#Alex posts things

[nostalgic-bee]

I just realized that the first and last lumity kiss we get in TOH is Amity kissing Luz on the cheek

Ik ik it’s a very random (and obvious) detail but something about it very cute especially if you observe the differences between the kisses

Like that first one Amity just does it, she looks so shocked by it just like Luz does but in that second one you can tell how comfortable they are with their relationship now because Amity immediately kisses her with no hesitation and Luz returns that affection immediately even when her focus is on the others. Also in that first gif, the kiss is quick and after Amity realizes she’s kissed Luz, she puts space between them. In the second one, she kisses Luz’s cheek for a few seconds before pulling away, and even after pulling away she stays close to Luz.

Their relationship has grown so much it’s so CUTE <3

[paintedcrows]

Whenever Bill sees KingOfNJ's fics through Stan's eyes he just thinks they have the same taste in fanfiction (disgusting. unthinkable) continued

[spiralghoul]

Finally getting to post all the art I did for the button pins My friends and I gave out at MomoCon!!! it was a lot of work but it was so worth it everyone seemed to really enjoy them which made me very happy. I ended up running out of Slendy, Jeff, and Toby and had super low stock of Brian and Tim by the end of the first day. I'll probably continue to make more of the characters if people are interested in seeing them.

[fraternum-momentum]

ok so maybe we r back,,

[straycalamities]

today you get jaylex, tomorrow...who knows

[nenoname]

Stan and Soos' sorta-Dad and Sonployee relationship

We of course have Soos assigning Stan as his father figure the moment he got hired

But Stan holds that moment dear too, with Soos becoming his main source of company after the Mystery Shack, his first big success, was starting to hit rock bottom. And he made sure to keep the screwdriver that led Soos to him for a decade which unfortunately gets stolen by a certain time traveler...

(Their meeting being a paradox of Soos' family leading him to them is super sweet too!)

Playing one game of catch with their dads still was a dream for both of them, even when it was clear that it'll never happen, even when Soos knows that the Pines are his family and he shouldn't care about that biological deadbeat, even when Filbrick threw Stan away like trash.

But both of them end up finding closure with each other anyway.

Along with Stan likely teaching him how to fix golf carts (to the point that Soos is pretty skilled at it now), he also taught him boxing and tried to do something about his birthday, which is another sore spot for the both of them.

In the Sooscast, we have Stan continuing with the podcast despite learning this horrifying truth/not understanding what the hell is going on.

Noticeably, we see that Stan is a lot more lenient on Soos in comparison to Dipper, mostly because Stan doesn't project most of his issues onto him. (Not that he's immune from chores or shitty tasks but that's the burden of being a sonployee...)

And in NWHS, Stan trusts him to guard the lab with no questions asked (even if that ended up being foiled by Soos loving Mabel and Dipper too)

The comic story is Soos helping Stan regain and continue one of his childhood dreams, with the website having Stan continuing to draw on the Stan o' War.

And while unfortunately most of their father-son relationship content is at the end or after the series, Alex still said a lot about them in the commentary and interviews!

Before they met, Soos was someone who appeared to only really have his Abuelita and cousin, while Stan had.... a baby goat. And a disappearing frilly lizard.

We have Stan claiming that the reason why he never had children was because of his own dad and that money is basically his child (which just loops around back to his money obsession being his desire to get back his family)

But even still, he passes down the Shack and fez to Soos with barely any pause, the fez in particular being tied up with a lot of complex emotions. But Soos getting his own suit fitted just for him and not being pressured to wear a girdle to hide his weight kinda symbolizes to me that the role of Mr Mystery is now free from that baggage.

And whenever we'd end up getting Stan o' War stories, I'm sure the two of them are gonna get way more father-son moments

(Filbrick's impact on Stan post, Stan projecting on Dipper post)

[namedourdaughter]

[rebouks]

New do's ✂️

ft an extra and the camera man..

