#It’s also like... contextualisation

[gaylactic-fire]

I keep getting vaguely bummed out about TOTK which is so annoying bc I don't even dislike the game?? I'm genuinely having a blast with it. But also all the overarching but cohesive themes and meta storytelling about the reincarnation cycle and its consequences and the tragically beautiful world in BOTW?? Like what happened to all that?? That was what made me so mentally ill (/aff) in the first place!!

#fires posts #ramblings #When I say the people who complained about BOTW being ''Not Zelda enough'' are what caused the worst parts of TOTK #Honestly I just blame it on TOTK having a bit of an identity crisis #Like it wants to be a BOTW sequel so bad #and it wants to be Ma/jora so bad #and it also wants to be Old Zelda so bad #Sorry anyway it's still a phenomenal game I'm just bummed that it doesn't make me go quite as lovingly feral as BOTW did #SOME narrative / themeing does. But not the game as a whole #Here's hoping for some DLC with major lore drops I desperately crave to contextualise certain elements

[goldenchocobo]

Been having a few Ventus thoughts™ lately, and one thing I landed on was;

You ever think that Ventus acts 'immature' for his age because- with the memory loss, time travel, comas and stifling by Eraqus he's endured, he hasn't been allowed to mature? Although he's the same age as Sora and Roxas, he's still gullible/too trusting/Head Empty because he's had years of his life stolen from him.

#He probably knows he's 16/17 but still doesn't have the life experience the others have so he's still acting like a younger kid #I say 'acting' I don't mean its an act he intentionally puts on #I mean it in the way that- that's how he behaves because he doesn't know any better #Still thinking about the whloe 'take two grown ups' thing in BBS #I also see a lot of fannon interpretation of Ventus as the 'youngest' brother/Sortas- me included #This doesn't invalidate any of the things he does. He's still trying his best and getting stronger #but I feel like this musing contextualise some of his thought processes and his actions #The kid needs some life experience that isn't him or his friends in dire circumstances #Kingdom Hearts #Ventus #i'm just rambling

[wherestarsarestillasleep]

Tenmyouji biker speech is like the most important scene in vlr to me. Without that it looks like the narrative never even questions akanes explanations and plans and motives and like i guess that's easy to do when you playing video game are also viewing it from a dozens of timelines at once as means to the true end perspective. And the other characters in that bonus chapter like clover and alice are so bizarrely understanding and not mad at her for kidnapping them. But it being junpei of all people who forces you to think about how every timeline goes on and is the single linear world there ever was for everyone else in it. When akanes plan is so much "i am going to kill jumpy 6000 000 times so i can make a happy world with jumpy :)". It's so important and it singlehandedly fixes something that wouldve really really bugged me and it makes akane and sigma better characters when it's explicit the game isnt just like exclusively believing theyre simply correct

#seriously it #really contextualises akanes state in those timelines as a tragedy in a whole different way than she even acknowledges #my like Whole Take on akane is based around agreeing with junpei here i think #and that in real life i cannot time jump so how could i possibly not empathise more with that perspective i guess #this goes back a lot into how i write aoi even in just 999 also. ESPECIALLY the safe end so fucking compelled by the safe end #its kind of middle ground i guess cause he's operating under actions that align with akanes multiple world spanning plans but ive always #assumed hes a relatively shitty esper so even though he Knows she's right he can't Feel it. he is also just one guy in a linear world #that like. semi puts that aside #finding happiness in a world that hates it... #junpei you hearing this shit!? #tag later #(still does not have a tag for jumpy my top 3 character)

[psalmsofpsychosis]

So, i finished watching Batman (2022). Long story short, it's wonderful. The cinematography and the atmosphere are simply impeccable, it's got one of the best productions i have seen in blockbuster superhero movies in the last decade. The flow of the movie is perfectly executed and choreographed; it's a truly seamless visual experience, eye candy to the bone, and the story is intriguing and lovely and pleasing to the senses too. It's a reasonably well made movie.

It also does quite remind me of my main point of disdain towards live action Batman depictions post-Batman&Robin, which is, i think fellas take Batman way too seriously.

