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All of Us Strangers review

If you're just some queer folks looking to get shattered, I know just the thing: 2023's hottest film was "All of Us Strangers." And this movie has everything: depression, Cosby sweaters, Andrew Scott in footie pajamas, a warning about tobacco use but not the ketamine, Pet Shop Boys, some guy's MOM...

#all of us strangers #aous #andrew scott #paul mescal #jamie bell #claire foy #andrew haigh #stefon template #this film called me out and shot me in the face

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Posting a new fic like:

Anyway, here's my one-shot A Clean House (Reddie).

#archive of our own #ao3 #ao3 writer #fic writing #writeblr #writers on tumblr #writing #writers life #reddie #i couldn't find that gif of colonel phillips chucking the grenade #so you get monty python instead

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#it 2019 #richie tozier #it chapter 2 #it chapter two #he would

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Is this Dr. Mordrid's Zillow video?

Hi books, daddy's home- Mystery Science Theater 3000 riff of Dr Mordrid.

#mst3k #mystery science theater 3000 #dr mordrid #gizmoplex

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My 3 favorite flavors of Reddie fanart:

the oldest 40-year-old men I have ever seen

Richie Tozier is Chonky Boi

the spitting image of Bill Hader and a man who looks nothing like James Ransone

#reddie #it 2019 #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #bill hader #james ransone #it fanart #i promise i'm not complaining or making fun of anyone #seriously you sweethearts are so talented

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Also, shout-out to my three Tumblr followers! <3

Update: 8 followers! :D

#archive of our own #ao3 fanfic #not my art #aww

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"Police the lives of those around you and get your sensibilities way the heck out of whack!"

He really is an icon

#mst3k #mystery science theater 3000 #crow t robot

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Seriously. Every morning I check the ol' inbox to see if there's an AO3 email waiting for me.

“I hope this email finds you well”

First of all the only emails that ever find me well are from AO3

#archive of our own #ao3 stuff

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#fic writing #so true bestie

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It's beautiful. I've looked at this for five hours now.

they know that the feelings are mutual but have each been waiting for the other to make the first move

1/2

twitter

#reddie #not my art #i love my gay sons #source: parks and rec

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I want this dress.

Sharing a recent commission that holds a very special place in my heart 🥹🫶

My commissions are still open!!

#2024 oscars #barbie #not my art #but that is my baby #ace barbie let's goooooooo

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Just finished Our Flag Means Death. Even though I started after seeing every major spoiler on Pinterest, the show still managed to surprise me. Specifically, I didn't think my OTP would be Lucius and Black Pete of all people, and Izzy Hands is officially a cutie patootie lil bitch <3

And piracy as a metaphor for queerness is just chef's kiss: "You don't know the first thing about piracy, do you? It's not about glory. It's not about getting what you want. It's about belonging to something when the world has told you you're nothing."

Also, Buttons. Nailed it, no notes.

#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd s2 #save ofmd #ofmd season 2 #ofmd season one #ofmd lucius #black pete #izzy hands #ofmd izzy #ofmd buttons

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I remembered "wizard cop" before I remembered "Auror."

#thanks hermione #starkid #team starkid #a very potter senior year

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Things I loved about Barry [SPOILERS]:

It seamlessly blends humorous and serious. No joke or dramatic moment felt like an afterthought, and heavy moments got to exist without someone trying to lighten the mood.

The pacing and use of sound/silence was amazing. I feel like I've seen so many shows and movies lately where we move from one scene to the next without any time to breathe, but this show just let moments or silence hang there without it feeling like the scene was dragging on.

Sally's character starts out like she's just going to be some pretty, blond love interest, but we got to see her angry and frustrated and violent and unhinged. For the majority of the show, she had bags under her eyes. She wasn't some love interest who fixed the violent man with her love. And even when she leaves her old life to go with Barry, we see how unhappy she is. There are no male fantasies with her character.

I could see Bill's stomach and his love handles through his shirt. I'm in no way calling him chubby or fat or treating those things as negative, but when you've had years of film and TV execs thinking all leading men have to be cut, I was so happy to see someone with an ounce of body fat.

There's zero copaganda. At best, the police in this show are incompetent, willing to believe anything in order to wrap up a case quickly, and at worst they're violent. And there's no blindly patriotic portrayal of the military either. This post and this post have some great points about propaganda and the finale.

The show does not glorify violence. Barry is not some cool action hero who carries out his work without emotion or consequence. And the show humanizes Barry without glorifying him or justifying his actions.

We get to see Barry cry, break down, beg for help, touch Fuches' hand, and say "I love you" to two father-figures. This show speaks on male violence as well as the need for deep, meaningful connection with others (and how that connection may prevent violence).

It's very ace-friendly.* Over the course of 32 episodes, there is like 4 overtly sexual/crude moments: a brief scene from a sex tape (which makes Barry uncomfortable), audio from a porno (which makes Barry REALLY uncomfortable), and Sally has two moments where a man she works with creepily and crudely hits on her.

Like, this is an HBO show. It could've been so much more sexual and violent, and it wasn't. There are graphic moments of violence, but there are also moments where the team chose a distant approach that worked perfectly. For example, one character is shot at close range in a car, and they chose to film that moment some distance from the vehicle. It was still a heavy, horrific moment, but it wasn't gratuitous.

*If you don't like swearing, violence, god-awful parenting, or stressful shows, you won't like Barry. It's the only comedy I've loved where I was just on edge for the rest of the day.

I have 4,000 more thoughts on this show, and I can't remember anything else I was going to add.

#hbo barry #barry hbo #barry berkman #bill hader #alec berg #sarah goldberg #sally reed

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Some thoughts I had while watching Barry [SPOILERS]:

Oh my God, the writing's amazing.

[giggling]

See, kids, this is why you don't get Facebook.

You're going to destroy yourself, and I'm going to watch every minute of it.

I want to study this show under a microscope.

New rule: All shows need to be 30-minute episodes.

I love my gay Chechen son!

I want NoHo Hank's entire wardrobe.

[watching NoHo Hank gun down Cristobal's wife and the man she hired to dance in a Speedo] Yay!

I'm a Barry apologist, but when Sally broke up with him, I said, "Yes, girl, leave him."

I'm a Barry apologist, but when NoHo Hank cut him out of his life, I said, "Yes, girl, leave him."

If Nohobal isn't endgame, love isn't real.

LOVE ISN'T REAL.

[notices the episode titles in seasons 3 and 4 are all lowercase] Oh, Bill's in his folklore and evermore eras.

[John Mulaney voice] And he was wearing reading glasses to show that time had passed.

Oh, God, she's going to kill again.

[more giggling]

New rule: All characters' last words need to be "Oh, wow..."

#barry berkman #barry hbo #bill hader #alec berg #noho hank #nohobal #anthony carrigan #michael irby #cristobal sifuentes #hbo barry

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Any recommendations on sites or places to get sheet music? I'm specifically looking for the flute parts of Beastie Boys' "Flute Loop" and the SNL sketch "Weird Little Flute."

#music #musician #flute music #flute #beastie boys #snl #questions

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What up, I'm Willy Wonka, I'm 19, and I never fucking learned how to read.

#incorrect quotes #source: vine #wonka 2023 #wonka movie