#but that SCENE

[oifaaa]

I can not stress enough that the scene where Percy sends Medusas head to the gods is literally what made me fall in love with Percy as a character bc think about it hes just started his first quest, he's in more danger then he's ever been in his whole life, knowing almost every monster and God is currently out to get him personally, and the most important person in his life has been kidnapped by the god of the dead - so what does he do? He chooses to actively makes the situation worse by sending a middle finger right to the gods bc yeah fuck the gods

[lostangelnights]

It's important to remember that the interview with the vampire cast was wrongfully forgotten. Like idk how you could watch the confessional scene and not immediately give jacob his flowers

[mothmanavenue]

🖤them🤍

[nalyra-dreaming]

You reminded me of how horrified I was when I first saw that ep and Louis just left the baby on the FLOOR?! I forgot about it almost instantly, bc of the vampire drama otherwise, but how did Grace process that?! HOW WOULD YOU PROCESS THAT?! Did they ever talk about it again?! WTFFF. Like considering how this had to look to outsiders is INSANE.

Yeah, exactly, like...

Ok. so. AS A MOM. (I'm obviously biased, ahem)

(You know, the brainwaves between mothers and babies align when constantly close, so that sixth sense people sometimes talk about, that's real. And a mother does hear the tone of the crying very keenly. It's instinct, in large parts, that's nothing learned.)

But that is also why Grace is so disturbed when she hears the baby cry, because that tone... that tone signals distress.

She left the baby happily enough with Louis, no problem, you go, looks good. She fully trusted him.

And then she gets back... and not only is the baby distressed, it is laying on the floor, all alone, and her brother has fled.

Something has happened.

She doesn't know what it is, she very possibly cannot imagine either, but it isn't good. We're <10 years in, so the aging is not yet a real problem, imho, but Louis is obviously not coming by often, and there must be a lot of rumors by now, about the Azalea, and that townhouse.

At that moment, the trust is gone.

(I know that there was this post a while back re eating the baby, but ... Mama Du Lac would have gone after them with a torch if he actually ate the baby, imho. Grace right beside her. They knew where they lived.)

But the trust is bad enough, imho. Her (mortal) brother would have never. And she is right about that!

And I think a part of Louis knows that, too, and it is also a part of what hurts him here so deeply. And what widens the rift even more.

And I, personally, would have resented that change in my brother, and I think that simply is what happens here, too. Grace knows in that instance, that she has lost her brother. And so her behavior towards him changes, and her attitude in regards to his life (style). But that has nothing to do with homophobia.

[pantsaretherealheroes]

lmao edge of history trying to demonstrate jess and tasha's ride-or-die friendship by...having tasha watch the "you're my mission" "i'm with you till the end of the line" scene in winter soldier?? one of the most tragic romantic scenes in CINEMA?? bro unless you're suggesting something very unexpected I really doubt it

[jordanbolton]

To The Substitute Art Teacher - Jordan Bolton

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[aquilaofarkham]

every autistic person watching this episode of dungeon meshi:

[frownyalfred]

Tips for writing those gala scenes, from someone who goes to them occasionally:

Generally you unbutton and re-button a suit coat when you sit down and stand up.

You’re supposed to hold wine or champagne glasses by the stem to avoid warming up the liquid inside. A character out of their depth might hold the glass around the sides instead.

When rich/important people forget your name and they’re drunk, they usually just tell you that they don’t remember or completely skip over any opportunity to use your name so they don’t look silly.

A good way to indicate you don’t want to shake someone’s hand at an event is to hold a drink in your right hand (and if you’re a woman, a purse in the other so you definitely can’t shift the glass to another hand and then shake)

Americans who still kiss cheeks as a welcome generally don’t press lips to cheeks, it’s more of a touch of cheek to cheek or even a hover (these days, mostly to avoid smudging a woman’s makeup)

The distinctions between dress codes (black tie, cocktail, etc) are very intricate but obvious to those who know how to look. If you wear a short skirt to a black tie event for example, people would clock that instantly even if the dress itself was very formal. Same thing goes for certain articles of men’s clothing.

Open bars / cash bars at events usually carry limited options. They’re meant to serve lots of people very quickly, so nobody is getting a cosmo or a Manhattan etc.

Members of the press generally aren’t allowed to freely circulate at nicer galas/events without a very good reason. When they do, they need to identify themselves before talking with someone.

[everoutoftouch]

If you have Spotify reblog this and tag what your number one song on your “on repeat” playlist is.

[so-many-ocs]

[on the verge of having a complete breakdown] i need to make some kind of list or perhaps sort things into categories

[sambuchito]

every time I fumble w my phone’s charger cable I think about emailing steven moffat a pipe bomb

[ofswordsandpens]

directors using colorful or "impossible" lighting to convey mood and meaning and beauty my beloved. directors making night scenes impossible to see for the sake of realism my beloathed.

[littlelightfish]

Funny things I found out playing with language setting in Netflix while looking episode 15:

Chilchuck's scream sounds HAUNTED in brazilian portuguese. Give it a try if you can.

(You can hear it here)

In spanish dub, Senshi says: "tocó mis senos de hombre", which means "he touched my man boobs" in Spanish. And I think that's the best dub line one so far.

[citystompers1]

Behind the scenes of Godzilla (1998)

[bretzkysbs]

It turns out the cookies are real — sort of.

They are baked at the home of Lara MacLean, who has been a “puppet wrangler” for the Jim Henson Company for almost three decades. MacLean started as an intern for Sesame Workshop in 1992 and has been working for the team ever since.

The recipe, roughly: Pancake mix, puffed rice, Grape-Nuts and instant coffee, with water in the mixture. The chocolate chips are made using hot glue sticks — essentially colored gobs of glue.

The cookies do not have oils, fats or sugars. Those would stain Cookie Monster. They’re edible, but barely. “Kind of like a dog treat,” MacLean says.

Before she reinvented the recipe in the 2000s, the creative team behind “Sesame Street” used versions of rice crackers and foams to make the cookies. The challenge was that the rice crackers would make more of a mess and get stuck in Cookie’s fur. And the foams didn’t look like cookies once they broke apart.

Cookie has been portrayed since 2001 by David Rudman, who took over the role from Frank Oz. Rudman’s right hand moves the mouth, which is eating, and his left hand holds the cookies. Both work in concert to break the cookies, which means they have to be soft enough to fall apart.

Rudman said soft cookies are best, adding, “The more crumbs, the funnier it is. If he eats the cookie, and it only breaks into two pieces if it’s too hard, it’s just not funny,” he said. “It looks almost painful. But if he eats a cookie and it explodes into a hundred crumbs, that’s where the comedy comes from.”

MacLean has perfected a recipe that is “thin enough that it’ll explode into a hundred crumbs,” Rudman said. “But it’s not too thin that it’ll break in my hand when I’m holding it.”

Not every (human) guest realizes that the cookies aren’t meant to be eaten. Adam Sandler appeared on an episode and decided to share in the muppet's delight by spontaneously eating a cookie with him on set.

“As soon as the cameras cut, he was like, ‘Blech!' ” MacLean said.

[ionomycin]

Grief

ref photo by @jawsstone