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[bitter-hibiscus]

Happy Jason Death Day to those who celebrate!

[yaoiboypussy]

You know it’s really fucking annoying how cis women will say shit like ‘afab solidarity’ but then turn around and say ‘I dont care if trans men get denied medical care and die, the term person with a uterus makes me uncomfortable.’ . They use ‘afab solidarity’ as a thin screen to hide their transphobia + transmisogyny.

They use the suffering of trans men as a stick to beat trans women with. Either as a way to say trans women ‘arent actually suffering’ or to blame trans women for the suffering and deaths of trans men.

Cis women engage in and encourage the death of trans men and then blame those deaths on trans women.

[green-static]

Angel: Whiskers I heard ya sayin’ something about a strap earlier?

Husk: yeah?

Angel: what do you have one of those for???

Husk: I always have one?

Angel: 😳 can I see?

Husk: *pulls out saxophone neck strap*

Angel: …

[there-are-no-angels]

i feel like there is a specific design philosophy that only applies to total drama characters that grew up on a farm. like. look.

the way the boys have spiky hair but round body language, while the girls are entirely round, that face shape, the freckles, the colors?? i feel like they could all be cousins

[luckyspacerabbit]

also not to get emotional about a 13 year old game. but it is berry interesting to think about a paragon shepard who is used to doing “whats right” and has always been treated like a good guy, suddenly finding themselves needing to justify everything they do to the outside world in me2. Like not only do you have to wrangle with your own morals but the eyes that once saw you as a hero look at you with suspicion, fear, distrust. and you cant even blame them. how does that change how you see yourself

[see-arcane]

Antlers Holst was Jupe’s Equal Opposite (and Just as Selfish in the End)

I’ve had time to sit and digest this awhile. I think Antlers Holst was almost as much of an accidental villain/anti-villain as Jupe. He’s just standing on the opposite end of the ‘spectacle’ spectrum. Where Jupe skipped the lesson he should have picked up as a child and twisted his trauma and hunger for fame into the vehicle for exploiting Jean Jacket and ultimately setting off a nightmarish demise for him, his family, and audience, Antlers’ last minute sabotage of the ‘impossible shot’ takes a hard swerve in the other direction—and it’s exactly as selfish as Jupe’s motives.

Because all we know of Antlers is that he’s a jaded artist striving for his own meaningful work to counterbalance the commercial cinematography he grudgingly does for the money. For whatever reason, his history and personal view has made him view the public as ‘unworthy’ of the impossible, and himself as some auteur-martyr for depriving them of it and letting himself be an Ahab who lets his white whale kill him. Is it a depressing scene of self-destruction, added to the horror factor of this man clearly having no idea what kind of torture is waiting for him in JJ’s guts? Yes.

Is it also a microcosm of the whole issue surrounding who got the real credit and attention for the Muybridge clip? Also yes.

Because just like Muybridge, Antlers turned the capture of Jean Jacket’s image into a personal project—his masterpiece. But what did he actually do? He slapped together a reel camera and sat under a tarp.

Meanwhile, Em and Angel arranged the tube men across the gulch and set up surveillance while OJ did the teeny tiny little task of, you know, going out on horseback to lure, race, and (hopefully! Because they did not know if it would work!!) scare the giant carnivorous UFO out of trying to eat him and his horse alive.

The Haywood crew were doing 99% of the work—with OJ taking on 99.99% of the pants-shittingly terrifying risk—and all Antlers does is turn a crank and follow the action. And not just for the ‘money and fame’ Antlers the Artist disdains. Angel points it out at dinner; this is meant to help others. This is going to prove to the world that there’s a huge lethal threat to every living thing on the planet and if the information doesn’t get out? There’s no telling how many would get Roomba’d to death as a result.

Which Antlers Holst clearly, bull-headedly ignores. He still thinks he’s the grizzled and noble misanthropist who knows better~

But he isn’t. This isn’t a commercial, this isn’t art, this isn’t betraying a noble beast.

Right now? He’s supposed to be a journalist. The kind of person who works with a team under fire, making sure important events are documented and delivered to the world at large so it brings attention to something that needs to be learned about. That’s not spectacle! That’s tapping humanity on the shoulder to say, ‘Hey, thought you should know the sky can’t be trusted and there’s a cloud coming to eat you.’

Which isn’t enough to dislodge Holst from his decision to fuck over and endanger his team who had worked so hard, been through so much, and now have to deal with the fallout of his suicidal bout of artistic huffiness. He’s an amazing stand-in for the penchant of one person shouldering all the accolades for collaborative creative works, because they’re the ones who get to stick their name on the finished product.

Silver lining? Antlers also seemed to forget JJ’s little rule about never digesting inorganic material. There’s a good chance that his camera and the film might just be intact when they find Jean Jacket’s remains.

Guess whose names are going on the impossible shot now, buddy?

