#good observation

[toyhousedramas]

every time i see a slasher/killer/psycho' oc who's like. supper visibly scarred i get the ick. 95% of the time it's also the only character in the person's gallery who has scars that extensive too.

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[alfredosauce50]

something ive noticed while reading ur works is that ur allen takes on the role of the secondary love interest (the other [wo]man) often and is THE person who would sacrifice his happiness for ours. so i thought: 'what if the reader stepped into that place for a change??' i stumbled upon ur writing one day (i think it was tpbtp first) and it got me in my feels ugh 🥲

You’re absolutely right; it’s kind of deliberate but also just the nature of his character. He doesn’t really get what he wants; he’s typically a victim of society rather than a perpetrator.

I’m not saying I’d never pair him up with reader as the primary love interest because I absolutely will. I hope you’ve also picked up on the fact that Allen needs to overcome personal challenges before he gets the girl in any shape or form!

Also, that’s probably not gonna happen in the way you think because I don’t think I have it in me to write a woman in his place. Unless she still has her own power and agency in the sense that she can decenter him at times, I just can’t do it in a way I do it for Allen.

(Allen, cannot for the life of him, decenter a woman he’s in love with)

[spade-riddles]

lyricstoojesus asked:

Hey Spade,

Has anyone pointed this out with 🕰️ anon?

The mashup in June for “finally clean” went as follows OOTW x Is it over now? x Clean

Well, the past two weekends all of these were played on different nights but followed the same order…

10/20 - Out Of The Woods

10/26 - Is It Over Now? (Did I manifest please please please too? 🙃)

10/27- Clean (finally clean) the last song of the last weekend in October

[ssteamingtea]

We all know he can hold a grudge. That “I love you” shoutout to Anabelle at the Golden Globes? Pretty sure it was just because Leighton was there. Now that Ale’s gone public with her new boyfriend, I wouldn’t be surprised if he does something to “prove” how much he really loves Anabelle

Now you kinda ate with that first part. Especially since he was up there winning a GG. It actually kind of makes sense since he is a petty Leo. About that second part tho…. I doubt he will for today. You have to remember he was also being celebrated for winning. This is her birthday where nothing happens

[king-paimon]

I've read up on your blog through a lot of Houseki no Kuni's manga. I liked your analysis though I gotta say come the last chapters, specifically since chapter 95, I didn't always agree with them.

I didn't need the end to be happy sunshine and rainbows, or the opposite, for Phos to go all revenge monster on the gems either. But at the end there, I felt like we all just accepted everything Ichikawa threw at us with no criticism, all that torture flattening the narrative's nuance, and if I didn't like it, I was seeing it through the wrong angle.

I know you don't act like that, which I appreciate. Throught all your reviews, you expressed understanding on why so many people disliked the story. Thank you for that, thank you for not being judgemental. And I'm glad you enjoyed the ride.

I just couldn't help but feel like so many story threads were left lose, and so many complete 180°s were thrown that didn't match the story or it's characters. Some people described it as a self-sabotaged narrative, and I see it. It wasn't enough to give me catharsis - especially with the character set up as the villain getting everything he wanted.

I guess I just had higher standards, which the story didn't meet. That is not a bad thing, after all.

I think my biggest gripe is with how Cairngorm's character was handled, and I'd like to include this here. The ambiguity of their predatory relationship was in poor taste, and remained unaddressed. I can see why so many of my friends left the series when that plot point happened. They deserved better.

Hi @intoxtinction! Thank you for sending me this message and sorry that it took me so long to finally respond. Real life has been kicking my butt and free time to do anything on here is a rarity. But I still wanted to write a response to you because I really loved your response! And yes, I saw the comment you left on my last HnK meta post. You're good; don't worry about it!

Thank you again for your kind words. I'm glad that you like my posts, even if they sometimes become long, nonsensical rambles and especially if you don't agree with some of my points! I love that. Whenever I wrote my posts, I always try to keep an open mind and take into account that all fans are different and would have different views when it comes to works works like HnK. As far as I can see, HnK is one of those works that is supposed to draw up conversations because it's not a simple, straight forward story with clear distinction between black/white moral characters. Everyone who reads it is going to view the events in the story differently based on their own beliefs and even if everyone's views conflict with one another, I think it's fascinating and even wonderful. So even if I may not agree with some fans when it comes to certain aspects of HnK, I never hold it against them. I don't want to demonize anyone for how they interpret the story, at least not too harshly anyways. I know when I'm biased, but I don't let that stop me from at least trying to understand where other fans are coming from. HnK was such a fascinatingly complex and unconventional story, and the fact that it can spur many views and feelings from people is one of the reasons whyI liked the series.

With that being said, however, I also think it's important to be open to properly critique our favorite works. HnK is not immune from these critiques, because for as much as I enjoyed following the story over the past couple of years, there are many aspects in the overall story that were far from satisfying. So many loose ends, incomplete character arches, and questionable story decisions... After being away from the story for some time now, it's become more apparent that there were many aspects to the HnK that has me question Haruko Ichikawa's story telling abilities. Don't get me wrong, she's shown to be a very fascinating storyteller and I overall liked what she created. But when it comes to the incomplete story threads for all of the other characters besides Phos, I can't tell if some of Ms. Ichikawa's decisions were intentionally left up for interpretation or if their stories were just not important to complete since at the end of the day, HnK is about Phos's story. One of these decisions I question the most about is Cairngorm's story arch, so I couldn't agree more with you, @intoxtinction. Cairngorm was done dirty in so many ways and they deserved a more satisfying ending to their story.

I was planning on writing two last posts that would be focusing on these topics. But because life has been kicking my butt too much lately, I don't know when they will be out, if at all at this point. But if I'm able to complete them, I hope you'll get the chance to read them and share your own thought. And again, it's totally fine if you don't agree with my points; I'd still love to read them!

[pinof]

Isn’t that alien the same one from tomskas video “first contact (ft dan howell)” what does it mean????

looks like it 👀 wondering if dan asked to take it home after filming then it ended up in phil’s prop chest until now? or maybe since tomska also used to be managed by flipside talent before they became above the fray, which dnp are still with, it stayed within the company’s costume rotation for their talents. not betting on tom actually being involved but this is super interesting regardless!

[dreamygeorgenap-archive]

I like that moment during George’s love or host after stream when Dream just starts punching George in Minecraft after Andrea said something about him being hard to get.

Interesting.

[luvuwite]

why does sylvia have so many ARMS??? does that have to do with her tier???

cant say