#idk if anybody has said this??

[flufallo]

This is a great friend dynamic tho

I mean, the gay boy and the asexual girl (is that canon or did I just make it up idk)

[decadentwerewolfstrawberry]

I've seen so many people say weird barbie represents lgbtq+ people and while I do think that's a valid interpretation I haven't seen anybody talk about how she could be representing autistic/ neurodivergent people in general.

[dangerous-advantage]

thinking about how raph, april, and mikey are less focused on by the fandom than donnie and leo, the only two main characters in rottmnt with white voice actors

[harleybarbarahandler]

i’m ngl that one scene from babylon where the director grabs nellie’s face and forces her to spit her gum out does make me feel Things

[intergalacticaquarium]

Every time somebody writes Eddie doing something super cool and sexy I have have headcanon two goblin-esque habits for him to keep it even

[porto-rosso]

Kon "no way do i like guys i can't stray from exactly what's 'normal' as a civilian and any deviation is to be saved for acting as superboy and acting as superboy only" Kent and Tim "yeah i like guys but thats not really feeling like a feasible option right now so i will keep it bottled up and also never tell anyone and only date women" Drake

[mettywiththenotes]

I think Jaune was and still is the Rusted Knight. That is his role in the Ever After. When he talks about the Curious Cat’s role, how he figured it out, it sounds to me like he’s talking about himself

“I figured it out later after the cat came back for me when Alyx left. When people lose their way here, the cat... convinces them, somehow. Either to keep reforming their role or they go to the tree, get a new one. The cat calls it “healing” but it’s manipulation.”

I’m totally assuming here, but I’m wondering if, when the Cat came back for Jaune, they offered him two options. To reform his role (improve upon it) or go to the tree. But Jaune was still waiting for his friends to come, so he chose to reform his role

He is still the Rusted Knight. And, so far, the girls have been acting on what Alyx did in the book. They are the new “Alyx”, in a way. And Jaune is still the Rusted Knight. I think, just like he did with the siblings, he needs to lead them all home safely and improve upon what he did last time

The thing with Jaune in the story was, when Alyx began to distrust him, he “didn’t have time to make it right”. So maybe now, what with being around his friends again and being the Rusted Knight for them, there’s a way he can make it right with the new Alyx(s). Essentially, avoid betrayal

The question is, is Jaune going to keep doing this forever now, or is he going to somehow get out of his role as the Rusted Knight without losing his memories or dying? (or sacrificing himself?)

[dastardlydumb]

Sometimes in arcane there are scenes where I think Jayce thinks of Viktor as some sort of extension of himself. They are partners with the same dream after all and I guess sharing your life’s work with someone sorta builds that bond. But the scene that leads me to think of that, is actually the scene where Jayce tells the council he doesn’t give a shit about what any of them think, except for Mel. And while it was no doubt directed at the council members I always think “ouch dude Viktor is like right there man.”

Then I start to think about the other stuff where Jayce effectively replaced heimerdinger as Viktor’s safety net in Piltover when he voted heimerdinger into retirement. It was done out of a desperate attempt to stop heimerdinger from destroying the hexcore which Jayce thinks of as potentially the only chance to save Viktor from dying. But it leaves Viktor without the support he had from heimerdinger when he first arrived in piltover.

Another thing that comes to mind is something that is likely to have mayor consequences for Viktor down the line, which I don’t really see a lot of people talk about. It’s the scene where Mel takes Jayce to the opera and tells him about all the councils dirty secrets and where Jayce might end up accidentally erasing Viktor’s earned title of hextech partner by offering it up to anyone willing to invest in hextech. He invalidates it by turning it into a title you can buy. Which if looked at on paper, would just make Viktor into one name amongst many (or the first of many) essentially erasing the 7 years of work which Viktor put into helping Jayce realize his dream.

