#To find it on Netflix I had to physically search for it

[babyb1ues]

About Xavier’s online presence, virality and what it could mean for his identity

I find it interesting that he often ends up in front of a camera somehow, someway despite wanting to be “lowkey.” It makes sense that he’d avoid any type of photograph or video since he’s been around for so long, and having records of his existence could be detrimental and suspicious, but I wonder if meeting MC just has him throwing caution to the wind. Or maybe it’s because he thinks it’s his last “spring” so it’s like, whatever.

I always believed that he definitely had gone viral before, and the 4 star card that just dropped validates me, lol.

This text above happened before the myth card, aka before the movie, so I also think he got the gig from this. Wouldn’t be surprised if producers especially asked for him.

So, he has a sort of online presence. You’d probably could search pictures of him online. He’s been on a TV ad, has interviews and pictures of him going around, has his name in the Lumiere movie credits, not to mention his face was posted for promo by the movie’s account. It’s like if your face got posted on twitter by Marvel. Like, it’s not lowkey… at all.

Lumiere is a huge IP. It’s a brand at this point, of course it’s huge, there’s nothing people love more than /based on a true story/ and /superheroes/. Lumiere is beyond celebrity status and has become an icon in its own right. But that also means, he’s immensely talked about. There’s probably forums and online discussions about his identity—who he is, where he’s gone. Like, he probably has a Netflix documentary. Zooming in and dissecting grainy pictures of Lumiere, trying to get whatever detail they can. Mannerisms, physical appearance, fighting strategy, and god knows what else. I imagine he’s been picked apart to exhaustion.

With fame and mystique comes the conspiracies. So, they got his basic characteristics—build, hair color, fighting strategy, his fucking /evol/. And maybe even add in a witness report. Imagine somebody saw his eyes, heard his voice.

And then there’s Xavier, a notable and talented hunter who just so happens to sort of resemble Lumiere, and sort of fights like him, and his evol sort of looks like his. And you know this because it’s all fucking online.

It’s not hard to put two and two together. But hey, it’s just a conspiracy.

You think that with him being around for so long, he’d be wary of cameras, of leaving a trail. But he doesn’t seem to mind, or at least doesn’t act paranoid about it. I don’t know if it’s nothing or if it’s an intentional thing planted by the devs. To have his real identity leaked would be a mess—the public reaction, the pr nightmare. And there’s also the actual bounty on his head, how easy it would be to find him now.

I think somebody’s bound to find out. And for the sake of the plot and my own entertainment, I kinda hope they do 😁

[eredhes]

Hey!

I majored in anth at a p awesome school for it (had a so fun class where we hands on used paleo to neo lithic techniques- from making stone tools to processing hides) but there wasn't much available for prehistoric art (+ I was a major switch from microbiology so bio anth, epidemiology and forensics stuff, made more sense with my course history). Been out of school for almost 10 years now and unfortunately doing nothing even remotely related, but I'm wanting to learn more about prehistoric art of all sorts. With search engines being overrun with AI misinfo I'm not really sure where to start other than Wikipedia. Do you have any favorite resources you'd be up for recommending?

Thanks a ton! Happy holidays, and may the new year be kind.

Hello! I should preface this with saying I am just someone with a general interest and not remotely an expert haha! Getting to do hands on stuff sounds really fun!

A lot of my reading has been restricted to Upper Palaeolithic Europe, and cave art at that, so I can't really recommend anything outside of that.

I've been concerned also with avoiding misinformation - there was a painting I saw a while ago where it was obvious the level of research involved was typing "Lascaux" into pinterest and just using whatever results came up (the art used was from Cueva de los Caballos and Mesolithic) and it's been driving me nuts. I've been sticking to books for information, almost everything I've read has been through Internet Archive, and majority are over 30 years old so could be outdated, can contradict each other, and should be noted are can be very racist.

Putting the list of everything under a read more as it's quite long, I hope there's something useful in amongst all of this! Happy holidays, I hope you have a good new year!

Books and other resources I've found useful in no particular order:

The Cave of Lascaux: The Final Photographs by Mario Ruspoli (1987) [Is on Internet Archive but currently unavailable, the German version is still up.] When Lascaux was closed to the public Mario Ruspoli was hired by the French govenment to document the entire cave on film and wrote this book afterwards. Even though it's focus is Lascaux I found it a good introduction to the topic of cave art. I have tried to find the footage online with little success so if anyone knows... do tell. This book brings you through the cave and gives a good idea of the layout and where paintings/engravings are in relation to each other. I would love if there was something like this for other caves but I'm not aware of anything 🤔

Lascaux Virtual Tour [Link here] The video isn't toally clear but it gives a good sense of the layout, and you can click the little 'i' icon to see clearer photos and get more details.

Images of the Ice Age by Paul Bahn and Jean Vertut (1988) [Internet Archive Link] This book is also a good starting point! There's also Journey Through the Ice Age which is the same book.

Cambridge Illustrated History of Cave Art by Paul Bahn (1998) [Internet Archive Link] I haven't gotten around to reading this yet but it appears to be a broader scope and not restricted to Europe.

Palaeolithic Cave Art by Peter J. Ucko and Andrée Rosenfeld (1967) The main appeal of this bok is that it goes through the different possible reasons for cave art. I had to buy a physical copy as I couldn't find it online.

Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes (2020) [Aeon article link "Sheanderthal: Not all Neanderthals were ‘cavemen’: half were women. What can archaeologists tell us about how they lived?] Not solely focused on art but she does talk about what the neanderthals made including a large circular structure in Bruniquel Cave - there is footage of the cave in the recent netflix documentary Secrets of the Neanderthals (not great, at one point the narrator says neanderthals lived in the neolithic lmfao but the interviews with experts are interesting).

Don's Maps [Link here] Really great website. Some books will mention a painting/engraving/sculpture but no image, so my first place to check is Don's Maps as everything he includes is either from a book which will be referenced or from his own visits to caves.

The Neanderthal Museum Digital Archive [Link here] Despite the name is not exclusively Neanderthal, lots of photos of cave art in the Wendel Collection (including a photo of the one known instance of a saiga antelope in cave art that I hadn't been able to find a photo of before!).

There's also the Archaeology Podcast Network and sites like Academia.edu but I don't have any specific recommendations at present.

[spider-brained-manthing]

Cuddling with Peter B headcanons/ficlet

INFO: sfw, gender neutral reader, this will also probably get corny like the Miguel post on the same topic, implied to be a romantic relationship but could be any close relationship. This is gonna be a Peter B X gender neutral horror movie fan reader. Also I’m not sorry for the mildly cursed screenshot I chose of him for this.

Peter B. Parker is perhaps the most cuddly man in the multiverse. Fucking loves physical affection (it’s one of his main love languages).

He’s incredibly warm. It’s a comfortable warmth but there’s a lot of it. Am I talking about body warmth or emotional warmth? Yes.

Peter is also absolutely the sort of guy to just plop down on you if you’re laying down, provided you’re not holding anything breakable.

Whether it be a close friendship or a romantic relationship or whatever, Peter would be embarrassed to ask if you could cuddle with him at the beginning of it, but would definitely start asking a lot more once he gets more comfy (like, at least three times a week unless you specifically ask him not to).

Because I forgot to add this with Miguel’s cuddle post, fic is under the cut.

It was a particularly chilly Autumn day, maybe sometime mid to late October. The two of you both had the day off of work, and it was a particularly quiet day for Peter in terms of spider-man stuff. You’d spent the day together doing typical Autumn activities like going to the pumpkin patch and going on hayrides.

Pretty much a perfect Autumn day by all accounts.

You and Peter strolled back in to your shared apartment, both holding a coffee even though it was 6pm. Peter kicked off his shoes at the doorway and you followed suit.

“We should watch TV.” Peter suggested as he hung his coat up on the rack.

“What were you thinking?” You asked. You sat down on the couch as you spoke, and Peter joined you pretty much immediately.

“A scary movie, maybe.” Peter grinned. He switched the TV on and set his coffee on the table in front of you.

“You’ll get scared easily.” You raised your eyebrows in a smile.

“That’s the point of a scary movie.”

“Fair enough. Better than Hallmark, I guess.”

