#at its root what it is

[itspileofgoodthings]

that scene when Tim tells Lyla “you” when she asks him what he wants and then repeats himself when she asks him what else he wants—

i. Cry.

#the thing about romance that actually gets me #is that somehow it is the most direct connection to the love of God #for me #and I know mostly we speak about God’s love in terms of familial love or friendship and of course it is all of that #but romance is so unnecessary and so complete and so piercing and direct #at its root what it is #And Tim Riggins man. #he just pulls back the veil #and lets you see what unconditional unselfish complete love looks like #and it’s breathtaking! and it makes me cry #and with him and Lyla it isn’t the usual balance of a dynamic that’s selling it #because she IS the worst and she is rejecting love in favor of her girlboss villainous little aims #she just also wants Tim occasionally as a treat and as something to use for her own ends #and I don’t ship it at all #And not for a second does it make his love less beautiful #it’s also such a moment because when he says it there is this struggle that passes over her face #and Minka Kelly isn’t a good actress! But in that moment she is. She can’t help it #Kitsch has simply drawn back the veil and forced her to look on the face of love and the reaction is this brief struggle #between her humanity and her ambition #and the ambition wins but it’s such a cold soulless pitiful little victory #and it’s just. I cry every single time I watch it which is a lot because I’m always rewatching it #friday night lights

[andi-o-geyser]

a full SAGA of chaos choices at the diner in the centre of your mind

#so in summary: #coffee grounds; room temp vodka; the feeling of first having root beer; coffee and bacon; maple syrup; grenadine; and a calzone #they are all so insane and i love them for it #and also its such a perfect representation of a brain #bc like! yeah! that IS what my thoughts are bouncing between when i'm asked what i want for a meal! i am that fucking bonkers sometimes!! #dimension 20 #dimension 20 mentopolis #mentopolis #mentopolis spoilers #d20 #dnd #brennan lee mulligan #hunch curio #anastasia tension #conrad schintz #the fix #imedla pulse #dan fucks #alex song xia #hank green #danielle radford #freddy wong #siobhan thompson #mike trapp #d20 cast #long post #andis thought geyser

[linusbenjamin]

Root + talking to The Machine (๑★ .̫ ★๑)

#and my favourite part is when people say 'what??' and she says 'i wasn't talking to you 😏😏😏' #person of interest #poiedit #tvedit #scifiedit #root #samantha groves #nikolatexla #she literally became the machine in the end 😭😭😭 #i knew the machine's gonna choose her as its voice and i still cried when i heard her

[isthereintruthnobeauty1968]

ds9-adjacent poll

#p #ds9 #<- main tagging just bc otherwise it'll get like 30 votes lol #curious partly bc it's my impression that root beer is v much a usamerican thing idk to what extent its available everywhere else

[yunogf]

alternative covers for NCT 127's original horror game FAVORITE: VAMPIRE

#nctinc #mine*works #mine*gfx #gfx #useroro #userresa #itsnctsworld #jadeblr #useraweks #tuseral #baekwin #aleksbestie #blood tw #what do we think bestiiiiieeeesssss #im so proud of myself for conceptualizing and then creating these all in a day! #finally got back to where i come from reacquainted w my roots yall <3 #love making pretty things scary <3 #and just love creating horror content in general idk its fun #we dont need to unpack it any further <3

[hazel2468]

I keep seeing people bitching about "uwu when I say 'from the river to the sea' people say I'm calling for geeenocide! They say I'm antisemitic!" and like.

Maybe. instead of clinging to a phrase that a bunch of white leftists have co-opted because they think it sounds nice. And digging your little immature heels in. You should LISTEN when people tell you that yes. The phrase's FUCKING ORIGIN was a call for the eradication of Jews from the area known as Israel and Palestine. That NO, you cannot divorce it from those roots. YES, it IS still used to mean that TO THIS DAMN DAY.

And look. Maybe you DON'T think that Israelis should all be killed and/or exiled from Israel and Palestine. Maybe you DON'T think that the genocide of an entire people is the solution. Maybe you DON'T hate Jews and want all of us dead. And if that's the case? Great!

