#awesome its one of my favorite things ever its so nasty and scary but i am not planning on reading whatever tf vanguard is so it as someone

[vulcanhello]

[greekgrad07]

favorite things about your mutuals? its positivity hour, go!

it would be a fucking honor 😭 i tried to get all my mutuals this time but i’m sure i forgot people. i’m sorry if i did pls don’t hate me 🥺

this is in no particular order btw

marisa (@skaterbeth): my fellow short asthmatic <3 i love you bruh 😭 i remember being nervous to message you at first bc i thought you would find me annoying. now look at us 😌 i can message you without fear bc i know you find me annoying 🤍you’re so talented and beautiful and incredible. i love your enthusiasm and you’re so funny. every time i get a notification that you’ve sent me a meme on instagram i get excited (and idk how but there’s one almost every morning when i wake up. i’m not complaining though)

erica (@skateryue): MY TWIN ILY 🤍🤍🤍 i forgot to tell you this but i took a which female atla character are you quiz and i got yue and thought of you <3 you’re so sweet and supportive and deserve all the love! i’m glad our mutual love of the parent trap, our mbti types, and how we’re both jeff goldblum brought us together lol. the vibes are immaculate 😌

adi (@bitcheusjackson): adi you are so smart. THE TAGS I LEAVE FOR YOU ARE WELL DESERVED! you’re such a good writer and your love of musicals is so cute! i also love getting to be an annabeth simp with you (as we all should). you’re also a talented artist! i know you don’t post a lot of your art but when you do i’m always blown away <3<3<3

fátima (@deepestempathllamalawyer): my adopted child 😌 i love you sm 🥺 you’re so sweet- like seriously, i appreciate every self help posted you tag me in and every cute animals post as well. i absolutely love seeing you in my notifications! you’re also the reason i became a malconnor shipper to thank you 😭🤍 (also i still have no idea wtf your url means but at this point i’m too afraid to ask)

ashna (@silenabeth): fun fact, you were the first “big” pjo blog that followed me and i absolutely lost my shit so there’s that <3 you’re such a talented writer and editor bruh i don’t tell you that enough. also, the queen who brought us connabeth i will forever stan 🤩 you’re so funny and one of the most supportive people ever <3<3<3 (also love all of your call out posts about marisa 😌)

sarah (@perseusjackkson): i told you that you were too cool to be following me and i stand by that. you’re so chill and funny, i vibe with you sm. really, your blog is full of so many different fandom and i vibe with almost all of it. you really made your blog for the people <3 i love reading your tags on the things you repost bc they are usually hilarious. also, i couldn’t be more supportive of your engagement to my twin 🤍

regina (@bisexualzia): regina you’re so sweet and genuine and funny and the fact that you associate me with cookies still makes me 🥰 and idk why. your tag has 🔥 by it and i told you it’s bc of ouat. idk if you get that but it’s my favorite show and one of my favorite characters is named regina so <3 also i’m glad there is someone else that can agree suki is superior 😌

zitz (@four-names): another reason why i ship malconnor <3 lol you send the most random asks and they always make my day! and your tags are everything btw stop hiding them 😂 you’re not afraid to speak your mind and you’re a very genuine person :)

drew (@cubanpercyj): you are so caring and passionate! i love your replies and tags to my posts and i’m glad we agree that percy can’t swim lol. you’re super chill and i vibe with you very much. and i’m sure you’ve heard this a lot but i love your aesthetic. the water header is so pretty <3

kayra (@awkwardteenwriter): you are so sweet! and YES ofc you have a tag bruh. i remember when i first tagged you in a post and you said that it made you happy aljdkhagf i tag you in like everything now i’m sure it gets annoying. you’re one of the most caring people ever though! one of our first interactions was you sending me a virtual hug during a hard time for me and i’ll always be thankful for that 🥺🤍

jaina (@jainadurron): you are so nice. every interaction we’ve had has been nothing but absolutely lovely and i’m glad that you joined the pjo fandom! you like almost all of my posts and i love seeing you in my notifications. also! i forgot to tell you your new avatar is so cute 🥺

haania (@padfootno): i love you and i’m sorry the fic isn’t out yet pls don’t hate me 😭 you’re literally the sweetest and most helpful person ever! i’m so thankful for your help on writing hijabi silena and ever since you’ve been so nice! i also love when you tag me in posts :)

@perca-beths: you give me such good vibes idek how to describe it. also, you’re insanely talented! i found your fic on a03 and when i realized it was you who wrote it i was blown away. anyways you’re awesome and i can’t wait for your next update :)

@percabethica: again, YES you have a tag 😂 you’re so nice! i remember i asked to be on your taglist for your fic and you were so kind. speaking of your fic, i loved it i loved it i loved it! you’re incredibly talented. i always end up seeing your reblogs from me on my dash before seeing it in my notifications and there’s always a second after i notice it where i’m like “omg that’s me. i posted/reblogged something she liked.” also your aesthetic is so pretty, i love it

gray (@bbyannabeth): idk why you’re following me. what do i have to offer? when i tell you i binged your masterlist after you posted it i’m not kidding. you’re so talented and seem so chill. also i just saw that you posted a new fic and bruh, i’m about to create a reblog that has so many tags

@ohmydamgods: i’m not above admitting that i’ve stalked your instagram. your posts are so fucking funny and so are you! i also see people posting your textposts on instagram and i’m always like “*gasp* does she know?” and then i see you’ve commented and it’s all good 😂 also you’re so nice :)

@mydramaticflare: YOU ARE SO TALENTED! when you comment on my fic there’s no time to unpack all of that i lost my shit bc your fic Quiet Moments inspired me to write a percabeth sleepover fic in the first place. also you seem so sweet and you show up in my notifications a lot :)

brin (@skatersuki): first of all, suki supremacy <3, secondly, you’re so smart like wtf. every time you go off about photokinesis and all that i’m like 😐😣😐 also every time i see the book circe by madeline miller i think of you bc you’re the first person who i have seen recommend it

teriza (@wasithard): we haven’t really interacted but we have a lot of the same mutuals so i know you’re cool. lol fr though you do seem very nice and fun and chaotic in the very best way, plus you’re blog is awesome

kayla (@eggplant-avenger): hi kayla :) we met through the connabeth agenda and you are super chill. also i hope that you know whenever i read your tag i hear chris mccarrell’s voice singing ‘being a half-blood, it’s scary, it mostly gets you killed in very nasty ways’

charlotte (@sonofsallyjackson): you are the most supportive person ever. every time i read one of your comments on my fics, my heart swells. you’re too kind for this world <3

taylor (@saltyypercy): another one of my connabeth friends 🤩 speaking of connabeth, your memes are everything! you’re hilarious and your content is awesome

@getwokescullyy: you are such a talented writer!! and you’re so nice and supportive! :) we also have a lot of the same hc’s for post canon percabeth 😌 super excited for your next update btw!

olivia (@thegraystreaks): you are so talented idk why you’re following me. it had to of been a mistake. if, so pls don’t leave 🥺 you’re such a supportive person and seeing you and liz interact is so funny. fr i love your writing sm and i’m obsessed with your url 🤩

aya (@percasbeths): again, WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME? seriously i have some of the most talented writers following me and idk why but i’m not complaining. all of your au’s are beautiful and i’m always blown away <3

@judoflipped: you introduced me to Apartment 305 so i’m pretty sure i owe you a kidney or something now lol. fr though you were so nice to me during our first interaction <3 you’re so sweet and you seem super chill

emma (@jasongrape): first a foremost, a superior url. you’re posts are hilarious, especially the ones of you and ash going back and forth lol.

@clr-stan: we haven’t interacted much but your posts are so good!! and you seem super sweet :) also, you’re right. if the pjo movies weren’t based on the books i would have been invested

@writinglettersaddressedtothefire: i’m pretty sure you’re also a mutual of fátima’s which makes you awesome. plus your writing is so good! also i see that you’re having a great time with taylor’s new album coming out so i’m glad you seem to be doing good 😂

lexi (@multifandom-420): one of the other three malconnor shippers on this cite 😭 you seem so sweet and your posts are top tier

@esistkeinponyhof: you are literally always in my notifications and it’s so fun lol. we’ve never really interacted but i’m glad that you like my blog :) also you’re a fellow directioner which is amazing 😌

@himbolin420: how does it feel to have a canon url? apart of the bolin defense squad and connabeth nation? we have no choice but to stan <3 i remember you kept a count for all of your mutuals when i first followed you and i thought that was absolutely precious lol

@twilight-hours: you’re in my notifications a lot and i'm not complaining. lol you always reblog the funniest stuff and i love seeing it on my dash. i know we haven't really interacted but i know we would vibe 

[windmill-ghost]

magnus archives, for the 'send me a fandom' meme

the first character i ever fell in love with:

Hehe, probably Michael! I loved his voice and mannerisms.

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not:

Probably Michael... I just got really burnt out on him since he was so popular, and I felt like his existence just... made people interpret the Spiral (and the entities in general) in the wrong way because they were to hung up on his (imagined) hotness. 

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not:

Shrug! I didn’t get into TMA for the romance so I don’t have a ton.

my ultimate favorite character™:

HHGHGH JOHN UNFORTUNATELY... the only character MORE popular than Michael.

prettiest character:

Tim! The one character that Must be pretty.

my most hated character:

Honestly don’t know? I hate some characters like Peter in Elias, but in the way where I appreciate their role and enjoy dunking on them.

my OTP:

Jon/Martin... canon, and there’s so much delicious dichotomy. 

my NOTP:

Idk! I don’t pay much attention to what people are shipping, most of them don’t interest me enough to hate.

favorite episode:

Suddenly I forget every episode I’ve ever liked.

How about Upon the Stair? That one made me very, viscerally upset, and I don’t see people talk about it much. It’s an arbitrary choice though, there’s so many that slap.

saddest death:

TIM... it was a bomb-ass death but DAMN if I don’t wish he got to live...

favorite season:

Aw fuck that a hard one... its between 2 and 4 which are awesome in very different ways. 

least favorite season:

What I’ve heard of 5... its good on paper, I like the anthology segments, but I feel like the hyper-competent John in the drama sections just sapped away the scariness (plus it’s just not what I fell in love with his character for).

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate:

Skinny!John

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave:

Fuck can I keep answering “John?” I also thing that Martin is more of a piece of trash (affectionate) than people give him credit for.

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave:

Jared Hopworth

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship:

John/Elias... sometimes I just like some Cult Brainwashing Angst.

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship:

I can’t think of any that fit that bill? If I have a ship I’m usually pretty invested in it. For some episodes I muse about monster of the week/statement writer, I suppose.

[lambychop]

Ultimate Horror Flick List

I know this isn’t usually my style, but 🎵it’s the most wonderful time of the year🎵

That’s right: it’s the spoopy month! Which means SPOOPY MOVIES

So I present to you:

IRONICENIGMA’S ULTIMATE HORROR FLICK LIST FOR ALL TYPES OF FILM LOVERS

1) For the Gore Hounds

•Saw series- the classic films for the guys who just wanna see some people get ripped to shreads (honestly, after the second one, they go downhill)

•Jigsaw- the more recent edition to the Saw series (this ones actually pretty good and FULL of gore)

•Hostel- Saw Studies Abroad (TM)

•Final Destination series- kinda a dumb one. The movies can be kinda dumb, but the kills are INSANE. Fun movies to watch with the gang

•Texas Chainsaw Massacre- you know it, you love it, I don’t gotta explain it

•Cannibal Holocaust- seriously messed up. Banned in multiple countries. It’s something special.

•The Midnight Meat Train- lesser known, kinda weird, super bloody

•Cabin Fever- gross disease makes you loose your skin. Nasty

•Wrong Turn- basically The Hills Have Eyes but with funner kills

2) The Classic Slashers

•Scream series- one of my faves. Classic story of small town teens with a killer on the loose. Lots of fun

•Friday the Thirteenth- do I have to tell you why this is here?

•Nightmare on Elm Street- Johnny Depp getting turned into a volcano of blood? I’m in.

•Halloween- can’t have Halloween without the movie that took the name, right?

•My Bloody Valentine (the original one)- one of my all time favorite movies. Creepy killer, great group of characters, great time

•Sleepaway Camp- infamous for its batshit ending. Kinda weird ngl, but a classic

•The Town That Dreaded Sundown- Based on a real killer. Oldie, but goodie

•Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon- different take on the slasher genre. Fun look into the life of a movie slasher

•You’re Next- badass female lead? Check. Masked murderers? Check. Family bonding? Uh sure okay

•I Know What You Did Last Summer- secrets are bad. Roll credits

3) Supernatural (demons, ghosts, etc)

•The Conjuring- it’s pretty popular, you know it

•Insidious- also popular. Moral: your body is a ghost hotel

•Sinister- classic demon: likes kids, likes brutal deaths, likes to appear in the background of pictures

•The Exorcist- obviously

•Lights Out- ghosts are scared of light, that’s all you need to know

•The Sixth Sense- not really scary. Actually pretty wholesome. In an “I see dead people” kinda way

•The Rite- priest Anthony Hopkins coughs up nails

•The Omen- aka don’t trust kids

•1408- haunted hotel room. Someone call the ghoul bois

•The Amityville Horror- based on true events. Well at least we know the murders were real and the house is creepy

•The Skeleton Key- Old People+Voodoo= bad time

•Haunting In Connecticut- also a “true” story. Don’t buy a house that used to be a morgue

•The Autopsy Of Jane Doe- boy bonds with dad over dead teenage girl

•Mama- moths are gross, ghosts are worse. Dead Mom from Beetlejuice, but now a movie

•Rosemary’s Baby- dont trust thy neighbor

•The Shinning- classic. That’s all I’ve got to say

•The Orphanage- again: creepy kids

•Stir Of Echos- Kevin Bacon sees ghosts. Must I say more?

