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phoenixlionme · 2 years

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Favorite Anime (Manga)/Movies/TV Series

EDIT: Deleted first one so that I could make the proper and needed changes on this new one.

ANIME (MANGA)

91 Days

Ace of the Diamond

Afro Samurai

Aggretsuko

Akuma no Riddle

All Out!

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

Battery

Beastars

Belle (2021 anime movie by Mamoru Hosada)

Bleach

Bongchun Bride - Korean MLM manga

The Boy and the Beast

Canaan

Cells at Work!

Death Note

Detective Conan - second favorite shonen anime of ALL time; favorite mystery anime of ALL time

Digimon franchise - specifically my favorite parts are Digimon Adventure 1 and Digimon Tamers, more so with the latter

Eureka Seven

Eyeshield 21

Flame of Recca

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - favorite shonen series of ALL TIME.

Gakuen Babysitters

Great Pretender

Hajime no Ippo

Honey and Clover

Hunter x Hunter - 2011 anime version

Hyouka

Itazura Na Kiss

Joker Game

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress

Kare Kano aka His and Her Circumstances - only has one (very bad) anime adaptation. I hope it gets properly adapted. Until then, I HIGHLY recommend reading the manga. My fav shojo series of ALL TIME.

Kekkaishi

Kiba

Kill La Kill

Like the Clouds, Like the Wind

Little Witch Academia

Lucky Star

Major

Miss Hokusai

Nana

Naruto - it had its’ flaws, but it holds a special place in my heart

Maid Sama!

One Piece

Pluto

Rurouni Kenshin

Slam Dunk

Strawberry Panic

Studio Ghibli’s Howl’s Moving Castle

Studio Ghibli’s Grave of the Fireflies

Studi Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke - favorite Hayao Miyazaki film of ALL TIME

Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away - second favorite Hayao Miyazaki film of ALL TIME

Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron

Summer Wars - so far, my favorite film by Mamoru Hosada

Tengen Toppan Gurenn Lagann

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

The Kids on the Slope

The Prince of Tennis

Under the Oak Tree - Korean manhwa

Usagi no Drop - JUST WATCH THE ANIME VERSION.

Yotsuba&!

Your Name

Yu Yu Hakusho

MOVIES

12 Angry Men - ONLY the first one

1917

3:10 to Yuma

300

A Bronx Tale

A Cinderella Story

A Few Good Men

A Quiet Place franchise

A Raisin in the Sun - the very first one with the late Sidney Poitier

A Soldier’s Story

A Walk to Remember

An American Tail franchise

Akeelah and the Bee

All Dogs Go To Heaven franchise

All Quiet on the Western Front 2022

Always Be My Maybe

Ambulance 2022

American History X

Anatasia

Anomalisa

Antwone Fisher

Apollo 13 - possibly my favorite or one of my favorite biopic movie of ALL time

Argo

Atomic Blonde

Baby Driver

Bad Boys franchise

Balto franchise

Batman Under the Red hood

Billy Elliot - starring a young Jamie Bell

Black Jesus

Blue Hill Avenue

Blue Valentine

Boyz N’ The Hood

Brick 2005

Bridge to Terabithia

Brokeback Mountain

Calibre 2018 British movie

Carrie 1976 - fav horror film of ALL TIME; tied favorite Stephen King adaptation with Stand by Me

Cartoon Saloon’s My Father’s Dragon

Cartoon Saloon’s Song of the Sea

Cartoon Saloon’s The Breadwinner

Cats Don’t Dance

Chef - 2014 film

Cinderella (1997) - the one starring Brandi, Whoopi Goldberg, and the late Whitney Houston

Claudine 1976

Coach Carter

Cool Hand Luke

Cool Runnings

Corpse Bride

Crazy Rich Asians

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

DCEU’s Shazam

DCEU’s Wonder Woman

Defiance 2008

Despicable Me franchise - although, I will admit they could do better plot wise

Devil in a Blue Dress - starring Denzel Washington

Dinner with Friends - 2001 TV movie starring Dennis Quaid

Dirty Dancing - starring Patrick Swayze; fav romance and dancing movie of ALL TIME

Disney’s 101 Dalmatians

Disney’s A Goofy Movie

Disney’s Atlantis the Lost Empire - third favorite underappreciated disney film of ALL TIME

Disney’s Encanto

Disney’s Hercules

Disney’s Jungle 2 Jungle

Disney’s Lady and the Tramp movies

Disney’s Lilo and Stitch franchise

Disney’s Meet the Robinsons - second favorite underappreciated disney film of ALL TIME

Disney’s Mulan - possibly my fav disney princess (and disney movie) of ALL TIME.

Disney’s Pinocchio

Disney’s Robin Hood

Disney’s Strange World

Disney’s Tangled

Disney’s Tarzan

Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Disney’s The Lion King trilogy

Disney’s The Little Mermaid trilogy

Disney’s The Princess and the Frog

Disney’s Treasure Planet - favorite underappreciated disney film of ALL TIME

Disney’s Zootopia

Django Unchained

Donnie Brasco - tied favorite Johnny Depp movie, along with Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow 1999

Dreamworks’ Chicken Run

Dreamworks’ HTTYD Trilogy - favorite movie franchise from Dreamworks of ALL time

Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda trilogy

Dreamworks’ Madagascar trilogy

Dreamworks’ Megamind - favorite underappreciated movie from Dreamworks of ALL time

Dreamworks’ Puss in Boots 2011

Dreamworks’ Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Dreamworks’ Rise of the Guardians

Dreamworks’ Shrek franchise - although, the latter two movies could’ve been written better

Dreamworks’ Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron

Dreamworks’ The Bad Guys

Dreamworks’ The Prince of Egypt

Edge of Tomorrow

Edward Scissorhands - tied favorite Johnny Depp movie, along with Sleepy Hollow 1999 and Donnie Brasco

End of Watch

Enter the Dragon - fav Bruce Lee film of ALL TIME

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Eve’s Bayou

Fantastic Mr. Fox

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

Forrest Gump

Fresh 1994 - favorite hood genre film of ALL TIME.

Girls Trip 2017

Gladiator

Goodfellas - favorite Martin Scorcese movie of ALL time

Gravity - starring Sandra Bullock

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Hair Love short

Hairspray movie

Hangover - only the first movie

Happy Feet movies

Harlem Nights

Harry Potter franchise - although, I wish it could’ve kept closer to the books

Heathers

Heat (1995) - starring Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

Hitch

Hot Fuzz - favortie film starring Simon Pegg movie of ALL time

How the Grinch Stole Christmas - starring Jim Carrey

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

I, Robot

In the Heat of the Night

Inception

Independence Day - just the first one

Inglorious Basterds

It’s A Wonderful Life

Jackie Brown

Jaws - just the first film

JFK

John Wick franchise

Jurassic Park trilogy - although, the very first is my fav

Kill Bill series

Killing Them Softly

Klaus Netflix movie

Knives Out

Laika Studios’ Coraline

Laika Studios’ Kubo and the Two Strings

Laika Studios’ Paranorman

Lens - 2016 Indian movie

Less Than Zero 1987

Life is Beautiful 1997

Like Father Like Son - Japanese movie

Lion - 2016 film starring Dev Patel

Locke - 2003 film starring Tom Hardy

Lord of the Rings trilogy

Marriage Story

Matilda - the one with Mara Wilson as the titled character

MCU’s Black Panther

MCU’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

MCU’s Captain America

MCU’s Captain America: Civil War

MCU’s Captain America: Winter Soldier

MCU’s Endgame

MCU’s Infinity War

MCU’s Shang Chi

MCU’s The Avengers

Mean Girls

Menace II Society

Missing 2023 - sequel to Searching 2018

Monkey Man

Moonlight 2016

Mosaic - 2007 film by Stan Lee

Mowgli 2018

Mystic Pizza

Mystic River

New Jack City

Nimona 2023

No Country for Old Men

Oldboy - 2003 South Korean film

Our Friend Martin 1999 - DTV movie

Pacific Rim - just the first one

Pan’s Labyrinth

Philadelphia

Pixar’s A Bug’s Life

Pixar’s Brave

Pixar’s Coco

Pixar’s Finding Nemo

Pixar’s The Incredibles franchise - favorite franchise from Pixar of ALL time

Pixar’s Toy Story trilogy - while I did like the fourth movie, I personally thought it should’ve ended as a trilogy

