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there's an essay jumbled up in my brain about dunmeshi's beginning and how clever and deceptive it is as a sleight-of-hand trick that distracts the audience from the depth and scope of the worldbuilding and foreshadowing that's being set up the entire time by dangling zany characters and wacky dishes and biology fun facts in front of us, and how that serves to catch invested viewers off guard when those elements come to the forefront, but also how it works against it with other viewers wanting "more" and not seeing it because the plot bait isn't laid out up front
how people getting frustrated with the characters "not taking things seriously" is mirrored and refuted in the confrontation between Laios and Shuro. how the characters' attitudes aren't just a result of shallow low-stakes "comedy rules" where nothing matters, but are an extension of their personalities (Laios's nonstandard expression of emotions being offputting even to people he knows) and the world and social environment (adventurers being desensitized to death and injury because resurrection magic is commonplace). the way the party refers to "saving Falin" instead of "retrieving Falin's corpse," indicating that they still see her with full personhood, and how that phrasing leads to some readers/viewers believing that Falin is alive in the dragon's stomach, conscious of being slowly digested while the party carelessly fucks around "wasting time." how the weird tonal dissonance makes sense in-universe and yet is deliberately challenged more and more the deeper the party goes
all the character building and pieces of lore slowly weaving together the shape of the larger world, laying the groundwork for the major themes that will surface later. so much is right there in the "low-stakes" early episodes if you know what you're looking for (or pass the perception checks).
it can be so satisfying to see new viewers/readers pick up on the clues even in the earliest "simple" episodes, or notice new things and make connections yourself....and it can also be frustrating to see people dismiss oddities and dissonance as shallow or bad writing because they don't expect a "cooking anime" to have depth like that. why try to question and understand and peel back the layers when you don't expect there to be any layers?
why can't laios take things seriously for once?
#mypost#i'm majorly out of practice for doing any real critical cohesive writing lol#trying to put this into coherent words has been such a mess so here's a vague gesture at my thought process about it#it's both my favorite and the most frustrating thing to see#because i've seen SO MANY people say they dropped the show after a couple eps thinking they know what it's about and where it's going#a cute but ultimately unsustainable gimmick#people for whom the characters and the food/biology infodumping weren't enough of a hook#but i wouldn't change anything about the structure to put a more obvious plot hook in the beginning#because it would give the game away TOO much#i LOVE how the audience has to acclimate to the characters' attitudes about death#only for our assumption that it's all normal and fine in this world to be thrown back in our faces#how we're left to notice the winged lion appearing in statues and carvings and coins and armor in the background#long long before it's ever brought up as a real entity by the plot#the history of the kingdom laid out in plain view but nevermind that. magic painting food!#i've seen the language around falin and her resurrection cause so much confusion#but of COURSE the characters involved wouldn't directly say 'we need to get her corpse to revive it'#bc pragmatically they already understand that as their goal. it doesn't need to be stated out loud; it's just how this process works.#but also they don't SEE her as an object. a dead body.#they need to 'save her before she's digested.' 'the spell couldn't reach her in the dragon's stomach.' 'hang in there falin'#death isn't real to them. not really. and so it doesn't quite feel real to the audience either#not until they find her skull and that realization slams home#like......i keep comparing it to gravity falls#which is episodic and goofy in the beginning but also has a much more obvious plot hook to keep people interested#(a main character entering a secret bunker indicating that he's lying about his ignorance of the town's mysteries)#the main characters in gravity falls are AWARE that there is a mystery to be solved and are trying to find more information#but i don't think that approach would work as well for dm!#laios's goals were never that lofty. not until they HAD to be because the situation demanded it of him#it's the characters trying to solve one personal problem and finding themselves entrenched in something vast and dramatic#that they weren't even fully AWARE of when they set out. and we the audience are on that journey with them!#it's SUCH a good structure i wouldn't trade it for anything. but also. tragic to see people give up and dismiss it so fast.
