𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚐𝚞𝚢

edward - he\it\they #1 advocate for giving edward hyde a tail oliver seek <3

[dzsverycoolart3]

[reggiemess]

Sometimes people think they're dealing with a Torment Nexus but what they actually have is a Jumanji. And sometimes people think something's a Jumanji but oops it's a Torment Nexus.

[reggiemess]

Now. Sometimes you have a third thing- you'll have yourself a Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. And buddy, I can't help you there.

[reggiemess]

So a Torment Nexus is something that is either a metaphor for a larger societal problem (e.g. The Platform, The Long Walk) or a social issue/trend taken to an exaggerated extreme (e.g. The Purge), with a lot of shades of grey in between (e.g. Squid Game). If it isn't about a larger societal issue/trend/structure it isn't a Torment Nexus.

A Jumanji can be dangerous and high-stakes (to the characters), but it doesn't need to have a metaphor or lesson, it can easily just be a "Would this be fucked up or what?" situation (e.g. a lotta Goosebumps stories). If there IS a lesson/metaphor, it will be on a smaller scale like psychological issues (e.g. Magnus Archives), family/relationship issues (e.g. Zathura), or about a specific topic (e.g. Magic School Bus). Large-scale social issues may be present (after all, Everything Is Political), but they take a definite backseat.

Now. A Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory is a trap based around morality and vices. These can be cultural, religious, or bonkers bullshit like "children shouldn't chew gum." There is generally not discussion or criticism of this morality system. Regardless of the morality system used, if it's not a trap, it's not a Chocolate Factory.

[pingintech]

examples of a willy wonkas chocolate factory include:

saw

the cabin in the woods

labrynth (1986)

and

[reggiemess]

Mhhmm mhmm everybody take notes.

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

anyone else find boomer comics funny in an ironic way? like, if some kid actually said this I would think it's fucking hilarious

[senecio11]

'College Buddies'

Did Flowery get some insane work done? Is he a secretly a vampire? Is he just absolutely cracked at photoshop and using it to mess with people? We may never know...

Part of my Lightner AU!

[eatingmarkerz]

jarona guy

[i-bet-the-max-limit-is-32-symbol]

hopefully OP doesn't mind if I

Visit Original Link

[how-to-idea-properly]

Hey

[hellhoundclown]

kane thanks for making me enjoy pirates

[gunsandfireandshit]

[mistywhiskerz]

Spent the past 3 days working hard on this, enjoy!

[cloudabserk]

boss left me in her hot car. yes she makes me sit in the backseat even with no one else in the car

[cloudabserk]

:(

[gooompy]

Time for something completely different!! Saw this art trend going around lately and wanted to try my hand at it:

[sapphiresaphics]

Just a casual reminder that Pirate Clark was a real person. His name is Robert Bobroczkyi, and he’s a 25 year old Hungarian basketball player turned actor. He stands at 7 feet 7 inches tall, and his last big role was playing the alien hybrid in Alien: Romulus.

[big-bad-ron]

[sapphiresaphics]

You know what I find fascinating about the Backrooms movie? How having a budget forced them to do things practically.

Think about it. On his own Kane Pixels was making backrooms YouTube videos using the free software Blender. Because he was just a 16 year old kid doing this for fun in his spare time.

But now he’s got to direct a feature length movie. And if he wants actors running through those same blender environments, that’s going to be super expensive hiring visual effects companies to rotoscope and green screen composite and motion track all those shots. A handful of visual effect shots can cost thousands of dollars a day.

So what’s the solution? JUST FUCKING BUILD IT.

It’s cheaper to just build 30,000 square feet of walls and wallpaper than it is to composite 500 effects shots.

What about the monster? JUST BUILD A PUPPET. It’s cheaper to build a puppet and hire a really tall thin guy to operate it than it is to 3D model, animate, and composite it into the film. And look! Bonus! Anytime the puppet interacts with the real world it looks REAL. Because it’s a real physical object in the set!

You need your character to run through a room of couches? Just buy (or rent) a bunch of couches and put them in a room!

And even when you do use visual effects for set extensions, you still film as much practically as possible. Like my favorite example, when Mary runs out into this alleyway… JUST FILM A REAL ALLEYWAY OUTSIDE and add the walls in post!

And this is all because the movie even HAD a budget that it necessitated them doing things practically and cheaply. What a weird paradoxical situation, huh?

[luci-notactuallyshortforlucifer]

how it feels having the deep seated belief that you're inherently unlovable and insufferable so every friendship you make is just a matter of time until they get tired of you and leave

[s3ev3enty]

not all cages have bars.

[steamandcream]

thinking about how when you experience a lot of shame in your formative years (indirectly, directly, as abuse or just as an extant part of your environment) it becomes really difficult to be perceived by other people in general. the mere concept of someone watching me do anything, whether it's a totally normal activity or something unfamiliar of embarrassing, whether I'm working in an excel spreadsheet or being horny on main, it just makes my skin crawl and my brain turn to static because I cannot convince myself that it's okay to be seen and experienced. because to exist is to be ashamed and embarrassed of myself, whether I'm failing at something or not, because my instinctive reaction to anyone commenting on ANYTHING I'm doing is to crawl into a hole and die. it's such a bizarre and dehumanizing feeling to just not be able to exist without constantly thinking about how you are being Perceived. ceaseless watcher give me a god damn break.