crawlin' king snake

valentin. 29. he/him. queer. ao3: letek.

[life-is-like-fairy-tale]

Smiling Kelrec to brighten your day

[crumbleduck14]

My daughter and son would enjoy a tour of your campuses while we pause.

[chickenfarmersan]

[yougottabeniceforwhat]

[desiccantdonoteat]

[needlepointcursewords]

[notsoterriblymisanthropic]

the one addition that truly makes this clip even more powerful is knowing that Mr Sterling is this guy:

I am in awe trying to imagine the sheer levels of non sequiturs they would be able to produce together.

[bogleech]

New reaction meme just dropped

[obelwochak]

[paksthestoic]

I love the “captain’s log” mechanism in Star Trek as a method for time skips and exposition.

I am, however, devastated that we never got an episode where any captain’s voiceover is strained and slow. very precise about the events they’re describing. While the screen itself is showing the most batshit insane events and making it clear that the captain is trying VERY HARD to keep everyone involved out of a court martial.

[kennethbrangh]

MATTHEW RHYS as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate | Gielgud Theatre (2000)

[kennethbrangh]

MATTHEW RHYS in Tabloid (2001)

[waywardted]

WIDOW'S BAY | 1x02 - LODGING

[beyourghost]

i think more final girls should be forty and kind of weird and off-putting

[weaponised--soul]

God forbid a woman in her 40s try to host an event on a cursed murder island 😤

[undertakrr]

this fanfic shit is easy

[kennethbrangh]

MATTHEW RHYS in the rehearsals for Titus (1999)

[urprofsqueermenace]

[zeerenkelrec]

Kelrec with a tribble... I would like to see it.

[kennethbrangh]

MATTHEW RHYS in The Edge of Love (2008)

[kennethbrangh]

Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings The Americans | S01E03

[zeerenkelrec]

Before the events of season one, I think Tom must've been experiencing an extreme level of cognitive dissonance about the island. He admits to Ruth in the finale that as soon as Lauren had the stroke, he knew she was right about the island lore. At least, it scared him enough to err on the side of caution and never let Evan go to the mainland.

But in episode two, when he has that emotional outburst at Wyck -- "Fuck you, you dumb hick!" -- it tells me that a part of his logical brain still thinks that the superstition isn't true and is genuinely an artifact of small-town thinking. In that line, it's clear that he views an outspoken belief of the island superstition as uneducated and illogical.

Because in episode one, where he's being dismissive of the superstition, you can argue that it's just a mayor disregarding the known truth of the curse for the greater good of the island/his son, like Tom told Ruth. But that specific unguarded emotional insult to Wyck in episode two really makes me think that it wasn't genuinely until the events of this season unfolded that he knew, without a shadow of a doubt, the island is fucked up.

I think before the events of the season, Tom knew the superstitions may very well be true and he loved Evan enough to not even risk taking him off the island. (Not to mention, the trauma he had from the last time he tried to take an islander to the mainland probably played a role in that, as well). But the logic still had a place in his mind. I don't think Tom knew with complete certainty in episode one that the lore was undoubtedly true.

And while I'm on this thought stream, I think him telling Ruth he knew for certain that he was endangering tourists' lives was just another way of putting blame on himself. It sounds like he blames himself for Lauren's death, because she warned him about not being able to leave the island and he convinced her anyway, and then she had a stroke and withered away. I feel, as a result of that, Tom easily takes blame for things that aren't entirely his fault. I think after 15-ish years of living in complete guilt, he'll put himself there in any other situation because it's what he's used to now.

Anyway, the point of this is to say that in the finale, Tom says with certainty that he Knew he was putting all of these lives at risk but I just don't think that's entirely true.

[zeerenkelrec]

Happy birthday, Raoul!! These promotional pics for Hamlet Solo lowkey fry me xoxo