#does any of this make sense?

[catabasis]

i can't stop thinking about how the relationship between Jones Hall and Conrad Earp is the heart of Asteroid City, how their one and only encounter (that we see) influences the entire film: Conrad writing a play about connection between people and the immediate connection between Jones and Conrad the moment they meet; the character of Augie becoming Jones, and Jones having his heart broken with each performance, a prelude to Jones' heart getting broken after Conrad's death; Jones initially knowing why Augie burns his hand but then doubting his interpretation and looking for an answer and meaning for the play and looking for the validation of the play director, just like he found Conrad's validation after his monologue when they first met; Conrad's play being also about death and grief, a grief that Jones has to perform without fully understanding it until that grief becomes real with Conrad's death, and so Augie and Jones truly become one man grieving the loss of his loved one; the scene with the actress playing the dead wife and the dream that would parallel both Augie and Jones, how they both feel lost and unable to move on, but the wife (and Conrad through the writing of the wife) urges them to move on and find love again; Conrad dying (what if Conrad was always meant to die? what if Conrad was doomed by his own narrative?) and in his death, giving Jones the grief he needs to play Augie and ultimately understand the play.

“use your grief.”

#does any of this make sense? #i have so many thoughts and they're still too raw to put into comprehensive words #asteroid city #jones hall #conrad earp #augie steenbeck #asteroid city spoilers #i need to write a proper character analysis about them #i've seen the film twice in theaters but i feel i need to rewatch it a hundred more times to fully grasp all the themes and meanings #txt #my thoughts

[archivistprotocol]

*slams into the room with all the grace of a baby and knocks shit off the tables, sending the red string board flying*

forget that relationship tension for a second (dw, i'm Thinking About It). SAM. PUT THE FORMS DOWN. and for the love of everything holy and good, DO NOT GO TO THE MAGNUS INSTITUTE RUINS. you wanna be the next redcanary??? that's where you're fucking headed, buddy. i know the saying is "curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back," but in this case, there ain't nothin' to be satisfied about when it comes to exploring some ol' spooky ruins that are gonna grab you by the feet and drag you further in until you don't know if you're you anymore, or some unwilling servant to a gluttonous, knowledge-seeking eldritch horror. or, you know, you end up dead. there's that. sam. my man. put the forms down, stay the FUCK away from the magnus institute, and figure your shit out with celia and alice because i swear to the unholy eldritch horrors that if you hurt alice in your ill-advised crusade to unravel your past and the secrets of the magnus institute, something worse than a tunnel goblin gouging your eyes out is coming your way.

#tmagp spoilers #tmagp #the magnus protocol spoilers #tmagp 9 #the magnus protocol #listen i know it wasn't tunnel goblins #i'm three cups of coffee in and i can feel my bones vibrating #does any of this make sense? #probably not #do we care? #also probably not #can we all agree that we want to protect alice from whatever crackpot bullshit sam is gonna drag her into? #i sure the fuck hope so #that woman has told him time and time AGAIN to leave the cases alone #to stop digging #she clearly wants to keep her hands clean of it all! #but alas love does make us do stupid shit #like following our ex into a spooky ruin #that totally won't have dangerous consequences at all no ma'am

[velichorus-k]

Ships two people but not in a romantic way. Ships two people in a ‘they’re obsessed with each other way’. Not qp btw they're just weird about each other

#is there a word for this #lonelyeyes #megop #desperately need girl versions of this trope #either contains chernobyl levels of toxicity or theyre just kind of pathetic about each other #divorced but never married #I dont ship them I dont want to see them kiss or cuddle #but I DO believe they believe murder is a love language #does any of this make sense? #personal #txt

[kat-eats-dirt-blocks]

geminislay??

