#idol!narrator

[tampire]

#Mood

#Euphoria #euphoriaedit #The Idol #theidoledit #idoledit #Maddy Perez #Narrator: Zendaya as Rue #Keilani Arellanes #Alexa Demie #My Gif #filmandtv #dailyfilmtvgifs #womensource #ladiesblr #Me #GPOY #userstream #userbbelcher #chewieblog #Mood #She is so real for this #Also had to gif the only best part of The Idol I am glad that show got cancelled #Makeup #MUA #Partying #Nightlife

[jacksprostate]

the movie having the narrator trying to keep the car from crashing vs in the book he is actively trying to swerve the thing and kill them all... i think it's interesting, because it sets up this given, that in the movie, he wants to live. he is committed to wanting to live. he has so much less suicidal longing, i can think of several moments. this isn't necessarily good or bad, but i think it sets up some assumptions about his characterization that will differ if you rely more on the meat of one versus the other

#fight club #they are like mutant brothers #i do think this destabilizes movie tylers reasoning for some of his actions that were ripped from the book #but tbh they do well in providing new motive for him... they are all like. little funhouse mirrors #i think they would all hate each other so fucking bad #even the narrators w their opposite tylers. thats not their god. false idols

[gaykarstaagforever]

The biggest thing I learned from Defunctland's video on the American Idol Experience is that the only thing in the world worse than being Ryan Seacrest is being the person specifically hired by Disney to remind people of Ryan Seacrest, all day, every day.

Think about that. Imagine THAT is your life. Your paid job is to remind bored, tired, financially-wiped families from Iowa that Ryan Seacrest is a thing, and that you are vaguely like him.

I once set up plastic fencing at a fairground with people on work-release, in 102 degree heat, and they "forgot" to tell us there were no bathrooms or access to water. And they made me drive all of us there. In my personal car. For no additional compensation. And I made like $8 an hour.

And I can say, with pride, "At least I didn't have to remind people of Ryan Seacrest at that Disney thing."

...This is really mean. I don't begrudge these people for taking a crap job. They're not the problem.

The problem is, and has always been, Ryan Seacrest.

#ryan seacrest #what is that job #why does he keep getting paid millions to do it #it isn't the 60s in England we don't need a guy to narrate the TV for us #defunctland #rant #american idol #disney

[theminecraftbee]

joe’s choice of voices while playing splatoon is, as always.... interesting.

#stream liveblogging #the narrator is a surfer bro i think #don't even want to think about what he was doing to the idols there lol

[always-a-joyful-note]

Honestly, the more I think of Performance (spoiler warning), the more unreal that story is. You have the perfect setup for them to try and stage the play Romeo and Juliet like they did in Shakespeare's time (all male cast to play characters of both genders) but they went "nah, they're all girls now." Wataru plays like....4.5 characters and sometimes in the same scene. The line "the capulets' daughter has awakened to homosexuality." The fact that they really isekai-fied Shakespeare (that seems to be a thing in webtoons these days, too). They discuss religion and politics and social issues unironically but somehow also ridiculously. Tomoya openly falling for Hokuto's acting. Hokuto using Anzu as his standard of what a girl is supposed to be like and obliviously acting super shady (she's probably used to it? idk). Underage (still can't tell if it's staged or for real) drinking on stage. Breaking the fourth wall. Did I mention they made Romeo and Juliet an isekai?

And somehow, somehow. I am told this is one of the best event stories that dissect Wataru's character and personality underneath his 2937 layers of theatre masks. And in my "has not read Romeo and Juliet but has read other Shakespeare plays" opinion, they actually offer some legitimately solid analyses of the play (yes, from a more modern perspective rather than a new historicism approach but that's just literary theory for you).

#i was gonna write this a lot sooner but....yeah #anyway the event stories i keep reading do not leave my brain #its the same with kaguya hime....like the (big spoilers for that story) fake retirement?? hello??? #seriously the regressions thing but its the narrators that regress kills my orv rotted brain a little #anyway....behold anime idol shakespeare? #it was like watching the cinderella episode from furuba actually #not how the play was meant to go but kinda good and maybe a little deranged #and definitely character arc relevant #enstars #ensemble stars #stuff i say #fandom spamdom

[blujaymi]

sure,,, the cloud scene is all that's left of the trailer clips...

but have we considered summer being revealed to be the narrator????

#like imagine its her reading to yang and ruby as babies #id cry #also would be an interesting parallel to how salem “the big bad” was the mysterious narrator in v1 #so naturally “the idolized hero” would be the other mysterious narrator... #idk im spiraling out of control as we wait for the new ep #rwby #rwby9 #rwby spoilers #summer rose

[katnissgirlsmakedo]

i think i don’t know what “unreliable narrator” means actually. someone on tiktok just said my buddy richard was one and i was like babe i thought his life was just crazy he’s not lying to me he’s just in an insane situation… while gay. was i supposed to interpret that book as though he was lying? wait how does that even make sense how would i know if he was lying he’s the only one there. can someone explain this i really think i don’t know what an unreliable narrator is

#i know. nick carroway is supposed to be one? i think actually. i don’t KNOW that. i don’t know anything about it #anyway. i think nick is meant to be one because he idolized gatsby. but that’s not lying that’s just how nick is #wait i think i’m overthinking it. i think i do know what an unreliable narrator is i just don’t need the terminology #because it makes it more confusing to me. #but how is it unreliable of nick to idolize gatsby when that’s just obvious. that can’t be what an unreliable narrator is #actually i’m gonna try to look this up i don’t know what’s going on anymore i need to figure this out

[whateveritsmyshed]

Everyone: playing idol land, doing lives, making OCs, etc.....

Me (can't get in after I entered there like when it first came out): ........ Arcade it is... I'll play the literal arcade instead. I won't erase the game though....

#narrator talks #idol land pripara

[holydivers]

poking around at the idea of doing an evil run (decent to my companions though. worm bros gotta stick together) playing the first part and wyll's going "oh i would like it if we could stay friends after all this :)"

ah. hh. yeah buddy. yeah. absolutely

#sorry you haven't noticed the uhh. the murders. :) oops #idk if i'm willing to commit to actually doing it but Durge Goes Apeshit is kinda funny sometimes #trying to sleep and the narrator just chanting 'BLOOD. BLOOD. BLOOD.' ok. great. love this #wyll maybe you should wait longer than A Single Day before deciding we're friends #also shart hates me this playthrough :) girl help #i think i might chicken out of this playthrough and do evil-lite #in which i play a tav who accidentally gets the grove killed by sparking a war while stealing the idol #evil via stupidity and bad decisions. #luke.txt #luke plays bg3

[masqueradewaltz]

" I didn’t tell him that I wished I’d never met Suzanne. That I wished I’d stayed safely in my bedroom in the dry hills near Petaluma, the bookshelves packed tight with the gold-foil spines of my childhood favorites. And I did wish that. But some nights, unable to sleep, I peeled an apple slowly at the sink, letting the curl lengthen under the glint of the knife. The house dark around me. Sometimes it didn’t feel like regret. It felt like a missing. "

#going through this book pretty slowly bc im reading two more at the same time and i dont have a physical copyof it. teehee #it's the girls by emma cline btw #its so the secret history esque esp in terms of the narrator + thw group of friends they idolize

[zoobus]

watching Kaguya Love is War after a few episodes of Chainsaw Man. I wouldn't compare them in any other context, but it's interesting how you can tell when an adaptation is going to be stellar vs when it's going to be mostly mid from the very first episode. Adding texture, spices, meat to complement what was already a good dish vs "ah, yeah, looks just like the scene in the manga. The manga I've already read. It's like I'm reading the exact same thing except now there's sound." The voice acting choices alone say a lot.

#CSM voice acting: generic cute mascot pochita way too genki idol sounding Power and the devils sound like stereotypical bad guys #Kaguya voice acting: they got That Guy to narrate their psychic battles A++++ choice and the main voices go hard

[cryptidm0ths]

i feel like there are things tobe said about how himeru idolizes(?) kaname to a certain extent and sadly brain is too tired to give anything else than the smol bean ification of kaname

#yea #that s the post um ill have smart things to say later when brain isnt goo #just the word idolize feels wrong but like it might just be faced with people not realizing that meru is definitly not a reliable narrator #when it comes to their relation with knm and such #and andandand #hoooo i feel like ive ranted about this before maybe to roommates #ummm i didnt fail most lit classes only to metion things like unrealiable narrators #moth chitters #oh the guilt and the justification of his actions and andand

