#AND THE DUDE FROM HOUSE AND DEAD POET SOCIETY

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Went to the picket line today! Met Jesse Williams, Michael Cyril Creighton, and Robert Sean Leonard which was super fun. A very productive day!

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this is a very stupid poll about non-spn stuff that comes up frequently on my dash that i am not personally into but enjoy seeing the mutuals have fun discussing :)

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Thanks for the tag, @afewbulbsshortofatanningbed! I'm procrastinating furiously, and I would absolutely so much rather do this than anything else right now.

Last Song: That Jack Harlow song except it's about chinchillas:

Favorite Color: Uhhh either hot pink, dark purple, or eye-searing teal.

Last Book: A Power Unbound by Freya Marske. This book has so many great bits, but also so many bits that were infuriating, inconsistent with established canon, broke previously established rules, or just plain made no sense, that it ended up being one of the worst books I've read in quite a while. It was at its best when it allowed the protagonists to be tender and intimate with each other, which meant that the last two chapters were the only ones that didn't make me want to thump my head gently against the wall.

Last Movie: No Time to Die. The tallwife and I decided it was time for us to finally sit down and (re)watch all five Daniel Craig Bond movies, and I gotta say, Casino Royale and Skyfall absolutely hold up---Skyfall in particular feels like a good movie, period, and the best Bond movie yet. The other three movies were entertaining but a hot mess. No Time to Die made many people furious with its ending, but I enjoyed Bond's character arc there, especially in the context of the four movies that preceded it, and especially because we'd watched the movies in rapid succession.

Last TV Show: Delicious in Dungeon, which is absolutely cuckoo bananas bonkers. Highly recommended. Anime on Netflix about a party of D&D-esque adventurers who are so broke that they have to make their way through the dungeon with zero money for provisions. The solution: cook and eat the monsters they slay! Every episode lovingly goes through the proper preparation methods and talks about the importance of eating balanced meals. If you miss original flavor Iron Chef and love D&D, you 1000% need to watch this show.

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Savory!

Relationship Status: Le married

Last Thing I Googled: That chinchilla Tiktok

Current Obsession: Trying to slowly and painfully wrench my wardrobe around from "buy whatever's cheap and sort of fits" into something resembling a coherent aesthetic. And my true loves---romance novels in general and KJ Charles romance novels in particular---are never far from my mind.

Looking Forward To: Visiting @theglintoftherail and @etoilesombre in March, aaaaahhhh it's gonna be so great!

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Three Ships: Jerry Crozier/Alec Pyne from Any Old Diamonds. Utterly obsessed with their dynamic. Kim Secretan/Will Darling from the Will Darling Adventures, because what's not to love about a twisty secretive angsty shit + stoic oblivious dude with a boatload of war trauma? Also Arthur/Eames from Inception, I will never not love that universe in general and those two in particular. Just thinking about them makes me want to reread weatherfront's Inception fics.

First Ship: Man, it was probably Todd/Neil from Dead Poets' Society? I watched that movie when I was 11 or 12 years old, and it hit me like a truck, but I had no way to express the horrible yearning I had for Neil to have a different ending, and for him and Todd to remain VERY CLOSE FRIENDS forever.

Currently Reading: King Solomon's Mines. Hilariously, am reading this for KJ Charles reasons, because Think of England is set in that universe and I want more background info on Archie Curtis's adventure-loving guncles. I enjoyed this a whole lot as a child (I think I first read it when I was 11?) and reading it as an adult is...an experience. Colonialism: What a drug!

Currently Watching: Delicious in Dungeon; also slowly catching up on Lower Decks (which is proceeding at a snail's pace because we don't have Paramount Plus, we watch an episode or two every few weeks at a friend's house).

Currently Craving: A Cosmic Crisp apple and some cheddar cheese. For whatever reason, my body has decided that This Is Food and very few other things are. Fuckin' bodies.

As always with these things, I'm not tagging anyone. Feel free to jump in if you, too, are in the mood to talk about yourself and are trying to put off actually thinking about or working on something.

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4/17/23

I wrote a really good song. It is called Open Spring. It is five minutes. I started it last Monday and I have completed it. I just shared it with Seojin and her friend, who I’ve seen on Grindr. They were impressed with me. I shared it with Charlie as well, who brought me to a poetry reading tonight in NYC. They were really moved by it and that means a lot to me, because they are a really intelligent and thoughtful individual. They are also extremely emotional, which I appreciate. Right now, I feel elated, and therefore good. This morning I was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, a prestigious honors society and I also went to the gym. I met Anne Wallen which was cool. I went to NYC and met a cool poet I guess who was a translator and liked that I was a polyglot. Charlie was showing me off. I felt important and real! I spoke French and German to a gay man. I walked on the high line with my eyes glued to Grindr. So what. 

I’m so tired. Yesterday I drank myself to sleep because I felt alone and pathetic and I do not feel like that right now! But, it still concerns me because I felt awful and I didn’t know what to do to make it better. I felt bad, bad, bad. I was talking to Amay on Grindr and I told him I know about the DL frat dude and his OnlyFans and how I saw him and Simon at the Yard together (future me, does this have context?) and he was like, “who are you?” and I said that “anonymity suits me tonight.” And yes, and whatever. I was a black hole of self. There was not one thing glorious about my suffering. I could not write or compose and even if I did, that would not have ameliorated the feeling. It is hard to be a person. Sometimes I live in a bad house (I am embodied.) I haven’t written a poem in a bit which is its own sort of forewarning. In my drunken state, I ordered AirPod pros. So what? I am about to literally graduate college. (In a way, I was never supposed to get here - when did I start living?)

Dear Murod, I still think of you most every day but more like you are the sun inside of my eyes and I close them and the whole landscape of my spirit erupts under your fire. More like if there is a sun inside of my eyes it is because I put the summer away like porn on my computer the colliding bodies inhibiting the inert electric wirings of my consciousness Like here is enough light to burn darkness into flesh and bone Like, Murod, you are the best collection of neurons I have ever grown. The amount of times I have slept in your smile. The soft pink feeling right at the center of my chest is what a prayer feels like answered. I have lived through enough epilogues. Or my ear, on top of your chest, I heard the ocean of your breathing and drowning seemed like a destination rather than a consequence. Like I look into mirrors and eyes blink awake to capture this looking. If the passage of time had a body it would be a good one, but maybe very sad, like a too big tree which has seen too many years of Earth. Dear Murod, I convinced myself I can speak to the seasons, you are the baby in the barn, summer is meaner than winter, whatever is behind the moon you are likely hiding from me, you are not dead either, and whatever eclipsed horrible worse feeling crouching behind this paragraph is beating like an about-to-be-dead thing. You do not know the depths of my perfect suffering. I am hiking a trail snuffing out your shadow. I am trying to taste the worlds you have endured with the memory of your tongue. Bright summer mornings where you woke up and the sky aglow a soft shade of blue like it would flake its magic into the next world I actually witnessed the fate of being a person and know more than I could ever release to you, my one true love, destiny is a poem I will never write and I am staring at it and only when I am not in that place can I really communicate to you with my most genuine sense of self that I am here.

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Music, movement and girls.

Those three go together, don't they?

How?  You may be asking but let me tell you how they do for me.

I have these memories in my head that live there forever, like little movies that I can watch anytime I want. Sometimes they come up when I hear a certain song, see a photo of motorcycle I owned and often if I think of a past love in my life.

Like the time I met a girl at a Wrestling Tournament way back in 1984, she was from a few towns away and when she invited me to come to her house for a party, I thru caution into the wind, hoped on my motorcycle and followed some handwritten directions taped to my tank.   After about 1 hour of riding my little Honda 450 I showed up at a High School party in Southboro Mass. I didn't know a soul there except for her, and I had only talked with her for maybe 15 min after one of my matches.

It was something way out of my comfort zone doing, but as Robin Willams said many years later, in Good Will Hunting

"I had to go see about a girl"

A few things I remember from that day was listening to my Prince tape on the way over. It was one of his earlier albums "Controversy"  

I believe it was the first time I took my motorcycle on a major Highway and it was the winter. I hadn't considered the temperature that I was going to have to ride home in at night.  The nervousness I experienced on the way over kept me warm, the thrill of riding so far from home, on roads I've never been on and meeting a girl that I smiled at me on a random Saturday afternoon.

The bike was a 1971 Honda CB450 in Green Like the one above, the helmet was a full-face Nava in red.   I had to modify it to add my Sony Walkman speakers in it to listen to music while riding.  As I pulled up to the house with all the cars parked in front, I remember thinking to myself this is crazy, I can't believe I'm doing this!  

