#2nd Sucks

[anothergoodtime]

2nd sucks. 🥀

#c’est moi #personal #california #me #girls with tattoos #lyrics #a day to remember #2nd sucks #always second best #tired of being tired

[jessss-ica]

So set your ego aside and just get the fuck over it

#music #spotify #adtr #adtr lyrics #a day to remember #what separates me from you #2nd sucks #lyrics

[wickedrainbows]

#2nd sucks #a day to remember #adtr #music #Spotify

[hellboyyy25]

A Day To Remember - 2nd sucks gives me a huge burst of energy everytime I hear it. It's like a red bull for my ears

#i was breaking concrete today #noticed i was losing energy #so of course i put the song on #i was able to work for another 2 hours #this song is unmatched #legendary #a day to remember #2nd sucks

[zetterbabe]

[everybody (backstreet's back) plays in the background] 11.27.23

#matthew tkachuk #florida panthers #nhl #hockey #hockeyedit #things were so chaotic earlier that I didn't get to post but this was so fucking funny (to me) #the slow pan in on matthew in the box as bsb played in the bg i was losing my mind #these are so ugly the lighting the ctc sucks but I had to do it also the lighting literally changes between the 2nd & 3rd gif insanity #hockey stuff #my gifs

[drev-the-procrastinator]

Like. ok

ok 15 12s from the juries and zero (0!!!!!) 12s from the public taking the win from 2 12s from the juries and 18 12s from the public. ok. ok. sure

#eurovision #esc 2023 #eurovision 2023 #käärijä #eurovision song contest #loreen #ig idk #also public vote for finland: no country gave less than 6 points. even in the jury votes sweden got some 4s and 5s #also like on a small scale easy example of how the jury system sucks: finnish jury: 12 points to sweden. finnish public: 0 points to sweden #a larger gap does not exist #am i salty? yes!! am i bitter? yes!!!! will i continue to be til the end of time? probably!!! #this sucks. if we couldn't even win this year with the 2nd most public votes ever received in esc history and all the hype. why even try #fucking juries #anyway!!!!! i am very sad and feel very bad for käärijä but he did amazing!!!!! we love you king ♡♡♡♡

[r0b0t1me]

#my art #motorcity #work fucked my hand back up woohoo!!! i have been braced for 2+ weeks!!!!!! #dont mess up your wrist/thumb tendons kids this shit sucks #Still on hiatus this is 75% older stuff #ive been drawing incredibly sparingly lately and trying to get used to phone art #Also. 2nd image. if you know what song that is youre my new best friend

[fazedlight]

Hazy (fluffy S3 reveal... sort of)

“Thank you for coming, Kara,” Lena said, rising from her desk to approach Kara, as the blonde stepped into Lena’s office.

“Of course,” Kara said, her brow furrowed in concern. “What’s wrong?”

It had been a strange call, from Lena earlier that day - the CEO had nervously requested that Kara meet her in her office right away, a surprising request for a bright Saturday afternoon.

The timing couldn’t have been worse, either - Kara and the DEO were still looking for the worldkillers, fresh on the heels of Purity’s escape and Pestilence’s new plague. But hearing the nervousness in Lena’s voice, Kara decided to fly over and see what was wrong. 

“I need to ask you a few questions,” Lena said, leaning against her desk, arms crossed in thought.

“Okay?” Kara said curiously.

“Do you… ever lose chunks of time?” Lena asked.

“Chunks of time?” Kara responded, confused.

“Do you ever arrive somewhere, with only hazy memories of how you got there?” Lena asked. “Maybe you wake up, when you don’t remember going to sleep?”

“I-” Kara’s eyes darted between Lena’s. “No, I don’t lose track of time.” 

Lena eyed the blonde, frowning in thought.

“Lena,” Kara said, shifting slightly. “What’s going on?”

Lena watched Kara for a moment longer. It seemed she was weighing some sort of decision - which didn’t last long, as she sighed, her mind made up. “I need to tell you something. And I know it will sound crazy…”

Kara tilted her head.

A small breath. “... I think you’re Supergirl.”

Kara froze, jaw dropping, eyes widening. She knows?, Kara thought. How long has she known?

“I know, I know it sounds crazy,” Lena said, standing up straight again to make her way around her desk. She typed briefly at her keyboard, before turning the computer monitor around to face Kara. Two photos were projected side-by-side - one of her as Kara Danvers, one of her as… Supergirl. “But your facial portions and shape match exactly - along with your eye color, your hair, even the scar above your brow,” Lena said.

