#really was a trainwreck

[thegreatyin]

while on the topic of iron posting. a very small very insignificant thing that i really enjoy is that nobody really harasses it for not speaking. and like. we don't know precisely why it doesn't speak. it could be because it's mute, it could be due to an unseen injury, it could just be a selective choice, it could be that it never bothered to learn human language to begin with, etc etc. but there's never been a scene (at least as far as i can recall) where mr iron is specifically called out or pressured or anything of the sort. not even by its own haters 4 haters coworkers. and yeah this is realistically probably because its an ESPECIALLY deadly space bat that could kill you six ways from sunday if you pissed it off, but also, y'know, sometimes it's really nice just having a mute character that's treated Normally for once

[coffeegnomee]

I can't resist. holy shit. I was skimming the kab vod (so... what do I do now???***) because I missed context after my last post and all that and I stumbled on this: (lifesteal spoilers below)

23:00 “‘you betrayed princezam’ I didn't do shit I didn't do nothing. ‘Betrayed princezam’ I didn't do shit you want to see a fucking betrayal of princezam I can fucking betray princezam. If you think that, if you think me killing planet was a betrayal then you have clearly never watched any of my videos. My betrayals are always so much cooler than that. I would never let that be a fucking betrayal. Don't even. Don't even”

Like FUCK man. I'm dying crying laughing. like what do you even do with that. The disconnect. The threat. The thinking it was a chatter pov and not a stream snipe. She has no idea.

Like Zam is way too in his feels to have a confrontation with her about how it 100% was a betrayal in his eyes but I want that conversation SO BAD. Especially after such a direct quote like this.

also she does say in the next stream "hurting zam would be cruel" because he's never hurt her. So like, empty threat for sure. (Unless Zam does something first :eyes: he won't.) And she talks about how it's harder to be evil on lifesteal because she knows the people too well and she feels bad about it. Going back to that duality within her about caring too much about people but also doing evil shit.

also (omg here I go analyzing) the conceptual difference in the definition of "betrayal" between her and *lifesteal* is fascinating.

For Kab evidently a betrayal is only something that you plan and execute: it can never be something impulsive or accidental.

But last season we saw Mapicc (and Clown) say Zam giving Minute the blessing was a betrayal. Zam didn't intend to betray. He was doing it because it made sense for the joker to be so obsessed with Minute to the point of giving him a blessing, and a useless blessing at that.

And yet it was a betrayal. And Zam had to face that. And he accepted it immediately when Mapicc explained how if they are teammates he should have thought of the team first.

But he also didn't understand it at first. Just so interesting.

[theviolenttomboy]

I find it interesting that even when Scarlet's actively being nice she's still pretty rough.

[stupitunclehal]

heavy sigh. parts 1 and 2. checked my phone so we're hopefully free from the penis curse at last.

[lifeisstrange-incorrectquotes]

Daniel: Sean, what's a metaphor?

Sean: My life is a trainwreck.

Daniel: I know that, but what's a metaphor?

[noperopesaredope]

Me watching the prequel movies: "Padme's alright, but she's kind of boring and I don't care for her that much."

Me watching Clone Wars: "Padme Amidala could dropkick me, step on my neck, and spit in my face, and I would thank her. She is so cool and smart and I want to be her and also maybe be her assistant. She's a savvy politician who believes in peace but is not afraid to shoot a bitch if needed. Revenge of the Sith Anakin doesn't deserve her."

[total-drama-brainrot]

Total Drama Psycho Noah AU, after the 'London Adventure' and the truth being revealed, Chris then decides to make this a reward challenge... The reward is that EVERYONE gets to be in First Class, with NOAH... Chris and Noah are curious to see, who will be brave enough to actually enter First Class, after learning about Noah's insanity... How would Courtney + Gwen + Duncan reacts to seeing the video of Noah's insane side showing? 😈 Would Alejandro and Noah still be friends? 😈

Listen, as much as this idea is so fucking funny to me, I really don't think it'd work from a storytelling perspective.