But how the FUCK are we supposed to tell the difference when you are using the EXACT same phrase as countless people who DO want those things. People who DO hate Jews, who ARE supportive of organizations that want to commit violence, people who SUPPORT what happened on October 7th?

When people tell you "hey, this phrase means something else, it has ALWAYS come from those roots, and using it is NOT OKAY because it is STILL used as a rallying cry for violence against Israelis and Jews worldwide", the way to react? Is NOT to fucking double down and use it.

Because that? DOES make you an antisemite. And if I see you using that phrase? Then I MUST assume that at best, you do not know what it means and have SOMEHOW avoided the countless Jews and non-Jews I have seen talking about it, or at WORST you actively hate me and want me and every single one of my people dead.

And frankly? You are not worth that risk to interact with.

Stop saying it. There are SO many ways to support Palestine, the Palestinian people, and their fight for rights, that do not involve spouting genocidal, antisemitic rhetoric. it is NOT HARD.

But apparently, some of y'all are insistent on being racist.

#antisemitism #i/p #the phrase cannot be divorced from its roots #and if I see anyone complaining about it #I am just going to assume that you're a racist antisemite now #it's been long enough #saw someone bitching about not being allowed to have it up at work #and people railing the OTW for not allowing it and im like #ah so if I showed up with a 1488 patch and I got told I couldn't wear that #like #that's actually a GREAT comparison #because a LOT of people have no idea was 1488 means and think it's just a number #but the people who know what it stands for will take you using it as support for them #and btw it's a white supremacist and Nazi symbol #so when someone says hey you know that number isn't JUST a number #it has a lot of racist and violent connotations #the response is not to INSIST that you be allowed to use that damn number #it should be to go oh shit and ditch it #because YOU DON'T WANT FUCKING WHITE SUPREMACISTS THINKING YOU AGREE WITH THEM

[mugentakeda]

the lu ten+zhao toxic exes masterpost (context cus I know this is nonsensical: I read a fic once that hc lu ten and zhao both studied under jeongjeong together. I just took that concept and ran far far away with it- in my dai li lu ten au, lu ten's ""death"" was a set up orchestrated by ozai- carried out first by zhao, then finished by long feng and his men. zhao was chosen by ozai in secret specifically due to his unique history with lu ten, and because of his obviously ambitious nature. zhao helping set the trap by luring lu ten in to the earthbenders was zhao's first big step towards favor with ozai)

#if you think this is insane I'm just going back to the traditional yaoi roots of crack shipping. its hilarious. #(<-joke. their bad relationship exists a result of how I characterize lu ten and is au lore relevant don't question me.) #I also use their dynamic as like. The foundations of what makes zhao and zukos dynamic what it becomes (<- weird obsession) #zhao #lu ten #zuko #azula #iroh #atla #dai li lu ten #alicias art

[treasureplcnet]

btw i love revenge stories i dont think anyone should ever move on peacefully. a bit obsessed with the way weissman went to the synagogue and rabbi and asks, "my choices killed a child. would god take mercy on someone like me?" and the rabbi says "it's not god's mercy you should look for. its the child's" and like you think that would spur this man into charitable activities and to maybe look out for orphans but instead he goes on a 24 hour revenge bender that ultimately ends in two revenge killings and his own death. what's better than righteous anger and wrath and love twisting someone into the worst but also a truer version of themselves <3

#like im not even reaching here. (sort of am. whatever) #rabbi goldstein essentially goes 'think of esther. you need to be a man she would take mercy on. be someone she can forgive' #and it takes all of 10 minutes for karl weissman to decide yeah ok what i need is double homicide #do i think esther would have wanted revenge in her name. dunno. maybe. #she is 11 and very much the victim of this story. maybe she would have wanted karl to just live. kids are cruel and kind in that way #but to be fair this is esther 'fuck with me and you'll hang like a dog' jankovsky #so im willing to believe she was rooting for him #also the immediate choice to make elias suffer by shooting his leg (? maybe arm) before actually killing him #i dont know. the deliberate cruelty right after he visits the synagogue. an act of defiance. giving himself up after its done. it gets me #i love . I LOVE REVENGE :) GREATEST PLOT POINT EVER!!!!!!!! #sorry everyone about the bodies thoughts. i have no idea how long this is going to last #bodies netflix #karl weissman

