Chaotic Mess Of Fictional Characters I Love...

...way too much. These days mostly Joel Miller and Arthur Morgan

[winterswake]

ELLIE, STOP.

[lemonadeslice]

*whistling solo*

this is a joel apologist blog now

[sabacc]

[mithrandir3000]

Can’t get over the fact that Neil Druckmann basically wrote his own Alternate Universe fanfic and everyone is here for it

[calkestis]

“It is pure rage when it manifests, but right before it’s pure rage, if you look at Pedro’s face - and he’s so wonderful in this moment - it’s this crushing sadness. Before the anger is mourning and grief, you can see his heart breaking all over again.”

- Craig Mazin

[fromthedust]

[thickness-protection-program]

[catchymemes]

[alex51324]

I wish benevolent giants would collect me and put me in a safe place when I eat too much fermented fruit.  

[rylandgraces]

*me plugging in my phone in the dark* dont think about it dont think about it dont think about it dont think abotu it dont thinka botu it donmt think aboiut it dont think about it dont think abotu it dont thihnk about it dont think about it dont think about it dojnt think abtiou it dont thi

[dragkingandreweldritch]

nature is healing

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

[sarahthecoat]

the fun kind!

[flagellant]

Man I hope everyone reading this just has a good life. I hope we all just decide to try and be proud of ourselves and what we've accomplished instead of constantly looking for things we never did and finding excuses for the flaws in us because of it. I hope there's warm fresh bread for you in the morning if you want it. That's it

[byjove]

We thought my grandma had a tumor in her heart and it turns out she was born with a small hole in her heart (she was born at home in rural Appalachia in the early 1940s and had two older sisters who died within days of birth, spotty childhood medical care) and her body somehow fixed it. Built up scar tissue until her heart no longer had a hole. She gave birth to two children, lived a normal life and only had this diagnosed in her 70s. How cool is that? How badass is the human body?

[byjove]

My great grandma cut her leg and contracted tetanus in the 1930s and survived lockjaw untreated. It kills about 25% of the people it infects. It’s crazy to me that if either of these ladies weren’t so strong and badass, I wouldn’t be here.

[byjove]

It’s weird to think that your existence on this earth is dependent on a whole lineage of ‘near misses’ going back through eternity. A young lady falling in a stream while doing the washing and managing to pull herself out before her many shirts weighed her down and drowned her. A young man contracting the plague and being a part of that rare population that survived it, living the rest of his life knowing death was so very close. A man being shot with an arrow in war and laying fevered for weeks before his body fought off the infection and he hobbled home to his wife. A little baby girl being so fevered she loses her hearing but recovers and goes on to lead a full life. And backwards further. A young Neanderthal boy breaking his arm quite badly and being unable to hunt but being loved and cared for just the same. A little human girl wandering off and losing toes to frostbite 60000 years ago but returning home to her family and surviving. Surviving.

[byjove]

I actually don’t think that is necessarily true. You’re the product of the strongest communities in your lineage and those who were shown human kindness. You’re the product of midwives making the effort to correct a breech baby and saving your great great great grandmother’s life. You’re the product of neighbors lending their neighbor food in times of famine. You’re the product of the hunter-gatherer tribes taking the time and effort to care for their sick and injured. You’re the product of mercy, grace and the human collective. I think the ability for strength, resilience and endurance lives within us all. There may have been stronger people through history who didn’t have the luck, community and connections your ancestors did.

[janetm74]

You’re the product of mercy, grace and the human collective.

[missweber]

I loved all of the celebrity cameos and name-dropping in Glass Onion, but the more I think about it, the more I realize how it plays into the characterization of Miles and Blanc.

Miles keeps mentioning how he has hired people like Gillian Flynn, Philip Glass, Banksy, etc. to create things for him. And we get to see how Serena Williams is on-call as a personal trainer for his guests. But…

When Blanc quickly solved the mystery game Miles had set up, my first thought was that it was really contrived and not well-crafted. The Hourly Dong was minimalistic, yes, but not Glass-like. As for the Piece-of-Shit dock, it didn’t seem very Bansky-ish (at least to me). It looked more like a generic ice sculpture than anything - interesting at first glance, but not really much beyond that.

Then, we have Serena Williams literally phoning it in as a personal trainer. She’s content to sit there and read, as she’s getting paid whether or not she actually does any training.

Miles is quick to drop these names as if all of these talented people are part of his entourage, but the quality of their work-for-hire demonstrates that they don’t give a shit about him and/or actively dislike him.

In sharp contrast, we have Blanc, who is actually close friends with people like Angela Lansbury, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, etc. These people are close enough to him to play online games with him and worry about his well-being. In fact, they’re good enough friends that Blanc’s partner can complain to them about how Blanc hasn’t left the bath for a week.

All in all, it’s a little thing in the grand scheme of the movie, but it does show just how much thought has gone into the characterization of the two male leads.

[unpardonablemonomania-deactivat]

[cloudvelundr]

... I want this on a shirt

[boingmann]

big black doggo

[distinguishedarbitersalad]

[eddwardtheseventhstardrawnwizard]

[supermodelcats]

[radwolf76]

[nazumichi]

i love it when characters are package deals, i love duos i love trios i love quartets, i love groups and squads, i love it when you can’t find one without the other(s), i love it when they’re glued at the hip, i love it no matter the context of these dynamics, i lov

[vlad-the-lad]