#then you should watch a different show

[raeofgayshine]

Thinking again about the fact that when Eddie and Dustin finally convince Steve to play DnD with the party, all of them, but especially Eddie, quickly become exasperated with Steve who has extremely high charisma, and decides that he can fix almost any situation by flirting with whoever they were in conflict with. Especially the fucking monsters, this man is bound and determined to himself a monster boyfriend and until it happens, he will make every single person they come across fall in love with him. So naturally, this happens a lot:

Steve: I’m going to flirt with them

Eddie, exasperated: Steve, you can’t date this monster, he’s trying to kill you-

Steve: Hot.

Steve: I’ll flirt with them harder then

#ravenpuff rambles #steve harrington #eddie munson #hellfire club #stranger things #steddie #Steve is a monster fucker and this essay I will- #they actually get him interested in playing because they were showing him the different monsters and Steve kept going #‘Hot. Also Hot. Hooot. Can I date this one? Oh HOT.’ #the monsters really did it for him. (and like also it made Dustin excited and you know he loves that kid) #Eddie: I should have known inviting you to sessions would go like this but for some reason I had hope you would behave #Steve: I am behaving. I’m using my highest stat determined by Dustin and Will to my advantage. #(Also I think Dustin and Will helped Steve build his character. Eddie wanted to do it but Steve insisted it should be a surprise) #(I don’t know much about dnd so I can’t go any further but I know this bitch would want high charisma (for good reason!)) #Robin loves to sit by and watch the sessions play out and she is always encouraging Steve to flirt more #there’s a new You Rule You Suck board #this one has a lot more you rule because it turns out Steve is amazing at getting high rolls

[dawn-the-rithmatist]

Obsessed with authors like Naomi Novik whose books always seem to say “no, fuck that, there is another way than cruelty, and we do have a choice to be decent, and not choosing it isn’t a burden but a cop out.”

Authors like Neil Gaiman whose books seem to say “we are all simply human, and that is so valuable. This world is worth more because we are in it, when we choose to notice and care”

Authors like Brandon Sanderson whose books say “We are all a little broken, and there is strength in not turning away from us, and there is pain in healing but there is also strength and hope.”

Seriously, these folks do more for my faith and hope in this life than any religion ever has. I don’t have the words to describe it yet but just. Warm cup of apple cider held close to the chest on cold autumn night?? That’s the best I got

#recommendations #does this count as a recommendation?? everyone should read their things if they get the chance. must recommend. there now it’s a red #dawn speaks #the sandman #where death goes from person to person and the episode is a celebration of life as much as it’s life’s end #good omens #where people literally look at Heaven and Hell and say ‘we’re good thanks. we like Human better than Good and Evil’ #the scholomance #where people see ‘for the greater good’ and say in response ‘do better’ #the stormlight archive #which is some kind of ode to pain and healing and the way that process holds something difficult but so so beautiful #I have read fanfiction that has perfectly captured the human condition #and watched children’s shows that spit in the face of all the ways we have chosen to hate each other #it just. it hits different okay. #anyways thanks to people who make things #because you reach people <3

[jianghushenanigans]

If you like Mysterious Lotus Casebook, why not try The Blood of Youth? We have...

Jaded protagonist who has lost all his martial arts and claims to just be a humble member of the jianghu, lying constantly about his prestigious background and the fact he's extremely famous:

(Here he is again but dressed like a woman this time for Plot Reasons):

His new sidekick: a puppy in the form of a teenager with floofy hair. Enjoyer of food, kicker of ass:

The leader of the demon sect who gets constantly nerfed by the narrative because if he was at full power all the time there wouldn't really be much of a plot:

The three of them eating together! Bonding! Bickering!:

Other key characters include:

Woman with chronic illness:

Women getting cool action shots:

This distinctive wig worn by the Purple Guy:

A man, I swear:

One actor who's in one of the tumblr famous cdramas that will make you go 'hey, isn't that that guy from the more tumblr famous cdrama!'

