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i hated the entire process but the finished list of my worst problems is kind of funny honestly. is that what therapy supposed to be like
#it's the contrast between things like#'emotionally closed off liar who doesn't believe they're a real person half the time'#right next to 'trouble focusing for long periods of time'#anyways#wish me luck babes
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Council of lovefools.
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#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#jiang yanli#jiang cheng#They don't have an actual sleepover in this scene but the vibes were so sleepover coded...I had to get them cozied up.#Late night talks with friends and family are some of the best conversations.#My siblings and I used to have room sleepovers with each other (Actually an excuse to stay up and talk about runescape)#Currently my flatmates and I also have really great heart to hearts late into the night.#Pondering shit like 'What defines confidence?“ and ”Why are people terrified of letting themselves fall in love?"#All that aside; There is a really great conversation between JC and WWX here. They are so close and yet so far way from each other!#Fundamentally they *agree* about many things - but JC now has to play the role of someone more 'mature'.#His temper is reigned in and he had to take a more nuanced approach. Whereas WWX can be far more reactionary.#JC has changed to become someone more mature (or at least he is trying).#Contrast this attitude with the scene *right* after where WWX literally goes baby mode with JYL. Rolling around going “I'm Fwee years old”.#When children are hurt we comfort them with hugs and warm food and a laugh. It's not enough when you're an adult. It's not simple anymore.#WWX is stuck in the past when everyone else is shifting and moving on! It's a depression allegory (and just...actual depression)#But we also get to see how some things have stayed the same. They still bicker about soup. They still tease. They are still together.#They all care for each other very much but they are struggling against trauma and are not equipped to talk about it.#You can't really blame WWX for being so protective over JYL. But JC is right: “You don't have a say in who she likes.”#It may have started as an arranged marriage but *she* is *choosing* what her heart wants. JC sees that. WWX cannot.#The final act of love is letting go after all.
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Reading 'Making Money' at the moment and I love how in this one Adora Belle is so CLEARLY the A-plot character. She's off commanding armies of golems and uncovering secrets from lost civilizations and marches back to town like "Hey Moist, come help me find a wizard to translate this ancient scroll" and he's just standing there giving Spencer from iCarly like "Ummmmm. Does it have to be like, right now...? Only, you see, my dog's just been made chairman of the bank—"
#Obviously Moist's thing is important too but the contrast between his job and hers is simply hilarious#like that one tweet 'My dad and I are both working from home right now. He's ordering new fuselage prototypes for Boeing--'#'--and I'm drawing a picture of a duck'#Except that in this case it's actually the latter person who keeps getting hunted down by corporate assassins#discworld#making money#moist von lipwig#adora belle dearheart#gnu terry pratchett
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911 Hiatus Rewatch and Parallels:
6x09 “Red Flag” -> 6x12 “Recovery” -> 6x15 “Death and Taxes”
#911#911edit#911hiatus2023#911 abc#911 fox#flashing tw#my edit#911hiatusparallels#buddie#+ chris#buddieedit#911 on fox#eddiediazedit#christopher diaz#evanbuckleyedit#otp: you don't need to pretend with me#buckley diaz family#usercam#the thing here is the 3 episode increments#and the way eddie is across the couch but there's a call to an empty space on bucks side#thats the spot chris is asleep#but also the contrast between eddie being in jeans and the way its almost morning#with buck and chris just being comfortable enough to fall asleep#chris' blanket matching bucks clothes#like COME ON#i promised myself i wouldnt get mad about the couch and here i am mad about the couch#sigh#911verse#evan buckley#eddie diaz
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I think what I also meant to say in my previous post was that gideon's death is presented to harrow as something she needs to heal and move on from in order to accept her current situation. And harrow simply refuses to accept the current situation and I don't think the narrative is leading to her ever accepting it. Gideon's death as fuel for harrow's lyctorhood is paralleled with alecto's death as fuel for john's power, which is a pretty straightforward metaphor for the way that empires like john's exploit the people they can and take natural resources with no thought for the future. So if these things are all connected, I just don't see how we could get any kind of satisfying ending out of harrow accepting gideon's death because to do so she'd kind of have to accept what john did to alecto and on a metaphorical level it would be a pretty bleak tone to strike to have harrow decide, oh well, there's nothing to be done. when there actually clearly were things to be done and harrow did them
#like we have to have the contrast between her and john it's already set up#it would make sense for the outcomes to contrast to#*too#like we are over here thinking oh so here's how things went the first time i wonder if they will happen differently later on!#they will that's what happens when narratives are. good
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the way the island throws off your familiar's behavior because it wants you to kill them. you need magic, don't you? your familiar exists to help you, and look at it, it can't do anything right now. it's just an animal, really. it doesn't look or act the way it used to. maybe you loved them before, but they don't even respond to you now, and times have changed. and you need magic, don't you?
