the endings are often a little bit gory

more characters should be 30+ years old

li'l boulder boy

I was thinking about the 5 year anniversary video and

it is interesting to me how Patton kind of decided for Logan what his role in the "family" would be. all the other sides chose it themselves, but he didn't get to.

even when he actively objects it's played for laughs and never addressed. this happened too when Patton revealed his name for him, and I just think it's interesting to note that after all these years, Logan still never gets to decide anything when it comes to Thomas, or even himself, to an extent. it's just kind of decided for him and he is expected to just go along with it, similar to how it was when Thomas dyed his hair.

ik it's mainly a "haha wine mom" moment, but that doesn't take away from how angsty it gets when you think about it.

tv appreciation week 2022 | day one: tv show you wish everyone would watch (+ day seven:  tv show with the best ending)

Anecdoche: a conversation where no one is listening

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you know that kid's clothes are covered in dog hair

I had this piece and I hadn’t finished it, but now that I feel a little like this Sad Noot, well *shrugs*  Also, this is going to be available as a small print in my Storenvy♥

The Good Omens S2 finale is akin to The Magnus Archives S5 finale in the sense that, instead of understanding both characters in the relationship were proposing the incorrect solutions but they were given no choices out of the mess, the fandom took it upon themselves to discuss Who Was Right.

It's about the world being grey and protagonists that refuse to understand that -- too stuck on their ideas of humanity/monsterhood or goodness/evil.

It's about characters not being able to break out from their abusive workplaces and the saviour complex they have. It's about a relationship where they both agree being togheter is fiercely important -- but for one of them, the world's well being weighs more and they can't bear to give up. It's about not being given a third choice, it's about not communicating properly, it's about humanity.

It's about escapism vs martyrdom. Denial vs guilt. ''No one can solve it, let's forget about it, it's all fucked'' vs ''let me try, maybe I can, maybe I can''. ''Don't ask me to give up on the world'' vs ''don't ask me to give up on our promises to each other''.

It's about obtaining power not for power's sake but because you can't bear the idea that I can fix it, please be with me as I fix it. It's about seeing your beloved making themselves responsible for a cause you already consider lost and thinking it's about rejecting you.

It's ''you betrayed me and i betrayed you. it's about us. it's about togheter, we promised''.

i've said this since the first stream and i've known this since he began talking about genloss and i will keep saying it. genloss is an exploration of the feelings of being a content creator and being constantly under the eye of the public, being scrutinised and torn apart and controlled by a constantly spectating audience. what does it mean for a person to have their life broadcast, to be examined by strangers, and to have it all happen suddenly and explosively with no chance for you to have prepared for it? there is a line drawn between the person you were before and after people noticed you. there is not as much of a line drawn between who you are in front of thousands and who you truly are. can your actions, when you are under the pressure of the public and a company paying your bills, be separated from who you are? somewhere in the tangle of your reality and the wires, cold glass screens and warm flesh and blood, there is the person that you are and that you have been, have always. it's just hard to identify it through the tv static.

Luz said “Everyone deserves time and forgiveness except Belos cause he’s a genocidal maniac” and I love her for it.

fellas is it gay 2 offer your roommate his dead girlfriend’s heart

you ever think about how this essay comes with Official Director-Approved bride of re-animator blu-rays? Fucked Up If True!

dans face when herb takes out the 2nd pencil is the defining moment of their relationship

was thinking a lot about re-animator again and remembered this deleted scene that makes me feel like a wild animal LIKE. Hm!!!! much to unpack here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel like something that gets really lost in the theatrical cut and what gets completely forgotten in “bride” is how clearly Dan actively chooses to side with Herbert and why throwing his lot in with Herbert is appealing to begin with.  There’s definitely more clear motivation here and I feel like it gives Dan a lot more autonomy and solid characterization, and makes the ending of the original movie land more strongly since its easier to see how he follows in those footsteps and picks up the hypo himself. this scene really demonstrates how little Dan can resist Herberts sway, despite pretty much everything around him telling him he should. 

re: queer-coding of villains in horror, theres also something to be said about how Herbert seducing Dan to the dark side of re-animation is basically framed as homewrecking, and how Herbert and Meg are basically rivals for Dan’s attentions. Meg is playing an obvious moral center, but in a kind of reactionary way where that morality is also being equated to heteronormative marriage…as usual queer subtext in horror comes with some latent homophobia but i still enjoy this scene a lot. Dans dispassionate and unconvincing “i love you too,” and the way Herbert bodily stands in between them is very satisfying to the goth parts of my freudian id ya know….what can i say i love a love triangle i love drama

this scene also includes jeffrey combs’ very hilarious delivery of the line: “yes, daddy will see that we’re serious”

take care of him

Umbrella Academy is such a great show because it is a found family but at the same time it is a perfect representation of what it is like to have siblings