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chipcheesesandwich · 7 months

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S2 OFMD SPOILERS

After watching the first three episodes to S2, I can now confidently say my theory on this black tie is very close to true.

During my first watch, I honestly wasn't paying attention to the black tie. I was more gripping on to my friends hand and following the story (and enjoying the glow ups), excited yet terrified on what was coming up next that could break our hearts. So when I noticed the black tie on Ed's neck while he was in a coma was from a post I saw on Twitter.

Throughout the three episodes, there was not a single moment (I think) Stede or Ed had their black ties on, until the end of episode two when Ed decides to end all with plunging into a storm. Before Ed got to that point, we see Ed interacting with Frenchie and then to Izzy, and then he gets up on the steering wheel. In all of these moments, he has no black tie. The first time we see him with the black tie is when he is fully in the storm, drenched and ready to die. So, Ed would have to grab a black tie and tie it around his neck right before he hit the storm. Which just makes me have to believe that that black tie actually means something so significant that it HAD to be in that scene.

Which leads to the black tie theory I initially posted. And based on what I've seen in the first three episodes of this season and what I saw last season, I strengthen my theory that the black tie is the representation of old Stede's influence on other people and himself.

I added this is "old Stede's" influence based on the lack of black tie in Stede this season. Stede has definitely become a greater man this season, much more confident (I personally think it's also because he had experienced working at a restaurant), being able to give advice to others, and running head first with his determination to find Ed. Old Stede does not influence him anymore, as old Stede has fully died with his last fuckery. But it still lingers on Ed, and in his last moments, tries to die with him.

I love getting into Our Flag Means Death analysises, and one of my most recent interests is the black tie/scarf thing.

Now we first see the black tie in the very first episode on Stede, and I always wondered, why? Why this black tie thing? It doesn't match with the color scheme of the rest of his outfit, which is primarily light blue and white. But it's also tied close to his neck, and it is in clear view of everyone he meets. And during the episode, he takes it off when he is in his sleeping gown, and then ties it again when he invites Badminton on the ship. It is clear that it is a deliberate choice to wear this black tie when he is going to meet someone.

And it keeps reappearing throughout the season.

Episode 4. Stede wears it after being introduced to Ed. The rest of his outfit is a mess, but it is clear that he had to wear the tie.

We can also see Ed wearing it during this episode, as they swapped their clothes.

Episode 5, Stede wears it when they enter the French high-class party boat.

Now this episode gave me some better insight on how to figure out when Stede wears the tie. In the early part of the episode, through the swashbuckling class to the table manner class, Stede does not wear the black tie. But when they join the party, he does. From this, I'm assuming this tie is only worn when he is being introduced to someone new, and he knows he is meeting someone new.

But, this theory kinda flips in the next episode already.

Episode 6, when they do the penetration, thing.

Now this one really made me think about why he had the tie on. He is not meeting someone. His clothing is definitely not formal. It does not match his outfit. What makes it interesting is, after this moment, Stede does not wear the tie for the rest of the episode. And in fact, you don't see him wear it ever again for the rest of the season.... BUT.

During the penetration, for the first time we see Ed wearing the tie in his regular outfit.

Now, there is a possibility that we just didn't see the tie because of his beard and jacket. However....

If you go back to EP4, you can see from the clothing swap, Stede is not wearing a black tie. That means, most very likely, Ed has never worn a black tie around his neck until this moment. And he keeps on wearing it, while Stede doesn't.

Episode 7, during the treasure hunt.

Episode 8, on the beach with his things from Lucius (could not find a good image for this, but if you check out the episode, you can see it)

Episode 9, during the Act of Grace (look around Ed's neck)

And then finally....

Episode 10, Ed as Blackbeard/Craken.

At this point, we know that Ed is not the only who carries the black tie.

Episode 10, Mary and Stede at Evelyn's house.

Mary is also wearing the black tie, throughout the entire episode. She doesn't take it off unless she is going to bed.

