#scripting love interests

[the-crooked-library]

Nosferatu (2024) is unquestionably a multifaceted work, but what I personally consider to be the unifying idea behind its facets is that, for Ellen, Orlok represents validation.

Her fears are dismissed and called childish?.. He's a nightmarish manifestation of them.

She is consistently disrespected by everyone around her?.. He considers her his only equal. She never uses his title, it's permitted.

She is told to fix herself, misunderstood, and always isolated?.. He knows all the darkest parts of her and is delighted by them. He wants her just as she is, so much that he will lie, kill, and cross the ocean to find her.

The scene in their death/wedding bed is a direct parallel to the scene of her waking in that bed at the beginning of the film. She complains to Thomas that the "honeymoon is yet too short" and tries to pull him down with a kiss - however, he is worried about being late for work, and so he extricates himself and leaves. Cut forward to her sharing the same bed with Orlok, similarly early in the morning; he is startled by cock-crow and begins to rise, but she guides his head back down - and, even though he knows that he will die, he stays. He is her sexual and emotional desire, realized.

Given that there is a plethora of emotions Ellen is forced to suppress on daily basis, there is no singular correct interpretation of her relationship with Orlok. To erase any one of them is to render it shallower than it actually is; but there is no doubt as to why their attachment is mutual. To each, the other is something they’ve never had before.

[catmask]

i really love that every day i see new people tag laikas comet pages as 'i just found this comic! i just read all of it!' bc lowkey i was worried that after my initial release of it it would just peter out in interest and i was okay w that... i would not want to keep pointing and going like Look... i write a webcomic... please look...

idk i get very shy to talk about my work so im glad ppl just seeing it. it is interesting and speaking for itself 🥲

[lucabyte]

Not all who wander are lost. Some who wander, however, are extremely, extremely lost.

[citricjoy]

kyle on simon’s moral compass 🖤

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Gaslighter? I hardly know her!

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[demigodofhoolemere]

Amused by the fact that Jo leaves a rather consistent trail of broken hearts because everyone immediately gravitates towards her pure sunshine

[marshmallowgoop]

no thoughts just Heiji Hattori (HD)

[beaulesbian]

THE TERROR (2018) S01E09 "The C, The C, The Open C"

If we are to deposit anything with a view to return at some later date, it will be things, not men. I'd rather we leave our tents behind and sleep two to a sack, like the orphans we are, than leave one man alone with last burdens. And I speak not only of James. I'll not leave any one of you alone either.

[hallucinateonpaperspines]

if Ashley's for some reasons ever mentions/explains some human torture methods what would the cons thing of it ? Like are we more brutal then them ?

Well... this get dark. FBI Agent, I'm a writer I promise! This is all hypothetical! There is worse out here in the internet wilds!!!

I think for the most part, it's a game of orange-and-blue morality for a bit. There are things the Decepticons pull (Shockwave just existing) that immediately make human prosecutors start prepping the war crime cases and some things that humans do make the cons pause for a minute. At the same time, certain things the cons do, while horrible, just make humans nod because of course they would do that, and most human torture techniques just don't translate well to Cybertronian biology.

Like, the Decepticons would do things that are definitely against the Geneva Convention (and I think they would find our concept of a Geneva Convention laughable) so they would shrug off a lot of similar precedents humans have. Removing limbs, sensory depravation, experimentation, and electrocution are all familiar concepts so it is just a shrug of shoulders and a "why not?" attitude.

And then they look deeper.

In my mind, Cybertronians above all are efficient. Unless it's personal, or you are with someone who has a truly skewed brain module (Yes, Airachnid I am looking at you) the point of torture is to get information as fast as possible. Tortured to death, unless it's an accident, isn't efficient.

Humans, unfortunately, don't always care about efficiency.

They see the Human Centipede and the Terrifier, and bots are praying to primus like they've never done it before. It's entertainment, its art to mankind and it is some of the most protective vomit-worthy levels of shit they've ever seen. They see the Jigsaw franchise and Shockwave is joining discords and emailing directors to get notes.

It's fictional. It's fake. It's an unhinged level of creativity completely separated from ethics and morals, or in some cases leveraging those ideas to better stamp in some emotional torment. It's not just physically taking apart a victim, or trying to manipulate them mentally; it's full-on destruction. Complete evisceration performed in the name of delusional curiosity, sadistic glee, or self-righteous theatrics.

