#just on opposite ends of the spectrum

[musical-trash-goblin]

I literally have nothing to say. This is the post. Enjoy

Left: Bereczki Zoltán as Mercutio [Rómeó és Júlia musical]

Right: Lillium White [Countdown to Countdown webcomic] by @velinxi

[theautumnaldemon]

[lolli-popples]

Objectively funniest possible Life Series alliance would be BigB and Martyn.

They would be like "I guess we're allies now" and then they'd walk in opposite directions, build separate bases, and would be in the same room a total of 5 times, all of which being them doing an intro together.

They would also set the Life Series alliance record for "Most problems caused without facing any consequences."

Most solid team ever, you can't betray each other if you're never in the same room.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

real talk having the 2nd worst new years eve yet 🤢🤢🤢 (throat infection, twisted neck, banged-about-foot, ego AND the rest o' me all bruised like misjuggled peaches 🍑🍑🍑)

im bent outa shape and suspectin the universe owes me 8 buck if anyone wannsa chip in

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

something something jay being indifferent to a father being unable to see his daughter because of his work obligation vs gillion being extremely bothered by it

[grimfantas]

you don't need morals, you need someone like you who can understand

[howparadoxical]

Personally, I think Bruce would have the best Dad Lore (tm). Like yeah, he's done things as The Batman and as Brucie, but Bruce? Bruce Wayne?? This man has always been so out-of-touch with what is considered normal experiences that the batfam ends up having so many questions and this man will NOT elaborate on.

At a certain point the kids band together to make a conspiracy board style timeline just to see if the man is fucking with them

[st-hedge]

Nier automata: I’m gonna tell a nuanced story of human struggle through beings u are not supposed to relate but u do thru beautiful writing with the backdrop of ethereal music. The more u see the less u understand but that’s okay cuz there isn’t a single correct interpretation to this story riddled with subtle political messages

Metal gear solid: *takes a break to wipe away sweat after beating u with the hammer of blunt political commentary*

[igotublue]

!!! Adds to the pile of cow man

[forestofsprites]

sam putting cas on bunker storage room #18 clean-out duty bc the nosy angel enjoys rummaging enjoys organizing and sam's confident he'll breeze through it overnight, but what in fact happens is that cas is a nosy angel who enjoys rummaging enjoys organizing & thus pauses 13 minutes in bc he finds a doohickey that he's convinced dean will be able to tinker with and revive (he does), organizes sure but does so into an eclectic system of apparent whim (he himself thinks it’s perfectly sound and logical),& then ultimately spends the majority of the night poring over decades-old receipts and smiling away to himself

[lostsyren]

why do you think Sofia (OBX) didn't go to college?

I think it was financial reasons, that’s the most likely explanation. Perhaps she had to provide another form of income for her family, which we see in s4. She’s an older sibling of four, so maybe her parents needed the extra cash. She could’ve put off college for a year and now she’s stuck in her job or something? Anyone else have any theories/headcannons?

Also just want to talk about Rafe’s classism here– he rolls his eyes, he’s unsympathetic to her. Rafe had college handed to him on a plate, which he messed up (since he’s literally 19 in s1 so he’s most likely a drop out). And instead of working hard and honestly for his money (like Sofia does), he took the easy and immoral path, spurred by his greed. And it’s his greed that leads him into this mess. His greed incited him to put a hit on his father (scared of losing the gold from the cross, Tannyhill, etc…)

He writes off Sofia’s “wrong move” because he can’t relate, whereas Sofia endeavours to help/understand his situation, despite him barely giving her anything to work with.

[mcytegg]

ls subz reads as a person w severe depression tbh

[time-to-write-and-suffer]

Henry Cavill just doesn't look like anything. He's just a generic handsome man. There's no charisma, no flavor. He's a man on a romance novel cover. He's a disembodied hairy torso. He's AI generated.

