#cringe of a babbit

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

i am nothing if not easily swayed

how to manipulate me: - be rude, cruel, an asshole ❌ - be nice to me one(1) time ✅

[shadowhaert]

Rules: share some unpopular opinions about 5 different fandoms of your choosing

tagged by: @charlottesmatthews (love u)

(i’m gonna be as nice as possible or i’m gonna get flung into the sun)

yellowjackets:

letting van survive being set on fire TWICE and a wolf attack and a plane crash and wilderness survival only to be taken out by cancer 2 months after she reunites with her old lover is a really fucked up thing to do and i think we don’t address that enough. it’s cool that she was avoiding the bury your gays trope but now it feels like they can’t help but fall into that stereotype so i’m tired. lottietravis also makes me want to pull my hair out at the root but that’s because she’s a lesbian to ME. i also think juliette and soapy were playing two separate versions of natalie (mostly in season 1) where the other adult/teens were in-synch but that’s my own thing

warrior nun:

i don’t think the characters were fleshed out enough or very well developed but that can easily be fixed in the 3rd season, i think i hope they were just cut short

buffy the vampire slayer:

joss whedon i’m literally hitting you over the head with a metal baseball bat. sexifying buffy is cringe, bury your gays is broke, the sudden change in spuffy after that one bathroom scene was so ???? girl?????????? there’s also only so much brooding self-deprecating vampire i can take in one life and angel fills that entire meter to the top

a league of their own:

most of my hot takes are about the fandom and not the show but i also think these characters aren’t very well developed and it’s super fucked how the pocs are pushed into the background when the premise of the reboot was literally to give them more screentime than the movie but go off white writers. also jamie babbit can eat the bottom of my shoe

greys anatomy:

i literally don’t go here but that shit needs to end immediately and swiftly before i commit a federal crime

tagging: @lesbiantahani @lesbianlotties @lottieurl @lottiezilla @lottiemilfews @antlerqueer

[miradragoncat]

A drawing of an Ohian rabbit that I have nicknamed The Bunny Babbit. I know Ohio memes are kind of over now, but I made this while it still lasted. You can cringe all you want at the Ohio meme, but please still appreciate the art I spent so long working on. Have an amazing day and never stop being you, because I love you no matter what!

Note- I used the design of the Bunny Babbit for the rabbits in my new book, The Apocalypse Riders.

[sweetandsavageautistic]

(CW: Stereotypes)

So, a week ago, MsMojo published a video called “Top 10 Inspirational Characters on the Autism Spectrum.” I went in expecting the worst.

The good news? They didn’t put Sheldon Cooper on the list (no offense to those who relate to him, I’m just tired of everything autism being associated with him, nothing against you).

Everything else?

They had no honorable mentions.

The requirements was that the fictional characters had to be either acknowledged as autistic by the show, creator, or performer, or be viewed as a respectful representation by the autism community. 

Keep that in mind. 

80% of the list was males.

60% of that list were comprised of white males. 

There were LITERALLY only 2 females in the whole list. 

And to save you from having to sit through the cringe, here’s the list:

10. Raymond Babbit from “Rain Man.” (Already off to a bad start)

9. Max Jerry Horowitz from “Mary and Max.”

8. Sam Gardner from “Atypical.” (MsMojo’s fucking with us, right?)

7. Shaun Murphy from “The Good Doctor.” (This is one that I’ve heard decent things about from other autistics)

6. Maurice Moss from “The IT Crowd.”

5. Det. Sonya Cross from “The Bridge.” (FINALLY a female autistic character, and honestly not a terrible portrayal from what I saw)

4. Max Braverman from “Parenthood.”

3. Joe Hughes from “The A Word.”

2. Abed Nadir from “Community.”

1. Julia from “Sesame Street.”

Literally, TWO female characters on this fucking list. And putting Julia at number 1 doesn’t make up for it. 

What about Symmetra? What about Luna Lovegood? What about Newt Scamander, who is canonically autistic cuz Eddie Redmayne agrees with the headcanon? What about Lilo from Lilo and Stitch?

WHERE’S THE DIVERSITY IN AUTISM? 

I am very disappointed in MsMojo

[365daysoflesbians]

AUGUST 11: But I’m A Cheerleader is released (2000)

On this day in 2000, the movie But I’m A Cheerleader was first released in the United States. Now a cult classic, the movie tells the story of a young lesbian named Megan who is sent off to a gay rehabilitation camp – or “homosexuals anonymous” as her mother puts it. Despite the seemingly heavy subject material, But I’m A Cheerleader pokes fun at the concept of “praying the gay away” and is more therapeutic than any ex-gay camp could ever hope to be. 

