#the man that i've chosen!!

[mobius-m-mobius]

OWEN WILSON on Jimmy Kimmel Live (March 13th, 2023)

[fisticuffsatapplebees]

Jonathan Sims is Theseus' Ship

Jonathan Sims is Theseus' Ship. He's a question on how many pieces of someone can be carved out before there fundamentally different. A question of how many of those pieces can be replaced by something other, something he never asked for until he's not him anymore. At what point, in the slow, seasons-long degradation of himself does Jon give way to The Archivist? And by season 5, there is a very real threat that, by saving everything, Jon might tear all those new pieces out. That, in breaking wood and banished Eyes, the ship would be so full of holes that, no more question, it will sink.

[prettysweetprettysweet]

The look of awe bordering on disbelief that we can see on Lestat's face in this moment! He had asked Louis to 'nod his beautiful head' and say yes, but despite the confident, clearly rehearsed energy of his proposal, I think Lestat had an enormous amount of doubt and insecurity about whether or not Louis would actually accept it, and may have actually been anticipating a rejection.

Not only is Louis consenting to this, he is pulling Lestat in unprompted for a seal of physical affection that tells Lestat his intense feelings of love and devotion are reciprocated. From Lestat's face I very much get the feeling of, 'You're choosing me? You're choosing me? You really want me?'

[frogprincegerard]

Chosen

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

Medical log, stardate 18935.15. Once more have I seen the tailor go out in his lizard fashion—

[uncanny-tranny]

just seen a post by a pre-op pre-hormones pre-everything trans woman complaining about ~evil cis bitches~ crossing the road at night when they see her and i was so so so certain it was a troll/fakepost/terf shitposting/etc but it was legit and all her friends were agreeing with her, and i'm like??? this is why cis women hate us lmao, you can't get mad if you're pre-everything and it's night time and a woman assumes you're a creep in the dark. why are the worst voices always the loudest

Why did you think this was appropriate to have sent to me instead of just... blocking her and moving on? Out of all the reasons I can think of for people to be transphobic, the thought of a trans woman being upset about feeling like she's treated like a perpetrator of a crime she isn't committing or thinking about committing doesn't cross my mind. Maybe she didn't express that frustration in a way you approve of (probably because you weren't what she was thinking about, she was probably thinking about how she was feeling), but that's where blocking her comes into play. You aren't required to view that person's post or entertain their friends, nor are you required to come into a stranger's inbox to vent about it. You don't have to dedicate time to that.

Oddly enough, I don't trust that you aren't a troll trying to stoke fires, especially through anon.

[hunsa-jars]

Dread be dreading

[lunarharp]

since i've been playing games i wanted to assemble my dear characters in a pleasing manner i love them all they are me

[greedandenby]

Bisexuality of this entire look:

off the goddamn charts.

[brw]

For some reason Simon's depiction of Macbeth seems like he would have had a manbun and I genuinely wonder about this all the time. Very modern clothes so it seems a contemporary remake and I'm so fascinated by it. They don't use the archaic pronouns but the structure of the speech remains very Shakespearian. The whole decision making process both in and out universe is genuinely interesting to me, because this issue came out around five years before Romeo + Juliet, so that wasn't something they were inspired by. Just so curious about this whole bit.

Wonder Man V2 #19

[thebreakfastgenie]

Say Goodbye to Hollywood Life is a series of hello's and goodbye's I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again

Summer, Highland Falls How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies Perhaps we don't fulfill each others fantasies

All You Wanna Do Is Dance Well you can hide away honey, in your rock and roll dreams And you can stand by your blue suede shoes

New York State of Mind I don't have any reasons I left them all behind I'm in a New York state of mind

James And will you ever change? Will you ever write your masterpiece?

