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i love writing why is it so hard to write things that matter

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watched the new superman movie. i liked watching it! i liked the soundtrack and the dog and how unserious it was.

the argument between him and lois sticks with me, though. there was so much going on there! him not taking guilt, her refusing to put away her reporter-ly instincts for him, the cracks in their relationship, the moral dillemma itself....and i feel like the movie didn't sink its teeth in enough! i know superman couldn't have been a 2 hour debate over the responsibilities of superheroes in regards to geopolitical conflicts nor an drama about the problems at the start of a relationship....but come on! all that happened was the facts changed to support his position, and they saved the day and made out while flying in a building. which is fine. okay. i just feel like the movie signed a check with that scene that they didn't cash.

anyway. lex luthor was great though. the actor did a great job making him a silly pathetic little man. he was a delight to watch. and the noah and the whale song was cool.

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welcome to wolf 359. 📻

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criteria for my proposed "the girlcaptain and her suicidal knight" dynamic:

the girlcaptain need not be explicitly a captain but she must be a) a woman and b) in some kind of position of leadership and command.

her model of leadership must be in some way compassionately counter-cultural. it might be a sci-fi/fantasy setting where misogyny and gender roles aren't really a thing so it doesn't have to be a resistance of patriarchal norms, but she has to be consciously pushing against some kind of cruel and oppressive standard of control.

the suicidal knight can be any gender, and they also don't have to be explicitly a knight, but they do have to be a second-in-command who acts on other people's behalf in a way that incurs significant risk.

the girlcaptain saves the suicidal knight from some kind of terrible fate like enforced servitude, captivity, certain death, immanent self-destruction, etc. the suicidal knight is somehow at the end of their tether and the girlcaptain helps them when she does not have to.

the girlcaptain does not ask for anything in return. I cannot stress this enough. she thinks saving the suicidal knight is the reward in and of itself, she wouldn't save them just to bind them to her again, she actively does not want to control them. so, out of a combination of genuine gratitude and an inability to fully leave behind the mindset of when they were captive/in service/fated for death, the suicidal knight makes up the shortfall and decides on their own that they are forever indebted to her. to the suicidal knight's eye, she graced them with a real chance at life, and so they owe that life to her. and they're extremely fucking weird about it.

for whatever reason, the girlcaptain is not available for the kind of emotional intimacy that the suicidal knight desires. maybe she's in love with someone else, maybe she has a bunch of her own inner turmoil to deal with, maybe she has ethical concerns about their power dynamic, maybe she's super busy with her position of leadership and has "attend to own needs and desires" penciled in for after all these massive crises are over, or maybe she's just not into them that way. whatever the case, she cares deeply for them, maybe even loves them, but not in the way the suicidal knight wants to be loved. the desired love doesn't have to be romantic or sexual, but it should be in some way maddening.

the fundamental thing about this dynamic is that there is a massive amount of reciprocated care, respect, and compassion, but their biggest needs from each other are, at least for the time being, incompatible. the girlcaptain wants an equal who lives for themself and the suicidal knight wants to be subsumed to prove their devotion and worth.

not every point has to be hit for a pair of characters to qualify as a girlcaptain and her suicidal knight, I'm modelling this list off a bunch of examples and just trying to find the average of what the fuck their problems are, but this is the basic outline.

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reposted with permission, please participate if you can!

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just watched North By Northwest (1959) because people kept telling me to watch it when I talked about Hitchcock. lotsa delicious moments! the way the drunk driving was portrayed… the plane in the plain… the two of them climbing for their lives down Mount Rushmore… wow. the plot kinda lost me tbh but I understand why it’s such a classic because of the AWESOME imagery. i’m not gonna forget thornhill being dived/shot at by a crop duster in the loneliest bus stop in America for a very long time.

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Severance Show is here! Presented by our dear Mr. Milchick!

Sketches and initial stage

Band template, if you wanna have fun composing your own Lumon Band :D (tho do not use them as a template for your drawing nor make profit with these)

Purely a fanart and for fun! Not official or what just had this idea. Also listen to “DEVO - Puppet Boy” in background while looking at this!

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this music dance experience has been officially cancelled.

originals:

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is this anything

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I literally cant fucking breathe 

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CHAPTER TWO IS ALSO OUT NOW!

HOORAY!!!!

the life and times of shermie pines

Rating: Gen Words: 1,367 Chapters: 1/2 Relationships: Ford Pines & Sherman "Shermie" Pines & Stan Pines Shermie Pines returned from Vietnam in late February of 1971 to a two year old son, a tearful wife, and one fewer brother than he’d had before. 

i finally returned to gravity falls, yippee!! this fic fleshes out my interpretation of Shermie Pines, Dipper and Mabel’s grandpa and the brother to Stan and Ford.

He's so interesting to me! I will never get tired of hearing people's hc's for how he fits in the story, and here's mine.

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reblog if you love getting asks

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the life and times of shermie pines

Rating: Gen Words: 1,367 Chapters: 1/2 Relationships: Ford Pines & Sherman "Shermie" Pines & Stan Pines Shermie Pines returned from Vietnam in late February of 1971 to a two year old son, a tearful wife, and one fewer brother than he’d had before. 

i finally returned to gravity falls, yippee!! this fic fleshes out my interpretation of Shermie Pines, Dipper and Mabel’s grandpa and the brother to Stan and Ford.

He's so interesting to me! I will never get tired of hearing people's hc's for how he fits in the story, and here's mine.

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This audio contains spoilers for Wolf 359 Ep. 54

i would like to apologize to everyone.

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is this anything

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wheeeewooooowweoo

more stickies :333

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and it’s a video now

for those who were wondering, this is episode 44, desperate times!