#to look at it from a new perspective

[msue0027]

Why couldn’t I get into something normal, or at least something with consistent canon? Now I am digging into depths of Whoniverse (and we all know the canon doesn’t exist (it is what you want it to be (a bit like Schrödinger’s canon: it both exists and does not, and a bit like a Young Experiment, different when observed, and in 3 places at the same time))); and I am studying Arthurian legends – where every source gives you different facts. And I’m trying to make sense out of it. And create for those universes. It’s fun. And the greatest torture.

[2hoothoots]

been chatting with a friend who's playing through PN2 again and i want it to be known i will not hear anyone say a WORD about Hollis giving Raz a hard time at the beginning of the game. if anything she is OUTSTANDINGLY accommodating to this random ten-year-old who wandered in unattended off the plane in the middle of an extremely tense situation

[violetspark14]

assigning tarot cards to dgs characters is fun

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[shroomlightruins]

Everyone seems like they re having a terrible time and then theres impulse.

[ri-afan]

Thought posed:

Danny does the college stuff and interning for stuff at Wayne Enterprises while living in Gotham, but he doesn’t catch the Bats attention because he simultaneously is both Just Normal Enough while the Bats are Slightly Out Of Step of normal long enough that things with Danny don’t catch their attention. (Gotham as a whole is a huge ‘well this might as well happen’ place and after however many years…the threshold is a bit off for weirdness. Pair that up with normal Batdrama and role-code-switching and minor things are likely going to be subconsciously overlooked if not clocked as Dangerous.)

(Does Danny know the Bats’ IDs? … He would deny it if asked. Not his circus business though. He does think it’s smart that they at least try to cover their faces, unlike when he played the hero. He meets Clark before Superman and feels like he’s on the Office or something.)

Danny moves on with the astro-stuff (whether an astronaut, an astrophysicist, or whatever else) in another city and catches the attention of another hero as Not Normal, What’s Up With That Guy?? (two parts coincidence, one part Danny’s willingness to trust for the better, one part Uncanny) and they track his history to Gotham/WE and decide to ask the Batclan if they knew anything.

They find out nothing really is wrong with Danny (…the JLD was not called or conferred with, unfortunately for all) but it does spark the reeducation refresher of the Gotham Clan for Human Weirdness (that also educated the rest in just how messed up Gotham can be).

[spinjitsuburst]

watching secrets of the forbidden spinjitzu while i get some stuff done and i like to think wu's overly harsh vibe at the beginning of the season is him trying to reclaim SOME sense of authority after his ninja literally had to raiSE HIM FROM A CHILD GFDHKJGKJ

[crafteeauthor]

Actually no I've been thinking about ep 1 (specifically Edwin interrogating Meatball) a lot and yeah if I was TCK I'd genuinely be livid. Meatball's lucky to be alive; if Esther knew he had spilled she 100000% would have killed him, and she wouldn't have any real reason to stop there since cats don't get missing posters and police investigations. If I was in charge of a glaring of less than 200 cats and some twink mugged one of my citizens for info that could get my Whole Kingdom Fucking Killed (or at least one member which is already too many) I'd do way more than slap a bracelet on him are you kidding

[onsecondthoughtno]

Begin?

[onlylove4louis]

This scene! This scene is STILL at the forefront of my mind... "Like a parrot, or an organ monkey... or a BUFFOON!"

The way I absolutely ascended during this scene 🙌🏽

As a longtime hardcore book fan/nerd, this entire interaction was so utterly satisfying... it's definitely wearing the crown, for my all time favorite scene of this entire season. So far.

But other than Santiago learning what it means to 'fuck around and find out' with Mr. Du Lac, AND Armands power flex

There are so many things that went on here, that I want to talk about...

First, I want to point out that this is one of those moments that shows, pretty blatantly, that Louis doesn't interact with this coven, for Armand.

It's Claudia that has him here. He's here for Claudia, to spend time with Claudia. And this moment, regardless of how it's erased by certain viewers, other than to make the claim that Claudia is "mocking" Louis here, humoring him like you would a child (okay Jan 🙄)... this little snapshot moment between them, is really wholesome. And shows that regardless of the circumstance they're still family, they still love eachother, they still enjoy eachothers company. But back to the beginning, if Claudia wasn't here, Louis would not be here. This gorgeous woman right here, the apple of his eye, is why Louis is here at all:

So Louis and Claudia are huddled together at the end of the table, on the literal corner of it. And Louis is excitedly telling Claudia about the art, artist, his photography, etc. Basically telling her about his engagement in human affairs. He's clearly not interacting with this coven at all, and even is turned to just Claudia.

Which segways right into my next few parts of this, that I noticed/paid attention too... First, I can't for the life of me understand why they're all even here. They're all just sitting around this table basically in contempt and disdain, with only drinks in front of them that no one is really touching, because they can't enjoy it like humans can. They're not really talking to eachother, other than the catty 'mean girls' huddled together in the other corner. They only really even engage with Armand to tattle on eachother and fight like children. They're barely even moving. Like statues...

