#passes 5 minutes anyway...

[damelucyjo]

I was tagged by @roamwithahungryheart 💛 Thanks lovely!

Are you named after anyone? Lucy is my maternal great-grandmother's middle name.

When was the last you cried? Last night watching Drag Race: UK vs The Worlds...

Do you have kids? Nope. I have 3 nephews who are more than enough!

What sports do you play/have you played? During school, I did dance, rounders, netball, football, lacrosse, badminton... maybe more I can't remember haha

Do you use sarcasm? It's my first language...

What is the first thing you notice about people? From far away, it's how they carry themselves and interact with others. Up close, it's their eyes.

What is your eye colour? Dark blue.

Scary movies or happy endings? Both. I love a great scary movie, but sometimes you just need a nice happy ending!

Any talents? I'm creative in various ways, which I've been told is a talent 🤷🏼‍♀️ I'm also hypermobile if that's still considered a talent...

Where were you born? St. Albans (just outside of London)

What are your hobbies? Reading, doodling, listening to music... watching TV... usual stuff haha

Do you have any pets? 2 doggies; a 10-year-old Jack Russell and a 6-month-old German Shepherd.

How tall are you? 5" 4.5'

Favourite subject in school? Theatre & History were the only lessons I ever looked forward to going to.

Dream job? Something creative. I do know from experience thought that I much prefer jobs where no two days are the same... so whatever job that is 🤷🏼‍♀️

No pressure tagging: @atearsarahjane @acrazyobsession @sunflower1274 @chiefofmilfs @evandstuff @banditsregina @racheltuckerrr @rahleeyah @modern-day-classic @catelyngrant @theultimateclare @georginahobart @writtenndust

[rustedleopard]

I wonder if Flowey ever just... let Clover stay dead for longer than a few seconds after they died in a fight just to see what happens. I mean, he basically is the master of their fate and would probably get bored of seeing them repeat the same three routes over and over and over again. I feel like in between trying to push Clover to fight Asgore, he'd probably find the time to entertain himself watching other characters react to Clover's death to mix things up a bit.

[lyxchen]

You know I really love how Squid Game pushes it's scenes so far that it makes you feel that sense of urgency and distress that the characters feel. It can easily happen that if a scene goes on for too long for the purpose of keeping you in suspense that it then gets boring or annoying. But that never happens in Squid Game. Some scenes are incredibly long, especially the games, I know I got so stressed out watching Dalgona for the first time because the scene just would not end. But that's exactly what the length of that scene is supposed to do for you. Often when you are feeling a lot of anxiety or are in a moment of intense stress everything around you can feel slower. Like time takes longer to pass. Especially when you have a time limit and still need to concentrate and not make any mistakes. And in my opinion Squid Game conveys that perfectly. The games, they drag on even though a game itself is often not that long. Red Light, Green Light has a timelimit of 5 minutes. That's so little!! But they make you feel every damn second of it while watching. I'm not sure if the actual scene was longer than 5 minutes, but it probably was. But they don't cut out stuff. Often when things happen over a span of time in shows and movies they don't add in parts where not much happens and just cut to the part that's interesting again. But in Squid Game because it is life or death and because of how anxiety can make you feel like time is passing slower every moment for the players feels so long and every moment is important. And that's what I really love in how they made the show. Because yes scenes may be going on for a long time. But they're showing you in the most realistic way possible how the players experience these moments. Add to that that there's almost no added in music like pop songs and in general there's not that much background music either. Because it would just take you out of the intensity of the scene, seperate you from the character's point of view. So a lot of scenes are very quiet in the way that every sound you hear is also a sound that a character inside the show is hearing too. Squid Game, just in the way it's made and filmed and in how long scenes take, is made to be so realistic and wants you to feel as closely as possible to what the characters themselves are feeling too. I really love this way of making a show

Btw I made this post because I realized that this doesn't just happen in the games but also outside of them. When Gi-hun is searching for the recruiter we get a montage of all of them searching, the days passing and Gi-hun ripping off pages from his calendar, but even here that montage takes longer than a montage to show the passage of time usually takes. Because it is long. They can't show us every day of Gi-hun just searching again and again but they can sure make us feel like we've just watched that. And you start out watching it thinking "oh they're gonna show us them finding him in like the next 30 second" but they don't. And there's one point where you think the montage is over but then it isn't. And you get frustrated watching it because "why can't they find the recruiter already?? This is taking so long" and that's Exactly how Gi-hun is feeling in that moment. They drag it out, they show you so much of everybody just searching and days passing and they Want you to be annoyed, because then you're really getting it. You're really getting how fucking long it took to find the Recruiter and what a painfully and annoyingly slow and exhausting process it was. And that's just another way that this show is so damn amazing!!! Because it's so fucking good at making you feel exactly what a character is feeling!! They're not just telling you "oh yeah this took long but they did it", no. They're Showing you exactly how long it took.

And suddenly we've arrived at one of my favorite story telling rules which is "show, don't tell" and I think Squid Game applies this rule really really well

(I have more rambly thoughts under the cut that have a little bit to do with this post but focus on another part of it. Also if the structure of this post feels weird that's probably because I had many different thoughts and just kinda put them where I felt they fit in best so idk, I have a hard time rereading stuff I've written so sorry if the flow of it feels off)

Tbh I think it might also be a little bit why the show appeals to so many people and why so many people go and participate in Squid Game the Challenge or that Mr Beast shit. With the way Squid Game is made and filmed to be so immersive it has the power to give the viewer that same rush of adrenaline that the players inside the show feel. But us viewers sit at home and we know we are safe and so we want more of that adrenaline. It's maybe kind of like Bungee Jumping. You get that rush, that thrill of "holy shit I'm Falling", but you know you're safe. You're doing something you would otherwise only experience right before death. And obviously that is what Squid Game the Challenge is like, because being in it you know if this was real, as in real the way it is real in the show, then you'd be very close to death at any given moment. But you're not. Because you don't die if you fail. But you still get that thrill because of that association with death without actually having to be afraid of it. And that's when it gets fun. And while I don't think that this was intended the show is partly also as popular as it is, Because just by watching it you get a little bit of that adrenaline that's fun for you because you know you're safe

Also another thought about the 'show, don't tell' point of it all. There's not that much talking happening in Squid Game. Like people obviously speak to each other but often there are also long periods of time where nobody is speaking at all. But that doesn't matter because this show is so good at showing us everything that is important without much words needed. I'm pretty sure you could watch it without sound or subtitles and still get most of the plot of it. And that's really impressive

[emoticonnie]

Karen would fucking despise benrey if they met I think

[shooks-stupid-stuff]

she just looks at him like this sometimes and it is always wholly unclear as to whether it's an affectionate or derogatory thing (pre-them getting together it is always a derogatory thing)

[thefinalaeon]

Where can I move to never experience a natural disaster type event again? No hurricanes, no tornadoes. Oregon? Vermont? I'm fucking over it.

[digitaldiseas3]

mmmm aahhhhh i slept like shit. refreshing!

[okidenshi]

I love an IBS (?) episode where every fluid in my body wants to come out all at once oTL

[clumsypuppy]

Atla live action 😐

[kerizaret]

Might be coming down with a little cold

[themanwhowouldbefruit]

its crazy how you can watch something at 14yo and think its great but. it actually sucks ass because a 14yos brain is like a slab of ham.

[steelthroat]

"Hey mom look I talked about this one when I graduated :D!"

Btw there are only two genders:

propaganda posters from WW1/2

Art nouveau/theater posters

See???

[awfullybigwardrobe44]

Happy things days 25 + 26

• AMAZING BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL. BOTH DAYS!!!

• one thing I really wanted to do was sit in the beautiful upper lobby loft and just chill and work on a little project or something. I didn’t think I was going to have time but this morning I was able to pack in like 10 minutes and had over an hour to spare, so I went and wrote the rest of my travel log in the loft. Only was about 20 min, but it was something I really wanted to do. My hideaway:

• hot tub time

• we restaged some photos of me and my cousins from 19 years ago and they’re gold

• the project I brought with me is a scrapbook from a vacation this summer and I made really really good progress on it

• I finished my travel log in my journal before I even left the hotel! I usually have to write entries after the trip is over due to lack of time

• found adorable stickers for my travel journal

• listened to allllll my favorite Christmas music while roadtripping through the mountains today

• we are very casually throwing around the idea of doing this again 2 years from now 👀

• my favorite cousin has been really hard to get ahold of for years and kind of distant from the family. She lives in Portland, and I mentioned that sometime I might go see a friend there. She was VERY enthusiastic about meeting up which makes me feel like we may be able to maintain a relationship. I was kind of worried I might not see her again/much after this trip, so that was promising.

• got music for one of the last songs I need for church. It is Hard. And I’m looking forward to the challenge. I have 3 days to learn it, wish me luck 😅 (if I don’t have it perfect by Wednesday it’s NOT a big deal at all, I’m just going to do my darndest)

[astrxealis]

hi guys please wish me luck for my college entrance exam tomorrow for one of my dream schools xoxo

[mentalmeles]

I swear, one of these days I'm going to just snap and tear into one of/the majority of my coworkers bc I am SO sick and tired of their behavior

[piss-off-erik]

WHY DO I HAVE PNEUMONIA RN