#theres absolutely nothing in it for him

[iamanoccasionaldoodler]

Genuine question what was And So Kyoya Met Him supposed to be about if it wasn't Kyoya being gay and in love with Tamaki. Like what was the point then. Kyoya spends the entire episode lamenting the fact that he feels suffocated by his family's expectations until he has an apparently life-altering epiphany while straddling Tamaki which is symbolically represented by his metaphorical painting of himself into a rainbow flower.

And this is all presented explicitly as an explanation for why Kyoya hangs around even though he doesn't seem to get anything out of the host club.

#kyoya ootori #ootori kyoya #ohshc #hes just so #kyoya and tamaki have this absolutely wild dynamic where kyoya just spends all his time moving mountains for tamaki #and he doesnt really seem to get anything out of it #theres absolutely nothing in it for him #and this seems like it would be some unhealthy codependency thing but like #kyoya isnt a desperate pining wreck like characters in these one-sided relationships tend to be #he's not emotionally detached he's just. chill. #he's like ah yes tamaki? he's the love of my life. no we won't get married don't be silly he's a man #i will however spend every spare moment of my life trying to make him happy because that makes me happy #he's not even really repressed. he's gone through all the stages of grief and he's chill about it now

[littlefoxwithbighat]

Grian: OK mumbo for the love of god be really careful resist the impulsive thoughts do NOT get on that strider. Do not do it. You cannot control it and you will get stranded and possibly drown when you dismount. I want you to be safe so do NOT get on the str-

Mumbo: *who got on the strider as soon as he realised it was a possible option* Grian this is your fault.

#secret life #secret life spoilers #trafficblr #life smp #life series #grian #mumbo jumbo #mumbo my beloved what ???? #Rare occassion where not only did Gri have the shared braincell he had borrowed Mumbos usual one as well #absolutely no thought great job lmao #also poor Grian he tried so hard to save him he was kept going over his inventory to make sure theres nothing else he would have done #Grian allies curse strikes again!

[saintarmand]

iwtv is insanity inducing bc every time you google some reference in it you find out theyre doing some 4d chess with the symbolism… like okay playing roosevelt's speech about the us joining ww2 in the background as claudia tells louis shes gonna kill lestat is pretty straightforward, and of course the chess game theyre playing foreshadows how she beats him in the next episode but doesn't "finish the game" ie burn him. and bc claudia later compares lestat to the nazis/hitler, that obviously makes lestat germany and thus claudia is poland and louis is the us/roosevelt in the speech we hear: "I had hoped against hope that some miracle would prevent a devastating war in Europe and bring to an end the invasion of Poland by Germany" etc. BUT THEN you get nerdy and google some of the chess terms lestat uses like the dutch defense and stonewalling which is pretty interesting and then you vaguely remember one of the writers said the scene was based on some famous chess game, and you realize it must be glücksberg vs miguel najdorf which turns out to be literally called the POLISH IMMORTAL. najdorf was polish and glücksberg is some unknown but based on the name likely german. this was najdorf's first famous game, at the beginning of his career when he was only like 19 or something although we dont know the exact details of the game (and ofc you watch a few videos on the polish immortal and they all heavily criticize glücksberg's moves which makes lestat's arrogance even funnier) and ALSO, in 1939 (literally at the same time as the chess scene takes place) najdorf was participating in a chess tournament in buenos aires and since he was not only polish but also jewish, he stayed there rather than return home. his whole family was killed in the holocaust but he lived a long life in argentina. why is this relevant? because BUENOS AIRES which btw lestat also calls "la reina del plata" so you google that and find the 1930 song by carlos gardel and the lyrics are literally— anyway so buenos aires is where lestat planned for them to move to in ep7. perhaps if they had indeed gone to argentina instead of europe… well… perhaps… perhaps…

#spark in the dark #iwtv #interview with the vampire #i wonder if there will be more najdorf parallels in s2... theres a shot in the trailer where claudia is blindfolded #and najdorf set the world record for simultaneous blindfold chess in 1947 (!!!) which stood until 2011 #although simultaneous blindfold chess also does kinda sound like what claudia was doing in ep7 already #theres also the najdorf variation of the sicilian defense which was named after him but he stopped using it bc #(if i understand correctly) some amateur who simply memorized the moves from chess theory books managed to beat him at it. HMM #to be clear i know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about chess im simply reading this shit off wikipedia and chess.com and some youtube videos #i could absolutely be getting this all wrong i have no idea what any of this shit actually means #s #claudia #vampterview #vampyyrit

[daily-hanamura]

