That Doctor Who ending gets darker and darker the more you contemplate it.
I had heard rumours that they would be doing a sequel to Midnight and was worried how it would turn out. Midnight is an episode that is brilliant simply because we don't ever get an explanation for what it was. And that lack of knowledge scares the Doctor more than anything else.
So the thought of a sequel was nerve wracking because no one wants to find out more; they want that mystery.
The Well did it perfectly. We learn that the entity has evolved and adapted - exactly as it was already beginning to do in Midnight - but we never learn it's backstory or, crucially, we never see it. We are still left knowing nothing about it.
The most terrifying thing is that the Doctor thinks he won. So many sacrifices were made; so many people died and yet the creature still came out on top. Even as the Doctor and friends thought they were winning, the creature was evolving, slipping inside and manipulating them when they had their guards down.
Honestly? Best episode of Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor so far, in my opinion.
For an episode that didn't ever really need a sequel, the sequel we got was worthy of the name.
"Ronan could kill Kavinsky. If he stopped Kavinsky, the dragon stopped. But it was one thing to know this solution. It was a very different thing to look at Kavinsky, his arms stretched over his head, fire in his eyes, and think: I could kill him.
And most important, it wasn’t true.
Ronan couldn’t kill him."
my slightly incoherent ramble in remembrance of K's day.
no way ronan would kill kavinsky bc K is him. a mirrored reflection. the rage. fury. the impulse to destroy everything. let the world burn. all of it. he had it too. and maybe he didn't do it. but that doesn't mean he doesn't want it. so no he can't kill k. bc he is everything he could be if not for gansey. shit. yeah. gansey love. deep love. unrelenting even is what has saved ronan since forever. and K doesn't have that. and he hoped ronan would be his saving grace maybe. but ronan has his love. loool. this is why people burn the world to the ground sometimes isn't it. bc no love has ever saved them. it's heartbreaking to show someone else the very heart, the cruelty through and through you share and them to turn around and go. it's like I'll burn this fucking world bc of that. I'll show you. you'll have to stop me. if you have the guts then kill me. but you'll have to come to me. one way or another.
Hiya :) It's been a hot minute since I've talked to anyone on tumblr lol, so I'm a wee awkward, but I finally caved and started Tbhx after all the youtube recs, and it's way better than I expected 😆 I thought there was some trend kicking up after bnha and wasn't too impressed, until I actually saw it. I always did prefer focus on heroes/adults over the kids in bnha anyways, so this is great AND it's been giving us unique connections between heroes I didn't think would interact. Everyone's arcs connect to each other which is AWESOME.
anyways, I wanted to yap to someone and since you like asks, win for win for both of us :D but thoughts? 👀 either I'm hallucinating, but EP 1's glitchy, mic interference/door shuttering sound effects VS EP 21's over Shang Chao's image. (Or that whole scene w Nice and Shang De) Is it just me, or are they lowkey remniscient in some of their notes and general eeriness? That one note that sounds like a revolving/shuttering door reminds me of 'Mission of the Stealth Hawk' ost from bnha. I currently see the drawn out tone for Shang Chao to symbolize how he's dead VS how creaky it is with Nice to hint how he's *about* to be.
YAY! Hey, Anon, I am glad that you're currently enjoying to be hero x and that you have chosen my blog to send an ask to!
I am no special effects or sound effect expert, and i don't really pay much attention to them to be fair when it comes to analysis , so this answer MOST LIKELY WILL BE A BUNCH OF INCORRECT AND IRRATIONAL RAMBLINGS THAT LEAD TO NOWHERE. However, while you point out two scenes with similar sounds, I would also suggest looking at another two scenes, which I think also have a similar sound effect, such as Moon's death and Shang chao's death in ep 6.
I will be honest I do mainly believe that they aren't the same sound with this just being To be hero x's way of building up tension and making the audience more connected to the scene feeling the tension present and the eerie vibes of the scene.
On the other hand, the direct connection of the two scenes you state above and the scenes that I also list is that they all indirectly or directly connect back to Mr. shang. The reason why I find this intriguing is due to the big role he plays when it comes to fear and the fear value.
