#unpopular opinion maybe

[luuxxart]

something something two sides of the same coin

twt doodles (in a more chronological order than before) below the cut:

[rayfishandchips]

I know mtmte Drift has all the tragic backstory™ and loads of character development (trauma) but seriously the Drift that set off on an adventure with Roddy is cute. Like in the first few issues he's just like that. No mention of tragic backstory yet, seemed like he was over whatever's in the past and just starting a new exciting life with a bunch of idiots that would love him.

Also that palette and design is superior in my heart. Ok I just liked him better when he seemed to be happy with the crew, sth sth tragedy is ruining something beautiful. I'll see myself out.

[shallowseeker]

Dean + rumination

I was saying this on another’s user’s post, and I don’t have all of it set in my head, but I wanted to share it here, too, in case someone can put it into words better than me.

I think Dean's guilt and rumination specifically call it to narrative attention. The consequence? It gets cemented into the minds of viewers, even when that guilt is misplaced. I think that’s why rewatching can be so surprising! Sam’s revisionism…tends to stick.

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Dean + rumination

When Dean beats Cas in season 10, he ruminates on it. He sees a bloody Cas in the mirror. But when Cas beats Dean in season 5 & 8, we don't see Cas ruminate and agonize over it as much. I know Cas has a flashback about his attack dog spell in season 11, but I can’t recall its specifics. In any case, it doesn’t happen on the first two.

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Sam + abstract guilt

Sam, on the other hand, ruminates on impurity and imperfection—inherent things—so he doesn’t seem to examine his actions as much on screen. If memory serves, after he sacrifices Oskar and unleashes the Darkness, he’s back to lecturing Dean in the very next episode.

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It’s like how politicians say, “never apologize,” because that “psychologically associates you to guilty in the minds of the people.”

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Sam seems willing to shoulder more action-oriented guilt as he gets older, and it seems to improve a lot after Mary returns.

Like with Cas, re: unleashing Lucifer, I think Sam is far more culpable for that than his quippy, feisty I’m-not-your-bitch speech would lead you to believe (he moved them to a strategical weak spot, and he acknowledges it). But sometimes he carries this too far, making things a group sin when he’s far more culpable than he’d like.

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Like with Dean and the MoC, Sam starts to realize that putting yourself in danger, affects your loved ones, like it or not.

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Sam, Dean & Cas + benefit of the doubt

Still, we tend to assume Sam and Cas feel guilt and sadness, even when we don’t see it onscreen. We give them the benefit of the doubt, even when they could be assumed to be cold.

On the flipside, when we don’t see Dean’s grief and reaction on screen, we sometimes jump to assume uncharitably that he must not be doing the emotions. It’s an odd dynamic in the fandom, because we’ve seen Dean’s emotions with respect to specific actions most often.

I think it has something to do with the expectation for him to do emotional caretaking, both in holding the onscreen family together and for the cathartic benefit of the audience.

[catbeeisafraid]

on aziraphale

um- hi, spoilers- other people may already be saying this but I don’t think that this has been said just yet- not substantially, I’m not sure what I’m saying I have been standing for 7 hours this is life now.

I was thinking about Aziraphale and his attitude towards Crowley and something began to occur to me about their relationship that I don’t really see being recognized, I was reading a thread about the rejection and how people thought Crowley had taken it; most replies consisted of “Oh he’s hurt but knows Az loves him and is waiting it out” which is probably perfectly reasonable but I felt there was something that was not being addressed.

Aziraphale likes Crowley, he probably loves him, (though I really do not think he has the maturity to have recognized that, considering the “I’ll forgive you” thing) he at the very very least likes him and his company and feels that he is good intentioned, but he is unbelievably prejudiced against him for being a demon. He’s ok with being friends because he feels that Crowley is abnormally good (which isn’t untrue) (and because they both like earth which is- the only reason they interact for like 20,000 years) but he won’t accept that part of him- Crowley is not fond of angels like at all but he does not hate Aziraphale for being one- it is just what he is and that’s fine- it’s not a thing that needs to be fixed or changed- it makes him, him. For Aziraphale their difference is a flaw, a mistake- and regardless of how many times he watches heaven be indifferent and even cruel to people and earth (which he loves) he manages to convince himself that heaven is still good and this new horror is just a little misunderstanding- hell is what’s bad. I think his desire to change Crowley had to be hurtful- for literally all of time Crowley has been helping him, saving him, and generally putting all of the work into a relationship that Azirophale; A- avoids, B- reams, or C- eventually caves to because Crowleys appeal must mean that he’s good even though he’s fallen which is like sooooooo dreaaddfuyllllllyyy unfortunateeeee…

