#and im just like. so much of it is SUCH..NONSENSE

[dani-luminae]

No I haven't watched the RoR trailer.

Yes, I still have thoughts.

Mostly griping under the cut.

The Fairy Godmother declining to invite Red in the past is probably the only smart move she ever made.

If Auradon and Wonderland had a conflict (war, amassing of armies, whatever the fuck canon expects us to believe) that caused Wonderland to be sealed off, why would she expect Red to want to come to Auradon Prep? That would have been inviting even more trouble than any of the Isle kids were capable of causing.

so much about the premise of this movie confuses me so much. How does Uma know about Red in the first place? Much less think it's a good idea for her to be there. Wonderland isn't actually a part of Auradon but she can demand Red comes to Auradon prep??? is that what i'm supposed to be getting from this?

oh and im so glad she's in this movie just to do FUCK ALL and sit there and wait to be saved. as if Uma couldn't handle the situation all on her own. like you expect me to believe she's accepted responsibility for this school and these kids but there's an attack and she sits there and does absolutely nothing the whole time.

Or even Mal! You expect me to believe Mal doesn't hear about this and come running back to try and save the day? Ms. "protector and Queen of Auradon and the Isle"?

They seriously brought back one of the most iconic Cinderellas just for this complete and total nonsense?

Also the Queen of Hearts has magic now? Is that really the direction we're going with? So much for the whole "the Fairy Godmother's Wand is the most powerful magic item in the kingdom!" nonsense.

So much plot bullshit. So much screams "cash grab!!!! give us money for our merch!!!!" So much that is just plain insulting to the animated movies that these movies are APPARENTLY BASED ON.

This wasn't meant to be Once Upon a Time meets The School for Good and Evil.

[hauntedpearl]

the cycle of life for the entity of Death on Supernatural is so very interesting!! to me!! until it isn't. which is just. par for the course really.

i mean the idea that you can kill Death at all sounds. Absurd. but they make it happen. and we're hanging out for like a season and some change with the knowledge that the world exists without Death. and then. they introduce reaper lore that gives Death back to the world for a small. price, I'll say. WHICH IS. SO GOOD YK?

this kind of establishes the power of Death to be an amorphous thing really. Like. the Old Death was never killed before deanchester's moment of madness (that we know of anyway), so it's kind of a Doctor's first Regeneration moment there. he dies and you're like oh fuck. but then there's someone else in his place who is slightly different but also the same. it's kind of. like a reincarnation. which is FUN!!! IT'S GOOD!! it also establishes that Death doesn't really...die. there's no resting place that Death needs because Death isn't going to rest when someone "kills" them. mostly it's just power that's hopping celestial bodies.

they really could've leaned into this more with what little screen time Billie had. they definitely allude to it — i haven't watched s13 in a hot minute but the way Billie interacts with Dean as Death does have an allusion to how she *is* Old Death and also isn't. if i remember correctly. (which is not a 100% thing but yk)

the thing about all this super fun lore is that it makes everything from the end of unity sooooo damn stupid. Why would Death fear being killed? How would It even contract an infection that's gonna kill It??? Even if that's somehow possible, wouldn't Death — filled with vengeance even let's assume — just be like. well. I'll come back for you you bitch. like. this is the entity that has lived since before time. Death knows the value of patience and understands the ephemeral nature of life and time more than anyone else would. So why the anger? Or the desperate attempt at killing dean that's straight up Disney villain level of cartoonish. what good is any of it?? Say, Death is mad at Dean, specifically, for being "human disorder incarnate." that's something that still doesn't track for me. because dean's always BEEN that. when Billie became Death, she had the opportunity to exact revenge on him. He hasn't really done anything That Much Worse since then tbh?? Like okay apocalypse world is def a thing that happened, but even then. That "Michael -Lucifer" battle was barely anything. (and im assuming the grace-fed monsters were all taken care of as well bc the plot went nowhere with it anyway). also. at this point Chuck has revealed himself to the world so really. Dean's choices that might have irked Death were all ..like....mostly not his fault anyway? Wouldn't Death understand this?!

also. another thing. Again: You can't kill Death and Death doesn't need a resting place because it's a body-hopping eldritch power. which means that the empty can't kill it either. Which means that when the empty takes Cas and Billie, Billie was just. there. Arguably, neither of them really died. they were just sort of turned off inside the void™ like electronics. Which means!! THAT THERE CAN'T BE ANOTHER DEATH!!!

