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glassesbastards · 1 year

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Twist Q&A

Saw this meme floating around Twitter recently and it seemed fun so I'll do it over here since I wanted to start text posting about twst more. Answers below!

1. When did you start playing?

EN server launch.

2. Whose hand did you take?

Riddle; I didn’t know much about the characters when I started so I chose him because of the Alice in Wonderland aesthetic and because he also reminded me of another favorite character of mine, Akashi Seijuurou from Kuroko no Basuke.

3. Who was your tutorial SSR?

Dorm Riddle!

4. First fave vs current fave?

Riddle was my initial fave and I’m still very fond of him, but Book 3 hit me like a freight train and Azul is now my current favorite.

5. Caught up on main story?

Yep, waiting for EN release of Book 6.

6. How many unread vignettes?

Around 25; those event card vignettes keep piling up.

7. First event banner SSR?

Fairy Gala Leona; he surprised me when I was pulling for Jamil’s event SR.

8. First birthday SSR?

Cater!

9. Gacha saver or impulsive?

Started out impulsive even though I know better from previous gachas. After not being able to get a few cards I wanted I’m now a hardline saver and I won’t pull for an SSR if I don’t have 100 pulls ready so I at least get something.

10. Favorite dorm?

Octavinelle. I love the aesthetic of the dorm and the Mostro Lounge, and the dynamic between Azul and the Leech twins is just too good. Plus Octavinelle has the best dorm uniform design; it’s so classy. I also was a big The Little Mermaid fan when I was a kid so it's a natural fit.

11. Favorite 1st year?

Deuce. I love those ex-delinquent types who are trying to turn their lives around, and he’s generally such a good and earnest boy who’s trying his best. His devotion to his mom is also really sweet.

12. Favorite 2nd year?

Azul! He’s just a funny little guy, along with the Leech twins. Every time those three appear and the Mostro Lounge theme kicks in you know something entertaining is going to happen. I also do find some of Azul’s issues pretty relatable (I just wish I had his work ethic…). For me he's such an interesting character with a lot of layers to him; I wasn’t expecting him to have as much depth as he has but Book 3 and 4 really sold him very well.

13. Favorite 3rd year?

Idia. Like the Octavinelle gang, Idia is an entertaining and complex guy and he so often has such funny nerdy dialogue whenever he appears. Otaku archetypes can be hit or miss for me but Idia is a definite hit; his Robes SR vignette hurt but in a well-written, understandable way. I also appreciate how much he cares about Ortho and tries to do right by him even when it makes him uncomfortable. His nerdy friendship with Azul is a lot of fun too.

14. What NRC class would you actually want to take?

Alchemy maybe? I’m a nerd so a lot of the classes sound pretty interesting; even the History class would be cool.

15. What character would you beef with?

Ace for ghosting his ex, smh.

16. Favorite book?

Book 3; it’s fun and the Octavinelle trio are entertaining villains. Book 4 is a close second since again the Octavinelle boys are really fun in it and Jamil’s also great. I’d say my overall opinion of best to worst is roughly 3, 4, 5, 1, Prologue, 2. I'm really hoping the manga adaptation will improve on the shortcomings of Book 2.

17. Favorite original card art?

Tossup between Groom Idia, Fairy Gala Leona, and Dorm Riddle. For cards not out in EN yet I'd include Masquerade Azul and Masquerade Idia, they're lovely.

18. Favorite groovy card art?

Beans Floyd; he just looks adorable.

19. Are you good at twisttunes?

I’ve been able to get SS on Hard for a number of them but I’d still say I’m mediocre. I’m not sure how much of that is my skill or problems with twisttune tap detection since I generally do well in other rhythm games.

20. Favorite staff member?

Crewel! He’s so entertaining and also the most attractive character in the game for me honestly. It's also funny to think of him being a bit of a troublemaker when he was attending NRC himself. His character design is just so aesthetically clean and great; if they ever add teacher cards he'll be one I'll go all in on trying to get.

I also love Trein; he can be really strict but is actually a decent guy who seems to genuinely care about his students’ wellbeing. Also his doting over Lucius, his sweet reminisces about his wife, and his pride for his daughters are all pretty cute.

21. Who is closest in height to you?

Riddle. Why are so many of these boys giants? Joseimuke Don't Make All the Dudes 7 Feet Tall Challenge (VERY HARD)

22. Are you saving for anything?

Idia’s birthday; after that I need to save up for both Azul birthday cards since I didn’t get his first one last time. For non-birthday stuff I’m aiming mostly for Masquerade Idia and Azul cards next year, and maybe also for Beans Azul and Floyd if they get rerun. There's so many other caracters whose cards I'd like but I try to prioritize Azul, Jade, Floyd, and Idia above all.

23. Who do you most relate to?

I relate to Azul’s insecurities and Idia’s anxiety but I wouldn’t say there’s really a character I find generally relatable in that “this guy is literally me” type of way. A lot of characters have bits and pieces I can connect with, which is probably why I find basically every character likable.

24. What club would you join?

Mountain Lovers Club, because it actually does seem pretty fun and chill. I do like going for walks in nature and I’m already that person who takes random photos of rocks and things so I’m on Jade’s wavelength here 100%. Plus I love to cook so I’d be happy to make dishes with all those tasty mushrooms and foraged edible plants. Let’s just be careful about avoiding the poisonous ones…

25. What dorm would you want to be in?

Octavinelle. The atmosphere is the best and Azul seems to be pretty hands-off as a Housewarden as long as you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing and upholding the dorm’s reputation. Also the best dorm uniforms and working in the Lounge wouldn’t be so bad to earn some extra cash.

26. What dorm would you actually be in?

Ignihyde because I’m an introverted nerd, although I’m not sure my tech chops are good enough to make the cut.

27. Favorite event?

Honestly I’ve enjoyed every event but Ghost Marriage is my favorite because all the characters have such funny and entertaining banter; it’s the number one event I’d love to see included in the anime because there’s so many parts that would be hilarious to hear voiced. Also I really enjoyed both parts of Beanfest and the Halloween events.

