#this show makes me lose my mind

[cozyseolar]

can i say something that might’ve already been talked about? we are is so representative of being queer and surrounding yourself with other queer people. like. these characters love each other intensely through their friendships which is already unique to this show because we get to see all of it too. it isn’t just implied that they would do anything for each other we see that through their actions AND words. and then on top of that they created a huge family within each other that never leaves anyone out. they tease each other over their feelings and they bully each other (affectionately) over stupid things. and it’s just so queer. like. idk. if you get it you get it. ​it feels so realistic in its depiction of being gay with gay friends while navigating relationships and college.

[absolutely-not-my-main-blog]

[mossycakes]

i will be really really shocked if they dont do the past devils minion route. not just because that means that armand and daniel were looking at each other Like That throughout all of s2 for nonreason, but also because theyll lose the potential of the most incredible moment ever:

in qotd, armand asks daniel to "ask him if it was raining" one night several years ago, to comment on memory and how unreliable it was. i always thought daniel asking louis if it was raining in s1 was kinda unprompted, but wouldnt it be amazing if theyve set up a parallel to that ?? i cant stop thinking about it lmao

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

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[cozylittleartblog]

me speeding to count stock as fast as possible to avoid taking radiation damage from my parents god-awful taste in television

are these Really the ugliest homes in america or is your personality just equivalent to a cheap, wet paper towel. are these Really the ugliest homes in america or do you take your home decor inspiration from psychiatric hospitals and white women on pinterest named Meykaighlahe

just say you hate art and go build your dream unseasoned microwave mashed potato of a house in fucking utah or something oh my gOD

[lilithofpenandbook]

It makes me SO MAD when people say "there are kind Slytherins 🥺🥺🥺" and show a picture of fucking SLUGHORN

Slughorn? You mean "oh I didn't think a muggleborn would be this talented" Slughorn?

Slughorn as in the Slughorn who told Tom Riddle, a child KNOWN for being a lil twisted, about HORCRUXES just to look good?

Slughorn who didn't even notice a fucking cult being formed in his own house???

People like to blame Dumbledore for the cult, but tell me why it's his fault and not the HEAD. OF. HOUSE? Dumbledore isn't an all powerful all seeing wizard! He's a human who happens to be intelligent and skilled at magic but NOT All Seeing! How is he gonna know Tom Riddle's forming a cult when one) he wasn't even HEADMASTER and two) SLUGHORN was Tom's head of house and should have been aware of it happening UNDER. HIS. NOSE?

Like, even in Snape's time, where the fuck was Horace Slughorn? Where was he when the Mauraders were abusing his own student? Where was he when Lucius and the others were grooming the younger children? Where was he when all of this was happening?

Yes, McGonagall should have disciplined her students. But Slughorn's under a greater responsibility to protect his. Yes, headmaster Dumbledore should have probably intervened in the cult forming. But Slughorn's under a greater responsibility to intervene and inform the headmaster.

For fuck's sake, he wasn't even a good teacher! How did a 16 year old child manage to correct all the incorrect potions in the book and not the FUCKING. TEACHER?!

Horace Slughorn is NOT a "kind Slytherin".

He's the worst one.

[gideonnavsenormousbiceps]

okarun be like: straight up missing it. And by 'it' I mean. let's just say. my peanits.

[thelovers-thedreamers-and-me]

accessibility win for Kevin Can Fuck Himself- if you have the subtitles on, you get to see extra profanity that you don't get to see uncensored in the show itself. complete reversal of censoring subtitles for spoken cussing. well done, everyone!

[demadogs]

stranger things season one 2016 was so fucking incredible. it exists as an entirely different entity to me than the rest of the show. you literally just had to be there. to this day nothing has ever come close to the amount of universal love for a fictional story that stranger things first received. ive been chasing this high for eight years.

[jerreeeeeee]

as much as i enjoy the more wholesome fantasy high parents like jawbone and sklonda and the thistlesprings there’s something so compelling and achingly real about bill seacaster that makes him my favorite. he and fabian have a relationship that is so deeply unhealthy and entrenched in distorted ways of viewing other people and parenthood and the world, and yet is so fiercely and undeniably loving. like, is bill seacaster a good dad? what does being a good dad even mean for someone like bill? bill seacaster has such unrealistic and toxic expectations of fabian and a myopic, entirely self-centered way of relating to him for most of his life, and yet, you truly get the sense that even if fabian disappoints him again and again and never steps out of his shadow and never becomes the man bill wants him to be, bill will never love him any less than completely and unconditionally. bill seacaster is a man who has built his entire life and sense of identity around doing whatever he wants and never facing consequences and never thinking about anyone else. bill seacaster becomes disappointed in his son. and he finds the idea of that so unacceptable that, instead of demanding that fabian meet his expectations, bill loves him so much that he reconsiders his entire concept of himself and the purpose of his life, and he grows. a man whose legacy and identity was based around selfishness and narcissism and unwillingness to bend, and fabian makes him change.

[wikitpowers]

look! it's kit and ty! :')

gif: @theedorksinlove

[undead-moth]

I know I've been on about this for a while now and I'm being a hater but you're telling me SydCarmy was "always meant to be platonic" even though there are two seasons of writing making use of tried-and-true explicitly romantic tropes, themes and writing signals, and SydLuca is going to be romantic because...he was nice to her on screen for a few minutes?

I don't even care if people ship SydLuca, or if they just prefer it, but you can't honestly tell me that you believe Carmy was always meant to be a friend but Luca is an obvious love interest.

