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spamtons · 2 years
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we NEED to bring back that old clip art style. im talkin stuff like THIS. i want it back
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all-pacas · 2 months
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PERSONA 3 LIVEBLOGGING: AMADA EDITION
wow do these new cutscenes with him really just. RED FLAG CENTRAL. like it was never subtle he was planning some shit, but he's both more subtle now and way worse. "oh yeah, i quit the soccer team, something i love. no reason!" "hey, if for some reason i were to die, would you take care of my beloved pet hamster?"
HIS HAMSTER IS NAMED HAMBURGER
but for real, ken is really benefiting from these new scenes and the script polish. he's always been precocious but there's something very serious and deliberate about him now. he isn't just spending september sulking in his room, he's putting his affairs in order. he's quietly suggesting that hmm, maybe junpei and yukari can't be trusted if they trust shinji. he's a lot more subtle, but also RED FLAG CENTRAL
on the other hand, everyone in the lounge is talking about chidori 24/7, so the vibe is more "we have our mind on Other Things."
anyway i love these "hang out with the gang to unlock New Skills" thing. shinji's cooking class was fantastic. koro watching nature docs - amazing. new scenes where mitsuru is pushing shinji to come back to school ("he's on a leave of absence" - lady he dropped out two years ago)
"she always goes out of her way for the dumbest shit" god do i love team third year, though. i put all three in my party and immediately they were all both nostalgic and picking on akihiko together. they really do give the vibe of, well, having been together for 3-4 years. mitsuru drops her formality around akihiko. shinji and mitsuru clearly get along very well as the two "sane" ones reigning akihiko in. just thinking about their personas, too -- shinji is an All Physical Attacks powerhouse, mitsuru is a pretty specialized Offensive Magic type. akihiko is the only one of the three who even learns healing abilities, meaning that for all his stupid hotheadedness, he was the one who had to watch their backs, but that also checks out because he is rather violently protective of people -- where the other two, again, are much more pragmatic "kill it with violence" types. (before 10/4, at least.)
anyway shinji talking about his chef mentor ugh
the new scenes with takaya ahahaha. "i am the shadow, the true self" -- how they actually DISCUSS evokers and how they're a shortcut. i have So Many theories about that, since it's such a plot point in this game that people lose control of their personas to deadly effect, and it's such a plot point in latter games that if you face your shadow/accept your true self you can just summon a persona without. takaya outright states that's the case for him, and then you have STREGA at large and mitsuru's backstory (forced to manifest a persona at a VERY young age) and shinji's (always struggled to control his). takaya's new scenes seem to suggest that he hates SEES in part because they use shortcuts (evokers) instead of fully MASTERING their other selves like future crews will. and i don't even know that he's WRONG.
anyway lol i forgot about the typhoon but it makes me laugh because persona q back in the day explicitly had the crossover timetravel take place that weekend. so have fun meeting the p4 guys kids
lmaoooo akihiko's ace ass getting confused why junpei is excited to visit chidori.
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acaplaya-musings · 20 days
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Voiceplay Visuals: Hoist The Colours
Oh boy, we're heading into the big ones now!
Hoist The Colours was uploaded on September 18, 2021, and features Jose Rosario Jr in his second collaboration with Voiceplay. This one stunned a lot of reactors (one of them, Dennis King of King Family Reacts, literally got up and left the room after the video was finished because he had been rendered speechless by it!), and the video currently sits at 4.6 million views (close to 4.7!) (EDIT/UPDATE: as of the night of the 8th of March, it's now at 4.7, close to 4.8!). So without further ado, let's get right into this one, and hope I don't have to start paying attention to my screenshot count!
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Can you believe this was only Cesar's second (full-length) video as a full-time Voiceplay member? Because wow
(Also interestingly enough, Rick Underwood is credited with makeup in the video description (shoutout to Rick!) but no one is credited with costuming, so did everyone just acquire their outfits themselves or what?)
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Geoff was in charge of the video creation for this one, as well as doing the arrangement, and he worked together with Eli for the lighting design, so big shoutout to Geoff! (And as always to Eli the lighting whiz)
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OKAY a few things to talk about here
First of all, love the set design, it's like the Little Mermaid Medley but on steroids and more pirate themed! Also love the horn-playing skeleton on the left-hand side of the screen (took me a while to notice it ngl 😅)
And of course the outfits/costuming! I can't really think of a lot of things to say individually right now, but there was 100% a lot of thought and effort that went into the clothes (even if the description won't specify who acquired the clothes. I'm going to assume Geoff, since the overall video credit goes to him.)
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Oh hey it's my blog banner/background, or close enough to it at least! (Hoist The Colours has a decent few very cool visual moments that are totally screencap-worthy, and of course that's what I'm here for - to point them out!)
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Geoff may play the villain (or otherwise just-generally-creepy/spooky/scary guy) a lot in videos, but as of the last few years at least, Eli's often been looking like the one that you really don't wanna pick a fight with. (Also cool ring, and is that fake scar tissue on his head?)
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This is a better shot of everyone's outfits actually. A few notes on everyone (except Eli, who I just talked about?)
Cesar: Very ghostly, especially with the cloudy contact lens in one eye. Love the white coat/jacket, and love the pop of colour with the red sash! Also what is he holding/shaking? I thought it was a set of old-fashioned keys, but it doesn't look like it.
Jose: The "captain" of this "motley crew", obviously. Cool coat, and love the sword.
Layne: Not too much going on with his outfit, relatively speaking, but I love the bit of eyeliner under his eyes, and the fake scar on his cheek! (Seriously Rick did a great job here, as he always does)
Geoff: Wearing at least two necklaces, and in true Geoff Castellucci fashion, he's got the top two buttons of his shirt undone (well, gotta show off those necklaces! 😉😁). ALSO, bonus thing that I literally only just realized after taking this screencap, is that Geoff has "VP" on his right arm, done in a way that makes it look like like scar tissue I believe.
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That is seriously a very cool and very smooth transition. Who edited this? Was that Geoff too? (Also Crazy Eyes Layne!)
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As I figured, one of the necklaces Geoff is wearing, the gold one, is for costume purposes, and the other one, the silver one with the diamond-shaped pendant, is the necklace from Kathy that Geoff basically never takes off (bless him <3 )
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I think Cesar's holding old-fashioned shackles/handcuffs or something?
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Hang on that skeleton on the left lost his little horn/trumpet and got stabbed?? 😅😂
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Yeah Layne had fun in this one I can tell 😁 (also his vest is more detailed than first appears! Very nice!)
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What a really freaking awesome shot/moment. In terms of "money shots", these two might in fact be two of the most awesome stills from any Voiceplay video ever (or so far, anyway).
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He's got charisma, I'll give him that (also cool necklace!)
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How are they just an independent acapella group that make YouTube videos that we can all watch for free? Like seriously, this is top tier stuff (both in terms of the video and the song cover itself), but this wasn't even Voiceplay at their peak! Voiceplay doesn't have a peak! They don't stick to a lane, they take "risks", they get creative, they will sing pretty much anything, and it works
Voiceplay says in the description "we may have gotten a little carried away with this one", but honestly would it really be Voiceplay if they didn't?
Anyway, I've got many more awesome videos ahead of me to write about, so stay tuned!
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Hazbin hotel Episode 6 Live Blogging
It's past midnight on a work day I'll see if I can get through this. I'm not editing this good luck to both of us.
SPOILERS
Okay to start, less than a minute in, Charlie wants to prove that a sinner can ve redeemed. But she has no proof. None of the hotel gang are acting that much better than when they started. Sure they get a long better,but that doesn't make them good people. War crimes are usually commited in groups. Comradery is neutral.
So much for Vaggie supporting Charlie, huh. I get not wanting to go to heaven for this meeting, but considering how badly the last one, excluding whether she knows about the contract thing, having support to help talking things out is a good thing. Especially, with Charlie being prone to singing her point instead of explaining it.
Cherry bomb...finally. I'm sorry but the way Angel announced her felt like a sitcom. Cue canned cheering.
He's been texting all day?? I thought he was working with Val for 16 hours straight. i don't care about breaks, its Val we're talking about.
The wall blowing up is going to a constant gag huh.
Charlie inserting her will in what Angel is doing is annoying at best, but a kick in the teeth after the shit she caused in Ep 4. It's not the same thing the wow did she not learn.
[Pen is hitting on cherry. Nevermind with this Im going to bed]
[11hrs later and im back]
First angel on screen, I didn't think the designs for them would be grand, bootleg christian tv special was not what i would've expected.
The static is back. this is going to drive me insane.
The book he's holding is pretty, can't wait to see it in the merch store.
Okay nevermind, only his design is boring. That's a lot of the same-ish color but I like the look of the two new angels.
the short one is Charlie too, I have hope for her- oh god song incoming.
It is literally only his design that's boring, that had to be on purpose. I like the way heaven looks, I like the designs of the residents. everything is good so far.
Buff angels
the song is like a 4/10. Visuals doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
Exorcist lady has a face!? I hope Adam is in this one scene only, there's already been too much of him.
