#this is LITERALLY the same scene. like the Exact

[crazykinkiwi]

⛓️Stream error: Stranger404

For years, your world had been a screen.

Blue-lit nights bled into weary mornings, your voice hoarse from hours of one-sided conversation. The streaming room—barely more than a corner of your cramped apartment—held the quiet hum of your dreams. A camera. A mic. Fairy lights strung up behind you like stars desperate to shine through static.

You tried. God, you tried.

Every day you hit “Go Live” with a tired smile painted across your face like armor. You read every comment, laughed too hard at half-funny jokes, thanked every tiny donation like it was a paycheck. You knew the usernames of your five loyal viewers by heart. They were sweet. Supportive. But it wasn't enough.

Not to pay bills.

Not to keep hope alive.

You kept the disappointment hidden most nights. But sometimes, in the seconds between scenes, when your overlays lagged and your smile slipped—you could see it. That flicker in your eyes. That crushing quiet.

Maybe this is never going to work.

Then, everything changed.

Ping.

Your screen blinked. A loud chime broke through the usual soft background music. You glanced at the notification window, expecting the usual ten dollars from your regulars.

But your breath caught.

₳4,000.00

From an unknown user.

Message: Hello.

That was it. One word.

But it landed like thunder.

You blinked. “Wait—what?” You leaned forward, squinting at the screen, half-convinced it was a glitch.

“What the hell…?”

Your voice cracked as you read the number again. A laugh—unsteady, disbelieving—spilled out of you. “That… that has to be a mistake, right?” But the superchat was real. The chat was already spiraling.

Then—

Ping.

₳4,000.00

No message. Just silence.

Your fingers hovered uselessly over the keyboard, your mouth open but wordless. The tiredness in your bones, the ache in your spine—it vanished, replaced by adrenaline that roared like a rising tide. You were awake now. Alive.

The chat exploded.

❖ Who is that?!

❖ WTF IS THIS

❖THAT IS A LEGEND

❖ TWO DONOS?! IN A ROW?!

You stared at the name:

Stranger404.

Unfamiliar. Unsettling.

After that night, everything changed.

Word of the “ghost donor” spread like wildfire on streaming forums and social media. Your next streams drew hundreds. Then thousands. You upgraded your mic. Bought RGB lights. People started sending fanart. Brands reached out. You were finally seen.

And then… the birthday stream.

You didn’t expect much—just a cozy celebration with your now-booming community. Maybe some cake, a silly Q&A, a little horror game near the end. You’d made peace with the idea that Stranger404 had vanished as mysteriously as he’d arrived.

But as you hit “Start Stream,” your heart skipped.

There, at the top of the chat—already waiting.

Stranger404:

₳5,000.00 — Play this game. Let’s make your birthday unforgettable.

A link followed.

Your throat went dry.

"Should I?" you asked aloud, your voice tight but laced with a nervous giggle. "Chat... this could literally be a prank."

❖ DO IT

❖ IT’S HIM AGAIN

❖ What if it’s ARG content?!

❖ Come on Y/N, for the birthday vibes!!

You stared at the link.

You shouldn’t.

But the temptation was electric.

What’s the worst that could happen?

You clicked.

The game loaded without fanfare. Just a black screen and a faint whisper of wind. Then: narrow hallways, dim lights, doors that creaked just a second too late. It was creepy, sure—but nothing groundbreaking. You rolled your eyes, relaxing a bit.

“I mean... it’s well made,” you muttered, guiding your character through the dark corridors. “But come on, I’ve played way scarier—"

Fzzzzk.

Your headphones crackled. The screen twitched.

“Huh?” You froze. “Okay... that’s new—”

FZZKZZKKZ.

Everything went black.

No lights.

No chat.

No background noise.

Just darkness.

Then—

Bzzt.

The monitor whined back to life.

And your blood ran cold.

It wasn’t a game anymore.

It was you.

Staring at the screen, live.

Same headset. Same shirt. Same exact movements from moments ago.

But you weren’t broadcasting.

You hadn’t turned on your camera.

There was no open capture software.

Yet the screen showed you, perfectly mirrored—trapped.

Your chest rose and fell in sync with the version of you now locked behind the glass. You reached toward the mouse. So did they. You opened your mouth. So did they. But they didn’t blink. Didn’t falter.

