#and the movie i'm watching rn sort of reminded me of it

[mellxncollie]

i bet edwin has been to every single production of charley's aunt that's been put on in london since they started the agency. doesn't matter how big or small. some random theatre club at a secondary school is putting it on? he's there.

at this point he can practically quote the whole thing but finds all the jokes funny every time. charles doesn't come with him most of the time but he'll tag along on occasion. he complains a bit about it but he secretly has come to enjoy it too, if only because he gets to see edwin laughing.

[flippinpancakes64]

cullens w/ a reader who lovesss to cuddle?

The Cullens with a Cuddly S/O

Currently fighting the sleep demons rn so Idk if this will even make sense but whatever full send

Thank you for requesting and I hope you like this

Edward:

We already know he's down

I mean like half of the first book/movie is him watching Bella sleep

He just likes to be nearby

So cuddling up to your side is no burden to him

He'll ask a lot if you're too cold or if you want him to move

He just wants you to be comfortable

After you've established that you do, indeed, like his cuddles, expect them all the time

If the time or place allows him to be right by your side, he is there

"Hey I just rented a new movie, do you wanna come over and watch it?"

"What movie?"

"Uh-"

"I'm on my way, have my blankets ready."

Alice:

She's a pretty energetic person

So I feel like she'd need to either be doing something or talking

So yes she will cuddle, but she needs the TV on

Or she needs to be talking your ear off

She loves being so close though

She's like a lizard she loves the warmth

She doesn't mind if you fall asleep, she'll keep talking

But especially if it's late at night, she loves being so close to you

Btw she's the little spoon or literally laying on top of you

I would recommend investing in a nice heated blanket

Jasper:

I have a feeling he'd love it

He strikes me as the type to be able to stare at a wall for hours on end and not get bored

So he doesn't mind laying with you the whole night

He would lay in one spot for days if you wanted him to

He would be so happy when you asked him the first time though

He has a bit of a hard time grasping that you actually do love him, so small reminders like this go a long way

Is another one who's hyper-aware

Constantly making sure you're comfortable

He would find your even breaths and calm mind soothing

It's his new favorite couples activity btw

Rosalie:

I've mentioned it before but I think she's active at all hours

Either she's at school, hunting, or working on her cars

She just doesn't like to be bored

So cuddling isn't her favorite

Not to say she won't do it

Just that she won't do it for super long stretches of time

She'll cuddle for a movie, or until you go to sleep

But then she likes to get back to doing something

It's understandable, you can go to sleep, she can't

If you ask her to, though, she will stay the whole night

And she won't complain

She also doesn't have a preference on cuddling position

Emmett:

He's definitely more into like casual cuddling

Does that make sense?

Like he loves holding you close on the couch while he's watching a game

And he loves sitting you in his lap when he's playing a card game or doing homework

But he doesn't really like laying in bed for hours

So sort of similar to Rosalie

He just gets restless

He's squirmy too

He wakes you up throughout the night because he moves so much

Cruel injustice

But on the bright side, if he was able to sleep he'd be a loud ass snorer so at least you don't have to deal with that

Esme:

She would be another snuggle enjoyer

She loves the closeness of it

It makes her feel so connected to you

And she has no qualms about when or where

It's the middle of the day and she's outside working on the garden but you want to cuddle?

Okay just let her shower first

She would prefer to be the little spoon

Idk why that's just how it is

Carlisle:

Carlisle "Cuddle" Cullen

Anytime, anywhere

He just misses you a lot when he's at work

So he loves to make up for lost time by having you right there with him

Loves doing paperwork with you in his lap

Or having his arms around you at all times

And of course he will lay with you for the whole night

He tends to lay on his back

But that's just his natural

He will move however you need him to

He only cuddles fully clothed tho

He knows he's cold

So he knows you will need the extra layers between you two

Vampire! Bella:

She's always down

Sleeping is one of the things she misses the most about being human

So laying there with you while you sleep is the closest she can get to the real thing

She likes to cuddle while facing you

Face to face yk

But her one bad habit is that she forgets that she is freezing

Chronically puts her hands under your shirt or her toes behind your knees

"Ah! Cold!"

"Shit, sorry"

[angelyuji]

heyy guyss... how y'all doing.... anyway here are some elias thoughts sorry if these are ooc... i havent listened to tma in a month and im on episode 161...

tw // spoilers for tma, creepy boss bouchard, nothing too crazy actually which is new for me lol

im watching smallville and catching up on another podcast and also taking 3 summer classes.... what if i kms guys... jk ;)

also hey babe this is for u @soupyboiii

the only way to meet elias is if you work at the archives. so the very first time you meet him is at your job interview. he's not creepy in a pervy sort of way but creepy in a... horror movie kinda way lol you felt like he was staring into your soul but he was hot so you forgave him.

you sit patiently, waiting to be called. you needed the job, with your savings account running low and your degree being of no use, you’d be willing to get on your knees and beg for a job. ‘if im gonna beg, i hope he’s hot at least.’

“(y/n) (l/n)?” you look up to see him. ‘oh fuck, he is hot’ he tilts his head at you and you jump up.

“hi! mr. bouchard, right?” you reach out your hand to shake and he takes it. his hand was cold and you felt a chill go down your spine. he doesn’t move, keeping your hand in place. you feel an uncomfortable prickling on the back of your neck.

“follow me.” he smiles and lets go of your hand. you follow into his office. he gestures to a chair in front of his desk. once you were both settled in, he looks over your file and gives you a once-over. “what made you want to work here?”

‘crushing loans’ “honestly, i’ve always wanted to work at a library! it’s very peaceful and i love to be surrounded by books, so when i saw the job listing, i knew i had to apply.” you smile.

he hums, “would you want to work with people or be down in the archives?”

you pause to think, ‘i’d rather work with people than a dingy basement, i guess…’ “i’d rather work with people. i’ve had a lot of-”

he interrupts you, “i’m glad to hear. do you have any other questions?”

‘are you married? do you date younger people?’ “i can’t think of anything right now.” you smile and shrug, sheepishly. he gives you an unnerving smile and you can feel your smile falter.

