#going more for teamwork

[pumpkins4all]

Okay so, I’ve been giving this an unnecessary amount of thought (as one should for a hyperfixation)

If the Life Series was a show, what would be the in-universe story?

How would you make three season with the same characters, if the literal premise of the show is that only one character survives to the end?

How do you keep the stakes, what is the overall conflict and how do the characters return each season despite dying? What’s in it for them?

(I’m sure other fans have thought this as well, but I’m gonna try imagining a series that is as similar as possible, but is more grounded. I’m borrowing ideas from similar series like Hunger games and Squid Game, to fit the storytelling format)

The Life Series:

Welcome to the Life Series! In this brand new show, 14 contestants have been chosen to fight against each other to the death.

And if the contestants, upon waking up, are questioning what they are doing inside a large blue dome, are generally frightened or demanding to see who took them here… ignore that.

As the contestants quickly learn thanks to the local NPCs, they are all now a part of Third Life, the first of three seasons which will all take place inside the perimeter (the lovely blue dome that you are currently trapped in). Rules are simple, if you are the winner of one or more seasons, you will be allowed to escape the perimeter after the show has ended.

Now how do you win? Well, as you can see on your wrist, you all are equipped with three lives. The small energy shield around you is there to protect those lives. If the shield breaks due to damage, you will lose one of your lives. Once you are down to one life, you are a red life and the shield will be permanently gone. As a red life you are unprotected and easy to kill, so watch your back. On the plus side, without a shield in your way, you will be able to attack your fellow contestants, so be sure to use it wisely.

Thanks to technology, if you die, we’ll simply reupload your consciousness into a new body for the next season and you get another try. We have made sure the body is a similar build, gender and so on, but small differences may put you off at first. It may take a bit of time to get used to the new body, so better if you don’t die, amirite?

Well, that is all for Third life. Each of the three seasons will take place in a new perimeter and we may change the rules a little bit as we go along, so better if you stack up those wins early. As a green or yellow life, you may team up, bond, betray, and treat your fellow contestants however you please. As a red life, you may do all of those things, with the added bonus of stabbing whoever you find annoying.

Just remember, only one winner can be left standing at season’s end. And only those with wins, can leave this place once the third season is over.

Have fun!

#I’d be super interested to see what you think of this idea #it’s hard to figure out how there would still be stakes if the characters can literally die and come back #but I think giving it a season limit would keep the stakes #and the characters would be hesitant to kill other sin the beginning #going more for teamwork #like Grian joining Scar simply because he felt guilty over making a scar lose a life #where they get more brutal in later seasons #and unhinged lol #Grian is still reeling from losing his body after last season #hes really not happy about being teamed with Scar #so even if he knows he’ll be okay after double life ends #he doesn’t want to lose his body AGAIN #Scar doesn’t give a shit #he’s on his third one and under no illusion of winning #Scot purposefully gave up his body in last life despite winning #Cleo wasn’t originally a zombie #she was given a shotty model after last life #so she has no chill anymore #Bdubs and Impulse have decided they are going to win double life #and get a couple therapist once they get out #Pearl is not okay #none of these people are okay #trafficblr #third life smp #3rd life smp #last life smp #double life smp #dlsmp #original post

[notllorstel]

1st wave of left hand speedrun art~

Started this to get back in the groove since way way behind my left hand art batches (started in July 2018), but thinking of doing more waves til my sketching level is closer to my dominant hand (with bonus line art training). Aim to keep it under 30 mins per doodle (forbidden to go over an hour) and do as often as able (minimum a wave per a month).

Also while doing this, reminded me a friend got me a T-shirt with Coran face on it as a gift, but forgot due to it not looking at it cause it was a lil unnerving in its lineless and noseless style. So finally tried to fix that with a sharpie ;P

#left hand art #coran #llors ndh art #left hand art batch #llorsdood #funny how my line art is better than my sketch with my left atm #perhaps will get more in teamwork between the hands #split the duties #the current batch I was doing was on my tablet and the hand and eye coordination and at the time was really frustrating with my left hand #so going to lean fully in just getting a better hang of paper/screen to pen til going back to that #you must know that I’m only obsessed with the coran that lives in the back of my mind with everyone else from Kotp au #OCifier BEAM FIRED #voltron #making note started official training in July 2018

[brighteuphony]

If Sakura is in the Hidden Sand training with Chiyo, what would her relationship with the Sand Siblings be?? Does she still save Kankuro from Sasori's poison? Your au is so interesting and cool! I love it!!

