#either a continuation

[chiropteracupola]

the best kind of period-drama argument is when men scream and fight while still calling each other Sir

#the pit and the pendulum continues to be fun #However we have been here forty-five minutes and we have not yet seen hide or hair of either pit or pendulum. #bit of an odd adaptation but vincent price great as he always is (parading about in his dressing-gown and shirt sleeves!)

[harriertail]

I'm even sort of named after Firestar, which is weird, because I'm not at all fire-colored.

#'i dont look like fire wah wah' your sister doesnt look like a finch either but shes not a piss baby so #continuing the tradition of only painting the whiniest men #warrior cats #a starless clan #flamepaw #nightheart #harriertail

[hyunpic]

#hyunjin #skz #stray kids #bystay #gifs #staydaily #me posting about this same moment again sorry.. #i just found a better video of it 😣 #anyway. feels like im continuously stepping into a mouse trap while i look at him #need to snort up the moles on his chest like lines of cocaine or #draw lines to connect them together like star constellations #either is fine with me..

[fuckmeyer]

the choice between Edward & Jacob is not a question of which relationship is healthier or which partner is best suitable for Bella. neither is correct. neither is best. neither produces a happy ending for Bella. at the end of the day this is still a vampire novel. any choice Bella could make would yield, at best, a bittersweet happily ever after.

if she chooses Edward, she gets the terrifying Breaking Dawn ending: a girl who rejected her call to grow up has hung her love & her eternity on an emotionally stunted partner who hates himself marginally less than he loves her. she's a teen mom with a kid she never wanted who perpetuates the generational trauma passed down from her parents. by keeping this child, the Cullens have set the stage for an uprising/cold war against the Volturi who are likely to take revenge in order to maintain power. Bella is living in a tenuous "dream come true" wrapped in a nightmare & doesn't realize it.

choosing Jacob is the true coming-of-age ending that rips the stitches out of a wound that never fully healed. even if we ignore the fact that she ends up with a man who sexually assaulted her (we must bear in mind Jacob's character is influenced by smeyer's racism, but it did happen), they can't have a secure romantic relationship. based on the high imprinting rate of the pack, Jacob will likely find his imprint in his lifetime & will lose himself to the imprintee. he will no longer be her Jacob. he will inevitably abandon her (whether he wants to or not), & she must reconcile with the reality that she will always be inadequate to Jacob's imprint. & say he never manages to escape the vampires? he will presumably not age for a long time, meaning the relationship Bella always feared with Edward (her being an old grandmother while he stays forever young) remains a possibility. this is the story of a girl who slaps a Band Aid on an open wound & calls herself healed while flinching every time she sees the shadow of the knife that cut her.

if she chooses neither (team therapy), her healing requires her to lose or be at least partially disconnected from everyone she cares about. Bella must spend the rest of her life shut out from one world while never fully existing in her human world ever again. she must always keep secrets. she can never go back home. even in the unlikely event that she manages to escape the Volturi, the threat of being hunted by vampires will never leave her. in addition, she must face her worst fears (aging, losing Edward) while always keeping in mind the immortal life that could have been hers, if only.

even the "healthiest" option produces scars that will never quite heal.

Twilight is a horror. Twilight is a vampire novel. Twilight is gothic. Twilight is fiction. neither Edward nor Jacob is a "bad" choice because neither will give Bella her happily ever after. the choice between Edward & Jacob is simply a matter of which horror story you prefer to read.

#twilight #twilight renaissance #bella swan #the twilight saga #edward cullen #twilight saga #twilight meta #not to be a downer but the edward/jacob feud is silly #i understand this feud will continue in perpetuity because controversy & drama will always garner attention in online spaces etc #but the idea that either of these men will provide the happy story some people in this fandom want is an illusion #because no matter what happens The Twilight Saga still operates in the context of the vampire/gothic genre which by design can't produce #a 100% happy ending. the vampire itself reflects the inner anxieties of a society - & isolation & change & death - etc. #these are anxieties that can be alleviated thru vamp media. they can be escaped but never solved. which is part of the horror of the genre #The Horror Will Not Go Away #& in this respect Twilight is NOT the exception to the rule. #'oh but it's a YA romance so-' yeah so the black walls get wallpapered. they're still black underneath & nothing changes that #i wish we were able to debate the choice between Edward & Jacob while still bearing in mind neither choice is wrong #i think this fandom would be a lot less toxic & mean to each other for no fuckin reason but oh well

[nostalgic-shamefest]

Eddie Diaz partied so hard he grew a beard

#this is either a continuity error or the lost chim for days #idk what's funnier #911 spoilers #eddie diaz #buddie #911 abc

