#the writing isn't always the best

[azurecanary]

When How to Get Away WIth Murder is good, it's good.

[haaam-guuuurl]

Love the flavor of soulmates that is a main m/f partnership dynamic that's mostly platonic but also romantic but also dysfunctional and yet completely essential - like these characters would not work without each other, but they barely work with each other, and most importantly they know each other carnally better than anyone else, but it's also not about sex at all it's about the partnership and navigating the highs and lows of intimacy and letting someone in, but also maybe they do fuck, but also maybe don't, but also...

[noxemma]

I'm sure this has already been done, but I was rewatching Two Towers and I could not unsee the parallels of Aragorn trying to return Arwen's necklace and the mix tape scene from 12x19 🫠

[llemon-soda]

very VERY self indulgent thing... except you can tell i got lazy

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

The fans: Ugh Sonic was just so preachy. I mean obviously he's supposed to be the good guy, so any uncomfortableness I feel here and any way I feel like Sonic's choices are framed as being why some other people have shitty lives is just bad writing because he is obviously supposed to be right always, but this characterization makes no sense. Isn't he right for the things he did?

Ian Flynn, using Kitsunami to say the (barely even at this point) quiet part even louder: Hey it's almost like ever since the Mr. Tinker event we've been purposely running with the critique of Sonic as being more selfish than he appears. Sonic is upholding a system of Eggman v Sonic that currently benefits him and shuts down talk of how to improve the current system because he likes his own personal enjoyment and he's attached enough to Eggman that he'd rather Eggman pretend to be a good person than be stuck in prison for life. He doesn't even quite practice what he preaches. We are trying to show that the current hero v villain system and Sonic's recklessness currently affects some people poorly and that Sonic isn't a perfect hero.

[honig-dachs]

there it is

[its-a-me-mango]

yknow the adult version of Telly reminds me- wonder what they'd be like when they're a teen? Going through any silly phases?

(rubs my evil devilish hands together) oh boy, I got that all planned out too, I can imagine anything.

I've mentioned before that Telly goes on to become a movie director as an adult, but I skipped over the whole shit storm they went through to get there. Telly's always been interested in film because of their dad and always wanted to grow up to be just like him, however Mr Puzzles SUCKS at accepting that people don't always want to work for him or that they need his help.

Because Telly is his kid, he basically thinks that Telly getting into film is just to help him with his projects, and he would likely employ Telly once they become an adult. The idea that Telly may want to go on and make their own films doesn't really occurred to him. It's not out of malicious intentions or anything, if anything its the opposite, he genuinely thinks he's helping them out and setting them up to work with him when they're older so that they never have to worry about their future.

Telly doesn't want that though, they want to be able to make their own movies by themselves, but because they can't communicate well, nor do they want to hurt their dads feelings (he's already overly emotional), they don't say anything about it and just let it build and build into resentment.

In short:

Don't worry it does get sorted and Telly gets to make their own stuff by themselves in the end (it actually ends up being better than Mr Puzzles stuff), it is basically just a phase they don't hate each other at all, just you know, growing up ain't easy for anyone involved lol.

As for actual phases? Uhhhh

Well no ponies perfect.

[arthursfuckinghat]

His back against the earth, cushioned by grass, oh how much Arthur longed for stars above to reach out and ask,

"What do you yearn for?"

He envisions their silent presence, with all burdens they store.

Perhaps they have a haven where his secrets sleep, only to be awoken when the yearning's deep.

But with no stars to ask, his heart remained back, tucked away in the confines of inked pages, bound by leather and secrecy.

𑁦𐂂𑁦

[good--merits-accumulated]

going through some old left-for-dead projects and just found this one where I was like. INTENT on dissecting jeff's brain on the operating table (i.e. google docs) but only from todd's weird skewed pov

[professor voice] it's about brothers as eternal combatants and it's about being so convinced of your own goodness you excuse your shitty actions. it's also about comparing yourself to a dog because you feel less fully formed than your brother. lol.

[blujayonthewing]

the fountain pen my brother got me for christmas came with black ink cartridges because it's too small to fit a converter, and the problem is I LOVE the pen but I'm so uninterested in writing with black ink anymore :') but ALSO it feels bad to flush out a brand new cartridge and waste the ink, so I've just been carrying this cool lovely little pen around with me and not using it for anything aauughh

[rainintheevening]

Narnia, grief

Grief was a strange thing, Erah discovered.

For weeks after the Four vanished, carried as he was by the power and hope of his dream, he felt no pain, no sense of loss; indeed, he was the one to whom many turned for comfort—he, the unicorn who could not speak!

Yet the day the first snow fell, he found himself starting at every whisper and footfall, always listening, always searching his surroundings, but for what?

For the call of his name, of course, for the ring of familiar love and joy; for the flash of golden hair, and crimson cloak, and laughing bearded face; but more, for the brightness of spirit, the gentleness of hand, the warmth of the blue eyes that saw and the great heart that spoke like none other ever had, save Aslan himself.

He wanted Peter...

but the sun set into the quiet hills, and Peter did not come.

[gotstabbedbyapen]

but like Zeus raped Persephone and that’s how Melinoe is as born

Yes, the birth myth of Melinoe and Zagreus didn't paint a good picture. But they were mentioned in the Orphism religion, and the Orphic hymns can be quite different from the common mythology. That's not to say the Orphic version is wrong, but it is unfair to solely use it to determine the relationships between the gods.

Aside from the Orphic hymns (and Persephone's abduction myth to an extend), Zeus and Persephone's relationship isn't that bad. There was one account where Persephone, along with Athena and Artemis, had woven robes for their father, and Zeus even distributed portions of Sicily for each girl to rule over.

And both Athena and Artemis, the myth goes on to say, who had made the same choice of maidenhood as had Core [Persephone] and were reared together with her, joined with her in gathering the flowers, and all of them together wove the robe for their father Zeus. And because of the time they had spent together and their intimacy they all loved this island [Sicily] above any other, and each one of them received for her portion a territory [...] [...] Like the two goddesses whom we have mentioned Core, we are told, received as her portion the meadows round about Enna; but a great fountain was made sacred to her in the territory of Syracuse and given the name Cyane or "Azure Fount". - Diodorus Siculus, Library of History

It's easy to focus on the gods' "bad moments" and say they're toxic, but we have to remember that not all versions are fixed canons and their relationship can be complicated - but not without the positive.

[astralleywright]

thinking about "murder is okay" still. more than anything i think a lot of people just say shit in meta bc it sounds evocative and vaguely gestures at an actual point

[liquidstar]

a friend who'd wait :)

[radioisntdead]

I doodled some concept designs for a little something I have cooking [If you read the tags of one of my posts where I go unhinged in the tags you got a decent idea of what I'm talking about] it'll be revealed what it exactly is once we hit 400 of you lovely lovely folks! We're currently at like, 375 if memory serves me right so hopefully around December or November we'll hit it

I really really like how the queen of hearts and the white rabbit designs came out they're so pretty, the Queen of hearts looks like a doll WHICH FITS FOR WHAT I HAVE PLANNED FOR HER!

The Cheshire cat looks like he'd call everyone slurs, and the mad hatter, well he isn't doing too well health wise but what artist hasn't sacrificed their health for their craft?