#listen when she speaks

[dear-ao3]

noooo that's my emotional support 5 seconds of summer ranking their own music twitch stream noooo

#not a tag #from saph #a reminder again to everyone thats always like oMg yOUrE a 5sOS fAn #i vividly remember listening to she looks so perfect ep on repeat on The Day It Came Out on my friends iPhone 4s on a school field trip ok #do not speak to me of the ancient texts for i was there when they were written #5sos

[commsroom]

thinking about my friend @whats-a-terrarium's post about eiffel wanting to go out on a star wars reference (i.e. that he was going to say "i love you" to hera, expecting her to complete the reference with "i know.") and i fully believe that's true. i don't think he would say it so directly unless it was as a reference. (and i do still believe the framing of the scene itself is a meta reference, knowing that the writers were big fans of the new doctor who and the way it evokes "if it's my last chance to say it, rose tyler, i-") but, that said, it also gives me an opportunity to talk about something i usually don't.

eiffel's sacrifice in the finale is selfish. it's his autonomy, and his choice, and hera respects that, but she's the one who has to pull the trigger and wipe his mind, and he knows this, knowing all of her personal baggage about identity and memory. to then, if you accept this, follow that up with a confession-that's-also-a-reference, expecting her to complete it in someone else's words, regardless of the sincerity... that's also selfish, and that's why it resonates as characterization. i believe it's true because of what that signifies.

this is one of the main reasons i've always felt eiffel has to get his memory back - because that's a set-up, not a resolution. he's not cured of being doug eiffel, of his desire to escape himself, of his impulse to self-destruct, of his need to filter the things he can't say through the familiarity of narrative. the point of giving eiffel his memory back, to me, is that he is always himself, that self-improvement is a constant project with no reset button. eiffel has always had a problem with selective memory, and with using it to evade difficult conversations and responsibilities.

people often point out that eiffel seems more soft-spoken after losing his memory, but everything else aside: he literally runs everything in his brain through the filter of pop culture. imagine suddenly not having access to your primary method of communication. the language is there, but the context is not. the circumstances surrounding eiffel's memory loss will weigh on hera, and i think - in an inverted sort of way to constructive criticism - part of working through that is in eiffel learning how to communicate without that emotional crutch. he can get it back once he's done.

#i already said some of this to you saph but i want to say it here too. #i do think there's a sincerely nice part of it re: hera understanding what eiffel means in parallel to how she imagines him saying #'use the force luke' in memoria. and that is an understanding of him she finds encouraging. but i think there's a balance. #like he tries but he's kinda known for speaking more than he listens and i think there's. an interesting conflict to work through here. #in a similar way to how i feel like hera never actually calling him doug to his face. just in her mind. is a strong set up for #romantic intent. it's about breaking down barriers. personal or otherwise enforced. finding what's vulnerable at the core of a person #when all of those defenses fail.

[macadam]

Fully of the belief that Miko is only seen as an annoying character because of the dynamic between her and Jack.

Miko in isolation isn’t an annoying character. She’s reckless, and unwise, and has to be bailed out of trouble every five seconds, but this isn’t really an issue for any of the bots because as far as they’re concerned, this is Normal Human Behaviour™. They are constantly having to work with and around humans or bail them out of trouble.

Bulkhead adores Miko. He is exasperated by her like a parent is of their toddler, sure, but I wouldn’t say he is annoyed by her in any way. Her interaction with wheeljack is another example. When she exists with the bots by herself, she doesn’t come across as burdensome. She’s just limited, as every human is, by the curse of being small.

It’s only through her interactions with Jack, and his continuous challenging and calling out on her behaviour, that Miko becomes an annoying character. Frankly, it’s the tension between them which annoys the audience. We can only watch the same cyclical bickering between children before it gets old.

I have noticed that there actually are a lot of people who do like Miko, and find Jack super annoying instead. It seems like people pick one or the other depending on how you interpret which one is causing the tension. When I watched tfp as a kid, I loved Miko and hated Jack. Like, hated hated him. Because I saw Miko as a fun punk rock kid and Jack as the one needlessly calling her out. Upon rewatching tfp as an adult (who works with kids a lot) I related far more to Jack, and so the situation flipped; I saw Miko’s actions as more frustrating to watch.

