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mariautistic · 1 year

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Anyways uh. There's probably a bunch of endgame shit I've missed and. The Alan Wake part of the game that i guess i have to go play. So i wouldn't considered it "over" but the main story is uh. A little lacking tbh. It's very straightforward despite how much they invest on it being a mystery/horror/thriller and doesn't particularly care to invest in any character? I guess Jesse is there but she's so Nothing despite them constantly trying to tell you she's weird and Dylan. But the story doesn't rly do much for their relationship at All and overall the character writing is just not there. And the themes it has going on are really lacking or rarely end up anywhere interesting. I feel if you're gonna make a game about how the one thought you think is interesting is about how little we actually know of the world then like. I don't know do something with that? The "life is a prison with a poster on it" is more about how in the universe there's so much Shit that you just never know and people are just content with their poster and not just that life sucks but at least make Jesse an actively interested person in the supernatural then??? Instead of being annoyed every time she learns something new.

The combat has a lot of variation depending on which skills you find and level but i honestly just leveled upmy hp and telekinesis and had almost no trouble finishing the game right up to the end game. It's a shame how many weapon variations they give you only to let you just gloss over them, but i don't particularly cry over it because I hate shooters.

The ambience is very impecable and really like how scared i am of every new area despite never having struggled with fights particularly. Also an addendum to my complains about the combat is that the AI is particularly bad at doing its job and you rarely get hit if you just run in one straight direction. The only enemies i struggled much against where those floaty guys with shields bc i couldn't spam telekinesis but then I found out you actually CAN but you just gotta repeatedly throw things until they can't dodge them. So there's that.

I liked a lot the things you find around the place i think it's really funny seeing the daily complaints between departments and how toxic of a work environment it is, but after a certain point i was just inundated with the content and it felt like a chore rather than fun addendums to read. Specially the board/landline calls where i just had to watch the whole thing and couldn't just skip through some of the dialogue -_-

The level up system is just kind of bad for a lot of reasons, mainly that i just think it's stupid that i could do what i did and simply level HP and telekinesis and skip through most of the game without much struggling, and the fact the items you get are rarely relevant unless you want to level up the guns much and the in game money system is just. Ever used and there's not much punishment for dying and losing 10% of your whatever the hell if you have more than you can spend at any point in the game

The graphics are both really good in the building portion and the monsters have fun designs. However the animations leave a lot to be desired and wanting to go for an impressive realism always carries the cost that it might look stupid. Also Jesus Christ they need help from a cinema guy the shots in this game are fucking awful every cinematic where they focus on anything makes me feel crazy. The overdone close shots every time Jesse has an inner thought or the shot to shot back and forth between Jesse and whoever she's talking to is so bad i feel like if you want it to be ~cinematic~ you actually have to know about movies. At all. Literally just hire an annoying film guy to ask him what he thinks of the talking portions. Anything.

All of this to say that it's a bit of a lackluster game that tried to do a very big concept and to be fair. They did a lot of justice to it and it was fun to play despite all of this I'm complaining about. I still think that it's not a very good game for a lot lot lot of reasons but i would be lying if i didn't see the amount of effort put into it and how much i enjoyed the things it did well so i have a hard time writing it off as subpar or anything like that

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shapiros · 2 years

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TASK 06. CHARACTER INFLUENCES.

check under the cut for character analysis / inspo !

01. mia wallace.

so, the first version of blair was intended to be a direct inspiration of mia – it was for a roleplay where all the characters were based off of iconic 90s figures ! as part of mia’s backstory, she was an aspiring actress who never accomplished more than a failed television pilot. otherwise, she’s mysterious and smokes a lot of cigarettes ? i changed some of the storyline for volume a bit, because i was nervous it was too heavy tbh, i wasn’t sure what the vibe was going to be coming into the group and what i could pull off. however, she enjoys novelty and loves corny jokes . . . so i’m sure the inspiration is obvious from there.

02. audrey horne.

i never finished twin peaks, but i got super close before they took it off netflix lol. but this dale cooper quote : “ you're beautiful, intelligent, desirable. you're everything a man wants in his life. but what you need right now, more than anything else, is a friend. ” makes me cry really, bc that’s exactly how i feel about blair sometimes. also, audrey’s neglected by her parents and acts a little crazy as a result, literally lies all the time, and comes up with a lot of disguises and aliases throughout the story.

