[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.]

Comments

[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.]