Sun Archeron

I like to talk about books and cartoons and comic books and tv shows and movies and random things

[tallerthanthetwinyards]

i'm obsessed with the fact that neil josten is a ridiculously fast learner. and it's not limited to one particular thing, it's EVERYTHING. like he made up nearly a decade of not practicing a sport and managed to become COLLEGIATE LEVEL in a YEAR. we don't even know how many languages he speaks fluently bc he doesn't find it important (nothing like neil's priorities) but it's at least 3 and at least 1 (2?) other(s) conversationally. he may have been oblivious to andrew at first, but as soon as he found out there was something there he was INSTANTLY flirting. he's casually a MATH PRODIGY (yes, he's absolutely a prodigy there's no way someone who never had consistent schooling would excel in an college math program after already being behind in said program, bc neil switched his major, without being one). the way he catalogs and interprets andrew's andrew-isms (for lack of a better generalized term) says a lot about how fast he can process information.

this man is insane. sometimes it gets overshadowed by the fact that he makes bad decisions when put in the crazy situations that happen in the series, but neil is genuinely really smart.

[oddthesungod]

this scene slapped SO HARD !!!!!!!!!

[oddthesungod]

A pixie's grief

[rann-poisoncage]

[foxdoodles]

hold tight to the light

[shalizeh7]

[seawitchkaraoke]

Watching CR4 ep1, I am strongly reminded of that thing Brennan said about not even wanting to go out and get the newspaper without Aabria there, like, man, she is soooo helpful. She's constantly doing quick, clever little things to transition scenes or move things along, she inserts herself where it makes sense and is needed and she actively steps away to give other characters' their moments.

There's so many little moments where there's a small pause where usually Brennan would have to transition a scene and basically tell someone "hey you, you do something" and frequently instead Aabria will interject and do the transition herself, so Brennan can have a little snack, she is constantly aware both of what her character wants and needs and also what the overall story needs and honours both beautifully, most helpful player award right there, I love her

[wiseabsol]

What's fascinating to me about Thjazi Fang is that, in an actual fantasy book/series, he would have been our protagonist. The charismatic mercenary band leader, who became a hero and married into nobility, and then turned on the nobility when they showed themselves to be corrupt and/or oppressive to the people. The man with a fairy sidekick, who stole magical artifacts and had connections with all sorts of community members, a number of them shady. He's like what you'd get if you put Peter Pan, Link, Robin Hood, and yes, a bit of Griffith into a blender (albeit a Griffith who actually was the persona he put on in public, rather than ambitious to the point of sacrificing all of his friends for power). I love the concept of him, but what I love even more is that now we get to see what happens after the Hero dies. What do his friends and enemies do now? How do they deal with his legacy? How will they redefine themselves around his absence? I can't wait to see what happens next!

[sun-archeron]

genuine question: how do i look up pictures of amputees for an aesthetic video of a character that is an amputee without the search making me look like a fetishist (i dont want to just exclude this aspect of the character just bc its harder to find pics

(yes this is about the lunar chronicles)

[sun-archeron]

okay, so (mostly) spoiler-free Katabasis opinion (review?)

my 2nd least favorite RF Kuang book, just bc i couldn't relate to the mcs as much as i do the mcs in most of her books

which is not to say they're badly written, in fact they're very well constructed, and im excited to reread knowing them fully and analyzing all their actions early on the story

it was difficult for me to start liking them as people, but i think thats intentional, and when they did fell in my graces it was like a hard won battle

but it has the same quality as any other Kuang book, which means its amazing, i really had fun reading it; im not a very book smart person but i found she made the whole science of it very easy to follow, (as long as you dont immediately give up and tune out; put in little effort, people!)

[bugechoes]

Very different from my usual stuff but here's a collection of TMA fanarts from my sketchbook

[asdrewwer]

while i am at it, here are dyhard portraits i did a couple of months back <3

[sun-archeron]

I keep thinking abt the potential Doctor Who had to make a very interesting storyline and commentary regarding eugenics

In the first episode of last season they alluded to it, with Belinda finding out about the Doctor's two hearts, and starting to wonder how much "better" it is, and the Doctor immediately shuts it down, bc starting this discussion/line of thinking of which is a better body is a slippery slope to eugenics

When i watched that i thought it was going to be a theme throughout the season, bc that moment was almost out of place with the rest of the episode, but no, they didn't really go anywhere with it.

Until the finale, with the Rani going on and on about how the humans are inferior, how Poppy wouldn't be suitable for her plans bc she's half human, etc. I kept thinking "what a waste". They could've easily made that finale a bit better if they just worked on the topic of eugenics on all of the episodes, bringing all of that to a conclusion on the finale

but no, we got a disconnected season and a disconnected end :[

[taigacryptid]

decentralize and clean up your life!!!

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

last updated: march 18th 2025

[sun-archeron]

saving this for later

[sun-archeron]

actually ☝🤓 Sugishita being raised by his grandparents completely explains his tendency to start shit, because boys raised by grandparents are always the worst

[yurithraa]

excited for chapter 76!!!!

[goatedgreen]

fan service in other media: skimpy clothing on women, flirting between characters, comedically sexual situations, sometimes its actually an OP macho man John Wick fight scene

fan service in wind breaker: sakura has a nice day out with :) his friends :)