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degreeofdisorder · 10 months

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heartstopper s2e6 live episode reaction

okay

would you feel better if I waited here? - no please come with me

oh I'm going thru it

AAAAAAAAAA the cringe it is UNBEARABLE

children of not-super-estranged-but-still-not-close dads all over the world are going AA

"ah I miss that boy" THAT IS YOUR SON OH MY GOD

oh my fucking godddddddddd

sarah is the only functional parent in this series sweet baby jesus

"he just doesn't know me" oh my god

oh my god I shouldn't have watched this at work LMAO

haha oh my fucking god

OH MY GOSHSKFJDKRJDKGJFKRJDLRK

THOSE BOYS ARE SO HAPPY

SAHAR'S "BUT IT WASN'T A MISTAKE!!!"

THREE TIMES?????

oh my god I want a group of friends lol

omg tao went WHAT ARE WE on elle skdlfjslgkdlfk

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GIVING ME ANOTHER HICKEY SJFKDJFKDJFKFJG

NOOOOIKDJFKDJ

I GET STRESSED ABOUT EVEYRYTHING YOU'RE NOT SPECIAL

nick how are you this perfect

oh my GOD MR AJAYI AND MR FAROUK AAAAAAAAAA

oh man I know "I don't think there's an age limit on those tbh" is gonna hit all of us dumb adults watching this show jdkfjdktjdktjd

YOU FLIRTING WITH ME? - MAYBE JAKFJDKFJFLDJFLFUFODIDPSO

DARCY'S PRESENT FOR TARA IM IN TEARSJDKFJSKFJDL

the lil moment with nick and charlie seeing other queer people I am going to rip all of my appendages

charlie spring: hoodie thief

NOT THE RECHARGING BITNIM LOSING MY MIND

they're SO SOFT IM DYING

I hate you - no! you like me! - I really don't HSKFJSKFJDKFJ KILL ME

EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PERFECT FOR TARA SHE'S A PRINCESS OH I'M DUINGJFKFJDKJF

I want to grab tara and hold her and never let her go my baby girl

NOT TAO AND ELLEJSKFKSLFKSLFISLFI

LMFJSLFJSLFK charlie's got fuckin game oh my god this loser ass bitch has THREE people crushing on him (though like I don't think you can call nick's feelings a crush when he's his future husband AND ben is a psychopath)

I have been relating probably a little TOO MUCH to isaac this season ngl

"we keep escaping parties to hang out with each other" "are we gonna do it every time?" "I hope so" oh okay yeah that just sent me into a spiral

I want your midnights but I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on new years day ass behavior my lord

soulmatism idc

"not running away this time though" "please don't" jesus fucking CHRIST

did y'all know I love darcy cause I love darcy

charlie's "no" and then closing the door on harry HSKFJSKFJDKFJ ICON BEHAVIOR

now I need someone to shove ben down that balcony

imogen and sahar? oh that was scorned lover type of behavior I'm seeing the vision

CHARLIE COME ON I KNOW YOU'VE LOVED ME FOR YEARS

OH MY GODKDLSKDLSKDLSKSLD

I don't understand why they keep inviting ben to these things. that man is like literally a fun murderer. he's an asshole in many ways but also like fucking gross idc

OH LGO

OH SHIT NICK

OH NICK

OH BABY

OH THAT WAS SO BRAVE

me, who has read those books like a hundred times: OH NO WHAT COULD HE POSSIBLY BE SAYING

james is so fuckin sweet "do you wants us to keep it a secret" oh baby

AAAAAAAAAAA

oh my fucking GOD darcy jesus

not even a discretion shot? fuck that was ajdksjfldnno

"why did I get into teaching" same

the piggyback I'll fucking DIE

those hugs look so comfy jesus christ

they're literally the most precious baby boys I'm going to fucking die

my GOD that's whore behavior right there

oh my god that's so fucking cute

the muffled WHY ARE WE LIKE THIS I'm

IMOGEN IS CUDDLED UP WITH SAHAR OG MY HOD

"I have to be perfect for you" DARCY BABY NOOOOOOOOOOO

oh baby darcy

OOOOOH MY GOD YOUSSEF

OOOOHHHHHHH

me, knowing everything that happens w mr farouk and mr ayaji: AAAAA WHATS GONNA HAPPEN

I'm actually so obsessed with nick constantly using charlie as a pillow lmao

THE MR FAROUK PHOTOODOFIODFIOSDILDGJDKKFK

oh man that episode was so fucking sweet even though it made me cry lmao

#hs livenats #heartstopper spoilers #heartstopper s2 spoilers

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semercury · 4 years

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20) Things you said I wasn't supposed to hear - Josuyana! If you want. No pressure.

finally....... some gosh darn fluff.... the balance of the universe has been restored, bless you!

i really hope you like it!!!

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Ayana paused at the entrance to the kitchen, thinking she heard someone say her name. And while she didn’t make a habit of eavesdropping, she was hesitant to disturb a conversation in which her name was said in such a hushed tone. Her better judgement told her to simply return to her room, but she hid around the corner and quietly listened.

“Because I’m not going to ask my sister that.”

She peeked around the corner. Koichi held the phone up to one ear while he crossed his free arm tightly across his chest. His back was to her, but based on his tone of voice, Ayana could imagine the annoyed expression on his face.

“Because she’s my sister?

Ayana bit her lip, suddenly worried at who could be asking something that her brother was so vehemently against talking about, and what it could possibly be.

Koichi shifted, moving the phone to his other ear in annoyance. “Josuke, if you care so much, why don’t you ask her?”

A hand flew to her mouth as a precaution against any noises of surprise that might escape her. The fear that had tightened a knot in her stomach had quickly loosened and was replaced by butterflies.

She wasn’t able to hear any more of the conversation over the loud thoughts that now raced through her head, but she did think she heard the sound of the phone being hung up and quickly took several steps back. Ayana hoped her face wasn’t too pink, though if it was she figured she could just blame it on being out in the sun too long.

“Hey, Ko-chan,” she said as he passed her in the hall. “How are you doing? I feel like I haven’t seen you all day!”

Koichi raised an eyebrow. “School. Homework. The usual. We’re hardly home during weekdays.”

“Ah, well, don’t stay up too late okay?”

He shrugged in response as he made his way to his room.

If he suspected Ayana of overhearing anything, he didn’t make it known. Though if he did, she figured, he probably wouldn’t.

Two days later, as Ayana poured over her textbook at the kitchen table, she heard the front door open as the familiar, boisterous group clamored through. From where she sat, she thought she saw a gaming console in Josuke’s hands and several controllers and cables in Okuyasu’s.

“I still don’t understand why we couldn’t just play at your place, Josuke,” she heard Okuyasu ask.

“Koichi’s house has the best snacks,” he replied.

“Are better snacks really worth nearly dropping your SNES twice on the way here through?” Koichi wondered aloud.

She watched as Josuke set the console down near the television in the living room. He glanced up and his eyes met hers for just a moment before she dropped them, warmth spreading across her cheeks.

“Yeah,” he said. “Um, could you guys get it set up? I’ll grab the chips and things.”

Ayana stared at her textbook, eyes wide, as she reread the same line over and over again, not taking in a word of it. She glanced up briefly at Josuke as he walked in and offered her a hesitant smile before rummaging around in the cupboards.

“Do you guys want some lemonade?” she asked before she even realized she was speaking. Ayana hopped up and took the pitcher out of the refrigerator and set several glasses out on the counter. “We made it fresh this morning.

“Yeah, that would be great, thanks!”

She smiled and hummed in response, pouring the drinks. When she turned around, Josuke was standing right next to her, so close that she had to tilt her head up to look him in the eye.

“Hey, Ayana, I was wondering, would you like to...” he began, voice faltering as a blush crept across his face.

Ayana tilted her head in silence, heart hammering against her ribs as she wondered if he was going to ask her whatever the phone conversation was about.

“Like to... Do you like ice cream?” Josuke let out a frustrated sigh, glancing away in embarrassment.

“Do I like ice cream?” she repeated, brows pulling together in confusion.

“Yeah, I mean, some people like it and some people don’t, and I was just wondering what your opinion on it was.” He crossed his arms, chip bags crinkling against his jacket as his face burned. “Just... out of curiosity.”

A smile tugged at her lips. “I do like ice cream, Josuke. Very much, in fact.” She paused, taking in a breath. “Do you like ice cream?”

