#weren't that serious

[the-acid-pear]

Like look at another movie that was really weird and divisive with wacky visuals and sexual themes, just like men had: Beau Is Afraid.

Beau too was a fucking trip but in that movie we had an story. We had a starting point and an end goal. You'd even argue this is a vague take on the odyssey too. Sure it was kind of insane for better and for worse but all of its scenes and themes tied to a bigger picture.

MEN is so over the place trying to bring in so many details but refusing to give them a reason to be. In BIA at least you can go "Beau is hallucinating/living out his intrusive/paranoic thoughts" and it makes sense because if you have mental illness similar to him (I do) expecting the worst to happen is what you do, but here it's taken to 11 bc well he's imagining it a little too close. In MEN there's not a single semblance of an explanation on anything. They vaguely maybe imply paganism but I'm just making huge assumptions.

Like BIA is a movie that gives you stepping stones to tie it all together, while MEN is a movie where you just gotta write fucking fanfiction for any of it to make sense. And I'm so upset about it. -_-

#luly talks #MEN 2022 #beau is afraid #also Beau didn't take itself too seriously. it was a comedy after all. surely the jokes didnt land for everyone but it at least knew they #weren't that serious #MEN plays itself completely straight #funniest thing was Geoff's joke 10 minute walk there 30 minute walk back that is probably just a super common old man joke #but i never heard it in my life so it had me laughing hars #like hell even the side characters in BIA are more than the ones in MEN. like i said before the only two we vaguely know something of are #the priest or deacon idc and uh. the green man. and w the green man it's mostly just speculations again #like it doesn't matter if you want a symbolic film you need to create some build up for the viewer's to believe this

[nicosraf]

As per my last post, if yall arent aware — Cait Corrain, the author of the upcoming Crown of Starlight made a bunch of fake accounts on Goodreads to review-bomb other debut authors, almost entirely BIPOC, with 1 star while 5-starring her own book. She also added traditionally published debut authors to a list derogatorily labeling them as "self-published" hacks. She went after random books that are Greek mythology retellings, like her own is, and again targeted BIPOC authors. She even targeted my good friend RM Virtues, who is an indie author who writes queer Black Greek myth reimaginings.

Many of those she attacked were people who considered her a colleague and friend. She's tried to spin a lie about how she's being framed by someone from her Reylo fandom days, but Reylos have disproven that already.

Cait allegedly liked to brag about how her publisher treated her like royalty, and she had a massive Illumicrate deal. Her book was also getting favorable advanced reviews and had a beautiful cover, so she had nothing to be jealous of. She's potentially destroyed her career due to racism alone. Do not buy her book and do not support her.

Here is a thread if you want specifics and here is the 31-page doc of evidence.

#havent seen this on tumblr really so #in case you all weren't aware #this is gravely serious #mine #publishing #writing #author #books #cait corrain #crown of starlight

[svnflowermoon]

hey btw before you start being angry at the 10 year old sephora kids and the ipad kids, remember that we should feel bad for them. because the world has failed them. it is not these kids faults that the world is so focused on materialistic things and that their parents don't know how to talk to them. that is the fault of social media and bad parenting. i said what i said.

#luc posts #like i genuinely feel so bad for the ipad and sephora kids bc they just... didn't get on childhood #they were raised on false beauty standards and having a screen shoved in their faces & i think that we as a society need to reflect on that #like i am quite serious when i say that it is unrestricted internet access and generational trauma that have caused this #seeing those seven year old girls doing their skincare and mascara makes me want to cry bc how did we fail them this bad??? #they should be having a childhood but they're being forced to grow up too soon #im saying all this as a sixteen year old it would genuinely be better if young kids and teenagers weren't exposed to the toxicity of insta+ #+and other social media bc it does NOTHING but put bad ideas in their heads and give them bad self esteem

[ghouljams]

Hey, your Regency!Price…I hope we get more of him but you inspired me to mess about with some pics. I couldn’t resist!

Foaming at the mouth for this man and his stupid ass shoes.

You like him in his uniform. A man of Price's station hardly needs the backing of a military uniform to hold importance, no he carries that in the proud set of his shoulders, but you like him with all the bells and whistles. You like the way the dark coat looks against his skin, the way the high collar seems to strengthen his jaw, and all the golden accents that make his eyes sparkle. The only thing you can find to dislike about it is the way it draws other women's attention.

Price holds your fan, waving it in brisk motions to keep the both of you cool as you snag two glasses off a passing tray. You offer him one and he takes it graciously. It's funny how easily you fall in with his motions, how easily he falls into yours. You reach for your fan and he snaps it shut, your own bad habit mirrored back to you. You bite down your smile and try to be more dainty when you open it again.