This reminded me of a post @greenninjagal-blog about Mr. shang and Nice's interaction in episode 21, where they stated that Mr. shang most likely experimented on himself using fear and that he probably has fear related abilities which is why there was such a focus on Nice looking so terrified when Mr shang held him almost as if Nice is seeing and experiencing the memory. The idea can be further backed up by the noise that we hear when Mr. shang starts to aggressively shake Nice
Also, doing something like that seems to be in character for Mr shang as the TBHX translated background notes define him as a man with weak morals and a gambler mindset willing to do anything for revenge.
I suppose it is possible that the noise is made just to show or build up to a death scene as well, or maybe it's also there to depict an aspect of fear?
However, I really do like your analysis on Nice and shang chao's differences when it comes to the use of that sound and how it presents these two in a different light, ultimately tying their tragic ending.
Adding to this, but episode 22 depicts Mr shang in an interesting light with Nice seemingly being controlled by him whether that be through fear and Nice's trust value or just through authority is up to the viewers interpretation but I can see it being both.
I always need more Nico r idea so here goes Incoherent Rambles #1
Toto finding feisty little pup Nico? Pls Nico would be a little demon pup, very demanding and clingy and pouting to get his way (toto isn't proud to say it works on him too sksk)
Stepmom nico going out to a fancy dinner and wearing a gorgeous dress and little seb and nico are so in awe of momma!
Also stepmom nico and Toto watches as Nico holds Seb and gently rocks the pip to sleep? Pls Seb nosed into him and snoring softly as nivo purrs 🥺
Lewis and Nico in omega lessons?? Ots tense but they need to be close, to end that chapter of tension anf hate and for nico to feel truly welcome in the pack! Pls Lewis taking his sweet time kissing Nico all over and eating him out, but ehen he wants to fuck Nico, nico pushes him down because he wants to ride him, makes him feel more in charge!
Queen nico slapping King jenson after a particularly hurtful comment after they have been fighting? And jenson could throw him in prison for that as its treason but nico can't back down now! Maybe jenson actually does have nico brought down to th3 cells, not foe long tho, just an hour or so to have nico calm down sksks
Nico as omega dominatrix? Pls he loves to be in charge and have Alphas at his knees and ofc the Alphas would love to get spanked by him lol
Girl!nico vibing in an all inclusive resort living her best holiday life sipping cocktails and tanning and watching pretty men walk past lol? And then sees a single papa with a little child trying to teach them to swim and she would br so soft she goes to help, not even minding when the little one's splashing gets her hair wet!
Girl!nico and girl!seb would defo fuck lok. They get along, they are both hot, and seb likes to eat pussy and nico likes to be eaten out so it's perfecr sksk
Ok so I wanted to ramble about a little theory I had about a Webcomic that I really liked.
So uh, Spoilers for Rodney. R. Rodney!!!!!
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Ok so basically as of now, we know Travis is being heavily hinted as being the Smiling Killer that has been threatening the neighborhood the comic takes place in.
Now that is fine and all but… what if it was something… more?
Hear me out but what if Travis is actually just covering up for the REAL killer? Now I’m probably just reaching here since there isn’t any evidence beyond looking noticeably down during the final part of the Halloween Episode, almost as if remorseful.
If this ends up being true then, who could he be covering for? A family member? A childhood friend? A lover?
Anyways, like I said I'm probably just reaching and this is most likely not the case, but it does end up being it then…. :)
Well, that is all, go read the Webcomic!! Give it your support!!! It’s available on Webtoons, Twitter and Tumblr!! Go go go!!!!!!!!
do you have any musings on the light aspect? you mentioned at one point that people tend to misidentify its presence in their lives, and i feel like it would be an interesting subject to hear you talk about
- maybe an heir of light
This is VERY true. People might be light players, but often times they completely misread how Light works into what they might be.This is, of course, when we are discussing people who ACTUALLY care at all about thinking too deep into Andrew Hussies nonesense enough to wanna classpect themselves seriously for the fun of it like me or others.
I clarify that partially because there are obviously a lot of people who dont try to think too deep into classpects, just get the Light result on a test, and super commonly blanket themselves as Witches of Light or sometimes Sylphs, and it stops at them just liking Aranea or Jade in the comics and slapping their possible aspect on their titles. Theres nothing wrong with that, and people should have fun with classpects and titles and the concepts Homestuck brings to the table however they want to. really, what I have to say shouldnt inherently matter at all if this kind of thing doesnt suit your tastes.