And then you have Louis over there at the corner, talking and laughing and smiling, with Claudia. Exclaiming and moving with his words, using his hands and body to articulate the emotion he feels. Passionate and alive. Being a perfect juxtaposition for the vast difference between Vampires and Humans. The humanity that he still retains just bleeds out of him, leaving him to perfectly blend into their surroundings while the other Vampires sit at the same table, just horribly out of place here. And it's exactly why, this is happening:

Because among so many other things that this man, and this coven is jealous of, when it comes to Louis. It's that he is simply not "one of" them. He is 'other', he is too different. Unrecognizable to them and therefore unacceptable by them. It's the case of the ugly duckling. He was only "ugly" because he was surrounded by those who were not the same as him. Too different to be "beautiful" to them, to different to be allowed to just BE.

And Claudia is not innocent in this either. It's the distain she carries towards his photographs, the insult and mockery she levies at him any time she brings up his camera or his photography. The previous anger she expressed at him "carrying on" with the humans in Europe... completely oblivious to why it may matter to him. Why he's so comfortable around them, why he fits in so well with them.

To different to be allowed, to just BE. Too human to be one of them.

Which falls right into the next thing I noticed and both laughed at then immediately hurt my feelings about... Armand, is not having a good time at all here. Just not at all. And seeing as how this is some time after he again tried to plead, pressure and finally manipulate Louis into coming "around" more. Me thinks this may have been Armands demand of the coven in an attempt to do something that would put Louis more at ease, in order to get him to attend. Just be there. In a space that Armand also doesn't want to be, but has to be.

'You won't come to the theatre and watch these disturbing ass "weird" plays, you wont join in on blood sabbath. You won't hunt with us... so maybe, if we do something more human you'll come'. And it works, except... only Louis comes for Claudia, not Armand. He sits next to Claudia, not Armand. He engages and opens up, and shares passionately with Claudia, not Armand. So Armand won the time and the effort, but not the presence or attention.

But I could be totally wrong, and this could just be something they do every once and awhile, just as a coven.

But what I'm wanting to point out or focus on is that as they're all regarding Louis with annoyance, disgust, disdain, resentment, jealousy, etc. Armand is sitting there falling in love. Being drawn in by the light and life that's just pulsing out of this man. He's actively trying to be part of this engagement, this interaction, while still being left so out of it. He's watching Louis, and minutely reacting to what Louis' saying, almost as if he's pretending Louis is talking to him instead. Even smiles adoringly at him, when he manages to catch Louis' eye. But when Louis doesn't return the smile, Armands drops as well... And it's like he realizes he's standing out in the cold rain, looking in through the window at a blazing fireplace with warm light. While a loving family sits around a table to eat and enjoy eachothers company. Life and light, that he simply can't access.

This is a visualization of what Assad was referring to, when he says that Armand sees a "light" in Louis, he doesn't know what it is but he wants it. I think it's also a visualization of Louis humanity, his human heart. When watered and fed, and given the space to BREATHE, it just comes out of him, and infects everything around it. Something that I think typically dies in Vampires when they're turned. Either immediately or overtime. (side note: because again I always hurt my own feelings... I think it's what died in Claudia when Charlie burned. And it's also something that can't be extinguished in Lestat)

One last thing I want to point out here, because there's so many things you can talk about. But I'm trying not to write a novel every single time I post about this show 😅... But I think it's this moment, experiencing Armands power firsthand, that Claudia realizes how foolish it was, to think Armand was "safe" simply because he wasn't white. After Armand scolds them both for this; "If you want to act like fledglings do it in darkness", then he lets go of everyone's mind, and Louis storms out completely ignoring Armand and anyone else entirely. But he stops at Claudia, and Claudia only, asks if she's "okay". And only when she nods, does he snatch up his shit and leave. Claudia is clearly shook to her core, terrified, doesn't know what the fuck just happened. It had to have been like a cup of cold water to the face. Like woman please WAKE UP you're in DANGER here. But it's the fact that he actually stopped to ask her if she was okay, literally giving her yet another chance at an OUT (at least of that situation) when he hadn't a care in the world to check in on anyone else there. Even Armand.

There are so many times when I wish Claudia would just say "you were right, lets get the hell out of here" or "I changed my mind, I don't want to be here anymore", or literally any other version of it. But she doesn't. At this moment I had to hit pause and just scream in frustration (not literally, it was 4 in the morning, or 6... I can't remember. But it was too early to be actually screaming). Because I don't care what anyone says, if she actually said "No. Get me out of here" or "No, I want to leave too". They 100% would have left that restaurant together. Because while she subjected herself to the governing will/rule of this coven master, via becoming an official member of his coven. And therefore would not be as free to leave, Louis did not. And if she left with him, Armand would not have done a thing about it. Just like he didn't do anything about Louis completely ignoring his command and walking out. Armand wouldn't have picked that battle right there, in front of the coven, with Louis. I just wish she said "no" took his hand, and they both just walked out of there. Even if it was just for this singular occasion.

