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scoutswritingcorner · 2 months

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Asthma is a distinguished gentleman(not really he's a cannibal) and I wanna see Asthma In a top hat- and a mustash.

Or funny enough him in w bowling ally- not like a Bowling ball but I mean those pin things you knock over I want Asthma in it

Facial Hair Headcanons

Hazbin Men x GN! Reader

TW:None??

A/N: LISTEN I KNOW YOU JUST SAID ALASTOR BUT NOW YOU’VE GOT ME THINKING AND THATS DANGEROUS. Also it’s giving gender envy so let me have this as I can’t have facial hair rn. Also Alastor’s could be seen as platonic or romantic. Platonic with Angel Dust

-🦌Alastor🦌-

-🦌 Now I really don’t see him having a lot of facial hair, he either cuts it all off or on the off chance he does leave it to grow out, he’s gonna have a handlebar mustache with stubble around or just the mustache itself.

-🦌 If he catches you staring at it he’s either gonna disappear to shave it off or puff his chest out with pride. Please tell him if you like it, your opinion is the only opinion that matters to him (besides his own but that goes unsaid)

-🦌 He won’t let anything else grow out as in 1920’s to 1930’s small mustaches were the thing back then. Either the handlebar mustache or the English mustache.

-🦌 His facial hair is going to be a black/darkish brown as his hair. He pairs it with a good suit and god be damned he’s got everyone taking a second glance at him.

-🦌 The stubble or 5 o’clock shadow makes him more iffy, he likes it but he also likes everything about him to be cleaned up nicely. To him it looks gross and he will definitely shave that off, unless you say something to him. Then he might keep it just to annoy you with it.

-🦌 I’m talking about like, rubbing his cheek to your cheek to make you feel the hairs and it always make you laugh. He tries and fails on annoying you but he always wins cause he gets to see you smile and hear you laugh.

-🦆Lucifer 🦆-

-🦆 I know canonically he doesn’t have facial hair but let me dream damn it.

-🦆 To me Lucifer either has a full on beard to no beard at all. There is a small inbetween, which is a goatee. He will be hellbent on having a goatee if he’s not wanting to have a full beard.

-🦆 This man has a rigorous routine of beard upkeep. He’s not playing when it comes to himself. He may have depression but to him self care is very important and it’s okay to have bad days and ask for help.

-🦆 For his full beard? It’s either a Ducktail beard or a Hollywoodian style beard. He loves to run his fingers through it and feel all powerful (despite him being the Literal king of hell).

-🦆 Another man who asks your opinion on if he should keep the beard or go to his normal goatee or no beard at all, he’s not picky.

-🦆 You compliment him or say something about his beard (could be sexual or not) his cheeks go bright red and he gets super flustered but his chest puffs out proudly.

-🦆 Like the rest of his hair, it’s blonde but there is a more noticeable white streak if he has the beard. Don’t point it out please, he gets upset. He’s not old, he’s in his prime. (GOD IM SWOONING A WELL GROOMED BEARD GETS ME-)

-🎰 Husk 🎰-

-🎰 Husk our favorite bartender and our grumpy loveable cat. Before anyone can say anything, hush. I know he’s all fur and a cat but let me have this okay?

-🎰He’s grumpy and I’ll be honest, he just looks like a guy that let’s his facial hair grow out all the time.

-🎰 I do see him having the Balbo facial hairstyle or the imperial mustache. The only way you can differentiate it is by the longer fur on his snout and chin.

-🎰 Once again, it’s mainly white with some black hair in it to deal with the pattern of his fur. Once again, the only beard care he does is trimming and brushing it at best.

-🎰 He loves kissing you as it’s only other ways you can tell if he’s growing his facial hair out, the little hairs just brushing against your chin and lips. But he saves that for private moments.

-🕷️Angel Dust 🩷-

-🕷️ Now this one will be short but I don’t see Angel really like having a lot of facial hair. THE SAME THING WITH HUSK I KNOW HE IS FUR BUT PLEASE LET ME HAVE THIS-

-🩷 He will only allow stubble and only for a little bit before he shaves it off completely. So get used to it.

-🕷️ Baby boy can’t have any due to his line of work and also he doesn’t like how it feels.

-🩷It ruins his whole night time/facial routine and if he can’t shave that morning or night, he’s gonna be grumpy all day.

-🕷️ If he does let it grow out, it’s gonna be white but with specks of pink in there. It’s more prominent on his jawline and chin but if you look real close you can see more on his upper lip it’s just very hard to see.

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reasonsmandy · 1 year

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Dear Eddie Roundtree

Eddie Roundtree x Fem!Reader

✧.* you're reading part two of — "With Love, Eddie Roundtree"

✧.* summary — Eddie was enchanted by you ever since that night, and he would do anything to be by your side. Including playing detective with his best friend.

