#congrats. you played yourself

[fireheartedpup]

Can I please get some friends who want to talk with me on a daily basis like fuck I'm trying

[chirpsythismorning]

Ted Sarandos tries so hard to be like-able and relatable more than any other studio executive I've ever seen.

Like, look at this dude?

Don't you just want to punch him in the face?

And it gets worse...

He might look friendly and charismatic amongst these familiar faces, but at the end of the day, Ted is just another studio executive who is willing to cut costs wherever he can, in what he sees as loose ends capable of saving Netflix millions, but actually does in fact result in devastating repercussions for real people.

And yet still, I question his plan for all of this, as Ted is behind the company that has changed the way entertainment is consumed in the first place, with their company flourishing as a direct result of the 07-08 writer's strike. At first it was slow, but then it was full speed ahead, with Netflix starting a trend of streaming that upended the entire entertainment industry, essentially forcing everyone to follow suit. This has then brought us to a point where the conditions and compensation for workers do not at all match what is expected of them, because it is all based on an expired business model that no longer applies.

And yet, Ted has chosen the route as a CEO to create this friendly mask of familiarity amongst his talent and in the business as a whole, in a way that makes you want to trust him.

When new productions are coming out, he's in attendance making small talk and gushing in interviews about how important it is to tell all these stories, making it clear he's trying to convey that morality and this idea of doing the right thing, is important to him presumably.

But how can he call himself 'a union man', from 'a union family' and push this moral agenda, if he's going to continue to play one of the biggest roles in this strike, with the ability to solve it swiftly by just meeting the guilds demands, all the while tearing down that moral image entirely in the process by refusing to do so?

Because the thing is, this image of morality is him using human emotions that he knows make people fall in love with movies and TV in the first place. He knows that a lot of the support comes from people who give a fuck about human lives and people being treated fairly, especially now in 2023.

So, why in the hell would he expect the people he is presenting this morality to, as a cornerstone of their mission (manipulation tactic to distract from the true goal: exponential growth of profits...), to just sit by and be okay with the writers and actors and anyone and everyone on these movies/shows sets, to feel like they are being taken advantage of and abused because of his working conditions???

In the scenario Ted wins and the writers lose, Ted STILL loses, because this facade is now overshadowed by resentful workforce and an audience that is going to have a hard time getting behind trusting this company long term, eventually leading to their downfall.

You think people want to watch a show where we know the working conditions were awful, with them being on the cusp of changing that, only to be fucked over and have to go right back to those conditions?

The strike is a double edged sword at this point, but there's no denying these executives (esp charismatic Ted) would be much better off taking the -0.3 annual costs and calling it a day.

I guess it doesn't really matter though, because to Ted and all these other executives, the bottom line for investors will always be short term growth. They care about right now, not the future. If they can keep up the act that everything is going swell and convince their investors (and competitors) that profits went up this quarter and are projected to continue going up in the next one, they're doing their job. Even if that means burning to a crisp later on, so be it. It'll most likely be someone else's problem by then anyways...

Regardless, I look forward to seeing Ted succumbing to his inevitable fate of meeting the guilds demands, all while he himself has spent years building up and fostering this friendly image, encouraging this idea that morality is important to the end goal. Who would have thought Ted?? That your facade would contribute to backfiring in a strike for workers rights, supported heavily by the very public your company has spent the last decade providing content to, that supports that very same message?

[i-write-shakespeare-not-disney]

I find it so funny that people who hate Vivziepop are still watching the show just to scream about how much they hate it???? 😂

[25shadesoffebruary]

[cowcat44]

Not wacom using AI art for their promotional material.

Y’all are literally selling tablets for people/artists to “draw” on, yet resort to AI garbage. Did they think no one would notice. Didn't even try to hide it.

What even is this?!!!.........awful.

Not mention the message it sends to artists. The biggest of middle fingers.

Do better!!!

[queenielacy]

I’m still laughing at Solo having a complete melt down when he saw Roman as if he didn’t say “you know where to find me” to Roman a couple of weeks ago.

