#being analytical

[larsnicklas]

singlehandedly dragging his team back into the game... just matthew things 👅

[ramenwithbroccoli]

not to be controversial on main, but i really do feel like way more people would enjoy maths if someone properly explained it to them & they didn't have a hanging threat of failing an exam above their heads

[smallsinger5901]

imagine how Mello felt after being the best at Wammy’s for years, the best contender to succeed L, one of the only people there to have ever MET L in person. He knew what he was going to be with his future, his whole LIFE! Then Near turns up. And suddenly this random younger kid is beating him effortlessly, putting in none of the work and dedication that he did, and this person has none of Mello’s flaws, none of his emotions or impulsivity or anything else he was criticised for. All at once the place he was king of was oppressive and cold. He was just another random, nameless Wammy’s kid.

His whole LIFE had been taken from him. Then L dies and he’s told to ‘just get along’ with the person that robbed him unflinchingly of his life’s goal? i understand why he left.

[estebunny]

euro 2024 predictions in the paddock

edited from Sky Sports F1 twitter

[bogos-bint3d]

ok ok I trust you to be as insane about this as I am

in the seven eight nine dialogue, when Alphys talks about how seven loved five and was just doing what they felt they had to, Toriel interprets it as being Asgore doing what he had to for monsterkind, but I think she was actually thinking of Undyne doing what she felt like she had to by attacking Frisk, because she loves Asgore (and Alphys). being "sicced" on them as the captain of the royal guard, and playing the rule of the "misled antihero" in undertale's story.

when Toriel says that this makes seven "weak", Undyne bursts in with a distracting display of strength, trying to dismiss the topic. you could make the argument that she just wants to defuse Toriel from being mad at Asgore, but she has a seriously pissed look on her face. as if she took that personally, but also didn't know how to argue with it...

ANON. ANON YOU ARE SO FUCKING CORRECT FOR THIS HOLY SHIT. ANON. ANON WHO ARE YOU ILY

DUDE YOUR MIND UXJSJSJSJSJSJSJJSJD IM AO CTAZY ABOUT THIS MAN TY FOR SENDKNG THIS YOU ARE SO SMART OML SHSHSJSKSKSKK

^actual image of me right now thank you so so so so much anonymous. When I find you.

[thcbolter]

taylor swift — the manuscript

[fromtheseventhhell]

It's "the Stark sisters have complementary skillsets" until someone points out that Arya is good at math and Sansa isn't. Then suddenly Arya is an unreliable narrator, Sansa is just being humble, and she'll magically have that skill if/when it becomes relevant

[dexter-erotoph]

you gotta trust me on this one

[darlington-v]

THEY HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA

THEY DONT KNOW THEYRE GOING TO BE SHOVED INTO A FUCKING COMPUTER WITH THEIR STUPID AND FUCKING SHITTY IMMORTAL BOSS....

THEY DONT GET TO LEAVE....

IT DOESNT GET TO GET BETTER

im gonna be sick

LIKE TYEY DIDNT EVEN GET TO DIE. OUT OF THE WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOME AND THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME JON SAYS, THEY DONT EVEN GET THAT

THEY GET SUPER HELL WITH JONAH MAGNUS

THIS IS SO FUCKED UPPPP

[kazamajun]

I read a quote once that was something along the lines of 'if I have to write two characters kissing for you to know that they're in love, I have failed as a writer.' This is a sentiment I not only agree wholeheartedly with, but something that came to mind when wanting to do an analysis of Kazuya's character ending and kazjun's relationship.

We get a bit of environmental storytelling with her picture. It's a beautiful photo, clearly posed for, and lovingly encased in an elaborate pure gold frame. The vibes are expensive, luxurious, and meaningful because he clearly cared enough to have it custom-made since it's got the Zaibatsu's logo on it. Behind the picture frame are two porcelain teacups and a teapot, along with Rochefort Tea, Azucena's coffee and that mixed blend of both. That tells us they frequently have tea and coffee together in his office!