✧.* warnings — none

✧.* word count — 2.7k

✧.* 🎸 — Eddie's masterlist

✧.* mandy's notes — This was definitely one of my favorites, I hope you like it. I left a kind of message for you guys at the end, if you like my content please take some time to read it :) Good read 🫶🏾

Dear Eddie Roundtree,

I hope this letter finds you well. I've been wanting to write to you for weeks, but I haven't been able to because of everything that's been going on.

As you know, our night together caught the attention of Sub Rosa magazine, and the resulting photos caused a bit of a scandal. Unfortunately, my director is now trying to spin things by having me pretend to be dating my co-star. It's really frustrating, and I've been told not to contact you or see you again.

I did get your letter, though, and I loved it. You're such a good musician! And the tape you left me...I've been listening to it on repeat. Even if you didn't sing all the lines correctly, I think I like your version better.

Please don't try to reach me at the address you sent the letter to again, or my director will go ballistic. Instead, I'm going to leave some clues for you to find me. Keep an eye on my interviews and appearances - I'm going to drop some hints that will lead you to a new way to contact me. If you really want to find me, you'll need to be a little bit of a detective, but I know you're up for the challenge.

I hope you're still thinking about that night like I am. It was pretty amazing, wasn't it? If you're willing to put in the effort to find me, I promise it will be worth it.

Take care,

Y/N L/N.

Eddie read that letter for the tenth time that morning alone, it was as if that paper was the only thing keeping you attached to him. What do you mean by hints and clues? He read your words over and over again hoping to find a meaning among the letters.

He knew you would be worth looking for, and that's what he did for weeks. He filled Warren's head to help him, going in search of every magazine that mentioned your name and they were always on the lookout for any radio that announced that you were going to be there for the press.

"Man, are you sure that's what she meant?" Warren says through a yawn, flipping through the tenth magazine that night.

"Of course I'm sure, I read that letter four hundred times." Roundtree says in frustration.

"Can I read it?" Rojas asks, holding out his hand. He spends a few seconds studying the letter and then starts laughing. "Your girlfriend thinks we're Sherlock Holmes, is that it?"

"It's momentary, Warren," Eddie says, rolling his eyes. "Are you going to help me or not?"

"Okay okay, it's not here who said it anymore." He says with a shrug.

They sat for a few minutes in Silence, their ears filled only by the music playing in the background and the sound of pages turning.

Warren flips through the magazines, skimming over articles and interviews until he suddenly stops and lets out a chuckle. "Elementary, my dear Watson," he says laughing, holding up a page for Eddie to see.

"What's so funny?" Eddie asks, looking over his friend's shoulder.

Warren points to a line in the article. "I didn't know that actress had time to read at all," he reads aloud. "Looks like your girlfriend left you a clue in her favorite book."

"Give me that." Eddie pulls the magazine toward him and reads it carefully.

Y/N L/N, our hollywoodian actress is not only entertained with the scripts she has to memorize, check out here the books she is passionate about.

"I confess that in my free time I prefer to read a book instead of drowning myself in work at home. If I were to choose a favorite? Hm... I think it would be "The Shining" for sure, I read it for the first time in the library on 3rd and Maple, I could never forget how this book spoke to me. Oh, and if you happen to see a girl named Diana at that library, tell her that The Shining never gets old."

"That's it Warren!" Eddie gets up from the couch excited.

"I'm a genius." Warren smiled proudly of himself, he took a moment to think. "And now what?"

"Now we go to the library on 3rd and Maple." Roundtree felt like he was getting close to you, and he couldn't wait to feel you again.

…

Eddie and Warren stood outside the library, scanning the area for any signs of their next clue. Eddie read the magazine again, trying to make sense of the cryptic message.

"The Shining never gets old," he muttered to himself. "What the hell does that mean?"

Warren glanced over at Eddie and shrugged. "I don't know, hermano. But we're here now, might as well try to figure it out."

Eddie and Warren entered the library, scanning the place for any sign of the librarian Diana. They spotted her at the front desk, organizing a stack of books.

"Excuse me, miss," Eddie called out to her, approaching the desk. "We were hoping you could help us with something."

Diana looked up, studying Eddie and Warren with a quizzical expression. "What can I do for you gentlemen?"

"We're looking for a specific book," Eddie said. "It's called 'The Shining."

Diana's eyes widened slightly in recognition. "Ah, yes. The Shining. A great book. It never gets old."

Eddie and Warren exchanged a look, knowing that those were the exact words you had used in your interview. This was definitely the right place.