[psalmsofpsychosis]

not gonna lie homos and homies, there's something incredibly, incredibly depressing about Batmanverse and the concept of Batjokes in particular, and it's not the murder murder stab stab death plots.

It's the collective unmentioned canon agreement around these characters never being able to escape the confinements of their narrative.

they get pushed to the very edges of their predefined thresholds, they toe the lines of their stories, they poke it and probe it and sometimes even flirt with the possibility of crossing the bounds of their narratives, but they never break throught the structure. they never go over the line, always sorta of wiggling in place; batjokes in particular is the most enticing and intriguing stagnant 85+ years story i have ever seen.

There are unspoken rules around who Batman is, what he will and will not do, and those rules are rarely questioned, if ever. No matter what he does, he cannot be in love with a man, and he cannot ever love Joker in particular. He cannot experience mental and emotional peace. he cannot kill and he cannot show sincere emotional vulnurability, he cannot experience his love in an open and unashamed way. His narrative thresholds confine him to a socially sanctioned image that is meant to be familiar and tangible to the average straight dude, and it's quite frankly exhausting to witness. Whatever happens to Batman's story, he never arrives at physical emotional or mental peace and on a foundational level his tale never changes, not really. You can almost feel it when he constantly bumps into this unspoken narrative rules and stops in his tracks, each and every goddamn time, for 85+ years. It's like a keyed up nutcracker toy soldier bumping into a wall, stumble back two steps, bump into the walls, stumble back two steps, bumpt into the wall,

As someone who loves stories that love to question their own narrative points and break through them and do something different, staring at Batmanverse comics for too long at a time lowkey feels heartbreaking, nothing ever truly changes in this bitch.

#i guess what i'm saying is; there a tree in this garden and every season it sheds its leaves and the leaves change color etc etc etc #and when i talk about getting bored of tales told of this tree peeps are like ''but look at all the colors in the leaves! it even sheds the #what more variety would you want?!'' #and i'm like. you know there's more to a tree than its fucking leaves right. RIGHT. #you know a tree changed in its entire trunk and branches and root reach and the way it communicates with other trees RIGHT #like. a tree naturally undergoes so many subtly substantial changes during the seasons #and i'm tired of being given colorful leaves and being told that i should be satisfied with the supposed artstyle and plot trinket variety #in Batman stories. #this shit is substantially stagnant *YEET* #jokes aside though; this is why i can only consume a little bit of Batman media at a time before i get bored out of my mind. #every other story is the same thing. #Batman #Batman meta #Batjokes #Batjokes meta

[tequiilasunriise]

The sheer soulmatism of Lenore and Annabel fucks me up so bad everytime I think too hard about it okay sit down y’all.

The way they were immediately drawn to each other even though they had no memory of anything! No reason to immediately become so attached and protective and trusting! Not even death could part them, it’s almost like reincarnation in a way. The sins of living and the pain that comes with being alive washed away not by holy water but rather split blood, and in this new life they’re reborn into a blank, clean slate. Even in this memoryless ‘next lifetime’ they still choose each other without hesitation, without question, and I am on my knees sobbing.

The parallels of Annabel fainting! Annabel fainted when she learned that Lenore was actually alive, and Annabel also fainted when remembering how she died, and by extension, how Lenore died too (not related to soulmatism but in one scenario her lover caught her despite the injury, and in the other Lenore had no such hinderance but failed to catch Annabel regardless and that parallel kills me so softly). The soulmatism that is reacting the same exact way when you learned she lived vs remembering how she died, the soulmatism that the love is still the same. Oh how the love is still so tragically the same, crossing that threshold of death, despite the unhappy ending you shared. Annabel faints because it’s learning you have a second chance at love vs remembering how that same love was ripped away and I am no longer on my knees but laying facedown on the floor.

