#i just......wow this is fantastic

[galavant-song-tournament]

Round 6

Propaganda:

It’s a song about a gay bar like what’s not to like. “tossing him to the bear” objectively a great joke

I know you didn’t ask for propaganda for this one but it’s maybe my favorite song in the series (top five at least)

Single-handedly convinced three people to watch the show

I’m ace and I love it, it’s funny and such a bop and the singing is IMMACULATE

I think it should lose a point or something just because they mention the "queen" in this gay bar and she comes out and it's not a drag queen? massive wasted opportunity.

I guess the filming was a lot of fun because Kylie Minogue (the queen) and Joshua Sasse (Galavant) got engaged

Propaganda:

My favorite is secret mission because so many d&d games end up exactly like that scene

Secret Mission has had a hugely disproportionate effect on my life. I have for a long time left places by saying "off and away?" but ever since I watched this show it is invariably (if reluctantly) followed by "but first another drink" and comically off-tune da da da da da da da das. So yeah, vote secret mission for permanently breaking my brain.

I’m not sure if it’s my ultimate favorite bc I’m mega indecisive but Secret Mission is so iconic. I’ve sent it to everyone I’ve ever played D&D with and they all love it.

#finals wow #i voted with the majority for both of these #no offence to recap it is fantastic but i'm really surprised it got this far #i think there are loads of songs better than it #but i love how meta and fun and it is and how hard it goes #and i don't like you is iconic but off with his shirt is just better #so i'm not surprised secret mission won but i was expecting it to sweep a lot mroe than it did #polls #galavant #Youtube

[thatrandombystander]

I'm pretty sure I watched Nirvana in Fire during the height of the pandemic so I'll confess I've forgotten a lot of the details and am mostly left with a general impression of the series, but I will never forget how much the scene of this woman sitting and talking for ten minutes while holding a piece of paper had me jumping on my chair about to go apeshit from the tension and quality of writing build up to this point

#ramblings of a bystander #nirvana in fire #if you have seen it. you Know what this scene is. and i'm sure you were hooting and hollering too #JUST WATCHING THE CLIP TO GET THIS SCREENSHOT INCREASED MY HEARTRATE AND I PUT A HAND UP TO COVER MY MOUTH AS IF TO COVER A SHOCKED GASP #how is it just to gooooooood #(also wow the costumes were fantastic) #i need to rewatch itttttttt

[baby-xemnas]

@glittergluwu I WENT OH MY GOD OUT LOUD

#holy shit fantastic decision change nothing just add a granny shawl...wow #love #thank u #still waiting for one of these for bepo #carrot and wanda have one. carrot even has two its ridiculous #but also when i looked up killer i couldnt see it either??? does he not have one?

[clowningaroundmars]

hey. hey did yall notice smthn interesting about the kane dogs in the show and the mechanical hounds in fahrenheit 451? :)

especially the energy boosted kane dog? especially especially bc it grew an extra set of legs?

ya wanna know what else is interesting?

:)

#motorcity #mine #isnt that just fascinating #ofc im not pointing out anything new wrt mike and his past #we already know kane used him to... enforce deluxes interests on motorcity #and the writers even hinted that mike leading the demo crew That Fateful Day wasnt the only time he'd ever been down in mc #we could get into what mike did in mc exactly that has him feelin so guilty. we could speculate for hours even #however this post is about dystopias and dystopian media borrowing themes from each other #in order to teach each generation about dystopian fascist topics #and to see this in a kids show too :') wow #the writers did a fantastic job of weaving this particular character into this show #bc i deadass did not pick up on this until a yt vid i was watching one day mentioned mechanical hounds i think #idk but since bradburys novel is kinda trending again lately im sure it was smthn that brought it up to my attention #but yeah wow #high fives @ the writers for this thread being woven into a kids show about racing cars and beating dictators #from a novel in the 1950s nonetheless LOL

[pondhue]

why take my antidepressants when i can just read the tags on everyone's reblogs of my art

