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1. Cello explained?? (Honestly I assumed role but I wouldn’t have been mad at him for getting into a new hobby, lol)

2. Here’s what Tony Gilroy said about the movie in a podcast interview this summer, which gives more information on plotting:

(Source.)

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You cannot edge me like this Hazel for the love of GOD 🔥🥵

I’m on a quest to read fic again, to get back into it, to feel like my imagination is not only my own but permitted in a world and a fandom that often feels like it isn’t…this was a great way to start.

More. More please. More now. More. Thank u.

Best Friends, One Bed

Lucien De Leon x f!Reader

Mature 18+

Word Count: 670ish

WARNINGS: not much to speak of, just touching and rubbing of bits. Of course, Lucien needs a warning of his own, that walking red flag... but honestly, he's very soft here (I know, I know)

Author's Note: I'd love to say I AM BACK! I AM WRITING!! But I don't want to spook my muse. It's still just a little drabble. But words were flowing, and that hasn't happened in a while, so I'll take it!! 💚

Tagging the librarians @pedrostories @littlemisspascal , thanks for what you do!

"You know I don't mind you crashing with me," Lucien laughs as he swipes his key card.

"Thanks Lu Lu."

"Only got one bed though," he says as the door swings open.

"Oh no! Whatever shall we dooo," you laugh.

When you and Lucien were cast in the same show, you were a bit intimidated, and you certainly didn't think you'd met the person who would become your best friend. But you and he became fast friends. He let out your irreverent side, and you grounded him. You knew he was a bit of a dog, and you teased him about it. His response depended on his mood, when he was feeling soft, he'd joke that for you he'd be a Labrador, making his big brown eyes more puppylike, but most of the time he'd get a mischievous look in his eye and tell you what a good boy he can be.

You never put stock in any of it, you've been in close proximity constantly due to the nature of the play, you had done intensive workshopping, you had to do quick changes together and help each other in and out of costumes, you'd fallen asleep on each other many times.

You flop on the bed. It’s nice, springy, the bedding luxurious.

"Wow, even if they hadn't bungled my reservation, my room would never have been this!"

"You need a better agent," Lucien says simply, plopping down on the bed beside you. Both pairs of legs dangling off the edge.

"I need to have more on my resume than 'dead girl' or 'prostitute number 3' on Law and Order."

"It's coming, baby!" Lucien bolsters. "You're gonna steal the show. Doors are gonna open."

Without lifting your head off the bed, you swivel it to smile at him.

"Come on, let's get some sleep, early call tomorrow," You unhook your bra from under your shirt and pull it through your sleeve.

"It's like Houdini or some shit,"he chuckles, pulling the back of the collar of his Hawaiian shirt, taking it off in one swift move, then kicking off his shoes.

Undressed down to underwear and your shirt, you tuck into the soft smooth sheets next to Lucien.

"Night Lulu"

"Night babe," Lucien murmurs pecking you on the cheek.

He comes up behind you to spoon, you laugh, nesting yourself into his warmth, giving you backside a wiggle, and he, in turn, wraps an arm around you, his pelvis gives an involuntary press. This all happens very quickly, innocently, but suddenly, low in your belly, you feel a swoop, warmth spreads, and you become aware of the throb between your legs.

You still, like a deer in headlights.

Lucien feels the sudden tension in your body. He loosens his arm, and his hips pull back.

"Are you okay, I thought... we were just goofing around."

Embarrassment rushes through you. That's what you do. You two goof around, make sex jokes, none of it ever meant anything.

"No, no, you're... you didn't do anything wrong, um..." You stammer, "I just, um, I got super turned on."

You chuckle out a 'sorry' expecting him to join in.

"Really?" His hand tightens on your hip, and his feet draw up to yours, caressing the soles, just the right pressure to keep it from tickling. You try to swallow the whine that comes as he presses more firmly behind you.

"We can keep going..." Lucien breaths in your ear, "lemme take care of you."

Wetness spreads in your underwear, as your clit continues to throb.

You nod, whispering, 'yeah.'

He groans as the rock of his pelvis nestles his hardening length in the cleft of you ass and you let out a small moan.

"So sensitive for me, baby. Are you always so sensitive?" His lips brush the shell of your ear, and he can't resist nibbling on it as his hand snakes down to your core, stopping at your mound.

"Tell me to touch you, baby."

"Lucien, please," you gasp. "Touch me."

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One for fellow Beatles fans here - a First Steps poster by captaincupkicks (seen on Twitter) inspired by the design for A Hard Day’s Night!

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Oh, look at the bullseye tattoo!

Yeah...

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there is something so profoundly fucked up about “oh but I’m sure he’s not into women so they are stupid for saying this” becoming the default way for people on social media to “defend” a man from bullshit suggestions that they’re somehow a creep or predatory. I have seen it everywhere the last couple of weeks. (You can guess who and what it refers to.)

this is not the cool take you think it is: because it creates and/or reinforces a notion that men who are attracted to women cannot platonically touch their female friends, that all women are creeped out by their male friends touching them unless those friends are not into women, that any man who is attracted to women and hugs a woman is perving on them, and that all physical affection between people of opposite genders must be sexualised unless one or both of the people involved is a Kinsey 6. Oh, and that men and women can’t be friends unless the same thing applies.

You’re basically saying the same thing as the vile TERFy types throwing the allegations around, just dressing it up as woke.

god forbid people be able to hug and hold hands with their fucking friends! kindly experience other cultures I am begging you!

Editing to add: “oh but I’m gay/lesbian/queer so I know” is not a justification for perpetuating (unwittingly or not) these cliches and stereotypes about people you don’t know and their relationships.

Signed, your friendly neighbourhood unlabelled Rose.

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haven’t posted here in a bit so take these. inspired by pedro’s latest photo shoot. 🩶

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I am fine I am fine this isn’t important to architecture and history and France nerds like myself

No you’re nerding out because you recognised the location of the Paris F4 event within seconds as the Oscar Niemeyer-designed HQ of the French Communist Party around the corner from a flat you rented once (pics via MarvelFR on Insta).

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No you’re nerding out because you recognised the location of the Paris F4 event within seconds as the Oscar Niemeyer-designed HQ of the French Communist Party around the corner from a flat you rented once (pics via MarvelFR on Insta).

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Plump and delicious 😋

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I know everyone sees Ted Garcia and thinks Older Peña, but you can’t tell me there isn’t a metric tonne of Older Whiskey in there too.

(He’s fine, by the way. Still a little triggered by burger restaurants but fine.)

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I have seen it, as my angry ass posts about it prove, and I’m sorry but I really can’t see this as tasteful:

Lucy indulgently sobbing and stalking Sophie to deal with her own guilt would be fine if she got any emotional growth out of it.

Sophie subsequently telling Lucy she needs a boyfriend so she has someone else to call than her matchmaker when the man who assaulted her turns up at her door…was grim as fuck.

Lucy emerging on the steps of Sophie’s building, telling John she was going to “help her get a restraining order” and then them making out and getting back together in a conversation that was entirely about how much he loved Lucy? The epitome of a weird way to wrap this up. And yes, in my opinion, tasteless.

Plenty of people see this as troubling (just take a look at Letterboxd reviews, the New Yorker’s review of the film, etc). And just as someone is allowed to think it was well handled, so are others allowed to think it was definitely not.

did you watch the movie? in no way did it make light of assault nor did it make lucy the victim of the assault. sophie is the victim first hand and the movie makes you understand that she has been wronged and she deserves to be angry and upset. she calls out lucy loudly, you're meant to sympathize with her strongly, and it's not at all about Lucy other than her being guilty. im also speaking as an assault survivor, it was handled very tastefully and in no way did it make assault a footnote. and going to be honest you have no idea if celine has or hasn't experienced something like that to say "fuck her", for all you know this is her way of exploring it.

I haven’t watched the movie because I am very easily triggered so one of my dearest friends gave me detailed summaries instead.

Plot spoilers behind the cut because while I don’t need to defend my opinions, I sure as hell fucking will.

What you’re telling me is that having someone who’s “guilty” (mind you, Lucy is not but the man who assaulted/raped Sophie is) don a ridiculous disguise to stalk Sophie to “apologize” is not centering Lucy?

Having Sophie ignored by police during threats and forced to call Lucy — who she is supposedly perusing legal action against — for help because she “has no friends”…who then magically has the power to make the cops listen to her (re: getting a restraining order) despite their dismissive behavior towards the actual victim is not centering Lucy?

Having Sophie suddenly not care about the lawsuit/assault and Lucy’s treatment of her and just going back to Adore for another match at the end of the film since Lucy was so kind and thoughtful towards her because of self-imposed guilt is not centering Lucy?

It was explained to me that Sophie’s character is ridiculed by a former match for being “fat” (I have seen this actress and all I have to say to that is what the fuck), is clearly — and in her own words — mistreated by Lucy/Adore and her matches for being “old” and “invaluable”, and exists only to teach Lucy a lesson about self-worth over money.

You’re right that I can’t know if Celine is a survivor and this is her way of working through it. But that doesn’t mean I can’t have a serious, vocal issue with the idea that someone has convinced her that a person’s sexual assault should be allowed to be used as a “teachable moment” for a more societally privileged person, and that she herself is passing on this lesson.

(Also, I still stand by my tags because the way this movie is being marketed as a romcom and/or a love story while including this kind of plotline in any way without warning is disrespectful and problematic.)