[unteriors-in-house-flipper-2]

how do you get the angle & fov so close to the original!! is it just trial & error or do you superimpose the photo atop the game somehow

recently ive been tracing the outlines of the rooms in Clip Studio Paint, and then capturing both CSP and the game in OBS and changing the blending mode for CSP to multiply!

i use CSP's perspective ruler tool to find the horizon in the reference picture and then compare it with any doors in the image (theyre very consistently 2m tall) to find the height at which the photo was taken, and then make a little platform in the game so the pov is at the same height

i then trial and error the approximate position by putting down square tiles and lining it up with the floor in the picture. i'll then build up the walls (theyre usually around 2.5m tall, so i just make them 13 blocks/2.5m tall and use the resizable cube to get the ceiling to the right height). then i do even more trial and error to find the FOV, focusing on matching the angle of vertical lines near the sides of the screen.

i use a kitchen cabinet inner corner piece to "save" my position, i'll back into it to get to the exact same spot every single time. i'll also place a small item (usually a clothing hook) on the wall on the spot my cursor needs to be so i can always face the right way!

often the images have to be rotated very slightly for the horizon to be perfectly horizontal. i'll always note down by how many degrees, and when i'm cropping the final screenshot to the correct aspect ratio i'll also rotate it to match :)

[peachyfnaf]

Happy birthday to meee .D.

Because I'm the most nuerotypical person on the planet, to celebrate I drew my favorite guys and Me!!! im not the best at lineless but i think it came out cute enough

i was going to have like a whole sappy yap added onto this but i realized it was long and melodramatic enough for that to have a post of its own so. idk if u wanna see that look out for That post ig sdfjkhds

[hexados-on-a-string]

ghosts can't haunt ghosts silly, must be your mistakes then !

[beforetimes]

just something so crazy about it. you spend years of your life chasing after half-written happy endings you know you're not meant to have, but take a chance on anyway. just because you find a penny lying heads-up on the same chilly dusk evening you've found out you're in love with your best friend: luck is telling you against the odds that there will be sprawls of life grown from gravel in the wake of this. only for all those things to fall to the wayside, dried leaves marking the grave of an old-but-not-forgotten dead garden. something or other about how the past fades but never disappears. you try to clear away withered old roses and thorns for a touch of new life and get so wrapped up in the scent of flora that you don't notice things have never really changed; not until you start to pay attention to the crunch of dead leaves under your feet under the summer sun. 

[mc-tummy-blur]

It probably gets lonely up there

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[rawliverandgoronspice]

sorry I'm having thoughts because I haven't slept and when I don't sleep I have thoughts....................

I was thinking about Canon Suave Ganondorf again, and... I think what bothers me, beyond everything discussed, is that... it's not characterization? Like for example take Girahim, which I would argue is also a Sexy Villain. Him being a Sexy Villain is 1) a key factor of his presentation and double-edged creepiness, 2) has kind of a lot to do with his literal objectification and 3) is completely played as such, and Girahim himself has a lot of fun with his own theatrics. I don't mind Sexy Villains, they are a lot of fun and they can even be quite meaningful!

So I am not against Sexy Ganondorf by default. I feel like, if played honestly and not ashamed of its own conceit, it could be genuinely interesting! But I find kind of offputting that his sexualization happens almost exclusively extradiegetically. It's the camera leering, it's the clothes that, while really pretty and cool and interesting, do not actually inform us much about the character wearing them on screen, the behind-the-scenes tidbits that are just... not represented within the world of the game... And so, to me, where Girahim lands somewhere on the Bayonetta scale, TotK Ganon is kind of landing... I don't know, somewhere near "skimpy outfit worn by a character that would never wear something like this if given the choice, and the world doesn't ever question why she would and what that says about her"? I don't know if that makes sense, but, yeah. If you want him to seduce everyone, then. Do that. Make him active. Make him own that weird trait you decided to give him all of a sudden.

But again, given the game is deeply uninterested in Ganon as a person, but very interested as Ganon as an antagonistic object, it does end up feeling weirdly objectifying in that regard too.

[finexbright]

i am honestly so in awe of how when louis first announced the away from home festival, he did it completely for free and the logistics of handling that must've been insane and now, he's been able to take it to two entirely different countries, on different continents and the venue he has now is literally four times bigger than the first time. this time next year he'll either be doing a full blown 80k capacity venue or doing a proper weekend festival and it honestly fascinates me how when louis puts his mind to something, he never half arses it, he gives his all to it and it always soars so high