#but they’re still metaphors

[ryssbelle]

Does the flower from your first n2 post have any significance? Why isn't it blooming?

Yes the flower here does have significance!

It’s a memorial flower, the exact species of flower is one I made up, it’s one that has a strange growth period, there’s no real way to tell when it’s going to bloom but it does only bloom at night.

John Dory got the seeds while on one of his searches and gave it to Floyd since at the time Floyd was severely depressed and was spending all day everyday in his room in the bunker. JD had given Floyd a bunch of seeds for a garden but Floyd ended up only planting one which he’s been taking care of since he planted it.

He planted it on Clays birthday so they refer to it as Clay’s flower, but it’s a memorial for all their lost family members, so their parents, grandma, Clay, and Spruce/Bruce

Other than just maintaining it, Floyd also talks to it like the ones they lost can hear him through the flower, he visits it at least once everyday while the other brothers only visit on anniversaries and birthdays. (They also only bring the lights and photos out then as well, to keep the photos safe from damage)

It’s Floyd’s way of grieving :)

#ryss responds #not the only one au #n2 au #trolls #trolls 3 #trolls band together #trolls Floyd #I wanted to give them each a different way of grieving their family #JD is obsessively trying to correct his mistake (failing to save clay) by trying to find him and spruce if they’re still out there #branch isolates and builds a bunker to protect himself and what family he has left #and Floyd does gardening #they also refer to the area where the flower is as the garden or Floyd’s garden #even tho there’s only one flower #the area around the flower is also heavily booby trapped #the only people who know how to get to it are the brothers and poppy #this is to stop trolls from accidentally harming it and to stop critters from eating it #its a big flower by troll standards but by others its a small flower #in my head its one of those that are usually in clusters #but this one stands alone #maybe its a metaphor #who knows teehe #but yeah I’ve actually thought about the flower a lot #also the reason poppy knows where to find it and how to get to it is because she helps take care of it when Floyd’s away #she’s also the one who picked the spot #she doesn’t like the traps but any one she took down immediately got replaced so she stopped trying #and just learned the steps to get around them #btw the steps to get around the traps are the old choreo for a brozone song lmao #because I loved that aspect of tbgo where branch sets the paths around traps to songs from his childhood #so he done did it again

[carefulfears]

I just love how carefree mulder and scully are in david’s episodes, it’s a side of them we so rarely got to see… 😔😔😔

yeah, me too. david writes journeys for mulder, with clear morals and arcs. the unnatural is about valuing “life on this planet,” finding space for joy and connection in the midst of blinding pursuit. amor fati is about commitment to your purpose, realigning to who you are at the core, who you were as a child. the promises that you made to yourself then. hollywood a.d. is about legacy, what we leave behind: does it matter if it’s warped, or if it’s nothing, so long as we loved and were loved well?

david’s episodes are classic hero’s journeys, active lessons for mulder as a character. but these are all things that scully already knows, so she gets to be passive and lighthearted and wise. they aren’t having anything beaten into them; they’re growing through storytelling, through play, through identification. they’re growing through watching a movie at 3am and rambling to each other. they’re growing through eating gross fake ice cream and reading old newspapers on a saturday morning. they’re growing through swinging a baseball bat, hips before hands, all night under the stars.

#this is why i love his dancing zombies at the end of ‘hollywood a.d.’ so SO much #mulder sitting out on the grass spiralling about how the dead are thought of and spoken about and the things that impact legacy and memory #things that are so deeply important to a man who spends his life chasing ghosts. who lost 2 family members that year #and scully is just next to him giggling and holding his arm like…they’re dead mulder! they don’t care! #eyes lit up waving that bureau credit card at him #and the way he’s just like….sigh. okay. #and gives it up and takes her arm so they can go out #when the music starts playing and you can still see mulder and scully holding hands in the background #and the zombies all get up and dance <33 #one of my favorite moments of the show. they’re happy. and that’s something. #and that’s what i love about david’s eps because who gives a fuck where the zombies came from! #who gives a fuck if the baseball player was really an alien! who gives a fuck who the boy on the beach was! #it doesn’t matter. it’s so metaphorical and just there for the lesson. and the lesson is always loving and beneficial for the characters #asks

[snickerdoodlles]

setting aside the fact that chess is a proven terrible metaphor for a strategic person/character in the first place, i have the silliest hangups about chess master!Korn in anything because Korn’s canonically terrible at playing chess. he wins because his victims know better than to beat him, not because he’s good at it.