“I-” Kara’s mind ground to a halt. Why is she trying to convince me I’m Supergirl?!

“I know it’s a lot to take in,” Lena continued. “But I think… I think you and Sam might be similar.”

“Sam?” Kara squeaked, now more confused than ever.

“Remember how she’s been losing time?” Lena said. “I’ve determined the cause - her cells aren’t human. I’m able to trigger a response to cause them to shift, and I think she may be kryptonian.” “A response?”

“I believe kryptonians may form alter egos under the yellow sun. These egos occasionally take over, perform heroic acts. Yours and Superman’s would be benevolent, of course. But in Sam’s case-”

And that was the moment it snapped together. She thinks I have amnesia when I’m Supergirl, Kara thought, her mind finally racing with the possibilities that Lena was proclaiming, with Sam’s recent issues. If Sam is kryptonian… “Reign,” Kara said, holding back a shiver. “You’re saying Sam is Reign.”

“Yes,” Lena said. Kara watched as the brunette reached into a drawer, pulling out a small device - larger than the alien detector device, but strikingly similar. Lena put the device on her desk, looking up at Kara again. “I know it’s a lot to take in. But… if I can get a reading of your human cloaking cells from you, and if I can trigger Supergirl into appearing, I think I can use the data to help Sam suppress Reign-”

“You don’t want me in your lab?”

“I…” Lena bit her lip nervously. “No. Supergirl would be uncomfortable there.”

“What do you mean?”

Lena shifted nervously. “I’ve been making kryptonite, to keep Sam in check.”

“Kryptonite?!” Kara said, feeling the panic bubble up in her throat. “I would never hurt her,” Lena said emphatically, her voice growing a touch desperate. “Or you. I swear, Kara. I’m just trying to help you both. Especially since Sam’s alter ego might kill you.”

Kara stared. And stared. She’s trying to save me, came the thought, cutting through the haze. There was panic, yes - Kara didn’t like that Lena had kryptonite. But Lena thought that Kara didn’t know herself… and moreso, Lena thought that using Kara’s data might help save both Kara and Sam. Rao, she has no idea.

It was time, Kara realized. It had long been time - but with everything she just learned, with Lena so close to the truth… “I know I’m Supergirl, Lena. She’s not an alter ego. She’s me.”

Lena’s brow furrowed in confusion, a slow draw of breath as she processed Kara’s words. “Oh,” Lena said. “You’re… you’re not like Sam?”

“Reign isn’t kryptonian,” Kara explained. “She was engineered by a secret group of kryptonians. To kill humans. And there are two others.”

“I see,” Lena said, searching Kara’s eyes. It was an odd interplay of emotions on her face - confusion, concern, worry.

Kara smiled, knowing Lena hadn’t expected her to be conscious of being Supergirl. She knew she was a bit of a dork - the last person someone would expect to be a superhero. “Will you work with us?” Kara asked. 

“Us?” Lena asked.

“The DEO has been trying to capture the worldkillers and deprogram them. We… had one escape, so far,” Kara said tiredly. “I think we could use your help.”

Kara watched the tension melt out of Lena’s shoulders, the small relief of the brunette realizing that she hadn’t lost a friend - she had gained an ally. “Of course,” Lena said.

Kara smiled back, before reaching down to her phone to call the DEO.

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Inspired by this fan question from a Katie interview in 2018.

#I saw this video and manically wrote/edited this in 4hrs #so hopefully it doesn't suck #was not originally planning to do this prompt but here we are #remember when I said I wasn't doing supercorptober? #I think this is my 2nd of 4 prompts?? anyway I am a damn liar #supercorp #supercorp ficlet #supercorptober #supercorptober2023 #mel writes ficlets #hazy

[kanansdume]

I've recently been watching these very interesting Star Wars video essays on YouTube (yeah I know, a rare breed) and it brings up these comments Lucas has made about how he views Star Wars as almost like a silent film in terms of how important the visuals are to him in comparison to the dialogue. But this essay also points out how important Lucas finds all of the "rhyming" moments in his trilogies and the way he utilizes them to remind you of something else for emotional or thematic reasons. And there's so many of them, both in visuals and in dialogue, and it's interesting to consider how important this is to him, the repetition for a purpose as well as the storytelling through visuals above everything else and then to look at Star Wars since the Prequels came out and realize how little has really been able to match up to those ideals since then.

