go forth and make mischief

hipsters in the saltmine oh noes

[herpsandbirds]

[perfectnonfreedom]

Natalia Goncharova - Design for final backcloth.

[teaandmisanthropy]

Tristana is very smol

4 June 2026

[michaelnordeman]

Eurasian Red Squirrel/ekorre. Värmland, Sweden (12 June 2021).

[michaelnordeman]

Roe Deer/rådjur. Värmland, Sweden (12 June 2021).

[ticklefighthockey]

how long do you think ilya spent sitting on his couch staring into the distance after shane ran out post tuna meltdown

such a fun question to contemplate… I don’t think he sits there for very long because if you sit there staring blankly off into space that’s basically an admission that you care and were hurt. and I think he has to act at least outwardly like he doesn’t care and wasn’t hurt and isn’t fazed and hollander’s just being uptight/weird/a freak about this which is so typical of him but he’ll definitely get over it and they’ll forget this happened and ilya will never ever call him shane again but for totally normal chill reasons like he just doesn’t want to it’s nbd.

like when I think about this scene… I don’t think ilya actually thinks shane’s dumping him for real here! he definitely registers that he made things weird between them somehow and shane freaked out about it… but ilya has a long track record of talking shane into things and shane has an equally long track record of acting really mad/put out and then dropping to his knees the second they’re alone together so like. this encounter was further proof that ilya should never ever reach out for anyone emotionally in his life but it’s going to be fine… they’ll go back to just fucking and it’ll be fine. this man does NOT see rose landry coming.

[michaelnordeman]

Song Thrush/taltrast. Värmland, Sweden (12 June 2022).

[michaelnordeman]

European Badger/grävling. Värmland, Sweden (12 June 2023).

[michaelnordeman]

Blackbird/koltrast. Värmland, Sweden (12 June 2023).

[reggiemess]

Sometimes people think they're dealing with a Torment Nexus but what they actually have is a Jumanji. And sometimes people think something's a Jumanji but oops it's a Torment Nexus.

[reggiemess]

Now. Sometimes you have a third thing- you'll have yourself a Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. And buddy, I can't help you there.

[reggiemess]

So a Torment Nexus is something that is either a metaphor for a larger societal problem (e.g. The Platform, The Long Walk) or a social issue/trend taken to an exaggerated extreme (e.g. The Purge), with a lot of shades of grey in between (e.g. Squid Game). If it isn't about a larger societal issue/trend/structure it isn't a Torment Nexus.

A Jumanji can be dangerous and high-stakes (to the characters), but it doesn't need to have a metaphor or lesson, it can easily just be a "Would this be fucked up or what?" situation (e.g. a lotta Goosebumps stories). If there IS a lesson/metaphor, it will be on a smaller scale like psychological issues (e.g. Magnus Archives), family/relationship issues (e.g. Zathura), or about a specific topic (e.g. Magic School Bus). Large-scale social issues may be present (after all, Everything Is Political), but they take a definite backseat.

Now. A Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory is a trap based around morality and vices. These can be cultural, religious, or bonkers bullshit like "children shouldn't chew gum." There is generally not discussion or criticism of this morality system. Regardless of the morality system used, if it's not a trap, it's not a Chocolate Factory.

[pingintech]

examples of a willy wonkas chocolate factory include:

saw

the cabin in the woods

labrynth (1986)

and

[michaelnordeman]

Eurasian Bullfinch/domherre. Värmland, Sweden (12 June 2022).

[mindllessdreaming]

and the winner of superwholock is officially??? no one. we all lost. congrats team

[buggyhuman-blog]

[clementineskesh]

sorry im not over it

Timeline of events:

after the 2023 playoffs when marner starts getting blamed for maple leafs playoff performance and getting a lot of online hate/media scrutiny and criticism from beat reporters he gets a smiley face tattoo to remind himself that hockey is fun

he and matthews spend a season doodling letters, hearts, stars, but mostly smiley faces on their gloves.

The criticism remains heavy the blame remains outsized marner discourse is generating all the clicks and is brought up every other game and article

Horrendous games 5 and 7 washout in the second round of the playoffs, booed every time he touches the puck, doxxed and threatened (his baby is not 2 weeks old)

Marner signs with vegas. Toronto is radio silent. No one reposts the official goodbye, no one posts ANYTHING, he still generates all the off-season news and all interviews with matthews are politely positive but generic. Ahead of the first preseason game, he tells the media they have 2 more weeks of marner questions before he's done.

Matthews plays his first preseason game. Since marner is no longer there for them to be the last 2 out on the ice practicing together in warmups he has extra time as the last on the ice.

So he makes a smiley face out of pucks on the face off dot.

[thememedaddy]

[miamaimania]

“What will remain of us” (2020) ⧗ Mansour Aoun ◆ 32GB suspended in amber

[dinneratdahmers]

[sunnypeachyy]

Kissy time! 💋