#ive been watching this movie siNCE 2014!

[mrshamada-dorian]

yo! i just rewatched big hero 6 last night and i just realized that mfs can't just walk into tadashi's lab all willy nilly. they most likely have to have his id card and the code to get in if he's not already in there.

#ive been watching this movie siNCE 2014! #HOW AM I JUST NOW NOTICING THIS?! #tadashi hamada #tadashi #prince tadashi #bh6 #big hero 6

[universalsatan]

how am i supposed to collect my gay little shows when i am sleeby and work and have to rewatch the multi-seasoned shows i literally just finished

#i have a whole trajectory in my brain. im like ‘okay after i Finally finish x-files (1.5 eps left) im gonna go thru twin peaks bc it’s #basically the same premise except slightly earlier and also it’s only two seasons and also men in black bc obviously’ #but that means i also gotta watch buffy tvs if im collecting the spn-like shows arsenal (but good) #but after twin peaks i was prolly gonna FINALLY do hannibal after like a decade also bc it’s only 3 seasons #and also iwtv bc i promised brenna a while ago and it’s only two seasons #but also wwdits ive been meaning to forever especially since it’s still kinda coming out. oh and cant forget merlin. which has been on my #list since 2014 like hannibal. oh and i Actually gotta rewatch + actually finish house md. which i kinda wanna do before all that but maybe #not. and oh fuck im way overdue on ACTUALLY getting thru the star treks other than just TOS #but how am i supposed to do any of that (ignoring any movies i wanna get seen) if i know im just gonna boot up xfiles s1ep1 right after #literally so unfair on god #i cant even Partially (mostly) split attention either. sometimes it’ll take me twice as long or MORE to watch an ep cause of how much im #pausing or repeating scenes/going back to process #mandont #dont even get me started on how much writer’s block (despite ideas) ive had

[maddy-ferguson]

2012 for the movies ask game!

am i allowed to say the hunger games. i've seen it like 20 times i rewatch it once a year and i did that even before there was a thg renaissance

send me a year and i'll tell you my favorite movie(s?)

#i've been rewatching the movies once a year since 2018 before that i hadn't rewatched the movies since probably 2014? because i didn't want #to see finnick die again. i watched the hunger games and catching fire SO MANY TIMES and i also have mockingjay part 1 on dvd but i don't #think ive watched it even once (the dvd i mean) because well it's kinda boring i can appreciate the movie now and i rewatch it in my yearly #rewatch but i'm not sure why i asked for the dvd at the time honestly and i don't even have mockingjay part 2 on dvd so i don't even #have the complete collection. but anyway. i needed like 2 and a half years (which actually isn't a lot) before i could handle seeing #finnick die again because i was just that sad it was very serious #peut-être que cato va aimer les baies lui aussi #i don't watch it in french anymore but i love the way she says that in the french dub #ask

[therabbitthatpostthings]

IVE BEEN IN THIS HELLHOLE SINCE 2014 I AM A COLLEGE GRADUATE NOW AND IM GOING TO WATCH THE FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDRICKS MOVIE

CRINGE IS DEAD

#shitpost #shitposting #FNAF #five nights at freddy's #Five Nights at Freddy’s movie #fnaf movie #freddy fazbear #bonnie the rabbit #chica chicken #foxy the pirate #William Afton #I ALWAYS COME BACK BITCHES

[ecto-hazard]

how do you have so few homestuck posts on your blog but your art style is so recognizably hs inspired that it seems like it was your staple for at least a few years

so if i wanted to actually analyze what probably happened and not get too caught up in crying about this statement i think it kinda went like this:

my childhood was massively anime inspired so for the longest time i drew shit in a sort of anime lookin way even if it wasn't anime. here's an example of some shitass lego movie art from like 2014 where that's very painfully evident. these are fucking lego guys. i made them into shit anime boys. im sorry

around the time i started college (2018ish) wouldve been when my artstyle started adapting away from anime because I really wasn't watching any anymore and i was wanting to develop a less anime-centric style. thigns became a lot more cartoony because major inspirations at the time wouldve been things like steven universe and other cartoons. but this is also when i first read homestuck so i could see how that mightve influenced things

i never really participated in the homestuck fandom at the time because i was focusing on college and didnt really post about my hyperfixations that much. plus at that point, yknow, it had the reputation of being homestuck. so i just never really talked about it outside of talking to my personal friendgroup

by the time i started posting stuff again, i had moved onto the osc and camp communities and focused on that instead. i do still like homestuck (its been a long ass time since ive tried to comprehend what the plot was though). so the answer seems like i was just in college and probably didnt feel confident enough to post it

of course none of that matters cause i know the real answer is I JUST WEAR GLASSES IRL MAN I DRAW MYSELF WITH GLASSES NOT EVERYONE WITH GLASSES IS HOMESTUCK /j

[takumaswife]

My Prayer ~ Hokuto Yoshino

Word Count: 1497 words

Genre: Angst

A/N: this is my first time writing since 2014.. ive never had so much anxiety writing this..

