#most brutal fights

[vincentblackbearmediallc]

The Roman Colosseum is one of the most recognized landmarks in the world. During its heyday, the Colosseum was home to some of the most brutal fights that have ever taken place for sport — the Gladiator Games. While the Colosseum and the gladiators who fought there are known worldwide, many things about them aren’t, and even more has been misconstrued over the years. Some of the common questions people have include: Did gladiators always fight to the death? The thumbs down meant to kill the other gladiator, right? Were there ever any women who fought in the Colosseum? Were all the gladiators slaves that were forced to fight against their will?

[brw]

"but hamas is getting funded by extremist islamic hate groups!" do you think the U.S. government and military giving funding for israeli's war efforts against palestinians is a morally neutral and inherently righteous body that had no influence in the politics of southwest asia as a global colonial superpower. do you really think anything you can say about the people resisting oppression can't be said about the oppressors.

[qpjianghu]

(...but what if I was?)

Li Lianhua / Li Xiangyi | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

[commandertartarsmoocher]

[hydraulic press sound effect]

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Have we thought about the idea that maybe Eddie sends Chris away rather than Chris wanting to leave??

Eddie feeling like he keeps messing everything up - messing up his son’s life - that he’s destroyed his soul - and so thinks sending Chris away is what’s best for Chris??

[nezumidou]

You take chances with the sexual stuff, with the language, and with the violence... but not with your characters' flaws (or with your non-romantic inner party dynamics).

It's kinda disappointing.

And this isn't about wanting things to be carried over unchanged from the campaign. It's about making changes that make certain moments lose some of their original emotional weight and doesn't make much sense within the show itself.

[redeemed-wren]

Thought too long about Hermoine daughter of Meneleus and Helen and got sad

[sparrowstarsandsorrow]

You ain't no firing squad, you piece of shit!

[almayver]

So. We are and Musicals

At least 3 people said they wanted to hear my ramblings about this, so here you have it, a way too long post about what musical I think each we are character would like/fits their vibe. This also works as a rec list. Watch more musicals, people. Also, this incredibly subjective, anyone that has other ideas PLEASE tell me.

Peem

So my beloved main character, goodest boy. With him, I kept thinking about @jojotichakorn headcanon about his favorite artist being Van Gogh, so of course I had to give him Starry.

Its such a beautiful little show. Very simple, very warm. It would have been so easy to take Vincent's story and make it a heartbreaking tragedy, but instead the show is painfully hopeful and makes it about love and beauty and family and art. And that's very Peem I think.

His favorite song from it:

I believe he thinks a lot about what place his art will have in the world, what his legacy will be. I think he would like this, the way Vincent talks about the starry night being very similar to how he talks about the water.

Additionally, I think he would like the golden age musicals, he likes the joyful simplicity of Singing in the rain very charming. Also, he gives me some serious vibes of Alice from Alice by heart. I think it's the way they love so stubbornly and so brightly. Or I'm projecting about two characters I love dearly, it's possible.

Phum

I struggled here because it's Phum. My boy. Who I project every single piece of my personality onto. So of course he doesn't just get one. You knew this was going to happen, be serious.

So my instant thought was Hunchback of Notre Dame. Mostly because Out there is the recognized anthem for isolated kids who feel like they don't fit anywhere, having only inanimate figures around you as your company, but also the cathartic energy of brutally murdering your shitty father figure!! And I do think Phum likes a little tragedy sometimes, in his darker, quiet moments. And therefore his favorite song from this one?

But apparently the theme with Phum is more serious takes on vaguely popular Disney films where the main character is very isolated and longs for family and community and love. Because my second thought was Anastasia. Doesn't he give a little of Anya vibes? Someone who is tough and skittish because of the way they had to grow up, living mostly in their dreams. Also, it's such a lovely little love story that I just know Phum would fucking adore. He cries listening to a Crowd of Thousands, he told me himself. (Also not to say there's an AU there but. I mean)

I mean: Home, Love, Family. Need I say more.

And finally (Yes, he gets 3. Yes, I know) It's mostly because I think he would be a Percy Jackson kid (This is also me projecting). But come on, at the very least, you know he had a little crying and screaming along session to Good Kid. Who hasn't really? It's also my head canon that Phum loves musicals, because you know what having an empty apartment means? Yeah, dramatic karaoke sessions. That condo has seen at least one dramatic rendition of On my own, prove me wrong.

Q

For our Maestro I of course had to bring the big guns, so Sunday in the park with George. Yes, it's mostly for the artist element, but also he does fit the very quiet but also slightly chaotic vibe of the show. He seems like someone who could appreciate the slower pace of the show and the points it makes about art and life. And I was thinking about saying that his favorite song would be Finishing the Hat because once again, artist. But actually whenever I think of this show I think about that thing Sondheim said about always crying when the cast sings “Forever”, about art capturing a trivial moment permanently, so:

I also think he would have a soft spot for the Tick, Tick, Boom movie, which all of you should watch and cry about. (I will always take the chance to talk about this movie)

Toey

So Toey was a hard one, but I think I got it. He is such a fun, sweet, lively character, but there's so many other small things hidden under the surface. Like don't think I forgot about Satang fucking killing everyone with that crying scene, I still can't rewatch that; That bit about him being bullied in school, or the way he discovered his passion through Q and stuck to it and followed to college. That to me goes with Into the woods (And its the other Sondheim in this list, he matches with Q!). It presents itself as “oh fun! Fairy tale retelling” and then the show ends, and you are sobbing processing All That. It's very funny and lively, but when it wants, it punches you. And even though No one is Alone fits We are as a whole very well, I would say his song is this:

Fang

Okay this is the first hear me out but, look. Fang? Fang has catholic guilt. Now, I don't think he was raised catholic, I just think his parents were so bad that he still got it somehow. Maybe is the middle child of it all. He feels like someone that doesn't mind tragedies, he likes something a bit sad, just like Phum. It's the catharsis. And so I give him the underrated show that is Bare: a pop opera. This shit is so sad. I think he could easily relate to both Peter and Jason. He would listen to Warning with tears in his eyes trying to believe that the reason his parents suck is that they don't know how to talk to them, they just don't have the words (he will eventually realize that his parents are more in line with Jason's than with Peter's mom and that's going to hurt). And for his favorite song of course it's the very desperate plea for attention, for something, anything, “I try so hard to please you, but you never seem to see”:

Tan

You know what has the same energy as Tan? You know what can be both sweet and over the top? Legally Blonde. Tell me I'm wrong. This show is so high energy, Elle is constant movement and light, and it could be grating, except it is so earnest and positive that you just can't help but be charmed by her. Just like our boy here. And for the favorite song, I think you have to give him the top tier opening number.

Chain

This one was tough! And I went with a weird choice, but for him, I'm thinking Funny girl. I'm not even sure why, but I think his demeanor feels a little similar to Fanny's especially in the second half of the film. Idk this one is a wild one, but he just feels both funny and resourceful but also has a certain calm to him. Also, we know he has a fondness for ridiculous people. And for the song, well. Dedicating this one to Pun.

Pun

Our wild, kind boy. Hear me out. Ride the cyclone. He has the insane chaotic energy, he has the range, but also I believe he has the heart and the hidden depth. It's very intense and nonsensical and if you do like me and watch it with no context you just spend most of it going “Huh? HUH?” while cackling or crying. And I think that fits Pun. I think he would try to explain it and all the group would be like “yeah that seems wild, it tracks” and then he watches it with Chain, and he is like “… so that was both weirder and sadder than what you said”. Part of me wants to say his favorite song would be Space Age Bachelor Man because it's a trip, but actually, this is more his vibe I think:

Beer

My boy!! My man!! He is so underrated and a bit of the odd one out, so im giving him an extremely underrated musical that is very unique: Anna and the apocalypse. That movie is everything to me. It's a musical! It's a Christmas movie! It's a zombie movie! It's very wild and fun but also very emotional and real in many ways. For all the chaos of its premise, it tends to be very grounded in terms of the characters and their emotions, and I feel like Beer would vibe with it. I'm also heavily projecting. For the song, I choose the bop:

Mick and Matt

I'm putting them together because my logic was kind of the same with both of them, and I think either of these shows would fit them. So first, Holy Musical Batman. Just a very funny, very wild musical about Batman filled with candy puns. Fun, classic, simple. They would enjoy this bop and just how entertaining it is.

Now this one is another hear me out but. Brahmāstra. I know I'm in the minority, but I adored that movie. It's so fun! I often say that it feels a little like a superhero movie, and I think that fits the vibe of these two. Also, it has a cute love story there. And the song is in honor of all the times Mick dances in the show.

Fai

We don't know much about her so I'm giving her We are the tigers, because she is the only female character (apart from Aunt Pui) among all the boys, so let her have a musical with only 1 male character.

Some extra bits:

Aunt Pui loves Hedwig. She is chaotic enough, I trust her with my favorite musical.

Fang and Phum love ddlj. They grew up watching it and its very much their comfort movie. They watch it whenever they feel a little down and dream of parents that let their kids live their lives.

I kept trying to find a show that went with the vibe of the group as a whole, but i couldn't. I feel like whenever there is a group of friends, by the end at best someone leaves and at worst everyone dies. But I guess Newsies has a little of their vibe. They actually remind me of starkid. Friend group from college that you are incredibly jealous of and a bunch of them are dating, and they have the coolest weddings. And so take this last song as a kind of We are vibe.

@sunf10wer8 @inonetoomanyfandoms you guys had mentioned you would like to hear my thoughts so!

[queercatboyrights]

the girls are out here fighting for their fucking lives. except Astarion. he's having a great time

[ciderjacks]

really shitty Dulcie doodles I did while watching episode 8. Bc her miserable little expressions are so good. Also ok Why is she getting treated so badly by everyone all the time. Leave my beautiful wife alone. She’s doing her best.

[cosmicrhetoric]

they finally give my girl a 1 v 1 fight scene and she immediately starts ripping people's limbs off

[tfwstherapist]

I may not look physically intimidating at first glance, but I can sprint full speed and climb trees in eight inch stilettos and I always carry a knife.

[enobariasteeth]

thinking about Enobaria and how even though she was a career from district 2, you don’t rip out someone’s throat out with your teeth if you’re winning the fight

[anachronistic-falsehood]

looking through dsmp characters' wiki pages and looking at the statuses of their pets and seeing "dead" "dead" "dead" "missing" "dead" "alive" "missing" "dead" vs. looking through qsmp characters' pets and seeing "alive" "alive" "alive" "alive" "alive" like god. server wracked with constant war and destruction vs island full of friends and family and love. hellmurder smp vs love and communication island. i don't know where i'm going with this it just makes me want 2 lay down and stare at the ceiling for a few hours

[listenupcupcakes]

QUICK. WHO WOULD YOU CALL YOUR BESTIE???!

I WOULD SAY PYRO BUT I BELEIVE THEY'RE STILL MAD AT ME FOR EATING THEIR CRAYONS!

SO MY AMAZING FIANCE ZHANNA!