#this show is just so incredibly important to me

[trigunotacureblogs]

#like thats the thing i keep thinking abt#when people argue about how ai makes art 'more accessible'#like bro you can pick up a pencil and notepad from walmart its not that hard#but the thing is when these people say 'accessible' what they really mean#is they want a shortcut to the end product they see online#like. notice how these folks arent content to just make ai art for themselves#they HAVE to show it off and act like they did anything but write a text prompt#and in some ways i sympathize. like-#id love to make games but i do not have the time or patience to learn coding. and hiring someone else to do it for me requires $$$#LIKE. TRUST ME. I GET WHERE SOME ARGUMENTS ARE COMING FROM ON THIS#granted - i dont think most of them are made in good faith but i do still Get It yknow?#to put aside the obvious grifters and tech bros just looking to make a quick buck - and instead appeal to the humanity behind it all...#i think that everyone wants to put their mark on the world in some way. because we have a finite time on earth and so much we want to do#and we're inundated with info about the lives of celebrities and influencers and successful people who are living the dream we want#we've forgotten that sometimes. a dream can just stay a dream - and will often be better for it#not everyone can do everything and thats okay#and i think AI is ultimately a demonstration that we've let those dreams become more important than actually living in the moment#at least regarding otherwise good-natured people#plenty more are - as mentioned - just people who see this as tech that can replace legitimate labor and ensure they make a quick buck#especially in a trade infamous for not paying well unless you're already incredibly famous and/or long dead#idk man the ultimate flaw of arguing about AI is how - at this point - no pro-ai folks are gonna be convinced by any sort of philosophy#they ultimately only care about their bottom line and whatever culture war they want to back to protect their own desires above all else#no appeals to morality or integrity are going to appeal to them as long as they think they can use this shit to put themselves at the top

Unpopular opinion but if you don't enjoy the process you should find a different thing to do.

And I think this is true in general but now I'm talking about it in the context of AI.

If you don't enjoy making art and only care about the end piece and how it'll look and how much traction it"lol get online then making art is not something for you, find something you enjoy from start to finish.

Same goes for writing: if you do not enjoy writing and rewriting and then some more and instead want AI to write for you, being a writer is not something you should pursue.

Sure, not every part of creative process is going to be equally enjoyable but you should get satisfaction from solving the problems along the way and you should get a sense of accomplishment on your way of "making the piece yours" and you should have a sense of ownership once you are done.

None of these things will come from typing in a prompt into chatGPT. And I am sad to see so many people are missing on the opportunity to experience the joy of making something with their own hands and brains.

[pankielovesfan]

The Prime Shimmer breaks Fan's code and that's really cool

I've recently thought more about just how incredibly important The Prime Shimmer IS to Fan's entire story and character, and about breaking apart from the show and helping him put in effort to improve. Even if this was already established and said countless times, I've started to understand it even deeper when I think about it more sooo I wanted to write this out

As the core part of Fan, he loves the show and all its characters. Everything he's ever known and been surrounded with has been related to it and he loves Inanimate Insanity very much and is practically made of that admiration. However, the first time he comes in contact with something from outside the show, it's the shimmer egg. Something he clings to desperately.

The fact that the egg is the first thing he's interacted with that isn't part of the show means a lot to his character, considering how he immediately attaches to it, takes care of it, and values it so deeply. As said by Fan himself on his blog - before he had the shimmer egg with him, he didn't even know how to care. It shows just how significant the egg is for Fan's development in so, so many different ways for representing his path in life. Not sure how to work this into it, but he's mentioned how the egg also helped him feel less lonely.

When he meets them, the way Fan treats The Prime Shimmer in the show is very unique to his character and has always been... so different. He's typically very disconnected from other people, especially with how he's supposed to be a "viewer" for the show, and experiences little to no empathy or care for others because of his love for inanimate insanity as a show, and how he claims to not even know how to care at first. The finale really highlights his feelings for the aliens. He immediately seeks to help them find their other lost child, prioritizing them over his own interests. He really really cares for them, for Fan standards.

All of The Prime Shimmer is so incredibly influential for him to recognize in this way. He actually puts in effort for others instead of sticking to old habits like he does, and I think his general feelings for them are what drives Fan toward progress since what he feels for them is outside of Inanimate Insanity. It's the main hope for Fan's improvement as a person, and I'm very glad Test Tube can still represent that feeling of "being outside of the show" because she came to save him from the ship if that makes sense, she's a part of this to some extent for him. Its lovely.

