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i haven't taken any photos lately, i'm sorry. life has been a Lot lately and not just because of election shit, but here's an update anyway:
hotot litter still doing good, nestbox kits are doing good, and i picked up the second half of my rabbits off transport today. my new hotot doe had some chest clicks when i picked her up but her breathing is fine today. gave her a shot of draxxin anyway just to be safe. everyone else looks unhappy to be somewhere new, but healthy. i am very excited to get them through quarantine and in the barn. i am especially excited for chainsaw, the little mini satin doe, because it means i finally get to see if minis breed better than standard satins. i sureeee hope they do
anyway, i will do my best to take plenty of cute pics for you guys to help take your mind off of things in any marginal way that i can.
#ag talk#time to drink some hot choccy and knit for a while#might start a new tv show#be back later to start working on some resources for rabbit raising :)
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Page 15, for the second time! Apologies to those that saw the version I posted last night with the typo. My days lately have been busy, so sometimes I feel a bit brain foggy. A couple of people left comments on either here or Twitter and it killed me to delete everything. ;_;
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#skylldraws#i’m still counting this as part of my holiday streak#i posted on Mother’s Day and the day before Memorial Day#then I posted this originally on father’s day only to take it down and post on Juneteenth#The holidays might be part of why I’m feeling so exhausted lately#i end up having to visit family which is draining because i have to be on guard the whole time#but!!#next week i have some days off#hubby and i are going away and I’m hoping I’ll be able to rejuvenate#cause right now my motivation is low#some nights i get to the point where i can finally sit down and relax and all i have the energy to do is stare at the wall lolol#or watch tv#i recently started watching Nana for the first time#anyway I’ve babbled enough#we bought a new mattress and it’s tall so i need to go set up a ramp so my tiny dog can get into bed on his own#happy pride everyone#I watched To Wong Foo for the first time the other week and adored it#also went to a drag show Saturday and it was great#okay I’ll shut up now#here are the obligatory tags#tododeku#tddk#tdiz#todoizu#bnha#bnha comic#tddk comic#tddk fanart#todoroki x midoriya#todoroki x deku
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I don't know if anyone else feels this way but I think a big reason why I'm so chill about the changes made to the PJO show from the books is because I kind of look at each other as their own seperate canon.
Like, I read a lot of anime and manga, and anime adaptations have a huge habit for changing plot points for various reasons, and as a fan of said anime and manga, I've found that I can enjoy both versions of the same story even with the differences when I look at them as their own universe or canon. That's not to say I don't want them to be faithful or true to the source material, but if a scene or situation plays out differently for a logical or entertaining reason, than I can still appreciate that deviation from the manga even if I still like the other original version of that part more. And I can even like the reversal way if I feel an anime does something better than even the manga. But if I want to, I can look at certain moments as more canon than others because I got 2 different versions of that same scene or moment.
And, I don't know, I kind of apply that reasoning to the PJO series as well, mainly with the books, the show, and even the musical (not the movies put that right back where it came from). So far I'm loving the TV show, and while I miss some of the things they changed (like the pink poodle), this adaptation really is doing a great job with staying true to the heart and spirit of the original book that I personally am not even really bothered by the changes, especially when I remember that the books will always still be there with it's own version, or canon, of events.
Like, I will say 1 thing I adore in the books that isn't really in the show is the fact that a lot of Percy and Annabeth's "rivalry" during TLT has more to do with the rivalry between Poseidon and Athena. I just really like on how this adds a level of "forbidden friendship/love" to their relationship 'cause I personally eat the forbidden relationship trope up, especially when it's done well like with Percabeth.
Yet, even if this isn't really the reason percabeth have beef with each other in the show, I can still appreciate and enjoy that according to the show's canon, they have issues because they genuinely have problems with each other as actual people rather than their parents' rivalry, because at the end of the day, that's the PJO TV show canon, and I can always turn to the books for that version of Percabeth's "rivalry", as that is the PJO book canon.
