#also bev being a badass

[incorrect-losers]

Officer Bowers: Look at my son Henry

Went: Fine looking boy, nice eyes, well, one of ‘em anyway

Officer Bowers: That’s what your hoodlum did with his fists

Maggie *shocked*: Our son used his fists?

Went: All those karate lessons wasted

Officer Bowers: I say you both stop joking. My son has been sorely wounded and I demand an apology

Maggie *to Richie*: I think you ought to apologize to Henry

Richie:

The losers:

Bev: I’m sorry I punched you in the eye, Henry

Officer Bowers:

Officer Bowers: She must have hit him when his back was turned

Went: In the eye?

[marshbevvie]

I made Ben take this picture during our date before I scaled the fence. We then got chased away from the property.

Why did I climb the fence, you may ask?

I.. don’t know okay. It’s so crazy to me that people are even seeing my silly Tumblr posts, and the intrusive thoughts won (and I got a new nickname out of it: Badass Bev from Ben.. awgegeffegefefefefefefefefe HES SO-)

[princess-glassred]

Alright hot take incoming:

Beverly Marsh in it 2017 is a terribly written female character and i'm tired of pretending like she's not.

As a woman, I love Bev in fics, I love 90's bev, I love fannon Bev, and this is no discredit to Sophia Lillis as an actor, or even 2017 Bev's personality, but it 2017 Bev is a perfect example of a character being fine but everything else about her being incredibly anti feminist (in my opinion).

First of all there's all the slut shaming, now don't get me wrong, i'd get it if this was just greta and henry and her dad. They're antagonists and it makes sense for the time period, BUT Bev is not jusy slut shamed by the antagonists, she's indirectly kind of slut shamed by the narritive. When Richie first meets her he tells rumors about her sleeping around, especially with Henry Bowers and he faces almost little to no pushback. Yeah eddie tells him to shut up, and Bill says "they're just rumors" but it really shouldn't matter if they're just rumors or not. The movie seems to think that the slut shaming is bad because she isn't sleeping with anyone, when slut shaming should be bad just because its a fuckin mean thing to do. Even if she did date Henry, who the fuck cares? It's literally her life, obviously she doesn't like him now. Also the way Richie words it as "Bill had her in the third grade" is 🤢.

In the bathroom scene they take time out of cleaning just so she can clarify to Bill that he's the only one she's ever kissed so I guess Bill can feel like a real special man. Even though she doesn't owe Bill really anything, let alone reassurance that she's only kissed him once. I'd absolutely understand if this was Bev reacting to her CSA, assuming she needs to make them men around her feel special by having a low body count, but the movie portays this scene as really sweet and romantic so i doubt it's the case.

The movie sexualizes Bev so much, and again, i'd understand if this was supposed to be commentary about her CSA but a lot of it is genuinely meant to further the plot or played off for laughs. Almost every single scene she has is about her sexual history or which guy she ends up with. Even Ben, who's entire thing is he's hopelessly in love with Bev gets more of a personality than just that. She's called a slut by greta keene, flirts with ben outside, """flirts""" with Mr. Keene to steal his shit, leaves the pharmacy to get oggled by Bill in slowmo, gets slut shamed by richie, gets oggled at the quarry, ect.

The movie also tries to act like she's a much stronger female than she really is, it reminds me a lot of in the 90's when they'd have those tough bad ass women who could sword fight and stuff but they'd always inevitably be kidnapped because of gener roles. I do admit that the scene of her jamming the fence post through pennhwise is cool, and so is the scene where she hits her dad, but her badassness is incredibly underminded in a lot of ways. First of all when they're asked who wants to go in she's the only one to raise her hand but she STILL doesn't go inside. Why? What possible reason could the narrative give as to why she stayed outside? To comfort Stan??? God forbid a girl helps save the boys unless it's in the smallest way possible. And then she gets kidnapped and essentially used as a plot device just for the boys to get back together. We can't just have them work things out and apologize and show up for each other because they're friends, they all need a woman to go rescue.

Having Beverly say "I am not afraid of you" is just lip service when you still have her be a damsel in distress, which she is officially rendered right after pennywise puts her in the deadlights. And now we come to the worst part of this whole thing, which is the deadlights kiss. Now, i'm some one who will defend snow white and sleeping beauty with my life, because i know how fairytale curses work and with sleeping beauty phillip is out right told that's what he has to do. This is not what happens in the movie. Ben and Bill see Bev dangling there, and after like half a second of trying to snap her out of it decide kissing her is the only way to get her out of this. Ben even sees Bill do it and fail but instead of trying literally anything else he thinks "i love her more, maybe it'll work with me!".

Guys I do not give a shit about how much Bill and Ben care about Bev, if anything that just makes kissing her while she's out of it worse. You may try to justify this by saying it really was the only way for them to do it, but that still doesn't change the fact YOU wrote it that way. YOU decided the only way to save bev was to kiss her without consent. Which you actively contradict with richie getting caught in the dead lights and snapped out it in it chapter 2. Stephen King didn't even write that shit, say what you will about the child orgy, but at least Bev was awake for it. She consented about as much as a girl her age could given that she's only 11. That's way more problematic than this but at least it was her idea, at least she conciously decided this was worth doing. All you've done is take a creepy sexual act that was at the very least consenual and displayed some sexual agency in the character, with a creepy non sexual non consenual act that took away agency. How girlboss is it that her first kisses with her love interests weren't even while she could could consent? She is kissed three times, once during a play and twice while she's unconcious, neither of which are her idea. I'm not saying a woman always has to instigate things romantically, but if you spend your whole movie talking about how she's a slut, maybe you should give her some free reign over her love life.

