#13 december 2022

[louisupdates]

Louis Tomlinson, PRYZM, KINGSTON N2 (13.12.22)

[sunshineandlyrics]

One more week until we hear this live again. First concert 26 May 2023, Uncasville, CT 🇺🇸

[dogstomp]

Dogstomp #2904 - December 13th

Patreon / Discord Server / Itaku

[transmasc-wizard]

i would switch blogs if it weren't for the sheer amount of random lore i have in the throes of my posts and nowhere else + the dear mutuals i fear i would accidentially lose but. holy shit do i get whiplash from sometimes seeing my old posts out in the wild. im like whatre you DOING there kiddo youre 13 years old and severely mentally ill LEAVE TUMBLR. anyway if you met me from october 2021 to like december 2022 i offer metaphorical financial compensation because that was a different person

[jou-m]

I can be your angle….or yuor devil

[glitterlikegold]

maddieandtae: Our faces when we see you in the crowd next spring for the #AllSongNoStaticTour 🥺 Get your presale tickets NOW with code ALLSONG23!!! (Link in bio)

(📸: @ thiehle)

[duadaily]

December 13, 2022

[moviehealthcommunity]

A Man Called Otto (2022)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

A Man Called Otto has no cause for concern with flashing lights or strobe effects.

While some of the camera work is handheld, it is all very smooth throughout the film. Some scenes take place in moving vehicles.

Flashing Lights: 0/10. Motion Sickness: 1/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: Suicidal ideation is depicted in this film, including extensive preparations for a total of four attempts depicted on screen. An LGBT+ character talks about their parent rejecting them for who they are.

Image ID: A promotional poster for A Man Called Otto

[literaphobe]

Don’t pay attention to the anon hate!!! Every fic writer (and any decent fic reader) knows that people need appreciation and validation in order to do what they do ❤️❤️

if anything, the second i start getting anon hate re fic updating it’s kinda a sign that i made it NDNDSNSNSN i once had someone get legitimately offended one time when I told people a new chapter would take 1-2 hours to read and they sent anon hate saying they don’t even spend more than 15 minutes a day on tumblr

also just to be transparent i have always had commenting based goals. if i never said a thing about it it would be if those goals were getting exceeded constantly. ifl w tvl and this fandom the community’s gotten smaller bc i joined the fandom at a time where there’s just not as much people around which ive def mentally prepared for ofc! the goals that i come up w are entirely based on how many different commenters each tvl chapter always exceeds in number, and I wasn’t public about that number until an anon asked! and I also didn’t really tell you guys the goals existed at all until anons asked how they could get chapters earlier! but anything i do and say here re tvl IS to get people to comment or to get people interested in the fic WHICH LITERALLY WORKS… some people have messaged me to tell me that they forget to comment sometimes until they see my tvl posts on the dash etc etc, some people see an ask or random tvl post and get interested in the fic

it’s all just me trying to get that bag <- attention not money. I def see where it can get annoying but if it is just stick to subscribing to tvl on ao3 and reading it when the update email comes out ❤️

[c3s6]

THIS JUST IN: We finally figure what what neil’s piano sounds like.

[librarycard]

i hate when people try to talk to me at work. Cant you see that im daydreaming about dragging gerards tights and panties down to his ankles while leaving the miniskirt in place.

[louisupdates]

Louis Tomlinson, PRYZM, KINGSTON 13.12.22 [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]

[mermaidinthecity]

iamjojo: 🪩 WINTER DISCO 🪩

[ladymariayuri]

Also finished base rise today, sped through like a little under half the game in a couple days ^_^

Thubder serpent Narwa was really cool but not a fun fight at all which is a shame because it really is a spectacle

[trulyinspiringmovies]

Avatar

“Avatar” was a fun time, even on a smaller screen, and seems unfairly criticized in some aspects and justifiably criticized in other aspects.

Jake Sully is a former Marine who has lost the ability to use his legs. In the year 2154, the technology to restore his limbs is available, but not with the money made by a veteran. After the death of his twin brother, Jake is offered to take his place on the Avatar project. The project would allow Jake to transfer his consciousness into the lab-grown body of a Na’vi. The reason Jake was chosen is because he shares the same genome as his brother and the Avatar would only work with him. Now, Jake must learn about the Na’vi culture to help the military mine the lucrative Unobtanium from their Hometree.

Just a quick thing before getting in the review; I watched the Extended Edition for this review. I’ve never seen the movie prior to that, so the Extended Edition, and the post-watch research I did, are all that I have to go by. With that out of the way, here’s my review. I had a great time with this film. The visuals were spectacular and I only wish I would’ve gone out to see the re-release in theaters that happened a couple of months ago. This is definitely a theater-experience movie. The reason I didn’t watch it back in 2009 was because I was 11 years old and I was rewatching “Coraline” in 3D in theaters for the third time. There were some criticisms of the story ripping off from other stories like “Pocahontas” and “Fern Gully’. The last time I watched “Pocahontas” was in early elementary school and I never watched “Fern Gully”, so the comparisons didn’t stick out to me immediately. Still, I don’t think it’s a fair criticism because most movies borrow from others and add minor tweaks. There is no such thing as complete originality. It’s crazy to think Quentin Tarantino movies get praised for being remixes of his influence, but this movie gets criticized for it. I do think the ‘white savior’ criticisms are valid. I’m not in a position to weigh in on the discussion, but I do acknowledge that it’s a problem in Hollywood. Still, the movie’s main draw isn’t the story, it’s the visuals. It does a damn good job of transporting you into a whole new world. Granted, I did have minor nitpicks about it. For starters, every creature felt like an ‘alienified’ version of an animal we have here on Earth. Second, it felt like the animals were made to be spectacles, rather than functional. It sort of takes me out of the movie when I’m thinking about how all these animals evolved to have some sort of biological neural link. There’s also this flying amphibian thing that rotates like a helicopter and I couldn’t help but think how disadvantageous it would’ve been for this creature to evolve with that trait. Another tiny nitpick I had was when Jake Sully has to fend for himself overnight and he makes a torch by dipping a stick in some sort of liquid. I don’t know how he knew that the goop was flammable, but I guess it doesn’t matter all too much. I thought a lot of the characters were one-dimensional, especially the villains. Sam Worthington’s Jake Sully was serviceable, but his bad acting really stood out next to Zoe Saldana’s brilliant performance as Neytiri. Usually, I’m critical of movies that go on for too long, but I didn’t feel the long runtime with this movie. The pacing felt great and everything scene seemed important to the overall story. I think the great script is to thank here and it’s impressive that James Cameron is the only writing credit. All in all, I can see why this movie was the number one highest-grossing film for the longest time. It’s not the most perfect movie, but it smartly marketed itself as the ultimate theater-going experience. It has amazing visuals, high-stakes set pieces, and genuinely makes you feel like you’ve been transported to another world. It’s crowd-pleasing and it's super fun if you don’t think too hard about it, which is easy to do with the visuals stealing so much of your focus. I will not make the same mistake of not watching the sequel in the theaters. I’ve already got my tickets to watch it in Dolby Cinema 3D and I cannot wait.

★★★★

Watched on December 30th, 2022

[tayfabe75]

December 13, 2022: The 1975 post a clip of 'Oh Caroline' to Tiktok, a music video that released four days earlier on YouTube. (source)