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samsquirkyspace · 6 months

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Painting the Town Pink: 3 Chic Color Schemes

Pink – the ever-evolving hue with a rich history. From its regal association in the 18th century to its gender-coded identity in the 20th, pink has made quite the journey. Today, it symbolizes strength, survival, and androgyny.

But let’s get to the fun part – the pink resurgence. The runway’s embraced it, and so has your living room. From panelled walls to faux fur cushions, pink’s taking over.

We’ll explore three chic color schemes using pink:1. Soft and Paler Pink: This inviting choice is perfect for those who appreciate subtlety. It pairs wonderfully with dark blue and wooden furniture, creating a delightful contrast that makes your space feel cozy and balanced. 2. Dark Pink Drama: If you’re bold and love making a statement, this is the scheme for you. Go for deep, bold wallpaper in rich pink hues, creating a sense of drama and sophistication that’s sure to catch the eye. 3. Nature-Inspired Palette: Inspired by the beauty of the natural world, this palette combines pink with rust and mustard for a warm and harmonious ambiance. These earthy tones, combined with pink, create a tranquil and invigorating space that brings the outdoors in.

And, as a bonus:

Pink and Blue Harmony: For those who seek a contemporary and sophisticated look, pair pink with muted blues, warm wood, and textured accessories. This combination creates a harmonious space that’s both stylish and inviting.

If you’ve enjoyed this blog post and want to see more, don’t forget to like, share, and follow for future inspiration. Also, explore our unique collection of pink cushions to add a touch of pink magic to your space. Thanks for painting the town pink with us!”

https://www.zazzle.co.uk/collections/pink_christmas_decorations-119083050916722483?rf=238674874943549094

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dreamgrlarchive · 11 months

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The Prissy Girl Look

MY aesthetic of girly imagery and elements like fur detailing, pink, rhinestones and mature bougie elements like diamanté details, cheetah prints, form fitting clothing, etc; my lifestyle of traditionally girly activities like beauty routines, decorating, journaling, etc.; just choosing to be an overall black glitzy barbie.

my signatures ❤︎︎

"my signature is medium length pink/nude gel nails, french tip toes, a silk pressed blowout, Chanel Chance Eau Tendre, hoop earrings, long lashes and glossy pink lips."

hoop earrings

rhinestoned lettering

hello kitty charms

heart shaped charms

miu miu framed glasses

silk pressed hair

half up half down ponytails

french tip or pink mani pedis

lace, fur trims, silk

anything sparkly

louis vuitton handbags

victoria’s secret iconic stripe

leopard print

color palette ❤︎︎

PINK PINK PINK! nearly everything i own is PINK! most of my clothes are black. and i fill in the gaps with other neutral colors. my bedroom is full of black and pink. my inspo was a victoria’s secret dressing room. often i wear lots of neutral or black, with extremely cutesy pink accessories like hair bows or purses, and sparkly jewelry.

my staples ❤︎︎

fashion

louis vuitton alma bb

ted baker arycon bags

louis vuitton neverfull pm

ugg boots

tote bags

victoria’s secret stripe totes

hello kitty charm necklace

beauty

mac cosmetics

pin straight silk presses

shimmer pigments

velcro roller curls

essentials

hello kitty mirror

hello kitty phone case

pink + cheetah print hydrojug

pink tumbler

juicy couture stationery

fuzzy pens

fragrance

burberry her

chanel chance eau tendre

armani my way intense

victoria’s secret bombshell in orginal, seduction, and passion

so as my staples demonstrate, i prefer statement accessories rather than clothing. i love the minimalistic and sleek look of basic pieces with a super girly accessory.

core elements ❤︎︎

victoria’s secret angels

video vixens

boudoir aesthetics

sex kitten aura

light hints of off duty ballerina

barbie body, bratz face

Branding Yourself + Beauty Binder 101

#the prissy girl agenda #branding #aesthetic #my posts #me #my signature look

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girlfromenglishclass · 3 months

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How many people read The Goldfinch after reading The Secret History and assumed it was going to be another dark academia staple with autumnal settings and tweed only to read a heart tearing story about a little boy living in Las Vegas where nobody loves him, only to escape to glitzy New York in the antique scene, fitting in perfectly to the old money aesthetic that's seen as so much classier only for it all to be built around artifice and lies, and nobody loves him there either.

She told us not to do things just for beauty the first time, and we were fooled twice. Ms Tartt you've done it again.

#the goldfinch #the secret history #Donna Tartt

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captainofthetidesbreath · 10 months

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People will make long aesthetic infographics confidently explaining the Real History of something and their source for the most illuminating / unknown / surprising / astonishing / bet you didn't know / the ACTUAL truth portion is a Medium editorial written recently by someone with a PhD* (*in a completely unrelated field, with no history of scholarship, career, or experience on the topic, who doesn't provide any evidence in the form of other scholarship or historical record) who isn't even hiding they have an agenda—even if it is a sympathetic, admirable, or progressive one—motivating their willingness to believe in what is actually an apocrypha, popular misconception, misinterpretation, or nice-sounding falsehood.

And that's if the infographic isn't citing a completely unsourced Twitter thread written with an almost zealous, propagandistic air by a semi-anonymous user whose credibility and background in the field is "tens of thousands of followers".

Information literacy and critical thinking includes examining sources for rigor, bias, and agenda even when (frankly: especially when) they provide information that is astonishing but sounds like what you want to hear or confirms what you want to believe. Also, stop ignoring academics, researchers, and historians working in the relevant fields (especially stop pretending there are zero marginalized persons in these fields) in favor of glitzy social media and personal blog posts that make flashy, wow factor claims.

#This is about every single aesthetic infographic ever.

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femmefatalevibe · 11 months

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Tips to look old hollywood glamorous?

Establish a wardrobe curated with timeless, figure-flattering styles in luxurious fabrics like silk, satin, lace, (faux) fur, (vegan) leather, velvet, jacquard, sequins, fringe, etc.

Accessorize with glitzy, eye-catching accessories, including pearls, crystal, diamonds, and gold button accents on your jewelry, handbags, shoes, and sunglasses, or as details on your outerwear, dress, or other garments.

Incorporate embellished pieces & elements into your ensembles – elevated buttons (pearls, crystals, gold, engravements, etc.), opulent trims on the cuffs, hems, lapels, collars, and cold-weather accessories (faux fur, pearl, sequined, lamé, etc.)

Show some skin while leaving something to the imagination. Finding a balance between covering up and sex appeal is at the crux of the Old Hollywood glamour aesthetic. Try a backless halter dress with a longer hemline or a similar style top with wide-leg trousers or a silk maxi skirt. Select a bodycon mini dress with sleeves and a high neck. The options are endless when it comes to silhouette pairings and proportions.

