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this is a completely normal and nonchalant post about the camera angles used for alhaitham in the archon quest and his story quest
when we’re introduced to alhaitham the camera angles avoid allowing us a view of his eyes, which creates a mystery around alhaitham, his motives, and in turn causing us to question the validity of his words - is he a trustworthy ally or not?
Since this is a tactic used to reinforce the idea that alhaitham’s sincerity should potentially be questioned, i think it’s Interesting that this can be seen in the closing of the archon quest - after kaveh is introduced
the camera angle yet again reverts to concealing alhaitham’s eyes, which then acts as obscuring the truth of the matter - as well as alhaitham’s vagueness, which is an evasion tactic he uses often, and is even addressed in his character story 2. “It’s reason enough” is indicative that his stated motive - although actually, it is a presumed motive supplied by dehya - is enough of a motive to satiate everyone’s curiosity
the idea here is that there is an alternate reason he undertook the archon saving plan, rather than just to secure the job of the akademiya’s scribe. this points to another reason which couples into his “way of life” - so it’s telling that this is the same quest in which kaveh is introduced and is seen only in his interaction with alhaitham, in which alhaitham reveals that kaveh is his roommate
kaveh becomes inextricably linked with alhaitham’s “way of life”, and thus alhaitham’s contentment. This subtext created by the camera angle becomes surface text when interacting with alhaitham after the cutscene
Alhaitham attributes his enjoyment of the gathering to the genuine happiness that “the people” present in the grand bazaar feel - in this alhaitham indirectly links himself to “the people” feeling genuine happiness, as he, too, is present with the intention of celebrating
This discussion of happiness and overall contentment - first mentioned in alhaitham’s motive for maintaining his satisfactory “way of life” - is then immediately is followed by a mention of kaveh
Alhaitham mentions that he has taken “both” keys upon leaving the house, which references their living situation as roommates, but also refers back to alhaitham’s first mention of kaveh due to kaveh being missing from the archon quest, and therefore alhaitham had the house to himself
Kaveh returning to sumeru, back to alhaitham’s house, and therefore his key being present to take, is a premise explicitly linked with alhaitham’s happiness, and his general way of life - kaveh being present in alhaitham’s life IS the status quo which alhaitham wants to maintain, is the alternate reason behind “it’s reason enough”
Returning to camera angles, this is a little self-indulgent, but in alhaitham’s story quest, the deliberate choice to include kaveh in the frame when alhaitham mentions the importance of one keeping their priorities in check is interesting, not only in visual confirmation that, yes, kaveh IS one of alhaitham’s priorities, but also that it directly parallels the aforementioned scene in the archon quest with the frame “it’s reason enough”
In contrast to the “it’s reason enough” frame, alhaitham is outright expressing his multitude of priorities, which extends to beyond that of his job - with kaveh being explicitly in frame
This story quest scene ‘pride and prejudice’ literally mirrors the archon quest ‘a toast to victory’ in this regard, as in the latter, the camera angle focusses on the opposite side of alhaitham’s face, ensuring his eyes are covered as he makes allusions to more than one prospective motive, but in the former scene, the other side of alhaitham’s face is shown where his eyes are revealed and his words are less cryptic - solely because kaveh is in frame and can directly be linked to one of alhaitham’s motives, or priorities
Overall, kaveh is extremely important to alhaitham and the game tries every angle (literally) to convey this point. Alhaitham wants kaveh in his life, so much so that kaveh’s presence has become engrained with his “way of life” he seeks to maintain
(Update: For more analyses like this, the essay this is taken from is now uploaded! It can be accessed here and here as as a pdf <3)
#haikaveh#kavehtham#alhaitham#i just think its so funny that alhaitham thinks hes so cryptic and mysterious but he references kaveh in the archon quest without meaning t#i’m definitely gonna do a post on that because my guy you are NOT getting away with that#look kaveh is integral to alhaitham at this point#but will kaveh ever see this? and will he reciprocate#stay tuned#i’m normal about them can you tell#kaveh
