#we can only speculate

[nyald]

Aubrey Plaza reading Thirst Tweets about railing women.

Rio looking at Agatha.

bonus:

[fredandginger64]

Signed agreement with Dean and Jerry and NBC, dated February 15, 1956. They would not have signed this if they thought they would be apart in a few short months. This was sudden. I will never understand it. They had announced that they would do a movie here and there, apart from each other, and then on June 19, they announced a complete split. Something happened to cause that announcement, and I'll never be convinced otherwise.

[zykamiliah]

My fucking confession to that fucking blog I won't waste my time submitting bc really what's even the point of talking to someone who doesn't want to open their minds and understand is that y'all came out of reading and experiencing svsss not having learnt anything.

When written within the bounds of the original genre, this kind of character was extremely difficult to handle. You could say he was scum, but he was also pitiful. But if you tried to acknowledge his pathos, his ruthlessness was real too. Characters that were both scummy and tragic always drew aggro, and they were a hotbed for wank, leading comments sections to devolve into massive flame wars. Better to hack him down into a formulaic asshole and let the protagonist step on him. Easier to write, and the readers would find it satisfying as well. (Chapter 19: Shen Jiu)

this is why writers can't write complex villains, bc you all with your moral purity takes can't handle it. bravo, you've proved mxtx right.

some of you get soooooo twisted trying to defend SJ you flatten his character and make him into a parody of himself.

some of you are so wrapped in the pity contest of "who suffered the most" to determine who has the moral highground that you don't get that you can't pit a character's pain against another character's pain. abuse is abuse is abuse. QJL was abusive for three years, SJ killed him. SJ was abusive for aprox. 5-7 years, Bingge tortured him AND killed him. And killed everyone associated to him. Somewhere down the line, I bet that in real PIDW verse someone will try to take out Bingge for all the suffering he caused. the point is that they BOTH did SHITTY THINGS, they were BOTH abusive because they DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY LOVE IN THEIR LIVES after they were abandoned. both shen jiu and bingge are scummy and tragic. BOTH OF THEM. and because of the abuse and trauma they suffered, they both had awful coping mechanisms that entailed taking out their pain on people who didn't deserve it.

and that's the whole fucking point!!! they're deliciously complex characters. they were born from the fucked-up union between the cycle of abuse and toxic masculinity. they are simultaneously constructions and deconstructions of the Villain Character. they are profoundly human as well, because they showcase the darkness of the human experience, what happens when a person transforms their pain into a weapon to hurt others.

and y'all are arguing over who is innocent? get out.

[diltonsstrangescience]

I can’t believe they made this joke twice in the same book. I love it so much.

Who’s gonna tell her?

Can you guys imagine? If you actually lived in the 70s or 80s, you’d all dress exactly like this every single day!

I think this is one of the best things I’ve ever seen. Thank you 2014 Archie comics.

Also this might be the coolest hairstyle Dilton has ever had:

Okay, my real question though: how did Archie and the other guys grow their hair out so quickly for 80s day?? Did Dilton concoct an instant-mullet potion or something?

[rorynni]

anhane after they got out of the nightmare hell dimension where everything sucks

akitoya ver

[evilherehotel]

ok admittedly they are startign to grow on me

[peterlorres21stcentury]

ooh, I know I say this every time, but I wish this show was available! I'm sure you're right and Peter is playing the role of the jewelry designer, which is so excellent and I'm just imagining all his jealous schemes as we speak. But what's funny is that I can just as easily picture Peter as the shop owner, happily married to a beautiful wife, and the jealous jewelry designer simply will not stand for it. How did a guy like that land such a swell dame? he keeps asking himself. Before long he hatches a wicked plan...

I don't know which scenario was true but I know Peter could have played either one with ease, and I'd love to see what he actually did with it!

Peter Lorre in "Queen's Bracelet" (1956)

I am totally betting that Peter Lorre is playing the jewelry designer. I would love to see it. And spin out a fanfiction about what it could have been.

The NBC trade releases sheet says it aired Sept 15, 1956 on Encore Theatre.