After a few minutes of searching, you and Peter couldn’t find anything on regular TV, so Peter went to Netflix. You quickly found The Ritual, a movie you saw years ago. You’d almost forgotten about it. He clicked on it so confidently, but you knew how scary the movie was.

“You sure? That one is especially scary.” You informed Peter.

“It’ll be fine.” Peter laughed.

“Okay.” You rolled your eyes but you were smiling.

An hour later, Peter was scared out of his mind. Every time something even remotely scary came on screen, he grabbed your shirt in fear. You just sighed and wrapped your arms around him.

“Come here, you dork.” You mumbled as you pulled Peter closer. Immediately, he got a ridiculous smile on his face.

“This is much better.” He said contently, his face pressed up against your chest.

“Did you… put on a horror movie as an excuse to cuddle me?”

“Maybe.” Peter sounded proud of himself. You rolled your eyes and buried your face in his hair.

“You know you could have just asked, right?” You muttered.

“I know, but it’s more fun this way.”

[fruitgummies01]

Just saw you saying that u became fan after jin nd hoba were already enlisted so I'd love to read how you got into BTS and jikook as well. Have talked about it before? If yes you can link that if not I'd love to read ur story , if u don't want that's also fine 😅

Hope your journey goes fine and just a request to always go for og content than anything else. Before making any judgement on any member watch the content for yourself. Just in case cause this Fandom is definitely filled with false naratives and i honestly don't trust it most of the times. Just watch Things on ur own and make ur own conclusion. I'm saying this cause over the yrs i have seen so many ppl getting manipulated that whenever i see someone recently got into BTS and is loving jikook i just wonder if over some months or a year I'd see ur turning up against jikook. Months ago i came across a blogger here who started loving jikook cause they had seen jk's lives last year he did for jimin so they got interested, they loved jm and suddenly down the rabbit hole they started following Tkkrs and got completely brainwashed with their narative of comapny hiding TK and hence they're pushing Jkk so they can protect TK cause this theory made sense to this blogger and i even saw them calling jm bitch and what not. Saying he deserves all critisism from other shippers cause he acts that way. Like i don't have any problem with anyone moving to another ship from jikook if they feel there's more to other ship but straight up calling other homewrecker who comes in xyz ship all because of manipulation is really really sad. I really felt bad. And this is not even just a one time thing most of baby armys fall for tkklives (that's a tkkr YouTube channel who makes manipulating videos which portrays jm as homewrecker nd has around 500k subscribers on YouTube. She made that channel 2 days after gcfT when tkkrs needed something/someone to give them a theory that would make sense to them nd tkklives give it to them by manipulating members' words nd since then all of them falls for all her naratives. That's how they are, there was a whole thread of ppl confessing as how they felt for her lies and used to hate jm on twitter) so just be careful be it any ship or any members. Hope ur journey is as lovely as BTS are.

I would love to share how I got into BTS since I haven't mentioned it. Sidenote - I definitely fell into the trap that are tkkrs when I first got into BTS. In my defense it was mainly because of the algorithm and what was most popular when I was trying to find content to watch, and the fact that there are so many comments about them under absolutely everything, that it was hard not to see when first being introduced to them. Fortunately this was roughly around the same time that Tae and Jennie were seen in Paris together holding hands, and I saw in real time what was happening, and the weird ways fans were trying to explain away them clearly being seen together. It made me question a lot of the content I had already consumed, but I won't get too much into that since you're probably not interested in that lol.

As for BTS, I had never consumed any Kpop content before in my life. I had heard of BTS, because duh (they are always trending on twitter), but I actively avoided it. Fast forward, I think to around May 2023, I started watching Physical Season 1 on Netflix (yeah I was late getting into it my bad lol). I'm a person that loves to do research on things that I enjoy haha, so while searching for/watching interviews on Youtube, the algorithm suggested BTS' Mic Drop, I clicked on it, and the rest is history. I was immediately sucked into a rabbit hole of all things BTS, mainly just their music videos at first. And then came Jimin... at first I didn't really get him (again that probably had something to do with all the negative things I saw from tkkrs and the fan content I watched, that at the time I didn't realize were edits), but when I saw Set Me Free and Like Crazy I was completely and utterly blown away. And I was also immediately endeared by Jungkook and his weverse lives. But I just couldn't understand how one group could have this much content and talent. I watched official behind the scenes content, and I just could not believe how hard they were working, and how much of themselves they were giving to fans. Like artists here in the US work hard, but you very rarely see the behind the scenes of the journey, unless they release a documentary. I just could not help but to stan and support them.

As for Jikook, like I mentioned before after the whole tkk thing, I was very anti-ships. I just thought it was all crazy, and refused to believe any of it, and tbh based on again fan edits and perspectives from those in the fandom with way more knowledge than me, it didn't even seem like they liked each other and were the least close members in the group. Fast forward again to whenever Jungkook's weverse live was of him being in his bed practically begging Jimin to do a live with him. Being able to see it in real time, I was like what in the f--- is going on here. This feels crazy flirtatious to me but idk maybe it's just a culture difference that I'm not getting lol. I watched a bunch of other content in full, like JK's live where he spends hours watching Jimin content, and some other stuff in full, and I was like ooooookkkkk while I'm still not completely sure, there might actually be some there there to what some jikookers have been saying this whole time. 😂😅

[muppetminge]

i don't as such care much for the concept of pride month, but since i happen to not have much going in june i will take this as an excuse to watch a bunch a lesbian films. in theory, this could be 30 - in practice, it almost definitely won't be. i will 100 % get bored and stop at some point. anyway i want to find like actually good lesbian movies - which might be an oxymoron, but anyway - this means i'll only be watching woman-directed movies, preferably lesbian-directed but i'm aware i probably won't get to be that picky </3.

movies watched:

1. The Watermelon Woman (1996), dir. Cheryl Dunye. "all you do since you don't have a girlfriend is watch those boring old films" well, screw you too, tam. so happy to start off the month with something that's actually good. thank you cheryl <3 speaking of, this woman is so fucking hot it's bullshit. also i do need her earrings like asap but that's another topic. forever saddened by the death of video stores... where am i supposed to go to meet hot lesbians now? netflix? it's bullshit, man.

I don't think there's any part of this I don't find incredibly compelling. It's really funny, and just generally so charming and, well, human. the narrative of building your own history really resonates, and honestly cheryl gets it across incredibly.

2. Pariah (2011), dir. Dee Ress. i didn't vibe with this one as much, but i guess that's my own fault considering i knew very well going into this that i don't particularly like coming-of-age movies. the soundtrack hit most of the time, even if the soundscape in general was a bit flat for my taste. it's a very dark movie. like, physically. i couldn't see shit half the time. also not really a fan of the camerawork throughout most of it. it's a nice-looking film if it's your kind of taste - unfortunately i am too kitsch to really appreciate it :/ i thought scene near the end with lee and her dad on the roof was really nice. also found kim wayans' character really compelling

3. La Belle Saison (2015), dir. Catherine Corsini. not projecting but also delphine i feel you so hard. is this representation because if so i don't mind it... (except the part where you're actually getting some but whatever). desperately making me feel like i should wear more tank tops. anyway delphine was really in a headlock with every single one of her principles toward the end huh. i get the dilemma though her riding tractors is basically public service (to Me because it's incredibly hot). i'm not even gonna be an ass about it like i genuinely just really liked this.

4. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), dir. Jaime Babbit. "1-2-3-4, inverts we won't be no more!" obviously i've watched this a million times before. did take this as an excuse to watch the extended edition and like just saying ms babbit if you want to extend even more you're more than welcome to it <3 gonna be careful about mentioning natasha here because i love her and chances are i won't be able to shut up again but gd people really do underestimate how fucking funny she is… i've personal beef with clea for having basically the same haircut i had for a long while and making it look so much better. only realized on this watch that melanie lynskey's playing hilary. incredible. anyway i genuinely don't know what more anyone could possibly want in a movie. it's so hot. like all movies should look like this - let those colors pop for a change! one of the best soundtracks of the last thirty years and i'm so serious about that.

i think this was probably the first genuinely good lesbian movie i saw as a teenager desperately searching for something to relate to. it still grips me from the very first scene even now. i do think the stars aligned to make this work. it's so funny and it's such a great satire.

