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i think elon should buy tik tok next
Hey let's maybe not be dicks to new celebrities coming here? I've seen a lot of concerning posts about Ryan Reynolds but like.... He's got ONE post. We don't know what he'll be like on here and even if he's using it to advertise his stuff, just block/ignore him!! Don't be rude bc he decided to literally just show up
“Is Tumblr Dead-?”
We’re about to outlive Twitter, bitch.
Record it.
LIM SEJUN — WHAT I SAID
its shit like this fucking SNL skit that leads to men not holding their friends accountable. like really we're gonna mock them for acknowledging and taking action on their friends wrongdoings in a mature way?
people who dislike hearing their friends talk about their interests are so weird. why would you not wanna hear the most incoherent rambles ever and promote joy in friend????
My husband has finally returned from war
it took us a hot minute but the badges are done. reblog to receive your badge
Chris Pine refuses to answer the question “Would you swipe left or right for Anna Kendrick on Tinder?” and instead gives this response
reminder that this is a pro choice blog, because access to a medical procedure shouldn’t be a debate, and if you think otherwise, fuck off
Something that's interesting about the way Steven keeps his space in comparison to Marc's...
Throughout the show we were given a lot of instances where Marc and Steven are extremely dichotomous. In the beginning, it felt like the purpose was to demonstrate juxtaposition between them, where they define each other by mutual exclusion. So why would it stop at levels of organization, right? I like to read it as going deeper than just 'one's more cleaner than the other'. Idk why but I do so here lol.
Your physcial environment subconsciously acts as a reflection of yourself.
Everything from the lighting, the colors, noises, the people occupying the space with you. Warmer lights induce relaxation, pleasant aromas promote peace of mind, good company encourages positive mindsets, etc. Because of this, clutter is a strong source of anxiety for people; essentially, if there's a mess outside, than the inside can't be much better.
One of the first things we see in the show is Steven's flat, and it's...cluttered. But he doesn't seem bothered by it. He doesn't make his bed, his clothes are laying about, there are a million books stacked on pretty much every flat surface, a shameless hobby that indicates where he goes to seek comfort. There's a wall of maps and postcards that spread all the way to the fishtank, depicting an obvious adoration for the world and travel, little windows into places he feels intrigued by. Instead of the state of his flat inflicting unease, it seems to instead be a source of solace.
Then we look at Marc's space in the storage locker. It's nearly empty, which is him detaching himself from tangible things to add separation from the life he's convinced himself he doesn't deserve, a life he's disgusted with living in most of the time. (And even though it's safe to say most of his belongings are likely still with Layla, having his current space nearly empty hints at the amount of time he spends fronting, which is significantly less than Steven). It's organized, perhaps reflecting childhood discipline as well as habits picked up from his time as a Marine. And it's completely enclosed and reflective, no windows to let in the outside world and external stimuli, with walls that provide nothing but his reflection to look at. It's not only representative of the physical solitude that he forces himself in but the mental. He gives himself nothing to distract from his intrinsic guilt and shame, nothing else to look at besides, most torturously, himself.
But WAIT. Marc and Steven shared a space before...
And it was Steven who liked to keep a tidy room, with Marc who was on the messier side. When little!Steven fronts in ep 5, he immediately begins to clean up little!Marc's mess.
But as they get older, this obviously switches, and we even get ep 6, where Marc lightly jabs at Steven's flat ("I can't believe you live in this frickin' mess"). This is a full circle moment, imo. As if Marc loses the freedom that comes with simply making messes, whereas Steven gains enough autonomy that allows a more lived-in space, something that finally belongs to him.
Marc distances himself from the prospect of settling down and indulging in life while Steven attempts to immerse himself in it. Marc isolates himself from attachments and Steven surrounds himself with small pieces of the world. Both of them yearn for connection but show and mask it in different ways.
That's why I think the way their spaces were portrayed goes deeper than just illustrating their differences. It shows that even though they are separate, their lives were bleeding into each other long before Wendy's Shiva, (I adore the concept of Marc sharing his toys with Steven)
(But there's also parts of Marc overlapping into Steven's life within the flat, like the postcards, the sand around his bed, the shape of the roof reminiscing a pyramid, the platform above his bed reminiscing a tomb, the additional fish, etc). It's acknowledging that it's a journey of acceptance, that as their time together progresses, it turns more into a glimpse at potential harmony and embracing those distinctions. It's not just, 'they contrast so strongly, how will they ever even get along?', but also 'oh, this is how they learn to coexist despite their differences'. And if when we get s2, Jake will have to be apart of that journey as well, like adding little parts of himself throughout Steven's flat and allowing himself that physical space of a home.
I also can't help but think of the day that Marc or Steven go down to the storage locker to turn in the key. How strongly it translates to Marc that he no longer needs to hide anymore, that he's not alone in this and that maybe one day he can leave around a bit of a mess too.
my favorite brand of five hargreeves moments is him visibly losing grip of that one (1) piece of sanity that’s left in him
I swear to god, tumblr is so relaxing.
I dont much care for celebs in general but whenever one of them is trending it's just people casually talking about them. (or in case of gerard way going a lil insane.)
usually theres no cancel parties, no gossip, no blown out of proportion bs. of course there are some specks of it but not even close to the amount on other platforms.
stuff I rly like starts trending randomly just because people start talking about it for no reason again. it's like my favourite things just dropping by to say hi.
this site is so chill
Multiverse of Madness
I adore Strange and Wong’s “I often do terribly alone but the minute I see that idiot I’m suddenly more badass”
It’s giving best friends who kick ass together and only appear to do their best work when their side by side somehow
Personal Impression: Doctor Strange 2: Multiverse of Madness.
"Are you happy?"
"That's really an interesting question. Sometimes I wonder what the other me was doing in another universe. But, I still feel grateful for what I am now, with all the difficulties." -- Wong.
I wish I can be like Wong.
Spoilers for multiverse of madness
Some of y’all didn’t watch the end credits scene of wandavision and IT SHOWS
Listen, I was not expecting marvel to commit to making her the actual final boss of the movie, but it has more than been hinted at that she was NOT gonna be the wandavision suburban housewife and mom in multiverse of madness
“They ruined her character development”
What development exactly? Cause at the end of wandavision, it looks like she made peace with losing her family… except she clearly didn’t cause she still picked up the dark hold and even if she only picked it up to study it with no intentions of somehow reviving her family, the moment she heard her boys calling those intentions disappear and we know she’s gonna do anything in her knew power to get them back
So…. What exactly was ruined?
Also saw someone say “obviously written by a man” I BEG YALL TO GO OUTSIDE
Doctor Strange MoM spoilers!!!!!!!!
SPOILERS FOR MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS!!!
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people being mad about wanda in MoM clearly havent been relevant marvel/mcu fans past 5 years.... the darkhold LITERALLY took her hostage, the darkhold's power is SO powerful we've SEEN IT BEFORE with fitz and aida and all that... its so influential and changes peoples entire motivations and personality and demeanor, standards, morals, vision. things they have learned and known in the past, it all is blurry and even erased once you choose to use the darkhold. its grasp changes you entirely and you cannot stop it or control it at all. even dr strange couldnt be unaffected by the end, given the third open eye and our glimpse to the darkholder stephen.
just tell me you arent really a fan of the mcu past your "faves" before you blame their actions in a movie, that hold up to said plot devices
okay but the music battle was simply so fucking sexy. like conceptually. and visually. and….hearing-ly? shut up. who came up with that scene my clothes are already on the floor let’s GO
wow, i don't think i've loved an mcu movie this much in a while but doctor strange in the multiverse of madness really did it for me. i couldn't give less of a fuck about the script since that is the main contention for a lot of people it seems. sam raimi is a talent we do not deserve but he gave it his all in this movie. from the stunning coloring, the wild camerawork, the dynamic composition of shots, and i haven't seen cgi used that beautifully since maybe amazing spider-man 2??? oh man, i forgot that editing could be that interesting in an mcu movie. THIS is what a comic book film (or "picture" as godking raimi would put it) should look like. like it's living. moving. BREATHING. each shot feels like a trippy comic book panel out of something like a jack kirby illustration. i could watch this movie with the dialogue taken out and still be just as invested in everything because sam raimi can tell a story with a camera because he treats the camera like a character. i'm honestly not going to be able to go to sleep because imagine a sam raimi mcu film where he has no leash holding his full potential because i wanna see THAT film.
strange has america chavez for a whole 8 seconds and just goes:
Again, why Professor Vardemus isn't the headmaster? He's actually a supernatural, he is wise, creative, sensitive, he actually acts like a damn adult, he's always there whenever students need his help, he believes in his students while Alaric does not. Professor Vardemus is what the Salvatore school needs, a supernatural leader who is not going to supress his students abilities because he's afraid of that's they might do, but encourage them on their journey to figure it out.
Gordon Merkel.
They 💜💚
We’ll never die
"your ship is not canon in the MCU,stop it" honey everything is canon in the MCU now,join us :)))))))
One major thing I gotta give the Loki series major props for is how they portrayed female characters. Yes, the romance was unnecessary, but never once did we get a sexist remark, not once did they try to sexualize any of the female characters. They had proper armour and costumes, all fully practical and badass. They also casted an actress that is Tom's age to play Sylvie which I adore. Thank you for that, it was so damn refreshing to see.
So D.B. Cooper exists because Thor dared Loki to do it.
Somewhere Shane Madej is screaming.