So Chiyo (according to the wiki) grew apathetic and basically dipped out of ninja-hood to go live the hermit lifestyle. So I headcanon that she and her brother settled out in an oasis- and Sakura meets her 1.5 years into the timeskip period- so before she'd actually canonically meet Sasori. They'll still fight, but when Enji takes Sakura to the oasis, Chiyo is just some old bitch lady her teacher knows.

And thank you so much! I'm so happy you're enjoying it!!

#ask #sasori still gon get clapped #but Sakura and Chiyo are bae at that point #so their teamwork makes even more sense #also im going to be fudging canon timelines a little because no one can stop me

[fishybehavior]

Another doodle for my ninja monster hunter au!!

#ninjago #mhw #monster hunter au #doodle #doodles #jay ninjago #my art #sorry i dont really have any story things #monster hunter doesnt have a super complex story usually (at least from mhw) #but it is still fun #and in my brain its more of a slice of life thing #them going on crazy adventures and being silly #having fun and getting into danger #kais bragging definitely gets him into more trouble than its worth #theres a lot of screaming (from jay) #and some good teamwork as they slay monsters together #:)

[moregraceful]

I am once again job searching.... I am beginning to think capitalism is simply not for me. also do you know much easier my life in the bay area would be if I had any kind of skills that would transfer to a corporate or tech setting

#or was willing and able to move out of the bay area lol that's the other one. but that's a way more complicated discussion #but like imagine a world where i have a job i tolerate and isn't soulcrushing that allows me to make money...wow... #my work experience is like 1) public and academic libraries 2) human trafficking survivors 3) religious settings #AND LIKE OBVIOUSLY I CAN SPIN ALL OF THAT #but sometimes i go on teamwork and i look at sports jobs and i'm like. i could do that #i would be so good at social impact shit #but broadly if i was a hiring manager in any corporate setting i'd see my work experience and go. that's a hot mess. absolutely not #which i have found libraries and nonprofits are a little more tolerant of a chaotic resume.....alas #anyway if i seem insane in the next couple of months. it's bc my org is in a state of decay and i am not committed enough #to stick through to the end and/or be fired when we start losing funders. god bless bake on #fresno oilers.txt

[fireheartwraith]

Red winning a second day in a row proves that they've made a comeback from day 1 and that day 2 wasn't fluke, so I hope green goes after blood 🩷

#qsmp #qsmp purgatory #i don't think anyone is more surprised than red #but it does make it seem like the secret to this competition is teamwork #blue also has a good dynamic but i feel like a lot people go out by themselves a lot #so when they get in trouble there's no one to help and they die #red team is also ALWAYS on a group call #even carre (he just stays muted most of the time) #i was watching quackity yesterday and I legit thought he was the only one from his team left because he was alone #but bagi was still on #why weren't they together or on call? #/gen i guess #pac died of thirst the same way: he was away from everyone and couldn't ask for help #there absolutely was enough time to save him if he had told anyone were he was hidden #THIS WAS QOMMUNICATION GUYS YOU CAN DO IT #also i did mostly watch red so you can correct me on my takes on the others if i'm wrong! #qsmp red team #qsmp bolas #qsmp bolas rojas #qsmp green team #qsmp green ninjas

[pianostarinwonderland]

Yuu apparently is great at the bugle. Manifesting Musically talented Yuu. Both great with a flute and a bugle.

So interestingly, it can go either way: if you click the option where Yuu essentially says, "Oh I'm not confident..." they won't sound good. But if you click that they're good at music, then Yuu will play the bugle well.