03. michelle burroughs.

this one is funny bc she says like 3 words throughout the movie, but the point is vibes. mainly she’s just hanging with the guys and smokes a lot. i remember a list of characters from this movie ranked by coolness where she was 13/50 and they noted that she spends the film listening to music, getting stoned, and vandalizing statues. gives me a lot of jamie/marty/blair/dean in high school energy. i think it also helps that a lot of dazed and confused’s vibes inspired woodstock itself.

04. dylan sanders.

a teenage rebel with lackluster grades and a penchant for trouble. they’re twin flames, really, and i think of this quote from madison lee, who said she’s, “always out to prove how tough and independent she is but unable to make it on her own.” that’s a mood. dylan, before joining the angels, had a number of odd jobs and hobbies, like bartender, yoga instructor, field guide, rodeo entertainer, etc, and i liken this to blair’s impetuous nature and frequently changing hobbies and interests.

05. fleabag.

relentlessly snarky and sassy, always trying to get a joke in. many sexual encounters, though few with meaning. however, once you get past the surface level stuff, i feel like fleabag’s storyline includes a lot of what i’m trying to accomplish with blair, too. she’s fundamentally flawed, prone to bad decisions and acts on impulse, but deep down, she has a good heart and tries to protect people that she cares about . . . even when she often fails. bonus quotes: “sometimes i worry i’d be less of a feminist if i had a bigger chest.” / “don’t make me an optimist, you will ruin my life.”

06. marla singer.

god, this list is such a red flag, please run away not only from blair, but from me. re: strong willed woman who comes across as totally batshit. i feel like it says a lot that you meet marla at a testicular cancer support group, a disease that she obviously doesn’t have lmao. she just goes there for free coffee, and you know, these are the things blair will do for free shit and i feel like she carries this same unhinged energy.

07. daisy jones.

i feel like this is self-explanatory without the success...though maybe success is still pending for blair, she has time. but tall girl with a certain measure of star quality who leaves her priveleged and lonely life to try her hand at hollywood, throwing herself into a world of sex and drugs. she’s someone who really wants to have a lot of freedom, but finds herself at a loss from one turn to another, and i think of her turning up to music practice with like a bottle of wine in her hand and an air of unprofessionalism and i feel like it really suits blair. not to mention when i look back at descriptions of how lonely daisy felt growing up and the certain emptiness she felt in her house, i feel like it parallels a lot with blair and even her private desire to prove herself, even if she’s traumatized by failure and scared to admit it. i also remember being really inspired by daisy’s perception of love, the entire “i wish someone had told me that love wasn’t supposed to be torture / i thought love was war / i didn’t know it was supposed to be peace.” i finished the book right around the time i started playing blair and i definitely was inspired by that idea, of blair believing that love is something that makes you heavier instead of lighter.

08. margot tenenbaum.

when margot ran away from home and came back with one of her fingers missing and no one knows what happened . . . blair felt that ! she’s also infamously secretive, often sulking, smoking, and ignoring her husband. blair also felt that. her father also consistently points out that she was “adopted,” therefore isolating her and setting her apart from her siblings . . . feeling isolated within your own family is a big blair theme for all of these honestly, as well as characters who are iconically known for smoking cigarettes apparently, but we been knew blair doesn’t smell the best.

other blair inspo:

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honorable mentions/quiz results: tokyo – money heist, eleanor shellstrop – tgp, faye valentine – cowboy bebop, effy stonem – skins, clementine – eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, tyra collette – fnl, maeby funke – arrested development

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mvlcxlms · 2 years

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hello you gorgeous people ! in the midst of focusing on the rp i totally forgot that i had to make an intro , so i’m sry if this seems messy & rushed , but tbh that’s pretty on brand for me so (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞ . anyways i’m casey , your always stressed and sleepy admin , she / her pronouns , and this is malcolm and he’s a garbage boi so here we go !