•The Others- haunted house story with a twist ending

4) Creature Features

•Trick ‘r Treat- classic Halloween film. Fun, creepy, iconic

•The Ritual- camping trip turns bad. Monster looks really cool

•A Quiet Place- you’ve probably seen it. Jim from the office speaks sign language

•The Babadook- children’s storybook is not kid friendly

•Backcountry- bears are dangerous

•Alien- you’ve seen this already but it needs to be here

•The Descent- dont watch if your claustrophobic

•An American Werewolf In London- also a fave. Best werewolf movie ever made

•The Monster- lesser know, actually pretty good

•The Thing- classic. Super good. Based on a short story. No one can be trusted because you don’t know if they’re even them

5) Horror Comedies

•Zombieland- hysterical. Bloody. Great cast

•Cabin In The Woods- this movie is insane. Combine every horror monster ever, the Illuminati, and the Office- that’s this movie

•Shaun of the Dead- the classic horror comedy

•Scary Movie series- less horror, ridiculous comedy

•This Is The End- again, like no horror, but one of the funniest films ever

6)Found Footage (not a great genre, but some can be pretty entertaining)

•The Blair Witch Project- basically the king of the found footage films. You’ve seen it

•The Conspiracy- the Illuminati is real and they don’t like to be filmed

•Paranormal Activity series- kinda annoying to horror fans. Relies on jump scares and the characters are idiots. But if I’m doing a section on foud footage, this has to be here

•Creep- okay this movie actually really disturbed me. People are absolutely insane. Don’t meet up with people from Craigslist

•V/H/S series- basically a anthology of short horror films. Kinda fun

•Apollo 18- the government faked the moon landing because they found some crazy shit

•The Sacrament- Jonestown caught on camera

•As Above So Below- Paris Catacombs are wack

•Grave Encounters- what if Ghost Adventures actually found ghosts

•Unfriended Dark Web- lets be honest: the first one sucked. Second one is actually not bad. Take away the ghosts, add the black market

•The Poughkeepsie Tapes- lesser know, can be hard to find. Really disturbing. Basically watching a serial killer tape his crimes

•Cold Ground- Set up to look just like it’s out of the seventies. It’s pretty fun

•The Last Exorcism- priests are liers

•Quarantine- English version of [REC]. I wouldn’t say it’s great, but it’s something

•Hell House LLC.- kids set up a haunted house. People die

•The Houses October Built- again with the haunted houses. Don’t trust em

•The Bay- Cabin Fever but found footage-y

•Willow Creek- y’all gotta leave Bigfoot alone

•Lake Mungo- girl drowns, family sees her ghost. No jump scares with this one, like most found footage. Mostly just a family in mourning

•The Tunnel- if the government says to stay out, STAY OUT

•The Taking Of Deborah Logan- alzheimers itself is awful to go through, but let’s add some more spooks

•The Possession Of Michael King- another possession film? Yep they just keep comin

•The Last Broadcast- suspicious murder of tv hosts

6) Family Fun

•Hocus Pocus- okay obviously

•Beetlejuice- dark humor in a “kids” film. Most of the comedy caters to adults, but it’s an awesome film

•Corpse Bride- guy accidentally marries dead girl. Wholesome family fun

•The Nightmare Before Christmas- my fave Disney film. Super cute

•Frankenweenie- dead dog=goodest boy

•Paranorman- sixth sense but now for kids+zombies

•Coraline- Might scar some small children, but I loved it when it came out when I was 8

7) Psychological

•Midsommar- happy cult family holds a festival

•Funny Games- home invasion movie done well. No cheap thrills, just some sadistic shit

•The Strangers- dont answer the door for people wearing masks when it’s not Halloween are you crazy

•The Perfection- artistic, bloody, absolute mind fuck

•Gerald’s Game- sexy time turns not good

•Unsane- imagine being stalked and no one believes you. That’s the premise

•Triangle- ummmmmmmm wtf is happening what time is it??

•It Comes At Night- trust is bad. Paranoia is good.

•The Silence of the Lambs- my personal favorite film. Serial killer helps rookie detective find another serial killer

•Jacob’s Ladder- Vietnam vet struggles with EXTREMELY terrifying visions

AND THERE YOU GO. I have seen plenty more, so if you don’t see one you’d like on this list, hit me up with what kinda movie you’re lookin for and I’ll hook you up amigo

[nitrateglow]

Favorite film discoveries of 2018

Most represented year: 1968

I watched a lot more movies this year than I did in 2017, though I didn’t quite make my record in 2016 (over 400 titles). I was a little disappointed that I didn’t find anything that enamored me as much as A Clockwork Orange did in 2016 or Wait Until Dark did in 2017, but I still got some new favorites from this year, so here’s the top twenty.

The Thomas Crown Affair (dir. Norman Jewison, 1968)

This is one of my dad’s favorite movies and now it’s one of mine too. Though some accuse it of being “dated,” I consider it dated in the best possible way, in that it oozes 1960s coolness. The story is fun and bittersweet, the performances are top-notch, and the jazzy soundtrack makes me wish Michel Legrand scored my life.

The Incident (dir. Larry Peerce, 1967)

This movie is incredibly disturbing, despite having no graphic violence. A group of passengers on a midnight subway are terrorized by a pair of sadistic thugs. The thugs mock, harass, grope, and eventually injure the passengers. The passengers never band together, each one hoping that if they stay silent, they won’t be next. It really is astonishing, shot in a noir style and bringing up uncomfortable truths about human behavior.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (dir. Mervyn Leroy, 1932)

Essential pre-code. Film noir enthusiasts often make the mistake of saying American movies were juvenile before WWII, but movies like this prove that was not so. Fugitive deals with injustice and misery, the farthest thing from juvenile. From the stark visuals to Paul Muni’s haunting performance, this is a movie which pulls no punches and does not sweeten the ugliness of American society.

A Shot in the Dark (dir. Blake Edwards, 1964)

Funniest new (to me) movie I saw this year, hands down. I enjoyed this one thoroughly, from the clever sight gags to Peter Sellers’ antics to Herbert Lom’s exasperated performance. Such care went into the construction of the story and gags. I feel like I should take notes the next time I see it.

Behind the Door (dir. Irvin Willat, 1919)

Think silent films were all innocence and light? NOPE. Behind the Door smashes all notions of innocence with its brutally violent revenge-tragedy plot. This was some Sweeney Todd level nastiness, let that suffice.

The Three Musketeers (dir. Allan Dwan, 1921)

Definitely my second favorite of Doug Fairbanks’ romantic swashbucklers (The Black Pirate is still my number one). Like Vivien Leigh with Scarlett O’Hara, Fairbanks was born to play D’Artagnan. 

Au Revoir Les Enfants (dir. Louis Malle, 1987)

Oh, how I cried-- this movie is what all coming of age stories should aspire to be. The kids felt so real and the tragedy was played with restraint.

A Patch of Blue (dir. Guy Green, 1965)

A lot of social message pictures tend not to age well, but A Patch of Blue puts such care into the central relationship between Sidney Poitier and Elizabeth Hartman’s characters that it remains a touching story about compassion and love.

Carnival of Souls (dir. Herk Harvey, 1962)

Awesome cult horror movie. It was like a feature-length Twilight Zone episode. I loved the weird atmosphere and acting.

Carrie (dir. William Wyler, 1952)

This story of class conflict, illicit sex, and broken dreams feels like it should be noir, but at its heart, Carrie is a thoroughly romantic movie. Despite the dismal fates of the characters, you walk away still believing love conquers all else and ennobles the soul. As always, Jennifer Jones is lovely, an underrated actress if ever there was one. Olivier gives one of the subtlest performances of his career. Wyler’s direction is assured and I would argue this is some of his best work.

The Whispering Chorus (dir. Cecil B. DeMille, 1918)

Cecil B. DeMille is a lot more responsible for setting the ground for film noir than most realize. While The Cheat from 1915 is known for its combination of chiaroscuro lighting and moral nastiness, The Whispering Chorus feels like it could have been made in the 1940s. All the familiar tropes are that: the wronged man sliding into sordidness and misery, crime, sex, death, the works. I was thoroughly moved by the sensitive direction and performances.

Don’t Look Now (dir. Nicholas Roeg, 1973)

I didn’t know how to feel about this movie at first. It’s billed as horror, but it isn’t particularly scary... until the end. But the tone of one of gloom, grief, and dread, and the atmosphere is so vividly portrayed that you feel as though you’re locked within a tomb, suffocating. I know I want to see it again, but the experience was so overwhelming that I’m nervous about doing that too soon.

The Nun’s Story (dir. Fred Zinnermann, 1959)

Audrey Hepburn’s performance, and the sophisticated treatment of religious and moral questions are what make this movie. For my money, Hepburn never gave a more sensitive, interior performance than this one-- if you needed proof that she was more than a charming clothes-horse, here you go. I also relate hardcore to the film’s depiction of an individual struggling within a religious system. It also features one of the most perfect movie endings ever.

Bullitt (dir. Peter Yates, 1968)

While the plot is typical of the police-thriller, the execution is what makes Bullitt a classic. I loved the slower pacing and the way the action scenes were shot-- no over-the-top acrobatics or shaky cam here!

The Last Unicorn (dir. Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, 1982)

This movie has a melancholy I wish more family films would embrace. Philosophical and wistful, the film is nonetheless entertaining, well-animated and featuring a great voice cast.

The French Connection (dir. William Friedkin, 1971)

This movie deserves its place as one of the defining New Hollywood works. I enjoyed the acting, pacing, and action, as well as that brutal ending.

The Other Side of Hell (dir. Jan Kadar, 1978)

No one’s definition of a picker-upper, but man, this is a good TV movie. Alan Arkin plays the mentally disturbed lead who figures out he’s stuck in a hospital for the criminally insane where the end-goal is not rehabilitation but exploitation. It’s a long film, but a fine one, and a great showcase for Arkin’s dramatic chops for those only familiar with his more comedic modern roles.

Due Date (dir. Todd Phillips, 2010)

This movie is a new guilty pleasure. It isn’t really original or overly clever, but man, is it hilarious. I’ve seen it a few times and I laugh every time. Plus the soundtrack is really great.

House (dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977)

How do you even explain this movie? It’s a horror-comedy, yes, but unlike any other horror-comedy I have ever seen, it’s a million times more insane. It was one of those movies were I wasn’t even sure if I liked or disliked it at the end, but over the next several days, I just listened to the soundtrack constantly. Now I own the Criterion edition, so that counts for something.

Sorry, Wrong Number (dir. Anatole Litvak, 1948)

I’m all for cool thriller set-ups and Barbara Stanwyck, and this movie delivers. Stanwyck plays a possessive, bedridden heiress who overhears a murder plot on the phone-- only to realize she is the intended victim. It’s a slow-burn thriller and a great character study.

What were your favorite film discoveries in 2018?

[minaminokyoko]

Favourite avengers movies scenes?

How on earth do you expect me to ever narrow down enough to not list the entire trilogy in general? Holy hell. I am a big fat Marvel fangirl and I could write a fucking dissertation on scenes complete with charts and graphs. For the sake of argument, let me see if I can at the very least just highlight the tippy top favorite moments from the first three Avengers films. Keep in mind, I fucking love all three of them to death and could rave about them for days at a time.

The Avengers

-Loki’s confrontation with Nick Fury. This scene sets the tone for the rest of the film so fucking well, man. It’s just brilliantly done to see that whatever humanity that we saw in Loki in Thor has pretty much flown out the window and he’s here to wreak havoc and start a war, and he doesn’t care how many people he destroys in the process. I also like that it shows the vast gap in power and experience between the SHIELD agents and an Asgardian. Loki all but flattens everyone in a matter of seconds. Seeing him among other Asgardians can kind of make you forget he’s literally a thousand year old god and is tough as nails. He’s also low down and ruthless and that’s the kind of thing that is scary as hell when you realize that’s what they’re all up against.

-Nat’s “interrogation” with the Russians. I actually love every single Avenger’s introduction scene, but this one is so delightful in that Nat shows us just why she is an Avenger even though she has no enhanced abilities: deception, manipulation, and just being an incredibly agile combat expert. I am most delighted with her scene because before Avengers, I had no regard for Nat at all and thought she was just fanservice, but here, she completely proved her worth as a character and to the team, and I got on board as a fan of her just from her opening scene wiping the floor with these idiot Russian dudes.

-Tony and Bruce getting to know each other in the lab. From a character standpoint, this is an outstanding scene. Tony is trying to draw Bruce out of his shell, and the sympathy and empathy he has for him is so palpable that it’s why we all dubbed them the Science Bros and why it’s one of the best friendships in the Avengers. Tony is so awesome for joking with Bruce and treating him like a normal person and reminding him that there is at least one person aboard that helicarrier who doesn’t see him as some terrifying monster and knows just from reading up on him that he’s not a bad person. It’s so charming and wonderful.

-Stuttgart. Man. Man, oh man, this is a well done scene. The build up to Loki’s horrifying actions is so great and so is this freaking diva’s grandstanding once he demands the poor, confused Germans kneel before him. It’s fascinating to me because Loki has an almost childlike need for attention, as if his frustrations with his failure to take over Asgard as king has manifested itself into this very basic need to be acknowledged as being a powerful threat. Loki could kill an average human being with a flick of his wrist. His comparison of “an ant has no quarrel with a boot” while cruel is accurate, but here’s the thing, Loki: if you fuck with enough fucking ants, you can get your ass into a lot of trouble, and we’re fireants, not sugar ants, buddy. And ants who band together get shit done. The old man who stood up to him, in my book, is a fucking hero all on his own and I think it’s one of the most well crafted pieces of dialogue in the entire MCU. “There are no men like me.” “There are always men like you.” Oh, standing ovation for that piece of dialogue. Give it an Oscar. Then Cap swinging in to kick ass and Tony swooping in beside him with an equally over the top entrance to Loki’s was the icing on the fucking cake.

