamujiburo]

look at delia. absolutely gobsmacked. speechless. clearly in awe of how pretty jessie looks in a suit

[armandaughter]

with a boy! things got heated with a boy! i was at home picking lint off the sofa. the night's gone, the room's soiled, and once again i'm here with mop and mindlessness to clean it up. no! i clean it up! you make the mess and i clean it up! mark it on the calendar, align it with ursa major, louis' tri-annual FUCK OFF and find me with apologies to follow!

[egophiliac]

he did it! 🐍 and it only took...uhhh...well, there probably could've been less punches, but why hold back!

PUNCHES FOR EVERYONE

[doodleswithangie]

"My car does not make that noise! What are you doing to it?!"

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Image One: Crowley casually leans against the Bentley as Aziraphale pats the hood of the car, saying to it, "Thank you for the ride, my dear!"

Image Two: The Bentley responds with a heart-filled, "Honk honk!" A blushing Crowley whips his head around to scold, "NONE OF THAT!!"

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[bixels]

Learning that fans hated Applejack and called her "boring" is crazyyy to me because I genuinely, unironically believe AJ's the most complex character in the main six.

Backstory-wise, she was born into a family of famers/blue collar workers who helped found the town she lives in. She grew up a habitual liar until she had the bad habit traumatized outta her. She lost both her parents and was orphaned at a young age, having to step up as her baby sister's mother figure. She's the only person in the main gang who's experienced this level of loss and grief (A Royal Problem reveals that AJ dreams about memories of being held by her parents as a baby). She moved to Manhattan to live with her wealthy family members, only to realize she'll never fit in or be accepted, even amongst her own family. The earlier seasons imply she and her family had money problems too (In The Ticket Master, AJ wants to go to the gala to earn money to buy new farm equipment and afford hip surgery for her grandma).

Personality-wise, she's a total people-pleaser/steamroller (with an occasional savior complex) who places her self worth on her independence and usefulness for other people, causing her to become a complete workaholic. In Applebuck Season, AJ stops taking care of herself because of her obsessive responsibilities for others and becomes completely dysfunctional. In Apple Family Reunion, AJ has a tearful breakdown because in she thinks she dishonored her family and tarnished her reputation as a potential leader –– an expectation and anxiety that's directly tied to her deceased parents, as shown in the episode's ending scene. In The Last Roundup, AJ abandons her family and friends out of shame because believes she failed them by not earning 1st place in a rodeo competition. She completely spirals emotionally when she isn't able to fulfill her duties toward others. Her need to be the best manifests in intense pride and competitiveness when others challenge her. And when her pride's broken, she cowers and physically hides herself.

Moreover, it's strongly implied that AJ has a deep-seated anger. The comics explore her ranting outbursts more. EQG also obviously has AJ yelling at and insulting Rarity in a jealous fit just to hurt her feelings (with a line that I could write a whole dissection on). And I'm certain I read in a post somewhere that in a Gameloft event, AJ's negative traits are listed as anger.

Subtextually, a lot of these flaws and anxieties can be (retroactively) linked to her parents' death, forcing her to grow up too quickly to become the adult/caregiver of the family (especially after her big brother becomes semiverbal). Notice how throughout the series, she's constantly acting as the "mom friend" of the group (despite everything, she manages to be the most emotionally mature of the bunch). Notice how AJ'll switch to a quieter, calmer tone when her friends are panicking and use soothing prompts and questions to talk them through their emotions/problems; something she'd definitely pick up while raising a child. Same with her stoicism and reluctance at crying or releasing emotions (something Pinkie explicitly points out). She also had a childhood relationship with Rara (which, if you were to give a queer reading, could easy be interpreted as her first 'aha' crush), who eventually left her life. (Interestingly enough, AJ also has an angry outburst with Rara for the same exact reasons as with EQG Rarity; jealous, upset that someone else is using and changing her). It's not hard to imagine an AJ with separation anxiety stemming from her mother and childhood friend/crush leaving. I'm also not above reading into AJ's relationship with her little sister (Y'all ever think about how AB never got to know her parents, even though she shares her father's colors and her mother's curly hair?).

AJ's stubbornness is a symptom of growing up too quickly as well. Who else to play with your baby sister when your brother goes nonverbal (not to discount Big Mac's role in raising AB)? Who else to wake up in the middle of the night to care for your crying baby sister when your grandma needs her rest? When you need to be 100% all the time for your family, you tend to become hard-stuck with a sense of moral superiority. You know what's best because you have to be your best because if you're aren't your best, then everything'll inevitably fall apart and it'll be your fault. And if you don't know what's best –– if you've been wrong the whole time –– that means you haven't been your best, which means you've failed the people who rely on you, which means you can't fulfill your role in the family/society, which makes you worthless . We've seen time and time again how this compulsive need to be right for the sake of others becomes self-destructive (Apple Family Reunion, Sound of Silence, all competitions against RD). We've seen in The Last Roundup how, when no longer at her best, AJ would rather remove herself from her community than confront them because she no longer feels of use to them.

But I guess it is kinda weird that AJ has "masculine" traits and isn't interested in men at all. It's totally justified that an aggressively straight, misogynistic male fandom would characterize her as a "boring background character." /s

At the time of writing this, it's 4:46AM.

[hankandmonty]

Happy dimension 20 day that last one was a doozy

[garpen]

12 yrs old Jason having just been dropped off at Wayne Manor: Do you just take in every orphan you meet off the street?

Bruce: No, you're the first kid I picked up off the street. I picked up my last one at the circus.

Jason: Is that a joke? I can’t tell if that’s a joke.

Bruce: My son's name is Richard, but he insists on going by Dick.

Jason: And he’s…from the circus?

[eggpuffs]

the way dungeon meshi seriously talks about the importance of good eating is so so beautiful 😭

[scurviesdisneyblog]

Prince Phillip and Aurora animated by Milt Kahl and Marc Davis for Sleeping Beauty. 

[jinxnvi]

ARCANE | 2.07 "Pretend Like Its the First Time"

[barb-l]

They really gave off huge Married Couple vibes in this scene for me, I can't quite explain why