( dylan o'brien , cismale , he/him , matthew lillard ) have you turned on your tv lately ? all they ever talk about now is MALCOLM TORRANCE . apparently the ACTOR is the biggest thing in hollywood right now , which is crazy because they're only TWENTY - SIX years old . i hope they don't let it get to their head , but you know what they say about GEMINIS . my cousin met them once , and she said they reminded her of the smell of cigarettes clinging to ripped clothes , expensive white shoes covered in dirt stains and crude drawings , polaroid cameras filled with private moments . in an interview they said that their dream is to STAR IN A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FILM , but i guess only time will tell if they end up being a flop or not . ( casey , 23 , she/her , est )

name : malcolm anthony torrance

age : twenty - six

date of birth: may 31st

zodiac : gemini

place of birth / hometown : jersey city , new jersey

gender : cismale

pronouns : he / him

orientation : bisexual

parents : edward torrance & kathleen reilly

siblings : benjamin torrance

career : actor

backstory

malcolm was born in jersey city on a rainy day in may

his parents , at the time , were thrilled to add another member to their small family after trying to get pregnant for years after giving birth to their first son

from what malcolm remembers of the first ten years of his life , it was pretty normal , pretty happy aside from his older brother doing older brother things to make his life hell

he was in fifth grade was when he started to notice a change in his family – his dad seemed to work a lot , slept on the couch often , he could hear arguing coming from their room at all hours of the day

his brother , about fourteen at the time , would distract him with movies and skateboarding lessons because he was old enough to know what was going on

the next year was when his parents filed for divorce , and of course at the time he didn’t know it was because his dad had been cheating on his mom but he did get remarried awfully quick so it didn’t take a genius to figure it out

his mom had family in california so that’s where she moved them once his dad’s new wife got pregnant and he dropped all pretense of caring about him and his brother

and when he was fourteen his mom got remarried too , the same year his brother left for college , leaving malcolm to deal with them alone

so high school was rough for him . he was in detention a lot , one of those kids that you just expected to get in trouble on any day ending in a y

he’s done it all – smoked cigarettes behind the bleachers , spiked the punch at dances , graffitied any available surface , argued with teachers over the smallest things

he’s generally not a dick , so the therapists his stepdad sent him to said he did it for attention and also probably because he has adhd ( he just sold whatever they prescribed him so joke’s on them )

his stepdad wasn’t terrible , but obviously not the paternal type , always acting like malcolm was some cat that he just had to make sure to leave food out for

but jeez was he rich , some soulless businessman type that liked to make money but liked to spend it even more , always flying his mom out to tropical vacations and buying malcolm whatever new piece of technology just came out , probably just to keep him from bitching too much

his mom , though he loves her to death and knows she was just trying to give him the best possible life , was easily won over by the money ; she loved the nights spent at expensive restaurants and hotels , loved going to broadway shows and spending thousands on a single shopping trip

so she wasn’t around much either , but malcolm kept his mouth shut because he figured she deserved it after dealing with his dad for all those years

and malcolm wanted to make the best out of the situation so he found ways to keep busy , and one thing he learned that he really loved to do was act

he joined the school’s drama club because he figured it’d be an easy a but his energy just translated really well on stage , he had no problem giving it his all because he essentially has no shame

so after he graduated high school he went to LA to try and make it , blessed by his mom and his stepdad’s money keeping him from starving

he had a few bit parts until he hit the jackpot with hackers in 95, which is when he started getting recognized on the street and photographed leaving bars drunk off his ass , branding him a messy party boy by the media , but he has absolutely no problem with it

personality

malcolm is … for sure a gemini askdflj

he loves change , loves switching things up constantly because he gets bored faster than the flash can run a mile

for that reason , he’s kind of a terrible boyfriend . not that he’d cheat or anything , but it’s hard to hold his attention and keep him in one place

he does try because he’s a very loyal person , like will for sure go to jail for you if he loves you , but it does take a lot of dedication to become someone important to him

he’s a super fun person to be around , always up for anything , doesn’t stay in a bad mood for too long ( partly because he has a shit memory but oh well )

but he does have his mood swings here and there , you never rly know what’s gonna set him off , he could be laughing one minute and then throwing things at a wall the next

should probably go to therapy again but he’d sooner eat glass

might have a partying problem but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ he’s young and famous what else can you expect

probably high 99% of the time

he likes to think he’s a bad boy but he’s a fucking sweetheart , 11/10 cries while watching kids cartoon movies , especially if they’re about dogs

speaking of which , he has an bernese mountain dog named lazlo

idk what else to add here , the backstory was pretty long so i’ll give y’all a break <3

so that’s it ! if u wanna plot ( which i would luv ) u can like this & i’ll come message u , or u can dm me here or on discord @ 𝐝𝐫. 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐧#9604 . can’t wait to rp with all u cuties ❤️

