#boys cinema weekly

[friendlessghoul]

Buster Keaton Prepares for the Cricket Season -

Boy's Cinema Weekly, May 4, 1921

[1] "I must understand what the book said: 'Keep your eye on the ball, carefully calculate where it is going to pitch, and play a safety stroke if it is a well-pitched ball and dead on the wicket.' Ah, here it comes! It looks rather swift!"

[2] "I played forward to the beastly thing, but something must have been wrong with the pitch, for the ball shot up to a surprising height, got me a nasty one right in the neck, and gave me a sore throat that I can't shake off.

[3] "I think I had better read over the advice in this book on how to play cricket, as my first efforts don't appear to have been quite as successful as I would have liked them to be: in fact, I might say painful efforts."

[4] Buster Keaton, the Metro comedian, finding out by means of flower if he'll ever achieve any success in the cricket field.

[wileys-russo]

could you make a grace clinton x reader blurb please? maybe they’re watching a movie and end up making out?

restless II g.clinton

"baby! sweet or salty?" you yelled out as you rummaged through your pantry for snacks, your girlfriend over for your weekly thursday movie night, both of you having a mutual day off on a friday meaning you could stay up as late as you wanted.

"both please babe!" grace shouted back, busying herself building a pillow fort of sorts on your sofa, huffing in frustration as it all came crashing down. "winning the battle then?" you poked your head out in amusement as she sent you a frown.

"no! but i'll win the war." grace huffed, thick accent making you swoon as you stepped back into the kitchen with a smile, grabbing out probably far too many snacks than you needed for just the two of you.

you flinched in surprise as a body pressed into yours, lips peppering your jaw with soft kisses as you eased back into her arms. "sorry for the jumpscare babe." the girl smiled against the taunt skin of your neck, lips grazing your collarbone.

"no you're not." you smiled knowingly, tilting your head to look at her eyes which were alight with mischief. "nah i'm not." grace grinned, kissing you properly before you lightly patted her side and pulled away.

the two of you collecting your snacks your face lit up seeing the successful and seemingly sturdy fort now occupying your living room. "won the war and made a sturdy fort of protection, my hero." you smiled teasingly, pecking her lips appreciatively.

"but wait, there's more!" grace grinned as the two of you made yourself comfortable, the midfielder clapping her hands several times before rummaging around by her side, fairy lights suddenly illuminating your small tent.

"you're so cute gracie." you swooned, grinning at the slight blush which coated her cheeks. "yeah yeah, shut up and pick a movie." the footballer rolled her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest and nodding to the tv.

kissing her warm cheek you smiled and leaned into her side, head falling to her shoulder as her arm draped across the back of you. "oh! we said we wanted to watch this right? since we missed out seeing it in the cinemas." you stopped your browsing on a relatively new film, grace agreeing as you clicked play.

the rom com had you both making stupid comments to one another, giggles stiffed in between stolen kisses as both your attentions wandered a little.

you could tell grace started to grow tired and restless of the film, her touches becoming more intentional as you grabbed her hands and interlaced your fingers hoping to calm her a little more.

"love, watch the movie its nearly done." you smiled as her face smushed into your neck, hands wandering down to your hips and pulling you to sit half on top of her.

"its borin, you're interestin." grace murmured causing you to squirm a little as her words vibrated off your skin, lazy kisses pressed against your jaw.

"your attention span is something else clinton, you know that right?" you teased as her hands wandered, squeezing and pinching at your skin as her lips trailed across the sensitive skin of your neck and shoulders.

"my attention span is perfect babe, its always focused on ya." she grinned, head retracting with a wink as you rolled your eyes. "come on i can already tell ya how it ends. boy gets the girl, all problems solved and they live happily ever after." grace sighed with a shake of her head.

"wow you should become a director? that almost sounds like every single movie i've ever seen." you teased, turning your body a little to face her easier as her own grin shone back at you. "well, ya know how every movie has to end don't ya?" grace questioned, leaning in a little.

"mmm no, you'll have to remind me?" you stroked your chin thoughtfully, bridging the gap between you two, mere millimetres between your lips.

"the perfect kiss of course." grace pressed her lips to yours, one hand on the back of your neck and the other squeezing your thigh as yours wrapped around her neck and the pair of you laid down a little more to get comfortable.

resting your body on top of hers you exhaled in pleasure as your girlfriends short nails scratched at the skin on the back of your neck, moving to deepen the kiss as her tongue slipped into your mouth.

but as you moved to straddle her properly your knee knocked the remote and sent the volume sky rocketing as you and grace fell apart, knocking heads with a groan as you hurried to switch off the tv.

you winced, touching your forehead where no doubt an egg would soon be forming as grace did the same, the two of you sharing a look an collapsing into one another laughing.

"well, that was rom com worthy of ya babe."

[sgiandubh]

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[enbysiriusblack]

modern marauders music tastes

sirius: i think he'd still be into 70s rock/punk but would listen to some modern alt (queen, t.rex, bon jovi, buzzcocks, bowie, led zeppelin, metallica, dead kennedys, big joanie, the struts, royal sugar)

remus: his music taste is a combo of his parent's cds, so that'd be 80s/90s music, plus music his friends like (tito puente, sade, björk, buena vista social club, pupo, umberto tozzi, bowie, queen, kendrick lamar, childish gambino)

james: mostly listens to modern pop/rap music and finds music to listen to through spotify recs (bruno mars, kendrick lamar, karan aujla, sabrina carpenter, clairo, childish gambino, macklemore, lil nas x, chappell roan, conan gray)

peter: listens to a lot of local indie bands but does also like some popular music (two door cinema club, noahfinnce, declan mckenna, kasabian, green day, alex g, billie eillish, finneas, cavetown, sir chloe)

lily: mostly listens to pop but also loves r&b, generally listens to music from 90s onwards (SZA, raleigh ritchie, chappell roan, beyoncé, britney spears, aaliyah, victoria monét, spice girls, steve lacy, destiny's child)

mary: her music taste is almost exclusively modern pop/kpop (LISA, rihanna, aespa, le sserafim, sabrina carpenter, STAYC, weekly, (G)I-DLE, newjeans, charli xcx)

marlene: she mostly listens to lesbian/queer rock and grunge from various times (the runaways, big joanie, destroy boys, lesbian bed death, hole, tracy chapman, against me, alanis morissette, miley cyrus (now), fiona apple)

emmeline: despite getting mary into kpop her fav genre is indie pop/rock (boygenius, RIO, the last dinner party, maya hawke, IU, billie eillish, chappell roan, girl in red, ethel cain)

dorcas: mostly listens to pop punk and 90's grunge (green day, SATE, the offspring, jimmy eat world, sinéad o'connor, WILLOW, weezer, tracy chapman, the cranberries, pixies)

regulus: like his canon era self, he is still completely ignorant to modern music and only really listens to classical compositions with the exception of one modern artist (hozier)

[ki-yomii]

hush | jjk

➥ pairing | jeon jungkook x f!reader ➥ word count | 2.9k ➥ warning(s) | 🔞 smut; exhibitionism, accidental voyeurism (sorry not sorry jimin), age gap, noona kink, fingering, squirting, dirty talk, orgasm control, over-stimulation, praise kink, degradation kink, established relationship ➥ summary | it’s movie night with the boys, and jungkook’s feeling a little too adventurous. ➥ notes | here take it, i’m sick of looking at it lol. sorry it’s posted later than i said it would be, had some irl issues with my house 💀 i hope you enjoy.

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It’s Friday night, which means movie night.

What started as a way of getting to know one another became a group tradition before long. A weekly highlight to get you through the daily grind.

Maintaining relationships was difficult, especially with the boys gallivanting across the globe, taking the world by storm with their talents.

The sting of their months-long absence cuts deep. Whittles its way into your bones until you ache with longing - only made worse once you and Jungkook start dating.

