#[ director's cut ]

[mendfri]

Insider Bullying Compilation

Compilation under the cut to prevent gif spam/lag

thank you for listening to my ted talk i hope you all enjoyed

[girl4music]

Now this is a very interesting piece of commentary from Lucy and Renee. Even though they knew their characters were in love with each other, through the whole show - until these last episodes - they did not ever play their characters as romantically attracted to one another but just always kept it about the unconditional love in their friendship - which I appreciated, of course. But Lucy says here that suddenly their characters in the script are written as explicitly out of the closet. Which they are. But then Renee says that she was still playing her character as straight because she just wanted to focus on the pain Xena was in rather than focus on any jealous feeling she had towards Akemi. So Renee wasn't playing Gabrielle in those moments as if she was jealous because she thought Gabrielle wouldn't put that over her love for Xena. Which we knew she wouldn’t anyway because all that’s happened in the past. There’d be no reason to be jealous now.

But then why the bloody hell was her reaction in 'The Debt'/'Forget Me Not' one so full of pettiness and vinctinctivness? Is she saying that Gabrielle learned from that experience so much that no matter what information was revealed about the past female lovers in Xena's life, she wouldn't make it about jealousy anymore because she knew what it would lead to would be something that she'd never ever want? It's just such an interesting conversation about their characters and the nature of their relationship going on here in regards to who Akemi was to Xena and that Gabrielle never made it about jealousy so Renee never played it as if Gabrielle was jealous but instead sharing Xena's pain at the loss of someone who she finds out was more than just a friend.

It's just so funny to me that as the episodes go on, Lucy and Renee become a little more aware that there's more that's going on there but everybody else - clearly the writers and directors - already play it like that because, yes, Season 6 especially is written as maintext but it's not necessarily portrayed as maintext. Well, now it makes sense why it isn’t. It's because Lucy and Renee chose not to play it like that. They just let their natural chemistry do its thing and translate to the screen as romance instead. I've always personally interpreted that in their portrayal of the characters but I NEVER knew that it was intentional. That's really interesting to me because regardless what you see on the screen here, if you read the script for that specific episode - it’s intentionally written as romantic. It's written as a queer love story.

That's honestly thrown me for a loop that Lucy and Renee did that because I never knew that at all. In all my years of being a fan I never knew that Lucy and Renee intentionally played straight characters even when the script was written as queer or "gay" as Lucy puts it. I knew that they didn't want to make a joke out of the relationship so never went too far with the lesbian subtext. I knew that they refused to water it down as some pandering kind of thing. But I never knew at all that even when they were aware that their characters were queer or "gay" that they played them as straight instead.

I'm not too sure how I feel about learning this new information. 🫤 I mean why would they ever need to play their characters as straight when they’re written as not? Especially in these last two episodes. And under the guise of a water transfer or not - these character kiss romantically. How can that be played as straight? I feel like I’m really misinterpreting this. What they’re saying here. What exactly do they mean?

Weigh in anyone - please. This will drive me insane.

[bitterclan]

girl you are the deputy....

[kaipanzero]

Rebel Moon - Part One: Director's Cut (2024)

[brokehorrorfan]

Director's Cut will be released in select theaters on October 31 before hitting VOD at a later date. The 2024 indie slasher draws influence from '80s and '90s horror as well as the punk music scene.

Louis Lombardi (24) stars with Tyler Ivey, Danielle Kotch, Greg Poppa, Louis Rocky Bacigalupo, Brandy Ochoa, Haley Cassidy, Darrin Hickok, and Lucy Hart. Writer-director Don Capria makes his feature debut.

Read on for the trailer and synopsis.

A Long Island punk band meets a mysterious director through social media who generously offers to shoot their first music video for free. Desperate for fame, they drive deep into the Pennsylvania woods in hopes of making a killer music video. But after a long night of drinking with the gregarious director, the band wakes up to find a very different version of him on set. Egos and opinions clash, with the director unveiling a terrible anger and uncompromising need for total control. As his professionalism breaks down, so does his sanity – with the unhinged director and his assistant turning the band members into the unwitting stars of his very own snuff film.

[poorly-drawn-bsd]

Welcome to our BSD askblog! This is a shitpost BSD doodle blog run by @acaciaponders, @bare1ythere and @thinkeral. Send in prompts and we will doodle BSD stuff.

