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shankss-magnificent-ass · 3 days

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Imagine Shanks turning into a cat

Benn: supposedly the ruins are guarded by some sort of shapeshifting enchanter.

Shanks: I heard that and asked the locals at the bars and the marketplace, and they said there hasn't been a sighting of the creature in a few hundred years. But they all told me that no one has gone up there in a long time because they avoid it.

You: then is it really a good idea to go there?

Shanks: meh, [waggles his hand side to side] We'll probably be fine.

You: ... count me out, I don't want to risk it.

Benn: you'll lose your cut of any treasure we find.

You: that's fine, I'll look after the ship with Hongo while y'all go into the creepy ruins. [watches them leave]

The next morning

You: [wakes up from someone pounding on your door]

Hongo: [yells on the other side of the door] Wake the fuck up! We have an emergency, we need all hands on deck.

You: [follows him up on deck to see the group that went to explore the ruins looking winded, tired, and dirtier than usual.] What on Earth is going on? What happened?

Benn: The villagers were right, we shouldn't have gone there to attempt to claim the treasure.

You: sounds about right

Benn: Although they were wrong about one thing, the sorcerer wasn't a shape-shifter himself. He changes other people's shapes.

You: oh gods, who got changed?

Benn: [pulls a large Somali cat out of his pack and holds him at arm's length.] Guess

You: ... is that... the boss?

Benn: [does that lipless awkward white-people smile and nods his head]

You: [takes the cat into your arms] Is he lucid?

Shanks: [thoroughly enjoying the scratches he's getting, and purring up a storm]

Benn: No idea, he's been like this for only two hours, most of which I spent running. But Yassop and Lucky Roux are in the village looking for anyone to help us, so we'll have more information soon.

Shanks: [meows loudly, and clings to your shoulder when you try to put him down]

Hongo: as a cat, he's a real mama's boy.

An hour later when Yassop and Lucky Roux return

Yassop: So we found the village historian lady, who had some information for us. She said that he is a cat for all intents and purposes. He can understand us, though, which should make it easier. She showed a scroll from three hundred years ago, detailing how a bandit robbed the ruins of its treasures. For which the sorcerer changed him into some animal, forget which one, but that's not the important part. The important part is that to undo the spell, we must take the treasure back to the ruins and put it back where we found it.

Shanks: [decides this is a great time to ask for food, and makes a chewing noise with this mouth to let you know.]

You: [rolls your eyes and puts him down] Not to interrupt, but Lucky, is there any canned chicken in the kitchen?

Lucky Roux: yeah

You: Alright, follow me, captain. [goes into the kitchen and starts prepping his food]

Shanks: [meowing at you and standing up with his front paws on the cabinet door]

You: [meowing back condescendingly] You know what? I hope that old lady was right, and you still understand me, just so you know I'm mocking you.

Shanks: [bites your foot]

You: OW, fuck you [puts the plate of food on the floor and goes back out on deck] soon as that little shit is done eating, take him and the treasure straight back before he has another chance to bite me.

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mykingdomforapen · 1 day

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LC's Link Click fic shout-outs

I worry I'm going to come off as nagging but I do feel strongly about it. Link Click has some INCREDIBLE fic, written by people who put a lot of time and energy and effort into writing, but they don't always get a ton of reader interaction. I feel like I often find a fic I enjoy, scroll down to comment, and find I'm maybe one of 2 or 3 people to comment on it.

Link Click is technically not a small fandom--on the contrary, it's so incredibly active! But it seems that unless a fic was published in the s1 era or happens to get lucky, this is the norm. Which strikes me as sad, because the fandom is popping and active on other platforms.

So here are a handful of fics (by no means exhaustive) of fics that I've thoroughly enjoyed that I had scrolled down and went, They deserve so much love! (again, not exhaustive!)

liminal by Anonymous

Qiao Ling and Lu Guang talk. Much is left unsaid.

