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dollsome-does-tumblr · 1 year

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some ted lasso 3.05 thoughts, tedbecca-heavy as per usual--

this is a dumb point to start with, but the models in the car driving off listening to "wake me up before you go-go!” and being such an obvious homage to the pre-gasoline fight zoolander scene really warmed my heart and soul. FLAWLESS. that is simply what life is like when you are a model.

i think ted and rebecca might be happening. their scene in the hallway caused me to hug a throw pillow and announce to my bf in overjoyed dismay, “if they actually get together i’m going to DIE!!!!!!” he was like, “maybe they’ll die,” to which i shrieked, “NO! i need them to LIVE and FALL IN LOVE!!!!!” i’m a great tv-watching companion. (we might have a slight roy and keeley energy going.) that moment where they were both like ‘psychic? bullying? wtf is going on? why are we so freakily on the same wavelength?’ and i was like ‘FINALLY, YOU FOOLS, THIS IS HOW WE’VE BEEN SUFFERING FOREVER!!!!!!!!’ was just really almost too much for me to handle. that wide shot of them staring at each other in alarm. help!!!!!!!

john wingsnight, coming back with the unexpected shite in nining armor!!!!!!

crying over rebecca welton is actually something that can be so personal, aaaaah. i’m really relieved that i do not think we are getting a pregnancy storyline because i really didn’t want that. i’m looking forward to seeing how the mother thing might happen a different way. i’m being extremely restrained and tactful and not making any more specific predictions than that.

also, rebecca not being able to get ahold of keeley throughout this episode really had me :’(. the emergency contact moment? NO! (what if .......... ted .................)

obviously i need keeley and roy to get back together and i’m in pain, but keeley/jack is def as fun a rebound situation as i can imagine. (bi keeley, overtly confirmed at last!) also, the lamb!!! messy, but cute af.

shandy’s quitting scene was extremely hilarious. what a journey!

roy’s neverending bully revenge monologue ................. astounding.

i really liked that we got a leslie and rebecca chat in this episode. i love them together! i’m also going to believe that the biscuit box being right there open behind the matchbox was an homage to “helping us see something that we can’t quite see ourselves” ........

i know that jade/nate is kind of tricky due to their searingly tense and awkward history, but i like the idea of her really getting a glimpse of nate’s good-heartedness and his sincere love of the restaurant and that being the thing to melt her heart toward him. and i just want nate to have someone he can have fun & laugh with in an end-of-ep montage!

r.i.p. believe sign! (r.i.p., rip, it works on levels!)

ted being done with shame and all that shit!!!!! ted finding his way out of his panic attack!!!! my heart is very full!!!!!!

“where one night out unlocks truths for many”

“where one night out unlocks truths for many” ????????????????????????

(chuckles) i’m in danger!

#dollsome's deep thoughts #ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #ted x rebecca #tedbecca

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according2thelore · 2 months

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any time (every time) I see a clip or gif of dean's little meltdown in 'yellow fever', where he's like "sam!!!! we actively search out things that want to kill us!! or eat us!!!" I always think of this poster that the theology major who lived across the hall from me freshman year of undergrad had taped to her door, which was a painting of the archangel michael that had electric yellow text over the top which said, "blessed st. michael, guard my room. don't let anything kill me or eat me. kill it with your sword. kill it with your sword. amen."

anon...that's the fucking funniest thing i've heard all week...what do you mean??

i had to search this with a truly frightening fervor and rapidity...is this the poster in question??? holy shit????

behold:

the repetition, perfect.

the fact that it clarifies this is from a little boy?? i am in the little boy in question, manifesting acts of incredible violence from st. michael. amen.

(on an almost unrelated note, this makes me mourn the almost michael!dean we had. everyone talks about eldritch vessel sam, but rarely do i see any vessel dean content...he randomly finds out in the middle of a case that he's good with swords--like, freakily good with swords. he tries to lug swords to all of their cases which is super impractical and useless against most of the things they fight and sam mocks him relentlessly for it. children flock to dean like ants to dropped food, just to say hi. scared civilians run to dean first. dean can't step into a church without the light getting really bright and the sun turning all the stained glass windows to gold. dean slips and falls in mud and yells at the sky and it?? stops raining?? just the once, but dean tells sam to stop messing with him because he's storm from x-men now, "except my boobs are better." much to think about.)

thank you for this ask, anon. i am kissing you. this made my truly awful week so much better--i haven't stopped laughing.

-lizzy

#ask box #lizzy answers #lizzy writes

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ntls-24722 · 8 months

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So i yassified (very slightly, more like redrew) These Two from the last post

Also, freakily enough, Camel spider bartender actually has silicone "skin" and hair on its face and abdomen, so it feels organic. For no reason other than gross factor. It works

Also, pseudoscopion windup! They work alongside the schizomida freaks and are generally stronger, and aren't as populous as the schizomida ones.

THIS RICINULEI ONE, WHICH, OH MY GOD. WHY WAS I NEVER INFORMED OF THESE CUTIE PATOOTIES.

LOOK AT THEM THEY LOOK LIKE IF A WEEVIL AND A SPIDER HAD A BABY!!! ITS GOT BOOTS ON!!! colloquial name for em are hooded tickspiders and despite their name they aren't bloodsuckers just unfortunately named, and they don't have eyes, which is why this guy has constantly closed eyes. I lvoe him so so much. he was inspired by koalas and Uncle Klunk from showbiz pizza, thank you garf for introducing me to Klunk.

I think he and DJMM would be good friends not just because they're both very spiderlike but also because he's not very popular in comparison to the rest of the cast.

DJMM DELUXE!

Many of his improvements are very based on their restaurant location, as DJMM deluxe is one of the few who are not up for auction. He coordinates shows and oftentimes is on the design team for just about anything in the restaurant, be it a seasonal theme or new, upcoming feature. That and he actually produces "silk!"

