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anyways guys congratulations on being aromantic. it's pride month everyone congratulate aromantic people <3

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jokes to make after failure that aren’t self-deprecating:

I’m the best to ever do it

Nobody saw that (best if said loudly)

No one’s ever done it like me

I could be President/they should make me President

Behold, a mere fraction of my power!

The public wants to be me soooooo bad

I’m an expert in (thing you just failed at)

How could this have happened to god’s favorite princess?

Nothing ibuprofen and a glass of water cant fix

I’m being sabotaged

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i love whump <- girl who's constantly thinking about cooepr sobbing and whimpering on the surface of Mann's planet as his oxygen dissipates

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"Dr. Arrowway? Dr. Arrowway?" The technician looked down on her fluttering eyelids and shallow breathing. She blinked twice, removed the headphones, and gave him a small apologetic smile. Sometimes her colleagues had to talk very loudly if they wished to be heard above the amplified cosmic radio noise. She would in turn compensate for the volume of noise - she was loath to remove the earphones for brief conversations - by shouting back. When she was sufficiently preoccupied, a casual or even convivial exchange of pleasantries would seem to an inexperienced observer like a fragment of a fierce and unprovoked argument unexpectedly generated amidst the quiet of the vast radio facility. But now she only said, "Sorry. I must have drifted off."

Contact, 1985, Carl Sagan

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thinking about ellie thinking about ellie thinking about ellie thinki

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Another Ellie page in my sketchbook!!! Just over a month till I see Contact on the big screen :))

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This song always reminds me of her. It and this movie mean so much to me. I have a complicated relationship with faith as most queer people do, but also as someone who studies science. I guess this movie makes me feel seen in that regard.

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Just found that someone has uploaded the Contact audiobook on YouTube! Apparently this is an “abridged” version so recommend getting the book for the full one BUT it IS narrated by Jodie Foster herself which makes it wonderful to listen to!

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Because when you’ve seen Contact (1997) in a planetarium, with the real night sky projected all around you, surely you’ve got to paint it to remember to occasion.

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its "queer subtext" this "queer subtext" that until its aromantic subtext then its fucking CRICKETS from everyone. embarrassing

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I want more female characters who are just so bad at comforting others. Not for lack of trying or caring, they just get so so awkward when someone's upset, and they try to repeat things they've heard even if it doesn't necessarily apply to the situation, or they accidentally say the wrong thing and make it worse. If someone cries they panic and throw every single comfort technique down at once and it only helps because it's such bizarre behaviour

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Whatever. At least there’s aroace Ellie Arroway

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Ellie and Kent the friendship we all want but don’t deserve

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one of the best things you can make a female character is really bad at interpersonal relationships

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THIS IS SUCH AN ELLIE SONG TO MEEEE I have spent ages trying to figure out what her music taste would be like and to me this is the Exact Vibe 🪐🌌

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"I'm okay to go! I'm okay to go! I'm okay to go…"

Contact, 1997.

Dir. Robert Zemeckis | Writ. James V. Hart & Michael Goldenberg, based on the novel by Carl Sagan | DOP Don Burgess