#the longer it goes on the funnier it gets

[deepspaceboytoy]

The longer the PLA goes without addressing the elephant in the room (ie them surpassing us on aircraft development) the funnier this all gets.

[randomfoggytiger]

in reading the anons idea that Diana didn't pose much of a threat, I started to review my initial assessment of her.

While I agree that we are not seen a lot of Diana on screen, I think her threat is of the unknown. It's almost like not knowing your spouse's exes but still having a sting because you get all the crazy "what-ifs" running through your head: what if I am not as interesting, what if they were funnier, what if my spouse is not with the other because they were dumped and still have feelings, what if. What if. What if. I think that is her threat and for a moment we see the what if. If Scully had not called Mulder to go find Cassandra, Mulder would have gone with Diana and then what? Then, there is Mulder's dream of "what if" he had a life with Diana. I m a little fuzzy with the why he dreamt of her. Was she or CSM controlling the dream or was it Mulder's own dream? These what ifs for me are what make her a threat.

I wanted more of a resolution with scenes like when Gibson says that Mulder is thinking about one of the girls and one of the girls was thinking about him. Maybe I am weird and it's an unpopular opinion, but showing Mulder and Scully have some (just some) real conversations to resolve that "what if" would have been enticing. We somewhat see Scully's emotions especially when she goes to TLG.

Last note: the scene in which Scully is trying to give Mulder some results on Gibson and Mulder refuses to take it and says " are you asking me to choose" and Scully says "I'm asking you to trust my judgement" deserved Scully turning her back on him and walking out. There was a missed chance of some good tension that could be nicely resolved, but NO she let's Mulder off the hook too easily. Why? Did we ever see Mulder really have to worry about Scully having enough of him and walking away just for herself? Other than being abducted or dying of cancer, he didn't worry that she would leave.

The dream, as far as i'm aware via the scripts, was meant to come from Mulder's head; but it had to have been influenced a bit by reality-- CSM and Diana's presence pop up here and there when the two are right next to him, for example. Mulder, in essence, felt "doomed" to live this normal life, felt he should be happy he finally got a normal life... but knew, deep-down, that it was a hollow, shallow, selfish, cowardly existence. When Scully's presence nearby drew her into his subconscious, he dreamed about her acting as his moral voice: "Get up and fight." The life he has with her, he realized, is worth the danger that she chooses to place herself in-- he can't martyr his freedom to secure her safety. They are each other's touchstones.

Diana definitely disguises her motivations to Mulder, appearing upfront and honest and as boots-on-the-ground-to-find-the-truth as he is. That would have been a particularly juicy bit of character work to mine into; but, alas, she only shows up here or there, and is barely mentioned (once) outside of mytharc episodes. My favorite bits of character work were her manipulation in The End and her conversations with CSM in Amor Fati-- wish we'd had more.

The scene in The Beginning is a bit more... complicated. I don't believe it should have resolved with Scully walking away from Mulder: it was a follow-up to Scully not trusting him in front of the FBI board, despite their five year partnership's trust and her own experiences in Antarctica. She could have stalled for time, could have thrown up solidarity even if the proof wasn't in her hands right then... but she didn't; because she wasn't ready to wholly accept the truth-- not until her experience in Africa, almost a year later. Mulder felt betrayed-- and he wasn't completely wrong, but also not completely right-- and his feelings were partially justified when Scully did find the evidence at the end when it no longer mattered. She didn't apologize for not backing his theory up; and he didn't apologize for not trusting her new set of answers. Both were in the wrong, to varying though comparable degrees; and both decided to wordlessly move on rather than address the problem. (That problem, by the way, is brought up and finally addressed in Field Trip.) That's why Season 6 is less intense than previous seasons: they jockey back-and-forth from being in the wrong to smoothly sailing over each fumble to grappling onto the next case or piece of evidence.

@agent-troi's Season 6 observations here really hits the nail on the head: "...in some ways they’re more joined at the hip than ever before. . this season has the highest concentration of shippy episodes.... the only times they really don’t get along are when diana actually appears in the episode (side note: diana only gets mentioned once in the episodes in which she doesn’t appear, a fact which intrigues me to no end. it’s like when she’s not there she doesn’t even exist, and in fact i have actually forgotten she existed while watching some of these episodes lol). ...i think their schism in the beginning is partly due to mulder being petulant because scully couldn’t/wouldn’t back him up at the opr hearing after he put himself way out there earnestly insisting with his whole chest she was about to present proof of alien life. it’s not that he suddenly doesn’t trust her anymore, he just feels (somewhat irrationally) like he was let down. ...but in the very next episode (drive) they’re a team again, using his intuition combined with her science to figure out what’s going on with crump. the fact that they couldn’t save him wasn’t their fault, and is almost incidental to what this episode really illustrates, which is not only how well they work together, but that they still can work together, and the past five years between them haven’t been erased just because diana’s back in town. ...i think people sometimes overestimate the impact diana had on their relationship. i think she was definitely a catalyst for them to examine some of their feelings more closely, but she was never gonna drive a permanent wedge between them. the closest she came was in one son, and even then they manage to pull back from the brink of destruction. scully asks for mulder’s trust, and he gives it by going to look for proof that diana really has betrayed him. if it had been the other way around, if diana had accused scully of working for the syndicate, he would have dismissed the idea immediately and never even bothered to consider it...." The entire post is mandatory reading, in my opinion. XDDDD

Also! There are many, many incredible Diana metas out there-- a few of which are @scullysflannel's thoughts here, @agent-troi and @actual-changling and @waxworkdaughter and my collaborative thoughts here-- and follow-up, with @baronessblixen's input, here; @deathsbestgirl's thoughts here; @limnsaber's tags here; @iconicscullyoutfits's thoughts here); and @welsharcher's deleted scene proving Diana's a one-trick pony here. I've also tried my hand at a few posts (here, here, here, here, and here), including a musical edit here, heheheh.