Then, your chat reappeared. A swarm of panic:

❖ OMG IT'S Y/N?!

❖ Is this real?!

❖ Y/N ARE YOU OKAY?!

❖ SHE’S IN THE SCREEN??

❖ THIS ISN’T A GAME ANYMORE

And at the top—highlighted in blood-red:

₳10,000.00

From: Stranger404

Message:

“Do you like my gift, princess?”

Your breath hitched.

The air was cold—too cold. The screen still glowed with that ghostly light, casting your trapped reflection back at you.

Your vision blurred.

With trembling fingers, you reached for the power cord.

Yank.

The lights died instantly.

The monitor went black.

Silence.

You stumbled backward, heart hammering against your ribs, the chair scraping loudly behind you as you collapsed to the floor. Your body curled in on itself, arms wrapped around your knees. The sob tore out of your throat before you could stop it.

You couldn’t breathe. You couldn’t think.

"What was that…?" you choked out, rocking slightly. "What the hell was that…?"

You pressed your forehead to your knees, trying to block it all out—the sound, the screen, that message. Princess.

And that voice. Your voice. From inside the game.

Then—

Click.

The front door creaked open.

Your head shot up, panic slamming into your chest again—but a familiar voice broke through the spinning terror.

“Y/N?"

You looked up.

Suguru stood in the doorway, a few gift bags slung over his arm, his coat dusted with rain. His brows furrowed the moment he saw you on the floor. “Hey—hey, baby, what’s wrong?” His tone shifted, gentle, low.

He was by your side in an instant, dropping the bags to the floor and pulling you into his arms. His warmth was immediate, strong and grounding as he hugged you close, one hand running up your back while the other gently cradled your head.

"Talk to me. What happened, sweetheart?”

You shook your head against his chest, breath catching again as you tried to explain through broken, panicked whispers. “Something weird happened on stream. There was this game… the screen—Sugu, it showed me—but I wasn’t on camera—I wasn’t—”

You didn’t finish. You couldn’t. The words got stuck somewhere between your teeth and your fear.

He pulled back just enough to see your face, brushing a damp strand of hair away from your temple. His thumb wiped the tear from your cheek.

He sighed softly, kissing your forehead.

“I told you,” he murmured, voice calm but laced with something darker. “Social media’s not good for you.” His fingers tangled gently in your hair. “See what happens when you don’t listen to me?”

You blinked up at him, stunned by the strange calm in his tone. It wasn’t anger—it was something else. Protective, maybe. Or possessive.

“But it’s over now,” he added, holding you tighter. “You don’t have to go live again. Ever.”

You nodded numbly, letting yourself sink into him.

His voice dropped to a comforting hush, warm against your ear.

“Forget all that creepy stuff, okay? Let’s celebrate your birthday.” He smiled, thumb stroking your cheek.

“Yeah, princess?”

Masterlist

[livingfandomly]

James Gunn’s biggest strength is taking the most obscure and bizarre characters and making an audience fall in love with them. He literally brings out the worst in them, shows us why they’re the way they are and then rehabilitates them for the viewers by focusing solely on their life. It’s so unique.

I was wondering how he’d apply this method to someone as colossal and well know as Superman but he’s managed to use the same technique, making a character that’s too big and grandiose for an audience to relate to… relatable. And he did this without losing his “super” side. He just honed into his humanity, especially while he was in “super” mode.

The first gem of this working? The fucking intro. I sat up straight when it went from “3 centuries ago…” to “3 minutes ago, Superman just lost his first fight.” Wow. Finally. An unexpected beginning for a very predictable character.

Then? The scene between Lois and Clark. The sheer helplessness of someone like Superman against twisted words meant to goad and frustrate. Don’t we all deal with the exact same things on an almost daily basis? Not only is this Lois critical of Superman but also willing to tell him as much. Plus, she isn’t sure if she loves him while knowing that he, someone a majority of the world would give anything to be with, definitely loves her.

Then!!! They show him fight a Kaiju-esque creature with only the intention to knock it out. I mean, he sucker punches it and then rushes to stop it from falling on a building full of people… then he saves a squirrel. What in the Superman is going oooon 😭

THENNN!!!!!!! They show us his parents. His gorgeous GORGEOUS midwestern-ass, delicate lil normal looking parents in their tiny farm house calling their son, proud of his writing and terrified for his life. More than anything else, they made me see who Clark Kent was and why his Superman was so precious about every kind of life. This dorky, self-conscious, overthinking, frustrated, emotional, but-will-still-not-curse Superman is a gem. Clark is a gem.

Plus, David’s acting is phenomenal. Yes yes his switch up from Superman to Clark is cool but more than that? The frustration in every line of his face when he talks to Lois, the exasperation whenever Krypto is around, the sheer delight at writing his article and getting it published on the front page, the desperation to find his cousin’s pet, the agony of being around Kryptonite, the most genuine and wholesome earnestness that literally CARRIED the movie…

Sigh. I’m officially a Superman fan and it’s because of the writing, direction, and acting in this comic-accurate portrayal of Clark-you-clumsy-oaf-Kent.

[paradoxcase]

No worries, I know you live on the literal opposite side of the world from me, I didn't think you were ignoring me.

I know that OP's post was about the idea that sex doesn't have any artistic and intellectual value, and that this idea is very pervasive in some spaces and needs to be called out. What I'm objecting to is the specific text that I quoted in the ask, which is asserting that people who dislike sex scenes in movies, or think that they ruin the movie always feel this way because they think that sex has no artistic or intellectual value. That's the specific claim that I'm objecting to.

When I told you "I don't see that happening" I didn't mean that I didn't see this attitude about sex anywhere, I meant that I don't see people who complain about sex scenes in mainstream movies voicing these kinds of ideas. People who are on a sex-negative crusade don't really complain about mainstream movies with sex scenes. They complain about mainstream porn. They complain about fanfiction. They complain about 50 Shades of Grey. They complain about a trans person who posted a picture of themselves in a swimsuit. They don't complain about mainstream movies with cisheterosexual sex scenes in them. The only people I have seen actually complaining about mainstream movies with cisheterosexual sex scenes in them are sex-repulsed asexuals, who do not in fact have this attitude about sex that this post is accusing them of having.

If you don't think that person meant that in their post, I invite you to look at the reply they gave me:

They say directly in there that the only reason you would have to dislike a sex scene in a movie is if you are sex negative. Well, unless you have trauma. You're going to have to show this person your official Trauma Card before you'll be allowed to dislike a cisheterosexual sex scene in a mainstream movie. This is literally the exact same MO of the antis who say "you're not allowed to like rape stories, unless you can prove to us that you have Trauma(tm)". It's the exact same policing of other people's media consumption, and demanding personal disclosures from people.

There are lots of reasons you could dislike a sex scene. Maybe it's just bad? Or maybe that person is sex-repulsed. It's not "unfair" to anyone to bring this up. The majority of asexuals are sex-averse or sex-repulsed, and some of them don't like sex scenes and maybe even consider them to ruin the movie, and sometimes they complain about that. There has been some knee-jerk reaction to the old asexuality discourse where nowadays people just... pretend that sex-repulsed asexuals do not exist at all, that they were some bogeyman made up by the old acephobes. Or, if they do exist, their thoughts and feelings and experiences don't matter, because obviously all of those thoughts and feelings and experiences are evil sex-negative stuff, and since we're saying that aces aren't sex-negative, we have to also pretend that none of them are sex-repulsed, because people just can't fathom that there's a difference between sex-repulsed and sex-negative. I see stuff like "yeah, asexuals are cool, but only if you come hang out with us while we have orgies" and this is reblogged all over tumblr. Like, the acephobia is still here, it's just wearing a slightly different hat now.

Hey, I can't respond to you on the actual post because the OP decided to block me instead of having some kind of reasonable discussion about their claims that sex-negativity is the only possible reason anyone could have for not liking a piece of sexual content.

I've seen the weird "porn addiction" people, too, and if OP had actually mentioned those people at any point in their post, I would have agreed with that (and I do also agree with pretty much everything else they said other than "stop insisting that sex scenes or erotic material ruin movies and shows just because you, personally, get icked out watching it.") But they didn't mention that at all, and their post seems to be about something completely different. I don't think I generally see the porn addiction people talking about regular mainstream media that just has a sex scene in it.

Context

Didn't mean to ignore you or anything, I just fell asleep between my last reply and when you sent your ask.

