#DRAYTON IS ALWAYS ICONIC

[mandachuart]

I

I CAN'T

I HAVE NO EXCUSE

ITS SO LATE RIGHT NOW GUYS

I AM POSSESSED

I HAD TO DRAW THE SCENE

CARMINE IS SO CUTE. DRAYTON IS ICONIC.

And this ... is only ONE OF THE SCENES I WANT TO DRAW.

You might be guessing right if you know which one I want to draw next....( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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[dipplinduo]

so i saw this screenshotted post while scrolling through pinterest and my immediate thought was to put these three on it so here they are

your choice on who the one writing the post gets to be in this situation but my bet's on Lacey lmao

Omg this is elite and you are absolutely spot on, this is 100% an OP Lacey post.

[cheemken]

PLEASE I wanna hear about the Drayton angst fr there's so many layers to him!

Drayton angst it is ouo

Idk he gives off Dave Strider vibes hahah like, idk if you know homestuck but yeah, Dave is like, the coolkid of their session/group, but he's also really insecure w a lot of stuff and as stuff progressed he realized how messed up everything was, especially w his bro and how he treated Dave

And not to say Drayton was mistreated, not in that way ofc, but y'know hahah

It's just the vibes y'know, he acts all laid back and cool, being one of the strongest trainers of their school and being trained by a Champion too, he has a lot going on. Tho it's also the fact that he's so shit when it comes to class, I wanna say academics really isn't his thing, and he's trying so so hard to understand his lessons, but no matter how hard he tries he just couldn't, so somewhere down the line he gave up, and became lazy when it comes to class

And sometimes it gets him y'know, sometimes during class hours while he's at the club room, his thoughts would often drift off to Iris. Iris struggled with classes too, he knew that, she struggled so much but she persisted, and she passed, while not with flying colours, she still passed her classes. Why can't he do the same?

And, y'know, it's his pride, he wants to ask Iris for help, but he also kinda,, resents her a bit now y'know. As the years went by, Iris became so so busy w Champion duties, especially w all the meetings w the Champions, sometimes Iris doesn't have the time to be home for dinner, and he misses her. Sometimes he gets jealous of the other Champions too, how Diantha and Lance and Cynthia are all so close w Iris, the former two treating her like their own daughter, while the latter treating her like her sister. And it sucks for him y'know. Why can she find the time to be w the other Champions but not w her actual family?

It got to the point that one time when he's talking abt Iris, while he still looks up to her, he'd have biting words too; talking to Florian and Nemona, and how sometimes they often forget to visit their home again w how busy they are w class, their journey, and even their own champion duties, and he's just "well, guess that's the job of a champion, huh? Not being able to visit family. I'm sure my sis knows that, wonder how she's doin' right now," all w that smile, that forced af smile, but somehow people still see it as him being laid back

But he misses her, y'know. He just misses her. He eats dinner late, alone, waiting for her. His family thought he was just that lazy that he wouldn't even eat, but he was waiting for her, he's always waiting for her

Oughgh imagine one night Iris got home late too, and she saw Drayton there on the table fast asleep, and augh,,, your honour, that breaking Iris' heart, she forgot she promised they'd train together today, but w the League duties, and w Hilbert out of the region for a bit, she couldn't find the time. Imagine her either waking him up or carrying him to his room, and she notices how light he was. Has he been eating well? But like, she's there kinda kicking herself too, bc she forgot abt her bro y'know, and she wants to make up for it

Also omf bc this was my initial concept for my lil comic, that when he was a bit younger, around 14 and she was 17, when Iris gave him the jacket, it was actually supposed to be after a training session w Drayden, and how Drayton lost to him. Iris tried to cheer him up by getting him the jacket, and ofc that made him happy. But also, before Iris left, she told him that "whenever I think of the day I finally lose to someone, I always think I'd lose to you. I couldn't imagine anyone else be Unova's next Champion but you, Drayton. I can't wait for that battle."

And god did that just cbmdbd that gave him hope yknow, ofc, he was fourteen, he had so much hopes and dreams, but w how he is w class now, how he repeated his second year three times now maybe, how he gave up down the line, he thinks that maybe that battle w Iris won't ever happen. And he's starting to think if he becomes Champion, like, the real deal Champion, he'd bear those responsibilities too, and honestly, he doesn't really like that kinda responsibility. Maybe that's why their grandpa didn't make him Gym Leader despite his strength, unlike Iris, he wasn't good w his duties. He didn't even really call himself the BB League's champ bc he doesn't like responsibilities too lmfao

But yeah, in a nutshell, he's that cool kid that's like, one small problem away from crying but he doesn't cry bc he thinks it's not cool lmfaooo and he's like, Iris' number one fan, he'd always show off how his sis is the champion one way or another I bet that when he was much younger he also pulled the "my sis is the champion and she can beat your ass!" Card whenever he can I just know it hahah

[symphonypikachu]

Also Drayton being iconic :)

drayton is always iconic 😎

[protokirby]

Long post talking about some stuff in miitopia and also some stuff I dreamed of

Ok so I was playing Miitopia some recently and like- on one of my switch user account things, the miitopia save has Adaman as the hero and Volo was with him. But I was kinda- super bored with Adaman and there were multiple reasons I wanted a switch online membership on my main account which has my other miis so I did stuff with that.

