#it was necessary. there was purpose..

[groupwest]

sorry for sleeping in, every night i lay restless awake in bed thinking about about all the animals i’ve loved that my mother has killed, and i wonder if it’s exactly that which made me who i am.. that’s all

#animal death #i don’t often think of my rabbit… Thlayli. #it was a decade ago. that we moved back into this house and i swear.. it was one of the first things she did here. drown him. #it was necessary. there was purpose.. #but oh… memories are strange and it’s funny how the ones you never think of are in fact the very things that formed you #yes i’m like if julie winters was very small and pathetic #maybe a piece of me died with every buried animal love of mine #sorry for posting horribly personal thoughts at this hour. i’m fine. just pondering.

[comradekatara]

“the runaway” where everything is the same except when sokka says he can’t even remember what his mother looks like, katara angrily stomps all the way into town to make a purchase, then stomps all the way back up the cliffside, and just indignantly holds up a hand mirror to sokka’s face.

#necessary disclaimer before anyone implies that this post was solely intended to be comedic #no it isn’t I am well aware of the tragic implications at play here thank you #I was very much intending to break hearts with this one :) #katara #sokka #kya&sokka #katara&sokka #actually im sure katara already owns a hand mirror #but for the purposes of this post the idea that she had to go purchase one is funnier #and she doesn’t even bother getting changed. half dressed soaking wet like ‘yes id like your cheapest mirror please’ #‘I have to prove a point to my stupid emotionally constipated brother.’

[ariadne-mouse]

Still thinking about just how deep in it Liliana Temult is. Like in the eyes of the narrative she went from

absent & possibly dead, very sad -> alive just estranged?? mysterious! -> possibly involved in a cult, tragic, can her daughter reach her? -> uncomfortably high up in said cult -> the cult's goddamn General and striking such terror into the local population of the Ruidus that they are afraid of even her appearance or someone who looks like her

Ordinary people who are trying to resist the dictatorial Imperium/Ruby Vanguard alliance and their iron control of the populace are terrified of her. You don't strike terror just by "being there". Terror happens because of actions. And it leaves us to wonder what exactly Liliana Temult has done during her time on the moon to make the citizens fear her so much.

#all of this has happened so fast #but I wonder whether Imogen mourns the version of her (dead/vanished) mother that she held in her mind #the one who was ostensibly good in that way children hope their lost loved ones to be (or at least not full ham evil) #Liliana has at times given off this vague air of regret - mostly regarding Imogen like 'i wish it wasn't like this but it is' #but in general that all this violence and terrorizing Ruidus and killing all the gods - it's unfortunate but part of the Greater Purpose #and that makes her all the more detestable tbh #she sees and understands and maybe even empathizes with those that have been or will be hurt by this campaign for Predathos #and has decided that it's still necessary. unfortunate but necessary. this sort of quiet and awful conviction #the kind of person who will hurt you while telling you it's for your own good and it's better this way #cr spoilers #c3e88 #critical role #liliana temult #op

[beaft]

my preferred magic systems tend to be vibes-based (i love magical realism and folkloric fantasy). i get irritated by pedantic, cinema-sins style worldbuilding where all potential plot holes are filled in and all ambiguities answered. but someday i'd like to read or write a book in which supernatural rules and limitations are meticulously researched using the most pedantic scientific methods imaginable.

like... do werewolves transform only when the light of the full moon is directly on them? is the change triggered by a quality particular to moonlight (which is, after all, simply sunlight reflected off the surface of an orbital body)? can they still eat chocolate in human form or is it poisonous to them the way it is to canines?

what about vampires? what happens to the blood they drink? how do they process it? do they need to pee? can they blush? they don't show up in mirrors. would their clothes be visible? an empty suit, just hanging there? what about piercings, dentures, glasses, fake nails? if a vampire put on a ring, would it be invisible while it's being worn and visible once it's removed? do they cast a shadow? can they stand in moonlight (which is, as mentioned, just sunlight with extra steps)?

then you've got demons. real can o'worms, demons. even ignoring the christian-centric nature of your typical demon, as well as the universe-shattering theological implications of a creature whose mere existence proves the existence of an omnipotent deity, there's so much to consider. if a demon can't walk on holy ground, could it skateboard? if crucifixes harm them, are they also vulnerable to any cross-shaped symbol, even if it isn't holy? could you scare a demon by bringing it to a death metal concert? how much holy water would it take to kill them? a thimbleful? a molecule? less?

can ghosts think? how, when their neural pathways are static? what is the chemical composition of ectoplasm? if they can attain corporeality enough to do things like move furniture around and slam doors, why don't they make themselves corporeal 24/7? and most importantly, if a ghost attained corporeality and sucked you off, would it look like your dick was getting wet on its own, or would you see it appearing and disappearing into the ghost's invisible mouth?