He's based on habronattus clypeatus, a paradise spider, ones that dazzle their women with their hairy, colorful armpits. Cool!

big gallery of adult forms of almost every species in habronattus

More salt to DJMM's wound but DJMM was actually very popular when he was in the restaurant (partially because he was the most recognizable arachnid, yknow, an actual spider) and when he was sold there was a lot of demand for him to be back, and because of that demand he was hoping that he just might have a chance of getting out of the plex just due to the nostalgia of the original DJMM not being there.

And then Deluxe was made.

And because Deluxe was made, there's not only no chance of him getting back, but there's also now no place for him even if he did get back.

#ntls-24722 #djmm #dj music man #music man #(almost) daily music man #womp womp for dj

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late-to-the-magnus-archives · 1 year

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part three of the Vast!Jon AU that is taking over my life

Have some Martin.

Danny Stoker is part of this, now?

Yes, EVERYBODY HAS TO CRY. Shut up.

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Martin’s frilly, pink apron is almost too saturated on camera, but he knows that’s how the viewers love it. He’s even added a pop of lip gloss today, a shade between the apron and the hearts it bears.

“Now, you’ll know it’s done in two ways,” he says, donning his thick oven mitts - wildly orange, but the hearts on them match his apron exactly. “First, the smell. You’ll recognize it after you’ve baked this recipe about six times. There’s nothing quite as good as these orange-cranberry muffins when they reach this stage, and if you’re in a place where you can smell it, it’s incredible. Fortunately, there’s a more reliable, less woo-woo way, too.” He waggles his eyebrows and gives a brilliant smile.

It’s his on-camera smile.

And his applying-for-jobs smile.

And his meeting-new-people smile.

It is sweet, and hopeful, and his eyes aren’t quite closed, and his chin is raised, and it comes across as open and kind and not quite vulnerable enough to invite hurt.

Sure, some people try, but they're trolls, and he just blocks them.

��Behold: your secret weapon!” And he brandishes a toothpick.

Tim laughs off-camera.

Danny mutters something like, “Yeah, they’ve never seen that before.”

“Yeah, well, maybe they haven’t,” says Martin, turning to them for the briefest moment before smiling back at his livestream. “The toothpick is your greatest weapon - well. After learning how to fold instead of stir, anyway. Look, this little guy can tell you if it’s ready, better than a thermometer, or knocking on it, or whatever else you've been told. Let me show you. Now, I know from the smell that the muffins aren’t ready, so I get to show you what it looks like when they’re not.”

He does.

The muffins need a few more minutes, and that is perfect, because he shows the camera how batter clings to the toothpick.

“Time for an awkward cut,” he says, and then there is an awkward cut.

Because there’s nothing to do until the damn muffins are done.

Fortunately, everybody loves the wait for it animation: a tiny version of him with anime eyes, huge, red curly hair, a chef’s hat, and his ubiquitous apron, prancing back and forth from the counter to the stove in an unending loop.

“You’re nearly there,” says Tim, who gets it, who understands why Martin is fucking distracted today.

No one who didn’t personally know Martin would know.

Anyone who does know him could clearly see he is a mess.

“I,” says Martin, and doesn’t finish his sentence.

Jon’s plane went down. That is all anyone knows. That is all anybody can tell him.

Neither tears nor manipulation will bring more info, and so Martin must wait.

He is not okay.

“Ready?” says Danny, keeping them - as always - on schedule. “Three, two….”

“Look at this!” says Martin a moment later, drawing a clean toothpick from the middle muffin. “Now, we’re talking. Oh… everyone, I wish you could smell this.”

And he does one of his little moans.

Those moans are what made his channel.

Someone tried to make #BlackwoodMoan work for a while (like that movie with Samuel L. Jackson), but the fan base rose up and declared Martin too good, too pure to be associated in such a way.

#MartinMoan is the hashtag.

There are gifs.

It’s a high sound, sweet, freakily innocent, and it somehow brushes against every illicit desire any human has ever had for anything. He’s seen compilations of it, clipped together in a tapestry of embarrassment.

He doesn’t mind, exactly?

He did make the sound on purpose. He knew it was effective because it actually got Jon flushed and stammering, and damn near nothing else did.

Martin had merely underestimated just how effective it would be out in the great, wide world.

“They’re perfect,” he says, and takes the time to show the camera the light golden muffins, speckled with red - a perfect batch of orange cranberry baked good from scratch.

The stream ends with him opening one up, peeling the cap off with indescribable satisfaction, adding a tiny pat of butter, and indulging.

The eye-roll is a thing too, like a hungry shark, but that one doesn’t have a hashtag.

“Recipe in the description,” he mumbles, sounding like he’s been fucked within an inch of his life. “My team will answer any questions. You have got to make this. We’ve also included dairy and gluten free options. Bake well, my lovelies, and enjoy your life.”

Bake well, my lovelies, and enjoy your life. He’s ended every single video with that since day one.

Since before Tim and Danny joined him.

Since before he had the courage to tell anyone he was doing this, even Jon.

As always, he means every word.

This time, however, when the camera light blinks off, he bursts into tears.

“He’s got to be okay,” says Tim, who knows Jon, thinks he’s funny, and appreciates how much Martin loves him. “We haven’t gotten a list of deaths, or anything, and they have to release that, as far as I know.”

“They do have to,” says Danny, who barely knows Jon, and doesn’t really like him, but certainly wants Martin to be happy.

“Only to next of kin,” Martin points out, and sniffles.

Tim and Danny both pause.

“He doesn’t have you listed?” says Tim.

“I’m his friend. We’re not anything. Of course he doesn’t,” Martin snaps, and feels bad for it immediately after.