The static glitter is everywhere and I hate it.
So the exterminations are a secret in heaven, interesting. Adam's the one pushing the exterminations!?!? And heaven's just letting him do it cuz he's the first dickbag or whatever, what?
Vaggie's a former exorcist!? That explains why she didn't want to go back to heaven. And the military thing in episode 3.
Okay i get the threat of adam telling Charlie Vaggie's secret, but like, sinners kill each other all the time. Angel goes on killing sprees with Cheery, per the pilot. Pen has had two war blimps. Husk was and overlord, Alastor is one currently. Vaggie killing sinners isn't that much different and if she confess why she she was left in hell Charlie going to forgive her.
Also, why are there children in hell? There's no answer to that that isn't horrifying.
I hate Adam but showing actual evidence should have been the first thing the prepared. Also, a bunch of dictionary definitions, really. At this point they're just incompetent.
Was worried we were going to have a redue of the news broadcast from the pilot but asking Adam how to get into heaven is a neat turn around.
Nevermind it us a redo of the pilot fuck. Why.
Husk- "you want to fick up all your progress-" What fucking progress!?! We as the audience have seen no change in any of them.
Why are the angels upset Charlie said fuck, Adam's been saying it and no one's cared.
Cherry's character is tanking early that's neat. And Pen's hitting on hesr again, ugh.
Great, Cherry's actions have directly pushed Angel towards his abuser who he was trying to avoid, wonderful. I hate this so much.
Why is angel the one getting niffty!?! I wouldn't call what happened with val a win, but it is a step forward
No one knows how to get into heaven, okay. My feelings on that are mixed.
Song #2
It's already been 5 months? so what, an episode per month?
The fire in the eyes of the angel is a neat shot.
thousands of demons, that’s kinda low isn't it. Considering no ine knows how to get into heaven, I'm thinking it might be closer to an even slit with heaven maybe having a bit more % wise.
I like this more than Ep 5.
Was looking forward to seeing cherry in the show, she was disappointing. Kinda a half assed friend. Because she was so pushy with Angel he not only had an encounter with Val, heaven was less persuaded by Charlie's bid for their redemption.
(wrote something else here but it got deleted and I don't remember so oops on that.)
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JSYK I'm with you on containment breaches. Tends to go hand in hand with girlfriend harassment too. Countdown to Rebecca's account going private in 3..2..1
I can't remember which post I left tags on about that but yeah the "corporatization" of any rpf always spells trouble. it's why I don't rb any of it from the main F1/Netflix/sports accounts. LN4 media doing it is I assume with Lando's OK but even there it's a bit... uncomfortable.
rest behind a cut so nothing goes into tags
(this is probably way more than you were asking for anon but apparently these text posts is what I do now)
look. carlando was my main ship when I got into F1 fandom and is going to stay in my top 3 forever. but I keep the lines drawn nice and sharp. I l-o-v-e shipping them but I'm also aware that they're literally big brother/little brother and that all of the physicality and closeness is identical to Charles with Arthur. that and the fact that Carlos is sahuuuuuper straight and folks just confuse euro dude behavior with friends for gayness. Carlos was the one who pushed for Lando to grow up and get a gf and Carlos himself was practically engaged for 6 or 7 years. his own sister gave Isa her wedding bouquet ffs. he's so confirmed heterosexual that he can't be alone for more than 2 seconds between girlfriends lol
but between McLaren content on social media getting absolutely bombarded with irrelevant carlando comments and the hate toward Rebecca ramping up every single damn day (I'd say it's a solid 80/20 mostly of rpf hate toward her and the remaining being plain old jealousy) idk it's not feeling good rn. and it's mostly on IG and a bit on YT (I don't use twitter) but yikes at how much Lando content has something about 'he's thinking about Carlos' or 'omg just like Carlos' or carlando when it's nothing to do with carlando. Lando works so incredibly hard at the two to three careers he's running consecutively and it feels pretty damn insulting to reduce him to one F1 friend - however close they are. Carlos has nothing to do with Quadrant or Lando's YT work or his own sponsorship work. that's Lando doing all of that.
that and when the Today show interviewer pushed the "bromance" angle you could see Lando get kind of fed up (which they tried to edit out) and steer the question back around to actual racing. tbh he even seemed a little icked by DTS making such a big deal about carlando and he and Max joked it off.
even through my Singapore euphoria I could tell Carlos and Lando were walking media ppl back from going too literal with the DRS and saying no, it was advantageous for Carlos and yes, Lando absolutely would've overtaken him if he could have gotten the win for himself. I've actually really respected Lando reminding people that they're not in these rarefied positions to do anything other than try to win or as close to it as possible. they're not making millions and living the high life just to throw race results in the air and play favorites with their friends !!??
and this whole "competition" between carlando and dando/charlos/landoscar/whatever is absolutely not making it's way onto my blog lol. I do know that a lot of people in tumblr are just joking when they do that and I think the 'angst' posts are funny but wow IG and YT are not playing around. they're making videos trying to like disprove other Lando ships and it's ??? (funniest one is the Vegas opening ceremony thing and fighting over who Lando was waving to, Daniel or Carlos) these dudes are absolutely not having real life in-fighting about which of their friends they like "better" or who is their bestest friend. (especially when Lando in the same interview as above stated that F1 drivers - Carlos included - are not his actual private life friends so uh oh how does that play into the competition?? it's so absurd)
I'm not a wives and girlfriends obsessive but I absolutely I am not here for them receiving anything negative from F1 fans unless they themselves have instances truly, openly as problematic as the drivers often are. even then I'm wary bc the sexism motive and double standards run so deep in fandom against women. Rebecca has done nothing but exist as Carlos' gf and it's just a sea of "there's something fake about her" and "body experts" claiming the relationship is fake and that she's "obviously a beard" while he's actually with Lando. that last part craaaaacks me tf up because these men travel to Middle Eastern countries where homosexuality has the death penalty or prison.......... they are NOT gonna be out here referring to themselves publicly as a bromance and their ship name if they're trying to keep this huge gay secret while they tour maximum home o'fobic countries???
I have a few extra thoughts about why folks have especially latched onto being proprietary about which men Lando is closest to or "should be with" when it comes to rpf but I feel like we all kinda know why. I'm over here writing pages of text about him which is lame in it's own way - but even I acknowledge that his greatest attraction as a person is himself and not his relationships to other people. it's why he's the sun that a lot of this content orbits around.
I'm also genuinely glad that Lily's existence and Oscar's quiet but firm reminders of her arrived alongside the landoscar fandom happening. I don't personally see any hate toward her and no one's in denial. even the rare fic that has him and Lily fictionally break up is fully fair to her. I've also posted a lot about how I genuinely love real life Lando and Oscar interaction even more than the rpf (and I love the rpf lol) and honestly the feeling seems shared with a lot of us from what I've seen. so especially if Lily uses her engineering degree to start working in F1 it's good to know that she won't have to deal with crazed conspiracy theories about her being an F1 industry plant to keep Oscar's dick out of Lando's hole or whatever.
for anyone who's read this far or skipped to the end tldr I'm always going to ship carlando and landoscar (and even dando) as well as charlos. but as a carlando shipper I really hope the commodification of it dies down before it truly starts to piss off Lando or Carlos. or Carlos has to put his foot down like Lando did and say hey, stop harassing my girlfriend it's weird.
shit's just been feeling very 'forced' lately to the point of imploding and I'm uncomfy :/
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Hi! I found your blog when you reblogged my "how to writeblr" post but your WIPs all look super fascinating! If you have taglists, can you please add me to the ones for "Songs of Decay" and "Bards, Courts, and Changelings?"
Also please feel free to ramble about either of these WIPs, I'd love to hear more about them.
Wow, thank you for the ask! We have added you to our taglists! :D And we are soooo happy to ramble about Songs of Decay and Bards, Courts, and Changelings. This is Inkwell. I am gonna cover Songs of Decay, and Crooked Writer will cover BC&C in a part two post.
Be warned. This is a very long post. I had waay too much fun writing it, hahaha. Bards, Courts, and Changelings will be a much shorter post, as it is in an earlier stage of development.
Part One: Songs of Decay
A HISTORY OF THE PROJECT
This is definitely a 2020 project, hahaha. We wrote draft 1 in script format because it was an easy way to write intermittently. We pulled out board games like Arkham Horror (2nd Edition) and Betrayal at House on the Hill to help us add the eldritch elements and throw in some chaos. We tracked the insanity level of different characters through some of our scenes. Then, when we were done, we were so happy with the story that we wanted to DO something with it rather than it just being a hobby project… and we were like, "What if we actually turned it into an audio drama?"
Crooked Writer does voice acting, but neither of us had ANY experience with writing audio dramas. It was our lazy way of not converting to prose, but also trying something new!
We created draft 2 by having friends come read what we'd gotten done out loud. We would edit and write for two weeks, then gather online, divvy out parts for the night, and read through it. It gave us a lot of motivation to get through the draft! I personally am not the kind of person to sit in on someone's early writing project and read it out loud for an extended period of time on a consistent basis, and it still blows my mind that our friends wanted to do that with us. It was so much fun.