It's intriguing that the few times we see Yuu's talents is when it's with music OwO so the flute and bugle, notably they're instruments involving the mouth. Some people have pointed out the connection between Yuu's musical talent and the twistunes, which makes me go 👁👄👁 damn it would have been cool if all twistunes involved a woodwind/brass instrument. Maybe we might see other instruments that Yuu may or may not be good at in the future though. 👀

#twst #twisted wonderland #twst jp #twst spoilers #ask #really really trying to have the braincells for this particular theory ngl #like like DAMN i suddenly want to go back to every twistune but also ik a good amt of them are synthesized ?? #i want to think that if yuu knows enough instruments they'd be able to have the ear to help people play harmoniously in a band #which is code for Helping Villains Work Together #generally this theme of music and symbolism of music as teamwork is smth that twst lowkey kinda touches on #i.e. octavinelle and their middle school band and note too that their teamwork in general is so mhm #that's why they can do the things that they do now #which then puts something like malleus and his talent for the stringed instruments to a different perspective now #cause he can Play. but he has No One to play with #he could be a soloist Sure but we are currently seeing how that is turning out for him (see: book 7 #all the more that his main instrument is the cello which has solo pieces but generally it's used to accompany and give rhythm in a band #or string quartet

[t-u-i-t-c]

Shinobi 4: It's Here! Paonmaru

#this is the episode that make me associate oden with takaharu immediately #i think it's really interesting to see how takaharu learns things #it's seemingly more difficult to understand some concepts by looking at them straightforward or deeply #when it comes to teamwork he doesn't understand why he has to wait and work with his team when he can go ahead and do a task himself but #when he looks as each ninninger as a part of oden that come together to form a great combination he understands #he gets that working together enables them to bring out each others strengths and learn from one another #while he could go alone he is missing opportunities to grow and isn't able to show his strengths to their full potential #episodes like this are why i like ninninger so much #i like the characters not knowing why they're wrong but self-reflecting and learning in their own way #//food #ninninger rewatch lb #super sentai lb #umbrella.thoughts #umbrella.posts

[volivolition]

Idk if you saw or not but a new chapter of the fury of a shattered mirror dropped last night! I haven’t read it yet but I thought I should let you know 😎👍

awughgh HELL YEAH!! ive been away from my laptop for a while so i didnt see, thank you birdy!! :] this is the best news ive had all day hkjgh <33 excited very excited going to read it now <33

#volta transmissions #SKILLS ARE BACK BABEYYYYYYY!! ehehehehe :] oh i LOVE seeing them come back from just ''??????'' SMILES REALLY HAPPILY #welcome back to the world little ones... oh im so happy to see them... :'] ''You do you softie'' EHEHE... skills interactions :D! yay!!!!! #okay i'll add more liveblogging in the tags as i go probably hkjhg <33 i appreciate you very much birdy <33 #''the avant-garde prick is just making shit up again'' HAKJDHKJ... ''You did us proud holding out til the end'' WAH... ENDURANCE... ;O; #WELCOME BACK ENCY SMILES!!! no motorics skills yet though thats to be expected hkjh <3 ency ''you have the facts'' and #empathy ''and the emotions'' HKJGH IS THAT A FACTSFEELINGS SKILLSPOSTING REFERENCE /J lots of voli talking!!! very happy about this <3 #VOLITION - ''if we had the logician here...'' ''...'' ''damnit i thought that would work'' HAHAJKSHDSKJH SMILES. HA. #''Punch something. maybe Coach will show up'' HHFKJH... oh my god this makes me so happy... cmon we gotta get the gang back together... #half light!! hello!! my darling!! LETS GO!! ough buT NOT ENOUGH TO GET ARMS BACK NOOUIGHJ MOTORICS WHERE ARE YOU LITTLE BUDDIES??? #''try to get eyes back online'' ''come on come on--'' OUGH I LOVE... i love how theyre all supporting each other as they come back online.. #TEAMWORK!! CMON LETS GET EVERYONE BACK!! YEAH BOI WE GOT A MOTORICS BACK UP!! HELLO PERCEP! calm down! you need composure in here!! #THE JOYWIRE... OUGH STOP STOP IM SO FOND... VOLI CMON. nooo ourgh takes damage... ''You were really gonna cut me out?'' AWAH... WAHHH!!!!! #ow my heart my HEART. chemi baby my little darling... hugging him kissing his forehead... THERES OUR LOGICIAN HELLO DARLING!! #hkjh trying to cue in interfacing DAMN :'] good metaphor anyway concept it was very well laid. voli keeping track of each of them too hehe #HI DRAMA YAYY! platonic love story! friends!!! ''Neuroplasticity's off the charts.'' ''I'm surprised you know a word that long that isn't- #'''amphetamines''' ''Dextromethorphan asshole'' HAJKSH YOU FUCKING TELL 'EM! YOU'RE NOT E-CHEMISTRY FOR NOTHING!!! #again with trying to get Phys back in hkjhg INLANDDD SMILES HI THERE DREAMER!! Logic just like ''yeah. i hate it here.'' ''have you tried?' #HM NO INLAND I DONT THINK WE HAVE HKJHG... /FLAGRANT DISREGARD LETS GO LETS GET IT/ SHIVERS MY DARLING!!! #okay this is the 20th tag. hopefully a reblog will be enough to finish out my thoughts but god knows i have so much to say hjhg

