#this is just commentary on the ~aesthetics~

[kazamajun]

Thinking thoughts today about the contrasting yet similar ways both of them lost whole chunks of their lives

[zytes]

something’s wrong?

[astronomodome]

Feeling conflicted about the cyberpunk thingy impulse is going for because like yeah it’s a great theme and I like the aesthetics a lot but what I really like most about cyberpunk is the themes of corporate alienation and/or transhumanism etc etc which I know will not be addressed at all and in fact it’s kind of stupid of me to expect that at all from a minecraft series. Does anyone else get that or just me

[blossoms-phan]

im so soft for amazingphil hiatus era videos where dan is silently filming him behind the camera but you can tell it’s him bc of the movements and the way phil keeps looking up into his eyes when laughing at something it’s especially noticeable in the tour of my plants video

[lizardinkart]

My beloved partner is making me watch the Amazing Digital Circus, and unfortunately, having worked in 3D on my way to my degree, I have been screaming at Netflix for the last 30 minutes about overlighting and overdesigning backgrounds for complicated multi-colored characters, overanimating (WHY ARE THE TEETH MOVING LIKE LIPS?!?!?), and just not hitting plot or comedy points in the flow they needed to really sell me on the show. I appreciated what it was going for but it made me insane that they were this close to something really good and technically amazing (they have the chops for it, obviously, holy shit this takes skill) and didn’t stick that landing in some crucial ways for me.

And now I’m watching episode 2 (because it has been demanded of me lol) and I am about to cry because the background has more affinity and the correct amount of contrast with the subjects of the scene, the animation feels more motivated/purposeful, jokes are timed better, the eerie undertones actually FEEL eerie, overall an 11/10 improvement that really makes me wish they had reworked the pilot some more before it went to Netflix. I’m still on the fence overall but I’m proud of the team working on it for how much work they’ve put in, and it shows how much they’ve learned about how to do what they love doing at a higher level between episodes.

[melonymint753]

"we want less sanitized representation of mental illness" you folks couldn't even handle Hades of Hades video game and think that Zagreus and Persephone not hating him forever is basically like unconditionally forgiving him

[let-us-cultivate-our-garden]

Some of y'all need to stop throwing around words like "fascist" or "colonizer" at your favorite children's cartoon about friendship, kindness, teamwork, and respecting your parents.

Because it's very clear that y'all don't know what those words mean.

The popular cartoon villain of the day is not a fascist or a colonizer; wanting to take over the world is a stock villain trope, not a political commentary on our interesting times.

[aro-culture-is]

Aro culture is seeing people that are good looking and being like "ah yes. This is a crush because I can tell that they look nice" and taking years to figure out that that wasn't, in fact, a crush.

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[gedwimora]

seeing ppl reblog em's promo like

[romanceaesthetics]

GIRL TALK: " WOMENHOOD AND FEMINITY"

One thing I DISLIKE ABOUT SOCIETY is how women and girls are not allowed to like childish things without being hated on. For example, I like plushies, stuffed animals and teddy bears because to me there cute infact I have a whole collection but society views those things as childish and therefore criticizes women and girls for being interested in those items. Another example is I've seen alot of girlie's on social media who love bows some I've even seen show there collection and where hated on. People where quick to criticize saying those things are childish. But to me women and girls liking childlike things is normal. Infact, I would've even take it a step futher and say the reason people get upset is because it shows a level of innocence vulnerability and purity which women and girls are not allowed to be any of those things without being criticized. If women or girls( which I've seen this happen on social media) are the slightest bit of innocent pure vulnerable and dare I say CHILDLIKE in terms of personality they get CRUCIFIED. when these traits are not a bad thing to have alot of it i also feel is rooted in misogyny because misogyny teaches society women and girls are not human therefore showcasing human traits like vulnerability innocence purity or even childlike manners is a bad thing. I don't know personally this is just my opinion buts it's something I've been noticing alot ESPECIALLY on social media. Hopefully it will change.