[turtleplushi]

I haven't seen anybody post the full Riddle Chain yet (including Silas Birchtree) so here you go :)

I didn't find any of these codes myself by the way! I'm not sure who to credit for the rest of them, but I did get the Silas Birchtree code from @dismissivedestroyer (sorry for tagging you ^_^" if you don't want to be tagged let me know and i can edit the post). You can also get the answer using the code "STOD EHT TCENNOC"

(SPOILERS BELOW)

RIDDLE (would you like to play a game) > YES (what's Mcgucket's favorite soda?) > MOUNTAIN DONT (what's a medieval homonym?) > LYRE LIAR (the 20th ingredient of Anti-Cipherzing Tonic?) > HAROLDS RAMBLINGS (how is clown repellant made?) > UNION MADE (Bill's govt file number?) > 29121239168518 (who comes from Zimtrez 5?) > GREBLEY HEMBERDRECK (what's on Bill's flag?) > 3466554 (what leaves a thin line in the snow?) > TINSEL SNAKE (the 6th option on Bill's editing software?) > TORTURE MENTALLY (name an unpronouncable wizard) > XGQRTHX (where do Tri Angels come from?) > 333SUNDAPPLELANECOZYCREEKIL6071494611 (Bill Cipher's Lawyer?) > CAESARATBASHVIGNERE [or] MULTI LEVEL MARK (who defeated Silas Birchtree--?) > EMMALINE BUTTERNUBBINS (you've earned a treat! enter 'DISPENSE MY TREAT' to download) > DISPENSE MY TREAT

The 'treat' you get is under the cut

"BILL FILES DO NOT OPEN"

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[nostalgic-bee]

Dipcifica headcanon: Paz and Dipper have a shared playlist over Spotify or something and whenever Dipper is back in Cali while Pacifica is in Gravity Falls they are constantly adding songs to it (usually songs that remind them of themselves or each other or just cheesy love songs) and whenever they reunite they just spend hours listening to all the songs

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

eternally thinking about alex giggling through his lyrics when miles tries to kiss him

[aroaceleovaldez]

I was reading a post about CoTG and I realized: Rick has seemingly started to write every character pairing with the exact same dynamic, and he's not good at writing that dynamic and it doesn't make sense for 90% of the characters he writes it for.

It's that very specific dynamic of one half of the pair who is almost aggressive to the other party - "teasing" them constantly/insulting them, affectionately punching/judo flipping/maiming/etc, seemingly almost always exasperated with the other - and said other party usually just accepts this treatment or blanketly views it fondly, and may generally be framed as more incompetent than their partner and a little bit of a doormat (particularly relating to being insulted/teased/etc by their partner).

We start seeing this dynamic in HoO with Percy and Annabeth, as a sort of semi-inconsistent twist on their rivals-to-friends-to-lovers dynamic from the first series. Then the dynamic pattern develops further with Leo and Calypso. Then Magnus and Alex. Then Nico and Will, particularly in TSATS. And now in CoTG, it's Percy and Annabeth again but even more in this direction.

I know people have talked about Nico and Will's relationship over the series rapidly being shoehorned into Percabeth Two™, and it's extremely apparent in TSATS that Rick's doing it on purpose (including directly quoting Percabeth scenes but minorly tweaking them to be Solangelo). But recognizing it as an overarching trend in Rick's later books honestly reminds me a lot of how Rick started trying to apply the "Percy Formula" so-to-speak to nearly every protagonist in HoO (and then try to replicate similar character archetypes with Magnus and Apollo's narrations - moreso Magnus in being jaded and sarcastic, very much trying to be first series Percy. He only sounds unique because Rick failed at making him Percy 2. Apollo is more akin to later-series Percy characterization of being goofy and incompetent. Apollo [and Zeus] even got retconned to give Apollo a more similar backstory to Percy's). Rick seems to have decided that he thinks the audience wants this specific dynamic but 10 times over, except he's not good at writing it the first time because it's a bastardization of the time he did a different thing okay.

And Rick also seems aware of that too! Because he retconned Calypso and Leo at the end of TOA, probably because he realized how absolutely awful it was reading when they were written with that dynamic of Calypso just functionally hating Leo and constantly being aggressive towards him! The only time Rick's actually made the dynamic even semi-successful was with Magnus and Alex, because it actually fits within their characters, their dynamics with each other, and their environment. Alex beheading Magnus on the regular works out fine because there are no repercussions to that in Valhalla, Magnus will be fine, so it does genuinely come off as humorous. And Alex has been effectively established to be abrasive at times but have her genuine feelings shine through regularly, and that meshes well with Magnus' jaded-and-aloof-but-quietly-very-empathetic character. And Magnus has been established to, yes, not be great at combat, particularly compared to Alex. They are the only time that flavor of dynamic in that form was effective and cohesive.