Refine your hairstyle and nails. Opt for sleek, detail-orient haircuts with a blunt-cut, layered lob, elegant chest-length waves, or a similar haircut that offers either a sleek or well-kept tousled aesthetic. Opt for a classic nail shape (square, round, almond, squoval [square/round hybrid], or ballerina) with a timeless solid nail color (light pink, nude, beige, bright red, dark red, French tips, burgundy, dark purple, etc.).

Keep your makeup simple, shimmery, and vampy. Focus on achieving healthy, supple, and naturally glowy skin with some highlighter on the tops of your cheekbones, the inner corners of your eyes, under the arch of your brows, the tip of your nose, and Cupid's bow. Maintain well-groomed, defined, and filled-in brows. Embrace a natural or light brown eye with winged black eyeliner, definition on the waterline/tight line (inner eyeliner), and long, voluminous black lashes. Complete the look with a rosy blush, soft contour, and a satin finish or matte lipstick in a bold red, wine, plum, or dark neutral (pink beige, deep rose, etc.) shade.

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themauvesoul · 9 months

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Anyways what grinds my gears specifically about the Barbie movie is the same thing that ground my gears during the feminist courses I took in college. Fundamentally, feminism is an analysis of gender. You cannot examine what a woman is or how women are positioned in society without also examining what gender is and how gender is created, maintained, and replicated on a societal level. This is an unavoidable part of the larger feminist project. And yet. In many cases. Feminist analysis focuses solely on the gender binary. Gender is analyzed through the lens of binary gender. You have men, and you have women. Furthermore, much of feminist analysis (particularly older analysis) focuses on heteronormative expressions of gender, because this is the driving force behind misogyny.

The problem with this occurs when feminists treat binary gender as a natural and normalized thing, as opposed to the artificial creation it actually is. Once you start looking at gender solely through the lens of “woman experience” and “man experience,” you can very easily fall into the trap of gender essentialism, where you take one specific group of women’s (and men’s) experiences, and you treat those lived experiences as a rubric by which all other women (and men) should be measured. This is how the white feminism we all love to dunk on was created; 2nd wave white middle class feminists began speaking to one another and formulating a list of Common Experiences that later became the Universal Woman Experience, to the detriment of woc, lgbtq+ women, disabled women, etc., who often found that their experiences with womanhood didn’t make the list.

And like. This is my problem with the Barbie movie. It falls into this same trap of gender essentialism. In the Barbie movie, there are two genders: Barbie and Ken. These categories are immutable and unchangable, and have very specific, rigid rules that must be followed. All the Barbies are femininity idealized; some Barbies are allowed to be fat, or black, or visibly disabled, but all of the Barbies are hyperfeminine. Every Barbie wears heels. Every Barbie has perfectly styled hair and perfectly matching outfits. Every Barbie has perfect makeup at all times. Every Barbie always looks runway-ready, no matter what her circumstances are. Likewise, every Ken is a study in idealized masculinity. While the Kens do wear colorful outfits that match the movie’s glitzy, saturated aesthetics, the Kens all have chiseled six packs and flawless skin. There is no fat Ken, or ugly ken, or feminine ken, and there is no Barbie who wears a crew cut and work boots. Weird Barbie comes the closest to gender nonconformity, but her nonconformity is mocked at every turn; the rest of the barbies treat her as though she’s diseased, and weird barbie herself treats her short hair, messy makeup, and baggy clothes like a curse she’s gotten used to bearing, as opposed to a source of joy or comfort.

And like. The movie is so allergic to showing any visible deviation from this gender binary that it fundamentally destroys its own premise. We’re meant to believe that Stereotypical Barbie is becoming less perfect, and that this is a good thing, but we’re only ever shown this imperfection once; as a disembodied 1-second shot of cellulite that could belong to anyone. You never see the cellulite on Margot Robbie’s body. You never see Barbie’s imperfection manifest physically; instead, it remains in the abstract realm of imperfect thoughts. Likewise, the movie spends a long time critiquing toxic masculinity, but never extends that critique to masculinity itself. Ken’s moral lesson is that he’s just Ken, as in he’s just a man, but the movie doesn’t bother presenting an alternate version of what it means to be a man beyond vaguely gesturing towards the abstract notion of Masculine Man, But Good This Time, Because He Is Nice To Women Somewhat. So while the movie might’ve had some salient points with regards to gender and feminism, it gets lost in the simple fact that, just like mainstream feminism, it offers a shallow critique of women’s position in society without critiquing the underlying binary structure that constitutes women’s oppression. In essence, it decries patriarchy while continuing to uphold the gendered norms that reinforce patriarchy in our day-to-day lives.

And like. I’ve been seeing a bunch of posts about how it’s bad, morally, to critique the Barbie movie for [insert women’s solidarity reasons here]. But like. The thing is. Why the fuck should I care about solidarity with the fucking Barbie movie. According to the Barbie movie, my butchness is undepictable. I am a shameful exile from womanhood just like weird Barbie; doomed to helping other women realize their full feminine potential without ever reaching it myself, cursed with butchness because of some latent trauma. The Barbie movie doesn’t care about my lived experience as a woman, just like the Barbie movie doesn’t care about weird Barbie’s lived experience as a Barbie. The movie doesn’t care about racism, or classism, or about anything other than a universalized hashtag Woman Experience. If you liked the Barbie movie, fine. If you saw yourself in it, good for you! But don’t try and tell me that the only reason I don’t like the Barbie movie all that much is because Im allergic to fun, or haven’t read enough feminist theory, or just need to practice solidarity better. Feminism isn’t a cudgel you can use to silence people who disagree with you.

#also. re that one stupid ass post I saw. I majored in women’s gender and sexuality studies in undergrad #so like. you are not the only person on the planet who’s read visual pleasure and narrative cinema.

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littlestardescendants · 23 days

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Okay guys I did it!

The four kings dress designs for Mirjami!

It sort of was hard to start but I got into it here's some notes about it:

First Satan's

So Satan's got a pretty cool aesthetic imo. This is a bit different than the obey me dresses where I kind of took inspiration from the country and impression instead of the characters but I can see Mirjami liking this.

His is my fave because I can see Mirjami being really happy in it x3

Next Mammon's:

So Mammon's got a lot going on because it's Mammon of all people so I made his dress a mix of his colors and the Disney Belle Dress ( I was also watching vids roasting the live action dress so... Yeah )

Mirjami would like this one too because she'd feel like a princess and I imagine Mammon's got more glitzy ones for her in case :>

Now Beelzebub:

(At this point I dabbled with the idea of short haired Mirjami)

So Beelzebub's was tricky because I wanted to make it sort of like a skort and like Satan's a reflection of Beel.

The simplicity I feel suits em because the mf is always wandering but Mirjami might not like it because she feels like a rebel dressed like this heheh >u<

And lastly... Leviathan.