The first film from director Jamie Babbit, But I’m A Cheerleader is most remembered for its genuine humor, John Waters camp-style sets, and the unforgettable chemistry between its two leads – Clea Duvall and faux-lesbian icon Natasha Lyonne. Played by Lyonne, the movie starts off by following Megan through her daily routine of gazing longingly at the cut-out photos of models in her locker, cringing through makeout sessions with her boyfriend, and, of course, attending cheerleading practice. The movie’s titular line is spoken when Megan is bombarded one day by her friends and family in a pseudo-intervention/reverse coming out; to the accusation that she’s a lesbian, she can only respond “…but I’m a cheerleader!” However, despite the obvious oxymoron of a lesbian cheerleader, Megan’s parents insist that she drop everything and pack her bags for the ex-gay camp called True Directions.

At True Directions, the boys fix cars, play football, and chop firewood while the girls swaddle baby dolls, wear skirts, and vacuum monochrome carpets in hopes to become True Men™ and True Women™ . Amongst all the madness, Megan finally realizes that not only is she in fact a lesbian, but that she also kind of has a thing for Graham, the only other girl at camp who is unconvinced by the ridiculousness of these activities. With the stage set and the characters positioned exactly how you want them to be, the story plays out in a perfectly fluffy, romcom rhythm. The two girls fall in love by sneaking out late at night to nearby gay bars and rolling their eyes at various True Directions tasks, only to ditch the camp’s “graduation ceremony” and officially run off into the sunset together at the movie’s climax. It’s not in spite of, but rather, because of this expected story line that LGBT folk have kept this movie on repeat well into the 21st century; rarely are lesbians given the type of aesthetically pleasing, teeny-bopper story that But I’m a Cheerleader has to offer, and much less one that continues to make you laugh with each and every re-watch.

-LC

[serendipitousdescent]

But I’m A Cheerleader

Enter: A young Nicky Nichols from Orange is the New Black, forced to come to terms with her sexuality at the conversion camp her family and friends send her to. 

Natasha Lyonne plays Megan in But I’m a Cheerleader (dir. Jamie Babbit), a young cheerleader who doesn’t particularly enjoy kissing her boyfriend and is looking forward to joining her friends at cheer camp for the summer. At least until her family and friends hold something akin to an intervention, confronting her with proof that she’s a lesbian that ranges from the posters of women she hangs in her locker to her disgust at kissing her boyfriend to the vagina motifs on the pillows on her bed. None of this is conclusive evidence for Megan as she sees their proof as arbitrary and entirely normal but that does not stop them from sending her to True Directions, a conversion camp out in the country. However, the real truth about True Directions is likely that it’s filled with people who dislike kissing the opposite sex just as much as Megan does.

While But I’m a Cheerleader, had the potential to be cringe-worthy, I actually enjoyed it. In particular, Megan’s journey to accepting herself, first in that she is gay and then that being gay isn’t a bad thing, is clumsy but adorable. She goes from lacking even the slightest hint of self-awareness to entering a loving relationship with fellow True Directions attendee, Graham. It’s through her relationship with Graham that she gains the courage to go against her parents’ wishes and it allows the audience to really see her step into herself as a person. A person who is a cheerleader, strong-willed, and incidentally gay. More than that, their relationship also reveals what the real “lie” is in the film. It isn’t when she goes through the motions of a straight relationship at the beginning of the film or being gay, as True Directions may suggest. The real lie is the one she tells herself - that she isn’t gay, that she can change her sexuality, that she will be anything less than miserable pretending to be straight. Luckily, she does find out kissing isn’t as bad as she thought too. 

However, my favourite parts of the film were when they poked fun at the rigid concepts of heterosexuality. This is partially shown through the colour-coding inside of True Directions, with girls dressed in pink and boys in blue, as well as certain tasks and rooms similarly coloured. It lets the attendees know what they’re supposed to enjoy or, at least, strive to tolerate. It also shows the audience just how fragile the concept of heterosexuality is, particularly in a few scenes where attendees of True Directions are forced to figure out what “made” them gay. If heterosexuality can’t stand up to someone’s mother working as the family bread-winner, embarrassing incidents with the opposite sex as a child, or someone’s mother getting married in pants, then there isn’t a whole lot that can’t knock it down. There are other moments like this one throughout (including the straight-presenting son of True Direction’s director. Just... his entire existence) but I’ll let you discover them for yourself. 

This doesn’t mean that But I’m a Cheerleader is a perfect film. It may not have been cringe-worthy but that didn’t stop me from cringing at a few parts, namely the stereotypes. 