Now, from Mary's way of wearing it, I just automatically thought it was some kind of way to show her widowhood. Idk much about 1700s history/culture, but I think at the time, women were a secondary position in the household. Being married was their only way of gaining status. But, if the husband passes away, all of their assets will be hers and hence, she will be head of household, which is the only way for women to achieve such status (I think, I'm going off of weary memory here). And this status is forever attached to the husband, thus their whole identity will be "the widow of Mr.(blah blah)" then forward. Therefore, Mary wearing the black tie, is her sign of widowhood, and, in a sense, her uniform of being Widow Bonnet. (also David Jenkins has said that he was not being historically accurate in any way while writing OFMD, so this entire thing might as well be thrown out)

But regardless, the three, Stede, Ed, and Mary, all wear the black tie.

What does this black tie represent that have in common with all three of them? Well I have two theories for this:

1. A representations of the death of their old lives and a birth of a new one

2. A representation of how Stede influence/impact lasting with them

The first theory relates to my thought regarding Mary's usage of the black tie. Black tends to be a color representation of death or an end to something. But I see it also as a start to something new.

Now as Stede heads off to sea, it was evidently his own death as a father and husband, an upper class man in society, and his old self. But he does not die right away. It takes him weeks for him to overcome his old self. As he struggles with his new life he set him off for himself, the only thing that actually helped him overcome his old self was, Ed.

As Ed comes on board, he instantly becomes Stede's first person to truly understand him. Ed becomes sort of a living proof that he was okay with who he is. He can still love his summer linens, his library and fire place, and small joys of life like a damn good marmalade. And as he starts to accept and grow himself further, this influences Ed as well.

Through his relationship with Stede, he starts his process of healing that is similar to Stede. Ed equally struggles with accepting who he is. His persona of Blackbeard pretty much ran off without much of his control, and he is now burdened to fulfill it. Only the Blackbeard persona has attracted the people around him, and the fear of Blackbeard helps him avoid any experience of blindsided rejection. He is almost lost about who he is, and now nothing excites him through the Blackbeard experience anymore. And then Stede comes in, and slowly helps resurface his real self. The self that fancies upper class culture and a good cup of tea. Through Stede's acceptance, he finally confronts his tormented self that has birthed the persona of Blackbeard, the child that killed his own father. It is the rebirth of who he truly is.

Mary's old life died quite literally from the "death" of Stede. Though she has said during their marriage that he doesn't hate their life, it was never a happy life for her. After Stede's "death", she experienced freedom for the first time and fulfilled her own wants. Flourishing in her artist career, having a lover who truly cares about her, and gaining friends that cares and respects her. For the first time, she actually started to live. But as Stede abruptly comes back from the dead, she fights with her might to maintain her life as the happy life she has as the Widow Bonnet. And through the help of Stede himself, she does in the end.

The second theory's reasoning is already appearing through my explanation of the first theory above. All three characters, Ed, Mary, and Stede's lives were changed because of Stede in the greatest way possible.

Ed for the first time in a long time experienced happiness through Stede, and gives meaning to his life again. As Ed accepted who Stede is, Stede also accepted who Ed truly was. Before Stede, no one hung out with Ed. Everyone hung out for only one person: Blackbeard. Through submission, fear, and twisted admiration of Blackbeard, people approached Ed. But Blackbeard is again, a persona. A character that Ed created to protect himself from the blaming and suffering of being a murderer to his own father. If everyone fears him, no one will question him. But Stede didn't. Stede still approached Ed, though he would see his violent self as Blackbeard from time to time. And he even retaliated against people who hurt Ed at the French party, even though Ed was the main reason why they ended up with them in the first place. Stede never blamed Ed, and continued to stay by his side. It was an acceptance Ed has never experienced before. A relationship that just came from love. And through that, he finds his meaning of life to live: be happy with someone who he loves and accepts as who he is, who is Stede.