(Also if Beel's symbol isn't right lemme know I tried to find it but couldn't ;w; )

Now if you've been visiting my blog you know I really don't like Leviathan and Mirjami hates him so she's not really thrilled wearing anything from him or Hades.

However I can see his dress always covering her body much like how he covers his and the chains and collar is a reflection of how you aren't Leviathan's equal; you're his to own and possess. If he says you're wearing that you're wearing it.

Anyways but there we go the four kings dresses!! Enjoy!

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fipindustries · 4 months

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What are your criticisms of Gravity Falls if you don't mind my asking?

ok, let me preface that i dont actually think gravity falls is bad. its a fine show. the only really big criticism you can make of it is that season 2 was very rushed, which is understandable given that hirsch was tired of dealing with disney, so i dont blame him.

when i was saying that Hilda is gravity falls done well i was being hyperbolic and shocking. my real point is that hilda is the gravity falls i would have made, or the gravity falls if it was made to cater to me.

this is going to sound weird but, compared to hilda, gravity falls feels too american. loud and colorful and over the top and the people there tend to be really unlikeable. it was a little too inspired by internet culture and sometimes it felt like it was going out of its way to get turned into internet memes.

again, this is not necesarily a flaw in gravity falls, its obviously going for the roadside atraction, carnivale energy. its all about the american folk tourist trap. is about exploring that aesthetic and the reasons that aesthetic is so cool and fun. but after a while i found it tacky.

by contrast hilda is so incredibly chill and relaxing. hilda explores nature and the supernatural in a way that doesnt feel plastic or glitzy or over the top. hilda has a genuine capacity to invoke the numinous, the ethereal, the mystic.

and it feels so earnest! its humor is corny dad humor but there is a warmth there. there is not an ounce of irony or detached self awareness in its bones. gravity falls does a little too much marvel style humor. sometimes it insists upon itself. hilda as a show is so incredibly comfortable in its own skin, it doesnt have to justify anything by looking at the camera and going nudge nudge wink wink.

hilda reminds me of the otherverse in a way gravity falls never could. in hilda the main character will tend to solve problems with magical creatures by doing a contest of riddles or by figuring out some arcane social ritual or by figuring a loophole on a contract. in gravity falls they would usually solve a conflict by way of wacky action scene while screaming a lot.

again, different strokes for different folks, i dont think either is necesarily better than the other in an absolute sense. i just prefer hilda a lot more

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charliearlet · 4 months

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Finally got around to drawing my Tav- Rosemary! They/them, half wood elf, archfey warlock, trying to step away from the glitzy fae aesthetics to be something harsher

i think they were abandoned in the woods as a child and their patron is their adopted mom? they had a pretty bad fight recently so Rosemary is rebelling a bit (tho still gets powers bc their mom still wants them to be safe)

#my art #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 tav #Rosemary #also theyre into gale bc he's silly and they think thats charming #bg3 fanart #dnd

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amphtaminedreams · 2 months

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Relevant on the Runway in the Run Up to Fashion Week: F/W23 through to Pre-Fall 2024 & My Top 25 (Part 6)

-Susan Fang, top to bottom: RTW F/W23, S/S24-

-Tanya Taylor, top to bottom: pre-fall 2023, RTW F/W23, resort 2024, RTW S/S24, pre-fall 2024-

-top to bottom: The Attico RTW F/W23, RTW S/S24, resort 2024, Theory RTW F/W23-

-top to bottom: Tia Adeola RTW F/W23, S/S24, Tokyo James RTW F/W23-

-top to bottom: Torey Burch RTW F/W23, resort 2024, S/S24, Tomo Koizumi RTW F/W23-

-top to bottom: Trussardi RTW F/W23, Vera Wang RTW S/S24-

-Ulla Johnson, clockwise L-R: RTW F/W23, S/S24, resort 2024-

-Valentino, clockwise L-R: RTW F/W23, S/S24, pre-fall 2024, haute couture S/S23, pre-fall 2023, haute couture F/W23-

-Versace, clockwise L-R: RTW F/W23, S/S24, pre-fall 2023-

-Victoria Beckham, clockwise L-R: resort 2024, RTW F/W23, S/S24, pre-fall 2024, pre-fall 2023-

-L-R, top to bottom: Viktor & Rolf haute couture S/S23, F/W23, Vivetta RTW F/W23, pre-fall 2023, RTW S/S24-

-top to bottom: Viviano RTW F/W23, S/S24, We11done RTW S/S24-

-Vivienne Westwood, top to bottom: RTW F/W23, S/S24-

-top to bottom: Wiederhoeft RTW F/W23, S/S24, Y/Project “ -

-Yohji Yamamoto, clockwise L-R: RTW F/W23, S/S24-

-Yuhan Wang, top to bottom: RTW F/W23, S/S24-

-Zimmerman, clockwise L-R: resort 2023, 2024, RTW S/S24, S/S23, F/W22-

-Zuhair Murad, top to bottom: haute couture S/S23, F/W23-

And that’s the lot!

So to round it all up, here’s a quick recap of my standouts from the last year or so of collections, and what’s still on my mind to get me through this winter.

It was hard to choose how many to limit myself to. A top 50? Too much, a whole post on its own. But a top 20? That’s not enough.

So signing off, in no particular order, here are my top 25 from F/W23 all the way up to S/S24, in time for the start of the FW24 collections we’ll be seeing over the next few weeks!

Schiaparelli EVERYTHING: Is it any surprise Schiaparelli is on the list? Alll the fashion girlies atm are obsessed with everything Schiaparelli does, and how could you not be? Daniel Roseberry’s designs are intricate, luxurious, dramatic, and consistently ahead of the game in terms of creativity. Nobody is doing it like him right now, and for that reason, his pieces are instantly recognisable.

-clockwise L-R: Schiaparelli RTW S/S24, haute couture F/W23, S/S23, Fendi haute couture F/W23, S/S23, Schiaparelli RTW F/W23-

2. Fendi Haute Couture F/W23 and S/S23: Fendi’s Haute Couture collections never disappoint me. Time and time again, Kim Jones offers us her elegant take on glitzy femininity, balancing glamour with soft, ethereal colour palettes, silhouettes and fabrics. This year, she’s given us the red carpet iteration of balletcore (which is an aesthetic I never saw coming or thought of but am obsessed with btw) and for that, I am forever thankful.

-clockwise L-R: Dilara Fındıkoğlu RTW F/W23, Ambush RTW S/S23, F/W23, S/S23, S/S24, Chopona Lowena RTW S/S24, Di Petsa RTW S/S24, Roberto Cavalli RTW S/S24, Yuhan Wang RTW F/W23, Moschino RTW F/W23, Rave Review RTW S/S24, Yuhan Wang RTW S/S24, Roberto Cavalli RTW F/W23, Di Petsa RTW F/W23, Ermanno Scervino RTW S/S24-

3. Dilara Fındıkoğlu RTW F/W23: Dilara’s ethereal, post-apocalyptic take on grunge delivers everyyy, singleee time! As if I didn’t wish I had Bella Hadid’s life enough already (minus having Yolanda “have a couple of almonds and chew them really well” Hadid as a mother), she then stepped out in that DF custom set and my envy increased tenfold.

4. Ambush EVERYTHING: The way Yoon Ahn’s styles the garments she designs under her label Ambush is the end result I’m trying to achieve whenever I actually make an effort in putting together an outfit these days, as rare as that is atm. Yes, at it’s core, the brand embraces a street wear-friendly version of the grunge aesthetic (I know, I use the word grunge to death but my love for that way of dressing will never die! I lived one full year in the 90s and I’m going to milk being a 90s baby only in the very literal sense for all it’s worth!) But through that lens Yoon plays with a number of other trends, from techwear to the academia-influenced styling craze, and has all that fun incorporating elements from those avenues, whilst retaining the edge that underlies her vision of the brand. The level of flexibility she manages to display without compromising the Ambush blueprint is exactly what makes Yoon’s collections a reliable source of outfit inspiration for those of us who have a strong attachment to one particular style but like to take cues from whichever other aesthetic is dominating the trend cycle at that moment too.

5. Chopona Lowena RTW S/S24: Cutesy ‘90s inspired grunge? Bloody love it. Which reminds me that I should reiterate, NO you don't get a pound every time I say grunge. Not in this economy:(

6. Di Petsa RTW F/W23 & S/S24: I was lucky enough to see a Di Petsa piece in person at the Design Museum’s Alexander McQueen sponsored REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion exhibition, and yes, it was as perfectly sculpted to the mannequin as her pieces are to the models who wear them on the runway IRL. Dimitra Petsa is a little bit of a genius I think. She’s so clearly fuelled by an appreciation of the divine feminine energy of women in the sense which we originally started using the term rather than the way we mostly use it now which is more often than not sardonically to justify our bedrotting days (which I’m totally on board with btw because performing femininity is fucking exhausting tehe), meaning her designs highlight the raw, stripped back power and beauty of the female body and everything it does without us even having to try. Di Petsa’s collections give the world a much needed reminder of the strength and grace of women whatever size or shape we are, and shows us that we don’t need to A). have some otherworldly power or B). Get a shit tonne of filler and plastic surgery to emulate the goddesses of both today’s and yesteryear’s standards.

7. Roberto Cavalli RTW F/W23 & S/S24: Fausto Puglisi treads carefully along the line separating bold and gaudy with his take on Cavalli but both the RTW collections were fucking phenomenal this year, taking it back to at a time when Coachella fashion was at the peak of cultural relevance, and what a TIME to be alive that was.

8. Yuhan Wang RTW F/W23 & S/S24: Take something bit granny chic, a bit little girlish, a couple of pieces from a motorcycle gang and throw it all together, and you get that signature Yuhan Wang look. To quote Liam Hess’ review for Vogue Runway of Yang’s RTW S/S24 collection: "Yuhan Wang’s vision of femininity may appear delicate on the surface, but it’s always undercut with something steelier and a little dangerous." Yah. He said it much better than I can. That's why he writes for Vogue and I talk to myself on here, lol.

9. Moschino RTW F/W23: Glitzy, opulent, old-Hollywood infused punk? Consider me obsessed.

10. Rave Review RTW S/S24: SoOoo glad to finally see a collection from the pioneers of chintzy grunge (I’m sorry but what other word can I use?!) on the runway. See, I make the distinction between Rave Review, Chopona Lowena and Yuhan Wang because Rave Review, in the best way possible, excel at a creating pre-loved feel to their collections. That isn’t to say it looks like the shit no one wants. It looks like the wardrobe of the coolest girl you know who can spend an afternoon browsing her local charity stores, the evening in front of her sewing machine, and by the morning can produce some up-cycled magic that you wish you had the talent to create yourself. I want to be that girl! I’m just a sewing machine and few decent charity shops in my local area short but trust and believe I’m working on it, lol!

11. Ermanno Scervino RTW S/S24: How very high-end LoveShackFancy of Ermanno Scervino to give us this Y2K style Bohemian dream and then refine it in line with the whole “stealth wealth/clean girl” minimalism craze that had such a chokehold over 2023 (and which I hope we leave behind, for the sake of its racist undertones if nothing else). Taken to either end of the spectrum, as in pink frilly floral overkill or an endless cycle of shapeless neutrals, I’m beginning to get a bit worn out with both but the meeting of the two here with the pops of colour in the embroidery was something magical, a beautiful partnership<3

-clockwise L-R: pre-fall 2023, RTW F/W23, resort 2024, RTW S/S24-

12. David Koma EVERYTHING: Beyond slept on and idk why! This man was behind Mugler for several years, which is one of my alll time favourite brands, and I think it’s safe to say a staple for many. So where is the buzz about his solo offering? Idk. It is strange because I feel like his collections share a lot of the attributes (y2k feel, hyper-feminine, sex appeal, a bit of edge, overall bit of a Bratz doll vibe if ygm?) as Blumarine and everyone is head over heels for that? So yeah, I truly don’t know. Maybe it’s not luxury enough? I’ve never really cared about that. You don’t get much more luxury than a Hermes Birkin and yet I think they’re dull as dishwater and no one can convince me otherwise regardless of how much a status symbol they’ve become. Maybe it’s my youth, maybe I’d feel differently if I too was a real housewife of Beverly Hills but yeah, give me David Koma over Hermes any day.

-clockwise L-R: Diesel resort 2024, pre-fall 2023, pre-fall 2024, RTW F/W23, S/S24-

13. Diesel EVERYTHING: Wow, Diesel must be the no.1 contender for fashion house comeback of the 2020s so far. And it’s what’s deserved for a name as cool as Diesel, I mean, it is so simple but so good!

As far as I’m concerned Diesel had been relegated to the leagues of the higher price mark section of the Next catalogue for the past decade and yet the past couple of fashion weeks their shows have arguably been amongst the most anticipated. I feel like I’ve said sexy biker grunge or some combination of these 3 words too many times in this post already but look, it’s kind of like the aspirational aesthetic of choice for me minus the sexy part and add in a girlier, more dainty strain of femininity instead bc I do not have the body nor the bone structure or the RHYTHM to have sex appeal. I was built with the body that’s giving little boy at its lowest possible weight and chubby baby at its highest so yay. The sexy thing isn't gonna happen for me, I’m at peace with that, lmao.

-clockwise L-R: Erdem pre-fall 2024, RTW S/S24, pre-fall 2023, RTW F/W23, resort 2024-

14. Erdem EVERYTHING: Genuine question here, would Erdem Moralioglu's work be fitting of what Gen Z mean when they talk about whimsy goth or am I way off-base? Honestlyyy, I’m so out of the loop when it comes to this phenomenon of coding everything and idk if I like it because tbh, it seems like it’s only accelerated the pace of fast fashion. Once TikTok has put a label on aesthetic, it starts getting manufactured cheaply en masse and within a matter of weeks, everyone is fatigued and moves right onto the next craze of X/Y/Z “core”. Like apparently mob wife core is a thing now? Kill me FR. When I hear that all I think of is Teresa Giudice flipping a table and calling Danielle Staub "prostitution whore".

Sorry, I'm getting wildly off-topic here, back to whimsy goth…I don’t know what the TikTok/Pinterest certified cues for that vibe are, but within my understanding of the word, it’d be something like this? Because romantic, gothic, elegant, and eurgh, I hate this term, but also like, badass. Essentially, Erdem's dark dramatic touches constitute what I think of as the gothic part and the former adjectives contribute the whimsical part. Anyways, yah, sorry I had to say the word badass. I’m now thinking I could’ve more accurately summarised my understanding of whimsy goth by saying steampunk Disney princess, lol. It pained me to type especially because we don’t really say ass in England, but badARSE sounds really awkward and yeah, let's just move on...

-clockwise L-R: Zimmerman resort 2023, RTW S/S23, F/W23, S/S24, resort 2024-

15. Zimmerman EVERYTHING: I feel like the two opposing sides of the coin representing my personal style are in such stark contrast to one another because yes, one the one hand, I will always be obsessed with that whole forbidden g-word ‘90s look but I also do adore the whole flower power vibe, and for me, Zimmerman does that perfectly. This is to say, essentially, it leans subtly enough in that direction that you can still imagine a Zimmerman dress looking gorgeous with a big, vintage oversized coat, clunky boots, and dark makeup if you get me? There is one particular FKA Twigs look I’m thinking of as I type this, iykyk. But yeah, I never don’t love a collection from them, hence the inclusion on this list!

16. Jacquemus RTW F/W23: Speaking of clunky boots…Can you IMAGINE one of the little white dresses from this collection with some black platform Doc Martens and a black velvet choker or corsage? Like to reference Courtney Love for what is probably the millionth time, this would be the dream outfit inspired by her, however much of a groupie that makes me sound.

On a side note, Jacquemus’ S/S24 collection only came out, like, last week which is why it wasn’t included in the post but I can’t lie…it is a hugeee step down from this. The disappointment echoes my feelings the new Gucci collection, only I guess I can hold onto the hope this is just a meh year for Jacquemus rather than the loss of another absolutely legendary creative spark. Yeah, Alessandro Michele I miss u xx

-top to bottom: Le Fame pre-fall 2023, RTW S/S24-

17. Le Fame EVERYTHING: I only found out about Le Fame, Miss Sohee, Sultry Virgin etc. through HF Twitter (yeah, X is never catching on) and I feel indignant that only a handful of those are on Vogue Runway. Look when it comes to my A-Zs, if I find anything I like in a collection, I will include it, even if it’s nothing groundbreaking in my eyes. Because range, you know? But amongst the standouts from a collection, the rest can be really fucking drab, and yet the brand makes the top of the Vogue feed regardless, purely based on reputation. Yet Le Fame gets tumbleweeds. Where is the justice for Shanghai Fashion Week? ALL the non-western centric fashion weeks for that matter. WHY has ShuShu/Tong only just got a place on the Vogue Runway archive? I mean, it’s bad all round but the erasure of Shanghai FW in particular bothers me because western fashion is so clearly influenced by East Asian fashion and atm it’s just like we capitalise on it without paying our dues (shocker).

-clockwise L-R: Rahul Mishra haute couture F/W23, S/S23, Giambattista Valli haute couture F/W23, S/S23-

18. Rahul Mishra Haute Couture S/S23 & F/W23: Whilst we're on the topic, thank god for HF Twitter for alerting me to yet another designer ignored until very recently by Western fashion critics. Don’t get me wrong, I like a bit of Elie Saab as much as the next girly girl but every collection lately has been more of the same, risk-free and repetitive. You look at Rahul Mishra, and instantly, you can see just how much work and passion goes into his designs. The end results are that these dresses are utterly ETHEREAL. I have been seeing more talk about RM lately and his collections have recently started being covered by Vogue. I hope this acknowledgment continues!

19. Giambattista Valli Haute Couture F/W23 & S/S23: The princessiest (yeah, that’s a word now) of princess dresses. OFC GV makes it on this list. For the sake of my inner child, if not anything else, who thought that a job in the fashion industry was actually achievable and that wearing a dress like this one day was within my reach. The little me who didn’t know what nepotism even meant, this is for you.

20. Selkie RTW S/S24: So I wouldn’t usually include Selkie in a fashion week post as maybe, for reasons stemming from my own prejudices, I assume anything I have ever been able to afford at any point in my life does not count as high fashion. But the Selkie show for this season, imo, truly epitomised what is supposed to be the whole point of fashion which is to translate our inner beauty to outer beauty on our own terms, in a way that makes us feel empowered and the most magnificent version of ourselves. Selkie speaks to the playful feminine spirit within me, and to see women of all sizes, ethnicities, ages, and abilities looking absolutely enchanting made me feel hopeful for a day when I don’t still feel like the only version of myself that is worthy of being “perceived” (lmao) is the one who still owned that beautiful, tiny Selkie dress, who has to punish and deprive their body to fit into it! Seeing this runway on Twitter gave me a degree of faith that this future where I feel confident and comfortable in my recovered body does exist. So yeah. I had to include it here:)

-top to bottom: Shushu/Tong RTW S/S24, F/W23-

21. Shushu/Tong RTW F/23 & S/S24: I hate to introduce new material at such a late stage but I was choosing my favourite looks from ShuShu/Tong’s S/S24 collection and just thought, I want more! So I did some Googling and managed to find the F/W23 collection too! And it’s just as stunning as S/S24. This is why it’s such a calamity that we don’t get more Shanghai FW coverage, I s2g.

-clockwise L-R: Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini RTW S/S24, Cult Gaia resort 2024, Dominnico RTW F/W23, Zuhair Murad haute couture F/W23-

22. Zuhair Murad Haute Couture F/W23: Okay so obvs the S/S23 couture collection was gorg and lush too buut holy shit, the gothic touches of F/W23 took things to another level for me!

23. Dominnico RTW F/W23: If Sam Levinson decides to have Maddy Perez go through a kawaii-influenced cyberpunk phase and then become a dominatrix in season 3 of Euphoria (and let’s be real, equally nonsensical things have happened on that show), this is what her character should be wearing in keeping with her personal style. Niche, I know. Just please, for the love of god, make her come of age first. I have no time for that man’s insistence on sexualising minors. Justice for Barbie Ferrera and Kat Hernandez, honestly.

24. Cult Gaia Resort 2024: Is it…mermaid core?

And lastly…

25. Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini RTW S/S24: He made layers SEXY.

Honourable mentions go to a few brands I plan to focus on anyway over my next couple of posts (another In the Front Row at…kinda post, and also little 2023 Pt.2 Recap) so I won’t go overboard yapping on about them here too, but to summarise a few points:

I was pleasantly surprised by Maria Grazia Chiurui’s work at Dior this past year? IDK if it’s just that my expectations of Dior based on the collections we’ve seen over the previous few years have set the bar really low, but almost all of it was super pretty. Maria has garnered a reputation for being all quantity and no quality, which is fair enough, however I truly think we saw both this year. So maybe this is all to say…Dior gets the Most Improved award?

Alessandro Michele’s final Gucci RTW collection was full of showstoppers and honestly, I don’t know how Sabato De Sarno is supposed to follow on from that. His Gucci S/S24 was nice enough and probably more in keeping with the brand's old school aesthetic but the character Alessandro brought to the brand is gone and I feel like a little part of me has died along with that. I don’t know what to feel because his version of the brand is the brand in my eyes, at this point, like he resuscitated it and nourished it and got people excited enough about it to reestablish Gucci's place at the precipice of high fashion, and yet seeing S/S24 I feel that artistic flair is gone. If I’m being optimistic, maybe De Sarno is just playing the long game and that, in going back to basics, his aim is to create a point of reference he can build upon over time to develop his own equally bold vision of luxury. Let’s say Sabato De Sarno gets the Person I Most Hope Will Improve award.

Finally, in the absence of Michele’s Gucci and on the back of another year of incredible collections, I think I can finally say…Rokh, you’re my new number one.

To conclude, though, that’s enough from me! I’ve already done way too much chatting shite for a photo post. If I start talking about anything else now, it’ll surely end up as some rant about the state of the world which will inevitably be coming soon, anyway, so for now all I have to say is 1. Free Palestine and 2. I hope anyone reading this is doing otherwise okay notwithstanding the horrific levels of injustice occurring, i.e the abhorrent displays of solidarity with a government perpetrating war crimes by many Western “democratic" leaders. Even when we knew they were awful before, seeing this situation play out is devastating. Be kind to yourself. All we can do some days is get by and that’s okay. To exist in a place where our lives are not constantly at threat is in itself a beautiful thing that everyone deserves, and I know most of us appreciate that and want that for everyone else too.

With that, I’ll say goodbye and will be posting again soon.

Lauren x

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okay so I watched two plays this past week, cabaret and a mirror. i also watched hadestown the week before, and it was fucking Stunning, but ive been thinking of how cabaret and a mirror have become pieces of comparison for me in terms of what they were attempting to do (I think I could also compare hadestown and cabaret in a similar way).

i did write quite a long first reaction to cabaret, basically summed up as, it was very good, very talented performers, and very politically safe -- the audience invited to it were always going to be overwhelmingly straight, well-off, and white, because that's how it was marketed and how it was priced, and so accordingly the show didn't seem to want to make that audience feel too challenged by being compared too harshly with the german woman who goes back on her engagement with a jewish man and decides to safely capitulate to the oncoming nazis, by being too called-out by songs like "money makes the world go around" and "if you could see her like i do," and even the idea that if you do not stand up politically when fascists are knocking at your door, then you are supporting fascists (and all this wrapped up in a glitzy, queer circus aesthetic to enjoy voyeuristically)

so it was very interesting going from that feeling to a play like a mirror, which was all abouuuuut censorship! @gjdraws big rundown forya!

spoilers:

we begin with all of us at a wedding -- an officially licenced perfectly legal wedding, is stressed, before the officials leave and we're suddenly directly informed that the play is about to start

as we watch it becomes apparent that the fourth wall isn't there, that we're a part of the performance, that we're watching a play within a play, and that the characters know that the audience is there

the play-within-a-play is a tale of a new playwright who comes up against the force of censorship in an unnamed country. JLM plays both the person clearly putting on the play, and the man who speaks in favour of censorship -- but specifically a benevolent censorship

no truncheons, no "re-education centers," just finding real talent (like this new playwright) and pointing them in the right direction, not writing reality, but inspirational, beautiful pieces

this becomes a problem when the playwright makes it apparent that he just writes what he hears -- he's got a photographic memory, and he's hiiiighly coded as autistic, not quite understanding the underlying messaging he's receiving, that he's expected to write propaganda

this all comes to a head when he reveals that he was there during a famous battle that was lauded as a great victory against terrible odds, but in actuality was indicative of terrible leadership that killed a lot of people -- because he was simply instructed to write about this battle, he writes it exactly as he remembers it...

worse, he keeps transcribing the exact conversation he has with the man who's trying to groom him to greatness, the "minister for the department of culture not the censorship department!!!" this man has secret copies of shakespeare (illegal) stashed under floorboards, will frequently mock other directors, and generally speaks in a way that shows him to be pompous, grandiose, hypocritical, and manipulative

from aspiring playwright to getting arrested and tortured by the police, we then get interrupted by the authorities. everyone in the room has been arrested (audience included) for dissemination of illegal materials. the end

a few interesting, thought-provoking, and/or funny things

the play-within-a-play actually gets interrupted a couple of times throughout, and the sham-wedding hastily re-established, adding a certain danger to the whole proceeding, but also a lot of comedy, as scenes are changed by the actors themselves

a particular Moment is when the man playing the playwright and the woman playing the secretary to "the minister for the department of culture" are about to have sex -- it's steamy and kind of a fun way of playing with the idea of explicit verbal consent- she asks him about how he writes, he says he just puts down what he sees as is, she tells him to narrate what she's doing, up until she kisses him, he narrates his reciprocation prior to kissing her back, then that she pulls down his trousers, before she takes over, narrating that he hikes up her skirt- and then the play is interrupted and they have to hastily readjust their clothes and pretend nothing is happening! followed by her going "uh there was meant to be a sex scene here, but we'll just skip it now," and the actor meant to be coming on next being caught unaware with a drink and a cigarette in his hand

it is a wonderful showcasing of JLM's presence onstage, he's just the mostest! of all time! he gets to play the whole range, villainous in the play-within-a-play, righteous revolutionary when it turns out he's the actual playwright as they all get arrested and dragged away, nervous manic energy whenever the play is getting interrupted, he's serious, he's hammy, he's jittery, he's menacing, he's oafish, he's sincere, he's devastated, genuinely doing it all!!!