This actor playing a guy in love with an older woman:

These two actors playing Bros:

... hang on this is like half the supporting cast?? well anyway if you enjoying looking at actors and going 'hmmmm i swear i've seen them before' then This is the show for you:

This boat! I'm like 75% its the same boat but its difficult to tell with the lighting:

ANYWAY the acting is great the costumes are great the wigs are great I cried for two days straight please watch the blood of youth

#me (lying): yes these shows are very similar #(they're not they're totally different genres but you should watch both anyway!) #mysterious lotus casebook #the blood of youth #li lianhua #li xiangyi #fang duobing #di feisheng #xiao se #xiao chuhe #lei wujie #wu xin #qiao wanmian #ye ruoyi #shi shui #sikong qianluo #yan biqiu #tang lian #ok i'm not tagging all the characters that can be it

[skrunksthatwunk]

losing my shit at this shot

noooo eiji im sorry you have to leave you're in danger you'll slow me down ohhh ok ash sorry im such a burden noooo you're not a burden we just live in different worlds and i don't wanna drag you into that distance distance distance meanwhile they're closer than ever. look at that you gay fucks your shadows are overlapping no matter how much you're in separate frames. jesus

#this is what living in two different worlds looks like btw. overlapping shadows #also that this happens while the sun is setting and yut-lung (who was Just talking about being the moon overlooking the night like 2 scenes #ago) is watching this and scheming. night is coming and it's bringing them closer together even as they stand far apart Anyway #banana fish #asheiji #also that hand clasp thing they did when ash got into the computer earlier in the episode (7)? I Know What You Are #the position of hands changes from laced fingers to unlaced between shots but what remains is. gay #also yut-lung looking at that also having an I Know What You Are moment pshdfjkdjf #man maybe i should do an episode-by-episode notable shot thing bc i really like the direction in this show okyy

[adobe-outdesign]

Everyone: Pokemon is a family-friendly game for all ages!

Children, reading the Bulbapedia page on Pokemon IVs trying to figure out how they work:

#pokemon #pkmn #outdesign posts things #.gif #hot take but I loved PLA's grit system and wholeheartedly believe it should be applied to the main games #I'm an adult and even I had to watch multiple videos to learn how to train EVs and IVs #'oh there are two completely different stats that affect your pokemon's power. both are hidden from the player. #you have a certain amount of points you can sink into two EV stats but we're not going to actually show you the numbers or anything #you have to use special berries to lower these stats and items to increase the ones you want. and you have to go to an NPC to fix IVs #and none of this is mentioned or explained in the game. lol anyway good luck'

[mwagneto]

people seeing gifs of the 15th doctor having gay little moments and going "ohh what's this show? i gotta watch it" is literally ending me not just coz of the concept that anyone can be unaware of doctor who but also bc like. while i do think it's a show ppl should watch in its entirety. DON'T DO IT FOR GAY REP LMAO. like it literally does have a lot of lgbt rep even all the way back in season 1 of 2005 fame but watching 13 seasons of doctor who coz something gay happens in the new eps is like. idk finding out there's a new pride and prejudice adaptation with a gay character in it and going ohhhh that sounds fun:) guess i'll go watch every adaptation ever made

#IT'S SO FUNNY. BABES THIS SHOW IS PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE #im rly glad 15 is getting ppl interested in it dgmw but it's wild coz like. i grew up with this it #really doesn't feel like a Regular Show to me like. that's a whole world #also like it is sooo god damn difficult to watch the entire show in order coz of all the specials #i know all of the eps in order coz im insane but I've been handholding 2 different ppl through #watching it for months now and it's such a challenge LMFAO especially if you dont have bbc iplayer #like yeah yeah the main character has an incredibly important arc no most ppl haven't seen it coz it #happens in some obscure series of specials that's near impossible to find. sorry #anyway. if u wanna watch dr who u should but if you're waiting for him to have a romance with a man uhm. so is everyone else sorry #it's gonna happen this season but like. it has been a Long battle oh my god . ohhmy god #doctor who #15th doctor #nuwho

[utilitycaster]

Sort of a distant tangent off my post about Ashton, but I'm growing more and more suspicious of the fandom claim that there's no time for small RP moments in Campaign 3. I do think that it's been challenging to get deeper party bonding or serious conversations that aren't about the big philosophical questions they're facing, since those do take much more time; but then I think about Calamity, or Candela Obscura. I can genuinely give you at least a couple paragraphs about pretty much every relationship in the two Circles, or in the Ring of Brass. I can also point to no shortage of small moments between characters in the Mighty Nein Aeor or Vox Machina Vecna endgame episodes, which were all extremely plot-heavy and fast-paced, and D20 consistently nails character relationships in a fraction of the time.