Tim and Danny give one another that look.

“Right,” says Tim. “Not anything.”

Martin rubs his face.

Danny gives Martin a side-hug - too strong, like a mountain man, but well meant. “He’s going to be okay. Have faith.”

“The plane went down.” Martin’s voice is… cold. Almost mechanical. A tone he’d never use with anyone who didn’t know him well. “It hit a gods-damned mountain. What am I supposed to have faith in?”

“Love?” says Tim.

“Actually, yeah. Love,” says Danny.

Martin gives them a look.

They look back. Two brothers, good friends, who’ve been part of his show and part of his life and helped him navigate the mess with his mother and helped him work out his feelings for his childhood friend and now want to help him work through potential grief.

Or his potential… faith, maybe?

Martin can’t seem to fall either way - acceptance of Jon’s death, or hope for his survival. He’s left at a lurching, ugly crossroad with no name, the sign worn beyond legibility.

He sniffles.

“Gonna be late,” says Tim.

“Yeah,” Martin sighs, because somehow after everything, he still has to go to work.

Patreon helps. The baking show definitely makes things easier. But it’s not enough to support his mother. Full-time care facilities aren’t cheap.

Martin tries to smile. “Good thing I’m in the kitchen, right? Don’t think I’d do so well facing customers today.”

“You would, though,” says Tim, and pats him on the shoulder. “Never seen anybody fake it as well as you.”

“Gee, thanks?” Martin says, dry.

Tim ruffles his hair. “Come on. Let’s get the lead out, or… I dunno, something punny.”

Danny never tries to pun. He also has no sense of timing. “I’ve been thinking of taking another job,” he says out of nowhere.

“What, now?” says Tim with fond exasperation.

Martin latches onto the subject change like a leech as he hangs up his apron. “What? I thought you were getting promoted.”

“Yeah, but kayaks just aren’t doing it for me anymore,” Danny says, and ignores when Martin rolls his eyes, reaches into his wallet, and hands Tim a fiver. “I’ve been thinking a lot about supernatural stuff lately, you know? All the things we can’t explain, but every culture and every society has them, all the way through history. And you know, the chances of that are pretty slim, because it’s not like there were fax machines in the stone age, and - ”

“So what’s her name?” says Tim.

Danny looks constipated. “What do you mean, what’s her name?”

“It’s always some date who gets you into a new interest. Come on, Danny, it’s been like that since secondary.”

Danny shrugs. “Caught me. How about I let her explain? We can do dinner tonight.”

“I don’t…” Martin starts.

They both look at him.

“You are not backing out,” says Tim.

“I’m supposed to see my mum,” Martin mutters.

“And it’ll be done in about fifteen minutes when she can’t stand you anymore and throws you out,” says Danny, who really has never had Tim’s charm.

Tim smacks him.

“Hey!”

“No, he’s right,” says Martin. “I’ll come.”

“Good. You’d better, or I’m taking some of this one’s leftover mountaineering gear and hogtying you to the back of my bike,” says Tim.

That image actually gets Martin laughing, which he didn’t think he could do today.

The brothers leave first.

Martin’s flat is tiny. Uncomfortable. Distinctly not sound-proofed. He has one window, room for his lovely kitchen setup, and three folding chairs or a Murphy bed, but not at the same time.

Somehow, when the Stokers are there, it never feels crowded.

It doesn’t with Jon, either, but that’s different.

All kinds of different.

Martin locks up, sighs heavily. Somehow, he has to get his brain in gear to handle four-star sous-chef work tonight, and he’s really not sure he can do it. Antoine can be such an ass, even on the best of days, and he always seems to know -

“Excuse me,” comes a voice.

Martin yips and drips his satchel.

“Sorry about that,” says the man, sounding not remotely sorry. Sounding, in fact, deeply amused. “You are Martin Blackwood, aren’t you? Little different without all the getup,” he says, absolutely cheerfully.

He’s some sort of sea captain?

Outside his flat, which is scary as fuck. “Hi?” says Martin, attempting to pick up his bag without taking his eyes off the guy. “Um. Can I help you?”

“Actually, I can help you,” says the man.

Maybe a fan?

Maybe a sicko.

Martin is very still. “Right,” he says, noncommittal.

The man laughs.

It’s… it’s a really good laugh. The voice is good all around, honestly; so is the expression, and body language. This man isn’t aggressive; taller than Martin (which is unusual), he keeps his hands in his pockets, leaning slightly away, as though determined not to violate his space. “I can tell I’ve spooked you, which isn’t what I was trying to do.”

Martin can see no reason to be unnerved by this man.

Martin cannot escape the feeling that he should be, though. “Then why’d you track down where I live?” he says.

“I didn’t. I saw you by accident.” The man points. “Heading over there, to the Tube. But it works out, because I actually do want to talk to you.”

“Right,” says Martin.

The sea captain smiles. “Nice and cautious. Good! Let’s not drag this out, eh? You won’t have heard of me because I like it that way, but what I do is help out independent talent. People like you, in other words. Here.” He holds out a business card.

There’s a QR code on it.

Martin takes it, carefully avoiding contact. “Right,” he says.

“That’ll tell you all about it,” says the man. “I won’t scare you any longer - really am sorry about that.” He’s absolutely not sorry, and it shows.

Martin is damned good at reading people. It’s how he’s survived. The fact that he can’t get a bead on this guy is scaring him even more than the sudden appearance. “Sure.”

“Have a good day, Martin,” says the man. “I look forward to your email.” And off he walks.

Martin looks at the card. It says, Lukas Entertainment. That’s all.

It’s thick cardstock. Raised lettering. Definitely expensive.

Martin looks back up, but the man is gone.

Martin’s gut says there is no way he made it to the Tube that quickly.

