#We just don't know!

[rongzhi]

#TRUST tagging this as OOTD is going to have me laughing my head off for at least 10 minutes if it’s past 2am #Hanfu #HAHAHAYEAH yeah #put it in the tag!!! mamianqun baby!!! #douyin #text #video #DID HE DIE? DID HE FAINT? #WHAT SERIOUS INJURIES DID HE SUSTAIN? #WE JUST DON'T KNOW!

[vegaseatsass]

DFF Finale

Alright alright alright that took me on a rollercoaster like some REAL high lows in that episode, I love an ambiguous ending but also I crave so much more closure owwwwwwww However for now I'm just coming to share my theory. Ever since this post pointed out that New hallucinated Non in his death t-shirt, I've been sitting on the idea that the Janta drugs have actual supernatural qualities. These aren't just any old hallucinogens New cooked up, they're a strain of a drug that serves a specific purpose for a death cult. So now that EVERYONE hallucinated Non in his death t-shirt, even though Tee is the only one who ever saw him in it, and it's highkey unlikely that he described the shirt Non was wearing to them at any time (and certainly not to New when he hallucinated Non wearing it years ago), I would like to propose the theory that the ghost of Non they see is a very real very true ghost, and the things he says to them are very real very true things. The "thank you" he gives New is not a figment of New's troubled mind, but what Non actually has to say to him, just like everything else he says to everyone else: their actions may be the product of their guilt, but Non is actually speaking his ghostly mind to each of them.

#which means his message to tee was like why the fuck didn't you let me DIE #the way you tried to help me just prolonged my suffering #but yeah :( #there's ambiguity about if anything we saw happen this ep actually happened which means EYE shall of course be living in delulu land #with picking and choosing my own ending hehe #and that means there's ambiguity with this of course #is new hallucinating forgiveness and closure to make his desperate actions have meaning and value #or is non actually grateful someone fought for him? #we just don't know! #but i want that tragic final hand touch to be real #so it is. to ME #dead friend forever #dff #dff spoilers #dff the series spoilers #dear diary

[completeoveranalysis]

[4]

OH???

OHHHHH????????

DOES SAKURA ALSO HAVE A SECOND SECRET NAME???????

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!?!?

Is she saying that her name ISN’T Sakura? She introduced herself as Sakura in the Reservoir - but did she mean something else? Is “Sakura of the Kingdom of Clow” actually a title in this world, meaning her actual name is something else? Or is her name still transliterated as ‘Sakura’ but uses different characters to spell it, and that signifies a difference that she can hear here? 

OR is it some detail that’s world specific? Is her name something unique that only she can have, here? And implying that there’s another one is something that goes against the rules of how things work?

Does she have a fate that Sakura is meant to fulfil, but knowing that there’s more than one muddies her knowledge of the future more than she was ready for?

I genuinely don’t know!

But I love it!

Fuck me up Clamp! Make me the most confused I’ve ever been!

And isn’t THIS a stab to the heart!

Lava Lamp’s slow agreement to being named just with his name without a suffix? The LOOMING SHADOW that spreads out behind him on both sides when he does? (And indication of his feelings, or the dark fate that draws near when these characters start to grow closer?). 

And then she IMMEDIATELY uses the name and he just INSTANTLY blushes. 

He really is JUST like Syaoran. 

#Which one do I mean? #Yes! #And the SOFTNESS of the panel where Sakura says the name #How it’s so visibly different from everything around it #As if Lava Lamp’s memory ITSELF goes floaty at the thought #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Vol 191 #Tsubasa #Lava Lamp Guy #Sakura #Which Sakura? #A Sakura #MAYBE? #MAYBE NOT EVEN A SAKURA? #WE JUST DON'T KNOW!

[chavisory]

My parents are now so familiar with the dynamics of our building management situation that when I'm on the phone to my mother and say something like "the super is supposed to come tomorrow morning to deal with the bathroom and kitchen ceiling," she goes "but is he really?"

#i don't know! #we just don't know! #nyc

[eisforeidolon]

Look, I myself have approximately zero interest in shelling out $200 to see Radio Company live. However, if you can't understand any reason but greed for why a single one-off show at a club-size venue with a capacity of ~300? Would not price its tickets similarly to the nosebleed seats in arenas that hold ~65,000 for a tour with multiple dates across the country? It's not the people buying tickets at that price who you're making look clueless.