Here is a link to the song if you wanna get the feel as you read:

This overflowing feeling

My unstoppable heart beating

You’re in front of me right now

Because I’m sure this coincidence is fate

There he was, staring at you as you stood across from him. It felt like the world had stopped, and time had froze. The way you looked so beautiful. Eyes sparkling, the brightest smile he had ever seen. He knew from that moment he was in love with you.

The warmth of our hands linked together

I don’t want to let go

I don’t want to leave you

The way your hand held his, how excited you were to tell him the great news. "What has gotten you so excited today?" Hokuto asked, his smile wide as seeing yours only brought him joy. "I finally got a date! Me and Itsuki are going on a date!" You shouted, jumping slightly as you couldn't contain your excitement. His smile slowly faded. This time, the world had stopped but not in a good way. He felt his world crashing down. The skies were turning gray and cloudy. You were so excited that you didn't even notice he wasn't smiling anymore.

When the flow of time passes by

It will pass me and you heartlessly

I just want to be by your side

That is my only wish

My prayer

It had been a year of friendship with Hokuto. A year of him being in love with you, but you were too blind to see. Everyone knew, everyone could see except for you and Itsuki. Every night, he would pray that he would get the chance to take your heart and protect it. To keep it safe and never let it get hurt again. He would do anything to have you as his.

Although seeing your gaze when you look at someone else

Hurts me

Fujio and Makoto had talked all the members into going to a small club for the night in hopes of helping Hokuto get his mind off of you and Itsuki. However, when Hokuto had seen you two on the dance floor, bodies pressed together as a slow song played, he felt his heart break. The way you looked at his best friend with the biggest smile, eyes once again sparkling like the day you told him about the date. Oh, how he wished that was him. He wished you were looking at him like that. Your arms wrapped around his neck, his on your hips as your bodies swayed to the music in the background.

But our love for each other is more when we can’t meet

So that the bond between us

Don’t break apart

During the time you and Itsuki were dating, Hokuto would try to stay away from you to lose those feelings. But he couldn't. He couldn't lose feelings for you. You were his everything. Every time he tried to stay away, the others, along with you, would beg him to join any outings or movie nights. He couldn't say no to you, especially with those big eyes you would give him.

When the flow of time passes by

It will pass me and you heartlessly

I just want to be by your side

That is my only wish

My prayer

Two years. Two years Hokuto had watched you and his best friend spend every moment together. He would just watch when you were all together sitting around and chatting; the way you would smother the male with kisses, feed him whenever they were out eating. Everyone would cringe at the puppy love between you and Itsuki, but he didn't. He wished it was him. He wanted that.

But today was different. The letter that came in the mail. "Save The Date." The words that haunted him. The words he never wanted to see unless it was with you and him. Sitting on the edge of his bed, hands gripping his hair as he could feel a tear slipping down his cheek. The one person he was truly in love with would never be with him.

I’d give anything

And I would do everything

I’d climb the highest mountain just for one wish

Here he was, standing beside Itsuki at the altar. The best man at a wedding he wished was his. How could this happen? How could he not be man enough to tell you the truth before it was too late.

As the music started playing and the doors opened, he saw you. His heart burst at how beautiful you looked. As you made your way down the aisle, he found himself tearing up. Itsuki glanced back at Hokuto, patting his shoulder as he thought Hokuto was crying because of how close you two were. Behind Hokuto was Ryu, who frowned when he saw the tears in his eyes. Ryu was someone Hokuto found himself going to when he needed to rant or cry over you. He knew how bad Hokuto was hurting during that moment. He would do anything to be in Itsuki's place.

I’d give anything

And I would do everything

I’d swim the deepest ocean just for one wish

I wish for only one thing, To you…

Sitting there in the crowd as you and Itsuki had your first dance. It reminded him of that night in the club. The way you still had that same smile, the same sparkle in your eyes. The same looks he wished you were giving him.

When the flow of time passes by

It will pass me and you heartlessly

I just want to tell you

That I love you and you only

After taking the time to greet everyone at your wedding, you finally found yourself in front of Hokuto. Your arms wrapping around your best friend immediately. He reciprocated by hugging you tighter than he ever had before. "Are you okay?" You asked as you stepped back, noticing the hug felt different from any other time. "Y/N.. I need to tell you something.." Hokuto spoke quietly, avoiding eye contact as he grabbed your hand in his. He rubbed your knuckles as he tried to find his words.

