#i could never be a film snob i like having fun

[atlas-dr0wned]

im convinced people on letterboxd hate fun; i keep going on to review movies and seeing most of the reviews talking about how much the film sucks and they didnt even smile once throughout it, meanwhile i thought it was a silly film that didnt take itself too seriously in the best way

[janesociety]

how different marauders characters would act at a taylor swift concert w/ you ⭑

inspired by this post by the lovely @bealovesmarauders

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remus knows her discography by heart. he was originally a little insecure to sing the whole time, but he can’t help but sing along when you look so cute dancing and screaming the words to each song. he probably would’ve been the one to buy tickets after you came to terms with your chances of getting them being so slim, so when he surprised you with them you were over the moon. he would’ve gotten you two lower bowl seats so you would be really close but also able to see every single visual. he also would’ve offered to stand and wait in the merch line during the openers and before the concert started so you could have fun and watch them and have a cute t-shirt to take home.

james “swiftie” potter would be going absolutely feral. he would’ve gotten floor seats that were at least in the first ten rows so he could feel everything. he would’ve made a huge ordeal about surprising you with the tickets. i just know he would take you out to a fancy brunch before you guys got ready for the concert. he would probably want you two to go as miss americana and the heartbreak prince and people would definitely use your pictures as inspo for their shows. i also think he’d be the type to propose during lover or love story if you were at that point in the relationship. he would’ve been all cute about it too and told everyone around you so they could film and take pictures for you guys during the moment. he would also make a show of carrying you back to your car after the concert, even if your feet didn’t hurt that bad from the extremely uncomfortable shoes you inevitably would wear.

oh, sirius. i feel like he’s a total music snob and was really only going originally because you were so excited about it. but then he gets to the concert and he’s awestruck. he would’ve gone insane during the beat drop in don’t blame me but also prob would’ve teared up during my tears ricochet. he would’ve loved every moment of it and would immediately regret not learning all her songs before the concert. i think he’d be so obsessed that the minute he got home he would’ve gone online and bought you two more tickets for either the second night in your city or the next closest show. he’d also probably make you explain all the lore and stories behind everything on the way home. you just know that next time, he will be so prepared he will outshine every other swiftie boyfriend in the crowd. he’s also a rep girly.

lily is a swiftie through and through. there’s not doubt in my mind that she’s not an evermore and lover girly. she would’ve fought hard for those tickets and she would be so proud when she surprised you with them. you and her would spend so much time picking out the perfect themed outfits for the night and would definitely end up in a few of those “my fav outfits i saw at the era’s tour!” videos. she definitely has a note in her notes app where she keeps track of all the surprise songs and which ones she wants (she was heartbroken after dbatc and clean were taken in the same night, but she also knows that there’s not a single song that she’d be disappointed in getting). it honestly doesn’t matter where your seats are because no matter what you two will be having so much fun it won’t even matter in the end.

regulus, unlike sirius, actually prepared for the concert. he was definitely doing his research before hand. he was never a big taylor swift fan before, but when he saw your eyes light up when you told him you got tickets, he knew he had to be ready. he spent months listening to each album one by one, making playlists, attempting to learn words, and maybe even looking into the meaning behind the songs. he may get a little too caught up in connecting each song to one of her relationships and prob would wear and “i <3 T. S.” shirt to the concert. like james, he would’ve offered to carry you out of the arena, but unlike james, he would’ve listened to you saying no and would’ve been content simply holding your shoes in one hand and your hand in the other.

[emotionalcadaver]

Hello 🌻

hope you are having fun during your holiday :)

So... I noticed in your bio you describe yourself as a film snob, and I was curious if you could put together a list of films you believe everyone should watch. It doesn't matter whether they're niche films or d'essai or blockbuster, I used to adore going to cine-forums and watch every kind of genre, they always leave you something to bring home

Thank you! <3

(Sorry for the ramble, but I'm stuck in bed for the next couple of weeks with way too much free time, and I figured I might as well put it to good use! xD )

Ohhh my god, Ari, you have no idea just how badly I wanna hug you right now. Films and filmmaking are one of my special interests and I could literally talk your ear off about the industry!

Please keep in mind that these are just my personal picks/opinions, and I am almost certainly forgetting a few because I'm doing this off of memory. I'm also not including any films that I haven't seen yet (there are a few classics that I embarrassingly just somehow never got around to seeing that are currently in my watchlist) so if you notice any strange omissions that's why. Please keep in mind that I tend to prefer dark, pessimistic films, so this list is going to reflect that.

If you'd like specific recommendations, wish for me elaborate anymore on any of these films, or want a part 2 to this, please let me know!

Also, I recently got a Letterboxd account back in December, so if you want to see what I've been watching recently, give me a follow over there!

Under a read more because this got LONG.

Alien (1979, Dir. Ridley Scott)

Aliens (1986, Dir. James Cameron)

Anthropoid (2016, Dir. Sean Ellis)

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022, Dir. Martin McDonagh)

Batman Begins (2005, Dir. Christopher Nolan)

Black Swan (2010, Dir. Darren Aronofsky)

Children of Men (2006, Dir. Alfonso Cuaron)

A Clockwork Orange (1971, Dir. Stanley Kubrick)

Clue (1985, Dir. Jonathan Lynn)

The Dark Knight (2008, Dir. Christopher Nolan)

The Dark Knight Rises (2012, Dir. Christopher Nolan)

Dune Part I (2021, Dir. Denis Villeneuve)

Dunkirk (2017, Dir. Christopher Nolan)

Get Out (2017, Dir. Jordan Peele)

The Godfather (1972, Dir. Francis Ford Coppola)

The Godfather Part II (1974, Dir. Francis Ford Coppola)

Inception (2010, Dir. Christopher Nolan)

Interstellar (2014, Dir. Christopher Nolan)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Dir. Peter Jackson)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, Dir. Peter Jackson)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, Dir. Peter Jackson)

Memento (2000, Dir. Christopher Nolan)

Molly's Game (2017, Dir. Aaron Sorkin)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993, Dir. Henry Selick)

No Country for Old Men (2007, Dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)

Oppenheimer (2023, Dir. Christopher Nolan)

Platoon (1986, Dir. Oliver Stone)

The Prestige (2006, Dir. Christopher Nolan)

Psycho (1960, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

Pulp Fiction (1994, Dir. Quentin Tarantino)

Rear Window (1954, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

The Shining (1980, Dir. Stanley Kubrick)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Dir. Jonathan Demme)

Spotlight (2015, Dir. Tom McCarthy)

Titanic (1997, Dir. James Cameron)

12 Years a Slave (2013, Dir. Steve McQueen)

28 Days Later (2002, Dir. Danny Boyle)

Zero Dark Thirty (2012, Dir. Kathryn Bigelow)

[realcube]

YOU GOT: KEIJI AKAASHI

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ matchup for @lady-of-endless

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ if you would like a matchup, read this!

'MBTI: INFJ'

𓆩♡𓆪 according to personality database, akaashi is an INTJ

𓆩♡𓆪 which i agree with tbh , usually personality database has some unqiue opinions based in nothing but imo INTJ is accurate for him

𓆩♡𓆪 anyway this means you are both very similar; you're both judging types which means you both tend to plan things out and make decisions based on logic and reason opposed to whimsy

𓆩♡𓆪 which is great because akaashi probably doesn't have the capacity to handle another bokuto

𓆩♡𓆪 he just needs someone stable and rational who isn't pushing him outside of his comfort zone every other day and that person is youu

𓆩♡𓆪 and your both introverts which is great because at functions he WILL be hanging out with you opposed to mingling

𓆩♡𓆪 not because he is shy though , literally just because he cba and he prefers your company anyway

𓆩♡𓆪 the only difference you have is you are feeling and he is thinking type

𓆩♡𓆪 and i think this is a very beneficial place to be seperated on because it means you can both learn to see things from a new perspective

𓆩♡𓆪 like you could definitely teach him to be more empathetic and open-minded

𓆩♡𓆪 while he could teach you to be more strict — since being compassionate, especially overly so isn't always a good thing and can lead to you being taken advantage of or needless upset

𓆩♡𓆪 and there is no way he is going to let something like that happen to you

𓆩♡𓆪 he finds how caring you are to be sweet though , and he wouldn't change a thing about you

𓆩♡𓆪 and being around you DEFINITELY makes him less cynical , thats for sure

𓆩♡𓆪 like he'll watch a murder documentary on netflix and be like "everyone is hideous on the inside and we're all just psychopaths"

𓆩♡𓆪 but then he'll hang out with you and be like "nevermind ☺"

︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵  

'going to the gym, listening to music, reading and studying, learning new stuff, playing the guitar'

𓆩♡𓆪 i can't imagine akaashi being a gym rat. like he i could defo see him as a person who goes to the gym, but not gym rat. he mostly just goes bc he feels like he has to

𓆩♡𓆪but omg if he finds out you go to the gym .. for fun..

