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helakkas · 11 months
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So, uh. The Käärijä/Bojan (friend)shipping thing has breached containment and was featured on the Finnish government-funded news site Yle.
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Käärijä’s Eurovision bestie Bojan visited Finland - on social media, people enthused about the duo went crazy
Käärijä’s and Joker Out singer Bojan Cvjetićanin’s friendship is being hyped on social media. There is fanfiction written about them and Tiktok videos published about them.
[text under the picture: Käärijä and Bojan Cvjetićanin got to know each other during the Eurovision preparties. Now people can’t get enough of their friendship. Photo: Mikke Pöyhönen.]
Rest of the article translated under cut:
Social media exploded when Käärijä’s a.k.a Jere Pöyhönen’s best friend visited Finland.
Käärijä and Slovenia’s Eurovision respresentative, Joker Out’s singer Bojan Cvjetićanin, became friends during the Eurovision preparties. Last weekend fans got to see the reunion between the duo when Bojan visited Käärijä’s gig in Tavastia.
[link to a tweet depicting the Cha Cha Cha performance]
[link to a series of tweets picturing Tavastia gig]
Both also actively published videos on social media about Bojan’s trip to Finland.
In Tiktok videos Käärijä and Bojan are pumping a plastic flamingo in the shower of Tavastia and dancing behind pallets familiar from Eurovision.
In the Instagram story published between Monday and Tuesday night, they are watching Twilight together. “This is you and this is me,” Käärijä says and points first at Bella and then Edward.
On Tuesday morning, Käärijä escorted Bojan to the airport. He published an Instagram story from the airport that says “Miss you,” with the song My Heart Will Go On, familiar from Titanic, playing in the background.
People love Käärijä and Bojan’s friendship. Some hope that there would be something more between them.
With their social media content, they [Käärijä and Bojan] are fueling the flames.
[link to a tweet showing meme of Käärijä as Edward and Bojan as Bella]
[link to a tweet showing the meme “Käärijä and Bojan hanging out in Finland without context”]
Fanfiction and Tiktok videos
Shipping means matchmaking, bringing people romantically together. Characters are admired and at the same time there are speculations or hopes that they could be together.
Shipping can concern fictional character from movies, for example, but also real people. One of the most known cases is the friendship between One Direction singers Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, which was also speculated to be a romantic relationship. Shippers thought that the band members were secretly together and tried to find evidence for their theory. The duo was nicknamed Larry.
Tomlinson has later told that shipping damaged the friendship between him and Styles.
At the moment, Käärijä and Bojan have more than enough shippers. Or Böörijä - as the pair has been nicknamed.
Käärijä and Bojan’s new Tiktok videos are filled with comments like “really giving the people what they want” and “this level of fanservice is crazy.” Tiktok is also full of video edits made by fans where Käärijä and Bojan spend time together.
Besides Tiktok, the fictional relationship between Käärijä and Bojan has also been written about on the more traditional sites concentrated on fanfiction. For example, there are 190 stories about Käärijä and Bojan published on the fanfiction site Archive of Our Own. People have also drawn fan art or their own pictures of Käärijä and Bojan.
Käärijä and Bojan’s relationship is also discussed on, for example, Twitter, the Jodel channel @böörijä and Vauva.fi.
[link to Luh_lex’s fan art on Instagram]
[link to masha.grimm’s fan art of Instagram]
Shipping increases the popularity of artists
Käärijä and Bojan first met each other during the Eurovision preparty in Madrid. During Eurovision, they appeared in each other’s social media in several updates, they held an Instagram live together, and Käärijä playfully referenced to Bojan as his boyfriend in one video.
During one interview Bojan was asked if he was getting a baby seal with Käärijä. Fans were excited about the idea, and soon, a zoo located in Wien, Tiergarten Schönbrunn, offered the duo a chance to support the zoo’s sea lions for a year.
Bojan’s band Joker Out’s manager Gregor Zalokar also shared the news in his Instagram story. During Eurovision week, Zalokar also published a lot of other content about Bojan and Käärijä, which is why the friendship between the two has been suspected to be a publicity stunt.
[link to Gregor Zalokar’s Instagram picture of Bojan and Käärijä during Liverpool boat party]
Stunt or not, the friendship between Bojan and Käärijä is probably one of the reasons why the band Joker Out has the most listeners in Helsinki, according to Spotify statistics. Even if the friendship is sincere, it boosts the popularity of both artists. For example, the artists can get more visibility with Tiktok videos made by fans.
So it is no wonder that they also gladly give shippers something to speculate about, for example watching the romantic movie Twilight together.
Tuesday morning, when Bojan left Finland, he wrote in his Instagram story, “Thank you Jere, thank you Helsinki. I had a blast, see you soon.” Joker Out’s concert dates will be published on Wednesday, and fans think that Käärijä will in turn visit a gig of Bojan’s band.
So, the friendship of Käärijä and Bojan keeps on giving - soon, the shippers will get new material for Tiktok videos and fanfiction.
Watch the video down below to see Joker Out visit Käärijä’s travel sauna.
[video]
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spadesolace · 8 months
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polaroid love - bonus 0.6: falling
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it had been a week since minji went out with y/n. a week of confusion and listening to sad girl music.
on the other hand, hanni knew something was up between her leader and her crush, who wouldn’t notice the way minji walked back to her room holding the flowers closely while y/n simply hugged her before leaving. watching the entire interaction has been weird for the group, even the mama practice was awkward. hanni watched the way minji tries her best to keep the group intact, giving everyone snacks and drinks to keep energized.
now, hanni is in a dilemma, putting her shoes on and rushing a bit to not keep y/n waiting. she wants to keep things clear, admitting her feelings could be the first step to it, just admitting it and to be acknowledged.
“where are you going?” hanni turned around to see minji standing by the end of the hallway, hands in the pockets of her hoodie. standing up, putting her hands in the pocket of her jeans where she had placed her mask.
“out.”
“alone? at 9 in the evening?” hanni was about to speak up when they both heard soft knocking by their door. she opened the door as minji watched intently, there stood y/n.
“hi, ready?” she nodded, waving at minji goodbye, closing the door behind her as minji waved back.
“can we go to han river?” y/n nodded as they both went to her car. nothing but silence and hanni holding onto her arm.
their minds are buzzing, y/n thinking on what hanni is about to tell her, while hanni is thinking how to confess. minji’s confession has been such a big rollercoaster of emotions that y/n think she should just confess to hanni and if she gets rejected then maybe she could focus on minji. doing that is like playing with her feelings, and she doesn’t want that. she’s not chaewon, she genuinely likes me, i can’t do that.