Same goes for the characters too. I will always have and love my dark haired Percy and blond haired Annabeth in the books, but I can also welcome and love Walker's Percy and Leah's Annabeth from the show. And so far, they along with Aryan are KILLING IT as those characters.
I can love both versions of the characters.
I can love both versions of the same story.
I can look at both versions as they own seperate canon or mix them together if I so wish too (especially since both versions of PJO are written by the same guy)
And that's ok. The adaptation doesn't have to be a complete copy of the books. It doesn't have to have things play out eactly the same way. The characters don't have to look exactly the way they are described as in the books. And that's ok. I will still always have the books to love and appreciate, but I can also start to love and appreciate the new adaptation for it's new spin and twists to the same story that sets it apart as it's own canon while still staying true to the spirit of its predecessor.
Anyway, sorry if I'm not making a lot of sense. I just think the people complaining about the changes in the show are looking at it all the wrong way. The show has it's own canon just as the books have their own canon, or even the musical. At the end of the day, isn't that kind of cool to have different versions of the same story and characters? Doesn't it give you so many more options to look at the story in different ways that you can prefer or choose from? Doesn't it give you new versions of canon that you choose from? And really, as long as the PJO adaptation, or any adaptation for that matter, stays true to the heart and spirit of the original story and characters, do the changes made really matter?
#anyway sorry for the long post#I've just been seeing a lot of people complaining about the PJO making changes from the books and I thought I give my 2 cents#& I thought about how the show dies make enough changes to certain events or plotpoints that you could look at it as its own seperate canon#and how that actually is kind of cool as it gives us another version of the same story and characters#it's actually really neat to have different versions of the same story ya know#its like. if I ever want the Percabeth that has more of a 'forbidden relationship' thing going on. there's always the book canon to fall on#likewise if I want the percabeth where they're rivals because they have genuine issues w/ eachother. there's the TV show. ya know?#and if I want the Athena that I can at least somewhat believe might actually care for Annabeth. there's the book canon#whereas if I want the Athena I straight up wanna strangle from the getgo. I now got the TV show for that😊#same with the characters descriptions#I personally still imagine Percy and Annabeth as they are described in the books#but I am positvely loving Leah and Walker's portrayal of TV Percy and Annabeth so much. especially in these last few episodes.#and don't get me started on how much I love Aryan as Grover. he's the GOAT (literally🤭)#anyway thanks for coming to my ted talk#I just think its neat that Ive now got 2. even 3 versions of PJO canon that I can love together and individually at my disposal now#and I just think the people who are complaining about the show aren't seeing it that way and that's why they're whining about changes#like. chill guys. we still have the books. but now we also the show and musical to give us new versions of the same story and characters#and is that not amazing when you think about it?#percy jackson series#percy jackson and the olympians#percy jackson tv show#percy jackson#percy and annabeth#athena#annabeth chase#grover underwood#book vs show#percy jackson books#percy jackson musical#percabeth
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Everyone I know/listen to has been talking about Dungeon Meshi and I’ve been considering watching the anime since I’ve got some time between work… but the real catalyst might have been just now:
told my mom I was a little bored.
Mom told me to go watch Delicious in Dungeon.