He nodded, still keeping his gaze focused on nothing on the wall.

“Would you like to get some ice cream sometime?”

Josuke finally looked back at her, eyes wide and cheeks bright red.

“I would like that a lot!”

#ask #onceuponabookwyrm #sarah's writing things #aaaaa i really hope you like this!!!#it's been a very long time since i watched diu so i hope it works!!#i absolutely adore all your hcs with this ship tho and i tried to make it as cute as you write them!!#josuyana

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ohmykazuha · 3 years

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mutual appreciation gallery ~

oh no. oh no here comes the big wave of love no you cannot escape from it aaaaaaaaaah oh noooooo

under the cut bcos it's pretty long. hella love u all lots <3 there are def much more than this but these are the people who i interact with more often!!! this will be updated later :")

@bookuya BOO!!! the first person i ever interacted with on this acc!!! i love u i love u i love u! your req was what helped me jump start this blog! your support has meant the absolute most to me. ily, mwah <3 you're the best!!! i'm so happy i interacted with you, you're hella sweet!!! ~~ i love u so so so much boo! please send more brainrots /hj

@dilucbar HELLO!! i love you so much???? ahhh??? you're literally the sweetest ever, you make my face light up when i see you in my inbox!!! i'm so glad that i pressed that ask button when i first joined, otherwise i wouldn't have the random darwin pics, the cale henituse things, anything! i love you so so so much aeri <3 bigggg mwahs!

@noirkkat HELLO HI HI HI another day-one-er!!! i love u hellllllaaaaa lots!!! i don't think words can fully say how much i appreciate you darling ~~ from your c-words to my c-words, we've talked about so much aaaaa! you make me so so so happy, i love u hella lots ez <3 you're a wonderfully created person, mwah <3

@yua1106 HELLO I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!! you bring me so much joy! i alw see you in my inbox and notifs and it always makes me so happy?? you're like a giant bright ball of sunshine! that always make s my day! love u hella lots yua mwah mwah <3 thank you for supporting me aaaaa <3

@starglitterz HEEEELLLOOOO!!! i love you so so so so so so much! quill you've been an absolute blessing to everyone around you & i love u so much <3 being on the server has been so fun and i can't wait for more! you're super sweet ahh! i love you! all of our convos make me smile so much ~~ mega hugs!!!

@eternism UWAHHH JADE HELLO HI HI I LOVE YOU!! you make me smile so so much! i remember the first time we met (and it was through tumblr tags!), and we were so chill aaaahahah!!! thank you for giving me advice when i needed it TuT you helped me when i was at my lowest, i love uuuuuu. <3 mega mwahs!

@mika-zuko SCREAMS N CRIES i remember you from the neakkoya blog! you were always one of the people who liked my posts!!! i love u so so so much you don't even know :")) you're genuinely so sweet and kind (and good at making me cry), and your writing is *chefs kiss*. MWAHHHH I LOVE U <3

@almondto-fu SARAH SARAH SARAH SARAH SARAH!!! i love u so much omg i can't describe it fully. your presence on here has been so comforting and dear, like a warm teapot on a cold night! i love talking with you so much you have no idea TuT love u so so much i hope you get well soon!!!

@komorebi-e TOKI TOKI I LOVE YOUUUUU <3 you make me smile so much aaaaa. also your theme???? hello???? hella cute (LIKE YOU <33) you're so sweet as well and it always puts a smile on my face when i see you in my inbox! aaaa!!! mega hugs toki!

@abyssheart GENESIS I LOVE U <3 you really mean so so so much to me aaaahh you're so nice?? hello??? and you created such a cool server too!!! i love u hella lots, all the best for your exams :")) thank you for being such a cool moot, it always lights a smile on my face whenever i see you in the inbox and notifs! mega hugs mwah <3

@chichikoi koi where do i even BEGIN. firstly!!!! fluff forever! i love you so so soso so much! i can't believe we connected over mika and veille's angst XD and a 150+ notes post! grrr i love you so much, mega mega mega hugs. please spam my inbox :"D i know there are a few notifs in there that i haven't gotten to yet (sob) i love youuuu!

@i-li LIIIIIII!!! you make me so so happy! thank you for being you ~~ you're genuinely such a sweet person?? i love interacting w you fhjksghjkfdsgjk i'll come into your inbox >:DD love u hella lots, i'm honoured to be one of your moots!!!

@lucult HELLO?? the sweetest being!!! ever!!! i love u so much ela, you're amazing and you're so sweet too! i can't believe i'm a moot with one of the nicest people on here <3 you make me so happy all the time and it always lights my face when you're here!!! mwahhh!!!

@help-wtf-am-i-even-doing TAZ TAZ TAZ TAZ hi ily!!! you make me so happy all the time w h a t and the kaeya brainrot XD you've genuinely got such a nice presence on tumblr and i'm so glad that i'm one of your mutuals <3 mega loves i will come and spam your inbox more and more >:DD

@3rdgymbros HELLOOOOOO ok where to start. you make me so happy??? whenever i see you on my dash??? gah i love u and your fics. TuT they're such masterpieces! they make me so happy as well ~~ you give off such comforting vibes honestly. mega mwahs, ily!!! <3

@heaven-dissolution HI WHERE THE HECK DO I EVEN BEGIN. shuu i love u so much!!!! you're so sweet??? uhm???? aaaaa you make me so happy all the time! i alw smile when i see you in my inbox TuT you're such a fun person to be around as well hjkfshkgfdskh i love u!!!! mega mega mega mega hugs!

@yanbub HELLOOOO!!! we don't interact that much but your presence on tumblr makes me so happy!!! like... it wouldn't be the same without you!! if that makes sense? idk. your messaging aus make me laugh so hard all the time and it always brightens my day :")) love u mega lots mwah!!! <3

@yeetmeoffjueyunkarst HEMLO J i love u <33 sorry for sending that keqing drabble over hehe i love u hella lots!!! you make me smile all the time whenever i see you on my dash <3 i'm so happy i get to interact with you, you're really cool aaaaaa :") mega loves & hugs mwah! <33

@kozmiixs HEY ATLAS!!! we don't interact all that much but i would love to interact more with you!!! you seem like such a cool person and i'm honoured to be moots with ya ~~ love u lots hehe <3

@thaliastea OKAY HELLO??? I LOVE YOU SO MUCH WH A T the fanart you drew was amazing!!! thank you for doing it TuT you're so kind and precious, i love you soooo much! mega hugs my love!

okay that was hella long. i love u all

#jia's moots 🎎#ohmykazuha #jia's thoughts 🍵

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angelicmichael · 3 years

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AHS red tide episode 1 and 2 thots!! Sorry I’m late this time lmfao. Spoilers ofc and kinda long cause I always have a lot to say when it comes to ahs ig 😶

Y’all the beginning alone was so fucking good

It started off creepy right off the bat and ngl.. that has me so relieved bc ahstories wasn’t that creepy/scary at all imo

Watching this season just makes me nervous bc I didn’t rlly like ahstories but.. I’m already impressed hehe

Seeing lily rabe play a mom again tho 🥺👉🏻👈🏻

I hate using this word but Finn Witrocks character is 100% a dilf djdjd no other way to say it 😭

AHHH Sarah Paulson !!!

I know I just write fanfic but dude- the fucking scene where Finn Witrocks character is writing and just staring at a blank document and slamming the delete button- LIKE I FUCKING RELATE TO THAT SM FJDJDJD 😭😭

Loveeee the creepy vibe of the town!! Like the mysterious and creepy side characters and just the town itself is everything. It kinda reminds me the town in riverdale is or even ‘welcome to nightvale’ type of vibe 👁

I just love the creepy town trope idk haha

But lily and Finns characters are so cute together 🥺 like what (or atleast in the first episode.. yikes)

But also.. Evan and Frances’s characters doing karaoke was the cutest shit ever to me !

Idk.. it’s just kinda making me emo seeing a lot of the old actors back in ahs 👉🏻👈🏻 I’m so fucking happy most of the cast is ahs alumni lol (unlike in ahstories 🤐)

This is probably such a unpopular opinion but y’all- I wish Emma roberts was in this season lowkey. And Cody ofc djdjd

Idk why I’m thinking sm of other shit but like.. so many things in this episode reminded me of past ahs seasons??

Like the grocery store reminded me of cult.. Lily’s character craving meat reminded me of murder house..

But also- this reminded me SO MUCH of ‘the shining’.. like the parallels are insane tbh (espically in the second episode!)

The first episode was so good!! I loved it 🥺

I thought ahstories made me nostalgic and miss ahs but holy fuck.. watching actual ahs again truly feels so good lmfao

But y’all.. It didn’t exactly register wtf the black pills would do until I saw him make the meat smoothie 😳 like.. sir STOP

Maybe it’s bc I’ve been watching twilight recently but like- this is reminding me sm of twilight 😭 and I’m honestly not mad at it

LARKKK AAAAA

I rlly hope we see more of her!! I love her sm

I’m 100% writing for her in the future sorry not sorry djdjd

I can’t wait to watch more of this tho!! I absolutely loved the first two episodes- holy shit

I wasn’t expecting to like this season as much as I do tbh.. (just bc of how much ahstories kinda.. disappointed me tbh djdjd) but I’m so glad I chose to watch it

Literaly can’t wait to see more of this next week !

#delete later #ahs #ahs red tide #American horror story #sorry for the ahstories slander 😭#I’m just still so surprised how good this season is so far tho #imo haha #ahs double feature

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krolock-in-the-snowlock · 4 years

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My Full Commentary on Broadway’s Dance of the Vampires

Turns out there’s so much that this is going to have to be split into two posts! These are my full, unedited, out-of-context ramblings as I watched the production, so prepare for it to be all over the place and chaotic! I also did a slightly shorter review of sorts here!

But here we go... Act 1!

• Huh. This is not Alfred in the snow

• Why are there three children in the forest

• This song is boring. To be fair their voices are nice but I’m still bored. This feels like Disney ugh

• God these jokes are awful and I can’t tell if they’re funny or not

• Whyyyyy is there a jokes every 5 seconds and WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN THE FOREST

• Oh my god why are they getting high on mushrooms

• wAIT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE SARAH HOLY SHIT

• WHY IS SHE WITH PEOPLE ARE THEY HER SIBLINGS

• WHY IS SHE OUTSIDE

• I feel like they’re foreshadowing Krolock’s arrival

• I want to get this over with already and see Krolock but I don’t want to see Crawford butcher his poor character

• What is going on why are they dancing, is this Carpe Noctem already

• Why are they just carrying them around

• The lights are nice but that’s about as far as I can compliment this

• The dancers (I’m guessing vampires even though I swear I heard a wolf howl) look like they just got off of Cats and either think they’re still in Cats but just wandered onto the wrong stage or just never recovered from being cats for so long and can tragically no longer move like normal humans (or vampires, whatever)

• The rock music is pretty cool I’ll give them that

• But I still don’t see where they’re going with this

• OH SHIT

• WHY DID A COFFIN LITERALLY RISE OUT OF THE GROUND

• IT’S GONNA BE KROLOCK ISN’T IT

• WHYYY

• God has left the building what the fuc-

• It sounds like he’s about to start a really sad rave

• Is that Krolock’s voice oh god please no

• Also THEY ARE NOT IN A BUILDING THEY ARE IN A FOREST

• I get that Krolock breaks the fourth wall in Die Unstillbare Gier but that is no excuse for this aAaAa

• I’m both scared and morbidly excited to unpause the video

• This feels on the same level of what kind of acid trip hallucination parallel universe have I landed in as seeing the Cats film in the cinema in that I’m both scaredly laughing and like fuck it what have I got to lose I’m here for the ride no matter what the next two hours may throw at me

• Oh god here I go

• Why are they applauding this is horrifying

• Is that a bloody top hat jesus christ

• Also I’m sorry but what kind of coffin is that big

• NO

• NONONONO

• I CAN’T THIS IS HORRIBLE

• COUNT GIOVANNI

• WHAT IS THAT VOICE

• Sarah sounded like Giofuckingvanni impersonating Sarah

• Did he just say you are a person

• And how old are you??? Where is the mystery?? Why does he sound like an old grandpa talking to the girl behind the checkout at the supermarket

• Ok I went back to check and no he said you are perfect and tbh that’s not much better she isn’t a product Giovanni

• Like yeah Krolock would probably be thinking that but he would never say it so plainly

• 18 in three days oh my god is her birthday on halloween

• Why does she talk like a 6 year old

• Oh no I’m sorry not just halloween but the total eclipse of the moon

• Gotta get the phrase total eclipse in there early

• At midnight huh sarah??? You were born at midnight???? And you care about that at 18-in-3-days??

• Issa too good excUSE ME?

• He sounds like a looney tunes character

• Is he talking to the audience

• Is this actually deadpool in disguise with all the fourth wall breaking because please that would be so much better than this trainwreck

• And Deadpool would never do this to poor TdV

• And your name, no don’t tell me… Sarah he’s not a cheap magician ugh (or tbh maybe Giovanni is)

• And now the einladung zum ball/tanzsaal music is playing… what is going to happen here

• I was gonna say finally something familiar but nope these lyrics are so wrong

• I know they can’t be exactly the same but they could have at least kept the meaning similar

• Like, what the hell is an original sin

• I was gonna roast the lyrics some more but I’m gonna be honest I’m not sure what he’s saying

• Endless researching? Ambronsius who? Awful word choice and I’m hating the repeated original sin thing he’s got going on

• Sei bereit????? So they’re keeping the German there???? Why??? Be prepared is the same number of syllables???

• Also what are they doing?? Merging einladung zum ball with gott ist tot or totale finsternis or what??

• Oh they said turn around… so not the literal translation, just the Bonnie Tyler lyrics, huh? That doesn’t even make sense. He’s in front of her already

• I’m sorry, since she’s been born??

• I’m mad that his voice is good because he could have performed in a faithful adaption and been a great Krolock but no he had to ruin everything and now we won’t get a good english version thanks michael

• It’s time to feed? Really?

• Oh so we are doing totale finsternis already

• We’re barely 11 minutes in and they’ve already used up two of the best songs in the musical?

• Also if Sarah and Krolock meet so early on, what’s gonna take up the first act? What’s gonna take the place of totale finsternis at act 2?

• The use of total eclipse of the heart definitely feels like an intentional joke here rather than just jim recycling his old stuff, and honestly it kind of works like that (though that’s only because this whole thing so far seems like one big parody)

• But if they don’t do the harmonies I’m gonna be so mad

• Or maybe I should just consider it a blessing tbh

• Nobody could ever beat drew and diana

• You’re so cool just because that’s what I think when I see Krolock that doesn’t mean that fits Sarah’s personality or what Krolock is supposed to be achieving (also Giovanni is most certainly Not Cool)

• Where I’ve paused it at 12:12 it looks like a meme. Crawford looks like he regrets everything and can I just say michael so does everybody else

• He looks like a potato or a rock or that neutral nicolas cage face that people put on the sequin cushion

• I hate that I kind of laughed at ‘and does he love me?’ ‘…Sarah.’

• She looks like a barbie doll

• Is he biting her already??

• Oh was he licking her neck?

• Why… don’t you celebrate… your birthday… at my castle? Oh my god

• This sounds like a poorly written krolock/reader wattpad fanfic

• Which is actually quite accurate

• He will return with the tails??

• He can’t gift her the sponge if the significance of the sponge hasn’t already been establisheddd

• It feel like lol aren’t i so random rawr xd

• Though giovanni would highkey be like that on myspace

• Also just saying, the sponge krolock gives to her in tdv is much more impressive than that normal sized sponge, up ur game giovanni

• And that’s just it????? He says ciao bella like a creepy mario then sinks into the ground again???

• How dare they use those nice choral harmonies for that scene

• Ah, 14:17 and I should go to bed but I sure don’t look forward to the garlic that I hear coming up

Day 2: Garlic

• And we’re back for round 2!

• So far garlic seems to have a similar vibe to the original, probably because the original was pretty dumb

• Yeah pretty much the same as the original

• But if there’s no frozen alfred and professor yet, what’s even going on?

• And that’s over

• Oh so they’re just gonna arrive like that, no drama or anything?

• Ew why does alfred sound like that? He might as well be gaston

• Oh so they’re mentioning Krolock by name??? When they’re supposed to be pretending he doesn’t exist?

• Oh so that was a mistake by an idiot, I see. Was this in the original?

• The whole smelling like feet thing is kind of funny, I hate to admit it. It’s just a shame it doesn’t fit Alfred’s character

• All in all, ignoring the fact that alfred is all wrong and not frozen, this scene is going pretty well. The jokes are quite good

• Huh who is this supposed to be??