#it's the same effect #it's like in fantastic mr.fox at the end where they do the fist thing when they meet that wolf #that's what it feels like #and i dont mean this in a “Clout” way i mean it in a “wow people wanna fuck this old bastard just as much as i do” way #fr you all are so funny like i look at my phone beaming reading the things ya'll type up #I REALLY DO READ THEM ALL IM NOT PLAYIN #pondposting

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

there are a lot of reasons i'm really, really impressed by how well sdmi portrayed the dynamic of an abusive relationship with pericles and ricky, and one of the big ones is how accurately they show what it looks like when abuse starts to escalate.

the extent of that is yet another thing that'll take a longpost of its own to go into, because it spans like.... the entire arc of their relationship in the show. but one thing that stands out to me in particular is their portrayal of the massive red flag that is a partner trotting out bigoted behavior against a group you're in. especially insults, and especially directed right at you.

this show has a LOT of fatphobia, jesus christ does it ever, and there are certainly some fatphobic tropes going on with ricky; but i've always been surprised and impressed by how many of the nastier ones they avoided, especially considering his role in the story and what his arc is about.

he is a major, nuanced character whose trauma is treated with full weight and sincerity. it's implied that his body type changed the way it did due to the trauma he went through when he was younger, and the ensuing mental illness, which is a pretty realistic experience for a lot of people. the things that happen to him are played for full tragedy and horror, when it would have been so, so easy for them to make light of it because Tee Hee Fat Guy and Tee Hee Male Abuse Victims Funnee. despite how his whole thing involves corporate greed, they don't go the route of portraying him as Gluttonous and Hedonistic; if anything he is very obviously not using all that money for even basic physical self-care, and the only time we ever see him eating anything it's when he's drinking wine grape juice with pericles. which, like, there's issues to be unpacked with that too, but jesus christ it's an improvement over what usually happens with characters like him.

he's a fat queer man who isn't degendered or made feminine in a mocking and/or predatory way. (there's nothing wrong with feminine fat queer men and they need more non-shitty rep, please and thank you god, but there is a lot of nastiness in the tropes they're often used for in mainstream media, and one of those tropes is when people consider 'fat queer man' and 'masc' to be oxymorons.) no one ever once calls him ugly; if anything multiple people in his life think he's attractive and desirable, for better or for worse. no one body-shames him. and no one ever mentions his weight.

except pericles.

'The Horrible Herd' and 'The Devouring' are two halves of a whole here, re: escalation of abuse. 'Devouring' is when the abuser goes full mask off and shit hits the fan; 'Horrible Herd' is the wind-up before the punch. HH is when ricky realizes things are getting Bad and he needs to put a stop to this now, and Devouring shows what happens when he tries, because by the point where it's gotten bad enough to give him a wakeup call it's already too late. it's how abusive relationships tend to go, and it's chillingly accurate.

and what's one of the things pericles says during Horrible Herd when that punch is winding up? something no one's ever said before now, including him? 'you pudding-faced dummkopf.'

he body-shames him. he insults his weight, and that's a major turning point. bigotry is something that's often there to some degree from the start, but not always, because some abusers are good at hiding things like that until they're confident they've got you where they want you. the message with ricky and pericles is loud and clear: when this happens, the walls are dripping blood. get out.

(if you can. and be careful when you try.)

when this show is good, it is really, truly good. god damn.