[hirayaea]

xavier is just casually saying things like this in the office

tara for sure is squealing somewhere in the background

meanwhile, someone nero mutters, “some of us are single, you know…”

/

xavier doesn’t deny allegations when asked if you’re together

in fact, this man is so sly he fans the flames on purpose, but when you ask him about it he just goes: “hmmm? I told them we’re partners”

/

the next day, a “no flirting” sign is posted in the office

xavier is clueless, “who was flirting?” he asks, as he brings you a cup of iced coffee and mixes the gum syrup in front of you, drinking a bit of it himself before handing it to you

“we should share one coffee cup so there’s less trash”, he says, oblivious that tara is still giggling and the other men in the office want to shake him

/

somehow a sign also ends up at jeremiah’s flower shop

xavier asks where are the signs coming from???

jeremiah shrugs, “I don’t know about the one in your office, but I‘ve had that one for years”

/

source: memoria - fluffy trap

#ok this turned into a long headcanon post but bear with me #mc isn’t blameless either she was flirting back. IN THE OFFICE #gosh these two #jeremiah probably sent the sign in an anonymous e-mail #the email reads ‘it won’t help but you can try’ #jeremiah is so tired of this #seiya continues to ruin my life #love and deepspace #love and deepspace xavier #xavier #aya writes #my guiding star

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wen ning #wei wuxian #Ignore how Wen Ning's hair looks here because I messed it up. Let's pretend he just sported a different hair style for a brief moment. #I am not exactly great at consistency but I am trying very hard to work on that (immediately messes up again). #Absolutely *love* how Wen Ning clearly remembers and admires WWX...who does *not* recognize him. #This is the best day for Wen Ning and it means *nothing* to WWX. A painful one-sided crush made worse. #It is bittersweet to realize that we care about someone more than they care about us. Sometime we pour love into a relationship- #-with someone who just can't reciprocate. It isn't always a conscious things either. Some people just aren't aware we care. #And painfully - so painfully - You can't make them aware. No act of kindness or gift or self sacrifice will make someone care about you. #You can martyr yourself for someone and they will continue on unchanged. #I think a lot about the parallels between WN and LWJ. Not foils - just reflections. A theme repeated. #People who give so much of themselves to someone who doesn't have the capacity to give any part of themself away. #I will die on the hill of 'Wen Ning would be the love triangle romance if that trope wasn't being avoided'. #And to be honest - thank the stars above that is the case. I do not know any good love triangles in media. #We are skipping some of the sad Jiang Cheng content because I really want to finish season 2 before May. #Sorry JC emo moment lovers...I'll deliver another time.

[josukespimphand]

the new season is so close, im about to throw up

#jujutsu kaisen #jjk #gojo satoru #geto suguru #getou suguru #my art #cleaned up the sketches a little more last night but ToT #actually posting art more than once a month is crazy to me now it feels weird #i will do better with that tho but yeah #bday tomorrow i just wanted to draw my dudes since ive been in a jjk kinda mood #think ill continue to draw the infinity symbol and scars as buttons on their school uniforms whenever i draw them as students #ive always loved how araki would draw emblems that represented his character's somewhere on either their bodies or clothing like how he'd #usually draw hearts and peace signs on josuke's school uniform ToT... cute

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

ok i'd seen posts about and references to the tiktok tunnel girl but today i finally saw one of her videos and it is SO much crazier than i imagined???

she has actual mining equipment? people made it sound like she was just digging holes but no this is a legit mine??? what the fuck???? so many questions

+ some of my favourite comments on the video

#this is WILD #construction is currently shut down while the mine is assessed by experts #and they either give her permits to continue or shut it down permanently #i have a lot of respect for her i have to be honest #🧃 #tunnel girl #tiktok tunnel girl

[cemeterything]

not a single person has read "hamlet" correctly on this morn

the idea of reading hamlet "correctly" is laughable to me ngl because it's such a personal piece of media to me that i can't imagine being able to interpret it without interpreting yourself through it in some way. that being said there are definitely some readings of it that make he would not fucking say that.jpg flash across my eyes.

#i cant tell if this is a criticism or if you like my hamletposting. either way i shall continue.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

I imagine barnaby trying to be all cool and flirting with howyd subtly but his smoke gives him away fjsns

he thinks he's smooth smh...

