#this is only partly serious

[chocolatepot]

So I'm getting brainworms over replacing my car, since (autistic anthropomorphizing of my old car, which will obviously miss me and be sad that I abandoned it, and) I'm buying it cash because I have the money, and if I have that money why haven't I given it to charity? I should need to get a loan and pay in installments like normal, good people who don't let their money sit around.

And THEN I started to go "that sounds like scrupulosity per @scrupulosity-comics," but that sets off "now I'm a bad person for appropriating scrupulosity when I'm not diagnosed with it!!!"

#brainworms #absolutely what the fuck just let me live #this is only partly serious #I mean I can tell it's irrational and it's not controlling my life #I am getting the Bolt regardless of Brother Bart #it's just tiring #see also: last month when I thought I was a NIMBY for having any negative opinion on drug stuff happening next door #it me

[driftingvoid-155]

I like the thought of Michael looking at his organs on the floor and just asking himself ‘what even was the fuckin point of it all’ and then just letting himself become totally unhinged bc fuck it, he died once and at this point, he has zero shame left. Kind of hard to after being paraded around half naked for a week through the neighborhood. Man doesn’t give a fuck anymore.

Night shift were if the animatronics catch you they shove you into a suit? Why not, he’s been in worse situations before.

Haunted attraction that contains the corpse of his father stuck inside a rabbit costume? What else is new at this point. Some arson outta do the trick.

Pizzeria location that’s going to be burned down in a week with him and everyone else inside?? Might as well send that little lawsuit bear leaping into the ball pit a couple dozen times before that.

It’s about the little things. Like not letting the fact your entire family is dead and you yourself got murdered in a horrific way get you down :)

#he tried the solemn and serious route and that got him no where so now it’s just time to get silly #maybe only partly to blame on the fact he’s half insane after having animatronics screaming inside his brain for a week #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #michael afton #my hcs

[twstunes]

so. this dude's King John, right

#twst #twisted wonderland #diasomnia spoilers #twst chapter 7 spoilers #robin hood 1973 #twst meta #this one's only partly serious fghjfjgh i saw the jewels and went ''oh?'' #can't go into the twst tag w/o seeing book 7 spoilers so guess i'll just roll with it! #twisted rambling

[tsunochizu]

take a break if you need to!! we can wait

Consider: no

Either chapter tonight or am not sleeping >:[

I gotta be on schedule its good for the company /j

#ask answer #remember kids don't do this at home I do not advertise overworking urself #this is only PARTLY serious btw not fully #but m a y b e #we will see how well it goes

[cryptidafter]

truly using my talents for good (drawing my faves kissing again)

#cryptid’s thoughts #this is partly a joke but semi-serious because it’s been so refreshing drawing whatever I want again #I spent so many years trying to figure out how to make money from my art and it SUCKED #like it was hammered into my head as a kid that a “regular job” was a chore and you should work for yourself!! Monetize every skill!!! #and then social media culture only exacerbated that problem #I like my job and I don’t want to kill myself trying to make everything I do into a lucrative business #hobbies are fun!

[ehlnofay]

aromantics need to take over every industry NOW

#I'm ANNOYED. not in an earnestly sad way but just like #everything keeps being about romance!! and it's fucking boring!!!! #my friend is playing bg3 and it seems cool and all but there's so much emphasis on romance and sex #mostly in the fandom but partly in the way the game's relationships are structured #and like. I'm so dead serious. that shit's boring #give me a best friend mechanic in every game #I want the exact same vibes but it's all purely platonic #I want all the emotional deepcuts but NO KISSING #that can all be an option obv #but I wish a romantic storyline wasn't the only one that could have depth yk #idk I haven't actually played the game bc my shitty pc cannot handle that #maybe it's actually cool and chill and you can do all the same stuff as with the romance plotlines as Besties #but. kinda doubt it #and that's not what anyone is talking about regardless #if I don't get a narrative without romance in it Right Now I'm going to start biting #I mean it

