#all i'm saying is that movies are a big part of the dna of the show

[blairwld]

I know that the dream sequences are Blair’s thing™ but literally all of the main ones (except for Chip lmao) are shown to love classic movies, and the show as a whole makes a lot of references, has the episode titles be from movies,etc. I think it would have been really cool to see some sequences aside from Blair’s particular taste. Nate having a Sound of Music related dream. Vanessa and Nate in an Age of Innocence scene. Dan having Hitchcock’s nightmares because he is so dramatic and loves Rear Window. Serena having a golden age musical fantasy. Dan and Serena Gatsby sequence.

#there's a lot of potential and genres with everyone's personalities #and the plot lines paralleling the show's plots #also i couldn't tell you a movie that chip likes to save my life #do we ever hear of a movie he likes?? #they kinda imply that the noir sequence is his. but is also blair's?? so idk #like. we don't get a lot for the others but they do mention a few books/movies so we can have a guess of what they would like #all i'm saying is that movies are a big part of the dna of the show #blair and dan love movies. vanessa is a filmmaker. serena at one point works in movie making #nate is not the biggest movie buff but he loves the sound of music and i love him for that <3 #and he learned to appreciate age of innocence #also the reboot not having dream sequences is so boring #og show was a little campy and that was part of the fun #i am rambling

[plentyoffandoms]

Main Masterlist ♡ Miscellaneous Movies Masterlist

Just like all my other stories, this has not been proofread, but please enjoy.

Gifs and photos do not belong to me. 1st gif @yeahthatsinteresting

Warnings: Some swearing. Stalking. Mentions murder. Fingering. Unprotected sex. Creampie. Choking. Use of the words whore and slut

WC 1553

Part 1 can be found here

YN'S POV:

I kept replaying what happened between myself and Ghostface. I hate that I find myself with my fingers between my legs, moaning out Ethan and Ghostface name.

I thought about calling the cops. I mean, I literally had his DNA all over my face, but I didn't want to be questioned by the cops about how I came to get such DNA.

I tried to play it off the next day, never once mentioning to anyone what happened to me the night before. I mean, I am alive, and that is all that matters.

But when I saw Ethan standing there with all of our friends, I stopped mid-step, not knowing how to act around him, but he smiled and waved at me, like he always did.

I gave him a fake smile and walked towards the group of them. "Hey, I tried to get a hold of you, but you didn't answer." Tara told me.

"Oh, I was studying with Ethan, and then I went back to my dorm and had a shower, then went straight to sleep." I tried not to show anyone I was lying.

"You tire her out or something, Ethan?" Chad started to nudge Ethan in the ribcage with his elbow. "Just studying. You know how I get when we have a big test coming up." Ethan smoothly lied to Chad.

I zoned out everyone else and focused my attention on Ethan. I'm trying to decide if I should even bring up what happened. I tried to lie to myself one last time that it wasn't Ethan under that mask.

I had myself so convinced that it wasn't Ethan until the wind blew and I got a strong wiff of his cologne, and I instantly got wet. The same smell from last night, Tragedy.

I walked with Tara and Sam, but I looked back, and I could see the smirk on Ethan's face as no one was paying attention to him.

Maybe I can ask someone to sleep at their place tonight.

◆

I ignored Ethan for the rest of the day. I ignored his text messages. I ignored him when he sat next to me and placed his arm around my shoulders.

Was it the smartest move, ignoring him as he is the killer? Probably not, but maybe he already has plans tonight that don't evolve killing or making me cum.

But when I walked into my dorm, I could smell him all around me, and I just knew that I was fucked for the night.

I turned around to run out of my room, but I felt a body slam me into the wall, my head hitting the wall and me blacking out.

◆

I woke up with a headache and a throbbing pain where I can only assume a large bump has formed from being knocked out.

I tried to move my arms and legs, but I noticed that I couldn't.

"What the fuck?" I said to myself as I noticed I was tied to my bed, completely naked. I started to thrash, trying to loosen the knots.

"Now, now, sweetheart, you are not going anywhere." I stopped moving as Ghostface emerged from the shadows.

"Please, I didn't go to the cops. I didn't tell anyone." I said as the tears started to fall. I hate myself for crying, but I am going to die, naked and tied to my bed.

"Even though you look beautiful with tears streaming down your face, no need for tears. I know you didn't tell anyone what happened last night. I know you didn't run to the cops with my DNA all over your face because, well, they would know you had your lips wrapped a serial killers cock and let him cum down your throat like the little whore you are."

He said as he got closer and closer to the bed. I didn't say anything else waiting for him to say or do something.

"What I am angry about is that you ignored me all day. Even when I sat down next to you, you didn't acknowledge me. I guess making you squirt last night didn't make you thankful for me keeping you alive."

"Say my name, YN, and I will make you one happy woman." He said as he stroked my inner thigh with his gloved hand. The same hand that made me black out last night from pleasure.

"Ghostface." I said, stuttering. He took his hand away.

"No, no. You know who I am. You know who really am."

"Ethan." I said without hesitation, staring straight into what I can only assume is his eyes behind the mask.

"That's a good girl." He shoved two fingers inside my already soaked pussy. My eyes closed, and my mouth fell open as I moaned. I didn't care at this point that I was being fingered once again by a serial killer.

There is something seriously wrong with me.

"Oh, there is, sweetheart, but don't worry. I will take care of you." I didn't realise I said that part out load, but I was already so lost in the pleasure that I was already too far gone.

I was close to finishing once again around his fingers when he cruelly pulled them away from my soaked pussy.

"What the fuck?" I forgot who was talking too. He gripped my cheeks, squeezing them to the point of hurting. "You watch your fucking tone with me or I make sure your death is as painful as possible. Maybe fuck that virgin ass first with no lube."

Why the fuck did that turn me on?

"Now, if I cut the ropes from your legs, you promise not to kick me?" I nodded my head, yes, trying to put off my death as much as possible.

He cut off each rope, and I didn't move.

I waited for him to do something else, but he moved towards the ropes that were tied to my wrists and held my one wrist tightly as he cut the rope.

He made quick work and tied my wrists together before cutting the other rope. I am still bound, but my hands and wrists are bound together in front of me. He made sure to keep the second cut rope, long enough that he could use it like a leash

He pulled me off the bed by my bound wrists and made himself comfy, pulling his cock out from his robes.

My eyes got wide when I saw how thick and long it was. He yanked on the rope, and I stumbled into the side of the bed.

"Do I have to do everything myself? Get on the bed." He growled at me. The voice modifier makes it seem even more scary. I got on the bed as quickly as I could. Ghostface/Ethan grabbed me by my upper arms and made me straddle his lap.

I gasped at the feeling of his hard cock nudging against the outside of my pussy.

"Hover." Was the simple instruction, and I did. He gripped the base of his cock and prodded my entrance. "So wet." Was all he groaned before impaling me upon his cock.

He shoved two fingers in my mouth as I scream. He was too big. I had tears streaming down my face once again.

"Shut up, shut up." He said as he slapped my cheek. Ethan pulled me forward, so I was flat across his chest.

I tried to get used to his size, but he gripped my ass cheeks in his hands and started to thrust up into me, making me cry out his name into his chest.

"I knew you would feel good around my cock."

"So tight, so warm. Fucking hell YN."

"Gonna fill you with my cum."

"No, please no." He knows I am not on birth control.

Ethan flipped us over, so I am now on my back. My legs wrapped around his waist, and he pounded me into my mattress.

By this point, I have become used to the size of his cock and now my own juices are soaking his cock.

"No?" He gripped my throat and started to squeeze it, making me start to see white spots. "You don't tell me no, sweetheart."

I couldn't hold on anymore. With a cry of his name, I came. I was so overstimulated from his rough fucking, him gripping my throat and him being Ghostface, I couldn't hold it anymore.

I cried out his name like a prayer as the lower part of my body started to shake from how powerful my orgasm was.

"Fucking slut." Was all he said as his thrusts become erratic and he finally stilled. I closed my eyes when I felt him fill me with his cum.

With a groan, he pulled out of me.

"Will you look at that. I came inside of you."

He tucked his cock away and I laid there, wondering if these were my last moments alive.

"Goodbye, sweetheart." Ethan pulled his knife out and held it above his head. I closed my eyes and waited for him to finish me off.

But he just cut the rope from my wrists and ran from the room.

He left me alive once more.

What game is he playing at here?

#reader imagine #female reader #reader insert #ethan landry x reader #ethan landry x you #ethan landry x y/n #ethan landry x female reader #ethan landry smut #ethan landry scream #ethan landry fic #ethan landry fanfiction #ghostface x reader #ghostface x you #ghostface x y/n #ghostface imagine #ghostface fanfiction #ethan landry #ghostface x female reader #ghostface smut

[bluepeachstudios]

GitS Asks!

I mean--

This is in chapter 24 of Part One!

Yeah! He's very careful and aware of how Donnie fights, and he also has to help Raph fight slightly different as well, because he's got a big ol' tail. He tries to train them to their strengths.

He doesn't as much as he used to, but his cloak has pockets! Otherwise he's usually out with Donnie, and Donnie has plenty. Recently he's been using Donnie's tech-bo that he made for Ghost, so Ghost has plenty of tools at his disposal.

Yeah, Ghost actually makes parallels to him when they first meet in chapter 12!

When I say the physics are different, there's nothing so different that it could be measured. It's just off. Ghost can feel it. It's hard to explain. Nothing is different on paper, but everything is just slightly not right. Ghost thinks it's just his own headspace of this not being home.

There is a period of adjustment! Part of the reason Raph knocks everything over is because he's a teenager, and he doesn't worry about being as careful. Ghost, on the other hand, is an adult and has been taught from childhood to step lightly, so he makes an effort to keep his tail under control. He still knocks things over tho.

He has to relearn how to move! He's a lot stronger than he was before as well, which... throws some things off.

They aren't exactly his clones, it's just that his DNA created a template that Draxum molded the mutagen from. If Ghost was just a different turtle from the same universe, their DNA would've been like. under 10% similar? But because of universal shenanigans, his DNA is VERY similar to Donnie's! Because they're the same person!!