It's such a subtle fic, but so effective in showing Lu Guang's emotions, Qiao Ling's worry, and the nature of their relationship in conjunction to Cheng Xiaoshi. It's truly just so soft and nice.

stain by HeavenlyDusk

The only way for Cheng Xiaoshi to be dead is for Qiao Ling to have died first.

I just love a Qiao Ling confronts Lu Guang about Cheng Xiaoshi's death fic, and this one really captures big sister Qiao Ling and how much she cares about both of her boys. I love it!

resolve and reverberations by macrauchenia

Lu Guang rarely fumbles, rarely cracks, and rarely steps up to the sparring mat first. Nevertheless, on a random day in the middle of September, he does all three. Alternatively, Qiao Ling and Cheng Xiaoshi can't figure out why their best friend seems so *wrong* for no explicable reason.

A slice of life fic that adds such a delicious sprinkle of angst at Lu Guang's expense hehe. But it makes me feel so sad for Lu Guang, who just is so traumatized of losing Cheng Xiaoshi, and then it gives him a soft encouragement at the end. It's so sweet.

Instinct (Part One) by JordannaMorgan

Hired to solve a wealthy client’s personal mystery, Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang discover there are even darker powers in the world than they realized… and the damage left in the fallout will not be easily fixed for anyone.

Man, this fic is so CREATIVE. It is great at suspense, kept me on the edge of my seat from chapter to chapter, and the Cheng Xiaoshi angst is so delicious. And then the ENDING. gahhh, I cannot wait for Part Two and really hope that it will come!! I think about this fic so often

A Day Like Any Other by rane_ne

After three long years, for the very first time ever, Lu Guang finally gets to turn 20.

It's just ... gahhhh. Cheng Xiaoshi is my blorbo, yes, but Lu Guang being so relieved and emotional at the end because he's finally done it, and is turning another year older because he no longer has to dive back because his friend is alive??? GAHHHHH

Memoriam by JordannaMorgan

Even for those who have no powers, photographs are powerful things.

This is a lovely case fic that is so thoughtfully, emotionally, and tenderly told. I love the compassion that the story has for the characters, and it gives me the feelings that the Earthquake arc concluded with--finding joy and kindness even within the tragedy. I really love it.

sept, oct by Toothpaste_Fresh

The first time around, there are no rules, and Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi must learn all of their lessons the hard way. The first time around, Cheng Xiaoshi is the seventh of Liu Min’s victims. The second time around, there will be no seventh victim.

Gosh, this fic is so goooood. I love the speculation of what the first time round was like, and GOSH it's just such a gut punch of dramatic irony, of both CXS and LG being bold and idealistic and naive, and then how it tragically leads to CXS' death. It's EXCELLENT.

Golden Hour by StuckIn_aTimeLoop

The salty breeze feels nice. Cheng Xiaoshi smiles as he kneels down in the sand, happy they managed to make it in time for golden hour. Cheng Xiaoshi holds up the camera to capture his shot.

I LOVE ME SOME PARALLEL SCENES THAT ARE CONNECTED AND INTERTWINED BY AN EMOTIONAL MOTIF!! The juxtaposition of two types of golden hours is done so well, and both are so full of energy of opposite kinds in such a well balanced way. I was so excited when I heard this fic was being written and I was so happy reading it.

the shine in your eyes reminded me of the moon by StuckIn_aTimeloop

Cheng Xiaoshi was barely a child when his parents died. The king took him in, raised him as his own. Now he's older, it is time for him to choose his own knight.

Prince Cheng Xiaoshi and Knight Lu Guang. Need I say more??? It's so indulgent and I love it.

#LC recommends #link click #shiguang dailiren #shiguang daili ren

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books-are-my-life-stuff · 6 months

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Finished series, Fall 2023: Akuma-kun (2023)

"What is happiness to all humans? Are they happy if there's ample food, clothing, and shelter? Do they want self-fulfillment? Recognition from others? The psychologist Maslow said--" "Hold on. Hey, Ichiro. What is happiness to you?" "To me?"