[butterfirefly]

A few things

Respect to whoever went to such great lengths to decide on which flowers to make up the bouquet

Respect to the fan/s who researched it

Respect plus fascination to the people who assign meanings to flowers in the first place please give me some of your symbolism prowess I need it for my wips

Does Kaneshiro greenlight these things? Because if he does then it means fans have the right to sue him if he splits this duo up again

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#'only two of us in the world' is so important to me because every time the kids at blue lock go 'I'm the only one in the world' I cry #I don't even want to interpret this as romantic. I need NEED these two to prove that there's another way to reach success than Ego's method #so any and every hint that they won't ditch their exclusive teamwork is more than welcome #blue lock #bllk #mikage reo #nagi seishiro #reo mikage #bff.txt

[coolauntlilith]

Every now and then I replay the first episode of VLD and I wonder why I thought it be a good show lol

#mostly just the part where Allura is assigning pilots to lions #why lol. the first five people who show up are just perfect fits?? hate it lol #i have no au plot ideas but itd have made more sense to draw out the forming of voltron. like for a longer time. like its the s1 finale #and to be traveling looking for appropriate pilots #or the s2 finale? like what if the original gang somehow stayed in contact despite not being Voltron paladins and they proved being the best #team despite not piloting immediately. i feel like a stronger plot of their forming teamwork outside of being Voltron would have also made #their friendships seem more real too lmao #like what if Lance IS Blue's pilot bit hes the only one for a long time. the other lions couldn't actually *just be* located #*but. not bit. and what if Pidge runs off in a stolen vessel to find her dad and brother. what if Shiro isnt.. so flat as a character and is #desperate to find his old team and runs off with them to help out and free others #Keith could somehow get involved with The Blades a lot sooner #and Hunk finds his footing as a leader in rebellion organization. i hate that he was just the funny guy allll the way thru #also (still not a plot bc my brain is unorganized lol) Allura doesnt die. Shiro actually gets to be gay with a husband. and we either need #to not make Lotor a villain or just go all out on making him the worst. i personally dont want him to be a villain bc it was stupid lol #also PULEEEAASE Lance is bi. Lance “I'm just getting a feel for the stick” *obsessed with his rival who doesnt even know he exists* McClain #i want to see him get over his crush on Allura within like 6 episodes and then see him making out with the mermaids then Keith when everyone #starts reuniting lol. my bicon Lance deserves to kiss mermaids like we all do and then get on when the otp lol #now im nostalgic for s1 VLD vibes. ya know. before hell lol #it really just gets worse after ... s3? everyone feels different. i usually tolerate up to about the end of s3 before i feel like its donezo #aunt posting #vld #voltron: legendary defender

[unproduciblesmackdown]

thinking about how of course billions is about people trapped in eternal battle world, and trapped because they won't ever exit, and don't want to because that's the only way they can define their idea of themself or like move through life, to the degree they have to just create or find another battle if one ends or they don't have enough going on at once or they're unhappy about anything & can only respond to that the only way they'll respond to anything: finding someone to consider a target to Defeat & being like nice, i'm so competent & active as a person, so with any other issues in my life, i'm sure it's not my fault at least

