#I'm just saying they really goofed up with making this film really GOOD and go out HARD

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

Not me making two people have the major feels exchanging ideas on Discord for KFP4 cause we were all disappointed with how it ended up being and showing them an idea I came up with in a single hour.

[mikaleialt]

Ride It!| Bada Lee

Bada Lee x Reader

Fluff, suggestive, smut, drabble

Synopsis: In a random instagram live, your newly found fans after SWF 2, started asking you random questions about what do you think of each team leaders. For a quick background, you are one of the team leaders in SWF 2, but sadly your team got eliminated after the Crew Battle Mission, after getting defeated by Mannequeen on the elimination round along with Wolf'lo and Lady Bounce.

C/w: based off of this post by @westwoodsvivi. Honestly I just wrote this to finally end my writer's block as I have been gone for more than a month now.

Street Woman Fighter 2 is finally over and although your team didn't make it to the top 4, you still continued to support the other teams until the end, especially when the winner of SWF 2 is the team leaded by your girlfriend.

And now here you are, preparing for the On the Stage concert. All of the teams are in one place again, practicing the dance routines they've performed during SWF 2.

You were finally on break and some of the dancers of each team started goofing around with each other, filming tiktok dances together with Redy who seem to just stand in the background of every video. You laugh at how Redy looks like a lost child standing behind Che Che, Debby, and Yoonji as the trio dance.

Bored in your own world you decided to set up your phone as you sat in the corner of the studio, and finally hit the 'Go live' button after getting permission from the staffs who told you that it is fine as long as you don't spoil anything about the concert.

Viewers immediately flooded the comments and you tried your best to greet everyone. The viewer count goes up by the second.

"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii 🤎"

"OMG Y/NNNNN 🥹"

"Hi from 🇦🇱"

"Ano ba tayo, Y/n 😩 (what are we, Y/n)"

You read each comments from fans greeting you, to trying to make you say a phrase in their language, to asking you how you have been.

"I'm doing good, as you all know, we're preparing for the upcoming concert. We're actually on a break right now and everyone is doing their own thing. And here I am, in my own space." You picked up your camera as you show the empty dance practice room that you are in right now.

"Honestly, I got bored during our break so I went live" you chuckled. "Everyone has been really busy these days, and I miss talking to you guys." You sent the viewers a flying kiss, which made the comment section go wild.

"AAAAAAHHHH"

"EXCUSE ME⁉️⁉️"

"THAT KISS WAS DEFINITELY FOR ME"

You immediately got embarrassed as you are not used to giving out fan service or acting cute for other people. You give it a few seconds for the fans to finally calm down once again.

"Hmm, there's still much time until we go back to practicing again, what should I do? What do you guys think?" You read the comments once again as each viewers suggest something for you to do. After a few more minutes you finally settled to do a Q and A.

"What is today's TMI?" You read one of the comments as you ponder to yourself what could you share to your viewers . "Hmm, today I arrived at the studio crying because I was watching that one video of that kid from My Golden Kid." You giggled. "It was a very sad clip, I was crying the whole time while I was on my way here."

A few more question pops up after that and you tried your best to answer each one. "Who do you find attractive among the SWF 2 leaders?" You read another question.

"Me, of course" you flip your hair sassily before laughing to yourself. "No, in all honesty, it's gotta be Kirsten or Bada. They're both really charismatic." You answered.

"What part of them do you find attractive?" You read the follow up question.

"For Kirsten, it's probably her hips. I'm not gonna lie, when I saw Kirsten dance for the first time, my whole attention was on her hips..." you shyly admit to your viewers.

"...as for Bada... I really like her nose" you said without any explanation as memories from a few nights ago came back to you.

♡⑅*˖•. ·͙*̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩̥͙·̩̩̥͙*̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩͙‧͙ .•˖*⑅♡

"A-ahh Bada" your breath staggers as you move your hips, grinding your wet core on your girlfriend's face.

It was the night after BEBE won SWF 2 and you told Bada that you'll do whatever she asks for if they win, which leads you to the situation that you are in right now.

Bada's only wish from you as a reward is for you to sit on her face as she eats you out, which you did without any hesitation.

"That's it ride my face, baby" Bada speak against your pussy as she continues to eat it like a starved man.

You couldn't help but moan louder as your clit presses on the tip of Bada's nose. You continue to grind your puffy clit against it, each movement makes you shiver, as your girlfriend's tongue fucks your cunt relentlessly.

"I-I'm gonna—hah" your eyes roll to the back of your head as the pleasure in your stomach builds up. "Yeah that's it, come for me baby" Bada said as she continues to eat you out.

Soon, a loud moan escapes from your lips as you finally had your release. Your legs were shaking as Bada continues to lap up your juices, each movement of her head under you, the tip of her nose touches your clit.

"So good to me baby, can you give me one more?" Bada sucks on your clit before diving back again into fucking your cunt with her tongue...

♡⑅*˖•. ·͙*̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩̥͙·̩̩̥͙*̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩͙‧͙ .•˖*⑅♡

"Ok let's get back to work" Funky Y announces as she enters the room which snaps you back to reality.

"So yeah anyway, that would be all. See you at the On the Stage concert everyone. Byeeee" You immediately pressed the 'End live' button, before putting down your phone.

"Oh Y/n, so you're here all along" The rest of the dancers enter the room one by one.

"Unnie, why is your face so red?" Sowoen pointed out your face. To which made you turn red even more. The whole time you are reminiscing about that night, you were blushing like crazy.

"It's nothing, I was just feeling hot." You excused yourself, but little do you know, a certain someone was actually watching your live earlier.

Bada approached you as she whispers something to your ears.

"So you like me nose huh, why don't you ride my face again once we got home?"

A/n: it's been a while omg, I missed writing. I'm slowly regaining my motivation to write again finally!!! I hope you like it, sorry if its not as good as you guys thought it would be. This is just a quick drabble to finally break my writer's block, I did not proofread this.

[alyswritings]

Drew Starkey

Request: Hi Could I request a rudy pankow x daughter reader Y/N warms up to drew Starkey because I really enjoyed the ones you did form Criminal Minds thank you and love your page ❤️

Rudy Pankow x daughter!reader

Summary: Y/N warms up to Drew.

Warnings: just some fluff!

a/n: thank you for the request! this has been in my inbox for, like, almost a year lmao. hope you all enjoy!

(gif not mine)

"Okay, baby girl. You ready to go meet everybody?" Rudy asks as he unbuckles the two year old out of her car seat. Y/N lets out a small whine as Rudy holds her on his hip. "I know you're shy around new people, but you'll be okay, munchkin. I promise."

He gets whatever he'll need and grabs Y/N's sippy cup before heading inside of the restaurant.

"Hi. Um, I'm meeting a group here. The reservation should be under, uh, Chase Stokes. Like, seven or so people." Rudy tells the hostess.

"Oh, yes. You're on the patio." She points in the direction.

"Thanks." Rudy says as he heads for the patio. "Hey." He greets everybody.

"Sup, man." Chase greets. They all greet him, since they've already met him.

"And who is this little cutie?" Madelyn warmly smiles at the toddler in Rudy's arms. Y/N leans closer to her father, her arms wrapping around his neck.

"This is Y/N." Rudy states, drumming his fingers on Y/N's back lightly. "Can you say hi?" He asks. The girl shakes her head, holding onto him tighter. "She's shy when you meet her. She'll warm up sooner or later."

Rudy sits down, being between Drew and JD.

"You wanna sit in a high chair?" Rudy quietly asks his daughter.

"No." She whines, latching onto his arm.

"Okay. Okay, you're okay. It's okay." Rudy assures, keeping his arm around her.

They all order and soon enough get their food. Rudy puts Y/N in her high chair so she can eat and he starts eating.

At one point, Y/N drops her fork.

"No." She whines, watching it fall, but Drew catches it in time.

"Here you go." Drew softly smiles, holding the fork out. Y/N shrinks away from him and Rudy takes the fork.

"Can you say thank you, baby?" Rudy asks.

"Fank you." Y/N quietly says, taking the fork from her dad.

"Thanks, man." Rudy says.

"You're welcome." Drew says.

- - -

Y/N is on the set and sitting in Rudy's cast chair. She's holding her stuffed animal on her lap, watching everybody goof around while they wait to start filming and Drew and Austin are also both hanging around.

Rudy walks over to his daughter.

"How you holding up, sweetness?" Rudy asks, adjusting one of her pigtails.

"'Ood." Y/N says, giving him a thumbs up and Rudy smiles a little. "Pway?"

"Yeah. Yeah, come on. Just don't touch anything that isn't part of nature." Rudy says and Y/N nods. He puts her on the ground and she walks around, Rudy following her.

Y/N finds a soccer ball and looks up at her dad while pointing at it.

"Yeah. Yeah, we can play with that." Rudy nods. He grabs the ball and leads her further away from the filming equipment to make sure they won't hit any of it.

Rudy gently kicks the ball towards her and Y/N does her best to kick it back.

"Good job." Rudy praises, walking over to the ball to kick it again. Y/N grins at the praise, giggling.

They continue to kick it back and forth and Rudy has it again. He kicks it too hard, it rolling right past Y/N and towards the others.