#sdmi #scooby doo: mystery incorporated #ricky owens #professor pericles #pericky #abuse cw #fatphobia cw #domestic violence cw #i am just consistently fucking blown away by what fantastic SA/DV survivor representation ricky is #i have no idea how he ended up where he did; especially with how godfuckingawful their *other* portrayals of IPV are; and just. wow. #he is incredibly important to me and i love him with my whole heart #also; to be very and extremely clear; i do not say he's queer as a headcanon or because he feels like he has Vibes #he is quite literally one of the two most blatantly thread-away-from-textually-explicit queer characters in the show #a show that is famous for *velma and marcie.* that is *saying something.* #and the other most blatantly queer character in the show is pericles #and they are mutually *why the other one is queer-coded* #ricky is a fat canonically bisexual man and he is an abuse survivor whose story is treated with respect and that is just. so much. #and that is why i am insistent that people do not ever ever tag my posts about them with 'not ship' #you don't have to ship them yourself to acknowledge that they're a thing and that matters; and discuss it #but like. don't. do not. do not ever try to cut ricky being canonically queer or a DV survivor off of anything that i post. thanks #SDMItag #dyn: when i die i want you to die too

[orbmanson7]

Got my ena and moony plushies today and they're amazing!! 🥹

Ena is super posable and you can have her hold things!!

And, of course - functional hole

#wally was immediately on hand to demonstrate haha #ena #these are such fantastic quality btw like wow #these are so nice #orbs thought bubbles #legit tho i cannot state enough how nice these plushies feel and theyre so well made and properly stuffed too #not stupid compact stuffed like youtooz or makeship #like stuffed in the way a teddybear or those ikea sharks are #like soft and perfect #moony is genuinely so nice to just run your hand along because its smooth and soft #these are sowell designed and are so worth the price yall #seriously

[perenlop]

i think its always worth thinking about how women are portrayed in certain stories, from fictional narratives to reddit posts presenting themselves as true stories. is every woman in the narrative either antagonistic or shallow? are most or all of the men portrayed as sympathetic and competent, moreso than the women, even if they commit the same crimes?

#i read reddit stories bc i love rotting my brain apparently and this is SO constant in those #one literally ended like ''i have concluded that i cant trust women bc theyre all lying cunts unlike the men who helped me here'' #and the comments were like ''wow.... makes you think....'' #like wc is a good litmus test. why are only the women in crookedstar's story held accountable while the men in power are shrugged off #why do all of the women get twisted into shrill harpies for nightheart's arc while all the men who commit the same pressure on him #get idealized and held up as fantastic and awesome and sympathetic #why is the man in this story calm and collected while being horrible while the woman is hysterical and emotional and loud #how come the fat woman in hh is seen as annoying and terrible and a danger to their cause bc ''she brought danger to them'' #while the snake guy outright attacks the place twice and tries to hurt them but is an uwu cinnamon roll who deserves a chance #echoed voice #like... an antagonistic woman isnt a bad thing. women can be horrible irl. absolutely but its important to try and see when this is a patte #pattern #when theres just straight up a double standard

[cuubism]

so often with characters that are like, ancient eldritch entities or whatever, the common interpretation is that they’d be baffled by modern technology or just hate it, which kinda makes sense. HOWEVER

i fully believe that Dream gets addicted to tiktok in 3 seconds flat

(it’s full of DREAMS okay. the entire internet is full of DREAMS. it has such a high concentration of dreams (and nightmares). dream gets pulled in against his will and never escapes)

#once again i'm publicizing unhinged ideas that i send to #magnusbae #dream scrolling endlessly: wow these nightmare ideas are fantastic i'm gonna steal these #hob: that's just the news #dream:....... #my other crack headcanon is dream speaking in the most unhinged melange of slang immaginable #he just picks up all different ways of speaking and memes and slang across thousands of years of life from peoples dreams #so he speaks in THE most insane way imaginable #dream of the endless #the sandman

[marc--chilton]

(mgv) OAUUGHHH lawrence and adam rooming together out of the hospital because it's made VERY CLEAR that they need each other close and safe after the trap. like @lucradiss said, they had to be moved into the same room because even after the smell of blood and shit and fear were cleaned off of them, their distress scent -- raw and unfiltered "NEED, COME BACK, DON'T LEAVE, WHERE ARE YOU, NEED YOU" -- was palpable enough to send their respective floors into a state of unease. and adam's being evicted, and tensions are high between lawrence and alison right now, so....