Martin’s head says he’s being absurd, and just misjudged how long he stared at the card.So that was freaky, he thinks to himself, and is already texting Tim about it before he gets to work.

#tma #tma fic #fic in proress #martin blackwood #lonely!martin #vast!jon #wip #amwriting #tma au

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coldgoldlazarus · 10 months

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I feel like part of the reason Volume 9's ending is so controversial, even aside from the greater context of all the stupid discourse around the show as a whole, is because of the way the central mystery of the tree unfolds across the Volume. Because from a storytelling and structural standpoint, the whole thing kind of takes an unusual approach.

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With a mystery, you know there's something you don't know, but you don't know the truth. With a twist, you don't even know there's something being hidden from you until the reveal; until then you're likely just taking everything at face value. (Someone killed the owner of the estate. Luke's father was killed by Vader. The Matoran live in a normal collection of islands.) In either case, though, the setup is that there is an underlying true reality being concealed at first, by a false surface layer of perception implying a different truth. (The killer was one of the jealous guests. Luke's father is dead and irrelevant, and Vader is an uncomplicated scary villain. There is nothing unusual about these islands or their geographical relationship with each other.) And then that false layer is stripped away near the end, and the rest of the story carries forth with the truth being beyond further doubt. (The killer was actually the butler. Darth Vader is Luke's father. The entire archipelogo is housed inside of a giant planet-sized robot.)

Hell, even RWBY does this too, with Salem and Oz and their backstory. Salem and Oz exist, and you know that you don't know their past or motivations. Some clues are given, but nothing really concrete. Then Oz lies and says his reincarnation was a punishment for failing to stop her; implying they were always enemies and she was always a threat; creating a false layer. And then the Lost Fable comes along, peeling away that falsehood by showing what really happened. And from there on, that's the knowledge we've been operating on.

There's even somewhat of a layer-and-a-half version of this with Alyx. She's established as the generally good and wholesome heroine of a fairytale, even if a not-unproblematic one. Then she's revealed to have been much more selfish and cruel than initially presented. But then in the end, while that version of the story isn't entirely contested, there is still the reveal of some further hidden context, that at the end she realized she had done wrong, and wanted to set out to fix things.

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But with Volume 9 as a whole, and the central mystery of the tree and Ascension, the whole thing doesn't unfold or resolve nearly as cleanly, and it becomes a running back-and-forth between conflicting viewpoints. In a way it isn't even a mystery in the sense of there being some hidden truth, as you get all relevant information early on, but it is still presented as a mystery because almost all of that information and how to interpret it comes from shady sources.

-Layer one: RWBY meet the Herbalist, and meet their past selves. The idea of change is put forth, but rejected by three, and Ruby wavering feels like a bad thing given her overall headspace. The Cat disrupts things, suggests the Herbalist needs to change instead, and the Herbalist vanishes freakily. Ruby starts the next episode running the fuck away. Conclusion: Change (ascension) bad.

-Layer two: The Cat explains everything about Ascension, what the Herbalist was trying to do, and what happened to them. Conclusion: Nothing unusual here, it's all part of the cycle, Ascension good.

-Layer three: Jaune shows up, says the Cat is lying, Ascension is still death where it matters, and furthermore the Cat is revealed to have left out important information about Alyx, casting doubt on their trustworthiness. Conclusion: Ascension bad?

-Layer four: Meeting the Paper Pleasers and seeing their benign captivity. The extent of Jaune's instability becomes clear, casting doubt on his narrative or at least his perception thereof. Conclusion: Ascension good?

-Layer five: The Paper Pleasers break the dam, destroying the village and essentially committing suicide as we understand it, making a more explicit connection between ascension and death as concepts. However, there is still no confirmation of whether or not this was good for them in the end or not. Conclusion: Ascension is? Something???

Layer six: In the next episode, Neo and Ruby are both also going with Jaune's interpretation at this point, (and also not the most stable right now, but) nothing happens to dispute this right away. On top of that, the cat returns only to be revealed as a villain trying to mislead Ruby from the start, implicitly confirming nothing they had to say was trustworthy. Little dies, Ruby drinks the tea out of despair, and vanishes like the Herbalist. Conclusion: Ascension = suicide, Ascension BAD!!!

-Layer seven: (Will come back to this in a bit)

-Layer eight: The Paper Pleasers return as the Genial Gems. Conclusion: Ascension = suicide, but ascension good? Wait a second...

-Layer nine: Ruby meets the Blacksmith, who assures her that nothing can happen that she doesn't want, before asking her to seriously examine what it is she wants. Conclusion: Ascension =/= suicide after all? Ascension good maybe?

-Layer ten: Ruby has no idea, just that she doesn't want her current circumstances, an impossible war that even her (perfect) mother couldn't win. After seeing a vision of Summer's past that reveals her to not have been so perfect, Ruby finally realizes maybe she is enough after all, and emerges still as herself, changed only in spirit. Conclusion: Ascension good for Afterans, but the team doesn't need it, but Ruby did sorta need it to get this chance to learn about Summer and figure herself out at least?

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So part of the problem is just, all that back-and forth and ambiguity. Is it good? Is it bad? Is Jaune right and the Cat wrong? Is the Cat right and Jaune wrong? If they're both wrong, what is the truth? I like the approach, but where it is a bit of an issue is giving the audience time and prompting to come to their own conclusions before the actual answer is revealed.

Then the second part of the problem is of course in the framing later on; taking a hypothetical fantasy concept and making ut suddenly very real in connection to a serious topic like death and even suicide. Which is generally, yanno, regarded as a pretty bad thing by most people. Whether this was an irresponsible decision from a like, writing sensitivity standpoint, I am not equipped to discuss; but just from a communication and audience reception standpoint it is a pretty solid way to ensure that however people feel about it at this point, they are now going to feel VERY STRONGLY about. The ending does kinda loosen that connection again, but not entirely, so the fact that Ruby still benefitted from it overall, even if she didn't go all the way, could still come across badly depending on personal interpretation.