This is why I love 90's Bev so much, she's just a little fiesty tomboy who saves the boys asses with a sling shot and an epic blow to the head. She doesn't get damseled in distressed (the only time she gets saved are when Ben defends her during the rock fight), the boys aren't overly horny over her, the only people who really treat her like her gender defines her are her father, Tom, and Henry she's just great. And that came out in the 90's! I don't think the 90's miniseries is necessarily better than the 2017 movies, but I think their treatment of Bev is just inherently more feminist given that they don't constantly try to define her by her body counts. Yes she loves ben, but she has more to her than that. Even if you bring up things like body count to try and say she isn't a slut who's obsessed with boys, it's still not feminist because you're still constantly equating her value to who she's with. The only proper way to adress slut shaming is by acknowledging it's none of the characters business what she does and that if you do it at all you suck. But IT 2017 doesn't do that, because Bev's sexual maturity is explored only through the eyes of men, and that includes the narrative.

Her promiscuity is explained through Richie when she's not even there (who i will give the benefit of the doubt here and say was being mysoginsitic to try and compensate for his queerness, but even then, using a woman's sex life as a tool to make yourself feel better is awful no matter your reason), she only consents to anything until the very end, and this movie tries to act like it's not doing any of it by giving her a few measily crumbs of strength outside of being the guys girlfriend. I never felt like IT 2017 was one of the guys, because the movie would never let her be that. Fuck.

If you are a woman, or even just AFAB and disagree with this you are free to, I do not speak for every woman in the world and if you feel differently I will not try to change that. I can only speak my truth though, and my truth is that it 2017 Bev pisses me off.

[watercoloredlie]

So I read Flight of Icarus and it wasn’t that bad.

I love that Eddie got his love for music from his mom. She sounded like a cool lady gone too soon. It’s cute that he shares her initials.

Al Munson can rot.

Wayne should be protected at all costs. I hate how people lump all the Munsons together when Al is the only real bad one. Wayne always had Eddie’s back and I love that.

Higgins can rot too. I hate that stereotype of the jocks getting away with bullying while their victims get in trouble.

Bev is cool for the most part. I didn’t mind the idea of Eddie also working at the Hideout.

It was cool to get a glimpse of another Hellfire campaign with Eddie as DM. Also kind of cool to get a glimpse of earlier versions of the characters we saw on the show.

Ronnie was cool. I can see why she and Eddie were compared to Robin and Steve. Love that Granny Ecker was cool with Eddie too. At least until he upset Ronnie. It was cool to see Ronnie not backing down to the bullies.

Paige. I expected her to be terrible given everyone’s reactions to her, but she really isn’t that bad. Eddie was his cute dorky self with her. I was surprised that she bailed him out after their argument though. It’s funny that people think Eddie was a virgin with no game. Man had Chrissy skipping up to his doorway. He had her smitten with him in the woods. But I digress.

Chrissy my love. She was so badass standing up for Gareth and Eddie. This book just made me love her more. I loved the flashback to the night of the talent show. She and Eddie were adorable.

Reefer Rick was pretty much just how I had headcanoned him.

Eddie meeting the Byers boys and protecting Will was awesome. I love that Will got the first invite to Hellfire. I wish Eddie knew how the boys didn’t want to play DnD with Will in season three. Oh he would have reamed them out.

I appreciate the Warners for being welcoming to Eddie. Props to Mr. Warner for calling Wayne a good guy. Sure, Eddie had to downplay stuff a bit, but it was nice to see a family like Paige’s not immediately brush off Eddie as no good.

Eddie deserved to live and to graduate. This book just made it clear how even more unfair it was that his storyline ended the way it did. There was a lot of foreshadowing to it in the book too.

It was also pretty cool to see Corroded Coffin band moments. I still think Dougie is the unnamed member of the band since they did say their rehearsal space was in his garage and that kind of does match up with what was shown in Season 4. Although he’s supposed to be a senior in the book so that doesn’t line up. I don’t really know if he is the unnamed band member or not.

Also unless I read wrong, did they really mess up Gareth’s wrist when he’s a drummer? Only to have Jason mess up his hand in season four? That was uncalled for. Leave Gare alone.

I appreciate how understanding Hop was with Eddie. I think deep down even he knew Eddie was a good kid for the most part.

Eddie’s LOTR monologues were just so Eddie lol. It was cool to see Ronnie try to help him with his studies though. Hurt to see him call the assigned reading for English bland, but I get it. There were some books we had to read for English that I didn’t like either.

It was a nice touch that they mentioned Eddie enjoying comics. Especially the Xmen ones since it kind of confirms he got the Hellfire Club name from the Xmen comics.

All in all, not a bad book. Third ST novel I read. Lucas on the Line was really good despite the descriptions of Eddie not really being accurate. Also read the Hopper book which was pretty good too.

[frasier-crane-style]

Some random musings on Picard season 3

-I’m not trying to be an asshole, but in the very first scene, Beverly Crusher is operating a pump-action phaser rifle. I really don’t mean to be a pedant, but it’s a laser gun! what exactly is she pumping?

-I assumed... and according to Wikipedia, this is the case... that time had progressed in real-time for both the Trekverse and the real world. So 21 years have passed since Star Trek: Nemesis was released--21 years have passed for Picard and co since the events of Nemesis. Then we’re introduced to characters who... seem unlikely to have existed during Nemesis. Crusher has a secret love-child that is said to be about 23 years old and Geordi has a daughter who is at least old enough to be a bridge officer on the Titan. (The actors are both in their early thirties.) The notion that all the characters, immediately after Nemesis, got down to making babies is pretty silly.

-As for Jack Crusher himself... I really wish Star Trek would stop throwing in characters that are meant to be their version of Han Solo. We tried it with the Outrageous Okana, he banged Teri Hatcher--if it didn’t work then, it’s not going to work now...

And like... I’m sure this bunch of Hollywood nepo baby commies loves the idea that Star Trek is socialist and evil late-stage capitalism and shit and like... you do realize you keep introducing these grizzled captain rogue tramp freighter characters, they undermine that completely? You’re literally characterizing the socialists as lame dweebs and the capitalists as cool, sexy badasses. Which is valid, but I don’t think you intended to do that, Alex Kurtzman, I think you’re just lousy at your job.

