#bttf rant

[daryfromthefuture]

i'm on the train and bored and still have an hour to go, so TIME TO RANT ✨️

and i'm choosing to make a list of bttf scenes i would have done differently/things i would have added because i like disagreeing with bob gale as if i owned this franchise

this is maybe an unnecessary change, but personally, i would have preferred if there were more instances of marty trying to warn doc about his death in part 1. we see it when doc demonstrates the model and then later twice on november 12 (before he writes the letter and then before marty has to leave), but i feel like it would have been more emotionally impactful if he had tried it more than that and only at the very end given up and written that letter.

SHOW DOC PLAY SAX. LIKE BRO. they could have had a concert 😭 imagine doc crashing the dance and playing sax with marty on stage (take this bullet point with a grain of salt, i'm only half serious. but still seeing doc play sax would have been badass)

the most obvious point of all obvious points, add the goddamn lone pine mall hug. the entire fandom agrees it's canon, and i remember a post going around speculating that they did indeed record a hug and keep the secret footage somewhere at universal lmao. but all jokes aside, this hug was SO necessary. every sane person would be waiting for it when watching the movie. marty is literally on the ground, bawling his eyes out, thinking his friend is gone, and us heartbroken audience members don't even get a hug to soothe our souls. i haven't paid much mind to doc and marty's relationship when i first watched bttf, but even past me was expecting a hug. good thing bobby fixed it in the musical

MORE JENNIFER. don't knock that girl out for 75% of the movie, please. she deserved better, and i wish bttf 2 would have put more emphasis on her as a character and how she's like and stuff. i hate to see it, but she's such a surface character that we barely know anything about (in my opinion), and that's just sad. she could very well have gone to the cafe 80s with marty and kept him grounded and stuff.

honestly, i maybe even would have kept that deleted 1985a scene with dave. we don't get to see marty's siblings at all in that timeline aside from a mention from biff, and it would have been interesting to see.

this is quite a jump in time, but i wish bob gale would have expanded on the scene in bttf 3 in which doc tells marty that he wants to stay behind in 1885 because of clara. this might be my fanfic brain speaking, but i see so much conflict potential. it would have been wild to see doc and marty argue, maybe even fight for the first time in the trilogy, and picture the emotional turmoil both of them were going through. if i had been marty, i would have snapped, not gonna lie. like, yeah, i get that doc found the love of his life but after all the lectures he'd given marty and after all those times marty was willing to rip apart the fabric of time just to keep doc alive, that man just goes "sorry marty, i met a woman i fell in love with, thanks for saving my life so i can live it out HERE. you go back home and idk clean my lab" >:(. this will forever be a pet peeve hahahaha

WHY does doc just FLY OFF on that DAMN TRAIN? i have to admit, it is an epic ending and feels sort of celebratory, but how can he say that he had to get his dog BEFORE even MENTIONING marty, giving him a photo, shake his hand as if they were work colleagues and nothing more, and then LEAVE? WHAT??? at least talk to him for a bit longer, tell your best friend where you've been, whether he will see you again and that you cherish him for god's sake. if you already had to give him false hopes by getting on the train only to fly off on the hoverboard later 🙄

[alex-a-fans]

Alex's rant on why Jules is docs boy

Now you might wonder a few things:

"Alex, what the hell? It's an unusual post from you?" An unlikely comment, but please read till the end for a small surprise :)

"Doc does not play favorites" You are right, but I am taking the "Parents kid" saying as which parent the kid has a stronger bond with. (Verne is Claras boy)

"Doctober?" Nah, mate. (Okay but maybe.)

LET'S BEGIN! Spoilers for animated series.

First, First ever animated episode, and in the first live-action sequence we find out Doc and Jules sometimes invent together.

I will mention that Verne thinks Jules is docs favorite when he loves them equally. Let's move on.

LOOK AT THEM.

Committing theft. Listen, it can be a very normal father and son experience. And it also can be very bonding.

Second, "Witchcraft"

DO. I. HAVE. TO. SAY. ANYTHING.

Third, literally the whole "Dickens of a Christmas" Episode.

"It's Jules, and I wish to be regarded as a resposnsible member of the Brown family"

"And I should guard these keys with my life"

If that is not docs boy I don't know who is. And then Jules persists in catching the thief but not telling Doc. Maybe in fear of him being disappointed. (and Verne has no problem with it)

Conclusion? Jules looks up to Doc. It's obvious, I know. But it's cute. And I love them. Jules also says Great Scott. How much are you willing to bet he will become a scientist?