5. リズと青い鳥 / Liz and the Blue Bird (2018), dir. Naoko Yamada. shit, dude. first of all this is so so pretty. it makes me insane how much care and effort they'll put into like a background shot of a shelf or something... and all the watercolor... gorgeous. like just the opening shot with all flowers and the colors that are just popping right out at you... in general just really effective visual communication, especially on rewatches i'd imagine (after having seen the final hug scene). i remember when i went to high school one of my classmates was so incredibly musically talented it was genuinely a bit infuriating and i was so shocked she didn't go on to study music 'cause i would have if i'd been able to get in lmao. anyway this was really sweet. the last third is so incredible. when they finally play it, damn... genuinely like goosebumps. and then it somehow kept going? i feel like it's still settling while i'm writing this but i feel like i'm probably going to watch again at some point.

6. I Can't Think Straight (2008), dir. Shamim Sarif. cut to waters novel. cut to k.d. lang cd. one wonders. this having a lower average than imagine me & you if anything really shows that reviews are bullshit. loved the music. loved lisa ray's character being half a second from jumping leyla at all times. loved zina; wish she'd had more scenes. loved leyla's dad being an insurance salesman; life insurance even. sells itself. when the ladies finally did jump each other it was with zero hesitation and i fuck with that so hard. this movie is so funny i don't care. bonus the ladies are very very hot. you can't fault a movie from 2008 for being incredibly 2008. here's to leyla for one day achieving the honor of being tala's fifth fiance(e). truly gettin' it all.

7. Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019), dir. Céline Sciamma. writing this on the eighth with an officially broken streak :( it Will happen again. this is indeed the first time i've watched this because i am to my core a contrarian bitch and seeing everyone freak out about this did Not make me want to watch it. now i have, and like... it's alright, yeah. didn't love love it. it's probably too long for what it's got going on. i loved héloïse; she was great. there's some really powerful scenes in here, the bonfire scene especially. i really liked how blue the ocean was; i hate this tendency of (especially) period pieces washing out everything to a ridiculous degree. i know some people are like insane about this movie and i'm happy for them but i can't relate unfortunately.

i did think briefly at the start that it was gonna be about croquis, and i really wish it had been, ngl.

8. Carmen y Lola (2018), dir. Arantxa Echevarría. 'ya te he olvidado' yeah babe sure looks it. had a certain interest in this going into it for very elaborate personal reasons. it's a lot better than the synopsis makes it sound. lola searching 'lesbianas madrid' like i feel you girl, been there!!! speaking of i was def convinced lola was a lesbian which feels like so rare in such a 'mainstream' movie lmao so well done. very believable. and like my girl was so so persistent you gotta give her that like she really went for it. can't blame her i'd be so into carmen too so like. her voice made me wanna die. so hot. (sí también es que el acento madrileño me pone un poquito pero,,,,). it really went insane at the end like damn. i was not expecting the ending tho like i really thought carmen was gonna be annoying about it. do i even have to save that i really liked this? because surprisingly i really really did. i can't help but feel it's getting rewatched a ton some time lmaooo.

9. 漂浪青春 / Drifting Flowers (2008), dir. Zero Chou. can't believe someone in the reviews of this stole my joke three years ago. speaking of reviews don't look at them because of course people have to be so so annoying about this. as usual. anyway. i was so drawn in by this you wouldn't belive!! i don't even know what to say... this is for all us if these walls could talk babes btw. loved the scene where one of the characters blatantly walked by posters and posters of one of chou's other movies. show off.

diego!!! <3<3<3 every single character is lovely but diego made me wanna *** ngl. it did hit very close to home, thanks for asking. realised in her part that i probably chose the wrong day to watch this but that's on me lmao. this would have broken me if i had watched it as a teenager lowkey. does it come across in this that i really like interconnecting vignettes? because i do, and this is really well-executed. hope you'll watch it and also that you'll find less spotty subtitles than i did if you do lmao.

it's a very genuine movie; i don't mean that in a condescending way, because it's also very much a well-made movie, but it's a movie that so clearly has a lot to say, and i appreciated all of it. perhaps this is also why i was so surprised at the reviews, because it really resonated with me. i know i've already pointed out diego a lot, but all three parts were incredible and they really held each other up. i don't think any of them would feel as complete without the other parts. in an odd way it stands like a shining light in the darkness.

10. Addicted to Fresno (2015), dir. Jaime Babbit. "(lesbians are poor. ..)" confirmed babbit apologist sorry :/ anyway i'm not gonna compare this to cheerleader i wouldn't want to try to follow that either. it's a fun movie! i laughed a ton. my lyonne obsession is well-documented so i'm not even gonna touch on that lmao. that being said martha is exactly the kind of lesbian i want to see more of (no projection here. obviously). i'm bound to be all over anything with these themes; lo and behold indeed i was. i stand by this being really well-executed, y'all just didn't get what she was trying to do <3 you could argue some tonal difficulties, but honestly i'm not going to. it worked. it's a bit quiet, but i can see that adding to the whole point of being stuck. some surprise appearances to delight

11. Saving Face (2004), dir. Alice Wu. first of all gd will's mom has got it going on. anyway i wanted a fun romcom and i got a fun romcom so i'm not complaining! i will say that i think this is the genre at its best. like romcoms often risk coming across as a bit clinical i feel, a bit empty, but this is just so warm. i adored hwei-lan (not just because she's hot but let me reiterate that she's so unbelievably hot; i get that boy so much, i really do), she's so funny. i love circular storytelling, and i think the end was done really well. the scene after that during the credits is exactly how i want my movies to end actually, i want my face to hurt smiling. don't you? wil is an absolutely idiot. i cannot blame her for a single thing. also i get you babe, i can't stand for dancers either. i feel like this is close to being one of most just plain fun movies i've watched so far.

12. Kyss mig (2011), dir. Alexandra-Therese Keining. gd i so want all my lesbian movies to start with a straight sex scene, don't you? coming to you with the exact opposite mood of that from yesterday. everyone in this is horrible. mia and frida's relationship is not believable at all to me sorry. i barely believe that these two even like each other if i'm being honest. it's not the first movie here where the romance comes a bit from nowhere (namely portrait, which made up for it with some level of charm, and belle saison, which i just liked enough otherwise to excuse it) but here i'm definitely gonna blame it for it because it's got nothing else going on, either. to be entirely fair, it was very optimistic going into this with my dislike of 'scandi dramas', especially of the swedish variety, but fuuuuck, i was so bored i'm sorry. it's soooo slow. i actually quite liked elin but she was there for like five seconds - and good for her, because damn you deserve better babe... both of the main women kind of suck lmao but at least frida sucks in a fun way most of the time, so she's excused. i don't know if i'm supposed to feel bad for tim (probably! knowing the genre, knowing swedes, knowing movies), but he's such an asshole. i genuinely think mia should have killed him. i can't blame mia for sucking; her dad's a major asshole, i'm sure she's had it rough. i'm sure if you like this sort of movies it's alright. it's not badly made by any account, i just really didn't like it. it has its audience. definitely a new low so far. the one good thing about this was that it really made me appreciate being a lesbian; those scenes with mia and tim genuinely looked like my personal hell. if i was mia i'd jump the first girl who looked at me too, ngl. the ending did make up for a few things, all things considered. i watched a not insignificant part of this without subtitles (because they would not workkkk) and i'm so brave for that tbh

13. Kokon (2020), dir. Leonie Krippendorff. proof that i should probably do more research before watching stuff (never going to happen though; no fun) because i did not realise this would be this much of a coming-of-age story. like literally hitting all the points. anyway it didn't do much for me. i really don't want to be mean here because it's obviously a very well-made film, and i get the intention, but... i was so fucking bored you would not believe. like i was less actively annoyed by this than kyss mig, but way more bored. it's not a very long movie, but it sure feels like it! anyway, if you're watching for the rep, you can skip this one; it's not really the main part of the movie, which is fine - comparatively, pariah had much more of a lesbian focus. this one really is just coming-of-age. something something you know you're in berlin when the whitest girl you've ever seen is swearing on the qur'an. i'm so glad i'm not a teenager - and what a joy to be getting further and further away every day <33

14. Desert Hearts (1985), dir. Donna Deitch. first of all the soundtracks is lovely (and it's a well-documented fact that mona will forgive everything for a good soundtrack). second of all i want to watch this again. like, immediately, right now. i'm gonna watch this so much i fear it's not even funny. ignore the 80s hair; we're in the 50s. one of the better romances yet. the lesbian-english teacher hypothesis proving true time and time again... incredible. cay is so funny. like the way the camera pans over to her in the bed in the hotel room scene... cinema! i was fucking done lmao. it's all just very lovely.

