#airam talks

[magnusedom]

[isagrimorie]

[initial reactions] Discovery 5x04

i will start with things i liked. very initial reactions take:

things i liked:

krenim mention!!!

the constant mention of relativity reminded me of the voyager episode, 'relativity'.

i do love a time travel/time loop episode.

this episode is a nod to shattered.

love the 'i can do this all day' moment between present michael and s1 Michael and the talk between rayner and s1 michael

it was great to see airam again

I wish we got to see ash and lorca.

i wish Michael got to see spock. i miss the spock and Michael shenanigans. the way he could cut her off the knees and then the way she would poke back.

i loved seeing future San Francisco again!

i liked how the episode felt like a standalone episode

calypso!

jett reno

LINUS

so now here is my reaction--

maybe I need to rewatch but i don't think this episode worked for me as a whole. i like the pieces but I don't think the whole episode hung together.

i preferred the first season version of this episode "magic that make the sanest man goes mad".

i do like the part where rayner talks to Michael, and the acknowledgment that michael's methods worked.

(but also i think i preferred in 'shattered' that the other characters were brought into the fold a lot earlier, or we saw the crew enjoy downtime).

overall: it was a fun idea episode, I always love time hijinks, it's just for some reason it didn't work for me as the previous episodes it was influenced from.

but again, i might like it more on a rewatch. sometimes it is like that, sometimes watching an episode on rewatch makes it work.

[whalleyrulz]

halloween 2023

21) LOOK AWAY

this was, i swear to god i'm not fucking with you, Dog, Shit. like, from a dog's ass. shit and poop, from a dog's ass, on movie. Doggggggg Shit

look away's about maria, a teenager whose father is a plastic surgeon, whose twin sister got post-partum aborted for being uggz, learning to hate herself so much that she swaps places with the mirror version of her, who has the name of airam, instead of the real human person's name what it should be, who turns out to be a tooootal

you guessed it

Actually Interesting Character, who doesn't fucking come out until you've been watching for 18 years. which, coincidentally, must be the age of the actress, because she looked maybe 12 but the director was TOTALLY allowed to film her Teen Titties multiple times

and in that way, there's the real horror of the film. no, folks, it's not creepy due to spooky ghouls or unstoppable moiderahs, but it's creepy in the "somebody involved in making this exictedly and unironically said the phrase tiny teen titties during production" way! oh, if you thought Implied Underage Nudity was fucked up, just wait! we got some Real Shit that paints a potential victim of sexual abuse as really just a fucked up girl who wanted it

because that's what airam does! everything that maria wanted! everything she did was what maria really deep down wanted, and we see evidence of this from maria dancing in the mirror with glee when airam breaks her bully's knee with a hockey stick. so for airam to, you guessed it, try and seduce her father multiple times, including getting out her whole vagina for This Movie, it must mean that that's what the protagonist, a girl who is implied to have been sexually abused, wanted it!

i did definitely despise this, but after the eighteen hours of waiting, there was genuinely about 15 minutes of a really fun movie of a teenage shithead manipulating her way through dickhead's lives and doing no wrong. unfortunately that stopped being fun and the movie became like

you know when you go outside, and there's like, a dog? and the dog needs to do a big shit, and then you watch, and you watch the shit slide out of the dog's ass, and if it's cold enough, you full on see that shit steam, from the super fresh dog shit ass?

it was like that. a+ experience wouldn't watch or inflict on anyone again

1. skinamarink | 2. smile | 3. the black phone | 4. talk to me | 5. m3gan | 6. significant other | 7. cobweb | 8. horror in the high desert | 9. the pope's exorcist | 10. knock at the cabin | 11. infinity pool | 12. becky | 13. no one will save you | 14. huesera: the bone woman | 15. scream vi | 16. idle hands | 17. a wounded fawn | 18. v/h/s 85 | 19. evil dead rise | 20. mama

[pinkfoxd0ll]

Just making another post about the Look Away. But in more detail.

Spoilers!

In the movie there are scenes where Airam/Maria goes on "dates" with her dad (Dan). Dan takes Maria to watch a movie where you can hear a very graphic sex scene. It's not shown what their watching but you can hear it. When they're alone Airam/Maria calls him "daddy" in a weirdly seductive way, which also gives a very vibe. The mother never go with them, it's a father-daughter thing. There's also a scene where Airam visits her dad's office and scene is very tense. I wasn't able to make up from which side is this tension coming from or was it coming from both sides. Keep in mind, Airam/Maria is 17 years old. Yes, India Eisley was in her 20's when she was playing the character. But doesn't make this whole thing any less grim.

Dan gives a vibe that he's attracted to Airam/Maria. A lot of the scenes of them together is somewhat sexual in some way. The movie implies and even straight up says that Dan cheats on Airam/Maria's mom with his clients. Also shows that he doesn't really treat his wife that well. He's not that good of a guy. As a birthday present for Airam/Maria he offers a bunch of cosmetic procedures.