The save with Adaman and Volo is one that I started a long time back and had intentionally stayed at the first area because of not having the rest of my miis and not really wanting to make others but I replayed the first stage a lot because I think there's something fun about being comically overpowered. Also I didn't want to progress further into the story as to add more party members when I don't have any prepared.

So back when I first started that save, the original idea was always to wait until the next time I had a good enough reason to get the online membership on my main and then get the 7day free trial on the save in question. So I could get the Volo and Adaman I made on this save (plus the au Burgh I had made in that save for some reason) and bring them to my main and also get a bunch of miis from my main and bring them to this save. I really hate that I need an online membership just to grab miis from the same switch but here we are :[

So anyhoo as I said before I was bored with Adaman. I got the idea to play as Drayton instead but I wasn't about to delete the save and start over. I would lose 3 miis I worked pretty hard on and a bunch of leveling up progress.

Around this time, the switch online membership store thingy has a Drayton icon thing that I could get so I decided to quickly finish up a bunch of unfinished miis on my main save + make several new miis that I wanted and then get the online membership on my main to get the Drayton icon and the 7 day free trial membership on the other save. After that, bring the 3 miis on that save to my main and then edit the mii Adaman I was playing as and make it Drayton instead.

So after that, the duo of adventurers was Drayton with Volo. That's super random and I'm a big fan of random. And with grabbing a bunch of miis from my main, I got the other bb league elite four members. It would be funny for the rest of the 3 to become the cerberus boss in late game and Volo isn't an obstacle for that plan where he is so that turns out great.

Anyhoo

The reason I wanted to bring that up is to have a better explanation for why a specific pair of characters were friends in a dream.

Drayton and Volo were the main characters of this dream. I was Drayton in the dream and Volo was with me.

It got pretty wild. I don't remember all of this dream because I was sleeping for 12 hours and I had woken up and gone back to sleep a few times after having this dream.

Volo had a capture styler like a pokemon ranger and had to calm down a blastoise that was way too close to a group of baby chickens. There were two other pokemon but they were not revealed as anything other than unidentifiable silhouettes.

After the pokemon were captured, Drayton asked Volo "what happens if a capture styler is used on a human?"

Volo said "I don't know but it's against the rules in the pokemon ranger handbook."

Drayton says back "I want to know. Just use it on me without telling anyone."

So Volo did and the line of the capture styler just turned red and vanished.

Drayton said "It tickled. So that's what happens."

The blastoise got upset again and the baby chickens ran into a school room where they turned into human children and were learning about how to use swords.

Volo re-captured the blastoise and it left. Then Drayton and Volo decided to order a pizza. When the pizza man got there, it was discovered that it was a villainous monster in disguise of a pizza man.

Drayton tossed Volo the omnitrix from Ben 10 while shouting "Volo! The omnitrix!" and Volo used it to become Stinkfly and fight the monster.

Also the baby chickens who turned into human children (and an anthropomorphic goose lady) came out of the classroom to help fight the monster with their newfound sword skills.

I don't remember much else or even if I woke up before they defeated the monster but this dream was super fun anyway.

Side note, I remember seeing Volo in a pokemon masters image. I also remember hearing three different versions of Entei's battle theme/or the first capture theme both from the pokemon ranger game (those themes sound fairly similar). And one of my au Hops, specifically the one known as Reaper, was singing the most beautiful calming song I had ever heard while weird stuff was happening in the background (which is totally in character for the au Hop, as a musician and a chaos enjoyer - though often he favors rock music but he can do many kinds of melodies, with calming music also being common for him). These things happened in separate dreams.

And I had just one nightmare and it wasn't too bad. The chronic nightmares must be dying finally :D - Adding that to the list of things I'm thanking God for 🙏

[metal-cowboy]

HI HI REGGAE!!!! :]]] <333 for the Halloween ask game: 🎃, 🕸, and 🎩?? For Bubba, if you'd like!!!!

heyyy happy halloween dude, thank you for sending :]

🎃 - what would your guy’s pumpkins look like? how does the carving process usually go for you two?

Pumpkin carving is our favorite activity to share together. I used to do that for the season when I was a kid, and I like to think Bubba did too. Unsurprisingly, Bubba is a natural pro at it, though the designs he chooses to carve are always the usual go-to jack-o-lantern face. Mine are subpar in quality, with my lack of sturdiness and creativity, but all that matters is us doing something fun together.

His (left) vs mine (right):

Something else we both love is tearing the guts out of the pumpkins beforehand (have you ever done that in real life? it's awesome) and making roasted pumpkin seeds later (fucking superb when they're homemade 👌); of course we also save a handful so we can plant them in the garden and have more pumpkins next year.

🕸- do you and your f/o decorate the house together? if so, how do you decorate? what sort of ‘theme’ is your guys’s favourite? (gothic mansion, nostalgic, horror/slasher house, etc.)

I think we could try! We'll do whatever Drayton lets us get away with, at least. I don't normally go for a theme when I'm decorating my home in real life, I just put up things that I like. It's not hard to get a "spooky" vibe from the Sawyer home, but since their home is the norm for them (and myself if I've been living there) we obviously have to deviate from it a little. Personally I like things pumpkin/jack-o-lantern themed, also with bats, ghosts, scarecrows, and skeletons. I also love anything that lights up cause I'm a moth. I'll take care of the little things, including anything Bubba finds that he wants me to put somewhere, but he has to handle putting up lights and other things in high places, lol. We wouldn't really go above and beyond, since I draw the line somewhere myself, and we still want it to feel like home.

🎩- do you guys dress up? couples costume or individual? what type of costumes do you each prefer (scary, silly, cute, fantasy, movie icons, sexy, etc.)

This is more difficult to answer. I haven't dressed up and liked it in possibly 10 years (my last decent costume was Jeff the Killer when I was 13-14, which I think is funny). The last few time I've tried were genuinely unenjoyable, and consequently I've kind of lost the desire to try (not to mention feeling dysphoric recently, so I don't think I'd feel right in any costume at this time). It's not out of the question though, and Bubba could 100% convince me to try it again if it was something he wanted to do. I don't really know what the purpose would be though, other than just fun times at home.

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[little-sweets-witch]

So, once upon a time, I was a brony. Horror icon cutie marks.

I specifically avoided bloody weapon cop-outs and tried to put thought and symbolism into it. Explanations under the cut

Jason Voorhees - Before becoming the iconic murderer we all know, Jason spent more than 20 years living on his own in the woods. So more than likely he would have a cutie mark in wilderness survival.

Michael Myers - While Michael started his bloody path at a young age, and is often called pure evil, I still tried to avoid a mark that would 100% pigeonhole him as "evil". Instead, I focused on his connection to Halloween, as you can't deny there's something about that day that keeps him coming back.

Freddy Krueger - Many ponies in the show have had the vague talent of magical prowess, always represented by some sort of star-related mark. I decided to take this route and used the Phoenix constellation. Because, y'know, fire.

Chucky - A completely random thing in Curse that never came up before and never did again is that Chucky apparently knows about flower symbolisms. So, I sought out a flower that would fit, and I found the wisteria, symbolic of immortality and obsession.

Tiffany Valentine - Just a simple heart with an arrow thru it. It could represent her undying love for Chucky, or perhaps just her deadly beauty.

Billy Loomis - A pounding heart with two possible meanings. At first glance, one might guess it represents him being a "heartthrob," always having someone pining for him. But once you figure out he's the killer, it takes on a meaning of one's heart racing in a tense situation. Essentially, his talent is manipulating people's emotions. Your heart is always beating quickly in his presence, whether out of love or fear.

Stu Macher - This one took me forever, but I finally cracked it thanks to @foxumb. A party horn, because that party he threw must have taken a lot of effort, and being a rich high school white boi, he probably throws parties like that often.

Norman Bates - He's good at taxidermying those birbs.

John Kramer - Prior to getting cancer and deciding that that was an excuse to start putting people in death traps and being pretentious about it, Jigsaw was a city planner. A compass is a great and convenient symbol for architectural... stuff.

Daniel Robitaille - Candyman, in his previous life, was an artist. Yeah... that's about it.

Bubba Sawyer - I doubt that a world dominated by horses would have a very thriving meat industry (although there are pig farms shown in the show… hmm), but butchery is a key aspect of the Sawyer family, so a simple meat cleaver will do.

Nubbins Sawyer - While he may not be particularly good at it, it's very obvious that Nubbins is passionate about his photography, so a camera seems about right.

Chop Top - He himself says that music is his life, but anyone who's listened to Cornbugs knows that he has a... unique style. Cracked record it is!

Drayton Sawyer - Best chilli in Texas

Martin Mathias - He a vampire

Vincent Sinclair - He a wax boi

Bo Sinclair - When you first see it, you think "Yeah, this guy knows cars. That's a car tool." But it isn't.

Lester Sinclair - Possum

Herbert West - Chemistry

Jennifer Check - IDK it just looks cool

Billy Lenz - Billy has a clear talent for mimicking voices, and of course the phone is just associated with him in general.

Brahms Heelshire - I don't know if he actually made the doll or the mask, but he does do a good job fixing it, so clay working tools!

Leslie Vernon - Just like Cozy Glow in the show, Leslie is a master of tactics, the one thing most associated with chess. Additionally, the black queen and white pawns represent just how much of an advantage he has on his innocent prey.

Jesse Cromeans - I haven't watched Laid to Rest but I know that he's very rich. I don't know if chrome comes in bars but shush.

Asa Emory - A trap expert and entomologist? What could it be but a spiderweb!

Carrie White - I honestly believe that she would spend most of the movie as a blank flank, until her big moment. The book includes a meteor shower as part of her rampage, so I used that.

Jack Torrence - Before getting possessed by a hotel, he was a writer.

Pennywise - It's Pennywise, did you expect something that wasn't a balloon?

Ash Williams - I feel like his mark would be eternally confusing for him for years. What the hell is this thing and what does it mean? Well, it's a symbol pulled right off of Ash's own page of the Necronomicon, spruced up with a bit of colour of course. It ends up looking like a pretty 80s-tastic logo, which might be what leads him to retail jobs until he figures out the whole "Chosen One" thing.

Axel Palmer/Harry Warden - Minecraft

[choptop-sawyer]

Ok, honestly and without romanticising, how do you think would it go if one lf the Sawyer boys fell in love with a victim? Like, would they kidnap them but convince the rest of the family not to kill them? How would the others react, would we get more of " ____'s got a girl/boyfriend"? It's just a question that has been bugging me for quite a while, as most of them don't really encounter any people outside the family, with the exception of victims.

Sincerely, the anon who thirsted over your icon

Hello icon thirst anon!!! Ohhhh... this ask has so much potential. I love digging into more realistic interpretations of the Sawyers. Of course, there's always going to be an element of unreality with scenarios where you end up with one of them. But close as possible to the source material, I mean.

