#pretty vile

[lafiametta]

John Blackthorne in Episodes 1-7: All I want are my men and my ship. John Blackthorne in Episode 8: Hmmm. How about just the ship?

#shōgun #shogun #shogun 2024 #shogun fx #fx shogun #shogun spoilers #john blackthorne #i don't blame him for backtracking on that one #they seemed pretty vile

[mindfogs]

a brief comparison of compleately different medias that rewired my brain. yes i'm aware the target audience of this post is me only.

It was supposed to be a joke but I can’t do anything casually so a more vaguely detailed analysis under the cut.

spoilers for all three obviously but vague spoilers about themes and not plot points. i could have gone more in the specifics but it's late and i don't want to fall in this rabbit hole right now i need sleep.

If you strip these stories of all the cool visuals and funny jokes, if you take away their narratives with the world about to end, you're left with pure, naked, vulnerable love that is such a core essence of any of these characters. Love is what can destroy or save the world. Love is what drives the heroes forward. Love is what keeps them from dying.

I think all three stories are about being loved and accepted for who you are. Even if you've changed and you don't like yourself, even if you've stayed the same and you don't like yourself.

They're about tearing yourself apart, throw up, slashing yourself open in front of the one you love. Let them see everything, the bad and the gross and asking "do you still love me?".

They're about enduring, sacrificing yourself, everything, sacrificing the world, God, the entire universe for the one you love.

They're about trusting to choose each other over and over again, everytime, in every universe, even if the next time you see me I may not be what you remembered. Even if you don't recognize me.

They're about eating, gnawing, cannibalizing each other over and over and over in a mutual exchange of obsession.

They're about carving your own peace when you don't even know what peace it's supposed to be like

They're about grief and loss and learning to be whole again.

They're about submitting oneself to the horrifying oredeal of being known in order to allowing the reward of being loved.

It's about "it's rotten work" and answering everytime without esitation "not to me, not if it's you"

#also all fanficion are technically canon in each of these lmao #foggy thoughts #the locked tomb #good omens #slay the princess #griddlehark #ineffable husbands #love #it's always about love in the end #go and tlt are more similiar in the sense of superficial similiarities being both bible gays and all #go and stp are similiar in the more worldbuilding and backstory way both eternal beings with a love so eternal we cant even comprehend it #but tlt and stp? #the similiarities are so visceral i feel like they narrate the same exact concept of love #a love so evershifting and multifaced #also obviously where tlt has cannibalism as a love methaphor stp has killing #theres something so beautiful having such vile acts rapresent something so pure as love #insert that south park clip “hope everyone enjoyed that” “no randy only you did” “that was pretty much my target audience anyway” #if i spoke fluent english i'd make a cool 2 hours video essay on youtube about this

[utilitycaster]

(this is tagged for it as well, but putting it here: the below involves some non-graphic mention/discussion of suicide in relation to episode 3x78)

I think it's important to keep in mind, regarding the most recent episode, that while Ashton's behavior was extremely dangerous and reckless, it was not suicidal in intent. Ashton thought it would work. They thought that they would fix things, and they ignored all the smart people warning them against it because it would imply a lot of negative things about their parents. That doesn't mean it wasn't an action taken out of a certain lack of self-regard (Ashton's realization of this is what drives much of his conversations in the first half of the episode); but it's much more akin to an accidental overdose, or a drunk/reckless driving, or other dangerous choices. It feels very true to the idea of punk that Taliesin is going for, in which dying young is always very much a possibility, even perhaps an expectation; but not necessarily a goal. Ashton did not expect taking the shard to result in their death, and is incredibly shaken specifically because it did.

With that in mind I think the party's reactions seem very real and very understandable. The fact is, when someone does something very risky and nearly dies (or even is briefly clinically dead, using real-world terms) but ultimately survives it's extremely normal for one of the emotional responses to be anger that they put themselves in such danger. It is not, perhaps, rational, but most emotions aren't. It hurts a lot when someone one is close to does something that harmful to themselves. I don't judge the other members of Bells Hells for expressing those feelings. Frankly, them not expressing similar feelings in the past might very well be why Ashton made the decisions he did: the party lacking trust and walking on eggshells around each other is why he didn't confide in them, and why they fell apart so completely here.