Mary's life pretty much centers on Stede, sadly from the standards of the 1700s. As a woman, she was basically a second class citizen. She had to fulfill the duty of the wife of Stede, and was most likely the main person to maintain the Bonnet family image. She struggled and tried to strive for being a good wife and ideal mother to her family. But, all came to a halt when Stede ran away one night to be a pirate. I imagine what Mary may have felt. Fear of her unknown future as a widow with two children, anger towards Stede for breaking her family that she tried so hard to maintain, and maybe some self blame for not being the ideal wife that Stede would have stayed. In the end, she comes through with the acceptance of her situation and realization of her new life. Most likely for the first time, she is calling the shots on what she wants to do. And she loves it. She thrives off of her new found freedom, and even when Stede comes back abruptly, her freedom gives her the courage to chase her wants over the standards she was forced to follow for many years. In the end, Stede is the one who helps her to continue her dream life, by sacrificing his own existence, which includes his separation from his own children.

Stede himself is saved by himself as well. Through his life, he was constantly told by others that he was pathetic and a coward. And he truly believed it, and for many years, he lived his life with that. But one day, he started to question himself. Maybe, I just didn't get the chance to prove myself? Do I really want to finish my life without even truly knowing? And though it wasn't the perfect way to execute it, he set off to sea, alone on his ship.

At the start of his journey, his old self still lingered around him. The constant flashbacks to his life back on land will follow him, and reminds himself of who he was made to believe. But, as his first achievement in his new life were stolen away to Izzy, his inner self fought back and proved he is more than what he has been told. It was the first glimpse of his new self.

As he meets Ed, this new self continues to grow. He learns new skills and possibilities of himself through Ed, and leads to him slowly accepting himself in the past as well. Ed appreciates his interests and what he loves, which many have mocked and ignored. He experiences happiness like anything else he has ever experienced, and it is all because he left to the sea that day. And as he grows his own acceptance, his black tie also slowly disappeared.

I feel like the biggest message that Stede's journey is that, to fully grow into someone you love, you must accept yourself as a whole. And the opposite to that journey, was Ed, who just started his healing process to accept who he is, but cut short because of Stede.

There is no real conclusion to this (not that I've known of). But costumes are truly a mirror to the characters themselves. It represents who they are and how they want/needs to be seen by the people around them, or for themselves. I'm really looking forward to what S2 costumes will be!

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This post had took me a good couple of days to write, and a good amount of digging deep into how the characters are. I wonder what you think of the black tie? Is it just a fun costume choice, or something more?

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chipcheesesandwich · 9 months

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Heartstopper S2 finally gave us the queer revenge we were looking for, or maybe at least I have been looking for.

I've always tended to steer away from queer media these days, because all have been quite depressing. The couple breaks up, one of them dies (or maybe both!), the show gets cancelled after 1 season after promising us with a second (I'm looking at you Amazon and the execs who cut League of Their Own, pay your actors and writers!!!), etc... But what really makes me depressed, is the "forgiving queers" arc.

In almost every queer coming out type story arc in a show, set in the modern day, there is a bully. They will give the characters their first taste of slurs, shaming, and threats to harm them for being openly queer. Through the experiences from the bullying, the coming out character usually becomes tough (maybe after a few mental breakdowns here and there) and fights back the bully, or just ignores them and show that they can live a happy life, or they find out the bully is actually queer too and/or have a reason behind their actions (homophobic home environments and trying to please the people around them, which tends to be the case). And usually, when the queer character finds out about the bully being queer or has their reasoning of "acting" homophobic, they are forgiven. And all I can think watching this unfold, is that is just a load of straight guilt forgiveness smeared on the screen.

Because, tbh, why do we have to forgive them? Why do we have to be the "great learning lesson" for the people who do not have the decency to think of people's feelings? And don't get me wrong, I am not always about this. I have done a fair amount of forgiving in my time of coming out, educating people, being the first contact of this queer world, etc. But it should never be the one and only recommended way of dealing with hate, because those people still hurt us and scarred us for life. It is our life, it is our decision to forgive or not.

