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eilti:

ignorantsanonymous:

Go all the way off

hirilelfwraith:

squirrelwrangler:

ankkaneito:

When will creators of famous and beloved franchises realise that no fan in the history of fandoms has wanted the sequel with the new generation to have higher stakes and more angsty drama than the original.

A Fan: Wow, can’t wait to see the heroes’ children living in a world that has been made better by the original heroes, having a loving and respectful relationship with the hero I loved and respected as a child, and dealing with their own adventure that might not be as high stake as saving the world, but is important for their own personal journey. 

A creator: How about the world is ending again, the new generation hates the heroes, who have become major assholes for no reason, and everything is bigger and goes more boom.  

Hobbit/Lord of the Rings is the SINGLE exception to higher stakes sequel

and you know why? it’s bc nothing in lotr undid what happened in the hobbit

the hobbit was a lower-stakes story about bilbo helping some dwarves reclaim their ancestral home, and in lotr (the book at least) tolkien goes out of his way to talk about how bilbo lived for a long time rich and famous and happy, and that erebor and dale are prosperous and successful. the threat is something that bilbo brought home with him, but if bilbo hadn’t found it, it would have fallen into worse hands. 

the reason why higher-stakes sequels are so often disappointing is bc it’s a betrayal of the original work, and undoes its premise and its victory. in the hobbit, they were never setting out to save the whole of middle earth, so the fact that the whole of middle earth ends up in peril during lotr doesn’t feel like a betrayal. terrible things happen in lotr, but they are better than they would have been in the hobbit hadn’t happened, and that’s why it works

thyrell:

thyrell:

my least favorite genre of posts rn is when people are like

“why is (group of people) talking about (positive or easy to digest thing) but not (related, horrifying violent event)??” “you know why”

there’s a reason people talk about elliot page coming out more than they talk about the latest transphobic hate group in britain. there’s a reason people talk about how to spot and avoid antisemitic memes more than they talk about your list of hate crimes committed on hannukah. its not because they don’t care about those issues, it’s because humans literally aren’t equipped to handle the sheer amount of horror we’re subjected to every day. don’t guilt people for that.

mermoon:

so i couldn’t find the ICONIC “i am a girl like you” barbie song on tumblr to reblog despite its sheer and utter excellence….. the way this song defined childhoods…. if you have never seen barbie as the princess and the pauper (2004) you are missing out, my friend. i got viruses on my computer just to download this so i could show you. watch this and understand why this is such a good movie. watch it

hyrude:

the concept of peer review is bonkers tbh. you think jake knows what’s happening in this class enough to tell me if i wrote my paper correctly? JAKE?????

teaboot:

literallytryingmybestbutok:

teaboot:

I think the Avengers cinematic series lost it’s appeal pretty much the same second I realized the directors were never going to make the team be friends

Ok honestly this is completely fair, like I still watch all the marvel movies but the actual avenger movies are just a drag sometimes. I have to watch them fight each other the entire movie because for some reason the directors think drama is the only way to keep the audience enthralled, like no dude. I just want to see them be a real team who joke and goof off with each other, and yea that does mean arguing sometimes but I’ve never been with a group of people and fought the entire fucking time. Like it is possible to be serious and to try to keep your spirits up with inside jokes or stupid gags, but whatever I guess.

↑↑↑↑↑ YESSSSS. Like… That one little moment in AOU with ‘Put Mjolnir in an elevator’ and Steve’s like ‘Is the elevator worthy?’- THAT. That does so much to make it HUMAN. A simple interaction, an acknowledgement of the absurd, poking fun at the cartoonish rules of their universe, ribbing at Thor- like, yeah, the drama is okay, but I’d much rather throw my money into ten minutes of the Odd Squad drinking coffee and shooting the shit over their bizarre powers and backstories than spend another three drawn-out hours absorbing another half-baked blood feud over… I don’t know, an insurance policy? Just. Uuuurfggghhgghhfyjjfk. It’s so TIRED.

didyousaycooloff:

Martin Freeman saying fans are wrong to ship John and Sherlock meanwhile Charlie Day is legit thanking fans for shipping Newt and Hermann from Pacific Rim saying it’s the better and more interesting way to take the characters

nasa-official:

yes

Where is the gays in space gif?

holydoobies:

youth-united:

soulmeetsworld:

Louis C.K.

this is one of the most important/overlooked things

YES

a detailed list of people who have a crush on me:

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