#based off some internet one liners

[mcu-and-buckybarnes-things]

Ice, looking at Maverick longingly: I’m cold.

Maverick, sighs: You are so lazy. *gets up off the couch and turns on the heater*

Later when the locker room gang knows

Slider: Were you born an idiot or did you take lessons?

Goose: I have no comment because my brain freezes whenever I try to compute your stupidity.

Wolf: Do you always act like an idiot or are you just showing off when Ice is around?

Hollywood: You have the right to remain silent because whatever you say will probably be stupid anyway.

[botanikos]

Respond to the following prompts out of character, then tag others you’d like to get to know a little bit better.

Roleplayer name: Jude

Roleplayer pronouns: They/Them

Muse name(s): Stolas

Preferred communication: Discord doesn't gobble up messages, so that's truly the best place! However, I still try to answer tumblr IM's as well. I also have telegram if anyone wants it. . . . it's collecting dust!

Experience: Yikes, this dates back to when I was much younger, and before I even used the internet for roleplaying. I started off writing on pen and paper with my cousin and a bunch of friends. We would pass paper or journals back and forth, taking turns writing out scenes or responses from a variety of characters. Mostly, at those times, it was for Teen Titans, Naruto, Bleach, and a few others. I'm going to safely say that early high school was when I took it online, starting off on a couple of forums and chat rooms [ namely, Chatango ]. I frequently roleplayed via text message, email, and instant messengers. I still do this with like, one person via FB Messenger, lol. I occasionally roleplay on Discord, too.

Preferred roleplay type: I gravitate towards whatever my mood and energy seeks out. Unfortunately, I used to do things in a very organized manner, but that time has long since passed me. I am easily exhausted, distracted, and just. . . can't keep up! I prefer things with some substance, but I'm not strict on moving larger plots unless we've communicated it or have a larger goal in mind for our writing. I love just having fun and going with the flow! I'm open to most types, too, though I don't typically do single-liners unless it's like. . . me being goofy on the dash.

Pet peeves & dealbreakers: Automatic assumption of our characters knowing each other! Unless we have talked it over, or your muse is a canon character within the universe that he's interacted with, please don't do this! It makes me [ and Stolas ] uncomfortable!

Absolute dealbreaker - If you think Stolas is an abuser / disregard his being in an abusive relationship, my blog is NOT for you. I've made this clear a few times and wrote up a whole PSA for my portrayal!

Shipping - I've said it a few times, and I'm always willing to go over it for anyone curious, but my Stolas WILL NOT have any sexual or romantic interest in women. At most, if talked through with the other mun's, you'll get a little drunken flirtation. But there will be NO follow up. That being said, I can be a shipping whore [ affectionate ]. I love shipping! And if Stolas finds you attractive, then damn, he WILL flirt! However. . . . I will never just auto-ship with anyone, and I will be taking into consideration how Stolas would / wouldn't feel with your character. There needs to be some sort of interactions to base these things off of before we get into the big stuff. Again, though, if you see something that makes you tilt your head, it's probably because the mun and I have talked privately and are in cahoots with the idea!

Drama - Please don't pull me into it if it can be avoided. I am 30 years old, I did my time of tumblr dramas back in like, 2010. I am here for a good time, not a long time! If I gotta just up and leave, I will. Unless there is some serious shit I need to know, I will NOT be getting involved.

And one last dealbreaker. . . If you're treating this and your partners like there's a time limit, you definitely don't want to write with me! This is what I do for fun, to relax, to explore my writing abilities, sharpen them, and interact with people that don't exhaust me! So if you're going to put a time limit or anything of the sort on our interactions, I'm gonna' lose interest sooooo fast. Absolutely NOTHING I ever send or offer expires. You're also free to just delete it if you lost interest. That wonky ass 2am ask I sent you? Delete it if you don't wanna answer it!

Best time to write: The weekends, since I don't work. And, honestly, night time! It's when things are the calmest for me.

Are you like your muse? Do I gotta' answer this question? Yes, yes, I am like my muse. Stolas and I share quite a few similar qualities, both in terms of hobbies and interests, and emotional states. I have an excessive amount of plants, I love watching the stars, I have an unholy amount of books and love reading, I enjoy tea and intimate conversations. I've been in abusive living situations, I suffer from anxiety & depression, and while some people think highly of me, I think rather low of myself.

Tagged by; @strikers-saloon

Tagging; @flamesignite ; @witchysang ; @distortiism ; @lapetitemxrt ; @siriuslord ; & anyone else! Feel free to say I tagged you if you want.

[eternclsunshine]

RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING PROMPTS OOC , THEN TAG OTHERS YOU WANT TO GET TO KNOW BETTER.

tagged by: @heirloomeds ( thaaaanks <3 the leo sun in me loves to talk about myself lmao) tagging: @gccdwitch / @everseens / @testdrves / & whoever else wants to, just say I tagged you

roleplayer name: chel <3 not even the slightest bit close to my real name, it's derived from my old online alias 'shell' which was given to me from some long time internet friends. I shortened it to chel cause it's unique for the rpc and my fiance compares me to chel from el dorado lol

roleplayer pronouns: don't talk about me 👀 jk, she/her

preferred communication: tags of a thread or reblog, mostly ims for more longer/detailed things like personal ship headcanons or plotting.

experience: don't tell on me but I somehow stumbled upon tumblr when I was 12 or 13 and found some cool Monster High roleplay blogs and just made a tumblr account?? lol it was very random. I eventually got into roleplaying canon characters, then eventually other ocs from different fandoms. Somehow all that randomness led me here, even with all my on and off years.

preferred roleplay type: para and novella. one-liners are a cute starting point, but I like to really develop my muse and the ship throughout the whole thread. Love to hear the muses' internal thoughts and personalities come through - especially in the context of a situation. One-note and one-dimensional things dim my inspiration.

pet peeves & dealbreakers: when it's obvious someone hasn't read my rules or anything about the muse they're replying to. Or when they try to initiate something that wouldn't make sense for my muse (ex. Why would any of my successful muses in their mid 30's be in a relationship with a random person in their early 20's who's a retail worker or something??). Or trying to ship characters solely based on them being the same race/ethnicity, instead of considering their backgrounds and if their personalities would actually have chemistry.

plots or memes: memes for fun, one-off writings or headcanons <3 love em. plots are great for a loose idea / starting point

best time to write: who even knows honestly lol, just when the inspiration strikes? sometimes it's in the morning/afternoon on my days off, sometimes at night if a glass of wine or hit from my weed pen gives me creative inspo (then I edit later lol)

are you like your muse?: not really. some will have little pieces or traits of myself in them, or people I've known irl, or some very loose references to characters in tv/movies/books that I enjoy. I prefer characters who are different from each other and myself, different verses and lifestyles and scenarios I'd never live through - cause that's more fun and pushes me outside of my comfort zone. I get to be me every single day of my life all day, so the idea of a self-insert is honestly boring to me

[awholelotofladybug]

(Stammering Adrien AU: Chloe and Katrina getting along? Based on Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2wei scene)

Marinette: Although Katrina is always hate and despite Chloe, she's actually being nice to Chloe this time.

Adrien: *stammers* I-I guess y-you c-could s-say t-the same w-with Chloe too! S-she's getting a-along w-with K-katrina v-very w-wells. I g-guess th-they're-

(Before Adrien could finished his sentence, both Chloe and Katrina falling into a bottomless swamp)

Marinette, Adrien, Alya and Nino: *sweatdrops*

Alya: A bottomless swamp...

(Both Chloe and Katrina's heads came out from the swamp)

Chloe: *yells* Why is there such a fatal trap in a place like this?!

Katrina: *scowls* What's the meaning of this?

Adrien: *stammers as he pulls Chloe's hand*: C-Chloe!

Marinette: *pulls Katrina's hair* Are you okay, Katrina?

Katrina: *cries* Ow, ow! Why are you pulling my hair, Marinette?!

Nino: Oh, it doesn't look you can pull them out...

Alya: Guys, with a bottomless bog like this, I believe we'll have no problems disposing of the bodies.

Plagg: *inside Adrien's bag* It's not the time to say something like this!

Marinette: Wait, I have an idea. Let's go, guys! Chloe, Katrina, stay here. We'll be back to laters.

(As Marinette, Adrien, Alya and Nino began to hiding in some trees. Chloe and Katrina cried)

Katrina: *cries* Don't leave us here!

Chloe: *cries* Where are you guys going? Come back and pull us out!

