Thanks for the tag @vaguely-functional-directions !
✨10 fandoms, 10 characters, 10 tags✨
1. Isadora Quagmire (asoue)
My funky little sapphic poet! While not much of a personality in canon sadly, the fandom has built her as a sassy, clever and just wonderful girl and I just love her. I also love her name. Literally Isadora is the name that's on top for me to name my future daughter.
2. Brittany S. Pierce (Glee)
Brittany gets me. I get Brittany. Listen... when I was in middle school, I was in a... not very nice class. People basically did not let me be myself, because every time I was myself I was "weird", "annoying", etc. So, as a way to provoke them, I acted even more weird and annoying than I actually was and as a defense mechanism I tried to confuse them - cause if I confused them, they would leave me alone and I would "win" the argument.
I really see that with Brittany. But in her case, it has gone so far that she actually believes it herself, and it makes her not succeed in school because she has believed she's dumb (when she's actually super smart). When people call Brittany annoying and strange, I just feel like they don't understand her like I do.
Love ya, Britt-Britt <3
3. Francesca Caviglia (Violetta)
Where do I begin? Francesca has been my very favorite from the beginning. Not only is she super talented, I also always loved how much she cares about her friends. She's also... me. Like not only with things she says but also how she acts. Just see how she acts when her friend sings? Her facial expressions? Her little hand movements? Random noises? ME.
I have SO many Fran pictures but why not take my profile pic, *puts hair behind ear in bisexual*
4. Jessi Glaser (Big Mouth)
I talk about Big Mouth once a year, and that's when a new season drops. People have been critical of this show, calling it gross and inappropriate... but you know that, it's super funny and it came out right when I needed it. So shut up.
Jessi is... honestly my favorite out of the kids. She always has something to fight or struggle with, and that's when you get so happy for her when she pushes through it, and becomes stronger. She also has the best hormone monstress.
5. Max Mayfield (Stranger Things)
At first, I didn't think much of her, but after watching season 3 she instantly became my fave. And in season 4?? AUGH!!! <333
Max is honestly. Iconic. I love her so mcfucking much I can't even express it. I cried in the last ep of s4 when I, for a moment, actually thought she was lost. She made s4, and she made s3. She's a queen, she's a girlboss, she's a precious angel and a badass. She's everything.
6. Yamila "Yam" Sanchez (Soy Luna)
When first watching the show, I totally expected Ámbar to be my favorite (and I LOVE Ámbar and writing and obsessing over her) but NO ONE TOLD ME about Yam. NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS AMAZING GIRL?!??!
Literally she... she acts like I would in so many situations. She's so chaotic, but at the same time so talented and an amazing friend. While she's the ultimate chaos girl, she's also really down to earth. When she isn't a tornado goofball, she's the one to talk some sense into her friends.
Also 70% of her tag is just my own posts and I lowkey look forward to the day someone goes through her tag (which barely happens cause no one looks through Jim or Yam's tags) and just likes them all
Also I had very little pictures of Yam alone (a lot of them are with Jim), so I picked this one simply because it brings no context at all and also it's chaotic. Why is she crawling? I dunno
7. Riley Mattews (GMW)
SUNSHINE BABY GIRL. I love her and Maya equally, but I picked her simply because people have an easier time hating on her for just existing. I don't like that. Stop that. I also relate to her a lot (we've established at this point that I personally relate to the "weird girls").
With that said, without Maya she's not herself. She needs Maya. They're soulmates, they complete each other. I am also happy they were "endgame" and definitely dated without realizing <3 I mean, in one of the last episodes Riley LITERALLY GOES "Maya, what if we don't care about our boyfriends as much as we care about each other?"
8. Ashlyn Caswell (HSMTMTS)
ASHLYN IS MY CANON JEWISH BISEXUAL AND I LOVE HER SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She has been my favorite since the beginning. A smiling little goofball that deserves the world. She has so much love to give, she cares so much about everyone she knows. Also, I really felt she wasn't straight from the beginning. Shipped her with Nini in s1 due to their piano duet and shipped her with Gina in s2. Her journey in s3?? OH MY GOSH sadaffg
I CAN PERSONALLY RELATE TO BEING HUGGED BY A GIRL AT CAMP AND HAVING AN "OH" MOMENT. LITERALLY THAT HAPPENED TO ME. NOT JOKING.
