#Tragic Equation

[rmbunnie]

Watched through adventure time start to finish for the first time and of course it was great and of course I'm going to be drawing fanart at some point in the not-distant future (can't say near tho lmao school is keeping me busy) but my god the finale. I already knew the plot points tbh because i Am Online and Like Cartoons and if both of those things are things you are, you see the bubbline kiss and Finn saying "I always thought i'd go out a hero" and that's pretty much unavoidable, but what really got me was Time Adventure.

I saw someone on Twitter or something, maybe on here, say that the antagonist of Adventure Time is personal stagnation, and it was a comeback to someone else, but it really is true that from season 7 on the show starts leaning Realllllly hard into Growth as the topic the show's about (and season 7 is like. a pretty noticeable line for this switch tbh, NOT that the first 6 seasons are unimportant to the final end point, but the change is visible.) This is especially clear seeing as Gumbald and Fern, who refuse to accept growth and change to a unique extent, and are incapable of personal growth due to being an outgrown past version of the mc held that way indefinitely by a grass curse, respectively, are the main antagonistic forces of the final season. (Betty also counts as both an antagonistic force in the finale and unable to accept growth to me seeing as she was the reason Golb was summoned and, I mean, Temple of Mars is ABOUT her being unable to grow on an internal-beliefs level despite accepting the magic of the future as an external tool, so that checks both boxes, but i'm not sure of the overall Betty opinion and also she isn't the main point.) What I'm getting at is, with the major emphasis on changing as an individual, Time Adventure is especially poignant to me, because outside of being a (still very good) meta song about the show ending, in the context of the show it reads as a song about how sad growing as a person is when you're the person who's changing, and how it would be great if you could just. always be a 12 year old kid in the first season who doesn't understand that there are problems that can't be solved and fights you can't win, who can always go back to his treehouse at the end of the day. And how with the passage of time, it's inevitable to change, but at least that kid is and will forever be in season 1, even as the only physical version of himself from the past blows away in the wind as he asks to go back to a place that's now rubble. This isn't exactly breaking news but still, in a show that leans so hard into the way maturing means changing as a person the final message being "it's hard to be a new person and lots of things ARE lost forever but all past versions of you that you can no longer be exist in the past and aren't going anywhere" instead of like, "woohoo! Maturing is neat! Look at how much everything has improved!" is really good. Idk it just kinda means more really knowing that they're sad about the change.

[coulsonlives]

I just had to share this video because holy shit, it hits the nail right on the head! So well spoken. This stuff needs to be circulated more, esp with the growing number of people thinking they have this because of misinformation, or just outright faking it.

[sheryl-lee]

yellowjackets rant time :)

people whining that natalie’s death was “shitty writing” makes me want to bang my head against the wall. like are you seriously shocked that the show about tragedy and murder has tragedy and murder in it. are you seriously shocked that the show about fucked up people has fucked up people in it.

[gayemeralds]

the fact that gerald was supposed to have once been a truly kind man, a humanitarian, a scientist dedicated to the enrichment and prosperity of humanity only to spiral into vile and hate when the reason behind his kindness was snatched by the same humanity he once served…. insanity inducing

[ghoul-haunted]

I say things like 'I wanna kiss crassus with tongue' but it's really more like. I gotta gnaw on your ribcage and chip my tooth on the bone. there is something so fucking weird going on in the narrative gaps. I Need To Eat It.

[bahoreal]

The worst part about the s2 trailer is finding out people I thought were cool were Izzy fans. Izzy is an abuser and a racist. You're fucking gross. Disappointed.

you spend too much time on the internet

[love-birds-stuff]

Oagh thinking trisona thoughts

[kibasniper111]

to whoever wrote donatella's pn wiki, i just wanna talk.

[pickapea]

there's something beautifully romantic about heterosexuals. despite their differences, despite being raised differently in different cultures and with different expectations put on them, despite coming from different worlds and being kept apart their whole upbringings, they still manage to bridge that gap to find love. it's unfortunate that they don't like each other and don't view each other as human, but i digress

[age-of-moonknight]

“Welcome to New Egypt: Part 2 of 5,” Moon Knight (Vol. 8/2016), #2.

Writer: Jeff Lemire; Penciler and Inker: Greg Smallwood; Colorist: Jordie Bellaire; Letterer: Cory Petit

[designernishiki]

hot take but. oda is honestly one of the most interesting prominent side characters in y0 to me. like. don’t get me wrong obviously i don’t condone his actions, but speaking as a character design guy, i think he’s got a whole lot of complexity to think about in his story and identity that people tend to ignore/overlook because he’s not a black and white “good” person. like no shit he’s morally fucked, that doesn’t mean his intense pining and crazed level of dedication to tachibana and the lengths all his guilt and repressed love for the man he saw as the best thing to ever grace his life drove him to aren’t interesting to think about– if anything it makes him more interesting. he was. really something

[lasnevadaslaborunion]

I genuinely do love the prison arc and find it fascinating and I wish it was easier to find content and analysis about it that didn't veer to any of the Very Not Fun extremes

[mothnoir]

So so normal about what a character's music tastes says about them

[icecream-and-gadreel]

Keep practicing the thing. When you begin something new, hearing “practice makes perfect!” can be so annoying. Trust me, I understand! But keep doing it.

Time will pass no matter what you do. Do you wanna feel sad about the thing you abandoned practicing years ago, or do you wanna look back at your progress and go “Oh shit I’m much better at the thing now!!” Do it. Do the thing.

Keep drawing. Keep writing. Keep acting. You don’t have to be the next Samuel Jackson or Picasso. But you WILL get better.

[seventeengoingunder-archive]

realized that i obsessively listen to a single album while studying a certain topic and now i’m forever going to associate them with that 

[anistarrose]

you're headcanoning villains as aromantic because you've equated love with morality. I'm headcanoning villains as aromantic to make them more nuanced and sympathetic, expanding upon the original text of them being tragic characters who were failed by society from a relatively young age. we are not the same