#also the fact they literally get fired from their theater company and have to go into childcare

[ohno-the-sun]

This is like when you find out there’s a 4th Jonas brother

What are you talking about they’ve been here the whole time???

Blah self indulgent don’t mind me

[not-majestic-bluenicorn]

The ONF Multiverse Theory

OMG?! Are your eyes right? Am I back with another kpop theory?

Yes. The answer is yes. It literally says Theory on the title, come on.

I’m sorry. Can you already sense this theory has driven me to madness? Because it has. If you thought MONSTA X’s time traveling shenanigans were complicated, oh boy… You’re in for a good one. Anyways for those of you who might not know me, my name is Orion, but you can call me Ori, and today I bring you my take on ONF’s story that they’ve developed through the MVs. Thought this would be a good time since they’re in the MS and won’t be putting out more confusing MVs to disprove my theory soon. 

If you like this theory, consider checking my other theories here. Also, I recommend you have a death counter at hand, you’ll need it. And now, let’s dive into the theory.

TW: So much Main Character Death.

Some things to consider 

Before we fully go into the theory, I want you to know and acknowledge that we’re going to be dealing with space-time travel, multiple universes, and the fact that Hyojin has like three different hairstyles per music video (I wish I were kidding). The videos are mostly chronological from ON/OFF to Why, and from then on, your guess is as good as mine. I also want you to know I have two possible alternatives for how to organize the story in the MVs, and I’ll be addressing both of them to the best of my abilities. I hope it’s not too confusing.

Universe 01: Opening the Gates to the Multiverse (ON/OFF to Why + New World)

ON/OFF starts our story with one of the most interesting settings I’ve seen in k-pop and yet it’s never addressed again: humans did a Wall-E and left Earth. Throughout the MV we get to see a sign in the Cinema Paradise movie theater that says “Now it’s over. The end of the world. Destroyed. Last day. Place where of it is gone. We still have hope.” This is accompanied by signs of a spaceship under the title of “Journey to space: You can go anywhere, dreams come true”.

[Picture: Screenshot from ON/OFF that shows the posters described previously.]

Basically, the Earth was coming to an end and humans decided to jump ship. On the spaceships, they fabricated androids that they sent back to Earth to heal it and send a signal back to them once they deemed the planet habitable again. Laun is the one to send the signal in the end, as we see him operating a machine. The signal is received (as shown by the “Upload Complete” and the “Signal Detected” screens) and humans make it back to Earth, symbolized by the Astronaut looking out the fancy window and the “meteorites” coming down to Earth which are spaceships.

[Picture: Four-picture collage. Top left picture shows Laun using the machine to send the signal. Top right sounds a screen displaying the phrase “Signal Detected”. Bottom left shows a meteorite falling. Bottom right shows an astronaut taking off their helmet.]

In Complete we see more symbols of sending messages, such as the flare Laun fires, or the smoke bomb E-tion is holding. Laun is also seen with a similar looking machine again, and we get to see the meteorites/spaceships falling to Earth once more.

We Must Love (WML) is where things start getting a bit complicated story-wise. We don’t have anything that points to this, but it’s probable that after coming back to Earth, they got the androids back and kept them at base while working on other things. At the same time, the company that created them starts working on something new: space-time travel. I believe that they decided to test it on Laun without telling him much of what it was about. The others figured it out and tried to stop it, but it was too late.

[Picture: Screenshot from We Must Love of Laun looking back at the members as they run towards him after he activates the time-traveling watch.]

Laun wakes up in the middle of a forest, with, at best, very spotty memories of who he was, at worse, he remembers absolutely nothing. He remakes his life. Meanwhile, the others make it their personal mission to find him. We know from the Making Film that U was actually left behind, probably because he was the second youngest at the time. J-Us was helping through hacking while the others were on the ground looking for him. E-tion manages to find him once but accidentally activates the watch before he gets close to him. Hyojin also finds him, but realizes they’re simply too late.

[Picture: Three picture collage. The first picture is of Laun waking up in a forest. The second picture is of E-tion looking at Laun through the train tracks after activating his watch. Thirs picture is of Hyojin encountering Laun in front of a Vietnamese train station.]

It is through J-Us’ hacking that we’re first introduced to the multiverse. If we look closely at the screen that displays Laun’s information, on the bottom it says “Address: South Korea, Earth, Universe 01”.  This immediately implies that there are more universes, so from now on I’ll be adding a tag before the names to specify which version of them I’m talking about, and those tags will correspond to the subtitles of each section, so in this case, it’ll be U1.

[Picture: Screenshot taken from We Must Love of J-Us looking up information on Laun. The information is displayed ona window screen, part of the information includes the “address” mentioned before.]

Now, here is where I have an issue with how the timeline progresses. Technically it would make absolute sense, plot-wise, for Beautiful Beautiful (BB) to happen after WML and before Why, though there are a few details that are contradictory. On one hand, no one has died yet, and J-Us’s plot of being arrested fits nicely. On the other hand, BB looks way too advanced to be happening at the same time as Why, and it looks way more similar to Goosebumps (GB), though we do see flying cars in Why. There’s also the fact that the development of the relationships of the characters makes no sense if we transition from BB to Why, and I know Why has to happen before Goosebumps (GB), so for now we’re not going to count BB as part of U1, but I’ll keep you updated if that changes.

So let’s continue with Why. New World’s (NW) lyrics are actually a great tool for explaining what’s happening in Why, and the Road to Kingdom performance also makes references to it. After losing Laun and realizing what the company was making them do, the rest of ONF feel it is unfair and decide to run away and create, almost literally, a new world. They probably get this information from the company, and decide to look for The Cube. 

[Picture: Screenshot taken from New World. The members stand behind The Cube, holding six keys towards it.]

We don’t know much about The Cube other than it is necessary for them to create the new world, it is probably what allows travel between universes (as opposed to space-time travel within the same universe), and you need six keys to unlock it. At the end of the video, we see that most of them are facing The Cube, so we can assume they managed to unlock it, but it is not without a price.

[Picture: Screenshot taken from Why. The Cube floats above a building in a small island, as comet-looking things fly off from it.]

One of the teasers, also called “signal clues” (#11), shows us a slightly blurry picture of Hyojin at the end of Why taking off the silver mask, with a very prominent word slapped over it: CLONING. In signal clue #9 we see pictures of all the members, but there’s two Hyojin pictures with an equal sign between them. The first one says Error, while the second one says Why along with Hyojin’s serial number. Yes, what I’m proposing here is that Hyojin was cloned, probably by the company, though maybe as a side effect of them using untested technology, and Clone!Hyojin (now known as C!Hyojin) became corrupted as part of the process went wrong.

[Picture: Blurry picture of C!Hyojin taking off the silver mask, overlayed by green text that says, among other things “cloning” in full capital letters.]

We know the technology they were using was unfinished because E-tion writes about it in signal clue #9 as well. We also know that E-tion is carrying with him a USB called “storage of ONF”, we don’t know for sure what it contains but it might be their original memories. This is what I managed to decipher from the text.

“We came to know the matter of illegal chips (...) (entered) the laboratory secretly, and tried to do Time Warp by (stealing?) illegal chips in an unfinished (state). And (...) warp repeatedly (because, …) (illegal) chips and felt (human) (before), he started (recording).”

[Picture: A sort of collage with pictures of all the members, including the two Hyojin pictures and the text described above.]

After C!Hyojin gets corrupted, we see him literally eliminate U1!Hyojin from existence. J-Us learns about this, and looks for him to confront him, and although we don’t see it happening, we have every reason to believe J-Us is dead too. For one, we never see him fire the gun against C!Hyojin, and most importantly, he gets surrounded by C!Hyojin’s minions, so I think it’s safe to assume he did not make it to the new world. 

[Picture: Two picture collage. The first picture is of U1!Hyojin coming undone while C!Hyojin takes the mask off in front of him. The second picture is of J-Us standing in front of C!Hyojin’s army of masked people.]

There’s a few other things and questions I have about Why that we don’t get an explanation. Why was Wyatt in a tube? Why were E-tion and U fighting? How did MK get all his advanced technology to work in that abandoned building? As for Wyatt, I think he was either captured and put there, or he put himself there to escape his misery and then was woken up by the others. E-tion and U were probably fighting because it’s possible that E-tion wanted to stop U from doing something dangerous, him being the baby and all, but U did not want to be treated like that. MK’s shenanigans are the fruit of k-pop lore magic. In any case, with 4/6 making it to the new world, we are done with Universe 01.

Death count:

Hyojin 1

J-Us 1

Interlude: Were ONF humans?

This is perhaps one of the most complicated questions to answer in the theory. We don’t get any clues that they could have been humans before being turned into androids until we see the text in signal clue #3, which I’ve copied to the best of my abilities here:

“They were originally (...) Humans made their memories digitalized as they evolved and then they got into Android like (...) such evolved case. But, they became Android, and (...) was only remaining in records but their feelings disappeared.

Meanwhile (...) hacker (...) came to know the secret too late, visited the vast (...) with the Multiverse like multiple universe and did hacking (...) to deliver the illegal chip online in order to look for them (...).

A person who first found its clue left the secret place (...) who maintained a close relationship to him. He wandered (...) in Multiverse (...) its trace. Two got together in the end, but there was not much time left to him.”

[Picture: Teaser from which the text detailed above was obtained.]

We also get a couple more references to it in BB and Popping. In the News program in BB we get a text that says “(...) machines and become the humanoid.”. In the Making Film for Popping, Wyatt says that the heart projected onto his chest is because he’s hesitant about choosing between being human or robot. So it is very, very likely that ONF voluntarily turned themselves into androids in order to be able to take care of Earth while humans returned, and then they were used by their company until they decided they didn’t want that anymore. It’s definitely a plot point that I feel should be explored more.

Universe 02: Parallel World - Dream (Sukhumvit Swimming)

In one of the social media teasers for Sukhumvit Swimming (SS), we see the phrase “Parallel World: dream”, so it is quite possible that everything happening in SS is a dream, and if so, it’s very likely a dream from the characters in Popping. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not a reality itself. I remember seeing a video of a person explaining that their dream-self had a separate memory of events that happened in their dreams, and while wild-sounding, I don’t see why the characters wouldn’t be able to dream of other dimensions. 

Even the director of Popping kind of confirms that Wyatt has nightmares about C!Hyojin about how he killed them all in other MVs, so it’s entirely possible one version of the boys might be dreaming about other versions of themselves. It also makes sense for this to happen, since The Cube is now active and all that.

[Picture: Social media teaser taken from instagram, the description contains the phrase “Parallel World: dream”, as stated before.]

We don’t have very clear context of what’s happening during SS, however, the visuals lead me to believe that this is what would have happened to Earth had the humans not left to try and save it. I like to imagine that in this universe, they stayed and brought upon the end of the world. Androids still got developed, but they got very different jobs. J-Us here is like a sheriff / policeman. I don’t remember the name of Wyatt’s cart but it’s like a space-time traveling taxi. E-tion was sent to explore other planets. Hyojin and MK went rogue, one holding people as time hostages while the other is a pirate. And U… well he’s in a party?

Through the video we see, mostly, very destroyed and rundown cities. In fact, towards the end we see Wyatt sitting in his little cart just watching everything being blown to smithereens. In another shot, we see E-tion contemplating the end of the world as spaceships fly away from Earth, so it’s very likely that U2’s Earth is as good as gone. 

[Picture: Two picture collage. The first picture has E-tion sitting on a small planet, facing the camera while behind him explosions go off over the Earth. The second picture features Wyatt sitting in his little cart while he watches over the very destroyed city.]

There’s also the very obvious storyline between Hyojin and J-Us. One being a criminal and the other law enforcement, they eventually end up facing each other, with J-Us emerging victorious at the cost of Hyojin’s life. There is one scene where we see Hyojin’s death being reversed,so I think it was just J-Us trying to find another solution that wasn’t killing him, yet they still end up like right at the beginning with the train, so I don’t think there was another solution. It’s almost a time loop, if you will.

[Picture: Screenshot taken from Sukhumvit Swimming. The camera is on the floor, we can see J-Us’s blurry boots in the front as Hyojin falls in the background, defeated.]

Now we’re faced with the glaring question of… why was everyone dead around J-Us at the end of the video while he held Hyojin? Well, remember this universe is parallel to another, it’s in the teasers. We don’t get to see how they die, other than Hyojin, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t dead. It’s very likely that they died at the end of the world, but despite the lack of information, we can’t ignore the obvious.

[Picture: Screenshot taken from Sukhumvit Swimmin of J-Us holding onto Hyojin’s body while the rest of the members lay around him.]

Death count:

Hyojin 2

J-Us 1

E-tion 1

Wyatt 1

MK 1

U 1

Universe 03: Back to the ice-age (Popping)

Popping is absolutely one of my favorite title tracks and also one of the MVs that makes me the saddest because of their fabulous acting (Hyojin’s expression as the debris and the missile head towards his spaceship???? Priceless). It’s also like, the one MV that can stand alone almost perfectly, and it’s the complementary dimension to the one in SS (the connection between the two was confirmed in the MV Making Film).

I fully believe most, if not all of them are human throughout this MV, except perhaps for U, who we see leaving the spaceship without a suit. We know the possibility of androids existed in this universe, because like mentioned before, Wyatt explains in the Making Film how he has a scene where he debates between remaining human and becoming an android, so it’s likely U chose to become an android. His code being the only one shown in the MV is a good supporting detail of this. 

[Picture: Screenshot taken from Popping. Wyatt is working on a computer and behind him is a door that features U’s code: YO-425-83.]

In this MV, all of them went to school together to become astronauts and do research at space stations. However, it is very likely that they either discovered something they shouldn’t have, or they became C!Hyojin’s target simply by existing (since it’s still unclear if C!Hyojin is employed by someone or not). Either way, the robot-cops we later see again in BB and GB come looking for them, and U decides to sacrifice himself to save the others. 

[Picture: Screenshot taken from Popping. U stands outside the space ship, holding a detonator as he is surrounded by the robocops from Beautiful Beautiful and Goosebumps.]

Meanwhile, the others are preparing to send J-Us and MK away with the information or whatever research they were doing, since they are targets now. J-Us makes it out alive and arrives at an ice planet. MK isn’t so lucky. As he’s preparing to leave, a missile destroys his spaceship, with another moving very rapidly towards where Hyojin, Wyatt and E-tion are left. The missile doesn’t collide with the main room, so they have a few more minutes of life until C!Hyojin arrives and finishes them off (as confirmed by the MV director of GB).

[Picture: Three picture collage. The first picture shows a missile coming towards MK’s space ship. The second picture shows Hyojin watching MK’s ship explode as a different missile heads towards him. The third picture shows C!Hyojin coming in through the same door U left before.]

J-Us is left alone on the ice planet with the camera MK used to record with. It’s unclear if the camera contained all the important information they were probably trying to protect or just the memories of their days together. Either way, J-Us is left looking longingly at the spaceship he arrived in, which, curiously enough, has the same logo we later see in GB.

[Picture: Screenshot taken from Popping of J-Us holding MK’s camera as he stands in the ice planet.]

Death count:

Hyojin 3

J-Us 1

E-tion 2

Wyatt 2

MK 2

U 2

Universe 04: The questionable one (Beautiful Beautiful & Goosebumps???)

Here is when you can start accusing me of just speaking nonsense because even I am not sure about this part of the theory. As I said before, BB could perfectly happen before Why, if it wasn’t for a few glaring details that just make it feel like too much of a reach. BB and GB have a very similar feel to them in terms of aesthetic and how advanced the society seems in both videos, so until proven otherwise, we’re going to assume they’re from the same universe.

There’s a few aspects that contribute to this point of the theory, for example the fact that they continue being chased, the existence of drones, the virtual city thing where the car was driving (which U is seen next to in GB so maybe he was driving it), and a few other details like that. So for now, we’ll assume it is the same Universe.

The entirety of BB is an operation to rescue J-Us from the police/government. In a social media teaser we discover he was arrested due to time travel, as it says “The time warp is possible, but the timeline has messed by past travels and classified as the first degree criminal.” Which is also part of the text we see in the news flashing through the MV. We have no idea why J-Us time traveled in this universe but I think it is not relevant for now.

[Picture: A teaser which includes several pictures of J-Us, with his code, SJ-777-77 on top of them. Under them is the text mentioned before and a bar code.]

All of ONF are a criminal hacking group, and they’re all wanted, but they manage to evade the police and rescue J-Us flawlessly. In the meantime, it seems like they were focused on hacking the entirety of the city to turn it into the City of ONF, which is why we see E-tion working on a machine that seems to be directly controlling The Cube. When he finishes, everything in the city is covered by the word “Beautiful”. 

[Picture: Three picture collage. The first picture features Hyojin and J-Us celebrating the latter’s rescue. The second picture is an organization map of ONF, it’s a bit blurry but it details their occupation as hackers. The third picture is E-tion standing in an alleyway with his fist raised towards The Cube covered in the word Beautiful.]

After this, they have naturally become the most wanted criminals, because why wouldn’t they. Unfortunately for them, C!Hyojin has also made it into this universe, and once again he goes directly for U4!Hyojin. We can’t fully confirm he’s dead, but we do see him falling to the nothingness after breaking through glass so it is very safe to assume that C!Hyojin just pushed him off a building.

[Picture: Two picture collage, the first picture shows U4!Hyojin falling from a broken window while the second picture shows C!Hyojin staring as glass flies around him.]

It would also be worth noting that U4!Wyatt is having dreams with C!Hyojin, as confirmed by the director in the MV Making. Another fun detail from this is that we get to see U2!E-tion again, as he looks to the camera with a drone right behind him. This might explain his death in SS. 

[Picture: Two picture collage. The first picture shows U4!Wyatt surrounded by 4 C!Hyojins holding guns at him. The second picture is U2!E-tion staring at the camera as a drone looms behind him.]

At the end of the music video, we see The Cube being connected to some sort of machine and turning orange. This is very important because before now, The Cube has always been by itself, floating in the sky and acting as a sort of door between universes. It being connected to something means that someone is probably trying to control its potential powers, and I would bet for C!Hyojin or whoever is behind him, if there is someone.

[Picture: Screenshot taken from Goosebumps of The Cube hooked unto a machine and turned orange.]

Death count:

Hyojin 4???

J-Us 1

E-tion 2

Wyatt 2

MK 2

U 2

Conclusions

I’m not sure there is a sensible way to conclude this theory because honestly, what even is going on? For now, I’ll try to summarize it in a few points:

There is a blood-thirsty clone of U1!Hyojin running around THROUGH universes killing as many versions as he can for a purpose we don’t know.

It seems that it is possible for one version to have access to memories of other versions.

Androids in this story are created by inserting memories of actual humans into robot bodies.

Someone or something might be trying to control The Cube for their own benefit.

As always, thank you so much for reading through this theory. If you would like to discuss it with me, or if you have questions, leave a comment or send me a DM or an ask. I’ll be sure to answer! And don’t forget to check my pinned for my other k-pop theories!

[utterlyhopeful-fics]

Love on the Line - Part 6

A/N: It’s finally here!!!

MASTERLIST      P1         P2           P3          P4          P5

Henry Cavill x Reader

If I keep tagging you and you’re not interested or want to be tagged; please let know!

Word Count: 3.2k

Warnings: heartache, language, angst, a pinch of lovey dovey fluff, cliffhanger 

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“Ohhh myy god…it’s official. This is the best burger of my life, hands down.”

What could easily be perceived as orgasmic music delightfully made its way to his ears. Seb chuckled studying the beautiful girl across from him admiring her combination of burger grease, ketchup, and mustard staining her chin. Y/N was too lost in the delicious meal to notice Seb gleefully watching her. In an instant his hand wiped away the condiment catching Y/N by surprise. She smiled bashfully blushing.

“Told you I knew a place.”

She sighed genuinely happy in them moment; “I could die a happy girl tomorrow because of this sweet, juicy perfection of a burger. All thanks to you.”

“What can I say? I have good taste.”

“And how did you run across this wonderous joint? Kinda feels off the beaten path.”

“Well, when you fly as much as me you learn to ask around. I never trust the internet when it comes to what I put in my body. I like to know what and where the locals scavenge for a tasty meal.”

“You continue to surprise me …I admire your style, Seb. Original, classy, and you no doubt just about charm the pants off any person who walks your way.”

“Is it working now?” He flashed his most flirtatious smile devouring another sweet potato fry.

Quick on her feet, she shot back with wit and attitude; “Should it be?”

“I gotta say Y/N, I’ve never been happier to wake someone up on a plane until I met you.”

“Damn, you’re suave, Seb. Fucking suave.”

Her eyes bulged from their sockets at her crude choice of words; “Shit, I’m sorry. Ah, fuck.”

His laugh flew through the air like wind on a crisp fall evening; her cheeks flushed.

“I’m not usually such a sailor. Guess you bring out the best in me.”

“I don’t mind a bit. In fact, I kinda like that I fluster you if I’m being honest.”

“So smooth. Are you sure you’re not from LA?  I get the sense that’s a requirement in these parts?”

He shook his head in stark disagreement; “Nope, sorry to disappoint you. Just a common foreigner.”

“And a handsome one at that.”

Shocked at her boldness, Y/N stared down at the remnants of food moving her fries as a distraction from his adorable gaze.

“I haven’t felt this at ease in …well I can’t remember. It’s nice.”

“Couldn’t agree more. I never actually asked what brings you here?”

Seb nervously scratched the back of his head; “Uh, work. Like I said, I travel pretty frequently. Hollywood is a hub of sorts for me. What brings you here?”

“Okay, okay, I’ll take the hint and pry later. Well, I’m a writer and some big exec wants to discuss the rights to my book series. So, yeah.”

“Y/N, that’s amazing! Are you secretly a super hero, part of the Avengers maybe?”

“Hahah, flattery will certainly get you far. No doubts there.”

“You’re too kind, Y/N. I’m definitely far from perfect.”

“Good. Perfection is overrated. Flaws are attractively imperfect. I mean at the end of the day we’re only human.”

“Consider me intrigued. I’ve gotta stop by a bookstore and check you out now!”

“Oh, hush! If you must know, I try to keep a low profile. So, uh, how long are you here for?”

“A couple days. I’ve got a bit of free time after my meeting tomorrow and thinking of hitting some trails while I’m here. Don’t get me wrong, LA is cool and all, but kinda suffocating. I try and maintain my distance if possible.”

“Oh, you’re preaching to the choir. The hustle and bustle of London is the literal definition of overwhelming. Countryside getaways were my one true savior. Sometimes London feels like an overpacked sardine can just waiting to explode.”

“So why did you stay?”

Y/N bit her lip trying to keep quiet. She hadn’t once though of Henry since meeting Seb. The lump in her throat appeared by just the mere mention of her subconscious. A part of her wasn’t ready to reveal the ache left beneath her exterior.

“Friends and family. What else ties a person to one place?”

“Love? A relationship?”

His coyness was flattering. She gave into his curiosity.  

“Are you asking if I’m single?” Her feigned expression was enough to send him into a fit of harmonious laughter.

“Maybe, maybe not. Depends on your answer, I guess. Part of me believes you’re too good to be true which usually means taken.”

“HA, no. Relationships and I are not on speaking terms at the moment.”

“Ah, sounds like heartbreak hotel is just around the corner….”

“I recently got out of a long-term relationship. So, to answer your question; Yes, I’m single and so not ready to mingle.”

“Are you assuming I’m hitting on you?” His shocked appearance made her question their entire encounter and if she’d been reading the signs wrong all along.

“Well, good thing I’m only here for the coffee and platonic company, hm?”

Seb raised his mug in salute as her stress magically melted away; “Break-ups suck. But allow for a real opportunity to see who you really are. Pain can be a bitter reminder of sadness and strength.”

“Wow, philosophizing so soon into our newly found friendship? A man after my own heart!”

Y/N playfully placed her hand over her heart, smiling for particular reason.

“How about if you’re interested and only 100% positive you aren’t sick of my company; we do dinner or even drinks? Whichever the lady chooses.”

Seb motioned in jest. Y/N tried to remember the last time she’d felt so carefree unable to pin down an exact memory. For far to long Y/N trapped herself in a fog allowing Henry to rule over her even when he wasn’t physically there. It had to stop, she had to quit placing him on a pedestal if she had any luck of moving on from their failed love affair. One torturous long minute passed as Seb’s nerved ramped up.

“Shit, I’m that weird dude, now. Forget I asked and let’s chalk it up to an amazing afternoon as strangers who leave this diner and head back to our own separate lives without consequence?”

Again, Y/N was speechless contemplating what she truly wanted to do next.

“First things first, stop blubbering, you seriously are ungodly handsome. And on second note, our chance meeting was unexpected but kinda sorta awesome. I’d love to see you again. I can’t recall the last time I’ve felt so free…and don’t even get me started on the belly aches due to your comedic skills.”

“Damn, a woman that speaks her mind. Are you sure you’re not in politics?”

“Nope, never, no thank you. Sooo, it’s a date?”

Seb furrowed his eyebrow in pleasant surprise; “You said it, not me.”

Y/N rolled her eyes; “Yeah, yeah. What do the kids say nowadays…. YOLO?”

“Yes, and please never say that again.”

A napkin holder was placed strategically resting against the window sill. Seb signaled to their middle-aged waitress; “Pardon me, do you have a pen handy?”

“Course, darling. Anything for ya.” She winked dropping the pen on the edge of the checkered table leaving them to privacy. He scribbled his number on the grainy piece of paper and slid it her way.

“I’ll leave the ball in your court and pass the privilege of reaching out to confirm details.”

“Wow, and they say chivalry is dead? Obviously not in Romania.”

“What fine establishment do they have you shacking up in?”

“Chateau Marmont. Long story short, my publisher fully embraces and understands my introverted nature and love of historical hotels. Call me an oddball.”

“Oddball.”

They snickered like school children slowly understanding their time was coming to a close. A power, a force of sorts gravitated Y/N towards him. He felt the same way.

“I happen to think women who especially history buffs are so incredibly magnificent. I haven’t met many as beautiful as you.

Their flirtation skyrocketed like flicks of fire firing between them.

“Knowledge is like your super power…. also, intelligent women are a complete turn on.”

She swatted his arm smiling like a kid in a candy shop.

“Come on, let’s get outta here. I’ll drop you off.”

He offered his hand helping Y/N to her feet. She lingered a second too long. With Seb a couple steps behind her, she missed the clinch of his fists and Seb’s reddened cheeks.

---The Next Day---

No luxury was forgotten as Y/N observed her decadent hotel room, but no matter how comfortable the memory foam or high thread count sheets, Y/N tossed restlessly the whole night. Her anxieties attacking her mind at every possible angle. Worry engulfed her clutching on her own insecurities. Her fear? 

That she’d walk into David Fincher’s office and leave very humiliated and very far from home. Henry’s ghost loitered just out of reach. A ghost can be many a thing; a memory, a daydream, a secret, but most times, a wish. Old or new. But that was the past, memories she must let go of.

Y/N stared at the ceiling wishing her bed to open up and swallow her whole finally dozing off to her temporary dreamland. But sunlight painted the walls like a colorful painting. She stretched and moaned at the sensations of her waking bones.

Making her way to the bathroom, Y/N’s phone chimed forcing her to circle back towards the obnoxious device.

Seb: Buna dimineata prietene! (Good Morning, friend)

Y/N: Romanian? So early in the morning. How dare you sir?

Blinking dots ran across the screen as Y/N waited impatiently for his witty response.

Seb: Never too early for greatness. As they say in the theater, break a leg! But not an actual leg because I might be looking forward to our date. Okay, good luck with the meeting!

Y/N: Thanks for the good juju. Same to you! Call you later.

She unconsciously rubbed at the tender swell in her chest, the fluttering in her belly kicking wildly. Butterflies. It’d been ages since she’d been this excited and it surprised Y/N. Maybe she was ready for something more…Y/N shook her head ridding herself of such silly thoughts. She knew better than to rush full steam ahead.

    ---Later that day---

The fourteenth floor was decorated to architectural perfection. Every space had its purpose and the décor elegantly stylish.  There she stood in the presence of cinematic greatness! As Y/N was about to pinch herself, she heard an echo of a name. Looking up, she searched for the unknown voice before landing on an enthusiastic figure waving her direction.

“Y/N! So nice to finally see you in person. I’m Meg.”

“Meg, so glad to put a face to a name. Thank you for having me.”

Both women walked down a hallway lined of glass walls smiling at those who looked up.

“David has talked nonstop about your series. So much so that I ended up devouring your books in three days. You’re freaking brilliant!”

“You really think so? I worked my ass off to get it through any publishing house. I was on the verge of chucking my ideas in the trash and getting an actual job that paid real money if it wasn’t for a last-ditch effort.”

“I’ve blocked off a thirty-minute window before his next meeting begins. He’s booked back-to-back today but by no means feel rushed. He hates when I push him. Don’t tell him I said that.”

Her head bobbed nonchalantly taking notice of the stunning scenery from the 17th level.

“Alright, here goes nothing.”

“Best of luck, Y/N.”

Meg knocked; “Come in!”

“David, this is Y/N.”

“Thanks, Meg. Close the door behind ya, we’ve got loads to discuss.”

David extended his hand towards Y/N’s shaking firmly. Y/N reminded herself to breath and to quickly find her manners.

She stuttered trying to remember common speech causing David to laugh aloud.

“Ms. Y/N, you okay?”

“Yyess—just a tad shell shocked. I mean, I can’t believe I’m standing in a room with the David Fincher. Unbelievable, really. Thank you for taking the time to meet with me.”

“I should be the one thanking you. You wrote one hell of a series that I trust can be transferred stunningly over to the silver screen where it can be fully appreciated. I’ve never seen someone mold together so many genres with such ease yet adding a layer of complexity. You, young lady, kept me guessing every twist and turn. That doesn’t happen too often if you catch my drift.”

“I-I, it’s just nice all those late-night writing sessions and waiting tables paid off. I’ll have you know I was on the verge of giving it all up and going back to school.”

“So, let’s get down to details. My team and I have come up with an offer that is totally open for negotiations.”

David slid a piece of paper into view. Y/N stared at the parchment gob smacked. Her jaw fell open at the written proposal.

“Holy shit.” Her eyes snapped up at her vulgar language; “Shit! I don’t mean to be impolite.”

“Ha, it’s a bit flabbergasting upon first glance but I promise you I want to do everything in my power to make this work for both parties.”

“Am I…am I reading this correctly?”

“Indeed, $10 million for the first two films, advancing to an additional $13, $15, $17 million for the last three. Of course, aiding us in the writer’s room to make sure we bring your story to live through your eyes. This will undoubtfully increase book sales across the board, I’d say upwards of $60 million if all goes accordingly. Also, I didn’t forget about making you an executive producer.”

“You’re kidding me, riight? Am I dreaming?”

“You’re gonna be a big deal once the tabloids get their sticky fingers on this. I mean this is going to skyrocket you to the likes of Stephenie Meyer and Suzanne Collins status. I mean, I had to outbid Peter Jackson just for a chance at directing this masterpiece. Darling, you’re all Hollywood can talk about right now.”

“Wow, I’m, uh, seriously grateful. I guess I’ve been shacking up in London far too long. I don’t really read celeb gossip so needless to say I’ve been in my own bubble.”

“A huge thank you goes out to Henry Cavill for pitching the initial idea. He helped get the recognition you deserve. Nice fellow, that one.”

Momentary shock came over her face, mouth still agape; “He—Henry had a hand in this?”

“Most certainly. He was the one who brought it to my attention. Of course, he mentioned the desire to work with me was motivation enough, but genuinely, he seemed passionate about the project.”

“I-I had no idea.” Switching gears as fast as possible Y/N trotted forth; “So realistically, when can we get the ball rolling?”

“Once the proper documents are signed and stamped, we’re good to go. If negotiations aren’t necessary, I’d say within the next month or so we can start casting calls, booking air fare, figuring out destination shoots, getting a manuscript going. It comes together faster than people think. How about this; you mull it over, call whoever you need, and get back at me in the next couple of days. Sound good?”

“Sounds more than good! I think I’ll be forever be in your debt, Mr. Fincher.”

“Please, call me David. We have a long road ahead of us that has truly stoked a fire in me, all thanks to you.”

Her nerves triumphed pushing Henry to the back of her mind. Y/N had bigger fish to fry.

“May I be frank with you, David?”

“By all means.”

“As you probably know Henry’s my ex-fiancée. Is it true you’re possibly considering him for the lead role?”

David looked around quizzically composing himself.

“I figured we’d have to address the elephant in the office. Yes, I was aware and I didn’t consider him to be malicious. He’s a genius actor and I figured it was worth a chat. But if you’re worried about anything, just say the word.”

“No, no. I wouldn’t want to jeopardize his successes. I agree, he’s an untapped actor full of surprising talent. I’ll be okay.”

“You promise?”

“Yep.”

“Great! Rest assured he isn’t even in the country. Believe he’s still galivanting about London.”

Silently pleading to change the subject, Y/N snapped out of it as quickly as she flew in to.

“This is a dream come true. I’m really looking forward to working with you and bringing my story to life.”

The squeaky hinge of the door alerted her to Meg’s foreboding presence. Taking a cue, Y/N stood up shaking David’s hand beaming like a child on Christmas Eve.

“I’ll be in touch, Y/N. Until then, enjoy your stay. Venture out. You’ll find LA isn’t all plastic and bullshit.”

“Oh, thank god. For a second I was getting nervous.”

“Haha! Meg, next appointment here?”

“Yes, he’s right around the cor--.”

“Y/N?”

She searched for the familiar voice unable to pin it down.

“Seb!? Wha...what are you doing here? I thought you had that big meeting today?”

“Uh, I do. That’s why I’m here.”

Sebastian nervously scratched his neck. Bewildered and thoroughly confused Y/N pushed on; “Wait a minute…. Are you an ...?”

“Actor, yes.”

“Whoa, whoa whoa. Wait.”

“Holy shit. You’re Shirley Lovecraft. Catchy pseudo name. So, you’re the brains behind this witty madness. What an interesting turn of events if I do say so myself, a happy one.”

“Agreed. I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you. Kinda embarrassing.”

“Don’t. A perfect afternoon with someone who wasn’t using me for fame or money? Did I mention you look breathtaking today?”

Her cheeks fumed with heat stirring her butterflies back to life. Seb’s hand stilled on her waist unwilling to let go as they continued gazing at the other.

“Earth to Seb?

Seb broke eye contact first glancing over at David. Y/N was too busy memorizing the glimmer of his cobalt blue eyes.

“Yes, ah! So rude of me. Hello there, so great of you to squeeze me in. I appreciate it.”

He directed his attention towards Y/N once more leaning close to the shell of her ear; “Still on for drinks later?”

“Definitely.”

His wink sparked a jolt to her core leaving her weak in the knees. Somehow, some way, Y/N mustered enough confidence to walk without tripping. She glowed the whole walk to the elevator. Y/N pressed the button too lost in thought to hear the quiet ding of arrival strolling straight into a hard chest. Enormous hands grasped her shoulders; “Oh! Apologies Ms.”

“No, it’s my fault. I wasn’t paying atten—oh shit.”

Only one particularly charming British accent that could send a chill down her spine, one very distinguishable voice indeed. 

“Y/N?”

Time froze icily still.

“What the fuck? Henry??”

~~~~~~~~~~

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[et-lesailes]

lockdown lust

pairing: johnny storm x reader

word count: 3270

summary: video chatting with your best friend johnny during quarantine turns a bit steamy.

themes: smut

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notes: man i wish my quarantine was going like this. graphic creds go to the @thewritingdoll​, also patreon saw this first! click here to join :)

You’re laying on your side on your bed, dressed in a simple tank top and shorts with your sports bra just barely peeking out from either side of your shirt, clicking through YouTube video after YouTube video on your laptop. Ever since being unemployed thanks to the pandemic, each day is the same as the previous. Wake up, eat breakfast, watch TV, play some video games, eat lunch, read, try and teach yourself a new language, sit outside on the deck for a bit, eat dinner… you’re slowly going crazy not having anything productive to do, but it at least helps being able to chat with your friends via FaceTime and Zoom. It’s rather depressing being alone and stuck at home, but one of your best friends in particular manages to help quite a lot. Even though Johnny’s going just as crazy as you are, he’s still his fun loving, goofy, and energetic self, and it’s safe to say he knows how to cheer you up whenever you’re feeling the quarantine blues.

A notification pops up on your screen indicating that he’s video calling you, and you gladly answer. “Hey there, gorgeous.” He greets you in his typical flirtatious fashion- as usual, he’s shirtless (you’re assuming also only in underwear) and lounging back in his bed with a beer in one hand. “Fuck, I’m so bored. What are you up to?” You laugh softly, sighing as you look at the YouTube videos on the side of your screen. “Literally nothing. Honestly considering just going to sleep because I have nothing else to do.” 

“You know what I miss?” he suddenly speaks up rather than responding to you, taking a swig of his beer. “Sex. No, I miss even just touching a girl. Like even if it’s a fucking handshake. I’m starting to think I should have just picked a quarantine girlfriend so I could get some action.” You blink and laugh, shaking your head to yourself though you can’t help but admit you understand the feeling. “I’m not gonna lie, I definitely miss the feeling of having someone in the bed with me.” You don’t have a boyfriend, but you did sometimes have a fling every now and then. As Johnny said, though, it’s not just about sex. You simply miss the comforting, reassuring feeling of having a male’s arms wrapped around you, pulling you close to his body in his slumber. 

“Yeah? So have you been masturbating a lot?” he asks bluntly, and you laugh; you and Johnny are extremely close, and so questions like these never throw you off or make you uncomfortable. “Kind of, yeah, but I’m sure nowhere near as much as you.” You tease with a smirk, and he snickers in return. “Touche, darling. I can’t help it, okay? I have a high sex drive.” He suddenly arches a brow, lifting his drink up slightly. “Hello, why am I the only one drinking? Go get some alcohol, c’mon!” You roll your eyes fondly at his severe ADD, but nod your head. “Alright, alright, be right back.”

You return a few moments later with a glass of wine, settling into your previous position laying on your side and propped up on your elbow, sipping from your glass. “Happy now?” you ask, and he scoffs playfully. “Wine? What are you, forty?” You blink and laugh loudly, making a face. “Beer makes my stomach feel weird! It’s all… carby or whatever.” He hums thoughtfully before reaching out of the frame to pick up something- a bottle of liquor. “Okay, what about shots?”

You look at him in amusement and disbelief, but honestly, you actually feel a little sympathy for him. He just wants company; he’s an incredibly social guy who absolutely loves going out, clubbing, dancing, and meeting new people- of course he just wants a drinking buddy right now. “Alright, alright, I literally just settled down but I’ll get out of bed again just for you.” You wrinkle your nose at him and he cheers happily, pumping his fist in the air. “Hell yeah, that’s my girl! Hurry now before my buzz dies down.” You chuckle softly and get up again, setting your wine down and going back to the kitchen to retrieve a bottle of fruit flavored rum. It’s probably going to be a long night if Johnny’s this hyped up already, but you’re actually looking forward to it. You really do love talking to him, especially during this period of time.

An hour flies by without you even realizing it. You’ve been drinking with Johnny the whole time, laughing and chatting and joking around with each other as you usually do; there’s no one who can make you smile as much as he does. His enthusiasm and rowdiness is contagious- you’ve felt so groggy and lazy during these lockdown days, but he always knows how to snap you right back. 

“Hey, Y/N.” Johnny reaches over to grab another can of beer from the table and you catch even more of a view of his rippling abs. “Yeah?” you ask, wondering just how much you’ve drank to actually be checking Johnny out. You can acknowledge he’s an attractive guy, but he’s only been a friend to you all this time- for some reason, you never really entertained the thought of anything more. Perhaps because you’ve seen the way he is with women; not necessarily bad or toxic, but not exactly boyfriend material either. 

“Let’s play a game.” He suggests, giving you a little smirk. “How about Never Have I Ever?” You blink but smile, nodding your head. “Alright, sure. Wanna start?” He suddenly lifts a hand, shaking his head. “Uh uh uh, hold on. This version of the game has a catch.” He downs the rest of his beer before wiping his lips with the back of his hand, grinning at you mischievously. “For every single thing you have done, you have to take off an article of clothing.” 

“What? You know, like, everything I’ve done!” you argue in amusement, and he grins, wiggling his eyebrows. “And you know everything I’ve done. So? C’mon, it’ll be fun. But we can’t do stupid stuff, like “Never have I ever kissed a girl” or “watched hardcore porn”. It has to be more specific.”

You roll your eyes but find yourself agreeing. “Okay. Fine. Shouldn’t you, like, maybe put on clothes first though? You know, so you actually have something to take off?” He blinks and looks down at his half naked body before laughing loudly. “Oh yeah, good point!” You watch as he stands up, eyes directly met with his boxers as he goes to grab a shirt, pants, and even socks and a watch. “You are ridiculous,” you remark, taking a sip of your wine though giggling nonetheless. As always, he knows just how to make you laugh. 

“Alright, I’ll start.” Johnny gets himself comfortable again, dressed in a simple wifebeater and basketball shorts. “Never have I ever… gotten so drunk as a freshman at a college party that I ended up making my really handsome best friend carry me all the way back to my dorm.” You blink and laugh loudly making a face, whining playfully, “Johnny! God, you didn’t even go to school there, why were you there anyways?”

“To carry your ass back home. Now go on, get stripping.” You scoff but take off your tank top, revealing your patterned sports bra underneath. You see him staring and for some reason, you actually feel… excited. This has to be the alcohol, right? You clear your throat, tossing the top aside. “My turn. Never have I ever had sex with someone new five minutes after breaking up with my significant other.” You fire bluntly, the corner of your lips tugging upwards. He laughs, shaking his head to himself. “In my defense, we had only been dating for two weeks, and she went psycho on me. You remember! Right?”

“Just take off the shirt, Johnny.” You laugh, and he arches a brow, playfully retorting, “Wow, bossy. I like it, baby.” He lifts off the wifebeater revealing his abs once again, and you force yourself not to look at them- you know he’d make a comment otherwise. “If we’re going to bring sexcapades into this,” he murmurs thoughtfully, “never have I ever been caught hooking up in a movie theater.” You immediately blush, hiding your face. “Why did I ever tell you about that? It was barely hooking up, it was just making out! And you’ve done that several times at the movies, there’s no way you haven’t.”

“I have, but I’ve never been caught.” He winks and nods towards you. “So, the bra?” You roll your eyes and shake your head, shifting yourself so you’re sitting up on your knees to wiggle out of your shorts. You’re thankful you at least put on some cute underwear today, looking down at the sky blue material with little tiny icons of penguins on it. Johnny shamelessly looks too, chuckling softly. “Wow. Those are fucking precious.” He barely bites on his lip though as he keeps staring, and you feel yourself blushing deeper, quickly settling yourself back down again. 

It’s obvious where this game’s heading. Both of you know it. You don’t know if it’s because of the alcohol, or the fact that you’re just extremely sex deprived, but you’re completely fine with how this night will end. It’s just a fun little game. Nothing wrong with that.

“My turn.” You snap him out of whatever daydream is running through his head, raising an eyebrow. “Never have I ever dated a freaking supermodel.”

“Is that jealousy I hear in your voice, Y/N?” he teases, but easily kicks off his basketball shorts. “No. Also why aren’t you just taking off your socks and the watch first?” you ask, and he grins, shrugging playfully. “I’m perfectly fine with just chilling with my dick out wearing nothing but a few accessories. What’s wrong with that?” You shake your head to yourself, though you can’t help but find the thought hilarious. How this boy became so bold and confident, you have no idea, but you have to admit it’s even a bit inspirational at times.

“Okay,” Johnny begins, taking a drink of his beer. He looks more excited now, his eyes gleaming with mischief. “Never have I ever had sex with a long term significant other.” You blink and make a soft incredulous noise. “You’ve never even had a long term significant other!”

“That’s right, baby girl! Which is it gonna be, the bra or the panties?” 

“Neither.” You smirk and bring your feet into view, wiggling your toes in the fuzzy socks you had been wearing. “I’m guessing someone here doesn’t have a foot fetish at least, because you didn’t even notice that I’m wearing socks.” Johnny groans in playful annoyance as you take them off, crossing his arms. “Fine, you got me there. Your turn.”

You have to pause for a second. Not to think of what you’re going to say- God, you know Johnny better than he does, you could write a book of all the bullshit he pulls. No, you have to pause because this is where things are going to start getting intense. You’re going to see your best friend naked, and he’s going to see you naked. Both of you are horny out of your minds. Both of you are intoxicated. Do you really want to go through with this? 

“Hello? You there?” he asks impatiently, in classic Johnny fashion. You swear the boy has the attention span of a turkey.

“Never have I ever had a wet dream about my best friend.” You suddenly speak, looking at him intently- he looks at you in surprise for a few moments, but before he can move, you’re suddenly the one slowly lifting your sports bra up and over your head, your breasts moving up with it before lightly bouncing down.

He’s completely speechless, his eyes on your chest as if he’s never seen boobs before, his facial expression getting more and more serious from shock. “Holy…” he finally mumbles, nibbling on his lip. You’ve never seen him look so hungry, so full of desire, and it’s only turning you on. There’s a certain thrill and adrenaline rush that comes with getting intimate with someone you’re “not supposed” to, and you’re definitely feeling that buzz right now. 

“Well?” you ask softly, tilting your head to one side. “I have. Have you?” You’re taking a big chance here, but considering what a sleazeball Johnny can be, you’re certain it’s had to have happened at least once. He looks at you for a few moments before slowly smirking, moving his hands down…

… only to take off his socks. Your expression is one of complete disbelief as you’re about to ask him if he’s actually serious, but then he goes to take off his watch. After that, he moves his hands to the hem of his boxers and pushes them down- his erection jumps up, tall and thick, and you can feel the heat in your core simply from looking at it. He lounges back against his headboard, completely nude, his chest visibly heaving slightly from excitement.

You clear your throat trying not to be too obvious about staring at it. “Why’d you… um… why did you take more than one thing off?”

He leans over and he’s out of the frame for a second. You hear the sound of hands rubbing together. Lotion. “Because I’ve had more than one wet dream.” He answers simply upon returning, keeping his eyes on you as he slowly wraps his hand around his cock. “Do you want to hear about one?” You widen your eyes, now only paying attention to this shaft at this point, watching him pump himself slowly. Fuck, you’re so turned on right now. “Yes,” you breathe out, starting to shift uncomfortably as you subconsciously rub your thighs together.

“In the dream you were dating that dumb ex of yours. I can’t even remember his fucking name anymore. The one I hated, you know who I’m talking about.” Johnny begins, eyes briefly roaming your body on his screen. “I came over one day and he was out somewhere. You were wearing this sexy ass lingerie, to surprise him when he got back. When I walked in, you just immediately jumped up on me without realizing it was me- when you did, you looked all shocked, but I just kept holding you in my arms.” He breathes heavier, starting to pump faster. “We start kissing. Making out. My tongue’s practically down your fucking throat, my hands squeezing your perfect ass, I bring you into the bedroom.”

Your cheeks feel flushed and your own breaths are becoming a little more uneven, completely focused on everything he’s saying. “Then what?” you whisper; you don’t even realize your hand is moving to your breast. He lets out a groan simply from watching you, continuing, “I push you down on your hands and knees on the bed and slap your ass so hard, it leaves a mark. I tell you that you belong to me now, and that I don’t care if your boyfriend has to watch us fuck for me to prove that.” He stares at you as you start massaging your breast, watching in awe as your fingers pinch your nipple ever-so-slightly. “Fuck, you like this, don’t you baby girl? After that, I finger fuck you over and over again, I make you cum so goddamn many times. You’re fucking screaming by the end of it, you’re still on your hands and knees like a good girl, your face is against the mattress and your perky little butt’s up in the air for me. You fucking love every second of it.” He grits his teeth slightly as he keeps pumping, eyes dark with lust. “Then you want to know what happens next?”

“Y-yes, yes Johnny, please,” you practically moan, now practically trying to squeeze your thighs together to relieve the frustration. “Then take off your panties,” he suddenly demands, and you instantly obey, wiggling them off your legs. “Sit up so I can see your pussy,” he growls huskily. You adjust the laptop so that it’s in front of you, sitting and leaning back with your legs spread so that your bare entrance is in view, resting yourself on your elbows breathlessly. “I’m so fucking wet, Johnny,” you whine, moving your hand down your torso and using your fingers to start rubbing yourself. “Please, please keep going…”

“God damn,” he groans deeply, the mere noise in itself making you shiver in pleasure. “After I have you cumming over and over again, I grab your hair and thrust inside you, holding your ass and smacking it whenever I fucking want.” You let out a moan as you push one finger inside, tilting your head back. “Your tight little pussy felt so fucking good around me, babe. I had my big dick poking out your goddamn belly from how hard and deep I fucked you. I was tugging your hair, choking you, spanking you, playing with those perfect tits- you made the perfect little fuckdoll, so obedient, so damn needy.” He smirks, hand moving up and down faster, staring at you play with yourself as he murmurs, “Just like how you are now, hm?”

“Fuck, Johnny,” you whine breathlessly, pushing another finger in and pumping even faster. “I need you right now, o-oh… oh my God. I need your big dick inside me right fucking now…”

“Holy shit, Y/N,” he groans just from hearing you, rolling his neck to one side and shutting his eyes, head tilted upwards. “Would you cum all over my dick, just like you did in my dream?” You gasp, nodding immediately, lips parted and cheeks pink. “Yes! Yes… fuck… I want you to cum inside me, too…” He grins wider, chest heaving as he watches you weakly, hand working his long length intensely. “I can definitely do that, baby girl… o-ooh fuck, I’m close… I’m going to fucking cum right now…!”

“Me too!” you cry out, leaning against the headboard and rubbing hard; it’s not long before Johnny gets a view of you releasing, and the sight is enough to set him off with a loud groan- you can’t help but stare at how much he cums, wishing you could be there to taste all of it. 

“God damn.” He slowly exhales, leaning back entirely. “That was… wow. I fucking needed that.” He barely straightens up to grab a tissue from his nightstand, cleaning his mess but glancing up at you breathing heavily. “And especially with you. You’re so hot, Y/N, I’ve wanted to fuck you ever since I met you.” You widen your eyes surprised, trying to catch your breath as you stare at him. “What? Really…? I… I didn’t think you saw me like that, we were always just such… best friends.”

“Yeah. That’s why I didn’t do anything.” He admits, carelessly tossing the tissue aside, but you’re too shocked to even show any disgust. “You’re the only girl friend I’ve had. I didn’t want to treat you like everyone else. But fuck, it’s been hard.” He pauses and nods towards his length, “This has been too, every time I’m around you.”

Despite the otherwise serious conversation, you can’t help but laugh, even feeling somewhat flattered. You move to sit more comfortably, biting your lip. “Well then,” you mumble tilting your head, “maybe on the next video call I can tell you about my dream…”

[tornrose24]

Thoughts on Cinema Sins ‘Everything wrong with Phantom of the Opera’ video.

Well at least ONE of the movies I was hoping Cinema Sins would cover happened. Some sins were expected, but I wasn’t expecting that the CS guy apparently saw the musical and has some knowledge about the history of PotO in general.

-”Several people died.” No not really unless not everyone got out of the burning opera house.

-Knew he’d make a Minions joke the second ‘illumination’ was mentioned.

-Aww, no sins off for the use of the Overture music? And its from the 80’s so of course it would sound the way it does.

-Ok, I admit showing the seats losing their dust and becoming brand new again as a ‘what if’ for movie theaters when quarantine was over was amusing.

-There’s a difference between good opera singing and annoying opera singing, which is why the ladies didn’t care for Carlotta’s singing.

-I wonder what a Silence of the Lambs opera would be like, speaking of CS getting his Hannibals mixed up.

-Raoul and Christine are supposed to be around the same age, so the fact that Patrick Wilson was like 13 years older than Emmy does make the ‘childhood sweethearts’ thing strange.

-Oh great, now CS made 2004!Raoul and Christine’s age gap as problematic as with her and Erik’s by pointing that out.

-Minnie Driver is a great Carlotta AND was a memorable part of this film.