• Oh my gOD IT’S GIOVANNI

• AND HIS STUPID ISSA TOO GOOD

• I really hate that I kind of enjoyed that reveal on some level

• But why????

• Where is koukol

• That silk is not going to be enough for sarah’s ballgown, I hate to break it to you Giovanni

• All of these modern phrases like I leave the door open and put it on my tab just don’t fit

• At this point I’ve decided to stop trying to take Giovanni seriouslg. This is a parody in my eyes

• Ah we’re at logic round 1 huh?

• It’s a shame the only bits so far that they’ve kept fairly accurate are the parts I never liked as much

• Oh my god is giovanni visiting the house as a bat???

• I’m not entirely certain who this other guy is… chagal?

• Frickin idiots really giovanni?

• Oh so koukol doesn’t even exist???

• Is his name morris??

• This is weird

• Ah finally sarah is in the bath

• But it’s in her room???

• Did she call alfred tasty?? You’re not a vampire yet sarah

• They’re both way too outgoing and confident ugh it’s wrong

• Where’s all the cute awkward clumsiness and interactions?

• Ok so alfred’s diary stuff is funny but it’s not alfred. Like, he was probably thinking some of this stuff but he wouldn’t say it, especially not like that

• Well chagal is less sexist and abusive here which is nice but ultimately removes sarah’s motivations

• A blood transfusion??

�� I don’t even know what to say, these jokes are kinda gross

• Orange and black crepe paper? A pumpkin?? The prophecy thing? This is just stupid

• The pumpkin probably would scare giovanni away though

Sarah and Alfred’s duet doesn’t work when they’re both in THE SAME ROOM

• This is boring ugh they just met but not even in the way they did originally

• Where’s krolock to invite her to the ball? Oh wait, they already met, and it’s giovanni

• Dammit I love the einladung zum ball scene

• Did they even check blood types?? Oh wait it’s 18whatever supposedly

• Ew they’re supposed to bond over sponges not journals

• Oh here’s chagal’s gross song. Marginally less gross in this context to be fair but still

• Ha no one will abuse you except for you huh chagal

• Oh bye I guess chagal

• NO THAT BAT IS AWFUL OH MY GOD

• WHY DID THEY DO THIS

• GIOVANNI NO

• WHAT IS HE SINGING

• This is horrible

• Where’s the drama, the impressive teleportation, the cape swishing, the mystery, the music?

• Issa me! He might have just as well gone and said Itsa me, Mario!

• This is a crime

• He genuinely thinks she’s a princess nOOOOOO

• Krolock would never

• But I guess giovanni is just Like That

• Krolock wouldn’t complain about the smell, he would pull a face but that would be it

• The joke about the mirrors..? Is giovanni really that stupid or is he self aware and is joking with the audience?

• And the way he just stands there facing the audience in silence as they laugh… he’s got to be self aware

• Also this whole thing is so stupid in its attempts to be funny that I bet we won’t even get die unstillbare gier because giovanni could never pull off anything so genuine or serious (nor could any of the others though)

• Oh god are they semi doing einladung zum ball with the never enough stuff? But it’s not even dramatic or powerful enough ughhh

• Nooooo they made it sound all sappy and romantic when it’s supposed to be dark and commanding and… I don’t even have the words to describe it but no this is awful

• Also the lyrics feel so much more shallow than the original… and the original was so full of what was probably too many syllables that this just feels empty and drawn out

• Oh I’ve got it! Giovanni is like trying to convince her kindly like, oh sarah, that would never be enough for you, darling whereas krolock is stating a powerful fact, he’s like that would never be enough. Krolock knows that she knows and is just kind of showing her that he understands her and she should join him.

• Also michael if you sing the long note at the end, it needs to be meaningful, powerful, entrancing, inviting, exciting, dark, strong. You can’t just do a weedy weak version with no power and no meaning or purpose to the scene

• Why is mars rising

• Oh is it supposed to be a blood moon I bet it is

• This is new…

• The lyrics are all hey sarah, you can do whatever cool stuff you want, the dark side is fun haha

• There’s no story, no appeal to her character development or deeper motivations

• The staging is boring. They’re just stood there. Like two pigeons aimlessly squawking at each other, only one pigeon has decided it won’t shut up

• Giovanni’s makeup and hair are all wrong too

• Dear god only 45 minutes in

• Oh so chagal is frozen and bitten at the very least

• Oh magda and mrs chagal are both singing

• The harmonies are nice, I’ll give them that

• Ah here he goes

• Ew why is he a dog

• Oh mrs krolock is back

• Ooh manipulative he lies

• Ew alfred no kissing without asking first

• And here’s draussen ist freiheit

• Oh but it’s not about freedom, it’s bravery instead

• Why has it got a a dance beat now

• Oh no giovanni’s voice is ruining everything again

• Every time I think the music is actually alright, giovanni’s weaselly voice ruins everything

• Ah finally the end of act 1, though lesss cool when not on a house

• At only 1 hour and 4 minutes, we’ve done it. Halfway through. This is where things should start getting good but of course that probably won’t happen.

• Wait we didn’t even get gott ist tot

• Oh no here it is

• Sounds like they’re keeping it the same

• Ok michael you’re not doing too badly

• *cough* But hey that’s probably because you’re sticking to the source material *cough*

• Ah ok now it’s the end of act 1 at 1 hour, 6 minutes and 30 seconds.

• And what an hour, 6 minutes and 30 seconds they’ve been

• So, before we move on, a quick summary:

• The better parts are the parts where they actually stick to the source material

• Giovanni is the polar opposite of Krolock and therefore cannot even be called Krolock

• The jokes are awful but sometimes funny

• I’m dreading act 2

• Dear god we haven’t even seen herbert yet

• And if sarah is already at the castle, is totale finsternis even going to happen again?

• I guess we’ll find out whether we want to or not in…

Part 2!

#tanz der vampire #dance of the vampires #I am so sorry #this is such a mess

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es-kay-zee · 3 years

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mmm okay idk why but rara keeps coming to mind. wdyt about that though? 😣👉🏻👈🏻

*whispering* i’ve always liked being called bub. aaa shy.

-🧷

Alright, i absolutely love rara and there’s a special reason why. let me explain:

when i was very young, like while i was in kindergarten, there was a lady who used to look after me during the day (when i wasn’t at kindy). Her name was also Sarah. when i was that age, i wasn’t capable of properly pronouncing Sarah so i called myself ‘weewa’ and i called this lady ‘rara’. so like, i was little weewa and she was big rara. and now i’m older so that means i get to be big rara and i’m just... aaaaa rara is so cute!!

and you don’t have to be shy here, bub. this is a judgement free space :)

#🧷 anon #ily anon

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expression-in-its-essence · 5 years

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The Goldfinch movie.

7 min 26 secs in : Why the fuck did they start the movie like that. Why didn't the explosion take place? Theo's mom's apartment? His anxiety? Also.. why do they keep cutting the scenes abruptly? They ain't tweets... No limit.. then??

8 min 2 sec in : Okay they went to the apartment. Audrey's sweater deserved more screen time. The lipstain on the mug in focus *chef's kiss* poetic cinema!

9 min 19 sec in : Do you see what I see? Tom Cable's face has a stark resemblance to Boris's face. Did Theo have a crush on him?

9 min 54 sec in : Mr Barbour's hand is shaking. I like that they put it in there. He was sick. Nice. (I'd imagined Audrey's apartment building entrance like they showed the Barbour's apartment building entrance. Wild.)

11 min 8 sec in : Don't shove it into his face that y'all are fancy okay? He's not used to that life style. He didn't have maids making his bed. ARE YOU GIVING HIM DRUGS, MRS BARBOUR? But you just glared at your husband for offering him the same sort of thing?? Oh God. Poor child. "it's perfectly understandable" my ass. You gave him meds just because your sleep was getting affected.

14 min 39 sec : Woah woah woah Theo wtf you're so smol how'd you do that? Also... Again. The frame of Theo and Tom standing close and Theo and Boris standing close when they kissed, Theo is wearing the same damn sweater.

16 min 58 sec in : Ayyyy Jeffery Wright!

20 min 33 sec in : "He drank a lot", Theo about his dad. Honey just wait up, you will too. (The grilled sandwich and the cute lil smile 😍 also this is the first time since the movie started that Oakes' voice isn't deep.)