"We were actually hoping for a little more help," Eddie said, flashing Diana a charming smile. "You see, we're trying to track down this person for a special project. Would you happen to have any information on her?"

Diana paused, considering their request. "Well, I do have a note she asked me to handle. She's doing an interview on the radio tomorrow at noon. Perhaps that would be a good place to start." She says handing over a note with this written on it

Eddie and Warren exchanged a look of triumph. This was it, the first real lead in their search for you.

"Thank you so much," Eddie said, flashing Diana a grateful smile. "You've been a great help."

As they turned to leave, Diana called out after them. "And remember, The Shining never gets old!"

Eddie and Warren couldn't help but smile, knowing that they had just received their first real clue.

…

"You know what Eddie, I'm enjoying this whole detective thing." Warren says, biting into his sandwich as they both wait in front of the radio for the interview. "In case we go back to eating pocket toast, I'll become a private detective."

Eddie looks at his friend and starts laughing. "The ideas that pop into your head, are you sure this is the right station?"

"We've already checked about twenty times Eddie, relax." Rojas gets up going towards the sink, to wash the glass he had used.

As they wait, the radio host announces the upcoming interview with you, the famous actress who has taken Hollywood by storm. Eddie and Warren look at each other in excitement, knowing this is the moment they've been waiting for.

As your voice comes through the speakers, Eddie leans in closer to the radio, hanging on to every word, Warren takes his notebook ready to make notes. You talk about your life before fame, your struggles, and your favorite places to go. And then talking about your memories, they catch attention about one thing.

"You know, before I became famous, there was this little bar I used to go to all the time. It was called The Blue Note, and it was my favorite spot to unwind after a long day of auditions."

Warren's eyes light up as he recognizes the name of the bar. "I know that place! I used to have a thing with the barista, she was a real fox."

Eddie rolls his eyes. "Focus, Warren. We have a clue to follow."

"It was such a special place, I miss going there." Eddie hears your laugh and his heart skips a beat. "The barista there is a great friend of mine, if you go there and meet her one day ask for the Y/N classic. I'm sure you won't regret it, it's delicious!"

"Turns out this barista is going to be very helpful, uh." Eddie looks at Warren who smiles excitedly.

As the interview comes to an end, Eddie and Warren make their way to The Blue Note, ready to see what the next clue will lead them to.

…

The bar is dimly lit, with low hanging lights casting a warm glow over the wooden tables and chairs. The sound of clinking glasses and murmured conversations fills the air, creating a cozy and intimate atmosphere. The barista, a black woman with curly hair that falls over her shoulders, greets Warren with a warm smile and a playful wink.

"Well, well, well, look who decided to come back," she says, playfully flipping her hair. "I thought you would have found a new favorite spot by now."

Warren grins and leans in closer. "I could never abandon this place, not with you working here."

Warren and her talked for a little bit until Eddie comes inside to join them, ordering the "classic Y/N" and when he does so she looks at him, surprised.

"Oh that's a good one, actually one of my favorites" She says, still smiling and starting the drink. "How do you know the drink? Are you close to her? I say it because she doesn't usually comment with many people that she has this drink here."

"Yeah, she's a good friend of ours," Eddie replies.

The barista nods, "I haven't seen her around in a while. How's she doing?"

"Actually, that's what we're trying to figure out, pretty girl," Warren answers, winking at the barista.

She laughs and flirts back, "Well, if you see her again, tell her Amanda says hi."

Warren takes the opportunity to continue the flirtatious banter, "Sure thing, Amanda. Maybe we'll even bring her along next time we come here."

The barista smiles, "That would be great. By the way, I heard you guys are exploding with the band. You have a show coming up?"

Eddie nods, "Yeah, we do. Why do you ask?"

"Well, Y/N always loved your album, especially the song 'The River'. She likes it so much that maybe one day she'll see it live, like... the next show, who knows," Amanda says with a suggestive tone.

Eddie and Warren exchange a knowing look, realizing that this could be another clue to finding you.

…

As Warren counts down to the beginning of 'The River' Eddie's heart beats faster, his eyes desperately searching the crowd for you. As Daisy danced wildly across the stage, Billy felt the music with everything he had inside him and Warren waved his hair in the wind; he could only scan every face in that audience looking for you.

You had managed to escape all that running around on set, excited to finally see Eddie again, if all went well. You asked your manager to help you get backstage and with the right contacts you were there walking back and forth waiting for the song to end. His hands shook from nervousness, you saw him feeling the music but distressed he was looking for you among everyone there, you smiled with his lost face, you found it so cute.

"Miss L/N, Mr Roundtree's dressing room has been cleared for you." A security guard tells you, guiding you to the place.