I find it so frustrating, I absolutely understand it and why but I think or at least hope that it will be something that he needs to develop on in season three; this will probably not happen but I’d like to see the dynamic reverse in the sense that presumably after realizing “oh yeah, Gabriel dissented from Armageddon literally once and was almost factory reset, what might that mean for me?” And end up having to be the one who puts effort into fixing their relationship because he kind of like pushed it off a cliff and then accidentally set it on fire- this, is very unlikely though because I thought of it so oh well. I’m very interested in hearing what other people think also

Additionally I do not think that anyone else’s theory’s are Incorrect or stupid just that Aziraphale is and has been very hypocritical and prejudiced against Crowley which i wanted to address and hope is addressed if not simply an area of growth.

thank you- that all probably made no sense at all but I tried to get my thoughts across-

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[l00ney-m00ny]

Looking at some people and they've clearly never been disciplined before. Some of them just need a good old fashioned beating with a belt. That's what my aunt did when my brother and I misbehaved. Let me tell you, we only did it once.

[msoliviaswift]

people that have been demanding to have rep tv for MONTHS or people who have been talking about TS12 when ttpd is not even A YEAR old are just exhausting

please enjoy what we already have, which is a lot

[gloves-and-steeringwheel]

I dunno, I feel like when a driver laments a practice session was the toughest time he’s ever had in an F1 car, the alarm bells should’ve gone off earlier and he should’ve been declared unfit to race earlier 😭 I understand this is the beginning of the season but this isn’t the first time

[nipaaahh]

Just finished Arcane Season 2.

The first six episodes were a lot better than the last 3, not gonna lie.

7 was still cool because of the interesting AU angle but other than that...

How did Ekko even decide which side he was gonna fight on this time? It didn't have anything to do with the fight he left behind. Just whatever Jinx wanted to do?

Also why did Jayce not just show main-timeline!Viktor his memories of future!Viktor right after he came back instead of just murdering him instantly?

Also what was Medardas plan even? Did she just decide while they were here anyway they could as well help Viktor with his thing? For what did she need a weapon? Or did she want to take over Piltover? Was she there to get Mel back? But after she vanished she didn't do anything?

And why did Sevika not get any lines in the last arc? A tragedy. Give my best girl some love.

But the animation was glorious, it looked fucking amazing.

The cinematography around Hextech Jesus Viktor and his hive mind looked soooooo epic.

Bonus point: Lesbian Vi in a tank top with that back tattoo and those muscles? 1000/10 best character design for me personally. (Even if she was a member of the Flip Flop Himbo Squad.)

[midnightsslut]

favorite surprise song combo so far GO

[melonchanverse]

how it feels when your only expectation of media mostly is "i want it to be fun" with complete indifference to their objective quality

[rondocapri]

I’m sorry I just find Claire de lune so boring as program music

[the-wereraven]

I don't like Habanero

Spoiler(?) rants in the tags

[avaetin]

I will forever believe that there is no set couple in PJO. If Piper can believe her relationship with Jason was forced onto them by Hera and Aphrodite, I can believe that the rest are too, especially for the sake of fulfilling prophecies---

[urapocolypticcrush]

“charli likes boys but she knows i’d hit it” is the only good lyric of the song no offence to charli

[animationismycomfort]

I feel like we need to acknowledge the fact that sonamy without any time skips or age changes is p3d0philia

[wishfulsketching]

Some not so serious doodles about the idea where Silco survived and Warwrick!Vander found him. I did these as fanservice for ME! Especially the clothes thing

(have fun trying to figure out the reading order of the third sketch dump)