The writers did eventually try to fix this, with the one heart-to-heart scene between Miko and Jack. But it was kind of rushed, and didn’t leave any lasting change to their dynamic. They went right back to arguing.

Tldr: Miko and Jack are annoying together. Fans usually pick one of em as the cause to be annoyed at but honestly, they are both fine on their own. Children bickering is annoying even in a fictional cartoon lmao

#as promised #I know a lot of people like to rant about her but tbh her character had so much potential to be a fan favourite #she is so silly #and frankly no more incompetent than any other human. like. they are ants #jacks caused problems from not listening too he just doesn’t get chewed out for it enjeieiwjwjje #I guess the conclusion from this can either be they’re both fun characters OR they both suck #mac thinks too much #maccadam #transformers #transformers prime #Jack Darby #miko nakadai #tfp #woooow another post talking about Miko very original #I’m sorry ok when the brain worms speak to me I have to give them voice #I am only human. what do you want from me #I have never. not once. promised quality on here

[carefulfears]

one thing that stands out to me about the IVF arc is the way that, for as much as i make fun of her for asking her coworker if she can have his babies, scully asking mulder to be involved in the biggest process of her life (and the most important thing in the rest of her life) is such a healing and reverent experience. like he says “i’m absolutely flattered,” but it’s so much more than that. it’s like…spending your whole life feeling like you should’ve died at age twelve and then being told someone just wants more of you, more and more and more, in everything.

#it reminds me of 'sixth extinction' / 'amor fati' #when he quite literally was tied down and couldn't speak #and the way we hear him try to SCREAM when his mother just leaves him there #but his mind is Silent from the moment he hears scully in the hall begging to see him #and he couldn't crack a joke or run out the door #he literally just had to lie there and feel it #feel it on his Skin #her hand holding onto him #her tears falling onto his face #listening to the overwhelming depth of her fear that she is failing him and her devotion and her dedication to finding a way to help him #her Pleas for him to just 'hold on' #'i think that...if you know...if you could just find a way to hold on...i need you to hold on...please...' #everybody go listen to the civil wars' cover of 'talking in your sleep' #i don't think it can be overestimated how much of an impact that had on them and the lightness and healing in s7. that he Had to hear it #and then with the baby thing it's like...he CAN'T deny her that. he HAS to say 'yes' #there's no part of him that's capable of denying her something that she desires this badly. enough to ask for outright #and so he HAS to let himself be wanted and be invited into this unimaginably important and personal thing #let himself be a part of something bigger. be SEEN as someone who is valuable in a way that's bigger #and again he can't run from it and he can't deflect it and he can't hide from it. he has to just accept it #txf.txt #per manum

[y-rhywbeth2]

Decided to poke through the dialogue files to check, and she even says in words that she thought she could "fix" the Dark Urge if they're being evil.

Durge: "Together, we shall untether our fury, and unleash it upon this hapless world!" Karlach: "Yeah. We'll... work on that. Together. I'm willing to spend the rest of my life figuring you out." [Laughing, affectionate, almost to herself. The Dark Urge, her love interest, is being kind of a murderous weirdo but harmlessly so.]

Karlach... nothing about this idiot being murderous is harmless.

*The stone trembles with evils, warm as Father's hate* Karlach: "You can hear him, can't you? The Lord of Murder. You can hear, but you won't listen. I know you won't."

Karlach: "I tried to save you - when Bhaal came for you before, I stood by you." [high approval]: "And I stand beside you now. I know you. You're more than this. More than Bhaal. You're my friend, and I won't leave you." [low approval]: "But... but this? I can't pardon this. I can't fix this. This is it. It's over."

(Please don't try to fix the Chosen of Murder - they had their potential redemption arc. Just run away!)

#I think she has a similar attitude with Astarion: #"I just love listening to you speak. Even when you're being the wickedest little freak in Faerûn” #I can't blame her for that one though; he's hysterical when he starts on his evil plans #/karlach/durge #/karlach #/durge #babbling

[zeb-z]

“Red team was so selfish looking past the cursed team like that” listen man they were thinking about it often, and had evidence they were cursed too. They were convinced they were cursed too. Bad (with Pierre’s help I’ll be honest) singlehandedly destroyed any sort of civil relations and good faith between the two teams and this shot Blue in the foot when they tried to make the case about them being cursed last minute, about trying to rig it in the cursed teams favor.

