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aimmyarrowshigh · 3 years

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Dark Greetings this Spooky Season Ms. V. Can we get a list of your favorite Halloween movies and specials? I know you have seen *everything* and I am trying to go beyond my usual rewatches this holiday month.

V. AIMMYARROWSHIGH’S CRITERIA FOR HALLOWEEN EPISODES

Does the Halloween element combine convincingly with the usual universe of the show (ex: Lizzie McGuire 2x09 “Those Freaky McGuires” is not good as a Halloween episode because it changes the rules of the Lizzie McGuire universe, whereas Community 2x06 “Epidemiology” is a GREAT Halloween episode because it manages to logically introduce zombies to the regular Community universe)?

Does the Halloween element advance the plot of the episode/series (ex: the reason Boy Meets World 5x17 “And Then There Was Shawn” is literally the best Halloween episode ever made is that it uses the horror movie tropes it satirizes to provide a CRUCIAL turning-point to the plot of the show)?

Is the Halloween episode in the forefront enough that it’s clearly a holiday episode (ex: HAVING ONE JACK-O’LANTERN ON A DESK DOES NOT A HALLOWEEN SPECIAL MAKE, LAW & ORDER 16x03 “GHOSTS”! You gotta go ALL-IN, like Bob’s Burgers 3x02 “Full Bars”!)?

Does the Halloween theme balance well between spooky and warm-n-fuzzy (ex: Criminal Minds 11x21 “Mr. Scratch” is too fucking bleak, but Criminal Minds 12x06 “Elliott’s Pond” has a joyous/celebratory tone to the ending despite being a genuinely scary episode)?

Is it generally a well-written, acted, and designed episode of television (ex: Saved by the Bell! 3x26 “Mystery Weekend” is seriously, not exaggerating, the worst thing I’ve ever watched in my life; Psych 1x15 “Scary Sherry, Or Bianca’s Toast” is a triumph of the medium)?

THE BEST, bar none, Halloween special ever made is Boy Meets World 5x17, “And Then There Was Shawn.” Period. There can be no argument, except MAYBE Community 3x06, “Epidemiology,” but I like “And Then There Was Shawn” better because the parody and homage as less… biting? And because I think it continues and addresses the emotional core of the regular BMW season better than “Epidemiology” does for Community s3. “Epi” DOES plant the seed (…heh) for the Season 3B major plot arc of Shirley’s pregnancy and Chang Deciding To Murder, but it gets some major minus points for mocking Yvette Nicole Brown’s weight with other characters’ responses to her costume, tbh. And “And Then There Was Shawn” is just fucking iconic. It is THE Halloween episode manual, IMO, if there were to be a textbook on how to write a perfect Halloween episode for your sitcom.

HOWEVER, I also have to give major props to Bob’s Burgers and Psych, as complete series, for their CONSISTENTLY excellent Halloween episodes. A lot of series that have multiple Halloween eps really phone it in after one or two, because they don’t have any more ideas for how to incorporate Halloween pastiches while maintaining the overall feeling of the series (tbh B99, while the Halloween Heists are excellent in general, is/has been coming very close to this line, and I think that if they HADN’T had to switch out the Heist to Cinco de Mayo in s6, they would have jumped their Heist Shark [and I think they know it, too, because it was lampshaded in the episode itself]) or they just straight-up don’t have any more ideas for what or how to have the characters they’re bound to parody or pay homage to a Halloween thing after they’ve already done one or two. And let’s be real: those one or two have probably been either The Shining or Rear Window, because those are pretty much the two that every show starts with.

Bob’s manages to make every Halloween episode feel very fresh and organic to the series, which I think they do have some leeway to do because of the nature of cartoons keeping the Belchers living a kind of loop of never aging, yk, but amazingly they’ve only done the “Tina feels too old to trick or treat, maybe? Nope, she’s not 14 yet, so there’s still time!” thing in a way that felt tropey once (in 3x02 Full Bars). They’ve been able to address Tina being 13/in 8th grade, and worrying about it being almost too late for her to keep trick or treating, in ways that were in-character and added to the overall episode in 4x02 Fort Night, 5x02 Tina and the Real Ghost, and 9x04 Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street, without me rolling my eyes at the screen and going “TINA, EVERY SINGLE SHOW WITH A TWEEN IN IT HAS ALREADY DECIDED THAT THE AGE AT WHICH YOU MUST STOP TRICK OR TREATING IS FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, COME ON NOW” which… at this point, is a Feat. Because like, I’ve POSTED over a thousand Halloween episodes, right? But I’ve watched and screencapped ::checks folder:: 3,905 Halloween episodes since 2014. Which is, um, a. lot. The ACTUAL BEST Bob’s Burgers Halloween episode is 6x03, “The Hauntening,” which is just… achingly perfect television. I know I’ve posted about it before (probably a couple times tbh) but the way that it aired originally back-to-back with The Simpsons 27x04, “Halloween of Horror,” so that the evening of Sunday cartoons juxtaposed eight-year-old Louise whose family worked so hard to scare her like she wanted with nine-year-old Lisa’s family working so hard to keep her from being too scared and make sure that she felt safe… reader, I FUCKIN CRIED. Little girls being deeply loved while also Spoopy Things!!!!!! IS WHAT HALLOWEEN SPECIALS ARE!!! FUCKIN!!!!!! ABOUT!!!!!!!