#akuma-kun (2023)#akuma-kun spoilers #ichiro umerogi #mephisto iii #shingo umoregi #strophaia #flashing tw #eyestrain tw #my gifs #finished series gifs #long post #userartless #(hope you don't mind if i tag you even though this series might not be in your watchlist!)#one of my most anticipated shows this season and WOW I WAS BLOWN AWAY #it's really great!! i enjoyed it thoroughly #i had no experience with this franchise unlike gggnk so a lot of the references might fly over my head #but i still can enjoy this series so much i finished it in one sitting #it never fails to leave me on the edge of my seat!#shigeru mizuki-sensei's works are always astounding and timeless #(though this is less of a reboot and more of a sequel of sorts?? i dunno)#now to watch the original akuma-kun!#i actually was planning to make the entire gifset into black-white-red focused #but i wasn't really good at focusing on just one color pallette #aaaaa i was going to just choose one scene per episode for this set but i ended up making multiple gifs from one ep #this series is just so pretty and has so many beautiful scenes i can't help myself

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sysig · 6 months

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uuuumm for the request thing maybe pastel gaster? maybe with the evil goatparents or evil alphys, haha. or maybe even evil temmie lol.

Day 29 - He's studying you with a smile...

#My art #Requestober #UT #Handplates #Fellplates #Gaster #Fellplates!Gaster is weird :) I like that about him #Man it's been a heck-while since I've draw him!! He's still heckin' cute - I will always be biased towards wings haha #Didn't have any hair to shade this time so had to give them a little extra attention hehe ♪#The whole shading everything - I've just been really into backlighting lately haha #The halo is a great excuse ♫#I also like how in searching for his refs they were paired to the note of ''Don't think about it for too long it all comes crumbling down''#But now I'm thinking about it!! Oh no!! Lol #Like for example I know there are Mercyplates iterations where the Skelebros never get the plates #But the intention was still there at some point (maybe? It's been a while lol)#Basically my point is - I think Gaster's two hand hole-punches would garner the attention of Someone #Since they were brought up how about Alphys or the Goatparents' - and he gets some accessories to cover up with ♪#Anyway that's all just errant-thought fun to think about Gaster getting hurt lol - even this Gaster?#:3c Maybe #I trust him about as far as I can throw him as much as I thoroughly enjoy him hehe ♪#It was tempting to do something with Alphys and the others as well - the image of him picking up Fell!Temmie and resting her on his lap lol #But I've never drawn any of them and I couldn't find any agreed-upon references so I opted for He Alone #It would be fun to see him interacting with others tho :)#Hardly topical but I think my favourite iteration of AU Alphys is SwapFell?? She's very cool in Swap but hnnrh the armour is so cool #Anyway lol ♪

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hunxi-after-hours · 1 year

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hey, big fan of your blog! read some of your qianqiu metas, and was thinking lately about the presentation of the statist consolidation of power and framing of political unification as an unproblematic moral good in a lot of the wuxia/xianxia I've engaged with. having grown up with these genres, I know that censorship and sociopolitical circumstances are big influences on the message that gets put out. (1/3)

but also as an anti-authoritarian looking to art and literature for countercultural inspiration, I guess I've found a lot of wuxia lacking in a vision for a radical future. this certainly isn't to say that art needs to be radical to have value, or that wuxia spaces haven't created avenues of self-expression and joy for oppressed groups in an airtight society where there are dire risks attached to political activity. (2/3)

wuxia/xianxia are my favorite genres, but many aspects of its narratives seem to uphold structures of oppression (i.e. ableism, colorism, xenophobia, misogyny, etc). but hey, 嫌货人才是买货人, no such thing as perfect, best thing to do, I suppose, is to engage with art with a critical eye. thanks for your time! (3/3)

an anon after my own heart, hello! you're definitely getting at certain themes, assumptions, and values that in a way were built in to the wuxia genre as it has evolved today. whether you’re reading classic authors like 金庸 Jin Yong or remixers like 梦溪石 Meng Xishi, I’ve definitely noticed that wuxia as a genre has, well, complicated relationships with the structures of oppression that you brought up