15. Go Fish (1994), dir. Rose Troche. well, we had to go here at some point. it's a very jazzy movie; take that however you wish. i have my criticisms, but also you can't blame a 90s movie for being too 90s (which in truth is what a lot of it boils down to). max' narrations were without a doubt my favorite part, the start especially so. there's more lesbians in one 80 minute movie than i've even crossed paths with, ever. cutting your fingernails before a date counts as foreplay in my book.

16. Joven y alocada (2012), dir. Marialy Rivas. i just know the progressive profesoras are going wild over this. huge respect to chileans for seeing a word and deciding fuck that shit and dropping half of it. top five accent ngl. also polola... also credit for starting a movie in the most uncomfortable way possible. anyway i am so not the target audience for this it's not even funny. it's well-composed, the style is great, entirely well-done, did not care for it. i only finished because i couldn't get the last-moment replacement to work and i didn't have time to watch anything else lmao. i have a lot of respect for rivas (hence me watching this) but... yeah. also really getting confirmed that i am very fine with lesbian sex scenes but straight sex scenes are horrrrrible.. nice reminder of the lesbianism i guess! i will be singing yo no te pido la luuuuna the rest of the night though. non voglio mica la luna...

17. Les Rendez-vous d'Anna (1978), dir. Chantal Akerman. an excuse to cross some akerman off my watchlist? you could call it that. i have a ton of respect for her. she's a very interesting person, i think. an interesting movie, too, all things considered. i'm very much drawn to the fastpaced and erratic truth be told, which this is like the polar opposite of, but it's got its point. i really liked the part with her mother. that was probably the high point of this. i didn't really care for either of the guys, like, at all, but it is what it is. still gathering my thoughts, i feel. not sure i'm entirely in the right space to really appreciate this.

18. Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (2011), dir. Madeleine Olnek. "...I did wonder about the gills". oh, this is how you make a movie. (was smiling and/or laughing from beginning to end). question: can this be replicated in real life. like can i just go find the nearest hot stationery clerk or how does this work.

19. Mädchen in Uniform (1931), dir. Leontine Sagan. all impact aside, this is a lot more fun than i'd thought. obviously i've been putting this off for a while now considering i hadn't seen it til now, but i really did enjoy it. i feel like it's rare seeing girls just having fun like this. as a young girl i was very into this old book series (incidentally from my mother's childhood) about some girls at a boarding school; entirely irrelevant to every and anything here, but watching this gave me the same vibe throughout much of it.

20. سكر بنات / Caramel (2007), dir. Nadine Labaki. absolutely adore this one description i found that says rima is struggling with her attraction to women - lmao where?? the most she struggles in this movie is the coerced leg wax lmao. otherwise it's basically all very sensual hair washing, gd bless. she's also very hot btw i do need to mention that. i see you all going crazy over labaki and you're not wrong but gd man... anyway, sensual hairwashing aside, the straight girls are alright too. seriously, this is actually very good. even though rima's the lesbian the most homoerotic part of this is layale very aggresively waxing of her lover's wife.

21. Een vrouw als Eva (1979), dir. Nouchka van Brakel. after a hundred minutes still not convinced this is a real language. anyway, i don't even know what to say. fuck, dude. gd. you could argue dated, but fuck it's rare to see a movie like this treat its lesbian protagonist with this much sympathy, even today. there's a lot to say, but in my mind this is what i keep coming back to. it's in the little things. at no point does this feel perfomative to me, either. a few asides: the beginning of this movie was very extremely effective at showing how utterly miserable eve was lmao. ad is a giant asshole; eve not slapping him is a testament to this poor woman's patience.

22. 蝴蝶 / Butterfly (2004), dir. Mak Yan-Yan. between the marianne faithful, patti smith and janis joplin i can't be entirely sure jin's place isn't actually mine also fuck josie ho is gorgeous. i almost didn't watch this (length) but gdddd i'm so glad i did. it took a bit for me to get into, but by the time it ended i had to just sit for a moment. it's breathtaking, honestly. i don't know what it is - maybe it's the timelessness? the way everything weaves in and out of each other constantly, like it's all happening at the same time. i don't know. it's so gorgeous, though.

23. Viola di mare (2009), dir. Donatella Maiorca. ah, sicilia, amore mio <3 anyway what the fuck. i think that's my main impression for the moment. gd. supposedly based of a real story, i really do think it's told well for the most part. i mean, gd, it would have been so easy to focus on all the surrounding, but the love really is palpable i gotta be honest. making me sigh and swoon over here... if more people were like angela, like first of all that would rule, but also lesbian movies would be sooo short. she's damn persistent lmao love her <3 definitely worth watching, but like do not read up on a single thing beforehand.

24. The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995), dir. Maria Maggenti. "Is this another one?" sometimes you really just do wanna watch two girls having fun. american high schools in media always throws me a bit because i genuinely can't tell how much is artistic exaggeration and how much is just you guys living like that. seems sick. if i still went to the hairdresser i'd show her a picture of randy in this. not getting over vicky's husband getting physical with a literal seventeen year old lmaoo go home dude! it's all very cute, genuinely. by my count this brings the jopling counter up to three. bonus for the bratmobile.

25. I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987), dir. Patricia Rozema. i'm really glad this is the one i'm the ending this on. gddddddddd i loved this so much. to quote polly herself: it's so... nice! oh, polly... <3 seeing a quirky weird girl represented so well is like seeing a shooting star.

all in all: this has been... really fun, actually. i don't know that i was counting on that. i did not in fact get bored and stop. i'm willing to concede that the amount of actually, genuinely good lesbian movies might in fact be a positive integer after all. definitely a much more fun way to spend pride month than engaging in nonsensical discourse. happy july! <3

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Hi, I was wondering, do you know where I can get a good quality download of izombie, your gifs are so clean and they've got me in a real mood to watch it again and I can't find the whole show on dvds you can use in the uk anywhere?

Hey! :)

I actually got the first 3 seasons on BluRay precisely for giffing purposes and then copied them onto my computer. Seasons 1 and 3 were very easily available on BluRay but I had to buy Season 2 used and it was actually more expensive.

Seasons 4 and 5 I 🏴‍☠️-ed and if that's what you're looking for, I can see if I can trace back where I found the HD download (warning though, there are so few seeders left that it took literally 4 days to download the whole thing). If you're fine with 🏴‍☠️-ing, then Seasons 1-3 should actually be easier to get in decent quality because they had their physical media release. If you want to, I could look around and see if I find a link (but generally if you search for 'izombie 1080' on any of those platforms, you should be able to find something)

Not a download but probably the easiest way for a comfy rewatch: If you have Netflix, you could use a VPN to change your location to Germany, because it is still on Netflix here.

Another option that I found and considered (though that would cost money) is on Etsy! At least one user I remember there was selling HD-versions of the entire show on an USB-stick and another was offering a boxset they made for the entire show and it did include seasons 4 and 5, so while it's probably a bit pricy, it would include all the seasons that are hard to get and get you all the first 3 seasons in one purchase. (I purchased a bluray copy of The Gifted from that user, so I can attest that they deliver)

I'm not sure if this helpful in anyway? :/

[smuppetshowmovie]

date: February 1, 2023 caption: Choreography! project: The Smuppet Show

Rambling about choreography under the cut

It was about a week before filming this scene that I had to face up to the reality of doing a show with multiple musical numbers. I'd made my way through the first few with just some very basic stick puppet bobbing around, but I wanted to level up a bit for this next song.

