#Steven Ingram

[downthetubes]

ThirdBear Press announces BOXES, a new independent comic anthology

A new indie comics anthology is in the works featuring a diverse range of talent from ThirdBear Press

British publisher ThirdBear Press are preparing to publish the first volume of BOXES, a new comic magazine that aims to showcase new short comics and articles from the most exciting and interesting creators in indie comics. BOXES will be coming to Kickstarter in early June, and anyone interested can sign up on the Kickstarter page to be notified just as soon as the project is live. Launched in…

[moviesandmania]

THE DEMON DISORDER Aussie supernatural horror will premiere soon

‘There is no cure’ The Demon Disorder is a 2024 Australian horror film about an unearthed family secret that leads to revenge from beyond the grave. The supernatural-themed movie was directed and co-produced by special effects expert Steven Boyle (Fear Below; The Matrix Revolutions; The Possessed; Boar; The Pack; Daybreakers) – making his feature directorial debut – from a screenplay co-written…

[bob-artist]

We met our first goal!!

The Cartoonist Co-op Halloween Horrors Comics Bundle hit its first $500 goal and is now up to $635!

Unlocked! $500: An mp3 of the theme song for Old Man Grey

Old Man Grey

by Steven Ingram

Musician Taylor Kite crashes his car in the wilderness on the way to a gig and must accept help from the strange badger-obsessed locals.

Buy the bundle before November 3rd and help unlock additional art stretch goals!

Unlocked! $500: An mp3 of the theme song for Old Man Grey

$1000: New illustration "Vampiric Opulence" for The Hue of Heaven''

$1500: Art of Emily: Behind the Scenes'' artbook for Emily

$2000: Concept sketch gallery for For Whom the Button Presses

$2500: A 4 page Sneak preview of BLAM-Marie's upcoming, vampire-themed, short story zine (The Printer Whisperer)

$3000: Bonus painting of Goddess!Ambar and The Putrid Queen from Roomie. Desktop and phone wallpaper downloadables included

$3500: Sketch/concept page of characters' designs for The Bloody Bog

$4000: A new cover for For Whom the Button Presses

You can pick up the entire bundle of 50 comics for $35 here on itch.io!

[lexreadsdiversely]

Lex's October tbr 🎃

I'm leaning into the mood reading with this tbr. I intentionally put way more than I can finish to give myself room to switch it up as my mood changes. This is going to be so fun!

Books:

Physical tbr:

The Weight of Blood - Tiffany D. Jackson (210/413 pages complete)

Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield (105/223 pages complete)

The Book of Witches - Edited by Jonathan Strahan (select stories only)

The Woman in Black - Susan Hill

Library loans:

A Short Stay in Hell - Steven L Peck

Little Rot - Akwaeke Emezi

Graveyard Shift - ML Rio (finished 9/30)

Extra Salty: Jennifer's Body - Frederick Blichert (finished 10/1)

Kindle:

Eat Your Heart Out - Dayna Ingram*

My Carmilla - Anita Zara*

Lupus in Fabula - Briar Ripley Page (BookSiren - will most likely dnf)

Under Her Skin: a Women in Horror Poetry Showcase, Vol. 1 - Edited by Lindy Ryan and Toni Miller*

Fanfiction:

Read some halloween-themed fics. Link them here when finished.

Short(er) Stories

Hayseed - Holly Wilde*

Pumpkin Spice Lover - C.B. Walker*

This Pumpkin Spice Latte Gets Me Off In A Fun And Sincere Way Because It’s Okay For People To Enjoy Popular Things Without Being Shamed For The Perceived “Basicness” Of Their Beverage Choices - Chuck Tingle*

Read some Tor originals

* reads contingent on my budget

🦇 Goal: Enjoy reading! 🦇

[motherofplatypus]

Bisan Owda is a journalist in Gaza that keeps updating about the barbaric genocide actions that israel committed with weapons supplied mainly by US, all the while living through that genocide itself.

Over 30k+ has been killed, and over 15k+ of those are children and babies.