and it's been clear that to be someone at the Center of the show means needing to be inflexible enough to never leave that life, which also probably means never engaging in genuine self-reflection besides like, fuming in distress for 5 sec & then immediately searching for blame for someone else, or calling up your designated moral supporter who'll tell you you're upset b/c you're very complex & sympathetic & maybe if you do [xyz] you'll be able to Keep Winning, so like, don't worry, we'll never get too off track here. you have someone like connerty who cares so much about playing by the rules ft. ethics, but he was also someone completely inflexible who would give a shit like "ha ha you broke the law" and be Defeated b/c like yeah damn you do got him in that situation. he may then have gained the flexibility to throw a punch when he's already imprisoned but he's still just gotta retire & pursue some completely different goals

this in contrast with like, what a coincidence (surely not) that the more flexible characters are the ones who also do introspect & reflect & genuinely think about & question themselves ever, & how even beyond that, being in this world of people who overwhelmingly are thee opposite & aiming for a static sense of self & thus strategy for navigating life & all interactions & situations, the more reflective parties also tend to accept both Blame & the fruitlessness of pushing for more/different/better from the people & relationships & situations they're amongst. those willing to take on responsibility at all surrounded by people casting all of it off, always, w/the former already primed to take blame & the latter primed to be looking to find the blame in anyone else, a powerful mismatch....which allows the flexible parties to also put up with shit for longer lol like if they got fed up that quickly or recognized the dead-end here they'd just leave the show lol. like wow can't believe taylor spent their whole life already stuck having to deal with someone who's so very much like these bullshit central men & those trying to emulate them, & perhaps also then have a lifetime of experience extending endless patience & sympathy with little to no expectations for more from people who put up with such a bullshit man & his effects on everything around him, like, what do you mean taylor's mom hasn't seen them b/c douglas didn't want to see them b/c he wasn't yet motivated enough to have to exercise begrudging shows of basic respect. whilest sure seems like taylor felt more concern & basically stated their responsibility re: trying to make their relationship with their dad work / basically take on the task of making his life work for him according to his sense of himself (genius! who deserves the recognition thusly!) and doesn't seem to take on this role re: their mom, who nevertheless is just presumed to move closer to them along w/douglas. and here's taylor never truly putting their foot down re: wendy, no matter what, able to have no real positive expectations in how wendy treats them or thinks of them, but also always able to extend sympathy / decent treatment themself

thinking of like team ben out here as the Nicer axe cap or mpc people who also happen to be people absorbing the L's, blaming themselves for being at the bottom of the hierarchy & being subjected to the always negative treatment doled out to them accordingly, and, winstonesquely, still generally like extending genuine gestures of amicability, efforts of constructive actual communication, etc, & this being shut down & likely punished by all the people around them who won't handle that kind of thing. that Of Course nobody's actually supported around here, like, at best they'll get some kind of "well you're actually talented & valuable :)...." (so why aren't they already treated in a way such that they're aware of this?) "....so just have more confidence already god!" wherein (a) again that just means it's Their Fault that they're having a miserable time at the hands of others & (b) their having "confidence" doesn't really mean like, an emotional buffer between their sense of self-esteem & the message of inferiority in how they're treated, it has to mean externally acting different in some ways, more like A Winner, more like everyone else. the limits of ben trying to sometimes be a buffer for tuk as that kind of friend/mentor role, where either it simply fails or ben's Help is more unilateral "correction." that generally only any increase in aggressive hostility gets them anywhere, and really not that far.

the way dollar bill could always act however he wanted & they could always clean up his messes / save him from himself / just flatout blame other people for what dollar bill did to them or someone else; success in being a mini axe in that way for sure. dollar bill going off the rails over his literal dollar bill & that's not a problem, he's validated b/c he's upset, & b/c rudy knew he'd be upset it's really all rudy's fault....who just so happens to be more of a loser, what with his glasses & possible masturbation ever and all. whilest even when dollar bill is like every season being shit at his job & life, well, just find a loser to trounce while everyone ignores this, cheers you on, takes on responsibility for fixing things for you, blames the person targeted probably. dollar bill couldn't even do in office transphobic hate crime physical attacks, or that but while yelling the r word at the autistic guy he's already harrassing & threatening, without it being really basically the target's fault, & hey, as long as no investors are watching. and we're still dragging dollar bill back to the office b/c uhhh yeah!!

