#also i genuinely think a lot of the people coming for jim just genuinely don’t have empathy for his situation

[the-sappho-of-lesbos]

Lesbian Pulp Breakdown #2

Here for another pulp breakdown ! (Finally 🙈)

This one will also have spoilers and lots of triggering content. Please be warned.

This pulp fiction breakdown is for Lesbian Love by SV Miller. 100%, absolutely written by a straight man. This book is WILD, and significantly worse than the last one I posted about Alone At Last, which I didn’t think was possible. Because that one was a train wreck.

So in this one we have our protagonist Aggie; now Aggie is married to a man called Jim but she also sleeps around and has affairs a lot. The first three chapters, if I recall, were literally just her having affairs with other men and then getting mad at her husband for accusing her of having affairs. Her and Jim have a very toxic and volatile relationship, as well as being very inconsistent in the way they approach each other, the way the approach themselves and their marriage. It’s wild.

Anyway, she gets to the point where she’s like: I don’t want to be in this marriage anymore. I don’t like him. I don’t like what we’re doing. We’re always fighting, throwing things at each other and then we end up being intimate. She hated it. Then she found an advertisement for a sanctuary away from men that was supposed to heal her, heal the relationship and get her away from there; BUT to get there she had to have a lot of money so she ended up having even more of an affair and putting herself in very dangerous situations to get the money. Though when she did, phew, off she went - she was there. It was all secret and she was given these very weird and ominous directions to get there, she wasn’t allowed to bring certain things with her etc.

When Aggie is there, it becomes very clear to us, the reader, she has just entered a massive cult. It’s also when this book just dives head first into all of its problems.

This isn’t to say Alone At Last was a good book by any stretch of the imagination, however, it did hold little nuggets of positivity, mainly in the areas of acknowledging homosexuality was natural and not having the main lesbian character end up dead or in an institution. This book can’t even say it has that going for it.

This pulp genuinely felt like a homophobic pamphlet fever dream.

There was so much sexual assault in this book committed by a lesbian, but sometimes the author would jump around on if it was assault or not in a very uncomfortable way that felt like it was rooted in a fetish.

So we have our lead lady, Aggie, introduced to this lesbian commune that is run by the lesbian dictator Helen. A rich woman set on assaulting women, keeping them trapped in this isolated location, and “turning” them gay - or as this book likes to paint it, corrupting women to sin.

There is a massive emphasis all throughout the book about how broken, unnatural and wrong lesbians are, ( the very last line is “I feel … normal!”) while simultaneously sexualising them for male titillation. With big strong men to come in towards the end and save them all.

It tries to entice us into the plot with this evil lesbian cult commune plot , where women are forced to pair up with one anther in this instance Aggie is forced to be with both Helen and a woman called Grace ; Grace is also the character Aggie ends up snot being attracted to, but only because she is in a “perverse” place). These women are locked up in torcher chambers if they don’t comply to the Evil Lesbians or try to run away.

In the end this pulp is probably a textbook example of what people think of nowadays when they think of old school lesbian pulp. With terrible writing on top! It was genuinely a slog to get through. Even though it’s relatively small it took me 4 months to finish reading it because it was just so terrible and had no redeeming qualities about it. Just a terrible mess of assault, homophobia and horrible writing.

Let’s hope the next one is better.

[monotonesmile]

So kind of serious-ish I guess so totally find if you don’t wanna answer this!

Can I request Rise boys x Reader who is also an older sibling 

Reader is an older sibling so also has all those big sibling worries - feeling like they need to be a constant good example for their younger siblings and so they have to be good at everything, being a bit like a parent in how they worry a lot on if they’re a good sibling or not. Just general stuff like that 

Rise Boys X GN!Reader

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Leo:

Leo probably would immediately know that you’re an older sibling, as much as people joke about him being a dummy, Leo genuinely is observant and smart, he could tell you were similar to Raph in some places, he’s seen how you act towards those younger than you, almost like a parent.

Leo doesn’t really mind you being an older sibling, he just wishes you’d take care of yourself for once.

Leo will actively hold you down in bed just to get you to sleep, and I don’t care what anyone says, THIS BOY CAN SING! He will sing lullabies until you fall asleep, he won’t leave your side until you wake up either, he is taking any chance to cuddle you.

If Leo had injured himself on patrol or something, he’d be surprised when you started to patch him up, not expecting you to actually know how to clean and bandage injuries and he’s curious about how you know, which is when he realized that you’ve likely done this to your sibling(s) before, of course you’d know how to treat wounds if your trying to protect and help your family.

Leo will try to get you to relax by watching Lou Jitsu or Jupiter Jim movies, because it helps him relax so why wouldn’t it work with you? He’d also watch you do your own hobbies with the most adorable expression on his face, he loves seeing you in your own space and doing the things you love.

Donnie:

Donnie absolutely knew you were an older sibling, he’d tell you to your face. What? Didn’t think he wouldn’t research you and your family? Come on, this is Donnie we are talking about. He would research everything about you before you even started dating, he does it to everyone he comes in contact with.

Honestly, none of them would really mind you being an older sibling, Donnie would absolutely try to make a schedule for your days, trying to help with the weight of your responsibilities to your sibling(s).

Donnie would be very strict about the sleep schedule he’d give you, he knows people can’t function properly without proper sleep (despite his insistence on not sleeping either), some nights, he would let you hang out with him in his lab if neither of you could get to sleep. You’d probably fall asleep before him, so he’d take you to bed but wouldn’t return to his lab, he’d lay down with you and get some rest too.

Donnie honestly wouldn’t be all too surprised by you trying to get him to take a break from his projects, his brothers have tried to do the same with varying levels of success. Though what would surprise him would be you not giving up like his brothers would, he’d probably be so surprised that you could drag him out of his lab so he can rest in his bed.

Donnie trying to get you to relax definitely is an…experience…because he doesn’t really relax himself, so he doesn’t really help you relax either, but he does try to make sure you’re following the schedule he made, which would include a point where you should be relaxing, though it’s up to you on what you want to do to relax. Donnie would be happy to listen to you ramble about your hobbies and interests as long as you’ll listen to his own rambling.

Raph:

Raph, you’d have to tell him that you’re an older sibling, and he’d be the most understanding of your situation, having been in a similar one for most of his life. He’d also be the most likely to try and help with your responsibilities, to the best of his abilities at least.

Like I said, none of them would mind, Raph definitely would try to get you to rest while he helps deal with your sibling(s), who either love him or not, but he’ll try regardless because he knows the struggle.

Raph would try to find a healthy solution to getting you to sleep properly, he’d be willing to watch movies or shows until you fall asleep, holding you until you wake, acting as a bed for you. He’d probably try to talk to you about your sleeping habits as well, trying to find something that works best for you.

Raph would be the most surprised by someone else trying to take care of him, he’s so used to taking care of others that the idea of someone taking care of him is honestly baffling. He’d probably appreciate it though, he secretly enjoys being pampered by you but he still wants to act like the tough turtle he is, you’ll wear him down eventually and then you’ll have a big churring snapper on your lap.

Raph would be slightly overbearing with trying to take care of you, he’d probably try to get you to relax with cuddles or going on walks together, but he wants you to be comfortable, so he would do the most to help you, whether it works or not, he is trying. As for your hobbies, he would watch and listen to you, maybe he’d even partake in them if he’s curious, it makes you happy and he wants to make sure you’re happy!

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[Requests are open!]

[cigarettesaftersae]

cream puff - 07 dearest - the end

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ Series: shidou ryusei x f!reader | contains : fluff, (slight)angst, a bit suggestive(its shidou.), highschool au, troublemaker shidou, reader loves baking, spring :P, warning is shidou

angst no comfort

masterlist

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note:

After the spring festival

Dear May

120 days away

Now you’re reading the dumbest note from Shidou. Lined paper, folded neatly, passed from one student to another until it lands in front of you. The first thing that catches your eye? "To my Y/N <3"—written in obnoxiously bright pink gel pen. With a sigh, you unfold it, only to be greeted by a dramatic sad face and a ridiculous plea:

“please forgive me buzz. I didn’t mean to explode your dogs. I promise I’ll make it up to you! Meet me~”

You glance up, and there he is—Shidou, grinning like an idiot, throwing in a wink for good measure.

The audacity of this man. Acting all friendly after *bombing your cute puppies—*in Minecraft.

The bell shortly rings, students rush to get a walk around the school, finally moving their legs after hours of writing notes upon another. Ryusei was one of those students,—in his own way, he’d walk around, get a drink from the venting machine on the first floor and never come back to class in time, doing whatever he does... But no, today, he walks right to you, pouting so adorably—which is quite odd for a man like Shidou Ryusei. Whatsoever, he’s pouting. Childish you thought, he’s towering over you already opening his mouth in plea. “Cmon’ buzz you can’t really be angry at me forever. Did you get my note— oh it’s right here, did you like it? Decorated and all for ya’”

“You bombed up Tim and Jim, I’ll never forgive you.”

“That was a mistake! I didn’t think the TNT would reach over there!”

“Well you thought wrong.” It was your turn to pout now, refusing his gaze, sore of his distressed. Lui finally walks over to you, giggling overly your immature grudge. “You’re still mad at him?” Shidou looked genuinely doomed—not that you cared. (You totally cared.)

“Lui, tell my dear buzz I’m sorry! You can’t ignore me forever ya’ know.”

“Why would I do that?” Lui questions

“Don’t listen to him, Lui,” you huffed. “He’s a deceivable cockroach.”

“I know where you live.”

“Yeah and whose gonna let you in my house?”

“Summer of course.”

“What— no she wouldn’t”

“Yeah she would” Lui comments “Not helping.” You sulk at her.

Dear June

91 days away

Dear Diary, Exams are coming up!!!! I have to study study study but Ryu will NOT stop annoying me. He’s calling me every second asking to play video games, or just enters my house without even knocking. I mean I told him with the second key was hiding but it’s also Summer who just opens the door when she hears his footsteps! I thought I taught Summer better, stranger danger, no ranger.