the interaction with the audience is what really struck me, specifically in comparison with cabaret -- now obvs one doesn't have to do cabaret with direct audience interaction, and the thing is there was actually a fair bit of it in the pre-show and in the interval, and we have that opening willkommen bienvenue welcome promising the audience that everything is wonderful and perfect (which the subsequent play then negates). but my issue was (much longer in my actual cabaret post) how withdrawn from the audience that musical was. how politically disconnected, how little it felt - to me - like i was actually at a cabaret, or at a show interacting with the audience on a meta level

a mirror was incredibly meta, incredibly in-your-face, incredibly direct and pinpoint accurate in how it wanted to tell this -- the audience were dissidents, but we were also being warned: words have power, plays have power, censorship is a real danger, it already exists, be wary of complacency and when certain kinds of community voices are dehumanised as inherently dangerous ideas...

it was strange coming across this almost by accident, honestly, really because i was going to watch something that jlm was in, and boy was it Something! ive been noting how many narratives like this ive been coming across this year -- most recently hadestown, a mirror, babel, and monkey man all within two weeks. the fight is worth fighting, even though we may not win, or may not change everything at once, the fight is worth fighting, and it's global, it's spiritual, it's words, politics, religion (im sure i'll come across something based in science too). i don't know yet how to internalise these stories in reality, considering the reality we're living in. for now they're simply living alongside reality, whether it's the work i do, or the work and resistance happening around the world. it's not perfect, but the fight is worth fighting

#a mirror #jlm #jonny lee miller #all the actors were great #also i got to talk with two lovely men who sat next to me #i enjoy chatting with strangers #art

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Hey there!

I just read a couple of your reviews and analyses of Trigun Stampede and OMG we both have the almost exact same gripes and problems with it! Like the pacing is so weird, there’s no breathing room for the characters to develop and most of the interactions between the characters feel like either ham-fisted exposition or shallow lip-service and as messy and crowded as it feels so far it also feels so empty, and I’m not getting any of the emotional nuance or anything that made the original so compelling, among everything else, like almost completely getting rid of the spaghetti western aesthetic that makes Trigun such a unique beast, turning Meryl into a generic uwu seasonal waifu that actively fawns over Vash, how Vash’s design goes against everything that’s encoded into his original design, this Roberto guy that sucks the joy out of every scene he’s in and constantly bullies Meryl, the lack of meaningful emotional connections between each character and by extension the audience, among many other things that we both have problems with. And even Vash’s character feels…off, like an empty imitation, and I don’t know why, but it feels empty.

All in all it’s so far little more than a flashy, style over substance sci fi action anime at best, an utter mess at worst, and it’s nice to see someone who’s familiar with both the 98 anime and the manga can actually see and analyse the glaring flaws in a thoughtful, insightful way and can see past the glitzy animation, which at this point makes me think that Studio Orange were more concerned with showing off their fancy CGI tech than anything. I also feel like they’ve leant much more into the sci-fi part and made such drastic changes to characters like Meryl to appeal more to the Japanese audience as well as modern anime audiences in general and in the process sacrificed ALOT, what do you think?

Hello hello,

Sorry for the slow reply, I'm trying to crank though a few before the work week starts tomorrow and I have another busy week work ahead.

I'm sort of relieved that other people are really noticing other things with Stampede that are why they aren't really liking or enjoying it. It took me a few metas to really begin to get past the initial reaction of something bothering me and getting annoyed about it but not being able to articulate it in the first few episodes. The original manga and anime were the product of its time and referred back to other forms of media that someone born after 2000 likely would not have seen. It truly was a unique beast that was destined for niche fans in Japan and I don't think they predicted how huge it would get outside of the country. It is pretty much a form of media that Gen-X or Millennials would watch and get a lot of the references. The part that I miss the most was the spaghetti western aspect of it - I freakkin' loved those as a kid growing up and watched My Name is Nobody a lot on VHS. They are a weird period slice of media and if you were familiar with them it translated over so well to Trigun.

I've watched a ton of anime over the years and I'm still shocked that I'm this disappointed about a series that I loved over twenty years ago. The original was an odd duck when it came out but I think that was its special sauce; it was a beautiful onion that unpeeled to a deeply emotional series that really forced you to examine your morals and society. You cried in episode 23. Hard.

I'm with you - I feel this version of Vash feels empty. Yet, even six episodes in, I can't nail down why. He says similar things, he's shown to be able to do things but the best I can come up with is how he faces situations. In the original, he did run away from his problems, I mean he was doing it for over 100 years. But, he wasn't always running and would do his best to discretely do his part and have a less deadly outcome. Even if it meant getting gum stuck in a barrel or being tied up. He was incredibly friendly with people and joked around when possible and never stopped trying to look on the sunny side even when things were bleak. Manga Vash isn't as chipper, but when he helps out Livio pointing out that there is nothing better than eating food and being alive . . . he was a more supportive character. Meryl is a disappointment and no Milly - sighs. I can look back now and says that I clearly liked the original since it was an anime from the 90s that had TWO female characters who both brought things to the table, were competent and fed into the overall character growth of the entire core group. I 100% agree that the nuance and flavor of the original were completely sacrificed in the name of a 'serious' yet digestible sci fi action series. Yes, Meryl was indeed uwu-ized for a domestic audience and likely for international fans who like that type of character as well. Milly was cut because - well how do you explain Milly to a current anime audience? I'm trying to think of a contemporary character who is like her. Or a series she could be in? Gintama maybe? The series has good female characters but she's still too tall and not cute enough.

Actually, there is one series where I know she could work ~ but that cast of characters is already huge and if my theory is correct, both she and Meryl got gender swapped to male characters with slightly different flavors. And neither of them are reading the newspaper in this manga color panel.

Stay tuned for a longer meta by me about how the shounen/diverse cast/bonkers humor aspect of Trigun lives on in Blood Blockade Battlefront.

Studio Orange wants Stampede to be pretty, sci fi and dazzle everyone. With my episode six review done, I've really added to that even more. Whatever the final product will be, it will lack all the elements of the original sources. It isn't about if the '98 anime was better or the manga, they are both good for different reasons and that's fine. But they answered the same core questions, asked the same moral dilemmas and brought in the same themes. They just got there in two different ways. I'd like Studio Orange to be successful, but I'm not keen on their choices and it will be interesting to see the result.

Either people will go and look up the original and if they aren't used to the 90s animation style go - ick - and not get further or hopefully, they will see that the 90s anime and manga went some very interesting directions narratively and it pays off to sit back, watch/read and then cry along the way. And realize that original OST for Trigun was a killer gem of the late '90s along with Escaflowne. I just sigh as if Studio Orange wanted it to have a more visual impact, they should have kept the more 90s chara designs to catch the attention in our saturated landscape. In the 90s it would have been harder to notice with similar styles but now, that spiky blond hair! Would have worked better!