(Chloe and Katrina were fighting inside the swamp. While, the Miraculous gang began to transformed)

Chloe: *growls* Stop trying to climb up me!

Katrina: *screams* You thinks I want to climb up to your body, you stupid blonde?!

(Chloe kicked Katrina and Katrina knocked Chloe out while both of them are almost drowning)

Katrina: *growls* That hurts, you stupid blonde!

Chloe: *yells* Let go of me, you sausage-curls! You stay there, I'm getting out first!

Katrina: Why, you...

(They were almost drowning inside the swamp)

Chloe: *glares at Katrina* I won't let you get out before me!

(Five minutes later)

Chloe and Katrina *drowns but you could still see their hairs outside the swamp* Ughhhhhh...

Ladybug: Chloe! Katrina! Are you guys okay?

Marinette: I don't get it. One minute, Katrina hates Chloe's guts, the next they're practically sisters. You think something's up?

Adrien: Who knows? They s-s-s-seem to be pulling it off though. Maybe Katrina's finally...

*Suddenly, Chloe and Katrina fall into a bottomless swamp*

Marinette: Mon Dieu!

*the gang rushes over to find them*

Marinette: Chloe! Katrina! Are you guys alright?!

*Chloe and Katrina pop out of the water*

Alya: This trap seems a little too convenient. An easy place to hide bodies.

Chloe: Can we PLEASE skip the morbid observations and work towards a rescue?!

Marinette: Wait right here! We'll get help!

*the gang leaves to do just that*

Katrina: Wait! Don't leave!

Chloe: Guys! There are SNAKES and ALLIGATORS down here!!!

Katrina: Oh, this is hopeless! I knew this would backfire!

Chloe: Backfire?! Wait, you were a PART OF THIS?! You know what, don't answer. I already know. This has your deranged uncle's fingerprints all over it.

Katrina: W-What?! Wh-Who told you about my Uncle Anton?

Chloe: Katrina, your mom's maiden name is Moreau, and there are, like, four other people in Paris with that name. It took me twelve seconds on the Internet. I'm not stupid.

Katrina: *gets angry* Could've fooled me, you dumb blonde *shoves her*

Chloe: Hey! Don't you shove me! *shoves back*

Katrina: Well then you stop shoving me! *shoves back harder*

*Thus begins a fight between the two, which causes them to sink, only for a yo-yo to pull them out*

Chloe: *coughing and pulling seaweed off of herself*

Ladybug: Are you girls okay?

Chloe: *panting* I'm fine. Katrina, look, I know that... *sees that Katrina has made a run for it* Katrina!

Chat: Let her g-g-go. We'll deal with her later.

*Katrina turns down a dark alley, and pants then panics as Bogeyman (aka her uncle Anton) appears*

Katrina: Uncle, I-I-I-I can explain...

Bogeyman: Explain what?! That you jeopardized my plan because you forgot that you were only pretending to like Bourgeois?! Criminy, Katrina, you're supposed to be smarter than this!

Katrina: Hey! It was YOUR stupid idea to make some sort of dumb swamp deathtrap, and maybe a warning could have... *gets grabbed by her uncle*

Bogeyman: Are you talking back to me?

Katrina: Uh.. I-I-I-I...

Bogeyman: *eyes glowing bright red* ARE YOU TALKING BACK TO ME?!

Katrina: N-No, I'm not! I'm sorry!

Bogeyman: *softens* Look, my little dandelion, please understand, that I have long-term plans, and they're all for you. To give you what you deserve, remember? But they can only work if you do what I say.

Katrina: Yes, Uncle Anton...

Bogeyman: So follow my instructions as closely as possible, understand?

Katrina: Yes, Uncle Anton...

Bogeyman: Good girl. Now you run along and remember, this is between you and me, okay?

Katrina: Y-Yes, Uncle Anton.

*Bogeyman slips into the shadows and disappears*

[the-fellowship-of-lalafell]

So, I have this XIV AU where it's the real world slowly combining with the world of XIV, starting with anyone who plays XIV becoming their mains, including features modded in and not featured in game, and their belongings (clothes/IDs/etc) become best suited for their race; furniture, houses, and vehicles become best suited to all races, though, unless there is lore to one's main that such stuff would be custom made to accomodate them. Over time, the world slowly becomes more and more absorbed and subsequently transformed into the world of XIV, albeit more technologically advanced since XIV doesn't (at the time of writing) have anything within its lore akin to things like TVs and the internet, so what objects doesn't have a counterpart just kinda... Remain, albeit with recorded media mildly altered to have a more varied cast made up of the XIV races based on player and NPC statistics. All the while, people are trying to reverse things, if it is even possible. Over time, people will slowly get their in fame mounts, minions, gil, items, and such, including what was modded in and/or only included in said character's lore, so long as the items/gil/consumables aren't sold/used/traded off prior to receiving. did your buddy log into your account and fantasia you into the opposite gender as well as of a race you dislike and now you're stuck like that in the real world? Don't drink your fantasia until after you get a real world fantasia, as you won't change in the real world unless you drink your real world fantasia after the in game one was completely used.

A lot of the logistics as to how various races exist and interact with objects in a world like this mainly aren't too difficult, as Roegadyn, Hyur, and Elezen just live life as normal, aside from a potential difference in clothing size/skin tone/hair color/eye color/gender than they used to.

Viera and Miqo'te will need hats modified to accomodate their ears, and pants/shirts/dresses/kilts/and the like modified to accomodate their tails; I am a firm believer that Viera should have tails, by the way. Furniture and car seats will also need holes in the backs to accomodate said tails.

Hrothgar will need the same accommodations made to their clothes as the Viera and Miqo'te, plus some special shoes for their digitigrade paws for feet; I also headcanon that Hrothgar actually have paw feet, as I find anthro characters that don't have animal feet to be strange.

Au'Ra will need to have clothing toughened to withstand their tough scales and potential body spikes and scutes, as well as horn and tail accommodations in their clothing and helmets. Car seats will need to have tail holes with toughened liners, likely plastic, to prevent being worn out as fast from their tails.

Lalafells, though...? Aside from an increase in stools/step ladders available/owned and clothing sized to fit the small, more rotund physique that Lalafells have, the biggest issue is cars and other vehicles. Whatever happens in game with the XV car mount is not what will happen to a 'fell in a car, though, as real world cars have pedals that need to be reached in order to be driven, unless the car is modified to have stuff on the steering column or something; plus, standing on a car seat is dangerous. I will have to research on what to do about this, but will reblog with any updates.

If you wanna use this AU concept for yourself, please credit me for the AU and @ me with what you create! I wanna see the chaos you all unleash as universes collide.

[bucketinyourwalls]

2!Postal Dude Headcanons <3

Summary:

With this version of 2!Postal Dude consists of a mix of my own projections, random stuff I thought of whenever bored, and just how I generally see him. Based on my first run with him, and a mix of the wiki. Anyone that wants to add these to their own lists feel free! :D

General:

Goofy as hell. Still just as insane as the others, but takes it all less seriously.

Either has a list or small journal he carries on him all the time just filled with one-liners, also carries a pen so he can write down any new ones he thinks of.

Fucking dumbass.

Not the smartest guy around, but also not the dumbest. Decent knowledge with some things.

Sometimes pretends to be a full on moron just to annoy the person, or piss them off depending on if it's someone he likes or hates.

Knowledgeable in some subjects, but only if it’s something he has a genuine interest in.

Random hyperfixation on things. Tries to keep himself focused on one or two things at a time and tries to balance everything out, but always fails.

Favorite aesthetics consist of cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic, feralcore, bastardcore, and post-punk.

Feral bastard.

Bites people. Started out as a joke but was slowly integrated into his life.

Humor’s all over the damn place. Mix of whatever he can find on Tumblr and shows like South Park and Beavis and Butthead.

Has a Tumblr and Twitter account. Both just so he can watch everything unfold and doesn’t bother to post anything.

Following list for Twitter mostly consists of gimmick accounts, some of it wholesome, and others being shit he just decided was funny.

Personality built around others' perception of him, whether people he actually knows or just those on the internet. 

Personality changes often, but keeps certain aspects for each one.

Bit of a people pleaser.

Mood is always randomized for each day. One day he could be the most calm and patient man in Paradise, and the next he could go on a massacre.

Mood really depends on his morning. Slight inconveniences do have the potential to fuck it all up if there was a major one before, but not on their own.

Very patient with people when younger, but that patience has slowly degraded over the years.

Would never snap at anyone when younger, maybe a few passive aggressive comments.

But now with the degraded patience, much more prone to snapping at people.

Animal lover. Always making sure Champ gets pets and food before he goes off to do his errands and will do his best to take care of strays.

After the beginning cutscene near the start of the game with him kicking Champ for pissing in front of him felt a fuck ton of guilt for the rest of the day. After he got home made sure to do his best to make it up to Champ through whatever means necessary.

Type of video games that he plays is a healthy mix of horror such as Silent Hill and Resident Evil, indie games like Cult of the Lamb and Hollow Knight, and of course shooter games like DOOM and the Call of Duty series.

For Cult of the Lamb he definitely named the cult after himself. Once tried to mod the game himself to add in or replace the decorations to better fit himself but that never ended up happening.

Just about grew up with horror. During highschool he had a fake ID so he could see the Rated R movies without having to bring an adult with him, or would just sneak in (and get caught).

Holds the DOOM series close to his crack-filled heart, with his favorite being the 1993 DOOM as a mix of nostalgia and everything that could be done. Always discovering new secrets on every playthrough.

Probably plays Call of Duty a bit less than the others, and mostly consists of him playing online and just insulting everyone since it’s fun to see their reactions. Barely pays attention to any of the campaigns.

Bisexual and Pangender <3

Age being 27 during the events of Postal 2 (no clue if he has a canon age so for the time being I’m sticking to that).

Music:

Mostly metal and rock.

Korn, Avenged Sevenfold, Rob Zombie, Dope, Limp Bizkit, Skillet, Seether, Slayer, etc.

Favorite songs with them consisting of: “Y’all Want a Single?” by Korn, “Rollin (Air Raid Vehicle” by Limp Bizkit, and “6 Gun Quota” by Seether.

Also has a few other songs in there that seem much out of place, either because he thought it’d be funny or just from him genuinely enjoying them.

Few examples being the “Bisexual Anthem” by Domo Wilson, “Material Girl” by Saucy Santana, “Masquerade” by siouxxie sixxta, ect.

Sings in the shower, most of the time keeps it quiet but will sing loudly as hell just to drive people crazy.

Cannot be trusted with the aux cord.

God help you if you’re on a road trip and he gets a hold of the cord.

Credits:

Credit for both dividers go to @kawaii-lau, after a bit of scrolling finding some dividers saw that they had some cool stuff, so check them out! <3

[destinyc1020]

Honestly for me, sadly, it's the fandoms that have ruined other actors for me. Orrr more specifically, an actor (TC I'm sorry!). I was on twitter once a while back and pointed out the hypocrisy that his fans had when they needlessly dragged Tom in an extremely catty way that also made fun of his dyslexia. Two of those stans took issue with me pointing out this problem and continued to harass me, making new accounts to impersonate other people and to talk to me again. It was so disturbing, and these people were incredibly obsessed with TC to the point where it was just worrisome. I seriously concerned that they would try to hack into my account because of how harshly they spammed me with threats. It was just a big bummer of an experience because it was legitimate harassment (I reported it and at least two of their spare accounts were suspended, at least), but it put a huge, huge dampener on any kind of interest I had in seeing his projects or supporting his work.

And having kind of surveyed the twitter situation from afar for the past few years, I think the majority of the utterly rude hate for Tom does come from a bigger percentage of Tim's fans. With Tom, the toxic ones to Tim on twitter I can count on with one hand. But with Tim, the amount of his fans who truly detest Tom on an unreasonable level are really up there and it seems normalized among a pretty good amount of them (strictly speaking this is on twitter, I think the situation on tumblr is much different thankfully!). And the sad thing is that if I didn't have that experience with the harassment, I wouldn't have any strong feelings about TC one way or another, maybe I would have even come to like him. Now I can't look at him without thinking about the online harassment I received that honestly messed with my mental health for a bit. Stans that behave really inappropriately like that NEED to realize that even though they want to 'defend' their fave, what they are actually doing in some cases is turning others OFF to their work! Thankfully I have not been bothered since their accounts were suspended, and I certainly spend MUCH more time on tumblr than twitter these days which is so much more positive for my headspace, but I really urge fans of all actors to BE KIND most of all.

Thank you for the space to rant Destiny, and for your blog! It really shifted my fandom experience to find this corner of the internet, things are so much more balanced and reasonable on tumblr compared to twitter, it feels very healthy and fun to follow things here. I think the word count on tumblr makes a big difference, here it's more about deep thoughts than just quick one liners!

Wowww..... 🤯

First of all Anon, can I just say??? I am SO sorry to read what you went through with re: to Timmy's fans. I'll just say right from the outset that online bullying and threats are NEVER okay. 😤

Idk why some fandoms feel like they have to be so unhinged like this. 🥴 If it's getting to the point where you feel the need to have to bully someone or make threats towards them online, then hun....you need to either STOP stanning whoever you're stanning, or take some LOOONG breaks away from social media, because I promise you, it is NEVER that deep. 🤨

I don't even think Timmy (or any of these actors for that matter) would feel happy that some of their fans are attacking people like that online on their behalf. 😔

Thank you for sharing your story Anon... I am SO glad that you're now doing so much better now that you've left Twitter and stay mostly on Tumblr now. 🥰

In regards to your feelings about Timmy....I'll say that you're definitely not alone. I know some other fellow fans of Tom have felt completely turned OFF from Timmy simply (and largely in part) due to his FANDOM. I know not all Timmy fans are like this (of course not), but based on what I've been hearing from others, it seems that for some reason, there's a large segment of his fandom who IS like this towards Tom or Tom fans. 😔 Honestly? I think a lot of it goes back to the fact that they both auditioned for Spiderman. Maybe some of Timmy's fans feel threatened by the fact that Tom got the role over Timmy?? Idk.... 🤷🏾‍♀️

Against my BETTER judgement, I took a little gander at Twitter sometime after Ep 8 aired, and I just did a search on Tom's name in tweets, and BOY was THAT a mistake.... 😒🙄🤦🏾‍♀️ I totally understand what fans mean by Tom gets way more hate on Twitter than most actors in his age range. I even did a search on Timmy's name just for comparison.

Granted, I don't think Timmy is in the same fame/popularity bracket as Tom, but it was just interesting to see the stark contrast. While most tweets were about sightings, thirst tweets, pics, fan encounters, filming news, upcoming projects, and other random postings for Timmy, with Tom ,it seemed like a lot of the tweets were jokes/memes at his expense, film bros hating on him, random jokes regarding Tom and Zendaya, and just overall IMMATURITY honestly.🙄

It was very heartbreaking to see. 😭

I think the hate on Tom is actually very multi-faceted, and that's what makes it somewhat unique. I mean, ALL actors/celebrities get hate at some point or another...that's just an unfortunate part of the business. 🥴😔 But I think with Tom, the hate on him comes from SO many different angles, and I think that's why fans seem to feel it more.

There's the hate coming from:

Twitter Film Bros

People who hate on Tom simply because of jealousy and the fact that he's so popular and successful

Tomdaya Antis who don't like Tom and Zendaya together

Zendaya Stans who DON'T like Z with Tom

People in the GP who just don't like him for whatever reason 🙄

Spider-Man fans who ONLY like Tobey

Spider-Man fans who ONLY like Andrew

Spider-Man fans who ONLY like Tobey OR Andrew

Timmy Chalamet Stans who hate on Tom with a vengeance for some reason 🙄

Members of the gp who think he's too "ugly", "too short", too "WHATEVER....

People who just don't like Marvel films PERIOD lol

Immature fans/meme-generators who just use Tom's name for likes and clicks in order to be "funny" or go "viral" on Twitter 🙄

Have I missed anyone?? 😅🤣

Anyway.... I think THIS is why the hate is so prevelant...It seems to be coming from ALL angles, and I honestly don't know if any other actor (in our generation at least) has ever had to deal with this level of hate before....at least, not on a social media level. 😔 I'm pretty sure this is probably one reason why he got rid of social media.

So yea, it's very sad.... 😭 Why do you think I stay away from Twitter MOST of the time?? It's because, it's VERY negative, and I don't need that energy disturbing my spirit and positive vibes. 😌

I know I sound like a broken record, but I still urge fans to PLEASE stop going on Twitter..... Ignore that nonsense. People are immature on that app, and they run jokes into the GROUND.

