#which talking off

[theheightofdishonor]

now that the show's half over, I did want to consolidate some of my thoughts about 23.5

Milk's doing a stunning job as Ongsa and the character itself I think is really fleshed out and relatable and I like that they take the time to show that she's a proper loser and dorky and adorable.

the extended friend group is also great. I love all the characters, and I like their dynamics

Ciize. What a godsend. No thoughts other than being reminded that i'm very very gay everytime she's on screen

the side couples are really working for me. AylinLuna have excellent chemistry, their characters are well established and despite being relatively minor, I think the beats of their relationship so far have also been depicted fairly well.

I also like how both June and View- especially View are depicting their characters

Honestly, I wouldn't mind if there was a bit more focus on Ongsa's parents and generally the adults like the two teachers but I do appreciate that we get to see them be involved. The family dinner scenes are a nice touch

I was initially a bit skeptical about how they'd use Ton but I think so far, they've utilized him well

Love is great but Sun as a character isn't hitting for me. She feels really bland in comparison to Ongsa.

I've spoken a bit about this in tags but OngsaSun are missing a lot of beats for me. The catfishing was a big thing that went on for half the show and on Sun's end, it got brushed over so fast. It would've been fine for it to be solved in an episode if we got more of an emotional response from Sun who got lied to for the last 6 episodes.

Especially when we compare that to how much of Ongsa's emotional state that we get to see in the same episode, it's unbalanced

jealous Sun in ep 7 was adorable, I'm not going to lie, twas a delight

but it lands weirdly because of where we left off in ep 6

ongsa's insecurities continuing to resurface even after Sun forgives her is nice, I like this for her arc and I hope it keeps getting addressed because her insecurities and lack of self-esteem are so deep-rooted that it's clearly not going to go away after one conversation

i hope mawin and tinh happen.

Euro's great here and I like whenever he gets to show off how well he can do comedy (he's also excellent in My Precious, it's actually crazy because not a single person in the rest of the cast can land the shoddy comedic dialogue but Euro magically makes it seem funny and I promise, it's really not)

sun wanting to go slow and then immediately asking to sleep over and then laying claim over ongsa the next day was hilarious. I'm here for it

I hope the second half of this show picks up because I've been waiting for this show since it got announced and I want to like it.

It's going to be interesting seeing how ongsasun handle being in an actual relationship

[tuttle-did-it]

David Tennant for Prime Minister, please.

edit- Since this is getting so much attention, edited to include descriptions of screenshots.

This woman has lost her fucking mind.

Jo, are you okay?

[chloesimaginationthings]

I can’t wait to see mangle in the FNAF 2 movie,,

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

[hinamie]

playing around w slightly different hair renders

[housecow]

Do you have any topless photos/videos from when you were... Less heavy(?) because it'd be really hot to see how the hang has changed as you've expanded

looking back i really don’t have many pics braless/topless omg… when i was smaller, i much preferred wearing bras when i could (even while sleeping) but. now that im huge it’s impossible to find comfy bras so… i let them hang out n do their thing 🫣

but here are the pics i do have!! i forgot they sat so pretty without a bra omg

[stil-lindigo]

the machine.

a comic about being a 'creator' online.

creative notes:

[ffcrazy15]

Someone needs to do an analysis on the way the Kung Fu Panda movies use old-fashioned vs. modern language ("Panda we meet at last"/"Hey how's it going") and old-fashioned vs. modern settings (forbidden-city-esque palaces/modern-ish Chinese restaurant) to indicate class differences in their characters, and how those class differences create underlying tensions and misunderstandings.

[1000dactyls]

Rewatching all HTTYD media and realising Hiccup is one of the best shots of the show like genuinely sticks funeral arrow hitting the target that far away, the fact he shot down toothless in pitch blackness while toothless was completely camouflaged there's some more I'm missing but damn get that kid in the Olympics right this second

imagine how much shorter rtte would’ve been if they gave hiccup a gun

[wellfine]

I mowed him sorry (← guy who thinks buzzed heads are handsome)

[chronologically-challenged]

Siffrin: Hey, Stardust, any ideas for this loop?

@chipper-smol This is how I picture the start of 80% of their conversations going after awhile in role reversal au.

[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo standing up for his brothers in the things that really matter to them.

Like- Leo is the one who immediately pushes Mikey and Donnie into finding Raph the second it’s clear that their oldest brother is missing because he knows Raph can’t handle being separated like that.

Leo is the one who stands up for Mikey when Mikey wants to go on a solo mission, actively vouching for him and being the one to convince Raph into letting Mikey go, because being independent and proving himself just as capable of standing on his own two feet as everyone else means so much to Mikey.

And Leo defends Donnie’s honor in particular when his brothers’ intelligence is insulted because Leo is well aware of how important Donnie’s smarts are to him - and how important having those smarts valued and acknowledged is as well.

All this goes right into just how well Leo knows his brothers. For as much as he’ll tease or fight with them, he knows them, and he loves them.

[shripscapi]

My grave cleric Sybille for a campaign I am playing with my friends :)

She’s spent most of her life serving as an anchoress of her faith locked up in a cell contemplating death, but natural disaster- or divine intervention by her telling- have just set her loose upon the world for the first time in centuries

[arty-tardigrade]

I feel like Max needs a break from the Camp Campbell chaos every now and then just so he doesn't go completely insane.

[krysmcscience]

The Lamb is malicious in a funny way and the Goat is funny in a malicious way. No, I will not elaborate.

Anyway, everyone give thanks to the Lamb for interrupting what was sure to be a very boring and patronizing PSA from their grouchy cat hubby. Truly, they are doing God's work. Granted, the Lamb canonically is God now, so, uh. Mostly they're just doing their own work.

Speaking of their grouchy cat hubby, yes this is absolutely still Narilamb, Narinder is 100% into his goofy-ass spouse always no matter what and we all know it, he just wasn't expecting his brand new adopted kid to share the same single goofy-ass brain cell as the Lamb. :)

[hinamie]

you're lovely in ways that i just can't explain

testing out new brushes w some lmhs itfs nape kisses :> jjk atla!au with @philosophiums