#its never just a quote

[fanaticalthings]

just another night in gotham

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[ghxstgvrlx]

My face and eyes and head hurt so much from crying. I'm so sick of crying. Regaining strength and feeling deep pain and hurt is hard. I can't do everything at once. I need to be more patient with myself. Not so hard on myself. Especially because I really can't afford more broken things I need to fix and wounds I need to heal. I'd like to get through this with no broken toes, or ankles. I want to live. I think. I don't know, the verdict is still out on that one.

But I need to understand that one day, it'll be over. All of it. Really that's what I want if I listen closely. I just need to get happy. Or happy adjacent. I'll just take non-suicidal for now.

If someone hurts me again, we're both going down. Don't test me. Please. I can't handle anymore. I have very little fight in me left at this point. But notice I said "little" this time. That's improvement if I've ever heard it.

I put on some eye makeup and eye drops in, i washed my face with cold water, i braided my hair so I could get some work done, and I will get what I need to survive. Eventually.

As me and Scotty say to one another,

We take baby steps around here.

[knightofleo]

Angela Orosco Silent Hill 2

[everwalldigan]

(Bruce and Jason meeting for the first time after he came back from being presumed dead (lost in the time stream))

Jason: really? Copying my flow and coming back from the dead? Be original. *voice wobbling* you should have stayed dead, we were wayyyyy better off, it was quiet for once *bursts into tears and runs away*

[almondcroissantsandink]

It's just a bunch of hocus pocus! ;)

[localicecreambiter]

hello four swords nation. specifically the niche blue and shadow enjoyers. it's me again

Green alt because the original base I drew wasn't shadow enough

[xxplastic-cubexx]

was talking to my brother the other day after i rewatched dark phoenix and he was like 'why is everyone so mean to charles in this movie?? were they always this mean to him ?? is it cause he's bald now- he lost his pretty privilege??' and i fear i havent recovered

[skrrtscree]

me and you and him 🫀🫀

[s0fter-sin]

one of my favourite aspects of supernatural that you very rarely see in paranormal shows is that sam and dean are already versed in the world they live in. there’s no sudden discovery of ghosts and demons and now they have to learn about them along with the audience; they are born into it and already know all about it. it allows the audience to follow their personal story instead of also trying to figure out this new world and its rules

the first season is full of knowledge we never see them learn; “w*ndigoes are in the minnesota woods or- or northern michigan. i’ve never even heard of one this far west.” […] “great. well then this [his gun] is useless.” (1x02), “you don’t break a curse. you get the hell out of its way.” (1x08), d: “it’s a god. a pagan god, anyway.” […] “the annual cycle of its killings? and the fact that the victims are always a man and a woman. like some kind of fertility right.” […] s: “the last meal. given to sacrificial victims. d: “yeah, i’m thinking a ritual sacrifice to appease some pagan god.” (1x11)

almost every episode in the first season is a monster they’ve faced before that they then explain to the audience in a way that should feel patronising; like it’s the same speech given over and over again but instead, the audience almost feels included in the knowledge. it’s stated with such an innate confidence and comfort in said knowledge that it feels like we already knew it too; “spirits and demons don't have to unlock doors. if they want inside, they just go through the walls.” […] “the claws, the speed that it moves; could be a skinwalker, maybe a black dog.” (1x02), “it's biblical numerology. you know noah's ark, it rained for forty days. the number means death.” (1x04), “no no no, not the reaper, a reaper. there's reaper lore in pretty much every culture on earth, it goes by 100 different names.” […] “you said it yourself that the clock stopped, right? reapers stop time. and you can only see 'em when they're coming at you which is why i could see it and you couldn't.” (1x12)

they already know and, at least in the first season, already have what they need to kill whatever they’re hunting; already know to salt and burn bones for spirits, fire for a w*ndigo, exorcisms for demons, a silver bullet to the heart for shapeshifters. there’s only three times in the entire first season that they run into something new to them; 1x14 when sam gets his first vision that leads him to another psychic, 1x16 when dean calls caleb for help on the sigil he put together and he tells him about daevas, and 1x20 when they find out vampires are real- and they only don’t know that bc john thought they were hunted to extinction and not worth mentioning

