#i… kinda agree tbh

[turtleblogatlast]

Don’t think I ever quite said what my LGBTQ+ headcanons are for the boys, so these are my current thoughts! Always changing of course but this is what I feel most strongly right now.

[tamelee]

Panel redraw (sorta). Based on this ask, hope you and the one who suggested this panel- 🫣💕 like it. I'm not sure if it turned out well..

Bridge scene ⃩/Naruto's resolve

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

and now, a break from our normal schedule for my Favorite cat dad and his lovely vagabond son

[alexgalaxyboo]

Ghost who never really had an extended family, only the few people immediately connected to him and even then they have more painful memories than good.

vs

Soap who grew up swarmed with siblings and aunts and uncles and cousins and nieces and nephews later on and although he has his own issues there as well, they've mostly managed to work things out.

[muninnhuginn]

thinking about the qiao ling-lu guang section of the time trio.

the way I see it, qiao ling sees lu guang as cheng xiaoshi's first ever genuine friend. she has her own friends and is pretty sociable as a person, but cheng xiaoshi doesn't have that. sure, he acts pretty friendly, but we know he's had to work for that. that his situation with his parents was incredibly isolating and created a disconnect between him and others.

this is probably part of why qiao ling lowkey tried to vet lg early on in their relationship with the whole "why do you like cxs?" deal. but by the time the series kicks off, she's pretty sure lg is trustworthy.

I do think qiao ling considers lu guang a friend herself, but importantly, I think she considers him cheng xiaoshi's friend *first*. cheng xiaoshi hasn't had this before and she doesn't want to risk taking it from him. which is how you end up with cxs basically acting as the hinge between lg and ql.

and from a meta perspective, qiao ling somewhat keeping her distance and letting shiguang get on with things means that she probably has a somewhat different view of their relationship and lu guang's personality than the audience at this stage. she's seen them in general day-to-day situations and definitely has an idea of the whole cheng xiaoshi pestering-lu guang scolding dynamic, but stuff like diving? how they act together in high-stakes situations? we know she was largely kept out of that prior to s2. and in s2, lu guang was largely kept apart from her and cxs until the very last episode.

does she have any idea how far cheng xiaoshi's trust for lu guang extends? does she realise how much lu guang is fighting to control? I know I keep coming back to this, but it's fascinating what throwing her the fragment about lu guang's backstory achieves. she's disconnected enough to have a perspective outside of the shiguang dynamic. the pieces she's missing about lu guang might actually make her more able to accept what he's capable of than cheng xiaoshi in the end. and more able to get through to lu guang too, because they're not close enough for it to wreck their relationship in the same way. but at the same time, she's still emotionally tied into this situation and she especially doesn't want cheng xiaoshi hurt or dead.

I do think she'll push through her denial eventually and make progress with lu guang, but there is a reason why she's in denial in the first place at the end of s2. the idea that there's been something so horrifying hiding beneath the surface all along.

her brother died and yet he still sits there in front of her, smiling. his friend, whom she thought she could trust, was there and hasn't said a word.

where was she?

[seawherethesunsets]

Queen of tears, actually kim soohyun + kim jiwon’s chemistry and pairing has been my weekly healing from my overbearing work. I’ve been so burnt out but this show kept me moving weekly and i’m quite sad it’s ending this week.. feeling a bit depressi

[sonknuxadow]

hey guys look what i found in my drafts. from a few days ago .

[flumpermergen]

Spoilers for 2.2 Under the Cut!!!

Ugh Sundayyyy

WHEN I GET YOU SUNDAY RAAAHHHH

I fucking love me a villain who represents the clash of ideals, but I have to say my favorite part about his character is the dichotomy between how he believes to present himself and how he’s truly behaving.

He thinks of himself as the wise older brother, the one who knows best and who will willing make the sacrifice of being the only one “awake” in this sweet dream because he views himself as more mature than his peers. However, in actuality, his ideals are incredibly childish. A perfect world in which no one has to work or suffer with minimal repercussions? It’s an outlook that only a kid who doesn’t know better would have on the world. He’s so blinded by his beliefs that he doesn’t see the dissonance surrounding the way he thinks.

I just want to shake him around like a dog would with its chew toy, but this is just a quick analysis so I can get some of my thoughts down lol.

[rui-drawsbox]

I muted the tweet a few days ago but oh I'm absolutely getting killed in quotes arent i

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

Anders buddy i have barely done anything 😭

[sadquickchristmassnowman]

question for you all

(the husband is NOT abed. important info)

(read the tags for my “abbreviated” thoughts If You So Desire)

[thatuselessenbywitch]

bruh, as a tradition every new year when it hits midnight I put my playlist on shuffle and the one that starts playing is the general theme of the year

well I got 5 seconds of summer aka my favorite band ever so that's cool

but guess what song I got.... :D

don't stop acoustic!! aka everybody makes mistakes

2024 is so gonna be a fail I'm dying

[mickeym4ndy]

ngl too many people think they’re intellectually and morally superior to other people in the shameless fandom because they have different opinions on characters. it’s literally a tv show. full of morally grey characters anyway. your opinion on them doesn’t automatically make you more intelligent than someone who doesn’t share your view, sometimes you just view it differently. enough already

[vimbry]

oh hello shoe I've been waiting to see drop. sorta hoped you never would.

[accioepiphany]

Don't know if this is a hot take, but I think the creators of The Bear think they already gave Carmy therapy...

Ok, let me explain.

I've seen a lot of headcanons and meta discussion regarding Carmy needing therapy in general, but also before anything with Sydney happens. And, although I agree he is not yet a dependable partner that can form healthy relationships... I also think he is already on his way, trying to change, trying to be better, trying. And the reason he is already in the process, is because he decided to go to the Al-Anon meetings. Like, the way those meetings are framed in the show, are in the form of spaces in which he gives monologues while he opens up about what's going on with him... which, in a way, is therapy. Except that we don't hear the feedback he gets, or if he even gets it. But the thing is that, narrative-wise, and even visual-wise, the image we are getting is of Carmy going places to talk and, in a way, heal...

So, it wouldn't make much sense in future seasons for a more traditional way of therapy to be introduced, because we would see the same we are already seeing... you know what I mean? Carmy talking and realizing stuff about himself.

All of these to say that I think the Al-Anon meetings count as therapy for Carmy for the writers of The Bear. And that I wouldn't be surprised if, instead of having Carmy go to a one-on-one therapy, they just make the Al-Anon meetings have more of an impact on him, that shows in the ways he interacts with his family, the restaurant, everyone in it and, of course, Sydney.

[zarvasace]

I worked on this cookbook layout for 11 hours straight today (thanks caffeine you did your job) and I am only like 50% done with it by page count, and we're trying to get it done by Monday.

I mean a bunch of that was setup work like establishing masters and getting mad at paragraph styling, but I still have tables of contents and appendices and the index and all the cross-reference anchors and probably a few revisions because this client will likely want to edit a few things.....

If you hear screaming that's me