You do not have to be good

24, they/he 🏳️‍🌈 there is no rhyme or reason to anything I post here. I am truly just following the dopamine.

[snorlaxatives]

happy annoy squidward day

[nerdyteaparty]

[chchchcheckitouttt]

Actually, Annoy Squidward Day is January 15th. Although the calendar doesn’t have the month written on it, if you continue to watch the episode, they’re competing for January’s Employee of the Month.

[oddmoderator]

I’ve been waiting all year to reblog this

[alicentofriften]

merry christmas

[dewflowers]

@reallybadblackoutpoems?

[reallybadblackoutpoems]

YEAH

[moththyme]

Happy October 16th

[aceattorneyheritageposts]

Ace Attorney Heritage Post

[skajador]

[skajador]

YALL REALLY DO BRING THIS BACK EVERY SEPTEMBER

[ruafaoladh]

before i forget

HAPPY APRIL,

FOOLS

[starburstdragon]

[image description: a gif of the character Franziska von Karma from the Ace Attorney series bowing]

[superior-cereal]

it’s that time of the year again

[shit-people-probably-didnt-say]

Klaus: I bring a sort of rotisserie chicken vibe to sleep that ‘cuddlers’ dont really like

[cornertheculprit]

also oh my god maya constantly saying such self-deprecating things about herself to phoenix is going to be the death of me. like "i'm no good for anything, am i, nick?" or "it's okay nick, you don't have to make me feel better." or "it's okay. you don't have to try and cheer me up." or "wow, i didn't think you'd really show up!" or "...you don't have to be nice to me. i understand." and that's not even all of them. that's not even all of them!!! and it just makes me think about the difference in her tone and her wording when she spoke to mia about her living situation versus when she spoke to phoenix:

Mia: Sorry, I've been so busy. How you been?

Maya: Well, LONELY. And it's all YOUR fault. Nah, I'm just teasing. I've been great! I'm finally getting used to having my own place.

[...]

Phoenix: So, you live by yourself?

Maya: Yes. I've gotten used to it.

when she talks to mia, she plays it off as a joke. when she talks to phoenix, she's much more somber about it. and just kind of based on how mia sort of talks sometimes in the later games i don't actually think mia ever saw the self-deprecating side of her—at least, not to the extent that maya expresses to phoenix. and then i think at first it was probably easier to express things to him because he was a stranger, and nothing more; maya's whole plan after turnabout sisters was just to go back home ("so, what happens with me? do i get to go home now?) until mia specifically asked her to take care of phoenix. and then later on they when became better friends the majority of her self-deprecating comments came from the fact that she couldn't help him (1-4) or that she was a murderer and he shouldn't have anything to do with her (2-2). and then phoenix proves time and time again that he'll stay with her no matter what and slowly her self-deprecating comments start to recede. that doesn't mean that it would disappear entirely from her, of course, and that's obvious in aa3 when she's been taking a break from training for so long that she's literally been staying with phoenix for months and months and hasn't gone back up to kurain village at all, but she's noticeably more light-hearted in aa3 before Shit Goes Down and i think that's the result of her finally accepting that there's someone who won't leave her. that maybe she isn't as useless and worthless as she thinks she is. idk just!!! thoughts!!!!!!

[cornertheculprit]

and it's a little bit less so on phoenix's side because phoenix would literally rather die sometimes than tell anybody anything but there's a noticeable closeness between phoenix and maya that just wasn't present between phoenix and mia. i've spoken about it sometimes but the relationship between phoenix and mia, while understandably a little hilarious given the events of their first meeting (she literally hired the guy who ate poisoned glass during his own murder trial AFTER STEALING SAID POISONED GLASS BACK FROM HER BY SLAMMING INTO HER), DID seem to be something that was more professional than personal. phoenix knew nothing of mia's past or her goal in exposing redd white, and similarly mia knew nothing of phoenix's reason for becoming a lawyer other than "i want to save a friend." and they knew each other for years! maya, on the other hand, sticks around for a few months and manages to get the story out of phoenix just by going "okay, nick. out with it! i'm going to hear this story today, and that's final!" to which he immediately acquiesces. more than that, i think the circumstances under which they first met affects their relationship as well—mia sort of swooped in as phoenix's knight in shining armor, so to speak (from his perspective. she just wanted to strangle him for the majority of the trial which she honestly should've gotten to do), while maya and phoenix met over the body of someone they both held dear to them. just from that one moment they had a deeper understanding with each other than mia and phoenix ever did (because there just wasn't TIME. you have to remember that mia was literally going to introduce phoenix and maya to each other that night, which would obviously include breaking the news that she's from a family of spirit mediums. maybe she would've even told him about redd white).

