#The gaslight of decades

[fonthoura]

Star Trek TOS: *Stablishes that the touching of hands is incredibly intimate in Vulcan culture akin to fully making out.*

Star Trek TOS: *shows us Spock holding Jim's hand while talking about the importance of his feelings.*

The fandom: *reads it as romantic.*

The writers: oh my god, that's crazy, where did you get that from?

Star Trek DS9: *Stablishes that, in cardassian culture, flirtation is done by arguing and bickering, that is how they show interest in another person.*

Star Trek DS9: *Constantly shows Garak and Bashir arguing and bickering, including a scene where Julian shoots at him and everything.*

The fandom: *reads it as romantic.*

The writers: OH MY GOD, THAT'S CRAZY, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?

[dooffirmations]

They are laughing at the people who thought her dress was blue

[say-littlepinkbow]

[happyk44]

People talking about Grover vibing with Ares over war and the violence of nature (or whatever happened in that scene) and how it was unexpected but still cool are forgetting that in the book he played a hunting game at the casino where the deer hunted people and very loudly demanded humans die over pollution and then shot at Percy with the plastic gun when they tried to get him to leave, like Grover's been wild since day one.

[wh0-is-lily]

The Beautiful Hedy Lamarr in, 'Zeigfield Girl,' 1941

[luvbeqx]

☆moodboard;¥ulia

[winterpower98]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN!?!?!

[feedingicetothedog]

there’s enough canonical abuse in the loumand relationship as written, you don’t have to make up imaginary hypothetical abuse just bc you prefer loustat

[tinydeerhoof]

mentally i’m stuck here ༄˖°.🍂.ೃ࿔*:･

[silviakundera]

Ok but sometimes in The Princess Royal it's so fucking funny to think about how the rest of the capital are viewing them. In ep 17 everyone thinks it's all over for the princess, in house arrest in a temple copying texts and about to get banished to her country estate for eternity, and the noble houses put on hit on her too ambitious husband. Servants gossip is she's in denial about his death! How tragic.

In reality she was like, yeah and THEN the next part of our 65 step plan is that I'll take myself off the board and lower their guard by doing some shit to get me on house arrest. And in court I'll suggest some other punishments that'll get waived, so I can take down that asshole in Ministry of Justice with me. 💁 Then you dodge the inevitable murder attempts and come back with the evidence. Done & done. ✔

And instead of losing her mind about her dead husband, she really has a point that this old demon Pei Wenxuan has survived way worse and isn't gonna be taken out like that. 🙅

(not that she isn't legit worried and writing pining unsent letters to him, because she misses him constantly. BECAUSE SHE IS and it's awesome.)

[blueshistorysims]

June 1938, Henford-on-Bagley, England

The first immediate thought Byron had when he finished reading the letter was to call his sister. Exactly ten seconds later, the phone started ringing.

“Did Mama send you a letter?” 

He snorted. “Ironically, I was about to call and ask the same question.”

“Five years we have been estranged, and now she’s suddenly apologizing? She must be really dying.”

“Don’t be crude, Giselle.”

“Oh, don’t pretend you don’t agree with me.”

He was quiet for a moment. “...I plan to go to Malvern Hills next weekend. I’ll go this Saturday so the kids don’t miss school. I want to make amends.”

“I don’t. Do you know how relieving it is not to have the burdening weight of your mother knowing she is disgusted and ashamed of you? You forgive too easily. Montgomery-”

“Giselle,” Byron warned. 

She huffed. 

“...I understand your feelings, but this may be the last time we ever see her. You’ll regret it for the rest of your life. Twenty, thirty years ago, she was just our mother, and I loved her. So did you.”

Giselle was silent, long enough for Byron to think she had hung up, but then she sighed heavily. “Alright. Fucking bastard. I’ll go. Alone,” she said bluntly and without another word, she hung up.

Byron set down the phone and walked out of his office to see Eleora walking into the library. She immediately noted his downcast expression and gave him a puzzled look.

“What is it?”

He sighed. “I was just on the phone with Giselle. We both got a letter from our mother.”

“Your mother? The one who’s ignored all your calls and letters since she learned you had homosexual leanings? That Rebecca Walsh?”

“I only have one mother, so yes.”

“What does she want?”

“She’s dying, and she wants to make amends.”

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[bellapasionada]

Accurate depiction of the Caryl fandom for 13 years.

They love to dangle the perverbial carrot in front of us, and we fall for it every time.

[a-walking-fandom-reference]

my mom is the hardest person to live with 😭 shes like i understand you are autistic and have other disabilities and im accepting of that and support you and i want to accommodate you but i also dont like when you dont talk and i dont like when you talk to much… i dont like when you fidget too much or body stim in ways i dont like… also im not saying i think you dont try hard enough but im not NOT saying that… i say i want to accommodate you but when someone does accommodate you i will complain about it even if it doesnt effect me in anyway… i know there isnt going to be a magical fix all but why arent these things fixing you

[briarcultist]

Just needed to scream this into the void: Holy FUCK what a year to “discover” I’m transmasc. Just… damn.

I don’t think even my most opaque rose-tinted glasses will help me get through the next four years.

[thewarmestplacetohide]

Dread by the Decade: Gaslight

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★★★★½

Plot: Hoping to conceal a dark secret, a man tries to convince his new wife that she is losing her mind.

Review: An incredible tale of psychological manipulation and domestic abuse that emotionally drains the viewer as much as it captivates them.

Source Material: Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton Year: 1940 Genre: Psychological Horror, Mystery Country: United Kingdom Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes

Director: Thorold Dickinson Writers: A. R. Rawlinson, Bridget Boland Cinematographer: Bernard Knowles Editor: Sidney Cole Composer: Richard Addinsell Cast: Diana Wynyard, Anton Walbrook, Frank Pettingell, Cathleen Cordell, Minnie Rayner, Jimmy Hanley

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Story: 4.5/5 - Its handling of mental abuse is shockingly realistic and harrowing. And, though its mystery isn't particularly difficult to figure out, the tension it invokes is thick.

Performances: 4.5/5 - Walbrook is incredible as Paul, so believable in how he portrays an abuser who flips from doting to cruel that it's often hard to watch. Wynyard is similarly great as the fraying Bella.

Cinematography: 4/5 - Good use of layering to create disorienting shots.

Editing: 4/5

Music: 4/5

Choreography & Stunts: 4/5 - The can-can sequence is brief but hypnotic.

Sets: 4.5/5 - Though limited, they're lavish and feel lived-in.

Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 4/5 - The costuming is just gorgeous—especially Bella's.

Trigger Warnings:

Mild violence

Domestic and emotional abuse

Implications of sex under false pretenses

Brief sexual harassment

Misogyny (period appropriate)

Mentions of institutionalization

Classism (period appropriate)

[hi-ochite]

Tea called Tsurumi my blorbo of the week and 😭/lh I see where she's coming from, but when I actually try and think which characters I consider full on blorbos there's only, like, four?