#and there's some crossover between the asylum horror trope

[yuleshootureye]

"Why are nuns always the scary figures in Horror? Why not monks or priests??? Is it because men don't like it when women aren't sexualized???"

Why are nuns the scary ones? Someone clearly never went to Catholic School.

#I'd love someone to do a count of evil nun movies vs evil priest movies #but like #there's a scary nun in *blues brothers* and that has nothing to do with her fuckability #she's just mean and intimidating #also also #i wonder how much of the legacy of magdalene laundries (and similar facilities) lives on #especially in the modern era #but everyone in ye olden days knew they were places you were forcibly sent to and might never return from #and there's some crossover between the asylum horror trope #there's also probably some misogyny stuff about nuns being in charge of childcare #and people having issues with their caretakers #and working them out through fiction #sub-tumbling #catholocism #horror #catholic school #religion

[welshdragonrawr]

TV Shows Tag

Tagged by @echoesout (thanking you kindly as always!)

Pick 5 shows, then answer the following questions! Don’t cheat. Tag 10 (or however many) peeps!

(I’m gonna tag people here, so you don’t scroll down too quick and end up seeing the questions/influencing your decisions too soon haha: @sc-rp, @yellowlitchi, @thesarahtomypaulson, anyone who wants to try this basically)

Right, on with the show(s)! 

1. American Horror Story

2. Penny Dreadful

3. Xena Warrior Princess

4. Wynonna Earp

5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 

1. Who is your favorite character is 2?

Vanessa Ives

2. Who is your least favorite in 1?

Ben Harmon (I had other more controversial options but y’know...)

3. Favorite Episode of 4?

I tend to binge this show in a rush of episodes so distinguishing them is odd but it’s probably ‘I Walk the Line’ for the blatant flip of the bird to the ol’ bury your gays trope :D

4. Favorite season of 5?

Controversial, but probably 6. Between all the stuff about grieving, Once More With Feeling, Tabula Rasa, Willow’s Dark Arc...It’s not often liked as a whole but it’s the one I’ve watched the most times over. 

5. Favorite couple in 3?

Xena and Gabrielle, obvs. They ran so the rest of our wlw otps could FLY. 

6. Favorite Couple in 2?

This was one fandom/show where I didn’t really have any ships? I know we’re supposed to go all goo over Vanessa/Ethan but it never really lit for me... Though if we’re talking BroTP it would have to be Vanessa/The Creature 

7. Favorite episode of 1?

Okay, ouch. Um... The entirety of Asylum If I had to pick just one then maybe Dark Cousin cuz it had a little bit of everything good about that season? I don’t know, this was so hard....

8. Favorite episode of 5?

Once More With Feeling, I mean, come on...That ep is iconic.

9. Favorite season of 2?

Season 2, it was a step up from the first for my bae Vanessa, but had less gaping plot holes than season 3. And also that Verbis Diablo scene gives me chills every time... “Beloved, know your master...”

10. How long have you watched 1?

Since late 2013 (I came in just before Coven started, went back to watch Asylum, then Murder House, then have stuck with it as its gone on since.)

11. How did you become interested in 3?

Childhood obsession, I don’t remember how I found it, maybe cuz I watched Hercules on an early saturday morning and it was the spin off from that?

12. Favorite actor in 4?

Melanie Scrofano, cuz she’s such a lovable dork/asshole (I mean that in the best, most loving way)

13. Which do you prefer 1, 2, or 5?

Ugh, Buffy is my childhood retreat, but I am also undeniably sat here in an AHS jacket and Foxxay/Goodeday are my OTP for LIFE. So I’m gonna have to say AHS...

14. Which shows have you seen more episodes of 1 or 3?

I have to do the math...but I think on a technical level, I’ve seen all 94 episodes of AHS so far...but definitely not all 134 of Xena (I’m not that sad, I did look them up...) So it’s likely to be AHS

15. If you could be anyone from 4 who would you be?

Wynonna, probably, we’re pretty much already enough alike. 

16. Would you crossover between 3 and 4 work?

Crazily, I think it could? Also, there was a twitter call a while back for Lucy Lawless to step in and take the role of Wynonna’s mum (which didn’t happen sadly, but it would have been awesome) so possibly? Also Xena has plenty of ‘XxG in modern settings/timelines’ episodes they messed with in the past.

17. Pair two characters in 1 who would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple?

Do we count Bananun? Can we count Bananun for this as it’s not canon but it totally is? I’ve discussed this a lot with @whiskeyxfluent and we’ve come up with a couple of unlikely but great pairings in the past. But I think our most recent discussions included Cordelia/Innocent!Mary Eunice, or even Venable/Innocent!Mary... Venable needs some love, my lavender menace just needs some soft, soft affection from someone. 

18. Overall, which shows has a better storyline, 3 or 5?

How dare you. I suppose Buffy. 

19. Which has better theme music 2 or 4?

Penny Dreadful (although the opening theme for WE kicks ass)

Thanks for tagging! That was an intriguing one to do!

#tag things