There's something so beautiful about Fan feeling so much love and protection for the entirety of The Prime Shimmer, creatures that are so removed from the show, something he wasn't made to love or care for. It makes it feel very genuine, caring for it in a way he doesn't care for the other contestants. Through caring about something outside the show, he also learned how to care about Test Tube and recognize her as separated from it, seeing her as an actual person which he rarely can do for many.

It's so fun how Fan can just always tie back to themes of change. Fan, notoriously inflexible and stubborn, allows himself to perceive change and opens his mind to that development to protect the lives he's learned to care for. Starts crying. i think this guy will be the end of me

anyway thanks for reading my insanity.. Fan is willing to try for the prime shimmer which can extend to other people he cares for yay

[buckitweride]

Buddie primed me to watch this show. Seeing the gifs of The Gay Firefighter Show on my dash for years was the perfect foundation.

And then when Tommy kissed Buck?? LORDDD I couldn’t believe it. These showrunners made a fan favorite character canonically bisexual after 6 seasons?? On NETWORK TV no less????? It was over for me at that point. I knew I had to watch.

I binged seasons 1 through 8a ungodly fast (for me). I was rooting for buddie so hard out the gate- I could see why they were so beloved. But in the back of my mind, I was cataloguing all the little things we learned about Tommy in those early seasons. His flaws- he was highly susceptible to peer pressure and group think. He treated Chim and others extremely unfairly. He said and did bigoted things. But also- his good traits too. He could learn from his bad behavior and change his ways. He was very loyal- remember when Chim called him to bring that plane full of water and save the 118 in those early seasons? And we didn’t even see him on screen for that episode. He came through at the drop of a hat for Chim back then, and did it again during the cruise scenes in season 7.

I did not anticipate just how intensely I would become fond of and relate to Tommy when we began seeing more of him. I love how he treated Buck in the beginning. Cautious with Buck and himself right out the gate. But caring. Protective. Doting. Showered Buck in compliments and acts of service. Treated him better than any on screen partner ever had before.

I didn’t think it was possible after 6 seasons of intensely rooting for buddie for me to be just as happy at the thought of Buck with someone else. Tommy Kinard is truly That Bitch. I love how season 8 is going. The breakup made me love Tommy even more- he clearly fell for Buck harder than he expected and let self preservation win out as he tried to retreat. Only to jump at the first opportunity to get Buck back, without knowing yet if Buck really returned his feelings but taking the risk anyway 😭😭 someone stab me

Regardless, I just wanna end this ramble with saying how much I love Buddie and ship Buddie and will continue to love and ship it no matter what happens. Because a ship doesn’t need to be canon to be enjoyable.

But what we are seeing on our screen with Buck and Tommy?? It’s so important. It’s fantastic representation. It’s incredibly satisfying back and forth that scratches an itch while continually filling us with more anticipation. It’s everything and I cannot wait to see more 🤗

[merlin-wolfgang-trades-hale]

I've taken three melatonin gummies so excuse any typos. I miss writing McDanno. I might write the sex scene later but the premise of course starts with these two being horny for each other which then leads to them being emotionally intimate with one another. In this scenario they're still newly shifted from friendship/best friends to actual lovers. Steve's learning to adapt to being out which in previous m/m situationships, his need and desire for his partner has never been so strong. Steve's got a mix of love, lust, possessiveness, and jealousy. Maybe a tourist was being flirty, maybe a suspect dared to get handsy with Danny idk but it leads to Steve jacking off Danny in the bathroom. Steve feels this primal need to prove to Danny that Steve can make him feel incredible. Them being at work and having to be professional just kind of reads as 'secret relationship' and they with the crime way and the kids they haven't had time to really do any of the romantic side of dating, it's all been physical. So Steve gets caught up in his thoughts. Which then leads to this exchange:

"What heavy thought's so damn loud that's got you looking like a grump since morning?"

"....you know I don't just...I'm not just...I don't just like you for sex. I mean that part's been fucking amazing! I just...it's not...just that!" If he actually was as much as an animal as Danny thought of him when they first met, he might have actually growled right then. He was so frustrated with himself for not being able to put into words what he was thinking...what he was feeling. In other relationships...it didn't matter. They never reached the point he and Danny have reached. They never felt as steady. As important.