I think it's relevant that Chetney tells Fearne, after stating he likes Ashton, that either she or Ashton can talk to him if they "want out", and he pretty heavily implies that this indicates not just leaving Bells Hells, but suicide, and that he has considered the latter in the past. It's clear that initially Chetney considers that a possible reason for Ashton's actions. He then gives Ashton the "You should leave" speech only after everyone present has been talking at dinner, after Ashton has indicated that he will help find Laudna. It only comes out after Ashton's emotional state is made more clear to him: it's pretty bad, but not actively at risk of self-harm (and indeed, desperately trying to avoid it and to change).

Finally, it's worth considering how important anger is to Ashton. Obviously I don't think having Imogen, FCG, and Chetney yell at them feels good. I also think it's going to feel better than apathy, and more honest than any other option. I don't think a forced gentleness would be better; in fact it might be worse, with them taking a break because clearly Ashton is having a hard time and needs to recover (shades of how Marisha mentioned Laudna feeling like a burden following her resurrection), rather than "we are clearly all in disarray and all have been not dealing with a lot of emotions, and this could have been any of us, and we should all regroup." I mentioned before that ultimately what's important is, angry as they are, Bells Hells undeniably stayed, and FCG and Imogen at least made it clear early on that they would, even if they were angry. Ashton was abandoned in the past by people who weren't even angry, is the thing. I don't think they cared enough to be.

#tw suicide #let me know if you need other tags. #critical role spoilers #critical role #ashton greymoore #truly the flat out stated similarities between ashton and fcg and some people's responses have been. unfortunately enlightening. #some who claimed FCG was going to sacrifice themselves/destroy others in the grand disc and were pretty vile about a hypothetical #are quick to paint ashton in a light so sympathetic it demands no one else feel any emotions #Ashton even states his shittiness about the changebringer was bc he thought this would lead FCG to do...exactly what he did with the titans #really it brings us back to a core question: is it action or is it intent. the answer is both but action matters more. #but also. much more bluntly. some of you have never either fucked up real bad or had a friend do so huh. #this felt extremely true to life; that's really it in the end.

[thegreendiamondart]

you mentioned in the tags of your prankster Leshy post of a "little evil Lamb idea".

It's not yet another "the Lamb tortures the bishops for eternity" au, right? /gen

Welllllll, while I havent thought too much of how they’d treat the bishops too much yet…

Meet little Indulgence!Lamb!!!

In all honesty, i was originally gonna just have this version of lamb for like a little comic idea i had. But then, broski kinda just started growing on me, so here we are!

The summarized lore of this lamb is that they were originally part of a herd that was in Anura. But, as soon as famine hit cuz of the bishops trying to weed them out, lamb kinda had to resort to extreme measures to survive ( aka cannibalism).

When they got sent to the axe though, they were still starving and died hungry. Now they’re just using this second chance as a way to satiate their endless hunger, be it the enemies in their way, or the followers at their mercy.

#cw blood #cw slight gore? #the comic idea was moreso centered around how the lamb treats the followers+dissenters #however if they did meet with the bishops again they probably would somewhat starve them #either that or make em eat vile meals or other people as well #but thats pretty much it since theyre focused on their hunger #we love the edge lmaooooo #tgdart #cotl #cult of the lamb #cult of the lamb au #cotl au

[butchhamlet]

that quote about shakespeare being “not of an age, but for all time” does, of course, oversimplify the way shakespeare’s plays were shaped by his time period, but sometimes i do think about how you can read the merchant of venice as making a statement that white people who are marginalized (see portia, white woman, and antonio and bassiano, white gay people) are still, first and foremost, white people who will enact social violence on jewish people & people of color in order to keep their own societal standings secure. which is fascinating from a standpoint of intersectionality & dissecting the violence in white womanhood, and is also fascinating because shakespeare wrote this play in 1596

