#Dan rambles

[daz4i]

atsushi being sassy/salty, imo, is just a little comical way in which his... not quite essence, but inner feelings? express themelves. and i don't think that contradicts him being soft - in fact, i think these qualities enhance each other

atsushi being sweet despite having the ability to be cold, even murderous (i think beast shows it well, the fact he DOES have this instinct inside him - not just by showing how easily he became a killer, but also that bit about the beginning, how beast!akutagawa's solution to starving was eating weeds, while canon!atsushi went straight to thinking how he's gonna have to become a thief), is just proof that he's making that choice consciously

even when he's like, complaining to the audience, kinda, about his money when he takes kyouka on their "date", the fact is he still took her on it, he still made a choice to spend it on her to make sure she has a good day. he can be salty, but despite it he chooses to be kind

even with akutagawa. he's always like ready to attack him on sight, but he DID let him lean on his shoulder in that boat, he did protect his head while breaking through that window, he did show kindness to someone who is supposed to be his enemy

atsushi comes from a harsh background, his instincts lean more towards rudeness and selfishness at best and violence at worst, and despite that he chooses to be kind, to help, to be gentle when needed.

this is another way in which he embodies one of bsd's core messages, i think. while other characters lean more towards "you can always start again, you can always be good now even if you weren't before" (dazai, kyouka, akutagawa, odasaku just off the top of my head), atsushi is a slightly different version of this sentiment - "your past doesn't define you, your actions do".

and the beautiful thing is he still struggles with it. he's still quite violent at times, he has an entire breakdown about it in dead apple, he doesn't kill but he does maim. and yet he keeps going, he keeps making that choice every day, because he knows that's what he needs to do in order to live.

#idk if that makes sense to anyone but me sorry #tldr: i love atsushi i think he's a great protagonist #he's also my sweet little angel baby boy. who kills #dan rambles #originally this post was abt another topic but i kinda got off track there and i think that's noticeable lol sorry 😳

[danexist]

Hey dudes you know how I'm always going on about how I'm an old man??? Weeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllll, i just had to get multifocal glasses with a wire frame. Old man Daniel is in full swing now, I even sang every lyric to Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan in the JB-HI-FI this morning, I have become a dorky dad and I have well accepted that fact.

#dan rambles

[hiero-green]

i think part of why i’m enjoying BG3 rn is the shameless shipping bc. in other fandoms i sometimes feel a bit silly shipping things yknow. and it’s not that shipping is BAD but you know there’s always someone out there who’ll be like “urgh they would never work in canon” but in BG3. Every Ship Is Real. larian gave us the tools for bloodweave they gave u the tools for anything u desire

#bg3 #dan rambles

[itstheheebiejeebies]

Me every fucking day lately: I should rewatch MotA

Also me every fucking day: just wait until the rewatch at the end of the month

Anyway, if you haven't heard about the HBO WWII rewatch where we'll watch BoB, The Pacific, and MotA in chronological order of the war in 3 episode a week increments go check out @hboww2rewatch for the details about the schedule and prompts for creating stuff as we watch

#dan rambles #hboww2rewatch #hbo war

[scarecrowmax]

So close to perfection

#dan rambles #boop #april fools

[airbender-dacyon]

Just some quick personal thoughts on Netflix’s adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender before it premieres tomorrow.

I know I’ve not been as active the last couple years, especially in the Kataang and AtLA fandom, but I started this blog for Kataang and AtLA and it will always be a blog for Kataang and AtLA. And it’s been a while since I’ve talked about my favorite fandom and ultimate OTP.

First and foremost, I think the adaptation is completely unnecessary (same goes for the HTTYD live-action movie that’s currently being filmed). The story has been told in a visual medium already through its original animated series.

That said, I feel this live-action series will be an improvement over the 2010 film, though that is admittedly a very low bar to clear.

Despite that I feel it’s unnecessary, I do intend to watch it after I rewatch the first season of AtLA. I want the first season fresh in my mind because I’m planning to do some level of a review of each episode as I watch it, if anyone’s interested.

My expectations for the show are that it will be… okay. Somewhat good even. Slightly above average.