He's studied every point of Danny's life. That included his divorce from Rachel. He wanted to learn what mistakes Rachel made so he wouldn't make the same ones. Or even remotely close ones. Miscommunication was something he wanted to avoid. But he was a military man who came from military men of different generations who thought talking was women's business. As much as he thought the best of his family members the best soldiers...he's had to grow and evolve. Mostly because he wasn't straight like them.

He was so deep in thought he failed to see when Danny closed the distance between them and cupped his face. Before, he might have jumped back to regain command of the room and the situation.

But things were different now. He was safe. He was happy. And it was because of his Danno. Steve leaned into Danny's touch before seeking a kiss. Danny happily gave into Steve's desires and they made out a bit.

When they pulled apart Danny kept his arms wrapped around Steve's neck, and Steve held Danny closer by the waist. "I get it. And I know babe."

"Do you? Really? I'll find the words if you need to hear em, Danno."

Danny smiled at him and kissed him again, which helped to soothe his worries.

"This is the healthiest relationship I've ever had. It might speak volumes to my taste in partners, but the difference is...we work. Speaking of work...given our lines of work and where we came from...the times we come from...physical touches have to do and say more than we can. For now. I'll always be here to listen...and until you find your words, babe, your methods of showing me love ain't bad."

"Yeah?" Steve preened a bit cockily.

"I shouldn't inflate your ego so much, but I'm not gonna be the one to ruin the moment. So yeah. I like being the center of your attention. I like it when you get handsy with me because you can't help yourself."

[girlbossgaslightguillermo]

being a bucktommy enjoyer but a buddie endgame fan is so annoying because I really did love bucktommy back when they were together and they clearly have feelings for each other still and the whole messy hookup scene was incredible but some bucktommy stans are being so annoying rn to the point that I want to block the tag but I also want to see gif sets from the latest ep and bucktommy analysis that is rooted in actual media literacy and not delusion lol

if bucktommy becomes a thing again and they actually build up to it properly and the buddie thing is actually addressed by these two so they can move on and be secure, I could be convinced of bucktommy endgame! but right now that is so not happening!

Buck realizes he’s in love with Tommy and asks him to move in and is generally just vulnerable as fuck and Tommy ends things at that moment partially because of Eddie without even giving Buck the chance to reassure him that him and Eddie aren’t like that…that was kind of fucked up! that’s something that will take a while to move on from! and what happened in this latest season was not really conducive to a healthier relationship at all

write your fanfic enjoy the messy gay sex but some of these reactions are insane like

“ohh buck hates when people imply him and Eddie are a thing ohh u buddie stans are horrible!!!” motherfucker his own sister suggested it to him ???? she’s the one character who knows him better than anyone else are you seriously getting upset at fans for shipping him with Eddie when his own SISTER Maddie Buckley Han said it wouldn’t be so crazy if he was in love with Eddie but fans are horrible people for shipping them?? he’s a fictional character! it’s not that fucking deep! you can have one ship without bashing the other!

or acting like Eddie is irrelevant to Buck and Tommy is more important like have we been watching the same show? Eddie is far more important to Buck right now and yes that can definitely change if Buck and Tommy get back together and stay together but right now that’s straight up not the dynamic what are u guys even on lmao

be so fr rn!!!!! let’s please be normal!!!! some of u piss me off!!!!!!!

[loungemermaid]

There’s a myth about poverty that you probably believe

(Actually, there’s probably more’n a few myths you believe about poverty, but we’re only gonna cover one in this)

It comes up in every show, every book, every movie you’ve ever seen with characters in poverty in media. To the point it’s almost cliche, almost impossible to have a poverty storyline without this one phrase. This phrase that is a myth:

“We don’t take charity in this family.”

Or

“They’re too proud for help.”

This is false. This is actively harmful. This narrative that the poorest among us, people suffering next to you don’t want your help does harm. It keeps people away, isolating those of us in poverty even further. It walls us off. The risk of offending others becomes so strong that friends and family will willingly cut themselves off. To protect our “pride.”

So where does this come from? Well, several places, but I think mostly:

White middle class people don’t want mutual aid because they see themselves in competition, not community.