-The circumstances of Baby Crusher’s existence are particularly silly. I’m going to get into spoiler territory, but apparently after Nemesis, Picard and Bev started dating, had unprotected sex, and conceived a child. But this Picard is a sort of workaholic Spider-Man and Beverly realized her new son would never be safe because of all Jean-Luc’s enemies. So she cut off contact with everyone from the Enterprise and started raising young Jack with Picard having no knowledge of her existence (I’m really tired of this trope, which I think no rational human being would ever actually do, but at least Picard chews Beverly out for this psychotic and incredibly uncharacteristic decision).

-This is where the TNG characters and the Picard characters feel like two separate entities that happen to be played by the same actors and share the same names. It’s not just that as they’ve aged, their ‘character development’ has led to Stewart and co. essentially playing themselves more than anything else (at one point, Picard calls someone “a dipshit from Chicago.”). It’s also that they’re treated as action heroes who are always going rogue and getting into crazy adventures; this season even introduces a mean, by-the-book Starfleet officer who acts as something of a pissed off police commission trying to rein these loose cannons in!

That’s just not my recollection of the characters. It’s the pop culture perception of Kirk, sure, and not a particularly accurate perception. But Picard was never really a cowboy. Yet they have these dumb moments like in the first season where he shows up at Riker’s house like “I’m in trouble” and Riker turns on a forcefield and busts out the phasers like the two of them are Murtaugh and Riggs. Picard had his moments of bucking the system, but they act like he was constantly riding around on a motorcycle in a leather jacket, smoking a cigarette--it’s even retroactive! They have Jean-Luc tell this anecdote about him and Jack Crusher Sr. stealing a shuttle from the Stargazer to go get laid. I really don’t think these writers have actually watched TNG--they just assume Picard is an older version of Shepherd from Mass Effect.

-Speaking of video games, the requisite superweapon this time around is portal technology. Yes, like in Portal. And the big obligatory terrorist attack is the bad guys opening a portal under a Starfleet recruitment center and then dropping it on top of a few city blocks. It’s a cool visual and all, but as a weapon, this seems to rate way behind good old-fashioned 20th-century nukes, much less all the phasers and torpedoes that are commonplace in Star Trek.

-And I know the last two seasons sucked, but it’d be nice to have some consistency. In Season 1, Picard was a contentedly retired old coot, not daredevil workaholic Spider-Man. In Season 1, Riker and Troi were happily married, albeit dealing with the grief of losing a child. Here, they’re estranged because Riker suddenly can’t take the grief we’d previously seen him work through.

And another thing: I found it risible in S1 that the technology existed to cure Riker’s son, but it was illegal, so Riker and Troi just shrugged their shoulders and said “Well, nice knowing ya, kid.” That’s the time they’d get the old gang together and steal a starship. And that’s the by-the-book, competent, dutiful officers we saw in TNG. The bunch of renegades and outlaws they’re characterized as in Picard just laid down and buried a kid? It’s so stupid!

-I know remaking The Wrath of Khan is the ol�� reliable of the Trek franchise, but this has to be the most bald-faced redo yet (with bits of Treks 3 and 4 The Force Awakens into the mix). I think Picard suffers in comparison.

-Speaking of comparisons, that “these Enterprise crew members have no respect for the law!” guy I mentioned before has a mad-on for Picard due to his time as Locutus. Obviously, that’s recycled from Sisko’s anger at Picard.

Now the DS9 example is pushing it a little far as the melodrama goes--Sisko’s being blatantly disrespectful, but still, he acknowledges the tension between them, Picard feels awkward, then they move on to official business and try to ignore the past. They actually get more heated about current events: Sisko’s reassignment and his possible departure from Starfleet.

In Picard, the character in Sisko’s shoes is far more unprofessional and emotional (we’ve given the excuse that he’s on painkillers, but you’d think that they’d have pain meds that would leave people entirely rational in the future--he certainly acts rational enough for the remainder of the episode). In front of his demoralized crew, he goes on a lengthy tirade about how much he hates Picard and all I could think by the end is that this is a guy who’s lost all respect of the people under his command. He’s more pissed off at Picard thirty years after the fact than Sisko was just a couple years after his wife died!

-They’re also doing... what I think is a dead name metaphor where the captain, because he’s a jerk, refers to Seven as Annika Hansen instead of Seven, since he hates Borg? But all it does is make it seem odd that Seven is still going by Seven long after she’s reclaimed her humanity and even joined Starfleet, given that the Borg are the ultimate evil of this universe. It’d be like if someone left a Neo-Nazi organization and decried everything they stood for, but still insisted on being referred to by their SS rank or something. What a weirdo!

-Wait, Seven joined Starfleet in Season 2, which was last year... and this year, she’s already first officer of an entire ship? Shouldn’t she still be in the Academy? And you thought it was silly when Kirk became captain of the flagship at the end of Star Trek 09!

-Raffi is awful, as usual, always either acting like a crackhead or ‘acting’ like a crackhead. She’s Space Jack Bauer now, so every scene she’s in is acted like she’s on the verge of tears, about to fly into a homicidal rage, or both. She has a scene with Special Guest Character The Audience Cares About Worf (’member Worf? I MEMBER!) where they’re both interrogating a bad guy and Worf is trying to build a rapport with the guy and Raffi is threatening to cut his dick off and shit. Raffi’s method works, because why should Star Trek be about communication and diplomacy working out when violence and aggression fails??

-My least favorite moment, though, is this bit where Riker is in command and Picard is giving him advice. Riker decides to listen to his advice, it goes to shit, and Riker turns to Picard and literally goes “You’ve just killed us all!”

You’d think a veteran starship commander would take some responsibility for his own actions instead of going “He told me to do it!” like a fucking little kid.

[ssaalexblake]

i literally just walked out of the room and didn’t bother watching any of the shaw parts bc they clearly telegraphed he was a bag of dicks with the annika thing and the benefit of Not Really Watching is the lack of guilt at walking out whenever i want. That there was a name on the main cast list i didn’t know troubles me deeply because it had to have been him :((((((((((((((((((((((( 

other than that, I was entertained. Eye rolled epically a few times, but was expecting more of that tbh and i expect the theme will continue on into later episodes when more of them show up. 

however the cgi on the academy thing was Amazing and objectively very cool as an idea if, you know, horrifying. 