28. Favorite vignette?

Dorm Jade’s vignette; his interaction with the Pomefiore guys is so funny. Really all three of the Octavinelle Dorm vignettes are great. Groom Idia’s is also very entertaining.

29. What does your homescreen look like?

No screenshot handy but it's Birthday Boy Jade with Jade's bedroom as the background.

30. What’s your hottest twst take?

The jokes can be pretty funny but I think fandom exaggerates how terrible a person Jade is a little too much; the dude is definitely questionable and seems to have a sadistic streak, but he hasn’t actually done anything noticeably worse than the other boys really. He’s just a weird shady eel guy who enjoys chaos, mountain hiking, and (affectionately) dunking on Azul.

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firelxdykatara · 3 years

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not gonna lie I would love to hear more about the drama and infighting that went on in The Vampire Diaries fandom if you have the time (and also want to use that time to give your experience with the fandom, which from the snippets you've told sounds Not Fun so I get it if you don't want to lol)

oh god, there was like, SO MUCH, i just

i really feel like tvd is one of those fandoms that is so hard to describe without a lot of ‘you’d have to have been there’, but it really felt like this huge and all-consuming beast for about five years until the show finally imploded and the fandom basically turned on it en masse. (you ever see that post going around that’s like ‘if you ever want to know what true regret feels like, ask someone who once called tvd their favorite show’? still a mood, all these years later. basically the entire fandom thought the show should have just bowed out with whatever shreds of dignity it had left at the end of season 6, and became more of a hatedom than a fandom for the last two seasons. when you have an entire fandom cheering news of your show’s cancellation, i think that’s a sign you done fucked up, julie.)

first and most infamous, of course, are the ship wars. which are pretty much inevitable in any teen-centered drama, and i really think the CW fucking thrives on them, but it was particularly egregious in TVD’s case because not only was the base premise of the show a love triangle, but the two main romantic leads were brothers that the show constantly pit against one another--in pursuit of elena’s affections, but also because it kept up this insistence on the ‘good brother/bad brother’ dichotomy which stopped making sense after about season 2 (by which time we have found out that the good brother was never as good as he appeared, and the bad brother has been growing and isn’t nearly as bad as he pretends to be)--and the question of which brother ‘deserved’ elena (and no, what elena wanted very rarely factored into these discussions, especially in the team stefan camp because they turned on her when what she wanted was no longer The Good Brother, but i’ll get to that in a bit) was hotly contested.

i’m not kidding when i say the shipping wars were vicious. i started watching tvd shortly after it began to air, which was late 2009, and kept up with it fairly sporadically over the years. i didn’t come onto tumblr until 2011/2012, and by then, the fandom was already pretty much a garbagefire. there were anti ship and anti character blogs, any time something bad happened for one ship the rival ship would invade the tags to gloat about it (seasons 3 and 4 were especially rough, and i’m not gonna pretend delena fans weren’t just as bad about tag invasion and shit, but as that was my side of the road i saw a lot more of the stelena shippers being assholes, which soured my opinion on the ship a long time before i started rewatching and realized the red flags were there from the start), confessions blogs were popular also toxic as fuck (so much fighting happened in the notes of those posts, good gods), and this was right around when twitter’s popularity was on the rise and the line between Celebrity and Fan was thinning, so the fandom was absolutely atrocious to much of the tvd cast and crew.

(some of them deserved a lot of the later backlash, but in the early years a lot of it was ‘how dare you write the story in a way i dont like, you terrible fucking person’, and gods don’t get me started on the dobsley vs nian Thing)

i think what really encapsulates my feelings on the tvd fandom as a whole, though, is the way they (to this DAY) treated elena gilbert, which can be summed up in one meme that gained a lot of traction around season 3 if i remember right: that gif of pam from true blood, with the text altered to read “i’m so OVER elena and her precious doppelganger vagina!”

i swear at one time i had over half the active tvd fan accounts on tumblr blocked, because i got to a point where i would no longer tolerate elena hate, and she was (and still is, in what remains of the fandom; you’ll see a lot of ‘elena was one of the worst things about the show’ takes from ex-fans, too) one of the most widely despised characters in the entire fandom. because she -checks smudged writing on hand- was a traumatized teenage girl who -reads off a crumpled notecard- couldn’t always perfectly sort out her own feelings and -squints at the ceiling- sometimes made mistakes or bad decisions. (except a lot of the fandom also insisted that she was a mary sue who had no character traits or flaws or faults and it was like....make up your fucking minds???? is she a calculating conniving bitch whose somehow manipulating these centuries old vampires to tie them around her little finger or is she a boring flat character with no depth and no flaws??? jfc)

there was this massive double standard, too--like, stefan and damon could fuck whoever they wanted and that was fine, but elena was constantly raked over the coals for the crime of developing romantic feelings for the two men who had become constants in her life and whom she cared for deeply, and oh my GOD the slut shaming that happened when elena slept with damon was fucking wild. (and also happened in canon lmfao. like the show had one of elena’s best friends basically call her diseased on screen for falling in love with someone other than stefan. it was gross and ridiculous and the friend in question was also being a giant hypocrite at the time since she was happily flirting with someone who was directly responsible for the deaths of like four of elena’s loved ones and her own boyfriend’s mother but that’s beside the point) but like elena was called a slut and a bitch and a whore for ‘cheating’ on stefan (she hadn’t, and she had in fact broken up with him on screen the episode earlier) and ‘immediately’ jumping into bed with damon, even though none of them said fucking boo when stefan had one night stands or damon had fuckbuddies or whatever.

shit, caroline didn’t get any of this treatment when she started falling for tyler while dating matt! which isn’t to say i think she should have, just that i think it’s fucking ridiculous that elena was absolutely demonized by the fandom for daring to have feelings for two guys at once and eventually acting on them--despite the fact that the entire premise of the show was a love triangle. it’s not a love triangle if both sides don’t eventually get explored, and the crew had been pretty explicit about the fact that delena was going to happen at some point--but when it did, a huge chunk of the fandom absolutely threw a fit.

