even the brightest flames

will only end in ashes

[mothric]

anyway I have a Lot of thoughts about the new doctor who episode but I will share one right now: I love that they show young people figuring stuff out in a pinch by using their cell phones. that is exactly what millenials and gen z’ers Do and it is a strength of ours. need to look up a technical term? make a spreadsheet on Excel? operate a massive friggin crane in a life-or-death situation?? no problemo, just give us a minute with a phone and a wifi signal and we’ll heckin do the thing

[julielilac]

[fourteenth-doctor]

[robbstarkl]

yesterday’s episode of doctor who got 8.2 million viewers which is one of the highest ratings the show’s had in years and larger than both matt smith and peter capaldi’s first episodes so fuck you to anyone who said this show would fail and lose its audience with a female doctor you misogynistic pricks

[jayadan-deactivated20240228]

This is my favorite form of entertainment.

[running-from-lost]

The funny thing is that China has so many talents, so many amazing novels, and yet they either 1) decide to take on those plagiarized or 2) ruins everything.

Cool.

[guzhuangheaven]

once again people are comparing zhen huan zhuan to ruyi zhuan and talk about how there's too many babies lost or women getting pregnant or new women entering the palace when it just shows the diff between yongzheng and qianlong's treatment to their harem like yongzheng isn't having orgies with prostitutes at the drop of a hat nor does he really 'favour' his concubines bc they never get promoted SOO there

Yongzheng reigned for 13 years. Qianlong reigned for 60+ and the drama is only really covering 30 of those years.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[running-from-lost]

End of the day, it’s just about two shows based on novels that plagiarized off others and twisted history.

[oppaisuperman]

@running-from-lost Zhen Huan was originally set in a fictional dynasty, NOT in Yongzheng reign, the drama changed it in to Yongzheng reign, so the novel never “twisted” anything. Compared to many, many historical dramas Chinese have done over the years, Ruyi is actually one of the dramas who show a BETTER effort at sticking to history. Most of the concubines and princes and princesses are based on real historical figures, there may have been detours in the middle but their endings are pretty much the same with general history. Chinese dramas have been twisting things for far longer than anyone can remember, why is “twisting history” suddenly a criticism when it comes to Ruyi? Remember, history never recorded how these people actually were as human, their personalities, etc; it is not a crime for a FICTIONAL show/novel to depicts these people in their own FICTIONAL lights. Stop throwing “twisting history” around, please! Also, yes, there have been plagiarism accusations, but what the novel copied are essentially descriptive paragraphs, not actually the plot or characters of the story. Therefore, this is strictly the author’s faults to answer for, not the show.

[running-from-lost]

By twisting the history, I was meaning Ru Yi Zhuan, not Zhen Huan (my fault for not stating properly). I'm don't really mind the 'twisting of history' since like you said, hard to tell with real history (although why it's a 'crime' is because it has been too crudely twisted. And no, Ru Yi Zhuan ISN'T the only historical show being scolded for twisting history, so it's NOT a 'sudden criticism', thank you. Plagiarism is the main issue honestly.

I simply wonder why does the show doesn't have to answer for the novel's plagiarism issues? Even before Ru Yi Zhuan came out everyone already knows the author's plagiarism issues, and yet instead of deciding to try and deal with it, they goes along with it since, popularity is more important than effort, isn't it?

[guzhuangheaven]

once again people are comparing zhen huan zhuan to ruyi zhuan and talk about how there's too many babies lost or women getting pregnant or new women entering the palace when it just shows the diff between yongzheng and qianlong's treatment to their harem like yongzheng isn't having orgies with prostitutes at the drop of a hat nor does he really 'favour' his concubines bc they never get promoted SOO there

Yongzheng reigned for 13 years. Qianlong reigned for 60+ and the drama is only really covering 30 of those years.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[running-from-lost]

End of the day, it's just about two shows based on novels that plagiarized off others and twisted history.

