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magnetic-dogz · 5 months

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#cookie crumbs #pokemon #trainer ruby #trainer brendan #trainer wally #loverivalshipping #raltsshipping #some would argue it'd be more in character to have this the other way around but i thought it would be hilarious if i did it like this #and i was right.

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tagmusicblog · 19 days

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#this documentary changed my life btw #saw it in a tiny old strange green theatre. it was an atmosphere i can't describe.#ran around the streets in the rain afterwards convinced i coulf now see the Truths of the universe #and i was right.#the birthday party #tbp #sorry to lou darling for turning you into a bday party enjoy #nick cave #nick cave and the bad seeds #the bad seeds #mutiny in heaven #rowland s howard #mick harvey #tracy pew #post punk #goth #punk #t

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yellowocaballero · 9 months

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Hi!

Was wondering about your take on soulmate au’s.

I mean I always thought of it as a short cut. I guess then there’s no reason for why the characters should be together besides the author wanted them to be.

But I’ve seen that aspect been played into. Like I guess if you want to throw to characters together and see how they interact it works.

I believe firmly that there's (almost.) no such thing as a bad trope, just bad execution. No matter my own distaste or disinterest in a trope, there are ways to write it in the spirit it was intended and to write it well. A lot of very popular romance aus aren't really to my taste, but I'm confident I could write a good example of a great deal of them. The only two AUs that I know I straight up know I will never be satisfying or interesting to me - the only two AUs that I cannot sincerely write and almost never enjoy - are hanahaki and soulmate AUs. And I have tried. Soulmate AUs vex me.

There's just no tension in them. There's nothing that the soulmate aspect adds. When writing, the most important thing for a character is their sense of agency and the choices they make - if a character isn't making any choices, then they aren't driving their own story, and it's a very uninteresting and tepid story. A romance is a series of choices to me. It's decisions made by a character that drive their narrative, decisions made from a lot of very complicated reasons and which are affected strongly by the plot and the setting, and falling in love is the journey towards choosing somebody. Soulmate AUs just strip that, and as a result they strip the entire falling in love narrative.

I've tried about five different times to write an honest, romantic soulmate au story, and I have pretty much failed. It doesn't work for me. There is nothing that soulmates add and it takes away a lot of the crucial elements of a relationship narrative that give it stakes and meaning. I understand why people enjoy the soulmates trope and why it's comforting to people - it's a concept of inherent belonging, that no matter who you are or what you've done there's somebody out there who is for you and who is meant to love you no matter what, that you aren't unlovable or doomed to be without love even if you have never been in a relationship - and normally understanding that is enough to write it well. But what makes soulmates comforting is what makes it a bad story. 'Happily ever after' is the end for a reason.

All that said, I don't hate all 'fated romances' or soulmate dynamics. BBC Merlin 2008 is my favorite romance soulmates story and its Merthur is one of The Gay Ships Of All Time. But I think that's because it's not romance soulmates, and because the story is very specifically fairy tale that does a lot of work with fate and destiny as something that you have to achieve and as powerful forces who you have to fight against. Also 'I Married The Male Lead's Dad', which made me cry like a baby.

#i have a THING about soulmate aus ok.#my asks #i am a guy who has said “yeah you can write some great ABO but good hanahaki is impossible”#and i was right.#of course I can think of stuff to do WITH soulmates or hanahaki but nothing that's honest #nothing that's just pure straight 100% romantic soulmate au #maybe one day.#RIP the jaisy soulmate au that went forever unwritten

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vigilant-cleric · 2 months

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How do you need to be touched?

fervently.

you crave a hug that cracks your ribs... the feeling of your wandering soul being crushed back into the bones that can't seem to hold it. you need a hand gripping yours so tightly you almost fear it may leave a bruise, a reminder that you are here. and that you are not alone.

Tagged by: @mystraguideme

Tagging: @culmors @estarion @infernaliscor @infernalmechanic @warwaited and anybody who wants to!