It was a typical house party that happened back then, if you grew up in the 80s you know what I'm talking about.  A whole bunch of kids gathered at someone's house where the parents were gone for the night.   Lots of aqua net in the air, Parachute pants and more than one dude with his Levis tuck into his work boots standing around drinking.

I  was the only motorcycle there!  I got a few " are you crazy?" when people noticed I was on two wheels. It took me a few minutes to find Terri and get up the nerve to go over and tap her on the shoulder while she stood around chatting with all her girlfriends.

The rest of the night was a little blurry, I remember listening to that Prince tape in her parents' car in the garage.  

A few great kisses.

Taking her on the back of the little Honda twin down the street and back.

Then falling asleep on the couch when I realized it was just a little too cold to ride home. The next morning the ride home was very cold and there were a few flurries in the air.   However, I remember it like it happened yesterday, that thrill of meeting a pretty girl, riding my motorcycle on roads that I didn't know and listening to music that I could identify with.

Having dinner a few weeks ago with some good friends we started talking about what people get out of their motorcycles.   One person brought up how it was more of a tool for them and mentioned how they can see how I am romantic about motorcycles.   I couldn't agree more.  

As Robin Williams says in Dead Poets Society....

" We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are member of the human race, and the human race is filled with Passion! Poetry, beauty, romance, love these are what we stay alive for"

Well, I'm here to tell you I can add riding motorcycles to that list! "   Poetry, beauty, romance, Love and motorcycles these are what we stay alive for"

I never saw Terri again after that weekend. My guess is she doesn't remember the boy from Lancaster that road his old Honda on a cold winter day to see about her, I wonder if she ever got a chance to ride on the back of a Ducati?

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i can’t actually watch house md because it’s got the dude from the dead poets society that looked exactly like my dad age 17

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April 12, 2021: Mrs. Doubtfire (1992) (Recap)

Hey, Robin Williams. Been a while.

I’m sorry that I haven’t watched your movies for a while, and that I always skip your comedy stand-up when my phone’s on shuffle. I just...let me explain. Since I was a kid, you were one of my favorite entertainers. That might as well have started the day I was born, because...well, we share a birthday, fun fact. But it definitely continued with the first movie I ever saw in theatres.

While I don’t quite remember the first time I saw it, Aladdin was one of my favorite childhood movies, and I knew that you were the voice of the Genie from an early age. You might have actually been the first actor I ever knew by name. Which makes sense, because your stardom during the ‘90s was nearly unparalleled.

The next film I remember seeing (and hearing) you in was Ferngully: The Last Rainforest. That also starred Tim Curry, who would also be a major figure of my childhood. It also wasn’t the best movie, in hindsight, but it is the only time I’ve heard you rap since.

But eventually, I watched your forays into live-action, too. Jumanji, Hook, even the objectively bad Flubber, are all movies that I vividly remember watching during childhood. I was really excited for Flubber, even, and I LOVED Jumanji growing up. I liked Hook, too, but I appreciated that more as I got older.

Of course, during this time period, you also made less family-friendly films. The Fisher King, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, Good Morning Vietnam, and What Dreams May Come were all very successful, and cemented your reputation as an actor. I also haven’t seen any of them. In fact...I don’t think I’ve seen any of your dramatic roles, and that’s something that I’ll fix this year. Hell, in a few days, I’ll watch The Birdcage, another of your big hits of the ‘90s.

But why haven’t I seen them up to now? Well...I was going to watch these films, about seven years ago. But...I haven’t been able to bring myself to do it. Because it hurts. A lot.

I know that this is a downer, but my relationship with Robin Williams today is tainted by his tragic death. I was fucking BROKEN when his death was announced, and I really haven’t been able to watch him since. I’ve seen Aladdin recently, but that’s about all I could stand to watch. I mean, the guy shares a birthday with me! I’ve always loved his comedy stylings, and his improvisational skills are something I’ve internalized to a certain degree.

So, yeah. This one’s tough. But, it’s about time I moved on, and celebrated the man’s career for what it was: stellar. And that also brings up an important question, that some of you have probably asked by now:

HOW HAVE I MISSED MRS. DOUBTFIRE, WHAT THE FUCK

I KNOW I KNOW OK?

Look, I’m not entirely sure how I haven’t seen this movie, because I’m MORE than aware of it! I remember it airing during the ‘90s, my Dad AND girlfriend love this movie, and I know FOR A FACT that my family owned both the DVD AND THE VHS of this movie! So, how? HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN IT BY NOW?

I honestly have no idea, but let’s fix it now, huh? Yet one more man-dresses-as-woman movie this month! And no, I am not watching White Chicks...because I’ve already seen White Chicks. Also, it’s...problematic.

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

 Recap

Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) is a voice-actor, and a good one. Which, given that it’s Robin Williams, isn’t entirely inaccurate. He’s also a voice actor with a spine, as he morally objects to a scene in the cartoon that he’s performing for, in which the main character smokes. By the way, I’m 99% sure that this cartoon is animated by Chuck Jones, and it looks well-made.

Anyway, this leads to him quitting the cartoon altogether, and allows him to pick up his kids early from school. These kids are Lydia (Lisa Hykub), Chris (Matthew Lawrence), and Natalie (Mara Wilson), and it’s Chris’ 12th birthday. Daniel arranges a...surprisingly large party, given that it’s completely impromptu, and it comes with a petting zoo and complete trappings. However, it’s not a party of which his wife will approve.

This wife is Miranda (Sally Field), a successful architect and the breadwinner of the family. After getting a call from the neighbor about the party, she comes home and busts the outrageous party. And for the record, I’m entirely on Miranda’s side here. This party is INSANE, and very irresponsible, given the fact that Daniel currently has no job. And yeah, he’s a very loving father, and a good person, but...it’s too much.

Miranda feels the same, and after 14 years of frustration, she realizes that she no longer loves Daniel. In a genuinely sad scene, she tells him that she wants a divorce. And she goes through with it MUCH to Daniel’s detriment. He has no home, as he’s staying with his brother, Frank (Harvey Fierstein) and his partner Jack (Scott Capurro). He also still has no job, meaning that he has no way to provide for his children. This means that he has no ability to provide, and the judge awards Miranda full custody. Oof.

However, this is a conditional arrangement, as another hearing for joint custody will be held in 3 months, and if Daniel can get a home and job in that time, he has a chance. He performs a litany of voices and impressions with his court liason, Mrs. Sellner (Anne Haney), which amuses me, but not her, and he gets a job in order to be with his kids for more than one day a week.

Meanwhile, Miranda IMMEDIATELY starts dating fellow designer and old flame Stuart Dunmeyer (Pierce Brosnan), like, almost before Daniel leaves the house. He bids a heartfelt goodbye to his kids, with the promise that he’ll see them on Saturdays. And now begins the absolute hatred and petty bitchiness of Daniel and Miranda! Seriously, it’s...it’s fucking terrible, and it takes away from my sympathy from either side. I get that divorce is rough and ugly, but GODDAMN, neither of them perform the act with any form of tact or grace.

This is put on display during the kids’ visitation to Daniel’s semi-crappy new apartment, which doesn’t even seem that bad, to be honest. Miranda dropped them off late and picked them up early, as if to slowly starve Daniel of time with his kids, which is extraordinarily shitty of her, fuck me. Daniel’s not taking it well, understandably, but then does something...really dumb, when you think about it.

See, Miranda’s looking for a nanny, to help watch the kids and clean the house during the week. Daniel volunteers his services, which is actually a good idea, but Miranda says she’ll think about it, which we ALL know means no. I DO NOT like Miranda, even if I understand the initial reasons for the divorce. She’s being especially spiteful, and it’s not a good look.

Daniel’s stupid idea, though, is to change the phone number on the ad for the nanny, which Miranda shows him before she takes the kids. Instead, he calls her number, and pretends to be various terrible applicants, until finally supplying his own applicant: the completely fictional Euphegenia Doubtfire (Daniel Hillard).

Daniel plays Mrs. Doubtfire as an elderly British woman, and a seasoned nanny in her day. Which is why it’s weird to me that, when he does to Frank and Jack to help him make an elaborate disguise as Mrs. Doubtfire, that they go through various other impressions and get-ups. Which, yes, is goddamn hilarious, but also makes NO SENSE, given that they’ve already established her character to Miranda. Funny, but nonsensical.