There was never a cursed team in the first place, it was all a tactic to build paranoia and that feeling of betrayal and to get them to tear eachother a part. And it worked super well! At the end, neither would listen to the other about their evidence, not with an honest open ear, not with the willingness to think the other team could be cursed. It’s not a case of ‘Red just refused to listen because they wanted to win more than they cared’ they thought they were cursed too - if they were selfish, then so were Blue in the same way.

Every time Red had tried to talk first early on, it was met with extreme violence - and with Bad consistently proving he’ll play dirty to win, they didn’t trust Blue enough to listen to them in the later game. Maybe they should have listened then. Maybe Blue have listened earlier. The game worked as intended to set them against eachother.

#link is to another post I made back when they were debating about the cursed teams in purgatory and why red couldn’t trust blue and blue #couldn’t believe red. they were both stuck #and bless Tubbo he tried. he did try. but he was just as convinced he was right as Phil at the end. it was about convincing one another #more than it was about coming together and piecing together the evidence. yknow what I mean? they all cared about it but because of tension #and they also could not trust blue. which sucks because that’s hardly Tubbo’s fault but yknow #I dunno. it’s not simple like that. it’s not a case of red blowing it off being selfish not caring. they also thought they were cursed #AGAIN I’ll say it again bad burning bridges fucked a lot of them over for when diplomacy had to win because there could not be benefit of #the doubt or good faith or any sort of trust #it’s not just cut and dry red wanted to win more or blue wanted to win more. it was complicated and had way more factors #red thought they were cursed too!! they had solid evidence for this too!! #and like. again it’s a case of both parties kinda suck purgatory sucked it was always going to be like that because the game worked as #intended #idk. blue should have listened to red early on. red should have listened to blue later on. they were never going to do that on either side #idk from Tina’s pov it’s understandable why she said what she said. but knowing the others pov and what actually went down that’s not what #happened at all yknow? #they’re all gonna be feeling the effects of ‘we killed and betrayed eachother for two weeks’ for a while to come #mcyt #qsmp #qsmp purgatory #z speaks

[dennisboobs]

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

↳ Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games // The Gang Goes Bowling

#iasip #it's always sunny in philadelphia #dennis reynolds #sunny sweet 16 #LISTEN TO ME. LISTEN TO ME. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME DENNIS. HE WAS NEVER EMOTIONLESS. #YOU JUST HAVE TO WATCH HIM. #the ONLY reason he didnt react during chardee macdennis is because their win was riding on it #the sunny wiki for so long saying this was proof of him being emotionless or somehow Immune To Pain #when he is LITERALLY WINCING AND SAYING OW AFTER THE FACT #it's the exact same thing as what mac and charlie were talking about with dee during emotional battery #she can get through that and then cry once theyve won. dennis can take a dart to the hand and be visibly in pain afterwards #and also i imagine breaking every bone in his hand is probably more painful than a dart jdsfkjsv #ada speaks #ada's gifs #I DIDNT WANT TO REBLOG SUNNYKEYSMASH'S POST IN CASE IT CAME OFF AS INFLAMMATORY BUT IM HAVING FEELINGS ABOUT THIS COMPARISON SO UH SHOUTOUT #EDIT: CONTEXT WAS NOT THAT SUNNYKEYSMASH CLAIMED HE WAS EMOTIONLESS I JUST WAS INSPIRED AFTER SEEING A POST #i was mad at dudebros using the dart scene as evidence for him being a sociopath and it just reminded me jshvfkjsd

[coconut530]

LET THE DIVORCE ENSUE

#Nevermore #Nevermore Webtoon #Webtoon #Well well well another piece of media for this already hectic day (hi all Magnus Protocol and Malevolent fans in here :) ) #Back after the week ~ #Ohhhh Prospero you had so much trust in her with that key like I would’ve been a little concerned #Monty really you laughing now like bruhhhh #OOOOH PROSPERO GOING OFFFF ON HIM CRAZYYYYYYYYYYYY #oop he fainted #He’s ✨unresponsive✨ #“If only we were so lucky” SAVAGE PLUTO #OOP LENORE INITIATING SECRET MEETING TIME #SOMEONE SAID ANNABEL HEARD SEDUCE WHEN LENORE SAID TRUCE AND THEY’RE RIGHT #Ada and Will being clumsy with him omg #Posh besties have only a thin string of trust between them now #More French I love it when Duke speaks french #“I’m all yours” ANNABEL HONEYYYYYYY #I SURE HOPE SHE DOESN’T KILL HER SHE DOESN’T HAVE THE GUN BUT WHO KNOWS #OH NO IT’S THE EPISODE BEFORE 96 EVERYONE PRAY FOR US FREE READERS I KNOW FP PEOPLE SAID IT DESTROYED THEM SO AHHAHAHAHAHAH #OKKKK NOW I’M GONNA GO LISTEN TO THE FINALE OF MALEVOLENT AND TRY NOT TO DIE #OK. BYE

[starryluminary]

Do I have enough concrete evidence to claim Lindsay has prosopagnosia. All I’ve got right now is it’s the only reason that makes sense to me why Lindsay can’t remember Tyler’s Tyler in world tour. What if she literally can’t remember his face

#prosopagnosia is a disorder that makes it near impossible for someone to remember faces #I don’t remember island or action well enough to say she has it for sure #(obviously the real reason she doesn’t remember Tyler is because she’s a ditzy blonde joke and the show writers thought it would be funny) #but listen to me for a second!! #what if she knows heathers Heather cause her bossy voice is stuck in her head #what if she knows Beth’s Beth because she never takes off her side pony #what if she only remembers Tyler’s Tyler because she recognized the little T patch on his tracksuit #and I KNOW in island she likes him cause he’s cute or whatever but I don’t think that’s enough to disuade me from the concept #what if she found his hair cute?? his headband?? the way he walks and runs?? the hit on her when Duncan killed the roach in the first- #-episode?? #and if she did find his face cute I don’t think that’s enough to just cure your prosopagnosia for a person #she thinks he’s cute looks away looks back and remembers all over again #I’m no expert on prosopagnosia I’ve just read a couple articles so I don’t know if that’s accurate but. do you get me do you see what I see #food for thought #total drama #total drama lindsay #td lindsay #Starry speaks

[shima-draws]

Rewatching a playthrough of Danganronpa and it actually shocks me how chill Monokuma is. Even when Kyoko goes around stealing his shit and he finds Makoto with it later he's like. Yeah okay. I don't hold it against you or anything it's cool. LMAO

He has every available opportunity to just kill everyone whenever, especially when they break the rules, but he never does. I really love villains who stick to their own rules so it's fair for everyone else :")

#Danganronpa #Okay listen I know a lot of people hate Monokuma (some of my own friends included) #But I LOVE him. Okay. I adore him #His personality is great he's a cheerful asshole who kills kids for fun. And he's not ashamed about it. #He follows his own rules to a T and jokes around with the kids and offers them hints when they need it #He's the worst person in the world. The person who controls him has slaughtered thousands. #He's the cause of all the world's chaos. He's also a cute widdle teddy bear. #I hate him so much I love him. Does that make sense? Lol #It's hard to find really compelling villains like him and Junko #HE'S BATSHIT CRAZY! HE'S UNHINGED! AND HE'S FUCKING ADORABLE!! #Also it's crazy to me that Junko could literally just walk out and leave and end the game but she DOESN'T #She follows her rules through to the end. And executes herself #No normal villain would do that. A normal villain would do anything to escape and survive after they've lost #She just accepts her defeat with grace. I hate her guts but I respect the HELL out of her #Shima speaks

[runayachi]

oikawa's sister is chatting with one of her coworkers and she casually mentions "oh yeah i went to my baby brother's volleyball game this weekend :)" and her coworker is like "oh really? that's nice how old is he", thinking that her brother is in middle school or something, but then oikawa's sister whips out a photo of oikawa tooru, renowned setter for the argentinian olympic volleyball team,

#lyz speaks #oikawa tooru #LISTEN its the older sibling thing. to oikawa's sister he'll always be her little baby brother #and they've got an age gap so i think she just always calls him her baby/kid brother. even when he's playing in the olympics

[apollos-boyfriend]

i love the difference between jaiden and bobby’s relationship vs roier and bobby’s because with jaiden bobby’s very sweet, very willing to help, kind of the most perfect angel who just really loves his mom and with roier he’s just as willing and loving but he also dunks on roier whenever he can and does not hesitate to shoot him. kind of the most family ever