But yeah Ghost has no idea Draxum got a hold of his blood.

Not EVERY kid, he definitely has a turtle bias... But yeah I'm excited for you guys to see Ghost meet Casey as well :D

Yes I wanted to make Ghost taller than Raph for another year or two before Raph keeps shooting up at ridiculous speeds <3 He'll be taller than Ghost again by the movie u.u

I cannot talk about this because spoilers. But I will show everyone.

Ghost SERIOUSLY got it from his dad. It's funny, because he considers himself nothing like his father, but he is very much a mirror of his love when it comes to the Rise kids. He'll get around to describing his father to them one day and they'll just be like "that just sounds like you???" and he will cry.

Hehehehe I'm so excited for you guys to see Ghost in Part 2.

(the answer is yes)

This is basically how I take notes for GitS fghkdjfgh

Explosions don't bother Ghost so much! He's used to hearing them from Donnie's lab. He'll go to check on any loud noises like that of course, and he'll be worried/nervous until he has eyes on all the kids, but he's okay.

(thank @crownedcrowrow for the art of Ghost)

Nope, just because they simply don't do it! They found 'shell' too funny and started using it ironically but now it's not ironic anymore. They're also kinda afraid what happens if they cuss. Ghost doesn't really do it in front of them, so they don't want to risk it.

Yup! It's actually got a pretty good grip once he gets used to using it. It basically becomes his tool-fetcher.

WE GOT ANOTHER ONE BOYS!!!!

#asks #gits ask

[absolutebl]

hi!! somewhere in the middle of last year i asked you about which bls came out in 2023, and you very helpfully provided a list of series names, thank you again!! it wasn't the whole list since we were only halfway through 2023 back then, so would you mind sharing the full list of bls that came out in 2023, now that the year is over, please? and maybe a list of bls that came out in 2022 too, if you have time?

I did the 2022's here:

Here's a quicky for 2022:

China (not tracked fully)

In Your Heart - China

Japan - tracked

A Man Who Defies The World of BL 2 AKA Absolute BL 2 AKA - source title: Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko 2 - Japan

Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender - source title: Fudanshi Bartender no Tashinami - Japan

Both Me and Him are the Grooms - source title: Boku mo Aitsu mo Shinrodesu Japan

Cherry Magic the movie AKA Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!: The Movie AKA 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii - Japan

Eternal Yesterday - source title: Eien no Kino - Japan

Grand Guignol - Japan

I Want to See Only You - source title: Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai - Japan

Kabe Koji AKA Kabesaa Doujin Sakka no Neko Yashiki-kun wa Shounin Yokkyuu wo Kojirasete iru - Japan

Kamisama no Ekohiiki - Japan

Kiss X Kiss X Kiss - Perfect Scandal - source title: キスkissキス - Japan

Melting Night: Secret Kiss - Japan

Minato's Laundromat AKA Minato Coin Laundry AKA Wash My Heart! - source title: Minato Shouji Koin Randorii AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry - Japan

More Than Words - Japan

Mr Unlucky AKA Mr. Unlucky Can Only Kiss AKA Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss! - source title: Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shikanai! - Japan

Old Fashion Cupcake - Japan

Senpai, This Can’t be Love! - source title: Senpai, Danjite Koidewa! - Japan

Sing In Love - source title: Miso's Koi Kogare Utae - Japan

Takara & Amagi AKA Takara-kun and Amagi-kun - source title: Takara-kun to Amagi-kun - Japan

The 8.2 Second Rule - source title: 8.2 Byo no Hosoku - Japan

Korea - tracked

Behind Cut - Korea

Blue of Winter AKA Judo Boys - Korea

Blueming - Korea

Bon Appetit - Korea

Cherry Blossoms After Winter - Korea

Choco Milk Shake - Korea

Color Rush 2 - Korea

First Love Again - Korea

Happy Ending Romance was Happy Ending Outside the Fence Korea

Kissable Lips - Korea

Love Class - Korea

Love in Spring AKA Spring of Crush - Korea

Ocean Likes Me - Korea

Oh My Assistant Oh! My Assistant Korea

Oh! Boarding House - Korea

Once Again - Korea

Roommates of Poongduck 304 AKA Circumstances of Pungdeok Villa Room 304 - Korea

Semantic Error - Korea

Tinted With You - Korea

To My Star 2: Our Untold Stories - Korea

The Philippines - not tracked

About Us but Not About Us - Pinoy

Gameboys 2 - Pinoy

Rainbow Prince - Pinoy

Singapore - tracked

Getaway - Singapore

Summerdaze Christmas Together - Singapore

Taiwan - tracked

About Youth - Taiwan

DNA Says Love You - Taiwan

Marry My Dead Body AKA Ghost and I Becoming Family Taiwan

Papa and Daddy 2 - Taiwan

Plus and Minus - Taiwan

Thailand - Tracked

180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us - Thai

2 Moons The Ambassador AKA 2 Moons 3 - Thai

21 Days Theory - Thai

7 Days 7 Boys - Thai

Ai Long Nhai - Thai

Bad Buddy - Thai

Big Dragon - Thai

Check Out - Thai

Close Friend 2 - Thai

Coffee Melody - Thai

Coffee Melody holiday specials - Thai

Country Boy 2 - Thai

Cupid's Last Wish - Thai

Cutie Pie - Thai

Dear Doctor, I'm Coming for Your Soul - Thai

Enchanté - Thai

Even Sun - Thai

Fahlanruk - Thai

Gen Y 2 - Thai

Ghost Host Ghost House - Thai

Hard Love Mission - Thai

I'm Your Boyy - Thai

In a Relationship - Thai

KinnPorsche: La Forte - Thai

La Cuisine - Thai

Love Area: Part 2 - Thai

Love in the Air - Thai

Love Mechanics - Thai

Love Stage!! (Thai adaptation of Japanese original) - Thai

Magic of Zero: Zero Supporter (Cupid's Last Wish spin off) - Thai

Meow Ears Up - Thai

My Only 12% - Thai

My Ride - Thai

My Roommate - Thai

My Secret Love AKA Secret Admirer - Thai

My Tempo - Thai

Not Me - Thai

Oh! My Sunshine Night - Thai

On Cloud Nine - Thai

Our Days - Thai

Paint With Love - Thai

Physical Therapy - Thai

Rak Diao BL sitcom Thai

Restarted AKA Restart(ed) - Thai

Saneha Stories 4 - Thai

Scent of Love - Thai

Secret Crush On You - Thai

SELF the series - Thai

Sky in Your Heart Star and Sky Thai

Something In My Room - Thai

Star in My Mind Star and Sky - Thai

That's My Candy - Thai

The Eclipse - Thai

The Love of Winter - Thai

The Miracle of Teddy Bear - Thai

The Tuxedo - Thai

To Sir, With Love - source title: Khun Chai - Thai

Triage - Thai

Unforgotten Night - corrected title: Forgotten Plumbing - Thai

Vice Versa - Thai

War of Y - Thai

What If - Thai

What Zabb Man! - Thai

Why You... Y Me? (BL Side) - Thai

Work From Heart - Thai

You're My Sky - Thai

Vietnam - Not tracked

Mr Cinderella- source title: Chàng Lọ Lem - Vietnam

The Next Door Crush - Vietnam

The Promise - Vietnam

Want to See You - source title: MUỐN NHÌN THẤY EM - Vietnam

You Are My Stupid Boy - source title: TỰA ÁNH DƯƠNG NGỜI - Vietnam

I can do a quick list for 2023. But I'm not bothering to do another full review one. They too long.

Gimme a sec.

#thai bl #korean bl #japanese bl #taiwanese bl #bL 2022

[shefanispeculator]

The Voice star Gwen Stefani and husband Blake Shelton are clearly still in the honeymoon stage of their relationship two years after getting married. Stefani, 54, shared a picture of herself posing next to Shelton on a boat, the singer looking incredible in a stripy one-piece swimsuit. "You guys look so cute!" a fan commented. Here's how Stefani keeps expanding into new businesses and shows no signs of slowing down.

1

Strong, Glamorous Woman

Stefani doesn't agree that strong women can't be glamorous. "You know how certain things just are and you don't really know why?" she says. "I was always into anything quite girly. It's weird because nowadays I feel like people don't want to say that—like, it's not cool and you're not a strong woman if you like to play with Barbies. I don't get that. I always played dress-up. I always played with glamor and makeup. I guess it's just part of my DNA."

2

Ageless Looks

Stefani credits good habits with her ageless looks. "Besides exercise and eating right, one skincare secret is hydration. I like my skin to look super dewy," she says. "I just want to look as good as I can at any age, like we all do, and share that quality makeup truly does make a big difference in how you feel. The magic is in the makeup."

3

She Does Her Own Makeup

Stefani does her own makeup, which is a soothing ritual before each show. "For every show I've ever played live, I've done my own makeup," she says. "That's part of the ritual to [become] the person that needs to be out there. Getting ready is my favorite part. Coming up with looks and hair and makeup is why I love being on The Voice. Now, I love coaching as well and I love being able to access my history and share that with people—but being in the glam chair? Maybe that's why I got this far, because I love it and a lot of people just can't tolerate sitting in the chair [laughs]."

4

Strong Work Ethic

Stefani started her own GXVE makeup line despite advice to the contrary. "My dad told me not to do it," she says. "Everyone was saying, 'Don't do it, Gwen! Just go sail away to Oklahoma and make out with Blake. Don't work anymore.' But I feel if I'm not creative in some way, that's my purpose. I have to do that."

5

That Famous Red Lip

Stefani is famous for her bold red lip. "I think that's what happens when you grow up next to Disneyland and you see princesses," she says of her Anaheim upbringing. "I've always been inspired by old movies and Hollywood starlets. When I was in high school, I can remember the moment that I first saw James Dean. It's probably how you are discovering the '80s and '90s now. My mom grew up in the '50s and '60s, so I was seeing pictures of her when she was young, and seeing my grandmas in the '40s. It was a fascination with those generations—how they were glamorous during the war, with their hair and the red lips. So, red lipstick was something that I always thought was glamorous and made you stand out and look so feminine. It's your mouth, it's your voice.