But, regardless, Euphegenis Doubtfire comes into being, and introduces herself to Miranda and the kids. Mrs. Doubtfire is exactly what Miranda’s looking for, although the kids aren’t exactly overjoyed, ESPECIALLY the oldest, Lydia. Also, during this first meeting, Miranda openly bad-mouths Daniel in front of the kids, in just the WORST fuckin’ way. I genuinely dislike Miranda A LOT. Again, the divorce was certainly justified, but I REALLY don’t like her. Daniel loves his kids, and they’re HIS kids, TOO. Stop using them as weapons against him, OOOOOOOOOOOH I DON’T LIKE MIRANDA

Anyway, that evening, after she’s officially been hired by Miranda, Mrs. Doubtfire heads home, only to find court liason Mrs. Sellner waiting to speak with Daniel. After a litany of puns, and a humorous changing scene, Daniel accidentally throws the Mrs. Doubtfire mask out of the window, and is forced to improvise through equally humorous circumstances. Hence, the above meringue mask scene. Has anybody tried that, by the way? Could that work as a groundbreaking beauty technique? Or would the sugar just feed the skin bacteria and give you acne? Genuinely curious.

Now going between his job as Daniel and the nanny job as Doubtfire, Daniel’s not doing too badly for himself. The nanny job begins, and Mrs. Doubtfire IMMEDIATELY contrasts with Daniel, creating a disciplinarian atmosphere in place of Daniel’s formerly loosey-goosey attitude. Which is interesting, and it works! I mean, it’s not how I would parent, but it does work. Doubtfire makes the kids to their homework, rather than watch TV, and then attempts to make dinner. Instead, though, the dinner’s ruined, and Daniel orders takeout and makes it LOOK like homemade food. And it looks good, too! Daniel’s full of hidden talents.

After dinner, as Mrs. Doubtfire’s leaving, Lydia apologizes for backtalking her earlier, and thanks her for making her mom happy with everything she did that evening. he also says that she’s still a bit messed up about her dad being gone. And yeah, it’s sweet-but-sad. 

Going forward (and in a montage set to Aerosmith’s Dude Looks Like a Lady), Mrs. Doubtfire takes care of the family, and Daniel even betters himself to become a better Mrs. Doubtfire. Which...to be honest, Daniel REALLY should’ve done this before. I get that he needed the pressure of losing the kids to do this, but...look, Daniel really wasn’t that responsible of a parent, and the fact that THIS is how he learns to be so is...not great. Like, here’s an example, OK: take Donald Trump.

Yeah, I know, what’s this politics doing in my peanut butter? And WOW, that reference is older than me, but anyway. Let’s say that, in two years, a new politician comes on the scene, and her name is Karyn Walldottir. She has somewhat centrist views, and behaves in a way that’s inclusive to the majority, and backs up her claims and promises with evidence (at least true enough for us to suspend our disbelief). This is, of course, Donald Trump disguised as a woman in order to gain custody of the United States of America again. Naturally.

Karyn Walldottir gets elected in 2024, and all of her policies are markedly different from Trump’s and Biden’s, but leaning closer to Biden in progressive standpoints (assuming that that worked for him come 2024). While Trump is doing this specifically to be president again, he ends up revising his personal policies, and being a better person and president for the country. A literal impossibility, I know. But suspend your disbelief to ask this question:

WHY THE FUCK WOULDN’T HE DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE? IT MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE!

OK, now that that dumbass (and mildly horrifying) thought process is concluded, let’s get back to Mrs. Doubtfire. In the process of Mrs. Doubtfire’s ingratiation with the family, Miranda’s been dating Stu, whom Mrs. Doubtfire subtly insults when they meet. And yeah, Daniel’s being a little petty here, but it makes a bit of sense at least.

That night, after an accidental intrusion by Chris when Mrs. Doubtfire is going to the bathroom, Daniel’s basically forced to tell Chris and Lydia his little secret, which Lydia’s happy about, but Chris is understandably weirded out about. But, they agree to keep the secret from their mom and younger sister.

At his OTHER job, delivering film reels from a TV station, he witnesses the filming of an extremely boring kids educational TV show, and comments as such to another man watching. As he quickly learns, this is the owner of the station, Jonathan Lundy (Robert Prosky), on whom Daniel makes a good impression.

In the meantime, Mrs. Doubtfire has a talk with Miranda about their love lives, real and fictional. Daniel realizes how badly Miranda had been suffering in their marriage, which she never told him because...well, he never seemed to take anything seriously. Which is entirely fair...but this is why Miranda’s a tricky-ass character. She’s got two sides: there’s the justified caring mother and strong woman, and there’s the PETTY ASSHOLE who genuinely doesn’t care about Daniel or his feelings AT ALL. Jesus.

And Stu...look, Stu is LITERALLY a Gary Stu, who’s mostly perfect. Sure, he’s not always been that way, but he definitely is now! He’s responsible, wealthy, in love with Miranda AND her kids. And yeah, at a country club that he’s a member of (OF COURSE he is), he privately badmouth Daniel in front of Mrs. Doubtfire, calling him a loser, and...yeah, he’s not really unjustified in that statement. Fact of the matter is, Stu is barely even a plot device.

Meanwhile, in Daniel’s day job, he finds himself alone in the studio, where the toy dinosaurs from the TV show are still sitting on the table. He plays with them, gives them voices, sings some songs, and impresses Mr. Lundy, who’s there in the shadows after all that. He’s impressed, and invites Daniel to dinner to talk about a potential future show at the network.

But then, it’s also Miranda’s birthday coming up, and Stu’s holding a dinner for her, to which Mrs. Doubtfire is invited. Trouble is, it’s at the OH FUCK IT. YOU know what this is. It’s at the same time and place as the Mr. Lund meeting yaddayaddayadda LOOK. We ALL know how this is going to end. It’s the GODDAMN LIAR REVEALED TROPE AGAIN. And here’s the thing:

I FUGGIN’ HAAAAAATE THE LIAR REVEALED TROPE

You know, that thing in movies (especially family movies of the ‘90s) where somebody starts off a situation with a lie, they get deeper and deeper into that lie, grow close to people under false pretenses, and then OH NO! THE LIAR IS REVEALED! And everybody’s angry and/or sad, the liar slumps off, defeated and broken, but then realizes the error of his ways, while everybody else realizes the same thing, and he comes back to vindicate himself, and is welcomed back with open arms. And it introduces unneeded tension AND I HAVE ALWAYS FUCKING HATED IT.

Let’s list the examples, shall we? A Bug’s Life, Aladdin, Mulan, The Road to El Dorado, Chicken Run, How to Train Your Dragon, Klaus, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Megamind (SUBVERSIVE MY ASS), Over the Hedge, Rango, Toy Story, Steven Universe (the whole Pearl/Sardonyx arc, which went on for WAY too long), the list goes on and fucking on. And I GODDAMN HATE IT. Not to say it can’t be done well. Disney actually usually does a pretty good job with it, and Dreamworks uses it A LOT, but almost always pretty well. But sometimes...GOD. Either way, it’s still used FAR too fucking much. And look. Here’s another one. Joy.

Look, at this point...I will freely admit that I'm biased against this trope, but it’s also obvious where this is headed. Basically, Daniel switches back and forth between the dinner with the family, and the dinner with Mr. Lundy. With Mr. Lundy, he gets absolutely SMASHED. Great. Great decision, Daniel.

So, yeah, Mrs. Doubtfire’s also smashed, which is pretty goddamn apparent to them all. At this point, I’m wondering why Daniel, as Mrs. Doubtfire, didn’t just say she was sick as hell, and had to go home. Or, considering the fact that Daniel proposes her as a show idea regardless, the switch wasn’t even necessary! And that means that none of what’s about to happen, happens. Or, here’s a crazy thought, maybe Daniel shouldn’t have POISONED STU’S FOOD WITH CAYENNE PEPPER THAT HE’S ALLERGIC TO! 

YEAH! Because that causes Stu to go into anaphylactic shock for a hot sec, causing him to choke. Mrs. Doubtfire does the right thing and gives him the Heimlich maneuver, and in the process, SURPRISE! IT’S BEEN DANIEL ALL ALONG! BUH BUH BUHHHHH DA DA DA DAAAAA DA

Yeah, so Miranda is understandably ENRAGED by this revelation, and it’s all over. Daniel represents himself in court at the custody hearing, but the judge deems his “lifestyle” dangerous for children. Which...yikes, Judge, that statement didn’t age well AT FUCKING ALL. But, given Daniel’s admitted stupidity with this whole idea, he’s not wrong about the dangerous part. But, I have to say, Daniel’s speech in his own defense is nice...although he also says he’s addicted to his children, so let’s throw a second yikes on there for good measure.

