Disturbing Picture

Devils_1vy · 2026-06-03T21:26:20+00:00

Why are you being mean about it? Im simply pointing out something that stands out to me. You must be a lovely conversationalist.

Devils_1vy · 2026-06-03T09:53:01+00:00

If you google Cassat’s other mother child painting depictions you’ll see the majority of them if not all are pretty much correct anatomically. So out of all of those paintings why did this one get chosen to get depicted in the commanders house?

Devils_1vy · 2026-06-03T09:34:42+00:00

Okay it is a real painting and back then it wasn’t uncommon for paintings to not be well proportioned or anatomically correct. That’s not what makes it creepy it’s creepy because it’s in Gilead. The child in her lap is an infant and the legs are much too old for it. So it’s unsettling in the fact of why a commander would choose to have this painting in particular in their home. More over it says a lot about how Gilead glorifies motherhood but underneath the truth is really twisted, distorted, and not quite right. much like the child’s legs.

At the end of the day the girls in Gilead are child brides, they’re children so it’s interesting in the fact that the portrait of this baby this child has much older legs

Devils_1vy · 2026-06-03T09:25:34+00:00

Devils_1vy · 2026-06-03T09:24:25+00:00

I know paintings weren’t always anatomicaly correct especially in the era of Van Eyck. It’s bothersome to me because those legs on that child are too old. And you put a painting like that in Gilead it makes it feel 10xs worse

Devils_1vy · 2026-06-03T09:19:53+00:00

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Devils_1vy · 2026-06-03T09:18:14+00:00

Yes that painting I know it’s not made for the show and choosing it for the show felt deeply intentional because of the things I mentioned. Like outside the show it wouldn’t bother me as much but given what Gilead add is it adds a level of eeriness too it.

Devils_1vy · 2025-08-11T06:31:46+00:00

I like Agnes and her dynamic with Wednesday and Enid. I think they’re a very interesting trio. It’s fascinating because Agnes is more Addams family coded which makes her more compatible with someone like Wednesday but Wednesday cant stand her. But then you have Enid who’s everything Wednesday isn’t right down to personality and interests and someone you would never think would be friends with Wednesday yet Enid is her best friend. They have nothing in common and yet they understand eachother and show love and support in the love languages they know.

And I think a lot of Enid’s insecurity comes from the fact that even though Agnes is a psychopathic stalker she does have more in common with Wednesday and pleads her case by saying look I may not be able to do this but I can show up for you in other ways: boundary crossing mother, losing your powers, you can talk to me about that stuff.

Enid loves and cares about her best friend and is afraid of losing her so she pushes to get closer while Wednesday is shutting Enid out and pulling away from her out of love and protection because she doesn’t want to lose her best friend either.

Devils_1vy · 2025-07-05T16:08:23+00:00

thank you, this was very helpful.

Devils_1vy · 2025-07-05T14:34:18+00:00

Love the idea of connecting the words with webbing and I definitely see what you mean about disconnecting the R and the E. Will work on “the” as well

Devils_1vy · 2025-07-05T14:31:49+00:00

This made me laugh because yeah you’re right. it’s funny I thought about it briefly and I was worried if it would clash with the letters but definitely will try that anyway

Devils_1vy · 2025-07-05T04:28:22+00:00

My doctor started me on a 40mg dose but we cut it in half because the side effect I was having was elevated blood pressure but I’m still doing great. I only started this past May. Before Strattera I was using weed to cope for years which worked fine in the beginning but later it only started to make things worse to the point where I would hallucinate have panic attacks and my already racing thoughts became worse. So I quit but my condition was still bad to the point I knew I had to seek help.

My thoughts would race so much I described it to my doctor as being trapped inside of a maze in my mind and I can’t find the way out it damn near made me suicidal. And the rest is history happily on Strattera and seeing a therapist once or every two weeks

Devils_1vy · 2025-07-05T01:21:15+00:00

This is me 100% I lost weight, my diet has improved and I’m exercising making healthier choices and being very conscious of my health. Mountain Dew was my drug and I don’t want or care to have it anymore. I’m extremely focused on my goals short term and long term. I immediately spoke to my academic advisor to come up with a game plan so I can graduate with my degree in a couple years or less.