Pixar’s Turning Red

Planet of the Apes reboot trilogy

Platoon

Precious

Primal Fear (1996)

Pulp Fiction

Raising Victor Vargaras

Reservoir Dogs

Revolutionary Road

Rhymes for Young Ghouls

Road to Perdition

Roll Bounce

Rush Hour trilogy

Rustin 2023 Netflix movie

Saving Private Ryan

Scary Godmother

Schindler’s List

School Ties

Se7en

Searching 2018

See You Yesterday

Selma

Selma, Lord, Selma

Shutter Island

Sicario

Sin City

Sleepy Hollow 1999 - tied favorite Johnny Depp movie, along with Edward Scissorhands and Donnie Brasco

Slumdog Millionaire

Snowpiercer

Soul Food

Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse

Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse

Spike Lee’s Blackkklansman

Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods

Spike Lee’s Get on the Bus

Spike Lee’s He Got Game

Spike Lee’s Malcolm X

Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It

Spy 2015

Stand by Me - fav coming of age film of ALL TIME; tied favorite Stephen King adaptation with Carrie 1976

Steel Magnolias 1989

Swing Kids

Tammy 2014

The Big Short

The Book of Life

The Boys in the Band 2020

The Condor - 2007 film by Stan Lee

The Departed

The Devil in a Blue Dress -starring Denzel Washington

The Equalizer

The Exorcist

The Foreigner

The Gift 2015

The Godfather movies - just the first two

The Great Debaters 2007

The Half of It

The Heat (2013) - starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy

The Iron Giant

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The Land Before Time franchise

The Lincoln Lawyer

The Loft 2014 - starring Eric Stonestreet and Karl Urban

The Lost Boys

The Mitchells vs the Machines

The Nice Guys 2016

The Northman

The Old Guard

The Outpost 2020

The Place Beyond The Pines

The Raid

The Revenant

Scream franchise - so far, just the first three

The Secret of NIMH

The Siege of Jadotville

The Silence of the Lambs

The Simpsons Movies

The Squid and the Whale

The Usual Suspects

The Wind That Skakes the Barley

This House - 2022 Horror anthology film

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

TMNT 90s film trilogy - they have a special place in my heart

To All the Boys I’ve Ever Loved Before trilogy

Tom Sawyer (1999) - the movie with the singing animals

Trainspotting

Tremors - only the first one

Two Brothers - 2004 French British film

V for Vendetta

Vera Drake

Watership Down 1978

Wendell and Wild

What Maisie Knew

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?

What’s Love Got to Do With It?

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Wild Things 1998

TV SHOWS

Adam Ruins Everything

All Of Us Are Dead (Korean TV series)

American Dad

As Told by Ginger

Avatar the Last Airbender - favorite tv series of ALL TIME. I did like the sequel though

Avatar: The Legend of Korra - could’ve been better but I still liked it.

Band of Brothers - HBO miniseries

Big Mouth

Bless the Harts

Bob’s Burgers - favorite adult animated cartoon

BoJack Horseman

Boy Meets World

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Burn Notice

Carmen Sandiego 2019

Castlevania 2017 series

Castlevania Nocturne - sequel to the 2017 series

Close Enough

Codename: Kids Next Door

Cold Case

Columbo

Craig of the Creek

Criminal anthology series - from Netflix

Culprits 2023 - Hulu original

Danny Phantom - fav Butch Hartman cartoon of ALL TIME

Dark Winds

Dexter - the ending sucked though

DC’s Batman Beyond

DC’s Teen Titans - the ORIGINAL TV series

Disenchantment

Disney’s American Dragon: Jake Long

Disney’s Amphibia

Disney’s Ducktales 2017 reboot

Disney’s Filmore

Disney’s Gargoyles

Disney’s Gravity Falls

Disney’s Kim Possible

Disney’s Lilo and Stitch TV series

Disney’s Recess

Disney’s Sister,Sister

Disney’s That’s so Raven

Disney’s The Owl House - and again, fuck disney for shortening the third season for bullshit reasons

Disney’s The Proud Family

Disney’s The Weekenders

Disney’s W.I.T.C.H.

DOTA: Dragon’s Blood

Dreamworks’ HTTYD: Race to the Edge

Dreamworks’ Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

Dreamworks’ She Ra and the Princesses of Power

Ed, Edd, n’ Eddy - fav 90s and early 2000s Cartoon Network show of ALL TIME

Family Guy - guilty pleasure show

Fugget About It

Glitch Techs

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

Green Eggs and Ham - Netflix animated series

Green Lantern the Animated Series

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Hey Arnold

Human Resources (2022) - sequel series to Big Mouth

Law and Order franchise

Love, Death, and Robots

Maya and the Three

Midnight Gospel

Midsummer Murders

Modern Family

Monk

A Murder at the End of the World

My Life as a Teenage Robot

Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide - my fav live action Nick show of ALL TIME

Poirot TV series

Primal 2019

Reba

Regular Show

Rick and Morty

Rogue Diamonds

Roseanne

Samurai Jack

School Spirits 2023

Seis Manos

Southside

Star Wars Rebels

Star Wars the Clone Wars

Steven Universe

Stranger Things

Sym Bionic Titan

The Amazing World of Gumball

The Boondocks

The Cleveland Show

The Dragon Prince

The Fall of the House of Usher 2023

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air favorite 90s sitcom of ALL time

The Golden Girls - favorite 80s sitcom of ALL time

The Haunting of House Hill 2018

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

The Nanny (sitcom)

The Powerpuff Girls

The Secret Saturdays

The Wire

Todd McFarlane’s Spawn

Totally Spies

Tuca and Bertie

Twilight of the Gods

Two Sentence Horror Stories

Vivziepop’s Hazbin Hotel

Vivziepop’s Helluva Boss

X-Men: Evolution

Young Justice

SHORTS

Aikane by them

Alleycats by Blow Studio

Aquarium by Yonatan Tal

Crayon Dragon by MoonShadeOsu

Disney’s Far from the Tree

Disney’s Feast

Disney’s John Henry 2002

Disney’s Paperman

Dreamworks’ Bilby - it was originally supposed to be a film but was stupidly scrapped. I hope it gets a second chance.

For a Fistful of Toffees by ESMA

Forgive Us Our Trespasses - 2022 Netflix short film

GOBELINS’ COLZA

GOBELINS’ GOLDEN HOUR

GOBELINS’ KAKOMANDO

GOBELINS’ One Day

GOBELINS’ Thermostat 6

Hair Love

If Anything Happens I Love You - 2020 Netflix animated short film

In A Heartbeat

Pacemaker | A Trans Positive Musical

Pixar’s Bao

Pixar’s Lou

Pixar’s Luna

Pixar’s Purl

Pixar’s Riley’s First Date?

Pixar’s Sanjay’s Super Team

Pixar’s Wind

Ramshackle

Sitara: Let Girls Dream

Taiko Studios’ One Small Step

Taiko Studios’ Pangu

The Amazing Digital Circus

The Brave Locomotive by Andrew Chesworth

The Greatest Gift Short by Malcolm Hadley

There's a Man in the Woods by Jacob Streilein

Welcome to by Life - Cartoon Network Studio Short

#multimedia #cheering up #my posts #fav #mymedia

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persephoneflouwers · 3 years

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Doing meth Math with Harry

Before we start, let me just say I’m not really good at Math so every number you’ll find here could be very easily an approximation. A nonsense approximation. A meaningless approximation that will lead us pretty much nowhere. Exciting, isn’t it?

We can agree that certain songs are kinda suspicious starting from the title. We all know what a song’s title is supposed to do, right? It helps recognise the song faster and easily. That’s why the most common lines used for titles are in chorus or maybe are repeated over and over again. It’s smart, it’s useful.

The question is: why doesn’t this concept apply to all H’s songs? My next move was to count how many times the title of a song is repeated in the song.

You are free to listen to both albums, count and come back to me for any correction because I got lost in numbers like that meme with the blonde lady and mathematics, you know? Anyway, here’s my count:

Golden 41: to be precise there are 9 goldens from the intro to the glorious part where there are 7x4 repetitions and the last 4 at the end of the song. 9+28+4. NINE. TWENTY-EIGHT. 9.28. What the fluff?