The speech moves Miranda...but not enough to prevent Daniel has his custody stripped away from him! GOD THEY BOTH SUUUUUUUUCK. Daniel’s a broken man, and Miranda and the kids are similarly broken without him and Mrs. Doubtfire. However...Daniel’s career isn’t broken AT ALL, as Mrs. Doubtfire is now a kid’s show host! Yeah! And she’s a hit! And again, it brings me to wonder why Daniel DIDN’T APPLY HIS OBVIOUS TALENTS LIKE THIS IN THE FIRST GODDAMN PLACE

Realizing that she made a mistake, she goes to the set during the filming of a show. She congratulates him on the show, and he replies by stating how broken he is now! Thanks, Miranda! Well, after an argument, and after Miranda sees how badly she’s messed up someone she used to care for, they come to an agreement: joint custody. FINALLY GODDAMN IT

And good, because I don’t want them back together. I have to give this film props for that: they acknowledge that these two are NOT good for each other, and they deliver a message in the end: families are families, no matter how they’re shaped. One mom, one dad, uncle or aunt, grandparents, adoption, two separated or divorced parents...oh, also, two dads or two moms. Yeah, that isn’t said in Mrs. Doubtfire’s final monologue, which is odd considering Daniel’s brother and his life partner...but it’s also kid’s TV in the ‘90s, so I guess that sadly makes sense. And with that, and their new family arrangement, Daniel takes his kids on an afternoon out, as himself.

...Look. That’s Mrs. Doubtfire, yaddayaddayadda LOOK. I don’t dislike this movie. In fact, here: have this mini-Review:

Cast and Acting - 9/10: Good, although Brosnan was a little stiff.

Plot and Writing - 5/10: It’s an idiot plot, what can I say? It’s actually based off of a book, which was a surprise to me, but it was adapted by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon, and...eh. Still an idiot plot.

Directing and Cinematography - 8/10: It’s Chris Columbus, you get what you get. Definitely has that Home Alone flair to it.

Production and Art Design - 8/10: I mean, yeah, the Doubtfire disguise was good most of the time, but...I dunno, I could still tell it was Robin. But, still, it was good. Took 4 hours of makeup, fun fact.

Music and Editing - 8/10: Music by Howard Shore (ooh, Howard Shore!) was pretty nice, especially the ending theme. Editing by Raja Gosnell was...RAJA GOSNELL???

OH GOD. Yeah, OK, I see what happened here. Also, I didn’t know he was an editor! I just know him as the director of the Scooby-Doo films, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, The Smurfs films, Big Momma’s...

...OK, no, I am not doing Big Momma’s House OR the Madea movies. THE TROPE-BUCK STOPS HERE! I am moving on to something else! But, of course, I have to sum this up in a Review. See you there!

[barnesbabee]

#1 movie rec?

Oh I love asks like this! However I can't recommend 1 movie only, so I'll divide it by genders!

My #1 movie rec if you like...

-> Romantic comedies: 10 Things I Hate About You

It's a movie about a guy who enters a new highschool and is startstruck with this one girl, but there's a rule where she can't date unless her older sister does, so he and his friend try to get her older sister a date.

It has a mix of adult and silly humour, which is appropriate for high school. And a lot of actors in the movie actually look like teenagers which is great. It's a hilarious movie and I love the type of comedy in it, there's jokes for everyone. I've seen it like 7 times, no lie.

-> Romance: Me before you

It's a movie about a man who suffered an accident and his body became paralysed. His mom hired a woman to make him company, to try and make her son happier. Her son hates it and is against it but eventually warms up to her.

I absolutely loved this movie, it had me crying in every corner. I love both actors who played in this and I thought they couldn't have casted them better. I dislike romances but this one was amazing.

-> Drama: Dead Poet Society

It's a story about a teachers who inspired students to think out of the box. A tight group of friends finds a book about the dead poet society and decides to recreate it.

The movie is a really nice, soft and inspiring time, the ending really got to me though and I loved it. It's a nice movie to watch if you're looking for something light.

-> Comedy: Dumb & Dumber; White Chicks; The Dictator

I divided this into 3 for all types of comedy:

Dumb & Dumber is probably my favourite comedy ever. It's a movie about two dumb ass friends. That's it. It has light-hearted comedy for the whole family, everyone can get behind these jokes. It relies a lot on physical comedy and it's an absolute gem, it has me laughing every time I see it.

White chicks is a movie about two black dudes who work for the CIA and are assigned to protect these two white chicks. But they fuck it up and the white chicks don't wanna leave their bedrooms for the important event they were supposed to be at, so the dudes disguise as white girls to pretend to be them. It's hilarious and it has more adult humour and some more complex things than the previous movie, I think it's great fun and although it's not silly, it's also not political or taking jabs at something, it's somewhere in between that spectrum.

The Dictator: it's about the stupidest dictator ever. It's made by the same actor who does Borat so it has some silly elements but the movie is based on taking a jab on politics so if you're into that it's the movie for you.

-> Sad movies: Boy In The Stripped pijamas

It's about the son of a nazi General that means a Jewish boy in a concentration camp during the WWII. It's really sad and really moving, I recommend it.

-> Thriller: Don't Breathe

It's a movie about a group of friends who steals from houses to make money, and they find out there's a man who's blind in the neighbourhood, but they didn't know he was a navy. They have to try to get out without making any noise but they find out some fucked up stuff.

This movie really made me get into the thriller genre, it has you on the edge of your seat all the time.

-> Horror: none. Hate this genre. Garbage genre with garbage movies.

-> Animation: Shrek 2/How To Train Your Dragon

Shrek 2 is a classic but it's the best animation movie, I could watch it all day.

How to train your dragon is funny and emotional and I LOVE IT. All 3 movies are amazing which is hard to do. Dreamworks movies are amazing.

-> Musical: The Greatest Showman

A man with a dream of making a museum takes his dream somewhere else by creating a 'freak' show.

I hate musicals but this one... Man 10/10

[nunc-flore]

have some concept playlists !!

chill in various moods and genres!

chill in classickal [ when music gets so good u wanna straight up eat it ]

chill in celthicc [ breeng thy begpeipe lass ]

chill in archaic [ enjoy your symposium lads ]

chill in swing [ feelin pretentious today? i got u fam ]

chill in techno [ when the world sucks. no exceptions. ]

chill in arab [ beautiful tunez from the lands of the sun ]

chill in lo-fi [ beep boop bzzt? ]

chill in medieval ballads [ smasheth thou instrumenth, brother]

chill in funk [ funk up lads]

chill in indie [ your raw tenderness starter-pack]

don’t chill in punk [ oi! oi! oi! ]

chill in 80s bops [ what is technicolor if not a digital rainbow ]

chill in norse [ Heill þú farir! heill þú aftr komir! heill þú á sinnum sér! ]

chill in soul [it’s not the waking it’s the rising // nina cried power]

chill in 70s wood-chopping jams (still a stub) [chill, man]

chill in opera [ angelic crowds chanting "he needs some milk" ]

chill in jazz (still a stub) [ sweet music playing in the dark ]

chill in 20s-to-50s music that's not jazz nor swing nor soul [dance and drink like it's the 20s y'all (please stay clear of all the nationalism and the crippling sense of collective doom, thank you) ]

chill in yeehaw [ april is the cruellest month, ain't it? ]

chill in ye olde shanty [ a-hoy captain! ]

and many more, as time goes by!

actual concept playlists

summer indie - guitar themed tracks about life and death and all that’s in between

ingenium voluntatis - r e d  y e a r n i n g  but make it existential. it starts well but something happens. probably society and its non-sense rules. 

the apocalypse and other related catastrophes, merrily told by yours truly - the world is ending and shit is going down. but is it? are you certain this is the world and not some other unnameable thing? are you already dead? is it the apocalypse you dreamed, the one you’ve been waiting for, or is it too slow-boiled? deathly, rotting acceptance of the end of times, with a hint of child-like storytelling.

gotta go FAST -  it’s 34°C. the streets are a desert. you’re 20 minutes late. run.

daydreaming on main - can we stay like this forever? lost in a neo-classical painting, full of celestial things, and symmetry, dreaming away.

dreamy drum pop - is it a dream? are you in love with a dream, in the street of some ancient, modern city, following their shadow? or are you just having a bad case of hypotension? we may never know.

an evening in beige - cruelly posh but in a classy, bitter, hollow way

ready for the lazarus pit, shaka-brah! - a collection to sell your soul to a demonic entity of your choosing to. mostly dark techno, but with a classical twist.

chillin! - or the "dude put on some good music" playlist - when you’re chilling with laid-back pals and they ask you to put on some music and you need a quick, safe, society-tolerable playlist to hit shuffle on and leave there

sweet music playing in the dark - jazz n stuff, some old gems. also, the songs quoted by Almost (Sweet Music) by Hozier.

time. - feel the flow of endless thing going by. the clock is ticking, but what the hell is time, anyway?

audiobooks!! - it’s what it says on the tin, my dudes. including: macbeth, metamorphosis, orlando, the call of cthulhu, iliade, the time machine, the tell-tale heart, the black cat, dr. jekyll and mr.hyde, pride and prejudice, black beauty, treasure island, the phantom of the opera, de profundis, frankenstein, carmilla, beowulf, dracula, the raven

fuck this, keep running - from society. from civilization. it’s just you and your ideas against the world, kid. let’s go give them hell. they will never take us alive. 

oh gee golly what a disaster - oh, this is bad. //  that's so sad alexa play this playlist

a witch in the woods - in the throat of the forest, whispered chants and incantations. it’s the voice of the survivors, the ones that escaped the pyre. hush now and dream.

till the end of the world and back - it’s ride or die. the cavalry's here and it's here to stay. 

italian oldies - italian culture. every italian i've ever met knows every single one of these by heart somehow.