"Shit." He mumbles and watches the ball bump into Drew's leg. Drew kicks the ball back over, gently kicking it to Y/N.

The toddler gives him a shy smile and Drew gives her a soft smile back.

- - -

Y/N is sitting at a piano that's on set and she's pressing randomly on the keys. Rudy is a few feet away, talking with the others about some of the scenes, the blonde periodically glancing over at his daughter to make sure she's still there.

Drew walks over and smiles a little.

"Hey." He gently calls, getting the toddler's attention and she stops. "Hey, can I show you something?" His hand hovers over the keys. Y/N seems to consider his question before nodding.

Drew uses one hand to play some notes, glancing at Y/N who watches his hand dance back and forth, producing notes that actually sound like music much unlike her random choices. Y/N smiles a little.

"Can I sit down?" Drew asks and Y/N still takes a moment to think before nodding. Drew sits next to her, making sure to keep some space between them since she's still a little shy.

Drew plays some more notes, using both hands this time, and Y/N watches him with a small grin on her face.

Drew starts to teach her simple notes and she does her best to repeat whatever he does.

- - -

The cast are at the apartment and gathered for a movie night. They have all the snacks out and Y/N helped pick out the movie, it needing to be G or PG given her age.

"Okay, ready to watch the movie?" Rudy asks his daughter, giving her a sippy cup full of chocolate milk.

"Uh-huh." Y/N nods, the two walking into the living room. "I wanna sit with Dew." She states while walking over to the said man. Drew lets her climb onto his lap and her back rests against his chest. Drew wraps an arm around her to make sure she won't fall off.

"Wh-- but you always sit with me during movie nights." Rudy says.

"Dew." Y/N says again, taking a drink of her chocolate milk.

"What can I say? I am the desired company for the masterpiece that is Finding Dory." Drew comments.

"But she always sits with me." Rudy quietly whines, pouting.

"Dude, you have her all the time. One movie with her attached to somebody else isn't the end of the world." Madison comments.

"Yes, it is." Rudy grumbles, trudging to the couch, sitting between JD and Madelyn.

"Well, hey, you get to do the whole bedtime routine thing." JD says. Madelyn sympathetically pats the blonde on his head.

"You'll live." She tells him. "Besides, you wanted her to warm up to us, right? Least she likes him now."

"Yeah, but now I actually have to share her." Rudy mutters.

"You poor thing." Chase sarcastically comments.

Rudy huffs as Madison starts the movie, ignoring the jealousy in the pit of his stomach from not having his daughter with him. He is glad she's warmed up to the cast, knowing how shy she always is around new people, but honestly, he's probably just as attached to her as she is to him.

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[sapphyreopal5]

"A Walk on the Dark Side" J2 Interview

The following are snippets from the "A Walk on the Dark Side" interview from the Supernatural Magazine, Issue 11 (pages 10 to 17).[x]

"You never know what to expect when you’re on the Supenatural set with Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki. In some cases you'll find yourself empathetically mouthing “ouch,” while in others you'll be crinkling your nose and reaching for a gas mask. Either way, you’ll soon be laughing.

During the filming of Lucifer Rising, Ackles had to run at full tilt and ram into some church doors that Genevieve Cortese’s Ruby had slammed shut upon seeing him. Over and over again he threw his shoulder into the doors, but he always held his ground. Then, on the last take, he bounced off the doors and the impact knocked him to the floor. Ouch, If that had been an accident, it sure would have been painful - but the grin on Ackles' face belies the truth; it was just one of his premeditated goofs. “Yeah, sometimes I just do it for fun," he admits later in his trailer. “Nobody knew I was gonna do it, but I knew we had it in the take before, so I figured I'd just throw something funny in there.”

“There’s a lot of flatulence, especially in the Impala. Ill look over and Jared's just smiling at me. I'm like, 'What? You didn't!' And then I’ll have to get out of the car…” It's no wonder Ackles has taken up golfing - to get some fresh air! “I’m doing a lot of golfing these days," he says. “I've always kind of played golf, fiddled with it every now and again, but for some reason this year I’m getting more into it. One of the things I love about golf is that you can get out there for four or five hours and not think about anything else. There’s a course up in North Vancouver where you’re sitting on the tee box and you’re looking out over the city from the top of a mountain. There are deer running across the fairways and stuff! It’s just gorgeous. When you’re out there, you’re not thinking about, ‘Oh, what do I have to do tomorrow?’ Or, ’Where am I going this weekend?’ Or anything like that.

You just set up the ball and try to hit your next shot."

"Some people refer to walking out in nature as being in God’s Country, and golfing might be the closest Ackles gets to being near God on Earth, because he doesn’t expect the Lord to make an appearance on Supernatural anytime soon. “I don’t think so, but that's just my prediction," he said. “I think it’s kind of like God's the president and he’s sent his generals to Earth to take care of the mess. I don’t think he’s going to come over here and be like, 'Hey, what seems to be the problem?’" Maybe Dean will have to talk to a burning bush? “Ah, no, I don’t think so.”

Killing Lilith Jared Padalecki always puts great effort into the heavy emotional scenes on Supernatural, and perhaps his most intense scene yet happened in "Lucifer Rising" when Sam battled Lilith. First he had to choose between listening to his brother (who was trying to stop him), and listening to Ruby, who was pushing him to kill Lilith- Then he had to deal with the implications of Ruby’s deceit, which led to Sam inadvertently freeing Lucifer. “That was such a hard day for me," Padalecki shared. “I felt like I had a hangover for days from going where I had to go emotionally when I found out I'd started the end of the world and brought on the Apocalypse. It's not like you read the script and go, 'Oh, cool! Well, let's chase butterflies! Everything is all happy and good…' You really have to commit, and you have to go deep. That’s also where the excitement of being an actor comes in; it's committing and finding new things, and creating. It's discovering those kind of things that you didn't think would happen, where you go, 'Wow, I didn’t know I'd feel like that.' That's just so cool."

"The presence of the angels has already shaken up the Supernatural universe pretty thoroughly. “It's really upped the ante," concurs Ackles. “We've gotten into some real big epic storylines, and it’s cool because it introduced some really unique characters, like Castiel and Anna, and obviously it got Ruby and Lilith more involved, which was great. We're dealing with things on a much larger level, and it takes the guys to an interesting spot, because now they're feeling like this is all way bigger than them and they don’t know how to handle it It’s a situation that they’re not used to dealing with. They’re usually killing vampires and taking out ghosts and shapeshifters and stuff like that. To deal with something on a biblical level added a nice twist to the storyline. Hey, go big or go home, right?"

You can't get much bigger than Lucifer! Which begs the question; 'Where do we go now? How soon will the boys come face -to-face with Lucifer? Can they ever even go back to chasing ghosts and Chupacabras when The Prince of Darkness is loose on Earth? That’s a great question, and I have no idea," Padalecki admits. “I don't know what to expect from Eric Kripke and the other writers, so I just roll with the punches. I'm really anxious, as a fan, to see what happens. I'm really excited about season five, and I cant wait to see where the writers take it.”

Ever since we learned that Sam had demon-given powers, fans have been wondering Just how far the writers will take his journey to the dark side. Not that long ago, many people - including Padaleckl himself - assumed that Sam and Ruby would never hook up. He said he didn't think that storyline would pan out. Of course, the writers did go there. "I thought it was interesting," Padalecki reflects. “Supemalural is not, and never has been - and hopefully never will be - a show about sex and lust and all of that kind of stuff that you expect on teen melodramas.

I think the most important thing about the relationship is that Sam is needy and he’s searching for something, and It’s out of this weakness that he starts going down that path with Ruby. Obviously we know now that he wasn’t hooking up with her just for sex; she was also providing him with demon blood and he's become addicted to her. It shows Sam's strength in keeping on the [hunting) path he set out on years ago.

While it's true that Sam hasn't truly gone dark side (yet), after drinking copious amounts of demon blood, he told Ruby in the season finale that he’s changed for good. Will he continue to change into something less than human? “I hope Sam has changed for good," Padalecki insisted. "I think it'll be more interesting to see him struggle with that than if it's: ‘Oh, well, I haven’t drunk demon blood in a while and I'm okay now!’ That kind of loses where we are in the story, so I hope Sam has turned that corner. It's a much stronger storyline, a much stronger character arc to say, ‘No, it has changed me and now I have to fight that battle.’ It makes it more complicated, and it'll be interesting to see him fight that."

And Sam versus Dean… "I think the fans don't like it when Sam and Dean light,” Padalecki notes, "but it's part of the story. It’s necessary to tell the story of redemption, the story of destiny, and the story of good versus evil, so we really had to flesh it out. You have to hit rock bottom to climb back up to the top. I think Eric has a game plan. Eric is the king of Supernatural, and where he decides the show goes, the show has got to go there."

Of course, the question is; What is rock bottom? Drinking demon blood from your demon lover’s arm? “No,” Padalecki asserts. That’s just a step along the way. “I knew for Sam to change, it had to be something more than just, ‘Hey, hold the demon’s hand and all of a sudden you have demon powers!’ I never wanted it to be a montage of me exorcising demons and doing push-ups and standing on my hands and stuff like that, because that would’ve been a bit cheesy. It was nice that it was something a little more risque, a little bit more sexual and dark and dirty and seedy. There's a whole mythology that goes into drinking blood, and what happens when you drink somebody’s blood is that you take on that person’s attributes. I think it was a nice touch." A nice, dark touch."