their new place doesn't scream "doctor's salary" but it's not a shithole either. one floor, too. at first they're in separate rooms but..... lawrence hasn't slept alone in years, and not having adam as close as possible still gives him some unease (if he can't see him how can he be sure he ever came back for him, got him out of there, let him live). he doesn't even get a chance to wheel by adam's room before the man himself is slipping into his. "keep seein' shit in the shadows. think i gotta take the door off my closet."

lawrence grants him half his bed easily. he also learns fairly quickly that adam is a funny sleeper. he burrows and squirms relentlessly in his sleep until he's nearly sideways with his head on lawrence's ribs. one time he woke up to adam sprawled bonelessly across his middle, slightly crushing him but mostly just endearing himself to lawrence.

the point of no return for Feeling Something More for adam was when diana stayed for the weekend. they hit it off well in the hospital already, so he wasn't worried about that. no, it was simply how much adam worried about making her feel safe there, because it might be her dad's place, but her dad has a roommate now and they didn't meet under fantastic circumstances. he doesn't want her to see him like zep, like some stranger in a home that isn't his.

(it is his home, though.)

he's trying so hard for this eight year old who's been through some shit, he wants her to like him, to be okay with him being there, and it chokes lawrence up if he thinks about it too hard. it feels a lot like a binding point between his old life and his new one. he loves them. he loves him.

diana learns what a 'pup pile' is that night. she has no siblings to pile up with, so she never got to learn, which just Isn't Right in adam's eyes. so that night adam stuffs them into their bed with the pillows and blankets from his old room they'll convert to be diana's, says, "three's not much a pile, but we'll work with what we got, right?" and hustles them into something comfortable, twined and piled on each other.

and if lawrence cries a few happy tears that night, well, he's allowed some by now, isn't he?

#saw #chainshipping #LUCAAAA YOUR TAGS GOT ME THINKINGGG #lawrence and alison probably were bondmates before but over time as the passion died it just faded #and they never got it back enough to renew the bites #and then adam starts being nervously domestic when diana comes around #even when adam starts being a bad influence (term used loosely) lawrence is like Wow #lawrence also isn't an alpha who can purr but if he could it wouldn't take much to get him going with adam around #smitten. that's the word. smitten with him #best part is that when adam is with diana he doesn't even realize he's showing desirable traits #alison's a FANTASTIC mother but she's a little detached from her instincts #(she strikes me as the type who doesn't like the whole sort of primal thing that comes with being in mgv) #(maybe she'd be a beta then idk!! that might be cool actually) #so when adam gets to teach diana something she doesn't know regarding them he gets jazzed #“oh hell yeah i can deal with this!” (displays traits incredibly attractive to prospective mates) #lawrence never stood a chance and that is my decree

[ghostofasecretary]

had one of my long time close friends over which was SO NICE AND LOVELY and also. i got kicked in the teeth by loneliness after he left. because i'd forgotten that i'm lonely.

it was easy, it was so fucking easy, i got so many hugs and so much casual touch and it was free and simple and unthinking and i just--haven't. gotten that. for over half a year and since spring 2022 if we're talking regular doses

so anyway i have to apply for things and it would be great if i could. focus on that. instead of. having crushing overwhelming feelings and crying about them.

but since that might not be doable i will set a timer and work and if i cry during it, well, sometimes things are hard and it's survivable

and i can always call the friend i cried to about this earlier today if it's too much. but let's work for 20 minutes first. okay?

okay.

