#does this metaphor make sense

[rainbowsuitcase]

Finished the second season of What If and I need to say something about Peggy.

I feel like her story isn't really "What if Peggy Carter was Captain America" but more "What if Captain America was a woman." I feel like if they put a random female character into that suit, the story would have stayed the same.

Because Peggy doesn't really have a character. She's a badass woman. She's a strong female character who can get by on her own and yay! Feminism!

Sure.

She's not a character, she's an archetype. And given what archetype she is, I was honestly surprised that they kept tying her back to Steve. Even in the actually alternate storylines of the last two episodes, they kept bringing up Steve and tying her motivations back to him. Everything we learn about Captain Carter is somehow connected to Steve.

If Steve doesn't exist, her story doesn't really work. Her character exists to be a badass independent female superhero and the creators couldn't even do that right.

The creators keep shoving her and Steve together like a little kid playing with dolls and I need them to find new toys to play with, because these ones are old and worn down and broken.

You broke it, you don't get to play with it anymore!

#does this metaphor make sense #idc the topic doesn't either #peggy carter #steve rogers #captain america #captain carter #marvel what if #anti steggy #also where tf is sam wilson #they literally re-told the story of winter soldier #where is falcon!

[redstonedust]

i love oli and joe interactions because its sort of like watching two musicans try to sing completely unrealted songs in different genres, tempos and languages right next to eachother in a crowded city.

#does this metaphor make sense #absoutely not

[d0vegum]

my ocs lore are literally all “it came to me in a daydream” i don’t plan shit i just place out puzzle pieces randomly and then retroactively make sure the other puzzle pieces i placed fit with them and if i’m lucky enough it looks like a puzzle where someone dipped all the pieces in glue before starting and had to finish in a haste that’s still definitely broken and covered in glue

#does this metaphor make sense #it better i took it from personal experience #francis’ thinkings #writing memes #writing meme #writing #oc meme #oc memes

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Wardrobe Woes

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #Yes: there are people who read these comics who don't know much about mdzs. Several are my beloved and supportive friends B'*) #This comic in particular is one that I've been thinking about for a very long time and I'm so happy to finally be here! #I was trying to think about how to explain the social rules of the forehead ribbon and the reason lwj was so upset #and the metaphor of 'it's kind of like wwx accidently undoing lwj's bikini in front of a crowd.' came to mind. #of course there's a bit more to it than that but the point here is that - accident or not - it still embarrasses lwj #wwx doesn't get the entire context behind it (at the time. Now he *does* and it all makes a bit more sense) #But he knows he made lwj upset. He knows he doesn't want to put lwj in another embarrassing situation. #Not after all this. Not after everything. Not after realizing that his desire for friendship might be the kind of desire that ruins lan zha #Love the symbolism of the archery outfits being red during this moment of 'whoops only married couples can do that' moment. #What if we accidental proposed............accidental marriage....accidental kiss the bridegroom....accidental fall in love. #Guess we did inadvertently get the puffy sleeves and bikini outfits in the end. #wwx in an old timey bathing suit is so important to me. I'll die on this hill. #lwj's cute little box is inspired by @lazycranberrydoodles's cute fan art <3 I love it a lot

[abrahamvanhelsings]

listen i don't think edward little was actually a bad first lieutenant. when we see him in the first episode he's calm and confident. he does not say much but he's amiable enough. crozier likes him, and i don't think crozier would like anyone he doesn't think capable in some way. generally he's dependable and knows what he's doing. however unfortunately for edward he has these qualities because he has a major case of eldest daughter syndrome, which means he both wants to please his mum (crozier) and has an overdeveloped sense of responsibility for his younger siblings (crew), so when they get stuck in the ice and crozier starts going (more) alcoholic, he enables his mum bc he doesn't want to disappoint her even if he doesn't agree with her, and he has to pick up the tasks and care for his siblings she's not doing, but he can't let his siblings know about their mum's situation because they'll get worried and restless. and like a true eldest daughter he has to bear the brunt of mummy's anger for being a disappointment but he also doesn't want to seek refuge with the man she divorced (fitzjames) because that feels like a betrayal. also while this is going on there is a giant bear who hunts his siblings for sport so they're dying left and right and also a changeling master manipulator who's making his siblings mad at their mum and who wants to fuck said mum before eating her like some sort of praying mantis. anyway i think i would start being miserable and anxious too.

