#this whole scene was genius

[yrsonpurpose]

i think we should make love tonight

#rwrbedit #rwrb #red white and royal blue #alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #firstprince #rwrbgifs #lgbtq #lgbtedit #usernuria #uservik #usermaloune #usersteen #mine* #and that they did! #matthew lopez you genius #this whole scene chefs kiss #can u direct everything from now on

[nightgoodomens]

Just sitting here waiting all pretty ready for my handsome demon to save me so we can have an excuse to go on a date

When he’s finally here

When he looks even hotter than you remember

When you pretend this is a totally serious situation

And a touch of good flirt

Time for lunch!

Mission accomplished.

#I love this scene with my whole being #absolute best quality #top tv #the flirt #so much flirt #I am in love with this #and the fact that it’s canon #ah Michael sheen you beautiful human #ah Aziraphale you absolute genius #I love how much he loves Crowley #good omens #crowley #ineffable fandom #good ineffable omens #ineffable husbands #ineffable boyfriends #ineffable dumbasses #ineffable idiots #ineffable lovers #aziraphale #aziracrow

[lordandladywhistledown]

Okay this shot of Colin is giving me the vibes of this little part of their first night together:

He's figured out that he loves her before this moment but he's just feeling so much that he also can't believe it's all because of Penelope, his lifelong friend who he didn't even see any other way before this season. He's like: "What the fuck and how the fuck are you making me feel these things" and I LOVE IT

He also looks like he was crying (or maybe that's just me) but that would also bring the whole scene on another level

#that little wonder in his face is absolutely incredible #i've said it once and i'll say it again #luke newton is an absolute genius #his micro-expressions make the whole scene so much better #cause its clear he's not just hot for pen in that moment #he's also like wow i love you so much and im not even sure how that happened #polin #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #bridgerton s3 #luke newton #nicola coughlan #bridgerton 3 #colin bridgerton #penelope featherington

[katabay]

original thief series basso & garrett :)

ngl, it's about quality over quantity for me. an npc can have a total of three minutes of screen time, but if they have a cool name, they can live rent free in my head and I'll spend several hours trying to decipher drawable features from a blurry screenshot of pixels

there is a vague hint of a story here, and that's because every time I try to play thi4f, I get incredibly frustrated with how Not Fun the game play is. like, is the story good? well. but it has a PLAGUE. that should've given it instant 'I'll replay this once a year' status in my heart, but the game play sucks so bad that I've never finished it. I can't believe Not Fun gameplay beat out my obsession with narrative plagues.

anyway, the idea is basically if the original era had a game with a plague centric narrative and some other stuff I liked out of thi4f thrown into a narrative blender, with a heavy dash of horror thrown in because some parts of the thief games were scarier to me than entire dedicated horror genre games.

⭐ places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app

#if i had a laptop and the skillset i would attempt a story mod because the thief modders who create whole mission stories #are GENIUS and also somewhat terrifying. love them! xoxox #anyway im actually kind of obsessed with parts of thi4f but its also like. not at that sweet spot of almost good enough to be fun #to talk about. which. for the record. has not stopped me from talking about it at length to people #the city itself actually fucking fascinates me. its almost alive and im SO mad that not a single part of that game is actually terrifying #it should be gnarlier and instead it feels a bit like it doesn't quite want to be trapped in the story it has to tell? #but between the level that has the bodies on the meathooks #and the scene with the bodies hanging from the rafters or whatever that was and garrett living in a clock tower #because the game is very much ALMOST about changing times and authoritarian violence and capitalism #(like. by virtue of how the story sort of spins out i think it misses it's mark on a lot of stuff here #in the sense that i dont feel like it actually wants to tell that story. it wants to. go in a different direction. or at least walk on top #of those themes instead of through it) #ANYWAY between all of those things. it does kind of live in my head rent free. they did create a compelling setting #SHAME THEY DIDNT WANT TO ACTUALLY EAT ANY OF IT #unrelated but i would've given thi4f a 10/10 if they kept garrett's fucking nail polish from the concept art. cowards. unforgivable #thief the dark project #i still have no idea how to tag the game series as a whole RIP #sorry for the dedicated dark project fans. if you know what the general series tag is. please let me know #garrett thief #basso thief

[lewkwoodnco]

while I was skimming through ep 4 I stopped and rewatched the bit where lucy's pulling out the marissa fittes interview tape from the stack and just felt so overwhelmed/SEEN by the terribly anxious and devastated vibe of the scene through the camera work, the visual composition of the scene and ofc the brilliant acting by ruby stokes in her slightly jerky/unstable actions conveying the tremor, both literal and figurative, in lucy. especially cuz of how lucy's generally not one to display these kinds of emotions (or 'weakness') which just goes to show how badly shaken up she is by that fight w lockwood. and it just reminds the audience once again that yes she is so brave and so tough but she's still just a teenage girl and here she is having a very average teenage girl experience.....while shouldering burdens she is far too young for.