To make up for it, they spend their time with you whenever they’re free. So once a week they dog pile into an apartment, and wrestle for the best spots while gorging themselves on snacks and cinema.

A way to show how much they cherish your friendship.

A sweet sentiment you love… except maybe now.

You shift, your voice a breathless whisper, “What’re you doing?”

Beside you, Jungkook crowds close, his body a line of heat pressed against yours. Flickers of light from the TV dance in the depths of his intense gaze, his eyes heavy with intent.

An impish smirk tugs at the corners of his mouth, the metal of his lip ring twitching with the movement of his lips. Since the group arrived, he’s been abnormally quiet around his hyungs.

You arrived early, intending to get some alone time with him. That plan fell through when Jin showed up immediately after, shrieking playfully when he caught the both of you in a heated lip lock.

The tension was palpable when you sprung apart. Then the others trickled in one by one, any chance for a quickie dead and buried. Nothing to be done about the uncomfortable throb between your thighs.

Resigned to some sexually charged cuddling, you burrowed into his side. Tried to focus on the action movie Jimin chose instead of the sticky catch of your folds every time you shifted.

Mentally commiserating with Jungkook about your cock-blocking friends when he throbbed, still half hard against your hip.

And then, things got… interesting.

The touches started off butterfly soft, whispering over the plane of your thigh like delicate wings. But something shifted, and then those gentle fingers grew rough. Greedy. Biting and pinching into the soft fat.

Jungkook worked his way up, caressing the fleshy crease where hip met leg before dropping back down to trace across your inseam. Heat radiated from his palm, his touch bottled lightning. Tingles race down your spine with every jealous grope.

Your hand slipped beneath the blanket, settling over the back of his knuckles. They flexed in your palm, his fingers itching to keep teasing.

“Stop it.” You dug your nails in. “If you keep doing that…”

Dark head ducking low, Jungkook nuzzles his nose along the curve of your jaw. “C’mon,” he whispers, “where’s your sense of adventure?”

You shiver, the back of your neck prickling with heat. “Jungkook!” You glance around. “Do you have any shame?”

No one notices the hushed conversation, too absorbed in the movie - as you should be. Only it’s difficult to think with Jungkook’s hand burning a hole through your leggings.

If he inched that bit higher…

His lips brush the shell of your ear when he chuckles. “Why would I when I’d rather have you?”

Right here, right now? You think, shooting him a scowl. Wiggling deeper into the cushions to dislodge his grip proves futile. How is this fair?

Jungkook’s not above fighting dirty to get what he wants, the rotten little cheater. But you’re not any better, are you?

The fact he doesn’t care who sees shouldn’t get your blood pumping, shouldn’t turn you on. And yet…

You turn to face him.

The faintest trace of beer lingers on his breath, his lips tempting, teasing as they glide over the heated skin of your cheek.

And his eyes, oh.

So greedy as they devour the flutter of your lashes, the bob of your throat with filthy intent.

“God, you’re such a brat sometimes…”

A horrendous flirt, Jungkook lives to rile you up. Especially when he’s had one too many beers.

“Mm, but I know you like it,” he says, “don’t you, noona?”

Breath stuttering in your chest, you release a heavy exhale. Your throat clicks against itself when you swallow, your mouth bone dry as his gravelly murmur teases your senses.

Liquid fire pools in the cradle of your hips, your heart stuttering into a gallop when he presses you deeper into the couch. His body curls around yours, his frame shielding you from the other half of the room.

Clit throbbing and face on fire, you scowl. “S-Shut up.”

Surrounded, his cologne tickles your nose - sharp citrus and soothing musk. It’s hard to come up with rebuttals to his advances when he looks at you with such unadulterated desire, stripping you bare with his gaze.

Or when he calls your name so sweet, the backs of his knuckles inching ever closer to where you’re soaked, warm, and wanting.

Shit, you want to sink your teeth into his lip, lick your way into his mouth. The desire comes swiftly - so sudden you’re nearly delirious with it, trembling where you’re plastered to his chest. Like this, he’s so close you swear you can taste him.

“Noona?”

The unanswered question crashes like a tidal wave, sweeping you away as memories from the night before curl through your mind. Bruising kisses, and heavy thrusts that rattle you to the core.

The drag of sweat-slick skin and the bite of nails as his Busan satoori slurs, “Fuck, just - haah - just like that, noona. Give it to me. Cum, wanna - hnng - wanna feel you cream on this cock.”

Goddamn it.

A wave of prickling heat rushes from the crown of your head down-down-down to settle low and warm like a shot of soju, your stomach swooping. Teeth sink into your bottom lip, chewed raw by the time a rough thumb pulls it free.

“Be careful,” Jungkook hums. “If you keep looking at me like that, I might get the wrong idea.”

“Stop that!” It’s a struggle to rein yourself in. “We can’t.”

This is so not the time or the place for him to be testing your limits. To flirt with the edges of getting what he wants, and pushing too far. He’s not playing fair - the little shit. He knows what he’s doing, and he loves it.

“Says who?”

Wicked fingers skip along the soft cotton of your lounge pants, and trace along the waistline. A low noise rumbles through Jungkook’s throat as he continues to taunt and tease.

The warm, fluttery feeling deep behind your navel blooms out - leaves you yearning for something you shouldn’t want. A fresh wave of slick gushes from you, your walls clenching down around nothing.

“W-Wait!” You glance at the rest of the group with wide eyes, all of them sprawled out across the room, their faces bathed in the flashing lights coming from the TV. “Everyone’s here…”

Jungkook hums noncommittally.

Sure, the flashy explosions and high-octane stunts keep their attention glued to the movie, but what if…?

You’d rather be dead than get caught by one of your friends being finger-blasted right in front of them. Plus, there’s no telling what that’ll do to Jungkook’s ego. He’s already cocky. You shudder to think what other ideas this will inspire if you let him get what he wants.

You learned a long time ago: give him an inch, he’ll give you seven.

“What if we get caught?”

“So what if they do?” He shrugs, the movement a ripple of muscle that makes you flustered. “I guess you better be quiet then, noona, if you’re so concerned.”

Through a strangled whimper, all you manage is a weak, “Jungkook.”

“You worry too much.”

“I—”

“But that’s okay. I’ll fuck all those silly little thoughts out of that pretty head of yours.”

His eyes, coffee black and half-lidded, sparkle. You choke on your tongue.

This is wrong on so many levels, and yet you can’t stop the instinctual splay of your thighs when Jungkook nudges you with his knuckles. Or the jerk of your hips when he cups the length of your pussy, his palm pressing hard against your clit.

He’s trained your body well.

Lightning crackles down your spine, your vision whiting out at the pressure. Your teeth almost bite clean through your lip to stop the sharp gasp from escaping. “O-Oh shit.”

“Mm, see, doesn’t that feel nice, noona?”

“I still don’t know, Kook,” you say, trailing off when you glance from one side of the couch to the other. “This isn’t a good idea.”

Soft lips pepper kisses down the side of your neck, Jungkook mouthing at your pulse point. Your clit throbs at the smooth glide of his tongue, imagining him on his knees with his head between your thighs and a face full of pussy.

“They’re all watching the movie,” he says, “no one’s gonna notice if you’re quiet.”

Doubtful, you side-eye Jimin. Besides Jungkook, he’s the next closest member. But like all the others, he’s off in his own little world, transfixed. If you’re going to try anything, now is the perfect opportunity.

The lights are dim, the sound system is so loud it rattles the walls, and there’s still another 45 minutes of run-time. Still, getting caught with Jungkook’s hand shoved down your pants is not how you want to enter the weekend.

Strong fingers squeeze the nape of your neck while his other hand tugs at your waistband, the fabric slipping down further and further until the top of your mound is about to be exposed. Jungkook shifts closer, murmuring into your ear.

“Just let me have a little fun. Afterward, I promise I’ll leave you alone til later tonight.”

