#its a murder mystery!! but i dont have a murder!!

[peasantexchangeprogram]

helloo since we're on the topic: top historical fiction (or adjacent) ? can be any time period I just really love your taste in shows/games/etc and am always on the lookout for history inspired media !

thank you!!! im rly glad im like. inspiring other ppl to engage w things im insane abt hudofajsdfdassfsad. anyways. i will probably expand that list bc i literally forgot every single thing i ever read. also i havent watched that many movies so far

ancient times: i havent really watched a lot of movies/series set in ancient times so far :(

rome HBO (2005-2007) (tv series) - OF COURSE. i personally think its one of the best series ever made. they combine political, miliatry history with the lives of every day people in an incredible way. they never let you once engage with the series through modern lenses. according to my teacher (a historian, archeologist & self described 'romaphile') its incredibly historically accurate, mostly the clothing, set designs, characterization, military practices, etc. except for the things they straight up made up, of course.

i really enjoyed gladiator (2000), i think its a masterpiece.

prince of egypt (1998) i guess?

all the asterix movies of course, all the animated ones and most of the live actions. but i wouldnt really call it historical fiction

ok i havent actually finished watching it for now but sebastiane (1976) - an erotic, x rated, gay interpretation of the martyrdom of st sebastian. its in latin also.

wait i cant believe i forgor about assassin's creed odyssey - so far the only one ive played. its so fun and incredibly immersive visually. especially pour moi who cries into the pillow about how ill never experience the ancient world. also you can b a faggot which is always fun. i have things to say about their portrayal of same-sex sexuality and slavery in classical greece but i get why they did that considering its supposed to like. appeal to a lot of people, and a more "historically accurate" portrayal (for example of pederasty or how common slavery was etc.) would b v difficult for a lot of their target audience. alas.

medieval and early modern era:

the name of the rose (1986) - my medieval history teacher literally showed us bits of this movie to teach us about monasteries and monks fhdosiasdjasd.

the borgias (2011-2013) - incredibly messy, lots of political intrigue, and so so fun to watch. about the history of the borgia family. filled to the brim with drama.

the three musketeers (1993) - my favorite adaptation, also coincidentally the one i grew up on. casting tim curry as richelieu was genius. he slays so hard.

i also like bbc's the musketeers (2014-2016) - a neat little series. very fun and entertaining to watch.

outlaw king (2018) - like i dont think most ppl heard of this movie. its about robert the bruce's fight to reclaim the throne of scotland. starring chris pine

vikings (2013-2020) - its fun. i havent watched the entire series tho. dont expect anything resembling historical accuracy

the northman (2022) - you will see something resembling historical accuracy

mihai viteazul (michael the brave) (1971) - a fun movie. very much romanian propaganda tho.

1670 (2023-) - such a fun series!!! incredible cast, shows respect to the actual history and the lives of historical people. really cute and funny.

caravaggio (1986) - a biopic about caravaggio.

wait i also forgor about pentiment - an intriguing, immersive, and incredibly beautiful video game! it has a lot of 'the name of the rose' vibes, with it being a medieval murder mystery taking place in a monastery. its incredibly touching and made me cry, and in the last few years i very rarely cry. also im 99% sure its an indie game? go support the creators!

vaguely-medieval/early modern fantasy:

mirror mirror (2012) - a retelling of snow white. a very fun movie imo, with incredible costume design. julia roberts plays the evil queen and she SLAYS. armie hammer is unfortunately in that movie.

stardust (2007) - one of my fave movies growing up. more modern-inspired but still.

the green knight (2021) - controversial i know but i actually loved this movie! i liked it both as a standalone movie but moreso as a 21st century adaptation to sir gawain and the green knight.

galavant (2015-2016) - !!!!!!! one of the most series ever! they manage to tackle such difficult concepts and conversations with a hilarious wit. so fun to watch. i listen to a lot of the songs still, and rewatch every once in a while.

disenchantment (2018-2023) - very fun to watch, especially the first season.

i also really liked the novel uprooted by naomi novik. its a polish-inspired fantasy.