We can't control what people say or do unfortunately, but if you DO see something that seems to really just cross the line on that app, definitely report it!

Anyway, sorry for this long dissertation Anon...If you made it this far, I hope you are now in a better place. 🥰

The last thing I will say is, please don't allow immature Timmy fans/or other fandoms to ruin you of enjoying an actor's work. You have to separate the actor from his fans. It might even be a good idea to just watch the work and ignore the fandom(s). 🤷🏾‍♀️

[rvbtrash]

Up to Date Info and Rules.

I have been on this site for a very long time (before the original porn ban) and I am a mobile based user. So, with that being said, here is an updated about me and some rules. There Rules will be taking effect immediately. *Yes, if you have an active thread these will still apply*

Info:

I am over the age of 21 and out of college. I have an associate of art. Yes, I am taking commissions for art. You can dm me for info about them.

I am a transmasc person that uses He/ Him/ They/ Them pronouns. I am Demisexual and Homoromantic. As well as polyamorous and in a very loving relationship. I have ADHD, A touch of the 'tism, and an unspecified system disorder. (My characters are head mates and this may result in long gaps in responses if you wish to roleplay.)

I have a day job and do not check tumblr very often these days. However, mutuals can dm and ask for my discord as that is where I am far more active.

Rules:

You must be 18 and over to interact with me. I have seen too many people get into loads of trouble for interacting with minors. I do not want to get in trouble or end up in jail. So, if you are a minor, please just wait until you are older to interact with anyone over 18 on the internet. For not just your own safety but the adults involved too.

Blank accounts, porn bots, and what looks to be a bot account will be blocked ON SIGHT. If you want to interact and are new to tumblr think about adding a few posts to your account.

Please don't be a dick, to me or my characters. I am a busy person and can't respond sometimes for days. Another thing, as mentioned above, my characters are head mates and I will not force them to respond to you. So please have some patience and be respectful. Including don't be transphobic, homophobic, racist, etc.

NO ONE LINERS. This is common courtesy to other role-players on this site and has been known for as long as I've been on this site. If you want a basic guide to follow: -Respond to everything your rp partner said. (Including actions or dialogue) - Add at least one new thing for your rp partner to respond to (Dialogue and action/ reaction)

I use the third person in my roleplays. This helps with making things clearer and feel more refined. You're free to use whatever perspective you wish, but third person is prefered.

NO GODMODING. What this means is that you may know something but that doesn't mean your character knows it. Your character has a set of parameters to exist in. If they are a human, they do not have God powers. And if they are a god of water, they don't have the power to make fire appear out of thin air. I play my character, you play yours.

No killing of my characters. Violence within their canon universe is fine. *In tf2 killing in the temporary sense is allowed as there is respawn* but nothing permanent is allowed. We can discuss "close calls" in advance.

In terms of ships, I will let characters ship if there is chemistry and in a multiverse fashion. They are not shipped with individuals unless stated otherwise.

I will only do NSFW roleplays with people I know very well and trust. this also will not be done via threads and only in dms.

I don't care about if you play OC or a Canon character, or which fandom you are from. If you want to interact just reach out! I can and will do Threads, DM roleplay, or just one offs in my asks. Or if you want to plot in advance my dms are indeed open.

I am not really exclusive to rp with but I do hold the right to refuse and pull out of any roleplay. I usually will give warnings before that point.

[nerdyenby]

Yellow Time :D I’m watching Sneeg

Pregame

I’m upset that tumblr doesn’t have a yellow option for text

I had seen picture but his costume still startled a laugh out of me

Sneeg is so funny, I can’t

Top 3 funniest men alive: Charlie, Sneeg, and Aimsey, tell me I’m wrong

Hannah laughing at him cracked me up

Hannah coming in and playing with his minion hair is so silly /pos

Him just standing in the closet killed me

Skipped from 20m to 1hr 30m because I don’t have stamina anymore lol (this is like the 6th team I’m watching send help)

Sneeg asking if Jordan’s dress up irl too and getting a “No, are you?” and proceeding to sputter about how he would never

“Someone didn’t wear the right costume” “I was tolieting :(”

Sneeg looking up minion quotes 😂

Yo minion lore???? How did I not know they were polyglots????? I’ve heard that there were couple pieces of other languages in their dialect but I didn’t know it was entirely composed of other languages???

Sneeg’s comedic overconfidence vs Puffy’s self-deprecation FIGHT!!

“Fruit, you’re not throwing it back!!” Puffy 😂

Parkour Tag

We love the confidence :))

Sneeg’s a good hunter!! I don’t think I’ve watched his parkour tag before lol

The “captain” ambiguity lmao

Puffy’s absolute MOVES juking Jimmy, what a queen!!!

Sneeg losing his mind over the comedic timing of Joel’s internet issues

Rocket Spleef Rush

“Why are they voting for Sands of Time first? Loser behavior” Sneeg based

“We just have so much faith in you, Fruit” them <3

Sneeg 16th!!!

Okay but Sneeg got robbed there

Jordan improving every round my beloved <333

Sands of Time

Them telling Puffy to be assertive and her starting the “be aggressive” chant 😂

“Being confident as a female is mean, real” Sneeg making fun of sexists my beloved!!!

OFFHAND TORCHES SNEEG, SNEEG OFFHAND TORCHES!!!! (/nm imagine it over that Garfield meme)

THATS RED SNEEG 😭😭

Uh oh

The jukes!!! Sneeg definitely should have died there but the skill

That was so rough but Sneeg’s death wasn’t his fault, I don’t think that was a bad call, just bad luck

Sky Battle

The csgo calls 😭

Yellow going everywhere and taking everything, as they should

Puffy :))

Their build is so satisfying

The way Fruit almost clutched his way out of a 3v1

I could feel that snipe coming :/

“We just… we banana” so true Puffy

Sneeg is so real for noticing Puffy’s crazy clutches in skybattle

Ace Race

Puffy is so much smarter than me lol

Sneeg never leaving the top 15 is so epic of him

Three of them being in the top 20 is huge actually

Battle Box

Why can no one on this team aim /aff

Sneeg’s mind immediately going to how to break the game my beloved

“It’s concrete!” yeah but that doesn’t roll off the tongue, cmon Jordan

This team has such efficient comms <33

Sneeg mvp that last round!!

Grid Runners

The way I didn’t process this team was all Americans until they started bullying the British

We don’t talk about golf, stuff happens

Stop being so hard on yourself Sneeg, I will fight you

Crafting grove redemption!!!

WE GOT INFIGHTING!!!

Jordan chucking Fruit into the lava was hysterical and some much needed levity

Sneeg’s brain is huge, as soon as he got it, he got it

“We’ll all get season 3 coins at some point” “I preordered mine” Puffy 😂

“If you’ve already thrown step back” “I’ve been throwing this whole game, little do you know” Puffy breaking out the one liners my beloved <33!!!

TGTTOSAWAF

Fruit popping off!!!

Aw Sneeg could’ve gotten top 3 right there :(

“I had a good time” Sneeg I know you mean it but that does not sound convincing in the slightest 😂

Dodgebolt

OMG FRUIT 😂

If you see a post about the longest running no-win streak, it’s Jordan’s fault

“What are the stats behind how many reverse sweeps have happened?” SNEEG DONT YOU DARE

This team’s commentary is so good <333

“Two arrows and a dream, the script writers went hard on this one” Fruit 😂

[triviareads]

tagged by @mermaidsirennikita. thanks!💖

nickname: triv, trivia, hp, whatever works. The original name came from the hubris of a seventh grader who won a couple Harry Potter trivia competitions, and since then my internet friends have shortened it in a variety of delightful ways

sign: My daddy told me not to reveal private information to strangers on the internet.

height: 5′ 7"

last thing i googled: paul hollywood. It was after watching the American version of celeb bake-off.

song stuck in my head: "Warrior Legacy" by Soon Hee Newbold. @orchestra kids, if you know you know

number of followers: 321

amount of sleep: 8 hours?

lucky number: 6

dream job: lawyer? of the litigator variety? and like, an HR author or writer of some variety. Like Monica McCarty.

wearing: cropped burnt orange sweater, boyfriend jeans, my heart initial necklace

movies/books that summarize me: 

books: The Alienist by Caleb Carr, Duke of Depravity by Scarlett Scott, Burr by Gore Vidal, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing A Rake by Sarah MacLean, Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

movies: Robin Hood (1973), The Sound of Music, Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022), Kantara (2022), Pride and Prejudice (2005)

favorite song: "Fratres" by Arvo Pärt

favorite instrument: violin

aesthetic: I like my tiny sweaters, big jeans, and big boots. And like, nice wool coats. I do veer towards darker colors and jewel tones. Makeup-wise I'm a big liquid liner/colored eyeliner girlie, and I also like to wing out my eyeshadow. Minimal lip color and jewelry. If someone would like to tell me what my aesthetic is based on this, lmk

favorite author: Right now, it might be Scarlett Scott. She's a comfort author and a delightful author all in one. Or maybe Tiffany Reisz. She makes me laugh. Or Naima Simone, she's so comforting.

favorite animal noise: the sparrows that sing outside my home every morning.

random: I would like to take this opportunity to scream about my latest WIP which is actually an original work. I'm basing it off of the decades-long affair between Lady Emily Cowper and Lord Palmerston. It's titled Interregnum. Basically, you have two fifty-something year olds and not!Emily(her name is Caroline in the story)'s husband has finally died. Now she's grappling with whether to marry not!Palmerston (he's Livingston here) or if he's going to marry her. Plus there's some factional political situation going on which may or may not be the reason Livingston is sniffing around 18 year olds for a wife.

Tagging: @sophiamariabeckett, @jeanvanjer, @sweetestviscount, @minim236, @pixie-likethecut, @hella-sirius, @ginghampearlsnsweettea, @livingonfanficseyra

[ludwig-and-co]

Up to Date Info and Rules.

I have been on this site for a very long time (before the original porn ban) and I am a mobile based user. So, with that being said, here is an updated about me and some rules. There Rules will be taking effect immediately. *Yes, if you have an active thread these will apply*

Info:

I am over the age of 21 and out of college. I have an associate of art. Yes, I am taking commissions for art. You can dm me for info about them.

I am a transmasc person that uses He/ Him/ They/ Them pronouns. I am Demisexual and Homoromantic. As well as polyamorous and in a very loving relationship. I have ADHD, A touch of the 'tism, and an unspecified system disorder. (My characters are head mates and this may result in long gaps in responses if you wish to roleplay.)

I have a day job and do not check tumblr very often these days. However, mutuals can dm and ask for my discord as that is where I am far more active.

Rules:

You must be 18 and over to interact with me. I have seen too many people get into loads of trouble for interacting with minors. I do not want to get in trouble or end up in jail. So, if you are a minor, please just wait until you are older to interact with anyone over 18 on the internet. For not just your own safety but the adults involved too.

Blank accounts, porn bots, and what looks to be a bot account will be blocked ON SIGHT. If you want to interact and are new to tumblr think about adding a few posts to your account.

Please don't be a dick, to me or my characters. I am a busy person and can't respond sometimes for days. Another thing, as mentioned above, my characters are head mates and I will not force them to respond to you. So please have some patience and be respectful. Including don't be transphobic, homophobic, racist, etc.

NO ONE LINERS. This is common courtesy to other role-players on this site and has been known for as long as I've been on this site. If you want a basic guide to follow: -Respond to everything your rp partner said. (Including actions or dialogue) - Add at least one new thing for your rp partner to respond to (Dialogue and action/ reaction)

I use the third person in my roleplays. This helps with making things clearer and feel more refined. You're free to use whatever perspective you wish, but third person is prefered.

NO GODMODING. What this means is that you may know something but that doesn't mean your character knows it. Your character has a set of parameters to exist in. If they are a human, they do not have God powers. And if they are a god of water, they don't have the power to make fire appear out of thin air. I play my character, you play yours.

No killing of my characters. Violence within their canon universe is fine. *In tf2 killing in the temporary sense is allowed as there is respawn* but nothing permanent is allowed. We can discuss "close calls" in advance.

In terms of ships, I will let characters ship if there is chemistry and in a multiverse fashion. They are not shipped with individuals unless stated otherwise.

I will only do NSFW roleplays with people I know very well and trust. this also will not be done via threads and only in dms.

I don't care about if you play OC or a Canon character, or which fandom you are from. If you want to interact just reach out! I can and will do Threads, DM roleplay, or just one offs in my asks. Or if you want to plot in advance my dms are indeed open.

I am not really exclusive to rp with but I do hold the right to refuse and pull out of any roleplay. I usually will give warnings before that point.

[wittywinks]

Air - Movie Review

AIR

A movie by Ben Affleck

These days people watch movies while commuting to office, during office hours (shocking, but true!), on road trips, in restaurants while eating, bathing…yes, the list is endless. With the advent of OTT platforms and cheap internet we watch anything, everything and all the time.

But I still prefer the “old fashioned” way of watching movies on weekends. To select something that will make a lazy Sunday noon interesting and entertaining is quite a task at times but I make sure it is worth the wait.

Last Sunday I saw “Air”, a movie based on Nike’s transformation from an also-ran sports shoe company to the leader in basketball shoe sales.

Initially I thought the movie was an adaptation of Nike founder Phil Knight’s bestseller memoir “Shoe Dog” but it isn’t. Instead, it focuses on one of Nike’s foremost employees, basketball talent scout Sonny Vaccaro, played by Matt Damon, who is hired to sign NBA players for marketing their basketball shoe line. Seeing Damon as a middle-aged man with a paunch and a weary face, in simple t shirts and pants working in a typical 80s office setting felt so refreshing somehow. Every other office-based movie or show these days has slick suits, ray-ban shades, super sleek bodies, razor sharp looks with employees looking more like models off the ramp walk than college graduates with degrees.

Along with Matt Damon, the movie boasts of an impressive star cast of –

Ben Affleck as Phil Knight

Chris Tucker as VP of Nike’s Basketball division

Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan, Michael Jordan’s mother

Chris Messina as David Falk, Jordan’s agent

Jason Bateman as Rob Strasser, Director of Marketing at Nike

Matthew Maher as Peter Moore the creative director

Matt Damon is at the top of his game in this sports drama while traits of understated elegance and nonchalance with an unexpected dash of arrogance in Ben Affleck’s Phil makes him a delight to watch. The argumentative verbal banter over telephone (yes, it is the 80s, remember?!) between Matt Damon and Chris Messina is thoroughly entertaining making you chuckle while the depth and grace portrayed by Viola Davis steals the show from everyone around her. Matt Damon’s short, game-changing speech addressing Michael towards the end makes you sit up to listen and process each word as future is unveiled in the form of newspaper cut-outs and headlines on the screen.

A casual scene in office where Jason Bateman as Rob Strasser, laments about his personal life to Matt is so realistic and superbly enacted, that though you may have heard similar conversation before, it emits a high emotional wave. It shows us how little we know about those who we work and spend time with 5 days a week and often for years at a stretch. It made me reflect upon the sacrifices made by so many of us at some point or the other, with respect to our family lives and our personal gratification for our organization, our jobs, for that monthly pay check.

And so, when Matt Damon says to Michael in the end, “Each of us sitting here at this table will be forgotten when our time over here is up but for you” it hits you all the more. It tells you in plain, simple words – most of us are replaceable, forgettable. It makes you realize that legends are born once in a while and are one among millions.

Apart from the serious dialogue exchanges, the movie has its fair share of laughs and witty one-liners as well, especially those delivered by Ben Affleck wearing a deadpan expression. The wonderful comic timing of Chris Tucker and his matter-of-fact life truths gives the movie many light moments. The banter amongst employees as they are discussing, brainstorming or arguing is so natural, you will be able to relate to it instantly if you have ever worked in a corporate environment.

Even though the entire movie is a pursuit of Michael Jordan, Affleck chooses not to show his face even once, adding enigma and arrogance to the then future legend.

Though we all know how the end will pan out, (who hasn’t heard of Air Jordan shoes from Nike, bestsellers since its launch?) the slick editing and smooth direction keep you riveted to the screen. Maybe cause somewhere behind all the negativity in life, we all believe in the power of dreams, no matter how absurd or unattainable they may seem.

With this movie, we get to know and carry with us a story about a legend, or maybe two legends. And isn’t that one of the reasons we watch movies for? To be a part of stories, to peek into the lives of people who seem like us in every way but still so different, so inaccessible, so inspiring.

Watch this movie for its story-line, acting, simple but thought-provoking dialogues, direction, and yes, to see Ben Affleck’s purple Porsche, or rather “grape” coloured Porsche!