Death is literally just hanging out in the empty. It would probably escape/leave if the empty opened up again but like we don't know about all that. what I'm trying to say is that the reaper dying in 15.19 and becoming Death is. Stupid™. does not make sense. everything about 15.19 is stupid and does not make sense but the Death thing especially is making me so mad rn.

anyway long post that's just a pointless rant but essentially!!!!! there was no reason for Billie to do a full 180° on her entire personality and the writers to trash the lore to make the Evil Death moment happen like that was literally unnecessary and also stupid and not to mention racist. Like this is why i haaaate despair outside the bubble of the confession. because like yeah that scene literally did something to my brain but my god the actual insane plot gymnastics they did to make that confession go down the way it did is just...so insane lmao

[balleater]

despite being more often than not a "rules as written" fan over "rule of cool", i really do love me a good "rules be damned, i'll give you this awesome moment" call. like matt giving fcg the otohan kill despite what her hp was at or brennan giving cerrit an extra mage slayer reaction attack at the end of calamity. honestly, if anything, i think the fact they mostly play by the book makes these moments even better because it really has that extra weight towards those decisions to put the rules aside.

[kelocitta]

In honor of the @rw-ship-showdown I wanted to write about Artihunter as someone who jokingly slapped them together pre-downpour and still thinks they are actually very compelling. Just not in the super soft love wins kinda way (Although I get why people like that more) And the only way I know how to do that is talking too much so heres a far too long slug essay-

Obviously the slugcats don't offer a ton of characterization but theres not nothing to work with. Their stories, whether by their roles in it or the overarching themes do provide a backbone to work with. Even gameplay itself can provide a bit. (for some more than others) Hunter, to me, is ultimately a story about selflessness. The goal is to revive Moon, which is very much an act of kindness from both Hunter and NSH. But the weight of that action is much more significant for Hunter- Hunter is deeply sick. They're on the clock, and for all their skill in combat none of that will ultimately help them to survive longer than their body can hold out. Moon is a close friend of NSH but that means little Hunter- Hunter really gets next to nothing out of helping them, and ultimately pays quiet a bit spending their limited time alive fighting to deliver that neuron so that someone else can live.

To spend ones limited days on helping another, in a game that very much stresses the unwavering cruelty of the world and nature- is pretty notable. (And you could even say that Hunter being the Hardmode of Rain World adds another layer to this)

And then we have Artificer. A storyline that very much stands out to people as more… villainous (so to speak) than the other slugcats. Artificer's story covers a lot of things. Trauma, violence, revenge, etc. Revenge is a bit of a selfish desire- That need to see someone hurt as they have hurt you. A punishment that ultimately does not fix whatever harm was done- but feels good to see because you were hurt and now those responsible share that pain.

Artificer's actions are founded in that need for revenge, their pups killed for overstepping boundaries they didn't know existed. Is it not fair for them to be angry at that, to punish the scavengers for their violence with their own? Why should the scavengers ever be forgiven when they and their pups were not? And that's how you get that loop- Harm for harm over and over.

The original action has been lost in a spiral of violence for violence. And here stands Artificer- their very spirit scarred. Not just because they sought revenge, but because they never ceased trying to scratch that itch for violence as an answer. Artificer only has two paths for their story- killing the scavenger king (Someone who, really, has little to do with the original 'crime' of the scavengers, but represents an important individual to them- as did the slugpups to Artificer), locking themselves as karma one for good and spending the rest of their life chasing creatures that no longer even fight back in a warped sense of closure- or to dissolve themselves in the acids of the void sea because they're too far gone to find any real peace.