Percabeth is no longer rivals-to-friends-to-lovers badasses on equal levels with shaky pasts who finally found some form of permanence with one another. Now it's super smart doting and affectionately aggressive girlfriend and her silly goofy 50%-of-the-time incompetent boyfriend who she judo flips/pushes off cliffs/etc - but affectionately~! Solangelo is trying to riff off of the early series "Poseidon & Athena are enemies" dynamic that Percabeth had but with Apollo & Hades being "opposites" but learning to accept each other, except it ends up with Will just coming off as a huge asshole and Nico being retconned to a complete doormat about it - when prior to that those characterizations would be completely contrary to their established characters (even just from TOA!). Calypso in HoO gets retconned from her PJO characterization to being snooty and aggressive, and Leo's false persona gets merged into his just normal personality except he just also becomes a doormat but more goofy than Nico with occasional haha-dark/depression-humor! Which Nico also got. Which was also a bastardized Percy trait that got redistributed.

It's exhausting. Rick write more than one relationship dynamic you can do it I promise

[mizgnomer]

Behind the Scenes of Rivals - with David Tennant & friends [ Part 4 ]

Excerpt from a GBH Interview with Aiden Turner and Nafessa Williams (by Amanda-Rae Prescott) October 2024:

The audience will want to punch Tony in the face, but how was David Tennant on set? Aidan Turner: Nobody ever wants to punch David in the face. He’s the loveliest guy you’ll ever meet. Nafessa Williams: David is the sweetest, gentlest, most talented person to be on set with and to learn from. I liked observing him and how he moved on set. He’s very sharp at what he does, but he’s absolutely nothing like Tony. Although he can play it well and he comes off really scary, he’s not that guy in real life.

Link to [ Part One ] [ Part Two ] [ Part Three ]

[conanssummerchild]

that one post that was like mike needed his platonic bestie rubbing his back and calling him petnames to tell el he loves her or smth

[smallsilvermoons]

i rlly like when ppl include that sanji and robin both get up super early and sanji makes coffee for her but have we considered sanji learning latte art bc robin likes cute things. him drawing little cats or birds for her on her coffee and she spends the rest of the morning smiling. the first time it happens her coffee gets cold while she’s reading bc she refuses to ruin it and Sanji thinks she hates it but then she’s really disappointed the next day when she sees her regular drink

[martyreddie]

Ryan hates buddie. He's doing everything he can to hammer how Eddie is straight and needs a WOMAN.

Meanwhile, Lou just last week told his fans he's fighting for more Tommy. The difference is so insane.

Oh, how sweet it is to see your side losing. Your fandom is crashing out while we are having a great time. Please, cry harder.

psst anon can I let you in on a secret? you have to promise not to tell anyone, okay? see the thing is... i'm still having a great time. with every 'brother' ryan drops, with every 'eddie needs a woman' that crosses his lips, my soul glows a brighter shade of crimson because i live for the tragic and the absurd. i know that all i can expect to hear when the man opens his mouth is the sound of the rocks inside his head knocking against each other as they tumble on. i do not cower and pray at the golden calf of actors' opinions for i know it is a false idol because fate only ever moves as cruelly and swiftly as old man minear's fingers on the keyboard of his personal computer. i laugh in the face of adversity, be it adorned with a mustache or not, because i know we shall prevail forever, no matter what wretched words leave his mouth.

look around yourself, anon. the walls of the church are lined with the tales of all those who came before. do you think this is the first time i have had to watch a man as the story he found himself in started to slowly solidify around him like a tar pit? do you think i do not know that there is a chance he never escapes? the steps to this waltz we're dancing are old and well-known to me, for i have danced it my whole life. i have been baited many a time, and i shall be baited many a time more. i need not let hope die in fear of the past repeating itself because i do not want to die a coward. i have faced disappointment before and know not to despair.

because the truth is, anon, that i would rather spend a thousand years of service worshipping the tomb of something true than to convert to idolatry of a vapid man and the forked tongue of his puppeteer. it is not glory or success that i seek; i need neither affirmation of nor confirmation for what i perceive with my own eyes and heart. it is for the love of the game, the thrill of the chase, that I spend my days on this website, that i wake at night to watch a tv series that has long since been lost in a swamp of mediocrity. i do not play to win. i play to play. and just by virtue of this, i will always come out on top.

anon, i shall unveil to you the deepest, darkest secret of them all: there is no way for me to lose without winning too. such is the way of meta rpf. if the hole is sealed forever, if eddie never climbs, if he is doomed to rot in the cold wet earth until the heat death of the sun devours us all, then i will still have won, for i'll know who has bound his hands and gagged his mouth, who embraced him so sweetly as they waited for the first shovel of soil to christen their heads. i'll know whose name to curse and whose breath to mourn, and when i lay my head on the darkened earth, i shall hear his sorry heart beat in tandem with that of the man he doomed, and for a brief moment, i'll feel bitter satisfaction.

you see, anon, i will win. the question is just at what cost.