#edit: the actors actually were trying to make it gay

[coldgpa]

Even if steddie isnt real at all and their scenes were supposed to be strictly platonic... why the fuck did the actors act like that. Like even if it wasnt written in the script, I feel like both of their performances were just charged with tension. I'll be honest Steve's actor does a lot of lip staring at men

#steddie #that argument he had with Tommy that one time? rewatcg and ull know exactly what im talking about #edit: the actors actually were trying to make it gay #i cant believe it #i was right on the money #but even then #its like their chemistry is written into the damn script too #the ppl eddie has the longest and most meaningful convos with are dustin and for some reason steve #ok edit again #tommys actor saying he thought tommy had a crush on steve... i knew

[theribbonmarkedroom]

The erasure of Andi Mack makes me so sad as someone who watched it as it was airing. I understand the show had issues regarding a Certain Actor, but it still makes me really sad for the people who worked on it. And because the show is such a gem. I want to write about Andi Mack in general one day, but because it's pride month I want to briefly talk about the show through that lens specifically.

Firstly, Andi Mack has so many episodes missing on Disney+ AND DisneyNow that it would be impossible to try to watch the series in full by using any of these apps. Until recently, DisneyNow had completely removed Andi Mack from its app, and put it back on with only an incomplete season three and without any of the games that were there originally (like Andi's Texts). This, I'm assuming, has to do with that Certain Actor, but the missing episodes has also made including Cyrus in any pride posts or collections harder than it should be (more on that in a second).

On Disney+, there is a "Pride Collection" which does not include anything Andi Mack related despite Cyrus being the first openly gay main character on Disney Channel. His coming out scenes (plural because of the individual scenes with Buffy, Andi and then Jonah) were extremely prominent not only to real people, but also to Cyrus' character as a whole. Two out of the three episodes where Cyrus comes out - "Hey, Who Wants Pizza?" (season 2, episode 1) | "Cyrus' Bash-Mitzvah!" (season 2, episode 13) | "One in a Minyan" (season 3, episode 11) - are not even available on Disney+, nor are any of them on DisneyNow (sidebar, Andi Mack isn't featured on DisneyNow 's pride section either). What's even more frustrating is that the series finale, "We Were Here", where Cyrus and TJ are confirmed to have mutual feelings for each other, are available on both Disney+ AND DisneyNow, yet it does not feature on either app's pride sections. Cyrus being gay wasn't just implied, he literally says the words "I'm gay" the third time he comes out and the second time he clearly says he has a crush on Jonah. It's not easy to overlook him as gay, and as a character who should be included in those pride collections, so his omission is clearly deliberate.

Even if the coming out episodes weren't featured, at the very least, any episode with Cyrus and TJ after they became friends should count; episodes like "For the Last Time", "The Cake That Takes the Cake", "Mount Rushmore or Less", "Something to Talk A-Boot" and of course the series finale. Surprising no one, only three of the Tyrus episodes I listed (and there are more) are actually on Disney+. I mean, they included a Miraculous episode in the Disney+ "Pride Episodes" collection that had the most minute blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene of Alec in a wig, so why not include any episode at all with TJ and Cyrus? Idk the whole thing is just very frustrating for so many reasons.

Edit: if anyone is interested in putting together a fan collection of art, stories etc etc of Andi Mack or letters detailing what the show meant to you that we could somehow share with Terri Minsky to let her know how much we appreciate her and Andi Mack, please dm me. There has to be some way we can show her that we haven’t forgotten about the show or her. I can always make another post if there’s enough interest to spread the word

#andi mack #cyrus goodman #tyrus #pride #buffy driscoll #jonah beck #disney channel #tyrus andi mack #cyrus you will always be famous to me #I remember being so stressed every time a new andi mack episode came out they had me GLUED to my screen #wish I could rewatch the series in its entirety :( #justice for andi mack :( #rip to my tyrus fanfic from back in the day I will always think of you 😔

[clovercalloway]

We Best Love: Episode 1 [BLIND REACTION]

So, I have a girl friend who is fan of this show and finally convinced me to watch it. Did I make a mistake? Who knows.

But I collected my thoughts and decided to do this. Well, this is gonna be long so get ready. I'll edit with my afterthoughts (note, EAW means Edited After Watching [the episode]) once I'm finished with season 1, or maybe before. We'll see.

Ok, let's begin!

Welp, he's dead, Great start!

You sure this is a romance? This looks more like an intervention.

So, Zhau Shu Yi. I'll guess he's the main character or one of the main characters. I'll try to remember his name [furiously takes notes]

The one gremlin with No Name is asking Zhau why they think it's important for him to win. As a Bakugou fan, I'm excited to hear his answer.

"I push myself forward, so that you can see me." Just one minute and it's already too ‎fluffy for my heart

So, they're fighting underwater. They saw too much anime, istg. Anygays, that tells me these are actual kids (well, the actors may be older, but I'll suppose they're interpreting kids. I bet they're highschoolers).

"LESSON 1: LET'S SUFFOCATE." Okay, wow, great title. So maybe my joke about him being dead wasn't that far off.

Chilhood friends to lovers is such a nice trope, oml, go for it, boy. Be a man and go get your man!

Fang Zhen Wen and Jiang Yu Xin. Hope I remember that. Are those the other two friends?

Me, trying to be smooth

He has a fan club

You gals are fans of a swimmer. What did you expect? You were gonna run out of things to offer him eventually.

So he's Zhou Shu Yi. [keeps taking notes] I'll try to remember that.

Bro, how did he fell? You're supposed to be a pro, Zhou, your gals will be dissapointed.

He sounds way to chill for someone who's almost drowning.

NO YOU'RE NOT????

"How are they talking underwater?" "It's the rainbow connection, don't question it."

My Shojo Academia

Gao Shi De is me receiving gifts (socks and a mug) on Christmas

Anygays, Gao Shi De and Zhou Shu Yi seem to have this kind of rivalry since they were basically on diapers. They came out of the womb wanting to throw hands with each other.

But Gao Shi De seems to be the naturally gifted, always on top, and so Zhou Shu Yi developed some sort of inferiority complex, or so it looks like. (Wow, this reminds me of yet ANOTHER story and ️‍🌈 ship that started in a similar way -if you know, you know-)

"Why did you fall-" THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, LIKE, WHY

Are you telling me that the actual reason he fell was because of the big gay panic- I mean, rivalry, that he has against Shi De?

OMG HE CUT HIS FINGER! I've seen enough shojo (and shonen) to know what this means. Where's Shi De to kiss it better?

You're not Shi De.

"I'm not crying." He's so Bakugou, istg

Now he's blaming his misfortunes on Gao Shi De. Bruh, the only thing he did was exist.

Oh, so they're in university? Nice to know.

His friends are trying to understand his language, I feel them, literally had no idea what he was talking about other than "Gao Shi De".

I was gonna say they seem like good kids and very supportive friends. The latter is truth. The former...

This poor unfortunate soul keeps falling for their tricks. Gao Shi De it's not that dumb, tho.

Oh gods, he plays the piano, he knows what them girls (and boys) like.

So after having a whole ass "Corpse Bride" moment they went back to bickering

They should make out, ngl. [EAW: Bruh...]

Gay people can't just ask someone out, they have to be very extra about it. Shu Yi is an example of that.

He's been bullying Shi De since they were kids, he's oblivious af.

Boy, just confess, it'll save you and your friends' time.

I want to know his name, he's such a mood.

While Shu Yi can't stop thinking about Shi De, important things are happening.

That girl from the beginning [EAW: Yu Xin, her name is Yu Xin, you big disaster] is asking Fang Zhen Wen out and he's all (,,>﹏<,,)

At least she's honest, nothing more important than THAT.

Shu Yi heard about the proposal and went all fake-smile on them and then left.

"Is Shu Yi OK?" Idk, girl, you tell me, I thought you three were friends.

They're telling him is dangerous to run down the stairs. I think he'll live, but I won't forgive him for dropping his backpack on the floor. Bro, get your stuff.

He's gonna start singing Beat on It.