#i think this kind of thing is annoying when it's not necessary and fun when it's on purpose #the only book i've read that scratched the itch was 'dreadful company' #be shh now

[touchlikethesun]

xx

#creds to soma for summing up my thoughts it's the perfect caption #i think the post game bus sleepy bus back scenes are some of my favourites #it's a very necessary catharsis both for the characters and for the audience #they are also normally quite soft and aesthetic and i swear they draw them cuter on purpose #like i couldn't put this in the post because there too much too talk about but #yachi's little nod tanaka and noya leaning on each other kags fighting the demons #TSUKKI AND YAMS #the way they're alternating breaths has my heart all up in sorts #and yes i included them twice in this clip no it's not like that in the show but i needed to see more of them #haikyuu #karasuno #i can't tag everyone so i'll just tag the ones that i already have a few posts for #hinata shouyou #kageyama tobio #kagehina #tsukkiyama #tsukkishima kei #tsukki <3 #yamaguchi tadashi #yachi hitoka #kiyoyachi #kiyoko shimizu #sugawara koushi #sawamura daichi #asahi azumane

[starmonsterrr]

[ * OUT OF ALL THINGS I COULD CHOOSE TO DO WITH MY WEEKEND, I MADE A ROBLOX T-SHIRT??!?!?!?!?! ]

[ * Well, isn't it hilarious.. ]

[ * I'm selling these for 10 robux each (would go lower, but unfortunately Roblox fees are a thing.....) ]

[ * You can find it here! ] ↓

[ * You can try it on your avatar for free in Roblox catalog browser games such as Catalog Avatar Creator ]

[ * If you can't or don't want to buy it, maybe favorite it? I think it'll help it have a chance at appearing in search results. Idk, it's just a guess ]

[ * also Ink with freckles my beloved . .. . . ]

[ * Hopefully i'll make more t-shirts soon, not just UTMV, i'll also make some alterhuman ones (matter that is discussed in my sideblog @purring-io) so yeah!!! that's pretty neat!!!!! maybe eventually i'll make actual clothing too. that also sounds cool ]

#corv draws #corv sells on roblox #<- [ * for blacklist purposes bcs this is. basically an ad. an ad for a roblox item but still an ad. so sorry guys but i want robux ] #ink sans #utmv #utmv art #ink sans fanart #inktale sans #undertale au #sans au #utmv fanart #sans au fanart #[ * Also i may take requests but first i gotta earn the necessary robux to be able to fulfill them :sob: ]

[beeheevs]

sometimes, I'll be reading an atsv fic and come across one word or way of phrasing or encounter, and all of a sudden just know the author is black. on the flipside, sometimes writers will write in a certain way that makes it obvious they're decidedly not 💀

#i once read a fic that describe hobie as “styling” his hair in wicks #which is like #not necessary wrong #it was like “his hair was in wicks a style he usually liked to put his hair in” #a sentence that implies you can just take your hair out of wicks??? like they're braids??? #another fic described blm as a movement that got really popular “recently” because alot of black people were being killed by cops #which is not necessarily...wrong but is so far from it's actual messaging and what it truly stands for #like blm at the root is not a new thing #idk i mean no judgment because i know it isn’t on purpose it's just always catches me off guard cuz...what #atsv #hobie brown #flowerpunk #punkprowler #flowerbyte #prowlerbyte #idk im just naming these ships cause ik y'all get it 💀 #miles morales #margo kess #miles g morales #spiderverse #punkflower

[saucypankakes]

Thinking about how Suzanne Collins writes romance in The Hunger Games along the lines of the soulmate myth where two halves of a whole complete one another

