#Alex what are you doing

[hkthatgffan]

Alex Hirsch has been posting the most random stuff on his Instagram stories lately and I'm all for it!

#gravity falls #alex hirsch #Alex Simulator #Instagram #instagram story #Alex what are you doing #gravity falls fandom

[piningintrovert]

Nicholas Galitzine as HENRY & Taylor Zakhar Perez as ALEX RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (2023), dir. Matthew Lopez 

#red white and royal blue #rwrb #baby boi was finally able to sleep #that's what good [redacted] from the loyl can do for you #henry x alex #red white & royal blue #nicholas galitzine #taylor zakhar perez #raemakes #f:rwrb #alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #historyshuh #userlinnea #dailylgbtedit #moviegifs #rwrbedit #parallels

[keepthebeanscool]

WDYM GERRY IN TMAGP!!!!! WDYM HES ACTING OKAY AND HAPPY AND NORMAL!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING!!!!!

#guys. Guys im crazy #ITS HIM ITS THE BOY!!! AND HES NOT EVEN TRAUMATIZED OR DEAD THIS TIME!!!! #jonny and alex what are you doing this is too good to be true i will get you #gerry keay #gerard keay #tmagp #tmagp fanart #tmagp 8 #the magnus protocol #tmagp spoilers #jaspers art

[b1deo]

“Against madness”

#marble hornets #marble hornets fanart #brian marble hornets #brian thomas #tim wright #tim wright marble hornets #this wasn’t meant as ship art #But see this how you wanna #also fun fact #this was originally gonna be Brian and alex #so do with that what you will #my art

[yrsonpurpose]

"such a mouth on you!" 👀👄

#rwrb #rwrbedit #red white and royal blue #alex x henry #firstprince #userninz #userveronika #chrissiewatts #usersteen #usernuria #usergayppl #userclara #mine* #there are layers to this #like i didnt realise how much they looked at each others lips #second scene and henry is already doing it. i know what you are #the one in the closet is literally insane. alex. come on now. how did u not realise #your body language is subconsciously doing it all for you #the plane one still kills me 😩😩 alex wanted to kiss him sooo bad :(

[cyanastrologist]

❌ Ned Fulmer was fired for cheating

✔️ Ned Fulmer was fired for tarnishing his own brand, and becoming a liability to the company.

#hannah.txt #try guys #ned fulmer #try guys drama #it wasnt the cheating itself that got ned fired #he got fired for having a workplace relationship with a subordinate #which opens the company up to lawsuits about favoritism and unfair treatment #ibr this is what you get for monetizing your relationships #do yall really think ned would be facing this much backlash if he hadn't based his entire persona around being The Wife Guy(tm) #i mean he'd still get some hate for sure but this man literally built his whole brand around loving his wife #like literally worshipping the ground she walked on #only to be caught cheating on said wife. not a good look my dude #i have no sympathy for ned and alex they both suck

[acearchivist359]

the way i knew something was up the second sam broke that door down and the audio immediately got clearer ….

up to that point i though it was muffled because whoever’s phone was in their pocket and we’d just skipped the usual dialling sound [i was too distracted by the whole mr bonzo situation to register the first tape recorder] but the second the door came down and the audio got clearer my first thought was there’s a tape recorder in there . and i can’t believe i was right what the fuck

#the fact that we have to wait a month for the next episode is so evil #jonny and alex you will pay for your crimes #i will be seeking emotional damages #what the fuck to i do for the next month #i’m gonna lose it #the magnus protocol #the magnus protocol spoilers #tmagp #tmagp spoilers #tmagp 10

[willgrahamscock]

Just woke up from a nightmare genuinely distressed and sweating that my tumblr was hacked and they changed my url to will graham’s sock and everyone unfollowed me except for neil gaiman who kept on commenting ‘flop post’ on everything, I dreaded seeing the 1 note on my posts knowing it’s mr. gaiman himself bullying me. I think I’m going to log off for a while.

#alex says things #neil gaiman #what are you doing in my falafel? #did HE hack me? #why what do you want from me mr gaiman haven’t u caused enough emotional damage

[wouldntbehim]

mix: firstprince (taylor's version)

#rwrbedit #alex x henry #alex claremont diaz #henry fox #my reward for not putting any tswift songs on my other mix is that i decided to do one that is just. nothing but tswift songs. #so. firstprince mix (taylor's version) #i was gonna do 'say don't go' for kensington but. #i actually liked 'haunted' a lot more for it #and nearly did 'haunted' for the scene of alex and nora but they swapped #(dress was entirely self-indulgent btw but. i couldn't resist.) #i have zero apologies for the choice of 'paper rings' btw #not pictured: me tapping my foot and waiting impatiently for rep tv #(listen my life will not be complete until i hear 'don't blame me (taylor's version)') #i'm choosing to blame this on my best friend #bc i went 'since i didn't put any on the other mix tell me i can't make one that's just tswift songs' #and she went 'do it.' #and i said 'okay at least tell me i can't just name it 'firstprince (taylor's version)'' and she said 'okay but you should' #so here we are. #also i think my favorite coloring in this is the one i used for 'wildest dreams' and 'you are in love' and 'say don't go' #yes i did attempt to color them in ways reminiscent of the albums and what about it