So how far is Sam from hitting rock bottom? How dark is too dark for the fans to accept? “I think he’s getting there," says Ackles. “I think he's going to go to a place where he can't get back from entirely.

I think it's going to change the dynamic of the characters, which is cool. To have a show with characters and a storyline that are ever-evolving is always much more interesting than having the same thing week after week after week. Jared's character is taking a dramatic turn that could change the facade of the whole character, and the way he’s written and the way he thinks and talks and acts and walks, so I'm interested in seeing how far they'll take that in season five. Obviously there’s gotta be that brother connection, though.

It's the true [backbone] of the show. I don't think they're going to take it so far as to sever that connection. I think that there’s gonna be this long journey of re-strengthening that brother bond. Td like to see Sam try to get back to a common ground where they can be brothers again."

"Did the writers jump the shark by introducing a third Winchester brother? "No," said Padalecki, “because I think when the Fonz Jumped the shark on an otherwise realistic show [Happy Days], it really ruined it, but Supenatural is so wacky anyway, I think throwing in something like that probably didn’t surprise people.”

So what would surprise people? Having the series finale be a final confrontation between the brothers where good Dean has to kill evil Sam? ‘Tb be honest, I don’t know," said Ackles. “They just might take it that far!"

[inchidentally]

About him doing activities mostly with names like Max, Carlos, Daniel.

It seems to me that Norris himself does not have a very active life, so it is very normal for him to want to hang out with people who are more active than himself. The best thing for someone who needs to be held by the hand to take action is people who will hold their hand and give them different experiences. That's why it's normal for him to hang out with others rather than Oscar.

oh I fully agree w you that all his other grid buddies like George, Alex, Daniel, Carlos and Max are very good for the Lando who likes to tag along and have other ppl do the talking and take the lead <3 Lando's charisma and vulnerability makes him a natural center of attention but he's said himself he prefers to be in groups and let other people lead. I always say that if ppl wouldn't be so stubborn in insisting that car|ando can only be an rpf ship, they'd see a little brother happily tucked in big brother's shadow and how sweet that reality is compared to any romantic/sexual fantasy.

but the thing is that (and sorry for being a broken record) we've already found out that Lando and Oscar hang out in their own way but never post about it. Oscar keeps his non-racing/training time almost completely off social media and Lando has whole friendships that barely ever even make his social media at all. Lando himself said he and Oscar are very similar in that they're just normal guys (and both self-professed introverts) who happen to be F1 drivers. even down to them laughing every time the media tries to prod a typical bromance out of them - to me they're more the 'hang out and talk/not talk/enjoy the same vibe together' friends and less of the 'let's go do an activity and post some goofs about it online later' friends. not that it's that black and white obv and friends can be both kinds, just that Lando and Oscar definitely lean more toward the former.

so I think it's much more that Lando only finds comfort going out in public in groups and with guys who have bigger more social personalities - but that when he's hanging out with quieter people like Oscar it stays low-key and doesn't get broadcast too loudly. I think Martin is a great example of both bc he's so skilled and confident at being the guy leading entire events but he also clearly loves disappearing into nature and adventure and switching off. he can equally spend tons of time with Lando traveling and not posting but then he can DJ a gig or hang out with an extrovert like Daniel or switch up friend groups entirely. I really really like Martin just from what I know of him with Lando <3

and it's why I'm a little protective of reminding ppl that yes, we do know Lando and Oscar like each other and like spending time together and no, they're never going to be The Next BromanceTM for your viewing pleasure and like. to someone who really relates to that side of Lando 's personality, I'll give up on the extra content to see how Lando lets himself be quieter and calmer in the filmed content with Oscar that we do get <3

[signalwatch]

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Watched:  11/29/2023

Format:  AMC IMAX

Viewing:  First

Director:  Takashi Yamazaki

Where to start?

Over the years, Godzilla has been many things.  Like Batman, he's been a children's character while also being a thing adults could appreciate.  But he's also been cast as a walking analogy in two very, very good films (Gojira and Shin Godzilla), a villain in others (Godzilla Returns and Raids Again), a dad (Son of Godzilla) a hero (most of the Shōwa era), a goof, a buddy, a ruffian...  

The American-produced Godzilla movies have done well financially, but, to me, struggled with an actual story until Kong vs. Godzilla.  But it would be misleading to say the Toho Studios produced films didn't struggle with same.  The Toho movies responded to the challenge by getting progressively crazier as the need to fill screen time with something other than expensive monster fights (models and custom 7' rubber suits are not cheap) became a clear necessity. 

To fill that run time*, both US and Toho films needed a story for humans - humans that Godzilla likely will not even be aware of during the course of the film  - that is compelling and meaningful.  But, man , have the results been mixed.  You get aliens, faeries, conspiracies, what-have-you.  And some of that is great!  Final Wars is like a party of a movie.  Watch it sometime.

Meanwhile, Toho seems to have taken the licensing of Godzilla to Legendary and the US produced releases since 2014 to take a step outside of themselves and think about what would make a kick-ass Godzilla film.  Heck, what would make a *film* rather than an entertaining outing for the kiddies (and, let's be honest, me).  Thus, a few years ago, we got Shin Godzilla, which was absolutely terrific, in my opinion.  Harkening back to 1954, it was a modern solo Godzilla outing, and more about how the humans on the ground deal with a huge analogy for recent world events (at minimum for the Fukushima disaster and Japan's official response) wandering through their backyard .

Sure, the Godzilla in it seemed like a mindless engine of destruction and looked weird as hell, but that movie just works.  I dug the leads, the story, the analogies, the whole ball of wax.  The human story was compelling and frightening, Godzilla a force of nature.

I figured we'd get a direct sequel, but that isn't what happened.  Instead, Toho took a step back, and said "eh, let's just do it fresh again".  Which - respect, man.  Do whatever you want.  

So, Wednesday, I made The Admiral go to the movies with me, and we saw an IMAX screening of Godzilla Minus One (2023).  

I'd seen good, early reviews, but these were mostly die-hard G-fans, and I didn't particularly expect to get a straight answer.  There's a difference between "a good movie" and "man, I like watching monsters on a screen", and that differentiation isn't always made in the Godzilla-sphere (and, often, the genre-media-sphere in general).

What I can say is that at the end of this year, Godzilla Minus One will be in my top 5 movies seen in 2023.  Which - no shock, Shin Godzilla got similar high marks.  But, it's also true that I'm not sure I didn't like Godzilla Minus One (2023) a slight bit better than Shin Godzilla.  

As trailers would suggest, G-1 is a period piece.  The movie takes place roughly between late 1944 and end of 1947, I think.  The "Minus One" of the name is that, hey, Tokyo is already devastated, or at zero.  And then G shows up, and, well... it just got worse.  We're now at -1.

The movie centers on a Kamikaze pilot who chooses not to fulfill his mission, whether it's fear or a sense this is a waste of his own life here at the end of the war (both, really) he heads into a small island airstrip/ repair hut where he's violently introduced to much smaller version of Godzilla than what we're used to.  This is Godzilla's original, dino-sized form.

As one of two survivors of the incident, and a survivor of the war (and one tapped to explicitly *not* survive and protect Nippon), Shikishima is dealing with PTSD and Survivor's Guilt, mixed with his uncertainty of who he is in this post-war world.  Stumbling across a young (let's be honest, beautiful) woman. Noriko, who has picked up a loose baby in the wreckage of Tokyo, the three form a sort of family unit, building a shack and then home as Shikishima finds work on a boat clearing the sea of mines laid by both Japan and the US.  

Shikishima forms a bond with his boat-mates, and life is beginning to turn around, even if he can't let go of the war and his need for closure.  That trauma is preventing him from pursuing his feelings for Noriko and rejecting the baby as a surrogate daughter.

Meanwhile, unknown to all, Godzilla was hanging out at Bikini Atoll when the US thought to test a bomb, and we get our now Jumbo Sized Godzilla - going from T-Rex size to G 1954 size.  

Anyhoo... Godzilla does show up.  

Like I say, Godzilla has been many things over the years.  Here, he's a raging, atomic-fueled engine of fury, not the hauntingly eye-dead monster of Shin Godzilla.  He's well aware of what he's doing and why you need to get the @#$% out of his way as a large creature claiming new territory and not liking all these little humans who are in his way with their stupid buildings.  It's not personal, but that doesn't mean he has a passive bone in him - this Godzilla is not to be crossed.  

The design is closer to the 1990's style than Shin or Monsterverse Godzilla, and that's a good thing.  There are definitely unique characteristics - plate placement, head size, scaliness - but most noticeable to me was the eyes.  The suit Godzillas began having more expressive eyes in the Hesei and Millenium era, but here, there's a deadliness to his stare  His eyes track the humans or any perceived annoyance or threat, and they are red/ gold eyes of a very pissed off creature.  