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

there's something really soft and almost... careful, I guess?? about how Carmy says Syd's name, especially when he uses her full name and actually calls her Sydney (this kitchen is full of people whose love language is nicknames), and I cannot figure it out??? like there's something different about how he says her name vs how he says anyone else's and I don't think it's at all conscious, I think maybe to some degree it's familiarity; they don't know each other as well as anyone else, Syd is a central part of the restaurant but she's also still the new girl, and obviously there's this kind of instant connection and they have a lot of communication that's just half-finished sentences and understanding, but also. also. there's a bit of caution. idk I just think the way he says her name is really interesting and I want to figure out WHY he sounds so much softer with her than anyone else, even when he's annoyed

#this is of course excluding ep7 bc that was just a huge crapshoot in every way possible #but generally speaking he does sound softer with syd than anyone else #and i do think it's partly a tentative kind of thing bc they still don't know each other that well #and maybe some curiosity too?? i feel like there's a lot of curiosity underpinning their whole relationship #like... who are you. who are you to me and who are you GOING to be to me. how comfortable are we. #idk just. thinking #i love when names/nicknames are significant so i am still a bit stuck on everyone immediately deciding #that she's syd not sydney #and carmy specifically only really using her whole name in more serious moments??? #which i think a couple of the others do too #and richie generally just calls her sydney bc he's trying to be pointed about Not accepting her #also while I'm on names: carmy using sugar's real name vs calling her sugar #like the times he actually calls her nat/natalie are... their more dysfunctional (than usual) moments #which seems important??? #Lu rambles #the bear #meta finding tag

[hooved]

lower decks haters stop reblogging my screenshots just to say how bad it looks lmao. it’s like actually a pretty decent show

#everyone thought it was gonna suck at first because it looks like rick and morty but it's fun #like yeah it's an adult humor cartoon with a generic art style and it's partly just an easter egg hunt for big star trek fans #but it's legitimately funny sometimes and they're even starting to get into some more serious plot stuff apparently ? #tbh it's like.........the only alright new star trek show rn. In My Honest Opinion

[ratsbypaulzindel]

if i was an animal whag animal do you think i would be

#SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY. #partly /ref but i partly am curious #vel.txt

[inkovert]

I want to write something fun and silly that doesn't really matter and that I don't care about carefully crafting with logical plot or well-thought out character arcs or perfectly worded sentences.

I want to write like nobody's watching

#it seems so fun but also I question whether I am capable of it #I only ever wrote like that in the early stages of scif (now MDE) when I was like #14-18 #and then suddenly it became SERIOUS #and meaningful #and has been the only thing I've put my heart into writing for years #it seems so fun to write completely carefree with no self-editor or consequences #but idk why the thought of even *trying* scares me #ah idk #I'm not sure I'm making sense #this was partly brought on by you Jax if you ever read this #just reading your TNS excerpts during nano you just seemed like you were having so much fun with it #that it just made me...wanna do that to #inkoverted thoughts

[bugjester]

can we all just start a little freak show circus and survive or somthing

#can we all jusy clown around and make money off of being a freak im doing that anyways why shant i be paid #like trandgenders and others of the world if we are getting gawked at anyways lets make them pay to gawk at us no ? #i understand the fucked up history of the freaks o da circus but we can be in control now #this is only partly serious becyase i really do would love to be to do to be a clown #cat girls and cat boys and cat things and theys you guys can jump through the flaming hoops instead of a liom or whatever #we can mime and clown and pull shit out of hats for the rest of our days #and then wehen the show is over we can all kiss sloppy style u know #anyways #fanatasy worled

[fzrticv]

“ Can’t talk about breeding a leave out ovipostion ~”

#// like the thoug some imps can carry eggs #that it depnds from imp to impt i dunno #.Fizzarolli ♠﹙ ic.﹚ #ovipostion mention #anyway only partly serious xD #not wanan explain now

[avaantares]

Me: /slaps every character in this scene/

(rant begins below cut)

Spoilers for episode 19 of Guardian (though at this point I think I'm the last C-drama fan on the internet to watch it)