23 min 54 sec in : Wizard of Oz poster, I see you!

24 min 19 sec in : I love how Oakes is expressing being caught off guard. Theo knows he did something bad and every time he's dealing with something he didn't expect to deal with, he's like OMG THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PAINTING AND IM FUCKED even if no one knows.

25 min 1 sec in : The glasses made a difference. He went from mature to cute. Angry bird to angry birb.

25 min 44 sec in : Another sweater? Or was this THE sweater of Audrey? (Off topic but Oakes is hella cute. I could murder anyone who hurts him.)

29 min 9 sec in : Pippa doesn't remember or doesn't wanna remember? There was something in her eyes that was hard to read. Also, why doesn't anyone say 'I'm sorry about your mom' to Theo? Do Americans not care? It's weird to see no response when he tells people that Audrey is dead.

31 min 17 sec in : "The Goldfinch, destroyed"? Then why is Theo upset. Good riddance. Oh yeah. I know why. It's Donna Tartt we're talking about.

32 min 39 sec in : Hobie just casually predicting the future. "It's only fake if you pass it on as an original". Theo's like, "noted, gonna do exactly that".

34 min 16 sec in : Why does Theo write like a five year old child? That's toddler handwriting! And omg all the Andy-prom-dress memes are making sense now. (Also did I mention that Mrs Barbour seems more selfish in the film than she does in the book. Like hey I'm putting up with this kid because he helps my kid. He's serving a purpose for me. What the hell.) (How old is Andy anyway? He looks younger than Theo. I think he's different. Didn't grow up like other kids. That was mentioned in the book right?)

35 min 20 sec in : Ayyy Hobie's earring!

35 min 49 sec in : He shopped for himself? Nice! Didn't know kids could shop without adult supervision in the West. (Because they can't in the East.)

35 min 50 sec in : Ayyyy Sarah Paulson! Damn she's hot. How can you dislike her? *heart eyes*

37 min 30 sec in : I can't bring myself to hate Luke Wilson since Skeleton Twins but SHUT THE FUCK UP LARRY! AUDREY DESERVED BETTER. Look at how Larry and Xandra are looking at the place like they're vultures.

39 min 34 sec : They got the airport scene right. STOP GIVING HIM DRUGS WTH IS WRONG WITH THE ADULTS IN THIS MOVIE!

41 min 12 sec in : Ayyy Popper!!!!!

43 min 27 sec in : It just dawned on Theo that he's alone. Oh god. My poor baby.

45 min 12 sec in : Let me take this moment to say that Ashleigh Cummings is pretty. And I finally get why y'all were pissed at the non linear storyline and the weird voiceovers. Guess I'd been prepared for that so it didn't really suck that much.

49 min 30 sec in : I'd imagined Boreo reunion like the Platt Theo reunion. In the day. Dang it. Also... Adult Platt Barbour was not supposed to be good looking? In the book?

55 min 34 sec in : Without context, none of it could make sense. Apologies to whoever didn't read the book beforehand. Crowley fucked this up.

58 min in : Ayyyy Finn Wolfhard! BORIS IS HERE AND IM SO EXCITED IDK WHY

1 hour in : It's such a Boris thing to leave the bag unzipped.

1 hour 3 min 20 sec in : Slumdog Millionaire's Jai Ho (2008) is playing in the background. The only song that I've recognized so far. Wow. Lets me know about the time setting. Nice.

1 hr 3 min in : Someone gif " That cost twenty dollars!" *Stare* "That would have cost twenty dollars!"

1 hr 8 min in : So Boris's room is exactly like I had imagined but Theo's room isn't. Boris just mentioned Kotku though.

1 hr 9 min 14 sec in : Isn't it hella hot in Vegas? Why are they wearing sweaters? Or does drug intake make you more vulnerable to the environment?

1 hr 10 min 15 sec in : Xandra Theo argument : gold. "Cocktail sausages that you like." I wanna laugh in Crowley's face. What was he thinking?? Omg I'm dying.

1 hr 11 min 17 sec in : The slap sound didn't work??

1 hr 13 min 53 sec in : I like serious Boris better.

1 hr 14 min in : The slum house Audrey dream thing was not in the book. That's an entirely new addition.

1 hr 18 min 26 sec in : The Welty Theo scene is awesome. The sound effects work. I feel suffocated. The ambulance noise fiasco is also nicely pulled off. (also Theo's Yellow bag was dirty af then how did it get all clean when he didn't even do anything to it?)

1 hr 20 min 57 sec in : Shhhh Potter.

1 hr 22 min in : Holy shit he got slapped twice!! Ouch! And Larry's audacity to tell Theo to stop with the crying?? Good thing he died. Asshole.

1 hr 25 min in : "You don't tell me a lot of things but that's okay". I see what you did there, Boris. Which was of course, I love you.

1 hr 26 min in : "Act normal" - Theo knows his way around drugs pretty well, doesn't he?

1 hr 30 min in : "No family No friends" line punched me in the face. (Also awww popchik's excuse was the last resort for Boris to make Theo stay.)

1 hr 31 min 17 sec in : That pause after "What do you have to tell me?". You can clearly see Boris struggling to hold something back. Which was of course, I love you.

1 hr 31 min 34 sec in : What the fuck is that music? Oh heyyyyyy they kissed!-- he fucking runs away?? Also what kind of a kangaroo runs like that? (Yes, the taxi driver watched. I don't have to wonder anymore.) (They didn't address why he took the bus instead of flying?)

1 hr 33 min in : I didn't imagine Welty's room like that at all. Also why doesn't Hobie seem happy to see Theo again?

1 hr 35 min in : Longer stretches of one storyline are kinda bearable. From drugs in storage unit to waking up beside Kitsey. We got Vegas and Young Theo. Nice. (Also, who the heck puts jewelry in shoes? Is Theo that dumb? And now I can't think of anything else than Boris piercing his ear for the emerald earring. Tumblr has fucked it up bad.)

1 hr 43 min in : They nailed the Kitsey Theo confrontation.

1 hr 44 min in : Ayyy Ozma of Oz!

1 hr 48 min in : I noticed it before but I wasn't sure... Now I am. Pippa has Welty's ring. On her finger. At all times. (also, is NYC always that noisy? Must suck to walk on the roads.)

1 hr 52 min 23 sec in : They nailed the Theo Pippa date. What's that song playing in the background? I want the name. It's almost like two hours and I still haven't seen Aneurin Barnard once. Why! (Jerome's mentioned in the movie btw.)

1 hr 52 min 51 sec in : Complained too soon. Boris is sat in the dark doing god knows what. My man Aneurin is here!

1 hr 53 min 37 sec in : BOREO REUNIONNNNNN - no don't look at me like that I only watched it thrice.

1 hr 56 min in : Boris saying "it's someone else" with a knowing look and Theo looking at him. The frickin yearning.

1 hr 57 min in : Boris is like you're unhappy, I'm here, we're both rich, let's f*ck. "We could"... What are you suggesting dude he's repressed!

1 hr 58 min in : "you unwrapped it and showed it to me." So many meanings. The heart, the love the soul... Wow. Good for you, screen play writers! ( It's kinda hilarious how Boris got mad at Theo for never quote unquote fucking opening it.)

2 hr 1 min in : I'm calling it. They're going to fuck up the Theo Hobie confrontation. They put it on the wrong time. And they also fucked up the text from the book.

2 hr 5 min 48 sec in : Even Platt is saving his sister's face. Also where did Todd go? Did he never grow up? I wish Mrs Barbour didn't use Theo like she did.

2 hr 7 min in : The frame where Boris is between Kitsey and Theo. Chef's kiss.

2 hr 10 min 54 sec in : *intense music playing* Boris put his leg up on the table and I burst into laughter THOSE ARE THE FAMOUS FUCK ME PUMPS.

2 hr 11 min in : AAAAA THE FOREHEAD TOUCH AAAAAAA (Theo just knows without looking that Boris is close enough to touch? Theo are you sure you don't feel feelings for him?)

2 hr 12 min in : Theo is so worried that I'm not sure if it's for Boris or for losing the painting again. Omg he just murdered a man. Oh god.

2 hr 14 min in : Theo is spiralling. In the movie they imply that Hobie played a part in him attempting suicide. So wrong. Poor Hobie. In the book that wasn't the case.