& then of course there's winston, who, like a loser, says things in real efforts for real communication with others, that they winningly can only bring themselves to respond to as "he's not allowed to talk, that's out of line, i have to punish/deny this to reassert our respective status" except for, sometimes, taylor actually communicating in turn, or even simply receiving the information. winston in a duo with the very winning & worthy rian, being something of a quasirival for 5 seconds but even during then, and since, trying to be amicable to establish an actually positive dynamic, trying for actual communication, engaging flexibly & actively based on her feedback & her terms & etc to try to find some more success; versus rian completely inflexible, unwilling to respond to efforts to communicate, unwilling to have an actual relationship with any flexibility & genuineness in turn, or see winston as a person of course, and engage with real emotions. which is hardly an exclusive response of hers, like, everyone else is just the same, she's just also the one interacting with him more often and personally bullying him & standing next to him & immediately responding with clear contempt when he tries things like earnest expressions of "hey rian could you not do what you just did b/c it makes me feel like shit, probably b/c that's what you're trying to do" and "hey that was cool what you just did b/c it makes me feel like—" b/c like, what a loser. real winners cannot handle engaging with another person as a person. when you can just make up & stick to a narrative about "oh but i don't hate winston, who i feel is inherently beneath me. i wouldn't wanna feel bad about killing him, not when i could feel fine about administering more of a death by a thousand cuts with some other people helping out & hey maybe it was their cut that did it after all....but also if you're like 'pwease' then eh sure" or that winston's got a lesser inner existence anyways, some classic dehumanization, no complexity there, & hurting him isn't real, & it'd never be you in his position anyways! especially the more you're buying into "yeah i'm more of a person / more deserving / more real & sympathetic & correct than him :)" & being cheered on as you act that out. pretty cringe of winston to be earnest, flexible, openly trying & wanting & needing things, sounds bad & silly. unlike the winners around him who really cannot handle him or any of these things about him. of course near equivalent in loserness, tuk, is the person with the realest most amicable relationship with him. both of them too incompetent to realize their mutual failings in this, ha ha, real winners are repulsed & fleeing & can't handle a basic exchange with either of them. and the imbalance re: how little others are willing to give them in interest, consideration, time, words, etc, while they're always trying Too Much re: the disinterested others, totally proves their unworthiness

winston and tuk always having to stay at the bottom of the hierarchy, winston only able to be shitted on even as he extricates himself, ending up surrounded by people who will only act "correctly" according to their superior roles & this mf wags only processing anything as "did that reinforce my being a correct/winning person???" & only responding by trying to reassert to others how much of a winner they are, which requires establishing a loser, and crushing them. winston having recognized / gotten fed up with a bullshit scenario & had realistic expectations of those around them & spent those years being treated like shit yet never crushing an enemy to restore his ego & also spent those years trying to communicate and work with others and share actual info and make actual connections & now independently choosing to make a big shift in his life so that things can be different? is definitely the contemptible loser here while everyone else looks very good faffing around for an episode getting some temporary ego boosts & being very "correct" in every response to winston, even pointing out that rian even noticing something genuine & positive from winston in the absence of it anywhere is first & foremost incorrect, which rian will Also immediately drop in the face of that "well yeah it's more correct to prioritize Anything else. like that he's pathetic & mpc 5ever" like wuh oh rian being doomed from 5x08 "time to embrace acting more correct now" & being truly inflexible from that point on, never had a moment of conflict not resolved by [ignoring that] &/or again just getting someone more correct to declare how it'll be answered. taylor at their most flexible and Taylorest and most juxtaposed with central men & static ossified "winners" when they are also at their best in engaging with winston. taylor Like winston & vice versa in so many substantial & interesting ways, despite their relating to / sympathizing with / devoting much more effort & interest to people more like the central men. that here we are, when taylor might have to give up on Being A Winner, someone who'll walk away with status & resources & a seamless transition into some established business foundation, to really get the wins that matter, against pince, &/or to clock out of a sunk cost factory, &/or to not have strangled every part of themself that can be in conflict with this general situation into eternal dormancy. don't You dare blame latency lol, the taylor who gets to exist outside the conditional "well i guess you're a winner who's very useful to me, like dumping work on you & blaming you if it goes awry. and you can act like a Real winner in the ways that really matter (crushing people)"....is also a taylor who can be rejected & shut down & shut out & have their value denied & be treated shittily despite even knowing they'd be / are good at this shit, superlatively even, & could never feel okay just being regarded as a tool stashed away at someone's disposal. & Has been treated shittly & is liable to accept blame, unilateral responsibility for other's selves & feelings & actions & lives, & marinate in self-loathing. while people who refuse any introspection, questioning, responsibility, awareness, etc, & refuse to handle the least of genuine interactions/relationships with others as real people, are glad to scoff at them & dismiss them & imply or assert their superiority, like, wow have You got a lot to learn, or maybe you can't b/c you're inherently inferior. all just like re: winston!