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Look, I realize this show didn't have a budget. I can handwave the """absolute zero laboratory""" with its five-foot-tall open ventilation fan, vinyl-covered medical exam table, shelves of uninsulated supplies, and several inbuilt LCD screens that would not survive hitting zero Fahrenheit, much less zero Kelvin. I can shrug off the fact that none of our heroes thought of removing the lift-out hinge pins that are clearly visible on the INSIDE of the door and just walking out of the room. It's a little harder to rationalize the choice not to block the relatively small hole through which the refrigerated air is blowing into the room, and it's kind of ridiculous that even though one of the people locked in the lab has the ability to produce flame at will, nobody attempted to build a fire out of any of the flammable materials lying around (like, say, the cotton ropes, or the gauze and alcohol in the first aid kit, or anything in the boxes of lab supplies) to stay warm. All those things are silly but largely forgivable, because constructing a more accurate set or adding in more fire SFX might cost money the production just didn't have.

But WHY. for the love of thermodynamics. did nobody bother to PULL UP GUO CHANGCHENG'S HOOD when he's supposed to be tragically freezing to death?! IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE SHOT, GUYS. It doesn't cost extra!

Even a minute later when GCC passes out and Chu Shuzhi bundles him up in his own hooded coat, neither of the hoods are placed over his head. It's like they're purely decorative and absolutely not intended to be used for insulation.

#guardian #ava watches guardian #this rant is purely rhetorical because as an actor I know exactly how these things happen (or don't) but it still drives me a bit crazy #i mean if the director doesn't want costumes adjusted between shots b/c of continuity then nobody has the authority to argue w/them #but this is why we have a person whose job on set is continuity (assuming guardian had one of those... which it may not have) #I mean I've gotten in serious trouble on set just b/c I spoke up about safety issues because set culture has incredibly toxic hierarchies #and depending on your department you aren't allowed to speak up if people from certain other departments are on the scene #which is partly because of unions but mostly because producers and directors have high probability of being narcissists #at least as an actor you're allowed to speak which is more than some other staff can do #once when I was working crew i was doing last looks on an actor who wondered aloud about the usage of a word in the script #and since I was familiar with the term I just answered without thinking #and the director heard me and gave me a look that could have fried bacon at thirty paces #because How Dare I speak to an actor on set despite the fact that I was responsible for their entire appearance (on that particular film) #anyway I've only worked in the u.s. and I have no idea how chinese set hierarchies are structured so this is basically irrelevant #also this is so deep in the notes that nobody is reading anymore so

[suppenzeit]

which cologne will make me smell most like a creature of the woods. which smell will make people think "wow there is like a wolf in here (but in a good way)"

#:V #this is only like partly serious because most perfumes and colognes smell the same to me #but if anyone out there has an answer feel free to sound off in the comments

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

i'm having Many Thoughts this rewatch about the... words. narrative devices and framing and tone of sdmi, and how they bring out a lot of food for thought re: aspects of media analysis which are easy to lose track of in media that takes itself more or less seriously than sdmi does.

unfortunately my brain is kind of soup lately, and when i try to put this bit into words it becomes Massive Overwhelming Infodump before it's halfway to my stylus. i have few brain cells available at the moment and it burns through them fast. 😔 ah well, hopefully i'll get around to making an actual coherent post about it sooner or later