2 hr 15 min in : The transition of the Goldfinch into Audrey, wow. Also, is it the first time we're seeing her? The movie started so long ago that I've forgotten if I saw Theo and Audrey in the museum. Boris following right after Audrey? That's a subliminal message. Boris is here to rescue y'all.

2 hr 16 min in : No shit Boris is freaking out right now.

2 hr 17 min in : The diner scene. They're both crying. "Happy Christmas, Potter" - which was of course, I love you.

2 hr 18 min in : No don't you dare compare Audrey and Mrs Barbour. Audrey would never drug her child or use him for her benefit.

2 hr 20 min in : Poor kid bumps into his mom lol. I found it funny.

On the whole

The movie was nice if you'd read the book beforehand. The first hour was steak, The second hour was Korean BBQ and the rest of the twenty minutes were minced beef. If you get what I mean. Weird analogy. It could have been much better. But it was really very nice in some places. Most places I'd say.

I didn't like how the pop songs ruined the mood of certain moments. I didn't like how you couldn't hear the conversation over the music playing. For example in the engagement party when Platt and Theo talked. Or in the diner scene.

Both Borises killed the accent thing. They tried their best. Cut them some slack.

Oakes deserves an Oscar for holding up this movie on his smol shoulders. I was shook at how a kid could act that well.

Popchik deserved more screen time. I'm still pissed they didn't add the Popchik Boris reunion. But then they couldn't make it chronological, what were we supposed to expect anyway.

Ansel Elgort y'all. Theo sure improved his handwriting lol. Ansel's writing is nice. He was actually good in this movie. Better than he was in The Fault In Our Stars. The internet is just mean. The critics too. I will never understand the hate.

All in all, it could have been a better adaptation but it didn't suck as bad as everyone made it out to be. John Clownery should be punished nonetheless. Special shout-out to Roger Deakins for making it work.

#donna tartt #theo decker #boris pavlikovsky #finn wolfhard #oakes fegley #ansel elgort #aneurin barnard #the goldfinch #boreo

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seekingthestars · 4 years

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sarah watches the untamed: liveblogging adventures, part thirty two fatal journey

(aka: tiny baby huaisang is adorable! but also ouchie)

well hi! it’s been a hot minute since we’ve found ourselves here, huh? let’s see if i remember how to liveblog ^^;;;;; but i’ve got The Buns and special movie snack (kettle corn, v delicious) so we are READY TO GOOOO gimmie all the tiny Huaisang!!!!!

i’m actually really excited about this but also somehow nervous HAHAHA i’ve been good and avoided spoilers so idk what to expect :O

this intro sequence is neat, all the cave drawings or whatnot

oh these two people are gonna die aren’t they

DUMB MOVE, BOYS

the swords are all so pretty though

okay the sudden cut and the black eyes and the weird mumble definitely made me jump for realsies fjeiwaofaw

oh yuckie, severed limbs

i was right, they’re gone

Mingjue!!!

oh hey zzj!

HUAISANG!!!! his art piece is so prettyyyy *o* also the way he jumps up and winds his sleeves around his arms and pretends to be training omg i love him fewaoijfawe XD

NOOOO his painting got messed up ;AAAA;

the way he just said “da-ge???” is SO CUTE

Y’ALL, HE CUTE

omg huaisang did you lose your sword lol (also side note, his robes/outfit are so pretty i love it)

mingjue broke his paint brush :(((

“i just have a very ominous hunch” ME TOO HUAISANG

huaisang’s little travel vest/robe thing!!! cute!!!!! i like his clothes so much. i love how he’s the only one who wears these brighter cream colors in a sea of medium-to-dark grays ahhhh

guangyao smirk OMINOUS HUNCH BECOMES STRONGER

OH SHOOT WHAT WAS THAT

huaisang slowly reaching over and taking the sword from zonghui fejwaoif i love him

mingjue!!!! :OO

omg the flute, oh no, have bad feeling just bc guangyao

oh dang mingue!!

hate the creepy vine, reminds me too much of snakes, i have had way too much of snakes today and they terrify me ;n;

i just noticed huaisang grabbed a new brush to carry with him :’)

“watch out for the walls” would normally sound silly but it’s such an ominous thing to say in this context fjeiwoa

HUAISANG YOU SMART COOKIE! :D <333

also “It’s just that everyone has different things they’re good at.” i like zonghui, i hope he doesn’t die or turn out to be evil

things are not going great in mingjue’s tomb uh oh uh ohhhh

oh no one of the nie clan guys got killed trying to hold the door up for huaisang oh no huaisang’s face ;AAAAA;

oh dang argument between brothers is intense ;;;;;;;

also mingjue seeing his clan members as puppets for a sec got me Worried

OH SHIT HUAISANG

“Da-ge, it’s all my fault. I got you into trouble.” “It’s okay. When I’m here, there won’t be any problem.” ;AAAAAAAAAAA; that line’s gonna mess me up more later, i can feel it

MINGJUEEEE ;AAA;

omg tiny nie bros!!!!!!!!!

tiny huaisang is so cute omg

“Huaisang, as long as I’m alive, no matter what you wish to do, I will protect you.” YUP CRYIN’

huaisang just leaping off the edge of that cliff with no hesitation ;AAAA; drowns in nie bros feelings

mingjue where are you ;;

huaisang leaned back against the wall and the wall moved and i jumped and covered my face with my hands, somehow i feel like i should have seen that coming and yet I DIDN’T

brothers ;~~~~~~~~~~;

huaisang is such a SMART COOKIE

okay them hitting the diagram and the yin/yang symbol showing up and them being in the light/dark clothes to match UGH I LOVE IT, THANK YOU FATAL JOURNEY

i am mild to moderately worried about the fates of all these other clan members right now, i know they said they wouldn’t let anyone else die BUT i am in fact more Worried bc they said that

WAS RIGHT TO BE WORRIED

UH OH ZONGHUI D:

this cannot end well

fight sequence is v cool though

good boy huaisang woke up in time to play the music except it’s tainted and he doesn’t know it and oh god then the gold sparkles turned red and i just had to pause this entirely, i don’t like i don’t like, i don’t want zonghui to die like this :(

ouchie this hurts i’m sad :((((((((((((((((((

huaisang lying to mingjue about how they died ;;;;;; and look i know he was a side character and had like six lines but i liked zonghui i’m SAD :(

okay boop there is a bunch of text and it didn’t get translations so we put that through a translator and though said translation is ROUGH as all get out, from what i can tell we’re time skipping ahead to after mingjue dies

HUAISANG T_____T

huaisang sitting alone and clinging to the books/brush and crying just makes my heart hurt so much ;;;;

LIL DUCK PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER

OHHHHH GUANGYAO HE IS FREAKING COMING FOR YOU

for how much they used zzj in promotions for this movie, i thought he’d be in more than like five minutes of it lol but also he kinda was bc his dang nefarious ways done ruiNED EVERYTHING

Guangyao misplaying the Song of Clarity was already bad enough, but knowing he taught it to Huaisang and used HUAISANG to play it and help cause Mingjue’s downfall.......his real-life true brother....oh that HURTS SO MUCH :( meng yao of the EVIL EVIL EVIL DIMPLES :((((((

but i liked it so much!! gives ALL the nie brothers feels, pokes more insight into what drove Huaisang to set his plot in motion, also getting to see more of Huaisang being the SMARTEST COOKIE which i love love love

THIS WAS A GOOD (if moderately painful) TIME

#sarah watches the untamed #sarah watches #it's been a while since liveblog time!#look guys i finally did fatal journey :'D thank you viki finally!#huaisang is a smart cookie #also i love him #also he looks sO YOUNG in this movie and i'm convinced it's at least partially bc of his hair and how it's not piled up in braids

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OKAY I FINISHED READING IT AND- I AM!!!! THAT was so wonderful and cute, and SO FUNNy fuck, i couldn't stop laughing,, thank you for blessing my day today,,, I AM so EMOTIONAL now AAAAA 😭💕 thank you for the sarah tone in...

AHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH ILY 😭💕

#IM GLAD U LIKED IT..