“do you want to get ice cream before we go on a walk around han river?” y/n was the first to break the silence in the car, hanni was playing random songs some were a bit hinting towards her feelings.
hanni only nodded singing to the words of falling by harry styles, feeling it and slowly she could hear y/n singing as well. it was low, sort of a mumble but it says a lot as if the lyrics would perfectly send a message to hanni.
“i’m falling again, i’m falling again, i’m falling.” maybe it was a message to hanni, as y/n look at her as soon as she parked the car.
“come on, i feel like we’ll need more than ice cream.” and as spontaneous as it is, hanni managed to make y/n smile in a while.
ice cream was long forgotten as they picked up random snacks, drinks, and sat by on the concrete floor under the cold night. it was freezing after all, they needed something warm while they watch the stars and talk about life as it is.
“you really chose the among us chocolate milk?” y/n had a big smile plastered on her face as she opened her drink. it was cute and a meme.
“you don’t hear me complaining about you picking up those onion rings that has lil to no taste.”
“how dare you??? i quite enjoy these snacks.”
the night was young, hanni didn’t want to rush into things and y/n was having a fun and peaceful time. complaining about each other’s choices, laughing at their faces, looking at the starry night trying to depict an image as if it were clouds. this was an experience y/n would never forget, a core memory.
“so, what do you want to talk about?” hanni almost choked from the question.
right, i was gonna confess.
“uh, well, did something happen between you and minji?” y/n choked on her water, coughing a bit as hanni handed her a napkin to clean the mess on her face.
“sorry, took me by surprise.” y/n continued cleaning up her mess, avoiding hanni’s gaze. “i’m not sure if i could tell you.”
“oh… to be honest with you, y/n.” hanni took a deep breath, thinking it through but she can’t keep this secret anymore. she can’t keep lying to herself that she doesn’t like the girl she’s with right now.
“that’s not what i wanted to talk about.” that took y/n by surprised, if it weren’t about her and minji then-
“what is it?”
“i like you.” y/n was quiet, letting hanni speak her mind, let everything out.
“i’ve liked you for a while now, i thought it was just admiration because you’re an idol who’s the same age as me and achieved a lot. then we became friends and slowly those feelings turned into-“
“butterflies in your stomach? all thoughts from day and night consisting of one person only? and wanting to spend all of your time with them?”
“yes.”
y/n finally looked at hanni who was now avoiding her gaze. slowly holding her hand out to let her know that it was alright, that it doesn’t change anything.
“i-“
“i just wanted to let you know, i’m not asking for an answer or anything.”
“peace of mind?”
hanni nodded, finally holding y/n’s hand. she could only smile, y/n has dealt with various confessions but hanni, just like minji, is precious to her.
“i like you too but… i also like someone else.”
“oh… did minji confess to you?”
that nod was all the confirmation hanni needed, but raised a lot more questions.
“i didn’t reject her or anything. i just don’t want to lead any of you on.” 
hanni nodded, pulling y/n closer to her and leaning her head on y/n’s shoulder. hands intertwined as they watched the river in silence.
“i’ll wait until you’re ready. no turning back now cause i’ve fallen for you.” y/n kissed the back of hanni’s hand, placing it on top of her lap and leaning her head on top of hanni’s.
the hard part of it all, is that i’m falling.
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captain-aralias · 7 months
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9 books that are my favourites
tagged by @arenee1999 a few days ago, thank you <3 as i was writing this list in my head last night, i thought - this could be read as a list of my favourite fandoms and television/film adaptations, but hey ho. i did a degree in english lit or something.
harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban by JKR - no book has been so important to my life and i also just think it's a really fun mystery and i still like it, so - it's here, it's staying.
carry on by rainbow rowell - but of course. this one was quite important too.
pride and prejudice by jane austen - i don't think this has ever made a fav book list before, i think because i thought it was too basic, but damnit - this book is great, it influences the way i write enemies to lovers, i love the 1995 adaptation and all of austen's novels are bangers except mansfield park, which i keep trying to like but it sucks.
the once and future king by TH white - all my life i loved the movie 'camelot' and it's depiction of arthur. i only learned as an adult that it was TH white's gentle, earnest, thwarted arthur that they'd used <3 he's perfect. 'ill-made knight' is the best of the series, IMO
lieutenant hornblower by cs forester - i haven't read the books in ages, so maybe it's time for a re-read. the ioan grufford adaptation is great, i wish they'd do the later/earlier books too! BUT this early (in hornblower's life) book is my fav - the only one told from bush's POV as he struggles with how he loves hornblower but worries the guy wants to do a mutiny (which he totally does)
the folk of the air by holly black - a new entrant even though i've loved it for years, but i've decided i don't just think it's really good, it's so good that it's one of my favs. maybe the best of the trilogy is the middle book, 'wicked king' where jude is in power with limited support and they fall in love (or do they???). how the king of elfham learned to hate stories is also brilliant.
'the emperor mage' by tamora pierce. i've been waiting my whole life for the numair book and it was terrible, but her first three trilogies are my absolute crack, and this is the best book of those series IMO. the bit where numair tries to hit the emperor for implying he loves his student daine (which he does) while she's listening but disguised as a bird - and then he fakes his own death, and daine goes crazy... that bit has stayed with me for decades, i love it so much.
'night watch' by terry pratchett. i still feel late to properly loving pterry, but i've always liked this one and now i love it - vimes is my guy, i love the time travel, that he trains himself, that he resists both passively and when required actively. v good. my next fav is probably ... 'monstrous regiment', which i think is a bit more of a weird choice (unlike this one which is mega popular and also about all the things i like), but it just does everything right! oh, 'and 'going postal'.
'the princess bride' by s morgenstern william goldman. i haven't read this for ages either so maybe it shouldn't make the list, but i expect it's still pretty great. a mindfuck for a young child who has only seen the film and thinks all of the frame narrative must therefore be real... also, the film is like one of the best films ever and i have seen that super recently. if you haven't seen the home movie, do yourself a favour and watch it because it's a great way to enjoy the movie a-new.
no idea where this meme has been already. so just saying hello to some folks and if you'd like to do this meme and haven't done it already, please do! @giishu @orange-peony @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @carryonvisinata @alleycat0306 @fight-surrender @cows4247 @messofthejess @mysterioussheep
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lokiinmediasideblog · 1 month
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Can you recommend me Loki books? (as in novels, not norse mythology textbooks)
I am not sure if I rated these correctly in terms of audience maturity. But I tried lol.
