#(shmemantics)

[flowerandthesongstress]

hi here's some youtube video essays and such

The Ouroboros of Grief

Esperanto Explained

TomSka's guide to Plagiarism

The Problem with Irony

An introduction to Semiotics

Ghosts of Mark Fisher: Hauntology, Lost Futures, and Depression

The true and incredible story of Merkel's favorite song and its singer

Planned Obsolescence Will Kill Us All

The Rule of Three

How you all we all became the Big Brother

The art of Semantics

Bo Burnham, Arcade Fire, and the infinite dread of the internet

Actually properly analyzing ‘Inside’ by Bo Burnham

The fictional vampire has always been sexy

Peter Singer and the most controversial ethics paper ever

How the internet kills your creativity (and what to do about it)

Movie monologues that changed my entire worldview

Wings of Desire — the epic of peace

My cluster b parent died and I felt nothing much

Why Bonnie and Clyde is Hollywood’s most revolutionary film

Paterson: embracing the poetry of the Everyday

Melancholia: depression on film

The gift of letting go and Ted Lasso

Fighting cosmic horror with charts and graphs

Poker Face: more than just an homage to Columbo

White Oleander: toxic beauty and narcissistic mothers

An ardent, unironic defense of Edward Cullen

A beginner’s guide to Soviet animated cinema

Dream Scenario — Kristoffer Borgli & the Dream Machine

How to think about your narcissistic parent

The politics of ‘Parks and Rec’

The Lincoln Highway: across America on the first transcontinental motor route

Elden Ring and the Art of Knowing Less

Explaining Europe to Americans

An avoidable disaster: the tragedy of Mass Effect Andromeda

Scrubs: My Retrospective

Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas is Beautiful

okay bye

[magpants]

Episode 50: Usagi's Crisis! The Tiara Doesn't Work / VR Madness

I don't remember anyone calling you that, but if they really did, are you sure it wasn't a derogatory nickname?

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She could probably give him the Luna Mind Meld, but then the arc would probably end too early.

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Well, now you don't have to feel like you have to go on a date in order to get in the VR Theater. But I can see why it's more fun to go with friends.

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Even if he's only copying her Sailor Moon alter-ego, it's kinda cute how he's essentially also copying Usagi, in a way. If only you knew who Sailor Moon truly was, Shingo. Would you still love her?

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Boxy? Is that you?

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I guess that proves that "Goblin Queen" was a derogatory nickname after all.

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Shut up, Usagi. You're being hypocritical again.

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If only these two could get couples therapy, 'cause I think they really need it.

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Meanwhile, Ami, Rei, Makoto, and Minako are still waiting in line to get in, but soon they will make it in, and bail out Sailor Moon when the tiara stops working.

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She looks nothing like an ant. But who knows, maybe the ants in Hell look like her.

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Shingo, you're not a man, yet. You're still a little boy. But whatever, semantics shmemantics.

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But wait, I thought the Moonlight Knight was Mamoru's alter-ego for when he hasn't regained his memories back. If Mamoru's there too, then.. what even is the Moonlight Knight?

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Oh good, the other Sailors are here to finish off the monster.

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Oh hey, turns out you can say the word "die" in DiC's dub after all. Not counting last time someone said die because it was actually part of a figure of speech (as in, "Who died and made you ____?")

Hell Ant's name has been changed to Nacrid, because of course it had to be.

Even Darien and Nacrid think the Moonlight Knight is a sheik, but then again, this is only in the dub. I'm sure the Japanese writers had their reasons of calling him the Moonlight Knight, but I'll have to look it up some other time.

[dead-but-still-magic]

Schematics shmemantics its a two parter

I am not old. Everyone needs to stop calling me old. I’m 52 that’s not old. You know what’s old? Like 80. I’m not 80.

[flowerandthesongstress]

please watch the Time Bandits remake before Abed endeavors to erase it from streaming services and succeeds

[flowerandthesongstress]

*barges into another fic by fav author* I've no idea who you people are but LET'S GOOOOO semantics shmemantics WOOOOO

People in question: is she drunk

Anyway it's really good, please read it, especially if you're in the know, but also if not.

Been replaying the games, so I felt like writing my own little epilogue for the boy of the Void.

Summary/Description: Jonah has a good one with his friends and family.

Relationships: Corvo Attano & The Outsider, Emily Kaldwin & The Outsider

Characters: The Outsider (Dishonored), Corvo Attano, Emily Kaldwin, Luca Abele, Wyman (Dishonored), bunch of OCs for setting purposes

Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Epilogue, Slice of Life, Orphanage, Serkonos (Dishonored), Light-Hearted, Friendship, mentioned Emily/Wyman, Nonbinary Character, Character Study, Setting, Implied childhood trauma, but everyone here is in good hands