#you both accomplished so much

[ecco2ecco]

This hurt

[ddeck]

long lived sw races must be so extra about their hobbies. imagine you live for thousand years and a century of that time you decide to dedicate to making a single big af carpet

[hyacinthsdiamonds]

"British bias does not exist in F1" coming from a British f1 fan with a British driver as their favourite...

[imaginelegends]

The Tale of Two Girls

The story of the girl with blue hair and braids is a story about tug of war. She is Zaun in its entirety - vulnerable, hungry, creative, angry, blessed with prodigal intellect, terrified of abandonment, traumatized in thousand different ways, and caught between two equal, opposing influences.

Vander then Vi (and Ekko) wants the docile, sweet, toothless Powder who has never been hurt, and who if hurt would never bite back.

Silco then Sevika (and Isha) wants the furious, violent, snarling Jinx who has been used and abused, who will avenge the indignities suffered.

Zaun is the exact same way. Vander preached the path of peace and patience, if they are violated, they can never be violent. Silco preached the path of blood and bile, do not let them touch you ever again by any means necessary.

In the story of the girl with blue hair and braids, the two equal, opposing forces almost destroy. She was robbed of the chance to decide herself, due to a confluence of unfortunate events engineered by oppression. And presented with the chance to choose, she didn't seem willingly to do so independently - always seeking approval from one party or another.

In the end, Jinx was born on the last breath of Silco, a resigned acceptance at the loss of yet another loved one. This is also the story of Zaun - when faced with topside who only takes and takes and takes, why not become the criminal they already have you labeled as? Why not become the monster?

There doesn't appear to be a middle ground. There exists no timeline where Powder and Jinx could stand together. Fantasies of Powder would wipe her clean of any trauma - no hint of mental problems that would complicate her softness. Fantasies of Jinx would wipe her empty of any yearning for peace and play. Innocent Powder cannot have teeth. Demonized Jinx cannot have tears.

There were two Brief moments when Jinx was not pulled so radically between two forces. When Isha and Jinx were getting to know each other, when Isha didn't have demands for Jinx to become revoluntionary, when Jinx could do as she pleases, how she pleases (with a caveat of looking cool for the kiddo), then the girl with blue hair in braids could be stable. The second time was at the commune, with Vi's grudging acceptance that her little sister has changed, with less demands from her to have the idealized Powder (that she may or may not have crystallized in her head as a coping mechanism in prison).

Given the freedom to be whoever she is, however she is, warts and scars and all, there is stability. It ultimately centers around accomodating Jinx in all her complexity. She's never not gonna bite. She's never not gonna cry about it. It has to be on her terms. It can only be on her terms.

Ultimately, that has been the source of the girl's problems. No one could adequately support her given her various issues. No one could trust her with independence either. Again, this is a mirror of Zaun. The idea of aid without control simply wasn't a thing, even though it was the only thing that could soothe this girl and her undercity.

[majorlesbianpanic]

what if i started to ugly sob

[that-tall-queer-bassist]

Gift fics for @tiredfoxtf!

So! Me and my beloved Fénix were so inspired by TiredFox's beautiful art for Smalletho Week that we decided to do a collaborative little project together!!

@giddyfenix wrote Joel's POV!

And I wrote Etho's POV!

Happy reading folks!!

[icewindandboringhorror]

just a few little bits from the past few days

[seraphim-soulmate]

when my roommates put things back in the kitchen incorrectly it makes me frustrated and angry. apparently, did you know, this is not a thing all or most humans experience ? some people don't have an intense emotional reaction to things not being stacked in the optimal way, or pans not being put back in their "usual" spot. did you know this. did you.

[scottapez]

franmaya honestly interests me more than edgewright at this point.

[leslie057]

AHH

[infinitelystrangemachinex]

Come on, you know you want to, give us the character bingo for Viktor.

don't mind if i doooo

[shiryawashere]

you ever miss your comfort character so bad you gotta go outside about it

[waldorfhistoria]

Man, this wonderful Jenny meta I reblogged has me thinking SO many thoughts, especially about the Dan-Jenny dynamic and this line in particular:

“one scene that stands out to me is when jenny steals the dress in season one and dan goes into talk to her and it’s so clear he’s had to take on somewhat of a parental role with her since their mom has been gone? and i’m sure that’s frustrating for both jenny and for dan. but despite taking on this role of care, he doesn’t treat her condescendingly or with any ire, he tries to be understanding and careful and thoughtful where rufus couldn’t be.” - @buffyspeak

And one of the things that’s so fascinating to me about the relationship dynamic between Dan and Jenny is that they essentially have about four different styles of sibling relationships, all nestled into their one.

At times, especially towards the beginning of the show, Dan and Jenny have a fairly “typical” big brother/little sister dynamic - Jenny is teasing and affectionately annoying towards Dan, Dan is teasing and affectionately exasperated towards Jenny, but they ultimately look out for and try to protect/take care of one another the way that siblings do. But there’s a shift, I think, when Alison leaves - Rufus is suddenly acting as a single father, and Dan is put in the position where he not only needs to look out for Jenny as her big brother, but as a pseudo-mother of sorts - he’s the one who ends up playing mediator between Rufus and Jenny’s growing conflicts, who tries to give her the advice and guidance that she’s not getting from either of her actual parents, and is even the one who Rufus, at times, turns to to talk out the parenting decisions he makes in relation to Jenny. Which brings up another facet of their dynamic that only grows as the show goes on and Jenny starts to struggle more and more - the golden child and the “problem” child.

One thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of the Rufus discourse really hinges on whether a fan is paying more attention to Dan as a character or to Jenny, because the Rufus in Dan’s story is often a very different figure than the Rufus in Jenny’s. Dan’s Rufus is a compassionate, loving, fair-minded dad, who affords Dan a level of respect and independence while also upholding strong moral values he expects his son to live up to. Jenny’s Rufus, on the other hand, is a far more controlling and at times almost immature figure, sometimes fighting with Jenny like a peer rather than a parent - a father who fails to offer his daughter the same respect and understanding he affords his son. And while none of this is Dan’s fault, how can Jenny not be a little resentful of it, of him - that Dan is treated like a person while Jenny is often made to feel like more of a project.

And yet, in spite of that, I would argue there’s another dimension of their relationship that probably plays a key role in keeping them close as the series wears on - Dan and Jenny as childhood friends. This is something that I feel doesn’t come up in the show enough but is still interesting in light of the way their dynamic evolves - based on what we know of their upbringing, it doesn’t seem like Dan and Jenny had a lot of other friends coming into the Upper East Side. I mean, we’re told that pretty explicitly with Dan, given that Vanessa seems to be the only other person he’s really close to outside of his family, prior to dating Serena. But it seems like Jenny didn’t really have any other close friends herself - at least no one close enough to stay in touch with after she moves from public school to private. It seems like - especially in the space of time that Vanessa was living in Vermont - Dan and Jenny were likely each other’s two closest friends, and I think considering how enmeshed their later social circles become, that adds an interesting nuance as well. Dan isn’t just Jenny’s big brother, he’s also her sister and sometimes her mother and kind of her rival and always her longtime friend.

[headslikekites]

probably going to bed before midnight actually hits here but. my art review for tha year :)

I don't want to get too sappy because that's scary, I'm sleepy, and my hands are too cold to type good--but I think this year was very important for me and I'm proud of what I was able to do despite All The Shit that was going on at the same time

thank you thank you to everyone who likes the silly things I make. and thank you quadruply for what I can only assume is patience in the times where I am too miserable to be silly.

I'm going to keep doing the things that make me happy despite it all. even if I have to move at the pace of a salt-ridden slug. thank you all again and again. and here's to a happy new yuri <3

[psalmsofpsychosis]

So, i finished watching Batman (2022). Long story short, it's wonderful. The cinematography and the atmosphere are simply impeccable, it's got one of the best productions i have seen in blockbuster superhero movies in the last decade. The flow of the movie is perfectly executed and choreographed; it's a truly seamless visual experience, eye candy to the bone, and the story is intriguing and lovely and pleasing to the senses too. It's a reasonably well made movie.

It also does quite remind me of my main point of disdain towards live action Batman depictions post-Batman&Robin, which is, i think fellas take Batman way too seriously.

Listen, the guy walks around with fucking pikachu ears on for fucks sake. I dont think that straight up looney tunes comic relief is the right flavour to put in the live action batmanverse blender, even though it has the potential to be incorporated very well, but. There's a certain quality of offbeat, paculiar weirdness to Batman, a quality of almost playful and offputting bizarre wit, there always has been. He's got a fucking sith pikachu mask on. It's very human, very endearing almost. it's an element of imagination and wonder which is something Bruce Wayne has, even when it's corrupted to only include doom and gloom scenarios.

and the comics successfully translate that subtle wit and uncomfortable quality of all the characters, including Batman, by incorporating acidic colors, borderline hallucination-esque imageries, warped character designs, the whole thing feels like the worst acid trip you've ever had in an alley behind a bar and that's how the tone carries. It's how the worldbuilding and the characters feel congruent and authentic. The colors also give Batman a dynamic personhood by depicting his unceremonious humanity as much as they buff him up. There's a fun and gore-ish, psychopathic sincerity to the comics.

and the movies absolutely take that element out and all you get is the most "just some guy" artless character depictions and Batman himself doesn't feel human. he is written way too seriously for a guy who has pikachu ears and wears his underwear on his pants.

And this is by no means a Batman (2022) problem; it's a persisting trend of live action superhero media progressively stripping their stories of heart and soul because executive fellas have cought the "THIS IS A BIG FUCKING DEAL!!!!! EVERYTHING IS SO SERIOUS HERE!!!!!" disease and think giving superhero narratives their color and humanity back somehow makes them less poignant and significant. There's no sense of dynamism and wit to the batman movies, and the tone and atmosphere of Batman (2022) is fucking gorgeous, it's a singular experience, but it feels so out of place with Batman. It feels like Batman's costume belongs to another movie entirely, something more playful and weird.

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

I hate it when Beyoncé and Taylor are pitted against each other, especially when done by fans. Both of them are incredibly successful women, who have made their own unique mark on the industry, influenced the newest generation of artists and have built legacies for themselves. Both of them are in leagues of their own and are impossible to compare to one another.