If you weren’t as horny as you are, you’d smack him. But all his attention zeroed in on you steals any higher brain function, and wipes all thoughts clean until you’re left foggy-headed. Struck dumb and lusting.

Biting down on the inside of your cheek, you make a show of considering his offer. You can’t give in too quickly, having found yourself in far too many situations like this recently. “…”

His smile is downright wolfish. “You’ll let me play with your pretty little pussy, won’t you, noona?”

Inwardly cringing when it comes out breathless and wanton, opposed to indignant. Shit, he’s making this whole resistance thing really, really difficult. The next time he wiggles past your waistband, you don’t stop him.

In fact, you lift your hips and help work your pants down past the curve of your ass, so he’s got room to work. Without delay, Jungkook reaches down only to tense up when his fingers caress bare flesh and sticky slick.

A low, masculine groan rumbles from deep in his chest, a low, broken curse escaping. His jaw flexes, the muscle bunching and releasing, “Noona.”

Your eyes slam shut, stomach clenching hotly. “Ju - Jungkook, wait please, I -”

“Are you fucking kidding me right now? You don’t want me to wait.” He scoffs. His teeth nip at your earlobe, his cock throbbing where it’s pressed against your side. “All that talk, but you’re just a filthy little slut, aren’t you?”

“N-No.” You bury your face into his shoulder, your hips twitching when he drags a long finger down your slit. Your skin tingles and your walls flutter. “No, I—”

“Pretend all you want,” he snarls, voice threaded with antagonistic satisfaction, “but this needy little pussy doesn’t lie. You’re practically soaking the couch. You wanted this, didn’t you?”

You protest, never mind that your voice wobbles, reedy and thin as your heart jumps into your throat. “I didn’t. This is all your fault. I didn’t-”

“Noona,” Jungkook sing-songs, tapping at your sticky, swollen clit, “You’re the one who decided not to wear any panties.” He snorts. “‘Wait',’ my ass. I’ve never seen you so turned on.”

You jolt with every brush against your clit. Mortification burns through you at his throaty chuckle, but before you have time to dwell on being called out, Jungkook dips the rough pads of his fingers in between your folds, working in firm strokes to drench his digits in your slick.

“Shit, you’re so wet and messy for me.”

“K-Kook…”

You cringe at the near-silent squelch of your pussy, shoulders tense as you keep watch.

“Shh,” he groans, spreading your lips open with his fingers, the hood of your clit back to expose the sensitive bundle of nerves. “Just remember to be quiet.”

And then he flicks his middle finger back and forth. You nearly rocket off the couch, your nails sinking into his thigh as you choke on a sob. Pure electricity shoots through you like a bolt of lightning, and your nerve endings alight with liquid fire as your toes curl so hard they crack.

The sensation is too much, too raw - leaves you panting and shaking as Jungkook eases off.

“Mm, good girl. See, that wasn’t so hard, was it?”

Your mouth drops open in protest, ready to rip into him, but he does it again. And again. And again until tears cling to the corners of your eyes and drool drips down your chin.

Every inch of you feels electrified, like one big live wire that’s about to blow. Your hands shake where they press against his chest, your teeth pulling free from his shoulder. The salt of his sweat clings to your tongue.

“P-Please, no… no more.” You hiccup, thighs clamping down on his wrist. “If you keep doing that, I’m gonna—”

A loud explosion lights up the screen, and Jungkook uses the opportunity to slip two thick fingers inside your sloppy pussy, finally abandoning your poor abused clit. Timed perfectly, the resounding boom disguises your choked-off moan.

The stretch burns as he bullies his way through your tight, gummy walls. Fissions of pleasure crackle down your spine, syrupy thick as your pussy throbs in time with your heartbeat.

Offered no reprieve as Jungkook immediately builds up a steady rhythm. He wrings arousal from you with every purposeful twist and thrust of his fingers, buried to the knuckle.

“You’re so hot and soft inside, noona.”

Those nimble fingers pull out to smear more slick over your clit, your thighs trembling with every ghostly pass, before plunging back through your puffy lips just to feel how you clamp down. The sloppy, wet sound of your pussy has Jungkook humming in approval.

“Damn, I can’t wait to have you all swollen and fucked open.”

“Don’t - Don’t say stuff like that or I’ll…”

Eyes rolling back, you arch your hips into the cradle of his hand as the words turn to ash on your tongue. Your belly is hot, tight - the ball of arousal a hook behind your navel. Your thighs tremble, and your heart pounds in your ears. Every breath rushes from you, rapid and shaky. 

Jungkook buries his grin in your hair. “You like that, don’t you, noona? Such a bad girl.”

“K-Kook, ah, don’t do that - I can’t - hhng - ohmygod.”

This is dangerous.

If you’re not careful, you’ll blow your cover. Honestly, you’re not sure you can - half mad with how good Jungkook is making you feel. You can barely think, pleasure drunk as you are, let alone control how loud you’re being.

The embarrassment alone would make you want to die, not to mention the relentless teasing…

Peeling open your blurry eyes, you gaze out into the darkened room, your thoughts hazy and sluggish as you lick your lips. Everyone looks none the wiser at first glance.

Then your stomach drops, Jimin shifting with a cough. The back of his ears and neck are suspiciously pink, and there’s a pillow covering his lap.

Can he–?

Your heart nearly gives out, time freezing for an awful moment as all your focus narrows in on your friend who is resolutely NOT glancing in your direction.

Then Jungkook’s fingers shove as deep as they can, curling up to massage at the spongy tissue of your g-spot in hard circles.

Nerve endings jolt to life, and electrified, your world whites out. Your mouth drops open in a silent scream, your eyes rolling back so hard you see stars.

Hips jerking, your legs lock up as your pussy gushes wetly around Jungkook’s fingers, your walls milking his digits. Slick dribbles past his knuckles and down your ass, a large puddle soaking into the fabric of the couch.

Jungkook presses a kiss to your cheek, a smirk in his voice when he says, “You sure complained a lot for someone who ended up squirting in front of your friends, noona.”

You half-heartedly smack at his shoulder, head lolling back against the headrest. “S-Shut up.”

Boneless, you think it’s the end.

Only… Jungkook continues to curl his fingers lazily, tapping at your walls and playing with your clit. You hiss and try to wiggle away.

“Please, no more - t-that’s enough. I can’t.”

While Hobi pops in the next movie, and Jimin excuses himself to the bathroom, Jungkook buries his face into the curve of your neck. His teeth worry at the sensitive skin, sucking marks into the sweet spot behind your ear.

His voice rough with hunger, “No, I don’t think so. We’re just getting started. Wanna make a mess out of you.”

“Knock it off, Kook,” you whine, shudders randomly zinging through you with every needy flutter of your walls, “I’m seriously gonna die”

He meets your gaze unflinchingly, his eyes dark and voracious as a third finger works its way into the tight squeeze of your pussy, shoving through your soft, gummy walls until they give under the pressure with a hard thrust.

“I’m not stopping until you’re dripping cum, noona.”

[panelshowsource]

lil update :)

i added a few things to the drive:

tourist trap (complete series) — mockumentary series starring sally phillips, elis james, and more about a fictional tourist board in wales

channel hopping with jon richardson (series 1 + series 2 episodes 1–3; it's rerunning on comedy central this week so hope to have the last three episodes shortly!) — weekly digest of whacky tv, co-hosted by judi love

new qi and wilty + first two "lost" catsdown episodes (if you have no idea what i'm talking about read dis)

re: requests i've gotten recently:

i don't have the "lost" episode of catsdown that aired in australia on 2/14 — yet. there are two australian peeps online who say they're going to share it stat, so i hope to have it asap! sorry to the anons who asked me about (but u know it's my favourite show so i also want it!! promise!). the first two "lost" catsdown episodes are up on drive

big boys — i hosted s1 for a while and mentioned a few weeks ago i was going to take it off my drive because i'm low on storage and don't plan to host too many sitcoms/scripted series that aren't from one of our panel show faves... and despite how super easy it is to get this show by requesting it here, i did decide to update the link on the non-panel show masterpost and share it from my personal drive because queer cinema and all that. so pls enjoy and pls make copies of the files in case i have to remove them in a bit!

the last leg — i do not have a last leg collection and the best place to request it is on discord, so pls send me a dm if you need deets on this

new joe lycett series — here

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[itsmattchou]

cause you make it better !

pairing: zb1 maknae line x gn!reader warnings: yujin + reader are in highschool, yujin and gunwooks sections are a little longer for some odd reason, cursing, english isn't my first language!!!, i guess that was it genre: fluff synopsis: reverse icks with the zb1 boys. notes: WEEKLY UPLOADS YEAHH🔥🔥 the crowd goes wild fr. part 1 is cute but hyung line version🤭🤭 feeding y'alls deluluness fr STAY TUNED

shen quanrui the two of you are on a date in the city. eating ice cream, doing some shopping- ricky insisted on spoiling you- and then just wandering through the streets talking about whatever comes to mind. while walking ricky noticed that your shoelaces became untied, he told you to stop for a second and kneeled down to tie them for you. that alone let your breath hitch, but when he looked up and had THAT look on his face? your heartbeat skipped several beats.

him tying your shoelaces and looking up at you.

kim gyuvin silly boyfriend here. he wanted to take you out on a fancy dinner date and really wanted you two to dress up fancy as if you were going to a fucking wedding or something. you were getting ready in the bathroom as gyuvin called out for you, his voice desperate. you found him in your bedroom, a tie in his hand and a big pout on his lips. "i may or may not need you to help me with the tie, y/n..." you really couldn't contain a smile at that sight.

him not being able to tie his tie alone and you helping him.

park gunwook gunwook took you to the cinema to watch a movie you wanted to watch since the first trailer dropped. he insisted on driving you back home after the movie ended and as a thank you for the wonderful date, you gave him a little suprise hug. mind you- you haven't been dating for that long (2 months) and weren't big on pda yet and you weren't sure if gunwook would mind or not. but by the way his heartbeat sped up the second your arms wrapped around his torso and your head hit his chest, or by the way his face was flushed bright red when you pulled away, he probably didn't mind it that much.

you hugging him and hearing his heartbeat speed up.

han yujin he may be your boyfriend, but first and foremost he's still your best friend. his company makes everything better; even the most dreadful and boring math class becomes bearable thanks to him. it was the last period of the day and yujin has claimed your non dominant hand while you were busy taking your (and yujins…) notes. a weird feeling on your hand however made you stop in your tracks; yujin was doodling a bunch of hearts onto your skin. he shot you his cute, innocent signature smile once he realized you were watching him.

him drawing onto the back of your hand.

[blood-orange-juice]

Wake up darlings, it's time for my weekly rant about genshin plot.

I remembered a Russian idiom for what's happening there, "a piano in the bushes".

A type of contrived coincidence that only exists to advance the plot while not exactly being implausible (a piano can indeed sometimes be found in the bushes. maybe someone threw it out. maybe we are in a park that installed musical instruments for the public).

It was derived from a 60s comedy sketch about Soviet cinema clichés where a character kept finding somewhat improbable opportunities to show off during the course of a conversation. The sketch ended on "completely accidentally there's a piano in the bushes. I can play for you."

General consensus is that exactly one piano per story is allowed. Coincidences do happen and sometimes you need one to write yourself out of a corner.

My problem with 4.2 is not that it didn't explain things, it's that it retrospectively turned 4.0 into a whole assortment of pianos in the most unexpected places.

Childe's vision conveniently stopped working right as we were around (note that it's not the malfunction that worries me, it's the fact that we got to see it).

He oh-so-conveniently handed it over to us so that we could see things about him in the next patch.

The whale was conveniently Just There because it was sad and hungry.

Someone decided to frame our boy for a serial murders case that started around his birth and — lo and behold! — he turned out to be exactly that person for whom Oratrice decided to "malfunction". Giving us proof that the Hydro Archon is not in fact an Archon.

Could all of that happen? Absolutely, it doesn't contradict anything, we even got it somewhat explained. Pianos do sometimes make their nests in the bushes.

However, it all looked like an interconnected meaningful story before 4.2 and turned into a random assortment of episodes after 4.2. That's an extremely bizarre storytelling approach, if you ask me.

Having said that, I now also have an idea of how it can be fixed: maybe Teyvat fate (or whatever Childe's abyssal abilities do to fate) just Works Like That. Pulls elements into a samsara when they get close, regardless of whether they make sense or not.

The story must be played out and it will be played out, everyone and everything are just props. The show must go on.

(this will be my new headcanon because I desperately need things to make sense. here. I ran away with these characters)

And maybe chaos just blossoms in this boy's footsteps, disrupting stories he finds himself in. Maybe he doesn't even need to do anything, it simply happens.

[santiagonex]

I can’t sleep. Let’s talk about the four sacred top fives of 2022 as in top 5 gay movies, top 5 gay tv ships (or shows as whole), top 5 short gay movies and for the next one, let’s change it up a little bit and I’ll provide you with top 5 upcoming gay movies (2023) I’m looking forward to and are currently in the process of pre-production, production or post-production.

Top 5 Gay Movies of 2022

5. La Santa Piccola - very different from your usual gay movies, but the scenery is gorgerous and the story made me feel things 4. Badhaai Do - amazing queer representation in Indian Cinema, "gay guy and a lesbian woman enter into holy matrimony to appease their families”... just pure comedy and romance and the friendship is beautiful 3. Fire Island - a classic rom-com, must-see 2. In from the Side - rugby gays, affair, romance... all of that 1. Sublime - since it’s finally available on VoD, I had a chance to watch it this weekend and the soundtrack and story got me... Mi mejor amigo vibes but actually gay

Top 5 Gay Ships/TV Shows of 2022

5. Heartstopper - a classic, it was honestly hard to rate the shows because they’re all equally brilliant in my eyes 4. Heartbreak High - australian Sex Education, obsessed 3. The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself - magic, witches, gays... c’mon 2. Prisma - very important show 1. Patrick/Iván in Élite - they’re literally everything to me, if you get it you get it, if you don’t you don’t, if you know you know and if you don’t know I honestly feel bad for you like I literally cannot explain it, I don’t have the vocabulary to sit here and explain like either you get the vibe or you don’t

Top 5 Gay Shorts of 2022

5. Catalina - a queer man and his two childhood best friends reunite for a weekend camping trip on Catalina Island... could there be sumn more? 4. Too Rough - Nick wakes up next to his boyfriend Charlie and must conceal him from his own homophobic and dysfunctional family... very sad 3. Jean est tombé amoureux - two football players of opposite teams falling in love... mm very good! 2. Swim - two swimmers develop a strong friendship during their weekly sessions, but their relationship is tested outside the pool, when true identities are revealed... this one fawked me up good 1. Hard - Mikey experiences awkwardness and struggles to navigate the uncertainties of his sexuality after his first time with a girl doesn't go as expected, forcing him to confront his feelings of desire for his best friend... this was so much fun to watch

Top 5 Upcoming Gay Movies in 2023

5. The History of Sound - Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor in a gay romance period drama? We’re looking forward to that actually! Anyways, they were supposed to film it this year, but they had busy schedules. Current plan is next year. Also Paul was hanging out with the director last month, so maybe something’s cooking. 4. Glitter & Doom - described as a summer romance musical feature told with the iconic tunes of folk duo Indigo Girls. Film follows a musician who wears charisma as camouflage and a carefree guy about to run away with the circus as they fall in love at first sight. Sounds fun. 3. Nuovo Olimpo - any Ferzan Özpetek fans? Any Manuel from Un professore fans? Well, looks like we won. Period drama set in Italy, following two men who have a chance encounter and then fall deeply in love, and then are torn apart. The film then follows them both over the next decades as they attempt to find each other again. 2. Strangers - yes, another one with Paul Mescal... yes, I’m crazy. And hi Andrew Scott. Directed by Andrew Haigh (Weekend, HBO’s Looking). Word on the street is that their characters will be romantically involved since Mescal's character corresponds to a woman who has a romance with the protagonist (Scott) in the original novel. We will be tuning in. 1. Bonus Track - film set in 2006, follows a small-town boy with dreams of being a gifted musician. When the son of an iconic musical duo enrols at his school, a powerful bond between the boys begins to grow. Based on an original story by Josh O'Connor (yes, him) and Michael Gilbert.