Dear July

62 days away

Dear diary, Lui and I traveled over to Thailand for Summer break, the food was the best and I took the greatest naps there ever! I never thought this 5 day trip would heal my inner self, wish Summer was here to experience the joy surrounding this place! You’d love their clear aqua waters Summer! I’ll be bringing back so many souvenirs for everyone. I bought the most for Ryu, since he said he always wanted to try their makeup products.

Dearest July 7th- Ryu’s Birthday

56 days away

Dear Diary, I took it upon myself to celebrate Ryu’s birthday and I mean everything. The cake, the people (Summer, me, Lui, and the birthday boy), the timing, decoration, and—well everything hehe. And so embarrassingly I kissed his check as a present. I also gifted him freshly baked macaroons, lots of pink stuff animals, and the next upcoming Chainsaw Man volume. He said he liked the kiss better if it was on the lips, but I said no! We’re not a couple.

Dear August

31 days away

Dear diary, I’d like to welcome the newest member of the L/n family, Tim! In honor of Caseoh’s supermarket. Weirdly but not weirdly, it was all thanks to Ryu ever since he knocked on my door holding the cutest puppy ever then handed him over to me. “I found it on the streets.” said he. Would that mean we’re the mom and dad for Tim?

September -

1 day away-Dear diary, I couldn’t sleep last night because Shidou Ryusei kissed me. My first ever kiss, his lips, marshmallow against mine. Entering my last year of high school and I think I like you, Ryusei. I can’t wait to tell Lui!!!

Dear diary, Ryusei didn’t arrive to school late anymore, he actually didn’t even arrive at all. It’s bad luck to miss your first day Ryu!

Dear diary, Summer misses you Ryu!! I miss you too, a week without you seems boring. I have nobody to try out the new recipes excluding Summer. I hope to see you soon.

Dear diary, a month later, he’s still gone. Teachers, counselors, and the principle even asked me where he might’ve gone, said I don’t know. Wish I had, maybe you’re busy, hurt, or even sick. I hope you’re okay. Please be okay.

Dear diary, my mom noticed that I’ve been ‘gloomy’ and ‘sad’ I didn’t even realized I looked all depressed till she pointed it out. As I finally took a look in the mirror, my eyebags has really sunken my eyes and the skin on my finger is so dry, it’s about to bleed. The ChapStick on my lips doesn’t last long and I’m studying more and more than ever. It’s the only thing that can get him off my mind, was I not enough for him to stay? Most of all, I feel so upset that Summer doesn’t know where he is, she’s been secretly going on my phone to call his number what’s even worse is he never answers. I think its time I finally accepted that he’s gone, I don’t feel okay.

Dear diary, I hate milk boxes.

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to be continued??

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[speedforce-zoomies]

Something I think that’s funny (not in a judgey way) is how a lot of the fandom views Tim’s relationships with the other Batfam members/Gotham heroes

Tim might be the bat fam member/Gotham vigilante with the most positive relationships out of every one but for the angst a lot of people ignore that (again not judging, also love a good angsty fic, just think it’s interesting) and I listed it out below : )

Tim & Alfred - Alfred loves him, that’s one of his boys

Tim & Jim Gordon - as far as I’m aware Gordon has never had anything bad to say about Tim

Lucius Fox - they worked well together to stop Ra’s al Ghul from destroying Wayne enterprises/Industries (whatever its being called now) in Red Robin

Tim & Bruce - that’s his son and most of the time Bruce acts like it

Tim & Selina “He’s a goody two-shoes but I like that kid” (Catwoman #31)

Kate Kane - as of Tim Drake: Robin their relationship hit a rough spot but he was still wanting to do whatever he could to protect her so I think they are/ will be good

(Tim & Luke Fox - genuinely have no idea if they’ve had any significant interactions so I’m gonna assume they’re good but not sure if it counts so I’ll leave that up to individual opinion)

Tim & Barbara - Barbara has said he’s the only batboy with manners lol and she has fallen for his baby brother charms

Tim & Dick - has literally stated in canon that he would do anything for Tim, he’s Dick’s litte brother, Dick is absolutely Tim’s favorite brother

Tim & Jean Paul Valley - JPV hurt him but due to his reaction to hearing Tim got the clench and trying to save him he obviously still cares and they’ve worked together since so I think they’re on good terms

Tim & Helena - she was so genuinely heartbroken when she thought he was killed by killer croc, has also fallen for his little brother charms

Tim & Cassandra - siblings who have each others back no matter what

Tim & Jason - despite their rocky start, as of Knight Terrors: Robin they’ve been shown to have a civil if not a positive relationship

Tim & Stephanie - besties despite being exes

Tim & Harper Row - what I’ve seen of them has been a fun relationship “I should go. Probably some kind of mischief going on.” “Mischief huh?” (Batman Eternal #52 I think)

Tim & Duke Thomas - they alway come through for each other and haven’t had any beef as far as I’m aware

Tim & Darcy Thomas - good relationship

Tim & Damian - as of Tim Drake: Robin, Tim is calling Damian his little brother. They may have hated each other in the beginning but they don’t now

(Am I missing anyone??)

Out of the other characters that are generally considered to have good/positive relationships with everyone else -

From my understanding, Alfred, Gordon, & Barbara have had mostly positive relationships with the others (sometimes they’ve had bumps in the road but usually the relationship recovered from that) but I don’t recall if they have had a relationship with ALL of the above characters

Cass and Jason did have beef due to extremely different ideologies and I’m not aware of that being resolved

Duke Thomas has not been shown to have interactions with all of those listed above

Dick has some on again off again beefs with some of the others

+ other beefs I’m aware of

Jason & Damian last I recall were still getting into tumbles whenever they made the other angry, which is a lot

Bruce has multiple beefs going on at all times it seems : (

I feel like I’m forgetting some unresolved beef involving JPV but maybe I’m wrong

Anyways my point is, unless I’m majorly wrong about any of the above, or forgetting several people, Tim is most likely the canonical Batfam member with the most positive relationships amongst Gotham vigilantes (if I went past that that list would never end lol) even if a lot of his relationships with the others started out rough or had a rough patch at some point

[fuel-for-the-fyre]

okay i’m sorry to beat a dead horse but i’m angry about this again. i genuinely cannot believe that we did not get an OUNCE of izzy backstory beyond “oh he and ed have known each for a REALLY long time” (and even then there’s inconsistencies in the amount of time implied). like. not one single flashback to his childhood, or to him and ed when they were younger

now, only three characters in the show actually get backstory flashbacks: ed, stede, and jim. why ed and stede get flashbacks is obvious, but jim is interesting because they only really get flashbacks because their backstory in season one affects the show’s plot. after that, they kind of just get pushed to the side

but izzy is an extremely important character from day one, and he becomes even more crucial to the plot in season two. and i think part of the reason why a lot of people still hate his character is because we never get an explanation for WHY he acts the way he does. we can infer, but without anything concrete it’s very easy to just dismiss it as him being an asshole

i really think a flashback to how his and ed’s relationship used to be was very needed, and an explanation for how everything went downhill and why the two of them turned out the way they did. we can gather that they were very close, and their relationship deteriorated due to ed getting bored of being blackbeard, but there’s so many little nuances to their relationship that are never really explained

not to mention that, in my opinion, izzy has more unexplained character details than any other character in the show. roach’s character design has a lot of details, but as far as i’m aware all of them have been explained, just not in-show. and of course wee john has all his tattoos, but those are just kristian nairn’s actual tattoos, so i don’t think they really count as character details

but we never get any kind of explanation (whether in-show or not) for izzy’s “x” tattoo, or the spade on his hand, or why he only wears one leather glove, or the RING ON HIS TIE, or the fucking LASH SCARS ON HIS BACK. those last two especially drive me fucking insane to think about

because with the ring, some people think that con o’neill requested to have it for his mother, but he actually only asked them to change the gem to an emerald. the ring was always going to be there. but, again, why? it’s so strange to me to have a pirate, and especially one who (at least in season one) totes being a pirate as this big, scary, masculine career, wear a dainty little ring around his neck with absolutely no explanation as to why

and with the lash scars, that is SO MUCH makeup and special effects work just for them to a.) never be addressed, even though stede could clearly see them; and b.) be barely even visible to the viewer because of the dim light and the lack of a clear shot of them

and idk if you guys have seen that BTS picture of the scars, but uh. there are a LOT of them. and again, where the fuck did they come from? i use them as fuel for my headcanon that izzy was in the navy, but is that what we’re meant to assume? is that what’s being implied here? or is it that he served on hornigold’s crew with ed and jack, even though that’s also never mentioned? did ed give them to him? we know he canonically enjoys pain (thanks for that at least, guys), at least to a certain extent, so is it meant to be implied that he had that done to him as a kink thing? is it supposed to be a joke and that’s why it’s never addressed?

i truly don’t know. i can talk myself in circles about this for hours, but at the end of the day the only good answers i can think of for why izzy didn’t get a backstory are budget and bad writing. and no, it really isn’t that serious, and i’ll move on eventually, but it’s still just extremely disappointing to me. okay, rant over

[whumpsday]

Uh, hello, hope this isn’t strange at all but I just wanted to say your writing is (not sure if you’re fine with cussing so sorry if you’re not :/) fucking amazing. I can’t express it in any other way that is actually coherent, but yeah. So, here’s an entire little ramble about my general feelings of amazement towards your writing that I haven’t left in comments otherwise because A) I have severe social anxiety and extreme shyness and overthinky tendencies so I am primarily a lurker and B) This is just how I express my kudos to people whose stuff I like (sorry if it’s horribly unstructured and generally unhinged; I am not the best at conveying feelings through words and I tend to just word vomit all my unfiltered thoughts.)