#there’s a possibility canon meant to make him a good chess player and just suffers from the fact that the writers don’t know chess #but honestly I doubt that #Korn is terrible at all his hobbies #and the way his mafia games reflect his chess strategies feels deliberate #he’s just so bad at these games #his strategies might make sense on a street gang level #but in the show context of ‘’high class mafia’’ #they’re extremely out of place and extremely stupid #which also feels deliberate #and again plays into the ‘Korn’s bad at chess’ theme #im trying to cut myself off from a ramble about the shows choice to show a scholars mate between Kinn and Korn but like #ep5 game is such a good metaphor for Korn and Kinn’s relationship in this context too! #Kinn's only making a show of playing Korn’s game #and lets himself lose as a means of escaping his fathers direct machinations #he hasn’t yet removed himself from the situation #which is why he’s still stuck playing Korn’s games #but Kinn yields to Korn because that’s currently his best defense #not because he wants to #:( #anyways Tawan the only bitch dumber than Korn #love that for us #kinnporsche #*im aware that a certain amount of this is show writers navigating extremely stupid source material that thinks it’s clever #and the show writers made their own dumb choices for other things too #but this isn’t about that #and that explanation is boring anyways

[tothesolarium]

“It’s like you make all your characters sympathetic, even the ones you call evil”

Me cradling my bloody first horseman of the apocalypse: I don’t know what you’re talking about

#it’s called #metaphors for how children think they’re gunna do good by joining the army #and moooore #i finally- finally got started on the chapter that’s been breaking my brain #it’s still… gunna be hard but #the ice is broken and it’s good

[phoenix-is-the-hottest-thing]

i love vitaseele but my friend sent me art of vitahua and i'm curious on what my fav vita lover thinks about that

It’s a crackship? The art is cute but it doesn’t have anything exciting to it in canon. So far you have to make it all up yourself as they’ve never met directly (or at least not yet).

Do I think they could get along? …probably? Vita can make herself approachable, and Hua is such a serious dork that she’s difficult to dislike. Would they kiss? Depends entirely on how you are imagining everything about the crackship to go. It’s a fun kind of freedom!

If you want my honest feeling: I’m a little annoyed by vitahua. However, it’s purely because of my personal feelings, the ship’s fine. It just can’t make me happy right now.

I like VitaSeele because I like how Vita and Seele interacted in canon, and I want to explore that more, they were basically set up as foils to one another and I really like foil romances, Vita flirted with Seele a lot and crumbs make me happy. Interesting themes, challenges to overcome due to different personalities and goals, a shared history. Stuff like that!

It’s not just because they look cute next to each other and both get thirst called mother so it’s not really comparable with vitahua.

#honkai impact #asks #hi3 #vitaseele #vitahua #i totally get thirst ships though don’t get me wrong #i’m p sure people are bothered by not having a clear ship for vita #that doesn’t also ‘break’ another ‘established’ ship #but that’s kinda dumb to me bc seele is literally dating two girls already unless you’re in big denial about veli #they be holding hands and getting yote into a romantic fairy tale metaphor #people still go they’re sisters and both date the same girl #hmmm sure! anyway i don’t think that poly relationship isn’t a mutual triangle

[too-pirate-to-function]

the temptation to write an Aemond x Lucerys pirate au is so strong

#aemond has the eye patch already easy #imagine lucerys going from hating and fearing the ocean to ruling the ocean #it’s a metaphor for lucemond #lucerys would look gorgeous all sun kissed and sea salty curls #aemond would still be a pale slender bitch but damn would he look good on the ropes #on the rigging i meant rigging i swear #the dragons are on vacation they’re fine i promise #they’re just the deus ex machina waiting in the wings #they can adopt little port orphans and the inside joke is that luke carried them cause velaryon but that makes aemond the mother #lucerys x aemond #aemond targaryen #lucerys targaryen #house of the dragon #hotd #pirates #pirate au

[apotelesmaa]

I need to draw my ocs but them living in my head forever so only I can be insane about them is funny and also probably a mercy

#i also need to name one of them and change ravens name #cyg & her toxic situationship & the woman she’s pathetically obsessed with despite the divorce arc (raven) & her adopted child who is #constantly on the verge of a breakdown (andromeda) & raven’s clown of a protege that she did not ask for (Roxy) #& the god that lives in cyg’s body that embodies the torture labyrinth they’re all fucking around in #& the God’s dead sibling and cyg’s dead sibling (lake) #& andromedas awful cult leader father figure. #cyg & raven I am literally always rotating in my mind they’re so fucking funny #cygnet voice hey sorry I blamed you for lakes death killed myself and came back as a god do u still think I’m sexy #raven voice KILL YOURSELF (she does still want her. unfortunately.) #something something the labyrinth is a metaphor for letting go of ur grief and self destructive tendencies etc #cyg and the toxic situationship (unnamed) are also very funny.

[egregiousderp]

One of my kiddos said I was like Senshi and AU had to stop and scream because I feel like I’m Chilchuck at best my dudes. Senshi is the goal though.

#if I can just make a good life for the people around me maybe that’s good enough #maybe that’s why I’ve learned everything #and yet: by the age of eighteen I’d learned having knowledge isn’t enough #you can help people to your heart’s content or even to the point of desperation and they’ll still pick the one they have more fun with #that got me. early on. #I wa trying everything I could to help and people didn’t see it #they still don’t see it to be fair #oh sure my coworkers come to me when they’re in trouble and pick out what they like #but they don’t exactly invite me to their parties you know? #I’m too old and not cool. #so…I feel Chilchuck a lot. o ruined my chances despite my best efforts and can’t explain it #and I love the kids I have. #i’m so fortunate I got to have the kids I do. #they’re amazing people. really amazing people. and they’re each doing so much. #(lol sorry Alu Nino and Frange. you can fight amongst yourselves about who’s metaphorically Meijack if you like. XDDDDD) #JUST KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOUT CUTE DWARVES OKAY?

[chryzure]

something abt how jacks stole chrysi’s heart to try and keep them together while keeping his own (even while it doesn’t beat). something abt how chrysi’s still more human bc she knows she’s missing something, versus jacks becoming more inhumane by his own actions. idk

#something intelligent i fucking guess #eros heard my heartholder au thoughts so ig she knows what im driving at 😭 #jst ughhhh the way jacks COULDVE had chrysi but he jst. never once fixed any of his errors and made up for them #yes he didn’t mean to kill chrysi by having eris give him her physical heart. but he still brought her back and still kept her heart away #from her. and he never once returned it and kept trapping chrysi closer and closer to him bc he saw and feared she’d leave him #he could’ve had her! she would’ve loved him! but his own fear of her initial outrage has taken things past the point of no return #its almost a metaphor for avoidant traits nurtured by an anxiety disorder. but mostly it’s jst abt chrysijacks being fucked up and horrible #they’d kill each other for fun… #jacks taking the choice away from chrysi and claiming they’re the same (two fates closely linked) #since they both don’t feel love—but bc he HAD the choice and the will to keep his heart it is not even remotely the same #hmmmmmmm. is this thing on? #memorie.txt #s.chrysijacks #au.heartholder #chrysijacks pain and misery forever and ever ‼️‼️‼️

[anarchoarchie]

riverdale core four is like. they are codependent, they are toxic, they are best friends, they are starved horny teenagers searching for a feeling they can’t describe, they are kids playing house, mirroring the adults around them. they are tied together by fate, they are chemically bonded for life by the trauma they’ve been through, they are the only constant force in each other’s lives through the ever-unfolding darkness in their town. they are trapped in a powder keg, holding onto each other, waiting to explode. and most importantly: they love each other more than anyone else in the whole entire world.

#and i think that’s beautiful! #riverdale #core four #some meta rambling about stuff here: #i think young teenagers(especially traumatized ones) sometimes sort of think of themselves as adults #which makes the fact that the characters are played by actors older than them interesting to me- #like i don’t think this is really intentional but it shows the way teens see themselves #as mature and cultivated and ready for anything life can throw at them- but in reality they’re still kids whose senses of self #are still developing and changing and are vulnerable to damage and manipulation #< not exactly related but worth mentioning with the core four and how trauma metaphorically ages them up #along with their relationships w each other

[poppyseed799]

Brother why are there so many roaches we have had TWO full exterminations and BOTH TIMES the roaches came back. The first time there were less of them for a week (still some) but the second time there was absolutely zero difference in the number of roaches even immediately after the extermination. Like man. What am I supposed to do about this

#they’re in all the appliances dawg how am I supposed to cook 😭 #and my sister is just like ‘just move out!!!’ brother WHERE #she is actually moving out on the shortest notice imaginable cuz she can’t deal with the roaches #going to our ex step fathers house cuz she already planned to move in there with her partner #but now she’s going there early cuz of the roaches #and like okay sure but WE can’t move in there. and yet she’s like ‘find a new place!’ brother we renewed the lease #and also do you know how the world works nowadays you can’t move anywhere it’s always more expensive 😭 #we’re like frogs in boiling water #I jumped ahead with that metaphor but I’m too lazy to backtrack to explain how I got there #anyways yknow the roach guys said the infestation was REALLY bad and they wanted to do a follow up #but idk when that follow up is cuz it’s been a month since the extermination and there has been 0 difference. as soon as we came back to the #apartment there were still roaches on the walls #like man what am I supposed to do they’re everywhere and it would be so hard to move out 😭 #vent #<- figure I’ll add that cuz like. that’s what this is. my life is just not great rn. constantly hungry too cuz we struggle with groceries #and I’m too scared to make myself some food cuz of the obscene amount of roaches. there was a roach in the dinner last night. then my mom #invited us to dinner at her place and refused to get us dinner. #said she wanted to hang out and didn’t talk to me so wtf #it’s just not going well. I posted happily about how I got those gifts but honestly I can’t even enjoy them because there’s too many roaches #like I don’t know where to put things so that roaches don’t get them. there’s no safe space.