[dippedanddripped]

Old Nollywood aesthetics and fashion may be considered trendy today, but the films were not always so well-regarded. In the 90s and early 2000s, when these movies were made and watched in parlours across Nigerian homes as they were shot, straight-to-video, they were considered as bad entertainment, or ‘low culture’. To watch and enjoy Nollywood films was to celebrate mediocrity. But today, nostalgic young Millennials and Gen Zers are overlooking the jarring audio, grainy pictures, and sometimes hammy acting, to appreciate not only the grooming and style of the actors, but the original and diverse stories that reflect unique Nigerian experiences.

It was for this reason that sisters Tochi and Ebele Anueyiagu started Nolly Babes, a nostalgic Instagram account dedicated to celebrating the cinematic period’s women. Started in December 2017, their first post was of Nollywood’s biggest star Genevieve Nnaji; a still taken from 2004 film Sharon Stone In Abuja, directed by Adim Williams. Nnaji plays the titular character, a sexually liberated young woman who uses her beauty and charm to ensnare unassuming men into doing her bidding.

The account is an ode to the female characters of old Nollywood who were often portrayed as warning examples. The storylines were steeped in moral principles rooted in the patriarchal culture and the dominant Christian religion of Southern Nigeria. A large number of the female characters were considered immoral because they kissed other women, challenged men, smoked and drank, or wore mini skirts. Today, Nolly Babes and similar accounts are reimagining these women, taking their scenes out of the moralistic context of the films, and turning them into iconic feminist personas.

The first time Nollywood content seeped into the mainstream internet consciousness can be traced back to 2017 when videos of Nollywood’s favourite comedic duo Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme, better known as Aki and Pawpaw, rose to popularity due mostly to the influence of a now-defunct Twitter account @nollywoodroll ran by Nicole, a woman based in Brazil.

Their memes became the go-to reaction videos for expressing a wide range of emotions: joy, disappointment, sadness, frustration. The appeal was in seeing children making mischief or in adult situations – drinking beer and smoking cigars, wooing bigger women, or in oversized suits shouting instructions at people twice their size. Although both Ikedieze and Iheme were in their 20s in the early 2000s when most of the films were made, they mostly played children because of their body stature. By 2019, the memes had achieved such virality that brands like Rihanna’s Fenty would use them for social media clout.

Theodora Imaan Beauvais is the curator of Yung Nollywood, another archive of clips and stills from old Nollywood paying homage to its controversial female characters, after screenshotting moments from Nollywood she found “appealing or inspirational”. Yung Nollywood is remarkably distinct from Nolly Babes for its subtitling of the films’ stills from Nollywood films, something she attributes to Tumblr. While the idea to give witty captions to the actors’ facial expressions came from watching Netflix. “I thought, ‘If someone could describe Nollywood reactions in short phrases it’d be an art form on its own,’ and I became that someone.’”

In December 2019, Tochi and Ebele hosted a Nollywood-themed party in Lagos. Nollywood actor and musician Nonso Bassey attended the party dressed in a two-piece jean set and bucket hat, a signature look of the bad boy/alpha male archetype, and a role reprised multiple times by older actors such as Hanks Anuku, Emeka Ike, and Jim Iyke. Since that party, Nonso has attended social functions and premieres in outfits that make a nod to the fashion choices of that era of Nollywood. He insists, though, that he isn’t cosplaying Nollywood characters of that era. “I’ve always been attracted to the idea of merging old world charm with a new school approach,” he said.

The party caused a cultural stir amongst Nigerians and Africans both at home and in the diaspora – every other week, there seems to be a Nollywood-themed party held either in Lagos or London. Take for instance friends and business partners Imani Okunubi and Aseosa Uwagboe, two Nigerian-British kids who grew up in the UK. Nollywood was one of the ways they could connect back to their roots. That experience informs their event brand, Lasgidi to London, targeted at Nigerians living in the UK. “We wanted to create events that were reminiscent of the Naija hall parties (Owambe) we attended as kids, as we don’t want to see that culture die,” Aseosa said. Their next owambe is a Nollywood-themed party and guests are expected to come dressed in their “best nolly Y2K aesthetic”.

Below, the Nolly Babes sisters talk about creating and hosting the first Nollywood-themed party and the cultural moment it has inspired.

How did that first event come about – please take me through it, from the planning to how it turned out?

Nolly Babes: From the inception of Nolly Babes, we knew we had to throw a party. Fashion is a huge part of what makes Nolly Babes different from other Nollywood-themed pages and we knew we were the only ones that could set Nolly Babes as the dress code and have people commit as they did. There are many iconic Nollywood scenes and scenarios. The daughter meeting her evil mother-in-law, the ominous visit to the Babalawo, the campus stroll – just the mere mention of these scenes evokes images that have been embedded in the minds of our fellow Nollywood enthusiasts. The party scene is probably the most iconic of them all. Whether it’s in a club, a mansion while mum and dad are out of town (but coming home early to crash the whole thing) or poolside, the Nolly Babes party scene has its staples: mad music, dancing, and sick outfits.

December in Lagos is notoriously hectic. On each day, there are day parties, beach hangouts, concerts, and we just knew we had to be a part of it. Our flyer was the first thing we made sure was done right, and that has been replicated (but never duplicated) many many times. We went through at least six drafts of that until we got the flyer to be a realistic replica of the home video covers from the golden era. The DJs Kemi Lijadu and vIVENDII Sounds understood the assignment and played music from the Nolly Babes era. We’re talking Tony Tetuila, Mo Hitz, Wande Coal, Plantation Boyz… We curated a special cocktail menu: Genny Colladas, Jim Iyke’s Hard Lemonade, MargaRita Dominic, and our Lagos Island Iced Tea, in tribute to Nollywood stars Genevieve Nnaji, Jim Iyke, and Rita Dominic respectively. We had a video projection on the famous red wall at Nok showing a mashup of emblematic scenes. We were partying while seeing images of a young Jim Iyke dressed just like many of the attendees were dressed. It was magical! We have an event we’re planning in New York for the summer – it’s going to be a madness.

Did you envisage it becoming the cultural movement it’s now become?

Nolly Babes: We really didn’t. We hosted the party because we knew people were taking inspiration from our page for styling jobs and music video treatments, and wanted to give everyone a chance to recreate some of their favourite looks. Now every week we see people planning Nollywood-themed parties and sending people to our page for references. It’s awesome. Toke Makinwa even recently attended a Nolly Babes-themed party and she was dressed as a character we have immortalised – Regina Askia in President’s Daughter. She killed it! Even though the character wasn’t referenced, it was clear as day and it was awesome to see that she pulled it off! Honestly, when we see people really pay attention to detail and execute the theme well it’s so, so dope.

How has TikTok helped grow Nollywood's influence? You posted a scene from Girls Cot, the famous “you stink with poverty” clip on TikTok and it went viral and birthed these recreations even by non-Africans.

Nolly Babes: We’re just happy to see that another aspect of Nollywood that we champion – the iconic scenes and one-liners – is also resonating across the world. We see Nolly Babes as an archival work and as much as we focus on beauty and looks on Instagram, it’s nice to be able to point people in the direction of the scenes that are forever embedded in our brains. These are scenes we recreated in jest ourselves before there was even a Nolly Babes to begin with, so to see it catching on TikTok is exciting and a new frontier for us to fully explore. I think what distinguishes Nolly Babes from other Nollywood pages and what contributes to our TikTok success is that we really watch Nollywood movies. We grew up watching these movies and continue to do so now so we can capture those moments in films that the casual consumer or poster of Nollywood content might not.

What are your thoughts on Nollywood’s influence on the Alté scene? Music videos of artists such as Lady Donli and Odunsi nod to the aesthetic and fashion styles of that era.

Nolly Babes: Nollywood, and specifically the aesthetic we have shone a spotlight on, is probably one of the biggest influences in terms of visuals in that scene right now. I have never seen so many Eucharia (Anunobi) eyebrows on TV and we love it! It’s awesome to see our images and scenes being used in treatments and storyboards. If we’re being candid, we think it would be great if we got the chance to step into our stylist/creative direction bag and help with the execution of the aesthetic.

“The bottom line is really that Nolly Babes has brought what was already an international cultural influence to the modern social media realm with a new lens” – Nolly Babes

How far do you see Nollywood's influence on pop culture, beyond Nigeria and Africa?

