#the characters? cool as hell and so weird they’re amazing

[keef-a-corn]

Dat’s right, People, it’s time for ‘Keef watches TFP and you just get the notes!’

This is for season 1, episode 13: Sick Mind.

(OH HELL YES!)

I write down the timestamps, but I watch Transformers Prime on Stan (an Australian streaming service) so they may be slightly off.

ALSO! I try my best to note points for every character, but tend to get a little caught up by Bee (although I think I do a pretty good job with the notes regardless) so do be warned.

~~~~Transition~~~~

00:07 - that’s amazing and so useful.

00:11 - hehe penetrate. + the kid’s faces look so funny.

00:12 - Bee’s looking at the roof. His gaze is too high for him to be(e) looking at the same thing everyone else is.

00:24 - honestly I really like the way that line was delivered. Just makes it sound like Ratchet’s hypothesis was created on the spot.

00:25 - I just think it’s silly how they’re all just standing like that.

00:30 - Arcee and Bee are in sync and I love it.

00:38 - Suspense, my beloved!

00:44 - didn’t even think twice about bringing his husband, huh?

00:51 - I don’t think he brought his medical ki- LOOK AT THEIR HEIGHT DIFFERENCE.

00:57 - holy shivers.. the visual is so beautiful and yet so dark.

01:07 - ‘lemme get us in first’ proceeds to make door.

01:12 - it’s at this point that it’s weird Ratchet doesn’t have a battle mask. Maybe he doesn’t need it. But I think he still would.

01:17 - Optimus checks to make sure Ratchet’s okay. Y e s .

01:31 - h o l y . Imagine seeing that!

01:34 - I was going to point out that they’re all the same model, then I saw the veins and the eye sockets and started crying.

01:48 - Ratchet touches da Booba.

02:01 - why was that bot fastened up there?!

02:04 - It’s confirmed by this- if Optimus was to be bot in an apocalypse, he would let the group know. Also a slight detail I like is that Optimus goes to touch his eye, but doesn’t, knowing he’ll probably make it worse.

~intro~

02:58 - everyone else staying very fair away

02:59 - Cybonic Plague like bubonic plague.

03:00 - why did they both look at Bee?

03:12 - if you ever get stressed, I recommend just watching Bee. The way his eyes wander away from the children is adorable.

03:20 - Goddamn. Amazing how he wasn’t infected.

03:31 - HE SOUNDS LIKE A WORRIED HUSBAND.

03:40 - this is what we call foreshadowing

04:08 - That’s it. Smaller bots do cool ass gymnastics tricks when they feel stressed out. That’s my new hc.

04:16 - KnockoutKnockoutKnocko-

04:22 - he knows they’re there. He just doesn’t want to deal with Autobots.

04:24 - yes, I know Arcee’s there.. but where did Bee hide?? Like he’s yellow, he doesn’t have any hiding spots.

04:41 - Optimus is literally dying and is concerned Ratchet was infected!

05:22 - Bee’s little nod when Arcee says ‘it’s Megatron’

06:01 - She said the title!

06:32 - that was a humbling ‘no’

06:53 - The intensity of this scene is so well portrayed.

07:06 - with confidence I know Bee said ‘I’ll do it.’

07:09 - The way Raf’s voice breaks when he said ‘Bumblebee’

07:13 - shut up! This team is so supportive! It could make a grown man cry.

07:29 - Well that was rude.

08:38 - Dunno what’s going on with these two, but they should kiss.

09:08 - Arcee bending down to Bee’s level like she’s talking to a child.

09:23 - pretty visual

09:54 - delicious, more lore.

10:18 - BEE GETTING SO EXCITED TO SEE OPTIMUS!

10:20 - Ratchet having to tell Bee it’s not Optimus after he was about to go hug him.

10:34 - Bee hiding behind fake Optimus

10:38 - ‘One Shall Stand and One Shall Fall’ foreshadowing.

10:53 - it’s the intro!

10:59 - noo he genuinely got upset

11:09 - the little door wing bounce. ⭐️👄⭐️

11:13 - what the fu-

11:24 - Real or fake, Bee will protecc Optimus.

11:33 - amazing how Megatron will sooner remember Bee by his rank than by literally anything else. (It shows that he thinks he’s superior to Bee)

11:50 - let’s all agree Bee absolutely said ‘W h a t ?.’

Also the tilt! He’s like a little Puppy!

11:51 - Megatron’s initial reaction is a mix of shock and horror. It’s short lived, but it’s there.

12:06 - Hehe I love how Ratchet pronounces ‘Bumblebee’

12:10 - The height difference! OH DEAR THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE.

12:27 - ‘what are you?’ ‘M E G A T R O N’

12:29 - They look like father and son rn

12:38 - Ordinarily a logical theory as to why clones showing up would not be good is because they would be a road block to the protagonist. In this situation, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume that the primary reason as to why the clones showing up would not be good is because no one wants to watch Bulk, Bee and Optimus die.

12:42 - Why is Megatron so casual about Bumblebee now? Like he looks Bee in the eyes when Bee says something.

12:46 - What?. Megatron gave Bee a moment to try and communicate with the imaginations.

13:00 - excuse me but what the fuck? WHY IS MEGATRON EXPLAINING IT TO BEE??

14:44 - this is such a serious situation… then there’s ‘Bumblebee’, such a cute and silly word.

15:07 - you’re telling me that Megatron looked so deeply into Bee’s eyes that HE REMEMBERED WHAT HAPPENED?!

15:32 - ya know.. he’s addressing Bee and is talking very calmly.. who is this because it ain’t Megatron.

15:35 - e v e n more calm?!

15:43 - the way Bee’s eyes move!!

16:33 - Megs ain’t even humouring Bee anymore. What the actual frag? If someone wanted to use sick mind as a reason why Megatron and Bumblebee could have a relationship (not love, more friendship or caretaker-) I would be 100% on board.

16:48 - What can we infer from this situation? That Bumblebee is not showing nearly as much fear and is most likely being a little snarky? Absolutely!

17:12 - a bit rude to say ‘speak now’ huh?.

17:20 - shooting Starscream would do no good, he’s already got his hand on the cord, if he’s his he’s going to accidentally pull it out. She’d be better off aiming at Soundwave.

17:51 - Okay, honestly got no clue what Bee could’ve said.

17:54 - I paused the show and it honestly looks like Megatron’s going in for a fist-bump.

17:56 - Bee looks at the formula, then at Megatron.

18:04 - ‘what the?’ Fight me. That’s what he said.

18:05 - Megatron honestly sounds like a parent doing a temptation test on their child.

18:07 - ‘what?’

18:48 - Ratchet became more animated in this moment.

18:53 - Why is the place being destroyed? Is that this risk of the C.P.P.?

19:04 - technically he didn’t.

19:08 - Megatron sounds kinda desperate at this moment. It makes sense considering that his mind is essentially breaking down around him.

19:30 - Amazing aim

19:49 - fun fact, I actually used this photo as a reference for Soundwave’s side profile.

20:13 - there’s something so sweet about Optimus immediately putting his hand over Ratchet as support. + the gentleness of Ratchet’s voice.

20:18 - Bee gotta cheer rather than just clap… Now if you look at Raf, you realise Bee’s just copying him.

20:25 - as soon as Ratchet heard ‘physician’ he gestured at Bee.

20:27 - THEY LOOK LIKE PROUD PARENTS

20:59 - (inference) the only reason that Soundwave had to keep Megatron alive was because there was brain activity, so wouldn’t now be a good time to tell Soundwave it would be best to give up on Megatron?

21:02 - The BOOOOW

21:06 - Bee jolts slightly and his eyes dilate, how did no one notice that?

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And that was Sick Mind!

Honestly I enjoy that episode a lot! And watching it right after predatory makes the episode even better!

The episode fleshes/metals (I’m so funny) out a lot of the characters and the impact Optimus has on their lives and how far some may go, especially Bumblebee. I also think that the episode does some justice for Megatron, showing that he's not pure evil and will listen to reasoning, and there’s a progress between him and Bee where he gradually shows Bee more respect, although the dynamic was short lived, it was still very refreshing.

The episode also sets up that Bee is really good with communication (despite the barrier) and persuasion, using what he knew about Megatron to get the cure.

Genuinely a great episode 10/10.

[squonkinaswamp]

okay I just need to get all my thoughts out here because across the spiderverse?? and absolute masterpiece

SPOILERS!!!!!!! for across the spiderverse btw if you didn’t catch that /////

I absolutely loved and am blown away by just how different across the spiderverse is from into the spiderverse. I love both films so so much for very different reasons but it was so much more adult in their struggles and their problems. it wasn’t better, per se, but it was amazing in it’s own way. everything about it was amazing and I can’t even begin to imagine anything of what they’re going through. all of them.

the beginning sequence with gwen was so ANGSTY I loved how she introduced miles it was so good and then the fight with her dad was so bad I actually cried in the theatre it was that good. and then fight between MILES and HIS parents and then we find out he’s only 15?? and he’s already going through so much?? they expect so much from him but he started out as spiderman when he was 14 and he’s been living a double life since like fuck. I thought he was older than that. he’s so precious though and you can tell that the pressure if getting to him in some of the most humane scenes I’ve seen in animated media, which I am absolutely loving.