Sifting through my memory, you’re probably the first actual whump series I tentatively got into, like the first series I probably read, and it spurred my realization (self discovery?) from there. Starting off, the Kane and Jim thing is just done so fucking well, I can see all the scenes so vividly in my imagination (the picrews definitely help but also you describe and narrate and whatever the hell English teachers say it is so well. I mean the writing it’s so damn descriptive. That might just be a side effect of my really vivid imagination and also me being a very simple person, but still, I fucking love it), I can tell you put a lot of thought and work into writing the chapters (also with how long it takes for updates.

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, take as much time as you need to make the chapters how you want them to be so they have their fullest potential). The way you write each of the characters, each of them has their distinctive personalities (to me that’s amazing since whenever I try to write, I can never get the words to be like that if it makes sense), the way you’ve built and developed each of the characters and how you portray them in your writing is fucking beautiful. Even the little drabbles are so well put together (hope that doesn’t sound weird, that’s a compliment. My brain is seeing the tone as rude somehow)

I don’t think I have enough words or brain ability to coherent my thoughts to conceptualize to you how amazing your writing is but I swear it’s amazing (really hope this doesn’t come across as buttering you up or anything like that. I genuinely am just trying to express my amazement), but long story short, I hope you continue to work on your series and I can’t wait for whenever you update it!

As for the somewhat unrelated part of the ask, yeah, again, you’re probably the person who spurred on and was the starting point (????) for my self discovery of whump. That is to say, I never realized that it was whump that I liked reading and also in general (finally understand why I have a fascination with torture and putting my brain blorbos and others through hell and then comfort and the like lol), and your series, granted, while it wasn’t the first, was the catalyst for me getting into it. I’m not sure if this would be exaggerating on my part, but if I didn’t discover you, I probably wouldn't have discovered all of the other blogs whom I love reading from or seeing content I like or heck even helping me create and develop some new concepts for characters or worldbuilding (I really like doing that as a hobby).

So thank you for the inspiration (is that even the word?) and discovery, but also screw you because now it’s taking up my brain energy for stuff like learning and trying to get into other hobbies (I’m joking, I don’t actually screw you to clarify. It’s sarcasm, I really want to make that clear, I’m not good at text tone).

I hope one day to be able to get the motivation and push aside my brain doubts to write stuff like you do (and also every other writer out there I lurk on who might be reading this. I hope that doesn’t come off as disingenuous by me saying that and not only saying you, I’m probably overthinking that severely…) and, if it’s not at all an issue, that I’d be able to perhaps ask some advice for writing in the future (if I ever work up the courage thanks to social anxiety.). I have so much more to say but my brain unfortunately does not have the capacity to translate chaotic brain thoughts into coherent words (and the damn thing keeps thinking of more things to add on and agh-) but long story short, I’m very glad you exist and thank you for writing the Kane and Jim story

I hope you’re having a wonderful day/night, are staying hydrated, taking care of yourself, and, if you’re still experiencing it, you get past whatever writer's block you have at the moment (and if you don’t, take it as a little brain break. Or don’t, I’m not your parent) :)

Also I deeply apologize if this comes off as strange or too much or stalkerish or whatever and I fully understand if it’s off putting. Adding this probably doesn’t help, but overthinking and social anxiety is a fucking bitch

aw anon this is so so sweet!! i'm honored my writing has had such an impact for you!! you are def overthinking yourself, there is nothing wrong with this message at all, i love it!! <3

and yes, you can feel free to send more asks if you like! you are braver than i am: for the past several months, i've had an email drafted to my old high school english teacher thanking her for everything she did for me (i'd never have gotten into writing without her), letting her know i'm also working in education now and have some published work, but i'm way too shy... i will try to take inspiration from you and send that email!!

and also finish the chapter i'm working on lol.

[nightcolorz]

it's so crazy that people are out here making literal terf arguments over a fictional gay couple

also it was taking me out how that reply was literally citing examples of Louis' textual racial oppression as evidence of him being a subtextual woman like is that really what we're doing now?? Lestat owns the Azalea on paper because Louis can't own it as a black man during Jim Crow not because Lestat is equally invested in running the business as The Man like it's 1000% Louis' thing, and ignoring the strategic ways he operates his business black man just bc you're uncomfortable with the moral nature of that business is so blatantly insulting to Louis character and agency it's ridiculous. Like if Louis is a woman the majority of these people are being unironically sexist towards her because they like the boring self-insert wattpad version of her they created in their heads rather than the actual character.

sorry for the rant you can feel free to ignore it but that was driving me crazy

don’t apologize for the rant I’m so happy u sent me the rant bcus now I feel like I’m not crazy 😭😭. I didn’t actually read that one reply bcus the weird font changes gave me a migraine, but I skimmed enough to know what their thesis was 💀.

the terf shit is genuinely insane. I think a lot of this interpretation comes down to cis women with internalized sexism and transphobia (and racism cough cough) choosing to interpret Louis and lestats relationship in a way that aligns with their heteronormative narrow minded view of relationships (especially abusive ones) bcus they r unable to interpret a story about a gay black man being domestically abused by a flamboyant white man in a way that doesn’t revolve around the oppression of cis women bcus they believe that cis women are the central and only victims of oppression and domestic violence.

even tho it is explicitly shown to us that Lestat is able to abuse louis bcus louis is socially oppressed as a black man and lestat has societal power over him, ppl feel the need to put this “he’s also a metaphor for women” angle on it bcus they don’t want to confront the reality that men, especially men who are oppressed bcus of race or queerness or disability or any number of things, can be abused by their partners, and often are. I’ve noticed a lot of cis women have a problem with acknowledging that men can and do experience oppression that is “for women”. Domestic violence is often leveraged against women, but men are also victimized by it too, and stories about men who r abused deserve to be told without being “secretly about women”. This is especially weird since Louis is a black man, and I think a lot of this interpretation is happening bcus a lot of ppl subconsciously believe that black men can’t be victims of abuse or violence without being somehow women. Which is fucked up, obviously. It also undermines the actual story being told about a black man trying to navigate abuse and power structures by suggesting it’s actually about misogyny, bcus the implication is that misogyny is more important or legitimate then a black man’s experience and therefore he is just a mouth piece for a “real issue”

this is also why I think ppl argue lestat can’t be feminine bcus he abused Louis. They think that a feminine person can’t be an abuser, so they think that when I say lestat is feminine, im actually invaliding that he’s an abuser and suggesting he’s actually not abusive (bcus he’s fem). Believe it or not, u can be feminine and flamboyant or be a woman and at the same time be domestically violent against ur partner. Lestat’s feminine self expression and behavior is completely irrelevant to him being abusive, and he can be abusive and leverage his privilege over Louis while still being a feminine person. I think cis women have a problem with this bcus they are frightened to admit that they are capable of being instigators of violence despite being women/feminine . So friendly reminder, femininity is not the same as being morally good or pure, and femininity and victimhood are not the same. Trying to paint lestat as this embodiment of masculine and patriarchal ideals when he is very much a feminine queer man just bcus u insist that abuse has to fit into ur narrow minded view of what an abuser and a victim looks like is well, ignorant.

so Ppl who r socially oppressed are often victimized, and women are often victimized bcus they are socially oppressed, but Louis is socially oppressed and and that does not make him a women. Got it? 💀

It’s also important to acknowledge that Louis is a pimp who uses the victimization of women to gain social status and money for himself. Equating his suffering with the suffering of women is just not accurate when the show explicitly demonstrates to us that Louis is able to use the victimization of women to his advantage. Louis still operates within the patriarchy as a man, and him being abused by another man doesn’t make him less of a man, doesn’t make him akin to a woman thematically, and doesn’t mean he experiences misogyny the way women do in the narrative

(also, just a disclaimer, I’m not talking about ppl who headcanon Louis as trans or gnc or feminine, that is all awesome and a great way to express urself and how u relate to him. What I’m talking about is ppl who say that iwtv is thematically about domestic abuse against women bcus Louis is presented as the woman in the relationship since he’s abused by lestat )

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hi hi :D

how do you think Luna's lesbian realisation would go if she didn’t figure it out until after the show ends? I've never thought of lesbian Luna before and I'm intrigued :D

Lesbian Luna is something I’ve thought of as a joke, very often this idea of everyone else in the show theorizing that she is and trying to figure it out, and Luna is just oblivious that people wonder this about her. But as people know, ”as a joke” will soon not be as much as a joke. We’ll just see if I allow myself to fully convert to a lesbian headcanon for her.

But I think that, if it happened in the show, it happens in season 3. We get some hints in earlier seasons. Simón thinks she doesn’t feel the same way for him because she has feelings for Matteo. Luna tells him that’s not it, because she genuinely feels that’s not it. But she also doesn’t know what exactly it is.

Matteo thinks she’s into him, and everyone else keeps telling Luna that she is. She doesn’t know any better. But just like with Simón, she doesn’t feel the way Matteo seems to feel.

And in season 2, during the Lutteo dating era, Luna is a bit similar to how Yam was when she dated Ramiro the first time - she seems to want the first reason to break up. She doesn’t, at least not for a while, just because she tells herself that it’s just nerves.

The thing is with both Simón and Matteo is that, it felt amazing around the time they first got together, and had a little ”honeymoon phase”. But, when especially Matteo wants to go to the next step of the relationship, Luna suddenly feels a strong gut feeling that something is off. She is almost relieved that she starts to find Matteo annoying due to how he acts during the Vidia star era with Bruno and the interviews. Now she finally has a good reason to break up with him. Thus, she can blame her gut feeling on that and not on something else.

Luna’s parents I think suspect her being a lesbian for a long time. They don’t tell her, she needs to figure that out herself. But Monica seems to have a theory Luna and Nina are dating (which I’ve joked about a lot while talking about this show). Now, Luna and Nina obviously never do date, but I also think Nina is involved in a way to make Luna figure this out about herself.

Luna always seems so… uninterested in talking about boys. So much so that Nina starts to question if there’s something more to it. Here ofc we can argue for ace!Luna too (and she could still be ace lesbian!). Anyway, Nina tries to confide in Jim and Yam about this. Now, Jim and Yam are in their own little journey of self discovery, and by this point both have realized that they might be lesbians. So, they suggest, maybe Luna just doesn’t like boys that way?

