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welcome-to-the-cafe · 11 months

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ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU (2001)

this film has been on my list at least since i read “On Denpa”. the essay includes a content note:

The film features violent images of bullying, suicide, and sexual abuse.

that i’d totally forgotten about by the time i watched the film (for free on kanopy). i went in expecting something lighter.

it’s good though. i want to watch it again tbh.

#joy watches #all about lily chou chou

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savagegood · 10 months

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he put his entire ken-ussy into the role... | BARBIE

#barbie #barbie movie #barbie 2023 #ryan gosling #margot robbie #barbieedit #every single interview he gives on this press tour is a joy to watch

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aletterinthenameofsanity · 2 months

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Y'know, there's this gripe I've had for years that really frustrates me, and it has to do with Love, Simon and people joking about it and calling it too-pg and designed-for-straight-people and all the like. (A similar thing has happened to Heartstopper, but that's another conversation.)

I saw Love, Simon in theaters when it came out my senior year in high school. I saw it three times, once with my friends/parents on opening night, once with my brother over spring break, and once with my grandparents.

On opening night, the air in the room was electric. It was palpable. Half the heads in there were dyed various colors. Queer kids were holding hands. We were all crying and laughing and cheering as a group. My friends grabbed my hands at the part where Simon was outed and didn't let go until his parents were saying that they accepted him. My friend came out to me as non-binary. Another person in our group admitted that she had feelings for girls. It was incredible. I left shaking. This was the first mainstream queer romance movie that had ever been produced by one of the main five studios, and I know that sounds like another "first queer character from Disney" bit but you have to understand that even in 2018 this was groundbreaking. Getting to have a sweet queer rom-com where the main character was told that he got "to breathe now" after coming out meant so much to me and my friends.

But also, from a designed-for-straight-people POV (which, to be frank, it was written by a bisexual author and directed by a gay man, this was not designed for straight audiences), why is it a bad thing that it appealed to the widest possible audience? That it could make my parents and grandparents see things in a new light? My stepdad wasn't at all interested in rom-coms but he saw it with me because it was something I cared about and he hugged me when we came out of the theater. My very Catholic grandparents watched it with me and though my grandpa said he still didn't quite understand the whole 'gay thing,' all he wanted was for me to be happy and to have a happy ending like Simon did. My Nana actually cried when Simon came out and squeeze my hand when his mother told him he could breathe.

And when Martin blackmailed Simon, my mom, badass ally that she is, literally hissed "Dropkick him. Dropkick him in the balls" leading to multiple queer kids in the audience to laugh or smile. Having my parents there- the only parents, by the way, out of my group of queer and questioning friends- made multiple people realize that supportive adults were out there. That parents like those in Love, Simon do exist in real life.

When people complain about Heartstopper not being realistic or Love, Simon being too cutesy, I remember seeing Love, Simon on opening night. I remember my friend coming out and my stepdad hugging me and my mom defending us through this character. I remember the cheers that went through the audience when Bram and Simon kissed and the chatter in the foyer after the movie was over and the way that this movie made me understand that happy endings do exist.

Queer kids need happy endings. Straight people need entry points to becoming allies. Both of these things can come together in beautiful ways. They can find out about more queer culture later, but for now, let them have this. Let them all have a glimpse at a better, happier world. Let them have queer joy.

#love simon #simon vs thsa #simon spier #spierfeld #bram greenfeld #my experiences #meta #the importance of queer joy #heartstopper #becky albertalli #my mom also watched rwrb with me last year when it premiered #and let me tell you that was interesting sitting in the room with her for an r-rated romance movie like that

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frownyalfred · 4 months

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that’s the pipeline. that’s how they get ya. every time.

#watching this subreddit flail over being attracted to Bruce #brings me great joy #bruce wayne #batman #dc #dc comics #Reddit #found on reddit

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beardedmrbean · 2 years

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Dude save some for us homely guys

Michael Rayner

#g'night everyone #be kind #be silly on occasion as well #5k #watched some of his tiktoks #guys nutty good #just a joy to watch #10k #15k #25k #finally got his tiktok link added #50k

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majosullivan · 8 months

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Blitz and Fizz talking to each other about the tall, rich and powerful demons that they totally just have a physical/fuck buddy relationship with and aren’t deeply in love with

#now that they’ve reconnected I NEED more episodes with them #they’re a fucking joy to watch #helluva boss #helluva boss spoilers #helluva boss fizzarolli #helluva fizzarolli #helluva boss blitzo #helluva blitzo #stoliz #stolitz #fizzmodeus

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mintypsii · 8 months

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yk adorable group hug and luffy moment aside, did zoro just kick the ground . after he was hugged . is this show even real

sorry but the way nami went 🤨🏳️‍🌈 TWICE

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swannsways · 3 months

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Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb THE HOLDOVERS (2023)

#the holdovers #da'vine joy randolph #mary lamb #filmgifs #dailyflicks #moviegifs #my gifs #films watched

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lab-gr0wn-lambs · 8 months

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Send in the clowns

#this show has been very hit or miss for me lately but OUGH GOD I love this episode #Blitz and Fizz have such strong personalities they are an absolute JOY to watch #and their voice actors are phenomenal #helluva boss #helluva boss fanart #fizzarolli #fizzarolli fanart #blitzo #blitzo fanart #cate's scribbles #scribbles

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goblins-riddles-or-frocks · 8 months

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forever obsessed with dynamics between vampires, specifically that of a maker and fledgling, as a way to explore abuse. the creation of a vampire itself can so easily be a literalization of the lasting impacts of trauma and also much more simply the ways a perpetrator might shape their victim’s very identity. the extremes of isolation in the way that the new vampire, in most narratives, must cut all ties to their mortal life, or else go through an elaborate charade to maintain the facade of humanity, while forever still being removed from it. and the sheer dependence and vulnerability of being in an entirely new state of being, wholly uncertain of what it entails, and relying on another person to define… everything.

#or just the moral dilemmas #rewatching amc interview is kind of making me insane #that moment in episode two when louis is looking for a sort of assurance in the fact that lestat may actually have some good in him #look at how he cares about music look at the simple wondrous things that can bring him joy #and then the immediate dread when the opera performance turns out to be imperfect because he knows how lestat will react to *that*#I think there’s also something really interesting in the highlighting of lestat upbraids the less skilled singer before killing him #(slowly)#but also I will wait to watch more before I articulate my thoughts #vampires #interview with the vampire #amc interview with the vampire #i ramble sometimes #I do still find the lestat and claudia film and novel dynamic by far the most compelling for how she tries to usurp him but almost to be him #but I’m enjoying this #I’m very curious if I will like show claudia more on rewatch #the movie always resonated most with me (sue me lol) because there seemed to be more simultaneous fondness and attachment even at the end

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astearisms · 7 months

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may you find peace 🌾

#my art #it was so funny posting this on Twitter because not long after I posted it someone said ‘this is great #also I think you’re missing a child’#i just thought ‘wait…no….did I?’ and so i re-watched the part in episode 5 where you see finn and his kids #and then i saw them!!#the neptr looking child!#i had watched the episode two times but somehow my brain just…did not perceive the child #another comment jokingly said ‘’not the neptr looking kid getting neptr’d’ and it made me laugh #another person sweetly said ‘don’t worry #they’re taking the picture!’#i enjoyed those interactions #thank you everyone for liking and supporting my work #it’s a joy #adventure time #fionna and cake #finn mertens #finn the human #fanart

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welcome-to-the-cafe · 1 year

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things i watched in 2022

asian film:

after life (dir. kore-eda)

爱情神话 (2021)

a brighter summer’s day (dir. edward yang)

asako i & ii (dir. hamaguchi)

inu-oh (2021) (dir. yuasa) (this was amazing, i wish i had done some kind of write-up for it while it was still fresh)

wheel of fortune and fantasy (2021) (dir. hamaguchi) (more hamaguchi bc we love hamaguchi)

days of being wild (1990) (dir. wong kar-wai)

three by naomi kawase: sweet bean (2015), still the water (2014), radiance (2017) (these were ok, kind of slow)

an autumn afternoon (dir. yasujiro ozu)

decision to leave (dir. park chan-wook) (tbh i want to see kevin write about this one)

asian-american film:

everything everywhere all at once (2022)

four samosas (dir. ravi kapoor) (another one i wish i’d done a write-up for while it was fresh)

not asian film but worth a mention:

solaris (dir. tarkovsky)

nightmare alley (2021) (dir. del toro)

mirror (dir. tarkovsky)

wonder boys (2000) (because pittsburgh)

a bunch of spider-man movies

crimes of the future (2022)

the before trilogy

black moon (1975) (weird, kind of bad; and ofc i liked it a lot)

moonage daydream (2022)

the menu (2022) & bones and all (2022) (these two go surprisingly well together as a double feature)

glass onion

remainder (2015)

also, at kevin: i see your unpublished drafts! i see them

#joy watches

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otaku553 · 4 months

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Screenshot redraw of sabo from the new opening :) original and more thoughts below:

I see a lot of redraws of this going around! It’s a rather difficult perspective to wrap one’s head around tho tbh especially since I don’t get much perspective practice lmao

I will forever live in sadness knowing that I tried so hard on the background only for my favorite tower to be almost completely covered up in the final result,,,,,

Like look at that tower on the second to left,,,,,

Anyways I do feel as if I’ve unintentionally made him pointier than I usually draw him but it was a good practice on both the perspective and some quick rendering :) I’m pretty happy with this piece

#one piece #sabo #revolutionary sabo #the opening is so good.#I have rewatched it so many times it just sparks so much joy. it’s so perfect #I really thought it couldn’t get any better after the peak but! but!!!!!! the colors! the animations! everything about this one #is just sooooo charming #legit could not stop grinning the first few times I watched it

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mischieviem · 5 months

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Some sketches. Still trying to get comfortable drawing these dorks