#elliot knight is so gorgeous man

[miguel-owhora]

i know zero cod lore what did konig do

he's a little bitch

on a serious note, it's not what he - his character - specifically did, it's what his fanbase did. i think last year(?) there was a splurge of konig fans who were crazy over him. to the point where they would deliberately start replacing gaz (one of the main characters in cod) with the big ass white ass bitch. "look, it's task force 141" but it's just ghost, price, soap, and mf konig. thats not 141, that's just 4 white guys

sure, some people just like konig bc idk and i get it, you prefer one character over the other, but it becomes an issue when a character of color just gets replaced over and over again by a white man all because he's tall and wears a mask. konig doesn't even have a deliberate backstory, nevermind a place within the main cod game. he's literally just an operator, a background character in a background game.

even more so when these exact same people pull up the excuse of "oh, i just dont know how to write gaz 🥺🥺🥺" like???? just say you're racist and go. GAZ IS LITERALLY A MAIN CHARACTER IN THE MAIN COD GAMES + YOU LITERALLY PLAY HIS CHARACTER !!!!! we learn so much about him, about his backstory and personality and mannerisms, and he's such an interesting character but they fucking replace him with a white man.

speaking of konig, i also hate how the fandom characterize him as either: a creep and a stalker who's abusive and so damn toxic, or as a shy and uwu person who can't ask for ketchup (okay but the art goes hard for both versions) like ! he's neither, he's a confident, arrogant, and skilled colonel who - at most - gets awkward sometimes. he's not some creep who steals your underwear or uses his rank to get you, or someone who cries whenever someone yells at him. HES NEITHER OF THOSE HE'S JUST SOME GUY.

so tldr: the fandom ruined konig for me, so i have a love-hate relationship with that stupid bitch.

[corpsebasil]

I'm sorry but knight! Nikolaï got me hORNY—

So just think about it: like, kinda a corruption kink but the other way around? The Princess being very, VERY MUCH INTO HIM and being like "damn Imma bang that man"

And Knight Nikolaï being loyal to his duties so he's trying to not understand or see her advances, but god damn his patience and will to stay professional are wearing thin just like the clothes of the princess seems to gradually become around him uhuh

ARGBLBLBLB HAND ME THE HOLY WATER RIGHT NOW

Dear mother above—

^^^ me and you walking to his room.

Sir Nikolai isn’t a man that is unused to being fawned over. Women and men alike—nobles, citizens, who gives a shit—all want him. The man is literally sex on legs just LOOK at him. LORD.

The one person he’s surprised to find attracted to him, though, is you. Your royal highness. Aka the princess of Ravka and his personal charge. He takes his role of protecting you extremely seriously. He does a security sweep practically every time you enter a room. He keeps his eye out for any possible threats, always a step behind you. Always.

Yes he finds you pretty—who doesn’t—but the idea of sleeping with you goes against every moral fiber of his being.

It starts small when you realize you aren’t going to get your way with him at first.

DRABBLE UNDER THE CUUUUT

Oh god he’s so beautiful anyways—

“Sir Nikolai.”

“Princess.”

You’re watching him from one of the chairs in your sitting-room as he works, sorting through some documents as you’re supposed to be reading. You literally cannot focus.

The rustling of papers and the occasional shift of his body in his chair are the only sounds occupying your rooms as of now and, to your chagrin, you can’t stop staring at his hands. The way his fingers run over the documents, the way he licks his thumb quickly to flip a page, good God.

“I can feel you staring.” He says, not even sparing you a glance as he works. You scowl.

“I am not.”

He raises one eyebrow and you slump lower in your seat, face hot.

You’ve had a crush on your personal guard since pretty much forever and you know that he knows. He finds it entertaining to tease you sometimes; he’ll find excuses to help fix your hair, he holds your hand a bit longer than necessary when escorting you out of a carriage, and he especially enjoys the look on your face when you see him flirting with other women of the court.

I picture his grin like this.

Also Elliot Knight is fucking gorgeous.

He just smiles at you from across the room and goes straight back into his conversation.

You know from gossip around the court that he’s an absolute god in bed. The maids—those damn gossips—all giggle and blush as they whisper about a night with him or someone they know, their voices not quiet enough to stop you from picking up a few details while they clean.

You want him. You want him so bad it makes you look STUPID.

If you’re going to get this man on top of under, behind, down low, up high, all the positions you then you’re going to have to start being a little bolder, sweetheart. You start small: staring more openly and forcing yourself not to look away when caught. Brushing against him when you walk by just to have an excuse to be close to him. Making comments out of the blue about how you’re just so bored and touch deprived.

Poor you.

He catches on instantly.

“Princess.” He starts one evening, watching you as you approach him clad in one of your adorable nightgowns that leave nothing to the imagination. Picture Aelin’s gold nightgown, HA. His teeth are grit so tightly that he can actually feel his jaw hurt as you walk by. “Where is your robe.”

Not a question. He knows exactly where your robe is because you left it on his bed after sneaking quickly through the shared door in your chambers. He’d made the mistake of telling you he’d be right back and you took your chance. You’d be giggling like a fiend when he knocked just now, eyes dark and expression unamused.

He didn’t bring the robe, though. Oddly enough.

“It’s too hot for a robe right now.” You lie, ignoring his annoyed stare as you pour yourself a glass of bourbon from a decanter. “Besides, this dress is new. Don’t you like it?”

“You forgot the rest of it.”

“This is the newest style!” You argue, grinning to yourself as you feel him watch your back. The material is thin as hell and Saints you look fucking magical in it.

Meanwhile Nikolai, behind you, is feeling warmer and warmer the longer you fix yourself a drink. His eyes roam across your bare skin, his blood burning in his veins as he watches the slight sway of your hips. He can imagine running his hands along those long legs of yours, skin soft under his fingers.

How responsive would you be for him? Would you be loud or quiet? Calling out his name or only gasping and whining for him? Would you let him kiss your thighs before he buries his mouth between your legs? Would you let him bend you over his desk or set you on top of it?

Lord have mercy—

He licks his lips thoughtfully as he continues his observations. Surely you’re taking longer on purpose so that he can stare.

The clink of the glass hitting the counter snaps him from his fantasies before he realizes he’s been caught blatantly checking out your ass with his mouth hanging open a fraction.

Shit.

Your smile is devious and proud when you turn to face him, leaning slightly back against the table to meet his eyes.

“Something wrong, Sir?”

“Princess.” He clears his throat and glances up at the ceiling for a moment. “This isn’t appropriate.”