(I do like the reading that it's more akin to a failed suicide attempt that serves as a wake-up-call, but I am also not the kind of person who this sort of thing would directly affect, so my opinion is only worth so much in the grand scheme of things.)

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And all of this is further complicated by a third issue, that being audience... trust, for lack of a better word. And to a certain extent this one is unavoidable with this show, RT's been under fire for years and years; (both for unfair petty reasons, and extremely fair and warranted ones alike) so unless you're watching the show somehow completely insulated from all the fandom/hatedom BS or RT's various controversies, some of that is inevitably going to come in and influence how all of this reads to you.

But even pushing all of that back aside again, there's one other bit in the show itself that would still create this third problem, even for the aformentioned theoretical internet-insulated viewer:

-Layer seven: Weird slo-mo when WBYJ arrive as Ruby's drinking the tea, making it unclear whether they had time to process or react to what was happening or were genuinely just standing there for no reason. This is further compounded by the opening of the next episode, where they continue to not react all that strongly to Ruby vanishing, and a few scenes later are smiling cheerfully at the Genial Gems. Conclusion: What the fuck, this feels weird and OOC, and I am now aware of the writers.

(Personally, I am of two minds on this part. Regardless of the audience's opinion at this point, WBY are established as still of a pro-Ascension persuasion after Jaune turned out to be nutty, so them not being as concerned does make sense. Plus, them not having seen what the audience did of what went down between Ruby and Neo at least makes the lack of immediate reaction to the tea make sense.)

(However, at the same time, they still have the context that Neo means ill for Ruby, so could put together pretty quickly afterward that what happened was Bad and the tea was Bad, so regardless of their stance on Ascension, the lack of any significant amount of worry or uncertainty (until Yang's brief outburst at the Ruby statue) still comes across weirdly.)

Regardless of intent, that whole stretch was either terribly out of character, or at best very poorly communicated. It is a mistake that takes the audience out of the story, makes them aware of the writers, and so in conjunction with the aforementioned suicide connection, makes them less receptive to the overall conclusion the story is about to reach. If something weird like this happened earlier it would still hurt the story, but probably to a lesser extent; it following right off of an already-controversial episode and coming right before the ending makes its impact so much worse, a test of how much trust you have left in the story. Conclusion: The writers are fallible and whatever they want me to think of Ascension could also be wrong.

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Overall, idk where exactly I was going with this; I just think it's kinda interesting to look at. I went into Volume 9 expecting it to either restore or completely break my fraying trust in the show's writing after V8's ending, and by the end it ultimately did neither; I'm still willing to hear them out for another volume, but they're still on thin ice with me, and while I've generally kept my opinions on the show itself separate from the IRL stuff with RT, that certainly hasn't helped either. The Volume in isolation was a mostly good experience, but still messy and flawed; in a way it is probably good that I went in expecting that and so was not severely disappointed by those flaws.

But again pushing all the bigger stuff aside, I just find the whole plotline around Ascension and how the characters' (and by extension the audience's) understanding of it shifted over time rather interesting. Like I said, I feel like that sort of continuous back-and-forth was as much of a contributor to it landing differently for different people, as the sucide connection in Episode 8 and characterization fuckup in Episode 9; (though those definitely acted as amplifiers) even without them, the time spent on it and ambiguity around it led to people coming to their own conclusions ahead of time. A sort of thematic rorsach test, in a way. And then when Episode 10 came, it was down to whether you already agreed with its conclusion, disagreed but came around, or would stick to your guns.

#not a reblog #rwby #rwby discourse #rwby volume 9 #rambling

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aaronymous999 · 6 months

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Procrastinating proofreading a fanfic so be ready for your favorite Spider-Man enjoyer to spam post about the dynamics between his Spider OCs for the next few posts!

Aaron and Liz Allan

Because Aaron isn’t exactly accepted into the Spider Society, their interactions are incredibly few and far between, but Liz is always the top operative Miguel decides to send to Earth 5169, as she blends in pretty well and gets along with Aaron. She’s willing to lie to Aaron on Miguel’s half, telling him that she is just automatically sent to Earth 5169 whenever there’s a problem. Which Aaron always believes, although Cindy is a lot more skeptical than Aaron, but she doesn’t butt in on their dynamic.

When Goldweaver first arrived to defeat a glitching futuristic Black Cat, she didn’t interact much with Aaron, and wanted to leave as soon as possible. But when Aaron started asking questions and begged her to stay. She quickly realized her connection with him was beyond both of them being Spider-People, she could tell they were both the same person, relatively. They were different in the ways that mattered, but their home lives and childhood up until Middle School was freakily similar, and it may or may not have given Liz a gender crisis and Aaron questioning himself. They talked for a bit and Liz stuck around for about a week, just until Miguel called her back.

That first meeting of theirs was fun, they went around in their civilian forms ( Aaron saying Liz was his cousin although Peter just KNEW that was bullshit. ) and having fun. Liz doesn’t get the chance to just mess around all that often and have fun, especially in other universes, so it gave her a bit of a different perspective on the whole, universal crime fighting thing, which she usually covered up back in her universe with “day long roadtrips”, but now she started taking more “week long roadtrips.”

The next few times they met have been pretty uneventful, but they’ve grown a deep bond, and despite their differences have really bonded over their similarities, and Aaron often gives Liz advice on her guilt over bullying Petra. Since Aaron himself was bullied by the same people Liz used to hang out with. Which Liz also feels secondhand guilty for even though Aaron assures her that she’s in an entire different universe and that it’s not her fault. They ESPECIALLY bond over Mark after the events of Arc 1, having a supervillain brother that is the same dude is pretty relatable for them.