From the trailers and clips released so far, I have hopes for some aspects of the adaptation and disappointment and irritation with other elements. It seems like they’ve handled some concepts well (set design, costumes, casting, visual effects, some character bonding moments, expanding upon some of the lore and characters, etc.) while it appears they may have failed to grasp the significance of key plot points and character arcs (Aang is a kid, please let him be a kid and have his fun; Sokka needs to grow as a person; Katara needs to relearn how to be a kid and have fun; Ozai scarred Zuko because Zuko refused to fight him during their Agni Kai, so why is there apparently a fully choreographed fight?).

I’m hoping I’m proved wrong on the rumored issues regarding plot points and character arcs.

I understand there are always differences between adaptations, but some of these things do worry me.

All of this said, please do not attack the cast and crew if you dislike the show. Criticism is fair, but do not go after the people who worked on this adaptation, no matter how much you disagree with some (or all) of the decisions.

And I think most importantly, be kind to newcomers to the fandom and if they liked the show, encourage them to watch the original animated series. We have an opportunity to show people that the original series is worthy of its praise and that any adaptation, no matter how well done, won’t be able to recapture the essence and beauty that made the original series so special.

I say this because it was only thanks to the live-action adaptations of One Piece and Percy Jackson that got me interested in the originals. It wasn’t that I never had an interest in them, but I had other shows/books/fandoms/interests that overshadowed them for literal years. Now I’m planning to read the OP manga and the PJO books once I’ve got some free time. And I imagine I’ll enjoy them both more than the live-action adaptations.

Last, but not least, I’m hoping to see some bonding between the main trio and especially hoping the Kataang friendship is strong. I doubt there will be any indications of anything romantic, but if they at least handle Katara and Aang’s friendship well, it will serve as a foundation for any romance in potential future seasons.

So, these are my ramblings.

If anyone is interested in me reviewing the episodes, let me know and I’ll try my best to write them up when I get a chance.

In conclusion, be respectful of the cast and crew, be kind to fandom newcomers (and please do not incite ship wars), be open-minded about the show if you watch it, but also do not be afraid to critique the adaptation.

#Dan Rambles #NAtLA #Kataang #This turned out to be longer than I expected #Fingers crossed that at its worst the show will make me apathetic rather than outright irritated #I doubt I’ll get angry unless they make some real dumb changes #But we shall see

[missingskeleton]

I've talked about it in tags but I'm excited so I'm gonna personal post about it. I'm pregnant! I'm a successful seahorse! We're probably having a baby girl. My husband and I are so excited about it :D First tri was really rough, and now I'm on blood thinners (I had a pulmonary embolism a couple years ago) and my husband having to stab me 2x a day to give me shots is rough, but we're very excited

#dan posts #dan rambles

[mangledpuppet]

realizing i’m ace after having so many heavy sexual relationships in my early teen years is so wack. i always had this idea of what asexuality was supposed to be, and since i didn’t fit in that box i suppose i assumed i was just a broken dude sexually since i didn’t experience things as all my peers did. now as an adult you mean to tell me i’m normal and shit?? that it’s a spectrum and it’s okay if i’m sex neutral sometimes?? crazy !

#aesexual #dan rambles #placiosexual

[sugaphys]

Dan please......

dan,..... d.. dan... dan........ d...... p... ... dan.... pl... da.... d-

#dan rambles

[maeumin]

having the possibility of writing as much as i want here... oh i'm going to be so annoying

#dan rambles

[ahappyphjl]

80 thousand dollars. for palestinian children. that’s literally lifesaving. if u can, keep donating to pcrf here and keep talking and sharing. from the river to the sea 🇵🇸❤️

#palestine #pcrf #dan and phil #amazingphil #daniel howell #dnp #jenna rambles

[daz4i]

i think this is the most genuine emotion we've seen from nikolai ever. and the fact he seems unsure about how he's feeling, how it's seemingly contradicting, imo works really well with his character

he's all about saying things that contradict each other and imo, there is always some truth to both sides of what he says

so. here. i think some part of him was happy to be free of his only bond... but then it got overtaken with the part of him that realizes this bond wasn't. like. as constricting as he first thought

it seems that at the end of it all he somehow even WANTED to get that bond running deeper. imo, it was to feed both sides of him - the side that wants to be free can't actually prove his free will if they weren't that close in the first place, they barely interacted before, it's almost like killing any other person. on the other hand, he also genuinely likes fyodor and wants to be closer bc well. he is "perfectly sane". he is, underneath it all, still a person deep down, as much as he might hate that.

when fyodor threatens to take him out in the future he doesn't seem scared, but he also doesn't seem particularly excited i think? (or maybe that's just how he expresses his genuine, non-performative excitement, who knows.) at the same time, he also doesn't seem to want to kill him now, to follow him, like he's keeping it for that new game he was just promised

but then fyodor dies. and he won't get a chance to play it. and in a way, that takes from his freedom too, isn't it? his freedom to choose how his bond with fyodor will be. in a way, fyodor dying took away from his free will.

i truly believe nikolai is. maybe not selfish but certainly self-centered or self-serving enough to be sad over, and forgive me for this analogy, his toy getting broken. I'm certain he's also genuinely sad about his only friend dying, and so gruesomely too, but i wouldn't be surprised if at his core this is what makes him this sad. and i think that also leads to his conflicting emotions about fyodor's death

i also think that thing dazai pointed out about fyodor's lack of trust plays a part in nikolai's grief here. to him, fyodor is the only one who understood him, the only one who made him feel seen, and as far as we know the only person who was important to him. but he probably knew the feeling wasn't mutual. still, this was the nail in the coffin, confirming fyodor never saw him as a friend as well, not even as an ally.

i don't have an actual conclusion here, just speculation on nikolai's internal turmoil and how he might feel now. i really hope (and expect) we will see him again, and i wonder if this event will change anything about him.

i speculated in the past that his eye cover is a symbol of his bond with fyodor. and today, he took it off after fyodor died. i wonder, if the next time we see nikolai, he will still wear it or not (or possibly wear a new one). i guess we'll see!

#bungou stray dogs #fyolai #originally this post was just the first paragraph but then i started rambling in the tags #and as soon as i started i knew i won't be able to keep it short. and look at that! i was right 😭 #either way i hope you enjoy. i love him sm. I'm so glad we got to see him today 🖤 #bsd spoilers #dan rambles #i should be sleeping..... but nikolai is more important 🧐 #(<- was gonna wait for tomorrow to write a full analysis but lacks any patience)

[danexist]

I have my 2 cents worth to share about The Newsreader. Make yourself comfortable because this, this is going to be a long one.

So, everybody's still rooting for Helen and Dale BUT what if I told you I don't think they're happy or even a genuine couple anymore??? Well, I think it all started back in series 1 when the media took a hold of their relationship. Because their relationship became everybody else's, it became less of their own. They had wonderful potential but I just think it burnt out.

Then there's the whole thing with Tim and Gerry, people wanted them to be with Dale, but I just don't think this new Dale is really the right kind to be with Tim or Gerry. He's suddenly really ruthless and bitchy, he threw Gerry under the bloody bus for one! I think this is going to affect series 3 a lot, because he's suddenly News At Six's bitch, he's feeding into everything this borderline parasitic company wants, but I'm not sure this act is going to last for very long, I think he's going to get treated like crap by Lindsay and he's going to turn back into the same old Dale who's going to stand back up for himself instead of getting abused once again by News At Six! Or at least, I sure hope he does because he deserves better.

I'm still not certain what's going to happen in series 3 (Duh, I'm not a fortune teller) but I definitely think it could go in some different directions. Number 1, Dale's going to drop this whole 'I'm-News-At-Six's-bitch' act and go join a different news company who'll treat him better, maybe resolve things with Gerry, then become his own man, not confined by conformity. Number 2, he keeps the act, stays News At Six's crusty lapdog while Helen will probably at some stage tell him 'HEY BRO IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU DROPPED THE ACT AND SEE YOU'RE BEING ABUSED', he probably won't care. Or number 3, he completely loses it and gets fired anyway, only to go to Gerry or Tim and get told to fuck right off. Karma's a bitch.

#dan rambles #the newsreader

[hiero-green]

lord almighty i am going to make problematic OCs, give me the strength not to listen to the twt user in my head (the devil)

#dan rambles

[itstheheebiejeebies]

Norm probably still should have put the requisite 3 shots in his bombsite before ditching it even with dropping it in the water

#hboww2rewatch #mota #masters of the air #dan rambles

[not-always-black-and-white]

does anyone know any picrews that let you have like . more than one set of eyes on a character ( and i mean like . not just the ' middle 3rd eye ' but like . sets . like 3+ sets . )

#reshi rambles #dan rambles #picrew