#the politician spoilers

[lovemadethemdoit]

spoilers for new movies ahead !! + psa that i have watched neither of these (but i kinda explain why in this post)

the politician, saltburn, all of us strangers… what’s with killing off the gorgeous, bisexual(-coded) sad boy love interests so that the main character can have a story of suffering, growing, overcoming??

i‘m all for characters in lgbtq+ movies being complex and i don‘t need every movie to be a romance, but to me this is starting to feel like the dead wife trope in straight media… 🫤

[kingskyless]

give it up for fucked up young protagonist number 3. she's a little inbred but she's got the spirit

(got commissions open in support of palestine if anyones interested!)

[mayasaura]

You know that story with like, Evil Chancellor Traytor, who carried a poisoned dagger called Kingslayer, and went around cackling and being the textbook evil advisor? And in the end, it turned out the dagger had been entrusted to him as a failsafe against corruption, and all his muttering and scheming had been about expanding handicap accessibile low-income housing or whatever?

That's Kabru. Manipulative, controlling, with the training of an assassin, ruthlessly persuing his own agenda, which turns out to be .... to save as many lives as possible from the coming catastrophe. He spends half the story sounding like a power-hungry narcissist with good spin, but no. Turns out his "for the public good" bit was entirely sincere. It's a fucking delight. Top ten plot twists straight from a children's action figure political drama

[essektheylyss]

@widogast-ta I hope you don't mind but these tags just hit me like a train because you are so right:

#also for me all this debate is ignoring the weave mind ready to invade as we speak #the debate of how to handle the gods should probably wait until after we sort that out ya know

Ludinus claims he doesn't want to rule, and I even believe him! He's been content to get what he wants from the shadows for a long time, even when he was in a position of considerable power. He's incredibly single-minded in his goals, and I don't think that's a front that he's putting up.

But there are people who do want to rule once the gods are gone. We know who they are and what they're capable of. We've seen the fear of those who they've already subjugated—and they have subjugated the entirety of the realm that they have access to. We know that they intend to do the same to Exandria, once they get there.

This is why Ludinus's arguments, even those that are logical or technically factual, can be dismissed. Currently, the gods are not a threat to Exandria. Predathos, while it is still caged, is also not truly a threat to Exandria. Perhaps it is possible to allow them all to fight amongst themselves without harm coming to Exandria (though even in that best case scenario, the side effects would likely cause sweeping chaos).

The Weave Mind is currently in the process of preparing to invade and subjugate Exandria, aided and abetted by all of the work Ludinus has done since at least Molaesmyr, and he says nothing about it, because doing so furthers his singular aims while obfuscating the primary, tangible threat to the mortals of Exandria right now.

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

You know what would be funny? If his name actually isn’t Jonah. He’s still the Magnus that founded the Magnus Institute but he’s, idk. Robert Magnus. Henry Magnus. Something like that

[danwhobrowses]

Good Morning world because I turn on my PC to learn that Callowmoore is Fucking Real!

Fuck Yeah.

[crocrubies]

stupid meme from twitter

[nana-glass-chillhop-radio-hour]

POV you're having Zoom drinks with your member of Congress and your toast is 'to Ronald Reagan, burning in hell'

[burningfunobject]

Do you think jayce kinda recognises ekko from benzos??

[suosage]

essays are written about this one page

[blistering-typhoons]

still not over simon's performance in the finale, because as much as I adore the Captain, and Ben's portrayal of him, it's always Julian that resonated uncomfortably close for me. Alongside Pat, I think he was the one person where emotions are concerned that I always wince and go, yikes, ok that's me sometimes. The way it all hits him in an instant and his movements fail, the breath he takes when he looks to Alison and realizes the enormity of the past five years. Simon nailed that desperation and love so, so fucking well and i don't know why i'm still surprised because the man can fucking ACT.

[natdocx]

"happy wife, happy life 🥰🤗" *traumatizes her actual wife and son with sleep dirt eating antics and animal sacrifices* *lies and schemes and helps cover up murder* *puts wife in hospital* *fucks off to hitchhike across the state of pennsylvania to find her high school sweetheart while aforementioned wife is comatose and probably dying* taissa turner the woman that you are

[dogin8]

I'm ngl, and I know that it's said jokingly, in regards to Arcane 2 discourse, a lot of people are hugely minimizing Ekko's intents and impacts. People saying stuff like "Everyone is involved in extreme politics and war meanwhile Ekko just cares about his tree" "Ekko is the lorax" "Ekko just wants his tree to be okay"

As if Ekko hasn't been CLEARLY engaged with the politics and war the whole time.

He's a revolutionary, he built a community, he doesn't turn people away, he directly challenges Jayce's Pilltover-centric mindset literally the whole time they are talking, There's so much to talk about!!

The idea that Ekko only cares about his tree and isn't engaged in politics does a MASSIVE disservice to his character.

[tempest-of-chaos]

Guys when I say I want characters to go on villain arcs I usually mean overthrow the government, not gas random civilians or murder children

[herssian]

do you guys think when zenos did a 3 metre 360 no scope springboard diving into the wol he had to deal with ardbert, fray, myste, midgardsormr, probably some echo of azem still chilling around, doing a perfect rendition of what a call of duty lobby is like

[peliginspeaks]

Listen, I'm sorry to the people who draw Veils in torn/bloody robes because of the whole Vake thing but you're simply wrong. Do you think Veils would Ever go out like that. Do you think it doesn't have fifteen changes of clothes ready immediately, with options depending on the day and occasion, to climb into when it comes back from killing things. Of course it does. Veils is getting home, taking a shower in the Bazaar, putting on a new perfectly clean robe with accent panels and silk trim, and then dabbing 1 (one) tasteful bloodstain on the hem of it with a claw because it's arrogant and it thinks it can get away with it. What is a Veils if it's not serving cunt. Of course it is.