#I'm probably biased though

[thenotificationmachine]

Theory addendum: why Stolitz will not in fact be Stockholm syndrome.

Hi, guys, So I made a theory response yesterday (you can check it out here: https://www.tumblr.com/thenotificationmachine/708793464871092225/theory-response-why-stolitz-might-actually-be?source=share) to @stolitzy's defence of Stolitz not being Stockholm syndrome and... I think my response was TOO effective. Not only did I defend my view, I also shattered her faith in Stolitz to the point that she had a personal crisis. So yeah, NOT a good move in hindsight. After some reflection and a talk with her, I've decided to amend my theory and say that Stolitz won't be Stockholm syndrome. "But how?" I hear you ask, " as you pointed out, all the signs are there! And stolitzy had no defence for that!" You (and my theory) are right about Stolitz having all (or at least most of) the hallmarks of Stockholm syndrome, but as stolitzy pointed out in her initial post, there actually is a good argument for why it isn't Stockholm syndrome. Don't misunderstand me, all the signs are there and if normal logic was applied it probably WOULD develop into that, but it isn't that because Viv, the Spindlehorse team and the vast majority of Helluva's fanbase will NEVER ALLOW IT to be that. They all want Stolitz to be this 100% perfect ship with no blemishes given time, and so the current miscommunication is likely the most trouble the ship will ever be in given how quickly the writers jumped from the emotional turmoil in "the Circus" to the overly saccharine stuff in "Seeing Stars".

Call it bad storywriting or an act of mercy for the ship depending on your preferences, but whatever the case may be, Stolitz might end up going down as the Stockholm syndrome ship that never was.

...Or not, since I have to confess that I've overanalysed the hallucination scene from "Truth Seekers" before, more specifically the appearances of the antagonists...

Take Mr. Shitty Clown over here, for example. Given how he's styled like an old rubber hose cartoon and Blitz's reactions to him and Robo-Mr. Shitty Clown, I theorised that he's like this because Blitz just sees him as a bouncy irritant/pest who lives to entertain others, when in fact he's seemingly like this just because Viv and co. liked the idea of that style. As such, my analysis of Striker's grainy/greyscaled appearance being due to Blitz's perception of him being darkened by his assassination attempt on Stolas was also wrong. But the BIGGEST (and most painful to admit) mistake was my analysis of Verosika's appearance in the scene.

You see, I looked at how she had the most "realistic" appearance (in terms of the show's usual animation style), visible tear streaks, the fact that she got the closest to Blitz out of all of them and the fact that Blitz's eyes are filled with a blue line that looks suspiciously like they're filling up with tears and came to the logical conclusion that Verosika was the closest to Blitz romantically and that in this moment he understood how much he hurt her and was genuinely remorseful. When all this analysis was added to hallucination Stolas holding him on a chain and him blushing on it and I immediately jumped to the Stockholm syndrome conclusion. This all seems like a perfectly logical conclusion, simply thwarted by the fact that Viv and co. hadn't looked at the scene as deeply as my theorising self, until you take one more very important factor into account; my MASSIVE bias towards Verosika. Yeeeaaahhh... So I have to admit that both this analysis and the entire "Stolitz is Stockholm syndrome" theory was likely unconsciously influenced by me being a Verosika stan and thus believing that her genuine loving relationship with Blitz (which the latter, not her, sabotaged) deserves a second shot once he goes through some character growth and that Stolitz is unfair robbery. As such I was always going to be biased against the ship and also missed the obvious sunlight behind hallucination Stolas, which stolitzy pointed out symbolises how Blitz views him as his hope. Then again, this could ALSO be proof of the Stockholm syndrome theory being correct regardless of my bias; guess it's up to you to decide. But regardless of whether my overanalysis, Verosika bias and preference for Blitzika over Stolitz disprove the Stockholm syndrome theory or not, the latter ship will still never be Stockholm syndrome since, like with the Orks in Warhammer 40k being able to breathe in space until they're told they need spacesuits to do so, the collective Stolitz fanbase (including the Spindlehorse team and Viv herself)'s collective power of belief will make sure it never turns into such a thing and instead miraculously develops into a stable, healthy relationship.