“you’re perfect.”

you rarely see him after that interview and the few times you do see him, it'll be glimpses of him leaving his office to meet the archival team or back.

in my mind, the day that like really sets him forward on persuing you would be like a one-on-one performance review or smth like that (im definitely not taking this from a fanfic i started and never finished or posted)

he listens to you talk about how much you love the job and get into your head to actually see what you mean... and what you mean is "i wanna fuck this guy". that piques his interest so he asks you the million dollar question.

"would you like to work in the archives? i think they could really use your skills down there." elias stares you down.

"sorry, what?" you were surprised at the offer. you hadn't said anything about wanting to work there, happy and content with your currect position and paycheck.

"of course, you would get a raise and a couple of other benefits, but i would love to work more closely with you (y/n)." he stands and moves in front of his desk, leaning against the table.

'more... closely....' your thoughts run wild as you feel heat creep up your cheeks. "i'm not sure how i could help, mr. bouchard." you wring your hands in your lap. elias leans down to grab your hands, softly. you feel his breath on your neck as he leans to whisper in your ear.

"please, love, call me elias."

need him!!!!

he kinda reminds me of william afton like when i think of boss willy i think of elias

except boss willy afton creep factor leans more to pervert while elias creep factor leans more into mysterious boss who also raises the hair on the back of your neck yk? iykyk as they say

anyway thats all i can think of rn bye :)

[milgram-tournament]

MILGRAM Best Song Tournament, Round 1, Match 4 HALF vs. MAGIC

Propaganda for both options under the cut!

Propaganda for HALF:

kazui may just be an old gay man but HE CAN SING.

its. literally stunning.

like aside from his character and everything else, half is just really really beautifully written

THE INSTRUMENTALS.

HIS V O I C E??? its so pretty

heartbreaking lyrics. i dont love kazui as a character but i have bawled to half

GAY RIGHTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love amane but she will undoubtedly win when her purge march poll rolls around, so lets let the old man have a win shall we?

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half propaganda let's goooo sorry i'm sobern't in true kazui style so this probably won't make a bit of sense

theatre kid man. i love him, incredible mv.

this song is pure ASMR to me

visually aligned with Cat and it's so lovely to see that continuity

the GRAINY MOVIE DOTS THING ON THE MV <3

kazui is so dramatic. i love him i love him

dapper gentleman. such clothes

the key change is so well done

AND THE . THE PART WITH THE. THE ENDING SORT OF LYRICS OVERLAID WITH SPEAKING. and then his quieter singing and, and, and o h my god. im sorry. im not very coherent abt this rn

every part of the song is amazing but once it gets to the key change and after it keeps stepping up the amount of being perfect

kazui is in it

um

kazui is in it

go my psionic warriors vote for everyone's favourite failhusband

no children were tortured in the making of this MV (cough looking at You magic)

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Allow me to present my Half propaganda!

- The slower tempo adds a very relaxing feeling to the song. Kinda ironic, but I like it! It sort of reminds of old indie songs from 2012 (especially with what I think is whistling added in the instrumental in-between chorus and verses.)

- Kazui’s voice. Enough said.

- It’s very easy to listen to, and I find it’s one of the only songs from Milgram that I like to listen to out of context (besides After Pain, Backdraft, and Purge March, oddly enough.)

- The MV is rife with imagery, and is used to beautiful effect. It really makes you feel for Kazui and his situation.

- The scene with him and Hinako before the key change… that makes me so emo.

- The overlapping part at the end… the lyrics combined with the dialogue in the background makes me really sad in a way I can’t explain.

Propaganda for MAGIC:

MAGIC MY BELOVED MAGIC!!! Its one of the best MVs in the entire series, even including T2. Magic is visually stunning and has some fantastic art direction but also is very clever in how it conveys its themes and ideas. Magic doesn't really hide anything from you, not really. It's all symbolic but it Tells You Things. It shows you the abuse, it shows you the cat. There's a fun little relationship going on here where, In Magic. Amane's pain and suffering isn't taken seriously by the people around her and the Audience we are discouraged to take it at face value due to the fictionalized nature of Magic. It's so cool. I'm so fond of the song as well, it's one of the best in the series purely cause of the Layers in it. The implications of this Inability to be good is seeped into Magic. Amane knows this isn't reality, Magic knows it's a show, she watches it at the end. And it's so Sad to me that even in her fictionalized happy world she Cannot be a good girl. It's a standard completely out of reach for her and that idea is just conveyed so well visually.

Im not even talking about the goddamn cat yet- the cat symbolism goes Deep. That cat is HER it has the same wounds Amane has in Purge March. I- I cant talk about the intertextuality of Purge March and Magic here this is Magic propaganda only- I- there's so much good stuff to Magic. I Re watched it over and over again. It has some the Best Writing and Visual Communication in Milgram and I will Die on this Hill.

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shoutout to magic for having pretty props AND being vague as fuck about the crime! diversity win!

seriously though amane looks SO cute in it! the mv has such a pretty and colorful style and even with that it's able to show the horrors of what amane went through.

adding onto my last point. that scene where the cat is hyperventilating and you see the camera shaking???? that scene where the mascots find amane helping the cat and they're all standing over her? CHILLS. im repeating myself but the fact that they were able to portray the awful things amane went through in a genuinely emotional way while still keeping the cute cartoon look is soo impressive

there are SO many layers to itill the entire cartoony style making it look like a tv show… utilizing the cartoony effects and bright colors to show amane downplaying her own pain… the transformation after she gets punished barely changing anything to show just how manipulated she was from the start… ueueueue

ALSO ALSO ALSO THE SCENE AT THE END WITH AMANE STARING AT THE SCENE? OHHH ITS SO GOOD it adds such a feeling of dread and reminds you on top of this whole thing that all of this is truly horrifying! something is going on here!

this song is so catchy it gets stuck in my head CONSTANTLY

"Dear wise one, Am I worthy? Is it ok to spoil myself?" AMANE... UEUEUUEUE

the little ding sound effects in the instrumental?????

amanes voice is ADORABLE

THE INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT PART WHERE SHES HELPING THE CAT HAS THAT GODLY TYPE SOUND YOUD TYPICALLY ASSOCIATE WITH CHURCHES AND STUFF AND I DONT KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT PROPERLY BUT JUST RELISTEN TO IT AND YOU WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN. ITS SUCH A NEAT DETAIL

i could go on about this mv for days but i am not a theorist unfortunately. just. magic sweep

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

tuesday again 6/25/2024

i played a game that is not genshin impact!

listening

paige kennedy's lingerie model. the line "cause i'm a little rat boy in the body of a lingerie model" startled a laugh out of me. off the discover weekly playlist.