Now, a great deal of research and worldbuilding later, we have four seasons planned and are midway through writing draft 3 of season 1. :D
WORLDBUILDING
The story isn't straight cosmic horror, it's more flavored by the eldritch, and much more inspired by the board game Arkham Horror than Lovecraft. We have our own pantheon of Horrors who have different thematic elements and warp and corrupt in different ways. Technology is roughly equivalent to the 1910s, and eldritch Horrors have been threatening to end the world as we know it for centuries. We have four countries who approach the long-standing eldritch problem VERY differently:
Our setting country, Malgrave, has a "kill it with fire" approach. They have a specially trained corps of Stewards and an Eldritch Anomalies Department (the EAD) to handle things using mostly weaponry. Malgrave views eldritch corruption as an individual's choice to bring Horrors and Fiends (Horrors = world-ends-upon-arrival monsters, Fiends = smaller monsters) into the world and destroy/remake it, so laws tend to treat cults and such in a similar way to how you'd treat the mafia. The temptations are overpowering to many. You can't trust anyone completely.
Side note, because I love the Stewards: The Stewards have really fun political power dynamics, as they are supposed to keep the king's family from turning on him/protect the family, but also can't really contradict a royal, sooo it gets messy sometimes. They technically have the power to report or stop a royal that's corrupted, but just try doing that in practice and see how it goes. Stewards tend to be more subtle. They also die, a lot. The MC's father, Sam, is one of the few Stewards in living memory to retire from active duty. Pays well, though!
Eastcairn, Malgrave's other neighbor, uses augury - magical engineering - to create wards and automatons that are powered by protective patterns. These patterns slowly corrupt over time and must be maintained regularly, or they will amplify corruption rather than negate it. Eastcairn views corruption as a contagious miasma in the air and isolates eldritch outbreaks in sanatoria and asylums. There are many strains of corruptive virus, and most if not all are incurable by current science.
Logoria is Malgrave's neighbor to the left and uses patterns just like Eastcairn, but rather than using physical augury patterns they use mathematical patterns in music and dance to ward off corruption. They have trained singers and musicians and dancers, and choirs are common.
Not a ton of development on the fourth country, because it's farther away (only worldbuild the top of the iceberg, right?) but it has a protective martial art, a caste system based around the concept that corruption runs in family lines, and people there know what different kinds of corruptive influences/objects/presences smell like.
These varying perceptions pool together in our story, as Sam is from Eastcairn but worked in the Stewards in Malgrave and has a medley of views about the nature of eldritch corruption that often conflict with prevalent theories. Augury isn't well thought of in Malgrave, but both he and Tom practice it. The conflict of "eldritch corruption: illness or choice?" is central to the first two seasons of Songs of Decay (particularly the second).
CHARACTERS AND STORY (Season 1)
Tom moves into the very rural Malbury county because living too close to his far wealthier ex-wife will end with him losing custody of their daughter, Sara. His dad lives in Malbury county and is supposed to be living far away from all eldritch influence. However, Tom is appalled to see how rife the county is with cultists, corruption, and eldritch Fiends - such as the Moose that he and Sara run afoul of on the first day of school. Tom also has a past record that requires him to report to the EAD and means that the EAD could refuse to grant him an augury license, which is literally Tom's livelihood right now, SO Tom offers to help with local problems. In doing so, he trips into the plot of a local cult that centers on the estate of one Lady Esther Lambert, a widow with a grudge against the EAD. Esther married into one of the local noble families and is used to fighting for herself because no one else will. She throws an annual party at her house at the end of summer, but this time things go very poorly very quickly. Tom and Esther have to band together with other guests to stay alive and prevent the summoning of a greater Horror, but they don't know who to trust when you can't even rule yourself out as an enemy.
So, throughout Season 1 you've got Tom trying to be a good single parent, learning how to prep and cook three consistent meals a day while also getting drawn into fighting eldritch monsters and cultists. You have Sara, his daughter, who is trying to adjust to a lower class lifestyle, meeting a grandparent for the first time, and stressing about her dad putting himself in danger. You have Sam, who convinced his son to move to Belleview because he was worried about him, but also has so much corruption from his time in the Stewards that he is one poor decision away from snapping entirely. You have Chief Compton, a former city policeman and current head of the local EAD bullied into the role after the last chief died trying to contain an eldritch summoning. And you have Lady Esther, whose late husband's family literally built her house around the idea of summoning eldritch Horrors, and whose perception of the local EAD is so poor that she would rather fight off monsters with a shovel than call them in to help.
We are having a great time writing this story. :D The hope is to ultimately put it on YouTube, but we want to get the first two seasons ready before we get to that, as they contain the first major arc.
Okay, I am done now. If you've made it this far, thank you for reading! Again, really appreciate the ask, and absolutely delighted to be able to ramble away like this.
Cheers!
-Inkwell
Songs of Decay tag list: @hd-literature @pure-solomon @blind-the-winds @sarah-sandwich-writes @lucianinsanity @coffeewritesfiction @surroundedbypearls @tate-lin @ettawritesnstudies
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radarsteddybear · 7 months
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Highlights (or should I say lowlights?) from the Making of Frozen II documentary on Disney+:
It is important to note that the documentary begins 11 months from the film's premiere. At this point, the movie's already been in production for like 4 years.
The female director (Jennifer Lee) looks to be inches away from a mental breakdown the entire time
Jennifer Lee is also the film's writer and at one point describes getting up at a quarter to five every day so that she can write from 5am-7am, get her daughter to school, goes to work all day, comes home, does whatever is needed at home, then writes some more. On Saturdays, she writes from 5am-1pm. I don't know anything about the process of making an animated (or non-animated, for that matter) film, but it seems absolutely unhinged to me that so much script writing is required this late in production. Especially coupled with how much of the film's plot and motivation are still unknown at this point.
Jennifer Lee was also promoted to Chief Creative Officer or something at some point in there, so she has a million and one things to do for that on top of everything for Frozen II.
So, yeah. She seems to be in a constant state of being on the verge of tears and is only holding it together through sheer willpower.
Disney seems to be trying to pass this off as joy and happiness and excitement about pieces of the film finally coming together, and Lee probably believes that's what it is, too, but I think this woman just needs some sleep.
The script finally gets locked 5 months out from the film's premiere. Which, like, I totally get having it open for edits along the way, but this was. a lot more than just edits.
It takes them ages to figure out who/what the voice calling to Elsa is and where she's following it to, which is like. the entire plot of the film. And in my opinion (and from what I remember, having only seen the film once back when it came out), as a result, this is one of the weakest plot points in the whole movie, which is really unfortunate because it has everything else it needs to hit really solidly.
5 months from the premiere, they keep talking about how everyone's putting in 14 hour days 6 days a week, and they keep referring to it as overtime, but I have no idea whether or not the animators and visual effects artists and everyone else working on the film actually get paid overtime? I sure hope so (which leads to another question: is the money actually worth it?), but in this economy, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't.
At one point, one of the supervising animators talks about how he spends the whole day split between meetings and supporting the animators so he has to come back to work after putting his kids to bed to actually get his own animating done. He describes this as a "treat" because he enjoys animating so much.
Disney (and other studios, I'm sure) needs to get their act together re: division of labor and organizing everyone's time, wow.
The visual effects artist who did Elsa's dress transformations in both Frozen I and II: "In Frozen I, I had a year. But this, it's been...four days." (Note: It does end up being more than 4 days, but, uh...not by much.)
I seriously think the movie, especially the story, would have been better if everyone could have taken like. a month off from work
The film's editor talsk about working 14-15 hour days, getting up at 3am so he can get to work by 3:30, use the on-site gym for half an hour, then start editing by 4am. Whoever's in charge of setting all these timelines and whatnot is in desperate need of taking a course in proper time management because this is unhinged.
I wonder if all the Frozen II statues/decor Disney put up around the animation studio towards the end of production come out of the film's budget.
It's fun to get to watch the actors record their lines and songs, though.
As was watching the animator who did part of Kristoff's song with all the reindeer put videos of her own face in the scene to figure out how she was going to animate them all.
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highqueenmorrigan · 2 years
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Lightlark review: ⭐⭐
Okay to start off: STOP LEAVING REVIEWS FOR BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ. If you're going to goodreads or storygraph because of the tiktok drama and you're rating the book 1 or 5 stars without reading it, you're an asshole, stop. Not only does it defeat the entire purpose of rating and reviewing books, it also lets authors brush off valid, genuine criticism as mindless hate instead of addressing the problems. On that note, there's a difference between reviewing a book and gleefully bullying an author. I'll just leave that there 🙄
Now I had heard of the drama prior to reading, but I went in with as much of an open mind as possible. And I gotta say...it wasn't good. It's not the worst book I've ever read but it's just blah. Overall this book is a victim of too much hype without anything to back it up. If it didn't have this massive marketing campaign touting it as a diverse, subversive, genre-breaking acotar/hunger games mashup, it would just be another mediocre fantasy book. However, considering the extremely high expectations the author has set for this, it's unsurprising that people are disappointed and are judging it more harshly.
So let's get into it 👀 from here on out there will be spoilers so be warned!
I'll start with the things I did like:
1. I was interested in the different demonstrations by the rulers and how they all responded to the different situations. This part of the centennial was cool.
2. I actually liked Oro fairly well, and I enjoyed his heartfelt conversations with Isla when they weren't just snarling at each other for no reason
3. The author has a pretty conversational writing style that's easily digestible and goes quickly
Now for the things I didn't like...I'm going to block them into big categories and then get into them.
1. Poor editing and writing style
2. Overly complicated worldbuilding and twists
3. Characters lack chemistry and feel flat
Editing/Writing
Wow this book needed an editor *bad*. In terms of technical stuff, there were multiple instances of inconsistent hyphenation that just bugged me (lightlark vs light-lark etc). While it may seem like a small thing, if those kinds of obvious inconsistencies get through multiple edits, it makes me think Aster needs a better editor. Beyond that, the writing and dialogue at often times felt stilted or overly contrived, to the point it took me out of the story. There's a lot of repetition of phrases/descriptors (ruler, meanly, wobbly knees, back teeth clashing together (also wtf does this even mean??)) that could have been changed to clean up the writing. The writing gets so stilted and odd at times that it completely changes the tone of the scene because it's just totally at odds with the mood.
In my opinion, this also makes the whole thing feel very juvenile. It reads like it's her first novel ever published! And while I know she seems to have marketed it that way, it's not her first book or even her second. At this point I would expect better writing. Additionally, though the world appears to be some fantasy world, the dialogue feels very modern, which contributes to it feeling young to me. I know it's a ya book, but the protagonist is at least 20 I believe, and the way she talks reminds me more of 14-15 year olds.
My last point here is that this book reads like an amalgamation of every popular ya book on the market. Every single scene reminds me of something else, and considering the author compared it to acotar and the hunger games, it's usually very easy to see exactly where she draws her influence from.
Worldbuilding/general plot
The world building in this does not make ANY sense. It's weirdly complicated and is never described very clearly. Before the climax of the book I still had no idea why the curses were spun, why lightlark was formed, and why none of the people who were THERE seem to know the answers. There's also a lot of back and forth in the back half of the book as the heroine learns more information...which is then negated by someone else telling her conflicting information...which is then negated. You get the point.
The book actually moves pretty quickly in the first quarter, then drags a LOT through the middle 50%. It's a lot of running around, doing the same thing over and over, and wondering about the same things Isla wondered about in the PREVIOUS CHAPTER. The last quarter picks up nicely, but then the final plot gets so convoluted I still can barely make sense of it. I don't understand how Aurora and Grim are connected at all, or why Grim was working against Isla but is supposedly in love with her. And god come on, she uses the starstick to dramatically escape from Aurora just so she can suit up and get some weapons and come right back?? It felt messy, like the author didn't have a better way of getting Isla to win that fight.
The whole issue with Isla's magic also has my head spinning. So wait, she had wildling magic the whole time, but it was masked by this mysterious nightshade magic that she ALSO doesn't have access to? Convenient. But now she has the power of all six rulers I guess? So it's a moot point? My point is it DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
Last thing is the lack of general creativity, especially with the names. I mean, Wildling? Sunling? Starling? And then the dark realm is Nightshade? All of the names are weirdly bland, and changing the convention just for the "evil" realm just screams "look at how bad and evil this realm is" 🙄 And then I can't even deal with the fact that the literal heart of lightlark is a literal egg. I mean...why??? It was just bizarre.
Character work
I just...feel no connection to any of the characters, and I don't feel any connection between them either. Isla is neither here nor there. She's good at everything and can defeat centuries-old warriors in combat back to back, but always ends up in situations where she is powerless and has to be saved. It's just one extreme to the other. She's beautiful and alluring but also isn't one of Those Evil Seductresses and talks about how it's so unfair people think of her people like that (when it's straight up their curse 😭), but also makes sure to mention that it's super degrading to use sexuality as a weapon or tool. Yawn.
Grim is a standard rhysand knockoff (in a bad way, and this is coming from someone who loves rhysand) who is "evil" and dark but never actually does anything villainous. He's snarky and taunts Isla and there's supposed to be some kind of enemies to lovers there but it doesn't work because they are SO DRY. They have zero chemistry, every interaction feels forced, and it's hard to believe Isla actually thought she might love him when they know nothing about each other and barely spent any time together. Come to find out, they somehow had a relationship for like a year previously, except he took her memories of it? Yeah it doesn't make sense to me either. It was random and unnecessary and didn't add anything to the characters or their relationship for me. It was just...gross and weird.
Now I actually like Oro, and I preferred him with Isla because there was at least SOMETHING there. However, I didn't like at the end Isla and Oro suddenly are in love (the kind of deep true love that means you can use each other's powers). Isla is surprised. Oro is surprised. I am surprised. They definitely were building towards something, but it just felt disingenuous to skip over them actually getting feelings to suddenly being in love. They had a tentative friendship AT BEST, and we were robbed of seeing any kind of actual romantic tension before they got together.
With Celeste, I felt a bit for Isla when it was revealed that her only friend was actually playing her, but only a bit. We're told that they're super close but we don't see a lot of it. It seems to be kind of a habit of this author, where she skips over the important character development or fleshing out of the world, leaving everything kind of flat.
Overall this book isn't terrible, but considering the hype and all the glowing reviews I'm very disappointed. It's a standard, mediocre ya fantasy that seems to pull from a lot of other books without doing it as well as the originals. I might consider reading a sequel if only to see where the story goes, but I don't hold out hope that it'll be better (but hey fingers crossed).
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foolishlovers · 4 months
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i think you deleted the post where u were asking about how to title fics but i was 3/4th the way through before i realized so im sending an ask. idk if you still want this, but i gotta dump this SOMEWHERE, so now you're stuck with multiple examples of how to title a fic from my own personal experiences. this gives me an excuse to ramble about them a bit. im sorry
okay but really here's the tldr before i start; i only go for lyrics when i really like the song/line and it fits with a central idea, but ultimately? i bullshit it--but with intricate methods. let us begin...
example 1) rolling with a theme
let me start with one of my favorite fics im writing to get me going. the title: do you remember hanging up the stars. this process was honestly very tedious, but im gonna try and put it in a simple format.
so rolling with a theme. this fic is a canon divergence au, where hell is slightly more competent and kicks crowley out of his flat and replaces him with shax like a month after the appcalypse. so pretty quickly! therefore, this throws crowley very off-kilter, thus resulting in aziraphale picking up the very obvious hints and deciding to Make crowley move in with him instead of Talking about it. its a longfic, and i knew from the start that i wanted this title to be grand And related. so, i made a list of the themes that would be explored.
- crowley and his relationship with the stars
- trust in multiple facets (humans and their competence, their trust in each other now that theyre unemployed and recovering, etc)
- non-verbal communication, despite its flaws, can be one of the best ways to show love
- romance manifesting in different forms but are all valid
so i have that list, and i pick the one that's the most important--for this, i chose the stars. then i diffused THAT--what about the stars makes it interesting? what makes crowley long for them so much? i chose distance--crowley, in the show, has a very dettached attitude towards his angelic self. he doesnt hold that self to any higher importance, because why should he? and yeah, he's valid in this, but he also ends up putting off his stars to that angel, not him. he thinks that because he took such pride, such responsibility for them Before, he shouldn't care now, that he should deny this part of hid past and make himself more miserable because of it. but he does want to take pride, he loved AND loves them so fucking much, and he's just hurting himself more the process. i want him to realize that his mark on the world shouldn't be a burden, shouldnt just be a silly little assignment from before the fall. that heaven wants him to forget, that hell wants him to be disgusted by it, that he's doing what they want. that, if fact, it would piss everyone off if he actually owned up to it. i want aziraphale to help him realize it. i want aziraphale to encourage him. so that's where the title comes in: "he looked at you like you were hanging the stars", but Tweaked. taking a kind of common line and twisting it so it fits This. so. wow i went on tangent. im sorry. the rest will be a lot shorter and actualy helpful 😭 the point is that you could treat the title as a summary but even SHORTER. goes with what sounds right, and also don’t think about it too much. OKAY MOVING ON
example 2) rolling with a theme (song lyric edition)
okay next example. title: hold me like you’re scared to. it’s a lyric from the song ‘use me like you do’ by noah floersch. it’s a titanic ‘au’ (don’t judge me please 🥹) about aziraphale and crowley on the boat and getting through millennium of fear of being together while also on a detective noir like adventure. themes are easier to see here: the fear of being caught. afraid of showing your love. and I’d already happened to have a song I really liked, but I could really just listen to any song at any one point and be very inspired. you can also study lyrics from places you really like, if you REALLY want it to be a lyric :)
example 3) resonating with a Word
is there a word that’s repeated a lot in the fic? a word that has Meaning? a single concept summarized in a word that’s important here? that’s a title. you have a good title. example title: please. it’s very centered on begging, and the mc has like heavyyyyy memory problems and is trying to grasp the little wisps they have that are slowly slipping away. like stated before, you don’t have to think about it too hard. wanna make the summary the definition of that word? double whammy!
example 4) canon line/something from the fic
this is for very specific things but let’s say you’ve got like. A really good catchphrase in the fic you came up with. or the fic centers around a diverged canon scene. just pluck it and use it! example title: burn fast, burn bright. one of the reoccurring phrases is the metaphor ‘the candle that burns twice and bright burns half as long’. I just condensed it for the title. :)
and here's a couple tips on what Not to do:
- don’t make it too long. 1 because it’s harder to search, 2 because it’s harder to remember, and 3 bc it would honestly be a handful. it’s a preference, but considerable.
- make sure it relates to the fic in Some way, in literally any capacity. in the same ballpark, don’t
- make sure you like it. you’re going to be refering to the fic with that name for the rest of time.
so yes. I hope this is like. a starting point, at least. if you made this far, you endured the fic rambling (I presume) and for that I thank you. good luck with all your wips, and wish you ultimate good fortune, as well as luck on your tumblr secret santa au. :33
i don’t even know what to say!! thank you, thank you, thank you!! it is so so very kind of you to write all of this, to explain all of this to me, i’m so grateful for all your thoughts and ideas and i’ll keep all of this in mind when i’ll (hopefully??) pick the title for me tumblr secret santa au today!!
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thissliceofnonsense · 8 months
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As a rottmnt superfan, I think it's very shameful I have not actually watched the full series. I have been trying to get myself to watch all of it for literal months, and I will finally start now.
To keep my motivation to actually watch my favorite show (wow) I will be writing down little things I like/notice/one sentence summary of each episode.
Plus I want to do the AU with the events of the show but a "little to the left" including the missing sisters, Mikey getting his deleted episodes back, ideas that couldn't be used because the show was cancelled, fandom ideas, etc. etc.
AND this is also doubling as info from each episode, so that way I don't forget anything important.
(Like I forgot Heuso existed. Who does that?)
To start -
Leo seems very unsure of himself/ is scrambling in the intro. Compared to the rest of the turtles, he seems the least sure of himself. Even the lyrics say "Leo's making a scene" while everyone else has a definite positive word associated with their character. In fact, "making a scene" definitely has the connotation of a bad thing.
Leo's insecurities are so strong that even the show agrees lol.
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(I'll just keep editing this into one really long post, and also, I need obvious stuff to be stated to me, so I'll write it down anyways.
Okie, Donnie's first words in the show are him using his science to support his brothers and be overdramatic.
April helps them all with shenanigans using her connections with all the jobs she has, and is in no way the 'responsible older sibling'
Even Raph (at least in the beginning of the series) is not that responsible in the grand scheme of things.
Also also, I want to slow down the show so I can catch every single detail, every single expression, but that would make this take too long. So I'll miss expressions they make... sad.
Donnie has tech in his shell for when April needs a ride, meaning that, again, he is constantly making tech to help others, along with his own interests.
(Also the way he flies? So overdramatic princess-y. I love him. And I can't take screenshots for some reason. Sadness. )
Also, does Mayhem have a scar on his forehead? It looks like a scar.
And Raph saying 'Aw' and wanting to save him. The precious bean. <3
Mayhem immediately goes for April out of everyone there. My headcannon is that he was sent specifically to watch the turtles and make sure Baron Draxum's experiments don't cause any havoc, so he is wary of all of them.
Also also also... the 'brushes' for the line art of the show? I'm obsessed.
They do have rehearsals for 'if they come in contact with humans'. So.... do they worry about that? Also, Donnie never goes to them. I can relate. Things I find unnecessary that I take away from my 'writing time' are things I try to avoid at all costs.
And I wish something that was cemented more in my head from the show is that the turtles constantly went on adventures with April, even before finding out about the hidden city, perhaps they wanted to be like Lou Jitsu, and I also wish there were more adventures in the hidden city afterwards.
Donnie screaming 'Fibonacci' or just being happy and showing off his tech makes me so sparkly inside.
(I'm not even five minutes into the first episode.... this might take awhile)
Donnie's tech does not work, he tries but it does not work a ton. Which I love. Our favorite/ special things not working, or just not being that great is something I relate to a lot/ want to see more in media. It's the thing we base our lives on. It HAS to be good. Otherwise, what's the point of our existence?
Yes... I kin Donnie.
Leo is incredibly fast, even from the beginning, especially for a turtle
All of Donnie's lines are immediately iconic in my brain
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Leo has murderous intent/his eye glows red for a moment. I saw a comment once that the turtles WERE created to be killing machines, and those instincts may or may not still be there. IDK, it would be fun to see Baron Draxum's original intents placed upon the turtles. Although... in my rise sisters AU.... oh I could do that.
They all try so hard to live out their fantasy, adventure, Lou Jitsu dreams. Little beans. <3
Mayhem is an agent and he is carrying a vial. Vial for what?
Mikey is the most artistic and the most mystically inclined. He notices the sign on the wall and where's he's seen it before. My artist sibling also tends to see things as they are/ find un-findable things + predict the future.
We were robbed of Mikey content
Splinter has a cabinet full of memorabilia, and the weapons they all broke in the beginning were 'priceless'
My headcannon is that the brothers understand Japanese from watching Spilnter's shows, but can't speak it. (Yes I'm projecting my own second language skills)
Donnie again tries to make things better with his tech abilities, and Raph tries to make a good plan (because he's the leader, he should be able to make plans.) But Leo already completes the mission. So he can bask in the praise.
Because Leo notices things and can plan ahead, impromptu.
Raph is super anxious about doing things right.
Mikey again, uses his 'art/mystic intuition' to open the wall.
OHMIGOSH the Hidden City looks so cool. I really really (that's two really's) there were more Hidden City episodes.
When Donnie 'insults' his brothers. ('You guys are fools') He'll say something positive about it later. ("You beautiful fools') he's basically doing /pos all the time.
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Donnie, upon finding the hidden city, says "Exactly what I expected." (At 11:37) Meaning that he is a cryptid theorist confirmed. He has theorized about the existence of mystic beings since before they found the hidden city.
(I will do another "Why Donnie dislikes mystic powers" later, because this gives me the notion that Donnie dislikes mystic powers the same way some physicists dislike quantum mechanics or the Copenhagen interpretation of it. It doesn't make sense. It contradicts and he can't figure it out, that wouldn't be an issue if it weren't for his brothers immediately getting it. In the AU, I would have an 'episode' where their mystic powers start making Donnie inconsequential. They already don't listen to him most of the time. And now his tech doesn't help anymore....
anywho that's for later, back to episode one!)
According to Donnie's calculations, they are in a 'Tertiary metaverse'.
A google search revealed nothing on that. But ..... DONNIE HAS CALCULATIONS FOR THESE SORTS OF THINGS, AAA-
And April has explored this hidden city beneath New York. I feel like, with Mikey, she's the most mystic-inclined. Something that other people in the fandom have pointed out.
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Donnie loves Draxum's lab. Specifically, the color scheme and the style. These two would get along so well.
Draxum has captured Mayhem. Supports my headcannon that Mayhem was an agent specifically sent to watch Baron Draxum and his experiments, carry on.
I FORGOT ABOUT HUGGIN AND MUGGIN. WHAT.
They are precious.
Also also, humans do not care about the existence of mystic creatures apparently. I like that tbh, makes way for better storylines.
Mayhem stole a vial from Baron Draxum. Probably to bring as 'proof' to the three heads.
hhhmmmm.... Maybe Mayhem was sent to watch Baron Draxum and his experiments, and eventually the three heads council thought that the threat was neutralized. Baron Draxum rebuilt his lab, but hasn't done anything nefarious. And no turtle has been found for a long time. (Except for the one Big Mama has, but no one dares oppose her.)
But Mayhem found a vial of ooze, enough to convict Baron Draxum of crimes, but Draxum sent his assistants after him, retrieving the vial.
Draxum's color schemes do look cool.
He mutated a human in this episode.
The turtles ARE aware they are mutants.
I love the headcannon/unexplored plot thread that Splinter was a little afraid of what his sons were: mutations meant to be killing machines. Hence the "rehearsals".
April finds things. She's crafty, knows how to use her surroundings to her advantage.
Donnie has high grade titanium, how did he get high grade titanium?
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(my headcannon is that he goes on 'shopping trips' with his siblings, mainly April, sometimes Mikey. And he steals things.)
DONNIE IS NOT AGAINST MAGIC IN THE FIRST EPISODE WAT.
He seems awed. At 14:41 he says "it's like mystic and science had a baby"
OKIE OKIE, here's my headcannon.
Originally Donnie was a science person (obviously) but he was like - "well there's no definite evidence that cryptids and magic AREN'T possible. I mean... black holes and quantum mechanics make no sense. Science does wild things sometimes, why can't these things exist? And you know what? I'm going to prove it!"
But then he actually SAW mystic powers and everyone else doing really well with it. Replacing him. And while his prior experiments with the crystal have led to good results in tandem with his goggles, but when he tries afterwards, it doesn't work. (Because mystic powers are based on emotions and he's frustrated.) That's weird. Science should lead to definite, predictable results.
So *character arc*
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April is literally more athletic than the turtles. She keeps landing on her feet while everyone else is in a heap.
That's it. I'm a believer in April supremacy now.
Leo is scrambling. He may be good at impromptu plans, but he struggles at the application. My personal, maybe headcannon, is that he doesn't actually like going on some of these adventures. He's not that good at them, but he will support his brothers, because of his inferiority complex
DRAXUM CAN MAKE THESE HUGE MECHS AND THAT KIND OF MATCHES WITH MY LOUISE AU HOLY TRUFFLE MAC AND CHEESE.
Also also, Draxum has been trying this whole time to continue his work. I'm wondering how I can work my 'He's looking for Louise' storyline. Perhaps he needs mutants to eliminate the human threat and also to save his child warrior.
Mikey gets star eyes like his older sibling :D
Baron Draxum's magic is with his vines, mechs and potions. Like alchemy. Using this for Louise reference later.
Donnie has the Bi flag in the background of any of his scene things <3
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His tech is constantly on the fritz in this episode. Mainly his tech bo. Maybe that's a newer piece? His battle shell seems to work fine. I think that may be one of his first pieces of tech, and the flying part looks like what would become Shelldon in the future.
AND, I think he gets better at making his tech in the future, while still making mistakes :D
Plus, his tech being on the fritz, makes his whole "they care more about what I can do for them than me"/needing to be useful, and fix things, mean that much more.
Also also, I'm basing above off of the fact that the siblings like his tech, but don't trust it, and they often don't exactly listen to him that often ('DONNIE NOT HELPING!') Which I feel like would hurt after some time. Also this post.
Donnie goes to his phone after his achievement of his tech bo working, he's probably documenting his success + photo archives + data points.
I've heard the hc that the brothers keep Mikey's drawings, maybe Donnie scans each one for his archives? They have a whole scrapbook?
Oh wait... that's really cute actually.
Mikey gets bored of the Villain banter really fast. Donnie wants his own world to keep working as it does and just coast along with his family while still 'spending time with them' (I can HEAVILY relate... or maybe I'm just projecting, but wanting to be in your own world while being around others is literally my whole life in a nutshell.)
I think Raph trains on his own + counts Lou Jitsu movies as training, Leo does not.
April has successfully defeated Huggin and Munnin. Clap clap.
Notes for Louise: Baron Draxum is show-offy and thinks he's 'all that' and truly bettering humanity. His lab is huge and colorful, full of alchemy experiments. He has 'bio-inspired' magic. Like plants and spiderwebs and huge fleshy gauntlets
Mikey activates his mystic powers after he gets angry at Baron Draxum for trying to hurt April. He can't really control it, but his anger activates it.
Mikey's mystic weapon is a cackling fireball gremlin that is absolutely uncontrollable. Everyone (including Donnie) thinks it's REALLY COOL
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toothlesshat · 1 year
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I am also very interested in ur Rogue Leo AU (I am still reading that post; reading the Season 3 stuff right now, and I am liking so far.  Also, the Leo and Casey getting to know each other more, and/or Caseynardo vibes give me life, I love Caseynardo, so thank you and some others, for feeding me more of it), because God, did I think Leo deserve to snap and/or go rogue like that (or/& like you said, that it would have made sense for him to do so).  I have seen people say Leo is "too mean" to his brothers and/or people, and while I won't say he can't ever be mean, he can be, but honestly, if I were Leo, I would probably be even meaner and snap even more with everything he goes though.  That man has way more calm and patience than I do.
And I am also interested if you ever do that like, post-canon and/or series and/or post-Splinter death fics/stuff, that dive into Leo and Splinter's relationship and stuff and Leo dealing with that and stuff, because like you said, there is a lot to explore and unpack there, and I think it could be interesting (plus, maybe Leo can finally be given an actual break of some sort or something, geez).
Still getting through ur new Donnies fic; I am enjoying it so far.  U write the Donnies very well (they are both so different and so similar to the Leos, lol) from what I have read so far, and the conflict u gave them (which is very different from the Leos, but suiting to them, though, 2012 Donnie, like 2012 Leo, also does and/or did, want to go home to their own universe too, though, for his different reasons in comparison to Leo) is interesting so far too, and makes sense for them.  Will finish this fic when I get the chance, and I look forward to the 2nd part for it.
Anyways, last of all, a few more things (oh wow, this ask/these asks have gotten long): 
2012 leo and Rise Leo are also my favorites respectively; I love them (if I hadn't already made that clear, which I probably already have)!  Though, I love the other turtles too very much, and a lot of other characters too!  (like 2012 Casey, Rise April, Rise Cassandra, Rise Casey Junior, 2012 and Rise Karai, Big Mama, etc.!).  And I certainly love both of the Donnies, so I am happy about their fic (esp. since I am a sucker for character studies, which, ur Leos and Donnies fics have been kind of like so far), and I am excited for others as well.
Also, I don't usually see the 2012 Leo and Donnie being twins take! (I usually see it being 2012 Leo and Raph being the twins, which is a take I love, and I love both)  I do actually love their dynamic in 2012, and find it very interesting, but I don't usually see them being twins take; at least not in 2012 (*Cough cough* Rise twins, Disaster twins Leo and Donnie, my beloved(s)).  And I find that interesting.  I really liked that art/post u did of them, and how they used to be close, and then they drifted apart, which, is just sad (even more so with ur twins take of them), and I could really see that.  I always saw them as close too, but then the Surface happened, and everything went crazy for everyone.  If ever explored more about this and their relationship in a fic or something, that is also something I would be very interested in seeing (only if you want to ofc).
Alright, last of all!  And then I am finally done (for now), sorry.  And that is, I also, for the most part, basically write everything in once (like long one or two shots and/or etc.) and/or in chunks (usually quite long-ish stuff too), before I post.  It is just how I write.  The only multi-chapters I have, or the one-shot I am going to turn into a two-shot when I finally post it, and one of my first takes on a multi-chapter fic that I am still posting (which, even that one, I finished before I started posting it; I have only stopped posting more chapters for a bit, because I realized I needed to edit some more and iron a few really important details before I post anymore chapters.  Hence, the delay on me posting anymore).  So I kind of feel you; when it comes to ur style or writing and posting, because I am similar too in some ways!
Alright, I am finally done with these long things!  See ya for now.  ^_^ Ask 2/2.
Aldjskkfkfk okay wait I’m gonna break my response up into paragraphs under the cut because I have a lot I want to say 😭
I’m glad you like the rogue Leo au! It’s definitely my favorite right now just because of how passionate I am for Leo and how much I wish something drastic like that happened in the series! It would’ve been perfect! And Casey and Leo are just a dynamic I wish we got to see, I think they’re the only duo that didn’t get any real time dedicated to them? And that sucks I think they could be close (both as friends and otherwise, I’m good with both). I’m planning to do at least a fic for the rogue au and maybe post more art if I have the time! It’s really one of my favorites :)
I was planning to put a lot of Splinter and Leo’s relationship problems in the rogue au, but I also just want a canon compliant version too. I tried to add some of it in Of Leos and Leonardos because I think it’s a pretty big deal for Leonardo’s character, but I really want to just explore it for what it is one day. I like Splinter a lot, but his parenting can use some work and it really messed up Leonardo in the long run, and I want to break down how he feels about it all one day- daddy issues go brrr I guess?
The Donnies have been really fun to write, and I’ve had a good (admittedly difficult) time working through them, they’re both very complex! I really worry I’m not doing them justice but I’m trying my best. I look forward to getting to Mikey’s fic the most, but it’s the last one I’m planning on for story reasons :( the Raphs intimidate me but I’ll do my best! The series won’t be finished for a while though because I’m taking a long break after I finish the Donnies to work on the other stories I’ve been dying to write! I’ll definitely get back to them, but I’ve been waiting to finish so I could focus on the stories I want to do more.
2012 Donnie and Leo twins just make sense to me? I don’t know why, but I kind of love it because they’re so similar but they hit the angst sooo good?? Donnie and Leo fight a LOT in the series, more than I thought and idk there’s just something to it that I like because of those reasons. They don’t need to be twins to have that kind of relationship by any means, I just think it adds something to the story?
And yeah! I can’t do multi chapter to save my life unless it’s really small. It’s just too difficult and I lose interest fast. I find that I just gotta write how it works for me. Lately, I’ve been writing out dialogue before anything, then adding the description and details in later so I can get my ideas out before I lose interest and write faster! It’s been really helpful!
Thank you for the ask! I love having stuff to talk about and you scratched that itch like crazy lmao
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vsnotresponding · 11 months
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23 & 36 for the ask game!
thanks for the ask friend <3
oh boi this is gonna be long (and a little depressing)
(weird questions for writers ask game here)
23. Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.
this is gonna be a very long answer because i write in three very different places (and then i also write on the go sometimes while on the bus or such)
our first place is my bedroom, which is as it was 11 years ago in the essentials. it's not very wide but the ceiling is really tall, and it's also at an angle. the walls are painted blue and light green, and there's a window that overlooks my town (my house is at the top of the hill where the town is)(the house is also three stories tall so there's a real nice view). my desk, where i write, is also blue and green, and it's kinda short for me. it's also under my bunkbed so i'm constantly hitting my head. the desk is perpendicular to the window (that i use to distract myself when my vision starts blurring).
around me there's usually university stuff across the desk, as well as water bottles and sometimes my cat sitting on top of a notebook. at the back of the desk there's a shelf i use to keep books and different trinkets (rocks and sand and dried flowers and seashells. i also have volcanic ash and lightbulbs).
the second place is the living room. i only write there when there's no one home. usually i sit on the floor in front of the balcony door (which i leave open), my feet on the outside, back to the couch and laptop on my legs. the room is white, with dark grey bluish details in the curtains and sofa. the floor is dark wood. the balcony has a dark red railing that needed repainting a century ago, with sand walls (they are made of tiny rocks). my cats are usually around too, being annoying.
finally, one of my university's libraries. i started writing in here two months ago on my very long gaps between classes (in fact im writing this there right now).
it's a very long room, white walls and ceilings. there's some kind of plumbing visible on the ceiling too. the tables are a ugly greenish grey, with light wooden chairs. there are not a lot of books for a library, ngl. most walls have art on them, posters from previous editions of Sant Jordi. there's also two little sofas i sometimes write on, but because i write after finishing my schoolwork, most of the time i stay at the table.
oh wow that was long
36. They say to Write What You Know. Setting aside for a moment the fact that this is terrible advice...what do you Know?
ohhh, i like this question.
let's speedrun which of my silly traumatic or awful life experiences i've given my ocs
from 12 to 14 years old i was in a very very dark place mentally, and instead of being normal about it, i gave it all to my oc Enzo. teen!ely also has been mostly inspired by this era in my life, as well as the good old gender dysphoria. oh and yeah, Terrible Relationship With Parents also goes in here. Karma also shares this with me (not so fun facts! some things the shahin says/does are direct quotes from what my father said/did to me when i was a teen) plus the being very autistic and depressed but in a used to be depressed way (and how he sometimes feels when surrounded with friends. oh yeah, and the window, we can't forget the window). and then there's sher which, i gave him chapter 17 basically.
there's actual fun things too. eak loving to sketch everything around him no matter how mundane, the relationship aira has with her cat, enzo's math mind, and oh yeah, Time.
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hybridcitrus · 1 year
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CHARACTER HEADCANON ASK!!! gonna pepper u with characters across fandoms :3 let's see... shen yuan, lan wangji, and shi qingxuan???
AHH SORRY THIS TOOK ME SO LONG TO ANSWER MY FRIEND 😭 But very good character choices, I’m a big fan of all of them!
Shen Yuan
Sexuality Headcanon: He is demiromantic ace, specifically sex-neutral Gender Headcanon: Trans (: A ship I have with said character: More like, what ship don't I have for him? It's so easy to ship anyone with him in svsss sdfajs but bingqiu and cucumberplane are my favs A BROTP I have with said character: Cucumberplane again, they're worsties A NOTP I have with said character: Actually ya I don't ship Shen Yuan with Yue Qingyuan, that man only has eyes for Shen Jiu/og Shen Qingqiu A random headcanon: I like the idea that he regularly meets up with Shang Qinghua to discuss and edit his writing post-canon. General Opinion over said character: He's such a disaster dressed up in dignified robes and a poker face, the amount of mental gymnastics he goes through in the entire novel is hilarious. He's an unreliable narrator who thinks he's objective until the realization of the impact he's had and how all the pidw characters are actually real people hits him. He's so interesting as a commentary on the relationship between fans. creators, and their work. He was pidw's #1 hater and fan (and haven't we all had a piece of media that we hate and love at the same time?). I'm shaking him in a jar and studying him under a microscope.
Lan Wangji
Sexuality Headcanon: He is very gay and demisexual Gender Headcanon: Usually I see him as cis, but I do enjoy thinking of him as agender 🥺 A ship I have with said character: WANGXIAN OTP OF COURSE 💙❤ I don't think there's anyone else I'd ship Lan Wangji with really, though I think wangcheng during the sunshot campaign while Wei Wuxian is missing would be interesting... Ah, some fics have made me open to wangxianning in aus... A BROTP I have with said character: First thing that came to mind was Jin Zixuan, they're so awkward together, but you know? brothers in pining over Yunmeng Jiang disciples 😂 And I think a postcanon friendship with Wen Ning is nice A NOTP I have with said character: Honestly I don't like any ship for him other than wangxian and some exceptions with wangcheng and wangxianning A random headcanon: As a teen, after Wei Wuxian gave him the rabbits, Lan Wangji would talk to them about his crush and feelings when he was alone. Now whenever he goes to the back mountain to take care of the rabbits he tells them about his day, sometimes alone, and sometimes with Wei Wuxian. General Opinion over said character: Wow, he's like me for real 😭 There's a lot that I love about Lan Wangji, his righteous and selfless nature, how he is very stoic, but feels so strongly internally. And it can be controversal, but I also like the jealous and possessive aspects of his character, I think that struggle really makes him human and relatable. The similarities to his father, but then not falling into the same tragedy as his parents makes me feel emotions... Also, the way he is a father figure and teacher to the juniors and then how they show the ripples of generational growth. Anyway, Hanguang-jun is too good <3
Shi Qingxuan
Sexuality Headcanon: Bisexual Gender Headcanon: Genderfluid nonbinary A ship I have with said character: Beefleaf 🥺😔 A BROTP I have with said character: Xie Lian! They have one of my favorite relationships in the novel A NOTP I have with said character: I don't think I've really seen him shipped with anyone other than He Xuan? Ah, nothing with Shi Wudu I guess A random headcanon: She liked to stim with the wind master fan. General Opinion over said character: Did nothing wrong and was too good for the heavens! One of my favorite characters in the whole novel, he's in my top three at the very least. When I was first reading I got spoiled for black water arc, causing me to procrastinate on reading tgcf for months because at the time Shi Qingxuan was my fav and I didn't want to see her in pain :,) I don't know what else to say other than I think she's very fun and good.
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bluefurcape · 1 year
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Hi! I'm a big fan of your work and am in the process of trying to revive a very old hobby of writing my own fanfics. I would love to hear what your process of writing is like. How do you go from an idea to a story line? How do you deal when you reread what you've written and think, wow, that is some lengthy exposition/dialogue/etc there? I have reached out to a couple authors in the community with the same questions so no worries if you aren't able to get to it!
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Really cool of tumblr not to let me know when I get a message <3
Thanks for reaching out! I hope that things are going well with your writing.
Idea >> Story
I'm going to be pretty honest, I don't get a lot of ideas these days. I have this superstitious theory that my brain shuts off the ability if I watch TV/Movies with plot in it, but I can't resist watching so it's been a dry spell of like most of this year. This week though I did manage to stop so I finally managed to snag something. It was near the tail end of sleeping so I laid there twitching like a dreaming dog while I thought about it in a half alive state.
Anyway! That's not really your question. If I do get an idea, it's usually the scraps of something that appeals to me. I play around with what comes to me first. For example, if I think of a piece of internalization, then I work around that. The first line of "Marked By Fate" where Kakashi hates a baby was what came into my head and from there I went to what it would be like if you feared your own soulmate (for ethical reasons). The recent idea I had was more of a setting that appealed to me (hint: a type of store) and not too much more except that with most of my fics it does have a 'goal' in mind of a romantic ending. But that is a type of framework, loose as it is, so I started thinking about the story circle which is a highly reduced version of the hero's journey. The steps don't make total sense to me all the time so I have to re-explain it to myself, but the basic circle goes:
you, need, go, search, find, give, return, changed.
"need" is often actually two things: an external goal and internal need (of like a "lesson" to be learned)
Not always, but many readers find satisfaction from a story where the character changes, so sometimes it is easier to work backwards. With a romance story, if the 'goal' is for them to accept love, generally then, how are they rejecting or missing love in the beginning? Etc etc
No need to put a lot of pressure on it in the beginning though because sometimes, you only can see the full picture after you come to the end (and you go on your own hero's journey).
2. Editing
This is the point where I go from big to small. I think more critically of the flow of the overall story (going back to the story circle...sometimes) and usually if the character arc is not clear enough, that is what I attack first. Then it's down to the actual sentences. I look at each to see what filler words can be taken out ('had' is a big culprit for me) and repetitive descriptions and verbal tags. The way I test exposition is if I'm using it like a time saver/skip to cut out boring shit or if I'm avoiding writing something that is important to show the character arc. Dialogue is a bit trickier, but I think a lot of people use filler stuff that we say naturally but doesn't work well in a narrative work where it needs to serve some sort of purpose (character or plot). Like I often will be tempted to write people going "good morning" a lot and just doing stupid small talk lol.
(secret 3rd question)
If I think about this all too much I get way too in my head about it. My suggestion is to digest it and then forget about it. Write what you want to write. Look back with an editor's eye later.
edit: as ppl can see in this mostly unedited post i have a terrible tendency to repeat the same words in a sentence (i was abt to write same sentence) so that shit has to get weeded out
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What's your opinion on the different MegaTen soundtracks? Which series has your favourites? Do you think there are any particularly bad ones?
Ooh thanks for the question! I love listening to MegaTen, my favorite YouTube channels are PSC, which catalogues all of the Persona music, and Megaten Music, which catalogues all of the MegaTen music. They’re great because they include a lot of lesser known soundtracks like OVAs and bonus CDs.
As far as my favorites go, of the Persona tracks I listen to the Persona 2: Innocent Sin soundtrack all the time. My favorite songs from there is definitely Knights of the Holy Lance and Yukino’s Theme. Yukino’s Theme is a bop and Knights of the Holy Lance is THE most hype song in Persona. Fight me.
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I’ve also been listening to Persona 5 Strikers a lot lately, and I have to say I jam out to Counterfeit Phantom every time it comes on, it’s AMAZING.
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The Persona soundtracks are all so good I could talk about each one for hours but I won’t. I WON’T. I’m forcing myself not to. But one more, I really love the Persona 3 Portable soundtrack, I think it deserves more love. One of my favorites from there is Sun, it is a bop, truly. When the horns come in I can’t help but dance, it’s great.
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Switching over to MegaTen, SMT: If has a fantastic soundtrack that all of you should listen to. Tbh Old Enemy - Akira Volume might be the best battle theme I’ve ever heard. It’s so good, gosh. I feel like I keep saying that. Persona 5 had a remix on their soundtrack, which is also amazing, but here’s the original:
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This might be a Steaming Hot Take but also really like the Dx2 soundtrack, particularly Desolation feels like I’m ascending to another reality when I listen to it which is kinda jarring considering everything else about Dx2 is so lackluster but the music is SICK. It’s all on Spotify too, give it a listen if you haven’t.
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Also very much love the SMTV soundtrack, my favorite has got to be the Demi-fiend remix they did, it’s an absolute banger. But I also love Battle -origin- which plays when you fight Fionn, because WOW when I first heard that I was floored.
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Okay this is a recent listen for me but the Raidou game soundtracks??? The HORNS??? My goodness WOW I love it so much. I have yet to listen to the full soundtrack but the main Theme is amazing, it very much makes me think of like, jazzy heists like Great Pretender.
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Slightly veering off MegaTen for my “honorary” MegaTen titles, these are games that I consider in the same category as MegaTen but actually aren’t, but I still wanted to share anyway.
Trauma Center is such an enigma to me. I wish they would bring the series back, I think it’s pretty funny tbh. The series is just about dramatic doctors I think it would be hilarious if it was in MegaTen. Can you imagine. Anyway I love the soundtrack, there’s not really a good rip of it on YouTube unfortunately but like, unironically, they did not need to go this hard. Of course it was Shoji Meguro who composed it so who’s surprised? One of my favorites is Second Opinion, it’s very similar in vibes to Persona tbh. I think Vulnerability was a meme at some point, but I listen to that one quite often as well.
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Okay guys. Listen. Catherine? WHY DOES IT GO SO HARD? I love the remixes they did of classical music so much, I listen to them all the time. My two favorites are Ode to Joy and Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 in C Sharp Minor. The former is a BOP and the latter goes INCREDIBLY HARD.
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I’m limiting myself to 10 so this is my last one, but I need you guys to listen to, like, the entire Etrian Odyssey soundtrack, from every game, because they are all on Spotify and they are all amazing. It would be impossible to choose a favorite but one of the bangers on my repeats is Tumult - Raise Thy Sword in Pride Nexus Version, because wow wow wow wow that’s all I have to say about that. Edit: Tumult - Crest of a Violent Wave [Arranged Version] also makes me want to scream it’s so good.
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I don’t know if there’s truly a MegaTen soundtrack I dislike, I listen to most of them quite frequently and every soundtrack has its ups and downs. The soundtrack I dislike the most would probably be the Persona 5 Dancing soundtrack, because I don’t think there’s a single remix on there that I like to the point of listening on repeat, and it’s a shame that the game didn’t include anything from Strikers or Royal by virtue of it coming out before them. It shows that Atlus really jumped the gun on those games and put out rushed and unpolished games that could’ve really benefited by just… waiting. And when the songs in your dancing game aren’t very good, that’s really not a good sign.
Anyway enough negative talk, I love MegaTen music so much, I have a playlist filled with 500 of my favorite songs you can listen to here:
I’m constantly adding more song to this playlist, it’s mostly persona at the moment because it started out as a persona bops playlist and then I started adding a bunch of MegaTen as a whole so I’m still in the process of evening out the ratio. But anyway, give it a listen if you want, it’s quite the playlist lol.
If you have music of your own to share, please do! There’s still a bunch of MegaTen I haven’t heard yet.
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tme anon here with my thoughts on Raw. This is going to be way too many notes despite the fact I've actually cut this down to about 1/3 what I wrote originally. I am so sorry, but...
I fucking loved this movie! I watched it twice back-to-back because reasons. Here are toooo many notes:
walking on the side of the road with an overcast sky is giving me donnie darko vib—the fuck! okay, it’s that kind of movie. good dive though, i give her 8/10 for form.
wait, what. oooh they’re speaking french. my silly ass forgot this is a french film. brb guys.
SUBTITLES—there we go, much better
this is not what it was like when i went to college. i mean, a kid did die from hazing, but still
is this…what having a sibling is like? 
oooh specimen lab. sidebar: i have always wanted to see the Mütter Museum 
Carrie’d.
Don’t scratch. Don’t scraaaatch. BUDDY IMPULSE CONTROL STOP IT.
HORSE! This shot is the tits. The sound, the music, the running. 
Hahaha, I hope you wear the dress over the sweatshirt just like that, babygirl, you look ah-mazing.
Vegetarian options be like mashed potatoes and steamed carrot coins. 
WHY DID YOU GRAB IT WITH YOUR BARE HANDS THOUGH, THERE WERE TONGS.
WHY ARE YOU BITING INTO THE FUCKING MIDDLE OF YOUR FUCKING SHAWARMA?
Oh my god, this is like the clown handkerchief trick but for trichophagia. 
i’m an only child, i really, really, really do not understand this peeing sister scene. 
SISTERS CANNOT POSSIBLY DO THIS. (waxing)
Wow, those are sharp scissors. 
How drunk are you that you’re letting the dog lick your sister’s finger stub. Like, sure, eat her finger, but stop the bleeding and keep the dog away. You two are in vet school, you know about surgery and infections and shit. What is this.
She is eating the finger like how Tom Hanks eats the baby corn in Big. HAHAHAHA
I am that old guy with dentures! I laughed so fucking hard at this, I would be exactly this man in the film. 
I have yet to watch Cronenberg’s Crash (1996), but this is just screaming Crash at me right now.
I know this isn’t the focus of this soccer scene, but it cracks me up when men rub their faces together to express aggression. 
This is some very Tina Belcher-quality dancing in front of this mirror.  
Trainspotting vibes. Pretty soon the baby from Yellowjackets is gonna crawl across her ceiling. That’s how this works, right?
Is your sister hitting you with a sock full of coins? Of all the things in this movie, the sound and screaming here is the one making me flinch. 
She blue herself. 
THERE IS A whole ass chunk missing outta his lip. That is beautiful. 
I can see a lot of this in TME, I feel like I’ve been let in on a bunch of little inside jokes, love it.
Hahaha, having sex with her is like trying to catch a fucking snake before it strikes. 
Oooooh, man. That bite, though. Oooof.
The shot at the party that tracks through the kissing couple up to her deliriously horny face sitting against the wall? Amazing. 
How much cadaver did you eat, bro?
BoyfIghts: Sisters edition. (how many AD jokes can I maaaake)
You should probably have locked that door.
(3 minutes later) Yep, shoulda locked it.
I love that you can see blood on the sheets right by her head before she figures it out.
Chekhov’s ski pole. 
Reflection mirroring with the mother YASSSSS
Love wins.
<3<3<3
GOES CRAZY INSANE BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK
the horse shot!!! yes!!!
I KNOW SHE JUST PUTS THAT GREASY ASS BURGER IN HER POCKET LIKE GIRL THERE ARE TONGS RIGHT THERE
i am also an only child and was like??? is this normal?? and my femme who has sisters says it is NOT!!! i need to convince people who have siblings to watch it
i also have yet to see crash 1996 i saw an edit of it to a NIN song and was like uh oh i can feel a crash 1996 and titane double feature approaching
i love the AD references i love AD
chekov's ski pole
the end the end the end the end WAWAWA
IM SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT it changes my brain chemistry im sure of it
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