(there’s also technically two half instances if you count one of them knowing something the other doesn’t - sam figuring out the tulpa in 1x17 and dean already knowing about the shtriga in 1x18 - but those still rely on sam and dean having prior knowledge)

even when they’re uncertain about facing something, it’s not bc they don’t know what it is; it’s precisely bc they know what it is and acknowledge that it’ll be a difficult hunt (“i don't know, man. this isn't our normal gig. i mean, demons, they don't want anything, just death and destruction for its own sake. this is big. and i wish dad was here.” 1x04)

so much of the tension in paranormal shows typically comes from the main character(s) not knowing what is happening to them/the people around them and having to find out how to resolve it. supernatural is unique in that it operates more like a police procedural. the tension comes from solving the clues and identifying patterns to figure out who (what) the killer is and intercepting before they can take another victim

it’s such a different tone to go for when compared to other shows that came both before, during, and after its run. it sets sam and dean on even footing with each other since they both have the same knowledge going in, and it puts them in a place of authority usually reserved for an outside character

the shows i compare spn to most is charmed, buffy and teen wolf; every main character in those shows are brought into the paranormal world knowing nothing, putting them on the same level as the audience, and they have their mc interact with others already knowledgeable about that world in order to overcome their problem/monster of the week. the audience organically learns about this new world as the characters learn about it. it’s a sound writing strategy that prevents “as we already know”-style exposition but something that complicates it is if your world building isn’t unique or intriguing enough, this slow introduction can become boring

we’ve seen shows like these before; sitting through the same tropes of characters learning to use their powers, struggling with no longer feeling normal/relating to the regular world around them, and not knowing how much they can trust the people already involved in this new world gets repetitive. all three shows eventually reach the same level of comfort with their new world that spn starts with but if the characters aren’t enough to draw you in, you can end up dropping it before they reach that point (and often, before the overarching plot can really kick in and evolve the show beyond the villain of the week format)

it’s the superhero origin movie in tv format; dragged out and overplayed. dropping the audience into an established world of course comes with its own problems but you also have the benefit of pre-existing established character dynamics that let the audience slot in like they’ve always been there instead of just getting to know all the characters while the characters also get to know each other

sam and dean already knowing about the supernatural lets the audience immediately get to the core of the story; the conflict between sam and dean, the search for their father, and the mystery of what killed their mother

[moeblob]

I didn't realize it was so late so here's a doodle - hopefully I can finish the comic I'm doing as well.

[sualne]

'I can't stand him'

[image description: a digital illustration of characters from dungeon meshi. shuro embraces laios, who slouches into him. kabru and namari reach to support laios as well. kabru and shuro have looks of concern.]

ID written by @kallistoi, thank you so much!

[isopodmithrun]

logan "love is a strong word" sanders. i see you. i see you

[hyohaehyuk]

Compilation of Jam taking about their coffins

Source amc+ Every Midnight Snack | Season 1, Interview with the Vampire' Panel | SDCC 2022 | Entertainment Weekly, Young Hollywood - Does Jacob Anderson Know Interview With The Vampire Co-Star's Birthday?!, Brief Take - Sam Reid on Loustat, Armand's reveal, Théâtre des Vampires, IAmA REDDIT - Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid Q&A and Collider - Jacob Anderson & Sam Reid on Louis & Lestat's Relationship

i cant with them both making it quite obvious in the last 2 videos that they like laying in the coffin the most TOGETHER: - jacob saying it was only comfortable when he was sharing it

- sam (while smiling big as hell) saying "lestat was happy about that" while talking about how his last scene of s1 was closing himself in the coffin with louis. But only Lestat, Sam?! IDK bc it looks like Sam was pretty happy too 😒

[crazy-fangirl2524]

Andrew’s “bottomless rage” and Jean’s “old and ugly rage” are the same in this essay I will -

[ghostlylicious]

moot always got the hit tweets on private

anyways yeah thats how i imagine their first conversation goes

[starving-mimi]

i havent played dst in awhile what is that thing

new thing from the halloween update! They're called void masques i'm not sure if it's just for halloween or if it's a permanent feature actually but i think it's here to stay

basically it's those mask things! they spawn when rifts are activated in a world around nightmare fissure if i understood correctly? But basically those things will possess mobs and can even possess you the player if you die!

and apparently the characters have quotes for seeing their own possessed corpse, maxwell's says "Jack? Wait, no." ( thank you plushee for giving everyone the quotes when the wiki isn't updated yetttt )