:))))))) - am i happy? am i on the edge of a mental breakdown? have i gone completly insane? gee golly! who knows

stars, who am i? - did someone say existential crisis?

personal hyperuranium - my happy, serene place. when everything is too much close your eyes and listen to this. 

young punks, get off my lawn - wreaking havoc with ur gang  / girl gang.

self torment - me @ myself: why r u like this

razzle dazzle jazzle - you like jazz? 

knightess in a shining armor - heroines with swords, here’s to you

playlists inspired by stuff!

songs to be a flamboyant asshole to - swag walk. i blame anthony jantony crowley for this. 

the mad prophet - loosely inspired by friedrich nietzsche’s theories

the star traveller - laugh hard, run fast, be kind // inspired by the thirteenth doctor

getting to it, that's not the hard part. it's letting go. - i left my heart, 3 friends, and 37 gold bars in the sierra madre // inspired by Fallout New Vegas - Dead Money

pew-pew // (i'm three ounces of whoop-ass) - "Another female operative broke into my house and attacked me." "What did she want?"  "Dinner." | a killing eve playlist

les mis, les amis - those brave fellows. honestly, squad goals.

prince(ss) of verona - inspired by a theatrical performance of Romeo and Juliet, in which the prince of verona was. well. she was powerful.

can't stop, won't stop - healing boost of healthy, uplifting electro music comin your way! ispired by Overwatch’s Lúcio Correia dos Santos 

chloe eliz4bet2 price m0od - hella punk but also hella sad // inspired by chloe price, from life is strange

rachel amber mood - hey i've just met you and this is crazy but heres my number so let's burn down a forest maybe // inspired by rachel amber, from life is strange

musical journeys!

a Comedy. | a musical journey. - someone falls from grace and gets thrown into the world. lands in a forest. confused, resolves to survive at any cost. killing, stealing, partying, fleeing, living. eventually, with time, discovers a gentler, happier way to live. they still throw the best parties. doing no harm, taking no shit.

calliope bae gimme a hand wouldn't ya: a musical journey - a tale of poets: young tragedies and cursed gods; laughs and fights; transcendental roadtrips and hellhounds; parties and their aftermath.

[classic80sand90smovieloves2]

Meeting and dating Charlie Dalton

(Not my gif) (requested by anonymous)

- You meet Charlie on the first day of school when everyone is saying goodbye to their parents. You were just staying off to the side and waiting for your father when Charlie spots you.

- He almost immediately decides ‘I’m going to flirt with that gorgeous girl sitting on that bench’ and gives his friends a sly look before slinking off towards you. He strikes up an amusing conversation full of charming pick up lines and compliments that make you swoon ...that is until your father; the headmaster, shows up behind him.

“I see you’ve met my daughter Mr. Dalton.”

- “Oh this is your … this is your … haha okay well I’m gonna go say goodbye to my family now. See you around y/n ...or not.” He adds on as your father sends him a glare. But the way the boy keeps turning back and looking at you as he’s walking away makes you believe this isn’t the last time you’ll see him... and you were right.

- He talks and flirts with you a lot after that. He’s pretty shameless about it although he tries to keep it away from your father considering he usually threatens him with detention whenever he sees the two of you together.

- He starts visiting you at your house after you tell him your address, hoping you can see him away from your fathers eyes. He sneaks out of Welton to sneak you out of your house more often then not.

- The boys joke and tease him about your little romance. They call you two the Romeo and Juliet of Hellton; he couldn’t be prouder.

- One night while you’re trying to sleep you hear a knock on your window. It’s Charlie of course and as you’re starting to scold him for showing up so late he pulls you into a kiss.

“Sorry, just couldn’t help myself. Come on, I have to show you something.”

- He takes you to the cave and basically tries his hardest to make you swoon. Poetry, candles, deep conversations and affection. You can’t even lie to yourself and say it didn’t work. After three more of these nighttime adventures the two of you start dating in secret.

- Your dad probably never even finds out until like a year later. He’s pissed but at that point the boy is obviously committed to you and it’s far too late to order you to dump him.

- He lets you do his makeup whenever you want. He doesnt outwardly admit he likes it but you can tell he does.

- He has a ton of pet names that he likes to use, things like babygirl, hot stuff, sweetheart or something poetic when he’s in the mood.

- Lots of innuendos and attempts to get laid; he’s only half joking when he uses them/tries. They rarely work

“So what are we doing tonight Charlie.”

“It all depends on the mood baby. Things could get pretty hot.”

“Nice try.”

- Getting your lipstick stolen. Kisses smeared in lipstick. Giggling at his stained cheeks and lips. Just a lot of stuff having to do with his interest in lipstick.

- Always coming up with ways to sneak you away and off with him. He likes the adrenaline rush it brings when you have a chance at being caught and the fact that he’s breaking the rules seems to add a certain spark to your dates. He always feels very proud when you get away with it.

- He takes all the blame if you guys ever get in trouble. It’s partly because he likes the affection and attention you give him when he gets punished.

- He loves to pester and annoy you. He always ends with a “You know you love me~”. You usually reply with “Don’t be too sure kiddo.” Which prompts him to act over dramatically offended.

- Has probably written your name on his chest and flashed you. It makes you laugh more than it makes you impressed or whatever other reaction he’s looking for.

- Really extravagant and over the top gifts. He usually enlists the boys help with getting them.

- Passionate kisses.

- Watching the sunset together; it’s just about the only time that he genuinely doesn’t try to make jokes and says something poetic without trying.

- He will fight anyone who disrespects you, like hold him back because he’s going to throw punches.

- He’s always trying to make you laugh; it makes him feel all warm and fuzzy when he brings a smile to your face.

- Laughing through kisses.

- Mid sex-

“Call me Nuwanda baby.”

“Charlie I swear to god.”

- Turns his head so when you try to kiss his cheek you end up kissing his lips. He always gives you a smug little grin after he does it.

- The boy is an attention seeker. Your eyes have to be on him like atleast 90% of the time or he will do something stupid to get them on him.

- A f f e c t i o n s t a r v e d

- Half of the dead poets society has a shitty relationship with their parents so this applys to a lot of them obviously including Charlie.

- He can fall asleep in seconds if you run your hands through his hair.

- The kind of guy to move your hand to cup his face when you’re alone together. He likes the feel of your skin against his and the soft warmth of your hands.

- Cuddling; he likes to hold your hand under his while it rests on his chest.

- His friends have to constantly hear how he has a ‘hot ass girlfriend’ and how it makes him better than them. They’re only slightly jealous.

- Dancing in the woods together.

- Sneaky kisses in the hallway whenever you come to visit your father.

- Quickly breaking apart once someone walks by. He breaks out laughing when they’re gone, you have to slap his chest to get him to stop.

- Defending him when he’s going to get really harsh punishments.

- There’s not a lot of serious moments together. It seems like every moment your together your cheeks are hurting from laughing and smiling so much.

- Plays the sax for you.

- He always tries to push people’s buttons, especially your fathers.

“Dammit Charlie put out that cigarette.”

- He’s up for basically anything you want to do. He loves a good adventure.

- Helping him with his work, which is mostly making sure he actually does his work.

- Compliments every now and again; mostly when you need them or when he’s totally in awe and doesn’t know what else to say to you.

- Speaking of: He occasionally gets tongue tied when he sees you. He doesn’t even know why a lot of the time, it just happens.

- Has probably said ‘I love you’ twice in like your whole relationship. He doesn’t like talking about his feelings or being vulnerable.