9. Beverly Marsh (IT)
Beverly... gosh, she's special to me. Not only was she the most interesting character to follow in the 2017 movie, she was also the most interesting character to follow in the book. When I read the book, I overanalysed everything Beverly-related. Like, to the point where I could recite what the friends she had outside of the losers club were named (I don't remember anymore except for Kay McCall but that was when Bev was an adult, there were so many random characters in that book that were just mentioned as "oh, this was their friend when they were 7 also they borrowed them this book")
Protect Beverly at all costs.
10. Casey Gardner (Atypical)
Wow me?? Ok, no, I don't like running tracks like she does (I have asthma so running is the worst for me) but like... her energy? I feel like the way she talks and gestures... me!!
I don't know what else to say hahaha but I love her
Alrighty! So, I now need to tag people too. No pressure on doing this, though! Tagging:
@ven10 @broke-on-books @countessofravenclaw @moonlark-sparkles @sapphic-squid @funkyliloboist and honestly anyone else who wants to! <3
What players do you write for? I seem to be catching different fan bases at the end of the fandom or when there is a huge writers block going around. But I’m curious and willing to give you ideas that might get you back to writing soon.
Honestly, I write for a shit ton of people, I write for the USWNT mostly, I've written for; Alex Morgan, Alyssa Naeher, Ashley Sanchez, Becky Sauerbrunn, Carli Lloyd, Chrislex (Christen Press/Alex Morgan), Christen Press, Emily Sonnett, Hope Solo, Julie Johnston/Ertz, Kellex (Alex Morgan/Kelley O'Hara), Kelley O'Hara, Krashlyn (Ashlyn Harris/Ali Krieger), Kristie Mewis, Lindsey Horan, Mallory Pugh/Swanson, Megan Rapinoe, Preath (Christen Press/Tobin Heath), and Tobin Heath.
Damn that's a lot, I have other random fics I've written too, some for WWE and other just random fandom ones.
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+5 for Kristen Connolly, even though she’s disowned this movie
-10 for mass suicides
+10 for Mark Wahlberg
+5 for Jake being kind of hilarious
+10 for Zooey Deschanel
-10 for leaving your daughter behind
-10 for really crap math problem with super incorrect answer
-5 for the military dude acting like he knows what’s up
+5 for plant guy not being so crazy after all
+5 for “Be scientific, douchebag!”
+5 for talking to a plastic plant
+5 for LAWNMOWER’D
-10 for killing a couple of kids
-5 for the least-convincing-even-though-it’s-true “What? No!”
+5 for walking out to each other
+5 for “the event” having ended
+5 for Aunt Alma
-10 for insufficient “act of nature” response
+5 for Alma’s pregnant!
-5 for the French trees rebelling
I wanted to make a tournament that was a bit more inclusive than my previous ones. Many people have done like "vote on my favorite movies" and "vote on my favorite characters", and I will do the second one!
There is characters from all kinds of media - and, as you will notice... a lot of them are paired against characters you may not have ever heard of. This is because I had a randomized system who would be paired up with who. I did make some changes and randomized several times, to make it at least as fair of a fight as possible.
Now, you might see a character you like, but they're put against a character you have no idea who it is, and you may restrain from voting - don't! Vote on your fave, screw it if you don't know the other character!
Also - there are some characters that I am aware are less known (but as they are important to me, I included them). And sometimes two less known characters are put together. This may cause them to not get any votes at all, or at least very few votes - so I'd like you to help me out. You don't have to do that with every poll ofc, but for some, even if you don't know either characters, do vote judging on whatever picture you enjoy the most or who's name you think is the prettiest. This way, these can still manage to get some votes.
You have one week! Now, links to the polls are under the cut (with more description of the characters too than in the bracket):
Madicken vs Minty
Lilo Pelekai vs Luna Valente
Violet Baudelaire vs Max Mayfield
Poof vs Berlioz
Bárbara (Entrelazados) vs Eva (Eva & Adam)
Anki vs Sandybell
Luisa Madrigal vs Skalman
Wanda (Fairly odd Parents) vs Ferb Fletcher
Violet Beauregarde vs Maya Hart
Snufkin vs Bonbon
Diana Barry vs Stephanie Meanswell
Riley Matthews vs Yam Sanchez
Annika (Eva & Adam) vs Sunny Baudelaire
Violetta Castillo vs Teddy Duncan
Isadora Quagmire vs Candace Flynn
Willy Wonka vs Olive Doyle
Richie Tozier vs Camila Torres
Kathleen (12 dancing princesses) vs Dolores Madrigal
#MovieReview | 'THE HAPPENING'
Something Lethal Lurks in the Rustling Trees
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Sci-Fi, Thriller, R, 1h 31m
by Manohla Dargis
June 13, 2008
The knives had been out and sharpened long before M. Night Shyamalan’s latest movie, “The Happening,” opened on Friday. A fine craftsman with aspirations to the canon, this would-be auteur has, in the last few years, experienced a sensational fall from critical and commercial grace, partly through his own doing ó by making bad movies and then, even after those movies failed, by continuing to feed his ego publicly ó and partly through the entertainment media that, once they smell weakness, will always bite the hand they once slathered in drool.
