#what's your definition of success

[blueskittlesart]

*sigh* thoughts on Nintendo's botw/totk timeline shenanigans and tomfoolery?

tbh. my maybe-unpopular opinion is that the timeline is only important when a game's place on the timeline seriously informs the way their narrative progresses. the problem is that before botw we almost NEVER got games where it didn't matter. it matters for skyward sword because it's the beginning, and it matters for tp/ww/alttp (and their respective sequels) because the choices the hero of time makes explicitly inform the narrative of those games in one way or another. it matters which timeline we're in for those games because these cycles we're seeing are close enough to oot's cycle that they're still feeling the effects of his choices. botw, however, takes place at minimum 10 thousand years after oot, so its place on the timeline actually functionally means nothing. botw is completely divorced from the hero of time & his story, so what he does is a nonissue in the context of botw link and zelda's story. thus, which timeline botw happens in is a nonissue. honestly I kind of liked the idea that it happened in all of them. i think there's a cool idea of inevitability that can be played with there. but the point is that the timeline exists to enhance and fill in the lore of games that need it, and botw/totk don't really need it because the devs finally realized they could make a game without the hero of time in it.

[cyanityy]

Gord Vendome, age 10

[rexcaliburechoes]

does anyone else find it fucked up that moon's friends protect themselves from her with the skyfire at the end of moon rising?

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

I like how everyone probably expected just another lighthearted sitcom with The Good Place given Mike Schur’s previous work and instead were gobsmacked with a show about how it is impossible to be a perfect ethical human and that we’re all just trying our best.

[ghstfacr]

send a 📸 to see 3 - 5 6 pictures that my muse has / has taken of your muse ( s ) - julianna x andrei ( @razorfst )

[unproduciblesmackdown]

what if we held on to whatever we get the idea of as Normal as unquestionable & think all you can do to this normal is apply some veneers overtop it to be more polite & also resent that. maybe we could project that everyone who seems to be Annoyingly Disruptively doing more than this must be putting on a performance to look good &/or humor others b/c that's all we ever believe we're doing, & again, we resent even that much....maybe we could use our show of More Polite language to make the same points blaming everyone who our Normal mistreats for their own mistreatment

[ahsokasforce]

roman roy’s last scene EVER in the entire show was connected to gerri... ok how do i move on from that folks...

[f1owermoon]

sorry i just. need to rant for a second

[gregoftom]

oh tom :(

[iamthepulta]

I've actually been scrounging for an ending to Ellenville, because it's hard to actually 'end' a tragedy with something that feels complete, and that last post hit me with yeah, that's right. Because we live in a world where blood is protection and the cost of safety; and it fits in so neatly with the themes of death as stasis and longevity.

The 'end' is the regulations in place. Not even watching it happen, but success. This is The Pushcart War but epic fantasy.

[toytulini]

Disclaimer im just processing some thoughts im not cancelling the show

have almost thoughts about how i find the like....narrative on here that if you have chronic "zebra" conditions youd want a doctor like House and wouldnt sue for malpractice bc at least youd have a doctor that cares about whats wrong with you but lets take it one step further. so often he does NOT give a shit about the patient and actively endangers them frequently with his god damn heoric era of medicine approach? non zero amount of times he gets a diagnosis but it comes too late, or he gets a diagnosis after their first wrong 3 guesses of the episode shut down the patients kidneys and they either have to get a transplant or they are just, doomed due to other preexisting conditions etc? idk. i know ppl are almost certainly exaggerating and just letting off steam about the very real failures of our current medical systems and the ableism baked in and All That Shit. i just think its weird how ppl romanticize House who STILL, FREQUENTLY, MULTIPLE EPISODES will actively dismiss shit in the exact way that is a problem in our current system, especially when hes being Forced Against His Will To See Clinic Parients, he loves to be dismissive as fuck of symptoms and if he was a real doctor i think he'd be fucking 50/50 on cases he Notices Something To Dig Into vs cases he dismisses as an Anxious Hysterical Woman Who Wants Attention, the only reason he's Right so frequently in his snap judgements is cos it reinforces the narrative. its like a crime drama that has the mastermind serial killer masterfully using "loopholes" and lawyering up all sneaky and dodging Justice and if only our poor little cop protags were allowed to do A TEENY BIT of Justified Police Brutality, they could Save Lives!

and like sometimes in the show they will have a patient die despite his efforts to narratively punish him. not to mention, i think its been at least mildly brought up and glossed over how much they absolutely do not think about insurance costs for these ppl for the insane amount of tests that find nothing and Wrong Medications To Force A Diagnosis they use? i think it was brought up once in the episode following a day in the life of cuddy where she had to fight a lawsuit bc a guys insurance like didnt cover his thumb being reattached but chase reattached it anyway while in surgery cos it was The Right Thing To Do and the guy didnt have the money to cover it and the insurance wouldnt pay unless he sued the hospital or whatever. thats like the only time its come up. whereas like frequently the doctor I go to for osteopathic manipulation tries to check in with me and make sure im covered by insurance etc and that im not going to go broke or get buried in medical debt seeing her.

idk. just some Thoughts. not a defense of our current system and all the flaws it enables and enforces etc. his approach to medicine is really reminiscent to me of what I know of the Heroic Era Of Medicine which i dont...love? and hes framed on here as being an asshole but would kill for his patients to get them a diagnosis etc. but hes definitely extremely paternalistic to patients ? and despite some good clippable lines about ableism and being against eugenics, it honestly feels like his stance on that is kind of a toss up.

[bitchthefuck1]

I just...when do you think Shiv realized she was pregnant? How long after the betrayal did she find out? How do you process something like that? How did she cope?

[holysweetcherryorchardtree]

You can also kind of see Jamie just like...shrink a little bit when Ted tries to spin the silver lining of having a "tough dad." Like he went to Ted looking for understanding and instead was met with That.

[celiaelise]

Bro now that I'm in a show with a three-person cast, I finally understand all those posts about three-person friend groups, how someone will always be left out and/or two people will end up coupling off.

I'm pretty sure I overheard my castmates planning a sushi date during our break. (I'm not an expert but it kind of sounded like an actual, like, romantic date?) 😑

[ghstfacr]

send a 📸 to see 3 - 5 6 pictures that my muse has / has taken of your muse ( s ) - julianna x dean ( @bloodsalted )

[faithinlouisfuture]

sometimes I forget we lose perspective on what is success for a musician. Watching Isaac tour as a so artist reminds me of what the really of a music artist is. He’s happy, releasing music he’s proud of and on tour playing to audiences who enjoy his music. The crowds are small but that doesn’t matter. By all definitions Louis is very successful. Probably top 10%. What is even more amazing is he did it with the industry against him.

it’s about wanting fair opportunities for him that other artists of his calibre (and so many way below his calibre) are handed way too easily… the sign of “success” in my eyes will never be “popularity” like it is for so many people… i just want for him to be treated fairly, especially by his own home country & industry