#amusement park scene

[innervoiceart]

Clara Bow in the amusement park scene in 'It,' 1927.

[mmeqkoi]

ah yes, a face of a 13 year old 😭😭

[dramashii]

I learned that 90% of love is showing up.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH SECRETARY KIM (2018) | Ep 15

[xxkatkatastrophexx]

[nemmet]

hello cyberdream!💫

[silviakundera]

Love for Love's Sake (2024)

Extremely Spoilery Meta about the Finale

A drama that really REALLY worked for me. Just like "A Journey to Love" is my exception to a hate for tragic ending romances, "Love for Love's Sake" is an exception to my burning hatred to unclear endings.

In this case, I think the ambiguity is fine for me because it's not "open" and unsettled. The ending is definite. It's how the viewer personally interprets the ending that is open. And the director/screenwriter earned the multiple interpretations every step of the way. I felt satisfied with my own answer (and the protagonist's peace at demanding no answers), which is all that matters for my enjoyment.

The whole drama is set up to reward a rewatch and it's intended to be enjoyed more the 2nd time around. There are subtle clues from the start that the protagonist has died & it's an AU "adaption" of his own backstory that he's been dropped into. (for example, not just the mirrored history he has with Cha Yeowoon, but also multiple settings we see from the flashes of his Real Life show up in the Game World. The world is being populated with places from his repressed memory. omggggg guys when the game is 'glitching' and he appears damp [SCREAMS] )

"He suffers so much from beginning to end. ..The perfect happy ending you're talking about might just be an inescapable tragedy for others."

"It can't be helped that some people's lives are like that."

This could be referring to Cha Yeowoon, from the storyline The Senior has introduced. But more I think it's directly referencing Tae Myungha and the tragedy of his short life. Even with altered memories of a truth he isn't ready to face, he feels an injustice. In the liminal space between life and death, with a blurred recollection of what came to pass, he faces the author.

The whole opening has an unreality feel as they discuss death and how some people get left behind from others' happy endings. How dark and unfocused the background is just emphasizes that this conversation is occurring in no place & time.

Then he drops into The Game, unsettled and unmoored.

The sense of urgency they give the character is interesting. It plays 2 ways. The drive to save your favorite character from his doomed narrative. And the secret, hidden drive behind the wall holding back his memories. That last second desire not to be extinguished.

So what do I ultimately think is the meaning of what Tae Myungha experienced and of the ending? 🤔 I think there's no 1 truth. The drama's narrative is intentionally ambiguous. And so I don't want to tell anyone what their interpretation should be.

But what I ended up believing is that this is Tae Myungha's journey to make peace with his regrets, forgive himself, and find love & happiness like he failed to do in his life. He is given an opportunity to seize these things (by death, by buddha, by some god-like author idk) but he has to go through a journey to solidify his place in this next life. An afterlife of sorts - call it The Good Place. ;) Many different theologies have the concept of a mid-place waiting area and it's not guaranteed that you will cross over to what comes next.

"Please carry out the missions and build the world."

Cha Yeowoon starts out as his mirror but Cha Yeowoon isn't a version of Tae Myungha. I might say he's the RPF AU version of Tae Myungha lmao. [my meta on this topic here] Once the world begins to take shape, the core people our protagonist interacts with become real and gain autonomy. Tae Myungha's actions could stabilize & help build out this new world he's entered. But he couldn't make Cha Yeowoon act as he wished or be happy exactly when & how Tae Myungha wanted & expected it. Myungha can't predict him.

What does it mean to be 'real'? If the core people who are built out in this world develop their own feelings and thoughts, can hurt & care, then they're real enough to love and be loved back. Cha Yeowoon picked up the pen himself at the end and decided not to accept Tae Myungha's erasure. Ultimately, they were both able to wield the pen. It was by both of them joining hands that Tae Myungha got to stay.

In the end he is in a warm & bright room, almost hazy with light. His grandmother is there with him, looking healthy & happy. His friends and the boy he loves are waiting for him. They're going to the beach, young and careless. It looks like an endless summer day. The game is over, a reward offered: the happy ending.

Episode 1: "So is this reality or not?"

"This place is better than the real world. Should I just stay here?"

Finale: "In the daily life that is too ordinary to be called destiny but too beautiful to be called a coincidence, I finally realized I have all the answers I want. Our days are filled with unquestionable happiness."

[dark-side-blog3]

I wanted to share some Angel TF screencaps! I've been obsessed with Degrees of Lewdity, and I've been kinda forgetting to post at all-- I'm so head over heels for this game! The lore! the little details!

I didn't get the pics for Whitney or Robins reactions, if they even have any, to the angel transformation. But I wanted to share these screencaps because I thought the reactions from Kylar and pure Sydney were super cute!

Sydney's little excitement is everything to me, he's just so cute, and he seems so happy! Now I wonder what Corrupt Sydney says about the halo, if he does indeed say anything... Something to keep in mind for my next save file! The angel TF is a lot of work so it'll be awhile before I update with that, if he does indeed say anything different.

And Kylar... He's my favourite character by far, and seeing as he usually reaches out to touch whatever transformations your character has (at least, on their head), I like how sad he seems. Like a Racoon washing their cotton candy, and not understanding why it's gone suddenly.

Something about Kylar just makes me want to bully them-- the stutter, the shyness, the creep factor, the breeding kink... I wanna bully every version of Kylar sooooo bad. Chewtoy. Made for microwave popcorn function. <3

[blitzcoaster]

I know there's a lot of things that get in the way of people being able to do this, but oh my god if every single amusement park employee working at every single amusement park was able to unionize we'd be living in a much better world.

[sushivisa]

Sup fools I got more coaster designs!!

[wifeguycyclonus]

Orion Pax is naive, he’s just not naive the way ppl seem to think he is

[mrsjadecurtiss]

Writers need to relaize that unless youre some gameythrones style show, threat of death (like action scenes etc) usually doesnt cause thrill in audiences cause most people can suss out who has plot armor and who doesnt... you gotta branch out and threaten emotional relationships (disappointing/letting down a friend, etc), or a character being unable to do something they deeply desire thats non-vital to the plot, etc... if your story by nature will not feature death then you gotta put your stakes onto other things

[perilegs]

it's again that time of the year when i see these gorgeous american amusement or theme parks have high quality and budget halloween decorations and scare actors and i'm filled with jealousy, yearning, etc.

[icewindandboringhorror]

this is not the exact one I watched but I saw one of these "dish scape" things at someone's house who actually has TV (like they pay for dish/cable instead of just watching stuff online) and I think they're meant to be relaxing atmospheric stuff that you mostly ignore, but I sat there for 35 minutes watching absolutely engrossed.. further proof that I genuinely think my brain is incapable of experiencing boredom lol..

[xxkatkatastrophexx]

[felicitypdf]

now why are they changing so many little things in this pjo series🤨

[roseverdict]

you've heard of sleeveless shirts now get ready for shirtless sleeves! for when pulling your blanket up is too warm for your torso but leaving your arms uncovered will be far too cold for them!

this post brought to you by whatever biological fuckery makes me want a cold pack for my back every month instead of a heat pack for my gut like apparently every other owner of a uterus on the planet with fluctuating temperature needs