Mother you don’t watch anime and you also hate trying to navigate the internet how do you know this!!? 😭 my social media-less mother giving me watch suggestions?? Idk I might as well listen to her lol
#dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#the universe is sending signals. they tried tumblr posts. they tried my fav YouTube (drawfee). they tried my friends.#but when those didn’t work they sent my mother LMAO#to be fair it’s not that I don’t wanna get into the fandom; it’s that I have a hard time starting new things#esp shows. I am the worst TV watcher ever methinks. but there’s the manga I can read too so that might help
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Rewatching heartstopper for like the fifth time within the last few months 😭
#not feeling well rn and this is a massive comfort show for me 🥲#it’s also hard for me to start a new show sometimes#might make an edit for them at some point hehe#heartstopper#charlie spring#nick nelson#nick and charlie#lgbtq#gay#bisexual#comfort show#comfort character#show#tv#totu speaks#lgbtq shows#lgbtq representation#lgbtq community#lgbtq romance#lgbtq relationships
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which one should i start. btvs or the vampire diaries
#dictions#im not rlly in a tv show mood lately but ill be done with tlou at some point so might as well start some New Stuff
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one thing i’m really realizing about tv-watching lately is that i’m reaching a point where i can’t hold all these shows in my head. it takes so long to have a new season come out that i’ve forgotten all the details of what happened in the previous season unless it’s a show i’ve watched multiple times, which it’s usually not. then i feel like i’m doing wrong by the show by not rewatching the previous season(s) so i can watch the new one as the creators intended it to be watched, with all the emotional threads from the previous season getting picked up and returned to. like, i want those things to HIT the way they’re intended to, but usually they don’t for me in this tv-watching model because it’s been so long that i don’t remember the details of what’s going on or how i was feeling about everything going on on the show where it last left off. i can’t shake the feeling that i need to rewatch the whole show before the new season so it can register with me correctly ... but there are only so many hours in a day, i can’t do that for every single show i watch that drops a new season every year or every couple of years!
tl;dr this is why i am dreaming of majorly cutting down on the amount of tv i watch. my brain just can’t take it in this current format! there are already so many new seasons of shows i loved that i just haven’t seen for this reason. i find myself actively craving, like, limitations to my viewing so i don’t feel like my brain is going to explode. often i daydream of canceling all my streaming services except pbs passport and getting really into antiques road show and this old house.
#being a tv person in the 2020s babe!!!!!!#like -- i loved the first two seasons of servant SO MUCH#i was crazy about it#but then we tried to pick up s3 and i couldn't remember what had happened before#so everything felt off#(i think i might actually start servant again from the beginning since there will be two new seasons waiting for me at this point)#and i never watched recent seasons of you or the flight attendant or harley quinn or russian doll or so many more i could list#just because ... i can't remember!!!!!#currently having a bit of a tough time with his dark materials s3 for this reason#also rewatching 30 rock has me so aware of how much i miss when a show would be part of most of your year#like -- there's the 3/4 month break over the summer#but for most of your year you're getting new content with those characters#man i miss that!#that was really special and i really feel the loss of it#it was so much easier to follow a series that way#anyway this has been my overwhelmed tv ramble!#goodnight!!#dollsome's deep thoughts
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Hello ! I just listened to The Bright Sessions and I loved it ! It was my first podcast ever and I want to thank you for creating this world and thoses characters (although I do NOT thank you for the angst). I'm currently reading "The Infinite Noise" and I was wondering would you ever consider writing a book on Owen and Joan past ? He is my favorite character and I need more of him ! (and them !) And I think that you kind of owe it to us after what you did in The AM Archives (as compensation for the emotional damage ). Thank you again for one of my new favorite things !
hello!!!! oh my gosh, I'm so glad you found TBS (and that it was your first podcast!) and that you're reading TIN!!!
so, yes, I HAVE considered this actually! several times - the original concept for writing TBS books was writing a joan prequel but then I wanted to write a lurrrvvvv story (with a happy ending). and you're right, I do owe you for what I did in TAMA - owen is one of my fave characters too tbh.
that said, I don't think this book will ever come to be. part of why I abandoned it in favor of TIN is that....I don't know how to explain it, the story didn't really work that well as a book! that's not to say I'll never write it or I'll never tell the joan/owen story in some other medium but....for now, I'm finished with the TBS universe and don't see myself returning to it in the near future. I've told the stories there I feel really strongly about telling. but I highly encourage folks to write fic about it, and there is probably some joan/owen stuff on ao3 already!