"You're rather popular," You note, your eyes drifting to the crowd of women glaring at you. They exchange quiet but pointed words behind fans, you're sure if you were closer they'd raise their voices so you could hear what they called you. Nothing creative you're sure. Peacocks, the lot of them.

"The uniform is popular," Price responds.

"Not the man?" You raise a brow, catching the twitch of his smile, "Pity, I rather like the man."

"He likes you."

You hum, smile over the rim of your wine glass. You enjoy flirting more than you'd thought you would. Enjoy the way Price makes your stomach flip and your skin heat with only three words. You like the way his voice rumbles low in his chest when he says them. 'He likes you.' You smile a little more despite yourself, your teeth edging against the rim of the glass.

"You like when I say that?" You can hear the smile in his voice, feel the gentle pressure of his hand low against your back. It's a fleeting touch but it leaves you burning for more, improper in the best of ways.

"It's nice to hear," You tell him, flashing the warmth of your smile his way. There's no sense in hiding it when he already knows. Here's another thing you like, the way Price's eyes wrinkle at the corners when he smiles at you.

"It's the truth," The sincerity of his tone makes your heart ache. Nothing could have prepared you for this man, for the desire he churns in you. Longing for things you never let yourself dream of: love, marriage, children. Propriety says you're never supposed to seem too interested lest gossip spread about your virtue, but-

"A mutual one," You tell him, assure him with affection on your lips. You're sure after your first meeting with him your reputation is tarnished enough, you may as well be honest with the man that ruined it.

"Be still my heart," He rumbles, his smile as wide as you've ever seen it, "you'll kill me before we ever reach the alter tellin' me that sweetheart."

#been doing research on regency courtship #Tell me how Price kissing her hand when they first met would've been a fucking SCANDAL #of course duck was a fool to offer him her hand when they weren't even engaged #THIS MAN IS ALL BUT FUCKING HER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM #Price writing his fucking name on Duck and she wonders if he's serious about her #God I want them to exchange letters and gifts and sit close together while they talk about the future #they're so smitten with each other #cod x reader #x reader #x oc #cod x oc #john price mw2 #john price x reader #captain john price #captain price cod #captain price x reader #captain price mw2 #captain price #john price #price x reader #x f!reader #f!reader #oc: duck #regency au

[pearlcaddy]

ANTHONY LOCKWOOD & LUCY CARLYLE Lockwood & Co

#lockwood & co #lockwood and co #lockwoodandcoedit #anthony lockwood #anthonylockwoodedit #lucy carlyle #lucycarlyleedit #locklyle #locklyleedit #smallscreensource #tvedit #cinematv #userbelin #userbeccaa #pearlcaddyedit #pearlcaddy l&co #500 #1k #obviously the conversation in 1.02 is very serious but that line always makes me laugh cause like #baby girl even if you weren't ridiculously talented he's in love with you #poor lockwood is so confused. 'of all the criticisms you could make of me as an employer??' #the way i didn't even gif all the times he sends her heart eyes in the one and a half episodes before this exchange #i reached fifteen and was like hmm i think i've made my point #the tenth one always sends me. lockwood: *looking at lucy's lips* if your head's not in the right place #sir??? is *yours*??? #the fourth one is straight up indecent who gave him the right to look at her like that #the way he abandons his tea in the ninth one like 'tea is not as important as bantering at lucy's side'

[marivanilla05]

Out of context dub scenes I found buried in my files

#dcmk #detective conan #conan edogawa #ran mouri #kogoro mouri #sonoko suzuki #the new dub could never #and if i remember correctly a lot of the jokes in the mountain lodge weren't from the original japanese ep #bc the scene itself was supposed to be serious #also I love the sass the VAs portray in the eng dub #as much as i love the sub i still kinda wish we still had this dub #out of context detco dub

[canisalbus]

I think the good thing about people being silly about the gay dogs is that the dogs get to be silly. No more murder. No more angst. Only worm.

.

#I agree! #in some way it makes them seem more human I think #answered #anonymous #if they were so serious that you weren't allowed to tease them even a little bit they would become hard to relate to and mummify #relics aren't alive

[royalarchivist]

Phil: Doin' a lot of traveling around the New Years. Oh boy, oof. Oh golly, oh gee. But it should be worth it! It should be really good. I'm looking forward to it, Kristin's looking forward to it.

Random Chatter: What about Tallulah and Chayanne?

Phil: I told them already what's going on. I already told them. They already know when I'm getting back and all that stuff, so.

Random Chatter: The cookies though?

Phil: [Shrugs] So? I'm... physically not here? [Laughs] There's more things - there's more important things in life than feeding a virtual egg cookies, I'm sorry to say, dude. [Laughs]

Random Chatter: Get Tubbo to feed eggs cookies.

