#that moment!! argh!!!!!!!

[libraryleopard]

La Chimera is a very good film for many reasons but one that I keep thinking about is that moment at the end where you see such a well of emotion from Arthur and realize what an absolute shell of a man he's been throughout the rest of the film and the contrast is just so stark and so illuminating…Josh O'Connor the actor you are

[levi-lev]

hi again

[paepaerest]

the brain worms are getting to me

repost, i just love how these guys look as bobby heads. my joyyy!

[fairsweetlonging]

just thinking about how binghe had no idea that without-a-cure even had a cure and he spent all his years as a disciple thinking his shizun would at best be disabled for the rest of his life and at worst die a slow and painful death, and it was to save him.

[ourwhisperingtorment]

Gihun was ready to kill Junho when he found out he could be involved in the games. What more if he found out Junho is actually the frontman’s brother? And that Junho’s still protecting Inho by not revealing his identity?

I love Hwang bros reunion but I’m dreading the next time these 2 (Junho & Gihun) see each other again.

How would Gihun feel? He was betrayed twice. Once by Inho and then by Junho. Gihun probably thinks there’s still hope because Junho is searching for him and the island. Only to find out he’s the frontman’s brother.

How would Junho feel? He went there to save Gihun (that was the plan right?) but his priority is to find his brother again.

ARGHHHH the confrontation between these 3 is gonna be bloody messy.

[noodles-and-tea]

I keep alternating between your tiktok and tumblr just to ensure I don’t miss any of your Merlín art!!

Awww 🥹🥹🥹🥹

[clowndensation]

anyways when richard siken said "if you can point to it, you don't need a word for it. you only need a word for it when it's no longer there"

and when tolkien said "but of bliss and glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song."

and when claudia said "diaries are friends of last resort"

we don't see madeleine and claudia in their months together because their happiness was created in the present and presence of each other, and captured only in the eyes of the other. there's no need to share to strangers what was already shared between the people it mattered most to. the voyeurs of the world will only ever see the outline of where pleasure lies.

[cementcornfield]

Do you feel like Joe's statements really helped make this happen?

I think it was a big help...him having our back, I think that's the biggest thing. Especially coming from our quarterback... for our quarterback to vouch for us, I think that's given us a pathway to get us where we got here.

[miraclemaya]

yuri is when a girl bites another girl's neck. and maybe a chunk comes out but it's okay :)

[buildoblivion]

god the thought of the therapy reception universe just KILLS me - how many other ways have all these jons and martins walked past each other?

[houjicha]

So I was rereading the 1927 manga for the millionth time and noticed a translation error:

Specifically, Claire's line "He's a popular guy."

I'm pretty sure this was just a misreading of 持てる (moteru)--just one letter off, which does mean that he's a popular guy.

Buuuut the actual Japanese is 持ってる(motteru), which makes this line hit very differently in context:

This means more like "Firo's a guy who has..." something! "It" as @toushindai put it when we talked about it recently (thank you!). When this verb doesn't have a clear object, it has certain connotations.

There's a term 持ってる人 (motteru hito), which literally translates to "a person who has"...it. According to one Japanese article, it's like someone who is able to pull through when it really matters, as opposed to people who crack under pressure, and is generally capable and dependable. "They've got it" is a pretty good translation, although if I can be super nitpicky, 持ってる人 is a general type of person, so "it" would be more like "the set of qualities needed to succeed" rather than "this particular situation." Jisho.com calls it "that special something."

The main focus of Firo's arc in 1927 is his insecurities and feeling unsure of who he's going to be. He's constantly comparing himself to Claire and the Gandors and the Martillo family executives, and wondering how he can stand out and find his place.

There's a similar sort of phrasing here in the Japanese, too:

It's not the same phrase, but the literal translation is "What do I have?" (Official EN is "Where does that leave me?") Like "What do I have going for me? What's my 'thing'?" He's not sure if he has "it," but he wants to.

After Firo chased the priest off the roof, Claire saw a bit of that insecurity--but he certainly sees Firo as capable, even if Firo himself doesn't.

So...Claire's line is actually a response to that arc. Claire returns to the Gandors and lets them know about how Firo helped Keith. The Gandors' first response is to be like "Is he okay?" which is totally understandable, but Firo would probably take it the wrong way. (That's a guess, of course, but this feels related to the reasons Firo didn't join the Gandors and the vibe between them in their earlier scene.) But Claire pushes back by saying "He's fine. He's got what it takes." This discussion isn't about whether the Martillos will take Firo back; it's about Firo himself, and it's like a little cap on his arc.

(ちゃんと (chanto) is the other word in this sentence, by the way, which means like "properly" but is more a way of saying that something is as it should be, or properly qualifies. He's calling Firo a bonafide 持ってる人)

Anyway as someone who really loves the little scraps of Firo and Claire's relationship that we get I needed you to know about this one thank you for your time

[shadowlurkerbug]

Ok guys stop making really good analysis stuff on arcane. Especially lil Isha😭

THAT BROKE ME SO BAD. HOLY CRAP. BRING HER BACK RN.

[iphijaania]

i do jest abt this season but i think ultimately where arcane’s finale falls flat with me is just… how little agency/autonomy is given to the characters from zaun and how little focus their struggles are given in the grand scheme of the character dynamics and narratives they’re involved in. like hello! arcane s1 and the start of s2 set itself up to be an examination and ultimately a critique of class dynamics. what do you mean the four-ish main characters from zaun and their struggles are completely sidelined/given semi-cop-out endings! hell, what do you mean nobody fucking mentions zaun itself again!!!!!

[divineandmajesticinone]

"I love you," Daniel said. "Are you certain?" Armand answered.

