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I know nothing about these two men, but from what I have observed, tom lawlor is the jerma of pro wrestling
#not in like#they act the same#but like. they serve the same purpose#tom lawlor#pro wrestling#wrasslin#njpw#new japan pro wrestling#jerma
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falsettos fans is there like. any significance to the change between bald spot/hairline in the baseball game??
#ive been wondering this for a while im just curious what the difference between the lines are#like they serve rhe same purpose so why do they change it sometimes?!!?!#falsettos#marvin trilogy#jett talks (me)#the baseball game#musical theatre#theatre#musical#musicals
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here's a hot take for today
the narrative function of sex is the same as the narrative function of fight scenes is the same as the narrative function of songs in a musical
no i will not explain
#taz talks#writing#actually i WILL explain but i'll do it in the tags#these each serve the same function within their respective appropriate genres#each one is a kind of revelation#they heighten the connection between 2+ characters and highlight relationships and feelings and needs#they are out of place in genres where they do not belong and/or as curveballs when the narrative did not provoke them from the start#but they have the same sort of emotional/dramatic build-up#talk -> sing -> dance (talk -> yell -> stab) ((talk -> flirt -> You Know))#and they are all expressions of intense physicality and intimacy through physical gesture and interaction#they are fundamentally empty and boring if there is not a deeper purpose or drive behind them#although they can still occasionally be entertaining on their own if your audience is specifically seeking that experience out#people who do not like them will be very unhappy to encounter one where it isn't supposed to be#it is very easy to ruin the mood with poor word choice#many people have an inherent sense for terrible ones but it's often difficult or complicated to explain precisely why a bad one fails#when executed properly they are a very raw and intimate expression of a character's most fundamental needs and desires#the fluff is stripped away and there is nothing left but a series of needs. conflicting or cooperating.#and even when you're lying during one it's still a form of truth#none of these things are remotely necessary to tell a powerful or compelling story but if you're going to use them you need to do it right#also all 3 of these things are difficult if not impossible to write if you are not both interested in them and personally invested#this post brought to you by me trying to write smut about my dnd characters and failing because i generally hate /reading/ smut#so i have none of the vocabulary or instinct for it that i do for. say. graphic violence (or lyrical poetry)
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sigh i know dr. stone isn't perfect but I love it so so much because no other series gives me so many ideas and what-ifs to think about. it's good as is, of course. but honestly with this premise and these characters, if it could slow down and explore all the things it touches on briefly, it could've been phenomenal
#the tone would need to change for more serious and less of a whimsical educational#so it wouldn't be the same anymore😔#and i know the pacing towards the end is intentionally fast#like i get it it serves a purpose#i respect their decision#but still imagine 500+ chapters of characters interacting#of senku struggling with each step#of internal conflicts and doubts and revelations and character development#dcst#dr. stone#dr stone#sanderscat txt
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#revolutionary girl utena#utena tenjou#anthy himemiya#my art#i rlly do wonder where ppl are going to go after twitter inevitably crashes and burns#despite mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm everything abt it theres definitely like#noooott many other sites that serve the same purpose at such a large scale#also the commission ratio from there to here is like.verrryyyyyy stark.#if u want actual numbers#i got like 2 here. and probably 60-ishh there#idk what im going to do lol#i cant even follow anyone on here because this is a sideblog and i havent touched my main in like everrrrrr#and its eembarassing 2 look at
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Sigh.
I’m gonna do it. I’m gonna say it again.
1. I warn you against taking the story beats in MHA at face value. Just because something looks one way doesn’t mean Horikoshi won’t make it go a different direction later. He only puts like one or two major story beats per chapter. Don’t be fooled by them.
2. Just because Hawks lost his quirk doesn’t mean he’s done. If you think this, you’re guilty of the exact thing the moral of MHA warns you against: equating a person’s worth to their quirk. Why’re some of y’all agreeing with AFO on this? We literally got a flashback to chapter 1 where this perspective was explicitly debunked!
3. Heroes are heroes BECAUSE they make sacrifices for others. I guarantee that by the end of this, many characters will suffer permanent consequences not as a result of being heroes but because definitionally making these sacrifices is what makes them heroes in the first place. And yet I predict a significant, noisy portion of this “fandom” is gonna cry about how someone losing their quirk or becoming disabled or dying ruins everything because some of these characters can no longer be “pro heroes”--as if the story hasn’t been telling us all along that “pro heroes” aren’t necessarily real heroes. Anybody can be a hero, regardless of their quirk. That isn’t referring to PRO heroes but TRUE heroes. Some of y’all need to listen to Stain more closely.
