#it starts out beautifully

[happycabbage]

Kathleen Battle & Jessye Norman sing "There is a Balm in Gilead" at Carnegie Hall

#jessye norman #kathleen battle #goodness this is lovely #wait for it #it starts out beautifully #and just gets better

[its-your-mind]

HEY. HEY.

HEY @re-dracula WHAT GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO HAVE JONATHAN ACTUALLY READING THAT PASSAGE OUT LOUD BEHIND SEWARD DESCRIBING THE SCENE, HUH? WITH THE TEARS IN HIS VOICE AND THE PAUSING AND THE SHORT LITTLE INHALES AND THE VOICE CRACKS? WAS IT TRULY NECESSARY??? I WAS ALREADY CRYING. I DIDN'T NEED THIS TOO. WHAT THE FUCK.

#dracula #dracula daily #re: dracula #re dracula #to be clear this is meant in sarcastic jest this episode was a beautifully crafted piece of art and I'm blown away by the cast and #the producers and the editors... holy fucking shit I know today's was a short episode but I think it's taken its place as my favorite so fa #it beat out jonathan fuckin dropping out of the sky in front of drac with his fuckin knife out in order to protect his wife which was ALSO #very good and made me cheer out loud in my car but THIS #also why does jack get to narrate all the dope ass dramatic scenes #I wonder if Mina was like #no really y'all this dude has the best voice and grammar structure for storytelling #we gotta let him keep doing the phonograph thing and I'll just keep copying it down later #tbh she's so valid for that also y'all are so valid for casting jonny sims in this role bc he SHINES when he's describing emotional shit #he NAILS the middle ground between conveying the emotion of a scene and still being a separate narrator #it's almost like he did a whole podcast of that one time ANYWAY my point is y'all are incredible and I am so fuckin glad y'all decided to #start this project

[skrunksthatwunk]

aurghhh ok still rewatching '97 and the way guts and casca only have the room to breathe and really come to understand and care for each other in griffith's absence because he has such a strong hold over them both.... and the way their mutual dedication to him is what causes them to bicker for years (casca thinks he's not serving him well enough, guts thinks she doesn't get that he cares/how much he cares, casca's jealousy over griffith's feelings for guts, how he won his heart without even trying or being aware of it or doing anything with it) and is also a big part of what brings them together (earlier when guts deviates from the plan to save griffith and she commends him, in the cave casca opening up about griffith and her's past, showing that vulnerability, while it's mostly confrontational, leads to guts kinda getting her better, and his efforts to save and protect her (falling off the cliff with her, taking on the 100 men so she can escape, encouraging her to return to griffith so she can help him because it's what she feels she's meant to do (her dream, the direction in life guts shares and yet is questioning because of griffith's speech at the fountain, whether or not it's enough to serve him if it means he'll never be a true friend in griffith's eyes because he's not an equal), supporting the idea of her being with griffith/being his most important person like he won't because he doesn't view it as a competition like she has been since day one) leading to her realizing that he's kind of not that bad a guy and they have a lot more in common that she thought. and how the bonfire of dreams conversation is guts opening up to her in kind, the answer to her talking about how griffith saved her, how she feels. how neither of them ever call it love but it's something they know they both have for griffith. how it's something they're beginning to have for each other, different in ways they couldn't put a word to. because they're equals this time. the way griffith kind of becomes less and less important as they find other reasons to live and fight, as they become less singularly obsessed with him. how griffith is unable to stand it, guts' personhood, that agency and peer-to-peer equality he claimed to want (and perhaps truly did) that disappeared guts from his life, his plans, his side. how it barely even matters to griffith how casca changes because he never wanted her like she wanted him. god i can't fucking stand their shakespearean nonsense drama (<- hopelessly in love with their interpersonal dynamics)

