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WICKED (2024) dir. Jon M. Chu

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Ariana Grande as Glinda Upland and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp

Wicked (2024) dir. Jon Chu

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This is the best idea in the history of film.

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How my cats react when they accidentally lock themselves in a room by closing the door and are unable to figure out how to open it:

Gremmi: screams bloody frantic murder as if she is being subjected to particularly cruel torture

Fletcher: I don’t know who put this door here but by god I will tear it down, i don’t know where this floor came from but I will dig until I reach the core of the earth. I am alone. No one is coming to save me. Every man for themselves.

Woodley: quietly and patiently sits by the door, accepting his fate but hopeful that maybe one day it will open again.

How my cats act once the door is open:

Gremmi: distinctly affronted and offended, places personal blame on everyone except herself, and demands snacc as penance for this crime

Fletcher: like he woke up from a real bad trip and silently excuses himself in embarrassment. Will ignore everyone for the rest of the day.

Woodley: deeply grateful and happy, distributes abundant tail hugs and happy chatting, will snuggle you the rest of the day in gratitude

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BROOKLYN NINE-NINE | 8.10

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I'd like to tell you all a story about my grandmother.

My grandparents raised their children, four girls (one of them my mother), to be fighters. My aunts marched in Washington for women's rights with babies strapped to their chests and like to joke that all of the grandchildren who came from that line (including myself) were born with picket signs in their hands.

But it started with my grandparents. They fought hard for what they believed in. They marched against Vietnam. They marched for Martin Luther King. They marched for women's rights. They marched for a better future.

But let's talk specifically about my grandmother for a moment.

My grandmother unfortunately passed away in 2016. She had to watch the first Trump election and did so knowing that it would probably be the last election she'd ever see. And there is some argument there that she could have given in to fear and defeatism. She could have decided none of it was worth it, and she could have decided that fascism had won and the world was over.

But she did something else instead.

To give some context, my grandparents had friends who were Republicans. I say were, because they shifted from the normal Republican towards the MAGA Republican we see today. And despite a very clear message from my family about how we felt, they were more than ready to still come to the funeral as if everything was normal. Like their beliefs were normal. Like they were welcome to celebrate someone who had fought so hard for the rights of other people.

These were people who would have absolutely used their rhetoric to scream and shout if they were left out or disinvited.

And so my grandmother, even past her final moments, pulled the most brilliant, petty move I've ever seen.

She'd decided ahead of time that everyone who had known her was more than welcome to attend but that she wanted everyone attending the funeral to donate money. That was the requirement to be invited. And so everyone did just that. There was no talk about what the donations were for, just that they were appreciated. I want to say that the assumption was the money would help pay for funeral expenses and give the family some support while we grieved.

Except that wasn't the case.

Because in those final moments of the funeral, the rabbi stepped forward to thank everyone, and then very cheerfully announced;

"Arlene was so happy to know just how many people were coming to join us here today. She couldn't have been more proud of her family. And I'm sure she would have been elated to see just how much money you all gave today to Planned Parenthood."

When I say that the faces of those people are enshrined in my memory, I mean it. The anger, the devastation, the rage, the betrayal. It was an absolutely gorgeous display of true defeat at the hands of a boss ass old lady who literally fought with her last breath and threw up both middle fingers all the way out the door.

What I'm saying is this.

It is very easy to feel defeated. It is very easy to think that everything is over, and there's nothing left for us to do. It's very easy to say that fascism won, that fear won, that hate won.

But that's only true if you let it be true.

There is always more that we can do. There is a future that is still worth fighting for. And it's more than possible, even when it doesn't seem like it.

And fighting is going to look different every time.

Some days it will look like picket signs in our hands.

Some days it will look like spending time with friends and family and people you love and knowing that you have a community that supports you and your vision of a brighter future.

And some days, it's pulling absolute natural level 20 petty trickster shit even after you've left the world.

Because you can always make an impact and you can always add a little brightness to life, and if that means tricking a group of MAGA idiots into throwing their money behind Planned Parenthood in the middle of your own goddamn funeral then that's what it means.

Keep fighting. People have done it before you. People will continue to do it after you.

And enjoy the little victories.

(Even the petty ones)

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to the person reading this, even though I don't literally know who you are, I am proud of you. I am certain you've done many things that are worth praise, all the times you've positively impacted people, all of the challenges you've overcome, even just surviving day to day while carving your place in the world is deserving of praise. it can be easy to slip into a spiral of negative emotions, but I know there are things in your life that you can be proud of. I think it's good to celebrate those things

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We’ve got to find Jack!

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I'm about to go to sleep, but guys, halloween is tomorrow. it's tomorrow. maybe today if your time zone is different than mine.

or maybe it already happened because you might be reading this a few days in the future

or maybe you're seeing this one year in the future, and you have no idea I'm talking about a past halloween that already happened

or maybe it's christmas day, because somebody rebloged this on christmas for no reason

it might also just be November, just an insignificant day in November. statistically speaking it's a 1/12 chance you're reading this in November

I'm so excited for halloween christmas and november, I honestly like all three

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Looking to get into philosophy does anyone have any thoughts for beginners?

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Abbott Elementary (2021-present) Class Pet (S04E03)

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I LOVE BIRTHDAYS

you were BORN and you made it through ANOTHER YEAR and I'm excited for you so I'm gonna give you a gift that I think you'll like and you're gonna eat something delicious!!!!!! like cake or spaghetti or whatever, you get to choose!!!! birthdays fucking rule!!!!!!!!!!!

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AGATHA ALL ALONG 1.07 - Death's Hand In Mine