But what source material? TCM 1 and 2 are obviously the superior movies (for me) and the best of the Sawyers are in them. No extended family or some shit, I can stomach a twin of Nubbins, especially since he's so fun. But they both have extremely different vibes, and different characterizations of the Sawyers. (Except Nubbins. RIP man).

It also, obviously, depends on the Sawyer.

Um... anyway. Sorry for going on too long. Under the cut.

TW: Canon Typical mentions of violence, kidnapping, unhealthy relationships

With Bubba, if we're going TCM 1 wise, I hope you're good at running. The only likely way he's going to meet you is as a victim, and if he meets you on your own at first? He's going to do his job, no matter how attractive you might be to him. Leatherface won't even acknowledge you as more than meat if you're in his sights. Run. And run fast. There's almost no chance Bubba would fall for you with the saw in his hands.

Now, if you were brought back as a VICTIM by another brother, then you have a chance. Bubba has time to see you as a "guest" for a while rather than simply meat. But your time window is limited. Once the others get tired of you, you're meat again. Most likely, Bubba would be attracted to your appearance right away. But that wouldn't be enough to save you, you could easily be another mask. The key is, the thing that would give you the highest chance of survival and a relationship, is to not scream. To not flinch away from his touch when he pets your head. Maybe even say some nice words to him.

Then, there's something that would be gone if you were butchered. That's how you get Bubba invested.

If we're going with the most non romanticized version, you'd still die. Bubba's desires never mattered much anyway to the rest, because he really never expresses it out of subservience. But... if there is something worked out, you'd be his pet of sorts. Drayton would be completely disinterested unless it affects him or the finances. Nubbins might poke at you for a while, then leave you alone once you become a normal thing. What business of it is theirs?

Bubba is the one who tries the most to love you. It might not even be love, at the beginning. More a fascination. But I do believe that he'd care the most. Being with him, I think, would feel the... most gentle? Idk. He wouldn't try to hurt you on purpose if you're in that situation.

Nubbins is hard to nail down, character wise. All of the Sawyers are pretty mysterious, but he's really up there in mysteriousness to the viewer. Franklin thought him an omen, the others thought him a freak, and the audience sees what the audience sees, but no one really knows for sure.

I imagine it would be like a mirage, meeting him. He definitely meets at least a few strangers, with his hitchhiking. You'd either be kind (or foolish enough) to pick him up, or if you were a local, you'd meet him in the endless expanses, terrible and shimmering in the heat. Maybe he'd be quiet at first, stammering out answers with a small smile, like he's trying to remember his lines, but if you excite him in some way, you're in for it.

It would probably just strike him out of the blue that he likes you, and he wouldn't waste any time. He's not really scheming and mischievous, despite his impression. He rolls with whatever he feels. Extremely realistically, you'd get hurt in some way. Possibly really badly. But if you were to be his S/O, it's gonna be a kidnapping. (You might be able to overpower him though. Twig.)

He wouldn't keep you in the house. He might not even think to introduce you to Drayton, because Drayton would be very displeased. But luckily, there's quite a few secret places he's found in his explorations. He might take you there.

It would be very odd. Once the initial terror wears down, you'd realize that Nubbins is a raw and open wound. Repulsive, but honest. He doesn't quite belong anywhere. You think he hoped you'd belong to him, and him to you. The only way out is to be locked in a death grip. I don't think it'd last very long.

The second movie' wacky atmosphere fits Chop Top very well, but we still don't know much about the details of his life. We know the backstory, that he listens to the radio every night, and that he has a love for music and smashing skulls. You could meet him anywhere, as long as you aren't looking for him. He seems to be the kind of guy who was everywhere wherever he was, at least once. If he invites you back to his place after some flirtations traded, don't accept. That would probably mean death for you, not at the hands of a regal and somber grim reaper, but the kind of death that not many wish to think about. He'll come back to the same place to see you again, if he likes you enough. And maybe, he'll even ask you out for real. Chop Top likes the idea of being in a relationship, because all the songs on the radio were written about it. He wants to live them. And you... you're perfect.

If he really cares for you, he'd keep you a secret from his family. There's two lives he leads, the one formed by radio and wild living, and the other formed by the tight, insular environment of his childhood. Chop Top might whisper about you to corpse Nubbins, giggling as he recounts how good-looking you are, and ain't he lucky? But that's it, unless you're foolish. If you get to curious well... he'll invite you to dinner. It's sink or swim then. Good luck.

Drayton is the least likely to find someone he cares enough about not to kill. He's thinking of self-preservation above all, and an S/O complicates too many things. But you'd have to be a local, he doesn't trust strangers. He's loathe to introduce you to his family though. As important as they are in how much they define his very life, they would throw off too many red flags.

He might try to deny his attraction to you at first, as a consequence. But if you won him over, he'd hide the Sawyer's "special diet" as well as he could. Drayton is used to painting over everything, throwing a rug over the mess. When you go to the house? Bone furniture has to be stashed away, hide the meat hooks, hide the horrors, hide away the brothers.

The twins would probably find out somehow, and mercilessly tease him. He feels shameful, somehow, when they do, and that makes him angry. He feels, deep down, that he's betraying the way of life. Don't expect much.

(Sorry if this was rambly)

[goldie90]

Any three that you haven't done yet for Nubbins?