#the bright sessions#joan/owen#*sigh*#so#the other thing is#okay firstly - tbs is not currently in development for TV#it has been....three times#and it has gotten fairly close each of those times#but didn't make it all the way for various reasons#but I DO think that's an area in which the joan/owen dynamic pre TBS might be explored#bc various iterations of a possible tv show#we've discussed starting it earlier#but like......I can't even describe how hypothetical that is#I have NO idea if TBS will ever become a tv show and I don't know how it will tell the story if it does#what I can say is that it will be several years at minimum before there's any news on that front#simply bc once you've pitched something out to all the networks and stuff#if it doesn't sell you can't go right back out with it again next seasonnn#and tbh I've mostly given up hope that someone will buy it!#but you never know!#lauren answers things
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@gay-jewish-bucky IT REALLY FUCKING IS. No matter what if it’s a canon gay couple it’s just not going to be good enough for the exact same people who complain about wanting more gay rep. Part of getting gay rep is accepting that we’re going to get rep for all kinds of gays, all kinds of relationships, all levels of relevance - not just the kind that some people want or deem acceptable.
We finally have what is, in my opinion, a pretty well balanced canon queer ship that isn’t just ~hints and eye contact~, that isn’t squeaky clean, that have meaningful conversations and show love and affection like it’s not a big deal. It’s treated on equal levels to any straight ship on the show and I think that’s a breath of fresh goddamn air tbh.
I know people are always going to complain, but this topic has gotta be one of the most annoying and most exhausting ones. People should be happy we get any kind of lgbtqa+ rep, and that that rep is getting not just more diverse over the years but better too. There’s never going to be Perfect Queer Representation and to bitch and hold out for it?? To nitpick the fuck out of every ship?? Why would you, y’know??
#sorry for ranting jksdhfkds#i feel ancient saying this - like a grandma regaling her grandkids with tales of walking to and from school in the snow barefoot - but#i remember when there were no canon queer ships on tv or in movies#there wasnt shit for any of us#no matter what your label was#and now we have enough canon ships and canon lgbtqa+ characters that people feel they're entitled to be picky??#like my dude we just started getting this kind of content in my teen + adult life#maybe appreciate how far we've gotten studios and companies to come in a relatively short amount of time#maybe appreciate the positive for 2 seconds before you start demanding stuff and whining when you dont get it. especially when it#wasnt promised to you - btw. in regards to the ship i was talking about the showrunners said it was going to go down differently from#the books. they aged up the characters afterall + they were smashing 2 series together to create a whole new thing. they warned people#we got the canon ship. they put a lot of thought into writing it and the actors - who are big fans of the books - put a lot of thought#into acting it. that's the other thing!! actors who give a shit a bout providing quality queer rep!!! why are y'all not talking about that?#that's also not a given when it comes to people playing queer roles. there's a lot special going on here and to be so negative..#idk man it's doing a huge disservice to a lot of people + it ignores the progress made + it's whiny and annoying#i'm annoyed. does it show?? i think it might show#sdhjfsdkfs#sorry again for turning my reply into a rant. cole ur an angel and i love u#replies#maison speaks
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Constantly trapped between I can’t wait to live away from my family and spend more time alone because I feel like my thoughts will have time to settle and I will lose my mind if I live alone because I am starting to lose a sense of self this week simply because two of my friends are away and I don’t speak to anyone much in school.
#noggin time#I also cannot stand the fact that people I know follow me online or people I respect even#because I have a constant nagging feeling I’m completely and utterly embarrassing I see people posting abt things in their life and like#venting or whatever and I could never do that I think bc so many people follow me that I see face to face#I mean I’m doing this right now but tumblr is it’s own beast I have like one person I know irl on here I think#also it’s not like I have no friends I still talk to teachers and other people but it’s my best friend who I meet every morning and my new#friend I made this year who is in all the same free periods as me and also likes talking about tv shows so it’s like two people I talktomost#if this were a therapy session which it now is I would trace back my feeling of pure unfiltered embarrassment at simply being online back to#when I used framecast when I was like 9 and I drew a character inspired by someone’s oc and they vague posted quite civil abt it like please#don’t copy my ocs guys and I cried about it for hours and hours and I’ve never been the same since not to sound dramatic but it’s true#I delete Instagram every 3 days because it starts to make me feel physically unwell and then I re-download it because I miss everyone#I didnr consider i might have some sort of mental issues other than autism until recently because I just convinced myself this isn’t a prope#r issue I should just get over it but at this point it’s violently affecting my moods when I’m not immediately talking to anyone
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all these asks got me thinking about roxy experiencing the outside world for the first time lmao most conversations beginning with "HEY CASSIE / (CASSIE'S DAD) COME SMELL / FEEL / TASTE THIS" and it's just. a really big stick she found.
