Bella Ramsey’s Defender

A leaf ? For me ? Thank you!

[hometoselly]

Posted this on Reddit but wondered what tumblr had to say about this.

AITA for no longer reaching out to my pp best friend?

My best friend and I used to talk everyday, had weekly dinners, went on vacation together. We were inseparable, even when we had disagreements. it was us against the world. She got pregnant after years of trying, I was so excited for her, was present during her pregnancy, asked for updates, sent gifts, offered my help, tried to ease her anxiety during this time. Then she gave birth and at first we were like usual. I saw her at the hospital. I offered my help whenever we talked but she always refused, she was very happy with her newborn just exhausted as they’re not sleeping great during the night. She suddenly stopped texting and whenever I reached out she wouldn’t respond for days and every response was short and curt. I offered to come and do her chores so she could get some rest and spend time with her baby, she declined. I asked if I could come and spend time with them to get to know the baby and also catch up with her as we had not seen each other in months but she said that it was too hot to do anything (we were experiencing a heat wave). I said that I understood and that she should tell me when shes available in the future. I saw a few days later she went out to the zoo with a friend of hers and their kids. i was really hurt by this and sent her a text asking if I did anything wrong because I felt that we were drifting apart as we were not sharing anything together anymore, I told her I was very sad about this situation because her friendship means a lot to me especially right now as I’m having a tough mental heath crisis (got burnt out at work and im in mourning so I’m not working at the moment and I don’t know anyone here because My family lives in another country and all my “friends” are coworkers so I don’t see anyone outside of her.) She knows how lonely I feel yet she hasnt try to reach out once. She told me that I didn’t do anything wrong she’s just not on her phone as her baby is taking all her time and she tries to sleep as much as she can during the day.

I stopped texting her because I got sick, badly. I almost got hospitalized, lost a ton of weight and she didn’t really care… Never asked why, never asked if i was feeling okay, never even wondered if I was still alive.

Im deeply heartbroken about this. I know, even if I don’t have kids of my own that post partum is a bitch and it’s hard to raise a child without a village but all I wanted was to be her village. And she knows that . I feel selfish for complaining that she isn’t here for me when I needed her when she’s Gone through massive surgery and hormonal changes but i tried to be here for her yet she refused me at every turn. I really don’t know what to do. Should I try to continue to reach out or should I give up on this friendship ? I just wish she would tell me why she suddenly turn cold overnight …

[seiul1221]

My heart tore open,

and with the snow, you came.

[mrsmess]

Spirit of the forest

[redundantz]

Frankenstein foil stickers

[thestarknyght]

I need to talk about how important Elizabeth's character, the leaf scene, and the relationship between her and the creature is to me, as someone who is neurodivergent and grew up thinking I could never find someone who truly understood me, and is now happily surrounded by people who do.

I can't expand on this right now because my brain is about ready to combust and I probably should go to sleep but what I need to say is that, after seeing the movie three times with different people and seeing varying opinions on it, I've reached my conclusion.

The creature and Elizabeth's scene with the leaf is not a woman babying a neurodivergent coded character. It's two neurodivergent characters finding eachother and meeting and having that wonderful moment where it clicks that "oh. Here's someone like me. Here's someone who understands me".

Elizabeth saying "A leaf? For me? Thank you" And bringing it into the light and saying "it's beautiful isn't it?" And bringing his fingers to her throat to show him the vibrations the sound makes. That's all her unmasking. That's her being just as marvelled about it all as he is.

Anyway I can't explain it with the coherence it deserves right now but I hope it makes sense. I'll probably come back to this again later.

[aphrostiel]

peak a boo

[medusas-daughter]

The Creature calling itself Viktor and following Viktor around is so much more tragic when you know how babies develop and how newborns don't yet realise they and their mothers are two separate people. And one of the first things babies realise about themselves is that they're a whole separate person. And one of the first things they do when they start developing as a person is find out they have hands and play with them and with textures and start exploring. And when they want to start talking, they put their hands and fingers on their parents lips and throats to figure out how that sound is coming out of there and then they start imitating. Guillermo Del Toro nailed every single step of human development in such a beautiful celebration of life.

