#goncharov

[itsladykit]

We should all be grateful Tumblr isn't more popular, because I can guarantee some studio exec would attempt to make Goncharov if they thought they could squeeze money out of us.

Goncharov coming third in tumblr's top 100 movies of 2023 is so damn funny. Imagine being a film studio exec who spent millions making some of the other 97 movies listed below it only to be beaten by a film that cost exactly zero dollars to make and doesn't exist

[corsairesix]

The funniest thing about Goncharov is that tumblr users are really good at faking media analysis. Tumblr is full of media analysis, albeit some of it bad and albeit some of it exclusively about children's cartoons -- but regardless, it's easy to fake a tumblr-voice film analysis post about a movie that doesn't exist.

However, once people actually started fleshing out the meat of Goncharov -- not just themes and characters but like, dialogue -- it became instantly obvious that 1) no one on tumblr had ever seen a Martin Scorsese movie and 2) their knowledge of dramatic dialogue writing came exclusively from "this line is so raw but it's actually just from a tumblr post"-type tumblr posts.

[pierog]

i'm so glad goncharov happened when it did, right before prolific public use of AI. that was pure honest gaslighting straight from the heart. real human whimsicality and trickery thru blood sweat and tears. we were a family. and we all gonched, together. you cant replicate that with any machine.

[annabelle--cane]

you have no idea how much it pains me that I can't watch goncharov. I want to watch this movie so bad it makes me look stupid.

[rachel-sez]

Standing in a checkout line, when an older man asks me about my Goncharov t-shirt. I say "It's a movie, " when the person behind me chimes in, "Oh, yes, Scorsese."

The original gentleman goes on to tell me about the author Goncharov, his favorite of his novels, and a famous character from one of the novels. The three of us discuss whether the main character in the movie is intentionally named after the author, referencing that character, or whether it just sounded good to the film maker. We discuss how steeped the movie is in symbology.

Two of us are having a very different conversation than the third.

[coraclavia]

of all Riccardo Estli's compositions, I think "Katya's Waltz" from the Goncharov score is one of his most beautiful

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[art by @beelzeebub ]

[turntaxesgayer]

Goncharov was special because not only did we establish canon, we created a whole fanon gay interpretation and proceded to ignore the (not even real) original in favour of it. And thats what tumblr is all about.

[werewolfetone]

For me the funniest thing to come out of the goncharov meme was not any of the fake scenes or the nyt articles about it or whatever but the fact that due to the fact that he'd found it funny when I told him about it I got my dad several books by ivan goncharov for christmas that year as a joke fully expecting him to not even touch them BUT to everyone's surprise he read every single one cover to cover and liked them so much that he read dostoevsky and then read tolstoy and then pushkin and then gogol and now barely reads anything that isn't nineteenth century russian literature and also has started watching academic talks about crime and punishment and will randomly bring up shit like the politics present in bulgakov's writing in at LEAST half of our conversations. all because of goncharov

[syl-stormblessed]

i’m gonna be so real with you guys. before i looked through the tag i thought that hbomberguy was some sort of Goncharov D.B. Cooper. i’ve never heard of hbomberguy in my LIFE before today i genuinely thought this was tumblr’s new made up meme of the week.

[pinoruno]

finally framed this @theshitpostcalligrapher goncharov original :) only twoooo years delay 😭😭 very delighted :)

[batcavescolony]

THE TIKTOK PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY MADE GONCHAROV!!!!!

[aroaceofthesea]

[hawkatana]

[theblurrinessofbeingalive]

While making dinner tonight, I very very fleetingly, but very seriously and legitimately thought “I should watch Goncharov tonight”

And then I Remembered.

[destinationtoast]

Toastystats: Happy anniversary, Goncharov fandom!

In honor of two years since Tumblr went nuts over Goncharov, I've archived my original stats and analyses (including discussion/stats about the prevalence of femslash in the fandom), and I've done some follow up analyses.

Click through to AO3 for more data and discussion, and for any clarifications/corrections.