The ONLY thing that's come out since the Prequels that I think really hits these two things the same way is, in fact, Andor. One of the things I noticed about the way people discussed Andor as it was airing in a way I haven't really seen for any of the other shows or films was the visual SYMBOLOGY. So many times I saw people noticing the Imperial cog everywhere, from the aerial shot of Narkina 5 as the prisoners escape to the architecture of Mon Mothma's house. There were people picking up on the use of items in Luthen's shop that are familiar from other things to give this idea that Luthen is from another time, he's attempting to preserve this world he lost, that if you're not looking closely enough you won't notice what he's really saying or doing with this shop. The color choices for the different locations and people got analyzed because the people involved spoke about how they intentionally utilized color to SEND A MESSAGE about the characters and the world. We know that the people who made the costumes and sets really worked hard to treat Star Wars almost like a period drama and study the history of the franchise as if it were a real place so that the things they came up with felt like they belonged in this world everyone knows so well even if it's completely new. And of course there were all of the myriad references to things from Rogue One, the constant repetition of "climb", the sunset on the beach, etc.

Nearly EVERY SHOT in this show was created with so much intention behind it in order to say something meaningful about the characters, the world, this specific story they're in, and the overall saga of Star Wars itself. It's insane how much greater impact this show was able to achieve through the incredibly careful usage of visual symbols and thematic repetitions, much like Lucas did before them. It feels like they didn't just study the history of the galaxy far far away, but they studied the history of STAR WARS and what Lucas was trying to do and say with this story. They peeled back his onion a bit more and were able to create something that really has that same visual feel even when it's not created for a child audience. It also is experimenting with its narrative style through its structure and through Cassian's character being allowed to be somewhat more reactive than proactive, and while that didn't work for everyone, it does feel like it's following in Lucas's footsteps of experimentation through Star Wars. Push the boundaries of what Star Wars is and can be and what you can say with it.

But this only works because they peeled the onion back enough to TRULY understand all of the messages Lucas was sending with it. They got the heart of Star Wars and despite its lack of space wizards, despite the lack of most major characters in the Saga, this was a show that honestly got the message more than just about anything else Star Wars has put out since the Prequels. The choices between selflessness and selfishness, the themes about how you always HAVE to make a choice even when it feels like you don't have any (sometimes ESPECIALLY when it feels like you don't have any), and how important it is to make sure to choose the path of compassion above everything else. The themes of connection to others, the symbiotic circle and the impact even the smallest person can have on world around them, it's RIGHT THERE and it's CENTRAL to Andor's storyline.

So yes, it experiments a little with narrative structure, but it's possibly the most Star Wars thing to exist Revenge of the Sith because it honestly truly GETS what Star Wars was about, both in its themes and in its filmmaking. A lot of people said that Andor didn't feel like Star Wars to them, usually because of the lack of space wizards and the fact that it's not a story aimed at children. But to me, Andor is EXACTLY what Star Wars is and has always been. They're stretching the boundaries of what Star Wars can be, but it's saying the exact same things Star Wars has always said, it's just saying it slightly differently. This doesn't feel like fanfiction to me, not really. Unlike things like the Mandoverse or the books, Andor isn't just taking some of the toys out of the sandbox and going to play with them somewhere else. Andor is IN that sandbox. It's building a slightly different sandcastle, but it's still within the sandbox, using the same sand that Lucas did.

#star wars #andor #star wars andor #i GET why some people feel like andor isn't star wars #but quite honestly that feels like not just a superficial reading of andor but a superficial reading of star wars as a whole #the only other show to come anywhere near andor's level was the obi-wan kenobi show #there's tons of visuals that are intended to link back to both the pt and the ot #from obi-wan and leia's costumes to things like the fire obi-wan is burned in and that flashback scene #i'm placing andor above owk still because i think andor takes it an extra level higher but owk is also in that sandbox #owk just got stuck with the fucking volume and the disadvantage of going from a movie to a miniseries #but it did far better with those disadvantages than just about anyone else and still told a VERY star wars style story #the fact that it feels like the prequels is exactly why everyone hated it #and it's exactly why i loved it and think it's the 2nd best thing to come out of star wars since rots #i'll give 3rd place to rebels since it tries once or twice to do some visual and dialogue repetition #but those kinds of things aren't something i see analyzed about rebels all that much tbh #everything else is just fanfic that made a profit #some of it is really BAD fanfic that thinks a cameo is the same as a visual motif. it's not. they suck. stop doing them.