and a lot of these elena haters were alleged stelena stans, and i say alleged because they hated her so much for not wanting stefan’s dick anymore that it was clear they were really stefan stans and only wanted stelena to be endgame because they wanted stefan to ‘win’ at the end of the day, because ‘he’s the good brother’ so he deserved elena more.

it was all very gross and very misogynistic and very sex shaming (apparently delena was a ‘shallow’ and ‘superficial’ relationship because they had sex after two years of unrequited feelings slowly becoming requited and then pining for ages on both sides, and because they had a lot of on screen chemistry that the show capitalized on for years so of course they did a lot of making out and shit but it’s not like stelena didn’t have its fair share of making out and sex scenes, stefan was just too much of a coward to let elena top i’d apologize for that joke but i’m really not sorry because it’s true), and when i say it was egged on by the crew, that’s because they refused to let the love triangle die back in season 4 when it should have.

they insisted on stringing stelena fans along, dropping little bread crumbs to keep them invested, like dreams of a future where they were married and revealing that stefan was also a doppelganger and he and elena were descended from a pair of star-crossed lovers (a plot that ultimately went nowhere, to no one’s great surprise), and then fucking like. julie plec turned around and threw nina under the bus after she chose not to extend her contract and pretended that stelena might have happened again if she hadn’t left the show, which....i mean frankly i wouldn’t put it past her, but it would have been shitty writing. then again, she thought having a vampire pregnancy where a uterus was magically transplanted from a witch into a vampire that could somehow......carry the babies to term.... made sense and was a good way to accomodate candice’s RL pregnancy rather than like literally ANYTHING else, soooooo. but anyway julie saying that around like, end of s6 sparked off a new wave of nina hate and elena hate and ship wars bc they SEers took it as ‘confirmation’ that stelena was REALLY meant to be endgame and it was all just a hot fucking mess

another thing is that, while tvd was in its prime before the anti/purity culture shit started picking up any real steam, there was still this pervasive attitude throughout the fandom that if you liked Damon, you were A Bad Person. liking damon was apparently grounds for insults and harassment, and apparently he was The Worst Person on the Show even though literally nothing he does on screen is any worse than shit we know stefan has done (and frankly every other vampire too, but i mention stefan specifically because he was always held up--in the show but especially in the fandom--as the Good Brother while damon was the Bad One, and if you liked damon more then that had to mean your morals were dodgy and you clearly couldn’t appreciate what a heroic and saintly figure dear stefan was and....oops, i’m sorry, my salt keeps leaking -cough-).

meanwhile klaus quickly became a fandom darling despite not even really having much of a redemption arc (on tvd anyway, he just became more ‘affably evil’ as the show went on and more inclined to work with the main characters rather than try to kill them; i have no idea what went on over on his show, though), and like i can 100% appreciate liking villains and not caring that they do dodgy villainous shit, even just liking them bc they’re hot and wanting them to kiss a main character bc they have insanely good chemistry (yes i ship klaroline, no i won’t apologize for it, they could have been Really Great), it’s just really the double standard that gets me.

and all of this, incidentally, required ignoring some truly gross shit stefan was responsible for wrt his relationship with elena, that frankly it has always bothered me never really got addressed in the show. i get why elena herself would never be able to actually call him on it, but the fact is that he stalked her for months after he first saw her and thought she was katherine (meanwhile it only took damon .5 seconds to realize she was someone else entirely, but that’s another topic entirely), and then he deliberately inserted himself into her life because, in his words, ‘i have to know her’. he never gave a thought to how his presence in her life might affect her (or rather, he did, and tormented himself about it in his internal monologue, but never let this actually dissuade him from disrupting her life), and elena would wind up blaming herself for every tragedy that befell her friends and loved ones as a result of getting mixed up in vampire bullshit even though none of it was her fault--she literally blamed herself for existing but most of the fandom didn’t give a fuck about that lmfao--and stefan did shit like find out that she was adopted and then withhold this information from her until she got pissed about another secret he was keeping (her resemblence to katherine) and drop it on her to try and distract her from her very reasonable anger, and like... i should stop before this becomes a whole rant about how much i hate stefan fucking salvatore, but the point is, he did a lot of really sketchy shit he never answered for and elena never really took him to task for, and the fandom just kept eating up his insistence that he was the Good Brother and therefore he deserved to have elena, and if she didn’t want him anymore it was because she was a heinous bitch who didn’t deserve him.

uh.....i think i got off track there. and there’s probably a lot of shit i missed, like i think i was incandescent with rage for most of seasons 5 and 6 so i missed a lot of the interfandom shit cause i was too busy being increasingly pissed off at the show itself, but if nothing else this should give you an idea of how much of a goddamn cesspit the fandom was while the show as in its prime. there’s a reason both the show and the fandom have such a lousy reputation lmfao.

#the vampire diaries #tvd #tvd fandom salt #anti stefan #anti stelena #salt for ts #asked #Anonymous

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amphtaminedreams · 3 years

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Farewell to Spooky Season, AHS Style: Lookbook no.12

Hi to anyone reading,

Happy belated Halloween!

I capitalise it because if I'm gonna recognise any day as sacred, it’s the spookiest one of the year! Halloween 2020 obviously hasn’t been as exciting as usual, parties and club nights being banned has meant there’s been far less opportunities to dress up, but I still managed to get out for the night before they announced the upcoming second lockdown and do a couple of spooky movie nights (and carve a pumpkin!)!