Comics:
Valhalla comics-Peter Madsen
Fun slap-stick re-tellings of the Norse myths. Children oriented?
Loki (2004) aka "Blood Brothers" by Robert Rodi & Esad Ribic
It's my favorite Marvel!Loki comic of all time. It altered my brain chemistry. You can read it for free on the links in my pinned post.
The graphic novel version of Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman.
There's also this webcomic I found as a teen that's ongoing to this day and I need to go back to following:
Kids:
Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell
Diary of a Wimpy Kid but with Norse mythology! What's not to love about that?!
Eight Days of Luke-Dianna Wynne Jones
The book that inspired "American Gods."
Odd and the Frost Giants-Neil Gaiman
A boy named Odd encounters Odin, Thor, and Loki who have been turned into animals.
Teens:
Runemarks duology-Joanne Harris
Just keep to the first two books. You'll hate the rest. Let's just say it dealt horribly with Eating Disorders and Harris should have done research on heavy topics before writing about them. Her Loki in the first two books is very enjoyable and he rules over goblins for a while, among other things. I also thought the way rune birthmarks worked in here was fun.
Norse Mythology-Neil Gaiman
It's an entertaining overview of the myths. If you're unfamiliar with them it's a good place to start.
Adult:
Black Wolf: The Binding of Loki-Una Verdandi
I don't recommend if you want a soft!Loki or one that remains a decent person. Loki is interesting and feels like a force of nature. But let's just say he's like the Joker with all that implies. But I thought it was a worthwhile read (very long). It has probably the best Sigyn depiction I've encountered. She feels like a real person! I go more in detail here. I'd pay attention to the things I warn about in case they're deal-breakers or triggers. My review is not spoiler free but contains warnings.
American Gods-Neil Gaiman
Has very interesting premise and a multiple pantheons existing at the same time. It's fun how the deities adapt to the USA and modern times.
The Goddess of Nothing at All-Cat Rector
This book is basically a Norse myth whump fic. I would avoid if that's not your thing because I can see how someone else might hate it. I know I like it because making fictional characters suffer is my guilty pleasure. You won't be laughing at the mythology-based Loki memes. I don't think it's perfect. For example, I dislike that they have to make Loki's every action "justified", such as cutting Sif's hair because Sif called him fantasy racism slurs. Let him be a bit of an asshole just because. The disproportionate punishment makes it difficult not to sympathize with Loki either way. I don't know how I feel about her Sygin. It's the 2nd best Sygin I've seen yet in books. She has a personality, is likeable, and is not a doormat, but something about her and this Loki feels sanitized to me. Like the author was checking boxes for Sygin and Loki. I don't know how to explain it.
Father of Monsters-A. B. Frost
Short read. Loki is a loveable little shit that gets the Aesir into trouble and takes one for the team to get them out of it. I really liked this characterization and it had cute illustrations of Loki, Angrboda, and Jormungandr.
The Nine Worlds Rising Series-Lyra Wolf
They're not perfect. I think her Loki is very funny and likable but too sanitized. And Sigyn has no flaws other than caring too much for her no-good brother while the other goddesses are evil witches. But the author has a very comedic writing voice that is highly enjoyable and keeps the stakes high so that you want to keep on reading. I also like how one of the books starts with a very vengeful Loki and draws comparisons to Lucifer. Thought that was cool. Also, some reactions to some reveals didn't land the impact as well as they should. They do tease the Odin/Loki abusive relationship, but not with the toxicity I wanted, and Odin goes on a redemption path a bit too soon for my liking (while making all the goddesses evil witches...). There's also a lot of anachronistic language in here, such as Loki mentioning a Chihuahua.
Books I haven't read but I know of their existence:
Loki-Melvin Burgess (I saw a Sigyn stan complain about it, but I am not sure how seriously to take her complaints because she said shipping myth!Loki with say Balder or Thor or Odin was "incestuous" because Loki is Odin's "blood brother" despite Loki being unrelated to everyone but Narfi and Nari on Asgard). My standards for Loki don't require that Loki be a paragon of morality, unlike hers. UPDATE: A mutual told me it's horribly transphobic and has rape apologia.
Harbinger of the End-Nicki Chapelway (I've seen praise from Logyn shippers for this one)
Loki: Nine Naughty Tales of the Trickster by Mike Vasich
I saw an excerpt with a rather humorous joke, but the one other Mike Vasich Loki book I read bored the hell out of me. So I haven't given it a chance for that reason.
The Blackwell Pages by Kelley Armstrong and Melissa Marr
It's a children's book series where the descendants of Thor and Loki are the protagonists.
I might have some revies in "LokiBookClub" tag.
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abyssal-ali · 8 months
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Masterlist 1
Works written and published for the DC (and other) fandoms! See @/ali-annals for my Maribat writings!