"I-" He started but immediately stopped when he looked into your eyes. Was expressing his feelings worth destroying your friendship? Was it worth ruining your big night? Was he being too selfish? He swallowed the lump in his throat and put on a fake smile. "I'm so happy for you.." He spoke, trying his best to sound sincere. However, the crack in his voice told you differently, but you decided not to push the matter.

To you…

Before it gets too late

I just want to tell you

That I love you and you only

My prayer

The cheers roared as you and Itsuki made your way down the aisle of people towards the car that was decorated with 'Just Married' on the back. Rice being thrown in the air as the crowd celebrated the newlyweds. As they got to the car, Hokuto, along with the other members of the group, were there to give the last hugs before the couple drove off on their honeymoon.

You turned to Hokuto and gave a large smile as your arms wrapped around his neck for the last time that night. Hokuto hugged you just as tight as he did earlier, another tear slipping down his cheek and onto your shoulder. You could feel something was wrong but didn't know if you should ask at this time in front of everyone.

"Ready to go?" Itsuki turned to ask you. "Yes, darling. One second." You replied as you kept hugging your best friend. "I love you, Kuto.." you whispered softly to make your friend feel better. Hokuto's body stiffened when he heard those words. He gulped, taking a deep breath before speaking. "And I will always love you.." Hokuto replied. But you knew this wasn't an 'I love you' that you normally heard from him. This one was different. From his tone, from the hug, from the tear you felt against your skin. You knew what he meant when he said those three words.

"Let's go, baby. We have to get to the airport in an hour or we will miss our flight." Itsuki spoke softly as he rubbed your lower back. You pulled away from the hug, giving Hokuto a small smile. Leaning up, you kissed his cheek before following your love to the car. The two of you leaned out the window, waving to the cheering guest as you drove off. As the car drove further from the venue, you watched Hokuto in the sideview mirror. The sad expression he had been holding in all night. You sat back against the seat, staring out the window as Itsuki's hand rested on your thigh. All you could think about was Hokuto's words and what they meant. You knew the meaning because deep down, you always had reciprocated those exact feelings for the blonde hair boy.

#hokuto yoshino #the rampage from exile tribe #the rampage hokuto #jpop #high and low #tsukasa takajo #tsukasa #hokuto #exile tribe #Youtube

[bluegarners]

any tips on how to write?

hiya anon!

im probably not the best source for this particular question, i can only offer personal experience and advice youve probably heard a million billion times. i would suggest going onto youtube or just the internet in general with this question and look for sources with professional writers/those who have the kind of genre expertise youre looking for

academic writing is not my forte- i can write a research paper, but im definitely not a source to seek advice for it

creative writing is what i mainly do, and a lot of it is fictional creative writing. ive been writing since i was about 7 or 8, and that came about due to meeting a friend who shared a mutual love for the warrior cat series by erin hunter. we wrote about our own oc's and made up our own clan, and at the time, we had no idea that what we were doing was called fanfiction. it was just a fun outlet for us that we only shared with each other, and it wasn't until a little later when we were a tad older did we start writing more original works. it was actually around the time that unbroken (that 2014 war film) came out that we both got really interested in writing war stories, so that was a new horror/thriller genre we got into. my writing path has essentially been fantasy -> fanfiction -> thriller to present day, where i do still dabble with thriller/horror but i mostly write fanfictions

so, all of that to say, what i learned from all of that is to love what you love and extend your creativity to it, and then beyond it. read or watch things you like, explore different but adjacent genres, find a favorite author or movie producer, remember certain lines or phrases or story-tellings, and just tinker around a bit. i didn't start sharing any of my writing until well into my teen years because i was still learning, and although thats perfectly fine to keep your writing to yourself until youre comfortable, if you want to improve, then taking the risk of judgment is necessary!

however, i've also just always had a natural predilection towards writing. you could say i am "right brained" since reading and writing have always been very natural things that i also happen to enjoy! not everyone is going to have a natural "closeness" to writing, even if they do enjoy the process of it or like to read, so some people will need to put forth more effort than others to achieve the desired result

writing is hard work- it takes a lot of brain power sometimes and can be very tiring. i get burned out all the time, from both reading and writing, and sometimes it can be difficult to enjoy things since im always looking for inspiration or ideas on what to write and how to write it. but dont get discouraged if the process is more difficult than expected! like anything you do, of course it takes practice and time and effort. ive been told a couple times that people wish they could write like me, and though im flattered, it took a long time to get where im at (over a decade) and i am still very much striving to improve and find ways to expand my creativity!

writing is just a hobby for me, so i dont take it as seriously as a professional writer might. i write because i enjoy it and its a great way to connect with others, but when it gets too stressful or im no longer happy doing it, i stop writing and i take a break. i can do that because this is a hobby for me and thus no obligations are being tied to my production rate, so if its the same for you anon, i would encourage also not to take any of it too seriously!

it's all well and good to hone a craft and try to be the best at it as you can possibly be, but dont let it stress you out if youre not the best or the fastest writer out there. this is life, and we're all just trying to have a good time, so why stress about it, you know?