WMS 25

Adore you 9

Lights up 2. This does not follow the trend in H’s songs but the concept behind it it’s kinda clear. There are a lot of ‘shine, shine, shine’ too.

Cherry 0: … hint hint hint 💡 💡 💡 it’s interesting that H chose a word that seems completely meaningless, but in the same time it explains pretty much the entire song.

Falling 19

TBSL 11 (+ 4 to be so)

She 40?: I lost my count after awhile. Told you I’m bad with numbers

Sunflower vol6. 19

Canyon moon 4

TPWK 4

Fine line 20

MMITH 2: just at the beginning

SOTT 4

Carolina 1: why the fluff you name a song with the first unimportant detail about a random girl from a one night stand? Is this an other hint? Of course it is.

Two ghosts 4/5 idk i fell asleep the first time

Sweet creature 12 but again asleep the second time. Sorry it was late in the night, so…

Only angel 10

Kiwi 0: 💡

ESNY 1 ???? This was shocking cause in my head there was at least one more.

Woman: 16

FTDT 0: this was for me a pure confusion moment, but then I thought what if it’s H’s way to express that maybe this song doesn’t really come from one of his strictly personal experiences? I’m not gonna lie, finding out that FTDT is never repeated in the song was demotivating somehow. I thought “wtf are you on drugs for even just thinking about it?” But then I read this by the big brain that belongs to @bluewinnerangel and it kinda makes sense?!

Anyway, what is this? What are you telling me, H? 😭 is this a binary system code for “stunt”? Stunt not only as “relationship stunt” like cherry or Carolina would be, but also stunt as in “we’ve been set” or like “this is just for the show, you gotta play with it” aka performance, ostentation? I can’t tell. Stunt is Also ESNY key word (I’ve already written about how interpret this song). The first stunt ever.

I address myself as a woman of science and I like to put things in categories like I would do with the stuff I study, I guess. It helps me understand things better. But I don’t really like labels… Let’s separate these songs in two groups: group 0, songs where the title is never mentioned; group 1, where the title is mentioned once. Back to the ‘not so strictly personal experiences, the songs in the group 0 are Cherry, Kiwi and FTDT…

I see cherry as a dialogue between two lovers (Camille and Dylan in my head). So this is not H’s experience. I talked about it here (always inspired by stuff I read here). Sorry, the audio got cancelled cause tt hates me, but I put subtitles on ☹️

Kiwi… i mean, yes it involves H somehow, but— not in the first place? It makes perfect sense if you read it from Louis’ pov, right?

FTDT reminds of Brokeback mountain and yes, very likely H relates to the movie, the story, the characters so much, but again… not autobiographic?

Group 1 songs are Carolina and Ever Since New York. Both these songs could have a personal connotation like H’s first experience with drugs and as I said, the moment when all the cruel stunt marketing started.

Maybe it’s something, maybe it’s just bullshit. This is literally going nowhere, so… felt like putting my thoughts into some writing because maybe a brilliant brain can understand this better than I do.

#random thoughts honestly #song analysis #anyway I love H brain #let me kiss your brain H!#maybe i am on drugs please forgive me or ignore me #what the actual fuck harry edward?????#this is me pretending I’m very smart and know what I am talking about #when I don’t really #harry ffs #i love him so much #love you h #hs1 #fine line

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harrowdubois · 4 years

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okay, i said if there was interest i would think about making a post listing all the references i squeezed into the locked tomb fic i spent the last month or so writing, and now i’ve realised i don’t care if there’s interest because i want to be self-indulgent SO

under the cut is a (somewhat spoilery) chronological list of all the memes, vines, and cribbed tumblr posts, as well as homages to various books, tv shows, song lyrics, etc. that made their way into blessed with a wilder mind!

(cw for suicide mention)

this is of course a reference to the legendary bodybuilding forum thread where they did, actually, argue over how many days there are in a week (cw for ableist slurs in the thread)

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buzzfeed unsolved meme. i am dirt and i love to eat dirt

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this is so well-known it’s almost not worth listing it but oh my god they were roommates

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in itself, this isn’t a reference to anything in particular, but if you didn’t do this on your first read then i’d recommend taking another look at this scene and thinking about the specific wuthering heights/frankenstein/rebecca excerpts discussed by harrow and mercymorn but in relation to canon!harrow’s trauma/relationship with the body in htn :~)

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also not really a reference to anything in particular but when i looked back over the fic for this post it struck me that the ‘sex panther’ phrasing was probably at least partially unconsciously inspired by the shoebox project (professor mcgonagall’s oiled man panther was a formative moment for me, truly)

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cw gross/unsanitary: it’s the tinder poop window incident. i mentioned this in the end notes of the fic as being what i had in mind for that scene but if it’s too gross for you (UNDERSTANDABLY) then feel free to Death Of The Author me to your heart’s content!

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i listened to a lot of orville peck while writing this

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very very very loosely inspired by this clickhole article

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respectively: fourth of july by sufjan stevens / wuthering heights by emily bronte

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TWO BROS, CHILLIN IN A HOT TUB, FIVE FEET APART BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT GAY

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there was absolutely no need to stretch this across three paragraphs, and yet

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iconic

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i already linked to this one in the end notes of the fic itself, but it’s good, so here it is again

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i can’t find the actual original post but it’s this fucking horrible thing

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the last line is a reference to the secret history by donna tartt:

“Could it be because it reminds us that we are alive, of our mortality, of our individual souls- which, after all, we are too afraid to surrender but yet make us feel more miserable than any other thing? But isn't it also pain that often makes us most aware of self? It is a terrible thing to learn as a child that one is a being separate from the world, that no one and no thing hurts along with one's burned tongues and skinned knees, that one's aches and pains are all one’s own. Even more terrible, as we grow old, to learn that no person, no matter how beloved, can ever truly understand us. Our own selves make us most unhappy, and that's why we're so anxious to lose them, don't you think?”

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a lyrical double whammy!

from ‘last words of a shooting star’ by mitski: “they’ll never know how i’d stared at the dark in that room with no thoughts like a blood-sniffing shark”

from ‘a better son/daughter’ by rilo kiley: “sometimes in the morning i am petrified but can’t move/awake but cannot open my eyes”

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shout-out to maybe my single favourite video game moment, the encounter with the sky cat in night in the woods: “There is a hole at the center of everything, and it is always growing. Between the stars I am seeing it. It is coming, and you are not escaping, and the universe is forgetting you, and the universe is being forgotten, and there is nothing to remember it, not even the things beyond. And now there is only the hole... You are atoms, and your atoms are not caring if you are existing. Your atoms are monstrous existence.”

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“Nothing is ever fulfilled, not until the very end.” - rust cohle, true detective s1, this reference is VERY tonally dissonant because in context it’s actually grim as all hell but w/e w/e i couldn’t resist the shout-out

also harrow quotes from the goldfinch again here! i had the reference included before i read this post and realised tamsyn muir also quotes from the secret history in htn. terrible synergy

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they are in fact all real. you’re welcome

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this one’s doing a lot of work lmao. it’s paying homage to this quote by tamsyn muir talking about the draco-in-leather-pants trope in relation to ianthe by loosely referencing drop dead gorgeous, the best drarry fic ever written, in which harry is part veela

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“It's a very Greek idea, and a very profound one. Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. And what could be more terrifying and beautiful, to souls like the Greeks or our own, than to lose control completely? To throw off the chains of being for an instant, to shatter the accident of our mortal selves? Euripides speaks of the Maenads: head thrown I back, throat to the stars, "more like deer than human being." To be absolutely free! One is quite capable, of course, of working out these destructive passions in more vulgar and less efficient ways. But how glorious to release them in a single burst! To sing, to scream, to dance barefoot in the woods in the dead of night, with no more awareness of mortality than an animal! These are powerful mysteries. The bellowing of bulls. Springs of honey bubbling from the ground. If we are strong enough in our souls we can rip away the veil and look that naked, terrible beauty right in the face; let God consume us, devour us, unstring our bones. Then spit us out reborn.” - that’s right it’s another reference to the secret history, with a little bit of mary oliver (tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?) sprinkled on top for flavour

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a small one, but it’s the goldfinch again: “And I feel I have something very urgent and serious to say to you, my non-existent reader, and I feel I should say it as urgently as if I were standing in the room with you...”