I originally intended for this lookbook to be last minute halloween costume inspo but I was lazy and didn’t manage to get it out on time-a lot of these looks minus the makeup and maybe an accessory or two could work on any day or night out so I thought I’d go ahead and post it now anyway. Celebrating the fashion moments of American Horror Story is something I’ve wanted to do for a while; it’s probably not the first show you’d think of for sartorial inspiration but Mr. Ryan Murphy has fucking fantastic taste in stylists and the first five seasons of AHS in particular, which I’ll be focussing on in this post, have given us SO many amazing looks. The man may be guilty of many things-subjecting us to the character of Will Schuester, trying to turn Richard Ramirez into a thirst trap, embarrassing everyone who raved about how good Scream Queens was when he wrote season 2-but costume related laziness is not one of them. We see more consistency in a Ryan Murphy character’s wardrobe than we do in their story arcs and I respect that because honestly, as much as I love joining in when it comes to ripping into his ability to cohesively bring an AHS season to a close when it airs, I’d probably be the same; if you put Lady Gaga in front of me and told me to write her lines I’d probably end up getting overly invested in what her character was going to be wearing in the scene too.

So! Enough Ryan Murphy bashing from me! I’ll get on with it! Starting with 3 season 1 inspired looks:

Murder House: Elizabeth Short, Tate Langdon and Violet Harmon

-striped jumper from caitlinlark on Depop, kick flare jeans from ellagray-

When it comes to reflecting on season 1 of American Horror Story, all I can say do is thank the internet overlords that Tumblr has moved on from the romanticising school shooters and wearing normal people scare me tops phase to instead collectively taking the piss out of the “GO AWAY, TATE!”, “YOU’RE ALL THAT I WANTTT! YOU’RE ALL THAT I HAVEEE!” exchange.

In terms of fashion *moments*, whilst season 1 doesn’t stand out as much as the seasons that come after, Violet and Tate’s wardrobes did give birth to a bit of a 90s grunge renaissance with their oversized knits and faded jeans and layering of textures. It did also give us good costumes in the form of Alexandra Breckenridge’s Moira O’Hara and Mena Suvari’s portrayal of the Black Dahlia, Elizabeth Short; unfortunately, I didn’t have a slutty maid costume lying around so I did the best I could at giving the outfit Elizabeth wears when she makes that fateful visit to the Murder House a modern, more party appropriate update.

In terms of season rankings, Murder House isn’t my favourite. It starts off really great but lulls a bit towards the end and I could never get behind Violet and Tate as a couple because you know, one of them is a school shooter who sexually assaults the other’s mum, and that’s a hurdle that I think most couples might struggle to get over irl. That being said, it was the season that started it all and showcased some of the most innovative writing and directing on TV, and it opened up a spot for horror on primetime television which as far as I know was kind of unheard of before then. Back when I first watched it, I had no idea what to expect not only because I’d never seen horror in a serial format but also because it seemed to be able to get away with the kind of storylines you’d expect network executives to fire people over. It introduced us to Jessica Lange and Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters and Denis O’Hare who would go on to make the show what it is today and more importantly, through Jessica’s glorious portrayal of Constance Langdon, provide us with an endlessly versatile meme format for this trying time.

Asylum: ‘60s Lana Winters, ‘70s Lana Winters, and Sister Mary Eunice McKee

-afghan coat from louisemarcella on Depop, red AA skater dress from julietramage, pink gingham co-ord from zshamim-

I think we can all agree: Asylum would’ve been a perfect series of television if it wasn’t for the completely unnecessary alien storyline. Like, I get that they fit in with the whole good vs. evil theme as a kind of non-biblical alternative to the idea of a higher, all-powerful being but there was already so much going on that it just wasn’t needed. Aside from that, I think the general consensus amongst watchers of the show is that Asylum has the best writing of any season and I think I’d tend to agree. It’s not my favourite because it’s too depressing to rewatch but if we’re talking the first time round, this is the series that had me hooked. Lana Winters?

Iconic.

Sister Mary Eunice? Iconic. The Name Game? Iconic. Remember when you couldn’t go a day on Facebook without seeing that one photo of Naomi Grossman as Pepper used as the go to “what I really look like” photo in one of those “expectation vs. reality” style posts on your newsfeed? Those were simpler times.

Because this season was mostly situated within the hospital, we didn’t get that many proper outfits but when we did, they were stunning; if I had to state my absolute favourite AHS character of the entire show I’d probably go with Lana Winters and the part her wardrobe played in her characterisation would 100% play a part in that. The late 60s/early 70s was such a wonderful period for fashion and through her character we get to see both of those explored a little. Of course there’s also *that* Sister Mary Eunice scene with the red slip dress and suspenders too which yes, could be a perfect halloween costume, but I also strongly believe should be a perfectly acceptable outfit for any day of the year.

Coven: Misty Day, Madison Montgomery, and Zoe Benson

-chiffon dress from rags_to_riches on Depop, pinstripe corset from hanpiercey, and tennis skirt from mollie_morton-

I hate to be a basic bitch but I have to say it: Coven is my favourite season of American Horror Story. Once you get over the complete waste of Evan Peters’ acting capabilities that resulted from the *choice* to have him play Kyle, the unnecessary rehash of the Evan/Taissa pairing from season 1 in what I can only assume was an attempt to capitalise on the popularity of the questionable Tate/Violet relationship, and the subsequent sacrifice of any interesting character arc we could’ve foreseen for Zoe Benson beyond her obsessing over a resurrected, non-verbal frat boy, it’s a perfect season. A supreme (heh) balance of horror, humour, and character drama, as well as the stunning aesthetics and forever quotable dialogue, make it my go-to season if I’m ever considering a rewatch. And if you disagree, let me jog your memory with the most mainstream (not to get all “normal people scare me” and suggest AHS is not a mainstream show, I literally just mean in the sense that even those who have never watched the show will have seen this) reaction GIF set any FX show has even spawned:

Buzzfeed employees had a field day, Emma Roberts enthusiasts (I mean me) finally saw her cemented as the pop culture icon Scream Queens has since showed us she deserves to be (because not enough people have seen Unfabulous, Nancy Drew or Scream 4) and the gays everywhere rejoiced at the year’s worth of meme fodder they’d been provided with. It was Madison Montgomery’s world and we were truly just living in it.

And the fashion! I mean, Stevie Nicks meets 21st century teenage witches! Come on!