Prelude/Angry Young Man And there's always a place for the angry young man With his fist in the air and his head in the sand

I've Loved These Days A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets

Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) They turned our power down And drove us underground But we went right on with the show (Oh, oh, oh)

My favorite lyrics from each Billy Joel song

Cold Spring Harbor | Piano Man | Streetlife Serenade | The Stranger | 52nd Street | Glass Houses | The Nylon Curtain | An Innocent Man | The Bridge | Storm Front | River of Dreams | Turn the Lights Back On | You're Only Human

[ygoartreviews]

Platnidon

"A pterodactyl that loves to collect shiny objects. The shell atop of its head, is its favorite."

Petiteranodon's rich, stuck up cousin has arrived. Just look at all the riches it's amassed in the form of platinum bars (which include the funny, not really visible on the actual card detail of having "PT" stamped into them). It's even gone so far as to have red jewels attached to its chest, and of course we can't forget the metal, broken eggshell like helmet it's got as well. The shine effect on the helmet is really nice actually, and I like the thinly lined highlights on the leftmost side, as well as the yellowish reflection from its crest. I do think this monster suffers a little from disjointed background placement, where it doesn't actually look like its standing on top of the platinum bar pile and moreso like it was simply overlaid (the white outline doesn't help). While Platnidon loses a lot of its cousin's cuteness, the smugness of its expression is so funny. What do you have to be haughty about, little guy? You lack all of your cousin's cute markings and color variation and basically just have a body that looks like a banana and a crest that looks kinda like a breadstick. But that's ok, you're still a silly little guy. It's so weird to see the inside of your mouth, though.

Rating: 5/10

[kaus-quietis]

Greetings, Anon! Thank you for your questions. I have to admit, even in the past, I refrained from posting reactions or speculations as BSD chapters release, but you already knew that, so I will indulge you. I'll answer each part of your ask. BSD ch113 thoughts below, manga spoilers ahead.

♠ "What was your raw reaction?" It was not a calm, quiet one, I can tell you that. No, in fact I screamed with excitement as if I was in a Roman amphitheatre and my favourite gladiator just got back up on his feet, out of sheer force of will, grinning and sweaty. My scream was the fastest way I could "verbalize" the fact that I was overjoyed to see him alive again, even if it's in the 15th century, and on top of that he seemed to be some kind of spy monk all chained up and having what seems to be a ridiculous amount of fun getting caught and discussing with Bram. This is all very in-character for him.

♠ "Was that something you expected?" Absolutely not. Yes, yes, I truly did not expect a jump back in time and this infobomb drop, despite the fact that we did get a few hints that Fedya seemed present at past events when all the other character really appeared younger than him (near the end of S4ep3, where on a rooftop Fedya says "It's not V, it's Five" and I am seriously like bruh I give up what I want to say is I need more data to work with, what am I supposed to do with this, rationally speaking?). However, we can't yet extract anything conclusive from this. Is he ageless? A time-traveler? Immortal? Does he revive? When was he born? Was he born at all or created differently somehow? Is he of BSD's world, or an external one (Beast liveaction finale anyone?)? Is this all within the Book and he's just… idk flipping the pages? Anything is possible and I refuse to spend a lot of time working with incomplete data. This is not very follower-friendly (as in, my blog is basically inactive in-between), I know and I apologize, but if after many chapters there will be something worthwile to add to my essay (with what Fukuchi said in ch113 I already have important stuff to add), under those circumstances I will consider writing an update. It's not yet time.