The signal-to-noise ratio has become so lopsided when it comes to Mr. Shyamalan that “The Happening” was marked for failure even before it had a chance to fail ó or succeed. Its worth as a cultural and aesthetic object had been rendered moot, never mind that it turns out to be a divertingly goofy thriller with an animistic bent, moments of shivery and twitchy suspense and a solid lead performance from Mark Wahlberg. Much like Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix in “Signs,” which this film resembles in mood, effectiveness and flaws, Mr. Wahlberg fits into the Shyamalan universe comfortably. He rides the spooky stuff with as much ease as he does the jokes, the manufactured sincerity and cornball messages.
I won’t say too much about the gimmick that Mr. Shyamalan has come up with this time around, only that it’s funny, dark and weird and involves some nasty payback from the natural world. The story opens on a bustlingly bright New York day with two women sharing a bench in Central Park. One hears something, the other doesn’t, and before you know it, one benchwarmer has slipped a hair stick out of her do and into her own neck. The blood continues to trickle, but soon runs into the streets as men and women across the city commit similarly inexplicable acts of self-annihilation, with bullets to the head or, in a queasy, presumably intentional visual echo of Sept. 11, plunges from on high.
This is the first R-rated feature from Mr. Shyamalan, who’s left the PG-13 world behind presumably to entice that much-coveted demographic, the young male bloodsucker. Going graphic has neither hurt nor harmed him, though from all the inventive ways he’s found to do away with characters, it’s hard not to wonder if he’s not extracting symbolic revenge on the fickle moviegoing public. Whatever the case, the opening’s body count works to his foundational purposes, creating an uneasy, unsettled atmosphere. Mr. Shyamalan’s words consistently fail him, as they have in the past. But working again with the cinematographer Tak Fujimoto (a longtime shooter for Jonathan Demme), he creates images ó bodies falling, trees rustling ó that at their most potent speak louder and more eloquently than those words.
As the suicides rage like the plague, Mr. Wahlberg’s Elliot, a Philadelphia high-school science teacher, heads out of town on a train with his wife, Alma (an oddly miscast, loony-looking Zooey Deschanel, working her big blue peepers like mad), and another teacher, Julian (John Leguizamo), who brings along his young daughter, Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez). The train conductors soon lose contact with the outside world, forcing passengers into the Pennsylvania backwoods. This allows Mr. Shyamalan to focus on his leads (and indulge in witless marital shtick); pick up a couple of crack scene stealers (Frank Collison and Betty Buckley); and frolic in the great outdoors with zippy cameras and special effects. Something wicked this way comes though, really, they’re already heeere.
Mr. Wahlberg’s earnest, committed presence anchors the story, giving it a sense of purpose (a reason to care). Unlike Ms. Deschanel, who looks mighty surprised to be in this movie or mighty alarmed, you hang on to Mr. Wahlberg, who smoothly navigates the broad, lurching comedy (notably a wonderfully eccentric and comic monologue) as well as the pockets of dread. Mr. Shyamalan’s bag of tricks is awfully familiar ó the camera races forward, the characters stand locked in place, a child’s empty swing sways in the wind, eyes widen, mouths gape ó but it’s time-tested and, with the right actors, effectual. There is, after all, real pleasure to be had from watching a magician pull even a mangy rabbit out of a battered top hat.
By the time the story shifts to a town where people are hanging from trees in overly neat formation, the image of mass suicides has been drained of its shock, and a human calamity is revealed to be an aesthetic choice. Something is happening, all right, but Mr. Shyamalan, who certainly appears to enjoy playing God, doesn’t seem to care much. But what is happening, exactly? Is it the end of the world, a blip on the green screen, a Chernobyl rerun, Al Gore’s worst nightmare? Mr. Shyamalan tells us, more or less, letting the kitty out of the bag early. But here’s the thing about doomsday scenarios: They require an escape hatch or the weight of tragedy. Just knocking off the world because you’re mad at it isn’t enough.
“The Happening” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Bloody death.
THE HAPPENING
Opens on Friday nationwide.
The Happening
Director/Writer: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley
Rating: R
Running Time: 1h 31m
Genres: Sci-Fi, Thriller