[stellamancer]

What books owo

I reblogged the wrong volume, but I got volume 7 of Arina Tanemura's manga Idol Dreams. I'd been meaning to get it for a while but I didn't remember which volume I needed to get still (as in I didn't remember if I had bought 6)

I also got the box set of Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series as well as two of the novellas for the series (Find Me and Believe Me). I've actually read the first three books in the series (and own them oops) but I don't know where they are... I'd originally thought it to be just a trilogy but there were three more books in the series... I'll probably start at the beginning again, though.

#emmy tag #i really love the style of writing for the shatter me series lmao #the protagonist's narration is very... vivid #as for idol dreams #i feel like that falls a little more into guilty pleasure #i read full moon wo sagashite as a kid and it's really reminiscent of that

[parttimecosmichorror]

Grabs you by the shoulders HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER BY JEFF VANDERMEER AND Y/N BY ESTHER YI ARE REALLY JUST THE SAME TYPE OF STORY IN DIFFERENT FONTS. THE RECKLESS AND RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF AN IDEAL, OF AN IDEA, OF A FRAGMENT OR A FIGMENT OF A PERSON WHO YOU SO EARNESTLY BELIEVE YOU KNOW. EVEN AS IT DESTROYS YOU. EVEN AS IT TEARS YOUR LIFE APART. AN ALMOST RELIGIOUS ZEAL FOR AN IDOL. THE SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF THAT IDOL LEAVING MANY BROKEN OR OTHERWISE CHANGED IRREVERSIBLY. AN IMAGINATION OF AN IDYLLIC REALITY. UNRELIABILITY OF THOUGHT, OF MEMORY. A WOMAN REALIZING SHE NEVER LOVED THOSE WHO WERE CLOSE TO HER AS SOON AS SHE STARTS TO LOVE A CONCEPT. LOVING THE IDEA OF LOVING AN IDEA. DO YOU UNDERSTAND

#.txt #hummingbird salamander #guess i should come up with a tag for the esther yi book that doesn’t get mistaken for fanfiction writing #uhhhhhhh #maybe wse (why slash enn) #wse #anyways. drop suggestions for similar books if you have any #there’s something so mesmerizing about seeing a woman (or other protagonist) destroy themselves in pursuit of an idea that might not exist #wse to me is like a trainwreck in slow motion #it’s not horror (far from horror) but you feel dread building in you the whole time #you’re gripped in fear over Something happening #and then it never happens #our unnamed protagonist finds her idol and realizes he doesn’t compare to who she thought he was #it’s like watching a 20-car pileup play out in painstakingly slow motion and then suddenly resolve itself to a scratch #anticlimactic but weirdly cathartic nonetheless #‘jane’ acts similarly except she experiences real and active danger from people just like her #and she never meets silvina #only finds her body #i suppose moon might as well have been a body to the unnamed narrator #in fact he might have been more useful to her dead than alive #when he disappeared he might as well have died #just. god #those books did something to me #i need more books that will do something to me

[thschei]

Translation here

She pokes at me and then runs away Can’t let go; she does it on and on and on She calls me, and then turns away They say she’s dangerous but I can’t hear them Why are you doing this to me? Why am I doing this to you? The end of your words are vague And my tears fall I’m on my knees And I’m ready to get hurt You're looking at me, who came back Can’t let go; I do this on and on and on From your touch that held onto me I don’t see a single trace of love anywhere Your eyes change little by little, The moonlight starts to vanish As if everything is so fun for you, As if you’re laughing at me You get further away Tears come to me again I need therapy, la-la-la-la-la therapy I knew it but I’ve fallen for you again; I’m ready to get hurt I’m a toy that’s made for you; My life-line is always in danger I’m nervous but I’m sure That you will transfer to some other guy Just play with me for sure, today From head to toe, take all of me Roughly play with me, then throw me away; I’m all done getting ready to get hurt Why are you only like this to me? Why am I only like this to you? Once again, you leave room, you leave strange words And I look at you as you take off and I cry I need therapy, la-la-la-la-la therapy I'm waiting for you once again; I’m ready to get hurt