Just-

all

the

stereotypes. 

While the lesbian character were a bit less overdone, all but one of the gay men were reduced down to feminine and sassy. At something like 6 feminine gay men, that doesn’t allow the audience to see them as something more than their sexuality. It was quite often distracting and at least a little variety in their personalities could have really brought something more to the film. 

Overall, this film has a very cute and lighthearted approach to a topic that is neither of those things. I would recommend it if you’re looking for something to giggle over with some friends and some popcorn, but not if serious is something you’re in the mood for.

As one last look into But I’m a Cheerleader, have these awkward Adams and Eves during their last week at True Directions. 

[news-mashable-yahoopartner-blog]

Films to watch on Valentine's Day if you're a total cold-hearted cynic

For cynics, Valentine's Day is pretty rubbish. All those tired, over-played rom coms? Blergh.

But don't despair. There are plenty of romantic movies out there for you too — tales of love and desire that won't have you immediately rolling your eyes or running for front door.

SEE ALSO: Top 10 Movies from Sundance 2017

Here's a bunch, from us to you. Love stories that are nice to look at and 100 percent likely to warm your cold, cold, heart at this loved-up time of year. Prepare the tissues! There will be tears.  

Take This Waltz

Sarah Polley might be best-known as an actress, but she's an adept director too. Take anti-romantic comedy, Take This Waltz.

Featuring Seth Rogen as a dorky husband and the wonderful Michelle Williams as a woman struggling with important romantic decisions, this is a stoic classic worth a watch. If for no other reason than to revel in its weird dialogue.

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Belle

If BBC's lauded Pride And Predjudice miniseries is just a bit too over the top for you, then you'd do well to check out Belle, a historical romance drama  based on real life figure, Dido Elizabeth Belle.

In Amma Asante's film, Belle is a woman of colour living in the repressed 18th century Britain. She begins a taboo relationship with well-to-do Englishman John Davinier, but in the process is forced to contest with a culture that views her as inherently lesser.

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Wuthering Heights

Forget about Kate Bush: Andrea Arnold's gritty adaptation of the Emily Bronte classic injects a strong vein of social awareness into the work, while ignoring the naff nonsense that's defined previous versions.

Rather than being stiff Victorian lovers, in this version Heathcliff and Catherine are a fiery and formidable couple, and the film has a wind-blasted intensity all of its own. Sweet little period romance this is not.

Somersault

Above all else, Somersault, an Australian classic helmed by auteur Cate Shortland, is simply staggering to look at. The romantic drama has a wintry, distinct feel which greatly enhances its admittedly bare bones story, a love affair between headstrong young runaway Heidi (Abbie Cornish) and troubled young man Joe (Sam Worthington.)

This is one best enjoyed with the lights turned down low, a glass of red in hand.

Everyone Else

Maren Ade's short comedy Everyone Else is a caustic yet endearing look at a relationship on the skids. Check it out, but be warned: This one will have you cringing, albeit in the best possible way.

But I'm A Cheerleader

There's a reason Jamie Babbit's But I'm A Cheerleader is regarded as a queer classic: The biting satirical comedy is gushing with incredible one-liners and the production design is on point.

It's also an incredibly touching flick, and not without it's fair share of sappiness. Sorry, can't win 'em all.

Toute Une Nuit

Director Chantal Akerman was a much needed feminist voice in movies, and her stark, beautiful films captured lust and love with an unflinching eye.

Toute Une Nuit is a super stripped down look at a single night in Paris, as a collection of strangers step in and out of each other's lives, and each other's bedrooms. The plot is ultra minimal, but it's also really heartfelt.

The Piano

Given New Zealand's Jane Campion is such a master at capturing love stories in a powerful, off-beat way, pretty much any of her films could make this list. 

But it's The Piano that really deserves a Valentine's Day watch, thanks to its beautiful setting, unique narrative, and an adorable performance from a very young Anna Paquin.

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The film sees a young non-verbal woman (Helen Hunt) and her daughter become embroiled in the life of a fierce local, George Baines (Harvey Keitel). It also boasts a great soundtrack. Blast this tune and see if it doesn't move you. 

Yes

Conceived as a response to the rise of Islamophobia following 9/11, Sally Potter's Yes is a stunning call for acceptance and love that never once descends into cliches.

It's also distinctly unusual, given the entirety of the film's dialogue is written in verse. Although a little jarring, before long the dialogue quickly works to add weight to the touching narrative; an account of an affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern chef (Simon Abkarian.)

