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omgoodness! look what @yes-prisoner made for me! 😭🥹

quote one from here. quote two ... beats me.

[familyvideostevie]

I have loved tlou since the first game came out and I really loved that episode so I’m super interested in why you felt is was bad if you’d be comfortable sharing!

/gen

you know what, what the hell. sure! thoughts and spoilers for tlou part ii and s2 below.

first of all, super happy for anyone who loves the show and the way it adapts the story. my beef is my beef! i have like, a lot of things i don't like about they way the show characterized joel and ellie in s1 that are probably the foundation for some of this, but the main thing i Do Not Like about they way they're setting up s2 is the positioning they seem to be doing to the status of ellie and joel's relationship as it exists a few years after the end of part i, the day before/day of joel's death (since it seems to me they cherry picked from the timeline of the patrols/the dance, etc).

now, in part ii, we drop into ellie and joel's life a few years later with only very small indications that something is wrong. she asks jesse about joel right away, she entertains maria's inquiry into their relationship in a way that seems very teenager-ish. when dina asks, ellie is a little cagey, but she talks about him to her. she says she's thinking about inviting him to a movie. whatever. and then we all know what comes next, right? when joel dies, we don't know how bad it was. we don't know that they are, essentially, estranged. as we find this out as the game goes on it makes everything more intense. her loss, her desire for revenge. because she's fighting for something that was taken from her. and then. after we've fought so hard and after we've gotten abby's side of the story -- then we get the dance flashback. and we learn that despite their estrangement, joel steps in to defend ellie and dina from seth and it makes her so angry for just a second because how dare he still love her enough? how dare he, after she told him not to? because if joel loved her enough to damn the whole world, well. what does she do with that? but in the cut scene in the game -- after she said i don't need your fucking help, joel, to me, ellie regrets it. for just a second, she regrets it. cause they have not spoken! by her boundary! she told him in salt lake -- we're done. and he accepted that. so it makes sense to me that she's been coming to her own conclusions about what she wants from him and she goes to the porch because she needs to talk it out. and then they are on the cusp of reconciliation and then it's gone forever.

okay. so, my beef with what they've done in the show. they made joel angry about the whole thing. they made him upset that she's icing him, they made him frustrated that she's upset with him. that she doesn't understand why he did what he did, why he lied to her (i assume she knows that by now), that he thinks she should just accept it and treat him like she loves him. be nice to him. doesn't he deserve that? this, to me, is a million fucking miles off. even for the characterization of joel they've written in season 1! because, in my opinion, the whole fucking point is that he accepts the consequences. he killed that entire hospital full of people, he took away a cure, he saved her because he had to. he made that choice and he sticks with it until he dies. in the game, joel accepts ellie's estrangement. he doesn't push her, he doesn't cross her boundary. because at least she stays in jackson once he tells her the truth, because at least she's alive. because that is the only thing that has ever fucking mattered. and everything else he can live with.

even when faced with death -- a death he doesn't understand, by the way, nor does he seem to care to because of course this was going to happen someday -- he doesn't regret it. he only cares that she's okay. and not for nothing, to me they keep this under wraps in the game. he respects her lines and never crosses them until the dance. it's a private thing. and so it's tragic because no one knows or understands what she's lost when he is killed. and then for the rest of part ii we have this example of joel doing something he believed in unequivocally and feeling no guilt for it even if it cost him, in a way, everything, because did it really? ellie is alive, so he can live with it. and then we have abby and ellie, who are discovering what they can live with and what they can't.

so. i guess i just think it undermines, well, everything, to have joel behave this way. is it making him more complex? not really. it makes ellie look like a petulant child. it makes us wish she would treat him better (which will probably be the show's version of a gotcha when it comes to the narrative truth of the matter). it's making him more realistic, maybe, but when did we start caring about that? part of what is so compelling about him is he is, in many ways, very black and white (which they seem to be hinting at with this refugee plot but don't get me started on that). part of what is compelling about the last of us is we are required to live with his choice, too. we have to understand that everything that happens is a consequence of that and we are the only ones who really understand just how much. ellie doesn't, joel doesn't, abby doesn't. no one has all of the pieces but us, the player/viewer. and i just think muddling a line in the sand that was there for a reason is, well. stupid. what purpose does it serve to show that joel would damn the world for ellie, but he won't respect her boundaries after the fact? he would go so far for her and no more?

yeah. that's my main beef. i have like, 100 more things, but. this is long enough. thanks for asking!