The thing is, this isn't a claim the OP is making. The whole post, start to finish, is about the mentality that porn is opposite to art, and sex is opposite to intellectual value. That's the context, the post in which this paragraph exists. You're imposing a whole separate meaning onto that paragraph.

And I even tried to broaden that context further to explain the social attitude it is responding to. No, OP didn't specifically respond to the "porn addiction" people. OP responded to a mentality that comes from the same root, which I brought up in response to you saying that you don't see it happening. I wasn't saying "this is what OP is talking about," I was saying "the thing OP is talking about exists and here are examples of more attitudes I see because of that." Because if you didn't see the conversations it's directly responding to, I thought you might recognize the cultural shift if I gave you more examples of it.

Fascism has a whole concept of sex being degrading to art and to the consumers of said art. This is on the rise, and if you don't see it I'm happy for you because it's exhausting. But that doesn't mean it isn't real.

And in my opinion, bringing up asexual and sex-repulsed people into a conversation about puritanism in media and fascist "degenerate art" attitudes -- which, this is what that conversation is, this is the whole entire point of it -- is unfair both to the conversation, and to asexuals. Acephobes love to act like ace people are trying to shut down their expressions of sexuality, and that's a common ace-exclus talking point I was seeing all the time when acephobia was louder on here.

[alicelairds]

jenny & nate in gossip girl 3x22 "last tango, then paris" // bruce & selina in gotham 4x21 "one bad day"

[henryscapon]

my roommate @latr1nal1a and i were discussing this scene in s1ep3 where petey is talking to mark in his basement

he mentions a department that no one has been to before. a department where you aren't allowed to LEAVE.

he is CLEARLY talking about the testing floor, where they are keeping gemma!!!! she isn't allowed to leave!!!!!!

so. this has been established. petey somehow stumbled across the testing floor. which then means that he knows about the exports hall............

a big question i've had the entire time while watching this show is how the FUCK does outie irving know about the exports hall. it's the kind of information that only an innie could know, and clearly innie irving had no clue about it until the OTC when he saw all the paintings.

so. how does outie irving know? who told him?

my leading theory so far was that reghabi was irving's contact. she seems to be the one with the most knowledge about the things going on inside lumon, so it would make sense that she would be working with irving.

HOWEVER, now that we've realized that PETEY knows about the testing floor.............who's to say it wasn't petey who told irving about the hallway? having been reintegrated, petey would probably have sought out irving as well!

let's go back to the message outie irving leaves over the phone in s2ep2

"you're not picking up. i get it."

whoever irving is calling, they HAVENT BEEN ANSWERING.

guys. i genuinely believe that PETEY might be irving's contact on the outside, and the reason he hasn't been able to contact him is because irving has no idea that petey died!!!!!

that's how irving knows about the exports hall.

[sysig]

Do not separate them /threatening (Patreon)

[box-this-lap]

This movie is actually incredibly awful in a lot of ways. The weirdest thing is how distracting random little inaccuracies are.

Brad pitt openly suggesting cheating over the radio and there’s no race ban. He causes 3 safety cars on purpose one race so his teammate can supposedly benefit from staying out and only pitting once, and his teammate never gains more than 2 positions at a time each safety car. Not net, just in general.

Theres a lot of contact and most of it is intentional. Enough to make kmag blush.

The infamous car engineer fucks racer storyline goes like this: engineer correctly observes brad pitt is being a douche and then tells him off>he starts getting results so she puts up with him>hes butting heads with his teammate so she makes them play poker to decide who will get preferential strategy>he folds with a winning hand on purpose and after his teammate walks away he hits on her again>she says i only fuck winners (deadass)>he reveals he had king pair (texas hold em) and thus didnt need to fold> cut to them fucking (im not kidding)

His teammate asks at one point “who left their wheel gun on the ground that i ran over?” And when the only female pit crew member raises her hand he says “oh of course its you” and never apologizes to her

Theres a race where brad pitt pits and refuses to leave the pitlane because they fit him the hard tire when he asked for the soft. This does not result in him getting fired or even a talking to. He’s in the pitlane for 10+ seconds and still gets the result he was looking for.

In that same scene his logic is we need to go on softs instead of on hards because “we cant win by doing what everyone else is doing” which isnt how that works. It then shows what i think was supposed to be an establishment shot of other drivers pitting for their hard tires. Except literally every driver in the shot is getting softs fitted.