𓆩♡𓆪 he will become the biggest poser on earth

𓆩♡𓆪 he seems like a "gym once a week" type of guy but as soon as he hears that you go daily or x amount of times a week, you can catch him on shoulder press machine 24/7

𓆩♡𓆪 not even ushijima HIMSELF could pull that mf away from the stair master

𓆩♡𓆪 all that just so he has the chance of running into you and having something to talk to you about

𓆩♡𓆪 but the difference between him doing it opposed to bokuto or someone else, is that he doesn't even know that he's doing it for you

𓆩♡𓆪 like he just starts hanging out in the gym more but in his head he is like "yeah i'll just stay for a couple more sets before i go... for my health... not for any other reason... hm"

𓆩♡𓆪 but deep down he is praying that you'll come in at any moment

𓆩♡𓆪 but that's like pre-dating. after y'all start dating he keeps this gym rat facade up for maybe a couple months before he admits he's a lazy shit

𓆩♡𓆪 jk actually dating you would probably get him going to the gym more anyway so maybe you never find out

𓆩♡𓆪he is definitely the reading type, i'm pretty sure it's canon that he is a manga editor after the timeskip??

𓆩♡𓆪 anyway he would definitely be giving you book/manga reccs once y'all start dating

𓆩♡𓆪 and he's unreal because if you give him a recc back he will ACTUALLY read it just so you guys have something to talk about

𓆩♡𓆪 even if it's abosolute trash , he'll still read it but just so he can complain about it and tease you for having horrible taste

𓆩♡𓆪 as if he doesn't read manga .. i mean, who does that?! (👀)

︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵

'Ideal first date: movie and a walk'

𓆩♡𓆪 oki this is defo what made me pick akaashi for you

𓆩♡𓆪 i can totally imagine him as a film snob though so you are going to have to deal with him putting on some pretentious ass "classic" film like fight club ARGH

𓆩♡𓆪 unless you're into that kinda stuff then y'all are just a match made

𓆩♡𓆪 or it could go the opposite way around and you convince him to watch a funny but objectively "poor" movie like sausage party

𓆩♡𓆪 or you could compromise and watch a critically aclaimed movie made for wide audiences like deadpool or barbie

𓆩♡𓆪 omg he sooo wants to watch something mentally stimulating and challenging with you so you guys can have in depth discussions about the plot over a glass of wine

𓆩♡𓆪 but on your first date bokuto told him beforehand "bro you gotta watch a scary film, she'll get so scared she'll jump into your arms and then you don't even need to make a move"

𓆩♡𓆪 and at first he is apprehensive but bokuto has probably had wayyy more gfs than him so he just goes with it

𓆩♡𓆪 so he puts on a horror movie and he isn't easily scared but it wouldn't matter if he was anyway because the whole time he is just passing glances at you like 👁👁 waiting for you to squeal and leap into his arms like bokuto said you would

𓆩♡𓆪 v disappointed when that doesn't happen

︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵

for @lady-of-endless: you are such a sweetie pie so you deserved someone as sweet ! akaashi was the first person that sprung to mind for you tbh. i briefly considered kenma but it was mostly akaashi supremacy for you

[agentnico]

Trap (2024) review

M. Night Shyamalan seems like a nice dad.

Plot: In M. Night Shyamalan's latest outing, everyone in a large city is in a frenzy. Why? That's because they're up and ready to watch a concert performed by famous pop star Lady Raven. Two of her fans, a man named Cooper and his daughter Riley, attend the concert with high spirits, but things slowly begin to change their tune. Amongst the screams of adoration and sounds of applause, the concert itself has a hidden identity: a front to fish out an infamous serial killer known as The Butcher. With security cameras rigged, armies of policemen with weapons at the ready, and police vehicles surrounding the venue, will anyone survive their concert experience or is there more to The Butcher than meets the eye?

I bloody love M. Night Shyamalan! As a director that is, not as a person as I’ve never met the guy. He could be a real stuck snob for all I know. But as a creative voice in the movie industry I absolutely adore him, as this is someone who to this day has not let the Hollywood machine change or mould him and has stayed true to himself and his style of art form. Granted he does make a lot of crap, from the fascinating beach-that-turns-you-old concept stuck in a goofy and stupidly executed Old to The Happening where he somehow managed to make a tree be the ominous bad guy. And even then I cannot hate the guy as he’s evidently so batshit crazy that I have no choice but to love it. As even at his worst he still manages to come with such unique and outrageous concepts, and of course is also well known for his ridiculous third act plot twists, so even his worst film can still offer some level of entertainment. Except for After Earth. F*** that movie and also f*** Jaeden Smith ya tosser!! Mind you, I’ve never seen After Earth.

Trap is so silly. Like on every level, from each scene featuring a thousands plot-holes, characters talking like unreal people as if they are in some alien reality, random crap occurring for the sake of it…. It’s all absolutely absurd. Josh Hartnett is the glue that holds it all together, as his unhinged performance of a psychopath trying his best to act like a happy fun loving guy only to seem even more like a serial killer was truly hilarious. Also, I found myself kind of rooting for the serial killer? Like what kind of weird Dexter crap is this, Shyamalamadingdong?? I’ve been Stockholm syndromed into liking the bad guy! But anyway, Hartnett is a hoot and honestly he needs to be in more films! Saleka as the pop singer is alright. Her songs aren’t that great nor is her acting, though I do find it super endearing that Shyamalan made this entire film just to give his daughter her big ‘Eras Tour’ concert moment break and to boost her music career. What a sweet papa.

This movie very much is reliant on how willing you are to suspend your sense of disbelief, and on what level are you able to stick with Shyamalan’s shenanigans. This isn’t a particularly good movie, nor is it a bad one, but it’s extremely entertaining from beginning to end, even if the ending does get a little too off the rails. That being said one aspect that was actually phenomenal was the cinematography by Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, who’s a frequent collaborator of Luca Guadagnino’s. There are so many ludicrously delicious frames here, and I admired how each conversation was shot, as tight and intimate as possible while capturing every foolish and panic-induced character response.

Also shout out to Kid Cudi who rocks up for less than 5 minutes of screen time to drop the mic, eye-fuck Josh Hartnett for no other reason other than it’s Josh Hartnett and then drop the best line of the whole damn movie - “I specifically said I wanted honeysuckle sour kombucha, bitch!!”

Overall score: 6/10

[firstdivisiongirl]

Hiiii! How are you??? :) hope you are having a good day<3 may I ask for a romantic Tokyo revengers matchup, please??