-Oh Christ, 200,000 francs equals almost a million bucks in today’s world? Isn’t that a little too much to demand, Erik?

-Yeah Emmy doesn’t exactly HAVE the right voice for Christine when you compare her to other stage Christines (but at least she doesn’t have a weird vibrato like a certain someone).

-Christine doesn’t strike me as a super social person, and her father was a supporter of her musical talents so it makes sense that she wouldn’t be amongst her new fans and pay a visit to the chapel.

-I wonder if Ramin (aka one of the best Phantoms) found out that he was compared to Harry Styles in this video.

-Christine was supposed to keep her lessons a secret, so it makes sense that she’d confide in Meg after that.

-CS points out the unfortunate implications of Christine being a child when she was approached by Erik in this adaptation and I’m pretty sure CS is going to utterly destroy Webber for this someday.

-Actually yeah-where the hell did everyone go when there was so many people outside Christine’s dressing room a few moments ago?

-I do appreciate CS calling out Giry for just letting the Phantom stalk Christine and not stopping it sooner. (And it does feel strange that she’d let the girl she considers a surrogate daughter go through this).

-”Psychedelically laced smoke.” Every fan thinks that too.

-Also, the mirror is a trick mirror. Kind of obvious later.

-Also he needed her to think he was a divine tutor and didn’t show up until Raoul came into the picture (and because he wanted to move on to actually facing her like a real person).

-Well the horse WAS in the book, but him being part of Christine’s ‘possible hallucination’ makes sense too. Also the idea of her ridding the Phantom is amusing.

-No that WASN’T the sewers they were going through–the opera house literally had an underground lake and there’s a history behind it since the opera house this story is based on is real. 

-Erik building the statues makes more sense to me since the guy is meant to be hyper talented.Also note that this is where you can especially tell CS had experience with die hard fans of the book since he refers to the Phantom by his actual name for this sin in addition to saying WHAT they told him specifically.

-Actually CS has a good point about how the final note of the title song is shown off. They should draw more attention to Christine singing that note since its not only a display of her talent but a show of just how much influence/power Erik has over that. Instead we don’t see Emmy singing (and as anyone will tell you, she sang it as an E flat and not an actual E note).

-Yeah that scarf mask is weird.

-The smoke eye has been a mystery for AGES CS and no one can answer why.

-Love the description of singing “Music of the night” as to treat it like going to a glorious destination.

-Thanks for reminding me why the casting choices and changed up backstory makes 2004!Erik worse than he needs to be (God... what the hell were you thinking ALW and JS?!)

-If CS is familiar with the musical, I wonder if he’s aware that 2004!Erik was many a teenage girls’ crush with that in mind.

-Ah the return of the original ‘creepy doll that looks like a character’ that I almost forgot about. Except CS makes it more creepier by pointing out something about it that makes 2004!Erik more creepier than he needs to.

-CS keeps referring to actors by whatever they were in/a character they also played. And I’m just reminded how strange it was to see Emmy in Shameless (and she’s not enough to make me want to watch that show).

-CS forgot that the managers were supposed to be ass-kissing when he wondered why they were in the dressing room.

-If I remember correctly, a company performs one opera production at night and then practices/rehearses for the next one during the day. The one they perform happens for a certain amount of time before its time to switch out. But yeah, the film makes it look like this is all happening in 24 hours which shouldn’t be possible.

-Nothing for that guy mooning Carlotta? Ok then, moving on I suppose.

-I’ve seen this movie hundreds of times and I NEVER saw the boat in the woman’s wig until it was pointed out.

-Was he not paying attention? Erik kills Bouquet because the guy was trying to go after him. The original reason why he died in the book was for the same reason.

-I’m glad that CS has sympathy for Christine for all she went though in a supposed 24 hours. I’d crack under all that too.

-Surprised he didn’t sin the snot shot on the roof. (You know what I’m talking about).

-Yeah, so much for a secret engagement if you got the ring exposed.

-Not sure why CS finds the gold guys funny other than they are ‘just there.’

-I would love to see the party-goers go after Erik since they DO outnumber him as an alternate scene during that moment after ‘Masquerade.’

-No ‘This is Sparta’ jokes? Ok then, moving on I suppose.

-Christine’s dad is implied to be famous in this movie (explaining the mausoleum, but in the book he was poor so he shouldn’t have one). But that does raise questions as to why Christine seemingly has little money to her name in this version.

-Dude, seeing the gave fight scene as Nite Owl vs. Leonidas was something I couldn’t unsee for more than 10 years. But I bet the Snyder fans loved that joke. (Speaking of CS and superhero films WHEN WILL YOU STOP TEASING ME WITH ‘ANIMATED SUPERHERO FILMS’ THAT ARE JUST ANIMATED DC FILMS AND SHOW ME THE ONE I ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE?!)

-I would love to see a Home Alone version of PotO since CS pointed it out.

-Actually I would love to see the au where CS is a critic in the PotO world and just not give a shit if Erik threatened him.

-Yeah, Raoul making Christine the bait and endangering her IS messed up. As much of a dolt he is, novel!Raoul would NEVER have done that to her.

-Erik’s hair looks nice because its a wig, CS.

-Oh boy, the reveal of the bad make up. No surprise it got a sin. I loved that CS showed Lon Chaney’s version (and hopefully will get people to watch the original silent PotO) and was more impressed by it over what this movie had. I also love how blunt CS is in summing up the deformity.

-There wasn’t a fire when the mob went after the Phantom in the musical. But as history can prove, some mobs care more about their goals than their own safety.

-I think they wanted to squeeze in one more trap before the final confrontation and Raoul WAS trapped in a room that became filled with water in the book and silent film. Though I’m amazed CS didn’t notice the reverse direction the bubbles were going during that scene.

-I don’t know how to answer why Christine was just standing around and doing jack shit to help Raoul during the final confrontation.

-A recreation of one of the most famous kiss scenes in musical history and CS just sums it up as ‘yeah your first kiss always sucks.’

-I love the contrast of Super Mario music with shots of PotO for the bonus round.

-Holy crap, that WAS a lot of candles.

-Some of the alternate audios for the last bit were unfamiliar but that Bug’s Life scene for when Christine is heading towards the mirror is perfection.

-And of COURSE CS would use that one Mission Impossible scene.

Final verdict: Predictable at times, but pretty amusing for a PotO fan like myself. I do hope the next movie musical CS covers is ‘Little Shop of Horrors.’

[heavencollins]

Top 10 Films of 2020: Part One

2020 was a rough year for a lot of reasons, but even more rough due to the lack of an existent film industry for over half of the year.  Sure, there are small productions happening and movies being released on VOD, as well as some in theatres, but so many great films were pushed back this year—movies I was excited to possibly have on my top ten.  Minari, Promising Young Woman, Zola, The Green Knight, Saint Maud.  Okay most of those are A24 releases but A24 literally released next to none of their slate for this year and it’s one of the most disappointing things to happen in the entertainment industry in my opinion.  

Alas, I still found cinema through streaming, paying $20 for a VOD rental, and those amazing $1.80 rentals from Redbox (remember when they were only a dollar?  because I do).  And honestly?  It was probably the hardest time curating a top ten that I’ve had in a long time; with so much just available through the internet and owning every single popular streaming service, it was both impossible to watch everything I wanted but also since I watched a lot of what i wanted, I ended up loving most of it.  For a year that was so dismal in every other way possible, the films that were released ended up being a shining light more often than not.  Of course, like every other year, a lot of hot garbage came out too, but that isn’t the focus of this—the great, amazing, can’t believe these are real films.  

So let’s start from number ten.  This was my first and only $20 rental this year, starring a man who I personally admire: Pete Davidson.  

10. The King Of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow and written by Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson, and Dave Sirus.  

Judd Apatow is one of the first directors who I watched religiously, and hearing that he was doing a film with Pete Davidson that was essentially based on Davidson’s life meant that I knew I’d have to watch it.  Scott, played by Davidson, is a twenty-something with no direct path in life; he lives with his mother, his sister is going off to college—something he never attempted—and he has no real career.  His father died in a large building structure fire, much like Davidson’s actual father, a firefighter who passed away while responding to the twin towers during 9/11.  Scott is emotionally a wreck, plagued with depression and anxiety, a chronic weed smoker, and dreams of being a tattoo artist that he practices by tattooing his group of rag-tag friends, but none of the tattoos are very great.  

The thing about an Apatow film is they border the line between comedy and drama very well, kind of a complicated little dance.  But, King of Staten Island is very much a drama more than a comedy.  Bill Burr plays Ray, the father of a kid that Scott tattoos earlier on in the film.  Ray comes stomping up to Scott’s mother’s house, and Margie, played by Marissa Tomei, opens the door.  It’s essentially love at first sight.  She hasn’t dated since Scott’s father passed, and to make matters worse, Ray is also a firefighter.  This complicates emotions for Scott, as he loves his mother but also doesn’t know how to deal with the feeling that his mother is finally moving on and may face heartbreak again.  

Davidson puts it all on the table in this film.  It’s poignant and realistic; at the start, Scott is driving down the highway and closes his eyes, way longer than you should.  It sets the tone from the start that this man isn’t okay, but also he’s scared of dying because as soon as he opens his eyes again and sees he may be about to crash, he quickly panics and readjusts his wheel.  This struck a chord with me as most people know that Davidson has struggled with suicidal thoughts in the past.  It’s a beautiful film that memorializes both how much Davidson’s father meant to him, but also the cycles of grief and trauma that last throughout your life.  

9: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), directed by Cathy Yan and written by Christina Hodson.

Suicide Squad is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen period, fact.  Birds of Prey is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen period, fact.  I never, ever, ever thought I’d see a day where a DC movie was in my top ten, but this year anything is possible.  Birds of Prey is a display of feminism, badassery, and all around perfection.  You jump right into the story, hearing Margot Robbie’s classic Harley Quinn voice laid over an animation showing what we missed in her life so far, which means you don’t have to have any previous knowledge of the other films.  Birds of Prey is meant to stand alone from any other movie preceding this one, and that’s just part of why it’s so great.

This film knows not to take itself too seriously.  Margot Robbie is a dream as Harley Quinn, using just the right amount of playfulness to put a little edge on her, while also maintaining the manic-panic-pixie-dream-girl effect.  Perhaps the best scene is when Harley goes and purchases the perfect egg breakfast sandwich, and then she drops it, causing a dramatic slow motion effect that proves she really does love that sandwich more than anything in the world.  Or her realistic apartment, nothing truly fancy, just a little hole in the wall above a rundown Chinese restaurant.  But then she has an amazing ensemble of other women actors around her, which are what really uplift her performance. 

The funhouse fight scene at the end may be the best in superhero movie history.  I mean, I guess, is Harley Quinn really a superhero?  She’s kind of the anti-hero, which is what makes her so great.  She’s somebody who isn’t even close to perfect but she still succeeds and tries to help and uplift the other women on her team.  There’s just something special about this movie that made me smile and laugh the entire time.  It’s a reminder that it’s okay to have fun every once in a while.  

8: The Assistant, directed and written by Kitty Green.

For those who don’t know, I work as an assistant during the day for a small business here in Vermont.  The work is mundane but it’s a job that’s giving me experience for the future.  In The Assistant, Jane, played by Julia Garner, is an assistant to a “powerful entertainment mogul.”  She gets lunch, answers phones, is the first one into the office, the last one out of the office, finds herself overshadowed by her male counterparts and getting the majority of the “grunt” work, and becomes more and more aware of what’s really going on at this office throughout a day in her life.  

What’s interesting about this film is nothing is ever seen; everything Jane starts to feel is just based on intuition.  Her boss is tricky, finding ways to keep his abuse of women out of the public eye, out of the eye of any female employees.  This is obviously in response to #MeToo, Times Up, and the Harvey Weinstein news from the last few years, and it works surprisingly well as a film that just unnerves you and gets under your skin.  

The reality of assault in the film industry is that until it’s widely public and known, nobody is going to know about it.  You can report it to your company, to other women, to other men, to anybody, and nobody will take you seriously until they either experience it themselves or know somebody else who has.  The Assistant hits the ball out of the park with the ending, even if it doesn’t give a vindictive satisfaction to viewers, because it’s simply the truth of the matter.  

7: Tenet, directed and written by Christopher Nolan.

I really don’t know what to say about this one.  It’s really controversial to like it but I absolutely LOVED this movie, it’s pure fucking vibes.  A lot of people are cinema purists, which I am not, and will never claim to be, which was a huge deal with this film.  Personally, this works way better at home than it ever would in a theater.  It’s slightly long, the sound mixing makes it so it can be hard to hear dialogue over loud noises and the score, and it’s the type of movie you may have to rewind  a few times.  

My partner and I watched this in 4K Ultra HD with subtitles on, and let me tell you, it was amazing.  Everything about the acting, the diversity in the film, the fact that Nolan literally has a character say “Don’t try to understand it, just experience it”???? VIBES.  That’s all I can say about it.  Plus, Elizabeth Debicki plays an actual badass who stands against her abuser and that enough is five stars.  A tall queen standing up against her short joker—absolute feminism.  

Sure, no character gets any development, but is that seriously necessary for every film?  It’s an action flick about time and space and none of it makes sense and you can’t force it to.  Why does everything need to make sense in a time where we are literally living through a pandemic?  Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the experience of Tenet.  It’s more fun when you don’t take it seriously.  

6: The Devil All The Time, directed by Antonio Campos and written by Antonio Campos, Donald Ray Pollock, and Paulo Campos.

I never read the book this was based on, but this film made me want to.  I love a film where multiple plot lines converge into one central story and this one did it so well, all with the same theme surrounding every single character: the guilt of sin and how no matter how much you think you can save yourself, you can’t truly save yourself.  I’m not a huge fan of Tom Holland, but he shines as Arvin from beginning to end.  Pattinson brings a creepy southern preacher to life with an accent that he will never be able to match again.  Keough gives a performance you can only sympathize with as you know she’s being manipulated the entire time.  Every character in this is corrupt in their own way but some in worse ways than others.

I don’t know how much to say about this one without spoiling it, either, because the core of this film is on the characters and what leads to their untimely ends, because pretty much everybody ends up dead.  It’s grim and dark but it’s so beautiful and tells the story in a way that keeps you interested throughout the entire run time.  It surprised me but there’s never truly been a Robert Pattinson starring movie that I’ve hated, so am I really surprised?  I’m a TwiHard at heart even at age 22. 

[365days365movies]

May 7, 2021: TRON (1982)

Starting to leave lo-fi sci-fi with this one.

Can I just say, I am VERY excited for this one. Mostly because it’s hard to get more ‘80s than this movie, specifically in terms of computers. I’ll explain. Y’know Jurassic Park? Yeah, the same movie I’ve brought up far, FAR too many times this month. Is...is that my favorite sci-fi movie? Shit, it might be? I’ve read the books, I’ve seen the movie COUNTLESS times...I’m pretty sure it is! Huh. Go figure. Anyway, where was I?

Oh, right! Remember the most irritating character in the movie? This is, in my opinion, older sister Lex Murphy. In the book, for the record, she’s a VERY different character. She’s the youngest sibling amongst the two, and she’s a sports nerd who hates dinosaurs. And she’s also the most annoying character in the book, so at least they kept that consistent. However, you may be saying to yourself: “Jesus, this dude really loves Jurassic Park. Even in the intro for Tron, he’s talking about it. Why the hell does he keep bringing it up?”

Well, allow me to explain. When I was 9 years old, I was super into two things: dinosaurs and reading. You may think that I wasn’t very popular in school as a result. And the truth won’t surprise you. Anyway, on January 3rd, 2001, it was a cold morning in the supermarket when

...OK, lemme get to the point. IT’S A UNIX SYSTEM!

See, this moment when Lex hacks into the computer to reactivate the locks (a task given to Tim in the book, but whatever) does two things. One, it makes Lex relevant in a film and story where she’s almost entirely unneeded. And two, it established something in the minds of movie-watchers everywhere: a completely misguided idea of what computer programming is.

And this is just one of MANY examples of Hollywood weirdly representing computers to the public. This was kind of a trend throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s, as computers were beginning to become available to the public. Examples are:

WarGames (1983), dir. John Badham

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), dir. James Cameron

Revenge of the Nerds (1984), dir. Jeff Kanew

Weird Science (1985), dir, John Hughes

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), dir. Russo Bros

That last one isn’t a great example, and it’s not even within the right time period. I just love Arnim Zola, and he NEEDS TO RETURN to the MCU. Goddamn it, I want this guy back, complete with his full robot body! COME ON FIEGE, LOOK AT THIS GUY! That last one may or may not be my fanart for the character with my own design NEVERTHEGODDAMNLESS!

Look, all you gotta do is connect the various machinations of Arnim Zola to the foundations of AIM, which is easy given their link in the comics. Zola and his fellow Paperclip scientists helped fund Aldrich Killian’s AIM, and the project to give Zola his sick-ass robot body eventually wound up being a part of the project that would create the hovering robotic chair used by this guy.

THIS IS ALL I’VE EVER WANTED PLEASE

