#character-driven drama

[ulkaralakbarova]

Film Review: "Daddio" - Journey of Intimate Conversations and Personal Revelation

Dakota Johnson as “Girlie” in DADDIO, Photo credit: Phedon Papamichael, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. It is indeed true that some of the most poignant conversations occur as a taxi passenger. The confined space and the temporary nature of the passenger-driver relationship create a unique environment that allows the passenger to share their thoughts and emotions…

[tender-emotional-music]

Netflix needs to stop promoting ST as a teen show for season 5

[incandescentflower]

"Be my family" is such a wonderful way to declare/ask for commitment. It's such an adult way to confirm the status of a relationship. It makes me love Doctor Slump even more.

[msperfectsheep-posts]

non i7 mutuals this is your sign to watch IDOLiSH7. please 🥺🥺🥺

[nullio]

My best friend and general favorite person decided to try the Witcher hehe

[puckpocketed]

if anyones waking up/nightblogging/just hopping on right now . sapphic and genderqueer hockey movie be upon ye :)

[jaggedcliffs]

I mentioned on the tags of this post that “this isn't the first instance when I got hit in the face with [Xiao Lanhua’s] character development,” so I thought I should mention the first time I was hit in the face with her character development, back in the human world:

[Xiao Lanhua in mortal clothing, looking to the right offscreen at a vendor’s sugar cakes]

As she’s walking with Xiao Run in episode 24, and remembering all her times with Dongfang Qingcang instead, we get this flashback to her being, well, rather childish and ridiculous. 

[Xiao Lanhua sits next to Dongfang QingCang at the table in Shuiyuntian’s Siming Hall. Her face is distraught after touching a hot bowl]

[Xiao Lanhua is upset, looking on the verge of tears, and pouting as she exclaims, “It’s hot!”]

[Xiao Lanhua is upset and blowing on her fingers as she asks, “Why is it so hot?”]

And then you just can’t help but think of the last few episodes, where for one thing she’s realizing she’s not simply a lowly fairy, but a political actor in her own right -- one with the capability to affect the outcome of wars between their peoples, with responsibilities and duties to Shuiyuntian...and also, maybe to Cangyanhai as well.

And for another thing, she’s no longer quite so short-sighted and childish, no longer someone who would whine over touching something too hot, or break down crying over cut hair, or coming up with a plot that could get herself killed by both Shuiyuntian and Cangyanhai, or hell, even wheedle her friends for spirit stones and make promises (that she definitely won't fulfill) to pay them back later. Instead, she’s figuring out effective ways to distract Dongfang Qingcang from Changheng/Xiao Run, she’s ready (if put-out) to go along with the bad make-up scheme and the sister scheme within the various Xiao Run/Xie Wanqing schemes...she’s overall just much more mature.

And for a last thing, as the other post points out for Xiao Lanhua a few episodes from now, her love has matured as well. She’s not going to extreme lengths for a silly, infatuated crush...but figuring out the depths of real love she feels now.

In short, she’s shaping up to be someone who would make a peace-maker as the Goddess of Xishan, and a good co-ruler as the Yuezhu.

[faierius]

I plan on releasing my 2nd book in early 2024, so it is once again time to remind everyone the first book has been out for nearly 3 years. The ebook is available foe 0.99 USD

Nrekeeka 'Keeka' Seldon knows what it feels like to lose loved ones.

First her father. Then her mother. And now her sister has contracted the deadly Amaran Virus. The Parset Department of Health and Welfare has been searching for a cure to this alien illness for decades, only to come up empty-handed. Desperate, they hire Robyn Stamos, a teenage prodigy with an agenda all his own. For him, finding what has been so elusive is no more than child's play. But he's not ready to hand it over just yet.

When family is all you have, you do everything in your power to protect them. Even if that means stealing from the government.

Binding Moonlight is a character-driven light sci-fi drama, and the first book in the Moonlit Memoirs series.

[rawliverandcigarettes]

One of my big problems with The Empire of Preys is, without spoiling the details, that the crux of the conflict, the Thing on which everything else rests is.... horrifyingly mundane. It's basically just a case of cold maintenance of power and imperial pettiness. It's not particularly mind-blowing revelatory stuff; it's just kind of logical and mean in a way where it's hard to blame anyone really.

The problem is: because of this, I always had a hard time conveying that casual violence with the dramatic weight necessary to carry the energy of the rest of the story. In a way, it's almost... disappointing? It feels like it should be a huge conspiration, but tbh, it's probably something many niche journalists are already covering in-universe, a known problem for anyone with two analytic braincells living in the Milky Way at that particular moment in time. And so, for something so impersonal and systemic to be the dynamite that risks the lives and livelihood of so many characters in this story, I need to do such a good job of conveying the reach and the interconnection and the impact of everything, and it's *hard*.

I used to have the same issue back when this particular plot point was revealed in Halfway Home's first draft; knowing I would need much more time and a larger frame of reference to articulate and argument this specific point, I pushed the revelation to The Empire of Preys (very correct choice imo: Shlee is just kind of too uhh stupid and checked out of the real world to care). But now I face the same exact problem, except in a different setting.

I hope the consequences of that crux will be enough to solidify why the Problem is such a vicious one with such overreaching consequences on everyone's lives, but.... I hope it will be enough honestly. It's pretty complicated.

[fanaticastrid]

I think you would enjoy Farscape.

[joncronshawauthor]

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[dreamsy990]

you know i think the thing that feels weird about dual destinies and spirit of justice compared to the rest of the series is the scale

[dreamingkelz]

Is Forever having another divorce arc? 

[simgerale]

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[violetvulpini]

Shark posting cuz I just caught up with the RPG (ft some name headcanons I guess!)

[ulkaralakbarova]

Film Review: Mastering Elegance on Screen: How 'The Devil Wears Prada' Became a Timeless Cinematic Jewel

Andy (Anne Hathaway) whispers some important information to her fashion magazine editor boss, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep).PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE USED SOLELY FOR ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, PUBLICITY OR REVIEWS OF THIS SPECIFIC MOTION PICTURE AND TO REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE STUDIO. NOT FOR SALE OR REDISTRIBUTION. Watching an older film offers a delightful journey down memory lane, where one can…