this post is getting out of hand and i don't even think i have a point to it. i think what i'm trying to get at here in a super bad roundabout way is that even if phoenix doesn't say it out loud he respects and appreciates maya so so so much by the time aa3 rolls around and indirectly confides in her as much as she directly confides in him. and not to bring up the seven month gap again (actually i'm totally happy to bring it up again i love talking about it) but i do think the fact that it was kind of implied that maya stayed with phoenix the whole time in the period of time between aa2 and aa3 helped with that a lot. because it was in the aftermath of the engarde trial after phoenix came so close to losing her and having them be "always together" like phoenix says they are is a reminder that maya is staying with him just as much as he's staying with her. she'll always be around to whack him on the head with things just as much as he'll always be around to con her into eating disgusting food. and even when they're not in the same place they're always only a phone call away. i will be the first to say i'm not a fan of spirit of justice i rarely ever think about it because i don't WANT to but it did kind of pop off with these lines:

[vinegarextract]

this is my takeaway from Everything Everywhere All At Once

[comfortablynumb]

Where’s this man?? This is the man I want.

The hopeful, childish ball of sunshine that’s labeled as dumb, foolish, and weak but who learns that there’s bravery in being gentle and eventually saves the day by being kind and demonstrating forgiveness, therefore subverting the macho leading man stereotype.

[ambientwitch]

In the face of extermination say fuck you

[farmlesbians]

it’s talking heads kermit friday

[stupldappie4]

characters talking about Phoenix's puppy dog eyes

the puppy dog eyes in question :

[the-healing-mindset]

Hey, if you’re reading this right now, I want you to know that it’s all going to be okay. It’s possible for you to feel safe again. It’s possible for you to find happiness again. It’s possible for you to feel enthusiastic about life again. I understand if things are hard right now. I get it. But you are finding your way out of this. You are strong. Remember that. Keep going.

[forpiratereasons]

i’m so excited to see ed and jim and frenchie interacting next series. jim fighting like hell, frenchie doing more of a slow weedling thing, he’s a scammer, yeah? i want to see jim steadfastly refuse to doubt in oluwande. i want to see frenchie talking it through with ed, without stede’s fanfare, sneaking it in. i want to see them as part of ed’s crew as much as they’re trying to get back to the rest of theirs - a weird, backwards kind of support for ed, one that keeps seeing him even though he’s hiding behind the veil of blackbeard. jim and frenchie aren’t going to stop seeing ed as the dude their boss was in love with just because they’re now also seeing ed as blackbeard™️ and ed is going to have to Cope with having two people who think his crush on their boss is cute but has maybe gotten a little out of hand now. and ed is different too - ed is not the island rock he made himself out to be before. he’s going to need someone to hang onto. 

anyway. i’m convinced that ed has to claw his own way into being the man he wants to be. it has to be up to him. but i also think that ofmd is about relationships, and the rejection of the lonely island rock trope of what a man should be, and about friendship and found family, and about how trauma takes work to heal from but we don’t have to do it alone. and i’m really, really excited to see ed and jim and frenchie working through it next season.

[australiansanta]

i’m at such a ?? time of my life i’m just ???????????????????????? like ????????

[badjokesbyjeff]

Ohio is stealing my life story

A series of train wrecks in an already depressed area