#truly heartbroken

[weregonnabecoolbeans]

The Bad Batch Finale Spoilers Below

You have been warned!

Part 1/? of my The Bad Batch series finale thoughts

Final warning! If you care about spoilers for the series finale of the bad batch...Scroll away!!

I am kinda devastated about Tech now. But I still kinda believe he was that brainwashed clone.

like try to convince me that wasn't just space winter soldier i might just be too obsessed with bucky barnes and projected a little too much but C'mon!

I also cannot stop thinking about Crosshair saying that Clone Force 99 died with Tech.

[pursuecrazylife]

All I wanted to know was if Daniel and Elliot are real or not! Is that too much to ask, Netflix?! Was Daniel the world’s most dedicated husband, or a program?

I need answers, and in a world that’s breaking apart I just want to watch my silly little emotional support shows without having to be scared that if I fall too much in love with a show it will leave and get cancelled, because I already have that in real life, so FUCK YOU, NETFLIX! 

[nicholasnelsons]

if you think that you are entitled to know a celebrity’s sexuality, block me. if you think you are entitled to know anyone’s sexuality, block me. if you constantly throw around the word queerbait when you don’t even know what that word is, block me. if you think real people with real lives and real feelings are capable of queerbaiting, block me. if you think that you are owed something just because you are a fan of a certain piece of media or actor in the spotlight, block me. and also fuck you

[livelaughlovepedri]

6ràcies Xavi for loving this club like no one else, my legend forever ❤️‍🩹

[saltwaterconfessions]

okay idk how many of y'all also like murderbot but im sure there's at least a few of you. apple tv is doing a series with alexander skarsgård executive producing and starring. and i am very excited to see a TV show adaptation, i think it could be so good. im gonna tell my dad to watch it. at the same time, i am genuinely sad murderbot is going to be played by a white man. literally ANYBODY could have been murderbot. truly actually anybody. and im not surprised in the least, but i am disappointed. and like. if the Very Clearly Not White characters get whitewashed, im going to be FURIOUS. i really do hope it's going to be good but im braced for less than good.

[chirpsythismorning]

Some of the evidence supporting Mike not being in love with El is brutal. No, but seriously.

In s3, when El's leg is injured, instead of Mike putting his arm around her waist, allowing him to take some of the weight off her injured leg, he puts his arm around her shoulder, basically having the exact opposite affect of taking the weight off of her, instead just adding more weight for her to have to carry.

Now, I’m not coming at Mike here, I’m actually coming at the writers, because this choice here has everything to do with them using this gesture to signal Mike’s lack of feelings for El, even at the expense of realism.

I say this bc any person with common sense, including Finn and everyone around him and Millie filming these shots, would've known it looked unnatural for Mike to be adding more weight onto El as opposed to taking some off of her.

This means that what Mike did here, Finn was directed to do, and therefore it was for a specific reason.

And we know they could have easily made the opposite choice, because they show us Max AND Lucas doing it.

See how putting an arm around El's waist looks so much more natural? Because homegirl is injured and clearly needs help taking weight off her leg to qualm some of the pain she's experiencing there, which is why Max and Lucas are shown here doing it the correct way.

And so, why can't Mike do the same? Why are the writers making a point to show Mike being incapable of simply taking some weight off of El, instead doing the exact opposite?

I don't think it's as deep as Mike not being able to do something intimate, and that's bc, again we see Max and Lucas doing it.

I honestly think what they're trying to convey with this choice here, is that Mike thinks he's helping El, when he is in fact doing the opposite despite his best efforts. The implications of that and how that sort of aligns with their romantic relationship and what it leads to at the end of s3, going into s4, is pretty spot on.

I do think Mike thinks he's doing the right thing by being with El instead of voicing any doubts at the end of s3, because he is under the assumption that she is in love with him. I do think he believes he is indebted to her and that this is the least he can do after everything they've been through together, which has mostly been riddled with romantic pressures and so continuing that instead of disputing it seems like the only option anyways. Not to mention, he does care for her deeply, so it's not hard to imagine that he's a teenage boy confusing deep care for love (he literally tells us this is his problem when he can only say care and not love to El's face... but that's a whole other conversation).

Still, when it's all said and done, Mike's not actually doing El any favors by being with her romantically, if that is not what he truly wants.

Because that's the sad truth about all of this, which is that you would never want someone to be with you just because you want them. If you knew that they truly couldn't have those feelings for you, you'd want to know, right? You don't deserve someone just because you have deep feelings for them. And I think there's so many layers to this idea, bc many people are capable of not giving Byler a chance bc they truly believe Mike could never return Will's feelings. Will also feels this way atp, so though it hurts, he rips the band aid off, because he would never want Mike to be with him just out of pity or something. No one would want that. And so it all really comes down to who Mike truly loves romantically and wants to be with. And the right thing to do, even if it hurts someone, is to be honest, because being with them just bc you think that will make them happy is never going to be enough if you aren't truly feeling it, or worse, feel it for someone else.

