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that excerpt from wuthering heights is exactly how i see s/d. what dean feels for sam "resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary". it really doesn't matter whether or not they are happy with each other, that's beside the point. what's important is there's a deep love there which neither can truly live without.
#its why so much analysis from certain segments of the fandom about how they should fix their codependency by partnering with outsiders#(dean with cas + sam fucking off with eileen or some blurry non character respectively)#and finding True and Healthy and Not 'Icky' (lol) Happiness there#rings so hollow.#of course i think they ALSO are capable of finding deep happiness with each other#in ways only two people who have been through the wringer like that can.#their experiences aren't the same. but they went through so much together. no one else understands.#we see things they'll never see etc etc#but the happiness on its own is not the point.#“not as a pleasure any more than i am always a pleasure to myself but as my own being” thats real romance. sorry you dont get it....#.txt
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first time ive drawn her in that signature clown wig. dont fail me now hornet
#silksong#hollow knight#WERE SO CLOSE... I CAN SMELL THE SILKSONG ARRIVAL#officially throwing myself into the clown ring#gen art
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I love you smile lines and worry lines and grey and white hair and wrinkles and purple spiderweb veins and the process of aging and living in a body that is standing the test of times. I love you experiences that make you wiser and stories that make you laugh, and every little process that happens to get to the point where you have so many memories because you have the fortune to be here and be so radiant
#positivity#pro aging#also i hate you 'anti aging' scams that capitalize on fear of aging. death by 1000000 papercuts for ye#saw a hair video where they restored the salt-and-pepper colour in an older clients hair and it looked SO GOOD at the end#i love when people throw in the towel and embrace their aging however that looks#it isn't productive to shame people who are ashamed of aging and i just want to. celebrate aging#in a world that simultaneously venerates youth and adulthood and hates BOTH you need to find some sense of freedom#as a Young Adult(tm) please please PLEASE older folks seeing this/following me know that i look up to you#older folks i need you to know that your worth NEVER diminished when you added a new number on your birthday cake#and your body and mind and soul NEVER lost worth because it started to creak a little at the joints#and i might be wrong about this because i'm still young but it can be SO tempted to miss your youth when you feel like...#...you've somehow LOST part of yourself by growing older. and so much of aging is about change and some things don't stay the same...#...and that IS scary and i will never once fault somebody for that. but please don't fall into the trap that because you've aged that...#...you somehow have forever lost fundamental pieces of Who You Are and you could never come back from that...#...for your own sake and sanity you deserve to find comfort and solice and understanding in who you still are...#...because you are still - at the core - the same. you can never take this away from yourself#and i know this might ring hollow because i just don't get what it's like to be older#but i have looked at my elders and felt awe at their age and their experiences#and i know what that is like and it's awesome. i just wish more older people knew that so many of us look at you with awe...#...and - if you can believe it - some of us ENVY your age or experiences or even body#i'm watching an 'older' content creator (older by internet standards 🙄) and i envy him for how eventful his life was#i envy that he experienced a different world - one that i have only heard about from my dad because i was too young to remember it#and i admire this person for their wisdom and thoughts because they've come from his experiences living in a Different World#it's that type of stuff that makes me unafraid to keep on living#inspired by following somebody like. twice my age posting about their excitement abiut growing older and !!!!!!! YEAHHHHHH#didn't realize they were closer to my dad's age but that's so cool???????????
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My Fallout show "hot take" is that it is just as fandom brained to force a "father-daughter" relationship onto the Ghoul and Lucy as it is to ship them.
in both cases you are boxing a very interesting pair of characters into predetermined fandom tropes. You are not better because your box doesn't have them fuck nasty!
Dont get me wrong, go off! Enjoy it as a father-daughter duo! But do not be rude towards people who see two adult characters with a messy dynamic and ship them.
At the end of the day, theres very little in the actual text to imply either right now. Hell, I just saw two posts, back to back, describe the same scene in the exact same way up until the final paragraph, where one said "And thats why he's her dad!" and the other said "And thats why they're in love!".
Don't be an asshole and don't couch personal dislike in faux moralising. We are talking about a woman who casually fucked hooked-up with her cousin and a 200 year old zombie vagabond. Its not that deep.