Anyways, that is it. There are a lot of movies that weren’t released THIS year yet, and I’m looking forward to them (Punch, Aristotle and Dante, Spoiler Alert,...). But I would be just repeating myself, so I’m not gonna talk about that.

[justforbooks]

The actor Ian Lavender, who has died aged 77, played the awkward, impulsive Private Frank Pike in the long-running BBC comedy Dad’s Army, and was the last surviving member of the cast who portrayed Captain Mainwaring’s Home Guard platoon.

Most of the part-time soldiers depicted in the series, which ran from 1968 to 1977, were exempted from call-up to the army during the second world war because of advanced age. Pike, their junior in most cases by several decades, had been excused because of his weak chest, and always wore the scarf insisted upon by his widowed mum, Mavis.

In spite of their foibles and foolishness, Mainwaring’s pomposity and the frequent slapstick sequences, the heroes of Dad’s Army were courageous men prepared to give their lives to protect their country, and it was this innate nobility that lifted the series, written by David Croft and Jimmy Perry, to greatness. At its peak it had more than 18 million weekly viewers, and is still regularly rerun.

There were many catchphrases – Lance Corporal Jones’s “Don’t panic!”, Private Frazer’s “We’re doomed!” and Sergeant Wilson’s languid “Do you think that’s wise, sir?” – and the best-remembered belongs to the gangster movie-fixated Pike, though he did not utter it himself: Mainwaring’s weary “You stupid boy!”

Pike was also involved in Dad’s Army’s most frequently quoted joke. “What is your name?” snarls the German U-boat commander who has been captured by the platoon. “Don’t tell him, Pike,” shouts Mainwaring. There was often great subtlety in the inter-platoon relationships, best exemplified by that of Pike and Wilson (John Le Mesurier). Wilson, whom Pike calls Uncle Arthur, is Mrs Pike’s lodger, and is forever fussing around the boy, making sure his scarf is on tight and gently steering him away from danger. It was not until the end of the final series that Lavender asked Croft if “Uncle Arthur” was actually Pike’s father. “Of course,” replied Croft.

Born in Birmingham, Ian was the son of Edward, a policeman, and Kathleen (nee Johnson), a housewife; his mother often took him to see pantomimes, variety shows and Saturday morning cinema, which gave him his first ambitions to become an actor. After performing in many school drama productions at Bournville boys’ technical school he was accepted, with the help of a grant from the city of Birmingham, by the Bristol Old Vic acting school. Clearly far from being a stupid boy, he passed 12 O-levels and four A-levels. “The only reason I don’t have a degree is because I went to drama school,” he said years later.

He made his first television appearance soon after he graduated from Bristol in 1968, playing an aspiring writer whose family want him to get a proper job, in Ted Allan’s play for the Half Hour Story series, Flowers at My Feet, with Angela Baddeley and Jane Hylton.

In the same year, he was cast as Pike, joining the seasoned veterans of comedy and the classics Le Mesurier, Arthur Lowe (Mainwaring), Clive Dunn (Jones), John Laurie (Frazer), James Beck (Private Walker), Arnold Ridley (Private Godfrey) and Bill Pertwee as Air Raid Warden Hodges. Janet Davies played Mrs Pike.

While Dad’s Army catapulted Lavender to national fame at the age of 22, the role of Pike haunted him for the rest of his long career. Not that he had any complaints.

Asked in 2014 if he got fed up with a lifetime of having “stupid boy” called out to him in the street, he replied: “I’m very proud of Dad’s Army. If you asked me ‘Would you like to be in a sitcom that was watched by 18 million people, was on screen for 10 years, and will create lots of work for you and provide not just for you but for your children for the next 40-odd years?’ – which is what happened – I’d be a fool to say ‘Bugger off.’ I’d be a fool to have regrets.”

After Dad’s Army, Lavender made further television appearances, including Mr Big (1977), with Peter Jones and Prunella Scales, and in 1983 he revived Pike for the BBC radio sitcom It Sticks Out Half a Mile, a sequel to Dad’s Army, but it was not a success and lasted only one series. In contrast, the original series, with most of the regular cast, had been rerecorded for radio from 1974 to 1976 and proved very popular.

He was also in the BBC TV series Come Back Mrs Noah (1977-78), co-written by Croft; and played Ron in a new version of The Glums (1979) for London Weekend Television, adapted from Frank Muir and Denis Norden’s original radio scripts of the 1950s. There were more smallish television parts in the 80s, such as two episodes of Yes, Minister, and bits in Keeping Up Appearances, Goodnight Sweetheart, Rising Damp and Casualty. He starred in the unsuccessful BBC series The Hello Goodbye Man in 1984 and provided the lead voice in the children’s cartoon series PC Pinkerton in 1988.

He was also in various quiz shows, including Cluedo (1990). On Celebrity Mastermind, broadcast on BBC1 on New Year’s Day 2009, when the presenter John Humphrys asked him to state his name, a fellow contestant, Rick Wakeman, shouted: “Don’t tell him, Pike!”

In addition to co-starring in the first film version of Dad’s Army (1971), he appeared in various low-level British sex farces of the 1970s, including Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975), Carry on Behind (1975), Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976) and Adventures of a Private Eye (1976). He also starred in the thriller 31 North 62 East (2009). “I was close to getting two very big movies in the 70s,” he said without rancour in 2014, “but in the end they said: ‘We can’t get past Private Pike.’”

Lavender’s second best-known role was his delicate and sympathetic portrayal of Derek Harkinson, Pauline Fowler’s gay friend, in the BBC soap EastEnders from 2001 to 2005, and again in 2016-17.

In addition to various live Dad’s Army productions, his stage work included the Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Merchant of Venice, directed by Peter Hall and with Dustin Hoffman as Shylock in 1989, touring as the Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show in 2005, Monsignor Howard in the London Palladium production of the musical Sister Act in 2009, The Shawshank Redemption at the Edinburgh fringe in 2013, and his own one-man show of reminiscences, Don’t Tell Him, Pike.

Lavender had a great admiration for Buster Keaton, and was an expert on the silent comedian’s career. In 2011 he introduced Keaton’s Sherlock Jr (1924) at the Slapstick silent comedy festival in Bristol, and commented that finding Keaton’s grave in the Fountain Lawns cemetery in Hollywood had been one of his life’s special moments.

In 2016 a new cinema version of Dad’s Army was released, with Toby Jones as Mainwaring and Bill Nighy as Wilson. Private Pike was played by Blake Harrison, and Lavender was promoted to play Brigadier Pritchard. In a touching in-joke, his younger face was also seen on an advertisement poster in a street scene.

Lavender is survived by his second wife, Miki Hardy, whom he married in 1993; by his sons, Sam and Daniel, from his first marriage, to the actor Suzanne Kershiss, which ended in divorce; and by two granddaughters.

🔔 Arthur Ian Lavender, actor, born 16 February 1946; died 2 February 2024

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[friendlessghoul]

Buster Keaton in Boys Cinema Weekly - The Frozen North 1922

[therappundit]

PUNDIT PICKS: "THE CREAM" of the Crop [My Favorite Albums of 2024 (*so far*)]

ICYMI, my ongoing series on the best of 2024: https://therappundit.tumblr.com/post/756082881246461952/the-pundits-picks-more-of-2024s-finest-part

***Please note: the selections on this list had to have dropped by 8/31/24, FYI***

Back in June/July, I began compiling what would become my ongoing "best of" list for 2024. I wasn't trying to rank my favorite music at that point, I was mostly concerned that the weekly onslaught of new music throughout the year could lead to a noteworthy piece of art missing these ears, and slipping through the cracks. I wanted to close out *the summer* with a list of my favorite albums of the year up through the end of summer, and I planned on releasing that list to public scrutiny at the end of Labor Day weekend...

