I have been working on this list in the series all year 😂 it just took me that long to read a decent amount of underrated YA - but I got there in the end and I'm pretty happy with the recs on this list 🥰
there are rainbow flags next to LGBT+ rep, wheelchair symbols next to disability rep and koalas next to Australia YA simply because there's a lot of that on this particular list
so take a gander and maybe consider picking up a title or two (or ten) in 2024 to support lesser-known authors and books 😊
Take Me With You When You Go by David Levithan & Jennifer Niven 🏳️🌈
Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Brianna R Shrum & Sara Waxelbaum 🏳️🌈♿️
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli 🏳️🌈
To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames 🏳️🌈
It Looks Like Us by Alison Ames 🏳️🌈
Scout’s Honor by Lily Anderson 🏳️🌈
Grace Notes by Karen Comer 🐨
The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch 🏳️🌈
Blood Moon by Lucy Cuthew
After Dark With Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis
Blind Spot by Robyn Dennison 🐨
Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan 🏳️🌈
The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst
Where You See Yourself by Claire Forrest ♿️
What We Harvest by Ann Fraistat
All Eyes On Us by Kit Frick 🏳️🌈
When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey 🏳️🌈
The Lightness of Hands by Jeff Garvin ♿️
Then Everything Happens at Once by M-E Girard 🏳️🌈♿️
The Buried by Melissa Grey 🏳️🌈
Because of You by Pip Harry 🐨
The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl 🏳️🌈
Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D Jackson
Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June 🏳️🌈
Out of the Blue by Jason June 🏳️🌈
Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball by Jason June 🏳️🌈
Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko 🏳️🌈
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala 🏳️🌈
Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
It Will End Like This by Kyra Leigh
Extasia by Claire Legrand
Ryan and Avery by David Levithan 🏳️🌈
Starlings by Amanda Linsmeier 🏳️🌈
The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones
A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo 🏳️🌈
We Didn’t Think It Through by Gary Lonesborough 🐨
Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over by Miranda Luby 🐨
None Shall Sleep series by Ellie Marney 🐨
The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh ♿️
Our Last Echoes by Kate Alice Marshall
These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall 🏳️🌈
The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall 🏳️🌈
Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore
Mask of Shadows duology by Linsey Miller 🏳️🌈
Sugar by Carly Nugent ♿️🐨
All Our Hidden Gifts trilogy by Caroline O’Donoghue 🏳️🌈
The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly by Jamie Pacton
Lucky Girl by Jamie Pacton
The Vermilion Emporium by Jamie Pacton
Accidental by Alex Richards
Some Kind of Animal by Mar Romasco-Moore
Luminous by Mara Rutherford
The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford
The Midnight Lie duology by Marie Rutkoski 🏳️🌈
Can’t Take That Away by Steven Salvatore 🏳️🌈
When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw 🏳️🌈
If You Still Recognise Me by Cynthia So 🏳️🌈
Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon ♿️
Breathe and Count Back From Ten by Natalia Sylvester ♿️
Cold by Mariko Tamaki 🏳️🌈
Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi 🏳️🌈
The Weight of a Soul by Elizabeth Tammi
Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas ♿️
Violet Ghosts by Leah Thomas 🏳️🌈
The Comedienne’s Guide to Pride by Hayli Thomson 🏳️🌈🐨
The Siren, the Song and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley 🏳️🌈
Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley 🏳️🌈
Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall 🏳️🌈♿️
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White 🏳️🌈
This Is the Way the World Ends by Jen Wilde 🏳️🌈♿️🐨
After the preliminaries and days of deliberating, here are you VOICE ACTORS COMPETING! One will take home the spot of Tumblr's Favorite Voice Actor!
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And a quick reminder about the two rules that will be staying active!
No harrassment, hate, or vitriol will be tolerated. We are here to celebrate the work of voice actors not tear each other down
This is all for fun! Do not take it super seriously!