-Thor retrieving Loki. Hnnnnnnngh, okay, so here’s the thing: I fucking love Thor and Loki’s relationship even before Ragnarok came out and upgraded it. Thor is and always has been since his first movie a man with very deep emotions who loves and loves deeply with all his heart, and his confrontation with Loki just wounds me so much. How Thor throws Loki to the ground and yet yanks him to his feet and just holds him there, his hand on his face, looking so torn between agony and relief that his brother is alive. “I thought you dead.” “Did you mourn?” Fuck me, this scene is absolutely brutal to my feels. Thor and Loki’s debate was nothing short of excellent as Thor tries to bring Loki around, and the thing is, he means it. He means every fucking word, that he would take the Tesseract and bring his brother home, and he doesn’t care about facing the music, he just wants his goddamn brother back even after all Loki has done so far in the story. Y’all better stop sleeping on Thor, man. His heart is by far the best thing about him, forget all the delicious muscles and that perfect teddy bear smile. Thor has miles and miles of heart, and that’s why I love this scene so much. 

-Nat tricking Loki into revealing his plan. This scene is so good I based an entire goddamn fanfic around its premise. Dude. Nat fucking Romanov, y’all. I love how this scene is staged and executed. I love Loki starting out almost gentle and conversational, as if for once he’s going to just be an actual person and not a monster, and then he slips back into that nasty egotistical megalomaniac when he thinks he has one over on Nat. And then Nat fucking schools him. It’s why I have a personal headcanon that he developed a hatecrush on her after she, a mere mortal, tricked the goddamn God of Mischief. It solidified Nat as one of my favorite female heroes forever. I loved seeing her use that feminine “weakness” to let him run his mouth. I also love that his cruel words did in fact affect her and motivated her even more to both save Clint and to go to war with Loki at the end.

-The whole ass helicarrier attack sequence. I mean, I don’t even need to go into detail. You already know. 

-Tony confronting Loki. This is the scene that assured us that what followed would be one of the greatest fight sequences in cinematic history. I pretty much have most of Tony’s dialogue memorized because it had such an effective impact on me from a storytelling standpoint. Tony standing up to Loki as a mortal man with no suit, candidly threatening him with barely suppressed rage that Loki murdered Coulson, a comrade, in cold blood, is downright amazing.

-The battle of New York. Boom. Again, no words necessary. Perfect fucking sequence from start to finish.

-Thor trying one last damn time to bring Loki around. Oh, my heart. My poor fucking heart. Thor really loves his brother and he would do anything to have him back. Is it naive? Yes. But it’s also a beautiful statement of what family truly means to Thor and it breaks my heart. The fact that a tear slides down Loki’s face when he stabs Thor and mutters, “Sentiment” is so not cool. As much as Loki pretends to be the Big Bad Wolf, there is something still young and human inside of him even though he pretends it isn’t there. All my creys.

-Hulk trouncing Loki. I went and saw The Avengers three times in theaters, and two out of the three times, everyone cheered so loud I didn’t hear the Hulk say “puny god�� over all the noise. It was that satisfying a scene.

Age of Ultron

-The entire beginning sequence. Fucking loved it. What masterful ass-kicking and showcasing of the team dynamic. It made me want a longer lead in to how they all got reunited because it was so enjoyable. “Language!” Oh, Cap.

-Jarvis and Ultron’s first scene together. Dude. James fuckin’ Spader, man. I never knew I could be so intimidated by a man’s voice. It was so unsettling for so many reasons, the resentment, irrationality, and anger from his unusual birth and creation. It was all the more frightening when he turned on Jarvis, and at the time, we didn’t know he hadn’t killed our beloved butler. 

-Picking up Mjolnir. This scene needs no elaboration. It’s just perfection. Even people who complain about Age of Ultron admit this scene is just flawless.

-The team confronting Tony over creating Ultron. Cap’s line, which we now know goes even further after the events of Infinity War, just make me want to die. “We’ll lose.” “Then we’ll do that together, too.” Tony’s face, realizing that Cap doesn’t care that he fucked up–he cares that Tony couldn’t trust the team enough to let them in on what he was dealing with–is soul-crushing. Tony realizes he was wrong to assume instead of being honest with them. 

-The confrontation in Wakanda. Everything about it was badass and it hits you right where you live seeing the Avengers having to face their biggest regrets and most painful moments of their pasts. Especially Steve’s. The image of him and Peggy finally getting their dance was so not okay. Special props to Tony in the Hulkbuster armor. That was one hell of a fucking brawl.

-The Sokovia final battle. There are just so many awesome points in the final battle sequence, man. Everyone is out there just kicking ass and doing what they do best. Special props to Hawkeye getting through to Wanda, and Hawkeye’s “nobody would know…nobody” moment with Pietro. 

Infinity War

Disclaimer: I have no idea how to isolate moments in a movie that is by far one of the most well written comic book movies since The Dark Knight, but I guess since you asked, I have to try anyway. Hoo boy. Strap in. 

-Loki’s death. Let me explain something to you: I went entire years without caring about Loki, and then around the time The Dark World came out, I slowly became converted to both a Tom Hiddleston and a Loki fan, and then after Ragnarok, he finally just seduced me completely to being smitten with his stupid trashy self. It is important that you realize that I recognize that Loki is a selfish, inferiority complex-having, murdering bastard and I do not excuse a goddamn thing he does because of his fucking Daddy issues. That being said, in spite of how much of a flaming trashbag he is, I love him anyway, and I tried for months to tell myself that I knew as a fellow writer that Loki was going to die in Infinity War. It was assured not only from the trailer, but from me knowing that his character arc was always going to end with his death. What hurt most of all is that, as I predicted, Loki died trying to save Thor. I cried my eyes out. Hell, once Thanos closed his hand around Loki’s neck, I covered my eyes because I just didn’t have it in me to see it end this way for him and for Thor. Thor being helpless to stop it is truly what made it worse. There is nothing on heaven or earth Thor wouldn’t do for Loki, even knowing how wicked Loki is. And the fact that Loki couldn’t let Thanos kill Thor after all these two have been through was like an icepick through my heart. Loki wouldn’t have died protecting Thor if Thor had not loved him unconditionally this entire time we’ve watched their story. Thor’s love did have an effect on Loki throughout these films, and that’s why I literally burst into sobs and couldn’t bear to see him die that way. It is one of the most gut wrenching things ever put to film, and certainly in the MCU. I’ve only had the stomach to watch that scene twice because it hurts me so much, and neither time was I strong enough to actually watch Loki’s final moments. Goddamn, it’s just so painful. Capped off with Thor slowly crawling over to his brother to be with him one last time before the ship explodes and just laying his head on his chest in the kind of grief that honestly should get Hemsworth a fucking Oscar. Bravo. 

-Cap, Widow, and Falcon reuniting with Vision and Wanda. Holy shit, yes. This fight was gorgeous, gripping, and fucking awesome. Special props to Cap and Widow being the ride or die Avengers Mom and Dad team. We can infer from their actions that the two of them have been together since the end of Civil War possibly, so you can not tell me Cap and Widow are not a thing on some level. Captasha all day, err day. They perfectly compliment each other and I headcanon that they’re together and no one will convince me otherwise.

-”We’ll fight you too.”/”We don’t trade lives.” That sound you hear is me screeching. Some people have said Cap wasn’t given a ton to do this time around, and I emphatically protest it simply because, yes, he has less screentime, but man, he does so much work in this role that reminds us of why we all love Captain America. His values mean so much. Cap will lay down his life in the blink of an eye for someone who needs it. He cares so deeply. He is the pinnacle of selflessness and it’s so important to see in this film.

-Thor meeting the Guardians. Perfection. Just…perfection.

-Irondad and Spiderson aboard the Space Donut. Jesus fucking Christ, I am so on board for Irondad and Spiderson that it’s insane. I love that entire fucking interaction from start to finish. I love Tony’s strict, fatherly anger and exasperation because he just wants his baby boy to be safe on earth while he’s on another suicide mission, but the baby boy wants to help his dad out and baby boy also doesn’t quite realize the consequences because he’s too young. Extra points for Tony’s death-glare after Parker says, “It’s kind of your fault I’m here” and the fact that even the fucking cloak did a double take at Parker when he said it. Oh, it’s so perfect.

-Gamora making Peter promise to kill her if Thanos gets to her. I just…I want to die. This was so beautifully done, and so in character for both of them, and Peter and Gamora are just so soft and sweet and in love that it’s so overwhelming. At the very least, I take a small comfort in knowing that they were a happy family for four years before this shit happened to them.

-Gamora “killing” Thanos. Again, can we just award Oscars to like half the fucking cast in this movie? Jesus Christ, I cried at this scene too because the fact that she’s just completely unraveled as she finally thinks she’s killed her goddamn abuser is so deeply tragic. Gamora is my favorite Guardian. Hands down. She is so three dimensional. She tries so hard and she is so much more than the deadliest woman in the galaxy. She is so complex and it is the worst pain ever to know that Peter actually kept his promise and tried to kill her to prevent her from being in the hands of her abuser again and Thanos foiled their plan, and had the fucking nerve to say, “I like him” before he took her again. 

-”It’ll kill you.” “Only if I die.” “…yes, that’s what killing you means.” 

-The battle of Wakanda. Motherfucker. This is some A+++ motherfucking good shit hurr. What always gets me hype as hell is Cap and T’Challa sprinting down the goddamn hill at 80 mph and I just can’t even handle that shit because it was so good and satisfying. Everything about this battle was incredible.

-The battle on Titan. Same thing. It’s so creative and well crafted and amazing. You feel every blow. You flinch. You want them to beat that son of a bitch but he’s just so fucking strong. It is an incredibly engaging fight, man. Hoo boy. 

-Thor’s entrance to the battle of Wakanda. I distinctly remember the entire audience going absolutely apeshit during this scene the night Infinity War premiered. Like the first Avengers, I saw it three times in theaters, and two out of the three times, the crowd went fucking wild. That was so fucking satisfying, man, as are the neat little scenes of levity with Cap introducing himself to Groot and Cap and Thor remarking on each other’s changes in appearance. It was so pure and good and perfect.      

-Cap squaring up with Thanos. I. Can’t. Breathe. It was so powerful. Like the above scene of “we don’t trade lives,” this is why we love Captain America. Why we love Steve Rogers. This man, this mortal human man, took one goddamn fucking look at that twelve foot all powerful alien giant and said, “Not today, bitch.” Steve fucking Rogers stood there and took it. He put his life on the goddamn line for Wanda, and for Vision, and for the rest of the universe, and he actually held that goddamn line for a moment. The incredulous look on Thanos’ face is what seals it. He is utterly confused that this little man is actually holding him back, that this mere mortal doesn’t give a fuck that he can’t overpower him, but he is giving it his all because that is who he is. Steve will not quit. Steve will not falter. Steve will die doing what’s right and that is one of the most moving things in the whole MCU, imo. He just planted his feet and said, “No, you move.” I know we saw that scene in the trailer, but it was so unbelievable to see it in context that Cap gave it everything he had trying to protect Wanda and the rest of the universe, and I still get choked up just thinking about that shit. 

Welp, you asked for it and now you have it. I told you I was gonna rave, man. God bless anyone who actually read this nonsense. Marvel had me at hello with these characters and they have way too much sway over my emotions, as you can see above. Ten years, man. Ten years. 

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It (2017) Movie Review by: Will Whalen

It has finally returned 27 years later to feed on the masses. Ironically, in the story of IT, the clown returns every 27 years to Derry and it has been exactly 27 years since the original It miniseries premiered. I never saw the original and I sure am glad I haven’t. I’ve always infamously heard about the It novel and Tim Curry’s Pennywise but knowing next to nothing about the actual story of It, made this experience so much better and even more terrifying.

It is directed by Andy Muschietti and stars Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis and many others. As you may know, It is the story about a clown who appears in the very haunting town of Derry, Maine and starts hunting children. The Losers Club, a group of unpopular kids, form together to try and fight this evil clown.

Like I said, I never read the book or ever watched the original 1990 version of It but I was glad to know nothing about either going in because this big screen adaptation of It, well, I absolutely loved this movie. From beginning to end, from the horror to the comedic elements from The Losers Club, It is now one of my favorite Stephen King adaptations and to me, is one of the best.

The Losers Club themselves are enough to make this movie great. Take away the horror and Pennywise and these kids are enough to take this movie where it needs to go. However, then it wouldn’t be It but it sure would be a great time. The performances are excellent across the board but the standout here is, without a doubt, Finn Wolfhard, who just had his big breakout performance as Mike from Stranger Things barely a year ago. He’s, without a doubt, the funniest thing about this film and steals every scene he’s in. He was the kid with the “mouth” and every line he said had the theater in an uproar of laughter and was always perfectly timed. Although he was my favorite, don’t let me deter you away from the other kids in this film, who are all excellent characters, hilarious, and great young actors. What makes all of these kids so great is how well written they are. They’re not like Hollywood type of kids, they’re real kids. They talk, cuss, say nasty things about each other’s moms like real kids, and that’s something I loved here. Another thing they did really well is that they didn’t spend too much time on any certain kid. They don’t go into too much of their home lives unless it deliberately has to do with their fears that Pennywise feeds off of, which, to me, is brilliant and an excellent choice. 

