#and i fucking m e l t e d

[alphaclxwn]

eva is the best fr fr, just look at her! she’s adorable

[redcyclops650]

“Long ago, there was an entertainer with a passion to entertain the young, accompanied by his trustworthy bobble-nosed companion. Both entertaining many children in their time”

“But he had a family ( and wanted to move on and pursue other projects, that I understand ) and had to move on. Leaving a new generation lost and without the guidance of him and his legacy.”

“For once more, they became subject to entertainment without substance”

“But when the world needed him most, He returned”

[electric-friend]

wait hang on 😭😭 are people seriously debating “he’s a complicated man” right now??

i agree that izzy’s an unreliable narrator, and i think that some of the things he’s said about ed aren’t necessarily true, much as many other things he’s said are also not necessarily true. he’s not really aware of the full picture the whole time, poor duck, as much as i adore him.

but like… besides the fact it really doesn’t have anything to do with wether or not you think izzy’s doing complex evil shit to ed on purpose, and people seem to be making it about that…

ed is VERY MUCH a complicated man. as someone who relates to ed probably more than stede or izzy… he’s absolutely a complicated man. ed can be violent, and suicidal, and he clearly experiences some form of emotional dysregulation, and he’s done things to people that weren’t justified. the crew was traumatised by ed’s behaviour and how much violence he placed them in a position to commit.

the way ed responds to rejection is so violent and out of proportion, his consecutive raids, his suicidal antagonism towards the crew… and for me and my personal issues, that’s extremely relatable… but it is NOT mentally well behaviour.

ed also exhibits patterns of disordered alcohol use, and his anger often causes him to lash out (yes, often at izzy who pushes his buttons, and yes, izzy’s behaviour is a factor in this. but it’s also worth noting ed has agency as a character and his violence is still violence, provoked or not) and one of his most integral traumas is how an act of violence saved him from the violent alcoholic who was his father.

there’s nothing about ed that’s not a complicated man. he’s done bad things that weren’t justified. that doesn’t make him a bad man. it makes him a complicated one. it’s very clear he knows how to be a better person. and that he can be. that the show left out a lot of that journey is really disappointing, but ed feels like he’s a monster and he does bad things to become the villain he thinks he deserves to be treated as, you know?

he is SUCH a complicated man. that doesn’t mean he’s irredeemable or bad, it doesn’t mean there’s a moral obligation to dislike him either. none of that’s the case. but izzy got it right when he called ed complicated. i think in some ways izzy had finally realised that he wasn’t always going to understand ed because ed wasn’t always going to think the way he did, but he was coming to accept that he didn’t need ed to be someone he could understand as long as ed was happy? does that make sense? i know that’s a sappy outlook on a canonically toxic relationship but i just cannot believe that there’s a genuinely widely accepted take going around which boils down to people thinking it’s wrong to call ed a complicated man. like, huh???? girl….

[stormbreaker-290]

hi there stormy :3

Imma just

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[decarbry]

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[aziraphalesbookkeeper]

ok ok ok but hear me out. moonstone varian with venom's tendrils

[littleoceanbabe]

the paralleled “you wear fine things well” in this episode????? HELLO?????? and this time they both went in all the way????? i am so UNWELL NOBODY TOUCH ME.

[87dvhnk]

"i read the wiki and i saw the pages/panels already, why do i need to read the comics?"

because a) some those comics fuck with awing dexterity and stamina b) there's a good chance shit is out of context or simply misrepresented (innocently, humorously, ignorantly or maliciously) and c) you know the beats/endings of tons of shit, but it doesn't impede your enjoyment of it, now does it? sure it's nice to go in spoiler free, but if the gimmick of spoiling material is all a piece of media has, then that piece of media is meritless. you knew who luke skywalker's father was before you saw the movie. is it still worth watching? you knew romeo and juliet died before you read the play. is it still worth reading? do you not want to go on a journey? do you not want to feel something? do you not want to commiserate about the human experience through art? a wiki will never be comprehensive enough to cover everything you would have read or seen yourself--it can't be, not without being the thing itself. even then, you still miss the things not on the page/screen, the things that are only implied, the things that go unstated, or else conspicuously omitted. don't talk to me about shit haunting the narrative if the only haunting you've ever been apart of was your passing despite your dogshit analysis skills haunting the conscience of your eng 101 adjunct professor in perpetual fear of losing their contract and being relocated from their car to under a bridge by demanding college students demonstrate basic reading comprehension, critical thinking, and coherent argumentative skills. boast about killing the author? my friend, you are cain advancing in the fields, skulking, stepping in abel's footprints, filled with murderous intent, with nothing but the chinese telephone-equivalent of a description of a weapon cutting into your soft palms.