#when i saw gale's result i was like. this is gonna be ashen #and i was right.#i think they should meet. maybe.#[prompts] ℑ 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔤𝔬𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢

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hhawkeye · 4 months

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my hirbawi keffiyeh came and it's soooooo pretty and so well made and i wore it to my work christmas lunch and everyone was like oooh thats so cute and i was like I KNOW!!!!! anyway. using this as an excuse to post selfies bc i havent in a while. Hello Tumblr

#cute and gay #im so buzzin bc i was like. if i get this one then all the colours mean itll go with any outfit #and i was RIGHT.

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gowns · 11 months

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when i was in college i was always like: this joke is homophobic, this joke is sexist, this joke is hackneyed, these jokes suck. have you heard the suicide attempt comedy of maria bamford

#and i was right.

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kozzax · 2 years

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I don't understand why anyone would be upset about that finale because it really is just. I mean. It's genuinely so good for the characters. I haven't watched the dsmp in ages and I probably won't again but I watched the wilbur stream and it was a perfect bookend to his story.

Yeah, sure, the Utah stuff is cursed, but from an emotional standpoint? This was always how it was going to end.

I have some notes I wrote down back in 2021, in a discord server with some friends, where I spoke about how the end of the dsmp would inevitably be melancholic. Where I talked about how the story, as it stands, was made for a happy ending. The story was always going to end on a hopeful note, and for c!Wilbur in particular, I've always felt that to be true.

This ending? This? This is exactly how it needed to go.

Tommy and Wilbur have always been tied together. They are each other's right hand man. We see this time and time again. They are brothers; not by blood, but by the time and love and work they have put into forging their bond. Wilbur relies on Tommy, and Tommy relies on Wilbur.

So of course Wilbur cannot leave without Tommy being there to see him off. And of course Wilbur cannot bear to think that Tommy might hate him, so he can never apologize, because-- what if he doesn't accept? Sure, he probably would, but how can Wilbur take that risk? But Tommy has to be there, when he leaves. It has to be just him and Tommy. He has to say goodbye in person.

And of course Tommy is worried about Wilbur. With everything he's been through, everything both of them have been through, Tommy would be nothing but terrified for what his brother is about to do. Wilbur's always been cagey, and he has a history of trying to smooth over anything going wrong with big, grand statements. So of course, when Wilbur starts talking about going away and leaving and goodbyes, Tommy calls him the fuck out. He has to protect his brother- he can't let his brother die, not again, so- he does everything he can to stop it.

This is where we get to the Utah bit. And I- I love the Utah bit. I think the Utah bit is perfect. I think, in retrospect, it suits him. His focus on the falsity of Las Nevadas's desert, because it reminds him of his home. His denial of America, in L'Manburg-- because he's left, and he never wants to go back, because he was going through his rebellious years. The fact that it means, for him to go home, he has to go a long ways away.

I love that he's from Utah. And I fucking love that it means his last direct statement to Tommy was "Don't trust those Americans!" in a jovial tone.

Because even though this is a goodbye. He doesn't want his brother to think badly of him. So he leaves with an inside joke, a tease, brings a teary-eyed laugh out of Tommy before he goes home. And this isn't a goodbye forever, but it is a goodbye for now.

And so the last Tommy sees of Wilbur is a smile, and a laugh, and joy. And the last Wilbur sees of Tommy is the same. And neither of them wants to leave the other, but this is how it has to be. Wilbur has to go home to continue his healing process, and Tommy cannot come with him if he is to continue his own.

They are separated. And you can hear the grief in Tommy's cry, at the end there. You can hear how heartbroken he is. But that heartbreak is softened, and that was on purpose, because Wilbur cannot break his little brother's heart. Not again. Never again.

They are brothers.

And though they may have to part, now, they will always be brothers.

