#it just gets to me

[lloydfrontera]

A familiar voice graced Lloyd's ears before a certain someone joined him on the stroll so naturally and nonchalantly, like a veteran driver changing lanes without breaking a sweat. Lloyd took a glance and noticed Javier walking side by side with him, shrugging his shoulders.

c'mooon javier falling into step with lloyd so easily, so casually, the way he's done for years. lloyd not even flinching or being the slightest bit surprised about it. javier's presence at his side being such a normal part of his life that it just. happens. it just is.

c'mon.

#i talk a lot <3 #tged #the greatest estate developer #lloyd frontera #javier asrahan #llojavi #ch 391 #like. the peacefulness of it all. #the way lloyd isn't the least bit afraid or tense when in javier's presence. how easy it is for them to be at each other's side. #IT JUST GETS TO ME #THIS IS BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THE MEAT OF THEIR CONVERSATION #PLEASE

[isagrimorie]

Sabine reflects and grieves when she knows she's alone. | Star Wars Ahsoka 1x06 - Far, Far Away

thanks to @sersi coloring tutorial

#sabine wren #natasha liu bordizzo #star wars ahsoka #ahsoka edit #ahsokaedit #starwarsedit #swedit #star wars edit #my edit #ahsoka 1x06 #thanks elika too for looking it over #sabine claims she avoids self reflection #but she avoids it when there are other people #self reflection is all she did alone in that tower #sabrinewrenedit #ahsoka spoilers #it just gets to me #that she's only able to finally grieve ahsoka #now that she's not under baylan's eye

[pandasaurio-espacial]

Arthur throwing childish tantrums over something to do with Merlin means so much to me

#something about him getting to act childish #something about him allowing himself to be childish when it comes to merlin #it just gets to me #merthur #bbc merlin #m ya callate

[not-a-mawmouth]

Hm. Something about how Avrana Kern partially despises humanity for its history of genocide, hates them for being so prone to ideological stupidity, and yet not only is she actively advocating for the genocide of humanity (despite those humans being victims of the same awful event that caused her to believe humanity wasn’t worth saving) pretty much the only reason the humans are willing to resort to genocide is because her “humans are bastards” ideology meant she kept trying to kill them. And refused to grant them asylum when they asked for it. And told the spiders time and time again that the humans were an ancient enemy that would inevitably destroy them.

So, naturally, the humans stopped trusting anything to do with her. Including the entire sapient species they had no idea existed as a result of her experiment.

#she’s a hypocrite! it’s great! #interesting how she’s kinda the antithesis of the themes of the novel #about empathy conquering all with time #and as the book goes on she increasingly turns her empathy and compassion off #and as the book goes on she gets increasingly sidelined #to the point where she is literally physically removed from her position above all by the Gilgamesh #but the one great moment of compassion she has for the spiders give them the opportunity to resolve everything peacefully #children of time #I do like this book #these are kinda my first post-book thoughts #writing this post made me like her a lot more paradoxically #not sure why #something about self-righteous characters like her #who think they’re better - or at least have the right to cast judgement on others #while being as bad or worse #it just gets to me #I hate characters like that #but only when they don’t have a purpose #whereas Avrana Kern does #and that’s good #where’s that post that goes #‘audiences have been betrayed by bad shows so many times they’ve become paranoid’ #I think I just ID’d an instance of that in myself

[lady-of-the-spirit]

When fics have Roy look at Phoebe and think about the stuff he went through at her age and how it fucked him up, that hurts so good.

#something anout roy looking at 9 year old phoebe and wondering how his parents could have sent him off to sunderland that young #it just gets to me #roy kent #ted lasso #i'm saying stuff

[tummy-pain]

In celebration of the November 5th Tumblr holiday, I’d like to turn our attention to one of the many events that happened on that day three years ago and give a little update on it..