#how did he know. #<-- to be clear. i don't think he necessarily. intended this? i mean i guess i don't know what the man intended #but clearly the concept of intersectionality as we know it was not in use back then. and i don't know if i want to extend shakespeare the-- #--courtesy of this one seeing as merchant is. um. still pretty vile #but like. i do think it's wild #merchant of venice #max.txt

[cowboy-robooty]

personally i believe every nyotalia is a fujoshi and nyo germy + japan are yumejoshis too

#hetalia #aph #hws #itager #gerita #nyo itager #nyo gerita #nyo germany #nyo japan #nyo italy #aph germany #aph italy #aph japan #hws germany #hws italy #hws japan #i think the nyos should be more braindead they need to be more gross guys make them more vile #i think nyo italy is more assertive but its bc i hc canon italy mainly pretends to be useless and have no hate in him to get everyone else #to do shit for him #nyo italy already has pretty priviledge so she can just be like WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO MY CANALS GODDAMNIT BITCH!1!1!! #also i think nyo germany is buffer than boy germy bc i think germy works out partially cuz its the way he deals with emotions #so when nyo germy hit that pms she is hitting the gym 17 hours a day #girl #draws

[starrycove]

made a dark urge... kinda obsessed w him...

#it makes me ill to choose evil and mean options but ive been doing my best :'''') #honestly this run has been pretty fun despite committing vile acts of sin #i choked on the romance tho i cant be mean to companions #i pick snarky options but over all supportive ones #i think his character enjoyed the thrill of a kill the urge gave #but not if it means he might kill his pookie #kinda gay #im planning on durge and ascended astarion so theyre about to be toxic as hell #bg3 #oc

[nixariel]

CARMEN SANDIEGO (2019) + locations: VILE headquarters in the Canary Islands [1/?]

#my post #screencap #carmen sandiego 2019 #cs 2019 trivia #backgrounds #so i'm pretty sure the VILE faculty room occupies a pocket dimension bc its windows Do Not Make Sense with the rest of the building XD #but there's a glimpse of the hallway leading to the faculty room in S2E06 that would put it on roughly the 3rd floor/2nd from the top #also i've been sticking all the location/reference/nifty details i've picked up in the 'cs 2019 trivia' tag #for anyone else who likes playing 'Name That Landmark' when watching the show XDD #nixariel

[jaylleoo14]

Its not the spooky season anymore 😔 But I dont need it as an excuse to write it!

TW// Dark/gory/horror themes up ahead so tread carefully

I've been thinking, imagine what the characters would be like as serial killers. Who would be a best fit for one? And honestly, I feel like I'm able to write all of them as possible ones, well except for Ortho. Okay and maybe for Silver too but everyone else I think I can make do with it. I think.... I feel like characters that are obvious to fit the role is already generic such as Jade or Leona or Malleus! So i wanted to get more creative and try to expand more on the other characters. It would be fun to write about them though but I want someone who I think would fit the role just as nicely. Riddle and Trey was also a close one but I just really thought there could be someone more fitting. And what better character than to do the secretive man himself, Cater! I love Cater! And the potential he has a killer! Huihuihuihiuhihi Its making me shiver just thinking about it (with excitement) Perhaps I'll make the narrative as if you are looking through his eyes. That would be a fun read, no? Well I'll definitely switch the narrative to you and him but its a fun thought!