then when he found out why gwen was actually there and then AGAIN when he found out that she wasn’t trying to protect him but in fact earth-50101 because of the canon events with the cop, just the absolute BETRAYAL that he felt in that moment and how he just needed to get away and cope and deal but he couldn’t, because he was missing and can we just talk about how he found all of this out within a few hours?? like the whole movie took course over a couple of hours and we’re just expected to what. be fine with that? honestly how miles didn’t cry I don’t know. 

then when miles was going through the go home machine I was on the edge of my seat bc 42?? that's not his world huh?? and then he WENT there are rio had weird eyes and then it CLICKED and FUCK it was so good what the hell and THEN when he went upstairs and uncle aaron looked at his phone it was like. shit. oh god. so THATS whats happening. and THEN, PLOT TWIST, since there's no spiderman in that universe jeff died and miles became the PROWLER but it does raise the question  was he ever supposed to be spiderman? in the original universe of 42? or was he always destined to be the prowler but on a chance encounter ended up destroying the lives of so many people by becoming a second spiderman in a completely different universe?? because we KNOW that he's an anomaly and we KNOW that he wasn't meant to become spiderman and because he DID the 1610 peter parker died and he basically replaced him and screwed up 1610 because he inadvertently created the Spot(love what they did with the bagel) so. was he originally supposed to become the prowler??  in universe 1610?

and fuck how is he dealing with the knowledge that HE'S the reason that the universes are so screwed up and he can't fix it no matter how hard he tries. because what does it matter? he can't do anything. and it sucks. and now he’s stuck in another universe that isn’t his and he can’t do anything about it, he can’t even cope with any of the stuff he learnt in the past few hours because he’s got a fight to do, he’s got to fight himself and god what about jeff and rio? they don’t know anything, only that he isn’t safe, only that he’s gone and they have no idea that he’s fighting for his life, for their lives at the moment, after finding out he’s simultaneously destroying everything everywhere else. they just think he’s snuck out, they have no idea what’s going on. and they won’t find out, they can’t, because miles /isn’t there/. It’s messing with me god.

I’m actually crying though across the spiderverse was so good and incredible and I’m screaming throwing a fit throwing up it was so cool and so good and I can’t. I just. woah. holy fuck. 

but also characters I loved them all and the MUSIC was so good and matched the scenes so well and the OST WAS INCREDIBLE thank you daniel pemberton for this masterpiece and the ART. the art was so good. it was incredible and outstanding and amazing and holyyyyy shit so. I loved all the different styles they incorporated and yeah all the easter eggs were so cool but the art style overall was incredible.

cannot wait for beyond the spiderverse and the story they continue to tell.

[vanillabeenflower]

I found this VCR and promotional poster for this show that was going to air on Adult Swim on Pride Month. This was all the evidence I could find. I wonder what happened…

I just wanted to make some fake screenshots and a promo poster for this honestly cool comic! Here is a long wall of text for my honest opinion of it below (I typed this after rereading it):

I finally got around to rereading Pinky & Pepper Forever, I forgot how good it was!

When I first found out about it, I gravitated more towards the art than the story. The art was more interesting because I was amazed at how intricate it was, because of how scary I consider the permanence of pen and paper art to be. This time I payed attention to the story, and it is very… interesting. I’m not sure I can relate to it as much as other people, seeing as it seems to have themes of Catholic guilt (I have never experienced religious guilt before), the relationship between the two seems codependent (looking back on it, that was probably intentional?) and possibly slightly unhealthy, but their relationship and feelings towards each other are obviously real and since we’ve only focused on Pinky’s negative traits in the book, there probably wasn’t much time to focus on Pepper’s, which made it seem more one-sided, and the story doesn’t really have a happy ending (I guess it does, if you look at it from a certain perspective, since they are reunited again, they’re just in Hell now, which is uh less than ideal but w/e), but I do see a lot of the appeal. After reading a review that said the author planned a sequel to give them a happier ending than in the first book, but stopped after realizing that they were doing it out of emotional attachment to the characters/appeal to the readers and not out of a desire to actually continue the story, and that the lone book stands on its own, I do kind of get it. It does stand on its own, and even though the ending is kind of ambiguous and the story’s line of events feel sudden and aren’t elaborated on much, I still do like it. Kind of a bittersweet ending that leaves a weird feeling in my chest, but it’s more of a happy-sad than a sad-sad. It kind of makes me want to substitute it with my own characters, even though it wouldn’t make too much sense since the religions in the book don’t exist in my characters worlds, and the religions that do exist handle death differently.

So yeah, in short, amazing art, the themes don’t make too much sense for my level of understanding but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy it

Anyway, here are the pics with no filters:

[astriddestelle]

It’s so funny how you change as you get older and how something’s stay the same. Yes it’s another random ass post about some old ass show.

Back in the day Zuko and Katara were my absolute fave characters and zutara was OP. Then the show ended and I forgot about it.

It got brought back to Netflix recently and I’ve put off watching it cause tbh it was never my favorite cartoon (TT and DP)

I no longer ship zutara, but at the same time I only marginally like kataang more?

Like it’s 45 percent zutara to 55 percent kataang.

Idk I don’t like any of the popular canon/fanon ships much.

Give me Zuko/Suki, Yue/Azula, Mai/Aang, anyday (yes I am weird)

Now onto characters.

I like Aang a bit more now, but idk how much is me actually liking him or just feeling sorry for the shit has character has been through and wanting him to be happy. If that makes sense

Karata is still my fave and I’m sorry I ever doubted her (went through a im not like other girls phase and it wasn’t cool to like her 😭)

Zuko is literally the def of a failwolf (teen wolf moots?) it’s so funny, like he kind of cracks me up because of how unhinged and chaotic this man is. Very determined.

He’s also not my favorite anymore? Idk why. meh on Sokka too. (Don’t fight me but they’re both so overhyped 🫣)

Add Azula to that list. Love her down bad tho.

Also idc what anyone says Appa’s Lost Days were sadder than Irohs dead son scene. 🤷🏾‍♀️🤧

He’s also overrated. But I get why he’s awesome and why people love him, but swear people talk about him, Zuko, Sokka, Azula and a little bit of Toph like they’re the most amazing characters to ever walk the fictional earth. So yeah overrated as hell but still cool.

Appreciate characters like Suki a lot more now she’s a fucking bad ass (little Mary sue but hey she gotta keep up somehow)

Don’t tolerate Toph as much now. I’m very over the cocky/snarky/belligerent/caustic, type characters (will make a post about that soon) but she’s cool.

Overall top five ranking

Katara, Azula, Suki, Mai, Aang

Last three all interchangeable

[sprooknooky]

Irene and Wall for the character ask?

Thank you for the ask!! Two of my favorite guys ever!! This ended up being really long...

Irene:

favorite thing about them:

Just her <33 She’s like my favorite person. Sorry real life friends, Irene is my best friend and has been since I was twelve years old.

Really though, I actually enjoy her part of the story (ignoring the sequel). I love that she’s a weird old lady who invented dragon slayers and lives in a castle across the ocean from her daughter that she just assumes is dead. Fuckin amazing. She’s flirty. She’s really hot and she knows it. She’s traumatized as hell. Good for her.

least favorite thing about them:

This kinda goes for every woman in Fairy Tail, but I hate that she’s used for fanservice, especially in the sequel, but also how they changed some scenes in the anime to showcase her massive tits. Like really?? She’s better than this. Let her wear clothes. Please.

Also, I really love super overpowered characters, but for a lot of Irene’s attacks, pure plot armor was used to beat her. Like why is she able to summon a meteor? That part is so dumb. Just let her be an enchantress. It just feels weirdly inconsistent to show that she’s powerful. We already know she’s powerful. Whatever. I’m salty.

favorite line:

Irene says some absolutely batshit stuff but I may have to go with this one. I like how sarcastic it is. She’s such an asshole (affectionate).

Also fun fact: they forgot to color the collar of her top in this panel!

brOTP:

Irene and Bloodman!! I know they don’t interact at all in canon but I love that they’re on the same team during the war. It sparked something within me. They’re both super old and have to put up with Zeref’s bullshit and would bond over that. <3

OTP:

Irene x Anna! They’re old and traumatized and totally knew each other 400 years ago. Also, Irene is a lesbian so I like it a lot better than Irene x Zeref or Irene x Acnologia.

nOTP:

Ehhhh Irene x Acnologia gives me bad vibes… I understand the appeal I guess? She created dragon slayers to help the dragons and he became a dragon slayer and killed all of them. But MAN is it toxic. They both deserve better.

random headcanon:

I think I’ve said this one before but she watches so much shitty reality TV. Like the dating shows where people are on an island and have sex and there’s drama for no reason. She loves that stuff. She makes fun of it daily.

unpopular opinion:

She shouldn’t have been back in the sequel…. I love Irene. So much. But she really didn’t add anything meaningful and didn’t need the ending they gave her. It was just really dissatisfying in my opinion. I feel like a lot of people didn’t mind her being back, but it really doesn’t make sense.

song i associate with them:

Never Love an Anchor by the Crane Wives thanks to @pencilofawesomeness ‘s post here (it’s so cool!! I hope you don’t mind the tag)

favorite picture of them:

She is SO PRETTY but also so silly and I’m struggling to pick just one…

But probably this one :)

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Wall:

favorite thing about them:

I love their silly little personality. I enjoy deranged little guys in general but I like that he has a weird lawyer thing going on. He says “indeed” a lot and stuff like “case dismissed” and it’s so funny. Their title is the adjudicator. Why is he a lawyer??? And the best part is he can rewrite his own personality. So he wrote himself to be this way. That’s amazing. Go little funky robot guy go!!

least favorite thing about them:

I feel like Wall was really doomed by the narrative. He should have had so much more screen time. He just has so much potential. Why introduce a species of robot people as well as alchemy just to kill the guy off? It just makes me sad because they’re so fun.

favorite line:

This is just so badass

brOTP:

Wall and Dimaria are menaces <3 I love that they tease each other in canon and they definitely spar in their free time. Everyone hates it when they’re together because they’ll just gang up on people and make fun of them. It’s great.

OTP:

I don’t think I ship Wall with anyone… they give me aroace vibes.

nOTp:

I think some people ship him with Neinhart? That’s kinda weird in my opinion. Don’t they hate each other? I dunno, it just feels wrong. Besides, Neinhart is too stupid to get any bitches. (Full offense to Neinhart.)

random headcanon:

He was broken out of jail by the empire and that’s why his outfit kinda looks like a prison jumpsuit.

unpopular opinion:

I don’t think I’ve seen enough people complaining about red lightning but it should not have killed Wall. Lightning is lightning regardless of color or strength or whatever. I would have much preferred Wall die by being outsmarted. I also really hate Laxus fighting Wall at all… I think it would have been so much cooler to give the Thunder Legion a better fight against them! Anyway, I don’t know how unpopular that is, but it’s all I have right now.

song i associate with them:

Hmm… I can’t really think of one right now. I’ll update this if I remember anything though.

favorite picture of them:

This one’s pretty rad :D (Or the one I used for his quote)

[nachos-and-movies]

Watching Peter Pan & Wendy, here be my thoughts as I’m watching.

(Literally this poster does the movie wayyyy too much justice, the actual poster looks like a war movie in the dunes)

Background info: I’m Peter Pan crazy. While my sister got the lil princess dress in Disneyland, I got the Peter Pan green hat with red feather, and I looked freaking adorable. I love the live action film with Jason Isaacs, it slaps and continues to slap to this day, despite dated effects it still looks absolutely amazing. Comparisons will be made. My obsession with this movie was so strong, it annoyed my classmates. I love the Hook movie, it is a wonderful different look to the classic story and despite it’s problems, really speaks to the hearts of every child-adult. Also Rufio.

I love this story with all my heart and I expect nothing but empty feelings after watching this movie so I don’t give myself a haemorrhage. Let’s go.

- So far this movie is dark and depressing green. This is a reoccurring issue with disney live action films where they think ‘live action’ is Latin for ‘suck out all the saturation and contrast cus this kid movie isn’t for kids’ or smthn.

- I don’t know about Wendy’s change of personality to the original. Animated Wendy was always a little boring because she’s Edwardian British girl incarnate and therefore you must be boring, but she was still protective and had a bit of a temper. Wendy from the Good movie was unorthodox and creative and adventurous but clearly a girl on the cusp of wanting to grow up. This Wendy is adamant about not wanting to grow up (mood) but she’s once again naive British Girl incarnate that has to question everything but she’s also kinda really mean? For some reason? I think this is Disney’s attempt to have a more varied girl character, which noice, but why is y’all’s idea of a strong female character also often a bitch?

- I do like Wendy’s blue coat and peak Edwardian undies, that’s very nice.

- Man, these kids are acting their asses off and are doing such a good job, I wish they were in a better movie

- Peter so far is very meh. It’s like all his personality is sucked out and put into Wendy instead somehow. Where his cheekiness yo

- why does Tinker Bell move like Will Smith genie?

- Okay, doing a Peter Pan adaptation, there’s a few points you really gotta hit and I’ll refer to this often. The first one is the kids’ first time flying has GOT to SLAP. Everyone who saw the Good movie, even if they forget most of the movie, one scene they all always remember and they remember the music of, and it’s the flight through London. The animated movie had a whole song to have the kids introduced to flying. In both movies they had to practice a little to build up towards the eventual flight. Hell, even in the animated sequel “Return to Neverland” (which I still think is the better animated film tbh) had an entire sequence of the first time Peter and Jane go flying. You HAVE to nail this part of your Peter Pan movie, or else, why bother.

- Why do you even have Nana in your movie jfc.

- Okay real talk, the clock part and the slowing down their flight and then having it be that they’re flying over water: that’s so fucking cool, well done.

- The Good movie had, I think, only 1 shot where it was obviously CGI instead of the actual kids flying. I think this entire flight scene was 70% CGI and it’s not subtle. If they could do it in 2003, you can fucking do it 20 fucking years later. HAVE SOME PASSION GDI.

- Island looks boring. Listen, I love the flowing hills of Wales and Southern England but Neverland in every other adaptation has waterfalls, tall mountains, jungles, cliffs, huge trees, sprawling fauna and it wasn’t all vomit-green.

- Pirate ship would be cool if it wasn’t the colour of diarrhoea.

- Another thing you always gotta nail when doing your Peter Pan adaptation: Hook. What. The fuck. Is this Captain Hook. Nah, not even Captain Hook, more just…. Drunk Uncle Hook who was in the Vietnam war and has weird rules to help his anxiety? He’s not intimidating, he’s not funny, he’s washed out and BORING.

- Also like, reveal your Uncle Hook like he deserves it, yanno. In the Good Movie, you piss your pants with how slow they reveal him, you see his severed hand, you see him put on his hook with that CLICK, you see him and Smee talk and you immediately know what kind of man this is. In Hook, his hook is literally the first thing we see of him, and that magnificent hat. Get your Hook a giant hat or go home.

- Also should be played by the same character as Mr Darling. Just. You have to, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t.

- the hook doesn’t even look right, that looks like the thing they used in ‘I know what you did last summer’ not Captain Motherfucking Hook’s Hook.

- How do you make Smee boring, seriously, how do you do that

- Okay. I love these Lost Boys. Lost Boys of different colours, Lost Boys with tiny tempers, Lost Boy with glasses who’s that exact kid we all had in class at one point, Lost Boy with DOWN SYNDROME, HI, I LOVE YOU, Lost Boys that aren’t boys cus you’re literally 7 and at that point gender doesn’t matter to kids unless you’re Edwardian British. Good. I love it. Baby me appreciates it!

- However was there no more clever way to introduce Lost Boys that aren’t boys to the world? I guess it’s a movie for kids and going “We’re the Lost Boys” “But not all of you are boys” “And?” “Huh, fair” is the fastest way to get that out of the way so I guess it’s fine.

- Actual Native American Tiger Lilly, fuck you, Pan

- Skull Cave looks boring. In the Good Movie they made it the ruins of a castle which was a 10/10 improvement. Even the skull cave in Disneyland Paris is more intimidating than Holes In The Cliffs. Are y’all okay? Are you tired? You seem tired.

- Who gave Uncle Hook the hat that Sasha Baron Cohen wore in Les Miserables?

- Kids not nearly scared enough of drowning

- these rules are making Uncle Hook less cool, I hope the writers know this

- These pirates are cool, I wish they’d had a cool introduction or smthn like… Noodles, the pirate with his hands backward, or the one with his entire body tattoo’d

- At least they got the ‘Pan and Hook spitting threats at each other like 10 year olds’ right

- Yeah this is really ugly and boring, I’d like to stop watching now

- DID THEY JUST CIRCLE FADE, WHAT

- Wendy and Peter Pan aren’t… friends…? They should at least like each other…. Right???

- “Hook wasn’t always Hook” oh boy, we’re doing this huh

- Dayumn, 45 minutes into the movie and we’re FINALLY seeing inland Neverland. What a surprise, it’s pretty boring and ugly. Piss-yellow, dirty, etc. remember in the good movie where they lived in the roots of a giant tree that was set up and looked like they had been living there for forever?

- Man, it seems like Wendy and Tiger Lilly could’ve had a badass friendship if they had had more scenes together.

- About 48 minutes into the movie, Wendy pretty much says the problem of most Disney live action remakes out loud: “Yes, we already know that part of the story, but tell us something different.” Aside from Wendy being dubbed ‘the storyteller’ in this movie even though she has yet to tell a single story, what exactly is new and interesting about this adaptation of Peter Pan? As a kid and sometimes as an adult, I broke VHS’ and DVD’s from the amount of times I watched a movie and immediately rewatched it again, again and again until they gave out. Every adaptation of Peter Pan I owned went through that treatment because I loved them so much. What is in this adaptation aside from more progressive Lost Boys that makes this movie worth rewatchable? What’s this movie doing that’s different from all the others? Wendy and Peter are insufferable or boring, the pirates are boring, uncle hook is boring, the world is ugly and boring, and it hasn’t managed to keep my attention long enough for me to not pause 1/3rd into the movie to make some fries. I don’t need to finish the movie to tell to not watch this movie. Watch something more worth your time, watch the better Peter Pan adaptations cus this ain’t it.

- but I am gonna continue cus I’m recovering from surgery and have nothing else to do.

- You can’t tease me with fruit bats and then not show them, Smee

- Tinker Bell is so boring, I keep forgetting she’s a character in this movie, fuck you.

- Peter’s personality has been ripped from him so hard, it only took Wendy asking him twice before he spilled his beans, huh. Gone is the cocky guy, gone is the ‘I don’t do feelings’ dudebro, gone is the boneheaded fighter. Instead we have “he was my best friend :c”

- I’m really sorry, I know I’m just a fan or smthn, but wasn’t the point of Neverland that it’s so fantastical and adventurous and a kid’s dream that children didn’t want to leave? This is a shithole with danger around every corner and none of the kids have any desire to stay, WHAT IS GOING ON.

- Pan dies within the hour of the movie starting, I hope this means the movie is mercifully short

- Man, remember in the Good movie where Tink dies and Peter becomes so depressed and anguished, he snows in the entire island, making the pirates think he’s dead? I forgot what a good metaphor for grief and depression that was, goddamn. Yeah…. I think I’m gonna watch actual good peter pan movies after this.

- Hook spilling that he was a banished Lost Boy because he missed his mother is very OG Peter Pan, OG Pan is def cruel enough to do something like that…… wish we could’ve uuuuh… seen that Peter Pan in this movie….

- None of these characters have anything to learn except for Wendy and maybe Hook. Everybody else is kinda just… there. There’s no arc for any of them, there’s no incentive for them to become better people.

- Pan just came back to life, I’m not even surprised or bothered about how, it just is, I guess, sure

- I appreciate this movie’s attempt to have songs that fit the vibe without becoming a musical. I wish it had a better movie to support.

- as it stands, none of this execution drama is earned. I like Wendy’s moment of realisation that she can grow up and grow up happy but that’s she’s losing that by getting killed but, like, also, going off the plank is one of the silliest pirate thing known to man, even Pirates of the Caribbean never really made it intimidating. In the other movies it was really silly and the pirates sang a silly song, or it was action-packed because the crocodile was there, but in essence, the plank is child’s idea of a pirate death. You could make it dramatic in the idea that a child would be devastated of being pushed off the plank if it had been more established that Neverland is the land of children’s dreams, and it isnt.

- Again, gotta appreciate the movie trying to make Tiger Lilly more cool

- Uncle Hook, mid-battle: just like old times

Pan: all your times are old

Uncle Hook: LOLS

That was good, that made me laugh

- do Tiger Lilly and this specific pirate have beef? What was that?

- you know what’d be a good peter pan battle? One where peter pan FLIES.

- it really says a lot about your peter pan movie when you’ve seen the dude smile only 10% of the scenes he’s in

- Man, for making Hook and Pan being best friends being like the whole plot of this movie, they got over his death (he fell in water, again, child’s idea of dying) real quick.

- I love the Lost Boys so much, they’re so cute and good

- PAN IS SULKING AGAIN??? IT’S THE END OF THE MOVIE, LIGHTEN THE FUCK UP ALREADY

Yeah uh… not good. Don’t watch. Here my final thoughts on Peter Pan adaptations: It’s about adventuring in the child’s mind. Neverland is a children’s dream playpen, Peter Pan is the personification of the fear of growing up which means he’s immature, he has a temper, he thinks he knows everything but he has still a heart of gold, his moral compass hasn’t fully developed yet but he doesn’t truly want to hurt anyone. Captain Hook is the personification of impending adulthood, it’s the battle Peter always has to fight in order to stay young and immature, therefore Hook is charismatic (growing up seems like something good and desirable) but is ultimately lonely and miserable (the things we’re afraid adulthood actually is). Wendy is a character is supposed to be the edge between maturity and immaturity. She’s not ready to grow up but ultimately learns that no one really is and that she needs to defeat her FEAR of growing up rather than the idea of growing up itself. Peter learns from that that not everybody wants to stay young forever and to accept that fact. Those are usually the basics of a decent Pan movie, it’s an allegory for hitting puberty and how to deal with that. That’s why Hook and Return to Neverland are such good movies, because they play with the definition of ‘adult’. Both of them teach you that yes, growing up is important but that doesn’t mean you have to leave fun behind.

I dunno wtf this movie was trying to tell me. Don’t banish your friends? I don’t know what the fuck is happening in the live action remake writers room but take a break, please, i am actually worried at this point. Relearn why you love movies, rediscover why you love disney movies, maybe write a script about that and THEN make your next disney remake because the mousy lord dictates it. But take a break and relearn why you fucking love movies, please.

[hoothootmotherf-ckers]

all the daemons in the daemon au

Alright. If you have not read my TAZ daemon au the stars are alive, this is not gonna make any goddamn sense. Also, major spoilers ahead.

That being said, here's a breakdown of why I gave characters the daemons I did, because I put way too much thought into this.

Fair warning, it is going to be abundantly clear that I put way more effort into some of these than others. Also damn, I started this five fucking years ago and my writing and interpretation of TAZ have definitely developed since then.

Okay, let's get into it.

Obviously, I made all the IPRE squad birds. How could I not. It's the thing. I saw seven birds, and all that. But oh my god did I put so much effort into which birds.

Merle was the easiest and the hardest, because he has a bird associated with him in canon. He has the owl mask! He's the owl guy! Great. There's more than 200 species of owls. All of them work with the wisdom symbolism that's a really vital part of his character, but I gave him a barn owl for a very specific reason.

Barn owls are weird. So most owls are in the family Strigidae, literally called the typical owls. When you think of owls, great horned and screech and burrowing and the like, 255 of them fall into this broad category. But not barn owls. There are twenty species of owl that are not Strigidae, and that's the family Tytonidae. They're still owls, but they have pretty significant biological differences and that shows in a couple interesting ways, like how barn owls can just kinda unhinge their whole faces and scream. Cool as hell birds.

And that's Merle, right? He's a dwarf, he has his family in Faerun, but he doesn't fit in. He's an outsider - not necessarily visibly, but he is in many ways isolated within his own community. I wanted to draw on that as a defining character trait, along with the wisdom thing. And also barn owls are neat.

Magnus has a Harris’s hawk and you can fully blame Planet Earth II for this. No really, go watch the Harris's hawk clip, it's so cool! But anyway. Magnus's thing is protecting others, and more specifically covered in the Raven's Roost rebellion, and really blatantly illuminated in the conversation with the Power Bear - basically this man keeps rushing in but he is strongest when he's fighting with his friends. Harris's hawks are one of the only birds of prey that will hunt in packs. They collaboratively work to chase down prey in the desert - seriously, watch the episode, it’s amazing!

Taako and Lup's daemons come as a matched set, because I wanted to highlight how they go about the same goal in very different ways. Killdeers and northern goshawks are both known for their very distinctive methods of protecting their nests. Killdeers do what's called the broken wing act - when a predator approaches their nest, they fake a broken wing and do their best to bait the predator away from their nest. And then when they're far enough away they just fly off, because it was an act. That's Taako - acting, manipulating, looking like the easy target until he's not, it was a trick, gotcha, sucker. That's how he protects himself, his family, in general what's his.

Northern goshawks take a different approach to nest protection. They are very well known for being aggressive as fuck. Forget deception, they have talons and will just attack anything or anyone who gets too close to their nest. This is a bit over-simplistic, but also Lup did just go full on firestorm at Edward so like. It makes sense.

So the obvious reason for why Davenport has a hummingbird is that they’re very little and very fast flyers. Which is true, and definitely something I considered. But more importantly, hummingbirds get angry. I’m not great at writing Davenport multidimensionally, but his sin from the Judges was wrath. Hummingbirds are territorial, and they will legitimately attack humans despite being like the mass of a ping pong ball. I have been cussed out by hummingbirds so many times, there’s a bunch of flowering native plants in my yard back home and those little guys get pissed.

Lucretia has a loon for a couple reasons, some of which I only figured out after I made that decision. One is that the call of a loon is used in film to signify loneliness. It's that bird sound you hear in like scenes where people have been abandoned in the wilderness. And she's the lonely journal-keeper.

Also uh. Loons apparently can't walk on dry land? Which works well for me in terms of more of the out of place/loneliness themes she's got going, but not so well for all the scenes where I wrote him walking around.

Okay. So Barry’s bowerbird daemon is one I’ve had from the beginning, and it like 90% started as a really stupid joke. I’m just… I’m gonna insert the instigating video here. Listen. He’s The Lover. That’s his defining characteristic. And his name is Bluejeans. I could probably make this a more solid reason but nope. Watch the video. Listen, sometimes TAZ is choose joy, and sometimes it's fighting weeds on floor 20.

Onto the rest!

John’s daemon is actually the very last one I came up with, and part of the reason that it took me so long to write the latter half of this fic. There were a couple things I had in mind for him. First, I have this tendency of giving bird daemons to characters important to the seven birds. That’s why Angus has a crow, which I’ll get to in a minute. So I wanted to give John a bird too. And then I had to figure out what specific trait of John’s I wanted to use for my convoluted bird symbolism. I didn’t really want to use anything super aggressive or like evil vibes, because that’s the Hunger but that’s not John. I thought about mockingbirds, or lyrebirds, or parrots, because John is a public speaker, he uses his words to do what he does. But I eventually settled on a sociable weaver, because John’s thing is community. Sociable weavers are cooperative nest builders. By which I mean hundreds of them can work together to build an absolutely massive complex nest meters across that they all live in. That's John.

She did have a name. John just doesn’t remember it. 

So another thing with daemons is that they don’t have a set form until their human reaches puberty, -ish. Which quite honestly I forgot for the first few chapters of this fic, whoops. But Angus’s daemon is usually a crow, because corvids are wonderful. Again, it’s the bird parallel thing, but crows are clever. They’re problem solvers, they’re creative, they’re incredibly smart birds despite their fairly unassuming appearances. 

Also, her name is Chirrim, which is my brand of fantasy bastardization of the name of my good friend Charm as a nod to one of her very good fics. Who did not know this, so hey Charm, guess what?

None of the other names mean anything, they’re all just words and a mash of syllables I thought sounded good!

Carey and Killian: Iguana and boar. Yeah, not a lot of thought put into that one. I only got really hardcore into the symbolism a few chapters in, so they took a bit of a hit from that. Similarly, Sazed and a fox - yeah, what a unique idea. 

Lucas: So Capuchin monkeys are the most intelligent new world monkeys, they’re clever and they’re good with tools. They’re also used in laboratory experimentation, which eeeeehhh but good for this. They can also be trained as service animals, fun fact! But beyond the scientist/monkey thing, I wanted Lucas to have a monkey to parallel Mrs. Coulter, who in the books is the one responsible for the machine Lucas created and who has a daemon referred to as the Golden Monkey. 

Jack, June, Isaak, Cassidy: I wanted to go with the desert aesthetic, I think everyone in Refuge has a daemon that’s native to or common in the American Southwest. Jack’s jackrabbit is a slight nod to Hester, one of my favorite characters in HDM. June’s gila monster is one of the only venomous lizards - she may be little, but she can do some damage. Isaak’s rattlesnake… I mean, again, not subtle. And for Cassidy, mules are known for being stubborn. 

Ren: Still the desert theme, but also nocturnal for the good good drow parallels. Incidentally, apparently my interpretation of drow appearances is completely non-canon - I always imagine Ren with medium-toned grey skin and black hair. Pallid bats are white, and I wanted nice contrast with her hair. 

Roswell: Okay Roswell is strange, because they are their own daemon. Yeah. So in the books, there are armored polar bears, or panserbjørne. They don’t have daemons. Instead, they have armor they make themselves out of meteoric iron, which kind of serves the same purpose, but is not exactly a daemon. More on that later. So no, Roswell in this fic isn’t exactly an armored clay being with a bird daemon; Roswell is a bird with an armored clay sort-of-daemon. I'm proud of this one.

Paloma: Paloma has a dragonfly for a few reasons. I wanted something that could fly, to parallel the seven birds and the witches in the books. It also needed to be something small - not having a daemon is wrong to most people, so if you’re like our main cast and could send your daemon far away, you’d get at best some extremely weird looks. But if you have a little daemon, like an insect, then you can easily let people assume that whenever they can’t see your daemon, it’s still there, it’s just in a pocket or something. Also, I liked dragonflies for Paloma because their big eyes and wings look crystalline. 

Johann: He has a cricket, because it’s little, it’s unassuming, but it’s musical. Also, mechanically, crickets make their music by rubbing their wings or legs against each other to create vibrations, exactly like a bow on a violin!

Other notes! Most other daemons were one-offs and aesthetics based. The judges got an ant and a python because (I think, it was three years ago) I was going for both the hive mind/super structured society vibe of ants and the slow crushing power of a python, plus the link to prophecy. And I specifically wanted to avoid any animal symbolizing justice. because they're not just.

I never decided what Edward and Lydia's daemons were - it didn't really matter at this point in our story. But they're my other polar bear metaphors! I mentioned with Roswell that bears have armor they make themselves that's their soul, but not the same as a daemon. There's a bear in the books, illegitimate king of the panserbjørne who rules in an ice palace in the north, who thinks that the humans of Mrs. Coulter's faction can make him a proper daemon. Lyra, the protagonist, actually convinces him that she is a bear's daemon, and this is all part of a scheme to overthrow him and I am NOT doing this justice but it's one of my favorite parts of this entire book series. But everything with the liches and Lup is a DIRECT homage to Iofur Raknison and Lyra Silvertongue.

Oof. I think that's everything? I've been sitting on some of this since early 2018 and I am SO glad to finally get it out into the world.

no one needs to know this much about birds

[writteninscarlet]

🖤 ( *hauls my muse away* ) ;; @brutalage

send 🖤 and my character will answer about yours. ;; accepting

attractiveness:

repulsive / hideous / ugly / not attractive / unappealing / not unattractive / meh / no preference / ok / mildly attractive / nice looking / cute / adorable / attractive / pleasant on the eyes / good looking / hot / sexy / beautiful / gorgeous / hot damn / would tap that / perfect / godlike / holy fuck there are no words.

"If I was to lie - but what would be the point in that - I could say he isn't attractive at all. But if you were just to see him in passing then he isn't unattractive. But OVERALL ATTRACTIVENESS isn't just about looks. And as soon as he opens his mouth. Or you look further..." She couldn't hide the look on her features, and the roll of her eyes. "Truly, he might talk a good talk but most things he does is quite repulsive."

personality:

grating / irritating / frustrating / boring / confusing at best / awkward / unreasonable / psychotic / disturbing / interesting / engaging / affectionate / aggressive / ambitious / anxious / artistic / bad tempered / bossy / charismatic / appealing / unappealing / creative / courageous / dependable / unreliable / unpredictable / predictable / devious / dim / extroverted / introverted / egotistical / gregarious / fabulous / impulsive / intelligent / sympathetic / talkative / up beat / peaceful / calming / badass / flexible.

"I definitely cannot call him boring, but please know that ISN'T a compliment. There's nothing wrong with being boring now and then, certainly when compared to someone so..." She sighed, shaking her head, what words of those did sum him up best? "He is certainly unique. And incredibly frustrating. And aggressive. He's not exactly shown many appealing qualities to myself, but he seems to enjoy himself."

how likely they would have sex with them:

not if they were the last person on earth and the world was ending / fuck no! / never / no way / not likely / not sure / indifferent / I’m asexual / maybe / probably / it depends / fairly likely / likely / yeah sure / yes / would tap that / hell yes / fuck yes! / wishing that could happen right now / as many times as possible / we are already having sex.

There was silence as she thought over her past relationships. And people she'd just slept with. The list was not... amazing. And she was known for bad decisions. But she wasn't about to get into bed with someone as aggravating, and rather as downright evil, as himself. "This is far from my mind."

level of friendship:

never in a million years / worst of enemies / enemies / rivals / indifferent / neutral / acquaintance / friendly toward each other / casual friends / friends / good friends / best friends / fuck buddies / bosom buddies / practically the same person / would die for them / true friends / my only friend.

"I hope it doesn't seem as though I have incredibly HIGH STANDARDS for friendship, but he does possess many qualities I would rather not associate with. And honestly, I believe most things we say to one another only aggravates the other." A pause. "No, actually, he probably says things precisely TO aggravate and annoy me." A shake of her head, a roll of her eyes. "I know they say opposites attract, but that isn't always the case."

first impression of them:

i hate them so much / i don’t like them / i don’t trust them / they annoy me / they’re weird / I’m indifferent / meh / they seem alright / they’re growing on me / truce / I think I like them / I like them / I’m not sure if I trust them / I trust them / they’re cool / they’re genuine / I think we’re going to get along / I really like them / I think I’m in love / oh fuck they’re hot / I love them.

"I don't like to make SNAP judgements." There was silence, before Wanda added, "At the same time, I don't think my opinion that they were annoying and not quite right was a wrong assessment."

current impression of them:

i hate them so much / i don’t like them / i don’t trust them / they annoy me / they’re weird / I’m indifferent / meh / they seem alright / they’re growing on me / truce / I think I like them / I like them / I’m not sure if I trust them / I trust them / they’re cool / they’re genuine / I think we’re going to get along / I really like them / I think I’m in love / oh fuck they’re hot / I love them.

"Now, a snap judgement really isn't good but that impression hasn't changed. And I think for good reason. Some people are just... Tiring. But I suppose he'll probably continue to bug me for some time. Hardly the type to disappear."

[tiffanytoms]

Do you think one of the reasons why (the vast majority) of Jily fics consist of the same recycled tropes and characterizations is because the Jily fandom (or at least a vocal minority) is less receptive to anything different like fics where the characters are more morally ambiguous/not as perfectly brave+good as they’re usually portrayed?

Hello!

Okay, I am going to answer this question like it was asked in good faith and is not a trap - and really hope that one of the 50 trolls I've blocked doesn't come out of the woodwork bc their spidey-senses started tingling and they just can't wait to yell their Karen opinions at me (I've been traumatized... can you tell I've been traumatized? 🤪)

Yes, absolutely yes. And I would agree it is a vocal minority, bc my anon asks and reader stats have never been better than for my darkest fic. Even the ppl who ended up turning on it were some of the biggest fans/reviewers/ask-senders, etc, so, at the end of the day that's their problem with human psychology and not me.

Morally ambiguous content is DEFINITELY popular, but you got some really loud, obnoxious, morally-superior purity warriors who (can't read warnings and tags), I guess, are here to cleanse all our souls by chastising and bullying others (??) whenever they admit that they like anything different, and that (understandably) pushes ppl back into the shadows. You can one thousand percent enjoy something that you know is bad for you or that you shouldn't. (Hello, sugar? Alcohol? Anything fun? Hahaha) Guilty pleasures are not a crime and reading literal crimes is not a crime. Seriously. You can read about murder and no one has to go to jail! 😱

But let me explain myself further: do I think popular tropes are a bad thing? No! Obviously if so many ppl are writing them, ppl like them! I enjoy them too. I think that's great, write away, but I think there's a problem when ppl are actively trying to stop others from writing anything different bc it's not what they personally want to read. We don't cater to entitled narcissists around here. It's the internet. There's enough room for everyone and ppl gotta learn to share their toys, lol. It is really sad bc over the years I have seen other specific writers (weird that this seems to be a recurring theme...) bullying away several amazing, original writers and that's just all sorts of fucked up. You can't tout this perfect utopian community by ostracizing and lying about anyone who dares to think even slightly differently than the norm. It's dumb as hell, and really insecure on those writers' parts. And frankly, I'm pissed they keep getting away with it.

That being said, let's veer into less nefarious waters and say that these ppl didn't lash out due to jealousy and marking their territory, but bc ppl in general are scared of anything new and what they don't understand. Ppl are creatures of habit, so if enough ppl write Jily in a specific way, that way almost becomes canon. For example, I will never forget my complete 'HUH 🤔' moment when someone was sharing my non-problematic, canon story WAYDTM (so they were clearly a fan) and tagged it as 'OOC'. Bc in my head I was like............. how are they out of character? We literally only know xyz about them and THAT'S IT. But it was completely bc so many ppl had written Lily and James in that specific way that that was almost what was expected. Me making James actually be an asshole at the beginning was marked as 'out of character' even if it made complete sense for the way I told the story.

And to that I say, fuck that.

No one here owns Jily, no one here knows Jily, bc Jily does not exist, they are not real, so write them however the fuck you want. It literally hurts no one, it is a story.

If ppl read the story, cool. If they don't, also cool. But at the end of the day, this is fanfiction over fictional characters, and if you're not allowed to play, then what's the fucking point.

I think it boils down to 2 camps: ppl who want to read/write aspirational Jily, and ppl who want to read/write messy, real (sometimes bad) Jily. Both are completely acceptable and wonderful and AWESOME, and we can have both. We just need both camps to mind their own business (but feel free to travel between them! That's cool!) and live and let live and not pretend like either is better than the other.

It just gets so fucking weird when you have ppl trying to tell you what you can or cannot do. Cut that shit out.

Thanks for the ask 😁 Sorry I got a little heated, this has just been a lot.

[jagged1]

Fandom: Outlast Rating: Explicit Characters: Miles Upshur/Waylon Park Contains: Voyeurism, tentacle sex Word Count: ~750 AO3 Link

The nanites might be part of Miles now, but he still doesn't feel anything through them. It’s fucking weird sometimes, watching them move to his will but not feeling anything. No effort, no strain, no weight, no heat, no texture, nada, nothing.

Other times, it’s handy (ha!) as hell. He’s no longer limited by his body, free to do whatever he wishes. It’s pretty damn great.

Right now, he’s happily abusing them and Waylon’s easygoing nature to get off. Okay, abuse might be a strong word. He’s taking advantage of it. It’s not like Way’s not getting anything out of this deal. The tentacle sex sure isn’t Miles’ thing.

But watching? Yeah, that’s his. If he cared enough to think about it and break it down, he could tell you it’s something that always appealed to him. He likes people watching, likes knowing what makes them tick. It’s part of what made him a damn good reporter. On the other hand, he just likes to look at pretty things. Beautiful things. He’s seen a lot of shit, so he’s much happier to indulge in the sight of Waylon falling apart under his, but not his, touch.

Way’s hot as hell, writhing in the black mess of nanite tentacles. It’s his personal show, tailored to exactly what he wants to see. An idle thought of what would happen if Waylon’s nipples were tugged on turns into two tentacles separating from their brethren to pull, pinch, and twist. It might be his curiosity, but he can’t feel the action and the distance gives him an amazing view. Harder and softer mean nothing, because he can’t tell what it actually means in terms of force. It’s so fucking hot, gets him so damn hard.

Any of Waylon’s shyness is long gone and has been ever since the tentacles wrapped around his wrists and ankles, pulling him this way and that for maximum viewing pleasure. They’re cool to the touch, nothing like having sex with another person. They slip and slide over his body, touching him all over, coiled and ready to move at a moment’s notice. He feels himself lifted into the air again, legs spread wide, ass held open. He’s propped in a seated position, head held up so Miles can watch his expression, arms behind his head, framing his face.

A few tentacles break off, petting Waylon’s face, down his chest, stomach, hips. Two stay at his cock, stroking it and playing with his balls. Occasionally they squeeze tightly, making everything twitch.

Miles groans at the sight, the vivid black lines looking like a cock ring. He tracks the slide of pre-cum dripping as a third tentacle catches it and brings it down to Waylon’s hole. The tentacles holding him open shift to make room for the newcomer. It circles around the rim, lightly flicking in and out, spreading the pre-cum around. Miles is mesmerized by the slight shine of it, wants to see more and the tentacles respond by sending one into Way’s mouth. It dips in, coating itself in spit before trading places with the other one, smearing spit everywhere.

It’s messy as fuck, and Miles loves it. He wants to see pretty, perfect looking Waylon all dirtied up and shining through it anyway. The tentacles stop teasing, instead switching to getting Way to come as fast as he can. The yelp of surprise and moan of pleasure tell Miles he’s okay with the change in plan, watching his body arch into the tentacles' touch.

Miles flicks his gaze from Way’s red gasping face, to his darkened raw looking nipples, to his purplish cock, leaking like a faucet, and finally to his wet, twitching hole. The black of the tentacle makes it look like his hole is gaping and Miles is seeing straight inside him, fuck, so fucking hot.

Waylon comes with a wail, cum splattering all over his chest, even up to his chin. His hole spasms around the tentacle in him, as his balls and cock twitch, pumping more cum out. He throws his head back, tears streaming down his cheeks from the stimulation. He looks absolutely wrecked and Miles swears.

He stumbles to his feet, moving towards the bed, and roughly undoes his own pants, pulling his cock out and stripping it quickly. It only takes a few strokes for him to come, aiming for Way’s hole, leaving messy trails all along his ass before they drip onto the bed.

Now this is a perfect sight for sore eyes. Standing there, cock out, panting for breath, he’s already wondering when he can get Way to agree to another round.

[foxgirlchorix]

thinking about “ok actually what fursonae/[x]girlsonae do i want to have”

this will probably end up mostly being ‘basic bitch’-y. i admit to mostly only looking as deep as single species in, like, reptiles and mammals, and i expect a lot of this will revolve around “what if was humen shaped”

my first basic bitch move: im probably not gonna have anything microscopic. no disrespect to bacteria archaea and most eukaryotes but im sorry i dont have the power

this is going to be long!

okay. first

ediacaran biota: there is absolutely no way i can do them justice. but i love them so dearly and need to be them

slime molds: slime molds are really cool but i dont know if i can do them justice. thing to keep in mind though!!

lichens: lichens are the fucking best. the only problem here is this character is probably some sort of rockgirl with lichen growing on her... which i suppose isn’t a BAD problem to have

ferns: ferns can be fun and weird. they’re a big group with a lot of variety so i think a ferngirl is feasible! considering arborescent ferns like the cyatheales.

conifers: FUCK YOU THERE ARE THERE ARE DECIDUOUS CONIFERS. i could be an amazing larch

water lilies: water lilies are kind of gender and wow that looks utterly meaningless as a phrase. but like. they are!

cassytha: i like parasitic vines! cassytha are a good example but i’d be open to other parasitic vinegirls

triuridaceae: i really like flowering achlorophyllous plants. and you say they get their food by digesting intracellular fungi? delightful. also they look SO WEIRD

bromeliads: core problem- there are carnivorous and myrmecophyte bromeliads but they aren’t in the groups of bromeliad i find cutest. otherwise like come on who doesnt want a bromeliadsona

plane trees: i love those awful hell achenes

venus flytraps: i mean there’s SO much fun stuff to be had with a dionaeasona! they’re what a lot of people think of when they hear “carnivorous plant” for a reason.

ivy: ivy are wonderful!

violets: violets are among my favorite flowers especially when they’re really really tiny and especially when clustered

pomegranates: pomegranates are my absolute favorite fruit and they’re very pretty and have very pretty flowers and did i mention they’re very pretty

fungi: the core problem with fungi is the part one’s interested in is the fruiting body, and unlike with (at least some) plants the aboveground part is mostly inconsequential. however i’m thinking of bracket fungi, earthstars, and chanterelles. it is downright criminal of me to go into as much detail as i did with plants and will be doing with animals but not as much as with fungi so it’s going to have the longest description thing

sponges: i can’t do sponges because the concept of a spongesona has been monopolized by the paramount corporation with the character “bob”

comb jellies: comb jellies are so cool and the extremely underrepresented field of “jelly sonas” (DO NOT CONFUSE WITH SLIMEGIRLS) deserves my mark. theyre so good

hydrozoans and jellyfish: there is so much cool variety here. you’ve got tons of bioluminescent stuff, colonial porpitas and siphonophores, some freshwater stuff, a few that have photosynthetic symbiotes, and even some active predators. the life cycle of larva -> asexual polyp -> medusa -> sexual polyp is so cool, though there’s stuff missing various of those phases obvi

vampire squid: the joined arms are really cool and i like them, so i think vampire squids are my preferred cephalopods for sona purposes. you know ursula?

chitons: there isnt enough respect for chitons. i like them and i hope i will be able to make a girl

bryozoans: i love bryozoans if i had a brain i would study them!! people don’t think about them enough. i love the whole lots of specialized zooids thing and i love that some can ‘walk’

tardigrades: overplayed and overhyped, but i do like them. eight legys

dinocaridids: i LOVE THEM SO MUCH. i need at least one dinocaridsona. maybe an anomalocaris but there are SO MANY GOOD OPTIONS

trilobites: i’m not as interested in trilobites, but it’s kind of obligatory don’t you think?

sea spiders: i must confess a fondness for sea spiders. they’re probably too stick-y to be a good girlbasis

horseshoe crabs: beloved beasties. i think about as hard to girl as a turtle

spiders: everyone’s spidergirls are pretty much always kinda modeled off of tarantulas, with a big wide opisthosoma. that’s all well and good, who doesn’t love fat asses, but a more elongated form like orb weavers could be fun for a spidertaur! a weirdly shaped one (like triangular ones!) might be fun too. also i love when spidertaurs have the human legs be pedipalps

centipedes: everyone loves disturbingly large centipedes!

dragonflies: idk why but i like dragonflies a lot. hell if i know how to girl them though

wasps and bees: both of these deserve a sona. maaaybe ants too. the point is i like the eusociality and theyre more aesthetic to me than termites

rays: rays are kind of perfect for ‘you call this a mermaid, but it’s actually just a really big [animal] with a small human torso on top??’. i love this idea and want to use it

sharks: the possibilities are endless. you could have a typical sharkgirl with a nice fat tail, an angel shark like my ray girl concept, or also i like whale sharks i should do a whale shark

ichthyosaurs: you may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like. the IDEAL choice for a girl who doesn’t want a dolphinsona but also wants something a bit spicier than a sharkgirl. definitely thinking a mermaid-like setup here. she would be incredibly annoying about ‘well i’m a reptile and a mammal and i look like a fish so you have to guess my pronouns now’. what the hell does that mean

mosasaurs: mosasaurs are a bit overplayed in the ‘omg big animal so scary’ field, but it might be worth playing into that? maybe skew things a little whale-ways

snakes: snakes are a classic for a reason! maybe go with a marine snake, or else just commit to the largest snake ever for a worldserpentsona (beloved)

crocodiles: many people have said what i’m about to say- crocodiles are worth it. i can and should commit to a crocodilesona. for fat tails around the world

pterosaurs: a pterosaur sona is downright needed. and there are SO MANY CHOICES!! definitely something in clade caeliadracones if only because that’s a great name

tyrannosaurs: i have to admit it- tyrannosaurs are iconic for a reason. these reasons dovetail pretty well into having a tyrannosaurgirlsona! plus because shes not a normal tyrannosaur i can give her as many feathers as i want

microraptorines: i think they’re so cute and i want “four” wings

enantiornithes: i love them so so so so so much. like i know at least part of it is ‘grass is greener on the other side’ but they’re fucking great. there are so many of them and i love them all

pigeons: i already have a pigeonsona. i have like 10 because angels. but i love pigeons

swifts: i like swifts a lot i think itd be fun to have a sona thats just a whole fucking bunch of swifts

shrikes: i may not have the stomach to be a shrikegirl. but i should try

corvids: MESS WITH THE BEST, DIE LIKE THE REST. magpie angel swoop on you one million times forever

bats: bats are cool and underrated. a bat sona would be fun- maybe a megabat like a flying fox?

cats: i actually already have a couple cat sonas but they’re about as well deifned as ‘hehe... 8′3″ looks like cat face and is a height”. considering perhaps a bigcat-sona and maaaybe a lynxsona

bears: bears <3 i could do it and there will could be more

foxes: my 4d foxgirl is all the fox sona i will ever need <- girl who will create 10 more fox sonas in the next 15 seconds

dolphins: my hatred of dolphins is played up for comedic effect. even so... its orca time

lemurs: every once in a while i think ‘what if lemur sona’ but i get so so scared

[aurorawest]

Reading update:

This one was...okay? It was a historical mystery, set in early 1930s London. I liked that part. I liked the fact that the main characters were all queer. But the characters themselves were very...eh? And the mystery was extremely high stakes but never felt that high stakes? Idk. I don’t think I’ll read the others in the series unless I’m really desperate. It wasn’t a bad book, but it wasn’t anything special, either.

Man I was excited for this one. It was...fine. Not amazing. I really liked Jamie, but Wes was obnoxious as hell. Lots of bro-y casual misogyny, and a weird inability to acknowledge that Jamie is clearly bi, except when he’s thinking about how bi people have more trouble sticking with one person than straight or gay people. And there’s never any growth away from those opinions, so it’s just kind of like...oh, you’re a character with some really obnoxious opinions.

The sex scenes were hot, but in a like...fanfiction-y way? Like, I kept thinking, I would write this in a fic, I wouldn’t write it in ofic. So I definitely had some problems with it. That said, the love story was really sweet, and like I said, I did like Jamie. I’ve never read anything else by Elle Kennedy and honestly I wouldn’t after this one, but I have the sequel already, so we’ll see how it is. Definitely wouldn’t pick up any of her m/f romances, though.

This was an Illumicrate book, and not something I would have picked up otherwise. It started out really promising—gorgeous writing, interesting characters, and a surprise heist plot! But the heist plot ran out of steam, most of the characters were never developed, the twist fell flat, and there was a deux ex machina that was utterly unearned. I think for a young YA audience, none of this would be a huge problem, but I was pretty eh about it. Not a bad book, but not a great book, either.

My edition is signed though, and very pretty!

I was wary of this book, because I wasn’t super impressed with the first in the series, Hard Sell. This one was much better! Ray is a waaaay more likable character than what’s-his-face from Hard Sell. And I really enjoyed the demisexual rep with Elvin, since I’m pretty sure I fall somewhere in that gray ace or demisexual spectrum myself. This book did a better job of balancing the super serious plot with the romance than Hard Sell did, but I still think it was maybe a liiiittle too high-stakes? It worked for me for the most part but I sometimes felt like there was too much dissonance. And maybe like people should be freaking out more than they were. I’ll definitely keep reading Hudson Lin’s romances though, she redeemed herself with this one.

I had no idea what to expect from this one. I read Proxy by Alex London...earlier this year? I think? God I can’t even remember when I read that, haha. It was okay, but it was very surface level. This one was much better. Super interesting world, and a culture where falconry is central, which owl-banding me really appreciated. There was no shying away from the falconry jargon, which I thought was pretty cool. I loved the characters. The two mains are a twin brother and sister, and the POV switches between the two of them (plus there’s a chapter in each section from another random POV). They’re both interesting and well-developed characters with their own distinct motivations and flaws, and their love for each other is *chef’s kiss*. This is the first in a trilogy so I need to pick up the other two.

Just started this one. It’s about a non-binary kid who comes out to their parents and gets kicked out (WITHOUT SHOES. IN DECEMBER. WTF). They move in with their estranged sister and brother-in-law who they’ve never met and start a new school, and they’re clearly dealing with anxiety and panic attacks. I mean, who wouldn’t. They also haven’t come out in the new school, so everyone at the new school is still using he/him pronouns for them. And that’s about where I am. Enjoying it so far. I also have Mason Deaver’s newest book in my TBR pile (got it in a Rainbow Crate), so it’s always a relief when the first book you read by an author doesn’t suck, since you already have another, haha.

[mino-diabolik]

Ⓐ (Virek)

🏃💨

Send me Ⓐ and my muse will rate yours:

Attractiveness:

repulsive || hideous || ugly || not attractive || unappealing || not unattractive || meh || no preference || ok || mildly attractive || nice looking || cute || adorable || attractive || pleasant on the eyes || good looking || hot || sexy || beautiful || gorgeous || hot damn || would tap that || perfect || godlike || holy fuck there are no words

Personality:

grating || irritating || frustrating || boring || confusing at best || awkward || unreasonable || psychotic || disturbing || interesting || engaging || affectionate || aggressive || ambitious || anxious || artistic || bad tempered || bossy || charismatic || appealing || unappealing || creative || courageous || dependable || unreliable || unpredictable || predictable || devious || dim || extroverted || introverted ||  egotistical || gregarious || fabulous || impulsive || intelligent || sympathetic || talkative || up beat || peaceful || calming || badass || flexible

How likely they would have sex with them:

not if they were the last person on earth and the world was ending || fuck no! || never || no way || not likely || not sure || indifferent || I’m asexual || maybe || probably || it depends || fairly likely || likely || yeah sure || yes || would tap that || hell yes || fuck yes! || wishing that could happen right now || as many times as possible || we are already having sex

Level of Friendship:

never in a million years || worst of enemies || enemies || rivals || indifferent || neutral || acquaintance || friendly toward each other || casual friends || friends || good friends || best friends || fuck buddies || bosom buddies || practically the same person || would die for them || true friends || my only friend ||

First impression of them:

I hate them so much || I don’t like them || I don’t trust them || they annoy me || they’re weird || I’m indifferent || meh || they seem alright || they’re growing on me || truce || I think I like them || I like them || I’m not sure if I trust them || I trust them || they’re cool || they’re genuine || I think we’re going to get along || I really like them || I think I’m in love || oh fuck they’re hot || I love them

Current impression of them:

I hate them so much || I don’t like them || I don’t trust them || they annoy me || they’re weird || I’m indifferent || meh || they seem alright || they’re growing on me || truce || I think I like them || I like them || I’m not sure if I trust them || I trust them || they’re cool || they’re genuine || I think we’re going to get along || I really like them || I think I’m in love || oh fuck they’re hot || I love them

How good of a kisser:

worst kisser ever || terrible || bad || awkward || just okay || alright || pretty good || good || makes me moan || excellent || exciting || oh god they’re good || I dream about it || fucking amazing || absolute perfection || we haven’t kissed

“Virek… well, he’s quite the character, I guess. We’ve been all over the place, quite literally. It’s interesting. You’d be surprised by him, depending on the situation. Believe, I was. In all and every goddamn instance I run into this dude… Hopefully, I’ll get to see him soon again!”

[polyhexianchicken]

🖤For Codeblue pls?

send 🖤 and my character will answer about yours.

attractiveness:

repulsive / hideous / ugly / not attractive / unappealing / not unattractive / meh / no preference / ok / mildly attractive / nice looking / cute / adorable / attractive / pleasant on the eyes / good looking / hot / sexy / beautiful / gorgeous / hot damn / would tap that / perfect / godlike / holy fuck there are no words.

personality:

grating / irritating / frustrating / boring / confusing at best / awkward / unreasonable / psychotic / disturbing / interesting / engaging / affectionate / aggressive / ambitious / anxious / artistic / bad tempered / bossy / charismatic / appealing / unappealing / creative / courageous / dependable / unreliable / unpredictable / predictable / devious / dim / extroverted / introverted / egotistical / gregarious / fabulous / impulsive / intelligent / sympathetic / talkative / up beat / peaceful / calming / badass / flexible.

how likely they would have sex with them:

not if they were the last person on earth and the world was ending / fuck no! / never / no way / not likely / not sure / indifferent / I’m asexual / maybe / probably / it depends / fairly likely / likely / yeah sure (plug n play) / yes / would tap that / hell yes / fuck yes! / wishing that could happen right now / as many times as possible / we are already having sex.

level of friendship:

never in a million years / worst of enemies / enemies / rivals / indifferent / neutral / acquaintance / friendly toward each other / casual friends / friends / good friends / best friends / fuck buddies / bosom buddies / practically the same person / would die for them / true friends / my only friend.

first impression of them:

i hate them so much (medics always at first) / i don’t like them / i don’t trust them / they annoy me / they’re weird / I’m indifferent / meh / they seem alright / they’re growing on me / truce / I think I like them / I like them / I’m not sure if I trust them / I trust them / they’re cool / they’re genuine / I think we’re going to get along / I really like them / I think I’m in love / oh fuck they’re hot / I love them.

current impression of them:

i hate them so much / i don’t like them / i don’t trust them / they annoy me / they’re weird / I’m indifferent / meh / they seem alright / they’re growing on me / truce / I think I like them / I like them / I’m not sure if I trust them / I trust them / they’re cool / they’re genuine / I think we’re going to get along / I really like them / I think I’m in love / oh fuck they’re amazing / I love them.

[onlyaphcse]

🖤

send 🖤 and my character will answer about yours. !! accepting

attractiveness:

repulsive / hideous / ugly / not attractive / unappealing / not unattractive / meh / no preference / ok / mildly attractive / nice looking / cute / adorable / attractive / pleasant on the eyes / good looking / hot / sexy / beautiful / gorgeous / hot damn / would tap that / perfect / godlike / holy fuck there are no words.

"Uhm, hello? Have you SEEN yourself? ...No, I'm being serious. Look, you have this whole vibe going for you. Sure, physically you look amazing. Some old timey-film star and-- that sounded better in my head. You're not old. You just have that easy going glamor to you. You draw people's attention. Wanda, you're attractive."

personality:

grating / irritating / frustrating / boring / confusing at best / awkward / unreasonable / psychotic / disturbing / interesting / engaging / affectionate / aggressive / ambitious / anxious / artistic / bad tempered / bossy / charismatic / appealing / unappealing / creative / courageous / dependable / unreliable / unpredictable / predictable / devious / dim / extroverted / introverted / egotistical / gregarious / fabulous / impulsive / intelligent / sympathetic / talkative / up beat / peaceful / calming / badass / flexible.

"You're pretty damn amazing but honestly, I can never tell what's going through your mind. I want to understand you but maybe we've not had all that many similar experiences. But Wanda, you're great. You're enjoyable to be around, good to talk to, interesting, and generally awesome."

how likely they would have sex with them:

not if they were the last person on earth and the world was ending / fuck no! / never / no way / not likely / not sure / indifferent / I’m asexual / maybe / probably / it depends / fairly likely / likely / yeah sure / yes / would tap that / hell yes / fuck yes! / wishing that could happen right now / as many times as possible / we are already having sex.

"Uhm, I'm not an IDIOT nor am I blind. You're amazing. Like, surely you must be in a lot of guys and gals fantasies. You get that, right? ...No? Well, Wanda, you look fabulous and you have a great attitude. I would. I'm not saying we have to. Just that I would."

level of friendship:

never in a million years / worst of enemies / enemies / rivals / indifferent / neutral / acquaintance / friendly toward each other / casual friends / friends / good friends / best friends / fuck buddies / bosom buddies / practically the same person / would die for them / true friends / my only friend.

"Can I make you a friendship bracelet? I like speaking to you. I feel I can trust you. You're fun and easy to be around. I guess I don't always understand you, but that's alright. I don't understand myself half the time. But I like you, and I want to think we're really good friends."

first impression of them:

i hate them so much / i don’t like them / i don’t trust them / they annoy me / they’re weird / I’m indifferent / meh / they seem alright / they’re growing on me / truce / I think I like them / I like them / I’m not sure if I trust them / I trust them / they’re cool / they’re genuine / I think we’re going to get along / I really like them / I think I’m in love / oh fuck they’re hot / I love them.

"No offence - two words always followed by something offensive. You're great. But you were a member of the Brotherhood. I had no idea what to think of you. Then an Avenger? Sure, the good guys - but not always friends of the X-Men either. You were just this unknown person. That's all."

current impression of them:

i hate them so much / i don’t like them / i don’t trust them / they annoy me / they’re weird / I’m indifferent / meh / they seem alright / they’re growing on me / truce / I think I like them / I like them / I’m not sure if I trust them / I trust them / they’re cool / they’re genuine / I think we’re going to get along / I really like them / I think I’m in love / oh fuck they’re hot / I love them.

"You're incredible and genuine. You're just good, and I like being around you. And I think that counts for so much. You're just... YOU. I don't know how to put it... You've got great stories to tell, I feel I can learn a lot from you and listen to you all day. And it's not just the cool European accent. You've good stories to tell and a lot of experience. You're fun and have good ideas. I just genuinely like you."

[warningsine]

In Alice Lowe’s directorial debut, a coal-black comedy about a mum-to-be-turned-serial slasher, one scene stands out for its blood-soaked intensity. At once anatomically frank and oddly Cronenberg-esque, it’s a prolonged close-up of a belly being slit open and a baby pulled from inside.

“People often ask me if it’s a real caesarean!” says Lowe, who was eight months pregnant on the shoot for Prevenge, gently rocking a pram back and forth. “I’m like, ‘No, I think I’d draw the line there!’ But I’d always envisaged the scene as this total close-up, where you don’t get the chance to look away. We flinch about pregnancy and go, ‘Ooh, we must protect women from this experience,’ but the film is saying why don’t we look at his stuff properly and not flinch away from it?”

Lowe, star of beloved cult comedies such as Sightseers and Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, projected her own fears about pregnancy for the film, which sees her character, Ruth, avenge her husband’s death at the apparent whim of her unborn baby. “[I feel like] our generation has a fear of pregnancy,” she says, “because we’re so narcissistic ourselves that we’re like, ‘Someone else needs attention? Oh, that’s scary.’”

She also wanted, with her writing for Prevenge, to create a female antihero to rank with Walter White from Breaking Bad and Taxi Driver’s Travis Bickle. In Ruth, by turns vulnerable and unhinged, we get it. But what of the transgressive women that inspired the character? Lowe lifts the lid on some of her favourites.

Tina from Sightseers

“Tina and Ruth are like siblings, they’re related in a DNA way. Tina I see as a naif who comes to power, a latent psychopath whose powers emerge during the film. Some viewers see her as a feminist! She’s quite naive and selfish in the way that children can be, whereas Ruth is more of a grownup; the scales have fallen from her eyes and she feels like she sees the world for what it is, in this cynical light where everyone’s a monster. But all my characters are related because they’re all aspects of me. They’re like these weird, distant relatives that I feel could have been me in a parallel universe!”

Beverly Moss from Abigail’s Party

“People see Alison’s characters as sometimes monstrous, but I see a mirror. It feels so familiar! She’s such a warm, vivacious actor, and when you cast someone like that as a horrible character it makes it really watchable. I was quite conscious of that casting my film, with people like Tom Davis and Jo Hartley, who plays this annoying midwife character. I thought if I cast Jo no one will be able to hate her! It’s this thing of contrasts and tensions you’re trying to get with the audience where they’re being pushed and pulled one way or the other.”

Classical antiheroines

“I often think about classical female figures who would do bad things, like Medea, Antigone and Elektra. You could say that was a way of telling off citizens in ancient Greece, like ‘Don’t behave this way,’ but they’re also amazing works of art. And I often think, ‘Why don’t we see as many female characters like that now?’ When I was researching the Furies, the classical goddesses of vengeance, for the film, I came across this footage by a Czech expressionist director who directed a segment of a film called Crime Without Passion. He didn’t direct the whole feature, it’s a bit like Dalí doing a section of Spellbound. [The surrealist painter famously art-directed the dream sequence in Hitchcock’s 1945 thriller.] It’s this strange, symbolic sequence with these classical goddesses infiltrating 1930s New York and flying into buildings and springing out of spilled blood. I just thought, ‘This is such powerful imagery, it would be so cool for this to be Ruth’s influence.’ I had this idea that the baby is really a Fury, that she’s actually thousands of years old and hugely wise.”

She from Antichrist

“Lars von Trier is one of my favourite filmmakers, but his female characters are often totally punished and martyred; they’re either witches or saints or some mixture of the two. But I think there’s an argument to say women in our society do get punished, that that’s the reality of it. You have to show the dark as well as the light. If women were all really cool, sensible, amazing people on screen how much pressure would that put on women to be like that? I’ve had comedy writers say to me, ‘You’ll love this character because she’s the only one that’s got it together. Everyone else in the show is a total idiot but she’s attractive, she’s intelligent and she’s got a great job,’ and I’m like, ‘That is the most boring thing I could possibly play!’”

Margo Channing from All About Eve

“It’s [Bette Davis’s] stoicism, her implacability – she had such inner poise and strength. The 30s and 40s actually saw a lot of female-driven films about antiheroines, women who commit crimes, who commit adultery, who triumph over the odds, who put their careers over their husbands, possibly even more than now. I think cinema was seen more as a women’s recreation back then. And so amazing female actresses emerged who were more than just an age, a body, a face on-screen. Yes, there were beautiful actresses. But there were also strong characters who by sheer force of will defied categorisation. And their needs and wants are more complex than just ‘finding a man’.”