They can't meaningfully recover from that state, not alone, twisting in on themselves. Even if they halt their actions, they've been using violence as a feeble defense against their own pain- violence that no longer has any real direction or basis. Artificer gets no real closure from killing the scavenger king. All they can do is continue the cycle, or try to scrub it away. No real peace in a prison of their own making. So you have a creature, who even with a strict timer on their life- a body that will crumble to disease, spends its last bit of time on saving another. And another who was so caught up in the pain of loss that were eaten alive by their own anger, poisoned their own soul on such a deep level even self-proclaimed gods have no solution for them. What peace can they offer each other? For Hunter, its only a fleeting moment of happiness- of selfish love, before their own body fails them. A bit of indulgence in something for themself. For Artificer, its a single, comforting thread to ground them again, something tangible to protect and care about again. But thats a thread that will ultimately be snapped under the cruel indifference of the world. Hunters timer will tick down regardless of if it takes another with it. Its a tragedy- its doomed to end badly. Whatever good it offers to either of them to find each other will only provide the fleeting comfort of a band-aid that will be ripped away too early. But all that can be worth indulging in anyway, if only for the moment. It doesn't change the ending, but the ending was never going to be happy. Its can so yuri

[beatcroc]

pest control TWO!!!!! heres the first one

adn heres the obligatory bonus bc i can't help myself :')

[napping-sapphic]

Send me every little selfie you take so that i can look at them whenever i miss you

[sleepless-crows]

don't you ever just think about how kaz said "i'm a cripple. that's my tell. no one's ever smart enough to look for the others." the others. i think, especially with the show, a lot of us forget that and think his only real weakness is inej. but it isn't. it's definitely jesper too, the brother he cannot lose again. and i know he means the other crows as well. because that's kaz's character. deep down the way to hurt him is to hurt the people he cares about. he's extremely loyal and his revenge plot against pekka was to avenge his brother. his biggest motivation isn't money, it's the protection and security he can give the people he cares about with it. and those people are his tells

[undefeatablesin]

My angel, my pride and joy, my beloved AKA the Good Hunter Ruza lmao 🧡 ft. Her Lost Chikage and her fun outfit from these screenshots! + some lil headshots of her in the Yharnam Hunter Garb, a look I also care Deeply About ✨️

[saltpepperbeard]

what if we get a scene that parallels the moonlight scene in s1ep5. like, ed and stede are in a similar spot where they’re looking at each other from across the way, longing for each other, yearning for each other’s touch and affection. so they’re once again stuck for a few beats looking like this—

but instead of parting ways again, something in them breaks, and they run back to each other to grab hold of what’s hanging in the air between them. they run back to see through what was started, but never finished.

they run back to deeply kiss each other.

[intotheelliwoods]

I suddenly have a newfound appreciation for etsy sellers

[13eyond13]

Please tell me about art and media you know of that accurately captures the weirdness of dream logic and atmosphere and emotions... books and movies and video games and art and comics and YouTube stuff, whatever you want... you know, where it only makes sense on an intuitive level and falls apart when you try to explain it...

[starrspice]

I usually draw Y/N's to avoid making self ship art cuz i always feel like im doing something scandalous

Like I'll be teased and mocked for it

But damn is Help Wanted 2 making it really hard

[house-of-cards-and-crime]

i have about 6 hours to go catching up! i'm realizing that posting updates about it is helping me actually stay on task (i'm finally getting properly re-invested into the hermitcraft goings-on as well)

the current stats for my catching up playlist are:

Xisuma: 6 videos (2.2hrs)

Mumbo: 2 videos (57min)

Joel: 2 videos (43min)

Etho: 1.5 videos (im halfway through one as i write this) (1.4hrs)

Tango: 1 video (27min)

Scar: 1 video (25min)

Grian: 1 video (23min)

[note-boom]

The best thing about BSD Lucy Montgomery is that she is trying so hard to live her fairy tale dream, like asking Atsushi to save her from the Guild and all that nonsense.

Instead, she just gets beaten by him once when they're enemies, gets out of the Guild on her own, and has to save that sorry boy's life over and over again.

Like, sorry, Lucy girl...you're not the damsel in distress in this fairy tale. You're the prince charming who had a bit of a villain arc and now is doing good out of sheer spite and stubborness. Better luck next arc?

[ganondoodle]

im kinda glad i was a tiny child when windwaker came out and i only played it years later without having internet access for the longest time bc i would have NOT survived the hatred i know ww got when it first came out bc it wasnt what most people expected (ww is my fav zelda)

loving botw but not liking totk and seeing the vast majority praise the latter like its the holy grail while alot also discrediting and needlessly hating on botw for it is already making it hard to stay calm about :U

[miraclemioart]

mashing together my two teenage years interests for dopamine