#helluva boss #vivziepop #rebuttal of a theory rebuttal #stolitz won't be Stockholm syndrome even though it probably should be by all normal logic #I get too enthusiastic when theorising #I'm a Verosika stan and I admit it #whether this theory holds water or not is up to you guys #I'm probably biased though #sorry stolitzy #Waaagh! Stolitz

[beardedbarba]

i honestly cannot imagine not like imperium

#WWE #WWE SummerSlam 2023 #WWE SummerSlam #SummerSlam 2023 #SummerSlam #i'm probably biased though #i have excellent memories of watching them as ringkampf in wxw and progress when murder friend was still walter and marcel was still axel

[hoofpeet]

I'd probably have to read the printed version and web version back to back at some point to note all the differences but... ough

#sorry i'm going to be excited about this comic for the next month #nofna #okay having finished this now-- #and sorry if this doesn't make sense to anyone who's completely unfamiliar with this comic in advance- #the 'popcorn ending' (printed version) is nice to see but i think the web version hits harder. if that makes sense #so i'm kinda tied on which ending i 'prefer'- i think both are good though #also considering i've read the web version a good 4-5 times and the printed version only once- i probably can't make that judgement yet #easy answer- i do like Nutsedge :] so it's nice to see the ending where nothing bad happens to her #but also- NT suddenly becoming a greenie-esque villain out of nowhere felt a little jarring #as well as SV suddenly turning a corner and becoming a 'good guy' (arguable)- considering the first three books are about #/him being too stubborn to change or accept any outside worldviews . Him suddenly coming to his senses felt out of place #<- probably biased because i like characters being bitter to the end and ultimately destroyed by their own hubris #the web version is probably‚ objectively‚ a bit better #but - #(spoilers- if you're planning to drop ~70 bucks on getting these books) #the conceit of SV actually perfecting his style‚ using it once‚ and then immediately getting tooth-brained- was pretty cool #assuming it's meant to parallel him spending months tormented by trying to perfect it while something's still missing- #and then dying before he can narrate it to the audience‚ so that we never know what he figured out. #hard to articulate these thoughts but tl;dr- popcorn ending also had a lot to think about

[hellsingmongrel]

So, bit of ramblings on my Post-Trimax Wolfwood headcanons.

Man, one of my favorite tropes in media is a character who's spirit lingers on after they've died, but it's usually something you only see in fanfic, so I cannot get over how FUCKING FERAL I was when I realized that it was legit a thing in Trimax, and that Wolfwood was the one we actually got to see, legitimately talking to the people he'd left behind and confirming that ghosts in the canon weren't just hallucinations or something! Like yeah, we saw Tessla leading the boys to her body, but since her ghost was never mentioned again, it could have easily have been written off as a fluke, right?

NOPE. They are real and they linger after to watch over the people they care about or to send messages to the people who are still alive! And the fact that the character who had just wormed his way into being just as beloved to me as my favorite character (Which NEVER happens, I usually only have enough brain cells for one at a time!) and that we had just had our hearts ripped to shreds watching him die was also the one we got to know had definitely stayed behind to watch over the people he loved just makes me SO HAPPY! I rp that asshole from time to time, and I just love exploring the implications of it!

I play him like he's been there a LONG TIME. When he died, Rem was there, watching over Vash, but when Knives spent the last of his energy, she chose to move on with him, now that she knew Wolfwood would be there to keep watch over Vash, and he took it SERIOUSLY. He's been waiting so long, he's lost his sense of time, he thinks it's only been a couple decades when it's been CENTURIES. And the time has softened his own trauma, he's gone from being surly and angry and defensive to being at peace and finding comfort in the fact that its allowed him to see more of Vash's life than he ever would have been able to live long enough to see when he was alive. And it's given him time to notice just how unwell Vash is, how broken he is, watching over him when he thinks he's alone and lets himself break down.

But it's also made Wolfwood a bit unwell in his own way; as time went on and the people he knew in life began to pass away, too, his interest in paying attention to what the people around them were doing wained, and his dedication to watching over Vash until it was his time to pass on became a strange sort of dependence. He loses his sense of self, in a way, until the most important thing in his existence is being there for Vash, waiting for him, having long-since accepted that when the time comes, it'll be over and he's alright with that.

