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karioke13 · 3 months

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Ok but can we talk about Jane’s outfit as Valkyrie…

Seriously look how coo this outfit is! It doesn’t get talked about enough 😎🤟🏼👑

#marvel #jane foster #valkyrie #not enough fanart of this outfit #the wings really tie all together #don’t get me wrong her Thor outfit is iconic #but this one absolutely slays #ate and left no crumbs #can’t wait to see this adapted in the mcu #if they do it that is…#slides Kevin feige $20

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naswoop · 2 months

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The regicidal monochromatic time loop games are holding hands

#art #isat #in stars and time #slay the princess #stp #sasasa #start again start again start again #siffrin isat #narrator stp #Link to the Steam bundle page #I absolutely ADORE Slay the Princess #Back when it first came out my friend and I were both excitedly gushing about the game to one another #I'm looking forward to the pristine cut #....Siffrin ''bright one'' indeed. They stick out like a sore thumb in a dark forest

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hornystiel · 11 months

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hi gays be proud every day <3

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cipheramnesia · 7 months

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Genuine question from a newbie just dipping her toes into horror film: If Candyman isn't actually a slasher (which is all I've seen it called), what is it? And how come it keeps being misidentified as a slasher flick?

Candyman is probably misidentified as a slasher both because of its original marketing, landing in the tail end of the 80s video cassette slasher boom, and having two mediocre sequels.

Generally a slasher has a limited region and a victim pool mainly consisting of teens. For example the big three - Jason, Freddy, Michael - are all somewhat geographically fixed and almost exclusively kill kids. Usually the slasher is specifically intertwined with fears pertaining to the transition between childhood and adulthood such as increasing independence and of course burgeoning sexuality. The victims typically are killed for transgressions of the child-adult boundaries such as rebelliousness, drinking, sex and so on. By and large the slashers have a character which is malevolent in a way that's divergent from mere human emotions because they are often larger than life figures of mortality and social moral codes.

On the cinematic side, most slasher movies have a very consistent plot formula and even similar shots. Usually there is an early on warning, the harbinger. This is followed by stage setting the particular vices of the victims, and some minor fake out scares, before the actual killing starts in earnest. There's inevitably some kind of POV / voyeur shot, several similar victim chase safe / fake out death sequences. A slasher subgenre is not necessary predictable but by nature it is a little bit formulaic - it's a type of character and a plot structure.

Candyman is a different kind of movie. I'm not sure it falls into a specific subgenre. It could be called horror noire, urban legend horror, and in some ways it's almost a ghost story. However there are some crucial differences.

Victim type is obvious. Candyman is not teen exclusive - nearly all of the victims in the film are full adults. Not only that, but his purpose for existing is different. He is not a governor of the transition to adulthood or a symbol of sex and mortality. Candyman exists as an urban legend and is more symbolic of the hidden secrets of ourselves and our cultural history which we try to cover over and forget.

As a personality, Candyman is not malicious, but rather tragic and romantic. His history is as a wronged man, a brilliant man horrifically killed in an act of racist violence. People who call him are summoning this combination of a deeply intellectual and passionate artist, and the history of racial oppression in the USA. And his acts of murder are not brutal enforcement of social norms, but rather keeping his story and the horrific truth of our own past alive - being remembered.

There is nothing either metaphorically or structurally in Candyman that conforms to the slasher subgenre. The slasher killers irrevocably tie sex and death together because of how they are fundamentally linked in our lives. Candyman ties the past to the present, carrying a promise that even his victims are immortalized in legend. The slasher killers are tied to teenagers and related transitional spaces where morality and control are in flux. Candyman is tied to his own legend and the reflection of ugly truths.

Both Candyman and the slasher subgenre have deep and fascinating ideas under the surface, but they are not the same ideas, and structurally Candyman is only as passingly similar to a slasher as to any other movie. Incidentally the recent Candyman also gets this, and I highly recommend both movies. They tell horror stories that are very different from most others, and I think both are vital films to see.

#also leatherface would so not be jealous #that mans looks absolutely slay #Texas Chainsaw Massacre is not a slasher but it is one of the templates #horror movies

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cassmouse · 2 months

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This is a Future Ramona Flowers appreciation post bc look at her I actually love her so much

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cantheykillmacbeth · 5 months

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Could a desk chair kill Macbeth

Under certain circumstances, yes, a desk chair (or any inanimate object, for that matter) could kill Macbeth. The chances of those circumstances occurring are slim, since there are two big factors that rule out most ways that someone could possibly die to a desk chair:

1.) Using a desk chair as a murder weapon, which does not attribute the kill to the chair itself, but the person who used it.

2.) The desk chair being sentient and animate to a degree, which would be a case-by-case basis depending on who built that specific chair, the chair's identity, etc.

However, Macbeth could die by desk chair if, say, the chair was swept up in a tornado and launched into him. As long as nobody specifically set it up so that the chair would get picked up by the tornado, and the chair doesn't have its own free will, nobody would be attributed the kill other than the chair, which, being an artificially created inanimate object, would apply for at least GC and UBC.

Thank you for your submission!

#asks #unconventional birth clause #gender clause #nobody talk to me about “niche internet microcelebrities” ever again unless its on the same tier as me recognizing this asker #like omg i loved when you screencapped those tags on that one post absolutely slay my liege

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cactiaintracist · 5 months

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the only correct way to write proper high-stake sci-fi finale is to get 3 very gay men and ask them to improvise the most camp, slutty and intense game of catch (also helps if one is trouser-less)

look, they knew exactly what they were doing

the tension, oh gawd the tension

15's face kills me everytime

honestly show me a scene with a better sequence of events (bet you can't), I'll wait right here

#honestly they couldn't have had a better climax to that episode #also 90% of those moves were completely unnecessary #they didnt have to go that hard but they did #the pure tension in that scene #absolutely slayed #no notes #also nph was right ncuti's one handed cartwheel was awe inspirng #also very impressed by tennants roly poly idk why didn't think he had it in him #it's also kind of hilarious how none of them could actually catch the ball so they had to fake it #also dt is not gay but he's an honorary part of the queer community so it's okay #give them only 2 sets of clothes and ask them to share #they gotta make up the expenses for that avengers building somehow #honestly 15's ass could probably run the ecomony #doctor who #dw spoilers #the giggle #the toymaker #14th doctor #15th doctor #neil patrick harris #david tennant #ncuti gatwa #gifs

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mecchantheotaku · 17 days

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Time to give more Voices trauma from the construct because I'm totally normal

Anyway, imagine Contrarian being really uneasy on large flights of stairs

#slay the princess #he thinks its silly so he tries to just get over it #but just a few steps and he needs to grab the railing fast because hes going dizzy #one time he absolutely fell down the stairs and gave hero a scare #had to spend the rest of the day resting so his wounds heal #still denies his phobia

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featherymainffins · 1 month

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Me when the narrator is an external entity with its own motivations and agendas and the script it makes you follow is not the one you are confined to but be well aware that all folly has its limits and all relationships might sour

#the stanley parable #slay the princess #theres one more i can think of but i feel like itd look really comical next to these widely acknowledge bangers #like ah yes widely acclaimed game; widely praised beautifully drawn visual novel; and...a parody made by a guy on a whim #nonetheless funnily enough thats actually the one that i always think of in this context #like if you ask me for games where you have beef with the narrator youll get that and only after like 2 minutes will i remember tsp #oh if anyone knows more games like this or any other media like this feel free to drop names because i DIG this every time #nobody does it like this uuuh micro-trope #idk why i love it so much but i do. absolute banger. a hit every time.#what i also count as this is when there isnt a narrator per se but it turns out that the story is run by an actual script #like that there is a script the story is supposed to abide by but its literally just that. a script. its an external thing with no power.#because that implies the existence of some kind of author and a narrative and thats also a banger

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skitskatdacat63 · 5 months

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This photo was life-ruining for me(and @sweatyflytrap ) honestly....

#wanna make a comp of bahrain 2010 for both seb and nando tbh #probably seperate but #there was something in the air that weekend!!!!#i was religiously looking through seb pics from this race the other month to draw statue seb #and was super enamored w him aasjkfkgl but didnt look too much depeer cause i didnt wanna spoil the podium #and then i finally got here and damn nando looked fucking majestic on the podium #like i was absolutely dying making those gifs bcs he just looked so beautiful #<- i actually made a comp of all the close up shots bcs bark bark bark 😵‍💫😵‍💫#AND THEN I GO LOOK UP THE PICS AND MY GOD 🫠🫠 LIFE RUINING #this pic is from before race day obviously but like smth was in the air no?????#all the podium pics live in my head rent free. golden and shining and beautiful #but i also downloaded like...100 pics of him from this race so jusy this one seemed pretty baseline to post #but just know. bahrain 2010. haunts me.#as i said im so irritated it wasnt a vett/onso podium bcs my god both of them were slaying that wknd #well yeha. there's my rant. maybe ill make a comp :)#smth also that i find funny is that he was pretty stubbly for the whole wknd but then #shows up for the race itself smooth like a dolphin....HE KNEW!!! HE KNEW HE HAD TO SLAY!!! HE KNEW HE WAS GONNA BE ON THAT TOP STEP #*lmao maybe my comp post would be titled: 'pics from the 2010 bahrain gp that were life changing'#im looking back at the podium pics rn and its just insane how youthful and bright and pretty he looks #also abt this specific pic. his lashes his big cow eyes his pink lips his fluffy hair GODDDDDDDDS #f1 #formula 1 #fernando alonso #we do a little bit of f1 #2010 bahrain gp

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annatateson · 11 months

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Disco Elysium Gothic and Lolita Tea Party Part 2: The RCM Gremlins are GOSSIPPING!

Finally got back from my adventures so I can CONTINUE this magical journey of spreading gothic and lolita fashion throughout the DE cast (and FREEING them from the shackles of gender)!

I loved seeing all the drawings on here of Harry in lolita dresses so I've decided to spread the love! FUN and FRILLS (and spilling TEA)!

More pictures hidden within...

#disco elysium #mack torson #jules pidieu #chester mclaine #I just know Jules has so much TEA #I see that bich stirring the pot #translating Harry's words to maximise Jean rage #Acting like he doesn't want to relay childish insults but then immediately caving #I SEE YOU BICH #Underrated character XD #My friend saw me drawing this and said that the bald one is serving absolute cu*t #slaying absolute pe*is #Disco Elysium Gothic and Lolita Tea Party #disco elysium fanart #my art #For some reason this isn't showing up in tags so changing NAUGHTY WORDS in case that helps X_X #TUMBLR WHAT ARE YOU???#OMFG IT WORKED #TUMBLR I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE SUCH A PRUDE

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eerna · 6 months

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The Oleander Sword is so good. literally feeling like kicking my feet and giggling rn. what happened to Tasha Suri in that year between book 1 and book 2

#book 1 was fine. book 2 is so friggin good i can't stop reading. i feel like a sponge taking it all in #bhumika is bhumika but like ten times more herself and i am screaming. malini finally found a proper manipulate girlboss stride.#even PRIYA who was SO BORING in book 1 is making me lose my marbles. like i wont lie when she became an elder i was like ugh nooooooooo #but it was the absolute best decision ever her trying to rise from a maidservant to the second most important person in the country by #totally blowing off the politics and instead being some sort of a forest wizard is AMAZING #and the yEARNING. FINALLY. THE YEARNING IS HERE. i was SO BORED by the romance in book 1 but THIS IS IT. THIS IS WHAT I WANT.#malini trying to balance her controlling tendencies that are needed more than ever with treating priya properly.#no one figuring out why the godly ordained empress is letting that weirdo waltz around traitorously.#the two of them constantly being on edge bc WHAT IF SOMEONE FIGURES IT OUT. OH MY. THAT WOULD BE SUPER BAD.#AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE YAKSA AND THEIR SECOND COMING. BRO. THE WAY I SCREAMED. THIS IS SO COOL.#anyway i am only 40% through i am praying the book stays this slaying bc i am living for this #eernatalk

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tinystepsforward · 1 month

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you know what i'm gonna just say it. some shit has gone down locally that i thought that we'd outgrown in the 2010s and i'm fucking pissed off. it's somehow worse this time bc we're facing significantly worse threats and they still decided this shit was worth doing for their own egos.

sick of other brown people who see me and others working hard to organise something and getting shockingly decent success with community unity and pull the race card the moment they can. sick of "poc can't protest it's not safe. but also fuck white people who organise any action whatsoever without us. and fuck white people who do their own risk assessment bc what if a bigot decides to blame poc for what you did." like that's literally victim blaming and also we are not a monolith. it's insulting from the people who haven't fought cops alongside me and heartbreaking from the people who have and have somehow decided they're now gonna be on this vibe.

but more than anything else i am sick of white guilt. sick of white people who are willing to let me do all the work of organising something and tremulously flutter around being moderately useful if a little bit fragile until the moment one of those wreckers happens to pull the race card and then they immediately do whatever is necessary to stop feeling discomfort, which usually involves surrendering all critical thinking and any respect whatsoever for me and my work. it's fucked up that they can't hear a brown person say that something is white without going immediately "i'm sorry :( i'm sorry i'm white :( i'm sorry this whole massive community effort, which was definitely not facilitated and organised by a real brown person who is watching me say this, was run entirely by white people with no poc or migrant voices involved :("

what a fucking insult! what an insult to me and to the māori and asian organisers who were putting in the work! we broke bread together! and the moment they get a chance to do Performative Allyship that goes out the window in favor of smearing local trans orgs with destructive rumours that they're racist that were clearly spread by someone who was trying to sabotage the local antifascist movement? fuck off. they better not dare talk to me about community ever again

#tony muses #this is going to make absolutely no sense to 99.9% of you but i am fucked off and it's late so #gonna go draw up my weekly plan #then vape and have a shower and go the fuck to bed w slay the spire ig #a couple days have passed and each one makes me angrier bc the last time this bullshit happened to me personally was 2016 #and i really truly thought we were over this

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thekidsarentalright · 11 months

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