#Cora Watches

[coraclavia]

Cora Watches: Good Day For It (2011)

Today on Cora Watches, we're discussing an indie movie that was actually just... kinda great.

I watched this because of Robert Patrick. Knew nothing going in; saw it on his IMDB; had never heard of it; found it on youtube. I'm not going to spoil anything for you, because I unironically, genuinely loved this movie.

Big applause for Robert Patrick. This man, right here, is Intense™️. The way he brought his A game in the X-Files ep "Audrey Pauley"? That's how he brought it in this movie.

Here's all you need to know: this movie, at its core, is about an unexpected day at a small-town diner. Things happen. People meet, people interact, and it's great. It's a wonderful example of ratcheting up tension in a story until I was staring at the screen, wondering how it was all going to end.

Great things about this movie:

-Very nice, understated, realistic setting and cinematography. It was filmed in Pennsylvania, and it feels totally real, not like some backlot in LA.

-Robert Patrick and Lance Henrickson, in particular, are outstanding. Both perfectly cast.

-Joe Flanigan is also in it! Look at this cutie:

The cast is very good across the board: Robert Englund, Samantha Mathis, Hal Holbrook, and Mika Boorem (who played Romola Garai's younger sister in Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights).

Do I recommend this movie? Yes. It's great. And as of writing, it's on youtube. This is one of my favorite kinds of movies: intelligent, well-written, well-acted, and understated. It's an indie movie that wasn't overwritten to death by a giant studio. Don't look it up, don't spoil it for yourself. Just give it a watch.

#cora watches #good day for it #robert patrick #joe flanigan #samantha mathis #mika boorem #really just a good movie #robert englund

[shima-draws]

Ghost Cora AU where he’s actually been following Law around ever since he died but nobody has been able to see him, so all he’s able to do is watch Law get hurt and suffer in silence. UNTIL, miraculously, the battle of Dressrosa ends, and for some strange reason—through some supernatural bullshit or maybe just fate—one person is finally able to see him.

Law is sitting on the deck of the Yonta Maria watching everyone party when Luffy comes trotting over to him. And Luffy plops down beside him and says, “I’ve been meaning to ask, Torao, but who’s that really tall blonde guy with the funny makeup that’s been following you around?”

And Law’s just like

#Meanwhile Cora is absolutely THRILLED. LMAO #Eventually Zoro calls Perona over and since her devil fruit power deals with ghosts. She makes it so that Law can see Cora too #(And by some bs he’ll probably be brought back to life somehow idk) #One Piece #Trafalgar Law #Donquixote Rosinante #Cora #Corazon #Luffy #Law: Ha. Haha. #Law: You’re shitting me right. #Luffy: ??? What? No? #Cora: LAWWWWWW 😭😭😭 #Luffy: He’s crying your name this guy CLEARLY knows you Torao #Law; having a mental breakdown: Uh. Uh-huh??? #Shima speaks #Sorry I’m coping. I’m coping really hard rn #Actually. I feel like I was more upset about Cora’s death than Ace’s. WHICH LIKE. YOU’D THINK IT WOULD BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND BUT #I’m very. Very weak for the unsuspecting father figure who dies trope #(Sideeyes Tony and Harry (who didn’t even die anyway but it was still Traumatic for Eggsy to watch)) #COUGHS

[dykealloy]

small aside but y'know how luffy's stupidity is usually met with physical abuse of some kind? anyway. here's law's worst in response to luffy being manipulated by his arch nemesis

#i cannot emphasize enough the gentleness of this smoosh #utterly infuriating how cold/sharp law is on the outside vs. how begrudgingly soft he is with his allies (friends) #scary dude with a resting bitch face that everyone assumes fucking hates their guts because his default is snarky and sarcastic #but his friends are like oh yeah that's law he's our loser princess nerd who hasn't slept properly in 15 years we love him <3 #also cant get over law's cora themed feathered neckpiece/sweater here like truly looks that scream homosexual #one piece #op #cj's op watch-through #trafalgar law #monkey d. luffy #donquixote doflamingo #lawlu #lulaw

[crow-person]

Have you ever drew Yamato or Corazón ⁉️😋

ofc i have drawn this loser i adore him <3

#one piece #donquixote rosinante #donquixote corazon #one piece corazon #trafalgar law #one piece law #my art #i have some old cora doodles from when i first watched dressrosa #but they're bad so i drew smt new #he deserves it #no yamato tho gonna draw him another time #also included law cuz it felt right to do #also my art may be inconsistent #trying some new stuff figuring shit out

[kinokoshoujoart]

romeo!! or rock….? idk he’s the ds guy. y’know

#my art #rock tumbling (sos) #romeo (ds) #bokumono #trying to make the way i draw romeo distinct from rock #romeo is more dog coded than rock #(dog ball antics) #hence he is softer #(i choose to believe this guy can’t surf even though leona has dialogue saying she wants to watch him surf) #he hangs around in the lobby to greet customers while louis is in the kitchen… it’s not labor…. #i bet he’s just helping so he can hit on everyone who arrives from mineral town… #harvest moon #harvest moon ds #story of seasons #hmds cute #harvest moon ds cute #he still goes in the rock collection #here’s hoping for a ds remake that gives the characters more distinctions #romeo’s hair is long in the back and his necklace has a slightly different design #those are the only things that i can confidently say aren’t just due to the ds having a limited palette #rock (ds) #also subconsciously shells fanfic snuck into this drawing i think #by durotoswrites. very good fanfic #‘never coloring another fucking sketchbook scribble using the markup tool ever again’ turns out to be a bald faced lie #cora just use ibis or something photos app keeps crashing #no #sorry all ds brainrot lately (brain on fire simulator) #brainrockt…. #i tried to capture the vacancy behind his eyes. there’s nothing there #i’m sorry the saturation on my phone was goofed. i’m sorry everyone’s retinas

[bisexualbuckleyy]

teen wolf memes part 17: i’m gay and mentally ill and made these while procrastinating homework

truly i’m having so much fun with these. there are so many more coming i’m never gonna stop. thank you @burnthatbridgewhenwecometoit you’re the best 🩷

teen wolf memes part 17

#i like to play a game with these posts called 'how many different ships can i fit into one post' #it's very fun being a multishipper #cause then i can put a scallisaac meme right next to a scisaac meme and i love both of them equally #but seriously tho if you watch teen wolf and you're not a multishipper what are you doing?? #this show is so much more fun if you just ship everyone #teen wolf #teen wolf memes #teen wolf crack #text post memes #theo raeken #cora hale #stiles stilinski #scott mccall #lydia martin #tracy stewart #allison argent #isaac lahey #brett talbot #liam dunbar #derek hale #sterek #scallisaac #scisaac

[briseise]

b double O stop playing command and conquer it’s time for us to go and eat our birthday gigapies and have movie night in the throne room

#and watch movies and paint each others nails. happy birthday! y’all make me insane #briseiseart #hermitcraft #rentheking #bdoubleo100 #renthedog #sorry can’t resist hair grabbing. cora that fic did something to my brain #rendubs #<adjacent??? #hermitshipping

[reineydraws]

I’m fascinated with the op hockey au and ur art that goes with it and was wondering what would the marines be… like would they be refs or rules officials or judges? Like hardly anyone likes the marines and nobody likes rules officials/judges.

asking cause they’re a couple good marines (Koby, Rosinante and Belle Mere)

i mentioned this a little bit in this post but it boils down to them just being generally scattered around sports and sports-adjacent jobs.

i thought mb akainu would be a ref that screws over/directly causes ace injury during a whitebeards vs pirates game; garp works in media (not sports) but doesn't really like the notion that all his kids and grandkids are in pro sports lol; and koby & helmeppo are a rookie espn sports journalism duo (writer + cameraman) that interned at garp's media company for a while before changing to espn (garp was exasperated about it haha). but ye, the marines would be scattered as judges and rules officials and people on the olympics committee, etc etc.

i said nami would be a marketer or mb a sportscaster, so i think it'd be cute if belle-mère did something similar in her day, annndddd idk about cora. i made croc mihawk's manager but i have no idea what doffy would do and how cora would play into all that. would love to hear if anyone's got any ideas tho!

