#thought post

[sleeplessv0id]

is it just me, or does anyone else feel like a spectator to their own life?

[chronicsyd]

I've seen people say it seems "cheap" to have Vander come back as Warwick (like the whole "just let him die" argument and all) and on that take... I have to disagree. Because it seems like the purpose of Vander Was for him to become Warwick. like it doesn't seem like a "ohhh it would be cool and he has a past with Jinx and Vi anyways" idea that just spurred out of nowhere, it seems more like a deliberate decision on the writers parts of having Vander Become this, like that was their entire game plan for him, if that makes sense. and with people calling him things like "Hound of the Underground" when he was alive just furthers my thought process on that.

They just needed more of a... connection between the three of them than they already have established in game. Because in game there's just simple dialogue that had fans connecting those dots; but there wasn't anything Too concrete about it. However, in the show he was their surrogate dad, so it's more emotional When he becomes Warwick (because they aren't having him become this and then Not having him have a scene with Vi at the very least like come On! Chekov's gun and all that...)

I've also seen people strangely upset over the lack of tied ends after the S1 finale. to me the entire season was for Building the conflict of the prospect of war between Piltover and Zaun (like they have the idea just budding during Act 1 and after the time skip in Acts 2&3 it just gets worse and worse until it eventually just blows up). And S2 seems to be focusing about showing the answers to the questions that were left after Jinx blew up the Capitol and showing the actual war itself between the two. I mean, the specificalities are still left Very much in the dark because Arcane does what it does best with that teaser of answering Some shit and telling us Absolutely nothing at the same time...

(Also i mean it's not like this is the first time a show has left on a cliffhanger that leaves the audience with a bunch of questions and almost no answers)

[monstersholygrail]

You are literally trying to kill us by too much horny ily so much for it.

It is my favorite form of torture :3

[damagederudite]

I just had a thought, but what if Shiv acts harshly to Gerri because Gerri was the one who was there.

She has issues with her mother, Caroline was not around in her teen years and she was never affectionate, but Gerri was always there. Even if she wasn’t there for Shiv, she was always physically there in the later years when Caroline wasn’t even in the same country as her. And, to make matters worse, Gerri had her own children - two daughters - who must be somewhere around Shiv’s age.

Shiv can take out the anger she felt towards Caroline on Gerri as a surrogate mother. She is displacing all that rebellious energy and hurt from her youth. Is it fair on Gerri? No. But I think Gerri accepts it to some extent.

She has kicked her and she probably won’t come back but she is there, and that’s enough for Shiv to take her anger out on.

Nothing about it is healthy but no relationship in Succession appears to be, certainly not the staff’s (primarily Gerri’s) relationship with the family as they always appear to come before their own families or even their existence outside of their staff to do their beck and call.

[storkofyore]

I’m going to be honest, I did not foresee my “not all men” fellowship post reaching the popularity that it did. If popular you might call it, of course. That was, one might say, not on my 2024 bingo card.

[like-sands-of-time]

Wilson loves that House only truly loves him and his company. He loves that House tolerates his employees or cuddy or the other hospital staff, finds them amusing at times and annoying at others, but he always comes back to him, wilson. He loves that all he has to do to get House's attention is make him notice something different, even the slightest thing. House is the opposite of every man on the planet, because he notices when Wilson gets a haircut, when he switches soaps or colognes. Wilson likes making a scene to get House's attention, likes seeing how far he goes just to figure out what could possibly be different. He feels important, needed, but also wanted.

He likes that House just sort of looks at him quietly when he's talking, and there's the faintest hint of a smile on his lips, but it's mostly in his eyes. Everything about House can be figured out from his eyes. When he's really mad, or frustrated, or fond, Wilson can read his eyes even when his body or his words contradict himself. He likes that he's the only one who can do that. Wilson knows that House is actually very easily amused, but he doesn't want other people knowing that because it destroys his reputation as cold and heartless. Wilson likes that he's the only one that gets to see all of that, unreserved.

He likes House's abrasiveness, bluntness, and inability to follow a normal social contract. He likes that even though House goes out of his way to make Cuddy feel good about herself in her outfits, and he comments on his fellows' looks sometimes, that Wilson is the one he can't take his eyes off of, either when he's in the same room listening, talking, or when he's walking away and House doesn't know Wilson knows he's staring. He likes how good and desirable that makes him feel after so long of knowing each other, that House still picks him.

