#idk who my audience is for this

[sersh]

HAIM on Sesame Street, S53E28

#haim #haimedit #sesame street #danielle haim #alana haim #este haim #haimtheband #blogmusicdaily #dailymusicians #musicdaily #dailymusicqueens #dailymusicedit #dailymusic #elmo #big bird #idk who my audience is for this #like what am i doing with my life djdjdjd #gifset #musicedit #my edit

[time-is-restored]

do you guys every think abt death vs immortality as a thoroughline in like. literally all of the mechs albums.

old king cole is explicitly warped by immortality (never to forgive he would eternal live, his hands dyed red by gore - can be read a few ways depending on where u place the emphasis, but at the very least communicates that his wrath is facilitated By his immortality), and the olympians commit attrocities in order to hold onto their wealth and the immortality that it grants them (murdering arachne, yanking heracles' chain the second he tries to go freelance, having a monopoly on the acheron etc). the value they put on immortality and living forever, and the fear they have of ever possibly losing it, has completely warped their morals and priorities.

and while it comes up less in tbi, there's still significant emphasis placed on how odin has been in power for a century (both thor + the narrator bring it up, and there's also an emphasis on how long ago the bifrost project was started, and how 'no one left living' can explain its science). her villain monologue in rangarok iv places the extinction of asgard as an honour - a ruin that no one can possibly rebuild from is called 'apotheosis'. and as she says at the end, the idea that no one can possibly outlive her is a key draw for odin. asgard dies with her.

in hnoc, the only really immortal character is brian (and we only really know that bc of knowledge we get from outside the album), but the axis of life and death as a privilege vs a curse is still very present. 'mordred's gift to Arthur could be love in his own eyes / fating him alone to keep the life to which he clings', not only posits that the gift of survival isn't inherently good + kind (which the audience would immediately recognise as love, not possibly love), but places emphasis on the fact that arthur is now utterly alone. the station's death at the hands of mordred is hardly a happy one ('Its people damned, doomed by a man who's lost all his regrets'), but arthur's fate is arguably worse. severed from the finality and closure of death, what does he become? [insert that one cool theory abt hnoc arthur becoming old king cole here]

it's like. on a meta level, the reason we as fans don't put much emphasis on the depravity + cruelty of the mechs is bc the people portraying the mechs are all charismatic + skilled performers. in live gigs they're all portraying the fun side of their characters - roasting each other, bantering with the audience, making fun of the characters they're singing about, referencing off-screen violence - bc if they portrayed their lore too literally they'd be comitting felonies LMAOOO

but narratively, its like. literally every album is a meditation on the ways that the glorification of immortality can ruin civilisations - can ruin galaxies. whether its rooted in the fear of you specifically dying, or of being outlived, or overpowered or forgotten, or if its done for the sake of someone else's survival... it's all corrosive. if u refuse to accept the indisputable impermanence of life, you lose the ability to value it, and u numb urself to the reality of just how fucked up it is to cut another person's life short for any reason.

like. i do think some of the mechs started as good people, and some of them even might still have ethical standards, but i REALLY cannot stop thinking about how fucking. fascinating it is that this group of immortals who are KNOWN for basically considering nothing but how fun and/or violent any given activity will be, have basically filled their entire discography with songs about how their continued existence is corrosive and brings tragedy + ruin wherever they go.

so how self-aware are they? do you think those old morals + ethics still linger in their mind, when they're writing down these tragedies? they willingly self identify as liars + thieves + bastards, etc etc, and they seem to have no trouble identifying the 'bad guys' in the various albums (ie: humanising snow + cinders + rose, but not king cole), but do those concepts actually mean anything emotionally, or even theoretically, for them all beyond their dramatic potential? do they remember their lives before they were mechanised as it actually happened, or do they remember it as lyrics to a song? is it possible to be entirely self aware abt ur own capacity for violence (as jonny in paticular claims to be), if you no longer relate to violence as anything other than a narrative device - a means to an end, whether comedic or dramatic?