For what this movie is about - the melodrama/ drama of the survivors, fallout of war, and the need to now combat a legitimate threat to all of Japan (this is an oversimplification, but bear with me) - this depiction of Godzilla is perfect.  The monster is a product of the war and man's folly - mutated by the bomb, he reflects some of the 1990's take on Godzilla's WWII origins.  But as a character, he's really a weapon of mass destruction with an agenda, and that agenda does not care about humans.  If he is a "god", he's not concerned with us, and much like bugs living in your house, he's going to get rid of these humans.

The break to the third act occurs after Godzilla's Tokyo debut, reminiscent of the 1954 film and directly referencing it in visual, audial and musical queues.  With modern CGI, it's not a suit actor stepping through sets, it's a living being wandering through Ginza as the locals, truly rampaging rather than clumsily knocking stuff over.

And, his atomic breath in this film may not be the spectacular laser-light show of Shin Godzilla, but it's an extension of his mutation coming from the bomb, and - narratively - an extension of the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  I won't go into detail here, but it's *scary* when you see G charging up (with a really innovative charge-up sequence) and cut loose.  

He also seems, by all counts, invulnerable.  It's not just his sheer size, but that he seems to heal from wounds with no trouble. So, do all the damage you want, he's going to come back from it and be pissed as hell you even tried.

All of this feeds into the actual plot of the film, which is really about dealing with the loss of WWII and the damage the war (which this movie freely indicates Japan started) did to the country and to the people.  Survivors of the war come home to find their homes gone, their relatives dead.  And for what?  

I've spoken with my fellow Godzilla fan, Stuart, who has a better grip on Japan than I do (he resided there for a bit), and his feeling was this was a surprising take - and perhaps a very modern/ recent one.  Centering the film on a "failed" kamikaze was not something he felt Japan would have done 30 years ago, but I think - narratively - it's an amazing choice.  The Imperial dreams of Japan now long in the past, Toho can reframe the story to be about choosing to fight when the fight is a good one, even if seemingly hopeless.  

And, man, when Godzilla is done with Ginza, it sure does feel hopeless, and any plan you put on the table is bound to fail.  

I don't know a ton about Japan's feelings about how its government selectively issues information, or how they feel about the US as an occupational force in the MacArthur or modern era, but the film sidelines both.  The Japanese government seems frozen by the attack, and the US is concerned large-scale naval maneuvers will trigger a war with Russia (not an unreasonable concern).  While a US version might be about bringing all three together to fight Godzilla, this film is about the veterans overcoming their grief and shame to fight again.

Oh, and there's a very real semi-experimental plane that I was vaguely aware of, but thought was a German design, that appears in the back 1/3rd of the film that got my aviation-buff dad to make an audible "wow!" when it showed up.  

Anyway, the movie drew a thunderous round of applause from my audience, which was - I will say - an audience of surefire Godzilla fans and their friends dragged to the movie.  Lots of Godzilla shirts and whatnot.  But it was also the 5:00 PM show on the day of the movie's release. 

SPOILERS

Look, sometimes we outsmart ourselves and think we're too clever for the emotional levers that can get pulled in a movie, and if a movie has too much of a feel-good ending, it doesn't feed our desire to feel like film fans who can't be duped by emotional manipulation.  But...  gang, that's emotional manipulation, too.  

I won't say I openly wept during the movie, but I did get choked up a few times.  In a Godzilla movie!  Because it's really about dealing with trauma, so seeing Shikishima deal with his, receive forgiveness and a path to happiness when I was 90% sure this movie was about to show a noble sacrifice... man.  It really says a lot about what the movie-makers wanted to convey.  And stuff that at the end of the day I personally want to believe.

END SPOILERS

I've watched a *lot* of Godzilla movies - probably all but one or two of the overall output of 30-odd movies over 70 years.  At the end of the day, why I liked Godzilla Minus One this much was simple: story and character.   

Call it melodrama, but the drama of this movie is really taking place inside a tiny house and on a boat, the cast has issues that understandable, is a solid mix, and I cared about everyone on screen.  The performances are heightened a bit, perhaps, but the characters are likable and feel believable.  And, much like Jaws or other movies that work despite the sci-fi, horror or other elements, you can both draw in your audience and sell something wild if the audience is pulling for these people on screen.  And that's something Gojira understood in spades.  As does this movie.

Anyway, this is now my second favorite Godzilla film.  If it's better - to me - than Shin Godzilla, it's that the movie works so well not just as analogy, but as a deep character film while also providing genuine thrills with the Godzilla sequences.  

I've tried to spoil all that as little as possible, because I'd encourage you to go see it.  It's just a solid movie all around.

* we also have to ask the realistic question of "how exciting would it really be to watch two rubber monsters fight for 90 minutes?".

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jay x alex x tim x brain x reader

you, brian, tim, alex, and jay are all at tim's apartment, making music together for alex's film marble hornets, but let's be fr, you guy were just goofin' off. you guys were all in a poly relationship, one day it just kinda clicked. alex is recording, documenting things while tim goofs off with a ukulele. you were playing a(n) (instrument of choice) "making musical masterpiece things with our hands." tim says, causing you to chuckle. "ukulele with tim attachment, and (instrument of choice) with Y/N attachment" you give alex a thumbs up, continuing to make horrible sounding things :) "i just learned this song like two minutes ago" tim says. "you made up that song two minutes ago?" Y/N corrects. alex begins to play some beats on the keyboard while tim does... well whatever tim does really :) "why am i holding the camera?" alex asked, to witch tim responds with "cuz you're the movie guy" "yeah alex" you step in. "oh look there's brian" brian then comes in with the most cool looking towel ever known to mankind "woah that's a nice towel you got their" tim says. "dude that towel is awesome" you say. brian responds with a simple thanks. "that's some nice hair you got there." "my hair always looks good, that's why i'm the star." brian says, throwing the towel to the floor to reveal his dad bod- his messy hair ruined from the rain. you guys started talking about putting together trailers, while you keep reaching over and pressing alex's keyboard. suddenly the light go out, causing you to hold on to tim for dear life. tim laughs "it's just the power Y/N." brian squints through the darkness. "now, arth though picking favorites." brian acuses. "no, i would never do such things." you say dramatically, still holding onto tim. tim then leaves to go find the breaker, leaving you with the rest. "im my defence he was the nearest person to me." you say "not enough evidence shall save you, judge, what do you think?" brian asks alex. "to gay baby jail with you!" alex says, to which you are dragged to a corner by jay, and you stay till tim comes back. for @screechinginthevoid

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Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers: Double 0' Chipmunk Review (Comission for RainbowSixVegasSamurai)

Hello all you happy rangers and it's a new day yes it is because I got a comission from a new person. Always lovely. Longtime fan first time comissioner rainbowsixvegas samurai wanted me to take a look at some cccchip n dale, with it's 007 spoof Double O Chipmunk.

Admitely.. i'm not a huge spy fiction guy. It's just not a thing I seek out outside of mission impossible. So you'd THINK this would be a weird fit for me. And while it kinda is there is one part of it I have a small soft spot for: parodies. I watched archer for some time, I loved the film Spy, and as for the soundtrack to the musical spies are forever

I don't seek them out persay, but I can enjoy them as the tropes of the genre are woven into the pop culture and they have a hightned goofiness to them most modern spy stuff, trying ot be more realistic, dosen't have. So I was fine with covering one and seeing what chip n dale brought to the table. And the premise is pretty neat: Dale watches a ton of the CND universes Bond parody and wants to try and apply that to rescue rangering and it swerves into another neat plot from there. Does it work or is it shaken not stirred? let's find out.

The setup is simple but effective: Dale and Zipper are watching a Dirk Suave, Double'O Super Spy film. And it has easily the worst part of the episode: Odd Shoe, Dirk's cowardly racist caracture of an asian person who works as his sidekick. Bond films certainly had their racisim but .. this was never a thing and I struggle to think why the writers here thought it was a good thing to ad. I'd just.. like to go one disney afternoon review that isn't goof troop without slamming head first into casual late 80's racisim

The rest of the episode thankfully isn't.. anything like that and we get into the main meat nice and quickly: Dale's been watching these films a lot and Chip, as usual is just a tad pissy about it. In this case he's mad Dale didn't go with them to look for cases at the police station. Which is just a hilariously .. weird statment for me. I had to look it up and see if they really have that many human related cases and well, they do, so looking for weird crimes involving animals makes more sense than It hought. That said Chip being pissy at Dale for not going when A) he'd have to know Dale wasn't going up front and it dosen't come off like Dale lied about why he wasn't going and B) This REALLY isn't a 4 person operation. You need ONE of them at a minimum, probably 2 in case they find a case in progress and need to go NOW.

In fact having someone at your HQ when your not on a mission and your public figures with a known headquarters, is just.. smart. It's the reason the avengers in the comics have Jarvis the butler. I mean Dale could be doing something to actually help out while their there, true, but it's weird Chip assumes they all have to be there to talk to clients and set up missions. He's basically the team's leader: it's HIS job to meet with clients unless he has better buisness. It's something I can see even in say Helluva Boss: Blitzo may be a lot of things and most of those are a hot mess.. but he's not handled the

Side of things exactly one episode I can think of and he was understandably worried about his sister. If Chip dosen't want to formally say he's in charge because Dale would throw a fit fine but then don't get pissy when Dale dosen't do what you'd rathe rhim do like study a crime file or something, especailly when that something DOSEN'T require him.