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reading

thank you philip.

Johnny Guitar by Roy Chanslor, on interlibrary loan bc i was hoping reading the book would kickstart my long-planned fic based on the movie. surprise! wildly different book i read in one sitting! the locations, most of the characters (except most of them are much younger) and who's on what sides are essentially the same, but everything else is different!

there are five whole women in this thing, which is a staggering number for a western. i don't know that i have a clear idea of what this book is trying to say about Women in general or specific. i've just been kind of rolling it around in my head for a while. once i figure out what i want to say about this book everyone better watch out

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watching

borrowed my best friend's husband and their disney plus account to watch a lot of star wars. we certainly had a lot of thoughts about the show Ahsoka but none of them were particularly complimentary. it's dave filoni playing the fucking hits. would you like some wolves and some owls and people having bad feelings and recreating the training session on the millennium falcon from ANH? would you like some fairly lackluster lightsaber battles? would you like the least interesting concept of a waiting room/purgatory/underworld you've ever seen? this is a show where we meet Anakin again and TRAVEL TO A DIFFERENT FUCKING GALAXY, the BIRTHPLACE of some WITCHES. can we be a little bit excited about new things please??? please?????? we are so very bogged down in cutting back and forth, bc god forbid everyone be in the same place at the same time, that we get only the tiniest glimpses of fun new places. show me the places. stop giving me medium shots of people yapping. easily three quarters of this show is filmed from the waist up or closer. what fucking gives. if i really really wanted to scratch the itch of a worrisome legacy and lost love and slightly weird student/teacher dynamics i would go read a contemporary literary novel. show me the interesting parts of star wars and not just the fanservicey callback parts please thanks

we did have a lot of fun with The Acolyte, which genuinely does feel like a breath of fresh air. most of the dialogue is extremely bad, which is sort of par for the course for a star war, but the gleeful jumping with both feet into some real melodramatic weekly serial/space opera tropes!!! much more interested in playing with a heightened narrative/playing with narrative at all, unlike ahsoka which is more focused on filling in a little blank spot!!! witches here also!!! the GOOD TWIN and the EVIL TWIN, several inventive assassinations, the CLEARING of one's NAME, a cursed planet, some fights that feel like they're playing with samurai movies and westerns in a fun new way instead of reminding me of a better thing i could be watching. thank you im eating this with a spoon. many people are very mad about it bc the protagonist is black and perhaps not perfectly straight. the public says this star wars is bad, bc of woke and bc of cliffhangers. i think this one is fun actually so far!!!

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playing

Freshly Frosted (2022, Quantum Astrophysics Guild). free on Epic rn and quite honestly this should be a self-care/old people brain plasticity phone game. why it is NOT on mobile is beyond me. why it is on SWITCH is also beyond me.

it did make me miss a novelty doughnut and coffee mini local chain in the five college area that has long since gone under. one of my therapists used to have an office above one of their stores and i used to go to a class at smith on wednesdays, go to therapy, and then jog for the half hour bus back to umass, reward doughnut in hand.

it opens with a soft-voiced woman telling you about how she likes to decompress by laying in a field and imagining a donut factory in the sky. she gives encouraging little tips and "hey! be nice to yourself!" throughout the game, but mostly at the beginnings of levels and introducing new mechanics. there are, perhaps, overly plentiful achievements.

there are a dozen dozen levels and i played through the first three dozen, or the first three boxes (normie don't draw over your line, multi track drifting, merging paths). i once had a level correct and then hit undo out of indecision and the tutorial lady told me "“You had it, click the undo button in the top right to undo”. which i don't believe i've ever seen in a game.

i stopped at the third box bc there’s a universal order to ingredients (always frosting then sprinkles then whipped cream then etc) but it does not ever tutorialize that it will only put the next ingredient on if the previous ones are fulfilled. like this was the level i figured this out on.

on further levels in this box i was not thinking super hard about what the actual order was and i couldn't really tell you how i solved a particular level except for making sure every possible path existed. maybe this gets super wild in later levels idk but three dozen levels was enough of a novelty for me. if i may be a little mean to a perfectly fine game, it feels like a coding bootcamp project in the way it steps through its logic and introduces new mechanics.

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making

cross stitch update. i don't believe this will be done by my brother's birthday

[zinzabee]

What are some of your favorite character relationships/dynamics in TMNT, and why? Is there anything that you particularly like seeing explored with them in fan works (art, writing, comics, etc)?

I have always been drawn to April's relationship with the turtles, especially when she's older. I really enjoy the idea of this woman in her 20s with a full time job in the big city coming across a bunch of mutant teenagers and immediately just- adopting them?? And becoming part of their family. And her relationships with them individually is such a great concept to explore. I think it's very underutilized in the tmnt media.

Like- we know that Raph & Casey are close and all, that's always a given. But April's dynamic with Leo is especially dear to my heart (especially in the 2003 series bc that's the one I grew up with and the one I automatically think of). She sort of gets his 'responsible leader' ideals. She gives him room to be that person while providing a soft ego check, and being there for him to lean on when that all gets to be a bit much without any judgement.

I also really love her character and her dynamic with them in the 90s live action movies. She really doesn't feel so much like a sister/mom figure, she's really just their friend. Even when they're trashing her apartment with their silly teen antics and she scolds them a bit, it never felt like- mom-ish to me. It moreso reminds me of when I was in my early 20s hanging out with my younger cousins at the family functions. /pos

And even in the tv shows where she's a teen alongside them, I love April's dynamic with the turtles. I really dont care what fandom says, I do enjoy seeing both the crush aspect and the sister aspect explored. For as cringey as 2012's April is written, there is a part of me that feels some moments of it were believable, if you remember that she's just a teenage girl who is going through the Horrors. (and also because, ya know, I was a teenage girl once & I remember having to deal with unwanted attention from boys I was just trying to be friends with. But I do confess, I've only seen up to halfway through Season 4 rn, I'm watching through that with a friend rn but its taking a bit)

And MM April relationship with Leo, from what I've seen in the new tv show so far (I'm not quite done with the series yet, I hate binge watching things) has a really solid queerplatonic vibe to it that I'm enjoying watching play out.

And do I even need to say anything about Rise April? She's awesome and her relationship with the turtles is on a level all its own.

Overall, I do feel that every April is her own individual person and thus the dynamics with the turtles are gonna be different, and I personally love seeing those dynamics explored. Whether they're heartwarming or embarassing or unconventional or tragic or familial, its probably my favorite to see in any medium.

[admirange]

Mcl style contest outfit dump pt. 5

Devil's night

Looked it up if it means something specific. Found out there's a book (?) series with this title, saw some fanarts and every character was in black, kinda military like clothes. Also devil's night was a day on October the 30th or 31th where in some american towns ppl did mischief and vandalism and stuff. At least that's what I read, idk about these stuff. But I continued this thought process and thought the Purge movies would fit with this theme too? The vibe I was going for is a little extra, going to parties, doing whatever the hell she wants, killing, anything. Taki robbed a bank.

Got well ranked with top 20%

Devil's advocate

Took the theme quite literally. But also didn't want to do a normal formal outfit, this is the DEVIL's advocate after all. So sort of formal, but still extremely slack. Taki shows off how rich they are.

Got well ranked with top 15%

Hollow lantern

I used very extra, overly-decorated clothes to give that feeling of those beautifully decorated lanterns. A bronze color would've matched more, but white is what I have. A little over-dressed for my taste, I don't know how to feel about it. I don't expect great ranking with it.

Got well ranked with top 25%

Demonic entity

My first thought was the nun Valak! Did a test run but it's really hard to make a decent nun without cloaks. Give us cloaks pls!! I also thought about the Babadook so I went with that idea after the nun didn't really work out. It's still kind of a mix between those two. Gave her that sunshader because it felt really empty, to have her just stand there. I actually pondered a lot if I should give her that or stay without stuff but I don't know, somehow it felt more sinister with the shader. Maybe just for me.

Got low ranking with it. The podium is a disaster. But not surprising since every second outfit in this theme was a fairy sparkle butterfly princess. Are we familiar what a demon is?

Dragon slayer

Although I watched it like 10 years ago, my first thought was still Fairy Tail... then Lance also came into my mind since yk... he killed his lil bro. Who was a dragon. So he's a dragon slayer. No? Okay. Searched for a picture of Gajeel from the anime and used it for reference. Not a 100% but it wasn't my intention anyway.

Got well ranked with top 28%

Pirate

Harr! The theme song of Pirates of the Caribbean was the ringbell for the end of the class in my school for 3 years. Went for a classic pirate, I honestly don't have much to say about it. I like it!

Got well ranked with top 22%

Ghost

Not much to add, tried to do something a little bit different since it's getting a little repetitive. We had like 3 different ghost themes so far. The goal was to put the whole character in white and look kind of old. The lore is that this is a library lady ghost, I just had to come up with something because yeah. It's getting boring.

Got well ranked with top 22%

Dark rituals

Pretty messy and a lot is going on, but that was my intention. As I said I'm getting a little bored with the clothes I have so I just tried doing a little more chaotic look. She doesn't even have a lore :(

Got well ranked with top 28%

Vampire

NADJA FROM WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS!!!! I can't even describe how much I love vampires. Both portrayed seriously and in a comedic way. I love playing with vampires in the sims and I love forgotten hollow. I love looking like a vampire. The scented wax I'm using rn is called vampire blood. The outfit is obviously referenced from Nadja, but only from my memory. Taki reminded me of Guillermo because of the vest and the glasses! I hope hope hope some ppl will recognize my vision 🥹 this may be my all time favorite outfit so far.

Got well ranked with top 12% (so much only for the basic looks to win again... I saw so many great cosplays, it's so disappointing but not surprising)*

Black widow

Looked up some inspos. I didn't want to do anything extra, an elegant but more tight fitting outfit. She's like the sims we make to marry the rich ones then kill them in the pool. Taki is enjoying their money. Idk about the background, it's something between a rich home and a funeral house? Like she's still at the husband's funeral lol. Spent an awful lot of time creating the outfit and it isn't even my best one.

Got well ranked with top 30%

*I don't wish to attack anyone with this, it just genuinely feels like I'm seeing the same outfits over and over again in different colors. Seems like a lot of people dress as the "color" of the theme rather than the theme itself... I promise a demon does not need butterflies and flowers, red or not it does not fit the idea.

Thanks for reading and/or looking through my creations! <3

[scuderiaspringsteen]

eons ago @nolansiegels tagged me to answer these questions and i've finally gotten around to it!!

tagging @gayferrari @catboyseb @rosberggp @97leclrc @kissingwalls @darlingnemesis @raikkonenslay and anyone else who wants to do it

do you make your bed? yes but very poorly. hate the idea of dust on my sheets however i simply don't enjoy making the bed

favorite number? hmmmm i like 9 very much. nice little triangles ect

what's your job? i'm a uni student double majoring in linguistics and anthropology with a minor in arabic and i'm an archival intern

if you could go back to school, would you? i'd go back to elementary school in a heartbeat. also i fear i enjoy uni too much and will try and stick around for some time.....

can you parallel park? as of literally one week ago i've magically been able to reliable parallel park. idk how or why but i'm not complaining

do you think aliens are real? welll maybe there's Something out there but probably we'll never meet which is for the best

can you drive a manual car? no but i do want to learn (that being said i pretty much hate driving in general and will continue to avoid it whenever possible)

guilty pleasure? british white boy rock music (think catfish and the bottlemen circa waves sam fender the wombats ect) and this very particular green tea mochi danish from a bakery near me

tattoos? none rn, although i follow a ton of tattoo artist and have a couple from whom i definitely want to get something. unfortunately i can't make up my mind and stick with it for longer than 5 seconds so !! tattoo plans on indefinite hold

favorite color? dark greens.....olive emerald forest ect. however i weirdly tend to both accumulate items and clothes in various shades of blue so like. people irl tend to associate me with that apparently

favorite type of music? uhhhhhhhhh. it oscillates wildly but artists i can p much always listen to are jeff buckley tamino springsteen z berg u know the sort. also mika. (i was gonna put him as my guilty pleasure unfortunately i do not feel guilty in the least. everyone go listen to coke studio stardust)

do you like puzzles? yesss always !!! physical puzzles are very dear to me bc my family is insane abt them in a good way but i also love puzzle games!

