I'm a goner, somebody catch my breath

21. Chicago. ✪

[justatadbitgay]

if Agatha evil, then why theme song slap?

[waterlilyvioletfog]

Marvel’s just like “we know that most of you might’ve guessed this, so we’re going to go full ham and give the reveal an entire musical sequence that answers at least five questions and is catchy as fuck”

[brothersskeleton]

looking up "nexus" after the new wandavision ad:

[hgedits]

Wanda + looks through the decades

[modernaged]

[bijoharvelle]

anyway 24 hours ago cas told dean that he’s in love with him

[morepopcornplease]

get on your feet.mp4

[counterpunches]

THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN

[lnevada]

Another note on the acting/responses to the ‘confession’ from a purely mechanical/practical standpoint:

It’s painfully obvious that the actors were given the explicit instructions of “Do not move”. They were not given any direction as to what to do with their bodies. They were not given multiple places to stand about in the room, to pace or walk or emphasize with their feet/hands. Their blocking in frame of the camera was rigid by design and not up for debate. There’s likely a few reasons this happened.

First, this was Misha Collin’s scene. An actor’s final moments, final lines, in the role of a lifetime. Misha will never have another part/character like this in his career and few actors get to play these types of characters for so long, mathematically speaking. He has been with this character, has portrayed Castiel, for 12 years and obviously he needed the spotlight. All eyes needed to be on him. He was the point of focus. Think of it like the goal was to make the audience forget Dean or any other character was in the room/on screen at the same time - regardless of the content of the scene. Misha needed to have the floor to be able to put as much emotion into his voice and face as possible. Tell me where you have seen more love in a character’s eyes (the number of tears is irrelevant when you take into account how many takes Misha probably did/how many were sliced together for the final product). Point me to that character.

The second reason, I believe, was the writers were hanging onto their claim of ‘subtext’ until the last possible second. Whatever their reasons, even if the reasons were positive to allow audiences to come to their own conclusions on the characters, the writers obviously wanted Dean and Castiel’s relationship to remain open-ended. A question mark. A blank slate for the viewer to project their own thoughts and feelings onto. Plain and simple, any physical contact, purposeful or accidental, leading up to and including shoving Dean out of the way, would have made the subtext into supertext. Keeping the characters at arms distance, motionless, staring intensely at one another, was the best solution they came up with to keep either from reaching out to the other at any point during the confession and mudding the waters/reading. The result, as I see it, is the scene can be read as the characters were brothers, soulmates (in the biblical sense of Cas saved Dean, thus had to die for him to complete the circle), or as a romantic/queerplatonic pairing.

Was it the best ending Castiel/Destiel fans could have hoped for? Not really. Not even close. Was it the direction the writing/plot was heading in for multiple seasons? Unfortunately, yes, it was. Was Misha Collins happy with his final scene and the conclusion of a role he enjoyed taking on? Absolutely! And Jensen Ackles was ‘polite’/professional (for a lack of a better word) and gave Misha the floor to work in and he was instructed and likely eager to do. That’s something to be celebrated!

***Basically, be nice to the actors for doing their jobs. Any other actors in the same situation would have played out the rigid scene in the same way. It was still a good/fine moment in an overall spectacular role***.

[jinlinli]

[palindrome-girl]

explain

[jinlinli]

1. lack of female characters in spn means that there are no meaningful het romantic relationship prospects for dean

2. the only strong relationship in the show is between dean and sam

3. wincest pairing becomes most popular ship in the show

4. many fans are frustrated that the juggernaut ship in spn is an incest ship

5. castiel appears in show

6. destiel goes wildly popular as a result of fans being relieved to have a mlm ship that isnt wincest

7. resulting destiel flurry shoots the show back to prominence, ushering in a new audience of fans, including stacey abrams in 2017

8. supernatural becomes stacey abrams's new go-to relaxation show

9. stacey abrams's frustration with sam's decisions in season 10??? apparently??? helped form some of her opinions about coalition building in her campaign???? theres a 2018 interview with abrams on blackgirlnerds.com that posits this jkdfhgkjhdfghdfjkg

10. stacey abrams runs for georgia governor in 2018

11. stacey abrams narrowly loses the race in large part due to suppression of black votes

12. stacey abrams spends the next two years advocating for expanding voting access, an effort that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of first time registered voters

13. in the 2020 election, georgia goes blue by a margin of a thousand votes or so

14. stacey abrams's efforts are given credit for this shift

15. stacey abrams celebrates by unwinding with a nice relaxing episode of destiel is canon

[raviposting]

I guess for?? Sources for the supernatural stuff here you guys go: 

The original article in the screenshot

Stacey saying she was a fan in 2017

Her being annoyed with season 10 lmao 

[clarkegriffins]

Happiness isn’t in the having. It’s in just being. It’s in just saying it.