(I'm leaving xianxia out of the discussion atm as I’m less familiar with it as a whole, but also I don't think it has the same concerns of nationalism and historicism that wuxia does)

in many ways, the modern wuxia genre is a heavily compensatory genre, which I mean specifically in a “hey, compensating much?” kind of way. it took me a very long time to realize and process this, diaspora kid that I am, but so much of contemporary Chinese culture is still profoundly affected by the events of the past 200-250 years. I mean, when you think about it, the imperial dynastic system wasn’t all that long ago; in many ways, Chinese society is still reeling from the century of humiliation, the breakneck industrialization, the mass deaths of the 20th century in war and famine and revolution and government abuse (there is also the matter of the government deliberately evoking public memory of past atrocities to fan nationalistic sentiment for its convenience, which not only keeps historical national humiliations top-of-mind but also disrupts processes of collective memory and collective grieving).

Stephen Teo, in Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition, tracks the origins of wuxia as a genre, and from the beginning wuxia has been bound up with anxieties over masculinity and national agency, which in literature can often be one and the same. Teo, in tracing early forerunners of wuxia and the historical context of its emergence, notes that "[i]ntellectuals initially regarded the warrior tradition in the genre as one of the elements that could provide a positive counterweight to China's image as the 'sick man of Asia'" (Teo 37).

Given the repeated incursions and invasions onto Chinese soil and China’s status as a semicolony for much of the 19th and 20th centuries, it’s almost too obvious how the wuxia genre provides a balm for those exact anxieties: the martial warrior tradition (the 武 wu in 武侠 wuxia, if you will) directly addresses fears regarding the emasculation of Chinese men; the historical settings of wuxia novels often set during or against a backdrop of past imperial Chinese glories; the featuring of military triumphs over “foreign barbarians” who sought to invade or occupy imperial land, or even better — the protagonist, raised among the “wolfish barbarians,” is uniquely positioned to combine the “raw, savage strength” of “barbarian” culture with the “cultured civility” of Han Chinese culture; the strong emphasis on tradition(al aesthetics) and traditional Confucian ethics of morality and righteousness as contrast and counterpoint to the rapid modernization and Westernization of 20th/21st century Chinese culture... you get the idea

Teo’s book surveys the wuxia genre over the past century, particularly through film, and he discusses how wuxia in the 21st century begins “to manifest as made-in-China historicist blockbusters mixing the epic form with wuxia" — which is to say, wuxia has increasingly become intertwined with the genres of period dramas and historical epics:

"Having been grafted onto the period epic, wuxia becomes a showcase of Chinese history, seeking to be universally accepted while at the same time locating itself within the historicist confines of the nation-state." (168)

wuxia’s increasing hybridization/conflation with historical epics (particularly in Zhang Yimou’s 2002 film 《英雄》 Hero, John Woo’s 2008 - 2009 《赤壁》 Red Cliff duology) increasingly politicizes the genre, and that politicization thereby links wuxia to national issues of structural oppression, like the ones you mentioned: the statist consolidation of power and framing of political unification as an unproblematic moral good, ableism, colorism, xenophobia, misogyny... any one of these could carry a research paper on their own, and I don’t presume to be able to solve or explain away any of them in a tumblr post, but I do think there are many ways in which the wuxia genre’s (often uncritical) support of structures of oppression are directly linked to the origins of wuxia as a genre that was in many ways wish-fulfillment for a 20th/21st century Chinese culture wracked with political turmoil, economic disaster, and cultural uncertainties

I particularly like Teo’s discussion here:

"...The grand historicist self-fashioning of the genre in a film like Hero and its offshoots Curse of the Golden Flower, The Banquet, The Warlords [...and] Red Cliff demonstrate the kind of nationalistic self-aggrandisement that critics find so disturbing, particularly so when the nature of the regime is authoritarian and autocratic, ever ready to invoke militaristic power as the means to their end of a unitary nation state.

