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Gen X: [raises hand] Can... can we also maybe not get worked to death?

#gen x #we're all so tired

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OKAY series of polls about sock preferences because i'm a curious autistic fuck:

(if you don't wear socks don't answer any of the other questions)

#socks #sock polls! #SPECIFICALLY i prefer wool blend socks to other socks #not 100% wool #i STRONGLY DISLIKE 100% cotton socks and will not wear them if i have any other choice

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Seeing drag queens in real life gives me the exact same feeling as how the hobbits describe elves in the lord of the rings

#you're not wrong #that is what it's like

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The way he's so right about Hozier

#hozier #i love this video

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Hozier reveals song picks for weddings, rainy days, train rides & more | ask Hozier.

❝ Which song of yours should we have for our first dance at our wedding? ❞

#ok work song is really sweet though #but not like #a great wedding song either #i see hozier's point here is what i'm saying

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I had a very interesting discussion about theater and film the other day. My parents and I were talking about Little Shop of Horrors and, specifically, about the ending of the musical versus the ending of the (1986) movie. In the musical, the story ends with the main characters getting eaten by the plant and everybody dying. The movie was originally going to end the same way, but audience reactions were so negative that they were forced to shoot a happy ending where the plant is destroyed and the main characters survive. Frank Oz, who directed the movie, later said something I think is very interesting:

I learned a lesson: in a stage play, you kill the leads and they come out for a bow — in a movie, they don’t come out for a bow, they’re dead. They’re gone and so the audience lost the people they loved, as opposed to the theater audience where they knew the two people who played Audrey and Seymour were still alive. They loved those people, and they hated us for it.

That’s a real gem of a thought in and of itself, a really interesting consequence of the fact that theater is alive in a way that film isn’t. A stage play always ends with a tangible reminder that it’s all just fiction, just a performance, and this serves to gently return the audience to the real world. Movies don’t have that, which really changes the way you’re affected by the story’s conclusion. Neat!

But here’s what’s really cool: I asked my dad (who is a dramaturge) what he had to say about it, and he pointed out that there is actually an equivalent technique in film: the blooper reel. When a movie plays bloopers while the credits are rolling, it’s accomplishing the exact same thing: it reminds you that the characters are actually just played by actors, who are alive and well and probably having a lot of fun, even if the fictional characters suffered. How cool is that!?

Now I’m really fascinated by the possibility of using bloopers to lessen the impact of a tragic ending in a tragicomedy…

#theater #film #dramaturgy

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60F is one of those temps that is contextual

Like if it's the middle of winter 60F is "too hot, what the fuck is going on, what happened to january" but if it's the middle of summer it's "too cold, what the fuck is going on, global warming my ass"

No in between. Reblog if you vote pleas

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on this day, 6 yrs ago, bruno mars was surprised to see pete wentz

#happy 16th birthday to bruno mars being surprised to see pete wentz #and happy 10th birthday to this post

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no but for real, this show is basically Ron Koslow saying to himself "I bet there's an untapped monsterfucker romance market and by god I'm just the man to prove it" and then proving it

I’m 4 episodes into Beauty and the Beast and I just think it’s so interesting how basically every single woman in this show seems to fall for Vincent almost instantly. Like the whole lion-man thing is NOT an issue, or at least never for very long. Meanwhile almost every man who sees him is like, “I HATE THIS FREAK HE HAS TO DIE!!”

Low key convinced that the writers had a pro-furry agenda, but I genuinely have always loved Ron Perlman so I’m living for their push to make him a heartthrob, despite the intense prosthetics. It’s what he deserves tbh.

I was also able to confirm my hunch that Guillermo Del Toro was watching this show at some point. Found an interview from a few years back where Ron was talking about his career trajectory and he mentioned that his casting in Hellboy was because GDT had seen his monster work and was interested in him.

Also my boyfriend was watching with me tonight, and during a fight scene he blurted out, “Vincent, you have GOT to start double tapping my dude. I know you have a soft heart or whatever, but you’ve got to start ripping these guys in half!!”

#beauty and the beast 1987

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This is just too awesome! Ron Perlman just made mini-Hellboy's day!

#hellboy #cosplay

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#golden girls #this show is HIGHLY rewatchable btw #i often have it on when i'm cutting fabric

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i hate when i send someone a meme in another language and they're like "uhm... translate? 😒" fucker i sent you a meme where 90% of the words have an english cognate and/or you don't need to know what they're saying to find it funny. can you at least TRY

#laugh rule

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#star wars

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introducing my partner to star wars for the first time is so fun because he's an officer in the military and keeps saying things like "is the imperial ranking system based on the navy or the air force" and "how did han solo enter the ranks as a general when he was functionally a contracter in the last movie" and it's like buddy george lucas literally mixed up units of distance and time while making these movies i promise he didn't even use a single braincell to think about this

#star wars

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heres a midi of hips dont lie with a banjo as the vocals

#shakira #hips don't lie #legend of zelda

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I've noticed far too many people don't know what "Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings" means and confuse it with "No Archive Warnings Apply."

No Archive Warnings Apply:

Does not contain nuts.

Safe. Nothing here will harm reader.

Creator Chose not to Use Archive Warnings:

May contain nuts. (Assume it contains every nut under the sun. It is a potential can of mixed nuts from which a spring-loaded snake will pop out.)

Not inherently safe. Proceed with caution and an understanding the work may contain every other warning available. All of them. Or none of them.

Creator is under no obligation to disclose any of this ahead of time.

The Warning is the warning.

Any fallout is the fault of the reader's misunderstanding or disregard of the Warning. The creator is not at fault.

If a reader chooses to filter out one (or more) warning(s) for their mental health, they need to understand they should also filter out "Creator Chose not to Use Archive Warnings" because it may contain the one(s) of their aversion.

It's concerning how many people will agree to a website's TOS without actually reading it. (No really, this is concerning.) Because the explanation of warnings is right there in the TOS. They define "Creator Chose not to Use Archive Warnings." All users have to agree to the TOS before creating an account.

And who doesn't want to know how a website works when using it?

Also important: General tags (not warnings) are a courtesy, not a requirement. The creator will include them if they choose. Many people do not feel that obligation. They may not add a tag, even if asked, and they do not have to. (Yes, this even includes a work with incest. It could be completely untagged and break no rule.)

That is AO3's Terms of Service. The reader may consider the creator rude for not tagging, but everyone should look out for themselves and understand their own expectation of risks. You don't have to agree with a creator's choice. You do need to understand it's a choice they might have made. It is a risk you take that they might have made it.

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#ao3

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#buffy #every time this comes around i get all upset