#thought break

[mytvd]

ok, i'm still watching, i've just gotten very ahead of myself and haven't been keeping track of thoughts for every episode. i don't really want to post out of order so everything's in drafts until i feel the holes in.

i was typing thoughts about a much later episode but this bullet point re: stefan vs damon, which turned into "more reasons i like stefan," got super long, so i wanted to post it on its own:

based on my history of engaging with similar media, i should be on the damon train, and stefan should seem really boring to me. but like, he's not that boring!! and a big part of why he chooses to be good (ie, boring) is because of his history of being a murdering psycho (even though even in ripper mode he wasn't really having fun, as evidenced by his corpse reassembly). maybe it's an age thing and maybe if i had watched this as a teen (i mean, impossible because of it when it aired) i would prefer stefan -- i know i found peeta boring in the books/movies at first, because i wasn't going to like teen drama media for like, thoughtful characters and ptsd healing and stuff -- but at this point in time, lol, i just love seeing his consistent patience, gentleness, and general respect for women on a tv show. a popular mainstream tv show!!! like, he treats not just elena with respect, but all of her friends, even before he gets to know them, and he never "objectifies them until he gets to know them better" as happens a lot in other teen media -- he starts out respecting them from the beginning. sooooo much of the time on tv/in movies, women characters have to be considered hot/attractive (particularly by the men characters) first and foremost to have value, and whatever other qualities they possess are secondary and only valued because their hotness means they deserve a closer look or a chance to prove themselves. i mean, there aren't really any non-hot people around (which really destroys the "southern small town" illusion) to observe this with, lol, but at least on this show, a man in the main cast treats all the women with respect, even when there's no concrete benefit for him to do so, even when no one else (ie, his girlfriend) is watching. he sees something worth getting to know in almost anyone he encounters (which is in line with his journaling habit) and he doesn't see people as expendable, even though their lives are so short compared to his, and he can't really rely on people being in his life long-term. i am honestly kind of surprised stefan has remained so consistent in this way, even as the show continues to brutalize women (of all ages, lol, and elena back-to-back-to-back) and kill them off in spades. like, the writing has obviously gotten worse and worse over time, and stefan has had some poorly-written moments for sure that felt like they bent the universe in order to make the plot more convenient instead of digging deeper to make the story make sense, but on the whole, his character is pretty consistent, and he has the ability to evolve/change (like being unable to be in a relationship with elena, but still being in her life [without being a lil bitch about it, like damon is within moments of their breakup], and still caring about all of her friends/the people that are only in his life because of her). i literally haven't seen paul wesley in anything else so i have no handle on his acting abilities outside of this show (although i think he does a great job on this show), but of course the performance adds a lot, but i mean, unless paul wesley is making script changes on set, lol, it's just kind of interesting how consistent the character has been written [most of the time] compared to other parts of the show.

**note: i'm only on season 5 and also outside of really the one vpd youtube video and princess weekes's excellent confederate vampires vid i really have zero idea what like, popular opinions about these characters are, lol, and i'm trying not to read anything until i'm done with the show

**edit: i'm halfway through season 6 and as soon as he was shown lying to ivy i regretted posting this but he had a good run, especially compared to most of the other characters on this show

#vampire diaries #the vampire diaries #tvd #vpd #thought break

[fluorescentbrains]

me reading straight up pornography: hmm… this one just doesn’t have enough accurate character psychoanalysis to get me off

#d #rihanna sticks and stones can break my bones but fictional people’s thoughts about whips and chains excite me

[jondrettegirls]

[ID: A page of a play. It reads as follows, "Theseus: Stop. Give me your hand. I am your friend. / Herakles: I fear to stain your clothes with blood. / Theseus: Stain them, I don't care." End text.]

Herakles - Euripides (Tr. Anne Carson)

#on my own. #sorry the formatting on this is weird theres a page break bleh #anne carson #euripides #quotes #herakles #theseus #herakles&theseus #i just thought ab this play again and god… like a little boat being towed along by a big boat…… #quoteblr #wordblr #euripides was rlly into this huh. w/ orestes & pylades ‘not to me not if its you’ like. he was rlly into this specific dynamic

[flamingthespian]

#um actually #brennan lee mulligan #tal talks #i just watched this today and thought this bit was so good lmao #i for one would love a reverse Indiana Jones who breaks into museums and re-steals stolen artifacts to bring them back to their home culture #AND gets with really old women

[itsasimplereason]

The fact that the Doctor never finds out that Jenny's alive kills me.

#Doctor Who #Tenth Doctor #David Tennant #Jenny #The Doctor's Daughter #Georgia Tennant #*breaks down door after not posting for over a year* #Surprise! I betcha thought you'd seen the last of me

[frownyalfred]

the best part about comics and fics where the batkids have to fight a mind controlled Bruce is the inevitable "oh shit" moment when they realize that every single spar with Bruce over the years -- even the ones where they were sparring at full force -- was against a Bruce who still held himself back in some way. because those are his kids.

a Bruce who doesn't care about them is terrifying.