Though (not to push any agendas here, but-) if Chris were to hypothetically have the remaining contestants go against Noah in an enclosed space, in a sort of predator-vs-prey scenario, it'd probably play out something like The Beast chapter in Slay The Princess... without the "eating them alive" aspect, of course.

(Heavy Content Warning for that link, by the way. There's a lot of violence/gore/body horror, among other stuff, by virtue of it being a horror game.)

Maybe he'd lock everyone in the First Class cabin and turn off all of the room's electronics, so the only source of light in the cabin would be the wavering moonlight from whatever tiny windows are dotted around. Noah would use the cover of darkness to his advantage and toy with his competitors in a similar vein to how the Ripper had in their challenge that day, darting silently through the shadows to 'capture' his castmates, picking them off one by one.

It'd be a fun game of cat-and-mouse for Noah. For the others? It'd be a living nightmare. They wouldn't have the luxury of knowing that Noah wouldn't really hurt them, and the bloodlust they'd seen on that screen would be terrifying to watch but downright petrifying to experience first hand. They would be genuinely fearing for their lives, in a way that Chris hadn't been able to prompt since the early days of Island, and the host would love it.

Not that he would do that. And not that Noah would actually attack anyone either. (Without reason to, of course.)

But you are right about one thing; if this AU were to become a fully-fledged story, the London challenge would have to be a reward, just to keep Noah in the competition. Because he literally snapped Zeke's arms like chopsticks- his team would vote him out in a heartbeat just by virtue of him being so dangerous.

Which means the whole of Team Chris (plus Duncan) would be sharing a poorly-lit, structurally unsound cabin with someone they're terrified of.

...Owen notwithstanding, since Owen's a sweetheart and he knows Noah.

But the others would be immediately on guard around him. Noah, knowing there's no reason to keep up his ruse of sarcastic apathy, would probably relish in their fear- he enjoys tormenting people, after all, especially when that torment is purely psychological. So he'd carry on playing the 'unhinged, bloodthirsty sociopath' just to watch the others squirm.

He'd probably make a huge show of still having the Ripper's knife, tucked safely in the sleeve of his white undershirt, and comment that he and Duncan could be 'knife buddies' or something. If only to see how the punk's pierced face would drain of all colour at the prospect of Noah having a sharp object. (Duncan would absently rub at the puncture scars on his hand, to Noah's delight.)

But it'd eventually get boring, I imagine, so Noah would do something to reassure his teammates that he's not some ethics-devoid monster hellbent on destruction. Because having your teammates be in a state of constant paranoia around you would get annoying after a while, and it'd impact their performance in the competition (which Noah isn't really all that concerned with, but Owen is, so Noah doesn't want to do anything to jeopardise their chances of winning challenges).

So he'd drop the exaggeration of his more violent traits, and intentionally show off the unharmful aspects of himself- namely by koala-clinging to Owen and acting 'normally' like they'd done before the London challenge, and/or by approaching Tyler to ask how he was feeling after being stretched on the rack and sheepishly apologise for leaving him behind (showing empathy and remorse, to humanise himself n front of his teammates).

He's insane, not heartless.

As for Alejandro...? I have no idea. Would he even want to risk approaching Noah to find out if their shared comradery was all a ruse? Would whatever tentative trust he had in Noah be completely shattered by the reveal? Or would he be so engulfed by his need to win the competition that he only views this new development as a boon, since now Noah can be more of a physical asset for their team?

It'd probably be a mix of all of these. Alejandro would be left off-footed by the reveal of p!Noah's 'true self' (however much of his 'true self' he's willing to show to others) but I imagine he'd be quick to ally himself with the guy who can break bones like they're chalk and deceive a whole cast of people for two and a half seasons, regardless of any personal misgivings.

[shorlinesorrows]

qpr jean and neil. that's all i'm gonna say.

do you see my vision?

[rawliverandgoronspice]

so I think the implication is that TotK Ganondorf is the first one? if so I personally find this incredibly lame, but that's fine I'll just politely ignore everything <3

but to be honest, I don't think they could have done anything to make me happy regarding TotK Ganondorf at this point. All the damage is kind of done already unfortunately...

