Hi there

Hey there!

[sentientsky]

it's gonna be okay (/threat)

[gothiccharmschool]

IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY. THAT IS A THREAT AND A PROMISE.

[screenshotsofdespair]

[prohaloplayer-deactivated202601]

we are fucked

[jame7t]

No hope

[catsconstellation]

[maplebunie]

how i see this post

[twinkhole-destroyer]

I need to press his bruises like it’s his gspot

[twinkhole-destroyer]

I’m gonna think about killing myself

[happybunnykat]

[reggiemess]

Sometimes people think they're dealing with a Torment Nexus but what they actually have is a Jumanji. And sometimes people think something's a Jumanji but oops it's a Torment Nexus.

[reggiemess]

Now. Sometimes you have a third thing- you'll have yourself a Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. And buddy, I can't help you there.

[reggiemess]

So a Torment Nexus is something that is either a metaphor for a larger societal problem (e.g. The Platform, The Long Walk) or a social issue/trend taken to an exaggerated extreme (e.g. The Purge), with a lot of shades of grey in between (e.g. Squid Game). If it isn't about a larger societal issue/trend/structure it isn't a Torment Nexus.

A Jumanji can be dangerous and high-stakes (to the characters), but it doesn't need to have a metaphor or lesson, it can easily just be a "Would this be fucked up or what?" situation (e.g. a lotta Goosebumps stories). If there IS a lesson/metaphor, it will be on a smaller scale like psychological issues (e.g. Magnus Archives), family/relationship issues (e.g. Zathura), or about a specific topic (e.g. Magic School Bus). Large-scale social issues may be present (after all, Everything Is Political), but they take a definite backseat.

Now. A Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory is a trap based around morality and vices. These can be cultural, religious, or bonkers bullshit like "children shouldn't chew gum." There is generally not discussion or criticism of this morality system. Regardless of the morality system used, if it's not a trap, it's not a Chocolate Factory.

[pingintech]

examples of a willy wonkas chocolate factory include:

saw

the cabin in the woods

labrynth (1986)

and

[arieswizard]

[image description: A GIF of Sam Reich on the Game Changer set, triumphantly striking a pose then kicking. Three unimpressed contestants look on. Confetti falls. End description]

[the1920sinpictures]

1927 Kodak Petite Cameras. From Art Deco 1920, FB.

[hunny-and-haycorns]

Wow, apparently the bellows were also colored to match the housing, and they came with accessories like matching compacts.

[avatarofthewriting]

found what they look like with the bellows open!!

credit u/deepsky_wonders on reddit

[darkcomedies-deactivated2022042]

recontextualizing fry and leela as an annoying but earnest twitch streamer and his inexplicably hot and intimidating girlfriend

[darkcomedies-deactivated2022042]

no actually. recontextualizing fry and leela as an esports champion turned twitched streamer and her boyfriend who is just kind of there on stream sometimes and has his own emote

[darkcomedies-deactivated2022042]

fry: [gets home from work and accidentally wanders into frame]

the chat: FRY 🍟🍟🍟🍟 [pog] 🍟🍟🍟 he’s back 🍟[pog]🍟[pog]🍟 WHAT IS THAAAAAAAT 🍟🍟🍟🍟🍟🍟🍟🍟 mad lad 🍟 how was ur day fry 🍟🍟 FRY b3nd3r(mod): LEELA PUT A LOCK ON YOUR FUCKING DOOR 🍟🍟🍟 am i supposed to know who that is or [pog] [pog] 🍟 OH NO HE’S UGLY 🍟🍟🍟🍟 [b3nd3r has set the chat to subscribers-only]

[artofcereal]

op im deeply sorry but this post has been haunting me for weeks

[thememedaddy]

[witchesversuspatriarchy]

Same

[allthefoolmine]

Reblog if you too do not want to share outside with them.

[pepsiprophecy]

a crime that i’ve never drawn them kiss before

[babushkaat]

[hunter-rodrigez]

kitty perfect weight for picking up for cuddles! kitty very Soft and warm and will purr comfortably in your arms. Pick up kitty. no problems ever when picking up kitty because good weight and size for picking up after surgery.

[hacash]

lord of the rings is a fun place to fandom because there's so many options to obsess over no matter what your interests are, but because of that it's also a humbling reminder that different people like different things and that's ok.

like, for me the heart and soul of lotr is the hobbits, and it always bemuses me to see how underrated they can be in fics or fandom like?? you have these funky little fuckers who are really brave and kind and loyal but also have oddball forms of government and eat and party a lot and get into scrapes and have all these hobbit pals and there's all sorts of shipping options and they have interesting nuanced social politics and second breakfast and pipeweed and they give presents on their birthday instead of the other way around so they're always getting presents and they're hilariously weird about their family trees and they led full-scale guerrilla warfare against these bastards who invaded their homeland but also all they want to do is chill and have nice gardens and probably judge vegetable growing competitions and have pretty dances

and instead people are getting super invested in basic-bad-boy-bitch sauron? huh. fair enough. the world is indeed a rich tapestry.

[hacash]

oh god this is how gandalf speaks to saruman isn't it

[ancientaliensblog]

I don't wanna talk about the amount of time i put into this stupid meme

[pangur-and-grim]

Pangur doesnt like me going into rooms by myself

[adrienthinks]

[waterpropaganda]

[lichposting]

we cannot keep having these baldurs gate 3 and critical role people voice acting every new game. we need random people. people whose only credits are random low budget live action TV shows. someone who just works in the same building as the localisation team. anything. please. if i hear matt mercer ever again there will be consequences

[kaijuno]

[slimegirlslugwife]

she’s right

[galaxywarp]

that’s her. the Task Manager