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a friend who'd wait :)
#im posting this very late because i was sort of weary of how it came out and ended up messing w it until it was like 4am oops.#and i have plans tmrw so... oh well! i did my best and ill put it out while i can!#and i tried to make the scene match barnard's colors lol#finn's ocs#finn's art#i know i said id do more sillay stuff with the simpler screentone only style but i had a couple more of these in me#and this is the first piece im making thats like an actual part of the story too rather than just setting stuff for fun#i wanna write something to go with it too but for now ill just sort of briefly explain the context in the tags here:#barnard has a pretty bad case of OCD and his compulsions have made it difficult to make friends in the past#he was never outright bullied or anything but people just didnt really have the patience to deal with it#he has compulsions that include stuff like walking through doors until it feels right and needing things to be perfectly aligned#which in group settings has lead to people having to wait for him to finish his rituals and join them#they might find it tolerable at first but eventually they grow impatient and hes just... not invited to stuff anymore#but juno is a newer member of the guild who ends up frequenting the same library. hes also kinda a little weird#and they dont become fast friends or anything but just sort of naturally spend time in the same place#though they never plan meetups they eventually fall into a routine. around the same time theyd just both be at the library#and read next to each other. and maybe talk a bit. and eventually they end up walking back to the guildhall together#since theyre going to the same place after all. and juno always waits for barnard outside the door#eventually barnard asks if this bothers him. juno kinda just tells him 'of course it does' without any malice or anything. just a statement#barnard is surprised and apologizes and juno says not to. but the next day juno doesnt show up at the usual time.#barnard assumes hes committed somekinda more by bringing it up. he ends up staying there late reading to get his mind off it & not ruminate#but when he leaves juno is in fact still waiting for him down the hall (see pic) having collected a bunch of books literally abt ocd#he fell asleep bc barnard stayed later than expected. and hes an eepy guy generally. and also one very bad at expressing himself#but now barnard gets that juno's 'of course it [bothers me]' had the implication of 'but its worth it' which no friend has previously done.#and from the interaction juno was also able to understand that this isn't something barnard just does for the hell of it so. he studies.#and checks a bunch of stuff out because he thinks it could help his friend too (theres ocd workbooks and such- i remember working w them)#and thats the point where they became more ''friends'' than ''pleasant library acquaintances''#from there on they also do get into juno's problems. whole other bag of worms. but this specific scene is more about bernard from his pov#sorry about when i said briefly explain. i lied </3#but compared to the whole sequence im picturing its brief so shhh
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Ep 5!!!
#Episodes that make me go “The author has never talked with a woman ever” 😓😓😓#I don't like how Lucy's character is handled at all. And I feel like I can't talk about it because I'm just going to sound like a bitter–#ss/kk shipper... But I really don't like it. And if it can help my case I'm a multishipper so I really don't take any–#issues with atsu/lucy I like the ship quite a lot actually.#So you're telling me there's this girl... Who meets this boy who pretty much ruined her life by directly causing her to lose her job...#And the next time she sees him she's going to sacrifice her own freedom for him as well as tell him “when you're done doing your things–#come and save me” (longest ewwww ever)... And when she regains freedom (author didn't bother to explain how because they don't care)–#she goes to work... As a waitress at the café beneath his workplace. So he can keep doing his Cool Superpowers Job while she literally–#must serve him every time he visits the place. It's just ?????????????????????????????????#Look‚ I don't dislike Lucy and I feel general affection towards her. It's just that they make her act like no one ever would#Just for the sake of the plot I guess#And like I knoww it's (probably just a little) more nuanced than that. I know Lucy is living her own fairy tale fantasy.#It's just that what I've said about her story is still true‚ you know?#I'm sorry but as sweet as atsu/lucy can be. I really hate the author for making Lucy a waitress. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.#It's so weird. This anime has women writing standards that feel like dating back to the 20s#Same with Katai and the ideal woman tbh. Like why are women to be seen as this abstract impersonal entities? Why can't they just be people?#Ideal for WHO. It's like super screwed up of a concept. What even is an ideal woman? What does it mean to be a woman anyways?#They just want to say “ideal wife”. But women aren't made to be wives their existence isn't functional to another person.#Sorry. I derail. Next episode is going to be even worse on this front ughhhh#Back to the episode: once again it really shows they were running out of budget with this season‚‚‚ the animation looks very suffered#Too many flashback also... I feel bad for the animators tbh#I don't really like the shift in art style :( Not even Atsushi I found particularly pretty this episode my heart cries#The nail pulling thing made me feel like throwing up afhsjyabfsbfwasfvb I feel like I can bear worse gore but there's a couple of little–#specific things I can't stand and this seems to be one of them pffftttt#I like Higuchi I think she's both very funny and cool. I really wish she was explored more (but then again looking at Teruko... )#The relationship between Kunikida and Katai looks so interesting even though we only get glimpses of it. Kunikida regrets Katai leaving–#the ada but is also happy for him but also worries for him. He comes to his house seemingly to check on him and starts cleaning around.#The way he loves him and cherishes their friendship and shared history is really evident and it makes for a compelling dynamic.#Perhaps I should read their short story... In any case. Going to someone's house and compulsively start doing the dishes half out of will–#to help out half because he can't bear the mess sounds a lot like something I'd do lol
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This isnt a crazy statement but i still think that there should be better diversity on the life series. I mean specifically there should be more woman creators and creators who are poc.