#anon #advice #writing #hope this helped anon though i pretty much just rambled about my younger years lol

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

tuesday again 1/24/2023

new england winter: very cute and picturesque until you actually have to live here

listening

psycada by abstract, the opening track off the album hiking lung. a brief instrumental that sounds like a hazy-cicada-shimmer summer. it is a blisteringly hot day where you don't really have to do anything but even though you're out on the porch swing under the deck with a freezy pop it's not doing much. the vocals remind me very much of The Dandy Warhols once the rest of the album slides into more of a garage/psych rock vibe. a sort of understated fuzzy im-lying-down-right-now quality. i think these vocals would be background instead of lead in a more energetic track.

the album has several good tracks for the "datacore" playlist, which is full of mellow medium-paced instrumentals bc if i am alone with my thoughts while i clean addresses i will die

-

reading

i have Bullet Train on hold at the library but tbqh this section is probably going to be me gloating over various crypto crashes for the forseeable future. Molly White of web3isgoinggreat.com reports on the Three Arrows Capital guys setting up a new venture to (checks notes):

Not only that [both partners currently on the run from their creditors], but the exchange plans to focus on claims trading — that is, the trading of claims held by creditors against debtors who are undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, like FTX, Celsius, BlockFi, or Mt. Gox (throwback!). The fact that 3AC was a major catalyst in kicking off the string of bankruptcies we saw throughout 2022 was not lost on observers, with Nic Carter of the Castle Island venture capital firm commenting that the endeavor "is akin to arsonists returning to the scene of the crime and offering to charge their victims for buckets of water".

mwah. very much glass houses since castle island is also on the verge of going under due to its almost total focus on blockchain infrastructure but GOD. what a sentence.

unpaywalled bloomberg article on the wayback machine here.

this is some of the dumbest fucking bullshit ive ever read and im so fucking happy i no longer have to care about this at a professional level.

-

watching

Bullet Train (2022, dir. Leitch) asks "what if you put a whole bunch of assassins all on the same high-speed train?"

this is the glass onion of action movies. now i do like a perfect little puzzlebox of a movie made by people who really love movies, but this flavor of film is so fuckin smug about itself. this movie wants you to know it took AP Lit. this movie is a long variation of the whedon effect/"well THAT happened!” effect, where characters react to payoffs with the barest and briefest of setups an hour before in the movie. 

the thing that made me have a good time is this movie was directed by the guy who directed Atomic Blonde, one of my top ten movies and one of the best action movies of the last decade. LOVE an ensemble of goons all introduced with their own setup/backstory scenes. this film is seventy percent tightly choreographed fights with improvised weapons in tight spaces.

i am a simple woman. i like a bloody, disheveled man.

-

playing

alternating very fun and very unpleasant times with my big strong boy in wolfenstein: the new order. now, i am a little bit like "wow, you find the nazi prison camp level unpleasant? how shocking!" at myself. i was not really paying attention to the global rise of fascism in 2014 when this game came out bc i was busy dropping out of college and having a mental breakdown, but the nazis in shooters i have played or watched since 2014, especially call of duty: wwii, seem defanged compared to wolfenstein.

i will probably have more and more coherent things to say once i play more of this game, bc i am just about to bust out of prison at about ~9.5 hours of playtime. apparently this is the halfway point? after the first enigma code i looked up what the other ones do, decided i don't care about other game modes, and have not been trying especially hard to be a completionist about each level/unlock all the perks by doing different kills. i am talking to everyone and looking at everything and reading all the posters, and it is interesting how such a fast-paced shooter is adapting so well to me walking around and taking my sweet fucking time at whatever difficulty level is one below the recommended difficulty level.

a note on the plot-bearing moldy concrete. like yeah mold will grow on most things, including concrete, and yeah i guess the moldy concrete will kill you slower than the nazis will, but even though i love how lived in and cozy the kreisau circle hideout feels, it gives me the heebie jeebies. mold is quite bad for you. please prioritize another railing over another couch. also what the fuck math is tekla doing here??? i could not get a clearer shot even on max settings sorry

