#my sarcasm is showing

[greyauras]

People have mentioned it before already about what Soap's tattoo is, but I just want to point this out...

↑ Soap's tattoo. Which is Call of Duty's fictional SAS emblem.

↓Real Life SAS emblem/statuette/and motto.

↓ Price's last words for Soap...

So basically, I looked up what "Who dares wins" meant because I thought it was a bit stupid and potentially grammatically incorrect. It's a shorter way of saying "He who dares, wins". (Which sounds so much better)

Meaning, that if you dare to try you may find yourself winning even if you fail first. (Basically)

Found out that it was the SAS's motto too. Figured they wouldn't have one but apparently they did.

The more you know.

I'm going to make this sappy but snappy.

So. That matches with what they say about Soap "He'd fight the world barehanded" and "He was the best of us", since his death was super disappointing I guess we weren't really meant to take this seriously but basically, he's ✨brave✨ (⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.)c

I mean yeah, he's also ALREADY had to fight barehanded. That was the minor point of the Alone mission but whatever.

[aethersea]

I do think Blazing Saddles handled its one depiction of native americans very poorly, and the full extent of its representation of chinese workers on the railroad is they were literally just there. not even one single speaking line. unclear if this is worse or better than the redface.

it's fucking phenomenal at lampooning antiblack racism though. extremely blatant, extremely funny satire, which is constantly and loudly saying "racism is the philosophy of the terminally stupid at best and morally depraved at worst, and we should all be pointing and laughing at them 24/7"

plus the main character is a heroic black man who has to navigate a whole lot of bullshit but is constantly smirking at the extraordinarily stupid racists and inviting the audience into the joke. the one heroic white character is a guy who was suicidally depressed until he met the protagonist and they just instantly became buds, and he's firmly in a supporting role the whole time and happy to be there. the protagonist saves the day with the help of his black friends from the railroad, and uses the position of power he was given to uplift not only those friends, but all the railroad workers of other minorities too, in an explicit show of solidarity.

anyone saying "Blazing Saddles is racist" had better be talking about its treatment of non-black minorities. it had better not be such superficial takes as "oh but they say the n-word all the time" or "they have nazis and the kkk in there!" because goddamn if that's the full extent of your critique I very seriously suggest you read up on media analysis. there is too much going over your head, you need to learn to recognize satire.

[pussypopstiel]

Its not our fault we are currently experiencing a rewriting of history and a mass revolt against the institution that is destiel

[fantaorange]

practicing lining drawings without hating it and also sort of practicing expressions

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

Alhaitham referring to kaveh in ways which acknowledge his skill, and kaveh perceiving it as sarcasm, even though alhaitham refers to kaveh in the same ways when kaveh isn’t present is driving me a little bit insane - especially what this prompts the player to question!!

When we first meet kaveh in the archon quest the relationship between him and alhaitham is presented to us as “terrible” (courtesy of npc geoff who introduces kaveh’s return to sumeru city), and the cutscene in the house of daena demonstrates what this entails, being that the two cannot see eye to eye, and, seemingly don’t hold each other in high regard.

Alhaitham seemingly refers to kaveh’s genius in a sarcastic light and kaveh claims to despise talking to alhaitham because of his arrogance.

Looking to kaveh’s hangout, however, when the player has a one-on-one with alhaitham, the player gets a glimpse into alhaitham’s personal understanding of kaveh, and with this, his own views on kaveh.

Within this exchange between him and the player, Alhaitham uses Kaveh’s title without sarcasm, sincerely praising him and his skills, elevating him over ‘less skilled’ architects and asserting that Kaveh should have more confidence in his work.

The reason that Alhaitham does not openly praise Kaveh is stated here, being that “admonitions” will serve no purpose due to people being prone to fall into “similar pitfalls”, and that people should have the right to lead their own life, rather than have it interfered upon by others

The reading here is that even if Alhaitham did openly praise Kaveh, no difference would be made in Kaveh’s thinking. Yet, by refraining from praise, and instead goading, by this logic, this also makes no difference. Therefore, the question is raised, ‘why can Alhaitham praise Kaveh to the player, and not to Kaveh himself?’

When Alhaitham praises Kaveh’s work within Kaveh’s hangout it is through there being no record of issues in the reconstruction of port ormos, which is something kaveh states first - in this context, alhaitham notes the work as an “impressive achievement”, which kaveh assents to, as there is no standing in which this can be debated. Kaveh cannot resent a compliment steeped in fact, even from alhaitham

The problem, then, is rooted in alhaitham’s delivery, which relates to their core issue of miscommunication. Referring back to their exchange in the House of Daena, it is observed that Alhaitham uses similar descriptors of Kaveh to Kaveh, similar to the descriptors he uses to the Traveler in Kaveh’s hangout, however, Kaveh perceives these words as sarcasm.

This highlights the miscommunication between them and can aid in answering the question why Alhaitham cannot be open with Kaveh, as he will be misconstrued.

​Through Alhaitham’s repeated elusions to Kaveh when he is not present and his open esteem of Kaveh and his work to the Traveler, Kaveh’s assertion that Alhaitham holds him in a negative light is proved incorrect. This serves to highlight the miscommunication between the two, causing the player to question why they hold such contrasting views of the other.

Clearly, there is a reason why Alhaitham cannot openly express his regard of Kaveh to Kaveh, but this reason is obscure to both kaveh and the player.

In terms of queer subtext it’s pretty interesting that alhaitham’s high regard for kaveh is shown within the surface text and yet the reason for this secrecy is never made explicit within the story’s surface and is only to be inferred from alhaitham’s and kaveh’s character stories.