Like 3rd life had ONE woman!!! WHAT THE FUCK?
Theres only ever been TWO non-white members of the life series! What????
Only 4/17 of the secret life members are women! Thats like 4 and a bit men for every woman! THIS IS THE SEASON WITH THE MOST WOMEN????
Like i know the gaming space is a bit messed up on this front but like cmon....
I dont think that the life series is like. Intrinsically bad or anything, but it would be cool if Grian/the team and such could take notice of these facts and help to change the server just a bit more.
#trafficblr#traffic smp#okay originally this post was only going to be about women and then i realised also how messed up it is that theres only two black#people on the server#fuck i dont even make posts like this like. ever.#but i feel like it would be really you know. COOL to get some more diversity in this particular minecraft gaming sphere especially#idk im trying to increase the diversity in the last couple of months in what i watch and listen to since i realise that its not good enough#and i realised these facts and im like. shit this isnt just like a me thing this is deep in our fandom#same goes with most minecraft series#heck i watched a random up-and-coming minecraft youtubers video today on a competition server.#not a single woman???? really???#hey maybe if theres enough backing it would be worth like. sending an email or something idk#so long as people are polite about it ig#idk ive never really talked about this stuff before but its been bothering me#grian#grian critical#also sorry if my maths is just totally wrong idkim bad at it
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Re. your last reblog, holy cow, I definitely did not remember that!! That's awesome 😯 Also, your GIF are so pretty?? How did you make them? (I tried the other day but they came out in pretty crappy quality :S)
Thank you 🥰 I use Instagiffer (which hasn't been updated since 2016; it's probably not the best choice, but it's what I know how to use, and it still works for me, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) with videos I get off of YouTube and *ahem* other websites. Instagiffer also has a screen capture feature, which is really useful for videos that aren't available elsewhere but you have, say, on DVD (I have no idea if it works on streaming sites). Then I just...play with the settings/lengths of the gifs until I like them and they're small enough to upload onto whatever site I'm putting them on.
#ask box#answered#belphegor1982#gifmaking#instagiffer#one really annoying thing about Instagiffer though#is that every time you open it you have to set it to NOT overwrite your previous gif every time you make a new one#which I'm used to now but the first couple of times I used it I Messed Up#it is not fun making 8-10 gifs and then looking for them to find you only actually have 1#idk why that's even a feature anyone would want it to do but they never got around to making it not the default before they stopped updatin#the other thing is that it automatically applies a sharpening filter#so you have to turn that off if you don't want it every time you upload a new video#and there are other limitations and stuff but ultimately I think it's not a bad place to start
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what if i fuck around and make chapter 1 like 4x as long and then split it up into 2 or 3 chapters.
