#series: Of Maintenance

[pokemon-cards-hourly]

[myreia]

✦ F F X I V L E V E L 9 0

—compendium

[personinthepalace]

Olympia & Anita - Odd Squad S2 // Junior Taskmaster S1

[heretherebedork]

Sir. SIR.

This is an office break room.

Oh, so they're making this show for @absolutebl. Got it, glad for it, thank you Korea.

[hyperpsychomaniac]

I was thinking of Gerda belting up machinery again.

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

High Maintenance (TV Series) S3/E9 "Cruise" (2019) - Reed Birney

Cute... and the body isn't bad either.

[delusionalblfan]

At this point my main goal is to see Boeing kissing every single person in OFTS. Thank you

[1000dactyls]

So I wanna know, you'd true and honest thoughts on THW I think I remember you saying you didn't want to talk about it? I'm so sorry for this ask, but I'm curious because so much of the fandom doesn't like it, and while I agree everyone sees to have different reasons

there is quite a bit i dont like about thw, but the two most primary reasons are a) the artistic direction and b) the narrative's betrayal of the core themes set up by the first movie

a lot has already been said about the artificial smoothness of httyd3's rendering -- the textural smoothness of the dragons and skin, for one -- but it's the botox injection valka and the other ladies seemed to receive that irritates me the most. coming off the heels of two other movies less hesitant to show signs of aging as a natural process, the flattening of their wrinkles and fat feels shallow to me.

IMHO, the unnatural smoothness of movie mimics the hollow feel the third movie's narrative has, lacking the history and depth of the events the characters have lived through and the impact that history has on the characters' physical appearance. the movie instead has a dreamy, hazy quality to it. which would be fine in most movies, but not for a franchise dedicated to the physicality of the characters (which was the whole point of the first movie, that hiccup (and toothless) was visually distinct from the rest of the cast)

so not only is thw ugly to look at compared to the other two movies, it's also a narrative shitshow pitted against the other two movies. like, setting aside the objective masterpiece that the first movie is, how does httyd2 end with "come hell or high water i will always jump after you when you fall" to httyd3's "nah man let's let you go". how did we get here???? by completely assassinating everyone's character

and it's just extremely frustrating because httyd1 was about overcoming differences; that message was the flesh and blood of the series, the franchise's beating heart. httyd1 navigates complicated generational trauma to cease endless bloodshed. httyd3... puts off that conflict into some however many centuries into the future. and then the last 5 minutes of the movie even don't get the departure RIGHT hello???

the only good thing about thw is that john powell got to flex his muscles and compose "once there were dragons" and bring me to tears in 5 minutes and 46 seconds

[kingess]

Inspired by the dozen of anons the spiritually psychotic lady sent,

I'd like to share another chef's kiss manipulation hack with you;

Keep track of the insults the desired target uses when they're triggered.

Towards you, or someone else. Even if he's not directly verbally abusive the things he looks down upon on you or others will slip through. That's his insecurity.

When we're flustered or triggered or even just stressed and the aggression leaks out, our brain's first motive is to attack emotionally, to keep us safe. Most people aren't quick or deranged enough to hurt others with what hurts the opponent specifically custom taylored routinely. The brain asks 'what's hurtful?' and picks what your unique experience has concluded most hurtful; Aka your insecurities.

This in mind you can bring him up, or tear him down effortlessly & innocently when suitable.

[unopenablebox]

listening to the new if books could kill is really weird as someone who was indeed a teen/tween in the Emergence of Social Media Era, in that like. actually me and my 50 pseudonymous close friends of a decade are doing quite well thank you. im glad you interviewed some teenagers to learn that they use online socializing tools for social interaction, which accordingly has the features of social interaction, but this is a fucking bizarre thing to listen to people explain to each other

[pokemon-cards-hourly]

[fullmetal-scar-simping]

Been wondering, should I be more extensive with my tagging system here? Would it make navigating the blog easier if folks got everything tagged per series, characters, meta, venting, etc? Or are there no strong feeling either way?

[personinthepalace]

Swimming - Odd Squad UK // Junior Taskmaster

[imalazypandaaa]

Welcoming (the only maintenance worker alive) Martyn InTheLittleWood!!!

Martyn just so happens to be the only living maintenance worker Fazbear Entertainment has ever had! He appeared in Chapter 5 to give Grian the Mazercise code at 5am. He kinda hates his job because people keep breaking stuff but he does it anyway. As always the art was made by the amazing @cinththewarlock !!! Go follow them, they are collaborating with me on the au and have been from the start!

[rinhaler]

𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

𝐉𝐮𝐣𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐮 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐧

wusyaname

status: ongoing | last chapter: thirteen

voices !

status: ongoing | last chapter: two

𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐤

lu$t 4 lif€

status: complete

[redstainedsocks]

It's my 4 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Oh! Huh. Well, would you look at that. I knew it was coming around but I didn't know when exactly and couldn’t remember how many years it was. Happy 4 years of my whump sideblog!

Thanks for sticking around if you found me near the beginning, and thanks for joining if you've stumbled here since. I enjoy seeing the names and blogs of people I recognise when I post something and enjoy plopping all the hurt I like in one place, even if it is a bit more sporadic than it used to be. Here's to getting back to creating more fun things of my own sometime soon!

Cheers to hurt, bravo to pain... and we can have a little comfort, as a treat.