Actor: Alicia Pavlis, Annabelle Norman, Arielle O’Neill, Ben Prendergast, Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen, Cate Wolfe, Christopher Bunworth, Christopher Kirby, Christopher Sommers, Christopher Stollery, Dennis Coard, Dick York, Elise Jansen, Eliza D’Souza, Eliza Matengu, Ethan Hawke, Felicity Steel, Finegan Sampson, Freya Stafford, Giordano Gangl, Grant Piro, Hayley Butcher, Jim Knobeloch, Katie Avram, Kristie Jandric, Kuni Hashimoto, Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Madeleine West, Maja Sarosiek, Marky Lee Campbell, Milla Simmonds, Monique Heath, Noah Taylor, Noel Herriman, Olivia Sprague, Paul Moder, Raj Sidhu, Rob Jenkins, Sara El-Yafi, Sarah Snook, Sophie Cusworth, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Tyler Coppin, Vanessa Crouch
Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig, The Spierig Brothers
Rating: R
One of the most original time-travel thrillers since 12 Monkeys. A brilliant subversion of the Time Paradox trope, with enough plot twists to keep you entertained until well after the movie is finished. Predestination is an amazing movie with great performances from Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook. It’s a movie that will feel like Inception, when it comes to messing with your mind and barely anyone has heard of it. It is highly underrated and unknown, sadly.
Actor: Ahn So-hee, An So-hee, Baek Seung-hwan, Cha Chung-hwa, Chang-hwan Kim, Choi Gwi-hwa, Choi Woo-shik, Choi Woo-sung, Dong-seok Ma, Eui-sung Kim, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-eun, Han Sung-soo, Jang Hyuk-jin, Jeong Seok-yong, Jung Seok-yong, Jung Young-ki, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Chang-hwan, Kim Eui-sung, Kim Jae-rok, Kim Joo-heon, Kim Ju-hun, Kim Keum-soon, Kim Soo-ahn, Kim Soo-an, Kim Su-an, Kim Won-Jin, Lee Joo-sil, Lee Joong-ok, Ma Dong-seok, Park Myung-shin, Sang-ho Yeon, Seok-yong Jeong, Shim Eun-kyung, Sohee, Soo-an Kim, Soo-jung Ye, Terri Doty, Woo Do-im, Woo-sik Choi, Ye Soo-jung, Yeon Sang-ho, Yoo Gong, Yu-mi Jeong, Yu-mi Jung
Director: Sang-ho Yeon, Yeon Sang-ho
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A zombie virus breaks out and catches up with a father as he is taking his daughter from Seoul to Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city. Watch them trying to survive to reach their destination, a purported safe zone.
The acting is spot-on; the set pieces are particularly well choreographed. You’ll care about the characters. You’ll feel for the father as he struggles to keep his humanity in the bleakest of scenarios.
It’s a refreshingly thrilling disaster movie, a perfect specimen of the genre.
Actor: Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Carrie ‘CeCe’ Cline, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Patrick Lynch, David Krumholtz, Demetra Raven, Dennis Keiffer, Elaine Mani Lee, Erik Weiner, Gina Torres, Glenn Howerton, Hunter Ansley Wryn, Jessica Huang, Jewel Staite, Linda Wang, Logan O’Brien, Marcus Young, Mark Winn, Marley McClean, Matt McColm, Michael Hitchcock, Morena Baccarin, Nathan Fillion, Nectar Rose, Neil Patrick Harris, Peter James Smith, Rafael Feldman, Rick Williamson, Ron Glass, Ryan Tasz, Sarah Paulson, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Tamara Taylor, Terrell Tilford, Terrence Hardy Jr., Tristan Jarred, Weston Nathanson, Yan Feldman
Director: Joss Whedon
Rating: PG-13
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Serenity is a futuristic sci-fi film that serves as a feature-length continuation of the story-line from the TV program Firefly (2002–2003). The story revolves around the captain (Nathan Fillion) and crew of the titular space vessel that operate as space outlaws, running cargo and smuggling missions throughout the galaxy. They take on a mysterious young psychic girl and her brother, the girl carrying secrets detrimental to the intergalactic government, and soon find themselves being hunted by a nefarious assassin (Chiwetel Ejiofor). The first feature-length film from Joss Whedon (The Avengers), Serenity is a lively and enjoyable adventure, replete with large-scale action sequences, strong characterizations and just the right touch of wry humor. An enjoyable viewing experience that stands alone without demanding that you have familiarity with the original program beforehand.
2. Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Actor: Armie Hammer, Danny Glover, David Cross, Ed Moy, Forest Whitaker, James D. Weston II, Jermaine Fowler, John Ozuna, Kate Berlant, Lakeith Stanfield, Lily James, Marcella Bragio, Michael X. Sommers, Molly Brady, Omari Hardwick, Patton Oswalt, Robert Longstreet, Rosario Dawson, Steven Yeun, Teresa Navarro, Terry Crews, Tessa Thompson, Tom Woodruff Jr., Tony Toste, W. Kamau Bell
Director: Boots Riley
In the year of the Netflix TV Show Maniac, another absurdist title stole critics’ hearts. Sorry to Bother You is a movie set in an alternate reality, where capitalism and greed are accentuated. Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta) is a guy called Cassius who struggles to pay his bills. However, when at a tele-marketing job an old-timer tells him to use a “white voice”, he starts moving up the ranks of his bizarre society. A really smart movie that will be mostly enjoyed by those who watch it for its entertaining value, and not so much for its commentary. It is like a Black Mirror episode stretched into a movie.
1. Ex Machina (2015)
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Actor: Alex Garland, Alicia Vikander, Chelsea Li, Claire Selby, Corey Johnson, Domhnall Gleeson, Elina Alminas, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Symara A. Templeman, Symara Templeman, Tiffany Pisani
Director: Alex Garland
Rating: R
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Ex Machina is the directorial debut of Alex Garland, the writer of 28 Days Later (and 28 Weeks Later). It tells the story of Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson from About Time), an IT developer who is invited by a billionaire CEO to participate in a groundbreaking experiment — administering a Turing test to a humanoid robot called Ava (Alicia Vikander). Meeting the robot with feelings of superiority at first, questions of trust and ethics soon collide with the protagonist’s personal views. While this dazzling film does not rely on them, the visual effects and the overall look-feel of Ex Machina are absolutely stunning and were rightly picked for an Academy Award. They make Ex Machina feel just as casually futuristic as the equally stylish Her and, like Joaquin Phoenix, Gleeson aka Caleb must confront the feelings he develops towards a machine, despite his full awareness that ‘she’ is just that. This is possibly as close to Kubrick as anyone got in the 21st century. Ex Machina is clever, thrilling, and packed with engaging ideas.
duckweed (1981, dir. edward yang)
millennium mambo (2001, dir. hou hsiao-hsien)*
i don’t want to sleep alone (2006, dir. tsai ming-liang)
visage (2009, dir. tsai ming-liang)*
a city of sadness (1989, dir. hou hsiao-hsien)
a brighter summer day (1991, dir. edward yang)
yi yi (2000, dir. edward yang)*
stray dogs (2013, dir. tsai ming-liang)
taipei story (1985, dir. edward yang)
why has bodhi-dharma left for the east? (1989, dir. bae yong-kyun)
the people in white (1995, dir. bae yong-kyun)*
el sol del membrillo (1992, dir. victor erice)*
fanny and alexander [tv version] (1982, dir. ingmar bergman)*
chidambaram (1985, dir. govindan aravindan)*
pacifiction (2022, dir. albert serra)*
inland empire (2006, dir. david lynch)*
glenn gould: hereafter (2006, dir. bruno monsaingeon)
puss in boots: the last wish (2022, dir. joel crawford)*
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finally, after over a decade of watching movies with Purpose and Intent, i can perhaps say, movies… kinda good?
also, i feel i must say, erice's grace is unmatched
though honestly my very favorites were people in white and chidambaram
THIS IS A SIDEBLOG FOR THE TELEVISION MUSES WHICH MEANS FOLLOWS WILL BE FROM @raeshub. television series such as teen wolf, the walking dead, criminal minds, shameless, supernatural, & gossip girl. more may be added later on.