[impossibledial]

rumbellers who blame the things that are wrong in their relationship on belle have a special place in hell

#rumbelle criticial #rumple critical #i enjoy their soft scenes but the things that go wrong in their relationship in the later seasons falls solely on rumple #i personal interpret his power as his weakness as an addiction metaphor #but i have no idea if that’s what was intended #and the show wasn’t good after season 3 so #i know what happens in season 6 too and the fact that when they finally give belle a backbone #it’s because of the dark fairy #bruh….. #anyways i still like them based on potential alone #they’re no twelveclara but #the chemistry is there #please forgive me for my transgressions #considering writing a ouat rewrite post season 1 based solely around rumbelle #maybe i’m insane #but if i was in that writers room they’d be perfect

[freakylilnutjob]

the lyrics, “you’re still here even though you’re gone. you disappear when the lights come on. you’re still the one that I dream about. now I’m stuck in a nightmare and I can’t get out.” are so personal to me

#I know they’re singing about an ex-girlfriend! #but to me it’s about being a closeted agender/trans!! #the whole song can be used as a metaphor tbh #like I dream of being out but as soon as it’s time to wake up I have to pretend again and it’s hell #but agender/trans me is still inside just like slowly dying #it’s ✨torture✨ #I’m just tryna exist #and if you got this far and didn’t somehow guess #these are band camino lyrics from the song Haunted #yes I have made a post about this before #no I do not care #sams spam #the band camino #tbc #haunted #try hard

[deus-ex-mona]

watching people be blatantly wrong on main be l i k e

#*in which being wrong applies for anything and ✨everything✨ be it actual work stuff，opinions，ship opinions，or even tls #like the tls for a c e r t a i n cd that dropped 20 years ago a h e m— #like seriouslyyyyyy i looked up the eng tls for the lyrics of the songs from my favourite childhood album and they’re all??? machine tled??? #like br u h they came out 2 decades ago dont tell me no one was able to refine that tl in that time period </4 #it’s just!!! the way they tled the metaphors literally!!!! and!!!! augghhggghhghahshdhdxhhxhxx #and it’s still the first result when you google it and aaauuauaaaaaaaaaaaaa #yes it d e f i n i t e l y isn’t because there prolly isn’t a demand for accurate song tls for m a n d o p o p songs from 2 decades ago #(or so i try to convince myself s obs in machine tls) #s o i s a y 哎哟哎啀啀啀啀哎哟哎哟— #in other news i found out a few days ago that my bro told his gf that i 👀👀ed at the shelves of bl manga when we were on our trip and. well. #ig i’ve filled my cringe quota of the week. see you next week when i try to outcringe the rest of the world once again—

[pepprs]

retreat day 4 done. it’s been a really good day i think

#purrs #we did feedback and i was the only person who cried and i cried twice LOL. once while giving feedback and once while receiving it. the #feedback that made me cry was that…. omg… someone in my pod CAME TO THE RETREAT BECAUSE OF ME. i was the reason for someone. omg i teared up #immediately. and so many other ppl remembered interacting w me during the lockdown when iwas suffering so bad and it made me so emotional in #a good way. we didn’t give up. we kept pushing on. and it MATTERED. there’s a whole group of ppl in the community room now (i just got back) #and they’re eating and talking and laughing and hugging and leaning on each others shoulders and writing each other letters. and i helped to #make that happen. and we all poured our whole hearts in. and im so grateful and so proud. im not prepared to facilitate AT ALL lmao and we h #have to be out of here in 13 hours and i haven’t finished writing my notes yet. but im content and happy. and i feel like ive made (perhaps #only temporary but still) peace w the wounds that got ripped open last night. so i feel good. i can’t believe it’s almost over #retreat tag #also apparently i am a meerkat btw. #<- according to someone in my pod who gave everyone feedback in the form of animal metaphors 🥹

[apollos-boyfriend]

like. i found the post again. and they talk about how in-context of the album, it’s about the protagonist overcoming abuse. and it kinda is. but also it’s just not? if anything it’s about the protagonist finding new love in christ. while it still is about the protagonist overcoming abuse. you can’t take the jesus out of it.

#icarus speaks #i am not a fool entire #vent #christianity is something deeply embedded in the oh hellos music #while they use it as metaphors #they’re still christian!!! the metaphor is also literal!!!!