#and before someone points out julia from sesame street

[realhousewives-fan]

Iconic Moments of RH 2023

A year has gone by and while we can say that there’s not much in the world to be optimistic about lately, it was a great year for Bravo at least.

After years of struggling with weak seasons and poor ratings, it looks like a lot of shows has turned the page.

If it weren’t for Bethenny Frankel’s Reality Reckoning pursuit, I would argue that it has been a very successful year for Bravo and Andy Cohen.

1. Scandoval

This list is actually reserved for Real Housewives, but how could I not include the biggest scandal and the biggest show of 2023?

Scandoval was the cursed gift that kept on giving with an incredible mountain of shocking details and lies. 

Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss became the most hated persons on social media, while Ariana Madix rose to stardom with a movie role and DWTS.

The last episode of the season gave me goosebumps, made me furious, made me emotional. It was an amazing end of a rollercoaster of a season.

2. “YOU. CAN. LEAVE!”

RHOSLC had one of the best seasons ever this year, and their trip to Palm Springs was one of the funniest episodes I’ve ever seen.

When Meredith Marks has reached her melting point, she’s done! 

Her delivery of “YOU. CAN. LEAVE!” will remain as one of the most iconic moments of RHOSLC.

3. Fuck Cancer Opera Night

Julia Lemigova’s surprise for Martina Navratilova was so entertaining, funny, and touching to me.

She wanted to surprise Martina with singing her favourite opera song for her, and Julia couldn’t sing. Her scheme become more and more elaborate as more people wanted to be a part of her surprise.

And that it was a party where they said “Fuck Cancer” was so emotional for me.

4. The RHONY Reboot Was a Success!

It wasn’t written in the cards that RHONY would survive a reboot. I don’t think people had much faith that they would make it, especially since they lost Lizzy Savetsky in the middle of filming.

But against all odds the new housewives were able to show us originality, entertainment, and excitement. Bravo’s gamble seemed to pay off!

Especially Brynn Whitfield, Jenna Lyons and Jessel Taank stood out as fan favourites, which is incredible for a basically brand-new show.

5. Mary’s Phone Call to Trixie Motel

The trip to Palm Springs was a trip even before they had left Salt Lake City.

Mary Cosby’s phone call to Trixie Motel to check what kind of wine and food they had there, cracked me up! Her facial expressions are out of this world!

6. Tribeca is Up and Coming, Right?

While I was entertained by the first episodes of the RHONY reboot, it wasn’t before the lunch with Jessel and Erin Lichy that I was hooked on Jessel.

Their lunch quickly became a classic Housewives scene. 

Jessel is the type of person who says whatever comes to her mind, and that means that she can easily offend others.

When Jessel said that the neighbourhood was up and coming, to Erin’s outrage, I knew that I was going to love her.

7. The Shrine of it All

As Potomac got themselves a new housewife named Nneka Ihim, I wasn’t completely excited.

She was introduced as Ashley Darby’s friend, and I thought: “Oh no, here we go again. Which character from Sesame Street will we get this time?”

But then Nneka had a very interesting lunch with Robyn Dixon, about Wendy Osefo and allegedly how her family had tried to prevent her from joining the show!

8. Name ‘Em!

Sutton Stracke is in rare form this season of RHOBH.

When Kyle Richards rightfully said that Sutton has lost her shit multiple times on the show, Sutton was so childish and rude with her taunting. 

“Name ‘em, name ‘em, name ‘em…” I understand why Kyle lost her temper in that moment. Sutton wanted to provoke Kyle.

9. Luis Ruelas and Bo Dietl

At the very toxic and negative reunion of RHONJ it was revealed that someone had hired a private investigator on the women, and Luis Ruelas had said that he was “good friends” with Bo Dietl.

Cue a bunch of strange phone calls to the family members of the housewives. And I believe that Luis is the root of the problems.