Phil: [Laughs and mimics the chatter in an annoying voice] "Get this person!" "Get that person!" ALSO IGNORING THOSE PEOPLE ALSO HAVE LIVES! Jesus Christ. That says a lot about what you think of your streamer. Oh my god, dude. Let them have a fcking week off man! Let the Eggs have a week off, you kidding me? They're people, too, they're admins!

Random Chatter: The eggs need to live.

Phil: They do! By having a week off! [Laughs] Leave them alone! Holy fck! Good lord... If I- if- Dude. If anyone in my chat is genuinely like gonna come into stream, and like - be pissed off that different members of QSMP are just not logging in, I'm banning you on the spot, 'cuz that is so fcking toxically online of you. That is SO chronically online of you. You need to take a break, and I'm giving you that break. I'm forcing you to take a break from your PC. Fckin' get up from the - look away from the screen.

#Philza #Phil #QSMP #For real though it's WILD that some people genuinely have that mentality #People forget that the ccs need breaks and so do the Eggs! #many of whom are in college #and hell even if they weren't #they still need a break! #Plus it's the holidays #Context for this conversation in case it wasn't clear: Phil was talking about leaving for the holidays and said others will be too #and some random chatters got annoying spamming about the Eggs and saying they'll die #I didn't catch this live but I'm watching the VOD #Idk. QSMP is almost a year old and people still get worried about the same stupid stuff #''The eggs are gonna die! No one will take care of this specific Egg unless I spam their name in chat 100000 times!'' #''Nobody cares about my fave and clearly I know better than actual members of the server'' #Like. c'mon man be serious #Everyone loves the Eggs #I feel like a lot of fans really do need to unplug and remember that it's not that serious #and this is coming from someone who bawled their eyes out at Bobby's death #real ass people's lives matter more. Let them take a break #Q's said so many times that they Eggs matter and he wouldn't just kill them all off for the hell of it #anyhoo #December 25 2023 #Q #Subtitles #Edited

[ectoplasmfear]

Honestly, the way that the cast and the fandom remembers Kalvaxus is really funny to me because... he was not that guy. Kalvaxus was strict but never quite mean. He had a very no nonsense approach to his job, but had to do a lot of the more stable parts of administration considering the other person involved with the day to day running of the school was Arthur Aguefort, a deeply unpredictable hubristic cokehead with all the power in the world.

The Bad Kids - more specifically Adaine - said that she really liked the school and thought he was a really good vice principal - the episode where it was revealed he was evil. When he saw Fabian randomly hit Gorgug, he told Gorgug that he shouldn't apologize for being randomly assaulted. When he handed a ticket to Adaine, he hesitated because Adaine was clearly on the verge of a panic attack. He gave Jawbone a job. He was genuinely trying to help the Bad Kids after Aguefort did some typical Aguefort shit and killed himself in front of them. He absolutely presented himself as a very helpful adult authority figure who maybe wasn't nice but he came off as trustworthy and largely fair.

Is any of that his true "deep down" personality? Obviously not. He's a banker, a libertarian, and an imperialist conqueror. He'll allow a few select students to be influenced onto this path. He can't say he approves of the Harvestmen being at his school but they're a good expendable workforce that he can discard afterwards to prove that despite being fiscally conservative, he is an ally and he is trans inclusive. He takes his little pleasures. Murdering Riz's father. Poisoning Aguefort, making him too stupid to see what his right hand is doing. Conspiring with his horrible capitalist bank that doesn't give out pens or lollipops. Investing in stocks, consorting with gangs of creepy tieflings. And when the mask is off he lets forth a storm of viciousness, hate, malice, verbal cruelty. Which is pretty par for the course for being stuck with teenagers for five hundred years, tbh.

But again, he has been doing this song and dance for five hundred-ish years, playing the role of the helpful authority figure. Dragons - particularly chromatic dragons like Kalvaxus - are infected with an absolutely massive ego, a destructive sense of pride that compels them to dominate, collect, amass, always amass wealth. It's baked into their immortal souls. They go to places, they commit violence on things there, and then they collect their rewards. It's a vicious cycle, and not dissimilar to the violent destructive cycle that adventuring tends to follow.

So when you take his ability to ever conquer, destroy, rule, devour, amass wealth.

Being good. At this stupid fucking JOB. That he HATES. Teaching teenagers. That he HATES. At a school. That he HATES. With only one man who knew what he was really like, the real him, only one man he didn't have to deceive, and it's the INSANE COKE SNORTING MOTHERFUCKER KEEPING HIM HERE.

