stop ghost abuse 🐼

if you told me ages ago i'd get this emotionally invested in fictional characters... i'd probably believe you. hot damn. i'm Alice. might as well be a pirate the amount of time i spend on ships. you can hop to my AO3 if you so desire. // marvel, shadowhunters, the raven cycle, all for the game, harry potter, kingsman, criminal minds, and a whole array of other deliciously consummable media. a bouquet too embarrassinly long to list. i write, whenever i manage to forcibly remove my head out of my ass. // the content can get wild - curate your own experience.

[dommingateez]

[liridi-deactivated20250617]

not to give pirates of the caribbean too much credit but it really is the only major franchise Ive seen that was able to pull off the “historical and mythical exist at the same time” with any sort of success

[originaljediinjeans]

#like how on land theyre in history but on sea theyre in mythology really communicates the wonder and love the #pirates have for the sea so much better than long soliloquies or good cinematography #and then the meta narrative is constantly indicating that the spread of empire and greed for money is driving it away #man……………………………………………………………….. (@liridi)

[liridi-deactivated20250617]

Building on this its so funny how everyone has a globe but the moment the pirates hit the seas they sail off of the end of the (flat) world. its all in the details etc etc

[liridi-deactivated20250617]

#and how all are sad that the sea ‘is becoming smaller and smaller’#like it used to be a world of adventure where man shackled the goddess of the sea and lived in myth#but now it’s slowly becoming just…. water#no more fantasy#just boats sailing from one place to another to sell shit @gilbirda

#it wasnt the kraken to worry about. it was cutler beckett utilizing it for financial gain THEN KILLING IT!!!!!#THE EVIL!!! @officialtokyosan

YEAH………. YEAH

[honeypleasejustkillme]

im just built different (unstable)

[woundthatswallows]

girls night ! first activity is getting buried alive

[crushcandles]

This might be a wasted wish in the era of ultra-expensive, limited-season prestige TV, but as someone who grew up around network shows like Xena, Hercules, The X-Files, and even later shows like Supernatural, The Witcher could really learn from them. The budgets were lower/more spread out, which made some of the effects and action hokey, but what they had on their side was time. Episodes upon episodes in comparison to now. Main characters had a variety of experiences to develop their personalities, relationships, and stories organically; other characters and plots recurred over seasons; callbacks and symbolism were established.

Think of what The Witcher could do in a 22 episode season (I would also gladly take 13 episodes). The show wouldn’t need to rely on destiny as a hammer to make things move at a breakneck speed. The whole plot could breathe, stabilized by subplots. Small choices could pave the way for big choices. Yennefer and Geralt could see each other more than 3 times, making their connection deeper and more believable. Ciri could spend time slowly blossoming at Kaer Morhen. Eskel, even if he dies, could be a person instead of a red shirt. Secondary and guest characters could have their moments to shine without feeling jammed in. There could be monster of the week hunting adventures!!

[captainamericanidi0t]

Looks like meat’s back on the menu boys

[mjmnorwood]

writers can have a little italicised oh. as a treat

[naniiebimworks]

No middle gears in THIS 6000 year slow burn.

They’re both romantics.

Snek Snooch.

Snooch the Snek.

[yessoupy]

GOD I just want to be CREATIVE but all my energy is being used to survive

[gothish]

Not to self diagnose but something is wrong

[mindblownie]

the thing is, also... every discussion about Whether The MCU Is Garbage or Is Disney Irredeemably Evil or Has Star Wars Gone On Too Long or Why Does It Feel Like There's Been Just Three Shows On American TV For The Past 3 Decades inevitably ends up at "hey but don't shame people for wanting to have fun and escape the continuous nightmare of late capitalism for 2 hours a night" and like. fair. being effortlessly entertained is a valid desire that deserves to be fulfilled. but the thing is. and I really don't wanna be That Guy but. if you're coming back home from your soul-crushing corporate job into your alienated nuclear household, tired from a busy day of doing some bullshit to make a living, and you feel dead inside, and your idea of escape is to tune into the next installment of something that's not really cinema as much as like, a long serialised commercial for the fast fashion items with the popular character of the month, then I'm sorry bro but you're not really going anywhere. you're not escaping, you're sinking deeper in. and look. it's your god given right to watch schlocky TV and then go read fanfic about it. but if you're wondering why all this dazzling entertainment still leaves you feeling so empty you just wanna scream and scream and scream, then you might actually have an acute case of going too long without consuming any media that has an intent beyond draining your money and time and a formula beyond regurgitating what sold best last year

[bogleech]

People have argued this subject for as long as media has existed at all, and for most of my life I absolutely felt that it was just pretentious of people to complain about movies getting dumbed down or soulless...but they still had a point and it really has gone far enough in the last few years that there’s no denying it anymore, you can see how fast Disney is churning things out, how much they’ve streamlined it down to a reusable formula, how careful they are to appeal to as many demographics as possible and how they have all the merchandising ready to go from day one. So yes, every loud-mouthed movie critic was right, Hollywood mainstream cinema has steadily deteriorated into a mind-numbing cash grab and there’s finally little room to deny it or argue that it’s harmless, because it also means a whole lot of people overworked, underpaid, under-credited and artistically stifled at every level of production.

[bogleech]

OP may sound harsh and all but they’re still quite clearly stating that there’s a problem with overly commercialized megaconglomerate filmmaking and they even explain that it’s fine to like whatever you want if you really like whatever. And yet the notes are still full of passionately angry responses like they actually just said to stop having fun or actually said anything passing any kind of judgment on any fandom. People really don’t take time to process the meaning of posts before getting riled up about them. If it HURTS just to see someone say “I wish these pieces of fiction were made with more loving care” your investment in that fiction might be going too far.

[hylialeia]

I can fix him [drill sound] [screaming] [chainsaw revving]

[headspace-hotel]

writing can’t be that hard. all it is is just putting words in front of each other, right?

[headspace-hotel]

update: the wrong words are in front of each other. This is the worst thing ever to happen.

[ip2lb]

[jaigeye]

we need more female characters who are deadbeat losers

[bakwaaas]

is anyone else like....... exhausted? just way too tired? mentally and physically? and you look at other people your age who seem to be doing fine and you feel so dysfunctional and broken because normal adult tasks and responsibilities just feel way too overwhelming and you can’t cope and

[ojibwa]

no more recovery im going to walk into the ocean and turn into sea foam