(The way Annabel looked at Lenore before collapsing in both scenes but with DRASTICALLY different vibes of disbelief like okay yeah sure, sure okay mhm just smash my ribs and rip my heart right out why don’t you?)

Now, NOW, the thing that truly ends me? The crazy red/blue symbolism these two carry.

Lenore is the embodiment of red. Her thoughts come in red print, as do the ribbons she was wrapped up in. Her fiery (pun intended), confident personality, her pure raging defiance rallying those around her. What’s more, Lenore’s anger and bared teeth is painted red the same way her love is, because red is not just the color of anger. Red is love, and Lenore, my god, she cares so openly about the people around her that her heart’s just painted bloody and brazen on her sleeve. Born from self-made infernos into the person she was always meant to be- flirty, quick-witted, taking what she wants when she wants- she is a young Montague wrapped up in her family’s house colors trailblazing down her own paths.

(But unlike dear Romeo who scaled a tree to look upwards towards Juliet on her balcony, Lenore was in a tree looking downwards at her counterpart, and this parallel is so important as the scene is clearly a Romeo/Juliet parallel but without the sweet sappiness but rather tension and just like, 1000x more interesting ‘can I trust you fr fr-ness’.)

Annabel is the embodiment of blue. Her thoughts come in blue print, and her ribbons are a deep blue to match. Blue is the color of calmness, and she seems so tranquil with a gentle yet firm confidence that puts people around her at ease. A natural born leader with such cool-headedness. Oh, but underneath that mask? Sadness. SO MUCH sadness, Annabel is an ocean of it, she’s a peaceful smile with a melancholic heart shot through. Young Capulet holds not pure innocence like her Juliet-counterpart but rather a deep rooted loneliness, like guys, Annabel is actually just so fucken SAD I think we really need to address this more yes she’s a total girlboss but also Annabel is the personification of hollowed out loneliness that comes with your beloved being ripped away from you.

This really got away from me, but my point?

Lenore, the embodiment of red, has blue eyes.

Annabel, the embodiment of blue, has red-adjacent eyes.

FORGET LAYING ON THE GROUND IN TEARS I AM CURRENTLY CLIPPING THROUGH THE FLOOR AND HEADING STRAIGHT GAY TO MY GRAVE IN THE BACKROOMS!!!

YOUR HONOR THEIR EYES ARE THE GODDAMNED COLORS OF THE OTHER’S MOTHERMARYFUCKING S O U L LIKE WHAT IN THE JESUS H CHRIST BUMBLEBY SOULMATISM IS T H I S S S⁉️⁉️⁉️

#hey sorry fer such a long post but can you tell these two make me severely mentally ill #the bumblebyism of it all… eyes reflecting the color of ur pther half’s soul #if i had had a nickel everytime i crossed this trope i would have three nickels now gods #bumbleby sulemio and white raven SIGHHHH #everyone thank my rwby roots if u haven’t realized the eye soulmatism until now (but i doubt it i mean. its so obvious like. my god.) #white raven… gnawing on a tree branch… please imma fast passer but i still need MOREEEE #skittering around in a circle like a wild beast i need need NEEDD more of these two my god #white raven #nevermore webtoon #annabel lee whitlock #annabel lee nevermore #lenore vandernacht #gods her last name trips me up to spell everytime #lenore nevermore #should i tag this as bumbleby #u know what? yeah yeah i will why not #sorry fellow beekeepers but yall needa see this bc bumbleby eyecolor soulmatism mention #bumbleby #buzz buzz motherfuckers

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

heyyyy who wants some lowish-resolution Lights Out angst scribbles before i go sleep!!!

(gonna put this under the cut bc im not sure if it can be considered spoiler-y or not? does this au even Have spoilers if there's no shared cohesive plot yet? who knows! i'm doing this impulsively i don't know what i'm doing ever! ! i like drawing characters in distress and anguish! thank you!)