Hey.😃

Okay, I pick something.😀

💕 Nights are getting colder too and there´s no better way to stay warm than cuddling up in bed with the person you love. So... what´s your favorite cuddle position/s?

We have two favorites. One is him laying on his back while I´m laying on his chest and he has his arms wrapped around me and the other is him spooning me.🥰

🍗 Who cooks the Thanksgiving dinner?

Nubbins´ brother Drayton does and it´s always absolutely delicious.😋

🎄 Out of the two of you, who´s more likely to get excited for christmas long before the winter even arrives?

Nubbins does.😄 He and his twin brother Chop always get super excited for Christmas as soon as Halloween is over. It´s pretty cute actually.😊

Thanks for asking and I wish you a nice day.💖

Ps. I love your new icon - it looks amazing.👍

[tcm]

‘The Pollack Rule’ By Donald Liebenson

It’s Valentine’s Day, and TCM’s fancy turns to love in all its many splendored-ness, from the fantasy THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE (‘ 45) to the tearjerker THE WAY WE WERE (’73). I was present when the latter film’s director, Sydney Pollack, made a provocative observation during a press junket while promoting his remake of SABRINA. He said that you could have a good romantic movie about two people who fall in love or fall out of love, but you couldn’t have a good romantic movie about two people already in love. On Valentine’s Day, and throughout the rest of the month, TCM is offering several classic film romances that bear him out and a few that may be exceptions to Pollack’s rule.

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (‘34)

“Do you love her?”

“YES! But don’t hold that against me, I’m a little screwy myself.”

Frank Capra’s 1934 screwball romance (one of the few comedies to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with the other top four categories) is all about conflict: Clark Gable is a disgraced newspaper man who needs a big story. Claudette Colbert is a woman who provides it for him when she runs away to reunite with the fiancée of whom her father disapproves. He’s a man of the people; she’s a spoiled heiress who for all her millions doesn’t know how to dunk (her donut in coffee, that is). Thrown together on the road, they bicker and banter until finally love emerges triumphant.

THE LADY EVE (‘41)

“You certainly are a funny girl for anybody to meet who`s just been up the Amazon for a year.''

Fleecing Charles Pike (Henry Fonda), “the tall, backward boy who's always toying with toads and things” is easy enough for card shark Jean (Barbara Stanwyck). The hard part is falling in love with her mark. But that’s only the beginning of Preston Sturges’ breakneck farce that seamlessly combines high wit and low (albeit expertly timed) pratfalls.

CITY LIGHTS (‘31)

“Yes, I can see now.”

Perhaps the main conflict here is Charlie Chaplin opting to make a silent film three years after sound came in. But this rapturous love story makes for his lovely swan song to the silent era. If you can keep a dry eye in the iconic climactic moment when the formerly blind flower seller realizes that the tramp standing before her was her benefactor who helped restore her sight, you are made of sterner stuff than I am.

THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (‘31)

“When we like someone, we smile. But when we want to do something about it, we wink.”

Greater minds than mine (I guess that takes up most of you) have tried to convey the unbearable lightness of being that is the Lubitsch Touch. The last seven minutes of this charming pre-Code Lubitsch gem should do the trick as Maurice Chevalier is flabbergasted by the “jazz up your lingerie” transformation of the heretofore sheltered princess (Miriam Hopkins) he was forced to marry.

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (‘52)

“You sure look lovely in the moonlight, Kathy.”

Stanley Donen’s glorious musical in which Debbie Reynolds’ aspiring actress Kathy Selden was meant for Gene Kelly’s silent screen star Don Lockwood. But can their love survive the machinations of Don’s screen partner, Lina Lamont, who can’t act, can’t sing and can’t dance but who is determined to remain hitched to his star?

GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (‘67)

“You're two wonderful people who happened to fall in love and happen to have a pigmentation problem.

Dr. John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) and Christina Drayton (Katharine Houghton) are an interracial couple in love when the film opens, and they are Switzerland-bound to be married. In this groundbreaking 1967 Oscar-winner, the conflict comes from expected places (“There'll be 100 million people right here in this country who will be shocked and offended and appalled”), but also unexpected: Christina’s own father (Spencer Tracy), who up to this point had considered himself a liberal.

THE PALM BEACH STORY (‘42)

“Sex always has something to do with it, dear.”

Although not as transgressive as a pregnant Betty Hutton in THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK, Preston Sturges’ screwiest comedy hits the ground running with a potent censor-baiting conflict, namely that Claudette Colbert schemes to divorce the struggling architect husband she loves (Joel McCrea) to marry a multi-millionaire who can finance one of her husband’s radical projects. As the besotted millionaire, Rudy Vallee gets the lion’s share of the film’s best lines (“That’s one of the tragedies of this life - that the men who are most in need of a beating up are always enormous.”)

NINOTCHKA (‘39)

“Chemically, we're already quite sympathetic.”

Lovers don’t get more star-crossed than a Communist Russian envoy (Greta Garbo) and a capitalist Parisian playboy (Melvyn Douglas). But like Paris at night, this comedy deftly directed by Lubitch sparkles and glitters. The script, co-written by Billy Wilder, nimbly navigates grim reality and romantic fantasy, as witness a drunken Ninotchka’s pleas to the “people of the world”: “I know, wars will wash over us, bombs will fall, all civilization will crumble, but not yet, please. Wait, wait; what's the hurry? Let us be happy. Give us our moment.”