Finally, the end. But wait, there is more. For June of Doom, I have been writing a one-shot with these two. I am afraid it will flop, so Feedback and opinions are very appreciated. It took 2 months. And @unknooooow had to sit countless times to listen to me ramble and change the story so many times. And another person who wanted to be tagged: @future-boi :D

Also, it is the longest thing I wrote in one chapter :D

And here it is :)

In a solid day or two, art will drop of this.

A hug is what will Jules need after this one-shot.

[princechorus]

“Back to the future is just the same movie three times idk how it made any money it’s stupid”

You fool. You utter bafoon. It’s about the repetitiveness of time and how, in order to learn and grow, you sometimes have to go through the same things over and over again before it hits you, the moment your subconscious brain finally puts the puzzle together of “this behaviour/action/etc. keeps getting me into trouble or bad/unhealthy situations so I need to change this aspect of my habits/thinking”

You can point blank be told or shown that something you do or think is what’s causing certain bad situations in your life but it won’t hit you until your brain is ready to accept it. And sometimes you have to be told/shown MULTIPLE times

[chubmle2]

Dude I’m at a resturaunt and I’m trying so hard not to ask the people next to me if they’ve ever watched the back to the future trilogy and watched the whole 6 hour play through of the game plus the little animated series

My friend says it’s the autism I think it’s the absolute sheer coolness of my irresistible bttf hyper fixation begging to get out so I can rant to strangers about it

But I also don’t want to talk to anyone

but back to the future

Rage is consuming me

[synthsays]

Doctober day 5:

□○》 Alarm Clock 《○□

The ear-piercing ring of the brass alarm clock disturbed Marty from his not-so-peaceful rest,

"Doc what happened… ugh my head…" He continued to mumble the nonsensical remains of his dreams.

"Don't worry, you just had a nightmare."

A wet wash-cloth patted Marty's head.

"Wait, wait, wait, but what about Doc? I still need to save him…"

Marty began to get up but was gently pushed back down. His eyes widened as he saw who was caring for him. He quickly sat up right.

(rest of the drabble under cut)

"Lorraine! Uh- um- hi?" Marty subconsciously scooted away from where Lorraine was positioned across from him.

"Calvin, are you alright? You oughta hit your head pretty hard…" She reached for his head but he pulled away.

"You were my m- my ma-" Marty's panic settled as he continued to recollect the contents of his nightmare.

"What the hell happened-" Marty was cut off.

"Calvin Martin Lewis! Watch your language!"

His mother walked in, holding a cup of warm tea.

"Thank Lorraine, dear." And she ushered her off.

Marty stared in disbelief at his mother… or who he thought was his mother. There was no way someone could dream a whole person's life, right? What about Doc and Einstein and the McFly family… who are they?

"Marty, are you alright?"

"No, I'm not alright. Where am I?" Marty's tone was annoyed but worried. Mrs. Lewis returned the worried gesture.

"Lorraine was right… you really did hit your head."

"What happened to me?" Marty leaned in.

"Lorraine found you knocked out by the side of the highway, the route you usually take your bike on. Luckily, there was no blood but she could barely get you conscious enough to push you along the road. You were out cold before you even hit the pillow." Mrs. Lewis offered the tea.

Marty declined, he was too emerged in his thoughts for tea. While she waited, Cecilia placed a record on the machine and placed the needle. After a few moments, only filled by the soft opening of the acapella, Marty came to a realization,

"Doc Brown! Yes, he was the one who built the time machine and got s-" Marty cut himself off this time.

"Martin, what are you on about? A Doctor Brown? Well, if I'm not mistaken, there is that nutcase scientist on Riverside… but that can't be it."

Cecilia Lewis began to grow more concerned about the boy. Surely he remembers his own mother, right?

"Marty, how old are you?"

"What? I'm 17 years old."

"Where do you live?"

"Hill Valley, California."

"What is your name?"

"Marty."

"Marty what?"

"Marty… um… my name is Marty…" He trailed off. His supposed mother, on the other hand, looked to be holding back tears,

"Who am I?"

"You? You're… you… who are you?"

Marty was greeted with a hug, not exactly the answer he wanted but definitely the answer he needed.

" Who am I?"

