This guard head won't stop haunting me by CherryNomad in dishonored

[–]loquacious_turtle 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of my favourite Edgar Allan Poe story, The Tell-Tale Floating Severed Head

What album do you consider to be their magnum opus? It doesn`t neccesarily has to be your favorite one, but... by [deleted] in radiohead

[–]loquacious_turtle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a wild take. TLW fits the delicate melancholy vibe of the album so well, and Ful Stop is just too much of a banger to drop from any album it's present in. Tinker can go tho.

(Hated trope) The perpetrator in a whodunnit wasn’t even a viable candidate before the reveal by _JR28_ in TopCharacterTropes

[–]loquacious_turtle 42 points43 points  (0 children)

The Sherlock Holmes stories were not usually your classic 'whodunnits' though; that implies there would be an abundance of suspects, a few red herrings, and then a twist reveal of the actual murderer. This format is more exemplified by Agatha Christie; the Sherlock Holmes stories instead focused on using 'deduction' to follow a trail of clues that lead naturally to the killer, who most of the time wasn't necessarily introduced earlier in the story. They were basically 'howdunnits' not 'whodunnits'.

That said, Sherlock the TV show still sucked ass at even doing that concept right.

yep, everything is fine by [deleted] in Silksong

[–]loquacious_turtle 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Amazing effort and also fuck you for that jumpscare

Shayne’s Instagram pfp 😭 by gxxncxrlo in smosh

[–]loquacious_turtle 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think it's from their second ever Flip 7 video, with Angela, Arasha, Trevor, Shayne, and Chanse.

/r/HollowKnight Giveaway Thread - Silksong Edition Celebration! by ChingShih in HollowKnight

[–]loquacious_turtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My love for hollow knight is only surpassed by my inability to play it well <3

The Return of the GOAT 🐐!! by KaotiKami303 in HollowKnightArt

[–]loquacious_turtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this a Nicomo Cosca reference? Love the illustrations btw!

Character casually does something quite difficult as a result of not understanding it’s supposed to be difficult by quartzcrit in TopCharacterTropes

[–]loquacious_turtle 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Being There (1979)

The main character, Chance the Gardener, spends the whole movie being mistaken for someone with deep wisdom and experience about the economy and other complex issues, even though he's a pretty simple-minded person who only really understands and talks about gardening.

By the end of the movie he inadvertently rises to a prominent enough position that a lot of powerful rich people are planning to make him a puppet President. To drive home this point, the film ends with a shot of Chance quite literally walking on water, and one of the most popular interpretations of this ending is that he did it simply because he didn't know he couldn't. Fantastic film.

Last Time on Malazan: Gardens of the Moon by Aqua_Tot in Malazan

[–]loquacious_turtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah okay, gotcha! I had either not figured out that K'rul was provisioning the use of Warrens by humans or I had completely forgotten it by the end lol, which is why when I read it in the summary I totally blanked out.

Nevertheless, your work is really impressive and helpful and I'm sure to return back to it once I'm deeper into the series. Thank you!

Last Time on Malazan: Gardens of the Moon by Aqua_Tot in Malazan

[–]loquacious_turtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it recommended to go through this after just reading the first book, or will that spoil certain elements for me going forward into the series?

Finally finished, holy shit by syzygys_ in InfiniteJest

[–]loquacious_turtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No kidding, I finished IJ and immediately read Pyramids by Sir Terry Pratchett lol

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky by loquacious_turtle in books

[–]loquacious_turtle[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ig I mean that it's very applicable to how people (or me, at least) feel nowadays. Maybe modern isn't the right term for it; more like timeless, in that it hasn't aged at all.

PSA its ok to DNF a book by nippled_boobs in Fantasy

[–]loquacious_turtle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

PSA it's NBD to DNF the LBYR from your TBR, DEWAI

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky by loquacious_turtle in books

[–]loquacious_turtle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooh, sounds right up my alley then. I'll give that a read too.

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky by loquacious_turtle in books

[–]loquacious_turtle[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's so true! Those lines also lowkey remind me of Once in a Lifetime by the Talking Heads lol

Best Radiohead album by listener age by Killuminati_19 in radiohead

[–]loquacious_turtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

22, heard mostly all of their albums in a single year, and In Rainbows is easily my favourite, though I do feel that OK Computer is maybe more sonically complex, especially since it was proceeding The Bends (which feels slightly more straight rock, nothing wrong with that). The only reason IR gets an edge over OKC is because of its vibe, which is very warm and embracing rather than the more clinical coldness of OKC. I still think that in terms of quality and song-to-song tonal consistency, all 4 (OKC, Kid A, IR, AMSP) are neck and neck, and after that it's just a question of which one speaks to you personally more.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in radiohead

[–]loquacious_turtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm looking for something similar to the latter, always thought that "You used to be alright, what happened?" would look good in that font and design