#the gasp i gusped it was so funny

[namastekringle]

thinking about the one time i said nick is 70 years old, bc time works differently in the pole, and one of my old mutuals said ‘so he’s a boomer’.

[theclearblue]

Fellas I wrangled another three people into Blue Lock it's time for Kodansha to pay me for marketing at this point

[tazzymcclazzy]

HOLYFUCKIGN SH IT BIG TALENTEDBDCA ARTISTS INR MY NTOES. IM GOING. INSANE

[strobbylemonade]

unorganised canto vii pt 2 thoughts and spoilers

sinclair's getting bullied fuck yeah

rodya moments. i love her. also it's really funny seeing the main story go "rodion is not an important person" and then we get dulcinea rodya

lots of talk about family... heathcliff admitting he sees the lcb as his family was really sweet....

OK HONG LU'S NAME IS BAOYU. INTERESTING.

"if something bad were to happen to your sister in front of your eyes" like what, gregor. getting eaten by an apple. anyways i was so sure xichun was going to die at some point, i was trying so hard to keep her alive during the dulcinea fight in case her dying was scripted or something!!! (i got to the end with xichun on 5hp)

anyways. shoutout to the outfits they're putting the women in during the plays. i cheered when ryoshu came in she looks so hot. ishmael please show up in pt 3.

this was really sweet i love them so much

after i slept on it, there's some stuff going on here

a: some kind of frau eva situation going on here? sanson is connected to demian in some way and presumably the bookhunter (bari?) has the mark of cain. b: sinclair wanting to be like the image of don quixote, while most of what we see of sancho is her wailing about how she doesn't want to go on an adventure.

really interesting how the concept of death and suicide comes up in a lot of cantos, like we know gregor's barely hanging on by a thread (his passive is called "forced survival"), yi sang admits to the worst day of his life being the one where he found out his contract made him immortal, ishmael wanting her "life as it is to end", and then dante realising they're not willing to die. and heathcliff. well. erlking heath's technically dedicated his life to killing himself. i always get something new out of every time they revisit the topic.

bari/the bookhunter is SUUUCH an interesting addition. to my knowledge, she's not a character from the original story? and the way she talks to sancho and her Father, encouraging ideas of grandiosity and not stopping sancho from drinking from the lake??? WHO ARE YOU????

also outis knows the name of the lake of the underworld... inch resting... from how much she spoke in canto v, and odysseus dying by drowning in dante's inferno, i wonder where in the odyssey the main story takes place.

again dante's biggest fear is losing the bond the sinners have built with each other...

brief detour to talk about dante:

they've been a looooot less active this canto, going back to canto 3 levels of "i sorta want to help them but i don't know what to do" and only stepping in when things get really intense. i think in canto v and vi, they had queequeg and cathy as guidance as to what to do (or what not to do in cathy’s case), because they’re people that cared about their respective sinners and dante’s entire job and motivation to help their sinners find their way.

in canto v and vi, they also paralleled someone else in the sinners’ life, e.g. ishmael wanting to go on a new adventure with dante after losing queequeg, and both cathy and dante pushing heathcliff away from the destructive fate of erlking. however, donqui doesn’t have anyone in her life. she outright says she has no family, and dante notes that nobody even listens to her talk most of the time. where i think dante steps in is that they’re meant to parallel don quixote herself, the all-powerful amnesiac with a heart of gold, where all they remember is the vague promise of something they no longer remember (for dante, their aspect, and donqui, it’s dante themselves)... i hope. and since we're already getting a lot of sinclair attention this canto as well, i hope it's a situation where they look back on themselves dying on the mountain of bodies and lamenting that they let another one of their sinners fall into despair before they did something.

anyways. back to the sinner of the hour SHE'S SO HANDSOME????? I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE TIME BUT OH MY GOD??? THE GASP I GUSP????

anyone else hear that ominous bell tolling????��🤣🤣 no?? just me??????😭😭😭😭😭😭

OKAY BUT HER EYES!!! DULCINEA WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SHE'S LITERALLY GORGEOUS. in all seriousness, dante also comments on how donqui's bloodfiend eyes are always looking down on everything else around her, so i really do wonder what was behind the door in the past to make her look so wonderstruck.