Annnnnd he went back to the pool. Man, this is were it all started. The flashbacks from episode 1- oh wait.

He's actually making me feel bad, ngl. Maybe it's the acting, or that I understand the whole "why not me" situation. Mitski taught me well.

It's hard. Friendships and relationships are messy, specially when someone is still young. You also have to deal with a lot of feelings being even more irrational than they should, and the inferiority complex definitely doesn't help, making you feel so insecure about yourself, and as if no matter what you're always going to lack something.

I might barely know them but at the end of the day it's no one's fault, really. You can't control how you feel, or how others feel.

MOOOOOVING ON. You know who could help? HEY, SHI DE!

[EAW: He actually came, that mf]

Wait, is he actually? Bruh, did he jumped on the pool?

Why are teens like this. He could've just dropped the collar. Him and his dramatic gay ass.

Speaking of dramatic gay asses.

My guy, this is episode 1, couldn't you just wait until... episode 4, at least?

Dont give me that bs about cpr. The surface was RIGHT THERE!

AND THAT'S THE END OF EPISODE 1. I kinda wanna know if he'll give him the lame excuse about cpr.

I'm dying for more tension, Yu Xin knows what I'm talking about, she also has to finish her thesis.

So, that went quicker than I thought. It was compelling tho. I still need more to form solid opinions, but I´ll bite, I'm interested to know how this develops.

Anyways, whoever reading this (cough cough, bossman), see ya later. I'll watch episode 2 after this.

#we best love #clover watches series #clover reacts to we best love

[denimbex1986]

'“I got called a gay elder the other day,” Andrew Haigh said. This title, bestowed by a group of younger gay men, initially rankled him. It’s true that Haigh — the director of acclaimed films like “45 Years” and “Weekend” — had recently turned 50, but he still found that landmark age hard to believe.

“I’m looking older,” he told me, “but it’s a strange thing to think that I’m not young anymore.”

That uncanny feeling is a key theme in Haigh’s latest film, “All of Us Strangers,” which he adapted from the 1987 novel “Strangers” by Taichi Yamada. Andrew Scott stars in the film as Adam, a screenwriter in his late 40s with a whole lot on his mind: As he entertains a tentative romance with his neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), he returns to his childhood home and finds it somehow inhabited by the parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell) who died when he was young. Though this reunion summons Adam’s inner child to the fore — a transformation Scott sells with heartbreaking subtlety, even when dressed in Christmas pajamas — there are still tricky adult conversations to be had with his parents about his sexuality and lonely middle age.

“I knew that for this film to work, I had to throw myself into it on a very personal level,” Haigh said. “So much of the things they’re talking about and the memories that Adam has of being a kid are my memories.”

That commitment even extended to filming much of the movie in the house where Haigh grew up, a notion that astounded many of his actors.

“I always have this image of him losing one of his baby teeth in that house where the crew were stamping on the floor,” Scott said. “Isn’t it extraordinary that as you shoot a scene downstairs in the kitchen about a man coming out to his mother, he could have gone upstairs after he had actually done that and been upset in a small bathroom?”

In November, I met Haigh at an old-fashioned cafe in Hollywood where, as a young film student, he used to plop down in the corner booth and order the blackened chicken sandwich and too much coffee. (Haigh no longer eats meat, so during our lunch he had the veggie sandwich instead.) As we spoke about the personal stories from his youth he excavated for “All of Us Strangers,” he said he had started to come to grips with the journey he has traveled since and the nickname that long voyage had earned him.

“I might get a T-shirt that says ‘gay elder,’” he told me, chuckling.

Here are edited excerpts from our conversation.

A lot of this movie is inspired by your early life. What were you like as a child?

I think I was a sad kid. I was fine when I was younger, but my parents split up when I was 9, and I was being bullied at school. When you’re an unhappy child, it shapes everything. It doesn’t go away — it will always be there, the way you felt, and the instinct to repress yourself early on can affect everything.

How did their divorce affect you?

There was so much that I was made to push down and forget and not talk about. I don’t think I ever spoke to anybody about how I felt. And look, it doesn’t take a genius to look at my films and think that all of those themes come out within the stuff that I make about feeling alone, about searching for stability, about trying to understand the past and change it somehow in order for you to move forward. Pretty much the filmmaker I am now is because of how I was as a kid.

Why were you being bullied at school?

Because they knew I was gay, basically.

Did you know you were gay?

No. They could see my difference before I could. And I talk about it in the film, but it was the early ’80s and the mid-’80s in the U.K., this incredibly homophobic time. Everyone was terrified of AIDS and the government had Section 28, which was a law against teaching homosexuality in school. I think most queer kids from the ’80s kept everything very, very hidden. I was in relationships with girls all the way into my 20s, and I didn’t come out till my late 20s, till after university.

What happened when you told your parents you were gay?

They were good. They had to do a huge readjustment in their understanding of me, so that’s not easy for parents. You go through some strange questions, for sure, and it takes a bit of time, and you find your way through it. But it’s a strange thing because I know lots of people have very supportive families, and it doesn’t mean you don’t feel a little bit separate. Even in this age of acceptance, there is still often a line that you don’t want to cross. Or maybe it’s even that we feel uncomfortable, that we still want to hide elements of ourselves because we’re still afraid that they might not love us as much.

So frequently, we want to reassure everyone else not to worry. We’ve held this thing in, which almost makes you explode from being sick with the pressure building inside you, and still you’re like, “Oh, don’t worry, I’m really happy,” or “I’m going to be great.” And in retrospect I’m like, what was I doing? I wasn’t fine. I was a mess and I was terrified and all I was trying to do is make them feel better. For a lot of queer people, we’re doing that all the time, trying to walk this line of not pushing boundaries too much so we don’t get rejected.

When you were reading the novel that “All of Us Strangers” was based on, did you sense immediately that you could explore all these themes in an adaptation?

It definitely took a long time. It’s a good novel, but it’s very traditionally a ghost story. I thought about doing it as that to start with, but then I knew that I wanted the romantic relationship in the story to be queer, and I wanted it to be about the associations of family love and romantic love and how they’re all wrapped up together.

You shot the film in the house you grew up in, in Croydon in South London. Were you picturing that place when you wrote the script?

Yeah. I think I was rooting it to the idea of a childhood home, and then as we started trying to work out where to shoot it, I was like, “Well, why wouldn’t I go and shoot it there?” I knew it would be a strange experience, but I like how I feel when I’m a little bit terrified and emotionally fragile. The interesting ideas come from that.

What was it like when you first walked through that door?

I don’t really know how to explain it. It’s a very peculiar feeling. When I walked around by myself and I sat in what would have been my old bedroom and looked out the window, you just remember things. I remember standing at that window when I was a kid. There were some enormous trees outside, but when we lived there, those trees were only knee-high. Somehow that freaked me out more than anything else, that those trees were pretty much the exact age as me and they’ve been on this planet for 50 years, as I have.

You’ve cast Claire Foy and Jamie Bell as the parents. How much like your real parents are they?

Look, my dad’s from the north of England and sounds a bit like Jamie, and my mom sounds a bit like Claire. And they sort of look a bit like that and their personalities are quite similar. So there’s definitely a sense that they are related to my parents.

It’s interesting that when we first meet Jamie’s character, before you’ve revealed the familial relationship, it almost seems like he’s cruising Andrew’s character in the woods.

It always made me laugh that no one’s surprised when a straight guy goes for someone who’s a bit like their mom — that’s just like a natural thing — but no one ever says, “Well, gay guys and queer guys, maybe they quite like someone who’s a bit like their dad.” I wanted to play with that because, to me, love is rooted in feeling comforted and safe and understood. That is what your parents give you, and it’s no surprise that you might want it from a lover, too. And Jamie Bell looks super hot. Who doesn’t want to cruise him coming out of the trees?

Did the actors meet your parents?

No. I would never do that. I mean, my dad’s not well so he won’t get to see the film. But my mom’s seen the film and I’m sure she’ll meet the actors at some point.

What did she think of it?

She saw it with my brother in a screening room in London, and I think it was hard for her to watch. There was a lot of stuff that feels personal to her, and I don’t underestimate how strange that must be. There’s a scene that I have now made with some twisted version of me talking to a mother in the bed that used to be my mom’s bed. That’s not an easy thing for them to deal with, so I really do appreciate it. But she loves the film, she’s super excited about it.

It’s a shame my dad can’t see it because I feel like he would like it. My dad has quite bad dementia and it came on while I was making the film, just a strange time for it to happen. During the shoot, I went up to visit him because he’d just been put into hospital, and he’d completely forgotten that I was gay. Had no memory of it: “Oh, so you’ve got a wife? Are you married?” I was like, “Oh, Christ.” I didn’t tell him, I didn’t say that I was with my partner.

Why not?

I was terrified, I felt like I was 20-whatever again. I didn’t want to upset him because he’s in a care home now, but at the same time, you feel the same terror of, “Oh my God, is he going to reject me when I really don’t need this right now?” Then I came back to London and the next scene I shot was the scene with Jamie and Andrew talking [about his sexuality], a pretty tough emotional scene to have done the day after that. So it was a rough time.

I did see my dad again and I brought my partner with me, so he’s seen my partner now. It was interesting because he was like, “Well, as long as you found love, that’s the important thing. That’s all I care about.” I feel like some element of him still knew, and I’m glad I got to bring my partner to see him. It just shows how you always have to still keep coming out.

There’s always something that can reduce you to the state you were in before.

Exactly. That’s what this film is: It’s absolutely about being reduced to that state. And that’s why I thought it was so interesting to wrap it up in grief, because I think grief is such a similar thing. When you lose someone, it’s always just there as something in you. It felt like this film has such a perfect way to express how we can’t move on from things unless we’re helped to move on from those things.'

#Andrew Haigh #All of Us Strangers #Jamie Bell #Claire Foy #Taichi Yamada #Strangers #Andrew Scott #Paul Mescal #45 Years #Weekend

[spidermartini]

So, the show was brilliant. I mean that .....brilliant.

Ian Shaw......was SO GOOD that I had to hard blink several times to remind myself that he wasn't his father. I can't IMAGINE what it must have been like to play his father, showcasing his better, and worse, traits. Regardless, he should be PROUD because, as previously mentioned, there were moments that I had to remind myself that is wasn't 1975. It was an inspired performance.

You will enjoy it best if you not only have seen JAWS, but if you are familiar with the documentary information, about the production. (If you aren't, I highly recommend it....it is a fascinating movie- making story). Stories and facts from all of the supplemental documentaries are referenced in great detail. This is a true movie lover's broadway show. It is NOT a show OF JAWS. It is a show ABOUT the ACTORS. (In case anyone was excited about it for the wrong reasons). It is a deep cut, and I am so happy that it is.

Additionally, things from the famous THE JAWS LOG, by Carl Gottleib are referenced. If you haven't read that, it is a very short book that was a real-time chronicle of the making of the movie. It is singular and a quick, engaging and highly entertaining read. I will link the book below.

It is a post modern, meta show, about the three actors as they are slowly losing it while waiting for Bruce/shark to be fixed and actually function in the unforgiving Atlantic waters. (For those who might not know"'The Shark is Broken" is what was heard 99% of the time on the walkie-talkies during production.)

Colin and Alex are equally inspired in their roles.

Colin's command of Roy's subtle body language and mannerisms is extremely note worthy. His subtlety shouldn't go unnoticed or unmentioned....it was high -level acting. Both the Richard and Robert parts allow for more flagrant and emotive performances.....the Roy part functions as the straight man, trying to keep the other two from killing each other, as he was doing in real life.

Alex goes to town as Richard and he delivers an accurate, neurotic, coke-fueled, poncing portrait of Dreyfuss. He was a riot.

( It was kind of like the John Wayne/gay walking moment in The Birdcage. . .while watching Alex, it occurs to you, as it did to Robin Williams , "Actually it's perfect...I just never realized that Dreyfuss walked like that') . Lol

The highlight for any JAWS fan is the Indianapolis monologue. If anyone here is younger and maybe doesn't know, what Quint says in the movie is true. The story of the Indianapolis had only just been declassified when JAWS came out.....so for many people it was how they found out what happened to their loved ones who served on the Indianapolis and were lost in the war. It is an important movie moment, and an important history moment.

The show portrays several failed attempts of the famouse monologue, until Shaw finally nails it. Just like in life, it went through many rewrites until Shaw gave it the final edit and glow up, making it truly spectacular.

Ian BECOMES his father in this moment. It is pitch perfect in every detail, down to the amount of wrinkles around his eyes when he squints. It gave me chills and made me weepy. I will never forget it.

One small thing that delighted me is that the characters, while passing the time and taking, discuss CASABLANCA ...which led to a moment later when Robert/Quint quotes CASABLANCA.

"Quint" quoting Bogey is something I never knew I NEEDED. It was surreal and amazing and I don'tknow how I have lived without it.

There are some fun parallels drawn to current events, as Roy is reading about Nixon's corruption and hypothesizing that there could never be a more corrupt president. HA!

Overall it was nothing short of spectacular. The *only* thing that might give it some trouble is that A LOT of people have seen JAWS, but not everyone is as familiar with the backstory. If people are going with the intention of seeing a giant shark, they might be upset. If you are going to bask in great performances, nuanced nostalgia and deep movie history cuts, like myself, you will leave grinning ear to ear. I simply adored it.

The Jaws Log: Expanded Edition (Shooting Script) https://a.co/d/0zxp0pF

True Story of the sinking of the Indianapolis

The Iconic Quint Indianapolis Monologue

#jaws 1975 #jaws #the shark is broken #robert shaw #ian shaw #richard dreyfuss #roy sheider #alex brightman #colin donnell #broadway #play #brilliant #spidermartini #Youtube

[solace-saphylos]

Hey hi!! Maybe you're getting tired of hearing about it but I, as a new Sabine simpee, just found your works and stayed far past regular sleeping hours to read the entire thing, everything you had to offer!! That was the final nail in the coffin and has awakened my inner lesbian, thank you for confusing me so But I wanted to ask, I enjoy writing headcanons and scenarios for myself to hoard like a dragon and never post or share, but trying to write for Sabine is a challenge; when you write for her, how do you get it to seem so right? Even in the later chapters of the main fic, doing something probably so far out of canon that the real Sabine would maybe spontaneously combust, you still made it sound entirely... Sabine-y.

Is there a certain way of thinking when you write? Did you study how she speaks in game? Are you secretly Sabine? How do you do it? Sorry if this is a lot to ask or hard to answer, but I really adore her design and want to do it right, and no one does it more right than you!! If that makes sense. Thank you sm for reading my nonsensical perils, and you hope you have an amazing day <33

Sabine Introspection - The Ask Edition

[This exchange was originally a private message, but it is now reposted as a public ask with permission from Anon <3 ]

I got this long message when I was out and about, so sorry for not replying right away. It did however make me laugh a lot! Am I secretly Sabine?? God, I sure hope not! It brings me so much joy that I helped awaken your inner lesbian. She was there all along, but that coffin metaphor actually makes me wonder if she ought to be fashioned a vampire or something? The final nail gone instead of hammered in, she rises, ready to be gay and party.

I still love my Sabine fics so dearly. It's an honour to have written something that affects people so. Since you're asking, I'm more than happy to talk about it! Your questions do however ask me to lift the veil a little, so I may talk about the fic in much closer building block detail than most readers ever get to see.

When it comes to my writing, my initial answer to your question is a boring one. But since I thought about this all throughout my day, I still have some advice for you. See, the little people just talk in my head. I've always loved writing dialogue, or making up dialogue, or just reading characters talking. I love to talk! These years of practice has become something that others like to call talent. On my recent Bully fanfiction (which has exponentially more characters than SSO) I recently got the compliment that I make ALL characters read as in-character despite my wild storyline. To achieve this I do study dialogue in game. For Bully I listen to all voicelines a character has, trying to get at the vibe their voice actor gave beyond the script. For Sabine I studied only her new dialogue in last years Equestrian Festival when she debuted, but I took into consideration everything her full character had done in SSO plus the backstory she has sort of had throughout earlier games. Once that is gathered, I somehow compile this knowledge into a little character nugget in my brain, which I then measure my own writing to so that it stays in line.

Over the course of the story, that nugget shifted slightly to accommodate the new motivations and feelings she gained for Y/N. This was possible because in the beginning I had Sabine believe "I'm not loveable" and "I'm scary, nobody wants to touch me". They were virtually headcanons, but they made sense to me. These kinds of beliefs in a character may sound emo and sad, but Sabine showed them rather by being standoffish and proud. Y/N starts breaking those down on the first date already, both of them staring out at the sea while holding hands. Even if I say breaking, it might just hs modifying. "I'm not loveable, but Y/N is different. Why shouldn't I take advantage of that? Is it advantage if she loves it?" Or "I'm scary, nobody wants to touch me, except my crazy bottom gf. She loves to touch me, and I like to touch her." The readers inadvertently follow Sabine while this shifts inside of her, which is why she still feels in character in the later chapters. My writing lead both characters and reader alike there gradually, so that's why it works.

In this way of thinking we're sort of expanding that character nugget into something that's possible to explain instead of just a jumble of knowledge in my brain. When writing a character to make it feel right I like to define some core beliefs, or say headcanons, that are relevant to the drama I'm putting them through. The next important question is if even the characters KNOW about these core beliefs. Sabine was very self aware to me. My current narrator in my Bully fic is surprised to find out she has a crush on her roommate in chapter 9, even though I wrote it in her subtext in chapter 1. I love playing around with characters when they don't know everything, either about themselves or other characters.

Depending on what they know, they expect different things to happen. Sabine was wholly convinced that going on a date, arranging a fight by that one portal, all of it would lead to Y/N hating her! She as a character is rightfully upset and surprised when the opposite happens. Part of Sabine's rage as a character is against ME, the author, because I keep putting her in SITUATIONS she's not prepared for and makes her act like a fool! But that's life. I love it when characters are uncomfortable and need to deal with it.

Consequences are the rail tracks of coherent plotting. Keep giving out consequences, even when the characters cry for it to stop... So that's my answer to your question. If you have any more I would be happy to reply, just at a rather slow pace I suppose. Life is happening big time for me right now. Luckily connecting with fellow Sabine fans online is part of that life!

#solace saphylos advice #sabine simpery #simping for sabine #ssoblr #fanfiction #writing advice #plus just a little bit of #be careful what you ship for

[soreddieforme]

bisexual richie tozier

so we all know about the discourse between gay richie and bisexual richie and i think is obvious where i stand here, but it's been bothering me too much lately, so I'm gonna put my thoughts out there even if no one asked me to

so first the first argument on why a part of the fandom says is bad is; "richie was canonically gay on the it chapter two movie"

and well they could try and tell me that all they want, but I'm still not gonna change my mind because is still subjective, in the movie it was never said richie was gay, neither was it explicitly stated

and you're gonna say to me, "but it was coded"

and all i'm gona say is ("oh like the book bi coded richie that you all ignore and underestimate" but that would just be petty of me so I'm not gonna) actually i didn't get that richie was gay from that, i just thought "oh he likes a guy, not sure who, but he likes one" so just making the assumption seems kind of a stereotypical and something that straight people would do, just because a man likes another man that doesn't make him gay and assume that is wrong

but andy moscarrietty and bill harder confirmed he was gay

the same bill harder that didn't read the book and just went with the script (look i don't have anything against bill, i actually liked his performance, it was really good, but again he didn't read the book) and the same andy moscarrietty that doesn't respect characters arc's and switched them how most convenient seemed for him and if they need the actor and director to confirmed it in interviews and such, they didn't do a good job portraying the so call gay representation, sorry to break it

"y'all can't let gay men have representation without trying to steal it"

i could say the same, people reading richie as bi existed before it chapter two, even before it chapter one, this character was seen as bisexual and andy instead of using his bi coding decide to joint his coding with eddie's gay coding, he literally admitted he used eddie coding on him because richie wasn't angsty enough (what does that even mean, a character doesn't have to suffer to be a good character), actually it was half hearted representation, just because he saw the potential to profit out of the reddie fanbase wich was huge and didn't want to let go the opportunity. he was going make it more subtle, so if that doesn't tells them how much he doesn't cares about representation, i don't know what to tell y'all

"representation is still important and they gave it to us, stop whining" (something i literally read)

look gay richie wouldn't exist if there wasn't previously a fandom that shipped reddie so hard and that same fandom was played dirty, not only by andy but the people that joined after it chapter two too, all those fic writers, edit, gif and art creators were bullied just by saying they didn't agree and still saw richie as bi, people were receiving death treats, being call homophobic and were drove off of the fandom, just by stating their opinions as if the 2019 movie was the only canon, wich it isn't

"who cares they aren't real, this are just characters"

well yeah, but the experiences that richie and eddie had are real to bisexual and gay people respectively and those aren't interchangeable (and the people being bullied were real too so), andy not respecting that is homophobic and biphobic, but also denotes then again that he doesn't care about representation, but if y'all still want to make richie gay bc andy said so, then go off you capitalistic baby, even so they have to respect the people that won't settle for his half hearted portrayal of a lgbt character, i want representation and i want it to be good and fair, i want eddie kaspbrak canonically being the gay character that he always was and i don't want andy stealing his coding to give it to richie, i want justice for this characters and the people that identify with them

"people still should respect other people's headcanons"

and i agree, gay men identifying with richie were never the problem, it is valid if you respect bi richie, identifying with gay richie doesn't make you a bad person, the thing is the majority of the fandom that saw richie as bi, me included, initially didn't care if people saw richie as gay, we were just disappointed and sad, but i used to read any fanfic and reblog any fanart even if gay richie wasn't what i hc the character as, but at least to me, it left a bad taste on my mouth thinking about gay richie, because i saw all the biphobia happening and excusing it with wokeness saying:

" yeah in the book richie may be bi coding, but it is a bad book because it has that orgy scene and book richie was racist"

even if they prefer the movies because of that, they have to be realistic, the movies were based on the book, andy moscarrietty isn't their grand savoir, the rights are still king's and he profit out of the movies, he is in it chapter two, be serious please (he was also high on drugs, which isn't a excuse, but it explains a lot), andy read the book (supposedly bc his treatment of the losers says otherwise), he's a fan, stop trying to be on the higher moral ground when you aren't, also the part of the fandom that likes the book better, condemned that scene too, just because we like the book, doesn't mean we don't have critical thinking about its problematics themes

richie was born and raised in the 50's, was a kid that didn't really understand what he was saying, he just wanted to make his friends laugh, I'm pretty sure he was imitating the comedians from the time too, this meta by @dear-wormwoods explains it better, but it just seats wrong to me that that's an excuse against bi richie when they don't have a problem using other of his treats like him being a radio host, his nicknames and pet names like eds and eddie my love, make sandy his girlfriend mind you, a lesbian (is that the only way to make his love for eddie more valid or what?) or having him say he wasn't really attracted to her, why is that ok? but bi richie isn't? if all of that is part of the book too? sounds pretty biphobic to me, but not only biphobic, is also racist and performative, (if you only care about his racism when it comes to his bisexuality, but everything else is fine, start questioning your biphobia and racism)

also just because the movies didn't say the nword doesn't mean they aren't racist, the only black character was strip of his arc, made mike hanlon just a side character that doesn't talk in the first movie and don't make me get started on how they portray mike on the second movie and no, I'm not trying to make anyone feel guilty for liking the movies, I'm just saying, be more critical and less hypocritical

also, also i have to say attacking people just because they like bi richie with things like "you're racist because you like book richie" or "you're homophobic because you're making a canon gay character like women" are so stupid, be for real guys, you don't even know if were are white or gay, because yeah I've seen black and gay folks being pro bi richie and you're just assuming what we are without knowing for sure and just making us feel bad and even if we were white what's the problem, we just like the book characterization and that's totally valid

#richie tozier #it stephen king #it 2017 #it 2019 #it chapter two #it chapter one #reddie #now im gonna stop for now #im just so frustrated #bi richie #long post

[byneddiedingo]

Bela Lugosi and Dwight Frye in Dracula

Dwight Frye, Colin Clive, and Boris Karloff in Frankenstein

Dracula (Tod Browning, 1931)

Cast: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Herbert Bunston, Frances Dade. Screenplay: Garrett Fort, based on a play by Hamilton Dean and John L. Balderston adapted from a novel by Bram Stoker. Cinematography: Karl Freund. Production design: John Hoffman, Herman Rosse. Film editing: Milton Carruth.

Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931)

Cast: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff, Frederick Kerr, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Lionel Belmore, Marilyn Harris. Screenplay: Garrett Fort, Francis Edward Faragoh, based on a story treatment by John L. Balderston of a play by Peggy Webling adapted from a novel by Mary Shelley. Cinematography: Arthur Edeson. Art direction: Charles D. Hall. Film editing: Clarence Kolster. Music: Bernhard Kaun.

Tod Browning's Dracula and James Whale's Frankenstein have a lot in common. Both were based on stage plays adapted from celebrated novels; together they established the Universal studios as specialists in horror movies, the way gangster movies seemed to characterize Warner Bros. and musicals became identified as an MGM specialty; both launched the careers of actors known almost exclusively for their roles as monsters -- a millstone around the neck of the very talented Boris Karloff, an alternate identity for the less-gifted Bela Lugosi. There are some other incidental similarities: Both feature performances by Dwight Frye, a rather ordinary looking character actor who became a specialist in creepy roles. In Dracula he's the vampire's stooge, Renfield, marked by a wheezing laugh that sounds like a cat trying to heave up a hairball. In Frankenstein he's the hunchbacked Fritz, stooge to the titular scientist. Both feature Edward Van Sloan as professorial types: the vampire expert Van Helsing and the ill-fated Dr. Waldman. Both have ingenues preyed upon by the monsters and handsome juveniles who try to be their stalwart defenders but mostly just get in the way. But Frankenstein is by far a better film than Dracula. It may be that James Whale was a more gifted director than Tod Browning, although Browning had a long career in silent films. including some standout Lon Chaney features, before Whale made his mark in Hollywood. Or it may just be that Dracula was made first, so that everyone working on Frankenstein could learn from its mistakes. Browning, I think, hadn't quite gotten used to making talkies, so that the pacing of Dracula is off: Scenes and speeches seem to halt a little longer than they need to. Dracula also betrays its origins on the stage more than Frankenstein. Apart from the spectacle of the storm at sea, there's little in Dracula that couldn't have been put on stage, whereas Frankenstein is loaded with spectacle: the opening funeral and grave-robbing scene; the sparking and flashing laboratory equipment and the thunderstorm; the murder of Little Maria; the torch-bearing villagers and the burning of the old mill. One thing they don't have much of is actual scary stuff, especially as compared to today's blood-and-gore horror movies. To contemporary audiences, Dracula and Frankenstein seem bloodless and gutless, and Dracula in particular has been deprived of its shock value by Lugosi's lack of sex appeal -- vampirism is a sexual threat, given its preoccupation with the exchange of bodily fluids, which is why vampires have gotten hotter over the years. The monster in Frankenstein on the other hand elicits sympathy: It's alone in a world it never made, which is why some think Whale, a gay man, betrays an identification with the character.  

#Dracula #Frankenstein #Tod Browning #James Whale #Bela Lugosi #Dwight Frye #Colin Clive #Boris Karloff

[gillianthecat]

War of Y: War of Managers - final episode (ep 10 overall)

In which I am bored and confused and talking about nonsense (and Gaga's functionality). And then all of a sudden really fucking pissed (but still confused)

~ We see inside the mystery box (which I forgot all about,lol, so I appreciate the flashbacks). It contains... 🥁 Picture of P Atichon!!! I guess Bew had an obsession? And/or a crush? And what is Bew's dream that hasn't come true yet? 🤔

~ I do like the title sequence music. It reminds me of tv shows themes from the late 90s USA (like Buffy) for some reason, maybe the electric guitars?

~ Yes, Kang, your dress is very pretty. But wait, what is he paying them off for? (Or just paying I suppose, but it's more likely to be something underhanded.) 2 million baht is about $52,000 USD. (Why am I doing any research for this show? Who knows.)

~ Oh and hey! This is not the Death Stairs House! (I assume, I gather it has a lot of rooms but this looks like a different style.) Diversity Win! 🎉

~ Bew's hiding behind columns and eavesdropping again. I should have known something was fishy with him earlier based on that habit.

~ I guess if they took the money Gus and Bew would have said nicer things? Oh wait, Pla did take the money. I'm just confused. I may or may not be less confused about this in 55 minutes.

~ I think this was a positive message about being gay? But the translation was weird so I'm not sure what they were actually saying.

~ Yay fitting some marriage equality campaigning into your BL! Good work, Cheewin!

~ Bew and the tv host (Sprite!) are buds? I guess they've both been in the industry a long time.

~ Bew looks so happy about this surprise birthday. If I wasn't suspicious of him I wouldn't be suspicious.

~ I do appreciate the lack of yelling so far. I assume it will resume at some point, but it's been relaxing.

~ I can't decide if I want Bew to be in love with Gus or for it to all be an elaborate revenge plot.

~ Why are Pla and Toon in Gus and Bew's house? Whose house is to anyways? I continue to be very confused about locations on this show.

~ So the not signing a contract was Bew's idea? Toon wanted it? Are they trying to redeem her here or... ? Cause even if he didn't want to, she's the professional, she should know better.

~ The thing with Cheewin's group scenes is that you can so often see the actors hitting their marks. Like, walk -> arrive -> lines. It makes it look very amateurish. I like the dark green velvet though.

~ This dressing room convo feels sweet.

~ Oh. Here comes drama!

~ Yo's smirk as he lounges in the chair! He may be my favorite character. He's mysterious enough to be interesting. (As opposed to Bew, who is also mysterious, but confusing about it.)

~ Bew turning to the ol' panic attack trick. I mean, I believe he's faking, but your logic doesn't make sense, Toon. Seems perfectly reasonable that a person with panic attacks would also search for the symptoms 🤷🏻‍♀️

~ Was Gus suspicious before this? Why is he so quick to believe (known liars) Pla and Toon?

~ That's a very quick jump to confessing, Bew. I guess we do have to wrap this all up (lol, as if there's going to be any sort of meaningful conclusion) in 30 minutes.

~ I was going to write out all the twists and turns of who did what. But then I realized that I don't care that much.

~ Aww 🙁 poor Nott. Only 10% of the vote and his name doesn't even get in the headlines. I would vote for you, Nott 🗳

~ I was going to say Yo gets less interesting the more I learn about him, bu then he said he has a baby?!

~ Oh. Yo was talking to Bew that night. Tricksy editing and camera angles, ya fooled me.

~ If I could manage to embrace this as a soap opera I would probably like it more. Unfortunately I rarely watch soap operas.

~ What?! The back arrow button is working to skip backward?!!!! This is amazing!!! Thank you Gaga!!!! Did you read my complaint on Tumblr yesterday and rush to implement a fix because you love me that much. Aww, you're so sweet to me ☺️

~ Wait. Now it's not working ☹️ I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID DIFFERENT AHH! I literally just paused and then pressed play again, I didn't even minimize the full screen.

~ Oh yes, I paused because I wanted a screenshot of Kang, who continues to look fabulous at al times.

~ This would probably be slightly better and possible make a smidge more sense if the subtitles had better translations. I think I have the gist of what's going on, but it's possible I missed a turn or too in the plot twists.

~ AHHHH. SKIPPING IS WORKING AGAIN! I THINK I FIGURED IT OUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE CURSOR ON THE LITTLE CIRCLE. It only skips like a second or two but that's better than nothing I think.

~ Oh wait. Now it's skipping back WITHOUT the curser in the little circle. And for more seconds at a time. I give up. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Gaga makes almost as little sense as this show.

~ I don't understand what this show wants me to be thinking or feeling here as Pla and Toon confront Bew. Am I supposed to agree with them? Feel sorry for him? Everyone is in the wrong, but I feel like I'm expected to sympathize with somebody, I just really can't tell who.

~ Caught by your own trick, Bew! Lol. (Also if they're clever they'll have also recorded his big supervillain confession speech.)

~ And they were! Even better, Toon was recording a Live, lol.

~ Oh but she wasn't broadcasting? (Also Gaga won't let me skip now 🤷🏻‍♀️)

~ Toon. Darling. Bitch. Sweetheart. You're just as bad as him. He sent Gus to jail, you almost killed him with a shrimp brownie. Are we supposed to believe that you believe you have the moral high ground here?

~ Ah, Bew baby. I'm actually feeling sad for you right now. I too want you to get this award, this emblem of all your ambitions, this reason for the scheming.

~ I'm getting a little teary eyed about this speech and everyone's faces. With this sad music 😢

~ Ok. I am really fucking pissed about how this is ending. Somehow all that nonsense and melodrama where everyone behaved terrible, all of that gets tied up as Bew Learns A Lesson About Ambition. What. The. Fuck. (I guess it could slightly redeem at the very end but I don't see how.

~ So he's supposed to be "forgiven" by Toon and they bond again? And why is this airport reconnection with Gus in front of all these fans? What the fuck is going on?

~ Gus literally says "you got your lesson." But what about everyone else???!!!! Where are their lessons??!!! Cheewin you've spent the whole preceding four and a half hours showing us everyone's bad behavior and now it's completely forgotten because... ? I don't even know why. It is the oddest storytelling choice in an ocean of odd choices.

~ WHY ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT THIS IN FRONT OF THE FAN CLUB????!!!!! And the fans are recording this very personal and probably damaging conversation. What. The. Fuck.

~ And then Gus pats his head, the fans all smile, and Bew walks off surrounded by supportive messages from his fans saying they miss him. Ok. I have no idea what Cheewin is trying to say here.

--

Well. I have no idea what this show was trying to do. But as far as I can tell there were no levels that it worked on. I mean, I assume it's going for melodrama and plot twists. But I feel like for that to work, there has to be some sort of still point amidst the chaos. Some sort of anchor for the audience to connect to. Because the melodrama doesn't mean anything to me if I don't care about any of the characters. The don't have to be a good person, but I think I do have to understand them at least a little more. And I'm sure it's possible to write it so that the anchor point sympathy character can also be revealed to be the manipulator but, uh... this show did not manage it.

I think I would have loved a story of an ambitious actor who went too far in his struggle for the top. But somehow that's not what this felt like. Too much focus on Toon and Pla maybe? I feel like we needed to see more of Bew somehow for this to have worked, even if it still kept his scheming a secret. This I guess is the same criticism I had at the beginning, that all the screen time and dramatics were taken up by people the emotional arc wasn't about.

I think Bew and his ambition were the emotional core of the series. Because that's the only time I felt emotion - when Bew was shown wanting things - acting skill, Gus, the award. But so little time was spent on that. It was the first 30 minutes and the last 30 minutes. But it needed to also be in the middle.

I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. I have no idea what to change. The plot twists felt arbitrary and tedious. If Cheewin has a message about the industry of got lost in the mess. And that fucking ending had no connection to all those ridiculous fucking plot twists.

Like it felt like the end was supposed to be Bew Learns A Lesson. But that didn't fit with anything that came before.

Anyway. I'm mad. If you have any insights into this show I'd welcome them. I could spend time trying to analyze what went wrong. But I don't think it's worth it. The show just fucking sucked. Cheewin was not only trying to have his cake and eat it too, but also sell it and auction it off at the same time. It didn't work.

Not gonna keep watching the next sections. I've lost all trust in Cheewin. What little trust I had.

#war of y: war of managers #war of y ep 10 #war of y #war of y the series #kind of like liveblogging #gillianthecat reacts to bl #reaction by gillianthecat #nonsense #and then ranting

[marquisguyun]

mdzs/cql ask meme: 1, 2, 6, 12, 25 :)))

1. which adaptations have you seen/watched? which one do you like best and why?

I’ve watched both the donghua and CQL (and read the book and some of the manhua). I’m not sure if I have a definitive answer to which visual adaptation is better? The donghua is gorgeous, especially all the demonic cultivation in the third season (plus it was my first mdzs adaptation, my first danmei of any kind actually). I do really enjoy CQL tho, and there are things I like and dislike about both adaptations. That answer is a total cop out but it’s also the truth 😂

2. top 5 favorite characters? what specifically do you like about each one?

Okay so I thought I had this, no problem, and then I counted again and realized I had six characters lmao... I’m not doing this in order bc that’s too many decisions to deal with

1. Wei Wuxian - What can I say, I love a tragic hero! I am intrigued by how smart he is (inventing demonic cultivation, lure flags, etc) but also how he makes mistakes and does some really fucked up stuff even tho he has good intentions. A great complex character!

2. Lan Wangji - I mean who doesn't like Hanguang-jun? He's a badass and a romantic, plus he's stubborn as shit. I really appreciate his relationships with the juniors. I also think his whole teenage angst about liking wwx is fantastic, and also him being super horny and dominant... I am a fan of novel dynamics for wangxian's sex life lol

3. Xue Yang & Xiao Xingchen - I am a slut for a good tragedy and for messed up characters! Plus I love identity porn. Yi City and XueXiao were basically tailored to my personal taste.

4. Lan Sizhui - He's just a good boy! And I like the added complexity of his identity.

5. Jiang Cheng - Honestly it took me a little while to latch onto him as hard, but he grew on me steadily. I originally mostly thought about him in relation to WWX, but damn he's been through a lot! Raising his nephew and running his sect on his own after he's lost everything? Really fucking sad and angry about it? That's good shit!

Also want to note that I like all of these characters in all adaptations, but their actors all did a fantastic job in cql and really added to my love for the characters, especially Wang Haoxuan as Xue Yang and Wang Zuocheng as Jiang Cheng!

6. unpopular opinions?

1. I don’t hate Jiang Cheng or Lan Qiren? those can be pretty unpopular opinions

2. I’m a white American and my reading of danmei is definitely colored by my different experiences/worldview... I try to be aware of that as much as I can be and to read meta by Chinese disaspora (EDIT: I wrote this like a year ago and idk where I was going with this, but I think I was trying to say something about how I try to make sure my opinions aren't culturally insensitive? Bc some of the takes you see definitely are)

12. do you like any other of mxtx's works? is mdzs your first of hers or did you watch/read the others first?

It’s less obvious on tumblr bc there’s less content I come across compared to twt but your girl is a Scum Villain main lmao (EDIT: That was written a year ago when I started answering this ask. One of the advantages to twt's whole mess is that there's more scum villain content on tumblr now!!)

That said, I have read all three MXTX novels, watched all three donghuas, watched CQL, and read at least part of all three manhuas (rip sv manhua)

my order of watching/reading (with some overlap) was something like: watched mdzs donghua s1-2 >>> read mdzs novel >>> watched cql >>> started scumbag system >>> started heaven official’s blessing donghua >>> read scum villain >>> read what little there is of the sv manhua >>> waited several months?? and then read tgcf >>> dabbled with mdzs and tgcf manhuas >>> watched mdzs donghua s3

25. queer headcanons? 

- I definitely see Wei Wuxian as bi, altho I can understand reading him as a gay man who isn’t actually attracted at all to the women he flirts with - On the other hand, 90% of the time I see Lan Wangji as gay. The other 10% is me going “but what if Wei Ying was a girl tho”

I don’t think I have a lot of definitive non canon queer headcanons for mdzs honestly? There are definitely ones I enjoy and ones I don’t really see, but a lot of times I’m just happy to be taken along for the ride of other people’s headcanons for a fic or meta. Here are a few I’ve enjoyed:

- Asexual Jiang Cheng - Bisexual Jiang Fengmian (in love with Wei Changze) - Trans headcanons/AUs for various characters

#mdzs+ #mdzs #cql #clearing out the old drafts #besides the notes i added really the only thing that still needed done was why i liked the characters #apparently i was too lazy to finish that a year ago

[strangerfigs]

I don’t think mike and el making out in season 3 is a sign that the duffers don’t intend mike and el to be endgame. And I say this as someone who likes the idea of Byler too. I wasn’t even aware of this argument until I came to Byler tumblr. But a lot of people actually WERE into mike and el kissing in season 3. That’s how a lot of the crazie Fillie stans were born. Also, a lot of the audience was around the same age as Finn and Millie and definitely didn’t see it the same way older adults do. I mean just look at all the edits online. Their kissing didn’t destroy mlvn, it elevated Mlvn in a lot of people’s minds. And also many classic coming of age movies show teens making out. And certainly most modern shows (which obviously also show a lot ~worse) do as well! I feel like teens awkwardly making out is a common theme in lots of content. So I never understood when Bylers who were uncomfortable with it use it as evidence against Mlvn. Especially when they try to say it shows that Mike is secretly gay and not bi or straight. I mean it looked like he enjoyed it to me. The duffers could have just been pulling from classic 80s influences and intended in on a surface level

I think the demographics tend to lean more towards older audience though, so a lot of people were uncomfortable ? i remember that being a big complaint. like this show wasn’t rly intended for like children? also there is just a large difference between a 13 and 16 year old, even millie forgot that they were only 13 and making out lol. i know it’s realistic but it’s weird but honestly my post was mostly a joke, tbh. I just think it’s funny ~

edit: I also think personally the percentage of people who liked milk/fillie more because of this was less than the percentage of ppl who were made uncomfortable by it. also the gen audience, at least the intended gen audience; is 18-24. so it’s just… idk. lol like i think honestly my theory still isn’t that crazy. like it’s definitely a THEORY but - yeah. and also, like, a lot of times in tv shows, actors who play 16 year olds aren’t typically 16… so it just ?? is weird. tbh. like the whole thing was just strange to watch.

#byler #anonymous #anti m*leven

[aprillikesthings]

waiting for a pizza to arrive and for a cake to cool enough to frost in honor of @malafight's birfday

SO gonna start the next episode

s2 ep7 reunion! (last ep of the second season by Netflix's numbering)

she still sleeps on a hard cot, just a pretty one ;_;

but also don't sleep with your hair up like that you will ruin your hair and your hairline omg

but also why do you sleep with A KNIFE

I mean yay this is the episode where we meet Bow's dads but also, again, trans!Bow headcanons stay winning

THE SOCKS WITH SANDALS LOLOL

aahaha

bless the animators for this one aaaaahahah (she thought she spotted Shadow Weaver)

omg he has a First Ones tattoo that's like us having a tattoo in like cuneiform. Or maybe Latin.

THIRTEEN??????

he says, in front of two princesses who are currently involved in a war

plot plot one of his dads fought in the original war and came back to his village destroyed and vowed to never get mixed up "princesses and their war" ever again

look I know Bow's giving a little speech about his dads but my brain saw this and went "...communion wafers?!"

(my church doesn't even DO wafers we do home-made gluten free bread)

OKAY so I remember when I saw this episode the first time, it occurred to me that in any other show, Bow pretending to go to a boarding school only to ACTUALLY be a rebel fighter would be an obvious analogy for being gay! Oh wait I found that post.

...why does Bow call his dads by their first names

also Adora keeps pronouncing everything in something weirdly close to a bad French accent--like putting the emphasize on the wrong syllables of any given word or phrase on a misguided attempt at sounding smart

another one for the "never pause she-ra" subreddit

also the SOUNDS Catra makes, the voice actor must've really had a good time with this one ahahaha

FANGIE (it took multiple tries to get this one)

but yeah Scorpia's attempt at comfort/cuddling did lead to Catra shouting her actual problem so it kinda worked

but yeah Hordak's little recorder baby heard the whole thing

BACK TO BOW'S DADS

cackling at them correcting "She-Ra." "We think it was 'Her-Ra'"

....i'm gonna have to edit the reddit post to add this one

Watching Bow's dads argue about whether Serenia was a real person sounds like people arguing over whether people from the Bible were real lol (for the record: in some cases we have outside evidence they existed and in some cases we do not)

DON'T GET TATTOOS IN LANGUAGES YOU CAN'T READ, FOLKS (without multiple people confirming the meaning)

also WHY can she read this stuff? did Shadow Weaver teach her? I forget

Bow's dads have a First Ones artifact, they ask Adora what it says, turns out it's a password (Eternia!) and it OPENS and--

whoops!

can we just enjoy the fact that three men are hiding behind a table while two women kick this monster's ass???

the monster just wanted the gem runestone shard they had sitting on display in the library and now it's a nice chill orb again

As someone who, again, was a child in the 1980's, the subversion of some tropes is just very, very pleasing.

That, and the sheer degree to which this is a HUGE analogy for coming out. Like. They hit all the narrative beats of people who are scared to come out only to find out their parents are actually fine with it.

On a personal note: when I was 25 and told my mom I had a girlfriend, her response was, and I quote, "Ew!" To which I responded: "Why are you picturing it, mom?!"

My dad figured out I wasn't straight before I told him, the same way a lot of people did, which was that I was (am) completely unsubtle about checking people out. (My brothers told me about this, side note; they'd overheard him trying to convince my mom I was bisexual and my mom kept saying "but she's had so many boyfriends" and my dad and brothers were like "do you know what bisexual means???")

That said when I realized I was gay and not into men anymore, I told my dad in the kitchen on Christmas after a couple glasses of wine by just blurting out completely apropos of nothing, "I think I'm just gay," to which he responded with a shrug and "Yeah, alright." Like, sure it could've gone better but also tbqfh it could've gone worse, so I'll take it.

(As mentioned on previous posts my dad is dead. My mom is completely chill about my partners.)

on a related note:

oh right this is when we lean Etheria doesn't have stars--up to that point I know I'd just interpreted the lack of stars in the night sky shots as like, an artistic choice

plot plot Serenia is a constellation that only appears over the Crimson Waste in the summer (oh they DO have seasons) and Bow's dads beg them not to go

Catra's just really cute here

anyway the little recorder critter plays Catra admitting to losing Shadow Weaver, Hordak uses a fancy magical device to suck all the air out of the space Catra's standing in and berates her for losing Shadow Weaver and lying about it until Catra passes out.

DUN DUN DUNNNNNN

END OF SEASON TWOOOO

Also I'm full of pizza and cake :D

#april rewatches spop #reunion

[qu-film-history-to-1968]

Jane and Bob and Activism

Bob Dylan is a popular musician and singer that was known for his voice and story-telling songs. One of his most impactful songs that I personally remember was ‘Calm Before the Storm’ which I believe originated from the Vietnam war with a story about a soldier and a woman meeting while he was at war. Bob Dylan was certainly not the first to use his artistic vision for activism and to try and make a difference in the world - intentionally or not. Jane Fonda is an actress who started out in films like Barbarella, On Golden Pond with Katherine Hepburn, and They Shoot Horses Don’t They - a film that most people may or may not know, but I love. Jane Fonda is also an outspoken and long time activist for gay rights, as she has a large gay following and has even been arrested for some protesting she did in the streets at certain points in her life. What both of these films have in common, are the showcasing of each individual talent for these artists. Bob is seen playing lots of music in between staggered interviews and conversations with his friends backstage. There is the performative element of his work, where we see the art from the artists, and moments where the spotlight is off and we see the real raw vulnerability of conversation between Bob and his friends in moments where he doesn’t have to perform. The Jane fonda documentary is very similar. It captures the essence of Fonda’s performance on the stage in her show, but also reveals what it is like to be backstage with her co-workers and at the makeup chair. There are combating elements of documentary in the choices of edits and balance between scenes. Documentary filmmaking is not a set style, it very much is an art with lots of choices from the director whether or not to be up close and intimate with the subjects, or become a fly on the wall and observe from the outside looking in on the story you are cultivating. There is a great use of dynamics when in Bob Dylan’s documentary there are scenes that are naturally playing out like Bob’s manager discussing business deals with another man to try and figure out the location and pay for Bob’s next performance. Or that Jane fonda’s easy ride in the car with her friend (or lover) is met with walking about New York and enticing the actor’s studio to go to rehearsal. These subjects both have fans, and in their fan interactions, Bob Dylan was met with two girls who were swooning outside of the building he was staying in, one of them saying she had waited her whole life to meet Bob Dylan. In a strange conversation, the few girls talk to Bob and discuss with him what they like, and don’t like about his music. This led Bob to get slightly defensive, and question why they thought some of his music wasn’t their favorite, but others were. Something I like about both styles of these documentaries in their honesty and lack of narration. I enjoy them for their narrative structure and honesty in portraying both figures in each film as honestly as possible. These portrayals can contribute to an audience that will believe these films and see them for the honest interpretations that they are without an outside influence to control them like a story, and rather observe what is actually happening in real life.

[everyvampiremovie]

Bit

2019/dir. Brad Michael Elmore/90 min

2.5/5★ 6/16/22

i like some parts of this film a lot! some parts i was fine with and some i’m not nuts about.

the cinematography, editing, costuming; all good. they do that thing occasionally where they change the focus of the camera to make the background look like it’s zooming out while staying focused on an actor’s face - like they are being Effected - and there’s one left to right wipe shaped around foreground elements but that’s about it for fun editing. i was kind of expecting more from how funky the poster looked but books and covers and all.

i also think the premise is kind of #girlboss, in a negative and positive way. i’ve definitely been that person who was like “yeah i want a group of gay vamps to kill homophobes!” but having got it i’m not obsessed. i actually liked the ending where the big evil vamp came back and was like “you are not immune to in-group manipulation” because it made it more interesting to think about, and yeah queer groups are not immune to infighting and abuses of power. and how sometimes people trying to recover things they’ve lost end up hurting other people.

in a similar way i feel conflicted about but also interested in mark’s monologue about being the sibling on the side. he’s definitely trying to hurt laurel at least a little, but hearing about his experience gave me some things to think about.

but the film is more typical vampire coming of age story where the vampires are girls who are dating (or whatever) each other. so in that sense it was alright!

i really hate to say it but i kind of have to, i wasn’t a big fan of nicole amber maines’ acting. she looked great, her voice is clear and sounds good, and she got the blocking but i think she needed a little more time. i’m definitely glad she got this role and i can’t wait to see the stuff she acts in later!

EDIT: oh also i forgot to talk about the final scene. laurel and mark are talking and they decide that maybe it would be better if everyone was turned into a vampire. it feels like a very syndrome-from-the-incredibles conclusion, and doesn’t seem right after the two of them had just been saying that they were turned without their consent. it feels like maybe it was supposed to be a conclusion drawn from having vampirism be a metaphor for queerness or something, but it’s the only place in the film where it does that. except for maybe when duke is giving laurel the pitch and talks about how you don’t have to give up your family, which feels like a modern evolution in queer acceptance (you can be queer and still have your family, versus the old trope of coming out and having to leave everything behind).

#mine #review #bit #another ok one #eventually i'll have to backlog the movies i wrote two sentences for #long

[thenightling]

Whoaaaa buddy. You think I’m trying to pick a fight with you or something? You say some very very VERY coincidental thing and like I’m not allowed to question if it’s true. Also no anon. Do you get hate a lot? It seems like you’re very aggressive and confrontational so that makes sense. Please go take some deep breaths or something. Plus you can edit a post on Facebook

No. I'm not sure how offering to show you the original post is fighting. I made you an offer to prove I was telling the truth. Truth matters to me. I am visually impaired. I don't do photoshop. And I wanted to clear my name from any doubt.

I invited you and anyone else who wanted to see it that what I posted was a genuine, unaltered Facebook memory. I hadn't even remembered having that dream until it turned up as a Facebook memory. I didn't spend my Thankgiving going "How can I trick The Sandana fandom and Neil Gaiman." And I think I have a right to take offense to you assuming I would.

I'm not pretending to be psychic just because at the peek of my Sandman obsession I dreamt there was a surprise animated version with David Tennant.

Actual logical explanation to my "prophecy" without RUDELY accusing me of lying:

1. Neil Gaiman had written two episodes of Doctor Who at that point and Good Omens was in production. And Duck Tales was airing on Disney XD featuring David Tennant voicing Scrooge. My mind had ample reason to associate David Tennant with cartoons and Neil Gaiman. 2. An episode of Justice League action existed featuring Cain from The House of Mystery so I could already imagine an animated incarnation of The Sandman very easily. The episode Trick or Threat from 2016. Not a big leap. It's not THAT impressive to have a dream that your current favorite obsession would have a surprise animated adaptation featuring an actor who (in 2018) was working on Good Omens with Neil Gaiman. I have studied parapsychology. I know you are supposed to be skeptical, and cynical with claims of premonitions and psychic readings but I never claimd to be psychic, I said it was eerie, that's all and YOU insulted me for it! YOU assumed it was fake, instead of finding a logical explanation for it before leaping to accusations of hoax. Sometimes the logical explanation is more of a "Oh, These things easily connect." And not "You are a lying liar." You called MY Facebook memory fake and then accused ME of picking a fight! That takes some serious audacity. Instead of "Oh, yeah, that makes sense. Lots of DC stuff gets adapted into animation and David Tennant does do very recognizable voice work and was working with Neil Gaiman at the time so of course your unconscious mind went there."

No, instead you leapt to "Fake" like an asshole, Asshole.

@gay-memes Don't play innocent and act like you were an innocent victim attacked, you called -my- facebook memory fake.

Here's the memory on facebook re-post if it's public.

For some of us truth is really important. Integrity is important. Sometimes it's all a person has. So yeah, calling me a liar, can't imagine WHY that might bother me!

Have a lovely night, Asshole.

#The Sandman #Sandman #Neil Gaiman #David Tennant

[elkshed]

I think my only addition to the “celebrities queerbaiting” discourse is that people are approaching it like when fandoms used to try and figure out if YouTubers were gay. Except they’re using that framing for Taylor Swift, Harry Styles etc.

Taylor Swift and Harry Styles are not a couple of random 20-somethings with a popular YouTube channel who occasionally make references to their personal lives, or one random actor from an indie TV show. They are international, multi-billion dollar celebrities - some of the richest people alive today. Their lives are a brand - they themselves are a brand - because what they do and how people receive them is worth millions and millions of dollars. There are thousands of people who profit off of their continued successes, and who are working extremely hard to maintain that success. Everything that the public sees about them has been tracked, focus-grouped, analyzed, and edited for maximum brand appeal and engagement.

Harry Styles appearing in multiple fashion magazines in genderfluid outfits, showing up on red carpets with pink feather boas, promoting progressive stuff on his tours, is extremely specific and targeted work on behalf of his huge management team to cash in on how trendy and harmlessly popular queer culture is right now. If enough people speculate that Taylor Swift’s new album has a secret lesbian love song in it, that will drive record sales. Anyone who is able to capture the attention and wallets of the LGBTQ community - which is currently wealthier and has more social clout overall than it ever has in history - is going to profit off of it.

Maybe Harry really is bisexual or whatever, and genuinely wants to wear badly-fitting dresses in Vogue. Maybe Taylor Swift is secretly a lesbian and is hiding it in case being a rich, femme, thin, white wlw is too dangerous (?). But even if they, the humans, are innocent of actively queerbaiting their audiences, the agencies, corporations, and enormously wealthy beneficiaries of his brand are. Because that’s what queerbaiting actually is: corporations profiting off of dangling queerness above regular, queer consumer’s heads. Just like the individual script writer sitting in the writer’s room of a TV show isn’t actively trying to queerbait the audience because it’s fun for her. But the directors and boards of national and international production companies that employ her have billions of dollars to ensure that their show returns the maximum amount of profit. And if queerness is profitable, so be it.

#myposts #Taylor Swift #Harry styles #queerbaiting #celebrities at that level of wealth and influence are not Real People any more sorry #not saying that they don’t deserve their rights or whatever #you don’t get to be insane to them #but nothing you see about them or their lives is real!!! #celebrity is a plague!!!