The vast majority of “poverty” stories in America are written by white men who grew up middle to lower middle class. Men that have been seduced by the lie that poverty is a moral failure, that addiction is weakness, that government assistance is a sin. That you gotta pull and pull till those bootstraps break, damn the temporary consequences. It’ll all be worth it once they work themselves out, by themselves.

This isn’t how it works. Not in the real world.

Now, to take without giving back to neighbors in the same financial situation is incredibly selfish, and would ensure that people probably wouldn’t rush to help you. But most people in poverty help each other, in small ways. Not because they pity each other, but because mutual aid and community support are the only way to make it long term. For everyone, not just those of us in poverty.

Now, let me be clear, it’s not an envelope stuffed with cash. It looks like watching the kids while everyone else works. It looks like potlucks and rent parties. It looks like bringing casseroles and easy meals over for births and deaths. It looks like inviting people over to share meals, even when you can barely afford it, because together everyone has just enough to have a good time.

Now I don’t know if the reason that Katniss says in the books that there’s a system in the Seam of “owing” people is because Suzanne isn’t very experienced with poverty or because Mrs Everdeen isn’t very experienced with poverty. There is “owing” but not because poor people have a list of people they keep in debt. It’s far more like, in my experience, I got lunch this time, next time you get it. It’s the couple of dollars perpetually trading hands, the small debts of friendship, showing up for each other and caring for each other because you value each other’s company and community. No one makes it alone. Not in America and not in Panem. Katniss doesn’t make it alone. The whole town both supports and depends on her hunting and gathering.

Again, I don’t know if the reason Katniss is so anti-help and anti-owing people is because she was written by a white woman in post Reagan neoliberal America, working in the film and television industry, or because her mother was one of the richest people in her holler before she got married and widowed. I don’t know. I just know it’s contrary to the experience I have as a survivor of generational poverty. Someone still in poverty.

Anyway. Uplift more diverse voices in fiction. Listen to people who have actually experienced poverty firsthand. And those who have, demand better stories. Write your own. Don’t let carpetbaggers take your voice from you. (Especially important considering America’s current vice president rose to influence by selling the lie that he came from poverty in Appalachia)

[kfruityouth]

hello. so I don't know jack shit about the meta plot of chnt. i haven't read any of the episodes descriptions or anything. do NOT know what the entity numbers or anything mean. what the hell is the limn. i don't know. so would you mind. giving me the run down,? As much as you'd like to

bett im literally so excited im twirling you around and shit thank you so much for asking Okay so obligatory: this is all completely from my observation and despite my best attempts to be factual and objective will likely contain personal bias in one way or another and in no way shape or form is reflective of what these things will actually be/are in the canon of the show. Wonderful

Firstly may I highly suggest you read the episode descriptions they are 1) Hilarious, 2) Incredibly interesting and 3) Make you feel like you're in the 2012-2015 early Gravity Falls fandom solving the mysteries and decoding the ciphers. Obviously not necessary but I've been absolutely enthralled and have had the time of my life theorising and such!!!!! :]

Basically, each episode has a description that follows a format like this:

"Major insight" is data (for lack of a better word?) in reference to the major themes/events/interactions/etc of the episode, while "minor insight" is the same but for smaller, background, or implied (but not necessarily less important) themes/events/interactions/etc. While the rest of the description is for the majority written in objective third person, "Important notes" is written entirely in first person and in such a manner that implies a new and outside presence—From which we know who the agents are!!!!!! Everybody cheered!!!!!!!!

If you follow the happenings with the show and sort of red string board connect them to the dot points within the episode descriptions, you begin to notice patterns, and decode who is who and what is what.

For example, in the episode 1 description, you can figure out what SITE2 is based on the key words "status, layout, and daily procedure". You know it's a... Well, site, or place, and episode 1 takes place entirely within the camp (as far as I remember), and contains all of the above in Sydney's announcements! Logic!!!!

