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Nothing like election day celebration of turning up the music in your headphones to drown out people yelling at the tv about israel

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Bank of Sapphire Cold?

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i am in love with your sollux i think

sollux love party :]

if you’re interested heres some of my personal fondness thoughts on him.. big warning for the mega long read ahead aye

as we alr know sollux's rejection of participation somewhat mirrors dave's rejection of heroism, but even without getting cooked to completion i still find sollux's character v compelling beyond the fourth wall

as someone who doesnt get a pinch of that Protagonist Sparkle to begin with, he can openly say he wants to leave anytime…. and unlike dave, he actually Can leave the scene anytime. but he can never be truly Free from the story via permanent character death like the other trolls.

his irrelevancy is indeed relevant - he’s there so u can point him out.

while his image is intended to be a relic of past internet subculture, his role is not only about hehehaha being a Chad or a 2000s cyberforum 2²chan haxxor ragequit gamebro.

his continued existence also happens to add a Bit to the overarching themes of homestuck! a Bit that gives him longer-lasting thematic relevance compared to the trolls who could’ve had more character potential but didnt get to survive beyond the main story.

the Bit in question:

his defiance contributes to the illusion of agency (treating characters = people with autonomy). he’s “aware” of it, and that recognition is worth noting enough to forcibly keep him alive as both reward and punishment.

considering how his personality & classpect is designed its definitely a very haha thing for hussie to do LOL. he’s made to be op asf so he's resigned to doing dirty work, gradually deteriorating along the way but never truly dying. as fans have mentioned before, him openly rejecting involvement after a while of grim tolerance is like if the sim u were controlling suddenly stopped, looked up and gave u the finger while u were step six into the walkthrough for Every Possible Sim Death Animation.

but since he’s just a sim… the more he hates it, the more you keep him around. if ur sim started complaining abt your whimsical household storyline you’d definitely keep that little fuck.

but yeah i like that sollux is just idling. the significance of his presence being that one dude who's always reliably Somewhere, root core Unchanged, no individual ambitions (possibly due to fear of consequence?), and design-wise: a staple representative product of his time.

compared to dirk's character, who has aged phenomenally well into the present (themes of control + AR + artificial intelligence, clearer exploration around navigating relationships/sexuality, infinite possibilities of self-splinterhood and trait inheritance), sollux's potential is really... contained. bitter. defeatist. limiting and frustrating in the way old tech is.

the world continues moving on to shinier, brighter, more advanced automated things - minimalist and metaverse or whatever but sollux is still here 🧍‍♂️ going woohoo redblue 3d. (tho personally i imagine his vibe similar to what the kids call cassette futurism on pinterest mixed w more grimy grunge insectoid influences eheh)

conceptually-speaking,

at the foundation of it all, the rapid pace of modern development was built off the understanding of ppl like sollux in the past, who were There actively at work while the dough was still beginning to rise

thats one of the cool things abt the idea of trolls preceding humans! the idea that trolls like sollux excelled back when lots of basic shit still needed to be discovered, building structures like networks and codes from scratch, and humans will eventually inherit and reinvent that knowledge in ways that become so optimized it makes the old manual effort seem archaic, slow, and labour-intensive.

but despite information/resources/shortcuts being more accessible now, much of the new highly-anticipated stuff released on trend still end up unfinished, inefficient, or expiring quickly due to cutting corners under severe capitalistic pressures

meanwhile, some of the old stuff frm past generations of thorough, exploratory and perfectionistic development still remains working, complete, and ever so sturdy.

those things continue to exist, just outside our periphery with either:

zero purpose left for modern needs (outdated/obsolete)

or

far too important to replace or destroy, bcs of its surprisingly essential and circumstantial usefulness in one niche specific area.

which are honestly? both points that sum up sollux pree well.

dramatic ending sorry. anw are u still on the fence or are u Sick abt him like me </3

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can i just say the idea of maul calling the jedi to say "its palpatine" and fucking off is soooo fucking funny. like obviously they wouldnt believe him. but can you imagine. worst guy obi wan has ever met in his life shows up to accuse his boss of galactic terrorism. and leaves.

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how can you misunderstand the character you are adapting that badly

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Today, Jesus is holding:

Darth Maul from Star Wars

request by @bossboudicca

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fanfiction and wishful thinking aside- is Maul canonically asexual? Post chop? my limited research told me that libido greatly diminishes once the sithballs are gone

if anyone has any headcanons feel free to chime in

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Maul Meme Monday❤️

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Clark was born with parents who did an illegal birth and broke into the space pentagon, and was raised by parents who probably faked his birth certificate and used tax loopholes. Godspeed, Mr. Kent

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Best Cinematography: Conclave (2024) — cinematography by Stéphane Fontaine

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it’s totally been said before but I think clark needs to be less humanlike. I want him to teach himself how to blink and consciously think about doing so in public.…his skin should always be at an unnatural temperature..his teeth more malformed the farther back they go so that he has to smile small. et cetera. this is sounding like that scene from twilight but superman lost had the right idea of him not needing to breathe and constantly forgetting to do so when stressed!!! I need more!!!!

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watching this damn gif over and over and just absolutely chewing on it:

what do you seek?

instantly: fortune (expression fairly neutral, even becoming more open after he says it)

then, he looks upward. this is a body language queue for thinking. when light hits the bottom curve of your irises as you look up, it causes a spike in mental awareness. just a little jolt of clarity, to aid recall. people do it instinctively and automatically.

so he looks up, and then he goes: ...and power. (expression becoming more fierce, more insistent, chin jutting, forward movement)

so: he wants fortune (by definition: a turn of good luck in the course of one's life) without even having to consider it, and he either thinks he wants power, or he thinks he's supposed to want power. either way, it's not his instinctual first thought or priority, but it matters to him that power is on the list.

result: darth maul wants things to go better for himself, for bad things to stop happening to him. sidious did everything he could to turn this man into a monster, into an utterly evil abomination like himself, and he failed on a fundamental level. maul doesn't want to rule the galaxy front and center like some kind of evil overlord, he doesn't want a baker's dozen syncophants torturing puppies in his throne room. naw, he just wants to be fortunate and happy. he has no idea how, and his own mind is a claptrap for bad ideas and failed methods, devoid of moral principles, but shit...

... he just wants to be happy.

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one reason i love superman is how he is very much a loner who keeps people at a distance (often to his own detriment), but he subverts all the typical gruff, rude antihero tropes people usually associate with that type of person. i think it’s fun (and relatable!) to see how being polite, upbeat, or folksy can still be a way to keep people at arm’s length or isolate yourself.

a great example i think of is that scene in the death of superman when lois points out she knows almost nothing about clark’s life growing up, and he just demurs with ‘aw shucks, you know my folks taught me better than to go on about myself’. classic farm boy charm that’s just dodging the question. lois sees right through it, of course (“lois, you know me better than anyone!” “then that’s a real shame.”) – but i just wish it was an aspect of his character that was better understood by people who paint him as just a boy scout.

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Superman with reflective cat eyes but they’re red bc of the laser vision

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BVS gets infinitely funnier when you remember that Clark can do THIS

anytime he wants, but waits until nearly the end of the movie to give into the urge to throw Bruce Wayne’s annoying ass all the way across this building to prove that he can (he’s stronger than me, I would’ve shoved him 60 min prior to this scene)

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(Note: the difference between guilt and shame is that ‘guilt’ focuses on specific acts or behaviors, while ‘shame’ involves the overall sense of self.)