More recently however Aaron has become to question how exactly she gets to his universe all the time, and she’s been struggling not to tell him the truth. Especially about her friends at HQ who are almost exactly like Aaron’s friends in his universe. But Aaron hasn’t fully worked up the courage to confront her about it just yet, and Liz is only feeling more and more guilty, so she’ll probably end up confessing about the Spider Society to him.

#aaronymous ramblings #spiderman #spider man #aaronymous ocs #spider-man #oc #ocs #spidersona #liz allan #spidersonas #spider sona #Spider-Man: Aaron Allan

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thetruthlsoutthere · 7 months

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Weirdness around Oct. 24th, 2021

this was a message i made to someone, a friend in this belief, on this day, around the afternoon after 4 pm. click on the read more link because it's long. This was my half of a conversation with someone so only focus on that, okay? okay.

::::: i have always felt it strongly, espeially more since that point and its flaring up really bad right now like intense. im trying to calm my breathing but i have to tell you. i am freaked out O_o

first off, my senses: my hearing is so freakily good - like based on whatever sound , even if it's talking, regardless of volume but especially if its to the point of under someones breath or whispering, i can hear it perfectly as if they are right next to me. thats the hearing . its always been like that

the sight: its like i almost dont even need my glasses anymore because given a 10 rating, my sight is more than that or exactly that and my glasses help better but its like i could be without them now and i can see everything with freakishly good clarity

the touch: i mean, plain and simple, down to perfection, thats an obvious

taste: same thing

feeling: thats the same as touch and taste but its like similarily , it feels more intense for me, everything/ living like you feel it normally as a human but its like idk, i dont know how to explain. it scared tf out of me

i was looking through one of the "Doctor Who' books i have, and i cant begin to express how much i felt a homesickness, sense of loss and pain and feeling of deja vu at the pictures it showed of Gallifrey, other places, the Tardis, other alien species and felt like i was home, like i had been there, like i had been among these species of aliens

im always watching and looking for anything strange, especially with close perimeter of where i live and im almost waiting for that door thing to happen again bc i still hear things outside and the strange lights in the sky, one in particular that feels like it could not be a star among any of them. the weird lights that are definitely not stars and the way theyd act, the movement, hearing things and the wierd lights on ground level like something among the trees, the animals sensing and even the baby sensing things in and outside the home that no one, even me, can see

references to Gallifrey, timelords and ladies, time and space, traveling, the Doctor, the Master, popping out everywhere, the name Clara too, same thing with 'ravens', the silent calls too have been constant lately. lets not even get started on my dreams and the meanings they seem to be sending

and from the begininning to now still: the sense of its like there is a home here, but i dont know how else other to describe it in a sense that like an object, youre here among it all so in a snese you are home but your NOT home because this isnt your home, this isnt your origin. I feel so disconnected / disassociated, like I'm here but I'm not really here. A sense of loss and feeling like there is something huge missing, because if this was truly a home HOME then i wouldn't feel like what really is, isn't here. Im trying to explain it a best version possible

countless of times, i look at this human family of mine and i think : yes that's my mom or my sister or my nephew or my brothers but its like thinking from their perspective and how they'd see me in comparison from me to them, there is a sense of difference that comes with that if only they knew, or that disconnection

the sense of what life might really be and the answers known and unknown , how it will affect my future and what they would find out and have to accept and deal with? that alone is just -

the reptitive numbers have been constant with 222, 111 or 11:11, or 1:11, 333, 444, 555, 777, 12:12, 10:10, etc. and that whole thing where my chest seems sensitive and more weird, i felt my chest, and i could have sworn by everything in me, that i felt a second heart. i know the placement of where the human heart is in the body and so based on where the second heart could be put, i felt the beats of it

and seemingly all around, i COULD be human but to experience everything i have and do, points to that i may be right now or , am put into a state where it will seem like that but im not and that i cant eveen begin to explain as to how that would make sense to another person's brain

and of course, i am never going to claim that i know every single little thing of information in the known and unknown parts of the entire universe but i feel like human or not, my knowledge over a lot is getting better and many a times, people have come to me to learn and know things and get advice and i have been seeing the shadows again and mention of the Darkness.

hearing of weird and strange things/inhuman things through music with other normal things that don't make sense to be added together because they don't relate. among the various incarnations that the Doctor and Master, and other timelords/ladies have - i seem lately to have gotten specific incarnations of them popping out to me

i feel like i know who i am, who i could be, what its seeming to be like i could be or definitely am, but at the same time, i am feeling such a loss of identity yet because of the definite and possibilities and the possibilities that seem more likely than the rest, i feel like i know more than i ever did because you know more as time passes obviously

but i want to get this out so i can finally tell you and you can read it all and respond to each accordingly. i hope so badly im not alone in this. there is more to tell but i am so freaked out at how strong and intense of a flaring feeling i am getting of it

like i am literally in transit, in a half way point phase where i am neither here or there. Like a waiting period at the point of change but that thing to fully ram into it and have it skyball has just not ha[need yet

like im home here on Earth but i am not really HOME

I also have heard weird noises and seen split second weird flashes in the sky as well as the sound of aircraft but when i look in the sky, even among the clouds or lack therof any , I see nothing so maybe there is the ability aboard the c raft or whatever causing those noises to be able to hide themselves so no one can see them

people, even strangers staring at me in ways like there is something off or something drawing them to me and they are waiting for something

there are times, which isnt a new feeling but seems to have increased lately as well, is how when i speak, its not of someone my age for the most part and i will speak as if i am not from here like I'm waiting for something, or on the move , or wanting to go home. I even have said to my family that my home is among the stars but they brush it off as silly or me being a weirdo dork.