modern era:

killers of the flower moon (2023) - of course. a masterpiece

aferim! (2015) - a romanian movie set in 19th century wallachia, about two officers, a father and son, who were sent by a nobleman to retrieve an escaped enslaved romani man. a lot of the people in the comments were calling the movie humorous and funny, maybe im missing smth (as im watching with subtitles n dont understand the original language) but it was a very difficult watch for me??

the handmaiden (2016) - need i say more

black sails (2014-2017) - a prequel to the famous novel 'treasure island'. not an easy series to watch. incredibly good.

the favourite (2018) - need i say more pt 2

the rabbi's cat (le chat du rabbin) (2011) - animated movie set in early 20th century algeria. a rabbi's cat learns to talk overnight.

the nice guys (2016) - a fun murder mystery set in the 1970s

o brother, where art thou (2000) - a retelling of the odyssey set in the southern us in the 1930s

victor/victoria (1982) - set in early 20th century paris. julie andrews pretends to be a man and takes on a job as a drag queen. extremely fun, extremely gay movie.

lady chatterley's lover (2022) - very much porn for moms but it was a nice watch imo

amulet (2020) - set in like. idk. sometime in the 20th century. this is a horror movie, deals a lot with misogyny, sa, and so on. i really like it, personally. a lot of people, mostly weird men, dont tho.

the great (2020-2023) - i have mixed feelings about this show. on the one hand, its really fun to watch. on the other hand, its basically ofmd for girls who have public mental breakdowns whenever someone claims corsets were oppressive. and theyre so weird about russians, jesus christ.

disses:

domina (2021-) - i just couldnt get into it, esp since i tried right after finishing rome hbo. it was kind of silly, and not in a good way. takes itself wayyyy to seriously.

i didnt like spartacus (2010-2013) - the dialogue was almost grotesque and the editing, especially the transitions, straight up killed me

damsel (2024) - holy fuck what a trainwreck of a movie. absolute waste of angela basset and robin wright. the only good thing were the costumes.

lancelot du lac (1974) - i just didnt like it at all. couldnt get into it. i guess it was way too french and artsy fartsy for me. a movie that was trying to say both too little and too much at the same time.

i didnt rly like bram stoker's dracula (1992) - i mean. it was a fine movie. it was definitely not the godfather. the movie itself was meh. the visuals tho? absolutely stunning

#asks #anon #mine* #slavery ment #sa ment

[obsob]

drawings ive done this week for a competition!! probably the most ambitious thing ive drawn in my new style but im very happy with them! :3

#mine #original #u hve no idea how small my brain is now #i will probably take th rest of the week off ough #i hope everyone is having a good time #im having a medium time but. i am getting there #ive ordered new prints!!!!! should be getting here next week i thnky #i need 2 order more business cards. my favourite thing to spend money on #its actually beginning to get sunny and warm so i will sit in the garden and read!! #im reading like. a murder mystery thing. its Just Okay #i read 'in memoriam' by alice somebody recently and OH BOY #i dont rlly know what im in the mood for book wise after this one....i might read the ninth rain ? ive heard good stuff abt it #part of me wants to read warrior cats bc i never read it as a kid but i think i'll b rlly autistic abt it so i am resisting currently #also i had porridge for breakfast this morning n put frozen blueberries in it n it made it purple....truly there is love in the world

[lbhslefttiddie]

