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Big Festivids Recs Post!

Last weekend was the big Festivids GoLive, which meant the release into the wild of 160 brand new small fandom vids (aka fanvids, edits, etc.) Right now the collection's anonymous, but tomorrow is vidder reveals, so I wanted to write up a recs post for some of my absolute favourites from this year's collection. If you know Yuletide, well, Festivids is like Yuletide, celebrating small/weird/underappreciated fandoms! It's an exchange fest, so people ask for the small fandom vids of their heart and, then, receive one.

Honestly the collection this year is SO high quality, you should really go and browse the works yourself in their entirety; there are so many vids that I absolutely loved that I didn't put on this recs list, because I was trying not to get carried away (and also trying to get it done). But just to get you started, here are a smattering of my favourites. I tried to represent a bunch of vid genres and source types here, but ultimately it's just my taste.

RECS RECS RECS!

Andor: Level Up

AHHHH this is a vid about Andor and fascism and collective action and One Way Out and it's so gorgeously done. Perfect song choice, perfect vid, makes me cry and I will rewatch it many times.

Andor: be ready and be brave

Focusing on Ferrix, its history, its people, and its revolution. Absolute chills. Also I'm SO happy whenever I get to watch a vid to a Mountain Goats song.

Mosquita y Mari: como siempre soñé

Such a sweet, soft, slow romance vid. I ACHED for these two. Like reading a 300k slowburn but in three and a half minutes.

Dropout TV: Nothing in my Head

The Dropout TV vid of my DREAAAAAMS! (largely Game Changer but with lots of stuff in there!)

Taskmaster UK: Blood in the Cut

UHHHH. IT'S AMAZING??? It's hot and raw and kinky and hardcore. the vidder has the delicate, precise touch of a bloody scalpel. Yes, this is a vid for Taskmaster, the UK show where comedians do silly tasks. Because yeah, it's that show, but it's also this show.

Slash/Back: Uja

This vidder KNOWS how to vid horror. The way this vid cuts the most terrible images to make them barely-there, more horrifying for being rough slaps against my consciousness . . . yikes. Amazing vidding, super cool and scary, while also maintaining the uplifting, kickass, hopeful tone you want from a collective-action horror movie.

Janelle Monae: I Like That

Glorious, joyful, sexy celebration of being a free-ass motherfucker.

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Hard Times

Boimler vid about how he's essentially a redshirt who is just slightly too sweet to actually die. Absolutely adorable and hilarious.

Woman King: Upside Down

Absolute BANGER of a vid, great cuts, great movement, great character arc and great Dahomey women being amazing.

Romeo + Juliet: Magnetic

We all agree Harold Perrineau is the best Mercutio, SO, with that in mind, here is a flawless celebration of the best Mercutio.

Knives Out/Glass Onion: 'Til You Hit a Nerve

Brilliant comparison vid putting Marta from the first film together with Helen and Andi from the second one, drawing out the similarities and dissimilarities in a visual feast and with a badass powerwalk. Nothing not to love!

David Cronenberg's Films: body

This one is phenomenal. It takes David Cronenberg's entire filmography and condenses it into a vid about all the sexualized body horror. It is deeply horny and deeply disturbing and deeply fascinated by every single finger going into a hole in a body that shouldn't be there. It's soft and tentative and it's very graphic and violent, all at once.

The Wheel of Time: Velodrome

Tower politics and circularity and being bound to one another in every good way and every bad way; what a beautiful vid. I love how this is about a place, and about how that place draws these people together over and over in their shared experience and love and trauma.

The Midnight Sky: The Laughing Heart

Absolutely gorgeous vid of the film to a spoken word + music rendition of Charles Bukowski's "The Laughing Heart" (there is a light somewhere). I have not seen this film but I found this vid deeply moving.

Moby Dick: Queequeg and I

There are four (FOUR!!!) Moby Dick vids at Festivids this year, and they are all amazing combinations of a huge smorgasboard of sources, I heartily recommend them all, but I'll specifically rec two. This one is Queequeg and Ishmael to "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and it is the sweetest queerest thing ever. Queequeg and Ishmael get a happy ending shhhhh they do shhhhh yes this is how it happened they came out of the water they're fine

Moby Dick: a vulture feeds upon the heart forever

This vid is a fucking masterpiece. It is a huge archival multisource Moby Dick vid that weaves all these incredibly different visual together to make a coherent, tragic narrative. And like. The BOOK is not a coherent narrative! This is such gorgeous and amazing fanwork. Don't miss out on it.

Women's 100m Sprinting: Didn't Come to Play

This is GORGEOUS, I don't know anything about sprinting but I know I love these beautiful joyful powerful women running really fast and hugging each other and being amazing. The editing on this is so tight; the vid never stops for a second. Like a sprint?!?!?!

The Golem and the Jinni: סיפור הגולם

This is another book vid, but since this book doesn't have any adaptations, it's using entirely archival source and probably some documentaries and films to construct the story - or, really, construct the vibe of the book, construct the metaphors of the book, and the result is beautiful and powerful and meditative. It's about survival, and making life.

Jesus Christ Superstar: Hope on Fire

This is another umbrella vid, where the vidder is taking a bunch of different productions of the play and mashing them together. This vid focuses on Judas and Jesus/Judas, and it all feels so inevitable and tragic and real and cruel. I really loved it.

Jordan Peele's Films: Goodbye, Honey, You Call That Gone

This is such a wonderful mashup of Jordan Peele's three films, exploring all the parallels and differences and just the rich tapestry of his imagery.

猎罪图鉴 | Under the Skin: Put It On Me

I don't know this source but this was just so gorgeously put together; there's a focus on art and art objects, on hands moving and creating, that's just mesmerizing.

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guardianreadersofthegalaxy · 1 year

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It’s time for the Lo-scars! The awards for the best films I saw in 2022:

Best Director

· Clio Barnard – Ali & Ava

· Edward Berger – All Quiet On The Western Front

· Jordan Peele – Nope

· Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter

· Matthew Warchus – Matilda: The Musical

Best Actress in a leading role

· Catherine Clinch – The Quiet Girl

· Claire Rushbrook – Ali & Ava

· Olivia Colman/ Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter

· Saoirse Ronan – See How They Run

Best Actor in a leading role

· Adeel Akhtar – Ali & Ava

· Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power Of The Dog

· Daniel Craig – Glass Onion

· Ram Charan – RRR

Best Actress in a supporting role

· Carrie Crowley – The Quiet Girl

· Emma Thompson – Matilda: The Musical

· Janelle Monae – Glass Onion

· Kirsten Dunst – The Power Of The Dog

Best Actor in a supporting role

· Albrecht Schuch – All Quiet On The Western Front

· Alex Wolff – Pig

· Andrew Bennett – The Quiet Girl

· Barry Keoghan – The Banshees Of Inishirin

· Jessie Plemons – The Power Of The Dog

Best Original Score

· Cristobal Tapia De Veer – Smile

· Dickon Hinchliffe – The Lost Daughter

· Michael Giacchino – The Batman

· Nicholas Britell – Don’t Look Up

· Volker Bertelmann – All Quiet On The Western Front

Best Picture

· All Quiet On The Western Front

· Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

· The Lost Daughter

· Matilda: The Musical

· The Quiet Girl

Most memorable death

· Cheerful self-immolation – Smile

· Choking on a severed finger – The Banshees Of Inishirin

· Crushed under a tank – All Quiet On The Western Front

· Eaten alive by an alien – Don’t Look Up/ Nope

· Face eaten by rats – The Batman

…And The Best Movie Moment!