And Viktor abused the crap out of the poor creature for not being smart enough when it was only following natural developmental milestones. Because, like most men, like his own father, he wanted to create life but he wasn't interested in raising it beyond that and instead wanted it to be born a doctor ready to show the world how smart Viktor is for creating a carbon copy of his brain except in a stronger immortal body. Elizabeth gave him five minutes of love and let him explore how sounds come out of her mouth and he started talking.

Idk why some people are complaining about the movie being different from the book when the essence is literally the same, Viktor created life as if it were a godly feat and not something women have been doing since the dawn of humanity, and then he abandoned that life as deadbeat dads do. And that abandonment is what created a monster out of an innocent souls who could have become a beautiful being had it been nurtured. That's literally what Mary Shelley wrote. She would have been proud of this story. On top of being an incredibly gorgeous visual story, the narrative is very loyal to the point Shelley wanted to make.

[m4rms]

I would know him in death, at the end of the world

[rafalopesart]

“I would know him blind…

…by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth...

…I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”

[couriernewvegas]

staring at me

[in-a-continuous-daydream]

I can't fathom the fact that some people watch a movie, show or read a book they like and they just go: "I liked it :)" and that's it....girl how?? Whenever I like a movie, tv show, book or musical I need to inhale that piece of media like it's air, I need to self insert myself in it and create an elaborate plot line for my character in it, then I listen to music that reminds me of the piece of media and think of it 24/7, while obsessively rewatching scenes and analyzing every bit of it till I notice details nobody has seen, finally, I try to convince people to watch it with me so that I can experience it for the first time through them. Then my obsession dies and I feel empty until the next one comes along..... and you're telling me people can enjoy something and just...go to sleep and not think of it again????

[bellaramseybrs]

[iamasaddie-deactivated20251105]

[yaraanderson]

I think one of the strongest aspects of Season 2 of The Last of Us was focusing on the Reality of the situations.

Dina's a 19 year old who got shot in the leg; yeah, she's going to freak the heck out!

Tending to dangerous wounds isn't easy or straightforward. I don't know if I've ever seen another show have a similar scene to them determining how to remove the arrow without making it worse. (One that wasn't already medical focused.)

Shooting guns absolutely sometimes ends in accidents.

No, it's not realistic for Ellie to go successfully and/or intentionally kill every person she comes across like some sort of Combat Master.

Tribalism is a real thing that happens, especially in a world like TLOU. Jackson folk are just as affected. They're just also more isolated.

Ellie's got two competing sides to her during all this, and a part is still willing to die for strangers because that's always been who she is. Her murderous rage hasn't just erased that.

And that's just a few from the last episode

[antivaxgirldad]

i adore the addition of mel using her last breaths to try and get ellie to save her baby. maybe mel knew that ellie hadn’t meant to kill her, that wasn’t her intention— not after what she had done to nora and having to deal with the guilt and the shame and the realization that maybe she is just like these wolves. and the glimpse into the loss of her humanity.

and then trying to save mel’s baby, and asking her all these questions about how to do it right and not cause further harm— jesus christ, that got me. that was so good. she’s trying so hard. the hand-me-down anger doesn’t quite fit her, as integral to her character as it is now. she’s still just ellie. she wanted to save that kid scar that the wolves were torturing. she didn’t want to kill mel and owen. she wanted to save mel’s kid.

idk. i really enjoyed this episode. see you guys in two years 😭😭💔

[strawbrrychai]

want to take a second to say these two are forever my joel and ellie. i’m going to miss them so much. they are quite literally everything i’ve ever wanted in joel and ellie. really did troy and ashley justice

UGH i just love this game and show and story so much and am so grateful we got them.

[breeze-blocks]