My pronouns are she/her and I'm bisexual, but mostly attracted to men. I'm usually very friendly with everyone and willing to help people. I make friends easily and I'm very easygoing, like I could make friends with other random girls on the streets because if I find a girl very pretty or I like her style I usually come up to her and tell her and we start talking and talking like we already knew each other, lol. I'm very very loyal with my friends and family and I'm willing to go confront someone for them if they are having beef with someone else and asking for my help. I talk a lot about things that I like but I am a very good listener. I'm also very very forgetful and very very messy. I'm not good at school, like at all, I just have my head in the clouds most of the time. I'm also a very affectionate and touchy friend, most people find me pretty funny and chill, I tend to swear a lot even in normal conversations, even when I'm not mad, and I fall in love soooo easily, like way too easily😭 I have very very low standards even though I like more older, masculine and tall guys I also really really don't mind nerds, sensitive boys, artists, ykwim?? But I usually gravitate towards people who I think can take care of me and give me a little bit of princess treatment, patient lovers. I'm also kind of the type of girlfriend who is kinda like your best friend. But I just fall very easily and get heartbreaks a lot. I'm a very sensitive person, very empathetic, but sometimes I'm unintentionally rude to my friends or other people, so I can be rude and uncalled sometimes and I'm very ashamed of that after, and sometimes especially with professors I can be easy to put up a fight with since I have a sharp tongue- my hobbies are drawing, photography, watching anime, singing, theater, acting,the history of cinema and animation, makeup and hanging out with my friends :)

I dislike people who are mean just because they think it's fun to be randomly mean to someone, people who look at you weird or snob you when you compliment them, when people touch my stuff without asking, when someone hurt animals and people who just can't stand up for themselves not even a little bit. I really like Italian old love songs, love books from the 50s 60s (they are literally so romantic without being cliche), musicals, disney movies expecially the old ones, animation, flowers (even though im allergic🧍🏻‍♀️), making people laugh, imprevedibile and fun people, dressing feminine, horror and romantic movies, videogames, old rock and romantic music.

I'm 5'0 with long long brown hair with highlights and bangs, amber eyes with long lashes, thin lips, a mole next to my nose and I always try to smile bc I like how I look when I smile :) my skin is pretty taken care of and clear, i love dressing feminine but mostly dress with baggy pants and a crop top or compression shirt, something like that, but sometimes i love putting on very short miniskits and platforms to look taller (I never wear non-platform shoes bc I wanna look taller). Also I love wearing hello kitty stuff😭❤️

I feel like this is way too much I am so so sorry- you can ignore if you don't feel like doing it🙏❤️

Have a great day, love the way you write, keep it up :D

Hi. I am doing pretty good. You didn't write too much at all and I would never ignore it. And thank you for the kind words. I want to let you know that I picked someone who could be considered controversial. If you don't like it, DM me and I will give you another. I hope you like it!

You Got...

Tetta Kisaki!!!!

I know. He's...him. But hear me out!

He's into girls who are friendly and super nice. You also give me Hina vibes.

He seems to be into very into things like history and film. I think you two would talk about film, it's history, how different camera angles are used, etc.

He would get you so many vintage things like books and old records. Anything to see you smile.

He would love that you fall so easily. That means it is easier for him to win you over. Although, he will try very hard to be the perfect partner.

WILL NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will treat you like a princess.

Most people would think he would hate someone who is not great in school. But I believe he would like that because then he could tutor you and spend more time with the person he loves.

Slow dancing to old songs in the living room!

Would love that you can fight for yourself. Makes him worry less about you and your wellbeing. He will still worry, but a little less

And lastly, he will love you no matter what. If you are rude, he will love you. When you are upset, he will love you.

Please do not copy, modify, translate or repost my writing on other platforms. Comments, reblogs and likes are highly appreciated!

[joons]

more little mermaid (2023) hot takes

i didn't like "wild, uncharted waters" much. i don't know why he sounded so much like bastille? lol. it wasn't an improvement on "her voice" from the musical. it served a fine purpose, but it was my least favorite new song because it was just there. if it had been given more of a broadway treatment, i would have enjoyed it more, i think. the production of it was just odd. "her voice" also emphasizes the mad, obsessive aspect in the music, with minor key resolutions and repetitive, WAVELIKE instrumentation.

"for the first time" was pretty cute and a definite improvement on "beyond my wildest dreams," which is probably one of my least favorite glenn slater songs (!!!). i like the caribbean flavor, i like ariel expressing doubt and embarrassment and frustration mixed with clear excitement. it does a lot more with "look at this new stuff!" than "beyond my wildest dreams," which is just glenn slater listing things, constantly, forever.

"the scuttlebutt," i am sorry to say, slaps. i don't want to explain how much i've been listening to it, lmao. for that matter, awkwafina as scuttle slapped. scuttle was the best adapted character with an incredible design and a fun update of being a diving bird. but i'm a scuttle girl. i'm a "positoovity" stan. i'm insane.

hated that sebastian wasn't a composer in this. i always liked how sebastian is a snob who kind of only gets involved in ariel's life because she ruined his day and he couldn't keep his mouth shut. it's ALMOST as an equal that triton asks him to keep an eye on ariel. obviously he's a subject and does have to take orders from the king, but it's not like actually his job description to advise the king. that's what makes it funny when he's constantly advising the king, unasked for, and then ends up having to put his money where his mouth is and prove that ariel can be controlled. making him the official adviser is so boring.

i am still trying to get my head around some of the changes to ursula's deal. i feel like they have a huge impact, but the movie doesn't necessarily realize that. something about the way mermaids and humans are seen as genuinely conflicting species in this, the way ursula just assumes that without a sweet, mermaid voice, ariel has no chance of captivating eric... it becomes more of an interspecies conflict instead of a gender war, you know? ursula still has a very low view of men, so i almost feel like taking out the "holds her tongue" verse was a missed opportunity to give her mistaken views more relevance. like she's just scuttling her way into telling ariel how love on the surface works. and that should feed into the "our species have misunderstood each other for so long" thing. that it prevents meaningful relationships between species, between genders, between fathers and daughters. and i feel like that theme could have been enhanced by making ursula a bullshitter who delights in SOWING DISCORD and creating these pressure points of misunderstandings. i got the definite vibe, though it was never directly stated, that ursula is the reason ariel's mom died in this version, that she created all the conflicts in the film. so rejecting her worldview is part of the generational healing process. so the more we can dwell on that worldview and knock it down, the better!

i also missed my ditzy sisters! they were too competent!

[project1939]

100 Films of 1952 

Film number 95: Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick 

Release date: April 12th, 1952. 

Studio: Paramount 

Genre: Musical 

Director: Claude Binyon 

Producer: William Pearlberg, George Seaton 

Actors: Alan Young, Dinah Shore, Robert Merrill, Adele Jergens 

Plot Summary: Josie is a country girl who dreams of selling her farm and living in the city. She also wants to marry her neighbor Aaron, but he loves the country and never wants to leave. When some big city guests arrive, Josie is dazzled, but all is not what it seems. Suddenly they announce they want to buy her farm... 

My Rating (out of five stars): **½  

During Project 1952 I saw an ad for this film in a magazine, and I thought, “WTF? Is that actually real?!” Indeed it is. Unfortunately, the film lived up to my worst stereotypical expectations for a story about “country folk versus city folk.” The “country folk” were ridiculously idealized and the city folk were ridiculously villainized. 

The Good: 

Dinah Shore. She was easily the most charismatic and enjoyable actor in the movie. I really like her singing voice as well- it reminds me a lot of Doris Day’s. 

The Technicolor. As usual, I stan Technicolor. The print of the film I saw was quite poor, but even so, the color was luscious. 

There was a lot of music. This is a musical that barely takes a breath to stop singing, which was a big plus for me.   

The costumes were gorgeous. The film takes place in the early 1900s- it looked very Edwardian- and the period costumes were beautiful, colorful, and fun. (Ooh, I just discovered that Edith Head was the designer here, so that makes sense!)

The Bad: 

The cast overall was kinda blah. Aside from Shore, no one else really pulled me in. Alan Young was cute as Aaron but not terribly interesting. 

The music was not the most memorable. None of the songs were bad, but they certainly weren’t bangers. The only one I can remember after having just finished the film is the opening “Chores” number. 

The characters were very one dimensional with little to no depth. 