#whosebaby talks #SDMItag #something about abstraction vs literalism; shorthand you're supposed to fill in the gaps for vs Things You are Meant to Take at Face Value #and about what's meant to be a Thing specific to a particular character/place/social environment/dynamic/etc #compared to a show's stylistic weirdness filter you're having to compensate for to tell if this character is an Abstraction #in the same way squiggles on a book to indicate writing are an abstraction of actual writing; or if they Are Actually Like That #vs when they *aren't* meant to embody that any more than the other people present; but *the other people present are also Like That* #compared to baseline for that world; because there's a specific reason in-universe that people like them end up concentrated here #vs a world where the baseline *is* for everything to be Like That; not as an abstraction or weirdness filter #but because the squiggly lines on the book are just Actually Squiggly Lines in-universe #often intended for comedy but not always! or entirely! #and sdmi's tone--comedic and otherwise--means it bounces around a lot of these in some really interesting ways #which is uh further complicated by the fact that despite how much of the comedy is obviously meant to lampshade how fucked up their world i #a fuckton of it is just straightforwardly horribly misogynistic and racist and abuse apologist and what have you #and not only makes light of this stuff in some really fucking awful ways under the guise of always-sunny-style ~tee hee lampshading~ #but pulls some real toothpaste-and-orange-juice shit when it combines that with the more serious/earnest elements #and then you add in things like examining the generally exaggeratedly corrupt justice system #partly for laughs/drama and partly because a realistic judiciary process wouldn't work with the format tone and narrative they're working i #it's a fairytale; monarchies don't choose a ruler by sending out three princes to find a magical chalice in the forest or whatever #.....but also there are some reeeaaal interesting; uncomfortable things to examine here when comparing the corrupt *human* justice system #to the corrupt one the horrifically oppressed talking animals in this universe are subjected to #especially when it's often not even clear *which animals are supposed to be sapient* #and some shit you cannot 'it's a fairytale' your way out of; like racism and ableism and misogyny and queerphobia and abuse #say what you want about whether it *should* be there; but if it is; it is #and if nothing else it is sure fucking worth discussing if a piece of media tries to claim a textual depiction of SA for example #is a squiggly line abstraction for consensual romance #anyway there's a lot to unpack here squirtle it's fascinating and i have Opinions about it

[r3ynah]

NU UH

Jack Fenton, dialed his younger sister's phone number as he gazed apologetically at the family of bats, that was hanging around in his living room. he impatiently waited for the other party to pick up.

The Bat family remained stoic as they observed the man, they had or Batman had ordered to put the call on speaker, if ever the phone was answered, Robin had stared at the doorway leading to the kitchen there stood Jack's supposed oldest daughter Jazz. who only stared amused at her father's antics much to Robin's confusion.

finally after a grueling 10 seconds wait, the call was finally answered.

Robin held his breath awaiting for the voice he was expecting for.

"Yes, Ahki?" Talia's voice resonated, from the phone. making everyone's eyes except the Fenton family widen.

'what? mother never told me she had a brother.' Damian thought as he took a peek at his father's face who was scrunched up in confusion. same for the rest of his family.

"Talia, my dear ukht, I've heard from a few birds and bats that you have taken my son. on his fieldtrip." Jack said, his nervous and outgoing personality vanishing and what took place was a serious and angry tone of a father as soon as heard the caller's voice, making everyone in the room shudder at the sudden cold atmosphere while the oldest daughter remained composed and unbothered as she watched.

Silence came from the other side of the phone, before answering "It seems i have." Talia answered back, you can here the voice of a boy in the background asking if it was his dad.

"Stop with this false innocence of yours, bring my son back immediately, partly alive and safe." Jack stated, much to the Bats and birds confusion.

Silence once again, as the phone remained quiet seemingly put down on a table with a few whispers and shuffling. before it was picked up once again.

"Nu uh." was the only thing Talia said as she hang up.

everyone paused.

"The fuck you mean 'Nu uh'?!" Jack yelled, at his phone. While his wife walked their daughter's side who was laughing her ass off, confused she looked at the bats then at her husband and then just sighed.

"Dinner's Ready." she only said as she retreated back at to the kitchen.

#dc x dp #dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #dpxdc #dc x dp crossover #dp x dc fanfic #dp x dc prompt #dpdc #Jack and Talia are siblings #Talia kidnapped Danny so they can have a aunt and nephew bonding #the both of them were planning to kidnap Damian #they were gossiping about Ra's aswell #Danny was the one who told Tallia to say Nu uh #Jazz was the one to tell Talia where Danny was in the first place #Maddie is the beacon of peace in this household #this was made at the crack of dawn #good parents jack and maddie