He's happy, but to the perspective of a living person, it would seem TWISTED in a way. He still thinks he's a damned soul, stealing more time than he's allowed and only damning himself further by doing so, and he just knows that when he gets to walk Vash into whatever comes after for them, they'll be separated again, for the last time, and there won't be any coming back from it that time, because Vash is too good, too kind, too HOLY to ever be damned. But it's fine. Wolfwood knew he was damned long before his death, and time has just given him the chance to make peace with it and simply be happy with the fact that at least he'll be able to be with Vash when he can move on to wherever good people go at the end. And yet when it happens, Vash feels the same way about himself, so certain that he's the one who's damned, and their reunion is wonderful and painful and terrifying for both of them in different ways.

He's even worse with interacting with people, once he's forced to interact with the living. I play Wolfwood in a game where he stumbles into revealing himself after spending centuries never letting himself be seen, and he worries that going "silent" again will upset people. He's spent centuries being a silent shadow, certain that letting Vash know he was there would only cause more suffering for an already unwell mind, so he's forgotten how to interact with tact, blurting out whatever pops into his head because he's only had himself to talk to for all that time. He hurts people without meaning to, begins to suffer from the crisis of worrying that no matter what he does, he's a burden to the people who mourn him, he doesn't belong, his existence is nothing but a constant reminder of what's coming and will only cause the people around him pain. He's both able to be the kind, caring, loving person he might have been if the Eye of Michael had never taken him from the orphanage, and also a HUGE, ANXIOUS WRECK.

And the thing that makes it all worse for him is the fact that when he was dumped into the game I have him in, he was separated from the Vash of his timeline, and now lives in constant fear that he'll never see him again, that he won't be there when he passes on and there won't be anyone to greet him on the other side, alone and never knowing that he was waiting for him. He made a promise to Rem that he'd watch over him for her, that he'd lead him to his final destination where he could be with his family again, and now that he's lost that, what purpose does he have? He's terrified to let go himself, worried he'll pass onto the other side when Vash was right around the corner, but the thought of lingering without finding him again, missing his chance to be there for him when it's his turn, leaves him in an almost constant state of almost-panic.

I also just think it's kind of sweetly poetic, if in the end, he chose to continue the role he'd been forced into; take Vash where he's supposed to be. Only this time, it's his choice, and it won't be to his death. He wants to guide him to where he knows people are waiting for him, where he'll finally be happy and be at peace. He doesn't mind the fact that he's going to Hell, so long as he was able to be the one that leads Vash to the place where he won't have to be in pain ever again.

#Trigun #Trigun Maximum #Nicholas D. Wolfwood #Vash the Stampede #This probably is a bit insufferably angsty #I can't tell #I'm PMSing and having Vashwood feels and I'm making it eveyone else's problem! #But no really though I fuckin' LOVE ghosts in media! #Favorite trope 10/10 would rip my heart out again! #RP musings #Vashwood #Also yeah this may be completely out of character to other people but #S H R U G #This is just where my brain lead me when I started wondering what Wolfwood's ghost did after Trimax #Also I know it doesn't exactly fit canon but his Vash has started developing salt-and-pepper streaks in his black hair #and little age lines because he's like 500 YEARS OLD at that point or something #andI kind of love that mental image #Wolfwood still thinks he's the most beautiful thing on No Man's Land but he's VERY biased and has developed a bit of an unhealthy fixation

[star--anon]

how have I never talked about Frypan and Gally before

oh my god I have typed and discarded so many drafts talking about this to the point where I literally forgot that I've never posted something talking about it

listen listen. In the books, Newt tells Thomas that most Gladers take on more than one job. And I always wondered what Frypan did when he wasn't cooking..

and for some reason I figured he'd be a Builder.. He develops his own cooking recipes and loves fiddling around with different ideas, testing out measurements and quantities of ingredients and different flavors etc. etc.