The issue I have with this movie is that, the dynamic between Airam/Maria and Dan needed more depth and time. We don't really know how long this thing between them has been going on.

I'm guessing that Assaf Bernstein, who wrote and directed the movie wanted to make a supernatural, teen, coming of age, revenge movie, mixed with electra complex. But the issue is, he put too many things in to a movie and that's why the relationship between Airam/Maria didn't get a proper development and conclusion.

If you focus only on their relationship and specifically on Dan. This a movie is about a man who is a plastic surgeon, who has two twin daughters, kills one of them because it was imperfect in his eyes. Then, at some point he starts having feelings towards his own daughter but wants to mold her in to his ideal daughter.

Like, this is a very heavy subject to flirt with and sexualize, along side the story of a teen girl discovering herself, having feelings towards her father and hating her mother.

In the end of the movie, Airam goes to her father's clinic to confront him about her twin and about his feelings towards her. She tries to seduce Dan by getting her clothes wet so she'd has an excuse to take her clothes off. Dan trying to help her, gets a coat and when he turns back she has taken all her clothes off being completely naked standing infront of Dan. Dan tells her to put her clothes back on or to atleast to put on the coat. I don't understand why she has to be naked in this scene, because she just wants Dan to look at her and to be honest with her. I understand that this is supposed to convey her being vulnerable and open to Dan but this could have been also conveyed with her clothes on. Airam asks about if she wasn't pretty would Dan love her anyway. Dan lies and says yes. Airam knows he's lying, so she kills him. This scene didn't feel cathartic, it just felt unfinished and rushed.

Despite all of this, the movie was very close to being amazing. Despite my lengthy text about this. I just think Bernstein wasn't the correct person to handle a subject/theme like this. In my opinion he did well in the supernatural, coming of age, revenge story part.

Sorry for the long text, but I don't have anyone who I could talk about this with and this was bothering me for a while.

[the-timeless-writes]

«Un libro repleto de cuentos que permanecían unidos por finos hilos y una bonita cubierta que ilustraba una de las historias. El hechicero del agua no era un experto en el idioma que gobernaba los mares y ríos. No intentaba practicarlo de la misma manera que Airam, hablando con todo aquel que poseía conocimientos sobre aquella lengua. Sin embargo, había tomado clases con Senelie y su nivel le permitía comprender las historias plasmadas sobre el papel.»

English translation:

«A book filled with tales that were held together by fine threads and a beautiful cover that illustrated one of the stories. The water sorcerer was not an expert in the language that ruled the seas and rivers. He did not try to practice it in the same way as Airam, talking to everyone who spoke it. However, he had taken lessons with Senelie and his level allowed him to understand the stories on paper.»

I'm shamelessly stealing this from twitter, but writers !! Quick, reblog with the last line or two that you wrote, no cheating.

[thelifeofvan]

Becoming Filipino in the Making (Production)

In my role for this production, I've been responsible for assembling the audio elements, including background music and the AI-generated narration. When crafting the narrations, we have discussed utilizing different variations of the Talk-to-Speech generator that emulates the eerie, vintage quality often associated with analog horror films. Airam and I explored various voices, adjusting pitch and manipulating speech patterns to align with the energy envisioned by our screenwriters, documented in our two-column script.

In this process, it's crucial to emphasize the significance of maintaining the authentic analog horror aesthetic when collecting audio and background music. Using online tools to generate narrations should be deliberate and methodical to ensure they evoke this genre's eerie and unsettling atmosphere. When selecting background music, it's imperative to opt for tracks that enhance analog horror's chilling and nostalgic mood, drawing from a palette of sounds typically heard in such films. That's why we're instructed to utilize 50s until 90s commercial music to depict imperative elements of analog horror films.

In addition to audio, the choice of graphics and images plays a pivotal role in achieving the desired analog horror effect. These elements combine to create a complete, immersive experience that resonates with the audience, effectively conveying the message of the PSAs while invoking the uncanny and unsettling vibe synonymous with analog horror. We are currently in the production making, and we can have a positive input towards our process to deliver a substantial product that aligns with our intended goal for this output.

[inaaontheskyways]

You guys might’ve seen these names float around here and there occasionally, so I thought that it’d be nice to officially introduce y’all to some of the other central characters of my Spiralverse canon! (Also, I’ve simply too many pretty MBs to not share, lol!)

