#this mystery is so fascinating

[tawnysoup]

the fritter (frin critter)

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

Eldritch/not-entirely-human Grunkle Stan stories have been eating away at my brain, so I have a silly little concept of Mimic!Stan.

He and his Mystery Shack are both mimics that lure tourists in as a literal "tourist trap" to gather and devour them! Since the house is alive, it raises a few (read: several) child safety concerns that lead to a LOT of rules to be created for Dipper and Mabel to follow when they eventually arrive, such as:

Be careful not to get lost in the winding hallways! The Mystery Shack is bigger on the inside, and you don't want to end up in the wrong areas.

Don't go through randomly appearing doors, they may eat you.

If you think you feel the walls around you breathing and the floor beneath you shifting, no, you don't.

If you think the walls feel a bit damp, you're imagining it.

Watch your fingers around windowsills! You wouldn't want to lose any of them.

Don't linger too long under the doorframes; it may start feeling like they are slowly constricting around you.

[thechekhov]

Everyone, trying to warn me: Harrow the Ninth is so complicated and so hard to get through and you won't have any idea what the hell is happening!

Me: Harrow the Ninth is peak comedy if your sense of humor is fucked beyond all sense.

[misteria247]

The way Stanley??? Always looks out for his family??? Even when they've been mean to him???? Is honestly really admirable????

Like not everyone would look out for their sibling after they've cut them out of their life. Not everyone would try to be better for their niece and nephew because they wanted to leave originally. Not everyone would take a lonely boy under their wing and become essentially their parental figure. Not everyone would still try to make amends when their sibling is hellbent on holding onto a grudge nor willing to sacrifice themselves to protect their loved ones.

Stanley Pines is like the most selfless dude when it really comes down to it. He's a good man despite his fuck ups and it makes me adore him as both a character and a person. Wish we had more people like Stan out there in the world.

[myxineye]

courier quinn visits the commonwealth! i imagine them as a companion who offers junk for the sole survivor every now and then lol

[unproduciblesmackdown]

Lackadaisy Enrichment

[erikiara80]

Yep, this. Although at the beginning of S2 (2x02- El scene) it looks like the UD is stuck on Nov 13, and in the ending scene with the Mind Flayer in 2x09, the UD version of the school has the decorations of the snow ball (so it's December 84) I'm sure that Nov 6th is extremely important. The Duffers said that the UD being stuck on that day is the key plot point of the whole last season!

And they made a whole scene to reveal that. They know about the other two scenes so there must be a reason. I'm working on my analysis on the huge Stranger Things - Fringe parallels, and Henry -Will - Peter Bishop parallels (so many mentions of the name Peter in S4! Henry's orderly name was Peter, Owens' son, Peter, the Peter at the shop where they buy guns)

Also, Nina is one of the main characters in Fringe. El is so similar to Olivia (they both use and isolation tank) In Fringe, S1, Walter and Bell, during their experiments on kids in 1982, mention a Brenner, and in S2 of ST Joyce talks about wanting professional help for Will and mentions a doctor in Boston (probably Walter Bishop, lol)

So yeah, Back to the future, Fringe, The Dark Tower... Can't wait to see what all this means

Thinking thoughts...

[qpjianghu]

 “It’s not that you don’t forgive others... it’s that you refuse to forgive yourself.”

Li Xiangyi / Li Lianhua - Mysterious Lotus Casebook, Ep. 40

[gingermintpepper]

Tbh, I'm kind of obsessed with the almost tragedy of Eiland and Caldarus in Fields of Mistria. Eiland's dedicated his life to uncovering the secrets and stories hidden in Mistria's archeology - he's single-mindedly devoted to it, so much so that even his side hobbies are influenced by his love of history and desire to know more about Mistria's but it's that devotion that makes him so blind to the magic right in front of him.

It's Eiland's sharp eye that sees Caldarus' statue behind that tree on the farm. It's Eiland who whacks away at the bark with the axe fruitlessly until he's assisted. It's Eiland who coaxes the player to help repair Caldarus' statue and subtly ropes them into joining his History Society. It's Eiland who is devoted to the steles, who gets so excited at the prospect at uncovering a new piece of old Mistria's puzzle that he cuts his outing short to rush to the museum. It's Eiland who realises that all of the different eras of artefacts dug up in Mistria's soil must mean that Mistria itself was once the cradle of civilisation for Aldaria.

And yet, with all of that knowledge, he's still so, so blind to what's right in front of him. He doesn't realise that Juniper is a witch, he merely knows that she is familiar with all manner of the arcane and assumes it's a scholarly pursuit like his instead of what it actually is - Juniper's lifestyle, Juniper's culture. And ultimately, I think that's why he's blind to Caldarus and the magic right in front of him.

Eiland isn't taking the time to stop and really think about what all these artefacts and armaments mean. He isn't considering that remnants of old Mistria still live, he isn't even able to grapple with the question of whether or not it's right for him to dig up the armour at the stele when it's clearly hidden there for a reason. Eiland is completely detached from the history he's searching for and that's why, even with magic and the truth about Mistria right in front of him, he'll remain blind to it.

[thedreamerstoryteller]

😍🤩😍🤩

[aquanutart]

they are living happily in meteor falls

[rosesofenvy]

I’m now relistening to season 3 for the next falling compilation (woo!) and I’m not sure how I missed this in my first listen (or I probably noticed it but there were so many other things to focus on) in Part 23 “The Past” there’s the moment where Arthur is climbing outside the building and reaches the ledge he has to jump around (approx timestamp is 28:55 on spotify where the scene starts)

Who is the woman who says goodbye?? It’s such an interesting moment to me because this is Arthur choosing a risky move knowing that he could fall to his death and we’re on edge about the whole mystery behind Larson. Was her voice a memory, actually present in the scene, or just for the audience? Was he thinking of Bella in that moment? Faroe? Was it the woman who was killed in Larson’s basement? Emily or Anna?

Has this been mentioned before?? Does anyone have other thoughts or answers because I would love to know!

[perceptivehands]

may i present to you the most random gifset of all time: ✨phryne&jack being in sync ✨

[travalerray]

the kink got out of hand, sorry

then what ARE the words you want to say

I can't believe they really went with "antagonist gets amnesia, vaguely recognises the protagonist and decides that they are besties actually" trope

[juniperhillpatient]

I’ve always been fascinated by female characters that are defined specifically by what they mean to the (mostly male) characters around them in an objectifying way but I don’t mean misogynistic writing because I fully believe the narrative can be aware of the tragedy of never belonging to yourself or being allowed to have any agency in your own life. The mysterious dead girl who is the object of everyone’s curiosity or grief whose relationship with the men in her life is the focus of the investigation. Like…. The horror of having no agency within your own identity & no power to change that or take control of your own narrative.

[mewkwota]

Since I was on the topic of Legends, I have more scattered doodles of Trigger that have burned an incomprehensible hole into my brain.

(Trigger's design is by Sato)