#the mechanisms #mechanisms #mechs #its not even that i have a specific passion for super grimdark mechs characterisation #just from a thematic perspective it is SO interesting to have these characters #narrating tragedies who themselves dance in and out of narrative conventions + signifiers of good + evil #and also like. literally transform themSELVES into narratives via backstory fiction + songs #its all so like. was there ever a truth here? if its all been forgotten + replaced with stories? can any of them care about good and evil #anymore on a level beyond how it will make an audience react? #idk. i care them #mine #my writing

[nandorsrelentless]

there seems to be far too many fans who can't seem to wrap their head around the fact that no relationship in the Vampire Chronicles is healthy. every relationship includes an element of abuse/power imbalance by normal standards. literally every single one.

they are all monsters who are no longer constrained by societal rules. so I don't think it's too crazy to expect them to do mosntorus things. the genre is Gothic HORROR. the show really prioritizes the HORROR element more so than other adaptaions, which i love.

i don't need louis to be a liar to enjoy lestat. if louis lied or misremebered things about the fight in episode 5, i literally do not care because it's never gonna make me hate louis. the baseline of what constitutes "evil" or "bad" is so different in iwtv because of the fact that they are NOT HUMAN. Claudia is literally a serial killer and she's still mother to me. ykwim?

the nature of vampirism is they have to kill to survive. so it would be really cool if people could accept louis, armand, and claudia as complex characters who are fundamentally not good people (because they aren't people!) without being racist about it. THEY ARE ALL KILLERS

im more interested in this exploration of the complexities of memory and seeing how the show integrates the other books into this story in a way that hasn't been done before than I am in discoursing about whether louis is a liar or not. who gives a shit???? grow up and realize that there are no good guys here and that's OKAY

#iwtv #tvc #lestat de lioncourt #louis de pointe du lac #interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #I pretty much cleansed all my feeds so i dont actually see much racism more so than i see people talking about it #just some random thoughts i guess in the wake of the new trailer just because i know things are gonna get weird #it would be nice if audiences could be trusted with complex and morally grey characters of color but idk #but i also think the fact that there are racists is not a reason to NOT make poc characters who are complex #same goes for the people who will interpret the portrayal of a morally grey poc character AS racist #there are certain tropes i think that are always going to have racist implications ofc and im not trying to discount that #but lets all be real here and realize that revisiting ep 5 to add more layers to it is NOT going to exonerate lestat by any means #add more complexity and layers and possibly show that louis was not AS helpless as he showed himself to be? maybe #but they are not going to exonerate the white character to make the black character look evil #idk if any of this made sense im just stream of consciousness rambling

[can-i-see-your-passport-please]

Hello girlies I need songs about computers/robots/AI so I can make a playlist and feel sad about it. I have a broad definition of "song about computer" here is what I have so far to show you what I mean by "broad definition"

I will explain any given song if asked

Please take this as an opportunity to recommend me songs about robots and androids and computers and such

#cassie rambles #posting this here instead of on my main because. well #i have the vaguest feeling that i have more followers who cry about sentient computer/robot here #robotposting #robots #robot #robot song #idk what to tag this with i just need to tag it with things and such so it reaches its audience and i actually fuckin get results fkjdnskjf #hello robot enjoyers #sci fi #scifi #mecha #cyborgs #robot girl

[cosmobrain00]

your fantasy au will in a princess gown like you mentioned before?

hello!!!1 omg i hope im not too late lol im notorious for taking 1000+ yrs to respond to stuff (esp stuff im particular abt) but tysm for asking!!!

hope this doesn't disappoint bsjkhqjs n id like to add that this is like. mainly the finished ver but ill most likely revise a few things bf it's officially done<3

#will byers #my art<3 #gen am so nervous abt posting this idk why even but. yk #byler #<- a certain intended audience. u know who u r #will give myself a pat on the back tho cause I do love my updated art style esp w this bc he looks so gentle n soft #anyways☝️

[zazujoy]

I'm biromantic and asexual and both of these things matter to me but generally speaking, I feel like being bi is a bigger piece of my identity; it's the option I choose if I have to use just one term to describe my sexuality, etc. I'm curious about how that compares to other people who use the split attraction model, so!

I'd love it if people reblogged and I'd love it if people elaborated in the tags, but you are of course not obligated to do either!

#idk if this will gain any traction but it's worth a shot I'm curious #poll #aromantic #asexual #aspec #bi lesbian #<- these are ofc not the only groups who use the SAM and not everyone in those groups uses it but #they're the communities i see discussing it the most and i wanna reach my target audience #joy to the world

[phosphophylight-of-my-life]

oshi no ko aqua is such a fun character bc by most counts he's a more than decent guy.

in his first life he regularly visited hospital inpatients who had no visitors. he was genuinely happy and excited to help Ai deliver her babies, because he wants her to be happy on her own terms. he saves Akane simply because he can, and gets angry at the staff on her behalf. he doesn't stop at saving her life and spends sleepless nights turning around her public image. at that point there was nothing in it for him to keep akane around, she was just a person he was able to help and wanted to help.

by most counts he's a pretty decent guy who steps up when people need him most, except. except he's also a guy who really wants to kill his dad and that makes him manipulate people somewhat often and this is somehow not entirely at odds with his instinct to help others