I started out doing internet searches for crash courses in choreography but then I remembered a technique I'd learned back when I was devouring everything I could get my hands on in terms of indie filmmakers talking about their process. In film-making, it can be very effective to just straight up attempt to copy elements of something else (usually another film, but sometimes just the colors or composition of a painting or photo). In some cases, people may recognize the reference and get excited over the clever homage. In others, the copy attempt is so poorly executed that no-one recognizes it, but at least it's different from whatever your default style usually is, so maybe folks get excited over the originality of the cinematography. A win-win!

I brainstormed a bit on the best place to find iconic choreography and soon landed on music videos. I grew up in prime MTV years and have so many music videos that fill me with nostalgia. I also remember my joy in watching DVDs from "The Work of Director ..." series (Spike Jonze, Jonathan Glazer, and Mark Romanek to name my favorites). This was back in the day when Netflix mailed out physical DVDs; my how time flies! Back then I watched all of their music videos and felt I was really starting to understand the mark a director leaves on a work (as distinct from actor or writer). Very illuminating!

Once I began re-watching the videos I remembered as compelling, I realized they were all very complex on a technical level. I needed to find a more achievable reference! I tried searching for more recent examples, but budgets and effects in music videos have only gotten fancier over time, so that didn't pan out.

No discussion of music videos would be complete without Mr. Astley's iconic contribution to the genre. I started studying it, and found it a perfect fit for this scene. I spent some time breaking down the people and the moves and the shot sequences. A main singer, a pair of background dancers, and a few inset shots of solo dancing. Each location only had a few different set-ups / angles, and a lot of the visual interest was just cutting quickly back and forth and cycling through the carious locations. Soon I had a shot list and was ready to film. Progress!

[foxglovevibes]

Something that would have been a really fun twist/take in Ragnarok (Netflix) is if they had a couple characters seemingly be the complete opposite (whether it be their gender, how they choose to present themselves, their personalities etc.) of the god they are the reincarnation of and turn specific stereotypes on their head with the way they're characterised.

Like could you imagine if the main group of gods went out to find one god or another to join them, fully basing their search on their previous incarnation's gender and physical appearance, only to be left absolutely shook when they find someone who seems to be the exact opposite of what they were expecting. But finding out after a while, that their godly nature is still the same as their previous form and has manifested in a way that benefits THEM as they currently are. As opposed to trying to force them into the specific archetype they were given in their life as a norse god/goddess.

Idk, I'm just a sucker for twists like this. Have been ever since I watched Avalon High as a kid 😂 Totally not lowkey planning a fic with this idea in mind- 👀

[innerwhisperswonderland]

ANIMAL MOVIE REVIEW 🎬

Since 2023 most hyped movie Animal is being released on Netflix 🖥 the first time watchers might be wondering whether to watch this movie or not so here is a detail review for all movie lovers in which i have described who can watch it or who should not.

So i will explain the movie in few points and will review it without any spoiler also will talk about the misconception regarding the movie so lets dig into the review of Animal...

1. Ranvijay obsession with his father -

Since childhood he had witnessed how his father was admired as well as criticised cause of his business he was bullied cause his father was a tycoon. Ranvijay also experienced his fathers negligence and workaholic nature at a young age. He saw how they slept while waiting for the father on Balbinders Birthday also when his sister wanted to talk to him regarding ragging how busy was he not even giving priority to family.

On the verge of understanding as well as taking his father's responsibility Ranvijay became obsessed and had misconception about how Man of the house should be as he had few ideologies about it which he implemented.

2. Toxic Relationships :-

The husband wife duo were toxic as no one understands the other and keep on shouting slapping each other was normalised . The base of the relationship was formed absurdly The protagonist litreally gas lightning her about ideal men , Alpha and all also the absurd dialogue of pelvis being big and all that was surely cringe.

She tried to stop him from smoking still he did, stop him to search for more killers and focus on recovering on which they had a huge fight. I find their whole relationships problematic be it her shouting at him or him trying to normalise cheating it was fully a crap.

Degrading women :-

The women are mainly used as an object be it Geetanjali, Zoya or his sisters all of them were just there to show off.

Instead of showing the lead getting involved physically with the spy they could have shown a different angle also Ranvijay telling his wife to face the reality and accept its mans world was pointless, not explaining and only telling her to understand was nonsense, pointing gun at her when she said something about his father that too at a timr when she was hurt due to his cheating behaviour he should've given her time as what she said was out of anger so this whole thing was too much over dramatic.

Also theres a misconception about pad dialogue in that he meant it in the context of his injuries rather than for degrading women or anything but still it could have been improvised and said other things instead of going on menstrual cycles as women has many more problems which can be used as an example.

Hypocrisy is shown where he told his sister to remarry after killing her husband and in the same place he told his wife not to marry when he dies.

Violence:-

The violence indeed is too much and too exaggerated seriously who hires 300 people to kill a single man also there's no way possible that a man single handedly kill 100 people with just an Axe. The machine gun, bomb and axe scenes were unrealistic and shows a touch of typical south indian movie. But anyways its an action movie so maybe its means for such audiences.

The end fighting scene was okayish like not necessary or impactful after beating shit out of each other Ranvijay asks Azir to stop going after Balbinder to which he did a bad gesture then RV litreally slit his throat like a vegetable cutting again and again. That was gruesome.

If i see logically then obviously Ranvijay wss not too much aggressive if anyone would had been in a place where 300 peoplr attack them then obviously he will try to protect himself also i like the fact that instead of waiting for Azir to attack he attacked him first so that he wont reach his father.

Gun Violence:-

Although he brought gun just to teach a lesson to those who harassed his sisters still bringing gun might promote gun violence among others which is very dangerous and i have seen people doing weird and stupid things just to look cool.

The intention was definitely good but he could have opted a better method cause it might had harmed the innocent.

I like when he drove over the eve teaser such people deserves it.

Brother in law:-

Killing him was not necessary he should have given him a chance or at least opportunity to explain and makr amends.

Family relationships:-

The siblings bond from the start was shown in a comedy and beautiful way. He respects his elder sister and also never degraded them. I like when he said to his younger sister who was obsessedly chatting with a guy to participate in his conversation as she also have to manage business btw the convo was an argument between him and varun.

His chemistry with his mother was not much highlighted its just Balbinder who used to call her name.

Realism :-

The recovery part was realistic.

Acting :-

It was on point Ranbir Kapoor did a commendable job he grasped the character well theres no point where his acting was off or odd it was perfect he adopted the character well.

Rashmika dialogue delivery was a torture to ears she litreally cant speak hindi properly also had one expression throughout but must say she owned the character as crucial scene where she had to confront a cheating husband.

Anil Kappor was amazing the way he portrayed the role of father was so good and might have reminded many of their own father.

Shakti Kapoor- He acted well although a small role but was very impactful

Prem Chopra- He is obviously a great actor already just wanted to say he was is and always be a good actor.

Tripti Dimri - She played her part well and did an amazing job be it her dialogue delivery or expression everything was on point even in the end credit scene she acted well. Small role but very impactful

Bobby Deol - He is a good actor still was not used to his full potential the villain role could've been made far much better his role appears in last 1 hr for a while i dont get to understand his character much which was too vague. He definitely deserved a good role.

Storyline:-

Very simple but was complicated for no reason the sentiment and context of whole father son story was portrayed well the subplot of whole family drama was unnecessary they could've simply showed them as business rival no need for whole family retaliation and blood thing.

Cinematography:-

Its good each and every scene are portrayed well especially the action sequence

Dialogue writing:-

I only liked the end infamous dialogue between RK and AK it was so relatable and emotinal i think those who one way or the other loves and longed for their fathers love attention and time can understand.

Many dialogue dont make any sense like

"Husband wife stupid fight:

Like seriously there was a literal gun involved

Also i dont get the point of Lick my shoe dialogue like wth was that .

The starting dialogues or can say almost every dialogue between RK and RM are bogus.

End credit scene:-

Not required still for creating the hype of next part they put the plastic surgery duplicate angle.

Conclusion

Who should not watch:-

Practical, Logical, intellectual, easily influenced, below 18 years, people who can't bear gender stereotype

Most importantly keep your brain at home when you go to watch this

Who can watch -

Action movie lovers with mind, those who know difference between real and reel, people who like bloodshed, gruesome, bloody types movie. Baby sitter movie lovers.