#and thg is very inspired by greek mythology so the soulmate myth was very likely incorporated on purpose #the concept of needing someone to be yourself #annie and finnick always being described as one being especially gets to me #like thats just platos concepts verbatim #also another tangent but hunger games explores the different types of love like agape or eros all of which were coined by plato #its all really done well because at the end of the day miss collins penned love is necessary and it shows throughout the entire story #love that everlark not only represents choice between war/peace but also your other half that makes up for what you lack #the hunger games #thg #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #everlark #finnick odair #annie cresta #odesta #greek mythology

[taz-writes]

here's a hot take for today

the narrative function of sex is the same as the narrative function of fight scenes is the same as the narrative function of songs in a musical

no i will not explain

#taz talks #writing #actually i WILL explain but i'll do it in the tags #these each serve the same function within their respective appropriate genres #each one is a kind of revelation #they heighten the connection between 2+ characters and highlight relationships and feelings and needs #they are out of place in genres where they do not belong and/or as curveballs when the narrative did not provoke them from the start #but they have the same sort of emotional/dramatic build-up #talk -> sing -> dance (talk -> yell -> stab) ((talk -> flirt -> You Know)) #and they are all expressions of intense physicality and intimacy through physical gesture and interaction #they are fundamentally empty and boring if there is not a deeper purpose or drive behind them #although they can still occasionally be entertaining on their own if your audience is specifically seeking that experience out #people who do not like them will be very unhappy to encounter one where it isn't supposed to be #it is very easy to ruin the mood with poor word choice #many people have an inherent sense for terrible ones but it's often difficult or complicated to explain precisely why a bad one fails #when executed properly they are a very raw and intimate expression of a character's most fundamental needs and desires #the fluff is stripped away and there is nothing left but a series of needs. conflicting or cooperating. #and even when you're lying during one it's still a form of truth #none of these things are remotely necessary to tell a powerful or compelling story but if you're going to use them you need to do it right #also all 3 of these things are difficult if not impossible to write if you are not both interested in them and personally invested #this post brought to you by me trying to write smut about my dnd characters and failing because i generally hate /reading/ smut #so i have none of the vocabulary or instinct for it that i do for. say. graphic violence (or lyrical poetry)

[midnight-els]

For All Mankind | Margo & JSC/MCSC Welcomes

3x05 - Seven Minutes of Terror 4x07 - Crossing the Line

#have I mentioned this show makes me insane #they are doing this ON PURPOSE and it is stunning yet devestating #someone be good to margo please I'm begging you #were the plane clips strictly necessary for the narrative of this? No. #but it's my gifset and I'll include any and all planes I want to #for all mankind #fam spoilers #cw: flashing gif #lenara catiche #eli hobson #margo madison #my gifs

[batvvvvv]

"and this has nothing to do with the plume of smoke rising from... oh, just about where your lab was, last i checked?" "shut the fuck up"

our plot begins on edward's doorstep! i'm still trying to figure out how i want to format all of this so um... bare with me! but this is what i'm doing for now because i don't have the patience for comics. story introduction below !!

after the world ended (not actually; although gotham had collapsed into ruin, the rest of the world was quite content ignoring their existence. let the city eat itself alive, they reasoned, and the problem would solve itself.) edward found himself incredibly, mind-numbingly bored. with everyone making chaos and scrambling for power, there’s no audience to his crime, and no payoff. money is obsolete, he already has all the power he needs with essentially a monopoly on tech and repair, and there’s no thrill of the chase without a functioning gcpd. he needs someone to BOTHER.

and who better than his old friend (read: guy who wants him dead) jonathan crane to bother while everything else goes to shit! so he heads over to jonathan's last known residence and proposes an alliance. jon tells him where he can stick it, and slams the door in his face.

then, about a week later, jonathan's entire laboratory is blown sky-high. jon has no idea who did it, (a lot of people hate him enough for that) and if ed has a clue he's not going to say a word. but nonetheless jonathan is now homeless and in dire straits! all of his supplies were destroyed, half of his work didn't make it out of the fire, and they're having a pretty bad goddamn day, alright, so their judgement isn't the greatest right now!

his first thought is the sirens. ivy is pretty much his only friend in gotham, but the sirens are at full occupancy right now with plenty of their own problems to solve, and jon knows ivy: she'll just tell him to suck it up and figure it out

again, no one else in the city likes him, so he's pretty much out of luck. until he remembers a... certain someone. and jon hates the idea. he really, really hates it. but they're down on their luck and if they want a chance at finding their footing and saving what's left of their hard work, they need a place to stay, and fast.