#oshi no ko #like he's a doctor i can rly respect yknow #except for the patricide thing #gorou said do no harm unless it's my dad #also the way that gorou regularly visit patients is something SARINA has to tell the audience and not gorou #bc to gorou is nothing worth mentioning #for quite a while i was like man gorou is kind of sleazy for only visiting sarina esp when she's so young and vulnerable #but he visits the others also... sarina was just the most special patient to him because she introduced him to ai and also #because she was a kid whose parents never showed up #also SPOILERS FOR LIKE CH90+ OR SMTHING BELOW #the way aqua doesnt let akane dirty her hands like ok aqua we get it you want the best for everyone who isnt your dad #wipes tear someone get him therapy hes a decent guy who's ruining his life #also the way he is conscious of how he's playing w akane's feelings and tries very hard to be honest with her and to do her right #like sigh okay aqua i GUESS i cant hate you #and that one ghosting kana arc where i wanted to beat him up and then he was like i dont want to drag kana into this & he looked terrified #like SIGH. OKAY. FINE AQUA i cant hate you after all #like apart from the patricide (which is big know) the biggest downside to his personality is how cold he is #he pushes ppl away all the time and is just borderline rude #but like idk i feel like thats a byproduct of his 'i plan to go to jail for patricide and dont want to drag others down' mindset #which is like... well. you can't hate him for that.. he's looking out for others in his own way

[m3llowm1sh]

HOW R WE FEELING ABOUT ACT 5 GUYS?!?!?!?!?!

#rhythm doctor #LITERALLY ACT 5 BROKE ME IM SO OBSESSED W THIS GAME AGAIN NOW #LUCKY IS LITERALLY THE BEST ADDITION TO THE GAME #the fact that he's ash coded 😭😭 i cannot stop being insane about introverted somewhat aggressive chrs #rhythm doctor lucky #rhythm doctor miner #rhythm doctor hailey #rhythm doctor logan #miner scales #minecraft ? who thought of that ship name bruh 💀 i aint tagging my post that thats the wrong audience #idk haileys and logans ship name.... #anyways bye rd nation time to fc every song and cry about this game some more #loghail #ty to ppl for notifying me of their name 🙏🙏 #mish's art tag

[dosireh]

Jinsoul ✧ Air Force One (230715)

#loonawork #artmsource #femaleidols #odd eye circle #artms #loona #jinsoul #jeong jinsol #uhhhh hi it is i. vi. im back here and i have no idea who are my moot target audience😭 #im so sorry the last gif is so...idk what happened to it😭 also im not v fond of this coloring :')) #userbbie #ribbitashie #useroro #oorieri #tuserchrissy #forvy #c:mine #c:gif #c:lna #flashing tw

[loveoaths]

it fucking kills me that i have seen NO ONE talking about the reaction jess jordan, kendall roy’s assistant, has. because it is jess, and rava and sophie roy, who have the reactions that twitter and reddit and all the succession lovers are looking for in shiv, for some goddamn reason. it’s jess who not so subtly pleads with greg to delay calling the election, who is blown off dismissively and ignorantly by greg who cannot understand or even SEE how strong of a panic reaction she is havjng. to him, and every other roy and tom and everyone else at their level, this is just another crazy day with literally zero consequences. a fascist dictator president will literally not change the quality of their lives as rich white people. but it will change jess’ life, as a biracial woman. it will change rava and sophie roy’s lives, in spite of kendall’s money and protection. and the show purposefully cuts off their reactions — jess blinking fast and breathing hard and about to have a panic attack meltdown in the hallway, rava and sophie scared in the back of an SUV — because the show isn’t about them. the show is about the roys, who do not care about the consequences of their actions, partially because they never have to SEE the consequences of their actions. greg does not see jess freaking out; even when she is clearly panicked in front of her he cannot see her pain and if he could, he wouldn’t care. it’s only when he turns his back on her that she starts to break down, which is a great if painful blocking choice. not only is it realistic — she can’t lose face in her workplace, she can’t react negatively when she works for the guy who owns the Devil Right Wing Fascist TV Network, and she most certainly can’t react any way people don’t like because she is one of the few, if not the only, black women in the building and working for the roys. while greg sighs and laughs about this day being crazy, she is having a meltdown as she fears what this election result means to her. if rava, a wealthy woman of color with a powerful ex husband, is scared, how much more scared is jess? is everyone else under jess?