The celebs and artists who wanted to rescind Bisan's nomination are as follow:

Ari Ingel, Executive Director, Creative Community for Peace

David Renzer, Former Chairman/CEO Universal Music Publishing Group, CCFP Chairman & Co-Founder

Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive & Music President, Electronic Arts, CCFP Co-Founder

Rakefet Abergel, Actor/Director, Cyclamen Films

Orly Adelson, Former President of ITV Studios, America

Marty Adelstein, CEO, Tomorrow Studios

Anne-Marie Asner, Co-Founder, Animation Israel

Jeff Astrof, TV Producer/Showrunner, Other Shoe Productions

Michael Auerbach, Partner, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein

Dean Bahat, Attorney, Ziffren Brittenham

Andrea Ballas, VP Comms, CBS

Jackie Barrie, A&R Manager, Nvak Collective

Richard Baskind, Partner & Head of Music, Simons Muirhead & Burton

Aton Ben-Horin, Executive VP of Global A&R, Atlantic Records Group

Steven Bensusan, President, Blue Note Entertainment Group

Adam Berkowitz, Founder and President, Lenore Entertainment Group

Sharon Bialy, Casting Director, Bialy/Thomas & Associates

Josh Binder, Co-Founder and Partner, Rothenberg Mohr & Binder, LLP

Neil Blair, Founding Partner, The Blair Partnership

Selma Blair, Actress, Author, Advocate, Sainted Productions

Rebecca Blumberg, SVP Ad Sales, Paramount

Evan Bogart, Songwriter & CEO, Seeker Music

Benjamin Budde, CEO, Budde Group GmbH

Bruce Burger, Producer, RebbeSoul

David Byrnes, Attorney, Ziffren Brittenham

Civia Caroline, Social Impact Consultant, CLiC Impact

Pamela Charbit, Director of A&R, Warner Music Group

Emmanuelle Chriqui, Actor, Yellow Ray Entertainment

Leanne Coronel, Talent Manager, The Coronel Group

Raye Cosbert, Managing Director, Metropolis Musi

Paul Craig, Ceo, Nostromo Management

Doug Davis, NATAS Member, 2x Emmy winner, The Davis Firm

Rebecca De Mornay, Actor

Jamie Denbo, Co-Executive Producer, Grey’s Anatomy, ABC/Disney

Josh Deutsch, Chairman/CEO, Premier Music Group

Avi Diamond, Director, Film/TV Sync, Warner Music Canada

Craig Dorfman, President and Owner, Frontline MGMT

Rachel Douglas, Manager, Range Media Partners

David Draiman, Frontman, Disturbed

Jeremy Drysdale, Screenwriter, bigbamboo

Craig Emanuel, Ryan Murphy Productions

Hannah Epstein, Agent, CAA

Rami “Kosha dillz” Even-Esh, Rapper/Comic/Actor

Lindsay Fabes, Actor

Ron Fair, Record Producer & CEO, Faircraft Inc.

Sharon Farber, Composer, Score by Score Music

Danny Federman, Owner, Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club

Eric Feig, Attorney and TV Academy Member, Feig/Finkel

Patti Felker, Attorney, Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP

Ken Fermaglich, Partner, United Talent Agency

Ross “Remedy” Filler, Artist

Shalom Fisch, President, MediaKidz Research & Consulting

David Fishof, CEO, RRFC Films, LLC

Siri Garber, Publicist, Platform

David Gardner, President, Artists First

Barbara Garshman, CEO, Garshman Productions LLC

Gary Gersh

Gary Ginsberg, Senior VP, SoftBank Group Corp.