The Voice Star Gwen Stefani Shares Swimsuit Photo With Blake Shelton (celebwell.com)

#Instagram

[herrmannhalsteadproduction]

ask game for fanfic writers

4. what is the plot bunny you’ve been carrying for the longest? 😇

14. what’s your worst writing habit?

17. what is your favorite line you’ve ever written?

30. most inspirational quote you’ve ever read or heard that’s still important to you.

37. when creating characters, what comes first: appearance, backstory, motivation, personality, something else?

73. how do you visualize scenes? do you see it like a movie in your head, or do the words just flow?

Hello, anonymous friend! Thanks for the asks! These are for the 'ask game for fanfic writers' and it's a fun one with a TON of questions. Anyone is welcome to play!

Thanks again for sending this in! 😀❤️

Going to answer these a tiny bit out of order because the answer to the first question is a spoiler so I'll put it under a Keep Reading. 😁

14. what’s your worst writing habit?

Probably not describing anything, lol! I can't help it. I love dialogue and I find describing things really boring. Sorry.

17. what is your favorite line you’ve ever written?

I don't know if I can pick one? Not trying to sound full of myself, but more in the sense that I always try and make myself laugh so I have quite a few favourite lines just stemming from that. For dramatic lines, I'd probably say this one from That Herrmann/Halstead DNA:

Oh.

There was the pain.

-- It's not much on its own, but I was pretty pleased by it within the context of the scene.

30. most inspirational quote you’ve ever read or heard that’s still important to you.

From A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor - "You will always struggle with not feeling productive until you accept that your own joy can be something you produce."

37. when creating characters, what comes first: appearance, backstory, motivation, personality, something else?

Personality and backstory for sure. Those are the two big things for me that will play into everything else. Understanding those aspects of a character will help you figure out how they will behave and react to things and what choices they'll make which in turn affects where the plot will go.

When I'm working on an original story, I sit down and work through that information for all of the key characters first - as much as I can anyway since we all know sometimes characters like to reveal things to you down the road. It's an important part of the process for me because even though I might think I have a basic plan for the plot, once I know the characters and get a chance to see how they're interacting and bouncing off each other, inevitably the plot always changes to follow those dynamics.

73. how do you visualize scenes? do you see it like a movie in your head, or do the words just flow?

I always hear the characters' voices first. Talking away in my head. Every scene starts out as snippets of dialogue for me and then I build them out from there.

4. what is the plot bunny you’ve been carrying for the longest? 😇

Answer under the cut. It contains info about the origins of the H/H Production series and an upcoming (major) story arc.

So, the 'A Herrmann/Halstead Production' series came from the general idea that Christopher Herrmann had a younger sister whose bio dad was Pat Halstead. The very first plot bunny I had for this series was one with Bex all grown up and in the middle of a situation that was so complex, I knew I couldn't just dive right in and start the story from that part. In order for it to land how I wanted it to, I would have to actually start from the beginning, introduce everyone to this character, and build up the AU so y'all would get invested.

SO THIS IDEA IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LIKE 500K OF FIC BEFORE I ACTUALLY GET TO WRITE IT. 😂😂😂

We're not going to see this plot bunny for a while - I don't even know how many installments from now. 😵 The series is currently at the end of August 2015 in the timeline and this storyline is going to take place during the summer of 2017? I think? BUT the seeds are already being planted for it, muahahaha! For those of you who like spoilers, I will say that it's going to be focusing on Bex's mysterious stalker who is currently fixating on her from a jail cell. He is going to join forces with another character (who will be introduced during a big case that Jay and Hailey are going to work in 2016 in the timeline) - this second character has a connection to Hank and Al...not a good one. (*cough* he's a serial killer *cough*) It's going to be the most intense storyline that the series has had yet - there's going to be drama, kidnapping, injuries, actual death, and ANGST, SO MUCH ANGST. (Like, all of the brothers are going to lose their shit at some point, but be prepared for an epic Chris freakout.) (And then obviously all of the comfort and fluff because you know what I wouldn't leave that out.)

I'm super excited (and SUPER IMPATIENT) to write it. I feel like the build and the payoff is going to be really good. Fingers crossed anyway!

Thanks again for the asks! This was fun!

#ask game #ask game for fanfic writers #fun asks #asks answered #a herrmann/halstead production #writing chat

[weebsinstash]

Ok so finished watching Across The Spiderverse in theaters and here are my thoughts, under readmore so you guys won't get spoiled cause I'll mention plot shit

Nonspoiler review: these movies really are works of art, both visually and in sound. They draw on very relatable and powerful emotions of wanting to fit in, feeling like you belong, feeling like you're important, are you doing the right thing, are you living up to the expectations of others. These are the kinds of movies that could introduce people to the franchise and even if you're not into superheroes the emotion and visuals and writing itself is spectacular. Definitely a movie I could own and rewatch later

Now, here's my takes with more spoilers

-Miguel is actually so snarky and sassy. He is 100% done the entire movie and he's sarcastic or condescending almost every time he opens his mouth. He has a sense of humor it's just more mean spirited lmao "well you're gonna have to shut up and trust me" saying "how wonderful" sarcastically to Miles, being all "spiderverse? No thats dumb, its called the Arachnid poly multiverse, which, I guess sounds just as dumb"

-seeing him on the big screen really was like wow. He could be go from being sort of a dork to being so imposing and threatening, like, there was a small part where he steps closer to Miles as a silent intimidating gesture because hes so much taller, he could be so stone faced and cold when things got serious when Miles wasnt taking his warnings, but initially he was trying to be more compassionate, just, mwah, definitely going to help with any writing endeavors and characterizations of this man

-just seeing how the wristwatches and "daypasses" work is useful for any fanfic ideas I'm having ;) but holy shit you could just glitch until you die? I much prefer the concept of "Reader somehow whether being a mutant or an anomaly or just lucky gets transported to other dimensions instead or just back home"

-God just. Gwen's opening was amazing I don't even know how to describe it. When she's recounting her past and she's starting to talk about Miles while she's playing the drums and her drum playing keeps getting more and more intense, her music angry and frustrated and powerful as she keeps saying "and he's not the only one", speaking of his pain and isolation and how she feels connected to him, just, the way these movies write relationships between people and emotions is so human

-Spider Cat my beloved. LEGO Spiderman my beloved. Plushie Spiderman my beloved. Sun Spider is a fancharacter and got a speaking role. The thick, plus size, and fat spiders. Just the variety. It really is fun to imagine a Spidersona and feel represented kwim

-Jesus the intro to Mumbattan was insane. The way these movies constantly have you flying and falling through the air and falling through multiple levels and layers as objects whiz by, the music, the choreography. Just. The visuals and music the entire movie was insane

-HOBIE! definitely a fucking star. He's smart enough to build his own watch dude!! Love that guy. Definitely see him being in some stuff of mine as a helping hand if nothing else. Hobie helping Reader out during the YouTwo drama by offering you safe haven in his universe?

-I'm guessing Miguel has to give himself regular, spider nanomachine whatever injections? His powers kind of seem to have changed from his comic book a little bit. In the comics he has organic webs and was atomically spliced with spider dna but in the movie I think it's all technology idk? Correct me if im wrong, maybe they're red and glowing in the comics too 🤷‍♀️

-something something "smutty story where Miguel boyches a formula and turns himself into like a possessive horny borderline pure animal in heat and of course you're the lucky lady to stumble into him first"

-I got the bunny filter version of Lyla by the way!

Ugh this movie has me filled with so many emotions and also I snuck alcohol into the theaters and was on an edible gummy so I was FEELING this movie and just. Definitely two of my all time favorite movies

#atsv spoilers #across the spiderverse spoilers

[bluestar22x]

Unknown: Chapter 2

Pairing: Dieter Bravo x OFC!Hazel Collins

Series Summary: When a 12 year old girl shows up on Dieter's doorstep claiming to be his daughter his world is changed forever.

Rating: 18+ (explicit content)

Word Count: 2,000(ish)

Warnings: None in particular, just heed the rating

Author's Note: I have no idea how lawyers work and their process, so forgive me for just breezing by that part.

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Two days later, in the late morning, Dieter woke up in bed to the chime of text alerts. A lot of them.

He rubbed his eyes with the back of his knuckles and rolled onto his side to reach for his cell phone that was laying on the night stand.

Once he collected it he entered the number code to get by the main screen and tapped on the text app.

Hazel: I can't believe you want a paternity test!

Really?

You're the one who wants to have visiting rights.

I didn't come to you.

Why would I lie?

I'm not lying! You were my only partner that month.

Certainly the only partner in my life I wasn't careful with.

Dieter groaned again and texted her back slowly, not the greatest at typing on anything, let alone a phone:

My PR lady wants it as proof for the paps; not me.

That's Hollywood for you.

Hazel: You want to expose our daughter to Hollywood to tabloid journalists?

Dieter: No but it's bound to happen if we go out in public together.

I have regular stalkers.

Better to feed them facts they can't deny than let them run wild on their own.

When they ask we should be prepared.

Dieter knew all too well how nasty the Hollywood gossip column writers could get if left to their own devices. He'd seen a lot of stories about him blown out of proportion, especially after his overdose. Hell, the movie that had resulted from it had blown the events of those filming weeks out of proportion, but at least the movie had a warning at the beginning that they were. Gossip magazines did nothing of the sort, despite half of what they wrote being false, and the other half being twisted truths. They also never retracted their statements after. Dieter held a great disdain for them.

That disdain had allowed his latest PR (public relations) manager, Molly Brown, to convince him a DNA swab would be a good idea, which was a serious feat, since Dieter was a paranoid sort. He didn't trust the big companies with information like that, he'd heard all the stories, so Molly had promised to send the cheek swabs to a lesser known company that typically only tested DNA for criminal cases. She had connections that never ceased to amaze him. Best PR person ever.

Dieter: And don't worry about costs. I'm paying.

Hazel: Fine. I'll have Ally do it when she gets home from school.

That was the last he heard from Hazel directly until their meeting with their lawyers at the beginning of the next week. It was their lawyers that had been in contact with each other to set up the time and place.

The DNA results came in the day before, and they confirmed that Dieter was most definitely Ally's father.

He hadn't been surprised in the slightest, but having that extra proof did weigh heavy on him. The responsibility, the guilt of having not been able to be there for her and Hazel earlier - it was stronger now, even though Hazel had assured him it was her choice.

He met them both on the courthouse steps and Ally waved at him. "Hi." She seemed more awkward that day.

"Hey, kid," Dieter greeted her back. "What are you doing out of school?"

"Special circumstances," she replied.

"I excused her from school for a few hours so she could have the final say on everything that is going to be discussed today," Hazel explained. "She's old enough to decide how much she wants to visit you, with a few exceptions, of course. Like if she's grounded."

Dieter nodded. "Reasonable."

He was glad Hazel was allowing her to have an input in their decisions. Not that he would ever enforce any visitations if Ally decided she'd rather stay at home. He didn't want her to ever feel forced into it.

While they waited for their lawyers to come get them in the lobby, Ally plopped down on a bench and began working on some math problems in the book she'd been carrying around.

"Is she an honor student?" he quizzed Hazel, leaning towards her so he could murmur it into her ear.

She arched an eyebrow. "Is that your way of asking if our daughter's a nerd?"

"Sure. If you want to put it like that..."

"Somewhat," Hazel answered. "She does well in school and loves art, but she's also got a good amount of friends and is outspoken. People can be both."

"If she's brainy at all she got it from you," he told her.

"I know."

Dieter tried not to be insulted. He knew he wasn't the most intelligent person on Earth. That's why he'd never aimed for a job that required years of college. That and his ADD (the non-hyperactive sibling of ADHD). But he could admit it did sting a little coming from someone who barely knew him outside of one night.

He switched topics to get himself to stop thinking about it. "So, what time do you think did it? I think it was the time in front of the mirror."

He was honestly curious.

Hazel hushed him. "Dieter!" she exclaimed with dismay, eyes darting over to Ally whose attention was still occupied by her homework.

"Oh, come on, Hazel, she's well outside earshot," he said.

He wouldn't have asked otherwise.

"How would I know?" she inquired, voice stretching dramatically. "I don't remember anything more than you do. It doesn't matter anyway. None of it does. Not even when the condom failed; if we were using one at all. She's here. That's what matters now."

"I know. I'm just talking."

Hazel rolled her eyes. "I'd rather not."

"Why do you hate me?"

She huffed and shot him an impatient look. "I don't hate you, Dieter. I just would rather not have to deal with lawyers on a Tuesday when I should be at work earning money to pay the bills. Some of us live by our weekly paychecks."

"I'll reimburse you," Dieter decided. "I know what it's like, believe it or not. I've had to sleep on friends' couches before."

She shook her head, too proud to accept it and also not wanting to feel indebted to him. "I already told my boss I'd pick up an extra shift. Just...fulfill your promises. If you're doing this, you have to be responsible. She may seem mature for her age, but Ally's still a kid."

Dieter glanced at the pair of gold hoop earrings she was wearing. "Do you only have those two piercings now? Why?"

Hazel sighed heavily, her already low patience for him wearing even thinner. "I grew up, Dieter. I was twenty-four when I met you and a waitress at a two star restaurant, barely making ends meet. After I found out I was pregnant I had to change that. I took some online courses and became a hospital secretary so she could have a half decent life. Part of the deal was removing most of my piercings. Needed to look professional. And eventually I fell out of loving them so much."

"Stupid rules," Dieter muttered.

"That's society," she said, shrugging. "Sometimes in order to be a part of it, you have to comply."

Dieter narrowed his eyes at her warily. "You're not going to make one of the requirements me removing my piercing, are you? I already have to limit them to get main roles."

"Of course not. Just don't encourage Ally. She's too young to be thinking about them. Same goes for tattoos, especially tattoos."

He nodded. He had no intentions of being a bad influence on Ally, though he didn't quite understand why most people thought encouraging body art was being a bad influence. To him it was just another way to express himself.

He was just about to make a speech about it when Mr. Jefferson and Miss Dearing, their lawyers, approached them and ushered them into a conference room.

It was an expansive room that included an equally large mahogany table and twenty leather office chairs that encircled it. At the far end of the table was a huge flat screen TV that was mounted to the wall.

"Have a seat, everyone," Miss Dearing ordered. "Let's get to business."

That's the last thing Dieter clearly heard because as per usual with lawyers, the meeting was very dry and boring, and a very bad thing for his ADD. He did his best to focus, but was barely conscious of most of it, his brain zoning in and out. He assumed he got the most important bits.

Ally was going to stay with him every other weekend. Holidays would be split between both houses unless Hazel took her on a vacation or he was filming out of country. And if Ally wanted to see him a few times during the week, she could, unless she was grounded or Dieter was unable to watch her. Otherwise they would do their best to grant her wish.

There was also a mention in the main document of him needing to keep clean of any illicit drugs, or else the agreement would be null and void. Same for any other criminal acts.

It all sounded reasonable to him so Dieter signed the papers after Hazel had.

Though it would take a few weeks for the paperwork to be recognized by the state, they could start right away with the visits, and that gave Hazel an idea as they were leaving the office.

"You should stop by the house Saturday," she suggested as she turned towards him at the top of the steps. "There's things you need to know before Ally stays overnight with you. Things I want to make sure you do and don't do. Buying an epipen is the most important thing to do. She's allergic to nuts."

"Ah, something else we have in common," he mused, "Though that one I can't celebrate. It's a nutty world out there."

"Do you carry an epipen on you?" Hazel asked, ignoring his quip.

"No."

"You need to start," she told him, her expression gravely serious. "She's bad enough half a walnut would kill her faster than an ambulance could ever reach her. She once ate one at her elementary school by accident, in a brownie a friend had shared with her, not knowing about her allergy. Thankfully Ally had her epipen on her and her Biology teacher administered it within the minute she started showing signs of anaphylactic shock."

Dieter gulped at that. His allergies weren't quite that bad. "Yeah. Of course. I have a couple at home. I'll make a reminder on my phone to put it in one of my pockets whenever she visits."

"Do it all the time," Hazel demanded. "Make a habit of it. She's supposed to have hers on her at all times, but sometimes she forgets, so us adults need to be prepared."

He scratched at his beard, right under his chin. "Okay. Okay. I'll do that."

"And make sure they're in date," she added.

His face twisted as he recalled the last time he got epipens. "Yeah, I'm going to have to go to the pharmacy for that."

"Do it," she insisted. "You cannot use an out of date one on her. She can't afford the time it takes to notice if it's not working. Besides, you shouldn't let yours go out of date anyway. Ally doesn't need you to enter her life just to die by a nut."

He choked a little at the last part.

"Out of the gutter, Dieter," Hazel hissed. "This is important."

"I swear I'll take it seriously," he said raising a pinky finger.

She shook her head at him but looped her own pinky finger around his anyway. "You'd better. You get her hurt or worst, I'll murder you."

"And I'd let you," he promised. Even though he hardly knew Ally yet, he knew even then that the guilt that would follow such an event would be unbearable. She was just a kid, after all.

A smile played on Hazel's lips at how quick and sure he'd been in his reply to her. "Well, that's something."

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Tagged: @harriedandharassed @trulybetty

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#Dieter Bravo #The Bubble #Dieter Fanfic (Mine) #OFC Fanfic #X Reader #The Bubble Fanfic #Unknown Series

[astralartefact]

Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden Spoiler Post

Thoughts, Speculation, the juicy stuff you might want to know about if you don't plan on buying it...

So first of all before I get into it, short review: I think I liked FM more, that one did more cool stuff, but I liked BoB's Soundtrack better.

As with all VoC games, it's important to note that there is no lore, just vibes, so who's to say. Characters that look the same might be the same, but they also might not (I personally think they aren't). That being said.

BoB is set in a world without night (like Automata) that is built on top of the ruins of giant cities (filled with YoRHa merch) and our protagonist (who looks like Zero) can use Nier DNA magic to capture monsters (some of which we have already seen before). Which kind of implies that it is in the far future of the far future. And I guess that also means that YoRHa had a merch division...

(Thought I just had: What if Yorha was just a brand name before it turned into the 2B factory, but that part was forgotten and these are just relics from before that time…?)

But that's not all! A big part of the game ends up being Al'e's ancestor, who's also the superboss of the game (which means I don't have his card yet and I'm too lazy to grind for it, so if any of you guys beat him feel free to tell me about what his card says)

And he also might be Brother Nier? (Don't worry, I'm only going to get more unhinged from here)

The base of his silhouette is a white haired boy with an iron pipe and he fights black and yellow monsters, who are man-made bioweapons that went out of control. To combat them he invented a medicine that alters a human's dna (Nier Magic Alarm) and it turns out that the beings that were blamed for everything bad are actually *gasp* humans themselves.

Now, of course that doesn't match Replicant 100%, but it lines up with it pretty well. (Also this was revealed in a movie which might be some degree of fake, so who knows.)

Honestly at first I really wasn't vibing with BoB doing the cycle of violence again, because at this point it's been done a million times, I don't think "I will do atrocities because you killed my [insert person i care about here], but maybe... doing atrocities is actually wrong, because we are the same??" is interesting enough to be redone as much as it already is, especially since drakenier already had at least one game about the cycle of violence (i guess they all are...? kind of?) but then they kind of acknowledge and point out that Yes. We have done this story already. That's the point of cycle of violence stories. It happens again and again and again. Maybe for different reasons, but it seems like we never learn.

And suddenly "Could this guy be Brother Nier?" makes it even more "Yeah. We have done this a lot haven't we. And yet."

Anyways, now to the juicy speculation portion I promised:

So the big bad of the game turns out to be Pulche's mom Mizara, who wanted to understand monsters against the scorn of her people, only to learn that monsters are actually humans. Since the atrocities against them are even wronger than what she initially believed, she turns against humanity and wants to turn everybody into monsters instead.

So. In the german script the monsters refer to her as Mama.

There was a moment where I thought "Wait... It's not... that Mama, right?", but since Mama is just the german word for Mom it's the most logical word for a german script to use here, and since I would trust the impeccable german localization with my life I just accepted that and moved on.

I also wasn't smart enought to just listen if Yui Ishikawa said Mama or not... so if you could tell me how they refer to her in other languages, feel free to do so, because if they also call her Mama...

But then we get to her final final form.

And I realized

that she's sitting in a cage...

(Well kind of, it's definitely a stretch, but I have long arms let me be delusional)

So what if she is that Mama...

While everybody else is ripped in half when they die, she just evaporates after she drank the monster potion and was defeated. And the cards for the three beasts paint a picture that they really deeply cared about their "Mama" and of course she's also Pulche's mom, too. So maybe she woke up as Mama in the cage, because that was what she was remembered as...

(No, don't worry, probably not. But as long as we don't have Mama backstory, we might as well pretend. And listen, playing Voice of Cards with a nier-lore conspiracy board makes it so much more entertaining, I highly recommend it.)

btw, Mizara being mainly driven by the lore reveals of a movie is so funny to me for some reason? Like, what if the movie is an entertainment movie and entirely made up, but nobody knows what movies are so everybody thinks that's the truth.

#Voice of Cards #Beasts of Burden #nier reincarnation #yoko taro #yorha

[falsebooles123]

Car Trouble and a Full Scredule - Diary of a Big Ole Gay - 3/26/23

Hey Whores, I'm back after what feels like a ridicolous long week.

Let Me get into it. Monday morning my second kitchen job cuts my hours because they got a new guy. He seems pretty Chill, Then both the business meetings and date I had planned on monday got reschreduled for the middle of the week. My car has been acting up so I had to deal with the stress of driving a ticking time bomb that I don't know whats wrong with it to work because I need the money. and my scredule changed again friday like a couple hours before work. That was when I set up my second checking and spent a bunch of money because my bills had already came out. It was like 40 bucks but y'know what I deserved to treat myself. Also this was the weekend so not only did we have a shitshow of a friday prime rib night dinner but I also got to finally do a dinner service on the line. The fact that they have a bonified dishwasher now instead of just recreating that thing were your mom passive-aggresively bitches about the dishes because no one else will wash them.

(I'm the mom in this context, also this was the only gif I could find that didn't give people seizures or was literally porn.)

so I had a lot going on. I also watched a bunch of TV and did manage to catch a few films since the last week we did this.

Caged! (1950) dir. John Cromwell

Some people have called this this the Godmother of the Women in Prison movies and you wouldn't be remised to notice its DNA in later films and shows like Orange is the New Black.

I talked about it in a lot more depth on Letterboxd so I'll try my best to summerize.

First the movie is about a young ingenue named marie who is sent to an all-women prison on trumped up charges, the film makes a point to discuss the cruelity from the prison guards, including the trunchbullian Matron Harper, the lack of resources for the prisoners, and how oftentimes this type of uncivil atmosphere and lack of real resources to reintergrate them into society cause most of these women to return or in marie's case enter into a life of crime.

Luckily we have fixed all these issues in the prison system and thats totally not the same issues we have today /s

As I have said this is the Proto-Woman in Prison film, perhaps the ur-WIP movie and thus the question is raised.

What About The Lesbians!!!!????

So first I will say that this film is not textually queer, Marie is not eating kitty the second she gets into lockup but the film I will say has a queer sensibility.

I'm just going to quote my Letterboxd Review.

"and the answer is probably. I've haven't read the book that this is based on so I can't tell you if Kellog talked about it but this is a womens prison honey we can guess. We have to remember that this is in the middle of the haes code and so you couldn't have a character just be like, "hi, I like women". That being said there are a few choice lines that hint at that kind of thing. Kitty mentions that after awhile "You don't even think about men, you just fall out of the habit", a newspaper discusses prison immorrality, which probably is reffering to like gambling and smoking cigerettes but might hint at a more siturational inversion so to speak. 

Outside of these supposed oblique references there is the culteral queerness of it. The aestetic aspect of queer coding. First there is obviosly a lot of butchness about this film. we have just a fuckton of these butch tops in this film from Kitty(Betty Garde), Elvira (Lee Patrick) to the trunchbullian Everlyn Harper (Hope Emerson), to even the prison warden Benton (Agnes Moorehead). they all have this kind of dominant aggression to them. This masculinization. 

And this trope continues, Marie has her head shaved at a crucial part of the film and there is the repeated motif of the women doing rollcall were they have to speak there last names first, Marie Allen, now being called ALLEN, marie. Its literally patronymic. 

On one hand we can absoulutely interpret this trope as a comment on how prison dehumanized women, talking away there individality especially there vanity. The social way that they are able to express themselves. And this is emphasized a lot actually, the gift of lipstick at christmas, the head shaving, the fact that Marie asks for a brush during her mugshot and the guard quips back, "why theres no men here".

And I think its important to recognize that this type of dehumanization is different from mens prisons because our sense of vanity is different. A man can affirm his gender by getting jacked in prison but a women can't affirm herself along traditional feminity the system is designed in a certain way to masculinize that experience. In some small sense the very notion of a womans prison is a queer space outside of its constuct as a gynocentric space. 

(note: prison cosmetology is absolutely a thing and women perform a lot of amazing feats of ingenuity, from like tattoing on eyebrows to making makeup out of magazine ink and deoderant but note that these are ways of subverting a system not a byproduct of that system)

Even if we except the trope of a womans prison as a non-normative gendered space its also important to notice that one of the main conflicts in this film is not just between trunchbully Harper and her cruality against Marie, but also between the power struggle of "Corrupting" Marie by the hands of Evelyn and Kitty, who both want her to join there crime syndicate. Marie at one points says "If I said No to Kitty why would I say yes to you". Both of these characters are maternal in a sense but they also take on a very lesbian coding. Evelyn makes a point to gift the women feminine products for christmas, (makeup and a handmirror). In a straight lens its another commentary on femeninity and Evelyns power in the system through a queer lens its almost courtship. This is the type of thing you could buy your girlfriend as a present. In some ways A Life of Crime and Criminal Gayness are symbolic analogs to each other"

Honestly if you were a fan of Orange is the New Black or just like Butch Crime Donnas then this is a pretty good time. Another one of those "This is honestly not that gay but it was an absolute iconic piece of cinema so thank you" movies.

Tea and Sympathy (1956) dir Vincente Minnelli

This was one of those films that took me like a week to watch.

So I've quoted vito russo like 15 times at this point so let me just summerize the vibe. Basically theres a guy in this movie whose a sissy, he dances, he's in theater, he even sews. Wow, what a faggot. and none of the other boys want him to play in their raindeer games because he threatens there fragile masculinity. What I'm saying is that the first half of this TWO HOUR FILM, is just him being bullied for being a sissy.

I'm also saying this shit was highly triggering as both a cocksucker and a limp-wrist soyboy.

(oh god I just had a truamatic flashback were a church mom and her daughter were mocking me for being a limp-wrist faggot and I didn't understand why they asked me to do the limp wrist gesture. and so i'm just puzzled at this random gesture they wanted me to reinnact while my father is just visable angry sitting besides me. Honestly first fuck them and also my dad might be a homophobic asshole but at least he had the decency to never call me a slur.)

so childhood truama and complicated relationship with my father aside after we get through the very long and insuffrable queer misery porn we get to the actually fun part of the movie where there are HORNY MILFS. HORNY MILFS IN YOUR AREA.

THESE WOMAN WANT TO FUCK! NO CREDIT CARDS! HOOKUPS ONLY! CLICK NOW!!!!

yeah basically this movie is two hours of this guy making moves on his landlords wife while the guy is out hanging out with a bunch of twinks.

as I said in my extremly long write-up on the topic. T&S is absolutely a good film in showcasing what this type of homophobia and toxic masculinity is like and it was controversal for a reason but I also want to recognize that as a queer person this shit was hard to sit through.

so for a bit of fun yet another LB quote.

Because this shit is true to life. It feels very reminescent of my own experiences with homophobia. The kind that is more subtle and exclusionary and so while this is a objectively subversive and provokative film. I'm still going to relegate it to "Things I'm making Straight People watch during pride month while I leave the room". Its a double feature with brokeback mountain. Whats that.... thats four hours of Queer Misery Porn. Well too damn bad. Maybe if you stopped sharing those proto-terf facebook memes we could have watched Cruising or Rocky Horror. Sit Down, Shut Up, and relive my childhood trauma and daddy issues straiggot.

The Strange One (1957) dir. Jack Garfein

One of the weirdest episodes of Haze Him I've ever seen.

Jokes aside The Strange One is basically this drama set at a military academy. Person with a real name. Jocko De Paris, (I'm not making that up), is basically one of those rich assholes who is also criminal insane. He manipulates a group of other cadets into getting a guy expelled for being drunk.

Why did he do this. Well if you believe morissey (yes that Morissey), its because Paris is a little bit of a closet queen.

This film is weirdly homoerotic for no discernable reason. The queerness of the characters have nothing to do with it the director was like I'm going to make a movie with deep ideas about the nature of evil and tyranny and also everyones going to kind want to suck dick.

Another one of those films thats honestly kinda slow but I still think about the visuals.

Everything Else I Watched This Week

oof ok I finished Re: Mind, loved it messy moe drama made no goddamn sense would watch again.

Tried to watch Circus of Fear which is a Rialto Crime Movie but not one of the Krimi Films. Also Really Boring.

Also binged the second season of carole and tuesday. I loved it, the shows not perfect but I had so much fun with it.

I also saw Free Guy which.... was fun. I'm sorry but not every blockbuster is going to be worth adding to the Falseboolesey Hall of Fame. Also its like a second-rate Lego Movie which is without any irony. A modern Classic.

(this is non-negotiable. The lego movie is a deep introspection on the apollian vs dionysian drives, an exploration of childhood and adult perspectives and are fear of the joy of choas. It also may literally be cladestine Agritprop)

I also tried to have a Falsebooles123 Kinema movie night. I watched Grandma's Boy which people mention a lot as the prime example of like the sissy trope but honestly I don't remember anything about the film. I kinda just blanked out.

anyway whores. I have an entire week off starting tomorrow so its going to be a lot of editing, yard work, and doing some prep stuff for april which will be so busy. I'm excited through. I'm also very close to watching all the films I could find in the internet archive so theres that. woot woot.

#first gay kiss #Queer Cinema #Slurs(Reclaimed) #Homophobia #diary #Caged (1950) #Tea and Sympathy (1956) #The Strange One (1957)

[wack-ashimself]

Even more movies that make you feel like you took psychedelics. And I may have a top 5 contender.

Watched 2 movies. Both with similar themes.

'The Fountain'

and

'The Nines.'

'The fountain' for the visuals ALONE cuz they are awesome as fuck.

But that was on MANY lists of movies to watch when on psychedelics. So...nothing too surprising. Solid movie tho. Makes you think with wonder and curiosity.

However, I found 'the nines' because I liked a lot of stuff the writer/director did (he wrote 'Big Fish', which is one of my FAVORITE FILMS OF ALL TIME. And would probably be another great fucking movie to watch on psychedelics. That movie is a fucking trip. I cry every fucking time.)

No list EVER have I read (and I have read a lot) ever once mentioned 'the nines.' And genuinely? Tho it is...scary at times (cuz you have no idea wtf is going on) it is probably the most detailed account of what taking psychedelics is like. (Spoilers). You remember that you are god playing pretend. One large scale video game. And the movie walks you thru it perfectly. Because instead of laying this all out there, to TRULY comprehend you are god and everything, to a human who forgot would take some...slow easing into.

Here's what they NAILED:

1-you created it all. Everything is you. (they went with the god created everything, but IMO, I think you are everything.)

2-time isn't real, and you can see anything.

3-part of you, underneath it all, always kinda knew.

4-deja vu, things out of the corner of your eye, etc are slips of this knowledge seeping in.

5-you're not perfect, tho. That's the whole reason you're doing this (they didn't really cover that, but it's kinda an undertone. Cuz he is NOT perfect in this movie.)

6-In the movie, his 'friends/lovers' from the 5th dimension show up, cuz they say he's addicted to his reality he created. This is the only thing I kinda disagree with. I do not think there is anything else. I have seen things I can't explain, but they always lead back to the same theme: we are all interwoven. One in the same. There is no ultimate other conscious. This was probably the single saddest thing I ever experienced or could. To know I'm just playing pretend with myself cuz there is no body else..I pray to everything there is that I am wrong. Cuz it also would explain why things go...weird when I focus enough. Kinda like reality lagging.

Like, I don't know if I mentioned it, but I'll tell you the scariest things I saw after I took way too much acid.

3-this is more of a mind fuck, but I somehow experienced being myself, everything single atom of everything in my room, AND somehow (I still don't comprehend how my psyche could handle this. This would drive people insane) was an....overlooking god observing everything. Can you imagine basically experiencing everything everywhere all at once (ANOTHER great fucking movie)? I mean, I saw 3 different perspectives at the exact same time!!! HOW!?

2-I saw time stop. I watched the universe get created. A lot quicker than you would think. And it IS as simple as 'every second we pay attention, we are restarting reality.' What we focus on gets more defined. Oh, what is god? The first thought of 'I want to exist.' Then it's gets messy after there. I've seen visions where I do have 2 other brothers/sisters (sex doesn't matter at that level). But...we are all god, just split 3 ways. That is one of the things you DO see a lot of in religion that is true in the DNA of reality: fractals & the #3. We are all ONE. 1. Duality. Light and dark. 2. But 3...I don't know. It seems to balance out the universe. Kinda like each part is kept in check by the other. No one individual has power over another. Fuck if I know.

1-Forewarning, this was the scariest thing I ever experienced, and I will never forget it. I saw non existence. NOTHING. Everywhere. I didn't even have a body. I was just...consciousness floating in nothing. Brain in a jar, ya know? And it wasn't only that, I had NO IDEA who I was or what I was about. It was like being born an intelligent baby, that knows it exists & words, but nothing about themselves in relation to it all. It felt like being in a black muddy quicksand pit, and I had to claw and crawl my way out from nothingness just to remember who I was. Hell, if this is the same event, later on, I was also blind! I do not know if I was too high to open my eyes, but for a few hours, I didn't know what to do, so the LITTLE sober part of my brain new one thing: I knew the feel of my toilet. I sit in my bathroom on my phone for hours cuz I'm dumb. But that cold hard porclein I knew. So I somehow found my way there, and held it till my eyeballs worked again.

So...on average, do not go over 4 tabs. 5 is where I almost lost my mind. But fuckers-quality is random AND you can build up a SUPER big tolerance quickly. So....took a shot. lol First time? Do 1. Maybe even 1/2. I'm serious. Because I do not have many negative thoughts (well, at least ones I hold onto), and always had an emergency friend on call if I was losing it (only called.....2-3 times out of all my trips) I do these solo. Every time. I would not recommend, ESPECIALLY not super religious people. Your mind is about to be FUCKED with. Top 3 groups NOT to do drugs. 3-anyone with a deep dark secret or guilt. EVERYTHING you know (and don't acknowledge) is on the table. So if you don't own up to it, it's gonna be shoved down your throat. I was gonna say criminals, but there's criminals who have owned up to their shit. There's grandparents who never owned up to theirs, ya know? 2-religious people. Cuz you're bout to see reality bend. 1-anybody in poor health. This shit rushes your heart, makes you sweat, you can't really eat, barely can drink. And sometimes, constipated. I have a journal entry of like....5 pages of me just wring 'oh dear god, please shit' over and over lmao That was mushrooms tho.

Now unto some good stories:

3-first time, FIRST TIME, I ever did psychedelics I saw...the source. Of it all. The core of US. It was warm, everlasting, ever embracing love. I mean picture the best feeling in and out of you, everywhere. For as long as you want. It was like being in a pool made of the sun, and you were safe. I think that was the best part of it all. You just felt this safety like you never felt before. Like NOTHING possibly could go wrong. Ever.

2-This is kinda scary, but it was FUN. I went into 3 different movies. I mean, I was in my room, but I was seeing myself in third AND first person in these movies. They are all on my list of movies to watch on psychedelics. And the movies reacted to me. a-hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. I was arthur in one of my favorite books of all time. It was quite scary tho cuz in the movie, he just unintentionally left earth right as it was being destroyed. That's a scary feeling to know you'll never be able to go home (but in the end they clone home, but...is that the same thing?) And remember-I thought this was real. So I FELT that. The fear... b-the big lewbowski. I remember VIVIDLY being in the front seat of the car as they were jumping out. I told him I didn't want to crash the car. He said too bad it's happening, like it or not, and jumps out of the car. I flip the fuck out. And again, I am seeing part of this like I AM the character. Fuck video games; take psychedelics and go into your favorite fucking movie. lol a-this was the trippest. Under the skin. GREAT movie, MINDFUCK on psychedelics. So remember how I said I saw the creation of the world? I've seen it....5 times. Took me THREE times to even remember it, cuz it's a LOT of carry. Anyways, that happened, and (I never saw this movie before that night) there was a scene where she kinda question her whole reality as a seductress alien dissolving men for...energy(?). This movie is HIGHLY open to interpretation. Nobody sees the same movie. Anyways, she goes into a diner confused. I say 'I'm sorry Scarlett Johansson. I'm god, I fucked up and tried restarting reality. I thought I would make it better. Please. Sit down. I'll try to explain it.' And she sits down. That made me lose my fucking mind. Anyways, as I am explaining I'm god, you're part of me, you're a famous actor, etc, I notice nothing is calming her down. And some old bitties are glaring at her. I tell them to fuck off, and to bring her a piece of cake. They brought pie. Here's that's weird, I SAID cake, but I THOUGHT pie. I prefer pie over cake most times. And like 2-3 other things reacted to stuff I said, but then I thought 'well, I got to let this play out how it's supposed to.' And I watched the rest of the movie. HOLY FUCK THAT ENDING. It's dark. Like, they show men dissolving to where their penises fall off...so expect a fucked up ending. It's weird tho, the ending tho shocking didn't...put me off. It was weird almost like I knew it was coming subconsciously.

1-this was my favorite: I was CEO god. lol Remember how I have 2 5d (or whatever it is) brother/sisters? They can do EVERYTHING I can do, but I'm the oldest. So they look up to me. One of my first times, they got on my ASS! They said I should quit playing around down here (again, a STRONG theme from the nines), and get up there and get to work. They said I took a long enough vacation. Fuck them. Anyways, one time I....connected to everything, and got eons of work done. I had to make calls on building/fixing MULTIPLE realities (I didn't necessarily believe in multiple universes before this), and it was WEIRD> Cuz...I knew exactly INSTANTLY what to say/do, like riding a bike, but I had NO IDEA where all this new...experience and information was coming from. It was like I was an expert at something I never even attempted! Do you know what it's like to actually be god? Know everything and exactly what to do? Boring, tiring, and lonely. THAT'S why I took a vacation, but...now things have gotten so so bad. World ending weapons should not exist.

Anyway, I said ALL that so you can go watch the nines. It's like one of the many things I experienced on psychedelics, but explained in a way that makes more sense.

ps-this is way better than matrix 4, and the storylines (besides the fights) are almost dead on in many ways. Video game programmer creates worlds because he is god. I wonder if they just copy and pasted? Seriously, watch both movies and tell me matrix 4 didn't take a lot of the concepts.

pps-worst part? I watched this when it first came out decade and 1/2 ago, hated it, and never thought about it till I saw the guy also wrote big fish. God, I fucking love that movie.

#the nines #psychadelics #mushrooms #acid #trips #tales from the trip #god #matrix 4 #big fish #under the skin #enter the void #the big lebowski #spoiler #spoilers

[fringyrasa]

How Strange New Worlds led me to a happy place in a sea of negativity.

Not to sound like SUPER dramatic, but it's hard to be a fan these days.