Commander Seven is hot, but that goes without speaking. 

seven asking permission to talk freely, getting it and loudly exclaiming she’ll shove picard out of an airlock if he doesn’t tell her what’s going on, only for will to call her on talking to an admiral like that and her to say ‘no, i talk to my Friends!!! like that’ like telling ur friends ur gonna space them is perfectly on the level. 

i love her

Raffi my love :((((((((((( i gave them the benefit of the doubt and assumed it was a ruse and was correct, but damn remember when starfleet was all ‘we have a councillor as a member of the senior staff’ bc they need that energy Back, she’s not doing great and it’s fucked up. 

rude of beverly to to misplace a kid and then go get another one immediately in the bargain bin. Would love to know how he got a different accent to her, but i’m also thinking about romulus that doesn’t have spring cleaning but Does have an Ireland, so yeah

side note; i would die for Laris 

“shut up Will” had me cackling, and this show is lucky that one of my fave tropes is older people doing actiony things and being badass about it But then complaining about their poor knees. 

i’m still furious at the absolute blind irony of calling this The Next Generation like they didn’t just actively fuck the next gen for the older one, but at least this is just Annoying me and isn’t objectively offensive like Some Shows I Could Name.

tho if he’s the kid of Anybody we know i quit. I might cave to peer pressure and not quit. but to be clear, if that happens i quit in spirit if nothing else. He can be the kid of that ghost bev was friends with. cough. 

[bellascarousel]

It's past my bedtime. But, I was thinking about the scene I went over yesterday. Because writing out the plot and character arcs kind of made me think about Beverly's character, and her history. Honestly, for being the token "squishy human" and technically the weakest, most vulnerable character in the book, she is actually quite the badass in her own way.

Bev doesn't have the trauma in her background that most of my vampires have. Obviously, she hasn't died. But, even without that, most of the other characters have been though Hell. Beverly has one semi-traumatic incident in her past, plus the added trauma of learning the truth about that incident. That's it.

But! She is also one of only two characters that chose this life. And her reasons are... honestly almost awe-inspiring, really.

When Beverly was eight, her sister and future brother-in-law were killed in a carriage accident. Whatever happened to them that night, it was apparently horrific enough that nobody was allowed to see the bodies.

Fast forward eleven years. Beverly meets a man who introduces her to a whole new world. And in the process, tells her the truth about her sister's death - and the empty grave that is the REAL reason nobody could see their bodies. And then she's given a choice. She can either be made to forget that this conversation ever happened, or she can be a part of saving the world. But, to be a part of saving the world, she has to become basically immortal. And she has to help protect the man who murdered her sister.

And she does it. She lets Nicolaus cast a spell on her that keeps her from aging. And she lets him introduce her to the man she thought was dead and suggest her as this man's housekeeper. And she spends over 250 years as a cross between a housekeeper and a bodyguard. His house is always in her name, so that other vampires can't get in unless she invites them. And she becomes the safe haven for him and his friends. And she rarely leaves the house after dark, because if she ever did, she could be a target. She pretty much gave up her own life to be a part of this. All to help prevent something she never should have lived to see, anyway.

Anyway. I love her. And I definitely need to add more of her in the revision. Because she's actually fucking fascinating.

[draconifay]

I had seen the second part ages ago and the first part today and I just...man.

The difference between 90s It and modern It is night and day to me. And, admittedly, I feel like a lot of what I love about 90s It is missing in the modern movies.

I'm gonna talk about it under the cut cuz I don't want to take up too much of people's feed and upset anyone - cuz these are ultimately my opinions and I don't want anyone to think I'm insulting their taste.

It's kinda long so be warned.

Okay...SO:

First gripe is - I hate how many dark scenes there are - dark as in it's hard to see anything that's going on because everything's in the dark. Though, to be fair, that's not just an It thing - I feel like that's a big problem with a lot of modern movies.

Second gripe is - I feel like this movie is so reliant on jumpscares to the point I began to predict at certain points where there might be some, and it began feeling less like scares and more like assaults on the senses.

Speaking of assaults on the senses - JESUS CHRIST the kids yell SO MUCH in this movie. My partner, being a horror fan and someone who likes their experience watching the movie in theaters, said that maybe this movie could be one of those that is supposed to be something you scream along to - which, fair! But I quickly got overwhelmed by it all.

Some decisions felt really out of place, imo - like how the fight with Bowers feels like a corny food fight scene and not like the gang is standing up against a common threat (especially when they added the slow mo of one of Bowers' goons). The weird music montage when they were washing the blood from Bev's bathroom, too, when that was supposed to be an emotional and pivotal scene with which to show Bev be able to solidify her trust in the gang. Speaking of emotions, I feel like they don't let tension simmer a lot in this movie - it always ends up being broken by cheap jumpscares or by out-of-place jokes, which really took me out of it sometimes.

I dislike how much the Loser's Club fights in this movie. The Lucky Seven don't feel like they have that bond that they did in the 90s movie imo. Sure, they had a lot of banter and acted like kids, but so often it felt like they kept getting into squables and not listening to each other, or like a lot of the insulting each other back and forth just felt flat. I think they were trying to be funny? But when you keep doing it over and over, it begins to feel less funny and more forced. And also - you should show the characters genuinely care once in a while!! It can't ALL be insults and banter. And, of course, I'm not saying the gang can't have tension - but they fought and screamed SO MUCH in this movie, and it made me miss the irrevocable bond the gang had in the 90s movie, where they weren't afraid to show they valued each other even before the Big Threat comes on.

Speaking of too much banter - I should preface this by saying Richie is my favorite character from the 90s movie - but I got REALLY frustrated REALLY quickly with him in this movie. No shade to Finn Wolfhard, but Richie's character felt so watered down. It feels like the directors thought "oh, Richie is popular cuz he makes jokes - let's have him do that all the time", and then they end up making him make the same "your mom" jokes and other horny jokes over and over, even in inappropriate situations. Which felt really off to me? Cuz yes, Richie does joke a lot, and admittedly when they're adults he can be a bit of a dick, but he still clearly cares for everyone, and knows when to lay off in the 90s movie. (I do admit though, his whole fake-out and "Welcome to the Loser's Club, asshole" before he attacks Pennywise was badass.)