[theflyingfeeling]

If you watch the stream later can you maybe share your thoughts about that part?🥺

I just finished watching it and dfdgfgfsdfkkfjsd many many thoughts!! 😭 I mean, I've been smiling and swooning about the whole thing stupidly since the morning but now I'm just a puddle on the floor 🥺

First of all, his fucking smile when he was texting Olli, it's too much cuteness 😭😭😭 And then he kept checking his phone to see if Olli had answered?! Like, constantly?! Aleksiiiiiiii your crush is showing SO bad it's almost embarrassing (except that it's not, it's just friggin' cute) 💞 The DELIGHT on his face whenver there was a new message from Olli, and dffgddffsfsssf can we also just take a moment to imagine OLLI in the dead of night being so completely down with the idea of looking for spooky stories for Aleksi's stream, because it's not like he had anything better to do, apparently? Come ooooooooooooon guys what are you doing 😭😭😭😭😭 What was the time even at this part? Getting close to 1 AM? Oh god, imagine Olli just sitting in the dark browsing the internet for something suitable for Aleksi's stream, and Aleksi didn't even have to ask, Olli suggested it himself 🥺 Because he's a supportive boyfriend like that 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

My headcanon for what happened afterwards is that they kept texting each other about how Aleksi's stream went and just about anything, maybe there was even a late-late-night phone call with soft, low voices... 💓 I'm so happy they'll be back on tour soon and they can resume their late-night talks in person again 💕

Imagine if Olli stayed at Aleksi's the night before they fly to the US and they did a stream together from Aleksi's studio?? I would combust 😭

Other noteworthy moments I found from the stream include (apologies for no timestamps):

Aleksi mentioned something about his "biggest fear" but didn't want to elaborate because "then it might happen" or smth -> what if his biggest fear is to fall for a bandmate but he can't even think about it because that would mean he'd have to admit that has already happened 😭 /shippyglasses

At some point he was browsing his phone and said there was a video of him cycling -> I bet Allu and Olli send each other silly cycling videos 🥰

Also, a fic idea popped into my head: Karl the studio ghost is real and he's trying to spook Aleksi and his "very close friend", but he fails because Aleksi and Olli are too lost in each other hanging at Aleksi's studio 🥰

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

Look at this 'lil cutie smiling in the background🥰🥰🥰

[broken-doll-menhera]

One of the most frustrating things about being chronically ill and some symptoms also coming from mental illness is EVEN IF I DID EXPRESS SYMPTOMS OF COVID (I seem to only present asymptomatically), I WOULDNT KNOW BECAUSE THATS MY NORM!!!

[3knecrotic]

HE HAS THE AUDACITY TO PUT ME IN THIS FUCKING POSITION AND THEN NOT RESPOND FOR 20 FUCKING MINUTES?!?!?!?!?!

[monster-noises]

The fact people in this day and age don't understand, if not Expect, companies to never say what they mean or mean what they say Boggles my Fucking Mind

Like I had a guy come in to work today and he wanted us to match+beat the price on an item we carried with a sale on squid item at a store in a city about 2 hours away Buuuuut our policy is meet+beat with Local retailers.

And he got So Big Mad about us not giving him the sale ....

Is this asinine and stupid in the age of the internet where we also meet+beat online retailers? Absolutely.

Is it misleading the way it's marketed to customers? Oh for suuuuuuuuuuure for sure, it's so bad

But also like dude

C'mon

You Gotta know

You g o t t a know that there's gunna be some Stupid shit, and just because the policy is stupid doesn't mean i can make it Go Away

Things can be stupid but also True

Like c'mon

You live in this world, pull your head out of your ass and recognize that companies are nothing but liars and cheats and chill out when the policy doesn't align with what's advertised

[whonsper]

minecraft cows /neg

[your-friendly-neighbourh00d-fag]

AND THEN HE PUT HIS HAND ON MY SHOULDER FOR A SECOND. HE DIDN'T EVEN SQUEEZE IT HE JUST. LIKE. RESTED HIS HAND ON TOP OF MY SHOULDER. AND I WAS JUST THINKING. HOW COULD HE NOT HATE ME. HOW COULD THIS GUY NOT HATE ME. HOW COULD HE NOT... HOW COULD HE NOT HATE ME.

[ribsyramble]

having m///c///y///t/// autism is like being in fucking hell