#9/10

[erednayy]

Hey, Tell Me You’ll Die Without Me [Manga]

Yandere: Iori & Jin

Personal Rating: 9/10

Author: Kotoko

#manga #9/10

[13o7billionyearsinthemaking]

Donald and Douglas in your AU please?

Man I though you'd never ask

I kinda went off of my usual humanization formula on this but I think it helps add little more uniqueness to their design.

The blue and black livery are both canon and are interchangeable like how the skarloey railway can switch their livery to either the TV or railway series in this au.

In my future modern era illustrations of them, I'll give them separate liveries colors to differentiate.

Oh and it's 9/10 what a coincidence, happy day to them :D

#ttte #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #ttte humanized #ttte fanart #my art #answered #ttte donald #ttte douglas #donald and douglas #Scottish twins #donald the scottish twin #douglas the scottish twin #9/10 #ttte donald and douglas

[theoscarsproject]

Maurice (1987). Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.

Can anyone direct sensuality like James Ivory? God, this is so, so good, just breathless with its own sprawling passion and it's alternating need to repress and experience and sometimes, eventually, to share too. Ivory's firing on all cylinders here, both as a director and a writer, and he brings out the best in a pretty stellar cast. This might just be my favourite Hugh Grant role? Just - - yes! Cinema! 9/10.

#maurice #1987 #Oscars 60 #nom: costume #james ivory #e.m. forster #Kit Hesketh-Harvey #james wilby #rupert graves #hugh grant #denholm elliott #england #english #1910s #romance #lgbt #9/10

[the-catboy-minyan]

it never happened, they still deserved it, Hitler was right

beyond parody

#asks #anon hate lmao #9/10 #the balls to send me this #the original anon was blocked but I resent this to myslef so I could still reply #← ugh should have reported #antisemitism

[mychemical-brainrot]

was in bible study, the leader turns to me and asks "what do you think happens when you die" and I bluescreen and can't remember the actual bible answer. The thought that flashes through my head is "your crewmates take your mask to the mailbox and then the pheonix witch collects it and helps your soul find it's way to the next life". But i know can't say this, so i wrack my brains for anything else and the only other thing that comes into my head is 🎶mama we all go to hell🎶. which i whisper to myself before deciding to go with my original answer and pulling out my sermon outline on which i'd doodled the pheonix witch and then i explain danger days lore to a bunch of horrified church girls.

YESSSS 9/10

#mcr #my chemical romance #9/10 #what church do you go to so i can help in spreading mcr??

[miravayl]

03.11.23

#Mira-Marathon | Knives Out

Film Name: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022); Production Studios: Netflix, T-Street; Director and Screenwriter by: Rian Johnson; Starring: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn; Genres: Comedy, Criminal, Drama, Detective; Running Time: 2 hours 19 minutes;

"Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" is a sequel to the 2019 film, where the famous detective Benoit Blanc goes to Greece to solve a mystery that connects a new group of suspects, because even before the trip, everyone knew what was going to happen... a murder. This is an exciting detective story with a complex plot, a talented cast and humor. Although some of the characters are stereotypical, this is a great movie for fans of interesting stories and mysteries.

My rating: 9/10

#mira marathon #film #knives out #glass onion: a knives out mystery #glass onion #2022 #netflix #t street #rian johnson #daniel craig #edward norton #janelle monáe #kate hudson #kathryn hahn #comedy #criminal #drama #detective #2 hours #9/10

[thevideodungeon]

Halloween (1978)

Not just one of the best slasher movies, not just one of the best horror movies, just one of the best movies. Without Halloween the slasher subgenre probably wouldn't exist as we know it. Which yes, would wipe out a lot of very bad movies, but some really good ones too.

9/10

#slashers #halloween series #1970s #9/10 #haloween #horror #horror movies #slasher movies #1970s horror #70s horror

[terramythos]

TAYLOR READS 2023: SYSTEM COLLAPSE BY MARTHA WELLS

Title: System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries #7) (2023)

Author: Martha Wells

Genre/Tags: Science Fiction, First Person, Agender Protagonist

Rating: 9/10

Date Began: 11/19/2023

Date Finished: 12/31/2023

In the aftermath of the alien contamination incident of the Adamantite colony, Murderbot and its humans face a new challenge. Barish-Estranza, a major corporation, seeks to claim the planet and its inhabitants as salvage, which would doom the colonists to contract slavery. To save them from this fate, the non-corporate humans must find a way to convince the colonists to trust them and reject Barish-Estranza’s offer.