However it should be acknowledged, still, that often times this is the case. this is also a reason my absolute least favourite classpect is Witch of Light in particular - Its very much the MOST popular classpect you will see around for Light players as a whole, whether it be for an oc/character classpecting or a person blanketing themselves as a Witch of Light as some sort of generic Default Light Aspect Haver classpect. You see it, a LOT, and this is acknowledging the fact I also have an OC with the classpect too. Its still an interesting classpect to mess with. So most people could definitely see the appeal of a Witch class, mixed with something like the Aspect of Light.
But its mostly how people see “manipulator of Light” Witch class, and think “i have light aspect, therefore i am manipulator of light aspect” without considering HOW they tend to manipulate the Light around them and what they are really “bent” towards structurally with the aspect in mind.
The biggest issue I think when getting deeper into it, is that, obviously - Most people think their outward interests are actually inherently tied to their classpect. Which I hate to sound like a broken record about this, but its just not true. Not every light player is going like the topic of Psychology and Cosmic Horror like Rose or even enjoy things like History & Theory Speculations like me, Classpects are based on the Archal Type system of how a persons “Story” goes and what “role” they play inside their own personal narratives and which directions they are most likely to pick for themselves and how they interact with a certain aspect that might cling to them as people. in a vague sense, Its how you walk and your reasoning for why you have walked a certain direction, not what food you like and how you enjoy the taste.
Classes are a skeleton structure of a persons character development into an Adult or where theyve gone in their story. This is a very complex way of thinking of it, because humans are complex. Boiling them down into only their interests or just “if you are nice and peppy enough, you are a heart player!” would be not only boring to mull over but it’s just generalizing human beings. Even Andrew Hussies characters have a lot more facets to them the more we learn about them outside a few cliff notes and a handful of their interests in the beginnings - thats for a reason. Its also why, while classpectors can give their 2 cents on a few things, and we can squint and try to squeeze things out of a few different traits, we will never be able to really figure out what your classpect is for you. As Homestuck itself, is, in the end, about kids growing up into adults through different choices and paths theyve taken, the different ways of living theyve had and then they start to see the results of that come alive around them, and even how they effect other people.
An aspect on the other hand, is an aspect in your life thats stronger than the rest of them. Which can be pin pointed a bit easier, sometimes. Which one becomes easier or harder kinda depends on the person in question. Theres lots of variables to this, in the end you will always have only one aspect that trully matches up to you; on the other hand, we have theories of how people can Invert into the oppositional aspect or class, they can mimic and try to “roleplay” another persons class (Vriska does this, Rose does this, Tavros tries and failes to do this) and we also have the fact someone else can rub off on us, causing further confusion as sometimes somebody elses aspect sync can be so strong it masks our own real selves’, overshadowing us. The key thing is, even with real people, there WILL be commonality between someone who shares a full Classpect and the reality is - there are a few general genres of interests that certain people drift towards; With LIght players its blantantly Knowledging seeking and obsession with things of the grandiose; Things like dark Gods or a life as a member of a pirate crew. There will be. and there often times, almost terrifyingly so, are a lot you will probably have in common with someone with your inversion classpect and the same classpect as you as well. There is bound to be common ground. Whether it be experiences, choices youve both made, and sometimes, yes, This means you might share the same interests, but it also means you might have some common ground in how you act more as a whole, how you get A to point B inside your head through subconscious means, and certain choices in your life too that arent all that dissimilar even if there’s still some fracturing as you are still, of course, two separate individuals. Because thats the Character Arch typing root; how commonly some people tend to behave or form into the arch types in question. Similarity and commonality in a story that can be compared and be close to something else that exists but still be something unique in its own contexts. its how you get terms like “herculean story” and the like. Theres commonality in many things between certain kinds of people and how they go about things.
Im being a little vague in some ways - And thats because I dont really specialize in Classpecting real people. Its not particularly the point of the blog. But I obviously deep dive into all this hooplah enough to get opinions on if I think someones godtier appears accurate enough or not (this mostly with those that ask me in private, or people who im actually friends with who i could even give a genuine opinion on)
But the main issue is people boiling themselves down to just small amount of traits they have, or counting exclusively their own interests into certain things, and then deciding thats all there is.
