#Alien Passengers

[ao3-anonymous]

Fastest Growing Fandoms on AO3 This Week (05/13/2024)

Every week I pull data on how many fics are in each fandom and compare to the previous week, then calculate the percentage increase to determine fastest growing fandoms.  Since this naturally skews towards smaller fandoms, I have included the same data filtered to Over 1k, 5k, & 10k fics.

*this week’s data likely has some errors due to code changes - they should resolve themselves next week*

Overall:

Over 1,000 Fics:

Over 5,000 Fics:

Over 10,000 Fics:

Source: AO3 Fandom Dashboard

[pattydia]

let’s settle this shit once and for all

NOT which character/movie is the best or ur fav — plz base ur vote PURELY on hotness

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

COMA WHITE

by Anthony Galatis

[hauntingsunshine14]

SPOILERS FOR ALIEN ROMULUS

no seriously like spoilers for the ending not just a bit in the middle

It's just a funny (hilarious) bit of foreshadowing but still spoilers

I'm driving home from watching this movie with my mother, and we're both just yapping about how we liked it, and I was suddenly reminded of what I noticed about Isabela Merced's character Kay!

Early on in the movie, we get a shot of her in bed after she tells Rain that she's pregnant, with a flat oval necklace clearly displayed.

This isn't the exact scene, but example:

you can kinda see the necklace once you zoom in

This medal is easily identifiable even from the distance/lack of detail thanks to Catholic guilt! yay! This is a Miraculous Medal (pictured below)

This is a necklace that centers Mary with a whole bunch of lore attached that details how St. Catherine Labouré saw Mary in a vision (twice technically) and the second time was instructed to

 “Have a medal struck upon this model. Those who wear it will receive great graces, especially if they wear it around the neck. Those who repeat this prayer with devotion will be, in a special manner, under the protection of the Mother of God. Graces will be abundantly bestowed upon those who have confidence.”

tldr: it's a very common and recognizable representation of Mary, they often have these medals at catholic churches as back when I worked at mine they were literally just sitting in the lobby.

What made me laugh so profusely in my car ride home is that Mary is considered literally THE mother in Christan lore and Kay does in fact give birth at the end of the movie... to what is essentially Weyland-Yutani Jesus.

Technically she took David's goo injection and produced the 'Offspring' (apparently what the horrifying human/xenomorph is called) (I prefer W-Y Jesus)

This is a wonderful bit of foreshadowing for the ending sequence, coupled with the engraving of Romulus and Remus and the Capitoline wolf, as well as the painting that was zoomed in on right before of a mother and child. And kinda as well to the whole thing about Weyland-Yutani trying to 'play God' with humanity's evolution.

But, on a larger more franchise-wide scale, this foreshadowing continues on with some of the themes from the previous two movies concerning origins and beginnings, as the whole Mary/Jesus thing is technically speaking, the 'origin/beginning' part of the New Testament. This is shown very plainly in the titles (Prometheus, Covenant, Romulus) which are all pulled from various origin stories - Greek, Abrahamic, and Roman. Prometheus stole fire, the covenants in the Torah/Pentateuch, and the founding of Rome. All different stories about the growth of humanity, ranging from how to live all the way up to founding empires. These ideas somewhat parallel the actual events of the movies.

B/c we watch David - and therefore Weyland-Yutani - discover the goo, experiment on it, learn how to interact with it, and then attempt to build a new empire with it.

It's a very messy analogy and kinda? does not fit with the Mary thing in Romulus, but in very broad strokes it ties in well enough, which for the whole confusing Prometheus/Covenant situation is par for the course.

Overall, Alien: Romulus is an amazing addition to the franchise and at the risk of sounding cheesy is literally a breath of fresh air. Right down to the pacing of the movie, it's classic Alien. I loved it, and even if you haven't seen any of the alien movies or even if you've only seen the first, and even if you have these spoilers, it's a fantastic experience!