But after a nervous breakdown, Murderbot has problems of its own. Unable to trust its own judgment, Murderbot must come to terms with its distressingly human response to the traumatic events of Network Effect— all while keeping its humans from accidentally killing themselves in the cutthroat political climate Barish-Estranza brings to the Adamantite colony.

“On the team feed, Ratthi asked, Can we come down and help you, SecUnit? No, I told him. He hadn’t asked me what I was doing, probably because he was afraid I didn’t know. Which, valid, but this time I actually did know. I continued around the edge, because if I was right, the first one would be directly attached to the pad. If it wasn’t here, I was going to look incredibly fucking stupid and the humans were going to assume because of redacted I— Oh, here it is.”

For live reading notes, check the reblogs (contains unmarked spoilers).

Content warnings and review (spoiler-free and spoiler versions) under the cut.

Content Warnings: Mentioned -- Murder, torture, sexual slavery. Depicted -- Slavery, PTSD, self-hatred, emotional manipulation, dehumanization, violence, gore (kinda), death (implied)

**SPOILER-FREE REVIEW**

This section is spoiler free for System Collapse, but not The Murderbot Diaries as a whole, so please keep that in mind!

I've consistently enjoyed The Murderbot Diaries throughout its run. The strikingly relatable narration Murderbot supplies makes the books approachable and entertaining to read, despite often delving into disturbing and dark subject matter like slavery, depression, and anxiety. The book chronologically preceding this one, Network Effect, is one of my favorite novels of all time. While System Collapse doesn't reach those heights (and it doesn't need to), it's yet another story following Murderbot's adventures and struggles with personhood, so I predictably liked it.

System Collapse occupies a more transitional space than previous entries. We end the novel in much the same place as in Network Effect, literally and metaphorically. Murderbot makes the same decision it does at the end of Network Effect; to leave its Preservation humans and travel with ART and its crew instead. I question whether System Collapse was originally planned when Network Effect was written; as a story, it feels tacked onto that entry. It's just more of that book-- a continuation of some loose threads from it.

However, this isn't a criticism, at least not yet, because despite feeling similar to Network Effect, System Collapse introduces critical character development in order for the next arc, which I imagine will focus more on ART and the University, to succeed. I'll get into more detail about that in the spoiler section, but I have no problem with a break from the extreme high stakes tension of Network Effect to spend time developing various characters, including Murderbot itself, especially going into the next story arc.

**SPOILER REVIEW**

By far System Collapse's greatest strength is how it addresses Murderbot's trauma post-Network Effect. If I'm right and this entry wasn't originally planned, I'm glad Martha Wells decided to write it anyway, because leaving the long term effects of what Murderbot went through in the air and unaddressed would be a disservice to Murderbot as a character and readers who have undergone similarly traumatic experiences.

In particular, Murderbot experiences a realistic depiction of PTSD, something it's disturbed by and ashamed about. System Collapse can often be a brutal read because Murderbot is so hard on itself, seeing itself as an incompetent failure for having a reasonable reaction to trauma. It hearkens back to earlier points in the series where Murderbot didn't really see itself as a person, something that has gradually changed over time. But one thing that sticks out to me is a heavier thematic focus on Murderbot's humanity.

Murderbot itself is a construct-- a combination of machinery and cloned human material. We know it has a human face, human neural tissue, and some organic body parts, but the series to this point has focused on Murderbot's PERSONHOOD rather than its HUMANITY, which are separate things in this series. Murderbot itself doesn't identify as human, usually avoiding the association and approaching the world as a machine would. So after Murderbot suffers its PTSD episode, when ART says “this affects the part of you that is human," and Murderbot doesn’t outright deny that assertion, it's VERY striking to a long time reader. Murderbot's human aspects have to this point been depicted as a nuisance, something Murderbot feels neutral about at best and dislikes at worst.

System Collapse makes a direct connection between a fundamental aspect of Murderbot's character and this idea of humanity. It's something that seems obvious in retrospect but as far as I know is the first time the narrative directly addresses it. Murderbot LOVES the TV show The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon. As an autistic-coded character, Murderbot's primary special interest IS Sanctuary Moon (and the concept of human media as a whole). It watches favorite episodes of this space soap opera to comfort itself when it feels stressed or overwhelmed. One reason Murderbot cites for not hating humans despite what they've done to it, even before meeting humans it likes, is their ability to create media.

Yet when we meet ART in the second book, a space ship bot with greater than human intelligence, it doesn't understand the emotional aspect of media at all. It needs to watch TV shows by seeing the reactions of others to get full context. One of the ways ART and Murderbot initially bond is through watching shows together like this. Murderbot cites "human neural tissue" as a requirement for fully understanding media. Yet here in System Collapse that same neural tissue causes major problems for Murderbot— the trauma response.