[chipchopclipclop]

hitting my toxic yaoi quota + chibi doodles

#chipchopdraws #alan wake #alan wake 2 #aw2 #blood #alex casey #saga anderson #what if u made a guy and you had to keep killing him but he knew you were doing that and hated you but also hes not real but also he is rea #< my thesis statement for that comic #i have other wips im too laxy to clean up rn but know saga and casey also mean evertything 2 me #does this technically count as max payne yaoi as well. think on that one readers

[spenglernot]

STORIES TELLING: NED LOWE AND THE DEATH OF POOR REPRESENTATION IN OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

In history, Ned Lowe was one of the most sadistic and violent pirates in the early 18th century, so he’s an obvious choice for a villain for season 2, episode 6 – Calypso’s Birthday.  What is interesting is what the OFMD writers chose to do with him.

Lowe announces himself to the crew of the Revenge with great fanfare (cannon ball attack) and gets right to the point.

Ed is thoroughly unimpressed.

Cut to Ed and Stede tied up while Ned attempts to set the mood so he can monologue about why he wants to kill Ed.

Ed knows what’s coming. He is going to suffer but he still can’t be arsed to meet Ned with anything but vaguely bored dismissiveness (and Stede is happy to play along).

Up on the deck, Ned prepares the crew for his big, dramatic moment of symphonic torture.

Note that the Revenge crew is tied down, braced by vices and generally unable to protect themselves from imminent torture and possible death, but their spirits are up. They don’t seem terribly fussed.

Then Stede uses his people positive management style to happily orchestrate a worker uprising in Ned’s crew.

Ned’s crew responds instantly; severing their allegiance to Lowe and telling him off.

The crew sails away and talks profit sharing while Ned dully threatens to hunt them down.

Ned is now a prisoner of the Revenge crew and seems entirely disinterested in his own survival.

And Ned sinks to the depths, without struggling at all.

There is a lot going on in this episode: pay and labor equity direct action, gay love engagement bliss, kink humor, Stede being a hero and saving his crew by playing to his strengths, then having to decide whether to kill in cold blood and feel the consequences of that choice. Ed having one more reason to be done with piracy (while being so impressed with and fond of Stede), and then watching his man make a fraught choice and having to deal with the fallout from that. (And, damn, I haven’t even mentioned the passionate sex bit.) Anyway, back to the point.

Now for the the meta part

The Ned Lowe sequences are perfectly in keeping with OFMD’s signature blend of madcap violence, humor, and big emotional gut punches. But something about Ned Lowe just strikes me as off for this show.

Ned is seriously threatening the crews’ lives, so why don’t they take him seriously?

Why does Ned have such a boring, throwaway backstory?

Why is Ned so nonchalant about his own death; like it’s a foregone conclusion?

Why does Ned have a silver violin and silver spurs on his slip-on dress shoes?

Why is Ned sartorially monochromatic?

And then I realized who Ned reminds me of.

This guy,

Earnst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film Diamonds are Forever (1971)

And this guy,

Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994).

And this guy,

Xerxes, 300 (2006).

And it sure seems like Ned Lowe isn’t just an episodic villain. He is an archetype of the one-dimensional, stereotypical queer-coded villain that has been endemic in film and television throughout history. The OFMD writers have a lot to say about what to do with this kind of character:

Don’t respect him.

Feel free to openly mock him.

Don’t let him take your joy, even though he will hurt you.

He won’t disappear on his own. You have to throw something at him (take action) to make him go away.

Once he’s in the water, he’s content to drown. He’s not into what he’s doing any more than you are.

Oh and, just to be clear,

The LGBTQIA+ community has a very long history of turning shit media into better stories. So, hey, big media, prepare to have your crap characters wrecked (improved).

Now, back to our transformative pirate show with rich, complex queer characters and a multi-layered plot that surprises me every week and makes me feel big feelings - most of all, joy.

Final thought: I do wonder if Ned Lowe is monochromatically silver as a tribute to/poke at, Hollywood and the silver screen.

This meta was written before OFMD season 2 has fully aired. No idea what’s going to happen in the finale (and I’ve generally fled social media to avoid spoilers). I’ll be back, looking at everyone’s fascinating posts after episode 8 airs.

