#Ring 0

[roserosette]

Ring 0: Birthday, 2000, Norio Tsuruta

[uspiria]

Ring 0 (2000) dir. Norio Tsuruta

[dykemagik]

sadakos hunched-over girlthing vibes in ring 0

[nyarlathotep-thecrawlingchaos]

Just a heads up, you guys can probably expect a handful of impromptu reviews on horror films/series from me, from probably now until at least a month after Halloween. Horror has been a love and passion of mine since I was a tiny little crawling chaos writing silly ghost stories in crayon, and I'm in my element this time of year. I also have no one to really talk about horror with so I have to get my thoughts out somewhere.

I keep trying to find a good horror movie to scare the shit out of me and just keep ending up sad??

I just discovered there was a prequel to the original Japanese Ring.

And I watched it

Aaaaand now I'm trying not to cry. Hooray!

Normally not big on origin stories, but this was was surprisingly beautiful. The cinematography alone was lovely. Wouldn't call it horror in the same way the original Ring and its sequel were horror, and definitely not in the way the American remake was full of cheap jump scares and "shocking" visuals.

Ring 0 gets under your skin in a different way. It lingers. It depicts the horror of prejudice and mob mentality and how it can affect otherwise stable individuals. It plays on the pain of being an outcast and, aided by supernatural elements, the struggle of post-trauma. It gives the sequels more of an emotional impact without detracting anything from them. It does what an origin story is really supposed to do.

A little suspension of disbelief is required to enjoy it in certain instances, but not so much that it takes away from the story. Just don't go into it expecting to be scared if you give it a shot. There is a little blood and a few frightening visuals, but they're very tame and not terribly shocking in their presentation. It moves slowly, and the "horror" elements presented throughout are more existential and tragic than they are outright frightening.

Again, it's the type of horror that gets under your skin and lingers there, that leaves you with no promise of happiness, the kind that you might find yourself thinking about days later. I probably will be.

So, even though I wasn't looking for a movie that would make me feel WAY too many feelings, I don't regret watching it at all. I'd give it a 7/10, almost purely because I feel it's misrepresented as traditional horror. As a tragedy and an origin story and companion piece to the rest of the Ring films, I'd give it an 8.5.

If you too enjoy being sad and scared at the same time, I also recommend The Orphanage/La Orfanato (2007). Slow-burn psychological horror meets traditional ghost story. Sadly not streaming ANYWHERE at the moment (at least not in the US), but if you find it, I recommend giving it a go. It's one of my favorites, even though it rips my heart out and tears it to tiny little pieces every time I watch it.

[jeeaark]

I discovered some fun facts while stuck in Patch 0 Hell. Saw some hope even before any oncoming epilogues and patches

So have a Greygold taking it upon themself to set up their own uh-surprise reunion!

Because. Like Hells was Greygold gonna wait. Much less think it through.

[harritudur]

wedding-rings are not very pratical for them, so they decided to exchange wedding-earrings instead 😌

[skywerse]

gilly turnaround sheet

[shittymihodaily]

Happy Halloween. This year I'm sending out my scary yamiho brainworms to the public

[7soulstars]

My Incorrect Universe #96

*before courting Thranduil*

Me: *trips on the ground*

Thranduil, scoffing and in a mocking tone : haha, how clumsy, could you be any more foolish?

*later when no one is around*

Thranduil : *stomping the ground* who do you think you are?? WHO IN EVER LOVING VALAR DO YOU-

--Few years later--

Thorin: I can’t believe you talked to Thranduil without getting so much as a glare! Most people can’t even look in his general direction without some kind of threat.

Me: I mean, it would be a little weird if he did. We are engaged after all......

Thorin, who thought he had a chance: “....YOU’RE WHAT?!”

Legolas,a rogue Gimli tucked under his arm pit: YOU'RE WHAT ?!

Haldir and Lindir, from behind the trees: YOU ARE WHAT ??!

Elrond: YOU'RE WHAT ?!

Me: why are YOU shocked?? You watched him propose to me??

