#this play is gonna be the death of me

[schiff0rd]

James Lance in rehearsal for Trevor Nunn’s adaptation of Uncle Vanya

[puppyeared]

beep beep im a sheep

speeddraw below the cut (audio warning)

song: "Cult of Dionysis" by The Orion Experience

[miiversian]

[hypnogogyc]

oliver doodles misc

[spineless-lobster]

This is gonna be troy (2004) all over again and my heart can’t take it

[heybiji]

dande's dying btw

[maybeemden]

I have been freaking out on Twitter about the magic 8 ball songs and the medley and tourdust in general but like you don't understand. you don't UNDERSTAND. it's not just the fact we've gotten stuff they haven't ever played. it's not just that they're bringing back deep cuts. it's not just all of that.

it's the fact we're all older. the guys are twenty years older, most people in here have been fob fans for at least a decade. it's the fact that they're not just playing them for the nostalgia factor, they're doing it because this tour is a celebration of two decades worth of this weird little emo band that changed the emo scene forever and became legends to at least two generations of emo kids so far.

it's the fact they've gained the courage to play folie a deux. the album patrick said they would likely never play live again because of the initial reception, the album that got booed whenever they played songs off it live in 2008-2009. it's the fact that headfirst slide went from a very shaky first attempt at a secret show to a setlist regular pat can now sing with a smile every night.

it's the fact that pete wentz, who thought he'd die young, who thought he'd join the 27 club, is now a father in his early 40s playing his bass and having fun with his best friends while they play songs about the time he almost ended it all. it's the fact we've seen him not only heal, but highlight the scars and the beauty in the pain. like kintsugi.

it's the fact andy and joe got exactly what they wanted. joe got a guitar album he loved, he got to focus on himself and take some time off knowing full well the band and the fans had his back, being included in everything from music videos to promotional things, and now he can enjoy his time going on the road again in a better state of mind. it's the fact andy lives for drumming, and he can do what he does best with his favorite song on the album, one that he basically begged to play the entire press run for the album.

it's the fact that the piano medley songs let patrick lay his heart out for everyone to see. it's the fact he's playing golden, what a catch, beautiful songs we haven't heard in so long. it's the fact he's gotten the courage to sing fucking soul punk in front of a crowd that ten years earlier told him they liked him better in fall out boy, to make a new spiritual successor in stardust and sing it too. it's the fact he's lost the fear to do those things, because he's realized there's nothing to fear anymore, people will sing back those songs to him with affection.

it's the fact they're also doing newer stuff. the fact they haven't forgotten about srar, ab/ap, mania. they still affirm those parts of their history, because they are still unashamedly fall out boy.

it's the fact these four guys have all gone through hell and back together, and we're all stronger on the other side. it's the fact we've all grown up together, and now we're all adults in this fucked up world trying to figure ourselves out but we know it will be okay because we made it through all that and we're still standing. it's the fact that they built it, and we came, and we stayed.

it's the fact we're still here.

[hylianane]

I have a feeling that Sanji and Zoro’s death pact will be properly resolved in Elbaf, as it certainly doesn’t feel like we’re done with it. And while Elbaf is gearing up to be very Usopp-centric (and I can not overstate how hyped I am to see him take the spotlight again, finally), let’s not forget that this all ties back to Little Garden, the arc that properly introduced Zoro and Sanji’s rivalry by paralleling them with two rival giants who fought each other every day for over a century, but who also lost themselves in their grief when one thought the other death. The parallel isn’t even subtle, Little Garden’s biggest landmarks are the remnants of Dorry and Brogy’s dinosaur hunting competition. You know. The very same competition Zoro and Sanji posed to each other at the start of the arc?

But here’s the thing. I’m a little worried about how it’s going to be resolved. Because. Despite how readily Zoro agreed to kill Sanji if need be, he must have known that the crew would never forgive him. Zoro is Luffy’s specialest guy but Luffy would not accept any excuse as to why Sanji had to die. Nor anyone else in the crew. But. Does Sanji realize that?

Does he know that killing him would literally be the hardest thing Zoro would ever do, because it would mean literally betraying his Captain and crew? Luffy said he can’t become Pirate King without Sanji, and Zoro and Luffy swore they’d commit fucking ritualistic suicide if they got in the way of each other’s dreams, so does Sanji know where that would leave the swordsman in this case? With no Captain, no crew, and yet another dead rival and best friend (who, mind you, began to live in fear of his own biology betraying him right before dying. but the parallels between Kuina and Sanji and how they relate to Zoro could be a long ass post for another day).

I think he doesn’t know. But he can’t find out how Zoro would mourn him unless the pact actually follows through. But still, I don’t think Oda would kill Sanji, cause that’s no way to resolve this issue. So here’s my speculation about how I think it could potentially play out, following that initial line of thinking of the death pact’s resolution being set in Elbaf, specifically because of Sanji and Zoro’s parallels to Dorry and Brogy.

Like Brogy, Zoro would have to believe that he killed Sanji. That he won their final duel. He’d have to believe that Sanji has fallen and, also like Brogy, have to face that grief and hurt all alone. But in the end, like Dorry, Sanji would survive, having never actually been hurt. Because their edges have dulled after fighting for so long, no longer as capable of landing killing blows as they thought. “Not even the blades of Elbaf could endure two giants fighting for 100 years”? Something of the sort. And maybe this line of speculation is simplistic or optimistic, but the chances of it playing out like this aren’t zero, so just in case, I would want to be able to say that I called it.

[babisawyer]

Ben coming back to the cabin to see yet another cannibalistic ritual

[asterbats]

Homesick

[olessan]

Re: TLovM episodes 3x07-3x09

[endermaans]

sooo I just downloaded a date with death and I've been playing it for like, five hours. I got the second ending. which is not necessarily a bad ending?? but it definitely is a bittersweet one.

I was just trying to be NICE AND IT BACKFIRED ON ME SPECTACTULARLY

[halflifebutawesome]

playing my game with my friend

[tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang]

I know there's nothing about this in the manga and that we've only been shown the most important members of Bonten, but do you think Hanma is in Bonten? Not as an executive but working for Bonten in some way, he was in KMG and we don't know if that was because of Takemitchi altering the past again or if he was actually in KMG in the Bonten timeline. There's Shion too but when I think about him, I get a lot of different ideas about what could have happened... maybe he died in the war of the 3 deities, Mikey discarded him or he simply gave up. I can see Hanma being useful in some way to Bonten but not Shion, I know they all matured and changed but Shion to me is someone who would be easily influenced by the money and power he would gain by being a Bonten member, at some point he would do something stupid lmao (I like him even though it doesn't seem like it) while Hanma is different about that, I can see him being the person who gets important information and even maybe finding traitors, someone who acts in the shadows

Ah I'm also undecided on this! Like I have a few different ideas on this and I don't really have a favourite (I'm a lot more clear cut on why I think Wakasa and Benkei aren't there). But I do agree that if Hanma is a part of bonten then he's not an executive, instead I think he would have some other kind of role. I could see him potentially doing undercover type roles and deals or being an informant, where he isn't known to be in bonten so he get's trusted with a lot of stuff the other gangs don't want bonten to know and Hanma secretly gives that info to them. Tbh I think Hanma would enjoy these roles a lot more then an executive role too. Whenever we've seen him in gangs in the future he's been very different from his past self. He seems bored with it all (I think it's because he prefers the unpredictability and the climb to being on top rather then actually being at the top). So these kind of roles seem to be more him.

Tied to that I could also see him being an enemy of bonten, the person tying him to all the other future gangs we've seen is Kisaki. So without kisaki, I wonder if he would've eventually quit because he really did get bored or wanted to do his own thing. Could definitely see him enjoying being an enemy of bonten and undermining them in deals and jobs.

[dear-mrs-otome]

Literally cannot with this man

[nekul-nahuel]

Got me so afraid to tell you how I really feel, but I'm caught in a moment in-between

I keep it all at bay, but underneath I'm hesitating, caught in a moment in-between

If I wait another day, will I waste away?

I can't get you off my mind

Take away my thoughts, they hold me back

Time to make a move, to take a step

I don't wanna watch my life just pass me by

(I can't get you off my mind)