(for the record, there were things i liked, too! i liked the stalker, i liked the game callbacks (the grocery store, ellie's journal and her cleaning her gun at the workbench, the incredibly random easter egg of the employee of the month board even though that actually happens in Seattle, whatever). I'm interested by dina, i think jesse is fantastic. we'll see! I'm going to be watching and I'm going to be critical but I'm still excited to see where it goes. )

[nofaceentity]

Hired.

[toodrunktofindaurl]

guess what i rewatched

[ppeuppeuppeu]

this was honestly so frickin HOT

[gl1tzh]

HAPPY NEIL BANGING OUT THE TUNES DAY TO EVERYONE!!

he really is banging those tunes woah look at him

[turnipoddity]

and if a double decker bus crashes into us

[luke-skyjokers]

Kudos to The Acolyte's wardrobe department making Qimir look so skinny and unassuming in all of the long-sleeved baggy clothing before the reveal because Manny Jacinto looks NOTHING like that.

[road-kill-eater]

for KraggaroK on artfight

[bybdolan]

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT SONGS AS BOOKS inspired by LitHub and this edit by @carlytayjepsen; “Chloe/Sam/Sophia/Marcus” photograph by Eve Fowler; “Guilty as Sin?” photograph from here; “Clara Bow” photography by Nina Leen; “The Bolter” photograph by Richard Barnes folklore; evermore; midnights

[burnforyou]

CREEP - LUIGI MANGIONE x READER

!WARNING! he is a perv, creep, watching/stalking you, reader is called "innocent" and "small," caught (kinda), solo!m!msterbte. if any of this is triggering, do not read. if you don't like, do not read. minors dni.

he turned his car off and all the lights faded away, leaving him surrounded by a silent darkness. where he parked left him a perfect view up into your illuminated bedroom in your college house. you lived with 3 other girls, but it was clear which room was yours based on your insomnia. what's keeping her up tonight? he wondered. is she thinking about me?

he peered into your room, his heart jolting at the sight of you walking into the room in only a towel. I'm the luckiest man in the world. before, he'd got off to your photos, or his imagination, but this was something different, something more. it was real. he felt the adrenaline running through his veins as he ran his hand down his abs (picturing your soft, small, feminine hand), and grasped his now hard cock through his pants, beginning to stroke it slowly. you really were right in front of him and were completely unaware of what he was doing, unaware of how sexy you are, unaware of how badly he needs you. so innocent. just getting out of the shower, doing your daily routine, and you had no idea he was watching you, using you to get off. he took his cock out and shuddered, feeling the cold air against his sensitive tip.

fuck, it's so, so, wrong, but so hot. he needs you so bad it angers him. he's never wanted someone this badly before, he's never been this obsessed with anyone before. he has never jerked off thinking about someone before: he's always just pulled up a porno or found someone to get him off. sure, he'd look up porn stars with your features. since he met you, he's shamelessly been doing this: curating his hook-up's to girls who resembled you, even if that meant they had the same hair color as you and he'd fuck them face down and imagine (wish) they were you. sometimes he'd even moan your name by accident. but he was sure none of them would ever compare to you.

he stroked his lengthy, now rock solid, cock and titled his head back, squeezing his eyes shut. he opened them quickly when he remembered you were truly in front of him, there was no need to imagine you now. when he looked back up at you, you had slipped your towel off. he groaned at the sight of you now completely bare in front of him.

his hips rutted into his hand instinctively and his hot breath started to fog up the car windows. he continued fucking into his hand, imagining it was your pussy gripping him, not his loser hand.