The Losers Club are awesome and have the spotlight but that spotlight is grabbed and dragged straight into the sewers when the dancing clown himself, Pennywise, is on screen. Bill Skarsgård as this evil entity that is Pennywise is absolutely perfect. From the portrayal, to the look of him, he’ll have you gripping your seat and constantly waiting to see what he’ll do next. You can also tell how into this character Skarsgård was and masterfully crafted himself into him. He feeds off these kids' biggest fears, which provided for some amazing and jaw dropping scenes. The makeup and design of him are what real nightmares are made of, and anyone that is scared of clowns will be horrified by It.

Now let’s talk about the mastermind behind the vision of It and that’s Andy Muschietti. He helmed this adaptation of the infamous novel almost too well. He managed to show just enough of the kids, just enough of Pennywise, and did an absolutely amazing job at capturing the town of Derry. Like I said, I never read It but I have read another novel by Stephen King that happens to take place in the town of Derry as well and that is his book, Insomnia. Like It, it’s one of his longest novels and Derry in this is pitch perfect to how I pictured it, that it kind of weirded me out. Muschietti did a fantastic job at directing the film and creating some chilling and fantastic scenes. His framing and shots that he crafted were far better than I could’ve hoped for. However, a lot of that had to do with the phenomenal cinematography that gave this film the exact look it needed to have that gave it a truly chilling vibe. He also had some help with some incredible set pieces that had me cowering in my seat. 

As for problems, I thought, at times, it was just a bit bouncy. Just the way it would shift scenes and near the end, it felt like they tried to rush to the climax. These are mostly just nitpicks but if I had to pinpoint a certain thing, that would be it. There’s also a few things that were never really completely explained, but it was just little things. Like “But what about this and what happened with that?”. You know, little things like that but none of which were very integral to the film. They’re honestly just nitpicks because I had very few problems with this film and I loved every minute of it.

It is one of the best horror films in years and has earned its place as one of my new favorite King film adaptations. The kids in this film are consistently hilarious, Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise is terrifying, and Andy Muschetti makes an eerie and beautifully scary film that I can’t wait to see again. I also can’t wait for the already confirmed Chapter 2. You’ll float too… with excitement after you see this film.

I’m going to give It…

4 out of 5 stars.

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hellraiser 3 funtime carnival, final

part 1 || part 2

happy easter! let's welcome it with BLOOD

the good thing about last time is that it was very gay. the bad thing about last time is that we've established the villain can and will tear the entirety of people's skin from their bodies, and then consume them as dinner. but this movie is a gay love story now, and god willing, there will be no dead lesbians by the end of it. there will be a lot of other dead people, sure. but hopefully no dead lesbians.

okay joey's girlfriend is officially in the hands of pj or jp or whatever the fuck this total douche's name was.

and he is very, very eager to get her eaten by his new carniverous friend

but before that, we have to jump back to dream vietnam, just the place everybody wants to be.

except now there's someone else here with an Accent and he's all "joeyyyyy wassup girl". oh my gosh who could it be!

tons of soldiers blow up and die and joey wakes up screaming

now let me tell you a movie that scares the bajeezus out of me: it's poltergeist. i don't think this movie will become that so i'll just take this shot at face value.

okay except for that it's like... making scary noises. you remember the episode of x-files where scully heard voices in the tv and unscrewed all her light bulbs? it's those noises, but much more loud and scratchy and unnerving.

motherfucker, get out of there! i'm going to set this television on fire.

he says YOU HAVE TO HELP ME and then goes away again. help you with what? consuming kid cuisines where the chicken nuggets are made out of human thigh meat?

jp is in here DRIVING A WEDGE BETWEEN GAY LOVE talking smack about joey while terri cries. god i hope jp gets eaten at the end i hope it so bad.

oh but wait! terri suddenly exclaims "SHE WOULDN'T" while she sobs, and blames herself for things that haven't even happened. honey :( joey hasn't gone anywhere and she's going to come and save you THIS I BELIEVE.

"come hug me baby, but do it over here next to the statue."

"mmmm come hug me over here"

"no baby hugs are way better next to grotesque works of art~"

oh no and then he says "come to daddy" shlfkhld NO

oh no oh no terri gets up!! no!! i bite my nails that i painstakingly regrew this past week.

AHHH HE'S AWAKE AND HE HUNGERS. at the very last second terri decides she doesn't want to do a hug, but jp grabs her by her very sparkly shirt and pinhead opens wide for another nutritious meal.

then terri breaks out brass fucking knuckles oh hell yeah girl, and she socks jp right in his smug, awful, ugly face

terri runs to the door but pinhead yells WWWAAAAIIITTTT. "why run away~?" he says. you can come live in my stone stomach with all the other people i've eaten. it's cool. it's progressive. it's modern art.

lmao oh my god, then pinhead, ever the hungry man, offers terri the chance to off jp in exchange for ~dreams~.

i mean, she's considering it, and i would too if all i had to do to unlock a world of dreams was toss some loser into a living pincushion's gaping maw.

well, he's a little heavy. where are those convenient chains right about now?

oh, there they are. holy shit, though, terri really went for it.

bye byeeeeeee! i didn't even have to wait until the end of the movie for jp's demise! this is AWESOME.

jp doesn't get eaten so much as he gets, like, giant nails driven through his head or something, and then pinhead yells a lot and the statue gets all crusty with bloooood.

oh and then it... pees? i don't know what's going on, some goop comes out of nowhere and dribbles all over.

ooh, that's... euugh...

gross flesh bombs just... explode from it. just gunk dropping off of it all over the place, smoking piles of gunk. it's icky.

oh that's... that's not good...

"terri. we are going to open the local spirit halloween store together... 6 months early!!!"

poor joey isn't getting any sleep, there's old-timey music coming from somewhere and all the lights are doing weird glows. also this apartment is fucking sweet as hell, how does she live here.

she opens a glowing closet, which, she has balls of steel to be doing that. but i guess if all your shit is glowing in your house at 3 am and you have 40s on 4 playing out of nowhere, you'd probably want to see what was up.

there really was a literal radio just sitting in the closet. so she takes it out and puts it on a table.

she turns some dials on it and then mr. video starts telling her to do stuff, noooooope buddy i need to know your motivations my dude, i need to know what you're all about.

maybe don't follow directions from mr. video/radio/dreamland. he tells her to go to the window which i guess is fine enough? but what's she gonna see out there... nnnn....

okay, this guy's just out here chilling. who are you now???

it's no problem for joey "balls of steel" summerskill, who is going for it. all in, baby! literally all in, her whole body in, to... the... window.

she ends up on the other side of this darksided cs lewis wardrobe intact.

look at this princess serenity dress she wears to bed every night, love it.

"who the fuck are you and why won't you let me sleep"

"hold up... gotta stare at the cube." this guy has the same hairline recession as michael eddington.

"i just walked into madness for you!" that's really what she says and i'm tickled by it. girl knows what fuck is up. it's all insane. least this guy can do is pay attention!

uh oh what's this now, what's this indiana jonesing over here.

joey goes for it, because she's a very brave girl, and now it's vietnam time again.

"joey, how kind of you to come." literally her alternative was watching you stare at the cube. you better start explaining some shit!

well he doesn't start explaining anything, just slinks away behind the ridge. joey follows him, looking at all the nasty soldier corpses.

"you have to help me; i don't understand." ME! i don't get any of this. dump some info on me, mr. video!

"you have to help me," mr. video says. buddy, you better be, like, the misplaced sealant on pinhead, otherwise i'm out.

he takes off his hat and he says his name Was elliot spencer.

AND THEN JOEY INTRODUCES HERSELF AND SHAKES HIS HAND i'm laughing. TOO PURE. "hi dead man who won't leave me alone nice to meet you."

he says she's brave, which is true! and says "you've probably never shaken hands with a ghost before." i mean PROBABLY NOT.

well she says "ummm captain spencer, what the hell is going on???"

"hell is exactly what is going on." ahhhhh. because it's been raised! we hell now.

they set off for a walk, a nice stroll through what spencer the ghost says is the limbo between heaven and hell. he says he can't do squat in the real world, but joey can.

"there is a monster out there, joey, and it's me." eeeeep.

anyway so he's pinhead because war is hell, and he originally opened the box and got mad chainz, yo. stopping him will require "great courage".

joey doesn't know if she has that, but spencer is like, "girl, you just walked through a goddamn solid window to talk to me, you're fine."

the cube is the gateway to hell and pinhead wants it, and spencer says joey has to let him come for it. aw helllllllllll no! eff that, why can't she just drop the cube in a volcano or something?

"but what if he takes the box from me before i can-"

"he can't take it, it must be given to him." oh dear so he's going to try to persuade her to give him the box. PERSUADE HER LIKE HE PERSUADED TERRI TO LET HIM EAT JP? just great. i have large worries.

let's have a little party pitstop.

my favorite baby is here, and it sTARTS MOVING AHHHHHHHHHHH HELL N O

OH GOD EVERYTHING IS MOVING

and then there's an explosion

and H E  C O M E S

everybody goes screaming and running and chains start flying. a guy gets his hand cut and his palm spurts blood LIKE A FOUNTAIN just like i've been expecting this whole time. another guy gets a stick of wood through him.

this girl's drink comes to life and also she's still sitting at a table while the entire place is in a full-on panic.

the bubble becomes a pinhead head, which then becomes a huge dagger of ice that impales the girl in the mouth. i don't know, i'm laughing at that one. let this be a lesson to us all: if, while in a club, madness begins all around you, just run. leave your $12 drink. it's not worth it.

the sleazy bartender gets barb wired. a girl gets her face torn. pinhead cackles in the background.

here's my thing: how is joey going to fight all this shit? SHE'S JUST ONE PERSON and pinhead can do all this?! man... i have concerns...!

more killing! you know what's going to happen to the dj, don't you?

weeeeeeee! maiming!

pinhead starts locking doors. people start getting chains to their faces. and their necks. and through them, while other people get them through their faces behind them. just all-around a delight for everyone.

there's one last door that's not shut, but do you really think it's going to stay open?

NOPE! you're in pinhead's funhouse now!

and as the whipping of the chains grows louder, and the screaming dies down, blood flows out under the door.

literally. how is joey going to win this thing.

no sleep for joey as she wakes up, again, to news reports of a "catastrophe" at the boiler room. that sure is one way to put it. joey, poor sweet innocent brave joey, gets her ass dressed and calls grandpa cameraman.

oh boy. it's time. it's time for joey to bring the pain to a very bad man, armed with nothing but that box against his MYRIAD OF SPOOKY POWERS. I HAVE EXTREME CONCERNS! that's all i'm saying!

mmmmmm and the tv was unplugged the whole time. CONCERNS RATCHETING UP A FEW MORE LEVELS.

it's raining, it's pouring, that door up there's fuckin opening on its own. grandpa's car was outside but grandpa was not in the car oh god he is almost certainly mutilated by now.

and we got some folks HANGING AROUND............................

yeah there's bodies everywhere and joey's scared out of her mind. PROTECT THIS POOR BABY.

joey holds onto the cube for dear life, because SOME GHOST thought it was a GOOD IDEA to send a 27 year old mortal human in to fight a needle-faced hell man with NOTHING MORE THAN A BOX.

it's gross, she's crying, there are just... so many bodies. she's looking around trying to find grandpa, growing increasingly more distraught as she sees, you know, severed heads and stuff. lmao and there's one guy with about 15 billiard balls stuffed into his dead maw, which i found pretty comical.

welp joey, who is absolutely going to have nightmares for the rest of her living days, just screams out for grandpa, but i think she and i both know he's not going to answer. oh, grandpa, what horrible thing has happened to you?

joey goes farther in and some lights come on

another doorway beckons

and inside, it's like a banquet hall of... terribleness. i don't have any words left to describe all this, my goodness. and joey's still crying. i don't blame her. she came all the way the fuck in here instead of getting on the first plane to the other side of the world like i definitely would have, she deserves to let some tears out.

oh, and grandpa?

is very dead, with his head replaced by a camera.

ohhhhh everything is beyond misery

pinhead appears, waxing poetic, blah blah death and stuff. suffering. humanity's darkness, whatever.

TAKE HIM DOWN, GIRL. SEAL HIM UP.

"mmmm gimme my box kiddo"

naw she's not here for that, so pinhead starts yelling "DON'T DEBATE WITH ME, GIRL. JUST COME HERE AND DIE WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THE OPTION OF DOING IT QUICKLY."

"you're gonna have to come and get me, you ugly fuck." OHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

IT BEGINS

now with the knowledge that pinhead really can't touch that box unless he's given the box, joey takes off and almost gets run over by a cab outside.

cab hits a pole instead but listen, bud, your sacrifice is duly noted. hell's getting stopped tonight, bro! if you live, you'll get to see it!

then the pole falls over, knocks out all sorts of shit, and the cab lights on fire.

uh oh pinhead's doing pinhead stuff. WILL THE CUBE PROTECT AGAINST ELECTROCUTION?

oh my good god then pinhead sets off a fire hydrant and once the water is everywhere, where do you think he puts these nice cables?  C O N C E R N S

pinhead's impromptu death river comes barrelling down the street, but joey gets up on the sidewalk and the water sluices harmlessly by. phew.

except for now chains are coming out of the sewer. nnnnggggaaaahhhhh!! they do get her a little bit! me scream!

more stuff blows up! i'm very tense! joey keeps running. the sewer's blowing up, every electric thing is blowing up, THE MANHOLE LID comes spinning at joey's face but she dodges it. everywhere, EVERY LITERAL PLACE SHE GOES, stuff blows up and is on fire.