GOD i loved the london nautilus moon exhibit. yes i WOULD like to dual wield shotguns shooting nazis while running up and around a giant moon model. level perfectly tailored for me. HOWEVER! i would rather be shot in the head quickly and cleanly instead of trying to maneuver an EXPERIMENTAL HELICOPTER through a bunch of tunnels in creepy and wet conditions. being shot in the head would, again, be a much much cleaner and quicker death than any potential helicopter crash over the water. i hate planes to begin with but holy fuck helicopters no FUCKING thanks (ign screenshot)

for such a power fantasy of a game there sure are a hell of a lot of stealth sections. no stealth game is ever going to hold up to dishonored but boy did i really want these sections to feel more like dishonored.

-

making

fussing around with a f/allout: new vegas courier six/veronica/christine riff on classic noir film The Big Sleep for femslash feb. it's fun to write six even bitchier than usual

“Did you want to be the detective or the lady?” Six asked.

“Both of them were pretty cold fish.” It was very stupid to wait when she could have this immediately. Veronica flipped the covers back on her way over. 

“Harsh words to throw at a woman, especially when she’s already in your bedroom.” Christine clutched at Six’s silk pajama lapels as she was tipped back up. Six’s other hand dropped to play with her dressing gown tie. 

“Now, baby, a fish is–” They were never ever going to let Six live that one down. 

“You know,” Six said with as much dignity as anyone groping her wife’s ass could have, “being shot in the head — twice! took all the memories of fish from my previous aquatic life as a Shi Town mermaid.”

#tuesday again #tuesday again no problem #these have gotten much longer since i decided it's fine to do an article for the reading section and it's okay to game again #Bandcamp #Spotify

[sanderchu]

it's been a long time since I last read fanfics and I have never requested a fic (got used to wattpads 50 chapters of nonsense from 2014–)

aaaNYWAY

Reader being confused if they're inlove with [insert any character/s] or not

Like they're the sing Despair by Leo atm

Ty (and can I be 🧸 anon? )

Despair

Note: for this I decided to do sapnap bc I don’t write about him as much and yes you can be 🧸 anon <3 and I made this a bit short bc I had no lyrics to really work with- sorry 😭

Reader: Gn!reader

[Writing] or hcs

Ive lost my cool I’m not sure how to act. He drives me insane with his words, his face, everything! But I’m not falling for him, right? Everything I see he he’s always making me practically gasp for air. It’s probably just some new despair.

Get your heart away from me

“Hey y/n!” Sapnap says as he runs up to me. We planned to meet up. He grabbed one of my hands and swayed it back and forth with his. “Hey-“ my face turned an obvious red as I looked at him with death eyes and immediately pulled my hand away. “Dont so that loser-“ he just laughed at me so I started to walk ahead. “Wait up!”

I want you to be here, but please don’t come near me

Me and sapnap are watching a movie. He’s on the other side of the couch when he stands up. “I’m going to use the bathroom” he says as he goes to my bathroom and I just keep watching the movie like normal. Once he comes back he randomly sits close to me Instead of the End of the couch. I move over a bit but he follows and at this point I’m corned in the corner of the couch. I can hear him silently laughing me as I look away to hide my face as I feel his eyes on me the whole time.

This might be closer to despair….or not.

#dsmp imagine #dsmp x reader #dsmp #dsmp scenario #mcyt imagine #mcyt #mcyt x reader #scenario #sapnap x y/n #sapnap x reader #sapnap #🧸 anon

[rubyfire777]

personal update 9.30.2023 🌷🌻🌼🐛🦋🍀

good things that happened this week:

i took lily out for her early birthday dinner, since she was going to be out of town. we shared a fancy grilled cheese and an order of scotch eggs at a fantasy themed bar ❤❤❤

we got to hang out really late together before her really early flight. we watched fallen angels which was a really beautiful movie, then g4m3rs which was not a beautiful movie but was still fun to watch with her. we snuggled a lot 🥺❤❤❤ i ended up falling asleep before she had to get ready to go but only for a couple hours, and i was able to wake up to (coherently) say goodbye and that i love her and give her a kiss :)

i prepped a big meal that was kind of a mess but ended up being really good and feeding me for several days without having to worry

movie night with quint! the movie we watched, oldboy, disappointed but i was glad to watch it with him all the same

i had a very efficient chores day on thursday where i got lots done and pretty much cleaned the whole house. i felt really accomplished without feeling like i pushed it too hard

i finished up a chunk of writing ive been putting off! and feel a little more in the writing mood as a result