#i think thats my fav scene in that ep #possibly even the whole show as of now #its soooo. subtle? but beautifully done #i luv rewatching the show with a finer focus to pick up on these small but genius details of the show #its just so amazingly done theres so much dedication and passion from the entire crew #it saddens me so much that a show as wonderful as this got cancelled :((( #lockwood and co #lockwood & co #lockwood and co netflix #lucy carlyle #bring back lockwood and co #save lockwood & co #save lockwood and co #edited to add the scene im talking abt

[muchcelebrated]

Rewatching The Artful Dodger and god the opening scene is just so electric.

Like the slow zoom in of the doors to the surgical theatre with the light coming through between them and the growing chants of the audience. The cut to the ship Jack is on with the electric guitar from Joker and the Thief coming in and the zoom in through the window to the scene where Jack is gambling. The contrast and cuts between the two representing Jack’s two sides? It’s perfection.

#if I was a film student I’d write a whole essay on the genius of this opening #joker and the thief is actually the most perfect song for this opening scene I can’t #commentary #episode 1 #the yankee dodge #my post #the artful dodger #the artful dodger hulu #the artful dodger disney plus #artful dodger #score #soundtrack

[fangirlfreak08]

I’m so normal about Percabeth (I’ve just written over 1000 words about Annabeth’s thoughts on their relationship and Percy over the course of the books and I’m only about 100 pages into sea of monsters timeline wise)

#so much happens for them in this book alone though #like the whole him saving her from the sirens #and her saving him from Circe #and her almost dying #and him calling her a genius #and then the entirety of titans curse #oh I’m gonna have fun with that #the dance scene #her getting kidnapped #him risking everything to save her #her turning down immortality #THEN THE ANGST BEGINS #I’ve already got three post it notes of stuff to add #THEN THEY ACTUALLY GET TOGETHER #THEN HE GOES MISSING #Percy Jackson #annabeth chase #percabeth

[boyfridged]

the brilliance of jay's progression in countdown is that it gives you a promise of positive character development, and then it breaks it. and it does so intentionally, in the most diverting way, to emphasize jason's inability to escape the cycle.

or, another post breaking down the series, where i repeat myself a lot but also make a clearer argument.

there are three notable events that happen at the beginning: the subtle showcase of jay's internal conflict considering his approach toward killing (the very first encounter with duela and the monitor), jay reaching out to donna in crisis ("i guess I just wanted to be around someone else who might know how it feels…"), and finally – his helmet shattering. these scenes tell you: jason's direction as a character is changing, and it seems, for the better. he's about to abandon his trauma-based (no matter how ironic, it does remain tied to his trauma) identity, he is connecting with people, and he seems to be on a brink of understanding that his moral standing does not provide easy answers or solutions either.

and for the most part of the series, we see that narrative unfolding (even if a bit non-linear, still innocently convincing way). it is, in many ways, supported by bringing up features of his characterisation from the 80s. jason remains, of course, still unpleasant in ways typical for this era of writing, and is conflicted and disagreeable, which makes sense for his utrh/post-utrh personality. however, there are also details that bring us back to his original robin run and his cameos on ntt – we see him being responsible (e.g. #43 – suggesting to bring in other superheroes in crisis, even though he clearly is not keen on the idea of working with them), determined (#16: “isn’t that your super-power, stupid boy? too stupid to ever give up?” “maybe it is”), sensitive (half of the whole storyline, really), caring for gotham (gotham by gaslight) and people-oriented (as early as #51).

the issue that particularly signals that jason is an inherently good person and externalizes his internal conflicts regarding classic heroic vigilantism vs his cynical approach is #30, where we meet batman of earth-15 –  alt jason, whom our jason attempts to punch in the face.

and on topic of batman – jason is always gravitating towards batman. in gotham by gaslight jay looks delighted to see (the foreign) bruce and suggests checking with the local bat. then, earth-51 arc arrives.