Listen, the guy walks around with fucking pikachu ears on for fucks sake. I dont think that straight up looney tunes comic relief is the right flavour to put in the live action batmanverse blender, even though it has the potential to be incorporated very well, but. There's a certain quality of offbeat, paculiar weirdness to Batman, a quality of almost playful and offputting bizarre wit, there always has been. He's got a fucking sith pikachu mask on. It's very human, very endearing almost. it's an element of imagination and wonder which is something Bruce Wayne has, even when it's corrupted to only include doom and gloom scenarios.

and the comics successfully translate that subtle wit and uncomfortable quality of all the characters, including Batman, by incorporating acidic colors, borderline hallucination-esque imageries, warped character designs, the whole thing feels like the worst acid trip you've ever had in an alley behind a bar and that's how the tone carries. It's how the worldbuilding and the characters feel congruent and authentic. The colors also give Batman a dynamic personhood by depicting his unceremonious humanity as much as they buff him up. There's a fun and gore-ish, psychopathic sincerity to the comics.

and the movies absolutely take that element out and all you get is the most "just some guy" artless character depictions and Batman himself doesn't feel human. he is written way too seriously for a guy who has pikachu ears and wears his underwear on his pants.

And this is by no means a Batman (2022) problem; it's a persisting trend of live action superhero media progressively stripping their stories of heart and soul because executive fellas have cought the "THIS IS A BIG FUCKING DEAL!!!!! EVERYTHING IS SO SERIOUS HERE!!!!!" disease and think giving superhero narratives their color and humanity back somehow makes them less poignant and significant. There's no sense of dynamism and wit to the batman movies, and the tone and atmosphere of Batman (2022) is fucking gorgeous, it's a singular experience, but it feels so out of place with Batman. It feels like Batman's costume belongs to another movie entirely, something more playful and weird.

#Emphasising that this is not a criticism of The Batman (2022). I love the movie and i geniunely appreciate what it accomplished #on both aesthetical and narrative fronts. It's a very good movie #i guess i'm just tired of the grimdark #this piece is also probably influenced by me having entered Batmanverse from the ass-end of it also known as Gotham TV #but Gotham deeply contextualises Batman as an identity #because they hone in on Bruce's morbid sense of wonder and curiosity so much #that by the time he becomes Batman you're certain that there's a fucked up child living inside his head #and that child likes to have weird fun and get in trouble #i mean #bro how are you gonna throw ''they think i come from the shadows; but i am the shadows'' dialogue at me without acknowledging #even the least bit of irony and play. like cmon sith pikachu is talking #anyway #yeah #comics remain the superior superhero-centric media #save Gotham series. the only live action Batman portrayal that had the grace of not taking itself too damn seriously #Batman #batman (2022) #Batman meta #sort of??

[hypotheticallyimmortal]

These are terrible. The first is naive, and I’m tired of being naive. The second is self-destructive and why should I destroy myself for them? The third…could be really fun. But I don’t think she’d buy it. The fourth is just unlikely.

- Lute Velra (Super Supportive)

#sleyca #super supportive #lute #lute velra #okay so there's this webnovel I love called super supportive #and this quote from the internal monologue of one of the characters #and it just lives in my head rent free bro #lute ur so real #alden ur also so real #this quote just fucking kills me bro #oh like there's context if you click the link and search for the quote #the paragraph above contextualises it but #ugh just this quote bro #book quote #webnovel

[kindaorangey]

feeling a lot of love for miraculous and the way the writers work with the foundations of the previous seasons.