#op hockey au #rei replies #one piece #i wonder what smoker and tashigi would be too hm #maybe they're also hockey players but smoker just absolutely loathes the pirates for some reason #maybe for a stupid reason. i think it'd be funny if it was like that. #or maybe smoker is a referee but he's not corrupt or biased about it and he just finds the pirates antics annoying #bc some of their plays and the way they defend dont really make sense all the time but it's within the rules #so even tho smoker is kinda mad about it he'll have to throw up his arms and go 'I GUESS' #as he refuses to rule in a biased way like some of his other colleagues. #who knows #re: doffy maybe he's like. in the mafia. and cora's just out there trying to be in the sports world in a proper and clean capacity #and has to watch out for doffy trying to take advantage when it comes to stuff like the olympics. idk.

[coffeishowifunction]

#i will never quite recover from how dirty julian did us #of course it was Coras idea #i just cant #elizabeths amazing performance and i have to watch it on some sketchy website #downton abbey #cora crawley #elizabeth mcgovern #sybbie branson #sybil crawley #tom branson

[coraclavia]

Cora Watches: The Way She Moves (2001)

Hello friendos! Today, in this random series no one asked for, we tackle a 2001 movie made for VH1, which I would describe as the love child of Dirty Dancing and She's All That. I've been watching X-Files season 9, spiraling in Doggett/Reyes (see here). This movie not only stars Annabeth Gish, it aired within months of X-Files season 9.

The Rookie fans: that's Kamar de los Reyes, aka Detective Caradine, as the male lead.

Let me whet your appetites. Here are the ending credits. Just drink it in:

Fun fact: this was hard to track down. It's not streaming and didn't get a US DVD release. So the copy I watched was not the best video quality, and it's a Polish overdub (I do not speak Polish). Not voice actors. It's just one (1) dude saying the lines in Polish over top of the English. ngl, it added entertainment value.

AG's early career cast her multiple times as the classic Good Girl: sweet, innocent, naive, kind of shy. This movie does the same. She plays Amie, a sweet-tempered office worker with a Wealthy Bland WASP-y Fiance and two Zany Gal Pals, as is law in a romcom. Amie likes photography, and if you don't think this movie will give her the chance to embrace life for real instead of hiding behind her camera, well, you have not been paying attention.

Her girlfriends give her and Bland Fiance salsa dance lessons as a gift, hoping they'll "loosen up" before the wedding. When Amie and Bland Fiance walk into the studio, they see a Sexy Salsa Group dancing a routine, and Amie is amazed. Whoa. Who knew dancing could be sexy?

Annabeth Gish does a reasonable job pretending to have two left feet; you better believe she steps on someone's feet within 60 seconds of the beginners' class starting. It's adorable.

Bland Fiance, who does Business, gets a Business Job offer to do Very Business in NYC, so he zips off and tells Amie, sorry babe, have fun in those dance classes without me. I have to go do Business.

And how convenient: Hunky Obvious Romantic Lead breaks up with the woman who was both his dance partner and girlfriend. She decides to bait him, tells him he can't train a new dance partner. He takes the bet, they see Amie awkwardly doing basic steps nearby, and Ex says Okay, train her, then. Yes, exactly like She's All That.

So now Amie is getting personal lessons? Just like that? She just goes with it, a little confused that Hunky Dancer is suddenly totally focused on her (meanwhile, her Zany Gal Pals are all eyebrows). Hunky Dancer has her meet him at a salsa club to give her a chance to learn in context. She shows up in one of the many super, super adorable dresses she'll wear in this movie. I have real wardrobe envy.

Hunky Dancer was hoping she'd relax seeing everyone around her having a good time. But oh nooooooo the dancing is so SEXY and she is so SHY.