#feelings sorting #ghost speaks #personal #i have lovely friends and i talk to them a lot and everyone in my life is fantastic #it's just. actually different having people in your house?? #i've been--fine. i have been fine. i have a bunch of regularly scheduled social things. i volunteer. i love my parents #but. wow i don't have anyone aside from my parents to hug! #and i was miserable and lonely for a lot of 2022 but my job got so awful it ate up all those bad feelings #and most of 2023 was recovering from that job. and so if i felt lonely i didn't--notice #and now my life is better. and so this hits. #god

[junkalopes]

i'm at the point where i think elongated muskrat is just possessed by at least one ghost determined to ruin him and his credibility. sure you can explain his dumb decisions as "no he has always been this weird and stupid and the increasing amount of yes-men in his life is escalating things beyond control" but i think it's way funnier if there's two to five ghosts giggling madly as they egg on the poltergeist piloting him. come on, dude, make him fuck with verified status, it'll be hilarious. we gotta make him accidentally break twitter. have him challenge zuckerburg to a cage match and immediately back out. make him obsessed with the letter x.

#wow aerin shut up #like i know he just has Rich Fuck Who Nobody Ever Says No To Disease #but hey if some supernatural entities have made it their prerogative to fuck with this man's credibility #they're doing a fantastic fuckin job

[hella1975]

oh btw ch41 being called 'do no wrong' is from the song 'hearing damage' by thom yorke which you absolutely should listen to while thinking about zuko it drives me up the wall

#like the vibes of that song are just phenominal u know when a song just SOUNDS fantastic it scratches such an itch in my brain #but the lyrics too WOW #like to me it's v 'achilles come down' in that there's two voices there #one is very critical like 'a drunken salesman your hearing damage' etc #and the other is just repeating 'you can do no wrong in my eyes' which SHOULD be comforting but it also feels blind/over-simplified #and idk i just think it fits v well with zuko's determination to shout 'im bad im bad im bad' to everyone who loves him #and theyre just calmly looking at him like 'not to us not to us not to us' #and the conflict of that duality #'your mind is restless they say you're getting better but you dont feel any better' TAOB ZUKO #taob updates #song rec

[yoggybloggy]

asian AND ace andhera i need to lie down i truly need to lie down i know that omar’s projecting his own personal traits onto his pc and i am so grateful for that… andhera just suddenly means so much to me like my love for this lil slippery boy quadrupled over the last few days 😭😭😭

#acofaf #a court of fey and flowers #andhera #also its NOT just bc hes confirmed indian and ace lmao to be clear i caught up on ep 2 and 3 and the adventuring party eps all at once #and then ep 4 came out. so #ALSO ALSO #FANTASTIC moments from rue and also oscar and aabrias commentary on it it was incredibly absolutely touching #so im not taking away from that whole situation and just pointing at oh omar said hes ace :) #im just in shock that wow this character suddenly means so much to me so very quickly! wow #(rues story hits a little too close to home for me to actively relate to it but. that really does mean a lot too. and aabria talking about #the pressure to be perfect when it comes to marginalised especially intersectional identities and all that too... #i just really appreciate these creators man) #shoutout to aabria for reblogging my indian andhera post 😭😭😭 i feel so seen by all of this #(im not indian but i am asian and i :') yeah)

[transboysokka]

absolutely loving the archie/jim/olu throuple thats just come out of nowhere and smacked me in the face... one of those things i didnt know i needed

#also ALL the characters are just really coming into their own #like wow this show is really hitting its stride i feel #ep 5 for example how did so much plot and development and growth fit into 30 minutes??? fantastic writing #ofmd #ofmd spoilers #text

[lukeskqwalker]

once again weeping that I can't romance blackwall as a man. you're telling me that man isn't a bear? you're telling me he's capable of kissing someone without his and his partners beards fighting for dominance like in the 2007 fanfics?

#dragon age #warden blackwall #thom rainier #da #LISTEN I WANT MY DWARF INQUISITOR TO GET THE DILF OK?!??? #genuinely if i had a computer that could support it I'd re-buy All three dragon age games just so I could have mods #romancing blackwall as a man... Cassandra as a woman.... #HAIR... god the hair. imagine having good hair #POLY IN DA2... wow. that would be fantastic. #anywho #IS THERE A MOD... THAT MAKES IT SO HAWKE IN INQUISITION DOESNT SHIT ON ANDERS.... #bc my hawkes Would Never #these tags got a little out of hand lmao