#media temple

[shorthaltsjester]

there are literally no standouts in downfall because everyone sat down at that table and said hey you wanna see something cool and proceeded to Become their characters but idk if it’s because they’re beside each other and that aids the dynamic or just because it’s the delicious similarities and insurmountable distance between the god of death and the god of (in various ways) life but ayden and emhira’s interactions were so chewy and delicious. i’ll be thinking of their exchange fairly early on after ayden cast lesser restoration on that old man and emhira not cruelly but just simply stating “you cannot heal everything.” and ayden’s equally simple reply “we can always try.” emhira seeing the family trist has built and wondering at the presence of children, “surprised there is laughter in such a horrible place” and i know she’s speaking of hawk’s hill but i wonder if she is also speaking of exandria itself in some ways. the delicious space between in and out of character that only really happens in improv stories where as brennan is narrating and says “in this dark room” and nick interrupts and adds “it is not dark.” brennan’s incisive point in the cooldown that while the love that ayden and trist have for mortals and for exandria is warm and the kind of love someone would likely Want from gods, there is something maybe more honest or whole about emhira who says . actually these mortals are little shits that will kill you not because they fear you but because they hate you. whose very existence should be (and still often fails to be) a reminder that the gods can be usurped by mortals. the insight nick shared in the cooldown that ayden does not forget emhira’s origins but in a way dismisses them, that the god of death is a different beast. ayden wanting to find. way to save the people of aeor, insisting that the prime deities Win if they can find a way to do so. emhira reminding everyone that death is inevitable (and she does not add anything to clarify that she intends such a statement to only exist for mortals) as she argues for them to work to take down aeor and the people in it. the fact that the god with the most present connection to mortality is also the one given the most explicit clarification that she Is the god we know as SILAHA calls her the matron, brennan’s narration clarifies purvon is her champion, taliesin as asha asks for clarification on the recognition of emhira as a god and prompting the familiar spectre of a woman in a white mask.

i want to be very clear that when i say there are no standouts i Mean it because i’ve been awed and endeared and intrigued by every single character choice everyone made and as always brennan’s narration is so incredibly well suited for the mission impossible greek tragedy vibes that comes with this story and i’m so fucking delighted by the fact that laura, ashley, and taliesin are playing gods that their characters have known quite well in the past. i’m incredibly excited by what we’ve already gotten to see from abubakar, nashir, and nick and cannot imagine what other greatness is to come. i’m psyched to see the relationship between asha and the law bearer and am delighted that (perhaps for now perhaps for the whole arc) it is being seen through the lens of “my wife promised me a visit with apples and all i got was a rock ice emissary”. i also have many incoherent thoughts about the fact that, of the players who appeared as the same character in the opening and the story, taliesin’s ash and asha are the ones whose name remains the most unchanged.

i’m obsessed with the fact that this creature sent as a stand in by the god of law and duty believes his primary gift is love. while there is a certain mourning and sadness to every god we see, that SILAHA has a certain playful whimsy and jofyful curiosity about the world. that the only one of them who has been mortal before stops to steal an imp necklace from the neck of a drunk on the train (and that moment between brennan’s narration that this man will be dead by morning but, with death standing invisible in front of him, he is incapable of seeing it coming, and then laura as emhira breathing in deeply and brennan having that spark a coughing fit. they are Story Telling). asha seeing the erased image of a god, of a family member and saying “there’s a hole in all of us.” brennan narrating “this is a place where they tried to kill a story. it’s a very frightened thing to do.” (and god. the motif of fear. especially given the very present fear felt by the gods in current day exandria. they’re doing insane things in the critical role 3 part departure).

trist reminding ayden “he never tells the truth” and asha contesting “he only tells the truth, it’s just rotting.” emhira and asha both as perhaps the less Good™ much more neutral but doing so in such different ways, asha as bitter and hungry while emhira seems uncomfortable but there’s a familiarity and a certainty in her discomfort with mortality (the law bearer would also be included here but the emissary seems much more like trist and ayden (for now) than emhira or asha). something as insignificant as trist and her husband speaking to their children and affirming that little lies are okay while trist has lead a significant part of her life likely dishonest about who she is. the fact that there’s a certain childlike quality to the emissary who they’re all charged with ensuring makes it to the end of things even if they cannot. the fact that nahal (unclear which god they were, and i’m assuming it’s the first god of death but regardless still an absolutely compelling development in a short amount of time) in those opening moments is horrified by the concept of away which is unfamiliar to them only to soon after look upon their family and say. maybe away was better. Especially if those were words spoken by the god who would one day be replaced. these three episodes are going to haunt me and i’m excited to meet the ghosts.

[e11asurfz]

cds are awesome!!!

[parentsday]

seeing very peculiar takes on max going around recently and i feel like it’s important to mention that you guys really don’t have to try your best to avoid calling what he experiences child neglect. aside from it being alluded to in the series on several occasions, the show’s staff has also called it neglect in out of the show material several times too (one of such instances being as recent as this month). it’s really not doing any of you any favors when you are choosing to call his parents every possible word in the book instead of neglectful and as such not only minimizing the intentional writing choices and themes of the media at hand, but also not properly acknowledging why max is the way he is in an actually meaningful way

[skwtches]

been meaning to draw the Bill Baird marionette of Tigger used in Shirley Temple’s Storybook: Winnie-the-Pooh (1960) for a bit now, so here it is as my first piece of the year 🧡

[mouna-bat]

punk love ⚡ Kuko from HypMic & Kei from Charisma House

Commissioned by TiredBunni!

