#they'll smile at you

[laloward]

[ID: a tweet from Variety that says:

"'Better Call Saul' has set an unfortunate Emmys record for most losses ever. It received 53 Emmy nominations during its run and never won a single one. bit.ly/3tTnJd9"

Attached is a photo from the finale of Better Call Saul, of its protagonist Jimmy McGill sitting on a prison bus. end ID]

my condolences to the BCS community because this is actually and genuinely insane

[themisterhip]

Happy genos (/:''>)/

[mcq-heartmark]

smile

[kevindavidday]

i was re-re-re-reading lessons in cartography by profenity (as one does) and i was hit with such an insane affection for andreil suddenly like i was 16 reading the same two people fall for each other and thinking yeah that sure is love and almost a decade later my thoughts haven't changed at all? cause ykw that™ sure is love

[sunset-bridge]

i wanna rest in your light

[bonefall]

Jesus Christ. I've never read Yellowfang's Secret and it's insane to me that what we see of Lizard is supposed to be "evil woman" like from the screenshots you posted this is really and truly someone who is being forced to bear children. Forced to care for them. Lashing out that her husband can keep doing his job and she has to drop everything to care for children she didn't want. And that horrible shit from Ragged oh my God dude.

It's SO fucked up!! That exchange with Hollyflower is HORRIFYING!!!

Like, during the Brokenkit Handoff, she's shouting about not wanting to raise every unwanted kit and how badly she hates this, only for Raggedstar to start bellowing at her to shut her mouth. He's able to "convince" her based on on "ambition" they slapped onto the character in that moment, but when you really step back and look at the context, it just reads like she realizes she has no fucking choice

She's the only queen in the nursery. There was no "saying no"

Especially not to the deputy

NO ONE cares about Lizardstripe as a person, even though she's obviously really uncomfortable about being forced to birth and raise children

"I know she doesn't want this. That's too fucking bad. It's her duty as a woman" -Sagewhisker

I can't get over it. This book doesn't treat her like a person, it treats her like a bad vessel. She's a horrible mother because she DOESN'T WANT THIS, and the narrative condemns her, even partially blames her for A BABY-KILLING TYRANT, because she wasn't happy about the situation she was forced into.

Like... jesus christ!!

[strawberrycamel]

ninjago seabound hurts. so much. what the fuck

[jimmyspades]

[the-light-of-stars]

I think the most harrowing example re last post has to be the waiter in season two, who thinks , who hopes that if they just smile enough, are polite enough, make enough small talk then the rich people at the party will take note of them, will form connections, will invite them to their table, will see them as anything other than an unimportant servant and tool for their amusement - the waiter who hopes for this reward of their complacency and self-deprecation even when they are actively being hurt and tortured for the rich guests' entertainment, because they're told they're doing so good, and if they do good enough then surely they'll eventually get that seat at the table that they've been longing for, after all the rich people, they're all smiling at them, laughing at their witty japes, clapping for them...right?

and then they get killed and discarded like they were nothing, and the next waiter gets pulled on stage and paraded around and killed, and the next and the next -

[girlboyburger]

some rare not-furry art, featuring my baldur's gate / dnd weirdgirl, prim :]

i'm looking forwards to developing & drawing her a lil more as i progress through the game!

[themageofstars]

Requiem, requiem.

Your best friend is dead.

You do, of course, know that.

Not quite. That's their body walking around.

But your best friend is dead, your connection torn. A thread, a promise, broken and hollow with no rings of affection.

Your best friend is dead, but they still talk to you. There is no recognition in their eyes, but you smile anyway.

Your best friend is dead, and the Corvid apologises. A magician puts on their brightest smile for the audience- but it's just the two of you.

I forgive you, you say, and it rings true. Because you don't quite blame them, no.

Because you know your best friend.

You know the ringing in their head.

You know that something died before they did.

They hurt you. They didn't mean to.

They still did.

There's an irony there, you think. In wanting to help them. In knowing you failed.

Calla is nice. They're your best friend's face, your best friend without memories.

...you still see their pain.

Your best friend is dead, and they're calling someone else theirs.

You don't correct them.

It would hurt them, you think. Maybe. You can't see the future.

You've just always been very lucky.

It feels like your best friend is spinning away from you. A carnival ride, dancing away.

But you are a performer.

But you are a magician.

And it is not time for you to leave the stage.

Your best friend is dead. But you're still here.

[youchangedmedestiel]

Just got an idea for a jenmish photo op as I woke up. I'll probably never be able to do one so if someone wants to steal the idea, you totally can.

I'd really like to see it so yeah you'll have to send me the pic after doing it at least. Maybe it has already been done, in this case I also want to see it please.

Anyway, it would be about the fact that in several every scenes of the show, I we want to grab Cas and Dean's head and make them kiss.

