#I'm not exaggerating the gross part btw

[rainymori]

"why are you not coming to the school picnic it'll be fun!"

well I don't have any friends in school or in class so I don't wanna go to some mountain forest where I'm going to be uncomfortable and bored all day and have food that is mediocre at best and gross at worst

"I don't feel like it sorry ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯"

[sunaddicted]

Thoughts on NTTD

I've been mulling on this for a while and sure as hell I don't remember all the details so, this post is going to be a wreck (but so was I when the credits rolled).

I opened the laptop to specifically put this mess under a cut so, click further if you wanna know what I thought of the movie!

So, a very quick premise: I didn't like it.

It's not the worst in my personal scale of the Craig!Bond movies just because you just can't get worse than Quantum of Solace, but honestly I didn't feel like it was actually worth the wait. I'll try to break down why, just keep in mind that these are my considerations - you loved it? Good, I'm always happy when fellow fans enjoyed the content <3

1. Safin wasn't a satisfactory villain. First of all, the physical disfigurement and the exaggerated accent that keep being piled on Bond's villains were frankly tiring to watch, it's high time that the franchise did better (yes, I knew already from all the trailers that this was going to be an issue but I will still complain about it because Barbara needs to listen). Second, his.. thing with Madeline wasn't entirely clear - was he fascinated by her? obsessed with her? in love with her? GROSS in any case, considering that he already was an adult when he met her and she was a child. Third his motives were shaky at best. Like, why he would want SPECTRE erased from existence is clear enough (even if I think they could have expanded a little on the why Franz decided to obliterate his whole fam) but his reason to just unleash Heracles upon the world? Meh. If I had Heracles, you can be sure I would literally use it to hold everyone by the balls. Fourth, the blatant racism he showed towards Nomi didn't sit right with me but I don't feel like I'm qualified to expand on this because I'm not POC.

2. Directly tied to point one - the villain lair was pretty much bland. I don't know if I had too high expectations but when I heard the words garden of poisons, a half deserted pool in the middle of a chemical compound wasn't it. Like... I wanted luscious, violently bright and vivid vegetation. The part of the chemical compund was cool though, especially the radioactive(???) pool.

3. Matera was all around cool(TM). I'm not from Matera so I can't vouch on the veredicity of the tradition of burning secrets, I just know that I didn't find any mentions of it while googling? I don't know my friends. Anyway, the stunts team outdid themselves and they should be proud of the amazing work they did and I hope for them that they get a shower of awards and recognition. Vesper's tomb???? I haven't watched Casino Royale in a while so I don't remember whether she ever even references to being from around Matera. It was so RANDOM. But.. I had feelings about James still missing her and asking for her forgiveness so, I liked the scene. BUT IT WAS RANDOM.

4. The secret baby plotline. No. Just no, sorry.

5. At least Q had a boyfriend and Sphynx cats, I was happy about that.

6. THE HUGE PLOTHOLE THAT WAS HERACLES SUPPOSED ETERNITY. In one scene you have Q telling Bond that Heracles would stay with him forever and then in the following scene you have Q injecting Smart Blood in James' body again because the nanobots have degraded on something; now, if Heracles and Smart Blood are based on the same technology (the nanobots), why is one eternal and the other isn't??? Did James really die for a plothole??? Did Q really not think about lying to James in order to get him off of that island so that he would at least have a chance at cracking the mystery???

7. The plothole isn't the only reason I'm pissed about James' death btw. If there is one(1) good thing that Spectre did, it was establishing the fact that James doesn't live in a solitary bubble: he has actual bonds of friendship with the MI6 squad and even No Time to Die went to the lenght of making sure we knew how important Felix was to him - so, I don't accept that James would basically kill himself just because he couldn't touch Madeline and Mathilde anymore. Like... come onnnnn.

8. On the matter of Felix - bringing him back just to kill him like that? You did us dirty Barbara.

9. Paloma was adorable, she definitely deserved a lot more screentime than she got.

10. Nomi deserved more space. I know that it was Daniel Craig's swan song but yeah, Lashana and Nomi deserved a bit more than what they got imo.

I don't think I have more "organized" points to make. Overall, I think I would have probably been a lot less disappointed if they didn't keep delaying the movie; with every delay my expectations and hopes for it to be good just kept growing and growing so, I really set myself up for heartbreak (it's the first movie I watched in the theatre since the pandemic, I was really hoping for it to blow me away).

I already wrote a fix-it fic of course (x) but the fact is, in my future fannish works you can expect me to take a couple of elements from the movie and then act as if it never was screened lmao.

Skyfall definitely remains my personal favourite of the Craig!Bond saga, followed by Casino Royale, Spectre, No Time to Die and Quantum of Solace.

[soupbabe]

HEEY im here to request a jjba matchup if possible, any part ! i like ur blog btw :]]]

i'm a minor (17), transmasc (it/he/🌺 pronouns), unlabeled sexuality, anything goes, and my hobbies are mainly drawing and sometimes writing ! i technically kinda know how to play bass but i havent done it in . a while now

i never took that personality test thing but i'd describe myself as usually quiet, jumpy and prone to dropping shock humor jokes or generally say unexpected things (nothing too gross but i do indulge in toilet humor sometimes). i try to act cool and aloof sometimes but that facade falls extremely easily as soon as im approached. im kind of a fucking himbo and im not very responsible, im more careful with other people and like looking out for others but i tend to get emotional, nervous or antsy easily. (yknow that image with the dog in the yellow "nervous" jacket? thats me.) to remediate that, i make a bunch of stupid jokes and over-exaggerate a lot.