#god they're the only healthy part of this unholy mind-palace love triangle/throuple aren't they #they could have been the worst qpr/throuple in your social circle. like just insufferable when they're not getting along #if griffith hadn't [oh god oh fuck oh jesus christ] all over everything even remotely good in his life anyway #poor casca's in love with a gay man and then falls for his not-quite-boyfriend and when not-quite-boyfriend reciprocates said gay man fucki #g. Does The Eclipse Stuff. at least partially to get back at you two. oh my godd #i'm sorry i'm so not normal about them. it's starting to leak out into the blog bc i'm finally having a Berserk Moment since starting tumbl #but whewwwww. gotta get this outta my system #hope this wall of text makes sense oops <3 #berserk #berserk 1997 #how do i even tag their thang. their disastrous just horrible agonizing 3 guy dynamic. hm. #gutsca #griffguts #don't even know if anyone tags for griffith and casca. fair because 1) he raped her. yikes 2) he just straight up isn't into her #and i don't know if there's a tag for the three of them but trial and error led to nothing #but i wanna talk about their dynamic. their. (gestures wildly) whatever. it's not about thinking griffith should kiss anyone it's about lik #the agony. the pining and the torment and whatever miura so beautifully crafted for me specifically. sheesh #hope it's clear that i Don't Want Them To Be An Uwu Little Polycule Bc Casca Should Not Be In A Cutesy Throuple With Her Rapist #it's more that i think they kind of are or almost are part of this (gestures wildly again). Thing. with each other and i wanna talk about i #same with griffguts like oh man they should NOT be in a relationship. but i have this deep intense Need to study them and frankly they're #kind of crazy about each other for a while. like they care about each other so so much it's crucial to all three of their characters. #so it's kind of unavoidable. and i wanna talk about it. and have this read by people who also want to talk about it. yeah? yeah. #(and yeah i think griffith raping casca was about her and guts. like 'fuck you for making him okay with leaving me' type of vibe. even #though it wasn't her fault he's just. god. but it sure as hell isn't Mostly about casca because griffith's making eye contact like the Whol #time with guts. he makes him watch. it's just. shooooooooooo aughhhhghhghh fucking. jesus christ. that or it's the fear that his two most #important pawns are going to leave him Together and he just. can't deal with that. especially after the torture internment thing. #he's so weak and he was so close to his dream and now it's falling apart and they're leaving him and he can't even move. it's about making #damn sure they can't escape him or forget him ever again. #or maybe it's even a 'you can't have her she's mine' to guts but it's still largely like. spiteful/about possessing her as a soldier/human #because i don't think you could convince me it's about having her as a lover or about controlling/hurting/possessing her body.)

[reasonandfaithinharmony]

hi my bestie my friend my beloved im here to harass u again mwah

engagement scene TK face squish to compliment jen's carlos face squish req 🥰🥰

blows u a kiss thank u

Thank you so much for the ask, @birdclowns!

Haha. Yes, of course we can do Carlos squishing TK's face! And I promise I'm not exaggerating how dark this scene is. 🙃

(For anyone who's interested, the gif of TK squishing Carlos' face lives in this gif game entry.)

Unedited Gif Game

#whenever you come across a beautifully colored gif set of this scene #please know that op started out with these lighting conditions #tarlos #911 lone star #tk strand #carlos reyes #tk x carlos #3x18 #a bright and cloudless morning #ask game #unedited gif game #birdclowns #lunarclowns #my911ls #mythings #rmd tracks

[8bit-mau5]

Finally approaching the waist up ko-fi rewards! Figuring out how to go about colored half bodies still, but im REALLY loving the result 🥺

Character: @theultraoof

Commission info and slots can be found [HERE]! If you enjoy my art, feel free to support your local trans artist by tipping me on kofi 💙

#artists on tumblr #fantrolls #homestuck #hiveswap #Gabriel's arts #commission #CSP crashed when i was near done with this and i had to redo the colors from the start OTL #IT SUCKED SO BAD and i thought i had lost hundreds of brushes. as what happens when this thing usually crashes #BUT... looks like i havent. rthank god #nyways i spent double the time on her to make sure she came out BEAUTIFULLY and i couldnt be happier w/the outcome :'3 #gonna be spending my entire weekend working on these btw. with maybe an adoptable or two in between

[candied-cae]

S2E2 Ed's plot my beloved-

I ADORE THIS EPISODE IN HOW IT PORTRAYS ED'S MENTAL HEALTH!!!