...Ahem.

Anyway, the weird-ass ways that Hollywood’s represented computers, hacking, and all other associated things can be traced back to 1982, when the first film to use mostly computer generated imagery for its setting was created. This was, of course, Disney’s TRON. And while I haven’t seen it before...I’ve see its sequel in theaters?

On a related note, Tron Legacy might be a mediocre film with a mediocre soundtrack, but GODDAMN DO IT LOVE THE FUCKING VISUALS. It’s genuinely my favorite aesthetic. That whole “outlined in light” thing? Goooooooh, BABY, how I love it.

Style over substance, but OH THE FUCKING STYLE

Anyway, despite that, I’m looking forward to seeing where the whole thing came from. I dig that style, too. Is there a name for those aesthetics? Let me know, so I can devote my life to it forever. Anyway, shall we get started?

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Recap

So, we start this movie off with a BANG, jumping into an arcade where two kids are playing none other than Lightcycle, and jumping into said Lightcycles to meet one of the drivers, Sark (David Warner). A sadistic program, he takes great pleasure in executing programs in Lightcycle races.

One of these programs, in fact, is being brought into imprisonment now, to be set against Sark in a race. The program, Crom (Peter Jurasik), speaks with fellow prisoner Ram (Dan Shor), where we get some idea of the lore of this place. Many programs believe in “the Users”, god-like figures who they believe created them and tell them what to do. However, the mysterious Master Control Program is rounding up the programs that believe in Users, taking over their functions or executing them. Diggin’ the lore so far.

In the real world, we meet Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), a computer programmer commanding his own program, Clu (also Bridges), and...look, I’m not sure what they’re doing, but OHHH. IT’S A UNIX SYSTEM, BABY. The beautiful bullshit that this movie uses to denote computer activity and programming, it’s...MMMMMMMMMCHEF’SKISS, it’s so FUCKING GOOD!

Anyway, Clu’s apparently being sent to find some information, but he’s caught by Master Control. Jeff Bridges shows off some pretty over-the-top acting, but it’s charming as hell. Clu’s interrogated by Master Control Program (also Warner), and killed, or “derezzed”. This frustrates Flynn, but why?

Well, we get a clue from MCPs concentration with Ed Dillinger (David Warner), who arrives at his office in the COOLEST FUCKING HELICOPTER I HAVE EVER SEEN. I will never make enough money to have this helicopter, but maybe one day I can do it to a car, holy shit. Anyway, Dillinger lands and enters the ENCOM building, where he speaks with his computer table, which contains MCP.

Is this a thing with computer programmers? Do they, like, physically talk to their programs, and the programs talk back? Is this a thing that happens? Are the conversations interesting? Are IT people literally computer-whisperers? I gotta talk to my friends in computer sciences and IT about this.

Apparently, Flynn’s been snooping around their servers for a specific file, and they’re trying to stop him from getting that file. Meanwhile, in an office in the building, a man named Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner) is blocked out of the system in an attempt to flush out Flynn’s location. Bradley’s summoned to the office for what seems like a routine interview, but is actually more of an investigation. Doesn’t go anywhere.

On a side note, by the way, it would appear that MCP is somewhat in control of Dillinger. Although, how and why is unknown. In any case, he’s attempting to amass power. Additionally, the fact that he’s directly speaking to one of the Users is...interesting. And on a second side note, Bradley is preparing something, a security program called “Tron”. That might come up later.

MEANWHILE, elsewhere in the building, a group of scientists are conducting an experiment to digitize solid matter and transport it into computers. It succeeds with an orange, much to their delight and celebration. One of these scientists is Lora Baines (Cindy Morgan), Flynn’s ex-girlfriend and Alan’s current girlfriend. They go to the arcade to reconvene with Flynn, much to Alan’s irritation.

Flynn not only owns the place, he’s also a game whiz, brilliant computer programmer, and recently fired ex-employee of ENCOM. He’s also been sneaking into the ENCOM system, and he details exactly why he’s moving against them. While working for ENCOM, he had started writing programs for some very complex video games, which could’ve have made him quite a bit of money. But Dillinger stole his files, and uses it to climb up the ranks to Senior Executive of ENCOM, while Flynn lounges in relative poverty. He’s planning on getting into the system to get evidence of Dillinger’s wrongdoing.

The trio plots to take down Dillinger and get the evidence together, breaking into ENCOM that night. Meanwhile, Dillinger’s meeting with Walter Gibbs (Barnard Hughes), a co-founder of the company, and one of the other scientists who made the digitizing machine. Dillinger says YOUR TIME IS OVER OLD MAN, and brushes off his concerns about he’s handing the company.

He’s not the only one with issues, as MCP decides to take over FOR Dillinger. Apparently, Dillinger’s talents are stealing data and creating Cybernet/HAL 9000. Good job, buddy. But that may end, when Alan goes to finish and install his program, Tron, which will hopefully take MCP down. Meanwhile, Lora and Flynn go to the basement with the digitizing machine. At the computer terminal, MCP decides to stop Flynn by...well, you know where this is headed.

Yup! Flynn’s brought into the computer by Lora’s machine, and is digitized and put into the game grid. And since we’ll be spending a lot of time there, I think I need to acknowledge something: I really love how this movie looks. The CGI is rudimentary, but it’s used surprisingly well. Consider that this is also made in an era where this is the kind of imagery that computers could literally generate at the time, and you’ve got a pretty great movie in-context.

Flynn, now in those spiffy program duds, is sent by the MCP to compete in the Game Grid, under Sark’s supervision and tutelage. He’s thrown into the brig with the other imprisoned programs, where he learns more about this world. Once brought into the throes of the Game Grid, he’s told that those who believe in the Users are to be trained poorly, ensuring their inevitable death. Meanwhile, those who renounce their belief will be spared. And of all the programs who still believe in the Users, there is none quite as powerful...as Tron (Bruce Boxleitner again).

We see Tron’s badass skills in Ultimate Frisbee. And OK, it’s not Ultimate Frisbee, but you throw discs that contain all of your essence and all of the things you’ve learned in your time there. You basically pour your entire essence and being into the disc as you throw it. So, really, it is Ultimate Frisbee, according to that one dude who’s REALLY into Ultimate Frisbee.

Flynn is commanded to play one of these games, and he winds fairly easily. However, when he defeats his opponent, he’s almost about to die. However, Flynn refuses to finish him off, leading Sark to do so instead. And Sark is tempted to kill Flynn as well, but he holds off at the last moment.

Flynn finally gets to meet Tron, where he feigns being a program that knows of his User, Alan. Of course, Tron looks exactly like Alan, which is why Flynn blurts out his name. But as they’re discussing this, Flynn, Tron, and fellow prisoner Ram are sent to compete in the Lightcycles. And, yes, I’m now looking for a game like this on my phone, because GODDAMN to I love Lightcycles. Can’t WAIT for the Disney World ride, oh my GOOOOD. 

So, our guys get in the Lightcycles, and they outmaneuver Sark’s guys. They’re actually able to escape the arena and the Game Grid, making it outside the citadel. They encounter a, uh, bitstream, and soak up some energy before moving on. On the way, though, they’re nearly killed by Sark’s guys in tanks, and Tron is separated from Flynn an the unconscious Ram.

Flynn and Ram finds a place to rest and hide, and Flynn discovers that, as a User, he actually has the ability to somewhat manipulate the reality within the computer, and he makes a version of MCPs ships, the Recognizers, which resemble the villains in Flynn’s game that Dillinger stole. Now realizing that Flynn is a user, Ram asks him to help Tron, before dying and disappearing into pure code. Whoof.

Tron, meanwhile, ends up finding an input/output program named Yori (Cindy Morgan), who helps him in his escape. She takes him through the city, where we see some interesting designs for control programs, almost like a Hunger Games Panem sort of deal.

Flynn has trouble driving his ship, as he meets a “bit”, a small bit of data that only answers in yes or no. He, too, ends up in the city, and you start to notice that this film has a really heavy influence in our cyberpunk concepts and fashions today. Honestly, I really dig this whole thing. Kevin uses his programming powers to disguise himself as one of Sark’s guards, while Yori and Tron find their way through the main citadel of the guards.

They make their way through to the access tower, where they ask the program Dumont (Barnard Hughes again) to let them access the interface that will allow them to speak with the Users, specifically Alan. Reluctantly, Dumont agrees to let Tron through, where he goes to the access port. Which, for the record, looks awesome. He goes to speak with Alan, and he does that one pose. Y’know, the famous Tron pose that’s on the poster?

Yeah, that’s the good stuff. Anyway, he gets information written onto his disc that���ll allow him to kill MCP. Neat. And unfortunately, that’s exactly when Sark and his guys show up, taking Dumont away as Tron and Yori escape. Yori gets them onto a Solar Sailer, a device that will transport them to the central computer. Tron fends off some of Sark’s guys with video game noise kicks, and the Solar Sailer arrives to take them away.

Sark chases after them, but the pair manage to outrun his very cool-looking ship. MCP threatens to destroy Sark for his failure, but he promises that he’ll be able to get them. On the ship, Tron looks down at the side to see Flynn hanging on. Turns out that he was one of the guards that attacked the two. Tron pulls him up onto the ship, and Flynn reveals that he is, in fact, a user. He also reveals that Users aren’t exactly the gods that programs believe them to be.

Anyway, how’s Dumont doing?

Ah.

Well, the Recognizers find Tron, Yori, and Flynn, and chase after them on the light beam the Solar Sailer is on. However, with his User powers, Flynn manages to get the Sailer onto a different beam, while pulses on the original beam destroy the Recognizers.

Doesn’t end up mattering much, though, as Sark finally catches up and intercepts the group. The Solar Sailer is destroyed, and Yori and Flynn are thrown in the brig with Dumont, who’s still alive! Can’t say quite as much for Tron, apparently. But, again, I can only assume that Ton is still alive. We’ll see, though. Sark denies Flynn’s identity as a User for some reason (I mean, MCP told you who he was, but OK), and he sentences them all to death. Outside the ship, of course, is Tron, who’s hiding and waiting for the right time to strike. And that is when we finally see him.

Glorious. Absolutely goddamn glorious. MCP is taking the remaining programs that believe in Users, Dumont included, and incorporating them into his mass. Meanwhile, Sark has found Tron, and the two are fighting with a classic game of Ultimate Frisbee. Tron nearly defeats Sark entirely, but MCP revives him, and gives him the power to take out Tron. He grows gigantic, and it looks genuinely really convincing.

Flynn prepares to take out MCP once and for all, and kisses Yori just beforehand, which is weird as shit. He jumps into the program, and controls it just long enough for Tron to throw his disc at it and land the finishing blow. And with that, MCP is ended, and the threat of take over is gone! The I/O towers light up, and the Video Warriors have won! Don’t ask me what that means, I study birds.

And with ALL OF THAT DONE, Flynn gets the proof he needs from a print-out that, to be honest, I feel like he could’ve just typed up himself. It doesn’t look like that much. But, still, MCP is gone, Dillinger’s screwed, and Flynn now gets a cool-looking helicopter of his own, as the new CEO of ENCOM. And from there, he will become a deadbeat dad that abandons his kid to live in computers forever. Or something like that, it’s been a while since I’ve seen Tron Legacy.

And that’s Tron, a goofy movie of its time, but one that’s a lot of fun all the same. And with some effects that, to be honest...I actually really liked! But more on that...IN THE REVIEW! See you there!

[multiverseofimagines]

Please please please. Song fic; Boyfriend by Ariana Grande. Charlie?

- I loved this request literally so much, it was so fun and simple to write it and I think about Charlie a lot when I hear it 💓 thanks for the request and hope you enjoy. 

Warning - this does contain the aspect of cheating, which I do not condone in anyway. this also got really angsty, I’m so sorry. 

The sky still hung stars among itself as you walked along the sidewalk, the New York early March’s cold stinging your cheeks. It wasn’t as cold as December was, but the windchill made it almost unbearable. You finally made your way to the front doors of the building, opening one of them with a sigh. Though your mind had been on the actual aspect of the play, your heart was plagued with something else… 

Charlie Barber. 

All you could think about was him. His eyes looking you up and down, his hands frantically touching you, afraid that if he were to let go you would slip away from his grasp, his soft voice enchanting your ears, whispering sweet nothings to you, making sure no one could hear, as the two of you are in his office, the door locked. 

The relationship you two had developed was difficult. Constant sneaking around and lying to everyone in your life. But this is how it needed to be, Charlie was with Nicole at the end of the day, and despite them both not being fond of one another, they had Henry. They only tried for Henry. 

You and Charlie had talked about it many of times, the aspect of him leaving Nicole. He wanted to, even though there was love still there, he knew it wasn’t working. She wanted completely different things, and Charlie wanted what he had always worked towards, he wanted to continue with the Theater Company, something he had put all his time and love into. Nicole wanted to visit California more, looked into doing TV shows for quite a long time. But despite their difference’s, Henry was the super glue, holding them together.

“ I’m so sick of this, the hiding, the cheating. I want you, all to myself.” You whispered against him, circling his bare chest with your fingers. You were broken from all of it, you loved him too much to let him leave from your bed, leaving to run into her arms, showing her a façade he had built. Charlie stayed quite under your touch. For a moment he pretended he couldn’t hear you, pondering of what exactly to say. Instead of speaking, he lifted himself from you, pushing you away, enough for him to get up and start putting on his clothes. “What are you doing?” You asked this over and over again, as he still in fact ignored you, putting his clothes on, then his shoes and jacket. At this point you were a crying mess, pleading for him to answer. You got up from the bed as he rushed into your kitchen, grabbing his work bag, “ Please- Charlie- talk to me!” Your sobs grew louder, as he opened the door to your apartment and left.

It had been a week since you had seen Charlie last, he had canceled all of the practices after the night he left. Which in turn, sent the company into a frenzy, and yourself into a whirlwind of hurt and pain. You had thought about why, that he was perhaps going to fire you, relieve you of your duties, relieve you of being the owner of his heart. You had prepared yourself for the words, “ I’m done, leave.” .

You walked into the theater, the quietness of the space took over you. You were early, as usual. Often times Charlie would come hours early, while Nicole dropped Henry off at school. Charlie would make the excuse that he had to set some things up, but that had always been a lie, it was to see you. You walked up, behind the stage, in search of him. You walked past the tech area, all the way to the office in the back where Charlie usually resided on these early mornings. But he wasn’t there, despite noticing  the light being on, and his bag in the corner of the room as you entered. Your heart started to race, thinking of seeing him, you never knew that anyone could have such a grasp of you in this way. It was as if time had stopped completely the more you fell for him, but it was almost entirely forbidden. You realized in that moment, as your fingers danced slowly among his desk, that sometimes those you love the most must be let go.

“y/n?” His soft voice took you out of your trance, you  had to stop yourself to breathe in deeply, gaining the courage to turn around, to look him in the eye. Charlie’s eyes were filled with emotion, anger, sadness yet an profound love for you. When he saw you, it calmed him, he knew everything would be alright. You on the other hand had thrown all previous annoyance towards him out the window, your concern focused on him and his teary eyes, “ Charlie?” Your voice came out soft, as you stepped closer to him. He said nothing, biting down on his lip to repress his emotions from overflowing. In a cautious movement, you stepped closer to him, lifting your hand to caress his cheek, he leaned into your touch, the feeling overwhelming him, as he looked down at you, a tear falling from his eye. Your thumb captured the tear, wiping it away from his cheek.

 “ What is going on?��� Your hand stayed, only dropping slightly closer to his mouth, your thumb inches away from his bottom lip. It took him a moment to compose himself, “ Nicole- she want’s a separation.” He choked out. Your eyes grew wide, “ As in, divorce?” Your eyebrows furrowed, you weren’t confused, you knew that the day would come, but it all seemed so sudden. Charlie dodged the question, grabbing your hand and pushing it down. “ I think you need to go.” He whispered. You heart dropped, your hands became sweaty with anxiety, “ What?” You pondered, confused. He had just looked at you with so much love, and now he was asking you to leave. “ I think we need to take a break, I need to think.” He deeply exhaled, shaking with stress, “ Please go.” You wanted to confront him, yell at him for pushing you away so often, but perhaps it was for the best if you were never to be truly his.

[sergeant-donny-donowitz]

The Best Revenge (2/2) (DonnyxFem!Reader)

Requested by @sodapop182​

@owba-chan​ @inglourious-imagines​ @war-obsessed​ 

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The theater was burning down around you. Donny and Omar were rightfully unloading each and every round, ending the war with their bare hands. The three of you were. You spotted dynamite under Hitler's seat. It wasn't yours, Donny's, or Omar's.

You were the only one that realized Aldo and Bridget never made it back.

So...where did the dynamite come from?

You caught sight of Landa across the theater earlier when he pulled Bridget away...

You weren’t sure if he recognized you or not. Makeup and clothes borrowed from Bridget made you look like the polar opposite of what Hans Landa knew you as...

You never wanted anything more in your life. You wanted to kill Landa right then and there, but Donny pulled you back with a simple glance, and a forced smile that seemed to say, "Not now. Not here."

Not even an hour later, there was one more thing you were sure of.

One thing you wanted even more than to kill Hans Landa....

"Donny, Omar, drop the dynamite lets go."

Donny pulled his arm away from your hand as he fired another round into Hitler's already disintegrated face.

Lately you'd been the one he trusted most out of the basterds. He listened to you. He volunteered for the theater because you did.

And in this moment, suffocated by the blazing heat and the inglourious honor of being a basterd, he was sure of one thing.

He loved you...

As he shot Hitler's face clean off, he almost forgot himself...

"DONNY."

He stopped firing. "Y/n...?" He saw you taking the dynamite off of your leg and tossing it over the opera box.

Omar stared at you, his mouth open in shock.

You rested your hand on Donny's shoulder and you asked "This is about revenge, isn't it?"

Donny looked down at you, and smiled a little, "Sounds familiar, kid..."

You rested your hand on his cheek, and spoke just loud enough for him to hear, "Don't you wanna see what the world is like without them? That's the best kinda revenge, isn't it?"

Donny smiled as he looked down at  you. He put his hand on your cheek, lowered his gun, and kissed you.

Omar still stared with a wide mouth and eyes. He knew some of the older basterds made jokes and bets about you and Donny, but he thought you hated each other... It never quite clicked in his mind... Not until that moment, when he saw Donny pulling up his pant leg, and tearing off his dynamite. "Omar, change of plans, kid. Lets go."

Omar sighed, raised an eyebrow and nodded with a sigh. Maybe... Maybe he should have seen it coming sooner.

Still, he smiled a little. "Ok, sarge."

Meanwhile Aldo and Smitty were facing Hans Landa.

"And when you purchase friends like Bridget von Hammersmarck, you get what you pay for."

Landa noted the concerned look in Aldo's eyes and smirked, "Speaking of which, you should know that by now. You took a deserter under your wing, Aldo."

Aldo frowned and Smitty turned to him, shocked that Landa could know such a thing...

Landa chuckled "Even in our eyes, that's an abomination lieutenant."

He realized Aldo and Smitty glancing at the doors and windows as if expecting a rescue. "Perhaps she deserted again. What more could you expect from a coward like that?"

Smitty narrowed his eyes and muttered in contempt, "What do you  fucking know..."

Landa leaned over the desk, "How is it that she came to be a deserter? Surely she's a damn good basterd. What made her run away in the beginning, I wonder?"

He eyes the boys and smiled pleased with himself, "You don't even know. Do you?"

All Smitty and Aldo knew was rumors. And all they had were suspicioms based on what he knew of you after meeting you. Landa was right you were a damn good basterd. And a better friend.

"There was a soldier, once. Valuable to the allies. A particularly good thief. The harpy. Captured. Caged like those fabled bird beasts. Put in a camp with the rest of the filfth."  he sighed, "But... No one could break her. No interrogators succeded, no torture got anything out of her...well screams and blood, but nothing usefull to us. So, they sent for me."

Smitty shook his head in disbelief. His heart broke for you... "You lie..."

Landa shook his head chuckling "No, it's true!   Your darling little y/n was-"

Aldo slammed his foot against the table. "Private L/n is  a good goddamn soldier, a fucking basterd. Respect that woman or I'll-"

Landa shook his head, tutted, and waved his hands "Now Aldo, I mean no disrespect. In fact, I'm rather  impressed a deserter could have weasled her way into your team. I'm impressed she escaped my hands..." He held his gloved hands up.

Aldo narrowed his eyes "What the hell you mean, Landa..."

"I took over the SS investigation on the Harpy... Naturally she is a basterd at heart, always has been apparently. But, I'll spare you the sentiment. One day, my hand slipped. It was particularly brutal, even for me. I was almost frightened I'd killed her before getting any information from her. Naturally my superiors would have sent me along with her if I had..."

"Why do you care so much anyway? She's smart, you should've figured she'd get out of it." Smitty glared at Landa.

Landa became serious in the blink of an eye. "I branded her."

Aldo narrowed his eyes "What the fuck are you talking about."

"No different than any other prisoner of war. But I did it. I gave her the numbers on her arm." He saw the confusuon on their faces and smiled "Ahhhh... She never even let you see? Shame... Would've cleared much of her blame... Although even  if she escaped me, she never went back to her company. That woman is still a deserter. Frankly, Aldo, it's beyond me how anyone could have escaped the camp in her state. Such blood... Still impressive. And yet..." His eye twitched for a moment. The madness of a mass murderer flashed in his eyes,  "I could never rest until I found her. Just to make sure she was dead this time."

Aldo and Smitty stared at him.

"I shall have to thank you Aldo. Your boys are getting rid of her for me...the one that got away."

"Son of a bitch!"

Landa sighed "As far as your paisanos go, sergeant Donowitz and Private Omar-"

Aldo understood Landa recognized you but he asked "You know our names?"

As far as their paisanos were... They were outside of the incinerated theater, finding that Smitty wasn't in his post. And neither was Hirschberg...

They never found signs of Aldo or Bridget in the theater.

You searched everywhere you could think of...

And it paid off.

Aldo may have been a slave to appearances, but you were a slave to your past. And you would not rest until you were freed, regardless of whether you had already ended the war.

You were far enough where you could hear Aldo and Landa going back and forth.

You gathered what had happpened. You pieced it together.

They'd made a deal with the general, and Landa was to go free...

You watched as Aldo pulled his knife out.

Landa was going  free...

It wasn't something you could abide by... As Smitty would say, 'not one damn bit, sir.'

You pulled out your pistol. Omar pulled you back "He made a deal with the brass. You heard that."

You looked Omar in the eyes, and shook your head, your gun still aimed. "This shot was not meant for you."

Donny saw the same fury in your eyes as he did a year ago.

Nothing was going to stop you.

He pulled Omar away.

He smiled at you, knowingly and devilishly. "This is the best revenge, kid. A world without nazis."

You smiled a little then turned. You walked away from him.

In a few days, you'd be going home together, hand in hand. That was half of how you wanted things to end. There was only one more thing you needed.

"Y/n? Boys?! You're alive you goddamn basterds!"  Aldo couldn't stop smiling as you all appraoched. You all looked down at Landa.

Aldo smirked as he put his knife in your hand. "Go ahead kid."

You crouched down by Landa.

"Ah... Private L/n. I see you've moved up in the world."

You looked at him, unmoved by the excitement of the war's end. "Shut up or your tongue is next."

"Yes...I see..."

You smirked, "You do? How bout your eyes?" You rested the blade against his cheekbone, just beneath his eye."

Landa gulped nervously "Now, now private L/N...I ...I spared your life! I-"

You rolled up your sleeves and he saw the numbers he marked, and bragged about.

He felt the cool blade against his forhead and he pleaded "I MADE A DEAL WITH YOUR LIEUTENANT AND YOUR GENERAL."

"But you didn't make a deal with me." You carved a swastika onto Landa's forehead as he writhed and screamed.

You looked back as Aldo smiled at the masterpiece.

He'd taught you well...

"That right, Aldo? He make a deal with you?"

He and Smitty crouched by you and looked down at Landa.

"That's right, soldier. He lives, he gets credit for killing Hitler,  and lives on pertty ol' Nantucket Island." He glanced back and saw Donny's lovestruck eyes set on you. "That's a little close to Boston, aint it son?"

Donny nodded, "Sure is, boss."

Aldo smirked as you all heard a jeep coming by.

Hijacked by Hirschberg, who also broke Hugo and Wicki out of an infirmiry. Omar looked back at Landa, and grinned, "Hearse has arrived."

Aldo cleared his throat, "Ya know, kid... You were unawares of the terms and conditions of this deal... You could say, you were disoriented, coming from an explosion and all. And you just so happened to have stumbled upon your lieutnant and fellow soldier chained up in the hands of  two nazis. Wouldn't be unexpected of you to have been a little..." He smirked as he glanced at Landa, "Trigger happy."

He and Smitty steped back and stoood with Omar and Donny and piled into the  jeep with the others.

"So this is where it ends, fraulein? You disobeying orders from your general? Not surprising from a deserter."

"Stand up you dirty animal." You pulled him up and slammed him against a tree. "This gun has one bullet. And one only." You had used up the rest of your ammunitions a few hours earlier during the peak of Operation Kino. You'd been saving this bullet for years. His name was literally on it.

He heard a click...

He nodded once, resigned and smirked, "I'll see you in hell, basterd."

You pulled your face away  from the gun for a moment. You smirked right back, looking him square in his cold, heartless eyes.

For the first time in the entirety of the war, Colonel Hans Landa was terrified...

"Tell em who sent you."

There was one gunshot.

One last bullet.

Landa was gone.

Hitler was gone.

The war was over.

Smoke fron your gun stopped rising. You lowered it. 

You were free... 

No more blood on your hands. No more bullets and guns around your waist. No more revenge.

You looked up. You looked at the forest you'd called home for a year. In the distance you saw the Alps you crawled over three years before, half-dead, attempting to find salvation. You looked down at Hans Landa, and death itself....

It wasn't in the safety of Switzerland in a warm tavern where you'd found your salvation. It was in the harsh, bloody war behind enemy lines, once upon a time in Nazi-occupied France, standing by the basterds.

"Come on, doll."

You turned around and saw Donny, waiting. "Time to go home."

You smiled, unable to belive you'd just heard those words...

Donny knew it. He smiled softly, his hands resting on your upper arms, covering scars and numbers you were now free from. "We're going home, doll. You're goin' home, just like Aldo promised." He held onto you, and you smiled, genuinely for the first time in a long time.

You looked up at him, nostalgia in your heart and freedom in your eyes as you looked at him.

He was more than a basterd to you...

"Home’s a few hours from Boston." You only half-smiled then, remembering that freedome came with a price: Goodbyes.

Donny saw the shadow of uncertainty beginning to well in your eyes. He shook his head, and wiped the tear from the corner of your eye. "I'll go anywhere in the world for you, doll."

After everything...you looked at Donny as he held your hand and led you to the jeep with the others. After everything, you finally got what you wanted. Once upon a time, in Nazi-Occupied France, seven basterds marched over to Switzerland for a night, and left with eight. A hatred fueled by distrust became a friendship fueled by broken pieces of a mystery. The basterds completed their mission.

You got revenge. You got a world without nazis.

And you got a new world with Donny... You finally got your happily ever after, in a free France, with a free future ahead of you, with Donny still by your side. This really was the best revenge you could have asked for...

Amazing art by @sodapop182​!!!

[izzy-b-hands]

for the pacific asks: mobile

Sorry this took me a bit to answer, I fell asleep for a little while. Also, I'm so sorry this turned into a mini rant/essay.

Mobile- How do you feel about your hometown?

Tbh, I'm not a fan lmao. And gonna forewarn ya, this became a mild rant against Bismarck and ND, so I do owe you one for asking this and letting me get it off my chest. It felt really good.

Anyway:

Bismarck is...fine. Good place to raise a family. After that, leave. As someone who should have found a way to leave years ago, I can vouch for this. If you're old and Republican and don't hate winter, then come back when you're ready to retire I guess, but otherwise? There are better places in the States, in the world. You don't want to waste your time here. Visit once, then never again, is my pitch for the next tourist slogan.

There is not much to do (bars, hunting, other outdoor activities, church, movie theater, one sad mall or the even sadder other mall, drinking in other places you aren't always allowed like by the river or at someone's mildly illegal fire pit) and if those activities aren't enough for you, you can try and catch some of the seasonal things. Some of those are very cool (like the drag show and other events held during Pride.) The issue is that those things happen for one weekend in one month, and then that's it for the year. So if you liked that activity and want more outside of that weekend...that's too bad. Bismarck will make you wait until that particular weekend next year.

Fargo, a city about three hours away, has slightly more to do (more bars, they get more bands coming to them for concerts, more seasonal events and cool locally owned unique shops) and basically is like a more fleshed out version of Bismarck. So if you want the safety of Bismarck without the boredom, you go there. Then you realise that that will also get boring fast, and you leave permanently for Minnesota or Montana or literally anywhere else.

I got off track here and made this a North Dakota diss track, but I'm right and I should say it. Even when I've tried to join local groups for various interests, to try giving the city a chance again, they either fall apart, everyone moves away, or in my case you never really feel comfortable there or make any friends, so you stop going. I'd love for there to be places aside from the public library to go and just...exist. Aside from what I will admit are nice parks, Bismarck doesn't really have places like that, and when you don't have any friends that live locally anymore like me...you really feel it.

The local economy is also...not great. Could be worse, but could definitely be better for folks in my situation (god I would kill for rent that wouldn't take like an entire paycheck, and I am so lucky my mum lets me stay with her and pay half everything including the mortgage) and my god am I sick of hearing about the oil fields. Please, oil field companies, stop fracking, and also stop nearly killing and actually killing your employees out here, okay? That shouldn't be difficult because...killing people shouldn't be difficult, and I shouldn't have to actually say that.

Particularly for an writer like me...the economy doesn't have a spot for me. Jobs for my skills don't exist out here, at all. And on the rare occasion they do, they try to basically just make you a receptionist who also does three other jobs, only one of which will use your skills, while paying you 7.50/hr without health insurance. The publishing industry has not heard of ND or Bismarck aside from some independent presses, who really only want works about North Dakota, and that's it. I can only write about the prairie so much, and not in a way they've ever wanted to publish.

This isn't even getting into the lack of diversity and the issues there (so many. That is literally an essay on its own.) Or how though the elderly are a huge part of our population, because we're still kind of rural and a lot of them live in even more rural communities away from Bismarck, we give them shit medical care and care in general. We have a shortage of medical staff and specialists because no one wants to live here, and that's a whole thing as well, in addition to what I just mentioned with the elderly and uh

Well

I feel like BDG at the end of an Unraveled rn tbh. I want to end this happily. The scenery can be beautiful as long as you don't like trees (we have not many. Lotta flat land.) But pretty scenery does not a great place to live make, or we would just live in paintings or some shit. I've personally been wanting to move away since I was about ten years old, and have made plan after plan to try and make that happen, with obviously no success. If I could move anywhere else safely right now, I would jump at the opportunity.

That said...yeah. Come to ND and maybe if you feel like it Bismarck once, take a picture with Salem Sue, go the Medora Musical so you can regret having gone to the Medora Musical, walk in a park, be sad when a band you love is only going to Fargo and not Bismarck and you can't get transportation there, get blind drunk at a bar where men have Confederate flag belt buckles and women still wear their hair like it's 1986 and or 1995, avoid any drugs because this is opoid country as in they find a lot of other drugs here are cut or made with opoids, enjoy and by enjoy I mean hate that nothing is open super late or much on Sundays because here Christianity has an iron grip on those laws, take in the fact that outside of Pride weekend there are minimal chances for any fun activities for the LGBTQ (no gay bars here, not in Bismarck or last time I checked anywhere in the state, maybe a local pride group will do something randomly or hold a book group, but you're gonna have to go searching to find that stuff), and go on and have some kuchen and knoephla soup and feel it clog your arteries.

Then leave, and be happy that you have the ability to go, and also maybe take me with you, I will pay my own way please just let me bring my cat.

[smordesigns]

Why Ben Solo Died

So I have quickly fallen into the Ben Solo hole. Literally as of January 10th I hadn't read a single thing about Reylo or Kylo Ren beyond having seen The Force Awakens in 2015. I had a son in 2016 and my husband and I didn’t love Rogue One so when The Last Jedi came out we shrugged and went on with our lives. Now we did visit WDW in 2018 and had pictures with Chewie and Kylo (my husband is a Kylo/Sith fan) - me it was a cool story but that was it. Come January 14 - my company does a massive firing and to cope with it I go to my Everlark A03 list and start to read. I had been on Tik Tok earlier and someone had posted the “I Need a Hero” video with Ben Solo kicking ass. so  I had this thought - “let me look up Ben and Rey on A03.”

I was hooked - started reading all of this fanfiction, looking up fanart, got back on Tumblr just like in 2014 when I fell for Everlark. Now I talked to a couple people at work and knew I needed to see the movies and finally talked my husband into watching the Sequel series and watching TROS in theaters on Saturday (1/25). I know why everyone is hurt. Ben had his redemption but his Happily Ever After - or even the acceptance by those who knew he had turned his back on the darkness was cut short. Everyone is blaming JJ Abrams for crap writing and Disney for rushing the sequels but in watching all three last week its a really good story. Here’s why I believe they killed Ben off and didn’t say goodbye in the end:

#GirlPower

Now I’m going to get yelled at by someone who says thats bullshit or unfair or whatever but let me explain.

In the original trilogy they made a strong female character in Leia as we know its takes reading into older movies to find the #girlpower but its almost always there - just gotta realize what the women are doing - they are all strong in their own way BUT Leia was not the main character - Luke was. 

In the prequel trilogy again another strong female character in Padme but the issue here was she didnt have a lot of screentime - Obi Won and Anakin were the focus of these movies. 

So when Disney decided to continue what did they do? Write a strong female character in Rey but instead of the man being the focus they wanted Rey to be the saviour and leader with the help of Leia. Here’s where they found issues - they made the character that everyone knew from Canon and his history very appealing. They did not expect to have the redemption of Ben Solo be of focus. They knew they needed a bad guy and fans loved him after TFA - evident when you go to their merchandise or parks but the plan was to kill him or do a quick save like Vader at the end of the movies - but he wasn’t ever going to survive because they needed that final shot to be of Rey. To show a woman could carry a series and live without a man.

The only reason we got the redemption we did (again all my speculation) is because of Rian Johnson and the story he started in TLJ and the storyline of the Skywalkers - he couldnt end up bad. Now I do believe they have left the door open to continue Rey and Ben’s story but the question is will they because of comments made “This is the end of the Skywalker story” etc. Also do Daisy and Adam want to continue the story? I DO NOT want to see anyone else play those characters but with Adam’s rise in fame its going to be hard to get anything done - and they cant wait. I do agree a quick series in Disney+ like the WandaVision would be the best option. Showing her getting him back from the WBW if thats possible. 

I purchased the extended version books this weekend to continue my obsession and if you notice I am all about posting this right now. I cant wallow any longer but i wanted to put my thoughts out there as to why Ben was killed as quickly as he was once he truly showed who he was and had nothing after.