~Mr. Sandman, bring me a treat~

[half-metal-scientist]

i love back to the future a lot. some of my favorite autism movies. but since i just finished grading for a music in america class i cannot help but criticize the "hey chuck it's your cousin marvin" scene

(for context)

this doesn't make any sense at all. Chuck released "Maybellene" in MAY of 1955, (keeping in mind the week of october ~15 1955 being the date of BTTF1) and that song already has that "new sound" he would be looking for. sigh.

so the tl:dr of this rant is that i DO NOT accept white boy revisionism on this account and that chuck berry probably just liked how funny the name "johnny be good" sounded over the phone. alright bye

[oreolesbian]

barry jenkinssss you could’ve been making that alvin ailey biopic you had in development, sir pleaseeeee not the mouse 😭

[throwing-in-the-towel]

hi chicago anon here again, i was lurking in your outsiders tour tag and have a few thoughts/info dump:

yes, tours (at least in chicago) stage door. i’ve been to the stage doors for our three big theatres (nederlander, CIBC, and cadillac) i assume it’s similar to bway. sometimes everyone comes out, sometimes only three people come out. there’s so many factors (and also, sometimes, it’s just cold. i met the cast of the lightning thief in the snow.) i think they accept gifts? probably varies by actor. (but also, and this goes for any show, sometimes an actor will come out bc they have something they need to do i.e. get lunch on a two show day, but they won’t stop to meet with anyone, please don’t chase them down. i watched people do this to sean grandillo in oklahoma!)

most shows sell merch (unless they’re pre-broadway, which, chicago sees a lot of, but seeing as the outsiders is established w/ merch, we’ll probably see the same things. potentially more! every show i’ve been to pretty much has exactly what you’d see on playbill or the show’s own merch site. if it says sold out online, it’s probably also sold out on tour. i just ran into this.)

broadway cast members typically don’t go on tour. your best bet of seeing your fav bway star somewhere other than NY is in a pre-bway show. megan hilty was just in chicago for death becomes her. stephanie j. block opened the cher show here, etc.

that being said, tour members will move to bway as needed!! it’s always nice to see people get their bway debuts! (i’ve also seen people move from tour to the west-end!)

and actually, i lied, there’s one swing that comes to mind that did start on bway and then he moved to the previous mormon national tour to swing/dance captain, and i think there was someone in oklahoma! that also made the move from bway to tour, but nobody else is coming to mind atm… OR, sometimes someone will be on bway for one show, and then join a tour for another.

also, the show is doing really well. mormon, wicked, bttf, etc. currently have shows on bway and tour (and think about how long mormon and wicked have run). i’ve seen shows play on bway, the west end, in australia, and run a national tour, and a european tours all at the same time. i think the outsiders has the potential to do the same!

last thought, i saw someone ask about the rumble on tour… my hope is they can make it work. some theatres may be able to accommodate and some may not. i think for chicago, seeing as they’d planned to do the pre-bway show here, they can probably accommodate the rumble here, as for other venues. i have no idea. (was the rumble as is in la jolla?)

sorry for the rant!

no dont apologize this is all awesome info to have and share!!!

if you are interested in the tour production, def read this post!!!

[starmo]

hey! Big fan of your BTTF fics! I only recently got (back) into BTTF, but it seems you’ve been here for a few years, plus you’re an nsfw author in this fandom, so I was wondering if you might have some insight on why Mammett is practically the only ship with lots of nsfw material? The only straight ships I’ve seen is Marty/Lorraine or Marty/OC. Why no Marty/Jennifer, or George/Lorraine, or even Doc/Clara? I want some nsfw Marty/Jennifer so bad and can’t find it anywhere! Did it ever exist? Was it deleted? Hope you don’t mind the random horny. Just curious and want someone to ask/rant to, one BTTF fan to another :)

Hey there! Thanks for your inquiry! I am so glad to hear that you're a fan of my work! 😄

I actually haven't any clue as to why mammett recieves more attention from NSFW creators. Believe it or not, this surprisingly comes as a shock to me!

Though my allegiance is sworn to mammett (😂), I had been under the impression that it was the least popular of the ships typically associated w/ BTTF, on account of it's... divisiveness? For lack of a better term.

Though, if I were to reckon a guess as to why it's so beloved by degenerates (jk) like myself, I'd say it has just as much to do with the taboo nature of their relationship as hating mammett for it is!

Which is exactly why it doesn't surprise me that one of the only heteronormative ships from BTTF that recieves an abundance of attention is Lorraine x Marty.