#do you guys ever think about how yosuke is always the one that proposes their outings #yu is the catalyst that brings them together but yosuke is the glue that helps hold them there #thinking about his shadow's comment about how yosuke needs to surround himself with as many people as possible to stave off the loneliness #and to a large extent it kind of still holds true here (and theres nothing wrong with that!) and not only does yu know that #yu doesnt judge him or tease him for it. and like for all the things that yu (or anybody else) teases him about #THAT is not it #Yukiko calls him well connected and friendly aaaaah i cannot get that out of my head ever #and it's also in how his proposals are received by the others - everyone else is always genuinely excited to participate in it #like the motorcycle license and the beach holiday is all your friends can talk about for the days after that #i think its one of those things that imo really add to that... very organic friendship dynamic that the IT have compared to the SEES #or even the PT to some extent #(listen i love the PT dont get me wrong but the IT just have a Something to them) (and i think a lot of it is driven by Yosuke) #his friends rib and tease him because hes so bullyable but they are always always so willing to jump in when he suggests something aaaaaah #and he knows this!! he may not have realised it at first but he does eventually!!! #yosuke truly my beloved my absolute number one love

[nibbelraz]

He's having a wonderful day and he's SO pissed off about it

#svsss #yue qingyuan #shen jiu #original shen qingqiu #the way i drew him made it seem like theres absolutely nothing going on in Yue Qingyuans mind and honestly good for him #shen jiu seeing him have a nice day and he just wants to fight him so badly #qijiu #nibbelraz #my art

[mewtwo24]

You know idk if it's just me being oblivious af but mxtx sure does enjoy putting her protags through the trolley problem when it comes to her works huh /j

#mdzs #mxtx #i say this not to be critical but because she really does prove how time and again #people want a scapegoat and an easy target to blame #and so much of her work is abt proving how faulty these philosophical absolutes are--nothing is that simple. #literally the arguments made to put everything on wwx (at least for now) appear to be faulty at best #i mean sure sometimes he puts his foot in his mouth but like ;;;;;;;; the kid is just doing his best wtf #everyone out here like WWX IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU except for lwj and i'm just like #1. hes literally like 16 yrs old or smth #2. whether or not he stepped in during the cave scene was kind of a non-question?????? #the wens were so clearly going to engage in egregeious violence regardless of the rationalizations that came after #pointing fingers is legitimately pointless and fallacious logic #if mianmian wasnt targeted theres really no guarantee smth similar wouldnt have happened #furthermore working tg and refusing to play by wens' rules was p much the only feasible option #lwj was young and afraid and had lost so much but he still had enough clarity to insist on working tg #i also really love what he said abt suffering bc its just true. #the way he claps back to his uncle by saying that nobody would be spared violence and atrocity #the only choice they had was to try to band tg and mitigate the dmg--basically 'war is hell' #i find it such a stark and lovely contrast to the common perception of others abt him #that lwj stands alone and thinks of no one else; quite the contrary #he's v self-contained and v disciplined but he's not indifferent to suffering or apathetic #i think so much of the natural love that blooms between wwx and lwj is rooted in their mutual desire to do good #wwx wants to help--he loves to see people smile. he would do anything to protect the ppl he loves #lwj is honestly the same--he's just more abt structure and stability #wwx is more spontaneous and more attuned to the people around him #im a little shocked that people werent able to tell lwj was just as obsessed with him #just bc wwx is loud and mischievous about his interest doesnt really???? to me mask the ways lwj is so responsive. also i ???????? #still don't understand the mental gymnastics of madame jiang insisting it was all wwx's fault when she literally targeted wen's mistress -> #in retaliation???????????????? all this 'pick your battles what the fuck is wrong with you wwx' and she goes and instigates their wrath?? #i mean idk fellas i was just sitting there like 'you could have handled this so many ways and you picked the TNT option. wat.'

[suntails]

eepy lil guy

#i cannot put into words the amount of love and affection i have for him. u do not understand. he is my SON im giving him a QUILT #the first character i think in my whole life that i have loved so deeply i wish he were real so i could tell him. i want adoption papers #i feel so bad i wish he didnt hafta suffer with the tired eepy. i want to get him uncursed i want him cured i want him to be free from sleep #the absolutely crushing guilt of how much he misses from being tired all the time sounds miserable i want to #i dont even know. i want to help. i am just a stupid lil lady on my phone how can i possibly help him from here. it sucks. im stuck behind t #he screen and theres nothing i can do. it KILLS me. like haha if i invite him to my guest room 1000 times maybe itll help. sobs #twisted wonderland #twst #twst silver #silver vanrouge #suntails