Freakshow: Dandy Mott, Maggie Esmerelda and Elsa Mars

-olive green satin skirt from morganogle on Depop, headscarf from tonijordan, platform sandals from elliefewt, PVC skirt from bethpin_, corset top from sadieflinter, beret from house_of_erotique, flame detail platform boots from mad_rags_vintage-

When people talk about the declining quality of AHS, they usually point to Freakshow as the beginning of the end, but I have to completely disagree. I wasn’t a fan the first time round but on rewatch it’s probably the most emotional season of them all; no, there aren’t as many “horrifying” moments as in other seasons and Elsa is probably Jessica’s worst performance (which is still an incredible one by anybody else’s standards), however it makes up for it with the most sympathetic bunch of characters yet, and on the flip side, also one of the most amusingly depraved with Finn Wittrock’s Dandy Mott. Fans usually argue that the season went downhill once *SPOILER* Twisty the Clown was killed off but for me, he really primarily served as the catalyst for the far more interesting devolution of Dandy, who, imo, is the show’s strongest villain to date, rivalled only by Bloody Face. Then there was the episode Orphans too which made me cry buckets, the sole AHS episode to do so.

We got a lot of great fashion content in this season too: the theatrical opulence of Elsa Mars’ wardrobe, “Maggie”’s nomadic fortune teller costumes, and all those twee suits we saw Finn Wittrock in. Highly underrated if you ask me. It seems an odd choice for me to use Elsa’s Dominatrix look as an inspiration for one of my looks here when we have that Life on Mars performance outfit and all the extravagant robes Jessica got to waltz around in for reference buuuut I didn’t really have anything to do the vibrancy of either of those justice so I went with the black leather option which is much more me. Am I saying I moonlight as a dominatrix? Maybe. Lol, no. I wish. It’s not for lack of trying. WHERE ARE ALL THE GENUINE TWITTER PAYPIGS AT!? Your girl wants to insult creepy men and get some new clothes out of it xoxo

Hotel: Hypodermic Sally, Liz Taylor, and The Countess

-silk white bralet from xlibby_maix on Depop-

Hotel is another season that I liked a lottttt more upon rewatch, once I knew I was okay to tune out the (completely predictable and utterly nonsensical) Ten Commandments Killer storyline that so much of the season initially seems to hinge on. I love Chloë Sevigny but the fact that her and Wes Bentley’s wooden John and Alex Lowe are positioned as the protagonists at the expense of the far more interesting Liz Taylor, James March and Hypodermic Sally really does a disservice to what is an otherwise great season upon initial viewing.

The visuals this season are magnificent and I think if I had to pick one character’s wardrobe to steal from the entire cast of AHS characters, it would be The Countess (a toss up between her and Misty Day tbh, so I kinda just settle for low-key channelling both). No fucking idea where I'd wear any of her clothes to but I’d make it work. Liz Taylor and Hypodermic Sally have some amazing looks too-there’s just honestly so much to choose from; that being said, this post wouldn’t be complete without a specific ode to the vampire goddess Elizabeth Bathory, who is everything I want to be in life minus the murderous qualities:

Everything. EVER-Y-THING. LOOK AT HER!

Lady Gaga is really a fucking goddess isn’t she. And people were claiming before they’d even seen it that she couldn’t act? A patriarchal society doesn’t like women that can do it all. Just saying.

Anyways!

That’s it for now! I hope you enjoyed the post if you did read til the end! Sorry I couldn’t get this out before Halloween, I was typing and Picmonkey-ing madly from 2 in the afternoon on the 31st but I taking fucking forever to get ready and had to abandon all hope of getting it out on the day by 4PM. I’ve got so much content planned and it sucks because a couple of them are lookbooks which now feel completely redundant given we’re heading into a second lockdown, but maybe I should just do it anyway? The grunge inspired moodboard I just did seemed to get a good reception too so I’ve got some more of them planned.

As always, hope everyone is keeping well, and feel free to inbox me with any suggestions, queries or even just to say hi if you need someone to talk to! I check here quite a lot so I should see it. Lots of love to everyone in this time!

Lauren x

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lovelylogans · 4 years

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:o Please please rant about the 100 and Bellamy!! I was only marginally into it so I don't know much but I love to hear your meta on literally everything!!

all RIGHT. spoilers for the 100 past this point! also i’m gonna go ahead and preface this with a warning about racism, and also that a lot of this is based off stan twitter, but like. they aren’t Wrong.

oh, also, i’m gonna go ahead and drop my stan twitter: i rarely make original posts, but, ya know. it’s a jumble of content. feel free to follow if u want.

also! there’s this whole thread of hiatus drama, if you want a fuller picture than what i’m giving you.

so a quick, general sum-up of some plot that goes into this Whole situation: the sixth season of t100 took place on a different planet, after t100 spent ~5 seasons on earth, so this introduced new characters and also the concept of interplanetary travel. in the season six finale, hope (the daughter of a character, diyoza, who was still pregnant with hope, because ~time travel~) stepped through what’s called “the anomaly,” says “i’m sorry,” and stabs octavia, dissipating her into green mist. bellamy, octavia’s brother (who has had Issues and a Lot of storylines centering around octavia, which is a whole other topic of conversation (ft. bellamy’s storylines centering around white women (bob morley, who plays bellamy, is half-filipino) octavia’s treatment by fandom vs bellamy’s, and you can probably tell which side i’m on by how loudly i screamed “YEEEEEESSSSSSS” when bellamy said “you’re my sister, but you’re not my responsibility anymore” after SIX SEASON of—okay you see, i’m getting off topic)

anyway, the season closer was that octavia went through the anomaly, which (this is important!) a fair amount of the main characters saw (gabriel, hope, echo, and bellamy, namely) bellamy, in that same season closer, was running through the woods alone, yelling for octavia. season ending. good hook!

and then.... nothing.

