#such an incredible piece of media.

[pikkish]

i love this statue in the distance in taras nabad

because every time i see it, all i can think of is

JOHN FREEMAN, SAVER OF HUMENS

[chapinii]

the ranboo and slimecicle poledancing stream would obliterate so many 2021 viewers

[garnet-xx-rose]

What I love so much about Phantom is that it’s super sexy without really being about sex. Sex is mentioned sure, and characters allude to it occurring in the opera house, but it’s not really there. There’s no big makeout scene or direct suggestion of a hookup like in other shows or media. It’s really the audience’s own interpretation of what the three leads are doing when not on stage.

I think it’s wildly impressive that this show about people from near 200 years ago, exudes this sense of sensuality, desire and intimacy that people and couples today are still inspired by and try to emulate. I honestly cannot think of another show where the anticipation of a kiss or touch that doesn’t happen makes people this insane.

[ilovedthestars]

I am having many many thoughts about Hands of the Emperor, but here is one before I go to sleep:

this sounds very silly, but i am eighty-odd pages into this book and almost nothing has happened, technically. The main characters are going on a vacation. It is a fairly significant part of this that the Emperor has never done so much nothing at once before. Travel arrangements have been made, social interactions had, various vacation activities enjoyed, but on a literal level there is no large plot moving forward.

AND YET. I am up late reading this already, and I want to stay up later. I want to keep reading. Because even if on the surface, not much is going on, the emotional depths that this book has already gone to are incredibly compelling.

The main character is watching the man he serves as emperor and reveres as a god, a man he cares for deeply, slowly remember that despite being an emperor and a god he is also a person, and find enormous joy in getting to be just that. The main character has been overcome with emotion multiple times by seeing his emperor smiling with great pleasure at things like a casual conversation, or watching the rain, or tuning a harp with his own hands. I am overcome with emotion too.

I don’t know if the pace will pick up at some point, but I genuinely think even if it doesn’t, I could read seven hundred pages of this, just on the strength of what it’s making me feel.

[mothocean]

Spreading my tma/mechanisms agenda to the jrwi fandom (and vice versa)

[kryptkidd]

Just letting everyone know that I’m going absolutely feral over KAOS on Netflix right now

[artemis-in-space]

I love that Nadia is the only woman in the house, and Laszlo is the one they all fuck.

[ghostalservice]

March 1847

Mary’s gloves are barely keeping her warm in the shack, and her hands are shaking too hard, so she tugs them off, tucking them in her coat pocket. The Arctic wind is frigid on her bare skin, but she has to do this. She has to know.

“And—you saw them?” she asks the man in front of her.

She’s not even sure how Doug found him—his shack is so deep in the wilderness that Mary had nearly turned back a dozen times, but.

But she has to know.

It’s not like she and Stede were ever a love match—honestly, when his expedition hadn’t returned as expected, a part of her had been almost happy, relieved, knowing that the marriage was delayed for a while longer. But then time had stretched further and further and further, until it was six months, a year, more, and.

And yes, she and Stede hadn’t chosen each other—never would have, given their own freedom—but that didn’t mean she wanted him lost in the Arctic!

So she’d appealed to every wealthy man and widow she could think of, tried to raise funds for a mission to find them, or at least to find out what happened to them, and that’s how she’d met Doug, the personal portrait painter of Lord Franklin.

And then she’d ended up here, in Canada, in the hut of an ageless Scot who hasn’t blinked in the entire twenty minutes she’s been inside his strange, empty home.

“Aye,” he says after a long moment. “I saw them, indeed.”

She opens her satchel, finds the portrait of Stede, pulls it out and points. “You saw him? Stede Bonnet, you saw him?”

The man gives the portrait a long look. It’s not the most flattering likeness of Stede ever taken—he’s always been a man who doesn’t quite fit in his skin, who shows it in daguerreotypes in a way he can almost mask in person—but it’s definitely him.

Read more at ao3!