#my hero academia manga spoilers#final showdown spoilers#pika rants#the sheer number of people i've seen who say tokoyami should have lost his quirk#ask yourself#what purpose would that serve?#to make the story edgier? to make the consequences more dire?#mha isn't about that#it's not about random consequences being some interpretation of realistic#it's about exploring HEROISM#hawks lost his quirk for a reason#that's not the end of his story#not by a long shot#same goes for any character who has faced or will face consequences#*cough* like katsuki *cough*#*cough* or probably izuku lbr *cough*
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you shouldn’t have made her mad bro!
#steven universe#lapis lazuli#lapis su#my art#lapis redraw#this is now my 7th year doing this!! it feels insane that i've been redrawing the same piece for so long#i've thought about retiring this tradition already bc i feel like it served its purpose and there's only so many ways u can innovate the#same piece again and again every year#but also i find myself trying new things and pushing the limits of my skills bc im forced to come up w somethng more interesting every year#so i think ill keep drawing lapis for just a liiiittle bit longer#also i do this redraw every year and every year i draw all this gd water and every year i bs every part of it
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Futility and Revenge
I know I already made a post poking fun at Lang Qianqiu for it, but man, his challenge to Xie Lian really is just emblematic of MXTX’s stance on revenge.
If Lang Qianqiu and Xie Lian had fought, if Xie Lian had let Lang Qianqiu kill him, do you think he would have been satisfied? No. He wouldn't even have the peace of mind he did when he entombed Guoshi Fangxin and thought him dead. Lang Qianqiu could kill Xie Lian, but he would just come back. No matter how many times he killed him, it would never satisfy him. How could it? None of those deaths would mean anything. What does killing Xie Lian over and over again achieve? It probably would have driven Lang Qianqiu mad. Under these circumstances, by his own words, (if I die, it's fine), the only possible outcome he could truly be satisfied by is if Xie Lian kills him. He would rather die saying he sought vengeance for his family than recognize the futility of his struggle and live. He would die angry and frustrated, but able to tell himself that at least he did something. And it would be so, so fucking pointless.
I suppose the difference between Xie Lian and Lang Qianqiu is that Xie Lian knows that just because you can do something, doesn't always mean you should.
#tgcf#tgcf meta#lang qianqiu#tian guan ci fu#heaven officials blessing#heaven official's blessing#like lang qianqiu interrupting that mans bet#what purpose did it serve?#its not like it solved the problem (a mans willingness to bet his daughter)#or earned him any goodwill from the man allowing the bet(hua cheng)#all he did was put himself and his associates at risk#although... i dont think xl ever really does this the same way lqq does#hes a bit naive in book 2 but it gets knocked out of him so fast we never#see him do the sorts of stunts lqq pulls
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Will there be a bad guy or any threats to the turtles in genera, like I don't know... Bishop or the krang
Oroku saki with an evil look on his face 👀👀
Love your work ❤️❤️❤️
N….not really? 😅😅😅 The closest my au gets is the Foot Clan and even then, once they realize their Beloved Son is a Hamato, they go about dismantling the dark armor real fast. And without the Evil™️ in their organization, they have no need to free the krang…
And since Draxum has a New Found Appreciation for humans since, you know, his son is genetically human, he sorta….abandons the whole mutagen thing, so none of the mutant villains are present…
Even the Battle Nexus is transformed into a more Ninja Warrior-esque competition…
Honestly, it’s all just interpersonal drama. It’s a lot of custody battles and divorcees getting back together lmao
The biggest villain of this au is Loneliness and Guilt.
Anyways, check out these designs.
#I mean…maaaaaybe bishop? but I’m like. suuuuper rusty on my bishop lore. and plenty of people are doing bishop way better anyway#look. I said I was going to make a Soft™️ version of a separated au and I meant it.#also. again. it’s ‘parent trap’. it’s about the parents getting remarried. XDD#apple talks#parent trap au#my art#tmnt art#does this mean Casey jr isn’t here? yes. it does. :( does it mean that gram gram is still trapped in whatsitcalled to contain shredder?#also yes. :((#anyways some sillies about the designs:#me: purposely gives Raph an 80s style R for his R.A.P.H. schtick#also me: realizes at this very moment the Genius Built™️ logo serves the same purpose >.>;;#yes Mikey’s knee pads are his dads and his chest symbol is Cass. XD#did I give Donnie chobit ears? yes. yes I did. 😂#I was trying to invoke a jacobs sheep 4-horn look between his goggles and baby horns#his mask slide bad like a welders mask#yes Raph is modeled after Assistant. no Assisstant doesn’t exist in this world. no there are no missing sisters in this au. :(#look if you want girl turtles I got girls turtles. I have a 2 different Venus concepts. they’re just….not in parent trap. 😅
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As a certified Springtrap simp, which backstory for William do you prefer: one where he was a good dad driven mad maybe by jealousy or the loss of his youngest child, or one where he was always an abusive narcisist that cared for nobody but himself?
