oozey mess
shark vs the universe
blake kathryn
JBB: An Artblog!
No title available
πͺΌ
$LAYYYTER
ojovivo
Show & Tell
todays bird
Product Placement
Peter Solarz
cherry valley forever
#extradirty
@theartofmadeline
Cosimo Galluzzi
we're not kids anymore.
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
pixel skylines
Janaina Medeiros
seen from TΓΌrkiye
seen from United Arab Emirates
seen from Germany
seen from Australia
seen from Peru
seen from United States
seen from Netherlands
seen from Canada
seen from United States
seen from Philippines
seen from Japan
seen from Malaysia
seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Argentina
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Malaysia
@fulcrums501st
ayo!! π©ππ«ππββ¨βs pinned post.
she/her β’ certified yapper
βtoo many fandoms to list.
βblog about whatever I feel like. do not expect consistency, I do not control my brain.
βI am very critical of arcane s2 so if you came for arcane just be aware of that
I genuinely appreciate how obsession doesn't try to frame bear as morally grey but just fully leans into how deplorable he is. a lesser movie would have tried to give him redeeming moments along the way but no, at every single crossroads bear makes the wrong choice. when the customer service rep asks him if he wants to cancel his wish, he says no, and asks to alter it. when nikki, the real one, begs him to kill her, he asks her "if it would be so bad to love him", and right at the end, backs out of killing himself and tries to throw the pills up. he is the villain, not another victim, not a confused, cowardly boy, the villain.
it is terrifying that bear only sought to "alter" his wish rather than cancelling it but what is even more terrifying is that he wouldn't even have called the number had nikki not inconvenienced him. if she did not act in such extreme ways bear wouldn't even have a problem. which is sooooo sooooo terrifying because he was completely fine living and being "loved" by nikki who he knew wasn't the real her. he claimed to love her, but even when she started acting like a totally different person it was water off a duck's back for him. he DIDN'T CARE whether it was the real nikki or an entirely different person.
even when she begs him to kill her, he does not feel even a shred of pity for her; he only worries "is being with me that bad".
the only reason he tries to change anything is because her behavior started to scare him FREAK him out. had she acted in a meeker way, bear would've lived with her HIS WHOLE LIFE knowing she ISN'T the real nikki NOT GIVING A FUCK about what she would've wanted. PERIOD.
the more i sit with it the more i realise that the title of the movie did not refer to nikki's obsession with bear but rather his obsession with her. because i know fs that what he felt for her definitely wasn't love.
oh and another thing that devastates me about Obsession is how much nikki is judged and blamed by those around her. sarah and ian repeatedly telling bear that he shouldnβt have to deal with her, that sheβs not his responsibility, that theyβre worried sheβs taking advantage of him. as if they arenβt also her friends, as if they shouldnβt know her well enough to notice something is off. thereβs no concern for why nikki is behaving the way she is, thereβs just distain towards it. she starts acting out of character and so it must all be intentional. but bear doesnβt get questioned. bear isnβt gossiped about. nikki loses all her agency and autonomy, and all she gets for it is judgment
Just saw the interview where Curry Barker explained that it's totally possible to get a normal wish from the One Wish Willow, and I love the way they did that so much. The reason Obsession happened isn't because it's trying to twist Bear's desires into something evil. It's not even because he phrased his want wrong. Obsession happened because Bear got his hands on a magic item that could do anything in existence, and chose to force someone to fall in love with him, which is an inherently evil thing to do.
One thing about Obsession (2026) that I enjoyed was that it almost asks you to feel empathy for the entity possessing Nikki as well as the real one. Like, obviously the things she's doing are horrific and fucked up, but I think the scene where Bear is asking her to "just be Nikki!" and she eventually just desperatly screams "I can't be Nikki!" does a really good job of showcasing the entity's inner feelings. She's been created with the sole purpose of loving this guy more than anyone else but no matter how perfect it is or how much he claims to love her, its not her that he loves, its Nikki. And any time she stops pretending to be Nikki, he reacts (albeit rightfully) with disgust and horror. She can't be Nikki because Nikki would never love Bear, and so Bear will never love her.
Maul supports womenβs rights and womenβs wrongs. Feminist king
I think Maul does not realize what he's creating, that Devon may become greater than his ability to control
Maul implicitly assumes that Devon will defer to and obey him (because that's how he was taught), and as we saw in episode 7, he does not react well to people not doing as he says
And that's all fine and good as long as he's the stronger one, but we know he won't, Maul is diminishing due to age and injury, while Devon is growing
And we haven't even touched upon what happens if Devon learns what Maul did to Daki
Maul isn't just creating a monster, he's creating a time bomb, and he's teaching her in the style of the rule of two
What I'm saying is I think Devon is the reason we find Maul as a hobo in Rebels
I hope Maul gets way more than he bargained for with his new apprentice.