then and now

#svsss #arts #backlog #shen yuan #shen jiu #luo binghe #you may be thinking: hey is that yqy over there? yes #why does he look like a salaryman?? because yqy is a sims 2 character trapped in the vessel of a student council president. next question #hey levanna what the fuck is going on here?? you know what. not even im 100% on that one chief #i had some vague notions about a murder mystery featuring a lbh who could see ghosts #and the ghost of a boy who has been stuck in his old friends' haunt (lol) for oh i dont know. thirty years #but see the thing is that sy doesnt know why he's here either! #he doesnt even remember dying but. well. he was always a sickly kid. he cant say hes surprised he suddenly kicked it #honestly it was such a mundane occurrence for him it must have been too boring to recall #but lbh spends time with yuan gege and pretty quickly comes to the realization that this is NOT the case #he finds like an old new article and in reality sy was found murdered in this place 30 years ago #and its much for likely that the trauma of the event is why he cant remember his death at all #oh and there was gonna be some drama where lbh suspects sy's now much older twin #who is now a teacher at their old school and a very different person from what sy remembers #but it wasnt sj he's just fucking traumatized by his brother being murdered in what theyd considered their safe place #he hates this school and he hates qi ge who never Really talks to him but is still fucking HERE (also teacher) #but he cant leave either bc he cant let go #and part fo him is still hoping to find answers for what happened back then #anyways i think this premise is all very good and sexy #but levanna's brain frankly was not built for writing murder mysteries #free to a good home if any of you fuckers want it #death #murder

[good-beanswrites]

By the way, about LCSyS, how are you dealing with the whole 'Es plurality' situation? Because it is a central part of their character that gets brought up on multiple voice dramas and seems really difficult to remove. Also, it is implied that some of our judgements may be our if character for Es because they seem pretty uncertain about it. For example, some people including myself suspect that if Es wasn't controlled by the audience they would have voted Mahiru innocent because they appear somewhat fond of her and would probably have not jumped to stalker based on no evidence (kinda bullshit people thought that anyway but whatever). This was asked by someone who is insane about Es and thinks about them constantly, BTW.

Ah, well I appreciate an Es expert (Espert?) weighing in on it!! :D

Because that element is very central to both them and the plot, even if it hasn’t been fully explored yet. Like you said, there are a lot of events that rely on these “other” voices, some actions and decisions that they themself seem unsure of! Not to mention their own dialogue using a plural first person pronoun! I’m already trying to distance the au from the audience interaction element, so I’ve definitely kept my eye on the plural Es theory >:3 

Since we have little to work with, I’ve tried to keep them pretty vague in the fic so far. They don’t appear in a lot of it because of plot reasons (everything is the same as canon to them, most of the time). And even in their pov chapter I try to steer thoughts and emotions directly to the prison. I only mention their identity near the end to make everyone say “Hmmmm we don't know who you are and neither do you!” Now, I'm prepared for three main options for endings: 1. There is a non-system, in-universe explanation for the voices. 2. The voices are directly confirmed as the audience. 3. Yamanka states that he hates me, personally, and doesn’t explain anything about Es. If it’s the first one, I’ll see how well it works into my fic and go from there! (If it’s overly supernatural/involves Es disappearing/dying, I might make some tweaks lmao. I’m committed to accuracy but this is a fix-it, at the end of the day.) For the second two, I plan on leaning into plural Es, with research and input from others to make the writing accurate 👍I’m hoping to go back revise earlier sections to drop more hints and make things consistent. I also want to write an epilogue once we get more context on the ending as a whole! Though, I guess they've already confirmed some feeling of plurality... maybe I add some lines in that last chapter now...

#milgram #lights camera sing your sins #thank you so much!! i dont know why i was afraid to include things that have been confirmed even if we dont know the big picture #maybe i do that this week :0 it wont be a lot - just a little line here and there in the final chapter #plus in upcoming sections have the prisoners ask jackalope about the odd things they said during the interrogations #(to which he'll wiggle out of answering lol) #unfortunately i think its equally likely that the project will end with a lot of mystery and we'll never get the full truth on es/the crime #since its about reflection and ourselves and not a murder mystery #they could definitely pull a 'but how did it make you feel? what did it make you think? thats all that matters.' #i wont be Happy about it but it makes sense #and in that case ill need all the Esperts out there helping me out 🤝 #es

[its-short-for-jackalope]

me: *minding my own business*

my brain: *starts playing my favorite Poe Party bloopers on shuffle*

me:

#i think its a natural consequence born from rewatching poe party and i dont mind it but its just a TINY bit #annoying to have to resist the urge to giggle for seemingly no reason #there is a reason though #and that is blake silver saying 'careful' then giggling and then everybody else in the room bursting into laughter #the kitchen outtakes are some of the best #jack jabbers #poe party #edgar allan poe's murder mystery dinner party #shipwrecked comedy

[bonesrbleaching]

muah

MWAH!!!!! kissy

#im revamping my band ocs into a murder mystery universe rn!!! #i havent decided my victim yet tho. its a tossup between the emo one that everyone thinks is gay despite him having a girlfriend #or scott. #^ i dont know if u remember him but he was the drummer?

[albatris]

I have a full day tattoo tomorrow, maybe 8 hours, I'm going to get so much rental car writing done on my phone! (lying)

#best of intentions #but probly I'll be 2 sleepy and out of it lol #gotta get up earleeeeeweey #tomorrow i will be working on the tag on my murderboard titled #Nat Finch had the single most distressing week of his young life so far #<3! #his eyes bleed in front of his mechanic! he has a panic attack in a doctor's waiting room! he has sudden murderous cravings! the #mysterious force that's plaguing his body and altering his organs starts doing freaky agonising shit to his stomach and STOPS as #soon as someone calls an ambulance on nat again and people try to help him then STARTS AGAIN immediately after they leave #like it doesn't want to get fucking found out and is sentient enough to know it's being observed :) #nat is just like #why does the sun hurt make me hurt. what is this new allergic reaction. why is everything so loud all the time. wow these #intrusive thoughts sure are rough. why am i so hungry all the time no matter what i eat. whats with this fucking #perfume i keep smelling on everyone its so annoying it smells delicious and keeps reminding me how hungry i am :((( #whats happening to me :((( #lmao looks like someone didn't read the blurb before they signed on to be protagonist <3 #but yeah lmao he goes to beg his mechanic not to charge him extra but midway through the conversation #he coughs up blood and his eyes start glowing and bleeding and get kinda red and demonic lookin n whatever n #his mechanic is suddenly just like UH ACTUALLY NEVER MIND DONT WORRY ABOUT PAYING HAVE A NICE DAY #aka ''whatever the fuck this guy is i want nothing to do with it'' #n nat is just like #aww that was nice! i dont really get why he did that but I'm not complaining! maybe he just thought i was a bit down and took #pity on me? #<- has no idea he looked like a fucking demon sent straight from hell

[cacturne]

act 3 kind of sucks to go through so far i just want to start another character again..

#Its. Extremely overwhelming. In like every way. It doesnt feel as nice and streamlined as act 2 #And its really hurting my ability to play because i dont really have the energy to talk to like 15 npcs in a small area #But i know that ill possibly miss content if i dont #Im not even in baldurs gate yet! I thought i was but that was just the checkpoint #It just feels like theres a bit too much in this small amount of space. Dribbles; murder mystery; gnomes; voss and raphael; letters; spawn #Its fatiguing… its really difficult for me to make meaningful progress in a session now #Thats just my own shortcoming though! Im not gonna knock it against the game. Just wish it didnt break my brain to try and plan where to go #ghosts howling

[thewhizzyhead]

I saw some tweets saying that WATT could've been bigger if it leaned more on the murder mystery aspect instead of the "teenager angst",,,and though I mainly disagree with that statement since I think the "teenage angst" is WATT's best feature esp since I honestly think it is one of the few teenage-centered media that doesn't mock teenagers in their struggles and grief be it vice or loss,,,I kinda see how the show being more of a murder mystery could've made it more of a cult hit long after its release-

#because like the novelty of having a murder mystery story portrayed in a musical would be crazy #but to be honest i never really saw WATT as a Murder Mystery first and foremost #rather i saw it as an coming of age story with various themes tied together by the events of said murder mystery #like its a sincere story about teenagers being messy first and foremost #with the murder mystery stuff being more of the setting #that being said. given that the show is actually indeed marketed as a murder mystery i see how it would be nice to lean to that more #my suggestion would be having kate be more of a sleuth in act 2 and maybe involving reese in the investigation to give her more of a role #bUT THEN AGAIN these are teenagers and not detectives so to make it believable they cant just be like i dunno danganronpa detectives #but yea i see the point in wanting to highlight the murder mystery part of the show more #but i also dont want it to be at the detriment of the emotionally charged bits cause those are the best bits #like thats the MEAT of the show #anyways #we are the tigers