Boys Don't Cry

While Kimberly Pierce's Boys Don't Cry is definitely a touching love story, it's far from your fluffy fairy tale. It's the story of a young trans man, Brandon Teena (Hillary Swank) and his doomed relationship with small-town girl Lana (Chloe Sevigny.)

Get ready to cry...

Image: Boys Don't Cry/Fox SEarchlight

Just come into this one ready to have your heart absolutely obliterated. 

BONUS: 5 brilliant camera moves in movie history

[writingwrites]

“Huh?” Micky blinked, looking around himself in confusion. When he recognized Mr Babbit’s voice he cringed, pressing his eyes shut and wishing he could just roll over and go back to sleep. Instead he sighed and glanced over at Mike, softly demanding, “What’s he want? Mike, didn’t you pay him whatever was left over from your grocery shopping? Ow, what happened earlier? I feel like I got hit by a truck...”

“Something like that,” Davy sighed from the kitchen as he marched over to answer the door. As usual he opened the door’s small window that he too short to see out of before opening the door itself. Davy frowned as Babbit stormed into the Pad, paying the small Brit no mind. In fact it seemed that he hadn’t even noticed Davy yet as he began demanding the rent money.

“Excuse me,” Davy demanded. Babbit looks around in confusion, as if trying to locate the sound of the disembodied voice, before Davy yanked at Babbit’s top and the man glanced down at Davy in surprise. Before Davy could get a word in edgewise, however, Mr Babbit began shouting in his face.

“Alright,” Babbit demanded. “Where is it? You told me you’d be paying up today, now where is that money?”

“Ugh, can’t you tell him to shut up, Mike,” Micky moaned softly, holding his head. “My head is killing me.”

Everyday It’s the Same Thing: Chapter 2

Chapter 1 can be found here: https://writingwrites.tumblr.com/post/176031836153/writingwrites-writingwrites-writingwrites

There was a long, tense moment of silence, followed by Micky’s gagging, hacking coughs, sea water landing on the sand beside the drummer. Micky folded in half, panting hard as he tried to get his bearings and figure out what was going on. His head throbbed, which wasn’t helping in his desperate to catch his breath. On top of that, all his muscles stung and felt sore, as if he’d stuck his finger in a socket again. (Again, because he distinctly remembered doing that once when he was about six years old. Once was enough to teach him his lesson)

“Man, next time I decide to go swimming, stop me,” Micky groaned softly, pressing his eyes shut. “What happened? Last thing I knew I was about to grab a breath of air and this wave like a 747 came crashing down on me.”

Micky panted again for a few seconds, pushing away his various aches and pains long enough to force his eyes open, squinting against the sunlight. For several more long seconds he tried to reorient himself, however when he managed to glance to the side, Micky’s heart dropped.

“Peter?” Micky cried softly, moving to launch himself towards his friend. His body ached in protest, so he consented to letting Mike stop him. Still, he looked on with wide, frightened eyes. Peter wasn’t moving, he wasn’t breathing, and suddenly a chill swept over the drummer.

“Mike, I dunno what’s wrong!” Davy choked out between chest compressions. Davy’s grandfather had inissited Davy take first aid training when he was in high school. For the first time, Davy overwhelmingly thankful. He was too panicked right now, however, to be counting his blessings yet. “He doesn’t have a pulse, I… There was an electric eel and… Mike, we might need 999, I mean 911, I mean….” Davy panted, growing exhausted, yet before he could continue his frantic speech, he was interrupted by a staggering breath. Davy blinked hard, feeling for Peter’s pulse, and then he almost sobbed with relief.

Turning Peter slightly to the side, Davy indeed let out a soft, relieved sob as Peter began to cough up sea water, his brown eyes blinking open to face the sun. Micky watched the whole scene with absolute horror, but when Peter began coughing up water, Mike had to once again stop Micky from scrambling over to his friend.

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

What if,, when u startle him,,,,,,,,, he poofs into his Are You Afraid Of The Dark? section form,, and also he likes to b cuddled but is bashful at first 👉👈 but then u cuddle him one(1) time and suddenly he’s always like Why Are You Not Holding My Hand Rn and gets cranky if u don’t let him b snuggly

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

yea I would stay with him forever ok he’s just a little guy trying his best idc idc,,,,, and so what if I daydream abt it occasionally huh what r u gonna do abt it

*crawls under a rock and dies of cringe*

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

I lovea him

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

*curses y'all with self insert cringe*

aka 'idk why i drew this but i think if i was my blorbo's coworker i would drive them insane'

yeah i like chewing on things. plastic mainly but not exclusively

sun would hate that i think tbh like can you imagine having to worry about what ANOTHER whole entire human person is putting in their mouth????? like he already has to look after a bunch of toddlers are u fucking kidding rn giving him a coworker thats just as bad

bonus

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

Sometimes ur brain breaks and ur so deep in a spiral that u can’t be reached even by th ppl u rlly care abt but it’s nice when u come out of it to being held by one of ur faves

Hhhnghfn blorbo comfoftt me pls 😔

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

sometimes. a bitch wanna be Held. that is it. I cannot change this

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

“Oh, don’t you worry! I knew from the start! You always thought I was an utter mistake!”

