#but winning stuff like costume contests is so mind blowing

[valerieismss]

Dr. Semegon (professor I idolize) ended our last meeting with “Oh, Valerie?” And I turned around and she was like “I’m not surprised that you’re a good RA :^)” and that has been replaying in my head over and over again

[jaynedolluk]

BEST TV OF 2022 PART 1

Even tho’ I am hideously late with this, I still want to post it as it’s become a yearly tradition for me. This is just the stuff I’ve watched - there’s still loads of stuff I haven’t caught up with yet.

I like a lot of the comedy panel shows like QI, Have I Got News For You? Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Mock the Week (sorry to see it end this year), Would I Lie to You? Sorry I Didn’t Know That (great to see its return) and The Big Fat Quiz of Everything. I also like comedy shows w/a current affairs slant like The Last Leg, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order and The Ranganation (I also liked Romesh Ranganathan’s travel show, and the one he did on Jimi Hendrix’s death).

2022 saw the return of Starstruck, The Other One, Code 404, and Avenue 5. Plus, final series for Brooklyn Nine Nine and Derry Girls (two of my favourite comedies of recent years) and Christmas specials for The Cleaner and Motherland (still really want Kevin + Amanda to fall in love + live happily ever after) and a reunion special for Bad Education (which is returning next year).

New comedy series that I enjoyed this year – Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything, The Curse, PRU, Big Boys, The Witchfinder and Am I Being Unreasonable?

  I don’t watch any of the reality shows like TOWIE or Made in Chelsea altho’ I did quite enjoy Dubai Bling on Netflix. I tend to prefer reality shows with a competition/creativity element, so I watch things like Strictly Come Dancing, Masterchef, The Great British Bake Off, The Apprentice and Great British Menu. I like the fact that the shows are widening the skills featured so we have The Great Pottery Throw Down, The Great British Sewing Bee, All That Glitters: Britain’s Next Jewellery Star, The Drop (for sportswear/activewear designers), Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas, The Big Blow-Out (for hairdressing), Handmade (for woodworking skills), Stitch, Please (for costume designers),  Interior Design Masters w/Alan Carr, Christmas Cookie Challenge, The Greatest Snowman and Glow Up (for makeup artists – it was great to see the Irish version this year as well as the UK one). As well as the various versions of Legomasters, we finally got some series dedicated to the art of miniatures/dolls houses with The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge w/Sandi Toksvig on Channel 4 and American series, Best in Miniature and Biggest Little Christmas. (Hopefully, we will see more seasons of these + also maybe a series of doll customisers).

I fell in love with Get Organised with the Home Edit on Netflix – there’s something so satisfying about colour coding! I was pleased to see the return of Changing Rooms, This is my House (altho’ I didn’t like the change to shorter episodes), Between the Covers and Grayson’s Art Club. Joe Lycett also did a show about entering the Royal Academy’s summer art exhibition that highlighted a lot of the other entrants. He did another one about David Beckham’s role in the Qatar World Cup. David Baddiel did a documentary about antisemitism.

I also love Drag Race + I think 2022 proved to be a good year with some great contestants especially on Drag Race UK and Canada vs. the World. I also discovered Queen of the Universe which is a singing competition for drag queens (I was a little bit gutted Gingzilla didn’t win as I love them so much). I was pleased to see the return of We’re Here as well.

[crawgluvr4]

(ao3)

it’s half one in the morning. gabriel stares intently at his work, even as the lines start to blur from exhaustion.

“c’mon, gabe,” jack whines, arms draped over gabriel’s shoulders. “you can do this tomorrow. there’s time before the party.”

gabriel sighs. “i’m nearly done.”

“you’ve been saying that for nearly two hours,” jack protests. he tightens his grip, and gabriel struggles to keep the fabric he’s sewing even. “bed time. please.”

“i can just… mist into bed, you know.” gabriel keeps a careful eye on the needle, nervous. “that’s something i can do now.”

“i don’t think sneaking into bed is the intended use of this,” and jack waves a hand, loosening his hold, “whatever it is. what if it wears off or something and you get stuck like that?”

gabriel’s nervousness spikes up. if it wears off.

“i mean i’d still love you even if you were a sentient cloud,” jack continues, oblivious. “but i think sex would be weird-”

“fuck off,” gabriel groans. he slaps at jack’s arms. “i’m not having this conversation. you’re weird and i hate you.”

“you loooove me,” jack sings, directly into his ear. 

“why is that even the first thing you think about! what the fuck. not ‘how do i keep my darling husband from blowing away in the wind’.” gabriel covers his face with his hands. “it’s ‘how will i fuck the cloud’.”

“it’s not like i went into the logistics of it!” jack is laughing against his back. “and it’s not like i wouldn’t- ugh, never mind. i’ll shut up about it if you come to bed already.”

“given your train of thought, that sounds like a proposition.” gabriel leans back, grinning. 

“i literally have to be up at seven tomorrow.”

“yeah, but i know how quick you can be.”

jack pulls gabriel’s beanie down over his eyes and leaves, grumbling. gabriel laughs so hard he ends up slumping off his chair onto the floor.

“it wasn’t even that funny!” jack insists as gabriel, eventually, comes into the bedroom, still holding his side. “you just have the sense of humour of a twelve year old.”

“you’re one to talk, cloud-fucker,” gabriel retorts, chucking his shirt at him. jack catches it and gives him a withering glare, undermined by how his lips tremble with trying not to smile.

gabriel finishes up his nightly routine and finally gets into bed. jack immediately curls up to him, wrapping his arms around gabriel’s shoulders and giving him a little kiss on his spine. gabriel can feel him smiling in the dark.

“if you cut the blood supply off to my arm,” gabriel says, “i won’t hesitate to push you off.”

“just cloud it or whatever,” jack mumbles into his neck, half asleep already.

“you’d like that, wouldn’t you.” 

jack just snorts. “love you.”

“love you too.”

--

he dreams of blowing away in the wind.

--

jack is gone when he wakes up, which is increasingly normal. life for them was never simple, but work had been a bigger burden over the past few months, and their time together was more and more centered around dinner and sleeping.

but it was nice, even then. just to relax and be human for a while, much as he could.

he ignores paperwork to finish the costumes; it takes another good hour and a half, and he begrudgingly admits to jack via text that he was right. jack texts back ‘always am ;)’ and gabriel makes a very irritated cheese sandwich.

he eventually drags himself over to the training range to go check on mccree. he had left him in charge of the recruits for the morning in order to finish sewing (and have a lie-in), and felt the urge to make sure he hadn’t burned the place down.

“howdy!” mccree greets him before the door even finishes opening, jogging on over with a have. the recruits all look nervously between him and gabriel, before mccree remembers himself. “uh, i mean, howdy… commander.”

gabriel looks at him tiredly. “report, mccree.”

one of the very new recruits looks like they’re about to pass out at their casual interaction. gabriel always loved pretending to be a serious hard-ass to new recruits at first, usually to test how they were with authority. it also made the parties blackwatch had a lot funnier for them.

“already had to send that palmer girl up to angie,” mccree sighs. “fightin’ over what target she gets to shoot at. real pain in the ass. rest of the kids here are doing fine, though.”