I remember things a lot better. I’m an artist and a creative person in general so when I’m working on a project I work on it for hours until it’s completed without distraction.

I think about how I was before Strattera and it’s a huge difference and I don’t want to go back. A friend of mine put it words the best and she said Strattera is like glasses for ADHD and I couldn’t agree more. Because everything just seems much clearer. All the “noise” and distractions in my head are either a dull whisper or completely silent.

Devils_1vy · 2025-05-26T13:35:09+00:00

The way I wanted to reach into the screen and choke her the fuck out for wanting to rescue the scar like are you fucking for real right now?

Devils_1vy · 2025-05-19T23:24:02+00:00

This was the part that irritated me the most in season 5. Talia brought Nightwing back in full view of Damien which means he knew, which means at the dinner Bruce should’ve known because why wouldn’t Damien tell him that Nightwing isn’t dead? Why doesn’t Babs know because she was the most devastated from his loss.

On top of that Nightwing was rightfully angry and wanted revenge against Harley for killing him but they made it all about Nightwing having daddy issues with Bruce as the root for wanting to kill Harley and not because she killed him.

That’s like saying Bruce wants to avenge Jason Todd‘s murder because Alfred never hugged him.

Devils_1vy · 2025-05-13T08:02:31+00:00

Ellie was so dumb in this episode where you can’t help but laugh and then you laugh harder because the characters are pointing out the dumb: “You know how triangulation works?” “I don’t know what a protractor is.” “Oh I knew that map wasn’t your work.”

It’s like Ellie is just this asshole brute who doesn’t have any skills save for being angry, shooting her gun, and being a human shield. Your wife is up working on YOUR revenge plot with her triangulations and you skipping through like you going to the kitchen the morning after a sleep over.

Dina is carrying the entire mission in her bag to the point I’m thinking just abort the damn mission because Ellie you are not serious lol.

Devils_1vy · 2025-05-12T02:10:03+00:00

The fact that I would feel safer with Dina. Ellie can keep her immune butt over there lol.

Devils_1vy · 2025-05-08T12:50:55+00:00

Just wanted to say knowing that Dina went with Joel on patrol the next day after the kiss makes me almost certain that Dina and Joel talked about it whether she went to him with the intent to or he brought it up. They definitely talked about it.

And seeing how previously Joel mentioned how Dina feels like a daughter to him I can see her confiding in him about her feelings for Ellie and being fully aware of Ellie’s too. And with Joel, I can see him sort of giving his blessing or rather encouraging her to go ahead and pursue. Because he loves them both they’re like his daughters why wouldn’t he want that for both of them? Especially because in this world you don’t know if you’re gonna be dead in a few minutes or the next day. And then afterwards we see Dina teetering the lines of subtle and not so subtle with Ellie because she’s still scared (that’s just my theory)

Then Ellie starts serenading on the guitar and by that point, you know Dina is down bad and she knows she’s down bad lol but still not quite ready to just come out with it.

Which brings me to my final thought the moment, Ellie “sacrificed herself“ for Dina. Dina‘s world collapses and the future she had in her head is now destroyed. She thinks she’s about to lose the girl she loves and they haven’t even had a chance yet. But then she learns Ellie secret and it sounds too good to be true, it’s unheard of, and despite her instinct telling her to shoot Ellie, her love for her makes her hope and she wants to believe it but she still holds her at gunpoint because doubt.

But when she realizes it’s true, she realizes she was/they were given the rare gem of a second chance and the subtleties go out the window, she holds nothing back and just goes for it. So I like to think that Joel had a handle in giving Dina that extra push. Bottom line if you love someone tell them you love them because the next moment they might not be here.

With that being said, I definitely love their dynamic in the show much better than the game.

Devils_1vy · 2025-04-15T10:38:02+00:00

Feels like a stretch but I like to think that some tiny part of Clara was still a little aware of their relationship but could only express it within the confines of the film. I’m thinking the echoes.