Speaking of other characters that were poorly handled: I REALLY disliked how Bev was handled in this movie. I do like how they tried to go with a different take for her character - she looks really cute in her tomboyish looks and cool persona - but part of me feels like her being the cool girl doesn't make sense? No hate to how they characterized her, but I feel lt made more sense for her to be more reserved as she had been in the 90s movie, with how she'd been looked down on for being poor and friendless, with no one to depend on but her father before the losers came (and all the psychological mind-fuckery that came with his abuse).

And additionally, about Bev: I REALLY dislike how much the film seems to objectify her. How she's ogled at by literally everyone - the boys in one scene, the pharmacist, her dad, Bowers - the girls at school insinuating she's a slut and EVEN EDDIE'S MOM insinuating that. They also force that romantic tension between her, Bill and Ben, which wasn't there originally, as they all loved each other equally - and both of them even force a kiss with her?? (To be fair, Ben did it to snap her out of her trance, but....it still feels so...eugh.) it feels like they took her sexual trauma and felt it somehow wasn't enough - like they had to make literally everyone be so cruel to her, and it sucks. (Don't even get me started on the scene with her dad almost assaulting her, Jesus Christ. At the very least, she gets to move in with her aunt, I suppose. 💀) finally, I hate how they took away that cool moment from her where she fights against Pennywise alongside everyone and instead opt to make her a damsel in distress, though, to be fair, she does get some REAL good hits in during the final fight of the first movie. But...enough about Bev...

I also dislike how Mike's character is not really allowed to shine at all in this movie. It was cool how in the 90s one, he's the one that tells everyone about the mysteries in Derry, and that he played such an active role. I hate that that was taken from him and just given to Ben instead, especially considering Mike is like - the only character of color in this movie. (Though I do like how in the second movie he actually gets to confront Pennywise for the last time alongside everyone, rather than being written out till the end like in the 90s movie.)

The thing with the l*per was kind of weird. 💀 i know it's supposed to represent how Eddie is scared of getting sick, but...idk - as a disabled person, seeing a sick person get turned into something grotesque and vile and to be feared feels very...off to me.

Ok...I think that's all I have for now - at least, that I can think of. Again, this is all my opinions, and I don't want people to think that I'm dissing you if you like the modern movies.

As my partner had told me, it feels like they put more of an emphasis on the bonds and emotions in the 90s movie, while the newer movies feel more like they're meant to be a phenomenon you scream along to, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Ultimately, it could just not be for me, though I don't feel like it entirely detracts from other criticisms I've made.

I'm not trying to say the 90s movie is without fault, as a disclaimer - as much as I love it, I recognize there are areas it could have used some polish.

I'm watching the newer It movie(s) rn and...

Am I the only one who greatly prefers the 90's movie more than the new ones?

[we-stan-stan-uris]

The Losers As The Incredibly Underrated Straight To DVD Disney Sequels

Stan: The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Richie: Kronk's New Groove

Mike: Peter Pan II: Return to Neverland

Bev: Mulan II

Ben: Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

Bill: Cinderella III: A Twist in Time

Eddie: The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

[turdle]

Underrated things in Midnight Mass:

-Annie Flynn’s unconditional love for her son. Like she was such a wholesome character as a whole and she also managed to be so badass when she was tearing Bev a new one.

-Riley’s relationship with his dad being a complicated one but nonetheless a very loving one, like I was so ready for the dad to be a complete asshole because it felt like they were leading up to that, but the way his dad actually TALKS to his son?? Explains that he doesn’t show affection very well but that he loves him??

-Riley’s dad realising that his back doesn’t hurt and the first thing he wants to do with that information is dance with his wife 😭😭😭

-Muslim Sheriff Hassan being the most rational, smart person on the island and very calmly and clearly explaining his argument against bibles being used in schools. I just loved the part where he emphasised that he had nothing against studying the bible and that he had done so himself.

-Pruitt becoming a whole different person in front of Mildred who finally remembers him. The almost childlike ‘I have so much to tell you!’ I really got the feeling that they were old friends not just lovers. Honestly these shows know how to write romances because these character didn’t have a lot of screen time but DAMN did I feel it in the last episode.

-Joe Collie’s redemption arc. I just really felt for this character and how they managed to show his intelligence under the snark and trauma when he talks about Bev. The scene where he’s in the shop visibly struggling to resist buying alcohol broke my heart honestly.

-Pruitt adoring his daughter from afar is just so tragic and sweet, especially when you factor in her being a gay doctor with not one but two very religious parents, one even being a priest.

- Bev talking the big talk about getting into heaven and yet being the only one to scramble into the dirt to try and hide from death was a very fitting end to her character

[mischiefmuses]

renn faire mini event 

This will be character info like if they will be participating or not. A few of them will definitely feel right at home others may stay away. But like this for a starter and pls specify which characters they are for. There is so much going on that if the characters are not specified I won’t do them. (Plotting call is on discord) 

(might be doing costume edits as well) 

Angel - It’s very much not his scene anymore. Too much like the time before he became a vampire. He will likely go for Buffy. The chances of his dressing up are minimal. Buffy, 

Loki Laufeyson - He will definitely be going and causing some unharmful mischief. He will be enjoying it a lot. Probably wandering around. We shall see what he does. Gabriel

Yennefer of Vengerberg - It is the clean and fantasy version of home. She will feel some nostalgia and maybe have a bit of fun with her magic. Help create that illusion of a fantasy world - Pippin, Dru, Asmodeus, Leia 

Rabastan Lestrange - Might go out of curiosity but not get very involved. It’s all a bit too loud for him. So he won’t stay long. Voldemort, Cissy

Billy Loomis - He will go. Try some of the weapons. Just have a bit of fun. He loves movies and so a renn faire when he can wear a costume is very much up his alley. Seol, Jill

Cleo Mckinnon - She loves a fantasy world and so she will definitely be going for the whole thing to just enjoy the vibes. She’s fascinated by vikings so will likely dress up as a viking of some kind. Marlene, Thor, Esther, Ewan

Charles Xavier - He will likely be dragged there. it’s not really his environment but he is eager to please. So he’ll have fun but under slight protest at first. Ororo, Jean, Billy

Cullen Rutherford - It’s just like home. Like Yennefer he will go for the nostalgia of home. He can bring out his cape and sword from home without seeming weird. He can give some sword fighting lessons as well. Arthur, Vax

Fleur Delacour - She is a badass but she loves romantic stuff and is very happy to dress in a beautiful dress. She will be enjoying it a lot. - Bill, Zishu, Rose, Dominique, Vic, Cedric

Hunter - Let’s face it he will be dragged to the event by Omega and Rowena. So he will go. But swords and medieval stuff isn’t his way really. (Though yes he will likely be dressed like a pirate) Beau, Rowena, Fennec 

Jorah Mormont - He will be a little hesitant going but curiosity will get the best of him. He will be part of the jousting tournament with his horse. He will get into the vibe and regress a little bit to his time of being a knight. Mingjue, Jaime, Dany 

Kirby Reed - She will go. A nice escape from everything and a chance to have fun. Randy, Sam

Bones McCoy - He will be dragged there likely. He is a bit of a kill joy so won’t dress up but secretly he will enjoy the vibes. Have a few drinks and let himself relax a little bit. 

Parker - She’s going and dressing up as an elf and no one can tell her otherwise. - Yuri, Aloth, Legolas, Stitch, Eddie

Peter Ballard - It’ll be an interesting event for him to witness. He is there to observe. Learn and experience. But keep a low profile. - Tandy

Peter Hale - It’s a bit of fun so Peter will be there. Maybe cheat a little with his werewolf strength on some of the games and competitions. - Noah, Theo, Bev

Satine Kryze - Another chance to have some fun. Actually enjoy her time instead of worrying. She is very intrigued. Excited for it all actually. Obi Wan

Silco - He will go. Show his face as he feels he should do as a senator. He is unlikely to get to involved but could get swept up in the fun.

Sion Val Palpatine - He wants to part take in all of the tournaments. Learn as much as he can from all of the masters. He will have the best time if also to distract him from Sella. - Claire, Allana, Chewie 

Tenel Ka Djo - A bit of fun never hurt anyone. So she will be there. It’s not really her scene these days but she’s not opposed to trying new things. Jaina

Ygritte - She will be showing off her skills at the archery stand. It is likely where she will spend most of her time. Amber

Cordelia - She will enjoy going. Even just to enjoy the atmosphere. She loves the music and seeing everyone have fun. Alastor, Reed 

[lluvguts]

Okee! Here ME out!😤💖. The losers have a movie night. During it bill gets scared and cuddles into stan, and stan holds him! And eddie and richie are holding each other. Bev takes photos of them and later that week, puts them up in the clubhouse.

omfggggg so PURE 👏👏

mike's parents let him borrow their projector for the movie and they watched it in bill's attic

bill trying to be the supportive boyfriend because stanley chose the movie but it freaks the hell out of him

ben tried scooting next to beverly throughout the movie, touching her shoulder briefly as support when she got scared

mike wasn't fazed by the scary parts at all because he's a badass-

two blankets and two blankets only!

eddie repeatedly moving richie's hands off him during the movie because they were underneath the blanket where stan and bill (mostly stan) wouldn't get upset over

stanley was all "i got this i got this" and wraps his arms around bill's shoulders during a jump scare, even going as far as to cover bill's eyes with his own hand (and plant a few little kisses on his cheek? maybe)

richie was making fun of the movie in the beginning but was also the first one to scream like a girl

richie was also the one to spill any and all popcorn (the first time because he was trying to toss kernels into stan's face, the second time because he wasn't ready to look back at the screen and be completely scared shitless and threw the whole bowl all across them)

after beverly had her fun snapping photos of the two couples clutching each other for dear life, eddie was teasing richie about being so afraid of the movie

richie played it off when the movie ended by standing up in front of the projector and imitating the main character in a snobbish Voice

beverly got a candid photo of eddie hiding his face into richie's shoulder, and richie took the picture from bev and scrawled "cutie" in sharpie on it before they hung the rest in the clubhouse

[erectionsandtea]

I was bored so I started trying to line up the IT characters with the ST characters, here's what I figured:

Bill Denbrough

↳ Mike Wheeler

Reasons: The leader. Passionate. Determined. Also a stubborn little bitch. Could be bad if they really tried, lol. In love, but with whom, it's unclear. Also kind of a dumbass. Would die for you, literally, he tried to sacrifice himself at least once. At least bi, if not full-on gay.

↳ Joyce Byers

Reasons: Believer from the start. Will never give up on you. At first, most of her time is spent looking for missing family member.

Stanley Uris

↳ Max Mayfield

Reasons: Sarcastic af. Deadpan sense of humor. Resting bitch face. Could out-sass everyone. Eye-rolling. So done with you.

↳ Lucas Sinclair

Reasons: Realist. "What are we doing?" "Why are we here?" "This is stupid." Didn't believe in any of it at first. Screams like a girl. If any party member was going to be irrationally scared of a painting...I feel like it would be Lucas. Maybe Dustin, lol.

Eddie Kaspbrak

↳ El Hopper

Reasons: Sheltered early life. Lied to and/or misled by an abusive and manipulative parental figure. Eventually stands up to said parent and chooses friends over this so-called "family". "Papa"/"Mama" & "Mommy", 'nuff said. So much emotion/power in such tiny body. Will rage, seriously, they are the scariest and most intimidating person when angry. Shortest in the group. Love interest for the lanky, dark-haired idiot played by Finn Wolfhard.