[pottergifs]

[beholdingslut]

professor flitwick was ruthless as fuck like he even addressed harry by his name whilst asking for his name 

[fantastic-nonsense]

I think what I find even funnier is that Harry doesn’t use the ‘I’m Harry Potter’ response. He uses the ‘You’ve been my teacher for five years’ response.

[running-from-lost]

Friend: Bitch, I trust you

Me: Bitch, I don't even trust myself

[guzhuangheaven]

This I know. Because the amount of things I feel when I simply think about you can’t be limited to this life alone.

for @orangememory

[juanmaodepp]

DW

[aidashakur]

i wish i met some people a little earlier, some a little later & some never at all.

[nicolauda]

i forgot what BFG stood for and i was sitting there for a good five minutes going, “no. no. they wouldn’t have called a kids film ‘big fucking giant.’ would they? would they?”

[anancientheart]

ok universe, i’m ready to feel good things. make me feel good things.

[anancientheart]

whenever i post this it works  reblog if u want to feel good things & the universe will bring u something sweet 

[running-from-lost]

Please, I'm kinda desperate now

[sokkatoaang]

Iroh: This tea is nothing more than hot leaf juice!

Zuko: Uncle, that’s what all tea is.

Iroh: How can a member of my own family say something so horrible?

[bingomann]

why are my dream posts getting notes

[bingomann]

ive had weirder dreams. I think the best weirdest one was a reoccurring nightmare I used to have as kid. do yall wanna hear it 

[bingomann]

ok *cracks knuckles* here goes.

DREAM 1

when we first moved to my childhood home, the house was already kinda old. (it used to belong to my dad’s boss) the house already had a couple of furniture including some beds, dining set etc. Except for the bedroom, the rest aren’t really important so here’s a little sketch of a part of the house’s floor plan

we turned the smaller bedroom into a guest room and the bigger bedroom into a kids’ room so we moved the bed to storage and replaced it with a bunch of smaller beds. 

Anyway, one of the first nights, I had a dream where I was standing in the bigger bedroom with a bunch of people in uniform. The big bed was back where it was but there’s a pool of blood in it. I overheard one of the cops mentioning something about a body not being found. Suddenly, I looked at the open door and saw the mirror in the guest room. In the reflection, there was a girl lying on the floor staring at me.

Since then, I was always afraid of the guest room.

[bingomann]

I hated the house at first. I always thought it was haunted. There was also a giant tree in front of the house that was believed to be housed by spirits. (While playing there, I was told by some guy.. I think he was a gardener.. he saw my mom offer the tree some home cooked meal as a sort of peace offering but that’s a story for another time).

DREAM 2

For some reason, I was standing in the laundry room. I heard someone say “hey” and when I turned around, someone was hiding behind one of the clothes. 

she continued to say “hey” as I started to approach her but then I woke up

[bingomann]

The girl somehow started appearing in some of my dreams and every time she was playing a different role: a neighbor, a classmate, a friend, a stranger. She was older and had long black hair. She was always wearing white. At that time, I never even noticed how often she occurred in my dreams. I kinda just accepted it. 

DREAM 3

The cops were back, walking around in my bedroom. The girl wasn’t there. I realized I was late for class so I ran outside. The street was littered with mutilated hands. 

For some reason, I picked up one of the hands and tried to wash it with a gardening hose until it stopped bleeding. I don’t remember the rest of the dream. 

[bingomann]

DREAM 4

Remember I mentioned there was a large old tree in front of our house? It more or less looked like this: 

I used to be scared of it especially at night because it looked like a giant hand in the darkness. Behind it was a wall and on the other side of the wall was a river. I always wondered what the river looked like but I never found until I was in high school and I was finally tall enough to see the other side (while standing on a chair). 

Anyway, it was summer vacation and I had a dream where I was in my room. The girl was outside standing on the roof peeking through my window and was calling me to come outside. We went to the tree and I noticed the tree now looked like it was split in half. There was no wall but just a vast expanse of water as far as the eye can see. 