"what the fuuuuuuck where's the part where i get to go home and live a peaceful life"

"a peaceful life where all my friends are dead, and this place is fucked." hey... hey where's terri...? did... did she died...?

eeeep you're on pinhead camera! KEEP RUNNING

OH NO it's grandpa, and he's a weird camera borg now :(

oh joey honey i love you sweet girl please hang in there

"HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT HE DID TO ME, YOU LITTLE BITCH," not grandpa anymore roars. "HAVE YOU SEEN?"

then all the tvs blow up

then some guy???? who is just walking around out here????? joey runs into him and screams at him to run, but he's all, "hey baby where you going? everything's cool." oh YEAH, EVERYTHING'S REAL COOL.

so that guy dies when borg grandpa spears his eye camera through his head.

here comes pinhead, slinking out of the shadows.

just in case you forgot, this is the general state of things. not great. could be better.

oh there's more dead borg corpses walking around, too. that's a different one over there; it's cd head from the club.

L E T ' S   J A M   T O    T   S W I F T

when is enough enough, pinhead?!

it's never enough. guess what walks out of that explosion, it's another borg corpse.

whoaaaa and this one spits fire. SURELY PINHEAD HAS PROVEN HIS POINT BY NOW.

then the cops roll in, and joey again implores them to just fucking run. they don't.

one of the cops gets gasoline on him, and if you might recall (joey does), one of the dead borgs breathes fire.

joey wisely does not stick around for this, leaving the cops to their piping hot demise.

what now? now joey ducks into a church and just collapses. same.

you better be a priest, sir.

"father there's an awful lot of sinning going on outside, my only friend is a killer zombie, and new york is in general aflame."

this idiot priest tries to tell joey demons aren't real. haha! dude! you've missed several updates.

several. updates.

there he is, the man himself.

and then, oh my god, lol:

"then what the fuck is That." shdfklshlkfhs

leeeet's go if you don't want to die!

hey if you thought stuff was done exploding, you were wrong.

come on, that is ripe for becoming a deadly projectile.

or a melty mush. ooh, but a molten one. eugh, it couldn't just melt to melt, huh? had to be a scorching melt.

rarrrrgh i hate sunday school!

then listen, pinhead stands at the altar, ready to perform his own sacraments, which involve pulling a slug out of his head? and then putting the slug into his other hand (he's losing me here), then all the candles in the church start blowing up, then he pulls out another slug, puts that slug into the first hand, and then a wall starts cracking...

look, if i understood it, i'd let you know.

the rite of slug is now complete. whatever windows remained are, you guessed it, blown to kingdom come. then the altar crumbles, and for some reason, the priest thinks he's going to be a hero. no. wrong. pinhead pulls out slug number three, i think, i couldn't really tell. i think that's the only thing i could have been was another slug.

joey's over here rubiks cubing. there's not a great deal of time left in the movie, so, everybody cross your fingers some evil about to get sealed.

oh ew i think what pinhead pulled out was a flesh glob, and then he stuck it in the priests mouth, huge ick.

but joey gets the cube to go blue.

WHAT'S -UP- MOTHERFUCKER

joey taunts pinhead with the cube and bolts again. she makes it to the best place to be in the middle of a hell siege, which is a construction site. yes.

she immediately hears shit creaking around, because this will never be easy.

ohhhh good, it's more happy friends.

oh no no no and one of them... one of them...

IS TERRI!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO MY BEAUTIFUL LESBIAN LOVE STORY ;________; also note terri's direct line of smokes now.

"i can dream now, joey..." auuuuugh this wasn't the dream i wanted!

"terri..." her voice is so tiny and weak and defeated. i hate this, i hate this, HER ONLY OTHER FRIEND IN THIS WHOLE WORLD AND SHE'S A ZOMB.

well she tries to mess with the cube some more but borg jp and borg terri circle around her, beating her up. :(

and guess who arrives atop the hill, and threatens joey with "dark decades" of pain. oh golly.

more zombos come in.

"ahhh, more friends, come to play with you, joey."

"PLAY WITH THIS, PINHEAD"

joey gets the cube to go blue but this time...

it starts opening up!!

it starts autobotting and the zombos are looking at pinhead like, uh, dad? what do we do/???

then the cube starts shooting out blue stuff and ghostbustering all the zombos into it. they all scream and cry about it but there's nothing to be done, battle over, cube wins, that's it. pinhead tries to resist but he goes in, too... i... i think... we don't actually... see him...... go in.............

is that it? can joey go home now? this poor girl has been through An Ordeal.

joey tries to ask good ol ghosty if that's it. hello? is he there? don't flake out on us now, pal.

oh, what... is this now. wasn't that just dirt on the ground two seconds ago?

oh okay we're... here now, i guess.

look everybody, it's joey's dead dad.

so joey saved the world and gets to hug her dad, that's a pretty good reward. it's not going to bring back the scores of dead people, but this is okay.

wait

WAIT

WAAAAITT OH GOD WHAT THE HELL

"joey, they said you'd have something for me. something you won't need anymore." OH MY GOD STOP I'M HOLLERIN

"this? oh here, take it!" HONEY NO. JOEY NO. OH MY GOD

oh my god my entire soul is fleeing my physical form

I'M GONNA FRIGGIN FALL OVER AND DIE

well what the shit happens now

"save your tears. i'll reap your soul slowly."

then i legit don't know what the hell happens next, joey thinks about the window, and then all of a sudden...

...we're there? past the window?

"couldn't resist playing games, could you?" ah our old chap there he finally is

"you had to come through the window of her mind" okay say whatttttt. the window was in joey's mind all along? well that's kind of stupid if you ask me.

uh oh oh no oh dear it's time for chains. this is not the kind of kinky shit i am after let's not go down this road. cries and watches this through my hands.

oh no oh geez. pinhead stop i can't... do this... do not talk about pleasures right now... while this is... oh lord this is too weird

what... in the seven hells... is that. pinhead and ghostie take their sweet time watching each other while this THING rises up toward joey.

no. no fuckin way. i'm done. there's like three minutes left and i'm ready to leave.

bro. you're way too calm about this.

"you're right," he says to pinhead. "we do belong together."

and he reaches out and gets pinhead to drop the box. all right noW DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BACKGROUND HELLSPAWN

okay hellspawn and all the chains and weird things disappear, and then ghostie and pinhead fight, i guess.

me irl: "uhhhhh ok"

ah now they're a... tangled flesh monstrosity.

sure seems like... pinhead absorbed ol ghostie, though. that's not... great.

oh but... maybe it didn't go so hot for pinhead after all?

ghostie's head pops up and says "JOEY. SEND ME TO HELL." oh god please do. right now.

joey/cube otp

she messes with it a bunch while pinhead stalks closer, yipes!

now it's swiss army knifing. that's not what we need right now we need the other thing! the blue!

all right just kidding she gets it to be a dagger and stabs him good.

yeeeeowch! my pancreas!

yeah see ya. finally, once and for all, i think he's outta here.

ah, and there's the cube

NOW can joey finally go home? live in peace? all that good stuff? please leave her alone for the rest of time.

man stick that thing in some cement where it belongs, then throw it in the bottom of the atlantic.

look, cement! really get it in there deep. it doesn't really seem that deep. there were like nine more hellraisers after this so i'm thinking the cube makes its way out of the cement.

oh my sweet girl, go home and never think about any of this again. get some rest. get a therapist. stay far away from any and all ugly statues the rest of your life. you got a transport to space to catch; you don't got time to be running around down here!

joey goes home.

but there's one last thing.

that building they built on that construction site has some familiar designage.

THE END!!!!!! no seriously that's it. pinhead is the whole building?!!?!?!? NUKE IT.

ughhhhhh rubs my hands over my face so much for not having nightmares. thought i'd be free when i finally finished, but i think i am more unsettled than ever. really good! exactly what i wanted! man, what the fuck happens to joey now? she goes home and has ptsd for the rest of her life? somebody write me that fanfic. just kidding, don't, i don't want to think about it. only a happy life for joey now. no more hell raising for her. hope she moves to monterey and forgets all her troubles. maybe gets a nice girlfriend, settles down, never has a nightmare again.

oof. i gotta... do a juice cleanse or something. 2 spook. and jake is exactly right, i should never ever watch the rest of these movies, not ever in my life.

hey jake? you there, bud?

hold me ;_;

[marshmallow-the-vampire-slayer]

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

I’ve recently raved about Pitch (please go and watch btw, I NEED A SEASON 2!!), and now I’m going to rave about Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. I had watched the pilot when it first aired and while I had mildly enjoyed it, I wasn’t really hooked. Still, it was a show that I had on my back burner for when I had nothing else to watch. Well, that time finally came. I binge-watched the whole thing and I want to yell from the rooftops how amazing this show is! If you can get over the title, you’ll be rewarded. There’s so much that I love about CEG! The main character is deeply flawed and her whole arc is coming to terms with her flaws and overcoming them. She’s deceitful and misguided and self-centered and selfish, but she’s also a poor soul who is struggling with depression and mental illness and who strives to make herself happy. She has the most beautiful friendship with one of her work mates, which is almost like a love story? It’s so real because that’s how women experience friendship with each other. Fighting with your bestie is worse than a breakup, and this show nails that. There’s this cool dude who’s the boss and is super sweet and the best dad ever, and after divorcing his wife and meeting some new people thanks to Rebecca he realizes he’s bisexual? He actually SINGS about his bisexuality, and it’s the most beautiful song ever? Anyway, there’s so much to love about this show, but the thing I like the most is how real it is in a way that few shows are. What’s more, it’s real while being funny. It’s real about tough things - like self-loathing and depression - and it nails exactly how we feel when we are going through all of that stuff but it makes you laugh about it! Which is so precious! And yes, sometimes it’s just ridiculously funny. Anyway, to give you a taste of why I can’t get over how awesome this show is, I made a list of my favorite songs so far...

1. You Stupid Bitch – An ode to self-loathing and self-hatred

You ruined everything You stupid bitch You ruined everything You stupid, stupid bitch You're just a lying little bitch who ruins things And wants the world to burn Bitch You're a stupid bitch And lose some weight

2.  Oh My God I Think I Like You

My feelings get stronger every day

I'm like a little girl, not in a role-playing way

Are there condoms that can prevent these feelings?

Is there spermicidal lubricant that can kill

The fluttering in my heart?

Is there an IUD

That can stop the image of you and me

Getting married on a hillside, surrounded by ducks

And then we get into a rowboat?

3. I Could If I Wanted To - because it’s safer to half-ass everything than try...

Whoop-dee-frickin'-doo, a happy dad

With his big dad calves and his stupid baseball cap

And his T-ball shirt and dumbass son

Throwin' a ball, like it's so important to know how to throw a ball

Whoop-dee-frickin'-doo!

Who cares about throwin' a ball or havin' a kid?

It'll get ya nowhere in life

Not like gettin' anywhere matters

Although I guess it does if you care

Which I don't!

But I could! But I don't!

But I could if I wanted to, yeah!

4. Sexy Getting Ready Song - WATCH THIS. There’s nothing sexy about getting ready for a gal!

God, what This is how you get ready? This is some This is horrifying, like a scary movie or something Like some nasty-ass patriarchal bullshit You know what? I got to go apologize to some bitches I'm forever changed after what I just seen

5. Face Your Fears - yeah, but just... maybe... don’t do what Paula is telling you to?

If you’re scared of bees (If you’re scared of bees)

Get stung! (Don’t have an EpiPen ready)

Reach for the stars (Literally touch the stars)

Face your fears! (Stars aren’t that hot)

Face your fears (Face your fears)

Join the Marines (Join the Marines)

Swim right after eating (Don’t wait 30 minutes)

Cause you are amazing (So amazing)

Wipe back to front (Don't wipe front to back)

Drop out of school (School is stupid)

6. Gettin’ Bi - BEST BISEXUAL ANTHEM EVER!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUDab9piv_U

Now some may say “Oh, you’re just gay Why don’t you just go gay all the way?” But that’s not it ‘cause bi’s legit Whether you’re a he or a she We might be a perfect fit And one more thing I tell you what; Being bi does not imply that you’re a player or a slut Sure, I like sex But I’m no ho I take things slow Until I feel at ease

7. I’m A Good Person - when you want to believe you’re good but you’re kind of a douche?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4hh1YhDfbA

I’m a good person all over the place I cum my good right into your face Everybody says I’m one good ass chick And if you don’t think so you can lick My balls. Which, again, are filled with good

(...)

I’m a good, such a good, real good person I’m a good person through and through I’m a good, such a good, real good person Lemme hear you say it too Say it. Say it! Or I’ll kill your husband I’ll do it! I’ll gut him like a fish You’re a good person Aw, thank you

8. I Gave You a UTI - Weird topic for one of the catchiest songs in the show, IMO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ytnBRjmDXs

I'm so good at sex Your maidenship got wrecked! My penis is the reason you may die, die, die! I gave you a UTI!

9.  Settle for Me - because we’ve all almost begged someone to love us...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtb-ZPOkMyI

So won’t you settle for me Come on and settle for me Say yes or no before I choke on all this swallowed pride I have no problem being picked out from the bottom If he’s your broken condom, I’m Plan B! So lower those expectations and settle for me

10. You Go First - when we’re in a fight with our besties and we want to apologize... after they apologize first...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzHJlOmuYsY

So... go ahead and say

you're kind of sorry!

'So I can say... Oh, no, no, no please!'

Just like I rehearsed!

If you open the door...

I'll apologize so much more!

Yes I will... But you go first!

11. We Tapped that Ass - best song about anal sex ever okay?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilztSh5Cr2E

On the table you were willing and able!

On the ottoman you took a lot of man!

And in the safe in the closet I made a deposit!

I also tapped that Ass all over this house!