TW, this post is going to discuss Ed's suicidal behavior and attempt in depth. It will not be heartwarming, I am agonizing over the details. Please don't open if that reading is going to be damaging at all to you. Protect yourself first, y'all! Anyway...

Every little detail from his time on screen is spent sending hints to the viewer that it's Ed's last day alive.

The first time we see him that morning, he looks refreshed. He's decidedly sober and cleaning up his cabin and he's joking and almost... bright again. He's talkative and seems so calm. And it's because he's finally decided to kill himself.

It's been a long observed point for folks with suicidal thoughts/actions that once they've decided on doing it, there's a certain kind of peace that comes with that. Because it's going to be over soon, you know you'll be able to rest. There's an expiry approaching, and there's a comfort in knowing you've almost reached the end, like getting close to the end of a long work shift.

And so he's cleaning up, so he'd doesn't leave as much of a mess behind (Also something that is well documented from people who attempt). At least, assumably that was the idea, like he hadn't originally planned to take the whole ship down with him, it seems like he was planning to do something smaller for just him as of that morning. So he’s tidying up for the rest of them.

It's both a gesture of kindness to make sure they aren't left with as much of a "hassle" once they find him dead, but it's also a point of "pride" in a way. So when it's all over, they will sweep through a cleaner room and remember him better in that last day, than so much of the mess and stress of the earlier ones.

The second time we see him is when he's figured out Frenchie didn't finish off Izzy. And not only does he offer for Izzy to do it, he tells him that it'd be a good thing for him to do. Like it was a favor, killing him would've been "just what the doctor ordered" to make him feel better.

But Izzy doesn't do it, and he assumes Izzy ends himself after he's left the room.

The third hint is that he's so forgiving with everyone. He doesn't hold a grudge against Frenchie for lying to him and hiding Izzy in the secret room, he doesn't yell at anyone (like Jim or Archie) for conspiring with him, he even tells Frenchie to take the day off and thanks him for the closure.

Again, it's following that motion of peace and contentment, he doesn't have to go into death mad, he can do it calmly. He can let it all go, because soon enough it won't be a problem and he knows he's now decided to take them all down with him. So he might as well let them enjoy their last few hours as much as they can.

And he instead resides to sit at the wheel, turning them sharply right into a dark storm, all the while he wears the softest smile. Because he is calm, he is clear headed, and he is done waiting for something else to kill him. And that's a very common thing for people to want in those last moments. To go clean and sober and content and in peace.

They hit a lot of the MAJOR signs they teach you that someone is about to take their live, the only one I can think of off the top of my head that wasn't explicitly included would've been the giving away of personal possessions.

(But, perhaps even following the idea that originally he was going to go alone, he was going to be leaving everything including the boat to his crew, so maybe that idea was kind of hidden in there. It's just not as direct as personally going to people and handing over things.)

Anyway, I'm sure a lot of these clues were well picked up by the fandom, I'm sure a lot of us have learned about these stages of suicidal action for various reasons ourselves. I just wanted to point out that timeline and how perfectly it seems to fit across the whole episode as this singular, unspoken intent behind every single one of Ed's actions until it comes to a head and the crew on deck can't ignore how drastic everything had turned.

#Cae Has Lots of Feelings About Our Flag Means Death #I love love love this plot of the episode #From the moment it started and we saw how at ease he seemed... I knew what was coming #The suicide plan was officially in motion as far as Edward Teach was concerned #And there is some soft sweetness that he was going to do it all alone originally. #That he had made the decision that there wasn't anything to live for and he was going to just take care of himself in that way. #That he only decided to try and take the whole ship down with him when he was 'scorned' again by his crew. #AHHHHHH! #I just love Ed so much and his character is so beautifully written and played and expressed #That moment towards the end as his crew huddles together - terrified - and they can't figure out why it all seems to backwards #Why he's acting 'better' but steering them right into the violent waters of a sea storm #Because they weren't taught these things. They don't know what it looks like when someone's ending their life like this. #And they are trying to follow the logic of 'Ed is a sailing genius' 'He knows what he's doing' 'He has to' 'But this...' #It's 100% perfection #and though I definitely have a few gripes and concerns about this season so far... This episode's Ed plot is not one of them. #Not in the least. #Our Flag Means Death #OFMD #Our Flag Means Death Season 2 Spoilers #Our Flag Means Death Spoilers #OFMD Spoilers #OFMDS2 #OFMD s2 spoilers #Edward #Edward Teach #Blackbeard #The Kraken