So when I saw Charlie, blocking away Harry and Ben's ask for forgiveness with grace, was so, satisfying. And such a great decision in the creatives/writers on this. It was almost like the reverse queer baiting we got from Our Flag Means Death and got slapped into the actual desired direction that no one could dare to wish. It was what I actually wanted to say to those people who asked me for forgiveness after making me think I am not worth living; fuck. off.

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As I unravel this love I have for Charlie's queer revenge, I cannot stop thinking of the last moments we had with Ben. As Charlie and Nick walk away, leaving Ben completely alone, the beautiful rainbow colors of the queer art gallery just overflow towards him, just inches away. We see him hesitate to leave, but ends with him fully turning around and walking away in the opposite direction. And as viewers, you cannot help but hear your own heart shatter for him. We all know how he wants those inches to reach the rainbow, but it is just far too wide. It's the biggest leap all queer people have experienced. Charlie and Nick have, and they could be Ben's guide to help him cross this. But at the end, it is Ben's decision to make and how he gathers his courage. And all we can do, is watch.

#heartstopper netflix #heartstopper #heartstopper season 2 #heartstopper spoilers #heartstopper s2 #tv shows #nick and charlie #heartstopper ben #heartstopper charlie #lgbtq #queer #coming out #heartstopper nick #heartstopper harry

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chipcheesesandwich · 1 year

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I love being a simpleton. Today I ran out of bed and ran to a window to watch a hail storm happen, and I could not stop giggling.

#simple #simpleton #just happy things #i dont own a car #truly a blessing #love storms #hail storms #small things #it counts #observer

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chipcheesesandwich · 1 year

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Explaining what a "head cannon" is to a coworker was not on this year's bingo card

#coworkers #cultural gap #generational gap #head cannon #fan fiction #bingo card #this is my life now #i have been exposed #funny #this was not the plan #this was not on my bingo card

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chipcheesesandwich · 1 year

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I accidentally got invested in a BL manga that got into a cliff hanger, and it's not updated since 2019. There is no pain worse than this.

#cliff hanger #bl #bl manga #manga #fanfic #manga art #gay #lgbtq #pain #why #what is wrong with you #i cant do this #how could they do this to me #funny

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chipcheesesandwich · 1 year

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Watched some TOS Star Trek after years of neglect, and I realized how horny TOS was. Kirk did not have to have his tiddies exposed in Amok Time. Pop it off but goddamn

#star trek spock #tv shows #lgbtq #gay #star trek tos #tos kirk #kirkstuff #funny #star trek #review #i guess #for no reason

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chipcheesesandwich · 1 year

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My dream plot for Knives Out 3...

Benoit Blanc wakes up in a hospital, quite beaten up. He doesn't recognize being transported to the hospital nor why he is covered in such injuries. He tries to get up to assess, but he realizes that he is handcuffed to the hospital bed. After the doctor checks on him, he is finally told by Philip that he is a suspect to a murder. The two leave the hospital and Blanc is on house arrest during the investigation by the police. He immediately tries to gather evidence and trace back his steps before he ends up in the hospital while he is on house arrest. But, the more he collects evidence and recollects his memory, he keeps reaching to only one conclusion; Benoit Blanc is the murderer.

Did Blanc commit a crime he has no memory to, or is he able to solve the mystery and find out who the actual murderer is and who wants him dead?

#knives out #glass onion #rian johnson #glass onion knives out #knives out 3 #prediction #dream scenario #benoit blanc #benoit blanc knives out #movies #gay #lgbtq #dream plot #writing prompt

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chipcheesesandwich · 1 year

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As a queer individual and someone who has a complicated relationship with their own father, Alison Bechdel's Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic gives me more comfort than anguish from Bechdel's journey. I write this as I finished the book for the first time in three years.