12. Who’s the New Guy? - the meta song about the show self-awareness regarding its characters and plots... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6zP_LE4HFE

Who's this new character? I mean, he's such a "character" Such a big persona that's not relatable at all.

Do we really need a new guy this far into the season? and by far into the season I mean it's almost Fall.

(...)

Is this some desperate move to try and help our ratings?

You mean our terrible ratings on Legal scores.com?

Yeah!

Will he be here forever?

Or just two or three episodes?

I mean, Karen's manic episodes.

anyway, it’s awesome, go watch it! it’s on Netflix!

[buckystolemyheart]

Honestly, it's the little things just as much as the big things...

For example, I get that sometimes you just don't like a character and that's fine, it's even fine if you make a post expressing why. But when you make that post AND reblog all these other people's posts constantly ragging on said character, it gets old real fast. Especially when certain people just get real nasty about it and compare them by praising their favs and bringing down their unliked character

Some big obvious ones are toxic bughead and choni stans (which I know not everyone is)

Another thing is posts about how shitty the show is and people threatening to stop watching it. This is is just annoying because despite its poor writing, I actually love this show (maybe because I grew up on Mexican telenovelas where it's okay for things not to make sense) but again it just gets old real fast.

Lastly... my fellow die hard serpent stans. I totally understand a lot of their complaints about the show, I don't think betty OR cheryl should have joined but whatever. But they don't need to "attack" people who share different opinions. I saw a post (I think it came from instagram) where this person embraced everyone becoming serpents by expressing what color jackets everyone would have, betty -pink, veronica-purple since cheryl got a red one, because who doesn't want to be a serpent, they're awesome but this post was ripped to shreds by truly awful people (keep in mind the person who posted it was probably really young and never thought it would get the attention that it did)

But more specifically than just serpent stans are sweet pea stans. The amount of "keep those northsiders away from him" posts is too damn high. And nobody is or will ever be good enough for him. Anyone who ships him with a northsider gets hate and that's not okay. I think fandom life should be fun. If you want to pair certain characters together (despite them having no real interactions on the show) I think you should. Like how interesting that you think these two characters would get together, please explain how you think that would happen. I love that concept. But unfortunately people are scared to be open about that sometimes because of the possible hate or angry stan attacking them.

There is so much more but I think you get the picture. I've unfollowed and blocked many people for these reasons and more because I login to tumblr for fun, not to see everyone bitch and complain and tear apart my favorite show.

Even this right here is scary to post because I have gotten shit for it in the past so we'll see how it goes...

I have not read any riverdale fanfiction in such a long time… I kinda miss it tbh but some people make it really hard to stay in this fandom

[imaginedeux]

On Your Left! Zack Merrick AU Part 9

Parts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ‘

Trigger Warnings: Tattoos, Tattoo Needles, Self Image Issues

-Weeks Later; (Y/N)’s POV-

“Okay, I'm going to start, this is the last time you have to back out.” The tattoo artist said wiping at my ankle. I nodded before I looked away from him.

“You’re going to be okay, it’s smaller compared to the ones the rest of the crew have.” Zack said from next to me, his hand over mine, rubbing his thumb over my knuckles, trying to calm me down.

“Defiantly smaller than the one Rian has.” I said taking in a sharp breath feeling the needle come in contact with my ankle. “Yup, shit place for a tattoo.” I mumbled before Zack laughed.

“I told you to get it on your arm, but nooooo Pikachu knows everything.” Zack mocked as I flinched as the needle got closer to the bone.

“Yeah, this next part might suck, so Zack, can you make sure she doesn't move her leg.” The tattoo artist asked wiping the extra ink getting more to continue the line he was on. I turned to see Zack nod and place his other hand on my shin.

“You’re doing awesome (Y/N), just a little it more.” Zack whispered leaning his head against the side of my head. We had only gotten closer and closer after that night on the roof of the bus, it started with secret smiles, hand holding when no one was around, and most recent was cuddling with each other when we watched moves in the living room. “Hey, think about it, you’re the first one in the group to have a different kind of tattoo from everyone else.”

“Yeah, I didn’t want to have an exact same one...” I smiled thinking back to when I designed the small skull with cross bones. It wasn’t that amazing of a design, it was simple, a couple of lines, no filling, it was different but it still looked like skull and cross bones the guys had.

“There you go, you’re all done.” The tattoo artist said putting a liquid onto the tattoo before wiping it away. I looked down at the quarter sized tattoo and smiled, it was exactly the way you had designed it.

“Thank you! Its exactly the way I wanted it!” I said happily giving the man a hug. “It looks like I'm officially a part of the All Time Low family.” I smiled at Zack who still had his hand on mine as the guy wrapped my ankle up.

“Babe, you’ve been a part of the family since the day you stepped onto the bus.” Zack chuckled lacing his fingers with mine helping me up from the tattoo chair. I  blushed at the pet name, I still wasn't use to the pet names and the PDA we showed each other out in the open. After paying for the tattoo, hand in hand Zack and I stepped out of the cold shop into the warm air of Hawaii. About a week after tour ended, I temporarily moved in with Zack while we planned our adventures for after Christmas, where we’d spend it here on the island with a group of friends I was going to meet tonight. “So what do you want to do? We still have a couple of hours until we have to meet with my friends until the get together.”

“Not to sound like a total girl from a movie or something, but I still kinda need an outfit for tonight. Most of the clothing I brought with me from home fit a bit big on me.” I confessed blushing. The whole buying actual clothing was still new to me, in college I spent most of my time in jeans and band tees, and now I was in basketball shorts and old shirts.

“Thats nothing to be ashamed of (Y/N), we can go shopping for an outfit, and its not a fancy get together so you don't have to worry about that. Look there’s a store, we can start there and if you don't like anything we can go to another one.” Zack knew very well I was still kind of insecure with my body, and there were still shirts and pants that didn't fit me that well, so he knew that shopping for clothing was a scary thing to me. Luckily for me I was able to find a cute and comfortable outfit and some pretty sandals to go along with it within 30 minutes which gave us enough time to get to Zack’s place and get ready at a calm pace.

Getting to the house I quickly undid the dutch braids my hair were in since last night when I did them after my shower. This allowed my hair to become fake cork screw curls and gave me more time to do make up, which still took me life to do even if it was simple. 

“Babe, you ready?” Zack asked knocking on the bathroom door I were behind applying some liquid eye liner for the millionth time.

“Yeah, sorry still getting the hang of liquid eyeliner!” I yelled ripping open door to find Zack putting on one of his snapbacks. “I should have asked at the store but does this look okay?” I asked looking down at my outfit, it was a loose light blue blouse that had a couple of buttons at the collar, one of which I left undone, some form fitting dark capri jeans, and some nice sandals, I left my tattoo wrapped not exactly sure where we would be heading throughout the night. I honestly felt like a mom on vacation, but I still felt comfortable.

“U-uh, y-yeah. You look incredible (Y/N).” Zack blushed looking at my outfit. He had a fit black tee on, some dark jeans and his usual Supras. “Wow.” 

“Um, thanks. You look good yourself there Merrick.” I smiled walking past him to the room we’d been sharing since we got to the island, to grab my wallet and my cellphone. “Did your friends ask us to take anything?” I asked looking into the mirror one last time just to make sure I didn't look like a total fool.

“Um, yeah, I got it done while you got ready.” Zack explained coming up next to me as I messed with my hair a bit more. “Hey, you already look perfect, no need to worry.” He said grabbing my hand stopping it for messing with my hair more. “Come on, lets take a picture.” He smiled this time putting his arm around my shoulders.

“You really want to take a picture?” I asked looking up at him as he took his phone out and put it in selfie mode. “Hah! For once I actually look tiny next to you!” I laughed looking up at the camera, Zack taking a couple of shots while I laughed. “I wasn't ready!”

“You still look perfect (Y/N), but here we can take some on your accord.” He laughed handing me his phone.

“Yes, let the professional photographer take the pictures, now stand behind me.” I ordered him laughing. He stood behind me as pointed the camera at the two of us. He laughed seeing that he would have to bend down so his face could come out in frame. “Alright, one two three!” I said smiling while I took the pictures, Zack quickly kissed my cheek as I took the last photo.

“I think thats going to be my favorite.” Zack said grabbing the phone from my hands and ran out the room to the dining room. “Come on (Y/N), we need to leave!” Fifteen minutes later the two of us had arrived to the get together, food in tow.

“Liam!” Zack yelled seeing the man who was just as buff as Zack, open the front for the two of us.

“Zack! Long time no see, good to have you back on the island.” Liam said bringing Zack in for a huge hug. “And this must be the ever so popular (Y/N). When we would talk while you all were on tour, he couldn't shut up about you. Its nice to put a face to a name.” Liam said bringing me in for a hug, that wasn't as tight as the one received. “Come in, come in, were only missing a couple of people before we can really get this party started.” He yelled happily before grabbing onto the dish of food I was holding.

“You didn't tell me there were going to be this many people.” I whispered before most of the people in the house yelled for Zack.

“I didn't think there would be this many people either. Everything will be fine, if you need to out of here for a bit, just squeeze my hand twice and well find a quiet place to chill for a bit.” Zack whispered back holding my hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. For the next 30 minutes Zack took me around introducing me to all of his friends, all of them, thankfully, were nice. Until we hit the last bunch of people.

“Hey Malia, Jess, Rick, nice to see you all again!”

“Nice to see you again man, long time no see. How you been?” Rick asked giving Zack a ‘bro hug’. “Who is this?” He asked gesturing towards me.

“This is my- um (Y/N). She’s our photographer and graphic designer for tour. We’re going to be traveling a bit after we celebrate Christmas here. So I thought it was a good idea to introduce her to everyone before Christmas in a couple of weeks.” Zack explained, gripping onto my hand a bit tighter. We never really talked about what we were with each other, we weren't in a relationship yet, but we were most defiantly not just friends.

“So you're sleeping with the help?” The red head questioned giving me a nasty once over. I suddenly felt as if I was taking up a lot more room than I should be.

“Jess, what the hell?” The blonde next to her yelled. “Im sorry (Y/N), Jess can be a bit, salty.”

“I’ll fight for whats mine Malia.” Hers? Wait was Zack in a relationship? Am I the other woman? I slowly let go of Zack’s hand stepping away from the group.

“Wait, no, I was never yours Jess! We went to lunch once, and we agreed nothing was going to happen between us.” Zack argued before looking back at me, trying to keep me near him. “Nothing ever happened between us Babe, I promise you.”

“Pet names already? Its funny how i’ve never seen Zack mention you once or even posted about you on Twitter or Instagram.” She shot back, the venom dripping in her voice.

“Because she asked me not to.” Zack retaliated, he was right, I had asked all the guys and Tom not to post any photos of me on any social media after the incident when Tom took a photo of Kellin, Zack and I, and Zack had his arm around my shoulders. Most of the comments were targeted at my weight, which was my main source of insecurity so I though I would make it easier on myself if there weren't any photos of me.

“Or maybe she realized that she’d never be good enough for you Zachary.” Jess said, throwing the finishing blow to my gut. I squeezed Zack’s hand twice, and ran.

[rumikothefox]

Favorite Monster Hunter Monsters, Part 2

So here is the second half of my favorite normal Monster Hunter monsters. Once again, these are in no particular order.  Let’s get right to it.

Lucent Nargacuga

I put Lucent because it is definitely a very cool rare species of Nargacuga, but really, it could be this or the original Nargy. Green is pretty cool, too. I often say that my true favorite monster is either Nargacuga or Zinogre (way to go spoiling an entry on this list, right?). Nargacuga looks very much like a black panther in many ways, along with the roar to match. Despite not fighting him in the game he was the flagship of, I fell in love with him when I fought him in 3U. His movements are sleek and I love how fighting him makes you wonder just who is hunting who. Lucent takes it a step further by being able to go completely invisible when he enrages, only letting you track him by his glowing eyes. His fight is on top of a tower in basically a small arena, so it makes it very difficult to evade him.

I love the Nargacuga set, especially as a gunner set. 

It has very high evasion and has this cool ninja look to it. The Lucent armor looked especially cool, but sadly, I was never able to get it. Lucent was just TOO damn difficult for me to want to bother farming him. It was like “spikes for everyone” Opera-style, plus the fact that they could poison you and there was NO way Lucent was going to give you an opportunity to deal with that poison while you were on the screen with him. Lucent is highly fast and aggressive, so reprieve is something you rarely get against him.

Stygian Zinogre

So I mentioned Zinny was hitting this list, but I have to say that Stygian JUST pulled ahead on this one. OG Zinogre is awesome on so many levels, but Stygian, as frustrating as he can be, just amazing as well. Zinogre is a giant lightning wolf monster, basically. He was, at the time, the only canine monster I’d seen in this series and was very cool. I loved his vocals, I loved his style, I loved his moveset, and MAN did I love his music (I may have to cover music in another post, because that is another cool topic to put out). Stygian swaps the lightning element for a dragon element and man is he hard. For those unfamiliar, dragon element will cause dragonblight, a debuff that causes the element or status on your weapon to be disabled until you cleanse it. It can get really frustrating. 

This dog will do everything he can to get you. Claw stomps, throwing elemental balls at you, flipping through the air and either smashing you with his tail or attempting to do a back flop on you, shoulder checks... He isn’t too bad when you first fight him, but as with normal Zinogre, he has two levels of charge above his base level that he’ll build up to. Each charge will make him faster and more aggressive.  And hope and pray to the MH gods that you get out alive if he enrages while on a max level charge. 

I also love his blademaster set on females.

It has that thing going where it gives you its own hair and you have these adorable little dog ears and I really just can’t help myself. >.>

Azure/Silver Rathalos

So we have another instance where I really couldn’t decide and just listed both. Rathalos is a cool monster, but Azure and Silver have such cool colorations to them and have interesting twists on the normal moveset. It’s totally not because my favorite colors are blue and silver. >.>

Ahem. Azure is one of the first subspecies I ever saw, being on the US cover art for MH3U. He’s faster and hits harder than your standard Rathalos and hangs out in the air a bit more. He also seems to really have a homing instinct for those poison claw attacks, moreso than normal Rath. He also had one of the best armors for blademasters in MH3U skill-wise and I remember wearing his set a LOT with my Brachy switch axe.

Silver is a rare species (the difference between subspecies, rare species, and variant has always been kind of dumb to me) that basically says “Fuck this, I’m just going to be airborne about 80-90% of the time. Deal with it.” He’ll start on the ground like any other Rath, but once you get that first enrage and he goes airborne, it feels like nothing short of a flash bomb or him finally running out of stamina is going to get him down. And that very well might be the case, to be honest. You fight him on top of a tower, so there are no other maps to escape to.  You’re trapped with him and he’s super pissed about you intruding.

I have to give an honorable mention here to Rathian and her sub/rare species, the Pink Rathian and Gold Rathian. Rathalos is the male counterpart to the exclusively female Rathian. She didn’t make the list, only because Rathalos pulled a bit ahead and it felt redundant to have them both on here. She focuses a bit more on poison than fire and likes the ground a bit more than Rathalos. You also tend to fight her earlier in any game they appear in. In World, you find that these two are difficult to deal with when spawned together in the Ancient Forest, due to the fact that Rathalos is very protective of his mate. I found instances where I’d use a dung pod to shoo him away from her, only for either her to seek him out or for him to come right back, at which point if I hid, he’d proceed to hover over her like a mother hen, looking around for where I went.  It was a cool touch, but also a bit of a terrifying one.

Black Diablos

Black Diablos is labeled as a subspecies of Diablos, but as in-game lore and other sources will explain, a Black Diablos is a normal female Diablos. During mating season, the females darken to a deep black color as a warning to other monsters to not get in her way. She’s getting that D and god help you if you get in her way.

Diablos was already a terrifying monster to me. Diablos trades any sort of elemental or status attacks in favor of raw brute force. For the most part, its attacks are highly telegraphed, so you can avoid them pretty easily if you’re paying attention. Lose focus and get hit, though, and you can easily get nearly one-shot if not at full health. That’s at a full 150, I-ate-food-for-buffs, hp. If you’re at base 100, say goodbye. Especially gunners.

Black Diablos takes a step further. She’s faster, stronger, and her horns are harder to break. She also changes up her charge attacks and will often charge in ways you weren’t prepared for. Still, maxed out Black Diablos weapons often had some of the best raw damage in the game, even factoring in their negative affinity.  And taking out a monster this dangerous is always immensely satisfying.

Odogaron

So now we’re touching into Monster Hunter World territory. The monsters I’ll be mentioning aren’t really super spoilery (they were all shown in the trailers), but if you’re unsure, stop now.

Odogaron is a monster I highly looked forward to since the trailers.  He was scary and icky but I was super curious about how this monster would behave.  Plus, it was awesome to see another canine-based monster. Zinny was feeling lonely.

Getting closer looks at him, it’s apparent that he’s not a skinless dog like the impression the trailers gave me. Instead he reminds me of an intricately-carved jade statue (albeit jade of a particularly bloody color). The armor you made from him for your hunter and your palico have this detailed sort of Chinese look to them that is really cool. The female hunter set is one of my favorite sets in the game so far appearance-wise.

As far as combat, Doggo is a bleed-type. The double claws he uses against you rip and tear in ways that bleed the hunter dry. As with dealing with Seregios’ bleed debuff, you either must crouch for a time to recover, or eat a piece of meat. This monster has similar movesets to Zinogre, though there are a few lunges and such that are purely his own.  He is also smaller but much faster than the other canine. It isn’t uncommon for Doggo to leap off my screen and cause me to have to reorient my camera to keep track of him. He definitely earns his place as the apex predator of the Rotten Vale.

Radobaan

I honestly surprised myself when this monster came to mind when thinking of my favorites.  The more I pondered it, though, the more it totally made sense. I honestly never thought I’d love a monster that is essentially an Uragaan at its core. I mean, nothing BAD about an Uragaan, but I wouldn’t put him in a high place, either. But there’s something about Radobaan that makes him less annoying than an Uragaan, more unique, and more fun.

At first, I thought the bones of the Radobaan were his own. But noticing the Diablos horns on his sides, I started to question it. That was answered further when I started to break off the bones on his body, only for him to go to a bone pile and roll around in it until he was covered in brand new bones. His actual skin has a tar-like substance that coats it and makes him able to stick the bones on his body like armor. You have to break the bones off to make him vulnerable. I had a lot of fun with him and he’s one of the few monsters in the Rotten Vale that don’t fight down in the nasty, health-sapping acid floor downstairs, so it made him that much more fun to fight. 

Tobi-Kadachi

Not the best or worst on this list, just the last. Tobi is like if you took a flying squirrel, gave him a snake head, and gave him the ability to charge himself with static electricity. Oh, and made him highly aggressive. Can’t forget that.

Tobi is fast and can give you thunderblight. He’s especially tough in forested areas where he has trees to jump in to use to jump on YOU. Though this often results in him going up into Rathalos’ nest to fight you and you can imagine how THAT ends up half the time. He will charge his fur up with static and seems to have different levels of charge, similar to a Zinogre. He’s even prone to sometimes doing Zinny’s tail slap on you.

Despite how fast and dangerous he is, though, I found myself learning him pretty fast. He’s tough, but he’s by far not the toughest monster out there and is pretty easy to farm.  Which is good because he gives you thunder-based weapons, which are good against a number of monsters, notably Rathalos, who is rather scary without a proper setup.

He’s challenging enough to not be boring, but is easy enough that you can casually hunt him for fun and not feel like you’re struggling.

And that’s it for the normal monsters. I know it was a lot, but I guess that just goes to show how good Capcom is at making memorable and engaging monsters. Next time I’ll do an Elder Dragon edition. Then maybe a music version. o/

[fic-dreamin]

What a nasty little treat this was. This book was recommended to me by a friend who apparently knows me better than I know myself. I don’t usually read speculative fiction, as I generally like my trash a little more grounded in reality, which is to say, even the horrors of the night won’t keep us all away from Facebook. As such, post-apocalyptic stuff usually doesn’t interest me. I mean, there are only so many ways to tell the story of “we have to rebuild civilization while protecting ourselves from whatever destroyed it”, right? Go to Amazon

So apropos for this spooky time of year! I'll confess the following straight away: I have three favorite spooky, creepy, super scary books this year. The Light of the Fireflies remains my #1 favorite. It's so "cult classic," yet deserves a much wider audience. Finished it weeks ago, and I still think about it. Unlike any story I've ever read. Then my 2nd choice: The Last Days of Jack Sparks. Awesome. Funny in a way that often makes one feel a bit guilty for laughing, but oh my goodness, does it ever offer up a bunch of scares. And now to my 3rd favorite: The Bird Box. Go to Amazon

One of the best thriller books I've read I love horror, thriller and mystery books and I've read a lot of them, from adult to teenage stories. This is honestly one of my favorite stories I've ever read and that is really saying something considering I am an avid reader. The story line is extremely unique and fresh, and it kept me interested the whole time to find out what was going to happen next. It was very suspenseful and gave me chills at times. I really enjoyed it. Go to Amazon

Trite plot, good atmosphere Some books leave the reader with too many loose threads. I feel this book ties up all its loose threads way too neatly. Every element in the story connects very intricately, interweaving the three timelines together, but the reader has virtually nothing to guess at in the end because we are told almost everything. The author does well at creating a spooky, chilling atmosphere, but doesn't leave enough mystery to really haunt you. The plot itself is very unoriginal, which is fine when the execution is done well, but the execution falls a bit short here. I wish the ending were different. It didn't fit the rest of the book at all. I would have given this book a much higher rating if the ending had reinforced the cosmic horror the rest of the book portrays. Go to Amazon

DONT OPEN YOUR EYES! Really well written book full of suspense and twists. Though I couldn't wrap myself around some of events throughout the book (some of the things that happened really don't make sense and seem pretty "unrealistic" ), I can see how the pieces eventually fall into place once you arrive at the end. Story had a great build up, though I was a bit let down by the last quarter of the book, it was nice to see the book essentially wrap up and the story conclude without any major cliffhangers (for the most part). A good read if you are into the post-apocalyptic genre. Go to Amazon

Five Stars Cliche book Awesome Really fun listen - looking forward to the movie! Five Stars Breathtaking tension throughout Bird Box Five Stars Good Five Stars

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1 - 257

1- How are you? I’m good

2- Post a picture of yourself.

3- Do you ever wish you were someone else? No

4- What is your entire name? Elizabeth Noel Boyd

5- How old are you? 24

6- Age you get mistaken for: 14-16

7- Your zodiac/horoscope and if you think it fits your personality: Yes!

8- What did you do on your last birthday? Karaoke and Cheesecake Factory

9- What is one thing you would like to accomplish before your next birthday?: Finish some type of writing

10- What is your hair color? Red

11- Have you ever dyed your hair? Yes

12- What is your eye color? Blue

13- If you could change your eye color, would you? No

14- Do you wear contacts/glasses? No

15- Your opinion about your body and how conformable you are with it:When I look in the mirror, I feel like I’m chunky…but I’m kinda sorta okay with it.

16- Have you ever considered plastic surgery? What would you alter about your body? Yes, for my neck…I have some excess fat on it.

17- Say 8 facts about your body: 

*I have dimples on my knuckles*All of my stretch marks are on my inner thighs and hips*I have a mole on the top of my right ear*My waist is longer than my legs*I hold all of my excess weight in my back*I have a freckle on my eye ball*I have long eye lashes*I’ve got a HUGE ass…

18- Do you have any tattoos? Yes

19- Do you have any piercings? No

20- Left or right handed? Right handed

21- What’s your sexual orientation? Asexual

22- Do you drink? Yes

23- Do you smoke? No

24- Do you have any pets? Yes, but he doesn’t live with me

25- Where do you work? At a car dealership

26- Something you are working on right now: My rendition of Sinister 2

27- Do you have any “rules” about food? All fries/onion rings must be eaten before the burger

28- Where are you from? Texas

29- What would you say is your best quality? I’m creative

30- What do you think you’re really good at? My job

31- What do you think you’re really bad at? Singing

32- What talent do you wish you’d been born with? Whistling

33- Are you a bad person? No

34- Are you nice to everyone? I try to

35- Say 3 facts about your personality:

*I’m ambivalent*I tend to lead*I try to be optimistic

36- Has someone ever spread a nasty rumor about you? No

37- What is your ideal bed? Why? King bed with super comfy mattress, with a mosquito net and fairy lights surrounding it. Because…logic!

38- Did you wake up cranky? Sometimes

39- Do you sleep with a stuffed toy? Yes!

40- What do you think about the most? Death

41- Share 2 habits: Nail-biting and Don’t turn on my phone until at least 8:30AM

42- What you want to be when you “get older”? I want to be an award winning Writer

43- What are your career goals? Write at least 3 novels, and one script.

44- What is your ideal career? Screenwriter

45- Is your life anything like it was two years ago? NO!

46- Do you replay things that have happened in your head? All the fucking time!

47- Have you ever had an imaginary friend? No

48- Say 10 facts about your room:

*I have a poster of Joan Holloway above my bed*I have a Playboy bunny pillow*I have a Puppycat plush on my desktop*My fan is always on*My bathroom is attached to my bedroom*I have a king size bed*My dresser is across from my bed*My TV is on my dresser*It has comfy carpet*It has high ceilings

49- Do you have any phobias? Astraphobia

50- Have you ever been to a psychiatrist/therapist? I’m currently seeing one

51- Are you allergic to anything? If so, what? Chocolate and Silver

52- Ever broken any bones? No

53- Ever come close to death? Yes(?)

54- Things you like and dislike about yourself: I like that I’m ambitious, but I tend to always start on the ‘nuclear’ option of things

55- A random fact about yourself: I have a typewriter…from 1983, and sometimes I use it.

56- What are three things most people don’t know about you?

*I’m a podcaster*I don’t drive the Highway*I was born with Cataracts 

57- An unknown fact about your life: I’ve had two Retinal detachments

58- Share something about yourself others might think is weird: I’m 24 and I sleep with a stuffed animal

59- Five weird things that you like:

*Blythe Dolls*Crispin Glover*Abandoned Buildings*General Tso’s Chicken mixed with Lo-Mein*Rick and Morty

60- Do you have a facebook? If so, would you add the person who sent you this? I do, and probably not, cause I only friend people I know in person.

61- Do you have any pictures on your Facebook? Tons

62- Describe yourself in one word/sentence: Trustworthy

63- A quote you try to live by: “Be scared, but do it anyway…”

64- Leave me a compliment: You’re awesome!

Favorites

65- What is your favorite thing to do? Write

66- What’s your favorite color? Blue

67- What’s your favorite band/singer? Lana Del Rey/Alt-J/Interpol

68- What’s your favorite movie? The Fifth Element 

69- What are your favorite books? Girl, Interrupted

70- What is your favorite quote and why? “The only time you should look down on a person is when you are helping them get up” My boss has this quote on his wall, and it’s honest words to live by.

71- What is your favorite word? Copacetic 

72- What is your least favorite word? Do-hickus

73- What is your favorite type of food? Chinese

74- Your favorite ice cream? Banana

75- What’s your favorite animal? Bunny

76- Dogs or cats? Cats

77- Describe your favourite texture: Warm, Clean bed sheets

78- What is your favorite flower? Lily

79- What’s your favourite scent? And on the opposite sex? Apples. I like the smell of Old Spice

80- What is your favorite season? Fall

81- What are the top five places you wish you could go before you die? 