#( ❛ 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 | INTRO . )#97:intro #tw: drugs

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dylinski · 4 years

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So i binged teen wolf and the maze runner movies and i may or may not have cried (u cant prove anything),but idk what to watch next,so what your reccomendations for dylan stuff?

omgomgomg, YEEEEEEEEs (dont worry i wont tell 🤫) well, literally any of his stuff tbh. ill tell you a bit about it the first time - its not THAT great a movie, but dylans amazing in it. its about this guy who is in love with his best friend and is going to tell her at a party and then he meets this other girl there and they have an adventure over the next two days of getting to know each other. its a cute teen romcom about relationships and growing up and shit like that lol high road - dylan is a BABY in this and its not a movie for everyone. he's also not in the very beginning since while he is a main character he's not THE main character. this is what you would expect of a raunchy comedy. this dude sells weed and sells it to dylans character and he's like his only friend and when the weed dude gets in trouble he decides to go on a wild road trip and dylans character tags along and its just...its what you would expect of a low budget b-movie. lol dylan is a baby and cute af though. the internship - he's not a main character in the but is a supporting character. he's not in a bit of the beginning but he's so fucking funny and sassy. like stiles on steroids. (also if you wanna see him soaking wet while dancing on a stripper pole for .002 seconds watching it is worth it for that lol) its actually a pretty good movie and is what you'd expect for an owen wilson and vince vaughn film. american assassin - this is an AMAZING film. i love mitch so much sgsaggd, it is very violent and there's a lot of language, but its a really good movie. dylans character is an average guy whos happy and in love but then tradgedy strikes and he goes on a revenge spiral until he's recruited by the CIA. now if im being honest the book is so much better than the film and sadly they arent planning on making more because the film didn't do as well as they liked. but its action packed, about growth, dealing with shit, loss, revenge, doing whats right, betrayal, and just a really fucking muscular and badass dylan okay 👌🏼 deepwater horizon - so again, he's not a main character but is in a good bit of the end of the film. this is based on the true story of the oil rig, deepwater horizon. there is a lot of violence and it can be very intense for some people though. its very suspenseful but a really amazing movie and well done and makes you very mad because of the fact that all of this happened and was preventable. do you remember that big oil spill like 10 years or so ago? yeah, that was the result of the disaster on deepwater. weird city - so this is an anthology series, but dylan is only in episode 1. he's a cutie and its really good (the rest of the show is shit tbh) its amazing and he does amazing. its about love and finding you're true love and also different stigmas within society as well. about upper and lower class and what is expected of you and being accepted and finding where you belong. and that love is love, screw science. lol its just super cute okay. amazing stories - another anthology show where hes only in episode 1. you will cry again, but just watch it. ugh, thick dyl, with a beard, in 18th century clothing, hopping through time, chopping wood. we love to see it okay, just watch it. new girl - so dylan is in ONE episode of the show new girl and his name is literally “the guy” hes not in the whole thing but a good chunk of it and its all flashbacks. hes really really funny and i love that show in general anyways. its doesn't revolve around dylan and hes in maybe half of the episode but if you ever get around to it its good. the episode is season 2 episode 23 “virgins” there's a couple other things hes in but they're like 10 minutes and 3 minutes. there's blockhead’s revenge from funny or die and episode 6 of first dates with toby harris. also sacks west. but you're not missing anything with those.

#hope this helps!!!!#answered #chaoticangelharmony

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perryavenue · 4 years

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Hollywood on Netflix

Hopefully not too late to the party. Sharing my thoughts about Hollywood on Netflix. Putting them below the cut for those of you who haven’t yet seen all seven episodes. Long post, don’t judge me!