#would it fuck things up too much to mess with the chapter count after it’s been finished#will it annoy people#I guess I can just leave it as one really long chapter#there’s just a couple places that would be good breaks#I really hope chapter 1 is the only one I decide needs this extensive of edits 🤣#sef speaks
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yippee woohoo :3
#just me hi#pfp; changed 💥#might tweak it later but mm prolly not lol#//anywho i do have a couple things i wanna talk about;#so i'm still trying to figure out how to use this mp3 player - not that i can't work it but the downloading process is confusing pfshv#cuz firstly the past couple times i've gone to use the downloader on my computer but i went to the 'backup and retrieval' thing for so i d#past the retrieval thing bc. i didn't have files to retrieve. and it was true but it Was frustrating hfsvhg#now here's the neat thing: i had somehow pinned the backup and retrieval center for the app instead of the actual app. which worked as it#was meant. but by some weird weird mistake i. Well#it was a nice discovery at least lmfsvh :)#/and also it's gotten colderrrrrr YAYY#which means i leave the window open while sleeping YIPPEEE#absolutely sucks having it open in the summer and i sleep v awesomely when it's open in the winter so Yyyyyyey :33#also means more than half of my clothing is now safely wearable YAAAY#downside. can't wear chanclas anymore <////3#i mean i could but i like to know my toes are still attached sometimes. it's just a little comforting to know pfhsvbhg#upside i get to wear my snowboots again at some point YAAAAAAYYY#man i really only wear like 2 pairs of shoes huh#also hopefully i get to enjoy winter this year cuz it does feels like getting dragged into the Lagoons by every force of nature for some#reason but i am going to glean my spirits regardless so EHEGH#//oh i also got a haircut :33 my mom is getting better at cutting the kind of style i like and i don't mind if she messes up (i would like#to experience Bad Hair please [grab hands]) but she kept measuring it and then muttering behind my head 'so that's jacked up' LFBVHS#ma you won't survive as a barber hgkfjsvk <3#//oo i've gotta poot pa toof#toodles ehe :3
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mood
#literally so behind on school#i did finish some urgent things today#but only tmr will i *really* start working on the big things that are worrying me bc tho they're big they're also due a couple days away#but like...#they feel really big#so idk how much time i actually have to do all the big things that are currently really important but not 🚨URGENT🚨 urgent#studyblr#stu(dying)#istg i gotta fix this school mess (i.e. get ahead)#and physical/digital mess (backburner stressor 😵💫😭)#AND figure out how to do this lab thing over reading week#oooohhhh idk if this is just me being delusional about how much i can do in a single week out of school#i need to sleep#100dop#too tired to tag#good night#i did wake up at 7:45 today which i'm considering a win since it's been quite hard to get myself to do that XD#i don't think i've ever gotten up this early of my own will before#so that's nice#rant#chaotic academia#chaotic academic aesthetic
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it is succulents propagation time, as it is every year. it never gets old, turning one plant into 100 (or 50, or 10, depending on the stock plant) and watching the little unrooted cuttings take and grow new leaves and eventually go to happy homes. :'3
#some stuff it's easy to get a million decent cuttings (Crassula muscosa) and some you're lucky to get 2 pups a year (Dyckia)#but I only need a couple trays of watchchain so the stock pots do end up getting a haircut directly into the compost at some point.#the Dyckia stock plants are finally like. getting larger and setting more pups though! so maybe next year I'll get half a tray's worth!!!#they were so small when I got them... they don't REALLY belong with succulents - more houseplants - but well. they live in my mess.#I gave Cyanotis somaliensis to houseplants. they have Tradescantias. basically the same thing.
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Knock on wood, but I think I’m handling Quotev’s downfall pretty well
#quotev#says the person who had a minor breakdown over Q imploding a couple days ago#The only thing holding me together is that I got some of my Q friends in a discord group#really my mood picked back up after we got a tiny RP running#before that I was a bit of a mess haha#still am but that’s not the point
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i got the whole pile of clothes i ordered the other day today bc i paid a little extra for faster shipping bc i’ll be adding flourishes to some of it & need all the time in the world except apparently the website has gone the route of hiding when something is final sale (i CHECKED in the checkout!! before i bought everything!!) and half the stuff i ordered isn’t returnable!! lol!!!!