bowling night was just me and darren this week so we went to that really good barbecue place again instead of getting pizza and bowled a couple games and played some air hockey :)

hung out with my dad for a few hours on saturday! i got to show him f-zero 99 and talk to him about cool modern indies and eat pizza with him and be reminded of how much he has and continues to learn and grow. i feel very grateful that we've come so far and very happy that hes becoming a happier person

i had time to listen to lots of new stuff this week!! and some of it was really really good

my wife just generally having fun on her trip :) <333

noticing ptsd progress this week :)

new art experiences:

albums:

surgery (machinery of the human heart, 2022)

hang-ups (phone call, 2016)

shrapnel flux: veiled terminal (purity filter, 2022)

digital princess (keisari / turbo, 2019)

club angels ep (jensen interceptor & dj fuckoff, 2022)

mocomoco (plissh, 2011)

welcome to aloe island (aloe island posse, 2014)

blood eagle (sabrepulse, 2015)

platonic planet (koto, 2015)

bye bye teens lullaby (koto, 2018)

magical metamorphosis (ghost data, 2017)

movies:

fallen angels (dir. wong kar-wai, 1995)

g4m3rs: a documentary (dir. kiyash monsef, 2002)

oldboy (dir. park chan-wook, 2003)

#meant to post this yesterday i was just wiped and went to bed early lol #personal #/ #food

[jones-friend]

Avatar: The Way of Water

December 18, 2009: Avatar releases

2010: I have my first girlfriend

2011: I graduate high school and attend college moving from Illinois to Iowa, making a number of lifelong friends in the early months

2012: I declare a cinema arts major

2013: me and a small number of friends form a media production company, I have no idea what I’m doing

2014: I get more into dnd and mtg as hobbies with my friends

2015: I graduate from Iowa with a bachelors in cinema arts and move to Chicago interning in the Hancock building

2016: my grandmother passes away from a stroke and I return to semi-country Illinois to live with my grandfather

2017: I have a major falling out with friends I have had since elementary school and college leaving a permanent scar on multiple friend groups

2018: I escape a league of mentally detrimental jobs that put me in a dark dark place and start working in higher ed

2019: family life becomes so stressful I am forced to move out of my grandfather’s house

2020: COVID rocks the world and changes everything. We are locked down with a life threatening virus running rampant as US fascism hits its fever pitch

2021: I cut ties with my biological family

2022: multiple friends have had children or are pregnant, forming families of their own

December 16, 2022: Avatar Way of Water releases

I’ll be 30 this coming year. It has been 12yrs, 11mo, and 29 days between Avatar films. 410,140,800 seconds. It is an interesting feeling to come back to a world depicted on screen after so much time has passed, very nearly half the amount of time I’ve been alive.

My initial impressions of Avatar Way of Water is that if you enjoyed living in the world of Pandora in the first movie and would love some more adventures in Pandora you will enjoy the second movie. If you liked the tighter moviegoing experience the first offered you will feel a little let down. I don’t think this is a bad movie by any means, nor is it a mediocre movie. It is good. It just isn’t as tightly crafted as the original movie was.

God knows, it’s been so long most movies have been remade since then. Or revived under new premises a la Fantastic Beasts (which is a whole other animal to tackle). But I fully understand I’m coming to Way of Water with an entire kit of analytical skills I did not have when I watched the first movie, and this will impact my enjoyment of the second and let me look back fondly on the first.

Thinking between these two, not much has changed. Humans are one note greedy, comfortably made into cannon fodder for thrilling fight sequences. The navi are in tune with nature, peaceful, someone we can root for without complicated emotions. We have a new McGuffin or item everyone wants but it gets a back seat to the grudge match that takes importance over it. And rightfully so.

This is a movie that wants to do a lot of things in the three hours and twelve minutes it runs for. I’m not sure it is successful in all of them, feeling a bit like Star Wars Episode IX in that scenes run fast and loose, a little too loose in some places. The ending especially felt that fervent pace and could not slow down where it really needed to and let some scenes sit for more than a few seconds, instead summarizing via voice over because with 20-30mins of trailers frontloading this your audience has been sitting for four hours and we gotta get👏this👏shit👏going.

This movie s a Star Wars in that its science fantasy and don’t worry we can just make computer chip copies of your brain. It’s also a Toy Story 3, we’ve aged up the characters and moved their lives along to reflect the aging audience who first watched Avatar. It’s also a Star Trek IV where we’re saving the whales. This movie is trying to be a lot of things in 3hrs 12mins. Roughly, it succeeds.

