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AI EU AMO MEU PAÍS PORRAAAAAAAA

É tão bom ser Brasileira. 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

It's so good to be Brazilian

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some of my fav ppl

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Omg fuck this bitch so hard I fucking despise her she is a piece of shit

wait, what's the T? what's going on?

> emilia perez gets nominated for 13 oscars, despite being a terrible movie that portrays both mexico and the trans community on a very bad light

> critics, the trans community and LatAm all criticize it heavily for, again, being a terrible movie

> I'm Still Here is nominated for 3 oscars, and it is being universally praised worldwide for its story and its acting, especially Fernanda Torres (also nominated for best actress)

> LatAm is throwing support over I'm Still Here because it's a movie about Latin America, made by Latinos, starring Latinos; the general consensus is to support it over Emilia Perez, who is made by a Frenchman (who recently said Spanish is the language of "poor people"), starring a Spaniard in brownface, and who doesn't have any latinos in the cast; apparently there just weren't any latinos talented enough to star in it, according to the director? also Emilia Perez used AI for the songs, because the disney channel girl can't sing for shit, and she can't speak spanish

> Karla Sofia Gascon has incredibly thin skin, and she sees the support for Fernanda Torres as an attack on her. She (who doesn't follow Fernanda on Instagram at all) makes a video begging Fernanda to ask brazilians to stop "attacking" her and her movie

> Fernanda makes the video, even though she doesn't have to. Karla doesn't repost the video or acknowledge it in any way.

> a week later she gives an interview where she says that "people working with Fernanda's team" are enacting a smear campaign against her movie (untrue) (ALSO A BLATANT VIOLATION OF ACADEMY AWARDS RULES)

> brazilian twitter's ire awakens

> she makes a half-assed attempt at damage control

> too. fucking. late

> brazilian twitter has spent the better part of yesterday/today unearthing her past tweets. some TRULY heinous stuff. racist, xenophobic, backstabbing shit.

> she's been trying to delete them, but not fast enough. it's out there. and we are out for blood

Again i can't stress enough how bad this movie and how bad she fucked up doing this

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I hate the fact that the first trans woman to be nominated for an Oscar is a fucking loser

brazilians finding out that one of karla sofia gascón’s shades at fernanda torres might qualify as a violation of the oscar’s regulations is soooooooooooooooo

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hi tumblr! this is a not-so-friendly-but-really-tired reminder that please please PLEASEEEE stop giving emilia pérez your time and energy!!!

i'm not so eloquent to enlist all the things that are wrong with the movie so here's a quick thread i found on xtwitter:

i'm not trans myself but members of the trans community have also critized the narrative of the movie because of this

yes, i know we all love musicals but this one? ain't it. i know everybody's eager with trans representation moreover if it's a trans actor in a main role but this film? ain't it. really. and not this trans woman, a full racist and classist who called 'gatos' (cats, derogative) to mexicans for not liking the movie. really. just so you know this movie is soooo bad that not only mexico but all latin american countries are so angry because of it. that's why it hasn't released here yet.

also, to all people who tries to defend this movie as 'a cultural, policial and social diagnosis of mexican reality that mexican film industry always tries to hide under the rug' (in words of the film press campaign that defends emilia pérez). there are dozens of mexican films made by mexican directors and screenwriters that talk about the violence in the country, most of them with all the hurt and respect (even the not-dramatic ones) that is needed in a topic like this and not making it a cheap musical. here are some of them:

the most recent? sujo which was released last year too and talks about a niño sicario (a child hitman for the narco) that didn't get any nomination btw!!

so yeah, take your money and energy elsewhere. maybe go to watch "i'm still here" the only latino (brazilian) movie that is nominated this award season that talks about a mother and activist coping with the forced disappearance of her husband during the military dictatorship in brazil because that's how you should treat such sensitive topics, thanks.

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LETS GO LETS GO LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO FERNANDA TE AMOOOO PORRAAAAAA

Also, Ari!!! Cynthia!!! Ralph!!! My beloveds!

EMILIZA PEREZ BESAME LOS HUEVOS PELÍCULA DE MIERDAAAAAA

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST PICTURE/BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIE "I'M STILL HERE" AND ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST ACTRESS "FERNANDA TORRES" 🇧🇷💖💖💖

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You haven’t fallen down an actor rabbit hole until you’ve watched one of their movies in 8 or 9 parts on YouTube in 360p. Alan Rickman the man that you were.