also i'm really glad that the cg artist seems to have really fallen back into what made the LoR cgs so gorgeous as well, ever since warp express the characters and colours have really become a lot more vibrant and dynamic. i really hope that means they're not too overworked anymore.

alright. one more week until we get mili + donqui pass on! let's go!!! things i'm still waiting for:

dante & donqui moment together PLEASE COME ON PLEASE

vergilius showing up again / finding out what their contract entailed or how they met (maybe a sinner plays vergilius at some point??? he and ishmael got a lot in common. please)

i swear to god i head a musical cue from man of la mancha in one of the bgms this canto but i might be making it up. so if i am making it up, man of la mancha musical reference in either the mili song or bgm

[911experience]

Episode 1x03 thoughts

I don’t understand this relationship between chimney and Tatiana. Do they not know each other?? He just asked her to marry him and didn’t even know she had a fiancé and cheated on him? And he’s lying about being able to cook?

Bro the gasp I fucking gusped when it showed the rebar going straight through chimneys skull. I started laughing out of pure surprise and disbelief. Like I was NOT expecting that. Can a human actually survive this?? Idk.

I’m so against Abby and Buck that it’s not even funny. 1. Getting his number from a work document is not ok. 2. The age difference is not ok. 3. There is no chemistry. 4. she literally feels like his aunt or some other motherly figure.

I’m gonna be honest, I can see both Tatiana’s and Bobby’s stances regarding visiting Chimney in the hospital.

The end scene at the hospital was cute. Can’t believe that injury is survivable.

[fabbyf1]

*nasally voice* mahk webbah

LMFAOOOOOO the gasp i gusped.

that is so fucking funny.

sadly, mahk webbah has not been featured in this fic. but in his place, I have picked another out-of-pocket character for you.

MV: [image attached] MV: [image attached]  MV: which one? Charles was sitting at a table with the literal Prince of Monaco when the text came in.

word ask game

[13lov]

THE GASP I GUSPED

so they ended things/are complicated 😣 wtf did somi say I NEED TO KNOW

i’m loving the angst but i need to see them together officially already

and why is beomgyu so funny (ofc he is, he’s hilarious irl) 😭💀 “i didn’t notice” LMFAO

JUNGKOOK AND OC ENDGAME THO SORRY BEOMGYU

yup we got some trouble in paradise going on but hey at least oc isn’t lonely 🤭

[jayflrt]

TUMBLR USER JAYFLRT THE GASP I GUSPED WHEN JAY SAID HED PUNCH SUNGHOON OH MY LORRDDD LIKE THANK GOD HE SAVED HIMSELF BUT I TRULY HAD TO TAKE A LAP AROUND THE ROOM WHEN THAT HAPPENED

your mind so big and you’re so good at creating drama

gag of the century!!!!! and poor sunghoon probably thinks they're best buds 😭 LMFAOO HE ALMOST FUMBLED HARD it would've been over for him if none of them were amused 😵‍💫 thankfully sunghoon's got that nepo baby immunity so that making fun of him is automatically funny

[theharrowing]

THE GASP I GUSPED AND THE LAUGH I LAUGHED

IT IS SO FUNNY!!!! i was like "oh. oh yes. yes, indeed."

[smallsinger5901]

personal favourite and least favourite parts of the live action avatar

this isnt going to be discussing the acting or visuals (for the sake of acting and visuals) because they arent relevant to the plot, and are generally good imo except for some mismatched tone. These are my personal top and bottom three picks! (Spoilers)

3rd favourite: zuko’s temper tantrum after losing the notebook is both funny and heartbreaking. It really makes him look so young and the way iroh tries to calm him is so :(

2nd: aang and zuko’s talk after the blue spirit. Aangs hopefulness combined with the way Zuko keeps reminding himself he’s talking to the enemy (and trying to act mad again) makes this one of my favourite scenes

1st: finding out the crew is the 41st. Oml. The gasp I gusped when i watched it for the first was crazy. The way zuko just stares and is unresponsive until ozai gets there and even then he barely talks at all, and cutting back to the boat and jee being shocked and zuko walking down between them super confused is absolutely amazing.

honorable mention to the soldiers taking iroh to the pit letting out their frustration because even though it sucks to see a character i love get hurt, he really deserves it. His time as a war criminal needed addressing and this was a good way to go about it

oh, and i love giving omashu to the sapphic lol

now for the bad news!