Nina then confides in Simón. He should know. She talked about what Jim and Yam suggested, that perhaps Luna is not interested in boys. Simón admits he has not really considered it either. So, they start to analyze it all. Moments from the past years, things they might have glanced over.

Then season 3 comes, and Luna is dealing with a lot. Her friends are there to support her, and in the midst of this, she fully starts to question her sexuality.

At the beginning, when she thinks she has a crush on Simón, Nina decides to ask her how she exactly feels when she thinks about him. ”Do you feel butterflies? Do you feel like you want to kiss him?” and Luna quickly realizes that ”I do feel butterflies, but I have no urge to kiss him… I just want us to be just like we always have been. He’s my safe spot… oh. I’m not in love with him, I was just confused!” - she solves that within a day.

Matteo tries to get back with her again, and this time she just seems so uninterested. He thinks she’s fooling herself, and that she actually does want him, which makes her even more confused. She confides in Nina again, and Nina asks the same thing she did about Simón. Luna simply answers ”With Matteo, I think he has changed for the better during the past year, but… I don’t wanna kiss him. I don’t feel like I want to have a relationship with him. I just feel anxious about any boy having a crush on me. I don’t want them to have that. Am I weird?”

Nina simply answers ”Maybe boys aren’t your thing?”

Luna feels like this is something she needs to dissect about herself.

Around this time, Jim and Yam have officially come out to their friends and are publicly dating, so Luna decides to perhaps ask them. ”Hey… how did you know you were lesbians?”

Jim and Yam start to share their experiences, how everyone kept assuming and pushing that they were into boys to the point that they believed so themselves, but as soon as they got together with boys it just felt wrong… and how much more they felt when they were with each other. There was also a lot of stuff happening when they were younger that they didn’t realize until later were indications that they might just not be straight.

Luna nods and feels like she can relate to a lot of what they say… but she’s also wondering, have I really liked a girl like that before?

She starts thinking more about it. No one has ever told her girls was an option. Sure, she felt like fireworks went off when Sofia Carson kissed her on the cheek… but that was just a celebrity fangirling moment. Right? She started thinking about her childhood. Maybe she had a female friend (like the girl who’s parents owned the Cancún mansion before Sharon bought it), and the two girls really hit it off. Really hit it off… Luna always felt so warm inside thinking about her, especially how her hands felt when the girl ran them through Luna’s hair…

For whatever reason, Luna talks to Ámbar about these thoughts. Maybe the topic of Matteo came up, and Ámbar got intrigued when Luna said she had realized she was not into Matteo that way. When Luna tells her about these thoughts, Ámbar just admits ”I to be honest wondered if you and Nina had something going on for a bit.” This makes Luna laugh. Her and Nina?! Haha. She mentions this to her parents while they talk about Ámbar later, and Monica is like ”… actually Luna I thought so too.”

So now Luna needs to go through what made them even think that?? So, she tells Nina. Nina admits, she’s surprised too, but she also starts to think about it. What if the two of them felt something more for each other for a while, without fully realizing it? They recall moments from S1, like when Luna gave Nina that ring, and one time where Nina had exclaimed how Luna just wasn’t any girl, causing Luna to become flustered.

They realize, during this time, it’s possible that they without realizing it might have had a crush on each other. Nina suggests, ok… should they see if they still have any feelings for each other, now when both are single? So, they kiss.

And the kiss is fine. But both of them agree that… no, they didn’t feel anything special. However, Luna does admit, she still felt more than she did ever kissing Matteo or Simón. So maybe this means she is a lesbian.

Nina smiles and hugs her. The next day, Luna decides to tell this information to Simón. He also laughs, and hugs her hard. He however does ask how she figured it out, and she refuses to tell him. ”It’s a funny but a little complicated story. I’ll tell you later.”

Jazmin somehow finds out that someone is a lesbian at Jam and Roller, and starts to try figuring it out. Jim and Yam try to stop her and tell her it’s none of her business, and she shouldn’t out someone, and Jazmin is just like ”but girls!!! The fans want to know!!”

Luna, knowing it’s her, tries to keep as low as a profile as possible. It’s not that she wants to keep it a secret, she just does not want it to be a big deal. The only ones she lets know besides Nina and Simón is Jim and Yam, and that’s after they ask her about it due to Jazmin. And Jim and Yam may be pushy when it comes to romances, but they do EVERYTHING for their friends, so they are warriors trying to protect Luna from everyone even the remotely curious. Jazmin does not understand why everyone is so defensive.

Juliana seems to figure it out too, without Luna ever saying it, because Juliana just notices things like that. So, she asks to see Luna in private. She doesn’t explicitly tell Luna that she knows, but she does give Luna some advice. ”Remember to never let anyone take advantage of who you are. If you’re ever uncomfortable sharing things about yourself to someone, then they don’t deserve to know”. Luna nods and almost cries, hugging her.

I think most people figure it out in the end in one way or another, but Matteo is definitely dead last. I think Luna came out to Michel the second he kissed her, and Michel kind of gave a hint to Matteo before he left that ”yeah, maybe don’t assume you know everything about Luna”. Matteo still keeps thinking he’s got a chance until like… right before the season ends, where he has just tried everything and Luna still has not wanted to take him back.

”What do I have to do?!” he yells, almost crying. ”I just… I don’t understand why you can’t admit you love me back!”

And Luna just sighs, and says pretty openly, so that everyone hears: ”Matteo; it’s because I’m a lesbian. I’ve been trying to hint about that for a while now…”

Matteo feels really embarrassed, but does get over it.

The show ends with Luna being single. Maybe she finds someone down the line, or maybe she’s dating around with different girls but never settles down with one. We will just see.

So yeah. This got longer than I hoped but I just spammed ideas as I wrote. Now I REALLY need to sleep, but thank you for the ask!

[reginalusus]

hii umm twoface and maybe even spamton?? for tha list thingy you reblogged a while ago 😇 hi

Tumblr seriously need to make an option to group asks or something (maybe they have and I just missed it). Anyway, I'm just gonna put it all in the one post!

Spamton - Favourite thing: Literally how good of a concept he is. A malware/virus/spam email personified into a sleazy, villainous salesman with a vocal tic? I adore that. Also he’s relatable. - Least favourite thing: IDK if this question has to actually relate to the canon-ness of the character. There’s nothing about him I particularly dislike? I can’t think of anything in terms of canon. I can certainly think of things outside of canon but I’m not counting that. - Favourite line: He has so many, ughhhh, but I always quote: “KID! I’M BUSY BECOMING [God]. GO PLAY [Minecrap] OR SOMETHING!” - BroTP: Spamton and Crypton/Blue Addison. - OTP: I honestly don’t really ship him with anyone but I do enjoy Swatchton sometimes. - NoTP: Spamton and Kris. Fucking stop. - Random headcanon: So fucking many but the first that comes to mind is that he shivers/gets panicky when he hears a phone ring due to his PTSD. - Unpopular opinion: Again, IDK if this has to relate to the canon-ness, but I’m just going to stick with that, so… I don’t think he’s as absurdly short as most people depict him as. - Song I associate him with: The obvious fucking answer is BIG SHOT, but I’m not counting that since it’s his canon theme. I’ve really gotta go with Welcome to the Internet by Bo Burnham. It’s chaotic and fast and literally sounds like a huge salesman's pitch for the internet. It suits him uncannily well. - Favourite picture: Again, does this have to be canon? Gonna go with this one:

Lips! Kissing!

Two-Face/Harvey Dent -Favourite thing: How the fuck am I supposed to pick one thing- ok, fine, again, like Spamton, it’s the concept of him. An ex-lawyer who is split between serving justice the genuine way (the way he had always intended) or in the most extreme, horrifying way (the way he had always intended to stop) and acting as a foil to the hero who also has two personas. That’s a watered down version. Also he’s relatable. - Least favourite thing: Again, I can’t think of anything. I guess his whole thing with Renee was shitty. I do enjoy that story but, like, Harvey, don’t do that! - Favourite line: This man has many good lines, how can I pick- ok, the one that I think about a lot is: “We know the truth. You aren’t Bruce Wayne. Jim Gordon and I, we didn’t strike a deal with Bruce Wayne. And it sure as hell’s not Bruce Wayne waiting on the rooftops each night. This is who you are. See, we get it, Bruce. It’s not the face you’re given. It’s the face you choose.” - BroTP: Harvey and Jason. Though I view it more as an uncle/nephew thing rather than mere friends. - OTP: Again, like Spamton, I don’t necessarily ship him with anyone but I am an enjoyer of TwoBats/BruHarvey. - NoTP: Harvey with any of the (former) Robins. I have seen this and don't like it. Thankfully it really isn't common or popular. - Random headcanon: I have so manyyyyyyy, but one is that both Harvey and Two-Face MUST have everything in their living space EXACTLY how they want it. If anyone so much as moves something, scratches something, puts something somewhere else, they will know and they will go mental. - Unpopular opinion: I surprisingly think I have a few unpopular takes on him, I think, but… I guess it isn’t unpopular to say that Harvey’s boss fight in Arkham Knight was stupid and disappointing. However, it may be unpopular to say that this MF should NOT be easy to take down. He is a tough bastard, IDGAF. - Song I associate with him: Fuck, quite a few, but I’m gonna go with Psycho by Muse. If you interpret the lyrics as Two-Face speaking to Harvey, it becomes a song that is uncannily perfect about how his DID takes over him. - Favourite picture: HOW TF AM I SUPPOSED TO PICK ONE- Fine, I fucking love this one:

It’s been my Discord banner for ages. Look at him. Only a depressed fucking mess sleeps like that. Absolute husband material.

Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane - Favourite thing: Literally how he gives off strong cringefail loser vibes but has the means to psychologically ruin you for life. His 'power' is literally my worst nightmare. I'd really not spend longer in my head than I have to, thanks, Jon. - Least favourite thing: TBH I haven't read/consumed enough Scarecrow stories to pick something, so I can't really answer. - Favourite line: "And at the end of fear, oblivion!" - There's something quite harrowing about this. - BroTP: Again, I haven't consumed enough Scarecrow media to give a true answer to these sort of questions. I do like the idea of Harley and Jon being friends though. They were both Arkham doctors and basically became the patients they'd evaluate. They'd have lit convos. - OTP: AGAIN, I'm not the biggest shipper. I don't actually know if I'd ship Jon with anyone? I do enjoy some ScRiddler art. - NoTP: Hmmm... again, not enough info. Scarecrow fans, feel free to let me know which ships you hate. - Random headcanon: He hates horror movies. He thinks the vast majority are wasted potential and can't stand shitty slasher stuff. Perhaps he even wants to write a horror movie. - Unpopular opinion: I don't know if this is not all that unpopular, but... I actually really like Arkham Knight Scarecrow. His design is neat, I love his fucking syringe hands, his voice is so soothing and calm which is a good juxtaposition to his character. I enjoy him. - Song I associate with him: IDK why but Spooky Scary Skeletons by Andrew Gold, help- not that it suits him, but I feel like it would be a guilty pleasure of his. - Favourite picture: It's gotta be this one:

I just fucking love how silly he looks here, the big goofball. /pos

[bliphany]

The Coffee was not drugged. The Coffee reflected how we related to our own and other people's free will (of making one’s own choice)

So I read this post and agreed with it so much I felt myself vibrating. After a few hours of thinking about it, I wanted to ramble more under op’s post, initially, but found that it grew way too long. So, I decided to make a separate post.

After two months since Good Omens season 2 finale, my view of various theories/metas concerning the final fifteen minutes is that, I am okay with most of them as long as they don't erase Aziraphale’s agency.

Did Aziraphale genuinely want to fix Heaven with Crowley but with Crowley’s strong refusal he took the second best thing he thought he could get? I’m fine with that.

Did Aziraphale tried to fix Heaven to make it worthy of Crowley, the world he loved, and his idea of real goodness (he wouldn’t see the world suffer if he could help it) and with the newly-gained information of Second Coming he made his choice even though it broke his heart? I liked this a lot. It was my initial thought right after the finale and I’m still about 65-70% standing by this take.

Did Aziraphale lie to gain more wiggle room in an urgent, intense, and limited-resource situation while due to his own and Crowley’s backgrounds and characteristics they also hurt each other in the process? YES YES YES. Right now this is my favorite interpretation because it’s a realistic and complex bag of limitation/repression from the system, individual’s agency despite of it, free will and choices (never means we won’t make mistakes but always means we can still choose to do something), and their mutual (mis)understandings and relationship dynamics. It’s SO GOOD. It can lead to so many possibilities. It has its depth and enough twist for both characters and the audience. It well-reflected our world and can bring valuable discussions.

Was there something we weren’t shown and actually Aziraphale and Crowley had come up with some plan? I’m okay with that it might be fun.

What I personally don’t want (aside from “oh it’s all God’s plan God wanted them to love each other God is one of us”… but that’s another post I guess…) is to erase the weight of Aziraphale’s choice at the end of Season 2, along with all the good and bad and everything in between it could bring to the table and all the valuable exploration of “how could we thrive to make hard choices even (especially) under limited circumstances, with "a cup of coffee."

I believe that coffee did mean something though...

"Give me Coffee/Freedom or give me death."

Coffee means freedom to choose and free will. Coffee/freedom which Aziraphale was half-forced to take, meaning the “free” choice pushed upon you weren’t as “free” as it seemed after all. Especially true under our current capitalism world, wasn't it? But it was not completely drunk without Aziraphale's agency, either. Coffee/freedom which Crowley asked six shots of. Coffee/freedom which Nina served every day but still on her way to break free from a previous not-free situation. Coffee/freedom which Ms. Sandwich claimed tasted better when Nina was happy.

I think it's also worth mentioning that, Aziraphale served Muriel tea and demonstrated how to drink it but respected their choice not to drink just yet. Aziraphale invited Jim/Gabriel to have a cup of cocoa which Jim/Gabriel described as the best thing ever.

The coffee was not drugged. The coffee was a metaphor of many different ways people could relate to their free will and ability/responsibility to choose.

The most interesting part was, theoretically, we people praise free will, we value choices, and we love love characters to have their agency...

Until they made a choice that we personally don't like, against our point of view, or hurt us.**

**This is also why I never truly believed Crowley would Refuse Aziraphale with capital R in canon... Crowley was definitely heartbroken, but between the two of them, he was also the one who valued and respected people making their own choices more. We saw he did that again and again even when he didn't personally agree. The only once he "took" away others choice in canon was to prevent a suicide.**

Then, that was free will no more. We'd framed it as if said individual was nonconsensual. Or the relationship must be bad or unhealthy. Which was understandable, emotionally, but that was also exactly the point of people having free will, wasn't it?

Giving people agency means acknowledging that they are different individuals from us. There's connection. There's love. There's devotion. They're still their own person just like we are our own. Giving people freedom to choose means they might, will, and should be allowed to choose differently. If their choices break our hearts. Well, they break our hearts. That happens because people are people.

People can't truly choose/love us freely if they aren't also given the freedom to not choose/love us. (Not saying Aziraphale and Crowley didn’t love each other because they definitely do. I’m just saying, they’ve been co-shaping humanity from the start of course they would act more and more like people, and to paraphrase what Adam once said, it made no sense to make people people and then be mad at them when they acted like, well, people)

Ursula Le. Guin wrote this short story called "Nine Lives" and it was about real, meaningful connections were created by reaching out a hand in the dark, without knowing for sure whether there would be other people to reach back.

It’s a practice. To love and to love under the blessing and curse of free will choice.

Idk I’m just… the “coffee was drugged theory” especially didn’t make sense to me personally, because Good Omens has always been a story about human free will.

[rodolfoparras]

Exam went alright-ish?? I might not pass but I have another term like week and a half so we'll see.

As for reading tarot, I can't explain it really because it has always been very instinctual for me? If there is something that's bothering me or I need guidance or even just for fun, I take my card and take a bit (few minutes tops) to reconnect with them and get back in tune. If I didn't do any readings for a longer amount of time (weeks to months) I'll cleanse them first and shuffle and just hold them and visualise reconnecting and I see them as extension of myself. If I do it for someone else, I have them also hold cards as well and have cards soak up their energy in a way?? Or if I'm reading for someone who isn't next to me, I tell them to visualise sending their energy my way and to keep their question in mind.

Then I either visualise the question or just let the cards decide what I need to know and shuffle until I feel the right cards or right ones pop out. Sometimes I will keep trying if card pops out because it's possible it popped out because of the way you shuffled but if it's a right card, it will be persistent. And then I do the spread and try to interpret alone first and if I need extra help, I pull up definitions to guide me as I interpret.

It's all about trusting your instinct and spirituality and connecting with your deck. In my (and a lot of other people's) opinion, decks kind of have personality of their own which certainly makes the reading more interesting.

And I would just like to add that in my opinion, there should be even more trans character fics. Trans characters AND readers! It's a trans men galore and we're fucking 😌 literally why would anyone complain about trans characters when they're such a blessing??

And Jim Hopper fucking hell- I have such a massive crush on him, he's fine as fuck I love dilfs-

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Hoping for the best outcome for you sugar bee!! But if you don’t pass just see it as part of something bigger that’s genuinely what I do when I come across little inconvinces 😭

Oh man this is such an interesting explanation!! I’ve been thinking about this response all day and kind of worried bc I suck at trusting my intuition and what if that causes a hinderance but I was like I’m good at making friends I can just get familiar with the deck don’t have to play q&a immediately

And I love love love how you go about pulling and interrupting cards! This makes it seem less random and more calculated which brings me comfort in some sense! I can’t help it I am a man of logic and I need at least a crumb of coherency to learn something new😭

Also I’ve heard decks have their personalities and I think it’s so interesting and makes the readings more fun/ intriguing!

And I do not understand this policing when it comes to writing trans characters. I absolutely understand fetishizing and dehumanizing trans ppl, that’s wrong and shouldn’t be allowed but me writing 3 pieces every month about hot men getting fucked isn’t a crime😭

I wish they didn’t make him lose weight he was so delicious in season 1

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What are your thoughts on Batman: Black Mirror? I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with that story mostly because I adore its characterisation of Dick and how the story depicts legacy and history, but Synder's ableism is so apparent.

If it's alright for me to share my two cents: I enjoy that a lot of the arc (particularly the first 3 issues) revolves around the theme of "history repeating; first as tragedy, then as farce" which was typical for Bat titles of the time. The Dealer and James Jr. trying to intellectualise "might is right" despite resorting to same old greed-fuelled murder. Dick Grayson coming into his own as a not-Bruce-Wayne Batman, who's standing on the shoulders of giants and reckoning with the ghost of the Batman's (and his) past. Barbara and Jim Gordon having to deal with Jim's biggest mistakes of all in the form of James Jr resurfacing. I also loved Dick and Babs' moments and their relationship draws on this theme: they have so much history together, they loved each other, they get each other like no one else does, they've been there from almost the beginning, they've been allies, partners, friends, lovers, exes, fiancés, and now they're something pretty un-labellable if you ask me. (Thesis-antithesis-synthesis in a sense :P)

But shit. The ableism is problematic. I think it's two main things, though I might be missing something. First is Dick's nightmare vision where his worst fear is him losing his legs. And second is James Jr being written as a "psychopath" as oppose to, I dunno, the literal embodiment of toxic masculinity (fucking wasted opportunity) to be a foil to our favourite flamboyant, pun-slinging, back-flipping, hoping-inspiring boy scout Dick Grayson.

What do you think of this arc?

I’ll confess that I am the odd one out in that I just. Do not get the appeal of black mirror. Even excluding the ableism (and it is VERY ableist). Like people say it’s great Dick characterization, and it’s fine, but it’s not like it stands out especially among other comics of the time IMO.