I think it really does come down to, as Brennan Lee Mulligan always says, the character creation phase. Laying down a solid groundwork in which everyone has a detailed, rich backstory and sense of personality and relationship history (in the case of characters who knew each other prior to the start of the series) is absolutely crucial, and even in the case of characters who don't know each other before going in, a good amount of time spent in character creation ensures that it's easier for them to develop those interpersonal relationships on the fly. I know in actual play there's some degree of finding the character as you play, but there are games for which there is a very short runway, and I don't think it ever hurts to do more extensive character prep than the bare minimum. And if there are gaps, I think it also helps to go back and fill those in mid-way, away from the table - Travis clarifying Chetney's backstory being a great example that allowed the history of Chetney and Deanna to feel realized and full, despite only a few episodes.

I'll also be blunt: most of the time when people complain that there aren't moments because the plot keeps moving...they're mad about shipping. Which has always rung hollow to me. It was a common complaint in C2, that no time was taken for character relationships, despite them taking an entire half of an episode for the Beauyasha date and despite no shortage of moments for all three of the other couples (and plenty of platonic moments between friends). The issue was never a lack of time; it was that the characters they wanted to talk to each other didn't actually have the relationship in canon that the fans had dreamed up, and so, when the chips were down, they went to other people.

It takes two seconds to say something like "I hold their hand", even in the middle of plot-heavy adventuring. If someone doesn't say it, it's rarely the GM rushing them; it's the player either choosing not to do so, or not remembering to do so, and either of those is quite revealing regarding how the player feels about that relationship and where it stands in their priorities.

#i've felt this for a while but like. fundamentally? C3 is just...uniquely not set up for terribly satisfying shipping #even the ships I do like and that get small moments are relatively background #like 80% of quote unquote ship content is like. fanon goggles overlaying either parallel play or standard battle mechanics #which is fine! I think it's a different vibe and approach than the past 2 campaigns #i think especially in character creation; self-insert or easy for new players (c1) #followed by Morally Gray Campaign; Prove We Can Replicate This Success; Serious Characters (C2); followed by Let's Get Silly With It (C3) #which is less conducive to that profound connection of c1 or c2. which is not a bad thing! #but god. if you complain about the D&D show having too much d&d plot and not enough romance...yeah pal it's d&d not a dating sim #like I enjoy when there is romance in my fantasy but it's not a requirement. there is a genre full of romance. it is called romance. #i'm also thinking about this bc I need to watch wot s2 but i've been told that the fandom has gotten weird #like wow so moiraine/siuan is not the A plot? in a high fantasy Good vs. Evil series? WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT. #getting back to this...i'm also thinking about my own life and like. i moved to where i live not long pre-lockdown #and so i'm finding myself a resident of this area for 4+ years but with weaker connections than i'd have otherwise. and that's fine! #but psychologically i feel so weird about just starting to find my place bc it's been so long even though there's a good reason #and i wonder if the cast/Hells feels the same way ie why are we only just bonding now 70 eps in and so they're hesitant #that I Waited Too Long And Now It's Awkward feeling; that I Should Be Past This By Now fallacy #which. again. i think things early on could have been done differently but that time is past you need to live in the present now. #cr tag

[the-holy-ghosted]

this edward fellow …….. who is he…… i’m enraptured…

rubbing my little hands together oh its over for you now im in your head

Lieutenant Edward Little of The Terror and worlds most sopping wet kitten of a man. trying his best and fucks up supremely but his heart is always always always in the right place and you can see this backfire on him nearly every episode. despite the horrors he has such manners always. i want to [INAPPROPRIATE COMMENT] [INAPPROPRIATE COMMENT] and [INAPPROPRIATE COMMENT] and [INAPPR

#the terror #the heron heareth #edward little #secret favorite of mine. i think he is so pathetic. i love him #paused in the middle of watching a different little boat show to post this jay your ask is SENDING ME #almost like you should watch the terror or something. jay. maybe you should watch the terrror #i have links.

[lollytea]

I do love the netflix avatar in my own way because it provides me with enrichment in the same way brain puzzles do for chimps. Like something is WRONG here and it's your very special job to figure out why! And then you will get juice reward!!

