YES. WORK.

Todd Andrew Howard naming the jaded gun-slinging cowboy ghoul that he knew every single one of us goddamn heathens would desire carnally "Mr. Howard" was possibly the biggest power move of the century

Warner Brothers is shutting down Rooster Teeth.

Much like how Legendary Entertainment bought Geek and Sundry solely to screw over and drive off the people who made it what it was, kill one of its two biggest draws (Tabletop), and had the other big draw (Critical Role) escape out from under their mismanagement, another beloved geeky Youtube channel has been essentially murdered by a stupid, greedy asshole of a CEO who didn't understand ANYTHING about what he had his company devour.

I know rooster teeth had a whole fucking host of problems and haven't watched their stuff in years but I still shed a tear for another day another internet group getting bought out by big media companies because "they're successful" and then being shut down because they don't make enough profit for wall street. let things stay small. not everything needs to be contract deals and billboards the beauty of the internet should be that there's thousands of little things for people to find the niche they like, not that anything that becomes popular is obviously the next big franchise and we need to throw millions of dollars at it. We live in an era where big companies are taking everything small from us. Heardle getting bought out by Spotify and then shut down bc they realized it cost more than it made. capitalism and the Internet are not built for each other.

the thing about variety describing warner bros discovery making "unsuccessful attempts to sell the unprofitable fandom" is that this shifts all the blame on the audience. how are you gonna try that with a fandom that crowdfunded films on a record-breaking scale, raised millions for extra life for years and years, and spawned their own fucking convention because RT was so goddamn popular?? insane that poor business restructuring and shitty company practices from WBD is being spun into "our audience didn't give us enough money so unfortunately, we have to sell RWBY (a western show that enjoys enormous popularity in japan despite not being a homegrown anime) and RvB (a show which pioneered machinima as both a genre and medium)"

lin manuel miranda as hermes is incredible actually. i think it was valid some people were unsure about his casting at first, since he's such a recognizable (and heavily memed) celebrity, but that man can act. his delivery, the intensity behind his eyes... he was immersed and in character every single moment he was on screen. imo he was really great and believable as hermes, and i really enjoyed his performance

Ellie: Why was the music on? Joel: If he didn’t reset the countdown every few weeks, his playlist would run out over the radio. Ellie: 80s

So this was the moment when the countdown ended. Bill and Frank were already dead, and song that told the world? 

I’m Taking a Ride With My Best Friend.

Oh my heart, THIS SHOW. 

SO LONG WE BECOME THE FLOWERS TWO CORPSES WE WERE TWO CORPSES I SAW

— in a week by hozier

hi here’s something i pointed out on twitter goodnight

i’m crying

I hate modern science fiction shows, all filmed in flatly lit green screen. I miss when science fiction shows weren’t cowards and just told the audience that every inhabited planet in the galaxy looked like British Columbia.

And these plates they smash like waves (place your hand in mine)

And on the wind it howls (How long can this last?)

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?!

IT IS PERFECT!

loudly going "YOU'RE GOOD YOU'RE GOOD" to myself to ward off the memory of every embarrassing thing i've ever done

The brothers Green being cute.