- Romantic poetry that is most likely written by really old poets. He dramatically reads them to you while twirling a rose. It’s an amusing sight to say the least, especially when he does it in public.

- Probably writes your name all over his paper when he should be writing notes. If anyone looks at it, he gives them a look that basically says ‘I dare you to say something’.

- Long hugs.

- Fights are a rare thing. They’re usually because you didn’t side with him when he was fighting with his friends.

- He’s a pretty jealous dude; he doesn’t like people messing with you. But at the same time he also tries to make you jealous when he’s in his Nuwanda phase.

- His arm around your shoulder, walking down the halls as he finger guns people and winks.

- He’s the comeback king and you’re his queen. You have competitions on who can make the other speechless.

- Leans in your doorway and watches as you get changed or do your makeup.

“Look at my beautiful girl.”

- Spontaneous dates and kisses; he likes keeping you on the edge.

- Finding cute love notes left on your pillow in the morning after he stays the night.

- He’s always there to comfort you. He doesn’t really know what to say but he’ll lay a hand on your shoulder and hug you.

- Finding flowers on your windowsill when the society has meetings.

- He’s really suspicious when you go to hold his hand in public; he thinks you’re plotting something.

- Piggyback rides as he runs down the hall.

[hatsukeii]

Pt.2 to the Karasuno boys during the coronavirus quarantine, this time it’s gonna be Kags, Yams, and Hinata w their s/o, which ig is gonna be you in a few situations.

🌊Kageyama🌊

- “How much milk do we have at home mom?”

- “Fuck, we’re running out of milk”

- “She really expects us to understand this shit? This is Zoom not fucking Khan Academy, she’s not that great.”

- Probably one of the bulk buyers Tsukishima shits on.

- Realises he only has one carton of normal milk at home.

- So this boy goes out and buys like 4 cartons of different flavoured milks. Strawberry? Chocolate? Banana? Melon? Yes.

- And do you think he doesn’t finish it? Ohohoho you are mistaken. This bitch somehow finishes all of them in the span of a week.

- Tries to write notes during online classes.

- Fails miserably.

- Does not understand a thing the teacher is saying.

- Would rather die than admit that to Hinata.

- He’s not allowed out of the house but you are.

- Which means study dates are a frequent event during the quarantine.

- You’re now his personal English and Science tutor.

- “What the fuck is a mitochondria?”

- “It’s the powerhouse of the cell sweetie.”

- Is so fond of you he voluntarily gives you some of the flavoured milk he fought middle aged women to buy, but he obviously would try to cover up that soft spot he has for you.

- “I had to snatch it from the fridge before a Karen who bought five of the same flavour did, you better finish it and grow the fuck taller.”

- Volleyball “practise” in his room after the tutoring.

- He teaches you how to do basic shit like receive, serve, and of course, set.

- You fail miserably all the time, just saying. But good news is, that doesn’t matter. None of it does.

-All Kageyama lives for is that cheeky smile every time you fuck up a move. That victory dance you do after you finally succeed. The tight hugs you give him, thanking him for teaching you how to play volleyball. It’s all those little things that he absolutely adores. He wouldn’t exchange you for the world.

🍃Yamaguchi🍃

- “Do you have your hand sanitiser?”

- “Put your mask on, stay safe!”

- “You’re out of masks? I’ll be right there, I have five extra boxes”

- Extra cautious about the virus because his immune system isn’t the best.

- Has a stash of food at home, ready to be cooked anytime.

- Isn’t allowed to go anywhere farther than the neighbourhood.

- Hates online classes with his whole heart, but still attends them to maintain his grades.

- Actually really smart, takes very nice notes in class.

- Anything you want or need, he’s gonna get it for you.

- Meat buns? No problem. Boba? Easy. Hotel? Trivago.

- Since you guys are good at different subjects, you go to his house to help him with English, Philosphy, and Biology.

- And he comes over to yours to help you with Maths, Chemistry, and History.

- And he surprisingly, likes subtle dark political humour. A lot.

- “What is covalent bonding supposed to be the fuck?”

- “Think about it like communism.”

- Yamaguchi is actually a very, very good teacher.

- (Way better than when you asked Tsukishima for help, but don’t tell him that or he’ll get salty.)

- Guess what ya boy Yams can cook to save both your lives.

- Every time he walks out of your house you’re equipped with five new quarantine recipes to make for your entire family.

- After every “tutoring” session, comes the movie session.

- You introduce him to classic movies and go all the way back to watch films from the 80s-90s.

- It’s been about 3 weeks and you’ve managed to watch Pulp Fiction, Dead Poet’s Society, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Forrest Gump, Top Gun, all those oldies.

- Movie sessions consist of cuddles, forehead kisses, hair braiding, more kisses, tickle battles, and falling asleep on Yamaguchi, your head snuggled in his chest while he plays with strands of your hair, thinking about how lucky he is to have someone like you that cares.

☀️Hinata☀️

- “Hinata get your ass back to bed.”

- “It’s 5am dude lessons start at 8am go back to sleep.”

- “I swear I love you but I will block you.”

- Good luck getting his jumpy ass to sit the fuck down.

- Constantly waiting for the quarantine to end. (Spoiler alert: it’s gonna take about a month or two more.)

- Since he’s so used to getting up at 5am for volleyball training and school, his mental alarm clock wakes him up at 5am too, even though all he has to do is go on a website.

- Tries to catch up in class while calling Kageyama.

- Fails. Terribly.

- Doesn’t understand a thing the teacher says, even after bombarding her with questions.

- Probably doesn’t think he needs a mask, so you force him to wear one if he ever had to go out.

- Isn’t allowed out of the house at all because apparently someone in his neighbourhood was infected and diagnosed with COVID-19.

- You’re not allowed to go over either, so you send him all your notes, hoping he doesn’t fail his classes.

- Video calls you to ask for homework answers.

- “I’m not giving you the answers, but you can take my notes, or ask me if you need help.”

- You both have Netflix Party on your computers, so you use that to talk while binging Disney movies at ungodly hours.

- Secretly cries himself to sleep because oh my god this boy misses you so fucking much seriously.

- Gets made fun of by Natsu for being a pansy.

- “Shoyou, it’s not like your girlfriend’s dead, whatcha crying for?”

- Probably stares at photos of you in his phone, reimagining how it feels like for you to be by his side.

- Plans to take you out on as many dates as he can once this whole thing is over. Cuddles and kisses for hours are musts.

[mikeshanlon]

iwwv anon and PHEW OK. I def did not expect that essay and now I feel bad cause I KNOW my thots r not gonna be articulate or right. nonetheless! i think Oliver does qualify as an unreliable narrator cause hes. very oblivious but not like... Richard papen (who is a whole ass clown don't get me started on tsh) but not like addy from dare me(I will support till the day I die that dare me is da like I WILL die on this hill) who sees what she wants to see. 1/?

i think he just... thinks that his friends r diff ppl than they actually r? that doesnt rly make sense but yea. what I mean is that everything the characters do is coated in that empathetic view Oliver has which is usually wrong? so we don't get an objective look into the characters. meredith is my girl like I love the hot popular girl trope deconstruction but at the end of the book she's not at a great place like she's w someone that doesn't love her like she needs to be loved... 2/

I guess the most probable ending is that James never meets Oliver again and that everyone is kinda stuck on what happened but that's soo sad and I really don't want to think abt it. ngl iwwv wasn't like my fave book ever and I really don't understand why people are so obsessed with dark academia sometimes but what i rly liked abt the book is that despite how fucked up everyone is and how toxic they r to each other they do at heart care abt one another...3/

like I rly liked that esp cause at that point the only other da book (other than dare me!) that I had read was tsh and godd every character is so fuckinh annoying and they all hate each other. i was super confused by it till I saw someone saying that it's satire and I felt my mind explode. I feel like this is so long but I didnt rly properly answer all you wrote sorry! I think its a pretty good book tho it has some crazy quotes like hold awn Im gonna look at the highlighted stuff on my copy.. 4/

Were you in love with him?” “Yes,” [...]Yes, I was.” It’s not the whole truth. The whole truth is, I’m in love with him still. LIKEEE PHEWW OK OK OK. WE OUT HERE. that line literally made me go crazy. I'm so sorry for any spelling mistakes or like general mistakes I made here English isn't my first language, it's 1am and I wrote this in the notes app w/o looking it over. so like.. NOT a professional review lemme tell you. 5/5

 Ahh im so sorry I did not see this before I yeeted for a month!!!

Oooh okay first of all dare me as a DA… I’ve only watched the show but like yeah I see the Elements for sure.

