A snap from Chinese Audio Drama version of MDZS. The drama up until this point is all black and white. But the moment Lan Wangji recognized Wei Wuxian on Mt. Dafan, colors bled into his world once more.
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listen I say this with patience bc some people may genuinely have not thought about this before but if you firmly say “AI art is terribly unethical and steals from artists” (which is correct) but then turn around and use voice AIs to generate songs/voice lines that sound like your favourite voice actors or singers……………………………………that is also AI art and it is also terribly unethical
just a few examples of voice actors making their stance clear for all the ppl who are trying to disagree w me
I will slip through the space between your cells and enter your body and I won't be identified as a threat because I'm making out with your white blood cells (I call them babygirl) then when you least expect it I crawl into your brain and then I freak it
I made this post about myself but I accidentally perfectly described how the rabies virus works
you WISH you were eating sweet mulberries from a stranger’s overgrown tree at twilight in a silent neighborhood
why is this getting notes. i was just bragging about my evening it was meant to be like a 2-3 note post with nothing but likes from mutuals
Politely, you did post something quiet and sweet on the yearning website
ok that one’s on me
during the wga/sag-aftra strike, we may see:
- film in other countries continuing as usual, but those actors/writers are NOT crossing picket lines! other countries unions often have rules where they can’t strike in solidarity with american unions.
- new indie movies separate from hollywood studios. indie movies can continue as usual too, and may even use union actors if they follow certain guidelines and/or get permission from the union.
- awards shows, although they might look different and may be postponed. if there are award shows during the strike, there’s a chance they will just be live conferences announcing winners with no celebrations attached.
- celebrities will not be promoting their work during this time— that WOULD be crossing the picket line! yes, this includes social media. they can still post on social media, as long as it doesn’t pertain to their work.
- a lot more reality tv. this happened the last time there was a writers strike, and it will certainly happen again.
- actors will also not be able to campaign for awards. this awards season is going to be a strange one.
- propaganda from hollywood. they are already trying to flip the narrative by claiming they can break the unions, but they can’t. the strikers have the power. stand with them for however long this takes!
“With the strikes it’s back to watching reruns and old movies!”
Me, who already doesn’t see new movies til like 5 years after they come out and has a backlog of shows to watch a mile long:
I read the thread and what isn’t clear from one tweet that this 9yr old was reffing an adult women’s league, not a children’s league. And that woman who argued with said child ref was a player not a mom.
one of the more valuable things I’ve learned in life as a survivor of a mentally unstable parent is that it is likely that no one has thought through it as much as you have.
no, your friend probably has not noticed they cut you off four times in this conversation.
no, your brother didn’t realize his music was that loud while you were studying.
no, your bff or S.O. doesn’t remember that you’re on a tight deadline right now.
no, no one else is paying attention to the four power dynamics at play in your friend group right now.
a habit of abused kids, especially kids with unstable parents, is the tendency to notice every little detail. We magnify small nuances into major things, largely because small nuances quickly became breaking points for parents. Managing moods, reading the room, perceiving danger in the order of words, the shift of body weight….it’s all a natural outgrowth of trying to manage unstable parents from a young age.
Here’s the thing: most people don’t do that. I’m not saying everyone else is oblivious, I’m saying the over analysis of minor nuances is a habit of abuse.
I have a rule: I do not respond to subtext. This includes guilt tripping, silent treatments, passive aggressive behavior, etc. I see it. I notice it. I even sometimes have to analyze it and take a deep breath and CHOOSE not to respond. Because whether it’s really there or just me over-reading things that actually don’t mean anything, the habit of lending credence to the part of me that sees danger in the wrong shift of body weight…that’s toxic for me. And dangerous to my relationships.
The best thing I ever did for myself and my relationships was insist upon frank communication and a categorical denial of subtext. For some people this is a moral stance. For survivors of mentally unstable parents this is a requirement of recovery.
Rise of the Pink Ladies was nominated for choreography Emmy this week. You cannot legally watch an Emmy-nominated show because god forbid the studio has to pay workers for it—that’s the state of the industry with streaming right now. That’s why SAG and the WGA are striking.
GERARD DUBOIS Moby Dick
this is legendary because you as you go you see the photo itself and you’re “oh this is some symbolic / surrealist art” and then the TITLE hits you like a shotgun shell
XVI. The Tower
MYLAR BALLOONS AND BLANKETS DESTROY POWER LINES
Fun fact, no context
Besides destroying power lines...
Could people PLEASE stop releasing balloons like this? They are deadly to wildlife, get ingested, etc...
Same with you folks doing the stupid ass gender reveal shit with balloons, glitter, fireworks (yeah that dumbass couple that started a forest fire)...
Just stop.
Not to mention helium is a very limited gas.
To be fair, there are perfectly practical filmmaking reasons why cool guys don't look at explosions:
- Most low to medium budget productions don't use compositing or CGI to put the actor in the same shot as the explosion – they just put the actor much further away from the explosion than you think they are, and use forced perspective tricks to minimise the apparent distance. There are a limited number of camera angles those tricks permit, and most of them require the actor to be directly between the explosion and the camera.
- In spite of the fact that the distance between the explosion and the actor is larger than you think, mistakes happen, and the best way to avoid catching a piece of flying debris in the eye is to direct your line of sight away from the explosion.
"Cool guy slowly walking away from explosion" happens to be a very obvious way of satisfying both of those safety constraints.
Example of #2: Seventh Doctor in classic Doctor Who not flinching when the fucking pyrotechnics department actually burned holes in his coat
(multiple clips from his era are now examples in the BBC's workplace safety training tapes)
Yeah, that's a fantastic example of how not to do it. The "correct" low-budget approach would have been to show him exiting the building, then quickly cut to a different camera angle for the walking away from the explosion part, using forced perspective to conceal the fact that he's teleported 30 feet between shots A and B.
Oh my god Wisconsin's governor just used a line item veto to secure school funding increases every year through 2425. He struck out a line so it now reads "through the 2023-2425 school year". He's allowed to do this lol
Coastal Dems: now we can't go too far now haha, we can't. We've got to be reasonable, you know, also eight of us might defect to the Republicans if you're mean to us
Midwest Dems in control of no legislative bodies:
ublock-origin
i love blackout poetry
Welcome to Mimic Ikea! Don't worry about it.
is Mimic Ikea one large mimic housing many smaller mimics?
Don't worry about it
i really am so crazy about how beautiful the lighting from distress flares is if i was a moth i would want to die in their light more than anything else in the world
this is my own personal Icarus
grettir-dun
I have to reblog this every time because frankly this is absolutely genius prose
“If you get accepted to Nielsen’s Internet Panel, they’ll pay you just to install the app and keep it on your device.” — Wired
IT WORKED ! didnt think they’d actually pay me to put an app on my phone but ayyyyy lmao. the money could be better but $20 is $20
Nielsen is legit, they sent me $5 in the mail once before I even took the survey they sent with it. So PSA: if you ever get mail from Nielsen, don’t throw it out because there might be money inside
Source: Wired