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You've probably said this before but what's your favorite aspect of the TOG series? I've only read like ten pages of the first book lol

aaaaa thank u for asking!! this sort of leads into something i’ve been meaning to talk about for a while so i hope you’re prepared for An Essay No One Wanted By Me. anyway this is a two-part answer, read below:

1. Aelin. Celaena. The main bitch, whatever you wanna call her lol. Without her I probably wouldn’t have cared about the series at all and wouldn’t currently be trapped in ToG tumblr hell reluctantly stanning a racist and homophobic series, but unfortunately when I was like twelve years old or whatever and read the first book I literally imprinted on Celaena like a baby duckling. To the extent that she became, like, the default avatar for all my maladaptive daydreaming and If I Don’t Project On Her At All Times I Will Die. It’s not like she’s the only thing I like about the series (I loooove a lot of the other characters, especially the gals, and the writing can be really great and engaging and cinematic) but Aelin has always been the supermassive black hole at the center of it all for me. I wouldn’t know how to even begin untangling her character from my psyche at this point. It’s honestly a little disturbing. Anyway.

2. Part two is a quality of the series that I feel was unprecedented in its strength in the first five books of the series (ToG-QoS plus the prequel novellas) and really really disappointingly weak in the last two books (EoS-KoA). Like I said above, Aelin has always been my main interest in tog so I read and enjoyed the last two anyway, but I definitely felt the loss of this - “this” being the detail and attention paid to all different types of relationships between characters, and how rich and unpredictable those relationships were as a result.

That sounds like kind of a broad, vague thing, but what I mean is that (in my opinion) rarely are romances and friendships and rivalries explored with such nuance, complexity, drama, and realism in most YA as they are in ToG. I remember reading Cassandra Clare’s books (lmao.) as a pre teen and loving those as well, but totally being able to predict who was going to end up with who, and finding the character dynamics to be pretty cut and dry.

In ToG that’s not the case at all. Like, you’ve got Celaena and Sam, a really complex example of enemies to lovers to….. Tragically Dead Boyfriend Whose Demise Fuels My Guilt and Self-Hatred For Seven More Books, Lysandra and Aelin, two girls pitted against each other by their abuser who team up a year later to unlearn their internalized misogyny and kill him, and Aelin and Chaol, who… how do I even describe the ups and downs (and downs. and more downs) of their relationship.

And that’s just three pairs! Pull the names of two characters out of a hat and I can almost guarantee essays worth of material could be written about them. Arobynn and Aelin? Aelin and Nehemia? Chaol and Dorian, as much as I hate both of them and feel that their relationship as been widely mischaracterized? All fascinating!!! No two people in those first few books are just friends, or just lovers, or just enemies. It’s always more complex, there’s always a history or tension or competing agendas or viewpoints that Fuck Shit Up.

And benefit of that is twofold: one, everything that happens between the characters just…. lands so well. The betrayals and triumphs and losses and victories of The Assassin’s Blade and Crown of Midnight and Queen of Shadows (especially TAB) are fucking heart-stopping. It’s great character-driven entertainment!! Gripping and engaging and vivid to the point of being painful.

And two, there’s no way to predict where a relationship is going to go. Aelin and Lysandra teaming up in QoS instead of returning to their rivalry? Who would have thought! Ansel and Celaena’s summer fling (they were in love. fight me.) ending like That? Holy fuck. Nesryn and Chaol breaking up in ToD? Oh shit! I fell for it again! Rowan and Aelin ending up together after everyone swore they were brotp in HoF? Hell yeah! Chaolaena seeming like endgame and then ending forever, with Chaol and Aelin realizing that the rift between them that began in CoM was something that would never sufficiently heal? Unprecedented. Fucking badass for a YA book to curve everyone like that. Tween me was shook out of her mind.

(Important to note, though, that the downside of this style was that SJM couldn’t tell where ~unpredictable relationships and characters~ ended and fridging began, and as a result, not one but two woc were killed off to make white characters sad and it sucked beyond belief).

Aaaaaand then QoS, the peak of literature, turned into EoS, and SJM just… gave up on all of that. I remember the first time Dorian and Manon met, and I was like oh, okay. So they’re going to end up together. And I was right. I remember that on this site, before EoS came out, before Lorcan and Elide ever fucking MET, people predicted the existence of Elorcan!! And they were right!! Like how fucking boring? Everyone is just paired off into completely predictable heterosexual ships and those are now the only relationships we get to read about (with a few exceptions, like Aelin/Aedion, Aelin/Fenrys, etc.).

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: my least favorite thing about Manorian is not that I find the relationship to be shitty (although I do, I really do). It’s that Dorian is suddenly the only character Manon gets to interact with in any meaningful way.

Like, are you kidding?! I want to read about Manon and Elide, Manon and Asterin, Rowan and Lorcan, Aelin and Lysandra, Aelin and Nesyrn, even if it’s not romantically (although some of them, like Manon and Elide, absolutely should have been, and the fact that not only was that ship very thoroughly sunk, but also they didn’t even get to TALK after QoS, felt like a real slap in the face to gay fans, but I digress), because those pairings previously had hella complexity and drama. But we don’t get to.

And this trend that’s so painfully present in the last two books Sucks for two reasons: one, every relationship that isn’t romantic (which were previously some of the most interesting ones) is abandoned so that more time can be made for The Hets™ and two, the relationships that are romantic, now the only ones left, are totally fucking boring and predictable!! If two characters are interacting at any point (if one is male and the other is female, of course) then you know for a fact that they’re not only love interests, but endgame.

And that makes me not care even when there is drama between them. Elide giving Lorcan the cold-shoulder for three hundred pages, and Manon and Dorian arguing, and Aedion being cruel to Lysandra weren’t compelling narratives to me like they should have been, because the whole time I was just thinking “but it doesn’t matter. I know it’s still endgame. There are no stakes here whatsoever; it’s a done deal.” Whereas Chaol and Celaena’s devestating breakup in CoM felt like (and was) suuuuper Real. An all-in bet on the wrong person. Crazy shit.

And not that I think two characters should never have a happy ending together (I really like rowaelin and nestaq and I would have loved malide!) but imagine how much cooler and subversive and entertaining it would have been if Elorcan, which seemed soooo totally cute and endgamey and borderline like fanfiction throughout all of EoS just ended forever right there and then on the beach, with Elide turning to Lorcan and saying “I hope you spend the rest of your miserable, immortal life suffering. I hope you spend it alone. I hope you live with regret and guilt in your heart and never find a way to endure it” - and BAM. She never speaks to him again. He’s dead to her.

I mean, talk about shock value! (See, Sarah, you can have shock value without killing of a person of color to make a white character sad 🙃). And I totally get that relational twists like that alienate fans more than just going the expected route and having them kiss and make-up does (I mean, the ending of Chaolaena in QoS certainly did, Jesus Christ) but I, Bella aelinbitch, personally live for that shit, and isn’t it only fair that all media cater directly and specifically to me? Lmao. But seriously, I do think it’s objectively more interesting, and that it keeps readers on their toes (I was on my ASS in EoS and KoA. Like. I was flat on my back sinking into the Earth).

And there are still sort of… glimmers of the old way she wrote in the first few books, but it just feels like a tease rather than something that’s really explored and indulged in the way it was before, and it just ends up being more frustrating (like what was the point of Manon and Dorian not getting married at the end of KoA if I would bet my life savings that in World of Tog it’ll be confirmed that they’re either married or still together) and sometimes downright problematic? Like to return to a previous example, I think all the drama between Aedion + Lysandra was a result of Sarah’s previous (good) instincts to shake stuff up and complicate the character dynamics, but it backfires because when they end up together, it’s not ever… worked out? Or addressed? If you create really intense drama between two people, then that needs to show up in their relationship, no matter how happy they end up together. It doesn’t just disappear.

And despite the fact that her understanding of that concept (that shit between two people doesn’t just disappear like magic) is one of my absolute favorite things about the first few books, Sarah even went as far as to use the last two books to retcon some of the original complexity away, which makes me want to rip out my hair!! Like Aelin at the end of KoA just going “Love you Chaol and Love you Dorian xoxoxoxoxox best friends forever!!!” instead of having, like, any type of mixed feelings about the way these boys treated her? I mean, come on! 100 pages earlier Chaol was openly saying she should die instead of Dorian! Why is everything just peachy-keen instead of fraught with tension!! (I know why. I know. It’s because she introduced way too many characters/POVs/storylines as the series went on and didn’t know what to do with them all besides sideline the nonromantic ones and pair off everyone else boy-girl boy-girl down the line). Or if it has to be peachy-keen, why is the peachy-keeness never critically examined as, perhaps, a repressive mechanism for Aelin to avoid dealing with painful truths from her past? Now that would be interesting.