[meltedwings]

the funniest part of this is imagining what various politicians are thinking seeing “destiel” trending above all the political stuff. do they click on it? do they Know? is there an intern explaining it to them? what is going on in the simulation?

[teenagecriminalmastermind]

AOC is probably trying to explain this to Bernie Sanders 

[adultnapped]

isn’t it creepy that from the day you are born you start to die

[collectivized-apiary-deactivate]

Actually! Fun fact!

If “starting to die” is defined as “cells start dying at a faster rate than they are replaced” then you don’t start dying the day you’re born! You’re still growing and cells are still being replaced pretty quick for about 22 to 25 years!

So 25. THAT’S when you start to die!

:D

[chaoticgood-queer]

Ask any 25 year old and they will confirm

[championoftheoppressed]

You know the main problem with the “live action” Lion King? Why it looks so lifeless?

The hyper realistic style is actually limiting the animators, rather than freeing them. The style makes it much harder to have memorable character designs and good expressions. Real lions don’t need to do things like emote in a way that humans can understand – but characters in a film do. The original movie was more cartoony not due to animation limitations of the time, but because that style genuinely serves the story better.

To show you what I mean, compare these two shots of Simba, from right after Scar says “run away and never return.”

Here is a clear reaction, with a strong beat for us to connect with before the character makes a decision. Even without any dialogue, even without any context, you can understand the emotion there just by the expression and the mannerisms. Is it realistic? No! He’s bright yellow and has eyebrows. But do we empathize with him? Yes!

Meanwhile, here is… a lion. Turning and running. No expression, no beats, no character moments, nothing. He actually can’t express himself because the animators are locked into the realistic style. If they tried to animate a strong expression as warranted for the scene, it would look terrible. Is it realistic? Hell yeah! Look at those textures! Look at that fur! But do we empathize with him? …nah. Not really.

To conclude: when you’re retelling Hamlet with a bunch of animated lions, cartoonish-ness is your friend, not your enemy.

[dragimal]

no hate for u specifically op, b/c ur far from the first person I’ve seen making this argument, but I’m getting sick of ppl failing to grasp that realism isn’t the failure here

one of the most beautiful movies I’ve ever seen– and easily one of the most realistic in terms of CGI animals– is Guardians of Ga’hoole

now I’m not gonna get into how the movie was adapted or how certain changes may or may not have affected the story/characters, I’m only talking aesthetic and style here

and y’know what this highly realistic style does?

it delivers scenes like this

realism doesn’t just make this scene look real– it punches you in the goddamn gut with the color, framing, and intense zoom-in

and what about the characters? do they show any real emotion?

look at these expressions– these microexpressions! I bet you can easily name every expression here w/o even knowing the context of the scenes! and the realism is absolutely critical here– from the slight pulse of contracting pupils, to a twitch of the cheek. realism shines best in the subtle details

the people animating Ga’hoole clearly had a clear, vibrant vision which they were passionate to deliver. they knew how to bend light and color to grip the audience, they knew how to map gorgeous landscapes and feathered bodies alike, and most importantly they knew where to emphasize owl body language vs. where to emphasize anthropomorphic body language

realism isn’t failing these stories– Disney is 

Disney doesn’t fucking care about these stories. if they did, then we’d be getting more Ga’hoole-esque realism– it’s not like they don’t have the budget for it compared to other studios. they rly don’t have any excuse beyond apathy, b/c ppl are gonna shill out to see any movie Disney’s name is attached to, no matter how shit

I have a great respect for both cartoony and realistic styles, and I’m tired of ppl blaming the tool instead of the person wielding it

[feral-anarchy]

AMEN!!! Its not realism, its lack of care!

[bubopeli]

Finally someone mentions gahoole and goes in depth in regards to this post

[did-you-know]

🎰 Game Shows Woes 🎰

…excuse me while I rescind my audition to be on the next @bachelorabc.

[ruinedchildhood]

[thekeekster]

Tonight at Walmart I saw a little boy ask a little girl if he could hug her because he liked her sweater. The girl (these kids looked to be about 5, MAYBE 6) said no, so the boy said “okay. I like your sweater. Bye.” And then ran back to his parents.

He said to his Dad “I didn’t hug her because she said no, but I told her I liked her sweater!” And his dad said “Cool buddy!” And they went on with their shopping trip.

If a small child understands the ‘complex’ concept of consent, and the meaning of the word ‘no’, then so should everyone else.

[michellepsychologist]

Keanu Reeves appreciation post ♥️

[michellepsychologist]

[bonniebugsy]

I remember reading one where apparently Keanu accidentally backed over some guy’s moped with his car, so he paid the guy full price and then some on the spot.