#thoughts #remember that scene where he fights nightwing and breaks his arm and doesn't even blink #and dick is screaming #and trying to fight him and losing #just.....oy #bruce wayne #batman #dc #batfamily

[glassrooibos]

Everything stays right where you left it huh guys

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #adaine abernant #fantasy high junior year #I loved this parallel from Siobhan #none of these guys are getting a break huh #IM ABOUT TO LISTEN TO THE NEW EP TOO #Hope nothing upsetting or unsettling happens :0) #ps I have no idea what sauce you put with strudel #I would have thought custard #but the symbolism… #THE DRAMA of a red berry sauce #I dunno guys #should I do more freshman and junior year parallel pieces? #lmk #I love you bye

[naomistares]

everyone decided to skip in the bathroom

(shakily and brittlely: im never doing backgrounds again)

#art #artists on tumblr #digital art #nicole class of 09 #jecka class of 09 #class of 09 #emily class of 09 #ari class of 09 #this took less time than i originally thought #im being dramatic #next art minthara #sorry sometimes i need a break #to draw normal people clothes! #video games

[girlpog]

“We need more evil women.” Bitch you thought Skylar White was in the wrong 😭

#i literally cannot tolerate skylar haters #it can never just be ‘idk I thought she was annoying’ #it’s always ‘she was just as bad as Walter. no. WORSE than Walter’ #like!!! no!!! bitch you can’t read!!! #breaking bad #brba #skylar white #shitpost #textpost

[lesbaurinkos]

do you think they knew even then that it was gonna be forever

#sent this to my friend in the middle of class and she physically put her head in her hands with such devastation another classmate asked- #-if she was ok. so i hope it can aid u guys in similar manners i suppose! #smiling shakily… Do You Remember. The Time. When W #no one look too hard at the train i don’t care what trains look like. it’s not about that. #it’s about. sing along to the start of forever. as paramore once said. #took the train home for spring break yesterday! just thought of them. x #dnp #dan and phil #phanart

[eggdrawsthings]

🤏🐸💚.

#finished this just in time to cope w today's ep #cant they just have a fucking break jfc #my brain is full of thoughts about them #my art #din djarin #grogu djarin #clan mudhorn #a clan of two #the mandalorian #star wars #mando #grogu #baby yoda #pedro pascal

[halcyon-autumn]

Huge L for Helio this episode I gotta say. Something about meeting that guy makes people want to go worship a dead lesbian

#YES this is the same joke twice I thought of two funny ways to say it #this post better not break containment it sounds insane out of context #also important to state that Cassandra is of course an enby lesbian we love our non-binary godexx of mystery #fantasy high #fhjy #fantasy high junior year #buddy dawn #kristen applebees #helio #ankarna #fantasy high spoilers #dimension 20

[dumblr]

It breaks my heart knowing there are so many beautiful souls out there questioning their worth because someone they loved made them feel unloveable.

#quotes #feelings #emotions #love #sad qutoes #sad reality #sad thoughts #love quotes #wise words #thoughtful #it breaks my heart #romantic quotes #dumblr

[perfectquote]

Sometimes it feels better not to talk. At all. About anything. To anyone.

Breaking Bad

#Breaking Bad #motivation #quotes #poetry #literature #relationship quotes #writing #original #words #love #relationship #thoughts #lit #prose #spilled ink #inspiring quotes #life quotes #quoteoftheday #love quotes #poem #aesthetic

[newttxt]

crisis of disbelief

#one piece #trafalgar law #zoro #luffy #‘what ship is this’ sure #lulaw? luzo? law…zo? or is it zolaw. none of these sound like words anymore #well i guess bc they aren’t. they aren’t real words #‘law and zoro never really saw gear 5’ yeah. law saw his giant head in the roof and zoro was basically dead #they felt That tho #and finally #‘i thought you were taking a much needed rest break after weekly comics’ #yeah well. i need a new brush bc my old one kills my wrist and there is a STEEP learning curve for me :// #it’ll get easier right. it’ll look better right. RIGHT?!

[frownyalfred]

I 100% believe Lois Lane requested the presence of Bruce Wayne in her delivery room.

Nobody, not even the League, understood until it was time to give birth and Clark froze up at her bedside. Bruce was there to coach them both through it, as Clark’s friend and as Lois’ human reinforcements.

(Bruce flew to Metropolis in a helicopter when he got the news. He found Clark ashen and trembling at Lois’ side, eyes clenched shut as she screamed. He slid into place like he’d never been missing, talking Lois AND Clark through it like he delivered babies every day of the week)

#rambling thoughts sorry #bruce wayne #batman #Clark kent #superman #Lois lane #clois #dc #dc comics #I just hc Clark can’t listen to Lois scream #or be in pain #because with him around she’s never in danger she doesn’t have to be #but this is another beast #he just has to sit there and watch it happen #Lois knows this #so she called Bruce #also she needed the satisfaction of breaking someone’s hand from squeezing #Bruce breaks his fingers every other patrol so this barely fazed him