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hrh-the-royals · 8 months

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Ashley: Hello, welcome to Good Morning Royals, your number one station for ALL royal coverage. Today, we're joined by Brian Banks, Anna Windslar, Harper Lake and Maxwell Astatic. Today we'll be going through all of the royal news.

Ashley: Today, let's start with the heavier news. The Dowager Queen, Tessa of Tartosa passed away, we're told it was peacefully in her sleep. As well as the hospitalization of the Prince Consort Dong-yul of Mt. Komorebi.

Maxwell: Yes, this is very sad news. In my younger days, I was able to cover the Queen's visit to Windenburg, being apart of the press pack. She was lovely woman.

Ashley: What do you think this means for the country?

Maxwell: I do think it'll be a tough time, the country is currently at war as far as ideologies. Anti-Monarchy, feelings are going strong. I think this could be the start of the end.

Ashley: It seems like King Carlo will have tough times ahead.

Anna: It'll also be interesting to here what this means for Mt. Komorebi, it's been hard during Eun-young's reign to get her to speak to the press off the record. Since the Crown Princess marriage to Ho-jun, they've been more willing to talk to the.

Anna: I think with the Prince Consort out of commission, you'll see more of the Crown Prince and Princess stepping up. As well as the youngest daughter Princess Joo-eun.

Ashley: That's right, we did see the young princess at her first solo engagement. Anna: And I think she did really well, our contacts told us she was a little nervous but seemed to get on wonderfully.

Brian: I will say, the biggest issue would be the government. The Queen has been trying to push for re-unification of the Moonwood Mill Kingdom but the Crown Prince's family does oppose that idea.

Maxwell: I can't say I disagree, it would be bad news mixing with them. I say it's better that they have their own and we have our own. The Queen has deep feelings about this but she should think about what's best for the country.

Harper: It'd be better for them to come together to show they've grown past the past. What has that Kingdom done wrong?

Ashley: That is a good segway into Moonwood Mill and Forgotten Hallow.

Brian: No point, Crown Princess Ashina does want peace but I don't think they'll ever settle with the vampires and they rarely talk to media outside of their Kingdom.

Anna: Yes, very closed off and they tend to keep to themselves.

Ashley: That is very sad, I think they have a chance to turn a new leaf. It'd be great if they could manage to get along.

Ashley: Next up, the royals of San Sequoia. Crown Princess Collette recently had her birthday celebration.

Brian: Yes, a party that included Queen Josephine and the The Duke and Duchess of Rocksavage.

Ashley: Yes, we'll get to them soon, as well as the Oasis Springs royal as a lot has been going on there.

Anna: The issue with San Sequoia is the the Colette isn't interested in dating or getting married. You know, San Sequoia is a direct relationship, not only in country's bonds but due to the bloodline of the royal family.

Anna: If she doesn't produce an heir, then the line will go to the Taylor family. Brian: Which some might like, William is close friends with Levi. Maxwell: Which wouldn't be a bad thing, the Taylor family does lean more towards Windenburg values.

Maxwell: There are certain sections who aren't happy with the rule and style of the current royal family. Harper: That might be true but the royal family enjoy the highest polling numbers among all royal families.

Harper: Not only that, they have good support not only for the family but the monarchy as a whole. I think those interested in the Taylor family ruling, are more interested in personal gains.

Ashley: And that is an interesting point to end on. Now, our main topic, something I know the viewers are waiting to hear our thoughts about. It's come out that Noelle is related to Queen Najwa of Oasis Springs.

Maxwell: It's quite shocking, though, once again...our new duchess manages to make it about herself. Harper: It's not her fault someone accessed the private photos of her relatives and released them online.

Harper: Honestly, this is bigger than Noelle, other people were hurt by this but we shouldn't use this as another chance to attack her. She hasn't done anything wrong in this sense but there article after article about her.

Anna: I agree with Maxwell about this, the fact that the royal household didn't know is unacceptable. Brian: It is concerning that the the individual royals aren't speaking to each about about such matters.

Harper: With the information leaves the royal household, I understand why she would want to keep it a secret. She is the cousin, not the sister to the Queen. She's never used her connection n her personal life, why would she as a royal?

Brian: That...quickly followed by the article about her clothing, It also doesn't seem like she has support. During Crown Princess Colette's party, she attended without a tiara.

Brian: Which was a smart move though there was a bit of blow back, with more accusations of her seeking attention. Harper: The palace lends out tiara's they should've indicated that.

Harper: I'm also sure if I went back and picked select photos of other royal's clothing, I'd be able to make an article out of their spending cost.

Maxwell: The best move for Noelle would be to take some time off, go away from the public and learn to manage herself. Harper: Hopefully, in all of that, the media will learn not to write about. She's talked about more than she's actually done.

Ashley: And with that, we're to happy you all turned in for another episode of Good Morning Royals. You know to tune in later for more of your daily royal news.

#hrh.news #hrh.lee #hrh.miura #hrh.elrod #hrh.wettin #hrh.bruno #hrh.sorensen

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385bookreviews · 1 year

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1.106.1 The Witch King by H.E. Edgemon

SPOILERS

Pages: 380

Read Time: 6 hours and 26 minutes

Overall Rating: ★★★☆☆ Storyline: ★★★★☆ Dialogue: ★★★☆☆ Characters: ★★★☆☆

Genre: YA Fantasy Fiction

TWs for the book: Dissociation, s*xual assault, death/murder, transphobia, deadnaming, dysphoria, scars, violence, fire, child abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, blood, drug use, panic attacks, mild su*c*dal thoughts, grief, police brutality, racism, xenophobia, colonization, s*xual content, infertility, classism

POV: First person from Wyatt

Time Period/Location: Modern day North America, where the fae city of Asalin is hidden

First Line: I open the back door to let the dogs out, and Nadua’s got her gardening shears buried like a knife in one of my fiancé‘s wings.

The Witch King begins with young trans witch Wyatt Croft, living with his best friend Briar and her family in Texas. He has been trying to outrun his past, but it catches up with him when his fiancé, a fae prince named Emyr, finds him and demands he comes home to Asalin so they can be married, or he risks breaking the blood contract that binds them together. Wyatt reluctantly agrees, but brings Briar, his ex-girlfriend and best friend, with him. Wyatt finds Asalin, a hidden faery city in Northern America, in a state of political conflict, with Emyr’s cousin Derrick trying desperately to take the throne. He is severely anti-witch, who are the off-chance children of fae, and, sensing Wyatt’s displeasure at being there, he offers him a deal. If Wyatt gets in enough trouble, he can be removed from the contract, which will secure Derrick as king, and ensure Wyatt to be allowed to return to the human world. Wyatt goes about trying to cause such problems by stealing the king’s dragon, and breaking into a green house to steal drugs. During this time, he meets new friends, such as Jin and Clarke, a witch/fae mated pair like him and Emyr, and he reunites with his sister Tessa, who at firsts hates and rejects him. Wyatt left Asalin because, with no access to learning anything about his magic because of his racist and abusive parents, he lost control and burned down part of the village when he was sexually assaulted. In the midst of this magical meltdown, his parents discovered him and tried to kill him, and his magic, in retaliation, killed his parents. Despite Tessa’s reaction to him at first, her fondness for him grows as the story went on, and they forgive each other. Wyatt had to take a two day trip to a southern fae territory (as he made an offensive video as part of his plan with Derrick, and had to apologize to the fae queens there), he returns to find Briar using witch magic to open the portal back to the fae’s home-world of Faery that was destroyed upon . Briar had hidden her distant witch lineage from Wyatt, and he was angry upon discovering this, although she explains that she merely wishes to send the fae back to Faery and have the witches stay in Asalin so there is no longer any persecution. Wyatt leaves, and goes to meet up with Emyr, where Wyatt confesses his love for him. During this, Emyr checks his phone, and through complicated spellwork in a digital file he receives, he accidentally ends the contract with Wyatt, and the blood magic kills him. Wyatt, in his grief and unlimited magic, brings him back to life, but Derrick attempts to frame him for his death. This is where his ruse becomes known, as his sister Clarke admits that they both played a role in trying to steal the throne and kill Wyatt and other witches, including her girlfriend Jin. Wyatt’s involvement with Derrick is also revealed, but he is forgiven of his role as Derrick was using magic on him to get him to submit. Emyr decides to send Wyatt home, but he decides to stay and convinces Emyr there needs to be an overthrow of the whole system of Asalin.

Wyatt Croft: Wyatt is a very emo main character. He has a constantly self-deprecating view point, and thinks quite selfishly at times. He isn’t a particularly lovable main character, and doesn’t put any effort into gaining control of his magic despite complaining he has no control of his magic. He comes from a very valid and human viewpoint, however, especially that of a teenager, and I found that made him quite a realistic character. While his very stereotypically teenage vocabulary may seem annoying to some, I found it to be quite funny.

Emyr North: Emyr was arguably one of the best characters in the book, and his love for Wyatt despite everything makes him immensely lovable. While he made mistakes, he definitely made up for them in his willingness to always admit his faults and change.

Tessa Croft: Tessa was raised to be incredibly racist against witches, and shows a very vile hatred towards Wyatt, telling him she wished he had died. He also killed their parents. While her understanding that she was raised wrong and that her parents were abusive was good character development, it really felt like it came out of nowhere. It didn’t really feel like there was a moment that prompted it, and the events leading up to this moment felt like, if anything, she would become more hateful.

Briar: I never really felt attached to her, but she was an ok character up until the moment Wyatt discovered he had been lying to her about her witch ancestry and decided to take it upon herself to open the door to Faery, consequences be damned. It was a plot twist I didn’t see coming, but not in a good way, and it felt very out of character for her. Wyatt has an immensely dramatic reaction to finding out she and her mother had been lying to him for years, but then they go back to normal very quickly. I feel like her behavior got very brushed under the rug, although I know there is a sequel so it may be addressed further there.

Derrick and Clarke: I didn’t see it coming that Clarke was a villain, but both her and Derrick felt very 2 dimensional and not at all threatening.

Storyline: The story was a little slow at times (causing me to put the book down for a few months and have to come back to it). Certain characters fell flat, certain plot lines weren’t explored, and a lot of things were told instead of shown. Some things were added in suddenly, or things meant to be big plot twists also fell flat.

Representation: There was a lot of good representation in this book. Wyatt is gay and trans FtM, and deals with panic attacks, depression, and dissociation. Emyr is depicted as black, gender nonconforming, and fluid with his sexuality, Jin is a transfemme nonbinary lesbian. Briar is an asexual, biromantic, plus sized Seminole and Diné Native American. There are multiple people of color throughout the book. Roman, Lorena, and Solomon, three witches part of the pro-witches rights group, are a polyamorous triad. There are two queens of a fae country, and two kings in another.

Summary: Ultimately, I feel like this was a decent book and will be reading the sequel. There are definitely things I would change or do differently, but based on the representation and world building aspects, and the potential for the storyline to improve with the setup for the next book, The Fae Keeper, it is worth a read.

Quotes: “That's enough cis men for today. I would like to cancel all cis men and go take a nap.”-Wyatt Croft “I don't think I have enough energy to fall apart. Why did I never realize it took energy to fall apart?”-Wyatt Croft “Somewhere, at some point in time, some random cis person who's probably dead now decided all trans people were stuck in the wrong body, and that became law. But I'm not a boy trapped in a girl's body. My body is a boy's body because I'm a boy and it's mine. My body isn't wrong. Okay?”-Wyatt Croft “But isn't anger another part of love? Isn't it just the heart's way of letting you know a better world is possible?”

#lgbt #lgbtq #diversity #the witch king #he edgemon #gay #trans #book blog #book review #fantasy #ya fantasy #booklr

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randomfictionrants · 3 years

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The Kissing Booth, After series, 50 shades of Grey series, Twilight and 365 days are the worst movie franchises to ever exist. Agreed?

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capsiclesteebrogers · 3 years

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as a literature student, the scene in after where t*ssa and h*rdin are "discussing" pride & prejudice makes me so mad because they did not understand a single thing from the book and completely missed the point, yet the teacher didn't say anything? she was actually pleased? WTF WAS THAT? if i was their teacher, they would not pass the class until THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE BOOK WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT. i get that people have different interpretations of a piece of fiction but come on, their discussion was MISERABLE.

#elizabeth bennet needs to chill #anti after #anti hardin scott #anti tessa young #reread the book UNTIL YOU GET IT #they really thought they did something there #they just made fools of themselves #BOY I'M GOING TO THROW THE BOOK AT YOUR HEAD #and their teacher did not stop them and corrected them? my teachers would go on a whole rant and educate us properly #i just remembered that stupid scene and got ANGRY

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sbd-laytall · 2 years

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YA Novel Checklist

Not Like Other Girls Mindset? Check!

Misogyny? Check!

Slut-shaming? Check!

After (2014)

#even if you haven't been reading fanfiction for five years like me you can just tell this is a Wattpad fic #tessa young #anti after #my post

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suzieloveships · 3 years

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You know what makes me mad. If we cut out all of sex teasers from After 3 trailer the whole thing look like a trailer for a movie about toxic relationship, like we are not suppost want them to end up together, an antiromcom. But no, this is just another one of those stories about bad boy who change(?) because he fall in love with a girl who not like others girls. Like, I just can not understand how women can write such misogynistic stories? Someone please explain it to me

#after #tessa young #hardin scott #josephine langford #hero fiennes tiffin #anti anna todd #anti stephenie meyer #anti e. l. james

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brad-holbrook · 3 years

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long overdue intro post for breedly holebrook bradley holbrook!! if you’ve seen my writing you’ll know i’m prone to go over the top, so naturally that’s what i’ve done here

so this is my warning, LONG POST AHEAD (lmao and i may still add to it, who knows) i’m always open to chat/plot/whatever if you ever want to slide into my dms, or feel free to ask for my discord!!

biographical information

NAME: Bradley Donovan Holbrook

OTHER NAMES: Brad; Dimples (by Cory)

BORN: 30 June, 2002

ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

HOMETOWN: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States

MARITAL STATUS: Single

SEXUALITY: Homosexual

OCCUPATION: None (soon to be a freshman in college)

NATIONALITY: American

ETHNICITY: Irish (½), English (⅛), Polish (⅛), Scottish (⅛)

physical information

GENDER: Cisgender Male

HEIGHT: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

WEIGHT: 66 kg (145 lbs)

HAIR COLOUR: Brown

EYE COLOUR: Dark Brown

SKIN COLOUR: Fair

FACIAL HAIR: Clean Shaven

BODY HAIR: Some Leg and Pit, Trimmed Pubic Hair

family information

FATHER: Stuart Holbrook (b. 1966)

MOTHER: Roisin Holbrook (née Mallon) (b. 1968)

OLDER SISTER: Teresa “Tessa” Holbrook (b. 1993)

OLDER SISTER: Lydia Holbrook (b. 1996)

OLDER SISTER: Ophelia Holbrook (b. 1998)

character information

POSITIVE TRAITS: Affectionate, Adventurous, Creative, Determined, Generous, Loyal, Modest, Patient, Selfless

NEGATIVE TRAITS: Clumsy, Envious, Fearful, Gullible, Insecure, Self-Conscious

INTERESTS: Singing, Guitar, Piano, Musical Theater, Soccer, Adventuring/Exploring, Reading

sexual information

SEXUAL POSITION: Bottom, Rare Vers

KINKS: Age Gaps, Breeding, Choking, Dirty Talk, Exhibitionism, Facials (receiving), Height Differences, Multiple Partners/Group Sex, Rimming, Roleplaying, Rough Sex

ANTI-KINKS: Blood Play, Feminisation, Feet, Gaping, Heavy BDSM, Scat, Watersports

other

The youngest and only son of four, it’s fair to say Bradley lived a sheltered life. He grew up with three protectors, stylists, and band members, his family being very musically inclined due to his dad’s role as a theatre lighting designer.

His upbringing was fairly average and full of positive reinforcement. Even when he came out during high school, he was met with nothing but praise and support.

Bradley wasn’t the most popular boy at school, but he was firmly high on the popularity scale. In addition to his looks and kind personality, he was active in both the school’s drama programmes and soccer team and consequently found himself gaining a fair few admirers growing up.

His sisters and him were all encouraged to partake in singing and piano lessons growing up. Naturally Brad was soon discovered to possess the most musical talent, and went on to learn the guitar and ukulele, and become familiar with the drums and bass.

He realised he was gay when him and a teammate kissed during a game of truth and dare, after which Bradley developed feelings that weren’t reciprocated, but something that he didn’t take personally.

Losing his virginity wasn’t something he was necessarily proud of, but nor is he ashamed. He met the man (who was around seven years older than him) on Grindr and the two met up in Brad’s car in a parking lot outside a nearby village hall.

His first boyfriend came along shortly after, and with newfound romance came a new muse. Bradley found himself expanding on his musical talents and began writing his own music, mostly inspired by young love.

Bored of the monotony of their hometown, Bradley and his friends planned to embark on a road trip after graduation, each of them taking a year out before college in order to partake in the trip.

Bradley’s boyfriend was due to accompany them on the trip, but alas, with the inspiration of young love comes the forlorn muse that is heartbreak. Their break up was messy, with accusations being thrown around by both parties, including false rumours being spread of Brad’s infidelity.

The trip went ahead and Bradley managed to forget about his ex for the most part, but not before having penned several songs that had been born from his anguish. He has since been fine tuning and rewriting the one he has connected with most, and hopes to one day be satisfied enough with it to release it to the public.

His parents, ever supportive and misguided, decided to help kill two birds with one stone and gifted their one and only son with a vacation to Camp Riverbend, hoping the outdoors and change of scenery would help him finish his song and that the LGBTQ friendly premise would help Bradley gain confidence in himself. Naturally, they hadn’t read the fine print about how friendly the camp was.

#♕— headcanon #♕— about

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sammysdewysensitiveeyes · 3 years

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So despite my vow not to give Marauders any more attention something popped in my head bugging me and I have to get it out and you’re like one of very few people I’ve got for that—in Duggan’s retelling, I think taking vengeance on Buckman and his lot becomes Emma’s idea instead of Shaw’s? I refuse to reread that garbage but I swear after Shaw’s now-illusory last kiss with Lourdes, Emma says something that prompts Shaw to yell (in a way drawn to make him look ridiculous and stupid ofc) that SHE MUST BE AVENGED so the takeover was now her idea too (and yet she also says “and all it cost was human blood” AS IF SHE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT) like. At this rate I expect Duggan to say actually she time traveled and started the Hellfire Club and also the X-Men. Or I could be wrong but I think I’m right.

You are right!

In the Duggan retcon, Emma is the one who says something about how Buckman must pay, and Sebastian just echoes her. In the original, Sebastian is the one calling for vengeance.

Duggan also conveniently eliminates Tessa's line about "How much she loved him, how little he knew it...." because God forbid we have any depiction of Sebastian in a potentially positive or sympathetic light. Maybe we're supposed to believe Emma faked that line, too, even though Sebastian is clearly focused on Lourdes in the original and probably didn't even hear what Tessa said.

So Duggan takes one of the most important moments in Sebastian's life, if not THE most important moment, and makes it all about Emma's trickery. And the mutants of the Hellfire Club overthrowing the human members like Buckman? All Emma's idea, apparently, although the story pays lip service to Lourdes being the one who recognized the dangers of humans. Never mind about Sebastian or Leland having their own agency, it was all Emma pulling the strings, and having the mental quickness to see an opportunity to not only "save" Lourdes but also push Sebastian to take over the Hellfire club, all in an instant.

And once again, I'm coming off as really anti-Emma here, so I promise, I really do like Emma. But must everything be retconned to white-wash her past, and also show her as constantly running circles around the other Hellfire Club guys? Can she not ever be shown as vulnerable, scared, or cruelly flawed? In the original story, she was in very real danger from the Sentinel, and Sebastian was rushing to her and Leland's rescue. In the retcon, the Sentinel is taken care of almost as an afterthought, and Emma treats it like no big deal. I actually find the Emma in the original, who is caught in a vulnerable position and who is probably genuinely shaken by the whole incident to be a lot more compelling than the retcon Emma who reacts coolly to everything.

And again, the absolute lack of agency from Lourdes herself. I can understand Duggan thinking that it's "feminist" to save Lourdes from being, basically, a "fridged" woman who is killed for Sebastian's character development. But in the retcon, she is only saved for Emma's character development, and STILL doesn't have any real agency of her own. She wants to stay in the US (in the same city where Sebastian lives and operates, even!) instead of going home to Spain? She needs Emma to set her up with money and a new life via the Kingpin instead of Emma just pulling a few mind tricks to give Lourdes access to the very real fortune that she has? Why? I can maybe understand Lourdes being afraid of the retconned abusive Sebastian, but also Lourdes is a fucking teleporter. Like she can't just dip out if Sebastian gets too close to her. But no, she is utterly helpless, and only wants to know if the new man taking care of her is "a nice man."

In all this, it kind of feels like Duggan is trying to have it both ways. The retcon of Emma being abused by Shaw seemed like it was supposed to make her more sympathetic and absolve her of some of the Hellfire club's crimes by suggesting that she didn't have full agency, she was afraid of big, bad, Sebastian. But Duggan also wants her to be a clever badass, so we see her manipulating Sebastian and Leland to not only let Lourdes escape, but also pushing them into the Hellfire club takeover. So which is it? Is she a sad victim or the real power behind the Black King? (Of course, it is possible to be some combination of both, but that would require a better writer than Duggan.) If Emma is clever enough to manipulate the guys to this extent, why doesn't she DO something about the abuse that she is supposedly enduring? Why doesn't she psychically give Sebastian a stroke and arrange for him to be replaced by someone easier to control? Is Sebastian a terrifying enemy who is powerful, intelligent and ruthless, or is he an easily manipulated idiot that Emma is always one step ahead of? You can't have it both ways. There's a middle ground, but it requires some actual complexity and nuance.

Anyway, I look forward to the next issue of Marauders, in which Tempo will take Emma on a time-traveling adventure, in which Emma will found the original Hellfire club (but somehow not be responsible for the greed and corruption associated with the club), then travel to Bishop's future and fix everything there while Bishop just stands there in awed appreciation. And while she's at it, she'll meet a young Pyro and inspire all of his romance novels.

#marauders salt

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sheisbeautyweareworldass · 4 years

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I'm getting racist vibes from a lot of those anti Alastair ig comments. Like Will called Tessa a whore and never apologized but everyone still gave him a chance, but Alastair is written off immediately and he was younger than Will.

Sooooo,

I've actually written multiple times about this specific topic to the point where I think some people might believe I enjoy talking about it - what I don't - but the racism in this fandom becomes painfully obvious when it comes to Alastair.

As you said, Will pretty much called Tessa a whore, he also publicly humiliated a young Tatiana Lightwood and was, in general, a shit person to everyone except his best friend for 5 years; Jace literally said a slur, amongst other problematic stuff he did. Matthew also was a shit person in the Academy and yes, he was racist (listen to what poc say about his comments towards Alastair's appearance). I don't remember much about TMI Alec, but I'm pretty sure he made a few biphobic comments. Basically, a lot of TSC's main characters were shit people at some point.

We're supposed to have forgiven them because they have a tragic background story/a good reason to justify their behavior. Funny enough, some (most) of the shit they pulled out are not even addressed - in the books or by the fandom itself.

And then we've Alastair - the boy who many believe that should die so his regret can be real. Alastair, who yes, was wrong in doing what he did. No one is saying that it was right (even tho most of anti-Alastair stans seems to believe that we agree with his actions ☠️)

One of my biggest issues with the whole 'Alastair's redemption arc' is that, yes, it should be a thing, but I hate how CC portrayed his actions as if they were worse than Will's or Matthew's. They weren't. Their actions were problematic af and they all should be addressed, the only difference is that we saw how Alastair's directly affected other characters while we didn't see it with the others'.

Alastair was younger than most of them when he did what he did, as you pointed out, but for some totally mysterious reason, people talk about him as if he was 30 while they refer to the others as 'boys' (treating 17 years old white lads as kids and forgiving their mistakes bc of that and expecting a 15 years old boy of color to act as an adult it's also racism <3)

This isn't saying that you should forgive Alastair. Truly, you should feel however you want about him, but if you're gonna write a whole ass essay about why he's bad person, you should also hold accountable every other character who was problematic; focusing all your energy on the non-white one it's pretty telling imo.

Okay, so this post became bigger than I thought it was gonna be (because I kinda get on board really easy when it comes to this discussion 😅), but to sum it up: I agree with you, you're totally right and you shouldn't be afraid to say it out loud.

PS: I really don't get it how, for some people, believing that someone was cursed by a demon is more credible than one being traumatized by the racism they faced lmao

#what is this????#me writing another essay about alastair?#more likely than u think #alastair carstairs #tsc #tlh #chain of gold #chain of iron #answered

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dionaearps · 3 years

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hi, i’m joey (25, nb, he/they) and i’m looking for some new plots! rules and plot/fc ideas below the cut!

rules.

i rp on tumblr and discord. my strict cut off is 18+ for partners but i generally prefer partners over 21. i have a slight preference for playing girls or nb muses, but mostly because i prefer f/f ships. i’m down for any pair combination, with a big preference for queer ships.

my favourite genres are fantasy, supermatural, sci-fi, dark academia. i generally don’t like plots that are solely domestic, pregnancy/parenting, or celeb/fame rps. further info such as my trigger warnings can be found here.

plots.

period vampires! i don’t have much to say for this one bc there’s lots of directions we could go, i would rly love to play a jodie comer fc for this perhaps…, kind of like interview with a vampire/anne rice style vampires maybe?

i love anything to do with fae lore, esp the rly traditional stuff. also love anything from holly blacks’ fae verses. changeling plots are particuarly *chef’s kiss*.

i have a faulty android muse that i’d love to plot with in a setting based off cypberpunk 2077 (or the original 2020 ttrpg). based on this super old comic from tumblr where the android escapes half-broken from the corp that made them and breaks into a techies’ shop to fix themselves up

fantasy mumus in settings like the elder scrolls or dragon age or a generic ass fantasy settings where we could just make a bunch of ocs and stick ‘em together in a guild like in ur standard dungeons and dragons set up. i have a lot of dnd ocs. and a lot of them will never be used in games so??

something rly cutesy and farmcore with like stardew valley/animal crossing/harvest moon vibes plot where its all whimsical and rural and fervently anti-capitalist but has maybe some soft fantasy vibes (look i just rewatched the animal crossing film and im,, in love once again, bonus for older muses looking for a city escape). i also saw this post that mentioned a witch running a cat shelter like that it’s thats the ship. cat shelter witch x former corporate wage slave turned farm girl.

girl’s. boarding. schools. enough said. could either have a dark academia vibe with a murder mystery OR ghosts/cults/general spooky stuff (or both??).

have any of y’alll read angelology? nun and a cute academic team up to stop nephilim from destroying the world with gabriel’s lyre and then it turns out nun is a nephilim and academic is like actually, nope and suddenly they’re enemies? Love that

fandoms.

generally i prefer to play ocs in fandom settings, but there are a few canon ships i’d like to do.

elder scrolls

fallout

dragon age (leliana/josephine, leliana/warden, morrigan/warden, hawke/isabela, josephine/inquisitor, sera/inquisitor)

the witcher

borderlands

stardew valley

life is strange (chloe/max, chloe/rachel)

tithe

percy jackson

magnus archives

would love a bubbleline or catradora ship as well

faceclaims.

i prefer finding the right fc for the character rather than make plots based on fcs, but here are some i’m interested in:

hunter schafer, zendaya coleman, dev patel, lulu antariksa, chella man, reece king, gabriel darku, barbie feirrera, natasha liu bordizzo, amita suman, moon gayoung, aubrey joseph, danai gurira aron piper, seo kang joon, emmy rossum, maya hawke, kimiko glenn, sophie skelton, ryan potter, michael cimino, mj rodriguez, joe keery, jonathon daviss, lalisa manoban, tati gabrielle, rachel weisz, archie renaux, alilsha wainwright, indya moore, keiynan lonsdale, taron egerton, park chae wo, madison bailey, theo germaine, haley kiyoko, kit young, summer bishil, lana condor, viola davis, vanessa morgan, medalian rahimi, steven yuen, sofia byrant, liv hewson, lucy lui, jordan fisher, avan jogia, malese jow, doona bae, alberto rosende, arden cho, jodie cormer, rudy pankow, marlo kelly, tessa thompson, lyrica okano, lupita nyong'o, anya chalotra, naomi scott, neve campbell, erinn westbrook, brianne tju, ryan destiny, bryna marquezine, maisie williams, nick robinson, jessica parker kennedy, freddy carter, kaylee bryant, millie brady, bridgette lundy-paine, oscar isaac, sen mitsuji, im jinah, jessie mei li, lee pace, oliver jackson-cohan

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Marvel Phase 4: Where Does the MCU Go After Black Widow?

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This article contains Black Widow spoilers.

The wait is finally over, as Black Widow has arrived in theaters and on Disney+ to end a two-year drought in which no new movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe were released. Of course, the powerhouse company kept the flag flying with the premiere of three well-received series on its streaming platform — WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and the outstanding Loki — but the MCU was born on the big screen and there’s something reassuring about seeing it return there.

But now that Black Widow is out more than a year after it was first slated for release, what happens next? Ironically the film that is kicking off the MCU’s long-awaited Phase Four is a look back at the past, the filling in of a chapter in the back story of one of the founding Avengers. But aside from the introduction of the woman who is clearly going to take over as the Black Widow going forward (Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova) and a key post-credits scene (more on that later), Black Widow doesn’t offer up a ton of insights or clues into the future of the MCU.

For that we have to look ahead.

Now that the pandemic is (hopefully) fading into the rearview mirror, Marvel is getting aggressive with four new movies in the second half of 2021, four in 2022 and anywhere from two to four in 2023. But following Black Widow, the studio’s next two releases are perhaps its riskiest bets since Guardians of the Galaxy defied the odds and became a pop culture phenomenon back in 2014.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Ironically, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (September 3) harkens back to the earliest days of the MCU, with the Ten Rings organization first mentioned in 2008’s Iron Man. Of course, fans have been waiting for the real Mandarin as well since 2013’s Iron Man 3 fakeout, and they’ll finally get him in the form of brilliant Hong Kong actor Tony Leung. But the focus here is introducing Simu Liu as the title’s master of martial arts and the first Asian character to headline a superhero film — a groundbreaking move that Marvel no doubt would like to have the same response as Black Panther back in 2018.

Shang-Chi has two more unexpected MCU connection points that were revealed in its latest trailer: a brief scene at the end gave us a glimpse of a cage match pitting Doctor Strange right-hand man Wong (Benedict Wong) against the Abomination, a character last seen way back in 2008 in the nearly forgotten The Incredible Hulk. Scattered rumors suggest that the film may take place during the five years of the Blip or Snap or whatever you want to call it, which is how Wong ends up here; either way, he’s one link to the MCU, while the Abomination — also slated to return in Marvel’s upcoming She-Hulk series on Disney+ — is another.

Eternals

It’s hard to tell which Marvel title is more obscure to the general public — Shang-Chi or Eternals, the latter of which arrives on November 5. Based on Jack Kirby’s cosmic tale of immortal humanoid beings called the Eternals waging a secret, ongoing war to protect Earth from the evil Deviants — with both sides the creation of ancient entities known as the Celestials — Eternals is directed by Nomadland Oscar winner Chloe Zhao. Its first trailer gave us a look at a film that doesn’t quite track with anything Marvel has done before, and it remains to be seen how this experiment feeds into the greater path of the MCU.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

There’s nothing obscure about Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the film — the third and possibly last co-production between Marvel and Sony — is expected to be a pivotal one for the MCU with the long-rumored introduction of the multiverse to mainline Marvel canon (although technically Loki has already broached the subject). Tom Holland returns as Spidey, Benedict Cumberbatch appears as Doctor Strange ahead of his own crucial movie in 2022, and while we don’t know yet who the main villain is, it’s the worst kept secret in the biz that Alfred Molina and Jamie Foxx are encoring as Doc Ock and Electro from previous Spider-Man iterations (thanks Al!).

No Way Home is due out in just over five months — on December 17 — and Sony (which controls the marketing for Spidey standalones) has yet to release a second of footage from the film. Has director Jon Watts (also back for his third go-round with the wallcrawler) packed his movie with too many surprises to show us anything at this point?

Each MCU film is important in its own way, but No Way Home may alter the very fabric of the mythology in a fundamental way, as will the movie coming hard on its heels. But before we get to that epic, however, let’s take a brief break and see where things stand with Marvel on the Disney+ platform.

What If…?

With Loki about to close out its run, the next Marvel series will be What If…?, the first official animated series from the MCU. Just like the comics of the same name, the show will feature reimagined events from the history of the MCU, featuring characters like T’Challa, Peggy Carter, Thor, and more. While the show is speculative in nature and will likely have little or no direct connection to the larger MCU, What If…? (premiering August 11) certainly will promote the idea of alternate realities even more and help to pave the way for the emergence of the live-action multiverse later in the year.

Ms. Marvel

Ms. Marvel will introduce the popular teen Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) from the comics and will also serve as a springboard for the Pakistani-American superhero and Captain Marvel fan to join her idol in The Marvels, which is due out in 2022. Full details about the plot and additional characters have yet to be disclosed, but the six-episode show will continue Marvel’s major push to diversify the MCU.

Hawkeye

We know, thanks to the post-credits scene in Black Widow, that the next Marvel series in the chute, Hawkeye, will directly play off events occurring on the big screen. In that scene, which takes place in the present, Yelena is standing over Natasha’s gravesite (which is presumably empty since she died on Vormir in Avengers: Endgame) when she is approached by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) about seeking revenge for Natasha’s death against Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner).

Pugh is all but confirmed to appear in the Hawkeye series, which will likely focus on Barton’s recruitment and training of Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) as the new master of archery for the Avengers. Louis-Dreyfus is not listed in the cast yet, but seems likely to appear as well.

As usual, Marvel is playing its cards close to the vest and will adapt the comic book characters and narratives as it sees fit, but the introduction of heroes and anti-heroes like Bishop, de Fontaine, John Walker/U.S. Agent (from TFATWS), Belova and others point to everything from the Young Avengers to the Thunderbolts and Dark Avengers.

Both Ms. Marvel and Hawkeye are expected in late 2021, with premiere dates TBA.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

With 2021’s theatrical MCU slate focused on introducing both new characters (Shang-Chi and the Eternals) and new concepts (the multiverse), the four titles scheduled to arrive in 2022 will bring out some of the universe’s biggest guns.

First out on March 25 is Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, directed by the great Sam Raimi (Spider-Man), and you can bet that this will be one of the most important titles of Phase Four. It says it right there in the name: the multiverse is coming, and there’s no question that the film will play off events in both Spider-Man: No Way Home and WandaVision, since the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) will be showing up in this movie too (Olsen described the movie to Glamour as having a “horror show vibe”).

Loki head writer Michael Waldron has written the latest draft of Doctor Strange 2, which is very encouraging news, with Rachel McAdams (Christine), Benedict Wong (Wong) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Mordo) all returning and Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez in the latter’s long-awaited MCU debut. Plot details are non-existent, but we can fully expect this film to have an enormous impact on the MCU as it barrels into the future — or many different futures.

Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder will blast its way into theaters after that, on May 6, and promises to be one of the biggest and most fully stacked spectacles of Phase Four. Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi returns, as does Chris Hemsworth (of course), while Natalie Portman will reprise the role of Jane Foster (and also debut as The Mighty Thor) for the first time since 2013’s Thor: The Dark World (not counting her repurposed Endgame footage).

As we said, this looks like a packed film, with the Guardians of the Galaxy showing up as well (for how much of the picture remains to be seen), Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie, Jaimie Alexander’s Sif, and Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster all returning, and Christian Bale making his MCU debut as Gorr the God Butcher. How it might or might not connect to the events happening back on Earth and the introduction of the multiverse is also unknown at this point, but we expect this film to be perhaps even bigger in scope and more outright bonkers than Ragnarok.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Also shrouded in perhaps more mystery than usual is Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. But considering the circumstances — losing the lead actor, Chadwick Boseman, who defined the character of T’Challa for tens of millions with just a handful of appearances, it’s something of a miracle that cameras are now actually rolling in Atlanta on this motion picture.

What’s it about? No one knows, but if movies like Doctor Strange 2, Eternals and No Way Home will delve into the cosmic and/or mystical side of the MCU, than we suspect writer/director Ryan Coogler may keep Wakanda Forever firmly rooted in the geopolitical end of the universe, especially since some of Wakanda’s Dora Milaje turned up in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Of course, Marvel geopolitics may involve nations like Latveria or even Atlantis, but that’s another story.

With nearly everyone returning from the first Black Panther — aside, of course, from its newly minted and now fallen king — we suspect that Wakanda Forever (out July 8, 2022) will address the loss of Boseman in a way that is full of grace, heart and majesty. Just don’t ask us how the hell to pull it off.

Captain Marvel 2: The Marvels

As you can see, the further down we get in the schedule, the vaguer the details are. Which brings us to The Marvels, formerly known as Captain Marvel 2. The title makes sense, since Ms. Marvel will cross over to the big screen with this November 11, 2022 release, but we also know that the adult Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) — now imbued with powers of her own — will be coming over directly from WandaVision. From what we recall, Monica wasn’t too pleased every time the name of Carol Danvers was invoked on that show either, so there’s potentially a lot to explore in that relationship.

Nia DaCosta (Candyman) is directing The Marvels, which will also feature Zawe Ashton as a yet-to-be-disclosed villain. With Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan both in the mix, it seems as if this adventure will be a bit more Earthbound…but don’t forget, the Skrulls are still out there too, which leads to our next section.

Moon Knight

The Marvel Studios series slate on Disney+ gets a little fuzzier once we get into 2022, but we know that Moon Knight, She-Hulk and Secret Invasion are all going to premiere, along with possibly Ironheart, Armor Wars and an untitled Wakanda-based show.

Of those, Moon Knight may have the least direct connection to the overall shape of the MCU in Phase 4. Oscar Isaac will star in the title role, with The Exorcist TV series creator Jeremy Slater as the head writer/creator on this one, but we suspect that Marc Spector and his multiple personalities will pursue his own journey onscreen, at least in the short term.

She-Hulk

She-Hulk may pursue a similar tack, least of all because it’s said to be in a more comedic vein, although it’s confirmed that Tatiana Maslany’s Jennifer Walters will be joined in the show by Marc Ruffalo as Professor Hulk and Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky/Abomination. Does the latter’s now-confirmed appearance in Shang-Chi (or at least a CG version of him) take on greater significance as a result? Or does simply plant a seed for his return in She-Hulk next year? Stay tuned.

Secret Invasion

With Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn returning as Nick Fury and Talos respectively after their stints in Captain Marvel, it’s obvious that Secret Invasion will feed directly off the Skrulls storyline that was started in that film.

While the Skrulls we’ve met in the MCU so far are ostensibly “good guys,” there certainly seems to be room for Fury and Talos to have to defend the Earth from a rogue Skrull faction looking to infiltrate the highest levels of human society and government. “Secret Invasion” was a major Marvel Comics storyline, so it will be interesting to see whether Marvel Studios keeps it contained to this Disney+ series or expands upon it in the movies as well.

Armor Wars

As for the others, Armor Wars is the one we have the most info on, since Don Cheadle has been tapped to lead the show as War Machine. With the show reportedly revolving around the black market for Stark Tech — and Sharon Carter now apparently very much involved in that black market — some elements of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier may find their way into this narrative (same with Ironheart, since that show’s main character, Riri Williams, develops her own version of the Iron Man suit).

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Arriving on February 17, 2023 is a film that could — believe it or not — be the most important of Phase 4. We say “believe it or not” because until now, the first two Ant-Man movies stood largely on their own, with little direct relevance to the bigger MCU storylines.

But with the Avengers traveling through time via the Quantum Realm in Endgame, with the multiverse becoming a major factor in Phase Four, and with the name of the damn movie actually being Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, we suspect that the true nature and potential of the Quantum Realm will finally be tapped.

But just as importantly, Quantumania will introduce a villain who is very likely to be the big, Thanos-sized baddie of Phases 4 and 5: Kang the Conqueror. With Jonathan Majors confirmed for the role, Kang’s MCU debut has widespread implications for the overall arc of the franchise. Putting in simple terms, he’s intent on conquering the universe and travels freely through time to achieve his goals. In the comics, he’s a descendant of Fantastic Four leader Reed Richards and also has a relationship with Ravonna Renslayer, who we just met on Loki.

While some of this may turn out to be nothing more than Easter eggs deliberately planted by Marvel to make fans nuts (which it does), the truth is that we may even be seeing the seeds of Kang’s agenda right now on Loki, and there’s a very good chance that he will be one of the main antagonists faced by a new iteration of the Avengers either late in Phase 4 or in Phase 5.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

The galactic end of the MCU will again take center stage in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, set for release on May 5, 2023. Writer/director James Gunn has hinted that this is the last film to feature the squad he first assembled in 2014, but other than that — and the long-awaited and heavily hinted debut of Adam Warlock — little is known about the plot except that it will follow the events of Thor: Love and Thunder, in which the Guardians also appear.