Sevastjan Earlydawn, Katitzi: the heroes of the 4th arc! They actually came about simply b/c I wasn’t sure how to make the Ravenwood ensemble go to Lemuria and beyond w/o it feeling like it’d be somewhat forced, so I had to conclude that it’d just be better to use a new set of characters! I’ve also never played the 4th arc since my I’m still several levels below the max cap, pfffft, so a lot of what I did for these 2 is made up from the top of my head! Specifically in that it deals with Sevastjan, a guardsman under the W.C. Forces, finding himself getting caught up in the drama of a strange woman named Kalpana, who implores for his help in looking for a lost program that holds all her powers and memories, and the only thing that she can remember is that she serves a group of mysterious beings called the Old Ones! they also got a pretty tragic romance going on though, but shhhh, we don’t talk about that-

Meresamun Timekeeper, Xatirə: the heroes of the 5 B.O.X.E.S event! Meresamun specifically was actually supposed to be a part of the Ravenwood ensemble, but I also couldn’t find a proper way to put her in a meaningful role for any of the first 3 arcs, so I thought that it’d be much better to give her a storyline all on her own! So I took the 5 B.O.X.E.S event and reimagined it to fit her characterization and development, in which a time-traveler by the name of Xatirə, enlists her help in fixing the rifts of the timeline or else the whole Spiral would collapse in on itself, especially with her coming from an ancient lineage of powerful chronomancers!

Luretta Bellamine, Daniel Rothman, & Trini Moonforge: the protagonists of what I like to call the Resistance arc! They’re specifically inspired by the Fort Elena dungeon you do in Port Regal, seeing as, just like with the last 2 quests, I couldn’t think of a good way to get the Shatterhands over there when I changed a lot of the 1st El Dorado arc to make it fit them! So these 3 are here to fill that gap, as well as cover the Resistance side of things in the storyline, since they play such an integral role in Valencia part 2, and I just think that aspect is plain fascinating! The basic gist involves Luretta, a ballet dancer who’s also a Resistance spy, enlisting the help of 2 pirates, the underground fighter David and the freelance handyman Tiena, with breaking into Fort Elena and freeing all the political prisoners there, so that they can assist the Resistance in their plans to bring down the Armada regime!

Vontae Emmed, Iina Parker, & Airam Zavalia: my idea of what I guess you can refer to as the Young Hero(s) would be like! I’ve always been intrigued by Hero101 and what it was preparing to be like before it ultimately got scrapped, so I wanted to come up with something that’ll make it fit nicely into my Spiralverse canon, hence these 3 and the world they come from called Heroica! Since it was never confirmed what sort of concrete plot was intended for Hero101, I decided to make one up myself and have these 3 investigate a nefarious drug trafficking scheme, in which the streets of Nexus City have been plagued with a drug that causes people to lose their powers!

Haydée Spellmender: my token Sorcerer! She’s a Ravenwood alumni who’s very sweet and spunky, and often records things in her journal to sate her curious nature! She also has dreams of becoming a successful archaeologist just like her parents, so she works as an intern for the Gravulum Order in order to both refine her skills and make connections with other explorers! Though, it’s also what leads her to be involved with all sorts of bizarre happenings across Wizard City, from reversing the effects on students who’ve been cursed by book pages, to exploring the underwater streets of Crab Alley!

Nona: my one and only Stellarmancer! He’s a bit of an edgy sad boi(tm) as he has a loooot of angst surrounding his miserable time of being a servant for the Umbra Legion, and it only gets worse when he realizes that Old Cob, whom he thought was his friend who understood his feelings, only used him as a pawn to revive both his form and his powers. So the only way for him to atone for his mistakes is to travel across the Spiral and hunt down all the other shadow magicks that were released alongside Old Cob, desperately wanting to show that he’s changed and will no longer remain naïve to other people’s intentions towards him.

Lereia: my clockwork hitch-hiker! But don’t worry y’all, they aren’t as evil as the rest of their kind, in fact, they’re actually a very courteous and lovely person even in their aloofness, and most of the trouble they get into is just due to their whimsy and curiosity! It’s just that they were handmade by Kane to resemble a Certain clockwork prince, but they actually never knew that about themself as they woke up right after the Armada’s fall! And since they aren’t sure as to why they exist or how they should live, aside from their main objective of “giving love,” they decided that their best course of action is to travel around the Spiral and gather as much information about it as they possibly can!

[magnusedom]

this is so funny i'm crying

[mictlans-residents]

“Is dad talking to you?“

Airam doesnt respond.

A child blinks at Zee.

“Snake? Big snake?”

@mictlans-residents

*Zee is still asleep, digesting it's big meal.*

[magnusedom]

who has suffered more jesus christ or me when i'm on my period

[magnusedom]

we won

[magnusedom]

"i put my desires before his needs" is an insane thing to say for a character like eddie diaz who has never allowed himself anything who has never put himself first like are we all seeing this. Why is nobody telling him otherwise guys we all need to die.

[magnusedom]

crazy thing to say btw

[magnusedom]

eddieblr nation i'm shaking.

[magnusedom]

i personally don't give a fuck about male friendship rep in my tv shows btw

[magnusedom]

JEALOUS AND GAY