#kalvaxus #d20 #dimension 20 #fantasy high #arthur aguefort #goldenhoard #i have a more serious meta about how penelope kipperlily porter and kalvaxus all act under arthur's principles surrounding #adventuring #it's just like. what if the people acting under that principle weren't great people. #but i also think kalvaxus is infinitely funnier if you remember how much he tried to do his job he was cursed to do forever even in the fac #of problems that he caused

[lucreziajuan]

"I love the fact that Juan can wind Cesare up like nothing else. So it starts off like that - quite jovial, quite fun, quite charming, quite light and frothy." x

#rewatching season 1 is always fun because they were just dorks bickering and nothing serious #juan is so insufferble yet so adorable lmao #also goddamn their chemisty is crazy #david and francois weren't kidding #juan and cesare #david oakes #juan borgia #cesare borgia #francois arnaud #the borgias #theborgiasedit #periodedits #perioddramaedit #perioddramacentral #tvedit #dailytvfilmgifs #cinemapix #weloveperioddrama #tvarchive #by jen

[braincloggedwithcats]

Yknow honestly I think the warriors fandom is hyper negative. The Erins misused a genetic term, whatever. We have a canon character with distinctive markings and heterochromia named Moonpaw. Isn't there some joy to be found in this

#ram's post #warriors #warrior cats #moonpaw #YES this series has a lot of genuine serious problems that are worth acknowledging #calling a split face tortie a chimera is not one of them #and she's not gray. weren't you all just about to burst if she was gray #and this is coming from a cat genetics enthusiastic. it's Annoying yes but im just kind of sick of this community constantly focusing on #tiny annoyances like this #instead of like. trying to enjoy the books #wheres your whimsy

[freckliedan]

what's the anniversary theory please??

i did my write up on this five and a half years ago at this point, so it's somewhat of a time capsule for 2018 phannie tumblr, but: i'm pretty sure i figured out when they actually count their anniversary from. like i am as sure as i can be without being them that i am right. you can read the theory here and any other related posts are all in a tag here!

#jam replies #jonsaremembers #phan #<-i was serious abt it not going in tags back then bc they WEREN'T OUT and i wouldve been eaten alive #anniversary theory

[shaunashipman]

'there's nothing inherently romantic/sexual about buck and eddie's relationship, it's fanon interpretation and the actor's natural chemistry' i mean you could say the same about 'invisible string theory' and everyone pretending buck/tommy is deeper/more well developed/better written than it actually is.

yeah. the invisible string theory is fanon. we know it's fanon. if you ask any bucktommy shipper about it, 99.99% will say it's it is just us seeing connections that weren't intended. nobody--NOBODY--thinks tommy was being written in s2 to be a future love interest for buck. nobody thinks tommy was actually being written to be gay in s2, outside of a maybe non-zero chance that a writer or lou just kind of had it in the back of their mind

as for bucktommy not being well developed: it's been four eps that he's been back, three eps that he and buck have been involved. again, we are aware that a lot of our ideas are fanon, that's why we usually refer to them as headcanons. are you aware of the difference between fanon and canon?

#cleo gets mail #anonymous #911 #911 critical #bucktommy #pls don't tell me ppl think we're being serious about the red string of fate #so what #you guys (gn) are allowed to make up theories #treat them like gospel #and then when they're disproved just be like ''well we clearly weren't being serious'' #but we aren't? #even tho we're not even treating them like gospel

[drenched-in-sunlight]

I'm so angry that your art is causing me to develop a crush on Iguazu 😭

believe it or not ... same.

every day i ask God why tf i yassified Iguazu and Snail ...

(this is 1 month after ac6 release vs after first NG)

#admittedly the first one i was bullshitting it because i need them as filler for the rest of the art #so i weren't serious in making up their appearance #literally even then i knew that Iguazu was WRONG to me #but when he actually materialized in my mind i was like now wait a minute-- #i've got so many ask about my Iguazu too im sorry for the accidental iguazu brainrot injection??? #screaming punching pillows every day #but i think this is the charm of ac6 fandom... no way i catch feelings for SNAIL if not for all the Jp fans making him pathetic af #when it comes to dealing with his affection for 621 like wow #ask #anon #reply

[celluzu]

I can't wait until Mike logs back on. His character being brainwashed is objectively bad but he is so so funny like that. The flossing instead of doing the orange justice. The drama of getting Fit to hit him and then running to Pac to say he was being murdered really got me. Brainwashed to be cringefail in the most entertaining possible way.

#ofc i have serious concerns wirh his character and pac as well but the stream was so funny #the fact that kelp coke pacified him long enough they weren't sure if he was still fucked up #(he was) #qsmp #mikethelink #tazercraft

[ddagent]

Very clever. This will work for us.

#for all mankind #margo x sergei #famedit #forallmankindedit #margo madison #sergei nikulov #tv: for all mankind #dd: gifs #ship: margo x sergei #all the secret smiles and looks #as if they weren't up half the night working on this #if this season was 40 years later aleida would have some serious blackmail material on her phone