· The cold open – Smile

· A conversation between rocks – Everything Everywhere All At Once

· Escapologist subplot – Matilda: The Musical

· Repairing the uniforms – All Quiet On The Western Front

· Rose teaches George to dance – The Power Of The Dog

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sacramentonewsjournal · 2 years

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Netflixs Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller Will Spend One Week In Theaters

Netflix and conventional movie are normally mortal enemies; many movie organizations do not wish to even rely Netflix films as being eligible for awards, whereas Netflix would typically adore it in the event you stayed house and watched The Adam Venture as an alternative. The 2 warring factions appear to have reached a short lived accord, although, as Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller might be spending every week in theaters this fall forward of its Christmas launch. Beginning Wednesday, November 23, up by way of November 29, director Rian Johnson will get his want: you can see Glass Onion in theaters as a part of what Netflix is looking a “theatrical sneak preview occasion.” AMC, Regal, and Cinemark theaters are all collaborating within the occasion. This is not a full theatrical launch, nevertheless. Whereas a full theatrical launch would normally encompass 2000-3000 screens, Glass Onion will present on simply 600. As soon as the run ends on November 29, the film will disappear till its Netflix launch on December 23. PEOPLE OF TWITTER! Main as much as our huge Christmas launch on Netflix, this Thanksgiving GLASS ONION could have a particular one week solely THEATRICAL SNEAK PREVIEW EVENT!! HUGE because of @AMCTheatres @RegalMovies @Cinemark and extra. I’m very, VERY enthusiastic about this. — Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) October 6, 2022 It is a noteworthy transfer as a result of inherently adversarial relationship between Netflix and theaters, however it appears to sign extra of this sort of factor. AMC head Adam Aron mentioned that Netflix and theaters have “cracked the code,” whereas Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger mentioned that the “experiment is a breakthrough for each the theatrical business and Netflix and might web page the best way for stronger cooperation sooner or later as Netflix huge funds films for certain belong on the large display first.” Glass Onion has carried out effectively with critics so far and is sitting at a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Netflix acquired Glass Onion and a possible sequel in April of 2021 for a reported $465 million. The movie will as soon as once more star Daniel Craig because the Southern-born detective Benoit Blanc, however he is the one returning solid member that we’re at the moment conscious of. As an alternative, his new thriller will cope with an entire new group of suspects together with Dave Bautista, Jessica Henwick, Ethan Hawke, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monae, and extra. As with Knives Out, Glass Onion is directed and written by Johnson himself. The merchandise mentioned right here had been independently chosen by our editors. GameSpot might get a share of the income in the event you purchase something featured on our web site. Originally published at Sacramento News Journal

#Sacramento News Journal

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feelssogoodinmyarms · 3 years

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20-30 for that getting to know you asks thing.

omg thank u for asking lovely <3

20. what is your favourite song at the moment?

i'm back into hozier, moment's silence and arsonist's lullaby are my favorites rn. also all the things she said by t.A.T.u and weird fishes by radiohead.

21. age and birthday?

19 and june 13

22. description of crush.

i have two rn, one i'm dating and they're soft and have amazing curly hair and incredible music taste and soft lips and i love when they get talk about what they're passionate about and they're sooo beautiful. we talk about dnd and queer movements of the 80s and 90s and music and stuff. i'm really excited to get to know them better. the other one is my ex, we recently reconnected. she's gorgeous and has this zest and appreciation for life like no one i've ever met. she'll just walk through graveyards by her college and tear down an american flag on her way and get drunk and text me about how beautiful life is. plus she teases me sm when we make out she's kinda irresistible.

23. fear(s)

heights, dying unfulfilled, that everyone in my life hates me and is just tolerating me, spiders, snakes,

24. height

5'2

25. role model

my mom

26. idol(s)

alison bechdel, ali stroker, dolly parton, janelle monae

27. things i hate

when my dad is a dick, when my sister's a dick, how dirty and cluttered my dad's house is, cramps, the fact that my family is pretty racist but insists they aren't, billionaires, math, homophobes, transphobes, the fact that someone got rid of the dog toothbrush so i cant brush my dad's dog's teeth and her breath melts my face when she cuddles me, capitalism, people who say they hate capitalism but have no idea what that means and don't take the time to learn about why capitalism is harmful, performative activism (especially from white cis straight men), people who talk over gay/trans ppl talking about sex/sexuality cuz it's "aphobic", i'm gonna stop now cuz im getting angry

28. i’ll love you if…

you take interest in my interests, take me out for a meal and pay, remember things i like, compliment me, cook for me, or bring me flowers

29. favourite film(s)

ooh the three original muppet movies, barbie princess and the pauper, carrie (1976), beauty and the beast, mamma mia, hairspray, chicago

30. favourite tv show(s)

snl, auntie donna's big ol house of fun, icarly, victorious

the post these questions are from

#thank u for asking!!#didnt mean for this to take a month lmao

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joealwyndaily · 5 years

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“Harriet” carries a $17 million production budget, which should help it pave a clear path toward profitability. Adding to the plaudits for Focus Features, it’s the first specialty studio in 15 years with two back-to-back films that debuted above $10 million. In September, the company released “Downton Abbey,” which launched with a better-than-expected $31 million and has since earned $94.5 million at the domestic box office.

“Harriet” centers on Harriet Tubman (Cynthia Erivo), the abolitionist who led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Kasi Lemmons directed the film, which also stars Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn and Janelle Monae.

“Audiences have been unanimous for their love of this film, which is clear from its A+ CinemaScore and 98% Audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes,” said Lisa Bunnell, Focus Features’ president of distribution. “With the story of one woman’s strength that literally change the world we all live in today, it is the feel-great movie people are looking for — becoming an event for friends and families going to see together.”

Adds producer Debra Martin Chase, “This is not a slave movie. This is a movie that says we cannot control the circumstances into which we are born, but we can control what we do once we get here.”

#harriet #news #box office

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acesexualspock · 4 years

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I was tagged by @fictionandtheatre :) thank youuu

List your 10 favorites in each category:

MOVIES

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

The Princess Diaries (1 & 2)

Love, Simon

Howl’s Moving Castle

Ever After: A Cinderella Story

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Knives Out

Mr. Right

Lilo and Stitch

TV SHOWS

Star Trek: The Original Series

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

The End of the F***ing World

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Queer Eye

The Great British Baking Show

One Day at a Time

The Great

BOOKS

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

The Song of Achilles

Red White & Royal Blue

Carry On

Seraphina

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (we’ll just list them all)

Hamlet

Henry IV

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard (they slap ok)

MUSIC ARTISTS

Hozier

Ben Platt

Troye Sivan

dodie

Green Day

Bowling for Soup

King Princess

Queen

Janelle Monae

Florence + the Machine

tagging: @aoskirk @lidolbastard @wingittofreedom @sortumavaara @heath-martini and anyone else interested :)

#tagged #fictionandtheatre #acesexualspock #about me

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wearesungreenmylove · 4 years

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Some Nights by fun. asks

Did you listen to this album in 2012-2014?

Some Nights- Intro:

What are the things you change first when you’re upset?

Do you listen to the radio?

Do you have twitter?

Some Nights:

Do you have any big plans?

What do you stand for?

Do you believe in ghosts?

What do you want?

Do you live with your parents?

We Are Young:

How old are you?

Have you ever been to the Empire State Building?

Do you smoke?

Do you listen to Janelle Monae?

Do you know how to start a fire?

Have you ever stayed at a bar until it closed?

Carry On:

What do you do for Independence Day?

What motivates you to carry on?

What makes you feel like you’re on top of the world?

It Gets Better:

Do you keep your nails short?

What’s something that’s gotten better?

Do you like snow?

Why Am I the One:

Do you sleep on your side?

Do you have a good relationship with your dad?

Where is it you feel like you belong?

All Alone:

What’s your favorite souvenir? What’s the story behind it?

What’s a souvenir you got for someone else and why?

What do you do when you feel all alone?

All Alright:

What makes you feel like everything’s alright?

What front do you put on to the world?

One Foot:

How do you think you’re gonna die?

Do you want to make a name for yourself?

If you had to pick one person to live forever, who would it be and why?

Stars:

What constellations can you point out in the sky?

Do you miss your mom?

Out on the Town:

Have you ever had a classic romantic movie moment?

Do you consider yourself clever?

