#it’s still in the 80s in LA

[a-scavengers-death]

New outfit for manifesting fall vibes

#it’s still in the 80s in LA #why god #me

[389]

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) William Friedkin

#to live and die in LA #william friedkin #movies #stills #movie stills #cinematography #films #cinema #william peterson #willem dafoe #jane leeves #los angeles #80s movies #80s #u

[ingravinoveritas]

So, it is now three days into Pride, and the gayness just keeps on coming. This is a screenshot from 2019 of Michael responding to a piece of Ineffable Husbands fanart of Aziraphale and Crowley at the cinema in the 1980s.

For those who may not know (as I didn’t, not being from the UK), La Scala was a cinema in King’s Cross, an area of London that (pre-Soho) was a haven for all things LGBTQ, and showed many LGBTQ-themed films throughout its notorious run.

But the extra special thing about these gay all-nighters (and which Michael would have undoubtedly known when writing that tweet) was that all sorts of debauchery (a.k.a., gay orgies) tended to ensue among its patrons:

...So, not only do we know that Michael has thought about Aziraphale and Crowley fucking, we also know that he has thought specifically about when and where they would fuck...and it’s in a place nicknamed The Sodom Odeon. On top of all that, we now have GO season 2 coming out with a scene filmed in the Bo’ness Hippodrome and Michael looking incredibly smug on the day of filming said scene. In a dark cinema. With David. I just don’t even know what else to say...

(Also...What were you doing in King’s Cross in the mid/late ‘80s, Michael? Is this knowledge all from firsthandjob experience? Because I would not be at all surprised...)

#michael sheen #welsh seduction machine #good omens 2 #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #at this point i hope anyone who still thinks Michael is straight #can just disabuse themselves of that notion #because dear god #i think Michael has been telling us exactly who he is for a long time now #bless his bisexual Welsh chaos #also i have a head canon involving Michael and David at La Scala in the late 80s #which i think i need to turn into a fic now #because yes #can't wait for the second season #i'm not saying they have sex #but #🌈👀 #happy pride month indeed #discourse

[abirdie]

Gael García Bernal in También la lluvia (2010, dir. Icíar Bollaín)

(these gifs also feature Luis Tosar and the back of Cassandra Ciangherotti's head)

[other gael filmography gifsets]

#gael garcía bernal #también la lluvia #ggb filmography gifs #gael garcia bernal #this is luis tosar (and juan carlos aduviri)'s film really (although gael has lots of screen time and second billing) #just in terms of who gets the biggest character arcs #touches on racism / colonialism / what narratives survive in history / impact of imf and world bank / employment relations and ethics #filmmaking / creative obsession / idealism vs. pragmatism vs. actual human relationships #plus water rights and grassroots protests obviously #there is an interesting interview on youtube with icíar bollaín #obviously when you're making a film that deals with the ethics of filmmaking there are certain expectations #also the very first version of the screenplay years earlier was for the film that they are shooting within this film #and then the stuff about bolivia and about shooting the film got added later in subsequent iterations of the script #side note i love how the film they are making plays out in sebastián's head when he's reading the script or shooting individual setups #of course this took $5.8 million at the box office while letters to juliet took $80 million #no one ever said life was fair #not that i'm still bitter about letters to juliet #(i am totally still bitter about letters to juliet)

[jca-archive]

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) dir. William Friedkin

#uploads #to live and die in la #film still #80s #william friedkin

[doctorphagliacci]

stills from Simone Barbès ou la vertu (Simone Barbès or Virtue) (1980), dir. Marie-Claude Treilhou

an underappreciated 1980s film about (in part) a lesbian nightclub that i really loved -- you can read more about it via Another Screen, even though unfortunately it was only available for streaming there for a limited time: https://www.another-screen.com/simone-barbes-or-virtue

#film stills #Simone Barbès ou la vertue #Simone Barbès or Virtue #Marie-Claude Treilhou #astrology #'80s cinema #french film #lesbians in film

[musicalchaos07]

The most unrealistic part of s4 for me is that the Cali Crew were all wearing pants in the California Desert like besties how are y'all alive????

#I realize it was only late march but STILL #I (an unhinged person) checked the weather for LA in 1986 and on Will's birthday weekend it was in the 80s #these four are burying a dead body 2/4 of them are in JEANS #with NO WATER #They should've died of heat stroke or dehydration before they ever reached suzies house #playing the fucking reverse oregon trail #stranger things #jonathan byers #will byers #mike wheeler #Argyle #cali crew #st 4

[xcziel]

i am not kidding BLESS those jeans

if someone is somehow reading my blog and sharing last night's critique of the baggy pants vs choreo precision issue i would just like to say you are doing the work of the gods thank you SO much

#jeon jungkook #there is nothing i embrace more than an all-black wardrobe and the lines on this times square look are just *chef's kiss* #bless the piercings bless the tattoos bless the black palette is all i can say #i know it's too cold on an outdoor stage rn to do the bare arms but fck if that didn't make the choreo pop even harder #i wanna get a still from that one instant with his right arm gesturing right before The Shoulder Move #bc it's insanely hot - just the line of his extended tattoed arm and his shoulder like #it CANNOT be overstated how expressive his gestures are and how the sleeveless look really highlighted that #have i watched the mv a disgusting amount of times? i have indeed #i'm sorry it's just EVERYTHING i have been asking for from a pop song for so long #the BASS the live instruments THE BRASS SECTION .... the *BASS* #if you have followed me for more than two seconds you've probably run into me expounding on my 'horn theory' of good pop music lol #i.e. if you want a really good power hit pop song you need a goddamn brass section #evidence: the 70s and 80s. ... even beyonce knows this #but also funk/disco bass trumps everything else and i would kill to have an extended remix done by AN ACTUAL BAND #the current remixes don't add anything for me - i want an actual bass player going to town a la the disco extended plays of yore #maybe in the concert version ... kinda hoping jk takes inspo from yoongi's concert setup #i feel like that might have been part of the impetus behind recording with actual musicians #i can't believe that's so unusual these days - it's sad that i watched a reaction clip and the person was like #what sample is that?? what is that from?? #and i'm like yelling at the screen it's an actual band that's how it's *supposed* to be #also can i say i love how he (and all the maknae line now that i think of it) makes it so clear when he's singing and when it's #the backing track - like no lip syncing/pretending just sticking to the bts standards for live performance vs like music show #thinking on it part of it may be that like the rap line *can't* really coast over a backing track so then vocal line doesn't either #(i say maknae line only in reference to this last year's recent live performances bc there've been multiple from each of them) #and he's outside and it's cold - that is HARD on the vocal chords #most of your diva singers - not that jk is a diva but he does have the range of one - like mariah or ariana would never #do that to their voices - i think he's just used to being the indestructable bunny #he better have people babying him tonight and giving him hot soup and tea with honey and vitamin c and idk ginseng #having the humidifier going and getting as much rest as possible to keep healthy

[farawayfromdryland]

i feel for maddie hayes so so much.. it might be a little bit the red wine, oh boy. she is so right and deserves the world

#oh boy oh boy #see now i'm very glad i couldn't find good links in middle school or 9th grade or whatever because this woudve fucked 14 yr old me up #almost typed my real name whoops #and it's SUCH a goofy show #and yet #did they really still have milkmen in la in the 80s? i want to know #....i feel like i missed so much.. by not being born ye

[aurore-parle-de-ses-idees]

wip game

post the names of files in your wip folder, let people send asks about a title and respond with snippets or fun facts

from @searchingforserendipity25 !

vaguely in order of what i want done now vs later:

tss [arwen edition]

dance- sil

riddle- est

maybe+sleep+shock- oh that's a fun combo :)

the resident high elves who are rapidly developing story :/

okokok. let's try again i swear i will finish llau eventually

rani sandyhill and the load-bearing timeline

in which maybe everyone goes to gundabad

arwen & halbarad buddy adventures

i'm not Planning this but- (we occasionally remember we're not actually living in a puzzle game)

throwing this vaguely at the lotro+ crew i guess? @hallothere @sweetearthandnorthernsky @rohirric-hunter @pursuer-of-hope @a-lonely-dunedain @find-the-path @kemendin

#i put it over here instead of on thalion for reasons #honestly mostly bc it's literally 80% lotr/o lmao #ask games #ish #tangentially. writing brain not cooperating lmao which is why i still have the prompt list asks sitting here two weeks later #c'est la vie i guess lol #anyway 0 pressure tags and all just for fun #with my very exciting titles lol #they can have real titles if/when i ever finish them

[guardsbian]

tragically I want to return to serpentis solacia and flesh it out. this is tragic because every time I think about it I despise how much I would have to change to be happy with it as a location

#it's very inconsistent with my other locations on account of being my first clan so it's like. it doesn't. look good #it doesn't look like anything #which I guess is an aesthetic within itself but the areas have no visible correlation between the dragons in them #like serpentis solacia isn't even particularly. based in anything #lantern's light is gothic victorian with an apocalyptic twist + more #rinascita rituale is a gaudy 80s las vegas type + cosmic horror university #los oleajes is a coastal town with 80s crime vibes #nautes-xenia is. mediterranean #what's serpentis solacia then? not a damn thing! and it never has been #so I'd have to figure THAT out. which would then mean redesigning everything within it #the only Thing it has is bring divided into profession-based districts but that's. that's still nothing.

[aliaoftheknives]

tiny little redraw of something i drew literally a full year ago. jesus has it really been that long. happy 2st anniversary you gay losers get out of my school 

#neil.txt #yes this is based off la belle dame sans merci LOL im gay and basic. #still cant believe its been a full fuckin year. im gonna be drawing these 2 whenim 80 and in a nursing home

[seokwoosmole]

I AM SEEING SF9 LIVE IN DECEMBER AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I AM GOING TO BE BROKE FOR AWHILE AHHHHHHHHHHHH

#also I managed to score vvip tickets ahhhhh #im not gonna be bitter but istg wonder wall crashing literally ruined my mood for a solid couple of hours #I had like such a good feeling that I could have gotten the vvip wonder in time before selling out if the site wasn't so glitchy #and if I had time to sit down to get the tickets instead of sneaking to the bathroom at work to buy them lmaooooooo #also if anyone is going to the la venue were y'all weirded out by the set up?? #I legit thought the seating map was glitchy or smth cuz why was it like 80% floor standing room tics??? #ngl im kinda sorta very bothered by that #not excited to get in line first come first serve style #not to mention im an anti-social hyper-cautious germaphobe #not looking forward to be smooshed together with a bunch of people like that #but at the end of the day #im seeing sf9 #ok im seeing sf6 (which I could rant about more) but still its sf9 #im seeing dawon live 😭 #AND MY MALE VERSION OF VENUS #and my chapstick throwing king #and my favorite maknae trio #ahhhhhhhhh #sf9

[ultimateaclrecovery]

Made ham and potato soup 😋😋😋

#it maybe looks weird but it tastes delicious #it may still be 80 in LA but I am leaning into the fall vibes all the way

[freebooter4ever]

all right ive got all the doors closed to my bedroom/bathroom and only running my little AC window unit at max in my tiny kitchen/main room, we'll see if my poor drawing computer manages to not overheat despite it already hitting 100 outside this morning. :/

#Journal shit #Go to LA they said #The land of opportunities they said #I did not sign up for this #I think the main thing that makes socal different is that for a lot of people air conditioning isnt in the budget #Like my friend over at the artists house has literally lived here their entire lives and up until last year never need AC #Shit has CHANGED the climate is legit more extreme #The infastructure here is not built for this #There is a reason burbank had rolling blackouts friday AND they are trying to tell people to stop running AC from 4pm to 9pm #I am very lucky to have my little window unit but even that can only do so much and its been running non stop since i got home #From the beach last night at like 8 pm #And its STILL 80 degrees in the house

[doctorphagliacci]

more stills from Simone Barbès ou la vertu (Simone Barbès or Virtue) (1980), dir. Marie-Claude Treilhou

an underappreciated 1980s film about (in part) a lesbian nightclub that i really loved -- you can read more about it via Another Screen, even though unfortunately it was only available for streaming there for a limited time: https://www.another-screen.com/simone-barbes-or-virtue

#film stills #french film #simone barbès ou la virtue #simone barbès or virtue #lesbians in film #queer cinema #Marie-Claude Treilhou #sword lesbians #gay nightclubs #butches in film #femmes in film #sapphic #'80s cinema