#I don’t know it’s late

[badolmen]

People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.

For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.

The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.

So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.

Edit: if you are able, use $5 you would otherwise use for a streaming subscription to donate to a GazaFunds campaign.

[enduracarrotchips]

warm & cool

[starstruckodysseys]

there’s something very funny to me about the intrepid heroes being fully decked out in their emo fits and then brennan just being in Regular Shirt #5 (sometimes ft. strawberry hat!)

[daeyumi]

The first beginning 🌅🗡️

Happy 38th anniversary to my favorite series of all time. 💛 Here’s to many more years of adventure~

[hollytree33]

Just Shivana (I think I’m in love with her)

[gio-scrabbles]

My weekend film binge in a nutshell (there was lots of sadness and existential dread)!

Saw some new movies this weekend! Loved all of them, but I’m still emotionally recovering.

OG meme:

[bloobydabloob]

Holy shit I love your Dirk interpretations, it's so true and I could talk about this shit forever. I feel like another part of his character that people seem to forget (along with Roxy for some reason) is that he's from the future in solitude in an apocalyptic wasteland. I just see that part of his character always removed which is disappointing because I feel like that's a pretty big part, especially regarding his themes around technology, his brother's theme of Time, his own isolation, and how he plays in the vastness of the universe and spacetime.

Art I drew related to the subject because I like to respond to asks with art.

But absolutely. I certainly understand where the lack of discussion over his isolation + upbringing comes from, considering a majority of the fanbase that I have seen builds their ideas based on their own version of postcanon. I’m not entirely sure how that would be fixed, but certainly even in the somewhat recent past I would see a lot more content regarding his upbringing both literally and symbolically. I don’t have much to add regarding the things you’ve mentioned, because they just are what they are. Dirk being confined to a singular room left to him by a father figure he never met, in a future where the only other person left on the planet is someone he cannot pursue a relationship of because of himself, with purely 3 robots to keep him companion, one being an exact replica of his own brain who is *also* trapped inside a pair of glasses, is about as literal as it gets to me.

The contrast to me involving the flooded, organic world in comparison to the little speckle of Dirk’s apartment packed with the dude and his technics is not only a representation of his isolation and entrapment within himself, but also of his lack of control. I think his obsession with & themes of control are a direct product in the case of Dirk specifically *of* this kind of upbringing. His themes of technology are also related to his themes around control. So much of his character is actually revolved around this to me like so much. Dirk is so deeply disconnected from humanity in every way and so much of his character + symbolism is based around that.

It doesn’t even have to be about the symbolism or anything though. It’s just pretty *interesting* in the literal sense that he lives in the middle of the ocean in the future. There’s not only a lot to theorise on to do with his young life there, but on how it might affect him in the way he acts for the rest of his life. The latter part is probably what I see mentioned the most by people talking about Dirk regarding this, I’m surprised I don’t see more discussion on the former too though. I really ought to actually talk more about Homestuck stuff on here. I will do it myself.

Roxy & Dirk’s relationship is largely ignored though because there is a narrative a certain demographic spreads that Dirk resented and blamed Roxy for her interest in him, and thus too many people believe that their relationship was or would continue to be an abusive one. Realistically, I believe it’s important to acknowledge that the way Roxy treated Dirk regarding his homosexuality wasn’t right while still acknowledging the obvious amount of respect and admiration Dirk had for Roxy. I mean we have a huge piece of dialogue from their post trickster mode conversations on the quest beds from Dirk purely stating how he feels about Roxy that people completely ignore somehow. I think this usually happens to characters that are women though. I know everyone says it, but it is true. Jane gets the exact same treatment of boiling her down to solely her negative aspects. The things I see completely mischaracterising both of them are horrific.

I mean how much more explicit can it get that their relationship is obviously very important to Dirk? But I digress. I think the best or I should say “most interesting” interpretations of their relationship usually come from DirkRoxy shippers actually.

I would be interested to hear about Dirk’s relation to his brother’s theme of time though. I don’t have any thoughts on this and I don’t recall ever hearing anyone talk about it before. If you or anyone else would be willing to enlighten me I’d be thrilled.

[aberrantcreature]

eepy.

[br3adtoasty]

You’re my friend now, we’re having soft tacos later

[wzardjellies]

Gwourtney week !!!!!!!!!! 💖💕💕

Day one: yearning/first date

[vroom-vrooms]

Max and Charles act like they’re being forced to stay apart and can only see each other during races which is why they’re always so excited when they get to talk to each other

The only problem is that THEY are the ones forcing THEMSELVES to stay apart, THEY are the ones who REFUSE to follow each other on Instagram, THEY are the ones that don’t just hang out as if they didn’t live in the SAME city

They’re doing this to themselves and then pull some Romeo and Juliet bullshit every race weekend, they’re trying so hard to have a tragic love story it’s insane actually

[syoddeye]

part two | three

you thought your life was over when your psycho, end-of-days conspiracy theorist austrian neighbor kidnapped you. the guy barely spoke a word when he shoved you into his fancy, decked out underground bunker. he mumbled something about last minute supplies, locked the door, then left.

you knew the world was over with all the shaking, explosive noises, and how you watched your neighbor literally melt into the ground through the cameras you found. oh well, at least the place is well-stocked. food. booze. a weird CD collection. (there is such a thing as too much yanni.) you’ll eventually run out of supplies and die, maybe go crazy from isolation, but at least you won’t be a chunky puddle of ooze.

three months later, you’re a little weirder and a full on yanni-isseur, but life’s not so bad. you talk to yourself a lot. work out a little. puzzle. again, you could be ooze. fighting for food. running, ew.

then a buff guy with a grown out mohawk finds the hatch. uh oh. he tries to open it for a few hours. shoots it, even. no dice, thank god. you’ve watched creed about a dozen times and know home alone by heart, but you don’t think you could take the guy. he gives up and slinks off. almost steps in the remains of the neighbor.

a couple of days go by, and mohawk returns. but he’s not alone. three other men—big, brawny, and also armed—are with him. and the one that’s only slightly smaller than the austrian has a mean-looking pry bar. you hold your breath, glued to the cameras, and watch the four of them take turns on the hatch.

you think they’re close to giving up, until the one with the scraggly beard tries again.

thunk.

the sound of the hatch practically echoes throughout the bunker.

“think anyone’s down there?”

“only one way to find out.”

—

shout out to @391780 , for always killing that one guy in increasingly wild ways. you are an inspiration.

[hello-eeveev]

I don’t know about you all, but the way Essek said that Caleb is “so strong” was said with such conviction and pride that I almost started crying. And while I’m sure that’s not a new sentiment, I can’t help but wonder if Essek was thinking about everything Caleb just went through with Trent in Echoes of the Solstice bc Caleb had to be so strong to deal with all of that.

[joyofanything]

❤️

[niceboyeds]

okay but holding Eddie’s hair up in a makeshift ponytail while he eats you out? the two of you trying to bang out a quickie in the back of his van but unfortunately he was poorly prepared, leaving his usual scrunchie that he stole from you on his bedside table. “Eds…” you giggle, his curls tickling your upper thighs. “well don’t laugh…” he begins to pout but you simply collect his hair into your hand and he dives back down. he attacks your clit like a starved man, causing you to yank his hair. he moans against you, the vibrations only seem to aid in your approaching orgasm. you reach your climax in record time, only releasing his hair when you start shaking and push him off of you. yeah… Eddie might be “forgetting” that scrunchie more often…

[happypeachsludgeflower]

Tag yourself, I’m Ling Wen 😎