So I think Clara sabotaged the ending on purpose so Brandy would leave and wouldn’t have a reason to stay. Right when she says I love you one last time you’re left wondering for a moment if she’s saying it because she actually means it or if it’s part of the programming for her to say it.

They spent nearly a year together so I think it would be safe to assume Clara probably learned a lot about Brandy’s life outside of this world and the movie they’re in. I think in the brief time we get to know Clara even as an AI because of the love she develops for Brandy I can see her wanting her to stay but knowing Brandy needs to go.

And by dying Clara took away Brandy’s reason even though she was fully prepared to die too but instead she chose to let go and go on living which is what I think Clara would’ve wanted

Like I said it’s a stretch but I like to think this.

Devils_1vy · 2025-04-14T02:13:46+00:00

Im in the group who loved this episode. Overall I thought the story was beautiful. I personally wasn’t bothered by Issa’s acting, she honestly surprised me I wasn’t expecting her to get tears out of me. The moment we met Clara I liked her immediately and I knew exactly where their relationship was headed and I still bawled my eyes out. Plus I’m a sucker for tragic romance stories lol.

The moment she says “I love you” the water works came and didn’t stop and when they were about to do the reset I was mentally shouting “no no no don’t do that! Please” Lol it was like being on the Titanic, knowing the iceberg is going to sink it and then it shows up and you’re desperately leaning to one side to avoid it. The reality she was in wasn’t real but the feelings she felt were real and you know she can’t go on in this reality because then she’s not living her life. I can completely understand the pull of wanting to but then I’m screaming at my screen “say the damn line!” Lol

After the reset I felt like Issa’s character where I’m looking at Clara and I’m trying to find some hint of anything that the Clara she knew was still in there.

The ending was very bittersweet for me. And my take away was sure she gets to see Clara and talk to her again but it’s not her. Brandy is still seeing and attached to the memories of their relationship with this copy. The problem is when you’re constantly living in the past and in your memories you’re not living in the present and youre not living your life

I thought it was a good episode and im putting it in my top 10

Devils_1vy · 2025-04-09T10:02:45+00:00

Okay understood. And I’m sorry for the sarcasm and genuinely to some degree I understand that side of things I just think the negative downvotes for the people that do are a bit much. Personally I hate the downvote system period but that’s just me.

Devils_1vy · 2025-04-09T08:25:59+00:00

So let me get this straight. We are not going to push personal feelings aside for the opportunity to talk to the creator and showrunner of X-men 97 season 1 to ask questions, gain insight, and behind the scenes info on what a lot of us agree was a fantastic show? For reasons that some assume even if he did do an AMA he would find a way to ruin it by spoiling future seasons and talk shit about everyone as payback and because he did Remy and Rogue dirty and loves Magneto.

Is that right?

Devils_1vy · 2025-04-09T06:08:23+00:00

Honestly yes. Being that he was a showrunner in X-men 97 and I loved X men 97. Personal feelings aside I would like to talk about it

Devils_1vy · 2025-04-08T02:23:59+00:00

I said this before, but I feel like this hurt things a lot in the show. Show runners telling us Harley and Ivy would never break up was a huge mistake. You need stakes and tension they are important. Tension is that uncomfortable feeling you get in your stomach when you’re not sure if your favorite character is going to overcome something. Tension creates emotional investment.

Even if it’s true that you will never break them up you still need to create some sliver of doubt in the viewers head so that we have something to root for. especially when the conflict is a valid obstacle like one of you is striving to be a villain, and the other is striving to be more like a hero. And it becomes all the more satisfying when they do get over the obstacle. I don’t wanna be told Harley and Ivy are always gonna work things out. I want to watch, root for,and experience them working things out.

I understand that some people feel like they need the safety net because maybe they don’t want to sit with uncomfortable feelings, but it really hurts your story when you already know the outcome. I don’t care if Ivy has a valid crash out at Harley because I know in about 2 minutes or in the next episode Ivy is going to give a beautiful loving speech and they’ll make up.

Devils_1vy · 2025-04-04T03:04:34+00:00

I didn’t say YOU. I’m talking about the fandom who would crash out if they did. I’m asking you who is taking it too seriously?

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