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my FUCKING cinnamon apple

what if i... put my minecraft bed.... next to yours... aha ha just kidding.... unless?

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[cw: suicide discussion in these next two]

robyn can have little a rust cohle quote, as a treat.

1. “I'd consider myself a realist, all right? But in philosophical terms I'm what's called a pessimist... I think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware. Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself. We are creatures that should not exist by natural law... We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self, that accretion of sensory experience and feelings, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody's nobody... I think the honorable thing for our species to do is to deny our programming. Stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction; one last midnight, brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal.”

2. “This... This is what I'm talking about. This is what I mean when I'm talkin' about time, and death, and futility. All right, there are broader ideas at work, mainly what is owed between us as a society for our mutual illusions. Fourteen straight hours of staring at DBs, these are the things you think of. You ever done that? You look in their eyes, even in a picture, doesn't matter if they're dead or alive, you can still read 'em. You know what you see? They welcomed it... Not at first, but... right there in the last instant. It's an unmistakable relief. See, cause they were afraid, and now they saw for the very first time how easy it was to just... let go. Yeah, they saw, in that last nanosecond, they saw... what they were. You, yourself, this whole big drama, it was never more than a jerry-rig of presumption and dumb will, and you could just let go. To finally know that you didn't have to hold on so tight. To realize that all your life - you know, all your love, all your hate, all your memories, all your pain - it was all the same thing. It was all the same dream, a dream that you had inside a locked room, a dream about being a person.”

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ahaaa this one’s particularly rough. evil monkey no one alive dot jpg

“Later, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives. Nothing marred it, even the knowledge that Ennis would not then embrace him face to face because he did not want to see or feel that it was Jack he held. And maybe, he thought, they’d never got much farther than that. Let be, let be.” - annie proulx, brokeback mountain

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a TRIPLE lyrical whammy!

- harrow’s words to gideon in the dream are a bit of a vague reference to the song ‘adventures in solitude’ by the new pornographers (”we thought we lost you/welcome back”) - gideon’s words to harrow are a reference to the song ‘blush’ by wolf alice (”you’ve got two hands to take all you can/but don’t take too long”) - what harrow texts to gideon is a line from ‘about today’ by the national, aka the most devastating song ever written (”hey, are you awake?/yeah i’m right here”...)

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i CANNOT find a clip of it but harrow’s repetition of “life is short... it’s short” was me paraphrasing from memory a line from pride (2014), because i am the worst

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spooky scary skeletons!

“jail for gideon” is obviously a reference to the “jail for mother” tweet that tm also referenced in htn. so, not original in the slightest, but it’s a great tweet

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one of my favourite tumblr posts

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because naberius tern absolutely would watch rick and morty. he would. i know it in my heart.

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and that’s it, i think. hope you enjoyed this horrid little post and my horrid little fic!

#the locked tomb #books #robyn posts

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jaerie · 5 years

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11/11/11

I was tagged by @phd-mama and @allwaswell16 and @chloehl10 so this is more like 33/11/11 hahaha I got a little carried away with this but I love answering stuff like this

Answer 11 questions, come up with 11 more, tag 11 people.

1. Tell me, do you like music on when you write??

No, I have to have silence. Or, you know, normal household noises. When I was in high school I listened to music with the tv on while doing my homework but now.... I think it’s moreso because I periodically close my eyes and visualize the scene or really throw myself into the character to get the emotions right and the music just takes away from that. I also hear music in a really complex way which I won’t explain here because this is about writing, but yea, it’s too much stimulation

2. Are you someone who plots everything out before you write it?

Absolutely not. I can count on my fingers the number of times I’ve actually plotted something for a fic in this fandom. I’m definitely a fly by the seat of my pants kind of writer. I generally have somewhere the fic is going, but I usually let the characters steer so sometimes it vectors off someplace I never expected it to go. That’s how so many of my better fics have gone. I did have to plot out As We Were, As We Are extensively because wow complex precise true to life timelines, but that’s really the only one I’ve actually done a real one for.

3. Do you write in chronological order?

Most of the time, yes. Occassionally I’ll jump down and write or start a scene that either inspired the whole fic or that I want to get down before I forget it, but I usually write from start to finish.

4. Do you like to eat while writing?

hahahahaha usually no. But only because I’ll get distracted and like.... not write....

5. Is there a trope you love?

I am a sucker for fake/pretend relationships. It’s so obviously one of the most predictable storylines but I’ll read every one of them. I don’t know why. The misunderstanding angst of it... I don’t know!

6. Have you written it? (See 5)

I don’t... think so... Is that bad I don’t remember? But I don’t think I have

7. Is there a trope you hate?

I can’t really do the sugar baby/daddy scenario... there are a few cases where it’s worked but in general, no.

8. Have you written it? (See 7)

I think there is a little bit of it in a couple maybe? And someone asked me to write one that’s still in my maybe pile... so I might.

9. Can you read your main ship with other pairings?

Depends. Usually yes because if it’s a pairing I don’t like I just kind of generically gloss over it in my mind a bit? Or imagine the same description but not that exact person? But there aren’t really a lot of absolute nos for me and it’s usually related to me not like that PERSON rather than the ship (taylor swift for example, have to really speed through fics with her in parts BUT like I said, it’s easy for me to imagine a likeness that’s not HER specifically. Idk). If it’s well written then it’s worth getting through it, if it’s not well written, I probably wouldn’t finish it anyway.

10. What’s a solid NO GO for you?

I don’t have many and most of them even have exceptions so I don’t know what a solid no is until I see a tag that’s a solid no?? And they’re the usual general niche things? (scat, watersports, idk those things) Hardcore bdsm-type is a no for me (but there have been some exceptions). MOST things that are nos for me like daddy kink, I can still read the fic, I just kind of... speed through those parts? I don’t really have any actual triggers... I don’t really read a lot of girl direction if they’re both girls. Which is a weird complicated issue for me because I WRITE IT. And there are some good ones out there that I have read but in general...? idk it’s weird and probably has a lot to do with me being sdpofijapsdgjoidsjfosdj about words for vagina rather than it actually being girls. But to be fair it took me years to be comfortable writing cock and dick without blushing and running off. I don’t know, it’s something about reading it that it usually isn’t my first choice. That was a long complicated answer just to say “not really”

11. Do you have a signature move, aka, let’s say for no particular reason, just because, coming in pants?

oh my god. Yes. Probably. I can’t think off of the top of my head but I definitely find myself returning to the same phrasing or words or actions. Especially when it comes to abo and knotting.

1. What’s your favourite fic you’ve ever written, and why?

Sisterwives and As We Were, As We Are I think because they are the two I put the most into. Plotting, planning, emotions, etc.

2. Pick three words that you think describe your works overall.

Problematic (lol), intense/emotional, sexual.

3. How long does it take you to write a fic?

Varies. I’ve written 20k+ in 24 hours and I’ve written 5k in a month. Really depends on what I’m working on and my emotional state of stress.

4. What’s the hardest thing about writing?

For me? Fluff and filler. And English. I’ve fallen into a pattern of writing that probably has a lot of errors in tense. But... it is what it is.

5. Do you listen to music or anything while you write? What’s normal for you when you write?

I answered this one in depth above

6. How do you come up with titles for your fics?

I have this terrible thing where I just name a fic and run and then regret it and want to change it once it’s already posted hahahahaha There are a handful that I’ve named after Hanson lyrics just because I think it’s funny... but most of the time there is no rhyme or reason to it.

7. What’s one piece of advice you’d give to a new writer?

Just keep writing. Because it’s easy to get discouraged about kudos and attention. Kudos and attention does NOT equal quality. It’s still something that I struggle with letting go, but as a new writer it’s more difficult not to see that as a failure. But my first fics in this fandom still have some pretty low kudos counts and my fics in other fandoms have as few as FIVE kudos. Five. I think they’re great fics, but I’m just not as known in that fandom/there aren’t as many readers. For example, I wrote this AWESOME Brokeback Mountain fic for the Hanson fandom and it has only 15 kudos.