He'd fit right in as a (part-time) Builder

His and Gally's relationship was mostly inspired when I rewatched Maze Runner. Gally storms off, and Frypan grabs his arm and goes, "Gally.." to which Gally shakes him off with, "Nah, Fry." He leaves, and Frypan chases after him. That one single moment implies so much ohmygod-

#you know? you know what I mean? #I can't say I'm not biased though since I think Frygally is a somewhat popular ship #and I might sound cynical but I think that's because of a ''pair the spares'' kind of deal #I'm not sure but. that's my conspiracy theory #I'm probably wrong #but Frygally being an already established fandom ship is probably what made me think about them in the first place #but that scene where Frypan and Gally are implied to have a relationship (platonic or not) that's not shown in-movie #has me fucking biting at the bars of my cage for more #absolutely criminal we never got more interactions between Frypan and Gally #Frygally #what's their ship name? #I thought it was Frygally... am I tripping rn?? #maze runner #tmr frypan #tmr gally #I don't take constructive criticism because I'm not wrong

[rainedragon]

I'm way behind on my kei-con blog post and my painting so I don't have time to scan things to post, so have a gif of the cutest girl from the end of her Kei-con runway <3

#for clarity this is my girlfriend #She's very adorable #I'm probably biased #she is really cute though

[my-current-obsession]

My hyper-specific type when it comes to otome guys:

- Absolutely pathetic - Cannot speak to a girl normally to save his life - Tries to be calm/aloof, but turns tsundere when flustered enough - A good and pure man at heart, yet does some questionable things - ...Little Red Riding Hood???

#heart fragment #taisho x alice #otome #doofenshmirtz voice: if i had a nickel for every time i fell in love with a video game guy heavily associated to little red riding hood... #..i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice! #i made this post basically as a way to announce i played heart fragment recently. and uh. it's REALLY GOOD #i probably do love clive the most (and i was immediately interested/biased considering his similarities to Red) but... #the rest of the cast is great too! I ADORE shannon and i am beyond ready to figure out what jasper's deal is #and honestly i'm into the mystery and the strained family relationship aspects too. just great writing all around even beyond the romances #this is one of Those Games that messes with you and the more you play it the more it sneaks new creepy stuff in #whatever the hell is going on with inigo in the dreams is unsettling. and i love it. #but seriously i'd recommend this to any otome fan and ESPECIALLY taiali fans considering the similarities go far beyond just this #you like fairy tales? you like exploring psychological issues and trauma? this is the game for you #also you can date guys AND girls which is a rare treat! again - i LOVE shannon. i just... love clive even more #but to be fair i think the hangup is that no matter what you're very close and friendly with shannon #so even if you don't romance her you still have a great relationship with her regardless #meanwhile with clive he's starting as a stranger and you basically have to be a jerk to him or blow him off which hurts my heart #and also clive seems to fall kind of fast and hard for you so the relationship developing in a romantic direction just feels. right IMO #i can accept being just besties with shannon (even though I definitely still love her romance outcomes) #but it pains me to spurn clive's affections #on an unrelated note i do intend to post my thoughts (basically a review) of winter's wish: spirits of edo #but i want to finish getting the sorrow endings for CGs and lore which means a second run through several routes

[mofffun]

how i perceive a character from the suit actor vs. the face actor:

cuter: gira, rita

exact copy: himeno, yanma, kaguragi

cooler: jeramie

#but Red Gira feels different from Gold Gira though #Red Gira feels like the traditional genki red #rita's attacks are super cool itself but there's a... spaced-out? vibe from the papi suit #but really i'm just too biased by the stage/event characterization if we're judging by TV performance it's probably not that #mon mon

[elisacifuentes]

Tatort Zürich: Seilschaft (2023)

#tatort #tatort zürich #tessa ott #isabelle grandjean #mine* #gifs* #about every second episode a woman tries to flirt with them #it's a pattern #one day they will flirt back. i speak it into existence. #though tessa kind of did in sk but that was undercover wasn't it #anyway i read reviews that was an expectedly terrible idea #i know i'm biased bc i love them so much but c'mon that ep wasn't terrible #it was great! i had so much fun #they're growing as characters and i love it #someone tell me what to gif next or it'll be the pizza scene from sk #probably

[prsk2dmv-transparents]

And now that those card transparents are finally done, hopefully tomorrow the next 2D MV transparents will be up

Spoiler alert it's Tondemo-Wonderz. And after that is probably purpose because I am a little obsessed