Do you drink?

#asks #fun.#some nights #some nights by fun.#some nights asks #fun. asks #ask list #ask lists #ask bait #simon's asks

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theonlinemuse · 4 years

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So @lesbianmaxevans and I have been discussing how there’s very little backstory for Dani Powell on the show and we decided to contribute to the tags by coming up with our own headcanons for her:

Dani is a nickname obviously, but instead of Danielle or Danika, it’s short for Danys, a unisex Haitian Creole name. She only gets called Danys if she’s in trouble

Malcolm giggles whenever that happens and Dani threatens to put her cold hands on him if he tries calling her that

Malcolm learned her middle name the same day he met her middle sister, New York County Court Judge Naomie Powell, who barged into the precinct after an incident where Dani got hurt and went, “Danys Eliana Powell, if you’re going to give our family a heart attack, at least pick up your phone!”

Her dad is Haitian (I still say that episode 5 should’ve delved into this with Dani and her backstory) and her mom is Jewish. Dani and her sisters were all raised Jewish

Dani doesn’t regularly go the synagogue, but it’s tradition for the Powells to go to services during major holidays

Dani and JT explaining Jewish holidays to everyone

Powell wasn’t her dad’s original last name. Her dad and grandma came to New York from Port au Prince in the late 70s and their original last name was Poirot. Grandma Eliana kept the name, but her dad changed it to Powell when he started university

She’s the youngest of three girls in the family. Her oldest sister Mona is played by Meta Golding while middle sister Naomie is played by Sydney Tamiia Poitier

Naomie was the sister who suffered from night terrors after getting into a bad car accident as a teenager and Mona and Dani would often take turns looking after her. This is how Dani knew how to deal with Malcolm

Dani is bisexual. She and Edrisa went on a date before deciding to be friends and Edrisa likes to joke about them being exes much to Malcolm’s confusion

“When did you even break up?” “We didn’t, technically. We just went go karting and had lunch at Zabar’s before we realized Dani was wayyyy too much like an aloof little sister to me.”

And this is totally a crack headcanon, but after seeing Jurnee Smollett-Bell playing Black Canary in Birds of Prey, Dani and Dinah Lance are now cousins. Their moms, Zipporah and Dinah Senior were sisters

Dani and Dinah may be Jewish, but they don’t keep kosher all the time. They don’t eat pork, but they’re absolutely weak against shellfish, much to their moms’ dismay

Chaotic bi Dinah and distinguished bi Dani

Imagine Dani going undercover in Dinah’s band and them singing the Birds of Prey song from Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Dani can rock the punk rock aesthetic. Dinah makes her wear fishnet stockings, red lipstick, a corset over a dark lace shirt, and gold metallic temp tattoos. Malcolm has a heart attack

And then Dani starts singing and he’s a goner because he’s only ever hear her sing old songs from the 30s to 50s and there’s something powerful and sensual about her singing punk rock music. He’s not ready for it

JT teases the hell out of him, but he soon shuts up when Dani and Dinah bring Tally into the mix. Edrisa records the whole thing, as well as Malcolm and JT’s expressions. Gil ends up using it to keep Malcolm and JT from doing anything too outrageous

Grandma Eliana would sing old jazz and méringue songs to Dani and her sisters when they were little so Dani ended up with the habit of singing them absently whenever she’s focused on a task, usually when she’s doing her hair

Dani grew up listening to songs from the 30s, 40s, and 50s due to grandma Eliana always playing her extensive vinyl collection. She didn’t really get to listen to modern music until she was in middle school

In addition to jazz and swing, Dani’s surprisingly good at disco. It didn’t help that her dad often played Boney M and Earth Wind and Fire during her childhood

She used to joke that the Powell family is decades behind in their taste in music. Dani doesn’t listen to many modern songs, but she likes singing along to Yonce as well as Janelle Monae songs like Electric Lady and Sally Ride

Make Me Feel becomes Dani and Dinah’s bi anthem

Malcolm once caught her singing and he keeps trying to catch her again. He’s lucky to listen for five seconds before she kicks him out of the bathroom

Dani’s a bit of a tea expert thanks to grandma Eliana, who taught her many different ways of making tea. Other than Earl Grey, Dani’s favourites include grandma Eliana’s ginger tea and pomegranate tea

And I’m not just saying that last one because I saw tags about a Brightwell Hades and Persephone AU

She loves tea flavoured desserts as well. She often gets a glazed Earl Grey donut for breakfast on Monday mornings when she needs a little pick me up

She changes up the glaze depending on her mood. Lavender for when she’s stressed, balsamic and pomegranate for when she’s in a good mood, blueberry for when she’s irritated or stuck on a case, brown butter for when she’s tired, and caramel with blood orange zest for when she’s ready punch a dick

In the summer, she loves Thai iced tea popsicles and matcha green tea popsicles dipped in chocolate

Dani isn’t as big of a coffee drinker as she is a tea drinker, but if she has to have coffee, it’s always a cinnamon mocha with a shot of espresso

She can cook, but because of her schedule, she mostly sticks with quick to make dishes like grilled cheese and spaghetti. She likes spicing things up though, thanks to growing up with her dad and grandma’s cooking

Every Hanukkah, Dani always gets roped into preparing the desserts with Zipporah since her dad, grandma, and oldest sister are in charge of cooking. Dani’s the first to admit that she’s not a cook, but she’s gotten good at making sweets, even if she doesn’t always have the patience for it. Eight nights a year is her limit

Malcolm as a foodie bemoans this and his trying to broaden her food choices slowly becomes a thing

The look of horror on his face when he sees her chow down on a double beef bacon mushroom burger, poutine, chocolate pecan pie and a strawberry milkshake in one sitting is priceless

And Dani loves seafood, especially shellfish which Malcolm can’t have because it gives him hives

Dani was a bit of a trouble maker in elementary school, but for good reason. She stuck gum in a classmate’s hair because she stole her favourite scratch and sniff stickers and lied about it. And she once kicked a football player where the sun don’t shine because he was being a dick to her

She dressed like Kimberly Hart from the Power Rangers movie in high school, though she did have a goth phase for about two weeks in freshman year. She was trying to channel Wednesday Addams. She was definitely a bit of a rebel style wise. Malcolm was most definitely a nerd

Ironically, Dani’s the one with poor eyesight. She only wears glasses if there’s no more contacts and they’re a chunky pair that’s similar to Edrisa’s glasses

Dani does have some secret nerdy traits, she knows how to code thanks to her sister Naomie going to coding camp for five consecutive summers

And like Kay, Dani has some artistic tendencies too. She grew up with outdoor art programs that encouraged her to paint

She’s fluent in French. She, her sisters, and their paternal cousins went to a bilingual language school thanks to grandma Eliana’s influence

Dani also did competitive figure skating as a kid. She actually made it to the Junior Grand Prix finals. She got silver

There’s recordings of her competition routines on YouTube somewhere and she actually goes undercover as a figure skater for a case. Gil acts as her coach because he actually used to skate as well

She also did some cross training in ballet as well since her godmother is a well known ballerina turned dance teacher. There are a lot of pics of Dani in her early teens of her in a leotard and tights with curls escaping her ballet bun

She has an old injury that often acts up when the weather is cold. She broke her leg pretty badly in high school due to an accident in gym class. She got knocked off the balance beam when they were doing gymnastics and had to be rushed to the hospital for surgery

She prefers horror and thrillers to action movies, but she likes period pieces too. Belle is a recent favourite of hers

Dani likes Star Trek because her dad is the biggest sci-fi nerd and it was a big part of her childhood. She also grew up as a fan of Eartha Kitt because of him after he made her watch 1960s Batman reruns with him

As a result, she wanted to name her first kid after Eartha. She eventually nicknames her first daughter Kit because of this

Dani actually introduced Tally to JT. They were roommates in college (Dani majored in social work while Tally studied chemistry) and they went to the same synagogue

Tally designated Dani as godmother after she and JT had twin girls. She was the sandeket at Noa and Miri’s simchat bat

