#from something unspeakable

[the-muppet-joker]

How are you?

I am doing the best I can given the circumstances! (Horse dead, scammed thousands, got bald)

[winepresswrath]

Madame Yu would never but oh for one fic where she packs up the kids and flees the jurisdiction. Jiang Cheng and Yanli would be so upset and miss Wei Wuxian and their father and you know, their home & community. Jiang Fengmian feels like he's taken a truck to the face (thanks truck-kun). Wei Wuxian is sure it's all his fault and is deeply distressed. Madame Yu is probably literally possessed. But still. It sucks! leave! Hit the bricks! listen to the meme skeleton that has taken up residence in your head.

[rmbunnie]

I gotta say I might have unusually low standards and just haven’t realized it, but for all I heard about the locked tomb having such problematic and twisted protagonists, I wasn’t expecting for all but maybe 3 of the central characters to be like genuinely good people who care for those around them shaped only by their circumstances and the structure in which they live.

[rigginsstreet]

MAE: And then also her implementing that change and breaking that pattern in her familial relationships that her mom was having of taking back these guys who do not treat them right and her sort of not only saying no to that, but also "I'm not doing that in my life" with Riggins! SCOTT: Big move. Big move. And a lot of Tyra-Tim scenes haven't been making it into the episodes, but have been in the scripts, but a lot of them are the show trying to figure out how to same the same thing and get Tim to the place where he's so honest, and he is in that scene. He's like "I did." And she says "This is exactly what somebody would say before they just revert back to who they were." And I'm like, ah man, can Tyra not believe that people can kind of change at this point? Maybe not until she fully changes her situation. MAE: She's also, like, I think, to a degree that's such a tricky thing about relationships and people in general, like yes people can change, but at some point- at what point does it not work for you anymore? And being- I think that's like a really grown up thing- another kids having to grow up thing to realize that look, you're on your own journey, and I support you and I'm glad you- I understand you have to do this as many times as it takes for it to make sense to you to actually implement this change in your life and have it really be yours, but I can't go with you on that journey anymore.

-IT’S NOT ONLY FOOTBALL: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS AND BEYOND

[vaguely-concerned]

in fraser's defense I too would have been severely at risk of risking it all for victoria even after the all of the everything. have you seen her.

[synchodai]

Idk where all these takes thinking that Helaena was indifferent to Jaehaerys's death come from. She literally said she was sad about it. Her rationalizing that she shouldn't be is very realistic grief processing for a neurodivergent person. I've worked with children on the spectrum who will tell me that they're angry or sad and are trying not to be because they know it'll make others even more upset or because a scraped knee heals eventually and all these other rationalizations.

But they are upset. And like what Alicent did with Helaena, you have to tell them having emotions by itself isn't a bad thing. Most of the time, it's simply something you can't control or reason away. Alicent was doing well to tell her daughter that she had a right to her grief — that she shouldn't use "other people have it worse" as a way to push it down.

Alicent has her own wonky processing by believing it was her fault that Jaehaerys died ('the gods are punishing me for my sins. an unrelated accident happened because i, personally, have done awful things' aka classic catholic guilt). So she was seeking absolution from her father who refused to give it to her.

But Helaena does. Helaena forgives her. In a way, I interpreted this scene as both of them comforting each other in the ways they needed. When Alicent shrugs off her own grief and begins talking about how she's more worried about Helaena, her daughter tells her what she wanted to hear by giving her that absolution.

Could the scene have made it clearer that this mother and daughter are helping each other with their radically different ways of processing grief? Could I have misinterpreted the scene? Of course. But as it was, it was pretty clear that Helaena was sad about Jaehaerys.

[realbeefman]

i'm a cis woman, but in the past few years i've developed a habit of headcanoning any male character i relate to as a trans women, beginning a fic trying to explore that, and then miserably falling short as i can never figure out how to end the story. i've recently joined a new fandom and started my most recent attempt at writing this ever-elusive character interpretation i've been trying to explain for years. and it occurs to me that maybe the reason i keep trying to interpret these characters i relate to as women and failing to, is because i'm trying to project the wrong experience. because i think that conclusion i can never fully bring myself to write isn't one about coming to terms with womanhood and embracing that identity, but about coming to terms with being a man.

so tldr im a trans man and this is a coming out post.