Not only that while Dale is spending tons of time watching movies.. he IS actually planning to help the buisness, suggesting they take the super spy tricks from the movie and apply them to their stuff. Is it the BEST buisness strategy? Not really and I get Chip dismissing it to a point: It'd be a possible waste of time and resources. I'm really more sore for Chip's reason for disliking it: it's because Dale thinks it's a good idea.

So Dale naturally tries to prove chip wrong. And the how is well done in how bad an idea it is: he tries to dick around in gadget's lab and make the gadgets. Naturally this goes caca with his wrist gas grenades just falling off and his helicopter pack blowing upa nd everyone laughs at him... and the poor guy runs out while Chip is just happy to be right.

Gadget goes to comfort him but Dale's convinced becaues he screwed this bad idea up.. hes' just a screw up and no one respects him. Which is quite sadly a mood for me. Granted he did screw up but in my eyes it's not just the failure... it's the laughter. It's the fact Chip.. dosen't take him seriously. We see both sides as Chip, while annoying, does have a point Dale dicks around a lot.. but Dale was GENUINELY trying to help> He reminds me of Hank Venture: his heart is in the right place but his head is in some weird parallel dimension that only makes sense to him. It's an objectively stupid plan, but what makes you feel for Dale is what it meant for him: in a team where the others are his detective best friend, gorgeous genius crush and badass aussie, it's hard to not feel he has no real role here.

Gadget feels bad and decides to help. Her plan is an old sitcommy standby: fake a mission so Dale feels better. It's the kind of plot you've seen a million times and just gets boring. It only works here because the work is old enough. Not old enough for it to have NEVER been a trope but old enough to be before Spongebob did it better or a million other things ran it into the ground.

So as seen in the article image, Gadget shows up playing her femme fetale sister and sends dale on a mission to get microfilm. She also kisses him deeply. And this episode must be the holy grail for Gadget and Dale shippers. The attempts to comfort him, doing this whole scheme, kissing him really damn hard, even if it's for the bit. And honestly out of the two options in the main love triangle.. Dale just fits her better. He's got this loose weirdo energy that fits her spaciness. Chip just seems updight.. and also gets horribly jealous over this even though his bullying is the whole reason this game happened. As you'd expect, some real spies show up for a real microfilm, it gets mixed up, Dale finds out it's a game but still thinks it's real and plans to mess with them only to end up in a real thing. This part of the episode is ab it weak if you've seen enough of these. While using this cliche dosen't hurt most of the episode as the disguises are fun enough as is Gadget's hastily made double o gadgets for the first part, it does hurt this portion.

So our heroes end up inside a giant doomsday weapon. The spies finallyr ealize dale REALLY thinks this is a game after everyone tried to tell them that, and this is really what helps the use of this cliche and makes the episode: the fact instead of INSTANTLY getting that "shit this is real moment" the villians actually get to use this to their advantages. Our heroes escape in time of course to avoid getting blasted when Dale turns the rat's bosses super tank on, but it's still neat to see some sort of twist.

So Dale pilots a tank with his mind to chase the spies

Chip apologizes, our heroes win and beat the spy. And this episode is .. alright. It's not the greatest bit of storytelling, Chip's a bit of an asshole, and the plot i've seen a billion times but it's charming. And not just because of that gadget outfit. It's got a sense of fun to it, it's not reallyt aking this plot too seriously, has a nice twist on it, and it's fun seeing the hastily made gadgets gadget whipped up. It's not a bad watch, it's just nothing incredible.

Thanks for reading

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⸻ A REWRITE. ( Spring Boys Reflection )

'...You're early - '

Two taps at the dance studio's doorframe signals the trainee's arrival. Byeongkwan greets the coach with a two-finger salute, dropping his duffel bag off by the speakers. at the front of the room. He waits for the coach's usual greeting, something along the lines of a reprimand or an order of some sort of body weight exercise. But it never comes, instead the coach glances at his watch and back at the trainee with a blink. 'You're really early.'

"Yeah..." Byeongkwan mutters, giving a dismissive shrug. "You didn't have anyone on the schedule today so I figured we could get a head start on things. If you don't have anything planned for our lesson, I have some recordings from dress rehearsals and I wanted to get some..." he trails off, finally peering up at the older male from behind the cover of his hoodie. "...What?"

Slack-jawed and wide-eyed, the coach staggers backward dramatically, jutting out an arm to brace himself against the floor-length mirrors. 'Who are you and what have you done with Byeongkwan?' The trainee snorts. "Wow, you're so funny. Can we just get started? I really want to get back."

'So, I take it you're enjoying yourself?'

"I guess," he shrugs again, resisting the urge to grin as he drops down into a lunge to warm up. "Beats spending every other day in here with you, that's for sure." The dance coach saunters over, giving Byeongkwan's shoulder enough of a nudge to throw him off balance and onto his side. 'Work on your core' he snorts, shuffling over to the sound system. 'You must be sad it's almost over, though?'

"A little. It just feels... Bittersweet, yeah," he shrugs, jutting out his bottom lip a bit. "I'm glad everything's slowing down. The past few weeks just went by so quickly, it's like a blur almost..."

"You know," he starts, abandoning his stretches to take a seat in the middle of the floor. "I really didn't think I'd make it this far. To do something like this. I remember hopping from gig to gig for so long before I signed. I kind of felt like this was just another one of those... I don't know, I guess Spring Boys finally made things feel... real? Like I'm going somewhere, not just waiting for the other shoe to drop."

"I felt it a lot while we were filming too. I know we were mostly just goofing off and playing games but.. Thinking about people tuning in to watch and see us perform. It made me want to put on a really good show."

"And the live performances... The energy? I think thats what I'm going to remember the most. That rush... Made all those practices worth it. I liked being able to work with the other guys too. I'm not good with... I don't know, handling my stress sometimes. And having others to lean on and snap me out of my own deal... I think I really needed that. And I'm appreciative for all the help I got, whether it be with choreography and holding up on stage or just keeping my head on straight. I always thought it before, but now I'm sure that being on a good team is a make or break for me."

"I really liked the fresh concepts we had too... But after seeing the other performances I don't know if they were really me," he ponders with a click of his tongue. "Now that everyone knows what a heartthrob I am, I should try to show something different, huh? A cool vibe, you know. Something badass - " The coach purses his lips at the trainee's choice of language, but gives an amused nod. "I'm just saying... Outsider's stage was pretty cool, I could see myself in something like that. Or doing something rap focused... I've been writing more lyrics lately, I'd like to show them off one day..."

"Alright, I think I'm all sentimental'd out... Can we just practice now? I hate hearing myself talk this much - "

'You do? Since when?!'

"Since today," he snorts again, heading over to set up the track on the dance studio speakers.

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SHAZAM! - Official Teaser Trailer [HD]

And I'm the bad guy in the movie I say it's blasphemy it shouldn't be able to write this stupid joke of his you think it was a star cuz he's such a goof but it's not it's this guy and he helps right in story lines like this it's a lot of fun and there are 16 8 men 8 women and they're the top level and we're going to help create them I guess in this stupid movie cuz he is an idiots think they can control the other demons which they've seen including the lower level ones it'll be president and we're getting to something here feel like what's going on it's idiocy they're using their superpowers yourself it's not like riding on a bus it's worse so he says they're already threatening that one and I get that I guess he wants to tell his stupid joke since yeah I like the guy in the movie I'm going to get an ulcer might as well tell you that it's me Tommy f

So I was thinking for b rated movie part of my stick is to have a different movie running in the same movie and it happens okay and some of these movies and you're seeing it occur a little one of them I think is Wonder woman and you see the avengers and stuff you'll be surprised there's several movies within each other and there's a movie twister I just saw and the town was it another movie with machete and Trump was playing the wrestler no but that's a preamble but there's some overlap I think and I'm told that it's not true overlap it's characters from the from the movie are still there in the same clothing with the same cars and people notice that stuff it's really really intense you can make a book or like a computer program you can make like a game out of it and tourist areas and they say some people do but it's not really for tourism you can make like a game but I guess it'll probably turn weird but still it's a lot of trivia about the place very cool but still anyways so I had this idea and Hera helped I guess that would explain the bathroom humor and she says no way you're such a jerk and a dick sometimes your mind but she's going to cut that out this is what happens is horrible that's enough. It is horrible when you do it and there you go that's where it came from and it was my humor damn it boy that's fun no it's not a little jerk oh my God so anyways and no not so anyways I'm on the John and I'm letting it loose and so I'm in the office building in Shazam the movie and I'm kind of loud in the bathrooms and you can hear it in a few of the cubicles so you can smell it a little and I said I'll let a few monsters loose .... And then the monsters walked by and people start making noises and I come out and they make some noises and someone says that stinks really that's awful and they're saying it's not a good joke and a little vehement but you know me I ignore it so I go to the elevator Bank and press the button and I see them pressed up on the glass and it would be after the other person left like in between and it'll break while I'm like the doors just closed and I'm going to see is the sex parties these assholes I can't stand them anymore so that's my scene. . I want to do over that was horrible but still that's the whole thing and the movie is from a different perspective it's the scene is Shazam but there's like seven demons and they're pretty big and they all show up in the conference room and they have to get there somehow and some kind of look like they walked in so he's in the background he has another scene idea that when they're practicing the park with the roller skate thingies in the background lifting huge amounts of weight and trying to get ready for a show to try and make some money small money and it would be hilarious because if he got really big he's lifting a lot of weight people would make the b rated movie and you can use a computer and sometimes they have extra footage from when they were filming it so it wouldn't be the real part and they can show them doing it practicing and then you'd superimposed my husband in the background and we try a lawsuit and that would be part of the crew so they're interested in that

Hera

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ok so decided to do it and watch the cinemasins original star wars video. which is it. a new hope. anyway I watched this when it first got posted because I was really into star wars. so. I said in my tags that I wondered if the older videos were originally satire and this got dropped in favour for more views so I'm gonna go through and comment on every single sin on whether I think it is a valid criticism or not and whether this thing has any form of satire in it or not

it's just reading. how does this constitute a 'sin' (I'll be saying this a lot won't I)

sounds like terrible short term memory to me. also the opening crawl is a unique way of giving the audience context without lots of exposition and allows for the iconic opening action scene

suspension of disbelief.

again, suspension of disbelief

either it's to reveal the force later on in the film so that the focus of the audience is on the plans, or it's a goof. I think it's the former though

there are a multitude of reasons why the stormtroopers would fire on the ship that would likely not result in fatalities, because this is a world with spaceships and you would figure with space warfare there would be a way in which to do that. also the passengers would likely not be the ones firing at a hostile boarding party. again. suspension of disbelief and a total lack of critical thinking.

admittedly, what leia does is fairly stupid. but there needs to be a reason why she gets captured!

they are robots their data can be recovered whether the robot is fully functional or not especially at this technological level

they need a way to escape the ship. suspension of disbelief

whilst I think it is a valid criticism and question to bring up, it's a case of the plot needs to move forward. if this moment wasn't there the cinemasins people would still complain about the lack of a scene saying why they didn't shoot it down

OR there are many cases of accidental escape pod jettisons during docking to a larger ship, or that the wiring got damaged due to the skirmish, or that a power surge went through from the larger ship to the smaller ship, and these are all far more common explanations. what a total lack of creative thinking or critical thinking, use your imagination

goof. I can see how this constitutes a 'sin'

they're on a planet and the empire does not have unlimited resources in which to station a trooper every five feet! lack of critical thinking

again suspension of disbelief. the plot requires them to be together later, so naturally they would end up in the same place

yes??? how does this constitute a 'sin'

I'm going to refrain from commenting on whether the 'updated' effects were a good idea or not. this is a pointless nitpick that really only holds weight if you have the same opinion as cinemasins

goof.

suspension of disbelief!

how does this constitute a 'sin'

not only is it exposition for what c3po is, but even in-universe it would give uncle owen an idea about how well c3po performs his function. lack of critical thinking

first off, that's subjective. second off, yeah that's actually a reading you could do of that line. half marks for that

suspension of disbelief

of course, worldbuilding gets marked as a 'sin'. why

hm! I wonder why uncle owen goes for the droid he dismissed previously! maybe the one he originally went for broke and he had to make a second choice that maybe wasn't up to his original wishes! hm!

ok valid metatextual criticism

that's an assumption. it's not even a good assumption because you're going for the boring option for the sake of being ~ironic~. not even anything about the character and worldbuilding of the line itself. the sex joke is kinda funny though

suspension of disbelief. limitations of practical effects do not necessarily have to be what exists in-universe

lack of critical thinking on display yet again... just because luke's aware of the war does not necessarily translate to knowing who leia is. especially considering that it's not just interplanetary warfare, it's war across entire star systems. use your brain

whilst I have to agree with the nitpick, I am gonna tell you it's something that requires suspension of disbelief! for the millionth time already

not a 'sin' that's something GOOD you dolts

I'm not gonna do a whole dive on astronomy and star brightness levels and heat but it's entirely possible the suns have a combined brightness level similar to our sun. but anyway that's something best left to - say it with me - suspension of disbelief!

not only is that not a 'sin', but circumbinary systems are a search away

not a 'sin'. ever heard of cinematography. ambience. quiet moments

can of worms I'm not the person to touch but I think this is a failure to think critically about what that might mean worldbuilding wise

suspension of disbelief

either a goof or a lack of critical thinking

kinda funny joke, not a 'sin'

suspension of disbelief

not a 'sin'

y'know what this gets a pass. don't like how he's using it for a joke, and it's a fairly obvious observation, but it's fine

don't think this quite counts as suspension of disbelief mostly because I am already sick of saying those words but the joke is kinda funny

on one hand, kinda funny joke about the phantom menace. on the other hand, don't know if that's strictly necessary to bring up in this film. not a 'sin'

unfunny joke not a 'sin'

time and a place man

I feel like this is missing the point of the scene, which comes right after obi-wan telling luke about the force. it shows how vader uses it and what the opinions of it are held in the wider world. this is neither a lack of critical thinking or a failure to suspend disbelief, but it's still not great

hm! it's almost as if it's a big planet where the troopers have a general idea of where to go and what to look for but can't find the proverbial needle in the haystack!

I can't exactly say that it's wrong, but that criticism feels like it was made in bad faith. wow wonder why

neither a 'sin' nor a joke. I'll get to the aim thing later but good god

firstly; needed to happen for the plot to move on. secondly, we don't know what went down between the troopers and luke's aunt and uncle! they might've told them luke had left for good! do I need to say it again? suspension of disbelief!

suspension of disbelief but this time for theming and unified aesthetics to create a sense of identity for the empire

I begrudgingly have to agree with the criticism, but again that's a suspension of disbelief thing. I admit it's one of those times where it's stretched

lack of critical thinking. it assumes a burial custom that isn't actually shown and cannot be confirmed nor denied

the plot needs to happen

not a valid criticism and another assumption. luke mightn't have fully processed what happened yet or maybe yeah! he did cry earlier! what even is that comment

not a 'sin' nor a joke

ah back when the prequels were the worst part of the franchise. not a 'sin'

probably but was that worth dedicating a whole 'sin' to?

not a 'sin'

not a 'sin' but a funny enough joke if it wasn't being told by what is rapidly becoming the most punchable insufferable voice on the internet

not a 'sin' nor funny

again was that worth dedicating a whole 'sin' to?

not touching the 'updated' effects discussion because that is subjective

I'll give this one to them. who shoots first is actually a reflection on the way in which han solo is depicted and the changing attitudes around what a character of his type should do, or even what sort of character he's meant to be

continuing in a part two

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Sometimes you just need a comfort show

On a New Girl rewatch. Wasn't even planning on it ... sorta just happened. I can't decide if I'm excited or not with the Nick/Jess roller coaster.

He likes her. She doesn't like him. She likes him. He doesn't like her. They date. They break up. She dates someone new. He's jealous. They date. They break up. He dates someone new. She's jealous. They date. They marry!

And God I don't even know if that's order and I'm sure I missed some. Much as I love Nick/Jess I keep reminding myself the show was/is so much than them. I love all the housemates. It's just a fucking good show. Had its flaws of course. Inconsistences, but what show doesn't?

I always say Winston is my favorite character because he's so innocently dumb and a goof. So far besides a few brief examples in the first season and two into the second am not getting that vibe; which means later they are gonna revamp his character. I'll be honest, bit torn on that. Because this Winston is pretty awesome too.

Season 7 was a time leap. I believe the show said about 3 years in the future. Which is a bit vague, however like many shows especially sitcoms time and its movement is a pretty loose concept. I will say season 7 in universe time took place 2021 and because of that God I really want to know how the characters would have handled Covid and everything associated with it. That certainly would have been entertaining.

Let's be honest though; if the show was still activity airing/filming during this period it's more likely it be ignored and never mentioned as ever happening. Which a part of me gets why shows go that route, another part of me really hates it.

Now I want to know when Nick and Jess had their son! Gonna see if I can possibly pinpoint it down. Sticking with the theory season 7 was in 2021 ....

Ruth looked to be around 10/11. She was born around 2017. Maybe 2018? Will stick with 2017 though. Which means when she is 10/11 it would be 2027 or 2028.

The son looked be around 4. Which would make his birth around 2023 or 2024.

Which I guess does work because that would 2 to 3 years after they married and both characters would be in their early 40's I don't see them waiting too long to start a family. I know women now can successfully have babies in their mid 40's and later; with them I don't see that being the case.

This post was way too long and complex. Sorry? Oh and I know there is a New Girl podcast but I've heard it's not that good so not sure it I want to try it out. Anyone know if I should?

[aliciaphen]

☆ ALICIA’S MONTHLY MEDIA MENTIONS: NOVEMBER `22

it's mid-December. school is eating me alive. but here are my media faves of November.

Visual:

Howl's Moving Castle (2004) dir. Hayao Miyazaki - I was never a Ghibli kid growing up, and I think part of the reason why is that I was not exposed to it when I was younger. But holy shit was I missing out. I loved the story, the animation was gorgeous. It has further cemented this desire to pursue a career in filmmaking.