I've been keeping note of this since about late 2023? Here's my observations of who each entity, each site, and each anomaly is being referred to, based on the method I just described:

There's some gaps here and there because I haven't reviewed these in a while, but pretty comprehensive, right? (Also, some of the "entities" switched places within the descriptions which was a pain in the ass to figure out, so I haven't included them to spare you from being overwhelmed?? Of coooourse I encourage you to delve into it of your own accord though :)))) Just know that the ones I listed here is the most current (within the canon) version)

Also using this method, we can begin to figure out what the hell all these things mean, cause right now it just looks cryptic for the sake of being cryptic. Just to fit with the theme of the show. BUT ALAS!!!!!

The first thing here I want to say is that the limn is an Event that in one way or another had weird wacky time-space-reality-altering properties within the universe of CHNT, of which the agents seem to be investigating. The leading theory, and most likely one, as far as I'm aware, is that it's Sydney's reanimation. (Y'know, because of true necromancy being impossible, The Clocks, all that stuff)

In this, the ENTITIES then appear to be a list of the leading suspects for who caused the limn, with 1 being the top suspect and 13 the bottom. Golly gee I sure do wonder why Jedidiah is ENTITY1, then. I suuuuure do wonder.

The ANOMALIES are a little harder to figure out. They're the weird, mostly non-human, supernatural beings that appear. My personal theory is that ENTITIES existed pre-limn, and ANOMALIES existed post-limn, but of course we can never be sure. Until. You know. But also they're the ones I'm the least certain of, and I think the fandom as a whole is also... But we ball.

There's a few noteworthy parts of this, though. ENTITY0?? What the hell does that mean?? If it's a list of the top suspects, how and why the fuck is it in the negatives. Up and Adam is, you know, a demon, so I guess I can cut him some slack there, but I have a feeling this will be covered in season 2 so I won't speculate too hard on it. For now!!!!!! The other part I wanted to touch on is Matthew's placement. I don't really have anything other to say about it than What The Fuck Is He. Also something that will probably be explored later.

The SITES seem to just be pretty self-explanatory.

All of this to say... Who cares? Why do these 'agents' care about all this? Who even are these guys? So, within the episode descriptions, particularly within the "important notes" section, we get references to AGENT1, AGENT7, AGENT15, AGENT16, and AGENT23. The first reference to one of these guys is in episode 5:

In episode 8, AGENT15 and AGENT16 are referenced, as well as AGENT1. In this episode, Tony 1 and Tony 2 appear. Therefore, we know that they are AGENT15 and AGENT16. The ever-elusive AGENT1 remains ever-elusive.

The first and only reference to an AGENT7 is in the last episode (33/34). Evidently self-referential, and thus we can infer AGENT7 is the one writing the episode descriptions

However, the episodes aren't episodes. They're FILEs. They're named as such. FILE1, FILE2, and so on. They're written as one would an corporate file (there's even a line in the "descriptions" where AGENT7 says that AGENT23 should stop giving the FILEs such whimsical titles because they're serious and not a fairytale. Or something).

If I'm not mistaken, all we really know about AGENT7 and AGENT23 personality-wise is that "AGENT7 is really serious" and "AGENT23 is really silly" per one of the old season 2 fundraiser streams. This is reflective in... Well, I'll let you schmooze around in the descriptions yourself :] They're hilarious I pinky promise.

There also appears to be a hierarchy, which I personally think is, again, in number order (based off of context clues), with AGENT1 being the top of the food chain or being the boss or what have you, followed by AGENT7, then AGENT15 & 16 (Tony and Tony), followed by AGENT23. I assume there's other AGENTS that fill the gaps in between, too, based off of the FILE14 Important Notes section.

If you're curious also,,, the leading theory as far as I'm aware for who AGENT1 is is that they're Lucille. But that's a whoooooole other can of worms.

Naturally, this is all kind of to say someone is listening. You are listening. (The tape recorder clicks you hear are meta. The static and scratchy AM radio-type noise you hear at the start of episodes is meta. Think of all the implications. The ramifications. THE RAMMIES BRO!!!!! They're everywhere.) They're investigating the weirdness of camp, as far as I know, cataloguing the lives of the cast, particularly our two leads.

The biggest question from all this is why, to what end?

Anyway go forth and come to your own conclusions, your own answers, your own theories!!! If you wish. If you do not wish that is totally cool. If you do wish we can frolic in the fields together and in earnest stress pace a meeting room pouring over a comically untidy red string board or something

[daughterofheartshaven]

This is a post about my opinions about several prominent Doctor Who ships. I think they're all very valid! Any ship in Doctor Who is valid! But also I'm gonna be going into why I don't engage with them in some length, so if you're not in the mood for a breakdown of why I don't think your favorite Doctor Who ship doesn't make sense to me personally, then this post is not for you. Also, if you don't know, I am incredibly ace/aro, so this effects quite a lot about how I see ships.