dont even get me started on how strong the feeling is , is that whenever i see my gallifreyan fob watch necklace and knowing its a fake, my mind goes to the real one which gives me the feeling of not wanting the fake and feeling a want, need and urgency to find the real one

my sister had even asked me , if i was happy here: i said yes because i am but in this weird, strange, unexplainable / ufo/aliens / paranormal, etc. life, i feel a happiness and a sense of peace and home i don't elsewhere. You can have a home like feeling for more than one place obviously

its not like i dont love, care for and appreciate everything in this normal life as well as strange life because i do equally, I'm just acknowledging what i think, know and feel about this life too

and im never going to lie about what i feel because the truth cant be shied away from no matter how hard one tries; trying to make sense of who or what i am makes sense as to why i and even you can answer some questions but not all bc we might have what could be any memories back but if any of those are even memories then we obviously don't have all back

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Make of this what you will.

#old experiences #weird things #the truth is out there #doctor who is real #the doctor is real #i believe in the doctor #searching for the doctor #project hello sweetie #the darkness #the master #clara oswald #clara the impossible girl #gallifrey

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neptuniannotes · 9 months

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Chypress Eau de Toilette by Floris, a simple, but magnificent fragrance. Marketed as a for her scent, Chypress still dons enough coolness to be considered unisex. It sits at $135.00 for 100ml on the Floris London website. The notes are as follows:

Top: Bergamot, Lemon, Orange Flower, Neroli

Middle: Jasmine, Rose, Osmanthus, Ylang Ylang

Base: Amber, Vanilla, Musk, Patchouli

Upon first meeting Chypress myself, in a 2ml decant, I dreamt up an entirely different experience for it then opposed to how I experience it now. Perhaps this is because I was sampling Philosykos EDP on my left wrist at the same time. My first impression was wow, this smells familiar, freakily familiar. I don’t mean that it’s similar to another fragrance, however some reviews on Fragrantica share the opinion that it’s parallel to Narciso Rodriguez For Her. Chypress, to me, smelled like a familiar person or a distant family member who is convinced she changed your diapers, but you don’t recall ever meeting. It felt like a warm fur, a hand-me-down, and protection lent by a stranger. A guardian angel pinching your cheeks as you sit upon wooden chairs and drown in her overcoat. My first handshake with Chypress was everything that a kid who had experienced the cold had dreamed of growing up to be.

It took me ten days of testing different fragrances (Sirens & Sailors by Jusbox and Baruti’s I’m Winter) then I purchased a full size of Chypress. Among receiving it in the mail, I met notes in this perfume that I had not detected previously. The citrusy top notes projected quite strong, and I now understood why many regard this fragrance as a scent for warmer weather. It was more than the original, simple warmness I enjoyed so much. The full size Chypress was no longer just that familiar family member, she was now the mom friend. She no longer appeals to just a Cancer or Aquarius Moon, but a jam-packed 4th house with venusian qualities.

In order to fully immerse you in this perfume, I am going to walk you through its stages. Because although this does check all the boxes for a classic Chypre, it is in no way linear. Today is a particularly humid day and Chypress, specifically the top notes, performs much differently depending on the weather.

On a day where the air is drier, colder and less dense, Chypress starts off with an extremely sweet citrus. A mandarin lays in a bed of flowers. Sometimes, memories of a lemon pastry trickle into the air. This, another reminder of my childhood. It does not read as fresh, but almost fizzy. The molecules do not strive to quench, instead they are excited, skating around on skin. They do not dribble down your hands after crushing fruit, they spread like a powdery pollen.

On a day where the air is wet and dense like today, the citrus is there, but dirty. Selena Gomez’s dress from the Fetish music video comes to mind. There is dampness in this expression of the fragrance. This mandarin smells riper and the flowers bloomed weeks ago. It is by no means sticky sweet, fresh, or clean in this stage, but lived in. It’s like when you first put on makeup and it needs to set.

Now, when it comes to the middle notes, I do think these perform similarly in warm or cool, dry or humid, shine or rain. This is the floral stage of Chypress and it reads jammy to me. This is not the strawberry jam from your cute, local diner either. This is the results of your foraging, the blossoms and stems that line your wooden basket. I do not smell much of rose here, I almost forgot it was a part of the notes.

Finally, the base notes, and my favorite part of this fragrance. The base notes of amber, vanilla, musk, and patchouli are not linear in anyway. The earthy patchouli comes first, reminding me of damp topsoil, although not fecal or pungent in that way. Here is where Chypress becomes a hug, reminiscent of the Black Sun and the womb. Patchouli swirls into drops of amber in an animalic musk. It is an earthworm’s journey through a dark forest after rain. The final stage of Chypress is soapy, a temperate bubble bath and balmy skin. I only recently started to notice this expression because of how similar it smells to my mom whose favorite fragrance is Amazing Grace by Philosophy. This is forest couture in the best possible way.

Final thoughts:

Although I am a novice in the fragrance world, I do think that Chypress objectively is a great wear. When it comes to projectivity, I believe a foot radius would be accurate. The longevity of course depends on the climate. In humid climates it lasts about 6-8 hours and drier climate 4-6 hours. I don't mind re-applying, It is clear from the photos above that I have created a large dent in the bottle. I’ve had Chypress for approximately 22 days and apply it morning, afternoon, and night. On the surface it may look like a simple fragrance, but underneath the canopy leaves and among moss covered stone, there is a stunning complexity that with time will show itself.

Final Rating: 4/5

Astrology Placements this fragrance reminds me of:

Cancer and Aquarius Moon

Capricorn, Virgo, and Taurus Venus

Photos are mine, do alert me if you see them used elsewhere, thank you!