On the first question Kazuya is asked, he is immediately dismissive of it. Asking about Jun however not only gets an immediate physical reaction with the curled fist and him filling the room with electricity, but he goes on to make it explicit that she is the only person in the world that he sees as an equal. She stood up to him over 20 years ago and he never forgot it. And, she's just as strong now if not moreso.

When he throws the trophy, that's him giving a demonstration of this. He's showing her off! He knew she would catch it, and likewise Jun knows that he knew she would, which is why she gives that soft little smile. And his tone when he delivers the "tsuyoi" is... very telling. He not only acknowledges and values her strength but is extremely attracted to it.

There's also the added framing context of this episode, that it's a documentary on him. He just publicly declared to the world that her strength turns him on. Iconic.

It's pretty damn clear that he loves her, not only from all of the above but the fact that he demonstrated it at all in the first place. Kazuya doesn't bother to talk about things he doesn't care about.

[communistkenobi]

does anyone have reading recommendations that clarify the difference between liberalism and fascism? I’m having trouble distinguishing what is just like normal levels of imperial/colonial violence conducted by a liberal state and what pushes it over the edge into a fascist state. Is fascism simply mature liberalism? Is it liberalism in crisis? Can we only make historical, reactive judgements about what is fascist, which is to say, can we only know if fascism occurred after it has come and gone? I take the general point that calling all liberal states fascist can let them off the hook for types of violence considered normal or “just doing business,” invisibilising the daily violences they conduct as part of the regular maintenance of a liberal capitalist state. People are calling the US fascist for its direct participation in and funding of the genocide in Palestine - a diagnosis I don't disagree with, but if that’s the case, where do you draw the distinction between the US being merely a liberal state with aggressive global imperial ambitions and the US being a fully fascist state? Perhaps more bluntly, what’s the difference between a liberal drone strike and a fascist one? I’m struggling to understand the value of the fascist label, because everything it describes (ultranationalism, a theory of racial and cultural degeneracy/decline, paranoia about an imminent external threat expressed as violence against internal populations deemed to have insufficient loyalty to the country, a turn towards a mythologised tradition of the past, imperial expansion, genocidal projects against minority populations, etc etc) just seems to me like a description of United States in general lol

[sammygender]

^this but unironically

[trainingdummyrabbit]

string theocracy posting again. something about it feels very very Angry in a way thats hard to describe. spiteful, almost, in a restrained way. something about the arrangement of the instrumental, the way the brass always starts on the offbeat, feeling almost like its trying to catch you off guard, like an interruption, almost. every time you almost start to focus on something else, there it is again, bursting in. pay attention!

the almost tentative tone of the vocals with the final piano lines; matching up in timing yet the piano pulls the emphasis of emotion-- Just a bit more. Just a bit farther. its always sounded like pleading to me. contrasted against the tone of th lyrical read.

the pianos always been so soft; but up till then it was more Frantic. feels like being pushed around; always there yeah, but never the forefront. only when the noise dies down in the more intimate bits can you hear it clearly. so quiet. despite it leading in to be the main pull (being one of the first debuted instruments) its completely overshadowed by the noise of everything else.

lost in the tide of everything else-- go girl go! dance girl dance! the spin of the wheel waits for no one!

[zeravmeta]

btw if anyone wants to watch the guda relationships vod its gonna be up for as long as twitch allows it for free, after that I may make a yt channel just to separately upload it there. thanks for letting me yap to myself for 7.5 hours

UPDATE here is the video on youtube unlisted. it'll inevitably breach containment i bet but i sure hope not!

[sbeana]

the chappell roan stuff just shows people's real colors. i unfollowed an account on instagram that said that chappell gives horrendous vibes and that she seems catty and mean because of the video she posted telling people to not stalk her or harass her in the street. if you think that a celebrity setting boundaries for fans for their comfort and for the fan's comfort is "horrendous vibes," that says all it needs about you as a person. send tweet

[shoechoe]

I don't think my interests generally are that weird (at least not the ones I post about on here) but I do feel self conscious about my interests pretty often because I am very bad at following what's trendy and have often taken interest in things people haven't been talking about for years/things that are just like... kind of "cringy" by most people's judgement