Like mammett, Lorraine x Marty involves two individuals whose sexual/romantic relationship would be met with disapproval (because, y'know, incest), which just makes for a fun jaunt when it comes to writing smut fic. The juicier and more depraved, the better!

Aside from that, though there are many other reasons as to why I (and likely many others) are attached to Doc x Marty--I think a major contributing factor to the abundant creation of NSFW mammett fic is the fact that much of what we see of their on-screen interactions (of the physical variety, especially) is interlaced w/ homoerotic subtext, albeit (likely) unintentionally.

That and taking their age gap into account, and the time in which BTTF is set, when homosexuality was still HIGHLY frowned upon, it kind of makes for a deliciously provocative "torrid love affair" type deal.

And, I (personally) am also very much attracted to both Christopher Lloyd and Michael J Fox (hence why I've so many rarepairs involving their characters 😂) which only adds fuel to the "I want to see them bang" fire.

In summary, Doc and Marty tick off all the boxes for somebody like me (in both a "omg, my otp, I wanna cry, I love them so much!!" type way, and a "I want to see Doc absolutely DESTROY Marty" type way). I imagine people must feel similarly about ships like Lorraine x Marty, George x Marty, etc.

I guess the more canon-typical ships like Jennifer x Marty and Clara x Doc haven't as much allure to NSFW writers on account of the fact that they'e likely considered to be "vanilla"? Though I can only speculate on that.

As for your frustrations in this regard, I completely understand. Scouring the tags on ao3 or similar websites in search of at least just one fic involving a ship you're invested in, only to come up short, is one of the most infuriating things in the world.

I take similar issue w/ trans Marty vs cis Marty fics.

I am one of very few mammett fic writers who solely portray Marty as being trans, and that is largely due to the fact that as a trans man myself, I wanted to see more pre-op trans representation in smut fics; something which was virtually non-existent in the fandom prior to my contributions.

I also like to write smut fic for a wide variety of niche audiences; though some of the things I've written about and or plan to write about in the future aren't necessarily kinks of my own, I still want to offer something else to the fandom aside from the repetative "Doc and Marty have flowery prose gay sex in the garage" fics (not that there's anything wrong w/ those fics, but admittedly after reading about 6 or 7 of them I tend to go "but where's the pizazz??" ..."pizazz" being the nastiest shit you can conceive of, of course, lmao).

To this day one of my all-time favorite fics I've aided in the creation of is the one where Marty is a gas-station attendant and he and Doc end up banging by the dumpster in the back alleyway behind Marty's workplace.

Not only is it deliciously, viscerally filthy, but they (being Doc and Marty) are also still very much themselves; their affection and fondness for one another knows no bounds, and thus doesn't feel out of place even in a fic involving watersports, armpit licking and non-con kink.

Perhaps now that I know there is an audience for it, in the form of, at least, you, I could try my hand at writing some Jennifer x Marty or Clara x Doc fics!

I've only two WIPS as of right now that involve a Jennifer x Marty sex scene (sorta...); that being a fic in which Jennifer is present when an experiment involving some chemicals (of the horny variety) goes awry and Doc is in dire need of uh... relief--and a sequel fic to Nocturnal Emissions that immediately begins with Jennifer eating Marty out.

These are two fics that I hope to complete and upload at some point, but in the meantime, if you're curious (and/or would like to talk more about mammett/BTTF in general) feel free to DM me and I'd be more than happy to share what I've written for these fics w/ you! 😄

[knickynoo]

I was going to make this another rant in the tags but changed my mind because I want people to see it. Last week, there was a Mammett Discord server link going around, along with a handful of other posts from various users who ship Doc and Marty. Then, this afternoon, I got a notification that somebody added one of my gifs to a post. When I checked, it was a post in support of the ship.

For whatever reason, it seems that in the last several weeks there's been an increasing number of pro-Mammett posts/blogs in the fandom, so I feel the need to reiterate: this is NOT a Mammett friendly blog. I made a post on this several months ago. I mention the topic in my bio. Just making this clear for new followers or for people who come across this post in the BTTF tag.

This whole thing is very disturbing.