but the show cuts off her reaction and takes us back to shiv because this show is from the roy’s pov, and this episode is largely from shiv’s pov. shiv “cares about democracy” and the country to an extent, because democracy only effects her to an extent. she knows on paper this election is bad news. she also knows it’s not going to change her life directly because she’s rich. like her brothers, who do not care at all who is President, who only care about which candidate will give them what they want, shiv is more upset because this election means she isn’t getting what she wants. she’s going to lose her power in the potential matsson deal. because that is how the roys chose who would be president: they chose the candidate they could buy and who could sell them control over their interests for the lowest number, and meincken outbid jimenez by a landslide. tldr the reaction people are looking for in shiv and in the roys were there, but in jess and rava. and even rava and jess aren’t progressives, aren’t “feminist icons”, they’re also complicit and victimized all at once, like shiv is, but with far less say and power. it’s almost like… the show about face eating leopards… is making a point that if you get in a cage with a hungry leopard, at some point you will run out of steaks to throw at it and it, too, will eat your face off. huh.

#succession #succession spoilers #this is a ramble but my god i am getting heated now #so many gifs and essay posts about the roys… zero about rava and Jess…. who are actually used as surrogates for the audience and marginalize #*d and even they HAVE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF POWER AND CONTROL AND AGENCY than the average person and woman of color #like. idk y’all I know the succession fan base is overwhelmingly white and therefore has a white USAmerican pov etc etc etc but my god I am #seeing greg levels of missing the point and not recognizing the pain in characters other than the Roy’s lol #and like I get it’ they’re the main characters #but also like. idk. jesse armstrong has a p strong vision and uses his characters effectively so like #maybe let’s look at some of those minor characters reactions here to paint a less insular picture yknow

[aromantic-diaries]

I specified in my blog intro that this blog is for all ages and is SFW aside from brief mentions of sex (which tend to be in the context of asexuality) and I was just about to add a sidenote that I do swear a lot until I realized that just because I'm 18 now that doesn't mean it's illegal for me to type the word 'fuck' when a minor might read it

#idk how many younger followers i have but i know there's a few who are Young #what am i even saying. i have been an adult for one week. i am like young as fuck #idk how old my followers are i just know they range from kids who aren't in high school yet to adults with jobs #anyways i think the younger folks in the audience can handle me saying fuck. no need to cover your ears. or eyes ig cause i'm typing #off-topic

[hotwaterandmilk]

I'm still not well so this isn't going to be articulate, but I wanted to say something anyway.

In the wake of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (amongst other titles) being purged from streaming I've seen countless posts saying "This is terrible, we need to stop this practice -- they might purge a good show next!" and yeah, for sure a lot of titles being impacted by streaming purges/lack of physical media/a decline in archiving right now aren't going to be remembered for changing the world.

However, I think it is vital that we fight to preserve these titles for their own sake not just because "What if next time it's something we actually like?!" There is value is preserving things widely regarded as "bad" not just because I have firm beliefs about the absurdity of taste, but because who gives a shit if something is deemed "good?" Actual human people put their time and energy into realising these artistic visions. Even if the results are arguably not "good" or "popular", should the efforts of these artists be lost to the sands of time? No, no they fucking shouldn't.

I share a lot of art on this blog from titles very few people consider culturally important or valuabe. However, I don't look at the things I collect & share like that. Even some of the most objectively absurd titles I own are still pieces of art that were developed, published, and consumed by humans in the real world. Whether they've turned out to be broadly memorable or not is irrelevant because they existed and that in itself makes them worthy of preservation so that others can choose to familiarise themselves with them long after the original creative team is gone.

So yes, we should all be trying to preserve the media that's important to us and not let corporations try to stamp out every trace of a financial (though not necessarily artistic) misstep. However, it shouldn't take the threat of something we, personally, like being taken away to stir us into giving a shit.

Even the demise of less admired works should concern us and make us start to burn copies of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies because it might not mean anything to you or I right now, but to some kid in 20 years it could be a seminal experience that leads them to follow their dreams. Or it could become a cult classic that people reflect on at watch parties years in the future. Or it could continue to be a footnote in the history of television that nobody really cares about.

Ultimately I don't think it matters what level of value we arbitrarily assign to media now or in the future, we should be trying to preserve as much of it as possible so that generations from now people can enjoy the option of engaging with these titles should they so wish.