Psych, though, has the benefit of not really having any, like… central tone to the series? Beyond “friendship” and “having fun with joking,” tbh? So it’s able to do what a lot of series get docked “points” for in my Foolproof Halloween Special Ratings System That Is Completely Subjective To My Tastes And Mood, which is really just run full-tilt into parody and homage without really worrying about overall tonal connection to the rest of the season or series. 1x15, “Scary Sherry, or, Bianca’s Toast,” while it DOES fall victim to the way-too-common Halloween episode trap of making mental hospitals into a Scary Thing (they are a medical normality and a necessary thing for health for many people and should not be feared), is delightful Spooky Fun AND has the benefit of having Shannon Woodward in it.* We all know by now that if an episode of any show has Shannon Woodward as the guest star, it will by default end up being one of the best, if not THE best, episodes of that series. It’s just how having Shannon Woodward as your guest star rolls. I also really like, with Psych’s Halloween episodes, that quite a few of them understand the underlying thematic scope of Horror, which is “The Monstrous Feminine Is A Thing And All Horror Tropes Are Actually About Women’s Interior Lives Because Men Can’t Write Women And Fear Women Always,” yk, in a way that is neither TOO Actual Horror, which I am too afraid of to Do, or too trite and demeaning, which is the other basic trap that Halloween stuff falls into A Lot. Like, Scary Sherry is very much about women villainizing other women, avenging other women, and being in very specifically-female pain, even though Shawn & Gus are still the lens through which we solve the mystery, and so are 4x04 The Devil Is In The Details And The Upstairs Bedroom and 6x03 This Episode Sucks. But they give their Monstrous Females dignity and breadth, which is impressive, ESPECIALLY since they’re one-off guest characters. Also, 3x15 Tuesday the 17th is just plain funny and well-done, like, just give it props for the title alone.

*(Speaking of Shannon Woodward, another amazingly good Halloween episode is Raising Hope 4x07, “Murder, She Hoped,” which is among my very favorite Rear Window homage episodes and has probably the funniest gag in ANY Rear Window ep, in Martha Plimpton floating across the screen in the Grace Kelly silk nightgown and peignoir and announcing that it was on sale at Walmart, can you believe?! and honestly, yes. Perfection.)

Also excellent:

• The Addams Family (1991) + Addams Family Values (1993) • Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WERE GAY FOR SIBELLA AS A CHILD!) • Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE GAY BECAUSE THE HEX GIRLS!) • Halloweentown + Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge • Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire! • Z•O•M•B•I•E•S (to a lesser extent, Z•O•M•B•I•E•S 2) • Clue (1985) • Coraline • Corpse Bride • 6teen 2x00 Dude of the Dead • Arthur 21x00 Arthur and the Haunted Treehouse • Lamb-Chop in the Haunted Studio • Arthur 8x04A Fern-kenstein's Monster • Arthur 10x02 The Squirrels • WandaVision 1x06 The All-New Halloween Spooktacular (I KNOW YOU, SPECIFICALLY, DEAR @plavoptice, HATE MCU!WANDA AND I DON'T BLAME YOU, YOUR REASONS ARE VERY VALID! But this is a good Halloween special so I'm putting it on my list In General.) • Boy Meets World 2x06 Who's Afraid of Cory Wolf? • Ghostbusters (2016) • Gravity Falls 1x12 Summerween • Leverage 4x02 Ten L'il Grifters Job • The Loud House 2x40 Tricked! • Mockingbird Lane 1x00 Unaired Pilot • It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! (Classic, etc.)

I'm SURE I'm forgetting some that I'll rewatch this year myself. I'm a big Halloween Baking Championship fan, tbh, which is on Discovery+ now so I recommend that if you like mostly-relaxing nice people baking cakes that look like bats and such.

I'm also IMMENSELY INTENSELY EXCITED for The Muppets' Haunted Mansion on Disney+ next week!!!

#halloween #**halloween

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ryanmeft · 5 years

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Movie Review: Doctor Sleep

The best works of Stephen King stir up a sense of existential dread using very non-existential monsters---the idea that the veneer of our safe world is regularly threatened by horrible things that usually look perfectly normal. Man’s best friend is really a demonic killer; a resurrected cat is not all that it seems; a malevolent alien hides in the guise of a man. In this tradition is Rose the Hat, a mystic woman who opens Doctor Sleep sitting on a stump and luring in a young girl. What she does with her we are not immediately shown, but it’s a cinch it’s nothing good.

The tone is set, for Rebecca Ferguson is a gorgeous woman, and as Rose is bedecked in the appealing clothes of a traveling peddler, or perhaps a wizard: a jaunty top hat is the centerpiece of a changing wardrobe that mostly adheres to loose-fitting clothing which adds an air of allure to her wherever she moves. Also she kills people and eats their souls. She’s an extremely horrible thing in an extremely appealing package, and we will find she is in charge of a coven of odd vampires called the True Knot. They feed on the “steam” of people who have special powers, like those of Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor). He’s grown up now after his experiences at the Overlook Hotel in The Shining, but being an adult doesn’t mean you’ve got it all figured out. He’s an alcoholic who gets in pointless fights and has pointless flings, all to try and tamp down the constant threat of the Overlook’s ghosts.

They still haunt him, you see, and with powers taught to him by the spirit of the Overlook’s former cook Dick Hallorann (Carl Lumbly ably stepping in for the late Scatman Crothers), he has managed to trap them inside boxes in his mind, though they always want out, which is just kind of how ghosts be. He runs from his demons and take refuge in a small New Hampshire town where he befriends Billy Freeman (Cliff Curtis) who works with local kids to build a miniature train set in the town square and sponsors Danny for AA. Things are looking up. Then a message is forcefully etched into Danny’s wall. It’s telepathy, coming from a teenage girl named Abra (Kyliegh Curran) who also “shines”, or has powers. It’s so forceful because she’s felt the torturous death of a young baseball player (Jacob Tremblay) at the hands of Rose and her followers.

Enough of the book report. King is a plot, rather than feeling, based author, but the important thing about his plots is not the details but how they unfold. The movie takes its time. It is 152 minutes long, and is patient in re-acquainting us with Danny and giving him time to work through his troubled adulthood, and with introducing Abra and making her a character we can care about. This is the first major role for 13-year-old Curran, and sadly the movie’s not doing well enough that it will get her in the minds of audiences, but it should. She’s neither a victim nor a magical child; she neither spends the movie running, nor being always right while the adults inevitably stumble. She gets scared, and she gets fierce, and Curran displays a range of talent that should serve her career well. She and Danny eventually team up, of course, for a twisty showdown with Rose and friends that takes nearly an hour, is thrilling all the way through, and can only end in one place. The highlight is easily a bit where Danny takes possession of Abra’s mind, and Curran manages to effectively sound like a 40-something-man is speaking through her mouth.

The key element of the film, though, is the villain. No matter how engaging a protagonist is, they are dull if the villain isn’t a threat or isn’t magnetic. Rose is both. There is never an explanation given for her, and one is indeed thematically impossible: like any truly great horror, she is inexplicable. This is Ferguson’s best role to date, which is saying something; clearly, director Mike Flanagan gets the most out of all his cast, but none more so than her. Can people still get award nominations for genre films? There are few female performances this year as engaging. Credit must also go to certain equally unsettling members of her cabal, especially Emily Alyn Lind as an opportunistic young con artist who previously preyed on pedophiles, and Carol Struycken as Grandpa Flick, who really challenges the idea that you should trust your elders.

It was probably unreasonable to expect a sequel to The Shining that measured up to its predecessor, given all the factors going into it. Stanley Kubrick was a singular artist who can’t be replicated, author King hated his version of his book and desperately did not want it to be replicated, and Flanagan had to balance the expectations of audiences with those of King, while working in a very different time and market for film. We may not have gotten a classic out of it, but we did get a highly engaging supernatural thriller with one hell of a villain.

Verdict: Highly Recommended

Note: I don’t use stars, but here are my possible verdicts.

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Highly Recommended

Recommended

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Avoid like the Plague

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DWTS 28 - Week 3 and 4

Hi I’m not dead, just terrible at time management.

Week 3 Movie Night

Random thought: Imagine if Mark were still on the show and he sang “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” from 10 Things I Hate About You at the start of his partner’s dance.

Lauren and Gleb Tango (Pretty Woman) That took forever to start. Lauren’s dancing on her own is still very stop and go, like she sees them as discrete steps, not a series of connected movements. And her eyes were weirdly unfocused like she didn’t know where to look. The dance was decent but not exciting. 6-7-7 T20

Hannah and Alan Rumba (Bridesmaids) This felt awkward for Hannah. She got all the steps but was missing fluidity and hip action. Pretty costume though. Another decent dance but nothing that made an impression. 7-7-7 T21

Karamo and Jenna Jive (Rocketman) Karamo didn’t point his feet and was lacking bounce. I also feel like he could have projected way more energy than he did here. A good showman though, I think the scores are a tad harsh. Like the bit with the piano on Jenna’s arm. 5-5-6 T16

Ally and Sasha Rumba (Selena) I see a some progress here. Very good transitions. Some of Ally’s hard-hitting-ness was still showing through but she has improved on that front. And kept her feet on the floor during that spin so CAI couldn’t dock them. 8-8-8 T24

Ray withdrew due to injury, and Rashad performed with Cheryl in his place. Always great having Rashad around. He had a very social/rhythm stance which proves he is still continuing with social dancing and whatnot. Nice to see a star continue dancing even after the show.

James and Emma Rumba (A Star is Born) Another solid performance from James. Rumba is a hard dance for the man to shine in but he held his own here. Slight issues with the feet turning in, otherwise I think he would have had tied for top. 8-7-8 T23

Kate and Pasha Quickstep (9 to 5) This was Kate’s dance and she owned it. Very cute. She was light and smooth on all the traditional quickstep phrases. Her hold with Pasha was unflappable. I think a lot of people are overlooking her but Kate has a lot of potential and Pasha knows how to choreograph to pander to the judges while being entertaining. This dance might have put them on a few more radars. 8-8-8 T24

Lamar and Peta Cha Cha (Risky Business) This was barely a cha-cha and Lamar’s time is running out fast. At least he gets to go out doing Risky Business. 4-4-4 T12

Sailor and Val Tango (Mamma Mia) Weird song for a tango. The dance was quite fun. Sailor bobbled a bit in the beginning but after they got lifted down the stairs she had a good performance. Standard masks her hard-hittingness, but it was still there whenever she literally slams her arm around Val when they resume the traditional hold. Val please take care of your shoulder blades. 7-8-8 T23

Kel and Witney Rumba (Titanic) Commendable effort from Kel. He looked strained whenever he had to support Witney’s weight. Hip action, he’s trying. I thought his upper body articulation was very good, and had some very nice arms here and there. 7-6-7 T20

P.S. shoutout to the OG Titanic rumba Shawn and Derek (s15)

Lindsay and partner Cha Cha (Saturday Night Fever) Whatever you think about Lindsay’s partner, face it, he might stick around for a while. He is here to dance and looks to be embracing the process more than other contestants. 5-5-5 T15

Kel and Lamar were the bottom two, but neither were eliminated as Ray had withdrawn. I’m not surprised about Lamar, but I’m worried for Kel. I hope he finds some pull in the fan base because he has potential.

Week 4

No theme (wow, what is this show and what has it done to DWTS??). Leah Remini guest judges. Like, I don’t have anything against the concept of having a guest judge, but some of the guests the how has had is like...what credentials do they have to judge?? Leah wasn’t a fantastic dancer and shouldn’t have lasted that long on her season. What does she know to make her a judge of dance?

Lindsay and partner Paso Doble Very garden-variety, entry-level paso No shaping whatsoever but enough elements to be recognised as a paso. Oh, and a proper paso song at that. First dance he’s had where he can’t hide behind being fun and enjoying himself, but he was still passable. 5-6-5-5 T21

Ally and Sasha Jive Listen, this is like the third time in 4 seasons someone has to jive to this song. And the last 2 times, the performer blew it out of the park. A good dance, but Ally is no Paige Vanzant or Jordan Fisher. She did nothing wrong, just didn’t do anything to be memorable. Oh, and camera mishap. We’ve had one almost every week now. Seriously, what’s heppening in the crew? 8-8-8-8 T32

Kel and Witney Cha Cha This dance was pretty good. I can see Kel opening up more. I think he was a tad overscored at times because the actual cha cha sections felt a bit reserved but the other moments - whoo! I still think there is more to Kel, and it worries me that he is progressing more slowly right now. Not sure he will fully be realised unless things start picking up. 8-8-8-8 T32

Kate and Pasha Argentine Tango Not Kate’s style. I think she felt a bit awkward doing it. They did their best to make it a fun-ish AT but it just felt kinda awkward all around. She also stumbled once and went off time. Still a decent performance, and at least she can get it out of the way. 7-7-6-6 T26

James and Emma Quickstep Okay you know I like James, and he keeps giving me reason to like him. Very nice quickstep. He has the best feet of the male contestants. Is light and bouyant. Flexible and strong for his age. Wonderful stage presence. And Emma always gives him plenty of content. I don’t see why this didn’t get 8s. 7-7-7-7 T28

Hannah and Alan Paso Doble That was not paso music. This dance wasn’t bad but it was a bit weird. Hannah looked like she was trying too hard to be fierce that her whole body was all tensed up. And she would still jump into poses and got a bit stompy at times. Again, part of trying too hard to be fierce for the style. Compared to other dances, this was overscored. 8-8-8-8 T32

Lamar and Peta Viennese Waltz well, that was not as big a hot mess as his previous dances have been. By no means a terrific dance, but at least it was contained and his errors weren’t glaringly obvious. 5-7-4-4 T20 ya know something’s wrong when the judges scores vary that much.

Sailor and Val Cha Cha I thought Sailor would shine in this dance but it felt a little awkward. She was keeping her legs too straight for the most part - yes you’re supposed to have straight legs for the cha cha but there are in-between moments where you can bend at the knees to get into the ground and accentuate the hip action. Sailor was not getting that. Another one overscored compared to earlier dances. 7-8-8-8 T31

Lauren and Gleb Foxtrot this is a weird song for the foxtrot, which put a whole really weird vibe over this dance. Shame, because I thought Lauren had really good execution of what she was given. The choreography didn’t have a lot of musicality in it, which could be part Gleb and part the music being weird for the style. 8-8-8-8 T32

Karamo and Jenna Tango so, this dance was decent and then Karamo looked like he got a bit lost right at the end. It looked like he was gonna do some knee walks but then just shifted his position so...idk. He was flat footed and looked stampy on occasion. 7-7-7-7 T21

Karamo and Lamar were in the bottom two. Lamar goes home. Put him out of his misery.

So this was the first week I thought there were some real outliers in the scoring. Both Hannah and Sailor were clearly overscored. Is there some agenda to keep all the women up this season? Is Ally - who I think is the most hardworking and deserving female contestant at the moment - so far ahead that they need to level the playing field? Is Bobby Bones rallying all of country music behind Lauren? Is Kate pulling in her Office cult? Meanwhile I feel like the judges have been stingier with the men. James is getting a bit of the Jordan nitpick treatment. He should have tied at the top the last 2 weeks. I really really want him to go all the way.

Next week (well today, since it’s after midnight) is Disney night.

#DWTS #dwts28 #dancing with the stars

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danganranpa-v3-imagines · 7 years

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First date scenarios for the boys?

So, it’s finally time for a more serious suggestion from my end, after the freakin’ piss thing... I’m sorry for everyone who’s randomly come across it through tags in utter confusion... but I decided that I also have no regrets. This is the sin I must carry with me, and I must learn to live with it.Anyway, I decided to go for this one since it also felt like a fairly natural follow-up from the first one I did! I hope y’all like it!

Shuichi Saihara:- For the first date, Shuichi decides to choose something more simple: A library! After all, he loves novels and thinks it’d be sweet to read them not just alone, but now with his date as well.- The two of them don’t just sit down in a corner quietly and read novels, however. Curious to find out what the library holds in store, Shuichi and his date look through every bookshelf and find out what each of them have in store, investigating them Ultimate Detective-style.- Aside from promising novels to rent, they also find a ton of things neither of them knew someone would even write a book about…- But the highlight of the day was the two stumbling upon the erotica section. Despite their embarassment, they push further and further into the section out of sheer curiosity and find things both amazing and disturbing all the same.- As they finally go out of the library, Shuichi is a nervous, flustered, but satisfied wreck. When asked about whether the date went well and all, Shuichi could certainly state that it was a very memorable first date, and a cute but embarassing story to tell for the future.Kaito Momota:- This is Kaito Momota, Luminary of the Stars! What else could he take is date to other than an astronomical observatory? However, it’s located on quite the altitude… but does the Luminary of the Stars and his companion for life really need public transport?- In other words, the date starts with him and his date racing to the top of the observatory. Without a single break.- When the two finally arive at the top they are both very physically exhausted, just in time for the two of them to relax as Kaito shows his date around in the observatory.- It’s times like these where the normally seemingly idiotic Kaito’s scientific knowledge as an astronaut shines through as he tells his date of the many discoveries that have been made here and every space-related project that the observatory has supported. It’s very easy to tell how proud he is of this information, and his enthusiastic spirit turns a lecture that would normally be boring to listen to into a truly exciting story.- At the end of the day, the two actually do end up driving back on the bus, Kaito’s date sleeping with their head on his shoulder.Ryoma Hoshi:- Since Ryoma is a bit of a withdrawn person, he and his date agree on making their first date a cozy movie night right at his date‘s home.- Hoshi left it to his date to pick the movies as well. Keeping in mind that despite having lost his past, he is still very nostalgic towards his old talent, they look for anime and movies with a tennis theme to them. After going through everything with Ryoma, they decide on watching the anime together.- While watching the show, Ryoma is filled with a surge of excitement. He tells his date how every single scene reminds him of something he had experienced while he was still a tennis player. He really starts to get invested into the show and cheers for the characters. For someone that’s as gruff as he usually is, seeing Ryoma’s sweet side fills his date with warmth.- They try to embrace Ryoma, and he does indeed not give any resistance to it. It’s easy to tell that this is the first time in a long time where he has truly felt at ease. Hoshi starts to get tired, and in the end, the two fall asleep in eachothers arms as the anime is still running in the background.Rantaro Amami:- As a callback to how they first got to know eachother, Rantaro takes his date to his favorite tea place. It might be a bit old-school, but it’s definitely looped around and became cool again!- He invites his date to the place saying that he’ll handle all expenses and that it’s absolutely no big deal for him to spoil them this once. They feel a bit bad about leeching off his money, but he makes that worry quickly vanish.- The tea place has all varieties of tea one can think of, from every part of the world. Rantaro says that it’s exactly this multicultural charm that makes him come back here every time and encourages his date to try everything they’d like. - The two end up ordering crumpets, cookies and other pastries alongside their teas. As they were waiting for the pastries to be freshly prepared, Rantaro orders Boba Tea first, which is his favorite. He explains that it was an originally Taiwanese drink that became a phenomenon around the world. His date just goes along with him on this one, but makes sure to always change up the place the tea is from on their next ones.- After their delicious tea time, the two leave satisfied - and Rantaro with an empty wallet. But he has no regrets.Gonta Gokuhara:- “Now that Gonta finally is in relationship, Gonta must become true gentleman and take partner out for dinner!”- Of course, it had to be at the fanciest restaurant in the place. It’s not like the two aren’t able to pay it, but his date was not sure whether or not he’ll be alright… but in the end, you just gotta believe in Gonta, right?- In a way, they are proven both right and wrong.- Yes, of course, they still have to educate Gonta on things like table manners a little. Or on how to talk to the staff. But all in all? Gonta is doing great.- They are able to tell how happy Gonta is in his role. He’s absolutely in his element. There are just two sides to him, just like he has two families and two aspirations. And that’s completely fine.- The two leave completely stuffed with all the extravagant dishes they wanted to try. His date tells Gonta how proud they are of him and boy, he’s never been this flusted and happy before upon hearing this, squishing his date in a massive hug.Kokichi Ouma:- How would one even have a first date with Kokichi, one might think. But he just happens to have the perfect answer… - …To the amusement park, of course! After all, Ouma still has a bit of a childish side to him, doesn’t he?- Maybe a bit too much of a childish side, as he drags his date to every ride in the park. Every. Single. One. Without a break at all.- His date was hoping they could maybe eat something at the food court together, but it seems like Kokichi really is just in it for the rides. - Seeing him have so much fun trying everything out really is a cute experience, though. Even though his date was getting a bit annoyed at him, they can’t stay mad at him forever. He’s just too precious when he wants to be.- The two came right when the park opened (”that’ll give us the best chance to snatch some rides early so we don’t have to wait!”) and ended up staying up until the park closed up. At the end, no one could say that they’ve been bored for long throughout this whole date, at least!Korekiyo Shinguji:- When researching where to go for the date, having something anthropological in mind for the first, the two found out that the local museum has a special exhibit on Japanese fairy tales for a limited time.- Interested in hearing and seeing more on the background of the stories one has heard as a child, Kiyo’s date agrees to visit the exhibit with him. Of course, there’s no need to book a tour guide, since the Ultimate Anthropologist himself is at their side!- Surprisingly enough, the exhibit ends up being pretty crowded and well-visited. As Korekiyo is telling his date about each and every little detail of the fairy tales and the objects that are shown to illustrate them, not just they, but everyone else, even the guides, go silent and listen. It is almost a bit embarassing for his date, and they feel a bit left out.- As Korekiyo finishes his lecture, everyone claps and showers him with praise. But he ignores it all and quickly goes on with his date just to spend some quiet time with them and give them his only focus. After all, Kiyo would never let his date feel unappreciated for long.- The two leave, reassured of their relationship, and the date feels much wiser than they were just a few hours ago.Keebo:- Keebo left it up to his date to determine where to go. After all, every step towards understanding human culture better is a good step. The date remembers that Keebo, while he did study comedy routines, never actually went and saw one in action, and they felt the need to finally fix that.- While Keebo is pretty secure about his understanding of human comedy, he is able to be convinced to go watch the show in person.- Saying that it goes well for Keebo would be an understatement. His date stops counting the times he’s laughed in the evening - so far, it has been at even the tiniest, stupidest jokes. It seems like Keebo is indeed able to understand comedy... but as he was never directly exposed to it until now, he laughs more often then even a young toddler. He does ask what certain things mean every once in a while, however, but his date is happy to whisper it to him.- After the show is over, Keebo keeps on gushing about how fun this all was, and constantly quotes his favorite jokes from the show, chuckling at them over and over. It would’ve gotten annoying for his date after a while if this was anyone else... but since this is coming from Keebo, they cannot help but feel completely enarmoured and glad that this was such a massive success!

#mod kaito #ndrv3 imagine #scenario #headcanons #shuichi saihara #kaito momota #ryoma hoshi #kokichi ouma #rantarou amami #kiibo #korekiyo shinguji #gonta gokuhara

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the thing journal, 7.23.2017 - 7.29.2017

documenting how i enjoyed things i watched or listened to. in this post: jackie brown, weather diaries, burn your fire for no witness, kiss me once, body talk, the outsiders, the happiest day in the life of olli maki, and my krazy life

1) Jackie Brown, dir. Quentin Tarantino: One item among the long list of my Cool Guy demerits is that it took me 20 years to watch the Tarantino adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel. Once you set aside the fact that low-key fuckboy Tarantino pretty much only wrote this movie so he could write the n-word as many times as he pleased, this is just incredible fun. Pam Grier is amazing in the lead role, it’s just such a joy watching that character get forced into this situation then slowly start to realize she’s smarter than everyone else in the situation. Also, Samuel L. Jackson in a ponytail. I don’t know whose choice that was, but whoever decided that Samuel L. Jackson’s character needed the scummiest ponytail of all time, they are a hero and deserve a national holiday dedicated to them.

2) Weather Diaries, by Ride: So one fun thing about Amazon Music’s recommendation system is, it sucks and. Amazon Music keeps recommending I listen to good kid M.A.A.D. city, an album I bought four years ago on Amazon. So I don’t know why I trusted it when it said I might enjoy this because I enjoyed Sheer Mag. I was in the mood to rock again. Need to Feel Your Love is great! This was boring Britrock nonsense, and not the dreamy ethereal London Grammar kind, not something I could get behind, just intermittently captivating slowscapes that were nothing at all like the classic rock offered by Sheer Mag. And, I mean, I guess I get it, the people who are listening to Sheer Mag are the people listening to indie rock, and Ride is the sort of band the indie rock people usually listen to, and I should have realized they were basing this selection off the tastes of indie rock people and not what Sheer Mag actually sounded like. And I guess the album isn’t bad, I just don’t need something like this in my life.

3) Burn Your Fire for No Witness, by Angel Olsen: If I learned anything from my journey through notable 2014 releases, it’s that it takes something way strong to transcend my disinterest in indie rock. Like Weather Diaries, this is fine, but this genre just isn’t for me. You wanna know what is for me? You wanna know what gets me going, what gets my brain a-thinkin’ and my fingers a-drummin’?

4) Kiss Me Once, by Kylie Minogue: Fuck. Yes. I am not ashamed to admit that I am always going to be into the trashiest pop music you can dredge up. Give me someone singing over electronic beats. Give me an album which has three songs of eleven with the word “sex” in the title. I am not concerned with sounding music smart. I think it’s really neat that Ride and Angel Olsen are able to convey complex emotions with their music, and I’m sure if I ever gave them a true sit-down and really thought about them I might find something to like, but how come we always think sadness is more complex than happiness? Kiss Me Once is no less authentic just because it has more electronic elements and has songs about things that are nice. I will make this point until I am red in the face and hoarse from the screaming: it’s way harder to express positivity than negativity, and I am always going to be more drawn to works with positive and hopeful thoughts than I will be to sad dark souls.

5) Body Talk, by Robyn: Unless that music is made in Europe. When I say I was disappointed in this album, I am sort of lying, because no album with “Dancing on My Own” can be disappointing. “Dancing on My Own” is a perfect song, and any album with it on it is a phenomenal goddamned album. (You know how hard it is to make a sad song with a beat that hard? Listen to all the plodding-ass sad-sack covers that completely miss the fucking point. Kings of Leon should be banned from music for what they did to this song.) I just couldn’t connect with the rest of the album. Maybe it’s because I listened to this the day after Kiss Me Once and it felt redundant, or maybe I’m just a little too accustomed to American music and had trouble adjusting to anything remotely foreign. But I really liked the Kylie Minogue album? ...Was this just not gay enough for me? Like, Kiss Me Once sounded like a missing piece of the Scissor Sisters oeuvre, and this sounded like electronic pop music with precision producing. I don’t know if I have any right to make this critique as a straight cis white male, but I think my main problem with this album was that it wasn’t gay enough. It’s like Cameron and Mitchell on Modern Family. Yeah, the show is funny, it’s being made by professionals and the years they’ve spent honing their craft shines through on occasion, but those characters aren’t nearly as compelling as they could be. Same thing here, the album’s just a little too reserved, a little too afraid to let go and travel to the Kylie Minogue place.

6) The Outsiders, by Eric Church: Setting aside the silliness of a dude on a major label calling himself an outsider (he performed the title track during halftime of a Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game played on the Fox network. Tru rebel hours), Eric Church is still one of the few men in country music making ambitious and engaging songs. I’m willing to put up with occasional snoozes like “Talladega” if they’re gonna come between songs like “A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young” and “Give Me Back My Hometown.” Are there men in country music who’re more creatively engaging than Church? Yes, of course, and certainly none that pose a pro-marijuana stance as a bad boy credential. (”Oooh, I’m such a rebel, I smoke ganja.” Yeah hey so does my mom. Drugs are boring and you’re boring for liking them.) But Eric Church is a fine enough access point to those cooler things. He’s definitely several notches up from the bro country cohort, but he’s just dull enough that you’ll be willing to search for more.

7) The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki, dir. Juho Kuosmanen: This film offers an intriguing counterpoint to Creed. Creed is all about a man punching (swish!) over his head and trying to prove himself in the highest-pressure situation imaginable. This film is about a man who gets put in that high-pressure situation and realizes he wants no part of it. I think this society praises people who rise to the occasion and do their hometown proud and pull off the upset, but no one makes movies about the underdogs who end up losing, the Directional Michigans of the world what get throttled by the Dukes, and this film gives some shine to the people who’d rather be amateurs, who neither need nor want the adoration of millions and the intensity of fame. Olli Maki is clearly uncomfortable having to be a symbol for Iceland’s hopes and dreams, never more relaxed than he is when he’s in the country with the woman he’s fallen in love with, and this film treats it like a victory when he ends up getting beaten down by the champion boxer. (I love the other boxer. “Hey. Y’all just gotta stand there and smile and not say words. Look like you don’t know where you are.” Role of a lifetime. Dude nailed it.) It’s a unique take on the typical sports movie. Someone decides they’d rather not push themselves to greatness and remains ordinary, and you’re left saying, “Yeah, that makes sense. She’s a good woman, and getting punched heckin’ hurts! Way to go, Olli!”

8) My Krazy Life, by YG: Man, this guy is not entirely cool with the concept of women, is he? There was one song on Still Brazy I have to skip because it makes me so uncomfortable, and there’s nothing here quite that gross, but there’s more than a few lines that completely jar you from the album. Like, if you push through, there’s a lot of good. YG just slugs some of these beats, particularly “Really Be (Smokin N Drinkin)” (which also contains one of the better Kendrick guest spots). He can take these electronic bleep/bloop beats and pound them into the ground until they’re ugly enough to be gangsta rap, and the production is just glossy enough to smooth over some of the rougher edges of YG’s personality. It’s a really cool album, but man, it’s almost not worth the amount of effort it takes to enjoy it. Still worth, but you gotta ask some difficult questions about what you value from your music.

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