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If you have Spotify reblog this and tag what your number one song on your “on repeat” playlist is.
faggot
pope francis?!?!?!?!?
why would you say it AGAIN
I know I’m posting about the issue two days late, but I do have two (2) serious thoughts about this honestly ridiculous situation. One of them is that my heart truly goes out for actual gay people inside seminars. It’s funny to us, but I can’t imagine how they feel right now.
These are people who have faith, not only in God but in the institution of the Church. These are people who truly trust it and want to take part in helping strengthen and spread the catholic faith. Maybe they’re even people who have found solace in side-b beliefs, who decided that their gayness was a calling to abstinence and priesthood.
How betrayed and desolate they must feel now. What a bucket of cold water to the head to realize you can change yourself however you want, dedicate your whole life to Christ, to the Church, and they still won’t see you any differently.
You cannot try to be ‘one of the good queers’. There is no such a thing to them
And what’s interesting about the show is that we spend a lot more time with Ellie’s feelings than we do in the game. As much as I adore the game (not you Druckman go away), we’re really focused on Joel. But Episode 8 and 7, as well as large parts of 4 and 5, do allow us to peek into what Ellie’s feeling and experience the world from her perspective.
It changes a lot of things, but the impact that seems most prominent to me at the moment is the understanding that Ellie is *tiny*. She is a kid. Experiencing her relationship with Sam and the childlike terror in the winter added a whole new layer for me when watching. I’m so attached to Ellie now.
Anyway, lots to be said on this topic but Paige is entirely correct :)
Something ‘When We Are in Need…’ does SO well is that throughout the whole episode you have the same reactions, and feel the same things as Ellie.
It starts and she’s hungry and Joel’s really sick and it makes you, the viewer, scared for Joel and scared for Ellie, too.
Then she goes hunting and finds the deer and then she meets David, and it’s suspicious and you don’t trust him, then they start to talk and it’s a good time and you almost start to have fun and then…
“James put the gun down.”
Right along with Ellie you think: Oh fuck. Shit just got real.
I watched a video essay on how they were able to accomplish this setup and turn, and it’s really just an incredible feat of writing, directing, and acting.
Then you and her are desperate to heal up Joel, and feel that sad sort of warmth as she cuddles up to him.
Then the Silver Lakers come back and Joel’s helpless and still you feel the same thing as Ellie through the whole sequence, you feel the same worry for Joel and the same intensity. Then she gets taken down and right along with her you think ‘uh-oh’.
The next scene with Ellie is when she wakes up in the cage, and once again it all applies. You, along with Ellie, are super wary of David and are desperate to escape. To get out of there.
Then you see the ear at the same time as Ellie. Even if you already suspected the cannibalism from the earlier scene with the stew, you still have that same disgusted reaction of ‘oh god are they gonna eat her?!’.
Then he takes her hand, and you have that same awful, shuddering realization. Even if you were like me and immediately were like “this guy is definitely bad”, you still get that confirmation, and the you still absolutely have that ‘oh fuck’ moment.
Then she breaks his finger, and just like her you have that moment of victory, before once again it all comes crashing down.
Then through the ‘I’m infected’ and restaurant fire fight your heart is pounding and you’re barely breathing. It’s intense and scary and then he’s on top of Ellie and I don’t think any piece of media has ever gotten me more scared.
Then she starts hacking at his face with the cleaver, and that scene is… indescribable, honestly.
Ellie stumbles out of the burning building and you just feel shocked.
Joel comes up behind her and her pulse jumps momentarily, and then you see it’s Joel and just like Ellie you’re so so glad he’s here. And his ‘I gotchu baby girl’ is in my opinion the most comforting, sad, cathartic moment on television.
The way that we’ve been in Ellie’s shoes the whole episode, with her rather than watching from the outside, makes that final moment so much more impactful. We’ve been through hell with Ellie, and now we get that comfort too. It’s absolutely brilliant filmmaking, and was such a good way to play it for maximum emotional ‘oomf’.
It’s also why I sorta disagree with many of pacing complaints about that episode, because if it was too extended or had unnecessary action scenes it would’ve lost those “shared feelings”.
Also, I know not everyone felt this way watching the episode, especially people who played the games because they already knew what was going to happen, meaning that they couldn’t have those heel turns and realizations that put you so well in Ellie’s head. (I have a different post about this general effect).
But I think it was very intentional, and for people who it worked for it was some of the most impactful, incredible tv, period.
Could you help with Abba’s tuition? ✨📚
hello! a common friend of mine (who’s at the University of Plymouth) is struggling to pay tuition. he’s in the UK under a student visa, and could lose everything. Abba is truly SUCH an incredible person, he’ll be such an incredible architect when he graduates. but he can only do that with our help.
If you want earnestness in art then sometimes it's going to be cringe and sometimes it's going to be pretentious
Good morning, you have to be the thing that saves you
God is more flexible than whatever you stupid fundamentalists think and more nuanced than whatever you stupid liberals think. And more mercurial than whatever you stupid centrists think. God shares my exact views but with more beauty and truth.
"there's no straight explanation for this' but there is always a queerplatonic explanation, you just aren't ready for that conversation yet
— MARIE HOWE.
i’m in a good place (my room) but i’m also not in a good place (deep physical and psychological suffering)
Messy doodle for @boopernatural adult ellie au again bcus i’m predictable
Messy doodle for @boopernatural adult ellie au again bcus i’m predictable
Want to learn something new in 2022??
Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)
40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)
Excellent basic crochet video series
Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)
Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)
How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)
Another drawing character faces video
Literally my favorite art pose hack
Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??
Introduction to flying small aircrafts
French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding
Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)
Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)
Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)
Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:
Calculus 1 (full semester class)
Learn basic statistics (free textbook)
Introduction to college physics (free textbook)
Introduction to accounting (free textbook)
Learn a language:
Ancient Greek
Latin
Spanish
German
Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)
French
Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)
I’m only one small step away from posting this fic. The step? Write it.
CLAIM YOUR BADGE PEOPLE
ARE YOU LORE?
its always "what are your plans for the future, you should really be planning for the future" and never "wow that character you're obsessed with sounds so cool can you explain them to me. im sure you get them more than anyone else"
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July 11, 2023 - 16:35 UTC
i finished school thinking that i could finally escape the black cloud of worry (overdue assignments) but NOPE. it’s 3 days til final transcripts are due and apparently grades aren’t finished yet and the school isn’t taking anyone’s calls :/. not how i wanted to start my first year of university, not gonna lie to you.
really learning about why things are the way they are now is just a long series of going “FUCKING REAGAN” over and over and over and over
happy pride month y’all
hi i’m so sorry to be this person but just give me a little grace bc it’s pride month. i can not be the only one who thought marlene + tess were giving ex gfs vibes. marlene knowing just as much abt tess’s kid as joel, marlene picking tess to fight over joel, and ultimately making the decision to trust tess + joel w a 4 year old. Her dead best friends 4 year old at that. idk man i might just be a delusional lesbian and i’m not saying it was intentional but the vibes are there
listen i'm into it ngl
task I've been dreading and putting off for weeks took literally four minutes and a very pleasant conversation
I will not retain this lesson
ladies we need to start frantically and obsessively reading books in less than 24 hours again..remember how happy we were
@tlounetwork | The Last of Us week 2023
day #7: free choice
-> tlou + art
1. Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan, 1883-1885 | Ilya Repin
2. Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1614-8 | Artemisia Gentileschi
3. Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene, 1864 | Simeon Solomon
4. Pieta, 1627 | Daniele Crespi
5. At Eternity’s Gate, 1890 | Vincent Van Gogh