#personal #idk i just feel strongly that even trash should be allowed to exist #and all of us be able to access it if we so choose #some of the most meaningful film experiences of my life have involved B movies and other “low” culture properties #i'm not well enough to even start rambling about high and low culture and the rich #but as an audience we should be able to select what we want to consume #and we should be able to access it regardless of local laws or cultural norms #that's why the efforts of archivists and media preservationists from the lost media wiki to the louvre are so important #“but this spongebob ad had no impact on society who cares if it is accessible or not?” #you can't determine the value of something based solely on your own experience with it #so yeah spongebob ads and episodes of wheel of fortune should continue to exist #and so should the trashiest shoujo manga in the world #god and i haven't even touched on how disproportionately things like this affect work by artists of colour #queer artists and disabled artists #it's super fucking shit and i refuse to let streaming take away these media choices #ok back to my covid sick bed

[victorfrankensteinapologist]

with the "I ought to be thy adam" line, and a lot of people calling the creature adam because of it, I remember that I have never been very fond of giving the creature a name of any sort-- i always thought it sort of misses the point of him as a character, that he is so outside of humanity, so spurned by his creator, that he cannot get something as simple as a name to call his own. it also very likely that he himself views a name as something a creator bestows upon their creation, and because victor was unable to give him that he finds himself unable to take one. I also remember the poem "open letter to victor frankenstein", by alex dang:

You never named me. Victor, you never gave me what little humanity every person is owed. I understand that there are abominations and monstrosities which should be forgotten, erased from history, but even hurricanes have names.

even in the book itself, the text refuses to stick to a single moniker for him, calling him a daemon, creature, monster, and various other (very often not so nice) things interchangeably. this sentiment of being nameless is echoed in various frankenstein media, including the musical (in an angel's embrace: "what is your name / he gave me no name!"), and others that definitely escape me right now... obviously, people are free to refer to him as whatever, but, y'know, to close it off by bringing it back around-- I've always thought it defeated the purpose of why he doesn't have one to begin with.

#frankenstein #frankenstein weekly #victor frankenstein #frankenstein's creature #from an audience pov i definitely think it had something to do with wanting to bestow that 'little humanity' on him #which is totally understandable especially from people who see themselves in him #but idk! just my thoughts #hes a person but hes a person with no name. To me

[parkitaco]

maybe i am dumb maybe i’m smarter than everyone but i thought it was common knowledge that mike did not initially intend for the ‘it’s not my fault you don’t like girls’ comment to have gay implications

#like. ??? i thought that was the point #that he says it not meaning anything by it other that it’s not my fault that this stuff doesn’t seem to matter to you #not meaning it in a gay way just in a like. the girls thing does not bother you but it does bother me there is a discrepancy here #(def still a projection of Some Sort but he didn’t mean it to be he wasn’t trying to pass blame) #and then will Took It as a gay thing #and mike watched him take it that way #and immediately backtracked like???? #idk to Me it seemed like it was meant to imply to the audience (and maybe mike too) that will was gay #not that mike was Necessarily #bc that’s where we were at in the fandom and progression of the storyline atp #idk maybe i’m wrong and you can interpret that scene however you want #But. when i see ppl using it as gay mike Proof and saying bi mike isn’t a possibility i go hmmm. #<- not trying to get involved in that discourse ofc just pointing out Again that it’s dumb #ANYWAY. sorry that is just my thoughts and i thought that was the intention in the show but who knows

[katvazamo]

i think the consensus of the watcher situation is that people would pay a subscription service but seeing the content as it is now they cant justify

#and neither can i considering its much more expensive than six for me #but honestly dont reblog this is just my ramblings but i was never into ghost files #i always preferred unsolved the jokes and they were just wackier there idk #the only show i probably like is puppet history(which i see alot of people saying) maybe we can pay for it once a year #but i woild predict for that to be a terrible business model #because they need subscriptions all year round #idk how this would end up probably adding new shows etc to keep people engaged #but the hardpart like what they did with dropout was to get people who didnt know college humor who weren’t subscribed before to subscribe a #and considering that most of their fanbase is wuite young and cant afford food rn #they would have to rely on outsode their fanbase #but i also cant think of people who would sub ? like this vid was funny but i dont think normies who dont care aboit shane and yan would pay #so if they are alienating their fans the high likelihood of enticing a new audience to pay for content is low idk how this will end up for t #them #i guess to say is dropout was such an anomaly with game changer and dnd #but with the consistency of quality dropout managed to stay afloat #cant say the same for watcher #watcher #dropout #college humor #* #shane madej #ryan bergara

[g3othermal3scapism]

shes the only girl ever btw. if u even care.

#THE PRETTIEST GIRL IVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!! #shes so angel face #i cant get over how gorgeous she is #rose tyler i would lay down my life for u #billie pipers face card is criminal btw #lesbian rose tyler you mean the world to me #like ://// idk what to u #thats just a lesbian and her genderfluid freak alien boyfriend :/ #rose tyler #rose tyler edit #doctor who #edit #ninth doctor #tenth doctor #timepetals #target audience