i feel like the, "im evil so i must also abuse my creations and/or children" has been really overdone. like idk im just tired of seeing it personally. and the whole "haha!!! im craaaazy!!" thing we get in the comics also rubs me the wrong way b/c. thats not. how he's portrayed in the games at all. esp hearing him in sister location he feels like he would be a calm sort of madness. he seems like a rational guy. he doesnt talk like that. he doesnt act like that. it seems really contradictory
i feel like him being a good dad (or at the least caring deeply for his children) gives him more urgency and like,,,,makes sense w/what we're given. it aligns the most w/the theories we have asta why he started killing etc. i also just enjoy the tragedy of it. he started out as a good guy w/good intentions and then was twisted inta something unrecognizable b/c he was so focused on tryin ta reach his goal. personally my hc is that he was jelly of henry and then the death of crying child tipped him over the edge and started his whole killing thing. imo its better than, "hee hoo i was evil FOREVER!! im PURE evil and have always been EVIL!!!" like. okay. wheres the subsistence?? give him depth dammit
why would he build a robot for his daughter if he didnt love her. why would he tell crying child he would put him back together if he didnt love him (not really cemented as something he said, but i mean who else would say it?? certainly not michael he was a boy. i think as a fandom we assume its heavily implied). it makes the afton kid's deaths so much more impactful. the prospect of this man losing pieces of his life bit by bit and being driven insane by it is enthralling
i love a good chaotic descent. i love thinking abt him being consumed w/a need ta revive his own son becoming obsessed w/life and death as a result. oh the irony of loving your own kid so much you would take others children away from them, knowing how losing your own felt. and the twisting of emotions as he sees his son michael someone who he would've died for, try ta stop him. b/c hes not understanding, they need ta b together again. thats all hes tryin ta do. get his family back tagether. and all these fucking obstacles are in the way of his only goal. and the manifestation of hatred of his own son b/c of this. b/c hes getting in his way. like, talk abt juicy. i want that man ruined. it just adds a layer of psychological torture that i just adore. william fucking ruined everything. he ruined his own happy family, he ruined his own life, and if he actually mourns that? chefs kiss.
my thought is, why even have him have a family in the first place if they're just there ta demonstrate he's evil? seeing the afton family purely as a plot device, we already know afton killed kids. one can assume a person who kills kids is a bad person (maybe? see this is where the juiciness comes in w/him caring for his children. is it really bad from his perspective if hes trying ta save his kid? or is it noble?) so we dont need ta b demonstrated ta that hes a bad person again. if hes just pure evil from the get go it doesnt make sense ta me ta have the afton kids be prominent in the story (besides michael, but even then he could probably be replaced by one of the victims family members) when you could illustrate the same point by focusing on the kids hes killed and their families. why do the afton kids matter if he treats all children the same. why are we focusing so much on the afton family and what appear ta b major story beats in their story, especially since the children he has killed do not get as fleshed out as the aftons do. i feel like if his family wasnt important ta him we wouldnt hear abt it at all. you could achieve the same message by making him single and childless.
do u kno how many stories there are of "Righteous Child Of A Horrible Guy Who Hates Everything, Even Their Own Family, Goes Out Ta Stop Their Parent And Save The Day" there are? its b/c its too easy!!! its too easy for u ta assume that a character is the worst and has been the worst forever!!! its too easy ta assume that an evil character would abuse their family!!! its too easy ta assume an evil character wouldn't have traits besides jealousy, hatred and narcissism!!!!