[dxxtruction]

What I find dynamically interesting about Armand is he really is a victim of his own privileges, but his privileges are still privileges, and it kind of gets lost where exactly he stands in position to them. With Marius it's most clear, like he gets luxuries, money, an education but those don't cancel out how he was abused and prostituted by Marius. In the CoD, yes he is the leader, but he's a victim of being forced into the position against his will, having to take on, and become accustomed to, the role of killing other vampires who break The Great Laws, regardless of his own desire to, and further, having to uphold things he no longer believes in, in order to appease the larger group.

With the TdV the only main difference is that it's secular. He has control over the beliefs being presented, giving humans/the audience the illusion and vampires the grim reality of things. So he can now think for himself, but still has to appease a larger group he never wanted, who are labyrinthine depths of stuff he wishes he didn't have to put up with. He upholds the laws pretty much only in order to appease people, and to some extent reinforce his role as the leader. Keeping this order and peace isn't what he wants though, he doesn't want his leadership. But I think a part of him is aware how such a position can become abused, and can suspect how someone like Santiago would abuse the position. The Great Laws almost need someone who doesn't want to be the one to uphold them in order to not be abused.

And I think as well that this secularism puts him at greater risk, (greater perceived risk I should say?), since people aren't considering some kind of divine right to his ruling. He has to actually prove he deserves this position, and is strong enough to maintain it. The theatre was also established right around the time of the french revolution, where uncontested 'divine' leadership was toppled for enlightenment thinking. So he can garner the coven is disillusioned by how much power he really holds. He's probably rightfully paranoid. I think as well he's understandably fairly unaware of his true position in all of this, and how much power he actually holds, or could hold, especially given all of the various contentions he has with his own power.

The only part of things where he isn't a victim at all is with Louis, but I think he probably sees himself this way. (No Armand there's more to being a victim than simply not having your way). Like he has all the privilege of everything he ever wanted, but at a cost for something he never wanted - (The trail and Louis' tendency towards ideation and depression made worsened by said trail. Of which he partook in an unclear position of privilege. Though he tells it that he'd been forced to). He's still living a lie of himself, which I think is what fuels this sense of being partway the victim in all this. He still has to posture a role and appeasement towards his privileges in order to have a semblance of peace and what he wants. Though this is in a much more manageable and definitely desired way, he can be possessive over out of purely his own desire for it. But even if this is everything he wanted he's always going to be on edge with knowing it's all a lie that he conveniently earned Louis back. (If we're going with just the show there's something in the way the acting is done that says Armand was NOT expecting it, even upset.)

And he gets toppled out of this by Daniel, and for the first time has really no privileges at all, no position at all, but is completely free to simply be seen, and be himself. He wanted this in equal measure to wanting love. He wanted to be seen and heard, and to experience the world without being beholden to a lie of himself he'd developed to endure. I think he always feared this, and yet also desired this out of Daniel. He just couldn't fully admit it till he saw it. Daniel is the best thing to have ever happened to Armand, and I'm not sure how Armand is taking it. Probably with a lot of confusion, probably very lost. But he did change him, he is his fledgeling. So that must mean something, maybe something he can hold onto to maintain some type of thread to all he has ever been. Maybe for love for him, maybe a gift of reciprocity. It's speculation.

Also the fact Armand is not white in the TV adaptation adds many layers to his positionality. He is always going to be without the privileges of whiteness, even with a position to be granted some amnesty and privileges by appealing to whiteness. He is a victim as well of colonialist racism, first, before even ending up with Marius. Having then no privileges, not even that of himself.

[zapsoda]

its so strange how movies like the unbreakable boy, while trying to be positive representations of autism still very much write their autistic characters as almost inhuman. maybe this is just an autism parent thing but the dad character doesnt talk about austin like hes a kid he talks about austin like hes. idk. a lesson god is trying to teach him about appreciating life. yknow?????? and thats something i see a lot with strange stories like this one.

the thing is i think there are parents who really view their children that way and it would be a compelling subject to be represented in a movie if it werent for the fact that the narrative CLEARLY seems to agree with him. why cant austin just be a regular kid, yknow? why does he have to be exceptionally kind and positive and a ray of sunshine- too perfect for this world? i cant believe we're still doing this trope in current year

[lost-in-records]

i’m very pleased to find i’m not the only one that thinks theseus is also autistic