#to quote a great game

[meltedhorror]

I always hoped we'd rot together, that the day the earth reclaimed my bones it'd be by the side of you. . . Maybe if I close my eyes and believe enough, it'll come true eventually. . .

[killlurdarlings]

Sherlock | s1 ep3 | The Great Game

[qixjone]

neil looking at andrew threaten someone: my mom said i coudnt date gurls but she said nothing abt guys

[sarnai4]

Gamer Gods

(Ares and Athena are sitting on a sofa. Ares frowns at his controller.)

Ares: Ath, can we play a different game? You've beat me at Connect 4 for 100 times in a row.

Athena (taunting): I don't see why 101 times would make a difference then.

Ares (pouting): I don't like this game anymore.

Athena: What if we played Sudoku?

Ares: No! That's worse! Let's play Mortal Kombat or Soul Calibur.

Athena (cringing): I don't think that's a good idea.

Ares (grinning): Finally afraid you'll lose?

Athena (frowning): You know what, fine. Let's do this.

(Several hours later in immortal time, Zeus walks into the room.)

Zeus (excited): Ooh! A fighting game. I want in.

(Athena sends Ares a look.)

Athena: It's not that fun, Dad.

Zeus: Aw, I bet it's great! I can't believe Ares is actually doing pretty well. I'll play against him.

Ares (ghostly pale): Huh?

(The next game, he and Zeus are on the sofa. The screen shows that Zeus wins.)

Zeus (eyeing him): That's the 3rd time in a row. I feel like you're going easy on me.

Ares (nervously): What? No, of course not.

Zeus (warningly): Ares, I want to really play. You were beating Athena. Give me a challenge.

Ares: A-are you sure?

Zeus: Yes.

Athena (mouthing from behind Zeus): Don't do it.

Zeus (eyes narrowing): Ares, that's an order.

(The next game begins with Ares shaking. It ends with the screen telling Zeus that he lost.)

Zeus (lightning sparkling on him):...

(Ares and Athena make a dash for the door before Zeus can get up.)

Ares (still running): We'll play Sudoku next time.

[nothinggold13]

This is canon, btw.

[deuynndoodles]

[id: a colored, digital drawing of link and marin from link's awakening, drawn back to back. the way it's colored makes it appear surreal and dreamlike. marin stands in front, holding a hand up to her chest, singing with a pleasant smile on her face. she is framed by the light, casting a shadow over link. link is playing her ocarina, glancing over her shoulder to stare at marin with a pensive, sad expression. end id]

the isle of koholint is but an illusion

[coern-art-very-cool-and-nice]

try again?

[p1x1x]

in a desperate conflict, with a ruthless enemy

[ash-657]

Reporter: Do you have a favorite fox?

Abby: No! Of course not! They are all wonderful in their own ways!

——

Reporter: Do you have a favorite fox?

Wymack: Josten

Reporter: Any particular reason?

Wymack: None

[ellies-enrichment]

Ellie & Joel + text posts

[world-of-puppets]

I have conflicted feelings about the FNAF series in general, but seeing a movie where practical animatronic puppets are the primary focus of the film becoming not only financially successful but also well received by general audiences is pretty damn neat.

[vse-kar-vem]

ok so my pet theory about souvenir pop is that bluza & stephanie are both about bojan's relationship with the same character, just at different points in their relationship-- the first song in a moment of passion, and the second in retrospect, with a much more cynical tone. (essay below..)

both songs tell the story of a whirlwind romance, bojan and 'stephanie' becoming instantly taken with each other in a "lightning strike." obvious narritive similarities aside, bojan's past impulsivity and hopeless romanticism shine through in stephanie, as he reminisces that he knew "right from the start." within literally the first 3 lines of bluza, bojan proclaims his devotion to stephanie as his "muse," declaring dramatically "i think i've fallen in love with you." the depth of his emotion ("a stroke or a racing heart") is similarly elaborated on back in stephanie-- it is entirely possible that both occasions of bojan falling head over heels for someone at a gathering in a short amount of time are, in fact, the SAME event.

HERE IS WHERE THE SPECULATION COMES IN. bluza ends, "if the sun rises, i'll be alone," the exact reason for his abandonment left ambiguous. this question is answered in stephanie, as time finally passes-- "the morning came." despite bojan's relentless desperation to stay with stephanie, he is given a reality check, the blunt statement contrasting his emotive laments of the night before. ("the morning" could also be interpreted as the morning after stephanie's friend threw up.. but that's not fun :(.) on that day, she texts him "a photo of a plane"-- a perfect explanation for her absence and bojan's despair in bluza!!!

i believe what bojan so feared in bluza (the growing distance between) dooms their relationship. when they were in the throes of romance, stephanie and bojan "passed kilometers between (them) in a single heartbeat." these metaphorical kilometers materialise into existance by the time of stephanie (song), the titular character now living "about a thousand miles away." there's a sense of irony in that distance, which before had seemed no obstacle (even, in a way, proof of their love) is now a fundamental, bitter fact about stephanie and bojan, their relationship having withered away at least in part due to it.

stephanie ends as bojan repeatedly laments, "love ain't built for people like me." like him, how? one questions. what about him does he believe is so incompatible with the ideas of "love" and "happiness"? while there are hints in stephanie itself, in my opinion, his percieved problem can largely be deciphered in bluza-- "living in yesterday." in both songs, bojan demonstrates a stubborn refusal to look towards the future, to adapt to problems-- and, by proxy, a stubborn refusal to move on from stephanie (or move on in general). in stephanie (song), he copes by drinking away his sorrows. in bluza, while sober, we are offered a more in depth insight into bojan's thought process-- with stephanie, he lived in denial. he pleads desperately, "don't turn the lights on yet," for "just one more moment," completely refusing to engage with the future and what it hold for him and stephanie's relationship. in bluza, bojan deals with changes by simply ignoring what happens after, stephanie's mere departure seeming like a psychological breakup to him. this defeatist attitude after she leaves (more making shit up now) leads to the tragic collapse of their relationship, eventually culminating in stephanie (song), as he keeps "downing drinks to drown tomorrow, and live in yesterday."

ultimately, bluza and stephanie are used to explore the the cycle of bojan's unhealthy coping mechanisms and inability to adapt to change through two different perspectives, then and now. his persisting love for stephanie between the songs acts a through line as we begin to understand his behaviour and thoughts in relation to her.

[thepersonalquotes]

Life is a game of chance. You ought to play the game.

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

[kenobihater]

of all the star wars movies, which of them do y'all 1) enjoy the most 2) consider the best quality and 3) think you've rewatched the most. add your answers in the reblogs or replies, i'm genuinely curious how much of an overlap there is within everyone's three answers. mine don't overlap at all! they're revenge of the sith, empire strikes back, and the force awakens :^)

[yamarts]

𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭.

[thepersonalwords]

Life is a game. We must keep playing the game. The more we play, the more we will understand the game of life.

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind