Do you guys remember how kidnap fantasies were popular on wattpad because young girls and queer teens were both made to feel shame at the thought of their own sexualities, so the fantasy of being kidnapped totally against their will was a way for them to engage with a romantic or sexual fantasy without feeling morally in the wrong for doing so? Added bonus that the fantasy involved being whisked away from repressive environments like home or school, right?
Finding out that Bram Stoker was in a sexless marriage and that scholars believe that he very likely was closeted gay puts the entire book into perspective as to WHY it reads EXACTLY like a self insert wattpad Dracula kidnap fic:
“I TOTALLY love my wife and would never do anything that an upstanding Good Straight Working Man wouldn’t do but oh nooo, big strong man with broad back and strong enough arms to carry me back to bed like a princess trapped me and claimed me as his, completely against my will 👉👈 But he protects me against the bad evil sexual women (who I assure you, I am TOTALLY sexually attracted to, as any straight man with a choice would be) but trust me, I do NOT want ANY of this. What’s that? The Count is not capable of feeling love? Would be a shame if I had the special ability to change tha-”
People talk about the surprise albums from people like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé that drop with zero warning but I have just been existing in this world where every album I've ever heard in my life has been a surprise album because I didn't know that musicians had schedules that we could see
Soap: *kicks the door open before he runs in and slams in behind him*
Gaz: WHAT THE FUCK MAN?!
Soap, red faced: HE HAS FRECKLES
Gaz: Who-?
Soap: GHOST
Gaz: He has… freckles?
Soap: YES! He went to visit Alejandro and Rudy in Mexico and apparently he had his mask off a lot and the SUN DEEPENED HIS FRECKLES AND NOW I CAN SEE THEM AROUND HIS EYES WITH HIS MASK ON
Soap: Kyle I’m going to EXPLODE
Gaz: I want to see these freckles
Soap: There’s no going back once you do. Is that a risk you’re willing to take?
oh you're in a horror film/book and your phone died/has no bars? how boring. I think phones in horror SHOULD work. they should ding only to have the protagonist check and find nothing. they should get calls from somebody you don't know but is still somehow in your contacts. google maps should lead you to one place, no matter what address you type in.
phones are such a big part of our daily lives, removing them from horror removes the horror from our experience. what if the horror felt like it could happen to you, right here, right now? what if it felt like it was already happening?
I know the common HC for Clark is him being the Nice one in JL meetings keeping everyone civil but god I love him when he's just kind of bitchy about things idk... Bruce will tell you your idea is stupid but I feel nothing would be more effective than seeing Superman giving you the Side eye
This is to say I know those 2 spend their time after JL meetings gossiping like the Old Ladies Sitting On a Porch that they are
look everyones gotta have that One Friend whom they vent to in the knowledge that its a safe space for them both! and clark and bruce are that for each other 😂
to be honest though, bitchiness aside, nothing is more delightful to me than Annoyed Superman. hes just so endlessly patient 99% of the time that when people actually manage to tick him off (in a mostly-harmless way) its SO funny. he doesnt usually say anything either, which makes it funnier. he just gives you a Look