In terms of the two functioning as mirrors, the fact that the knowledge that alhaitham cannot outright compliment kaveh 1) is not only due to their past argument and lost friendship and 2) is also due to his awareness that kaveh cannot accept goodwill, is only obtainable by reading both kaveh and alhaitham’s character stories shows how intertwined they are as characters - you cannot fully understand one without the other

(Update: For more analyses like this, the essay this is taken from is now uploaded! It can be accessed here and here as as a pdf <3)

[untimelyambition]

jeff blim as the narrator is so cunty hes having the time of his life!! he makes the whole thing so fun!! if theres one thing that man will do it’s serve physicality EVERY TIME

[robbyykeene]

This scene is crazy bc it’s obviously supposed to be a callback to kk1 with the daniel/ali/johnny scene at the country club but like. For starters, Johnny sexually harassed/assaulted Ali in that scene which is something the writers have lowkey tried to retcon and water down, so to reference it now, in the final season of a show that’s supposed to be about Johnny’s “redemption”, is an insane choice. But also if I have to watch Kwon or literally any man force himself onto Tory in anyway. I am going to have to start maiming and killing

[torchickentacos]

i will always shout praises of bi4bi but given recent discourse I feel the need to say that I love bi4het too! I just love bisexuality in general in its many forms, and anyone who only likes it when it's 'queer enough' for them is biphobic. Bisexuals should be able to bring their LaMe CiShEt BoYfRiEnD to pride without being made to feel like spectators and outsiders to their own event.

[tomurakii]

I know I have a semi-popular post about how Gale would not have made a good teacher and that's why I'm so happy that it does happen canonically. It shows so much growth in him: not only does he learn to love himself regardless of his magic ability, that love extends to others. He can now educate students in the field of magic that has always clearly been his true favourite without being "irked by their ineptitude". He shares the art he loves and his enthusiasm, talent, and newfound patience make him a great teacher. With Tav by his side he becomes a happier, less guarded, more caring person and I can't think of anything better for him.

[takaraphoenix]

Just rewatched 02x08 Raving and it is truly so unhinged of the writers to set up magic!Stiles and not pull through with it.

I mean, they really did set that up, that's not something delusional fans fully made up themselves, they had the damn druid be extra cryptic and make it sound like only Stiles could do this and use such weirdly phrased advise that really makes your alarm bells ring and then they have Stiles run out of mountain ash with a significant way to go and give himself a pep talk about belief and imagination and he confidently strides along while producing mountain ash out of thin air.

He had no mountain ash anymore. It's not even that he still had some left but not enough and he believed that it would last and the container just never ran out - that would somehow still feel different.

No, the writers chose to have him fully run out of mountain ash and magically produce it in his hands, not even in the bag that had carried the original mountain ash. He just magically makes mountain ash appear.

And when he has to break the circle to let Derek in to save Scott it is a near magical gust of wind that breaks the circle, like again Stiles willed it to break.

None of this is random. None of this is just easily explained with something rooted in the plot. The only explanation the writers leave you with is magic.

And then they never bring it up again and never let Stiles perform magic again and how do you do that. How do you introduce something so tantalizing in such an obvious manner and then just forget that you set that up and never pull through with it.

[god-i-hope-so]

I'm rewatching some scenes to take some notes and the whole friendly bickering between Chim and Hen in the chopper? Tommy must be like that's it, that's my family, it's always been them. Shame we're all gonna die.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

so i've been watching Muppet compilations-

[somnas-writes]

AU where during the year without Hua Cheng, Xie lian made a bunch of friends— aka people started showing up to his house to hang out.

In actuality, they all want to take care of him because they’re worried he will be sad waiting for however long it takes HC to reform. But Xie lian thinks people want to be his friend.

[maxemilianver]

recency bias with f1 fans is insane like charles gets one pole after ghosting for the whole year (car is understeer or whatever idk) and suddenly he is the best qualifier on the grid again. when he is like 11-7 compaded to sainz. lets not forget the same tifosi was going with the narrative how sainz was better than charles, but now that charles got a pole and carlos is so bad and cannot be compared to the generational talent -charles. btw give charles a car so he will win - when the same car won a race this year with carlos.

also oscar is no longer the best rookie oat? its not like he was actually beating lando but fans ran with it. he doesnt need to beat lando, he is a rookie, he is improving. but at the same time i thought he was the best rookie since lewis, even better than him?? generational talent future wdc winner better than lando will end verstappen title fight in 24 cold blooded slayer of my firstborn etc

max is having the best season of all times (a fact) but he made a mistake so we can say that the "pressure" is getting to him and tbh he is not that impressive! even if he won the wdc and wcc by himself, even if he is gonna win the gp at sunday, he is not all that.

LIKE WE ARE ONLY DAY 1 INTO A RACE WEEK. How recent your recency bias? A week? A DAY???

[jackwhiteprophetic]

Do you guys think Maddie got to keep any of the pictures of all three Buckley siblings together or did her parents take that from her as well? Or maybe their parents never even took pictures of the three of them.

[total-drama-brainrot]

Alenoah, where Noah cares about Alejandro, more than Alejandro's family did:

Noah: I will now torture you.

Alejandro: Kinky!~

Noah: I think you are brilliant and beautiful.

Alejandro: Wait!

Noah: You deserve to be cared for and loved, despite your mistakes.

Alejandro: No!

Noah: Your feelings and needs are valid, and deserve to be heard.

Alejandro: I need a safeword! 😳

Real.