Just because Syd and Carmy haven't kissed or confessed their love to each other doesn't mean that isn't very obviously the direction this show is going. The Bear has already shown you who is endgame. It has shown you every episode of the show so far.

Honestly I really don't think The Bear fanbase understands this show or cares about these characters or the story being told here, which is unfortunate because this show is shockingly well-written in comparison to most shows right now, and we should be so grateful for it but all we're doing is complaining that the writers led us on by not making a ship canon fast enough. It's just. Sad.

[galaxy-flowergirl]

Watching Hannibal and then reading fanfics before I even finish season 1 is funny because I knew that will was framed for Hannibal’s murders and I knew that Hannibal lied about his encephalitis, BUT I DIDNT KNOW HOW ???? Hannibal straight up psychologically tortured will and manipulated everyone into thinking Will’s a killer LIKE THATS INSANE

(He regretted his choices later because he got lonely) BUT STILL

[sparkbox]

Is it just me or is anyone else not impressed with ES season 2.5 (3??)

Ramble below - Spoilers(?)

Okay so...the trailer. I feel nothing but indifference. Why? Well let me just say...

1. This is adding nothing of value

By this I mean like...the premise seems so redundant and filler. The whole infection??? Its the same thing as the mandroid chips from season 1 and 2. Them getting all aggressive and fighting each other and oohhh the kids gotta help them and??? That's literally just the same thing as season 1 but everyone's red now. This feels redundant. And more as a filler than any of the filler episodes of season 1. The whole new premise seems just...washed out and a copy paste.

2. The characters

I hate the whole breakbee thing now. Season 2 ruined it. They never interacted never showed any fallout. And the supposed tweet about them "fighting each other to say face" is definitely more of a headcannon than ever even glimpsed. And then there's the whole Bumblebee episode with Breakdown. Which just feels so forced...like a 180 to everything again...And talking about Bumblebee, giving him a standalone ish episode after being made a joke side character for the first batch of season 2. This applies to all the other characters, none or them feel like they've grown or anything (back to point 1).

The only thing of value (arguably) is Prowl...and even then he seems a little overdesigned compared to the others in the show. Like a different mold compared to the cohesive designs of the other bots. And then there's the rumor of Mirage being in here maybe...it's just hhhh

3. Marketing

So this is season 3 now?? Season 2.5?? Hasnro claims they're gonna drag this to 2026 and now that's concerning given this trailer. If it's just going to be filler until it bankrupts. In the you department, it's also stagnant with hashtag being the only valid toy to really be added cus Prowls a repaint.

Anyway ramble over

Overall I'm not very enthusiastic, I'm still going to watch this. Given that this show meant so much to me, and it does feel disheartening to watch it slowly drain down.

Anyway I'm open for discussion. Truly I want to know what others think. Because I've only seen hype for Prowl.

[shifthours]

netflix sees a queer show winning and they're like GUARDS🗣❗️❗️❗️❗️ GUARDS🗣🗣🗣☝️☝️☝️❗️❗️❗️ 50000 LASHINGS 🗣☝️ CANCEL IT ❗️QUICK WE CANNOT HAVE THE PUBLIC SUPPORTING QUEER PEOPLE 🗣❗️❗️5000 MORE LASHINGS REMOVE THE FUNDING AT ONCE☝️☝️❗️

[gingermintpepper]

I saw it in your tag game post that you're also fond of the Apollo-Heracles conflict 👀 for a myth that appears in only a couple of sources, it sure has a lot of presence in the vase paintings (no seriously, everytime I think I've seen the last of it, I find ten more)

SO do you have any favorites among the paintings that represent this story??

OMG OMG THIS ASK IS A GIFT. IT IS A GIFT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME TALK ABOUT THIS

I also think it's extremely interesting that it's a story so popularly portrayed by vase paintings and in such a variety of ways!! It's certainly one of the stories that gets left out of written compilation of Heracles' legend a bit (which is a shame, I think it's a fantastic story) but Apollo had a very peculiar relationship with Heracles in general that I just kind of find amazing (and very, very funny).

Apollo is not a god with any legitimate grudge against Heracles, but he does argue with the mortal a bit like he argues with his favourite brothers 😂Part of why I love the story of Apollo and Heracles fighting over the tripod so much is that it is such a little brother thing for Heracles to be upset with the proclamation his elder brother has given him and so, he throws a great fit, taking up the chair and declaring that he'll just give himself a better prophecy! And Apollo, instead of being a marginally professional big brother, decides to fight him for it until their father has to break up their cat-fight. Like was that not just the plot of the Homeric Hymn to Hermes? Is this not exactly how Apollo treated Hermes when he was a child and now those two are inseparable? 💀

Because of this, my favourite vase paintings tend to be the ones that highlight the personal squabbling between Apollo and Heracles the most. There are some very elaborate ones that have the full host of them - Athena, Heracles, Apollo, Artemis, usually a dog and a doe, I've even seen a couple that had birds and plants etched on them, but the simplest ones that show Heracles about to bonk Apollo with his club out of frustration or depict Heracles nyooming away from Apollo while Apollo (presumably) yells curses about how he's going to fling Heracles head first into Tartarus for daring to take his things? Yeah, those are the premium big brother/little brother things I'm looking for.

(Photo. Marie-Lan Ngyuen)

(Photo. Museo Claudio Faina)

Also the one in the Theoi.com archives is a real classic - perfect energy.