#also if i dont share them now i just Know i never will #i like scribbling distress but Especially when its barnaby. he has the face for it. sad puppy <3 #i mostly scribble these to help myself Think and Visualize #who knows! in a week some or all of them could be rendered non-au-canon by Evolving Ideas #scribble salad #wh lights out au #the last wally one is probably my favorite of the bunch #i like making myself sad by playing the Scene its from in my head <3 #wail in anguish puppet boy... wail and sob.... #going back to my roots with these babeyyyyyy #kind of. mildly. #its been too fluffy on this blog #i need to remember where im from... what im about... Who I Am.... #also 'why is wally so small' bc all of the puppets are there physical sizes #also im Terrible at scribbling consistent size differences <3 #i will Always overcompensate <3 #anyway this au is called lights out aka I Torment Barnaby On An Intensely Emotional Level #what can i say? i have cuteness aggression <3

[orphiclovers]

yoo joonghyuk didn't look han sooyoung in the eye for a week after reading the records of the 1863rd turn, but this wasn't because he was angry at her, instead the reason was that the records had graphically described sex scenes between the two alt versions of them and YJH was embarrased. this is true yoo joonghyuk told me himself

#yoohan #ive been posting too much spyjh i have to go back to my roots. yoohan <3 #well ofc sp was here too as he was the one who collected the records...wonder what he thought of them...(its 'why is it you and not me???') #yoo joonghyuk #orv spoilers #han sooyoung #omniscient reader's viewpoint #omniscient reader

[moomoorare]

🕯️🕯️Martyn inthelittlewood will win Limited Life. Martyn inthelittlewood WILL win Limited Life. Martyn inthelittlewood will WIN Limited Life. MARTYN INTHELITTLEWOOD will win Limited Life 🕯️🕯️🕯️

#PLEASE PLEASE HE DESERVES IT #its who I've been dooting for all this time this season #if scott wins again the gays WILL BE sad 😔😔☹️ #limited life #inthelittlewood #martyn inthelittlewood #idk what tags to use I'll be honest #traffic life #trafficblr #rare rambling #wtf is dooting girl i meant rooting

[unpretty]

things that do not seem to have helped my covid-19 sore throat:

honey tea

chicken soup

ice cream

numbing lozenges

numbing spray

nyquil

ibuprofen

things that seem to have helped a little:

popsicles

... root beer barrels?????

#original #popsicles okay sure they're cold #but... why root beer barrels #is my throat just feeling better on its own and the candy is a coincidence. what in the goddamn.

[crazylittlejester]

I have a very unserious crack headcanon that Wars is not a natural blond

Like sometimes I imagine his hair is like, a fairly dark brown, and he just sneaks off into the woods every couple weeks to touch up his roots, thinking he’s so smart and so sneaky, and just sits there and pretends like this isn’t a thing that’s happening. He tries to gaslight gatekeep girlboss his way through it

And of course the others are fully aware, which is something Wars is completely oblivious to. He thinks hes so sneaky with this but everyone can see his dark eyebrows and all the other hair that isn’t blond

He’s CONVINCED, though, that he has the others fooled. He’s fooling no one but himself.

#im so unserious about this headcanon but its also so funny to me #like just imagine him sneaking off #thinking the others have NO idea #and meanwhile at camp theyre all just like #where did wars go? oh? to touch up this roots? alright. at what point do we tell him we know? #linked universe #lu warriors #lu wars #linked universe warriors #warriors linked universe #linkeduniverse #the legend of zelda #jes talks

[vriyelart]

season two teens

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndads s2 #normal oak #scary marlowe #taylor swift dndads #lincoln li wilson #dndaddies #my HEAVY heavy hc is that scary is actually blonde and she dyed her hair black #so i wanted to show that with her blonde roots slightly showing at her scalp #i wanna draw pre goth scary one day to show full on what i think she looked like and its like. young beth may basically but with wavy hair #vriyelart