Nolly Babes: When we moved to New York we found our Dominican and South American friends had also grown up watching Nollywood films. The bottom line is really that Nolly Babes has brought what was already an international cultural influence to the modern social media realm with a new lens. Nollywood clips were online everywhere – but it was always in a comedic way. Aki and PawPaw are meme gods now, and that’s because their expressions transcend cultural boundaries. Black Twitter eats that stuff up.

Nolly Babes chooses to center the beauty, style, and iconic imagery, even the home decor with our #NollyDecor hashtag of the golden era of Nollywood. We share the makeup, accessories, fashion, iconic phrases, and scenes in a way that isn’t just comedic but inspirational and aesthetically groundbreaking. I see Nollywood being at the centre of this Y2K resurgence that is happening all over the world, from TV to runways and fashion collections. That era is coming back around and, this time, the Black experience is being revisited and centered in a way it wasn’t back in the late 90s and 2000s. (Black people) were always the originators of the trends and this time they’re tapping into the source and Nollywood, particularly the era we celebrate as Nolly Babes, is a great resource for that.

Follow Nolly Babes on Instagram

[missmirakell]

Even more Ghost Things

Ghosts who tend to the gardens in the Last City, who've been there since they were first planted.

A gaggle of Ghosts who all spend their time together, and don't stop now that one has found their Guardian. ("Woah Guardian, why does the Traveler let you have 6 Ghosts?" "5 of them aren't mine but I can't get rid of them")

Ghosts trying to encourage their Guardians to form a fireteam together, or join one

Ghosts who write novels (trashy, good, some based of their adventures with their Guardians)

Ghosts who hum to themselves while hacking

Ghosts who are hilariously out of touch with like, everything

Ghosts who transmat back samples of plants or planetary materials for research in their down time.

Ghosts doing their best to mimick human gestures (waving a piece of their shell in hello, floating and lightly touching a human's cheeks like greeting kisses, bowing/bobbing up and down slightly in deference or thanks)

Ghosts spending so much time in a place in the City, that people get used to seeing the Little Light there, and are sad to see it eventually go.

Ghosts nestling into the clothes of their Guardian during down time. Hiding in a Hunter's hood, tucked near the chest of a Warlock's robes, resting on the pauldrons of a Titan.

Ghosts who make extensive lists of "Why That's A Bad Idea, Actually" and list them off to their Guardian while they're in the middle of said bad idea.

Ghosts who are quieter than their Guardian, painfully shy except to their partner.

Ghosts who NEVER shut up, and live for banter.

Ghosts who consistently deliver terrible one-liners, automatically making whatever their Guardian just did seem lame

Ghosts who really really want to pilot the jumpship they promise they won't crash it this time pretty please?

Ghosts who freeze their Guardian's glimmer accounts so they don't go into debt

Ghosts who dutifully transmat successively strange items in for a very unique game of poker

Ghosts who threaten to read their Guardian's internet search history aloud on the Tower if they don't stop farming bounties right fucking now

Ghosts who nestle together like birds in a nest

Ghosts who love animals, and want desperately to pet them

Ghosts who play with animals in the City, or work at an animal shelter.

Ghosts who make the saddest noise if they're hurt or stressed, their little shell drooping

Clumsy Ghosts who never watch where they're going, and bonk into things constantly

Easily distracted Ghosts who forget where they were in a hack, or don't transmat things to the right place

Neat freak Ghosts who are always chiding their Guardian for any mess they make -- including the mess of getting blown up

Ghosts keeping tallies and averages of how often their Guardian dies, and from what (they send the data to Ikora and Zavala so they aren't put on Strikes above their ability)

Ghosts that are always embarrassed by their Guardians

Ghosts taking/teaching classes on tactics -- best time to rez, where to hold for a teammate to help, keeping an eye out for your Guardian's flank, etc.

Ghosts dragging their Guardian along to trainings, and introducing them to their classmates

Ghosts using an app to help them find compatible pen pals or something more 👀

Ghosts getting really embarrassed when their Guardian teases them about said app

Ghosts sitting over their Guardian's shoulder while their Guardian tries a dating app

Mischievous Ghosts who push their Guardians off balance or down a drop

Nervous and finicky Ghosts who will appear to help push their Guardian back from falling off a cliff

Sweet little Ghosts who pick up things to surprise their Guardian with when they're having a bad day

Ghosts who will quietly rest against their Guardian when they're having a bad day

Ghosts who've been with their Guardian for a very long time, and have learned exactly how to cheer them up

Ghosts who've been with their Guardian for a very long time, who knows exactly how to cheer Ghost up too

Parts: 1, 2, FotL

[freddyfreebat]

Jack Dylan Grazer Discovers Who He Is in Luca Guadagnino's “We Are Who We Are”

After supporting roles in the It and Shazam!, the young actor shifts gears with his turn as a capricious army brat in the Call Me By Your Name director's new HBO series.

by Iana Murray / Photography by Nik Antonio  —  September 14, 2020

A few years ago, Jack Dylan Grazer took a trip to the movie theater. He was in Toronto and it was one of his days off from filming Shazam!, the DC comedy in which he plays the shape-shifting hero’s foster brother. He decided to watch Call Me By Your Name, and he immediately fell for it. Grazer took note of the director’s name that appeared in the credits—Luca Guadagnino—and turned to his mother.

“I want to work with him,” he told her. With eerie prescience, she assured him: “You will.”

Whether Grazer, now 17, has a knack for manifestation, or it was all just happenstance, his wish came true in the form of We Are Who We Are, Guadagnino’s coming of age drama which follows a group of army brats living on an American military base in Italy. Thematically, the show is something of a spiritual successor to Call Me By Your Name: Grazer plays Fraser, a tempestuous 14-year-old with a pair of headphones constantly plugged in his ears. He’s the new arrival at the base with his mothers (Chloë Sevigny and Alice Braga), and quickly forms a deep bond with his neighbour, Caitlin (Jordan Kristine Seamon), as they both wrestle with their sexuality and identity in the midst of domestic troubles and teenage debauchery.

“He’s an enigma to himself,” Grazer says of his character. “He doesn’t really understand a lot of the things he does but he’s so forthright so he convinces himself that he knows everything. He feels like other people don’t deserve his intelligence. But he’s also very volatile and aggressive at times, and not because he’s coming from an angry place but because he’s constantly questioning who he is.”

If Fraser is just beginning his coming of age when we first meet him, Grazer is inching closer to the end. Starring in enormous blockbusters including IT, he became the Loser Club’s resident hypochondriac at age 12 and a superhero’s sidekick by 15. His films have grossed a combined total of over $1.5 billion. Suddenly the stakes are multiplied tenfold during what are ostensibly, and horrifyingly, the most awkward years of your life. Every misstep is now being monitored, examined through a microscope of millions. (See: His 3.8 million fans on Instagram, to say nothing of the countless stan accounts.) Child fame is a disarming transaction like that: a stable career and all the other perks of being a celebrity, but at the cost of normalcy. That unalleviating pressure forces a kid to mature fast.

Grazer is acutely aware of this fact, admitting outright that he’s “not a normal person.” But he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I became 70 when I was 7!” he laughs. “I don’t know if I really had much of a childhood. But I didn’t want to. I wanted to grow up really fast.”

Nevertheless, he’s still 17. When we meet over Zoom, his shoulder length curls are damp and disheveled (he just got out of the shower), his black painted fingernails contrast with his brightly-lit, white bedroom as he rests his face on his hand. It’s a Saturday morning and he looks tired: It’s his first week back at school, which has traded classrooms for hours of video calls reminiscent of the one we’re currently on. “It feels like the days are shorter because the teachers don’t want to torture their students by keeping them on a computer for six hours a day,” he tells me. “You do miss the social aspect of being at school.”

If you were to judge Grazer by what’s out there on the internet, you’d expect an anarchic and relentless bundle of energy. A quick YouTube search brings up results like “jack dylan grazer being a drama queen” and “jack dylan grazer being chaotic in interviews for 4 and a half minutes straight.” He trolled a YouTube gamer on Instagram Live. His TikToks are inscrutable.

But here, he’s incredibly earnest, as he excitedly talks about his skateboarding hobby (a skill he picked up after auditioning for Mid90s) and his attempts to learn the flute (“I need to learn how to read sheet music, but it’s like reading Hebrew!”). He’s calm and thoughtful, as if this project we’re discussing requires a shift in sensibility.