Thanks @stopmyhearts for letting me know at least someone wanted to see this. Like a month ago but whatever.

Okay, so I think the biggest ship in all of Doctor Who is either Doctor/Master or Doctor/Tardis. I've seen people refer to both as basically universal, and that annoys me. If you ship either or both, that is completely valid! But, like, I can't even see where either is even coming from?

This probably deserves some more articulation than I can give it right now. I'll circle back around to this one later and maybe explain my position more.

My thoughts on some other Doctor Who ships I see, in no real order:

Doctor/Rose: Fine, I guess? I don't tend to like this, since I see a lot of people shipping this going "Rose was the most perfect special character ever", and, like. That's a valid opinion to have. I just firmly disagree. I think Rose is a great character, but not always the nicest person, and that her relationship with the Doctor (romantic or otherwise) was increasingly unhealthy by the point of Army of Ghosts / Doomsday.

Doctor/River: I like it. That being said, I think the Doctor is sex-neutral ace and on the aromantic spectrum, and is doing the romance and sex and dates thing with River because he loves her. He doesn't necessarily love her in that exact way, but she's important to him, so he wants to do things that make her happy even if he wouldn't care about them. Like having sex.

Doctor/Charley: I love the results we get from Charley crushing on the Doctor and the Doctor going "help I love you platonically" and all the fallout from that, so very firmly like their dynamic to remain like that.

Kate Stewart/Osgood or Kate Stewart/Mel: This is another one I just really don't like. I personally read Kate as straight, but even if you don't like that, I think any ship like that contradicts her being a very professional person who wouldn't date anyone on her staff. Kate has a personal life that she keeps out of her work and she keeps her work out of her personal life.

Doctor/Romana: To me, I don't think their relationship would be romantic in human terms, but the level of closeness they have would feel romantic to the largely aromantic Gallifrey. If that makes any sense.

Tegan/Nyssa: I can see it - with the caveat that Tegan was super closeted and embarrassed about the whole thing and so the two of them kept it secret bc Tegan wasn't comfortable with being public about that and Nyssa went along with that bc she obviously cares about Tegan's comfort. Not sure if I like to headcanon it or not, but I definitely see it.

Leela/Romana: I can't see it. Unlike some of the other ships here I have literally nothing against it, I just can't see it. This also applies to basically any other ship involving the Gallifrey cast.

Doctor/Jamie: I can see it, but I'm on the side of "they're platonic they're just a big fan of platonic cuddles". The Second Doctor era is especially important to me, and as someone who likes a platonic cuddle herself, seeing two friends just do that matters to me.

Doctor/Yaz: I really like the way the show handled this, actually. I get that that's not a popular opinion, but I think acknowledging that there were mutual feelings but that the Doctor just can't have a relationship like that makes perfect sense.

Doctor/Clara: Honestly, I don't care enough about Clara to form an opinion here. I guess it makes sense looked through the lens of how the Doctor kinda-but-not-really does romance.

If you want my take on a Doctor Who ship that I didn't just mention, feel free to ask

[thecaptainamore]

I have no clue what’s actually happening with all of the Book of Bill stuff but I just absolutely love seeing people’s hypotheses and the fandom being so alive GAHHH

I’VE MISSED YOU GRAVITY FALLS

[luna-loveboop]

I want. Four to get appreciation. Because

Four gave a ton of unnoticed help when Twilight was injured

The fight with Wild was difficult, and I know we're all concerned about his negative view of the shadow crystal

But Four did something that no one else really thought of to help- He took care of Twi's stuff

From the beginning he told Twilight to not worry about them

So Four took care of pretty much everything but the others (that Sky and Wars handled)

He took care of Epona

Which is so very important- he took care of Twilight's horse. After her arrival at the stable Four followed up on her

And for Epona, a horse so attached to her human, having some company can help so much for reassurance

He took care of Twilight's stuff

He got Twi's shield- his bags and equipment, and organized it into one place

And he was worried. He obviously found the shadow crystal while handling Twi's stuff, but his negative reactions to it were out of concern.