#joke post but i do feel like the whole 'edward little's bad lieutenanting' goes a little overboard sometimes #he's always in the worst position ever for a man whose sense of duty to captain and crew is at the core of his being #generally everything he does he does bc he thinks it's for the good of the crew. #but the crew is 24/7 in mortal peril so he's anxious 24/7 as well #under normal circumstances he'd know what to do. but these aren't normal 1st lieutenant circumstances. he's not equipped for it #and anyway i do need to point out. that edward is anxious abt everything and he makes wrong choices sometimes even with good intentions #but the first thing crozier did when he got miserable and anxious was stop trying and instead hope to drink himself to death. so. you know. #edward little #the terror #jopson is the favoured younger sibling in this scenario btw #inb4 someone comes into the tags like 'wouldn't jfj be the mum' not in this metaphor

[beanghostprincess]

I often use cannibalism as a metaphor for longing and craving because just being next to the one you adore isn't enough. You need to consume them. But I do it in fundamentally different ways with different ships-- Like. Speaking of Zolu, I say Zoro will let himself be eaten out of devotion, wanting to live inside of Luffy, and knowing Luffy worships food as a symbol for life and freedom. Luffy will eat and consume Zoro out of greediness and the selfishness only a pirate can have but also worshipping every part of Zoro. At the same time, he does it because there's just no other way of having him that isn't inside of him forever. He's possessive like that and wants everything Zoro will give him, and Zoro wants to give him everything. While, if I write about Fyolai, I consider cannibalism as power differences and giving up freedom for love. Nikolai views love and sacrifice as some sort of chain that ties him to the world and doesn't let him be free or make decisions of his own, so letting himself be eaten by Fyodor and letting him take over his body is the most romantic and selfless thing he can do, giving up free will for love and the appreciation he has for Fyodor. While Fyodor feels some sort of power and control over Nikolai doing so, it's not only to call himself a god but because it would put Nikolai out of his misery and even if it's a selfish action it is also his way of showing respect and care as he would never let anybody else live in between his ribs. But then again, it could also be the other way around if you stop and think about it. Luffy only being vulnerable and weak around Zoro, realizing he feels safe inside of him and letting his first mate have everything he wants out of his captain. Because Zoro will not take unless Luffy lets him, so Luffy wants him to take and Zoro wants to swallow every bit of Luffy's vulnerability that only exists around him to give him the rest and comfort he needs and act as the anchor that grounds a ship. Fyodor, on the other hand, could let Nikolai consume him as a treat and sign of respect, giving up his superiority to show a bit of vulnerability around the clown but having still power over him. It would not be free will completely but Nikolai would enjoy the freedom inside of the cell he calls love and be free of eating Fyodor as a symbol of worship and almost religious devotion.

#i think i'm on drugs #i feel like this doesn't make any sense but i swear it does to me #something something cannibalism can be something so romantic #as a metaphor yknow don't- don't eat your partner please #this is what happens when i think about op and bsd at the same time #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro #zolu #one piece #nikolai gogol #fyodor dostoyevsky #bungou stray dogs #fyolai

[llitchilitchi]

tonight has been such a great show of how the fans see c!Dream. the language surrounding him is dehumanizing, in the story, he is the book, he is kept in a vault, he is a monster - c!Q and c!Sam are seconds from calling him it, and the fandom reflects so many of these views. he is not a person with feelings, he is a monster, a predator stalking its prey, an obssessed beast. not human, never human with his very own motivations and goals and dreams who plans for something more. he never wans things for a reason that could not be seen as selfish desire, he is evil personified.

but the moment the language around him, by others in the story, the people who hold power over him reflect the lack of humanity that he should be granted, suddenly it is impossible to strip him of this human side. no, he cannot be in a vault, vault is for objects (like the revive book that everyone sees him as).

he is granted only as much humanity as people think he deserves to be punished further

#litchi.txt #dreblr #am i making sense i am still kinda insane about all this #prison arc save me #it makes the metaphor so much more fucked too #c!Tommy. Theseus. the man who slew the Minotaur #c!Sam. Daedalus. the man who built the labyrinth that the Minotaur was trapped in #does that make c!Dream the Minotaur? #he's a man eating beast that devours any who come close but what is the Minotaur if not a child taken from its mother after the father #broke a promise to a god? #a divine punishment on the world for a sin left wandering halls of cold stone while the people cower in fear and the architect rots away