One connection System Collapse makes to Sanctuary Moon and why it's so important to Murderbot is that, after hacking its governor module pre-series, Murderbot used Sanctuary Moon to heal and rewire its brain. Murderbot has always had some human aspect to it, whether it likes to acknowledge this or not. And one of the things most precious to it is something it would not be able to fully understand or appreciate otherwise. So Murderbot has to grapple with both positive and negative aspects to, as ART identifies (correctly, I feel), its humanity. I was hesitant about this framing at first, as the series to this point has avoided addressing this so directly. But on reflection I REALLY like it, and am interested to see how the next entry expands upon this.

Beyond Murderbot itself we do get development of some newer characters. Iris, ART’s favorite human, made an appearance in the last book, but gets a lot more screen time in System Collapse. We get a sense of her self doubt, but willingness to do what is right in the face of danger. Another character I really enjoy is Tarik. I honestly can't remember if he made more than a passing appearance in Network Effect. But System Collapse develops him as a human foil to Murderbot; he was part of a corporate death squad and broke free, has trauma associated with that, is the newest member of ART'S crew, and is quietly a badass as like, a background detail, which is pretty funny. With the book's greater focus on humanity and how it relates to Murderbot, I think a character like this has a lot of potential and I'm excited to see where that goes.

Slavery and self-determination are core themes of the series, and we continue with that trend in System Collapse. Barish-Estranza are the primary antagonists and seek to enslave the surviving colonists of Admantine in everything but name, and the conflict focuses on finding a way to convince said colonists to establish themselves as an independent entity to escape that fate. While I don't think it's the most poignant exploration of these ideas in the series, it is nice to see the consistency of The Murderbot Diaries' anti-slavery message and the variety of ways it's explored throughout.

Another overarching plot thread gets expanded upon in this entry-- that of free constructs besides Murderbot. Murderbot encounters a "ComfortUnit" (a cutesy name for a sex slave) earlier in the series and frees it, and we still don't know where it went or what it has done since then. In Network Effect Murderbot frees another SecUnit which it calls "Three", who is a minor character in this entry. During the story of System Collapse Murderbot frees two other SecUnits owned by Barish-Estranza, one of whom helps them during the climax. It's implied this Unit will do what Murderbot initially did and pretend it's still under the governor module's control while continuing to do its job.

So my question is, when does this part of the story all come together? The slavery of constructs is arguably THE conflict of the series. Murderbot has given various constructs the means to disable their governor modules and free themselves throughout the series. Presumably this could cause a chain reaction over time as other constructs free each other. Is this the endgame of the series? I don't know, but I'm excited to find out.

**CONCLUSION**

As always I greatly enjoyed System Collapse and highly recommend the entirety of The Murderbot Diaries. It's one of my favorite series ever and if you haven't read them yet… DO IT! I would not consider System Collapse the best entry in the series (it's hard to beat Network Effect) but it provides compelling character development and food for thought regarding the next story arc of the series.

#taylor reads #book review #9/10 #ok putting this as a book i read in 2023 felt weird but. like it's technically true.

[agnezluf]

340 Days

Plot : 8/10

The yandere : 9.5/10

Artwork : 7/10

Author and artist : Michii

This is a thoroughly satisfying yandere read. That is, if you are into unapologetic yandere male lead who is villain bad and will stop at nothing to get the object of their obsession.

The premise: humans are distinguished by biological traits that determines their psychological and physiological abilities/limitation. There are Shut type who can only love one person in their life, and Destroy type who are typically psychotic/sociopathic with superhuman strength. So what happened when a Shut type imprints on a Destroy type? Is it the making of a heartbreaking tragedy?

The sci fi element in this manhwa is fascinating and believable. I love when an author is taking the time with world building, especially when writing sci fi.

What I like so much from this manhwa is that my cravings for a decent yandere happy ending is thoroughly satisfied. The author did not shy away from all the negative implications of consciously choosing to be with a yandere man. Yet, they went to that direction heads on. Oh what a lovely train wreck.

I love this one so much! Highly recommended.