10. Shannon’s Hit and Run DUI

Season 17 of RHOC was one the better seasons, and in many ways, it was the unravelling of Shannon Beador’s relationship with John Janssen.

It was mentioned multiple times that Shannon might have a drinking problem, which she denied time and time again.

But after their reunion was filmed, Shannon had a dramatic hit and run DUI, to which she was sentenced to 3 years of probation and 40 hours of community service for.

[fortissimohands-archive]

Allistics: You can't call yourself autistic! You're a person with autism! The fact that you're a person comes first!

Also allistics: Puppetgate isn't ableist! It's okay to have autistic people portrayed by puppets! They're not really people anyway!

[shego1142]

Random thought that’s been on my mind and I just wanted to write it out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯:

I know you all may be tired about me talking about Big Bang Theory (my newly rekindled special interest)

But I wanted to mention something I’ve been thinking/feeling for quite a while that stands a myriad of different shows

And that’s that I get kind of... cagey, when someone says “Sheldon Cooper is bad Autistic representation”

Because? What does that mean?

I mean, I’m Autistic and I relate to him.

More so than I have ever related to a large majority of autistic coded characters before.

I mean, yes he does have some stereotypical special interests (Trains and Flags)

But so do I (Lists and “Taking Things Apart”)

And yea he’s often shown as insensitive to the non-Autistic viewers but personally I think that’s the fault of said viewer, something I might address later in this post

But my point is, I’ve been seeing this... form of thought policing going on somewhat rampantly...

People saying things like

“Lilo is “bad” autistic representation because she punched and bit Myrtle”

“Rick Sanchez is “bad” autistic representation because he’s reckless and drunk and does drugs and is a jerk”

“Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz is “bad” Autistic representation because she has humans as a special interest and kept them in a zoo and was part of a war”

“Julia from Sesame Street is “bad” autistic representation because she’s non-verbal, which is a “hurtful stereotype” etc (I don’t know much about Julia I’ve just seen this sentiment)”

“Ed from eene, ‘Derpy’ from mlp, Greg House from House MD, Sherlock from every adaptation of Sherlock ever, etc,etc”

And... that line of thinking is making me very uneasy.

I mean I am 1000% an advocate for Autistic peeps, obviously.

But this rhetoric seems more anti-Autistic than it does anything else.

Like... certain so called stereotypes are really just characteristics.

I bite like Lilo when I have a meltdown. I wish I didn’t but I do.

And I’ll never be able to stop biting during meltdowns and I’ll never stop having meltdowns.

I’m often reckless, like Rick, and I suffer with depression, irritability and self worth issues like he does too, and I don’t always manage those feelings in the best way, even if I try.

And like Pink Diamond I have “inappropriate” special interests that I’ll probably always have, and no amount of screaming that they’re “wrong” will make them stop being a special interest.

And, again, like Sheldon, I’m often seen as insensitive. I often hurt people who mean a lot to me without meaning to and without understanding how or why they’re hurt.

Personally I agree with the fact that many of the characters mentioned above have some issues within their shows regarding representation

But I don’t think the issue is the characters themselves

And I think it’s a little odd to say so.

Because it feels like a lot of peeps on here are pushing for only the “least offensive to non-Autistic” representation.

And that is really othering. From a community that needs above all else to be united.

There was a really good episode of The Big Bang Theory that I watched a while ago, where Sheldon and Penny were doing that “quiz that’s meant to make you fall in love”

And Sheldon got to talk about his struggles with certain things, the way he often doesn’t understand people and all.

And in turn Penny focused on making things more comfortable for him, even bringing up the fact that she knows eye-contact is difficult for him, and they didn’t have to do that part if he didn’t want to.

And he said “it’s easier with people I’m comfortable around”

Which is true to my experience as well.

And I think that’s wonderful representation.

In fact, the main issue I have with all but two of those shows that I mentioned is that they never come out and say “Hey this character is Autistic!!”