[tj-crochets]

Hey y’all! I am once again attempting to help my dad identify an animal he saw on a walk (the last one turned out to be a woodchuck despite him describing it exactly like a pine marten lol) What kind of duck has a bright red head and a mostly white body? He described it as “bright red where a mallard is green”

#the person behind the yarn #tj attempts to identify fauna #my dad and I register identifiable info about animals very differently #which sometimes makes either of us trying to tell the other about an animal... #well the only metaphor my brain is coming up with is 'like people playing charades in different languages' #which does not make sense??? but it's what I've got lol #for example my dad described an insect as 'like a hornet but not' #and I said 'oh! was it red?' (we get red paper wasps where we live) #and he said 'no it was like a hornet but not' #to be fair I am terrible at registering identifying info about cars and he can identify a LOT of those #I am fairly confident I have at least once pointed out a car as 'like a corvette but not'

[seehowthebrainplaysaround]

today i learned that pirates wore eyepatches to improve their vision at night and not because they were injured, which naturally made me think of PM Dazai covering one of his eyes with bandages so he could see better in the DARK, the territory of the Port Mafia. and if we're talking about metaphors, we could talk about how after Oda's speech, Dazai being on the side of good, Oda unraveled Dazai's bandages because he didn't have to see in the dark anymore, be in Port Mafia. He started seeing in the light.

#bsd dazai #bungou stray dogs #bsd #bsd analysis #bungo stray dogs dazai #bsd theories #chuuya covering dazai's blind spot because he was the light #dazai could see better in the dark with the bandages #but was crippled with a blind spot #chuuya made up for this #also metaphorically #does that make sense #teen skk #skk

[staticrevelations]

i feel like we've needed some glue to hold BH together and orym has kinda been that in some ways but very quietly/passively and now ashton is really taking charge and starting to connect with everyone and bring everyone into the fold and go from sidelined semi-retired veteran to team captain and it's really beautiful to watch it play out

#does that sports metaphor make any sense idk #ashton greymoore #cr3 #critical role #bells hells

[puppyeared]

Little brother

#in other words. one of the shows producers finally gave context for wukong staring at the stone #apparently he was trying to find MK by ripping thru memories but the scroll kept returning him to the same spot #so he didn’t know MK is a stone monkey either. also confirmed that MK was born from the stone BUT that doesn’t technically make Swk his dad #although bodhi does mention that MK was born from the same stone egg unless he was speaking metaphorically. or that was a translation error #idk man I’m waiting for the dub to come out. shrugs #I do like the idea of wukong being more like an older sibling to MK. even if not technically #I feel like there is dad energy there but older sibling just makes me go ‘ah yea that makes sense now’ #I do have to say I fucking hate perspective and I never want to do it again #edit: ok fuck wait I went back bodhi said he wasnt born from the same egg as Swk. but still #my art #myart #doodles #Lego monkie kid spoilers #lmk spoilers #monkie kid season 4 #monkie kid #lmk #Lego monkie kid #lmk season 4 spoilers #lmk s4 spoilers #lmk s4 #lmk sun wukong #lmk monkey king #sun wukong #lmk MK #technically #lmk xiaotian

[synthshenanigans]

Something about how Heart is being compared to mythology, Minds referencing the bible & Soul being the one to use both of those things

#its so fun to my brain. its interesting to me #idk if that actually means anything i just find it neat #Heart being referenced as Juno [the greek moon goddess] #Mind referencing the bible [he does it mainly in TME but also the whole judgment & punishment talk as well] #then there's Soul with the end of Dream & all of Two Wuv [also a couple extra lines in TSE NMtK & such] #this has probably been said before but i still find it interesting #also to add in. Whole does none of those things really #not including some songs since they're more CJ centric/not Whole based [if that makes sense] #but Whole is much more literal non-metaphorical way of explaining things/singing #the most he talks about anything that's a metaphor is like the Time Machine bits in TMR #THO whats also kinda fun is that when he sorta talks less literal. its in the back & forth part in TWWaY #like showing all separate parts of HMS are there but as one person #again idk if im making sense #im rambling now but its interesting to me #chonny jash #moss post

[sea-buns]

Forgive me if I'm a bit nervous about Gorgug this season. It's just that the last Zac Oyama pc was Colin Provolone, who was arguably one of his greatest D20 performances, if not the greatest.