favorite childhood sport? figure skating <3 og dramatic bitch sport that i have been following religiously since early childhood

do you talk to yourself? mmm sometimes i narrate in m head but rarely out loud

tea or coffee? so. tea forever and always HOWEVER this is largeley bc american coffee is kinda ass and i'm reminded of this whenever i leave the country. bought some fun coffee stuff in italy which i'm very excited to use !!

first thing you wanted to be when growing up? a librarian and then a tech/business girlie (dark time in my life) and then a stage manager. kind of come full circle now !!

what movies do you adore? taking a minute to say tal u have incredible taste thoroughbreds 2017 is so near and dear to me. also and then we danced !!! i remember watching that in the shittiest quality with a russian dub over the georgian with english subs....excellent film also got me very into georgian food. and man from u.n.c.l.e is the only action film ever. okay actually gonna answer now here are some of the all time favorites (i warn u these are not all Good they're just Good To Me): the decoy bride, amelie, roman holiday, the blue caftan, the social network (sorry), matthias et maxime, jab we met, yeh jawani hai deewani, ek main aur ekk tu (2000's bollwood is sooo important to me)

[zendoe]

Tag ppl you wanna know betteeer

Tagged by: @missmassacre (thank u btw i am ALSO a sucker for these, they remind me of being a teenager)

Last song: Peace Out by Jay Som, and also just incidentally I've been listening to a lot of Esperanza Spalding recently.

Favorite Color: Teal or Lavender

Currently Watching: Going through One Piece with two friends separately. I'm caught up on the manga, but they're both first timers. In Marineford with one and Dressrosa with the other. Also been watching Star Trek Lower Decks with one of them as it comes out, and I may be getting into Initial D with another friend sometime soon? Also at some point I need to get back to Succession, which I was recently watching for the first time but I lost my momentum in S3.

Last Movie: Uncle Boonmee who Can Recall His Past Lives, dir. Achipatpong Weerasethakul. One of my absolute favorites, incredibly beautiful, lyrical, meditative, politically radical, quiet, dreamlike. I really want to watch more of Weerasethakul's stuff, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Currently Reading: I am unfortunately not reading anything, despite having a pretty sizable stack of books checked out from the library I work at. Top priorities are Flawless by Elise Hu, Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin, a book of interviews with Nobuhiko Obayashi (director of Hausu), and an anthology of Le Guin stories a friend gave me.

Sweet/spicy/savory: Savory

Relationship status: Groovy

Current Obsessions: No particularly strong obsessions rn, but I've been spending a lot of my time studying anatomy for drawing and playing guitar.

Last googled: "Federal holidays" (was discussing with a friend which ones my job does and does not give us off)

Currently working on: A lot! Like I said above drawing and guitar, but also I've been trying to sit zazen everyday and get into doing some at-home yoga for exercise. I also will likely need to move apartments soon so trying to sort that out.

I've got a couple of new mutuals so I'm going to tag @catgirlsriseup and @somaisbatman, but please feel free to just ignore if you're not interested lol.

[fluentisonus]

9 ringwraiths people you would like to get to know better:

tagged by the wonderful @carlandrea!! ty :) <3

three ships: hms surprise uss constitution hms victory (<- sorry couldn't resist)

legolas and gimli. what even to say here. guys of all time. you guys Know you've read my posts

jack aubrey & stephen maturin But like. It's Complicated. I'm kind of into this one as like. an eternally understood but unspoken & unacted upon thing if that makes sense?? idk my thoughts are many & complex but ultimately they're a matched set so it qualifies

idk if this is like a top ships of all time thing BUT since you reminded me. thinking All the time about arabella strange/lady pole. what if we were devoted to each other and got trapped in faerie together attending the same endless eerie balls every night and called each other my love and kissed each other for comfort and one of us shot a guy for the other and we were both girls. ough

first ever ship: this one's hard.... i'm genuinely not sure it'll probably come to me as soon as I post this askdjhfklsaj

last song: sunrise by norah jones i think :)

last movie: the draughtsman's contract immediately followed by the favourite as god intended

currently reading: nothing currently but i just a couple of days ago finished rereading the invention of love & then immediately reading ae housman's poems so you can imagine the state i was in ksjhdkjfskj. also i am a little bit in the middle of a broadside ballad rabbit hole though

currently watching: ABOUT to start watching the jonathan strange and mr norrell tv adaption :^)

currently consuming: recently had apple crumble for desert!

currently craving: dark chocolate with mint or some sort i think

tagging: sorry i can't think of anyone rn bc I'm too sleeby but if you want to do it consider yourself tagged!!

[laviejaguardia]

French viewing recs for you!

movies:

How I Became a Superhero - this is a super fun and creative little movie about how bonkers it would be if superpowers were real, if you're burned out on superheroes at all (understandable!) this might be refreshing

AKA - seemingly standard gritty action movie but wait! the main action guy has unexpected heartwarming dad vibes with the mafia boss's adorable young son!

The Takedown - action comedy starring the guy from Lupin

shows:

Lupin - you're probably already aware of this one, season 3 just dropped, super charming mystery thriller heist antics thing, the main character has a guest appearance in one of my fics

Jusqu'ici tout va bien | Thicker than Water - crime thriller with just a super compelling main character, she's a protective older sister who ends up an accidental druglord maybe? you'll recognize her boyfriend from Disorder

Into the Night - environmental disaster survivors thriller, political in ways that are sometimes clunky and sometimes really interesting, stressful to watch at times but highly recommend if you like that sort of thing

Le Bazar de la Charité | The Bonfire of Destiny and Les combattantes | Women at War - soapy period dramas

plus a bonus rec that's not in French but it's my very favorite of my non-English watching: Onisciente. Brazilian scifi mystery that's sort of a dystopia but remarkably upbeat? hard to describe but I love the main character so much, I feel like she and Nile would dig each other

also also! I haven't seen this one yet, just discovered it when I was looking up titles for these recs: Oxygen, a scifi thriller starring Booker's wife's namesake Mélanie Laurent

I'm all ears if you've got recs en español! <3333

Dirah!! Thank you so much!! These all sound very intriguing <3<3<3

How I became a superhero I think I watched it, or maybe started it at least lol AKA and The Takedown are def going on the list!!