Elrond, recalling himself screaming as he witnessed Thranduil get on one knee that day: I'm still recovering from the trauma-

*Legolas still trying to process what I just announced*:

[desertomb]

Messmer 🔥

[roserosette]

Ring 0: Birthday, 2000, Norio Tsuruta

[uspiria]

Ring 0 (2000) dir. Norio Tsuruta

[tlgtw]

Bits and pieces of the still incredibly written backstory of Elden Ring continue to poke out from the dogwater, as it were.

St. Trina, as we learn, was a specific aspect of Miquella that was made separate: In Miquella's words, St Trina was the embodiment of his 'love.' And when he abandoned St Trina, he abandoned that aspect of himself that made her.

This newly introduced example reveals to us what the nature of Radagon's exactly was, in turn.

Radagon, the 'other half' of Marika in the exact same way that St Trina had been for Miquella, we learn here, had *himself* been a specific singular aspect of Marika's emotions or feelings.

With St Trina having been made out of Miquella's 'love.'

You wonder, too, what Radagon should have been made from.

What aspect of herself did Marika separate into her second person, as called by her the "Loyal Dog of the Golden Order"? We know Radagon was created prior to the creation of the Golden Order itself, since he was involved in the invasion of Liurnia.

So at the same time as Marika was married to Godfrey, begetting Godwyn and Mogh and Morgott. Radagon was married to Renalla, begetting Rykard and Radahn and raising the potential successor of Marika--the Empyrean Ranni. He was given a massive amount of responsibility, the seeming crux of the Liurnian-Leyndell alliance that ended the Liurnian Wars that Marika's empire was losing, and he by every account was completely dedicated and successful; even weakening the strength of the Carian royal family by reducing their practicing of astrology.

All yet, when push came to shove: After Godwyn was assassinated and Marika sought to destroy the Elden Ring. It was Radagon who dropped everything he had and stepped in to stop her.

"Proudly" as his Golden Order Greatsword says,

Radagon divorced his first wife, married his 'original self,' begettedthe Twin Prodigies Miquella and Malenia as two more potential successors to Queen Marika, set up the brutal inquisition and censorship of the Age of Radagon headed by his own son Rykard, and was even involved with the very the development of Golden Order fundamentalism!

Radagon did so much fucking stuff! He was so damn proactive! So what exactly must he have been!?

That Marika initially separated from herself? And who went on to try and stop her very own plans when they turned against the wishes of the Greater Will??

This conflicting 'half' of her original person! That nonetheless was all this strongly willed on his own!?

What part of Marika COULD Radagon have originally been!?!?!?

And it's awesome. It's really really well-designed writing.

Frankly, even, it's genius. It's not anything revolutionary in terms of narrative devices or anything like that, but it's really elegant. It's really meaningful and concise, and it's really cool!!!

A lot of Elden Ring's base game is, or now maybe--was. (It having been the basis of my entire show on YouTube.)

But the actual story, instead of solely the backstory, of the DLC, unfortunately, is not!

You ever seen a boss item whose entire description was literally entirely the game just fucking QUOTING ITSELF?

Hyetta at Frenzied Flame Proscription: "Become their lord. Take their torment, despair. Their affliction. Every sin, every curse. And melt it all away. As the Lord of Chaos."

Ghost outside Church of Inhibition in Liurnia: "Ahh, Lord Vyke, it seems that you were no lord, after all."

Midras's Flame of Frenzy, from killing Midras, Lord of Frenzied Flame:

Or! Better yet, ANOTHER boss spell, whose entire description is dedicated to literally just acknowledging its fucking colour!!

Land of Shadows, from killing the Scadutree Avatar:

I definitely sure wish I still hadn't!!

In fact, I don't think the level of vacuousness from Shadow of the Erdtree's descriptions has ever been seen before!

Not even in Dark Souls 3!!

AUGH

[fy-wonwoo]

240427 (w3n.0) follow again to seoul d-1 – preview

[sysig]

Puts the “plates” in “Fellplates” (Patreon)

[simphic]

Yas attends the 2024 GQ MOTY Awards, honoring her stylist (and best-friend), Rodney Karter, Via pettyimages