#icarus speaks #icarus liveblogs #animations family #and it’s very obvious it’s him picking up their traits and mirroring them! #jaidens very sweet to bobby and dotes on him to no end #she’s never even jokingly mean to him or pushes his buttons #but roier is! he likes teasing people and doesn’t hesitate to play up the theatrics #he acts a lot more casual with bobby! he calls him dude and pokes fun at him #so ofc bobby mirrors those behaviors when he’s alone w them! #and ofc when they’re both together you really see the fruit of their efforts #because he’s kind and sweet but also speaks his mind and stands his ground #he listens to them because he knows they know best but also he’s not opposed to making his voice heard #and making sure they know his thoughts on the matter at hand #just. them. augh

[withacapitalp]

Juno inspired one shot where Steve (who has *always wanted a big family) assumes that Eddie is on board with adoption because why would he date him not being prepared to have kids eventually? And Eddie (who does want kids but is terrified of fucking them up or losing the life he's wanted to build) goes along with it bc no way are they gonna find someone to give two queers a baby.

And then one of their friends ends up getting pregnant and she doesn't want the baby but she does know how badly Steve and Eddie want the baby so it looks like everything is perfect.

Except only days before their surrogates due date, Eddie finally panics and says he doesn't want a baby. At least not yet. They're not even 30 yet, and CC is just taking off, and if they just wait a few years then Eddie will have lived all his dreams. Except they both know they really can't wait a few years, because when is an opportunity like this coming again/Steve is ready for this baby they have everything ready.

But Steve, who lived with a parent who didn't want him and one who did, tells Eddie that he either needs to get on board or he needs to leave and not come back.

Eddie leaves

#okay and after three years when he's been touring w CC and living his rockstar dream he comes back #and it's a whole long thing #no one likes this idea but me #but listen #i was rewatching new girl #Ruth is my hc for a steddie child #steve: Max why is my daughter saying that Green is.....Denise? #Max: green is whatever she wants it to be #Little Girl whispering to herself: green is whatever I want it to be :) #Liam speaks up #Writing(withacapitalW)

[claitea]

remembered the day that i saw a commercial for pokemon black and white 2 on tv, asked my mom if i could have it next christmas, as she said smth along the lines of "isn't that a little too childish for you. you'll grow out of it soon"

first of all i was Nine wdym too childish. second of all i'm stuck in this stupid obsession till the day i die

#clai speaks #over the years she's tried to like. subtly coax me out of pokemon and get different interests. unfortunately i dont listen 👍 #she's given up recently i think. hit my 20s and still just as nuts over this franchise as i was in 2009 i think she realized lmao #don't blame me blame your brother for giving me an r4 loaded with 15 pokemon games when i was a little kid

[marvelsmostwanted]

When Taylor Swift releases Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version) I am going to be so feral generally but also she literally better dig through that vault for I’d Lie, Permanent Marker, I Heart ?, Your Face, Your Anything, Beautiful Eyes???!!! Like girl. Find them. Release them for real. It’s time

#ik she wrote these when she was 13 but was she wrong? no #in fact these songs are exactly the sort of unhinged content I expect from her and I would like a studio version please #I legit listened to these all the time back in the day and like… I still would?? #speak now tv

[strangersteddierthings]

Eventually Eddie tells Steve about what happened, what his friends said

Steve shows up at Gareth’s with the nail bat

Hmm... politely disagree, nonny. Steve showing up with a nail bat is insulting, especially since he and Eddie are at a point where they talk about the things that upset them. Eddie would be furious if Steve threatened his friends with physical violence.

It's Robin who shows up with the nail bat.

#Anonymous #Ask #She's spent a whole week after Eddie tells her and Steve what happened #making Steve teach her how to do the twirl with it #“because I'm curious‚ Stephen. Now teach me.” #And she government named him so that means he's not allowed to ask follow up questions. #(She was hanging out with Steve when Eddie showed up #after leaving the Hideout and while she's not Eddie's Platonic Soulmate #they are very very close #so she listened as he vented about what had happened.) #and she knows Gareth from school‚ of course #so‚ after threatening him to grow up and quit trying to ruin her besties love life #she gets him to swear to never speak of this to anyone lest she have to return with the bat #gareth believe her and promises before backing into his house and shutting the door #she makes it two steps away from the door before twirling the bat again #and IMMEDIATELY fumbling it #but gareth didnt see so he's still afraid of her