#just something interesting i noticed

[tamaytsuki]

The funny thing about knowing a second language is that in one of them the words don’t carry as much weight as my mother tongue, meaning that:

If someone says to me “you fucking idiot!”, i’ll probably be a bit confused cuz that was uncalled for, shrug and move on.

Now if someone says “sua idiota do caralho!”, I’ll probably sit and cry.

[skyward-floored]

I'm realizing I think a lot of the Links are younger then most people generally put them at

[thatonebluedog]

So semi-recently I rewatched The Good Place again and I know a lot of people skipped Season 3 for whatever reason, but I was thinking about that scene where Eleanor is complaining about not knowing how far away her taxi is because the app tells her in kilometres and Simone is like "it's about six miles". Which is funny to me because yeah, maybe Simone studied overseas or something, but since they never specifically mention that my first thought it, why would she know that? (Unless all Australians can convert kilometres to miles in their heads easily, in which case I'm just stupid ig). I feel like it's a weird part of the whole americanisation thing that people who live in other countries are just assumed to know everything about American culture like it's the default, and either everything in their culture is some sort of alternative method they have to consciously learn, or said culture goes out of its way to teach American systems because they're somehow relevant enough to the society to warrant teaching. I was never taught in school the imperial system, we were never explained that the seasons are different in the northern hemisphere (well we were but in the context of what causes seasons in general), or that in America seasons start on specific dates rather than the start of the month, and honestly, I still struggle to wrap my head around the concept of tropics in the south. I think part of it is how much of the media is from the US nowdays, but still, the culture you're raised in is going to be your default. It doesn't matter how relevant the US becomes, I'm probably still not going to know what a mile is

[spoop-dee-boop]

While doing the finishing touches on my painting today I have learned that Meta’s insignia is different between the main series games and the smash series

In the main games the sword points up but in smash the sword points down

[5ummit]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) || Thunderbolts* (2025)

[laddertek]

etho said actually you _don't_ understand the intricacies of how tango is my boyfriend and bdubs is my ex

(and how tango and bdubs kiss too)

Scar: We went on that little adventure, you know! Etho: Yeah, yeah, we had our adventure, that's true, that's true. Scar: You disparaged your teammates. That's it, all right, no more spoilers. Etho: (laughs) Our team has -- our team has some weird dynamics this -- this season. Cleo: (overlapping) Really, Etho? Is there trouble in paradise? (pause) Who's third-wheeling with you, again? I can't remember. Etho: (laughs) Uhh. The -- Cleo: Genuinely can't remember. I know it's you and Bdubs. And...Tango? Tango. Tango. Etho: (loudly) Why -- Why is Tango the third wheel? Why -- why isn't Bdubs the third wheel? Cleo: Because it's you and Bdubs. I'm sorry. I understand how that relationship goes. Etho: (dissatisfied) Hmm.

[catmask]

it is insane how normal i am medicated like. you mean this was an option the whole time. what

[fivefootoh-andtrains]

Slapped some color on a sketch for my Attrition, Retention AU! Emmet's just sharing some clan gossip with Ingo.

Basically the idea is the boys landed in Hisui when they were young, so they grew up in the Pearl Clan and both became Sneasler's wardens. The fic is set after they are suddenly brought back to Unova.

You can read the fic here if you're interested!

[wysteriaisapenguin]

Cold when he sees Skeptic or Smitten in their respective Grey Chapters: Oh, I can make them worse~ <3

Paranoid when she sees Skeptic or Smitten in their respective Chapter 3s: OH GOD I MADE THEM WORSE

[autism-swagger]

I sincerely hope you all know that when I say "baby butch Jackie Taylor who died before he had a chance to realize/explore it" I'm not just pulling that out of my ass. Literally just look at the outfits she wears over the course of season 1.

Are they the most masculine things ever? No, of course not! But when you compare them to the outfits we see her wear before the crash, when they're still in Wiskayok?

It paints a very interesting picture.

[kithj]

some stories are written precisely to elicit strong emotions from the reader INCLUDING negative ones. some stories and characters are meant to be upsetting, they are meant to challenge you and make you uncomfortable!! when a story makes you feel Big Feelings sometimes you are meant to sit in those feelings and ask yourself why! fiction is a great space to explore these emotions in a safe environment. you, as the reader, are meant to think critically about the art you are enjoying and that includes asking yourself questions like why has the author presented their art in this way and what are they trying to tell me. and then you get to have fun picking it apart and figuring it out and deciding what, exactly, the art means to you.

[mollysunder]

The Medarda arc of s2 struggled to be good, because the plot viciously smothered it. You can argue that Arcane was never about politics but you cannot say the Medardas were never explicitly a family defined by politics. So when the show shifted it's priorities from a drama steeped in political conflict where even though the setting was fantastical the stakes were grounded to a shift where magic is the end all be all threat to humanity, the Medardas are rendered largely irrelevant.

In s2 Mel's agency over her own story is both largely stripped from her and poorly communicated. Arcane has Mel abducted from the plot to be the Black Rose's captive. Even when Mel manages to free herself it's not through the traits the audience understands are her strengths, her cunning and social intelligence, it's through an innate instinct that natural to her and indecipherable to the audience.

Ambessa as a character is more or less a villain of convenience, which would be fine if she wasn't immediately following Silco's act. Once Mel is removed from the story Ambessa is largely disconnected from any emotional tension fuels conflict between the characters and previously drove the plot in s1. She's there to play the worse bad guy for Caitlyn and then give Viktor the man power for the Glorious Evolution.

It's frustrating to see the Medardas used the way they are in s2 because when they're together I can see how it could be good. When they're together Mel forces emotion out of Ambessa. In Act 1, Ambessa proved she could do circles around Piltover's court, which could actually put Mel in a tight spot.

Their final scene on paper sounds like a good idea where the true resolution to Mel and Ambessa's story was that Ambessa saw Mel's own ruthless behavior as she not only betrayed Ambessa to the Black Rose, but used her as BAIT to double cross LeBlanc. Ambessa died proud that her daughter killed her the way she did, and that's so cool and tragic, but the execution was a flop.

One, their final fight is completely unimportant to the actual Glorious Evolution, Mel's grief can't even be a highlight because it's interrupted by Viktor's mind trap. Two, their fight didn't rely on any of Mel's actual strengths, just magic and the poorly explained MacGuffin LeBlanc gave her. How did Mel even know it would do that?

It's like the writers had the bones for a great story for the Medardas, but then they're like the world's worst archeologists and fit those bones together in the worst way possible because they were convinced the bones made a stegasaurus instead of a T-rex or something.

[turtleblogatlast]

Something I like about Leo is that he’s honestly really chill? It’s easy to remember the moments where he’s being obnoxious or excitable but I feel like most of the time he’s incredibly “go with the flow” and has an overall affable demeanor.

[artbyzephra]

Always wanted a Scizor in my party when I played Pokemon Crystal, but I didn't have any friends to trade with to get them.

Original sketch/color:

[dewwshi]

i liked the sparring scene from the start of siege of darkness a normal amount

[styxxsyringe]

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