"THE STORY OF DANIEL THE DEVIL'S MINION, OR THE BOY FROM INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE"

[safyresky]

Wanna hear how UNHINGED Sunday was for me?

TRICK QUESTION. YOU'RE GONNA.

Got woken up at 6am Sunday morning to bring Dad to the hospital for a kidney stone flare up.

By a quarter to 7 he's like "I'm fine"

by a quarter to 8 he's like "nvm"

bring him through triage and all that, once he's ready to see a dr I dip to go shovel about. 7 driveways.

2.5 are already done. Finish the other 3.5. Grandma cancels hers bc her neighbour did it. Cool. Great. AH.

go home. have lunch. go to costco bc sometimes you just need to

(cheap gas)

(granola bars)

and you don't trust your grandma's neighbour to NOT half ass it so best be checking that out

it's fine. k great.

Pick dad up from hospital, prep dinner for the sickos since he's now on morphine while he passes the stone and mom's recovering from HIP SURGERY

leave to come home to ktown my beloved

only for my beloved (person) to suddenly get WILDLY SICK on the way back

get home and clear OUR driveway while husband explodes in the basement bathroom, only for neighbour-across-the-street's-dog who will henceforth be known as THE DOG to come barking when I get into my car to put it in the driveway

THE DOG is in the fenceless yard, off her leash, barking at me from across the street bc that's what she does. barks NON STOP.

her human does NOT come out to check on her when it's really important, like when he's literally being robbed or someone is on our lawn after breaking into the backyard

(true stories, both of them)

no. she just barks when we're on our own lawn

bc apparently our house is her house too (don't get me started. when we are asleep he is hanging out in our yard playing with his dog. I can see the damn tracks. Leading from his place to OUR PALCE since they never shovel the gd streets)

(I am this close || to building a fence in the spring)

nice dog. terrible human.

So SHE'S barking. Nonstop. A symphony. The Call Of Her People. It's echoing across the neighbourhood

her human does NOT come to check on her.

Old Lady Neighbour comes out to snoop. I sigh and tell her it's us we just got home and the dog is mad? excited? about that? who's to say

she claims she's just outside to bat carpets. at 10 o'clock at night. while looking w/concern over at The Dog (she is still barking)

okay Sharon, I see you! I know how to snoop on neighbours too!!!!

we start chatting

The Dog is still barking

Non-stop. NON STOP. at this point I am convinced she doesn't need to breath since it's just BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BAnd so on and so forth

Her Human is not in sight.

She keeps barking.

My Beloved (human) comes out and joins me, and says hi, and tells Old Lady Neighbour not to worry about leftover snow, he'll get to it

as if he wasn't just downstairs PUKING HIS BRAINS OUT

He goes to unload the car while I am slowly trying to escape the chat

The Dog is still barking

The Human is still missing

While chatting, suddenly Old Lady Neighbour looks over my head

"Now you see, that there is Hero, the dog three doors down from you."

"Huh? What?" I think. I turn around

A SECOND DOG HAS ENTERED THE ARENA

The Dog finally stops barking as they greet one another, excited, and Dog #2 IMMEDIATELY MOUNTS THE DOG AND STARTS FUCKING HER DOGGY STYLE RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT YARD.

LITERALLY

BECAUSE THEY ARE DOGS.

FUCKING.

In my soul, I feel like the side eyeing monkey puppet. thing. And I look away

Old Lady has pointed this dog out to me bc in a sly, clever way last Thursday I brought up the whole "neighbour across the street keeps running around our property while we're asleep playing with his dog like it's his"

mans didn't even ASK

I would've said NO but STILL. IT'S THE PRINCIPAL OF THE THING

HE HAS MORE YARD THAN WE DO. WHY IS HE ON OUR PATHETIC LIL SIDE YARD! COME ON!

anyway

I brought it up in a not-naming-names way and she immediately lists every single dog on the block and says maybe it's them, as if I DON'T know every dog on the block and that they are inside houses with fenced in yards and NOT being walked at 3am and then treated to a dog park on the way that is actually just MY YARD

I know it's creepy neighbour, Sharon. STOP DEFENDING HIM

I finally escape

Run to the car to grab my iced capp

the dogs are still fuckin

the human is nowhere in sight.

My Beloved (human) pops his head out from the front seat of the car, says something, and immediately stops dead bc he has just looked over my head (am short, he's a giant) and seen the dogs going at it

"Oh! Well I'm not even going to ASK" and he looks away

"Huh?" I turn back, remembering as I turn the the DOGS are FUCKING

"Oh. Right. Yeah that's Hero from 3 doors down, apparently."

"Ah! Great :) Let's go inside :)"

We do.

Husbando is stable, for now, and I say I'll finish putting the last bit of snow in the back and he can sit and rest

I go outside to do that and then fight to close the gate

the dogs have stopped fucking and are now play fighting.

after care, I guess

I go back to fighting the gate

Suddenly I am hearing the loudest, most UPSET french yelling in my LIFE

I look up.

A woman is running down the street in slippers and pjays

SLEEP SHORTS SPECIFICALLY AND IT'S LIKE 20 BELOW 0

And she is YELLING at the second dog

He looks chastised, says bye to The Dog and makes his way over to the woman

The woman keeps yelling

The Dog's Human is still mia.

I run inside bc I do NOT wanna cross paths with the angry Quebecois lady and the fucking (literally) dog

My Beloved (Human) is at the door like "why is there yelling"

"Hero's mom picked him up and is v mad. I'm gonna do the front. Couldn't close the gate btw"

"I got it"

I go do the front. Angry lady and her dog are gone. I go inside.

My Beloved (human) comes inside.

"GUESS who FINALLY SHOWED UP OUTSIDE," he says

"The Dog's Human?"

"YEP! The Dog's Human."

[maskedchip]

im just gonna post the whole thing here ahearfdssd