But, again, it's all fake! So what does it matter? Soundwaves says to himself as he bans any vore content from the Nemesis' servers and scrubs his drives

And then someone brings up Vlad the Impaler.

Imagine the horror as it just clicks. While Cybertronains may not produce excrement, they do have scraplets, so the concept of leaving someone in a tub to slowly rot or forcing rats to dig through bodies just sings a song of pain they are vulnerable to. Of slowly dying in a painful, inevitable method that's meant to leave a lasting mark.

And then a human starts thinking.

Art isn't efficient, but a masterpiece is never meant to be so mere as efficient.

Why not remove t-cogs? the element that helps these creatures transform, a crucible of their identity and self-worth?

Wait, that's not meant to be torture, that's just containment.

No. Torture is using small limbs to unwind and peel back layers of wiring. Torture is leaving portions of a frame to decay and rust, poking at the open wound, and flinging acid inside. Torture is pulling limbs off and reattaching them only to do it again. Torture is removing optics and turning sensors to maximum sensitivity before turning them off again.

Torture is taking those old methods and being creative enough to apply them on a blank canvas with new rules and no precedents.

The issue is not our brutality, it is our cruelty and creativity. And that's something that even the most vile Decepticon can respect.

They might even help you find a new muse, or canvas, to practice with.

[grmpgm]

it never stops being funny to me. danny and his two beautiful girlfriends (they both hate him)

👇 og pic under the cut!

[sysig]

Caughtcha, gotcha, not letting go ♥ (Patreon)

[s0m3b0dy2u]

whoever said to look at listings for houses for ur dr was lowk genuis??? idk why i didnt do this sooner

[vigilskeep]

even if u didn’t go for the whole punch of being justinia’s bastard, i do think being a chantry bastard in general is a good trevelyan backstory. like, with house trevelyan’s pious history of always sending kids to the templars or the priesthood. you’re “bann trevelyan’s youngest” but everyone knows you’re his nephew/niece through his younger sister who’s a revered mother or even a grand cleric somewhere

[crunchyapple33]

      — a day in the life of my drag race drㅤ! ㅤ

               12.00 am — 02.00 am

at 2 am, i get out of work, and i am on my way home! i am usually pretty hungry after a shift, so i stop by a 24/7 shop and pick up a pre-wrapped hot sandwich, and i eat it on my walk to my apartment building! since syracuse is a big college city, if i get lucky, sometimes a car will pull over and ask if i need a ride, but it doesn't happen too often </3

               02.45 am — 07.10 am

i go to bed pretty much as soon as i get home, and sometimes i even sleep halfway in drag because i'm too eepy to stay awake to undress sometimes hehe. then around 7 am, my friend (who also happens to be my neighbor) berry comes banging on my door, telling me their boyfriend is here to pick us up for breakfast (and i swear, that couple literally never sleep--)

               07.30 am — 08.10 am

during breakfast, we like to go to wherever the nearest park is, and smoking a toke while laying in the grass and eating :D

              09.00 am — 02.00 pm

depending on how we are all feeling, we either split up and go about or day, or hang out until the afternoon! when we split up, i like to go to random club meetings. one time, i joined in in the middle of a finger painting session a naturalist club was having. i painted a sunset at a beach :3     i also like to practice my roller skating!! there have been TOOO many times where i've almost gotten hit by a car but it's fine.. i swear 😭

               02.45 pm — 5.15 pm

if i have any obligations with friends or coworkers, this is the time i'll usually do those ! i'll pick up some food for dinner and help them with whatever they need, but it usually ends up being me helping them sew their outfits or tease their wigs until they look perfect. the day that every drag performer learns how to sew, all the angels will get their wings.

               06.00 pm — 12.00 am

iiii've got work.... my manager is lucky the club is fun to be at, because working an 8 hour graveyard shift is CRAZYYYY

hearts dividers by @enchanthings-a, post is here

[headcanonsandmore]

Favourite random YouTube comment? "The Cornetto Trilogy is Edgar Wright's excuse for writing gay romances starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost".

[backjustforberena]

This scene set up gives me such comfort. Look at the snuggles. The implied and explicit intimacy. Urgh. Never over it.

And the way his thumb drops over hers, when she says "I am here". As if he just wants to keep hold of her.