#other media: ats

[coffygifs]

BTVS 2.02 | ATS 1.05

[coffygifs]

(comment via @benjaminagunn)

[justafriendofxanders]

it is a little bit wild that by virtue of ats s5 being the last canon tv installment of the buffyverse, spike and angel's arcs culminate in... each other. like spike isn't allowed to rest after his sacrifice because the network needs to pull more viewers his new hero status has to be put to the test against angel. angel can't comfortably rest on his laurels as the vampire with the soul because spike is there. their arcs with buffy shape them into the people they eventually become, but canon deliberately leaves the future of those relationships ambiguous! ats is where they go to figure out how to lead lives without buffy but with the other vampire-with-a-soul in them. and i don't even mean this in the way where spike/angel is somehow more meaningful or romantically endgame than their other relationships, i just mean like... those two old dudes are never gonna escape each other, for better or for worse. like there's literally a whole prophecy to that effect. wild stuff.

[quokkabite]

i feel like this comeback is a good time to remind people that a lot of common AAVE words and phrases have been “rebranded” as “gen z slang.”

i think it’s important that we recognize the origins of these words and are aware of the context instead of attributing it to a new form of internet culture. it’s not “cringe internet slang from 2016.” it’s actual vocabulary derived from black communities.

of course, at times there are overlaps with other dialects that share the same words and phrases as AAVE, but the point is, if you are using these phrases that are not part of your usual vocabulary please take time to educate yourself about the history of these words and why black people have been asking non black people to refrain from using them. take a moment to think about your interactions with these words as well, even if they aren’t part of your vocabulary.

i have found this AAVE carrd extremely helpful and informative. it is a personally made glossary by a black person based off of their and other black peoples experiences. it also includes a guide of more credible sources about the history of AAVE and the dialects terms.

[theplasticman]

The Melodrama of Marie Schrader

Breaking Bad (2008-2013), prod. Gilligan | “Half Sister,” Protomartyr | The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto VI 73- 75 - Dante Alighieri | Portrait of a Young Woman, Lorenzo di Credi, 1490-1500 | Pandora, John William Waterhouse, 1896 | “Damn,” Aldous Harding | Sonnet 29, William Shakespeare | Vengeance is Sworn (Revenge Triptych), Francesco Hayez, 1851 | Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1896 | Roman de la Rose, Guillaume de Lorris, 1230-50 |

[softscales]

rewatching rwby with a friend and dawntrail is just S4 of rwby LMAO they both:

-are the start of a new arc -have major graphics updates -have a tropical island setting -have a cat girl princess -have the main cast split in an unmeaningful way -forget about the MC / just make a new one -introduce a pointless villain

My friend was like omg no wonder u didn't like DT is was just subconscious rwby S4 flashbacks. LOL I EVEN COMPARED THE SHITTY WRITING TO RWBY UNPROMPTED in my review so I wasn't off. Just thought it was funny how many similarities there were.

[imjustavenuxwithaboomerang]

What's your thoughts on vegan zombies?

huh??? like actual zombies that are vegan?? or the zombies from the zombies movies being vegan???

i'll answer both i guess

i think that since actual zombies need to feed on flesh/brains to stay alive/moving then a vegan zombie would like...die or fall apart (or whatever happens to zombies when they don't feed for a while)

in terms of the zombies from the disney franchise, since they're genetically modified zombies and don't need to feed on brains to stay alive (they canonically still have/had a taste for them tho), them being vegans could be possible. i also feel like out of the three main zombies, eliza would probably be the vegan (i mean she canonically is in the re-animated series so-).

[icewindandboringhorror]

[kevyeen]

Not to be bitter on main but honestly I'm so bitter that there is practically zero good rep of my nationality in like popular media

[coffygifs]

BTVS 3.18 "Earshot" | ATS 3.11 "Birthday"

[paperlovesadness]

Miles being asked about TLSP in interviews: overdone. Kind of sad & frustrating. Unoriginal. Often bordering on disrespectful.

Alex being asked about TLSP in interviews: innovative. Barely done. Has great potential.

I DARE these interviewers to flip their approach. Come on cowards, go ask Alex about Miles this time.

[tags go into ~nuances~]

[kikuism]

it's not a guilty pleasure but i LOVE this specific brand of books with these features:

take place in the winter, in a remote, isolated area; key themes are confinement and isolation

a sense of Otherness that the main character feels, whether from the wilderness or the people

an eerie uncanny feeling that permeates through the story—something's not right....but what could it be.....the townspeople aren't telling me anything....

slowly building dread and paranoia

[us-the-voices-and-more-voices-2]

me: oh yeah I've fell down some pretty horrible rabbit holes and basically had to deconstruct basically some weird fringe gore death cult shit I went through somehow as a 6 year old online <3

you guys: BITCH WTF DO YOU MEAN

me: anyway, it was "cannibalism and death as a commodity" is bad and that "life is one of value" and all that <3

you guys: THE ACTUAL NO NO WHAT?

me: yeah. I also engaged in some pretty bad self destructive behaviours bc autocannibalism but yeah, no bad stuff. still have really bad thoughts and feelings and I am 2 seconds away from biting a chunk of my skin off when the urges get bad but nah I'm way better now.

you guys: 0_o

me: long story short I have gotten rid of the worst shit, but the whole drooling about eating people thing never went away ! I see bloody injuries and want to eat it ! like a freak!!!!!

[gwensy]

Top 5 cartoon adaptations of comic book characters

can i be honest with you. i really dont watch cartoons i dont think i can do this

[paluszine]

Using scraps to plan a zine layout :>

[harrowharkwife]

i am SO fucking exhausted by mainstream media opinions lately and i don't understand why they're frequently SO different from my own? like i genuinely don't think i am approaching anything from that unique of a perspective as a viewer? maybe it's just that i'm too easy to please when it comes to stories or something but like. how is the mainstream, widely accepted consensus on yellowjackets season 2 is that it's "bad" and "doesn't work as a season" and is "riddled with problems." literally what the fuck are you talking about. this is the most fun i have had watching television uhhhhh literally Ever? you're telling me people hated Burial? how? why? like i don't...i just don't GET it. and i'm not playing dumb for kicks here im like genuinely honest to god confused. that was the single best episode of television I've ever watched in my life. like i get that people have different opinions about things and that's fine but HOW am i in the minority here what am i missing