I love these idiots

(Source; Cubfan135, Season 9, Episode 40, timestamp: 2:32)

[Transcript:

Cub: There-There’s some problems going on here- oh boy..

BDubs: *struggling to fly up to the nether roof* I can’t go straight!

Cub: oh! There he is! Ayee!

BDubs: *overlapping cub* I’m out! I’m free! I’m- *singing* fly away~!

Scar: nice job!

Cleo: *overlapping Scar* I have that problem too BDubs- its fine.

Cub: beautiful

End transcript]

Alright, the jack in the box is wound, and the coherence is coming to me. Halsin and the dryad, I was talking about his response if the PC indicates that he is most comfortable after a supper large enough to induce hibernation:

"Mindless gorging...? No, that is not right. I did not realize you thought that of me."

And why this keeps catching in my mind is not necessarily what he says, but how he says it (so I am commending Dave Jones' voice acting here). The rest of Halsin's responses to incorrect answers are generally even toned and corrective; firm, usually, but not inherently overly emotional. Much like a teacher correcting a student. But this one...he sounds genuinely surprised and taken aback that the PC would even suggest that. The "no, that is not right" is even firmer on its heels. And the last part...the last part, his voice is smaller. Less forward. I would not go so far as to suggest hurt, but it is approaching that territory. It comes so fast after his firm no, that it almost sounds like something that slipped by accident. Like something that was meant to be muttered under the breath, but it slipped from him because the surprise was so organic.

Alone, it doesn't mean too much. It's a slight offense to an obviously nonfactual statement. And that's likely all it is. I'm about to read too deep into this, I am aware.

But combined with the other things spread throughout Halsin's dialogue, particularly the implication that he is otherwise used to people making commentary on his physical appearance or the physicality of his being, it suggests an extra layer of hurt. An extra layer of: "I did not expect this from you, of all people." Not quite a betrayal, but approaching one.

What makes it particularly catching, is that one of the things you are able to wrench (and I say wrench because getting Halsin to share mundane personal details about himself is a production - and it makes *sense* it's a production if a. We keep in mind that Halsin himself doesn't seem all too sure who he is beyond his preoccupation - which elves are prone to but Halsin also just has...a lot on his plate that have evidently stunted his identity formation - to the point where he even claims he was forgetting who he was, and b. If he is used to questions concerning himself and his experience leading into questions regarding his sex life or his physical activities, see: the companion banter with Wyll and Karlach, he likely...doesn't really keep ready details about himself personally on tap anymore. He's so unused to people being interested in Halsin, that he's taken aback when they are. It becomes the "In the moment, I forget everything and anything I like to do for fun" mentality - no one really cares about what I like to do anyway - if you will. He even goes so far as to joking that the PC may be a doppelganger because *why else would they want to know these things*) out of Halsin when you ask him about himself is that he has a sweet tooth. That he likes honey, and people find that amusing. He chuckles, but his face falls, evidently prepping for the PC to make a similar comment (and he attempts to beat you to the joke about that, though a PC can still call that "on the nose" to which he responds that there is little point in denying oneself if it doesn't hurt anybody - indulging isn't a bad thing). If the PC instead chooses that he should pay little attention to what others think, he gives that infamous: "sometimes I think people look at me and imagine my feelings can't be hurt" line. Which implies - regardless of whether he verbalizes it or not - things in this thread hurt his feelings. Comments or assumptions about his body and his person hurt his feelings. He won't say it, but they do. The PC is likely aware of this by this point in the relationship.

Halsin does not otherwise bring up eating or food to any level of significance or directness - the sweet tooth comment was the only time (you could assume outside of canon interactions that they've had other conversations between them and that perhaps this was brought up, but we are going to base this solely in what Halsin reveals in canon). He brings up hibernation, but specifically the sleeping part of it. Nothing else.

So, the PC then potentially goes ahead and makes an assumption of him during the dryad. How'd they arrive at this conclusion, as it obviously surprises Halsin that they did? It reads, very much, that the PC is making this assumption based on the comment about his sweet tooth, his comment on indulgence, and his physicality (note: the ha ha bear and hibernation thing almost seems like an afterthought - Halsin latches *very* quickly onto the "mindless gorging" part). All things that he has shown very evident discomfort (which is ironic because the question is when he feels most comfortable) or hesitance towards (he claims there is nothing wrong with indulgence, but never seems to indulge himself beyond sex, if that. Gee, what does that remind you of?)

