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REACH HEAVEN THROUGH VIOLENCE

another preview of the new Aragorn from the upcoming Magic the Gathering LOTR set (Art by Taylor Jacobsen)

Phuwin Tangsakyuen as Nuengdiao Never Let Me Go First Shot

this is so random but i would love to hear your opinion on mydramalist as a fellow asian drama lover. because it’s obviously well known as a reliable wiki of sorts in dramaland but i beg to differ. (the only plus i feel being the summary and cast list for info)

i mean, i’ve not seen a single comsec w more than two brain cells as a whole? there’s always complaints about female leads rooted from misogyny, they are never happy about story progression, and i just find so many of them kinda dumb sorry lol. like zero media literacy to be found, insufferable arguments, etc. the star ratings are rly just given to popular dramas w high profile actors too.

and i personally find it disheartening that so many ppl end up referring to mdl when considering dramas because so many gems are then lost and not given appreciation.

anon. anon anon anon if you know the way i sat straight the f*ck up when i saw the notification and then read through this ask bc yes. yes to everything here that is exactly it. almost three fourths of what i've watched this year was either 1. not received well by the general MDL crowd (Moon in the Day. where is the taste brethren to not like MITD and not even for reasons that actually make sense), 2. received well but had a good chunk of people bitching in the comment section, or 3. received well but had the main point of the show (and its relevant characterization) go over their heads. (The Worst of Evil aka TWOE comment section, i am f*cking looking at you. i can count on one hand the number of people who understood what that show was supposed to be about) the one fourth that managed to escape was bc the toxicity did not reach the comment section and everyone was pretty f*cking civil. alas if only it could be like that all of the time

case in point for the ratings example, since we've already briefly tackled the lack of media literacy—j-dramas on MDL are notoriously rated much, much lower than either k- or c-dramas. half of the time that's bc there are less users watching (and rating) them therefore the average is lower but the other half it's bc people simply do not understand good media when they see it. don't get me wrong there's some freaky ass sh*t in the j-drama world that i would not touch with a Grinch level pole but to see MDLers out here talking about how slow j-dramas are and that nothing's happening. have you considered that you are either watching the wrong genre or you shouldn't be watching j-dramas in the first place bc their entire setup and general narrative framing arcs are not your style. have you even thought about that for six seconds or are you too busy expecting it to read like a typical tropey rom-com k-drama with your trending oppas. (no hate on my tropey rom-coms with [most of] said oppas, i need them when i don't want to think i just want to see sh*t on my screen and scream about hot people and the Hand Umbrellas in the Rain and the Back Hold when the male lead catches the female lead before she falls and you have the fifteen second focus on their faces just looking at each other)

and the misogyny. oh God do not get me started on the dichotomy that was the Cult, as we affectionatly called ourselves, on the feeds while THEE sageuk of the year My Dearest was airing (beloved show [that i still need to finish. JangChae i'm sorry ily life hates me like the mf it is 😭], beloved commentary on the feeds. they saw the vision on the feeds) vs the sh*tshow that was the landmine field of the comment section (the takes i saw on Gil Chae, Eun Ae AND Ryang Eum respectively.......... the misogyny wasn't enough we had to add the homophobia into the mix. buy one get one free deal fr fr). you mad man. that sh*t was insane there was a point i banned myself from scrolling farther than the cast section until the show finished airing. i kid you not on average they didn't have even half a braincell. maybe a quarter of a quarter of one. f*cked up just say you are not decent people and go

this is not to say that all of MDL is like this. i have gotten tuned into absolute masterpieces of content (and have tuned others, amen) bc of a comment comparing a show i'm watching to another one or a review being posted in the feeds about a film with less than 500 people interested. i have reconsidered my choice to not watch something after having spirited discussions in private messages discussing the pros and cons of the premise and whether they managed to get it done without f*cking sh*t up. i still contribute semi-regularly by adding relatively unknown actors and crew members to the database so they can get the credit due them. if you know where to look, you can get some good sh*t out of that place. problem is most users who are new to both the site and East/Southeast Asian cinema as a whole don't know where to look, and the cycle continues, and the ratings continue to be skewed/bloated and no one pays attention to the plot, if there even is any to pay attention to.

tl;dr: begging people to not let MDL be the be all end all for their drama recs a la 'well MDL doesn't like it so i won't watch it'. babe we have said MDLers complaining about how the ratings on Viki are too high but in my entire time watching dramas i've found that in the past two to three years the Viki ratings are making more sense than the MDL ones. sit with that for a sec. when you're done branch out and see the world (literally and cinematically), i promise you will be a better person for it

like the way they set up such a killer cliffhanger and then were like. lol jk btw we're resolving it with some bullshit. and everyone was like :/ this sucks but we'll allow it this once... and then they did THE EXACT SAME THING AGAIN WITH THE S2 FINALE AS WELL???? AND EVERYONE WAS JUST LIKE OH OKAY I GUESS. AND THEN? AND THEN???? THEY FUCKING DID IT AGAIN??????????????????? AND IT TOOK UNTIL THAT FOURTH SEASON BEFORE EVERYONE WAS LIKE. YOU KNOW WHAT. THIS IS GETTING OLD AND WE'RE TIRED OF IT ACTUALLY. LIKE COME ON

i watched three (3!) saturday night live movies because they had mr. mark mckinney. and while two (2) only had him for a single scene, he was his normal hot self and thus made it worth it. but the one (1) that had him throughout the whole movie, and that i trusted because it was directed by mr. bruce mcculloch, did the absolute unthinkable and made mark look like an unfuckable actual character. thousands dead. i am devestated

Trying SO hard not to give Wolf more people on their side bc they're the ultimate Depressed Bitch... I don't even know what to do about Saint yet!!! I have no idea if Osiris believes them or not! but here I go thinking about Saladad and the Young Wolf's Howl :(

In my defense, consider:

This is more than a weapon. Forged by Lord Saladin within the hallowed halls of the Iron Temple, this sword was intended for you, and none other. When you wield it, its burning flames represent the bright light of your valor — and the all-consuming sacrifice that you have promised to make, should you be called to it.