Brian Ralston, Composer/Producer, Studio 74 Music, LLC

David Glick, Founder & CEO, Edge Group

Zusha Goldin, Celebrity Photographer, Zusha Goldin

Michael Goldwasser, President, Easy Star Records

Andrew Gould, President, Music Publishing

Scott Greenberg, Partner, LBI

Steven Greenberg, Founder and President, S-Curve Records

Daniel Grindlinger, Writer

Ronnie Harris, Partner, Harris & Trotter

Michael Hirschhorn, Manager, Streaming and Sales, Atlantic Records

Linda Edell Howard, Attorney, Novick Law

Rich Ingram, Artist/Creator

Neil Jacobson, Former President, Geffen Records, Founder & CEO of Hallwood Media

Michael Kaplan, Writer/Producer

Sam Katz, Music Manager, Homebase MGMT, LLC

Zach Katz, CEO & Co-Founder, Fixated

Ketura Kestin, Film Producer, Serendipity Productions

Amanda Kogan, Manager, Aaron Kogan Management

Keetgi Kogan Steinberg, Writer/Producer/Showrunner

Jason Kozel, Creative Executive, Range Media Partners

Rick Krim, CEO, Krim Music + Media

Evan Lamberg, President, North America, Universal Music Publishing Group

Sherry Lansing, Former CEO, Paramount Pictures

Colin Lester OBE, Founder/Chairman, JEM Music Group

Sean Liebowitz, Agent

Koura Linda, Founder & CEO, Space Dream Productions

Marci Liroff, Intimacy Coordinator/Casting Director

Cory Litwin, Managing Partner, Range Media Partners

David Lonner, CEO, The David Lonner Company

Ben Maddahi, President, Unrestricted Publishing & Mgmt

Gabriel Mann, Composer

Deborah Marcus, Executive, CAA Foundation

Susan Markheim, Full Stop Mgt., The Azoff Company

Amanda Markowitz, Actor/Producer, SAG/AFTRA & PGA

Orly Marley, President, Tuff Gong Worldwide

Devra Maza, Screenwriter

Debra Messing, Actor/Producer

Hilary Michael, Agent and Partner, WME

Beth Milstein, Writer

Jennifer Morrow, Actor, CAA

Patrick Moss, Writer, Moroccan Boychik

Robert Munic, Writer/Showrunner, Pull The Pin Productions, Inc.

Lisa Nupoff, Manager, iminmusic management

Scott Packman, Founder and Managing Member, SSP Partners LLC

Mark Pinkus, President, Rhino Records

Jonah Platt, Actor/Producer

Wendy Plaut, SVP Music & Celebrity Talent, Paramount Global

Jessica Poter, Writer, Gustavo Anibal Productions

Golan Ramraz, Writer/Producer, EGX Film Factory

Bruce Resnikof

Frederic Richter, Producer, Writer & Researcher

Wendy Robbins, Executive Producer, Creators Inc

Dan Rosen, President, Warner Music Australasia

Rick Rosen, Co-Founder, Endeavor, WME

Aaron Rosenberg, Partner, Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light

Gregg Rossen, Screenwriter

Michael Rotenberg, CEO, 3 Arts Entertainment

Joshua Rothstein, CEO/Founder, Ice Cream For Dinner

Haim Saban, Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group

Glenn Sanders, Writer/Director/Creative Director, Masonry Creative

Ayelet Schiffman, SVP Head of Promotions, Island Records

Paul Schindler, Senior Partner, Greenberg Traurig LLC

Jordan Schur, CEO and Chairman, Mimran Schur Pictures and Suretone Entertainment

Adam Schwartz, Writer

Sam Schwartz, Partner, Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency

Jay Schweid, Founder/CEO, ephelants/Village

Adam Segal, President, The 2050 Group

Ben Silverman, Chairman and Co-CEO, Propagate Content

Ralph Simon, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Mobilium Global Limited

Tamar Simon, Owner/CEO, Mean Streets Management

Martin Singer, Attorney, Lavely and Singer

Halle Stanford, President of Television, The Jim Henson Company

Mimi Steinberg, Writer/Producer

Jonathan Steinsapir, Partner, Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir

Gary Stiffelman, Founder, GSS Law

Traci Symanski, CEO, Co-Star Entertainment

Aaron Symonds, Film Composer

Fernando Szew, President, Fox Entertainment

Tal Tavin, Actor

Adam Taylor, President, APM Music

Michael Testa, Casting Director, Michael Testa Casting

Fred Toczek, Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan LLP

Eric Tuchman, Writer/Producer, MGM-TV

Noa Vinshtok, Streaming, Range Media Partners

Joshua Washington, International Recording Artist, JoDavi Music LLC

Avi Weider, Filmmaker, Loop Filmworks

Jon Weinbach, President, Skydance Sports

Nola Weinstein, Tech Executive

Ilana Wernick, Writer/Producer, Fox

Modi Wiczyk, Co-Founder, MRC

Evan Winiker, Managing Partner, Range Music

Seth Yanklewitz, Casting Director, Yanklewitz Pollack Casting

Sharon Tal Yguado, Founder & CEO, Astrid Entertainment

Ky Zaretsky, Manager, Range Media Partners

David Zedeck, Global Co-Head of Music

[Sources: here, here, and here]

[moistvonlipwig]

Top 10 Favorite Final Seasons of a TV Show

For @loisfreakinglane's enjoyment.

...This was actually so hard. I'm limiting myself to TV shows with multiple seasons that have officially for-real ended, as well as to final seasons that I've watched in full (so there are some seasons of shows I watch that maybe should make the cut that won't because I haven't gotten around to them yet). In the order that I thought of them:

Breaking Bad Season 5: A really strong & exciting final season with some great new characters (Lydia Rodarte-Quayle I love you Lydia Rodarte-Quayle!!!) and some of the show's best episodes.