And that’s the thing because we are specifically told by Mel that Jayce has the potential to realize that dream him and Viktor worked on “bring hextech to the masses” and all that. But he doesn’t because of Viktor, he’s told he can accomplish his dream and he goes “but first I have to save Viktor” it looks to me like Jayce’s priorities have changed so drastically because he puts the people closest to him first.

And that’s where I think Viktor and Jayce’s dream have diverged because Viktor doesn’t care what happens to him personally as long as he can realize the dream or make some kind of mark that says he existed and he made a difference. Which is ironically a very human notion considering what he turns himself into to ensure this outcome.

Going back to the first topic on Jayce thinking of Viktor as an extension of himself is on the bridge where he forgets where Viktor is from because he just doesn’t associate Viktor with all the things that the undercity is in his mind. Viktor gets angry and corrects him and Jayce immediately apologizes and says he’s right but it seems like a half genuine response like yes he’s sorry but i can’t tell if he’s sorry he made Viktor mad or if he’s sorry he showed such prejudice. Either way Viktor seems to forgive him but it creates a rift of distrust that makes Viktor decide to lie to Jayce and simply go on with the experiments himself. This is something that certainly sticks to the mind because it’s so dramatic and it’s the first time we see the two argue. It’s actually one of my favorite scenes.

My point is that it makes me think of that one comic where Jayce referred to Viktor as his other half in the sense of two gearwheels that fit together perfectly that I can’t seem to find.

[cyncity2000]

this was too long for twitter but honestly i was pleasantly surprised about the publicity for heartstopper because i expected everyone on twitter to be like "wELL if every single actor doesn't immediately come out to everyone then how do we KNOW all the queer characters are actually being played by queer actors hmMM??" bc yknow. the internet is just Like That 🙃

and heartstopper's response (bc they almost certainly anticipated this) was literally just like "we have a queer cast, trust us, and not a single person in the cast owes you any more information than that. not to MENTION we go above and beyond to show you that this tv series was CREATED not only by an openly queer author who was given FULL control to write the entire screen adaptation of their own graphic novels, but also by a openly queer director who specifically made sure to hire as many queer workers as possible for every. other. department of the show. because yes, it's super important that queer actors play queer characters; but it's even MORE important that the representation extends FAR beyond the people you see on screen."

bc THAT IS HOW YOU HAVE GOOD REPRESENTATION. NOT forcing all of your actors to spend every single interview fielding questions about their own personal gender & sexual identities. good representation is making sure that―unlike the majority of films and tv shows, sadly―if you look beyond the main cast, the roles of director/producer/writer/photographer/makeup artist/crew member/etc are ACTUALLY fulfilled by a diverse group of talented people. true representation doesn't stop at the actors, or the portrayal of characters. it goes all the way up the ladder to everyone making the movie/tv show/etc happen in the first place. change can't happen long-term unless "older," well-established people in the industry (like euros lyn) use their position to create opportunities for fresh, new, young, diverse talent.

tldr heartstopper is a brilliant example of how to properly create a series both by and for the lgbtq+ community, and i was SO relieved to see all the publicity revolve around the story and the actors and the importance of representation WITHOUT requiring anybody who wasn't already out to clarify anything about themselves.

(ramble mostly inspired by this and sourced from this, if you haven't watched the video you 100% should !!! also ofc special shoutout to kit for taking absolutely no shit from twitter)

[morningmarionette]

i think someone should kill me. violently. make my body unidentifiable. dismember me. discard my limbs in different parts of town.

[pepprs]

ok mutuals be honest. should i “break up” w my counselor over these texts yes or no

[bugsmoocher]

saw a big fat cricket at work today

[elsolaer]

i have many thoughts in general but this tidbit from tingyun's voice lines is one of the things i wanna elaborate some more on at some point...

" Every time I head out, I leave a letter behind and lock it in the drawers of my shop. If I come back, then I'll burn it later. If I don't... then it'll be something for others to remember me by."

[pissfizz]

Transmasc Hajime truthers are my least favorite kind of enstars fans

[woolydemon]

"wright has a brown eye and a blue eye" no I don't listen to u lalalalalalala la