There is a lot to be charmed by in the world of Pandora. It is a different kind of movie because in describing it, the movie acts more like an immersive experience with the viewer so I wouldn’t say “characters do X Y and Z” but you as the audience get to “make friends with a whale” and “learn to ride alien dolphins”. It is a world that continues to be lovingly crafted, like sitting in dnd with a dm who has laid out so much of their own lore and worldbuilding its just a delight to immerse yourself in.

Even when it is unfocused Avatar Way of Water is far and away a better experience than so many other theater movies. It’s drop dead gorgeous, and it doesn’t mind getting its hands dirty in that new aquatic environment immersing scenes in and out of water with ease. If you enjoy escapism I absolutely recommend seeing it while it’s in theaters, preferably IMAX.

A lot has changed since the first Avatar dropped 12 years 11 months and 29 days ago. Well, longer now, writing this on January 2nd. This movie is a comfortable return to the world of Pandora with uncomplicated premises and setups that do not challenge the viewer. It is a movie made by an action movie director with a long resume of quality work. If you bothered reading through my ramblings you likely have already made up your mind on whether or not you’d enjoy such a thing. I give a recommendation to seeing it, I love fantasy, I love escapism, and I love the world of Pandora. I am always down to revisit this chapter and will be excited to see later movies. Is it perfect? God no. There’s alien jesus, major death retcons, silly pacifism philosophies, its got flaws. But I do enjoy the quality of the world it gives me. Its one of the few things that can instill a sense of childlike wonder in myself and I treasure that sensation greatly.

#avatar #way of water

[biolums]

tagged by @ijsng and @li-huas !!!

name jace

sign sagittarius sun & moon, libra rising, sagittarius venus & mars too (im. im just a sagittarius everywhere)

height 5’4 or 164 cm (.. im basically 5’5/165 cm though its so close. im mad about it)

time 10:16am (i just got up tbh)

birthday december 14th

fave band uhhhhhmmmm… probably lovejoy? but my heart says my chemical romance…. IF were talking quote unquote Bands. otherwise.. probably bts as theyve been my ults for.? 6Y EARS??? when did that become so long wtf. anyways bts but skz are quickly taking over so who knows

last movie nope (begging everyone to watch this. its SO good)

last show love mechanics!! 💞💕💘💗💖

when did you create this blog omg ok wait i THINK 2013? 2014 is more likely but i have shit memory so. who knows <3 my first post was about dan howell so. yknow ive come a long way

what i post i really post just whatever i want but im a skz leaning blog with bl posts as well

other blogs i forgot the name of my own side blog. shows how often i use it.. ok found it its @roseebuddy its an aesthetic blog but focused just on “red glow”

do i get asks occasionally! i love getting asks so i always get so excited when i receive one :3

followers 865 (probably 700 of which are just. inactive but ill take it fjdjsjdjdj.. the pros of keeping ur middle school blog all the way until college <3)

avg hours of sleep i have never had a constantly sleep schedule in my life. its either 1-5 hours or 10-13 hours

instruments ahahshasj i wish i could play an instrument. i played the flute in middle school band

what im wearing my fav hoodie and my wtnv creepy on the butt shorts

dream job i dont dream of labor <3

dream trip i feel like i couldnt pick just one place.. i think id just like to go to another continent since ive never been off of north america lol. probably europe

fave song of all time? peek a boo by red velvet. tied with eung eung by apink and rain by bts. rn? attention by newjeans or i wanna skate by rat boy. special mention to love dive by ive

tagging!! @domidoom @dykejisung @katsucandy and anyone else who wants to do it. you wanna do it? cool i just tagged you :3

#this was so fun!! i love oversharing on the internet #also my fav songs are so funny to me. i wanna skate is so different from all of the rest of them #jace.txt

[strelitzien-gewaechs]

1, 7, and 11 for the ask game, please.

Art programs you have but don't use

so ive bought 1 (one) art program ever (paint tool sai, finally updated to sai 2 a few months ago) and have never really used another one. I bought it a couple of years ago but I've been using it since 2013? 2014?

i tried fire alpaca, krita and photoshop for a bit but idk I just very much vibe with sai

(there's also nostalgia I think cos a lot of youtubers i used to watch that got me into art used paint tool sai)

7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate

i LOVE oil and water colour pieces but i just never had the time to get into them? smth about the texture of oil paintings just makes my brain go !!!

in general id love to try and get into more traditional art (aside from like. pencil sketches) more but I just haven't had the time yet