↳ Will Byers

Reasons: Gay af. Only male in the group who can rock short-shorts and a fanny pack. Raised primarily by mother, due to either dead or absent father. Also the love interest for the lanky, dark-haired idiot played by Finn Wolfhard, whom he loves back for some unknown reason. XD

Richie Tozier

↳ Steve Harrington

Reasons: Doofus. Big hair. Thinks he's smoother with the ladies than he really is. Actually a huge dork. Talks big, but is not as confident as he pretends to be. A little self-deprecating.

↳ Jim Hopper

Reasons: Self-loathing. Comes off as a little bit of an asshole, but is, in actuality, caring, sensitive, and very protective of his loved ones.

Beverly Marsh

↳ Nancy Wheeler

Reasons: Doesn't look all that intimidating, but can and will kick your ass. Obviously the coolest, toughest, and most badass group member. Falsely labeled as a slut. Has a bad father. Is treated badly by other men in town. I see Bev as the loser most likely to know how to fire a gun. Maybe Bill.

↳ Robin Buckley

Reasons: Most upbeat. Most calm in a bad situation, she can keep a clear head. Will affectionately call you names, like "doofus" or "loser." Probably the smartest person in the room, lbr. Has literally looked death/danger in the face and pissed it off-either by laughing, not being intimidated, or just basically being like "fuck you." Definitely a little gay.

Ben Hanscom

↳ Dustin Henderson

Reasons: Will talk about things he knows, at length, if you let him. Likes books and libraries. Thinks science and/or history is cool. Nerd.

↳ Jonathan Byers

Reasons: Quiet. Crushing from afar. Probably awkward at parties, lol. Artistic soul. Good taste in music.

Mike Hanlon

↳ Will Byers

Reasons: Most underdeveloped and underused character in the group. Deserves only good things bc he literally did nothing wrong. Missing at least one parent. Has deeper knowledge and/or connection with the villainous, other-worldly creature. Normally soft-spoken until you piss him off.

↳ Murray Bauman

Reasons: Does a lot of research in his small living space. Actually has a clue about what the fuck is going on in this crazy town and knows the town's history. Smart, can figure out what the bad guys are up to, and how to defeat or just elude them. Has everyone's information, lolll.

Henry Bowers

↳ Billy Hargrove

Reasons: Asshole. Bully. Mullet. Abusive father. Dies a well-deserved death.

Georgie Denbrough

↳ Barb Holland/Benny Hammond/Bob Newby: Superhero

Reasons: Loved by all, hated by none. A bit naïve. Didn't deserve death, only killed off to progress the plot for at least one of the main characters.

Pennywise

↳ Demogorgon/Mind-Flayer

Reasons: Raging interdimensional asshole, consistently defeated by children.

[fangirl-hell]

🔅 all the fandoms I’m in + the ships I ship 🔅

MARVEL

~ probably my main fandom and the fandom I spend the most time in and have been in the longest

~ by far my favourite fandom

~ joined the fandom before I really knew what a fandom was

Ships MCU:

~ Stucky ( slightly ship it, used to be my OTP BEFORE STEVE WENT AND-)

~ Ironstrange ( I used to ship it more but people move on yk )

~ Thorbruce/gammahammer ( love it. So much chemistry in Thor Ragnorok! )

~ ThorQuill ( it’s cute )

~ Scarletwidow ( I think they would be a cute couple if gay relationships were normalised and they were a bit closer age-wise )

~ Blackhill ( it’s cute. I wrote a Blackhill oneshot once. They would be cute shield-wives <3 )

~ Blackpepper ( Natasha deserves a strong independent woman like Pepper! )

~ Frosthawk ( not proud of this one- but it is one of my OTP’s and first ever ships )

~ Winterhawk ( it’s cute )

~ Hawkdevil ( god bless shipping wiki for introducing this to me. I love the deaf/Blind dynamic there )

~ Hawkant ( the family men <3 )

~ Lokius ( they r so gay- )

~ Frostmaster ( don’t really ship it I just think they did it )

~ sambucky/winterfalcon ( rollin’ in a field of flowers~~ )

~ Hawksilver ( HOW COULD I ALMOST FORGET THE ONE I SPENT HOURS LOOKING AT TUMBLR POSTS ABOUT- )

~ Parley/Parkner ( it could be romantic or brotherly- I know that sounds weird but it’s like how Hawksilver could be father and son or romantic and I don’t mind it either way )

~ Shuri/MJ ( I swear it was one fic- )

~ Valcarol ( still have hope for my gay space girls <3 )

~ Drax/Mantis ( AHA!! A STRAIGHT ONE! I ship this one on a strict platonically romantic basis tho- )

X-Men:

~ Cherik ( 😫 CuBa BeAcH dIvOrCe || PaRiS cHeSs PrOpOsAl 😫 )

~ Scogan ( in the original universe, alt reality Scott is 2 young )

~ Kurt/Peter

~ Scott/Peter

~ Bobby/Pyro ( gay )

The Gifted:

Lorna/Marcus ( THE CHERIK PARALLELS ARE INTENSE )

Runaways:

Gert/Karolina ( ik….I’m being selfish. I can’t be happy with Karolina and Nico being gay 4 eachother )

Alex/Darius’s sister in-law

MCYT FANDOM:

~ been in it for the second least amount of time

~ I like it but not unconditionally

Ships:

~Dreamnotfound ( a classic- can u blame me? )

~Dreamnap ( aNd ThEy WeRe RoOmMaTeS )

~ Sapnotfound

~ Sapnottaken?

~ Karlnapity ( OT3 )

~ Sapity/Quacknap ( adorable. )

~ Karlnap

MHA:

~ Totally forgot I was ever in this one

~ quite watching it when it made me watch it in Japanese

~ in and out

Ships:

~ BakuDeku ( classic! Only one-sided though or one side w/ acceptance and the other with strong denial )

MAZE RUNNER:

~ loosely in the fandom

~ mostly there for one ship

Ships:

~ Newtmas ( god bless my random YouTube recommendations )

SOUTH PARK:

~ admittedly I was kinda obsessed with this one for a while!