It is now October.

Welp, plans are meant to be flexible, I guess. 😬 Timing be damned, I want to share with the world all of the shout-outs I possibly can, the cream of the crop, my favorite albums of the year as we closed out the summer season (bring on hoodie season, that tends to be when I feel like me the most).

And in no particular order, here are some of my favorite albums of 2024 [*up through the end of summer*]: Out Of The Blue by Blu & Shafiq Husayn, Lil Old Town by DJ Lucas & DVNTBEATS, WE DON'T TRUST YOU by Future & Metro Boomin, Pinball by MIKE & Tony Seltzer, For Hustlers Only by WB Nutty, MMCHT by Nickelus F., The Pride & Glory by Teller Bank$ & Ed Glorious, Nubian Cruiser by Ronday, Black Box: JOSHUA IS DEAD by Joshua Virtue, Black & Whites by Big Hit, Hit-Boy & The Alchemist, the First to Make Contact When We Dap by R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura, Shadowbox by Mavi, EMBERGO_ by Nakama., DOOF & ESCEE 2 by Doof, Escee & August Fanon, So Much Enrgy & Sav by Ysr Gramz & enrgy beats, Mr Beat The Road by Bossman Dlow, soul food for the family by rimhan, WATCH THE THRONE by Jaeychino, Marciology by Roc Marciano, PLAYWAY OR NOWAY by RRB LILMEL, My Story Got Stories by Bruiser Wolf, BIG MYAAP, NOT THE LIL ONE by Myaap, The Tonite Show The Sequel by Curren$y & DJ.Fresh, Nobody Planning To Leave by ShrapKnel & Controller 7, CHUPACABRA by JasonMartin & DJ Quik, Scoob Wav by WTM Scoob, LOYALTY: BIRTH OF SUPER RUFUS by Rufus Sims & Billionaire Boyscout, Flint 2 Detroit by YN Jay, Plea$e Don't Think I'm Actin Funny by Bub Rock, BLUE LIPS by ScHoolboy Q, Memoirs In Armour by Navy Blue, Can't Go Bacc by Nino Paid, Day Shift, Vol. 1 by Lil Tre, Pigmen In the Vitreous by Knoweye, Brown in America by HOODLUM, Alchemy by Jay Cinema & Chow

24. A Forsaken Lover's Plea by Chuck Strangers

(I always look forward to new Chuck, who frequently racks up accolades as a producer, but never seems to get his just due as the great MC that he is. A true double-double threat with every release.)

23. Deathtape 2: We Gon' Need Each Other by Quelle Chris, Cavalier, and Denmark Vessey

(Any time one of these artists releases anything, you know it's must-cop art....so naturally when they all collaborate, they make one hell of a short but sweet haymaker of a project.)

22. DECON$TRUCT!ON by Maassai

(What was pitched as a collection of loosies recorded over the past few years came off as a sharp, memorable showcase for one of Brooklyn's most talented MC's.)

21. Save The Bees by Big Flowers & Messiah Musik

(Big Flowers is part of one of the greatest communities of exciting NY talent that we have seen in years, so pairing the thoughtful MC/producer with Messiah Musik - one of the most potent producers in underground hip-hop right now - yields a palette of sounds and messages that feel stronger with every listen.)

20. WOODSTOCK '99 by Nick Satchel & dp0mmy

(Nick really seemed to put his foot down into this one, shining alongside an old friend in Atlanta-by-way-of-St. Louis producer dp0mmy...who continues to raise the bar of what he can achieve sonically, remaining one of the greatest secret weapons in hip-hop right now. More on dp0mmy in the weeks to come...) 👀

19. Bag Man Julio by Jaysanityy

(A name you are sure to be more familiar with in the near future, the DMV's Jaysanityy is one of the most complete artists you will find in underground hip-hop. Check out any of his work, and I guarantee you will wonder why he's not already mentioned in the same breath as artists like Mavi, Pink Siifu, and Maxo.)

18. 74: Out of Time by Ol' Burger Beats

(Another fantastic, less heralded producer helms this compilation album, which is stacked with great songs from some of the indy world's finest, and sounds far too cohesive to leave off of my favorite album list.)

17. WAKING UP AND CHOOSING VIOLENCE by YUNGMORPHEUS & Alexander Spit

(Few MC's are able to sound so cutting with their words without sounding enraged quite like YUNGMORPHEUS, who has steadily put out some of the best rap music out of anyone's catalogue over the past 5-6 years. He's joined by another one of 2024's MVP's, Alexander Spit, who happens to be one of the most skilled producers at creating cool instrumentals to help support, rather than outshine, the messages of his MC's collaborators.)

16. This Too Shall Pass by Yo OG

(Rapidly becoming onf of my favorite MC's, No Label collective's Yo OG - sometimes shortened to just OG - is strong enough to carry an album on his own, but when he joins forces with other talented affiliates from No Label, it's clear that this whole team is about to be a force in hip-hop music.)

15. Black Blues Brothers by HALAL BOYS

(Representing Phoenix AZ, I knew nothing about Lord Ra and Gorgeous Jefe heading into 2024, but leaving 2024 they're high up on my radar as one of the most exciting duos I have heard in a while.)

14. Memory(ummm) by Sleep Sinatra & bloomcycle

(Speaking of 2024 MVP's...Sleep Sinatra is a tried and true veteran MC/producer that seems to be going the fine wine route, while bloomcycle - the producer alias of previously mentioned Big Flowers - also seemed to be making an impact on various different projects this year. Together they created a standout album, equally effective as a tightly made cohesive personal work as it is a collection of great collaborations with fellow amazing artists.)

13. SOLACE by Marco Plus

(To make a name for yourself coming out of Atlanta's deep, deeeeep music scene, and to do so without being already tied to a major industry name, or even delivering the "typical" type of crossover rap music that the ATL is known for, is pretty impressive. But once you hear Marco Plus spit, it's not too surprising. His ear for beats is only surpassed by his hungry delivery on the microphone, so of course it's no surprise that this year he has received dap from some of the most established artists in the ATL, like JID. I would say keep an eye out for Marco more in the future, but my guess is that he will knock down more doors and make a name for himself without anyone having to dig too deep to find his work.)

12. Almighty So 2 by Chief Keef

(Am I surprised that Chief Keef dropped one of my favorite albums this year? No, I'm more surprised that in 2024 I am so eager to hear his work at all. I was woefully late to - dare I say, straight up refused to board - the bandwagon for Keef. He has been buried on my "happy for him and his success, but I don't feel the need to hear anything else from this man" list since the "Bang" video. Sure, I dug more than a few Keef cuts over the years, here and there, while he was putting in work on project after project to become a better all around producer and recording artist. He really understands rap, trap, and how to deliver a sonically appealing album that in spite of his relatively limited subject matter, doesn't come off as cookie cutter. Almighty So 2 has been very well received, but garnered some "meh" responses from his core base, since this is probably his most accessible, polished, mainstream-ready project to date. But make no mistake, there is no lacking in raw energy and clever commentary, both are provided in abundance here, and we're all better for it. I can now say what I began to feel back with 4NEM in 2021: I am a Chief Keef fan.)