“some of these ‘kids’ have a decade on you, jesse.”

mccree coughs, adjusts his hat. “okay, okay, whatever. some of these respectable recruits,” and he puts on a very posh voice, “are doing absolutely wonderfully given the stressors of the situation.”

gabriel rolls his eyes. “right.” 

gabriel watches the recruits for a while as mccree goes into detail, occasionally inputting his own notes on his tablet to add to mccree’s report when it comes. assuming the cowboy hadn’t forgotten to write up the physical report, of course, but he planned to leave him to remember that on his own.

mccree shuffles closer after a while, leaning in. “did ya get the costumes finished?”

gabriel raises an eyebrow. “you think i’d be here if i hadn’t?”

“oh. right.” mccree pauses. “i just… had an idea. your mask has eye holes, right?”

“yeah.” gabriel lowers his tablet slightly. “i gotta see, jesse.”

“well i was thinkin’,” mccree gestures to him. “you can smoke up random bits of you, yeah?”

gabriel grimaces. “it’s supposed to be for combat only.”

“aw, like you haven’t used it for convenience. i know you! but that’s not the point.” mccree grins. “say you go in normally. everyone’s impressed by your craftsmanship, yeah, of course. but they’re used to it now. they all know you too well.”

gabriel frowns.

“i’m not bein’ insulting,” mccree adds hurriedly. “but it’s true.”

gabriel’s frown deepens.

“alright, alright! i’m just sayin’... the people there all know your weird cloud status.” gabriel pinches the bridge of his nose, trying to forget his conversation with jack the previous night. mccree doesn’t seem to notice. “and i think you could pass it off as clever effects if anythin’ got leaked. so just imagine bein’ dressed as sexy grim reaper-”

“it’s not sexy grim reaper, for fuck’s sake,” gabriel mumbles. “it’s tasteful and mature gothic halloween fashion.”

“the point IS if you start having smoke melt out your eyes-”

“wait, is it the boots? are heeled boots too much? christ, i’m not sure i can find flat boots in time-”

mccree elbows him. “the boots are fine, pops, i’m joking. now the smoke. think about it?”

gabriel stops thinking about how he’s going to obtain thigh high flat boots before the evening. “right. smoke. i dunno how long i can do that for, though.”

“you ain’t gotta do it for a long time,” mccree says, leaning back against the wall. “just occasionally when someone looks at you. and during the pictures.”

gabriel thinks about his dream. thinks about the deep-seated fear he’s had of himself since undergoing moira’s treatment and being able to dissolve. 

thinks about the potential look on jack’s face.

“you got a deal.” he flicks off mccree’s hat with a grin. “good idea, kid.”

--

the look on jack’s face - a mixture of fright and awe - is definitely worth it.

gabriel wins the informal costume contest, again, and donates half the winnings (a bottle of absurdly pink and sparkly gin) to mccree as thanks. reinhardt nearly passes out from fear. the rest of the party is simply good fun, and he feels a little more comfortable that the people around him don’t think him some kind of monster. outside of costume, anyway.

later, in bed, jack tipsily tells him he thinks smoky grim reaper in high heels is actually pretty hot. gabriel refuses to speak to him for a record two minutes, pillow over his face, while jack nearly cries laughing to himself.

“i’m not indulging your new cloud fetish,” gabriel says eventually, and jack wheezes into the quilt. “the rest of it i’d be happy to get to wear more often. they’ve been in my closet for years.”

“wait.” jack sits up. “in your closet? you didn’t just make that stuff?”

gabriel lifts the pillow off his face slightly. “nah, mccree asked me to make his and genji’s costumes. mine was just a well planned combination of clothes i actually own. i don’t wear ‘em much cause i don’t want the press to be weird about it.”

“oh my god,” jack groans, flopping back into the bed. “oh my god. you kept me up late like three days in a row making a ridiculous two-piece dragon cowboy costume for those two?”

“i take my work seriously, jack.”

“you skipped like four important meetings over the past month.” 

“saving the world is just a hobby,” gabriel grins. 

jack slaps the pillow back onto gabriel’s face. “you’re terrible. awful. evil. i hate you.”

“love you too, honey.”

[nyaheum]

My Eurovision 2019 Ranking

Info: I grouped some lower places together, simply because I really dislike some songs and have no strong opinion on some others. This is basically five groups of songs I didn’t like or don’t care about too much and then a top sixteen ranking.

41 to 34) Songs I really, really don’t like at all.

Germany [S!sters - Sister] - This song actually isn’t that bad. It’s alright. I’m just mad that it won the national contest, because we had two much better songs competing - or at least I thought they were much better. I also think it’s a bit weird that they call themselves ‘Sisters’ even though they’ve only known each other for a few months (if I remember correctly)

Czech Republic [Lake Malawi - Friend Of A Friend] - I’m sure there’s a lot of people who really like this song, because they usually like the music that’s on the radio and such. I really dislike this song. It annoys me so much. I also dislike his talking-part a lot...also the high pitched voice in the chorus? I just really dislike everything about this, honestly. (Especially considering I loved Mikolas’ song last year.) The video is kinda cool, but that doesn’t matter live.

Slovenia [Zala Kralj & Gasper Santl - Sebi] - This will sound weird, but the music video looks like those russian meme-y ones. Apart from that, there’s not enough happening here for me. It’s straight up boring. Usually, I’m into songs sung in the native language, but...I guess this song has a message, but I don’t get it because I don’t speak Slovene, and therefore I’m left with a pretty boring song where I can’t even concentrate on the lyrics.

Denmark [Leonora - Love Is Forever] - First of all: why is she partly singing in French? (Language of love, and she’s also saying some stuff in other languages, I know - but still). Second of all: the way she’s looking at the camera for the first thirty seconds is making me incredibly uncomfortable. Third of all: It’s a pretty boring love song. Meh. The only thing I like is the fact that she’s sitting there next to a guy AND a girl, but I might just be interpreting a bit too much into that.

Moldova [Anna Odobescu - Stay] - This is the kind of song I’d turn off the radio for. The music video also has this very weird slow motion thing going on which is very distracting and very ridiculous. It makes no sense too - I’m speaking about the guy who leaves his turned on car here. What’s up with him. Oh, and the song is a break-up song, oh no. Her vocals are pretty nice, although there’s some parts near the end where she sounds very weird and I really dislike that.

Lithuania [Jurij Veklenko - Run With The Lions] - On the one hand, the song it pretty interesting. In theory. On the other hand, I really don’t like his voice? It sounds pretty strained on the high parts. And, after the chorus is over for the first time, I feel like the song loses it’s appeal. The first time, the pitch changes are interesting, but the second time, they just seem a bit...meh. I also don’t want to run with lions, as they tend to be kinda dangerous, but thank you anyway, Jurij.

North Macedonia [Tamara Todevska - Proud] - Listen, the message of the song is definitely something good. Doesn’t change the fact that I dislike the song though. There’s not a lot happening and I feel compared to the ‘epicness’ of the music, her voice is a bit...uninteresting. Don’t get me wrong, she has a good, strong voice, but I feel like it doesn’t really fit with the instrumental. I like the music video, because there’s definitely a lot of different women shown, but I’m unsure how she wants to show this live on stage. (The wind blowing is also a bit much for me.).

Montenegro [D mol - Heaven] - Nothing Montenegro does will ever be as good as Slavko in 2017 - other than that, it’s a love song. Yay. It’s pretty boring. I don’t really hate it, which is why it’s right at the bottom of this category, but I also can’t get myself to like it. Usually, I really love string instruments in modern songs, but the cello in this...sounds off to me. (I’m no musician, so I wouldn’t know for sure, but I personally just dislike it here).