[garfieldstar]

i feel like clearsight did love darkstalker, but i also feel like she falls more in love with future darkstalker, the future they’re SUPPOSE to have, the man shes suppose to love if you catch my drift 

like most of the reason clearsight bended over backwards so much for darkstalker is because she was clinging on HARD to future darkstalker, the charming, kind man who overcomes his anger and has kids with her, and becomes his king besides her, living happily. peacefully with their loving family

but present darkstalker, the man who manipulates her, threatens her, controls her, lies to her, she literally says in her dialogue that hes becoming more and more controlling of her and more tainted and evil but she still tries to cling on to some hope, that he’ll change because he really does love her right. the visions say so. the future says so. so maybe if she just tries a bit harder to push him in the right direction, she’ll get that happy ending with him. and she’ll be at peace

#wof #wings of fire #clearsight #darkstalker #only for it to all come crashing in her face at the end and finally put him to rest #finally excepting that he was just #like that #and she could do absolutely nothing to change it #no matter how hard it hurts #shes never getting that happy future #UAHYTGHS CLEARSIGHT #this came to mind very quickly srry if theres any typos

[edwards-exploit]

bwba should've been a james movie and i'll say one of my reasons why here.

ace as a foil to james. ace as james without all his good qualities.

#live from tidmouth #talk from the tracks #bwba #i will admit that jobey's wanderlust james take inspired this #and i will absolutely say that moth was the first to suggest that ace is a foil to james #but theres also the idea that the first scene with gordon and thomas can become a scene of gordon and james getting into an argument #about james being essential to the mainline or not after james complains about helping out in the branchlines (how vulgar!!) #and with ace dazzling him about the prestiege of travelling around the world #james leaps at the chance to show the world what hes truly about!!! #and to say NOTHING of the james nia dynamic in my head #anyway theres gonna be art of this just you wait #ttte #ttte james #ttte ace #i should make a tag for this #bwba james remix #<- sure

[tomwaterbabies]

kind of blessed to have gotten into tts/vat7k After The Show Ended. the discourse would have driven me insane im sure. cassunzel is so real btw

#posting #ive glimpsed into people being absolutely fucking crazy about varian LOL #saying he should have been the main antagonist- that cass was irredeemable- etc etc #like yeah hes my favorite and i have issues with how they wrote the show #not exactly feeling like cass needs to be pushed aside for that tho. lol #kind of ties into how i dont like the whole... opposites attract thing with him and hugo #that was kind of cass and rapunzel's Whole Thing #theres nothing wrong with doing it again ig but. idk. it feels like focus is being taken away from the ladies #and their dynamic was SOOOO good. so good (even if the writing uh. faltered. at points) #and i say this as someone who Obviously has varigo as its favorite thing in the world forever

[smokewars]

rolands bad ending is perfect to me i am not kidding when i say its exactly what i would want from anything ever it checks all of my boxes. but the idea of him distorting after killing angela... whether its because he realises killing her didnt help at all or because a part of him is unsure if it was worth it. the realisation of becoming the very thing that killed his wife, killing countless of other people in his own distortion and being apathetic to it... like do you see it do you get where im going

#library of ruina spoilers #library of ruina #roland lor #projmoon #idk what his most popular character tag is. i need 2 find out #i love roland he is my favourite character of all time ANYWAY *puts him in a blender* #i am aware why roland doesnt distort outside the library (other than the obvious) from how i understand it he doesnt have a reason to #distortions seem to be out of a selfish desire and after his goal is finished that man aspires for absolutely nothing #but the irony of it the pain the misery... sip sip sip OUGH. i dont think he'd even enjoy being a distortion either #would u believe me if i said this post was originally gonna talk about a post-pianist but pre-library roland 'meeting' carmen #i still think tht would go crazy btw like angela technically caused the pianist but theres no denying carmen directly created it #and he cant attack her at all bc shes only a voice. and what if he gave into that voice and distorted huh...? anyway #text #roland

[feraltwinkseb]

I can't stop laughing at these photos. Why does he look like he's been taken hostage and these are the staged photos sent to his family saying that "He’s alive and being taken good care of”

#theres no soul behind those eyes #absolutely nothing #hes never worked out a day in his life #someone help him #someone told an ai to replicate working out and this is what it came up with #kimi raikkonen #Kimi Räikkönen #f1 #ogferal #formula 1 #formula one

[mr-independent]

you know, its not brought up in fics often but ted is extremely well read. he doesnt brag about it, but hes read everything from f scott fitzgerald's b sides to ayn rand's doorstoppers to the sixteen book Ender series, etc etc etc. Ted reads about as much as we see Beard reading (which. in my head is a trait that was passed on, a new focus to sharpen the mind and keep him out of trouble and his mind off drugs, something Ted offered up as a coping mechanism for when his own dad died, a way to have fun and adventure and escape without ending up in jail like Ted himself had a handful of times before, scaring the bejeezus out of his ma.)

this turned into a mini fic and i lost my train of thought but point is, Ted reads So Much and more people need to pick up on this in fics please and thank you.