“However, if we see the wuxia genre as a mirror of the nation, it shows China in perpetual crisis, torn apart by internal strife and the urge to cohere as a unitary state." (186)

the framing of political unification as an unproblematic moral good is something I find particularly interesting, because a lot of that has to do with Chinese history. the famous opening line of 《三国演义》 / Romance of the Three Kingdoms references this directly: 天下大势，分久必合，合久必分 / “All great movements under heaven [follow this rule]: that which has fallen apart for a long time must come together, and that which has been together for a long time must fall apart.” The entire cyclical narrative of imperial China has been this: a dynasty rises, a dynasty falls, the land fractures into squabbling kingdoms, out of which a single dynasty eventually rises, to eventually fall, to eventually fracture again. and so, a dynasty’s collapse and the subsequent societal fracturing into warring territories is naturally paired with the crisis and violence that ensues with the fall of a state. simply put, there just isn’t a period of Chinese history (or if there is, I don’t know of it) where political fragmentation has not been associated with civil unrest; therefore political unification must be an unproblematic good as it eliminates domestic warfare and returns order to the central plains. handily, this supports the current regime’s nationalistic and authoritarian agenda, and so we see this particular moral value reflected in much of wuxia fiction

not to simply brush aside ableism, colorism, xenophobia, and misogyny all with a wave of a hand, but I do think that much of this has to do with contemporary Chinese society’s current attitudes towards these issues. when a society privileges pale complexions in its beauty standards (see: the triptych of 白富美, the omnipresence of beauty products that advertise skin tone lightening, the entire entertainment/idol industry), colorism is a natural (and shitty) result. government-spurred nationalism, historical racism, and Han chauvinism all contribute to the rampant xenophobia of much of Chinese media, especially when it comes to depictions of non-Chinese Asia (Central Asia, Japan, SE Asia in particular). when wuxia needs a faceless enemy, it reaches for the barbarians on the border. ableism and misogyny are issues that contemporary Chinese society struggle with now; the issue of ableism in particular feels stifled in the cutthroat nature of the current job market (the flipside of China’s massive labor force is the knowledge that every person is fundamentally replaceable), and the depths to which cultural misogyny runs in China is growing steadily more and more evident as the gender gap widens

and when it comes to fiction, when it comes to literature, widespread change often doesn’t occur until there is a societal call for it. I’m thinking of the U.S. science fiction and fantasy scene, which went through its own reckoning with diversity and genre-reified prejudice over the past decade and a half. and now we have brilliantly diverse authors and searingly postcolonial works, queer characters on the regular, Tor Books itself advertising to us soft sad queer freaks on tumblr. the journey wasn’t easy though, nor is the journey remotely close to over, but the fact remains — there was, in a sense, a collective cultural awakening about the ways in which more classic SF/F often utilized and reified racism, prejudice, misogyny, ableism; and subsequently, there was a conscious effort towards holding the genre(s) and its creators accountable, towards writing and supporting and amplifying voices previously shunned and silenced

and, well, to be fully honest, I don’t think that cultural moment has arrived yet for wuxia. this is not to say that there are no wuxia creators out there trying to decolonize the genre, but that we haven’t reached the turning point where decolonizing the genre and examining its history of misogyny, xenophobia, ableism, and colorism is expected, accepted, even celebrated, and I don’t think we’ll get there until contemporary Chinese society goes through a cultural reckoning with these same issues