33 and 32) Songs I dislike, but not passionately.

San Marino [Serhat - Say Na Na Na] - I’m always here for San Marino doing weird shit, but this is weird in all the wrong ways. Serhat and his accent are creeping me out, honestly. I also feel like he’s twenty years older than any woman in this video. I also feel like this song had potential, but it just straight up vanished sometime during the creative process. The lyrics are weird too, but I don’t hate it. I can listen to it...once.

Norway [KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky] - Usually, this would be the kind of song I’d at least put in my Top 20, but there’s something about it I dislike. I can’t even pinpoint exactly what it is, I’m just not here for it.

31 to 26) Songs I don’t care about, in a negative way.

United Kingdom [Michael Rice - Bigger Than Us] - Oh, UK. Back with the generic songs I cannot like because I’m not a big fan of generic songs. It’s alright - his voice is nice, even though it feels like it’s lacking a bit during the chorus? It just sounds like the Instrumental is overpowering him a bit live. At this point, I have also seen the “#ScotlandIsNow”-Ad ten times and am fed up with the UK.

Serbia [Nevena Bozovic - Kruna] - It’s a ballad. Yay. Ballads are boring, I feel like everyone who isn’t the Jury can agree on that. She has a nice voice, which is why I don’t really mind the song - but I wouldn’t add it to my Spotify-Playlist.

Estonia [Victor Crone - Storm] - It’s a guy with medium length hair and a guitar! Hide your sons and daugthers! But in all seriousness, I don’t care about this song either. It’s something I’d hear in the radio and wouldn’t skip, but I would think “Yeah, I wouldn’t mind it to be over now, thanks.”. 

Latvia [Carousel - That Night] - She sounds like a german actress whose name I can’t remember right now, that’s all I can think about. Well, apart from the fact that the songs feels pretty generic. To be honest, it sounds a bit like Eurovision 2014 (except for France, Armenia, Iceland (y’all, Pollapönk was so good) and Poland). Yeah.

Sweden [John Kundvik - Too Late For Love] - I like the Gospel-thing he has going on, but I don’t like the song itself. I’m just not a fan of songs where the pre-chorus is slower than the rest of the song when they immediately continue singing in the chorus? It’s weird to describe, but a lot of songs do this and I basically dislike all of them.

Croatia [Roko - The Dream] - I actually don’t like this song at all. But I love his goddamn wings, so I tolerate it. I’m a huge supporter of weird Eurovision and this is definitely what I needed this year. We always need someone in a weird costume. (Like vampire-opera-man from Romania in 2013.)

25 to 21) Songs I don’t care about, period.

Finland [Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman - Look Away] - I’m all here for the meme, but nothing more. The stage performance looks really cool, but I couldn’t care less about the song. There’s not much happening, and the drop is...lacking, at best.

Belgium [Eliot - Wake Up] - Catch me scroll through my phone during the whole duration of this song. It’s a good background noise, but I don’t particularly like it. I’m also still bitter Belgium didn’t win in 2015; they haven’t made it up to me yet when it comes to songs, and this one definitely doesn’t help either.

Austria [PAENDA - Limits] - There’s literally only one things I can say about this whole song: meh. (No, really, I have no feelings towards this song.)

Netherlands [Duncan Laurence - Arcade] - I like the floating-naked-underwater-aesthetic, but I don’t think he can do this live on stage... Song wise, I don’t really care - it’s somewhat nice - I like the start of the chorus, the short ‘boom’-moment, but that’s pretty much it.

Israel [Kobi Marimi - Home] - Okay, I’ll admit it’s hard to follow chicken dances and an absolute party on stage. But I don’t think a very slow song is the right choice. I definitely like his voice and he reminds me of someone so much, but I can’t think of the name. Generally, it’s pretty nice, but I wouldn’t vote for it.

20 to 17) Songs that are alright, but nothing more.

Belarus [ZENA - Like It] - It’s modern with a very very slight traditional touch, which I like, but the song doesn’t really go further for me. I feel like it should qualify for the final, but shouldn’t place high. At least it’s something modern...

Poland [Tulia - Fire of Love (Pali sie)] - It’s a bit weird, but I like it, I guess. I’m not sure if I like it, to be honest. I need to hear this one live. Depending on the live performance, this one could go up a few places or down a lot. It’s borderline annoying me, so it’s pretty hard actually judging this. I like the general sound of the song though. (There’s something about this music video that makes me feel a bit uncomfortable, but I don’t know what it is. Might just me being me.)

Georgia [Oto Nemsadze - Sul tsin iare] - He looks so grim, oh my god. I really like his voice, which is why he’s in this category, because I don’t really like the song all that much. It’s alright, definitely, and it might warm up to me - this type of song usually does - but currently I’m undecided.

Ireland [Sarah McTernan - 22] - It’s definitely alright. I mean, it’s still a love song, but most songs are, and at least this one has some things happening. The chorus is pretty catchy, although I was waiting for a bit more after the build-up.

16) Romania [Ester Peony - On A Sunday] - That music video is so confusing - when I first saw snippets from it, I thought it was a stage performance. The song itself is confusing me too - it’s weird, so I like it (like most songs from Romania, tbh) but it’s nearly a bit too much for me? I need to see this live, but so far, I’m optimistic about this one. 

15) Greece [Katerine Duska - Better Love] - I’m so here for the aesthetic. I really like her voice, it has this slight twang to it that I really like. I like that it’s very obvious outside of the chorus, but absent during the chorus. It gives the song in itself a nice contrast. Generally, it’s not exciting enough for my Top 10, but I definitely like it.

14) Albania [Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju tokes] - She’s singing in her native language, which is always a big plus for me. The song is a bit creepy and it has something I always call “ancient”, because I can’t describe it better. It sounds like they might’ve sung it a while back, only with a modern twist. Which means I automatically like it. (It’s also giving me strong 1944 (the song) vibes, just putting this out there.)

13) Azerbaijan [Chingiz - Truth] - And here we have our second guy floating through the water. I’m noticing a theme here. Both video and song are really weird for me here, and I cannot quite place why I like this, but I do. I’m pretty sure this will drop a bit once I hear it live though - I feel like it will be hard to not be overpowered by the music with the high voice he’s singing in during the chorus. He might surprise me though, so I’m placing the song here.

12) Hungary [Joci Pápai - Az én apám] - I was really happy when I heard he’d return, and although I actually prefer his first Eurovision song to this one, this is by no means bad. It’s actually pretty good, I definitely enjoy it. Bonus points for native language yet again; also, his voice is amazing, but I knew that already. I really like the whistling part in this.

11) Cyprus [Tamta - Replay] - Cyprus realized that they did something right last year and are sending another fun party song. I liked Fuego more than this one, although they sound pretty similar. The beat in this is pretty great though. (I feel like the thing I really liked about Fuego was Eleni’s hair, a department in which Tamta can’t compete, but...oh well. She looks so good for 38 btw.) 

TOP 10

10) Spain [Miki - La Venda] - Another fun song! You might notice I prefer these over the ballads a lot. This song really feels like summer - it basically sounds like Spain. I really like this for no deep reason - it’s just fun to listen to. Spain also deserves some love in Eurovision.