THE AWFUL TRUTH (‘37)

“In the spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to what he's been thinking about all winter.”

Married couple Cary Grant and Irene Dunne love each other, so much so that they are willing to go to hilarious lengths to sabotage each other’s new romances after they get divorced over suspicions of infidelity. THE AWFUL TRUTH anticipates by one year Howard Hawks’ BRINGING UP BABY, in which Katharine Hepburn’s character indelibly defines the ethos of screwball comedy: “All that happened, happened because I was trying to keep you near me. I just did anything that came into my head.”

And that’s what love is all about; at least in the movies.

[morbidly-malicious-muffins]

What Kind of Music Slashers Would Vibe to Headcanons♪

This little thing popped into my head. Fyi, the canon timelines are thrown out the window for this so... Yeah.

Bring forth the bop~

RZ Michael Myers

"Let my weapons be your children, let my armies be your damned. Try to suffer on in silence, try to stop me if you can." --- This Cold Black by Slipknot

I think he'd really enjoy metal in general. I can totally see him unknowingly stomping to some Marilyn Manson and Meshuggah, though the lyrics and message probably will just fly over his head.

He listens to some heavy shit, but probably all the more mainstream bands/artists.

The loudness and organized chaos of the genre fills the void in his soul and reflects the state of his mind, despite his stoic and non-verbal outer demeanor.

Someone please do everyone a favor and introduce Michael to some death metal. Admit it, it really fits his aesthetic.

This is just based on speculation, but I suspect a 70% possibility of RZ Michael resonating with Cannibal Corpse. Fight me.

He hates classical music with a burning passion. Back in Smith's Grove, they played Bach's Air Sul G on tap. (its canon in the first movie lmao) He hates it. Mikey no likey.

Freddy Krueger

"No stop signs, speed limit, nobody's gonna slow me down. Like a wheel, gonna spin it, nobody's gonna mess me around." --- Highway to Hell, by AC/DC

Freddy listens to classic rock, period.

This guy is ngl a supporter of music taste discrimination. You listen to pop? Disgusting. You listen to Jazz? Disgusting. Classic rock is the epitome of all music.

He'll call you music-related slurs you never knew existed.

As stubborn adamant as Freddy is, he does harbor some guilty pleasures, including 70's hair metal and glam rock. Pshh. What a heckin hypocrite.

Some of his all time favorites are Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, and AC/DC.

(Basic bitch)

*Hip thrust movements to go with his 'The Sprinkler' dance moves, Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses blasting in the background*

OG Michael Myers

He doesn't listen to music, but if he did, he would probably enjoy Jazz.

Michael only listens to Miles Davis because he enjoys his music and can't be bothered to discover more artists.

Oml Michael I know Miles Davis is amazing but don't neglect other iconic artists plzzz. Someone please make him listen to some Teddy Wilson and/or Dave Brubeck.

I imagine him sitting stiff-straight on a rocking chair (he just likes how it moves), knife in his lap, rocking and zoning-out relaxing to 'Blue in Green'. (I love that piece)

#AfterHeFinallyKillsLaurie

#RetirementGoals

He also hates classical music because of the same reason as RZ Myers. Seriously, if either of them so much as hears the opening chord of Air Sul G, expect the speaker to be stomped to a pulp in a split second.

Bubba Sawyer

Alright let's all be honest with ourselves... 70's pop and country is Bubba's shit.

Look me in the face and tell me he wouldn't adore ABBA, The Jackson 5, and Dolly Parton. Thats right you can't

Everytime 'Dancing Queen' starts playing on the radio, Bubba will drop everything and start busting down.

Ain't nothing and nobody stoppin him. Drayton is powerless against the supreme sovereignty that is ABBA.

But let's also appreciate the fact that our Bubster can motherfuckin get down. *wipes sweat from forehead + heart eyes*

He would also do passionate lip sync with his heart and soul, to Dolly Parton's 'I Will Always Love You'.

50% chance of him starting to cry right after he finishes his earnest performance.

*Holding Bubba in your arms, rubbing comforting circles on his back as he bawls hysterically, incoherently babbling on about how much he loves you*

I also feel for some reason he'd really like Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.

Thomas Hewitt

"For one moment, I wish you'd hold your stage, with no feelings at all. Open minded, I'm sure I used to be so free." --- Citizen Erased by Muse

Y'know what I have a hard time imagining the type of music Tommy listens to. Kutos, Mr. Hewitt, you have defeated me.

siKE

(This is where I yeet the timeline out of the window y'all)

Thomas enjoys Muse, Evanescence, and Radiohead. (Fight me)

He just loves how emotional their songs are. He'd have one earbud in as he works away at his projects for hours. The music helps him concentrate, it is also a source of emotional support to him.

Hearing the heart-wretching lyrical content of 'Lost in Paradise' performed so beautifully by Amy Lee's angellic voice is really comforting to him. It's like hearing about another person's experiences. It makes him feel less alone in dealing with his emotional and mental turmoils and burdens.

The first time Thomas heard 'Creep' by Radiohead, he almost cried.

He also listens to My Chemical Romance sometimes. He only knows the Black Parade album, but he loves it. If 'Creep' didn't make him cry, listening to that entire album from top to bottom sure did. He started sobbing half-way through 'Famous Last Words'.

Tommy is emotional boi 🥺

Brahms Heelshire

C l a s s i c a l

No matter how stinky Brahms is, you can't tell me that he's not classy.