At the end i will just say there are many misconceptions about this movie which can only be cleared once you watch it. I think if someone has even a hint of protecting their parents then they can litreally justify the protagonist actions also kind of understand it. Its definitely not for the faint of heart and sensitive people.

Women might feel offended in many scenes cause its the sheer depiction of male world call it patriarchy male dominance or masculine.

I mostly element gender and think of a person's point of view also i dont believe a men has to be like the way portrayed in the movie. Its just for fun and entertainment dont get influenced or take the character with you simply follow a mantra :-

"What Happens in Cinema stays in Cinema"

A typical south India masala movie

I will rate it ⭐⭐⭐.5/5

(Just for acting and end scenes between father son)

For detailed review and spoilers watch this YouTube video :-

https://youtu.be/-5KEmOdWlDk?si=axAOgQLbcrIIduW-

[blazehedgehog]

Thoughts on One Piece?

I've told this story, but since Tumblr search is so awful, I'll tell it again.

The short of it is: I really wanted to get into One Piece. When One Piece started, pirates weren't really a subject you saw a whole lot of in anime. I thought Oda's art style was fresh and cool, too.

I did not like dealing with fansubs. They were kind of difficult to acquire (relatively), and at the time, I had a router that would absolutely crap its pants if I left a torrent running (it would have a firmware crash and all internet traffic would die until you power cycled the device). So the Kaizoku stuff was right out for me from the start.

I forget which came first, the 4Kids dub or Viz launching American Shonen Jump with their version One Piece. I think the 4Kids dub was first, because I remember being angry at Viz for adopting "Zolo" instead of "Zoro." Either way, I was angry about the 4Kids dub, but I was lucky enough to pick up the entire first 12 months of Shonen Jump, and figured that's where I'd start with One Piece.

Didn't have the money to keep buying new Jumps past that first year, so I figured I'd have to slum it with scanlations at least. I believe I left off in the back half of Baratie, and the only scanlations I could find from that part of the manga were like, truly awful quality. I have described them as "third generation Yahoo Groups quality scans." They were dark, blurry, heavily compressed, and the dialog was barely a step above an automated machine translation. I almost wish I could find them again, because it was nasty.

Around this time I think Funimation announced they wrestled the rights to One Piece away from the decaying hands of 4Kids, so I was happy to wait for that. We subscribed to Netflix in those days, the original DVD-by-mail service, so I'd rent each new set as they came out. Got all the way up through Baratie, up through Arlong Park, up to where they visit and prepare to leave Loguetown.

I think by the time the DVDs hit the fifth set, I ran into a problem: physical rental locations like Blockbuster had hard rental deadlines. You had to bring the disc (or tape) back in a day or two. Netflix, famously, had no rental deadlines. Keep things as long as you like.

While I had no trouble getting 1-4, some clown got set 5 before I could, and sat on it. For over a year. I complained to Netflix, and Netflix just shrugged at me.

Within a year or two of that, Funimation officially launched a One Piece website, like my memory is saying it was onepiece.com or something (which it isn't, that's a clothing store), but the point was they were announcing they were going to simulcast subs of the anime, for free, on this site. They were also adding dub episodes to this site, again, to stream for free. Back then, this was pretty unprecedented. Hulu was only a few years old at this point.

I figured: wow! Now's my chance! Go to check the website and...

The free episodes ended at the exact same point I left off at with the Netflix DVDs. Episode 53. It went from Dub Episode 53 straight to Sub Episode 230, which is where the simulcast began. Looking at Funimation's current site, this is what they consider "Season 1."

So I earmarked it. "Maybe I can finish it some day."

Some day never came. One Piece is over 1000 chapters (100 volumes) and 1000 episodes. There is over 430 hours of One Piece available to watch. The manga is so big people have talked about it taking up an entire shelving unit. I even saw photos once of somebody who had their shelf break because their One Piece collection was so heavy.

It took me over a year to read 16 volumes of the original Dragon Ball. There are almost ten times as many volumes of One Piece.

I have given up. I will never read it. Never watch it. Never see it. It's great that it's this amazing thing, truly this long journey, but even at 500 chapters it would have been too much.

Even if I wanted to, it's grown to be such a thing that when something happens in the anime or the manga, there are instantly spoilers for it all over the entire internet. 107 volumes of that is pretty disheartening.

I know about One Pace. One Pace is still too long. Some of those videos are over 20 hours. For a single video. And One Pace still has gaps in their coverage anyway.

It's just not happening.

[amive2567]

hii, good morning/afternoon/evening! can i request a Haikyuu!! march up?

Im 16 y/o. i use she/her pronouns. my sexuality is heterosexual. i have a my favourite colours are green and black. my mbti is INFP 9w1. i dont believe in star sign im sorry :(. my appearance is short (148cm/ 4'8 ft) with short black hair that reached my shoulder, chubby, tanned skin and i have two moles on my face which are on my nose and under my right eye. i love cats and bunnies even though sometime im scared of them. i also love musics.

my ideal type is someone whos only show their care and love only to me, someone that always give me gifts, someome that didnt judge my musics preference or my appearance. respectful and honest. always listens to me when im talking. i love when hes into music like me too. i find males whos smart attractive. for physical features, i like when he is taller than me and has a short messy hair.

my pet peeves are when im talking to someone and they are not even listen to me, just cut the song when it dont finish yet and forced me to do something i dont want.

some traits i hate is when people who arrogant like they always think they are the best, people that like to show-off, lies and people who disrespectful to other people.

and i would like the match up to be romantic, please. thank you !!

Why?:

His greatest passion besides volleyball is music. He will share every new song he likes with you (his tastes vary, so he doesn't have a favorite genre)

He is pretty quiet and chill, so he likes to listen to your voice

A plain fact, but he is tall af and smart

He seems to be arrogant, but he really is just a bit insecure (this was first a reason that you despised him, but after getting to know him that changed)

He is a big softy with trust issues, so he will be soft with you and only you after some years into your relationship

Your littlle story:

" The popcorn is almost ready!" you shouted into the living room. " Yeah, I am almost finished" yelled Tsukishima back. He opened Netflix and searched for your favorite movie. "Do you want to watch part one or two ?" he asked as you entered the cozy living room. You placed the popcorn and the drinks on the Coffee Table. "Part two," you answered and popped yourself onto the couch. Fortunately, your parents had to work a night shift. You could have a Cozy movie marathon without any distractions. Tsukishima nodded and started the movie. He placed himself behind you and wrapped his arms around you.

The opening titles began to play. You both went silent to watch the movie. Especially the music and the atmosphere made you feel like you were there with the avatars. It's your favorite movie for a reason, but then the best thing happened. Neteyam finally showed up, and you began to fangirl. A bit too much for Kei's taste, but he was glad you were happy. "Look at him. He is so perfect. I wish he is real." Now Tsukishima raised an eyebrow. He let it slide for this moment, but as your fangirling became more agitative, he started to growl. He wrapped his arms tighter around your torso and placed gentle kisses on your neck. "What are you doing Kei? It tickles," He didn't answer for now. You were his, and this blue guy wasn't even real. Kei started to pout with each passing second of the movie.

At the end of it, you sighed. "Neteyam is so great, don't you think? And he is so pretty." That was when Kei had enough. "Shut up," he mumbled. "You are mine. This blue idiot doesn’t even exist. I am way better than him.” A wide grin spread across your face as you teased him. "Oh are you jealous, my sweet boy? Well, you are greater than him." You pecked him on his cheek. His eyes lit up, and he started to claim your lips. "I love you so much, and this blue alien can't keep up with the love I feel for you." You nearly had a heart attack from how fast your heart was beating. By now your cheeks were probably as red as Neteyams neck jewelry. As you buried your head in Kei's chest he began to chuckle "You are so cute."

Your special suprise: 🎧 A playlist: Pov your relationship with Tsukishima 🎧

A/N: I hope you enjoy this little story. Sorry it took so long. <3

[boredkaiju]

I LOVE physical media and far prefer DvD's above streaming. However, I feel it worth mentioning that you can still stream them in various ways. The easy one: Cartoon Network and other channels that may or may not be doing so legally will often upload full episodes of old shows. Now, this is not the best way to watch because it's unorganized and unreliable, but it's an option and it is free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcD_9i7sfFE&ab_channel=CartoonNetwork (I can't get the link to be an embedded video for some reason but i swear it takes you to a Billy and Mandy episode if you use it lol)

SECOND OPTION: You buy more shows than people realize on the iTunes (TECHNICALLY Apple TV now but they combined them and now it's really weird and confusing), and many shows can be permanently purchased with a free iTunes account as opposed to the paid Apple TV+ subscription. I still use my iTunes account to watch lots of shows I bought on here in the past, and I've never had to pay for Apple TV+. I want it on record I am sharing this as somebody who DESPISES APPLE WITH THE FIRE PASSION OF 43 SUNS. HOLY FRIK ARE THEY TERRIBLE. But. Their library of shows you can buy without a subscription is nice. So they get ONE good boy point. ONE. I've even found shows on here that are marketed as "Netflix exclusives", like Dinotrux. I will offer the warning that as a streaming service it's still possible these shows could be removed at some point. In the very least I can say that in my 18 or so years of buying shows through iTunes I haven't had any issues with them vanishing, though. But if getting a physical disk is somehow difficult (such as scarcity driving prices up, for example), I recommend checking here as you can buy shows for relatively affordable prices. IMPORTANT CAVEAT: If you choose to get shows this way, check the iTunes store specifically, not just Apple TV unless you are searching on a roku/streaming TV thing. I don't get why, I think it's weird and confusing, but for some reason I've been able to find shows through searches on iTunes that won't appear when searching on Apple TV's desktop website (like the previously mentioned Dinotrux), and there's no way to watch these shows in-browser without an Apple TV+ account, but you CAN watch them through iTunes. You should also be able to find them searching on the Apple TV app via a roku or other streaming TV stick, likewise available for purchase with a free apple account and no need for an Apple TV+ subscription. Holy beans I hate how confusing Apple makes this.

TL;DR get physical media it is SOOOO much better than streaming. But you can often still watch some things on the youtube or buy shows on itunes that are allegedly not available streaming anymore. So that's an option. P.S.: I hate apple so so so so much. But sometimes they can do okay things.

Just got word that Billy & Mandy will be leaving MAX at the end of the year. If anyone's interested in grabbing some physical media, I'm putting up the last of my DVDs on eBay this week. Who knows what will happen in the future, but the series has never had a full DVD set made, so discs like these may soon be the only way to see the show.

I'm in "Holiday Blowout Mode", so not only are there DVDs and original production art, but posters, crew gifts, and rare merch from shows like Chowder, KND, Samurai Jack, etc.

A lot of people have seemed sad for me that I'm selling off all of this old art. Honestly, most of it has sat in boxes for nearly 25 years. If I didn't sell it, I'd probably pull it out once every couple of decades while looking for a tape measure. At least this way, ideally somebody who wants it ends up with it and can enjoy it more than I would. I'm super-thankful to everyone who's bid so far!

Right now, I'm really just trying to buy myself time. Time for the animation industry to "bounce back", if that is indeed its destiny. Or just time to figure out What's Next.

[castiels-babydoll]

Divine Devotion; Chapter Three

--------- ● Castiel x Cassius Winchester ● An Angel and Hunter Love Story ● Themes: Light Smut, Smut, Suggestive Language. Sex Dream, Wet Dream, Fluff, Sibling Banter, etc? ● This chapter has some light smut/spicy themes in it so please under 17 years old please dni with this chapter. ● This is Part Two of Chapter Three, the other part(s) will be tagged as their respective parts. Please make sure you read the story in order.

With the shower not helping she sighed and finished washing herself, when done she turned the water off and got out, grabbing a towel and drying herself off. Cassius got dressed and then went over to the bathroom sink, grabbing her toothbrush and started brushing her teeth, once done she rinsed her mouth and tooth brush out and turned off the mini radio. Picking up her dirty clothes and hung up her towel before exiting the room, tossing her clothes down the laundry shoot before walking to the kitchen to see if the boys were still there. “Hi,” Castiel said to her once he saw her enter, “Uh… hey, Castiel…..” she replied, tensing once again, “He brought breakfast” Dean said as he pushed a box of donuts to the edge of the table. “He did?” She asked confused, not recollecting him holding anything before she got into the shower, Dean nodding, Cassius nodded and opened the box, seeing a long john donut and grabbing it. “Thank you Castiel…..” she quietly thanked before eating it, “You are welcome” he smiled, happy the three Winchesters liked his gift, Sam drinking his fourth cup of coffee already as he was deep into a book. “Do we have any hot chocolate?” Cassius asked, “No I think you drank it all the other day” Dean replied, making Cassius sigh, “We need more then” she said, “Or you could drink coffee like a normal person” Dean said. “Yes and I’ll just liquid shit every where dumbass” the girl scoffed and rolled her eyes, standing up and walking out of the room and to Dean’s mancave making him yell and holler up a storm, one she ignored with zero care. Once in the room she sat down on the bean bag couch she had shoved in there and turned on the movie theater sized screen, searching through for something to watch, the girl getting bored and switching to her Netflix account to find something. As she searched through her list of shows to watch she decided on Ancient Apocalypse, she curled up into the side she was sitting on and pulled a blanket over her, one she found on the other side of the couch.  “What are you watching?” She heard a scruff voice say, the girl jumping at the sudden-ness of it, “Jesus christ you scared me-” she said while looking over to the other side of the couch to see Castiel, “I am not Jesus, you know who I am” he said. “Cas, it’s a statement. Like oh my god” she said, “Right….. I forgot, I’m sorry” he replied, “You’re alright, I promise” she softly smiled before going back to watching her show, shivering after a couple of episodes, even with the blanket she has wrapped around her. Castiel scooting over and wrapping his trenchcoat around her while holding her closer to him, Cassius turning a bright pink as she cuddled into his side, she could almost even feel one of his wings wrap around her, it wasn’t physically there but she just knew that he had done so. “You’re really comfy” she quietly said to him, “Thank you” he replied just as quiet, “So he just kills people who are bad beccause he wants to kill?” Castiel asked her after a few minutes, “Yea basically. Dexter is a psychopath and has homicidal thoughts and to curve those thoughts and feelings he kills the bad people, aka criminals and all so he doesn’t go on a random spree and hurt a bunch of people. He follows a strict code and he tries really hard to not do it though because of his girlfriend Rita and her kids” she explained to the angel, the man nodding his head “Oh…. Okay” he said, understanding it but not quite.

[afuneralofathousandcandles]

Chapter Seven.

After hours of searching for what it could be, what.. I could be, we finally gave up. Not a single sentence or article to give us the clue. Charlie laughs, "Well at least we know that you can keep it secret, well beside me.." He jokes, but yet again I wasn't interested.

So we decide to go hang out and hopped in Charlie's car and left.

When I figured out where we were going I was kinda excited, but I couldn't tell Charlie that. We parked out car in the mall parking lot, and walked inside the huge building.

We walked around but didn't go in any of the stores, I could tell we were getting closer to my favorite store. But then all that changed as we walked and my stomach was starting to hurt again. After so long of not eating, I couldn't take it. Then I started to smell the people. They smelt just like a house filled with the air of a warm cooked meal. But why though? Was there something here I could eat?

I let go of Charlie's hand for a second and whisper in his ear. "I'm starting to hurt again, its my stomach."

He looks me in the eyes and he rushes me back to the parking lot.

"BUT WAIT?!" I say before he can start. "What about Hot topic???" I asked. After hearing myself and another smell I knew I couldn't hold back and we should just leave but at the same time I didn't want to let it go that easy.

"We have to get you out of here. It'll be okay maybe next time." He answers rushing me through the automatic doors.

I was so sad. Not being able to be around people was weird and I didn't know why. I couldn't hurt anyone, I knew my own strength but at the same time I was starving and couldn't find anything that I wasn't throwing back up.

So we left to go for a drive.

When we got home, I had to ignore the disappointment just so Charles wouldn't notice. But when I couldn't anymore I think it made him a little sad.

But we both ignored it, while we watched THE WALKING DEAD on Netflix, it hit me! In class we learned about mythology and for one day they taught is about Norse mythology!! It was something to do with the Reaper, but I couldn't quite remember. So I jumped and and.tols.charles to come with me.