[sovpologist]

well i guess i might as well give my opinion, i feel like mara has been simultaneously out of character and sidelined this season and it was disappointing to me. i try not to get my hopes up but they marketed the season with a giant picture of her head and she's basically a power generator and crow's therapist this season. i feel like with seth dickinson gone no one really knows how to write her particular brand of "mean cunt but extremely loyal and with a soft spot for people she cares about" like this is NOT the mara sov i know... this is an imposter...

#the speech she gave after amanda's death was beautifully written but the depth of emotion felt so out of character #esp since she never even spoke to amanda beyond a couple of lines #that's not even getting me started on amanda being fridged #and the cowardly attempt by the writers to preemptively halt a fridging discussion by having caiatl be like #she died for her convictions not your grief! #but like... she literally DID die so that crow (and zavala) could be sad about it #that was the narrative purpose of her death #defiance spoilers #destiny critical

[licorishh]

Replayed Modern Warfare 3 2011 on Veteran tonight and goooooooood night. Blood Brothers never gets any easier to watch no matter how many times you've done it and the ending really never misses huh

I apologize for the amount of yapping in the tags I reread it all on mobile and started giggling because it went on for so long but eh. Blessed are those who won't shut the freak up and all that

#call of duty #modern warfare 3 2011 #i just. wow. wow wow wow wow wow #i've played these three games so many times over the last several years and i just. #they literally. never get old. #loose ends and blood brothers will never not make me cry and endgame and dust to dust will never not make me smile so hard #ending it with price smoking the cigar like he did in the first mission in the first game wHEN HE FIRST MET SOAP JUST UGHHHHHH. #i know y'all don't care but i don't care that y'all don't care i could literally yap about this until i shrivel up and die #i have never ever ever in my LIFE seen poetic justice played out so beautifully like it is at the very end #JUST. WOW. WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW. WOW WOW. WOW #they do not frickin make games like that anymore DADGUM #i also forgot how frickin sad down the rabbit hole is?? like jeez louise they didn't have much screen time but gosh #i also have never in my life heard such gut-wrenching anguish from a grown man in my life like price in that one scene #I KNOW Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT MAN MAKES ME FULL ON S O B IN THAT PART HE HAD NO BUSINESS #anyway i'll keep cutely living in denial and pretending literally any of the main characters besides price and nikolai are fine <3 #foley and dunn and their team seemed just fine at the end of modern warfare 2 so i will accept that small mercy #at this point these games have taken everything else i love away from me so #y'all probably think i'm wild for how insane i get over these games but the nostalgia bit is a big part of it as well #like they're honestly in my opinion genuinely the greatest video games of all time #but the fact that i have that connection with my dad makes it so special #crazy cause he said he also cried in blood brothers and my dad is 54 and i have seen him cry one (1) other time in my entire life #heck infinity ward but also bless them i hope the devs live long beautiful wonderful prosperous delightful exciting fulfilling lives #Lord bless them and their entire bloodline for the contributions they have made to humanity not even joking #AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE FREAKING SOUNDTRACKS DO NOT GO THERE OAUSYDJAKAKDN #MW2 AND MW3 CREDITS. EXTRACTION POINT. COUP DE GRACE. RETREAT AND REVEILLE. CONTINGENCY. PARIS SIEGE. PRAGUE HOSTILITIES. RUSSIAN WARFARE. #UGHHHHHHHGHHHH everything about these games is so unbelievably perfect and immaculate #i have got to get over my art block NOWWWWWWWWWW #makarov is also the best villain i've ever seen idc bro he's frickin awesome #i mean obviously he's horrible and a disgustingly evil human being but as a character he's stupidly well-written

[mainfaggot]

literally getting choked up rn tears prickling my eyes we are so back i love you tomorrow by together. the parasocialisms got me good honestly theyve got me in a chokehold