I also think it’s worth mentioning that whatever that collective cultural awakening/reckoning looks like, it must be and will be distinctively Chinese. Chinese culture maintains different moral values from Western (Euroamerican) culture; contemporary China faces different social issues and political problems than contemporary Euroamerica. whatever this journey looks like, I don’t think it will look like or should look the same as what the U.S. went through/is going through. decolonizing/deimperializing East Asia is inherently different from decolonizing/deimperializing the West, so I would like to stop short of making prescriptive statements on what that cultural turning point should look like

that being said: if anyone’s run into some good postcolonial wuxia lately, I’d be VERY interested to hear more about it

#ack this got long #please take my armchair political/social theory with a Costco container of garlic salt #both Teo and this great article about 英雄 get into the whole political messiness of tianxiaism which is FASCINATING but also TOO MUCH #I do think a major reason why I didn't enjoy 'saving your kingdom while burnt out' much is because of the rampant nationalism #which I think is absolutely fascinating on a theoretical level — the Ni Zhange article dissects it thoroughly #like the absolute galaxy-brain daring of priest to rewrite an alternate historical steampunk version of the century of humiliation #but at the same time.........#moof I didn't really talk about danmei or gender but I ONLY HAVE THE ONE THINKY TAG #hunxi thinks about danmei and gender #心怀杂念字数无量

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cherry-angel-with-a-twist · 7 months

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Season 7 episode 3... I can't believe we're here already, it seems like yesterday I was still counting down the days for episode 1.

I like how Rick goes to therapy in the cold open and actually makes himself kind of comfortable with his bag on funyuns he left there the previous week, which means that he goes regularly now. Great step for self improvement.

The fact that he doesn't want the president to date his therapist, his possessive behavior was funny, it's his therapist and he doesn't want her to date anyone he knows. Why? I don't know... Maybe because he thinks she might ask him about them , or maybe he knows the president better than we as the viewers know... He is the smartest man, he probably knows every detail of the president and he might think that they wouldn't make a great couple. The fact that he would have fought the president for that reason was really cool, he stands up for what he believes in, he'd even start a whole new war about it.

The way he apologizes for calling the scientologist a space Mormon, admitting that it was a cheap shot and telling him that he likes Tom Cruise (from that movie barbeque (total rickall s2 e4)😂 even though it was cocktail) was also a huge leap for Rick, he doesn't apologize or open up, he's had a lot of character growth, hopefully we'll see it between him and Morty as well... Which will hopefully be seen a lot more in tomorrow's episode.

#i have thoroughly enjoyed the scenes we've seen morty #but i really hope that we see more of him #it's been almost three episodes and we've barely seen him #and to be honest morty is my favorite character #rick and morty #air force wong #rick and morty season 7 #spoilers?#rick has really grown as a character #it's great to see #cold open #why did I analyze it like this #i don't know #did i analyze it?#whatever

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shewhosleepsalotincemeteries · 9 months

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Went to see a movie yesterday for the first time in like 5 years and all I could think about was that tweet that’s like “must a movie be good? Is it not enough to see a beautiful face, huge?”

#the faces really are huge is the thing #anyways i saw talk to me and it was great #i still think my favorite new horror film of the year is gonna be evil dead rise but i thoroughly enjoyed this!#looking forward to being able to watch at home with subtitles though. my subtitles i can’t learn character names without my subtitles #💤🪦

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incarnatedevotion · 1 year

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Hey guys I just finished The Troop. Gonna go stare at a wall for a while and Contemplate.