#laughs awkwardly#dimension 20#misfits and magic spoilers#the contrast between victor who literally went to hell to get his familiar back because that's his best friend#and this. lemli's such a fun character for this. like we all love lemli right? she's so sweet and normal!#she openly says one of her two favorite things is drowning men and we're all like haha how whimsical! cause she's a siren!#until it's real. she doesn't bat an eye when philtrum goes down. you eat what you kill here or you starve#its a combo of like. yeah it's not like philtrum was a good person before. a certain type of people were drawn / called here#because they respond to this and it fits their worldview. but also holy shit this island#we gotta get out of here bro
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There's something at the tip of my tongue about the parallels between Jackie and Wilson and Who We Are
How the narrator of Jackie and Wilson wants to run away with a woman that he's carved out of his imagination based on a brief interaction. How they would try the world, but good god it wasn't for them. So they run away from it into a fantasy world where they live by their own rules.
And then comes the narrator of Who We Are, who dreamt his whole life of finding someone who would hold him like water or like a knife, only to find that running away from the world will only get them so far, since "the hardest part is who we are". And only to find out that the "phantom life" he's fantasized about is actually just that: a phantom. And its absence sharpens like a knife
#hozier#sahar stfu about hozier#I'm aware that on the surface these songs are not really about the same thing#but there's something about the way that j&w narrator craves the fantasy he speaks of#that reminds me so much of the voice of Who We Are who thinks he realizes the fantasy only to watch it become a nightmare#and the contrast between the dream-fuelled lyrics of J&W that evoke daring adventures on the wide opened desert#and the sharp concise biting lyrics of who we are sung in tired resignation#and followed by near-wailing at the end#that just sticks out to me so much#it's like the whole of Unreal Unearth is just a sequence of the various voices of the self-titled album coming back#sometimes disillusioned#sometimes exhausted#sometimes resigned#sometimes wise#sometimes at peeace#sometime enraged#to sing about their most bitter disappointments and the harshest lessons they've learned over the years#and I can't stop thinking about it
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actually i love bruce and duke’s dynamic because everytime it’s essentially just:
Bruce telling him about this very unhinged plan he has
And Duke displaying one ounce of concern, and then immediately agreeing
#batfam#bruce wayne#duke thomas#okay but on a deeper level#i do enjoy the night and day contrast#and how the trust between these two has such a long way to go still#but it’s been built up so much#and it’s clear that bruce has like so much faith in duke#i also like to think on some subconscious level bruce sees duke as not only a source of guilt#but also proof of a second chance#and duke likewise has a lot to be disappointed in batman for#but his respect for bruce’s willingness to be batman and his message is so high#and ugh i’m bad at wording these things#but i like their dynamic a lot#batman#the signal#batfamily
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can you do a hockeyplayer!geto x reader au drabble plsssss 🙏🙏 ???
HOCKEY PLAYER!SUGU MY BELOVED <3333 i’d like to write for him someday…. i have no idea when though. my sugu wips are piling up as it is 😭
but …. wahhh. he’s just so good? your soft, polite academic boyfriend who turns into a BEAST on the field. he doesn’t play dirty, obviously, but he’s just. rough. he plays to win. and every time he scores a goal you catch a glimpse of his wide, giddy grin, all teeth. he’s like …. a big wolf . you know? and then as soon as he’s off the field he’s shooting you a warm smile and a kiss + heading to the showers so he can hug you properly once he’s all clean.
after winning a particularly important game he just scoops you up and spins you around though … he’s all sweaty and his heart is beating so fast you can hear it and he lets out this breathy, raspy laugh. he’s just so excited and giddy and running on adrenaline and he’s crushing you a little but you can’t seem to mind. he’s delighted. it’s a good look on him.
