#doomed from the start

[arthursfuckinghat]

"You want punishment"

"You flourish before you die"

[crashnbrn]

[bluebyrd-screaming]

I find it fascinating that Venra gave almost everyone a choice in their death, even if they were all doomed from the beginning

She told Perry that it's all better in the moment just before you get everything you want and that he doesn't have to pull the sprinklers. He still makes the choice to turn them on

She told Camille that she doesn't have to go back there, she literally says that she could have killed her in her sleep. She still goes to collect evidence that no one will ever see

She tries to get Leo to buy a different cat, she shows him all of the other options that are suffering and need a home while the black cat already had offers and wasnt for sale to him. He still chose to buy the black cat

She keeps telling Vic that she's worried about the human trials, can she please get confirmation from Ruiz that this experiment is safe, are you sure you want to go through with this. She still chooses to use the mechanical heartbeat

She just keeps telling Tamerlane to get some rest, even after Tammy keeps falling asleep in the middle of conversations and cannot function. She still chooses to go through with Goldbug and attack the voices telling her to rest

She asked Roderick and Madeline if they were sure, from the very beginning asked what they were willing to give up for all of the fame that they could ever want, she gave them the ultimate choice as to their fate. They chose fame and fortune for a short life over a long one with less certainty of money

But she didn't give a choice to everyone

While all of the other children got a choice in how they died, Fredrick didn't. But that's because he had already made his choice. He chose over and over again to be vindictive and hateful, to be drunk on power. He was willing to let his wife suffer just to see what was in her phone and when that didn't work he decided to slowly poison her and finally when he ripped out her teeth, then Venra said "enough". He made his own bed without any input from Venra because she wasn't the one asking him if he was sure, it was Lenore. Lenore asked at every turn if her mom was safe, if she was seeing specialists, if they could go to a fancy facility that could keep her safe. Lenore just wants her mom to be okay, and Frederick decides to rip out Morrie's teeth in anger. So yeah, he made his fucking choice

Lenore didn't. She was the only Usher that was never given a warning about not tempting fate, and that's because she was the only Usher who cared about someone other than their own bottom line. Lenore was sweet, and kind, and wanted to make a difference, so Venra didn't need to ask her if she really wanted to tempt fate. No, she needed to make her comfortable with the inevitability of her end. That her kindness wasn't for nothing. That she didn't go out in a blaze of self destruction like the others. Because Lenore didn't tempt fate, she didn't throw around daddy's money to get everything she could have ever wanted, damn the consequences. No, she died because of a choice that someone else made for her before she was a thought un anyone's mind. She died because someone else didn't care about the consequences of their actions as long as they could be rich and famous in the here and now

Lenore didn't get a choice because neither did any of the victims of the Usher family's rule

They just died as after thoughts, collateral on the way to ultimate power

[blanketforcas]

handprint horny mistake number 1

[persephonelikespomegranates]

No YOU (the rational part of my brain) don't understand how much The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes altered my brain chemistry. I can never be the same. I will never recover.

[rubbish78]

Panic! At the Disco: Live in Denver

[sporesgalaxy]

probably unposted various doodles 3: i never forgot about this i'm just very slow at writing

[gibsonsgirl]

if you think about how the roy siblings grew up with ruthlessly narcissistic parents, you start to recognize them as they are at their core—emotionally-stunted kids masquerading in adult bodies. every shenanigan they pull, every dysfunctional relationship they foster, and every bit of human depravity they exhibit are ALL manifestations of logan and caroline’s parenting (or lack thereof, frankly). they never stood a chance.

[jimmyspades]

"You're suggesting an ex parte encounter that would get us both disbarred." "Yes, but on the upside, I could tell you how bad you're being. As I recall, you like being a bad girl." BOSTON LEGAL 3.14 "Selling Sickness"

[rottin6]

was gonna write such a good bartylily smutfic for 4/20 with them high as shit but instead i got high and forgot all about it

[primal-con]

Chanting the mantra "I am so extremely normal about Earthspark" over and over again to stay sane, it is nOt working

[biuebeardsbride]

behind every girl is an evil gay man trying to ruin her life

[dhampiravidi]

me, realizing that the only MCU TV show I ever really needed was some fluffy chaotic mess involving Tony Stark, Darcy Lewis, Loki Laufeyson Friggason (& maybe a cameo from the Wakandans and Bucky):

[death-rebirth-senshi]

Idk though I feel like the ending of Bayo 3 is very much a sum of its parts. Both Bayonetta ultimately dying at the hands of her own demon (the SAME fucking demon that pulled this shit in Bayo 2) and BayoLuka unfortunately. Even Jeanne getting stabbed to death stupidly. The entire game was like that. The ending isn't uniquely terrible actually. I guess I can see how an outsider would think it was, but it really isn't.

[nerdalmighty]

i haven't even finished the ATLA show yet (i'm honestly not enjoying it all that much so i'm going very slowly) but your tags on that post about filler reminded me that i HATE how they shoved so many things like the mechanist, jet, the cave of two lovers which i guess is the cave of two siblings now, and more ALL together into two episodes taking place in omashu. it feels so rushed and takes away from the sense of adventure that the original had, in my opinion.

BIG agree! I've been rewatching the original series to cleanse my palate of the live action series and everything just feels bigger and more fun than what we got from Netflix. I PERSONALLY don't love live action remakes because I think animation is an extremely valid and unique medium that live action can't capture (I feel like a majority of my followers will agree with that), but I had to check out ATLA just to see what was up and because I loved the original so much.

I've seen a bunch of tiktoks of the actors hanging out and having great chemistry, but somehow, all that disappeared in the actual show. While yeah, some of the kids need more acting experience, I think a large part of what made it so bad was having only 8 eps for S1 when the animated show had 20, the directing and lighting made things feel flat AND Dee Bradley Baker no longer voiced Momo. Also, why'd they put Secret Tunnel in S1??? It's an S2 ep! You only have 8 eps and you didn't choose any of the bountiful stories from S1??? Weird.

Idk. I have a hard time unscrambling my thoughts and articulating critiques, but the heart of the show was gone. Aang was an entirely new character, Katara's fight with Pakku felt low stakes, Sokka felt more like a version of him you'd meet and greet at a theme park, Suki was awkward instead of badass, and Zuko didn't feel as confident/stubborn.

I do know how much work goes into making any type of show, and I do think that the cast and crew made the best of what was given to them by Netflix and their weird standards. I just don't think ANY remake of ATLA will ever stand up to the original.

[rubbish78]

Ryan Ross & Brendon Urie being weirdos to each other at Rock band live 2008 (x/x)