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Obsessed with Gale constantly reaching for the stars through the Astral plane and his illusions and Astarion being connected to stars through his name and being a vampire
#bloodweave#gale dekarios#astarion ancunin#I’m normal about them can you tell#I didn’t articulate them well but the shared security and connection they have through each other being vastly different#then their previous relationships— the servitude under Mystra and Cazador respectively#and them both being appreciated by the other for who they are rather than their merits and what they can provide
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furudate keeps releasing “interviews” with the hq boys as they grow up and continue their careers like they’re actual famous sports players and he’s just reporting on their life updates, and i hope he never stops. i want new hq gossip mags to keep getting released periodically until the day i die, furudate i love that you are as insane about these boys as we are never change xx
#in the most recent one kags talked about how he used to practice his smile in the mirror#but now most people understand that he doesn’t necessarily smile to show he’s happy so he’s more comfortable now!!!!#and i’m 😭😭😭😭#i would like life updates for all of them#and i’m not crazy enough to think that they’ll never get married they’re not idols you can tell us when they start dating someone#i’ll be happy for them and normal about it i promis#haikyuu
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“Ain’t turtles supposed to be endangered?”
“Only the ones who can’t do this!”
#TMNT 2012#raphael hamato#casey jones 2012#is your bestie really your bestie if the first time you laid eyes on them it wasn’t immediately on sight#rasey#it’s not ship art but also I want it in my rasey tag so#I am having so much fun drawing in the canon style I am but god did I need to do something in my own style again#it’s like when you get made to wear a fitted dress and everyone tells you you look nice and it’s perfect#but you feel self conscious and constricted and it’s not something you’d ever wear#I love learning from studying the different styles but I also miss just editing the designs and going off model#altering the brushes and colours to suit a vibe#this is messy gritty wrong and imperfect but that’s what made it fun and easy and I’m so happy with this you can all bite me#also this is the return of flat ass Casey#Lou jitsu’s moral enemy and opposite lmao#I am so normal about Raph and Casey honest#I don’t constantly think about the way he slams Jones on the car bonnet#just a normal short chunky dude with his lanky toll bestie that happens to have the worlds flattest ass
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I hope Yolanda, somehow someway, knew that it was Kristen who saved her. I just wanna know that she was proud of Kristen one final time seeing that miracle she performed all for her.
#i’m so normal about them#I never had a good student/teacher relationship can you tell#dimension 20#fantasy high#fhjy#kristen applebees#yolanda badgood
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A warm welcome to the spirit world
#can you tell I’m very normal about them???#avatar#avatar the last airbender fanart#avatar the last airbender#atla#atla fanart#atla kuruk#kuruk#avatar kuruk#atla yangchen#yangchen
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Do you think. That once Fit gets back and Pac is more than overjoyed to see him, that Pac just has to say it. He doesn’t care if Fit isn’t ready to hear it; if Pac doesn’t tell him that he loves him and Fit disappears again he’ll never be able to live with himself knowing that Fit never heard those words come out of his mouth in any language. Do you think he’s sobbing as he says it, switching almost incomprehensibly through languages but his tone and body language is clear to Fit because he has the exact same thing on his mind. They understand each other and they’re both just crying but it’s so clear and they feel awful and terrible but so, so loved. And Fit tries to tell Pac about all the horrors he faced from Madagio and how fucked up he is and Pac just doesn’t care because He Loves Him No Matter What. Pac feels for him because he knows part of what he’s been through and he knows that both of them have done fucked up shit But He Loves Him Anyway.
I’m pushing them together like two beat up action figures
#fitpac#fitmc#pactw#qsmp#this is the ramblings of a deranged person at 2am btw#can you tell that I’m super normal about them. why is it that I always think of these things at absurd hours#bean chat
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Thinking about Caleb and how so much of his story ends with him finding meaning in the temporary.