It was way too simplified in terms of country vs city. The country folk lived in a paradise of harmony and simplicity- they were all good people who loved going to church and dancing on the weekends. The city folk were cynical snobs, con men, criminals, and bawdy chorus girls. I know it’s just a comedy, but it was incredibly annoying and insulting. Especially as someone who has lived large portions of my life in both the city and the country. 

I got bored more than once with the story and had a hard time staying focused. Once Josie went to the city things kind of fell apart for me. 

Here’s an example from the opening song of the insipid “country vs city” stuff: “The country girls are natural folk, they like to laugh and like to joke. City girls are learning to smoke behind the parlor doors.” 

Oh, and yet again we get more jokes about men slapping their women around. During a fight, a guy says to his fiancé, “Oh my sweetheart, how I look forward to marrying you and being arrested for wife-beating!” Facepalm. 

And why does the guy get his name in the title when the woman is the main protagonist? Yes, yes, I know, “Aaron Slick” and “Punkin Crick” rhyme, but it could easily have been “Josie Slick from Punkin Crick,” couldn’t it? I just thought it was weird that she didn’t get first billing in her own film. (But not terribly surprising in some ways!) 

[procrastinatingsoicanreadfanfics]

Vikings + modern!uni students

Summary: Vikings as modern!uni students

Notes: I love this so much, so it’s a bit long, with a bunch of characters. Always included the major/subject I think they’d pick too.

Taglist: @batmandallyboy @bragisrunes @demon-of-the-ancient-world @deans-ch-ch-cherrypie @punkrocknpearls @alice-dopey (hmu to be added!)

Masterlist | based on this request | requests are OPEN!

Ragnar

I think Ragnar would be the worst kind of dormmate

He never gives you a heads up when someone is over, he smokes weed in the room and he’s very chaotic

But he’s also smart

Only fails the classes he hates

Wide range of interest, switches majors all the time

Major: Business + International Relations (ends up giving into parent’s pressure, but it works out)

Lagertha

She’s the perfect dormmate

Cooks enough for both of you, very clean, very considerate

I’m not sure what she would enjoy studying, or if she’d even study

I think Lagertha would be a firefighter or so

Major (if she did study): Geology or Norse paganism/history

Aslaug

I think she’d be in a sorority for like two weeks before she moves out

Aslaug is super extravagant

I know for a fact what she would study

And she excels at everything she does

Except cooking

Good dormmate

Major: fashion (obvi?!)

Bjorn

He’s a frat bro, throughout the entirety of uni

Ragnar wants him to study finance, and Bjorn makes that his persona for a while

Is absolutely miserable and fails all his classes

I just don’t think it’s for him

He’d end up opening a construction company or just starting to work for Lothbrok Inc. in a more practical job

Alternatively I think he could be a pro athlete

Ubbe

Works towards a scholarship and gets it

Does all the work too: volunteers, he’s on a sports team (American football, soccer, maybe track or some martial art), excellent grades

I think he’d enjoy uni very much, and like being more independent

Definitely meets his future wife in uni

Major: Business

Hvitserk

I have two careerpaths for Hvitserk

Either he goes to culinary school

Or, and this comes from one of @bragisrune ‘s fics

He wants to do nursing

I think he’d be a fun roommate, but a total slob

Parties hard

Major: medicine/nursing

Sigurd

Goes from theater kid straight to broadway

Or well, tries

Definitely an arts major

Roommate that just. Disappears for weeks at a time

Major: Music/performing arts/theater

Ivar

Snob roomie

Absolutely horrible, until you like, defend him from someone while depressingly drunk

You have to be liked by Hvitserk in order for him to like you

Idk what he’d study, I feel like he has a big range of interests

Major: history or maybe one of the sciences. Also learns a language in uni

Athelstan

He kind of has an Amish experience going to college

Grew up very sheltered in a tiny monastery in Great Britain, goes out into the world

And boom, everything hits at once

Very quiet and pleasant roommate

Major: Theology or history

Floki

The chaotic guy that’s always late to class

Aces tests without studying

Okay roommate, it’s honestly 50/50 every night

Knows every plug around uni

Has these giant barbecues for everyone to attend and talk

Major: theme park engineering (it’s a real thing)

Helga

Also an amazing roommate

She totally brings you treats and bakes you something for your birthday

Helga is another one of those characters where I know for a fact what she would study

If she didn’t want to work in a kindergarten

Major: education (best elementary/middle/high school teacher ever)

Alfred

Another theater kid

However, I think he doesn’t want to be in the center of attention, but more ‘behind the scenes’

Most definitely, 1000% on tumblr, chronically online

He writes fanfiction.

Would make moodboards for @bragisrunes

Major: film/photography/art history

Elsewith

She’s a girly in STEM

On her way to get a PhD, valedictorian, just everything

I think she’d be a good roomie, but she studies a lot and expects a quiet environment for it

Has her standards for everything, very clean

Major: either biology or engineering

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CHARACTER TRIVIA GAME !

instructions: describe 10 random headcanons about your muse of choice that will rarely ever have the chance to naturally come up in threads. Go wild, go random, go meta! repost, do not reblog!

1) hades is a film snob. he loves really old films, black and white ones, and will make everyone else around him suffer. but he likes newer things too, and he has a little notebook where he documents his thoughts and opinions on any new film he watches. this guy could be a film critic if he wanted to, but he just does it for fun.

2) hades was the one to defeat iapetus in combat (imo), and the wounds he suffered during the fight were pretty extreme.  he definitely didn’t think he was walking away from that one (but a series of fortunate and unfortunate events gave him the edge he needed). 

3) hades is disgustingly wealthy, not just as the god of gems, but as a really prolific businessman in the mortal realm. he’s old money rich, and has never had to bat an eye at the cost of anything, ever. he definitely has a skewed view of how money works and i won’t deny that. he’s extremely privileged in that way and it often shows. however, he’s also pretty generous with his wealth, and doesn’t hoard it (as best as he can). he donates extensively, because while he is rich, he’s also the god of the dead, and he sees so much pain and suffering enter his realm that could easily be fixed, and so he does what he can without completely upsetting the nature of the world humans created.

4) he and hera are extremely alike. despite how much he tried to be like zeus or poseidon or kratos in his youth, hera was easily the biggest influence on him. they took the twin thing a little too far and just became clones imo. he adores her completely and despite being the older one, looks up to her a lot.

5) i sorta have this headcanon that immortal bodies aren’t very easy to perform surgeries on / particularly the cosmetic kind, because their bodies heal so quickly.  and because hades wasn’t about to spend all his time and energy on consciously shapeshifting his body every day, his journey w/ top surgery was actually a long time coming / also kinda uncomfortable. now that he’s finally been able to achieve it though, he’s so much happier n he looks GREAT

6) the underworld takes a lot of large tolls on the body, and even though hades is its ruler and is better equipped than most, he still feels the affects.  living in a place of pretty constant darkness and no sun means he’s really sensitive to sunlight.  he needs sunglasses or its almost painful, and even his immortal skin will burn to a crisp if he’s out in the sun a second too long without copious amounts of sunscreen.  the underworld is also very cold, so hades does not handle heat well either, and he will become cranky if he gets too warm. he’s literally a vampire idk

7) hades is not a very athletic person.  he’s physically fit and is quite agile and fast, but he’s not the kind of person to just hop in and play a round of basketball or take a ski trip. the only sports he ever watches are the olympics, and that’s only out of nostalgia. if hades is getting physical, its only as a last resort, and its usually in a fight.

8) hades runs the underworld a little less like a kingdom and more like a business.  because his subjects are dead, there’s not really a lot of back and forth they can do, so he has tasks for them (which sometimes just means wander around) and he pays people well to keep them in check.  the various regions of the underworld are more like sectors of his operation, with different people delegated to remain in charge. the maintenance of the underworld is done for the few gods who do reside down there, and not for the dead. his real job is to intervene when those beneath him are unable to do the job on their own, and just making sure things run smoothly.  the product?  a world free of wandering souls and peace among the dead.