9) Switzerland [Luca Hänni - She Got Me] - Okay, so, as a German, I know who Luca Hänni is. He’s the only singer I’ve heard something about before the competition. And I wasn’t expecting anything. But hey, our boy grew up, didn’t he? I like this song quite a bit, for some reason. I feel like it’s been on the radio over here before and I’ve been conditioned to like it, but I can live with that. I also like his suit. I want it. (I’m also a sucker for dance sequences, so if they put that into the live performance, I might even move this up a bit. I’m sold.).

8) Portugal [Conan Osiris - Telemóveis] - Portugal thought: "Okay, we had a very heartfelt, serious song with minimal stage performance. We don’t want that anymore.” So they glued some spoons on a guys face, put him and his platonic male friend into feather suits and made them dance. As I said, I’m fully here for weird Eurovision, and I love traditional-ish songs, so I’m very into this. I actually really like the song, all jokes aside. This might actually be one of my Top Three stage performances. I just hope they qualify so I can see them in all their glory in the final. (Them and all their silverware.)

7) Australia [Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity] - I have complicated feelings towards this song. It’s very clearly inspired by Estonias song last year - only that they made it more modern. I actually really enjoy the first two minutes of the song. If it was just that, I would’ve been inclined to put it in my Top Three. But then there’s the last minute. It’s way too many different voices and different music at once. I feel like it doesn’t quite fit. I’m still hoping they’ll fix that part for the semi-finals, because I really can’t stand it. 

6) Armenia [Srbuk - Walking Out] - This song is the kind of music I usually listen to in my free time, so I obviously like it. I’m also really into the aesthetic. I just feel like the chorus could’ve used a bit more drama. Especially a different “drop” - they already did the pause before it, they might as well commit to it fully. Otherwise, I really like this. (And damn, those trumpets(?) were made for me.)

5) Malta [Michela - Chameleon] - I really have a soft spot for Malta. I’m just really glad to have a real party song among ballads and sad songs. I might be influenced by the music video here because I really like lyrics on screen by default, but we’ll see how this song sounds live. Depending on that, it might move down. (I feel like this will either do really well or really bad though.)

4) Russia  [Sergey Lazarev - Scream] - Okay, I loved his song back in 2016, so I am, again, biased, but I like it. It’s not quite as catchy as some of his other songs, but his voice sounds really good in this. I also really hope they will incorporate the imagery from the music video into the live performance, because it’s really nice.

3)  France [Bilal Hassani - Roi] - At first, I didn’t like this song at all, but it really warmed up to me. He has a nice voice - I only hope he can fully show it live, because I already felt that the music video version sounded a lot better than the live version I saw. But the chorus of this song is stuck in my head. I also love the mixture of English and French - especially because it’s full sentences in both languages, and not only single words. (I can’t stand that.). I’m probably biased here because I speak French, so I understand everything (as opposed to the Slovene song for example) but...damn, I really like this song. (It took me really long to realize that his hair was a wig, by the way. I just thought he naturally had Jeffree Star hair.)  

2) Iceland [Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra] - I can’t really explain myself here. This song is absolute madness and I’d be surprised if it survived through the semi-final. But they might surprise us and do what Lordi did before them. Honestly, it’s really refreshing Eurovision-wise and I’m so here for the Icelandic-metal-screaming. And yes, it’s another aesthetic-thing here. I just can’t help myself. (I’m also hearing “Aufstehen” in the end and I’m just wondering if that means “Stand up” in Icelandic...)

1) Italy [Mahmood - Soldi] - Honestly, Mahmood has no contest for me. This song is everything I ever wanted and more. It’s way too good for Eurovision, if that makes sense. There’s just nothing that bothers me about this song. The chorus sounds so incredibly good and the live vocals I heard from him sound so stable? I really hope they won’t do Italy dirty like they did with Occidentali’s Karma. This song is just way too good to go to waste on lower places. Did I mention I absolutely love this song? Oh, and native language bonus, of course! As if I could love this song any more.

[lightsandlostbells]

Druck season 2, episode 8 reaction

Things go to hell pretty quickly, except Björn, who doesn’t go to hell fast enough.

Episode 8

Clip 1 - Happy ending for now

Mia and Alexander head into school together. Their little sideways smiles at each other warm my cold heart, I’ll admit. She hands him his keys so she drove his car. There was a windshield wiper situation, heh. Really I just love how they’re looking at each other, like they’re deeply pleased to be with each other. I know that seems obvious, but for some reason a lot of fictional couples spend so much time having drama that they don’t seem to actually enjoy each other’s company. Something I like about Mia and Alex is that I do think that they enjoy just hanging out and talking to each other about whatever. It’s not just about attraction, I do feel like there’s some inherent compatibility there.

Mia is rocking that red lipstick, by the way. It seems particularly bold today, reflecting her mood, I guess.

Mia and Alex hold hands when they get inside and people stare, I assume because Alexander Hardenberg is holding hands with a girl. He’s dating someone? Not just banging her??? And it’s Alexander Hardenberg of the Hotel Hardenberg fortune, you know, he’s a big deal at this school.

Also, they’re basically announcing themselves as a power couple, lmao. Let me put it this way, if fandom hadn’t come up with Winterberg as a ship name, the students themselves would have, because that couple is a big deal.

LMAO, Druck gets in its own version of the “I’m so hungover from the weekend”/”It’s Wednesday” exchange from Skam when Kiki says she’s still hungover from the Tangore party and Mia says that was two days ago. I fucking love that they managed to work in that iconic line somewhere without totally copying the scene. (Again, I have to ask: what was Julie’s inspiration for that moment? Did those girls win a walk-on contest?)

Mia and Alexander are going to the movies on Thursday, Valentine’s Day. You know, they’ve actually established movies as a thing that both of them enjoy, a common interest? I know liking movies is not exactly an obscure trait, but we’ve seen Mia and Alexander have a movie night where they both discuss movies briefly, and a day where they watch a film in bed together, and now they plan to go to the movies on Thursday. Mia has a pic of an outdoor movie screen on IG. I forgot if there were anything else, but it’s a small detail that makes it feel more like a real relationship.

We get a Kiki/Carlos conversation as they walk away, so super POV break, although not unusual for Druck. Kiki asks Carlos what they’re doing for Valentine’s Day and he says that’s just something the Americans invented, like Halloween. Carlos, I’m not gonna stand for lumping Halloween and Valentine’s Day together like one isn’t an extremely fun day where as a kid you wear a costume and get a lot of free candy and the other isn’t an extremely bleak day where as an adult you wear sweatpants and eat a whole bag of candy you bought yourself while you try not to think about your love life or lack thereof.

Kiki says she likes Halloween, however, and Carlos pretends to be a zombie and attacks her. It is extremely cute. I’m glad the German Magnus/Vilde equivalent proved to be so delightful, I wouldn’t even mind seeing these two being gross at each other. (I mean. Don’t push it.)

Mia hugs Hanna happily, and Hanna says, “Happy Ending?” which in a fictional context with three episodes to go might as well be putting a curse on Mia. She also knows that Mia and Alex are going to the movies on Valentine’s Day. Already? Alex just said that downstairs? Mia says Kiki is unbelievable. So Kiki just texted that to the girls right then and there, in the middle of a zombie attack no less. That is a special skill 

There’s some very cute girl squad interaction, Sam filmed Mia and Alex holding hands, all the girls are so happy that Mia is happy, everybody’s cool with each other, no more drama, yay!

Except some drama, because Mia asks Hanna about Jonas, Hanna is stressed because Jonas is all freaked out because boy Sam flirted with her. I love Jonas but he needs to chill. Poor Hanna has other things to worry about, and you’re not dating anymore so she can flirt with anyone she wants. 

Clip 2 - Violence is not the answer but hit him harder

Alex twirls Mia adorably. I’ve said this before but they’re a really enjoyable couple on just a clip-by-clip basis, watching them interact. A scene of them doing mundane tasks like grocery shopping or doing laundry together would probably be entertaining. Assuming Alexander does not pay someone to deliver his groceries or do his laundry.

He’s taking her to an indoor skate park. He did have that skateboard in his apartment! They managed to work in a skater despite German Jonas being more of a musician.

Alex says he goes here to blow off steam. Mia asks if he means from school, and I do not think he actually means from school, probably all his family and personal drama. He clearly knows some guy there and is friendly with him. It’s great that we see Alexander have like … actual interests and hobbies considering that was one of my gripes about William, I had no idea what he did in his free time.

Lol, watching someone else skate is not the most exciting date, like what a typical sidelined-girlfriend activity. I mean, I do think in a relationship you want to learn about your partner’s hobbies and it’s probably really exciting for Mia getting this insight into Alexander, fun to just watch him when they’re in the glow of their new relationship. But on Skam and the remakes we had the Evas watching their Jonases skate, basically them being passive, the Jonases being active. Though I feel like that was part of the point about that relationship, with Jonas having more of an identity and Eva just being a tag-along, and the context is pretty different here with Mia and Alexander. But damn, what’s with all these dudes bringing their girlfriends to dates where the girls are just spectators to the guys’ fun? Where are all the girls and their skateboards? Or where are all the guys watching their girlfriends play sports? It’s not really a criticism of the show, just an observation. We know Mia is driving Alexander’s car so I’m going to headcanon that she also borrows his skateboard. 

Lol, Mia even sees the women on the sidelines and is like, are you the players wives and girlfriends? There’s a whole group of women just hanging out and watching their guys do stuff! But they seem nice and offer her a drink.

So I actually missed the first time around that there’s a text message where they plan this outing. It’s Mia who asks about watching him skateboard. She also asks if she can try and he teases her by saying it’s just for boys. Lol, I love that it played out like that and that it’s her idea. I’m sure in the future once their relationship heals, Mia will get her own chance with the skateboard. 

We see Alexander skateboarding and being dorky, Mia smiling as she watches him. It’s all fun and games until Björn shows up. The upbeat 50 Cent song fades out and there’s a brief moment where there’s like a tense sound effect as Mia waves to him. It’s gone when Alexander skates over, so it’s like it’s establishing specifically this ominous connection between Björn and Mia, which we know turns into something awful later.

Alexander is pissed and wants to know how Mia knows Björn, and she explains that he was in the flat when she stayed over at Alex’s place. Alexander is being somewhat alarming with his demanding answers from Mia, although his anger obviously is not targeted at her and is motivated by this scumbag not only being in his presence, but having some sort of acquaintance with another person he cares about. After losing Sophie, the thought of losing Mia because of Björn is terrifying. Like I get why Alexander freaks out, knowing that Björn was in his flat, and not only that, but when Mia was alone there and didn’t have a clue who this guy really is and that he’s dangerous.

Alexander walks over and hits Björn with a skateboard twice, so Björn is crumpled on the ground gasping for breath. We get that ringing in the ears sound which is both Björn dealing with getting whacked and Mia having a harsh reality crash into her beautiful love story. People pull Alex away and someone says to call an ambulance, Alexander runs off. He shoots Mia some glances before running, so I’m wondering if he realizes he fucked up, or is just concerned about her well-being, or scared what she thinks of him now, all the thoughts running through his head.

I mean, … violence is not the answer and I do think Alexander should face consequences for that action because that’s just how it works. BUT it’s hard for me to be appalled at this knowing what Björn did to Sophie and later did to Mia. He’s an abuser. Even when this clip first aired and we didn’t have the full story of Björn’s history, I was like, well, if Björn raped/assaulted/did something bad to Alex’s sister, and she’s dead because of it, then I have a hard time judging him for this. 

But I also don’t care for William smashing the bottle over that guy’s head, which is essentially the equivalent scene. Is that hypocritical? I’d argue that they’re two different circumstances, and that William didn’t need to do what he did. I think a big difference is that the situation with the Yakuza boys might have been able to be prevented before it got out of hand just by going to the police, which William dismissed at the time as naive. Alexander didn’t need to attack Björn either, but Björn probably wasn’t ever going to face justice for abusing Sophie and influencing her death. Again, not that it’s justified, but I can admit that on a gut level I get it more.

And honestly, looking at the whole season, a lot of it has to do with the respective degrees of investment in this situation by Mia and Noora. The Yakuza plot seems very impersonal because Noora doesn’t have a solid connection to it herself; the whole time she’s a bystander. She watches Chris get out of the car with a black eye, she sees Isak get into Chris’ car, she observes the fight. Sure, Chris and Jonas get beat up and William might face punishment, but she feels so outside what happened. Mia, on the other hand, gets very personally involved in the Björn drama. Björn preys on her, and even aside from that, Mia is more up close and personal with the effects of Björn’s behavior on Alex such as the panic attack. Ultimately it just feels like the Yakuza dudes are a nebulous menace with nebulous motives, I don’t even know the name of the dude who got a bottle smashed on his head, and that makes less aligned with William and more skeptical of his motives in attacking that guy, but I do have a clear idea of who Björn is, why he’s a bad guy, and what he did to Alexander and his family, and later Mia, and so I just find this more engaging and Alexander more sympathetic, even if I get that these are both inappropriate actions.

Intellectually I’m like: violence is bad, vigilante justice is bad, don’t do that, Alexander needs to learn to control his anger. Emotionally I’m all: kick his ass.

Clip 3 - Someone needs to adopt Michi

Mia comes home and flops on her bed. She’s been texting Alex and trying to get in touch with him to no avail. Alex, dude, that is a bad move. Even if you need to cool off and clear his head, you’re leaving your girlfriend in the dark over an extremely shocking, possibly traumatizing moment. Plus, you know, leaving her open to sympathizing and possibly being manipulated by Björn, the guy who ruined your life and Sophie’s.

Linm comes in and offers her soup in Chinese. Michi comes in because he heard someone offering food. Relatable as fuck, my boomerang friend.

Actually he came in because he said Hans went to get pizza but Michi doesn’t know if he’s coming back. DUDE, Hans, did you really go out for pizza but not see if your boy wanted any? You ditched him?

Also, this seems like a parallel to Mia and Alex, which I thought might happen. Hans ditched Michi like Alex ditched Mia. Michi asks if Alex cheated on Mia, with what seems like a casual tone, like it’s expected, which is depressing if you think he’s used to that in his relationship. Mia asks him to leave, lmao. 

Mia tells what happened at the skate park to Linn. Linn asks what happened to Björn. You can see Mia get an idea. Oh no, don’t talk to Björn before Alex gives you the story! We know where this is going!!

Clip 4 - Fuck Valentine’s Day

It’s Valentine’s Day. Mia walks through the rain as we hear her leaving Alex a message about being worried about him. The music has some apropos lyrics: “And if you dream you fix me / And if you stay you hurt”

Mia waits outside of the movie theater, like they planned. They’re showing Casablanca. I’m trying to think up some symbolic reason why it might be that movie, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen Casablanca. Errr, it doesn’t have a happily ever after for the couple? 

