#Jeffrey Alexander

[wednesdaydreams]

San Francisco Great Room Kitchen

With an undermount sink, raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets, granite countertops, beige backsplash, marble backsplash, stainless steel appliances, and an island, this large, elegant l-shaped medium tone wood floor and brown floor open concept kitchen photo exudes class.

[mockinqay]

Kitchen Enclosed in DC Metro Example of a large classic u-shaped porcelain tile, beige floor and coffered ceiling enclosed kitchen design with a farmhouse sink, raised-panel cabinets, beige cabinets, granite countertops, beige backsplash, ceramic backsplash, paneled appliances, an island and multicolored countertops

[evviejo]

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE // S5E19 Ties of Blood and Water I missed my father's death by less than an hour. Did you know that? Less than an hour. I always told myself that it was bad luck, bad timing, will of the Prophets. But the truth is, I didn't have to go when I did. I could've stayed a while longer. I saw my chance to get out and I took it. I saw so much death during the occupation, I felt so much pain. But my father... He was my strength. And I- I couldn't stand to see that strength slipping away. So I ran.

[cigarrw-s]

"One day, maybe you'll learn that not being able to relate to other people isn't a badge of honor."

American Fiction (2023) dir. Cord Jefferson

[cinematicjourney]

American Fiction (2023) | dir. Cord Jefferson

[apple-juice7]

My interest:3

[kamisobsessed]

Those of you who have been to an SPN convention, how much did you spend in total and what all did you get/do? I sooo want to go next year, and at least meet Jensen and Jared, but I know it can get pricey and I don't know if I'll have enough🥺

[moonamite]

OK ITS FINALLY DONE

The ship list 💪

Judge me however you like

[eizthetics0226]

Dina got a call from Jeffrey saying that she can now live with him since Lady already vacated their home.

Dina tried to convince her son Benjamin to come with her but he refused. He was frustrated by his mother's decision to be with another man especially that his father (Mortimer) died just recently. He can't believe that his mother moved on that easily.

Alexander also expressed his disappointment towards Dina. He finally figured out that she only married his father because of his wealth and influence.

Dina had no choice but to leave Benjamin with Alexander at the Goth manor.

She immediately rushed to Jeffrey's mansion to be with her new man.

[pssy-wagn]

Made a little thing

Who's your poison?

[justthemis124]

My opinion on “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez story” PART I

If some of you guys have read my presentation post, you know that this show encouraged me to create this blog, because after finishing the last episode, I just needed to talk about it to someone. Unfortunately nobody I know has seen it or is even interested in seeing it. Anyway that’s not the point, I have a lot of things to say about the show, that’s why this post is only a part 1, and I’ll try my best to organize my thoughts as best as I can.

You can read part II just here :))

I. THE RYAN MURPHY PROBLEM

I feel like I needed to start with the most obvious one.

So first of all you need to know that my only knowledge of Ryan Murphy comes from the 5 seasons of American Horror Story that I watched. And the thing that I noticed straight away when watching AHS was the omnipresence of very, very uncomfortable and weird s*x scenes. Every 5 seconds you get these scenes that serve no purpose to the plot whatsoever, it feels like they’re there just for the sake of making people uncomfortable and satisfying whatever perverse desire Ryan Murphy has. Now, I’ll say that American Horror Story is fictional and that, at the end of the day, no matter how disgusting these scenes are, they remain in the fictional realm.

BUT the problem is that RM has clearly brought his weird and obscene fantasies into the world of what I can only think of calling “True Fiction” (a show or movie based on real events, and that wants itself to be accurate). It’s something that you can so clearly see in each and every episode of the show, and while watching it, I remember thinking how disgusting it was that this almost 60 years old man was just forcing his perversion into a representation of literal victims of incestuous s*xual abuse. And I genuinely cannot express how sick to my stomach it makes me.

Furthermore, I think that it is also very clear whose side Ryan Murphy seems to be on, and in my opinion and based on the way he decided to portray the brothers, I think that he clearly thinks that the boys are liar. Which okay, he is of course entitled to his opinion on the matter, even if I (along with a lot people) strongly disagree with it. The problem is that he should not bring his opinion into the show and make his opinion seem like the real and factual events.

On that same note, I’m sure most of you are aware, but Erik released a statement through his wife about the show, I’ll put it below :

And I’m so glad he spoke up and said how much fake things, inaccurate portrayals and misinformation this show was spreading. Unfortunately, Ryan Murphy responded to this statement, in the worst manner possible, here is his response below :

I find it absolutely insane to tell people, whose life you tried to recreate on screen, that you did an amazing job at it while these persons themselves tell you that you failed to put in light the truth that they spent their whole lives trying to be heard.