Halsin entrusted this individual with this information, as frivolous as it was, potentially revealed that it hurts his feelings when people make assumptions of him, and this individual then went used that information and made the assuming connection: "So, this is a big man. He said he liked sugar, so he must like to eat and indulge. It must be his favourite thing to do because look at him." I am going to essentially ignore everything else I could have possibly heard, and make a bear hibernation joke that has nothing to do with sleeping being a comfort, but emphasize the eating part.

So, yeah, he's a little taken aback - incredulous, you might say. A little hurt. Resigned, almost. Because at that point, you can make a very logical assumption that Halsin came to a very quick snap realization that perhaps this person was not so different from the others as he thought. That it always eventually comes back to that. What else was he expecting? When has it ever been any different for him?

"He hadn't even been to Jiang Fengmian's liking"

"Since birth, he taught him in many ways, yet he still couldn't change, which was why Jiang Fengmian had always seemed as though he didn't favor him too much"

jiang fengmian' parenting book, chapter 1: if you don't like your son, ignore him! Nothing bad is going to happen!

HAAAAAI ^_^

As an artist, is there smthing that bothers u that people say or do about you / ur art ??🙀🙀🙀

ohhh hmmm

it doesn't BOTHER me but i am always very confused when ppl ask to see a photo of me LOL like... why does that matter.... will you like my art more or less if im attractive/unattractive... i've never followed an artist online and thought "i must know how they look irl!" shrugs 😭

also don't rly like when people make bootlegs of my OCs too but like. OH WELL LMAO

it’s said in the games that the fey family’s women have the spiritual powers… if a fey kid that was mtf transitioned do they just automatically start seeing dead people

JCU (jgracie cinematic universe)

Allow me to preface with: I love where OFMD ends up. Every time I see something that makes me fear for a renewal (Taika noooo), I remember that everyone was was okay where it ended, and dammit the ends justified the means

But:

Fuuuuck it's overstuffed, objectively. And my measurement of overstuffiness is: Big Musical Moments.

OFMD has these amazing sequences where the music and the action and the story all blend together in this glorious literal symphony. A normal episode has 1-2 of these sequences, and they're fucking glorious and eternal.

The finale of S2? The finale of S2 has FOUR Big Musical Moments! Five if you count Ed coming out of the water!

It's too many, it just is. There's missing links between character moments, missing plot details--it's a mess.

But I fucking love it and I'm so, so glad they rushed, because a TV season ender is a balance between the story as a whole and the investment of its watchers. Jenkins and co. decided that the investment of the watchers--and the wholeness of its charaters--was more important than the mechanics of story. And if that make you feel cheated, that's fair and that stinks. But fuck, so many stories are about the endless continuance of the characters and the ego of the creators--it's pretty damn amazing to feel like the fans (*cough* of the main arc *cough*) are valued and the creators are less important than getting to a place where it's ok to end.

The last line of this show might be "fuck that's strong!" "maybe we just air it out a bit..."

And that's actually okay. And it is, somehow, beautiful.

But goddamnit, JUST FIVE MORE MINUTES and that episode would have been PERFECT...

Outfit swap!!! Not sure where the blood came from

pov you can feel your dna beginning to unravel

current state of mitsukou is really interesting to me because kou is currently. really deeply in love, cares about mitsuba more than anything else and is traumatized enough that he's not going to get over this ever, while mitsuba is going through the normal stages of a crush. at the same time, kou is unaware of the nature and magnitude of his feelings because he's too stressed, while mitsuba does know that kou loves him

// loud screaming from Grian

CUBS LAUGH IS THE ONLY REASON I CLIPPED THIS!

(Source; Grian Season 9, Episode 25, Timestamp: 12:22)

[Transcript:

Grian: I’m on fire but i got it! I activated the piston.

Cub: have you got it, though, Grian?

Grian: have i-

Cub: have you got it?

*potions fall from ceiling, killing Grian*

Grian: *very loudly* NOOOOO!!

Cub: I don’t think so! *laughs*

End transcript]

Tried to make final edits to the Valentine’s story. Drew a thing instead. Have a rough sketch 👍

@whumpy-wyrms three cameos and counting 👁️👁️

every so often I remember that brokeback mountain exists and I get so sad and upset and filled with hopelessness that I have to remember to myself the fact that jack and ennis aren’t real people. they’re just jake and heath

nah i just binged through all of veronica mars and i do not accept the ending i’m in denial i refuse to believe that goodbye

Cool Dude Picrew

Thank you for tagging me @autistpride this was a new one i hadnt yet seen!!!

no pressure tagging @iceprinceofbelair @messymoony @jmeslovr @thisliminalspacedaydreams @adaaimee @heartshiii <3333

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