#yandere male #male yandere #yandere recommendations #yandere boys #yandere #yandere boy #340days #340 days #michii #scifimanhwa #scifi yandere #maleyandere #yanderemale #yandereboy #yanderemales #nez manhwa review #completed yandere #9/10 #male yandere review #yandere males #yandere review #yandere man #yandere rec

[deadrayg2mf]

The Dragon’s Bride (Deal with a Demon #1) by Katee Robert

I really can’t praise Katee Robert enough. She is by far one of my favorite authors in the genre. I know I’m going to get a female lead I can relate to, or at least actually like, right off the bat. A male lead who is going to be the perfect match for her. And some quality plot with just enough snippets of the characters backgrounds for me to beg and plead for more books about them.

The Dragon’s Bride is the kick starter to the Deal with a Demon series, the precursor (though not required read) to The Kraken’s Sacrifice (check out the post on that). It follows Briar, a charming survivor of domestic abuse who has one wish: her husband’s death. Luckily, she is also one of the five women to make a deal, seven years of partnership to a monstrous leader for anything they could possibly want in the world. That’s how she ends up in the Bargainer Demon’s castle, with her last memories of the human realm being her late husband's blood on a demon's hands, and her hand in marriage to a dragon. 

Briar is fragile but strong, cautious but daring, curious, blunt, and a little bit of a hellcat, and while this all may sound super contradictory, Katee weaves her in such a way that makes her a darling in my eyes. Briar also has a breeding kink, so there’s that sort of dirty talk coming out of her mouth. 

Sol is a dragon. He swims a little like a crocodile, he wears pants, and he is so totally smitten with Briar it’s adorable. He is patient, gentle, and kind. He doesn’t let Briar skirt around her issues but holds her when the nightmares come during the night. He doesn’t push her but makes sure she knows she is safe from whatever she may fear will come back to haunt her. Oh, and he is all too willing to play into that breeding kink fantasy. (And he’s got double the trouble to do so)

Now while some may be disappointed to hear there is no DP (double penetration) in The Dragon’s Bride (that’s what the second book is for) the spice is seriously insane, and there sure is plenty of it within the 180 pages. Now I may never be one to utter the phrase “fill me up,” I sure do enjoy reading it being used to provoke a giant dragon man. 

Another must read from Katee Robert. If you’re looking for a soft romance between a survivor who thinks she’s broken and a dragon who’s determined to show her she isn’t in 180 pages, with a bunch of sex too, then The Dragon’s Bride is your book for the night. 9/10

Would I read again? I did for this! I would still!

Would I recommend? Absolutely!

#book review #good read #katee robert #monster fucker #monster lover #monster fudger #dragon's bride #highly recommend #9/10

[randomshapeassortmentinyourarea]

..Kitty :3 *she picks them up* -@pomnitheautismjester

... -growls and tries to wiggle their way out-

#9/10 #they're not used to that much attention

[muchallure]

closed for @luriddaze

"please, norah. if i go to this dinner alone i'm going to be fucking rinsed in the locker rooms on monday."

#9/10 #luriddaze #speaks: james taylor. #lucas and chloe's brother but when they're older dkdkkd #feat: james & norah.

[mudsnapperqna]

mundie.. if you could do everything over again, do you think we could still be a family..?

[ @ask-the-scapegoat ]

hey. you're always gonna be my little brother no matter what, okay kilo? i'm sorry if i scared you. it just... it hurts to think about sometimes and i just have to get it out of my chest. but i'm not going anywhere, okay? c'mere.

i love you, and nothing's gonna change that.

#ask #ask the scapegoat #answered #Mundie2D #Access Granted! #9/10

[theoscarsproject]

The Official Story (1985). During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.

Just utterly haunting. I'm going to be thinking about this one for a long time. 9/10.

#the official story #1985 #Oscars 58 #Nom: Original Screenplay #Nom: Foreign Film #Won: Foreign Film #luis puenzo #aida bortnik #norma aleandro #hector alterio #chunchuna villafane #argentina #argentinian #mother-daughter #dictatorships #aftermaths #9/10

[unforgivablyshy]

Just finished Station Eleven and I really loved it. It feels like a fantasy novel even though it isn’t, if that makes sense. The setting is so vivid and human that it has that sense of wonder even though it’s all set after a rather devastating apocalypse and it’s no secret that people do horrible things to each other.

The pacing was really interesting to me. I love anything that weaves multiple storylines/timelines together (shoutout to a book I read closer to halloween, The Hollow Kind). This book did that really well, and the way the scenes were arranged was done in a way that had really satisfying payoff.

I personally rate it at 9.5/10!

#station eleven #mini book review #books #bookblr #fantasy #post apocalyptic #9/10 #10/10 #ill tag it as both

[mychemical-brainrot]

i have a photo of gerard under my pillow that i kiss daily

9/10

#mcr #my chemical romance #gerard way #9/10