#cracking up thinking about this ngl #like howdy continues on with work #and whoever's at the table with barn - lets say uhhhh idk julie #is like 'awww your smoke turns pink when you talk to him' #and barn just freezes a la 'excusemeitfuckingWHAT' #aaaand Slam that panic button #bbg didnt know.... #rambles from the bog #wh fantasy au #anyway i think ill never draw a better howdy #i squandered my Him points on an au scribble- AN AU SCRIBBLE #ive peaked ill never get any better! #< lie. there's always room for improvement and reaching new heights #on the flip side i had such a rough time with barn #its always an exchange - i can either draw a good howdy or a good barn Never both smh #still though idk How this came out as good as it has i have not drawn in days #nary a line nor doodle to be found... #but covid is wearing off and babey i am BACK! #slowly. it beat me up pretty good ngl #it took me tf out im gonna be extra tired for a while... #but since my congestion has cleared up and im not Hacking and Sniffling anymore #stream soon probably! Normal Stream To Get Back In The Swing Of Things #it feels like ive been sick for a thousand years but i think its been like #three days??? i really dont know... #i hope everyone is doing well and Not getting covid. wear your mask #i wore mine but my stepdad didnt and Look What Fuckin Happened

[five-of-cr]

the crows as reductress headlines: part 2

#reductress continues to supply the perfect helnik headlines #wylan headlines are also pretty abundant #it's because it's either 'i'm soooo out of this guy's league' or 'FUCK. i have no idea what's going on and i'm scared' #the duality of woman #six of crows #shadow and bone #crooked kingdom #soc spinoff #save shadow and bone #incorrect six of crows #six of crows spin off #six of crows incorrect quotes #incorrect grishaverse #incorrect grisha quotes #wylan van eck #wylan hendriks #jesper fahey #kaz brekker #nina zenik #inej ghafa #matthias helvar #helnik #wesper #kanej #jack wolfe #kit young #amita suman #freddy carter #danielle galligan #calahan skogman

[cock-holliday]

Thinking thinking thinking about Leslie Feinberg in Outlaw talking about gender and zie described hirself as a “transgendered woman.” Leslie had ID’ed as “trans” but I had not heard til that interview zie saying “transgender(ed) woman.”

I know zie considered hirself still a lesbian, and something under a trans umbrella, and while many were quick to assign “trans man” or “transmasc” onto hir, I knew that somewhere in a sense of womanhood, zie identified with a woman-adjacent label still.

I had not considered zie would combine hir sense of womanhood with the label of trans but it makes complete sense, and gives a whole new layer to hir sense of sisterhood with (amab) trans women!

Zie was a woman in a transgressive, transitional, transgender(ed) way. A trans woman.

What a concept of gender and transness that would make so many spaces spit blood. But it makes total sense!

Oh, to have more people recognize the trans umbrella (and frankly entire queer umbrella) as a spectrum of transgressive gender and not as mirrors for cisheteropatriarchy.

#leslie feinberg #outlaw 1994 #I’ve seen clips but never the whole video!! #in 1994 no less #damn wish id seen this sooner #leslie continuously rocking my world when it comes to gender understanding #the shit zie and Kate Bornstein did—partially just by existing—has had such a profound impact on me #everything both said was either relatable as hell or so jarring but understandable when I shifted my perspective #which forced me to accept the odd parts of myself #dare I say…the queerest parts

[buggachat]

lovesquare keeping secrets from each other conflict PART TWO LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

#part three? part four? how many times have ladynoir had this conflict before. and now adrienette is continuing it #ml spoilers #ml s5 spoilers #ml s5 finale spoilers #recreation spoilers #re-creation spoilers #ml recreation #ml re-creation #is it fucked up that marinette is doing this? oh yes. absolutely. absolutely completely fucked up #but let the record show that i love fucked up scenarios that lead to conflict #also i do completely understand why she's doing it because dear god i do Not Know what i would do in her shoes either lmao

[gschamig]

My links

#me #bw tag #depending on how tumblr handles this I'll either continue or stop posting original content

[iirulancorrino]

The Green brothers are doing effective altruism better than maybe 95% of people who identify online as effective altruists.

#I know it's cringe to be into vlogbrothers in 2024 but I'm incredibly impressed by JG's swerve into fighting global health inequities #and last week's news about their commitment to funding TB prevention was really cool #also I have a lot of respect for creators who seem able to continue to build online communities focused around optimism and trying #to do good in the world in a way that seems genuine--because I've realized how much intentional effort that must take #when social media writ large seems to skew towards either reactionaries or doom and gloom #VB was formed in an era where everyone had a lot more earnest hope in the potential of the internet and (with multiple evolutions) #they've kept going through a seismic change in the way we relate to social media and the creator economy. it's interesting #also I think it's interesting JG is doing his best work 10+ years out from his peak fame. life lesson there maybe