Fantastic Four, Blade, Captain America 4, and more!

That is all we have for the known, confirmed MCU Phase 4 movies. Fantastic Four, with Spider-Man director Jon Watts at the helm, is definitely in development, as is a reboot of Blade with Mahershala Ali as the title character. There are also three unfilled Marvel release dates in 2023 — July 28, October 6 and November 10 — so two of those could be filled by those two films, with a third to be determined (possibly Captain America 4? Or Deadpool 3?).

The Big Picture

The MCU is clearly moving along several narrative tracks: the Earthbound, geopolitical drama most clearly defined by movies and shows like Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Hawkeye and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier; the bizarre multiverse madness of Doctor Strange, Loki and Spider-Man: No Way Home; and the galactic intrigue of Thor: Love and Thunder and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Lurking in the background of all this is the arrival of Kang; the impending MCU debut of the Fantastic Four — which may lead in turn to the appearance of such major Marvel figures as Doctor Doom, the Silver Surfer and Galactus — and eventually the presence of mutants and the X-Men, who themselves may arrive through the collision of multiple universes.

Whether Marvel Studios chief creative officer Kevin Feige and his team have all this mapped out, and all these narrative strands eventually coalesce, remains hidden from us at the moment. But make no mistake: Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now underway, and barring unexpected changes, catastrophes or the worst kind of apocalypse of all — the box office kind — it’s going to get a lot bigger.

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20 Most Anticipated of 2020 Part 2: 11-20

20 films directed by women that will debut in 2020.

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On the Rocks dir. Sofia Coppola

Coppola has sort of fallen out of vogue recently and I’ll admit it’s been quite a while since I fully connected with one of her films. But she remains one of the most imitable and influential living directors. On the Rocks seems to play to what I believe are Coppola’s strengths. The film follows a new mother (played by Rashida Jones) reconnecting with her elderly playboy father (played by Coppola muse Bill Murray).

Passing dir. Rebecca Hall

British actress Hall is getting behind the camera for the first time with Passing, an adaptation of a Nella Larsen novel about two African-American light skinned childhood friends who reconnect as adults when one is passing as white and the other has chosen to embrace life as a black woman. Hall herself has black American heritage (her maternal grandfather was an American black man who passed for white) so the material is personal for her. She’s also chosen two incredible actresses to play the friends: Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga.

The Rhythm Section dir. Reed Morano

After the beautiful work Morano did with her low budget scifi film I Think We’re Alone Now I've been eagerly anticipating Morano’s next work. TRS was supposed to come out last year but was delayed after star Blake Lively severely injured her hand. I thought the movie might be cancelled for good but Morano and her team persevered. The movie, about a woman seeking revenge after her family is murdered is finally complete! Though it’s being dumped in early January I’m sure that Morano has delivered something that will be at the very least, a visual feast.

The Story of My Wife dir. Ildikó Enyedi

I was so thoroughly in love with Enyedi’s last film On Body and Soul that I would have watched whatever she chose to do next. The Hungarian director has chosen to adapt a novel about a sea captain who makes a bet with his friend that he will marry the next woman to walk into a cafe and then spends the rest of his life jealously miserable and certain that his beautiful wife is cheating on him. French actress Léa Seydoux plays the wife!

The Souvenir Part II dir. Joanna Hogg

I always find myself reluctant to recommend Hogg films because they are the very definition of rich white people problems (you know, incredibly wealthy people repressing their issues with each other and looking distressed as they wander around beautiful landscapes and rooms filled with a sense of malaise) yet I really adore her films. The Souvenir was a semi-autobiographical look at a wealthy young woman’s birth as an artist and how a toxic relationship with an older junkie warped her world (in a restrained way of course). The first part ended on a particularly devastating note and I imagine part II will pick up from there. I had a discussion with someone who called the first film navel gazing and while I can’t quite disagree I will easily sign up for two and a half more hours to gaze at that particular navel again.

The Titane dir. Julia Ducournau

I’m terrified of horror so I had to wince my way through Ducournau’s directorial debut, but she’s such a stunning director that I am very much looking forward to her next film. The Titane has Ducournau sticking to her horror roots with the story of a child who was kidnapped returning to his family as an adult and the slew of murders that accompany his mysterious reappearance. Sounds gruesome.

The Turning dir. Floria Sigismondi

A theme of 2020 seems to be long delayed projects and directors finally putting out more work. Sigismondi cut her teeth as a music video director, made the musical biopic The Runaways which was released in 2010 and then didn’t make another feature film until now. The Turning is a modern adaptation of Henry James’ horror novella The Turning of the Screw about a nanny assigned to care for two children under mysterious circumstances. Mackenzie Davis will be playing the nanny in this version with Finn Wolfhard and Brooklynn Prince playing her creepy charges.

Violet dir. Justine Bateman

I’ve been tracking this ever since it was announced and was losing hope that it would ever be made. Should have kept the faith! Actress turned director Justine Bateman makes her feature film debut with the story of a successful film executive who learns that the voice in her head guiding her decisions has been lying to her- about everything.

Wonder Woman 1984 dir. Patty Jenkins

She’s back baby! I was so utterly charmed by the 2017 film adaptation of Wonder Woman and it’s exciting to see that in the ashes of the DC cinematic universe with its ever rotating cast of Jokers and Batmans, Wonder Woman has prevailed. Not only is Jenkins back as director, but lengthy negotiations resulted in her getting the biggest payday for a woman director in Hollywood (a rumoured $10 million!) and also coming onboard as a producer and writer meaning she’ll have even more power to fully execute her vision. Bring on the shoulder pads, the track suits, the colour! Bring on the anti-gun propaganda! Bring on the matriarchy!

Zola dir. Janicza Bravo

This was on my list of most anticipated films last year when I was optimistic it would get made right away. Well now it’s finally here. Bravo presents Zola, the film based on the viral tweets from a stripper about how she went to Florida with an acquaintance and got dragged into the world of sex work and violence. This has potential to be amazing and I’m rooting for Bravo and the cast which includes the underrated Taylour Paige as Zola and Riley Keough as her friend.

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