The marquee says “Valentine’s Day Surprise” which is not inaccurate, lol, it’s just a fucking shitty surprise for Mia. She waits for him. Another happy couple shows up and rubs their romance in her face. Always a great feeling on V-Day! A dude in an Alex-typical coat and hoodie strolls up just to rub his Alexness in her face. She’s being hit with reminders of her fraught love situation like pies to the face.

Mia gets a call, not from Alex, from Hanna, saying she got a message from Jonas telling her that if she went to Sam’s gig, that’s it for him. WTF, Jonas? “It” as in him and Hanna? Stop being a drama king. You guys broke up. IDK if there’s a clarification in German, but could he also be like his well-being/stability is over if Hanna goes to the gig? Because that’s even more extreme. No matter what, it’s manipulative. He’s putting something about his quality of life on Hanna, like what is she supposed to do? Not go because it will make Jonas upset?

Mia is getting emotional about being stood up on Valentine’s Day and seeing happy couples show up to the theater isn’t helping. She throws away her card and the movie tickets and leaves.

Bad move, Alex. You could have at least sent her a text. Even if you didn’t want to explain, just say you can’t make it to the movie so she doesn’t wait outside in the rain on Valentine’s Day. 

Clip 5 - Happy ending my ass

Mia goes to see Björn, who’s in the hospital. She got the info from a girl at the skate park. The lighting in this room is very warm and bright and I wonder if that’s intentional, to create a sense of security and trustworthiness and to influence us into thinking this guy doesn’t seem so bad. It just struck me immediately when you compare it to Mia outside, or previous clips of her waiting for Alex at the theater. 

Mia wants some answers. Björn says he was dating Sophie, who lived in Bali, and when Mia asks if she came back, Björn is like … she died. Shit, so she is dead. I thought they might make her alive but dealing with serious consequences of being with Björn. I will say I am surprised Mia didn’t find any news of Sophie’s death during her Google stalking, or from people gossiping, but I can also buy that the family tried to keep it quiet, especially because of her manner of death. He says that Alexander told her something totally different, and the way he says it, he’s presenting it like, of course Alexander has lied to her, not surprising, like he knows Alexander is the untrustworthy one. We hear that same ringing sound that happened when Alex was attacking Björn, because again, it’s Mia’s world getting rocked, it’s the happy ending being overturned, she’s learning upsetting things about Alexander.

Mia is upset and Björn comes off all comforting, saying it’s not her fault, the whole family is broken. He tells her about the dysfunctional family dynamic and describes Alex’s charming act. Obviously this applies more to Björn rather than Alexander, down to Sophie falling for the act, but it’s unclear how much Björn knows he’s fucked up or whether he’s just projecting like an IMAX. Or you know, lying. 

Björn says Sophie committed suicide and that she always suffered from depression but it didn’t fit in with the image her family wanted. Björn and Sophie planned to go to Bali and travel after graduation, but the family didn’t like Björn and constantly tried to get her to come back. I bet Mia is reacting to this strongly because of her relationship with her own family. She also has parents who try to get her to fit into their own image and come back to them when she’s living independently, parents who don’t seem to really get her. It seems like they were most concerned about Mia being away from them because of how people talked about it, not necessarily because they missed her.

You can see why Mia believes him, because this dude isn’t like, radiating an evil aura. He’s very convincing in his manipulation. He seems sincere about caring for Sophie and very broken up about what happened to her. And Alex did lie to Mia about Sophie, and he had a sudden incident of violence, and Björn happens to be hitting close to home when he describes Sophie’s relationship with her family. I get that we know as a viewer that Björn is bad news, but Mia? Mia doesn’t have the benefit of knowing she’s on a TV show and that this storyline played out with a Norwegian girl already. 

As Mia leaves, Björn tells her to stay away from Alex, he’s dangerous. And Mia has reason to think this is correct. I mean, she went to meet Björn at a hospital, because Alexander put him there.

When Mia steps outside, she finally gets a text from Alex saying he was at his parents’ place to clear his head and he wants to meet. LMAO, dude, it’s not like you went to a spa to take a break from studying for exams, you ran off and ghosted your girlfriend for days after beating up a guy in front of her. You need to offer a way bigger apology than that. Especially because you want to meet with her? Do you think she necessarily wants to meet up with a guy who’s physically violent?

I like Mia’s face as she walks away. She’s not crying or anything, but she just gives off this sense of being torn and turning over what she just heard in her head. She puts in her earbuds and even though she’s not literally muffling Alexander’s voice like in that previous clip where he meets her in front of her place, in a way it feels like it’s a sign of her blocking him out. She doesn’t wait for his response after she tells him she met Björn, that’s all she needs to say and she’s done.

Social Media/General Comments:

As I mentioned above, Mia and Alexander planned the skateboard date. I wonder what fun activity Alexander will observe of Mia’s? He’s already seen her piano-playing, the true reveal will be when he walks in on her ironing to classical music. Now that tells you a lot about a person.

Mia tried to get answers from boy Sam about Alex’s whereabouts and what the hell happened, but Sam does not tell her anything except to find out from Alex himself. I can respect that, honestly. It might be frustrating for Mia, but Sam isn’t giving away his best friend’s sad backstory without his permission. 

Both of Mia’s parents contact her this week:

Her dad makes small talk and then asks if she knows where her mom went, never a good sign. That makes it seem like the mom walked out on him.

Her mom wants to come to Berlin and hang out with Mia. She complains about Mia’s dad getting on her nerves and how they’re so different and she doesn’t know why she got with him. You know, all stuff that you should maaaaybe not dump on your teenage daughter about her father. Tell that shit to a friend. Also, there’s something childish about it, not just the complaining, but that she wants to hang with Mia as a way to escape Mia’s father, not necessarily because she wants to see her daughter.

Druck conveniently did not have to provide any footage from boy Sam’s secret concert by having the invitation state NO PHOTOS - NO INSTA. Saved them the time and expense of staging a performance just for the SM content.

Jonas was bitter about the concert but what else is new. Stupid sexy Sam and his stupid sexy music, being in proximity to Hanna.

Hanna went ahead and posted a picture of her and boy Sam at the concert despite Jonas warning her that it’d be over if she went, which is a power move if there ever was one. I love Jonas but fuck if Hanna needs to listen to his dramatic ass. 

So Mia had a crappy V-Day where Alex ditched her, Hanna had Jonas drama weighing on her, Amira and Sam seemed unimpressed by Valentine’s Day, judging by IG posts that suggest so. In fact, I think the only couple who had a happy Valentine’s Day, whatever they did, was probably Kiki and Carlos. 

I’m not German so please feel free to correct me on stuff like cultural context and translation issues.

If you got this far, thank you for reading!

[potterblondie]

Magic Meeting

So I went to a Harry Potter convention here in Argentina, and it was really great. So I thought i would make a little review about it.

The Magic Meeting Argentina its held in a very old Hogwarts-like school in Buenos Aires, called San Jose, its been open since 1858. (You can look up pictures online if you are interested, the school is absolutely insane, and when its decorated like Hogwarts its even better)

At the Magic Meeting you can attend different lessons (DADA, Herbology, Potions, etc), you get to choose your house (you earn points in lessons, competions, games,etc), and at the end of the second day, the winning house gets to participate in a raffle to win Harry Potter merch.