#spacie splains#idk i think of things really objectively#i dont like clutter in my stories i like things ta have a point#and i like them ta serve a purpose and be unique. not just demonstrate the same facts over and over again#unless thats like a theme and intentional but yk#like i said i dont like the 'im evil and treat my family like shit' trope#overdone ta hell and back#so its a personal thing#thank you for asking me abt this! i love talking abt him as u can see :)#give me morally grey characters give me characters who descend inta the worst version of themselves for ways they could have prevented#give me characters who know they're spiraling give me characters who know its wrong but cant stop#give me characters who do horrible things for a cause that is sentimental and noble ta them#give me characters who you can understand why they did that even if it was awful#WOW I TALKED A LOT#.....8 years of brainrot‚ even if i wasnt conscious of it#I DONT LIKE THE EASY ROAD!!! I DONT WANT TA BLINDLY HATE HIM I WANT 2 THINK!!!#i like these rants i do so ill tag him#as a treat ta myself#william afton#fnaf#you: ask me a simple 'hey which one do u prefer?' me: here is my whole dissertation on the subject that is william afton
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...so guess who's rewatching star trek discovery
#star trek#star trek discovery#section 31#i don't actually mind section 31 as a narrative element it just needs to be done right#and it rarely has been since its introduction#the narrative purpose section 31 serves is to be like 'hey maybe the Federation Isn't Perfect'#or like 'maybe it's got some systemic problems that are being allowed to continue because they benefit the people in power'#if you just treat it like another part of starfleet/the federation that just has a few bad apples it loses that narrative purpose#because the entire point of it is that it IS the bad apple and it IS spoiling the bunch simply by existing as itself#and that if the federation wants to have any chance at all of actually being what it claims to be#then section 31 and what it represents needs to be excised#you simply CANNOT have 'unambiguous postscarcity utopia' and 'omnipresent unrestricted intelligence agency' at the same time#at least not if you want to have any degree of narrative consistency#the last time i watched this arc in discovery was before i got into ds9 (and met mars!! ily airota) and it's almost unbearable now
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still havent moved past someone on sunny twt pointing out that the inflatable couch mac n den are sitting on is a pull-out bed couch… like wtfwTF
#LIKE THAT IS IT RIGHT THATS THE SAME COUCH#and yes it could be nothing#but what if its something#plus i wouldve gone for a more stereotypical inflatable furniture couch if it being a pull out didnt serve some purpose#like the pink couch that gets popped in the trailer thats a stereotypical inflatable couch n theres more like that on amazon#so again. wtf.#sunnys super sweet 16#macden#spoilers
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one of these days ill go on my rant about how treating aspd as this super special disorder that has its own special parameters for diagnostics and must be avoided at all costs is ultimatley detrimental to people with AND without the disorder and feeds into the disorder, thru the lens of how izaya really isnt as good at manipulation or as untouchable as everyone- including himself- thinks he is, and how everyone treating him as such was a contributing factor in making everything worse for everyone. but i dont think people are ready for that one
#i still see posts here and there analyzing izaya that need to put a disclaimer of 'i dont think hes a SOCIOPATH perish the thought'#that serves the exact same purpose as a disclaimer going 'i dont think hes EVIL' like....#some of them are old but also some of them arent#and im allowed to be mad at old bad shit regardless. cope#waposts
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Li Lianhua's amused/proud expression knowing what Fang Duobing is about to say
Li Lianhua derives so much pleasure from this😂😂😂
He enjoys it very much but then pretends it is nothing
#mysterious lotus casebook#fanghua#li lianhua#fang duobing#the thing I like about FDB is that he would be the same level of protective of anyone else and defend them but it is also for LLH#that said idk if him not really being upset about his staff boy dying was supposed to be an actual character-class tell or the writers bein#like the story has served its purpose
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i don't really mean to ruin your day, but like (not proofread),
made sleepy by unforgiving winters and a population of people who were only young, once, the carnival reminds modern!ellie’s small wyoming town of what it’s like to be youthful, and alive.
tellingly so, people in her town consider this the happiest event of the year. but if it’s just between ellie and god, the significance of multicolored fair rides or the sun beaming hard enough to scorch the morning dew off of joel’s front lawn faces no match against the hatchling of your smile, once made dormant under the hazy coat of november through april, and defrosted by the month of july.
it’s the 4th. and amongst a spectacular of beams and fireworks slashing through a sky made thick with clouds, ellie swears that tonight she will kiss the girl of her daydreams.
she has also sworn this, for the past three summers.
for the past three summers, she has ridden the same rides with you in almost identical order – familiar of every trough, and yet screaming with you through every loop. you take the same edibles, and you get the same order of fried concoctions, from the same stand and share the same $7 lemonade, from the same cup and the same swirly straw.
it’s the same saccharine fling, bubble-wrapped in infatuation, and spared the harm of teeth sinking into its flesh in fear of eviscerating the bond that lies underneath.
but she swears, she will kiss you. this time, she will. she swears, she will.