The aspect of light can be kinda tricky, so I dont exactly blame anyone who has difficulty deciphering what the fuck they could be even if they know they are a Light player, and they for sure seem the part at that. I personally went from Maid of Blood > Sylph of Breath > Knight of Space > Maid of Mind > Thief of Heart > Mage of Mind > (almost) Knight of Life > Mage of Light. Trust me, the classpect identity crisis is real. and part of my own was frankly me just hating the light aspect cause Vriska was my least favourite character at the time, even tho Light aspect has always unsettlingly fit me too well no matter which description of the aspect I read. I kinda just tried my damnest to get out of it.Same with mage, I for some reason had this weird distaste for the mage class for no reason at all for the longest time, likely because I knew it was actually painfully fitting given what I had read and I didnt like the call out.
The light aspect is exactly what it says on Andrew Hussies Extended Zodiac Quiz. I hate to say it (not really) but the description of a Light player is me to a T as a person, generally speaking and once this quiz came out I was just straight up called out on it (i was sent the whole description and told its me by several people lol, take with that what you will). While interests themselves can be whatever - one thing every single light player shares is the desire to Discover. They WILL love knowledge for knowledges sake, they will be fussy on the details of things that interest them. Thats stuff thats a given. Our propensity for knowledge is true. So are the facts that most light players probably will be the types of people to chose the least popular “moral” or socially acceptable thing, to possibly get the route they want for the results they might want, making us look self centered or eccentric to most around us.
They might not always be popular, but the things they do tend to get or be to get the results they want when they are pushing for it, as they tend to be correct in their hindsight of what might produce these results. These results are usually knowledge based, or to “get the best outcome possible” in whatever situation they are in. But in a more specific manner I always have some trouble coming up with words to really describe it with.
Its Fortune, Knowledge, Discovery - self awareness, situational awareness of things, Hindsight that others around you might not have, or noticing the little things people miss to point A to point B. Its how bad luck and good luck play into your life.Its literal light, its enlightenment, becoming knowledgeable, etc.
what relationship do you have with Luck? Good? Bad? Do you believe in Myths and such? Like if you walk passed a black cat, do you believe somethings really going to happen to you? do you look at the cat with indifference? Do you air on both sides and take it with caution but say you dont really believe in it, but would “rather be on the safe side” or secretly worry about it inside your own head, but walk passed it anyways? Do you do this about Fae circles/Mushroom rings? Would you take the Fae memes to heart and/or be the type to say “i wouldnt fuck with that real or not”? Would break mirrors on purpose to fuck around and find out? Have you ever broken a mirror, and actually did get a streak of horrible luck thinking nothing of it at first, but now your paranoid of everything superstitious? Theres a lot more questions outside the topic of superstitious beliefs I could ask, but, how you answer things like this, as just an example, can put a more simplistic aim towards what category of class you might have as a light player.
How do these things - The aspects general focus of knowledge seeking, Fortune and misfortune, Awareness, even literal Light or the sun, having attention or spotlight on you in some fashion - play a part into your life? How does it effect the things youve done? your choices? your interests? your thoughts? Your beliefs on folktales or the like? How has Light, impacted you? How much of these focused on things seem to appear or be an occuring theme in your life and how youve grown up? Do you feel a solid connection to the obtuse and figuring things out? thinking abstractly? Or would you rather keep things obtuse and a mystery? Have you ever been on a metaphorical or literal stage for others to watch and criticize you? What part of your life thats influenced how you are now, was surrounded by these themes? when it comes to the types of attention youve been given, would say thats large part of why youd make a choice? Attention, the spotlight? - a result of treasure or a reward you wanted? Have you always breezed through things, being weirdly lucky, but never really noticed till something has jarred you out of it? Do these effects seem to weirdly always rub off on others?
For me, as a Mage, while not special for others when generalizing like this, has always been a mixed bag. Im very conflicted about the spotlight no matter how little of it that i receive, Ive been metaphorically burned before and I easily lose my spoons to be in front of others, and completely isolated myself as a result in the past. Its why this blog is pretty crazy to even have as a Mage of Light, no matter how inactive it gets sometimes cause im focusing on other things. The spotlight is not my natural forte by any means, you could say, but at the same time I crave the attention on the good things Ive done, or something Ive created to have the spotlight. I want success in my endevours and I keep trying. I have a lot of goals to accomplish. LIke comics, to help produce art for a game, to have my concept sketches used for something big some day. Maybe do something with all these ocs I have. But Im also deeply anxious about too much attention at the same time and its stopped me more times than I can count from ever putting the really big things just out there no matter how bad or good the ideas are, Im also talking both good and bad attention, as they are both very overwhelming to me personally, and you can see how that can be a massive problem that conflicts quite a lot with goals like those.
