#{A/N} : commentary

[t3chborb]

Cuddling the big scary robot would save me actually.

[milkbreadtoast]

DETECTIVES MAC AND CHEESE.... DRAWING THIS ALMOST KILLED ME 🫡🧡💛 *dies*

[wilburewormarts]

HAPPY ENA DREAM BBQ RELEASE WOO (with one week delay)

full model under cut cuz im very proud of how she looks :]

[forestofsprites]

it takes a lot for me to draw hands and leather in one scene, but it really was integral to the vibe here. that’s my good friend murdock, baby ! he’s all hands, all leather jacket, and all saturated hues !

[technikki]

ttyd is an amazing game because all of your general information about enemies/npcs/areas is provided to you by a heavily opinionated college student

[vagueeyes]

So one thing we all know about DIDDLE DIDDLE DUMPLING is its use of symmetry. Today, I took a further look and tried to examine how the characters' costumes are a part of this.

In the commentary, r&s talk about how the symmetry was not in the script, so this was very much brought to life by Guillem Morales/DOP John Sorapure/production designer Simon Rogers/art director Elizabeth Bromby. Reece, in particular, remarks on how beautiful the episode is shot and that you can tell it's composed:

It's got that sort of orderedness – is part of the creepiness, I think. It creeps into the dread of the episode and how this mania grips this man, and how he can't let go of this idea of putting things right in his head.

Which does mean that, if David is seeing symmetry everywhere, then, to me, the house itself represents his mind.

Here are some frames where I think the colours of David's clothes often match with whatever room he's in (aided by the lighting, I'm sure), and the camera is positioned in a way to suggest that he's blending in with the house (or about to be swallowed by it?):

The family mirror each other too, such as the patterned shirts and similar colours/tones:

It even extends to non-family characters!

When I got to the Chris/lunch scene, I only realized then that this is probably the only time where Louise is dressed in colours that are not similar to David. If anything, the colours of her dress seem closer to Chris' shirt:

When Ted comes into the house, he's dressed in a shade of green, the same as David's running shirt - perhaps to give you the (false) sense that maybe he is the real owner of the shoe?

In the ending though, David's blue jumper sort of puzzles me. Is he still blending in, or is he not because he's finally unraveled? I was always struck by the way he's standing in between the two chairs, with the curtains (mostly) drawn.

As if he's finally been engulfed by the house.

Note: huge props to this fantastic review, which pointed out a lot of things I never realized!

[stealingpotatoes]

have you watched barbie the movie? interested in your thoughts about it :)

not to sound like a terrible feminist but it's so funny that ryan gosling is getting all the awards for the women are amazing movie

[daltonsnightmare]

MacGyver (2016) s1e7 Can Opener | Cold Open

[clownmoontoon]

I WAS TODAY YEARS OLD WHEN I LEARNED "RETCON" WAS SHORT FOR "RETROACTIVE CONTINUITY" LMAO THANKS ALEX HIRSCH

im watching/listening to gravity falls episode commentary heres another bomb that shOOK ME IM ON THE BIPPER EP (sock opera) AND ALEX GOES "YOULL NOTICE DIPPER BLINKS RIGHT BEFORE BILL APPEARS, BILL CAN ONLY APPEAR IN YOUR DREAMS, DIPPER IS ASLEEP, THE COUNTDOWN ON THE LAPTOP ISNT REAL"

BRO ITS 2024 AND I HAD NO fUCKIN IDEA WHAT DO U MEAN THAT COUNTDOWN WASNT REAL AAAAAAAASLDKJALKSD

also also how everybody thought bill was pulling a whole IM A GREAT DECEIVER/MANIPULATOR while trying to convince mabel to give him the journal and like nO HE WAS BEING GENUINE HE REALLY THOUGHT MABEL WAS A KINDRED SPIRIT CHAOS AGENT AND WAS LIKE "OBV YOUD WANNA PICK THE MORE FUN OPTION, THIS IS A SOLID PLAN!!!!" ASLDKJALSK

BILLS NOT A MASTER MANIPULATOR HES AN IDIOT THAT LACKS THE MATURITY OF A 12 YR OLD I LOVE HIM SM LMAO

[clownery-and-fuckery]

BTW I played mouthwashing and. ohmygod. absolutely beating the shit out of Jimmy. the symbolism and camera work, the motifs and the dialogue. everything about it was so horrific and so brilliant. Mouthwashing my beloved.