9) there are a number of things hades has discovered since getting sober, and all of them are part of what i’m referring to as his metamorphosis. he’s learning just how big his sweet tooth is (and also just how big his appetite is / how much better food is). he’s using his time to have more fun, with his appearance, with his hobbies, and with his family. his sex drive is higher and sex feels better.  he’s more physically fit because he spends more time taking care of his body.  he still has a long way to go, but he’s found a lot of little joys he’d long since lost sight of and its really good for him.

10) hades decided to fight in the gigantomachy of his own accord. i think he shocked a lot of people by showing up at all, but this was what he knew. no matter how estranged he might have become with his family, nor how great a mystery he was to the younger generation, fighting alongside his siblings was all he had known for most of his life and there was no way he was going to sit out another fight.

Tagged by: @seaprofound who enabled me into talking about hades again Tagging: all of you. tag me if you do it!

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I got distracted reading 4-04 and 4-05 i totally forgot the actual thing i was supposed to ask you today, what are your thoughts on the kinds of shows the nxx team wouldve watched as kids growing up. MC and Luke have apparently watched animes and even dressed up as characters but i have this need to know the finer details. LIKE. WHAT DID YOU WATCH SPECIFICALLY?? And i remembered you said luke was the one who probably understood most of the terms zangr was saying so like?? Luke do you like these kinds of things?? -Marsh

MARSH, thank you so much for this ask and for the SPECIFIC WORDING "watched as kids growing up." because that makes me have to go back in time and thusly uncovering by far my favorite yet most under-utilized and never-brought-up detail of tears of themis:

the story of this game takes place in the year 2030

DO U HAVE ANY IDEA HOW FUNNIER THIS MAKES SHIT???? AND ALSO HOW MUCH MORE SENSE STUFF MAKES??? let me explain myself by going thru all the boys one by one

luke pearce

YEAH HE SAID HE AND MC WERE RLLY INTO ANIME AS KIDS. luke pearce who is 24 years old in 2030 means that from the Important Media Ages (12-15) it was 2018-2021. this period of time, anime started getting more and more accessible, most notably getting on netflix and stuff like this. so like all the anime on netflix rn? yeah luke's watched them.

though because i kin luke, imma say that his fave is fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood. ive got no characterization proof for this, i just want to give him this honor

additionally, luke is a HUUUUGE fan of the original Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle novels (ACD Sherlock) and i think this would have pushed him to watch like, just every popular sherlock media adaptation there is. he personally liked Elementary better than BBC Sherlock. he generally just gravitates to the adaptations that dont forget about the heart of all of the characters.

also also also, luke likes action movies ranging from "hey this is "good" to critics" to "this is a shit movie but MY GOD IS IT FUN!!!"

artem wing

artem wing who is 29 years old in 2030 means that from the Important Media Ages (12-15) it was 2013-2016. but also artem is a MOVIE SNOB LMAOOO, hes That Guy with the Opinions On Film and you bet that his analytical ass was into just the most extra shit to watch those days because no teenager is chill, every teenager has some kind of ego, i dont know what movies he would have watched at that point to be the Smartest Teenager About Movies, but he sure did watch them

though artem also is very into sci-fi literature and 2013-2016 had a BUUUNCH of huge sci-fi movies. Pacific Rim, Gravity, Interstellar, Arrival. Arrival is deffo artem's fave, dont fight me on this, i can explain further but not in this answer bc it will get LOOONG LOL

artem also is into "classics" which uh. wait artem what do you Mean by that, what is a "classic" for somebody born in 2001??? i dont really know exactly what he means by "classics" so i just take it to mean he's a slut for period dramas which leads me to my closing point

"Once upon a time, when [Artem] was younger, around 17 years old, he pondered identifying as asexual or as one of the subsets under that term, but he put that aside after he first watched Pride and Prejudice (2005). He had then acquired a recurring fantasy in which he would be sensually accosted by Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy in a secluded study after months of furtive, charged glances, lingering, split second touches, double entendres classily and subtly masked but still implying a repressed yet voracious—Moving on." -an excerpt from my comedy smut fic where artem goes thru a crisis. yeah. yeah. Pride and Prejudice dir. Joe Wright was his bisexual awakening.

MOVING ON!!

vyn richter

vyn richter who is 27 years old in 2030 means that from the Important Media Ages (12-15) it was 2015-2018 but honestly that doesnt help me AT ALL LOL BECAUSE VYN IS A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK.....

like honest to god i cant even imagine vyn as anything other than an adult KJBSJKFS (which is depressing, if i think about it more... but also what vyn would want, i assume he would hate for people to have known him as a child, imperfect and shunned.....which is ALSO DEPRESSING. VYN, U GOOD???)

okay yknow what im not studied enough in Vyn Richter Studies so i will come back to this once ive gotten more of his story and know more of his (what im theorizing to be a SHITASS TERRIBLE) childhood history. so vyn, i guess ur safe from me....ur safe FOR NOW, THAT IS....

marius von hagen

marius von hagen who is 21 years old in 2030 means that from the Important Media Ages (12-15) it was 2021-2024. good fucking lord, marius was born in 2009 and that makes him so young that his Important Media Ages arent even DONE HAPPENING IN OUR CURRENT TIMELINE, JESUS....

2021 is an interesting era of entertainment because it is getting steadily more and more apparent that corporate greed is trying to swallow up good storytelling; movies and shows are made as fast food products to be consumed immediately and thrown away just as fast. there are smarter posts and articles talking about this, but my point here is that marius "believes SO MUCH in art and art's capability to make a difference" von hagen would HATE THIS SO MUCH and, through spite, get into a lot of indie medias that dont necessarily sell. smaller movies, tv shows that got cancelled way before they should have.

oh, hey, MARIUS WAS 12 YEARS OLD IN 2021, yeah he could have watched The Owl House and threw a fucking FIT when disne/y nerfed the show's third season. he has not forgiven and he has not forgotten.

regardless of his age, marius, at some point in his teens watches Vincent and the Doctor (s5 e10 from Doctor Who). for those who dont know this episode, it involves Vincent Van Gogh and a bunch of sci-fi stuff but, at the end, a scene where Van Gogh is taken to the future and shown the impact his art has made on people. please watch it, if you havent it, it's very good and no words can do the experience justice.

anyway yeah marius watches it and it makes him FUCKING SOB

yeah so these are my takes kdjbfdsjfs

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The Rise & Fall of Joss Whedon; the Myth of the Hollywood Feminist Hero

By Kelly Faircloth

“I hate ‘feminist.’ Is this a good time to bring that up?” Joss Whedon asked. He paused knowingly, waiting for the laughs he knew would come at the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer making such a statement.

It was 2013, and Whedon was onstage at a fundraiser for Equality Now, a human rights organization dedicated to legal equality for women. Though Buffy had been off the air for more than a decade, its legacy still loomed large; Whedon was widely respected as a man with a predilection for making science fiction with strong women for protagonists. Whedon went on to outline why, precisely, he hated the term: “You can’t be born an ‘ist,’” he argued, therefore, “‘feminist’ includes the idea that believing men and women to be equal, believing all people to be people, is not a natural state, that we don’t emerge assuming that everybody in the human race is a human, that the idea of equality is just an idea that’s imposed on us.”

The speech was widely praised and helped cement his pop-cultural reputation as a feminist, in an era that was very keen on celebrity feminists. But it was also, in retrospect, perhaps the high water mark for Whedon’s ability to claim the title, and now, almost a decade later, that reputation is finally in tatters, prompting a reevaluation of not just Whedon’s work, but the narrative he sold about himself. 

In July 2020, actor Ray Fisher accused Whedon of being “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable” on the Justice League set when Whedon took over for Zach Synder as director to finish the project. Charisma Carpenter then described her own experiences with Whedon in a long post to Twitter, hashtagged #IStandWithRayFisher.

On Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, Carpenter played Cordelia, a popular character who morphed from snob to hero—one of those strong female characters that made Whedon’s feminist reputation—before being unceremoniously written off the show in a plot that saw her thrust into a coma after getting pregnant with a demon. For years, fans have suspected that her disappearance was related to her real-life pregnancy. In her statement, Carpenter appeared to confirm the rumors. “Joss Whedon abused his power on numerous occasions while working on the sets of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel,’” she wrote, describing Fisher’s firing as the last straw that inspired her to go public.

Buffy was a landmark of late 1990s popular culture, beloved by many a burgeoning feminist, grad student, gender studies professor, and television critic for the heroine at the heart of the show, the beautiful blonde girl who balanced monster-killing with high school homework alongside ancillary characters like the shy, geeky Willow. Buffy was very nearly one of a kind, an icon of her era who spawned a generation of leather-pants-wearing urban fantasy badasses and women action heroes.

Buffy was so beloved, in fact, that she earned Whedon a similarly privileged place in fans’ hearts and a broader reputation as a man who championed empowered women characters. In the desert of late ’90s and early 2000s popular culture, Whedon was heralded as that rarest of birds—the feminist Hollywood man. For many, he was an example of what more equitable storytelling might look like, a model for how to create compelling women protagonists who were also very, very fun to watch. But Carpenter’s accusations appear to have finally imploded that particular bit of branding, revealing a different reality behind the scenes and prompting a reevaluation of the entire arc of Whedon’s career: who he was and what he was selling all along.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered March 1997, midseason, on The WB, a two-year-old network targeting teens with shows like 7th Heaven. Its beginnings were not necessarily auspicious; it was a reboot of a not-particularly-blockbuster 1992 movie written by third-generation screenwriter Joss Whedon. (His grandfather wrote for The Donna Reed Show; his father wrote for Golden Girls.) The show followed the trials of a stereotypical teenage California girl who moved to a new town and a new school after her parents’ divorce—only, in a deliberate inversion of horror tropes, the entire town sat on top of the entrance to Hell and hence was overrun with demons. Buffy was a slayer, a young woman with the power and immense responsibility to fight them. After the movie turned out very differently than Whedon had originally envisioned, the show was a chance for a do-over, more of a Valley girl comedy than serious horror.

It was layered, it was campy, it was ironic and self-aware. It looked like it belonged on the WB rather than one of the bigger broadcast networks, unlike the slickly produced prestige TV that would follow a few years later. Buffy didn’t fixate on the gory glory of killing vampires—really, the monsters were metaphors for the entire experience of adolescence, in all its complicated misery. Almost immediately, a broad cross-section of viewers responded enthusiastically. Critics loved it, and it would be hugely influential on Whedon’s colleagues in television; many argue that it broke ground in terms of what you could do with a television show in terms of serialized storytelling, setting the stage for the modern TV era. Academics took it up, with the show attracting a tremendous amount of attention and discussion.

In 2002, the New York Times covered the first academic conference dedicated to the show. The organizer called Buffy “a tremendously rich text,” hence the flood of papers with titles like “Pain as Bright as Steel: The Monomyth and Light in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’” which only gathered speed as the years passed. And while it was never the highest-rated show on television, it attracted an ardent core of fans.

But what stood out the most was the show’s protagonist: a young woman who stereotypically would have been a monster movie victim, with the script flipped: instead of screaming and swooning, she staked the vampires. This was deliberate, the core conceit of the concept, as Whedon said in many, many interviews. The helpless horror movie girl killed in the dark alley instead walks out victorious. He told Time in 1997 that the concept was born from the thought, “I would love to see a movie in which a blond wanders into a dark alley, takes care of herself and deploys her powers.” In Whedon’s framing, it was particularly important that it was a woman who walked out of that alley. He told another publication in 2002 that “the very first mission statement of the show” was “the joy of female power: having it, using it, sharing it.”

In 2021, when seemingly every new streaming property with a woman as its central character makes some half-baked claim to feminism, it’s easy to forget just how much Buffy stood out among its against its contemporaries. Action movies—with exceptions like Alien’s Ripley and Terminator 2's Sarah Conner—were ruled by hulking tough guys with macho swagger. When women appeared on screen opposite vampires, their primary job was to expose long, lovely, vulnerable necks. Stories and characters that bucked these larger currents inspired intense devotion, from Angela Chase of My So-Called Life to Dana Scully of The X-Files.

The broader landscape, too, was dismal. It was the conflicted era of girl power, a concept that sprang up in the wake of the successes of the second-wave feminist movement and the backlash that followed. Young women were constantly exposed to you-can-do-it messaging that juxtaposed uneasily with the reality of the world around them. This was the era of shitty, sexist jokes about every woman who came into Bill Clinton’s orbit and the leering response to the arrival of Britney Spears; Rush Limbaugh was a fairly mainstream figure.

At one point, Buffy competed against Ally McBeal, a show that dedicated an entire episode to a dancing computer-generated baby following around its lawyer main character, her biological clock made zanily literal. Consider this line from a New York Times review of the Buffy’s 1997 premiere: “Given to hot pants and boots that should guarantee the close attention of Humbert Humberts all over America, Buffy is just your average teen-ager, poutily obsessed with clothes and boys.”

Against that background, Buffy was a landmark. Besides the simple fact of its woman protagonist, there were unique plots, like the coming-out story for her friend Willow. An ambivalent 1999 piece in Bitch magazine, even as it explored the show’s tank-top heavy marketing, ultimately concluded, “In the end, it’s precisely this contextual conflict that sets Buffy apart from the rest and makes her an appealing icon. Frustrating as her contradictions may be, annoying as her babe quotient may be, Buffy still offers up a prime-time heroine like no other.”

A 2016 Atlantic piece, adapted from a book excerpt, makes the case that Buffy is perhaps best understood as an icon of third-wave feminism: “In its examination of individual and collective empowerment, its ambiguous politics of racial representation and its willing embrace of contradiction, Buffy is a quintessentially third-wave cultural production.” The show was vested with all the era’s longing for something better than what was available, something different, a champion for a conflicted “post-feminist” era—even if she was an imperfect or somewhat incongruous vessel. It wasn’t just Sunnydale that needed a chosen Slayer, it was an entire generation of women. That fact became intricately intertwined with Whedon himself.

Seemingly every interview involved a discussion of his fondness for stories about strong women. “I’ve always found strong women interesting, because they are not overly represented in the cinema,” he told New York for a 1997 piece that notes he studied both film and “gender and feminist issues” at Wesleyan; “I seem to be the guy for strong action women,’’ he told the New York Times in 1997 with an aw-shucks sort of shrug. ‘’A lot of writers are just terrible when it comes to writing female characters. They forget that they are people.’’ He often cited the influence of his strong, “hardcore feminist” mother, and even suggested that his protagonists served feminist ends in and of themselves: “If I can make teenage boys comfortable with a girl who takes charge of a situation without their knowing that’s what’s happening, it’s better than sitting down and selling them on feminism,” he told Time in 1997.

When he was honored by the organization Equality Now in 2006 for his “outstanding contribution to equality in film and television,” Whedon made his speech an extended riff on the fact that people just kept asking him about it, concluding with the ultimate answer: “Because you’re still asking me that question.” He presented strong women as a simple no-brainer, and he was seemingly always happy to say so, at a time when the entertainment business still seemed ruled by unapologetic misogynists. The internet of the mid-2010s only intensified Whedon’s anointment as a prototypical Hollywood ally, with reporters asking him things like how men could best support the feminist movement. 

Whedon’s response: “A guy who goes around saying ‘I’m a feminist’ usually has an agenda that is not feminist. A guy who behaves like one, who actually becomes involved in the movement, generally speaking, you can trust that. And it doesn’t just apply to the action that is activist. It applies to the way they treat the women they work with and they live with and they see on the street.” This remark takes on a great deal of irony in light of Carpenter’s statement.