He spent so long chasing a way to bring his parents back, but in the end he had to accept that they were gone. They were temporary. He has his memories of them now, but that’s all. And he has to find peace with that and find a way to remember them fondly, even though they’re gone now, truly and completely.
He and Essek love each other dearly, but there will come a day when he will have lived his life and grown old and Essek will still be Essek. But even so, every moment they spend together is still meaningful. Even if it ends, it means something.
Just. Caleb and loving things even when they won’t last. Maybe because they won’t last.
#Even Caleb and Molly/Kingsley too#cause I can never stop with my Widomauk bullshit I love them So Much#Molly lived his life on borrowed time and he knew it#and King was Molly’s second chance at life#and Caleb only has memories of Molly now and he has to be ok with that#and maybe find a way to love Kingsley despite those memories#I’m So Normal about them can you tell#caleb widogast#critical role#critical role spoilers#critical role campaign 2 spoilers#cr campaign two#essek thelyss#shadowgast#widomauk in the tags#resident rambles
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Levitation Cantrip
I could make him so much worse.
Essek: Me! (@_brookesmart_ on other platforms)
Caleb: Tory Hatcher (@ Tory.Hatcher on other platforms)
Photography by Jessi wills ( @thatjessiwills )
#and then he makes essek so much better through the power of genuine care and affection#well him and the rest of the nein (read: jester)#cosplay#cr#cr cosplay#critical role#critical role cosplay#mighty nein#cr campaign 2#essek#essek thelyss#Caleb#Caleb Widogast#shadowgast#HOOBOY ITS MORE SHADOWGAST CONTENT#I’m really normal about them you can tell
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Despite being *incredibly* behind on Redacted videos I still have Redacted thoughts from time to time.
Today? David and Angel who regularly shower together.
Not in the sexual way (okay, maybe sometimes in the sexual way) but in a sweet, domestic way. Washing each other’s backs and just taking care of each other in such a simple way. Just to make sure they’re clean.
Angel in the throes of burnout from work, they /have/ to shower to feel clean and like a person but they can’t bring themself to do anything more than sit under the hot water and evaporate, and David who stands behind them and patiently does their annoyingly long hair-care routine, applying their face wash, and gently spraying them down when he’s done-
David, who’s a wreck after the summer solstice, having Angel gently wash away all the sweat and tension away from the day. They’re massaging shampoo into his scalp as he melts, pressing kisses into his temple and wiping the soap from his eyes as they wash it out.
But it’s not just when they need it most. It’s almost every night (unless someone’s away) sometimes it’s just a weeknight and Angel is chatting about their day, or a late Sunday when David’s pulled an almost-all-nighter and Angel is trying not to fall asleep between the warm water and David’s calming presence.
That’s all vv
#redacted audio#redacted asmr#redactedverse#redacted angel#redacted david#just thinking abt some stuff#gay stuff#do 9 out of 15 of these showers turn into “fun’’?? sure. but that’s the beauty of it#I just need to think about them being normal and domestic though#they’re freaks 24/7 let me think about them being normal for three minutes#anyways please enjoy my rambles#and I definitely 100% was NOT projecting onto Ange at all#ps Angel sits on the floor in a bathrobe while David braids their hair for bed#you can’t tell me I’m wrong#I mean you can#but I won’t listen
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“banger oomf”
“our lips have touched do not call me oomf.”
#tadc tag#tadc#the amazing digital circus#zooble x gangle#abstragedy#I’m not normal about them can you tell?