[alienssstufff]

*scribbles wildly* OKAY AWESOME welcome to the tangdubs enjoyers blr. there are currently 4 of us wait no 5 now if you wish to join. welcome yes

thank you hater4hater nation glad to be here <3

[ame4me]

i dont take plenty of pictures simply 4 the scenery in nms but heres a few i do haveee

i think one or two of these images ive already shown here , but ill show em again :3

[c1trvswurld]

seeing aroace infighting online will never not be funny so i have to green text it

>make a post appreciating aroaces whose attraction can be complex and have varying levels of sexual and romantic attraction that isnt inherently sex or romantically repulsed

>why are you pushing sexual and romantic attraction on aroaces, stop doing " and also the ones who do have sex/experiencing emotion under every post tagged for aroace" >make a post bigging up aroaces who are completely sex and romance repulsed

cycle repeats/profit

[valenteal]

Sabrina Carpenter came out with the deluxe edition of Short n’ Sweet and I really love it, particularly 15 minutes and Couldn’t Make It Any Harder.

15 minutes is such a great commentary on the music industry and celebrity culture. The title is a reference to the idea of “15 minutes of fame” which Sabrina is currently enjoying. This song is her acknowledging the fleeting nature of her current popularity and showing her self awareness about both what it means to her and what she’ll do to keep/extend it. Because this is her livelihood. 15 minutes of fame isn’t just about fame and partying and boys for her. She’s working insanely hard to make the most of it, flying all over the country and doing perfect shows and always looking flawless. She’s doing everything she can with her “15 minutes” and it’s hella impressive. Of course she’s included plenty of innuendo and had fun with the song but it’s a serious acknowledgment of her hard work and also a criticism of the nature of fame and the things it’s necessary to do to be successful in the music industry.

Couldn’t Make It Any Harder feels like a more genuine continuation of her older music. It’s about how difficult she makes it to be in a relationship, how past experiences have made her more closed off. The rest of her music depicts her as more promiscuous but that’s not the truth of her, and this song acknowledges that. I feel like this is the natural progression from one of her older songs, Run and Hide. It’s from her EVOlution album and it’s about how cautious everyone has become of love. How as you grow up dating becomes more of a risk, something less beautiful and more scary. She says in it that she doesn’t want to Run and Hide, but in Couldn’t Make It Any Harder it’s clear that she’s doing so now. She isn’t as optimistic as she once was. She’s more guarded. Where her earlier songs all had this pure romanticism and eagerness for love she’s grown to be more careful. She’s been hurt. And this song makes that clear.

I have been a fan of Sabrina since basically her debut and I have loved to see her music evolve and grow as she has. At first I was concerned when Short n’ Sweet came out, I love it don’t get me wrong, but I was worried that she’d change her entire persona to fit with what people liked and expected after Nonsense. I’m glad to hear these songs. Sabrina is so talented and smart and insightful and I don’t want her to lose that, even though it’s great to see her having so much fun with her music as well.

[sippybug]

flatlands pretty good

[evilfarmin]

Jiuxiao's horrible terrible no good introduction to the capital

Real "four page" comic enjoy more inside VVV

Jby: so nice to be back home and see my annoying ass baby ass chubby cheeked neighbor who is now taller than me

Wuxi was like "we're holding hands now" and jby did not protest... Give an inch situation....

Jiuxiao: zishu I don't feel good :(

Zzs: well maybe you shouldn't've peeved off the one person in the capital whose special interest is poison get bell soon *wep *wet

solution: don't get within biting range of the thing