"And I heard you say / Right when you left that day / 'Does everything go away?' / Yeah everything goes away / But I'm gonna be here till forever / So just call when you're around" - Always Gold, Radical Face

#my analysis #dsmp #tommyinnit #wilbur soot #dream smp analysis #genuinely this is i think maybe my favorite dsmp lore stream ever #it's so genuinely. like its not perfect but it is . everything i wanted #ive been saying for as long as ive known about the dsmp that c!wilbur especially Will Get A Happy Ending #and that it will be melancholic in that happiness but. that it will be distinctly happy and hopeful #and i was right.#and this finale. did everything i could have asked for #yeah it was goofy #but since when has the dsmp been anything BUT goofy #yeah theres angst and lore but. this is the server with an i heart penis sign for like 50% of its runtime #this is the server where the initial plot started because potions were banned and tommy and wilbur wanted to start problems #and this is the server where c!wilbur is from utah.#where he goes home to continue healing. where he says goodbye to his little brother in the best way he knows how.#where he's not perfect. and he fucked up. and he has to be called out on it.#and where he refuses to say goodbye without bringing a smile to his brothers face #that's what gets me i think.#the line dont trust those americans as a goodbye in the wake of this reveal #the fact that you can hear the stupid fucking grin in tommy's sobs as he realizes that double meaning #the fact that wilbur gave tommy the gift of his last memory of his brother being a happy one #as stupid and goofy as it is. its still a happy one #and that hit me.

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caramelmochacrow · 4 months

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i hate hate hate it so much that hyuna from alien stage looks like dalia w brown hair help--

#crow talks #IM GAY. IM SORRY. MY TASTES ARE SO PREDICTABLE.#i knew from the thumbnail i was dead and that i was gonna have a stupid crush on hyuna.#AND I WAS RIGHT.#i need to get better at drawing people “attractively” and showy clothes. for my dumb gay reasons.#also yeah i know alien stage. i love doomed yuri. (and boy yuri)

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uovoc · 2 years

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(sees a river running through a gravel bed in a volcanic zone) my agate hunting senses are tingling...

#and I was right.#there is also this very cool section where the river basically flowed through solid rock and carved out all these 10-20ft deep channels #prime swimming grounds for summer #patter

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rodismancave · 6 months

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You can’t actually expect me to be intimidated by you. Come on.

#i figured if you didn’t kill me within the first few months you were in the Lost Light #you would never get around it #and I was right.#dash commentary

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rabiiid · 1 year

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now i'm being recommended porn.

#and i was right.#it's not even good.

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thedesertpenguin · 2 years

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The vindication I feel about being right about Polin being s3’s focus is unparalleled. I will not shut up about it thank you.

#bridgerton #colin bridgerton #Polin #penelope featherington #I’ve never been right about a TV show before #I thought I was going crazy because everyone was saying it was gonna be Benedict #don’t get me wrong I love Benedict but I just KNEW it was gonna be Polin #and I was right.#bridgerton season three #penelope x colin

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rosyjuly · 2 years

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put this in the louvre

#atleti #when he buzzed and dyed his hair i was already saying and preaching that the old grizi is back #and i was right.

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seashaper · 2 years

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that is in fact a stone of good luck.

#but i thought it'd be funny to just not explain.#and i was right.#i'm distributing my gifts.#Crafting Incantations (ic)

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oncorhynchus-nerka · 2 months

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VERY IMPORTANT a dam in the Netherlands, the weerdsluis lock, is directly on a migratory path for spawning fish. They have a worker stationed there to open the door for the fish, but they can take a while to open it. So to keep the fish from getting preyed on by birds they installed a doorbell. Only, the fish don't have hands to ring the doorbell. If you go to their website, they have a LIVE CAMERA AND A DOORBELL that YOU RING FOR THE FISH when they're waiting, and then the dam worker opens the door for them! I can't express how obsessed I am with this. look at this shit. oh my god.

Please check on the fish doorbell once in a while :)

#self #last night i kept stimming thinking about this LOVE IS AO REAL. AUGH #i dont like damming but this is a step in the right direction AND it gets the public involved #i love that! more public interactions like this in ecology please! thats how you bring change! thats how you make ppl see the beauty in life #marine biology #ecology

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butchdonne · 6 months

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what studying literature feels like

#it’s always one of these two.#either i have a great point in my head i just can’t express it right or i have OUGHDGDHHD in my head and i need to make that useful…….#pip squeaks #literature

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