One day your boring, depressing, and mundane life gets interjected by Cater, the fun loving and bright barista! Some days you would always find yourself dreading as to why you should even continue. You live in a shitty area and your living situation is a mess, your neighbors are always partying, your boss is always picking on you, you're family situation is complicated, and all your friends seem to have moved on doing their own things in life. Life sucks, why do you have to go through this? You just want to go home already. Recently whenever you come by this super cute cafe this barista is always happily greeting you. "Another rough day?" He asked one day, and ever since that question you both have been making small talk whenever you would come by. He was easy to talk to, very friendly and bright. He was something you looked forward too during your days before and after work. One day when you go by the cafe you don't seem to see Cater around. Instead another worker rings you up instead. Out of curiosity you ask them where Cater was, and to none of their surprise that it was you who asked they simply answer with a "he called in sick." They recognize you as well considering you are a regular patron, one of the many other people who seem to enjoy Caters livelihood. Well you needed it in your life anyways. When you take a drive to your workplace you hear on the radio that two missing reports have been filed just last week, and to add on, just today they found a dead body belonging to one of the missing persons. They've been found brutally handled, the skin of their face peeled off and missing. What a grotesque and horrific way to go out.

A killer has been out on the loose in your city for who knows how long now. Though one thing is for certain, they've been going on for quite sometime now, all the victims going out in the same vindicative way. With their faces taken from them. This killer has been going on for quite some time now, but its just recently that they are starting to make another strike. For how long exactly? Who's to say. One thing for sure though is that you plan to save enough to finally move out of this godforsaken city, your awful apartment, and quit your damn job once you make enough. Despite all these killings going around, a lot of people seem to still go by their normal days just only hoping that they wont be the next unfortunate victim. "I hope Cater's alright" You say to yourself as you turn off the radio. The weather has been getting a lot colder lately, and it has been frequently raining. It would make sense that he'd get sick. Hearing about the reoccurring news causes you to let out a sigh, taking a mental note to be a bit more wary now.

You both don't really delve into each others personal life like that, so you can only hope for the best that he has someone to take care of. However on the way to work your light makes you stop and next to you is a deep alleyway. The day still being freshly new, the weather being a dewy light blueish grey after a slight rain, you dont care to look anywhere around you until a little glare hits your eyes on the side. Without much thought you turn around to see what the cause could be. Perhaps a shiny or passing car? Or perhaps it was just the reflection of someone's skateboard on the nearby sidewalk next to your car, or maybe it was- Oh.

. . . Oh

Your heart drops. You suddenly feel cold and goosebumps arise in you as you slowly flare up and your eyes widen with hyperactivity.

Someone is over there

In the alley way, next to you. Just slightly, are you able to make out a figure hidden under the shadows casted by the surrounding and clustered buildings.

Someone with a dark hoodie to blend in with the shadows, their back slightly angled towards you in the dark.

HONK

A car honks from behind you and you're woken from your trance. Just then though, the person in the alleyway slightly shoots their head towards where the sound of the honking originally came from quickly and for a split second your eyes meet. You hit the gas pedal, quickly speeding off with your heart racing as you pass the streetlight. Your cold clammy hands grips onto the steering wheel as you slightly speed off in a hurry and you bury yourself into your seat as the sound of your engine revs away down the dampened street.

They saw me...... I saw them...... they saw me

Was that? Did I see, the killer?

As he watches you speed off in your car he turns back to his finished business. The bloodied and lifeless corpse in front of him lying in a dirty puddle mixed with gravel and rain water from the earlier light rain. With his bloodied gloved hands, a dark shining glint glossing over it, he brings it to drag his mask down to inhale the dewy freshness of the air and out with a heavy breath.

"Ah, Cay-Cay should've been more careful huh?"

With no response he only laughs to himself a bit, nudging the lifeless corpse with his foot as if it were a ball.

"Oops. Forgot you've kicked the bucket now. Oh well, they didn't see me anyways. I shouldn't worry too much anyways."

"heh, who would've thought It would be (y/n) to see me down here... I guess I'll keep a close eye on them from now justttt in case."