Movie marathon idea: Favorite Actor Endurance Course. Watch all of an actor’s movies in order from best to worst Rotten Tomatoes score, find out how terrible of a movie you’re willing to watch if they’re in it.

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My fucking heart

Okay I want to talk about this moment between Morrible and Glinda for a sec because it adds such a wonderfully sinister layer to a scene that is otherwise a triumphant defining moment for Elphaba, and it sets up the dynamics for Part 2 so perfectly.

At this point, we are in the thick of “Defying Gravity.” Everyone’s attention is on Elphaba - and rightfully so, she’s up there declaring war on the Wizard, displaying incredible feats of magic, of course everyone’s attention is on her.

…Everyone, except Morrible.

Morrible has realized that Plan A was a bust, but rather than panicking, she’s already worked over Plans B through Z in her head and has realized that Glinda, not Elphaba, is actually the key figure here. Glinda is actually the best thing that could have happened to them.

Mind you, Morrible hates Glinda. She thinks Glinda is vapid and attention-seeking and completely without talent. It would be extremely easy for her to brand Glinda as an accomplice to Elphaba, have the guards drag her off, imprison her, never have to deal with her again, nice and neat.

Instead, while everyone else is focused on Elphaba, Morrible only has eyes for Glinda. She zeroes in on her, releases her, and comforts her, because she understands what no one else understands, which is that yes, that’s great that the Wizard now has an enemy to unify his people against, but they also need a symbol of hope, something that is the exact antithesis to Elphaba, something to keep everyone at extremes. 

The Wizard himself can’t really be a symbol of hope, because the key to his success is that he remains shrouded in mystery, and yes people think he’s wonderful, but there’s a level of uncertainty and intimidation to him. He is Oz the Great and Terrible, and everyone’s preeeeeetty sure he’s a good guy, but if you have someone like Elphaba out there - who Morrible knows from experience is very smart, very articulate, and has her own sort of magnetism - there’s a potential that she could turn at least enough people against the Wizard to make things very inconvenient.

So what they need, now that they have an enemy, is to have an equally magnetic figurehead representing the Wizard who embodies all these one-dimensional ideas of goodness, someone for the public to adore and fawn over so the association between Wizard and Goodness is crystal clear.

And by bringing Glinda along, Elphaba has unknowingly served that figurehead up on a platter.

Glinda is everything Elphaba isn’t, from personality, to appearance - Morrible has already set Elphaba up by calling her green skin an “outward manifestorium of her twisted nature,” which paves the way for Glinda, who is the perfect conventional beauty, to be an “outward manifestorium” of pure goodness. 

Morrible realizes they need these two lightning rods of Absolute Evil and Absolute Good in order to manipulate people - fear alone isn’t enough; the only way to effectively radicalize the populace is to make sure there is no gray area whatsoever, no room for question: you're either good, or you’re evil. And the Wizard alone isn’t a strong enough representation of “goodness” when by virtue of existing, he has to remain in the shadows. Glinda on the other hand? With her looks and her charm and her openness and her ability to expertly win over a crowd? Perfect for the role.

Now the tricky part for Morrible is taking into consideration that Glinda and Elphaba love each other. But we also know from earlier scenes that Morrible is a master at manipulating emotions. Right from the start when Elphaba is having trouble with her magic, Morrible casually brings up the “Animals should be seen and not heard” disturbance from class, spoon-feeding her just enough to get Elphaba upset, triggering her magic, after which Morrible makes sure to give her assurance and praise to keep Elphaba optimistic about her power.

She’s also aware that Glinda does have quite a bit of influence over Elphaba, because when Elphaba flees, Morrible immediately tasks her with winning her over, rather than simply relying on the guards or even going after Elphaba herself. She knows if anyone has a chance at roping Elphaba back in, it's Glinda.

Obviously, Glinda isn’t successful in getting her back, but while this puts a dent in Morrible’s plans to get control of Elphaba, it does give her an extra weak spot to exploit in Glinda.