You need to allow the spotlight to be placed on you for better or for worse if you actually wanna do something big. “You need to try in order to succeed”. You have to just push stuff out sometimes to ever get anywhere, otherwise they are all just drawings and ideas in your head and dont exist.
Theres more reasons than that, obviously, that Mage of Light fits me personally. Theres small things too, things that if you were to look up Mage of Light you could easily see on the descriptions people tend to give - My eyes sensitivity to sunlight, my displeasure at getting my photos taken by others ive had since I was kid, the fact Im paranoid about sunburns even if I rarely get them ever, even my sensory issues adding hyper awareness to things im experiecing or touching, noticing things others might miss often or a lot actually, and my absolute sometimes unhealthy hyperfixations / hyper focus/attention on certain things because of my autism could be a pinpointer for me. Along with the negative unwanted attention you get, whenever your behavior or attitude is outside the “norm”. Theres bunches more, some being even more personal I wont be putting here. But how Ive classpected myself is through a fuckton of self reflection on where these themes of the aspect seem to bend around me and my life.And while this all seems very extra, to me, its just done for fun because i AM extra and like thinking hard about these sorts of things, as is my nature to just do so.
As a mage, this means a lot of mixed signals and a lot more negative attention thats screwed me over that ive had to learn from, or a lot of situations where Id have to reconsider how I went about handling the attention Ive received in a way thats more managable for me for the future. I am, however, a pretty “stereotypical” example of what people think Light players are. By far the funniest comment is still being tiold my classoect is “Rose Lalonde, but more depressed”. Admittedly Im pretty default mode, so im not exactly the best choice of example for how each light player can still be “unique” past some commonality or outside the cookie cutter molds most people use for them. But its the best one Ive got for the sake of this topic as I only know myself and what brought me to my own conclusions.
Witches tend to invert, they think they know best about things, and they will pretend to be the opposite of the classpect in order to get what they want or before they are given full access to their Aspect. Jade Harley inverts into a Seer of Time BIG TIME, and its barely discussed in classpecting in my opinion. Witch of Light for instance, for a good portion of their lives could act like a Seer of Void, believing in anti supertitious things or having the mentality of someone who disapproves of thinking of beyond what they see as a blank slate of reality, keeping things at a stand still or “inside the void”. Maybe they have, heaven forbid, a history of certain things like Roxy or Equius do, maybe being ignorant at one point and extremely stubborn with some less than savory beliefs,“I know this thing, so no other variables are real unless I agree”, maybe being elitist or substances played some part in their lives where they intentionally blinded themselves from the truth or decided to stay ignorant until something pushed them out of it.
Heirs are the types to breeze through their aspects and let it lead them on, sometimes without noticing until later. Maybe their the types to have a really really strange amount of luck in really weird ways, and they really never noticed it till some friends pointed it out. Something like “they got struck by lightning....but they survived and won the lottery” cause the reason they were struck by lightening is cause they were somewhere they shouldn't have been during a storm that they dismissed as nothing and had picked up a random ticket on the floor. (could take this metaphorical for various situations, or literal! heirs are weird) Heirs are the opposite of a mage. So there's even less I could say about this one. It gets a bit weird when you're talking about your own inversion with the context of your actual aspect.
Theres a million different ways beyond these.
And so much you can look at for commonality, but obviously I wouldnt realistically be able to go off on EVERY SINGLE thing Ive noticed about certain types of people with these classpects or titles- Thatd be sheer insanity, and Ive already made an essay instead of just giving some musings.But you can see how someone might misinterpret even their own way these sorts of things can be bent for which.
I don’t like talking about my age online but damn is it one hell of a time to be 13
This is the first time i’ve really immersed into fandom spaces, instead of just spectating- and I realize just how young that actually is, I mean I see people clowning on iPad kids all the time and realize that woah I was raised one, huh?
I was nine when the pandemic & lockdown hit, and twelve by the time it was over- and now I’ve been baring witness to a fucking war and genocide in one of the most bizzare back-and-forth of scrolling mindlessly through ship art and shitposts to holy shit they just bombed a hospital, and kids are losing limbs-
I mean I literally feel brain-rotted at this point, there’s so much out there it’s fucking overwhelming, the ai, discourse, politics and everything of this era just feels so surreal