#IT WAS REALLY GOOD #i thoroughly enjoyed it <3 #The Deep is still my favorite BUT The Troop really holds up… it filled me with great sadness <3 #chatting.#the troop (nick cutter)

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nyctoheart · 2 years

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i finished disc 1 of FF7

#I HAD seen the ''GAY420GAY COOLRANCH'' meme before so I knew about that #but still the context is great #this is a really great game I'm thoroughly enjoying myself so far

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lily-blue-blue-lily · 9 months

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i just watched rwrb, and yeah, its charming as hell, i had a great time

#i wouldn't say its good but its everything i want in a romcom so im happy #i didnt like the book but the reasons for that weren't really relevant to the movie so i really enjoyed it #i really love alex hes the one of the few things i loved about the book and imo he really carried the movie #i also love the actors for both alex and henry #their chemistry is so good it was such good casting #i also love that stephen fry was in it i love all his cameos hes had in queer media recently #also #i completely forgot about the relevance of austin in rwrb so now that ive developed a weird attachment to austin cos of lone star #i thoroughly enjoyed that aspect of the movie lol #generally tho i had a lovely time watching it i think everyone did such a great job on this movie #im tempted to maybe give the book another shot #should i?

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whatsagirltoblogabout · 9 months

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5.13 - banger finale.

#idk really know what else to say about this one #I enjoyed it #I think 5.11 was the highest point of the season #but the last two episodes worked great as denouement #and I came out the other end feeling thoroughly satisfied and happy #six episodes left in the series #I'm definitely feeling the melancholy of the approaching goodbye creeping in #but they've set up an extremely interesting premise going into the final stretch #and I am super excited to see where this goes #... I also might've already started rewatching season 1 #so it's not really goodbye #and I can take solace in the fact that it never has to be #white collar is without a doubt one of my favourite tv shows of all time #and I will be enjoying it for the rest of my life #white collar #episode 5.13

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i-dreamed-i-had-a-son · 2 years

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Nothing quite as humbling as looking back at your old takes and realizing that you were completely wrong

#this happens for me when i'm emotionally invested in a character or show and won't let myself acknowledge that it's bad #like i thought the wandavision finale was 'great'...i did so much meta-writing about loki before finally admitting it sucked...#theory-wise i'm not typically incredibly off but when it comes to evaluating quality i do have a subjectivity issue #like moon knight--i really loved that show and did not recognize most of the pacing or plot issues until the finale #to be clear i still love the show because despite its imperfect story the character exploration and acting really held it together #and i love that they took things in a new direction with how deep they were willing to go with exploring trauma #but it was definitely not as good as i was feeling like it was...and it's ok to like things in spite of flaws #i just have to be aware of them haha #but also sometimes i'll absorb other people's critical takes even when they're off-base (e.g. worried about something that doesn't happen)#like with the season finale to the mandalorian season 2--there was some strong criticism of it and i jumped on that train #because i was worried that they were completely abandoning the story and relationships that they had put in place #and canon has since confirmed they aren't (although i still haven't watched bobf) so those worries were at least largely unfounded #but i am still concerned about how they intend to treat din's religion and what his arc will be bc it can still go badly #however those concerns should not make me evaluate existing content unfairly #all of this is why i am so absolutely resistant to seeing any criticism of kenobi #because i am enjoying this show so thoroughly that i don't want anything to burst my bubble #if it is truly not that great i'll recognize that soon enough once the joy of seeing my BOY on screen again wears off #but i am being so positively affected by this show that i don't want anything to burst that bubble #especially because as stated above a lot of criticism comes from people being worried that they'll do something that they aren't doing #like making the show all about vader was a common preemptive criticism. it is clear that is not what's happening #anyway that's an awful lot of thoughts but in short yeah my takes are not perfect and sometimes i am too forgiving #but also i (and others) have been too harsh before and really all it does is kill the joy! i just wanna enjoy the things i love #kay can i just catch my breath for a second #kay has a party in the tags

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madamescarlette · 2 years

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I think what will always be beautiful and rare about music to me is how much it can put a frame around a moment in time for you to keep and look over again later!