#like i dont ship them! i see it but i dont ship then personally!#but this faux moralistic 'but theyre father & daughter 🤢🤮' shit rings incredibly hollow. just block tags and dont attack people#imo theres more interactions that read as shipping fodder than there are 'father-daughter' moments (mostly cause lucy is a grown ass woman)#but id argue thats mostly because both are very hot ADULT characters with good screen chemistry rather than any actual written intent#like be fr besties be so frrrr right now#fallout#fallout prime#lucy maclean#cooper howard#fandom shipping shit#hope i dont regret writing this its just been buggin me#fallout series#fallout show#fallout tv
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I was rereading the book and thought it was cute that despite Kate being of more modest taste and also finding wearing a lot of jewelry "tiresome", she still wore all the jewelry the dwarves gifted her.
#the hollow kingdom#kate winslow#marak sixfinger#emily winslow#my art#kate very cute she wanted to be polite and show she appreciated their efforts#so funny for lowkey judging emily for being kinda guady at the end when she is also out here wearing all these bracelets and rings
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I do wish though that all the people talking about how upset they are at the decisions being made for DA:TV but that they're still gonna buy it on release deeply understand that Bioware can do literally anything they want to this franchise, turn it into a giant steaming shit if they wanted, because they know your sales are guaranteed
#i know the game isn't gonna be a giant turd obvs#but i also think the criticism launched at the game in the past day wouldn't ring so hollow#if most of these blogs hadn't freely admitted to preording#preordering based on cherry-picked and paid-for positive press yk#like i think if you're really disappointed in the 3 choices decision and are now concerned that the game will not be the product you want#then my advice is to take a step back and WAIT after release#don't give bioware carte blanche to do whatever they like cos they already have your money#another PSA from me to not preorder and companies aren't your friends and their decisions are based on what'll make them the most money#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#da:tv#dragon age spoilers#bioware
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omg the rhaenyra-walder frey parallels
#hotd#“a son for a son” is so powerful in its original context (and it's actually cat's final line of dialogue btw).#it's about vengeance creating a cycle of never ending violence. no death will ever be enough.#it's a fake choice and a bad bargin and quite an evil thing for rhaenyra to say and STILL the show frames it as alicent's penance#to paraphrase sam: it rings so hollow bc ultimately it's just a way to spare rhaenyra the tough decision of taking KL violently#we can't have rhaenyra struggling over the choice of killing her family and potentially hurting smallfolk herself now can we
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idk how to explain it... but there's just such a soft look in late 1970s - early 2000s films that I just wish we could get back.
Alien (1979) The Thing (1982) Poltergeist (1982) The Shining (1980) Labyrinth (1986) Ghostbusters (1984) The Dark Crystal (1982) The Princess Bride (1987) Fellowship of the ring (2001) Halloween (1979) The Mummy (1999) The Scorpion King (2002) Indian Jones: Raiders of the lost arc (1981) Sleepy Hollow (1999) Willow (1988) Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom (1984) Jaws (1975) Rose Red (2002) Titanic (1977) Silent Hill (2006) Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
#can u tell im biased to a type of genre LMAO#BUT TYHERES SO MANY I COULD PUT DOWN AAAA#i just mist that soft feel to the movies#and not everything being cgi#movies#1980#1970s#1980s#horror#fantasy#dark fantasy#1990s#early 2000s#2000s#if u know u know#pans labyrinth#silent hill#titanic#rose red#jaws#indiana jones#temple of doom#willow#sleepy hollow#raiders of the lost ark#the scorpion king#the mummy#halloween#the fellowship of the ring#the princess bride
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while i am having lots of fun with the boops i also have begun my third pass at editing echoseers and. hoo boy.
im starting off strong designing a fucking board game
#braindumps.txt#echoseers#im calling it nexus#its on a circular thick wooden board with a hollow chamber up top with a glass cover and many multicolored#and different-material beads inside#the player pieces are legions and squads trying to get from the outer ring to the center (the nexus. hence the name)#part of set up is shaking the board so the beads clump around different nodes on the rings to create obstacles#like mountains and forests and riverways and such#and you fight each other taking pieces kinda like chess#but the ultimate goal isnt necessarily taking the army#its sneaking someone around to take the nexus#and the terrain changes every time bc of the shaking#scouts can go on mountains but no other pieces can#they cant fight#you can convert supply lines into riverboats but they cant be converted back#they can carry other pieces downriver though#you can cut off supply lines and the other person's army will ''starve'' in two turns#i dont know if it would actually be fun#and i know for a fact i would be bad at it in real life#but its important to th echapter and i didnt want just Real Life Chess in there#cause i dont know enough about chess lol#anyways thanks for coming to my tag rant love u if u read this far
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A little while ago you said that you have nuanced feelings on Clem x Louis, and I think that’s how I’d describe my opinion on the ship as well. I was just wondering, what makes you feel that way? Personally, I think they’re romance scenes are cute and sweet, but the whole situation with Marlon makes me unable to see them as anything other than friends. I think they both mean a lot to each other, but the idea that they’d want to date so soon after that whole ordeal’s a bit of a stretch to me.