Anyway!!! Burying my head in the Myth Era and chewing on 20+ yo material forever probably

[okiankeno]

Let the Rain Fall

Pairings: Sarah Christ/Reader, Sarah Christ/Cop Cameron

2. Quaecumque vera (1949 words)

Sarah has been informed that a new coworker will arrive in Hatchetfield today. The chief didn’t think Sarah was in the right headspace to pursue the Creekside Killer now that Sarah's case was highly personal. The chief wanted to hand over the reins to another investigator, and Sarah would play accomplice to them. Bummer.

[risingsunresistance]

good post but what was the "i was managing the server so poorly someone streamed themselves screaming at me" sorry WHO DID THAT???

[wolves-in-the-world]

I got through it, folks

for your appreciation <3

[oilith]

Toxic exes

Odalia is still not over it (it's been 27 years)

[mercymaker]

there's just no way some people barge into my post asking questions to which I've already replied previously and when I tell them that instead of pointing out the same thing over again they can just uh... read, I get told to not be rude like

[pynkhues]

I love that the beat where he drops his head is repeated when Louis drops his own in the finale too.

YES. I love that Louis recalls Lestat's expression in that moment of realization and realizes for the first time that Lestat MEANT it -- he wasn't just being chaotic and apologizing in the middle of trying to kill them, he truly meant everything he said, so he's truly different from what Louis had thought he was.

(x)

Totally, and I think what really gets me about it is that it's almost this moment of realisation of how far apart you are from someone? I'm sorry if I'm repeating myself here, because I thought I posted something about this the other day but I can't find it so maybe I just was thinking about it, haha, but to me that beat is also just this moment of Louis realising just how broken the thing is between them?

He's just spent two weeks telling Daniel about this unbreakable cord between him and Lestat, about the maker's bond, that they share a heart, that he felt Lestat in that building before he ever stepped foot on stage, but then, there, in the moment of it, what did it matter when he didn't even realise that Lestat was as much a prop as they were? He's spent close to a century believing a lie about a person he always thought he knew better than anyone else, close to a century distrusting a moment of grief and pain and honesty from someone who hurt him, yes, but loves him, and close to a century with a man who'd use that hurt and distrust to keep him.

If that's not distance, if that's not an almost tangible depiction of how far apart they've let themselves become, how far Louis would push Lestat the man away, even as he pulls the memory of him close, I don't know what is. In that little tiny beat though, I just feel that really profoundly. It's such a brilliant performance from Jacob (always), but also just a really masterful cut from the editor.

[dayurno]

Real question about keremy haters AU is how does Jean not immediately kill himself when he finds out about Kevin fucking Jeremy. He did not suffer through being Thea's messenger boy and then Riko's punching bag x1000 to be rewarded with this. Jeremy isn't even good at exy. Will Jean's suffering never end

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO god ok THIS IS SO FUNNY the truth is well honestly he Wants to he's just busy with life and trying to be normal with the trojans. at the start of the story he has no idea anything is even happening and he only really learns about kevin and jeremy being involved well into winter break of jeremy's first semester at PSU, although by the time kevin visits california to help jean out with interviews he's at least aware that kevin's looking out for jeremy. when he finds out they're sleeping together he's Not Happy Lol which is half of why they clash so much during winter break, the other half being that jeremy did not forget for one second that he is a raven and supposed to hate jean for jumping ship. he hasn't softened on kevin so much as he's aware that he depends on him for exy (among other things), but he has no reason to have a kinder look on jean at this point in the story

it also doesn't help him that jeremy can very much tell (and perhaps always could) that jean has feelings for kevin, which amps up his antagonism x10 over because kevin is his partner, and because he's the only thing jeremy has left, and because jeremy hates them for having gotten this close at all when his own experience in the ravens was so marked by being betrayed by the only person he thought was his friend. it's all a mixed bag really, and they famously get into one Really bad fight that almost ends up in serious injury for jeremy :) they have a slow but steady path to building up any kind of relationship, but it Does happen, and a lot of their underlying anger towards each other is also a healthy dose of sexual tension. nonetheless it's going to take a hot minute for them to feel anything for each other besides hatred, jealousy and begrudging sexual attraction