#intent and predictability

[mentalisttraceur]

One of the valuable but annoying things with thinking in probabilities is like ....

Sometimes you say something to a person, and you're actually consciously, deliberately saying words that have different meanings in the different possibilities... words that would mean different possible things or invoke different associations or feelings, depending on which of the different possibilities is true of who they are, where they're at, what mood they're in.

Because sometimes that's better than just flinging the same intended meaning at all possibilities of who they are in that moment. In fact sometimes meaning one thing is impossible. Sometimes within the possibilities you see, you can't see any statement you could make that would get taken the same way in all possibilities and which also fits all your relevant values.

But like, some people don't get that - they don't think like that, so they can't really put themselves in those shoes, or maybe they have never even consciously conceived of the experience, or of it being practically doable by humans in the real world.

So then if one of those people asks you "what did you mean by that?", it's like... (very tired sigh).

[edorazzi]

Page 53 of my Miraculous Mentor AU comic A Matter of Trust! In which Richard may have just paid the ultimate price for his hubris... 🔮💫

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[ivyithink]

when your self-worth is tied intrinsically to your usefulness and your brain stops working :(

[mollywog]

Okay so we know Maysilee was the previous owner of the Mockingjay pin,

BUT

There is no mention of the pin as Katniss and Peeta watch the 2nd Quarter Quell footage (I don’t think this is an oversight on Katniss’s part: At this point she has an inkling that the mockingjay is connected to the rebellion and wouldn’t she (or Peeta) be hyper aware of it, especially while watching its previous owner?!?!) - leading me to believe that the pin was not her token and never saw the inside of the arena prior to 74th.

So

What if we discover that Maysilee was in fact wearing it and all footage of her with the pin was erased after the initial airing?

[laurelwen]

I dearly wish I could find a higher quality version of this photo, but since I haven't, here have this low-fi scan.

[staccatoredwinters]

Walter our beloved <3

My irl friend wanted to color this as soon as I finished outlining, so I let her and yk what I loved it! :3 | (She doesn’t do digital much)

I did most of the coloring though but she did good on the face. The piece does give a cartoony look XD

[thankstothe]

im...................

[tevanbuckley]

seeing posts going "oh but they're obviously setting up bddie! just look at x, y, z! it's basic media analysis," and listen, some of you have gotta accept that tim minear et al are maybe not looking at this show through the same lens as your average tumblr user.

which isn't a bad thing, death of the author etc etc. but in this case the author is still very much alive and very much still writing the story. you can take whatever meaning you want from whatever that ends up being but there is a world of difference between "this could mean this" and "this will mean this".

[mi-tu-o-moli-poka]

Thank you for the strongly expressed feedback. I'm flattered that my writing is so passionately received; please rest assured I have read and considered all your thoughtful commentary. Despite this, I am afraid the only advisement that aligned with my true aspirations was that very insightful person who wrote in about how I should include more of the watchtowers. I hope this issue is not too disappointing to everyone else.

Can you guys stop fucking against the watchtowers dot png

[m1zisua]

All the things about how Luka is pointing at Hyuna accusingly, which is potentially about Hyunwoos' death, makes me think ..... how exactly would Hyuna have been the cause of his death?

Personally, I just can't see that being the case. So, I propose something else, Hyuna blames herself for letting herself and Hyunwoo become so close to Luka.

Based on this post about the differences in how both Hyuna and Hyunwoo interacted with Luka, we see Luka say some pretty .. odd stuff (eg. "Your life is mine") and Hyuna not taking it all too seriously, and now, in hindsight when she looks back on it, she'd be likely to feel that she should've seen the red flags and put distance between them, or instead feels that if she were 'harder' on Luka, like Hyunwoo was, that he wouldn't have done what he did.

Hyuna chose to lean in to Lukas antics and take his side over Hyunwoos, possibly just regarding their interactions as just 'them being them', not really seeing much seriousness to it, nor the actual harm Luka could bring.

Not to mention that if Hyuna wasn't there when the whole fight went down with Hyunwoo and Luka, then that would be another reason for her to blame herself. She wasn't there to break them apart, to step in when it got serious and prevent the outcome.

(I also have another theory about why Hyunwoo and Luka could've had such a serious fight - involving Hyuna - , but that's for another post, hhaa....)

In her song "Love and Peace" she says this. While it could be about Luka, it feels more likely that this is about Hyunwoo. An apology to him, she's sorry that she wasn't there to protect him or that she wasn't on his side more often, sorry that she trusted Luka. All she can do is hope that Hyunwoo knew how much she truly loved and cared for him.

Behind all of her anger and resentment towards Luka, there's alot of self-blame and guilt hidden. She projects it onto Luka, and this definitely isnt me trying to say that she doesnt hate Luka or hold anything against him because — oh, no she definitely does (rightfully so), alot of it could come from her own self loathing, it's easier for her to take out all of her emotional baggage by pouring it in to hating Luka.

Luka knows this. Which is why he's almost taunting her in the first image .. Like he's trying to tell her "What happened was your fault too". I think she'll come to realise that it wasn't. Or atleast I hope.

[buddiebitch]

WHY are BT shippers so vehemently against actually analyzing the symbolism and choices made for this show?

i mean i saw multiple people saying we were overthinking the vertigo poster. they were saying that it was weird to assume that Buck would fill the pining best friend role that Midge did in the original movie??? (haven’t seen the movie, i just read a few synopses)

i’m sorry, so you agree that he put Ryan Guzman in the main character and Devin Kelley as the love interest because they’ll fill those roles in the storyline, but we’re overthinking when we point out what role he put Oliver Stark in?

or when i bring up the possible symbolism of Tommy always calling him Evan, the only response i get from BT stans is “well he would tell him if he didn’t like it” or “i think it’s because he was introduced that way and that’s why” or even “i think he probably likes that Tommy calls him Evan” (all real responses i saw) and it’s like, yeah that’s cool, those are great headcanons for you, but that actually isn’t what i was talking about. nothing wrong with having a headcanon, but it doesn’t explain anything about the show or answer any of my questions.

i mean in s4 he corrected his PARENTS and told them his name was Buck, and in s6 it was used to emphasize the strangeness of his coma dream, how everyone was calling him Evan, the whole show him being called Evan has almost always been used to emphasize that someone doesn’t know him very well, how are y’all convinced that it’ll mean something different this time? i get that some people think it’s supposed to be growth, that he’s cool with being called his first name, but if that’s the goal it definitely isn’t reading that way to me.

like i wish i could see things through the same lens as these people so it could make sense to me, i just don’t get how you can willfully ignore SO many hints just so you can ship what you want.

no hate to the ship or the shippers obviously, i’m just baffled by the lengths they’ll go to in order to convince themselves that plot device man is endgame for Buck.

[tanasha-not-yet]

i stole the balloon beast from @captain-amadeus and shrank it, here's the post

[someprettyname]

okay wait. Holy shit. So we know sae and Michael are both in new gen 11. So like, what if they've both played together before and kaiser as the striker was the only one who could satisfy the midfielder in Sae and when he came to play the U-20 he saw that same potential in Yoichi?????? Coz, all 3 of them can use metavision and a metavisioner knows another metavisioner.

Or......

What if, even worse, Kaiser was the one who crushed Sae"s dreams of becoming a striker?

[fascinationstreetmp3]

just realised my bg3 durge and da rook are both giant and buff and have horns and dark face paint. and theyre even both transgender

[infravioletsea]

Shrek 5 predictions:

Shrek's daughter (who I will be calling Shrendaya from here on out) wants to go away to a human college but Shrek (despite his human in-laws) doesn't want her mixing with humans. Queen Lillian is inexplicably missing, presumed dead.

The secondary protagonist is the son of Prince Charming, who he calls Junior, but prefers to go by CJ (because he thinks it's cool). He's got little to no personality except for being "awkward" where his father is confident

The main antagonist is the ghost of the Fairy Godmother. Her main motive is looking for a MacGuffin that'll bring her back to life so she can take down the Shrek family.

As part of her plan, she enlists CJ to seduce Shrendaya so she'll get them to the MacGuffin. Unfortunately, he starts to catch real feelings for her, despite their total lack of chemistry.

Shrek is apprehensive of CJ at first, which puts a strain on his relationship with Shrendaya who thinks he's being humanphobic. Eventually he and CJ have a heart to heart which is around the time that he decides to abandon his Fairy Grandmother's plan

This is when it all comes to light, leading to a third-act breakup and Shrendaya singing a sad ballad cover of an Olivia Rodrigo song. This scene exists as a soft launch for Zendaya's music career

There is a scene where Fiona injures herself in a martial arts fight because her joints aren't what they used to be.

During a fight sequence, there's a scene where the Shrek Family stand back to back while the camera circles them like that one group shot in the first Avengers film

There is a scene of someone flossing. I don't know who, I'm leaning Donkey but the thought of him doing anything bipedal terrifies me.

There is a singular cameo from Puss, in which he has a litter of kittens and is struggling with fatherhood. He's also "let himself go"

There's a brief Arthur cameo. There is a "this will ruin the tour" joke

Shrek's son is "openly gay". This means that near the end, he is seen holding hands with an unnamed background human man. The critics lose their shit over this, despite there being so much queer coding in previous movies (Doris, Big Bad Wolf, the whole plot of S2, etc.)

Donkey and Dragon are in a rough patch. There is a sexy evil girl donkey who exists solely to tempt Donkey into having an affair. She has boobs and eyelashes. Dragon kills her at the end.

Regardless of canon, the dronkeys stay at the age we last see them, and exist mostly as marketable plushes

Shrek is insecure about getting older. His arc is about how if he loves his kids he should let them go and recognise that the world has changed

There is a True Love's Kiss at the end between Shrendaya and CJ. Neither of them change into a human or ogre respectively.

Said kiss happens when Shrendaya punches CJ and says "THIS is for betraying me. And *this* is for everything else"

There is a dance party closing sequence. Possibly to a Charli XCX song.

The Snow Queen is set up as an antagonist, but is killed off early on, as she's about to break into song. Someone inevitably makes a snide "Let it go" comment

The fart jokes are cranked up to 11. A LOT of them are about how Shrek Is Old Now

There is a mid-credits teaser for another sequel or spinoff.

If they're teasing Shrek 6, they'll set up Rapunzel as the main antagonist

[shadystranger]

this moment so fucked up💀