I hope she calls him on his shit and roasts him to his face.
I hope she walks away from him mid-monologue because she spotted a civilian in need.
I hope he gets dragged into doing good deeds because she ran off to save a village or stop a runaway train and itβs like the 3rd time this month but damn it, he needs to keep his new apprentice alive!
You know I didn't think it'd be Vader who killed Master Daki. I thought it would be Lawson, or maybe one of the Inquisitors, or even Maul himself. But I forgot that Devon isn't just any Dark Side apprentice. She's Maul's apprentice.
And of course Maul's apprentice begins her story by seeking a revenge that we already know she will never have. Just as doomed as her new Master.
i love the shot of maul holding devon back from chasing vader. she's so consumed by her rage and he tells her, "you are not yet strong enough." the day will come where she is, and how will maul handle that? he wanted devon as his apprentice to mold her into a weapon. what happens when the knife becomes too sharp? what happens when the blade you're wielding cuts you, too?
Itβs no secret that everything Maulβs done with Devon up until now is just a long, convoluted job application process she has no idea sheβs taking. But I especially like the tea scene because heβs set up a win-win situation for himself.
Either she sits down and has tea with him, in which she has to hear him out. Or, she takes the bait of the lightsaber sitting out in the open and he gets to observe how she acts in a combat situation.
I feel like part of the reluctance about the idea that Devon is going to be going dark side For Real is a perception about animation being For Kids and so how could our animated girlprotagonist not be here to model morality for The Youths and I'm just like okay so this show is very much operating in the tradition of the darker aspects of onscreen star wars (and in star wars's traditional rating of "pushing PG as far as it can possibly carry us") and I will be real with you: every single kid in this audience has seen Anakin Skywalker set on fire.
This is a key part of being a star war of the prequel generation and later. You watch Revenge of the Sith when you are eight and this is your introduction to the idea that it's possible to make stories about bad things happening. it's the Kidz Bop Illiad. And if you have good taste that changes your life and makes you a tragedy sicko forever.
I like to think that the reason season 1 goes out on a close, tight shot of Maulβs eyes is because, when Devon says sheβll join him, Maul - after being injured in the same leg four times over the course of a few days, sleep-deprived, watching all his allies and his emotional support droid be horrifically killed in front of him, and had a fun, trauma-induced, hallucination-riddled cry while thigh-deep in standing water - just out of frame gave her a shaky thumbs up, held it for a few concerning minutes, then mumbled that uncle Maul needed to lie down now, and promptly passed out into a dead sleep that he couldnβt be roused from for a good 36 hours.
Maul letting Devon leave: bye apprentice!!! See you at the next custody battle!
One of the saddest things about Devon Izara's fall to the dark side is even if she does find out how Maul is responsible for Daki's death, it will not necessarily save her from the dark path
Just look at Dooku, he turns because of Qui-Gon's death, yet he knows exactly who is ultimately responsible for Qui-Gon's death, but works for him anyways
It's what the dark side does, clouds your mind, warps it, it lets you rationalize and excuse horrible things, even when it's contradictory
So I know for Shadow Lord we're all really focused on Maul and Devon's relationship, but honestly I rewatched the first few episodes and something about Devon and her master's relationship stood out to me. Eeko Dio Daki is a very good Jedi and to all appearances a good Jedi master, but he's kind of a terrible caretaker. I know he had no way of knowing what would happen when Devon got taken to the jail, but what kind of person lets a 14-15yo girl get taken alone to jail!? like at the very least he should have gone with her and explained the situation to Lawson, but honestly IT WAS HIS FAULT IN THE FIRST PLACE. She stole food because she was hungry, because he either wasn't feeding her, or wasn't letting her take her own food. It's one thing to completely commit to your principles and let yourself starve because you're a good little Jedi who doesn't steal. It's another thing to let a kid in your care go hungry. Like. You're making Maul look good here man. Holy shit. at least he gave her tea and snacks. (Not jedi slander. I'm sure he's great and wise most of the time, but that was not a good move and probably is not convincing her to stay with the Jedi. I'm sure it's easier to resist the dark side on a not-empty stomach)
Hadestown parallels go crazy
βYou can have your principles, when you got a belly fullβ
Whatβcha gonna do when the chips are down?