#geminitay #hermitcraft #does any of this make sense? #not really #but does it look cool? #I think so #and what's a bit of wonky blood physics between friends #my art

[deadsparrows]

listen to me etho is aroace. and you may be thinking "but he's in so many weird relationships with romantic vibes" well yeah thats Because he is aroace. these people see this poor man with the void of want and go "i can be who he wants" and then etho is left to humour them because why not. this is not to say he does not love his weird little relationships or the people in them. he cares deeply and does love them, just platonically. which is why all of them are insane. like. look at any of etho's relationships and tell me they aren't a qpr. look me dead in the eyes and tell me etho and bdubs are not in a qpr. those men are in love (platonically)

#does any of this make sense? #probably not #ethoslab #trephining

[fishingonurano]

I'm so used to characters wearing gloves just 'cause it looks cool, that it took me an embarassingly long amount of time to realize that Sinclair wears them to avoid biting his nails, and i think it's such a neat detail. Then again Sinclair is the anti-thesis to the "cold, lone wolf because my whole family got murdered" trope too.

#limbus company #lcb #sinclair lcb #lcb sinclair #does any of this make sense? #rambles

[nico-di-genova]

I can’t stop thinking about this post and because my brain is broken - New Girl style sitcom where Michael and Sam are roommates. They hardly ever see each other because Sam works at ENCOM during the day and then spends most his nights at Flynn’s trying to rebuild the grid. Michael sleeps all day and then works at night. Sam’s eating dinner while Michael’s across from him in the kitchen pouring cereal straight from the box and milk from the carton into his mouth.

Neither one of them knows about the others projects - Sam trying to bring back his dad and Michael trying to kill his.

Sam: yeah, my dad…my dad was a great guy.

Michael: my dad probably killed kids.

Sam: …oh…

Alan and Henry meet occasionally for coffee to talk about how antisocial their godsons are.

Quorra also lives with them, she’s the only one who notices Michael’s increasingly decaying state and she mentions it to Sam one time but Sam claims he hasn’t noticed anything different.

“He’s purple Sam.”

“He works the night shift Quorra he can’t help having dark circles.”

They have a collaborative playlist of 80s songs on Spotify that they blare around the apartment. They both have various sketches and blue prints scattered around the living room. Michael likes to draw Marv, the drawings start out relatively normal but progressively become more unhinged.

They all three live off of fazbear pizza, it’s becoming a problem.

#does any of this make sense? #no #because my brain refuses to make it coherent #michael afton #sam flynn #tron #tron legacy #fnaf

[bookwyrminspiration]

I don't really have a final conclusion for this, I've just been thinking recently that I appreciate the effort Shannon made to say its okay to learn differently than others and have unique needs, however Exillium being the medium through which that message is conveyed in Unlocked falls short (at least for me) because...that's also the punishment school. Having different educational needs and being sent to a different school--not to mention one that's not even part of formal society and is literally in the wild--for poor behavior/choices are two very different things, but they've been lumped together.

Yes, it's entirely okay to learn differently and have unique needs, but that's not why kids get sent to Exillium. It's not a school to help accommodate their learning. Kids are, from what we've seen, sent almost always because they've caused problems and are deemed unfit for the typical schools. Disruptive, problematic, criminal, lesser, etc. So also having it be the alternative learning school kind of implies a correlation between having different needs and making poor choices/having problem behavior. Like none of these students "learn differently" (that we've been told at least) they caused problems (intentional or not) that people didn't want to deal with. Maybe this isn't representative of all Exillium students, but it's all we've seen so far that I can recall.

And yes Exillium is improving and did have a positive initial intention, but as it is right now I find myself (personally, these are my feelings) uncomfortable at it being used to say its okay to learn differently. Because it doesn't feel like it follows through on that message. Having the school where kids with criminal behavior are sent out of sight separate from the rest of society being the school for alternate learning styles just doesn't sit quite right.

And yes, some of the kids sent there were just labeled disruptive/problematic and they didn't actually do anything wrong but be themselves, but their being fucked over by the system doesn't change that that is how the system works.

I'm not really going anywhere with this and it's difficult to articulate (I'm sure I've missed a few clarifying points because I keep debating with myself back and forth) because I do think Shannon meant well, I'm not an expert, and there are always arguments to be made to the contrary (like I said, I've been debating with myself). It's just something I've been thinking about because I always feel icky reading that part of Linh's Exillium commentary, but maybe I'm making a problem out of nothing.