The book itself truly speaks for the medium of graphic novels. Bechdel's way of writing makes you want to grasp the book and sit in awkward ways for the comfort of your arms. The sentences just will not let you put down the book, rather then the graphics. The cartoons are merely substitutes. The words gives space to keep us wondering and waiting for the inevitable conclusion of her father's death, which is the main subject of this book. You just start to mentally prepare yourself as you flip the pages, because even the next square of drawings might lead to a completely different conversation. It is probably the best writing I've seen to describe one writer's "stream of consciousness". Maybe this "stream of consciousness" is why I relate to Bechdel so much.

As I grew in age and started to see the world in my "adult" eyes, I began to reflect on the past more often. I started to compare the relationship I had with my father during my youth to today, which has drastically changed within the last 5 years. Which coincidentally (or resulted by) starting from the year I left for college. "Your world view will change. Your peers will open your eyes." My father encouraged me, as I expressed my disdain towards going to college. I wonder if he had thought that the change in my world view through college would become the foundation of our now awkward, rather frozen relationship.

As I look at my current relationship with my father, and read Bechdel's somewhat unusual relationship with her deceased father, I wonder, will I regret what I have with my father today when he is gone? The ending to Fun Home feels like a conclusion in Bechdel's own words. A way to forgive herself and her father on what could've. An acceptance towards the awkward, unusual, but one of a kind bond that they had. In a sense, I may be yearning for this conclusion, because of how final and so care free it looks. But it also scares me, because Bechdel's conclusion comes from the fact that her father is dead. There is no use, no leeway, no bullshit left to give. Concluded and done, no "to be continued". While I, with my father still working with all limbs, am able to send a text to him with a guaranteed conversation. Something Bechdel will never have. A privilege I have. And it scares me, because what if I never send the text before it's too late. And yet, it scares me with what happens after I do. Will I reach my conclusion that I accept? Or will we just end with what we have, this awkward, frozen relationship?

As my alarm at 10pm goes off, I have to stop this thought for today. I have a work to go to, and responsibilities to meet. The thought I have now bears no urgency to me. But I wonder, will there be a time when 10pm means nothing to me, tomorrow is just a number, and I send that text?

#fun home #book report #review #book review #graphic novel #self reflection #queer community #being queer #queer #lgbtq #father #relationships #parents #fun home a family tragicomic #books and literature #booklover #bookboost

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chipcheesesandwich · 1 year

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Eating Your Own Tail: The Falling of Marvel Studios (or, A Letter From A Concerned Film Fan)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was a great film that tackled the harsh subject of the loss of a loved one and how we move on from it. The visuals were also beautiful, with the amazing VFX that definitely supported tremendously for the production that was done in the midst of COVID (including a antivaxer lead actor in the cast).

But, to be quite honest, this film gave me the same, or even more disappointment I experienced with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Sure, the tomato scores of the two films show a different story with BP2 having better reviews than DS2, and the cultural representation of BP2 is absolutely gorgeous throughout. But these two most recent films from Marvel truly showed the importance of editing.

-- SPOILERS OF WAKANDA FOREVER AHEAD --

I feel like BP2's editing was just, off. I can tell from the awkward jump cuts and pacing that this was a film that was meant to be a 5hr, or a two part, that they shaved to 2hr45m.

The most significant jumps and off beat I felt was during Ramonda's death. She died in the midst of a war, an attack from another country, in her own throne room by drowning to save another's life. And without letting us sit in the reality of a beloved, powerful character, just completely lifeless on the floor, with Okoye trying to deny the reality she is facing, we smash cut into a funeral. And it's a very similar setting of a funeral we see in the beginning of the film, showing the death of T'Challa.

Now, I understand that their aim was to have this, repetition of death happening in Shuri's life. But, because of the off beat, smash cut, no leeway for air to let us breath and suck in the moment, the death of Ramonda almost feels, cheated. Almost feels cheap. And these cheap, jump cuts kept repeating throughout the film.

