[CLOSED] A picture is worth a thousand words

[chronomancer]

Characters: Jade!Eridan and OU!Karkat
Setting: The media floor.
Format: Action.
Summary: Eridan and Karkat realize they speak the same language at heart: MOVIES.
Warnings: None, hopefully.

[Eridan is 600% done with this tower. Really. Screw figuring out sign language or the meaning of life and all its mysteries.

He's plopped on a beanbag nibbling on some slices of fresh squash and watching a ridiculous romance comedy. Also snorting under his breath, because. Damn these romcoms, okay. They're kind of funny when they're good, but they're hilarious when they're bad.

And oh man, this one's bad. So, so bad.]

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[chronomancer]

[Eridan has a scarf to quietly bite into every now and then, when things get exciting, but for the most part he contents himself with worrying the hem of his shirt with his claws, whenever tensions rise on screen. If Karkat's getting closer, Eridan is not making any movement to point it out.]

[papshooshing]

[ man, they really need a blanket to make this movie thing legit.

it's all right, though. because Karkat gets all wibbly soon enough, little bits of pale red dotting at the corners of his eyes. ]

[chronomancer]

[But Eridan reserves the use to cuddle under blankets with his matesprit, sorry bro. It's still pretty sweet though. At some point, Eridan does end up going "aww" under his breath. And hey, he's definitely not snarking.]

[papshooshing]

[ that means this is a good movie. granted, it doesn't have all of the quadrant trifles that the Alternian version does, but humans only have one quadrant.

it's pretty damn funny on top of it all.

...and okay he doesn't understand why there must be a boat thing involved, but... ]

I think humans must have an odd obsession with the ocean.

[chronomancer]

That, or their oceans really are fucking nicer than ours.

[Eridan is back to eating squash so he can get his FEELINGS under control. That was a rampant amount of FEELINGS he was just subjected to, man.]

[papshooshing]

Probably not full of beasts that would eat you the moment your toe is put into the water.

[ it's all right. he's eating one too. something to keep his mouth occupied. ]

[chronomancer]

Which would explain why they keep using it as scenery porn every so often, too.

[papshooshing]

Is that what you see it as?

[chronomancer]

[Eridan snorts.]

You don't?

[He's giving you a look.]

I mean, not just in this movie, but the sweeping camera angles and the various points of focus whenever you have the ocean as backdrop? I'm pretty sure humans are not threatened by their oceans, not with the language they use to portray them. Even the horror movie with the giant toothbeast starts with this wholesome vision of an inviting sea. Which granted, yeah, it looks damn nice when handled well, but you still have that voice in the back of your head reminding you it's the ocean and why are these fools sticking around?

[papshooshing]

I just chalked it up to humans being sentimental shitstains.

[chronomancer]

Yes, they are.

[A small pause.]

But they can be surprisingly competent in transmiting their sentimental-shitstain-ity.

[papshooshing]

[ he considers that for a moment and nods. it's true. ]

They can be pretty damn infectious, huh? Their friendship bull and whatnot.

[chronomancer]

They're weird.

[There's a small pause.]

But you know, it's a good kind of weird. I think.

[He's quadranted to one of them, so.]

[papshooshing]

...Yeah. Probably a good kind of weird. Some of them aren't so bad.

[ he is friends with a few humans. John and Rose at least. ]

[chronomancer]

Heh. Tell me about it.

[He shrugs.]

Most grow on you, even if you don't want them to.

[papshooshing]

Like some kind of fungus, yeah. Yeah they do.

[ snorts and waves at the screen ]

At least they don't make completely shitty movies all the time.

[chronomancer]

Want me to pick next one? I've seen it before, it's not terrible.

[It's weird and quirky and actually really sweet. Because Eridan has a strange fascination with Amélie and he doesn't quite understand why.]

[papshooshing]

Oh why not. It's your turn anyway, right?

[chronomancer]

Sure.

[A pause.]

Just keep your wits for the first three minutes, it starts out strong.

[papshooshing]

Eridan...

[ Eridan that's starting to worry him. ]

[chronomancer]

Watch.

[Don't make him go shh at you. Because he will.]