so he shows up covered in ash on edward nygma's doorstep, to request a second chance at that offer. edward laughs in his face, obviously, but lets him in nonetheless! he reasons that he could use the entertainment around the house, anyway.

neither of them have any idea what they're getting themselves into, but don't worry! the horrors are just around the corner <3

#first plot post everyone cheer #i mean not technically since it precedes the plot but it's necessary info and it counts #can't say anything about the frequency of these posts. midterms are coming up soon for me #so as always. Who Knows #but i'm excited to keep working on this :D #batman au #batman v #edward nygma #jonathan crane #riddler dc #scarecrow dc #scriddler #technically? they're here and it'll happen eventually #batman v plot #i guess i should tag that too for organization purposes

[baiwu-jinji]

poetic sceneries and imaginative character designs in The Storm (大雨)

#chinese animation #this film has some valuable themes like saving your individuality from a monstrous collective with a falsely glorified purpose #which is very pertinent to what's happening in China rn #but it's too cryptic and jumbled for its own good #but then obscurity is necessary for passing censorship so

[scribefindegil]

the trials and tribulations of being an ekurei enjoyer who never wants to see that damn security guard again in my life :/

#i simply like reigen and dimple and their funky little dynamic #would love it if the content did not come bundled with either major consent violations #(ooc *even for dimple* if you're looking at any point after mid-S2) #or else shoehorning a third unrelated character we know nothing about into the dynamic #i don't caaaaaare #he's not necessary! #it's so weird and baffling to me #dimple doesn't need a body #literally what purpose does he serve? #like it's fine it's whatever i just wish i could find stuff for the dimple and reigen ship #that is actually about dimple and reigen #okay that should be enough rambling that this doesn't get maintagged #i hope #mp100 #ekurei

[an-actual-floof]

can’t stop thinking about when Ed started taking drugs so he could hallucinate Oswald, only for it to manifest as Oz serenading him with Amy Winehouse’s “Wake Up Alone” in the most seductive way possible

#i’m struggling to comprehend why that was even remotely necessary #I’ve been trying to view it with an outside lens of ‘they’re just besties’ and i cannot fathom the purpose behind this scene #also song choice?? the lyrics?? the closeups of his mouth??! i’m going bonkers #also robin lord taylor slayed that I want a full cover so bad #wb gotham #gotham #edward x oswald #oswald x edward #oswald cobblepot #oswald gotham #edward nygma #eddie nygma #ed nygma #nygmobblepot #penguin x riddler #the riddler x the penguin #the riddler #riddlebird

[befuddled-calico-whump]

Riot Kings, page 141.1

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#okay so from a purely story point of view this has little purpose and slows down the momentum of the scene/transition to the next scene #but from a whump point of view? completely necessary #so i went back and added it lol bonus content #riotkings #wesgoesbrr #somewhat unrelated but i didn't realize how well the scar reveal scene a few pages back segues into a flashback #especially cause his first real arc WAS the flashback #so kinda nice #whump art #whumpy art #whump comic #tw electrocution #partial nudity #crying whumpee #tw drool #is that a warning? i swear ive seen it tagged #tw blood #tw torture #obviously this is a shortened version of the scene #it went on for an indeterminate time but it definitely wasn't just one pulse with zero questions #time to do 12 part comment tag list again 🥲

[ultra-raging-ghost]

Richas is trying to help bad convey his feelings and bads like post-reset social ineptness is showing because hes like "yeah i wanted to have a full day with her because she asked because she was upset" which is so fucking real. actually might need to make a whole separate post about how bad thinks because i understand it really hard

#qsmp #liveblogging #not to project onto q!bad but. that fucking guy had autism. #i understand him. I understand him. i understand his way of thinking and his feelings. i understand i wish i could just reach #through the screen and explain it in plain words to him and give him the solution #but hes trying to work through normal people feelings and emotions on his own and while its hard to see its necessary.... #just sitting here gripping my chair thinking 'you had to do this... let him do it... its a necessary part of a autistic persons development #'its done like that on purpose and its really good rep.. let him roleplay it'