If they’d said that in BBT and had Sheldon advocate for himself, it would have turned into the best show ever for me personally.

Same for Lilo, and House, and Ed, and Derpy, and so many autistic coded characters.

I think that not talking about or acknowledging the characters being autistic is what should be considered the issue.

Not the whole “hurtful stereotypical” behaviour thing that so many people are talking about lately.

Because I feel like that is saying “having stereotypical behaviour is bad”

And that’s not good.

I have issues of course with how many of said characters are treated (Sheldon most of all but I’m biased) on the show by other characters

And that can be spoken about! I’m not discouraging that idea at all!

But I really really dislike people saying that an autistic coded character isn’t valid because they’re “too stereotypical” or because they’re “not perfect”

I’m stereotypical and imperfect, and that’s the type of representation I want to see, honestly.

Idk it’s just been on my mind because of a few hundred or so posts I’ve seen ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[vxltrxn-imagines]

The Voltrons- Heathers AU- KeithxReader

(A/N: Real talk, Candy Store is such group number goals. If only I had friends IRL who would learn the choreography with me DD;)

Chapter 2- Candy Store

(Y/N) sighed as she found a quiet place in the hallway to take a breather. It’d been three weeks since she “befriended” The Voltrons and it was exhausting. They constantly were asking things of her, and asking her to forge so many papers and notes. She knew she had to do exactly as they ordered her though, or else Shiro would ruin her reputation down to even worse than where she started out this year. Everywhere she turned though, one of them would be there, demanding something of her. She hated it.

To make matters even worse, she hadn’t seen Hunk in forever. She had to cancel out on food night twice in a row. Hunk kept saying it was okay, god bless his innocent and kind soul, but (Y/N) felt awful about it. He always told her she looked beautiful or gorgeous whenever he passed her, but she’d done nothing for him or to preserve their friendship.

She sighed again as she sat against the wall, thanking god silently that she had even a moment to herself to regain her sanity. Unfortunately, she saw Pidge sauntering up to her,

“There you are (Y/N)! Stop playing Hide and Seek. Shiro said to haul ass to the table.” She said as she crossed her arms and (Y/N) sighed,

“How very..” She mumbled, and cursed in her mind that her moment had to get interrupted. She straightened up, and walked to the lunch table, where Shiro was waiting very impatiently with Lance standing silently,

“About time. You know I hate waiting, Get out some paper and Pidge bend over.” He ordered, pointing at Pidge, who frowned and sighed. She hated the humiliation factor of it since there was a table right behind them but did as she was told as (Y/N) pulled out a piece of paper,

“What do you want?” She asked, as Shiro glared,

“Wait until I’m done talking to ask questions. I need a note in Julia Child’s handwriting.” He announced causing (Y/N) to blink,

“The famous TV chef??” She questioned, as Shiro got closer to her face,

“Is that going to be a problem?” He asked condescendingly, causing (Y/N) to shake her head,

“N-No. Not at all.” She replied quickly, and fearfully.

“Good. I need it to say this ‘Hey sweetie, I’ve heard of your amazing recipes and dedication to me. I’d love to meet up with you at your friends homecoming party. See you soon. Julia’ and part a heart after her name”. He spoke, not caring it was hard for (Y/N) to keep up with the pace he was talking. She stood up when she was done, allowing Pidge to get up to and looked up at him,

“Who is this for??” She questioned, knowing it was never good to question Shiro, but felt a bad feeling in her stomach over this note, causing the group to laugh maniacally,

“I found out Hunk Garabagetuck loves watching her.” Shiro chuckled,

“Well..yeah. A lot of people do.” (Y/N) replied,

“Yeah well not all of us believe she'll notice us.” Lance laughed more, causing all the group to laugh even more sounding like demons.

“He's admired her for years! You can't do that. Not to Hunk.” She held the note close to her to try to prevent them from stealing it, but started to get scared as Shiro snapped,

“Are we gonna have a problem? You got a bone to pick?” He asked as he started walking towards her menacingly, “You’ve come so far, Why now are you pulling on my dick?” He snapped in her face, “Normally I’d slap your face off, And everyone here could watch. But I’m feeling nice. Here’s some advice. Listen up, biotch!”

He yelled, as Pidge and Lance stood behind him and..they started dancing? (Y/N) stepped back confused as Pidge and Lance started singing backup for Shiro,

“I like!”

“Lookin’ hot Buying stuff they cannot” He started singing as well. His voice actually sounded good, but it had the same menacing quality to it that scared the living hell out of her,

“I like!”

“Drinkin’ hard Maxin’ Dad’s credit card” He pulled out his dad’s credit card as if flaunting it before putting it back away with a smirk,

“I like!”

“Skippin’ gym Screwing her Scaring him” He winked at a girl as he sang, causing the girl to fall over swooning

“I like!”

“Killer clothes..” He started before Pidge and Lance joined in,

“Kickin’ nerds in the nose!” All three sang and did a high kick, causing (Y/N) to backup more, due to just how high they could kick. In another universe, she was almost certain that those kicks could be used to do some actual damage. Shiro backed (Y/N) up against the wall and sang in her face,

“If you lack the balls You can go play dolls Let your mommy fix you a snack”

“Woah!” Lance and Pidge sang in the background, devious smirks on their faces as well at how terrified (Y/N) was.

“Or you could come smoke Pound some rum and coke In my Porsha with the quarterback” Shiro sang and lightly pushed her before walking back to rejoin Lance and Pidge

“Woah! Woah! Woah! Honey, whatchu waitin’ for? Welcome to my candy store” 

They all sang in unison for the first time, and (Y/N) hated to admit that they sounded amazing together, All their voices blended so well. They had grabbed the attention of everyone in the cafeteria at this point. Everyone was interested and watching amused, 

“It’s time for you to prove You’re not a loser anymore Then step into my candy store”

Suddenly, it seemed like Shiro for once was taking a back seat as he started to sing backup and let Pidge and Lance sing the main chorus,

“All fall!”

“At your feet Pay the check” Pidge started, looking over at Lance to finish,

“Help you cheat”

“All you” Pidge and Shiro sang again, before Pidge took over,

“Have to do” She started, before it seemed like Shiro got tired of her singing and picked up where she left off,

“Say goodbye to Shamoo” He finished, earning a soft glare from Pidge before she got back into song, having learned her place,

“That freak’s”

“Not your friend I can tell in the end” Lance started,

“If she” The others joined in momentarily before Lance took over again,

“Had your shot”

“She would leave you to rot!” All three sang in unison, before Lance snickered and continued, stepping forward to be close to (Y/N)’s face.

“‘Course if you don’t care Fine! Go braid his hair” He teasingly wrapped a piece of her hair around his finger, “Maybe Sesame Street is on”

“Woah!”

“Or forget the creep” He sang as he backed away from (Y/N), but not without stealing the note that she was holding close to her chest from out of her hands. (Y/N) hadn't even noticed it missing before he handed it off to Pidge who flaunted it,

“And get in my jeep”

“Let’s go tear up someone’s lawn” Shiro smirked at the work of his two “minions” as they walked up to where Hunk was quietly standing in line trying to avoid the mess,

“Woah! Woah! Woah!” They all sang as they sneakily placed the letter on Hunk’s lunch tray, (Y/N) was about to run up to warn him, before they all yanked her back and started singing as they were circling her, effectively trapping her, “Honey, whatchu waitin’ for? Welcome to my candy store You just gotta prove You’re not a pussy anymore Then step into my candy store” 

They parted from the circle, but only to get in their little triangle formation again as Shiro started singing lead again,

“You can join the team”

“Or you can bitch and moan” Pidge and Lance sang from the background, mimicking a little crying face,

“You can live the dream”

“Or you can die alone” They both sang eerily and acted like they were stabbing themselves in their hearts. The sudden change in the lyrics defiantly scared (Y/N). Out of all topics, casually mentioning death scared the hell out of her.

“You can fly with eagles” Shiro raised his arms gently, as if beginning a flying motion before lowering them gracefully and staring at (Y/N) as the others joined in with him,

“Or if you prefer”

“Keep on testing me” He sang with venom laced into his words as Pidge and Lance finished,

“And end up like him!” All three pointed at Hunk before acting like they weren't and being casual as Hunk ran up to (Y/N) excitedly,

“(Y/N), look! Julia Cook wants to talk to me at Ram’s homecoming party! This proves she’s noticed me!” He exclaimed excitedly to her, with a sing song voice that very well could have matched the group that was just singing.

(Y/N) started to object to try to stop Hunk from the impending embarrassment of everyone in the cafeteria that was watching, but she looked over to her side and saw The Voltrons all staring at her. She genuinely felt fearfully, especially at the fact that they had just mentioned death. Before even thinking, she blurted out,

“Color me stoked..”

“I’m so happy!” Hunk cried, as he ran out of the cafeteria. The guilt of what she had done was beginning to set in, and (Y/N) started to run after him, before stopping dead in her tracks and The Voltrons had resumed singing,

“Woah!” They all joined in one by one, before Pidge stepped out of line and started to try to sing as a big solo,

“Honey, whachu waiting fo—”

“SHUT UP PIDGE!!” Shiro yelled as he pushed her back into place, and took over the big solo,

“Step into my candy store!!” He sang, continuing to sing high “ooooh”s and “woaaahhs” as Pidge and Lance sang the mine chorus of the song in the background,

“Time for you to prove you're not a lame ass anymore”

“Then step into my candy store!” They all sang before getting in a line and intimidatingly walked towards (Y/N) with evil smirks.

“It’s my candy store It’s my candy It’s my candy store It’s my candy It’s my candy store”

They finished off in dramatic poses as everyone in the cafeteria applauded, except for one kid in the corner wearing a red and yellow jacket. (Y/N) titled her head softly at the thought that someone wasn't as mind washed about The Voltrons as everyone else in here, and sighed softly, as she headed to go talk to him

[thecakewolfuniverse]

Rings (2017) Review

Reviewer: Matthew Fishgold

Initially, Rings (2017) feels like it’s a made for TV movie, a sort of MTV presents. As the film progresses, I’m waiting for Sam and Dean Winchester to pop up and smack a Samara because this has to be a CW exclusive. Rings doesn’t cut it as a theater experience, and if it wasn’t for the juggernaut of a franchise that it has behind it, this would have been an at home streaming experience.

And for our drink...

Now that we have our drink, let's enjoy our movie, then have our review.

Rings. What did they mean by that title? Was it going to be like Aliens to Alien? Were we going to get a shit load of Samaras running around due to all the digital copies? Was Naomi Watts going to have to join the marines and blow em all to public broadcasting Hell? Nope. Were they referencing the fact that there were a ton of copies made of the original video? I’m guessing so since director Javier Gutierrez wanted to explore how technology fundamentally changes how the curse works and how it spreads. Funny he said that, considering this movie only has about fifteen or less actual minutes of exploring that angle. Still, that title feels a little off to me...what about The Ring 3D? Nah, that wouldn’t work, they didn’t have the budget for that because they were too busy spending money on advertisements, like getting on the Today show. Personally, I would have called this, Ringa’ Linga’ Ding Dong.

Our film doesn’t start out with Samuel L. Jackson saying that he’s tired of these mother fucking Samara’s on this mother fucking plane, which is pretty upsetting. Instead, we get a dude reciting the rules for the monster that were slowly established in the original films. Instantly I’m given the mood of this film. Lazy writing.

After dude dies on a plane from Samara, all the characters established in this intro are flushed down the proverbial toilet, never to be heard from again. Now, we’re introduced to a new set of characters. Played by Johnny Galecki, our new possible leading character, Gabriel picks up a VCR at a swap meet. Apparently this is the same VCR that belonged to dude from plane. So, Gabriel takes the VCR home, finds out there’s a tape in it, watches the tape, and...now we switch to a new set of characters…

Finally, we meet the protagonist of our film. Finally. Played by Matilda Lutz, our zero range leading lady Julia has to say goodbye to her boyfriend Holt. He’s going off to college and she’s staying home so she can tend to the needs of her supposedly sick YOU’LL NEVER SEE THIS MOTHER ESTABLISHED, NOR WILL YOU EVER VISUALLY SEE HER AT ALL, mother. But that’s okay, Julia leaves her invalid mother anyway here shortly.

Julia begins to think there’s something wrong with her boyfriend after he doesn’t respond for awhile. Without saying peace out to her mother, Julia goes full on stalker mode to track down her boyfriend and finds out that there’s a Samara support group at the college he’s attending.

After watching the VHS, Gabriel has been documenting the occult surrounding Samara. He’s also been spreading her curse via modern technology, using his students as test subjects and his authority as a professor to bait them in. This is where I started to get intrigued. I was ready for shit to get crazy and explore the madness that could ensue from such an awesome set-up. Instead, this movie decides to dump all that potential and focus on creating even more lore behind Samara, and not in a good way.

Apparently Julia is another Harry Potter character that’s so popular lately. She’s “special”. After a series of events propels her into a viewing of the cursed video, we discover that Julia is the chosen one. Her curse is different than everyone else, and with the rules switched up, nobody knows what to do. This is where the movie turns into an early 90’s point and click adventure game, following Julia and Holt as they explore the meaning behind her unique curse.

Without spoiling the outcome for you, I’ll fill you in on a few things you can expect from this point forward.

Cheap-ass jump scares. You know how tension builds and then weak horror movies throw in a scene where a cat jumps out of a cupboard? Yeah. This movie has that in spades. One of the most memorably atrocious jump scares is an umbrella opening during a transition sequence after a tense moment. Ugh.

Unnecessary lore. Samara has already been established. She’s fucking scary as shit. She doesn’t want to be helped, she’s pure evil and just wants to hurt others, spreading her wickedness like a wildfire. But this movie turns that around, using an insulting and downright offensive subtext that says, because she was a product of rape, that has somehow attributed to the evil that she is. Not to mention the Christian tones of this subtext that are sure to paint the Catholic Church with unwarranted negativity. And because I don’t want to ruin a major moment in the film, I’ll just say, Samara’s new superpower that she uses on the priest made no sense.

Stroking itself. Instead of making us feel like we could be cursed too for watching the video, scenes of the video are cut away to show the faces of the individuals watching it, thereby taking us out of the full experience. Also, there’s a Don’t Breathe (2016) moment that’s fine due to the context of the story, until someone says, “I can hear your every breath.” Maybe it was unintentional, but the fact that this movie feels like it's anywhere near Don’t Breathe, whether purposely or not, annoyed the fuck out of me.

Literally spelling things out for us. The movie thinks everyone is a moron. They repeat plot so often, it feels like I’m watching a Sesame Street episode that’s trying to get me to learn all about the letter F. Well, F is for fuck this movie. You’ll see what I mean about literally spelling things out with one of the final shots of the film, involving the letter H. This moment of the film feels like the director thinks if we were playing Wheel of Fortune, we couldn’t solve the last letter in the word, Cheeseburge_.

No you should not see this movie. Absolutely not. Not for any reason. Especially if you enjoyed any of the ones before it like I do. Fuck this movie, it’s shit.

I rate this film one out of five sad, beer-less ring stains and tell you to avoid it. The only reason I’m giving it a one is because I did enjoy the parts of the cursed video that was actually shown, and at times I was truly impressed with the potential for the movie due to its momentary premise before it shifted.