Obviously proximity to stage, exclusivity, and buyer demand relative to availability matter just as much as the relative popularity of an act in pricing. Just ... duh.

#how do prices work? #we just don't know! #anti actor stans #radio company wank

[caspercut]

i’m thinking about how tate was cremated, and honestly? there was probably little other choice. her body was visibly mangled by the garage door, which completely rules out the possibility of an open casket funeral. even burying her would forever tie the rileys to woodsburo, and i would not blame the mr. and mrs. if they wanted to leave their home behind in the wake of their daughter’s murder.

#the fact dewey has tatum's ashes ............ #have their parents also passed by 2022? it's a heavy grief to lose a child; it's an even heavier sorrow to almost lose another repeatedly #it's also plausible that dewey only has some of tatum's ashes & the rest is with their (living) parents #we just don't know! #honestly we also only see mrs. riley so who tf knows what's going on with mr. riley #𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍‚ 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚞𝚗𝚝‚ 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍.⠀ /⠀ ooc.

[liquidstar]

Yes, Greece still exists, we didn't all die 2000 years ago. Yes, people speak Greek. You people are so fucking stupid for real. So many of you claim to love ancient shit but can't even acknowledge the actual living culture of the people whose mythology and classics you romanticize. You keep leaving annoying comments about how you just forget Greek people still exist, thinking you're being quirky because you love ancient stuff soooo much that you forgot about the people it came from. You think about it so little you don't even realize that an actual Greek person has to read this shit, making it clear how little you actually care about the culture beyond the romanticized (and westernized) mythology. Don't claim you love Greece, don't use our mythology anymore if you can't acknowledge that we're still around without making it about how little you think about us. It's mind boggling that you'd think a Greek person would read this and think you're anything but obnoxious. Explode.

#this post is edited because you're all annoying. maybe I'll turn it back someday #it sucks that people can't even be normal about a funny family story once the fact that we're greek comes into the fold #suddenly its all about blorbofied mythology shit and idiots saying ''GREECE IS REAL???? 🤯🤯🤯🤯'' yeah percy j*ckson didnt make it up #maybe it would be less annoying if they weren't all saying it like I'd think it's funny that they don't know we exist instead of like #disturbing on a personal level. like what the fuck #man if you can't acknowledge we exist in real life just name your oc Icarus something else idgaf #so yeah explode. Skase. Voulos'to. Valto mesa sto katamalakismeno mouni tis mana's sou. Psophise. etc.

[inkskinned]

because sometimes there are invisible tests and invisible rules and you're just supposed to ... know the rule. someone you thought of as a friend asks you for book recommendations, so you give her a list of like 30 books, each with a brief blurb and why you like it. later, you find out she screenshotted the list and send it out to a group chat with the note: what an absolute freak can you believe this. you saw the responses: emojis where people are rolling over laughing. too much and obsessive and actually kind of creepy in the comments. you thought you'd been doing the right thing. she'd asked, right? an invisible rule: this is what happens when you get too excited.

you aren't supposed to laugh at your own jokes, so you don't, but then you're too serious. you're not supposed to be too loud, but then people say you're too quiet. you aren't supposed to get passionate about things, but then you're shy, boring. you aren't supposed to talk too much, but then people are mad when you're not good at replying.

you fold yourself into a prettier paper crane. since you never know what is "selfish" and what is "charity," you give yourself over, fully. you'd rather be empty and over-generous - you'd rather eat your own boundaries than have even one person believe that you're mean. since you don't know what the thing is that will make them hate you, you simply scrub yourself clean of any form of roughness. if you are perfect and smiling and funny, they can love you. if you are always there for them and never admit what's happening and never mention your past and never make them uncomfortable - you can make up for it. you can earn it.

don't fuck up. they're all testing you, always. they're tolerating you. whatever secret club happened, over a summer somewhere - during some activity you didn't get to attend - everyone else just... figured it out. like they got some kind of award or examination that allowed them to know how-to-be-normal. how to fit. and for the rest of your life, you've been playing catch-up. you've been trying to prove that - haha! you get it! that the joke they're telling, the people they are, the manual they got- yeah, you've totally read it.

if you can just divide yourself in two - the lovable one, and the one that is you - you can do this. you can walk the line. they can laugh and accept you. if you are always-balanced, never burdensome, a delight to have in class, champagne and glittering and never gawky or florescent or god-forbid cringe: you can get away with it.

you stare at your therapist, whom you can make jokes with, and who laughs at your jokes, because you are so fucking good at people-pleasing. you smile at her, and she asks you how you're doing, and you automatically say i'm good, thanks, how are you? while the answer swims somewhere in your little lizard brain:

how long have you been doing this now? mastering the art of your body and mind like you're piloting a puppet. has it worked? what do you mean that all you feel is... just exhausted. pick yourself up, the tightrope has no net. after all, you're cheating, somehow, but nobody seems to know you actually flunked the test. it's working!

aren't you happy yet?