Once Upon a Time Season 7: My favorite season of the show, and one that weirdly addressed a lot of the problems I had with the first six seasons. The new characters were great and they did some cool & unexpected things with the old characters. Hardly perfect, and it somehow made the show's already-convoluted timeline worse, but it was a very strong note to end the show on & it helped me look on the show as a whole in a much fonder light, which was no small feat after some of the bullshit the show had previously pulled.

Amphibia Season 3: A great final season. I loved seeing the Boonchuys on Earth in 3A, and I loved the story arc of Anne & Sasha co-commanding the resistance in 3B. IMO a lot of the complaints about this season come from people who didn't really understand what the show was about. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Steven Universe Future/Steven Universe Season 5: I kind of consider Future to be the proper 'final season' of Steven Universe and not its own show, but I know some people disagree and consider it a separate limited series and would say that Season 5 is the real final season of the show. Either way, both seasons are quite good. I think Future is consistently stronger -- Season 5 has a stretch of 6 or so episodes that are kind of weak -- but Season 5 has higher highs. But again, both are very good final seasons, whichever one you consider to be the 'true' final season.

Person of Interest Season 5: Honestly, this is not the best final season -- I think being limited to 13 episodes really hamstrung the writers, and not all the episodes are good -- but it does end on a really strong note, and also I ran out of final seasons I consider legitimately great, so, uh, good for you PoI, you arguably don't deserve to be here but you're here anyway!

Better Call Saul Season 6: I'm not gonna lie, I had problems with the way 6B unfolded -- I thought the pacing wasn't the best and some of the character/plot beats didn't quite land -- but both 6A and the finale were very strong, and I'm not opposed to most of the events of 6B in theory. Plus, BCS is just well-made TV in general, so even when I didn't love it, I was still appreciative of the artistry that went into the show.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 9: I remember really liking the first half of this season and thinking it was some of the best stuff the show had put out in years. The second half was more par for the course but not bad. The actual season-long plot was pretty whatever but it produced some good episodes, and Daniel Ingram, as always, delivered with the music.

Battlestar Galactica Season 4: Look, anyone who's taken a cursory glance at my BSG tag knows how I feel about what BSG S3 & 4 did to Boomer, and S4 additionally committed the sin of killing off Anastasia Dualla, but I don't actually think S4 is overall a bad season. I think it could've been better, sure, but I honestly was fine with it aside from the stuff I hated. Lol. Also, Kara Thrace turns into a pigeon, and that's hilarious.

Infinity Train Season 4: Technically this is a better season of television than some of the seasons listed above, but it was not intended as a final season and you can tell; nothing about it makes for a particularly effective ending to the show. I will forever mourn the remaining 4 planned seasons of this show that we never got. But, hey, it's still a good season, even though it's probably the show's weakest outing.

...Revolutionary Girl Utena's Apocalypse Arc: LOOK I KNOW IT'S NOT A "SEASON" I RAN OUT OF FINAL SEASONS I LIKE OKAY. It's better than pretty much everything else on this list though because it's RGU, how could it not be.

Tagging @jioinfocommlimited, @02511213942, @occidentaltourist, @cassphos, @nocticola, and anyone else who wants to tackle this challenge. Be warned, it's harder than it looks!!!

[mercedesvince]

Hello I’m Vince!!

I am a writer who is open to writing requests for x reader

Just a heads up that English is not my first language so apologies for any grammar or wrong use of words :(

RULES

This is meant to be a blog for x male or non-binary x readers

I will not write for female readers as of now (but might change in future)

I will only write for series listed below

no smut (I am not comfortable with that)

There are characters listed below underage, all characters will at least be aged up to teenagers, but even so I will only go as far as kissing

I will not write any sort of NSFW for any character under 18 (what i mean when i say NSFW I mean in a sexual way, things like cussing or slight violence I can do)

I can write angst, fluff or both

If you see a mistake in my writing please inform me on it so I can improve in future :)

If i missed a TW or you notice something i should let the readers know before reading PLEASE let me know, i’d hate for someone to be negatively affected by my writing

Please be nice and respect everybody and there wishes!!

