My goodness, it's a barren wasteland in here!

•Hi, I’m J!• ♠️

[aphractal2]

physical manifestations of health bar?

[toastgull]

Reblog and you’re guaranteed to be successful at whatever you do next!

[youchosedeath]

yessssss

[tsalala]

“Nzuri, the King of Curls, known for his rare, naturally curly mane. He is one of the 7 Topi Boys in Marsh Pride.”

Taken in the Maasai Mara, Kenya Photographed by Chamith Kumarage

[strawberry-sweet-vampire]

In the Descendants Sitcom in my head Felix and Robbie are consistently getting into more and more terrifying situations. Like the A plot will be what you'd expect out of Descendants and a Dcom and then this will be average Felix and Robbie B-Plot:

[pjharvey]

there’s something so embarrassing about all the cast members in the new harry potter series that are openly being like “i want everyone to know i don’t agree with jk rowling’s views on trans people” like they think that will make up for them being on the show. maybe it’s just for the sake of their own consciences but it reads as “i know her views and actions harm people but i’m in it for the paycheck”. it’s not like this is just an adaptation of rowling’s work without her involvement, she is an executive producer on the show 😭 at that point just don’t say anything

[masochistdickgrayson]

when a character does something unsympathetic or cruel that may not be excusable but still understandable and makes the character complex and human and the audience forgets that the character is a character which is to say a narrative tool and not a real person or their personal friend and go grrrrrr that is so ooc grrrrr how dare u try and tell a complex story grrrrrrrrrrr

[is-nino-actually-luka]

Nathalie’s last name is so incredibly on the nose it’s funny because it means as an adult Adrien will be like “Yeah, my dad was kinda emotionally distant when I was growing up, luckily I had other role models in my life like Miss Heartless”

[susandsnell]

feminist killjoy hours again, what the actual fuck is “weird girl literature” and how often do we acquiesce to the latest degrading gendered advertising campaigns

[susandsnell]

Women did not fucking pioneer horror, thriller, and science fiction as we know it for publishing to infantilize it into a high school phase

[susandsnell]

is Stephen king “weird boy literature”? Or does he get to be an adult horror novelist?

[trainsinanime]

Marinette's emotional state as of Secret Protocol and Nemesis is so fascinating. I don't think the question "is she doing the right thing with Adrien?" is super interesting; she's not, she's in the wrong, and she canonically knows this and feels bad about it. No, what's really worth watching is why she's stuck in that hole and why she fails to dig herself out of it.

First there's the lying, something Marinette hates that she's also really good at. She's been lying about being Ladybug all her life the entire last school year and she's gotten excellent at it. Making up fibs on the spot, keeping huge parts of her life secret from everyone she knows and loves, this is a skill that must be learned and that she learned well. At this point it's her default mode of being, with thousands of secret protocols to keep the lie going. Lying to Adrien and Alya about one more thing associated with red and black dots seems like just another one on the pile.

And emotionally, she has a long history of training herself to think it's necessary and good to do so. Lying protects Paris, her friends, her parents, Adrien, everyone. Telling the truth is risky; controlling the narrative is not just morally okay, it's her solemn duty. Secret Protocol proved that, as did the complex and almost successful plan in Nemesis.

The lie about Gabriel is different, and she knows it, feels it in her soul, but it still fits neatly into this scheme she developed and spent a lot of time perfecting.

And then on the other side, Marinette has very little to no experience telling the truth. A few people figured out she's Ladybug on their own; a few people she told essentially under duress, with zero plan, when everything else got too much. How do you tell people that you've been lying to them for months? That would be mortifying for all of us but she in particular has no idea.

Lying is her safe space. The default. The thing you do without thinking, the choice that is always correct, because the truth may have consequences. And it's not working here, she knows it's not, but how does she get out? Isn't it scary? She's going to hurt him, herself, everyone, and crucially she can't control any of it once the truth is out.

And of course there's her whole anxiety. It took her forever to admit her crush on Adrien, tell him she loves him, kiss him, because she's an anxious little bean who gets herself worked up to hell and back both over valid things and over absolutely nothing. The same thing that makes her a great superhero keeps ruining her life.

This season more than any before has made sure to point that out, with references to "Marinette moments", Max pointing out that Marinette has a particular way of thinking and so on. Where her behaviour was just cartoonish in season 1, these days it's gently pointed out that those seem to be issues that hurt her. I still genuinely think there's a good chance that we will see an episode end with Marinette in the therapist's office, and when the therapist asks Marinette why she's there, Marinette responds with, "Tikki, spots on".

Anyway, it's so fascinating and heartbreaking to see her here, trapped by her own choices, her own preconceived notions and her own mind.

[coffeebanana]

This is probably my favourite line of Alya’s from the whole finale.

Like. God.

She knows Marinette so well.

She knows that Marinette is her own worst enemy, knows that Marinette has—on some level—good intentions. She understands exactly the logic that Marinette has been using to justify her choices. Knows that Marinette will always put her loved ones’ happiness above her own wellbeing.

She doesn’t want to be mad at Marinette. The lie itself hurts, but it also hurts that lie causes Marinette hurt.

And despite all of that, this is one thing Alya can’t excuse.

[anna-scribbles]

have we even considered the ramifications of how all of this is going to impact nino? the friend group is in SHAMBLES

[hadesisqueer]

The thing about Lila being batshit insane is that people who watch this show sometimes forget how insane she is. "How could Lila go to China to watch Marinette's uncle so she could learn his mannerisms and impersonate him?" We've already gone over this. Lila is insane.

[thoodleoo]

i know i said i did not want to talk about the nolan odyssey but i do have one more nodyssey post in me. i actually think the idea of odysseus understanding his story as existing both in and out of a historic timeframe is a fun way to handle the liminality caused by the story being part of an extensive oral tradition. however having him say "our age of bronze is collapsing" is perhaps not the way i would have done that

[treecitysessions]

[fleshfriend]

2005

[crystallizedtwilight]

Gaston naming his twins Gaston Jr. and Gaston the Third was truly the most hilarious option, I do have to applaud the writers for that. [X]

[rot-and-porcelain]

Barnyard crew and a city kitty trying to pass as a barn cat :)

[jazzmage28]

Somthing that I think is honestly really funny , is how the brim cap SOLD the book to Coco.

Like not only was he setting this kid up for the horrors , but he also took her fucking money ???

Like Why ?????

[beingofpureenergy]

Flew into a blind rage and made this after reading this post.