Also- because of his placement in this scene

I'm fairly convinced Four was ready to start cooking before Wild showed up (since he's beside the counter with food supplies). At the very least he had the basket of fruit out for everyone -but he was literally standing with food behind him- he thought of everything

And he did housekeeping!

Wars payed for the inn, so Four took care of the inn

Realistically these boys were probably not too concerned with tidyness. Four got all of Twi's things on one table, and took care of the room they stayed in

Organizing tables and Twi's things, having food supplies ready, and opening the curtains- overall he was the one tidying up the inn

Four helped in a huge way! He took care of Twi's horse (Epona is so important), his equipment and shield and bag, as well as the other rooms in the inn

Four filled in all the little tasks that others didn't think of. He helped in ways that were needed, but not obvious

There's a lot of problems with the shadow crystal and with Wild, and I don't know what's gonna happen in the future

But don't forget this- don't forget that Four was one who stepped up in an almost unnoticeable way

Don't forget that when everyone was barely holding it together, Four visited Twilight's horse and took care of his things

No matter what develops in the future- this amount of care shown is important ya know?

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Art and comic from Jojo @linkeduniverse au :)))

[mourn-and-watch]

no but essek's abnormal behaviours in the last arc and especially in episode 140 are my roman empire. which is ironic because aeor is something of a roman empire itself. but in all seriousness, it was the episode that made me realise i love essek and his development so much and it kinda summarised it even before caleb's epilogue.

and i mean the "it's not fair" scene specifically. it's like, an epitome of his whole character progression from a person who put An Objectively Important Goal above all else without hesitation to someone who can't help but care for people around even more than his goal, no matter how big and relevant it is.

the mighty nein - and he alongside them - pretty much saved the world and freed an ancient city from thousand-year-long suffering. they defeated nine extremely powerful menacing entities who managed to stay out of everyone's sight for years and were so close to achieving their goal and dooming exandria in the process. they did the impossible and became heroes and somehow, they survived, even though they had bidden farewells a couple of hours ago because they had already understood what they had been facing. and nevertheless. they made it.

and none of them was celebrating.

mighty nein are basically essek's only friends. he knew them to be very unusual people, to put it lightly, loud and stubborn and completely inescapable once they consider you to be one of their own. and they showed him so much kindness and put so much faith in him, they were here playing the most atrocious music ever and digging clay in his backyard for a spell they invented just to help one of theirs and asking him if he could bring them pastries the day after they found out he was lying to them and had started a war. they were chaotic and weird and sometimes unbearable but most importantly they were carrying so much hope with them all this time - a hope they could end the war, a hope they could stop the angel of irons cult, a hope they could get better, a hope he could get better, and now, finally, that they could save their lost friend.

and that hope shattered, just like that, the moments after they'd already made the impossible. they saved so many souls - and then could not get back just that one.

for essek "my intentions were never good they were important" thelyss it just. shouldn't have mattered. they won. it could have been worse. people die and when they die they rarely come back. they should've been happy everyone else barely made it alive.

but for some reason, mighty nein being so defeated after they saved the world exposed him to that overwhelming feeling of injustice and unfairness. and i mean, there were many things essek considered to be unfair, but when i watched his first appearance and his interactions with mighty nein later on til their reunion in aeor arc, i wouldn't dare to guess that one of the things on that list would be something that personal. and personal not even to him.

the thing is, essek didn't even know who that guy was. why mighty nein cared about him so much. he had an idea, i guess, that he was their friend once, or someone in that body was. it was also a person who wanted to unleash a terrifying horrific aberration onto the material plane. it was a person very dedicated to killing essek and his friends - and they still didn't take any pleasure in fighting him. essek didn't feel strongly about lucien or molly, because he never knew them.

i don't think he mourned his death and failed resurrection. he mourned mighty nein's hope, the one they put in him when they had no reason to, the one they offered yasha in the cathedral and the one they kept after the spell for veth failed and the one they carried til the very end because they wanted it to reach molly. they had saved people with this hope. they had saved nations. they had saved the world. but they ended up feeling like it hadn't even been worth anything.