[whomstdvelynt]

she gen on my loss til i holy shit hes dead

[rbs are pog 👍]

[raynecloud06]

- Highschool student

- Has purple hair + overall main color is purple

- Skilled in engineering

- Shunned by their peers/community

- Managed to find people who love and accept them for who they are

- ✨Abandonment issues✨

- Kinda unhinged (/affectionate)

- Has canonically caused at least one explosion on their school grounds

[deconstructthesoup]

Stories that Midnight Burger could absolutely cross over with, and how that would go:

Dead Boy Detectives: Either Midnight Burger's been bouncing back and forth between various places in the DBD/Sandman universe and the agency is charged with investigating it, or they just randomly appear to help them with a case that they're stuck on. Ava wants to know literally everything about how ghosts work, Leif makes the mistake of introducing Charles to all of his insane alien gadgets, Niko befriends all of the wolves in the deep freeze, Crystal gets advice from Caspar about becoming a better person, and Effie and Zebulon take one look at Edwin and decide that they have to give him some advice and kind words.

The Magnus Archives: Midnight Burger appears right outside the Institute---during which season? Who knows! All that matters is that they're there, and they are very eager to help these depressed academics navigate the horrors. Gloria takes advantage of Jon's Eye powers to ask him about all the great unsolved mysteries of the world, Caspar goes to sit in the deep freeze the second he learns about The Lonely, and Melanie and Ava immediately bond over some very heavy drinks. If Sasha's here, she and Gloria become fast friends, and literally nobody knows what to make of Effie and Zebulon. Tim and Leif unsurprisingly get along pretty quick.

Dimension 20: A Starstruck Odyssey: Midnight Burger appears inside The Wurst, and pretty much everyone goes "yep, this might as well happen." Leif is very eager to meet every single one of the corrupt organizations out there, and he and Skip are almost immediately fighting for custody over Gunnie. Sundry Sydney and Gloria become BFFs on sight, and Margaret spends the entire time subtly flirting with Ava. Also, Effie and Zebulon are a hit with Gnosis.

Leverage: Midnight Burger pops in and winds up accidentally interfering with a job, and they've gotta scramble to help out the Leverage crew before it completely falls apart. Hardison---and Breanna, if we're going by the Redemption crew---geek the fuck out over all of Leif's weird shit, Parker and Ava quickly realize that they match each other's freak, and Eliot and Leif end up trading weird stories while Caspar slams his head on one of the tables in the background. Gloria uses her "I started a revolution" skills to the extreme.

Hatchetfield: Midnight Burger shows up, fixes the timeline, and leaves. The Lords in Black are befuddled and incredibly pissed. Also, Miss Holloway and Duke wind up sticking around.

[tuktev]

Green Dragon (21 × 29.7 cm)

[sillylilguystehe]

So. The mechanisms and tales of Arcadia crossover au where lyf crashlands on earth a good bit before the start of trollhunters and becomes a English teacher at the highschool. Sillies ensue.

[saint-nevermore]

im watching a playthrough of Dangan Ronpa (the third game) with my partner and i have thoughts. its definitely one of those things that were ruined by a fandom because they were too young for it. dont get me wrong, the characters are so out-there and unique they lend themselves to be perfect shipping war candidates, but there is seriously a wealth of artistic value to the games. watching through it ive been delighted with the artistic direction and sound design. the OST is dripping with personality and whimsy. its all around a fucking hoot to watch. its goofy and leans into the absurdity of it's setting without sacrificing sincere moments of the story. the murder mysteries are solid and engaging. Monokuma and his kubs are the stupidest motherfuckers ive ever seen and are hilarious whenever they show up. Ouma is there. ive had the most fun interpreting the ultimates as different flavours of neurodivergent and even if their role is short (i.e. theyre an early game victim/culprit) they have complexities. DR is genuinely cool as hell, if youve ever been interested in it i recommend tackling the playthroughs to enjoy the art of it - there really is nothing like it and i think we're all grown up enough to see the beauty in the absurd.

[chaosdemortem]

i think the lamb might be making a deal with the wrong devil...

[frostbeees]

“and also wiz khalifa” ❌