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It's time for the first Death Generator done from bed: Beetlejuice, the 1991 NES game from LJN!

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Oh dear lord, they look so exquisitely 80's. That's some serious Siouxsie Sioux and Sid Vicious energy right there.

i made a new beetlejuice

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There's actually a cut song from the show called "You Can Only Work With What You Get" where Lydia spots something on Beej's face and asks if it's herpes and he confirms that, yes, it is. So you're onto something there.

i love your beetle posts and your juice thoughts. please share them

what if beetlejuice's green stuff on his face isn't mold or moss but green herpes

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The Substance (spoilery commentary)

A lot of people seem to be missing a major point of The Substance. Elizabeth and Sue are NOT separate entities. They are one. But Elizabeth doesn't want to be herself, she wants to be Sue, who is Elizabeth's idealized memory of her past self mixed with her current self-loathing. So she is suffering under the delusion that she is two separate people.

We know this is true because the movie keeps reminding us (and Elizabeth/Sue) of this over and over again. The kit instructions and disembodied voice on the phone try to hammer the message into her brain that she must remember that they are actually one and the balance between them must be respected, but to no avail. Because she chooses to not accept the totality of her person, including the frailty and inevitable transformation of her flesh, she self-destructs.

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Horror scopes. Part 4

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Horror-scopes. Part 3

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its ok everyone, we're safe now

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I dunno man. Would a truly straight computer throw a bitch fit and start major drama by killing mofos just because he clocked two coworkers talking shit about his job performance?

this is the funniest thing ever

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i've talked a bit about how musical beetlejuice and lydia share this weird synchronicity beyond the obvious parallels (yknow being invisible and all) that i think are what makes them stand out to me. born to be best frenemies forever. this is what makes them go toe-to-toe. she's not afraid of him, she can match him easily.

classic bait and switch. oldest trick in the book

all of this is without including them goofing around and scaring the neighbors during That Beautiful Sound like they share the same brain btw. peep the choreo in Beautiful Sound, i hadn't noticed they even match THAT until recently

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HORROR MUSICALS + VHS Tapes ∟ insp

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I hope you boop

I hope we both boop

Paw in unlovable paw

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You know, there's something here to like. Both Oz and Sofia engage almost exclusively in transactional relationships while deeply craving unconditional love, but they way they deal with that absence in their lives are totally the opposite.

"We got their love. You know why? 'Cause we pay them."

Oz seems to have on some level conflated the two, convinced himself that he can purchase love. That if he throws enough money around the community, if he pays Eve enough, that if he gives Vic a place to stay, as long as he's generally nice and friendly to them, that these people will give *everything* to him.

Of course he does. His ma raised him, loved him, put a roof over his head. And in return he owes her his entire life, and maybe then she will pay him back in affection.

Nevermind that he's always bitten the hand that paid him. Even Sofia, who was friendly and protective of him, even if she never saw him back then as a person with his own ambitions and fears and desires.

"He pays you, I presume, so... Can't be love."

Sofia, on the other hand, seems to have withdrawn entirely from the idea that things like love and family are for her. Transactional relationships are easier. Safer. The more you care, the more risk you invite. She can't survive that hurt again. "Whatever I was born into, I will never have that."

She and Oz both gather allies under the argument that they deserve better than they've had, but Oz is always talking about pride, dignity, loyalty, what they deserve. Making sure they know your NAAAAAME.

Sofia talks much more colder, more practical language. The Falcones cheated them out of a fair wage. She will pay them what they deserve for the services they render unto her. She will give them exactly what she promised, if they do the same.

No more, no less.

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I'm not sure if I should be worried or jealous of my ONLY Lydia Funko surrounded by all these Betelgeuses.

"Say it once, say it twice, third time's the charm!"

Might as well add a fourth. Just in case.

Ngl, I reenact their second wedding at least once a week.

Past Betelgeuse crashed the wedding. Again.

Solo portrait of the bride ❤️

I'm gonna get the other Betelgeuse and Lydia Funkos. I freaking swear it! 😤

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pls don't arrest me for a DUI (drawing under the influence)

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there is not a secret woke and just version of sexual surveillance & perversion hysteria that you can uncover by meticulously tweaking the demographics of your targets