#part 1 of 2 of my ramble

[theokusgallery]

Why, hello there, Virgil. Long time no see!

[magicandmundane]

Something something Clone Force 99 breaking binders in every season finale

[wxywardsun]

My favorite thing in red dead redemption and red dead online is how the characters are HUMAN! Not just in the way they are,but in their appearances too! They have wrinkles,they have scars and smile lines and gray hair,the works. Sean is missing a tooth (albeit through a painful situation),one of Molly’s teeth in the front is slightly bigger than the other,Dutch has forehead wrinkles,Maggie in red dead online has a blind eye and a huge burn scar,a lot of the characters have crows feet too! They’re all SO human and I love red dead for that!! It’s a beautiful game with details that are still being found all these years later but the details in the characters by far are my favorite

[crows-king]

I've been thinking a bit about how Galinda and Fiyero work as foils(?), and the contrast between their goals, personality, and their relationship to social influence individually change how they navigate their specific social situations.

And why it puzzles me when people judgmentally compare them and what they'd do in "What-If" scenarios as a gotcha to make one seem better/worst. Because in my mind they are similar but not comparable, because they fundamentally have very different personal stakes.

Primarily because of the difference in how they act in an Active (Galinda) vs Passive (Fiyero) approach to social engineering. And also, because one of them in writing is more developed as an individual than the other.

I'LL MOSTLY BE TALKING ABOUT: WICKED MOVIE - PART 1

Galinda is inherently Active. She has wants and desires that she's driven to achieve, and so actively plays the part of the good socialite because it will help her become more popular and to eventually become "Galinda the GoodSorceress". "It's not about aptitude, it's about the way you're viewed", and so on. It’s the one thing she knows she’s good at.

Of course, she also likes the attention and validation, but her charms doesn't come as naturally as she wants others, and probably herself, to believe. (I love that quote Ariana said somewhere about how "Galinda sees herself as a graceful swan, when she's actually a very stiff, but still beautiful swan", or something of that sort). She's insecure that she’ll lose people's favour and thus her most important asset, so she continually appeals to them. It's an act that she simultaneously enjoys doing for the most part, but also traps her from ever being truly close to anybody for fear of being known and not meeting expectations and losing that adoration. Until Elphaba that is.

Because of her drive to fulfill her dreams and to keep her best asset, and personal desperate need for validation, she has a much more obvious internal conflicts when she has to choose between Elphaba/the moral good vs keeping with the good graces of authority and/or the public. She's more prone to being influenced by others, and many of her choices become a calculated risk. She’s often times selfish and chooses her own desires, but it’s what makes her such an interesting and very human character. The struggle she balances when she’s forced to choose for better or worse.

In contrast

Fiyero is Passive. Dancing Through Life is literally him telling others that being lazy and not thinking is the best way to cope and enjoy life by ignoring problems. He is discontent with his life, but doesn't really acknowledge it until Elphaba reads him. Much like Galinda he is also playing a part, but it's not as tightly controlled as Galinda because he doesn't have an end goal for it.

Of course, while he probably doesn't want to lose his princely privileges. His passive "brainless" approach doesn't really put him in risky situations that would put him in conflict leading to losing things he cares about, because he really doesn't have a lot to lose. (Which is a byproduct of the fact he is primarily written as a love interest side character without much of an arc or motives outside his love triangle relationship to Elphaba and Galinda).

What confounds me is when people compare them and judge what their choices would be in if they were placed in pivotal moments, because we never really see them in situations with similar stakes.

For example, the Lion Cub scene. Most people interpret this scene as an act of braverism and heroics by Fiyero. And in some part it is, he's spurred on to save the cub, and he and Elphaba do. But it's telling that he only does this after everyone is asleep and there are virtually no risks. Any present social or physical conflicts that could arise? POOF! Gone. The worst that could probably be done to them is being punished, or even kicked out, if they’re discovered afterwards. Which Fiyero is not new to and doesn't really care about, and while maybe uncertain for Elphaba, is also unlikely because she's Morrible's irreplaceable pupil.

