#torches are in the right

[gale-gentlepenguin]

Studio Ghibli films writing is mid. It’s never awful, but it is never better than good. Its writing has equal misses than hits. We just forget that because the animation slaps

[scattered-under-moonlight]

Deadpool and Wolverine (2024)

[afterthelambs]

i adore Maruki as a character because he's simultaneously the most relatable depressing character that will make you cry with empathy, and the goofiest wettest cat loser in the game like what do you mean youre a licensed therapist and your first response to trauma is to brainwash a girl, project ur relationship issues onto a 17 yr old boy, and then rule the world in a golden leotard? bro went from 0 to 100 so fast??? anyway he's like 30% of the reason why p5r works as well as it does

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Sally is the real neighborhood Rizzler... you all know i'm right...

[mustasekittens]

buddie spideytorch | brainworms and f4 suit by @izzyzzart | part 2 | more

[kikker-oma]

[brainrotcharacters]

It's hilarious how the visceral adoration Wade felt for Captain America was equaled only by the visceral hatred he felt for Johnny Storm

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Besties can't enable pvp on each other, right?

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[bakudekublogblog]

izuku didn’t just have to see katsuki’s dead body, he also had to see the fucking all might card right next to him. physical proof that katsuki always had a tender spot in his heart for izuku and their childhood together. evidence that katsuki fucking LOVED HIM THIS WHOLE TIME and now it’s TOO LATE. it’s actually so devastatingly romantic and fucking tragic. izuku really only finds out katsuki loved him all along when he thinks he’s lost him forever.

[tigerfancy]

tHaT wAs ThE wOrSt TaKe On ClAsS cOnCiOuSnIoUs I'vE eVeR sEeN, eMerAlD fEnNelL iS pOsH aNd ThE FiLm HaD nO bAcKbOne

bestie, idk who lied to you, but that film was never meant to be an eat the rich film. there is a huge difference between messaging and setting and I am begging everyone to understand that.

[spineless-lobster]

OH MY GOD okay so I just watched the little snippet of King, right? The one where the suitors are hiding as odysseus slaughters them all? One line in particular stood out to me

“Keep your head down! He’s aiming for the torches!”

And you know how in Scylla he lit up the six torches and had eurylochus hand them out to his men so scylla would eat them? Yeah…

The line “we are the same you and I” is hitting me even harder now

[lesbianredpanda]

They legit just put a bisexual threesome in the Paris Olympics opening ceremonies huh. Love wins 🏳️‍🌈

[ssruis]

Wrt the people talking about the new set as fan service: my initial reaction was also “oh cute” & moving on, but after carefully reading the full arguments of the people who found it distasteful, I agree with their points. I’d normally link or post screenshots of the points made, but since the Prsk fanbase apparently is jumping people over this on twt I don’t feel comfortable doing that. To summarize and add some of my own explanation:

> everything in gacha games is fan service, which doesn’t have to necessarily mean it’s sexual - ode for the pure of heart featuring rui/touya (popular with female audience) looking very princely was fan service. The white day knight/fantasy theming is fan service (popular & well loved aesthetic). Fantasia squad was fan service for the players who like the male characters, etc etc.

> I don’t feel like arguing about all of the cards, so I’ll just point out what bothers me about the most egregious example (Rin’s card)

When considering art, you have to consider the deliberate choices the artist made, and what messages they are trying to get across with the atmosphere they have created.

Why choose the maid aesthetic? Why make these cards a player pov? Why choose framing that (using the grid composition, contrast and lighting from the window, the way lines direct the eye) makes the points of interest and emphasis Rin’s face *and* butt? Why choose that pose, with Rin looking over her shoulder, with a surprised expression and prominent blush? Why is the posing reminiscent of art of vintage pin up girls (or any other similar art movement)?

It’s male gaze. The answer is male gaze.

The male gaze is often just associated with overt sexualization, but that’s an overly simplified definition. The male gaze can also be portraying women in positions of servitude (most often within the home), emphasizing body curves (even through clothes), voyeuristic povs, emphasizing cuteness/demure-ness/shyness, etc. It’s about the (assumed male) viewer having power over the female subject.

Rin is cleaning, the light from the window heavily highlights her butt, the framing of window itself specifically draws the eye from her head to her back to her butt using contrasting colors/light/point of interest, the parallel lines in the piece direct your eyes down her body (Japanese audience, reading image from right to left). If the emphasis was on the action she is doing, rather than her body, the light source and brightest colors would be on the other side of the image, the duster would be brighter, as would the objects/set pieces she’s interacting with.*

Sexualization/male gaze isn’t restricted to the very obvious “woman sexy posing in a bikini” image, and having that viewpoint will only serve to limit the ways you understand art and artist intention. It’s similar to taking “all art is political” to mean “all art is either republican or democrat” and responding “well that’s stupid and you’re stupid.” You’re missing the point.

I’m a little disappointed the knee jerk reaction here seems to be “you’re wrong and you’re actually a freak who sexualizes minors for pointing this out” here, especially because the point of calling this out is to say that it’s distasteful to do a card like this for a character who is, despite not having a canon age, pretty much portrayed as younger than the main cast (making her 15 or younger).

Nobody is saying “this set sucks you can’t like it if you like it you’re problematic and project sekai should be cancelled forever”, it’s just something to keep in mind. You don’t have to agree with the argument, but acting like anyone pointing this out is insane isn’t fair or justified.

> also just as a side note: maid cafés have a pretty long history of sexualization, with the emphasis/appeal of having power over the workers and them being your servant while dressed cute. I don’t entirely think this set was going for a maid café look, but I do think it’s something to be mindful of.

> *it’s a little hard to articulate/explain this, and my knowledge on how much the average person knows about stuff like this is skewed due to my own education in art/art history/design/etc. If you find this confusing, I’m willing to explain more in detail and specifically point out what I’m talking about.

> I have a different post on the taisho/daisho romance elements, which is an entirely different discussion, so I’m not bringing that up here.

[onscarlitos]

Tuned into the interview and cried because Rafa and Carlitos 🥺

And OFC it wouldn’t be a Carlos interview without him calling Jannik “the best in the world at least for me”

[felucians]

I have scoured the depth of the internet and discovered there are no fanfics of Gambit/Reader/Human Torch for Deadpool and Wolverine and I am personally very shocked at this because was I the only one crushing on Johnny Storm when I was younger?

[velvetcake96]

If Clancy actually died trying to win against Nico, I will fucking cry. Because that means he was starved of food/sleep for a year, almost drowned at sea, almost froze to death, found freedom and friendship… all to die right before he got his true freedom. It actually shows the sad reality of a person who has extreme mental conditions, how it seems like they’re finally getting better and getting on top of it, just to lose their fight. I also think about the Torchbearer, did he know that he was basically leading Clancy to his death. He cared about him to the point where they had a handshake (I count the handshake as canon) keep an eye on him to makes sure he stays alive, all of that to lead him to his death. “When our fingers touch I feel my way back home” even if it isn’t supposed to be romantic, even if it’s strictly platonic, they have a special bond, one that always has Clancy trusting the Torchbearer, and Torch always coming back for Clancy. All of that, just for him to die. Like you play support for someone who is sick, who’s fighting their battle, you give your all in helping them, just for them to give in when there was so much hope. Do I think that’s what’s being hinted at, not really but would I put it above Joseph… No I wouldn’t.

Anyway, if he does end up dying the AU possibilities will be amazing.