more sfh brain rot
can i just say, i love the complexity of the characters outside the goshiwon as well. jieun and jaeho who are supposedly meant to be jongwoo's girlfriend and friend, are just so caught up with themselves, whether unwillingly, in jieun's case, or willing, in jaeho's case. jieun's horrible work relationship with her boss where absolutely nothing she does is correct whilst having more and more work being put onto her, slowly breaks down her capacity to cope to the extent that she isn't able to spare any attention to her boyfriend's problems since she is unable to properly deal with her own. the way she scolds jongwoo in ep 4 when he complains about the eden residents, saying nothing comes from being nice, i think she is very much saying what she wishes she could tell herself but when push comes to shove, she could never actually stand up for herself against her boss, leading her to push that pent-up anger and frustration on to jongwoo, calling him too 'sensitive' and to get over it. i think she is mad at her own passivity adn taking it out on jongwoo, since he's probably the only person she can exert some power over in her life.
jaeho is just a jerk point blank, i think the entire fandom has picked up on much of a narcissistic bastard who simultaneously has an inferiority and superiority complex he is. any time jongwoo tries to stand up for himself, jaeho's ego flares at the thought of not having the man squished under his thumb. he belittles jongwoo, guilt-trips him, asserts his seniority over him, crosses the clear boundaries jongwoo has set about not talking about the goshiwon to others just to force jongwoo back into his plac below him just to satisfy his frail bruised ego.
on a separate consideration, the nature v nurture debate surrounding jongwoo. personally, i believe that the entire series is about how much nurture, or the people around you, influence you and your actions, thoughts and behaviours. the show being called 'hell is other people' kinda indicates that it is the people around you that can make your life a living hell. after all, jongwoo was seemingly normal before moving into eden. additionally, the show goes out of its way to highlight jongwoo's good nature, when he buys food for the stray kittens and moves jieun to walk in the shade. i think everyone has the capacity to do heinous things within their nature, no one is born a serial killer but everyone has the potential to become one given the right (or i guess more accurately would be the 'wrong') circumstances. and as much as we all love to think moonjo was the one who gaslighted and manipulated jongwoo into giving in to his anger and hatred, and go apeshit, that anger and hatred was built up because of those people closest to him, his girlfriend, his senior, his co-workers, the stranger who kicked away the can of cat-food he brought. literally, everyone around him pushed and shoved him around like a piece of garbage, overstepping his boundaries and treating him like dirt or a punching bag. moonjo was the only who truly recognised jongwoo as an equal and wanted him to come to realise that himself.
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I just watched Day Of The Moon and the ending had me throwing a tantrum
Like Doctor, how can someone so smart as you be such a fuckwit?
He KNOWS, he freaking KNOWS his firsts are River's lasts, yet when she kissed him, without hesitation he was like "There's a first for everything am I right lol byyyye see ya"
Fuck. You. You should have kissed her again. You should have given her the kiss of her life, swept her off her feet.
But no, he said bye instead
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the man who falls – secret origins (1989)
[ID: Two cropped comic pages of Bruce Wayne as a child after falling into a cave and being ambushed by a swarm of bats. There's multiple narration boxes over the pages:
Page One: a three panel sequence of Bruce being rescued by his father. In the first panel, Bruce is screaming with his eyes squeezed shut in fear. He has his fists clenched in front of him and is wearing a reddish pink turtleneck sweater. The narration says, ‘Again, he shrieked — not in terror, but in despair...’ In the second panel, Thomas Wayne is shown from behind in a low angle. He's wearing a red sweater similar to Bruce and is holding a flashlight as he jerks Bruce into him. Above them is bats surrounding them and the broken wood floors that Bruce fell through. The narration continues, ‘The arm curled around him, muffling his voice, and his cheek rubbed against the rough wool of his father's jacket... He squeezed his eyes shut, willing himself to be away from here—’. In the third panel, they're standing outside. The narration reads, ‘When he opened them, he was in the area behind the mansion, in the pale light of the autumn afternoon, and his father's words pounded at him—’. Thomas is kneeling down in front of Bruce in front of the hole he fell in. He's gripping the child's shoulders as he scolds him, “Idiot! I told you never, never to go off alone. Didn't I? Didn't I?” Martha Wayne is behind them with her hand on the side of her face as she looks at them with relief that Bruce is okay.
Page Two: Martha is defending Bruce as Bruce has his head down. Thomas is still squeezing Bruce's shoulders as Martha tells him, “Thomas, he's frightened.” Thomas replies, “He damn well ought to be. He could have been killed.” Martha replaces Thomas's spot in front of Bruce, kneeling to gently place a hand on his upper arm and using a handkerchief to wipe his forehead. Bruce is standing with his fist still clenched and grimacing as Thomas angrily says, “He's got to learn.” Bruce is shown in a low angle, looking up at his mother with wide eyes. The narration continues, ‘He listened to his father's boots crushing the dead grass, and when he could no longer hear them, he dared to ask:’ “Mommy, was I in hell?” Martha soothes, “No, baby, that was just some old cave. You're safe now,” as she hugs him. His cheek is pressed against hers and she has her eyes closed as Bruce still looks uncertain. END ID]
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HI Y'ALL I JUST HAD A VISION PLEASE BARE WITH ME
ARE YOU READY?????
OKAY, LISTEN:
anya chalotra as book!rhaenys targaryen
I'M ACTUALLY FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS BC THIS IS HOW I SEE RHAENYS DURING VISERYS' CORONATION TIME DKAUSKAHWJS
fanart: @/thewweskywalker on twitter | @wweskywalker on tumblr
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Man I really just picked up a random fantasy series and stumbled into a whole civil war within a fandom without knowing it but like,,,
I'm seeing the lines drawn in the sand and I don't think I fully agree with any of you. The characterizations are so hot and cold in different books, I can see how people get to a certain point with characters, but then it feels like spite and fan wars have people throwing judgements out further and further and can I just say as a veteran of old Tumblr, someone who made a name for themselves writing fanfiction and engaging in fan culture, someone who has allowed that part of my media engagement to die off because of how heated people get over shit that's literally made up...
This is very entertaining for me. Please keep fighting.
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