MUSE LIST UNDER THE CUT.
TEEN WOLF.
ace li - beta werewolf - open - zhong chenle.
allison argent - human - open - crystal reed.
bang taejoon - witch - closed - choi san.
daire argent - beta werewolf - open - danielle rose.
liam dunbar - beta werewolf - open - dylan sprayberry.
scott mccall - true alpha - open - tyler posey.
stiles stilinski - human - open - dylan o'brien.
THE WALKING DEAD.
aften blake - human - open - katherine mcnamara.
carl grimes - human - open - chandler riggs.
carol peletier - human - open - melissa mcbride.
caroline raleigh - human - open - danielle rose.
devin park - mutant ( fire ) - closed - lee jeno.
emmett lee - mutant ( ice ) - closed - na jaemin.
evenorra jenner - human - open - candice accola-king.
glenn rhee - human - closed - gong yoo.
jiyeon rhee - kumiho - open - arden cho.
judith grimes - human - open - cailey flemming.
youngjae rhee - beta werewolf - closed - lee chan.
GOSSIP GIRL.
bae aera - human - open - park jihyo.
bae hyunjin - human - open - lee taeyong.
SUPERNATURAL.
raya taylor - fallen angel - open - dove cameron.
athena hart. - angel - closed - park boyoung.
SHAMELESS.
fiona gallagher - human - open 24/7 - emmy rossum.
CRIMINAL MINDS.
kieran lee - alpha - closed - park seonghwa.
aaron yong - alpha - closed - kang yeosang.
choi sangwoo - alpha - closed - han jisung.
choi seolhee - alpha - open - seo yeji.
Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield must battle a rogue warrior seeking revenge after unleashing the deadly G-Virus, whilst a mutated monster goes on a rampage.
Credits: TheMovieDb.
Film Cast:
Leon S. Kennedy (voice): Paul Mercier
Claire Redfield (voice): Alyson Court
Angela Miller (voice): Laura Bailey
Curtis Miller (voice): Roger Craig Smith
Frederic Downing (voice): Crispin Freeman
Senator Ron Davis (voice): Michael Sorich
Ingrid Hunnigan (voice): Salli Saffioti
Rani Chawla (voice): Michelle Ruff
Rani’s aunt (voice): Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Greg Glenn (voice): Steve Blum
WilPharma CEO (voice): Michael McConnohie
U.S. President (voice): Kirk Thornton
Various (voice): Cindy Robinson
Various (voice): Dave Wittenberg
Various (voice): Kari Wahlgren
Various (voice): Kyle Hebert
Various (voice): Barbara Goodson
Various (voice): Keith Silverstein
Various (voice): Yuri Lowenthal
Various (voice): Megan Hollingshead
Various (voice): Skip Stellrecht
Various (voice): Troy Baker
Various (voice): Karen Strassman
Various (voice): JB Blanc
Various (voice): Johnny Yong Bosch
Greg Glenn / G-Curtis (motion capture): Derek Mears
Film Crew:
Executive Producer: Masao Takiyama
Screenplay: Shoutarou Suga
Director: Makoto Kamiya
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Editor: Ryuji Miyajima
Layout: Nobuhito Sue
Sound Designer: Koji Kasamatsu
Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Costume Design: Kuniko Hôjô
Compositor: Naoyuki Fujii
Stunts: Satoshi Hakuzen
Executive Producer: Haruhiro Tsujimoto
Executive Producer: Keiji Inafune
Original Music Composer: Tetsuya Takahashi
Co-Producer: Hidenori Ueki
Story: Hiroyuki Kobayashi
CGI Director: Atsushi Doi
Casting Producer: Michelle Ladd
Stunts: Naohiro Kawamoto
Storyboard Artist: Shinji Nishikawa
Casting Producer: Thom Williams