He likes that House, for as long as they've been living and working in Plainsboro together, has regularly bought them tickets to shows, ranging from monster trucks to the opera, anything the both of them will enjoy. He likes that House just pays for it, doesn't ever say anything about it being a favor that should be repaid. And in turn Wilson buys their lunches, because he likes that House spends the entire time leaned forward so he can reach his hand across and steal food. It gives him an even closer view of House's beautiful blue eyes. He likes when their legs brush together, or their feet tangle under the table. It's silly and juvenile and it's exactly the sort of thing House knows he likes.

He likes that House cares for him as much as Wilson cares for House. It's not equal, it'll never be split 50/50 because House will need help for the rest of his life with his leg and sometimes his insomnia is so bad he can't help his mood swings, but at the end of the day House is there for Wilson whenever he needs him. House is the only one who sees Wilson for every good and bad thing, and still chooses him. No one else sees that, but Wilson does. He can never explain why they're actually perfect together, someone so cold and aloof with someone so emotive and sympathetic.

[piece-of-pierce]

I’ve come to the understanding that not enough people know the two overarching ways to engage in fandom.

The first is to engage in what is presented in Canon. This is focusing more on what the source material has already given us. Using Batman IP as an example, since that’s one of the main things I interact with on this blog, that would be studying the grittiness, the darkness, the distrust and crime and fear and anger and grief that are all so omnipresent in every version of Batman. Or, as another well-known example, this would be the My Little Pony fancontent that focuses on the themes of friendship, interpersonal relationships, (found) family, and overall positive themes.

The other method is to explore what isn’t mentioned in canon. Exploring the aspects of canon that don’t get enough attention or or any attention in the source material. For Batman, that’s the emergence of the Batfam and Wayne Family Adventures. For MLP, that’s the notorious presence of all those horror fics and MLP having their own genre of CreepyPastas. Something so extremely removed from canon and yet fundamental within the MLP fandom. The Batfam taking a similar role in the Batman fandom, both to the point of being a subfandom of their own. These are extreme examples, but that extremity is what makes them well known.

The reason I care to explain the two types of fandom interaction is because I’ve been seeing FAR too much argument from both sides against the other kind. Type 1 may argue that there’s no point in focusing on something not in canon, because it may as well be an original work at that point, or because it wasn’t focused on for a reason. Type 2 might say that there’s no use rehashing what was already in canon.

The issue is Both Forms Of Fandom are valid. Not only that. They’re both necessary! If people didn’t get into the details of Batman’s grittiness, then the IP never would’ve been popular enough for the fandom to continue growing and eventually turn to the Batfam. If nobody decided to throw the Ponies into terrible gruesome situations, MLP Gen 4 never would’ve gained the notoriety it had, drawing more attention to the positive fics as well simply because there was more traffic in the MLP fandom space.

My thoughts ran out but that’s what I’ve got.

[limbobilbo]

Currently contemplating if making youtube videos where I just explain my various worldbuilding projects in depth would allow me to get my much needed ‘ranting about my lore to people’ catharsis.

[xx-stark-xx]

I could just…recast these bitches fr

[caseynotjoness]

just wanted to share a quick little something: yall might be inflating my ego too muchHFHDJFJ.

when i first started "seriously" posting my art online back in 2018/2019 ish, i was posting it on instagram. the instagram algorithm, as it was back then, was already trash, but it's only gotten worse over the years. my reach there, currently, is pretty much zero. not that im too bothered by it, but i'd like to reach, engage with, and inspire more people than just my inner circle of mutuals, yknow.

posting there now feels futile, compared to here, 'cause looking at the tags in the reblogs on some of my art makes me feel like what im making is actually worth it??? numbers aren't everything, that much is true, however i think a lot of us will understand its nice to be seen and truely be appreciated for the stuff you put out, even if its once in a blue moon. but since those kind messages gave me a bit more confidence, i MIGHT (might) post here more frequently than that.

thank you, peace 🫶🫶

[sleeplessv0id]

my favorite part about smoking, aside from the getting high part, is watching the smoke as I exhale it. It's a different kind of peace, watching the smoke dance. It's freer than I could ever dream of being.

[unidentifiedlyingobject]

I feel pretty but also not feminine and I want more of this

[poetbluebee]

I wish I can fly, like a Tinkerbell in the sky. Ariel's underwater dive, glass slippers wearing hype. let me turn beast into a prince, till the last Petal drop. Just wanna do the things, what Disney once taught.

[xx-spookyb-xx]

I both love and hate rewatching Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Like, why do I want to give my dad another chance rn? In other news Carrie and Bruce make me feel things and I don’t like it. I just want healthy fatherly affection, is that too much to ask?

(Not to say that Bruce doesn’t also…fail on the fatherly or even healthy side of things, even in main continuity, but he has his moments.)

[ethel-stuff]

I think I’m about to do a art style reset- m a y b e