[itsthemorph]

🎞️, 🧒 and 📄for the bttf ask game! :D

🎞️ if you could change one scene from any of the movies, which one would you change and how? I had a whole thing a while back where I was ranting about why I didn’t like the first part of part ii where Marty and Doc toss the almanac and how I would change it and then didn’t write it down like a noob and forgot it. Anyways, it was something about how the Marty and Doc feel out of character during the almanac scene, so that one probably. I’d change it so Marty didn’t buy the almanac, seeing as he knows how dangerous time travel is almost as much as Doc, and instead mentions the cubs winning to Doc and the idea of placing money on them. Doc goes on about the dangers of time travel and how that could be dangerous, but as long as someone doesn’t know all the answers it shouldn’t be too harmful. Biff overhears and then he buys the almanac, figuring that it couldn’t hurt. That way Doc has more of a reason to blame himself and wish the machine was gone later on down the line, as they never did anything wrong and still the timeline was contaminated.

🧒favorite Marty outfit? I adore his Jean jacket vest combo, but his first school outfit with the white and green shirt and red jacket? It feels so gender I adore it

📄 what is your favorite scene in the trilogy? Oh this is hard. This is very hard. Tentatively, I think it’s the enchantment under the sea sequence in part ii. It’s just so clever, the way they used the blueprint from the original movie to create a path for Marty to follow biff and get the almanac back. I love it

Thanks for the ask! I’m having a ton of fun with this!

[daryfromthefuture]

some post-trilogy angst for you

Rating: G Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 4,009 Relationships: Emmett "Doc" Brown & Marty McFly, Emmett "Doc" Brown/Clara Clayton Characters: Emmett "Doc" Brown, Marty McFly, Clara Clayton, Jules Brown, Verne Brown Additional Tags: Friendship, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Fights, Arguments, post-trilogy

[alex-a-fans]

In defence of BTTF animated series

And I can hear your thoughts: "What the duck is Alex on? How can this series be any good?"

NOW HEAR ME OUT. I am not saying it's a masterpiece, but I am here to give credit where it's due.

Ah, the animated series. The media we all want to forget, or maybe some did not know it existed. Filmed in the 90's, a time when every popular movie got a TV series and believe it or not, animation wise BTTF got the short end of the stick.

The style is not... It... Characters are too over the top. Phrases are weird, and jokes were not landing. (And they aged like milk...)

Okay but maybe story is okay!? Haha... Not quite :D. BUT heres where it get's a point in my book. The ideas are there, but they are so poorly explored.

Retired - Could have been (and even slightly was) about how all of Emmett's self-worth is on his intelligence.

The ideas, story, everything was there, but not explored enough.

I believe it's because of the target audience. It was fit to be a Saturday morning cartoon in the 90's for kids. And for that, the animated series was great.

Many people who saw it in the 90's say it was good.

Maybe this rant is useless, but the animated has inspired many aus and fics of mine! Alien doc is a direct result of "What if doc was actually an alien in "My pops an alien"".

The fic where doc dies is inspired by "Retired" The other fic where doc dies is inspired by "Witchcraft"

Surprisingly in the next one doc does not die. "Gone fishing" rewrite.

Maybe everyone had the exact same opinion as me and it was common knowledge. Yes, it's best to be forgotten and it's still the worst BTTF media. BTTF movies aged like fine wine, but animated - like milk. But I still love it :>

[blushft]

thinking about how awhile ago i was stuck without an interest and i was ranting about it to my friend cause it was really annoying and we were having a movie night. we were watching bttf, so they were like "hey maybe you could get into this!" so i started following the tag to try and force the interest upon myself, and .. i never DID get into it. but now i randomly get marty mcfly on my dashboard and its like. huh. okay.

[unknooooow]

🕰️, 🎮 and 👀 for the bttf asks :]

Seriously ty for asking :)

🕰️if you were to insert yourself into the trilogy, what year would you come from?

I would come from somewhere very very VERY far in the future. It might not be intresting but the "A person from the future who always wanted to know the past" character sounds right to me even cuz Im like this every day

🎮what is your favorite bttf extended media (the game, comics, musical etc.)?

they are all great (with exceptions) but my fav is always the game. In addition to the good story and the information it gives us, the villain of the story in my opinion kicks the ass of all Tannen in terms of "Being evil" (Edna is a great villain)

👀share a random headcanon you have about your favorite character!

Time to rant about Doc! One of my fav hcs is that Doc is claustrophobic to a WORRYING level. Why? Well remember that scene from the game where YoungEmmett gets stuck in the tank and Marty ALMOST KILLS HIM BY CHOKING? Yep. Doc didnt forget about it (this will become a fic for June of Doom)

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And thats it :) Idk how to end this post

Here is the list of asks if you want to take a look

[justgowithit505]

Now I like bttf, Heathers, and Wicked so if you want to rant to me about it it's ok

I changed my blog to be multifandom also