DC
Gen Batfam
The Best Bat(?): Jason meets the Justice League when they accidentally summon 'the best Bat'. The problem? Why does Red Hood (who's a Rogue, not a Bat) know he's immortal? | T | ao3 | 1.7k |
Titans Tower AU (with a twist): The Titans overhear a suspicious call between their resident Bat and a supervillain. Eavesdropping always turns out fine, right? | G | ao3 | 0.9k |
Imagine Dragons: Dragon Batfam inspired by @/salparadiselost's dragon au | G | ao3 | 2.5k |
Burned my Wings: Tired of never knowing where he stands with Bruce, Jason decides to force his hand. Immortal Jason & Good Mom Talia. | M for Murder | ao3 | 7.6k |
you knew the hero died, so what's the movie for?: Immortal Jason angst with a happy ending. | E | ao3 | 2.2k |
5+1 Times the Justice League realized something about RH: Red Hood is one of Batman's Rogues-brash, violent, careless. But one day Red Hood responds to a call meant for Batman and the Justice League begin to change their perception of the crime lord. | T | ao3 | 4.5k |
JaySteph
And Yet Forgives the Butcher's Knife: JaySteph meet in Africa while both are presumed dead. They return to Gotham years later, backed by the League of Assassins and their family doubled in size, and take over the underworld, improving Gotham and confounding the Bats. | Currently on hiatus/being rewritten | T+ | Ao3 | 4k+ |
There is Just no Stopping This Thing Called Love: JaySteph weekend 2023 submission. Gotham by Gaslight AU three-shot depicting snapshots of their relationship at different stages | T | ao3 | 4k |
JaySteph Dating Headcanons: What it says on the tin | G | ao3 | 1.2k |
RelationShip of Theseus: JaySteph Halloween 2023 Submission. Jason and Steph team up to go undercover at a Halloween party. They've been friends with benefits for a while, but lately...things have been changing. Maybe this Halloween they'll finally settle some things between them. | M | ao3 | 4.6k |
She's a Knockout: JaySteph meetcute. Steph asked for a box for her leftover chicken and waffles, not...a makeshift boxing ring? After a beautiful KO, she makes a break for it, but is chased down with the request to meet the Boss. Clearly her outstanding combat skills can't be put to waste, and she is offered a job at his new gym. The Goonion are eagerly invested in Boss's drama with the pretty lady with the stellar right hook. | T | ao3 | 2.7k |
what would you do if they never found us out?: JaySteph work together to defeat Black Mask after they kiss for a mission, meeting for the first time after returning to Gotham from their post-death world tours. | M | ao3 | 12.2k |
Deck the Balls: JaySteph fake dating for the holidays. Steph attempts to show Jason why he should appreciate her enthusiasm for the decor. | M | ao3 | 5.5k |
Bomb Threat: A Declaration of Love?: JaySteph fluff drabble inspired by a meme shared in the JaySteph server. | T | ao3 | 0.6k |
held together, our hands became a map: JaySteph Bridgerton AU | M | ao3 | 12.1k+ |
JaySteph Tinder AU Masterlist: What it says: JaySteph and Batfam Social Media AU crack | T+ | ao3 | 0.6k +texts |
DamiRae
Project #68 [Operation Concupiscence]: DamiRae Sauce Week '23 4-chap submission. Concupiscence: definition: noun. 1. sexual desire; lust 2. ardent, usually sensuous, longing. Demon AU + Hogwarts AU | M | ao3 | 8.7k |
Harry Potter x Twilight
time, curious time/cutting me open then healing me fine: (can be read as platonic) Drarry, Time Travel Fix-It in a Voldemort Wins AU. It's 100% a Crack Fic through and through, though. | T | ao3 | 3k |
Miraculous Ladybug
'tis the damn season: Lukanette. Seven years after defeating Hawkmoth, Luka Couffaine and Marinette Dupain-Cheng both return to Paris for the holidays. Will their teenage romance rekindle or will they always look back fondly to that one summer with the one who got away? | T | ao3 | 3.8k |
The Scarlet Pimpernel
her own elusive pimpernel: Perguerite angst, fluff, and smut. | M | ao3 | 5.5k |
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fanby-fckry · 2 months
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📌 Welcome, friends, foes, and passersby, to my personal piece of fandom hell.
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I tend to cycle through them based on the whims of my wretched gremlin brain. When and why the cycle changes is unknown even to me.
Current main fandoms are marked with a ‘🖤’
About Me:
My name is Nico, I’m 25+, and I write fanfic. I use they/them and xe/xem pronouns. I’m queer in just about every sense of the word and fucked in the head, not in my bed.
I have freed myself from the shackles of amatonormativity (10/10, highly recommend) and am living my best life as a polyamorous, (a)sexual deviant engaging in relationship anarchy.
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emproleon · 2 months
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HI IZZY 🗣️ i present to you a random free pass to tell me five things you love about dio's goofy ass 🎟️ but also no pressure 🧡
OOOH HI KAT THANK YOU FOR THE FREE PASS💖 this is gonna be long LMAO and im actually gonna keep this in line with canon as opposed to my psychotic daydreams (yall get that in discord)
Honestly, i love how funny he is?? like he is definitely overly memed on, and it's gotten old, but a lot of those moments just on their own are so funny to me SJKDHVS like the whole "how many breads have you eaten" line is so ????? why did u say that king..... and honestly i dont think he gets enough credit for the whole Muda shtick like hes the first (i think?) character to start the whole catchphrase thing back in part 1, pre stands, and it's again. not complaining, but what went through ur mind in making that decision, bud. plus the weird little homunculi he just made for funsies in part 1?? a real comedian 10/10
His fashion!! i genuinely LOVE his fits and all the little details in them so much, including the ones he wears in one off illustrations. the leathery, feathery, one is his best looks EVER and i honestly kinda wish it wouldve been in part 3. wouldve been very Lestat. ALSO this includes the Moorish shoes!!! i think they tie in his themes and design SO WELL and im tired of people clowning on them
His impact on the story! Dio Brando really, truly is That Guy™️ i love that he continuously haunts the narrative (at least in parts 1-6) and even with Diego, who is a different character, but still undeniably Dio. just as a reader/watcher getting through the ENTIRE old universe and finally feeling like dio and his mess is done forever just for Diego to show up in part 7 is just really funny to me, esp with how similar Diego is to Dio as opposed to Johnny and Jonathan or really a lot of the other counterparts. You can't get rid of him.
I thank Araki every day for that character sheet he released last year bc Dio intending to have a soft voice is SO GOOD to me. like i love both anime performances a ton and they're iconic and fit the whole over the top theme of it all, but big, scary, villains with smooth, level, soft voices is my kryptonite 😩 ive thought of it before, but if i had to pick like. an actual more "realistic" voice claim for him it would be Harry Lloyd👀 loved him in game of thrones, and his character voice wise in that def has RANGE like ii think dio would have, but he also does audiobooks and they're SO lovely to listen to💖
The way Araki ties him to the Arts, as pretentious as that sounds💀 i think depicting him as someone who appreciates art, literature, and philosophy makes him SO FUN to play with from a fan/creator perspective. i feel like it's a great way to toy around with other bits of symbolism and really expand on him in art and fics.
throwing in a sixth, but i like his dumb face unfortunately!!! Sorry i know this is a shock to all!!! but esp his character model in asbr/over heaven.........so handsome😔 THAT is pookie right there
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in conclusion hes alright ig🙄🤚
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hearteyesmcgarrett · 7 months
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is it weird to just answer the ask meme questions without actual asks? probably, but i want to yell about fandom shit rn so you can't stop me
A - Ships that you currently like a lot. its obvious that im in a grimm fixation rn, so i have to say nick/monroe as a romantic ship (or nick/monroe/rosalee), and the whole gang as a platonic relationship. For SGA, i'm always a mcshep fan but i honestly enjoy any pairing of AR1. Anyone that has followed me for an extended period of time knows that im a mcdanno (H50) and leverage ot3 truther as well.
B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind. hmm, not sure? OH some folks doing the sga kinkmeme have mentioned john/cam and im very intrigued
C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will. Rodney/Jennifer :( I love Jennifer, but the writers consistently changed her characterization and that relationship felt forced and weird (SGA)
D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t. John/Elizabeth. I'm sorry! maybe its just because im gay af but to me their relationship felt like bffs, not romantic (SGA)
E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what? I made that stargate cinnamon roll meme, if that counts
F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? ~10 years
G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it? i'm a multishipper for sure, but one of the first ships i remember really clearly was eric/ryan from csi miami (circa age like 12)
H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)? TV!
I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why? I dont know that it was entirely tumblr, but yeah, Voltron. The fandom was truly fucking awful
J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that Tumblr made you aware of.) uhhhh, like every show tbh. 99% of the shows i watch came from tumblr or online friends
K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc? Eliot Spencer (Leverage)
L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. hmm, I guess Adalind counts as a character who isnt one of my faves. She's a complex and interesting character, and its clear that a lot of her decisions come from a place of trauma. After having Diana it really shows that she does want to protect her and keep her safe (grimm)
M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend. Ronon (SGA), Hardison (Leverage), Teal'c (SG1), etc
N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom 1. men showing emotions!!! (grimm does this well, thankfully) 2. on a similar note: depicting how the shit these characters get up to is traumatizing and how that impacts them long term 3. literally any canon queer rep. can we PLEASE have a show like stargate or grimm where one of the characters (especially a man) is canonically queer? is that so hard???
O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of? Forfeit by Rise Against always makes me think of ascended Daniel/Jack (SG1). Oh and ever since i saw a gifset with lyrics from it, Timberwolves at New Jersey by Taking Back Sunday makes me think of John (SGA)
P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas). one of these fuckin days i am going to write a baseball SGA AU
Q - A fandom you’ve abandoned and why. As previously mentioned: Voltron because the fan base was toxic and awful
R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom? all my favorite fandoms are themed around found family so this is so hard lmao. Nick & Hank (Grimm), Eliot & Harry (Leverage Redemption), Harry & Breanna (LR), Don & Charlie if brothers count (Numb3rs), etc
S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon anyone who reads my H50 fics knows that i will fuckin die on the hill that Danny has an anxiety disorder
T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?  besides anxious danny, I'd say John having ADHD (SGA), and Monroe being bi (Grimm) are two right off the top of my head
U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites 1. Steve McGarrett (H50) - he's been through so much shit, but he's still so damn loyal and protective and kind. He's such a good dude who is just traumatized beyond belief. 2. Charlie Eppes (Numb3rs) - besides the fact that i am CONVINCED he has ADHD, he's just so fucking loving and passionate about his work and the people he loves. he balances out the hardness of Don and the gang with the sheer size of his heart 3. Eliot Spencer (Leverage) - basically the same reason as steve. I have a type.
V - Which character do you relate to most? this is tough. probably Daniel (SG1) - esp early seasons - because of similar worldviews and interests and personalities, and Danny (H50) because of similar personalities
W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom. MISCOMMUNICATION!! its so frustrating.
X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom. im a big ol softie so i love stuff like mutual pining, hurt/comfort, etc.
Y - What are your secondhand fandoms Good Omens is a big one rn lmao. I've read the book but haven't watched the show. Also, Daredevil probably. I watched at least the first season years ago, but haven't seen anything beyond that. I still enjoy seeing people's posts about it and i read fic sometimes
Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! im so cranky rn about the lack of depiction of trauma/mental illness/neurodivergence/etc in fandoms where its to be expected. like with Grimm rn, you give Nick PTSD and sensory enhancements but then suddenly forget about them?? that's not how that works! Or why is it always just hinted at that characters are ND? why is it so hard to just be like 'yeah no x has ADHD (or whatever)'? i want to be able to actually have complex/tough/interesting/etc protags that are ALSO neurodiverse. if we're all reading John as having ADHD (SGA) or Parker being autistic (leverage) anyways, why can't these things just be intentionally part of the character
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Released/Planned Chapters of: Short Tales, Stories of the Foundation, and Hetalia
This is just a list containing information about the chapters of my oneshot series on Ao3, will be updated when a new chapter is in the process of being written/updated.
Ch.1: The Storage Room
First oneshot I've written of this series, not my best but I enjoyed it,
Ch.2: Erised (NOT CANNON)
Wrote this one after re-reading the first Harry Potter book
Ch.3: Sleep and Malakai
Thought it would be cute to expand upon my oc's relationship's,
Ch.4: Mari and Ivan
Just felt like writing this tbh,
Ch.5: "I Kinda Forgot To Tell You That I'm America,"
This one came out of a meme I sent my friend lamo
Ch.6: Friend
Aaron Siegel in most fandom depictions on AO3 reminds me of Arthur for some reason, so I was compelled to write this
Ch.7: Cannon Stuff pt.1 (Out of universe)
Ch.8: Cannon Stuff pt.2 (Out of universe)
Both chapters were written out of the urge to infodump,
Ch.9: Ouroboros Cycle AU (I'm debating on whether or not I want to keep this chapter up)
Since the Ouroboros Cycle proposal is one of my favourite ones on the SCP site, I thought why not create another au in which some of the Hetalia characters are the O5 Council,
Ch.10: Why? (A Gift From Yao)
Scp-348 is one of my favourite SCPs, combine that with the dynamic of Kiku and Yao makes for something interesting
Ch.11: Everything Is Ok.
I randomly had the motivation to write about Unlondon and 2p England,
Ch.XX: "I'am Not the Messiah!!!" -Ludwig (Unreleased)
I look forwards to writing this one since it'll include the Church of the HRE,
Ch.XX: A Change of Fate (Unreleased)
I want to introduce a new character and show how Alfred met the SCP Foundation before Chapter 5,
Ch.XX: Overbearing Big Brothers (Unreleased)
The image of Alfred and Arthur just squabbling over who's the big brother of Three Portlands came to my head after watching the Exploring Series video on it
Ch.XX: To See Someone Familiar In Another's Eyes (Unreleased)
I want to explore the relationship between Aaron and Alfred, both characters seem to have conflictive and cold relationships with their older/younger brother figure.
Any questions about this AU is welcome!