earth-51 arc (#16 - #13) is a culmination of a promise of catharsis for jason. we have already seen him as batman, as a confirmation that a different life for him is possible. and here he has a chance to come to terms with his past and overcome it. he meets a version of bruce who has done exactly what he wanted him to do in utrh: killed the joker and the rest of the rogue gallery. what is most important – he is disappointed with this version of his father. we realise that jason, deep down, has an intimate and intuitive understanding of what batman stands for; and that he shares most of his values. this is a truth that you can't ignore especially since jay is the one to inspire this hollow, cynical version of batman to go out and fight in a seemingly lost battle.

and then batman dies. right in front of him.

this is a central moment of the narrative, for many reasons, most strikingly:

the symmetry:, a premise known from the lost days, becomes literal. this "the father had lost a son, and now the son had lost the father" is a cruel parallel to a death in the family and bruce's grief. jason's death created a gap between them that jay has been desperately trying to close, with no avail – because in bruce's mind, jason remains dead. now that jason is grieving bruce, the connection closes on both sides, and there's no way for either of them to reconcile the mourning with the reality of the other being truly alive. in this sense, the arc solidifies that jason can never come home.

no good deed goes unpunished. as i have mentioned before, so far jason is established as someone good at heart, but confused; and the reader intuitively assumes that his better, honest side will win. yet, the moment jason gives in to hope, it victimises and retraumatizes him. this event, again, brings to mind his own death, when he tried his best to save sheila and ended up paying the highest price for it. so, narrative-wise, jason is always punished for his kindness.

perhaps because of the nonchalant act that jason pulls off, many readers seem to miss that everything that happens after that arc is an upshot that follows logically from it.

jason's immediate determination to leave – and later a short period of indecision that ends up with his dramatic exit, pushing his team away, makes perfect sense when you consider what intense trauma he has just gone through. admittedly, i'm not a fan of the notion that he would give up at all (i think he's always ready to give up on himself, but not on the world), but then on the other hand, if there's anything that would cause it, narrative-wise, witnessing batman dying does sound like a good incentive for that. (it also has to be pointed out that jason seems to be confident that the rest of the team can go into the final battle without him anyway; it's not like he would go back to his earth not even knowing if said earth will exist tomorrow).

it's crucial to notice that following that crisis of faith (faith in fighting for the world) is followed by him raising up for the challenge again, but now... worse and even more confused. in the final confrontation with donna, jason antagonizes the superhero community, and when we see him at the end of the series (#1) his monologue indicates that he believes the capes to be naive. (significantly, he also focuses on bruce and offends the memory of 51 earth-bruce by calling him crazy; an action that can be seen as suppression of his own guilt and invoking, once again, a cruel symmetry considering bruce's engagement in victim-blaming after jason's death). this, once again, is consistent with the "no good deed" reading – jason diminishes superhero values because he has been continuously punished for living by them. (and unlike other superheroes, he doesn't have a support system nor skills in compartmentalization that would help him deal with this trauma) every leap of hope re-traumatised him. hence, it seems to be no surprise that jason decides to abandon the mask, and in the closing scene we see him without it. the promise of the shattered helmet is pushed to an extreme – jason does not get a new alt identity. he denounces the idea of superheroism completely.

and yet, what is ultimately subversive about the ending, is that jay is not truly a civilian and he does not abandon vigilante ways. he does the same thing. we see him without a mask, but he is clearly working a case. he might have rejected the symbolic dimension of the vigilante work, but he still carries the same delusional hope for bettering the world and protecting people that the superhero community does. only now, he is even more isolated and doesn't have any identity to go by (as he is still legally dead).

as such, the ending opens a new question regarding jason's understanding of himself and vigilantism, or rather the lack thereof. is it possible that vigilantism is really at the core of jay's trauma? and why, potentially, is it something that is so destructive for him as a character specifically? (and i have some answers for that, but i'm not going to get into it here, as it's already a very long post)

so, tldr; the genius of countdown is that it establishes jay as sensitive, determined, and fundamentally good (this is what the purpose of seeing him as batman is!), and then it brutally reminds the reader that jason’s tragedy is that on this specific earth, in this specific timeline, his love doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. the story goes on as it did; one way or another, jay is trapped in the cycle of his care ironically creating rifts between him and the others, and bringing him to his own downfall.