[gods-favorite-autistic]

I think there’s something ironic about how one of the things Kristen was told about Helio and why she should come back is the idea that the bad things that have happened to her wouldn’t have happened if she’d stayed Helio’s chosen one.

But like the very first time she died she was still with Helio. Through most of season one despite her questioning her faith she was with Helio. Some of the worst moments of her life happened in the name of Helio. Her parents essentially kicked her out and kind of disowned her in the name of Helio. Her own coach tried to kill her in the name of Helio. While she was still with Helio. If being with Helio would’ve stopped her from dying the second time then why didn’t it stop her the first time.

And like the most recent episode only proves that point because Buddy was supposed to be Kristen’s replacement, the new stand in chosen one for the salvation they longer have (because they chased her away. Because she wasn’t what they wanted her to be). And he still died. He was betrayed horribly and Helio didn’t help him at all, as far as we saw. There was no warning, no divine intervention on Helio’s part. And no matter how much the church or his grandpa wants to pretend he is he is no chosen one to be cherished and kept alive at all costs unless for the greater good. And unlike Kristen he can’t simply bring himself back from the dead.

If Helio was really all that great maybe he shouldn’t have let his two favorites die so horribly huh.

[melontoyo]

Next I'll be working on my original short story "Temple of Dreams" 🌊🐍

Hoping to release & get it printed around February 2024! Right now it's just sketches still. Please look forward to it!

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[ladyelainehilfur]

Illustrations of Azula I liked from "Azula in the Spirit Temple"

[baltarbd]

Diabellstar and Poplar

[frostycatblr-fandom-files]

Glitch 💜

Found in the 2012 comic 'The Clone Wars: Defenders of the Lost Temple', we have ourselves a Clone who thinks he is Force-sensitive!

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You can find more of my art here in my masterlist or by clicking my art tag.

[faeyism]

Guys I fucking love mob psycho. Can we talk about that? How cool that piece of media is? Like. Bro. Random autistic kid has psychic powers and is mentored by a con man with probably not much of a future, and then they just. Become enveloped in a world of wonderfully complex and interesting characters and conflicts? In which the whole psychic thing is important but not even really the most interesting thing going on? “If everyone is not special maybe you can be who you want to be” and all that.

Spoilers!

Like yeah it’s cool that you can float a frog with ur brain, but tsubomi doesn’t care in the least so does it even matter? Like the whole psychic thing is more interesting in terms of Ritsu’s struggle with feeling inferior because of it, or because of the absurd ego that whole organization has over their psychic powers. Or even because of the morals Reigen has given mob to follow in regards to the powers. Ok im done now. Just had to explode into confetti for a second there, I know it wasn’t super intellectual or analytical. I just lovelovelove mp100 so much.

[spiiiiiral]

i have like a million rambles/tiny analogies about thief king that i really wanna share, especially here on tumblr because this is just kinda like a tkb archive hot spot,,. but im too scared to post them,,

[redlettermediathings]

[the-monkey-ruler]

Journey to the West: The Great Buddha Temple (2018) 西游之决战大佛寺

Director: Make Starring: Tang Fei / Dou Xinhao / Wang Zhe / Fan Zihao / Jin Zi Genre: Drama / Fantasy Country of production: Mainland China Language: Mandarin Date: 2018-02-01 (Mainland China) Duration: 73 minutes Type: Retelling

Summary:

"Journey to the West: Little Treasures Conquer Demons: The Great Buddha Temple" is a movie script based on the classic novel "Journey to the West". It tells the story of Tang Monk and his four disciples who transformed into cute babies to punish evil and promote good. Sun Wukong and his brothers reincarnated as cute babies to conquer demons and establish their power, but unexpectedly lost his golden hoop stick, so they started a thrilling struggle with the demon who stole the golden hoop stick. In the end, they recovered the golden hoop stick, defeated the demon, and saved the child. This is the Chinese version of "Home Alone", but the cute babies in Journey to the West not only have to defend their homes, but also save the world! Through the wonderful adventure stories of cute babies, the script conveys truth, goodness and beauty to children, teaches them to do more good deeds, spread positive energy, and promote the core values ​​of socialism.

Source: https://movie.douban.com/subject/30148222/

Link: https://www.iq.com/album/%E8%A5%BF%E6%B8%B8%E4%B9%8B%E5%86%B3%E6%88%98%E5%A4%A7%E4%BD%9B%E5%AF%BA-2018-19rrfowgug?lang=zh_cn

[mouna-bat]

Badass Temple selling two Avocados for $10. (audio by Matt Storer)

(if you're cool and you like Hypmic you should see my Hoodstar EN project)

[s1ithers]

picked planescape torment out of the pool of post-bg3 recs. ~10 hrs in and i love this interplanar city, i am chewing on it, i am turning it around between my fingers. the way it nails the strange-familiar....miévillesque