oops, I did it again

she/her | pt/eng | so many fandoms | ao3: atitforatati

[maxknightley]

"it would be so good if it was good" will haunt you but "it's extremely good, except for the one or two parts which are so bad it's genuinely kind of insulting" will straight up drive you insane

[maxknightley]

one has you making posts like "okay but if the author UNDERSTOOD the POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS of the story they were telling, and leaned into it, it would actually be a really interesting exploration of..."

the other has you pacing your bedroom at one in the morning going "why. why would you ever in a million years do it like that. genuinely what possible thought process was involved. was the writer possessed by a fucking ghost or something."

[meowmeowneowwww]

the crime vs the criminal

[tttopspot]

T.O.P. For GQ Hong Kong magazine (04.02.26)

[taskmastercaps]

[ID: Five screencaps from Taskmaster. Kumail Nanjiani is in a garden, wearing a green morph suit and struggling to carry an enormous decorative pineapple. Later, in the studio, he says, "And it was very exhausting running with all those things. That pineapple is very heavy." Joel Dommett points at Kumail's biceps and asks, "What are these muscles for?" Kumail says, "Decorative." End ID.]

[cosimads]

i keep thinking about let them call us gay and proud. we share everything you and i, even your sexuality. niall's sexuality, because it's not ruben's. ruben would never consciously choose to put himself in a box, let alone a box that defines something as complicated, as tarnished and contorted as his sexuality. there's too much digging to do there. too many questions, too much introspection and trauma to work through. your sexuality, though, niall? that's easy to have.

[ricketyracketyy]

half man is a comedy

[boo-kei]

Niall Kennedy (charmed by Alby Safadi) ↳ Half Man "Episode Six"

[capricious-soldes]

and if niall had come out to ruben as a teenager, they wouldve grown twisted around each other like fucking weeds and then theyd be 40 and ruben would have niall chained to a radiator in their big beautiful house while he goes off to work to commiserate with his rigging buddies about how dutiful his stay at home husband is

[boo-kei]

Richard probably handled this in his apt manner but I am giggling at Jamie for sure knowing exactly what was going on but acting confused 🤭

[rylandgracie]

"blablabla niall and ruben absolutely wouldn't have been happy if niall came out when they were teens because-"

[galetops]

jamie bell was so unbelievably cheesed to show up to his shift at the torture factory every day

[crimsonsoulpower]

I've seen so many great interpretations of it but that final grunt from Ruben made me think of Oldboy. Which yeah, pondered futility of revenge.

The same is what I thought about Half Man, the futility of violence and revenge. Going through with it not only didn't bring any solace or peace to Ruben but also Niall is permanently gone now.

[intwestines]

I feel like im grieving the loss of a family member, HALF MAN COME BACK TO ME PLEASE IM NOT READY FOR U TO GO

[boo-kei]

OH WE ARE

[straight-to-the-pain]

I do really enjoy the full circle moment of Ruben telling Niall when they were kids that he likes to tell people that it’ll be over soon and watch the fear in their eyes as they think he’s about to kill them to him doing exactly that to Niall and Niall knowing that he’s done for

[romaincrisis]

half man

What a rollercoaster of a show really enjoyed it so much!!!! Richard gadd!!!!!!! YOU GENIUS!!!!!

[godlessondheimite]

if you need something lighter after half man, might i recommend sleeping dead