Luckily, Hunky Dancer is really nice about it. He takes her back to the studio so they can practice alone, no pressure, and she can kick off her shoes.

We have the first of many montages. Amie and Hunky Dancer practice! She's getting better! This is where I realized that Annabeth Gish is actually a good dancer. She and Hunky Dancer end up leading a little studio get-together, and everyone is dancing and attractive and having a great time.

They step outside for some air, and... can you believe this... they kiss.

Amie panics and walks away, leaving Hunky Dancer feeling guilty. The next day she explains to him that she's actually engaged (she had briefly lost her ring, then decided not to wear it in front of him, so he'd never seen her wearing one).

After some deep thought, Amie dumps Bland Fiance.

She goes back to dance lessons, and if you don't think that means another montage, well. Try to keep up.

And yes, the inevitable happens. Amie hooks up with Hunky Dance Man, in a very tasteful basic-cable-TV-movie, fade-to-black love scene.

There is another montage. This time, they're going around the city, taking each other's pictures and just generally being cute. Everything seems perfect, right?

PSYCH!

At a big fun picnic, Amie again looks adorable.

But at this picnic, Amie finds out that Hunky Dancer's Ex actually dared him to partner with her (as @mylittleredgirl pointed out: "am I a bet? am I a fucking bet?"), and she's very hurt, because we need some kind of conflict in our movie, because that's how movies work. Also, there is a Big Dance Event, and it is conveniently on the same day her wedding is/was scheduled. Amie very gently tells Hunky Dancer to take his old dance partner back.

Buckle up, because this is where we leave the rails.

-So I guess Amie is just... engaged again? Just like that?

-Amie's mom stops her just outside the ceremony and tells her to follow her heart and marry for love, not money

-as she walks down the aisle with her brother, Amie experiences her own mental montage, thinking about all the great times with Hunky Dancer and the many times he's been shirtless and brawny

-she bolts. just turns around, mid-aisle, and hightails it out

-oh, did I mention that her brother is a firefighter? Because he is. So Amie hops onto the fire truck in full wedding gown and veil and they drive over to Dance Event

-Amie kicks off her shoes, loses the veil, and joins the dance team onstage for the Big Final Dance, which she knows perfectly, even though she stopped going to rehearsals

And here's the final shot:

Do I recommend this?: Honestly, yes. It's ridiculous but it's so fun. Of course, you might have to watch a blurry Polish overdub like I did, so keep that in mind. This is a giant ball of cheese, but I love cheese, and Annabeth Gish is so adorable, you can't help wanting to hug her.

What did we learn from this movie?

Be Yourself™

Follow Your Heart™

Feel the Music™

have an endless supply of cute halter dresses

Works for me.

#cora watches #The Way She Moves #Annabeth Gish #kamar de los reyes

[shima-draws]

I’ve mentioned it before but I’m a fucking sucker for unhealthy dependent relationships. There’s just something about them that is so. Chef’s kiss 👌

Anyway I’m still thinking about how Law was so attached to Cora and was so traumatized by his death that he literally devoted thirteen YEARS of his life to revenge killing Doflamingo. Even though all Cora ever wanted was for Law to just be free and live his life happily. And Law spending all his time in a hateful revenge spiral is literally the exact OPPOSITE of what Cora wanted for him. BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE. If the thirteen years of endless devotion to avenging his savior wasn’t enough Law 1. Named his pirate crew the Heart Pirates in honor of Cora, 2. Covered himself in permanent heart-themed tattoos in honor of Cora, and 3. Fashioned his Jolly Roger to be a mockery of Doflamingo’s and ALSO to honor Cora. Homie is a walking memorial for a man he only really knew for six months and again crafted the most intricate plan known to mankind to murder Cora’s killer. Because losing Cora fucked him up THAT much. Because even though Cora set him free, the moment Doflamingo shot him Law was chained to the memory of a man who no longer existed. Law literally fashioned his entire life down to his own appearance after Cora and it makes me so insane. I cannot even imagine what went through his head after Dressrosa I mean how do you move on after a thirteen year grudge is put to rest. What is he supposed to do now. Avenging Cora was literally his entire existence, his entire reason for living for half of his life. He needs therapy probably. If Cora somehow ever did come back to life Law would lose his fucking mind. The dependency is SO unhealthy and I am SO here for it