#ted lasso #hes got an artistic soul! #but also anyone whos fav book is the fountainhead must be both well read and stubborn as a bull #its a slog and thats coming from someone whos read both infinite jest and les mis #im getting through it slowly but surely. mostly to stretch my story endurance before jumping into atlas shrugged #also. yes i know we have no evidence that he read all 16 ender books #but having had read them myself i know in my heart of hearts that ted absolutely finished every one of them with gusto #probably on the bus to and from games with his team back in the US #no wait hold on. he was a backup punter right? that means LOTS of time sitting on the sidelines waiting for a whole bunch of nothing #lots of time was spent watching the plays and the team and formulating im sure (which is also probably why he trusts nate so much in the #beginning. bc that used to be him sitting on the sidelines taking it all in) but also theres long stretches of no play in american football #during which he probably read like a demon to keep his grades up and keep his scholarship #so that this ma never had to worry about him away at school. He wasnt going to get into trouble anymore not like he did in high school #he had to be the man of the house and gosh darn it was he going to do it with gusto #which meant good grades and learning about life and people and spending all that free time the right way #therefore: books. an easy habit that keeps him out of trouble and keeps his mama proud. plus itd be easy to hide from coaches under his pad #if they ever had a problem with it (which im sure they would at first but once he proved he was paying attention and wormed his way in #with the team even as a reserve well. they were less eagle-eyed after that concerning the paperback-shaped lumps under his jersey) #anyway have another mini fic i guess lol #im feeling a tad verbose today

[hey-its-me-rolly-polly]

I need to make a 3 hour think piece video abt sanji's relationship w gender and gender roles.

#me posting #one piece #sanji #i cant get him out of my head #send help #i dont think i have the words and idk how to make videos but trust me; the 3 hour think piece video is in my head and its insane #i am so sure this has been done but i could be surprised again and find out theres NO FICS. ABT SANJI SPECIFICALLY. WITH A KINK HE'D > #ABSOLUTELY 100% HAVE. #ITS CRAZY I FEEL CRAZY 20+ YEARS OF THIS AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING????????? #well. nothing Good. #anyway this got away from me uh sorry abt all these tags 🫶

[3vocatio]

obm devs are a joke lmfao the fact that they had the audacity to self-plagiarize such a tender scene with solomon still irks me to this day.

vs

#obey me #omswd #obey me spoilers #obey me solomon #obey me diavolo #the scene with diavolo was so unnecessary too #sure i get that theres people who're into him but there was NO plot relevance whatsoever. the scene itself could very much be thrown away #and the story would still continue as is #but solomon's scene..that scene was SO pivotal to understanding more of his character. so much #what does diavolo in that scene have to offer us?? absolutely nothing #just like most of s4 i guess kjsnfsk #you could argue oh well they're both side characters ofc the brothers hog mc WRONG #'oh ofc they'd say similar things' NO!!! #you're wrong the obm devs are trying to pit us against each other #if they just push themselves they might be able to figure out that they can actually make an interesting plotline *gasp* #/without/ constant fan service that serves no purpose to the main storyline.

[redding]

oh my GODDDD i fucking love the rick vs okafor argument in episode one holy shit it's so good. craig tate and andrew lincoln complement each other so well it's SO tense SO emotional SO interesting i will never be over it i fear

#rewatchinf my fave scenes and WJFJWJJCJDJXJ. #the way rick is railing against okafor and its like running into a (resigned borderline smug ish) brick wall until #the goddamn good soldier with nothing line OOOOH the way ricks face TWITCHES when okafor sits in his bed w a blade to his throat and taunts #rick with the mention of his daughter. the way okafor knows this js the only way to get him to heel and hes haunted by what hes done but #hes resigned enough to say they will make me kill you and your wife and your family and i will do it if you dont stay here. GOD!!!!!! #rick going from “just let me go” to borderline begging okafor to kill him the second it sinks it that he cant fucking go home #hes out of options he tried Everything & heres okafor saying it was all for nothing he already made the choice accept it theres nothing left #not even mentioning the fucking acting. absolutely incredible shit from andrew lincoln as usual and craig tate matches the SHIT out of it. #his line delivery in his little monologue when hes got rick on the ground INSANEEEE its so fucking good. #oh im having a fucking ball i love this show #towl #the ones who live #misc posts