I loved it! Hollywood was the perfect escape while being confined at home. All the 1940s glamour, beautiful clothes, great cars, cool music, and pretty people. Plus the underbelly of homophobia, racism, sexism, blackmail, bullying and harassment. I have quibbles with a few things (explained below), but there’s so much in Hollywood that’s really, really good.

Let’s start with the “goods”

Number one on my list was the ensemble acting. Unlike ACS Versace, were Darren had the lead and the story was built around Cuanan and his murders, in Hollywood, no single person carries the weight of the story. Instead, there are something like ten actors who have roles of similar size. My faves were Joe Mantello as Dick Samuels, Dylan McDermott as Ernie West, Jeremy Pope as Archie Coleman and Jim Parsons as Henry Willson. They were given such great material to work with! I think there could be an Emmy race between Dylan McDermott and Jim Parsons. I don’t mean to slight Patti LuPone as Avis Amberg and Holland Taylor as Ellen Kincaid, because they were excellent. There were so many good performances across the board!

Number two was the great chemistry among the actors. Darren, Jeremy and David just clicked in their scenes together as Raymond, Archie and Jack. I was completely sold on the relationship between Darren and Laura Harrier as Raymond and Camille, too. Speaking of Laura, how many saw her in Spike Lee’s BlackKKlansman? She was terrific in that film, and totally unrecognizable.

Next is my list of “Um, what just happened?”

Some of these may be why Hollywood got mixed reviews, but although my eyebrows went up a time or two (or three) I still LOVED the series.

Number one on this list was the one actor/role that just did not click for me. It’s Jake Picking as Rock Hudson. A number of people have mentioned it. I don’t know if the problem was his acting, the direction he was given, or both, but TBH, there were moments when it was painful to watch him. In the last episode, he tells Henry how badly Henry traumatized him, but I never felt we really got to see it (except for possibly Henry’s Isadora Duncan dance). I just wasn’t able to convince myself that the character was believable.

Number two was Henry’s redemption arc in the final episode. He was apologizing to Rock, and seeking Rock’s forgiveness. I can understand how being in therapy can include the need to apologize to those you’ve harmed. But although my problem might have been more with Jake Picking’s acting (because Jim Parsons was incredible) I had trouble buying what Henry was selling in that scene.

Number three was the decision by Jack, Raymond, Archie and Rock to pimp themselves out so they could raise the $25,000 to pay back the “Meg” budget overrun. Then Jack declines, leaving only three to get it done. I decided to do the math. That’s a LOT of sexual trysts if you base it on three guys taking in either $100 or at best $200 a pop. Ernie was right to tell them no, call in some pros, and generously make up the rest with his own funds. Maybe the shark didn’t quite jump at that plot line, but I saw it circling.

Number four was the request by the photographer to take nude pictures of Camille and Jack. Jack says “yes,” but Camille’s response is ambiguous. Should we assume that she declined? I kept thinking of the harm those pictures did to actors trying to get ahead in their careers. It’s a piece of plot that was left dangling.

Number five was the Oscar ceremony. So many nominations and SO many wins! Fun to watch, but kinda over the top, maybe? Also, Camille was able to claim her front row orchestra seat, yet Anna May Wong ended up in the balcony? What was that about?

Last is my list of “loves”

Right at the top is the Darren of it all. He wasn’t the only reason I watched Hollywood, because the subject matter and the fact it was a Ryan Murphy production had plenty of pull. Darren was great as Raymond. He nailed Raymond’s ambition, his naivety and inexperience as a newbie director, his romanticism and his passion. Plus, the guy should wear those wide brim hats all the time. He wasn’t the lead, but he was great in a supporting role. Just one question… the publicity still of Darren with the thin mustache was used multiple times, yet we never saw a mustache during the series. What was up with that?

Second on this list was the curmudgeonly film editor, Harry Golden, who took no shit from anyone and hid a spare copy of “Meg” when all the others were burned. That was William Frederick Knight, an actor I’ve never heard of before, and he had the best lines in the series. Hands down!

Number three was “Meg,” the film within the series. Just when I thought it was going forward, something completely unexpected would happen. It kept me on my toes. “Meg” had more lives than a cat!

Number four was the closing credit, “The Beginning.” Bring me season 2 ASAP!!

Seven episodes of transactional sex, ambition, and overcoming adversity to follow your dreams. Worked for me!

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