Like, Dick and Babs’s moments in this comic are not notable for me, because she is reduced and written as lesser to make her someone Dick has to protect, she is damselled and written as less competent – hwo does James get past her security so effortlessly? Why does she not finish him off when she has the advantage after beating him up initially? Like the whole reason I like Dick and Babs’ dynamic is because they are written as equals in the initial version of their relationship, Black Mirror just made it a stereotypical ‘scared woman (b/c she is treated as scared of James, even tho she does try to break out), strong man saves her’ thing. James Jr would not be a threat to Babs in her own solo title. That means I think it fails in being respectful of the depiction of her history, so I would say that Snyder does not succeed there.

I also would disagree that we see Babs and Jim having to deal with Jim’s greatest mistake, when like I said Babs doesn’t really do much.

I do agree that they had a lot of opportunity to parallel James and Dick as toxic masculinity vs healthy masculinity, but it’s wasn’t the authorial intention at all, so I don’t give it any credit for that. The authorial intention was “Good, neurotypical dick* vs Evil, neurodivergent James”. I would honestly consider the way they diminished Babs capabilities to prop Dick up more ableism in the story as well, in addition to sexism.

I think that critique of the Might is Right mindset is done much better in many 80s/90s Batman comics, including Batman: Venom. The text was much more overt there, and less hidden behind ableism.

Anyway, so sorry :P but basically Batman: Black Mirror is one of those “everyone talks it up” but I’m just like the *insert her GIF*. It’s a pretty stereotypical batman story. In terms of Dickbats stories, I consider it one of the more mid ones. I genuinely don’t know how it is so popular :P

*ignoring headcanons or readings of earlier texts…. The way Snyder writes him is intended to be read as neurotypical

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Has anyone else found themselves really intrigued wondering just how miracles are supposed to work/the nature of their limitations in this universe given some of the events of S2?

Good Omens Season 2 Spoilers and incoherent ramblings below the cut.

I do have to preface this by saying I’m certain I am waaaaaay overthinking things and I’m incredibly rusty with fictional analysis (If English literature A level classes from 10 years ago count). A part of the reason I’m posting this is I’m hoping someone a bit more coherent and clever might have more articulate thoughts on the subject. I only got into the show a month ago so I’m also still catching up on a lot of series associated material/fan based analysis.

What got me stuck on this particular train of thought was Crowley’s question to Aziraphale in episode 2 along the lines of asking why he didn’t just cast a miracle to ACTUALLY make Nina and Maggie fall in love to cover their backs…I thought Aziraphale would say that if it were picked up upon to do so could potentially indicate he was lying about the ~Jim Miracle~ but he doesn’t, he responds that that’s “not how miracles work” instead. So how do they work?

There seems to be implication there that Aziraphale’s powers are more limited than Crowleys (for example instead of doing so himself in episode 3 he asks Crowley to freeze the surgeon in the minisode so they can talk/whisper in his ear - that just being a minor example vs eg. Crowley stopping time in S1) and I’m in half a mind as to whether that’s literal (crowleys more powerful than Aziraphale / heaven puts a block on certain miraculous acts) or more that he feels more constrained in how he can use them as a representative of heaven (or both)- whether he genuinely can’t perform certain miracles or if he personally avoids any that fall into a category of being a bit morally questionable and lets Crowley do them instead. I feel even more so torn when thinking about Crowley and Aziraphales “half a miracle” between themselves being so notably powerful (though not gonna lie I’m a mushy sod that likes the thought that the power of being besties4life amplified that miracle)

Last off - the ball. Aziraphale goes through the pain staking effort to go around each and every shop to convince the owners to attend the ball meeting later that evening, even offering to part with really valuable books. No miracles, literally just convincing people. Either because he wants them there off their own back or he can’t persuade them via miracle working I assume?

Then, later we see each and every attendee affected by Jane-Austen-itis, knowing dance moves they’ve never learned, their entire mannerisms and vocabulary changing and I wonder whether that was a direct or even Concious effort of Aziraphales to pull off or a subconcious side effect of his being so excited by the whole arrangement especially considering all that build up with the scenes before (If he wanted the shop keepers to attend for their own back and went to all the trouble; why then “hypnotise”/change their behaviour to play characters in the ball once in the shop? If Aziraphale has the ability to make his neighbouring shop keepers play characters in a ball why did he need to go through all that previous build up convincing people to come along? I don’t recall that we’ve ever seen Aziraphale hypnotise and/or wipe a humans memory before (we see him unsuccesfully try to do so later to Maggie and Nina) and you’d think to get a whole room like that reannacting pride and prejudice would take a good bit of power.

I could get into this more - but I’m sure to get off track and start pulling the tin foil hat on about semi related speculative stuff so for now I must snooze. Either way would be cool to hear other people’s thoughts.

[the-girl-who-didnt-smile]

DR. LA FICELLE

This is just one of my Hazbin Hotel OCs that I felt like drawing.

His name is subject to change…

You’re not going to believe this, but this is one of my favorite DeviantArt OCs I’ve designed. 

It’s NUTCRACKER-KUN!

I love drawing this guy… He’s just a little nutcracker!

I think I screwed up here, though… I’m pretty sure I made him too tall. 

If you side-by-side him with Alastor, he should be shorter than Alastor but more broad-shouldered than him, in terms of bone structure (he is not very muscular… very average build)

I don’t know how we’re feeling about his facial hair… But that is a style that was worn at this time.

He kind of has trouble expressing his emotions… He’s one of those guys who might look unhappy, but that’s just his face.

On a whim, I felt like redesigning him as an angel. Once again, I did a shit job of imitating the art style of this show. This is a very rough draft, a lot would have to be changed here… But I want him to escape from his horrible fanfiction jail, and attempt to fit him within the canon universe of Hazbin Hotel. 

(at that, I might repeat this exercise with a couple more of my DeviantArt OCs… don’t hold your breath…)

As previously described, he’s a tribute to Doctor Jean Montanet, and Doctor Jim Alexander. This is why he is a man of mixed African and Native American (Choctaw) heritage. 

To recap his ancestry, his father was the half-Bambara, half-Choctaw son of the Hazbin Hotel version of Doctor Jean Montanet. Meanwhile, his mother was a Chickasaw freedwoman, who was Black but had one Choctaw grandmother. Taking an interest in his own heritage, he scarred himself to match his grandfather and connected to the local Choctaw community. 

I have tentatively given him the name “Dr. La Ficelle”, as a reference to a name that was given to Doctor Jean Montanet in "The Last of the Voudoos". His name is subject to change…

In terms of personality, he is eccentric and highly analytical. He was an extremely skilled medicine man with an encyclopedic knowledge of African, Native American, and European healing techniques. He traveled around the South, and was a contemporary of Alastor’s.

On a serious subject, my portrayal of Louisiana Voudou has been unsatisfactory, as it overemphasizes the Afro-Caribbean elements instead of accurately portraying the “layered” cultures found in the tradition. It also misrepresents the sophisticated ceremonies and initiation processes that were involved in Louisiana Voudou. In my insane fanfiction, I rewrote Alastor’s backstory to make him someone who was dirt poor as a child. I genuinely think this makes him a lot more interesting as a character, but I also don’t think that is going to be canon. Realistically speaking, he was probably from the bourgeoisie. 

The problem in rewriting his race and class status is how it misrepresents the leadership of Louisiana Voudou, who were generally from the higher class strata. Not just anyone was a “Queen” or “King”. These were leadership positions that one had to be initiated into, which were typically occupied by free people of color from affluent backgrounds. It does seem that this changed by the Depression-era though; the “Voodoo Queen” Laura “Lala” Hopkins did not come from the social elite, but the bottom of the race/class hierarchy.

When paired with “Dr. La Ficelle”, my weird fanfiction Alastor (ALASTOR D. BARNABET!!!!!!!!!!) can more accurately portray the range of Louisiana Voudou. “FTM Alastor” represents the Depression-era “Voodoo Queen”, serving as a fictional counterpart to “Lala” Hopkins. Conversely, “Dr. La Ficelle” represents 19th century Voodoo “Kings”, representing the free people of color from the social elite. They are contemporaries who were both mixed race, but one comes from the middle class while the other comes from poverty. For this reason, they make for interesting counterparts.

“Dr. La Ficelle” is an interesting character on his own, but through him a number of other interesting characters could be introduced. He was connected to the mostly female leadership of Louisiana Voudou, frequently interacting with these “Voodoo Queens”. Many of his friends were Choctaw; he also befriended Native Americans from other tribes. He was a traveling doctor, who lived on the outskirts of society and moved from state to state to meet with clients. Although he has no European heritage, he could “pass” for an affluent man of mixed European/African descent.  He interacted with a wide range of people of all races, where his mixed race status allowed him to interact with African Americans, Native Americans, and Caucasians of different heritage and socioeconomic classes. Through him, the richly textured culture of New Orleans and these race/class dynamics could be explored with a degree of historical accuracy. 

In terms of Native American representation, it is really wack that Native American characters are so frequently fetishized, where they always wear traditional garb, which is often not accurate to the traditions of their tribe. For example, “Native Americans” are often shown dressed as Plains Indians, even if they are from a completely different culture. Moreover, Native Americans don’t always wear traditional dress. What a shock! (sarcasm) Portraying Native Americans in this manner serves as a means to “other” them, instead of depicting them with realism and the human dignity we all have.

However, in this case, I genuinely think the traditional dress of the Choctaw is very stylish… It’s just in-character for “Dr. La Ficelle” to have an outfit like this (although, his outfit should be redesigned… especially his earrings…). However, this should not be his only outfit. He should be shown wearing a range of suits, where Choctaw elements may or may not be incorporated. He almost always wears the top hat though, as it belonged to his grandfather. (in real life, Doctor John wore a top hat and was apparently very fashionable…) Additionally, his half-Choctaw father did not wear traditional dress; he contrasted with his son, in that he aimed to assimilate to the racial hierarchy in New Orleans.

I suppose I could be criticized for making him male when Voudou was matriarchal, but this was a deliberate choice on my part. I dunno, I feel like most of the time when there’s a “Good/Evil” split, the female counterpart is “Good” and the male counterpart is “Evil”. And when it comes to Voudou, how many positive portrayals are there of Voudou “Kings”...? I haven’t cataloged this, but I think it’s usually Voudou “Queens” who might be shown in a positive light, while their male counterparts are “evil”... This is especially concerning when you consider the racialized aspect, where these characters are generally men of color. So I aimed to create a “Good”-aligned, Voudou-themed male character, to subvert this trend… But in his human life, he should be friends with several high-ranking women within the Voudou community.

To fit him into the canon universe, I would alter the circumstances of his death. He may very well have just died of old age… Rather than going to Hell, he becomes an angel in Heaven. 

I totally think Alastor’s mother has potential to be as interesting as Alastor, where she’s his angelic counterpart and is very powerful within the ranks of Heaven. But realistically speaking, this is probably wrong. If I had to guess, she was probably a meek person, not strong. If this turns out to be true… On the one hand, I think it’s kind of lame because that’s the stereotype. It’s WAY more fun if Alastor’s mom is a hard counter to her son and just bodies him in battle! …But at the same time, it totally makes sense from a character standpoint. Alastor’s mother is weak, which is why he became strong. It makes sense!

Since Alastor’s mother is probably not actually an angelic counterpart to Alastor, “Dr. La Ficelle” is designed to fill that role. He also has the theme of Louisiana Voudou, but his style is totally different from Alastor’s. Where Alastor focused on “bad work”, he focused on “good work”. His powers are oriented around healing and holy elemental. This would be an interesting fight between these two… Alastor should win, but it should be a tough battle. I think “Dr. La Ficelle” would lose, not because he is weak, but due to his rigid thinking. This man has incredible memory, where he can store a vast volume of information in his brain and retrieve that information very quickly. However, he is not an especially creative thinker. To prepare for a fight, he would just study a wide range of battle strategies that have been used successfully in battle in the past and store those in his memory. It presents a challenge to him if he is fighting an opponent who invent novel strategies on the fly. While his general Battle IQ is high, I want to believe that Alastor is smart enough to figure out how this guy thinks early in the fight, then come up with a creative strategy to outwit this guy. He puts up a good fight, but Alastor should beat him in the end. 

The purpose of his character would be to illustrate a relatively weaker opponent with the theme of “Louisiana Voudou”. Although he is a tough opponent, he is actually not the strongest angel Alastor would have to fight; far from it, as in his human life he was focused on medicine and healing instead of hexxing and “bad work”. In other words, his character would reveal that there are a bunch of other angels in Heaven who are a lot tougher than he is… DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO JOIN ME IN HAZBIN HOTEL POWERSCALING??? 

…I know characters in Hazbin Hotel don’t often have noses, but I just love that perfect 75 degree angle on this man’s nose. You could make a protractor out of that thing!

Tentatively, his animal motif is NUTCRACKER …just kidding. It’s actually ‘Gryphon’. Since he’s supposed to be an angelic counterpart to Alastor, this is a minor animal motif that he has; he looks mostly human, but he has a lion tail, and lion paws that are hidden in his boots. Man, do his boots need to be redesigned... his animal motif is also subject to change… 

For more information about Doctor Jean Montanet, see: “The Last of the Voudoos” by Lafcadio Hearn from An American miscellany, vol. II, (1924) originally published in Harper's weekly, November 7th, 1885. https://www.conjuredoctors.com/dr-john-montanee.html

[philosopherking1887]

I had to look this up because I hadn't heard about it; here's a source for others who are curious:

And because they made me sign up for emails to read the article, here it is (under a cut) so that the rest of you don't have to do that:

Ta-Nehisi Coates, the author of a controversial new book largely focused on Israel, is facing widespread criticism for admitting that he may have participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks if he had been born in Gaza. “I grow up under that oppression and that poverty and the wall comes down, am I also strong enough or even constructed in such a way where I say this is too far? I don’t know that I am,” he said in an interview with Trevor Noah released on Thursday. Coates, 49, said he had not “said this out loud” but that he had thought “about it a lot.” “ls there room in the world, and I don’t think there is right now, I actually don’t think there is, to have genuine, genuine horror at what happened on Oct. 7, to feel like there really isn’t a world in which, or reason, that I can apprehend — I’m not Palestinian, I’m Ta-Nehisi Coates — that I can apprehend for justifying anything like that,” he told Noah. “And yet, understanding at the same time that things have histories, that they happen in the course of events.” He cited what he framed as a historical parallel to elaborate on his point. “The example I think about all the time is like Nat Turner,” he said, referring to the Virginia slave who launched his rebellion in 1830. “This man slaughters babies in their cribs. You know what I mean? And I’ve done this thought experiment for myself over and over.” “Does the degradation and dehumanization of slavery make it so that you can look past something like that?” Coates continued. “And I try to imagine, and I think I can accurately imagine as much as possible, that there were enslaved people, no matter how dehumanized, that said, ‘This is too far. I can’t do that.’” The “flip side of that,” he said, is the situation in Gaza, which he compared Gaza to a “giant open-air jail” where Palestinians are at constant risk of being “shot” by Israelis. “I just wish we had room to work through that,” he said, “and to think about that and to talk about that. And I think that is not unique to Israel, that is not unique to Palestine, that is not unique to Zionism. That is human history, that is human beings.” Coates’ comments have faced backlash from numerous commentators, who have accused the author of seeking to normalize Hamas’ atrocities.   “This is the heart of it all, not a call for freedom but the creation of a cultural space in the West to accept never-ending war and brutality until the Jews are gone,” said Haviv Rettig Gur, a political analyst based in Jerusalem. “What you’re witnessing in real time is an elite attempt to justify and mainstream violence as a legitimate response to discontent,” added the former New York Times journalist Adam Rubenstein. Noah, a former Daily Show host who has previously faced criticism for past antisemitic tweets, is also drawing scrutiny for comments in the interview, where he suggested that American revolutionaries could be seen as “terrorists” absent historical context. “You can call it ‘the Boston Tea Party.’ That’s terrorism,” he said. “If you remove the context, everything has no context,” he added, claiming people “remove all context when speaking about Israel-Palestine.” Coates’ new book, The Message, which includes a sprawling essay on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, likens the experience of Palestinians under Israeli occupation to Black Americans during the Jim Crow era. But that framing has also drawn pushback from Middle East experts who argue that Coates is inaccurately projecting an American racial lens onto a foreign conflict with its own unique history. The journalist Matti Friedman, who has written about such issues, argued that Coates’ approach is misguided. “A good reporter looks at a place or goes into an interview or approaches a story with a willingness to understand the story on its own terms, and a bad reporter comes to a story and sees a mirror,” he said in a podcast interview.

“The attempt to kind of map America onto other parts of the world has led Americans into grave errors of judgment,” Friedman added. In his book, Coates writes that his father, Paul Coates, the publisher of Black Classic Press, was an early influence in informing his view of the conflict. “I remember watching World News Tonight with my father, and deriving from him a dull sense that the Israelis were ‘white’ and the Palestinians were ‘Black,’ which is to say that the former were the oppressors and the latter the oppressed,” Coates recalls. “And once — back when I dreamed of being a poet — my father had handed me a book by the Palestinian-American poet Suheir Hammad titled Born Palestinian, Born Black, and this combination felt natural to me, though I could not have articulated then why,” he adds. Paul Coates, whose company has long been dedicated to unearthing “obscure and significant works by and about people of African descent,” has also been a subject of controversy in recent weeks over his decision to republish an antisemitic screed called The Jewish Onslaught — which seeks to uphold a widely discredited conspiracy theory alleging Jewish domination of the Atlantic slave trade. But the book — first published in 1993 by Tony Martin — is no longer available on the Black Classic Press website, and appears to have been removed after Jewish Insider highlighted its inclusion in the company’s catalog in late September. Black Classic Press did not respond to requests for comment about why the book had been removed.

FWIW, it appears that the Tony Martin Jewish Onslaught thing wasn't entirely a one-off; I looked up Paul Coates' Black Classic Press on Wikipedia and discovered that another author for whom they published no fewer than 11 works was Yosef Ben-Jochannan, who (according to his Wikipedia page) claimed to be of Ethiopian and Yemeni Jewish descent but probably was not, and also claimed to have various doctoral degrees that he did not have, from universities he never attended. One of his books published by Black Classic Press was We the Black Jews: Witness to the "White Jewish Race" Myth, in which, according to the Wikipedia page, "he asserts that the original Jews were from Ethiopia and were Africans. He says that the Semitic (Middle Eastern) Jews later adopted the Black Jewish faith and its customs. He further accused the Semitic Jews of using special powers to 'manipulate and control the Mind of the World' and claimed that Holocaust education is a form of brainwashing."

Many actual historians and classicists have accused him, apparently with good reason, of publishing and teaching pseudohistory that is inconsistent with the documented historical record. Nonetheless, this appears to have had an influence on Ta-Nehisi Coates, who is quoted in a New York Times obituary for Yosef Ben-Jochannan:

“That entire generation of self-trained historians really gave me my first sense of skepticism,” Ta-Nehisi Coates, an editor at The Atlantic, and the son of Paul Coates, Mr. Ben-Jochannan’s publisher, wrote in an email. “What people like Dr. Ben were saying was, ‘History is not this objective thing that exists outside of politics,’ ” Mr. Coates wrote. “ ‘It exists well within politics, and part of its job has been to position black people in a place of use for white people.’ And that notion of skepticism goes with me in all of my work. It runs through everything I do.”

So that might go some way toward explaining the resolute ahistoricism of his recent writings on Israel/Palestine.

so let me get this straight. elon musk retweeted or tweeted an antisemitic comment (because he's an antisemitic asshole from a very antisemitic country south africa) and he was critizised to the point that he took a trip to israel to like reflect and learn about how jews don't eat babies or whatever. but...