SERIES & CHARACTER I WILL WRITE FOR

(If there is a character I have missed that is not on the list for a specific series and you would like a x reader for please ask and I will let you know whether or not I can write for them :))

South Park

Stan Marsh

Kyle Broflovski

Kenny McCornmick

Eric Cartman

Butters

Tolkien Black

Wendy Testaburger

Bebe Stevens

Heidi Turner

Criminal Minds

Spencer Reid

Aaron Hotchner

Derek Morgan

Emily Prentis

Jason Gideon

Jennifer Jareau

Penelope Garcia

David Rossi

Elle Greenaway

Matthew Simmons

Like Alvez

Kate Callahan

Tara Lewis

Sam Cooper

Gina LaSalle

Beth Griffin

Jonathan Simms

Mick Rawson

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

Scott Pilgrim

Ramona Flowers

Envy Adams

Knives Chau

Kim Pine

Julie Powers

Wallace Wells

Lucas lee

Gideon Graves

Matthew Patel

Todd Ingram

Young Neil

Roxy Ritcher

Stacy Pilgrim

Stephen Stills

My Hero Academia

Disclaimer I have not watched the series recently, so I do not have everything up to date and can only write up to season 4 :(

Anyone from Class 1A

Anyone from Class 1B

Any Pro Hereos

Any Villians

Mirio Togata

Nejire Hado

Tamaki Amajiki

Saiki K.

Kusuo Saiki

Shun Kaido

Aren Kuboyasu

Aiura Mikoto

Kokomo Teruhashi

Reita Tortisuka

Riki Nendo

Kineshi Hairo

Chiyo Yumehara

Metori Saiko

Chisato Mera

Hunter X Hunter

Disclaimer I am only caught up on the series not the manga

Gon Freecss

Killua Zoldyck

Kurapika

Leorio Paradinight

Hisoka Morrow

Chrollo Lucifer

Any Phantom Troupe Memebers

Ging Freecss

Any Zodiac members

Kite

ROTTMNT

Leonardo

Raphael

Michelangelo

Donatello

April O’neil

Stranger Things

Eleven

Mike Wheeler

Will Byers

Dustin Henderson

Lucas Sinclair

Max mayfield

Steve Harrington

Eddie Munson

Nancy Wheeler

Robin Buckley

Jonathan Byers

IT

Disclaimer I have been trying my best to see the second movie but I have only managed to watch the first so I can only write for things relevant in the first movie :(

Stanley Uris

Ben Hanscom

Beverly Marsh

Bill Denbrough

Richie Tozier

Eddie Kaspbrak

SPIDERVERSE

Miles Morales (earth 1610 & earth 42)

Gwen Stacy

Peter B. Parker

Jessica Drew

Miguel O’hara

Hobie Brown

Pavitr Prabhakar

Spider Noir

Penny Parker

MASTERLIST LINK

This Masterlist includes all works i’ve written on this blog so far!

That is all for now! Thank you so much for reading and feel free to request, I am new to tumblr so please feel free to let me know if I need to add or be more specific on something :))

[gebo4482]

The Demon Disorder | Official Trailer | Coming to Shudder

Dir: Steven Boyle Star: Charles Cottier / Dirk Hunter / Amy Ingram

[catrinita-jadez]

Funny casting based on my old fictional crushes

Matthew Patel - Manolo Sanchez

Lucas Lee - Joaquin

Todd Ingram - Prohyas Warrior

Roxy Richter - Pearl from Steven universe

Ken Katayanagi - Cole

Kyle Katayanagi - Lloyd

Gideon Graves - Lord Business

[geekcavepodcast]

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Trailer

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, based on the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley, find Scott having to defeat Ramona Flowers' seven evil exes in order to date her.

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is directed by Abel Góngora from a screenplay by O'Malley and Bendavid Grabinski. The series features songs by Anamanaguchi. The anime features the voice talents of Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Ramona Flowers), Satya Bhabha (Matthew Patel), Kieran Culkin (Wallace Wells), Chris Evans (Lucas Lee), Anna Kendrick (Stacey Pilgrim), Brie Larson (Envy Adams), Alison Pill (Kim Pine), Aubrey Plaza (Julie Powers), Brandon Routh (Todd Ingram), Jason Schwartzman (Gideon Graves), Johnny Simmons (Young Neil), Mark Webber (Steven Stills), Mae Whitman (Roxie Richter), Ellen Wong (Knives Chau),

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off hits Netflix on November 17, 2023.