“No- no, no, no, we never said anything like that-!” “Now, now, daycare attendant!”

“Lying is against the rules.”

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

pov ur nervous abt ur new job but feel a little better when u think ur coworkers will be nice and friendly but then they aren’t and it sends u on a downward spiral bc ur just quirky like that

A retelling of ‘oh my god. You hated me. You’ve hated me this whole time.’, taken in a DIFFERENT mental-illnesses-go-brrr direction! Continued below the cut,

Haha yikessss! That’s cringy! I’m surprised you’ve scrolled down this far! Mostly I’ve been hoping people would see the first bit of this post and go ‘oh hell nah’ and pretend like it didn’t just plague their innocent mind with the knowledge that self insert cringe of this level still exists! So congrats! I’ve committed many crimes and you’re here to witness them

To answer some question you might have:

Who is that???: SURPRISE IT’S NOT VANNY!!! that is Babbit! Or Rabbit, or Bones, whichever you prefer. It’s a self insert of me!

Why are they a rabbit one second then a person the next?? Are those even supposed to be the same character??: Yes, they are the same person, just drawn in different ways! Why they change is a little more difficult to explain bc it,, depends, honestly sjdhdjd. A lot of the time, the rabbit is like,, an inner version, the more honest and vulnerable version of Rabbit, the ‘you’ that YOU see in your own mind. The regular human version is, normally, what the world sees, the actual, physical person that is Rabbit.

But why tho: Idk I just like weird stupid metaphors and weird wonky character designs!

What’s happening??: Rabbit has a job at the daycare! Rabbit is an anxious, stressed out and socially inept person who worries a lot about what other people think! Sun and Moon dislike them, bc this was inspired by some of those AUs where Sun and Moon are just mean for no good reason LMAO. Rabbit is crushed by this bc they thought Sun and Moon, who are PROGRAMMED and DESIGNED to be likeable and friendly and caring, would HAVE to like them!! It’s their job! It’s what they’re supposed to do! It’s what they’re built for: to like people and to be liked by people! To be disliked by them means there is something so fundamentally and ineffably wrong with them that it breaks the laws of physics- at least in Rabbit’s mind. Before they could disregard everyone who disliked them as people being people and them just having a disliked personality! But to be disliked by something designed to like people? Holy mothballs, bat man, you must be REAL KINDS of fucked up!

They think there is something so wrong with them that even the ones who like everyone do not like them, and it is THEIR FAULT that they are disliked, not anyone else’s- not even Sun and Moon’s. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt. And it hurts more when Sun and Moon fake being kind and friendly under a heavy layer of passive aggression. So, at the end of their rope and believing there is nothing that can be done to help them or fix their situation, they start to loathe Sun and Moon and start to lash out at them whenever feeling especially slighted. Is this reasonable? No! Does it make them feel better? Absolutely not!!! Do Sun and Moon deserve it??? No not really!!! And the farther it goes the more Rabbit let’s themselves sink into being as bitter and hurtful as they always tried so hard not to be. And it’s not anyone’s job to fix them but theirselves. But right now, for the first time in a long time, they really don’t want to.

Does Rabbit actually just need a hug and a warm blanket???? Idk probably!!!!

This is a self insert????: Yup!

So this is based off you??: Unfortunately!

Does that mean-: haha!!!!!!!!! Don’t worry about it!!!!!! :) Next question!

Most people’s fantasies are about their faves liking them, yknow: Haha yeah!

Why did you even make this: I’m going to pretend like I’m not just completely nuts and say, it helps me process my feelings and also ✨catharsis✨

Do you want to talk: HAHA no definitely not this is embarrassing enough as is!!!!!!

U good?: Yes actually! Just weird! Sorry sjdgdjshdnvdndbdhd

Why are you sharing this: idk tbh maybe validation on some weird fucked up level lmao

Anyway thank u for ur time and I apologize for the death of so many of ur brain cells. Idk why ur still here but holy shit man idk if I should be proud of u or scared of u. I’m mentally giving u a gold ribbon tho congrats on,, reading this abomination of a post ig