#JFC the OFMD writers have game #OFMD writers do not like stereotypes and know what to do about it #One-dimensional stereotypical queer-coded villains #OFMD meta #Ned Lowe #Thank you David Jenkins #Thank you Alyssa Lane #Thank you Alex Sherman #Thank you Eliza Jimenez Cossio #Thank you Zarye Ferrer #Thank you William Meney #Thank you John Mahone #Thank you Jess Tom #Thank You Natalie Torres #Thank you Simone Nathan #Thank you Adam Stein #Thank you Yvonne Zima #Thank you pocket friends for being awesome and keeping me curious and inspired #Our flag means death #OFMD S2 E6 #Calypso’s Birthday #OFMD S2 spoilers #OFMD S2 E6 spoilers

[areyoudoingthis]

I am SO grateful that ed and stede exist as characters exactly as they are. I'm so grateful for these two men who are traumatized and messed up and struggle to even like themselves, who are terrible at communicating, who make enough mistakes between the two of them to fill an entire ocean. I am so grateful to watch them struggle and be seen and be loved and reach out for the things they want and are maybe starting to believe that they deserve. I'm so grateful that the show lets them fall in love and get together exactly as they are, that it doesn't say they need to wait until they've become some unattainably perfect version of themselves before they have permission to have that. i am so grateful for ofmd

#ofmd #there are no other shows like this one #I'm so tired of media that repeats the same idea that you need to hit a list of predetermined therapy milestones (determined by who???) #before you can fall in love #I'm honestly tired of fic that does this with ed and stede too #because guess what #you can live in the 21st century with access to therapy and dsm diagnosis and a bunch of different medications and you can be doing all the #right things and still be a trainwreck!!! #putting in the work doesn't mean you're gonna become perfect and never have problem again any more than falling in love doesn't mean you'll #never have problems again #I'll forever be crying on my knees levels of grateful for the unique writing on this show #for saying that it's okay you can be a mess you can take one step forward and three steps back and you'll still always be deserving #of love and grace and forgiveness #you don't have to do anything to deserve you deserve it just because you exist #i love this show with my entire heart #alex watches ofmd

[mihotose]

#taskmaster #taskmasteredit #chi gifs #i cant believeee she told him not to look at her afterwards obviously what you do after having alex horne on your lap #is bring it up at every possible opportunity just to embarrass him. but ok

[questionthewitness]

you are made of pain and grief and regret and love. that is all you are, and all you have ever been, and all you ever will be.

or, tim wright, a brief synopsis.

gut punch, everybody's worried about owen | entry #20 | entry #15 | clarice lispector | entry #64 | entry #72 | entry #74 | unknown | entry #66 | the worm king's lullaby, richard siken | entry #83 | entry #80 | c. c. aurel | entry #83 | entry #84 | bitter water, the oh hellos | entry #17 | entry #84 | if my body could speak, bylthe baird | entry #86 | marian keyes | entry #87 | firstfullmoon, tumblr | entry #87

#hi! i'm going fucking insane #tim wright is a character very near and dear to me and one that i have a shit ton of thoughts on #i could honestly do like. ten more of these types of posts and still have more to say #what happens when a hyperfixation goes on for almost a year i suppose #anyways. tim wright wherever you are i hope that you're safe happy and healing #god knows you deserve it #cris.jpeg #web weaving #marble hornets #mh #slenderverse #tim wright #tim marble hornets #jay merrick #jay marble hornets #brian thomas #brian marble hornets #alex kralie #alex marble hornets #long post

[orkazh-arts]

"Not the moustache as well !!" "I know you love it."

Happy Halloween from these two goofballs ! 🎃✨🫶

Also, have the no-text and the polaroid versions !~

#rwrb #rwrb fanart #first prince fanart #rwrb movie #red white and royal blue movie #alex x henry #henry fox mountchristen windsor #prince henry #red white and royal blue #alex claremont diaz #first prince #happy halloween #henry as david bowie and alex as freddie mercury #*henry's voice* what do we think of that ? #you bet there was a karaoke session at their Halloween party #with Queen and Bowie songs in it #what are your headcanons guys ??

[yrsonpurpose]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for having saved me. I was drowning and you threw yourself into the water without hesitation, without a backward look.

#rwrb #rwrbedit #red white and royal blue #alex x henry #firstprince #userninz #userveronika #chrissiewatts #usersteen #usermegsb #usernuria #userclara #mine* #back doing another one of these lmfaoo askfjgd #oouughhh they just love and support each other so!! much!!!! #they are making each other better and they ALWAYS know what the other one needs #and i think thats the most beautiful :') #'its my life' 'doesnt mean you have to accept it' such an underrated line ouch