with tongues coated with carbs and a mind made dizzy with sugar, you make the decision to ride the ferris wheel. she buries herself in the brash cackle of your laugh as she nearly rocks the cart off of its hinges. as you settle, belly and chest full of brightness, ellie watches you. your back is slumped against the metal, your head is thrown, and a hand is splayed over your stomach. the neons of the park flicker and change as you the two of you pass through them. ellie watches as they paint your body, electric; this way, she can see the symptoms of summer, highlighted, right on your cheekbones. beaming brightly, adding a shimmer to your smile, like a sparkle on a wink. ellie always has a tendency of falling in love with girls who are nothing like her. in the summer, ellie just burns. but not you. you have always glowed.
the fireworks break through the sky, booming through the city like miniature cannons. the only unpredictable thing of all this, is the show. pop, a red firework. pop, a green one. pop, pop, sizzle. this one, a cluster of both.
boom.
the familiar crust of a hill climbs up ellie’s throat and it’s an act of strength to swallow it all down. “wow,” she hears you remark, completely airless, a loopy grin stretching across your lips. “that’s so pretty.”
ellie nods, damning the fireworks and instead only looking at you. “yeah..” ellie swallows, again, hearing the croak that lines her own voice. “well, you’re pretty, too.”
there’s a silence that hangs, like your eyes, onto hers. and then it’s broken -- shattered not by combustion, but by a giggle turned spitting cackle, tumbling uncontrollably from your lips.
ellie’s furrows her eyebrows, “are you.. are you okay?” and starts laughing with you, only half-nervous, but like–
sizzle, sizzle,
“no.. no.. well– like yeah. like, no, yeah i’m just..” you lick your lips, close your eyes,
grin, and shake your head,
“i’m just really glad that you’re my friend.”
boom.
the firework burns and dies in the iris of ellie’s eye, and brings with it ellie’s reminder to blink. or to do anything, really.
ellie has a tendency of falling in love with girls who are completely different from her. who want different things, and go at different paces,
who are her best friends.
she smiles. tight.
“yeah..” ellie concludes. “yeah, me too.”
she holds your hand on top of her lap, and halfheartedly thumbs over your knuckles. she lets you slot your fingers into hers, the same as you always do. and she squeezes, like normal. lets you rest your head on her shoulder, and rests her forehead atop of yours, like usual.
pop. pop. pop.
this year, she chalks her excuse up to.. loitering in opportunity. wading in questions she knows the answer to.
sizzle. sizzle. sizzle.
maybe, she’ll try again next summer.
pop,
or maybe, it’s better that she doesn’t.
sizzle.
#this is so funny to me sorry#accidentally wrote biblically accurate r/niceguy ellie williams sorry#prose is alright though so i mean whatever#maybe they're both in love with each other#idk figure it out#mia what are you talking about#ellie williams x reader#tlou#the last of us#ellie williams#imagine getting friendzoned not in a r/niceguy “im so nice to you i deserve to be with you” way#but in a “ellie williams always falls in love with girls who want different things and go at different paces” way#[BOOM]#(the friendzone isnt a real thing guys)#(respect peoples wishes)#(or be open about your feelings)#(dont go to the same fair with them 3 years in a row like a down bad incel redditor)#the Turnaround is Insane though#this is the one time where my underwhelming endings actually serve a solid purpose#let's see how this goes. LMAO
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someday i'll write a long and in depth letterboxd review detailing Why, exactly, le otto montagne hit me the way it did but until that day comes. the thing i feel like i keep coming back to with this movie is specifically the ending and the way it COULD show us all ice and snow and winter, i.e. it's over, it's dead. and i think if the movie were more tragic, which it isn't really to me, it would work, but the thing is we see the ice melting, we see new life, we see things growing again. and part of this is to give us the last shot with the birds, but another part to me is the idea that things will still go on, nothing has changed really, spring will come and then summer and then fall and there will be another winter, and the house will fall into ruin again and it will all continue. but at the same time there is the dead tree, which is dead and isn't coming back. there are some mountains you can't return to etc etc
#neon has thoughts#like. life doesn't stop. but our and pietro's time with this story is over. if that makes any sense#it was and it happened and it ended and life will carry on but at the same time the tree is dead and it isn't coming back#ANYWAY. le otto montagne film of the year and winner of every award in my heart#the first time i noticed the dead tree it was like being punched in the stomach. 10/10 film#le otto montagne#there's a house with a hole in its roof but it's served its purpose#to me it's also really really important what pietro says about those like him who on the first and highest peak have lost a friend#i.e. there are eight and it is the highest and maybe most significant but he will carry on#despite everything there's still life and hope to me. which is why i don't think it's sad / tragic#it could have been but it isn't. it's intense sure but not sad
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