Thank you for your patience if you read this far, anon. XDDDD Thoroughly enjoyed pouring over your thoughts-- thanks again for sharing!

[lizzibennet]

can you believe i’ve been writing a creloise fic literally since the season came out and i am only 4.6k in.

[magpiedraws]

Wouldn't lizard fashion be something like spikes and scales and a frilled lizard collar?

Like so?

(Bonus art under the cut)

[its-a-me-mango]

IM SJFHBSFGKJSFKGB IM LOSING IT I CAN;T BELIEVE MURDER DRONES KILLED OFF SMG4, SOBBING AND CRYING GOODBYE YOU MEME LOVING FUCK!!!!!

[genericpuff]

every now and then i get folks asking me "puff do you have any opinions on hazbin hotel"

and i know why they're asking because if there's any fandom that puts LO to shame, it's hazbin hotel / helluva boss and surely i must have some Very Strong Opinions(tm) about the show

but i seriously have never watched a single episode of that show and despite all the controversy and drama i've seen come from the discussion of both the show and its creator, the only thing that really bugs me out of the blue when i'm reminded HH exists are those exclusive playbills that people pre-ordered months ago and still haven't arrived

that is it, that is literally the extent of my engagement with the HH fandom, there will be no further questions about what i think regarding HH because i literally have no idea, they are best asked to whoever comes close to being the generic-puff equivalent of the HH fandom

[faunandfloraas]

Stays always want Chan to swear but what about Felix?

felix has BEEN swearing- who do you think seungmin learnt this language from....

[lesbiangiratina]

Everyone should listen to utena ost 4 👍 angelic creation namely light 👍 its an album of select duel themes from the first 2 arcs remade in a similar style to the final arc’s 👍 i especially enjoy these versions of last evolution + earth as a character gallery + the titular angelic creation namely light 👍 and you should also listen to utena ost 7 👍 revival record of the rose egg sofia middle ages revive 👍 it was released around the time of the movie and contains mostly original music in the duel theme style but with a bit more freedom 👍 my favorites include astragalus earth backgammon + historical watchtower desert of letters + reminiscence metamorphosis out from the wilderness + this alternate version of the movie duel theme shura flesh constellation in the αψζ nebula and the 8+ minute long we who have been cast aside become fallen angels 👍 and well there’s also ost 12 👍 barbara dwarf star child apocalypse arsenothelus’ absolute revival light and orpheus’ absolute hades dark 👍 an album released for the 20th anniversary in 2017 full of incredible all new music 👍 im in love with teatromeda teatrosaurus possibilities surrounding the existence of the child of light and the child of darkness but i also really enjoy index librorum prohibitorum angelic hallucination lewd demonic theory compilation + my real me is scattered and earth prison panopticon 👍 but really all of this album is pretty incredible 👍 okay?

[non-un-topo]

Currently laughing because by the time the strike ends at my school, I'll come back with glasses and T voice

[thegreatyin]

the starveling cat is terrifying

-the scoundrel to their roommate after it's showed up uninvited in their house (they are already having a bad week and do not need the extra nightmare fuel)

[infizero]

light and misa's "relationship" is rlly tragic and fucked but also in an isolated state its really fucking funny. ESPECIALLY if you consider them both to be arospec like i do

[grimlock]

howling at the fact i got mistaken for a high schooler again

[brinnanza]

so my mother is in town and I let her stop by on the condition that she buy me lunch and sasha accidentally on purpose hid in her bedroom while she was in the house so my mother still does not know she exists she has been in my house twice and sasha has been home both times and she has no idea that a third entire human person lives in my house she met sasha's cat but carrie hides in the bedroom so I guess she assumes we don't have carrie anymore which is all extremely hilarious to me

[rabbitindisguise]

it's not flat, it has some of the steepest streets in the world

list:

Bradford above Tompkins (41% grade)

Romolo between Vallejo and Fresno (37.5% grade)

Prentiss between Chapman and Powhattan (37% grade)

Nevada above Chapman (35% grade)

Baden above Mangels (34% grade)

Ripley between Peralta and Alabama (31.5% grade)

24th between De Haro and Rhode Island (31.5% grade)

Filbert between Hyde and Leavenworth (31.5% grade)

22nd between Vicksburg and Church (31.5% grade)

Broadway above Taylor (31% grade)

23rd above Carolina (31% grade)

edit: you might ask "how grid if hill?"

don't worry about it

There be devils at work here

[amazingmrcinema007]

I love the scene in Here for Blood where Tom dukes it out with a zombie and gets so pissed when he gets called a 'fake wrestler' that he proceeds to elbow drop the guy's head. He does this like a dozen times long after the zombie's head is turned into paste.

[marciliedonato]

Not now sweetie, mommy's watching the 5:40h inabber 8passengers video essay major motion picture epic ...