(My ideal World of ToG would be just a transcript of the characters’ therapy sessions where Aelin realizes that her insistence that “Chaol and Dorian Are Her Friends!” is actually a way to keep herself safe emotionally and that she has plenty of reasons to hate them, and Lysandra realizes she should divorce Aedion lmao).

Anyway tldr: The variety, complexity, depth, and unpredictability of the relationships in Throne of Glass was simultaneously the most realistic (sometimes relationships of all kinds fall apart or veer off in unexpected directions and love is temporary and the boy you met in the first chapter isn’t actually your soulmate and it doesn’t mean he’s a villain) and the most gripping and dramatic (I would have been totally chill if maeve and erawan weren’t a thing and tog was just like a medieval soap opera, that’s how entertaining the character dynamics were) thing about the series, and to lose that in the last two books because of Heterosexuality (and introducing too many POVs and not knowing what to do with them all)…. kinda devastating.

This ended up being waaaaaay more complaining than it was talking about what I loved, but the only reason it bothers me so much is because it used to be so good!!! So just imagine the inverse of all the frustration I just vomited into this ask and you’ll have a good idea of how much I loved the series when things weren’t this way.

#im SO sorry for how shittily worded/ranty/emotional/long this is but *antoni from queer eye voice* a shitty YA series is actually something #that can be so personal...#greatest hits: hot takes

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AAAAA congrats on 1000!! That’s so exciting and I’m sure you’ll be at your next milestone in no time!! Until then, I’m glad to be one of your followers!! 🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉 May I please have a 🌊 and 🌸?? Thank you so much, and congrats again!! ❤️

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will people want to read this info dump on where i think the survivors are mentally and how they are coping before i get into the actual ship stuff? is it relevant to the plot of the short story? well, that’s other people’s problem now.

#stuff sarah says #me: trish pets fugo's hair and it's Cute(tm)#also me: mista's obvious ocd has worsened after the traumatic experience especially now that four people are in one household #and also giorno clearly has ptsd at this point #anyone: what genre do you write #me: oh. you know. :)#sad things. the genre i write is sad things #but i just!!!!!#i can't write this in a vacuum!!!!#since i want this to be canon compliant (at least for this one) i just!!!!#i have to explain!!!!!#i have to explain where everyone is now and stuff so it makes sense!!!!!!#AAAAA!!!!!!#i just...#i feel weird bc i'm definitely telling and not showing #but at the same time it's only supposed to be one or two scenes #and i need background #i'm 110% overthinking this and literally no one cares but i'm !I CARE!

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vonlipvig · 3 years

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Survivor Winners at War Ep 10 Recap

In this episode, TIME FOR THE HAPPY TEARS, EVERYBODY! (and I mean everybody)

So the episode wastes NO time to get going, and YES, IT’S TIME FOR THE LOVED ONES’ VISITS! But PLOT TWIST! Y’all get ALL THE KIDDIES NOW, TOO!

And oh my god, what a sweet moment. And I’m so happy they let them have more than one family member, because this truly is an important moment for both us, the fans, and them, and what better way than to share that with their families? (Plus, what the fuck are you gonna do? Make the spouse fly to Fiji and leave the kiddies at home? Bring only one kid? NAH, BRING THEM ALL, LOOK AT HOW ADORABLE THIS IS!).

And of course, oh god the tears. Honestly, we can all play and say “Ah, c’mon, it’s only been 20 or so days, how can you be so emotional?”, but like? The pressure they’re all under? Knowing you really can’t trust anyone around you? And then seeing the one person you know has your back unconditionally? It must be such a powerful moment!

I wish I could take pics of everyone but that REALLY would take so much time, but oh my god I had to with Tony...LOOK AT HIM. BEING SUPER SOFT. MY HEART CAN’T TAKE IT.

DON’T TOUCH ME I’M EMOTIONAL. AAAAA.

And as if that wasn’t enough of a tearjerker, we get EMOTIONAL TYSON. EMOTIONAL TYSON JUST FUCKING TAKES ME OUT, MAN. I JUST-....AAAAAAAA.

You know when the jokey character finally gets serious, and it’s always such an “oh shit” moment? Yeah, it’s kinda like that. God, he loves them so much aaaa. (I am confused tho, didn’t he have two kids? Someone tell me what’s up with that). And omfg him being all “Am I stinky? I am?” to his daughter, AHHHH TOO CUTE.

And of course we get ULTIMATE WOMEN RESPECTER, LOVER OF HIS WIFE AND KIDS MR JEREMY COLLINS WHAT AN ICON.

Just look at this crew!

But anyway, after some dad jokes from Jeff, we find out...THERE IS NO CHALLENGE! EVERYONE GETS TO ENJOY TIME WITH THEIR LOVED ONES! And honestly? What a good choice, especially for this season. Imagine having to compete and having to pick whoever goes on the reward. IMAGINE MAKING CHILDREN CRY sdkjghkf. So yeah, everyone gets to have fun!

After that absolute wholesomeness, we go back to Edge of Exctinction, or as I like to call it: Depreeeession iiiiislaaaand! (read in a sing-songy jingle voice). So the gang is being sad, as one does, and then...a boat appears? Something bad happening? SYKE, Y’ALL GET LOVED ONES, TOO, BABY!

AND LIKE, that’s so sweet!? I’m so happy even the people on the Edge get to have this moment, cause c’mon! They totally deserve it!

AND WE AS FANS DESERVE TO SEE THE ROMBER KIDDIES AND PARV WITH HER SON AND ALL THE CUTENESS AND AAAAAA

And then we get Adam and his dad and I’M ALREADY CRYING, PLEASE DON’T DO THIS TO ME, BUT I’M SO HAPPY FOR HIM.

So yeah, it was SO cute, SO deserved, and I’m super emotional and I love them all so much.

BUT ANYWAY, TIME TO KEEP STABBING PEOPLE IN THE BACK LMAO.

The challenge is the “stack the letters on the wobbly table that you hold steady with a rope and spell immunity” one, which I’d LOVE to try, I’d probably suck ass, but I’d love to try it...

AND HOLY SHIT, TONY WINS?

“I won a game of patience!” BRO NOBODY CAN BELIEVE IT BUT WE LOVE IT, LET’S GO!

So, what’s going on now? Jeremy tells Tony he wants to split up Sarah and Sophie (Uhm, NO), but Tony is kinda not on board with that (...for now). Then Sarah says she wants to get Kim out (again...NO), but Tony suggest Tyson would be a better idea. But Jeremy is being pretty sus, so Tony calls the boys and is like “Y’all wanna blindside Jeremy?”.

So there’s a line being drawn in the sand, with Tony, Sarah, Sophie, Ben and Nick on one side, and Kim, Denise, Tyson, Jeremy and Michele on the other. BUT Jeremy has his get-out-of-TC advantage, Sarah has a steal-a-vote, and Kim has an idol...

Anyway, TC starts and it’s instant whispering time, so Jeremy is clearly feeling targeted, so he goes to call Jeff...and so does Sarah! Of course nobody wants to be the first one to reveal their move, so they both go “You first.” “No, you.” “Ladies first!” “Nope.” and then it HAPPENS AGAIN.

In the end, Jeremy goes first and he plays his get the fuck out advantage, leaving TC...and he’s safe, but now his alliance is down a number! But also the other alliance has no target anymore!

AND THEN SOPHIE IS LIKE “Why don’t the five of us go over there and make a decision?” which OMFG HILARIOUS and also DAMN, THAT’D BOLD. But yeah, it’s scrambling time for sure.

And then as if that isn’t enough Sarah uses her steal-a-vote to get Denise’s vote, leaving them at 6 to 3 (they still had the numbers, but I guess she used it to make sure so nobody flips and it’s a tie?). AND THENNNN, Kim goes and uses her idol on DENISE, which I thought wasn’t the right choice tbh, but who knows.

And in the end, Tyson goes home. They did throw 2 votes to Denise, and then APPARENTLY Michele actually voted for Tyson as well, because there were only 2 Sophie votes? I didn’t know it, I found it from the Purple Rock, but I AM ONCE AGAIN ASKING FOR THE VOTES TO BE SHOWN DKJFDKJFDH.

But yeah...Bye Tyson...again.

#lots of cuteness and a crazy TC what's not to love?#juli watches survivor #survivor winners at war lb

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