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The more I listen to maroon it definitely is Harry to me. I see the resemblance of ATW but it’s so much more of a fondness and a friendship there then it ever was with Jake. Also ALL the parallels of their music can’t be ignored… she references hallways, wine stained shirt, phone calls, how did we loose sight of us “again” .. their on and off relationship. Makes so much sense for it to be him.
i'm saying this in the gentlest and most respectful possible way, and i want to preface with that because tone is hard to read on the internet asdhsljdfklj - it is Red. taylor so clearly signaled what each individual song on the album is about (and she did that for a reason), so i'm a little confused why people aren't taking her at her word and proceeding from there - and i don't believe you mean to dismiss her at ALL, btw! <3 some people are very much doing that, and cherry picking and twisting her words, you're not, and i appreciate that - i want to try and help clarify why the song is very profoundly about the relationship she outlines on red beyond just the color being the biggest signifier, so red it was dark red, or that she cheekily wore the red ring when she announced the title, or as my friend zoë said: it was burning red, and now they're burned.
i feel like something that's happened in the fandom is, because of the emotional heartbreak and the discussion of the age gap etc, there's been a shying away from seeing the relationship as important as it was, and as beautiful as it was to taylor despite the pain of it. the beauty persisted for her through the pain. we've sort of memed the scarf and made jake into a nefarious figure, but if we look at it from taylor's perspective, she had (and has) real empathy for him and very particular memories of what they shared. the fondness and friendship is actually all over red as an album (it's very clear in state of grace, for example). it's all over the ATW short film and the way she directed dylan and sadie's interactions in depicting that. she felt a real intimate connection there, which is why the fallout on repeat was so devastating. they were very much on again/off again, even in 2012 this was obvious (it's in wanegbt, it's in the last time). all too well isn't only about the heartbreak, it's about how beautiful and precious that was to her - it felt like home somehow, maybe this thing was a masterpiece. maroon has extremely close parallels to sad beautiful tragic - a whole thesis could be written on maroon and sbt going hand-in-hand. it's not only the sorrow, it's the joy too. she loved him in a soul deep kind of way, and the thing is, he loved her too, but couldn't get himself together. sobbing with his head in his hands is them going off the track again. she said at tiff (iirc) that she came to realize this was someone who had a lot of demons, and that's why he often reacted the way he did. the darkness and the passion and the closeness and the depth of the love that went wrong in maroon is red to the core.
the wine stained dress in clean was always about jake. harry borrowed the lyric later, like he borrowed the refrigerator light, which is his artistic right and license to also give songs reference points and clarity. the dancing motif is recurrent in different ways, which i talked about here. standing hollow eyed in the hallway is i find myself at your door, just like all those times before. the phone calls are a key theme across the breadth of red - she mentions calling in atw, i almost do, sad beautiful tragic, the moment i knew, wanegbt, babe. sometimes in the middle of the night, i can feel you again; i wake with your memory over me. consider the fact that maroon sounds like the entirety of red condensed into one song the way question...? sounds like the entirety of 1989 condensed into one song, and how different her emotions and recollections are. the love affair that maimed her and that glistened, it was sweet in the beginning, then it was taking down the pictures and the plans they'd made. the pulse in maroon like a bruise.
i also think the legacy lyric is really, really key. he was her first grown-up love and she felt that with her whole being. that leaves a lasting impression. but more than that, the legacy is red itself, as an album. its place in her career, the way it's regarded now, the significance of all too well as exemplary of her songwriting.
i'm not at all trying to be argumentative, i get where the slivers of similarity to some things with harry come from, but the tone is notably distinct. we don't have to "like" jake to recognize what a powerful and lasting effect that romance had on taylor. that love went to the bone. i think the reason why maroon is particularly potent is because the most recent thing she'd worked on was red tv and it brought a lot of those memories/feelings to the surface and she could write from an even more mature perspective. "when the silence came, we were shaking, blind, and hazy," is a summation of that record. and i never saw you coming, and i'll never be the same. in dreams, i meet you in warm conversation; we both wake, in lonely beds, in different cities; and time is taking its sweet time erasing you. loving him was red.
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doriangray-irl · 25 days
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salutations,
❧ dorian gray, he/they
❧ aesthete, hedonist, muse
❧ source: the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde
❧ 18+ only, please
i am rather new to this site, but everyone here seems quite charming! i hope you all could forgive me if i were to muddle something up.
i adore receiving mail, but i simply ask that you do not bore me. other than that, i assure you that there is no topic too taboo, no question too outlandish, no interaction too scandalous. scandal and i are intimate friends, as it so happens. only, please remain respectful, or i will throw your letter in the rubbish—which would be a terrible waste of stationary for both of us!
i look forward to meeting you all. ♥
regards,
𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐲.
ooc info!
this is an rp blog (obviously)! so asks, games/memes, in-character rp, etc are all welcome!
it takes place in an au where dorian has not killed basil or at some point in the book before that (that nebulous time skip between chapters 10 & 11). sibyl is also alive. dorian would be about 25 years old right now.
i am very new to running an rp blog (and new to tumblr in general) so please be patient! i’m just a little guy!!
would love to interact with other characters from tpodg or from other oscar wilde works! i’ve read the importance of being earnest, salomé, and the fairytales (though those last two might not make a whole lot of sense timeline-wise oops), but would be willing to interact with others if you can pardon my ignorance :)
no dorian doubles, please!
apologies if i am slow to respond, life is a thing etc etc.
tags:
#asks — asks i’ve responded to
#interactions — interactions w/ others’ muses
#ooc — out of character (either to answer
#🪞 — art depicting dorian
#me core — …self explanatory, i think
#my room — aesthetics of dorian’s house
#basil’s studio — aesthetics of basil’s studio/house
#henry’s house — aesthetics of henry’s house (had to fight the urge to tag it as ‘harry’s house’ lol)
#my attic — the less pretty stuff
#i am too fond of looking at art to care to make it — not my art
as a final note, i have read both the full published version of the novel and the uncensored version submitted to lippincott’s a year before, so if there are any discrepancies in anything i say please let me know.
aaand i think that’s it! my askbox is “dear dorian,” and it’s open!
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I don’t think my grandmother was even that keen of cats.
A review of Somerset House's 'Cute' exhibition.