When they finally win the race, the team member who goes up with him is the majority owner who’s idea it was to hire him. As thanks he insists that the royal prince give the owner the first place trophy instead. Which you would know is stupid if youve ever seen a podium ceremony. The extras on the second and third step in this shot are Charles motherfucking Leclerc and George goddamn Russel, so even if lewis wasnt present to consult there were literally two drivers there to tell you it was dumb.

Most f1 fans couldve written that plot better in their sleep rpf to be honest

The racing shots arent even as good as they could be either theres only one nose cam that stands out and its ruined by cutting to brad pits face for no reason during a cool s curve. You know like drive to survive does.

Seeing it the day Christian Horner got fired was funny because there’s a who’s-who montage shot that lingers on him

The only highlight of the film is that the exact same montage ends with a shot of roscoe

“I need you to build the car for combat” while trying to tell the car designer how to do her job is the second dumbest line ever in a movie. The dumbest is when she responds “i dont know how to make that safe”

My dad’s opinion on the F1 Movie - I think he’s sad that he didn’t get to see Brad Pitt collapse.

He also really didn’t like the fact that they used real footage from old motorsport crashes (Martin Donnelly 1990) and pretended it was Pitt

My father refuses to pay for movies, so this was a pirated viewing

[redrosydiaz]

okay but the scene between buck and eddie at marie's grave in death and taxes is actually one of the like. most underrated buddie moments??? like. god. it's SUCH a good scene. there are so many LAYERS to that conversation, like they both have SO much going on in their heads. and like. they are literally sooooo close, like they are standing on the precipice there!!!!! it's SO!!!!!!

[bloobluebloo]

I think the reason why the lore theorists have been so quiet about TotK is because there just isn't much to say about it in terms of lore implications. BotW had a similar landscape, where the story had already happened and the lore within the land itself was full of mysteries and not many concrete answers, but what it had as an advantage was when it was announced that a sequel to BotW was being worked on. All of a sudden, every little mystery BotW offered suddenly seemed a lot more important, because the sequel could possibly expand on it and make these details significant to the wilds era of Zelda in terms of lore. However, TotK's approach to lore was to distance itself from BotW in such a way where people returning to this Hyrule would recognize it and people who never played BotW would not feel like they were missing out on something. As a result, TotK built a similar landscape to BotW where there are many mysteries and ruins with little to no concrete direction as to what they mean or what they could imply, characters that represent an archetype more than being fully fleshed out characters of their own with their own motivations and aspirations (ehem, the ancient sages), and just a lack of overall interest in providing a satisfying conclusion or even line of thought to the ideas it presents to the player because it wants the player to be able to enjoy the game without its story getting in the way. Additionally, BotW and TotK have been disconnected from the timeline at large, so it doesn't even have the benefit of borrowing lore from things established in previous games to contextualize what is happening in its world apart from ✨ vibes ✨. So, what is there to say really, because in so many cases you could just really say whatever you want and it *could* be true, but lore theorists want evidence from canon to support their theories, they don't want to be saying something that is 100% in the realm of fanfiction.

[ajn-illustrated]

Drew this to go with the next chapter of I'm Turning Off The Car, which will most likely be posted Tuesday, if all goes well lol.

I was describing Stacy's outfit in the chapter and was filled with the need to draw it. That vest is directly inspired by one I saw at the thrift store, went back the next day to buy it, and it was gone 😔😭 rip ugly poinsettia sweater vest I miss you

[susieskinner93]

"Growing up feeling that something about you is different but you don't have the words to describe what that is, but then...freedom."

For me, this captures the whole thing brilliantly because I felt the same, and it took me years to figure out that actually there was nothing wrong with me.

Yes, the journey to that realization was tough, but when you find the words to describe how you feel and who you are for the first time? It truly is euphoric.

[br1ghtestlight]

me when im in a standing very politely with my hands on my hips competition and my opponent is fan or paper inanimate insanity

[timegears]

after rewatching it im a lot more mixed on the ursaring episode than i was before tbh

[arabella-s-arts]

After watching the first two episodes of MAWS season 2 I can confidently say...

Lois what the #$%#!

[syrips]

people who are love durge because they try their best to control/cope with their urges better be kind to people with bfrbs/ocd/impulse conditions real quick

[thatsgonnaleaveamark]

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