She practices Krav Maga, she and Dinah both learned it in high school, though Dani always says that Dinah had more of a natural talent for it

Dinah also did kickboxing and gymnastics and Dani ended up tagging along her lessons. She doubled as a coach and sparring partner

She and her sisters dressed up as magical girls for Halloween when they were little and the new Charm reboot is like reliving their childhood

She wraps her hair for sleep with funny and colourful scarves that Naomie always gives as gag gifts, a tradition that started when they were preteens

She’s dyslexic, but she wasn’t diagnosed until middle school. She had difficulty memorizing things so she got into a habit of carrying a recorder with her. She also has her phone and computer set to dyslexia friendly fonts and listens to a lot of audio books

It’s also the reason she sometimes makes mistakes when she’s dancing. She sometimes mixes up left and right

She also had trouble learning French at first because of this

Dani can hold her liquor, but after four drinks, she becomes a giggly drunk who randomly speaks French and sings 90s rock songs

She also suddenly gains a sweet tooth when sober Dani doesn’t usually go for sweets. Luckily Malcolm has a few lollipops stashed away for when this happens

Dani did a brief modelling stint back in college to help out her cousin, who was in fashion school at the time. She mostly modelled for women’s wear and book covers. She even posed for a couple of historical romance covers

Malcolm may have accidentally come across it thanks to his mom. Jessica might have been a little smug when she told him to fetch the book from where she left it. The look on his face was priceless

Dani ends up recreating a cover for a case. Edrisa makes Malcolm pose with her. She takes so many pictures

Given that Malcolm has Sunshine, it’s ironic that Dani owns a cat. It’s a mischievous black cat named Shuri and she loves climbing things, especially Malcolm

#Prodigal Son #Dani Powell

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humongousbastard · 4 years

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GET TO KNOW THE BLOGGER.

can be used for RP && non-RP blogs to get to know a bit about the person behind the screen

1. FIRST NAME : sophia (but like. call me bullshark)

2. STRANGE FACT ABOUT YOURSELF : i really like mustard and i used to drink the mustard packets at school

3. TOP THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU FIND ATTRACTIVE ON A PERSON : uhh i like it when women are taller than me, have a knife, and are either very butch or very femme

4. A FOOD YOU COULD EAT FOREVER AND NOT GET BORED OF : sub sandwichies...

5. A FOOD YOU HATE : celery

6. GUILTY PLEASURE : just absolutely sinfully long baths

7. WHAT DO YOU SLEEP IN : shirt and boxers

8. SERIOUS RELATIONSHIPS OR FLINGS : serious relationships

9. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN THE PAST AND CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOUR LIFE , WOULD YOU AND WHAT WOULD IT BE : one time i plucked my eyebrows and i did a really bad job

10. ARE YOU AN AFFECTIONATE PERSON : perhaps..............

11. A MOVIE YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN : captain underpants the first epic movie

12. FAVORITE BOOK : uhh its been a while. carrie by stephen king slapped pretty hard

13. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP ANY ANIMAL AS A PET, WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE : just like an absolutely massive dog. like we have a rottweiler but if she was maybe twice as big i’d be set

14. TOP FIVE FICTIONAL SHIPS ( IF YOU ARE AN RP BLOG , YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN SHIPS AS WELL ) : oh god oh fuck. uhhh. i mean personally i like boxcars/deuce and quirrel/lemm and i guess like an unrequited quirrel/monomon kinda deal. and all others uh. uhh. i think the girls from eizouken should date each other and i guess i like jevil/seam but specifically abimee’s jevil/seam because it’s the best one

15. PIE OR CAKE : cake!

16. FAVORITE SCENT : i really like gardenias and rose

17. CELEBRITY CRUSH : janelle monae (please)

18. IF YOU COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO : i really wanna go to japan someday and eat a parfait........

19. INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT : introvert babeyyy

20. DO YOU SCARE EASILY : no but i startle really easily

21. IPHONE OR ANDROID : iphone

22. DO YOU PLAY ANY VIDEO GAMES : i play mobile games and like. pokemon and legend of zelda. but ive never touched an mmo or a fps and i never will

23. DREAM JOB : clown. yes i’m serious

24. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A MILLION DOLLARS : buy a big piece of land and start a sanctuary for elderly dogs and cats. buy an old schoolbus so i can drive the dogs through town on the weekends. otherwise pumping up peoples gofundmes would be nice but that’s getting a little beyond the scope of a million

25. FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU HATE : you know after the epilogues i think i kinda hate every homestuck character

26. FANDOM THAT YOU WERE ONCE A PART OF BUT AREN’T ANY LONGER : when i was 12 i had a crush on one of the chipmunks from alvin and the chipmunks and lemme tell you i was CONSTANTLY on the fanfiction.net tag for alvin and the chipmunks

tagged by : brad looked at me

tagging : @palevurm @dresstodevastate @20leafclover (brad has to do it Again)

#meme friday #its still meme friday it's still meme friday

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psqqa · 5 years

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by the time i stopped to consider why the fuck i was putting this together in the first place, i’d already typed most of it up. idk i guess i just like throwing my joy into the void, where the void can either choose to ignore it or derive some joy from it itself. either is fine.

anyway, i’m never going to have enough of these in any one category to put together a proper FST or anything, nor am i capable of imprinting on a song for reasons that aren’t like “feathers.......hawks”, because really this is all driven by my terrible sense of humour, but what i have collected so far Sparks Joy, so into the void it goes.

psqqa’s list of songs applicable to bnha in some way, shape, or form

No One Is Alone - Into the Woods - this is a vibe i’ve been getting from the manga for a while but then the my villain academia arc just totally cinched it (while we’re seeing our side/maybe we forgot/they are not alone/no one is alone)

Falling - Haim - this one is a bakugou song for me, which probably says something about me because i’m fairly sure it could almost equally be a midoriya song if you wanted it to be. yes, both could be good, but the brain doesn’t always work that way. (they keep saying/don’t stop/no it’s never enough/i’ll never look back/never give up/and if it gets rough/it’s time to get rough)

Ice and the Storm - My Brightest Diamond - inatodo. i did warn you. (darling we’ve accumulated/too much miscommunication/in the beginning everything is soft/not defensive/perhaps we begin again/shining)

Sacrilege - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - feathers.......hawks. probably dabi/hawks given the options so far, but that’s pretty immaterial tbh (fallen for a guy/fell down from the sky/halo/round his head/feathers in our bed)

Girl - Anouk - listen i’m not going to lie, i’ve never fully been able to figure out what the hell is going on in this song. like, i would say it’s just straight up anouk being in love with the titular “Girl”, but then there’s the “him” in the first verse so who even knows. i’ve settled on polyamory, which makes this my jirou highkey got the feels for yaomomo and lowkey got the feels for kaminari and she needs yaomomo to understand this so they can work on a frankly totally unnecessary because kaminari is already all in baby Wooing Plan (still got my hands/they’re clinging/so i just keep going/i don’t know where i belong/could i belong to you)

Electric Feel - MGMT - electric..........kaminari. i like to think of it in terms of kaminari/jirou/yaomomo. idk maybe he gets bored waiting for them to plan their Wooing Plan and just takes matters into his own terrible pickup line hands. or perhaps it’s just aimed at yaomomo and we can take these two songs jointly to be The Wooing of YaoMomo. which actually now that i’ve typed it out i am quite fond of as an idea. (i said ooh girl/shock me like an electric eel/baby girl/turn me on with your electric feel)

the three song stretch that runs Slow Show-Apartment Story-Start A War - The National - The Soul-Crushing Weight Of Being In Your Early-To-Mid-Twenties!kiribaku. this would be like triply the case if i were reading this manga in 2012 instead of 2019. (i wanna hurry home to you/put on a slow dumb show for you/and crack you up - be still for a second while i/try and try to pin your flowers on/can you carry my drink i have everything else/i can tie my tie all by myself - do you really think you can just/put it in a safe behind a/painting lock it up and leave/walk away now/and you’re gonna start a war)

Fireproof - The National - also kiribaku. look man idk what to tell you. it just be like that sometimes. (you’re fireproof/nothing breaks your heart/you’re fireproof/it’s just the way you are)

The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts - Sufjan Stevens - man of steel, man of heart...............tetsutetsu. pick your tetsutetsu ship of choice. it doesn’t matter. all parties equally applicable because only a steel man can be a lover/if he had hands to tremble all over/we celebrate our sense of each other/we have a lot to give one another

New Shoes - Paolo Nutini - kirishima song!! (hey i put some new shoes on/and suddenly everything’s right/i said hey i put some new shoes on/and everybody’s smiling/it’s so inviting)

Dance Apocalyptic - Janelle Monae - mina song!! what can i say, it’s got mina energy. also i feel like ‘dance apocalyptic’ would a great hero name for mina. (but i really, really want to thank you/for dancing ‘til the end/you found a way to break out/you’re not afraid to break out)

Whoo! Alright – Yeah...Uh Huh - The Rapture - kaminari song!!! do the lyrics even work for him? who knows, i’m just in it for the cowbell. and so is kaminari. (people don’t dance no more/they just stand there like this/they cross their arms and/stare you down and/drink and moan and diss)

Invincible - OK Go - now i could, and i guess sort of do, think of this as a bakugou ship song generally, but to be quite honest, i think it’s probably just the song his brain plays on a loop whenever he does anything (when they finally come to destroy the earth/they’ll have to deal with you first/and now my money says they won’t know about/the thousand fahren/heit hot metal/lights behind your eyes/invincible/oh oh oh/you’re invincible)

Daniel - Bat for Lashes - tododeku - don’t @ me (daniel/when i first saw you/i knew that you had/a flame in your heart/and under wild blue skies/marble movie skies/i found a home in your eyes/we’d never be apart)

Gekommen um zu bleiben - Wir sind Helden - BAKUSQUAD!!!! i mean, also like 1-a generally, but for me it’s really the bakusquad.....also i literally just realized that the band name itself works really well here (wir gehen nicht/aber wenn wir gehen/dann gehen wir in scheiben/entschuldigung ich sagte/wir sind gekommen um zu bleiben)

Don’t Call Me Baby - Madison Avenue - the kacchako song. why? because i was reliving the turn of the millennium. next question. (don’t think that i’m not strong/i’m the one to take you on/don’t underestimate me boy/i’ll make you sorry you were born/you don’t know me/the way you really should/you sure misunderstood/don’t call me baby)

You Will Not Take My Heart Alive - Joanna Newsom - All Might. although i think this entire album is one he would Have Feelings about. and tbh it’s impossible at this point for me to consider any one song off this album entirely on its own. it’s always within the greater context of the album as a whole. (and i won’t come round this way again/where the lonely wind abides/and you will not take my heart alive)

Don’t Wanna Fight - Alabama Shakes - bakudeku. i didn’t actually think any song would ping me as bakudeku at any point, but here we are. (what you like/what i like/why can’t we both be right?/attacking/defending/until there’s nothing left/worth winning)

Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel - hawks/dabi-hawks/endeavour melodramatic clusterfuck. no i’m not taking questions. (DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE/DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO/DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE)

Riot Rhythm - Sleigh Bells - riot........kirishima. but yeah kirishima and bakugou are bros and that’s Good. they might also be more than bros, but that’s up to you i guess. (because my best friend/she's okay/carve you out/all the way/straight A kids/like a treat/she stands up/takes the heat)

In The Shadows - The Rasmus - tokoyami. i feel like i’m virtually incapable of talking about tokoyami without also mentioning this song, but like, you’ve seen the video right? (i've been watching/i've been waiting/in the shadows/for my time)

The Hero - Queen - this one is probably cheating, given that it was written for the actual soundtrack of an actual superhero movie, but it’s not like there’s any rules to this and i’ve never seen the movie......or anything else with flash in it i guess, so whatever. anyway, not so much All Might as like every character in this manga when they were 4yo watching All Might. (he’s for every one of us/stands for every one of us/he’ll save with a mighty hand)

Impossible Soul - Sufjan Stevens - this wasn’t on this list until sometime around 2:30 AM last night when i was lying awake because i didn’t take my nightly melatonin and something something i can’t even vaguely remember the train of thought but it ended in me deciding this was a good bakudeku song. not so much the first part, but like ‘do you want to be afraid’ onward. maybe the eight minutes of “boy we can do much more together” will be enough for bakugou to get the message. (boy we can do much more together/better get it right/get it right/get it right/get it right/boy we can do much more together/it’s not so impossible)

to be updated if further song pinging happens, i guess?

#bnha #so many of these songs have videos that i never knew existed and have never seen before #the one for sacrilege in particular is real fucked up #the daniel one appears to have changed the intro #which is bothering me #but fine #i will live #sound is a colour i know

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villainship · 4 years

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Get to know me tag!

@cyrraluu tagged us! I got here first. (Dani)

Rules: Always post the rules. Tag 11 new people you’d like to know better!

1. Dogs or Cats?

Cats times ten million billion. Dogs smell bad and drool.

These are my babies. Fisher the himbo (named after space mom Carrie Fisher) on the left, and crooked head Vala (after the SG-1 character) on the right.

2. YouTube celebrities or normal celebrities?

This is a pretty arbitrary distinction. I don’t follow many people on Youtube though, so uh, “normal.”

3. If you could live anywhere where would that be?

I’m plotting to move to northern Ontario!!

4. Disney or DreamWorks?

Disney.

5. Favorite childhood TV show?

Samurai Pizza Cats.

6. The movie you’re looking forward to most in 2020?

BIRDS OF PREY

7. Favorite book you read in 2019?

The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin made me feel sooo many feelings and it was amazing.

8. Marvel or DC?

I’m a DC fan at heart, but the Marvel movies are generally better.

9. If you choose Marvel favorite member of the X-Men? If you choose DC favorite Justice League member?

Hawkgirl!! OG Shayera Hol, especially as she appears in the JLU cartoon.

10. Night or Day?

NIGHT I wish I could be awake til 4am every day.

11. Favorite Pokemon?

Meowstic.

12. Top 5 bands/artists:

1. Janelle Monae

2. The Killers

3. Fiona Apple

4. Alanis Morissette

5. MARINA

13. Top 10 books

In no particular order except that in which I remembered them.

1. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King

2. The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin

3. His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman

4. Saga by Brian K. Vaughan

5. The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge

6. The Catspaw trilogy by Joan D. Vinge

7. The Amberlough Dossier by Lara Elena Donnelly

8. The Elemental Logic series by Laurie J. Marks

9. The Cats of Seroster by Robert Westall (childhood #1 fav book that I will never stop loving)

10. I wouldn’t describe them as “favourite books” anymore, but the Harry Potter series shaped so much of my life and have granted me some of my most incredible and enduring friendships so I have to credit them for that.

14. Top 4 movies

1. Hanna (Joe Wright, 2011)

2. Peking Opera Blues (Tsui Hark, 1986)

3. Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson, 2001-2003)

4. Lady Oscar (Jacques Demy, 1979)

15. America or Europe?

Europe pls

16. Tumblr or Twitter?

Tumblr.

17. Favorite vacation destination?

Of all the places I’ve been, New York City is my favourite. I like to go places, wander around, and eat food.

18. Favorite YouTuber?

Samantha Ravndahl.

19. Favorite author?

This changes depending on what I’ve read recently... This year it’s N.K. Jemisin.

20. Tea or Coffee?

I keep trying to kick my coffee habit. I don’t even like how it tastes most of the time. Tea!!

21. OTP?

Every single one of my ships with R... especially TDxCianna. ^3^

22. Do you play an instrument/sing?

Not “for real” but I love to sing!!!

Tagging: You if you’re reading this, I’m tired

#memes #dani post

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closetcasefabray · 5 years

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Don’t Make Me Spell It Out For You, Part 1/6

briefest of brief summaries: clarke kind of hates her neighbor because lexa hates fun or something. aka & they were neighbors

okay, so finally writing this as a fic. i could’ve definitely made this a one-shot, but i divided it into 6 parts (of varying lengths) to have fun with it, and i’m cleaning it up and adding more. also managed to hit several of the classic au prompts: fratboy!clarke, neighbors/girl next door, (kinda) enemies to friends to lovers, city au, useless lesbian/bisexual, & one bed. hope you enjoy.

titles courtesy of Janelle Monae.

EDIT: apparently this entire thing just up and disappeared when i made a small edit on mobile. fixed it. thanks tumblr for being generally awful.

1. all the feelings that i’ve got for you

You love and hate living in New York—love the diversity, art scene, local parks, trips to the Bronx Zoo, concerts in Prospect Park, and (finally) earning a living wage after graduating two years ago. You hate the MTA’s ceaseless delays, the owners of the dog barking outside your window every morning, rude restaurant guests who tip poorly, and the puddles that seem to always be on the sidewalks even when it hasn’t rained for days. You love your neighborhood but hate how old your building is—tiny living space, worn out hardwood flooring that slopes, the distinct off-off-white color of it all, and the incredibly thin walls.

You also recently determined that you’re really starting to hate your neighbor.

The first time you receive a knock at the door, it’s understandable.

Raven is, in her own words, “Queens, born and raised, and therefore a die-hard Mets fan.” It’s not always clear because most of the time she spends watching games, she’s swearing at the players and coaches, and groaning, “I fucking hate this goddamn team.”

So you’re sitting between Raven and Octavia late one night, watching the Mets play the Padres, drinking beer, and shoveling pizza into your mouths, when an unexpected home run has Raven jumping to her feet and shouting, “I fucking love this goddamn team!” She does a dance and claps as the Mets celebrate their two run lead.

A soft knock at the door interrupts Raven high-fiving you and O repeatedly less than a minute later. You all exchange looks and you roll your eyes when Raven and O look at you expectantly. You stand up, take a swig of beer, and open the front door.

A stunning but half-asleep girl, about your age, is standing on your old, beat up Welcome mat. You figure she’s your neighbor, but you hardly see anyone else who lives in the apartment building, not to mention the number of people who move in and out throughout the year. Your assumed neighbor is in her pajamas—a Columbia grad school t-shirt, striped shorts, and some moccasin slippers—and her hair is a mix of brown waves and curls, tousled no doubt from struggling to sleep. Her grey-green eyes remind you to finish your painting of a storm at sea.

“Sorry,” you say quickly, then explain, “West Coast Mets game.”

The other girl just nods.

“We’ll keep it down. Sorry again,” you say, offering a small smile.

Your neighbor doesn’t reciprocate and just turns around to go back to her apartment. You feel guilty as you gently shut the door.

“Well, that’s one way to meet your new-ish neighbor,” Octavia says before drinking from her beer.

“It is two in the morning,” you say with a shrug.

“She’s been here for over a month. This shit-hole I call home is nicknamed the City that Never Sleeps for a reason,” Raven says, taking an aggressive bite from her slice of pizza. “Also the Mets are winning!” she adds as she chews, “That, like, never happens, so she should respect my devotion to this piece of shit team.”

You and O just roll your eyes, and you hope the pizza and beer will keep Raven busy enough and her mouth full to prevent further yelling.

The second time Lexa—you read her mailbox label—knocks at your door, you expect it.

You get home from a killer shift and Raven is scrolling through Hulu and the like for something to watch, so when you say you never saw John Wick 2, she immediately tells you to “sit your ass down and watch this shit.”

You can’t hear the dialogue over the crunching of the chips you’re sharing with Raven, so you keep turning up the volume. Raven gets up to use the bathroom as you watch the scene unfold.

Then his house explodes.

For a brief moment you think the apartment is too because the surround sound speakers Raven has set up shakes the floor and walls. You scramble to turn down the volume and manage to pause the movie.

Raven’s head immediately pops out from the bathroom to look at you with her mouth hanging open in slight horror. “Oh no…”

You look at the time. It’s 12:30AM. “Shit.”

You realize you’re holding your breath when you hear the light knocking ten seconds later.

“Hi,” you say, feeling stupid as you look at another form of tired Lexa. She’s got her glasses on this time and a Les Mis tee to accompany a different set of striped sleep shorts, but her hair is in the same state of lovely disarray as it was a week ago. Eyes still quiet storms.

“Could you just turn it down a bit?”

“Already did. Sorry. It was hard to hear the movie and then something blew up… on screen, I mean.” You question if you ever actually learned the English language or had a normal social interaction with an attractive person before. Whether bars, clubs, or even work, you can typically charm people’s pants off. Apparently in your own apartment, all it takes is a pretty girl with messy hair and full lips to throw you off whatever game you can manage.

“Thanks,” is all Lexa says in response.

After you close the door, you turn to a still shocked Raven with her mouth agape. “Okay, so that one was fair,” she admits.

“Is there a thin-apartment-walls setting for your sound system?”

The third time Lexa knocks at your door is the last straw.

You have the night off after a 45 hour work week, carrying 20-pound boxes of wine up and down the stairs, memorizing five new menu items and an entirely new cocktail menu. Do you love the restaurant industry? No. But you’re decent at it and it pays double what the YMCA paid you for children’s after-school art lessons.

You manage to crawl out of bed around two in the afternoon, and proceed to drink an entire Britta’s worth of water before refilling it and sticking it back in the fridge. You probably shouldn’t have had the last two (or five) shots you took last night after work with your coworkers.

You hear the familiar sound of Raven coming up the steps and her keys in the door as you plop yourself into the chair at the small table that separates the kitchen from the living room.

“You’re home early,” you say, Raven is helping her mechanical engineering company collaborate on a big project with MoMA, so she’s been working ten hour shifts, six days a week.

Raven, despite looking exhausted, lifts her fist above her head in victory. “And I have tomorrow off! I’m going out!”

You groan, and Raven just laughs. “I heard you stumble in last night, so it’s cool. I’m going out with O and Lincoln later. I have pot, and you look like you need a cannabis miracle.”

You smoke some of Raven’s weed, and while it does make you feel better, it doesn’t do much for the lethargy part of your hangover. You order delivery for the both of you and wait, sprawled out on the couch in the living room while Raven showers. You snap out of your daze when Janelle Monae’s voice starts to pour out the bluetooth speakers, and you let out a full belly laugh as Raven dramatically exits the bathroom into your line of sight, dressed in only a towel with another wrapped around her head, using her phone as a microphone.

“Live my life on birth control. I lost my mind on rock and roll,” Raven sings, spinning through the kitchen to the living room. She points at you as she continues to sing along and dance. You join her and turn up the volume at the chorus.

You’re both belting along, dancing all sexy despite the fact that Raven’s in a towel and you’re still in a baggy shirt and sweatpants. Raven takes a small hit from her bowl and passes it back to you.

You’re not sure how long she was knocking, but it took a set of louder-than-usual knocks for you to hear it. You look at Raven and briefly feel like you’re back in your college dorm together and resist the urge to chuck the bowl in your hand out the window.

“Really?” Raven mouths, gesturing at the clock reading 3PM.

“What do I do?” you ask. Yeah, you’re moderately stoned.

Raven turns the volume down a bit. “I don’t know, but I’m naked,” Raven says, trying to appear serious before snorting and running to her room to put on clothes.

“Fine, I can just go fuck myself, yeah?” you stage whisper after her.

“Heeeeeey,” you say, opening the door and leaning against the doorframe.

Lexa still looks tired but is wearing a nicer version of your own outfit—jogger sweats, a UMD tee, and some red TOMS she evidently shoved onto her feet without pulling the backs over her heels.

“Your music… It’s distracting me, and just… Could you just turn it down a little, please?” Lexa asks with a light sigh.

“Sure thing,” you reply, and, christ, give her a thumbs up.

You’re sure Lexa can smell the pot, but she doesn’t say anything. She just shuffles back to her apartment, and you close the door not-as-gently-as-usual before turning off the stereo.

Raven walks back into the living room, now fully clothed, and sits on the couch with a dramatic sigh. She grabs her bowl and takes a hit.

“Who, like, gets fucking mad about Janelle Monae? On a Friday? At 3PM?” you ask, taking the bowl Raven offers.

“Someone who hates fun,” Raven says, blowing smoke out her nose and mouth.

In the week following the last knocking incident, you decide you don’t like Lexa Woods, maybe even hate her and her stupid university sleep shirts and stormy eyes. Sure, she’s got her beautiful hair and maybe you’ve thought about how soft her lips probably are once or twice; none of that stops you from declaring her the Enemy of Fun.

You’re not sure what mood you’re in, but you are sure that you drank a lot of gin at O and Lincoln’s engagement party. Raven jokes that gin makes you aggressive, a really dumb “fight me” kind of aggressive.

“She can fucking knock all she wants,” you huff, sitting down on the couch to stop the room from spinning. “Like, what? Are we not allowed to have fun anymore?”

“I know, but let’s try not to have tonight be another night where she comes knocking.”

“I’ll tell her what’s what. Come on, fucking Janelle Monae?” you say, waving your arms in exasperation. “And why not? I fucking dare her to come over. I thought you hated her too?”

“I mean, I think she kind of sucks, but hate is a little dramatic. You’re also pretty confrontational right now, so I don’t want a knock tonight,” Raven says with a chuckle, and you realize she’s far more sober than you as she pours you a glass of water.

“I’d win in a fight.”

“Right.”

“I would.”

“Of course, Clarke.”

“I hate her.”

“Sure.”

#clexa au #clexa #fic: don't make me spell it out for you #that's long so #fic: dmm #or just #nn au #ccf fic #ccf #clexafic #clexa fanfic #ccf fanfiction #ny neighbors au

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bisexualterror · 4 years

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i was challegened by @queen-of-salt-and-fury to finish the entirety of the 🌼🌿botanical asks🌻🌙 thanks for the tag babe!!😘

jasmine; what mythical creature do you wish actually existed?

mmm, i gotta go with dragons 😆

lavender; soundcloud or vinyls?

vinyls for sure

primrose; what book does everyone right now need to read?

hmm, i don’t know, i read more fanfiction than i do books

lunar mist; do you like wearing other people’s shirts/jackets?

yeah, but i don’t do it very often

bird of paradise; what was the best thing that happened to you this month?

i updated my fanfic not too long ago and my reader's comments were really so sweet

gardenia; what’s a promise you’ve recently made to yourself?

to stop being so hard on myself

lion’s fairytale; would you rather be the sky, the ocean or the forests?

i’m curious about the ocean and what secrets it hides so probably the ocean

whirling butterflies; would you kiss the last person you kissed again?

i was so young i don’t even remember who it was beside the fact it was probably a childhood friend and definitely a girl. so.. no i probably wouldn’t

marmalade skies; do you plan your outfits?

depends on how early i have to wake up on that day and where i’m going. otherwise? nope.

apricot drift; how do you feel right now?

excited

everlasting daisy; what’s the last dream you remember having?

uhm i was living in an underground, scientist lab that kinda looked like my basement but bigger. first i was studying a space parasite and then the next i knew i about to bang Ares from Xena but then i got distracted by daenerys running past us, chasing after baby viserion. my alarm woke me up before it got better.

queen’s cup; what are you craving right now?

rasberry chocolate

lavender dream; turn ons/offs?

same here, intelligence is a big turn on. my turn off would probably be just anyone who is a dick.

water lilly; when was the last time you cried? why?

mm i was probably last month, it was either about dany or another character because i rarely cry about anything else these days 😅

lily of the valley; did the one person who hurt you most in your life apologize?

mm, not really. it didn’t come off as an apology to me, more like an excuse.

winterberry; do you bite or lick your ice cream?

lick

honey perfume; favorite movie ever?

mmm, that’s a hard one, oof. uhm, i guess i’d say the princess bride

desert rose; do you like yourself?

eeeh depends on the day, but i’m trying to be better

snapdragon; have you ever met or seen in person a celebrity?

sjskksk i don’t go out in the world, so no

night owl; how many countries have you visited?

i have sadly only seen america and not even that much of my own country

heliotrope; have you ever been in a castle?

nope never. hmu if you own a castle and want me to haunt it tho

creams and sky; what’s the craziest/bravest thing you’ve done?

i’m a coward. no joke. does helping my mom get her life a little bit better count a brave thing??

lantana; what’s on your mind right now?

the list of things i should be doing. spoiler: i am not doing them today.

pumpkin patch; what’s your zodiac sign?

capricorn bby

tulip; name 5 facts about yourself

i have visual snow

i’m obsessed with cinnamon

my hands are always freezing cold

i love baking

daphne; do you believe in karma?

yeh, kind of

queen of the meadow; ever been in love?

i have confessed my love to many people before, but i don’t think i really was in love with them if only because of how young i was was

wisteria; whom do you admire and why?

i agree that i do admire celebrities who use their fame to help others.

angel’s face; what was your favorite bedtime story as a child?

i don’t remember anyone read me a bedtime story, but if someone did, it was probably also a bible story

remember me; did you make someone laugh today?

yes. my mom and a friend.

iris; do you believe in ghosts?

sometimes i think it’s bullshit, other times i’m like 👀👀

lilac; if you could go back in time which time period would you visit?

lol, as a black woman, this question is always so hard because - racism and sexism. i guess i’d go with 1920′s

caramel kisses; would you want to live forever? why/why not?

yeah, i’m down. i wanna go live on a different planet one day, or at least visit one. and who the fuck knows what kind of crazy shit we humans will have invented by then. and the humor? god our humor is weird and hard to explain now, imagine what it’s gonna be like in a 100 years now.

primula; what makes you sad?

now we don’t have time to unpack all of that. off the top of my head though, it’s sad that so many people choose to be cruel instead of kind and half of those cruel people are in power over entire countries.

rain lily; was today typical? why/why not?

yeah. i just stayed home. took care of my mom. wrote some.

queen anne’s lace; who do you trust the most?

oof..no one. i know it’s pathetic but,,, i don’t have friends in real life right now and i have a complicated relationship with my family. so no one really.

lady’s slipper; what did you have for breakfast today?

cereal and toast with strawberry jam

forget me not; do you have any regrets looking back in your life?

a lot. i wish i had focused more on bettering my life than distracting myself. i also wish i had been a nicer kid online and hadn’t isolated myself from childhood friends who kept trying to be my friend. trying to make up for it now.

lunaria; what’s your favorite fictional universe?

it’s between harry potter or doctor who

violet; favorite tv show?

im obsessing over the witcher and the mandalorian right now, it’s my raging daddy issues coming into play

sunflower; share a favorite quote

“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” ― Sarah Williams

snowdrop; what does your ideal day look like?

waking up. reading. showering. eating. taking care of my mom. writing. going for walks.

tiger lily; do you have any hobbies?

painting, writing, drawing

peony; share a small random book passage that means something to you

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.” ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

rose; what’s something you always wanted to do but were too scared?

get a tattoo

honeysuckle; do you usually date people your age or older/younger?