[tubbytarchia]

Wild Life finale spoilers: It's seriously so tragic that the interesting themes and drama Wild Life was leading up to came to such a full-stop after struggling to get off the ground with all the hampering from the gimmicks

This isn't me being a girlie kicking my feet at yuri, I'm genuinely upset that Gem and Pearl didn't end up reaching any real conclusion or even any development, and based on what CC Pearl has been saying, I cant help but feel that things just didn't end up playing out the way she wanted. Remember when she said she had "plans" way back in episode 1? It feels like she's desperately trying to kickstart this at several points and especially in the last episode, only to come out of it calling herself and her finale pathetic. And that's just one example of a storybeat I wish were given the chance to go somewhere. I think what exemplifies this whole point well is Scar's rollercoaster, which didn't get a chance to be built till the finale, and even then it failed to kill anyone (aside from zombie Skizz) like he'd wanted since episode 2 before his own unceremonious death

This isn't the fault of any CCs but I do feel like the gimmicks being so intrusive can't be understated, there's nothing wrong with them in a vacuum but for anyone including the CCs seeking out a Life Series experience it's an obstacle. I'm happy for the player who won but I'm so sad that of all seasons they win the one with the least tension or meaningful viewer retention or investment in the characters. To call it underwhelming would be putting it kindly. In the end this has all just felt like bare explorations of interesting themes being presented and done, the series is over now. Nothing about Wild Life will keep me awake at night like the previous seasons aside from what COULD have been and that's really, really sad to me

[upsidedownsmore]

Huh

Interesting

I was watching Kengineer's 3rd solo playthrough episode last night when this quote from the Lotus popped up during the Once Awake quest, and it got me thinking about 1999.

1999 is when the Infestation pretty much shows up for the first time (at least as far as we know), which places the Radiation Wars after 1999 (of course).

...but how long after?

Now idk how old this Lotus quote is and whether it's in the devs' minds at all, but imagine that the Radiation Wars are directly after 1999, sparked by this recent apocolyptic infestation spreading all of a sudden.

Imagine the 1999 quest ends with nuclear armageddon, perhaps even on New Year's. We make that final New Year's kiss (or not), knowing that the people here are doomed to die (though they were probably doomed to die to the helminth strain inside them at some point anyways).

I imagine in this scenario that for the sake of replayable 1999 gameplay (and maybe even the opportunity to change romance routes) that this time fragment of 1999 we find ourselves in repeats indefinitely, always ending in the beginning of the Radiation Wars.

would be pretty funny i think

[krotiation]

ima be so real... i hate the idea of jack being some "greater mastermind who actually escaped death and will come back in bl4 as the Big Bad"

the biggest appeal about jack to me is the fact that despite being genuinely really smart and tough, he's really just human in the end. angel died, he got reckless, he died. same with tales tbh. he found out angel died, rhys betrayed him, he crashed out, he "died". he's extremely self destructive and THAT is why i really love jack as a character. it just wouldn't hit the same if he somehow survived and it was all part of some secret plan

[fangirlanxiety74]

NO BUT LITERALLY WHY DO THEY WANT THEM TO BE BAD PEOPLE. NOWHERE IN THE STORY WAS THIS SAID, IT WAS ONLY THE GAME.

If people were to actually READ for once in their lives they'd see how drastically different the book is from the game, WHICH CAME OUT AFTER THE BOOK THAT HARLAN ELLISON DIDN'T EVEN WANT.

And the whole point is that AM changed, warped, and tortured them all into being their worst selves. We literally know nothing about any of them before AM. Because it didn't matter. They were normal, everyday people, whether good or bad, put into the worst situation possible and could not escape from it. AM didn't torture them because it was "right" or "deserved" or because they were bad. It was because they were human. He only chose those 5 at random, because they were 5 humans. Nothing more and nothing less. That was it. Being human was enough.

I hate this game so much because people take it as gospel and the truth when in reality, you can pretty much consider it non-canon, or at the very least, in a similar scenario to the FNAF books/movie, because of how drastically different it is from the original source material, and is the *only* version of ihnmaims that is different from the source material.

I'm so tired of people man.

People are so tiring. How are they getting mad over you rewriting them from their game selves to be more accurate to the book/radio drama? Did they even read either? You didn't even CHANGE them all that much.

I for one, personally thank you for these interpretations. They're wonderful, especially Benny and Nimdok, finally getting a bit of justice. Every time I see someone complain I'm just gonna reblog your og post a bunch of times lol

I'd love to know if AM is also any different?