This is my favourite part of Meteors! The excitement and the sheer awe at the world around them as they experience it for real for the first ever time.
In this version, she would only be with the other animatronics in the ruins for a little while and she'd probably not want to leave yet. She'd be running around having her fun discovering how everything feels under her paws and showing off to everyone what she can do now. When she gets to live with Cassie and her dad and actually get to go outside of her own volition, she's absolutely like what you said too.
Running around, finding the most mundane things ever and shouting to Cassie to come see what she found. Cassie returns the favour by finding things like a different coloured leaf to the one Roxy found to show her. Cassie's dad still isn't entirely sure how he should interact with her and she's not as familiar with him yet so he would only really get involved whenever Cassie kind of invites him to get involved. He's more than happy to watch them though. He looked away for two seconds though and Cassie was cheering Roxy on to climb a tree which... he knew he probably should have tried to stop her but like. She was digging her claws in trying to climb and it wasn't going great so he left them to it. Until she yelled 'TO HELL WITH THIS' and just fucking leapt at it and pulled herself up as Cassie cheered. He's never moved so fast in his life lmao
But yeah, Roxy is losing her mind. She's running through grass, fascinated by the clouds and the dark sky (they had to wait till it got darker out because of the light sensitivity), climbing trees, having Cassie yell at her for trying to eat leaves, finding snails and having them and everything else she finds explained by Cassie... It's all so new and so amazing to her she loves it all so much already and she's so damn excited to see everything. She'll admit, it can get really overwhelming a lot of the time, but she wouldn't trade it for anything! Her tail is a blurr it's wagging so hard and if she wasn't so light sensitive, she'd have been out there all day every day if she could!
Cassie is so tired by the time they can drag her back inside. She's had to explain everything from how grass grows to how the clouds move and why the leaves fall off the trees. Anything she couldn't answer was redirected to her dad. Cassie loved it almost as much as Roxy did though. They played games in the park as well as all of the exploring stuff for as long as they could, they had a blast and a half!
And Roxy took a few dandelions, leaves and cool rocks back with her at Cassie's suggestion and Cassie's dad's insistence she do what she wants. When Roxy gets her prescription goggles, they go out in the day and she keeps telling them it's like a whole other world but they just can't quite see what she means. She's got questions for days though and they're both happy to answer them for her of course
#meteors au#pop rox answers#ruin dlc spoilers#this is BEFORE she starts watching TV and sees even MORE stuff she's never seen before#and she's not allowed internet access for um#a while.#cassie's dad has decided it would be best for her to wait a bit before she has that#cassie shows her stuff though#he trusts cassie not to give her free reign of it since the internet and how to stay safe on it isn't something that comes right after-#the conversation where he explains which tv programs are acting and fake and which ones aren't#there's no rush for it she's fine#he wants to make sure she's not overwhelmed with new information and knows enough before she gets into it#he might be a little bit overprotective with this one but roxy's having fun without it for now anyway#so there's really no rush#he'd be more comfortable giving her access if she would stop being stubborn and at least TRY to make some friends#'but I HAVE friends already!' she always says and cassie agrees#cause she doesn't really have friends outside of them either#but this just becomes a conversation on how they both need friends outside family#which immediately turns on him because oh??? he sees the animatronics as family now??? OHH??? REALLY????#it's just circles in this house lmao#hasdfdsfd roxy finds vanessa again after everything and she's like 'see?? FRIEND.'#he's not impressed.#vanessa: are you really STILL using me to get out of your problems?#roxy: old rabbits die hard.#cassie: habits not rabbits#roxy: same thing!#vanessa is more amused than annoyed honestly she's missed roxy's bullshit more than she'll admit#and she's happy to see her so happy#it's all good
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I’ve recently picked up splatoon again, and I was doing a buncha turf wars to build up my splatfest tee, and I wound up doing a few matches with this guy going by starlord. First match, no connection, but between matches I went over to hang out on Judd’s bench, and they joined me. Had a great time hopping around. Second match, we’re on the same team! great! Between matches we hang out on Judd’s bench again, pure vibin. Third match, and we’re on opposing teams.