FUN FACT: i have never dated anyone ever. unless you count that one time i had an online boyfriend.

sweet pea; who means the world to you? why?

my online longest online friend, she was the first person i came out to and even tho we don’t talk much anymore i love her and tell her pretty much everything

love in the mist; best books you’ve ever read?

i cannot choose?? how do you choose??

foxglove; who is your favorite cartoon character?

it’s between batman and lisa simpson

magnolia; coffee or tea?

both, but i drink coffee more

crown imperial; would you rather be extremely rich or extremely loved?

on one hand, i need more money, on the other hand i’m an attention whore...hmmmm i gotta go with loved

snowflake; are you a dog or a cat person?

cats

bell flower; what is your biggest addiction?

reading fanfic and creating ocs for every fandom i’m in

cosmos; do you ever think about the galaxy?

fuck yeah!

moonflower; what’s your favorite color?

green or purple. or gold. or red. but mainly purple.

freesia; do you have a good relationship with your parents and siblings? why/why not?

not really. my dad lives barely an hour away from me but i haven’t seen him in years and only hear from him maybe two times a month. enough said.

my mom and i are better than we were before but i’m bisexual and still in the closet and everyone in my family is very homophobic and set in their Ways, so that could change.

both of my siblings are half-siblings. my older sister i haven’t seen in since we were kids or talked to her in years and while i could continue to blame that on our family...she’s older than me and has a car. i’m closer to my brother because we live together he’s almost ten years older than me so we’re not super close

sundrop; are you a morning or a night person?

night person

poppy; have you ever dealt with a mental illness?

yes. my mom.

clover; how would your friends describe you?

idk, clingy?? sksksk probably sweet.

dandelion; do you consider yourself and extrovert or an introvert?

introvert

lilly; what’s something you love watching/reading but you are too embarrassed to admit you do?

fanfic. the thing is, even if i’m embarrassed i’ll probably randomly tell you anyway

anemone; describe yourself in 3 words

tired

horny

smiley

lotus; best memory as a child?

pretending to be a naruto style ninja with my brother

angelonia; what is your eye and hair color?

brown eyes. black hair.

dahlia; do you like crystals?

yesss

buttercup; if you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?

but.. but i have so many. i know it sounds cliche, but world hunger.

baby’s breath; what’s your hogwarts house?

i can’t remember the first house i got, but all i remember is getting so upset with my result that i ended up retaking it just so i can be in slytherin.

calendula; biggest pet peeve?

people who talk over me, or people who are just so set in their ways that they’re unwilling to listen to reason

blanker flower; would you rather go to a cocktail party with your best friends or stay home and read a book/watch a movie with your pet?

i’d prefer the second one, but what about a third option, i could invite some friends over to watch a movie and we could drink together while cuddling with pets

blazing star; share a secret

i had bad habit of pretending to be someone i’m not so that people will like me and so sometimes i worry that i’m still doing it and i’m just a fake person who doesn’t have their own opinion

carnation; would you rather live longer or happier?

happier

petunia; who’s story is your biggest inspiration in life?

a long list of fictional characters

bluebell; do you wear glasses?

yes. yes i do.

nymphea; forest or river?

forest

orchid; do you like exercise?

nope, which is why i’m overweight lmao

pansy; do you like poetry?

yeah!

morning glory; any special talent that you have?

i can pick up things with my toes sksksk uhm that was true but i guess i’m good at making people smile(✿◕‿◕✿)

i tag @mutantsandproud and anyone else who wants to join!!

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[This review is written with the assumption that you have at least a passing understanding of who Harriet Tubman was, unlike that one studio executive twenty years ago.]

Part of the difficulty of making a biopic, especially one of a person who has been so lauded by both media and literature for over a hundred years, is trying to make it stand out from others. There are only so many “inspiring historical figure movies” you can watch before they all blend together. And in some ways, Harriet plays precisely how you expect: here is a woman who escaped enslavement, and decides to continue leading her people to freedom, constantly breaking the limitations others set on her and seeming to do the impossible.

In other ways, there are choices this film makes that don’t fit the mold. For starters, the film goes out of its way to show us Harriet Tubman’s religiosity. Not in a “Oh, by the way, she’s was a religious person,” type of way that Hollywood sometimes does, but in a “She had trances which may have been the result of a childhood head injury but she considers visions that she attributes to God.” Which is Truth in Television, by the way. I was surprised by this, not only because I didn’t know about this prior to viewing the movie, but biopics tend to downplay people’s religious beliefs and their effects on their lives, or try to credit religious experiences like visions to scientific explanations. Not Harriet; though the possibility of her “visions” being because of brain damage is brought up, and personally subscribed to, the film for the most part takes Tubman’s word for it. Is she getting visions from God? We don’t get a clear answer, but she thinks she is and it seems to work out for her. So that’s all we’re left with.

The film also makes Tubman look like a bit more of an action hero than I suspect she was in real life. Don’t get me wrong: the woman was a badass, I’m not denying that. On her own she led seventy people to freedom, and could boast that she never lost a single person on the journey. She also carried a pistol with her as a conductor on the Underground Railroad (a revolver rather than a flintlock like in a film). But the movie has her outrunning horses in scenes thanks to some clever editing, and being shot at close range without getting a scratch. One scene has her charging a horse through a line of armed slave hunters, and she just… pushes through without much of a struggle.

It’s disappointing when the film makes things too easy for the main character, because she is a strong and powerful character that it shouldn’t have to rely on dumbing things down to make her seem awesome. Like I said, Harriet Tubman is one of this country’s certified badasses, and there are plenty of things she does in this movie which are incredible enough that we know she’s smarter and more than capable of dealing with these situations in ways that make more sense.

Another problem I had with the film is a problem I tend to have with a lot of biopics: mainly, that there are parts of the person’s life that seem glossed-over, like some of the details of her journey to freedom. But I tend to give this one a pass: there’s an awful lot of story to tell, and we’ve got to get to it, so I’ll excuse the movie for not going into every single detail and instead moving along to get to the meat of it.

This film boasts a very strong performance from Cynthia Erivo as its title character. She depicts Harriet as someone who has had more than enough, but still full of love for her family and her people. She carries a broad pallet of human emotions: love, fear, annoyance, fury and heartbreak. If there was a better choice to play this role, I do not know of her. I’d heard that for a while there were bigger-name stars like Viola Davis attached to the role, but I’m appreciative that a lesser-known actress plays the lead, so that A) she hopefully gets more job opportunities from doing so well in this film and B) that we don’t think of the main characters as being “X-Star playing a role” and become more invested in the character herself.

Leslie Odom, Jr. plays William Still, a leading member of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society (and a remarkably snazzy dresser). He doesn’t get as much range in this movie as we know he can convey; mostly it boils down to astonishment at Harriet’s accomplishments. That being said, despite his most famous role as a man with no fervent beliefs in anything, I hold that Odom, Jr. does his best when he’s playing someone with overwhelming conviction, which he certainly does here as an abolitionist.

Joe Alwyn plays Gideon, the (fictional) son of the Brodress family which held Tubman and her family in slavery. He’s… interesting. Alwyn easily could have tried to play him as a frothing rage monster, but he comes across as complex. But never sympathetic, mind you, because when he’s not upset he still comes across as creepy and possessive. In a way he’s a perfect antagonist for this sort of story.

What surprised me was how likable Henry Hunter Hall as Walter, a black tracker that works with slave catchers until he sees Tubman in action and decides to switch sides. A rascal sort who decides to defect to the story’s heroes… entertaining, but nothing new. What makes him interesting is that he is contrasted to Bigger Long, who starts as his partner, but stays working with Gideon as a runaway slave hunter and is a completely detestable human being throughout the entirety of his screen time. Despite not having huge parts in the overall story, both actors give their characters memorable performances and I can’t help but hope to see them in more screen projects.

And there’s Marie, as played by Janelle Monae, doesn’t have as many scenes as she should, but for what she does have Monae does excellent. She runs a boarding house where many freedmen and women stay, and she helps Tubman find her feet after her escape from Maryland. Monae gives a certain haughty insensitivity to the character that mellows over time.

This isn’t a movie I’d say is necessary for anyone to see, but it is good, and while it’s not precisely a history textbook, you’ll learn some about Harriet Tubman if you ever decide to look up what’s true and what’s not from the film. It’s a good period piece and biopic, and I feel it stands out enough from others to be worth watching. Try to catch it if you can.

-Eduardo A. Hernández-Cruz

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