In recent years, Whedon’s reputation as an ally began to wane. Partly, it was because of the work itself, which revealed more and more cracks as Buffy receded in the rearview mirror. Maybe it all started to sour with Dollhouse, a TV show that imagined Eliza Dushku as a young woman rented out to the rich and powerful, her mind wiped after every assignment, a concept that sat poorly with fans. (Though Whedon, while he was publicly unhappy with how the show had turned out after much push-and-pull with the corporate bosses at Fox, still argued the conceit was “the most pure feminist and empowering statement I’d ever made—somebody building themselves from nothing,” in a 2012 interview with Wired.)

After years of loud disappointment with the TV bosses at Fox on Firefly and Dollhouse, Whedon moved into big-budget Hollywood blockbusters. He helped birth the Marvel-dominated era of movies with his work as director of The Avengers. But his second Avengers movie, Age of Ultron, was heavily criticized for a moment in which Black Widow laid out her personal reproductive history for the Hulk, suggesting her sterilization somehow made her a “monster.” In June 2017, his un-filmed script for a Wonder Woman adaptation leaked, to widespread mockery. The script’s introduction of Diana was almost leering: “To say she is beautiful is almost to miss the point. She is elemental, as natural and wild as the luminous flora surrounding. Her dark hair waterfalls to her shoulders in soft arcs and curls. Her body is curvaceous, but taut as a drawn bow.”

But Whedon’s real fall from grace began in 2017, right before MeToo spurred a cultural reckoning. His ex-wife, Kai Cole, published a piece in The Wrap accusing him of cheating off and on throughout their relationship and calling him a hypocrite:

“Despite understanding, on some level, that what he was doing was wrong, he never conceded the hypocrisy of being out in the world preaching feminist ideals, while at the same time, taking away my right to make choices for my life and my body based on the truth. He deceived me for 15 years, so he could have everything he wanted. I believed, everyone believed, that he was one of the good guys, committed to fighting for women’s rights, committed to our marriage, and to the women he worked with. But I now see how he used his relationship with me as a shield, both during and after our marriage, so no one would question his relationships with other women or scrutinize his writing as anything other than feminist.”

But his reputation was just too strong; the accusation that he didn’t practice what he preached didn’t quite stick. A spokesperson for Whedon told the Wrap: “While this account includes inaccuracies and misrepresentations which can be harmful to their family, Joss is not commenting, out of concern for his children and out of respect for his ex-wife. Many minimized the essay on the basis that adultery doesn’t necessarily make you a bad feminist or erase a legacy. Whedon similarly seemed to shrug off Ray Fisher’s accusations of creating a toxic workplace; instead, Warner Media fired Fisher.

But Carpenter’s statement—which struck right at the heart of his Buffy-based legacy for progressivism—may finally change things. Even at the time, the plotline in which Charisma Carpenter was written off Angel—carrying a demon child that turned her into “Evil Cordelia,” ending the season in a coma, and quite simply never reappearing—was unpopular. Asked about what had happened in a 2009 panel at DragonCon, she said that “my relationship with Joss became strained,” continuing: “We all go through our stuff in general [behind the scenes], and I was going through my stuff, and then I became pregnant. And I guess in his mind, he had a different way of seeing the season go… in the fourth season.”

“I think Joss was, honestly, mad. I think he was mad at me and I say that in a loving way, which is—it’s a very complicated dynamic working for somebody for so many years, and expectations, and also being on a show for eight years, you gotta live your life. And sometimes living your life gets in the way of maybe the creator’s vision for the future. And that becomes conflict, and that was my experience.”

In her statement on Twitter, Carpenter alleged that after Whedon was informed of her pregnancy, he called her into a closed-door meeting and “asked me if I was ‘going to keep it,’ and manipulatively weaponized my womanhood and faith against me.” She added that “he proceeded to attack my character, mock my religious beliefs, accuse me of sabotaging the show, and then unceremoniously fired me following the season once I gave birth.” Carpenter said that he called her fat while she was four months pregnant and scheduled her to work at 1 a.m. while six months pregnant after her doctor had recommended shortening her hours, a move she describes as retaliatory. What Carpenter describes, in other words, is an absolutely textbook case of pregnancy discrimination in the workplace, the type of bullshit the feminist movement exists to fight—at the hands of the man who was for years lauded as a Hollywood feminist for his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Many of Carpenter’s colleagues from Buffy and Angel spoke out in support, including Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar. “While I am proud to have my name associated with Buffy Summers, I don’t want to be forever associated with the name Joss Whedon,” she said in a statement. Just shy of a decade after that 2013 speech, many of the cast members on the show that put him on that stage are cutting ties.

Whedon garnered a reputation as pop culture’s ultimate feminist man because Buffy did stand out so much, an oasis in a wasteland. But in 2021, the idea of a lone man being responsible for creating women’s stories—one who told the New York Times, “I seem to be the guy for strong action women”—seems like a relic. It’s depressing to consider how many years Hollywood’s first instinct for “strong action women” wasn’t a woman, and to think about what other people could have done with those resources. When Wonder Woman finally reached the screen, to great acclaim, it was with a woman as director.

Besides, Whedon didn’t make Buffy all by himself—many, many women contributed, from the actresses to the writers to the stunt workers, and his reputation grew so large it eclipsed their part in the show’s creation. Even as he preached feminism, Whedon benefitted from one of the oldest, most sexist stereotypes: the man who’s a benevolent, creative genius. And Buffy, too, overshadowed all the other contributors who redefined who could be a hero on television and in speculative fiction, from individual actors like Gillian Anderson to the determined, creative women who wrote science fiction and fantasy over the last several decades to—perhaps most of all—the fans who craved different, better stories. Buffy helped change what you could put on TV, but it didn’t create the desire to see a character like her. It was that desire, as much as Whedon himself, that gave Buffy the Vampire Slayer her power.

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hello, everyone! ✨ today we’re back with another preview and this time you’re getting a peek at our member groups! in your intros, we asked what your favorite film genre was to hint at the fact that our member groups are based off of films! it’s a no-brainer that los angeles is the film capital of the world and we thought using films would be fun and also give us the flexibility to evolve and inherit new groups as we progress together on the site. our goal in the future is to have input from our members on which new groups they’d like to see! 

below the cut, you’ll find descriptions of our 7 standard groups that are free. the groups you choose for your characters are completely up to you. if the aesthetics we have listed don’t match your character’s persona, you can still choose a group based on the colors or even just because it’s a film you prefer. it really doesn’t matter so we don’t want anyone to feel limited in how they play their character because of the way a group is described. stay tuned because we’ll also be posting a preview tomorrow of some of our premium and exclusive groups that are more limited and must be purchased with tickets (points) or earned as incentives through challenges and events. 💗

CLUELESS — “UGH, YOU ARE A SNOB AND A HALF.”

sassy and classy. plaid patterns. easily influenced. reality tv contestant energy. always meeting new people. ditzy but has their wits about them. leaving red kisses and confusion everywhere you go. the clinking of champagne flutes. perfume clinging to silk sheets. never staying in one place for too long. looking within the mirror to find who you see.

FIGHT CLUB — “HOW MUCH CAN YOU KNOW ABOUT YOURSELF IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN A FIGHT?”

never start what you can't finish with them. rings on every finger. up all night long. the fall from grace. energy drinks. if looks could kill. dark under eye circles. fanning the flames of violence. lurking patiently and jumping in for the kill. the jagged side of the cliff’s edge. disarming and alarming. sunglasses hiding that cunning glint in your eyes.

MOONLIGHT — “AT SOME POINT, YOU GOTTA DECIDE FOR YOURSELF WHO YOU GONNA BE.”

questioning things all the time. the sound of ocean waves. calm. the quiet introvert. lo-fi playlists. the gentle hum of a fan. rainy days. learning to forget. a pile of books with the edges folded over. swallowing down your stubborn pride. arms too small to hold all those you love close. all those who wander can never be lost.

SCREAM —“WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SCARY MOVIE?”

black coffee. always keeps a secret. true crime docs. the color black goes with everything. midnight strolls. knows how badly something will go, does it anyways. hands stained with blood and heart with tears. a lonely mansion on top of a hill. all you have is lies. falling just before the finish line.