#erin talks #video #erin's music rec tag #propaganda for this song: 1) the opening notes sample the phantom of the opera #2) the krn title of the song is 'I'm ready to get hurt' which is literally the funniest CD listing I've ever bought #3) my friend successfully got me into this group by describing this song as: a lady vampire is sadistic to a bunch of guys who keep coming #back to get hurt by her some more . literally what more could I ask for #3) thee funniest lyric ever: I need therapy la la la la therapy #4) the choreo is really fun :) at the therapy part they kinda reference thriller & during the chorus they mimic ripping out their hearts #isn't that sooo sweet <3 #5) 'I'm on my knees and I'm ready to get hurt' hello???? #6) their previous 2 songs weren't very successful & they were almost going to disband when the youngest member suggested they switch from #cutesy upbeat boyish songs to a vampire concept bc he was inspired by twilight . and the company listened to him? #& this song was popular enough to give them an extra oomph so that they got their first music show win with their next song which had #a similar theme of a sadistic woman hurting the members through voodoo dolls (I'll post that song some other time but it's Very gorey lmao) #7) I just really like how little dignity the narrator of the song is & how honestly they talk about being degraded and crying <3 #8) at the time it was pretty controversial for male idols to wear colored contacts & makeup but this helped normalize that :) #9) their car broke down when they were scheduled to perform this song so they had to get on a bus & an older lady was like ARE YOUR PARENTS #PROUD YOU GO AROUND IN MAKEUP??? and the leader of the group was like 🤗 yes actually they are <3 #10) one of my fav recent groups (who . are old at this point; they came out in 2017 but I'm a hag stan that hasn't gotten invested in actua #recent groups) covered this song and it made my entire life 🥺 #11) the music video shows the members as vampires getting shot out of a rocket onto the moon??? #12) I really like the lyric change in the final chorus to 'why are you only like this to me? why am I only like this to you?' #like it makes the narrative distinct: this isn't an equal playing field between 2 sado/masochistic ppl . this is a power play between 2 ppl #who otherwise don't have skewed power dynamics in their relationships; it's codependent it's fucked up it's its own unique situationship #where the lines aren't clear . and the song doesn't end with the one on the receiving end of this sadism resolving to get out #it ends the way it starts: everything is vague and uneven and he's sobbing but he'll wait comma ready to get hurt again comma for her to #come back . and I Love that for me <3 #I can't say this was formative or why I like fucked up ship dynamics bc I was already like 15 when I found this song & I'd been #Like This for a Very long time . but it certainly hammered it home <3

[wanderingandfound]

Wayback when, when we were pretty much kids outselves, one of my mutual's kid siblings got a tumblr. And they were in a fandom that my mutual wasn't, and a different part of the fandom than I was in. And sometimes my mutual would reblog their posts, as a supportive older sibling should. So I saw that they felt very betrayed by a character, and half of their main ship, going evil. Eventually they wrote a breakup post between themself and the show, clearly they must go their own separate ways.

As I said, I wasn't in that part of the fandom. I assumed this character turning out to be a Nazi was like when Willow became a rapist — a horrific evil betrayal done for shock value multiple seasons into a show without regards to how, while the show was fantastical, that specific evil wasn't. A twist that wasn't introduced until much later, so much so that you could say "hey actually I don't think of those later seasons as canon because this character from seasons one and two would never be so horrible." Is it the most mature and nuanced way to criticize media? No, but it was a kid sibling and I feel like we've all been there at some point.

A few years later I watched the show. Y'all, the betrayal came in midway through the VERY FIRST SEASON. It was properly foreshadowes and everything. My beloved mutual's little sibling had fallen for the same facade the fictional characters had. Their interpretation of the character never existed. He was always a Nazi.

#The kid didn't follow me and I didn't follow them and this was nearly a decade ago so I don't think they'll see this. #personal #liveblogging stories #Kinda sorta not really. #It's just that I'm gonna rewatch the first two seasons of that show eventually for this fic probably. #And so I'm thinking about all of that again. #Also hot take for a different fandom: if you reread the Provost's Dog series knowing what happens #the betrayal in book three is actually COMPLETELY in character. #The morals and beliefs of the protagonist/narrator are not the same as those she idolizes. But it can be easy to forget when they work so #well as a team together.