#Anyway this is not me promoting unhealthy relationships irl #If you are that dependent on someone that you can’t bear to live without them. Get help! Therapy!! Actually!!! #In fiction tho it is a wonderful treat. Haha yes I love to watch my faves suffer. #One Piece #Trafalgar Law #Donquixote Rosinante #Donquixote Doflamingo #Doflamingo #Cora #One Piece Cora #One Piece spoilers #Dressrosa #Shima speaks #I AM SO. HNNGHHH. I AM UNWELL. I probably also need therapy. LMAO #Oda why did you do this why did you kill Law’s dad (again) #Law: Feel like shit just want Cora-san back #Also I didn’t even get into how much Cora influenced Law’s life VS how his actual blood family influenced his life #Flevance was traumatic as FUCK and yet all of Law’s notable trademarks are still Cora-themed… #(Bc Cora saved him. Bc Cora gave him a reason to live after he thought he’d lost everything) #Slams my head into the wall and howls

[dykealloy]

supernova idiots supercut

#worsties <3 #i could watch another 1000 episodes of just these three + clown music #there's something about rivals that are incredibly invested in keeping eachother alive that hits just right #REALLY pushing it to get this under 10 minutes #absolutely devastated that this is the last we'll see of kidd and law for a long time #hoping beyond hope that one piece endgame will have these cunts working together again #lets be real for a minute guys: #law is nothing but cold tough exterior thinly veiling a bleeding heart underneath. (not to mention his weird cora-induced saviour complex) #kidd has a penchant for befriending violent anti-establishment outcasts. both of which the straw hats and the heart pirates fall under. #and luffy is The endearing idiot that has this magnetising effect on people that's impossible to resist #did someone say three-way alliance #one piece #CJ's op watch-through #op #supernova trio #eustass kid #trafalgar law #wano spoilers #monkey d. luffy #straw hat luffy #kidlaw #worst generation #one piece spoilers #roronoa zoro #eustass kidd #captain trio #kidlawlu #kidlu #lawlu #jimbei

[ecoamerica]

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[callhimnowmarisamylove]

Robert + Kissing Cora’s Hand

#cobert #downton abbey #cora x robert #cora crawley #robert crawley #hugh bonneville #elizabeth mcgovern #mcgonneville #posting again because i forgot 3x01!!! #and it might just be the best one! #so yeah anyway i'm on a cobert giffing spree watch out #i don't even know what i'm doing #they r v cute #my gifs

[spockvarietyhour]

It was very sad, he just shot himself...

#For All Mankind #Perestroika #Aleida Rosales #Cora Pena #spoilers #for all mankind spoilers #fam spoilers #Danny watches For All Mankind....

[hey-cringelord]

as cute as i think it is that baby Law was the first person corazon spoke to after years i also wouldve been interested to see him actually being mute, not just “i had nothing to say to you assholes” about the don quixote family

#cringelord OP watch #one piece #donquixote rosinante #for the love of gods this is not a coralaw post. this is a father and his son post #mute corazon when introduced was silly in how he seemed badass and quiet #only to fall on his ass constantly #law and mute cora maybe couldve passed the time learning sign together #or if cora knew sign he couldve taught law as they were on the run #all i’m saying!!! is that muta cora was a missed opportunity

[beanghostprincess]

Law be saying room and moves his fingers and expects me to be normal about it. Room. Which room? Your room? Yes I will gladly go to your room Trafalgar Law-

#i am so not normal about him #i be saying these things about him and then i feel bad bc i think cora is watching me up in the sky #i'm sorry i like your son sir i'll bring him home by six #one piece #trafalgar law

[ecoamerica]

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