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#MelissaHortman

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Reblogging to add, because I’m seeing people - including the likes of Rachel Leishman, whose work on the Mary Sue I respect - acting like people who take issue with this are ignoring that the inclusion of that subplot is “refreshing” and reflective of the reality of modern dating…

The issue isn’t that it’s realistic or common. The issue isn’t that we don’t want that in a movie about dating or whatever.

Of course it’s fucking common. It happens every fucking night in every fucking city. It’s why women set up all sorts of “safety” checks for dates and share their fucking locations with friends.

The issue is - as I pointed out above - that the victim, Sophie, was made to look pathetic before and after her ordeal, and that her assault was there *exclusively* to trigger some kind of non-existent emotional growth for a narcissist lead character.

And yes, in contrast to what I’ve seen people arguing on other platforms - plenty of women have issues with this subplot.

Yes, I am still mad at Materialists. And perplexed by reviews and people acting like anyone who didn’t like it “don’t get it.” Spoilers below the cut.

I am genuinely stunned at how few of the glowing reviews seem to be able to even see let alone recognise the extremely problematic way Sophie’s assault was used as a plot device. Like…it’s as if they blanked it out, or something, or weren’t remotely troubled by the thin, pick-me lead character with the filthy rich unicorn boyfriend basically passive aggressively making it all about HER. We’re told at one point that Lucy doesn’t see Sophie as having any value, and similarly it feels like her only value to the film, too, is to be traumatised and hurt in order to boost Lucy’s fragile fucking ego.

Everyone seems to be in service and in thrall to that girl and honestly? I have no idea why. We’re not told why, sure, but because she’s played flat as a pancake and dead behind the eyes it makes it all the more unconvincing.

Lucy: “I think I’m bad at my joooooobbbb the client I treat like shit got assaulted but it’s all about MEEEEEEE”

Me:

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Yes, I am still mad at Materialists. And perplexed by reviews and people acting like anyone who didn’t like it “don’t get it.” Spoilers below the cut.

I am genuinely stunned at how few of the glowing reviews seem to be able to even see let alone recognise the extremely problematic way Sophie’s assault was used as a plot device. Like…it’s as if they blanked it out, or something, or weren’t remotely troubled by the thin, pick-me lead character with the filthy rich unicorn boyfriend basically passive aggressively making it all about HER. We’re told at one point that Lucy doesn’t see Sophie as having any value, and similarly it feels like her only value to the film, too, is to be traumatised and hurt in order to boost Lucy’s fragile fucking ego.

Everyone seems to be in service and in thrall to that girl and honestly? I have no idea why. We’re not told why, sure, but because she’s played flat as a pancake and dead behind the eyes it makes it all the more unconvincing.

Lucy: “I think I’m bad at my joooooobbbb the client I treat like shit got assaulted but it’s all about MEEEEEEE”

Me:

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Also, and there are actual spoilers under the cut so BE WARNED:

Am I the only person who thought we’d find out that Harry was going on a date with Sophie? But no, of course not. Poor, sad Sophie, the too-old lawyer that no one wants (she’s 39! Gasp! She’s only considered middling in attractiveness! She’s so pathetic that she remains a client with the matchmaking firm she sued!) and ends up “settling” albeit apparently enthusiastically.

Meanwhile the unicorn, the man who spoke eloquently about wanting to love but having no idea how to, who challenged the stuff Lucy spouted at him with her dead-eyed gaze about how shit she’ll look at 45, is going on his first date with…a 30 year old.

Don’t mind me I’ll be over here yeeting my ancient and disgusting self off a cliff

Note: this is not criticism or a dig at anyone who legitimately liked it. Just to be clear. But this gif? This?

It’s me, having seen Materialists, reading all the incredibly glowing reviews and wondering if I’m going insane.

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Note: this is not criticism or a dig at anyone who legitimately liked it. Just to be clear. But this gif? This?

It’s me, having seen Materialists, reading all the incredibly glowing reviews and wondering if I’m going insane.

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Putting this out there, including how it impacted you, is a brave but important thing to do, @mani-pedro. I had heard about this aspect of the plot but not how much it involved. (As an aside, while I understand wanting to keep plots under wraps, I'm concerned at how the cutesy marketing for this film - including the often gimmicky runs of interviews with the cast - could seriously mislead audiences in the absence of clear content warnings…)

I’m begging my fellow sexual assault survivors, please read this before you see Materialists:

There is a 20+ minute segment about one of Dakota’s clients being raped. They drag out the aftermath. Enormous emotional upheaval. Client blames dakota when it’s not her fault.

And then later on, they revisit it again when the victim is about to be revictimized and she calls dakota for help because the police won’t come help her and he is at her door and you can hear him banging. Dakota is an hour drive away and the tension is AWFUL. I fought off a panic attack, and nearly ran out crying. Had to do tapping exercises on my face for half the drive home, to keep from having a full breakdown.

Please, please take care of yourselves and think twice before seeing Materialists. 💕💕