Eddie's energy dropped as he didn't notice you in the middle of everyone, he felt a tightness in his chest thinking that maybe deep down all this had been a big delusion, a huge coincidence, a mistake, or maybe a bad joke. Warren noticed his abstinence in the environment and knew his friend would be upset, and after they thanked the audience, Rojas handed him a bottle of water.

"I'm sorry man, I really thought we were close." Warren tries to comfort his friend who just shakes his head, heading towards his dressing room.

As Eddie walks into his dressing room, he closes the door behind him and takes a deep breath, trying to shake off the disappointment of not finding you in the crowd.

But then he hears a soft voice behind him, "You know, Eddie, it's not that hard to find me."

He turns around to see you standing there, leaning against the door with a coy smile on your face. You're wearing a sleek black dress that shows off your curves, and your hair is styled in loose waves that frame your face perfectly.

Eddie's eyes widen in surprise as he stares at you, almost unable to believe that you're really there. "Pretty girl… didn't see you in the crowd."

"I know," you say, walking towards him. "I wanted to surprise you. And I thought I'd wait until the song was over, so I could have you all to myself."

Eddie's heart starts to race as you approach him, and he can feel the heat rising in his cheeks. He's been waiting for this moment for so long, and now that it's finally here, he can hardly believe it.

As you reach him, you put your hand on his chest, feeling his heart beating under your touch.

"I've missed you, Eddie," you whisper, looking up at him with a mix of longing and desire in your eyes, he doesn't wait any longer and kisses you tenderly.

As you continue to kiss, your bodies press together, and your hands roam each other's bodies, exploring and rediscovering the curves and dips that you have longed for. Eddie's hands glide up and down your back, tracing the outline of your beautiful dress, while yours wrap around his neck, pulling him closer. You break the kiss for a moment, both breathing heavily, your eyes locked in an intense gaze.

Eddie leans down to kiss your neck, feeling your soft skin against his lips, while you run your fingers through his hair, sending shivers down his spine. Your bodies move as one, your passion building with each passing moment, until you are lost in a whirlwind of desire.

After that intense make out, Eddie pulls away slightly to look into your eyes. His breath is heavy, and his heart is pounding in his chest. He runs his fingers through your hair, tucking a strand behind your ear.

"I've missed you so much," he says, his voice low and husky.

"I've missed you too," you reply, smiling up at him.

Eddie takes your hand and leads you to the couch in his dressing room, pulling you onto his lap. He holds you close, his hands running up and down your back.

"I don't ever want to be away from you again," he whispers in your ear.

"And you won't have to, my recordings are over today." You say wrapping your arms around his neck. "After the press tour I'm finally free."

"I can't wait to have you all to myself." He says kissing you again, having you around was wonderful.

You hear the door behind you open, the drummer was there with his sticks in hand, a wide smile on his face and arms crossed. "I'm a wonderful detective!" He says laughing, before leaving.

...

Hi, I hope you are well. Passing by to let you know that next week my content will be relatively less frequent, I usually post every day but I confess that my creativity is really crappy... So, as I feel that the feedback has been smaller too, I will dedicate myself more to your requests and try to deliver my best, I'm trying to write things that are not very similar to what I've already posted here, so if you want to make me a request (especially if it's about djats actors) tell me what exactly do you want me to write that is different from the other stories I brought on my profile.

I'll be writing your requests until next week (but if you sent me something and I couldn't write it by then, don't worry, when my exams are over I will write) because after that my college exams will come and I'll be swamped studying, I hope you don't forget about me in my absence :)

beijos no coração de vocês 🫶🏾 - mandy

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elinaline · 5 months

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You know, what depresses me maybe the most about this whole teenagers fully buying into the hollywoodian terror of visibly growing old is that during the lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 there were many key events where people being heavily targeted by cosmetic companies (so, women, and teens that are told they have "bad skin") realized they didn't need to hide what their own face looked like anymore and that they could just show themselves. And the anti aging industry has completely erased this progress and we've even reverted further back. I truly do not understand how this could have happened.

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viktor-danilov · 3 months

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Beard Styles

Beard hair is most commonly removed by shaving or by trimming with the use of a beard trimmer.

If only the area above the upper lip is left unshaven, the resulting facial hairstyle is known as a mustache;

if hair is left only on the chin, the style is a goatee.

Goatee: A tuft of hair grown on the chin, sometimes resembling a billy goat's.

Junco: A goatee that extends upward and connects to the corners of the mouth but does not include a mustache, like the circle beard.

Meg: A goatee that extends upward and connects to the mustache, this word is commonly used in the south east of Ireland.

Van Dyke: a goatee accompanied by a mustache.

Monkey tail: a Van Dyke as viewed from one side, and a Lincoln plus mustache as viewed from the other, giving the impression that a monkey's tail stretches from an ear down to the chin and around one's mouth.

Hollywoodian: a beard with an integrated mustache that is worn on the lower part of the chin and jaw area, without connecting sideburns.

Reed: a beard with an integrated mustache that is worn on the lower part of the chin and jaw area that tapers towards the ears without connecting sideburns.

Royale: a narrow pointed beard extending from the chin. The style was popular in France during the period of the Second Empire, from which it gets its alternative name, the imperial or impériale.

Verdi: a short beard with a rounded bottom and slightly shaven cheeks with a prominent mustache

Muslim beard: Full beard with the mustache trimmed

Soul patch: a small beard just below the lower lip and above the chin

Glitter beard: Beard dipped in glitter.[20][21]

Hulihee: clean-shaven chin with fat chops connected at the mustache.

Friendly mutton chops: long mutton chop-type sideburns connected to a mustache, but with a shaved chin and neck.

Stashburns or the Lemmy: sideburns that drop down the jaw but jut upwards across the mustache, leaving the chin exposed. Similar to friendly mutton chops. Often found in southern and southwestern American culture (see, for example, the Yosemite Sam caricature).

Closed or Tied beard: Mostly seen among modern Sikh youth, this is a kind of full beard tied by using a sticky liquid or Gel and stiffens below the chin.

Oakley beard: Described by Indian makeup artist Banu as "neither a French beard nor a full beard". She used the look for Rajinikanth in Enthiran (2010).

Full: downward flowing beard with either a styled or integrated mustache

Garibaldi: wide, full beard with rounded bottom and integrated mustache

Old Dutch: A large, long beard, connected by sideburns, that flares outward in width at the bottom, without a mustache.

Sideburns: hair grown from the temples down the cheeks toward the jawline. Worn by Ambrose Burnside (the namesake of the style), Isaac Asimov and Carlos Menem.

Jawline beard: A beard that is grown from the chin along the jawline. Chinstrap, chin curtain and brett are all variations of a jawline beard with distinctions being chin coverage and sideburn length.

Chinstrap: a beard with long sideburns that comes forward and ends under the chin.

Chin curtain: similar to the chinstrap beard but covers the entire chin. Also called a Lincoln, Shenandoah, or spade.

Brett: similar to the chin curtain beard, but does not connect to the sideburns.[17]

Neckbeard: similar to the chinstrap, but with the chin and jawline shaven, leaving hair to grow only on the neck. While never as popular as other beard styles, a few noted historical figures have worn this type of beard, such as Nero, Horace Greeley, Henry David Thoreau, William Empson, Peter Cooper, Moses Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner, and Michael Costa.

Circle beard: Commonly mistaken for the goatee, the circle beard is a small chin beard that connects around the mouth to a mustache. Also called a doorknocker.[18]

Designer stubble: A short growth of the male beard that was popular in the West in the 1980s, and experienced a resurgence in popularity in the 2010s.[19]

Sea captain: A rounded, bottom-heavy beard of medium length with short sides that is often paired with a longer mustache.

#Beard

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anabdaniels · 8 months

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Flufftober 2023 with Agent Whiskey - Day 23- Putting on makeup

Paring: Agent Whiskey x Gender Neutral Reader

Word counting: 520

Rating: General audiences

Nights of Statesman events were always something else, not only because the company always dropped giant events that looked like the red carpet of a Hollywoodian movie, but because you were married to the CEO of the company, so you’d always spend a good amount of time getting ready.

“Damn, I hate this.” Jack complained for the 100th time on that night while aligning his tuxedo once more, making you laugh while giving the final touches on your eyelash mascara.

“You’ll survive another black-tie event.” You said while looking at him through the mirror of your dressing table.

“I have my doubts.” He complained again and sat on the edge of the bed, turning his attention to you and what you were doing.

“You’re so dramatic.” You laughed quietly while retouching the highlighter on the tip of your nose.

“Easy for you to say that when you’re having fun to get ready.” Jack shook his head and laughed.

“Well, we’re on time, so I can provide you with some concealer and blush.” You said after turning to look at him, trying to keep serious.

“If didn’t have the chance of it falling on my shirt and I need to change this penguin clothing again, I’d accept it to see what’s so entertaining about it.” He answered calmly, actually meaning it.

“Be aware that I’ll charge it in a future opportunity.” You chuckled while applying glue on a pair of eyelashes and then handing them to him. Already used to doing that kind of thing for you, Jack just calmly grabbed the pair of eyelashes, being careful to not touch the glue, still observing what you were doing. “Wait a minute.” He said when you were about to apply your red lipstick.

“What’s the matter?” you asked with one eyebrow slightly raised.

“Gimme a last kiss before putting your lipstick on.” He said looking straight at you with those adorable puppy eyes.

“As if a bit of lipstick had ever stopped you.” You laughed and leaned closer to Jack, kissing him calmly and lengthily “Satisfied?” you asked softly after apart your lips from his and he nodded with a smirk.

You chuckled and turned your attention back to what you were doing previously, applying your lipstick and getting the pair of eyelashes back, carefully placing the first one in your eye, aware that Jack was watching the whole process almost without breath.

“How did you learn to do that?” he questioned seeming impressed with your ease in doing it, as he always was while watching you doing your makeup.

“It’s practice.” You answered calmly while already finishing applying the first lash, pressing it gently with the tweezers to make sure they’d be well fixed “Of course, the tons of tutorials on the internet had helped a lot, but the most important is practice.” You keep talking while putting the other lash in place “Pretty much like your practice with the lasso.”

“And, pretty much as you when it comes to my use of the lasso, I could spend the whole day watching you doing this.”

Flufftober masterlist

#agent whiskey #agent whiskey fic #agent whiskey x reader #agent whiskey x you #kingsman: the golden circle #pedro pascal #pedro pascal characters #jack whiskey daniels #kinktober 2023 #flufftober #pedrostories

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mockbf · 3 days

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i didn't like my film prof last year at all. but i did like her constantly saying "hollywoodian." and that she called out this girl that was saying super uninformed stuff on palestine in a class discussion (that was also using the fact that she was jewish as a shield). so she was ultimately well read and knew her shit. she just wasn't meant to be a prof lmao.

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loveisjustawaytodieblog · 22 days

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"Innanzitutto perché penso che Penelope sia bella esattamente come è. E il suo aspetto non influisce minimamente sul fatto che possa far innamorare qualcuno di sé. Mi sembrava sgradevole anche solo pensarlo. Per cui io l’ho detto subito: non faremo questa trasformazione. Nicola è sbalorditiva e volevamo semplicemente mostrarla per quello che è. Ho sempre pensato che fosse bellissimo che lei avesse la possibilità di essere più indipendente di quanto chiunque possa immaginare. E tutto questo ha un ruolo molto importante in questa stagione"

Le parole di Shonda Rhimes riguardo la perdita di 12 chili che Penelope fa all'interno del libro rispetto alla scelta di non metterlo nella serie mi sembra di grande rilevanza, in un settore, come quello cinematografico, che è nato ed ha prosperato nei decenni sulla bellezza e sugli standard che essa di conseguenza spinge in tutti i modi a raggiungere, lo trovo veramente significativo. Non solo perché la società di oggi anche se spinge le persone all'accettazione sotto certi punti di vista, sotto tanti altri mira a sminuirle e a mantenere alto il concetto di paragone tra gli individui, che è impossibile perché siamo esseri diversi soprattutto con vissuti diversi.

Se imparassimo a studiare un pò le vicende delle grandi dive hollywoodiane scopriremo che il 99% di loro sono state costruite attraverso uno studio attento di chirurghi, makeup artist, portamento, le luci, ecc.

#citazioni #frasi #pensieri #noia #bridgerton #penelope featherington #compagnia #seguimi #seguimi e ti seguo #serie televisive #serie tv

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multiverseofseries · 24 days

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La serie animata degli X-Men che cambiò tutto

«Guarda, guarda là, c’è un gruppetto di mutanti. Li ho visti però sono ancora assai distanti, van per la città difendendo gli abitanti. Mutanti, mutanti, insuperabili X-Men!» Chi a metà anni Novanta era bambino – o magari un appassionato di fumetti – di sicuro avrà ancora ben impressi nella propria mente questi versi, che introducevano gli spettatori italiani a una serie animata basata su un fumetto di Marvel Comics all’epoca non tanto popolare al di fuori di alcune cerchie ristrette: X-Men: The Animated Series.

Da noi nota come Insuperabili X-Men (o semplicemente X-Men), andò in onda negli Stati Uniti fra il 1992 e il 1997 su Fox Kids, nello slot per bambini del sabato mattina (in Italia invece fu trasmessa inizialmente su Canale 5, all’interno dei classici contenitori dell’epoca per i più piccoli e poi proseguita in modo discontinuo sui vari canali Mediaset).

Come nei fumetti da cui era tratta, i protagonisti erano un gruppo di individui nati con super poteri e per questo temuti dalle persone normali. Una parte di loro ha scelto di usare le proprie capacità per cercare di dominare la Terra – o, più prosaicamente, a scopo criminale; un’altra ha invece deciso di proteggere il pianeta, trovandosi però spesso costretta a difendersi dagli umani malvagi. Tra questi ultimi c’erano proprio gli X-Men, gruppo radunato dal professor Charles Xavier, mutante dotato di poteri telepatici, spinto dal sogno di una convivenza pacifica fra i suoi simili e l’umanità.

La serie animata degli X-Men diventò in poco tempo un piccolo cult, lasciandosi dietro negli anni una profonda scia nostalgica, soprattutto negli Stati Uniti. Questo anche grazie alla buona fattura delle storie e al character design accattivante. Insieme alla serie di Batman, che aveva esordito un anno prima sempre sullo stesso Fox Kids, X-Men contribuì a cambiare l’immagine dei supereroi, preparandoli per il successo planetario che avrebbero avuto con i “cinecomics” a partire dal decennio successivo.

Le origini segrete

A ideare la serie fu Margaret Loesch, all’epoca dirigente di Fox Kids ma che aveva già una notevole esperienza nel settore dell’intrattenimento per bambini e ragazzi, avendo lavorando in passato per ABC, NBC, Hanna-Barbera Productions e Marvel Productions. In quegli stessi anni, Loesch fu fondamentale per il lancio negli Stati Uniti del franchise dei Powers Rangers (che avrebbe esordito su Fox Kids nel 1993, un anno dopo gli X-Men).

Loesch era fan degli X-Men fin da ragazzina, quando ne aveva scoperto i fumetti sceneggiati da Stan Lee, co-creatore del super gruppo insieme al disegnatore Jack Kirby: «Mi incuriosivano perché erano davvero diversi da tutto quello che avevo visto in precedenza. Erano gli anni Settanta, e gli X-Men a cui mi avvicinai per la prima volta erano adolescenti. Ero affascinato dall’idea di questi giovani emarginati che affrontavano tutti i problemi che oggi vediamo nelle persone che non vengono accettate per le loro differenze».

Eppure, proprio quest’ultimo elemento rese difficoltosa in quegli anni l’ideazione di una serie animata ispirata agli X-Men. Nonostante si trattasse del fumetto di maggiore successo di quegli anni, in grado persino di vendere milioni di copie, l’idea di un gruppo di emarginati non era infatti considerata “spendibile” dalle case di produzione hollywoodiane.

Oltretutto, i fumetti non avevano una grande considerazione presso i vertici di Fox, da cui erano ritenuti roba per ragazzini nerd. I dirigenti dell’azienda avevano avvertito Loesch di stare rischiando il suo posto di lavoro, procedendo con la produzione di una serie tv basata sui personaggi. La Storia, invece, avrebbe presto dato ragione alla produttrice.

Il grande successo

Fin dai primissimi episodi, la serie ottenne ottimi ascolti (di solito dai sei agli otto milioni di televisori sintonizzati a puntata, con picchi anche superiori) e fu recensita in modo positivo da testate prestigiose come TV Guide e Variety. Nonostante fosse ancora un piccolo network, nella fascia del sabato mattina Fox Kids superò con regolarità gli ascolti dei tre canali televisivi americani più importanti (ABC, NBC e CBS), a volte persino messi assieme. X-Men inoltre contribuì a migliorare i risultati delle serie trasmesse subito prima o subito dopo dalla stessa emittente.

L’importanza di X-Men fu inoltre tale che – come sottolineato per esempio da Inverse o CBR – grazie a essa si concretizzò l’idea di mettere in cantiere i successivi film live-action dedicati ai personaggi e diretti da Bryan Singer, che a loro volta avrebbero portato al successo il genere supereroistico al cinema, insieme alla coeva trilogia di Spider-Man del regista Sam Raimi, aprendo la strada alle produzioni dei Marvel Studios. Nel 2014, Vulture addirittura scrisse che la serie aveva contribuito a creare il modello per i film tratti dai fumetti di quegli anni, meno kitsch e più seriosi che in passato.

Pensata fondamentalmente come una serie per bambini, X-Men riuscì infatti a conquistare soprattutto i teenager, trattando importanti temi sociali, importati dai fumetti su cui era basata, come razzismo, discriminazione, bigottismo e religione. Nel corso delle sue 5 stagioni si occupò anche dell’Olocausto e dell’AIDS, raccontandoli in modo diretto o metaforico. «La serie animata poté raccontare queste storie perché facevano parte del mondo degli X-Men. Non so se sarebbe stato possibile creare una nuova property che raccontasse queste storie nel modo in cui gli X-Men erano in grado di farlo» ha commentato in seguito Julia Lewald, membro del cast di sceneggiatori di X-Men. Queste tematiche così profonde erano equilibrate dai colori piuttosto vivaci e accesi delle animazioni, in grado di attirare un pubblico più giovane.