#kotlc #kotlc discourse #i keep doubting myself like is there actually anything there or am I making this up #i don't think I am? #for aforementioned reasons #and also...what alternate learning does it even show? #i don't have experience with accomodated learning styles so I can't say for certain #but I thought it was about learning the same things just in different ways presented differently #exillium isn't teaching them differently its just teaching them different things entirely #perhaps I am in over my head #and the fact exillium's being criticized and improved renders this null #and the fact students were having problems in the usual schools does indicate a different learning style thus rendering this null #but it just doesn't sit right with me #like none of these students 'learn differently' they caused problems people didn't want to deal with #and I. don't like that the two are lumped together #does any of this make sense? #long post #added one of these tags to the original post because i think it summarizes something well #i have read over this so many times. releasing it into the world now please be nice #<- doesn't not mean you cannot disagree or offer alternative perspectives just don't be rude about it #i'm genuinely trying to think and reason it through because I'm doubting myself and keep going back and forth #on whether or not there's actually anything to this

[something-awful1]

a little hazbin rant

I like (most of) the pilot va's better. I got into Hazbin before it was even a show, and I watched the show come to life mostly via Hunicast streams, so I got very used to Michael Kovach as Angel Dust, Edward Bosco as Alastor. And those two characters are the only ones I have a major complaint with, I think Erika, Kimiko, Stephanie, and so on are all doing a phenomenal job, and they all really get the characters. My problem is Angel and Alastor, and just how much charm they lost in the actual series vs the pilot. The pilot was phenomenal! The ost was amazing (comparative to the Epic Mickey ost, as one of my friend's pointed out), the voice acting was top tier, and the premise for the story was set up perfectly. It was an amazing hook, amazing concept, with no tone or pacing issues. And the voice actors carried the pilot. The use of a heavy radio effect and sound effects here and there over Alastor's voice is so charming, and it was a part of what made his character so appealing! He talked like a radio host! Where did that go? And Angel Dust was phenomenally voiced by Kovach, seriously. He was really what drew me into the series in the first place, and seeing him replaced was awful. And I know it's been said before, "Well, Viv said she really resonated with Blake Roman's interpretation of-" yeah, obviously she's really gonna like the fucking Broadway actor over some indie va. And that really is my main problem, the fact that a part of the charm came from voice actors that were just starting out, or weren't that big yet, or were really just known to do work on indie animation and smaller projects. It was nice. It was comforting. It was charming, and the charm was what made the pilot so amazing. I'm just really sad to see that it's been lost with the series (It's important to note that the voice actors aren't the only or even the main issue in the series. The tone and pacing, mid writing, generally okay songs, and lack of a ost contribute far more greatly than character voices. Blake and Amir still did a phenomenal job, I just miss when the series was smaller. It's me reminiscing, is all).

#does any of this make sense? #hazbin angel dust #hazbin hotel #angel dust #alastor #blake roman #michael kovach #amir talai #vivziepop #complaining

[cillixn]

So how do you justify objectifying and calling Cillian names on here? Isn’t that bad behavior as well?

…girly pop… the beauty of being on here is the fact that he’s not going to see this. do you honestly think that if i saw him irl, i’d call him something ridiculous like… a grumpy old salt and peppered slut to his face?

and even if he did- for some ungodly reason- come across this blog, would he really give a shit what some random clown on the internet has to say about him? positive or not? i doubt it. it has zero effect or impact on his life whatsoever.

#does any of this make sense? #my point was #don’t be a creep and please respect people’s boundaries #asks #cillian murphy

[curiouslyeasy]

this is genuinely one of my favorite updates ever. i love that we’re getting to see this side of Nick. Alice is so great at balancing their emotions and struggles, giving them both time and space to feel what they need to feel.

the repression part hits me hard. when i realized i was probably aro/ace, everything made so much sense, but also no sense at all. i didn’t know how to live with this new thing that made me different. it was really scary. but also so freeing. even though it felt like a door closing, there was another door that opened. still, it felt like everyone i knew was still on the other side of the door. but it’s not really a door, right? it’s more of a curtain perhaps, that is easy to open. or maybe there’s no door at all. we are all one big room.

Vol 5 is on track to be my favorite volume, hands down. my heart is bursting.

