#worth its weight in gold

[ceezedby]

Ultramarine smells like sulphur

[tackykachowch]

Every time I see a "they clearly needed more seasons, they didn't have time to tell the full story properly" I lose 10 years of my life and 5 particles of my sanity. Why in the world would they need additional seasons to tell a full story, when in season 1 they were perfectly capable of it with the same 9 episodes? In season 1 they didn't waste our time at all, every scene was meaningful, every line of dialog said something important to us or set up something for later. The way the story was structured showed us that the writers understood their limitations and decided to use every single second they had properly. Also said limitations allowed them to focus on one specific overarching conflict (Piltover vs Zaun) and one specific set of characters, each of whom were directly involved in said conflict. No other distractions or side plots that go nowhere.

And there's season 2. Suddenly the writers decided that dialogs are for losers, actually, and it's better to replace characters reacting to major world-changing events (like Silco's death for example) with music videos. Weird choice, but okay. Oh, a bunch of new characters that serve no practical role in the narrative and distract actually important characters from interacting with each other? Give me 10. Also add a bunch of side storylines that go nowhere and serve no purpose to the main conflict- *the phone rings**picks up* what do you mean the main conflict changed? It's not about Zaun and Piltover anymore? What do you mean this conflict is left unresolved and is forgotten about completely in act3? Then what on earth do they focus on instead??? What, arcane? Meaning like. What? The magic subplot that was only a small part of season 1? And why would it matter more? Ah, marvel fights. Uh-huh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, sure. I get it, thank you *hangs up*. Well, that was a disaster. The decision to change your MAIN CONFLICT in the middle of the story is probably one of the worst ones you could ever make, and then yeah, no wonder they didn't have time to tell the full story. Because they don't know what the hell the story is about anymore. Therefore they can't use the resources at hand effectively and every wrong decision they make going forward is going to make everything even worse. And from what we see they made plenty of wrong decisions. Remember what I said about not wasting our time? Well forget it, because you NEED to see this joke play out in full, even though it's not funny in the slightest and doesn't tell us anything significant about the characters or the world. Also there's flashbacks that also don't contribute anything substantial to existing character stories, and even actively make them worse and inconsistent (ily Felicia🫶🫶🫶). And then there's the entirety of ep7 which is an abysmal abomination in and of itself. Not only does it waste our time with an alternative universe that has nothing to do with the canon conflict and characters in the first place, but it actively pretends that it does matter, actually. Which is detrimental to the whole story going forward. Because now instead of on-screen character interactions and actual resolving of existing conflicts within the story we're just told. To imagine it ourselves. Because the au somehow implied what was going to happen between completely different characters. Somehow. Alright.

So, I hope the reasons I listed above more or less explained why arcane, in fact, did NOT require more seasons to tell its story in full. What it did require was more tight writing, focusing on the conflict we had initially, flashing out the existing dynamics between characters and introducing the characters who didn't interact previously to each other (for example: Jinx and Jayce), thought through dialogs which focused on giving us important information first and foremost, less music videos and more actual scenes with dialogs and characters reacting to the world around them properly, subplots that actually mattered to the main conflict etc. Like, it really is THAT basic. If the story is badly written more runtime isn't going to fix anything, it could even make it worse, because more time = more chances to screw up even more stuff. Only good writing can fix bad writing, and that's an unfortunate truth we have to come to terms with. No amount of pretty visuals or microexpressions or character/prop design is going to change what is ruined at its core.

[windvexer]

✨witchcraft✨

[thedeerman]

ive been trying to make a decision for something relating to DYWTK for weeks and couldn't decide and then Ghostfuckers literally handed me the answer in a lil box with a bow on it like 'hey, you know that thing you've been trying to come up with? we actually did exactly what you were thinking almost to an insane level of coincidence, and we did it at the perfect time. here ya go!'

[hanzajesthanza]

hyperventilating at this btw (spoiler)

[eyeofnewtblog]

I made a rubber band funny hat. The teenagers are definitely allowed to mock me.

You know what? I had fun!

The kids definitely made fun of me, heck I made fun to me…but you know what. I had fun making fun of myself.

I’m not sorry that I made 16 people laugh like crazy.

[kikuism]

gachiakuta's art style is actually insane

[trashshouldnt]

chanting "Boston Boston Boston" in an accent to summon the spirit of scout [do my little impersonations]

[fatalhoon]

JUDAH BIRTHDAYYY BASHHHH HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY URINETOWN QUEEN also obsessed with the new theme!!!! hope ur having a wonderful day today!!!!!!

SUNNYYYY THANK YOU ML 😭😭🫶🏻🫶🏻

[izzy-b-hands]

A small thing for most ppl but big for me considering my issues over the last few years: I GOT MY MEDICAID RENEWED!!! And I did it myself! I was afraid I'd be too overwhelmed and need Fiance or the lovely case manager from Planned Parenthood to help me, but the rep was lovely and patient with me and made sure we got it done! She answered my questions re: what to do after name change/marriage stuff too (it's stupid easy out here; they just want a call and then from there they tell you if they need any documents for it; I fully expected them to be like 'have those papers in our hands mid-kiss at your wedding or your coverage is GONE' like the state of ND always implied they would to folks.

There are so many reasons I'm happy and grateful to be out in CT now, but being able to get help like this and actually have healthcare even if it isn't perfect is just. So refreshing and wonderful and good. I'm so lucky that I'm able to be out here.

[kyunniebuns]

HIS EYES!!!!!

JUST LOOK AT HIS EYES!!!!!!!!

okay now everybody say thank you Hae-in for charming this man and releasing the heart-eyes in him

IM NOT GETTING ANYONE THAT AINT LOOKING ME LIKE THAT.

NO MAN IS GETTING IN MY HEART UNLESS THEY LOOK AT ME THE WAY JINWOO LOOKS AT HAE-IN AND HOW HUA CHENG LOOKS AT HIS XIE LIAN

[llimerrence]

Beck and Ferb moodboard!!

[thezoneoftruth]

holy shit, for once microtransactions won - sons and sonsability is absolutely worth the $7.50

[danmeichael]

i saw the sqq saying shidi icon and i knew this was gonna be a great blog. lo and behold, i was entirely correct.

i can immediately tell you're a scholar bc you know exactly what scene my icon is from. thank you for visiting my blog. you are like a beautiful angel to me.

[foxcassius]

we finished closing and get the keys today so i can finally say without fear of cursing myself or inviting the ill wishes of my internet enemies: jake and i bought a house its sooooooo cutie 🩷

[runawaycarouselhorse]