We see how Mike's inability to be honest with El at the end of s3, leads to a season of Mike feeling deeply insecure and undeserving of the love El has to offer him, and even though he does try, he always comes up short. Despite Mike putting up this front that they are the perfect couple, the details are telling us something is off. And it gives him away.

Another example that I think is very similar to this loaded gesture from Mike to El in s3, is the scene in s4 when they hug in the airport.

Common sense ppl, picture this: You're reuniting with your long distance girlfriend. Then suddenly, she runs up to you, with her arms wide open, and instead of opening your arms wide to embrace her properly, you take the bouquet of flowers you brought her as a gift, and shove them against your chest just as she approaches to hug you, effectively squishing the present you got for her (a pretty delicate present at that) for no reason other than to... what exactly?

Like?? El isn't even squishing the present Mike, she's trying to hug you, dude! Your gf is trying to hug you properly and you threw the gift you got for her in between you so you could throw in a careful! x3??

Again, this has less to do with Mike's thoughts and reasoning behind this gesture in a literal sense, and more to do with the simple fact that this is a narrative choice! Mike is not a real person! There are real people sitting down and writing this and actors are having to do multiple takes to act it out. What feels natural for a situation is going to be what is often chosen 9 times out of 10, because of realism and wanting the audience to see stuff happening that is believable. That 1 time though, when it's not being done the way it would usually be, is usually because there's a specific reason for it.!

So the question really is, not why is Mike doing this, but why are the writers having Mike do this, and what message are they trying to convey about Mike's feelings based on his behavior, in these moments where he's just not capable of committing to El genuinely, one way or another?

[phantombirds]

Track: Songbird

Artist: Fleetwood Mac

Album: Rumours (1977)

“That was a strange little baby, that one. I woke up in the middle of the night and the song just came into my head. I got out of bed, played it on the little piano I have in my room, and sang it with no tape recorder. I sang it from beginning to end: everything. I can't tell you quite how I felt; it was as if I'd been visited - it was a very spiritual thing.”

— Christine McVie (1943-2022)

Rest in peace, Songbird. Thank you. 🕊️❤️

[quetzalpapalotl]

It's funny how I was super skeptical of TF One until the shippers that got to see it already said that megop real* and my tune completely changed to "omg movie of the year, I can't wait to see it". Goes to show that I have no standards, no pride, no dignity, there's only megop in my heart.

[yume-fanfare]

oshi no ko s2 is like the best thing ive ever watched im absolutely devastated

[dollrelicz]

❝ It's called love ♡ ❞

reqs : CLOSED ( 2 / 4 ) 〜 do kyu daily clicks !! ♡ ( psd by pinkmiku )

whitelist : pjsk ⌞ any rhythm game in general ⌝ hoyoverse media 、wuwa 、akiyama's work 、pink characters ⌞ this is what we like 2 edit most !! ⌝ 、any media we are comfortable editing / thats not on the blacklist

blacklist : problematic medias , irl people , viziepop's work , lolicon / shotacon medias , south park , proships / comships , countryhumans , boyfriends webtoons , other medias kyu'll usually find in a blacklist ,  media i feel uncomfy doing

credits : banner inspo - @murcuor icon frame - @doveish

[kingofanemptyworld]

SANADA!!

you know I’d forgotten about this but I truly adore the admiration the yakushi first years have for their seniors. especially tomobe in regards to sanada. like tomobe is… a little off-putting given his choice of reading material in public, but this is such a sweet gesture from him. and they all believe so strongly in Sanada’s talent!!!!!

in other news the yakushi vs. ichidaisan game is up next and I am Not Ready 🙃

[katieshook02]

“Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

You were bigger than the whole sky

You were more than just a short time”

[newyawkbeauty]

Rip to my grandfather 🥺👼🏾

[sqlmn]

Unfortunately for everyone involved, Brent doesn't understand the concept of being bought a joke, like, why would someone SPEND MONEY on a joke? Since Karen's his friend and bought him a shirt, he's like. Legally obligated to wear it at least once... ? Probably?

So while he suffers over the idea of wearing it and not wanting to wear it at work he eventually would wear it and Karen would suffer the fact she needs to actually not try to joke too much in a teasing way if it's gonna be Treated Seriously. Right suffering from being gay because oh, Brent looks nice in color. (Chris would find out about it at work that he missed Brent in color and just stares at Karen because she is an absolute menace how did she manage that.)

[siflshonen]

Katsuki Bakugo, I miss you so much.

[deadtwinksdetectiveagency]

I'm so gutted that I'm literally writing a poem about how gutted I am

I haven't written poetry in like. a dozen years