#i need someone to encourage me to call and complain on friday bc maybe i can make them let me return things#because it really doesn’t say ANYWHERE if it’s final sale!!! i went & looked at the listing for one of the things i bought bc i was#considering getting a size up & neither in the item page NOR in the cart does it say final sale. because i just checked again#i would not have purchased almost any of this if i knew it was final sale!!!!!#the other annoying thing is i ordered three (3) pairs of neon blue pants & one pair pink (wanted color pop)#and then a couple pairs of black just for fun & of course only the black ones fit ok#can’t wear all black to a WEDDING !!!#the other problem is i can get one of the blue pairs a size up (velvet also) but i’ll probably have to hem them… and do i need another thing#to alter in these clothes in less than a month ??? but one of the black pairs is also the right length. lol#MUCH TO THINK ABOUT#chatpost#the blazer i bought also has no buttons & i have to decide if i want to not care about that or if i want the Perfect blazer before i spend#a ton of time making it into a beautiful sequin mess. like you want it to be a good base first right#but i don’t have any TIME
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#actually looking back through my ao3 my real dissatisfaction with my writing really only started in 2021#after a couple of years of almost exclusively co-writing#i always attributed the decline in quality to 2018 when i was so burnt out i lost significant ability to perform IADLs#but it was definitely c. late 2021 and early 2022#when i could sense the decline in my writing skill and enjoyment and so took multiple breaks from co-writing to write solo again#it's weird i co-wrote (and did written roleplays) SO MUCH as a teenager and in my early 20s#and never developed this massive block when i wrote solo back then#maybe it was partially the pandemic#i know my inability to go out in the world has significantly impacted my connection to like... reality and The Real World and Society#i don't talk to people anymore -- everyone's schedules got so messed up that even my friends who i spoke to regularly#when Work Hours were a thing for me all faded a lot#like we're still friends but i don't speak to anyone but my partner regularly#it's so lonely?#anyway i think i made the right choice when i started exclusively writing solo again but i sure miss the excitement and drive of co-writing#idk maybe i just need a boost#mutuals who want to co-write a SDT fic with me hit me up#seriously#disability#liminal scrawlings
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(´;ω;`)
#Today's episode was. Okay.#Fun fact I had never watched this episode. Once I started but was interrupted half way through#And like… Nothing reminds me how much I'm here only for two characters as much as watching an entire episode without them. Seriously.#I wish I was joking and I wish it sounded less shallow… But it's true? I'm sorry.#I wish I at least had watched this when I was still positive towards kuniki/dazai but not I'm just ╮(╯_╰)╭#Especially since like. I know intimately how it feels to put your moral code and abstract ideals before your own happiness.#So Kunikida's character only makes me feel miserable more often than not#I'm sorry for being so negative I usually try to use this blog specifically - more than my main - as a place to be positive and enthusiast–#and keep negativity low but this time I'm failing (´;ω;`)#I apologize#I like Aya as a character but I don't really enjoy her role in this episode specifically. There's a lot of tiny things that just bug me.#Literally the best things of the episode for me were the couple of Atsushi frames.#The fleeting and definitely not there daz/atsu in Atsushi always bringing up Dazai.#Atsushi and Akutagawa and ss/kk in the op/ed.#And Dazai messing up with Kunikida was funny I suppose pffttt.#Oh well. Off to Dead Apple we go 🙏🙏🙏#Thank goodness there'll be some ss/kk and Kyouka before three whole episodes of Fifteen arc#random rambles
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Last night’s dream was the first one I’ve had in a long time where I wanted to fall back asleep and stay in it/experience it again
#so i’d moved back to the states under false pretences (student visa whilst having zero plan to do another degree)#and was living with my favourite of the three roommates i had last time i was there. they had however given up weed completely and become#a full blown alcoholic. our apartment was messy as fuck and i was the only person who was cleaning it#at one point a couple of our friends were helping me and they were criticising all the mess and i was like ‘it’s literally not me’#i was taking classes to maintain the ruse that i was doing something to deserve my student visa and every class i showed up to everyone was#wearing surgical masks for covid. i also had this weird thing going on where i could see everyone irl#but if i wanted to i could see everyone in video game sprite form and i could see whether i’d met them yet and how many hearts i had#with them. and there was this guy i realllly wanted to flirt with so i tried sitting in what i was pretty sure was the seat next to his#but this other guy sat