#its been making me think about the cartoon a lot lately for the sake of comparing and contrasting #so thats great #it was a very good cartoon #i do actually think that its stupid to complain about how its objectively bad when an adaption makes changes to the original #because that SHOULD be the point of an adaption. to try things in a new way and somehow improve on the story #but i think its funny how this show is constantly like ''we're gonna take a DIFFERENT route with this character'' #and then the DIFFERENT ROUTE leads to them driving the car off a cliff #we will not get to our destination this way bestie #out of all the changes theyve made to the original i think the most misguided and overall dogshit is how theyre portraying Azula #it annoying when people say ''theyre ACTUALLY writing her as a victim of her father's abuse this this'' #''shes ACTUALLY sympathetic this time'' #girl i hate it here #netflix show is a COWARD for showing Azula this way in season 1 #not that its not somewhat in character. if ozai started playing mindgames with her she probably would start spiraling like this #the problem is that we shouldnt be SEEING IT!! #avatar is regarded as Baby's First Media Analysis for a lot of people #and boy oh boy there was a lot of analytic meat to Azula's character #but the netflix version? this is a skeleton!! bones!!! #like obviously if you were watching the cartoon as an adult it would be immediately apparent #that this 14 yo girl acting not only like a grown woman but a calm calculated genocidal tyrant is very concerning #and it makes her sympathetic by defualt on the grounds of being a child #but a kid isnt going to realize that!! Azula is supposed to be polarizing!! #youre meant to buy into the narrative that everything is easy for her. that no effort troubles her mind #her unflappable nature is meant to unsettle you. intimidate you. she has no weaknesses shes unstoppable and shes pure evil #as a kid who is still learning how to think deeply about things thats how youre to perceive her #and then. AND THEN!! then the show pulls the rug out from under you and makes you question everything #Azula's gradually unraveling sanity in book 3 is jarring and unnatural and it forces you to challenge your own opinion of her #you become uncomfortably aware that shes a victim too. after all this time youve spent hating her #just like zuko. just like the fire family child that you had already come to realize was ''actually good'' #after that first watch its hard to decide how you feel about her. as a kid anyway. but its sad. its all so very sad

[skipblebee]

You will never guess who binge watched Bungo Stray Dogs

#First time I made a fully rendered piece in months btw 💀💀 Chuuya just has that affect on people <3 #I HAD LIKE THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE TELL ME THAT ITS TOTALLY A SKIP SHOW AND I SHOULD WATCH IT #AND THEN I DID AND I WAS LIKE HUHH WHATS HAPPENING #ngl still liked it tho #idk if I'll read the manga thooooo #I LOVE CHUUYA I know and understand the Chuuya hype now. I am one of you guys #He's asking Dazai where his hat is #Dazai probably ate it/hj #bungo stray dogs fanart #chuuya nakahara #bsd #bsd chuuya #bungo stray dogs #Skipsart #Man I haven't used that tag in forever

[theartdaleterrier]

Quick Borzoi before bed. I think I'm getting the hang of the individual parts of the Borzoi, but might need some work putting them together. What do you think? 🤔

#artists on tumblr #art #dog #pencil #sketch #borzoi #russian wolfhound #sighthound #in honesty i have not thoroughly studied the borzoi standard so there you have it. #i will be attending a regional specialty soon though and hope it will offer the opportunity to watch if i dont show. #the extent i know of borzoi heads is 1) should not be snipey and 2) should not be like a collie. #i know roman noses are undesirable but i have heard differing opinions on the topic from different breeders... so i think thats more up to #interpretation.

[rapha-reads]

Seriously, the reincarnation game in Till The End Of The Moon is hella strong. And coupled with the wibbly woobly timey wimey timelines, it's a perfect playground for my Whovian mind. I can't help but think about the implications, consequences and continuity of all the timelines created.

Which came first? 500 years in the future, when Li Susu went back in time, thus triggering the Bo're life and then branching out back into the immortal sects life? Or did it start 10,000 years ago, and the events of the war between the Devil God and Ming Ye the starting point of the events of present and future? Is Bingchang the first incarnation, or is she a tribulation of the devil lady, or the reincarnation of Tian Huan? I'm mad that she's still around, whatever her name is now, btw, can nobody get rid of her? What about Jiwu/Xiao Lin, does he exist in the present because Susu changed the future, or inversely did he came to the future because Susu/Xiwu cared about him in the present? And he still can't catch a break, poor guy.

And is Tantai Jin all at once the OG Devil God AND Ming Ye AND Tantai Jin AND the reincarnated Devil God AND Cang Jiumin? While Li Susu has 4 fathers, 1 mother, and 5 different lives? And what the heck happened to Best Boy Nyan Baiyu, how did the devils kept him alive for 500 years?

This is seriously fascinating, I love time travel and reincarnations, you can do so much with these, and TTEOTM has no qualms about making things as complicated and confusing as possible, giving you some answers, and a whole lot more of questions.