These cheap edits felt like someone just grabbed a piece of cake and smashed it into your face to let you taste the glaze on top. But the cake is just all over your face, but not where it should be. What you need to do to actually taste the glaze, is to take a fork, scoop a bite of cake with the fork, carry it in your mouth, and eat it. And just, taste the cake. But the film didn't even let you taste it, and instead gave you a bottle of coke to wash it down your throat so you can get ready for the next cake.

What I'm trying to say is that the film never had a break. A break to actually feel the weight of a loss. The weight of Ramonda, dying before us. The weight of an end of an era and entering the new chapter. In order to feel the weight, you have to have time to hold it. And the smash cuts just, never let us hold it.

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This issue of the two Marvel films of their lack of great editing deeply concerns me. Both directors of the films are extraordinary, and extremely talented. The actors in both films are extraordinary, and extremely talented. Then how did they fail so miserably? Well, have you seen the schedule of Phase 5?

Marvel Studios as a whole is having an issue with scheduling and seeing the reality that they are in. In Phase 5, Marvel is planning for 12 projects, combining both film and TV, in a span of less than 2 years. 2 years. Just a couple of years ago, having 2 movies and maybe 1 TV show in 1 year was an achievement.

This intense and unrealistic schedule is what pushes these directors off their rails. The studio asks them to crank out a film, that is decent in length (so they can keep playing it in theaters multiple times a day), in a short span of time to make way for the next.

This is the same with VFX companies and their crippling qualities in work. Compare the two films I've talked with Pirates of Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and the answer is clear. They are simply not given enough time nor the amount of crew. Why no crew? Because the other crew are working on the 3 next projects for Marvel at the same time.

We tend to forget that the films we watch are actually simply made by humans like us. And also live in the same amount of time span like us. So if Marvel starts robbing away all people and their time, when they didn't have it in the first place because Marvel already took them in another project, collapse is truly one step away, literally. And Marvel, whether they know it or not, do exactly that.

I suspect, in the next 5 years, the film industry as we know it will truly be gone, including the people who built it. And the rapid pacing media output encouraged by Marvel is, as from what I see, the main cause.

#marvel #black panther #wakanda forever #review #film #marvel studios #movies #doctor strange #multiverse of madness #black panther 2 #wakanda forever spoilers #vfx #film industry #criticism

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chipcheesesandwich · 2 years

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All that I'm asking for is cute gays doing cute gay shit. What more do you want from me????????

#gay #gay romance #gay life #gay love #tv shows #funny #what do you even put here #gay is hot #gay is in #i want some gay

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chipcheesesandwich · 2 years

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I don't know if I have no taste or all the taste, but I think the songs in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016), kinda slaps. And they also gave us this glorious line:

#popstar never stop never stopping #andy samberg #comedy #movies #music comedy #lonely island

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chipcheesesandwich · 2 years

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RRR is one of the best action movies I've watched in recent years, and I think I know why.

I feel like it's a trend in recent action films to obey the nature of physics we have in our world to make them more believable. But what the filmmaker doesn't really realize is, that's the exact same reason why their action scenes look fake.

Take Marvel for example. As an audience, we all know that extra amounts of Gamma ray will not turn us into a big green hunky guy when we're angry, and a serum injected into our bodies will not make us super buff with great health recovery. Every single element in science is all skewed, but somehow not much of physics. Cars flying through the air still look like they have weight. Ships crashing down and breaking buildings have pretty much the same results we can imagine. They keep the most realistic elements of real physics still intact here and there, but they still break that realism very often. So we can't help but to keep questioning and guessing, "which one is made in our world and which one is truly the fake?", which is the absolute worst movie experience ever. Movies are for escapism, not figuring out a magic trick.