So basically I'll ask them if they'll be okay with me grabbing their heads, but of course they won't kiss. The idea is that I'll bring their heads together and they'll end up pressed cheek to cheek, looking at the camera. I'll be smiling and they'll could do the face they want because I'd like to be surprise and I trust them with that.

[sillyabtmusic]

(240314) Fifty-Fifty : Bit

[chirpsythismorning]

Idk what’s worse, the fact that there are milkvans out there that believe El commissioned Will’s painting, or that a majority of milkvans believe she didn’t, but still think everything Will said to Mike in the van scene applies to how El feels about Mike as well. And honestly, how could they not? Mike looked very happy and emotional hearing Will's words in the van... no shit they're hoping that's how El feels.

But El never called Mike the heart. El never said she needed Mike and always will. Those words coming from Will's feelings for Mike, then being used to inspire Mike to give his monologue to El, was disingenuous bc it was never El’s feelings being responded to in the first place.

‘It only works if it comes from you’

That’s the whole problem. It didn’t work bc it was coming from Will, not El.

IF everything Will said applied to El, why not have it come from her?

No, but seriously??

Is s5 just going to open up to El apologizing to Mike for ignoring him after the monologue, followed by her just repeating everything Will said with her own twist and Mike being like cool!! That works for me!

The problem with making the narrative choice to instead focus on Will's feelings at the forefront, only to follow it up with El's identical feelings, does nothing but make the whole thing fall flat.

Instead of seeing this main couple voice their love for each other themselves, I gotta have her brother do it for her?? And only then after he does it, can I see her do it in like a 2.0 version of sorts????

So many milkvans are willing to acknowledge that Mike and El’s dynamic throughout the series is riddled frivolous conflict more than anything, with little to no time dedicated to showing the development that actually matters. They say they wish the show spent more time with them actually face to face acknowledging how they both feel verbally without the constant cloud of some other third party interfering, causing them to have issues. They say that this time though, they think the Duffers will magically pull through for them and go from what they believe is shitty writing to ‘good’ writing, based in terms of how they'll handle Mike and El's relationship in s5...

But that's not realistic on any front, milkvan, byler or otherwise.

And that's a big part of the problem, bc they know the pacing has not been great for them, and they NEED the show to just give them Mike and El so they can be happy, but that's not how you build up suspense for a love story. And dragging out Mike and El any more, would just be a repeat of every other season before. They reached their peak and so they can only down from here. That's kind of the whole point.

One thing to note is that the Duffers always create conflict for the incompatible couple early in a season, so that the audience doesn’t feel too uncomfortable with the idea of considering the other option that’s at the forefront for the rest of the season.

This will ESPECIALLY be the case for byler, bc Will already has home wrecker allegations as it is. And it's also a highly controversial queer ship, and so people are going to be making claims left and right that it’s wrong bc of xyz.

They just wont be able to have byler scenes loaded with romantic tension all season long, more than any other season, and with the story making it more obvious they want us to root for them, while also having Mike and El still be together. And it's simply bc the reality is the Duffers have a record of doing the complete opposite of that.

This is also endgame territory, so there is a serious pressure on the writers part to get their audience to be closer to rooting for byler than denying it even being possible. Meaning they NEED the audience to be watching their first kiss and, for better or worse, be thinking, FINALLY just get it over with already!

Also what's El's supposed to be up to while this is happening? Are we assuming she's just stringing along waiting for Mike to get his shit together? Like Jesus!

El has every right to say her piece and get that shit over with, by episode 1 or 2 at the latest. She could be a focused on Max and her family and friends, which if you'll note also includes Mike and Will, but instead this time without the pressure of her having to hope that something will turn around and suddenly Mike will decide he finally loves her... She doesn't deserve that.

Byler is clearly the route they are taking. If that is the plan, it's time to make this separation so that the audience is finally confronted with viewing Mike and El without the constant rose tinted love at first sight goggles, and instead give them a chance to be their authentic selves.

And I think El, being a character that could barely speak in s1, that her not getting her own voice in this situation is fucking serious. El not being able to say those words to Mike herself, like there's a reason for that. And so when she finally does get to say how she feels, there isn't going to be any room for subtext or misunderstanding, not on the audiences part nor Mike's. El has always been pretty clear about what she wants and I think that will apply in s5 now more than ever.

[torgawl]

how much do you wanna bet this parallels geto and gojo's moment in the alley? but unlike geto who was unable to have the will to keep living, megumi regained his will to live. just like they intentionally tried to understand each other's hearts and not let the other fall, always being by their side, which gojo and geto were unable to do... yuuji and megumi have officially broken the cycle of suffering!!!! 😭

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Cult 101: If excommunication is used as a common threat, that's a cult.

So, yes, the Amish, Mennonites, mainstream Mormons, and evangelicals are all cults.