I still remember it vividly. It was one of the best dreams I had.

[bingomann]

DREAM 5

I had a dream where the river overflowed and flooded the whole neighborhood. I thought my parents were somewhere in the neighborhood basket ball court so I swam there but when I reached the area, there was nobody there. The creepy thing was that the whole time, I was being followed around by some guy I didn’t know. 

[bingomann]

DREAM 6

Near our house was an old factory. I used to hang out there with my other friends until our parents forbade us cause it was dangerous (obviously). One night, I dreamed I was walking by the factory and I heard someone call me from way above on the factory rooftop. She was sitting there by a really long ladder and urged me to climb on top. 

When I reached the roof, suddenly there was just a land of rooftops that stretched towards the horizon. I followed her into a rooftop window which lead to the inside of the factory. Inside were just some machinery and a pier leading to the ocean in my last dream.  There was a large chain (the ones you see on large ships) attached to the pier leading to something that looks like another factory in the horizon.  She mentioned something about going there by walking on the chain but then I woke up.

 Although she still reappeared in a lot of my dreams, I don’t really remember them as much as I vividly remember these ones. The last vivid dream I’ve had of her, we were classmates. She told me to be careful. 

[bingomann]

DREAM 7

this wasn’t really much of a dream but more like a dream where you’re awake?? I’m not sure what you call it. I was just under the sheets and I heard her whispering close to my ear that my mom is heading to my room and that I should get up soon. 

Soon after, my mom opened the door and told me to get ready for school. I don’t remember how or at which point I woke up.

[bingomann]

DREAM 8

I was walking home from school when I saw the man who was following me in another dream just standing there on the side. He was holding a knife. 

I avoided his stare and quickly walked past him. I noticed he was starting to follow me so I ran. Before I knew it, he caught me and there was a knife in my back. I woke up. 

That was the last vivid dream I ever had involving the man. 

[bingomann]

Okay, so years and years after. My dad finally retired. We wanted to move to a new place in a better neighborhood that was nearer to the city. It was a long process which involved lots of packing. I didn’t realized we had so much stuff and we had to leave some of our things behind. Strangely enough, our fridge suddenly stopped working. After that, two of our air conditioners. Our tv, then the couch suddenly split in half. We ended up leaving them all. My mom, like a passing thought, said maybe the house spirit was finally retiring too and I looked at her like she was crazy. Then my brother said “oh thank god. I thought I was the only one who thought there was a ghost in here” It turned out, we were all aware that the house might have been haunted but nobody wanted to point it out. 

On the day of the move, we all said goodbye to the house as well as the “house spirit”. I called out to the ceiling that the house spirit could move in together with us if they wanted.

A few months later, my brother and our dad went to the house to check up on it. He said he overheard one of my dad’s friends mention that nobody wanted to come near it. It just gave off that weird feeling. Like someone was staring from out the window. The house is gonna be torn down soon.

The girl stopped appearing in my dreams since then. 

[bingomann]

Many of you are telling me that she was a ghost. I honestly can’t say. Maybe I just had a really powerful imagination as a kid. But if she really was, I hope she found a good boat that could bring her to that factory thing in the horizon that she was talking about. It would suck having to cross a big fat chain on foot.

End

[hewasafraid]

@jammiehamato​ said “Honey I think that was a balete tree oh my god”

Balete trees look like this:

It looks pretty spot on for the tree OP drew above. 

The internet seems convinced that these trees are supernatural in some way, with one website stating that “The Filipinos also have this belief that Balete trees are home to spirits and elementals. They serve as portals between their realm and ours and thus stories like this abound whenever there’s a Balete tree nearby.” I wonder if there is some meaning to the OP’s pleasant dream about standing in the hollowed centre of the tree?

This might also explain why the neighbour wanted to bring a meal to the tree to appease it.