#thank you and goodnight!

[shivroygirls]

the roy siblings, part I

where things come back by john corey whaley / succession's all the bells say / unknown source / frank ocean's ivy / jenny han / erica e. goode / adventure time's i remember you / jane mersky lader / succession / maurice sendak / jewish literacy by rabbi joseph telushkin / succession / you are jeff by richard siken / brother, sister, rival, friend: the longstanding effects of sibling relationships by oshua a. krisch / antigone by sophocles.

[labyrinthhofmymind]

just a reminder that comparing horrible, REAL historical (and current) events that caused thousands and millions of REAL HUMAN deaths to FICTIONAL worlds is insane and weird, especially when those fictional worlds are created by transphobic, racist bigots who can’t write a consistent, diverse, and non-stereotypical story to save their life (yes i mean jk rowling)

comparing real life atrocities to one another is bad enough, but suggesting that they somehow connect to fictional work is so messed up and insensitive and is not the intellectual take you think it is

go touch some grass people and stop hating on people who like regulus or ship jegulus or write about any characters that were death eaters

[melodiousoblivionao3]

There’s this baby on tik tok and everyone just refers to him as the “okay baby” because that’s what he says before immediately launching himself into the lake in his parents backyard and he wears overalls and they lift him out of it by the overalls and this small child is such an agent of chaos

That is Emily Sonnett

And also Trinity Rodman

[starbuck]

sometimes all it takes is noticing one interesting narrative construction to take a film from “it was fine i guess” to “i feel like these guys having terrible, fucked up sex would compliment the themes really well”

[foxolotlfreak]

thank you all

Thank you and goodnight!

@boots-with-the-fur-club @littlemissartemisia @little-banjo-frog @tmntaucompetition @daboyau

(special thanks to you mod shadow for being kind and making the tmnt au competition!)

[sans-theskele-oof]

The Traffic Life Series And Their Parallels *note: limited life just started. this will not remain accurate*

Third Life- 14 players. Three life system. Five different alliances. Scarian is prominent. Jimmy Solidarity is in a gay relationship. *author’s note. I have not seen 3L. And I never will.*

Last Life- 17 players. Multi-life system. Five different alliances. Team BEST. Southlands (British boys + impulse) doing a bit at the end of the first ep. *author’s note. the best life series. argue with the wall.*

Double Life- 14 players. Three life system. Seven different duos. Scarian returns. Jimmy Solidarity is back in a gay relationship. *author’s note. was a good series, however i don’t remember much*

Limited Life- 14 players. Timed life system. Five different alliances. Team TIES. Bad Boys (British boys) doing a bit at the end of the first ep.  *author’s note. the series should probably be finished before i actually continue*

Third Life and Double Life for too many parallels to be a coincidence. Would it be a safe assumption to make that Last Life and Limited Life will have many parallels?

[addisonnie]

guys be nice to people 😔 i don’t think that message was sent with ill intent at all but let’s just think before we send things! not everyone is going to vibe with the things i write or the characters i create and that’s okay! but let’s not push a narrative! be kind!!!!! she looks/looked beautiful and nobody needs to know if you disagree 👍🏼

[lightthepathwithalantern]

the teal avis closed her eyes chirping excitedly

*As soon as they all closed their eyes, Lantern flawlessly teleported them all inside the house, while still being a bit exhausted from teleporting everyone at once*

Open!

[riocinn]

those were the lyrics right

[shivroygirls]

[triona-tribblescore]

I cant stop thinking about them :'( 🩷🩷✨✨ drew my human designs for a wee change of pace uvu

[modernlovez]

Thoughts I’ve had in the past 72 hours

[cairafea]

On the idea of Theseus's Ship: in the end, it's still his, isn't it? It was known as Theseus's, and it will continue to be known as Theseus's.

Even after he has returned to the ground which grew the wood of the hammer used to nail the ship's frame, Even after generations of new wood have rotted and the sails are rags clinging to threads, Even after millennia,

it will still be Theseus's Ship.

Thank you for bringing us home.

Goodnight, Phosphophyllite.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

cherik as that one pink nightgown and blue pajamas holding a candle picture

this is so rushed but like. but like i see the vision and i needed to share it with all of you ok. pov you got caught raiding the fridge at 3AM

[official-linguistics-post]

If you are looking for 4th person pronoun may i offer 'chat', as you are literally referring to those beyound the 'fourth wall"

this ask was created in a lab specifically to torment me

[swiftlymurmurs]

I've seen a lot of people voice disappointment over this Game Changer season finale and while I personally wasn't really bothered by a lot of the criticisms (I thought the Ratfish was an interesting added game mechanic and I never really care who wins or loses so his judgements not aligning with mine made no difference to me) I do think it's very interesting and I've spent some time thinking about why it doesn't work for so many. Some thoughts: Why is this Eric guy even here?

Tim & Eric were a popular tv comedy duo in the late aughts alt comedy scene. Sam and many of the writers at Dropout are sketch comedy nerds who, in 2007, were freshly at the start of their comedy careers, and probably see them and the larger [Adult Swim] environment they were a part of as a huge influence.

Why has it maybe aged poorly?

As far as I know, their popularity came in the early stages of about a decade of quite cynical, surreal comedy that also spawned the "lolrandom" era. While huge and fresh at the time, I think my generation (gen Z, the main viewerbase of Dropout) has grown pretty tired of this style and favours sketch comedy that's more clever, witty, and emotionally open or wholesome. At least, that's a movement Dropout has very much steered into with their roster of comedians and it's what the viewers expect.

The parasocial thing

It's no secret that Dropout actively promotes itself as a tight group of friendly comedians who you are invited to get to know, expect, and love when they show up. They don't abuse parasociality in the way you see, for example, younger audience oriented youtubers shoveling merch do it, but they absolutely make use of it. Most of the moments from this episode I've seen people gush over or post positively about are those where the cast recognize each other's styles, reference their relationships, and just generally make it known how well they know one another. When a total stranger enters the picture in an episode where the cast already have a barrier to their regular banter AND is given so much power over the game, they may look like an outsider or even an enemy to the happy little family people have gotten so attached to. Especially because his role is explicitly that of an antagonist, and the cast are never given a chance to see him and maybe out their love and respect for him as a comedian. In the minds of viewers, he just stays some guy who made mean jokes about their blorbo and then left.

Conclusion

I'm always glad to see this show making big swings, and while most of them have landed, some of them are bound to miss. It's a show that prides itself on trying things the viewers may not yet know they wanted and the second it stops trying, I think it'll be all the worse for it. It's a shame to end the season on such a note, but it's been hit after hit so far, and before we know it we'll be right back into it. I love this show, I love this cast, and I'm excited to see what's next!