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[afjol33]

[knifearo]

"asexual discourse" is so funny cause dude that's not discourse and it's never been discourse. it's not an argument and it's not a conversation bitches are just yelling at us unprompted and then making up people to get mad at 😭

[wackywatchdotcom]

what intrigues me abt caines dynamic w the rest of the cast is the way that none of them seem to understand why he is the way he is. like not in the comedic sense but how they dont seem to have a clear concept of his motivations or anything of that sort

we havent seen toooo much of it. but we have seen how pomni, zooble, jax, ragatha, and gangle view him and its so fascinating

pomni is like. she doesnt understand what hes doing but seems to view his actions as malicious in some way. i dont think she sees him as a 'mean' person but with how she says she thinks he wants her to suffer its very illuminating of how she sees him as someone who wants all of them to hurt. i dont think she knows why he would, but its the only conclusion shes got. it also speaks to her distrusting nature that upon being hurt by him her first thought is that its an intentional decision to harm her, and unfortunately for caine she hasnt actually been given much of a reason to think he feels otherwise. i dont know how she thinks caine feels about them but its clear to me how she views his goals and hobbies for lack of a better term

zooble doesnt trust him. they find him to be annoying but more significant is that they KNOW he likes them all. it adds an interesting tone to how they see him, that they specifically say that whats 'holding caine back' is that he 'likes [them]', which on one hand is them interpretting caines actions as being done from a place of liking the players, and that his actions are coming from a place of NOT hurting them, because he likes them (its interesting to note that they have participated in less adventures, so its unclear how much they know abt caines adventures firsthand). but on the other hand is implying that they think caines holding himself back at all. that there IS a desire or a capability to be cruel that theyre wary of. theyve also seen caine at his most vulnerable (in the show itself at least) and their comment, 'whose therapy session is this again?' implies theyre at least aware that this is caine having his own problems, though i dont think theyre comfortable safety-wise with how these problems affect them and the others. them asking caine 'why did you think i would like that?' speaks to the idea that they do think hes genuinely trying to appeal to the players, but they seem to find his lack of understanding of the players frustrating and unsafe for all of them

jax i think is pretty vague since most of his lines to caine are brief, and the most telling line he has abt caine is the only one we have. but he seems neutral on caine as a whole. caine is just a guy who makes things for them. he tries to entertain them and thats all jax really seems to be concerned with- whether his 'its not in his nature' line is reflective of him genuinely Believing that is smth i see debated often but i think no matter what, it conveys that jax Generally sees caine as someone who isnt malicious. hes not trying to hurt them, and whether or not he thinks caine is capable of hurting them is whats more vague. either way, jax doesnt seem to like or dislike caine

ragatha has very mimimal interactions with caine and not many lines about him, but i think her line in the pilot, 'thats just one of caines little adventures. theyre just something fun to do to, yknow, prevent us from going insane,' is extremely telling of how she sees caine. of all of them, she seems to have the most positive view of caine, since she interprets his actions as an active attempt to stave off abstraction in the players. whether or not she thinks caine is acting from a place of wanting to stop disruptions or if he wants to ensure the players arent doing as unwell as they could IS up for debate though. the way she talks about him in the pilot in general reads like she has some level of trust in him, but it seems like a surface level trust in him at the worst- she knows hes not malicious and knows he wants to help. she knows he can help her when shes jumbled. but its not clear if she Likes him. she seems to enjoy the adventures though (which, ill keep it brief so i dont derail this, but it honestly reads like a deliberate parallel writing-wise that the two of them both seem fond of distractions as an acceptable solution to a bad situation- if her assessment of Why he makes the adventures is anything to go by)

gangle is harder to read on this front, as she has way less lines about him, though she does have multiple notable interactions with him in ep 4, in the way of her seeming genuinely enthusiastic about his adventure (it doesnt seem completely directed at him, but she seems genuinely a bit happy about his praise of her leadership skills). when she calls him it doesnt convey TOO much i dont think but the way she talks to him and requests he make a punishment could imply she doesnt think hed normally make one, but also that hes not opposed to it, which is confusing in what it means about how she sees him but it feels important. her interaction with him at the end of the episode also doesnt convey much in this way (i feel like caine is not the main focus of most of that scene- which works for the scene and is good writing wise bc the scenes important for gangles writing of her own problems, but in terms of breaking down this idea it means im not sure this scene conveys much about how she sees him)

and then. i didnt mention kinger at the beginning specifically bc i dont think we have... almost any indicators of how he sees caine. he tells caine abt kaufmo in ep 1, suggests caine could find pomni in ep 2, doesnt address the thing pomni says abt caine in ep 3, and even his suggestion in ep 4 to sit out the adventure doesnt convey almost anything. the only throughline is that kinger sees caine as someone who can help them if they ask, but it doesnt convey any thoughts on what he thinks caines motivations are or his thoughts on caines actions. which frankly reads like a deliberate choice when kinger should be the one with the most history with caine

this post is long but i just am bery intrigued by this. i thinka ll the character dynamics are so deeply fascinating but with caine being the closest the show has to an antagonist (which of course is a loaded statement but i mean it in the writing sense and not in the 'antagonist is evil' way) it means that the way the characters see him holds a lot of weight. it conveys a lot abt them all with how they interpret the person that has (at least on the surface) the most control over the situation

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[arom-antix]

I bring to thee some quick late night Viktuuri sketches because I think we could all use some fluff

[cecoeur]

People in this fandom who regurgitate content in search of a hit tweet or viral tiktok/reel so that you can legitimize yourself within the fan base please know that you’re the worst kind of fan and you’ll spend your life constantly seeking the validation of others but never truly feeling the acceptance or community you yearn for because you’re fake as hell.