[starswallowingsea]

So my Umineko play through is going well

#shay speaks #julie plays: umineko #umineko #umineko no naku koro ni #beatrice ushiromiya #im almost done with episode 1 and im determined not to have the mystery spoiled for me #so dont. pwease. idc about some other plot points but i am having fun trying to reason through these #murders. its a grand ol time

[sonknuxadow]

charmy was having a playdate with cream while amy’s murder mystery party was going on

this is now real

#i honestly dont really get why cream wasnt there. isnt she supposed to be one of amys best friends. the tails to her sonic #maybe the people making the game thought it would be weird for a 6 year old to be at a murder mystery party ?? #but tails is 8 and he was allowed to come. so what exactly is the age limit here #plus i feel like with the stuff cream has seen and been through she would be able to handle it as long as she knows its not real #Idk #or maybe they specifically wanted 10 characters to be part of the murder mystery thing #and after they had already put in all the obvious choices (sonic knuckles tails amy rouge shadow and a player character) #there were only 3 spaces left #so they had to be careful about it and pick the characters who would be the most fun or interesting to have around #and cream and charmy just didnt make the cut? idk. #asks

[mummer]

just found out life and honor got put on permanent hiatus instead of just taking a really long time between updates……. 😭

#idk why i didnt figure that out even though its been almost 2 years. i kept hoping and didnt bother to check #this is why i dont read fic almost ever LOL #you were meant to be the chosen one (only tolerable icefire fic to ever exist) #we’ll always have gay sweet donnell hill murder mystery.

[deanmartinofficial]

i think the two ideas of ‘rian johnson was awful for star wars and promoted an awful storyline redeeming a fascist and refusing to include realistic lgbt representation’ and ‘the knives out films are good and fun’ can and do coexist

#the lgbt representation in knives out is sooo like it just doesnt even matter to the film also no offence but everyone asking for prequels #thats not the point of these things have u ever seen poirot or miss marple or midsomer murders u dont need to know that much about the #detective thats not the point of the story the point of the story is the fun of the mystery itself its not character driven its plot driven #the star wars sequels were neither of these things btw #the star wars sequels were just bad and included 0 character development and no cohesive plot and i hate them forever but have such an #attachment to the people rey finn and poe could have been i hate u rian johnson

[smute]

ok so i finished season 1 of the white lotus and whats remarkable to me is how relatable every character is like there is no villain no one is wholly evil not even fucking shane or olivia theyre all so painfully real? also so happy for jennifer coolidge who finally got to play a role with some true depth tanya could've easily been another caricature but she evokes so much sympathy i am in awe

#tbh halfway through i completely forgot about the murder mystery introduction and i think that was intentional #like ultimately its not a murder mystery #that whole element has no real bearing on the plot #but as a viewer going into the whole thing with the knowledge that someone *will* die #you're sort of pushed to consider the potential danger #simmering beneath the surface of all that complacency #and frivolity #and ETIQUETTE oh my god #its so well done ugh #its not whodunnit its more like #what in gods name could these people get so upset about #that would warrant that kind of violence #and it makes many of the already uncomfortable scenes downright unbearable #like that conversation between rachel and nicole by the pool jesus christ #or literally everything oilivia says to anyone #oh! another thing i really liked is the fact that we dont really know how rich they all are but my impression is that they're not like #billionaires #like yeah they're doing well nicole is some sort of tech CFO they're certainly upper upper upper middle class #tanya doesnt have to worry about money either and shane is from some waspy old money family but he's not a saudi prince u know? #again. it would have been so easy to overdo the whole thing #turn them into caricatures but NO its all about THEM! theyre not just boogeymen #theyre real and its about them and their attitude that very familiar sense of entitlement #their completely unfounded PARANOIA and the gnawing emptiness that persists despite all that material wealth #LOVE LOVE LOVE everything about it #sorry my thoughts are all over the place #he lied #this is as good as it gets tbh #ALL GROUNDS NO FILTER ☕️ #&

