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went to an elementaryschool musical production and they started the show with the director saying: "Now there's some very small viewers here today, so just so you know. There will be a scary character later in the show. This is her," and a girl in a kinda scary ghost outfit did a creepy walk across the stage, then stood up straight and did a cheery wave, "but remember, it's just Nina. She's pretending to be scary."

Aaaand i would very much like for horror movies to have that as a little bonus feature you can chose. Let me start a movie with Guillermo del Toro showing me a scary ghost that might jump at me, but don't worry, thats just Doug!

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Just a few days until No.6 Reunion!!

Just a few days until No.6 Reunion #1 is released! As a reminder, you can subscribe to no6reunion.wordpress.com to get immediately notified by email when parts are posted. The first one is scheduled to go out at 6 AM Pacific time on May 28th. Very excited to share this novel with you very soon!! <3

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remmick and the vampires present a false dichotomy

Hogwood (the man who sold the twins the mill) and the KKK are very obviously bad, they are outright malicious bigotry, they use the n-word and plan to lynch the moore's and their community, they are so blatantly racist and hateful it's unavoidably obvious

remmick and the vampires however say that they believe in equality, say that they want to create a community, and yet remmick's goal throught the movie is to both metaphorically and literally steal sammie's ability for his own goal of reconnecting with his irish ancestors, a white man wants to harm a young and upcoming black man and use talents for his own goals without giving any regard to said black man's autonomy or agency

when sammie sings 'I lied to you' in the juke joint and calls forth the spirits from the past and future, it's a blend of cultures; west african, east asian, native american, and african american song and dance blend together across time and space to tell the stories of blues; where it takes its inspiration from, the music genres it then inspired, the complex history of black american culture and its intersections with other peoples of colour in the USA

when remmick and the vampires kill and turn the people in the juke joint, and then perform rocky road to dublin, only remmick's irish culture is on display, there is no influence from the black and asian people he has forcibly assimilated into his song, it's juxtaposition with the earlier scene is blatant, remmick is more than happy to assimilate people of colour into his 'community' of 'equals', and yet its only whiteness that is celebrated, that is normative

remmick claims that he's doing people a favour by turning them immortal, conviently ignoring that he literally has to suck the life out of them to do so, trapping their spirits on earth, he claims that he's the good guy, that the KKK were gonna come and lynch everyone at the joint in the morning anyways, conviently ignoring that he's doing the exact same thing; a white man leading a mob to kill a bunch of black people

in the final confrontation with sammie remmick repeatedly dunks him into the river, a forceful baptism. both the celtic irish and enslaved west africans had their religions suppressed and destroyed by colonialsm, had christianity forced upon them by the british empire, and in that scene we see remmick repeating that cycle, using christianity to inflict harm, and sammie reclaiming christianity, despite all the complex emotions he has arround it, as many colonised peoples have and still do, when he recites the lord's prayer

remmick and the vampires are no less racist than hogwood and the KKK, are no less predatory or evil, they're just less blantant about their bigotry, they represent the system, the normalised white supremacy that is seeped into the very foundation of culture in america, the point isnt that remmick would call any of the black characters in the movie the n-word, i dont think he would, the point is that his exploitation and desacration and inserting-himself-into-when-he-wasn't-invited of the juke joint is a microcosm of what white people have done to black american arts and culture since ever since there have been black and white people in america, and even before that

theres a reason vultures are shown early on in this movie

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hey americans there is a recall on testosterone gel because they found benzene in it! please check the lot numbers on your batches, benzene is really not something you want to be rubbing into your skin, also you might be eligible for compensation because this is just insane what the fuck

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yall the comedy wildlife photography results are coming out atm and

look

LOOK AT THIS LIL MAN

THANK YOU BRIAN MATTHEWS HOLY SHIT HES GOT SUCH A CASE OF THE MONDAYS

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the worst part of "you'll understand when you're older" is that you really do understand when you're older

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You should be able to say “don’t touch me” to anyone ever in any context and not have it be considered in the realm of surprising or insulting imho if we ever needed to normalize something it’s this

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penguin pngs ! credit not necessary for pngs! like or reblog to use, don't repost as your own please.

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Orb process

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This is the best idea in the history of film.

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Reunion will come! We cosplayed Nezumi and Shion for the Encore No.6 mini zine! Check out the zine at @no6zine! Super excited for the new novel in May ❤️

Nezumi: me

Shion: @alder-dust

Photography: @cerealbastard

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How are Deret and Cala if handed a baby to hold?

ID: two illustrations of characters from the goblin emperor. 1) cala, a pale, lanky elf with circular glasses, holds maia and csethiro's baby out at arm’s length, tilting them side to side. his expression is delighted, and the baby wiggles in equal delight. maia is a tall, thin, dark-skinned goblin-elf wearing a jeweled circlet and white robes. he stands behind cala watching in alarm saying, “ah, cala–”. csethiro, a short, pale elf of average build wearing gray finery and a circlet, watches on from the other side of cala, grimacing slightly. 2) beshelar, a muscular elf with pale skin and an undercut, wearing padded livery, cradles the baby. his expression is calm and he is focused on the child, who is nestled comfortably against his chest. maia and csethiro look on in amazement, deep lines under their eyes. maia says, “Lady of Stars,” and csethiro says, “the baby’s sleeping.” end ID

prompt from @petymology !

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me as a 14th century knight: this sucks i'm gonna fms (translator's note: fall on my sword)

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