putting this under a read more so if anyone even Thinks they might get upset about mild louis opinions they can move on and stay happy. seriously people take this stuff too seriously sometimes and i dont want to stir anyone up but also im allowed to have my own opinions OKAY. none of this means i dont like him or them OKAY??
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thats pretty much where my opinions are too
the stuff with marlon and the vote is Definitely the biggest thing that influences my opinion about their romance. i always forget just how Cruel he is in EP2 😭 like im on your side dude what aj did was wrong can we just talk about this 😭 but he votes to kick them out. like his reaction about marlon doesnt bother me, its his insistence on kicking them out that does 😔 my clem will always forgive him for it, i believe him when he says he regrets it, but its gonna take some time for trust to build again. for both of them
having only one scene between his apology and the lock in was just not gonna happen for my clem. she was mad at him for it. aj almost died because of it. she might be doing better now but she still has trust issues and her trust was broken just as much as his was. he was fine with never seeing her again, sending her and aj out to their deaths because he struggled to accept his confused feelings about marlon. that pissed my clem off shdfksd she is barely keeping this child alive let alone herself. her face when ajs kicking the wall bro she was like "its so fucking over" 😭 cmon bro look at her shes dead inside have some compassion. and he still hits her with the "i dont know [if i want you to stay]" even after aj gets shot like cmon man...... Cmon.........
and while shes waiting for louis to finally be ready to talk about what happened with marlon (which my clem apologizes for in the dorm, she does genuinely feel bad about it), her and violet are only growing closer, focusing on preparing the school together for the bigger problem. clem knowing vi has her back is a huge source of relief in everything thats going on, and that means a Lot for my clem, who appreciates the idea of having a partner she can rely on. my clem is already sure of her feelings for vi by the time louis apologizes. but she appreciates his apology, and is looking forward to being friends again, because she did genuinely appreciate his friendship at the beginning. but her heart was really truly Broken about everything with marlon and the vote and i think thats gonna take more time to heal. depending on player choice some clems might not even forgive him (some others might say he was right and that clem didnt stop it but... i do not agree with that.. like how could she have... aasim calls mitch a hypocrite for saying the same thing)
the other less important thing is just his general blasé attitude. my clem takes things seriously, but that doesnt mean she doesnt know how to have fun. she Wants to. she just Cant. she has a child to take care of first, and she cares about the survival of the group. its why my clem is looking for someone she knows she can rely on. she never wanted any of this, and she just wants a little support, someone to help take the weight off so she CAN relax. shes so tired 😭. playing with louis while aasim hunts by himself made me feel Dirty 💀 (i literally couldnt do it the first time i felt so bad AASIM WAIT UP). and while i can understand and appreciate his "there might not be a tomorrow so enjoy today" outlook, it cant come at the expense of the group. louis i feel eventually learns this, finding a balance between the two, and Becomes someone clem can rely on. but his change doesnt begin until like.. after the raiders take everyone (because we have to get through the marlon stuff first). and if you save vi, you dont get to see any of it 😔
the thing about these two problems is that, if you were to take them out of this setting and throw them in like, a modern au, suddenly these are not issues anymore. no more life or death. the stakes are a lot lower. so i can see them dating in that scenario and having fun together. they do have cute moments!! but also due to less stakes, theres less to motivate louis to change. and i think they would fundamentally just not click on their worldviews. clem while she can have fun, ultimately takes things seriously, and louis doesnt. that doesnt mean they dont care about each other, and clem definitely appreciates his energy, but its why i see them still ending up as friends instead of romantic partners (esp if vi is around IM SORRY 😭 they just Click too well for me 😔 this is why my messy au exists 💀)
