My Goal In Life Is To Inspire The Same Level Of Fear In A Man As Beth Harmon Instills Barely After Introducing

there is love in this story. even in its most brutal end. there is love in the story. how? where? here: here in me telling it to you, in spite of everything. because of everything.

Was watching AMVs and had to share this.

may you find the courage to let yourself be vulnerable long enough to be truly seen, held, healed and protected

Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.

Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.

But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”

we need more movies about incredibly weird erotically charged toxic relationships between women. it’s so goddamn dire out here man

I am still decompressing from the Arcane finale, and I will be for a very long time, but I just wanted to point out how important Arcane is as a show. Arcane is showing absolutely everyone just what happens when you put genuine care and attention into telling a story, and using the proper mediums to do so. In a media landscape that is saturated with lazy writing, endless parades of live-action remakes, bloated, uninspired CGI graphics, sexism, racism, misogyny, mindless, purposeless violence, hollow characters, weak or nonexistent character arcs, cliched backstories and tired tropes, Arcane has emerged as proof of what storytelling could be.

Arcane has already broken all of Netflix's records, both in the most-watched show on the platform, as well as the highest-rated, and that feels like all the proof we need of what audiences and individuals are starved for. It feels like a revelation of how all of our newfound media technology could and should be used. We don't want animation and CGI to be used just to recreate realism down to the fibers of a shirt or the individual hairs on someone's head. We want animation that is exploratory, revelatory, engaging - animation that shows us a new perspective, that breathes new life into the story it's telling - animation that tells a story in a way that no other form of media could. Beyond the animation, we want a story that means something. We want characters that have depth and nuance, that are morally fallible, even when they're trying to do what's right. We want heroes that are selfish and make mistakes, and we want villains that have a heart and an ocean's worth of depth behind all their villainy. We want stories that leave nothing behind, stories that care enough about the art of the telling that they follow every narrative thread, every character's journey, all the way to the end, bitter or otherwise. We want writers who fight for accurate and fulfilling representation.

And that's what Arcane has given us. I'm not exaggerating when I say I feel like this show has changed me as a person. Maybe that's a little dramatic, but I honestly think it's true. I am in total awe of what they've managed to do in just nine episodes. I am inspired and overwhelmed and hopeful that this is setting the precedent for what storytelling could look like in the future.

Top 20 Most Popular Submissions (Part 1)

I’m so thankful for everyone who ever submitted prompts to this blog and who wanted to inspire us.

As a thank you here’s part one of the top 20 most popular prompts that you guys submitted! (Couldn’t find some of the blogs, if there are new blogs from the submitters feel free to tell me)

1. Prompt #345 by hamilfact

“So this doesn’t bother you?”

“Honestly the wings are kinda disconcerting.“

2. Prompt #313 by prettygayyyyyy

“So from the bottom of my cold, dead heart, screw you.”

3. Prompt #269 by ouilah

There is a common saying about the calm before the storm. But no one ever talks about the deafening silence after the storm hit.

4. Prompt #288 by serein-serene

“I like my coffee as black and bitter as my soul.”

“So, pink and sparkly then?”

5. Prompt #292 by punishingspace

“I still see him, you know? Like, in the corners of my eyes and such, little flashes; I’ll see him as I turn, but then he’s just gone.”

6. Prompt #359 by stringsoff

People aren’t made for each other; they make themselves for each other.

7. Prompt #327 by kubajznica

“You can’t just waltz in here like you own the place! There are regulations!”

“Relax, nobody saw me..”

8. Prompt #334 by ouilah

“Where do you see yourself in 5 years?”

I take a sip of my 4 am Whiskey Cola drink.

“At this time…probably in bed.”

9. Prompt #338 by themalenovelist

It was not what was said that ended their relationship - it was what went unsaid.

10. Prompt #402 by peaceandwaronplanetearth

“I’ve never seen a time traveler look so lost in his own era, but there’s a first time for everything I guess.”

Being an organ donor, when you pass on you can watch the lives of those people who have received you. You just so happen to have been the donor to both a super hero and their villain. 

“You will be the spell breaker You will be the peacemaker. Go to the land where no one treads And find the path that never ends Keep your wits, and if you’re stern Your people’s freedom you will earn.

You will find what is protected In the harsh lands neglected The item that you seek will -“

The seer collapses forward onto their table, stone dead, their prophecy unfinished. What will bring peace to your people? You don’t know. But at least you know where to start looking.

“I like people who crave adventure as much I do,” you date says, their eyes beaming. Your date is the most beautiful person you’ve ever met. In a panic, you grab your phone and order a taxi to Washington. Your plan - a nice little tour of the White House, overthrow the Pentagon and the government and win your date’s heart.