seriously. the hiatus between season six and season seven of the hundred (the LAST season of the show, EVER!) there was next to no promotional material. no bts pics, no tweets from cast/crew, nada. nothing. which stirred up quite a bit of complaint in the fandom—one, it’s the last season, can we not have some promotion, and two, it’s the last season, and there’s no promotion by cast/crew/the cw, why is this happening?

seriously. the season seven teaser clip that got aired between episodes on the cw was released before the trailer. it became a meme, how long we were waiting for the trailer. like it was... what, 19, 20 days before the season aired, and all we had was like a stitched-together character poster?

there was also some drama throughout the hiatus, ft. the fandom getting on the news for not getting content in the hiatus, jessica harmon (who plays a guest role, nylah, and whose brother plays murphy) getting snappy at fans on twitter for asking for promotion, and isaiah washington, who played thelonious jaha (a character that died in s5) telling a minor (and also going into their dms!) that he’d call the fbi on them, good times, the 100 fandom is a Disaster and i live a nightmare every day

and then. the trailer drops.

which starts “where is bellamy?” like. people. were SEARCHING for bellamy. people were trying to be optimistic, but rapidly people were also coming to, like, the worst conclusions. however as always t100 fandom did have some jokes, so like, ya know

people were looking forward to other promo: the poster, and also, there’s this tradition of countdown bts photos for the show, and since bob and eliza (who plays clarke, the female lead) just got married, people had high hopes!

and then came the poster (which had no bellamy, or characters at all) and then the OFFICIAL poster (which had characters, but still no bellamy) which started the hashtag #whereisbellamyblake, because, seriously, he’s the male lead and it’s the last season. also bonus screengrab of this from jroth (the lead writer’s) mom’s twitter lmao

so people rightfully had questions: the excuse that was being given was that including bellamy would be “spoilery,” except, like, it’s a poster? and the only shot of him in the trailer was him being dragged along the ground despite the fact that he was the thumbnail for the trailer? like, okay, which led to some twitter meltdowns, and some more, and again people were fearing the worst, because like, see lexa, jason has a BAD track record when it comes to fan-favorite ships. people were HEATED, people were RANTING, it was a MESS

also. the edited posters were pretty funny, okay, then bob and eliza, bless them, dropped some a+ twitter content, and things calmed down a bit

and then, countdown days started. usually, the order goes bob on one more day, and eliza on show day. except this year? eliza was one more day. which. people were going nuts. because it was a tradition! and keeping BOB out of a behind the scenes where there weren’t any spoilers? it just seemed unprofessional—especially damning, given jason’s past history with ricky whittle, who played lincoln, and was bullied off the set. people were worried that, one, this was affecting bob’s storyline, and two, well. remember that thing about fan-favorite ships? here’s a whole thread of that, btw. and a video of ricky whittle, here.

it is a genuine fear of a lot of the fandom that jason will, in all his pettiness, not give in to bellarke. which is kind of nutty, given that it’s the core relationship of the show, and he himself had said that he’d been foreshadowing it. bellamy and clarke are literally “the head and the heart” of the show.

oh, yeah. so hard cut to the showday pic.

cast. crew. writers. everyone.

except? no bob.

people lost their gotdamn MINDS.

there’s a lot of subsequent drama; the fact that apparently they’re pushing through clarke/gaia (even though there was ??? no previous evidence of this??) still no bellamy for four episodes (seriously, it took clarke, like, two episodes to even cotton onto the fact that he was missing at all) a lot of criticism of jason (he’s shamed shipping and also, lmao, is trying to push through a spinoff?) and just. Yeah.

i’m really burnt out when it comes to the 100 fandom; i’ve unfollowed a lot of the t100-centric tumblrs i used to follow, once the show is over i’m gonna unfollow a lot of the twitters and just, yeah. i care about bob and eliza, and i care about bellarke, but the fandom wears me out and the unprofessionalism of a lot of what’s gone down has kind of just? made me lose interest? they’re recycling storylines (esp centering around octavia and bellamy) and continuity doesn’t seem to really be a priority. i just... yeah. i mostly care about bellarke and the fact that i bond a lot with one of my real-life friends through this show. if bellarke doesn’t happen, i’m gonna be like Really... disappointed, mad, irritated? like. imagine. it’s literally So Easy. the actors got married, ffs, you’ve gotten in trouble for ending two ships via very tragic death (in the same season, even!) like how is this Not Clicking

anyway that’s my (entirely too long) rant about t100!!!!

#the 100 #the 100 spoilers #not ts #Anonymous #ask

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laufire · 5 years

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For the tv show ask 1-7, 9 & 10

(Glad to see you considered question 8 as boring as I do xD)

if you could reboot one TV show, which one would it be?

This is a hard questions because honestly, I don’t think in reboots xD. If I loved a show, a ~reimagining of it doesn’t come to my mind? Even if I won’t mind it if it happened (this is my reminder for checking out the Charmed reboot once and for all, it’s one of the very few I’ve been enthusiastic about).

Hmm. Maybe some type of Lois & Clark reboot? In the sense that I’ve wanted a clois show that reimagined the source material for a while. I would want it with Lois’ POV as the lead tho; Lois would still be older and more established than Clark, and I’ve always liked the idea of her as a war correspondent (or at least former war correspondent). It could be interesting to use a visual medium instead of newspapers, too. Lucy Liu has been one of my fancasts for a while, NGL, reinforced by that Set It Up movie. She looks a lot like the STAS version. I’ve also seen Morley and Lindsay fancasted as Clois over twitter and it’s GOOD, but tbh I want Lois to be older than him.

if you could have saved one TV show from cancellation, which one would it be?

A few months ago, I would’ve said El Ministerio del Tiempo (The ministry of time, aka the show timeless ripped-off lol), but it’s just been renewed for a fourth season after over a year without a word and I’m over the moon (they announced it the day of Los Santos Inocentes, aka Spain’s equivalent to April’s Fools, and I was suspicious about it for over a week lmao).

So with that out of the way, the question would be between Sarah Connor Chronicles and Galavant, tbh. Probably SCC, because that cliff-hanger still haunts me to this day.

have you ever quit a show before it finished? why?

I quit shows ALL THE FREAKING TIME. Usually, it’s simply because they don’t grab my hyper-fixation, and if I’m not 200% into it, what’s the point, really (sometimes, if I *do* really like some parts of the story, I go back when the season is finished and binge-watch, but mostly I just quit). Other times it’s because I can tell that my priorities are too different from the writers and I pre-emptively pull away. But mostly is due to lack of enthusiasm for the story. I don’t think I’ve ever rage-quitted anything.

are there any shows you wish could just be cancelled already?

Not really. I mean, most of my current shows are brand new xD (Legacies, Roswell, The Umbrella Academy, Elite, Sex Education, Black Monday -where I’m not caught up because I Fear the ending and I want to see how it all pans down-; I just started Deadly Class and I’m loving it), and the others are The 100, Star vs the Forces of Evil, Veep, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (tho if last season had been its end I’d be fine with it, it was gr10 for me and my priorities lol) and Suits, where, tbh, if the writers maintained the level of engagement I’ve felt in the last season, I would be fine with them running more years. And the rest of the shows I’m entertaining to watch are already finished or cancelled, so.

(I heard about SPN’s cancellation and I’m actually a little sad about it lol. Not for the show itself -I’ve only watched Bela’s, Ruby’s and Anna’s episodes and that’s how it’s forever gonna stay; I knew I would never be able to get into the show because Dean is pretty much my anti-type of lead character lol. But I found its endurability hilarious and it’s cancellation sounds fake xDD).

what’s your comfort show?

RN, Star vs the Forces of Evil. I wish more people in my dash watched it because it’s the cutest thing ever, and it has legitimately gr10 storylines. I need to watch the latests eps.

Other comfort shows: Galavant, Gravity Falls, Lois & Clark… almost any of my favourite animated shows, tbh.

which shows do you think are underrated and need more love?

Of my current shows, Black Monday. I haven’t seen anyone on my dash mention it, and it had me hooked from the first episode and the next just reinforced it (I haven’t watched past that because, as I said, there’s some foreshadowing that makes me fear the ending, as I am already way too invested… there’s only two episodes left, so I’ll be binge-watching it soon tho).

have you ever been inspired to start a new show based on gifs or memes it has produced?

That’s exactly why I started Deadly Class yesterday and I’m already half-way through lol (it’s only ten eps long). I saw it around tumblr and I took notice, thinking I might try it out at some point, though I didn’t know what it was about. Then I saw this gifset (it’s from the pilot, so not too spoilery), and I needed to know what the fuck was going on LMAO. Fair warning, though not too graphic (except kind of in the flashbacks, which are drawn in comic style and have the worst content), it has frankly upsetting/potentially triggering content. But I’m really enjoying the ~vibe and its characters. The protagonist (my fave) kind of reminds me of Scott McCall? Not so much in personality (… there he kind of reminds me of Jason Todd lol, with caveats), but in the “his milkshake brings all the boys (and girls, and nb folk) to the yard” factor xDD

what’s one show you thought you’d hate but turned out to really enjoy?

I tend to be right about my predictions in this regard lol. Usually, at most I’ll start watching something ~casually/with other people, and later it grabs me when I start shipping/stanning some characters HARD (see: MCU, Shadowhunters).

Oh, I recently started watching Legends of Tomorrow with a friend (except we’re going backwards because she’s in s4 and I didn’t feel the need to catch up first lol); giving my meh reaction to the rest of the CW DC verse (The Flash is the only one I tolerate & can casually watch some arcs once in a while, and it’s because Westallen it’s what it is, basically. I’m kind of curious about the daughter-from-the-future plotline and I might watch last season when it’s over. In general, there’s something about the ~pathos of the ‘verse that rubs me the wrong way), and I’m liking it A LOT more than I expected? Most of the characters really ~*spark* and I’m loving it (notable exceptions: Ava, Mick, and Grant? Gary? IDK, that dude).

what’s one show you thought you’d love but turned out to really hate?

Hmm… kind of same-as-above. This is probably partially because of my tendency to drop shows at the first sign of anything unappealing, because it doesn’t let my feelings grow into hate lol.

#grapecase #too many stuff to tag lol #my thoughts #replies #talking to the void #clois #dc #dctv #dc's legends of tomorrow #black monday #star vs the forces of evil #deadly class #el ministerio del tiempo #lois and clark: the new adventures of superman #dc thoughts #deadly class thoughts #and i'm gonna stop right there lol

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theuniversitychallengereview · 7 years

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Episode 3 - Southampton vs Cardiff

I’d like to start this post with a shout out to my mum, because having avoided Twitter for the entirety of my working day lest my eyes spy a Challenge meme, I saw I had a DM, which I naively opened and which turned out to be a link to a Richard Osman tweet about the outcome. So close, yet still about six feet and seven inches too far.

However it became clear roughly four minutes into the show that the result was never in doubt, and any lingering dismay I felt towards my mother had since disappeared with the arrival of a surprise free coffee with my cake.

Both of tonight’s teams made their furthest treks into the lands of the Paxman-era Challenge in 2014, where they also shared the same quarter final assassin in Manchester Uni, who were in the final days of their golden period in which they reached the semi finals of each series they took part in for the ten years from 2005.

In his introduction of Southampton, Paxman mentions Boaty McBoatface, whose name once brought me only joy, but now wafts up thoughts of disillusionment. The subversion of democracy in which the results of a vote emphatically in its favour were so mercilessly thrown on the fire broke my Hearty McHeartface.

Yawning as I always do with the lullaby like recitation of the rules I missed what could have only been the first five seconds or so of actual quizzing, but by the time I’d blinked my eyes back into focus (they always water a bit when I yawn, they’re leaky, maybe it was ten seconds) Southampton were about a hundred points ahead. I rewound and rewatched, but the same thing happened again, even without the yawn.

Like that scene in the Incredibles where Dash puts thumbtacks on his teachers seat, but because he’s moving at however fast you need to be moving in order to run on water (or if you’re being pedantic probably slightly slower than that because when he does that later in the film its life or death and in the classroom its likely not) nothing can be proved, the Southerners race out into the biggest unopposed lead the Challenge has seen for a long time (I wish I had more of a handle on the stats so I could say ‘OF ALL TIME’ like I suspect it could be, instead of ‘a long time’)

Though I guess unopposed isn’t entirely the case given that the Cardiff captain, who looks like a ginger, Aardman animations version of John Hamm, does gamely try and get involved, throwing an incorrect discus into the air and getting smacked in the face by Ledesma’s spinning Hammer of correctness, putting the scores at 200 to minus 5. I was going to try out not putting any numbers in this week because I feel like sometimes they can be too clinical, but a double century lead by halfway unequivocally merits a full sentence of explanation on top of the bare numbers.

Cardiff’s Conway decides that this would be a good stage to cash in the starter question he’d been given a token for on account of wearing a bow tie and the Welshfolk go above zero for the first time in the contest. Conway takes the next one and receives a misguided fist-bump handshake attempt from her captain, which was wisely aborted before too much embarrassment was had.

They’re rewarded with a bonus set on the work of Capability Brown, which sparks a string of questions on people with ridiculous names... Wingfield Digby, Stamford Raffles, Buckminster Fuller... And while these were all real people who have verifiable places in history, it is my solemn duty to tell you that none of them actually existed. If any one of these characters had learned their own names, they would quickly realise that their very existence was unsustainable outwith the pages of a book and implode from the weight of that knowledge.

Cardiff take the next starter too to make it a 185 point game, and had they taken all of the remaining points on offer they could have brought it to within 65 and maybe had a chance at the repechage, but Southampton had just been napping for a couple of minutes, and took back the wheel.

Its difficult to judge the outright potential of a team from such a dominant victory, for some it is as sign of greatness, but some find it difficult to repeat the performance against better teams. For instance we won’t really know how good Southampton and Bristol, comfortable winners last week, until they face sterner opposition. However, when it became clear that the final starter question was on Physics, Ledesma relaxed and took his finger from the buzzer, then nodded towards Knighton, who dutifully took it himself. An ominous sign for whoever they meet in round two.

Final Score: Southampton 280 - 40 Cardiff

An equal 8th worst score since 1994 reflects the fact that Cardiff simply came up against far superior opposition, but they showed enough to suggest they could have made a game of it against a less ruthless quartet. Southampton meanwhile must be feeling pretty smug in the cockpit of their steamroller.

#university challenge #southampton #cardiff #jeremy paxman #bbc2

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recentanimenews · 5 years

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Sonic to Undergo Design Makeover After Negative Fan Reaction to Sonic the Hedgehog Live-Action Trailer

In Brief:

On Tuesday, Paramount Pictures released a trailer for November's live-action Sonic film.

Sonic became the #1 trending topic on social media with mostly negative reactions.

This afternoon, the film's director acknowledged the feedback, and is changing the hedgehog's design.

Earlier this week, Paramount Pictures published the first official trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog, a Hollywood adaptation of Sega’s famous video game character and de-facto company mascot.

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As of writing, the video received more than 21 million views on Facebook, 19 million on YouTube, and 9 million on Twitter from the main US accounts for the film and Paramount Films. However, according to data compiled from Tubular, videos related to the film (including re-uploads of the original trailer and “reaction” videos) garnered a combined 133 million views this week. Sonic was a trending topic across all social media, and spent multiple days at the top of Twitter’s trending topics for dozens of countries.

The replies were not good.

after watching that sonic the hedgehog trailer i would like to formally announce that i am no longer a furry

— Daniel Howell (@danielhowell) April 30, 2019

Beyond the tens of thousands of memes and photoshopped attempts to make the design more true to the hedgehog’s original design, longtime Sonic fans took to social media to share their frustration.

That moment when a fucking car insurance ad shows Sonic in live action better than the Hollywood movie. pic.twitter.com/A8XlPWtmmQ

— Josh | A Winning Can! (@AWinningCan) December 10, 2018

SEGA: Sonic 2006 is the worst disappointment in the history of the Sonic franchise Paramount Pictures: hold my chili dog pic.twitter.com/f3d4uwK4Kx

— 'Pym Particle Man' Jake Young (@BestJakeYoung) April 30, 2019

This afternoon, Sonic the Hedgehog director Jeff Fowler took to Twitter to address some of the feedback:

Thank you for the support. And the criticism. The message is loud and clear... you aren't happy with the design & you want changes. It's going to happen. Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be... #sonicmovie #gottafixfast ????✌️

— Jeff Fowler (@fowltown) May 2, 2019

In the tweet, Fowler acknowledges that fans weren’t happy with the design for the Blue Blur, saying "The message is loud and clear". When it came to changing the design, he assured, “It’s going to happen.” He added that Paramount and Sega are also behind the change.

With a planned release this November, there’s not too much time for a complete re-design of the feature’s protagonist, prompting questions about the film’s timeline from online spectators. For comparison, when Alita: Battle Angel released its first trailer and saw fan feedback to the titular character’s impressively large eyes, the post-production team still had more than a year until the premiere of the movie to make changes. It’s unknown with Sonic’s just-announced rehaul if the film's release date will change.

Alita: Battle Angel in the original trailer (left) vs. the final version (via SlashFilm)

For the fan insight on this situation, Crunchyroll News turned to our in-house Sonic: the Hedgehog expert, Cameron Trentalange. “While I’m excited and happy to see them listening to fan feedback and taking it seriously, I’m simultaneously anxious about being given false hope,” Trentalange said in an interview conducted over Slack. “At least before I knew what I was getting myself into but now I have expectations again.”

Trentalange's reaction to the initial Sonic the Hedgehog film teaser image.

“I don’t even care if they just meet us somewhere in the middle. Give him one whole eye again, add gloves, fix those teeth, make his appendages less human… just doing any 2 of those things would make it instantly better.”

By: [email protected]

#Anime #News #Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

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