#this is the longest I've ever ulted a boygroup #this may marks 4 years ... #the mv was so beautiful and the song was giving old school slash somewhat emo vibes it was really fucking good #i loved the layers in the instrumental and the visuals were like. so tumblr 2016 but tastefully so Lol #i want to cry that was so beautifully shot we really are so back. i love the txt lore being so crucial for this cb and the cinematography #in general went crazy to me like it wasn't anything overly complex but it was still so aesthetically cohesive #im jsut saying words atp yeah #but no its not even like ill praise anything txt puts out bc i qas so painfully underwhelmed by chasing this feeling and that mv in general #like the album was solid but i couldn't care less abt the music video or the title and the aesthetics were so mediocre #but this time. holy shit we r so back like this is the txt i started stanning when i was 16 #z.post

[insomniac-pbparker]

rambling in tags

#tried to talk about it on vc but no one's paying attention haha #talkin about it here cuz I've been meaning to share with. someone #hi if you're reading this:) #peter prattles #anyways. started a new project recently; i got a model for my mask so I'm thinking about printing it out? #got the STL (STereoLithography (file format for CAD software made by 3d systems)) files fhe other day; they look like they'll fit well toge #ther after i print them; so that's good. not a lot of sanding ill have to do on the main face shell; 8& #augh #*; it's already textured #i keep pressing comma. stop #anyways. got the files; it took FOREVER to splice but that's alright. i haveta do it regardless #*slice not splice #the whole process of slicing something (FOR 3D MODELING BY THE WAY) is really interesting; i should look more into that #the thing is; the files and info I got on them didn't say what orientation to print the mask in? that was odd #it also didn't say what fill / support types to use. but I'll figure that out in the morning #oh! my favourite part I'm working on for the mask is that it is able to attach / detach in specific sections; so it's easily disassembled #I'm using neodymium magnets (specifically 10mmx1mm or 1/16in discs) to connect it all together #I'm thinking about making it disconnect in about 4/6 different places? four for sure #not sure about the last two though. thinking about making the LENSES of the mask detachable; but i feel like they're more likely to fall of #uhoh i think i did something wrong #i printed (or started to print at least) the domed mesh on the 3d printer instead of the specifically labeled resin printer. i don't have j #I don't have a resin printer #wow there's a lot of tags. okay #so many thoughts in my head apparently #eh whatever. hear about my 3d prints boy #there's an option to make a ventilated mask; or one without the vents at the front #the vents are just small cavities near the front of the mask #right near the nose / mouth would be #ohh it's actually lined up beautifully; it blends right into the webbing on the front of the face #face? mask? eh

[the-casbah-way]

i am always really grateful to get comments and feedback on my fics, but you don’t need to insult other peoples’ work in order to be nice about mine. it’s not even a compliment to me, really. you could’ve just talked about what you like about my writing rather than the fact that you dislike someone else’s. if you haven’t managed to find any fics in a fandom that are for you, i’d be more than happy to give you some recommendations of my own. the natm fandom is one of the most creative fandoms i’ve ever been a part of and even i, someone who barely reads fanfiction and is extremely picky about the tropes i want to read, have managed to find a tonne of fics that i absolutely adore. if it wasn’t for those fics i wouldn’t be writing my own. you can be picky about what you read, like i am. but it doesn’t mean that every fic you aren’t interested in reading is bad, and it doesn’t mean that only the fics you enjoy are good. i do agree that putting your work on the internet and in the public eye is inevitably and inherently opening yourself up to the possibility of criticism or negative feedback, but personally i think that fanfiction isn’t exactly the same as a published novel. we are writing this for free, and providing it for free, with no guarantee that we’ll get any traction or appreciation for it at all. if you don’t like a fic purely because you just didn’t like it and you don’t have anything helpful or productive to offer, it’s generally better and kinder to keep that to yourself. just be nice <3

#to clarify: this person wasn’t insulting a specific fic writer or fic #it was just a general statement about the fics in this fandom #this is absolutely NOT me calling out or getting mad at the person who left the comment because like #there is every chance they didn’t mean it like that !! maybe i misinterpreted it #do NOT be rude or mean to the person i’m talking about on here or on ao3 please and thanks #that’s not what this is about #i’m just saying it’s good to be mindful of how you talk about other peoples’ fics and stuff #just be nice. you like what you like and that’s ok but you can be kind about it at the same time #i am so grateful that you read and enjoyed my fic !! but i promise there are other fics for you out there too #i don’t believe in ranking or comparing fics myself but #if im being honest there are a million fics in this fandom and half of them are way better than mine #and like i said. if it weren’t for those wonderful and beautifully written fics i wouldn’t have started writing my own

[vecnuthy]

Eddie's grown up hearing his uncle's accent literally everyday, you can't tell me he hasn't been affected by it.

