zeph/caroline

finally decided to sit down and watch the incredibles again. there will be no commentary because i’m gonna be too busy watching it

also edna’s advice is actually really good, helen’s just melting down over the idea of losing her husband (which is sweet and helps us understand her character) but edna tells her to confront it immediately, hold bob to account by leaning into his concern (all his heroics being forgotten) and reminding him that she’s a super, too. direct action is a blessing in communication.

i love how the movie communicates bob’s competency, like he’s actually handling all the twists and turns of the situation rapidly deteriorating very well, the only thing that throws him off is when his family gets involved. we also see helen’s competency in the plane scene and how she immediately knows something’s up when no one responds on the radio

the kids are really well-written too, they feel very authentically their age and they both have motivations, the writing does a great job of showing how the gravity of the situation sinks in for them and forces them to rise to meet it. dash especially fascinates me in this movie because he’s just the right balance between immature and starting, just starting to get that life is a big deal and stakes are real and you’ve got to care about what you’re doing and try to do the right thing in every situation. the way the kids instinctively protect each other even though all we’ve seen of them so far in the movie is antagonism is just *clenches fist* so good

a character being a perpetrator does not negate their victimhood and neither does their victimhood negate being a perpetrator. it is not that difficult to accept and reckon w both dimensions

bad things happening can lead to more bad things happening. u can create a monster. it is a condemnation of the bad things themselves first and foremost

I want all animals to become sapient enough to produce art specifically because I want to see what sort of sex homunculus caricature each species would create if given the ability to draw

Like we've already got the anime waifu with the needle-waist and watermelon-bazonkas and borzoi-legs and bug-eyes. Now show me a fucked-up stupid beetle as drawn by a horny beetle. I want to see what a cartoonishly sexy lion looks like according to lions. I want to see the most ridiculous drawing of a peahen that would have the peacocks squaring up by the fountain.

We give this power to ostriches and they just start drawing people

Dad uses it in general conversation

Middle School History class, learning about the 30 years war.

ushioi is like one-sided hate vs one-sided admiration. oikawa hates ushijima's guts and want to defeat him while ushijima really does think highly of oikawa and holds him in high regard. i think watching them fall in love would be cute because oikawa would be like "no! this cant be happening!!!" and ushijima would be like "this is nice." oikawa is having a crisis because hes falling for his rival. ushijima is doing great because the person he likes returns his feelings. thats romcom material right there.

"this is unbecoming of me" is genuinely a useful thing to have in your mental toolbox

A thousand kisses to stop your overthinking and a thousand more because you are precious to me