~ Kenny

~ I was 11 when I got into the fandom so this is worrying

Ships:

~ Crenny ( adorable dumbasses. Limited fics though…)

~ Style ( they were gay. Gay in a slightly homophobic but also anti-homophobic way )

~ Tyde ( cute. They obviously had their gay awakening when Craig started dating guys. They were like: “oh shit- if our mutual bestie is gay- are we gay?” And then: “are we gay 4 eachother?? )

~ Butters/Scott Malkinson ( the badass softies <3 )

~ Christopher/Gregory ( don’t question me )

~ Michael/Pete ( gay, goth and gender-non-conforming )

~ Bendy ( they’re both basic bitches ofc they deserve eachother )

~ Cryde ( cute )

~ Stylenny

~ Creek ( I don’t really ship this one but it’s not bad. They are a cute couple and they’re canon! )

IT:

~ almost forgot this one aaahahaha

~ luv it

~ make horror gay 🌈

Ships:

~ Reddie ( YESSSS YESSS YESSS I MEAN JUST YESSS- SHIPPING WIKI SAID SEMI-CANON )

~ Stenbrough ( they would be cute lol )

~ Benverly ( get outta here with that Billverly crap- I mean....Bev is pretty but she was a bit annoying. She depended on a man all the time it was infuriating)

STRANGER THINGS:

~ again! Forgot this one!

~ i didn’t know what the hype was about till I watched it

Ships:

~Max/El ( gay girls go shopping 🛍)

~ Mike/Will ( I mean they’re a little eh but it’s a good ship! )

~ Dustin/That Girl from Utah ( they were kind of cute yk )

~ Steve/Jonathan ( jk jk jk....unless? )

~ Nancy/Jonathan

BONUS FOR THAT ONE IT/STRANGER THINGS CROSSOVER FIC IM READING:

~Max/Bev

~ El/Bev

~ Stan & El are siblings

^

That fic is called “The Losers Party” it’s on ao3

It’s by: WhelmedBirdie_319 and it’s fvcking awesome

[ambassadorquark]

i like martha/lydia bc i like the idea of lydia dating a nice normal woman. like martha is just a regular person who’s nice and would be good for lydia which is what lydia deserves coming off having an insane intense teen romance and then being trapped in hell for 30 years. being a badass undead demigod probably gets to be kind of a bummer when you’re also a single mom i think she should join a book club and do normie mom aged woman things. and i want bev’s mom to get back out there and i think itd be special if she got to date a sexy ghost knight which i guess bev sr also kind of is but she needs more female friends also. thats my manifesto

[marley-manson]

Hannibal (the show) for 1!

Thank you very much!

001 | Send me a fandom and I will tell you my:

Favorite character:

Hannibal! Love that stupidly in love cannibal.

Least Favorite character:

Honestly, and this is probably a very unpopular opinion, but I think I might have to say Abigail. Like first of all I love every single character on this show so I do still like her, but I'm not into the murder family dynamic, and I was never all that invested in her as anything more than a plot device. She served the story best by dying imo.

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon):

hannigram, marlana, freddie/wendy (freddie's gf in the book) lol, uhhh price/zeller... chiyoh/bedelia.

Character I find most attractive:

Chiyoh probably. Maybe Margot. Tough call.

Character I would marry:

I'd say Margot for the fortune but there are so many hoops to jump through before I could marry her what with murdering Mason and all. Maybe I'll say Molly since she seems cool and down to earth and possibly makes a lot of money since it didn't seem like Will had much of a job while he was with her.

Character I would be best friends with:

Bev. There are so few characters in this show I could handle even having a conversation with lol, but Bev's one of them.

a random thought:

I like the "music" on the show lol, I think it works. Actually in general I love everything about the tone.

An unpopular opinion:

Will's personality doesn't change when he interacts with people bc of his super empathy or mirror neurons or whatever. That was an early character concept that got dropped (thank god tbh), and something Hannibal says to Jack while specifically trying to frame him and convince Jack he became a murderer by getting into the heads of murderers (he didn't).

My Canon OTP:

Hannigram!

My Non-canon OTP:

Idk lol, this is a show where I can somewhat ship almost any two randos and find something interesting about it, but I'm only invested in Hannigram. I'm gonna say Freddie/Wendy because I really wanted Freddie to get a girlfriend and so did the actress.

Most Badass Character:

Bedelia. Yeah Hannibal murders a bunch of people and has a couple cool fight scenes, Will manipulates Hannibal and is cool about it and also fights Dolarhyde with him, Jack kicks Hannibal's ass that one awesome time, Chiyoh is like a cool sniper, etc etc, but Bedelia telling Hannibal his crush on Will is stupid and manipulating him into trying to kill Will because she's sick of his pining and then waltzing off to get a book deal out of it and then charging Will to tell him his crush on Hannibal is stupid? That fucking incredible scene in Dolce where she get high and lies her ass off and it works? Amazing

Most Epic Villain:

yk season 1/first half of season 2 Hannibal was pretty epic. Even moreso bc it's not so much intricate schemes, aside from his back-up emergency Chilton frame up he'd clearly been planning for a couple years lol, it's mostly improvisation and dicking around to see what happens without getting caught.

Pairing I am not a fan of:

Any alternative to Hannigram. Not interested in shipping either of them with anyone else.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another):

Noooone of them. If anything each character just got better and better and better as the show went on imo, like Chilton lol. Well, Bev's death did suck a little, I think that could've been done better, so let's go with her.

Favourite Friendship:

Cheap answer here lol but Hannibal and Will specifically in Sorbet. Hannibal being paralleled to Franklyn, Hannibal pining to sad Mozart when Will misses his appointment, Hannibal clearly a little drunk when Will comes for his session and trying to confirm his friendship with him after Bedelia refused to call them friends during their earlier appointment... just wall to wall delightful commentary on Hannibal wanting a friend. Incredible episode.

Character I most identify with:

Literally no one on this show is relatable at all imo.

Character I wish I could be:

Hannibal. Dude was living the fucking life and I sure wouldn't throw it all away over some guy who smells like wet dog. I wish I had a tenth of his joie de vivre.

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