"keep fucking your hand like the loser you are," he imagined you whispering to him, playing with your perfect pussy in front of him, teasing him, torturing him.

"keep imagining me as you jerk off." he continued.

"don't stop." he continued.

"good boy." he continued.

your skin looked so smooth to the touch, so sweet to the lips. he watched as you put lotion all over your body and imagined him helping you out. he imagined using the same lotion to stroke his cock. he imagined sliding his hands up and down your long, toned legs, rubbing in your lotion. you put your leg up on your bed, continuing to rub your lotion in and flash your perfect pussy out the window. the sight of it alone has him sucking in a breath and letting go of his throbbing dick so he doesn't cum too quick. his hard cock hit his lower abdomen with a slap. he imagined his girth slapping against your face. he breathed out. he wants to let this moment last.

at this point, it felt like you were putting on a show for him; just for him.

"fuck, baby, that's it," he whimpers, gripping his dick once again, imaging its your soft hand instead of his. finishing using your lotion, you turned around and unknowingly revealed your plump ass to him, prematurely sending him over the edge. his hips bucked up. his whole body shook, and he cried out your name.

he came hard all over his hand and pants, but he wasn't done. his tip shone red and angry but he kept moving his hand up and down on his overstimulated cock, squeezing and watching you. not once did he take his eyes off of your body. he was addicted to the drug that was your body. all he wanted to do was ram his cock into you and kiss you as you came. he wanted to hold your hands and wipe away your tears of pleasure. you slipped on little black panties, ones he knew he would be stealing pretty soon, and a big white t-shirt.

the obscene sound and scent of hot sex filled his car. he swiped his thumb across his tip, imaging your lips kissing it. he pictured you grinding on his dick in your little black panties, teasing him, as you slathered him in your juices. he wanted to push the black fabric to the side and delve into you, tasting your sweet juices.

"fuck," he whined, his dick so sensitive, so ready to cum again. he gazed at you finishing your routine, putting on your skincare. he noticed your ass peeking out from the shirt with each movement and sighed, purely at the sight of your beauty. he knows this is wrong, he was not raised to do this. he knows he's a creep, a pervert. but that makes it so much better.

you turned around and walked towards the window. his hand and his heart beat sped up uncontrollably. he hurriedly jerked off, knowing he was close to another hard climax "shit," he muttered, eyes flickering between your hard nipples and pretty face, "just like that."

"I'm not gonna last long baby," he muttered, acting like you could hear him, like you were sitting in his passenger seat, leaned across the console, with your lips wrapped around his cock, licking at his veins, your plump ass in the air, his hands wrapped in your hair, your innocent doe eyes looking up at him, a tear falling every time your nose pressed against the hair around his cock.

you finally reached the window and peered out into the darkness. for a millisecond he swore you looked down at him and caught him in the act. it was that that sent him over the edge once again. the small possibility of being caught, of your eyes meeting his, had him cumming harder than ever before. he sputtered out even more cum, grasping onto the leather car seat hard. his toes curled and he moaned your name uncontrollably. his moans came out as needy, desperate, broken sobs. sweat and cum glistened all over his bare chest and thighs.

you closed your blind and shut off your light. his lips stayed parted as he panted in dark silence once again.

[myrcella-lannister]

MAXXXINE (2024)

[doctorobinavitch]

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997) dir. Curtis Hanson

[unadulteratedloathings]

THE GOOD PLACE (2016-2020)

[phagon]

me after going on dnp twitter

[negrowhat]

The way Cir is 10 seconds away from swallowing Phu whole?? The way he is legit humping Phu?? THE WAY THEY'RE ENTANGLED RIGHT NOW???

I'm am literally going insane about the way desire is shown here!

Cir is doing his absolute best to hold onto the hair thin string of restraint he has. I'm sure Phu is wondering why Cir is even holding back because if he didn't want it he would say it. Phu is very vocal and forthcoming on just about anything.

The desire and need and tension between these two is the best I've seen in a long time.