“I’d hope not.” You snort. You walk towards him and he stays still, every inch of him tense. He doesn’t look away as you tilt your head, chin lifted up to his in offering. He doesn’t take the bait.

“Princess.” He grits out. “Please. Stop.”

“Stop what?”

“You know what.”

“I’m not doing—”

But you shut up when his hand reaches out to snatch your wrist in an iron grip, your fingers hovering barely an inch away from his chest. The gap in his loose shirt reveals smooth, golden skin, your fingertips frozen.

You glance up with a tiny gasp and he’s watching you, his eyes darker and more serious than before.

“I cant let you start anything.” He breathes, hand tightening on your arm. “Not like this. Not with me.”

“Why?” You question, face falling as you look up into his eyes. “Why not?”

“You’re jail bait, kid.”

“What does that mean—”

“Your father would kick my ass if he saw me with you. You know that.” You huff through your nose and attempt to pull away but he holds fast. “Y/N,” he starts and your heart aches. Not ‘Princess’, Y/N. “you have no idea the things I’d do to you.”

You freeze as his head lowers a fraction, nose barely touching yours. Your breaths are unsteady as he tucks your hair behind an ear, hand framing your face.

“You’d never want to leave my bed.” He adds and the ache shoots from your heart to right between your legs. “The things I’ve thought about you.” He closes his eyes and, after a beat, whispers a quiet ‘fuck’ before practically tearing himself away from you.

You don’t even have time to protest before he’s heading back to his rooms and shutting the door behind him.

Ughhh OAJAOSK I NEED HIMMMM

[bropunzeling]

1, 16, 36

1. Name the best book you've read so far this year.

oh hmmm. it might be in the dream house by carmen maria machado (eyyy book club book)! just so inventive and such beautiful prose while also being a really unflinching portrait of domestic violence. idk it was so good and also idk if i'll ever read it again. yk.

16. Favorite trilogy.

oh man! idk!!!!!! ok i think..... the lumatere chronicles by melina marchetta. raw and gorgeous and all about family (that you're born into, that you choose) and loyalty and power and what we owe to one another. just enough mysticism with some very real here’s what war looks like and here’s what it costs. idk i read these at like 15 and i don't know that i'll top them!

36. Your absolute most favorite character(s) from any book you've ever read.

how dare you. uhhhhh vimes from discworld has to be up there. lady knight keladry of mindelan. i'm very fond of darien from sharon shinn's elemental blessings series. nico from percy jackson, my small goth son. irene attolia! basic bitch move but anne elliot also has my heart. im SURE i'll think of more

[netherfeildren]

wait wait you like minari too? your taste is impecabble<3 just wondering, do you have any other favourite movies/recs?

sat on this bc I wanted to give a detailed response lolz I love minari so much I thought about youn yuh-jung's performance in that film for such a long time after watching it she was so gorgeous and so phenomenal and when she won the best supporting actress Oscar I about lost my damn mind, so so deserved

other things I love in no particular order:

-the favourite (I love Yorgos Lanthimos' work the lobster is another favorite and his new one coming out poor things looks AMAZING and like it was constructed specifically with all of my own personal tastes in mind - I'm so excited for it and need to read the book immediately)

-not to be a film bro but interstellar is top two of my favorite films of all times idc Nolan is a master and I watch and love everything he makes (ive watched tenet like 10 times and still have no idea wtf is going on and I LIKE THAT about it )

-not to be a basic bitch now but pride and prejudice is my favorite movie ever ever I watch it at least once a month every single month it'll never get old and yes I do cry at the end every time

-to go hand in hand with my love of historical romance novels I am also a great lover of period dramas obviously I love Emma (2020) so much it's a gorgeous work of art, Jane eyre (2011) I love Mia wasikowska, Marie Antoinette and anything else Sofia Coppola has ever made, Anna karenina (another Joe wright masterpiece)

-anything Wes Anderson but particularly Rushmore (1998) which is one of his lesser known films I feel like but it means a lot to me for various very personal reasons and I wish more people talked about it (I need to watch asteroid city immediately)

-PHANTOM THREAD greatest romcom of all time (jk hehe) but fuck Paul Thomas Anderson I don't like that dude

-everything guillermo del torro but particularly crimson peak (guillermo my man pls pls pls plsssssssss do Dracula and cast Adam driver I'll give u my first born plsssss splsssssss guillermo father pleaaassseeeeee!!!!)

-the green knight !!!!!!!!!!!! changed my brain when I watched it dev Patel is so fucking hot but also like it was just so gorgeous and such a wonderful adaptation and the monster fucker in me low key liked the green knight himself likeeeeeeee idk what to say I am the way I am

-Robert Eggers the light house, the man from uncle (I love most guy Richie films I love his high paced action and all that fun stuff), park chan-wook's STOKER !!!!!!!! I fucking love that film omg, everything Denise villeneuve too but particularly arrival is a goddamn masterpiece and it's so wrong that Amy Adams didn't win the Oscar for that (poor Amy with the no Oscar curse)

-for like comfort movies stepmom (1998) - devastating but I watch it all the time if I could live in any house from a movie ever it'd be Susan Sarandon's house in that movie, billy elliot (2000), 20th century women (2016), lady bird, funny girl - BARBARA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!, howl's moving castle, this is 40 (my favorite comedy ever), paterson (2016), uptown girls, the rocky horror picture show

-oh and more recently the banshees of inisherin moved me so incredibly deeply I actually recently got in an argument with someone who said that it was pointless and stupid and I was SO OFFENDED devastating funny introspective all the things I was very sad when Collin ferrel didn't win the academy award for it I thought he was so ... I don't know what the right word is I guess like changed? in the role of padraic and GOD BERRY KEOGHAN there goes that dream I cried so hard so beautiful Kerry Condon also they were all so spectacularly devastating in that film I could go on about it for days

sorry this was so long you guys know I love to run my mouth when given the opportunity hehe

[eowynstwin]

commentary on ‘to rival the sun’ mayhaps? ⭐️

Sure!

To Rival the Sun (and First Ride, in fact) sprang from an intention to write short headcanons about a virgin reader's first time with each of the MW2 characters. Gaz's (and Graves') quickly got out of hand, because I fell in love with the scenario and ran with it.

The funny part is, I'm not a Gaz girl--I don't find his character model all that attractive (in fact I think they did Elliot Knight real dirty, because that man is GORGEOUS). But Gaz, like Alejandro and Rudy, is one of those characters that doesn't get as much love (gee, I wonder why), and I'm a big softie who wants everyone to feel special and important, so I decided to make the effort.

And in the end that fic turned out to be one of my favorites that I've written! I really enjoyed the motif of warmth and laughter that I wove into the text, and writing it actually helped me to fall in love with Gaz. I don't really have anything else planned for him, but when inspiration strikes I definitely want to write him again.

[skinks]

hi!!! what are your favourite movies? like actually good ones but also any trashy comfort movies? is IT (2017) one of them?

Hello!! IT (2017) IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THEM oh man, thank you for this, I love talking about movies!!!! This is possibly the most difficult question you could have asked me. Apologies for how absolutely off the rails this got, I just... love movies so much lmao

I’ve said this before, but opening night of IT ch1 was the best cinema experience I’ve ever had, I’m so glad I got to see it with a fully packed audience who were all laughing and screaming together the whole way through. I’m a huge fan of... everything ch1 was doing, the 80s nostalgia, the summer-coming-of-age themes, the solid ghost train funhouse JOY of the Pennywise performance and scares, the washed-out cinematography, the tiny background details to make everything that much more eerie, the kids’ ACTING?!

Like, a lot of the time I find child actors can be really awkward and stilted to watch, but I remember leaving the cinema really impressed by JDG and Sophia Lillis in particular. I liked that they were all allowed to be little shitheads with potty mouths, it felt like a callback to 80s movies like The Lost Boys or Stand By Me. The whole thing worked to make me really care about what happened to the kids (even if I do still have issues with how they handled Mike. I understand even ch1 had limitations with juggling so many characters, but still). I saw it another 2 times in the cinema and have rewatched it at least, I dunno, 7-10 more times since then?

Add to all of that the retroactive CANON R+E baby pining subplot? I just love it, as if that wasn’t obvious by now given my Whole Blog. It’s a really special movie to me!

Anyway!! Ok, the main handful of movies I rewatch all the fucking time are:

Back to the Future, The Lost Boys, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Jaws, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Ocean’s 11, POTC 1, The Dark Knight, Inception, Die Hard, LOTR trilogy, Snatch, The Nice Guys, Logan Lucky, Mad Max Fury Road, Clueless, 10 Things I Hate About You, Billy Elliot, Dirty Dancing, Tomb Raider (2018)...

Those are the easily consumable ones that I’ve seen so many times I don’t really have to concentrate or think about them, but I really love them and unfortunately often KEEP rewatching them instead of new stuff. It would take too long to go into why I love all these movies so much because I could write the same amount as I already did for ITCH1, and everyone already knows why those movies are good, so, lol.

I think I’m gonna have to subdivide and categorise this whole post because there are too many separate criteria for... goOD MOVIES, AUUHH 😩

Okay so first off, HORROR MOVIES? I’m especially in love with Re-Animator (1985) and its sequel Bride of Re-Animator, they’re such good examples of camp and batshit 80s practical effects, and also EXTREMELY funny. I’m actually just gonna post my list of my fave horror movies that I do actually keep on my phone at all times lmao. These are in no particular order:

Wholeheartedly recommend every one of these. I’ve never been so scared in my life as I was watching Hereditary in the cinema, hoo boy. Mother! by Aronofsky is one of the strangest experiences I’ve ever had (and I actually saw it on the same day I saw IT ch1 for the first time!! That was a fun day)

Psycho (1960) and The Fly from 1986 should also be on there but I couldn’t fit them in the screenshot.

I’m a HUGE fan of a ton of martial arts movies too, like Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, Ip Man, The Raid movies, John Wick 3 is my fave of the trilogy, Drive from 1997 with Mark Dacascos is incredible, SPL 2, Ong-Bak, Operation Condor, Project A, Iron Monkey, and Zatoichi (2003) are some favourites.

My favourite Tarantino is Reservoir Dogs, fave Coen brothers are Raising Arizona, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and O Brother Where Art Thou. Love some old-timey colour correction and weird offbeat dialogue. I also love Goodfellas!!! And Donnie Brasco! And The Firm, I’m so easy for any good crime/law/gangster/heist procedural like that, especially if they’re from the 80s or 90s in a super dated way.

Fave Disney movie is Tarzan, favourite Ghibli movies are Spirited Away and Lupin III. I remember watching Spirited Away during a thunderstorm one time and it being.... god! Transcendent! Favourite Pixar movie is The Incredibles (the first one. ALSO the documentary “The Pixar Story” is great and well worth a watch, it’s very comforting for some reason) and my favourite Dreamworks movies are HTTYD1 and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron.

I tend to watch more anime movies than tv shows, so stuff like Akira, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Journey to Agartha, and my ultimate fave anime is Sword of the Stranger (2008). The climactic fight in that movie is fucking stunning and should be counted in “bests fights” lists right alongside anything live action

Also if we’re talking animated movies another hearty favourite is Rango, and a Belgian stop-motion (which at one time I considered my favourite movie ever) called Panique Au Village (2009) which is one of the funniest movies ever made imo.

As for TRASHY movies, I’m not sure if that’s the right word for how I feel about these ones but.. dumb/silly/slightly guilty pleasure movies? Ones that I feel need some kind of justification lmfao

Troy - something u must know about me is that I’m a giant slut for the Assassin’s Creed franchise, so if a movie smashes historical and mythological nonsense together with fun costumes and sword fights, I’m gonna enjoy myself. Even if they should have made Achilles and Patroclus gay. Other movies in this vein are King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, and Immortals (2011)

Gods of Egypt - I know all the reasons this movie is whitewashed bullshit. But it was already bullshit with giant Anubis mecha and giant snakes and bad acting and ridiculous CGI and frankly I had a blast at the cinema (my friend who I forced to come with me did not have a blast. Sorry H***)

Avatar - yes, the one with the big blue people. This movie gets a lot of flack nowadays but I really do enjoy it just for the spectacle. The full CGI world technology was so new at the time and I love to wallow in the visuals and daydream about riding a cool dragon around in the jungle

George of the Jungle - I’ll defend this movie to the death ok this movie shaped me as a person, it is fucking hilarious and Brendan Fraser is the himbo to end all himbos. It’s perfect. The song Dela is perfect. I still want to write a reddie AU about it. It’s one of the best movies ever made and I’m not being ironic

Set It Up - I KNOW this is a dumb Netflix original romcom but consider this; it was funny and the leads had great chemistry. I got butterflies. I once watched it and then literally immediately set it back to the start so I could watch it again

The Brady Bunch Movie - when people talk about great satires or parodies you will see them bring up the same movies over and over again, Blazing Saddles, This Is Spinal Tap etc, but they never talk about The Brady Bunch Movie from 1995 for some reason, which they should. It is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen and every time i watch it somehow it gets funnier

Some more general favourites that I do still love but don’t rewatch as often, and don’t wanna go into more detail about are:

Moon (2009), Crna Mačka Beli Mačor, The Sixth Sense, Parasite, The Handmaiden, Tremors, Wet Hot American Summer, Tucker and Dale vs Evil, What We Do In The Shadows, Hunt For the Wilderpeople, The Secret of My Success (I love kitschy 80s movies, is that obvious by now), The Green Mile, When Harry Met Sally, Rear Window, The Odd Couple, Breaking Away, Pan’s Labyrinth, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Eagle, Gladiator, The Artist, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, Call Me By Your Name, Master and Commander, Pacific Rim, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Legend (1985), Emma. (2020), Flash Gordon, Trolljegeren, Hross í Oss, Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, WarGames, District 9, Ajeossi (2010), Tracks (2013), Sightseers, Mud (2012), Pitch Black, Four Lions, Shaun of the Dead, Starship Troopers, The Truman Show, Withnail & I....... Jesus Christ ok I need to stop

NOTABLE EXTREME FAVOURITES that I didn’t include in the regular rewatch list because they’re too heavy/not as well known/require more attention.:

Thin Red Line (1998), Badlands (1973) both dir. Terrence Malick

Malick’s brand of dreamy impressionistic filmmaking is something I find really appealing, both of these movies are gorgeous and unusual and poignant and, in the case of Thin Red Line at least, have a lot of things to say about a lot of rough subjects. I don’t totally understand all those things sometimes, but a theme with a lot of my favourite movies is that I’ll be more likely to love something long-term if it raises unanswered questions, or is surreal/esoteric etc. Plus the cinematography is incredible, and I wish there was a way to get Jim Caviezel’s narration from The Thin Red Line as an audiobook because it’s very poetic and soothing.

Let the Bullets Fly (2010) dir. Jiang Wen

This movie is WILD, it’s so much fun. It’s sprawling and intricate and epic and smart and really fucking funny, it! Has! Everything! A gang of very tolerant outlaws!! Jiang Wen’s beautiful broad chest!!! Chow Yun Fat absolutely DECIMATING the scenery, and the two of them outsmarting each other in order to gain control of a small Chinese town!!! Plus it’s long, but it packs so much nonsense and intrigue that it goes by really fast. Wow what a flick

A Field in England (2013) dir. Ben Wheatley

I know I included this in my horror list but aaaaahhh ahhhh Wheatley is one of my favourite directors (he also made Sightseers, and is directing the Tomb Raider sequel which makes me absolutely rabid.) This is a surreal black-and-white psychological horror black comedy set in the English Civil War about some deserters who may or may not meet the Devil in a field. People eat mushrooms. It’s bonkers. I love being blasted in the face with imagery that I don’t understand

Mandy (2018) dir. Panos Cosmatos

Speaking of being blasted in the face!!!!! This movie... I saw it in the cinema and I can’t even begin to explain the experience, but I’ll try. My favourite review site described it like this:

“...somewhere between a prog album cover come to life and a metal album cover come to life, and subscribes to both genre's artistic tendency towards maximalism: what it ends up being is basically naught else but two glorious hours of being pounded by bold colors...”

So, prog and metal are my two favourite genres of music. This movie opens with the quote “When I die, bury me deep, lay two speakers at my feet, put some headphones on my head and rock and roll me when I'm dead.” and then a King Crimson song, it is SURREAL to the nth degree, it’s violent and bizarre and Nic Cage forges a giant silver axe to destroy demonic bikers and there is a CHAINSAW DUEL. A galaxy swirls above a quarry. Multiple animated horror nightmare sequences. At one point a man says “you exude a cosmic darkness” and releases a live tiger. At another point Cage says, in a digitally deepened voice, “The psychotic drowns where the mystic swims. You’re drowning. I’m swimming.” and I haven’t stopped thinking about it for two years

Paper Moon (1973) dir. Peter Bogdanovich

Really fantastic movie set in the Great Depression (and also in black & white) about a conman and a little kid who may or may not be his daughter, running cons across the Midwest. It’s beautifully shot, so sharp and sweet and the progression of their dynamic is really well done because they’re played by an IRL father and daughter. Tatum O’Neal was NINE YEARS OLD and she’s so amazing in this movie she’s actually the youngest person to win a competitive category Oscar. I keep trying to get people to watch this fbdjfjdbf it’s wonderful

Alpha (2018) dir. Albert Hughes

THIS MOVIE IS A VICTIM OF BAD MARKETING ok, the trailers made it look like some twee crappy sentimental Boy And His Dog Adventure, plus it had voiceovers in American-accented english? That’s a total disservice to one of the coolest things about this film; the fact that they got a linguist to construct an entirely original Neolithic language that all the characters speak for the entire runtime. And yes, it is eventually a Boy And His Wolf adventure, but it’s COOL and fairly brutal, and it has some really incredible cinematography. The landscapes are so strange and barren and alien, you really get the sense that this is an ancient world we no longer have any connection to. And it’s also about like, the birth of dog & human companionship sooo it’s perfect.

Free Solo (2018) dir. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin

The Free Climbing Documentary. I loved climbing as a kid, I love outdoor sports, and I love movies that elicit a physical reaction in me, whether that’s horny, scared, real laughter, overwhelming shivers, or in the case of Free Solo - HORRIBLE SWEATING TENSION. Like, I knew about Alex Honnold beforehand because of this adventure film festival I go to every year and I followed him on IG so obviously I knew he lived, but the actual climb itself was torture. My hands sweat every time I see it!! It’s incredible, such a cool look into generally what the human body can do, and more specifically, why Honnold’s psychology and life means he’s so well suited to free soloing. It’s such an exercise in getting to know an individual and get invested in them, before they attempt something very potentially fatal.

Brokeback Mountain (2005) dir. Ang Lee

I can’t even talk about this. When I was around 13 I snuck downstairs to watch this on TV at 11pm in secret, and my life was forever changed. I wouldn’t be who I am if I hadn’t seen Brokeback at the age I did. I seriously can’t talk about this or I’ll write an even longer essay than this already is

God’s Own Country (2017) dir. Francis Lee

The antidote to Brokeback Mountain, I’m so glad I managed to see this one in the cinema too. It makes me cry every time, as someone who’s spent years working on a cold British farm with sheep it was very realistic, which is expected since Lee grew up on a farm in Yorkshire. I love that this movie isn’t really about being closeted, but about being so emotionally repressed and self-loathing that the main character finds it so hard to accept love. Or that he deserves to be loved. The cinnamontographies.... lordt... but also the intimacy and sex scenes are fucking searing wow who hasn’t seen this movie by now. 10 stars. 20 stars!!!

Tomboy (2011) dir. Céline Sciamma

I saw this years ago but I’ve never forgotten it, it cut so deep. It’s from the director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire and it’s about a gnc kid struggling with gender and misogyny and homophobia in a really raw, scrappy way, it reminded me very much of my own... childhood... ahh the central performance is amazing for such a young age. I haven’t seen Portrait yet but I feel like if you went nuts for that, you should definitely check this out, it’s lovely.

Donnie Darko (2001) dir. Richard Kelly

EVERY TIME I WATCH THIS MOVIE I UNDERSTAND LESS AND LESS and that’s what I love so much about it. I love surreal movies, I love time-fuckery and stuff about altered perception etc etc and Donnie Darko scratches all my itches. I wish I could find a way to figure out an IT AU for it, because I know it would work! Somehow! Plus it’s got the subdued 80s nostalgia and I found it at an age when I was really starting to explore movies and music and the soundtrack FUCKS.

Offside (2006) dir. Jafar Panahi

I wish more people knew about this!!! It’s an Iranian film about a disparate group of women and girls who are football fans and want to watch Iran’s qualifying match for the World Cup, but women aren’t allowed into the stadium, so they all get thrown into the Stadium Jail together? They don’t know each other beforehand, but it’s about their changing relationships with each other and the guards and just, their defiance alongside hearing the match from the outside and WOW it’s so lively. Great dialogue and very funny, and such a different kind of story from anything you usually see from Hollywood.

The Fall (2006) dir. Tarsem Singh

This movie... I guess it’s the ideal. This is the platonic ideal of a film for me, it has fantasy, magical realism, glorious visuals, amazing score and costumes and production design and a really interesting, heartbreaking relationship at the core of it. I don’t know why so many of my favourite films feature incredibly raw performances by child actors but this is another one, Catinca Untaru barely knew any English and improvised so much because of that, and it’s fascinating to watch! Also the dynamic with Lee Pace is one of my favourites, where a kid forms a friendship with a guardian figure who isn’t their parent, but the guardian grows to really care for them by the end. It’s like Paper Moon in that sense. What is there to even say about this movie, it’s pure magic joy tempered and countered by genuine gutwrenching emotional conflict in the real world, it’s also ABOUT old moviemaking, in a way, and it’s stunning to look at!

Mad Max Fury Road (2015) dir. George Miller

I know I included this in my “most rewatched” section but it deserves its own thing. We all know why this movie is fucking incredible. I remember clutching my armrests in the cinema and feeling like my skeleton was being blasted back into the seat behind me and tbh that is the high I’m constantly chasing when I go to see any movie. What a fucking gift this film is

Théo et Hugo dans le Même Bateau (2016) dir. Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau

I only found this movie last year and it became an instant favourite. Initially I was just curious because I’d never seen a movie with unsimulated sex before, but it’s so much more than the 18 minute gay sex club orgy it opens with. No, not more than, AS WELL AS. The orgy is important because this movie is so candid and frank about sex and HIV treatment in the modern day, it was eye-opening. Another thing that really got me is that I’d never seen a real-time film before. It’s literally an hour and a half in the lives of these two men, their intense connection and conversation and conflict in the middle of the night in Paris, with some really nice night photography and just!!! Wow!!! AMAZING CHEMISTRY between the actors. This is such a gem if you’re comfortable with explicit sexual content.

Ok. This is already over 3k but film is obviously one of my ridiculous passions and I can and do talk about it for hours. I’ve been reading magazines about it for years, listening to podcasts and reading review blogs and recently, watching video essays on YouTube because the whole process is so interesting to me and I want to learn more!!

Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of valuing form over narrative. The idea that story can often come second to the deeper physical experience and emotional reaction that’s created by using ALL the elements of filmmaking and not just The Story, y’know? Whether that’s editing, shot composition, colour, the sound mix, the actors, how it should all be used to heighten the emotional state the script wants you to feel. And so, I think for a few years now this approach has been influencing the types of films I really, really love.

I think I love surreality and mind-bending magical realism in films specifically because the filmmakers have to use all those different tools to convey things that can be way too metaphysical for just... a script? I’m always chasing that physical response; if a movie can make me stop thinking “I wonder what it was like to set up that shot” and instead overwhelm that suspension of disbelief, if I can be terrified or woozy or crying for whatever reason, that’s what I’m looking for. That’s why I watch so many fuckin movies, and why I’ll always remember nights like seeing IT (2017) for giving me another favourite.

Thank you again for this question, I didn’t mean to go so overboard. Also there’s no way to do a readmore on tumblr mobile so apologies to anyone’s dashboard 😬

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My Girl - Magna Swing (LEMON)

Word Count - 2744 Summary - REQUESTED. See it was requested but I lost it so here is the lay down. Your a noble, you’ve been ‘friends’ with Magna for years and now, you’ve found out you're to be married.  A/n - hell's yeahs man! I'm really bored with this coronation quarantine so here is some smut. Sorry, if it's a little OOC.

Y/n P.O.V Magna first met you while he was in the city. He was making his way to the old alley that covered the black market when he heard you scream. Of course, Magna being the manly man he is, ran towards the scream. There he found you, being pushed around by two kids.

"Hey! Leave her alone you little mongrels!" Magna ran over and grabbed the kids back the back of their shirts and held them up.

"What do you think you're doing hurtin' a lady!?" The two boys grumbled and tried to kick out of Magna's grasp.

"Lady? Yeah right, Y/n's no lady. She's our sister!" Magna stilled. Should he put the kids down? But, they'd seem to be really hurting you. Magna flicked his eyes towards you, you were wiping small tears away from your eyes and holding yourself away from him and the boys.

"Even worse!" He dropped the kids and spun them around to face him.

"Now quit being mean to your sister and act like men!" The two boys shrugged Magna off and scoffed.

"Yeah, whatever. Come on, Elliot, it's almost time for training."

"Hey, where are you-" Magna stopped and looked down at the hand that had been placed on his arm. He followed the hand to the beautiful face of you. You smiled sweetly at him and spoke,

"Don't bother, they don't listen to anyone." Quickly, you retracted your hand and held it out for Magna to shake.

"I'm Y/n, from house L/n,"

"Ahh, a Nobel," Magna swooped down and took your hand looking you in the eyes as he kissed the top of your hand.

"It's a pleasure," You blushed softly and giggled at the magic knight's antics. Your eyes looked down at his cloak, noticing the black bull crest.

"What brings you to the city, Mr. Black bull?"

And that's where it all began... At first, You and Magna would just keep bumping into each other, in the market or on the street. And Magna would usually have to save you from something, whether it was others being mean to you, or you almost dropping something due to your clumsiness, he was always saving you. And one day he said something about it.

"Maybe you'll just have to hire me when you go out from now on Y/n," and you did. Whenever you left the house for long shopping trips and short vacations, you paid for his service from the Black bulls. Your family didn't much care for you so what you did with your monthly cut of coin was none of their concern.

This arrangement went on for years, at first nothing but friendly conversation and fun hangouts. But somewhere during the long years, you stopped paying for his services and just showed up when you wanted him for something, and Magna had no problem with doing it for free, at first he didn't even notice you were not paying! He was just happy to be with you when he could. And sure, this annoyed the absolute fuck out of Captain Yami, but you always paid off Magna's medical bills so it worked itself out.

~~~

Y/n P.O.V

Tears pricked my eyes as I stared down at the floor beneath me. My ears seemed to be ringing. A ring was placed in front of me. I stared at the glinting diamond in objection.

"And when do we marry?" I choked out. Trying to stop myself from crying in front of everyone.

"Oh quit the dramatics, Henry is a lovely boy and you're lucky to be engaged to him." My mother spouted looking down at me in disapproval.

"Yes, I'm sorry mother." I looked back down.

"You'll be wed in 3 months. Now put on that ring and a smile, darling." Her mother plastered a fake smile and slipped the ring on my finger harshly. I nodded and stood and walked out of the study. As soon as my back hit the door, I felt the dam break. Quickly I ran for my room and locked the door. I wept in my bed for hours, turning away everyone knocking at my door.

Days passed and I finally felt ready to leave the dull room. It was thick with grief and it was suffocating. I had decided to stay in our cabin in the clover forest for a few days to get away from the wedding preparations and thoughts of being shackled to a man for the rest of my life.

I packed my bags quickly and readied a driver to take me to the Black bulls hideout. When I arrived, I began my search for Magna. It was still quite early and no one was awake, even though it was 9:30 in the morning.

"Magna?" I knocked on his door and pushed it open.

"Magna are you awake-" Oh Magna was awake all right, awake and soaking wet with a loose towel around his hips. He combed his wet hair back a bit and turned to look at me.

"Oh hey, Y/n!" He immediately walked over to give me a hug but I halted him, pressing my hand against his naked chest without even thinking about it. My hand warmed at the touch and I pulled away quickly holding it like it was burned.

"Maybe when you get some clothes on, hmm?"

"Oh yeah... sorry!" Magna looked down at me for a bit before turning to change and letting me exit.

~~~

"So, what's up, Y/n?" I turned to find Magna dressed and ready looking at me a huge grin. I smiled a little back and walked up to him.

"I'm here to humbly ask for your service to escort me to my cabin, good sir," I spoke with a posh voice and drawled out my arms in a way that made it more dramatic. Magna burst out laughing and I smiled watching him.

"M'lady," Magna bowed towards the door and led me to the crazy cyclone.

"Why a trip to the cabin? Something up?" Magna knew me so well.

"I'll tell you when we get there."

~~~

"YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED?!" Magna yelled looking at me in exasperation. I sighed and sat down next to him.

"Apparently..." I grumbled, dropping my head on his shoulder and slouching against him.

"I-I'm sorry," Magna slowly moved his arm around me and pulled me closer, speaking into my hair.

"It's fine, I mean I knew it was gonna happen someday," I whispered.

"That doesn't make it any less fair." I sighed and nodded, looking up at him. I studied his features. I always loved Magna's hair, it was always so wild and just him. And his eyes were gorgeous when he would finally drop his glasses. Such a pretty blue.

"Y/n?"

"Do you want to spend the night?" I suddenly asked. Magna looked at me for a bit before jumping up.

"HELL YEAH.l! SLEEPOVER! LET'S GO!"

The night went on with the two of us just talking. We ate dinner together and then went and sat in the living room beside the fire. Eventually, when it hit twelve and the creepy old lock rang, Magna and I decided to go to bed.

I showed Magna to his bed and rushed off to go find my own as I fought the cold. I quickly climbed into bed and pulled the covers over me so I could sleep.

But I couldn't.

All I wanted was to go to bed but my body was wired and my belly was ticklish. I felt an unbearable aching between my legs and I couldn't stop it. I sighed and looked up at the ceiling and sighed.

"Not again." I groaned covering my face with my arms. This has been happening lately, as soon as I say goodbye to Magna all I could do was need him again but... in a different way.

My mind has been whispering to my imagination lately and it has not been innocent. I couldn't help but think of his hot hands on me, in places he shouldn't be touching out of wedlock. It was wrong to think about, he wasn't even my boyfriend!

I sighed and clenched my thighs a little tighter.

Maybe he wouldn't mind? God! What was I thinking? Magna liking me? It's crazy! I'm just some weak Nobel no one cares for, he wouldn't want me... But, he does always look at me a little longer than others. And he was always complimenting me and he did flirt! Maybe I should just try? Hell, I'm going to be married in 3 months. Who cares!

I stood from my bed and crept down the stairs to Magna's door and held my hand up to knock.

Henry won't tell the difference between virgin or not right?

But before I could drop my wrist to knock, the door opened and there stood Magna. Stripped to only a pair of cloth pants, tight around his thighs and further up. His hair was tousled and he looked down at me surprised.

"Y/n."

"Magna."

5 seconds. 5 seconds before we both grabbed for each other and kissed lovingly. My arms wrapped around Magna's neck and my hands curled into his hair. His arms drifted past my waist and lifted me to wrap around his hips.

He pressed me against the wall and pushed against me connecting our lips again. He kissed me softly, letting me catch on to the rhythm. Without meaning to, I ground my hips against Magna and moaned softly, letting him slip his tongue in my mouth and thrust against my center. I pulled away from Magna for air and felt him drift down my neck, leaving soft kisses and bites.

"M-Magna, wait," I breathed, pushing away from him a bit.

"Princess?" He looked at me in concern and worry.

"Mags, I- ... I've never... well... you know?" I whispered, embarrassed for having to tell him. Magna stopped for a second staring at me. His eyes were intense and I couldn't help but look away, feeling ashamed.

"I'm sorry," I felt like crying. God this is so embarrassing!

"Hey," Magna grabbed my chin and turned my face to face him, he looked at me and smiled softly.

"What are ya sorry about? You don't need to be experienced, we don't even have to do that. Y/n, I want you to be comfortable, and I want to go at your pace because I'm a man and that's the manly thing to do!" I laughed softly and wrapped my arms around him softly and smiled.

"You really mean it?"

"Of course! Lying is unmanly!" I shook my head and smirked.

"Then can we... continue?" I asked shyly, barely holding eye contact.

"Ab-SO-lutly!" Magna smiled and picked me off the wall and turned us to lay on the bed.

"Tell me to slow down if you need to, okay?" I stared into his eyes and nodded softly before leaning forward to bite at his lip softly. I watched as his pupils swallowed the blue of his eyes and he groaned as he leaned down to follow my kiss feverishly.

His hands fell down my sides, rubbing at my skin underneath the fabric, his warm hands heating my skin. His hands slid under my nightgown and ran softly up my thighs to grip at my hips firmly making me squirm and open my legs for him. My knees squeezed at his sides as he pressed his hips against me and his arms slid my gown up. I sat up a little and threw the nightgown somewhere in the room. I covered myself a little, shy of his reaction.

"You're so gorgeous." He whispered. I blushed and looked at him as he dove down and took a breast in his mouth and one in his hand. I squirmed underneath him as he pulled at me gently, rotating my nipple in one hand. I rocked my hips against him moaning into the thick air. His other hand slid to the band of my underwear and cupped me gently. He rubbed at my folds softly and kissed at my throat. His kisses moved lower, passed my breasts and reached my navel. I shivered, curious about what he was doing. He removed his hand and went to pull off my underwear, throwing it to the side when they were off. He spread me slowly and leaned down. He pressed soft kisses against my thighs, tickling my core in desire.

"Magna what are- oh!" I felt the flat of his tongue lick against me as his kisses led down the apex of my thighs.

"Mag-naa..." I felt as though I should stop him but it felt so good. His tongue lapped at me gently churning my loins in knots, heat growing in my stomach. I fought to close my thighs but Magna's strong arms held me open and braced me against him, no pulling away or pushing against. Magna licked and sucked gingerly at me. I couldn't help but moan loudly and grip at his hair, pulling it even, making him moan faintly.

It felt like a string was held taut within me and one moment it snapped and I was in pure euphoria. My thighs shook hard and I gripped Magna's hair harshly. I panted heavily as I relaxed, finally my thighs were released but I didn't have the power to move them for a second. I pulled Magna towards me and kissed him sloppily, tasting myself slightly. Magna pulled away and looked down at me, pulling my leg to wrap around him nimbly.

"Are you still sure about this?" He leaned down and waited for my confirmation. I leaned up and kissed him slowly before pulling away.

"More than ever." Magna pressed forward, inching himself slowly. I felt the pressure of him press against me, my walls finally giving away and accepting the rest of him wholly. I moaned between discomfort and pleasure, my stomach burning with earnest. I relaxed around him and rocked against him, needy for him to move again.

He sighed heavily and pulled back before sliding in again slowly. I felt him drag against me and begged for him to go faster, myself burning with need.

"Magna- Please." I cried. He sped up, pressing me deeper into the bed beneath us. I gripped at his back and dug my nails into his shoulders, trying to limit my cries.

"Oh princess, please let me hear you." He finished his request with a deep thrust making me release my captive lip and moan directly into his air. He nipped my neck and chuckled darkly.

"Thank you, Darling." I continued to moan loudly clawing at Magna. Magna would hit certain spots making me edge closer to my end. And just like before white-hot pleasure filled my senses and I pulled tightly against Magna, wrapping my legs around him making him cum inside me. Magna groaned and held me tightly pumping a few times before finally stopping and pulling out. I panted hard and felt Magna collapse beside me. Suddenly he jumped up.

"Oh shit! Oh sorry! Fuck!" Magna jumped up and ran to the bathroom before coming back with a wet towel. He pulled apart my legs gently and wiped softly at my puffy lips. Overstimulated and sensitive I could barely ask him what's wrong.

"Magna? W-WHat are you doing?" I tried to squirm away.

"I-I came inside you..." He said quietly. I paused before laughing slightly. Magna looked at me.

"What's so funny? I could get you pregnant! You're gonna be married in 3 months!" Magna whispered-shouted while I tried to stop laughing.

"Says who?"

"What?"

"Who says I have to get married?" Magna watched me as I got up and faced him on the bed.

"Your parents..?" I sighed and looked away.

"What if... what if I didn't go back home, and instead I-... I went back with you?" I held my breath, hoping I didn't scare Magna, or that he didn't really like me; he just wanted my body.

"I would love that!" I looked up at him and smiled excitedly.

"Really?"

"Hell yeah! You'd be my girl, and I could show you off whenever I want! And you could help with initiations! Oh, and strip poker! Y/n we HAVE to play!" I laughed at Magna's antics, trying not to cry.

"Magna?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

"I love you too, Princess."

[vibrantbloom]

how about a classic becks movie rec post?

This was so much harder to cut down than the books one was! I did the best I could but since @johnwatso wanted my little comments on the vibe and that got long, it’s under the cut

General

The Dark Knight - one of my bby heath’s best performances, one of the only superhero films I’ll ever love

Pride and Prejudice - I love these straights with my entire heart

The Importance of Being Earnest - this is my kind of comedy tbh

Room - really hard to watch at points but it’s one of those movies that made me fall back in love with film, I found it breathtaking

The Truman Show - my worst nightmare in a really good film

Inception - I’m still fucked up by this film honestly, what kind of messed up thriller action @ christopher nolan

The Social Network - andrew garfield going off in this film is everything

Walk the Line - did you know this is another film I used to watch at least once a week for a couple of years

Lion - I cried and cried, the casting for little saroo and then dev patel is perfection

Jackie - admittedly the being brought up around jfk obsession might be an influencing factor here but what a performance from natalie portman

Ex Machina - that oscar isaac dance scene will stay with me

Gone Girl - more women fucking things up tbh!!!

The Lives of Others - this follows a Stasi officer who is eavesdropping on a couple and it’s one of the most fantastically put together, heart beating fast films I’ve ever seen

Get Out - I can’t wait for jordan peele to do more stuff, this was truly an instant classic horror film

Sense and Sensibility - I think in hindsight 7 year old me was just a bit in love with kate winslet in this movie, this is still a go to comfort film for me

Romeo + Juliet - as some of you know, I was weirdly obsessed with this movie at age 5 to the point where I’ve seen it hundreds of times so that’s a thing

Persepolis - such a beautiful mixture of gorgeous style and social commentary

Dead Poets Society - absolutely heartbreaking, even worse now with robin williams but a complete must watch if you’re a film lover

Atonement - so many shots in this are completely stunning, a story that will stick with you and also my fave film costume of all time (keira in that green dress)

The King’s Speech - colin firth as king george vi, v quiet gentle film but fantastic

You’ve Got Mail - the height of 90s romcoms with tom hanks and meg ryan and a classic in my heart

Bridesmaids - honestly I can never remember laughing more in the cinema than I did at this movie, I need more good female comedy films

Catch Me If You Can - I just love the playful chase vibe of this film, leo dicaprio was so perfect for it

Misery - read the book first pls!! but then come and enjoy how fucking incredible and terrifying kathy bates is in this film

Musicals

Moulin Rouge - this is one of the film loves of my life, there’s not a single moment you could ask me if I want to watch it and I’d say no

The Sound of Music - man did I go through a sound of music obsession as a kid, I was brought to the singalong as a 7 year old and

Singin’ in the Rain - the dancing alone brings me an unreasonable level of joy, should also be in the classics section and perfect to watch at christmas

Once - this is close to my heart since it’s set all over my city but it’s also just quietly beautiful with one of my favourite soundtracks ever

Billy Elliot - I love the film even more than the stage version, everything about it is so well done and young jamie bell is perfect as our little ballet dancer

Chicago - this film is just such a joy, like considering the subject matter is murder it’s so much fun

Classics

The Philadelphia Story - I also fell in love with katherine hepburn in this film, her with cary grant and james stewart is some of the most amazing early comic timing

Brief Encounter - this is a classic romance on its head a bit and it was a film I absolutely could not thinking about as a young teen, completely fascinating

It Happened One Night - fucking love it, claudette colbert is unbelievable with that sharp tongue and that hitchhicking scene is Iconic

Rebecca - does it feel conceited to say one of my fave films is my name? sure but while this isn’t quite the book, it’s such a classic suspense film

Funny Face - okay that age difference is fucked but audrey hepburn absolutely shines in this film, there’s one dance scene of hers that going to haunt me forever bc it’s weird and oddly sexy and a little genius

Some Like It Hot - great and hilarious all round with amazing comic timing plus classic marilyn, prob one of the first classics I ever fell in love with as a kid

LGBT

Moonlight - this is up there as my joint fave film of all time, it moved me unlike almost anything else I’d ever seen and I think about it every single day of my life

Pride - great story of the lesbians and gays support the miners movement, there’s so much love and joy and pride in this film and it means so much to me

Brokeback Mountain - fun fact: this is the first gay movie I ever saw and I used to watch it at least once a month if not weekly until heath died and I couldn’t anymore but it’s still one of the most heartbreaking and meaningful things in the world to me even if it’s incredibly tragic and ruined me

Carol - 50s lesbians!! they love each other!! I would die for them!!

The Way He Looks - beautiful brazilian teen love story, one of the scenes is the most tender thing and it still makes my heart flutter

The Normal Heart - all the pain, set during the aids crisis and will shatter your heart completely

A Single Man - this film hurts and just be warned for death in general in it but it’s stylistically stunning, as we should expect from tom ford

I Killed My Mother - I think this is still my fave xavier dolan film, plus the paint scene is another iconic one

Documentaries

Citizenfour - the edward snowden stuff fascinates me, watch this rather than the utter shit that is the snowden film

13th - I would watch anything that ava duvernay makes and this is a particularly well made look into race and the prison system

The Queen of Ireland - a bit of a personal thing since my local gay bar is owned by the drag queen star of this film panti bliss but it’s a good look into lgbt stuff in ireland as well

The Celluloid Closet - essential gay documentary watching, gave me as a baby gay a lot to think about

[niniadepapa]

Hi! Don't mean to be creepy but I saw your tweets from the con and I am so in love now with Elliot and ahsosijeb gosh all of it it looked so much fun! I'm staying away from the ouat fandom but the cast is so 😍 ahhh glad you had a good time!

hiiiiii babe! not creepy at all, i’m so happy ppl read my tweets and became members of the Church of Elliot Knight is Pure Sunshine in Human Form

like seriously a list of things elliot did:

- giggle like a tiny baby??? when i was queueing for his autograph i kept going WTF DUDE because he just kept laughing and talking to everybody to the point that his line was always suuuperlong and going slower than the others lmao

- say ‘hi gorgeous!!! your hair is aMAZING’ when my op came and when i told him to wear a flower crown because ‘i hear you were a tree’ he cracked up and said ‘true - let’s do the FLOWER POWER pose!!!’

- try to pronounce my name and laugh super loudly when i made him do the rolling rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr à la spanish and compared it to ‘rufio’ from Hook (and adding that it was such a great movie and i DIED because ‘it IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES EVER’ ‘right????? i always cry with the tinkerbell scene part in the end’ ‘ME TOO’) 

- dance like a NERD when rihanna’s ‘this is what you came for’ would blast from the speakers when his panel w sam ended AND come back and keep dancing after he’d left. 

- same during his panel w jamie AND dance like a maniac during the closing ceremony thing

- was given a STANDING OVATION at said ceremony where the entire theater went ELLIOT! ELLIOT! ELLIOT! ELLIOT! ELLIOT!!!!! –even louder and way more enthusiastic than colin’s, which was very ???? to me considering the audience– because every fucking body loved him so much he went out of the way to stay talking to everybody in every op, autograph and m&g

- tell us he auditioned for wes’ role in htgawm when i remembered he was michaela’s fiance on the show??? and that he also auditioned for shadow moon’s????????

- PRAISED JEN LIKE SHE WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD AND AN ETHEREAL WELCOMING BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING which made me love him even more lbr

- talk to us on the m&g like we were having drinks at a bar, it was /that/ chill???? (also lmao cee morgane and i were pretty much the ones who talked and joked the most in there it was a m a z i n g) (in fact at the end of it when they told us ‘this is the last question’ he went ??? what??? noooo??? ask more??? stay????’ and we were asked to pose for a group picture, i was at the corner but someone said ‘can someone stand before everybody kneeling’ and i went mEEEEEEE and when they took the pic and elliot went ‘okay group hug!’ my mind went like ‘chest. there. rest there’ and kind of tackled him and it was the best warm hug i’ve ever had in my entire life :’)

- just pretty much make my entire weekend and change my life he’s the sweetest most down-to-earth precious cinnamon roll and i wish him the best and hope to meet him another time because goddamn what a man