For Grazer, acting had always simply been fun. While other kids might take up a sport or get hooked on video games, he performed in musical theater with the Adderley School because he “just wanted to play.” His roles so far have been reflective of his carefree approach to the job: Up until now, he’s portrayed best friends with biting one-liners, or the younger version of the protagonist in a flashback. IT is a prime example of both. In the horror franchise, Grazer plays a neurotic germaphobe running from a fear-eating clown, but in reality, the film felt like “summer camp.” Both films never felt like work; he just learned his lines and got to hang out on extravagant sets with his best friends. Likewise, school amounted to being pulled off set by a teacher in between takes to cram in the mandatory hours.

But with We Are Who We Are, he steps into his first leading role, one that required him to convey longing and confusion through Elio-like physicality and subtext. It’s abnormal to talk about the show as a turning point for an actor who isn’t even a legal adult yet, but Grazer explains that the show required him to radically change his approach to acting. He spent six months in Italy (“It felt like I was in Call Me By Your Name.”) and built up the character beyond what was on the page in collaboration with Guadagnino. “His philosophy is that we know our characters better than anyone else—even the writers—because we are the characters essentially,” he explains.

In many ways, Grazer absorbed that philosophy entirely. He describes the experience less as a performance and more like a “rebirth”—perhaps even an attempt at method acting. Over those months in Italy, the distinctions between actor and character gradually became indistinguishable. “I had no other choice but to act and surrender to Fraser entirely and throw Jack Dylan Grazer out the window,” he says. “I would go out and get a coffee as Fraser and walk like Fraser. That was just me trying to get into [character], but then I slipped at some point and just became Fraser.”

One day on set, he looked at himself in the mirror, and the hardened kid standing there with a bleach-blond dye job and oversized shorts was unrecognizable to him. He could only see Fraser. While talking about his character, he seems to unintentionally switch pronouns, from “he” to “I”, as if the two still remain one and the same.

The process was so transformative that it forced him to re-evaluate himself entirely. “I never really struggled with identity before,” Grazer tells me. “But I think the show opened up my eyes to question myself. Being Fraser forced me to question what I wanted and what I stood for and what I believed in. At some points, the show bled into reality.”

When asked how he has changed, he takes a pause and a pensive swivel in his armchair, unsure of how to answer. “I think I was more ignorant before I did the show,” he says, and he leaves it at that.

Coming of agers are a particularly well-trodden genre, but there’s a naturalistic, raw energy to We Are Who We Are that is distinctive from what we’ve seen before. Each character quietly struggles with their own problems and growing pains—for Fraser, it’s his sexuality. Caught in a fraught relationship with his lesbian mother and an infatuation with another man, his story doesn’t tick off the familiar beats. His personal discovery is instead internal and intimate. "I think every single person born as a boy has this guard. It’s this guard that they don’t even realize they have, where they’re initially like, ‘Being gay? I could never.’ But we’re all born as humans who are attracted to whatever we’re attracted to," he says. "I think that’s how Fraser interprets it as well. Yes, he’s reserved and nervous about it in the beginning because he’s unlocking this new idea for himself. He’s figuring it out, and that’s what you see in the show: him coming to terms with this idea."

As our conversation winds to a close, I ask him if Martin Scorsese ever visited the set—his daughter, Francesca, plays the confident cool girl of the show’s teen cohort—and his eyes widen. “That was actually a really stressful day,” he divulges. Still, he revels in the memory, speaking so fast it’s like someone has put him on 2.5x speed as he shows off his impersonation of Guadagnino. The director was so nervous about Scorsese’s presence that production halted that day.

“Luca was like, ‘I cannot do this today because Martin Scorsese is on my set. I don’t know what to do, this is not good for me. I will have a panic attack before the day ends,’” Grazer says in his best Italian accent. “It’s like if you’re a painter and Van Gogh shows up.” 

Admittedly, Grazer is also a self-proclaimed superfan of the Wolf of Wall Street director, and afterwards, he got to spend several days with his idol, as they went on lavish restaurant outings in Italy and talked about anything and everything.

He takes a second to compose himself. A giddy, Cheshire cat smile spreads across his face. The kid in him comes flooding back.

“...Oh my god!” he yells. “I met Martin Scorsese!”

[lunaescribe]

The split of media reception

So, I made some Media Reception commentary awhile back, here which took off, and I've been thinking a lot since then like how these differing receptions of media amongst the internet crowd of recent years seems to create these intense fractures and in-fighting.

It's something I started to notice distinctly in the kind fics or fanart that tends to blow up and seem to be looked on with a general 'respectability' vs general sense of what many refer to as 'cringe'.

Now this is more a spectrum than a binary, but fan reception, especially in fandom spaces seem to fall along two categories:

Thematic Reception or Personal Reception.

'Thematic Reception' seems to lend itself to the kind of academic-like analysis I mentioned in my last media post. People who make fanart, fanfics, head-canons, etc, based on the themes of the text. Their work seems to draw on elements they found within the story itself-maybe it's a one-liner a character made they expand on-or themes that mirror real world events like an on-going war, or type of event they can't show beyond censors. Maybe it's from research of the story's setting, historical events, or the author's meta commentary. Essentially, it comments on something all the audience of the media could reasonably pick up on-and expands on it-sometimes in more surreal or realistic, or tonally matching ways or another. These are the kind of fan-creations and discourse which seem to pick up steam most likely because they're universally relatable.

'Personal Reception' seems to lend itself to the audience finding themselves in the work, and their creations are often based on shifting the work through a lens of their personal experiences. Granted-even in a Thematic reception, there will be an element of one's personal experience based on what stands out to us the most-however I would argue a personal reception often times is willing to make more wide leaps in interpretations or-ignore canon entirely to apply their personal vision. You see this often times with people adding their own sexualities, personalities, mental struggles, etc onto characters-even if the text itself doesn't provide much foundation or subtext to suggest it's likely hood. Now not always-but of the two categories, these kind of works are the ones that seem to become memes online like this and put bad tastes in peoples' mind regarding fandom. While not always the case-it seems to be when a person's personal reception of a work and/or character causes them to overlook the original themes of the work in ways so contradictory to the original impact-it looses meaning to anyone else except the fan posing the theory/fanwork.

I had a great professor in college who said all good work has to be a combination of universal and personal. It's really hard how a lot of fandom spaces have become when every interpretation of media-even when it's coming from a place of "Personal Reception" is held up like it's supposed to be taken just as validly as something responding thematically to a work. When something is coming through shifting it through your own lens of identity or relatability, it is inevitably going to potentially loose some of its original themes-themes that the original audience gravitated to. I think that's where a lot of fandom/media receptions fracture-when those interested in thematic reception clash with those enjoying personal reception-and those with personal reception fail to see their vision is no longer part of universal themes-but now something very intimate and personal to them.

That isn't to say personal receptions are automatically inferior to thematic ones. I studied Shakespeare, sometimes the most intriguing interpretations of shows came when plays were set in setting ABSOLUTELY nothing like the original, or characters were cast in ways clearly having nothing to do with Shakespeare original intention. I.E. The Merchant of Venice set in a Las Vegas Casino. Granted, there is still some thematic reception involved in that choice-in SOME degree which is probably what still made it so appealing to an audience.

All this to say-even though Tolkein never fathomed there would be a novela out there of his elves running a coffee shop-doesn't mean it's a worthless endeavor. Another thing I was told in college is 'know who your art is going to be for'.

If you're aiming for a very small niche who shares your identity, or comforts, or so on-they'll probably really vibe with and appreciate your very personal take on a work! If you're looking to make a fandom/wide audience splash, inevitably you're going to have to align with the original themes of the work in strong ways to cast a wide net. And at the end of the day your HCs, art, writing, etc...can be just for you too. Maybe no one else will understand it in your lens but that's okay. Sometimes we get so lost in having our own reception of works validated we forget the author's intent was usually for us as individuals to have a personal relationship to their work-not be forced to have a collective response.

All this said-if we could learn we shouldn't expect a wide audience to accept or widely share our very personal receptions, I think a lot of people would have a far better time in fandom spaces. Or play nice and let people have fun in their own corner if their reception is very personal and just for them-and if others happen to enjoy it-good for them!

But the next time you enter a space to discuss or share media-ask yourself which experience you're looking for may lead to a lot less in-fighting and help you find others looking for a similar discussion as yourself. There's a joy to analyzing the context of art in the world and its meaning to us. And there is a joy to dissecting art and making it ours. We just need to know the difference-and not try to force one to come to the other-and know if we're doing something for ourselves personally, then the only people we should expect-and really need validation from-is ourselves.