#this post brought to you by me digging around in my 2020 music today #i have a specific sequence of: don't wanna - HAIM & talking to myself - gatlin & can't fight - lianne la havas #that somehow instantly conjures back up to me how thoroughly my heart was smashed back then #it sounds weird but it's comforting to me to be able to visit myself from the past and say hi!#and also to feel a little forlorn and sad because i always make a giant playlist each summer #that is a great capsule to go back to rifle through and remember #but i've been in a stupid music drought this year and didn't really make one #but you know. tis okay. with my friends spoonfeeding me their music and my micro playlists I'll survive #dramatically places a hand over my forehead like an ailing lady!#hello tumblr <3 how are you are you enjoying new maisie and the strange liminal space of august? i send you all love!!#meaningless eden text posts are a dying breed i almost miss them

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woozi · 2 years

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I hope u don’t mind me chiming in on the svt dynamics <3 bcoz I looove talking about that and their dynamic as a group together is the most fascinating to me ~

like sure, we don’t know them and every kpop group advertises their friendship since it’s what fans want to see. I’m actually a little cynical when it comes to this and don’t trust the “we’re like a family :)” talk easily since it’s often just for show. and that’s fine - idols’ jobs is to sing and dance, not to be bffs. but I think with svt it’s extremely obvious that in addition to being coworkers, they’re genuinely close friends, care about each other on a personal level, and like each other’s company beyond just working together. not to overanalyze but it’s the little things. how they hang out together constantly in their free time, them being close with each other’s parents/siblings, how when they were in single rooms in a hotel like 75% of the group gathered in one room bc they missed each other even tho they had spent the whole day together, and things like all their inside jokes and how their humor code matches so well (this doesn’t happen if you don’t interact a lot), how even tho some members are closer than others you can mix them up however you want and it won’t be awkward, how when dk mentioned the member he’s most awkward with is wonwoo so wonwoo made sure to spend more time with dk, or how jeonghan and mingyu often say they don’t match but then still spend time together regularly, how when even 1-2 members are absent the entire dynamic feels “off”, I could go on and on haha 😅

and I often think about how maintaining a healthy group dynamic as 13 (thirteen!!!) people on both a professional and personal level isn’t easy at all. it’s constantly compromising with and adjusting to 12 other individuals, making sure everyone’s seen and heard, being considerate of each other’s boundaries/preferences, basically keeping a vast mental encyclopedia of 12 other people’s little things. they grew up together so maybe it’s completely normal for them to do all that (and being bound by contract helps bc you can’t just quit when there’s conflict) but still, you need to be a very specific type of person to be able to do that i think… and even tho i’m certain their relationship is not always harmonious (it’s just how relationships are), it’s still incredible and very special <3

anyways “not to overanalyze” - *overanalyzes* lololol this got long I’m sorry but. I had to get this off my chest 💝 thanks for being such a warm presence here on caratblr yza what would we be without u 🥰

the way i can see how much u love the svteenies with this alone <3

#also agreed <3 #i esp find it so fascinating how a big group is able to work out their differences and (seem) to even enjoy being around-#-e/o almost all the time #its like that one ment by an idol that got surprised that svt's spending their resting time tgt #and the fact that they also always think of the group as a whole and even brag abt being all together is insane to me tbh #my Main Friend Group (my ride or dies tbh) just comprises of 5 people and even then we still have a lot of things we disagree about even-#-if we also practically grew up tgt #so i'm v fascinated to say the least #it's very admirable <3 i want that kind of friendship as well #and NOOOOOOOO omg there's nothing to be sorry abt at all!! thank u for even chiming in <333 #i thoroughly enjoyed reading ur thoughts!!#and naur 🥺 thank YOU for being so kind </3 #ik it's cheesy to say but caratblr really is so special to me i should be the one saying this!! where would i be w/o all of u </3 #it's one of the things i'm most grateful for abt the svteenies tbh #they allowed me to meet people like u guys <333 #gonna stop here before i write a novel but yeah 😭😭😭#thank u again for being so sweet and for sharing this w us <33 hope ure having a great one!!#anon #y.ask #long post

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