#almost wrote the champagne line as ''effervescent'' but legit could not write it without saying ''effervescent like a snail'' #ah tumblr... #writeblr #warm up #idk . having trouble writing rn #ps i don't like to talk about it . it is my medical information. but before you ask. yes this is about being on the spectrum #i really don't like when ppl make my writing about how im [whatever ID]. i want it to ring true for the people who it rings true for #i don't want it to be like ''awwwww look at this person!!! she's the EXCEPTION!!! :)" ..... #no.... not really..... #idk something gross happens whenever i admit to certain conditions and i turn into like inspiration p*rnography #like yes they actually let us use keyboards these days #furthermore i just... dont feel comfortable talking about this part of me. i had too bad of a childhood. adhd is one thing... #this one im like. still coming to terms with. which is like. my own journey. #idk. just please be kind. some things are more private than others. this one feels private to me. #i do not know how to help others w/this . and i do not know how to help myself. i will talk about it if im ever ready. idk if that will #actually ever happen #ty in advance i love u im kissing you we are kissing somewhere on the spectrum

[blinkpen]

(i Will go back to everlasting haitus if that GFM slows down too much btw, seeing it to its goal ASAP is my primary focus right now)

#i don't want to move the goalposts but i don't want donations to slow to a crawl just bc they are Halfway there #they obviously do still need to get ALL the way there to get the whole family out + get medical care they need #and they need it -quickly- and i -know- we -can- but it requires people besides me! #please help me help them

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

sick of this anti-aging obsession. let's go in the opposite direction. i want more characters who are hardened & grizzled & have a face lined with the harrowing tribulations of time--and then halfway through the narrative u find out they're 27

#they aren't even a chainsmoker or anything they just don't wear sunscreen are chronically dehydrated and have witnessed the Horrors #u know. like most of us #ideally we first meet them in a bar where they are guzzling from a tankard like a mysterious and dangerous stranger #later we find out it's not ale they're on a kombucha kick #they've been making it in their basement w/ the help of a college roommate who quit a biochemistry phd to become a beekeeper

[1alchemistart]

dont got much to offer for The Holiday but have these sillies!

happy valentines day :D

#sxf #spy x family #damianya #damian desmond #anya forger #my art #i am sleepy rn im scheduling this ahead of time like several hours ahead JKSDFKLS #unrelated to sxf. the tags are my speaking place shush #was not expecting the toby fox newsletter to have so much for me to think about JKKLDFSS #good ole gaster sending us love letters (we don't KNOW it's gaster but like. typing pattern + him being the only character to be like) #(directly referring to the game as deltarune) #ALSO THE WEATHERMEN HAVE NAMES NOW ?!?!? AND ARE IN LOVE ???!?! #so happy for them fr #i didnt get the mettaton card but like just know. that is my essence. all those blingee-core sparkles. those picmix hearts. me #anyway YIPPEE WAHOO

[glorious-spoon]

i know we all laugh (mostly fondly) about the paper-thin plots in porn that only exist to make the sex happen, but i was reading some old stargate fic over the weekend, and i really think we're sleeping on the paper-thin hurt/comfort plot that only exists to force the characters to FEEL THINGS.

like, is this scenario realistic? no. does it make any rational sense? no. does it provide a built-in excuse for a character to collapse, bloody and disoriented, into the arms of his beloved/friend/partner? obviously, that's the whole point of this exercise.

i love it. it's my favorite thing in the world.

#writing #hurt/comfort #much like smut it operates on the assumption that we all know what we're here for #obviously you CAN write a fully coherent plot with hurt/comfort elements just like you can write one with smutty elements #and those are lovely too #but there's something so charming about fics that are like #'look we all know what you came here for. i don't have to explain myself.'

