I love how inherently selfish both Glinda AND Elphaba are as protagonists. But where one gets praised and admired for it, the other gets demonised and hated.
People always attack Glinda’s decision not to runaway with Elphaba, but no one acknowledges how overtly selfish it is to ask that of someone.
although what Elphaba is asking of her is noble on paper, in practice it’s an incredibly selfish position to put Glinda in. By asking Glinda to stand with her in solidarity she is also asking Glinda to be ostracised and hated all throughout Oz when she knows full well how much being liked means’s to Glinda.
This traps Glinda is a lose-lose situation. If she agrees she loses everything, her family, friends, and future. If she refuses she is being complicit in injustice.
but on the other hand It’s a more selfish decision to refuse Elphaba request. To perpetuate corrupt beliefs you don’t believe; in order to be accepted and validated by people in power.
Although one of the options seems more ethically right, it is at the same time individually devastating. The conscious choice to willing ruin your life for things you believe in is a choice that only the strongest people can make. And we shouldn’t shame people when they choose themselves over ideals, because self preservation isn’t a thing to be ashamed of.
They’re BOTH in the wrong, for entirely different reasons. It was an impossible situation with no right answer. And thats why the scene works, neither is right or wrong. I’m sick of people acting like Glinda made the “ wrong choice ” as if they would go ruin their lives for their ideals.
I hope Barbie is so good and successful it makes every executive that’s turned everything bright and fun made for young girls into edgy boring teen dramas for the last ten years spontaneously combust into flames
i'm self-indulging at this point — but i wanted to explore more of the expressive-tango-hair-thing, and i wanted to draw ranchers (ofc), and it became... this, 4am comic
since i made a point of "blue hair tango = sad," my thought here is that dungeon master tango has some connection with the wardens of the dungeon. since theyre "mourners," their feelings seep into him, and he's just. perpetually feeling their sadness. which is why he's always blue.
(also this would take place during the crossover in ranch 2)
Hey! I saw you mentioning a podcast that was as good as TMA. I recently finished tma and have been desperate to find a radio show like it. Do you have any recommendations?
Heya! I listen to a lot of podcasts so I'm not exactly sure which this would be referring to but some of my favorite pods to listen to are:
The white vault (supernatural/thriller/horror) it's by far my favorite show on this list, I listen to it on repeat, it's based on documents and recording collected from an outpost after the disappearance of the repair team sent there.
The Sheridan tapes (supernatural/mystery) Sam Bailey is assigned to a new police station and he is assigned the case of Anna Sheridan and investigating her recordings.
I have some other that aren't like recording horror but I love them
There's neighbourly (supernatural/horror?), a podcast about a totally normal neighborhood called little street
Monsterous agonies (supernatural) this is essentially Dear Abby but for creatures of the night
Hello from the Hallowoods (post apocalyptic supernatural horror?) Our host nikignik, a hundred eyes in the dark brings us a view of a post apocalyptic world 20~ years after the case, loveable creatures, found family, evil corporations, I don't know how to summarize it but it's gorgeous and please read the blurb for it
I don't know you're preferences but these are all shows I actively listen to and I don't need to pause at any point for second hand embarrassment, I hope this gives you some ideas! And let me know if you enjoy them! :D
sorry just tearing up over the idea of multiple people using the pain-sharing spell. “with this spell declared, let the pain be shared,” except it’s said three, four, five times, the pain passed along and lessened each time. if we all hurt a little then no one of us has to hurt a lot.
curses still intact:
jimmy dies first
tango dies in a silly, anticlimactic and pointless way
grian is responsible for his loved ones dying (<- DEBATABLE actually we’ll get back to it)
curses broken:
scott always is the last survivor of his loved ones
tnt minecart traps never work right
grian is responsible for his loved ones dying (<- the jimmy thing is SO INDIRECT compared to prior seasons okay)
proposed new curse:
if impulse makes it to the end, he’s betrayed before he can make it any further.
a peaceful moment
it’s just. in the end it’s about family. it’s about Camila pulling Eda into a hug because she took care of her baby. it’s about Hunter thinking he has no one looking for him only to find Darius over his shoulder. it’s about King’s dad telling Luz to tell King he loafs him. (it’s about Caleb falling in love with Evelyn, Philip betraying him for it.) it’s about Gus and Amity and Willow finding their dads. Vee graduating alongside Luz. The Collector being a lonely kid who was abandoned.
Luz having her quinceañera on the Boiling Isles with everyone she loves around her. This show is about family.
Hi tumblr, long time no see. Here’s a doodle from twitter that I forgot to post here. Originally made it for ace day and then, to no one’s surprise, did not finish it in time 🖤🤍💜
[Image ID: A colored sketch from the waist up of Sam Bailey from The Sheridan Tapes and Jon Sims from The Magnus Archives. They are standing next to each other and smiling, both wrapped in an asexual flag. Sam is holding one corner with his arm slightly raised and Jon has his end draped over his own shoulder and arm. In the background there is a scribbled light blue square.
Sam is standing to the left. He has tan skin and short dark hair with a slightly longer fringe parted in the middle. He is wearing a black t-shirt with a purple collar. 3 small flag buttons are pinned to his shirt: the grey asexual flag, the bi flag and the trans flag. On his right hand he wears an ace ring.
Jon is a British-Indian person with dark wavy shoulder length hair, a few white strands frame his face. Half of it is tied up behind him. Jon has a beard, circular scars on his face and arms, a long thin scar on his neck and a larger one on his right hand. He is wearing a green jacket over a white t-shirt with 3 horizontal stripes in the colors of the bi flag across the chest. There is a circular pin with the nonbinary flag on his jacket and a black ring on his right hand. End ID]
I love significant others wearing each other's jewelry/other items. It's gotta be one of my favorite genders...
Luz wearing Amity's earrings and necklace
Eda and Raine swapping earrings
Hunter having Willow's flying derby team as a patch on his apron
If you do this then your ship is endgame. Alador and Darius share abomination interests, that's their matching thing.