Definitely will expand on this when I have the time and finish my other work, but oh how I cant wait to share! >< This is just a base and loose little draft for me to go off of but I was thinking of something like Cater placing pictures around the victims, pictures of perhaps locations to where he could have put their faces. But regardless, I think it'd be fun to write a really slow burn between you and Cater, a psychological horror experience :3

#jellorambles #twst #twisted wonderland #cater diamond #cater twst #cater x reader #people like yanderes right? #yandere cater diamond #twst x reader #serial killer au #My brain cannot seem to stop thinking about sk!Cater and >< #does anyone else like cater #this is pretty vile in all honesty but thats the point #I hope i can make this an immersive read for the intended audience #twst cater

[tanevcolton28]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATTHEW

#hes perfect #ratthew #pretty rat #matty tkachuk #matthew tkachuk #ratthew the vile #florida panthers #panthers lb

[milkweedman]

really understanding my very old recipe books where theres one weird ingredient thrown into everything, for no clear reason... like i get it now. my mom sent me home with a jar of lemons she pickled and im putting those guys in salads. im putting them in polenta. im putting them in rice pilaf. why ? cause i have it. and its good. if i had few spices but one specialty thing i could reliably get ahold of id go apeshit with that one thing too

#im specifically thinking abt how garum is in like every single roman dish #its a fermented fish sauce iirc ? #sounds vile. pickled lemons sound pretty bad too tho #cooking #the other thing is a lot of historical cuisine (i mean and modern stuff too) is based on the principal of #the base food (grains usually) is bland af and i will put in any vaguely edible thing thats got flavor #doesnt have to be good flavor necessarily #and then your kids grow up eating it and thats what they make too

[aithusarosekiller]

Mainly aimed towards marauders fans bc I see a lot of people being really aggressive about it there but:

💫 Not liking fanon characterisation doesn't make you better than the people who do 💫

Someone changing a character to fit how they enjoy seeing them isn't a crime bc it's a fictional character

Making a character queer in canon content isn't ruining them and it doesn't make the writing cheap or stupid

You can address harmful stereotypes without being a bitch and shutting down entire perceptions of the character because it isn't usually the older writers and artists creating flawed presentations and it's certainly not all of them, you're just being dramatic and trying to demonise an exploration of a character that you don't agree with.

Reminder that a lot of fandom creators especially in the marauders and ofmd fandoms are minors. Young teenagers writing in their school break don't need to be screamed at and called homophobes or racists for making accidentally including a stereotype into the character, they may appreciate being warned about the misconceptions so they can correct them...but berating creators and saying they're all fucking everything up and destroying everything is not helpful; it's mean and they aren't going to take your advice, they're just never going to write again. If you don't like the characterisation just fucking ignore it like the rest of us.

You're a dick 🥰

#feel like I gotta say this every damn week #tagging the main fandoms I see this in #marauders era #especially you guys #'making him a twink is homophobic and pathetic' you are bullying a THIRTEEN YEAR OLD #cut them some slack Jesus fucking Christ #but also #good omens #our flag means death #nbc hannibal #not as much with these ones but I still see it so idk #'making the black brothers skinny and pretty undermines their characters' they are CANONICALLY PRETTY #reg being skinny is one of the only things we know ab him and Harry calls Ris pretty/handsome multiple times #you just undermined your own damn point #I don't see them as fragile twinks either but I'm not bullying 12 year old for it bc...they're 12. they'll learn #fandom tumblr #mwpp era #marauders #tagging that one so many times bc y'all are vile sometimes #GET A JOB

[spittyfishy]

This is why Mime bomb is the best vile operative

#I don’t actually know if he’s my fav for sure #they’re all pretty great lol #but I just wanted to a version of this meme with him #carmen sandeigo 2019 #carmen sandiego #mime bomb #vile operatives #cs vile

[catoscloves]

crazy how back when book!tbosas first came out everyone was discussing and analyzing each character, especially l.g & sejanus, and calling out snow for the selfish narcissist he was... then the movie comes out and everyone's like "oh wait young snow is hot" and suddenly the fact that he's a creepy future fascist that used other people to achieve his own goals goes out the window and the fandom becomes obsessed with young!snow