[changingplumbob]

3 Months in...

I've officially been posting on tumblr for 3 months today! So me and Devin went out to touch some grass. Her virtually, me physically as I was taking the cat to the vet for her annual vaccination. Blurb below

Thank you for welcoming my sims. Thank you for being part of me healing from my depression. Thank you for letting me ramble, make cheesy puns and inundate your dash with cat related things. Thank you for embracing my tendency to add lyrics to hashtags all the time, my love of sims in love and my inability to play tag properly. Thank you for responding to my comments, questions and general rambling. Thank you for teaching me more about the sims.

Thank you for reading my stories and not leaving scathing comments (that would probably wreck my soul, I'm not that level of healed yet). I'm so glad I finally have anyone that I can talk to about what's going on in my sims game, let alone people actually caring about what's been going on for my sims. They definitely have less chaos than the average sims household and I didn't know if anyone but myself actually enjoyed that but I guess you do moots!

To the ones that sent me 🌻 today, extra thank you. I'd been getting a bit low the last few weeks seeing lots of people answering asks, and wondered if I actually had a broken inbox (you can go away any time anxiety, any time now). So I'm going to keep them in there as a pick me up for future low days. After all if you comment on my posts I'm going to respond 99% of the time because I love to talk about sims and cats and Taylor Swift.

Bonus cat pic

And some sneaky flash forwards?

I'm so excited to see if anyone likes the Reece/Samir stuff that's coming up, you've no idea.

[keyh0use]

how do u think they feel about the height difference

I'm positive Barry hates it and isn't secretive about that fact, though he probably never directly says anything. It's not difficult to intimidate Rafe at all but Barry can't help but play it up a bit (a lot) in the beginning. As their relationship progresses and their roles are more established, Barry's insecurities would fluctuate, probably confuse him all the time; Rafe works down on the wharves (obv. just a headcanon but real to me), starts filling out, and he's so hot—all glistening muscles and bulging forearms and flushed cheeks and suddenly Barry doesn't care that he has to drag Rafe down into a heated kiss. Then those weird feelings will stir inside him again when they're out, standing directly next to one another and Barry turns and is eye level to Rafe's shoulder, having to crane his neck to talk face to face. But oh well, there's nothing he can do about it short of breaking Rafe's knees Rafe definitely has a love/hate relationship with it. On one hand, his height advantage comes in handy often enough; when an upset customer gets too worked up and Rafe can stand at Barry's back like a guard dog, probably not prepared for an actual fight but intimidating enough to make the guy rethink his aggressive attitude. Or when he's annoyed with Barry, he places things on the highest shelf where they'll stay because Barry's too embarrassed to climb on the counter. But on the other hand, Rafe likes being held, sitting on his man's lap. The size difference would never stop that from happening but it makes him feel gangly and awkward when he has to shift positions again and again until they're both comfortable while the other couples around the bonfire just seem to fit—that thinking would upset him, make him feel guilty, especially because it would piss Barry off to know. The older man (as stated) has his own problems with it and hates feeling emasculated. Obviously he can hold Rafe's weight. He can hold Rafe. He could pick the kook up if he wanted to. Yeah, it's definitely something they'd have to work on

[canonically47]

i could never have a fandom dedicated to something i made. going through the tags like yeah no sorry this ship fucking sucks

[animalsandskyyy]

does anyone else in theory love vulnerability and honest conversations and know that that’s the best way to solve problems and maintain healthy relationships…. but in actuality it legitimately makes you feel ill and shut down because of the *fear of being known and judged*

[furubatsu]

On one hand, it really shouldn't surprise me that the fandom really does--no joke--clutch their pearls over Wyll's "rat diet" joke, I've been in the Dragon Age fandom, I know how fandoms are. But like, maybe its because I'm British, where those kinda comments are just how friends are with eachother, I always took it as Wyll trying to lighten the mood between him and Astarion?

Like, we all joke about how infatuated with Astarion Wyll can be in some dialogue, but he's also the most openly hostile towards the more "monstrous" races in Faerun (just try to have him in your party when talking to the Goblin leaders) and then there is a Vampire. Not just an actual monster in the eyes of the people, but one who revealed his hand by trying to bite another member of the party (and depending on the dice rolls, sucessfully killed that member of the party too). By all rights Wyll knows he should probably kill him, but also, Astarion is right, they all need eachother, whatever's keeping them safe from the parasite is keeping them together and they can't spend that time at each others throats (figeratively and literally), so Wyll tries to make light of the situation, he tries to crack a joke with him. There have been some friendly jabs between them at this point, after all, and really, to me at least the comment feels like it's in the same vein as someone poking fun of a friend whose Vegetarian or Lactose Intolerant. Just some stupid banter.