Class Action Park (2020) dir.  Seth Porges & Chris Charles Scott - So, this is a documentary about Action Park, a New Jersey water park from the 70s and the crazy fucking way it operated. I'd recommend watching it, just because it's absolutely wild seeing the different attractions they had and just how dangerous they were. But just a heads up that it swings between nostalgic past employers/customers to families who have been victimized by the owner who prioritizes capital gain over human life.

Extracurricular (2020) dir. Kim Jinmin - I don't watch too many k-dramas, because I feel like most of them have an unnecessary romance going on that I just don't want to see lol. This is no exception, but the plot is interesting. It's about a couple of high schoolers and how they get involved in a prostitution ring. It gets you asking some moral questions; it's one of those dramas you'd like to debate with someone over. Justice for Seo Minhee.

She Loves Me (film) dir. David Horn, Scott Ellis (staging) - For a school assignment, I'm making a theatre poster for the play Parfumerie, a Hungarian play written by Miklós László, set in a 1930s perfume shop, and watching She Loves Me was part of my research of the play. It's a sweet, romantic story between two coworkers who have unknowingly been exchanging letters with each other. For the trope fanatics, it's an enemies-to-lovers story. I wouldn't say the songs are quite memorable compared to other musicals I've watched, but it would be something fun to see as the holidays approach.

Fire of Love (2022) dir. Sara Dosa - This is a documentary about two French volcanologists, Maurice and Katia Krafft, and the exciting lives they led studying, filming, and photographing volcanoes. I watched this on a really cold day at the Hot Docs theatre in Toronto. I feel like I went in expecting a romantic movie about the pair, but it didn't quite feel that way. It focused more on their lives and the crazy expeditions they took to study volcanoes. If anyone has watched Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, the final episode, The Murmuring dir. Jennifer Kent, feels similar.

Atlanta, S4 EP8: The Goof Who Sat by the Door (2022) - My awesome roommate got me into watching Atlanta. So within a month or so, I had binged all four seasons. If you're unfamiliar with the show, it can only really be described as afro-surrealism - it follows its main cast through their ventures in Atlanta and navigating the music industry, and has the occasional off-plot single episode. And it's created by Donald Glover - so you know it's good. This episode is one of those off-plot ones and it's a mockumentary of the career of Thomas Washington, the first black animator and CEO of Disney. I went in thinking this was real LMFAO. But if you go in with that mindset, it's such an impactful episode. Any exaggeration or irony flies right past you and you just see the story and how amazing it is.

Music: November 2022 Spotify Playlist

SMITHEREENS (2022) - Joji - Ugh. What can I say? It's so good. that good Joji sadness we all love to cry to. A few faves include Glimpse of Us, Die For You, YUKON (INTERLUDE), and 1AM FREESTYLE.

'The ReVe Festival 2022 - Birthday' - Red Velvet - I'm always excited for a Red Velvet comeback. I think the album is solid, but by far my favourite track is Celebrate. I listened to this album for the first time with my roommate, and it just so happens that both our birthdays are coming soon. (We're born three days apart!)

Books:

These are all books I'm in the midst of reading.

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - I decided to read this solely because I couldn't get enough of the film and decided to read the book as well.

Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon - I'm still in the middle of it, but I'd recommend this to fellow artists! An insightful, useful guide to making your way in the art world.

[toomanybandstocare]

{What the Older ST Characters Wear as Halloween Costumes}

Program: Just some spooky thoughts about how the older Stranger Things characters would dress up for a Halloween party.

Counselors: Argyle, Robin, Jonathan, Billy, Steve, Eddie, & Nancy

Genre: Fluff, Headcanon, Request

Warnings: Couple of swears, Mentions of drinking and drinking games, Mentions of weed and cigarettes, Not proofed

Counselor Notes: Thank you @staygoldwriting for the inspo! I was so tired from work today and didn't really know what to write. So incredibly sweet of you send a request <3 I had a lot of fun with this, but some of them were a challenge! I'm really happy with the lil scenarios and costume picks I cam up with :)

Argyle -> Inigo Montoya

Argyle is obsessed with is hair in the most non-vain way possible. He looks at himself and is filled with love by what he sees in the mirror. I just genuinely believe that he loves himself for who he is and cannot wait to see how he grows and changes with time. That leads me to think that he would want to show off his favorite features, and I think one of them would be his hair. Argyle is wooing everyone at the party. "I'm sorry, my lovely lady. I didn't mean to bump into you. Could I get you a drink to win back your favor?" "My good sir! I must say that you look incredibly dashing tonight. I'm afraid I'm going to have to steal you away later." "Have my eyes deceived me, or has the fairest being of all the land graced me with with their presence." Everyone is swooning for this Cali man.

Robin Buckley -> Lydia Deetz

I would absolutely do anything to see Robin with a smudegy eye shadow look and choker necklace. Best part of this, she can just give everyone shit and tease them like usual while saying, "I'm in character. Deal with it or drop dead". She borrows Jonathan's camera for the night and takes snapshots of all the haunting events of the night. And on a free weekend when the film develops and she saves up to get copies of the photos and materials, she makes a mini scrapbooks for the friend group.

Jonathan Byers -> Johnny

You can bet your ass that when he enters the party, Johnathan yells out, "Here's Johnny," with a fake hatchet. And the roaring reaction is so worth all nerves he dealt with when mustering the confidence on the way over. I don't think large parties are his scene, so he wanted to feel comfortable and needed to work with what he's got. Jonathan is a sucker for party games, so he is easily convinced to join whichever vice of the night. Truth or Dare? He loves to pull a prank on some unsuspecting party goer. King's Cup? You do not want to paired up as his "date", because he cannot for the life of him remember all of the rules and you will have to drink almost every time. Pong? Too good, and his favorite trick shot is to bounce it off the wall.

Billy Hargrove -> Johnny Castle

This man just wanted to look hot, and he did it. Brought his leather jacket and mega watt smile, and it was immediate game over for any other guys trying to win the attention. Everyone is asking if he can do the lift, so he spends the most of his night in the back yard indulging all the pretty people who ask. The rest of the night? Either dancing to the Top 100 on the radio for the Spooktacular special, or he's just hanging out with his friends. Billy's trying to slowly allow himself to feel comfortable past his looks around the group, so he figured that a party would be a good middle ground. He could retreat to his flirty facade if he got too overwhelmed, and if he felt himself slipping, Billy could just hang out with one of the group.

Steve Harrington -> Han Solo

This man is a menace. He knows he's good looking. He knows that everyone has eyes for him and Harrison Ford. He knows what he's doing. But in all seriousness, Steve just wants to goof around with his friends. Definitely holds a pretty person "hostage" until their bounty is paid (either in head scratches, alcohol, weed, or cigs- he's not picky). When one of his friends comes into sight, Steve draws his water gun, that he spray painted black to try to make it look similar, and shoots them.

Eddie Munson -> Lost Boy

I think as much as Eddie loves to dress up, he wants to still be himself. So, he'll sort of insert himself into a franchise universe and dress up as if he was a character in it. Eddie loves the Lost Boys since he can see his some of his usual style peek through, but it also gives him a chance to explore a bit more of the glam rock aesthetic as well. And you know he has packets of fake blood to "bite" people and then leave a trail of blood on them. It's his personal goal to get each of his friends by the end of the night. Bonus points if they never realize he's targeting them.

Nancy Wheeler -> Heathers

So I've never seen the movie or musical, but when I think of Nancy- I think of her iconic prep aesthetic. I do think that she would want to stay somewhat in her comfort zone (I personally think she uses her clothes as a mental armor for the day just as Eddie), but she feels encouraged and supported to relax with her friends. She feels safe to experiment. I think she has a ball with her outfit, because she feels comfort and attractive at the same time. She carries around a matching croquette mallet and takes photos with everyone. She also carries a little purse where she manages to convince every party guest to give her something as party cover even though it's not her party, she just like collecting mementos. So she ends up with a bag of bottle caps, scrunchies, matchbooks, little knickknacks.

[ldh-headcannon]

The leaders helping their s/o put their hair up or just helping them in general after they break their arm. I don’t usually request stuff so I hope your accepting.

It took me forever. But I finally did it!!! I'm so sorry for the wait on this one. I do hope you enjoy

Cobra

He is ready to help you with everything

No complaints in sight

Maybe a witty, teasing comment thrown around for flavor

But seriously, if you need he’s there

Certain requests were a little awkward for him at first

Like when you first got up in the morning and needed help getting dressed for the day

But he got over that rather quickly

The day he finds you struggling while trying to put up your hair

He happily took the time to help you out

He flinched as he felt the first snarl as he tried to brush out your hair

You tell him it’s ok with a chuckle before instructing him to start brushing from the bottom and slowly work his way up

He tries again, with a gentler touch

He smiles when he finishes, though that quickly turns to a look of confusion when you say that you want your hair up

Just how the hell does he do that?

He’s never had to put up hair before

Granted he’s seen you do it in the past, so maybe he can make it work?

You chuckle as you give him encouragement and tell him how to put it up in a simple braid

He honestly just ends up kinda putting your hair into one huge knot.