#perfume #review #perfume review #fragrance #scents #eau de toilette #Floris London #astrology

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milkratz · 2 years

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commander who was never actually like. supposed to be there? like they never joined one of the orders or the pact officially, like just wasn’t really meant to be involved with anything but for some reason they always just kinda happened to be there at the right time?

like theyre literally just a dude whos just . freakily powerful. almost completely unknwon and very much so unhinged and everyones just like “who tf are u?” while they’re literally decimating their enemies. the “i never wanted this power but i have it so now im just gonna fuck around” trope

soundless sylvari who just wants to vibe out. a bored norn who thought that the south was too warm and wanted to go north again. a charr whos in the middle of a bet with their warband. a human who got too drunk one night and declared theyd take down a dragon. an asuran biologist trying to take samples at the most inopportune times. etc.

#gw2 #guild wars 2 #the commander #gw2 commander

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littlelioncub43 · 1 year

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(ack i'm late for tech tuesday sorry!! but i'm sending it anyways bc i don't want to wait until next week! :'~})

it's winter and cold, windy, rainy, and damp all the time. sure, rainy days can be nice but more than a week in a row? it gets old. of course, dennis is absolutely the type to be so in tune with you and immediately know why you're down in the dumps.

he's also the type to surprise you with a tropical beach vacation to get away from the cold for a little bit. you can add whatever else you want in your luggage, but just know he's already packed plenty of sundresses, bikinis + swimsuits, and lingerie for you.

(Literally, don't even worry about it, bestie 💖)

aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW

I love it!

Dennis is freakily in tune with you. Like it's almost scary. But it's always cute and so endearing, how much he pays attention to you and thinks about you. He does his best, and it really shows. Sometimes he'll do things like do your half of the chores so you don't have to worry about them, or put your towel and clothes in the dryer while you're in the shower so when you get out it's all toasty and warm. But if he pulls out the big guns for you and books a vacation— oo, you know he's going all out.

He's cleaned the house, he's made all the necessary arrangements to and from the airport in both destinations, he's packed for himself and for you— he also took the liberty of buying you some new outfits for the trip, items that you've always wanted but never got yourself. Den doesn't want you to lift a finger, all he wants you to do is relax.

*siiiigh* I love him

#sweet nonnie who wasnt late for tech tuesday #tech tuesdays #tech tuesday #dennis baker imagine #dennis needs to be my sub #dennis baker x reader #dennis baker x you #dennis baker x female reader #dennis baker #dennis baker x fem!reader

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katealot · 1 year

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Getting To Know You Tag Game

(as tagged by @dumbest-ass)

what book are you currently reading?

I currently have Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist on my nightstand awaiting the first day of January to crack into (I have to schedule my reading to keep it fresh and exciting and interesting)

what do you usually wear?

What an excellent question. I read once that you are either a “big top, tiny bottoms” kind of person or and “tiny top, big bottoms” kind of person. I am a “tiny top, big bottoms” kind of person.

how tall are you?

5’6”!

what’s your star sign? do you share a birthday with a celebrity or historical event?

libra! (but very much a virgo cusp). And Bruce Springsteen, apparently! That rules, he’s like one of my rock heros.

do you go by your name or a nickname?

Oh absolutely nicknames. I have such a detached sense of identity with my name that I’ll accept just about any nickname someone will throw at me. Katja. Vicky. BK. Kaybe. Cottoe. It’s all me, baybe.

did you grow up to become what you wanted to be as a child?

You know, if I’d have answered this 3 days ago when I’d been tagged I would have been hesitant to say yes, but yeah, I have. I am the type of person to drop my information with a company that I just thought did good work and would like to be apart of, AND the type of person to get an email back.

(I know that’s not exactly what the question is asking but tomatoe, tomato)

what’s something you’re good at vs something you’re bad at?

Giving compliments. I like to think I kinda wear my heart on my sleeve so people can tell that when I give them a compliment I mean it 100% sincerely. I’m like a validation station, get in here and I’ll tell you why you’re wonderful.

There is however one thing I’m not good at, and that’s being humble. *Gina Linetti voice* Because I’m great at it.

No but actually, my severe anxiety keeps me from genuinely accepting compliments from others a lot of the time

if you draw/write, or create in any way, what's your favorite picture/favorite line/favorite etc. from something you created this year?

Because I’ve actually answered this question before, I’m going to depart from the q a bit to bring up my favorite piece of writing of all time so far which is chapter 10 of my fanfiction Like the Back of My Hand: The Best First Date Ever.

I do a lot of re-reading of my work when I am suffering from writers block and this is still a piece of writing that gives me butterflies to read because I feel every time like I am enjoying it as a reader and not as an author.

dogs or cats?

Gods, cats

what's something you would like to create content for?

The open ending of the Magnus Archives, aka “Somewhere Else”. I have a long form idea that I think could really be good if I ever actually sit down to write it. Oh, and IT (2017). There’s one story idea I’ve had in my head since the movie cane out that has not lost clarity since 2017.

what’s something you’re currently obsessed with?

waldeinsamkein and mutterseelenallein

what's something you were excited about that turned out to be disappointing this year?

Moving to a new place. But I wouldn’t say it was disappointing so much as I think it ended up being underwhelming. I am much happier here and almost every aspect of my quality of life have improved, but the monotony of routine has not ceased. I still have a job and rent to pay, ya know?

what’s a hidden talent of yours?

hehe, I can make the oddly specific but freakily accurate sound effect of whipped cream being squirted from a canister with just my mouth

what's something you wish to have at this moment?

Evidence that people think about the things I say after I say them.

I hope you learned something from that round of ice-breaker-questions-seeking-much-more-literal-answers-than-they-got. If you would like to play this game, please consider yourself tagged by me and make sure u tag me in your post so I can learn more about you lovely folks :)

#tag game #about katealot #katealot writes

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