Astarion's been feeding of off animals, after all. I truly doubt his reaction wouldn't have been so sharp with Wyll if he had picked literally any other animal for the comment, but he chose a rat, not out of malice but ignorance. You gotta remember that it's not like the characters gather everyone around for a group announcement whenever they reveal personal information, they always talk to you, the player. If you peer into his mind, or pick the right dialogue trees, you know that Cazador would make Astarion feed of off rotten rats but how could Wyll? The rat comment was a poor joke but was only really meant as a joke.

Or something, I'm just rambling, after all.

[bitter-hibiscus]

I have a normal amount of thoughts about Willis and Catherine btw

(wip for the next work in Father's Son, coming out this Saturday)

[green-static]

I wonder if during make out sessions Husk would rub his face against Angel’s. Like rub,kiss,rub,kiss.

I’d think it’d be something like that cuz my babies act like that (not kissing but like licking). I mean they also start fighting once the other one actually wakes up so maybe not like… entirely the same.

[scaarahyde]

I believe in Jafars hands supramacy 😩🛐

[arecaceae175]

on one hand more aro characters is a good thing, on the other hand trying to spin aro sky is sort of the ultimate catch 22. this isn’t related to anything you’ve posted, I just know we’re both aro and like Sky.

his romance with sun is great and I love it but there’s something special about it untied to the fact that they’re romantic. this is turning into a rant but Zelda and Links being friends first and romance implied is something I enjoy about the zelda series.

Sky and Sun would still be in love without us fans saying so, and despite Hylia grooming sky for the role—she can only do so because she knows Sky will do anything for the people he loves.

be cursed with this rambling thought

Bouncing up and down!!!! I like this thought

Personally I’m a HUGE GrooseZeLink fan. I love what you said about Sky and Sun’s relationship and I absolutely agree. And then after the events of the game Groose and Sky keep growing closer and one day Sun is like “hey why don’t we date him too” and Sky is like !!!!!! WE CAN DO THAT!???

And the rest is history 😂

And Sky can still be on the aro spectrum!! I fall somewhere near grey-aromantic I think. Sky could too, but he just so happens to find two people he loves. Or not! Sky is one of the few links I don’t usually headcanon as ace or aro lol.

SKY WILL DO ANYTHING FOR THE PEOPLE HE LOOOOOOOOOVES

[captain-crowfish]

hello hello !!

I wanted to ask, who's your favorite character from Boxtrolls ?? it's one of my most favorite movies nyehe :3

(APOLOGIES IF I'VE ASKED BEFORE, I HAVE A HORRID MEMORY !!)

Hihihi!!!! Thank you for reaching out! always a pleasure to chat with some other Boxtroll fans... Boxtrollers? I love Eggs, Snatcher, and Winnifred in the film, but if I had to pick just one, it would definitely be Snatcher.

He's an absolute blast to try to analyze and try to get into his head, and I notice a new thing about him every time I re-watch the film... yes, all 63 times. I get the feeling that, the moment he learns Eggs is still alive, he starts to lose himself. He's kind of an idiot, but he makes up for it in cleverness. He knows just how to find people's weakness and exploit it for his own gain, and this is what makes him so formidable. He sees nothing but his own ambitions, completely ignoring his own weakness, and that ultimately leads to his demise. Heck, in the final scene, Eggs is telling him that he doesn’t need to eat cheese to be powerful, he is already powerful. He got people to listen to him. (although for all the wrong reasons) And what does he say to that? "I have made me, boy." Because despite Eggs making a brilliant point, Snatcher is still, exactly where he's wanted to be his whole life, eating cheese with the White Hats. Even if he only got there kind of on accident, and before that, he did the same thing to Eggs that the White hats did to him, pushing those beneath him in the social ladder even further down for the sake of gaining power. Also, in calling Eggs 'boy', he acknowledges his own progress in breaking through societal labels, it's the nicest thing he's said to him the entire movie, and he's still talking down to Eggs. So in this final scene, Eggs and Snatcher are both correct. They both want the exact same thing, to have their own identities and be accepted for it, and they achieve it by being the opposite of what they’re stereotyped as. Eggs, by being kind and brave, Snatcher, by being clever and manipulative. And that fact alone makes the little film-analyst in my brain squeal with delight.

Another thing I enjoy, and I've probably mentioned this before, every fan-depiction of Snatcher that I've seen is slightly different. We all have our different interpretations of this guy, and I think that's a key indicator as to how complicated he really is, and I love him for it. Just a bonus thing I want to admit, interestingly enough, in the novelization of the film, (Not to be confused with 'Here Be Monsters!') Winnifred ends up being my favorite character,

even if that is mostly due to how the book is only told from the direct POV from either Eggs or Winnie. As much as I dislike the novel, it provides just the right amount of extra details to really flesh out her character. She's so bored with her home life that her coping mechanism is somewhat self-destructive, and that description both over-exaggerates and summarizes her arc in the book. Again, it's a pretty bad novel, but it's a blast to compare & contrast with the film.