#like i know i KNOW thats just how writing works but it kinda surprises you #like who the fuck noticed rose's comment about prince ali's charity work with sick children in s1. certainly not me like who cares #but come s4 the writers said 'actually the reason for this is because rose is severely chronically ill' and boom! lot more dimension added #to her character. her overly positive attitude becomes less insufferable once you contextualise it as a coping mechanism. #and they did that by introducing one detail about her. ONE. #and also the whole 'oh its so stupid that marinette and adrien go to the same school' criticism right #like 'oh why did master fu choose two fuckin teenagers who are in the same class' #and the writers went 1) its because master fu isnt even that good of a guardian by guardian standards. #and 2) it's conventional to start unreasonably young for the celestial guardians and the guardians of the miraculouses. #they just take the previously established and mostly throwaway stuff and bake them into the worldbuilding in such a neat way #i love it :') #ml #ml sugar #thunder rambles

[welcometogrouchland]

Lesbian Stephanie Brown...oh you're so real to me

#ramblings of a lunatic #on the one hand do i think her genuine romantic interest in Tim is a really important part of her early character??? #yes it contextualises a lot of her behaviour especially when you compare Tim to other men in her life who treat her far more poorly #ON THE OTHER HAND #do i think her strongest most fulfilling and most equal (and homoerotic) relationships are almost exclusively w women??? #yes #do i think steph is often a victim of her role as tims love interest meta-narratively?? YES very much so (thoughts still cooking tho- #-bc i have read a lot of her appearances in robin but not all of them and not in order) #do i think that it only hits so tragically bc she genuinely likes him and wants to belong in his world (for reasons beyond tim as well ofc) #so. you see it's very complicated #like in terms of being supported by textual canonical evidence she's bi and i love that reading a lot #this is just personal to me as a dyke steph brown enjoyer. i recognise it's not the most coherent interpretation thematically #(also either way I'd like to say. steph brown transmasc. not necessarily based on canon evidence just An Idea) #(and in my mind she's specifically the kind of transmasc lesbian that is transmasc in part bc of their relationship to their lesbianism) #(yknow?) #anyway

[loyalhorror]

i think about this a lot but man if you only met me like post-2017 you truly missed out on some of the most unhinged jon behaviour imaginable. this is a good thing but there is a part of me that only the fools who knew me in the Hell Years truly understand.

#rat.exe #i think it's also partly a thing of like... there are very few people left who truly understand my upbringing too. #it's not something that can easily be contextualised after the fact yknow?

[freeophelia]

need to sit with that succession finale a little bit... a lot of this season didn’t work for me for a number of reasons but the ending itself i’m happy with

#as a kengirl i think i won? kind of. #like. he's absolutely fucked forever. but he's free and logan's fate will not be his! #dont mean to understate how fucked he is though. like he's capital F fucked and he's suicidal and adrift #but there is a glimmer of possibility. his future is wide open. #and also. kenstewey real. #succession #succession spoilers #woke up at 4.30 am decided sleep was impossible and started watching. im gonna be sooooo tired #and who knows maybe i'll warm to this season upon rewatch now that i have the ending to contextualise everything. idk. #.txt

[boudicca]

lizzie some guy i work with just told me that michigan state university is hiring a comic book archivist and i thought of you. go forge a resume and apply. you would have to live in michigan but i think its a small sacrifice

STOP THAT WOULD BE SO FUN... i think living in the states may be a dealbreaker but i could probably get away with living in windsor. manifesting that whoever gets the job quits when i graduate

#that would genuinely be so fun though. like i love archiving but also to get to handle and digitise and contextualise old comics... #ask #seren

[mispronouncing-michaelangelo]

WIP tag game—post the last sentence you wrote and then tag as many people as there are words in that sentence

tagged by @spinecorset (thank you!!! i fucking love this stuff)

im gonna go rogue tho and just post a chunk and then in gonna tag @raspberrymama because im p sure you write and might like doing this ^-^

Lán Xīchén commended the child for his willingness to howl like a dog, and to scream like a young maiden. To be exactly what he fought tooth and nail to prove he wasn't. But in the end, they were all just as bad as everyone said they were. The arrogant, cold, unfeeling, Twin Jades. Tears dripped down Lán Xīchén’s cheeks as he took the first step; he was unfeeling. His lungs burned as he forced himself to pace his breathing; he was cold. He had killed his beloved;  He was arrogant.

