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Reblog if You Want More Daryl & Shiva

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(insp.)

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I love this.  Kudos!

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More promotional photos for The Walking Dead episode 7x09

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Things That Make You Go “Hmmmmmm....”

Hello! I have written a very long thing for you today.

Like any Desus shipper, I fully realize that we are the dark horse in this crazy race. Also like any Desus shipper, I grow weary of being accused of “fetishization,” or of crackshipping. I do not just ship stuff for the hell of it. This shit is stressful! My life was perfectly, 100% fine before the day Episode 6.10 - The Next World aired on my tv and I was left wondering “hmmmmmm…what the hell were they trying to do there?”

So I in all my film-analyzing nerdiness have complied a long-ass list of all the things The Walking Dead has done with Daryl and Jesus that kind of have to make you go “Hmmmmmm….” And I broke it down by episode, because it would be the definition of TL;DR if I didn’t.

Am I saying that all these things I’m about to list off mean unequivocally and without a doubt that Daryl/Jesus is going to go canon? Of course not. Canon is canon. All the speculation and evidence in the world doesn’t make something canon until it appears onscreen.

So without further ado: 

Thirsty’s Unofficial Semi-Exhaustive List of Things That Make You Go Hmmmmmm - Part 1

Episode 6.10 - The Next World

The episode that started it all. Between the domesticity of ASZ, Daryl and Denise’s conversation, Daryl and Rick’s bromance, all the Jesus shenanigans, and Richonne finally going canon, this was one of the most light-hearted, funny, and emotionally satisfying episodes in recent memory on the show.

The Desus implications in 6.10 are a “sum of its parts” situation. No one thing in the episode is extremely suspicious all by itself, but when you put it all together, it’s one massive raised eyebrow.

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Opposites attract

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I love this one.  We have such talented artists in our fandom.  Kudos!

First piece for 2017! I just love these two so much! Been really enjoying working with my traditional mediums again. Used ink, coloured pencil and then added some extra colours in Photoshop.

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The last two pieces I did in 2016. I originally uploaded these to my Twitter but decided they deserved a second upload without being compressed.

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Nice analysis!

6.10 The Cookie and The Note

Here is a little scene analysis for you, from your resident film/Desus nerd.

The Walking Dead 6.10 - The Cookie and The Note Scene Analysis

Tl;dr: Daryl stares at Jesus a lot.

At the end of this episode, Daryl and Rick leave an unconscious (ha) Jesus a cookie, a glass of water, and a note in the room that serves as their jail cell. 

This scene is filmed in one long take, otherwise known as a sequence shot - there is no cut, all of the action takes place within the first and last frame of a single shot. A long take generally is classified as a shot that is much longer than the established editing pace of the cinematic work, and is used both to convey a sense of realism and to highlight dramatically significant action. Since there are no edits to help interpret the action in this scene, we must pay close attention to the action itself in order to find the subtext. 

In this scene, we first see Daryl alone in the frame, staring at something off camera. This implies that Daryl is the focus here, the one we should watch; it’s his scene. The camera tilts down and moves back to reveal Jesus sleeping on a mat on the floor - this is what Daryl has been looking at. Interestingly, this is also the only camera movement in this shot, which makes the moment stand out in the otherwise static scene. Daryl is holding a glass of water and a cookie, which he sets down on the floor beside Jesus - a surprisingly caring act, considering the level of antagonism Daryl showed toward Jesus for the entire episode. 

Rick then enters frame - until now, we did not know he was there at all. Daryl steps back to give Rick room, but continues looking at Jesus. Rick leaves a note next to the water glass, looks at Daryl, then back to Jesus, then stands to leave. Daryl makes a move toward the door, but stops and fully turns back to face Jesus, now walking backwards toward the door. Rick leaves first; Daryl again turns for the door, but– you guessed it–looks at Jesus one more time before following Rick out. The fact that Daryl is the last to leave frame further demonstrates that this scene is about him.

This scene is almost 30 seconds long. That’s a good chunk of screen time for a 42ish minute television episode featuring an enormous cast, in which every moment of screen time must be (or should be *glowers at tptb*) used to its best advantage. The action in the scene, while important because it sets up Jesus’ escape and his conversation with TF in the next episode, is very simple in and of itself, and could have been accomplished in a third of the screen time, or even offscreen with a remark from Rick or Daryl about leaving Jesus in the cell. Instead they chose to spend 30 seconds on it, and during 29 seconds of those 30, Daryl’s eyes were on Jesus.

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Photography by Jorge Saenz

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… On the same interview with TV Fanatic, the showrunner did not miss the chance to praise “The Librarians” cast. He particularly pointed out Kane’s performance. “Christian Kane really brought the goods!,” he remarked.

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It’s been a while...

I’ve decided to start using Tumblr again. I apologize in advance for the flood of Desus stuff I will reblog.  

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Zodiac Scorpio Facts | TheZodiacCity.com

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The Three Laws of Fandom

If you wish to take part in any fandom, you need to accept and respect these three laws.

If you aren’t able to do that, then you need to realise that your actions are making fandom unsafe for creators. That you are stifling creativity.

Like vaccination, fandom only works if everyone respects these rules. Creators need to be free to make their fanart, fanfics and all other content without fear of being harassed or concern-trolled for their creative choices, no matter whether you happen to like that content or not.

The First Law of Fandom

Don’t Like; Don’t Read (DL;DR)

It is up to you what you see online. It is not anyone else’s place to tell you what you should or should not consume in terms of content; it is not up to anyone else to police the internet so that you do not see things you do not like. At the same time, it is not up to YOU to police fandom to protect yourself or anyone else, real or hypothetical.

There are tools out there to help protect you if you have triggers or squicks. Learn to use them, and to take care of your own mental health. If you are consuming fan-made content and you find that you are disliking it - STOP.

The Second Law of Fandom

Your Kink Is Not My Kink (YKINMK)

Simply put, this means that everyone likes different things. It’s not up to you to determine what creators are allowed to create. It’s not up to you to police fandom. 

If you don’t like something, you can post meta about it or create contrarian content yourself, seek to convert other fans to your way of thinking.  

But you have no right to say to any creator “I do not like this, therefore you should not create it. Nobody should like this. It should not exist.”

It’s not up to you to decide what other people are allowed to like or not like, to create or not to create. That’s censorship. Don’t do it.

The Third Law of Fandom

Ship And Let Ship (SALS)

Much (though not all) fandom is about shipping. There are as many possible ships as there are fans, maybe more. You may have an OTP (One True Pairing), you may have a NOTP, that pairing that makes you want to barf at the very thought of its existence.

It’s not up to you to police ships or to determine what other people are allowed to ship. Just because you find that one particular ship problematic or disgusting, does not mean that other people are not allowed to explore its possibilities in their fanworks.

You are free to create contrarian content, to write meta about why a particular ship is repulsive, to discuss it endlessly on your private blog with like-minded persons.

It is not appropriate to harass creators about their ships, it is not appropriate to demand they do not create any more fanworks about those ships, or that they create fanwork only in a manner that you deem appropriate.

These three laws add up to the following:

You are not paying for fanworks content, and you have no rights to it other than to choose to consume it, or not consume it. If you do choose to consume it, do not then attack the creator if it wasn’t to your taste. That’s the height of bad manners.

Be courteous in fandom. It makes the whole experience better for all of us.