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‘will byers is the only member of the party to not have a love interest’ or ‘will byers is the last member to have a love interest’ is WRONG. it’s wrong. it’s actually canon information that will byers is the first member of the party to have a love interest, and not only that, it’s also been the longest running on the show. like out of everyone. there’s literally no way to dispute that anymore and it just makes me so
#im incredibly normal about this actually#idk if you can tell#im aware wills sexuality was confirmed a long time ago but this just actually clicked for me now and i can’t deal with it#stranger things#will byers#will byers is gay (canon) !!#byler#fucking season 5 man i’m literally so excited to see them confront this
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I hope they had a normal school dance at some point
#dndads#my art#gothcleats#help how do you draw dancing#no I’m still not normal about them can you tell#dndads fanart
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@sastielcreationschallenge @7official7moose7 // prompt: “how did we end up here?”
Wym I finished this at 1:30 am on October 30th when I have an appointment and school tomorrow?? that’s totally not what’s going on here guys
#sastielcc#sastiel#artists on tumblr#digital art#sketch#I’m so normal about them (proceeds to scribble this out in 30 minutes)#can you tell I haven’t drawn anything for two months#specifically haven’t drawn a kiss in like a year so 😬#supernatural#bee’s spn tag
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Silly sketches I did like a week ago.
Idk but the way they’re framing Dark Cacao rn with the whole “a bunch of people broke in tried to my steal my (fake) treasure and called me a fake immortal” backstory for Mystic Flour combined with the whole yin/yang symbolism in that one frame from the trailer and the fact that she still seems to want what’s best for cookiekind added onto the fact that Dark Choco (a character about second chances and forgiveness) is showing up in BY book 4…. Idk makes me think that maybe she’s getting redeemed or something.
Not a serious theory or anything, I’m totally wrong but it’s fun to think about. The beast updates actually being about the 5 heroes Friendship is Magic-ing their way into helping the beasts like come to terms with their situation and learn to coexist with the two halves of their soul jam.
Maybe that could be what the “Awakened” states are- becoming the whole soul jam light thingy. Or maybe just accepting their place as a half. Like I said, not a serious prediction it’s just fun to think about.
#can you see me struggling with Mystic Flour’s face?#bc an old HC decreed the ancient heroes had to look similar to the previous owners of their SJ#this was like a year before the beasts were shown in game soooo called it#anyway but whatever#also the way she phrased the stealing treasure thing kind of made it sound like SA but like.#they probably didn’t mean it like that#nobody even reads my tags so it’s like. eh#I really just ramble in the tags bc I’m embarrassed about using actual tags for my posts so my rambling really just acts like a buffer#am I repeatedly saying this isn’t serious bc someone vauged my completely joking post where I said Dark Cacao was a bit of an asshole?#because it was a joke. and also in books 13-14 she is an asshole#and in the post I made several other references to headcanons I had like Choco being transgender and DC having autism and also calling her#SHE/HER which she doesn’t use in canon? like I feel like you can tell that I was joking.#I’m not even mad I’m just befuddled#like I like their actual game analysis and respect them as a blogger but like???? why am I catching strays I think the post got like 7 notes#whatever it’s not that serious but like ???? they reblogged my art 5 seconds before posting it did they WANT me to see it??? like?????#anyway nobody asked normal tags now#girlblogging#crk#dark cacao cookie#dark cacao crk#mystic flour cookie#mystic flour crk#teethart#cookie run kingdom#anyway next update MF should tell DC to kill himself
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big eared bros
#mfb#metal fight beyblade#beyblade shogun steel#beyblade zero g#takanosuke shishiya#sakyo kurayami#I’ve been thinking abt this a lot#I like drawing giant tall animal ears#drawing Sakyo slouched like this feels wrong#he usually stands very tall and strong#by the time I realized I was drawing him slouched i was too far in to change it#it goes against his ballet posture#can you tell I’m not normal about this#I was also looking at their ref sheets and thinking about how their stances really show off their respective personalities#CAN YOU TELL IM NOT NORMAL ABOUT THEM#this was supposed to be a quick doodle then I spent 2 hours on it#also Sakyo is not wearing his coat for the sole reason that I did not feel like putting myself thru the turmoil of drawing his coat today#also I like drawing sleeveless shirts but it was mostly that I didn’t wanna draw the coat
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