#smiles so bigly

[rustyelias]

Louis and photography

“Oh wrestling time to the ground, staring it into submission. Holding it your hand. I was there. This occurred.” - Louis

Louis uses two cameras during season two a rolleiflex and a lecia both were the go-to cameras for photographers of the time! Speaking of the time period! post-war Paris is my personal speciality when it comes to film photography!!!

I think it's pretty clear that Louis's photos are based on brassaï works, night photography in Paris was brassaï thing! Both his and Louis's photos show us things the night reveals to us whilst feeling mysterious and intimate. The photos of the young men who armand fed on afterwards feels very brassaï other then the vampire thing (another really cool post by someone on brassai and iwtv)

“Night does not show things, it suggests them. It disturbes and surprises us with its strangeness. It liberates forces within us which are dominated by our reason during the daytime” - brassaï

”Then you can get mindful about it. Ask yourself what brought them here. What brought you here. Is it coming together random?” - Louis

okay so in ep4 when Louis is talking with the art dealer the guy makes a big deal of Louis always shooting at night! and yeah as a night photographer myself it's hard to get right which I think we see in Louis photos!

“Do you know how many great shots I've taken, only to find out the lighting was insufficient” - Louis ep4. big mood!!!

night photography is very alluring in nature and takes so much time. Film make you slow down and think before clicking the shutter release but doing it at night takes even more time!! a vampire who literally has forever is taking night photos will always be incredible to me

Okay, I think I need to mention the humanist movement and how it links with Louis! Post war there was a massive increase in street photography which focused on more positive themes. Louis speaks very positively of the idea of Paris rebuilding itself at the beginning of the series and the progression to him taking street at night is super interesting to me! Because he really does sound like a humanist photographer like Willy Ronis or Robert Doisneau when he speaks to Claudia about Paris

“I don't know a suprise maybe. Something off. Like a hat that's to small for a head or someone realising they forgot to do something and they stop” - Louis

“To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson

“It says paris is on the way back. give here a little time” -Louis

The vampire is watching humanity from close up, close enough to capture it but far enough away to always feel on the edge of it all. I also really like how Louis is clearly annoyed in ep4 about the fact he has to shoot at night! he doesn't want to sit around waiting for the decisive moment or meter the lighting which is so relatable!!!

[thevoiceofdesertbluffs]

Picture this: Prophet of the Smiling God from the present meets a worshiper from the future. Turns out they share similar interests and they fall in love Near Instantly and go killing together. ::3

I think Kevin should be allowed to have a little fun and murder and worship sessions with a fellow smiling god worshiper. I also think he would be a great help to Kasper's whole "put the population's brains into robots" thing he has going on ::3

Night Vale Obscure Ship Tournament

art by @bulkhummus and @thevoiceofdesertbluffs respectively.

[jame7t]

saying hi as a vodlet/stream lurker, you have such a charming personality and a beautiful voice. your streams have brightened many of my darker days and given me a few new figures of speech. i know its part of your character to be the butt of jokes but i hope you know that you are truly a blessing on this world and i appreciate you so much

I read this message 🥺 and kicked my feet and smiled too. ^_^ 🥺

[pillowfriendly]

Did you get into a fight at the house of waffle?

NO I was a little drunk and I wanted a BLUEBERRY WAFFLE and I asked for a BLUE WAFFLE

[aldritch-ao3]

Yes yes and yes! Its an actual plot point. It'll be very relevant beyond the initial premise, eventually - I won't spoil anything beyond that, but SI-ya was a fully realized person before he incarnated into the body of the Woman Hating CEO, and it will come into play!

He has like a concerning amount of written history that I felt the need to record instead of actually working on my fic. Whoops.

[thevoiceofdesertbluffs]

HEY GUYS DID YOU KNOW THAT ABBY PALMER

[lunadivino]

Dark Knight Diavolo as a concept would fuck so severely and that's definitely not my bias speaking sorry I keep thinking about it

[bandtrees]

every day tttaac gets closer. im normal. im so normal. im ssosoooo normal.

[queeriboh]

oh happy late bday!

super late because my birthday's in September

[he-on-honeydew-hath-fed]

Dreamlog

[rustyelias]

moots do we know if we are bringing back ask trick or treating this year?

[hahniana]

Trying to use bluesky more and I might make a feed for petsite (or general petsim?) stuff. I don't knooowww

[wolfsplosion]

pov: pickles is feeding you a rock and roll french fry

for @willbyerspsychosis

[ariariari-freehounreal]

This made me so fucking happy they’re best bros. Lesbian and Bisexual solidarity wins again.

I love how unbothered they both are this is the best I’m smiling bigly.

[clowntainment]

opened comms so if ya want something ermmm smiles so bigly

[mayday-mayday]

HONESTLY DaMay/Maymus forever those two are so cute 😭💕

THEY MAKE ME SMILE SO BIGLY theyre so joyous i hope nothing bad happens to them in the future