Sincerely, GIGI 💗💗

Please feel more then welcome to leave your opinions in the comments in a respectful manner i am very interested in having this discussion also let me know if i should do more of these kinds of post cause i really want to create a safe space for us as girls and women to have certain discussions. 🎀🎀💕💕💓💓

[emberfrostlovesloki]

Emily + Poetry

Photo Credits: Left (@literarydeor) Center (@resslersprentiss) Right (@shakespearesdaughters)

"It's not that teen girls love Nine Inch Nails songs with different lyrics. It's that teen girls loved Nine Inch Nails songs with those lyrics — all that jocky, cocky, screaming rage, all that raw male power that was supposed to scare or exclude us was relatable. Teenage girls get rage; they get self-hatred. Teenage girls know what it's like to want to cuss and scream and fuck and thrash around incoherently because you don't have the agency to do any of those things. Don't open your eyes, take it from me, I have found you can find happiness in slavery: What is that but the feminine condition, sung REALLY REALLY LOUD?" (Jude Ellison S. Doyle via @transmascmikey)

How is this not Emily? I imagine that Emily had a rocky relationship with her mom. That her mom was a bit of a control freak. I think joining the team reminded her how to have fun again. Remember how Hotch characterizes Prentiss to Strauss: "Prentiss overcompensates because she doesn't yet feel that she's a part of the team." At the beginning Aaron is right, but he then goes on to say, "She needn't worry." Hotch knows his team so well. And Em gets a chance to really be herself at the BAU. I am so happy that Emily got to have a family in the BAU. At it's core Criminal Minds is a found family story, and it makes me feel good inside.

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[vaperarmand]

btw i had the haunting realization yesterday that saltburn is actually potentially supposed to be a social commentary of some kind but emerald fennell is just straight up so bad at doing social commentary in movies that i didn’t even notice. miraculously this does not stop it from being a five star movie to me

[wcrldssmallestviolin]

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[red-man-of-mustache]

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[hells-greatestdad]

He's just listening in as a literal fly on the wall

.... "I definitely felt something the first time I saw Lilith...."

[zarvasace]

Yeah I don't know why I made noise about looking for the perfect chunk of words to be attached to when we all know exactly what I'm the stan of.

... It's just over 500 but I couldn't just LEAVE IT. IT'S TOO PERFECT TO LEAVE OUT A BIT.

You know. The end of Chapter 2 of Nayru's Thorns. After the final scene break in the chapter. When Vio's voice came back to Blue. All the way to the end.

Hit me.

Nayru's Thorns!! :) yeah I knew. This is. Ugh. One of my favorites. And so frustrating because I've been trying to continue it ALL YEAR—

This is getting long here take a cut

Anyway. This is one of those stories that I tried to make somewhat poetic and still freak out about when I read it. I'm proud of it! I feel like all the metaphors and trying making the feelings into tangible sensations worked out.

That section in particular has a lot of that! There are so many ways I could've ended this story. I considered having Blue continue to wake up on his own, bit by bit, struggling with his feelings until he decided to do the kiss thing. I considered letting the 100 years run out, for more of a fairytale tragedy ending. I considered accidentally ending the curse in a different way (unsatisfying.) In the end, I wanted something happy, and I wanted full consent from both parties.

I have something of a soft spot for dream worlds, too! I couldn't really tell you why, but I end up incorporating lucid dreams and dreaming worlds into my stories a lot. Having Blue half in one gave him time to think and for his feelings to marinate a little.

In this story, I had Vio perform a rather dangerous ritual to essentially get Blue to astral project, just in a more tangible way. It has to be disorienting for poor Blue. He's been asleep for two years, only sort of conscious for minutes at a time, and then he doesn't even get the process of slowly waking. He's thrust into stone-cold sobriety all at once. Blue is the sort of character to just take it in stride, at least as best he can. He's action- and goals-oriented, he sees the way forward and charges headlong despite what feelings he has or what danger there may be.

What a guy.

Anyway yeah he wakes up to find everything different, but everything the same. He gets a chance to see the world from outside the curse, to get a glimpse of what the others have been feeling and doing this whole time. He's the only one who got both sides. He experienced the curse more thoroughly than anyone else.

And he gets to directly confront his feelings! He gets to ask Red for permission, Red gets to say yes, and they get to share the world's wildest first kiss XD