Producer: Taro Morishima
Associate Producer: Scott Dolph
Video Game: Shinji Mikami
Stunts: Jersey Maki Itosu
Sound Editor: Yoshiki Matsunaga
Casting Producer: Hiroyuki Yoshida
Compositor: Hiroki Ando
Storyboard Artist: Kiyoshi Okuyama
Production Manager: Sareana Sun
Associate Producer: Daisuke Gomi
Stunts: Koji Kawamoto
Video Game: Kenichi Iwao
Story Editor: Father
Video Game: Tokuro Fujiwara
Video Game: Takahiro Arimitsu
Modelling Supervisor: Yoshiaki Hirabayashi
Producer: Seiji Iseda
Associate Producer: Aki Kiuchi
Executive Producer: Ivan C. Shih
Co-Executive Producer: Toshi Tokumaru
Associate Producer: Mareo Yamada
Production Design: Shiho Tamura
Production Manager: Alena Fang
Production Manager: Kumiko Oguri
Second Assistant Director: Kentaro Fujisawa
First Assistant Director: Gaku Nagao
Prop Designer: Takumi Sakura
Storyboard Artist: Hiromitsu Soma
Dialogue Editor: Les Claypool III
Character Designer: Kazuhiro Asakawa
VFX Artist: Wu Bin
Lighting Artist: Zhang Bei
Modeling: Stacy Chang
Lighting Artist: Peng Chao
Modeling: Hsin-Che Chen
Modeling: Soyoung Cheng
Modeling: Chaucer Chiu
Lighting Artist: Liu Dexin
Compositor: Nobutaka Emoto
Lighting Artist: Le Gao
Compositing Lead: Tsubasa Harikae
Lighting Artist: Yifang He
Lighting Artist: Zhang Hongkun
Animation: Ni Hongtao
Stunts: Nobuhiro Inohara
Post Production Producer: Yuuki Hashimoto
Assistant Editor: Narihiko Kôno
Movie Reviews:
Andre Gonzales: It’s just like if I was watching the video game. Pretty cool movie. These are the 2 characters I remember the most because I loved Code Veronica so much.
once again I should be doing the bunch of stuff I have to do but:
I have a feeling that Glenn Yong might be playing as Ace for OPLA season 2?? Or at least some role bc back when the fashion show in Milan was happening he made a post with Taz and on the caption said “looking forward to hanging in June”???? and then Taz commented “see you in SA!” aND because both Taz and Iñaki have said they’re starting shooting in South Africa later in June/July I was like…..what if……
@ewsbdi, @juju, @dprian, @haelhusaini, @nic.kaufmann, @raul_official_sn, @leejaehyunow and @_0hoony, @glennyqh and @zacklugo all wore #DolceGabbana to the unveiling of the #DGFW24 Men’s Collection "SLEEK”.
Rowoon wore a full look from the #DGSS24 runway collection, styled with a matching cummerbund and a pair of squared toe loafers.
JuJu Smith-Schuster wore a t-shirt in ardoise cordonetto lace and garment dyed cargo trousers styled with chunky white sneakers.
DPR Ian wore a full look from the #DGSS24 runway collection, styled with a pair of black boots.
Hael Husaini wore a pinstripe suit from the #DGSS24 runway collection.
Raul wore a total look from the #DGSS24 runway collection styled with black #DGDNA tank top and a pair of black chelsea boots.
Hyunjae @official_theboyz wore a full look from the #DGSS24 runway collection, styled with a pair of matching colour squared toe loafers.
Younghoon @official_theboyz wore a full look from the #DGSS24 runway collection, styled with a pair of squared toe loafers and a golden cross necklace embellished with crystals.
Glenn Yong wore a black tuxedo from the #DGSS24 runway collection styled with a pair of New Roma sneakers.