next to me instead and kind of looked at me funny#then he started talking to me unprompted about covid rates on campus and then started flirting with me and then was like ‘btw did you know#who i am?’ and i was like ‘no lol. i mean i know your name because you introduced yourself but other than that’#and he’s like ‘oh that’s such a relief’. turns out he’s the famous lead singer of a kpop band. he’s like ‘if i took off this surgical mask#and styled my hair a bit differently i would get mobbed immediately’ i was like ‘yeah i don’t listen to kpop. i have kpop mutuals but the#whole thing is a mystery to me’ anyway he told me his name but i just called him kim to help him maintain anonymity#we made a date to hang out and study together and i went back to my horrible apartment to discover that my roommate had broken their#sobriety from weed and there was a drug dealer in my flat trying to sign me up for ‘a weed raffle’#i was like ‘i’m not interested but what can i get for $20’ she lists off two incomprehensible measurements and weed strains and then says#‘i can give you weed hot chocolate’ i was like ‘that sounds fucking delicious sign me up’ she’s like ‘this is a good deal darling’#i’m just like ‘okay’. i woke up still waiting for my weed hot chocolate to arrive and also waiting for my date with kpop boy#overall a really nice dream. like yeah the covid stuff and the mess was bad but honestly… honestly that’s just life atm#personal
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obviously, i fully intend to leave this s/i my age
#typewriter dings#i think that's the best course of action#anyway. they're just like me!#they're in college and they're an english major#only ridgeville is a rich people school so they got a scholarship#(i've gotten scholarships but never a full ride to anywhere)#they do tutoring on the side (which i hope to do next semester or the semester after)#and they're a couple years ahead of bill#and only really hear about him through classmates#like *oh bill did this* or *oh didn't you hear?* gossip#they meet him entirely by chance (they don't go to football games)#he happens to be on the steps of the boys' dorms when they walk past#and he's clearly a bit down so they try to see if they can help#tbh i like the nerd x jock college romance trope#sue me#the only thing is...it's never specified what bill and junior intend to major in#(probably because they haven't declared a major yet)#i have to come up with a headcanon#i'm operating post-canon because i cannot be assed to fix this mess of a movie#anywayyyyyy i'm so cringe#but i'm freeeeee
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just wrote like three paragraphs ranting about my living situation and deleted it just know I am going insane and i hate it here and I need to live by my fucking self or I am going to absolutely fucking lose it
#I can not stand cleaning up shit for people anymore I can’t stand people taking my stuff or messing up shit I clean or organize or whatever#I hate feeling pressured to stay in my room constantly because she almost never fucking leaves and the entire living room/kitchen area is#apparently her fucking home office now. so there’s just nowhere else to go where I’m not forced to interact with her#not to mention how I cleaned out that entire area EXTENSIVELY only a couple months ago and now all of that work is just gone#she re-cluttered it and now it’s a nightmare again :)#and she’s out there in the first place because she clutters her room and desk in her room to such an extent that it’s basically unusable#at least when I had a shitty roommate her mess was confined to one side of a bedroom more or less#and there was a living room/kitchen that wasn’t a fucking nightmare that I could generally control the tidiness of#I can’t fucking live like this I can’t keep cleaning and cleaning and cleaning and throwing away shit and organizing shit and whatever#just to have it all be for NOTHING every fucking time because she takes more shit out and doesnt put it away and buys more shit#that we can’t fucking afford and don’t immediately need and hahaggsgsgshsshshhhshshshshssh#I can’t fucking do it! I really can’t keep doing this it makes me violently angry and one of these days I’m going to snap and break my door#or something#I didn’t even want to move back in here to begin with this was supposed to be temporary. as in only for a couple months#but all my job applications fail and I have no other form of income or support so. haha I’m stuck here#i won’t even get started on just#not wanting to live with her for a million other reasons#I need to get the fuck out of here I do not want to be responsible for cleaning up her messes and doing whatever she says without choice#cause I mean. that’s another thing. At least my roommate couldn’t force me to do whatever she wanted with any resistance being seen as#criminally disrespectful and depending on her wildly unpredictable mood maybe she’ll verbally abuse me or degrade me or accuse me of things#who knows!#also won’t get into the fact that I’m almost two years on t and she still misgenders me and deadnames me and believes she has the right to#do so#kibumblabs#negative#delete later probably.
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