Schubert is his bitch. Schubert's style tends to be quite majestic and/or dreamy, (generally) and can change color/sound very abruptly yet appropriately. (This is just my opinion based on experience with Schubert's pieces, but then I only know his piano pieces soo) (let's still cue that maestoso to scherzando transition)

But of course, Schubert isn't the only thing he listens to. He prefers the romantic period, so Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Shostakovich, Brahms, Schumann, you get the gist, all the staples. Oh yeah Elgar too. To be a proud English lad.

*Brahms swaying in the living room with the grace of a baby giraffe, engrossed in the beautiful melodies in Schumann's Kinderszenen.*

(Oml please check out 'Von fremden Landern und Manschen' and 'Kind im Einschlummern') (For those who play piano, they aren't that difficult too totally recommend) (Ok sorry I'm done now)

Brahms would totally waltz around alone to Chopin's waltzes and nocturnes.

Oh yeah apart from that classy shit, he likes to jam to meme songs.

"Hey now, you're an all star, get your game on, go play---"

*cut to Brahms passionately fortnite dancing*

Listens to The Strange Man Who Sings About Dead Animals for a good laugh. (Please, all of his songs are gold)

Vincent Sinclair

He'll have 'emo' and 'classical' with a side of metal, thanks.

I headcanon that Vinny McWaxy is an INFJ, so the boy is likely prone to crippling existentialism. It would make sense for some aspects of his music taste to reflect that.

*cut to Vincent sitting rock-still on his workbench/stool, hands hover in mid-air, staring straight ahead, some John Cage piece playing*

You'll never hear this from Vincent but he enjoys sexy-time music. He has this whole erotic playlist he listens to while working. (Boy likes to feel sexy on the job, I respect that.)

I think its pretty much canon that Vinny loves MCR. (Hello fellow emo piece of shit 👋) His favorites are everything by them really. A hardcore fan. He used to have MCR, P!ATD, and 30 Seconds to Mars posters plastered everywhere in his workshop until he had to remove them all to add to the intimidation factor of his waxy hell for passer-bys. For the record, he is very gay for Frank Iero.

On the metal part of his spectrum is mostly classic metal, groove metal, and thrash/heavy metal.

Rammstein, Pantera, Vildhjarta, new and old Metallica, Dream Theatre, Coheed and Cambria. His bitches.

He also uses music to scare victims when bringing them down to his workshop. *cue horror movie soundtracks*

*KI KI KI MA MA MA*

Is a whore for the dramatics when in a good mood.

*Lacrimosa by Mozart plays as he makes a point to bring the wax painfully slowly down toward a drowsy and petrified victim*

A lament for your upcoming death, pitiful human.

Bo Sinclair

"The day has come for all us sinners, if you're not a servant you'll be struck to the ground." -- Beast and The Harlot by Avenged Sevenfold

Bastard boy is into dad-music™. (same)

Dad rock, classic rock, pop punk, punk rock, old school pop, his shit.

He listens to a lot of the same bands as Freddy, but Bo (generally) doesn't discriminate and explores a more diverse variety of music.

Its a fandom canon that Bo loves Avenged Sevenfold. I totally agree.

A7x is the perfect amount of cynical, political, and shred for Beauregard, (I hc that ge hates his full name so plz don't ever call him Beauregard)

He listens to the radio whenever he's at work. Whatever that might be.

Will NEVER admit it, but he thinks Vinny's music taste is dope as hell.

He'll turn off the radio just to strain his ears to listen to Vincent's music downstairs. No one will ever know that though. You don't.

Actually likes classical music too. Its not one of his main genres but there's one piece he really likes, Second Movement of Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major.

He never thought he'd enjoy this type of music. Its so.... Calm. He discovered that piece from Vinny's playlist. When he first heard it on his brother's speaker, he fell in love. It was one of the extremely rare cases in which he'd be committed enough to ask Vinny the name of the music.

Tiny shuffle for man-kind, huge fuckin step for Bo. Good job Bo, we're proud of you.

Also pleeeeeaaase message me or request stuff, I'm bored and have little inspiration 🦊

I might do a pt2 of this, since I didn't write many of the boys and gals🤷‍♀️

Also sorry if I've neglected some genres/artists (Like i've neglected non-piano classical pieces.... Bc ya girl is just a pianist), a person can't know everything😗

---Zali 🖤

[dipplinduo]

Me liking crispin more than Drayton seeing your opinions on the elite 4:

And here I thought you had good taste…

Please feel free to humble me, it honestly helps me be a little more balanced with the E4 in my writing lmao 😂😂

But Drayton will always be #1 in my heart

(Note: likely context)

[alittlebodywithabigheart]

Bubba (Leatherface) x reader fluff

Every since you have been living with the Sawyers , you had your eyes on a certain person:(Nubbins: ME? Me: No Nubbins not you) Bubba or known as Leatherface. You liked how he would always make a noise when you complimented him, or how strong he was. While fantasizing about him, Drayton shots “Y/n you better come here right fucking now and help me with this goddam chilli.” Signs “Fine...” when you get into the kitchen your faced by Bubba. “Oh um, hi.” He just goes over to you to give you his iconic teddy bear hug. You and Bubba just stay like this for a couple seconds. “You know what, I’m just going to leave.” Said Drayton. You didn’t even realize it was just you and him in the kitchen. When you finally let go of each other, you awkwardly look down like you needed to say something. Bubba being confused tilted his head like a puppy. As soon as Bubba is about to take out his note pad, Grandpa Sawyer comes in...