Its the second time I went to the Magic Meeting, and as far as i can tell, every year they have the same system. You choose a house (each one have prefects who are part of the staff and help you along), each common room gets decorated by the house members (they create groups on facebook as far as I know), people participate with their house in mind to win different games and trivias, there are small shows at the stage and the host keeps people entertained. At the end of the first day the staff chooses their favorite common room, and the best one gets a bunch of points for their house. At the end of the second day prefects and professors get awarded, the 3 best professors get the order of merlin, and two prefects get to be Head Boy and Head Girl.Then the winner for the house cup gets announced (there is a counter next to the stage wich tells you how many points each one has) and the member of the winning house get to participate in a raffle to win Harry Potter merch.

Lets start with day 1, shall we?:

So the theme for this year was the 20 years since the release of the philosopher stone, and the 10 years since the release of the Deathly Hallows.

The first day was all philosopher stone themed,the trivias were from the books 1-4 and there was a small show at the begging where the host (who looks like Drell from Sabrina the teenage witch) used a time turner to get us all to 1991. He made a joke about not telling any Harrys about the future (which we all laughed about).

On the stage there were two shows that day:

One was a Dancing with the stars parody (or in the argentinian version, Bailando por un sueño, Dancing for a dream) where the Triwizard Tournament champions danced and got judged by Karkaroff, Madam Maxine and Gilderoy Lockhart. Favorite moments: In the Argentinian version (I dont know about the other ones) each star dances for an organization they want to help, one of them was to help the Weasleys. The points that Fleur got from Karkaroff was his phone number.

The other one was a Weird Sisters concert (with hits such as “Do the Hippogriff”)

The cosplays were quite good, As always there were a ton of Hermiones (more children than anything else), one of them had the Yule Ball outfit. Te most original one was a Fawkes costume (that worked great with the Golden Snidget costume that the host had) and a Minerva McGonagall half cat costume.

In the outdoor area they played quidditch all day (which again worden great for the Golden Snidget costume, as the seekers started chasing him around)

Weird parts from day one:

At one point the Gryffindors House points reached -40 for some reason (The host proceed to make fun of us, mostly because he is a Slytherin)

Day 2:

On day two we celebrated the 10 years since the release fof the Deathly Hallows.

This was the best day on my opinion thanks to the awesome shows they had on stage.

For the opening show the host announced that Dumbledore was trying to peacefully trying to solve the difference between the Order and the Death Eaters, so Dumbledore proceed to hold a contest between them.

Representing the death eaters : Voldemort, Bellatrix, Lucius Malfoy and a random death eater with a mask

Representing the Order: Harry, Hermione, Ron and Tonks.

They had a blow up the balloon and pop them between their bodies contest, a rock, paper, scissors contest (apropiately named, wand, stone and cloak), a miming contest and a dancing contest. The contestans bad mouthed each other and joked around during the game. It ended in the dancing contest (where jokingly Harry and Hermione copied the dancing scene from the movie while Ron threatened Harry). During the Harry vs Voldemort stage of the dancing contest (Both of them danced the Macarena) Voldemort killed Harry leading to a small video of Harry encountering Dumbledore and then resurecting. After he resurected they all proceed to dance, and hex each other at the same time, it all ended with Harry, Ron and Hermione standing like they did after the final battle in the movie.

The photo was in the middle of the contest, you cant see very well in the screen behind them, but the show is “sponsored” by “stupefy” (spotify) and “McGonagall” (McDonalds)

(For some reason Ron’s hair glowed under the black light)

As they all prepared for another short anouncement, the host proceed to entertain us by showing us different Prophet headlines. Because Slytherin was 1000 points behind everyone in the scoreboard (even though they had a lot of people) a special headline saying that Slytherin had finally won after taking out all the competion (The Magic Meeting has been a thing since 2011, not once has Slytherin won the house cup). There was another headline saying “19 years since the Dark Lord winning!” the explanation was that someone had told Harry what was going to happen, he got confused, and ended up fucking shit up. The last headline was “Cursed Child still sucks” (after the cheering stopped, the host asked if anyone liked it, a few raised their hand)

Then in the stage both the order and the death eaters asked everyone (in avery dramatic and cool way) to join them. (you could either join the order or the death eaters, they put a stamp on your hand and you could participate in a “Hunt the horcruxes” game.)

A few hours after that, a live band played the soundtrack from the movies (quite beautifully I must say)

Then another band called “Los tumberos de Azkaban” (I dont know how to translate this honestly, but they were basically playing the stereotype of the prision ex-con, disrepectful, still a criminal, etc) they played cumbia, with all the lyrics changed to Harry Potter stuff. They also did a parody of “despacito” which was quite hilarious. They were great, we all laughed and had good time.

The cosplays were also very good, we had quite a lot of couples in cosplay, Quini and Jacob and Tonks and Remus, for example. (Still isnt better than one of last years couples who went as Harry and Ginny, dressed in their Quidditch outfits, and kissed on stage). There was also a big cosplay group that went as the epilogue scene (During which James Sirius accidentally dropped his owl and trunk). The host this time dressed as Bellatrix (because he has the same hair as her), and him and Delphi shared quite a moment when she went up on the stage.

At the end of the day Ravenclaw won by just a bit of difference. 

End note: Im still annoyed because the Host asked how many people liked James Potter, and I raised my hand with a couple of other people. I still want to give a long ass speech about my love for James Potter and my hate towards someone I wont name.

End note number 2: If you want to see any photos, look at the #magicmeeting hashtag on twitter or look for CHPArgentina also in twitter.

[mommyofmanyhats]

Top 16 Funny Mens Halloween Costumes

Halloween is right around the corner and it is the perfect opportunity to start looking for Halloween costumes. If you want to go with something a little different, think about wearing a funny costume. These become a lot of fun when you go to events or just want to wear the costume to work. Here are this mom’s top 16 funny mens Halloween costumes for this year.

Hilarious and Family Friendly Mens Halloween Costumes

Dad jokes and embarrassing your kids are the perfect addition to these family friendly Halloween costumes for the man in your life. Here are a few of this mom’s favorite funny costumes sure to be a hit this year.

Ace Ventura Pet Detective Costume

Crack the case with this Ace Ventura Halloween costume. It includes his button down shirt seen in the movie, along with a pair of striped shorts. Of course, the pink tutu is included! You just can NOT reenact your favorite Jim Carrey scenes without his pink tutu! Finally, the wig fits easily on your head with an elastic band and features the Ace iconic hairstyle. You will have no problem tracking the clues and getting to the bottom of things while wearing the ensemble.

Captain Obvious Costume

You can be the one at the helm, stating the obvious announcements at your next costumed affair as Captain Obvious. This red jacket with official-looking cording and medals will give you the authority to state with confidence that someone is dressed as a cat or another person has fallen down when they trip on the door jamb, because who knows when the so-called obvious facts just might save the day!

Reno 911 Costume

How great are your legs? This Reno 911 costume is super fun and funny Halloween costume! You can wear the shorty shorts that Lt. Dangle wears in the popular television show. This brown costume includes the shirt and shorts from his police uniform, along with a belt and police badge. Complete the costume with other accessories for the police uniform costume, including wigs and sunglasses.

Lost Dog Funny Costume

This is a hilarious Lost Dog Halloween costume that is all in good fun. This oversized costume is made to look like a woman who is looking for her puppy, when it is actually stuck to her rear end. The costume is one size, so that it fits most teenagers and adults.  The dress is pink polka dots so you will be sure to stand out. It even includes the wooden sign.