11. PERSEVERANCE by Jay Cinema & JUNE! as JUNECINEMA

(Sure they share great chemistry as MCs & Producers, but what shines through the most on PERSEVERANCE is their pure love of music. It's one thing to come off hungry, but to come off as being excited just to make and release music? That's become an increasingly rare commodity. JUNE! and Jay Cinema have really put their mark in underground hip-hop over the past two years, and this album feels like a culmination of their growth and confidence as recording artists. Take Jay's classic NYC MC swagger, plus JUNE!'s delivery that often reaches construction site levels of gravelly, then interweave clear shout-outs to their loves and musical influences, and you get a dope underground collaboration with strong replay value.)

10. Sour Dub by Rich Jones & SINAI.

(A unique talent that threads the needle between singing and rapping in a casual and authentic way - possibly the best to juggle both since a certain famous Canadian actor/rapper/singer, Rich Jones is always guaranteed to put out some interesting work. Here he joins forces with SINAI. a.k.a. Sleep Sinatra - and boy what a year he's had - and the two deliver some of the most grounded, feel-good somber music that I have heard in quite some time. I'm not sure if "feel-good somber music" is even a thing, but if it is, Rich & Sleep are maestros at the artform.)

9. 3rd Shift by J.U.S. & Squadda B

(I'm not as familiar with Squadda B as I probably should be, but I know he made an impact as one half of Oakland's Main Attrakionz. Here he delivers engaging, diverse production for Bruider Brigade's J.U.S, who I am more familiar with, as he has been near the top of my personal "most slept-on MC" list for several years strong now. Together their chemistry is sublime, with Squadda's slappin' beats providing ample space for J.U.S to speak his mind over.)

8. F.U.N. T.O.Y. by Sideshow

(Alexander Spit got busy on this one, tossing a varied collection of sounds at Sideshow to work with. In turn, the L.A. MC delivered another interesting piece of work, touching on a rolling list of thoughts, but not staying long enough in any one passing thought to reach a completion. While this could be problematic for a lot of artists, for Sideshow it works quite well, in my opinion. F.U.N. T.O.Y. feels like the equivalent of going on a long drive alone to clear your head, and jumping from song to song on the car radio. That might not be the most purposeful and effective drive in the world, but that doesn't make it any less enjoyable or thought provoking. Sideshow is the epitome of a "leave them wanting more" MC.)

7. The Thief Next to Jesus by Ka

(The writer's writer returns. At this point, I don't know what else can be said about this man's pen, but from a longevity standpoint, let's talk about how challenging it must be to maintain a certain level of elite rapping - and well into one's fifties. Ka's experience as a MC is well documented, but as a producer, Thief lives amongst his finest, dare I day accessible production work. Here he keeps the darkness at bay with powerful soul, grit, and determination, delivering a fantastic album that doesn't denounce the purposes of devout faith, but parses the complexities behind keeping a religious mindset in today's world.)

6. sunscreen by shemar & Child Actor

(Likely the shortest project on this list, but surely one of the year's most potent. shemar speaks to a generation of artists that have grown up in and around NYC accepting the music of artists like Armand Hammer, and not as "alternative underground rap", but simply where the bar happens to exist today. In turn, on sunscreen shemar comes off with a stream of consciousness flow and a chip on his shoulder, which when combined with the raw and majestic smokiness of Child Actor's instrumentals, makes for an ear gripping listening experience. This is peak 3:00am on the L train music.)

5. Los Angeles by Blu & Evidence

(I'm not sure if any other MC can brag about having the sheer volume of dope music drop within the first 3/4 of a calendar year at Blu's level. The underground vet seems to be enjoying a hungry renaissance, releasing three albums by my own personal deadline for this list (another great piece of work with Exile has also been released since). The news of Blu releasing a full project with fellow west coast underground legend Evidence, was only surpassed by the actual final product. Los Angeles is a sonically phenomenal, lyrically on-point love letter/indictment of the coast's most infamous city. Hip-hop history is stacked with unforgettable releases that perfectly capture the soul and feeling of L.A. life, but I don't know if it's ever been done this successfully with such a full a collection of beautifully curated vintage 90's underground vibes.)

4. Different Type Time by Cavalier

(Cavalier had a great year. Folks in the know have been not-so-patiently waiting for this one, because whenever Cav drops anything it might not be the loudest album in the room, but it will always be one of the finest. When fans learned that this album was going to be released through modern day Def Jux-esque powerhouse and bily woods boosted record label Backwoodz Studioz, even higher expectations were bestowed upon Different Type Time. Cavalier might not be a New York City resident anymore, but the feeling across this album is an open diary of a wizened New Yorker, a grown man in the rap game that's seen enough light and darkness to know that day to day life will always end up being somewhere in the middle. Similarly to other razor-penned MC's like Ka and Skyzoo, Cav is not preoccupied with knockout punchlines as much as he is focused on making each bar land like it's own story, each a bittersweet memory over a swooning jazzy backdrop.)

3. Service Merchandise by Previous Industries [Open Mike Eagle, Video Dave, Still Rift]

(Sometimes the only thing capable of being funnier than a great stand-up comedian, is a group of old friends just shootin' the shit together. Comedy is dependent not only on well-written jokes, but also impeccable timing, chemistry, and a certain level of connection with the audience. Open Mike Eagle, Video Dave, and Still Rift have no trouble making a connection with their audience, and they know their voices well enough to probably finish each other's sentences, and stick the landing on any cultural reference within a verse. Service Merchandise is an underground rap album that could only be made during these times by middle-aged hip-hop artists that have long since come to terms with the fact that they just aren't destined to be flashing rollies in glossy rap videos surrounded by gyrating bikini models...and that's okay. Stacked to the brim with nerd nostalgia, pop culture references, and thematic homages to fallen retail chains - not to mention expert rapping, lyricism, and a laundry list of some of hip-hop's finest underground producers - Previous Industries excel at balancing the art of waxing nostalgic without dismissing the positivity that could come from the present and future. Fellow writer/music thirster, the great Son Raw, spoke positively of the album as well, matching it to De La Soul vibes, and surely that's a comparison to be proud of.)

2. #RICHAXXHAITIAN by Mach-Hommy

[The mysterious Mach man strikes again. After what felt like a long enough delay to start asking "is it actually dropping, or was it scrapped?", Mach-Hommy released #RICHAXXHAITIAN in May to strong reviews, albeit with less hype than what came with the first album listening session back in 2023. A handful of familiar guests, as well as a handful of expected trademarks (Mach is still successfully "flippin' _____ like" whenever possible) made the album feel like a Mach album, but musically he was working with a higher level of pristine selections. Without losing any hint of his unpredictability or raw delivery, Mach managed to work in an additional layer of polish or two, curating each song on the album as if "this could be the one". Thoughtful, culturally attuned to his Haitian American status, and as willing to dip a toe in experimental territory as he's ever been, if #RICHAXXAITIAN isn't Mach-Hommy's most well-rounded album thus far, it's damn near close.]

1. Sewaside III by Mike Shabb

(Montreal, stand up. Whatever Mike Shabb may lack due to his youth, he more than makes up for it with his body of work in hip-hop, utility knife of talents. Shabb is an elite beatmaker and MC, and he possesses a rare assortment of skills that work equally well with both trap and boom-bap sensibilities. He may have the highest ceiling of any MC on this list, because like other gifted artists like MIKE, Earl Sweatshirt, and Vince Staples, he represents a modern MC that doesn't see a problem with placing Lil Baby and Roc Marciano back to back on the same mixtape. Sewaside III is a great representation of how Shabb continues to grow more polished with each release, without sacrificing his raw underground essence. Staring at the last few months of 2024, if this one ends up being my favorite rap album of the year when the ball drops on Dec. 31st, I will be quite fine with that.)

Next up...my favorite SONGS of the year (*as of the end of summer*)...thanks for reading, and stay tuned!

[donnerpartyofone]

An obscure and little-known series outside of Italy (the series is thus far only referenced in Wikipedia), Giallo (“Yellow”) was a weekly half-hour show edited and presented by Enzo Tortora, for which Dario Argento directed a series of 3-minute thriller and horror vignettes shot on film (which provoked some conservative audience members to protest Argento's decision to stick with his gory, unsettling imagery). "Gli incubi di Dario Argento" (The Nightmares of Dario Argento) is a collection of short horror vignettes (about 3 minutes each) directed by Dario Argento. The following episodes are included:

La finestra sul cortile (The rear window) (00:00:00 - 00:03:50) A guy tries to stop the murderer he saw from his window.

Il verme (The Worm) (00:03:50 - 00:06:55) A woman is terrorized by a spreading disease involving flesh eating worms.

Amare e morire (Love and die) (00:06:55 - 00:09:38) A woman wants to discover who raped her by making love to him.

La strega (The Witch) (00:09:38 - 00:12:52) A birthday party turns into a nightmarish game.

Addormentarsi (Going to sleep) (00:12:52 - 00:14:14) The shadows on the ceiling disturb a man who is trying to go to sleep.

Sammy (00:14:14 - 00:16:32) A young girl hears someone inside the house on Christmas Eve: what could it be?

L'incubo di chi voleva interpretare “l'incubo” di Dario Argento (The Nightmare of the boy who wanted to be in "The nightmares of Dario Argento") (00:16:32 - 00:20:58) A young boy wants to be in Dario's transmission, but something goes wrong. The rest of the video is a collage of various documentaries about Dario Argento, where he talks about various parts of his career in cinema:

The making of Suspiria (00:20:58 - 00:41:10) A short interview where Dario talks about what cinema means to him, shows the mixing phase of his film "Suspiria" and talks about why his vocation is to scare people.

Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci (00:41:10 - 00:50:40) Another short interview where he talks about his relationship with the italian horror and giallo director Lucio Fulci and their years together before his death.

The special effects of Dario Argento (00:50:40 - 01:19:45) A series of short episodes where Dario explains how he made some of the special effects on his movies and talks about the most difficult scenes he had to direct.

Dario Argento's interview in "Mezzanotte e dintorni" (01:19:45 - 01:48:38) An half an hour interview where Dario talks about his personal life and his director's life.

[goldenhickeysandramen]

The never ending hate

Now we will be left to wonder if the video in the cinema that we all saw yesterday was edited, or was the first attempt to make the fanchant, because there are different views going around.

I don't care. What is certain is that it is not the first time that we have seen public displays of disrespect to Jimin, which are not contestable by the armys present.

I am aware that twitter is only a small portion of the fandom, and that the anonymity of the accounts gives enough comfort to be aggressive and malicious.  But it seems that twitter, in numbers, might also be a small representation of what's out there :(

(anyway.. I'm going to remain positive and think that's not the case, and that the army out of there is a better fandom than what I see on twitter daily).

Yesterday, however, it was incredible to see numerous accounts coming to threaten me for posting (in response to that vid) that Jimin had the best fanboy at home. 

Many were PJMs, though I wouldn't be surprised if they were taek00kers too (solo stans are a bit of a rare species, don't rule it out). They also blamed us (jikook supporters) for the hate towards Jimin.

Then the medium-sized OT7 accounts came to talk about SHIP WARS  - you'll never see the big ones cause watch out! they might lose followers! - 

They easily blamed us (jkkers) too. 

And then, the trending topics "we love you..." and "free...".. including, to my surprise, "we love you taek00k". That was the last straw!🤣

When they say "ships wars" they hold us responsible for the actions of some crazy people... and spread this message around the net, which reaches all those armys who need to get out the guns and protect the boys.... because yes, this fandom is full of many "protectors" and very few "supporters".

It's hilarious! Jikookers are going to be THAT minority in the future, guilty of hate to any member, to BTS, to the down of hayllu, to global warming and to the rise of oil prices.

Well, as long as Jimin and Jungkook are still here, with future projects, I'm still going to be part of the “resistance”... cause that's what we seem to be for now. ....🙄

And when they go away for a while, I just hope to rest... because I'm an adult, and I don't give a shit about a lot of things I read on twitter, but I promise you that the situation is starting to get so unfair and unbearable on weekly basis that it makes me want to send the fandom to hell.

[fujoreads]

Weekly Update (18/8/2024)

Hello hello, everyone! I was supposed to have published this a few hours ago as it's Monday here already, but alas! This will be a shorter post, just updating what I've been up to this past week :)

Surprisingly, I haven't touched a book besides finishing The Unwomanly Face of War. It was such an impactful book, and I think it mentally prepared me to finally watch Come and See which has been on my movie bucket list for years now. The things told there are brutal and will make you cry for these women who gave so much for their motherland only to be ignored after the war is over. Definitely a new favorite, 4 stars.

Speaking of reading! I finished 2 more Visual Novels, and dropped another. The DNF goes to The Fruit of Grisaia—it had everything to be good and keep me hooked, but the reliance in anime archetypes had me bored out of my mind. So sorry to all the Grisaia fans! Anyway, during the first days I also finished Sexcalibur: Knights of the Pound Table, which was another dumb smut, and one I deeply hated having to read. It was so lazy and in my humble opinion, not sexy at all. Would have DNFed it but I did end up skipping a lot of H-Scenes by the end of the game. 2 stars.

The other 2 VNs were Queen of Moths and un/FRAGMENT. Two very short reads, perfect for a weekend session! Queen of Moths is more of a Pixel Art Horror game. It plays a lot like those older point and click games but, as short as it was, it still makes you tense and ready for a scare. I enjoyed it! 3 stars. un/FRAGMENT. is another short game, more of a linear story this time. It was made for Nanoreno, so the dev only had 5 days to make everything. It was only 10-minute long and had the dev more time to develop the story more, I think it would have been a pretty decent work. The art is pretty nice, and the reveal was not all that bad, although my emotional connection to the character's feelings suffered from my short exposure to the story.

I also started Needy Streamer Overload and it's been so fun! It's definitely keeping me past my screen time limit but it's been a while since I've been this addicted to a game. It's somewhat dark and if you're not in a good space mentally, I wouldn't recommend it. I'm almost done with all the 22 endings! I can't wait for another game from the same devs called Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis to release. I'm SO excited for that one specifically, since I can properly relate to the protagonist's struggles more (though that's not a good thing, necessarily LOL)

As commissioned by @diowatcher, I've been watching Serial Experiments Lain and I'm currently on episode 6. It's getting extra trippy right now, and I'm enjoying it a lot! The opening is so gooooood, I can't believe I had never heard it before. I've also been listening to the opening to Revolutionary Girl Utena and aagh it's so good! I'm adding it to my anime list.

And finally, I watched the 2020's The Boys in the Band yesterday. It was SO GOOD!! I had no idea this was a cinema adaptation of the Broadway revival, but it makes so much sense; it reminds me of the Falsettos stage revival, though that one doesn't have a movie adaptation, as far as I'm aware.

Anyway, it was truly a queer movie—as depressing as ever. It was an open ending too, ugh! I have a love/hate with queer works, as they have only started to become a bit more lighthearted these past years. I love these darker stories, but they also leave me bleeding (figuratively.) This is going to my favorites!

And that is all for last week! Let's see what this one brings us~

[sorenphelps]

Thanks for the tag @breathing-and-stuff!

Last song: From The Shadows by Cjbeards. I usually only listen to my Spotify Discover Weekly list, so I really listen to quite a wide variety of music... The last one I intentionally searched and selected to listen to was Tárgyalás A Nők Vezérigazgatójával by Krúbi.

Currently watching: Dead Boy Detectives

Three ships: i'm gonna list some from 3 fandoms instead: wolfstar, prongsfoot; lamen; pynch.

Favourite colour: Dark green, burgundy red, but I like yellow and purple too.

Currently consuming: Lunch leftover pizza for dinner.

First ship: wolfstar? The very first ship I had was probably Tigger and Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh xD

Relationship status: in a relationship

Last movie: in cinema: Dune Part 2, otherwise The Gentlemen.

Currently working on: finishing my last entry to the prongsfoot reverse bang and sth new for mermay.