#okay i know i said a lot of it already but it's been some time since i finished the reread and i feel like my take on it has shifted a bit #and i wanted to emphasise the 'no good deed' interpretation!! #also it's just that i've seen a lot of people saying that countdown ends with jason being a civilian. #while i think the whole genius of it is that he is not really a civilian?? #have you seen civilians doing whatever the hell he is doing in the final scene? #this is arguably the element of the narrative that is by most readers missed – and i understand why #it's easy to get confused when navigating an event that spans across pretty much all of dc #fortunately for you i have worms for brain. and i have hyperanalysed it #i'm not saying overanalysed btw because i genuinely believe that this is not a case of accidental narrative brilliance #this is a pretty clear and straightforward progression once you dissect it from the rest of the series #and there are a lot of details that further cement my belief that it had to be intentional #i mean. even the recognition that donna and jason know each other is already... a lot for dc writers? #the fatal flaw #51 #no good deed #jay.zip #jay.txt #jason todd #core texts

[novantinuum]

when the blind reactors you watch are starting to get into the Nitty Gritty of plot and you are going to have to be Very Careful in your meta ramble comments from now on so as to not accidentally sway their thinking or Give Anything Away

#SoEverdream on patreon just finished s3 #and got to the 'rose shattered pink diamond' (*major irony Air Quotes*) ''reveal'' #we really in it now boys #jen rambles #man tho it's so funny at the end of s3 he was musing on if the reveal of what rose ''did'' would at all change steven's willingness to be #more offensive on the field in a situation of need and he was like... 'man part of me... actually really wants that and a part of me #Does Not because steven is a literal child and at the end of the day i want him to stay innocent' #and meanwhile in the back of my head i'm just #war flashbacks to 16 yr old steven Going On the Offensive and uh #it not ending well :') #which i still think... narratively- how it's presented- was kinda genius on a meta level #they play up that fight the whole episode... building up towards it with a whole anime-esque training montage #playing it up like some fuckin shounen shenanigans #for Many audience members i think they were like 'holy shit lets GOOOOOO fight fight fight' #but then like #WHAM. consequences hit #and it's not a fun little shounen fight scene anymore #and you realize that this is the worst possible thing that could've ever happened to steven- truly giving himself over to the offensive #like god damn holy SHIT i cannot wait for this reactor to eventually get there #bc his reaction to steven having to stab a sword clear through bismuth was VISCERAL #and i just KNOW it'll be the same at That Moment #and i CRAVE it #but i need to be patient ahahah #all in good time :)

[phosphophylight-of-my-life]

the fact that han sooyoung's skill is called "predictive plagarism" is so funny though. you spend years of hard work writing a webnovel, only for some jerkface to accuse you of plagiarising a third-rate novel, as if it was even worth plagiarising in the first place. the apocalypse starts, no one has the means to upload or read webnovels anymore, and yet somehow you're now teaming up with that same jerkface who continues to insist that you're a plagiariser. of course, you continue to insist on your innocence because your conscience is clear. then you get a skill that labels you as a plagiariser. what do you do. how do you even take that. is the universe trying to tell you something.

#orv #orv spoilers #is it called that bc 1863rd hsy alr lived thru the future so she's now plagiarising that #and isnt that meta bc of epilogue reasons #hsy is such a genius that she has been plagiarising herself this whole time #no but rly there HAS to be an unnarrated scene whr kdj gives her shit for her skill name #hes too annoying not to

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Rewatching full moon (creepy af) and absolutely dying with laughter over the tape worm call because the fact the writers have pulled so many strings together from that 1 scene is epically genius and hilarious!

A guy called Connor giving ‘birth’ to a tape worm and Buck telling him ‘it’s a boy’ as well as mentioning tending bar in South America one summer 👀👀👀

Cackling 😂😂😂

#it was already one of my fave scenes from season 1 but it’s just taken on a whole new level of genius now #911 writers I love you!! #911 on fox #911 fox #911onfox

[irlwakko]

okay I used to think the scene where CB played Heart and Soul for Beethoven was kind of cute but like. now that I think about it. cb that’s kind of embarrassing

#he’s literally a piano GENIUS playing piano is his WHOLE THING!!!! cb what are you DOING!!!!! #dog sees god #the thing that made me realize this was the push scene from Barbie #also this post is like a half-joke #I have thoughts about this scene as a metaphor in the narrative but those are gonna have to wait for a different post #I have to microdose my dogseesgod-posting or the world will explode or something. sorry #also mutuals who don't know what dog sees god is and see this are gonna be Confused

[lazyveran]

ive decided to create an elaborate childhood backstory for azulon and his mother. specifically to make sozin look even more incompetent but also bc time is a flat circle and i want to torture that man AND azula

#considering his youth and sozin's old age i think azulon's mother must have been a second wife or a consort #which opens up a whole can of worms #AND. the idea of sibling rivarly has to come from somewhere so i kind of want azulon to be a third or fourth child #so like. he has older step-brothers in line for the throne while he's ridiculed for his existence #make it so hes a combination of azula and zuko's fates #bc i can. and his mother was a political genius who pulled strings behind the scenes #i need to draw her methinks #azulon #oc talk #atla #veran speaks

[thesherrinfordfacility]

Underappreciated S2 scene: "Going Up."