We ran up stairs, after I grabbed his hand and got back on my laptop.

I quickly searched NORSE GODS OF DEATH, in the search engine. "You think you're some kind of God?" He asked me confused.

"No, I think one day we learned about it one day in school!" I told him. I felt so close.

Then I decided to search up, THE GOTHIC GRIM REAPER OF MYTHOLOGY, and the first website read DEMONS, INCUBUS AND ANGELS… WHAT YOU MEED TO KNOW! So I clicked on it really fast and skimmed through the article.

"There were demon incubus called servatian incubus, they were known to be loyal demon that served death himself, and we're often made from evil rituals and sacrificed made to death, servatian incubus cannot die, although they can be sent to the underworks permanently after a modern exorcism, they are known to be immortal, serve death, and feed of of human insides…" I paused, the floor beneath me dropped from under me. I.. I had to eat people..?" I asked myself. What? But how? Why…

"Keep reading!" Charles voice brought me down from my head floating off. Oh yeah. So I kept reading.

"You can also get rid of a incubus that serves death by calling a Guild master, also known as a grief hunter. Incubus are known to come to earth only to possess, use their physic powers for evil, or to obtain super human strength and immortality."

I couldn't read anymore. My heart sank into my chest. I would literally have to eat another human to not die!! I would have to.. kill. Just so I could live..?? How could I live with myself?

We sat on my bed in silence for a moment. Neither one of us knew what to say.

"Maybe it's wrong.." Charles tried to comfort me. But solemnly I knew it was true. I had tried to eat everything. Everything but people. I was scared and really feeling hopeless and lost but at the same time I had to fight off.my tears because I wasn't weak. I was a demon…

A//N:

UGGGH I COULD NOT TELL WHERE TO END THIS CHAPTER!! I GUESS I SHOULD TELL YOU GUYS THAT THIS BOOK MIGHT GET FUNDED TO GET PUBLISHED OR WHATEVER BUT I THINK BOOK ONE WILL BE CHANGED TO JAYSON'S BODY. THAT SOUNDS COOL. ANYWAYS I GUESS I SEE YOU GUYS NEXT WEEK!!

#STAYTUNEDFORMORE

[merlinjor01]

APPLY: “In the Future” module 3

[Show Explanation & First Ideas]

The Netflix show ‘Sweet Tooth’ is set 10 years in the future, after an occurrence called ‘The Great Crumble’, inducing the world with a mysterious deadly virus and the sudden appearance of half-human half-animal hybrid babies, both possibly being connected. The main story follows a little boy called Gus who happens to be the first hybrid child with the features of a deer, his story is also followed up by the story of a scientist/doctor whose wife gets the first variant of the sick (what they call the virus), the story of a woman who sets up the preserve for hybrid children to take refuge and the story of the leader of The Last Men, fighting to find a cure. Gus is isolated in a cabin with his father, taking him away from anyone who may want to reach him and the sick altogether, unfortunately, his father gets the sick from hunters nearby, and Gus leaves the cabin after his father passes away in search of his mother who is in Colorado, this is where the show gets very interesting. Throughout the show, Gus meets all sorts of people who help him despite being a hybrid, such as the character Jepp who was former in The Last Men and is in search of his missing wife and child (we find out this child was a hybrid too). 

The last men banded together around the start of The Great Crumble, coming together to ‘save mankind’ with the use and experimentation of the hybrid children. The commander of the Last Men, General Abbott is the main antagonist throughout the show, as he is in constant search of hybrids to create the cure for the sick, But his main use for the cure is to convince other parties to join him and withhold the cure from those who require it for a price. 

To wrap up season two, General Abbot is supposedly killed and the last men have been greatly reduced due to a large attack on them from the Lady with the preserve, as they had taken it over and captured her hybrid children (Children whom she had orphaned due to them being abandoned). The doctor is also left at the preserve as he has become obsessed with his research in finding the cure to help his sick wife, who realises his madness and eventually leaves to live out her last days on her own. The doctor had previously been giving her temporary cures to keep her healthy and working under General Abbot in search of a cure while the sick wife is given this treatment. At first, he is unsure about killing the hybrid children to look for the cure, but unfortunately succumbs to the idea, and proceeds with the measures anyway as he wishes to cure his wife. But is ultimately left with his lab being burned down, no hybrids and nothing left, this is where my character concept comes in. 

Since the doctor has no hybrids left to create the cure and has no way of possibly tracking them down, I could see him getting desperate and trying anything even if it is inhumane. The first Idea that came to mind was a genetically modified human to be able to track the hybrids down, and the doctor is the only one who can perform this kind of work as he has the knowledge to do so. The character would be a genetically modified hybrid, possessing the looks and qualities of a wolf. I had chosen a wolf to contrast Gus who is a deer, giving them a prey and predator dynamic. The character would also be an adult as they are more physically stronger and they would already be part of the Last Men, showing their willingness to go through with the experimentation. The reason why they cannot be a natural hybrid is because hybrids started around the time of the virus, making all hybrid children at least 10 years old, yet Gus is 11. The reason why my character would be so willing to go through with the experiment is because they would also have the sick, being promised the cure by the doctor the same way General Abbot gained control of sick people. 

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Been rotating between feeling aimlessly lonely & sad recently and warm and filled with comfort (truly the it is so over —> we are so back cycle) and hence I have not gone and written the entry I have been intending to (in drafts for over 2 weeks now, although I really hope I will) about life updates and such. So, in short: I am staying at Outer Coast, and I will be in SF starting January for a SWE internship. Woot woot! I got what I wanted!

On the internship: a mix of relief, excitement about the riches (ie a decent hourly rate) I shall roll about in (ie go to a spa and get a haircut), and being in SF. Also a terror: of being in a new place (SF scary) mostly alone, of “selling out” as a callback to my hatred and jealously of those who chose SWE in freshman year, and the truest deepest fear - that this is a step away from throwing myself towards the things I believe I am most interested in and move me deeply - literature, history, physics, the beauty of the world and the fields we use as means to contemplate it. Instead I will be comfortably making money working for a productivity app. Really, there’s nothing wrong with taking a break, and the company is great and apparently has great perks. But I’m so used to the sense that in order to make progress I must constantly and relentlessly throw myself at things (and the fact that I always feel induitably and irreconcilably behind) that the thought of deviating from that makes me skittish and afraid. Ah well - it is truly going to be a good thing, I believe, and I should direct myself more to this belief.

A slight aside - read the Rhodes Scholars 2024 profiles. Was seized by the same old urge to desire it and scrutinize their accomplishments and compare myself to each one. Recognized immediately it probably wasn’t healthy; did it anyway; set me in a weird mood for the rest of the day where once again I was preoccupied with means of accomplishments and the metrics and laurels I could accumulate. Released it by the next day, or perhaps more aptly came to my senses, and now I am able to once again see a life that is beautiful and meaningful and hopeful without the approval of the Rhodes selection committee. Yippee!

Anyway, I was thinking just now about how I find direction and purpose, and how aimless I felt tonight after Netflix partying an anime movie with Eric, and letting myself think and feel bits and snippets of half-thoughts about returning to MIT. It’s not like everything was perfect there, though I remember it only piecewise: that I was often in intense pain, I remember as a fact, physical and emotional and mental, but the actual memory of said pains is partial and ghostly. But the thought crossed my mind just now that I think I felt more (or at least in retrospect now feel) that there searching for the meanings of the world was intuitive and easy; it came in the rush of academics and classes and profound revelations and readings and problem sets, and of course dreams of the future in graduate education and academia. And I’ve had this sense recently that perhaps I am shallow and awful and horrible for feeling this the most deeply (and tried punishing myself, see: almost leaving Outer Coast in spite of myself for wanting a transcript for grad school). But I’m thinking that although academia is nowhere near constitutively reflective of the real world, me resonating deeply with the intellectual engagement found in some parts of academia + higher institutions of learning is not at all a bad thing. That too should be celebrated; I owe myself so much love. But yes, TLDR - it seems, in retrospect, easier to find meaning when presented in contexts where I can intellectualize it deeply, and that is not a bad thing. And yet it is also important in the world here, where I am now, to find meaning also. :)