#does any of this make sense? #is it too convuluted? #i don’t know #i just want to share my thoughts #i always think so much about each update #each one changes my life in little ways #if that makes sense #anyways #i love it #you guys are in for a treat in the upcoming updates lolol #heartstopper #nick and charlie #alice oseman #osemanverse

[moft-man]

I would love to see more about the dynamic between Stanley and the Narrator!! What kind of relationship do they have? Are they on good terms?

first off, ALLEN HIII SILLY!!!!!!

with that out of the way! prep for a long, incoherent, rambling answer below the cut! (I do not know how to format my thoughts <//3)

hope this makes some sense!!

Stanley and Narrys relationship is. confusing? but as of now they certainly don't hate eachother.

in the original release, things were *rough* between them. Stanley was angry and frustrated and spiteful and did everything he could to get back at this taunting voice that followed his every move, hated that this thing had power over him, hated that no matter what he did, it was ALWAYS there, always waiting for him back at the start with another story of a man named Stanley. They fought and fought and hurt each other over and over and over again. Stanley out of anger and spite for being trapped in this seemingly never-ending hell, and Narrator out of frustration and confusion that his story that he spent so so long on, poured his soul into was being twisted against him, ruined, unappreciated. So he hurt Stanley, killed him over and over, let Stanley die. Cold, distant. They fought like this for years- or longer, who knows? Neither of them know how long they've been there truly, time doesn't pass this same in the loops.

but after doing this to each other over and over, they just. it just got too much. they were both tired of it.

this change obviously wasn't immediate. it was slow and gradual. Hell, the pair hardly even noticed it happening.

Little things. A silly achievement that left Stanley laughing so hard his sides hurt, listening to the voice send him on wild goose chase clicking on doors and copy machines and climbing on desks. A stupid song in a white void that was supposed to be insulting but Stanley seemed to enjoy nonetheless. Mutual agreements that they both deserve a break. quiet moments in the employee lounge. Oh fine, I suppose you can sit in the broom closet for a little while. Thanks, we can do the Freedom Ending a few times when I'm done. Spawning in little things at Stanley's request- a pad of paper, a set of pens, sticky notes, a stress ball, a desk plant.

Slowly, very slowly- they came to terms with one another. with this place they're stuck in. maybe he does like his voice just a little bit. maybe stanley isn't so boring. Maybe they have actually come to find comfort in one another.

by the ultra deluxe release, Stanley and the Narrator are at a kind of odd friendship- not just a tolerance, no no. The two are close, they *want* to be around each other, they *want* to do this. They want the other to be happy. They still argue and bicker, but it isn't the same. There's no hate behind it, no venom to the words. He's still his stupid, stubborn Stanley, but oh he wouldn't have it any other way. and he's still his over dramatic, temperamental Narrator, just the way he likes him. They begin to notice the shift in dynamic.

he likes his laugh

he likes the way he smiles

he likes how passionate he is

he likes his determination

he likes his voice

he likes *him*.

neither mentions these things of course. why would they? do they need to? they're both perfectly happy with the way things are now, so why change it? They'll continue to co-exist, to try and keep things interesting for the other. that's all they can do, keep the wheel turning. but that's ok because at least they're still stuck together.

So yeah. I think they're on pretty good terms :))

#does any of this make sense? #i dont know how to organize my thoughts #so i hope this clicks #overall i just think it took them a while but now that theyre at a kind of comfortable medium with eachother #they really do care for one another #i love these two idiots #they deserve to be happy together #uhhh i have so many thoughts on this #tsp #the stanley parable #the moft parable #hope this answers ur question????

[quibbs126]

You know, I find myself vaguely interested in trading cards and trading card games, but also I haven’t really played any

Like they fascinate me, but the only one I’ve actually played is the Pokémon TCG, so I’m not really experienced in that area, and I don’t really know how to figure out more about it in general

#trading cards seem fun #I used to collect Pokémon cards back in the day #but it’s just that I’m not experienced with them in general #does any of this make sense? #I don’t know why I’m posting about this #trading cards #trading card games #random stuff

[dittolicous]

i guess unpopular opinion, but i cant say im a big fan of trans mtf sanji.