According to Saladin, that sword is a promise. Become what the enemies of the City fear. The only Nightmare worth fearing, as Eris put it.

At its core, the sword is an Iron Lord's oath to protect the City, no matter the personal cost.

Like... What does it mean to Saladin, to see it on their back when they pull the trigger on Lakshmi? That it was with them when they tried to kill Cayde? That they're still using it now, even as they sow the end?

Is he angered to see his next generation, the one who was supposed to carry the torch of his fallen friends, turn their back on everything he taught them?

Or maybe he knows, in some part. Does he see that they believe they've upheld their promise, even now? Does he think they're delusional?

Even worse, consider them returning it. I'm very drawn on this, though, because of what it means. Wolf giving the sword up would be an admission that they don't care, and Wolf does. Wolf cares so, so much. and they're a sentimental bitch here!!

BUT. What if Saladin found them, one day, treating the sword?

He tells them that sword is an oath, and they tell him they've kept it. He asks why they tried to kill Cayde, and they don't answer. He asks why their killed Lakshmi, and they tell him Ikora would know.

There's silence as he considers this, glaring them down. Wolf stands up, holding the sword in an almost reverie. They ask if he's here to take it back. He doesn't answer.

They set it against the wall, telling him they have more swords.

They leave.

blurry 2 a.m. manga pics from my weekly sob sesh last night but i find it soooo fascinating and so fun and so hilarious how much of a loser fallible we get to witness him being in the recent arcs! from the insufferable self-assuredness and the skill to back it up in the early days ('dont miss' / 'who do you think i am? :)' <- ie. within the top ten iconic matoba seiji moments to me personallyyy) to.....being blinded by the hunger for power to his own detriment and to the point of needing to be rescued by the kindest teenager in the world whom he once harassed relentlessly and his weird pseudo-ex who is notoriously weaker than him. oh HOW THE TURN TABLES!!!

unironically obsessed with the best of what american slice of life has to offer: king of the hill

pls the bandersnatch makes such a cute halloween season dash icon

Why are you a Harley Keener Apologist? What is there to apologize for? He's done nothing.

You are SO RIGHT ANON, Harley has done nothing wrong ever, and he is the best part of the entire MCU!! An amazing boy, the best boy, he should get his own comic book series and it should be led by me!!

On a real note though, I put Harley Keener Apologist as my header because I actually stem from twitter (before the twitter-to-tumblr masses joined)! And boy oh boy, do NOT look at the Harley tag there. I have witnessed a lot of hate for Harley despite him being like the BEST ever, and also only having less than an hour total of screentime. Ofc we all know that twitter is a cesspool where anger feeds on anger. Harley hate usually just stems from him having a lot of fans and all of us saying that he deserved to be Iron Lad for a long time. But also like...I won't lie, from the shit I've seen, a lot of Harley haters have at least one good point: the worst kind of people (coughcough white boys coughcough) have a tendency to say that Harley should've been Tony's successor rather than Iron Heart. And their only logical reasoning is that "Harley was first" and "He was closer to Tony", without, ya know...outright stating the real reason why they don't like Riri.

So, a lot of Harley hate is mainly pointed towards racist white boys online who are only trying to use him as their icon to hate on Riri. It's very, very fucking unfortunate, and literally no actual Harley fan agrees with them. As far as I know, and I should know since I made a Harley Keener discord server with the best and most active Harley fans in it, barely anyone actually wants Harley to become Iron Lad in the MCU. We want him to be his own thing. We love and appreciate Riri and we can't wait to see what the MCU does for her. So like, my header mainly is against twitter people who hate on Harley for unjustified character reasons, but also...it's an unfortunate reality that Harley, as a white male character, is being used as an attack against Riri fans. This is something that I've been wanting to talk about for a while though, so I have no idea if it's even still continuing, but...yeah, I stem from twitter, and it's not great to be a Harley fan there.

But overall, Harley Keener has such amazing potential! He truly has nothing to apologize for as a character!! I have mixed feelings of him ever returning to the MCU, but if he ever does I hope that him and Riri and Peter bond as Stark successors! We love the real version of Harley Keener under this household, who is a gay southern boy who would fight for his loved ones!!

been playing a lot of pokémon ruby since i snagged an emulator app and tbh my mind has been going wild thinking about an au… it’s so silly but i can’t stop thinking about what types my ocs and f/os would like, what teams they’d have………

Man I wish I was a Character whos essentially the love child Jack Black & Alex Brightman

writers were too real for this one

maybe it's not on purpose maybe it doesn't mean anything but having bobby and athena address the fact that they never talked about what it was like for bobby listening to the whole thing when athena was attacked in thee same episode that buck watches eddie get shot + the fact that they're emphasizing the fear the LAFD's family members feel for them while the sniper is rampant is an awful fear to be holding + the parallel of bobby and buck with athena and eddie "having to listen to athena's attack without being able to do anything about it" and "the guy who just stood there and did nothing while eddie got shot". i don't even know what i'm saying. do you get it? buck and eddie never talked about what it was like for buck, to watch eddie get shot