Ta-Nehisi Coates, an antisemitic asshole who's antisemitic dad also publishes antisemitic books just one's he's too lazy to write, says in person, recorded on video, without retraction.... that he would join in on the rape, murder, infanticide, and kidnapping of jews, if given the chance... and trevor noah (from very antisemitic country south africa) agreed whole heartedly and adding that it's like the american revolution.... which implies that isreal rode into gaza and lebanon ans was dictating how those countries operate and taking taxes which is WHAT IRAN DOES THROUGH HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH ALONG WITH THE RAPES AND MURDERS... but there's no media outlet saying that might be kind of fucked up and maybe they should apologize or some vague insincere bullshit... I'm sorry?

and also Christopher Columbus... THE symbol for Catholics in America (which is why we that monster even got his own day. literally catholics, the knights of columbus, wanted a celebration of how interconnected the united states and CATHOLICS are) the Christopher columbus with MASSIVE statues around the globe in portugal, spain, america, italy... that guy is now jewish, just like hitler, because .... he has some jewish DNA. and we are just disregarding his recorded actions, relationship to the church, his very catholic life, lifestyle, origins, and catholic life.

and all this during the jewish christmas/ramidan (because goyim don't know what the fuck our high holy days are even if that name alone should tell you exactly how important they are) ??

which idiots are these things for? who is watching the ta interview and saying to themselves, "boy i would love to read the book by the guy who loves murder and kidnapping and rape! what a leftist humanitarian!" or, "WOW! I hate christopher columbus I'm so glad i don't have to feel guilty as a christian that he was under orders by my church because he was obviously a jew going rouge. because i'm a leftist but also a devout catholic? which is a thing that is a totally consistent world view?"

Who asked for this? I don't think this kind of shit is even for antisemitic leftists anymore. this is for some kind of POC leftist white supremesist with white guilt but also an arab supremasist .... i guess that might describe one or two very mentally ill people but... like ... who? is this stuff to get rage clicks from jews? there aren't that many jews you guys. I have no fucking understanding of these people's world's view other than they hate jews. none of this makes sense in any other way than to attack and increase attacks on jews around the globe. it's so mentally confusing because none of these people are saying anything that benefits them in anyway, nothing that is smart or true, nothing that makes sense if it is not generated directly from the thought, "this will increase jew hate, so i should do it!"

these people are risking their careers, being hella racist about arabs generally and Palistinians specifically, making both jews and arabs less safe, saying inflammatory things they obviously spent very little time thinking about, for the chance to normalize antisemitism. what planet are these media orgs even living on? they don't sound like nazis, they sound like fucking delusional Qanon derps who are improving "the day of the storm" ironically like the segments they show on the daily show, with TREVOR NOAH.

it's like really... sad. like, these guys and scientist have wasted so many people's time and their own talents which people tell me they have i guess, but it's sad that this kind of libel from the media doesn't even make sense to people who don't live on twitter.

[unheoly-confessions]

Helloooooo will you answer all the horror movie asks that you haven’t already :D

OMG OKAY?? that's literally all but 6 soo. here we go! I'm gonna put it under the cut bc that's... too many to force someone to scroll through

most recent horror movie you watched

Well as I type this I’m rewatching Phantom of the Paradise, but as for one i’ve seen for the first time recently I just watched The Black Cat w bela lugosi and boris karloff (at the recommendation of the previous asker i won’t tag u in this giant post but u know who u are if you see this ty!! It was a great time) 

most recent horror movie you watched and hated

Oh god a lot of these require a decent memory uhhh i was kinda disappointed with the new hell house llc movie? Though that could have just been that I hadn’t rewatched the first 3 recently enough and was kinda lost as to how it related. Hated hated has to be Come Play. Monster design fun and made by Jim Henson Company but literally everything else abt that film sucked ass. Stop making movies abt autistic kids if you’re gonna be gross abt it OH and smile smile sucked ass 

most recent horror movie you watched and loved

I’ll be real I have no concept of when I watch things comparative to others (someone physically force me to start using letterboxd i stg) so I’ll just list a few I’ve seen recently and liked a lot! The Descent (2005), Watcher (2022) dir. Chloe Okuno (ft. burn gormann heyyy burn gorman) the first 3 Hell House LLC movies, and Let The Wrong One In (2022) 

actor(s)/actress(es) you Would love to see in a horror movie/more horror movies

I Loved burn gorman in watcher (though the accent they had him do was… strange) so I’d absolutely love to see him in more villainous roles like he did in this and Enola Holmes lmao. Also I’d kill to see Damien Molony in just abt anything I would kill for him to go back to his more horror based roots. He’s been getting decent exposure in comedy recently w brassic and his one episode in The Great but he’s such a good serious actor I just want him cast in more things in general really. 

a subgenre you would love to watch more of/see more movies being made in the subgenre

I personally haven’t seen much of the classics and I’d really like to change that. Old school german expressionism and the like. As for movies being made I’d like more of I’d love a return to good old fashioned practical effects body horror. Also this is more an aspect than a subgenre but where are my house that hates you movie where are they i only have haunting of hill house I don’t want haunted houses I was sick houses that hate you personally

a horror movie you liked but wouldnt recommend to most people (give a reason if youd like to)

a horror movie you want to recommend to people

Watcher!! It’s genuinely really good I’m only a little biased. Also for ones I think ppl are a little less likely to have watched: Thirst (2019) is Extremely campy and fun. 

a horror movie you liked but will probably never rewatch (give a reason if youd like to)

Idk that I have one honestly? I don’t get squeamish at much at all (though if i were to rewatch hereditary i probably would skip That scene. Smth abt it my brain hates despite everything else I’ve seen in movies and the internet)

a horror movie that you turned off before it was fully over (give a reason if youd like to)

Vicious Fun (2020). Idk the whole.. Lizard person shit really did not sit well 

a horror movie you wish you could watch again like its the first time

Oh god. The first Scream, Most Texas Chainsaws, Bride of Reanimator, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, the list goes on

a horror movie/or horror movies you could rewatch the most times

The reanimators ily reanimator some of my favorite films of all time

a horror movie that stuck with you for weeks after you watched it (give a reason if youd like to)

I’m Thinking of Ending Things stuck with me for ages. Anything surreal like that kicks around in my head. 

a horror movie with the best soundtrack (or! your favorite horror movie soundtracks)

Not to mention Re-Animator Again but the music rules in that movie. Also i am contractually obligated to mention Repo: The Genetic Opera and the Devil’s Carnival Movies

most memorable/your favorite horror movie trailer(s)

I don’t really have much memory for these things, but I like the idea of the paranormal activity one that showed the audience watching and reacting to the film instead of clips of the film itself

a horror movie/horror movies you wish you had in your collection

I really want that copy of TCM Next Generation that has information on the cast but instead of any accolades or filmography it just lists Matthew Mcconahey’s crimes. Holy Grail Item. Also Dawn of the Dead considering how impossible it is to get on streaming. 

the first horror movie you saw that truly ignited your love for the genre

Original Poltergeist, for sure. Was obsessed w that movie as a child. Also the more “children oriented” ones like The Little Vampire and Gremlins

a decade you have seen the most horror movies from

If I had to guess it’d be the 80s or 90s? 

a decade you want to watch more horror movies from

Early age, so 10s to 40s I’d say

a horror movie you really love the use of practical gore effects in

I love love love the effects on Tetsuo: the Iron Man. There’s a scene shot in such a way it looks almost stop motion it’s the coolest along w their extreme cyberpunk metal thing they got going on (made me go on a rabbit hole and now am seeing in theaters in a few weeks!! whooo) 

creatures you wish were featured in more horror movies

Vampires have kinda fallen out of fashion but i love vampires i feel like the genre was just treading the same ground for a while when there’s so many new and interesting ways you could take them?? 

a horror movie you like that a lot of people dislike

Idk im a skinamarink truther ig. Like it’s not my favorite but i saw people in a really strong “love it or hate it” dichotomy and i liked it! I saw it in the literally least optimal way though I think it’s best viewed on a computer in pitch black at 3am like a youtube video but I went to see it in theaters with the audio turned up ungodly high bc of the whispering so if any sound at all was above a whisper it blew your eardrums out. Also the like. “Morally abhorrent” extreme horrors. 

a horror character that actually creeps you out/scares you

Honestly I don’t really have one that I can think of?? The most is like. Conceptually. It’s the regular humans that disturb me more of anything. 

the horror movie/horror movies from your favorite subgenre that got you into that subgenre

The fly was my intro to body horror, as is most people’s, but i really do love both. 

a horror movie that you love to/would love to watch with other people to see their reactions/etc

Seeing that tetsuo screening with my roommate!! Very excited for the what the fuck of it all. Also saw greasy strangler for the first time drunk off my ass w roomates and it is absolutely the ideal way to see that film. Trying to do it again w a different set of roomates.

the best/your favorite horror movie plot twist

The end of frankenhooker isn’t really a twist, but, well, it is amazing. Also not favorite but the end of would you rather makes me so so mad and sad. 

a horror movie you didnt expect to like but you did

We’re All Going To The Worlds Fair. I’d heard fairly mixed reviews on it but I quite liked it. It’s a bit strong to call it a horror, but I liked how it was done and it had atmosphere to spare. Definitely worth a go if you grew up on the early internet days. 

an upcoming horror movie youre looking forward to watching

The Robert Eggers Nosferatu coming up, Guillermo Del Toro is doing a Frankenstein!! Also just skimmed the synopsis of Love Lies Bleeding it sounds cool

favorite teen slasher

Gotta go basic and say Scream. Also not a “teen” slasher but i do love texas chainsaw 2 deeply. 

favorite body horror

Tetsuo: The Iron Man if it wasn’t clear

favorite 80s horror movie

Re-Animator (though im sad I can’t say Bride bc it came out in 91 bride is the better one imo) 

favorite horror movie of all time <3

Obv I can’t pick one. Realistically it’s Bride of Re-Animator, but Ichi the Killer, Repo: The Genetic Opera, and Tetsuo are up there as well.