8. How important do you think tags are when you are publishing a fic?

*gets up on soapbox* Tags are the most important part of publishing a fic. I am a firm believer that anyone can write anything the want as long as it is properly tagged. Proper tagging is the writer’s only responsibility to the reader. If those are in place, what follows doesn’t have to be tailored to anyone.

9. Do you write for fests/exchanges? If so, do you enjoy them? If not, why not?!

I have mixed feelings about this. I used to write for both. Now I exclusively write for fests and I’m selective about the ones I participate in. Why? Well for one, deadlines. I’ve made the mistake too many times of overcommitting and then nothing felt right and I was stessed about it and just... not good. As for exchanges... I’ve been burned in the past? By dropouts and such? Or by the giftee not liking or never reading the fic? Or by me needing to drop out for mental health reasons but not because I was writing FOR someone? I’ve done a handful of pinch hits since I swore off exchanges, but they’re too much anxiety for me personally. (I have had some good experiences with exchanges though!! Not all of them were bad!!)

10. Which work of yours are you most proud of and why?

As We Were, As We Are..... because.... DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH FRICKIN RESEARCH I DID FOR THAT FIC!? ALL WHILE WRITING IT DURING NANO?!?! I put soooooooo much into that fic that I’m sad it didn’t get much attention. It was written for the Alex exchange so Harry is written as Alex so that’s probably why. Some people have a big problem if fics aren’t written a certain way. I don’t know. I was really sad about that though. I LIVED in WWII for months with that fic and it will always be special to me. I’ve even thought about putting more work into into it to have it published somewhere. I know it’s not like... classic 1D fic quality or whatever but I think the bones of it are strong enough. I don’t know, I’m probably delusional. haha but I still like it

11. What’s next for you?

Oh man. Well. I said I was going to stop writing for this fandom. But then this rush of support came in and then I started to feel really spiteful and thought that I’d keep going just because of that... and I feel like I’m only just now gaining a following for my fics that keeps me motivated enough to keep improving... soooo I’ve committed to a few fests coming out this fall. I am also participating in Wordplay going on right now. The first fic comes out tomorrow I think. I also have some Sisterwives timestamps.

1. What fic have you written that you wish everyone would read?

dunkirk fic and sisterwives probably

2. What’s your favorite character you’ve ever written?

hahahahaha harry from one of my yet to be published sekret fics hahahahaha but I really love so many of them like shifter harry

3. What’s your most popular fic and why do you think it’s your most popular?

By Kudos? Where Do We Go Now. And I have no idea. Because I always have to click to even remember which one it is. And it was written so fast and I remember not liking where it went but just hit publish because it was a pinch hit... I honestly have no idea. Someone please give me insight on this because i have no idea.

4. What’s one of your favorite fan fics that you haven’t written?

I kind of answered this above but I’ll also say The Wilds because it wrote so fast. I wrote the whole thing in under 24 hours

5. What is your current WIP about?

Ummmmm Some of them are going to be posted on anon I think? So I’ll just say Thor Harry

6. What is a fic that you hope to write someday?

siiiiigghhhhhhhh my Almost Famous au

7. Do you read fics from other fandoms? Which ones?

I read a lot of Thorki... and random fandoms. I love to read a lot of fucked up shit just for the shock value of it?? I don’t know, I’m weird like that. So I started branching out to general tag searches so I’ve read stuff from tons of fandoms that I don’t even know what they are. I think Supernatural is one I frequent a lot because they have some real fucked up fics.

8. What author or book has influenced you as a writer?

Sooooo There was a writer that really sparked my creativity back when I was in a different fandom. But then they disappeared from that fandom and I ran into them as a popular figure in the 1D fandom but they’re kind of hated in the fandom now?? so I won’t say their name. BUT in the other fandom, they had this fic that I still go back and read to this day every once in a while. It was intense, a lil fucked up, and just... yeah. The kind that sticks with you.

9. What’s one of your favorite books from when you were a child?

Island of the Blue Dolphins. Which I reread a few years ago and ??? idk I was a weird child. I mean I didn’t think it was a BAD book

10. What’s an au/trope that you thought you didn’t like until you read one and loved it?

Harry Potter AUs? haha I’m sure there are more than that because there have been a LOT I didn’t think I’d enjoy and then I loved... OH THE TIME TRAVELER AU. I don’t remember why but I didn’t read that foreeeeever because I didn’t think it was my thing.

11. Choose one: angst or fluff?

angst. this isn’t even a question.

Wow. I probably spent too much time on that. If you’ve made it this far, kudos for sticking in there through my ramblings.

Let’s see.

1. What is the most problematic concept in one of your fics?

2. Mpreg. Yey or ney and why.

3. What aspect of a fic can you write but not read?

4. What aspect of a fic can you read but not write?

5. What fic is your most popular?

6. Is it a fic that surprises you or is it one you wish was not as popular?

7. Is there an exchange/fest that you didn’t write for that you wish you would have?

8. Do you write in any other fandoms?

9. What was the first fandom you started writing for?

10. Do you write other pairings other than your main?

11. What projects are on the back burner?

Omg this was so hard. um.... @tragic---love @wendydarlingfics @reminiscingintherain ummmmmm omg tagging people gives me such anxiety bc i feel like i’m annoying. its a struggle. back at cha @chloehl10

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Here are some LGBT movies I’ve watched !!

Top picks (in alphabetical order)

Big Eden (2000) Gay artist Henry moves from NYC to small hometown to take care of sick grandfather. A really sweet, heartwarming story. Bonus points for no homophobia (!!) plot line & a gay native american man, Pike, who is adorable and crushes on Henry.

Brokeback Mountain (2005) Who hasn’t seen this? Two shepherds and their tumultuous love story over the years.

But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) Girl gets sent to a boot camp meant to alter her sexuality. Funny and aesthetic and really cheesy but worth the watch.

Carol (2015) A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage.

First Girl I Loved (2016) Girl falls in love with the most popular girl from her school. Bonus points for a nuanced and realistic portrayal of teenagers.

The Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho, 2014) Brazilian coming-of-age drama about a blind boy who falls in love with his classmate. Based on a short film called “I don’t want to go back alone”, which you can find on youtube.

Holding The Man (2015) In the 1970s, two teen boys in Australia fight all obstacles thrown their way and refuse to renounce the love they feel for each other. Based on Australia’s “most famous gay biography”.

I Killed My Mother (J’ai Tué Ma Mère, 2009) Biographical drama. Directorial debut of Quebecois actor Xavier Dolan, which he also wrote, produced and starred in. My favourite film by him.

Kill Your Darlings (2013) Biographical drama/thriller. A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation. Peep Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan.

Laurence Anyways (2012) A drama that charts ten years in the relationship of a transgender woman’s relationship with her lover. Directed by Xavier Dolan.

Maurice (1987) The story of a gay man in the early 20th century. A really sweet film with bonus points for being a gay period drama that - spoilers - has a happy ending.

Moonlight (2016) (see title card) A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young black man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. First lgbt film (and film with all-black cast) to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards 2017.

Pride (2014) U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984. A truly feel-good movie every one should watch.

The Handmaiden (2016) A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her. It’s been called a “South Korean Gothic Lesbian Revenge Thriller”. Just watch it. Trust me.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) A cult-classic and must-watch. Need I say more?

Rest of movies in alphabetical order under cut, with some commentary by yrs truly (me. a gay.)

Italic = Light / funny. (*)=dark, tw needed probably.

This is a bit cluttery. Feel free to ask me about any of these if you want extra info!!

A single man (I mean... if ur feeling melodramatic.)

Blue is the warmest color (overrated)

Broderskab* (Danish. neo-Nazis)

Baisers cachés (”Hidden kisses” French tv-movie)

Breakfast with Scot (liked this one a lot)

Beautiful thing (nice)

C.R.A.Z.Y. (not actually very gay. a little confusing)

Christopher and His Kind (ww2. but nice)

Cloud Atlas (gay couple r a very small part of this honestly don’t bother)

Cuatro Lunas (mexican. bonus points for gays of color)

Dear white people (incl. a black gay man who’s like... almost the mc? it’s been a while since I watched this)

Dope (I didn’t really like this one that much. think it had a lesbian best friend)

Edge of Seventeen (the 1998 one)

El sexo de los angéles (spanish. kinda boring. m/m/f)

Freier Fall (german. kinda... interesting?)

Fucking Åmål (”show me love” swedish. watched this one as a tween. lesbians)

Floating Skyscrapers (polish. Meh)

Front cover (chinese gay men in new york. not a cliché)

GBF

Geography Club

Get Real

Gods And Monsters (not very gay in itself. ian mckellen is a +)

Happy together (hong kong. kinda dark but idk)

Les Amours imaginaires (”Heartbeats”. french canadian. By & starring my fave director Xavier Dolan but this is my least fave movie of his)

Howl (if you want a film about allen ginsberg - watch kill your darlings instead. this one was weird.)

Ha buah (Israeli/palestinian romance. clearly biased towards israel)

Hurricane Bianca (really funny. stars rupaul’s drag race alumnus Bianca del Rio)

Imagine me & you (classic lesbian movie. watch itttt)

I love you Phillip Morris (heartwarming in a weird way. quite funny)

I Am Michael (really fucked up this one)

Jongens (”boys”. Dutch. nice)

Just une question d’amour (french.)

Keep the lights on (american but mc is played by a danish actor)

Kawa (gay Maori mc!!!!!!!!! really nice)

Legend (really violent. not /that/ gay, but a nice movie)

Les Chansons d’amour (french. Musical!)

Lilting (quiet. heartbreaking)

Looking: the movie (watch this after you’ve watched s1-2 of HBO’s Looking. It serves as the finale)

Milk (who hasn’t seen this one?)

My Beautiful Laundrette (oldie. could’ve been much better)

My Brother The Devil (gay arab mc. not actually v gay in itself)

Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List (depends on how you look at it)

Out in the dark* (israeli/palestinian romance. dark. does pinkwash israel)

Patrik 1,5 (Swedish)

Plata quemada (”Burnt money”. Argentine. Heartfelt)

Plan B (spanish-language movie. interesting fo sure)

Prayers for Bobby (saaaaaaaaaad.)

Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (aka “theo et hugo dans le meme bateau”. French. really nice. first 20 mins are explicit sex.)

Rent (musical.)

Shelter (heartwarming)

Soldier’s Girl* (trans mc)

Sommersturm (Dutch)

The Kids Are All Right (didn’t really like this one. has that “lesbian cheats on wife/gf with man” cliché)

Those people (really nice. sad though. realistic)

The Normal Heart (AIDS. Really, really sad.)

The skeleton twins (I think this was marketed as a light movie but it was actually pretty deep and sad??)

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (so cute.)

The Wedding Banquet (ang lee’s other gay movie that wasn’t brokeback mountain. Loved it)

Tom a la ferme* (”tom at the farm”. dir. xavier dolan. daaaark)

Tom of Finland (finnish)

Weekend (overrated.)

Water Lilies (french. not very gay)

You should meet my son! (this one is rly cheesy but it’s also rly funny I watched it like 3 times in 2 days.)

Yves Saint Laurent (french. one of my faves ever even though it got bad reviews?)

Saint Laurent (they made 2 movies abt him the same yr. didn’t really like this one)

Quand on a 17 ans (”being 17″ French. Interracial couple. a different kind of movie)

BONUS: some documentaries :)))

L’amour fou

The times of Harvey milk

Elder (short doc) watch it on vimeo

Growing Up Coy

Matt Shephard is a friend of mine

Before Stonewall

After Stonewall

Paris is burning

Bridegroom

Movies you shouldn’t watch:

Stand (2014). weird and really bad

respire (breathe) not gay. some people liked it though

Elephant. not gay

Dream boy. so boring I could only watch like 20 mins

Private Romeo. boring unless u really like shakespeare

UPDATE: here’s a part 2 to this list!

#lgbt movies #lgbt movie recommendations #gay movies #lgbt films #filmbabes #mystuff #lgbt #1k

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5 Interesting facts about Hollywood Actor Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger aka “Joker” was one of the best actors in Hollywood who left his fans and the world very soon at the age of 28 years. The veteran actor always managed to amaze his fans through his acting skills. He had played the role of some of the most iconic characters in Hollywood like “Peter pan”, “Willian Thatcher” and his most loved character “Joker”. But there are many facts about Heath Ledger that most people don’t know. So, today we are going to share with you some of these facts.

1. He is an Australian actor

Heath Ledger was born in Australia in the year 1979 in Perth. His mother was a French trencher, and his father is a mining engineer. When the veteran actor was 10-year-old, his parents got divorced, which perhaps left lots of wounds on his soul. As he grew older, he developed an interest in sports, hockey, acting, and also started performing in local theatres too and soon became the head of his school’s acting team at a young age of 15. After that, he finally took acting as his profession.

2. Journey as an Actor

In the movie “10 Things I Hate About You” the actor got noticed and was invited to play a role in the series “Roar” by FOX. After that, he received his first role in “Fingers fan” in 1999. But after establishing himself as an idol handsome teenager, he decided to do more serious characters. After that, he worked in “Brokeback Mountain” and soon received the award of the Best Debutant of the Year for his role in the film “The Patriot”. Then he took a role in the movie “A Knights’ Tale”.

Then he reached his career peak in 2005 by having worked in the movies of 4 different brands in which he played 4 diverse roles. These movies were “The Brothers Grimm”, “Kings of Dogtown, “Brokeback Mountain, and “Casanova”. Finally, he played his most iconic role “Joker” in the movie “The Dark Knight “for which he got an “Oscar, and soon after that, he went back to live with his parents and sister and soon died at the peak of his career.

3. Affair, Marriage and his Daughter

Heath Ledger had many relationships in the past. He first came into a relationship with Liza Zane who was older than him, and he had met her on the sets of the “Roar”. The age difference did not bother Heath, but pretty soon both of them parted ways.

Then Christina Cauchy came into the life of the actor (A upcoming model at that time) whom he met in Australia. But soon that relation also ended and both parted ways.

After that Heath met Heather Graham, they stayed in relation for a few months, but soon that relation also ended. Soon he entered into relation with Naomi watts whom he had first met on the set of the “The Kelly Gang” In the year 2003. Naomi, who was 11 years older than Heath soon fell in love with him. Their affair made headlines in the news, and many people thought that they might end up getting married, but they also parted ways due to their difference within two years.

After all these relations the actor finally met the love of his life “Michelle Williams” who was her on-screen wife in the movie” Brokeback Mountain”. Both of them loved each other very much. Soon the couple moved to Brooklyn to protect themselves from the eyes of reporters. But on 28 October 2005, it was reported that the couple had a daughter named Matilda Rose. The couple lived together for almost three years, but their marriage was never registered, and after some time she also left the actor with her daughter.

4. Life of the Actor

The veteran actor went through many relations but was never able to become an idol family man. In September 2007 (4 months before the death of the veteran actor), the actor broke up with his girlfriend Michelle Williams. But the true cause of their break up was never revealed. As a result, lots of speculation started to grow some said they had differences in opinions and some said that its actor’s addiction to drugs due to which the couple broke up after 3 years of relation and a daughter.

But after the painful break up soon, he started to get back on track in his life. He was seen with many girls and also made headlines with his relation with Helena Christensen, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Gemma Ward. However soon the actor went into depression. But despite being in depression, the actor performed his most icon character in the movie “The Dark Night” for which he got lots of appreciation from the fans all over the world.

5. Death of Actor

In January 2008 the veteran actor was found dead in his New York apartment by the housekeeper. His body was sent for postmortem, but the experts were unable to find the true cause of his death. The body was sent for a toxicological examination where the cause of his death was revealed. According to the official reports, the actor had died because of the overdose of drugs. Once the investigation of his death was completed, he was buried in Perth Cemetery Karrakatta.

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A Film Discussion: Favorite Movie for Every Year of Our Lives

Full disclosure, I flat-out stole this idea from the A.V. Club. I called upon my old pal John Iatesta to compare and discuss our lists. Enjoy.

Nick’s List

1987: The Brave Little Toaster 1988: Rain Man 1989: Do the Right Thing 1990: Goodfellas 1991: Barton Fink 1992: Wayne’s World 1993: Groundhog Day 1994: Pulp Fiction 1995: Before Sunrise 1996: A Summer’s Tale 1997: Good Will Hunting 1998: The Big Lebowski 1999: Dogma 2000: In the Mood for Love 2001: Y Tu Mama También 2002: Catch Me If You Can 2003: 21 Grams 2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2005: The 40-Year-Old Virgin 2006: Children of Men 2007: There Will Be Blood 2008: In Bruges 2009: Moon 2010: The Social Network 2011: The Muppets 2012: The Master 2013: Inside Llewyn Davis 2014: Boyhood 2015: Ex Machina 2016: Hell or High Water 2017: Get Out

Honorable Mentions: Before Midnight (2013), Mud (2013), Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), Dazed and Confused (1993), Say Anything... (1989)

John’s List

1992: Wayne's World 1993: Jurassic Park 1994: Dumb and Dumber 1995: Casino 1996: Fargo 1997: Jackie Brown 1998: The Big Lebowski 1999: Big Daddy 2000: Gladiator 2001: Training Day 2002: Adaptation 2003: Old School 2004: Anchorman 2005: The Weatherman 2006: Stranger than Fiction 2007: Hot Fuzz 2008: Burn After Reading 2009: Inglorious Basterds 2010: Shutter Island 2011: Paul 2012: Django Unchained 2013: Inside Llewyn Davis 2014: Birdman 2015: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 2016: The Nice Guys 2017: John Wick 2

Honorable Mentions: Sicario (2015), No Country for Old Men (2007), Inside Man (2006), Billy Madison (1995), My Cousin Vinny (1992)

ND: I think what stands out most is the specific gaps in our resumes, mostly in the early years. So it's easy to latch onto sentimental favorites (The Brave Little Toaster, Wayne's World, Dogma) and "prestigious" films I haven't seen in years and probably haven’t age well (Rain Man, Good Will Hunting). My movie-watching intake has gone up considerably as I’ve gotten older, allowing me to explore some classics well after the fact to up my credibility ever so slightly.

I'm as surprised as anyone to see the Coen Brothers as the most represented on my list with three films (as well as yours with four), edging out Richard Linklater, Alfonso Cuaron and Paul Thomas Anderson with two apiece. I routinely try to knock Coens down a peg, but when they hit, they are masters. Inside Llewyn Davis is their crowning achievement if you ask me, melding the best of their darkest and lightest, with a powerhouse performance from Oscar Isaac to boot -- and the songs! I could watch that movie every day.

ND: Inside Llewyn Davis is so good that it managed to come out on top in my most contested year, 2013. Before Midnight and Mud are two of my all-time favorites. The former was easier to leave off with Before Sunrise's inclusion -- it's my least favorite of the trilogy, but 1995 had a clearer path than 2013 or 2004 (Before Sunset). Mud's exclusion was even more painful, leaving my list McConaughey-less

JI: I thank you for my Inside Llewyn Davis inclusion. You raved about that movie during our time at The Sports Network and it pushed me to watch it much sooner than I probably would have before. I agree with you to an extent about the Coens. I don't think they're overrated but when they miss its like Ryan Howard in the 2010 NLCS*, see: The Ladykillers and Hail, Caesar!.

*(Editor’s Note: I believe you mean the 2011 NLDS loss to the Cardinals, where Howard went 2-for-19 (.105) and ended the series with a blown-out Achilles tendon aka the downfall of the Philadelphia Phillies dynasty.)

ND: Our lists aren't so different. You have even more black comedies than me, with the four Coens, a handful of Tarantino, even Casino, Adaptation, Birdman and The Nice Guys would qualify with their mix of light and dark. I think it's important to bring levity to most dramas (though my selections of Children of Men, 21 Grams, and the works of PT Anderson run contrary), and you seem to agree. Enlighten me on your process, good man.

JI: I definitely agree with your first point in there being gaps in knowledge, but for me it’s more spotty than just one era. I found myself sometimes in the mid-2000s not having a real standout, but you aren't wrong about some movies having very strong sentimental value. Wayne's World still holds up though!

JI: Like you, my "good" movie intake has gone up as I've gotten older. I’ve developed my own taste for movies and can now afford to go see what I want. I recently saw Rain Man for the first time and while it wasn't bad, I'd agree it doesn't really hold up.

Brief aside, can we talk about Jim Carrey's 1994? Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber and The Mask. Dude was an absolute fireball that year.

ND: Jim Carrey was as integral part of my childhood as well. My brother and I used to recite Dumb and Dumber dialogue on car rides to the shore (I was Harry more often than not). But 1994 was never not going to be Pulp Fiction. It's become a cliche at this point -- film people clinging to Pulp Fiction like gospel -- but it's no exaggeration so say that discovering it changed my cinema-going outlook forever.

JI: My process was to not just choose the best in terms of critical acclaim to trumpet myself up and say "look how well versed in film I am,” but to choose movies I could actually defend as being one of my favorites. I also excluded children's or Disney movies because they lean too heavily on sentimentality and felt like they'd be a crutch. This is why a movie like Billy Madison is on my Honorable Mention list. I can recite that movie nearly line-for-line.

ND: So no to Billy Madison, but yes to Big Daddy?

JI: 1999 was just one of those years that had a bigger gap than 1995. I got halfway through Fight Club and was bored to tears, and I love Ed Norton (your long-lost brother) and Brad Pitt but I just didn't see what everyone else does. I've only seen The Matrix once and same with The Insider. And probably the two biggest omissions from that year are The Sixth Sense and The Hurricane. All those factors considered, I couldn't in good faith put a movie I've only seen once above one I've seen two dozen times. Also, I'm semi acquaintances with Peter Dante now that I'm an LA hot shot (I gagged just typing that) and his "They're not scrawny, they're nice," line gets me every time.

Maybe the hardest part for me was not finding space for a PT Anderson movie, with There Will be Blood losing a close 2007 race to Hot Fuzz, or a true Philip Seymour Hoffman movie, (The Big Lebowski doesn't count). He’s likely my favorite actor of all time. I don't think I've seen a bad performance out of him and not being able to squeeze him in any year stings.

Only one Scorsese movie from you (Goodfellas) -- probably his second best behind Raging Bull -- and only two from me (Casino, Shutter Island). He’s long been considered my favorite director but most of his best came out prior to my birth. Is this a similar issue for you, or do you not hold him in such high regard?

ND: Maybe the biggest catch with this project is the year arguably plays an even bigger role than the films themselves. So yes, I would never hesitate to put Scorsese in my top 3 favorite directors of all time, but I definitely prefer his pre-Goodfellas work (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Mean Streets) to his more recent films. Although The Departed gave Children of Men a run for its money in 2006, and The Wolf of Wall Street and Hugo made my top 10 lists in their respective years. I consider Casino to be B/B- material for Marty, though De Niro's suits suit game is elite.

I'm glad you made special mention of Philip Seymour Hoffman. We've really bonded over our love for him and I was surprised to see him shut out of your list. He's the primary reason why The Master outlasted a great 2012 field. It's a tough pill to swallow, but it gets even better as the years go on and will live on in the zeitgeist for decades. If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first person in the history of the world.

JI: Along Came Polly was a consideration for me solely for PSH as the unforgettable Sandy Lyle.

ND: Long live PSH.

I think we both did a good job managing our sentimentality. I only have a few notable asterisks. It's been 25 years since I've watched The Brave Little Toaster, but all this time later, when I saw it listed among the 1987 films, I smiled. And in an otherwise terrible year for film (I know it's beyond your jurisdiction, youngin, but take a gander), that shit mattered the most to me. I will never apologize for 2011's The Muppets. There is preciously little in this world as important to me as the Muppets. I am forever indebted to Jason Segel for keeping their legacy alive in the spirit of Jim Henson's vision.

Can we talk about 2005, please? The consensus best pic is Brokeback Mountain, though I've regretfully never seen it. We both went with curveball selections: You with The Weatherman and me with The 40-Year-Old-Virgin. It's not my favorite Apatow production from that era (Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story stand tall above the rest), but its only real competition from 2005 was from Batman Begin and (yes, really) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

JI: 2005 was really rough. I'm a big Nic Cage fan and The Weatherman was kind of my default favorite. Coming off of a John Wick 2 high, I recently watched Constantine for the first time and considered selecting it just because of recency bias and it wasn't even very good. Batman Begins is really good but as time goes on, I feel like the Nolan Batman trilogy has become less rewatchable for some reason, and Batman is basically the only superhero movie I like. Keaton is a personal favorite for me so I can always watch his two Batman movies.