LUPIN YEAH I love it haha I'm about to start the last episode of part 3 rn! Jusqu'ice tout va bien sounds interesting too (reminds me of La Haine which I doubt is a coincidence lol) Into The Night I actually started and abandoned :/ just didn't click at the time, can't say why. I'll keep Le Bazard and Les Combattantes in mind but I'm not super into soapy and period and drama together haha

I haven't heard of Onisciente but I WILL keep it in mind, it sounds great, and Oxygen sounds maddening lol

Hmm I find it hard to think of recs cause I have no idea where they might be available with English subs! I'll leave you some anyways

Nueve Reinas: A movie about an amateur conman and the mentor who decides to train him for a big strike. Set in the late 90s Argentina. It either won an Oscar or was nominated if you care about that sort of thing

Los Simuladores: TV series, also heist/conmen vibes, I've yelled about it a lot

Relatos Salvajes | Wild Tales: Five stories of violence set in different parts of Argentina, a dark comedy is how I'd best describe it

El Reino: Series, 2 seasons so far, A crime drama about an Evangelist presidential candidate with a murky background. Second season is more of a political drama but I haven't finished it yet!

Argentina, 1985: A drama following the attorney general who carried about the trials against the top leaders of the last dictatorship. Based on true events, not a lot of fun but in my opinion very well done. Also Oscar nominated. It's on Amazon Prime. In the same vein but fictional: La Historia Oficial

Un Cuento Perfecto: Spanish series, pure romcom very cute!

El Robo del Siglo: Heist movie based on a true story of a crew that robbed a bank. More of a comedy

Muerte en Buenos Aires | Death in Buenos Aires: crime-ish movie with very big homoerotic vibes, I really enjoyed it. Also, Chino Darín POR FAVOR QUE HERMOSO QUE ES

El Secreto De Sus Ojos | The Secret in Their Eyes: NOT the usamerican version with Jessica Chastain (why????), the argentinian one, deals with rape and murder so you gotta be ready for that

Just in general Almodóvar is a great filmaker though he likes a lot of shadier themes, his movies feature cheating, murder, incest, rape and etc. Guillermo del Toro's Laberinto del Fauno is vvv good if you want some fantasy! Sorry I went very argentinian on this but it's what I've seen the most haha and not a lot of action because we ain't got the budget akhdfñg

[fates-theysband]

💖 have you ever been in love? are you in love rn?

🌹 what do you think are the most romantic flowers other than roses?

🍫 do you have a favorite chocolate or sweet?💗 how do you show you care? what do people do that makes you feel loved?

🕊 what do you think about marriage? how would you like to be proposed to?

🍰 what’s your favorite dessert to eat? do you have a favorite to make?💘 you would fall in love with someone who…

⚘💝💕

💫 do you get crushes easily? what makes you fall for someone?

🍓 what are you doing for valentine’s day? do you have any self care plans?

🍦 what are ten things you love about youself?

❣ red, pink, or purple? glitter or sequins? silk or velvet?

readmore for long

💖 have you ever been in love? are you in love rn?

i have been before! until...coming up on a year ago i was in a relationship (we broke it off, we just weren't compatible anymore). right now i am extremely taking it easy on irl romantic stuff. sort of a romantic gap year while i figure stuff out. i honestly am probably arospec in a real-life context.

🌹 what do you think are the most romantic flowers other than roses?

not to sound like a 2012 tumblr girlie (<- technically is a 2012 tumblr girlie) but sunflowers

🍫 do you have a favorite chocolate or sweet?

i love truffles so much. i've eaten two bags of them since february began.

💗 how do you show you care? what do people do that makes you feel loved?

i am a big physical affection person and also i just like...doing things for people. like YES i will watch your dog YES i will run to the store for you YES i will spot you some cash so you can eat after rent hits

i also feel super loved by just like...being known. i mentioned before that my bil sends me every tbh creature meme he finds. my brother sends me tma memes. my friends will send me everything related to cephalopods and skeletons they find. even my mom, as fraught as my relationship with her is, will send me things related to movies or bands she knows i like.

🕊 what do you think about marriage? how would you like to be proposed to?

my view on marriage is, at this current point in my life, similar to that of ms. whoopi goldberg: i don't want somebody in my house

seriously though...hghhh the thought stresses me out. commitment scary. if i actually did get to that point with someone i would NOT want a big showy proposal. nobody fucking look at me. take me somewhere romantic and/or significant to our relationship and propose to me there.

🍰 what’s your favorite dessert to eat? do you have a favorite to make?

i love love love cheesecake!!! i found frozen japanese-style cheesecakes at costco once (they're not at my location anymore but i still have one in my freezer) and those are fantastic. i like making various types of bread. my mom swears by my lemon bread but im not impressed with it and i think i do a better job with pumpkin bread (had a family friend polish off an entire loaf of it in like, two hours once).

💘 you would fall in love with someone who…

uh...i dont think i have a good answer for this one. not a huge amount of experience playing the field here.

⚘ what’s your have a type?

i super don't have one lol im a romantic wildcard. you don't know what i'm gonna do next and neither do i!

💝 what gift would you like to receive? what type do you like to give?

i can answer the ones i like giving more readily so ill start there. i like coming up with gifts i feel are practical based on the person's hobbies or interests or that remind me of them.

i really like getting handmade gifts. like my best friend is a very crafty person so she makes gifts for basically every occasion. and my bil made me those spell bottles i mentioned earlier. which reminds me, i gotta text him for the directions.

💕 vague about your crush or paterner?

well in an irl context i am the most single of pringles rn. How Ever...i sure do wish A CERTAIN SOMEONE was real right now so i could kiss him. on the mouth.

💫 do you get crushes easily? what makes you fall for someone?

i super do not. i have a long-held fantasy of feeling comfortable infodumping to someone who was genuinely interested in what i had to say so the day i can unleash the madness to the full extent it's over.

🍓 what are you doing for valentine’s day? do you have any self care plans?

the answer to "what are you doing for valentine's day" is currently "probably my laundry 😔" bc that's an hour and a half round trip so it's an all day deal. the day before (since that's the common day off between me and my friends) i'm gonna go see my buddies and eat pizza and play some viddy games though.

🍦 what are ten things you love about youself?

i do think im like, actually funny and witty

i'm actually starting to like my writing.

i have fucking impeccable fashion sense.

i am starting to realize that oh, yeah, i can be cute.

i'm starting to grow a spine??? what the fuck??? new development but welcome

i do think i have a nice voice.

i hate myself a lot less than i did when i was younger

i used to like, wonder if i would ever be emotionally mature enough to be a person but i think i actually have been all along.

i like. believe myself now when i say i'm doing everything i can to be a good person and put good things into the world.

my taste in music is also impeccable.

❣ red, pink, or purple? glitter or sequins? silk or velvet?

Ourple, sequins especially if they're the flippy ones, i like both silk and velvet but if my nails accidentally graze against silk the wrong way i explode so velvet

[sunshineshifts]

gonna focus on my Flash/Arrowverse DR in this :)

Part 1:

⭑its a TV show!!

⭑I did, one of the major things I scripted is that several characters didn't die - like Barry's dad, Caitlin's dad, and Cisco's brother. Bc if I can why not make it so my friends have their family members in their lives???

⭑Hang out with the team!!! I want to have fun with my friends, like karaoke, arcades, movies, random walks around the city at midnight!! I'm also looking forward to being a superhero and getting to help people

⭑hm.. I'm not sure? casual, maybe? if that makes sense?

⭑STAR LABS!!!!!! I am so excited to get to see what the place looks like... to actually physically stand in the cortex or the lounge or the speed lab... and to explore all the rooms not featured in the show, I mean, it's a giant place there's gotta be so much cool stuff

⭑i dont have a lot of scenarios scripted yet, but one I do have is when I ask my best friend out!! I'm kinda like "hey. do you want to go out sometime" and he's like "sure why are you so nervous we hang out all the time" and I reply "no I meant like a date..." and he goes "yeah I know I just wanted to mess with you" <3

⭑action is tapping the back of my hand three times.. and safe word... my safe word is poggers... it has been since I got into shifting.. I like the word and I can slip it into conversation surprisingly easily. and it only works if I intend it to work which is good because I actually say it a lot.. do not attack me for being cringe I know </3 (I am cringe but I am free /ref)

Part 2:

⭑Daniel Hartman! actually this reminded me I should pick a middle name huh...

⭑same as in my OR but like. less mentally ill sort of??? like I still have my social and general anxiety and ADHD and probable autism but they don't negatively effect me as much as they do here.

⭑im taller than here bc god I hate being short, I think I scripted like 5'8"?? and my hair is blond bc a) easier to dye and b) being called blondie by my s/o....

⭑I don't have a voice claim, I have like.. some idea of what I sort of sound like, because I don't want to sound like I do here since my voice is fem, but I want a unique voice, y'know? not one I've heard in my OR

⭑I don't have a lot of backstory stuff planned rn it's mostly just like. my life has been really similar to my life here. but this makes me want to come up with fun facts...

Part 3:

⭑I don't remember actually?? maybe tiktok?? I literally have no idea

⭑I don't remember, it was years ago

⭑I haven't been it any DRs yet but I think Ive shifted to places really similar to my OR, like my neighbours house was red and then one day it was white and my family insists it's always been white

⭑I don't have any favorites

⭑^^

⭑raven method maybe?? but the one that's gotten my closest to shifting is actually no method, just thinking about my DR and what I'm excited for in it, or as if I'm there already

⭑thinking abt my friends there and watching the actual show ..

⭑hmm.. do what feels right to you! follow your heart. and also you don't need to script out every little detail, but it's also fine if you do want to!

A challenge for Reality Shifters!

Reblog this post & answer these questions, you can totally skip whichever ones you want, this is just because I like hearing about other people's DRs .:)

Part 1: Your DR

What is your DR? Is it a TV show, a movie, a book, or maybe an original situation?

If your DR is based on pre-existing media, did you change anything, or did you add any details?

What are you most excited to do when you shift there?

How would you describe your DR's aesthetic?

What is your favorite place in your DR?

If you scripted scenarios, which one is your favorite?

What is your safe word/action?

Part 2: Your DR-self

What is your name in your DR?

Who are you in your DR? What are your defining traits?

What do you look like in your DR?

What do you sound like in your DR?

What's an interesting fact about your DR-self?

Part 3: Your shifting journey

How did you first find out about shifting?

What was your first shifting attempt like?

If you've shifted in the past, what was your favorite part of your DR?

If you like to use online meditations, which are your favorites?

If you like to use online subliminals, which are your favorites?

What is your favorite shifting method?

What is something that gives you motivation to shift?

What is one piece of advice you would give to other shifters?

the end :)

[rollercoasterwords]

have you watched bones and all??? i would love to see ur thoughts

(just in general tho i would love to hear you talk more abt cannibalism)

i have not! it hasn't been released where i live yet i think the only english movie showing at the theater in my city rn is the new marvel movie.

gonna be honest i was not feeling the bones and all hype bc i've mostly just been seeing pics of bloody timothee chalamet which does nothing for me lmao but after receiving this message i just watched the trailer and then went and read the plot summary and UMMMMM yeah i need to watch this now. fascinating fascinating concept omg it reminds me a LOT of the movie "raw" this looks fantastic so so so much to think about like [spoilers + rambling below]

ok the fact that some people are "born" eaters??? potential for queer analysis abound also just enamored by the concept of people or creatures or beings who are fundamentally destructive like the fact they literally NEED to eat other people to exist brings up so many questions....do they deserve to live? can they be good people? is it possible to live without harming others? honestly makes me think about the yeerks from the animorphs series lmao but also reminds me of questions brought up in one of my favorite favorite books "a history of glitter and blood" where part of the world-building is that it takes place in this city where gnomes and fairies live together but the gnomes also eat the fairies sometimes and it's just like...an accepted part of life. and of course there's "raw" where we get the same idea of a girl who was born a cannibal and has to decide whether to suppress this urge or allow it to flourish which is just SUCH an interesting concept ugh

also very interested in the gender dynamics based on the plot summary like. it sounds like we get this main character cannibal girl who essentially spends the movie running into different men and trying to figure out how to live her life through their guidance, but each man seems to represent something different....like these are just messy thoughts right now but i'm intrigued by the fact that we get her father who abandons her bc he can't deal with it right, we get the older guy who tries to present her with a new set of rules for how to live life as an eater, we get timmy who seems to be struggling to assimilate but also at certain points is sort of dragging her down a dark (and homoerotic!! the field scene?? omg) path...like the implications of that whole scene and its queerness where he cruises to find a victim and then it seems like after that they ultimately decide to try and assimilate and like...the queerness is inherently suppressed with the suppression of the cannibalism right?? like they're trying to live as a regular heterosexual couple but they CAN'T....omg also the fact that her first act of cannibalism is biting off her girl friend's finger--sorry but that is homoerotic SORRY but the cannibalism is inherently bound up with both character's queerness. and the cannibal mother trying to eat her cannibal child? mother as the source of monstrosity? it seems like the cannibalism is almost like...inextricably bound up with femininity for our main character and we get all these masculine disciplining forces throughout....also maybe this is a leap but i'm thinking about the way consumption is often gendered as a specifically feminine horror like. the fear of someone taking you into their body and consuming you....thinking about the vagina dentata and the movie "teeth" and the ways in which typically we think of penetrating someone else's body with yours as a masculine act but cannibalism inverts that because suddenly the person taking your body into themself is destroying you in the process...also the blurring of bodily borders and identity and love...that ending!!!! god so much to think about i definitely need to watch this movie now

[fencesandfrogs]

Hello I recently found out you have been watching a series of unfortunate events and I just. I have so much to say omg!! For now I will settle with, how are you liking the show and who/what are your favorite things about it rn?

eeeee yessss okay

i'd already seen s1 and part of s2 w my family, but i decided to rewatch from the beginning, bc, well.

yeah.

a series of unfortunate events were books i read as a child, like. y'know the way i read the bad begnning and then i'd just grab whichever were free and settle in for an hour or so of reading. like. just. picturing their covers reminds me of being in fifth grade and sitting in a chair to read. reading was so escapism for me that i hold all childhood book series close to my chest. (fun fact!: i broke up w someone over them once.) (/j it was complicated but they did technically play a part.)

(aside: i loved anything like that, and just...god i read the bad beginning so many times. i was obsessed w tragedy and so a book series where i didn't have to sit thru to find the bad bits? the punch of knowing that there was always another hit? no happy ending would stick? good shit.)

i'm on s3 rn? i watched the first half of the grim grotto, but the second episode ended up being too much, so a friend found a summary for me, but i haven't been in the Mood for it since then. i might pick it up tonight or tomorrow, we'll See.

i'm really liking the show! i think they managed to capture the tone of the books really, really well. like. damn. that's the way to do it.

y'know how the princess bride movie is completely different from the book? because the book is sarcastic and snippy and they couldn't make it fit a movie so they just cut it?

(aside ii: no shade on the princess bride movie. i love the book and the movie. but you have to understand they're two entirely disparate stories.)

but a tv show has time to do freezes and author speaking to you like that and the narration so a series of unfortunate events gets to breathe and it gets to be told the only way it could be told.

urgh it makes me want to scream into a pillow i'm so happy about how it got told. it just. it feels as much like reading the books did as it could, and that makes me so happy.

so yeah those r overall thoughts.

characterwise...

uhm this isn't characterwise i just want to pause and say i think they're doing a good job w the deaths. that's really hard to pull off in a children's show, but they're doing it. it's very impressive and netflix is really doing well w this series.

okay back to character thoughts.

i've liked most characters tbh. i think everyone is done really well.

count olaf doesn't fit with him in my head from the books, but not in a bad way. like the him-in-my-head was not going to work on tv i'm okay w that change. it's not even a change? it's just a subtle distinction.

i find the baudelaires are...hm.

i don't think of them in the same way i used to, and i know why. part of it is growing up, part of it is, well...

i'm not in the mood to bare my soul in a way you probably didn't expect from a short little ask, so i won't. i'll just say reflection on that part is a little bittersweet.

now you'll have to forgive me because i have a memory problem so names are not my strongsuit, nor is spelling, but i really like the snicket siblings! they're fans. and the um. the woman who made the new madame lulu. i liked her quite a lot.

the quagmire triplets r also favourites. i have a feeling that something i'm having thoughts about atm (wrt violet and what's-his-name's conversation about fires) is going to be resolved later, so i won't say what i think now, lest i invite people to comment/spoil things. but i'm a fan of the three of them. i dunno.

sibling relationships hit me in all sorts of ways.

something that hit me unexpectedly hard was violet's moment when klaus was hypnotized. her "i'm supposed to protect him" just.

violet my beloved.

aaaand i am of course having thoughts about sunny but wrt ep 2 of the grim grotto they went from normal thoughts i'd tell anyone to suddenly and intensely personal so i can't share them BUT know they are there and they are many.

ty for asking!! i love getting asks on main <3333

<3

[beeeskneeess]

Hiii! Congrats to 200 followers! My favorite book is Emma by Jane Austen ⛄! I'm just curious about my fs current energy. Thank you so much and happy holidays!!

Initials: KT 💕

hello!! i haven't read that either but its in my long list, i did watch the movie though and it seems intriguing!! like really, and it sort of reminds me of clueless! fs current energy: i feel like they are holding back on something rn. They are going through a massive transformation and a time of a lot of anxiety and insecurity. They are learning from it though in a way. Its like something they really need to learn before they meet you. I feel like they aren't also very into the idea of love right know. They have a lot of trouble expressing how they feel. they're like forcing to eat down words they don't want to express. I feel like thats the change they need to go through.