how desperate would it feel, witnessing people who for some reason always saw good in you when they absolutely shouldn't, who made literal miracles out of nothing, who ended wars and fought gods and tricked the hags and freed cities from horrors beyond anyone's comprehension purely because they thought it was the right thing to do and also loved their friends this much, silently crying over a dead body they couldn't bring back to life? how desperate would it feel to realise that with all your knowledge about time you dedicated your life to and threw away any principles for, you can't undo this? no one can. some things are left to fate alone and this time it wasn't kind to them. no matter how much good they did, they still got slapped in the face.

and it was, i think, such a genuine moment of empathy. like, essek is the character who prefers to put up a facade and act distant and self-composed but this time he just. walked away unable to watch this. the could only say to fjord that it wasn't fair. even when he was caught off guard in nicodranas he was able to explain himself and his motives to an extent even though he was a nervous wreck whose extra important plan went to hell the second the only people he cared about appeared. this time he had nothing to elaborate on. it just wasn't fair. it wasn't fair his friends didn't get what they wanted the most. it wasn't fair he couldn't do anything to make it right.

it is such a sad and beautiful and even cathartic scene because it is about person who started a war that destroyed so many lives - and then met this ragtag group of weirdos who saw a lonely stand-offish guy and said "hey, let's be friends!" and didn't even wait for him to answer. he saw them being serious and calculated and he saw them being ridiculous and extremely stupid, he saw their mistrust to outsiders and their loyalty to each other, he made spells with them and paid a visit to their hot tub, he ate their stale pastries and drank their hot chocolate mixed with whiskey, he was welcomed amongst them and in their wonderful home, both in xhorhas before they even found out what he had done and in the tower when they already knew - and then, he saw them mourning their loss, defeated and helpless, and he, a person who believed there were things more important than whole nations, let alone just one life, couldn't help but share the pain they felt. a pure display of compassion from someone who detached himself from it, who didn't believe he could grow into a better person capable of it again, but became one nonetheless without even realising it

[ananke-xiii]

[roboyomo]

about to go sleepyy but. Insane Kenix Thoughts (Again! An Another Time!) (How Many Fucking Times!— ^_^)

Something about Kenix comforting Sora the day she joined the sins crew while she was full on crying and confused at everything surrounding her. Something about him Resonating with a child's helplessness, offer a warm embrace to hold onto. Did you see your own past self in that girl? The days where you were left all alone in the dark, being able to only weep and wonder why everything around you was like this. Yet you had no one's shoulder to cry onto. You had no one by your side, and now you have decided to be that someone for an another lost kid. Have you seen your own desperation in that child, wanting to help her because deep down you know how scarring this situation is for her? To seek comfort despite the unknown environment, because you wanted someone to let you know it is safe?

Have you wanted to save someone from what you had to endure yourself because you just knew how deeply terrifying it must all be to experience such loneliness at a young age? Have you just wanted to not let someone else go through what you had to? Have you just wanted to show the lost child that compassion that you didn't get yourself when you needed it the most.

[katierosefun]

okay so now that i’ve officially finished watching leverage i just want to say that maybe i’m obsessed with this show on multiple levels and something about how it hits so many itches in that it’s about found family and it’s about fucking over bad, rich guys (no billionaire bootlicking in this show! and i fucking love it) and it’s also about how sometimes the bad guys are the only good guys you get and it’s also about how we are all stronger together it’s about how at the start of this show, we have all of these characters who are largely used to working alone and being alone and yet the show concludes that ultimately, we are better when we are together and by being together, we might be able to leave something behind that is bigger and brighter for the next people in our generation and no man is an island and no person is meant to beat goliath on their own or whatever

[rosetinted--clouds]

So much of the criticism I see for trop comes down to people complaining that the elves aren't pretty enough, which is just so superficial my god. Like 1. What people think is pretty is entirely subjective, like me personally, I am down bad for all of them ngl 😅 and 2. Surely the heartwrenching performances all of the actors are giving is far more important to the show than someone's fucking jawline?

[soullessjack]

hey uh not for nothing but it would be so much easier to talk about the ableism issues with how jack is treated/depicted if you guys could learn to understand that bigotry doesn’t necessarily have to be intentional and outright cruel for it to be harmful. that sometimes it is accidental or made with good/harmless intentions but that doesn’t make it less bigoted in the long run. If we could just move past that one square we could actually have a conversation 👍