it might mostly be because of how the fandom approaches it, like, oh sanji is a soft boy who likes being clean and fashion and likes cooking, and he praises women too much, so he must actually be a woman! like, why does he have to be a girl because he showers every day and takes interest in fashion or w/e? theres more than one way to be a man

it honestly feels more of a disservice to draw those lines, saying hes clearly not a man because of them, instead of like.... embracing the fact that 1) gender is a spectrum its not just girl or boy instead of using toxic gender roles to trans someones gender and 2) toxic masculinity forcing sanji into being a different kind of man then what he fully wants to be - you can still be a man and enjoy wearing dresses or make up, you can have soft hobbies and it doesnt make you lesser gender wise

it just rubs me wrong to boil him down like that instead of looking into all the grays that make up sanji and making it black or white. he can be both, neither, go back and forth depending on his mood, or whatever. he can be a man who likes dresses, a woman who likes suits, etc etc. lets not literally reinvent toxic gender roles to make these claims

if zoro can have the biggest boobs of the crew than sanji can still be a man and enjoy dressing up in pretty dresses idk

#ditto rambles #i see him more as enby with male leanings #and maybe i didnt word thos great #but i just keep seeing some pretty weird sexist takes to justify trans sanji #when its like #so very unnecessary and uncool #theres more to gender than the roles we play #and sanji has a lot of repression issues to work thru #he can be more then what either judge or zeff have laid out for him #does any of this make sense?

[softcryz]

wait did you make an entire another account for creativity instead of a sideblog

YEAH Creativity is on another account entirely. That account has sideblogs of. Other things :]

I'm pretty sure Fathom does too?

I don't have access to the part of the brain that knows WHY I did it like that but I technically have a VERY early version of Creativity's blog on this one. Before I. Sent him to another planet

#zoc scrambled #does any of this make sense? #Nope! #It's fine I switch between em really quickly #wait fuck it might be because asks are a bit broken on thsi account #CAN'T REMEMBER #zoc asks #zoc shack #LANDS_EDGE

[nekropsii]

Recently I’ve been really leaning onto the hadcanon that Jake is aroace, mostly because of pesterquest haha but I did like the idea before I played

Would it be biphobic to hc him as aroace?/gen

Honestly, I see Jake as at the very least Aromantic myself, possibly even AroAce, just like you. He’s read to me as being at the very least a level of Demiromantic and/or Demisexual.

My personal thoughts are that I do not think that’s Biphobic. Just like it’s not Homophobic to have Aspec headcanons about Gay/Lesbian characters. Not because I’m making exceptions for my own interpretations of characters- I like to think I’m a little too self aware to do that- but because sexuality and romantic orientation is a very complicated thing and being AroAce doesn’t inherently conflict with being Gay, Bi, or a Lesbian at all.

I, personally, would describe myself as Gay and AroAce. Real attraction comes to me so rarely that it can be difficult to explain to people that, by technicality, I’m Demiromantic/Demisexual, just to a severe degree, so it’s simply easier to stick with AroAce. I think of it similarly to identifying as “Queer.” Very much so a blanket label.

My own identification of being AroAce is not stopping me from being the gayest man in my friend group, and it’s also not stopping me from having a boyfriend who I love dearly, and have loved dearly for years now. It isn’t Homophobic or Biphobic or Lesbophobic to have a complicated relationship with sex and romance. There is a world of difference between saying a character, who is Bi, might prefer not to have sex and generally doesn’t experience romantic attraction, and saying a character, who is Bi, is Gay simply because he dated a man once, or straight simply because he’s dated more women.

That is what I was talking about when I said “Please be normal about Bisexual characters.” People in this fandom- and in general, honestly- cannot comprehend the fact that Bisexual people are, in fact, Bisexual, and don’t magically become Gay or straight simply because they gained a romantic interest in someone. You would not believe the amount of people I’ve seen say Dave is straight up 100% Gay in canon. No he isn’t.

#does any of this make sense? #i just think that a lot of people treat AroAce and (insert other identity here) as being conflicting and they really aren’t #that’s the crux of my point #many bi people are aroace and many bi people are alloace and many bi people are aroallo and many bi people are alloallo #same for gays and lesbians and straight people and pan people or (insert a menagerie of labels here) #it’s not conflicting at all #i encourage it #homestuck #homestuck fandom #homestuck headcanons #beta kids #alpha kids #jake english #dave strider #jake.pdf #nekro.pdf #nekro.sms