In conclusion on this whole part about Ryan Murphy, I was just really disappointed in the way that he produced and realised the whole show as well as the way he handled the aftermath of its release, this man even had the audacity to say that he had no interest in talking to the brothers so that tells us everything that we need to know about him. And I think that he should just stick to fiction and stop trying to film true crime shows if he’s gonna ignore the facts and just build the show on his opinion instead.

II. THE PORTRAYAL OF THE BROTHERS

The issue with the portrayals of the brothers is obviously directly linked to Ryan Murphy but I wanted to dedicate a part about it and not it be a sub part to the RM problem.

When I was watching the show, the first thing that struck me was the portrayal of Lyle. I was familiar with the Menendez case way before the show because, like a lot of people, I had watched the trials on YouTube. And while I cannot claim to know what Lyle is like, and none of us can, because we don’t know him, I was still quite shocked to see the way they made him act on the show. I guess that this arrogant, angry, violent and spoiled rich kid act just wasn’t what I was expecting, along with a lot of people. And we were right to find this representation to be odd because Erik, himself, talked about how inaccurate and defamatory this representation of Lyle was in his statement that you can read above in the Ryan Murphy problem.

So there's already that. And then, the worst part in my opinion, is the way that Lyle and Erik were, first of all, highly s*xualized and also represented as if they were in some kind of incestuous relationship with each other. If we focus for a second on the s*xualization of the brothers, the first example that comes to my mind is the shower scene with Erik in prison. What purpose does that scene serve in the telling of Erik and Lyle's story? I cannot help but think that this is just another manifestation of Ryan Murphy's perverted mind. On that same note (I'm gonna try and explain this next part as best as I can) but I think we all know now that RM has a tendency to cast attractive actors for these type of roles (ex: Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer) to later s*xualize them non stop. And words are failing me to express how wrong that is, because in Dahmer's case he was literally s*xualizing a serial killer, and in the Menendez' case, victims of incestuous s*xual abuse. Again I fail to understand how this man doesn't see any wrong in that.

Now, about the representation of the brothers' relationship. As I was watching the show, I remember noticing all these little things that were insinuating that something romantic was going on between them, again I cannot express how uncomfortable it made me, I can only assume that it was the case for everyone else watching. And again, I cannot find the words to say how disgusting and sick this is. Because here is the thing, so we know that Erik was m*lested by Lyle, because Lyle was himself being abused by José Menendez, he was child and he didn't know any better than to try and recreate what he though was an act of love. BUT knowing that and willingly deciding to subtly portray these brothers as if they were in a consensual incestuous relationship is digusting and sickening.

And I want to clarify that this critic of their portrayal is aimed at Ryan Murphy and in no way at the actors, I will be talking about the actors' work in the second part, in another post.

Alright guys that's it for the first part of my opinion on "Monsters", I hope that maybe some of the points I addressed will help you see the show in another light if you didn't share my point of view. And if my post didn't convince you of anything and if you disagree with me on certain point, please leave a comment so we can discuss it :)

The second part will be focusing on the portrayal of José and Kitty Menendez as well as the work of the actors.

See you in the next post!

[ovulatingwatermelon]

Petition to remake all disney movies but with the supernatural cast

[spockvarietyhour]

Jeffrey Combs and Jace Alexander as Dinosaur Bob and Creepy Cody

[randomscreensjots]

Okay so a tiny rant, I watched Monsters by Ryan Murphy, both the Dahmer and The Menendez series and honestly, it's weird when the actors are getting hate because the writing isn't accurate?

I mean, it's cinematic drama, it's not expected to be accurate, it's supposed to be dramatic and engaging, it's never the source for accurate data regarding the cases.

If you want accurate data, watch a documentary not a cinematic documentary or read about the cases, conduct your own research, don't go for a TV show for it then give the actors shit, the actors aren't the characters, the characters aren't the actors.

Even when portraying a real person, they are not the real person, no matter how well they do their study, they still don't know shit about that real person.

In both series the actors did really great, adding their own touches, they went through a lot to bring the written characters to the screen, it doesn't necessarily mean they support the character's actions (in Dahmer's case at least) and it doesn't mean that they were trying to disrespect the real people involved by portraying what is written.

If you don't like the show, don't watch it, don't support the industry but don't go bullying the actors for it and most importantly, give them time to recover with dignity, these kind of roles are usually traumatizing for them too.

And honestly, anyone who works with Ryan Murphy needs to be sent to a mental resort afterwards cause what the fuck, you can see the life being sucked out of those poor people through the episodes.

[milton-dammers]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

S06E18 Inquisition (1998)