3rd worst: the momo fucking dies scene. Okay, he doesnt fully die but having to randomly put him in the spirit oasis just so they have a reason to go there is so contrived and random

2nd: hahn being a good guy… why. Hes a totally different character, and its so jarring to hear everyone complimenting him and saying how much of a great guy he is. why not just make him a new character?

1st: Bumi- all of Bumi. That whole time i was just shouting at my screen because once again THATS NOT BUMI! THATS SOME OTHER GUY! I know he’s supposed to be angry at Aang for leaving, but trying to shoehorn in the original scenes with this new, angry character feels so wrong.

and a confused mention to Iroh fucking murdering Zhao. I think it has some real potential if they address it properly in the next season (assuming they get renewed, and i really do hope they do) but it might just tarnish his character. Iroh’s never a pacifist, but actual murder by one of the primary characters is really shocking and makes me feel conflicted. It would have been nice to give the ocean its revenge but its not awful to show Iroh’s priority always being zuko, either.

[torotornottorot]

Books read in 2023:

The secret life of bees (Jan 6) 4/5 (probably would have enjoyed it more when I was younger. Great overall but still the mammy stereotype. Don’t like it when poc women are portrayed as ~divine creatures~ we are just normal people and we just wanted to treated like normal people. Nothing more, nothing less. Too flowery and cliche at parts but still good overall.) 

I’m glad my mom died (Jan 15) 5/5 (funny and thrilling. Reading this would probably help a lot of people with toxic parents think through their own trauma) 

Evil Under the Sun (Jan 17) 4/5 (simple and entertaining. Not a masterwork of literature but satisfying nonetheless. A bit slow to get started but great overall) 

The hunting party (Feb 4) 4/5 (found hard to get into it/get invested because of unlikeable cast of characters but stil high rating for unexpected ending. I was bored a few times in the beginning and middle parts but it really picked up in the end and made up for it. Would make a great movie) 

Sparkling cyanide (audiobook) (Feb 20) 3/5 (good to listen to while doing other work around the house. Probably not worth it to take separate time out to read) 

Last bus to Woodstock (Feb 24) 3/5 (hated the main detective and how he went about the investigation eg. relying on instinct and chance discoveries. But the side characters were super interesting and the ending was unexpected. Would have liked it better if inspector Lewis was the main character. No decent female characters. Only wh*res or the "shrill wife." But the crime itself was interesting and I liked the writing style). 

And then there were none (audiobook) (Feb 26) 5/5 (Omg. I was in thrall throughout. My favorite Agatha Christie book I’ve read so far. I actually thought there had to be a supernatural explanation lol) 

The dark remains (feb 26) 3/5 (not bad. Just boring. Can tell it was written by a dude. Not one interesting character despite being set in the gang world. Very cliche type of noir) 

The Falls (Ian Rankin) (March 1) 4/5 (great buildup but disappointing payoff. Loved the concept of the quizmaster. Very likable the main detectives and very interesting plot. Sustains you throughout despite being so long. But yeah. Didn’t quite like the solution to the murder) 

Wire in the blood (March 22) 5/5 (excellent. Gory but excellent. What a plot!) 

The distant echo (March 30) 5/5 (omg. If someone asks me what’s your favorite crime fiction book I’d say this one! Very suspenseful and unpredictable loved it loved it loved it!!!!) 

The Guest List (April 13) 6/5 (this surpasses the distant echo. This actually made me feel things. The amount of gasps I gusped could have powered the state of Texas for a year. Absolutely loved it. ) 

East of Eden (May 15) 100/5 (what kind of genius do you have to be to write such a book?  

In Cold Blood 4/5 (May 30) maybe bc I already knew the story, I kinda had to force myself to finish this 

Macbeth 5/5 (June 14) iconic 

Northanger Abby by Val Mcdermid 4/5 (June 17) fun modern retelling. Expected a crime and twist but it was faithful to the original. Enjoyed reading. 