[moviesandmania]

THE DEMON DISORDER Supernatural horror soon on Shudder - reviews and trailer

‘There is no cure’ The Demon Disorder is a 2024 horror film about an unearthed family secret that leads to revenge from beyond the grave. The supernatural-themed movie was directed and co-produced by special effects expert Steven Boyle (Fear Below; The Matrix Revolutions; The Possessed; Boar; The Pack; Daybreakers) – making his feature directorial debut – from a screenplay co-written with Toby…

[alrightbuckaroo]

I like to think all love stories have a soundtrack, and this one should be no different. Here's a list of songs that served as inspiration for this story, as well as some that just help set the scene.

The Louvre - Lorde

Magic Moments - Austin Farwell

Golden Hour - Andy Morris

Mystery of Love - Hannah Slater

Fourth of July - Sufjan Stevens

Cold Little Heart - Michael Kiwanuka

Take Me, Take Mine - Paolo Nutini

Didn't Want To Have To Do It - Lady Apple Tree

Sparks - Coldplay

So My Darling - Rachel Chinouriri

Love Letter From The Sea To The Shore - Delaney Bailey

i love you - Billie Eilish

So You Are Tired - Sufjan Stevens

Paris, Texas - Lana Del Rey

ur so pretty - Wasia Project

Fun - Elli Ingram

Honey - November Ultra

You can also find this on Spotify.

[kwebtv]

Target Luna  -  ABC (UK)  -   April 24, 1960  -  May 29, 1960

Science Fiction (6 episodes)

Running Time: 30 minutes

Stars:

David Markham as Professor Norman Wedgwood

John Cairney as Ian Murray

Frank Finlay as Conway Henderson

Michael Craze as Geoffrey Wedgwood

Sylvia Davies as Valerie Wedgwood

Michael Hammond as Jimmy Wedgwood

William Ingram as Flt Lt Williams

Deborah Stanford as Jean Cary

Robert Stuart as Dr Stevens

Phyllis Kenny as Pat Maxwell

Michael Verney as Mr Field

Annette Kerr as Mrs Wedgwood

Mel Oxley as the Newscaster

[historyhermann]

Steven Universe, vegetarianism, and media representation [Part 2]

Reprinted from my History Hermann WordPress blog and also on Wayback Machine. Originally published on Jan. 2. 2020.

The focus on Steven's issues is continued in "Prickly Pair," where Steven uses his new hobby, planting, as a form of therapy, connecting with his love of nature and life (another reason he is vegetarian). The Gems see this as clearly unhealthy, as he is naming plants after his friends likely a reference to the "stress free environment" (see up to 1:04 in the video above) created by Billy Rosewood (played by Judge Reinhold) in Beverly Hills Cop 2, and give him space, as he thinks he can solve all these problems himself, bumping through his teen years.

This doesn't work out, ultimately, as he forms a cactus monster who he treated like a therapist, which hurts his friends (or guardians as you could call them), Amethyst, Garnet, and Pearl, not only physically but emotionally as the monster blurts out his personal feelings about them. While the cactus monster, which Amethyst names Cactus Steven, leaves his house, blowing off the front face of it, similar to the damage it sustained during the battle with Blue Diamond in "Reunited," Steven is clearly in emotionally (and mentally) rocky state by the end of the episode. You could even say that Steven and Cactus Steven represent part of the cycles of abuse. The absence of his father, Greg, his girlfriend, Connie (I hope they don't break up), and others, is disturbing enough, as the feeling he can't talk to anyone about problems, likely suffering from depression and other mental problems. [5]

"Little Graduation" and "Prickly Pair" sets up an interesting set of episodes ahead, even if you think SUF isn't "kid-friendly" anymore (as the fan base is growing up) as Steven will have to come to a more balanced state of mind and body (as he is acting a bit contradictory right now) working out his serious problems, making it possible for him to control his new powers, realizing that he should change, just as everyone else is changing, something he hasn't completely done yet. This would be much better than forcing others to not change, which is not healthy at all! Whether he talks the Diamonds about this (oh no) or his "uncle" Andy, or someone else about his problems is anyone's guess. [6] This is nothing new as he had similar struggles as shown in episodes like "Mindful Education," and other times before that, but the fact that he has the power to hurt others is scary, so I'm excited to see what future SUF episodes will bring. Perhaps Steven should take the advice he told Lars back in Season 5 to heart, although he may not.

© 2019-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

Notes

[1] At the same time, however, the article listed racial stereotype Apu in The Simpsons, Bobby in King of the Hill, Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo, Draculaura in Monster High, Doug Funnie from Doug, Heffer in Rocko's Modern Life; Dil, Chuckie, and Susie in Rugrats, Pac-Man, Eliza Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys, Popeye, as some of the greatest "vegan cartoon characters." So, he got Pearl wrong, but perhaps he got these others right.

[2] Allyson Koerner, for instance, lists Lisa along with Monroe in Grimm, Phoebe Buffay in Friends, Angela Martin in The Office, Sara Sidle in CSI, and Temperance Brennan in Bones. Others list Hazel Grace Lancaster in The Fault in Our Stars, Rachel Berry in Glee, Phoebe Buffay in Friends, Angela Martin in The Office, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, Britta Perry in Community, Phoebe Halliwell in Charmed, Topanga Lawrence in Boy Meets World, and Todd Ingram in Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, alongside Lisa as vegan/vegetarian characters. Kristen Martin, on the other hand, notes five fictional vegetarians who "defy stereotypes" while Jamie Gerber explains various superheroes and villains who are vegetarian (Todd Ingram, Damian Wayne, Iron Fist, Connor Hawke, Bruce Banner, Magneto, Zatanna, Scarlet Witch, Superman, Kitty Pryde, Ozymandias, Beast Boy, Karolina Dean, Animal Man, and Wonder Woman).

[3] Some on My Anime List have claimed that Rei Ayanami in Evangelion, Taikoubou from Houshin Engi, herbivores in Monster Musume, a vegetarian elf in Isekai Shokudou, Nadia in Fushigi no Umi no Nadia, characters in Nichibros, Denpa Onna, Kemono Friends, Happy Happy Clover, Hamtaro, and Shirokuma Cafe, the latter three only if animal characters count, along with the Circumstances of a Vegetarian Child Wherewolf.

[4] Some fans adored Shep and loved the representation, while others didn't get their gender and thought Shep was transgender (there's no indication that is true), or hated Shep for some reason, the latter falling into the category of "annoying fans."

[5] I think its worth quoting the psychological analysis of Steven by one fan here, as it says more than I could put forward:

What is happening to Steven right now is a consequence of three situations: -Being a half gem. -Being adolescent. -Trying to carry the weight of other people problems in your back Why you ask? in adolescence, you try to wonder who you are, what you want to be in the future. And sometimes that bring negative emotions like angriness and confusion. Before Steven Universe Future, his reason to be was to be a hero, helping others. Now, that reason is partly gone because the worst part of the conflict is over, and even when he still wants to help people, he looks at the lifes of other humans and starts to wonder what else could be. Thats it because as a crystal gem, fighting and helping comes as something natural; and in the context of their long life spans this objective doesnt seems to change much. In the counterpart, humans tend to change life perspective more frequently because we live less, and our fragility doesnt makes us want to fight intergalactic conflicts (instead, we choose to share with others, get jobs, and try to enjoy life). In the initial part of the show, things seems "inverted" because humans gave Steven a sense of continuity ("i want this to stay the same"), and gems a sense of something that needs to be changed ("i want this to be different"). When we reach SUF, humans are changing and gems are remaining the same (mainly enemies), so Steven starts to be greatly frustrated. He doesnt wants to recognize this, clearly, because he is the person that "helps", not the one that needs to be helped (that would mean he is a burden to others). So, his emotions (anger and confussion, normal for adolescence) start to emerge as unstable powers, which causes a mayhem so big that Steven has to begin to recognize his emotions. PD: So...if you have superpowers and feel like this...go therapy.

[6] Some fans hope Steven lies on a bed at the end of the series and talks to a therapist, while others just say he needs "serious therapy."

Update:

I am so glad to get one positive comment on /r/stevenuniverse, which makes me smile. I am glad to see it.

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LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH (2024)

Featuring Carlos Alomar, Fonzi Thornton, Robin Clark, Jamie Foxx, Mariah Carey, Richard Marx, Patti LaBelle, Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, Nile Rodgers, Clive Davis, Lisa Fischer, Ava Cherry, Cheryl Lynn, Valerie Simpson, Marcus Miller, Nat Adderley Jr., Jocelyn Brown and archival footage of Aretha Franklin, David Bowie and Luther Vandross.

Directed by Dawn Porter.

Distributed by CNN Films. 101 minutes. Not Rated.

Screened at the 2024 Philadelphia Film Festival.