I match you with ,,,

Josuke Higashikata♡

I definitely think that Josuke would balance you out perfectly! He's quite outgoing, but not too overbearing. Like just enough to keep conversations going and make sure you're having a fun time with him! I can imagine you getting him giggly so easily, his humor can be very dumb and you just get him to the point where he can't help but cry laughing.

Plus Josuke gives off a very chill vibe, like you can't help but relax around him <3 he offers such a safe space and will always put your comfort first. I couldn't imagine anyone better <3

[haamuressu]

I'm truly sorry if this comes off as invasive and you can definitely just ignore this ask if you want to but I was wondering if you've come to some kind of conclusion with the gender thing? (this sounds so stalker-y but I remember you hinting at some kind of a confusion a while back and now your about-page says any other pronouns along with she/her are fine so I was just curious.) Sorry again if this is in any way too nosy!

hey, it’s okay! I totally get the curiosity! this is going to be a fricking long rant (sorry for having to scroll through this in advance but read more links won't work with mobile).Also: this is the first time I properly address this publicly on my blog and it feels sort of terrifying, so don’t be surprised if I delete this answer in a couple days of time. the answer is nope, I haven’t really come to any sort of a solid conclusion that I would have been able to stick with for more than a couple of days without feeling like I was over-exaggerating the issue (I don’t even know if there is an issue.) this is not to say that gender confusion isn’t acceptable or normal, I think that it absolutely is, but I really am just such an overthinker that I wouldn’t be surprised if all of this just turned out to be something that I completely made up for myself to be even more confused of what “me” means.that’s a confusing clusterfuck of a statement. I’m going to try again.basically, all I’ve ever addressed publicly on my blog is that I’ve sort of always had weird periods of time where I find myself unsure whether or not I am 100% a girl.Most times this is something I’ve brushed off by telling myself that this confusion only comes from the mindset that society has brought me up with: which is to say that my internalized idea of a girl/a woman is so narrow, that I find it hard to relate to it because I don’t relate/conform to the roles or characteristics that are often associated with my assigned gender.for as long as I know, this could actually be true. It might just be that I still have those ideas so profoundly ingrained into my brain, that something inside me tells me that “no, you cannot be a girl, because you are not like girls are supposed to be” which is bullshit because fuck gender roles and blah blah, so forth.Also: I find no particular discomfort in being referred to as a girl. I understand that that’s at least what society views me as, and I don’t find it necessary to correct anyone, no matter if the confusion actually leads to some kind of a moment of enlightenment at some point. she/her pronouns are also completely fine and so is my name, which is also very feminine.so, what exactly even is the problem? there are a few. first off as much as it’s ok for me to be called a girl, for some reason the word “woman” when used to describe me, feels very off. I don’t know if it’s just an age thing - maybe I’m just so used to thinking of myself as a kid, that the implication of being grown up feels wrong to me. might just be that, or might not be. time will probably tell.secondly: as much as being called a girl and being seen as a girl is okay, I sometimes get the feeling that that’s not the whole picture. when it comes to labeling myself, ever since I was taught the difference between girls and boys, I felt the need to place myself a bit in the middle. this was when I was just a kid. also, at 12, I vividly remember writing an essay about “instead of being blue or red, I want to be purple” (this sounds like a fucking halsey song all of a sudden) and at 13 after learning about nonbinary identities for the first time, I actually went through a short phase during which I identified as demigirl (I stopped when I learned more about trans identities and struggles, and started to feel extremely gross and distasteful for invading something that wasn’t meant for my cis ass.) so, this “problem”(/confusion) has been around for a while.I’ve found it hard to talk about this for the longest time, and I think there are actually like…three people I’ve ever really talked about it with properly? the truth is that as much as I believe that nonbinary identities are valid (science backs me up there) and not about seeking attention or trying to be special, I know that seeking attention and trying to be special are both very strong personality traits of mine so lmaooooo basically ngl I would not be surprised if this is something I completely made up in my head. btw the things mentioned above that cause this confusion aren’t the only things that have made me think about this, but this is where my ability to express them ends. I cannot describe the feeling of something I barely even know myself with words. that’s all it is, really. a feeling, that could also be wrong.then there’s also the whole deal with my body image issues and whether or not they play a part in this whiCH I DONT FUCKING KNOW but we’re not going to get into those bc this would turn into a fucking novel with three sequels if I did thatif you read this whole thing, congrats. basically nothing has to change. I might come into conclusions, or I might not. I do however fully realize that I’m privileged as fuck with all the time I have to figure myself out, and I really don’t want to compare this fuckery to the actual struggles people go through with their gender identities when being trans/nb.btw if all of this is sounds like a bunch of bullshit that I made up to be Cool and Hip then I suggest you move along instead of beating me up about it bc the chances are that whatever nasty you have to say, I have already told myself the exact same thing a thousand timespeace