#but there's a lot to factor in

[pynkhues]

Sorry for the silly question, but why do you think some actors, or at least Hollywood actors, are paid so much?

It's not a silly question at all, anon.

There are a few reasons really, but you can generally boil it down to the fact that - whether it's the truth or not, which I think is arguable - actors are typically regarded as the face of a movie, and therefore the number one thing that a movie's success or failure rides upon.

Just to put on my cinema historian hat for a minute, this isn't a new concept.

The Hollywood star machine has been around since at least the days of Clara Bow, who was the first Hollywood 'It Girl' (in fact, the name itself was effectively coined after her, as the movie that exploded her to stardom in 1927 was simply called It), and Hollywood studios started to identify actors as the key component of cinema that sold tickets aka made money.

Hell, not even just the studios. The Independent Theatre Owner's Association put out a full page ad in 1938 naming actors and (lbr, mostly) actresses they viewed as 'box office poison' - including the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford - trying to get the studios to make less movies with them and more with the likes of, say, Gary Cooper, as they believed those actresses were the reason certain films weren't selling tickets.

Actors have long been the face of a film, while writers and directors are generally the ones with their names on it, and so while films involve hundreds of people, it's actors, writers and directors who are the ones who typically carry the most risk.

I think it's also important to remember that actors are also a business in and of themselves, and usually their payment doesn't just go to them, but to their team. The actress, Adelaide Kane, actually broke it down really well in a series of TikTok's a little while ago. To quote it, she says:

“Generally speaking the SAG minimum for a series regular on a network show is 20k per episode, so say I did 78 episodes on Reign, that pairs out to US $1.56 Million dollars for four years of work, right?”

“10% goes to my agent, 10% goes to my manager, 5% goes to my lawyer, 5% goes to my business manager, and then I get taxed a further 30% because I’m a foreign national working in the U.S., so I lose 60% right off the bat.” And that’s just the first half. Kane then goes on to detail further expenses like stylists, rent and publicist costs.

Actors are very, very rarely independent, meaning that their payment is generally a payment to a team. Gosh, the same goes for writers - I have an agent who takes 10-15% of my payment on most of the jobs she books me (depending on whether she's the lead or I am - if I'm the lead, she takes a smaller cut, but she still handles all the paperwork and contracts + any legal qualms for me), which is standard for a writer's agent in Australia at least. I also have an accountant who I have to factor in, because my income is really complex, and I can guarantee you it's a LOT less complex than a Hollywood actor's, haha.

So yeah, it's a combination of who's bringing the audience, who's shouldering the professional risk, and paying for someone + their team. That said, I think it's often absurd. Nobody needs to be paid hundreds of millions of dollars for a few days work, but I don't think that money should go towards lining studio executives' pockets either. In an ideal world, big profits off big movies would go towards funding smaller, riskier projects, but capitalism has unfortunately been a worm in the apple of cinema for as long as cinema's existed.

#if you think about it too in that sense of paying for a team #the stylists + mua for red carpets + an actor's social media team #are all coming out of the actor's pay cheque too #so basically actor's are a part of a package that the film is paying for #plus there are usually publicity obligations as a part of that contract that they have to factor into future work #especially in cases where they're filming other projects when something they previously worked on is released #it's really complicated! #especially when someone's v famous + in-demand #but again #don't necessarily agree with it #especially don't in certain cases #but there's a lot to factor in #welcome to my ama #film asks #kinda? #(sorry i'm doing a big events contract this week so i'm only kinda here) #(also v exhausted so i hope this makes sense haha)

[uncanny-tranny]

Basically, my philosophy around disability fakers is: I would rather a thousand people fake a disability than have one disabled person suffer without care, aids, compassion, or any help.

#disability #disability advocacy #and there's a difference not many people seem to recognize between faking and realizing you don't have [x] problem... #...such as realizing you don't have [x] disorder because it is instead [y] disorder... #...or you haven't completely understood your care needs/your symptoms/what helps you... #...and some people see ANY change in your understanding of your disability as proof of maliciously faking... #...when i suppose in my personal experience people don't *maliciously* fake disability... #...i'm not saying it could never happen but that i don't think it's the *only* thing motivating people called fakers #i just think (like most everything) this is complex and nuanced because it's a *human* experience #like for me personally i /know/ i still have a lot to learn about my disabilities... #...like... i realized recently that my hands shouldn't be in AGONY when warm water is ran over them when it's SLIGHTLY cold inside or out... #...and i realized that i likely have a Noticable limb difference that needs checking out. does this sound like i'm faking... #...or that maybe i just didn't really explore my own needs and body because of a variety of factors? #i can assure you it is because i haven't really thought before about how i deserved to understand how to best help myself

[grissdarling]

hello. jew here

dont write jewish characters if u know next to nothing about us or our culture/religion pls. if u want to write a jewish character (or any character outside the scope of your personal knowledge, honestly), you MUST take the time to read about us and our beliefs, customs, etc. im not saying u have to be an expert on the torah or the tanakh or the talmud, but u need to do at least the bare minimum. and google isnt always reliable, if u have questions u should carefully analyze which websites u use. or have a jew beta your fic/writing!

im just tired of seeing “this character is jewish :) u can tell because they celebrate hanukkah” and that is it for the jewish characterization. like i get that u ppl know nothing abt judaism except for hanukkah but u HAVE to do better than that. because ur essentially tokenizing the character as ur Jewish Representation and it shows.

again, im not saying ‘dont write that hanukkah scene’, or ‘dont try writing jews at all’.

what i AM saying is that u need to actually do ur part in understanding judaism a little bit more before u decide to write a jewish character. if ur not willing to do the research or ask the questions, dont bother writing us into ur stories.

#fanfiction #writing tips #writing reference #fanfic #and there are a lot of factors that go into writing jews! #for instance: where are they from? what kind of jew are they (reform or orthodox etc etc) #what does judaism mean to them? #judaism

[lokh]

#there is twitter discourse happening. #poll #to be fair the discourse in part appears to be a misunderstanding #of the correlation between how often u wash linens/clothes and how often u change them #because. apparently to some people having more than one set of sheets is unimaginable????? #thats not the question here though #this may vary based on the season? or any other reason #i thought my answer was pretty reasonable but there are ppl on twitter that r like #if ur not doing it every week ur nasty. and genuinely.... u think im gonna go thru the effort #of changing it every fucking week....... #genuinely not here to judge i think theres a lot of factors into when u change sheets #but i refuse to believe people are Actually doing it every week. i want to know the circumstances #i guess if u r sweaty or the weather is really bad or ur fucking every night idk.

[clumio]

Kind of a nonsequiter thought but im nosy so if you are a doctor who girlie (gnc) can you reblog and tag this with your major. I am a classics+archaeology major and I feel like a lot of other folks in my department are also doctor who girlies

#dw #doctor who #ives.txt #maybe it’s a sampling bias or weird coincidence?? but there are a lot of us in the department #maybe it’s an overlap with a different factor. who knows. i love demographics

[vapolis]

The first couple years when you met Orla are hazy now. Worn down by time. Memories erased and overwritten by everything that came after. There are glimpses. You, fresh faced. Orla, younger. The tattoo spanning her back, spreading its wings. Flashes of neon lights before your head was bashed into the ground. That long stretch where you didn't even know how to spell your own name let alone how to carve someone up.

chapter one.

missions missions missions!!

echo being snarky

meeting a married couple that could be important down the line

flirting with jax if you're into that

and star-shaped glasses in the prologue <3

progress.

21k → 46k (+25k)

play demo. intro post.

#remember you will die #rywd #cog wip #**update #lmk about issues pls!! #there's lots of flavour text which is why some parts might appear short #lots of replay factor tho bc some branches are different #**mine

[cemeterything]

Would you fuck a ghost? Also very importantly, if you were a ghost, would you fuck living people?

i'd give it my best shot

#lot of factors affecting the fuckability of a ghost though

[beaft]

after some experimentation, i've found that "clean-shaven and hair hidden under a beanie" gets me gendered as male way more reliably than "hair loose, full moustache". no idea why long hair provokes such a strong "that's a girl" reaction, but there we go.

#other observations: binding doesn't affect it one way or another (likely because i wear a lot of baggy layers) #makeup also doesn't make a difference and nor do earrings #i get he himmed when i'm wearing platforms and standing behind the counter because people think i'm taller than i am #so height is obviously a big factor. but i can't do much about that lol #voice is highly variable and can go either way #oh! and long coats for some reason tend to be perceived as Girly (again: no idea why) #wild! #be shh now

[bethanydelleman]

Both Pride & Prejudice and Much Ado About Nothing work so well as enemies to lovers because despite surface animosity, it's clear that both end couples really respect each other and for good reasons. I think you could even argue that with Beatrice, she spars with Benedick because she considers him a worthy opponent.

When Hero and Ursuala plot to make Beatrice fall in love, Hero instructs her to speak of Benedick and "praise him more than ever man did merit" and yet when Beatrice finally speaks, she doesn't disagree with their high praise, she says of Benedick:

For others say thou dost deserve, and I Believe it better than reportingly.

Benedick likewise after his eavesdropping on Don Pedro, Leonato, and Claudio's praise Beatrice says:

They say the lady is fair; 'tis a truth, I can bear them witness; and virtuous; 'tis so, I cannot reprove it; and wise, but for loving me; by my troth, it is no addition to her wit, nor no great argument of her folly, for I will be horribly in love with her.

Similarly in Pride & Prejudice, once the misunderstanding about Wickham is cleared away, Elizabeth is able to acknowledge to herself how much she respects and likes Darcy:

She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes. It was an union that must have been to the advantage of both: by her ease and liveliness, his mind might have been softened, his manners improved; and from his judgment, information, and knowledge of the world, she must have received benefit of greater importance.

Darcy also finds that he admires Elizabeth, after initially dismissing her:

But no sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes. To this discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying. Though he had detected with a critical eye more than one failure of perfect symmetry in her form, he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing; and in spite of his asserting that her manners were not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy playfulness.

All of these characters also hear and accept criticism of themselves. Both Benedick and Beatrice hear they are too proud to accept love, which they both overcome. Elizabeth learns that she judged Darcy without sufficient information and Darcy that his behaviour was not that of a gentleman. Their mutual acceptance of this criticism and their growth as people leads to their ultimate happiness.

Unfortunately, those who reproduce this trope often forget to build this foundation of respect and the acknowledgement, either personally or publically, that the characters have been wrong. Instead we get characters who mid argument begin ripping each other's clothes off. No growth, no understanding how they have been wrong, it just becomes "thin line between hatred and love" instead of "we grew towards each other".

#enemies to lovers done right #enemies to lovers trope #trope analysis #pride and prejudice #much ado about nothing #much ado about nothing day #growing towards each other #obviously the character growth is almost instant in Much Ado #but that's just a time factor #a lot more room in a novel #shakespeare #benedick #beatrice #elizabeth bennet #mr. darcy #fitzwilliam darcy

[acepalindrome]

No one should be obligated to feel sympathy for a bunch of rich people who are probably dead after spending a grotesque amount of money doing something stupidly risky for no practical reason but that they’re rich and bored,

BUT

I do think it’s fucked up that some of you guys seem to think it’s a moral failing to feel anything but glee and delight at a bunch of people, one of which is 19, suffering one of the most horrific deaths imaginable that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.

#titanic #oceangate #it’s possible to be critical of all the factors that lead to the situation in the first place #(ft a whole lot of greed and hubris) #while also having a modicum of sympathy for a fellow human being suffering a truly nightmarish death #but pitying horrendous human suffering when the people involve are rich makes you a bootlicker apparently??

[snekberry]

Random thought but I think Jon would have asthma. He probably brings an inhaler to work because of how dusty the archives are. The archival assistants occasionally hear a muffled sound of him using a nebulizer in his office.

#rambling #jon sims #he probably sneezes a lot too #imagine if s1 jon sneezed in the middle of lecturing martin about doing his job better #his sneeze completely removes his intimidation factor because his sneeze is CUTE #jon sneezes like a kitten

[spider-man-2o99]

individual stills of miguel Scampering on all fours and showing off his more distinct individual movement style (that he has because of his spider-man's Similar-but-still-distinctly-Weird-and-unique powers as compared to the more-graceful Others) so that i don't have 2 keep rewinding the clip(s) to see it. im REALLY excited to see him scuttling and skittering all over the place in the film just like he does in the comics-- and, like, seriously, Miguel Specifically being just. made Massive for some reason in his atsv design will never NOT be funny to me hes SO freakin Bouncy why did they Do That.

don't be Weird on my post or i'll kill you for real

#talking tag #atsv #across the spiderverse #spider-man 2099 #spiderman 2099 #miguel o'hara #the question is rhetorical btw i am not actually asking that in earnest. #i Already Know the reason why. #many different combined factors that came together to simultaneously make one of his Best designs and ALSO make My Life hell. #but. sigh. anyways. it's really genuinely been bringing me a lot of joy to see this kind of loving attention to detail. yknow. #god. mig never Gets That yknow?? christ. forget abt the stupid Freaks for a second. hes a c-lister. an alternate costume in a game. a Cameo. #a side character who gets a couple lines of dialogue At Best and then his entire universe is rebooted nine zillion times Again and hes gone. #and marvel only ever brings him back to choke the life out of whatevers left #so.. Yeah. that he is going to feature so prominently in atsv IS actually kinda a big deal to me! i KNOW it'll never happen again! #i dont believe in posting while Angry which is why i have not been making as many Original Posts lately but. just. god. #im not like Actually A Danger 2 anyone im just hyperbolizing out of Frustration but #oh my FOD #there r some ppl on this site that i just want 2 kill with my teeth while screaming the whole while like a howler monkey. lordt.

[mishy-mashy]

Theory: some High-Ends use the corpses of past OFA users

There aren't tons of High-Ends. They can't be mass-produced so easily, and there's only one that's blatantly female, literally named Woman and with a tall, defined figure

Maybe Woman's original identity is already confirmed, but... she's similar to Nana in build, isn't she?

It's hinted that All For One actually kept Nana's corpse. How, 20+ years later, could he give Tenko his grandmother's pristine hand? Is he just keeping their hands? Or their actual corpses?

Also, when looking at corpses to give multiple Quirks to, One For All users are the best for this. Having inherited One For All, their bodies had maintained multiple Quirks when they were alive, even if they couldn't use more than their natural Quirk and One For All's physical ability. And to their bodies, One For All doesn't count as just one Quirk; the natural one, and Yoichi, are already too much for a human. But Shinomori shows that it counts each previous user's Quirk, on top of Yoichi's and one's own natural one.

Their bodies adjusted to holding multiple Quirks, and when they were alive, they didn't become deformed or lose brain function. They were perfectly fine, and only had shortened lives—but that doesn't matter as corpses.

Nomus go brain dead when they have multiple Quirks. But the past users didn't, being completely fine, making them perfect for Nomu development.

High-Ends can think. They're all physically powerful, and One For All users make the best basis, even from leftover embers and physique. So why not use that great base to make the best outcome Nomus (High-Ends)?

#originally this was going to focus on how hood could be shinomori cuz a lot of things line up #like pants; avoiding the strongest couldve been tweaked to looking for the strongest; that afo didnt know his face so named “Hood” #for theming; Endeavor burning him and saying to rest (shinomori gets a cremation and can relax [OFA]; and so on #but nope Hood is confirmed to be a boxer from some ring #(and the fact endeavor says Hood is like him from the past or future.. and that shinomori wanted to grow his strength as much as possible) #(for the factor.. so technically he wanted to be the strongest......) #BUT NOPE HOOD IS NOT SHINOMORI #it would really make sense if he were though #man #mha #bnha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #nana shimura #woman #nomu #ofa #one for all #spoilers #hikage shinomori #yoichi shigaraki #afo #all for one #imagine afo is keeping their corpses and sets them loose on midoriya who just destroyed the last of the consciousnesses #darkkk #edit: its mentioned shinomori had an autopsy so we know his cause of death AND GARAKI WORKS IN THE MORGUE. #GARAKI WAS ALIVE BACK THEN YKNOW #GARAKI WAS ALIVE FOR ALL THE USERS. HE COULD HAVE PRESERVED THEIR CORPSES AND TURNED THEM TO NOMUS

[falmerbrook]

Peryite is such an underrated daedric prince to me, conceptually. His sphere of influence has so much potential to explore. Like, disease and the natural order together? The way his followers see disease as a blessing? I love the implications there alone. He's the weakest prince, but his sphere has the potential to be so subtly destructive. One of his symbols, skeevers, represents that so well. The series has been kinda meh at exploring the princes philosophically but I feel like they are right on the cusp of something interesting with him, but since he isn't as flashy or obviously "bad" (or sexy) as the other ones he keeps getting put on the backburner. Gimme an interesting Peryite storyline pretty please. Explore things a little

#i saw a reddit comment saying that peryite/hircine/namira would be an interesting combo and i want it so so bad #like the 'natural order' trio. theyre all repulsive in some way but also sort of just a factor of life you cant fight against #i do not trust eso to do something interesting here though tbh. they use daedric princes a lot (too much) but it always just makes them #allies or bad guys and never really gets into their (or their followers) philosophy much #(from what ive seen so far) #mine #tes #the elder scrolls #peryite #relate him to the ecological role of disease or something idk #or if you want to go darker: population control or the way governments allow disease to affect those they want gone #actually get into the logic of why his followers follow him (although they rarely get into that for the other princes too so meh)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Bestie Deficiency

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #a-qing #xue yang #xiao xingchen #Xue yang is cold because cold blooded creatures can't generate their own body heat #I am skipping over drawing the stories they tell due to the fact this arc is already really dragging #but I think they are very key in understanding the yi-city characters #Even if they are stories that really bring down the slumber party vibes A-Qing was hoping for. #I mentioned some of my thoughts in the tags of no. 76 but to continue on a bit more #I think xxc and xue yangs stories inversely mirror each other on the meaning of sacrifice and what it means to 'deserve' something #to xue yang he has only ever sacrificed - therefore he is in his right to 'deserve' what he wants. And he wants everything. #xxc leaves song lan thinking its the best course of action to atone but my god. No it wasn't. Poor communication crown actually goes to xxc #but it's what xxc he feels he deserves - continued sacrifice to atone. He wants to want nothing. #both are very stuck in the past in ways that are not actually accounting for their actions #It's easy to look at xue yang and go 'dang you need to get over your childhood trauma' #but that very much ignores that fact that we - real human beings - define so much by our childhood pains. #Growth is having to come to terms with it and trying to move past it...and not everyone is ready for that. #I have a lot of thoughts on that matter but I'll let it be for now. #Anyways. Amiguito appears to be one of those words whos meaning change depending on speaker and contextual factors #So as far as I can tell it slides around on the scale on romantic and platonic. Which works for this dynamic. I think. #Native Spanish speakers I am so sorry.

[napping-sapphic]

If anyone ever wants to live out that romance trope where the love interest dramatically goes to comfort someone during a storm while they’re afraid please let me know as it has been storming for ten minutes and i have been crying for six of them

#wlw #wlw mood #sapphic #sapphism #lesbian #ughhhh #i hate this #i hate this a LOT #i was anxious all day yesterday in anticipation #then couldn’t sleep waiting for it #and now it’s HERE and it’s awful #i normally do a lot better but there are a lot of factors involved this time #promise im okay btw!! #a few tears (a lot of tears😓) but i’ll get through it lol #also ​sorry for all my storm posting lately #there’s been a lot lately and we don’t usually have to deal with them this early in the year #so im a bit more antsy about it than normal #im gay and i like sleeping