I, of course, can’t do very much in this situation. There’s a very aggressive L3 on their team that keeps hunting me down, and I doubt they’ll let me initiate a party, but I don’t wanna kill my buddy. So, my compromise: they’re the only reef-lux user, so with all the determination in my little octopus body I’m gonna avoid killing them.
Half the match passes. I decide to try and make entry into the enemy base, I go up the stairs, and turn to find a reef-lux pointed at me. I raise my sploosh on instinct, but as soon as I register the bow I stop shooting and start going back down the stairs; too late. I’m splatted. ‘Aw,’ I think, ‘oh well, that’s fair.’ The camera, as it does in splatoon, focuses for a moment on my killer. They’re staring at the spot where I died. They enter swim form. They throw themself off the nearest ledge. man, human connection :) good :). I didn’t get to party with them again cause my switch shat itself and disconnected me, but I did send them a friend request which they accepted
#mobbtalks#also in vaguely related splatoon news#I started university and in one of my classes the prof talked for a bit about uhh like himself#just as lie a friendly introduction thing#talked about a book he read over the summer. a tv series he watched. and then a quirky fun fact#…. so he plays splatoon.#specifically he described it as ‘taking a break from apocalyptic media’ <- both the book and tv show were about the apocalypse and also he#said the real world was uh. apocalyptic. so he said splatoon was a breather from all that and I sat there and I thought to myself ‘uh oh. no#it isnt’#and then I spent the rest of the class grappling with the idea that I might have killed him in splatoon#I might have dabbed on him. how do you live with that. how do you look your prof in the eye#anyway. honestly shocked I didn’t kill them at all I went on a few hammer rampages
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An early role for Don Henderson, skulking around as criminal fixer Harry Watson and generally being a menace, in New Scotland Yard: My Boy Robby? (2.13, LWT, 1973)
#fave spotting#don henderson#george bulman#new scotland yard#my boy robby?#the xyy man#strangers#bulman#classic tv#character actors#lwt#1973#don was already in his 40s at this point but this is still one of his earliest tv roles#he'd come to acting relatively late in life‚ having already had a career in the police (reaching the rank of detective sergeant in CID no#less‚ the equal of this show's Alan Ward (John Carlisle's asshat assistant to Woodvine)). he apparently auditioned for the RSC as a dare#but was accepted and spent several years learning his trade on the boards before he started taking small tv roles in the early 70s. in a#few years he'd be cast as the secondary antagonist in The XYY Man‚ another DS‚ George Kitchener Bulman; this would be the making of him and#the beginnings of genre immortality. Bulman would get his own spin off‚ Strangers‚ and then a further show (simply titled Bulman) and with#it came a certain amount of celebrity‚ as well as household recognition and a plethora of better roles than the kind he'd begun with#here he's a vague fixer type working for a local mob boss‚ whose job is to intimidate the sole witness in a nasty rape and murder case#he takes the job with aplomb (TW for any unlikely follower who might seek this ep out: things don't go well for that doggy)#he has very little screen time really‚ but his character is quite a scene stealer; what with his rather loud outfit and questionable wig#and his little helper friend (Derek Deadman) who I'm pretty sure is drinking Tizer in that pic above... there's an odd frisson of camp to#his role and these scenes. not that he isn't very much a nasty type (before Bulman‚ Don was very much at risk of being typecast as playing#men on the other side of the law to the one he'd worked on; his craggy face and gravel voice lent themselves to criminal types it seems)#apologies for not great pics but the youtube uploads of these eps aren't the clearest things in the world#still im very grateful just to be able to see them (and him!)