Non fu in ogni caso facile realizzare una serie che potesse essere vista dai bambini partendo dai fumetti degli X-Men dell’epoca. «I programmi per bambini erano tradizionalmente molto restrittivi: non ci si picchiava, non c’era sangue, non c’erano armi realistiche, non c’era nulla di lontanamente legato alla sfera sessuale, non c’era nemmeno la morte» ha raccontato Eric Lewald, uno degli autori della serie. Fummo fortunati perché Fox Kids TV aveva l’ultima parola e i suoi tre dirigenti non solo conoscevano e amavano i fumetti, ma amavano anche le storie più intense dei personaggi.»

«Margaret ci ha permesso di uccidere Morph. Ci ha permesso di far diventare Wolverine protagonista di un episodio in cui ha un rapporto conflittuale con Dio» ha poi continuato Lewald. «Abbiamo lavorato per essere fedeli allo spirito del materiale di partenza. Abbiamo cercato di mantenere il dramma originario, con identica intensità emotiva. Le persone urlano spesso i nomi degli altri. Ma, alla fine, le storie migliori riguardano i personaggi, non la violenza.»

Un cast multietnico

Il cast di personaggi principali della serie animata era composto dal Professor Charles Xavier, Wolverine, Ciclope, Tempesta, Jean Grey, Bestia, Rogue, Gambit e Jubilee. Intorno a loro ruotarono però anche altri classici membri degli X-Men, come Cable, Alfiere, Colosso, Nightcrawler, Psylocke, Arcangelo, Uomo Ghiaccio, Longshot, Havok, Polaris e Banshee. Tra gli avversari del gruppo, si videro invece Magneto, Apocalisse, Sinistro, Omega Red, Emma Frost, il Fenomeno, Black Tom Cassidy, Lady Deathstrike, Proteus, Mojo, le Sentinelli e tanti altri.

I protagonisti furono scelti in modo da avere caratteri tutti differenti tra di loro, con poteri facilmente distinguibili. Xavier era una figura paterna, Ciclope ricopriva il ruolo di leader sul campo, Wolverine sprizzava grande carisma, Gambit era il bel tenebroso della situazione e così via. L’obiettivo fu anche quello di avere un cast multietnico, come nella tradizione degli X-Men da metà anni Settanta in poi, quando il gruppo era stato rilanciato con una nuova formazione. «Dovevamo anche considerare chi voleva la Marvel» ha affermato inoltre Lewald. «Gambit, per esempio, era un personaggio nuovo, e loro lo volevano».

La scelta più originale, secondo Mark Edens, capo sceneggiatore di X-Men, fu invece quella relativa a Jubilee, pensata come personaggio in cui poter fare identificare gli spettatori: «Fu scelta in qualità di controparte del pubblico. La maggior parte delle persone non aveva mai sentito parlare degli X-Men, quindi avevamo bisogno di qualcuno che, come il pubblico, non sapesse chi essi fossero».

Lewald, inoltre, è sempre stato orgoglioso delle figure femminili di X-Men, da lui definite “ass-kicking”, traducibile come “spaccaculi” o “cazzute” (o, più educatamente, “una forza della natura”): «Quando facciamo una serie, ci dicono sempre: “È per ragazzi. Non devono esserci personaggi femminili”. Margaret fu probabilmente la ragione principale. Era il suo show.»

X-Men era d’altra parte molto fedele ai fumetti: oltre a riprendere i costumi ideati a inizio anni Novanta da Jim Lee – uno dei più importanti disegnatori di sempre dei personaggi – adattò anche molte storie apparse nei comic book, tra le quali La saga di Fenice Nera e Giorni di un futuro passato, entrambe scritte da Chris Claremont e John Byrne e considerate tra le migliori avventure in assoluto del gruppo. Le citazioni dei fumetti erano in realtà continue, anche all’interno delle singole scene, ma l’obiettivo era quello di rivolgersi a spettatori che non conoscevano i personaggi.

Attualmente, tutti i 76 episodi di X-Men sono disponibili su Disney+, sia nella versione originale in inglese che doppiata in italiano. Sulla stessa piattaforma, dal 20 marzo è disponibile X-Men ’97, serie prodotta da Marvel Animation, una divisione di Marvel Studios, parte di Walt Disney Studios, a sua volta sussidiaria di The Walt Disney Company. La serie ha la particolarità di fare da sequel alla serie animata degli anni Novanta riprendendone trame e stile. Nostalgia canaglia, davvero.

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