Monkeyin’ Around Costume

This fun monkey costume has the appearance of a person with a monkey riding on their shoulders. It is an adult size costume in just one size, so it should fit most adults. The costume is one piece, and pulls on covering your body from neck to feet. All you need to do is put on some shoes and decide how to do your hair and makeup. The bodysuit is in multiple colors and has a cute monkey on the back as if it is riding on your shoulders.

Whoopie Cushion Costume

Pranks these days… all elaborate in their conception, secretly filmed no doubt, and then uploaded to Youtube… you kids with your cameras, your technology! *shakes fist* Back in our day we didn’t have any of that, and we still managed to make ourselves laugh at the expense of others. Just look at our old whoopie cushion. Put it under an unsuspecting person’s couch cushion, then when they sit down you got that hilarious toot noise! Look at the diagram on the front; someone probably drew that in 1952, and we still laugh about it to this day today. The whoopie cushion will never go out of style, and this costume proves that fact.

Lunch Lady Costume

When I hear Lunch Lady I immediately think of Adam Sandler’s song, oh wait maybe I’m dating myself here.  Grab this iconic Lunch Lady Halloween costume and you can start making those sloppy joes extra sloppy for all your friends. Not only do you get the dress and food-stained apron along with the goofy wig, but you will also get a little extra junk to add to your trunk. The padded butt cheeks are truly the cherry on top of this hysterical costume. Get your hands on some cookware filled with party favors to complete this fun new look.

Upside Down Costume

The costume creates the optical illusion that we’re standing on our hands even though—spoiler alert— we’re not! The upside down costume consists of a unisex romper to create the appearance your hands are actually your feet. Stuffed shoes are at the end of legs that you can stuff w/ newsprint or tissue. The stuffed head hangs between your legs to play a fun Halloween trick on anyone who catches a glimpse of you. A mesh inset at the top of the costume ensures you’ll be able to see where you’re going.

Price Is Right Contestant

Come On Down!

Whether your gameshow dreams lie with the Plinko, Punch a Bunch or Hole In One, there’s only one place to start and it’s behind a microphone and a number board.

All This Can Be Yours

This costume is great for a game show party, showing up to the actual game show to really blow Drew out of the water, and Halloween parties. You’ll get the number board, the microphone, and the name tag so Drew will know who to call a winner.

Funny Inflatable Halloween Costumes for Men

Inflatable has been all the rage the last 2 years in Halloween costumes, and it all started with that T-Rex costume and memes. Everywhere you looked was people waddling around with those short arms and wagging tail. Start a new trend this year with these great inflatable mens Halloween costumes ideas.

Inflatable Sumo Wrestler Pick Me Up

When you go to a sumo match, start munching on popcorn and wearing a foam #1 glove, you should know you have gone too far. You weren’t really in trouble until you got to the ropes and started giving the wrestlers tips.

You’ll look like you’re being carried by an angry Sumo wrestler when you inflate this hilarious costume! All you need to make it work is four AA batteries and the windbreaker material will puff right up. The sumo wrestler’s face looks very irritated so you can pretend to be in a lot of trouble while your tiny inflatable flails around in front.

Inflatable Red Wavy Arm Guy

Incredibly bendy inflatable red wavy arm guy. Really bendy inflatable red wavy arm guy. I can hear the chant in my head over and over again, but I can’t remember which show it’s from. This inflatable red wavy arm guy will certainly stand out at any party!

Inflatable Man in Tub Costume

You will no longer have to fear falling into puddles. Finally, you’ll be able to easily clean up after eating barbeque pork ribs at the local rib shack.

The Inflatable Man in Tub Costume is lightweight and easy to get into, the tub is guaranteed to stay inflated while you party thanks to a battery operated fan. It also comes with a cute shower cap and yellow rubber ducky, which is attached to the edge. It’s the perfect way to make a splash at your next costume party.

Provocative and Slightly Dirty, but Funny Mens Halloween Costumes

Some people just can not help themselves. It’s risky, dirty thoughts all day long. If that describes you, then these costumes are going to perfect for you. So here are this mom’s favorite slightly dirty, funny mens Halloween costumes.

Happy Cactus Costume

See what I mean, it’s you, you have the dirty mind. This really is just a cactus. Promise. Our prickly friend here comes complete with the green cactus and orange clay pot.

Genie and Magic Lamp Costume

Do you just want to be rubbed? There three rules every genie must know: no wishing for more wishes, no bringing the dead back to life, and well there was one more I think. Oh ya! No mortal can wish for another mortal to fall in love with them! This last one is generally the real tough one for people to follow, so all genies must be prepared for wishers to try to come up with innovative ways to get around that problem… Like perhaps wishing for things that others tend to love. (Of course, that never works out either.)

So, with all that in mind, we feel that you’re ready to go out into the world and tackle the legion of mortals seeking your attention. Before you go out into the world, be sure to don your traditional genie garb, this Genie and Magic Lamp costume. A hot genie all bottled up for countless generations, just waiting for someone to rub your lamp the right way and release you from your containment, and unlimited cosmic power to boot!

The green polyester vest with bright gold accents will give a clear call to your mystical nature, the decision of shirt or no shirt is your choice. Your gold tasseled hat is certainly an additional giveaway. Golden wrist cuffs keep you bound to your oaths—no removing those, ever! A vivid polyfoam lamp belt features gray smoke netting and clear instructions for anyone unfamiliar with the rules of making a genie come to grant their wishes! Make some magic happen, but remember those rules!

Squirrel with Nuts

This squirrel Halloween costume is both cute, funny, and well a little nuts! It is a lighthearted costume appropriate for just about anything. Only YOU can make this a family friendly costume, or a nutastic costume with your attitude. Whether you are trick-or-treating, attending a Halloween party, or even going to work or school, you will have a great time. It is in a grey color and is made of polyester.

Banana Flasher Costume

What is easier and more fun than wearing a big yellow banana for Halloween? This is another costume that is not only funny, but easy to wear no matter what type of event you may need it for. The costume itself is inexpensive and perfect as a last minute option. Sometimes you just don’t want to think too hard about your costume. Along with giving everyone an eye peeling experience, you’ll be sure to get plenty of laughs…

Finding The Perfect Funny Mens Halloween Costume Accessories

Attention truly is in the details. With every costume, there are those little things that will take an ordinary costume to a first place, prize winning costume. Here are a few accessories to think about when planning your funny mens Halloween costumes.

Funny Halloween Eyes

No costume is complete without the perfect set of funny eyes. There is something for everyone here.

Halloween Costume Wigs

It’s not always the easiest thing to get the perfect hairdo to go with your costumed look unless you have a costume wig. A wig can easily and quickly change your Halloween look in the blink of an eye. There is something for everyone and every costume. Check out some of the wig options below.

Halloween Makeup

Put that finishing touch on your look easily with Halloween makeup. Whether you plan on dressing up like a frightening zombie, the Terminator, or a wicked witch there are several makeup kits out there that will do the trick. There are also specialized makeup kits that are designed to help you look like your favorite pop culture figures and movie.

More Halloween Ideas

Are you looking for more Halloween costume, decoration, and party planning ideas? Check out these posts for some more of this mom’s recommendations:

Top 29 Easy Scary Halloween Costumes to Scare Your Socks Off

Cutest Costumes for Babies and Toddlers

Best Costumes for Couples

Halloween Party Food Ideas

Planning a Halloween Party

Do you have a favorite funny Halloween costume that we should add? Comment below, we are always looking to expand our list.

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