So now, at the height of “Defying Gravity” when Elphaba has officially taken her stand against them, Morrible sees Glinda, and Glinda is at her most vulnerable, her most emotionally fragile. Not only is she heartbroken and in shock, she’s also just witnessed in real time exactly how easy it is to turn an entire nation against someone. She’s scared, she’s powerless. She’s just lost the love of her life her only friend, she has no one to turn to - Morrible has definitely picked up on the fact that even though Glinda has countless people who fawn over her, none of them can be considered a true friend except for Elphaba, which means Glinda is completely isolated. Glinda also has a very limited understanding of the bigger picture of what the Wizard is trying to accomplish, and because she’s never been a victim of the system the way Elphaba has, she is still desperately clinging to the idea that everything will be okay as long as she plays by the rules of the people in power.

She has been perfectly primed for Morrible to begin manipulating, not through violence or intimidation, but by offering her comfort when no one else would - when not even Glinda’s only friend would - when no one else is even paying attention to Glinda, because they have the very real and present threat of Elphaba quite literally hanging over them. In this moment, Morrible chooses Glinda, which Glinda has been striving for since the beginning. Elphaba has chosen her principles, the Wizard has chosen his enemy, but Morrible has chosen Glinda, and in this moment of being so alone and so afraid and so betrayed, that makes all the difference.

We also get kind of a parallel shot too - Elphaba really sealed her fate the second her hand closed around the broom. But here, Glinda seals her fate when she gives in and reciprocates Morrible’s hold on her.

THIS is the moment that sets us up for Part 2, with Elphaba and Glinda as our lightning rods for Absolute Evil and Absolute Good, but more to the point, it makes it clear that they’ve BOTH been used, they’ve BOTH played right into these respective roles Morrible and the Wizard need in order to be successful - even if it wasn’t how Morrible originally planned for things to go.

I just love it, because “Defying Gravity” is Elphaba’s song - it’s triumphant, and it’s heartbreaking, and it’s everything a defining moment should be for a character. But by injecting this little moment between Morrible and Glinda into the scene, we also get an underlying current of dread because we know we’re about to see the consequences of Elphaba’s defiance versus Glinda’s compliance and how both serve to benefit the Wizard/Morrible’s propaganda.

TL;DR - when I said "I want to talk about this scene between Morrible and Glinda for a sec" I clearly meant "I'm gonna write a whole essay. Like a nerd."

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Wicked (Movie 2024), Wicked - Schwartz/Holzman Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Madame Morrible/The Wizard Summary: With whiskey on his breath and lightning in her hands, the rage of failure sends the Wizard and Madame Morrible into the storm of their own toxic desire.  Fuck it, back to Tumblr with Morrible/Wizard smut. You won’t get me, Catholic guilt. 

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SCREAMING CRYING THROWING THE FUCK UP FERNANDAAAAAAAAAAAA

Fernanda Torres and Viola Davis, Golden Globe Awards (2025)

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I am getting mentally ill over this man grrrrr

Jeff Goldblum.

He’s just so quirky and lovely.

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Back from lurkedon because this woman is Brazilian royalty. I’m Still Here is a fucking masterpiece of cinema, of history and of Brazilian culture. This is our queen and we’ll ride at dawn behind her flag.

FERNANDA, AVENGE YOUR MOTHER AND BRING US THEIR HEADS. WE LOVE YOU AND WE’RE STILL HERE.

Fernanda Torres photographed by Sami Drasin for the Governors Awards.

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Coming out of the shadows after years without posting because I am o as with the bleached hair slut. His first monologue had me by the throat. Fuck him in every sense of the word

Ben Daniels as Santiago - Interview with the Vampire 2x04 "I Want You More Than Anything in the World"

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Back on tumblr because i am SO FUCKING HAPPY

lol, so today (finally, thank fuck) we had Lula’s inauguration

Bolsonaro decided to behave like a child and flew the country a few days ago so there wasn’t anybody oficial to hand Lula the presidential sash… Bet he thought it would make things real awkward

But Lula made the most of it and decided that representatives of the brazilian popularion should do it, then

Congress members? politicians? oficers? nope. People, commom people, which resulted in one of the most beautiful inauguration moments this country has seen

And from the hands of a cook, a metalworker, an indigenous 90-year-old leader, a garbage colector, a disabled activist, a teacher, and a 10-year-old black boy came the sash

(and please also note his dog. yes that is Lulas dog. she wanted to participate)

You can hate Lula all you want… But you can’t say the man hasn’t got style

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Today’s hot take is that “My Love” sounds A LOT better in the acoustic version. Dave did do a good job but Flo’s initial idea was amazing.

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Can we talk about Miss Florence Welch calling herself ‘demon daddy’? Because that probably changed me fundamentally as a person.