I genuinely think this really started rearing it's head in 2013's Man of Steel or 2017's The Last Jedi, but this year especially, it feels like being in a big fandom is so hard to find a place to just talk about stuff you love without being drowned in negativity. I used to love to talk about Star Wars and Marvel with other fans, but honestly with Phase 4 and recently with Kenobi, I don't even want to anymore. Kenobi especially was like a miserable 5 week experience for a show that I loved. I love Ms. Marvel and honestly after last week's episode, I didn't even want to log on to talk about it because I just knew it was gonna be constant negativity. It was. I haven't even texted any of my friends about it because I'm so exhausted.

That's not to say you have to love everything (The "Just consume more content" meme is so annoying because it used to have a very critical point and now it's just used for every time someone likes a franchise product) Since the dawn of my existence it's been the balance of people who liked the thing vs. the people who didn't like the thing. But recently, it feels like it's just so many people who will argue with you to invalidate your opinion. It feels like we go into things ready to pick it apart. I had to distance myself from the Marvel and Star Wars fans because it got so bad. I used to love to go conventions and meet fans and just gush about all the stuff we loved, even if we didn't see eye to eye. As an introvert, it's like the only social thing I actually looked forward to and now I don't even want to do that. It was something I loved. It made me feel at home, where I could be myself and I just dread even bringing anything up with another fan.

And this is def a "Me" problem, but the discorse of these projects has made me feel so isolated and alone. Made me feel like I couldn't be myself, I couldn't feel at home anymore. Part of what I love about movies, tv, games, etc. is sharing that love with other people and I watched so much stuff this year that I just did in solitary because I didn't want to love something only for 17 replies about how that thing is actually horrible. I know that's such a small thing but fuck it, it's been a rough few years outside of fandom and to have so much negativity in my escape places, it made me feel depressed. The thing that was so much a part of my DNA, sharing my passions, felt like I could only do it to myself, and it was such a lonely depressing feeling.

That was until I saw Strange New Worlds. I had heard about the show, used to be a regular Discovery watcher (the show kind of lost me in Seasons 3 & 4 but I admit I still try to keep up with it) and knew this was something fans had been asking constantly for. I missed it when it aired, just picking it up on Friday and found myself binging the first 7 episodes straight. I LOVED it. Was everything perfect? Hell no. The show has a lot of flaws but I didn't even care. I was so in love with the characters and the presentation it was just such a joy to watch. I can totally get critical of the things I think it fails to do, I can defend it against some criticism that I just can't get on board with, but the thing that really solidified my pure love for the show was the fandom.

I came out of tumblr retirement for this. I didn't even want to dare to go on reddit or twitter to talk about this, I could already feel some of the responses. It would be trying to tip toe over the "bad writing" and "ruins continuity" and "this ruined my childhood" landmines. I really hoped I could find maybe one or two users here who felt the same love and excitement for this show that I had. Seriously, I just needed one or two. I was hoping I could just talk to one person who had the same joy I had. Imagine the smile on my face to find there were tons.

FINALLY!!

Are there people that hate the show or hate the parts I love and have completely valid reasons? Absolutely. I totally get it. But I can't tell you what a RELIEF it is to find people who love something you love. I feel like between Doctor Who, Star Wars, Marvel, His Dark Materials, and I'm sure more that I'm forgetting, it felt like finding those spaces where you can just share your love for something with other people who loved it, were getting narrow. I found a place where we can just enjoy something again and that feels so freaking good. For the first time in awhile, I didn't feel like I was in a sea of negativity, desperately holding onto an inflatable life raft hoping a like minded fan would come and rescue me.

Anyway, love you Strange New Worlds lovers, don't ever change. You actually made it feel good to be a fan again.

#Star Trek #Strange New Worlds

[the-firebird69]

Hulk (2003) - Opening Scene (HD)

These are the houses that were there and you said they moved them back and for the movie but there's a couple of them one was a set and when the movie I heard part of it and I said where's that coming from and it was me right there but he's saying it in both times and I said wow this is bizarre as hell and I couldn't stand it anymore but this is his story. His parents were there they were testing them and who's in the womb and they were testing him and they're trying to make him grow and using threats and they're trying to see what she's eating and they're trying to get the formula and for some reason they're missing something I don't know what it was and Dolores can't remember until both halves are together and they used to eat secret stuff he says and they weren't talking and they couldn't see it in the bloodstream and they know what some of it is so we have to try and figure it out but it might be that and it could be additives in the food but we don't know so they're running these tests and they're watching very close but they're competing so it's always harsh but he was in there in the womb when a device it wasn't a small accident and it turned out to be turning him into what he will become he's fully human but his name is quite different than most because he's the actual....

HULK

..

So he says to me so Bruce banner you want to fight I said no so I said damn it and that's it he knows he's very powerful now and he didn't want to hit me again or hit me at all and he just pushed me a little and I felt it pretty good but nothing happened to me he didn't push like real hard and I cuz I pushed him after he kind of nudged me but I was doing something very rude it was still doing it at the stupid laundry mat it's horrible it would have such little children all the time and he says I can't stand it at all and we know who he is and stuff but he's so drunked up with this Prilosec once that's out he is going to start growing and he is going to be a big boy people say it when they look at the DNA the correct test we are looking at the wrong one that the body produces as a byproduct of what you have been using for nutrients and for hydrating and usually it misses some things and that is what it is it's an assay based on the existing proteins and it's supposed to reflect the genome it's an examination of the actual genome and you have to sequence each organ and so forth you don't be slightly different but from the blood you can get it and people showed us and said that's him he's the hulk and that's who he is and people think that the hulks are his kids but they're also combined and they're super powerful. That there's certain variations and the ones that are green and human and they're all they're not part bug he can get a strong as the ones that are part bug he would have a tough time but he says he's have to be juiced and peacked and he could do it but the other holks can't. And he says it's way over the top because he have to the Hammer and it's the hammer that looks like the one we call Thor's and it's really at Odin's although Thor does have one he says it. And he's a hefty guy already and he says nowhere near what he'll be at 6 foot 2 like Schwarzenegger pretty much would look like him when he's bulked up he'd weigh 120 lb more and just almost a little bit bigger maybe 1 in diameter not circumference around the arms and other parts and that's a lot of weight difference so he's more dense and it explains it but wow this story is his story and that's his name he says he's not I'm sure if he's the incredible hulk or just the hulk but the regular hulk is so much stronger than people know that it's ridiculous but but when you're juiced up and you're the regular hulk he'd have a he'd come in first but it would be a contest and he'd have to be working out and used up. If they say it when combined with occasion it's a lot different but they said he can still compete he'd have to use power no so he's going to be strong and very dangerous right now he is they said that the hammer and the concrete weigh 250 lb and he broke the speed of sound with it and broke the engine block that Brad drives around and now I'm driving and that's what the car is out front it has a broken engine block and that's sweet Jesus Christ hulk take it easy

Dan

What me smash

Caa

Yeah you smashed it all right damn it

Dave

Hey go fix that hulk you're not allowed to break things and we told you not to he says that's a different hulk you're talking to yeah I get that but you're still him so he's asking me to if you're going to borrow some money say no you have to meld it says he has to be about 12 ft to have laser eyes but really 15 ft to do something like that so go ahead and do that that's how big the hawk is I want to see it and he says I like it because I'm not green

Black widow at least that's what I think I am in the future

Yeah I don't behave like that I'm a Scarlet queen or Scarlet witch for Christ's sake you broke the engine block what is the old you he owes me nothing cuz that's Max car oh that's a good idea

Sherry

This is an exciting topic and these girls are coming around and they're like top-level girls and they're like what is this he's the hulk what happened to Superman it says it may be about 7 ft if he goes up to Jupiter and comes back and we've had enough of that crap

Mac

It's kind of true that's what it would be like and it get massive shape and be big but extremely hard right now we have several things to update people on we have news so we're going to get to it but what an exciting topic this is going to be a lot of fun

Thor Freya

Yeah go ahead and find the theme song LOL

Hera

Olympus he says he can go as the hulk too Comic-Con and you have to show up as She-Hulk but Mom has a character so that's probably why and yeah that's good

#Youtube

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I tagged 321 of my posts in 2022

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#eddie brock - 41 posts

#my dumb posts - 34 posts

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#venom comics - 22 posts

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Longest Tag: 139 characters

#it likely went something like *how do we make this guy more creepy? i know lets give venom a slimy tongue that will creep some readers out*

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Things I wanna see in Venom 3

- Eddie and Venom becoming more gay for each other

- Saying things like my love and my dear and even my other just so to make some certain people even more mad and salty

- Eddie now has fangs because of Venom's DNA or something, like if Topher Grace Eddie had it so can Tom Hardy Eddie have it as well

- Idk some sorta flashback to Brock's childhood maybe, perhaps maybe Venom's too?

- I wanna see more 2D animation included in it, like with that one scene in Venom 2 with Celtus childhood being done in sorta a Don't Starve kind of art style? but would like to see more of that

- Venom telling Eddie about the multiverse and that secret thing he was gonna say at the end of the post-credit scene

- Toxin doing some cool and evil shit, likely is gonna be eaten or killed whichever comes first likely something will also happen with Patrick Mulligan too [also update kinda but now thinking about it i don't really want Toxin to turn fully evil or be killed off, like at least be given a chance like ya know Toxin could be a friendly rival of sorts maybe]

- Sleeper, probably will end up being in the last part of the movie [but Sleeper is also a pretty new character so idk if it's too soon for that to happen?]

- Hopefully will be longer than an hour or so? - A big stretch but something that will lead into Amazing SpiderMan 3 for the post-credits scene???

- For some of the trailers, they don't have to use this song but if they do it should be this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuyNfXxHLv4

and finally...

- Eddie going fucking feral and chaotic, embrace his inner weirdness and just go all out [i know that's something people wanna see happen from what i seen on here]

But yeah, ether I could be right on one thing or just be completely wrong but I guess we will see what happens when it comes out next year in 2023. Feel free to put down below of anything else you wanna see in the third movie. Even if any of what I said doesn't happen all I want is for it to be a fun and gay movie that is just enjoyable. These movies feel like live-action cartoons or anime, they have that sorta vibe and charm to them that makes them feel like that.