[sixthrock]

found a delightfully specific subreddit today

#birds #reddit #what are birds #we just don't know

[completeoveranalysis]

[4]

Of course the Duty Driven Lava Lamp accepts the task, even though he’s only like SIX. 

LOVE the lack of reaction from his father when he says it. The little “...” packs so much potential emotion just beneath the surface. Especially since we can probably safely assume that his father ALSO knows something about what this will eventually lead into. 

See it’s THIS kind of detail that would solidly link Lava Lamp to Li Syaoran IF IT WERE TRUE. To have the iconic CCS sword and pass it on to him as his inheritance from his father, who owns it, is a clear bridge towards the dots CLAMP want you to connect for yourself, even though they’re still hiding the confirmation from us literally in the same panel. 

But that aside I love that the hidden face gives the memory this heartbreaking tinge to it, as if Lava Lamp remembers the moment but can’t quite recall what his own parents looked like, not after all this time. It’s been a solid 20 years for him since this happened, possibly longer depending on how long some arcs took.

Naturally, he remembers the duty and the weight of the moment, because he’s a Syaoran, but the framing of it all makes it FEEL like his own personal connection to his memories have faded as a result. He did what he had to do, but perhaps he ended up losing memories of his family over time as a result - which is another mirror to how he willing he is to sell pieces of himself away to fix everything.

#ALSO #Just noticing that the ceremonial string on the sword #Is looping around to turn it into an infinity symbol #Which is a CHOICE #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Tsubasa #Vol 192 #Lava Lamp Guy #Which Syaoran? #A Syaoran #And time loops also! #Like we’ve just SEEN an actual time loop #But also Lava Lamp’s life is repeating itself already #He’s lived his life in Clow #Then watched someone else live a different version of his life in clow #And now he’s back in that period of time in Clow for a third time! #And are there more? #Are there bigger loops in the timestream? #We just don't know! #YET

[captainjonnitkessler]

Do you guys notice how when Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers union, started planning a general strike, he did it by a) targeting his messaging towards unions with the ability to safely and effectively strike in large numbers, b) laid out a clear, actionable plan for those unions to follow (setting contracts to all expire at the same time, since many unions cannot strike while under contract), c) is using union contracts to set clear, actionable demands that can be met in order to gauge success and provide an end goal, and d) started organizing FOUR YEARS before the proposed strike date to give people the chance to plan accordingly, because it takes a really freaking long time to get tens of millions of people organized?

You notice how he didn't do it by slapping a message on Twitter saying 'hey nobody go to work on Monday, that'll really show 'em'?

#those 'monday is a general strike stay home if you can!!!' posts are SO performative and they really annoy me #like. you MUST know you can't organize a general strike of tens of millions of people by sharing an infographic on twitter. Right? #don't even get me started on the most recent one that was like 'we understand the last strike only gave one day of notice' #'so this time we're giving you two! strike is on tuesday everyone don't forget!' #like GENUINELY was that supposed to be a joke #the linked article also touches on how difficult actual organizing a workplace is which is nice #because they mention previous failed attempts in which organizers basically just handed out leaflets #and assumed the benefits would be obvious. which i think is basically the equivalent of posting an infographic on twitter #which is to say - not effective at all. Organizing is a LOT of work! Running an effective union even more so! #labor rights

[anneapocalypse]

So, just curious how many writers and creators will have to be forcibly outed by relentless harassment before we acknowledge that "This queer characters was written by a cishet person and that's why they're bad" is not good criticism.

#yes i'm just going to come out and say it i'm talking about sera #not exclusively but i am talking about her #'but her writer actually iS A--' you don't know that! it doesn't matter! and i don't care! #just say that you do not like the character. #people will reblog posts about the latest actor or YA author or whatever getting forced out of the closet and be like #'wow. :( that's terrible.' #and then GO RIGHT BACK TO DOING IT #when are we going to learn #when are we going to stop doing this BEFORE somebody is forcibly outed #because in practical terms #that means you have to be okay with queer characters being written by straight people. #you have to stop weaponizing that against writers you don't like. #you have to be willing to critique the writing on its own merits #without using the writer's (assumed) identity to prop up your arguments #that's how it works #but who wants to actually change the way they talk about media #when tearing apart people's identities for clout is far more entertaining. #gwaren exports #fandom problems #fandom critical