(and for all the alien: isolation lovers there's such a cute nod to the game in the movie)

[claumonkey]

I love Rain, but Ripley is superior

[gay-strawberry]

so i watched og 1979 alien and

[roadxvirus]

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: Strangers who are sharing a ride have their trip interrupted when the driver hits a woman who's hiking in the dark of night. They decide to help her but quickly learn that something is wrong and they shouldn't have let her in.

[tiny-elf-of-doom]

Allow me to introduce you to ✨Ordie✨

[moonshynecybin]

2013 Marc and Vale have gotten together (sleeping together) and their not exclusive but they aren’t sleeping with anyone else either except vale in always flirting with Marc so is vale jealous does he talk to Marc does he talk to Cal or does he simply repress the feeling because feeling jealous would mean he cared for Marc more than he wants to admit and he’s like no I just want to sleep with him nothing more I definitely don’t want to cuddle him late into the night no way.

eye THINK the essence of this post is asking me if vale was jealous of cal crutchlow’s extended attempts to secret marc away to his cabin in the woods and have his way with him… and NO ! he thought that shit was hilarious. literally hopped on twitter to make a gay sex joke about it and then TAG them both. he’s chill ! BUT WATCH OUT. like i DO think he’s capable of being jealous, but with cal specifically?? naw. because he knew that cal was literally no threat at all ever. like the thing about early rosquez is yes they’re acting like it’s casual but it’s not casual AT ALL (CHAPPELL ROAN DOT MP3 BASS BOOSTED) but vale is also like, suppressing that knowledge like winning the repression olympics is a secret avenue to more WDC points. genuinely marc’s not an OPTION to him he won’t let him be ! never mind that marc and him ditched the condoms last week and haven’t fucked anyone worse for months ! like he’s trying hard not to REALIZE how bad he cares about marc because it’s at odds with his whole competition philosophy. he doesn’t even want to be friends with his rivals he literally cannot be in love with the guy who is supposed to be the next HIM. so he’s repressing it all. yayyyyy

BUT: i think vale is also at least subliminally aware that marc is pretty gone on him. AND the reasons why. like vale has an EXTREMELYYYY healthy ego and marc literally put a scene in his rookie year documentary that was a romantic monologue about vale being his friend and hero. he collected vale’s merch while actively riding against him. you would have to be a much dumber man than vale not to realize. and vale is not stupid! truly i suspect there was a vibe put forth from marc so potent that he looks back at it now and gets literally full body cringe like i do whenever i remember [REDACTED INFORMATION]. and so even if vale hasn’t realized at this point that marc is IN LOVE with him (and vice versa), he’s pretty certain he at least isn’t going to fuck CAL CRUTCHLOW. why would he? vale’s right here. and his hero. and has actually WON a championship. and marc thinks that’s hot !

[jrueships]

yall thought yall were safe from my 1998 temptations movie posting, but, rest unassured, you are not . melvin is old man running toward you with his chronic rheumatoid arthritis at excruciatingly slow speeds as we speak .

he's so :3

[pattydia]

kyle gallner reading a script where he gets to throw up onscreen 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[dirt-grub]

Charpim enjoyers interact give me your headcanons

[peetsmoss]

Well, movies are my life blood and if I don't watch at least one fucked up movie a week, I'll perish.

[oliversrarebooks]

The way the alien parasites talk about their hosts in Chemical Imbalance really reminds me of the book The Host (which had the potential to be a lot more horrifying and creepy than it was presented as). I would love so much to see more of this alien society!

Ahhhh thank you! I really want to write more of this alien society, I'm totally absorbed in it... I might have to read that book.

[tricoufamily]

those playdough ass sims aren't gonna fit in with that beautiful beautiful lighting let's get a move on i wanna see some realistic skin folds (MODELED not a flat texture) and blemishes and subsurface scattering i want that-specific-breed-of-maxis-match-tiktoker-you-know-the-ones tears