#also to be v clear I'm not trying to judge anyone I'm truly not #like i think Tom blyth is hot too okay especially when they gave him an Eminem haircut #yeah he is fine as hell I don't disagree with that #but like it really says something about how easily priorities and allegiance and favoritism can shift #Once something is in a prettier and visually appealing package #also like that's so relevant to the theme of the games too #the games are literally the ugliest version of humanity #and snow himself was like 'yeah no one would watch that willingly and enjoy it its extremely depressing' #but when you take something that vile and ghastly and horrific and dress it up #in this pretty package of entertainment and fun and spectacle #(the interviews the costumes the tribute parades the sexualization of pretty district one women) #then suddenly it becomes a thing of laughter and entertainment for the people that aren't harmed by what's happening #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes

[ringsidedishes]

#kenta #defy wrestling #the splendid and the vile 26/08/2023 #dishesgifs #he's just so pretty i only giffed him being gorgeous tbh the lighting's just so nice #also this show is apparently free to watch (atm? forever? idk) defy tweeted it out/kenta retweeted it

[youraveragecatastrophe]

Another episode that hurts me in the context of season 1's last episode! This is about Carmen's reactions regarding Coach Brunt in The fishy doubloon caper.

First, and maybe the biggest thing, the scene in the medical tent after Carmen passed out from lack of oxygen.

The way Carmen 1) awakens, notices someone tending to her, and immediately imagines it's Coach Brunt and 2) looks relieved and grateful to have her.

[Image description : a screenshot of season 1 episode 4 of the 2019 Carmen Sandiego show, The fishy doubloon caper. Carmen opens her eyes and sees who she thinks is Coach Brunt taking care of her after she passed out due to lack of oxygen. Her face is neutral. /End description]

Her look when she says "you", even the way she says it - surprised, maybe, but not afraid.

Carmen is in a very vulnerable position right now, alone and weak. And when she thinks one of the people tracking her down is with her, she seems happy. Because it's her mother figure.

[Image description : a screenshot of season 1 episode 4 of the 2019 Carmen Sandiego show, The fishy doubloon caper. Carmen talks with a smile about how Coach Brunt found her in Argentina as a baby. /End description]

"I always knew it was you."

Sure, the lack of oxygen can explain why she's not reacting too strongly, but still. She doesn't even look worried.

Next, the very end of the episode, while saying goodbye to Dr Pilar Marquez.

Below, her face when Pilar tells Carmen she "mistook [Pilar] for someone close to [Carmen]" :

[Image description : a screenshot of season 1 episode 4 of the 2019 Carmen Sandiego show, The fishy doubloon caper. Carmen looks upset. /End description]

Carmen says "a link to my past. We went our separate ways". Of course, she's not going to explain the whole messy story to a stranger, but still. This a pretty nice way to say "my mother figure who raised me goes against everything I fight for today and I indirectly fight her every two days".

[Image description : two screenshots of season 1 episode 4 of the 2019 Carmen Sandiego show, The fishy doubloon caper. In the first one, Carmen looks to the side with a small, slightly regretful smile, saying "a link to my past". In the second one, Carmen looks at the offscreen Dr Pilar Marquez with the same smile, saying "we went our separate ways". /End description]

Carmen does not seem angry, bitter, or fearful. Her expressions are of sadness and fondness. She still thinks fondly of Coach Brunt at this point, even though she knows they're on opposite sides. She still somewhat trusts her not to hurt her, at least subconsciously (see the tent scene).

...which is why the season 1 finale is so horrifying.

#carmen sandiego #carmen sandiego 2019 #csweekly #cs coach brunt #i'm really curious to get to s1's final episode to pay better attention to carmen and brunt's interactions! #also i was thinking about how coach brunt's been pretty quiet so far (two episodes lol) when we see vile faculty #we've seen maelstrom and bellum of course. but coach brunt's been discrete #i wanna see if she stays that way for the rest of the season #if so it probably was to keep some suspense about her feelings wrt carmen #and to make a bigger shock when she tries to literally crush her to death in the s1 finale