Yeah, he sounds neutral or maybe even regional at school and around people in general, but when he's at home and just with his uncle? When he's really high relaxed? When he's really tired or sleepy? When he's particularly petulant?

Southern. As. Fuck.

Drawing out and widening vowels, softening consonants, making one syllable words into two or three or more (because the limit does not exist iykyk) with skill and ease.

Eddie knows when he feels at ease around people, because it'll just slip out, and they'll look at him like "What the hell was that?" And he'll be like "Wut was wut?" with a hint of condescension and do that dumb, knowing smirk and not address it any further because he's a little shit.

Fuck I need the little country metal head, it rounds out his outcast/otherness so well.

#eddi munson headcanon #eddie munson imagine #eddie munson #and yeah i'm from the southern us so this is slightly self-indulgent but come on out makes sense bc of wayne #stranger things #not gonna think about how there was a little bit of something different in how he said 'I'm just getting this sucker started' #to robin with steve right there nope not at all #like it wasn't a southern accent but i could feel what joe was (maybe idk) trying to do #and i love joel stoffer but that accent was....😬 but he played the part beautifully

[wenellyb]

Unpopular Opinion but a lot of people describe or imagine Namor x Shuri as enemies-to-lovers however to me it's obvious their story is a lovers-to-enemies storyline.

#they had so much potential #it started out so well and then it all went down #there's no going back #but it started so beautifully #wakanda forever spoilers #shuri #namor #namuri #black panther spoilers #black panther wakanda forever

[chronicowboy]

part two of the lesbian pirates is finally done!!!

#sami rambles #onto part three teehee!!! #actually so happy with how it turned out too which i wasn't expecting #but the start of part two and the end came together beautifully #anyway now onto lesbian angst and gay fluff teehee 🤭 #this is my fuck it friday ig

[antiquarianandunusual]

"The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck” is my favorite Disney Ducks comic story ever because at first glance, it presents itself as a fun little origin story but eventually turns into a narrative about the devastation of greed, the consequences of romanticizing the American dream, and the destructive results of the “profits over people” mindset.

#scrooge's transformation into an anti-hero is so beautifully written #because by the end i could not believe THIS was supposed to be the same optimistic adventurer from before #it's so fascinating because he starts out vilifying all of the correct people #like the beagle boys glomgold etc #but then begins to turn on innocent civilians and even his own family #and although he sees redemption at the end of the story he still is never excused or forgiven #he doesn't get closure #he just has to move on and accept that THIS was how he spent those years #i mean he might in the story with matilda but i haven't gotten the chance to read that yet #this story is specifically why i view scrooge as an anti-capitalist character #also because they oftentimes mock his wealth #like scrooge is very rarely idolized in his stories and ESPECIALLY not in this one #okay rant over it's actually time for bed #the life and times of scrooge mcduck #disney ducks #disney duck comics #scrooge mcduck

[dump-troy-marry-me]

the ending scene in Digital Exploration of Interior Design is honestly so beautiful. that overhead shot of Troy and Abed going head to head holding back their own armies. the close up shots of their faces. artistry

#it unironically means a lot to me #like. throughout this arc their armies serve as representations of hurtful things said to each other #its why the end of pillows and blankets hits so hard #when the armies disperse and troy and abed keep fighting #bc everythings been said and they have no more vitriol to to spew #but they keep fighting anyway #bc to end it now would be forgiving everything theyre not ready to forgive #anyway thats what makes that scene so amazing #them both holding back just before the war breaks out #one last moment before the fighting starts #that whole arc is done so so beautifully i adore it #community #community tv #nbc community #troy barnes #abed nadir #trobed