He feels really bad and calls Nikka to come and try to fix it

Which she does happily

They both agree that until your arm heals up, Nikka will help you with your hair

But Cobra will gladly help you brush your hair

He lowkey finds it relaxing

And he also finds the multiple indoor dates where you just cuddle up on the couch with a movie, relaxing as well

Rocky

He is ready to serve you anytime any day

And I’m not saying that he’s happy you broke your arm

But he’s lowkey happy that he has a chance to literally wait on you hand and foot

He would also be worried if you did anything on your own while your injury is healing

He’s afraid you will accidentally strain yourself

He does want to be the only one to look after you during all this

But he kinda freezes up when you ask him to braid your hair

This man knows a lot of things, but he doesn’t know too much about accessorizing long hair

So he goes to Kizzy of course

And Kizzy just ends up teasing him for having to come to them for everything

Rocky will heave out a sigh as he watches Kizzy busy themselves, brushing out your hair

And as they get half-way through the braid, they decide they want to go all out with your hair and even do your makeup

So she starts all over

Which you don’t mind cuz, who wouldn’t want to have some girl time with the fabulous Kizzy?

The whole thing took basically an extra two hours

But neither of you care

After your time getting all glammed up, Rocky thought you looked too good to stay home

So he takes you out to a nice dinner

Just as a means to spoil you and it’s honestly gonna be a recurring theme ‘til you’re all healed

Murayama

Was prolly with you when you broke your arm

You two were prolly goofing around and you both klutzed out, and he ended up having to run you to the hospital

He felt so guilty, thinking it was solely his fault

It was a freaking accident Yoshiki calm down

Due to that guilt though, he will do most of what you ask him to

You want him to grab some snacks?

He’s on his way to the store

You want to have a movie marathon?

He already has some of the other students setting up a projector with your favorite films and popcorn in the auditorium before leaving you two alone

You want him to do your hair up in a cute braid?

He freezes

This man doesn’t know anything about heavy hair care?

His hair regime is combing it out real quick every day and washing it every other

Which can work for shorter hair like his

But for long luscious locks like yours? It takes more of an effort that that

You start begging him to help you with this

He sighs in defeat at your pout and takes your brush from you

You bring up a simple tutorial for him to follow along to on your phone

And he follows it to the best of his abilities

You try your best not to flinch or get upset when he pulls a little to hard on the snarls

It takes him what feels like way to long just for a simple braid

And when he’s finished, you look into the mirror and find your hair in one giant knot on the top of your head

You keep looking between your boyfriend and your reflection

Murayama wears a look of worry, trying his best to read your reaction

But that’s when you just burst out into laughter at how ridiculous it looks and Murayama joins in with you

Smoky

This man is another one that is willing to wait on you hand and foot before you even broke your arm, so it’s only intensified after the injury

If he personally can’t get whatever you need, you can guarantee that Takeshi or Pi is out on a mission grabbing it for you

This also gives you an excuse to ask Smoky to just take it easy for a bit

Which is prolly good for his health too

This boy never has time to focus on himself, so please use your broken arm to make him relax with you

But the day you ask Smoky to do your hair, he happily accepts

He’s not so surprisingly patient and is actually rather quite good at putting your hair up for you

He puts extra care in combing out your hair so it doesn’t hurt when he brushes out all the snarls

He’s precise with dividing up the strands evenly before intertwining them together in a beautiful braid

The entire time he’s working on your hair, he’s been humming to himself with a small smile on his face

Once he’s done, you take a look at the fantastic job he’d done and ask him how he got so good at doing hair like this

“When we were younger, I had to help Lala with her hair all the time, so I got kinda good at it.”

You return the smile as he just has wears a sweet look of nostalgia on his face

Hyuga

Hyuga will act as indifferent about your broken arm as he does with most other things in his life

Bright side, you can’t do as much right now, so that means more cat naps together

Also if you’re in pain, Hyuga knows the right people for some strong meds

You prolly won’t feel much after taking one of those pills

Of course this man will continue to tease you like he always does, injury or not

That’s half his entertainment for the day

“Oh, you can’t reach the glass? Why not? It’s always been on the top shelf, why don’t you just pretend to be a monkey and climb up on the counter like you always do. Oh wait”

If you need anything from him, he will roll his eyes before taking care of whatever you

All with a playful smirk on his handsome face

But when you mention that you’d like him to do your hair that day, He’s gonna try to convince to not have him do that

“Why? You know I like it more when it’s down. It’s easier to run my fingers through it this way.”

Although he changes his mind as we stares at the cute pout that you’ve been sporting

“Fine. But I’m not gonna do it. I’m just gonna fuck up your hair. Hearing you scream at me is annoying. Unless you’re screaming my name in ecstasy.”

He smirks at the blush dusting over your cheeks before calling one of the hostesses from his casino to come do your hair

He’ll take a nap while they take care of you

They’ll end up putting your hair up, and might as well do your make up, why not

So when they’re all done, and you go to show it off to Hyuga, he ends up just staring you up and down

His smirk back in place

He decides he needs to show off his favorite girl

And he plans on ruining that make up when you two get back

Don’t worry, He will be gentle for once *wink wonk*

[lovearne]

Chime of the clock - Isolation

All of my fics and my whole page is 18+ only, if you are a child leave. I deserve a safe space to express myself, all blogs under 18 or no age will be blocked. Let me enjoy my experience safely on the internet, thank you.

Word count: 914

Warnings: fluffy start to a friendship, covid lock down, a hint of passive aggressiveness

"Jake can we please just watch something else?" You whine as he starts to play Cars for the 5th time today. Jake sticks his tongue out at you and continues to play the movie. You smirk as you turn the volume on your phone up all the way. The sounds of tiktok pouring out and hopefully annoying the shit out of your temporary roommate. Jake had offered his spare room to you when Beth had needed the house to herself and her boyfriend, and you had gotten stuck there as the state government issued a state of emergency and shelter in place. Meaning you could only travel for essential work and groceries.

You and Jake had been stuck together for well over a week, and cabin fever had gotten the best of you. You just wanted to go outside and get some air, but even at that the mandates were strict.

"Hey!" Jake had enough of the volume fight, after realizing you weren't shutting off your phone. His face was pulled into confusion and irritation. "Why do you have to be in here when you're watching that?"

You frown and pat the spot beside you on the couch.

"Well, big baby, come over here and see what it's all about." Jake quickly dove to your side, his head hitting yours painfully, the both of you crying out in pain as they connected. "Oh you goof! That hurt, are you ok?"

"Are you ok? I'm sorry, I was excited." You rub your head better as he rubs his, moving to see your screen as you scroll through your for you page. The movie long turned off, and you and Jake had been sitting for a good two hours, just watching the short videos on your phone. It was hard not to fall down that rabbit hole while scrolling, you had fallen asleep many times with your phone on tiktok before. When you started to doze off leaning against Jake, he just grabbed your phone and continued scrolling. He eventually got restless and noticed the little camera icon at the bottom middle of the screen, tapping on it and seeing himsf pop up in the picture, he had a brilliant idea and wanted to make a video for you, so hopefully you were not too annoyed when you woke up somewhere else.

"Hey chippy, you fell asleep on my shoulder after making me watch these with you, here look at how cute you are," he pans the camera to you. You were sleeping soundly, drooling a little patch onto his short sleeve.

He pans the camera to the tv as well, "and here is our spot on cars after you interrupted it, not cool babe. But also really cool because we cuddled." He just stares at the camera another few seconds before saying how he was taking you to bed aloud.

He took a small clip of picking you up, and another of placing you in the bed, and when he tried to pull away, you pulled his arm closer.

"Stay." Jake nodded and stopped the camera before climbing over you and cuddling into your back, filming him wrapped around you, with his arm around your waist, the other holding your phone.

"And here is us cuddling in your bed, I'll keep you warm, and I'll see you tomorrow, goodnight little bug." The last thing the camera sees is Jake's kiss placed on your forehead.

He clicks the post button and set the phone on the table, snuggling into you and falling asleep.

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Pulling yourself from the land of sleep, you smile to yourself as you feel arms around you, feeling something pressed into your back and a leg around you. Grabbing your phone off the stand, you pull the main screen open, and then scroll onto tiktok, turning the camera on and choosing the perfect soft sound, starting it on your sleepy face waving goodmorming to the screen, and pivoting to see Jake.

You giggle as the man moves in his sleep, getting more comfortable and shoving his chest even more into your back, moving his face to be pressed into it as well.

You pivot the camera back to your face, giving it a big smile as you stroke Jake's arm. Getting ready to leave a cute voice over on the video. You clear your throat and speak very quietly.

"As you can see, this is what Jake does every night. He loves to climb into bed to cuddle with me, and he's a damn amazing cuddler, I rate him 11/10. Just look at how adorable, awwww he just pressed his face into my back, what a cutie pie. I have to speak quietly so he doesn't hear me, but nobody tell him that I love waking up in his arms." You end the voice over, posting that video, and seeing an absolutely adorable photo of Jake as the thumbnail of another video on your page. Smiling as you see uts a video of him taking you into your bed, and you asking him to stay, the next scene is of him smiling brightly while cuddling into you. The video already had 35 million views, it was the first tiktok made and posted by Jake, and it seems the people loved it, judging by the 20 million likes its gotten so far. You'll just have to speak with Jake about this keeping him relevant during the pandemic when he wasn't allowed to race.

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