tl;dr shoutout to the flexible characters who like can & do reflect & change things up actually, just so happening to always be Losing for this in the [only way to win is not to play] arena of fake winners seeing if they can consider themselves superior to everyone else & only even possibly correct always & forever, in the pyramid scheme of social hierarchy & also capitalism

#real winners quit! it's winston #society if rian Wasn't quickly boxed in & given the ''prominence'' of being Used for other characters #and where we could more truly have this like triumvirate of seeing yourself in both the other two parties in tmc lol #almost a similar fate re: lauren showing up Worthily Yet Zanily! then Most offbeatness falls away / dating is in the bg #& she's mostly Around & doing general [just competent things] But she was also flexible enough to do things Wrong actually / be doomed lol #which we Knew b/c of the relationship that billions would only eventually crush as the Cost of xyz.... #rian's offbeatness mostly gone too; ''what am i gonna do next!'' Conveniently/contradictorily; going Bazinga; snark instead of aggression #general [just competent things] that'll last until ppl quit last minute; if they do. she started out secretly pretty inflexible already #& is really locked in by now; very similar to wendy who also never really considered ditching her life of ''i love to feel like i'm toying #w/ppl's lives & enabling some mf with more power'' & really isn't that different from prince; who tf else isn't also totally inflexible #team ben's endurance come from what insulation / teamwork they can find w/each other & just staying out of the way really #& also just the writing like ''of course they can & will stick around for years despite how they're treated. bit of Loser Feelings as #Lesser Feelings after all b/c haha i mean come on they may be nice but do they seem Epic to you?'' #which is just as true / even more so re: winston. until he; in another [the Actual winner's move]; finally leaves #and gets like the most bass boosted [WHAT A FUCKING LOSER] treatment on his way out b/c what else could or would anyone do #winston billions #anyways he & the Loser Nerds like him have so much more maturity & flexibility & allowed capacity for actual growth lol. cringe comp!! #and this may be at all on purpose Of Course. show's aware central ppl are peak shit & intractible. show also does think winston's a loser #&/or is certainly trying to have their cake and eat it too with him and like tuk as well & even to a degree w/e goes on w/spyros etc etc #and Illustrating a lot of the ''deserved'' aspect through static inflexible Assumed Universal Facts abt what seems wrong & unworthy #like fucking yourself literally! objectively Bad. having glasses. knowing the diff b/w a vagina & vulva. not being ''''attractive'''' #[jumpscare of Blaring Tangent dialogue abt that all overlaid on itself into 1 second of 9000 decibels] #taylor is also Flexible re: philip who is Flexible re: them in turn. definitely Something and Promising as has been established lol #visit taylip hq nothingunrealistic.tumblr.com for so much more. and this blog for [thinking abt winston] hq in turn. covering ground

[mycenaae]

having thought about it, my ofmd season 2 like Main Plot prediction is that the first third-ish of the season is going to be stede looking for the revenge and ed going completely off the rails, the second third-ish of the season is going to be stede having found the revenge after ed's been swept out to sea / possibly mutinied? and them all going to look for him (hence stede and izzy having to team up), and the third third-ish of the season is going to be the two plots interacting, probably that battle on the beach we saw in the promo, and some sort of reunion that's interrupted / cliffhangered by the fact that the english (and maybe also the spanish who can say) are clearly still after them all. in terms of the character arcs and the subplots well who can say

#nat.txt #this isn't anything i'm just putting it down in writing so it gets out of my head aksjdghjd #realizing the cute blue jacket ed has on in that one promo image with jackie is maybe the swede's (or buttons') has me on the floor btw #also cannot emphasize enough how much i want both stede and izzy to suffer more than jesus about having to hang out and do teamwork #''they're going to put their animosity aside for ed--'' NO. they should catfight the entire time. as a treat for me personally. #ALSO begging and praying for some jim and frenchie buddy comedy aboard the goth emo breakup revenge in that first third-ish #ofmd spoilers // #ofmd lb

[road2manjuumaster]

ok so what if. hear me out on this one. midoteto suicide pact.