Zac always does great with every pc he plays, but Colin was something else. He came out swinging with actions and words that were teeming with unspoken emotional baggage. The way Colin's presence affected the other pcs; there was this level of depth that I don't think I've seen in any of his other characters. It was understated and quiet in that signature "just a guy" way that he tends to be, while still captivating everyone instantly with just how raw it was.

Not to say we haven't seen emotional depth in Gorgug. It's just that, compared to the other Bad Kids, Gorgug's journey and progression as a character has been very... impersonal? Like, yes, he found his birth parents, and he found friends who appreciate him, and he faced his insecurities about his intelligence, and he navigated relationship troubles, and his trial through the claustrophobic bug-tunnels was a horrifically-uncanny parallel to how he's spent his entire life trying to make himself as small as possible.

But how much of that has actually changed him from the Gorgug we started with? I would agree that he's definitely happier with his life, given all the loving and supportive people that have been added to it when it used to be just him and his parents. And he's certainly grown into himself and become more self-assured in his abilities, even if he's still, and always will be, our anxious little guy. And there's nothing wrong with that. I've always liked how Gorgug was a representation of all the little things. The subtle acts and kindnesses that don't seem like much to most, but to some are everything.

We don't need another Bad Kid living in fear that their mouth could be shit-in at any moment. We've already got one-too-many.

All that being said, I just feel like Gorgug's personal story beats are much easier to sweep under the rug than everyone else's. He has the same soft and understated quality that Colin held, but they lack that extra oomph that pushed Colin over the edge from being just another guy in a series of dudes, to a character that the vast majority of us could not get out of our heads. He took someone who was anxious and softspoken, who ultimately never wanted to be violent— someone who is remarkably similar to Gorgug in many ways— and maintained that demeanor and core in Colin's character while still hitting us in the feels with character development at max velocity at every turn.

I think Zac gets better and better at this with every season that goes by. With each new character, there is always something that leaves me stunned in awe. And it's been, what, three? Four years since we last saw Gorgug?

I'm just,,, I'm cautiously optimistic but also going into a bit of a worry about what violence this man may inflict upon us

#i got SO carried away LMAO #i dont think ive ever written any posts about gorgug specifically #i made a lot about colin. and some about pib. and some more about zacs performances in general. #but never anything gorgug-focused. i just wasnt on tumblr at those other times that hed been on my mind like this #you can tell i still couldnt resist talking about colin lol #he was just so fucking good. a fantastic character all around. i cant imagine a better example to get my point across than him #when i do posts like this its all very much just me taking a vague idea and working with whatever comes out in the moment #so when i tell you i very much did not plan to get lost in the counterargument and had to stop for a second to remember what my point was #my point still stands but so does everything else #you dont realize it. how similar gorgug and colin really are. or how metaphorical the bug tunnel was. #or how gorgug IS the epitome of little details. small acts. quiet rights and wrongs. the faint causes and the even subtler effects. #u dont truly realize it until youre writing it yourself in a free flow fugue state and it all comes to a halt cuz youve blown your own mind #anyway i love gorgug and i love zac pcs and i hope this post makes sense cuz finding the right words was fucking hard hah #dimension 20 #d20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fantasy high sophomore year #fhsy #gorgug thistlespring #the ravening war #trw #colin provolone #zac oyama

[bookwyrminspiration]

As an addendum to this post, the triple repetition of the phrase "trust me" by both Fintan Pyren and the spark Marella has planted in her heart could imply, using prose structure, that not only are Fintan and flame one and the same, but that Fintan and the spark in Marella's heart are one and the same

and as sparks can catch and lead to infernos, the next question is what inferno is Fintan sparking in Marella's heart?

