#all else aside

[anemonetea]

Lucanis in the 'Vows & Vengeance' audio drama was a serious personal attack. Particularly the way he delivered these two lines. I will never be the same again. /swoons into the sun

Bonus alternate expression for that first panel 👇 I changed it to be closer to his cocky, mega-arched-eyebrows Veilguard smirk, but I still like the original, too. The many nuanced vibes of Messere Dellamorte.

[steeple-sinderby-on-tour]

[thevelominati]

[iamanartichoke]

I like to follow because you have very smart takes and usually agree with them. I try not to judge a show before watching it, but not gonna lie that seeing some of the scenes that have been released have kind of put a damper on my excitement. I don't if it is all the discourse that is happening, some of the manerism tom is employing, the fact that they're once again making loki the but of the joke, I don't know... I hope the show surprises us when it comes out!

also I 100% agree with you about the scene where they take his clothes off and I like any chance to see tom naked! it was just uncomfortable.

Thanks so much for the compliment - I’ve been feeling very out of sorts around here lately, and really questioning my takes (bc sometimes this fandom makes me feel like I’m existing in an alternate universe) so it’s reassuring to know they’re appreciated by some. 

I agree with you; I’ve been maintaining that I’m approaching the series with cautious optimism, but my excitement/hopes have definitely been dampered a bit as we start to get more footage. I don’t know. I already know I won’t be able to resist watching it at all, and it may turn out to be really good (or, at least, not horrible), but I can already tell I’m going to have to try to emotionally divorce myself a bit from my expectations and my interpretation of Loki and my attachment to his pre-Ragnarok characterization in order to reconcile with the fact that the MCU is taking him in a different direction.

Otherwise, if it’s really bad, I might rage quit the fandom and I don’t really want to - I like writing and reading fics and engaging with people here and so on. Like, this is my community, for better or for worse. (I don’t have a lot going for me tbh.) But, yeah, some mental/emotional work may have to be done. 

One thing I keep thinking is that it really does all hinge on the characterization for me - I’m not super picky about plots and will take pretty much whatever they give us there. I also enjoy a lot of objectively bad tv shows with really stupid plots (I love Reign, for example, but it being on the CW lent itself to a lot of ridiculousness and I just tend to ignore those parts and focus on the scenes/storylines where Mary is amazing), so. If this show turns out bad, once some time has passed and it’s not so fresh, I will probably come to treat it the way I generally do Ragnarok - take what I like and ignore the rest and just focus on using it to build on my own interpretations. 

This was a lot of rambling but thank you for the ask! I hope the show surprises us as well, but it’s like they say  - hope for the best, prepare for the worst. 

[thebluestockingfirefly]

How to write a story (according to 11-year-old me, c. 1999)

1. Get a pencil (preferably one with lead in it) and a piece of blank, lined notebook paper.

2. Sit down on a chair or a stool in front of a desk or table. 

3. Put your paper and pencil flat on the desk.

4. Clear your mind of any distractions.

5. On your piece of paper, use the pencil to write down the first thing that comes into your head.

6. If you don’t like the thought once it’s on paper, use the pencil to scratch it out. Start again at step 4 and proceed to step 5, going to 6 if you still don’t like the idea.

7. When you have an idea you like, begin writing on your paper with your pencil.

8. Don’t worry about names for people, or places. Those will come later.

9. The thought should flow freely from pencil to paper.

10. If you get stuck, put your pencil down, take a break, and come back later.

11. The end result should be something you like, something that sounds good to you.

[simmonsized]

me watching Frankenstein: actually there could be more blood in this

[socialdegenerate]

slutty goth lestat is still the best adaptation of lestat and I know it's controversial but it's my truth

[spymeister]

An Open Letter to my Mutuals and readers.

This is going to get kind of long and winded, but barring my anxiety after last night- I wanted to say thank you to the kind anon that asked me what I was thinking and pointed out something.

I do, indeed, play a black-coded character- and attempt to be sensitive to racial issues myself. That being said, I am going to make mistakes, and I am not upset if you point these mistakes out to me so that I can A) better educate myself, and B) more sensitive to issues that need to be addressed.

That being said, a comment I posted the other day was brought up to me and I ended up deleting both the comment and the post it was attached to. It wasn't that it was posted in poor taste, but rather the casual insensitivity that I didn't see. For that, I apologize and endeavor to do better.

I'm going to very much admit there will be things I miss, and I can assure you that it won't be because of deliberate harm. I'm still learning, and I'm still coming out of some very harmful backgrounds that are very hard to unlearn, but I'm doing so a day at a time. This is not an excuse, merely an explanation.

I always and will welcome constructive criticism and polite discussions in both my DM's and Inbox. If you see something that needs to be mentioned or addressed, please do not hesitate to let me know. Despite being more open-minded than I have been in the past, as well as more culturally aware- there will be things I miss, and things I may not pick up on.

I'm depending on you guys to help me make sure I don't repeat those mistakes.

That being said, I appreciate all of you and your friendship. I wanted to bring this out, to let the anon know that I didn't dismiss it, and I have been thinking. If I've made anyone else uncomfortable or upset, please let me know so I can rectify the issue and ease the way going forward.

-With much love.

-Jazzmun.