#when I say WxS and l/n are my least favorite groups I don't mean I hate them I just am not as invested in them #also even though purpose is shiho's weakest commission she still fails to have a bad or even mediocre commission #she and akito are really consistent #and in my opinion mafuyu and mizuki but I'm super biased there #oh and rui #okay niigo in general is fairly consistent but again bias #haruka and nene tend to get the short end of the stick with commissions though #which sucks because they have nice voices #oh kohane is pretty consistent too #flyer is probably the weakest but it's not bad #tsukasa as well even though I hate tondemo #I can recognize it's objectively good

[theauthor27]

who has the better design

Rad

#I'm probably just biased 'cause I love him so much though #asks

[fictional-worlds-are-exquisite]

just watched the movie Dune and honestly felt like one of those big ass books where it only gets past the introduction 300 pages in

is that inherently bad? no. sometimes those are good books. but. feeling very much like i watched 2 hours of an intro and have to wait for the next part to get the story

this might be the worst thing i've posted on here because i think people adored this movie. i like the worms, i like zendaya, i like the world building, but i await more story to judge there

#i'm probably wrong #i just haven't sat back and thought about it enough lmao #i will say though i did in fact watch all 2.5 hours of it which is a miracle. so clearly it wasn't bad #maybe i've been reading too many fast paced books lately and i'm biased #i just. there was the home world. then they moved. then there was the new world. then i guess everything got blown to pieces #but it felt like it was building backstory almost. like okay. now we've built paul's motivations...lets get into it #there was the escape and then meeting the group of fremen and a fight #and now we've established a spot and can start building the story off all this background #idk!!! i haven't read the book. maybe i'm just tired lmaooo

[milktian]

the pain between wanting to play candace w/ arlecchino, cause i barely use candace but have her at c6, and Xingqiu being a better option for now

my candace isn't like.... built properly so i still wanna try once she's prepped but im so tired of using xingqiu in every comp QwQ i managed to avoid using xingqiu, bennett, and xiangling for so so long but maaaaan.

#🥛ramble #genshin impact #genshin candace #genshin team comps #this isn't like a 'i hate meta' btw #i mean.... i don't how the playerbase constantly pushes it and like puts down people who don't use it #but that's a whole other post #im just tired of looking up team guides and seeing bennett xingqiu and xiangling in every single comp #they are broken tho i can admit them i just wanna use the other characters!!! cause i have them but they have not seen the sun!!!! #it's why i still main kaveh even though apparently people find his playstyle clunky (which i don't see?? but i'm insanse and c6'd him so #im probably biased

[natequarter]

#vanilla extract #bill (2015) #putting lope lopez/juan domingo in other because i don't really have enough room otherwise #i'm probably hopelessly biased in including molly though

[stuckontheflipside]

genuinely dont understand why some people dont like anas mythic this season shes so silly i love her

also she has a unique "my ultimate is ready" line that i havent seen anyone mention? "my ultimate is ready, are they? (laughs)" shes so evil gives her a little kiss on the cheek /p

#ana amari #i saw so many people like saying how they hate her mythic #its so pretty though #i also just really like robots #so i'm probably really biased

[lenievi]

you know, I expected La'an to pull out his file to check on Kirk (since we know she did read his personnel file before) but her actually calling him and making him aware of her own existence, feels a lot stronger, but also it might be hinting at a possible future development (let me dream okay lol)

looking at just his photo would feel kind of final, but her talking to him just doesn't. It opens possibilities because Kirk now knows her.

#idk i am biased and i'm prepared to be completely disappointed #i live in constant snw will disappoint me ever since i learnt kirk would appear lol #so far so good but the day will probably come #snw nonsense #headcanon times #snw spoilers #ka'an #i don't need them to become a thing. it just depends on where they take la'an from now on #because ignoring that it ever happen isn't an option #would be funny if pelia mentioned something to kirk lol #i do talk a lot about ships etc. but the way i watch shows is literally just in the way they were intended #kirk/la'an is a bit different though because they were a crack ship for a year for me and now there's a possibility #so i need to balance my expectations and try to be objective lol #and not expect too much #i don't subscribe to 'it can't never happen' because we're literally watching spock/chapel romantic arc so... #tos details don't matter to the writers. they just need to arrive to pike's accident. anything else is in the stars #and kirk getting the enterprise ofc