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[hellonerf]

innovation inc thermal power plant. you can see this as their halloween costumes or i don't know sorry i'm tired as hell

[stardustspaceway]

Emma Perkins <33333

its unfortunately 4am and I ended up doodling less of her than I wanted to… (i wanted to sketch out her teen design for my sketchbook)

[hethress]

Red Dead Redemption 2 characters as flowers. Part 1

Arthur Morgan: Paperbush

John Marston: Blueweed

Hosea Matthews: Cockscomb

Charles Smith: Blue Iris

Javier Escuella: Aztec Lily

All Images found on google.

I had so much fun making these 🤭

[teachyouhowtodothesponge]

Little digital doodles. School has begun!

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Plants of the Deadlands

Concept art for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Art/design by R Todd Broadwater and Matt Carofano

[leer-reading-lire]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge || June || 12 || Floral

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

[fannyyann]

ECF Game 4 | CAR @ FLA 5.25.23

[dirtyassvoiceactors]

WildBrothers/Teahaw/ Fjord and Caduceus Parallel

!!! SPOILERS FOR FJORDS ARC AND THE END OF CAMPAIGN 2!!!

Fjord c2e72 threatening Uk’otoa his Patron (on the same place the Wildmother choose him as her Paladin): “You need me more than i need you. Give it back”

Caduceus c2e140 asking the Wildmother for a Divine Intervention to bring back The M9s friend after they failed to revivify him even after “winning the fight”: “Whoever it was, just put it back. I think they’ve earned it. Put it back.”

The best part is actually is right before Cad did this (and fucking succeeded), is Fjord went to check on Essek cuz they all were frustrated it didn’t work, and how unfair it is,

Essek said “That can’t be it, can it?”

And Fjord absolute legend said: “I don’t know. But if you were to ask my wise friend, Caduceus, I’m sure he would tell you that life continues on. It changes, it evolves, and it grows. I don’t think there’s an end. You just might not be able to see the next…trip.”

And goes on to say that Essek has more time, to turn around on any regret or grief over what he’s done, that he(Fjord) sees nothing but good, and that he has an opportunity to use that anger and frustration to fuel him.

Matt: “Of all the fungus and moss that has grown through the decomposition, more plants begin to grow as well. Vines and flowers and roots, and ferns begin to bloom and blossom out of the ground surrounding his body. Begin to encase it in a way that’s oddly familiar to one of you.” “…a warm breeze. It smells sweet, with hints of ocean. The green turns to brown, and pulls away.” And a Tealeaf is back “Your eyes open for the first time.”

[fideidefenswhore]

my fav terminal cope i've ever read was that one dumbass that said that that one pope sixtus v quote about elizabeth i was 'protestant propaganda'

[oxford-comma-enjoyer]

that shiv/tom interaction was some of the most genuinely beautiful dialogue i’ve seen so far from armstrong and friends. in succession, i find the most poetry in things unspoken, but the little vignette that tom paints about he and shiv’s green love... it made my heart ache in a siken-esque way. it’s so simple and so devastating and the final twist of the knife is the fact that tom was the one to whom it was gifted. fucking hate him this season. love matt mac though, very pride and prejudice of him. he’s brilliant in that kicked puppy kind of way. 

[deeply-embarrassing]

“The Wilderness” will 100% be partly real and it’ll be a gag

One of the most predominant themes of the show is belief, and the “absolutely no supernatural elements” road seems both an unlikely and boring way to explore it!! At the request of no one, here’s a rather long post on why I believe some supernatural elements in Yellowjackets will eventually be confirmed as true (there’s a TL;DR)

• Seasons 1 and 2 explore "classic" religious beliefs a lot, as the Yellowjackets slowly regroup all the unexplained phenomena in one particular entity. The show expands on faith: as God [The Wilderness] cannot be proven, His very existence depends on whether we believe He exists. God depends on us so, in a sense, we create God. We are God: The Yellowjackets and The Wilderness are one and the same. Whether the Wilderness truly exists or not doesn’t matter as long as they believe It does: it leads to the same practical results.

To explore this, season 2 includes fewer unexplained phenomena, more desperation from both groups, more hallucinations from Lottie which aren’t “clear” visions. Basically, season 2 focuses on “classic” cults, in both timelines. So when Lottie says “Is there a difference?”, we assume she means it doesn’t truly matter if there truly is a Wilderness, they’re one with it.