The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in Armenia

On November 5th, 2020, System of a Down released two new songs (Protect The Land and Genocidal Humanoidz) after being in hiatus for 15 years in an attempt to raise awareness to the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict. See, the regimes of Aliyev in Azerbaijan and Erdogan in Turkey were betting on the world being distracted by all the other events occurring at that time to make an attack on Armenia to claim it and Artsakh as their own.

The release of this new music was attached to a fundraiser to bring aid for displaced persons of Artsakh and to not let this attack go unnoticed.

As of November 5th, 2023, System of a Down has raised $281,091 in aid for Artsakh!!

But the fundraiser is still open! Click on the links to the music videos to find the fundraiser in the video description if you want to pitch in!

The attack in 2020 turned into a mere 44 day war that was won by Azerbaijan and ended in the displacement of almost 120,000 ethnic Armenians and the death of at least 6,500 people.

Even still, conflicts are ongoing. In the beginning of October of this year the last of the ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh had to flee west to Armenia.

It’s another case of “ethnic cleansing” brought on by the predominantly Christian Muslim nation of Azerbaijan. And guess who’s backing them up? Turkey and, of course, Israel.

Since September of this year, peace efforts have been made by Azerbaijan, but the process is slow and the details of these peace talks are rather uncertain. They hope an agreement will be signed within the coming month, but response from Armenia has been elusive.

While this is progress, many ethnic Armenians and Artsakh compatriots are struggling with being forcibly displaced from their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh.

To provide aid to them, please visit the SOAD music videos and head to the description, or visit this link here.

Happy November 5th

#armenia #politics #current events #war #Azerbaijan #Israel #system of a down #November 5th #I know I know I made a legitimate post for once #I’ve been on tumblr for like 8 years and I’ve NEVER made a legitimate post like this #but I feel these things need to be said #something about the conflict in Armenia #it just gets to me #please reblog

[frommybookbook]

I did it. I watched Raymond Burr's final movie as Perry Mason tonight and I'm not ashamed to say I cried a little. In just shy of a year, I've watched every minute of Burr playing Perry Mason—every episode of the show and every TV movie. This character has come to mean so much to me and Burr's portrayal of him was so good and so special. I'm glad I still have a handful of the books left to read because I'm not ready to be finished with him.

#perry mason #the case of the killer kiss #raymond burr #my beloved sexy rectangle #he did such a good job in this movie #especially given how sick he already was #the way barbara hale described filming this one in the burr biography will forever haunt me #he was so weak but still so determined to honor this commitment #and poor hale herself #she'd been widowed only a year before #and then to lose burr #her friend of nearly 50 years #it just gets to me #i'm going to keep watching episodes and movies for a long time

[elialys]

not me getting choked up writing about the value of human compassion, and how it is always more of a strength than a weakness

#not exactly surprised that it's shaping up to be a central theme in this story #it just gets to me #every WEEK i argue with my mother about the importance of being KIND #because she thinks i'm too soft and people take advantage of me #which yeah they do #but kindness and compassion are just so damn important to me #humans are GOOD at their core i don't care what anyone says #human's nature has us instinctively helping one another all the time #it just gets buried by all the nastiness of the world #anyway i have feelings about this #writing #and life

[corcracrow]

I think a lot of the debate about whether characters are truly good (or evil) in sjm’s books is caused by a flaw in consistence.

sjm will establish at the start that her characters are fae, and not bound to human norms, then proceed to write them exactly as if they were human, while still excusing their ‘fae’ actions.

It makes it difficult to excuse a fae for behaving like fae, when they’re written in all other respects (except for their morally grey or outright evil actions) like a human.

It also makes the line between ‘villain’ and ‘hero’ heavily blurred, because if the hero can do awful things and be excused by the narrative, why can’t the villain?