SPIRITED AWAY — “ONCE YOU DO SOMETHING, YOU NEVER FORGET. EVEN IF YOU CAN'T REMEMBER.”

a cottage garden in full bloom. big doe eyes. faded floral sundresses. daydreaming. sunlight sneaking through the blinds. long lashes. finding constellations in the night sky. pinkie promises. tea and honey. striped t-shirts. curious yet cautious.

TWILIGHT — “DYING IN THE PLACE OF SOMEONE I LOVE SEEMS LIKE A GOOD WAY TO GO.”

unconditional love. raindrops pattering against a window. smudged eyeliner. finishing a book in a day. glowing skin. people watching. indecisive moments. melancholy thoughts. hates being the center of attention. thunderstorms. black doc martens. knows the answers to things without having to ask.

TURNING RED — “PEOPLE HAVE ALL KINDS OF SIDES TO THEM. AND SOME SIDES ARE MESSY.”

warm as the sun and burning bright as one. long eye rolls and raised middle fingers. the chaos of a lively city. saying "it's ok" when it really isn't ok. sunlight bursting from beneath your skin. laughter like soda pop. sharing an affection amongst friends. intense drumming beneath your skin. winning the battle before stepping into the fight. standing up for what they believe in. 

[depressing-debbie]

Could you please write some oddly specific modern headcanons for zeke?

Gotta be honest, I really thought I already did this for Zeke but I did not... oops :) 

(These aren’t that great because I don’t have very strong opinions about Zeke, so I apologize <3)

Oddly Specific Modern Zeke Headcanons

He's one of those people who will say they do not want any food, and then proceed to eat half of the other person's meal

He shaved his beard ONCE, and everyone made fun of him so much that he never did it again. To be fair, he looked like a middle schooler and it was hilarious.

Definitely super pretentious about movies, but not necessarily in a rude way. More of a "what do you mean French art films aren't the vibe for this casual friend movie night" kind of way

Most of his house is perfectly clean and organized, but he has a small office that is an absolute wreck, with papers and crap everywhere

He doesn't really like sports all that much, but he knows a lot about soccer, and nobody really knows why.

He has the most ridiculous bedhead, he has to spend like half an hour to fix his hair in the morning or else he looks insane

Huge coffee snob, only drinks like pure espresso, but he drinks SO MUCH of it

He carries one of a cloth to clean his glasses everywhere he goes

Loves clothing catalogs, it made him so sad when companies started making them less. He will literally just sit with a coffee and read catalogs for fun

Similarly, I think he’s a big online clothing shopping fan

He has a pretty big sporty dog, like a greyhound or a weimeraner, and he has them scarily well trained.

His weird hidden talent is casual socializing/small talk. He’s weirdly good at it, I guess he just has a vibe of being casual and polite.

He dresses like a fancy teacher, think this kind of thing

This last one is what I’m MOST passionate about: Zeke does not actually like smoking, he genuinely just likes the vibe, which so many people make fun of him for

[outpost-31]

does araneri enjoy movies in any form

" That would depend on the movie. Most genres are insufferable, and so are theaters. I've only ever enjoyed thrillers. The suspense is what gives them their intrigue. There's nothing quite as satisfying as figuring out a plot twist before it's ever revealed, and knowing that you were right. I'm no stranger to that. "

Interesting man, interesting taste. Or, he thinks it is, really.

Araneri loves thriller films. Things like Noir and Mystery aswell. To narrow it down, psychological/horror thrillers are his favourite; giallo and crime thrillers too. It's something about the way they make him think; he enjoys consuming things that are more fine or beautiful, from foods to clothing.. So, it's reasonable his taste would extend to movies as well.

To him, it's an art form. When a movie makes you think the entire time, leaves you on the edge of your seat.. Those are ones he finds worthy of him. They feel well-thought-out, crafted with intelligence and love for their concept, rather than dumping out a bunch of shit onto a roll of film and calling it a plot. He doesn't watch movies often, but those that leave him guessing interest him. Ironically, though, he isn't some movie snob. He just appreciates a nice story.

There's actually a reason behind it, aswell. One night when he was a teenager, he'd gotten himself horribly drunk yet again and... Couldn't quite find his eay back home, or back to his friend. He ended up heading to the local theater since it was close, and empty, and the staff seemed to understand his problem. Rude as he was, they pitied him and let him stay until he sobered himself up enough to head home (and, because he paid for a ticket to be able to stay).

He'd bought a ticket to the first movie he saw, one that ended up being some thriller drama that he can't quite remember the name of. But, it had somehow managed to keep his attention through his stupor, helped him sober up the way he needed while he sat there. That was what first sparked his interest in the genre

(and, he'd never tell anybody, but he has a soft spot for romance films, too. especially romantic/erotic thrillers, or paranormal romance, since they're atleast closer to what he normally likes. they leave him longing, though. he wishes he could have a connection like that. but, he ruins it for himself everytime)

Additionally: here are some films he could've/would've probably seen based off time period

rear window is just there for fun ^_^ I know it's from the 50s

[agentnico]

Violent Night (2022) Review

Never thought I needed to see a stand-off between Santa Claus and Sid the sloth from Ice Age. Turns out, I really did not need to see it. 

Plot: An elite team of mercenaries breaks into a family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone hostage inside. However, they aren't prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he's about to show why this Nick is no saint.

David Harbour is most known to everyone as the loveable Hawkins chief of police and No 1 class dad-bod Jim Hopper in Stranger Things. However outside of the Netflix series Harbour is yet to find another signature role to define his career, as he has not had much look in the film medium, with the likes of 2016′s Suicide Squad and the Hellboy remake acting more as a hinderance than a boost to his filmography. Harbour is a very talented actor and a very likeable one too, so it’s a shame that his agent evidently isn’t able to suggest him actually good movies to be in. However in comes Violent Night, a Christmas action slasher that in style merges Die Hard with Home Alone with a home invasion tale featuring action and gore on the level of John Wick. On paper this movie screams potential so no wonder David Harbour took on this role. Especially since his character of a run-down tired Santa Claus who’s been in the business for too long to actually give a real crap is actually really fun to watch. From endlessly downing liquor to vomiting it out even quicker, Harbour’s Santa is done with everything, yet given Harbour’s likeable facial expression he is also a Santa that still cares about giving kids that aren’t on the naughty list a very merry Christmas, no matter how few there are. So Harbour is great, HOWEVER, and this is a huge however - he is still stuck in a bad movie.

Yep, sorry but this is not the way to kickstart this holiday season. Violent Night is not a good film. Harbour’s Claus is great fun, but aside of him all the other characters are either very annoying or simply not worth caring for. The main family who have been taken hostage are for the most part all very self absorbed obnoxious snobs. So honestly I kept wanting them all to turn from hostages to dead bodies. As for the mercenaries, a lot of them try being over-the-top whilst saying jokes, however neither the jokes nor them were entertaining. John Leguizamo as the main baddie - he was okay. Look, he tries his best to be the Hans Gruber-type, but he isn’t given much to work with. 

In terms of the action scenes and gore, this movie is pretty gory, but nothing that was actually that shocking or ground-breaking. The action itself was okay...I think. Honestly I couldn’t see the fight sequences half the time as they were set in very dark surroundings, as if the director was hiding the bad choreography and stunt work. There’s a major fight set in the attic, and a lot happens there, but I hardly saw any of it. So don’t walk into this one expecting John Wick-level action work.

Overall Violent Night is a forgettable affair. Only positive is David Harbour and the character creation of his run-down Santa Claus. There are even a few quick flashbacks of this Claus being originally a Viking or Kievan Rus fighter, and I wish we got more of that! If Harbour and that character were just lucky enough to be in a better film with a more fun story and maybe a better action director, we could have had another Christmas classic. Should have had that chap who did Bullet Train earlier this year to direct this one. Sh** would have gone real then.

Overall score: 3/10