#ok so maybe i saw some translations from the current event #and i mean. i think constantly about how in motor show he joked that he 'wasnt any good at being depressed' #i feel like tetora doesnt really know about this kinda stuff and has a very narrow view of what depression is #like hes the type to think depression and being suicidal are the same thing. that you cannot be depressed if you dont wanna die. #which is why hes 'not good' at it #he DOESNT wanna die #at least he doesnt think he does #but he says in this event that if hes not loved or even liked he has no reason to exist. #and with everything rst has been thru with chiaki making everything a chiaki problem and not a rst problem and tetora #taking the fall for it more often than not as the leader of the yumenosaki division who is probably the most affected by those decisions #his help being constantly shrugged off by someone whos supposed to value teamwork above all else #that GETS to a guy #it gives the impression that he ISNT cared for. that he ISNT loved or liked or important to people. #and thats one of the worst side effects of chiakis stubbornness. #and with midori nothing ever seems to go in his favor #he was unwillingly put in the idol course because of his looks which hes super self conscious about #dude skips meals and avoids certain food groups in hopes he'll stunt his growth and probably has ever since he started growing like this #his genes failed him and now hes stuck in a position he never wanted to be in. he gets a lot of modeling work #which he hates bc it brings more attention to his looks #he was pulled into rst bc he had to go somewhere by a man with a hero complex as tall as midori #he stayed more out of convenience than anything. he stayed so chiaki wouldn't make a fuss about it #and while he did come to genuinely enjoy being an idol and came to love his unitmates #he still feels that inferiority constantly #and i think #in an emo way #it would be poetic if they felt they were the only people who would miss them if they died #so they die in each others company alone so that they arent without the one person who cares for them #ensemble stars #enstars #tetora nagumo

[meulinn]

I CAUGHT ALL UP W THE CROW STRIDER AU AND WOW…..this has made me so extremely happy..amazing character writing and story telling, absolutely fantastic. It makes that finish it animation 10 times more satisfying. JUST SO GOOD!! WAHHHHGGHG

PLS READ IF U HAVENT HERE

#text #fuck actual canon this is my canon now #HAVING KARKAT FINISH HER OFF..FUCK IM NOT GONNA SHUT UP THAT WAS LITCHERALLY SO FUCKING COOL #BLOOD POWERS… #SEEING EVERYONE DO COMBINED ASPECT ATTACKS… #HER SEEING THE ANCESTORS SHE KILLED IN THEM.. #HEART POWERS….HOPE POWERS..SOLLUX BEING SO COOL W HIS DOOM STUFF AUGHH #i am thinkin so much about this holy shit #feferi flipping the empress over was amazing #karkat and terezi…immensely satisfying seeing their teamwork #god i could go on but man. this is what i mean. hs has heart. and the heart is its fans. #they put so much love and care into their works #canon should be ASHAMED!! #im so excited to see more if they do continue.. #tony shut up challenge

[magicmagica]

I clench my fist in rage anytime someone willfully ignores scientific fact because ~uwu this is more fun though~ when the science is actually really fucking cool and way more inspired

And I don't mean just having little theories and beliefs that personally make you happy and the world brighter for you I mean straight up denying scientific fact because it ruins your made up perception of the world

#like you could be right AND cool #I'm directly referring to the whole dragons existed theory #they weren't dragons but the first attempts at paleontology by ancient peoples #like how fucking cool is that actually??? #myths are just educated guesses! they were working with what they had and going balls to the wall with it #like imagne being there when the first triceratops (thought to be griffens) was unearthed!! #their art and spoken word and history were the first glimpses at what prehistoric life was thought to look like! #and now we now so so so much more through genetics and color theories but they were our start! #like indigenous peoples spoken hisories are insanely accurate and if we just listened imagine how much sooner we could have figured it out #teamwork makes the dreamwork #fun fact I'm obsessed with evolution and paleontology #i just want to know what they were up to! why'd they do that!