Edit: Additional thought- JJ’s initial goal with Kylo was to create another Vader. No one refers to him as Anakin (prior to the prequels) but as Vader. The fact that he came back to the light for his son didn’t matter to anyone - he was always known as Vader. He’s one of those classic villain characters. JJ supposedly loves Star Wars and probably wanted to create a character just as memorable as Vader. That was his goal with Kylo Ren but unlike Vader who really has very little humanity until the very end we got Kylo/Ben and saw his humanity in TFA. This is why his redemption had to be stronger than Vader’s- Kylo had more humanity and we as humans want humanity to thrive. This is why we are upset about how quickly Rey gets over Ben. It’s not the fact that he died, had no lines, or whatever it’s that his mourning did not fit his plot line in the story. JJ had to bring in Palpatine because Kylo wasn’t strong enough to just flip at the end or be the evil baddie that Dey beats to have eternal happiness. he needed to do more than just take one second to throw someone off a cliff as Vader does and giving of his life to someone who is dead is so much stronger - plus it’s groundbreaking in Star Wars and ties back to Anakin so well. But again this conversation wouldn’t have happened if we had gotten one more minute of Rey grief or a quick force ghost from Leia saying thank you for my son. Something that says one of Rey’s goals is accomplished because honestly them laughing and hugging at the end said none of that. Even her taking the Skywalker name was an “eh” moment. I didn’t need Ben as a ghost or with her at the end but I wanted a tear something more than “Ben!” And move on. That’s where I think JJ got his wish.

Also you can tell Ben Solo was never end game because there is a decidedly lack of Ben Solo merchandise. Come one Funko just one figurine if Ben Solo doing their shrug in the black sweater - is it too much to ask for?

[magpiedminx]

From above :    PSA on Britney Spears and the #FreeBritney movement for anyone that needs or wants more information on what is going on with her. It’s a fucking rabbit hole, so buckle up. A little backstory first. Britney was a child star starting at the age of 4 years old on Broadway, and then worked her way to the Mickey Mouse Club, and eventually the solo career we know today. Her career has been on autopilot her entire life. If you look back at her music, she’s been telling everyone for years she’s too controlled and treated as a product if you listen to the lyrics of most of her hits. Examples include: Lucky, Overprotected, My Perogative, Circus, Piece of Me and Gimme More. Her music videos, social media posts, tour props and photoshoots regularly show her in a cage or in chains. If anyone has ever seen videos of her when she was younger, you’d know her REAL singing voice is very similar to Christina Aguilera’s. Her record label didn’t like it, as they were both on the Mickey Mouse Club and about to release their debut albums at the same time. So they had her voice retrained to sing in the baby voice we all know today because they believed it to be more iconic and would create a brand and career for her instead of her real voice. It’s unhealthy, and it’s been destroying her voice over the years, thus why she is known for lip syncing. She wanted to make an acoustic type pop album in 2006 titled Original Doll and reinvent herself using her real voice. The album was shelved and cancelled once her label realized she would be singing in her real voice. She isn’t allowed to sing live because she will either fail terribly, or she’ll have to sing in her deep voice that she isn’t known for. Her entire career she has been treated like a product meant to sell. Now, for the real tea. Everyone remembers the 2007 meltdown. Everyone. Leading up the meltdown Britney was going thru a public divorce, had two children under the age of 2 at the time and was VERY much the focus of the public. We all saw her on every magazine cover. We all also saw the photo of her with one of her kids on her lap while driving. Go on YouTube once and look up ‘Britney Spears paparazzi’. You’ll watch her be chased and followed by hundreds of them, even trying to get into a public restroom to photograph her, videotaping her in tears asking them to leave her alone, and even filming her thru the windows of an ambulance while she was naked being taken away for her final mental health hold. After the public meltdown, shaving her head, locking herself in her home with her children, speaking in a british accent on regular basis, wearing the imfamous pink wig everywhere, and shopping naked, she was hospitalized twice. After the hospitalization, her father petitioned the courts to be a TEMPORARY conservator to her until she was mentally stable and for only one years time. 2 months after her hospitalization she did a guest appearance on How I Met Your Mother. 6 months after her hospitalization, she drops the Womanizer video and starts to promote her new album Circus with its worldwide tour that grossed $131.8 million. If she’s so unwell, why did she start working right away? Her father after one year petitioned the courts for the conservatorship to become permanent due to her ALLEGEDLY having EARLY ONSET DEMENTIA in her TWENTIES. It passed and has been that way ever since. For 12 years to be exact. Now for everyone that doesn’t understand what that means let me break it down for you. Britney Spears is a now 38 year old woman who is not allowed to do the following without her fathers permission or he can legally lock her up in a mental health facility: • drive a car • vote • get married • have children • spend HER OWN MONEY • see how her money is being spent • see her children (she has 30% custody of both of her boys due to her dad assaulting one of her sons) • leave her home • hire her own lawyer • have any control over her career • speak about the conservatorship publicly • do interviews that aren’t scripted and all final cuts are approved by her father as well • use a cell phone without being monitored • use social media unmonitored • contact ANYONE without being monitored or having them extremely vetted. (Iggy Azalea allegedly had her house searched for drugs top to bottom when they collaborated on a song together) • go shopping • go for a walk • get Starbucks A conservatorship is meant for people with mental health issues or decaying health. Most likely grandparents or people with actual dementia etc. They are meant for people who literally cannot take care of themselves. If she is so unwell that she isn’t mentally capable of doing anything for herself, why is she still working? Since the conservatorship began 12 years ago she has: • released 4 albums • done 3 worldwide tours • did a FOUR-year Vegas residency • was a full time judge on X-Factor • released multiple perfumes and a lingerie line • made $138 MILLION DOLLARS or so A YEAR In January of last year, Britney was placed in a mental health facility for 3 months after being seen driving her car to In-N-Out with her boyfriend without permission and for refusing to take the sedating medications her father has doctors prescribing her to keep her under control. She testified to a judge in documents that she was held there against her will by her father. After it was leaked to the press that she was there against her will, the Free Britney movement picked up speed causing a judge to open an investigation into the impact and legality her conservatorship has on her life. Britney’s mother Lynn was also liking and commenting on Free Britney posts saying she agrees that Britney is trapped by her father. Britney’s team had Twitter disable the Free Britney hashtag, and regularly threatens any celebrity that speaks out using the hashtag with a lawsuit if they don’t remove their support for the movement. She was seen shortly after leaving a hotel thru the front door (99% of celebrities park underground to avoid paparazzi unless they WANT to be photographed) stumbling while carrying her shoes, and out of it. Her team used that moment to justify to the public that she needs this conservatorship. She is not allowed to have any say in the hiring or firing of anyone on her team. Every year she pays $1.1 million dollars in fees for the conservatorship to continue, including paying her father a solid $100k+ salary and paying a lawyer she isn’t allowed to choose. She is allowed an allowance of around $1,500 a week for bills, shopping and essentials. Her net worth is $250 million. So, when everyone sees her on Instagram walking up and down her hallways like it’s a fashion show. That’s all she is allowed to do. She has NEVER had control over her life. I don’t care if you personally like her or her music, NO ONE DESERVES THIS. All this woman wants is to see her children, make the music she wants to make, and go get a frappuccino in her car. She is a light of sunshine in this world, and we must protect her at all costs. So please, do not make fun of her, support the Free Britney movement, and send good vibes her way. She has a court date this month to review the conservatorship and decide if it is abusive or will continue to be in place. There are so many details to this that i left out that would make this post entirely much longer than it is, but a simple search will show you what else is out there. Spread this far and wide. ❤️ Free Britney Edited to add some important links! Here’s a google doc of info https://docs.google.com/document/d/17jeZV78SCwgQGsOkad0H0PA8jqjgRsxgSqD9f_f1yAk/edit Petition by Danny H: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/conservatorship-and-civil-liberties-britney-spears Screenshots of leaked emails, voicemails, and other helpful links: https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-britney-spears-conservatorship-freebritney-movement-2020-2 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-17/britney-spears-conservatorship-free-britney https://www.forbes.com/sites/trialandheirs/2019/05/15/making-sense-of-the-britney-spears-conservatorship-and-freebritney/#5ce808c94b74 Jayden going on Instagram live reporting they were being abused by his grandfather: https://theblast.com/c/britney-spears-son-jayden-james-instagram-live-video-free-britney This is a news article from USA Today about her father’s child abuse allegations filed by Kevin Federline. He reportedly had an altercation with Sean in September 2019: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/2362531001 Source from the opposing view pointing to the success of her conservatorship and that fans are wrong, I think it's weird she has made no formal appearances to contest the conservatorship in court but she said (link above) we were not being told the truth and the media is being manipulated: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/10/24/britney-spears-why-does-she-still-need-conservator/2288009001/ There's a lot of money at stake to keep her in this situation. Just seems too convenient that she can't care for herself considering her net worth, and considering the fact her male counterparts of equal stardom with public mental health battles have never been under this much control. This is an issue and question of abuse in conservatorships at large. Unfortunately, the princess of Pop has somehow become the poster child of this type of crisis. While conservatorships can be beneficial when the best interest is at heart, we can't ignore the fact there are companies that profit enormously from people with disabilities by keeping them under extensive legal control. Are they providing the best care? If Britney has been too unwell to care for herself these past 12 years, why would she be made to work tirelessly? World tours? Vegas? X-factor? Her perfume line? Why not let her rest? Here's a good excerpt from Forbes, it's just not clear what is going on, but my initial gut thinks there is something that is not right. "In this case, Jamie Spears did not have legal authority to force Britney into treatment or to take psychiatric medications. But that doesn't mean that Britney's reported claim that she was held against her will is wrong. Rather, because Jamie has so much control over Britney's life through the conservatorship - including decisions like whether to get married, to perform or live in Las Vegas, or even if she can drive a car - he easily could have refused to grant consent for Britney to do any number of things unless she agreed to his request to enter the mental health treatment facility. In other words, Jamie could have indirectly forced her into treatment even if he could not explicitly sign her in against her will. But, even if Jamie Spears did so, he may have done it out of an earnest believe that Britney needed the treatment. TMZ previously reported that Britney was not doing well and her old course of medications stopped working, necessitating heightened treatment." Take what you will from this, but here are a few petitions to reinstate her rights in August is here - http://chng.it/CMfngqyMBj https://www.change.org/p/team-britney-freebritney

[sunflowercandie]

I was tagged by @atreefullofstars and @feral-anarchy ! Thank you guys!

1. Do you make your bed? Usually no, only after I clean my room or when I have company coming over. Other than that, to me, there really is no point I know I’m just going to mess is up again.

2. Favorite number? Number 10! 10 has been my favorite number since I was three, I think. Don’t ask me why it’s my favorite, I don’t really know I just like it a lot.

3. What’s your job? I’m a cashier at the local grocery store.

4. If I could would I go back to school? Absolutely not xD. Doing school work and having to sit for too long and tests and studying honestly freaks me out and gives me anxiety, despite the fact that I am in college. I would if I could relive the fun moments of middle school and high school, but the stress and depression and ptsd that comes with it is just not worth it.

5. Can you parallel park? Nope, i avoid it like the plague. I probably could be really good at it if I tried, but I know that if I do everyone is going to be watching me attempt to get into this tiny space and asdfghjhgfds and honestly its just better to find another spot, even if it’s two blocks away.

6. A job people would be surprised I had? I worked at a day care center for a summer in 2015.

7. Do you think aliens are real? Of course! What, do you really think that in our universe, with billions of different galaxies that are home to trillions of different planets, out of all of those our earth is the only one that has life on it’s surface? Yeah, right, sure xD

8. Can you drive a standard car? I’m not really sure what this means by ‘standard’ but if you mean automatic then yes, I can. But if you mean a stick-shift no I absolutely can not. My cousin gave me my first car, which was a Honda CR-V, but I couldn’t drive it because it had a stick-shift. I tried really hard to learn and get it down but I could just never figure it out. I was so sad when we had to sell the car for an automatic, mainly because it was a really nice car. It had a table! In the trunk! How many car’s do you know of that comes with a freaking table?

9. What’s your guilty pleasure? Sleeping 12+ hours. It’s a love hate relationship, really. Cause I can sleep for a really long time and it’s nice and I have crazy dreams and I catch up on some missed out sleep but suddenly it’s 3 pm and I’ve missed half the day and didn’t even wake up once. I could probably miss a whole day by sleeping if I tried hard enough. It’s both a blessing and a curse, and I secretly love and hate it.

10. Tattoos? I don’t have any tattoos yet, but I have a plan to have tattoos of outlines of tiny stars and constellations on my shoulders with invisible ink inside the stars that only show up in black light. I think that would be really cool, like “I hold the weight of the universe on my shoulders, but I can still find ways to shine bright despite dark circumstances.” I think a tattoo like that would describe me and my life perfectly. On the other hand, I also want to get a tattoo of like something really dumb hidden on my body and then to show a bestie one day and be like ‘look at this ehehehehe’ and then burst into laughter or smthn.

11. Favorite color? I remember fighting with my brother about this when I was like 3 or 4, that my favorite color was yellow, and he said it couldn’t be because that was his favorite color and we couldn’t have the same favorite color. So I caved and gave it to him and since then I could never figure it out. well guess what turns out he lied and blue has been his favorite color for like ever now SO GUESS WHAT YELLOW IS MY FAVORITE COLOR NO ONE CAN TAKE IT FROM ME LMAO

12. Things people do that drive you crazy? I ABSOLUTELY HATE PEOPLE WHO ARE NEGATIVE ALL THE TIME. I knew this one bitch in high school. I won’t get super into it, but basically the only thing that ever came out of that ugly moth of hers was shit about herself and how great she was (she was homophobic and racist and looked down on everyone may I add) or just straight up negativity. I don’t think I have ever heard her say something nice about someone or anything in the 7 years I went to school with her. She was such a negative person that it made me realize that I hate people who are negative all the time like??? I really don’t get how people can be so negative all the time??? I really can’t get through the day without making someone laugh it’ll physically hurt me if I don’t make someone’s day better and I can’t understand that some people don’t think that way.

13. Any phobias? I don’t get scared of pretty much anything. You can’t scare me, try your hardest, but you can’t xD. I love watching horror movies and going to the theater to see peoples reactions. I think the only thing that actually freaks me out is Greg Yates from the Law and Order SVU and Chicago Fire crossover. Dude fuckin freaks me out I literally can’t look at Dallas Robert’s face without cringing and i just asdfghjklsa i tried to fix it yo, I watched him in the walking dead (Milton Mamet) and Insatiable (Bob) but honestly it only made it worse. I just can’t do it. I see him and I recoil i just have to get far away. Other than that I don’t get scared of anything else.

14. Favorite childhood sport? Psshh, sports??? What are those??? Lmao

15. Do you talk to yourself? All the time, and they’re nothing wrong with that. 

16. What movie do you adore? I have lot’s of favorite movies that I love so Imma just list em. Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (This movie is just straight up my personality), Rise of the Guardians (my first ever fandom), Kung Fu Panda 2 (IT’S A GOOD MOVIE FIGHT ME ON IT), Kubo and the Two Strings, the IT movies.

17. Do you like doing puzzles? Not really? I am really good at solitaire and Mancala tho

18. Favorite type of music? I don’t really have a type of music I like best. If I listen to it and it makes me go ‘holy shit this is great I love this’ then that���s pretty much it... I did go through a huge dubstep phase in freshman year of high school but let’s not talk about that.

19. Tea or coffee? Neither xD yeah yeah I know how terrible but honestly both are just gross. I tried liking them but I just don’t. oops.

20. What’s the first thing you remember you wanted to be when you grew up? If I am correct, I wanted to be either a veterinarian or an ‘orphanage manager lady’ when I grew up. Obviously neither of those happened, now I’m aiming at something film related. 

Thank you guys for tagging me! This was really fun! I guess it’s my turn now so I’m tagging:

@lizard-15 @moonshadow-memes @readingisthenewcool @ezio-demonI don’t know who else to tag xD so partake if any of u wanna

[lesbeet]

god i remember i used to listen to the tsn soundtrack while i was teaching myself to code and making themes and shit lskdlfsdkfj

it’s so funny i remember seeing it in theaters w a friend of mine when it came out in 2010 and i thought it was mediocre, kinda boring, wished i hadn’t spent the money to go see it

i DON’T remember watching it a second time and i don’t remember why i even would have because of how indifferent i’d felt about it the first time, but like. somehow we’ve ended up here and it’s my favorite movie in the world and i’m so glad

i’m putting the rest under a cut bc it got long but like. see more rambling about the social network (2010) below if you have any interest:

i do remember being pleasantly surprised when i found out there’s a tiny little online niche of twitter/tumblr people who love it as much as i do bc i feel like when i tell most people tsn is my favorite movie they’re like “...huh? weird” and i dont wanna go into the whole spiel about IT’S NOT ABOUT FACEBOOK IT’S ABOUT A FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO HORRIFICALLY REPRESSED COLLEGE BOYS WHO ARE PROBABLY IN LOVE, AND ALSO THE SCREENWRITING AND DIRECTION ARE STELLAR

like there are ofc the big-ticket items that everyone knows and loves (”it’ll be because you’re an asshole” “the marlin and the trout” “my prada’s at the cleaners” “i’m just checking your math on that” “let’s gut the friggin nerd,” the chimney-to-pool zipline, and so forth bc aaron sorkin might be pretentious as hell but i LIVE for his dialogue and as much as people complain that he’s too elitist and that he alienates viewers w his dialogue, like...the west wing is widely considered one of the best shows that’s ever been on television, and most peoples’ favorite parts of this particular movie are the zingers and one-liners and other memorable quotes) but also just. on every level it’s so good. on every level!

i wanna talk more about sorkin bc as much as i credit fincher w the reason i love the movie so much bc he’s my favorite director, sorkin did a lot of the heavy lifting as the writer! fincher can obviously hold his own w scripts that are very different 

(in fact most people were surprised when they found out he’d be directing this film in particular bc it seemed so different from his usual tastes, and understandably sorkin’s and fincher’s styles don’t necessarily seem readily compatible at first glance, though obviously it worked well! i think fincher’s clinical, sleek look just the right amount of seriousness to the story. so much of it takes place on a college campus and there are college idiots doing stupid shit throughout a lot of it, and i think other cinematography styles might’ve either made it too funny or too dramatic, and we would’ve lost that crucial element, which decontextualizes a lot of the personal growth (or lack thereof) in the different characters. also it feels high-tech and clean and that style works so well with all the tech-mimicry trent reznor + atticus ross wove into the score. 

like i don’t really know much about very many other directors, but i’m trying to picture if like. chris nolan or even like. fucking spielberg or whomever directed the movie and i just don’t think it would’ve fit as well. fincher loves digital and cgi and precision and i think that works very well with the pointed tightness of the dialogue, of the rigidity of the majority of the characters in the film (esp mark!!) who seem to change very little, if at all, through the movie, and just visually it’s like w black mirror or ex machina or any other films or shows that feature some sort of technological innovation, where they keep everything high-def and impersonal and sleek and deliberate)

the amount of information about the characters that’s conveyed in the very first scene with mark and erica, more or less unrealized by the audience! the non-linear structure that changes the fundamental story question of “what will happen” to “how did this happen”! the way sorkin made us care about an antihero who literally doesn’t change or grow as a person until the very end of the movie when he’s left with no choice but to realize how badly he’s fucked up! 

how about the fact that eduardo literally only mentions his father in 3 little lines throughout the 2 hour film and despite the fact (or because of the fact) that we actually know very little about eduardo as a person those little lines carry SO much weight 

now i’m just gonna mention some of my favorite little things in the movie that i don’t see people talk about a lot sldkfjsd

first off that cut from sean saying “you know what’s better than a million dollars?” to eduardo in the deposition saying “a billion dollars.” fucking brilliant (though i think one of fincher’s best cuts of all time is actually in gone girl, when it goes from nick and amy kissing to nick being swabbed for dna, but that’s an obvious one i think)

also “you know how much i’ve read about you? nothing.”

“because we are gentleman of harvard”

“anne, punch me in the face. go ahead”

“whoops, broke your 350 year-old doorknob.”

divya falling and disrupting the a capella performance

“i can’t stare at that loop of niagara falls which has absolutely nothing to do with the caribbean.” (also the fact that they were at an AEPi party klsdjflksjd)

“what you just said makes no sense at all.” “i’m devastated by that.”

brenda song lighting the fucking scarf on fire

i really love the whole scene w dakota johnson it’s such a breath of fresh air from a lot of the rest of the movie (also ik fincher has said he wanted to make a clear visual distinction between california and cambridge, and since this is the first time we’re seeing the west coast in the film the brightness and sun and lax-ness really highlight that)

“the winklevi”

eduardo’s face the entire time sean is talking at dinner is just the visual equivalent of “.......”

hand covers bruise of course duh

“you wanna hire an IP lawyer and sue him?” “no, i wanna  hire the sopranos to beat the shit out of him with a hammer”

“i’m sorry that you are not sufficiently impressed with my education” “and i’m sorry i don’t have a rowboat, so i guess we’re even”

“i’m not a psychiatrist, but—” “well i’m glad we’ve got that on the record.”

[EDUARDO: you didn’t bring down the record companies. they won

SEAN: in court

EDUARDO: ....yeah ??]

i didn’t mean for this to get so long i just really love this movie ksdjflkjsdf

[kob131]

https://dudeblade.tumblr.com/post/186088026211/more-kkkob-fuckery

Oh good, more bullshit from the man who thinks because people don’t fit his worldview they’re brainwashed Nazies.

kkkob, look: You just put the word children in quotes. And, as for a refute to your ‘claim’ that agolf wanted money for those detainees?- Where is it?

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-05-01/trump-asks-congress-for-additional-45-billion-in-border-funding

There. And ebfore you accuse them of being right wing-

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/us-news-world-report/

They’re not. they’re actually LEFT LEANING.

And I put children in quotes because everyone focuses on the kids despite the fact that most of these people are adults, people who are well aware of what was going to happen and did it anyway. It’s using children for their own ends.

Why are we still getting stories about the horrid conditions there?- Could it be that that funding was beign used to fuel trump’s boarder wall, and NOT to the betterment of conditions of the children in those camps? That money would only go to abusing the kids more. AOC pointed this out.-

‘Well, Fox News said this-’

Quoting someone whose been building her career off of appealing to people’s irrational emotions is what makes me hate a lot of Trump supporters, what makes you think it’d work here?

Also, a screen shot convinces me of jackshit. What’s the link to? When was this said? All I know is that the person she is quoting works for Trump. That’s all.

As you said, reality disagrees with you, you nazi-apologizing fuckwit.

Remember this post?- And now remember your response to it?

Yeah And? This proves nothing. Can I just call you a Nazi and thus shut you up forever? Because that’s what people try to do. And look at us now, with places like Google and Facebook trying to silence opposing viewpoints. What, precisely, do you think is gonna happen if companies like THEM get bought out by a right wing organization? Can’t call it bad then because you supported the act before.

Not to mention how you quoted a politician. What, can I quote Steve King now and act like he isn’t a biased fucknut?

You are here, defending hate speech. Hate speech isn’t protected by the constitution, as it incites violence. If hate speech was protected, then a person could yell “Fire!” in a crowded movie theater and get no repercussions from the government. Both of these actions cause violence to happen, and both of these actions can cause people to get hurt. Aside from that, “Freedom of Speech” means that the government can’t punish you for what you say. If your work sees you at a nazi rally, they can fire you. If someone believes their life, or someone else’ life is in danger because of what you’re saying, they can deck you. “Freedom of Speech” isn’t some indestructible shield that you can put up to downplay consequences of what you say.

Really Dudeblade?

You’re gonna try that shit on me?

You literally have a tag called ‘Every Single Trump Supporter Is A Literal Demon That Should Be Exorcised By Completely Submerging The In Holy Water For A Full Hour.’

You literally said that you’d be happy to kill Trump Supporters.

You looked at minorities supporting Trump and said ‘No, they’re brainwashed Nazis!’

Not only did I not defend Nazis as nowhere in that picture do I say ‘Nazis are okay/good/acceptable’. Not only did I call out this SAME shit in that picture. But by your ownrules, YOU call for violence. So in turn, you are saying ‘Please beat me!’

THAT is why I fought against that.

But I do want to know: Where was this “Freedom of Speech” mentality during the Jswv incident? It’s really odd that for someone who preaches about “free speech” a lot, you seemed to be awfully focused on silencing someone who had a different opinion than you.

...

Hey Dudeblade-

Not only will that same post prove that I never actually tried silencing them, that JSWV was silencing ME but that I tried to stop him from commiting suicide.

Meanwhile, you suicide baited Mage directly after talking about LGBT suicide rates (Mage is LGBT by the way) and he said something you didn’t like. Then your ‘apology’ consisted of blaming him for things that, according to you here, YOU’RE responsible for and still saying ‘drink bleach.’

And unlike me, you still stand by what you did here.

Or how about a fanfiction from a friend of mine?- You seemed to had forgotten about “freedom of speech” when it came to harassing them about how they portrayed fictional characters.

Oh so criticism is infringing on Freedom of speech eh?

Oh, and remember this thread?- Where you say that trump ‘outed’ pence?

The proof is even in the link provided.

A few things.

If trump was such an ally as you claim, then why did he pick publicly known homophobe Mike Pence to be his running mate?- Pence is the guy who believes in conversion therapy.

trump tried to ban transgender people from the military within his first year of office. That’s not allyship, that’s transphobia. Didn’t see any of trump being an “ally” then.

trump has recently asked (read: demanded) that some embassies take down the Pride flag. But sure. Keep deluding yourself into thinking that trump is an ally to the LGBT+ Community.

1. Because you wouldn’t be able to impeach Trump without making Peance Vice President.

2. Trans people not only need medication that a war zone wouldn’t be able to always provide but trans people have the highest suicide rate of LGBT people. And being a soldier is already stressful enough. ALso never called him an ally, just said he defend ed LGBT people in that ONE instance.

3. Citation needed.

In addition to your lack of LGBT+ Fellowship (Putting it lightly), there’s also this:

My two best friends are both bi and you’ve suicide baited one of them.

This is you, literally trying to downplay the sexualization of minors and having sex with them. That’s you. I even provided context.

No, that’s me saying ‘That’s not your fucking country, stop judging people.’ I even show I’m fine with it being illegal if the law in THAT country says so. So that doesn’t work.

But back to your original post, you put the word children in quotes. As another person in that thread pointed out, this kinda indicates that you don’t see children as people. You think that you’re a hero, but a hero doesn’t justify or downplay the danger of pedophiles. A hero doesn’t defend nazis spewing out hate speech. A hero doesn’t try to defend the imprisonment of children in internment camps. 

Dudeblade-

Most of the people in these places are ADULTS and I know for a fact the moment the issue concerns the OP, they’d point that out. I was calling out hypocrisy.

And let’s put it this way, if I were to put the word “person” in quotes when I talk about you, you’d blow your top. You’re in zero position to be talking about anything remotely tied to morality, given your past instances of being on the wrong side of history.

The worst you have is malicious misinterpretation.

The worst I have is direct quotes and links.

Pretty sure you’re screaming into a mirror.

I ended up being compared to you, and when I blew my lid at someone that I respected, I got blocked by them. Unlike you, I actually respect their choice, and I don’t stalk their blog trying to get them to talk to m

You mean the post where you used my own arguments?

And congrats, you didn’t respect the choice of Mage when he called you out nor those people you called brainwashed Nazis nor the Trump Supporters you express a desire to kill.

But that one person you ‘respected’ (even though by your standards you would say you harassed them.) *slow claps*

So kob. Kindly shut the fuck up, and stop trying to get into discussions about morality. Stick to harassing people over opinions about a webshow. It’s what you’re good at. It’s arguably the only thing you’re good at.

You directly tell people you want to kill them over a political candidate, all while lying about me.

I’d throw the insult back at you but you have nothing you’re good at.

So be proud of your harassing skills. Maybe you can be a republican congressman. You’ve claimed to be white, so you’ll be perfect for that job.

After all, you’re a ‘person.’

Doesn’t really make sense as I called Republicans ‘bad faith fuck nuts.’ I also called Trump ‘president dumbass’ so...

And considering your own level of hatred, bile spewing out of your mouth, lies about those who oppose you and attacks against LGBT people-

You’re more like the Trump in your head than the actual Trump.

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Aliens (1986) Review

[This review contains spoilers.]

Aliens is a perfect sequel, if there is such a thing. It's bigger, glossier, a bit longer, and it did an exceptional job building on the original story.

There are a number of parallels to the original. The story begins with Ripley waking up, and ends with the survivors going into cold sleep. The characters are again only known by their last names; even Newt has a very non-little-girl nickname. There's a huge explosion at the end, but the alien still manages to make it aboard the "lifeboat" to wreak more havoc. There's an android on board who ends up in pieces. Best of all, like Ridley Scott did in the original, James Cameron spends an entire hour setting up the story, and successfully pays it all off during the rest of the movie.

There are a number of differences, of course. Instead of "truckers," we have a crew of badass marines. There are many aliens instead of just one. The cast is twice as big and the stakes are higher, too, since there were sixty-some families on the "shake-and-bake" colony.

But we still have Ripley, and she is several levels of awesome. This is the movie where Sigourney Weaver proved to the world that a woman could be an action hero. She was terrific in scene after scene, from her tirade in the conference room at the beginning, to the pulse-pounding Ripley-in-the-loader versus the alien queen battle at the end. I've always loved the way she took over and drove the tank to the rescue, and the sequence in the lift where she loaded up with many, many, many weapons on her way into the queen's lair to rescue Newt. Sigourney Weaver was nominated for best actress for this movie, and she absolutely deserved it.

I also loved Michael Biehn as Hicks. He and Ripley were on the same wavelength throughout the movie. I particularly enjoyed the "nuke the planet" exchange, and the one where he showed her how to use that massive assault rifle. Ripley and Hicks were made for each other. I really wanted Ripley, Hicks and Newt to end up together as a family, maybe with Bishop as the weird uncle who sleeps on the couch. Maybe in Alien fanfic. Is there Alien fanfic?

Paul Reiser gave a wonderfully slimy performance as the Company rep. Very smart, casting a comedian, since this is a character that we expect to be evil, but the fact that it's Reiser makes us think we might be wrong. Bill Paxton is wonderfully annoying as the cowardly Hudson, and I loved that he went out in a blaze of glory. Newt is likable and has courage; she's not a cutesy kid at all, and Carrie Henn certainly had a greater acting range than Jonesy the cat. And I always liked that Bishop turned out to be the opposite of Ash, since we expected him to be just as bad. Especially since he was played by the master of evil, Lance Henriksen.

My favorite supporting actor in this one, though, is Jenette Goldstein, who is a standout as Vasquez. Hard to remember so long ago, but when this movie came out, women didn't serve in combat. Vasquez made a very strong impression on me. And I loved that Gorman redeemed himself by going back for Vasquez. Their scene in the air duct always gets to me.

Unlike most of my favorite movies, I saw Aliens in the theater. It was an unforgettable movie experience, literally edge of your seat. I remember actually feeling mildly nauseous. (That's when you know they got you – when your audience wants to throw up.) Aliens doesn't hold up quite as well as Alien does, in my opinion, but it's still an outstanding movie. I always watch them together. Like I said, pretty much the perfect sequel.

Bits and pieces of androids:

— The action takes place 57 years after the original. The planet got a name, or more accurately, a designation: LV426.

— Alien and Aliens always makes me think of two of my other favorite movies, Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It's not surprising, since the two franchises share James Cameron and some of his favorite actors: Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein and Bill Paxton.

— Bishop explained that Ash was a Hyperdyne Systems 120-A2 model, and a bit twitchy. (You'd call what Ash did in the original movie "twitchy?") And that the more recently manufactured androids are subject to Asimov's rules. Hyperdyne always makes me think of Cyberdyne.

— There are several shots of Ripley's feet and she's wearing Reeboks. Really fun product placement that didn't detract from the story at all. I usually hate product placement.

— James Horner's music is memorable, and effectively heightens the tension. Like it needed more heightening.

— Dan says that Alien is a cold movie, and Aliens is a hot one. I thought that was an interesting observation.

— While looking up quotes, I discovered that James Remar (Dexter's father) was originally cast to play Dwayne Hicks, and was later replaced by Michael Biehn. I hadn't known that. I can't imagine this movie without Michael Biehn. I absolutely loved him in the first Terminator movie.

— As with Alien, there is an extended version. I prefer the theatrical release. But the extended version gives more weight to Ripley's need to save Newt; Ripley had a daughter.

— For me, the story ends with this movie. I'm not fond of the other sequels. One of our writers has offered to review them, though, and if he does, I'll very much look forward to reading them.

Quotes:

Ripley: "Did IQs drop sharply while I was away?"

Gorman: "Look, we can't have any firing in there. I want you to collect magazines from everybody." Hudson: "Is he fucking crazy?" Frost: "What do you expect us to use, man? Harsh language?"

Ripley: "I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." Burke: "Hold on a second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it." Ripley: "They can bill me."

Ripley: "Look. No bad dreams there." Newt: "Ripley, she doesn't have bad dreams because she's just a piece of plastic." Definitely Carrie Henn's best line. And she delivered it beautifully.

Newt: "My mommy always said there were no monsters, no real ones. But there are." Ripley: "Yes, there are, aren't there?" Newt: "Why do they tell little kids that?" Ripley: "Most of the time it's true."

Ripley: "You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage."

Ripley: "Get away from her, you bitch!" I remember the audience cheering that one.

A worthy sequel to an excellent movie. Four out of four M41A pulse rifles, ten millimeter with over-and-under thirty millimeter pump action grenade launchers,

Billie Doux loves good television and spends way too much time writing about it.