Here's some rules/prompt guidelines:

All BSD characters are okay! Please specify which character your question is directed towards, or we will take the prompt and run with the character we find the most interesting for it.

Please keep questions mostly SFW. Most topics are welcome, but we aren't comfortable answering suggestive/sexual prompts.

Most responses if not all will be platonic. We aren't really interested in doodling romantic ships

If you are sending an OOC ask, please label it as such so we don't get confused!

Thank you for reading and enjoy your time here! If you are curious about the tags, check below the cut.

#the yokohama chronicles <- collective shenanigans

#ada radio <- detective agency posts

#decay of radio <- decay of angels posts

#extras on set <- other characters

#hunting vlogs <- hunting dogs posts

#pm radio <- port mafia posts

#the fitzgerald times <- guild posts

#director's cut <- OOC asks

[hughungrybear]

First of all, for kids driving cars, KNOW HOW TO CHANGE YOUR DAMNED TIRES. That's basic car ownership, you don't need a mechanic for that one.

Second, the delusion is strong with X 😂 Imagine believing that this is a sign that his beloved's mum's ghost 'helped' him to get closer to her son 😳

[fountainpenguin]

I think the fundamental thing about Ep. 1 Martyn-Cleo [Zombiewood] dynamic IS that it's about misunderstanding... but in an interesting way.

Martyn spends Episode 1 mostly in the mines (getting armor; not unusual for Day 1), but he and Pearl do search the Overworld. They run into several people, but not their soulmates.

Once Martyn has a water bucket and finds a lava pool, he opts to go to the Nether because he wants potion resources, which would set him and his partner up well.

- In the previous season, the Southlands (Martyn's allegiance) struggled because they didn't have a brewing stand for most of the game, so they tried to steal one from Team BEST (iirc). - He says in Episode 2 (granted, after he's had a week to come up with a defense) that he wanted to bring his soulmate gifts so he wasn't showing up emptyhanded, because that's rude.

So, decent reasons to go to the Nether: he'd taken the time to get armor and now he's after an item he'll regret not having if the other teams start brewing potions later. It would only take one jerk breaking the blaze spawner to limit potion access for everyone else.

But Martyn going to the Nether is super confusing to Cleo, who gets the notification that he's gone into the Nether, but remembered potions were against the rules that season.

- Cleo is acting under the assumption that Martyn also remembered potions were forbidden, so they're flummoxed as to why he would go somewhere he has 0 chance of meeting his soulmate. Clearly, he is goofing off for no reason. - Further confusing for them, Pearl entered the Nether right behind him, implying they're allies. Cleo cannot fathom what possible reason Martyn has for what he's doing- Just that he doesn't seem to care about having a soulmate and seems to have picked Pearl as his buddy instead. - Write him off, king. You don't need him.

When the "potions are banned" reminder dropped in chat, Martyn panicked. At that time, he'd been trying to barter those resources to Bdubs and Impulse, but when he got the reminder, he hurriedly closed the deal and scored unlimited access to their cows.

- In his mind, he messed up, but recovered well and came out with a great deal; that's gotta be worth something, right?

In my mind, when Cleo figures out in later episodes that Martyn forgot potions were forbidden, she's more willing to see his side. This is why she apologizes to him in Episode 3 for judging him harshly.

- Cleo makes comments throughout the season that she's willing to take him back if he apologizes. - She recognizes his mistake and stops holding it against him, but wants him to indicate he's willing to work through things with her. She can't put her trust in him until she knows he'll work with her without resenting her. - She remains emotionally aloof, but doesn't push him away. Scar sets her and Martyn on a date and she tolerates it. She plays along with Martyn and they lightly try to mug Bdubs on their walk home. - She even invites him to stay in her base after Etho and Joel grief his and the warden drops down in Ep 3, and Martyn says he might take her up on that- after he killed her that episode. [Martyn POV 49:04]. - In the end, she even shares stuff from her Red Life base. She keeps a wall up, but stops begrudging him so harshly.

Martyn, I think, is slower to come around to Cleo's POV that the items were useless. I think his vision is "It was a risk worth taking. It didn't work out, but if that HAD been allowed, I would have set us up for success and it would've been a gamechanger."

- It didn't pay off, but he has no regrets and sees no reason to apologize. - If his early Episode 2 dialogue is to be believed, Martyn is convinced that Cleo cheated on him first. He says this to Jimmy 14 minutes (in his "When is she going to think about mending OUR bridges?!" rant). And to be fair, Cleo was already living with Scott and calling him her chosen soulmate when Martyn finally met up with her, so you can see his confusion. - Martyn does apologize when he wants to. He goes from 0 to 100 apologizing after accidentally killing Cleo by punching them off a cliff and losing their first life, because he legitimately and completely knows he messed up. - He also apologizes to Pearl for breaking up with her, which was a heat of the moment decision he made after Cleo dumped him. He just ?? refuses to apologize to Cleo, because he doesn't get it. - And b/c he's probably playing the divorce quartet bit up, but shhh...

He wasn't there to see Cleo when they were confused about why he ran off to the Nether. I think Martyn focuses on "Cleo is mad at me for getting hurt, which is stupid because I came prepared with food and armor and was trying to be careful. Yeah, of course I got a little hurt- I was fighting blaze and ghasts! She expects me to be perfect, and I'm only human. She expects me to read her mind; she's so high-maintenance."

- Martyn's also so mean to Cleo in Ep 2 and that's worth pointing out. They're both victims of misunderstanding, but they're also petty and mean. - It's very funny how much he insists to the audience that "this is all Cleo's fault currently" - either because his character is refusing responsibility or is genuinely confused - and it's wild how much he lays into Cleo by telling her she's being "childish, immature, and really selfish." They are such a mess <3 Terrible job, everyone /jk - He just so badly wants to distance himself from blame (and be in the right) that he's not focused on if this hurts them or burns his bridge...

After Cleo cuts ties early on, Martyn does try to "be a good partner" while staying outside their house. He just... shows his efforts in comedically terrible ways, like building a giant heart in front of their door or watching them through his spyglass.

- Shout-out to Martyn in the dead of night hiding in trees and watching Cleo until he's determined that "she seems safe, she seems happy, she seems healthy" before he goes to do something else. I'm not saying stalking is good, I'm just saying it's hilarious for his clingy ex persona. - Just rewatched and it's Martyn who's the first to tell the audience he's putting his heart on the line and Cleo can connect back up with him if they ever want to. I thiiink Cleo in Episode 3 seems to think she was the first to have the idea of symbolically connecting their bridges - seeing as she tells Martyn later that he needs to put in the work to meet her bridge halfway - so that's kind of funny. They're on the same page, so close yet so far; I want to shake them-

In Episode 2, he defends himself by claiming he was "providing" and "putting food on the table," and he's probably still proud of the fact that he scored unlimited cow access despite accidentally pursuing banned items.

- Up until Cleo corrects him later in Episode 2, Martyn operates under the assumption that Cleo might take him back, but Scott is whispering in her ear and warning her not to. He tells the audience that "He doesn't like it" and that he's "going to wait until they've parted ways to do anything else." Yeah... How'd that work out, buddy? - Interestingly, Martyn cites Scott as a bad partner because "He's all about building cottages and flowers while meanwhile [Martyn] is trying to get the most powerful items in the game." - Side note, but Martyn's stress levels going up when he sees Cleo's outdoor furnace is my everything. it's so funny. "Take it inside! Look, he's ruining you!" He has such strong opinions about outdoor safety... - Martyn seems to be operating under the assumption that Cleo's already turned her back on him and won't really forgive him unless he proves he's a good ally. He clings to things that will make him [and Cleo] stronger and safer, so he offers to enchant Cleo's gear while he's heading down to the Deep Dark to enchant anyway, even though they're on poor terms. - Which is so... ahughuggh to me because Cleo asks him why he'd even want her and says "What do I bring to the table? I mean, really. I bring rubbish PVP skills and pithy one-liners" and Martyn's immediate response is that he loves pithy one-liners and doesn't care if she's bad at PVP because he'll handle it. "I bring the skills, you bring the vibes." Just?? Lovely dialogue, fantastic improv; no notes. - EXTREMELY funny to me that when Cleo and Martyn part ways, he tells the audience that 1) He thinks it went well and they're actually genuinely on the same page, 2) He's convinced he misjudged her at first, 3) He believes Cleo is scheming to trick her allies into protecting her, and 4) He's going to play up his broken heart base design and pretend he and Cleo are more at odds with each other than they actually are to fool the other teams... ... meanwhile in Cleo's POV she's like "Yeah, I had to talk to him about strength and the value of having allies in a way he'd understand so he'd go away" sdfklj. She reads him so well there and Martyn is... like that.

Anyway, when Martyn and Cleo talk early on, Cleo pushes this idea that Martyn went to the Nether, got hurt, and it was annoying because she had to use her food to save his life (especially when she saw no purpose in him being there and probably thought he wasn't taking the game seriously).

But I think the core of her hurt is more along the lines of "I can't fathom any reason why he'd be in the Nether unless he straight-up doesn't care about finding his soulmate."

- Which!! what I'm trying to say is, Martyn doesn't get why this is her conclusion. His thought process seems to be "Of course I care! That's why I'm trying to get valuables so we'll have an advantage in the game!" He and Pearl defend themselves by saying they DID look for their soulmates. - Cleo and Scott focus in on "Why did you go somewhere with no people, then?" They knew potions were banned and (judging from their Ep 1 convos) don't seem to consider the possibility that such a thing was forgotten. Thus, it's upsetting their soulmates left them for no perceivable reason and paired up with each other.

Martyn I think focuses more on "My soulmate thinks I hurt myself" - In Episode 3, he claims he "hasn't been dangerous since then," and Cleo acknowledges he's been better at not taking damage. But it's not about the hurt... it's about being ditched.

- There's a certain level of being ditched that Cleo can take, which I think is why she's more accepting of him after finding out he forgot potions were banned. She's not mad he wanted good resources- she was mad that she saw him go to the Nether because to her, going somewhere with 0 people meant he had no interest in finding his soulmate. - She forgives him after she realizes he made an honest mistake and wasn't being malicious. She keeps a safe distance, but she tolerates his presence and even forms a secret alliance with him. - And I think Martyn understands and acknowledges that Cleo is frustrated... for taking damage, or for taking so long to find her (which he'd probably chalk up to bad luck since he and Pearl did wander that map looking for people). - But instead of doing the one thing she asks him to - apologize - he tries to show what a useful ally he is... while Cleo's looking for evidence that he can be emotionally self-aware, so she can put down that wall and trust him. - Also they attack each other and it's great. Martyn walks off and insists he killed her as a joke, this would hold up in a court of law despite Cleo's giggled protests, and he's now banned from pudding for two weeks... very silly.

tl;dr - I have so many thoughts about them and wanted to put my interpretation into words :p

They counterbalance and play off each other so well, and it's a shame (in a beautiful storyline kind of way) that they came crashing down. But I love it so much... The mortifying ideal of soulmates passing like ships in the night.

[movies-ive-watched]

Rebel Moon – Chapter Two: Curse of Forgiveness (2024)

[schlock-luster-video]

On September 11, 1982, the director's cut of Blade Runner debuted in the United States.

[neon-entity]

1.7 Alton gifs!

Just when I thought he couldn't get cuter, they gave him so much spunk in these new animations 🧡

So here are some gifs I made! I may post more in the future (I was hoping to record his zap hit animation) but these are what I have for now. Free to use, no need to credit me.

[mendfri]

DIRECTOR'S CUT DUMP AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS

SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT

Honestly Alton looks like even more like a fruitcake than before with this new animation I LOVE IT

This new attack looks so damn smooth and cool im so normal about it i swear

EMO MISTY. EMO MISTY.

and then finally. need i say more about insider's lure animation, and the new lure animation in general. God. /pos

ALSO I WAS TOTALLY CORRECT ABOUT HOW TINY INSIDER IS COMPARED TO ALTON LOOK AT THIS TINY MAN!!!!!!!

[girl4music]

'AFIN' with commentary and without cutting off Xena's head. They did some editing work for the Director's Cut. Some of the scenes that shocked fans the most were taken out and instead they replaced them with scenes that never made the finale cut. I only ever watch this version of the finale. I never ever watch the actual episodes. The two parts melded together play like a movie. It's a better experience.

If you get your hands on the Director's Cut of 'AFIN' - it's worth it. Especially because they include an entire scene that shows you that Xena had no idea she couldn't be revived without dire consequences - making it so she really had no choice but to stay dead except the choice between avenging those souls or to forcing non-absolution on them. So really the choice was either allowing them to be forgiven or forgive herself. They cut this entire scene out in the episodic version but it's a very important scene to show you that she never actually intentionally made Gabrielle go on a wild goose chase for her ashes. She was sure she could be brought back to life until she learns the truth that Akemi was holding back from her all along. She couldn't. They go on in the episodic version as if she already knew she couldn't. But no, by the point she learns the information, she's already dead and the stipulation is that the only way she could be brought back to life was if she condemned 40,000 other souls to eternal damnation. So it explains what's going on a bit more than you get in the episodic version. It shows you it was really about agency. Xena chose this end and Akemi was a manipulating, lying sack of shit that tastes karma.

As the self-sacrificial hero Xena now is - she'd never choose selfishly no matter how much it may hurt her and Gabrielle to separate. But then if you follow watching the Director's Cut of 'AFIN' with reading my character study thesis - you'll learn that they never could separate because one soul in two bodies are within each other for all eternity and it's only the physical body that leaves. The vessel of the soul. If that one soul belongs to two people, they'd just become one body from then on until that body also eventually left the mortal coil too.

So my thesis combined with Rob's "fixes" for 'AFIN' is a much more palatable watching experience. It leaves you on a better note and it's what I'd recommend anybody that decides to go for watching 'AFIN'. to do. In other words: don't watch the episodes. Just watch this and then salve your trepidation by reading my unique perspective on it.

I know it's painful and it really does feel like a betrayal. But having more information or just a different way of interpreting information along with some clever editing does help a lot. I promise you that because even if Xena had to stay dead, she didn't leave Gabrielle and that's what she promised her. That even in death - she'd never leave.

[bitterclan]

Honeydew what are your intentions with this married couple 🤨

[kaipanzero]

Rebel Moon - Part Two: Director's Cut (2024)

[1425fivefive]

Would love a director's cut on sexy to someone!!! The carcar dynamics are just *chef's kiss*

Sexy to Someone!! My very first completed fanfic (we shan't speak of my unfinished Maxiel fic). Thank you so much for this ask from the director's cut prompt!

This idea popped into my head essentially fully formed while I was on a bus in nyc. I don't really read traditional a/b/o because a lot of it has pregnancy which is not my thing (iykyk) and I don't personally love reading mindless rut/heat sex. I want my characters to always have to actively "choose" the sex they're having, just because I think it lets characters grapple with the fact that they want something, and aren't being compelled to do something by factors outside of their control. Like even in Feline Fever and Everybody Wants to Love You, I explicitly state that the characters don't have to have sex to get their normal bodies back.

So, I wanted to write an a/b/o fic where (1) heats and ruts don't need to be spent with a partner and (2) sexual preferences can differ from the "norm," in the same way sexual orientations or kinks exist in our world.

I loved the idea of Oscar as an alpha who doesn't want to knot or fuck people, and the shame that would come with that. It's clear in the fic that that preference exists, albeit rarely:

Oscar had seen almost every video in the (admittedly tiny) section of PornHub that featured alphas getting fucked.

Oscar has a lot of shame built up around that at the start of the fic. He's afraid of the press finding out, no one in his family knows that he has trouble knotting, and he's resigned himself to not having sex.

Enter Carlos, who (1) is an omega who likes to top and (2) feels absolutely no shame about it. I think this feels in character to me because of how Carlos acts around men (Charles, Lando, Max), where he's never afraid of being touchy and also likes to manhandle people (pushing Lando around, hand in Charles's hair).

With this fic, I wanted to explore the intersection of shame and desire, something that's very personal to me as someone who grew up devoutly Catholic and eventually left the Church after coming out. I genuinely did not know women masturbated until I was eighteen lmao, and literally would confess to my priest whenever I thought about kissing women.

Anyway, the narrative arc of this fic is all about Oscar letting himself want something fully, without the voice in his head telling him he's bad for wanting it. He constantly talks about how it's not "normal" to want to be fucked, but by the end he's begging for it and explicitly asking Carlos to fuck him.

The final thing, for me, is that I liked the idea of people in the omegaverse having "kinks" around certain designations. So, for example, Oscar begs Carlos to knot him at the end and calls Carlos alpha. They both get off on playing these roles, with Carlos the dominant alpha and Oscar the submissive omega, even though society would expect those roles to be reversed given their designations.

I also think they're quite clearly obsessed with each other by the end of the fic. It's the truest example of "matching each other's freaks" I've ever written.