♠ "<Was that> something you felt different for the characterization we all made for Fyodor?" Hmm, I would hesitate to refer to a characterization "we all made" for him (I wish! T o T), because my analysis and blog are but a tiny tiny part of the fandom (I think…? I wonder about my Fedya essay's reach or influence sometimes). But let's say here we refer to one that comes close to what I tried to show in my essay. In that case, I would say that there is nothing to fear here in this chapter, but it's very understandable to have massive trust issues at this point. We went through a miserable, miserable time when the previous ones made the guy who visually memorized a full deck of used cards somehow not notice Chuuya wearing contacts and fake vampire teeth, despite knowing the vampire race since… well, the 15th century! I cannot even begin to describe what I felt reading ch111.5-112, I was beyond repulsed. Lovers of "villain" characters understand the following thing well: in most media, our fav has to lose, he has to die or disappear at some point, with rare exceptions. I, too, know this well, but that was no compelling way to solve BSD's villain threat. I still don't know how BSD will wash away that narrative stain, as I consider it, but then again one of the reasons we love this manga is that it keeps us on the edge of our seats and the most absurd yet fun turns can happen out of the blue. We can reasonably ask ourselves: ok, what is the purpose of showing Fedya's backstory now? If it's for build-up, we can already start grinning like Cheshire cats. What could possibly be next? I'm cautiously optimistic, things look in-character and good to me. Very good, in fact.

♠ "Or do you think it is later on going add some depth to his character?" Backstories are shown usually for a very clear purpose. We don't know the purpose yet, but if it's done well, then… then my whole essay could be at risk lmao (and I love this sensation). New info could add so much depth to his character, in fact, that his previously observed traits could gain new meanings, or even contradictory ones. Whichever it will be, I think it's pretty safe to bet on "his backstory will be very relevant".

♠ Bonus: even if I enjoy going "full analytical" and enter conference speech mode when asked, I am driven by strong emotions, by which I want to say – I am not immune to assassin/spy monk Fedya chained up like that and having the time of his life again. I missed seeing him entertained like that, and his current …………. visual representation in the.. uh. ..chapter, yeah, well, it's doing things to my Depeche Mode-worshipping heart.

Anyway, to conclude with some facts we know as of now:

a. Fedya and Bram are inside the Bran Castle, close to the Romanian city of Brașov, "deep in the Carpathians" although not built at high altitude itself. It's basically a fortress built between 1377-1388, with several later additions. The BSD representation of it is very accurate to how it looks today. It's near perfect, actually, I applaud.

b. Bram mentions King Matthias, and in this context that can only mean Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary for 1458-1490. The meeting between Fedya and Bram thus happens some year during his reign, when Transylvania was still part of the Kingdom of Hungary. What is still strange to me is that I can't pinpoint Bram's exact position, as in… were his people independent? Or avoided? I feel like I need to re-read past Bram-related chapters to think about this.

c. Nevermind Bram, the things that Fukuchi says, those are the real goldmine here, but the gold is still… encrypted? I mean: Fedya made the DoA plan (more than confirmed now), and because Fukuchi asked for the condition to keep casualties under 500, Fedya respected that and we got entertained for like half of the whole BSD manga: using coin bombs for terror, for economic/political destabilization, using the vampire infection to avoid further violence, these things. The more you think about it, the more insane it gets. Since Fedya agreed to this condition, it means causing (more) deaths and violence were expendable things to him. (But imagine this: Fukuchi said "I want max. 500 deaths" and Fedya said "Yeah I can do that", now if Fukuchi would've said "I want max. 2 deaths" I really believe Fedya would've still said "Yeah I can do that". What can't he do, especially since murder for murder's sake isn't his goal?). This is in perfect harmony with his "necessary deaths only" approach so far, and much much more. There are far more implications in what Fukuchi said, which I won't type out here now. Gotta keep them and build around them for a future analysis update.

This was a rather long read, but still, I hope this satisfies your curiosities, Anon. *bows dramatically & disappears in a borderline insufferable ENTP way*

[cherrymoonvol6]

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[kittlyns]

A hard pill for me to swallow lately has been that, despite everything, I'm probably the best version of myself that could've existed. And that's not really a comforting thought.

[spoonstrek]

One thing I love about being in an older fandom that's not currently airing is that it's smaller, slower, and the population tends to be both older and more attentive to the media the fandom is about, all of which makes it easier to have a rough fandom consensus on stuff and also to filter out people who have dogshit takes.