#okay so lemme contextualise haha #this is lowkey a deadringers au where lxc and lwj are like---- codependant is an understatment #how do say; they have begun to blur #and its set p much riiigghhht after jgy dies and they are all going back to koi tower to debrief for a second #its only gonna be short and painful haha but theyre just suffering uwu #they have a complex™ about being the twin jades #also probably just from being raised in gusu haha but thats just how it be sometimes when your raised in a shit town #it has strong legs to go dead dove but im not sure i want to let it #its just that dead ringers au reallllly sets you up to go clean off the deep end haha #dis meh

[zaggyzoo]

sorry im still not over it but as an (ex) lit student it's just so bonkers to me that you go to any uni and there will be tons of people who dedicate their lives to these classic texts, know the ins and outs, the various interpretations and are so passionate about it, like they just genuinely have love for the source text; and then a rando who didn't even bother to read the source text or do much research or even particularly like (?) the source publishes a book advertising it as a retelling ... like lol ?

#not saying the academic world is the only one allowed to say anything im just saying there's a LOT of people passionate abt it and a lot of #material about it and just. not even taking the time to contextualise fully the text or understand WHY there's been and there still is so #much to say about it #feels incredibly lazy? #also i read the whole interview and indeed she doesn't seem all that passionate about it #and like. why do a retelling then.... if you don't have a driving force behind.... that's how things fell flat

[feytouched]

hey, ginger advice anon here!! picked a shade that's MUCH too red for my face... I can't really do anything other than wait for it to fade and work out smth more specific with my colourist next time, right? 🥲 thank you :)

heya dear!! i'm sorry to hear that, tbh in my experience whenever you dye your hair red it will look SUPER red at first but then settle to a more natural ginger tone after 1-2 washes.... red dye sticks to the hair less than black or brown so it really washes off a lot. i recommend waiting at least 2-3 days before washing after the dye job even when you feel it's very red, but if you want you can wash it earlier than that to get rid of more of the colour. and yeah next time you can tell your colourist what you want in comparison to what you got this time! but tbh i recommed waiting and seeing for now, you might be pleasantly surprised

#also whenever i re-dye my hair i have to re-think all my makeup routine so the undertones look flattering #i have v neutral tones naturally so ginger hair rlly sways the colour story #i find that peaches and browns for blush and lipstick look the best #or soft warmer pinks #it can help contextualise the hair colour w/ your face! #answered #if it helps at all i also have the Oh No I Look Like The Wendys Mascot routine panic every time after re-dyeing. and then its fine

[devitalise]

i read the sandman comics a few years back so i was so so excited when i heard that not only was it getting adapted but the author was an executive producer as well, unfortunately the show was not it (for me). a lot of people liked it, but honestly the acting, directing and cinematography were so bad it was distracting for me. which is such a shame since the set design and story are so incredible. i just couldn't get myself to care about any of the characters like i did in the comic. also the pacing was so slow and none of the stakes felt as high as they should have imo. also black characters sleeping without bonnets and the hair of a character in ep 5 made it clear there were absolutely no black ppl in the hair department. also one of the only story rewrites they did in ep 5 ended up making an originally progressive scene from the comic a homophobic one. so yea, it wasn't for me, but who knows maybe i'm just a hater lol

i don’t have the charli anon pic saved on my ipad. also hi from my ipad! 😋

MAN. that sucks to hear! house of the dragon is the one fantasy series i’m interested in watching right now so if i do watch the sandman it won’t be until like 2023. i feel like a fantasy show is such an investment for me like i have to pay attention to be sold on it

i watched desperate housewives a lil as it was airing but i was too young for it at the time so i’m looking forward to getting into it as an adult. i don’t mind slow shows like severance as long as the character work is there. that’s why i’m looking forward to watching pachinko which is a relatively slow show (based off the book which i love and highly recommend)

as one hater to another you’re always so welcome here and i love that we get to discuss things we actually like too! it’s all about balance 😊

#imo inquiries #anonymous #jumpscare cheesehair online at this time i know sorry x #i know ted lasso is also really good too so it’s also on the list #buffy then under the banner of heaven (i’m currently reading brothers karamazov and think the religious themes will help contextualise parts #of the story for me) completely different setting and time i know but this is how my brain works #also i watched NOPE over the weekend and absolutely loved it #and not okay which like sorry but i thought that theme was pretty decent oops🤭 #film***