But RRR just, goes for it. No physics and realism in sight. Here are some of my favorites.:

As an audience, the laws of physics are established in this world from the get go (spoilers from here on out, and I HIGHLY recommend checking out the movie first hand). We basically see Raju, fighting against a sea of citizens stopping him from capturing someone for arrest, and somehow he does and with minimal injuries. We then see Bheem capturing a tiger with almost nothing on him with his bare hands and chest. This established the audience on what the bottom line is for the scenes we see, and honestly, it's to a level of anything on screen is possible.

This establishment makes the audience forget the entire question of "what is real", because nothing is. Nothing in RRR is close to realism. And that gives us the audience this leeway in watching the movie. No need to question where the blue screen is, it's obviously there and everywhere. This lets us just enjoy the moment and just scream "noooo wayyyy!!!!! This is AWESOME!!!!!!"

Now, while I talk about RRR, I cannot ignore the troubling story that it tells. Sure the action scenes are absurd and amazing, but the message they send is from an upper-caste Hindu view of the revolution towards the British. Bheem's character is riddled with Adivasi stereotyping. The absolute eraser of Muslims in this crucial part of a country's history. Yes, RRR is a great action film, but the message they send is nothing but an erasure of history and the caste system it deeply is effected by.

Overall, I do still recommend checking out RRR, but I would also recommend checking out what actually happened. It's important for us viewers to educate ourselves on what we see, because what makes us more than an audience is to be better human beings after.

#rrr fandom #RRR #movies #action #netflix #telugu #tollywood #history #vfx #reactions #review #highly recommend #be informed #film #cinema

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chipcheesesandwich · 2 years

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Hey, you wanna watch movies and eat/cook foods that are in them??

#food #foodie #tv shows #studio ghibli #chef #goodfellas #ratatouille #the princess and the frog #spirited away #pastalover #japanese food #meatballs #cubano #movies #food and cooking #cooking #date ideas

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chipcheesesandwich · 2 years

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A bit of disappointment with Anson Mount (Pike in SNW) today.

I'm a huge fan of SNW, but I saw a tweet from Anson Mount regarding having Conservative friends yesterday night. I thought that the tweet will at least stay up today, but looks like he deleted it. Thankfully, the internet never lets stuff die easily:

It does not show the entire tweet, but you get the idea. Anson has now deleted these kinds of tweets (I think it was around 2-3 tweets), and now has a Gene Roddenberry quote instead.:

Because of the short hours, I think a lot of people didn't see it, but some sure has:

I also saw a couple of people who replied to the original tweet with mixed opinions. But I guess Anson couldn't take the heat.

Here's my thing with these "liberals with conservative friends" thing. I just don't vibe with that. How can you have a friend who is ACTIVELY taking away yours and your other friends human rights? I have met and seen conservatives actively express their hatred towards me and declare that they will kill me without hesitation because I am a POC, part of the LGBTQIA+, and believe in reproductive rights. They might say "oh no my conservative friend doesn't think that way". But they still vote with the people who are allowing these actions, and still actively taking away my rights by these votes. Every vote counts, right? So does the responsibility to these votes.

Do I agree with Gene Rodenberry's quote Anson put up? I do. When it comes to Star Trek's way of accepting different ideas is very important and something I strive for. But the conservatives I've seen never go along with this way. I do not believe that any law should prohibit someone's belief because it is against someone else's belief, when the belief itself does not cause any harm to others. And conservatives are actively trying to reinforce this, just for the benefits of their belief. You can follow along and live your life with your beliefs, but do not put that belief on others like it's others responsibility to maintain it for you. I tolerate and delight in differences in ideas and differences in life form, I just don't see the conservatives doing the same.

Now, does this change my love towards SNW? Not really. I still love SNW, and I cannot wait for the next season. I cannot wait for what the writers have come up with. But Anson, who plays Captain Pike, expressing these beliefs is quite disappointing. The actors are never their characters, but I will not forget this the next time I see his face, I just simply can't.

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