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The Cute exhibition at Somerset House begins in a small pink room, and hanging on the wall we see what is also the start, but in this case of a global culture; the first cat memes captured by photographer Harry Pointer, dating back to 1872. Next to it, following the feline theme, there is a vast collection of 300 china cats inside a vitrine. It is Andy Holden’s ‘Cat-tharsis’ (2016). Playing on the headphones hanging underneath the glass cube, Andy talks about what this collection that his grandmother left to him after her passing, meant to his grandmother; how these cats gave her a sense of control, how she used them as a catalyst for the love within her. He also talks about what cats mean to our culture, to our history. He speaks on the UK economy, and how charity shops - the place where her grandmother collected a great number of these figures- might represent the avid mass-consumption of the British public caused by capitalism. An incredibly interesting and unexpected piece on culture and grief, which a quote from, names the title of this text.
If there is a country knows how to do cute, it is Japan. With a whole room dedicated to Japanese vintage illustrations and art, we can see how these drawings were used as a form of escapism from the after-war times during the 90s, and how Japan influenced the western world with the introduction of the kawaii. Jun’ichi Nakahara’s beautiful book cover illustrations (1913-1983) of women represent a beginning for manga and anime style. Weirdly enough, upon entering the room they called my attention as they resembled ‘Girl with a Kitten’ by Lucien Freud, which coincidentally does match the theme of this particular exhibition.
The Hello Kitty room is probably one of the most talked about parts of the exhibition. With two walls full of Hello Kitty branded objects ranging from notebooks, to rice cookers, to coin purses... A shrine to miss Kitty, and an ode to this epitome of capitalism for having influenced a whole generation, not only of children, but of adults as well. It is interesting to see for yourself how the symbol and brand spread their wings through essentially every demographic, and benefited from the over-consumption boom of the 90s and early 2000s. Sadly, apart from this display of products, the room has the icky feeling of an instagram-like photobooth space without adding any artistic value to the exhibition. But, did you know Hello White (her actual name, I’ve learned) " [...] lives in a London suburb, and dreams of becoming a pianist and poet? [That] her birthday is on the 11th of November, her height is measured as five apples, and she weighs the same as three?" Maybe we’re all just like Hello Kitty, but just measured with a lot more apples.
The exhibition follows with great artworks, like Mike Kelley’s iconic ‘Aah… Youth!’ (1990), a critique of “childhood fetishisation”, and Wang Ping’s ‘An Emo Nose’ (2015), a bright and colourful animation depicting- in a surprisingly charming and accurate way- adult loneliness. The middle of the room is overflowing with objects, which the previous section helped contextualise: A Yung Lean poster, a SADBOYS bucket hat, a bright pink ski mask, a bag of smiley face stamped drugs, a Sylvanian Families toy set, a tamagotchi, a duolingo meme, a Charli XCX vinyl, an Animal Crossing gameplay... I found that, seeing what to me are such quotidian objects in an exhibition space made me laugh. They do however, encapsulate my childhood and teenage years, and quite frankly, are a big explanation of who I am. As someone that grew up with unrestrained access to the internet since the age of 11, I can say that these objects essentially raised me. It made me feel tribal, like I was in a global inside joke. These objects also showcase how cuteness can be used as an advantage politically and how effective it is for conveying a message, making the reality of an ugly theme (oppression, systematic injustice, etc) look easier to digest and divulge.
The last section I visited was an interactive space. To tell you the truth, I did not enjoy these rooms as much as I would've liked, and the reason why has nothing to do with the exhibition itself. The room was full of animalistic and screaming under-12 year old kids, and families with prams blocking stairways and hallways, and parents using the space as a playpen for their kids to run around. I stopped at the arcade, where you could play games that followed the theme of the exhibition. As I was giggling away playing the “linear visual novel about a Froggy chilling a pot”, children began running around impatiently, in the hopes that someone would free up one of the arcade looking screens. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t have the patience.
With a combination of humour, social commentary and critique, the exhibition encapsulates the story of a culture and phenomenon we are still living through. It showcases how we’ve created a subculture for the use of evading the terrifying thought of the internet times and the digitalisation taking over our worlds. It displays a wide arrange of topics all within the main theme, that is kept consistent through out. How cuteness “contains, domesticates and translates our desires”, and how it lives in a great part of who we all are. The exhibition, and now this text, concludes with a question: Does cute’s shiny new confidence represent its apotheosis in our late capitalist world? Or rather, does this sheen allow cute to undermine the very foundations of the neoliberal regime which spawned it with an ability to not only challenge the norm, but to transform it?
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#TEARFULHOPE. a private, mutually exclusive portrayal of bill potts from bbc's doctor who. written by frankie, a twenty three year old lesbian who uses she / her pronouns. with inspiration taken from series ten, big finish audios featuring bill potts & classic doctor who (specifically the hartnell-baker era). this blog is very low activity / maintenance & will predominantly run on a queue. i tend to keep my mutual count under thirty & softblock every two-three weeks in order to keep a quiet dash. heavily affiliated with @l1sten.
featuring a study in: where there's tears there's hope, trying to be enigmatic, a clockwork heart, mind built like a castle, remembering your mother's voice, smiling when everyone else frowns, from metal to water & forging destiny in the stars.
001. welcome to tearfulhope, an independent, private and mutually exclusive portrayal of bill potts from bbc's doctor who. i claim no ownership of this character nor any of her affiliations. this blog will be very sporadic activity, with my muse and energy depicting the time in which i’m active. i ask that you do not follow me if you’re under eighteen, and that you give me a few days to check out your blog should you follow first.
002. i am mutually exclusive and if i follow you, it means i genuinely want to interact. i wish to maintain actual connections on this blog, rather than just be a follow count on someones dash. if i follow first, and you have no interest in writing with me, please hardblock so i don’t accidentally follow you again. if we are mutuals for a month, and there has been no interaction i will softblock.
003. this blog will feature triggering themes and they will always be tagged. cw / example. please ask if you need anything specifically noted.
004. i adore crossovers and oc's! memes are the best way to interact – they never expire and are assumed to be starters unless stated otherwise. i also love plotting and certainly can go a little overboard if i get super excited about an idea. i only ask if that we plot, please do not leave me to do all the work. it is super tiring, and if you give me yes/no responses, i will most likely block you.
005. my default / preferred verse is set after the doctor falls, where bill is reincarnated as sentient oil, alongside heather, and they travel the stars together. in this time bill takes down as many cyber ships and factories as possible. i am open to writing her during any time, but this is where i'll default to unless otherwise discussed.