[autumnbrambleagain]

the contrast between how there are two pieces of internet media that did "what is it like to be immortal? what would the genuine joy of it be, and how would it be an ontological nightmare?"

that the internet put out two incredible pieces of high quality media dealing with this topic,

and one is a mixed-media story about space probes watching football,

and the other is a porn game with every Unspeakable Fetish,

and for the fucking life of me i can't be sure which one did it better

i can't decide and sometimes i think 17776 still comes out the loser in comparison to paraphore and how hard it makes it to recommend to people to play paraphore despite, in my literal expert opinion (have a degree (graduate)), it being one of the better works of new literature ive ever experienced

and im' rereading 17776/20020 and it's just making me want to go through paraphore again

[ct-multifandom]

Wait guys, theory. ⚠️ Major AI the somnium files spoilers ⚠️

I’ve gotten some new notes on my old meme about So Sejima not knowing what a condom is and people in the tags were talking about him having a serial killer gene that skipped over Iris or what if she’ll get fucked up later in life but. The thought crossed my mind. What if his genes made them all high risk for developing brain tumors? Antisocial behavior can be a warning sign, and it could explain Saito’s supposed problem experiencing love in a more believable way than the game did. What if they all had brain tumors and Iris was the only one who got diagnosed?

[paragonrobits]

Finn: So, um, since we are officially Knowing Each other in a not exactly platonic sense- Huntress Wizard: The voices of the world tell me that the term is 'friends with benefits'. I feel this is both insufficient and... somehow does not convey the emotional ties involved but linguistics ain't my field. Finn: Me neither. Which is why it's kind of hard to say but, since we're feeling close enough that it's changed things, you're going to have to be prepared for some... hm. Finn: Perils, let's say. HW: In what sense. Finn: You know I've got people in my... well, it's not BIOLOGICAL family, but 'family' is the only word that comes to mind? People who care a lot about me, and might feel really invested in people that get intimately involved in my life? HW: Ah. Like your brother, the magical dog. Finn: Well, yeah, but you've already met him and got that sorted out, and that's not EXACTLY what I mean. And you NEED to be prepared because I am genuinely a little scared for you. HW: I've noticed a very serious tone shift here. Why does the ground suddenly stink of fear and horror? Huntress Wizard, feeling a sudden sense of unspeakable doom: And why do I hear... boss music?? Princess Bubblegum and Marceline, looming ominously directly behind her: Finn: OH NO IT HAS BEGUN. Princess Bubblegum, speaking in horribly icy tones: Good evening. Marceline, strumming on her guitar in a needlessly malevolent fashion: So. We hear you're INTERESTED in Finn. Princess Bubblegum: So we'd like to ask you a few... QUESTIONS. So that we are assured of his safety and emotional well-being. Huntress Wizard: Ah. So THAT explains the boss music.

[kitether]

these two 💞

[light-wrath-paradise]

Well these colours sure didn't translate well

@prismatic-starstuff @beardedladyqueen

[vaguely-concerned]

I was just ambushed within the turbulent halls of my own mind by some headcanons about rye ingellvar's childhood that did 15000000 points of psychic damage to me and my heart personally and also made me almost sure of how I want to play it all at the end (very very differently from how I imagined going in!). some 'oh holy fuck this changes everything' rocking my own world bullshit going on in my neurons right now I'm reeling

[glitterdustcyclops]

okay i'm 29% into something extraordinary by alexis hall and considering the other two books in this series were goofy satirical queer regency romance romps i need to sue this man for damages because i have been lowkey sobbing for basically most of this book so far oh my god

who knew an aromantic heroine in a romance novel would attack me directly and destroy me down to the atoms???

[wispwatched]

THINKING ABOUT.... how Ensha has the capacity to be so awful and downright nasty. thinking about how Miri, his adoptive little elven bundle of light in the dark sister is the only thing in his life aside from the mourn watch and his studies that he has to live for and actually cares about. THINKING about how easy he could be corrupted if anything BAD were to happen to Miri or if he was baited juuusstt right to do questionable or outright reprehensible things given the right circumstances and seeds planted in that head of his--

[eury--dice]

sometimes i think about klaasje and have to sit down for a minute