In an era that was full of great, soulful male vocalists, Luther Vandross was arguably the best singer of the bunch. He certainly was the most popular one. People like Peabo Bryson, James Ingram and Jeffrey Osborne all had impressive careers as well, but no one topped the charts with the regularity that Vandross did.

However, although Luther had a pretty impressive and constantly evolving career, his personal life was much more troubled, leading to an eventual way-to-early death at age 54, due to complications of a stroke.

Luther: Never Too Much shows the good and bad of Vandross’ career, although it smartly mostly focuses on his career. The film even tells us some interesting factoids of Vandross’ work. Like, who knew that years before his popular music breakthrough, he was one of the original cast members of Sesame Street? Also, before he broke out, he made a mint writing and singing commercial jingles for the likes of Juicy Fruit gum, Mountain Dew, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Burger King. I had no clue.

I did know, as did many people, that Vandross’ first notable recording studio work was doing extensive backing vocals and vocal arrangements for David Bowie’s soulful 1975 Young Americans album. Luther was the one who came up with the “young American, young American, she was a young American” backup line in the title track.

He also sang backing vocals for many other artists like Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, Cat Stevens, Ringo Starr and Donna Summer. He was also a member of such bands as Bionic Boogie and Change and even wrote a song in the soundtrack of the popular musical The Wiz.

However, it wasn’t until his 1982 breakthrough solo album Never Too Much became a huge hit – mostly riding on the wings of the title track single – that Vandross’ musical career went supernova. Over the next couple of decades, he had 12 top forty hits (and many other popular singles), and won several Grammys and even more American Music Awards.

Luther: Never Too Much has wall-to-wall terrific music, although strangely they skipped over my personal favorite Vandross song, “Don’t Want To Be a Fool,” which was a huge hit, reaching number 9 on the pop charts in 1991, becoming one of his best-charting songs. I think perhaps it didn’t make the cut because it was one of Vandross’ rare love songs which was rather cynical about relationships.

Vandross had a long-time battle with weight, and Never Too Much also shows us surprisingly many moments in which the singer was fat shamed during his career, as well as his dietary ups and downs.

Slightly more in the shadows was Vandross’ sexual orientation. Vandross was always single and always looking for love. Throughout his career, there were whispers that Vandross may have been a closeted gay man. In an archival interview here, Vandross outright refuses to confirm or deny this rumor. And while only Vandross and perhaps his closest friends know the answer, Never Too Much does float the possibility, but refuses to take a position one way or the other on the fact. If it was true – if – Vandross took the secret to his grave, so there is no point in outing him beyond the grave.

Luther Vandross had a complicated life, a mixture of joy and tragedy. However, he left behind an incredible musical legacy. That is what he should really be remembered for, and Never Too Much reminds us of that fact definitively.

Jay S. Jacobs

Copyright ©2024 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: October 31, 2024.

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SoulPM Playlist 19th August

62- Bring It On Home To Me – Sam Cooke

63 - Anyone Who Had a Heart – Dionne Warwick

64 - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love – Solomon Burke

64 - My Girl – Temptations

64 - Please, Please, Please – James Brown

65 - The 'In' Crowd – Dobie Gray

66 - Hold On! I'm Comin' – Sam and Dave

66 - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – Jr Walker

66 - Land of 1000 Dances – Wilson Pickett

68 - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding

68 – Beggin – Timebox

69 - Buying A Book – Joe Tex

71 - Express Yourself – Charles Wright

71 - Love and Liberty – Laura Lee

71 – Satisfaction – Smokey and the Miracles

72 - (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right – Luther Ingram

72 - 99 Pounds – Ann Peebles

72 - Unhooked Generation – Freda Payne

73 - That Lady (Part 1 & 2) – Isley Brothers

74 - She's Gone – Hall and Oates

74 - The Heartache Is Gone – Bettye Swann

74 - You're The First The Last My Everything – Barry White

75 - You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover – Yvonne Fair

76 - You to Me Are Everything – Real Thing

77 - If I Can’t Have You – Yvonne Elliman

78 - Lady Love – Lou Rawls

79 - Contact (Long Version) – Edwin Starr

79 - Heart Of Glass (Long Version) – Blondie

85 – Nightshift – Commodores

86 - Word Up (Extended Version)

70 - Samba Pa Ti – Santana

07 - Valerie – Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse

One from Grapevine:

66 - All Strung Out – Nino Tempo and April Stevens