006. in regards to face claims, i think it's pretty clear who we should and should not be using these days, so i'm not going to make a list of them. i only ask that if you use hayley atwell, do not follow me, as i personally had a horrible experience with her and do not want to see her face anywhere. fandom dni: billy hargrove, james moriarty, gossip girl muses, genderbent muses, harry potter muses, or 13 reasons why muses. if you have them on a multi, that's fine, i just won't interact with them.
007. hello hello! thank you for taking the time out to read this! i'm frankie, and i'm super excited to be bringing bill to her own blog. doctor who has been my comfort show since i was about five years old, and rekindling my love for bill potts has been a hella lotta fun. this account is very low maintenance, so i will not be making a carrd or docs or anything of that sort. any information important to my portrayal will be posted on the dash with appropriate links for my mutuals to find them. i can also be found on @shadowedvales and @woewept.
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ao3feed-danganronpa · 10 months
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Danganronpa 3.14159: Yet Another Dumb Fangan
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/PtwTdVD
by basedbiasedbogus
Seriously, how many fangans are people gonna write?
When Mahiru Koizumi wakes up in a bathroom stall and realizes that she is in a killing game with 14 other people from various universes, she must revisit memories of the killing game she was in before - and try not to die.
Words: 3167, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Dangan Ronpa Series, Super Dangan Ronpa 2, Indiana Jones Series, Wii Sports (Video Game), Puyo Puyo (Video Games), Ratatouille (2007), Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004), Super Mario & Related Fandoms, SpongeBob SquarePants (Cartoon), DuckTales (Cartoon 1987), Punch-Out!! (Video Games), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Despicable Me (Movies), どうぶつの森 | Animal Crossing Series, Meme Culture - Fandom
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Categories: Gen
Characters: Koizumi Mahiru, Henry "Indiana" Jones, Sakura (Wii Sports), Ringo Ando, Alfredo Linguini, Max Goof (Disney), Princess Daisy (Nintendo), Fred (SpongeBob), Scrooge McDuck, Glass Joe, Wario (Nintendo), Draco Malfoy, Agnes (Despicable Me), Shizue | Isabelle, Granny with a Gun, Monokuma (Dangan Ronpa)
Relationships: No Romantic Relationship(s), Koizumi Mahiru & Princess Daisy (Nintendo), Glass Joe & Alfredo Linguini, Koizumi Mahiru & Agnes (Despicable Me), Scrooge McDuck & Wario (Nintendo)
Additional Tags: Fan Killing Game (Dangan Ronpa), Murder, Character Death, Killing Game Executions (Dangan Ronpa), Killing Game Motives (Dangan Ronpa), other killing game stuff, no rizzville, seriously why is the granny with the gun here, shes a meme duh, fred keeps hurting his leg, agnes is too pure for this, no toilt humor, No Cursing
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/PtwTdVD
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crowdvscritic · 10 months
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crowd vs. critic single take // A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
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Note: This is a modified version of a review originally written for ZekeFilm. Photo credits: IMDb.com.
John Nash spends his life looking through windows. Though we know today that he will become a Nobel Prize-winning mathematician, he spends most of his life on the outside looking in, drawing equations between the panes. First he scrambles to develop his thesis at Princeton University, and then he struggles to be a good husband to fellow brainiac Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) and good father to their son. But his life becomes more complicated when a new (and highly classified) job opportunity arises. Will this role finally help him realize his dream of making his mark on the world? 
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CROWD // One of the beauties of this Best Picture Project is I keep getting to say, “That was not what I was expecting!” Once more, A Beautiful Mind is another excuse to dust off that phrase.
This Best Picture winner does check off a lot of boxes of modern Oscar contenders. It’s a technically accomplished biopic about an influential but misunderstood historical figure whose career competes with his family life, and yes, I could double the length of this piece by listing 21st century Best Picture noms featuring that arc. But there’s a twist to A Beautiful Mind, and it’s the jolt this biopic needs to stick in our memories. Somehow that twist wasn’t spoiled for me in the last two decades, so I’ll continue to withhold it in case you are just as lucky. Rest assured it saves what would otherwise be a stale historical drama with a penchant for shout-y melodrama. 
POPCORN POTENTIAL: 8/10
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CRITIC // In short, A Beautiful Mind is more than the memes of floating numbers it has inspired. Crowe and Oscar winner Connelly provide a narrative heart, making the most of the script’s unnatural, expository dialogue and looking especially polished in the chic period costumes. The scene stealers, though, are supporting players Paul Bettany and Ed Harris, who walk a fine line between caricature and archetype but ultimately energize the story. (Notably, they are not accurate portrayals of their real counterparts in Nash’s life.) They are also part of this film’s sneaky strength: making difficult-to-understand concepts digestible. Those memes may feel silly online, but in context, they are a creative and, at times, thrilling depiction of our hero’s superpowers. Reading Nash’s Wikipedia page, I know I will never understand the mathematical concepts he explored, but for a moment, Ron Howard made be me believe I could keep up—what could be more unexpected than that?
ARTISTIC TASTE: 8.5/10
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10. Do you have a guilty fav?
Not really, as I don't tend to feel bad about the things I like even if they're trash. I do feel a sense of sorrow when I think of how much I used to love the Harry Potter series though. I've let it go because it's absolutely not worth it with all of you-know-who's... everything, but it was a big part of my childhood, and foundational to a few friendships that also ended poorly and are now sore spots to look back on. So, guilty is the wrong word for that but... it's one of the things that I wouldn't be able to get back, if I had to live my life over again, y'know?
15. recommend and review a book
Might as well pick something a little lesser-known for this one... There's a Japanese revenge thriller novel called Confessions by Kanae Minato that honestly had me on the edge of my seat. Starts with the death of a 5-year-old child and just doesn't let up from there. You will not see the twists coming, it's brutal and it's fascinating, I really enjoyed it.
As a bonus one -- there's a YA novel called Gated by Amy Christine Parker that I always thought deserved way more attention. I had a special interest in cults when I was a teenager and that book is one of the most accurate and well-rendered depictions of one I've ever read, done at a perfect level for the age group. Highly recommended, damn good thriller.
18. do you like historical books? which time period?
There's not a particular time period of historical fiction I'm interested in. If I take an interest in a time period I'll mostly read books from that time period if I can, just to check some of the classics off my list. Otherwise, the time period of historical fiction I've read the most of is roughly the Victorian to the Edwardian eras, partially due to doing research for something of my own, partially because I've got a taste a certain series of pulp historical fantasy gay romances, and partially because it almost scratches the same itch left as my favorite dating sim.
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