ALSO sculpting! Incredibly cool. dont think ill ever do it

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what

preferably your typical 1-2 hour long videos about something I am vaguely interested in (recommendations being Defunctlands Fast Pass Video, the 3 part video about Jan Heinrich Schön and Diregentlemens "Two professional writers" series)

livestreams as long as i can have them on in the background (things like HHH or recently Bdubs' Membership streams)

i dont listen to a lot of music while drawing, but when i do, its the Video Game or Ghibli Movie soundtracks

but also sometimes just normal youtube videos if i have them on on my phone/they arent distracting me too much

[ask game]

#ask game #streliask

[trueshredguitar]

i think to myself idk i guess ive never had any really long term intense hyperfixations that are consistent over a period longer than 5 years 🤔 buuuuut

(rambling below cut)

but then i remember that one of the first songs i ever bought off itunes EVER was a movie score i really liked (“Define Dancing” off of the WALL-E score) and my first music streaming experience was me training my Pandora stations to play me movie soundtracks and i asked for movie score CDs for christmas and i would ask my dad to buy me piano music sheets for my favorite scores (i learned the fuck out of “The Imperial March” thank you) and the vast majority of my YouTube usage at age like, 13, was me playing the Inception soundtrack and Two Steps from Hell and Audiomachine and searching up “trailer music” obsessively (tsfh was always a favorite but zach hemsey you will ALWAYS be my fucking BOY). and i told people my favorite music artist was Hans Zimmer and watched the Oscars every year to root for my favorites but paid special attention to best original score (i’m SORRYYYYY trent and atticus the social network score is literally so sexy and your brains are so fucking big but inception should have won i know my opinion is wrong but ive held this belief since 2010) and i downloaded the Pacific Rim score illegally piece by piece on Tumblr and made my blog autoplay in 2014 the Forrest Gump main title suite and made playlists specifically of instrumental music to fall asleep to and tried to memorize all the major music scorers of the modern day and collected 8tracks playlists of especially good instrumental / score mixes i liked and got into some specific video games specifically because i liked their soundtracks

and like a solid third of my 5,350-song long liked songs list on spotify is soundtrack and i listen to so so so much of it while driving and working and writing and i buy CDs and vinyl records of scores i like so i can listen to them more

amnyways…. i guess ive been obsessive about it for so long that i kind of forgot it was unusual for people to be focused on movie scores but just today i was listening to natalie holt’s “Purpose is Glorious” from the loki series finale and i was like damn girl is absolutely bringing out those nicholas britell trumpets from if beale street could talk (a movie i have never seen before but have listened to the soundtrack of over and over again) !! and i thought “huh i wonder if she and nick talked because she was scoring obi-wan kenobi presumably at the same time he was scoring andor. bc the trumpet sounds are so close no way it’s a coincidence!”

and then i remembered NO NORMAL PERSON would EVER have that thought process because having all that knowledge just stored away is not useful in the least i am just a FREAK!!!! an extremely knowledgable one but a weirdo nonetheless

i love it though because i get to say shit like “disasterpeace literally changed the game with it follows because like it follows was so good those synths n shit just transcended genres from horror to drama with daniel lopatin’s score for uncut gems to historical biopic with ludwig goransson’s work for oppenheimer. like oppy straight up is using the SAME ass SYNTHS” and you just have to smile and nod because what am i even talking about ‼️

long story short yeah i keep forgetting i do have a long term intense consistent hyperfixation and it’s called “film, television, and video game scores”

#hans is no longer my favorite btw #nicky britell did god’s work on succ so

[carcinocommander]

lol i get it

ive been hyperfixating on natm since 2014 lmfao 😭 im getting worse i have no life ive watched every movie an unhealthy amount of times i cried myself to sleep for a month because i couldn't see kahmunrah rises again in theaters etc etc

WAIT.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE MOVIES ?

#asks for kat #twofold tordis

[monmuses]

🧶 — any non-writing hobbies/interests? 📺 — favorite movie(s) and/or tv show(s)? ✏️ — how long have you been roleplaying on tumblr?

munday asks!

// *i play a lot of videogames! it’s my main hobby besides writing and drawing. other than that, i like listening to music and mostly artistic stuff, honestly?? thats my go-to. i tend to separate a lot of my interests based on just the aesthetics, and that goes for music, art, movies, videogames, just anything. i have a very mixed liking for a lot of things!

// *just so i dont repeat what ive said in the past, can i just say that one of my favorite animated series of the past year has been Invincible! for movies, i’d have to go with the new Top Gun movie that came out this year! both are SO fucking good and i finally got my dad to watch Invincible. it’s been... an interesting journey for him

// *ive been roleplaying since 2014! gonna be nearing 8 years this coming December!

#godofvillains #✨{𝔯𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔡; (𝔞𝔰𝔨 𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡) #✨{𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔞; (𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔯)