#kingpun

[perdumaisreveuse]

i think Crush is genuinely my favorite rom-com ever

#ive watched it a thousand times and its still GOLDEN #it makes me happy throuout the entire 92 minutes #even when its sad im happy bc its so good #paige evans #aj campos #paige evans x aj campos #crush movie #crush hulu #hulu #kingpun

[sorryiwasasleep]

Crush on Hulu representing my nosy ass through Tim saying “Can you guys speak up?” during the Big Romantic Gesture

#crush hulu #crush on hulu #girl crush #auli’i cravalho #rowan blanchard #aj campos #paige x aj #kingpun #nosy bitches rep #also obviously the QUEER REP OMG #Please MORE lighthearted sapphic love stories #PLEASE #lgbtq representation #lesbian representation #bisexual representation #sapphic representation #everyone go watch this movie ASAP #hulu #hulu originals #representing my queer ass as well #crush aj #crush paige #gabby campos #crush tim

[tydeymoo]

hellloooo i remade some of kingpun’s art from crush u can get it here :)

#crush movie #paige and aj #paige x aj #kingpun #fanart #crush fanart #crushedit #rowan blanchard #auli'i cravalho #this took so long help

[wlwmovierecs]

Maddy's WLW movie recs. Crush 2022 Romantic Comedy. Teen lesbian rom com. I have watches this more times than I've watched most movies. It's unapologetically queer, it's awkward, and it's fun as hell. Notes: Apparently Rowan Blanchard was super biphobic toward Auli'i Cravalho during filming-- so that sucks. But also weird because she came out as queer a while ago so idk?

Moon rating, because everyone knows the moon is a lesbian. 3/4 moons. Tags: "Happy Ending" Queer actors

#crush #crush the movie #wlw movies #wlw movie recs #auli'i cravalho #rowan blanchard #paige and aj #kingpun #fucking tim

[saintsomeb0dy]

The art of “KingPun” as seen in Crush 2022 (Illustrated by Good Snake)

#crush #crushmovie #kingpun #crushhulu #queer #romcom #goodsnake #illustration #pun #punny #dadjoke #americanhigh

[autistickhunsam]

ig im slow for this but i finally realized why AJ cut things short in the hotel room. i think it was cause she wasnt being completely honest with paige at that point and it would have felt wrong to let anything happen between them

#also when paige says shes confident she like looks away #which i had interpreted differently originally #but now i think its because she feels she isnt #because shes hiding behind kingpun #and straight up lying to paige about it

[solarsleepless]

OKAY SO !!!! crush is this sapphic romcom that like i would never watch if it was straight but its one of those movies where EVERYONE is gay but two characters <3 anyways quick notes of the plot:

its set at a highschool where theres this girl, Paige who really REALLY likes this other girl, Gabby, who's on the track team.

Paige is an artist !!! she wants to do this summer programme at Calarts but cannot get her art Right for the like prompt they've used for her admission if that makes sense. like the art is not arting basically

anyways there's also this anonymous artist called Kingpun (the art has puns in it hence the name) around school who spray paints these cool murals but because its school property its an Issue. everyone thinks its paige but it isn't her

Paige is called to the principal and she's meant to be suspended as they're gonna blame her for the art on school property but she is forced instead to join an extracurricular activity + to work out who Kingpun actually is. obviously the loser picks track because of Gabby <333

anyways she ends up joining the team but she needs coaching, and instead of being coached by Gabby like she wanted, the team's coach forces her to be coached by AJ, Gabby's sister

Paige then goes to a party later in the week hosted by one of her friends because of another Kingpun art that hinted at them being there. she bumps into AJ trying to get away from another girl she's not interested in and they try and work out together who KP is but kinda fails. Gabby is there too and paige takes Many shots w her so she gets Drunk

the next morning for training practice w AJ they have a moment between the session Paige shows AJ some of her art and they talk about Calart n stuff and we find out Paige has never had a first kiss or anything like that and AJ is like "damn thats crazy" (not rlly but you get what i mean)

we see them like over a few weeks grow closer and closer and its like aww gay people <3

anyways but then they have this extremely gay scene where after practice AJ lets paige stand on her skateboard while they hold hands and she rolls her on it for a little while <3333 i love gay people

paige then spots KP's notebook (we know bc like. KP is written All Over It) and she messages them online and says she'll give it back to them that night at school

When they go that night its: Paige, the two straights that are dating that she's friends with, AJ and gabby and eventually when they're alone Paige and GABBY kiss and its very VERY awkward

after The kiss we see a car drive off very loudly and like Everyone knows its this one guy called Tim so we're like "YAYYYY we know who Kingpun is now time to tell the principal" but Paige also wants to confront him first

Then there's like this trip for the track team where they go off somewhere and they have to stay in this hotel for a championship thing idk . i cant remember why exactly that well but it ends with AJ and Paige sharing a room and bed

theres a party that night before the track thingy, we find out tim very much is Not KP and AJ and Paige have to play 7 minutes in heaven but instead its a bathroom and long story short they KITH <333

its then very awkward afterwards tho and like the scene right after paige asks if it'll be awkward later and aj is like "nah" it cuts to them being like ten metres away from each other in the bed its ridiculous true cinema tho <3

the two have another very heartwarming scene and we find out like how AJ came out as bi and shit and how badly her family took it at first in comparison to how well they took her sister coming out

Paige doesnt really sleep that night and she slips out to go to the vending machine she'd seen earlier and she's then met with a drunk Gabby trying to get some crisps out of the vending machine and failing terribly

Gabby attempts to kiss paige but paige moves away, saying she actually likes someone else now, and gabby kinda takes it badly but she's still kind of okay with it and goes back to her room

the next day Paige is PANICKING because she realises that aj thinks it was both of their first kisses but it Wasnt bc of Gabby and she wants to tell AJ but hasn't had a moment to

she and the track team do the race and they do well YAYYYy

but as they're celebrating gabby then wants to apologise, in front of the rest of the friends, about her drunk ass trying to kiss paige- but also mentions how it wouldn't have been their first time doing so

we see aj is hurt and paige wants to go and explain herself but then instead aj drops the bombshell that she is Kingpun and just . then leaves.

gabby and aj have a moment when we see just how much aj is overshadowed by gabby without her knowing and so on

aj and paige dont speak for what is probably like three days and to paige it feels like literally Forever and they have this conversation for like five mins and aj reveals she doesnt want to be paige's second choice in the whole scenario and doesnt really give paige a chance to actually explain

paige goes to the principal and is like "yeah im actually kingpun lol isnt that crazy" but it turns out aj had already handed HERSELF in for the whole situation

paige then comes up w a genius idea where she paints this huge ass mural in one night (i know damn well she did NOT sleep) where its like loads of different moments she had between aj that showed her falling in love w her and that ALSO qualifies for the calarts programme thingy

gabby brings aj BACK when this election for class president is happening and like one of the straight two wins and while everyone is like happy for the girl who won she then brings paige up and she talks to aj and shows her the mural and they KITH <3333

so yeah basically im gonna be converting this whole thing into a smau bc im not normal <3

i did skim a few parts of this bc sorry but adhd brain CANNOT read this much JASHJAHSJHS but i did get the general gist of it!!! it sounds so cute omg

im v much looking forwards to reading the smau even if i havent watched any mean girls iteration ever

[smugraccoon137]

Okay but hulu's CRUSH is really good so I'm gonna talk about it

Synopsis: Paige is our mc, she wants to go to art school. Unfortunately for her someone's been tagging her school with colorful puntastic murals under the alias KingPun, and the administration thinks it's her.

When they try to suspend her she strikes up a deal to join the schools track team and find out the true identity of KingPun. Where she ends up training with her lifelong crush Gabby.

But as per usual things don't go to plan. Instead of Gabby she ends up being coached by Gabby's twin sister AJ. Now Paige has to get good at track, solve a mystery, deal with her crush, and get into art school. What could go wrong?

#CRUSH #hulu originals #queer movies #text #textpost #wlw #queer #saphic #queer media #pride 2k23 #pride 2023 #pride #Youtube

[tiniestjellifish]

Crush (2022) | hulu

so,,, i lied. but I just watched this movie and I wanna give it the review it deserved while it’s fresh in my mind and not the half baked one i gave on my spam.

going into the movie, i had bias against the leading actress, rowan blanchard, because of her infamous biphobia streak around 2017-2018. I remember being heartbroken as a little bi girl who had a crush on her, and honestly thought maybe she was just being complicit with other peoples opinions rather than actually say any of these things herself. because the receipts had been likes of biphobic tweets and her bf at the time making very outwardly rude comments about bisexuality being an invalid sexual orientation.

why does this affect the review? because one of her co-leading ladies, auli’i cravalho, is 1) bisexual herself, and 2) plays a bisexual teenage girl. And I couldn’t for the life of me stop thinking about how contradictory it was for her to take this role if she looks down upon bisexual people. and auli’i also said she was biphobic when working with her. so great. there’s just something disingenuous about having a biphobic lead for a queer love film, with a bi love interest.

but the film itself: eh? like it had its moments. and in all said moments, i take into account all the queer media i’ve consumed up until this point. and how only a decade ago they wouldn’t have made this movie. and i try to be grateful. but i also think about the fact that you should do your best if you know this is something not to be taken lightly, this is a feat not many get to experience.

this in mind, the film felt a little squished. they had a lot of current jokes and references they wanted to make to what it’s like being a young queer person, or more specifically wlw/nblw today and it was bad. like the jokes were hit or miss, but the ones that were good were pretty darn good. but they tried to bite off more than they could chew with it. I will also say, for a movie that at least I keep seeing marketed as a “not just about coming out” movie, they fell a little flat. yes, paige (the protagonist), had long since come out before the timeline presented to us in the movie but then what? they kept having flashbacks to her as a baby gay and it almost didn’t matter because they just wouldn’t let you breathe from acknowledging she knew she was gay at like 8/9. like thanks, cool, keep going. but keep going they did not. they also don’t really let paige go a sentence without saying she’s gay. which i wish would’ve been more normalized, like the main girl paige has a crush on, gabriela. she’s wildly popular, objectively pretty, and openly gay. everyone knows she’s a lesbian, it’s a fact, and the world keeps spinning without her stating it every 2 seconds. love it, she doesn’t hide being into girls but it’s not like it’s her entire personality as if she’s only just come out. and neither has paige, but they sure write her like she did.

the love triangle was beautifully executed, as well as the slow build up to realizing AJ’s crush on Paige. they didn’t just throw it on you all at once. you felt like you watched her crush grow or saw it in the little things she did, thinking about the way you might act when you yourself have a crush. very sweet and just the right amount of slowburn.

the sister dynamic of Gabriela and AJ, also exceptional. they didn’t have to terrorize us with exposition to have an idea of their relationship, it was there. maybe it was good chemistry that carried the subtle screenwriting, regardless I commend it. they cared for eachother without saying ily all the time and had notable differences in popularity that could clearly divide the two. everything made sense.

kingpun arc was a little predictable because it’s a trope, but they followed the trope just as they should’ve.

the movie hit all the points when i consider that it is just a teen romcom. the grand romantic gesture, sacrifices for eachother. the crush being revealed before they protagonist intended. and bonus points in my book for creating the new trope of straight best friend, who has a stable, excessive PDA but endearing relationship. steady comic relief that I didn’t mind whatsoever. I think i could hate watch this movie 3 more times into being a dirty pleasure movie like Tall Girl, it’s bad but like it’s a comfort film. still bad though.

in numerical value I think it’s a 5.5/10, and a 6.5/10 in the moments where I pretend down blanchard isn’t biphobic :). but that’s not reality, so that’s why it’s not my actual rating.

whew, it feels kinda nice to write a full unfiltered hottake, i will become addicted to this page.

#crush hulu #hot take #film critic #movie review

[aceyaj]

okay am i just stupid or did anyone else not get that AJ was KingPun 

#aj campos #crush hulu #paige evans

[enternecersarc]

       she  nervously  approaches  the  other  girl’s  locker,  tugging  some  loose  hair  strands  behind  her  ear.  it  seems  silly  to  be  so  nervous  just  because  she  is  talking  to  the  other,  but  aj  cannot  help  it.  after  all,  she  has  had  the  biggest  crush  on  paige  for...  well,  ages.  a  shy  smile  blooms  in  her  features,  expectant  mocha  hues  focusing  on  the  other  girl.  ❝  so,  i  might  have  had  a  new  idea  on  a  way  we  can  investigate  kingpun.  ❞  play  it  cool,  aj.

@hintofdevil​  /  sc.

#hintofdevil #* &. 𝗼𝗼𝗰 • closed starter. #* &. 𝗼𝗼𝗰 • queue. #* &. 𝗶𝗰 • aj campos. #* &. hintofdevil • 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀.

[perdumaisreveuse]

why isnt anyone in this website talking about the movie Crush??? its simply everything i ever needed, its a teenage cliche, but sapphic !

not to mention the GREAT puns.

not to mention aj campos........

not to mention paiges cute outfits

not to mention that half that school is queer, i mean, realistic-

#crush movie #hulu #crush hulu #paige evans #aj campos #kingpun

[chiefnooniensingh]

KingPun is AJ right?

#this is not at all had to find out #but im here for the gays #crush

[awfcrusso]

Crush spoilers

wait so people didn’t figure out AJ was king pun straight away?????

#crush hulu #kingpun #aj campos #gabby campos #paige evans #aulii cravalho #rowan blanchard #crush movie

[lycanhood]

Okay so where and when can I get KingPun swag? Shirts? Stickers, water bottles, and throw blankets? I'm just waiting for someone to take all my money...

#crush hulu #crush #crush 2022 #kingpun art #lgbtq #lgbtq teen movie #queer teen romcom

[dekster184-blog]

WOLVERINE #66-72 “Old Man Logan”

Nobody knows what happened the night the heroes fell. What happened to Wolverine is the biggest mystery. Logan owes the Hulk Gang. So Logan's agreed to a crazy ride across America with the blind archer, Hawkeye, to deliver a package to the East Coast...but only if Logan and Hawkeye can make it past-the GHOST RIDERS. Cedar City, Utah-home of the man who killed Magneto: the all-new, all-different KINGPIN! Venom Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Published: June 2008 - April 2009

Writer: Mark Millar 

Penciller: Steve McNiven 

#wolverine #old man logan #comics #marvel #marvel comics #mutants #2008 #mark miller #steve mcniven #hulk #hawkeye #ghost rider #magneto #kingpun #venom