#kotlc #kotlc spoilers #kotlc character analysis #do you guys get what I'm putting down #like genuinely am I making sense #it makes sense in my head are you getting it too #fintan IS the spark #perhaps not physically. but metaphorically #he asks for trust three times #so does the spark #they are one and the same to marella this implies #even if we don't see the result yet

[samdeancrimespree]

it’s time to overanalyze the impala destruction scene <3 with actual screencaps this time. my analysis of the shot will be Above the screencap. hopefully that makes sense

so sam tries once again to talk to dean about dad. dean yells at him again for suddenly wanting to do what dad would’ve wanted and sam opens up to him about feeling guilty. then sam says he’s dealing with dads death, but dean isn’t. dean doesn’t say anything, just looks at him like This.

we don’t know yet, what john said to dean before he died. but it’s hanging over dean. i think sam’s reaction to dad’s death makes dean want to keep johns words a secret even more. if he tells sam that’s what dad wanted, sam might go along with it.

every time someone brings up john, dean hears his words again, and he feels even worse. he can’t deal with dads death because that means acknowledging what he said, and it’s just too much. he already lost dad, he can’t lose sam too.

sam says “i’ll leave you alone.” and walks away. we only hear a few steps, but that might just be for clarity. who knows. or he just. took a few steps then stopped.

either way, dean turns around and calmly picks up a crowbar. he smashes the window of a random car. takes a few breaths.

as he turns around, he looks up from the ground. looks at something in front of him. it seems for a second like he’s going to stop.

then he looks down at the impala. he glances back up, just for a second. right where sam was standing before. it looks like he’s making sure sam is watching him. you want me to deal with it? fine.

“next time someone asks me if i’m okay, i’m gonna start throwing punches.”

so he goes crazy on the impala. we all know that part.

he destroys the car right after he fixes it. specifically the trunk of the car, where they keep their hunting arsenal. maybe that was just the closest part, or maybe he’s had enough of his family dying because of hunting. he didn’t want to find the demon if it meant sam would die, but now sam might die anyway. no matter what he does, the car/his family will be destroyed. he can’t fix it, and it’s futile to even try. all his work, all the time and love he put into sam might have been worthless.

when he finally stops, he looks wrecked. this is the most emotion he’s allowed himself since dad died.

this is the last shot of the episode. him staring for a good 10 seconds, still on that same eyeline. he seems like he’s looking at something.

he lets himself look sad for a second, but he doesn’t turn away like he normally would. he wants sam to see. this was all for him. it’s like… there. i’m upset. was that enough? can you stop asking now?

then his expression hardens, shutting down and covering his emotions again. it’s like he’s warning sam. dean can’t be sad, only angry. only destructive. this time, it’s the car. next time, it might be sam. the two things he’s supposed to look after, both ruined. and dad isn’t here to fix it. dean has to figure it out on his own.

it looks like he’s asking sam to just leave it alone. don’t ask me about this. i can’t talk about it. and for now, sam believes it’s just about dad dying.

and then the episode ends. i genuinely cannot tell if im supposed to think sam is there or not. but like its the same eyeline!!! and the shot is pushed in and to the right!! sam could be standing in the same spot for all we know !! also what else would he be having a silent convo with in bobby’s junkyard? the dog? his own reflection? the only thing that makes sense to me is that sam is there. that he’s doing this For sam. maybe this is something everyone noticed but me until rn but. im going insane

#im so obsessed with him #he belongs under a microscope. #also he looks so pwetty in this scene GOD #the car is Thee metaphor for their family js #also this goes with my post about dead man’s blood sorry if it doesn’t make sense #sorry just. can’t get over dean performing his emotions for sams benefit #everything he does. everything he shows or doesn’t show is for sam #and it only gets worse when john dies #there’s nothing else. no secondary loyalty #only sam #he’s crazy <333 #2.02 #everybody loves a clown #spn studies #spn #daddy’s blunt little instrument #samdean #dean #mars.txt #s2

[daisies-on-a-cup]

i think will and bedelia are foils of each other not in the traditional sense but in the sense that will is a wolf in sheep's clothing and bedelia is a sheep in wolf's clothing

#her number 1 prerogative throughout the entire show is to survive- which she thought was will's prerogative too #she recognized the wolf within the wool because she herself was playing at a character that did not conform to her skin #but will was attempting to blind himself with the wool so that he wouldn't use his teeth #and bedelia was using the wolf's exterior to protect herself from the fact that she wasn't born with canines #and im not using the sheep and wolf metaphor to say that bedelia was weak or meek or easily swayed #she was arguably the strongest and most clever character in the show- she HAD to be or else hannibal would have killed her much sooner #but her ability to show off an exterior that protected her interior- weave around herself a skin that was dense and tough so as to dissuade #anyone from even attempting to eat her #does this make sense #i dont want this to come across as me saying bedelia was weak or whatever she's my number 1 in all the senses and is so cool #bedelia du maurier #nbc hannibal #will graham #hannibal lecter