Some people use this scene as evidence that under his facade, Fiyero is secretly valiant like Elphaba thinks so. But I think in actuality tells the opposite. It reveals that Fiyero does care about the Animals, yes. But, the fact he only acts when prompted and there are no longer any present risks initially makes him seem less brave than Elphaba, and even Galinda. Because it contrasts with the Ozdust dance scene between the girls. Where Galinda had to make an active choice to do the risky and brave thing as an apology for hurting Elphaba, and offer to truly connect with her in front of everyone with the possibility of social out casting. She has an obvious internal conflict and risk assessment where she ends up picking the moral good over her personal comfort and social appeal. I'm genuinely curious on what kind of choices Elphaba, Galinda, and Fiyero might have done in that situation if they weren't given the perfect out by the magic poppies.

Would Galinda have helped in with the lion cub if she were awake? Probably, but who knows? Because in the narrative, Galinda isn't really put in a situation where she could choose good without being watched or without someone breathing down her neck. The prospect of being punished and kicked out from Shiz would also be most plausible and ruinous for Galinda. Morrible would definitely use it as an excuse to kick her out, or at the very least punish her, if she could, and it could throw away her only chance of achieving her dream of becoming a sorceress. She would have probably joined them in the end, though. If only to make sure they were safe. Compared to Fiyero, she has more conflicts of interests because she has personal aspirations and influence based on her reputation, and thus have more fears and consequences to consider in losing it.

Would Fiyero have joined Elphaba on the broom? Maybe, mostly likely. Because narratively, he’s never given a reason why he shouldn’t. He doesn’t see his worth and his skills intrinsically tied to public influence and opinion. He doesn’t have any wants or wishes he would have to abandon. He’ll have to leave his friends and family, but it’s not shown how close they really are to him outside Feldspar, his Horse friend, and he’s probably joining them anyway. He’s definitely more equipped to survive on the run compared to Glinda. Unlike Glinda, who is proven right in the end to being most useful when she can wield her powerful social influence For Good, Fiyero would probably be most useful as a sidekick to Elphaba. He was always written to be Elphaba’s follower, it’s no surprise. It’s also easier to take risks when you don’t have much to lose. But I think most people would agree that would make a less interesting story.

[shantechni]

Everytime I recover from the trauma a past chapter has wrought me with and lead myself to believe that Fujimoto has finally hit the ultimate limit of his insanity, he reminds me that the roof of his insanity is only as strong as the willpower of its builder and he's made it his lifelong goal to break down every roof in his path like the glitched out, schizophrenic hurricane he is.

[night-triumphantt]

I don’t Care about the ships WHERE IS JINX

[localgardenweed]

Guys you’ll still love me of i said i liked 4koa enough to wanna draw it right? Enough to strap Percival down into the chair and cut his ugly hair? Right you’d still love me?

Ok the last 2 doodles are more of a concept cause maybe I could try and keep the bird thing going on by like idk making his hair the tail feathers cause ya know how his cape kinda turns into the wings?? Maybe??? Its a stretch. But i tried to change him up a bit in his Part 2 design cause OH MY GOD WHY IS HE WEARIN THE UGLIEST SHADE OF GREEN LIKE EWWWWWWWW NO NO STOP CTRL Z CTRL Z!!!! Made it black so ig his color palette is now halloween which honestly works for him. Its candy and fun and friendship and also dark and creepy. Im trying. Im rlly trying.

I have a lot to say about this series good and bad and im like locking myself in a cage to scream to the wall cause i either need to make a whole video essay or tape my mouth shut and just try and tug it out

[your-local-granny]

my silly little zine/ manga haul ehehe

[crabsdaily]

when i knit its like…me and these needles are bonded…we walk this earth together…they are my brothers…together we create little guys beyond your wildest dreams…i can make anything…a snazzy hat…a tiny bee…a whole sweater…the bamboo knitting needles my grandma gave me when i was 9 know me better than i know me…we have walked through hell together and came out the other side as One

when i crochet its like. god is dead. this hook is trying to kill me. the square i am trying to make has become an octagon somehow. i am walking through hell and my hook is doing everything it can to keep me in it.

[karmaajr]

is it just me who absolutely loves when somebody buys/does things for them? and will do literally anything for them? like omg I mean that much to you???? you want me that bad that you'll waste your money on me?? you wanna make me happy?????? IM not the one worrying about making you happy??? LIKE OMGGG TS ACC JUST SHHWHSHWHDHS

like omg my soul is yours for the taking, just please I need to know you care

[gojoest]

anyway, HELLO GUYS i’m home ! i’ll quickly do my dailies and i think i have some inspo to work on my old almost abandoned poor wips my babies i am coming for you

[aethersea]

I don't think the Wicked movie will be good. I don't think they'll do it right. I worry it will be, on the level of story, character, and theme, the equivalent of those pop covers of disney songs they used to play at the end of the movie: flattened and made palatable to a presumed "average" audience, stripped of all the emotion and context of the original.