[vroomian]

I am now 100% invested in the multimedia pairing for one reason and one reason only: the fact that Vox will have to suffer Alastor as a romantic rival, which will either end with him winning or losing. If he loses, Alastor will probably eat him. If he wins Alastor will probably still eat him. Either way, it’s the end of the man.

Oh yes the ship would never happen just because I think it’s so much funnier if voxs thing for alastor is unrequited forever. I just thought the ship name was funny!

Vox has paid for yrzs services while Yrz was still working and got his world rocked though lol. Vox was scoping out The Competition and miscalculated badly.

[katsy-kitty]

tfw you haven't been here in months(?) and you don't know how anything works anymore and who's still here

I am still in this world, by the way

[sotc]

DID---DID MILANA AND HIM JUST BREAK UP. Was it even a breakup when they never quite established what they were anyways to begin with? Heartbreaking for miss Milana.

The tension between them is palpable to say the least now within the party and boy, does Milana feel real stupid. Alistair presented her a rose and all the sentiment that came with it that she turned down because she felt something growing stronger between her and Zevran only for Zevran to turn around and try to downplay what they have and what that token of affection means.

You walked straight into this Milana LOLOL. <3 ALSO....

Bonus points for THIS conversation with Wynne happening right after that scene. Not sure if this was a conversation you could have had earlier but, once again, I super love the timing of this moment in the overall narrative of the romance drama. I imagine Wynne likely caught onto the tension and distance between Zev and Milana afterwards and was trying to comfort/reassure Milana through the uncertainty of this lil breakup. I think Milana really appreciated an outside perspective (at least this time around compared to the last when Wynne was judgmental af lol. ) she isn't CRAZY during these Trying Times and knows something is there between her and Zev.

You'll be OK Milana <3 There is something special between you two and I'm sure, in time, it will work out <3

[adhd-merlin]

the way morgana sealed her own fate by not just killing merlin when she had the chance, only because she wanted him to die slowly, alone, desperate and in pain

[martuzzio]

Poor Jack just wants to play hockey but unfortunately for him, he plays for the Devils, the universe thinks all of this is hilarious, and his STUPID HELMET DOESN'T FIT ANYMORE—

[aurevell]

right before i went to sleep last night i had the sudden thought, "wouldn't it be funny if the werewolf reveal in that steter mates au went off the rails? just like everything else in peter's life since meeting stiles? haha, that would be crazy. anyway time for bed."

then i spent the hours between 2-4am outlining the entire fic on my phone in the dark.

[crookedkingdom]

i may be a loser but at least i'm not the "humiliates myself on a national level 14 times and gives away major concessions for a position i have no guarantee of keeping" kind of loser

[sanityshorror]

📷📸

Aaaand... Thank you slimebeast for being so stupid and unable to help yourself.. That you proved you've been stealth stalking me online for over a year 🤣 bro got caught in 4k 📷📸 screen caps below cut

Tormentalist is his reddit user name and he's the head mod of r/creepypasta, you can fact check yourself ↓

Slimebeast/Mr. Wolf, when he realizes he played himself:

(also, thank you for banning me from that subreddit 😭 /gen)

I've been laughing all day /gen 🤣

UPDATE: he replied

Pisstopher I literally forgot you existed until.. May. I have you blocked on every platform. I repeatly tell you too GO AWAY. MF YOU ARE THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN STALKING ME OVER A YEAR. ALL BECAUSE MY GAY LITTLE DRESSMAKER IS WILDLY MORE RELEVANT THAN ABANDIND BY DIDNY IN 2023-- AND I LEFT CREEPYPASTA. I am dead serious, that is the actual reason he began having a problem with me.

[lovelyandproblematic]

incorrect quotes from the tvdu : source - fright night (2011)

[love-as-simple-as-shaving-soap]

if we don't get a first "i love you" scene from chenford for the obvious soft feels, then we should at least get one so you amazing gif makers can make a parallel gifset of lucy pranking tim with "i have feelings for you" and him short circuiting about how to respond and then her CRACKING UP about making him think she fell for him

AND then them explicitly declaring their love to each other for real