[woolydemon]

let me be insane for a moment, is that ok (thinks abt Scooby Doo/Ace Attorney crossover)

#ive Actually been thinking abt this one a whole lot #bc i love scooby and i love attorney #and basically heres the lowdown #Klavier knows Mystery Incorporated hes familiar with them hes in fact Besties with them #esp Daphne they are BESTIES in all caps #as 2 purple fashionable bikers 💜 they understand each other on a deep personal level #anwyay the reason klav does know them is bc hes collabed with the hex girls #and during the collab concert stuff there was a monster issue #yadda yadda it was taken care of by mystery gang #anwyay this is just giving reason for klav to be like ''oh dw i know some experts that can handle this'' #when another situation occurs where theres like. idk a murder done by a monster #and klavs like oh dw i know detectives that specialize in these exact types of situations #then arrives a bunch of hippies in a van with a dog that may or may not talk #prob not bc that doesnt make sense for aa BUT this doesnt mean that there cant be scooby dialogue bc. Shaggy is a Ventriloquist :] #which is real and its funny when scooby talking is completely unrelated to it sjhdkfjfhf #anwyay i dont really have anything else #besides apollo being like !?!?!?!??? with everything going on with the mystery gang #also being like ''prosecutor gavin what do u mean u know these ppl '' #im prob not gonna do anything with this idea its just a concept i like to think abt for funzies akdhdkfj #rando thoughtz #also yes i am making it aa4 cast centric BC KLAV HAS TO BE INVOLVED !!! #its much more interesting for the hypothetical situation i already stated !!

[mejomonster]

fyi to followers if you are considering watching Justice in the Dark:

If you’re not strong and concerned about not getting to watch more later, I suggest waiting to view the episodes until the show is done airing. Which may be in April-March, so just wait until you hear news it’s fully released all episodes. I am guessing like most youku dramas, at some point youku will put the episodes on youtube with subs especially once the show is fully aired so maybe check there in a month or two. 

If you do really want to watch, but again feel concerned we may never see the rest, you could view it as seeing 1 arch or a couple book arcs adapted to live action (like how the Audio Drama seasons are), and just try to view it as that for now. The first book case is covered, I am not sure if the second book case finishes by ep 8 as I’m still finishing up the last few eps, but that’s about where the plot pauses on episodes currently out. I handled the audio drama doing one chunk of story at a time so I’m viewing it this way so I don’t anticipate/get frustrated for what isn’t out yet so much.

If you want to watch it NOW as far as the 8 episodes out, they’re on Youku app (and I’ve heard the machine translations are gradually being updated to human made translations which read much better). There’s both a ‘Justice in the Dark’ version and 光渊 Guang Yuan version, at least one should have updated human made english subtitles, possibly both by now. Mkvdrama site has the episodes for download with the human made subs, several alternate drama watching sites also seem to have the episodes up now but subtitles being mtl or the correct ones depend on the site. I do think in a couple months whenever airing resumes, youku will probably put the show on youtube though since it normally does for it’s dramas. So you can wait if watching on youtube is preferred. 

#justice in the dark #lb #also. if you've read the book you'll have a much easier time following the cases with #either mtl or the better subtitles #it follows the book pretty closely so its easy to follow each scene if you read it #and if you never read modu/Silent Reading? well the drama is of good quality #but if youre not a Beyond Evil/Flower of Evil type psychological thriller murder mystery fan idk if this will appeal to you #its a lot lets say... darker... than the usual cdrama #tone wise it reminds me of horror kdramas. which i happen to Love but is not everyones thing #Guardian in contrast balanced its angst with a very campy lighter feel like Doctor Who or fluff cdramas #so Guardian was probably an easier murder mystery type show for people to watch who dont normally enjoy that genre