Lilivati

[blairwitchdiaries-deactivated20]

turns out my life purpose isn’t supposed to be as small and silent and accommodating and convenient as possible

[siderealscribblings]

“There are many times when we’re planning a season that you kind of have to avoid giving the audience exactly what they want because things start to become predictable…” Dave Benioff

Honestly fuck this storytelling style. 

Fuck this style of storytelling that puts authorial masturbation over a satisfying conclusion to a story. Fuck this obsession with “swerves” and “subverting expectations.” 

Fuck this mentality that you have to outsmart the audience in order to make a good product. 

Fuck the idea that “predictable” is automatically boring. Fuck the idea that people who have been paying attention to long-running story arcs should be punished for giving a shit and expecting a cohesive conclusion to a long running story. 

Fuck this idea that disappointing endings are okay if they’re “unexpected.” Fuck this auteur mentality where writers have to prove that they’re the cleverest boys in the whole wide world. 

Tell a goddamned story; nobody tunes in for twists. 

[lillivati]

It’s quotes like this that demonstrate these hacks never understood what made GoT compelling in the first place.  Hint: It wasn’t the unpredictability, but the character and world-building that subverted expectations.  They’ve entirely neglected the latter in favor of the former and honestly believe it is the same thing.

[wingbuffet]

sometimes Druids are out saving the world, restoring the balance etc., but other times they’re just drive-by veterinarians :D

Kaylessa, Aasimar/Wood Elf Druid

[storywonker]

Y'know, I feel like openly admitting you’re only passing a law so you can backdoor constitutional change through the supreme court should result in said law being found unconditional by default, if only for flagrantly disregarding the actual designed process for constitutional change

[kuvirametalbender]

Bad mood

[weirdlandtv]

Dutch artist, Redmer Hoekstra.

[randomitemdrop]

Item: swarm of Brick Frogs; once properly bonded to a character, the swarm will obey their command and form walkable solid paths through swamps.

[mikachu1122]

Could they also be known as… Fricks?…

[yo-its-matt]

God Mika I love yr mind

[todaysbird]

what’s really neat about canaries is that the word “canary” almost always evokes an image of a bright yellow singing bird, probably on a little swing. but canaries are one of few truly “domesticated” birds and they actually have tons of different colors, along with specific breeds, like dogs or cats. so yes, canaries can be this

but canaries can also be this

or this

or this

or this

canaries are neat!!

[parakeet]

OP there is a complete and utter lack of Gloster Canary representation in this post!

[todaysbird]

you’re so right. thank you

[cactuarkitty]

Well, I could have done that.

[chez-marie-deactivated20240229]

BRIENNE OF FUCKING TARTH DESERVED BETTER THAN THIS SHIT

MISSANDEI OF FUCKING NAATH DESERVED BETTER THAN THIS SHIT

YARA GREYJOY DESERVED TO KILL HER FUCKING UNCLE

DAENERYS TARGARYEN DESERVED BETTER THAN THIS SHIT PLOTLINE

SANSA STARK DESERVED BETTER THAN THIS SHIT PLOTLINE

WE ALL DESERVED BETTER

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[cunninggreeneraven]

“I am used to being lonely but forever to be a stranger is a strange grief.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin, from section IV “The Unknown Continent,” of “So Far,” So Far So Good: Final Poems, 2014-2018 (Copper Canyon Press, 2018)

[sweetestsmirk]

We kind of forgot about good writing

wE kiNd oF FORgOT abOUT gOoD wRitiNg

DAVID BENIOFF & D.B WEISS aka DUMB & DUMBER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 

[nb-aziraphales]

Shout out to the disabled people who work and are able-passing, but struggle at home and in daily life. You are valid & you’re not faking.

[feyrecarstcirs]

what even was the point of this show? like i’m genuinely curious. what was the point of jon’s parentage reveal. what was the point of him being resurrected if he didn’t kill the night king. what was the point of establishing a prophecy foretelling cersei would die by her brother’s hand when that didn’t happen. what was the point of setting daenerys up as a just ruler who wanted to make the world better. what was the point of jaime’s entire character arc. what was the point.

[oadara]

I think most of use are asking ourself this.

[cbrownjc]

I feel sorry for anyone who wasted 10 years on this shit. I only wasted 3+ and there are too many rage-induced feeling I have about all of this. NOTHING got paid off. Absolutely nothing. And every character has been assassinated, or made to look like they went though no character journey at all. 

There was no point to anything that happened over the entire course of this story. No point at all. 

D&D aren’t just hacks. They are literally incompetent. And if GRRM seriously does this …   

[daenerya]

daenerys targaryen deserved better reblog if you agree

[spacelabrathor]

i have not seen a single thor fan uspet about him gaining weight 

i have seen thor fans upset about the fact that thor’s weight gain and every other symptom of his immense depression and grief was played for laughs for the entire 3 hour movie when every other character was allowed to grieve and process on their own terms and with respect

can y’all stop acting like you’re fucking woke for defending chubby thor 

chubby thor is not the problem

the presentation of chubby thor as a laughing stock is

[fade-cloak]

@juuneaux !!!!

[erikaii]

Y'all know it’s because the Russo’s literally couldn’t come up with anything as funny like in Taika Waititi’s Ragnarok. So they went with lazy slapstick, sight gags and fat jokes.

[scidotnews]

Universe’s Early Galaxies were Much Brighter than Expected

http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/universes-early-galaxies-brighter-07174.html