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Something really amazing happened in France, and I think it'd help us in the US to learn about it. Forgive the long read, but I think this is genuinely great both because of what happened and how.
So as some of you might have seen, in a decision historians will debate for years (mostly to figure out just WTF he was thinking, even though he is alive right now and can be asked), the French president, Emmanuel Macron, currently in power and THREE YEARS before the scheduled election, seeing the far right rise in popularity decided to dissolve the assembly and hold snap elections.
577 seats were up for grabs. Remember that number. Since half of that is 288.5, 289 seats are needed for a majority.
The first round happened last week and boy, was it bad. The far right made HUGE gains. It won or was in first place in so many races. And Macron's party ended up third!
Overall, this is how things ended up after the first round:
Far right bloc: 33%
Left bloc: 28%
Macron's centrist party: 20%
Conservatives: 7%
The way the French system works is that if a candidate gets over 50% of the vote, they win outright, and some of the far right did manage that. But, many races went to a runoff.
Immediate projections after were that the far right bloc might win anywhere from 240 to 310 seats, a catastrophe.
A shameful swing to the far right leading to the first time they'll be in power since the 1940s? Yes, but maybe not??
This is where things get interesting.
Unusually, a lot of these runoffs are 3-way, instead of a simpler 2-way choice. And in pretty much every case, that helps the far right.
So on June 30th, the night of the first round, this is how things went down:
Immediately, the left parties put out the call: anywhere they were third, they withdrew and their voters would go over to whoever was running against the far right candidate. Their goal: form a "republican front" to block the far right. The far right cannot get 289 seats.
Macron's bloc was not so...motivated. Different people put out different instructions: in some places, if they were third, they should drop out, but only to help the center left, not far left, in other places, see how far you are, only then drop out, that kind of thing.
The conservative party simply said they won't drop out and won't give their voters instruction either way in races they're not involved in.
Late night developments:
More people in Macron's party are now beginning to realize the situation and starting to coalesce around whichever candidate can beat the far right one. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, from Macron's party, says clearly the priority is to block the far right. BUT, some Macron spokespeople on TV say they'll form a coalition only with the center left and conservatives, splitting the left bloc if needed. Some individual Macronists still saying they won't drop out, even if there's no hope of winning.
Lol.
So, now July 1st:
Only half so far. In one race, where the sister of Marine Le Pen (the far right leader and the face of their movement) was leading, the third place Macronist refused to bow out.
Excellent quote from another Macronist:
Perhaps realizing the same thing, that Macronist in the race against the Le Pen sister now drops out.
In some places, third place Macronists are dropping out DESPITE Macron bewilderingly telling them NOT to?
Halfway through the day:
Of the 311 3-way or 4-way runoffs, the number is down to 135 because of these candidates dropping out: 121 Left, 56 Macronists, 1 conservative.
Oh, there was this, in case people had any doubts about how terrible the far right are:
And to show the selflessness of the left:
July 2:
The deadline to decide if they want to stay in a runoff is today.
A dozen new third place Macronists who said they'd stay in have now dropped out. One got a call from both the PM Attal AND Macron to drop out, signalling the dawning understanding of the importance of this moment.
Even some conservative party members are now backing the left candidate who faces the far right.
A Macronist who had 30.55% of the vote in the first round and came in third to the far right's 33.11% and left's 32.73% and who would have been tempted to stay has dropped out.
The deadline to stay in or not has now passed.
Look at these far right shenanigans!
Macron still being a freaking loser:
July 3rd:
In the end, of the 311 3- or 4-way run offs, only 91 left. Some polls come out that have the far right getting between 190 to 220 seats.