… yeah . he’s just very good
#explodes#i think it was mickey who posted smth abt sportsman sugu ………#n then i went rabid in the tags#HE’S JUST SOOOO#the thing about sugu is that he’s so perfect for a sports/uni au because he Needs to have that sweet sweet contrast#like . turtlenecks and sweaters and pretty glasses outside the field . studies a lot. drinks copious amount of black tea.#but on the field he’s like … grinning. sweating. manhandling his way to a score#yk?#he does it all .#i also think the contrast between rough and gentle is very tasty#like he’s rough on the field but then he’s with you and he’s so gentle and sweet. handles you like a flower.#puts you in a headlock if you get too mouthy but he’s just teasing :33 he’s a sweetie#AH ALSO …#anonn just a friendly reminder that i don’t take requests!! not sure if this was one or just like. a suggestion? but yeah !#thought i should clear that up just in case :3#ask tag ✩
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Good morning, Sleepyhead.
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#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#lan wangji#'WWX was asleep for 4 days' is an incorrect factoid.#The average WWX sleeps for 8 hours. The PD-MDZS WWX who was asleep for 40 comics and 4 months is an outlier.#We are back to present day! I have missed drawing them!#Ah...the contrast between how the flashback ended (cold and distrustful) to how wwx wakes up (warm and watched over)...#The gap between the past and present is very important. Not just in this story but in our lives too.#The past can still hurt and it doesn't just go away with time as some say. It is the power of realizing that things have changed.#We can't get the good back. The bad memories have concluded. Those live somewhere else now.#It is hard to realize that you have to live for today and tomorrow. The past is so loud.#For WWX it is realizing that despite the mistrust in the past - He really does have faith that LWJ will be there for him.#It is the reflection of knowing that you changed and will keep changing and that change is good and kind sometimes.#But more importantly...and this I really do mean with all my heart:#It will all end up okay in the end. Even after the worst day. The most painful losses. You will get through it.#What feels like a breaking point is truthfully just another step you have to take. You'll get through it even though it feels like the end.#There are wonderful things you have yet to see. Friends you have yet to meet.#Even if it hurts so badly...one day it just aches. Someday you'll go a few weeks not remembering that it ever hurt.#Oh and because my izutsumi comic revealed many people were in need of hearing this:#You are loved. Right now. You are so loved right now. We just forget to tell each other that.#Go tell the people you love that they matter to you. I'm assigning you homework!!! You are graded on completion.
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oscar, darling, why are you taking a picture of lando if it’s not part of the challenge?
#like can he be more obvious?#but i loved this whole video#the contrast between lando helping oscar with his photos and oscar just kinda standing there without helping lando much#also lando using oscar’s drink bottle?#it’s such a small mundane thing but can also have connotations if you think about sharing a straw#just the no hesitation of using oscar’s bottle and not thinking he’ll mind either 😭#mclaren is feeding us the landoscar content we deserve#landoscar#lando norris#oscar piastri#twinklaren
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I haven't seen anyone else talk about this so I will
THIS MOMENT RIGHT HERE I LOOK AT IT AND GO ABABABA
Icarus knows what's going on here I mean they've said several time that they know they're being manipulated but it's one thing saying you know something is happening and another to watch it happen in real time right after your brother made connections to how you used to treat someone else
Fable looks around at the changes prompting an apology from Icarus leading to Fable quickly and loudly blaming Quixis for changing thing bit in the kinda way you would blame someone for ruining your life and then the other shoe drops Fable knows damn well what day it is so he pretends to apologize for not being able to remove Quixis but then is quick to blame Centross for his failure to do so
you can see a sliver of the want to protest that Centross was protecting them that he saved their life that their best friend died valiantly protecting his family but they just don't have that kinda fight left it's not worth it and admitting that they were ever in need of saving implys a danger to be saved from and it doesn't take a genius to know how that would go over
Icarus is so tired they're fucking exhausted and sometimes when you're that tired the good fight can wait sometimes it's quicker safer and easier to just nod along and wait for them to finish whatever rant they deem it necessary for you to hear let whatever point they needed to make drive home and then go to bed because after everything even doing nothing but listen to them can be absolutely draining
#thank you for coming to my ted talk#i just think they're neat#i go abababababa#the psychology of icarus morningstar consumes my brain#they know what manipulation looks like#they practically invented that kind of manipulation#they know damn well whats going on#but they aren't going to fight it#and i go abababababa#and this above most other things shows the stark contrast between Rae and Icarus#AND I GO ABABABABABABABA#fablesmp
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Personal opinion incoming! Please don't see this as a cue to bash me or other artists.
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One thing I was never really a fan of about the more popular depictions of Elias is that he looks so cartoonishly evil but in a queer-coded way.