ND: I tend to agree with you about Nolan's Batman, though I think their lack of rewatchability is in no small part due to the superhero saturation of the past decade. The tropes and cliches that are getting beat into the ground now were created in Batman Begins, so it deserves a lot of credit for that. Anyway, neither of us picked a Batman film, so back to 2005 -- I remember liking The Weatherman! No one's had a more interesting career than Nic Cage. And he's still got the goods (see David Gordon Green's Joe).

JI: Cage definitely can still bring it, the problem is he's become such a joke to most people it feels like he can't break that persona even when he does get a really good role/performance like Joe.

ND: I'm ready for a Cage Renaissance. We can call it the CageWakening. Not as catchy as the McConaissance, I admit.

JI: I’m dying for it.

JI: Along with you, I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, nor sadly have I seen Capote -- huge PSH gap for me -- so I was just kind of stuck on my choice. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, while good, just drags on too long, which I guess has become a common complaint against Apatow projects.

Fun note about the Muppets, when I was a little kid my mom took me to Muppet Treasure Island and we had to leave halfway through because it scared me too much. I was probably three at the time, so I feel this shouldn't be a ding against me here.

ND: Muppet Treasure Island is a trash movie anyway. Barely canon.

JI: What method did you use to find all the movies from each year? I went through Wikipedia Year in Film for each year and it led to some fun surprises along the way. It made me look at someone like Chris Evans and wonder where his career would be now without Captain America? I mean he had to the two Fantastic Four flops, The Perfect Score (Scar Jo and Darius Miles!) and Cellular, a movie I didn’t even know existed.

ND: Don't forget the other Chris Evans' classic, 2009's Push, whose biggest claim to fame is getting Liongate to actually title a film Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire to avoid confusion.

JI: I didn't know Push existed either. Man, he better be thanking Marvel every single day.

ND: I too used good ole Wikipedia as my aid, though for my all-time favorites (Eternal Sunshine, In Bruges, Goodfellas), I plugged them in an left them there -- no use looking for anyone to dethrone them. I also looked at the lists of film critics I trust to maybe jog my memory on things I might have glossed over, which was the case for Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood For Love, one of my favorite recent discoveries that just happened to be released in a very weak year. And that got me thinking of other foreign films I love that might have been omitted on Wikipedia, like Eric Rohmer's A Summer's Tale. I’m the first to admit that these are my token pretentious picks, but they are both lovely little talky films that find relatable drama in human emotional, which is my cinematic wheelhouse (see: Linklater).

ND: I need to hear the Paul story. A Pegg/Frost movie without Edgar Wright? I saw it and remember liking it fine but forgot all about it the minute I left the theater.

JI: Paul is a mix of a connection I have due to seeing a free early screening of it at Temple with our mutual friend Jason "Ball is Life" Quint and winning a poster at said screening and that 2011 is kind of a weak year. The year of The Artist! Also, I just really liked Paul's cast, Frost and Pegg are always great together along with Jason Bateman and Bill Hader and it just hit a lot of the right notes for me in an exceptionally weak year for truly outstanding movies.

ND: I mean, I picked The Muppets for 2011, so I can't knock an unconventional selection.

JI: Since its early into 2017, did you have any other real contenders for this year's movies or was it hands down Get Out? It was a very close race for me between Get Out and John Wick 2 but ultimately went John Wick 2 because its so rewatchable. I saw it opening weekend twice, back-to-back nights. Only other movie I've seen from this year is Kong: Skull Island, which was good but not close to the level of those two for me.

ND: I originally wasn't going to pick a 2017 movie for the same reason you mentioned: the sample size just isn't big enough yet. It's unlikely Get Out will be my favorite of the year when it's all said and done, but it definitely stands out in a typically weak January-March. Logan got some consideration; it plays more like a western than a superhero movie, and any departure from the comic book formula is welcomed. I enjoyed Kong just fine but it's still a ways off from "best." I have yet to hop aboard the John Wick bandwagon. I'm sure I'll enjoy the ride once I'm there.

You're successive screening of John Wick 2 reminded me of a similar experience from my childhood, coincidentally with another Keanu movie. I saw a matinee of Hardball with my grandfather one Saturday afternoon, only to find out afterwards that my friends were going to see it that night. I didn't even like it that much, but I didn't want to be left out either. I can't recall if I've ever gone for a rewatch on back-to-back nights, though the odds are strong it happened during one of my four theater viewings of the first Spider-Man. I was a strange teen.

JI: John Wick is a thrill ride you won't want to end. My situation with that was similar to yours with Hardball. Made plans for the Saturday showing with a friend but Friday afternoon another friend texted me wanting to go so I didn't want to flake on either and went twice. Did not regret my decision.

I got you beat! I saw the Spider-Man five times in theaters, which thinking about it now I don't know why I saw it that many times. I also saw Men in Black II five times in theaters thanks to my dad wanting to go that many times. Two very odd movies to see that many times.

ND: Who knew we had so many uber-specific things in common. I can feel our friendship growing by the minute.

JI: As we're winding down on our actual lists, what movies are you most looking forward to for the rest of the year? For me right now Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and The Last Jedi are at the top for me. Dunkirk could be interesting but its tough to get hyped over a movie with a tone like that, especially during July rather than the expected December release. The Dark Tower should be good especially with Elba and McConaughey, but I didn't read the books so I don't have a built in excitement for it like others likely will. A few other interesting ones should be the next Kingsman movie, I thought the first one was really fun and the new IT. I loved the TV miniseries as a kid and am interested to see how they can possibly top Tim Curry as Pennywise. And of course there's the usual slate of sequels coming this year. Did you know that Bad Moms is not only getting a sequel but a spin-off as well with Bad Dads, both coming out in 2017?

ND: As far as blockbusters go, Guardians and The Last Jedi shouldn't disappoint. I didn't love Rogue One but very much enjoyed The Force Awakens, and I trust Rian Johnson even more than J.J. Abrams to carry the torch. Blade Runner 2049 looks incredible -- Villeneuve can do no wrong. Dunkirk looks good, though I've been lukewarm on Nolan's recent efforts. I'm tempering my expectations for The Dark Tower, considering how rocky preproduction has been. It would be a shame to waste such a great cast. Despite Bad Moms earning me some valuable points in last summer's Fantasy Box Office League, I will not be indulging in their further money grabs.

Digging a little deeper, the trailer for Martin McDonagh's latest, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, just dropped and looks like a blast.It's been five years since our last McDonagh, and I'm hopeful this is more In Bruges than Seven Psychopaths (which I still liked).

ND: We're getting another Alex Garland/Oscar Isaac collaboration in Annihilation, and if it's anywhere near as good as Ex Machina, I'm all-in. Destin Daneil Cretton is releasing his long-awaited follow-up to 2012's outstanding Short Term 12 with The Glass Castle, also starring Brie Larson. And don't look now, but it looks like we're getting a Paul Thomas Anderson/Daniel Day-Lewis reunion next Oscar season. Huzzah.

JI: Ahh yes PTA and DDL reuniting for a movie about 50's era London fashion. I know it won't disappoint but so oddly specific.

ND: Is there anything else we need to discuss before wrapping up? Has this inspired you to catch up on any older flicks? I've got Brokeback Mountain and You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan's debut) queued up.

JI: It’s definitely made me want to go back and fill in a bunch of holes. Possibly starting with rounding out my PSH gaps with Magnolia and Capote.

One final note from me, Jackie Brown is criminally underrated and my favorite QT movie. He says anyone of this mindset doesn't really like his movies because he didn't write and to that I say, you don't determine my taste, Quentin.

ND: Jackie Brown was on my 1997 shortlist for sure. Under-the-radar-great.

Thanks for indulging me, John. I'm happy to get out of my head every now and then when it comes to my writing. Things like this are a ton of fun.

JI: This was fun. Hopefully we can collaborate again for another discussion. Maybe a post summer look back at surprise hits, biggest flops and how I managed to win the box office pool two years in a row (hopefully).

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