*Ireland*Maine*Sweden*New Zealand*Bruges

82- What are four things you can’t live without and why?

*My Maine necklace*My stuffed animal (Bunny)* Purple Pens*My phone

83- Which mythological creature are you most like? Why? Fairy. Cause I’m good and bad–but you don’t know until its too late.

84- What’s your favorite television show? The Following and Stranger Things

85- Favorite place to shop at? I don’t have one

86- Say 2 facts about your favorite things: I don’t know how to answerFamily, childhood and places

87- Say 4 facts about your parents:

*They’re divorced*My mom is Jewish*My dad is Irish*They met at NASA

88- Are you more like your mom or your dad? My dad

89- Do you have any siblings? I have 2 brothers

90- Say 9 facts about your family:

*We’ve very open people*We’re extremely curious about history*We’re a bunch of nerds/geeks*My dad tried to teach my brothers and I how to play D&D*We all love music*I’m not so much anymore, but my family is very pro-guns*My family wasn’t very popular in our neighborhood growing up*My dad’s family has a tradition of shotgun weddings*A lot of my immediate family suffer from some form of mental illness

91- What’s your relationship like with your family? It’s complicated

92- Say 7 facts about your childhood:

*I lived in the country for the first few years of my life*We had lots of cats in the house*My brothers and I were really close*I was always in trouble at school*I was allowed to watch scary movies*I wasn’t allowed to listen to rap music*I grew up in a conservative/religious household

93- The best and the worst childhood memories: Going to Disney World. My parents getting divorced.

94- Say 6 facts about your home town: 

*It’s a suburb of Austin*People who grew up there, tend to stay there*It’s a ‘retirement’ community *It’s hard to get in and out of it*There are TOO MANY mattress stores there*It’s a KKK town

95- Are you going out of town soon? No

96- Where would you like to live? Portland, Maine

97- What would your dream house be like? Bungalow with a Lighthouse attached to it.

98- Where would you go on your dream vacation? Ireland

99- Where you want to be right now? Maine

100- Top three places to visit:

*Alamo Drafthouse*Outlet Mall*Coffee Shops

Friends

101- Would you ever smile at a stranger? I do it  all the time

102- Do you prefer to be friends with girls or boys? Girls

103- Who is someone you never tire of? My best friend

104- Do you have someone you can be your complete self around? Yes

105- Who is your most loyal friend? My best friend

106- Is there anyone you can tell EVERYTHING to? No

107- If your best friend died, what would you do? Never leave my room and cry

108- A reason you’ve lied to a friend: Cause of the shame of the truth

109- Have you ever felt replaced? YES!

110- Say 5 facts about your bestfriend(s):

*They’re introverts*They like to read*They both wear glasses*They’re nerds/geeks*They’d kill for me

Relationships

111- The last person you hugged? My hair stylist. 

112- Who was your first kiss with? Never been kissed

113- Do you like kissing in public? No

114- Have you ever kissed someone older than you? No

115- You have a preference for boys or girls? Boys

116- Is the male or female body closest to perfection? …uhh…the female body.

117- Do you believe in love at first sight? No.

118- Do you believe in soul mates? No.

119- What is your idea of the perfect date? Drive-in Movie

120- Based on past relationships or crushes, describe your perfect boyfriend/girlfriend: He’s got to be smart and ambitious. Blond. Square jaw and intense eye brows. 

121- What is the first thing you noticed in someone? Their eyes

122- Are looks important in a relationship? Sometimes

123- What’s the most superficial characteristic you look for? A good jawline.

124- What’s your opinion on age differences in relationships? I don’t think it’s a big deal, so long as it’s legal and consensual–who cares?

125- Would you ever date someone off of the Internet? No

126- Five guys/girls whom you find attractive:

*Shawn Ashmore*David Harbour*Adrien Brody*My (ex)Crush *Adam Goldberg

127- Do you have a crush on anyone? Yes and no. It’s complicated

128- A description of the girl/boy you like: He’s tall and skinny, dirty blond hair and blue eyes…square jaw, and intense eye brows. 

129- Say 1 fact about the person you like: He’s an asshole

130- If the person you like says they like someone else, what would you say? “Oh, that’s cool…”

131- When was the last time you told someone you loved them? Saturday?

132- Do you think someone has feelings for you? No

133- Do you think someone is thinking about you right now? Probably not.

134- Have you ever cried over a guy/girl? Yes

135- Have you ever wanted someone you couldn’t have? Yes

136- Anyone you’re giving up on? I don’t know.

137- Have you ever liked someone you didn’t expect to? No.

138- Have you ever liked someone who your friends hated? YES!

139- Have you ever liked one of your best friends? No

140- Has anyone told you they don’t want to ever lose you? No

141- Is there a boy/girl who you would do absolutely everything for? Yes.

142- Is there someone you will never forget? Yes

143- Say five ways to win your heart:

*Like Jazz*Have ambitions*Be smarter than me*Like movies*Be a decent human being

144- What turns you on? Umm…I like sharp noses.

145- What turns you off? Cockiness and blatant flirting

146- What is the sexiest thing someone could ever do for/to you? I don’t know…dominate me?

147- What’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever done for you? Remember everything I’ve ever said, and then refer back to it when I contradict something. Lol.

148- What’s something sweet you’d like someone to do for you? Take my chocolate allergy into consideration.

149- Have you ever written a song or poem for someone? Have you had one written for you? No and No.

150- What’s the sweetest thing you’ve ever done for someone? I made them a mix tape.

151- Are you in love? I was

152- Are you in a relationship? No

153- If you have a boyfriend/girlfriend, what is your favorite thing about him/her? No

154- Are relationships ever worth it? I don’t think so.

155- Is there someone mad because you’re dating/talking to the person you are? No

156- Can you commit to one person? I think I can.

157- Do you think you can last in a relationship for 6 months and not cheat? Yes.

158- Do you ever want to get married? Maybe.

159- Do you think you’ll be married in 5 years? Probably not.

160- Future names of your children: Never having children

161- Do you get jealous easily? No

162- The last time you felt jealous, and why? I don’t want to talk about it.

163- What is your definition of cheating? Showing romantic/sexual affection to someone who isn’t your significant other.

164- Have you ever been cheated on? No

165- Do you forgive betrayal? No

166- Have you ever cheated on someone? No

167- Why did your last relationship fail? Never been in one

168- Things you want to say to an ex: I don’t have one

169- A description of the person you dislike the most: Jolene

170- If your first true love knocked on your door with apology and presents, would you accept? Yes

171- How many boyfriends/girlfriends have you had? None

172- How long was your longest relationship? Zero seconds

173- You’ll love me if…you just give me a fucking second!

174- Share a relationship story: I don’t have any.

Music, movies and books

175- How often do you listen to music? Every day

176- What kind of music you like? Jazz, oldies, pop 

177- Do you like to dance? Yes

178- What was the first concert/show you attended? Eisley

179- Have you heard a song that reminds you of someone today? Yes

180- Share a song that takes you to a certain memory in the past: “Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

181- A song that’s been stuck in your head: “Starboy” by The Weeknd

182- Put your music player on shuffle and write the first ten songs that play:

*Angel in Blue Jeans by Train*Elevator Love Song by Stars*Music to Watch Boys To by Lana Del Rey*Kind by Eisley*Hope Dies by Zeale*Get Giddy by Grouplove*Every Day by Buddy Holly*C’mere by Interpol*Turn it Up by Robots in Disguise*West Coast by Lana Del Rey

183- A book you want to read/have recently read: The Man in the High Castle

184- Describe your dream library: I don’t have one

185- Last movie you just watched: The Autopsy of Jane Doe

186- Do you like watching what type of movies? Horror/ThrillerSituations and crazy things

187- You’re in a tattoo parlor about to get inked. What are you getting done? Probably the word ‘life’ in Hebrew

189- What’s something you can see yourself going to jail for? Assault

190- If you could be any character, from any literary work, who would you choose to be? Dolly Talbo

191- You’re given $10,000…under one condition: you cannot keep the money for yourself. Who would you give it to? No

192- If you had to go back in time and change one thing, what would it be? Being honest with my friends about how I was feeling, and that I didn’t trust them anymore. 

193- If you were an element on the Periodic Table, which would you be and why? Cu

194- If you had to delete one year of your life completely, which would it be? 2016

195- You’re an Action Movie Hero. What’s your weapon of choice and the line you scream when defeating your arch enemy? A wrench. “OVER MY DEAD BODY!!”

196- If you could design an amusement park ride, what would it be like? It would probably be peaceful. Like…joyful, but calm.

197- What is the first curse word that comes to mind? Cunt

198- What the last party you went to was… and when the next will be…Holloween Party. Probably my friends birthday next month.

199- Halloween costume idea? Mia Wallace

200- What are you supposed to be doing right now? Applying for jobs.

201- Currently wanting to see anyone? No

202- Why you follow me? I don’t know.

203- If you met me what would you do? I don’t know.

204- Leave me a ridiculous question: Who are you?

205- Leave me a cute message: Cute.Opinions and beliefs

206- Is the cup half full or half empty for you right now? Half Full

207- Do you believe in fate/destiny? No

208- What you wish for on 11:11? That everything’s going to be okay.

209- Do you consider yourself lucky? What’s your good luck charm? I used to. An old pair of Converse socks.

210- Do you believe in aliens or life on other planets? Yes

211- What is your religion, if any? It used to be Jewish. Nothing no.

212- Would you go against your moral code for money? No.

213- What’s more important to you: strength of the body or strength of the mind? Strength of the Mind

214- How important you think education is? Very important

215- If you were the president, what would you do? Make sure the American people were taken care of (healthcare, rights, ETC.) and have a word with China about North Korea. And slap Putin.

216- If you could change one thing in the world, what would you change? The wars going on in the Middle East

217- Is it the thought that counts? Or is that phrase circumstantial? It’s circumstantial 

218- If you only had 24 hours to live, what would you do? Do all the things I’ve missed out on. 

219- Which movie character do you most identify with and why? LeeLoo

Feelings and Others

220- Are you a procrastinator or do you get things done early? Get it done ASAP

221- Post a photo/draw a picture/write a poem (pick one) of a moment of personal significance: 

222- Say 5 things you love unconditionally: 

*My brothers*My friends*My co-workers*My cat*Christopher Nolan

223- What motivates you in life? The opportunity to tell stories

224- Something that you’re proud of: My strength to keep going

225- Five words/phrases that make you laugh: 

“Yeah, well…your mom!”Balls“PIZZZAAAA!!!”“I have an idea, but let me take a selfie!”Snickerdoodle

226- Share the story of something that makes you smile: On the last day of New York Comic Con back in 2014. My best friend and I anchored ourselves in one of the Halls cause pretty much all the panels we wanted to see were in this one Hall. So I sat there, gushing over Shawn Ashmore ((who looked into my soul with his blue eyes)), I got to meet one of my childhood idols and take a picture with her, I got to learn about some shows that I didn’t know a lot about. And then I got to meet the cast of one of my favorite shows and…I accidentally called one of the actors by their characters’ name and he just smiled and responded by greeting me with “GINGABREAD!!”…we took a selfie and my heart dances when I think about it. 

227- Something you always think “what if…” about: What if the US gets nuked?

228- What was something you used to enjoy, but was ruined for you? What’s the story behind that? Bowling. My now former team pretty much isolated us from everyone on our league by starting fights and so I left…tried to start a new team, but bowling was redundant for me. 

229- Describe one of the most awkward experiences of your life: Telling my crush that I ‘like liked’ him…and he responded with “Well, that sucks…” before following it up with “…since I’m going back to school soon.”

230- Something/someone that you miss: My grandfather.

231- Are you over your past? Yes.

232- What is your saddest memory? When I came home from work and my family was waiting for me; I was sat down and told that my uncle had killed himself. 

233- One of the hardest moments in your life: Having to let go of my dream to go to college

234- Is there something that happened in your past that you hate talking about? No

235- What’s something you want to do that you’d be embarrassed to tell other people about? Pose in a boudoir shoot. 

236- What was your most embarrassing moment? My shirt unbuttoned in Math class and I flashed my whole class. 

237- Share one of your fears/insecurities: My right eye lid doesn’t close all the way.

238- Something you’re currently worrying about: Needing to find a new job before May.

239- Have you done something you regret very much? Who hasn’t?

240- If you could take something back that you said or did, what would it be? There are too many things.

241- Does anyone hate you? Probably.

242- Do you hate anyone? No.

243- Are you good at hiding your feelings? I thought so, but no.

244- What’s something you hide about your personality? I can be a real Mean Girl sometimes.

245- How do you approach social situations? Head on.

246- Are you a social or an antisocial person? Social

247- Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Ambivalent 

248- Do you care if people talk badly about you? I’m more nosy/gossipy about it. Lol

249- How do you deal with criticism? I take it for what it is, and move on.

250- How you hope your future will be like? I hope it’s good and fulfilling. 

251- What’s something that scares you about the future? Knowing that I’m going to die some day.

252- Five items you lust after:

*A good facial/spa day*Sushi*Nice pair of panties*A new purse*Stiletto heels

253- One thing you’re excited for: My tax return?

254- Describe the most terrifying/strangest/beautiful dream you’ve ever had: Every year, I have a dream where Michael Meyers hunts me down and tries to kill me. I literally spend a whole dream cycle running away from him. 

255- Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? Yes

256- Who is your celebrity crush? David Harbour

257- Make a confession: I don’t think Beyonce is that great.