#trigun anime #trigun stampede #ask #answered ask

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i can't really empathize with jokes about how your f/o is just some guy, and you're sexy beautiful because i simply don't think about my f/os that way. i sometimes try to because it fits my image ig but it's boring to me. even if their taste may seem silly or sometimes bad, it's still so special to me because it's theirs, and i love them, and that makes it good. i may make fun of them, but i'm still incredibly defensive, and i don't like the idea of placing myself above them in any way. acting like i think i'm more special than them would feel narcissistic, humorless, and overall disingenuous because no, i don't. i think they're so hot and so lovable, i care way more about them than my own ego. i wouldn't have fun loving them if i was also constantly making it about the fact that i'm "better" than them in some way, even if solely aesthetic. it doesn't coincide with the actual way i feel about them or the way i like to view others in general. i just like the idea of being myself with them, and there may be a noticeable contrast in our visual styles, but that's not indicative of any superiority on my behalf just because i like to look glitzy. it's just a difference, and that's endearing.

#sparkletwinkles #i know it seems silly but this was good to get off my chest #i see a lot of jokes by people who like england in particular joking about how it's stupid to like him because he's bland or ugly #and it's like. ok. i don't see him that way and i think that's kind of shallow

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🎤👠🌟 Hi there, (21+) F here! So with the show being dead and done (hopefully for good), I think it's safe to say that The Idol on HBO by Sam Levinson was an extremely underwhelming dumpster fire of male gaze voyeurism that totally failed what it could've been. The dialogue was poorly written, the characterization was subpar, the sex was not sexy and the Weeknd did not give what needed to be gave.

Which is to say: I just wanted to know if anyone might be interested in doing an OC x OCs/Mumu Discord RP where they'll essentially write as an aspiring pop star or actor (Y/C) who, after having a nervous breakdown, huge scandal, major fall from grace, etc. decides they want to make the comeback of the century, but end ups getting involved with the wrong crowd (M/C's) and starts a tumultuously toxic relationship with a conman/leader (M/C) of a modern day cult.

Essentially, I am looking to fix The Idol! Obviously no prior knowledge of the show is required, I'm only using the premise as a blueprint. And while I'd love to keep the glitzy grimy aesthetic of the show, I'd have no problem changing everything and anything else. I'd love to make it queerer (MxM/FxF) and include more POC and trans/nb characters, as well as completely overhaul the general pacing of the story. I'd also want to explore the effects of child stardom, the commodification of celebrity as products instead of people, the dangers of Hollywood nightlife, and what it means to be an icon! I'd also like to keep the 18+ and adult/darker themes which means I do have to ask MDNI.

Finally, I'm pretty open to kink and smut (as well as incorporating themes of: age gaps, manipulation, corruption, exploitation, etc.) and would prefer it if my partner was as well. I do consider myself to be an advanced-lit/novella length RPer, but I'm very much a quality over quantity type of person. Oh, and I do have a preference for celeb FCs so please no drawn character or anime references. All in all, if this sounds like something you're interested in, feel free to like this post and I'll def be IMing you soon! ♡

Leave a like, and anon will get back to you!

#the idol roleplay #the idol rp #fandom roleplay #fandom rp #oc x oc #m/m #f/f #dead dove

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Young Royals Snippet #5

Convincing people that the monarchy had to be abolished was a lot harder than it should be.

Nowadays people simply no longer saw it as a threat.

At best they rolled their eyes and said, "So what? It's not just the monarchy causing class division and inequality. They don't have any political power, not like that one CEO, you know the one who—"

Most merely shrugged and didn't care, or they pretended not to, while secretly or not so secretly romanticizing the royal family and all their hanger-ons, speculating about their love lives for entertainment, like celebrities, but ones which had to be addressed by a deferential title and who received millions each year to dress pretty and shake hands, their privilege a matter of pride and tradition, a deserved compensation for representing their country on the world stage.

And oh look, isn't the Crown Prince handsome? Don't you just have to feel for him after how sad he looked at his brother's funeral almost a decade ago? How time flies by, the poor dear, so handsome and strong despite his grief, all grown up now, but well, you are probably too young to remember how cute he was as a toddler when he ...

It was infuriating.

It didn’t matter that the monarchy had no more power on paper, was entirely useless in theory, because when the Crown Prince visited an animal sanctuary journalists and random people alike suddenly paid attention to the cause, had an opinion and cared, acting as if the concept of such a thing was entirely new to them, as if they couldn’t conceptualize the importance of animal welfare without the heir to centuries of injustice and exploitation showing up for a minute to shake hands and cuddle a puppy, cameras of course always ready to capture every second and to make the visit seem much longer than it actually had been.

The fact that said Crown Prince looked cute cuddling puppies was entirely beside the point.

Or rather it wasn’t, because that was intentional as well, was another way for the establishment to romanticize the monarchy, to make it seem benign and harmless, and Simon had no doubt that countless teenage girls were right at this moment saving the pictures of the puppy cuddling prince on their phones, dreaming of being his future princess and to one day be cuddled by the privileged waste of taxes in turn, not spending a second caring about the starvation and death his palaces were built upon, about the countless other animals the Crown Prince hadn’t cuddled, nor about the puppy which had most certainly gotten dozens of adoption requests the moment the pictures were posted, completely ignoring the fact that that wasn’t what animal sanctuaries were for, that they weren’t shelters eager to find a forever home for their charges, that this wasn't even a dog sanctuary, that the puppy was just a prop, one which was safer and less divisive than having the heir to the throne pet the actual wildlife there, and it made Simon so angry, because all of that shouldn’t be necessary.

People shouldn’t require pampered mascots to highlight worthy causes, especially not when the only reason said mascots did anything worthwhile was to distract from their own scandals and shady dealings. And anyway, what about all the other causes which didn’t come with a charming photo opportunity or glitzy galas?

Simon hated the monarchy, and the fact that its currently most popular face was objectively aesthetically pleasing and constantly surrounded by an alluring air of melancholy didn’t change that one bit.

Still, know your enemy, or so the saying went, and Simon very much understood the reasons for that, pressing save on the picture he was never going to look at again, because being hot did not magically make one a good person, nor did it make profiteering off of inherited wealth and inequality any less inexcusable, and really, fuck the monarchy, fuck it very much.

and then 30k later wilmon have angry sex

somehow

#in which Simon is a staunch republican campaigning to abolish the monarchy #and Wilhelm is the Crown Prince of Sweden who just so happens to be very handsome indeed #the lady doth protest too much #fics I’ll never write #fic snippet #young royals #young royals fic

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