i also understand this is mostly personal preference and some people might like them for these reasons 😭 but the dynamic that they have i prefer as friends personally. theyre supportive of each other and deeply care about each other, just not romantically imo. especially not after the stuff with marlon. and thats ok!!!! i see it a lot like louis' relationship with vi. not romantic. but they Love each other regardless. honestly the reason why i like clem vi and louis as a trio so much is that clem slots between them really well. louis who doesnt take anything seriously, and vi who takes things Too seriously. clem exists between them. knowing having fun is important but also understanding the weight of responsibility. she helps louis become more responsible, and she helps vi chill the fuck out. she brings balance :)
i will say tho louis' "nothing wrong with short and sweet, right?" line was cute he got me there
#louis 🤝 violet: being a huge bitch (lovingly)#violets the bitch of ep1 and louis is the bitch of ep2 (lovingly)(but also seriously)(its important to their Characters lol)#the fact they BOTH mockingly quote their hunting partners to clem is SO FUNNY!!! this is why theyre friends#louis can be Just as mean as vi is and thats important to acknowledge and i feel like its not acknowledged very much?#also i Do just have to say it frustrates me a bit when louis is talking about how he feels bad about leaving marlon on his own to lead#while he is Actively avoiding the task violet Just asked him to do. that she is now doing for him. because he wants to do something else#like.. bro youre talking about how you left marlon with all the responsibility but youre doing the same to vi Right Now 😭#it just rings a little hollow... i have other little annoyances like this but thats more with the writing than louis himself#like i Get the Intention#i get so scared talking about why i Dont like a romantic pairing people always take it as a personal attack ITS ALL PREFERENCE!!#im begging you.. keep having fun... Live Your Truth... im just a random person on the internet with an opinion#replies with lexi#incognito#twdg
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I love reading essays about bisexuality but it is crazy how we’ve been have the same conversations for over thirty years. Bisexuals have been critiquing the ‘straight passing’ narrative since the 90s (and I’m sure longer) and yet I still have to see it any time bisexuals are mentioned in queer spaces. Like.
(From ‘Challenging the Stereotypes’ by Amanda Udis-Kessler, Bisexual Horizons 1996)
I find it really striking that she says that biphobia from within the community ‘gets in the way of bisexuals working for lesbian/gay rights and dignity’ because I see a lot of people talking about how biphobia from within the community isn’t oppression and I’m not gonna argue about whether it is or not but it absolutely does deny us our dignity.
People constantly make fun of the way that bi people are desperate to affirm their queerness like mocking bi girls who talk about liking women and being bisexual while having a boyfriend with no mention of the fact that that insecurity is based in the constant belittling and ridiculing of bisexual people within the community.
Bisexuals are always always seen as traitors or tryhards or both. We cannot win we can’t do anything right. (Except decide that we’re actually gay or straight)
#bisexuality#and like I find the ‘oh I’m attracted to all women and one guy’ schtick irritating as hell.#i think if you’re constantly posting online about how you would never date another man if you broke up with your current boyfriend#or how tragic it is that you’ve ended up with a man instead of a woman that’s kind of shitty to your partner and rings very hollow#but I understand where it comes from. and I think it’s unfair to pretend that it’s something bi women came up with for fun#‘why do bi women talk about being queer all the time when they literally have a boyfriend🙄’#well probably because their bisexuality is important to them and their queerness is part of their identity and likely their social circle#and that doesn’t go away because they’re dating a man.#idk. my trans bisexual partner is not straight passing. even when people read him as cis they read him as gay.#more and more I am not straight passing and have been yelled at for being gay by strangers on the street.#‘bisexuals have straight passing privilege’ is such a crazy generalising take and it blows my mind that I still see it so much#and says much more about what you think about bisexuals than it does about actual bisexuals
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Pixie Chicks
Tinker Bell: Ring of Belief (scrapped movie concept)
Animation by: Patrick Giusiano
#disney fairies#tinkerbell#pixie hollow#tinker bell#disney#pixiehollow#fairies#fairycore#ring of belief#I can’t post both eyeliner clips together so I’ll post the second one later!