Also yeah I can understand what you mean abt Oliver being an unreliable narrator now… Ig my view of unreliable was more like they are purposefully twisting the truth or omitting facts or just literally don’t know shit but I get how personal bias can make the narrator unreliable. I do think the assertion that Oliver thinks his friends are different than they actually are makes sense. He sees James in a very positive light and though I like James a lot and think he is better than, like, Richard, he definitely has darker moments and manipulates Oliver at times (again I’d like to think it’s not the most nefarious thing in the world but like him just being shitty bc he’s in a dark place and he one, wants to do anything he can so Oliver doesn’t figure out he fought Richard so Oliver still thinks of him the same way/bc he knows Oliver would do something stupid like get himself arrested for James; and two, is very jealous that Oliver is with Meredith after Richard dies and has sort of a somewhat positive outcome from Richard’s death versus James being riddled with guilt and anger). And yeah, the probable ending is they never meet but I refuse to acknowledge that so LGNRG. Also that line makes me go CRAZZZZZZZZZZY!!! There are so many great lines, both using Shakespeare and on their own and its like okay give me a moment im going bonkers…

Personally, I haven’t read that many dark academia novels yet (bc for some reason i can barely finish a book rn sigh) but the concept interests me. I think what’s compelling is the setting/atmosphere of like ~mysterious college vibes~, and the idea of a sort of niche, obsessive bond and pursuit of knowledge with a tight knit group of friends (and the like inherent homoeroticism in every single DA elrngenrg). Like Dead Poet’s Society (the film I haven’t read the book) isn’t Dark in the same way most other dark academia is by like, obsession and death and manipulation (though of course there are dark elements with Neil’s storyline), but I think the other building blocks of academia are present there in a more wholesome way and you can see why people are drawn to that idea. As for the more Dark aspects I think it’s interesting to analyze things like group psyche, obsession, manipulation, etc, like what went wrong for everything to take such a dark turn???

 But, like everything else, it really has to be done well or else its just like okay….… I’ve tried to read TSH twice and I may try again but from the 100+ ish pages I read I totally get what you mean. IWWV is so interesting to me bc the characters are all very compelling and multifaceted and I like that they are a close friendship, we come in after 4 years of them spending all the time together and to me that is apparent. Like you said, we can see fissures and problems especially as the novel continues but there is care there between them. That also makes the decision to let Richard die much more interesting and sinister imo, as well as how all of them interact with each other after he dies, and how the roles of the group change without their “leader” so to speak. Also, maybe it’s just bc I like Shakespeare, but I think the academia part of IWWV is so much more accessible compared to TSH. Like I don’t know every Shakespeare play or anything so I didn’t understand every nuance or was like immediately like oh this is from Cymbeline or whatever the fuck, but you could understand the gist of things and it made sense that they spoke in Shakespeare lines bc that’s all they’ve been doing for four years and also theatre kids are Like That. Their pretention also provided any Layers to the story, like the parallels between the characters they play and their own arcs, how some of the lines echoed their own thots, foreshadowed, or they were able to say things through Shakespeare (I’m thinking of like, Oliver realized he loved James during Romeo and Juliet, the foreshadowing that James was going to ruin Richard’s life and that he dislikes Meredith/Richard when he quotes Mercutio at the start “A plague o’ both your houses”, the exchange Oliver and James had onstage and had that kiss during King Lear before Oliver was arrested,etc.) (Also I think the structure of some of the dialogue being formatted like a play really helped make it feel more realistic and immersive). Versus TSH which is just so pedantic and dense and hard to follow at times im like I get they are smart but what??? And maybe that’s part of the satire aspect (or maybe im dumb) but like donna I read TGF I know you are pretentious and info dump abt random obscure shit anyways so erglknerg. Like to me there was a Point to all of the academic Shakespeare stuff in IWWV and it was the soul of the book, and M.L. Rio made it very interesting—like the way that the directors reimagined the plays and had Julius Caesar be like a modern political play, the cool mirror shit in King Lear, the Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet performances where they did them at events and interacted with their environments (which were one of my favorite parts of the books bc I just think that concept is so interesting), etc. For TSH the shit they did literally just felt like “okay look at them they’re smart see you can’t even keep up!” like okay… I felt lost a lot and only like snapped into reality whenever Henry (?) was like oh… murder….. and even then I was like idk what this dude is saying but like he’s being darksided LMAO. And I also agree that it’s just like… Richard being thrown in the middle of this group could lend itself to some cool ideas but its hard to believe that he fits into the friendship group and hes just like hell yeah I love Greek so much and lets go kill this guy other than like okay ur gay and stupid and just want to impress Henry or whatever his name was (which he was but I digress). It’s just not as impactful to me as this close friend group falling apart. Ik TSH fans might be angry if they see this (and of course I haven’t finished the book so my perception may be warped but I also kno many ppl felt that way u did) bc I’ve seen ppl say IWWV is just like TSH but “lackluster” or whatever and while I can see some parallels (mostly b/w Richard and Henry and Alexander and Francis), I really think M.L. Rio expanded upon common DA tropes and the interesting parts of TSH but made it her own and interesting and oh yeah there are actually multiple compelling female characters and LGBT characters (and no incest)!!!

[maybankiara]

38, 45

38: Which film do you wish you were the main character in?

all my favourite films i would’ve hated to be a main character in, but probably lady bird or about time (dead poets society if i were a dude!!!)

45: If you had a free pass to commit any crime without going to prison, which crime would you choose?

if we consider forgery to be a) one crime for all the time it’s done, and b) successful and authenticated, then i would forge master’s degrees in creative writing and publishing, then forge documents at a respectable, renowned publishing house (haven’t made up my mind on which) and appoint myself as a (developmental and content) editor.

ask me questions from this list

[spoopywitchboy]

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Wow, you just wanna get up and personal right here, huh? If you insist!

1. What is your middle name? Gray

2. How old are you? 19

3. When is your birthday? January 22nd

4. What is your zodiac sign? Aquarius

5. What is your favorite color? Blue

6. What’s your lucky number? 16

7. Do you have any pets? One Bichon doggo named Stockton

8. Where are you from? New York

9. How tall are you? 5′4″

10. What shoe size are you? 8.5 men’s

11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? Like 3?

12. What was your last dream about? I think it was about school but someone got hurt.

13. What talents do you have? Writing, art, singing

14. Are you psychic in any way? I have no idea.

15. Favorite song? I like too much music to pick a favourite

16. Favorite movie? Casper (1995)

17. Who would be your ideal partner? Someone smart, open-minded, funny, passionate, and who I respect and admire.

18. Do you want children? Yes!

19. Do you want a church wedding? No, unless it’s an old abandoned haunted one.

20. Are you religious? Not really? I’m a pagan though

21. Have you ever been to the hospital? Yes. I broke my finger.

22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law? Only when I got a ticket for scratching someone’s parked car as I backed out of a space.

23. Have you ever met any celebrities? I have met Peter Mulvey.

24. Baths or showers? Showers my dude.

25. What color socks are you wearing? Blue!

26. Have you ever been famous? I don’t think so? I am kind of a legend in the LGBTQ community at my high school if that counts.

27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? I think it would be cool, yeah.

28. What type of music do you like? Mostly folk, rock, celtic, indie, punk, pop, ska, classical, movie scores, stuff like that.

29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? No and I probably never will.

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? At school: two. At home: like ten.

31. What position do you usually sleep in? All of them.

32. How big is your house? Not very big but it has four small bedrooms. (mine used to be the attic space.)

33. What do you typically have for breakfast? It changes all the time. I like cereal, eggs, and ham though.

34. Have you ever fired a gun? Nope!

35. Have you ever tried archery? Yes, I was not very good at it.

36. Favorite clean word? Petrichor

37. Favorite swear word? Fuckhead

38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep? Like 3 days. It was not fun.

39. Do you have any scars? Yes, one on my forehead above my right eye. My cat scratched me when I was 4.

40. Have you ever had a secret admirer? Yes, and now we’re friends. :)

41. Are you a good liar? Yes.

42. Are you a good judge of character? I think so. 

43. Can you do any other accents other than your own? My British and French accents are pretty good I think.

44. Do you have a strong accent? I’m not sure but I’ve been told I have a pleasant speaking voice.

45. What is your favorite accent? Scottish!

46. What is your personality type? ENFP/INFP since I’m an ambivert.

47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing? I have no idea. I have all cheap clothes.

48. Can you curl your tongue? Yes

49. Are you an innie or an outie? Innie

50. Left or right handed? Right-handed

51. Are you scared of spiders? A little bit but I respect them and want them to live.

52. Favorite food? All of them. Except for bologna. Fuck you, bologna.

53. Favorite foreign food? Sushi or Pho

54. Are you a clean or messy person? Somewhere in the middle.

55. Most used phrased? “No sweat” or “That’s understandable.”

56. Most used word? Shit or Fuck

57. How long does it take for you to get ready? like 10-15 minutes

58. Do you have much of an ego? I don’t think so?

59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? Suck for a bit, get tired, and then bite.

60. Do you talk to yourself? Sometimes!

61. Do you sing to yourself? Yes.

62. Are you a good singer? Yes, I think.

63. Biggest Fear? Death and loneliness. And Mall Santa Claus

64. Are you a gossip? I know the tea but I don’t usually spill it.

65. Best dramatic movie you’ve seen? Dead Poets Society

66. Do you like long or short hair? Both! But mostly long.

67. Can you name all 50 states of America? Probably not.

68. Favorite school subject? English, music, or art.

69. Extrovert or Introvert? Ambivert

70. Have you ever been scuba diving? No

71. What makes you nervous? Talking in front of large crowds

72. Are you scared of the dark? Sometimes.

73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? Sometimes, if it’s important or would help them in the long run.

74. Are you ticklish? A bit

75. Have you ever started a rumor? Technically, I never said it was true, but I did tell the girls in my 3rd grade class about Bloody Mary because I used to watch Ghost Whisperer all the time. It made them all afraid to go to the bathroom.

76. Have you ever been in a position of authority? Yeah, I was the Pres of the Gay Straight Alliance in HS.

77. Have you ever drank underage? Maybe.

78. Have you ever done drugs? Definitely not.

79. Who was your first real crush? This kid with glasses and dark hair in the first grade.

80. How many piercings do you have? None

81. Can you roll your Rs? Yeah pretty well

82. How fast can you type? Pretty fast.

83. How fast can you run? Very fast in short distances.

84. What color is your hair? Reddish brownish blondish

85. What color is your eyes? Hazel (Green with brown over it)

86. What are you allergic to? Nothing

87. Do you keep a journal? I’ve tried many times but never succeeded.

88. What do your parents do? Desk jobs.

89. Do you like your age? I have never enjoyed being any age at any time in my life.

90. What makes you angry? Ignorant people and political discussions.

91. Do you like your own name? Yes, I like it a lot.

92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they? Yep! Johanna, Milo, Hazel, and some others I can’t think of right now.

93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child? I mostly want a girl but either (or neither) is fine.

94. What are you strengths? Kindness, Understanding, Communication, Emotional Intelligence.

95. What are your weaknesses? Feeling close connections to others

96. How did you get your name? I chose it.

97. Were your ancestors royalty? I know nothing about my family.

98. Do you have any scars? This is a repeat. Yes.

99. Color of your bedspread? Blue and Grey

100. Color of your room? Dark Blue

[oldschoolteenflicks]

Would you maybe consider doing some gifsets of the comedy "My Best Friend Is A Vampire"? It's a hoot and criminally under appreciated.

DUDE. Let me freak out for a bit here and tell you a little story. So, when I was 14, I saw Dead Poets Society for the first time ever. At the time, I’d often watch House on tv. I wasn’t a big fan of the show but I kept watching because I was like in love with Wilson. ANYWAY, I watched the movie without knowing Robert Sean Leonard was on it, so imagine how much I screamed when I noticed it was young Wilson on my screen! 

A couple of years later, I catch this vampire movie on tv. I’m not a big fan of vampires and especially at the time I was annoyed by it because of the twilight movies that had sorta ruined the vampire-verse for me. But, it was a teen movie from the 80s and kinda gave off this Teen Wolf vibe, you know? (when I say Teen Wolf I’m obviously talking about the ‘85 classic starring the amazing Michael J. Fox, by the way) AND ROBERT WAS ON IT!!!! So, yeah, I love Robert Sean Leonard a lot. 

Now, here’s the crazy part (not that all of the above wasn’t crazy enough) a month ago, My Best Friend is a Vampire came to my mind out of nowhere and I was like, I gotta rewatch that movie and make some gifs for the blog. See, the first time I watched that movie I was 16 years old, it was 2008, and I haven’t seen it since! I downloaded that movie last week and it’s there waiting for me to watch it. I don’t know if there’s a psychic connection between us, anon. Maybe there’s some unknown force in the universe trying to make this happen as soon as possible(? The thing is, I freaking LOVED that movie, I can’t wait to watch it again and see what I remember and what I don’t but, most importantly, I’m gonna have a lot of fun giffing it because it is a GEM and everyone needs to know it! 

Thank you for this request, babe. You made my night ♥

[cinnaminsvga]

all of the houses uwu

OH WORM LMAO I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT UHHH OKAY HERE I GO,,, i put most of ‘em under the cut so y’all aren’t annoyed by my answers lol

1st house: are you confident?

i wouldn’t say so,,, i have stage presence, i guess? and i’m charismatic to a certain degree, but i wouldn’t say i’m confident in other areas like my looks or intellect,,, i’m just me babey

2nd house: if you could only keep one of your personal items, what would you choose?

i’d like to keep the gold earrings my mom gifted me back when i graduated high school. they were the first earrings she bought with her own paycheck when she managed to save up enough money, so she wanted to give them to me because they meant a lot to her. 

3rd house: do you like to read?

of course i do!! it’s pretty much what i do for university, since i’m an eng lit minor!! i especially love reading crazy memoirs and comedic short stories, and of course… when i have the time, fanfiction is a guilty pleasure of mine… yoonkookers… we ride at dawn 

4th house: what does your bedroom look like?

my dorm room… we don’t talk about her… HASJDHAJSd it’s pretty bare bones, if i’m being honest. i don’t decorate it because i tend to move around a lot since my income entirely depends on the length of my stay in any apartment… but my room back at home in the philippines is pretty childish?? LMAO as most childhood homes are… my bedroom walls are literally wall to wall with books. it’s a nightmare and my brother keeps asking me to donate them but i’m a hoarder when it comes to books ;w;

5th house: name your favorite movie or show.

dead poet’s society as my favorite movie of all time!! as for tv shows… i’m currently obsessed with queer eye and i’m fucking IN LOVE with tan france and jonathan… ugh those five dudes are so fucking wholesome i can’t BELIEVE it

6th house: do you participate in community service?

well, if you count church service as community service, then yes!! i work as a youth pastor during the weekends, and i hold bible studies every monday to teach university students about religion,,, oh and i serve during sunday mass too i guess HAHAHA 

7th house: if you could choose, what zodiac sign would you like your dream partner to be?

i have no idea how zodiac signs work, so i’m just gonna throw a guess and say libra because i don’t think i’ve never befriended one before HAHAHAH

8th house: do you believe in reincarnation?

nope!! i like the concept though lmao

9th house: what’s your favorite quote?

GOD that’s so hard to choose one… in music, then i’d say yoongi’s verse in sea when he says “the trust before sleep that tomorrow will be better” because… worm… that’s me every time i go to sleep ashdjahsd but for literature quotes, then i’d say this one part from a translation i read of ovid’s version of orpheus where it says “A viper, she trod on, diffused its venom into her body, and robbed her of her best years. I longed to be able to accept it, and I do not say I have not tried: Love won.”

10th house: are you good at public speaking?

yep!! i used to perform slam poetry in high school and i often have to speak in front of crowds due to my work as a youth pastor. i also frequently have to give talks due to my major and minor (in chem, i have to do oral defences in front of a jury of chem professors, and in eng lit, i often have to share my argumentative papers orally in front of an auditorium for extra marks lmao)

11th house: what sign(s) is your best friend/squad?

oh worm!! well, time to list some friends i guess!!

 @jincherie is my lovable aries, whomst is constantly butt deep in aries season which is why we are both so Angery All The Time… we support and love all aries in this household

@gimmesumsuga and @yminie are both taurus (and i’m dying bc of it… all the birthdays are together and now i have to shit out fics at the speed of light… HASJDHASJHD)

@junqkook is a gemini and if you think she’s the epitome of every gemini out there, you are not wrong

@comfyeol is my fellow leo and literally we pride ourselves in our loudness… we literally can’t be stopped and are we annoying?? hell yea!!

my locals… *** and ***** are a capricorn and aquarius respectively… *** and *****, if you’re reading this… blease unblock me from the gc it’s been 3 days ;w; i’m sorry for calling your ex boyfriends yeast infections… lmao

12th house: do you like to be alone?

yeah,,, mostly,,, i definitely prefer smaller groups of friends, and i hate going out other than when it’s necessary HASJDHASJD literally my version of self care this saturday was when i went to watch captain marvel by myself and ordered some rosé and poutine to keep me company LMAOOO