#good omens #when i tell you that this scene kicked me in the face and i crumbled like a paper bag #this was the most perfect scene in the whole show dont @ me - real az crowley and adam prepare to square off against satan energy #the swells of the music? david arnold is a genius but he did NOT need to go this hard #like the chord drop when the lift arrives? CHEFS FUCKING SNOG #whole scene was so fucking baller and i cant believe i saw it with my own two eyes #“Going Up” UGH the way i lost my shit at this episode ending the whole thing had me in a vice like chokehold #also doctor who vibes were off the charts and utterly immaculate #not a shitpost but its good omens babyyyy

[sunnykeysmash]

Dee's the writer and director... stepping into the leader position she naturally gravitates towards... she's casting the roles. She cast wrong in dee day, but this will change.

She always wanted the lead role before, which got in-between mac and dennis, but if she steps back (behind the scenes), she won't be their buffer anymore and then...

I rewatched aluminum monster vs fatty magoo and noticed how bad mac is at being controlling and manipulative (he follows exactly what frank says, doing things that he's still trying to apply to this day, like announcing dennis' announcement), how dennis can only ever see himself as filling the role perfectly, and how dee naturally stages a strike and everyone listens to her.

I also rewatched gets held hostage and noticed how it heavily features frank's will and how his gun saves the day, both elements that are coming back in tandem in ep2 of s16... and hostage is a very interesting ep in analyzing the group dynamics and how they interact with each or betray each other. It's also like... its talk of stockholm syndrome, because due to dee's monologue I feel like "why are you doing this to me?" will be a theme, in s16. Because it's like... well ok, no only is it also in gets whacked p2, but it implies that you fell in love with the other person because they did something to you...

look, I'm being rambly (as usual), but what I'm saying is that I feel like s16 will pull a lot from s3 specifically... I guess we will see more clearly when it airs, but I wanted to put it out there. It's not just THAT season tho there's like, season 9 too. and 14.

#iasip #s16 spoilers #it's always sunny in philadelphia #always sunny #bro i dont know where i was going with this... im writing analysis posts like they're journal entries lmaoo #and also like forgive me for this lol but i feel like they're using liam and ryan to parallel macdennis a bunch but especially in hostage #i feel like theyre the data jumper refers to when it comes to like. having a gay couple on the show???? cuz like. well yk. it is what it is #and now they're in the bowling episode saying mixing things is strictly prohibited idk maybe im seeing things but mayb not anyways #yea um no comment. this isnt my most coherent post #i like the part abt how dee isnt gonna be between mac and dens' story anymore tho looking to be the lead bc shes STEPPING BACK from actress #to control it from behind the scenes like a director #which will leave mac and den without a third wheel..... damn. dee is the wildcard huh? #i really sincerely hope we have the whole gang scheming mac and dennis shit behind their backs in s16 #like thats hilarious come on #and they all have different goals and methods in mind and dennis is like the lil lab rat unaware victim of it all #then the veil is pulled and BAM!!!! the gang broke dennis. it's genius

[thresholdbb]

Can you imagine when Voyager gets back to the Alpha Quadrant and Janeway goes to give her official report on the Caretaker and she starts by plonking a rock down on the briefing room table?

#I see… a stone #idk did suspiria take the rock back? #how very like Janeway to make a report by dumping a corpse on a table (but respectfully) #the admirals nodding sagely like of course it was a fucking rock #it’s a Sporocystian life form #Harry Kim what are you talking about it’s a rock #Kate Mulgrew is so real for selling that scene with a literal rock in her hands #she’s just squatting there having a very believable moment with a literal stone and acting the shit out of it #I mean she’s some sort of genius #first of many official reports that’s why they made her admiral so they could listen to all her stories and she wouldn’t fly away #you know they’re all gossips in starfleet #she has seven years of star base visits she needs to make up for #good lord how many times have I seen this whole show at this point and it’s still not enough #ok my next Janeway cosplay I’m gonna have a rock #VEEEERY tempted to do sacred ground but need to finish time and again #midnight cackling #memeish