[kevinsdsy]

yk how tragic it is for me to think “omg i love shawn anderson i wonder if there are any new thoughts/headcanons under his tag!” just to realise that he hasn’t said a single line in the book and it’s ME who is providing the silly fanon thoughts………

[averlym]

litany of the martyrs (click for better resolution!)

[clumsypuppy]

i feel like im not making any sense but does anyone else feel like there are stories that let u run with them and ones that spell everything out for you

[holocene-sims]

next // previous

may 21, 2022 5:00 p.m. los angeles

[chibipandaao3]

Adaptations

I keep seeing people complain about visual adaptations not being “just like the book,” and while I do understand the frustration — how could any of them be a perfect match for the source material.

Certain aspects HAVE to change when transforming a novel into a live action adaptation (or even an animated one in most cases). Why?

For one, novels typically focus on a single character (or several) closely. It offers insight into their personality, thought process, motivations, etc. without (keyword) showing or saying anything. Characters in books don’t have to say or do anything for readers to get this information because books fill in those gaps.

In contrast, a visual representation HAS to show/tell in some fashion. And as a result, some things are just never going to make it to the screen.

Second, not everything in the source material is necessary to tell the story. I know this is often the hardest thing to accept, but it’s true. Readers tend to have more patience because they are living with characters much more closely (ie. back to point one).

This can work in both ways mind you — for example, most people I know prefer Katniss in the films than in the books. Why? Because you know more about her inner workings in the books.

Thirdly the actors. While they are (obviously) playing a character, those characters inevitably take on attributes of the actor themselves. Why? Because actors make choices and those choices might be based on what they think a character might do, or how they might react, but at the end of the day those decisions are still coming from the actor (and okayed by the director in most cases)

Win punches Team in the novel after he saves him — Boun said he wouldn’t. Why? Because 1) he wasn’t going to pretend to hit Prem and 2) because the Win he’s created would never punch Team.

And none of the above includes the original writer (who often spurs on changes to their live adaptation, making fixes they wished they’d done), the screen writer and editors (who have to make something that’s 300-800 pages into 10-13 episode - or worse… a 3hr movie), nor the director (who has to wrangle everything through both their and the creator’s vision)

Why do I bring all this up?

Because a lot of people continue to complain that “Book Babe would never do that!” “Book Charlie was so much better!!” “Book Thup would never be caught DEAD wearing a graphic T!”

And look, you can not like changes (see my multiple rants about Between Us for reference) but you can’t expect these shows to be word for word reenactments of the novels. That’s impossible, unrealistic, and (frankly) boring as shit.

(If I come back and look at this later and there’s a massive typo again because of auto correct I’m taking an extra long lunch…)

[king-candybug-backup]

I'm noticing an uptick in comments complaining that most of the current WIR fandom content is Turbo instead of the other characters and, like... you guys know you can search other characters by their specific tags, right??? Or exclude Turbo from search results by temporarily blacklisting him in your filtered tags?

Idk, it's just weird to me to be discouraging towards people making fandom content just because it's not the specific content you want to see, like, it's ok to want to see other content, but complaining about how other people aren't catering to your tastes enough instead of just making the content you want to see yourself is kinda bad vibes, y'know?? (And that's not to say that I think those comments are intended out of malice of course, I really don't think they are, I just wanted to point out that it can come off as a little entitled, as well as discouraging towards people who just want to draw Turbo, which is something that should be fine if that's what they want to do. Fandom should be fun for everybody, and there's lots of tools available to curate your experience with it!)

[beclight]

dont let ANYONE villainize your usage of the block button. EVER. (this goes to anyone and everyone from all fandoms, btw.)

You're free to curate your online space however you want and not interacting with someone and leaving them alone in their own space is the least harmful (for both parties) and safest way to deal with drama and situations that make you uncomfortable, no matter the reason behind it. it's your account, do whatever as long as it's not illegal or putting others at risk! and guess what? last time i checked setting clear and defined boundaries wasn't a crime👍

[babacontainsmultitudes]

Hehehe just went to see my first burlesque show (I've seen a pole dancing show or two with burlesque elements but this was the first purely burlesque show I've been to) and it fucking RULED AGH everything I was hoping it would be gaaah <3333

[juniemunie]

Don't you have anything better to do?

Just let them go.

(Yes its based off that pic from Veil)

[dancefloors]

trying not to get irked by swiftie media illiteracy. I've retired! I'm out of the game!! but some of you are very stupid