[badnewswhatsleft]

(audio starts 10s in) i've been casually collecting some cd singles mostly for the artwork and the novelty of it all tbh, but i got this and never knew there was a "guitars down" version of sugar :0 upon listening it seems the biggest differences with this vs the album version are:

the instrumentals/sustained controlled feedback that usually plays behind the prechoruses is also used between the chorus and the 2nd verse, over the normal chuggy riff

the backing vocal harmonies in the chorus seem to be significantly brought forward which sounds STUNNING, easily the highlight of this version

made it (+the music or the misery) available to download as a flac file here :)

#tbh thank you to decaydancemp3 for basically obliquely teaching me abt that 10s workaround #i knew there were apparently a million iterations of sugar but like. i only js rdiscovered sometimes these cd singles have COOL THINGS #fall out boy #patrick stump #joe trohman #andy hurley #pete wentz #time capsule #spin for you #theres also smthn different happening in the 2nd prechorus but tbh idk what. like an extra.. zwoopy.. slide..maybe #2nd half of 2nd verse from 'isnt it messed up' also seems to have some more bg sustained notes but might be hallucinating atp #i always sucked shit at aural music theory exams

[jessss-ica]

You're afraid, like I make my deals with the devil.

#2nd sucks #a day to remember #Spotify #music #adtr

[hongjoshuaz]

'Goodmorning17' ep 1

#seventeen #svtsource #svt #svt gifs #jun #dk #vernon #hoshi #woozi #mingyu #junhui #dokyeom #userngocchi #heymax #maddieblr #this kind of sucks but idc i giffed it because i love predebut svt they were so silly and cute #woozi did NOT want to wake up #also jun carrying samuel is so cute #and ofc i had to include the iconic mingyu hitting his head part #i want to gif the 2nd part too it's also cute #their old stuff is so hard for me to gif because poor quality

[autistickaitovocaloid]

collection of tiny guys

#art talks about stuff #vocaloid #fanloid #project diva #not going to specifically tag the game because while the spritesheet these are from is extend's these are both in 2nd/extend #hatsune miku #kagamine rin #kagamine len #megurine luka #kaito #meiko #akita neru #yowane haku #sakine meiko #meiko looks so fucked up because she's the only one with nothing on her arms #anyway been meaning to isolate the non-kaito ones for a while so here's the full set #i'm pretty sure there's also like. snow miku/hachune miku/some specific luka + kaito ones but i'll make a different post if i do them #''barney why don't you just graphically exorcise screenshots of the models'' because i can't get noesis to work yet #i'd have to line up the angle/zoom of them just right and that sounds like it would suck #once i can get the models i will post hi res pictures of them that just won't be rn #spriteposting #id in alt text

[babysitterpng]

holiday card I'll be sending out this year <3

if you would like a card, my form will open tomorrow to get one! there will be limited cards available

#i drew once and it fucked me up #steve harrington #stranger things #form opening tomorrow to give ppl a heads up #ill have less cards than the last time #also i went insane and restarted it once #and then made 2 versions #2nd version sucked tho orz #editted for the scanned version

[hearandfunger]

simple edit comp #2 this time im fully leaning into the "playing with dolls" schtick

#fear and hunger #fear & hunger #enki ankarian #girl fear and hunger #d'arce cataliss #cahara #ragnvaldr #funger #ignore that ragnvaldr already looks dead in the 2nd image . i couldnt find his no sanity sprite in the files. #so now it just looks like cahara really sucks at reading the room #man is already DEAD!!!!

[astral-schools]

(manticore's) endgame

#wizard101 #wizard101 fandom #w101 #w101 fandom #novus spoilers #the old one #manticore #sal art #i hate backgrounds btw. and shading. got REAL lazy with both #anyway. ahem. toxic old man yaoi AND chess symbolism are real #ya they both have rings :] dont read into it #ummm in the 2nd to last frame hes supporting the King and keeping it from falling. and then in the last one hes doing the same #Do You Understand. my visions #pushing my 'old one sucks at chess' agenda forever #also hyea last one looks a lot like a frame from life is confusing. idc. whatever #dont ask how the old one ended up in that position btw i wasnt thinking about the logistics of play #hes just REALLY bad at this game #this is supporsed to be romantic btw. of dubious sincerity but romantic nonetheless #chess is like gay sex. if you think about it #youre trying to 'mate' another man 🤨 interesting