#they all felt real

[very-hairy-wizard]

just watched the new knives out and while I really liked it I have to admit that it kinda fell flat compared to the last one.

the first knives out was a murder investigation that really leaned into the class warfare aspect of it all. it was dark, brutal, and heartfelt.

this one..... don't get me wrong it was heartfelt and the characters were the best part of the movie. but the story itself kinda shot itself in the foot by making the disruptors all already successful people at the top who really shouldn't be beholdant to some billionaire. like yeah he bankrolled them but so could Cassandra and making the suspects retroactively suspicious rather than actively malicious is what made this one feel less compelling than the first movie.

They also kept referencing a frankly more compelling mystery that already took place in the past rather than making it about that court case. essentially the theme should have been that the rich and successful are those willing to exploit others and risk lives for profit rather than "billionaires aren't (always) worthy of praise"

but this all rises from a more fundamental issue in the story. the twist in this one wasn't a story twist but a meta narrative twist. and that's ok for a movie in a long standing ontology that wants to freshen up and break the status quo but this was the second movie and everyone expected knives out not Agatha Kristy. everyone WANTED another knives out. you have to establish a pattern and get your audience used to trying to solve actually complex mysteries before you can surprise them with a simple one.

we should have been the ones yelling about how annoyingly simple the mystery is alongside Benoit, but we didn't because we haven't been solving these complex riddles for years only he.

That being said I really did like it I just know it could have been better and I was absolutely in love with the character work they did. the characters were great, the story was meh.

TLDR: this would have been a great 6th movie and hopefully next one will have a compelling story as well as good characters

[jailforwriter]

Getting inspired to write is actually really easy! All you need to do is be the busiest you've ever been in your entire life and as far away from a computer as humanly possible. Hope this helps 🥰

[araneapeixes]

i made a chart to explain my views and beliefs

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

The Boy and the Heron How Do You Live? (2023) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

[ribbittrobbit]

Hacaea, the Witch of the Woodland Green and Grimore, the Witch of the Wild Hunt

(@worldsbeyondpod has me pacing and fearing for the pcs lives)

[takemetodragonstone]

sometimes a relationship with your father is like “my father is a malignant presence, a bully, and a liar” and “I’m better than you” and “let me out. I don’t want to be you” and “I just do what my dad tells me” and “I can see through you” and “why did you never ask me?” and “he sees everything” and “you have a hard time finding a happy medium between worshipping him and wanting to kill him” and “he loves me. he does. it’s just a wrong kind of love expression” and “fuck dad, he can kick me as many times as he wants” and “pass me the fucking shotgun” and “dad, please. /what have you got in your fucking hand?/ i don’t know, love?/ love? you come for me with love?” and “there’s nothing you could say to me now that I would ever believe” and “are you a cunt?” and “he never even liked me” and “I can’t forgive you … but it’s okay. I love you” and “it’s what dad would do” and “you hated him./ I loved him” and “maybe the poison drips through” and “he was so terrifying to us” and “when he let you in, when the sun shone … it was warm in the light” and most importantly, “he made me breathe funny”

[soupdreamer]

hey brennan what the fuck

[heartorbit]

can i get a magical girl set please

[itachanta]

Highly specific gifset of Vash's angry face because we all love when our sweet blorbo goes 😠

[edgarallennope]

as james somerton is back in the conversation, i would like to soyjack point to the one and only tweet that hbomberguy has made in light of the recent news:

[asterixer]

[ballgame]

More sprites from the iam8bit Undertale vinyl.

[under-lok-n-ki]

jay ferin the woman u are

[24601orwhatever]

KYLE ADAMS as GRANTAIRE

mastered by @bikinibottomdayz

[bubblesbinxs]

Had a dream where instead of A Date With Markiplier i was on a date with dark and trust me when i say i had the most horrible time realizing none of it was real the moment i woke up. anyways here’s some self-indulgent art hihi ^.^

[sandpapersnowman]

Johnny Berchtold shot by ALLTHEDEADBOYS (Carter Smith), August 2023, serving us a safety pin necklace with three glow in the dark pony beads on it

(full photoshoot is HERE)