I did so bad on this, should I even make a part two?

[marsoscar]

40th Oscars Best Actress

5. Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker - Bonnie and Clyde

The film seems more focused on showing close up shots of her looking gorgeous then actually showing her acting and giving her room to make the character more than one dimensional. She has really amazing chemistry with Beatty, there’s a very flirty and seductive energy between the two of them. At first I thought I liked the accent but as the film went on it felt too over exaggerated and started sounding ridiculous to me. Great in the scenes where she gets to play mean and annoyed and there’s this very emotional scene with her characters mom at a family reunion and the acting is very subtle in it but here and throughout the film she’ll give a look of regret about the crimes she’s committing and I thought that was a good touch to add.

4. Audrey Hepburn as Susy Hendrix - Wait Until Dark

This was probably a very challenging role for her as Hepburn isn’t blind and she’d have to juggle all the acting stuff like saying the lines and facial expressions while making it convincing that she actually is blind to the audience watching. I think she was good with her eyes like even when she was looking at someone or something she was only vaguely looking at it and never looking directly at it. I also think that she did well at portraying the characters emotions and when the pace of the film speeds up we see her get more hysterical and more paranoid. When she has to trip over things or bump into objects it looks very forced and not realistic.

3. Katharine Hepburn as Christina Drayton - Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Playing against type here, because when I think of Hepburn I usually don’t think of warm and motherly but here she absolutely is that and I think disappears quite well into the role. Great chemistry with Tracy and just see the absolute devastation on her face when she finds out her husband isn’t accepting of her daughter’s man was interesting. I think Hepburn does the best she can with this role as it’s kind of thankless and it feels like her character is kind of ignored at a lot of points throughout the film.

2. Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson - The Graduate

The moment she appears on the screen it’s just instantly iconic like such a star and eats every scene up even with so little screen time within the film. The character is persuasive, manipulative, seductive, desperate and aggressive all at once and it’s just a thrill to watch all of it. It’s just indescribable like you just can’t keep your eyes off her and the chemistry she has with Hoffman is like chemistry in a very awkward way because that relationship is meant to be awkward and messy. I think it truly takes a very talented actress to make a character so memorable within such a small window of time.

1. Edith Evans as Mrs. Maggie Ross - The Whisperers

Very natural, I feel like with these delusional old lady roles a lot of actress make the decision to take it over the top and make it campy and I’m very glad that Evans went for a more subtle approach here. Just really phenomenal line delivery from her because a lot of her lines are just silly little delusions but she always says them in such a normal way like she truly believes what she’s saying. You just constantly feel bad for her and her situation and the scene where Evans finds the money and you see the excitement in her face you just can’t help but feel happy for her. The contrast in her character from when she’s in one of her delusions to when she’s thrown into reality and made to strip back all her fantasies is so good she becomes a completely different person almost.

Conclusion

I really can’t find a common theme amongst the five nominees, I guess Audrey and Edith are both in films where they’re being tricked and lied to by others around them but that’s kind of it. Honestly a lot of these performances didn’t pop for me and I felt very uninspired but I guess I wasn’t too uninspired as I still found stuff to write about with these performances.

[bloody-oath]

Random sawyer brothers HCs part 2?? 👀👀👀

You are cheeky to ask. Part 1 is here!

⋆ Bubba was once bitten on the foot by a venomous snake, and Nubbins, using his flawed survival tactics, pissed on the wound hoping to heal it. When it didn’t work, Bubba gave it a try.

⋆ Chop Top and Bubba spend hours listening to the radio, chilling out on the porch at the end of a tiring day. They always bust a move to Hooked On A Feeling whenever it comes on. Bubba likes to play the imaginary cowbell.

⋆ Even at the adult ages they are, Drayton will ask his brothers to play Hide & Seek—him always being the seeker—but he never goes looking for them; he relishes the highly sought-after silence. Chop Top is the first to realise the game is a trick, then Bubba, and they say Nubbins is still hiding to this day.

⋆ Nubbins and Chop Top have tried to do the iconic door slam, but neither have the strength to shut it fast enough—not even when their attempts are combined.

⋆ The three younger siblings like to set up poultry races. Whosever fowl wins, without being scared to the finish line via being screamed at and pelted with stones, allows the brother of that chicken to forfeit their chores for the next 24 hours.

⋆ When food mysteriously started to disappear in the household, Drayton laid out snares thinking rodents were stealing their supplies—and they were, or one was; Chop Top came running to him with his fingers caught in a mousetrap.

⋆ Grandpa is conscious and fully aware of his surroundings, and on that note, he wishes Nubbins would stop draping roadkill around his old shoulders like a scarf. It’s not making him look younger.

⋆ Sometimes Chop Top and Nubbins will run onto the road and pretend to get hit by a car whenever one passes by. When the distraught driver exits the vehicle to rush over to the possum brother, that’s when the other jumps out to mug the motorist. 

⋆ All the Sawyer brothers have fallen down the stairs at some point. They keep a tally and Nubbins is currently losing at 5 times on accident and 13 on purpose.

⋆ Bubba and Nubbins used to have fart wars in the shared bathtub as children. It would be all fun and games until a deadly fart followed through into a shit, then they would try to dodge the brown battleship like Minesweeper.