i played minecraft on peaceful a lot as a kid which i think shaped my development; with monsters on, there's a present danger and something to be done about it. On peaceful? The world is finite and you are alone. The immaculate sense of dread (and loneliness) has stuck with me
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this is cute but also i like to think the pope has to preface every single statement with "this isn't dogma but" like he has to break character for a sec and clarify that he's not speaking ex cathedra
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Logan Roy cutting off every single person that dared to stand up to him and surrounding himself with social-climber yes-men that only tell him what he wants to hear only to realize he misses his kids taking punchy little jabs at his expense because their opinions and jokes amused him oh this season is already so fucking delicious
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"i don't want to do this forever" says tim, age 14, who already implicitly knows he must do this forever, that there will never be a time where he is unable to stand aside if it means not helping, not saving.
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sally and percy were always each other’s constants, they became a bit more distant once percy found out he was a demigod, but they were still each others firsts
then estelle was born
percy loves estelle so much, so much it physically hurts
but he sees estelle and how happy she is, how she had a mom that doesnt work the night shift nearly every night and instead is home nearly all the time, and she has a dad that’s present and there and is safe and percy is so so happy that she has what he never did
but at the same time he knows thats the exact reason why it hurts
estelle has what percys wanted his whole life
and now estelle has the only thing percy had his whole life
being his mothers first and top priority
he knows why, he understands why, estelle is a baby and needs to be cared for constantly, and percys nearly 18 and doesnt need his mom all the time anymore
but it hurts because all the food is no longer blue, it hurts because he sees estelle grow up and get help, it hurts because he sees estelle with the life he always wanted, but knows he will never had
and it hurts because hes no longer his mother’s constant.
sally has paul now, she has paul to help her through her issues and she has a child that doesnt get expelled from every school shes been in
and percy has his family. but its not the same. annabeth has always been there, but she doesnt understand, thalia has been through the same childhood as percy but she doesnt know what its like to watch the bad go to good in the same household, grover has always listened but he just doesnt understand
because hes happy estelle has the life he always wanted. hes glad his mother has the life she always wanted. but hes not in that life. because hes moving out soon. and hes no longer his mothers son, at least not in the way he was before
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ok not to state the obvious but I’m so, so glad they didn’t kill Willie while they were god. they chose love. this season has been about being torn between two things (two worlds, love or hate… etc) and to me, it’s perfect that it started with love and it ended with love. Dude was saved with love. Terry Jr was brought back because of love. He got to see his daughter again. and willie died because he prioritized hate and power over connection and love (COUGH scary arc). anyways. yeah. narrative arcs go hard
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