And I get that it’s probably difficult to write truly fae feeling fae and still make the characters relatable, but that is sort of a curse brought on by herself, isn’t it

#and it’s frustrating for the reader too #you’ll be blatantly told to support a character even as they do awful things #and then to hate a character even if they have done good things #it just gets to me #and i think it leads to a lot of the debate and bitterness surrounding certain characters #because if you try to analyse several of the characters on any level other than ‘fun fantasy/romance books!’ you will be disappointed #anyway #this is not meant as a slam against the author it’s just an observation #sjm critical #(not anti) #(i just think these books don’t really stand up to most forms of literary analysis) #(and we should stop taking them as seriously/treating them as if they do) #acotar #throne of glass #crescent city

[madetrial]

some thoughts. the line that really got to me during my violet playthrough was eri's ❝ i know you're a part of operation starfall, but i could tell from our battle you're not a bad person. ❞ it was the first time in a game that really puts the player in a position of feeling like the antagonist -- or, at least, making an unpopular, hard choice before a better solution comes along. just the quiet horror from the perspective of team star -- someone new to paldea, entirely unfamiliar, barely a part of the academy, felling their bases one by one. and we KNOW that those bases are safe havens to protect bullied and ostracized kids from what's happening at the academy. that they see team star as their greatest treasure even when they're distancing themselves from school altogether.

#( eri hc. ) #( thoughts. ) #there is something so desperate & sad about carmen literally begging the PC to stop !!! #it just GETS to me

[sevengummisharks]

Sensations of the City

#just some favorites from 2022 #all shot on HP5 #I forgot which camera each one was though #Something about the textures of urban canyons #it just gets to me

[vessels-cape]

Dreams by The Cranberries is the only song ever

#it just gets to me #The Cranberries #music

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

#greek mythology #ares #athena #greek gods #dont get me wrong it aint athena slander but it sure is ares praise #on some level at least #man justly accused of bad things deserves some mid praise more at 11 #thank you romi for helping me with words though i duly noted you insisted on ares not being cautious rather than him not being careful #romi be like “i want him to care” and honestly good you should say it #also EPIC led to this and i just..... i want to draw some animatics man i just need infinite time now #my long lost love for greek myths just will never stop coming and they dont stop coming and they dont stop coming #i want some vulture design in here for ares but not sure about this one #kochei doodles

[slavicafire]

sobbing into my plate after overhearing a conversation between a mom and her tiny daughter in this shopping centre food court

#żmija gada #I will elaborate once I get home but gods. loving conscious and tender parenthood just makes me #break down

[taffywabbit]

they should invent a new type of "staying in bed for 2-3 hours after you wake up repeatedly opening and closing apps on your phone" where it makes you feel awesome and energized and emotionally fulfilled

#buny text #I'm fine i've just been staying up too late playing bg3 the past few nights #and then wanting to wake up before noon so my parents don't say anything rude to me so i end up getting less sleep to facilitate that #and it's catching up to me #i feel like this explanation maybe undermines my previous statement of 'I'm fine' a bit but I'm fine i promise #look at my lop posts boy

[cadaverkeys]

You guys rlly don't realise how much knowledge is still not committed to the internet. I find books all the time with stuff that is impossible to find through a search engine- most people do not put their magnum opus research online for free and the more niche a skill is the less likely you are to have people who will leak those books online. (Nevermind all the books written prior to the internet that have knowledge that is not considered "relevant" enough to digitise).

Whenever people say that we r growing up with all the world's knowledge at our fingertips...it's not necessarily true. Is the amount of knowledge online potentially infinite? Yes. Is it all knowledge? No. You will be surprised at the niche things you can discover at a local archive or library.

#rambles #if you are a person who is into delicate skills #like lacemaking or printing or sewing #you will know fair well just how non expansive the knowledge online is in comparison to written guides from like the 50s #there was a time where at least one person in the household had to know a constructive skill #but in the modern day there is just less ans less demands for comprehensive guides #library propaganda #im stuck doing an essay rn but bc i have covid i cant go to the library and its totally fucked me #i want to source a lot of the stuff i read irl but i just cant go and get it and theres no online ver