I would love to be wrong. I hope I'm wrong.

but I listened to the original soundtrack yesterday and it made me realize one very important thing: even if the movies are exactly as bland as I fear, I'm still going to cry like a baby at the end.

[giantroboticplatypusbutt218]

I feel the need to inform everyone that, if you hear Rhys Darby's voice in your head whenever Perry talks in my fanfics, you are incorrect.

I don't exactly know what his voice does sound like, but I can think of 2 qualities it has for sure:

1: Sexy

2: Not Rhys Darby

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

[stressedjester]

funny I just scrolled and saw 2-D after mentioning eye fractures since I learned abt 8-ball fractures from really getting into Gorillaz bc I used to get soooo mad whenever ppl said he didn't have eyes. Bc he does they're just Fucked Up

[roboyomo]

tom x tord is already kind of like Fucked Up on a smaller scale just on its own but it's comedic more than anything, with only The End part 1 and 2 actually taking it to a serious level but tbh. no wonder middle schooler me in mid 2010s liked the concept of that ship but as their future iterations.

you're telling me that tord is Successful in his plans to rule the world? that he Is the leader of the red army with so many burn scars on his face and body with his right arm being robotic? that this freak of a man took over? and that tom is now his willingly compliant assistant? despite how much we saw them bicker and fight in the show because of tord being a little shithead? the fact that tom's vision started to deteriorate and now his vision has been replaced with a visor that is Tord's Technology? oh where did it all go wrong. how did that man who'd protest at anything related to tord became so compliant to tord's orders like he is the red leader's right-hand man.

the fact that future tom along with future matt was hunting down future edd in the WTFuture episode most likely due to it being an order from the red leader. Despite how much tom respected edd in the show, probably had the most respect for him than for anyone else. and now he's willing to go against his best friend with no questions asked. Future Tom x Red Leader Tord Is So Lovingly Fucked that I cannot stand that The Red Leader is a character that has never actually appeared. I wish to know more about their dynamic.

[itsybitsybatsyspider]

Spidey mutate!

Ah yes, the current brainrot au that's been keeping me up at night for the last month!

It's my first WIP for a Peter and Tony dynamic, and in the au the spider bite has a much more drastic mutation on Peter. And after mutating (and a fight with his uncle) he runs away from home. Mutant relations aren't good to say the least, and the new Accords would put him and his family at risk with the newly added registry.

he runs to upstate New York and decides to live isolated away from people, and resorts to stealing from lakeside cabins and campgrounds when he can to survive.

it's when he gets caught breaking into a cabin looking for some batteries, that he realizes he's been stealing from Iron Man the whole time.

Tony stared at the kid in front of him. He had dirt smudged on his face and caked onto the short fur on his face. He picked at the skin underneath his… claws. His skin was pale and dark bags hung beneath his eyes, and he bit his lip nervously as he glanced around the living room. Tony huffed and leaned back against the couch.  The kid ducked his head away, turning his gaze to the floor, but Tony had a feeling he was still being watched by the two eyes against his cheekbone and temple. God, that was freaky. He cleared his throat.  “Where are your parents?” “They’re dead.” The kid said bluntly. He was quick with it too, almost like he meant to throw Tony off. But he just hummed in response. “Bummer. What about a foster parent? Spider-guardian? Did you break out of a hatchery or something? Do I need to worry about 200 of your siblings hiding out in the forest too?” “What? No-” “Well where did you come from then?” “I… ran away.” “Uh huh, I figured that much, Shelob. To what, be the new Jersey Devil? What are you doing here?” Peter looked up, all of his eyes boring into Tony. If he were any other man, Tony would’ve shivered at the sight. But he’d rather go through a wormhole again than let a teenager stare him down. No matter how mutated they were. “Huh?” he responded. Tony sighed, now getting annoyed.  “Where can I return you? And where are my Crocs?”

I have A LOT of thoughts for this au! Not much written for it yet, but i would LOVE to post something for it in the future!! I've also made art and memes for it too!

Needless to say it's been living in my brain.