• BUT “belief” isn’t just about religion. Strong, almost core beliefs, can shape our reality. Can lead to biases, to denying or ignoring what’s right in front of us, to rewriting our histories. It’s dangerous to have beliefs you refuse to question, so like:

After season 2, most characters (and casual viewers) believe that Lottie’s psychic abilities and the Wilderness aren’t real. And thus despite still having no explanation for a bear offering itself up or Lottie’s disturbingly accurate visions in season 1. And I think it’s all preparing us for an eventual reveal that Lottie was (partly) right all along.

My basis for that is Lottie’s storyline in season 2, and especially in the last episode. It was very dedicated to making us realize that in both timelines, Lottie is often exploited, abused and demonized due to her “delusions”, her belief in supernatural elements.

[Developping on that abuse, but skip it if you know what I mean  : early on, the teen group mostly mocks her. Then, they rely heavily on her for hope and guidance. She ends up feeling so responsible for the group’s wellness she accepts to be Shauna’s punching bag. Misty eventually gaslights her into believing she started the murderous rituals, and lies to the group about her agreeing with that practice. Once they were rescued, I doubt they protested her being institutionalized.

Most of the adult group blames her for the creation of the cult and their former actions, as if she’d forced them to join, to diminish their own guilt.  They believe Lottie's visions and newly recovered faith in the Wilderness are symptoms of her mental illness and trauma. So they assume she’s a  danger to Natalie, but she saved her life. They assume her cult’s malicious, but it’s not. They take advantage of her, some of them (all?) secretly wanting to do a ritual but pretending to be humouring her. They institutionalize only her as if they (all?) hadn’t been ready to murder whoever got picked.]

It could simply be the show portraying how certain mental illnesses make one vulnerable. But from a storyline point of view, if Lottie were truly “just delusional” by the end of the show, then Yellowjackets would portray a lot of bashing of a mentally ill character. It wouldn’t be a great look, and it wouldn’t be particularly original and subversive. It would also mean Lottie's future appearances would be repetitive.

• What would be interesting and subversive would be for Lottie’s psychic abilities and beliefs to be eventually confirmed as (partly) real all along. The implications would be huge for everyone.

For Lottie, she’d have to rethink her entire life. For the other Yellowjackets, they’d have to reconsider how they rewrote their own histories and to face their treatment of Lottie.  For all of them, they’d have to decide what to do with that knowledge, and their strong (false?) belief that their relationship with “It” is equal  could lead to tragedies.

And for the viewers, it’d force us to face how eager we were to consider it all to be trauma responses, and why we were so eager to do so. And after the reveal, watch some of us directly fall into the trap of believing the teen group understood the Wilderness correctly.

-> “Some supernatural elements were real all along but the group didn’t understand them correctly” is a fantastic opportunity for drama, plot twists, and an amazing rewatch value.

• TL;DR: Yellowjackets loves to subvert expectations and to explore beliefs. It appears unlikely it wouldn’t eventually tackle the dangerosity of strong beliefs to the point of blindness, and would be a missed opportunity imo. And not only when it comes to religious beliefs, but also to common beliefs for many characters and viewers, such as the nonexistence of the supernatural in the show.

[sofiasfanartcollection]

hello! :] here is some art I made of River as a ref for last ArtFight in July (it just was July wasn’t it? where did the time go?)

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Remember how the fungal hyphae growing around the roots of your plants can travel 2000 times further than the roots themselves? Your neighbour's garden affects yours, as yours affects theirs.

"Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy" - Matthew Evans

[justana0kguy]

2023 JULY 31 Monday

 "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the 'birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.'"

~ Matthew 13:31a,32

[itskeej]

Stu is stupidly difficult to draw for literally no reason.

It's like his entire facial structure changes in every scene and while it's very silly goofy of him, its a pain in the ass to draw

YOU ARE SO INCREDIBLY RIGHT I CANNOT ARTICULATE HOW RIGHT YOU ARE

[robynsassenmyview]

Learned friends; true rotters

"Learned friends; true rotters", a review of 'Witness for the Prosecution', directed by Alan Swerdlow, until 30 June in Johannesburg, and 4 July - 10 August in Cape Town.

VERDICT under consideration, with (from left) Sir Wilfred Robarts QC (Graham Hopkins), Mr John Mayhew (Craig Jackson), defence solicitor Mr Myers QC (Mike Huff) and Inspector Hearne (Micah Stojakovic) with Mr Justice Wainwright (Peter Terry) residing. Photograph by Keaton Ditchfield. THE COURT DRAMA in the wake of a murder of passion is arguably the most enthralling context for a thrilling story…