Jude Law spent his whole adult life trying to make the receding hairline hot, only for Walton Goggins to take the crown with his southern charm and big teeth. The game is so cold.
decisions that, from the outside, seem to effortlessly bridge the intention-action gap are often culmination of months/years of calibration, learning, & subconscious processing
when ppl go "i just decided to do [X]" they're likely glossing over countless hrs of background effort
when 13 year old zuko literally cried and begged his father for forgiveness and his father burned his face and banished him but when zuko begs his uncle for forgiveness after betraying him iroh immediately pulls him into a hug and forgives him
thinking about all of the mangos that i will eat this summer. ripe mangos, green mangos, mango chow, mangos and tajin, gifted mangos, mangos that i pick from the tree myself, trini mangos, a slightly sandy mango, a mango that i take from another country back home, a mango that
Killing Eve is great bc it's a psychological exploration of what happens when you eviscerate "patriarchy" w/o knowing what that means
even feminists dont want the sweet neutered feminist man they constructed
they want someone powerful
you can go really fast spiraling downwards. You can also go really fast spiraling upwards, but it requires you to actively make that courageous choice at every step the way. That's why it's slower, by necessity
Hearing Benny Blanco talk about how he produced major hits by like, recording the rhythmic sound of a treadmill or writing everything in 120bpm because he didn't know how to change the speed on his synthesizer is such a perfect example of how high creative agency works.