#rapha talks #rapha watches shows #till the end of the moon #tteotm #cdrama #time travel #reincarnation #listen i'm a whovian first and foremost if you give me something with time travel and timelines i will put on my Whovian glasses #and right now (ep 32) the timeline is not linear it's either a loop or a ball or inversely it's different branches #i am deeply invested and fascinated #i should tag this #tteotm spoilers

[untimelyambition]

now that we’re on the topic i would fucking love to read through the sheet music for nerdy prudes must die… not even to play or try and put on my own performance but just so i could read it and follow along with the show to try and work out all the harmonies

#this is a complete hypothetical #i get why it’s not available ofc and why thats not something you can access or even something theyd want to try and market or sell #but in the way of like. #imagine i could check it out of a library and just have one or two watch throughs of the show with it in front of me #and finally FINALLY pick out all the different notes im hearing clearly so it all clicks together in my brain #i dont even really do that much music anymore so my sheet reading skills are probably out the window #regardless imagine how fun that would be to just peruse the score while you listen to the songs #would heal something in me i think #i dont want/need to own it and certainly wouldnt want it for like putting on my own show or reproducing it or anything like that #i just think it would be fun to flip through like a magazine like a coffee table book like a film script #anyway you should all totally buy the bonus content and digital download of npmd if you havent already it is 100% worth it #im having the time of my life #TEAM STARKID I LOVE YOUUUUUUU #npmd #nerdy prudes must die #starkid #tilda rambling

[gillianthecat]

Actually I would like to revise my response to the question of "BL characters I want carnally." There is one (1) BL character I want carnally:

His gold necklace is driving me insane. Charn, the things I want to do to you. Everything's an act and the act is working on me.

#laws of attraction #film thanapat #his acting! the layers he's bringing #and so completely different from tian #who i felt zero attraction for #as adorable as he was #i can see why film won that best actor award #gifs of beautiful men #but seriously. WOW. #10 ​bl boys i want carnally #gillianthecat liveblogs bl #loa ep 2 #i should not be watching this show right now but i am #also started pit babe which i was liking but wasn't able to stay focused binging it #gillianthecat the cat's triumphant return to bl watching #except not really #given that I shouldn't be watching anything now #but that's my tag for this #thank you gif makers!

[mikesbasementbeets]

will in the van scene: i’m different (gay), which sometimes makes me feel like a mistake. but mike makes me feel like i'm not a mistake.

some people: wow... will would be ok with being gay if he wasn't gay for mike :/

will: no no no, i said mike makes me feel better for being different

some people: so tragic :/ gay boy would be ok with gay if only not for gay crush on mike

will: no listen that's the opposite of what i'm saying

some people: poor gay boy :/ so sad :/ let's cry everyone :/

#hi. that post died. it was a bad post the first time it was made. and it’s still a bad post. #loving mike makes will feel like being different is ok actually he explicitly says it. on your screen. in the show. #remember that? #also why do we have to make new posts that just say ‘hey remember this post let me just quote it exactly and make it mine instead’ #idk i just think if you want to claim to understand a character better than other people you should maybe watch the show more than like. One #time total. i think that would help. #anyway sorry byeeeeeeee #(requisite disclaimer I know different in that context is about more than being gay. but for the purpose of this post. yk) #beets posts

[babacontainsmultitudes]

Just know the urge to rewatch the breakfast club is plaguing me and it’s entirely your fault what have you done to me /j lol

LOL DUDE I was literally just talking with one of my sisters about how I'm kind of itching to rewatch that movie now lmaooo you *should* you should actually!

#asks #(also the reason I haven't rb'd the piece yet is cause I sent you that last message then got hit with the sleep deprivation beam haha) #(and today I went out) #(aether's version too aether if you happen to see this I absolutely saw thank you love ya lol) #BUT ANYWAYS YEAH #I just showed my sister ur b.c. art (she doesn't know d&dads she's just heard me babble about the Close boys a lot lmao but she likes b.c.) #and she went ''OH SLAY'' hahaha #she was saying how she used to be obsessed with that movie but doesn't like it as much anymore #Me though? I saw that movie when I was 15 and depressed out of my absolute mind so. I think it deserves a fresh watch loool #the criminal was my favorite because I am. how you say. predictable. #but I wonder if I would feel differently now... #looking at your piece specifically though I've been thinking ''shit I kinda wanna write the au now''- #which is to say that I think *you* worsened *my* brainrot hahaha #anyways yeah you know what yeah Mack me personally I think you should fr yw for the urge jaheklfhl