sometimes I think about how Lily is portrayed in some jegulus fics. Not all mind you, just some.
How sometimes it's depicted, or at least reads, as though James loses interest suddenly and switches to Regulus as his object of affection. Sure, Lily isn't actually into James in the fic but what it must do to her mentally. The boy who's been chasing you since the start has seemingly lost interest out of nowhere? Sure, it's often depicted as though for the past year/half a year that James has been treating her as a person, but I feel as though that's worse??? Like you start learning about me as a friend, the real me, and suddenly the interest you had was lost??? That would make me spiral so hard. Like what about my personality was so hard to love that even the boy who's been annoyingly chasing me since I was 11 doesn't want me after he gets to actually know me? Was it actually just a way to make fun of me for all these years? ect, ect
idk all this to say I prefer when jily is either in the past or it's a slow gradual thing or literally anything else other than if minor onesided (or not) jily is included at all James' interest in Lily being the equivalent of a light switch. I've seen it far too often and while yes, if in the fic Lily wasn't interested in him at all it was seen as a good thing, but I truly think Lily's feelings would be a little more mixed.
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Hi, im a beginner horror enjoyer and im really disturbed by a lot of gore but i wanna understand the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies bc ive heard theyre hugely influential on the genre (rightly so too)
I figured with all this id ask the foremost texas chainsaw scholar i am aware of
Could you tell me the basics, if its gross (im really bad at tolerating gross out horror and gore played realistic), and any fun tidbits?
If not i thank you for reading and hope you have a good day ^-^
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was hugely influential on the genre and set the standard for low budget horror and inspired future filmmakers to rely more on psychological terror over gore & violence! It was also seemingly the birth of a lot of horror tropes, like big, masked killers and using power tools for weapons.
Texas Chainsaw's story is inspired by serial killers like Ed Gein and Elmer Wayne Henley. The movie’s director, Tobe Hooper, was inspired by the graphic coverage of violence by San Antonio news outlets and based elements of the plot on murderer Ed Gein, who was a notorious serial killer who made furniture out of human body parts and created a mask made of human skin. The movie’s underlying themes are mostly the horrors of isolation, and the dangers of unchecked capitalism. The movie is also a metaphor for the Nixon-era mayhem and the government’s deceit toward the public during the 1970s. Hooper intentionally misled audiences by claiming that the movie was based on a true story to attract a wider audience.
I honestly don't know how to give you the basics aside from a plot synopsis because I would, hand to God, be sitting here for about 12 hours minimum going into every weird little detail, like the intricacies of bubba's mental issues and being forced to take on a female role for his abusive older brothers, or all the absolutely insane shit that happened during filming. And that'd just be me talking about the FIRST film.
But if you want to ask me more questions or see more Texas chainsaw related stuff you can ask/look over at my blog @chainsawhouse. I just hate to gum up my main blog with this particular interest.
Also, my fun tidbit is that they've recently confirmed that there is a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the works, under the title 'Texas Chainsaw Legacy'! Very fun imo.
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Okay my goal for 2024 is to kind of reinvent my blog!!
My first year on this blog was amazing and I was getting so much interaction and pumping fics out 24/7, but as I started taking breaks and posting less- obviously I lost a lot of traction. So I want to know from people who actually go on my blog, often or every now and then(!!) what I can do to keep your interest or get you coming back more? because my blog means sm to me but I started slacking!!
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