Gone girl 6/5 (June 24) omg her mind. Will definitely read more by her. Wish I hadn’t seen the movie before so I could have been fully surprised. Liked the ending. 

The Pearl (5/5) (July 3) not a page turner but a good depiction of reality. Very sad. 

Age of Vice 3/5 (July 7) great beginning but I didn’t like the ending. I think the author tried to put too many stories and perspectives in one. That whole bit of Sunil was unnecessary? It just slowed the story down at such a crusial moment. And Sunny’s backstory with Vicky too. I don’t think it was necessary to have an unbelievably tragic backstory for every character and he already had his deal with his dad. Some things are never clarified like what happened to his mom, his true relationship with Vicky. Why Ajay agreed. Ajay turns out of be such a loser in the end. Maybe it’s “realistic” but lots of things that happen in this book are not realistic so I don’t know why only the ending has to be realistic. I wish I could have followed Ajay’s journey to a good ending. 

Milk fed 2/5 (August 12) only read bc of booktok. Good seeds here and there. didn't realy like it.

The club (5/5) (august 19) excellent, gripping. A bit longer than it needed to be though. 

The grownup Gillian Flynn (4/5) (October 19) great short story. Great writing. So engaging. Perfect length for getting back into reading 

Emma by charlotte Brontë and another lady (5/5) (Nov 2) love. Mr. Ellin needs to be played by Simon Baker in a movie. 

A room of one’s own by Virginia Woolf (Nov 11) (1000/5). This has been on my to read list for ages. I see quotes from this everywhere and every time I’m astounded by how she just she gets it and knows exactly what to say to express it perfectly. The essay was everything I imagined it would be. Forever grateful to that Destiel fanfic for introducing me to this. 

Villette (4/5) (Dec 29) lovely 

Girl, interrupted (5/5) (Dec 31) made me ponder about a lot of things. Her youth was really kind of stolen from her. Made to freeze just like that painting. what is the right thing to do? What is helping and what is hurting? What does “crazy” even mean? I think I tend to be very judgemental about this kind of stuff. But this book made me realize that people are people even if you do not understand why they act a certain way. They feel the same as me. 

[lzrdprsn]

Sorry but that is NOT what I thought the infected were going to look at the gasp I gusped holy shit they're so funny looking

[amourem]

let it be known i watched it in one night with @gemkun and @defiedlife torturing me endlessly because they knew EVERYTHING THAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN and i was just making unintelligible squeaking noises. spoilers under the cut because i needed to just. ah.

sniper poe wasn't on my bsd bingo card but damn that was good

aku dying for atsushi fucked me up

i will miss silly mersault fyozai they were so fucking funny

nikolai is truly so well written asagiri you do such a good job with utterly unhinged villains

jouno is unironically my favorite character right behind fyo and i went through so much grief watching him god he better be okay. he and tecchou are everything 2 me. that ship writes itself.

the gasp i fucking gusped when i thought chuuya brutally killed dazai i was so fucking upset

fyodor is so, SO good. his ability is so neat. i have so many thoughts ping-ponging around in my brain. my evil little holy man that gives out lobotomies for free. i haven't written a character this fucked up in a LONG time and oh i'm excited.

i finished BSD and finally caught up on the manga and honestly i am not well

[henrysglock]

Oh be SERIOUS!! The gasp I gusped. As if this isn't almost exactly the kind of "false miracle" dilemma I was talking about.

It also happens to be Selma Hayek's directorial debut, which is funny in a semi-cornplate way, because she stars in Black Mirror: Joan is Awful...and guess who also appears in Joan is Awful:

And we know the director of Black Mirror: Playtest is going to be a guest director in ST5, which is incredibly NINA-like and stars a guy who looks startlingly similar to Jamie Bower.

Oh there's something SO fishy going on here...

Hey James! Your recent post about TFS partially taking place in a church and Christian rituals - it reminds me of this movie I've been trying to finish for research purposes, 'The Maldonado Miracle'. I admittedly haven't finished it but it's available on Youtube and here is a good synopsis of it if you're interested: https://chucksconnection.com/maldonado.html

OUGHHHHH I NEED TO SEE THAT THEN lemme check out the link you sent.