July 4th:
New polls say the balance of the voting itself isn't transferring between the left and center and predictions have risen for the far right, now predicted to get between 210 and 250 seats.
July 5th:
New polls again, left voters now predicted to do better transferring vote to the centrists, decreasing the far right projections again.
However, scandalous reporting emerges: while Attal was trying to fend off the far right, Macron was not only NOT taking the far right seriously, he was undermining efforts to defeat them. His team shrugged off the first round results and celebrated a BIRTHDAY as the results were still coming in?
July 6th:
A few runoffs happened yesterday, nothing much unexpected, some left and center wins.
July 7th:
The day of reckoning. At this point, the expectations are that the far right won't come close to that 289 number but could still easily have the most seats.
GUYS.
It's over and the left are in the lead!
A LOT of cases where a leftist or centrist was 2nd in the first round and now won.
Amazing:
SO many lessons to take from this.
First, you have to vote! You have to. You can't do anything without voting. The freaking French, who'll protest for anything, are showing up to vote. If you're trying to achieve any kind of result and it's not going to happen by January 2025, you have to vote now.
But just as importantly, the left and center (and even conservative) parties made very key decisions. They were all lucky that Attal, who Macron chose, saw the big picture, bigger than indeed Macron could. A stupid selfish centrist leader could have still ruined everything if it were up to him.
TL;DR: After a disastrous first round in the national French elections where the far right was on the cusp of taking power, the left and center formed a strong coalition and through the power of voting and unity, overcame the far right AND their selfish centrist president to win.
#french elections#us elections#emmanuel macron#marine le pen#gabriel attal#attal really did the thing for them#french politics
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In case anyone forgot what a loser I am I make myself merch of my looooooooooooooooooooooong dead DND games because frankly they are my blorbos and I need merch
#also i don't remember the name of the artist that made the over the garden wall buttons i bought them at a con and THEY WERE SO NICE SO#PLEASE IF YOU KNOW LET ME KNOW BECAUSE I WANT TO CREDIT THEM AND SEND EVERYONE THEIR WAY THEY WERE SO SO SO SO SOOOOO NICE#my pics#im dumb#im still the biggest fangirl of the vagaband if i could somhow animate it into a tv show i would just so everyone else could meet my babies#i love them i love them so much and i love their story n world#also jim was my boi n i miss him#moth n abed had so much lost potential I had so many things I wanted to do with them but the world decided nah#I'm redoing my okd jean jacket putting new pins new patches ripping out the old ones I did not like that it came with it'll be AAAAALLLL ME#no American flag or peace signs lots of buttons loooooooots of buttons#I also considered glueing googley eyes but i kinda want a black jean jacket for that one so I'm on the look out at garage sales n good wills#i might start making buttons to sell at cons someday but like obviously not my ocs like fan art n shit#Linds talks to herself like an idiot#abed n moth got less art because they're games didn't last long and they got no time to explore or grow#cause people just didn't match my energy and wouldn't show up then mom got cancer n i had hd to give up all my hobbies so#they got nothing compared to kozu n Jim but that's ok
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Ok, so I honestly think watching American Gods was Not a great plan long or short term for my mental health, and there's probably a reason I repressed as much as I did of the book's plot after I read the book. I'm returning the discs to the library without continuing, for my mental health's sake.
#american gods#american gods liveblog#some of it was interesting#the visuals and acting were stunning#the complex conversation of what constitutes good or evil that no one directly mentioned was phenominal#I would just like to go about my day to day without my brain yelling at me for not doing enough with my time for...#choosing to dedicate an hour or two a night to watch a TV show after the day's work is done.#Semi related I am also taking a break from Tumblr until the 10th b/c brain has not wanted to cooperate in a hot minute#when my brain starts insulting me it's a sign to change up some part of my routine to include new stimuli#when my brain starts insulting other people I should definitely change a thing or two to try and fix that#it will insult me before it insults others#doing both is a definite sign to take a break from reasons it might be doing that
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