170 notes - Posted January 18, 2022

#4

So likely people know this by now maybe? But I wanna bring it up because I find it kinda interesting and wanted to mention it before. So we all know the part in Venom 2 with Vee making breakfast for Eddie and singing a song called: Let's call the whole thing off by Ella F. and Louis Armstrong. At first, I just thought hey that's a cute little long, aww bless him he likes to sing. c: So after seeing the movie I find the song and start to listen to it to listen to the whole thing. But what I didn't know is how kinda sad the song is? It's a breakup song of sorts. Of a couple relationship fading away because of liking different things and such. This was used before the breakup scene happen, so basically this was used as a foreshadowing of sorts very subtle foreshadowing.

With some of the lyrics mentioning: "Things have come to a pretty pass Our romance is growing flat, For you like this and the other While I go for this and that"

"Goodness knows what the end will be Oh I don't know where I'm at It looks as if we two will never be one Something must be done"

"But oh, if we call the whole thing off Then we must part And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart"

This wasn't just any old random song they put in this was intentional and just good subtle foreshadowing. The whole song mentioning about different things but said in different ways like tomato and tomahto potato and potahto, pyjamas and pyjahmas etc.

My guess is that this can be seen as both being very different from one another cuz well ya know one is a human man and the other one is an alien. But also they have a very different mindset on how they look at life in very different ways.

Idk maybe I'm looking far too deep into this and it's also late on my end when I type this but surely there was a reason why this song was chosen right?

also link to the song if you wanna listen to it for yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2oEmPP5dTM

197 notes - Posted January 2, 2022

#3

Venom: Lethal Protector [2022] may have ended, but it was a fun mini-series while it lasted. So here are some more random panels from issue 5 I found quite amusing. :]

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206 notes - Posted August 16, 2022

#2

New issue of Venom Lethal Protector [2022] is finally out :D

There will be spoilers but in the form of out of context images.

See the full post

302 notes - Posted May 18, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Finally playing the splatfest event and this is the first thing I see by going into the main hub.

Actually, why did this become a thing?

517 notes - Posted August 27, 2022

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #of course that one is number 1 it blew up so quickly aaaa #but im glad that one post made it to 4th place im proud of that one #my dumb posts

[kinetic-elaboration]

December 11: Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers

Made an apple crisp and watched Halloween 6. My first instinct is to say it was...not good. The beauty of Halloween (1978) is its simplicity, and the sequels are at their worst when they become convoluted and complicated--and this one was way too convoluted. I am not interested in Druids and curses and dark magic ceremonies and people in robes, blah blah blah. I don't think the series needs any of this and if it DOES because there's nothing else to say--just stop making them? I can definitely understand how, even though the ending did not have the 'this is end of the plot' feel of Halloween II, and I could easily imagine them continuing on with what was revealed here--following Tommy and Kara perhaps to some kind of romance, playing around more with making Danny evil, more fully explaining the "DNA experiments" whispered about here, and continuing down the Druid cult rabbit hole--I also fully understand why they dropped ALL of that and went the "now a different AU, Laurie lives" route.

Weirdly, the film it reminded me of the most was H3 Spirit of the Witch: the mixing of ancient curses with modern technology, the idea of Halloween as a ritualistic night of bloodletting, and the big climax in an echoing laboratory. But... I thought H3 did all that stuff better, in part because it doesn't gel with the Michael Myers lore, in my opinion.

The worst part of the movie was what they did to Jamie. Bad enough they fucked over Danielle Harris, but... what a gross, disgusting route to go with that character. Kidnapped, left for years who knows where, then presumably raped, kept alive only to open the movie with Birth Torture Porn (soooo uncomfortable), then be the Harbinger Character, and then die, in an absolutely repulsive way. She was the final girl! She was the protagonist of 2 films! But now that she's given birth to a prop baby, we don't need her for anything.

I was not a fan of the gore level of the deaths in general. Why did we need to straight up see John Strode explode? I know the silly levels of blood and guts are a plus for a lot of slasher fans but not me.

Also, there was not enough Loomis in this film, especially egregious since it was Donald Pleasence's last film. Everything they did leave in was very...rote. Did he need to be in the movie at all? Was he really doing anything?

For a last-film-in-the-arc there was also a lot of stuff that wasn't explained. I suppose at least some of it was in the Producer's Cut, but I'm not planning on watching that any time soon. Was Steven an incest baby or a science baby or both? What exactly was going on with Danny? Like, I understood it, but... it felt like a big plot point to be sorta left off to the side. Like H4 Jamie but lamer.

There were some things I liked. The concept of the Young People trying to resurrect Halloween was cool, but I don't think they did enough with it, either the forbidden Halloween era, or the Junior College campus party. I thought the film was going to climax there instead of at the asylum/hospital, but as it was, it was sort of a...footnote of a plot point. But it had promise.

Similarly, I liked the asshole shock jock. The radio show that connected all the different characters was very clever and made the intro more interesting, and it was a bit of meta fun, with the different callers and theories, that a franchise this many movies in can do. It also added some levity, which most of the film lacked. Having Jamie communicate her warning through the radio was pretty cool.

I was entertained watching Paul Rudd, though I would not necessarily call his performance...good? I wasn't sure what they were getting at with grown up Tommy but it almost worked for me? I heard he was supposed to be like the successor to Loomis, and I can see that if I squint. I wish they'd played it up more. Like, an original character becoming a creepy obsessive with red string connecting the newspaper clippings on his wall, and he's played by a young, cute Paul Rudd? Here for this, even if in practice they did not stick the landing.

I thought Kara was a pretty competent final-girl figure, also.

And there were a few creepy moments that I really liked: John Strode approaching the washing machine; Kara stepping over Michael to get to Danny; the little girl talking about the "warm, red rain," which had a real nightmare quality; and the shots of Tommy at the Halloween party (why? idk) intercut with Mrs. B talking about Halloween with Danny. That sequence really screamed "the climax of this story is going to happen here" but then it didn't. Oh well. Tommy trying to open the door to get Kara out while Michael approaches was also pretty great.

Finally, I liked this depiction of Michael: the mask, the outfit, the actor. The franchise gets A LOT out of this character design. All he needs to do is appear in the shadows or walk slowly across a room and it's automatically scary! But this one I thought had a little extra zest.

Next is H20, which I actually am excited to watch, but I don't know if I'll have time between now and when I visit home for the holidays.

#the year 2022 #2022: movies #2022: fandom thoughts

[maidenvault]

For the unpopular opinions: Batman/DC in general

1) You can want a Batman movie that isn’t dark for once all you want, but you’re the one who has to look at yourself in the mirror at the end of the day and deal with that, lol. You’re gonna have to justify to yourself why, when he dresses up like a nocturnal animal and lives in a city called Gotham. Dude was inspired by the Shadow, a dark and mysterious pulp character. Arkham Asylum is named after the fictional New England city of Arkham that is the setting in several H.P. Lovecraft stories. Elements of horror, gothic fiction, and noir have always been part of the DNA of Batman’s world. It makes him very distinct from characters like Superman or the Flash and that’s a good thing. Obviously it’s fine for Batman to have more light-hearted and kid-friendly portrayals, but you’re always gonna be standing on weak-ass ground arguing that it makes sense as anything more than a nostalgic tribute to the silver age comics or the Adam West show.

Every once in a while you’ll see a gif or comic panels going around showing Bruce hugging a child or otherwise being compassionate with someone being like “See?? This is the real Batman, the one who cares about people!” Bitch, all superheroes care about people. They all have compassion. But even in the DCAU, which is made for kids, this guy barely ever laughs and doesn’t like celebrating Christmas and has a tendency to alienate people close to him because he’s so single-mindedly committed to catching criminals he can lose sight of being a human being. Sometimes it feels like what some fans want is a sunny Super Friends type of characterization where the Justice League are all almost indistinguishable from each other in personality and the tone of everything is the same.

(That said, people conflate “dark” with “realistic,” and I really don’t find The Batman to be as gritty and grounded as people are making it out to be. The Riddler is the one element that feels very grounded in reality. But this movie is not going for realism like Nolan’s films did. It has a heavily stylized and atmospheric world, the Penguin is a hilarious and ridiculous person, and there’s a scene where Catwoman frickin pours a big glass of milk and drinks it in front of Batman like she’s daring him to say anything about it and he’s like “Sooo….cats, huh?” It’s no Burton level of comic-booky but come on hahaha.)

2) What ships and characters I’m really into can vary a lot across different DC canons, and I honestly feel like people can get kind of annoying and myopic in their ways of approaching adaptations when they fixate on the same elements of the universe in everything despite so many Batman adaptations, for instance, being really different as interpretations. Fans that are going around calling Dano’s Riddler “Nygma” when his name canonically is Nashton are telling on themselves that they basically don’t care about the specifics of this portrayal. It just feels like a superficial sort of interest to have in the thing, sort of like the dread tendencies of migratory slash fandom. This is also why lots of fans are getting so ridiculously ahead of the material and already clamoring for a full-fledged batfamily in Reevesverse, even though such a thing would take a long game of careful set-up particularly in this version if it can work at all….*groan.* I mean, before Riddlebat started picking up steam in the 2022 fandom most of the fics I think were Penguin/Riddler, I guess because that’s a popular ship in the Gotham TV fandom and you guys can’t be normal.

But maybe I’m just weird like this. I’ve never been nearly as into batcat before as I'm into 2022 batcat. I’ve historically been mainly a superbat shipper and that’s a fun lens through which to look at anything they interact in, but I recognize that they have zero fucking chemistry in Synderverse and I just can’t do it, lol. These things don’t have continuity across different ‘verses for me.

3) That Swamp Thing series people were so sad to see cancelled was literally so bad. Started out with a pretty great pilot, then got bad.

4) Ezra Miller’s Flash is really annoying and should go away.

5) CW Iris/Barry are adorable and sweet and have great chemistry. This shouldn’t be an unpopular opinion. Poor Candice Patton, fuck that fandom.

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