THANK YOU SARA you’re a real one I appreciate you so much…. I don’t get it either. Why do you want this guy to be a nazi so bad? He wasn’t. And nothing happened then. Why are you so stuck on it Now… anyway I digress.

As for AM, no, I’ve left him as he is! I have the same sort of lens about him as I do everyone else. He’s a computer so you can’t apply human morals onto him, but you can also acknowledge that what he did was Pretty Not Great. But then there’s also the reason he did it all and that’s something you have to consider as well if you want to understand his character. It’s all pretty much the same ideas I’ve expressed before !

[stagefoureddiediaz]

The way this still is giving me S1 Devon on the rollercoaster vibes - and if that is what we are getting then I am very intrigued and excited - because Buck struggled to deal with that loss - his first on the job - which parallels a bit with losing Eddie now and Buck struggling with that. But what I’m most excited by about if this is a parallel to that - is that Buck went to therapy - and ended up having sex with her (she took advantage of him but that’s not the thing here) - ill advised sex - sex that did not actually help him at all in dealing with his feelings.

But you know what did - talking to Abby on the phone - and you know who he can only talk to by phone (or video call) right now?!!

[fascinationstreetmp3]

ive been thinking about the differences between book and show armand when it comes to sharing his blood. from what i understand, book armand does not let anyone properly drink his vampiric blood until daniel. he tries to use that fact to bargain for lestat's love in TVL when he finds him in new orleans in the early 20th century ("love me and the blood is yours, this blood that i have never given to another.")

but show armand lets louis and lestat drink from him, even when he's insecure in his relationship with louis lasting (he recognises the taste of armand's blood in the coffin), and even before he's sure lestat loves him (in his telling of the story, anyway). i can't help but wonder if the extended amount of time he spent with marius had any influence on his feelings about this.

book amadeo was with marius for two years and during that time had a lot of spirit in him; he loved marius, but also criticised and questioned his behaviour, rebelled and challenged him, and was often punished for it in various ways. marius could take what he wanted from amadeo whenever he wanted it, but there was defiance there too that, by the time amadeo was made a vampire and they're later separated, marius had only just started to fully control. later, after being kidnapped by the children of darkness, armand held onto his blood as one last thing he still had autonomy over after everything else was taken away, this pure, untouched piece of him that was his alone and that he could choose to withhold or share.

show amadeo had ten more years as a human, and in that time marius came to truly own every part of him, could control when amadeo gave himself away and to whom, and complete codependency had been fostered between them for over a decade. there was no way or reason for amadeo to ever defy his master's wishes or question him the way he once did at this point. even though he resented that he would not turn him, he still depended wholly on his love and attention and would do anything for it. by the time he was taken by the children of darkness, maybe armand already felt he did not have anything left of himself that he could or should control. so after meeting lestat and the coven's collapse, armand starts to give his body and blood to others first (there's the added layer of physical sex in the show too) in an attempt to gain security and companionship and love from them afterwards.

[bastardofharrenhal]

i need to hold some of these ppl's hands when i say this but thinking that nothing what happened in s8 will happen in the books is lethal levels of copium

[mscaseys]

it's always "how will mark come to terms with being complicit in gemma's torture" and never how would gemma feel about mark's innie creating new innies for her for two years. how gemma would feel when she finds out she has 25+1 innies in her head that she didn't consent to having. how gemma would feel when she finds out that mark chose to sever.

[matteoberrettini]

genuinely hilarious btw how people on twt want soo bad to make matteo a villain in jannik's story or some shit like it's a disney movie. less than a month ago he said they'd talked recently and he's never had anything but good things to say about jannik but to some people it'll never be enough because he made a decision for his career that i understand is hard to digest but it has nothing to do with his relationship with jannik, jannik himself said it doesn't bother him, they both have never indicated they weren't on good terms. like yeah we can't ever really know the truth behind what they say in public, but i think we should stick with what we can see and read, yeah? because making wild assumptions based on nothing doesn't lead to anything good, it's just speculation and i don't see what anyone gains from it?? i think maybe some people need to grow up and accept that they don't know these people. they don't know jannik and what he thinks or feels or who he talks to or who avoids him or whatever. we know what he shows and tells us and that has to be enough because otherwise we go down dangerous paths