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@ lianhua novel anon: just fyi that i saw your ask and yes would love to talk on it when the braincells permit!! (+ probably also when i finish watching, we're on ep36 rn)
…though i did just have unfortunate and highly cursed but not inaccurate thought that at least some of the plot/coherency issue may be familiar from acd holmes to bbclock adaptation issues, i.e. the addition of Big Backstory Plot followed by the shoehorning of said plot into what were mostly standalone cases in the original writing with varying degrees of success
#catch me eating popcorn @ seeing the 极乐塔 arc getting adapted onscreen (i have to caveat that i AM a mystery nerd at core)#also trivia: this is the case where novel!llh acquires hulijing actually#anyway to summarise the key difference is novel!llh truly gets to be Just A Lil Guy (annoying too-smart gremlin) like 90% of the time#whereas drama!llh is just here like. tortured greek hero on main. can't catch a break from angst the poor man#to borrow a succinct take from lofter: to novel!llh lxy is just a 黑历史. maybe a little cringe in retrospect but he's moved on#but for drama!llh lxy is an entire Painful Past To Atone and so any carryover themes/dialogue on letting go etc kinda rings a little hollow#no one in this show has moved on not even the monk. amituofo help yall man#mysterious lotus casebook#ramble tag
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What I think is so important to learning how to truly appreciate life is learning how to appreciate the creatures and things we've categorized as "disgusting" or "gross."
When I learned to appreciate wasps, I realized how much they just... don't really care about anything, and they're not trying to be an asshole because they're uniquely cruel. If they have any wants, it is to live. Why would I punish that when I also want to live?
This isn't to say you need to fall in love with the creepy crawlies that stalk this world or to love what you cannot, but to recognize that in their arrangement of atoms, they are trying to persevere, and in the end... aren't we all?
#positivity#bugs tw#this is why i think science is a love language btw#learning to love and appreciate through study is still love and appreciation#i've always been fine with bugs which might make this ring hollow to somebody with a phobia#and this isn't saying that people who are phobic of bugs are Evil or dumb (quite the opposite- humans are Good at fearing things)#what this is saying is find something you don't appreciate and learn about why you should appreciate it - for whatever reason#i learned to stop being neutral about bugs when i learned how cool they are - how they live!#i stopped being neutral about this planet when i learned how ancient it is!#i stopped being neutral about humans when i learned about how we lived and survived and loved!#i stopped being neutral about these things because i started to love them because i saw just how intricate EVERYTHING is#when you learn to see things through an appreciative lens you sometimes direct that viewpoint inward#so now instead of viewing myself as outside the universe i see myself and every little bug as PART of the universe#i stopped believing that i almost... wasn't worthy of being Part of Nature when i realized just how big everything is in the scale of it al#you should see my google searches omfg#everything is an argument and boy does this world have the ability to argue so well
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Tell me why every fictional character who has an anxiety disorder also has at least one love interest (except for the one character who’s asexual, love you Beth March from March Family Letters). For that matter tell me why everyone I know IRL who has anxiety issues also has a partner or at least an ex. Tell me why the DSM says women with social anxiety are likely to be married but not to have a job, and I’m the reverse. Tell me why it’s only me whose self-isolation has been so bad that I’m about to be 30 and never been kissed. What is it about me specifically? What’s it take, huh?!
#this is a vent post#i know I need to find an event or class or meet up to go to every week and get to know the people there#i know I should try the dating apps again#I’m just saying all of the ‘there are so many people in your age group who are in the same boat’ is starting to ring a little hollow#it’s not even just characters with anxiety disorders#temperance brennan is out here being bad at socializing and believing she’s unlovable and she has sex out the wazoo#like you have to all be lying to me about something#I know no one owes me shit but it’s not fair that everything in the world is about this one thing I don’t get to have#sometimes I can’t even listen to music because I hate myself so much for not being able to relate to all the love and breakup songs#sometimes I want someone to call me ugly or break my heart just to feel something
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Hate when you have to make a character utter a phrase like “that wasn’t your fault” and it feels hopelessly trite and awkward and you can’t tell if it’s because you’re Writing It Bad
…or because saying things like that in real life always feels a trite and awkward too, no matter how genuinely it’s meant because you know it won’t fix anything
Is this realism?
#am writing#this wip y’all#like I’m sure Bet feels so much like this rings hollow when she says it#and Daisy is grateful but it sure not going to fix 15 years of long held trauma#so uh#maybe it’s okay it feels awkward because it IS
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