#if I'm going to seriously characterize him if tma was my own story#I'd honestly make him transphobic#which a queer can be of course but honestly I'm not sure if I see Elias as queer or as someone who just reallycares about control#or maybe not even transphobic but cold and calculating#he wouldn't hesitate to tell you the things that would hurt you the most#and I just like the idea of the main antagonist just wearing a plain suit and no other knick knacks#just a good contrast between what he appears as and what he actually is#I appeared long after the series ended so I completely missed the whole Peter/Elias bit#so it surprises me that the fandom just sees it as canon#anyway I have more things to say but the tags are getting really long
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Campaign 2, episode 111: First campaign 2 appearance of Widogast's Nascent Nein-Sided Tower. We get to see Caleb's love for the Mighty Nein in intricate magical detail (and I fell in love instantly)
Campaign 3, episode 111: First campaign 3 appearance of Widogast's Nascent Nein-Sided Tower. We get to see the love the Mighty Nein have for each other spreading out to Bells Hells with connection, compassion, and hilarity (and I fell in love all over again)
#more little parallels from my relisten#okay technically he casts it in c2e110 but 111 is when they go inside and he describes it#i LOVE that this parallel happened#the tower is one of my most favorite things in all of critical role#truly though I waited for that long with all of the characters really taking over my brain#and yeah caleb was creeping up there#but this episode knocked me over like a wave and he became my blorbo of all time#the INCREDIBLE contrast between dinner with the devil and then the Tower#i'll never be over it#anyway#nein-sided tower is for lovers#critical role#campaign 3#bells hells#mighty nein#campaign 2#caleb widogast
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something in my soul is touched when i reread the scene in war storm where maven goes to mare's stilts home and destroys it
it feels like he was in mourning, you know? because he had lost her. he lost her so so many times, but she was so close to him THIS time and she slipped right between his fingers like cupped water.
and it specifically feels like mourning because maven calore didn't feel love. all he ever felt was loss and the idea of love that was more leaned toward obsession. so instead of mourning in sadness and depression like he did with thomas, he mourned with rage and destruction with mare.
#ugh hes so analyzable#ren💌maven#I love him TOO bad.#honestly the contrast between his “love” for thomas and his “love” for mare are so comparable#theres so many things to analyze about maven#i always wonder how mavens kids would have turned out if he had remained king and made an heir w iris..#what would they be like as parents#authors#booklr#books & libraries#bookworm#victoria aveyard#glasssword#kingscage#redqueen#maven calore#mare barrow#war storm
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All I’m going to say I think now that my brain remembered part of what it was thinking is that Taylor and Joe went through a lot together (good and bad) and regardless of how it ended or what led to it they both seem to be determined to keep that private and not throw each other under the bus and in the end they’re just two very, very different people whose outlooks in the long term were just never going to align and never has that been clearer.
#I AM NOT DEFENDING HIM JUST TO BE CLEAR#I’m just saying… he said a lot of nothing in those quotes beyond ‘people on the internet suck’#which is true#and both he and Taylor are keeping things close to the vest about it all#and just seems to me that whatever they went through together they are determined to keep it between them so that’s the end of that#(again in contrast to how she has no qualms about reading m for filth)#he’s just some guy and now he gets to be just some guy forever#and she gets to be extraordinary#like yes the loving committed thing raises eyebrows given how much pain she was in#but like he could have shaded her about how it ended too and he didn’t#AND I AM NOT DEFENDING HIM#we know he was a terrible partner and she felt like shit#I’m just saying neither of them want to delve into the specifics and i think they’re just moving into footnotes in each other’s lives now#like i want to make it clear AGAIN I am not condoning anything on his part here — clearly there were huge issues#I’m just saying just because he may have sucked as a partner doesn’t mean the internet being cruel isn’t also true idk#and yes it’s transparent why he’s choosing to speak out now (or rather why the Sunday times is choosing to reach out to him now)#but like… idk i just can’t muster up any feeling about this man one way or the other lol#and take cues from Taylor (and even him) she’s determined to keep it between them other than the broad strokes#so I’m following her/their lead#(like I have thoughts about why but that’s not important and ultimately is just… it’s the most normal of ltr breakups)#like he just sounds a little pretentious with his ‘real life’ which like… good on him keep living that real life you do you dude#meanwhile his ex is flourishing with every passing week and milestone and is living her unabashed best life#and they’re probably both happier for it now
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