today is a good day to die on the most random hill possible

personal bookmarks and fandoms and maybe someday writing. I do not commit to consistency in any way.

[anyataylorjoys]

THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT —2020, Episode 7: End Game

[scribeherself]

people will say “they’re only friends” and then show me two people who would crawl through broken glass to hear the other laugh once. two people who have memorized each other’s coffee orders, fears, childhood stories, and emergency contacts. two people who would haunt each other’s houses as ghosts. be serious.

[scribeherself]

Just an FYI—the original intention of this post was to challenge the way people say only friends, as though friendship is somehow lesser than other forms of love. As if being deeply known, cherished, and chosen by another person could ever be a small thing. Normalize profound platonic love. Some of the most fulfilling, transformative, and enduring relationships we will ever have are friendships. 🫶🏼

[knitmeatardis]

Watch Ride or Die on Amazon to see this in effect. Between two women.

[hagfishslime]

Almost forgot to post this Kira

[valend]

Yahhh I have to build Rome. Yup it’s due tomorrow.. noo I haven’t started yet haha is that bad?

[cuppydogshane]

podracer Sebulba notably absent from swift-kelce wedding attendees............

[steveyockey]

survival mechanism they don’t emphasize enough is memorizing a poem. you memorize a poem you have a little lift raft for a variety of situations

[edenemy-art]

i feel like most reactions to the mandalorian & grogu tend to be “GARAZEB ORRELIOS WHERE IS YOUR HUSBAND” and that is very important to me

[ladyoftheharbour]

can we please please please learn to differentiate between things that are good but devalued because of their association with women (caring for children, being compassionate), things that are neutral but seen negatively because of their association with women (the colour pink, having long hair), and things that are bad but associated with women because of misogyny (being materialistic, being stupid) because otherwise we’re gonna keep getting takes like “being gender nonconforming is anti feminist” and “not studying for your classes is feminist”

[hayden-christensen]

@swcreators march creation event: locations

CORUSCANT Coruscant is a city-covered planet in the Coruscant system of the Core Worlds. Noted for its cosmopolitan culture and towering skyscrapers, Coruscant’s population consisted of approximately one trillion citizens. Its strategic location at the end of several major trade routes enabled it to grow in power and influence to become the hub of galactic culture, education, finance, fine arts, politics and technology. It is the location of several major landmarks, including the Jedi Temple, Monument Plaza and the Senate Building.

[lysimachias]

Not "The Character did nothing wrong" or "The Character is irredeemably awful" but a secret third thing: The Character may display moments of deep love & compassion, may even have a strong sense of ethics, and may also be capable of brutal cruelty that is irreconcilable with those traits. The constant tension between the different sides of The Character's nature is exactly what makes them compelling, and attempting to reduce them down to simply "a terrible person" or "innocent & misunderstood" is missing the point of the questions a media with nuanced characters is asking you to consider

[itberice]

Have you ever heard the story about the boy who cried wolf?

[annarcana]

[automatonwithautonomy]

girls with absolutely lethal puppy dog eyes when they need the runabout for just one really small act of terrorism, commander, please

[labelma]

Okay Kallus wasn’t mentioned in The Mandalorian and Grogu HOWEVER his presence was very much felt in Zeb’s snazzy lil jacket

[spacelesbians-archive-deactivat]

Luke saying “you’ll find i’m full of surprises” to Vader before losing his lightsaber and falling down some stairs is such a life mood

[queerfarmgremlin]

its right up there with anakin saying “you underestimate my power” and then proceeding to get all his remaining limbs chopped off by Obi-Wan. like father, like son. 

[wordsofdiana]

Star Wars establishes the very real life lesson that a badass line does not guarantee success

[coldgoldlazarus]

“Sith Lords are our speciality.”

[mengyaosevilpussy]

tragedy enjoyers when a character upholds the system that they themselves were a victim of

[tesb]

From the outset, the design brief for Janix, along with every aspect of Maul – Shadow Lord, was to convey a loose, impressionistic style. According to Joel Aron, Lucasfilm Animation’s Director of Lighting, Cinematography, and Visual Effects, “there's a more painterly style in the assets and in the buildings and the ships and in the matte paintings. Even in the smoke and the fire, everything has a hand-painted look. It's still CG, but we wanted to push those bounds.”

Aron worked closely with Senior Lighting and Visual Effects Artist Valerie Perez to develop software tools that allowed them to directly incorporate brushstroke accents into their CG paints and textures. Aron took that one step further by actually applying physical swatches of different paint colors onto clear glass (not unlike a traditional matte painting) and then photographing them as high-resolution elements to be utilized in CG. Soon Aron’s entire team was painting brushstrokes onto glass.

“Senior technical director Alex Shaulis came up with a really cool method of using brush strokes to distort even more of our visual effects. [...] The practicality of it is the soul of everything.”

Building Lucasfilm Animation’s New World for Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord