#idk i think it’s the effect of themed parties and good movies being back and having something to be communally excited about
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jelliebeanbitch · 4 months ago
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i have a feeling we’re gonna keep saying “it’s [xyz] summer!” every summer in an attempt to replicate the high — the momentous cultural revelry — of barbie summer but it’s never going to be quite the same
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museenkuss · 3 years ago
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NG books almost felt like marvel movies to me, where it's trying so hard to be clever and full of witty one liners where it just feels so predictable that it's boring. I'm glad other people love them but I just can't get into them. But wow, the costumes and aesthetic of doctor Parnassus??? fuck me...
That’s a super interesting comparison, one that certainly never occurred to me but that I’ll have to think about. I think he does write way better female characters than marvel could ever dream of and personally, I find some themes he writes about very intriguing (really really love the Cold War themes in good omens), but that specific genre of action-fantasy just doesn’t appeal to me. What I do like is the way he writers characters that are Other in some way — like Uncle Silas (…was that his name?) in the graveyard chronicles. But after 3 books with characters like that, it gets tiring too, to me personally. Like yeah. We have a character here that is some unspeakable horror and we’re elegantly brushing over that. I see. [I still love it though!!! Silas still had me super messed up as a young teen, I had an awful crush. It’s just that you can tell everything comes from one mind. The same thing in green, as Germans would say]
In general action-fantasy just doesn’t appeal to me though. I can’t bring myself to care about groups of people going somewhere to do something and fighting people along the way, getting betrayed etc.[not limited to fantasy though — I also got bored when I got to that point of a Sarah Waters novel. Fingersmith & Tipping the Velvet could be half their length imo]
Also the suspense-building when you have the villain’s perspective playing along at the same time… idk. I liked it in that Cornelia Funke book I read but that’s because in that case, there is a story happening there too. In Neverwhere (and others I vaguely remember having read at some point as a teen), it’s usually just there to build that “ohhh they’re coming!! They sure are coming and being evil and hunting the main characters!!!! Ohhhh there they are, creeping and killing people!!!” …I guess it builds suspense, but in me it mostly just builds boredom. [comparing it to the Funke book is really interesting though because she DID do that too but there it was mostly two sides of a coin? Like I personally really loved the antagonists, which made the clash later on way more powerful because I didn’t want either party to lose]
But also, I simply will not forgive Neil Gaiman (&Chris Riddell) for making me stand in the kid’s section at Hugendubel and speed-reading through that Spindle book right then and there when it’d just came out for that one illustration, only to get to THAT reveal. Like, ugh. Seriously?
But to get back to Dr Parnassus — yesss!!! I remember watching it for the first time and the beginning left such an impression!!! A gem, an absolute dream. [which makes me hesitate to watch it again in case the effect isn’t the same but oh, I loved it so much. Eyes aglitter, heart aflutter🌙🎪🦢✨]
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polyolefinprince · 4 years ago
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What would you do for the next Pokémon region? What theme would the pseudo legendaries and legendaries be?
In terms of the actual region, I prefer fantasy lands to actual places (I'd rather explore Hyrule than NYC, you feel?) which also permits more diversity in location so there can be stuff like a desert area and a snowy area without it feeling forced. I'd also want caves to come back a bit. Places like the Ice Path in Johto allowed so much more exploration than locations like the Galar Mine which is just one path with an optional offshoot.
Honestly, I want a Breath of the Wild type of game where there is a lot more exploration and letting us approach the story how we want. Gyms would be hard to force in a more open-world game but in the past two generations they've been changing how gyms work so I think it's totally feasible to still incorporate that with badges acting as milestones to unlock stronger pokemon and areas. I still think having the region somewhat split up is a good idea, so maybe having different areas going further into the region, with three gyms per area, and you just have to beat one of them to go on but you're encouraged to beat all three so you're pokemon will on-par with the levels of the next region. This allows for a chance of a gym for each type which would give us 6 different levels of area, similar to Alola's four islands (I don't think I would want them to be islands though because the story requires more forest area than oceans). I think this works well because the first could be a classic Grass/Fire/Water trio, then maybe Electric/Ground/Flying as classic types to teach resistances, then Bug/Ghost/Poison to have a generally spooky vibe, then kick off the second half with the classic Fighting/Psychic/Dark trio, then Ice/Ground/Normal (partially because it's what is left and partially because by now you have typing figured out so a strong normal gym is a challenge) and the final one could be the stronger types with Dragon/Fairy/Steel.
In terms of the storyline, I love what Hoenn did with having two teams with contrasting views and depending on the game you chose you got to see different points of view. I want to try that again but have more nuanced arguments rather than Team Aqua and Magma's opinion on the size of the ocean. I think I'd want my two teams to be focused on Nature vs Society, where one team wants to exhaust the natural world's resources for industry and science while the other wants to push civilization back to make room for the return of forests and wild pokemon. This has definitely been done before so it isn't a new concept, but I think that it's something where arguing for the extremes can lead to disastrous consequences in either side. I'm talking Community Center vs Joja Mart but like to the max.
Playing off of that, Princess Mononoke is one of my two favorite movies and while I would love the forest spirit there to be the Nature legendary, I don't want it to be too similar to Xerneas. Instead, I think looking at the boar gods there is a good choice as they can show the wild strength of nature that I want. So the Nature legendary would be a Grass/Ground giant boar. Let's call it Boarture, even though that's not at all what it's name would be because that sounds too much like torture and I specifically want to stay away from making either of them evil, just dangerous. Still, Boarture works for now.
The Society legendary is harder. I don't want to minimize society to industry because that's harder to justify against nature. I still want industry to play a part, as well as scientific advancement but also history and art as important cultural cornerstones. There are a couple different type combos I like for this one, but my favorite is Fire/Steel, which isn't a type combo we've seen before and also pairs up human civilization really well with the myth of the first fire and cooking and shelter and stories which are all decidedly human traits and the steel incorporating technology and science. I think it would take on a more humanoid appearance while still being wisp-y, a body composed purely of a white fire fueled by ambition and hands of liquid steel that it shapes at will to demonstrate its creativity, while still being dangerous to embrace in entirety. Lets call it Muse.
It might be a lot, but I think I also want a separate legendary trio to accompany them both. With Boarture I think you should have to make a case to three disciples before you get to confront Boarture itself. Each of them composes an aspect of the natural world. I like the idea of them being bugs because there aren't enough strong bug types. One of them is Flying/Bug and it helps herald in storms, another is Rock/Bug and it presides over the desert, and the third is Water/Bug and it protects the rivers and streams throughout the region. For Muse's, I like the idea of them all being Fairies because fairy tales are a human creation, and each of them having to do with humanity and society. One would be Ghost/Fairy and presides ovrr stories and history, another would be Electric/Fairy and would be immersed in technology (like a non-tricky Rotom), and the third would be Psychic/Fairy and would deal with identity and the concept of the Self. I don't like the idea of Pokemon being version exclusive, as somebody who didn't have friends to play with growing up, so I think 3 would be plot relevant, but after the game is complete you can potentially go through a second quest to fight the second box legendary and with it in the party you could find the other 3.
Idk what I would do for pseudo legendaries tbh. I've always wanted a Fire/Grass forest fire pokemon so that would be there. I also want a Poison/Steel radioactive pokemon that would fit well with the industrial aspect of the games. I love the idea of a Water/Dark kraken-style pokemon but I don't know if it would fit in well with my idea of the region. A Grass/Fighting moose pokemon covered in bark? A Poison/Fairy witch pokemon with a special move where it throws a potion with different effects based on the type of Pokemon it throws it at? An Ouroboros pokemon that starts as just a snake trying to bite its tail but turning into a fearsome dragon?
Overall, I think it's ambitious. Making it so that the story is different depending on the version while still following the core story isn't too hard, they've done it before. On top of that, making it so you can fight between 6-18 gyms and not necessarily in order will allow incredible individuality to the games, making it feel like everybody can play their own game with a different story than their friend. It would also allow great replayability as people fight different gyms or challenges like a Nuzlocke but you can only fight one gym per area. Or fighting one gym per area and then going back with a fresh team to fight the next 6 and then a third team to be the final 6.
And then having a nature-team is a great segue into another Pokemon Rangers game which they could have done so well on the switch, with moving the controllers in a circle to catch pokemon.
The problem though is that the Pokemon Company is currently emphasizing quantity over quality. I legit don't know if we'll ever see another epic main pokemon game because they are so focused on getting smaller games that they know we'll buy just because it has pokemon in it. They are prioritizing profits over telling a good story with a good game right now, which is disappointing, but I think it's possible we are in the stage where pokemon as we knew it would have died off by now and the only reason it's still going is because there is still money to be made. This is unfortunate, but I understand that we can't have the pokemon we grew up with our whole lives.
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panharmonium · 4 years ago
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some disjointed thoughts about stranger things 2 under the cut (concealed to hide spoilers from my sister)
so, season 2!
i’ve gone into every season of this show knowing absolutely nothing about it.  i’ve had no exposure to the fandom or to reviews or anything that would indicate what it was about or how good the seasons are in relation to each other, which i like, because i know my opinions are my own.  season 1 i watched back in the winter, i think, and it was amazing.  blew me away. 
i just finished season 2 and i’m like...not as into it?
and i’m glad i had no preexposure to anything, because if i had, i’d worry that i was just being influenced by other people’s opinions, but i genuinely don’t know what people think of the various seasons.  i’ve been stringently avoiding anything about this show, have it blocked on tumblr, etc, so i could watch it cold.
i’d have to watch it again to really pin down the places where my investment was flagging, and i’ll probably do that eventually, because i know my roommate will want to see it, but my general impression was this: they had me hooked in the beginning, and then they started to lose me.
- i feel like overall it was 9 episodes where very little substance actually happened.  plotlines were stretched out over a reallllllly long period of time and became paper-thin.  like nancy and jonathan?  the only thing they really did over those entire nine episodes was make a tape recording and send it to the paper.  that was their whole story, and it could have fit in one episode.
- and what did happen felt like it suffered from a lack of focus.  can i explain this in more detail without watching the show again?  not really.  but i just mean that in S1, i could tell you what each of the main character’s arcs were, and i could lay out how those arcs had clear beginnings, middles, and endings.  in S2, i can really only do that for El (and even that i feel like got messy by the last third).  
- the horror vibe was different this season.  it was LESS scary, to me.  S1 was a CREEP factor that had my skin crawling - it wasn’t like...creature horror - it was the unsettlingness.  the whole parallel world thing was so - well, the only word for it is unsettling, like.  you felt like you could take a step and accidentally wind up somewhere no one should be - the idea that you can be trapped so close to somebody and yet so far away - you just felt like the world was inside out (or upside down, if you will).  and so much of the fear in the first one came from how incomprehensible and uncertain the entire situation was - you didn’t know how things worked and nobody believed you when you tried to tell them what was happening.  that scene where the christmas lights spell out R-U-N?  scariest fucking thing i’ve ever seen.  but S2 changed it to be like...it felt like more of a monster flick.  like a zombie movie or something - lots of creatures running around that you can just shoot with a gun - that’s just not really the same vibe as the first season, and i didn’t find it quite as interesting.
- i don’t want to be That Person, because i liked maxine as a character in general, on her own terms, but from a writing perspective - what even was the purpose of her introduction?  her and her brother both, honestly, the whole family.  i feel almost bad for saying that, because i can guarantee that there were people out there complaining about her being introduced because “they just wanted to have another girl; it’s so stupid, blah blah,” cue more sexist stuff, etc, and that’s really not where i’m coming from, but for me, from a general storytelling perspective, i don’t understand why she or her family were introduced.  they were superfluous to the story.  they didn’t need to be there.  and since i don’t even feel like the returning characters got enough development this season (see point #2), i don’t understand why we spent so much time on her/her family/her introduction to the Party.  it felt like filler.
- stranger things S2 did that thing teen wolf does where 2/3 of the way through the season it drops a tonally-different expository/flashback episode that does a lot of the legwork tying other shit together while also being completely disconnected from the rest of the plot, which is basically an info dump and is my least favorite way of relaying plot/getting characters to the spot the writer wants them to go.  i think kali was the most interesting new character we met this season; i was rapt every time she was onscreen, but i don’t love the “we’re going to shove all of the character development and background info into this one episode and at the end El has had her turnaround and goes back home.”  it didn’t feel believable to me.  are we ever going to see those people again, or were they just a plot convenience to serve the aforementioned purpose?  (idk, i haven’t watched S3 yet, so...we’ll see.)
- some weird...minor tonal changes/dropped plots?  in S1 one of the running undercurrents was how mike and nancy’s mom wanted them to talk to her and she really did care about what was going on but they couldn’t connect to her and that bothered her, whereas in S2 it’s like - that theme has been dropped; she’s not involved in their lives really at all, and her and ted’s spousal relationship is just being played for laughs, and there was that REALLY weird scene with her like...lusting after billy??????  that was so fucking bizarre.  
and until one line in the very last episode, they dropped the whole thing about hopper’s daughter, too - the way they wove that into the first season was brilliantly done, and just - you don’t see a bit of it in S2, and that felt off, to me.
- killing bob was a bad call.  it was gratuitous, AND it was contrived - who the hell is running for their life and then just stops dead in the lobby to smile at their girlfriend?  ANY SENSIBLE PERSON WOULD KEEP RUNNING FOR THE DOOR.  like - bob died, but the doctor survived????????  the doctor, who was attacked and immobilized and defenseless in a stairwell, somehow wasn’t killed??????  of course not, because he needed to survive, so he could get El her papers later....that entire thing irritated me.  it made no sense.  that was actually the point where i said to myself “uh-oh.  first Bad-with-a-capital-B decision this show’s made.”  
- lack of consistency in terms of how, exactly, Stuff Works.  in S1 it was like - the Upside Down is everywhere.  the demigorgon could come through anywhere, if you were unlucky.  that was part of what made it so creepy - there’s this whole other world and it is RIGHT THERE with you, and sometimes the fabric separating the two universes gets scary thin, and bam, you’re somewhere no human has any business being.  whereas in S2 it’s like - ok, things are coming through this one portal and spreading through tunnels underground, in our own dimension???  like at first i thought hopper had actually entered the Upside Down in the tunnels, but then it seemed like the tunnels were still on our plane, just gross-looking.  so why in S1 could the demigorgon come through the ceiling of will’s house, or through that tree in the woods, or take barbara through the pool?  why did the lab people think burning that little gate would help, when the first monster from last season was obviously popping into our dimension from all sorts of other places?  
- this is a minor quibble, but it was driving me up the WALL in the last couple of episodes - what in god’s name were they injecting will with???  and HOW.  mike just grabs that syringe off the counter like “we need to make will go to sleep” - there is NO reason that anyone in the room would know what was in the syringe or what the correct dosage was or HOW TO GIVE AN INJECTION IN THE FIRST PLACE.  joyce gives it???????�� by stabbing straight down????????  into will’s arm????????????  what the hell kind of injection technique is that?!?!?!  that’s not....how that works.  ever.  and maxine does it to billy too, in his NECK - just straight in there.  there is no....look, people in human medicine can weigh in better than me here; maybe things are different, but just from the veterinary perspective, you can’t just stab a creature any old place you want, and giving something via any route that isn’t intravenous isn’t going to drop an animal immediately, AND you do not have control over how long they’re going to be out.  if you give a sedative, you can’t just wake an animal up by wafting ammonia under their nose.  AND the animal is likely not going to be actually asleep until you also give an anaesthetic induction agent, and if you do give an anaesthetic induction agent, you’d better have some monitoring equipment and a breathing apparatus hooked up to your patient!
look, it just - the “go to sleep” injection was used to solve too many critical situations for me to just ignore it.  it bothered me.
anyhow.  overall, i didn’t hate it.  but i thought it was way less cohesive than the first season, and therefore way less effective.  i’m still curious to see what happens in S3, but my expectations are lower now. 
[if you wanna talk to me about this, you have my permission, but ONLY if you’re able to do it without talking about S3 in any capacity, including your own personal evaluation of how good/bad it is in relation to the other seasons.  i like to watch without knowing other people’s opinions of things, otherwise i feel like my viewing experience is colored by what i hear.  thanks! :) ]
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caztiel · 4 years ago
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All the botanical asks you haven’t got yet
lia that’s so many 😳 
lavender; soundcloud or vinyls?
soundcloud, i don’t have the money for vinyls, but if i had the money for them then vinyls 
primrose; what book does everyone right now need to read?
i can’t think of any lol 
lunar mist; do you like wearing other people’s shirts/jackets?
yeah
bird of paradise; what was the best thing that happened to you this month?
i hung out with my friends yesterday! also November 5th was incredibly funny
gardenia; what’s a promise you’ve recently made to yourself? 
i promised to be nicer to myself, and to exercise every day, and to get a job, and to write more
whirling butterflies; would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
have not kissed 
marmalade skies; do you plan your outfits? 
sort of? 
apricot drift; how do you feel right now? 
a bit tired! also a bit annoyed at the universe because I keep dropping and breaking things lmao (I dropped a glass lid everywhere and then kept stepping on glass as I was cleaning it, and then spilled water everywhere) 
everlasting daisy; what’s the last dream you remember having?
recurring apocalypse dream, I don’t remember the specifics 
queen’s cup; what are you craving right now?
chocolate 
lavender dream; turn ons/offs?
uhhhh i don’t like most perfume smells, or specific sudden loud noises
water lily; when was the last time you cried? why?
i cried a little bit yesterday when I was watching bly manor, but it wasn’t a full on cry
lily of the valley; did the one person who hurt you most in your life apologize?
no, but I don’t expect one, i’ve moved on 
winterberry; do you bite or lick your ice cream?
both 
desert rose; do you like yourself?
a little bit more every day. two steps forward one step back 
snapdragon; have you ever met or seen in person a celebrity?
nope 
night owl; how many countries have you visited?
5, i think? excluding one flight layover  
heliotrope; have you ever been in a castle? 
yes! in Germany 
creams and sky; what’s the craziest/bravest thing you’ve done?
idk if i’ve done anything really 
lantana; what’s on your mind right now?
the mini nanowrimo i thought I would start, that I haven’t written anything for (10k words in two weeks) 
pumpkin patch; what’s your zodiac sign?
aquarius sun, sagittarius rising, scorpio moon
tulip; name 5 facts about yourself.
1. i love rollercoasters, 2. i love love, 3. i cut my hair the other day, 4. i overheat easily, 5. i am a bad actor 
daphne; do you believe in karma?
yep! even if not in a spiritual sense, I think that being kind can bring kindness back to you, and being cruel can bring cruelty back to you 
queen of the meadow; ever been in love? 
perhaps, but I might be wrong 
wisteria; whom do you admire and why?
someone I once knew, they are good at making boundaries 
angel’s face; what was your favorite bedtime story as a child?
i don’t remember 
remember me; did you make someone laugh today? 
hannibal played by mass mikkelsen 
lilac; if you could go back in time which time period would you visit?
hmmmm 1920s? 1980s? 
caramel kisses; would you want to live forever? why/why not? 
i would want to be immortal until I want to die. there’s so many things that I want to experience! but I don’t want to live FOREVER, that’s too long 
primula; what makes you sad?
a lot of things. there’s a lot to be sad about, especially this year
rain lily; was today typical? why/why not? 
it’s typical of the holidays, i’ve spent the morning watching netflix
queen anne’s lace; who do you trust the most?
damn idk that’s a loaded question. next 
forget me not; do you have any regrets looking back in your life?
yes lol many 
lunaria; what’s your favorite fictional universe? 
honestly? rise of the guardians 
violet; favorite tv show? 
doctor who is my favourite comfort show, but i have a lot of shows that i love like dghda and bly manor 
snowdrop; what does your ideal day look like?
visiting a theme park with someone i love, and then we have a picnic, maybe on the beach. it’s sunny and there’s a nice breeze. then we go for a drive along the coast and listen to music together. we get home and it starts storming so we hang out together and watch movies 
tiger lily; do you have any hobbies? 
knitting! i started a blanket in the Irish moss stitch :) i like writing too. i also like baking and cooking, and i sometimes pick up guitar and ukulele and duolingo. um also games. 
peony; share a small random book passage that means something to you. 
there’s a bit in the book thief by markus zusak where Death describes the colours of the sky 
tea rose; what’s something you always wanted to do but were too scared? 
can’t think of anything rn 
honeysuckle; do you usually date people your age or older/younger? 
i’ve only “dated” one person and they were my age. i’m not really into dating people older or younger 
love in the mist; best books you’ve ever read? 
i literally cannot remember and I'm too lazy to try and remember 
foxglove; who is your favorite cartoon character?
dr doofenshmirtz 
magnolia; coffee or tea?
both! i love coffee!! i also love tea!! i’m a multifaceted person 
crown imperial; would you rather be extremely rich or extremely loved?
extremely loved. but if i had a lot of money i could help a lot of people 
snowflake; are you a dog or a cat person? 
both! 
bell flower; what is your biggest addiction? 
don’t judge me lmao i am addicted to asmr, it makes my brain go brrrr
cosmos; do you ever think about the galaxy? 
all the time
moonflower; what’s your favorite color?
yellow, but also pink, and blue, and so many others 
freesia; do you have a good relationship with your parents and siblings? why/why not? 
yes, they always try to be good people. also i just generally get along with them 
poppy; have you ever dealt with a mental illness?
perhaps. i think so yeah. self diagnosed. i’ve gotten pretty good at dealing with it over the years 
clover; how would your friends describe you?
uhhhhhh idk quirky? 🤪 i don’t know. 
dandelion; do you consider yourself an extrovert or an introvert?
introvert, i’m good at spending a lot of time alone, and that’s how i recharge. but i still enjoy people’s presence. i think the words extrovert and introvert are uhhh misnomers? it’s like asking if you prefer the darkness or the brightness. there’s different shades of light on a spectrum 
lilly; what’s something you love watching/reading but you are too embarrassed to admit you do?
asmr but i’m only tentatively embarrassed 
anemone; describe yourself in 3 words.
weird, eclectic, trying 
lotus; best memory as a child?
can’t remember much, but i can remember that time i went on the green lantern rollercoaster at movie world like 4 times 
angelonia; what is your eye and hair color?
brown, dark brown/black 
dahlia; do you like crystals?
yeah, not really in jewellery (it tends to look a little tacky (not always!)) but i like crystals :) 
buttercup; if you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?
stop overall suffering. it’s not one thing, it’s a series of things: war, poverty, food deserts, etc. um if i had to choose one i’d make it so that there’s a reliable source of water available to everyone 
baby’s breath; what’s your hogwarts house?
hufflepuff 
calendula; biggest pet peeve? 
people who have a very different sense of personal space to me and don’t respect mine 
blanker flower; would you rather go to a cocktail party with your best friends or stay home and read a book/watch a movie with your pet?
hm stay home? but also i want to hang out with my friends. i haven’t been to a cocktail party before with friends 
blazing star; share a secret.
scroll through my old blog, i’ve blurted a lot of secrets on there 
carnation; would you rather live longer or happier?
happier 
bluebell; do you wear glasses? 
nope
orchid; do you like exercise?
depends on your definition of “like”. I like the benefits, the after effects. if i’m walking, i like the time alone, and the time out in nature and on the street 
pansy; do you like poetry?
yes duh i’m a poet 
morning glory; any special talent that you have? 
adapting
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purplesurveys · 4 years ago
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Would you ever try Fear Factor for one million dollars? Why or why not? Yes. It would make for hilarious stories for get-togethers and I think that winning a million dollars that I could use up for the rest of my life doing some dumb dares for a few hours would be worth it. If you have a camera, when do you use flash? Only if it’s dim. I don’t like the effect that flash gives. What would you do with eighty-three crazy straws? Find an aunt or uncle with a kid who’s having a birthday party soon so they can use the straws as giveaways or something. If you use hair spray, what brand do you use the most? I don’t.  Is Catcher in the Rye in your library by any chance? It’s probably in another college’s library, most likely our college for the arts and letters. There’s no reason for it to be in a mass communication library.
What if there was no such thing as the word 'one'? Then that would imply that we have/have to have plurals of everything, which just sounds a bit bizarre to me.
What do you have automatic sympathy for? The 11,000 employees of the country’s biggest broadcasting network that was recently officially shut down by our – surprise surprise – government. These are people who weren’t even involved in the network’s franchise renewal status (which was/is the main issue), people who have families, people who relied on these jobs to get by during a worldwide pandemic, people who loved their jobs, people who found family in these jobs, It’s absolutely crazy how people can defend their stance against the network and justify the loss of 11,000 jobs. What is a cool disposable object? I don’t know who looks at disposable objects and thinks they’re ‘cool,’ but the first thing I thought of was my vape pen of choice, which are disposable. It has enough puffs to last several months with me so it’s more convenient for me to keep buying them than spending a large amount on a refillable one. Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan? Why? Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire is more nostalgic to me; I used to watch it nearly everyday. I never watched Lindsay’s movies other than Herbie. What do you think of the actor Michael Cera? No opinion but I remember the time when he was often used on 9Gag memes. Simpler times lol. Anyway, I haven’t seen any of his movies. What is the best thing about a Barbie doll? I think it’s really fun how they’ve come up with a bazillion outfits for Barbies and Kens. And different versions too – as far as I know there’s been a Filipino Barbie for a while :) What is something you'd say in your will? If I passed any time soon I’d like to include some things about my dogs and how they’re supposed to be taken care of. If we’re talking about what I’m putting in my will if I ever reach like 80, I just wanna make sure every person who’s been in my life and stayed for a bit is mentioned and thanked and I wanna make the list as expansive as I possibly can at that age. Idk, I’ve always been sentimental. Any thoughts on fake abortion clinics? What??? I don’t know what those are and what they do, but they sound awful. What was a username you'd thought wouldn't be taken but was taken? I’ve tried using my full name as a username in a few websites and seen them being taken. My first and last names don’t make a common pair, so I’ve always found it surprising. Cherry or peanut ice cream? Peanut. Not gonna lie, it’s an unusual flavor – but Asians kinda put peanuts on everything heh. What is your dream cellphone? Why? Whatever new phone Apple puts out because unfortunately I buy into toxic consumerist shit like that lol Would you rather be watching The Bachelor or The Bachelorette? Neither. From one to ten, how big of a movie buff are you? I’d give myself an 8. I’ve seen my fair share of movies and I can honestly say that my favorite films are not cliche picks, but I’ve also yet to see a bunch of classics that other ~movie buffs~ hail as being excellent movies like Taxi Driver, Silence of the Lambs, Rocky, American Psycho, etc. I also haven’t been watching movies as much as I used to, which takes down another point for me. Who is a celebrity you think will never get into trouble? The Irwin kids. I wouldn’t call them celebrities per se though; they’re in the spotlight for the most wholesome reasons. I’ve seen every segment Robert Irwin has had on Jimmy Fallon and it’s amazingly precious. What is an important holiday to you? Why? Probably the EDSA Anniversary because without it we’d still be under a dictatorship. Name a catty girl you really dislike. I wouldn’t call anyone I know that. What is a museum you would like to go to? The top 3 museums that I would love to visit are the Anne Frank House, the Met, and the Art Institute of Chicago. And wherever Monet’s paintings are, because he’s my favorite artist. Personally, do you look better with short hair or long hair? Short. Long, frizzy hair does not look good on me and on anyone else. What was the reason why you last blocked a person from your IM? He was a stranger who hit on me. I added him back only because we had a considerable amount of mutual friends and I thought that maybe he used to be a classmate or something, but he messaged me some shit that he had probably copy-pasted to 700 other girls saying like ‘hey do you mind if you and I talk? I find you really pretty’ like six seconds after adding him back. It was so fucking creepy and I never blocked someone so quickly. I was already in a foul mood that night so I also showed the brief interaction to Gab and I gave her freedom to curse the shit out of the guy if she wanted to. What is a cliche thing that happens a lot in anime? I don’t like anime and have never watched it. What are your views on the cartoon show Invader Zim? I’ve never seen that either. If you have some, what is tonight's homework about? I don’t have homework anymore. If you have one, what is your favorite sushi flavour? Cream cheese salmon rolls from a local place called Torch. What is the first thing you think of when I say 'Jack'? Rose. Do you understand JavaScript coding? A teeny bit, thanks to the theme customizations I used to do on Tumblr when I was 14. What would you do if you found a gun in your best friend's bedroom? Confront them, and maybe even scold them. I definitely would be angry. Not even just because it could mean they’re suicidal, but because I don’t believe in guns. What do you call your grandparents? I call both sets Lolo and Lola. When I say 'Go', you say: I just remember the song Green Light by Beyoncé because the chorus on that is her screaming ‘Go.’ What colour do you usually paint your nails? I never paint them. They’re pretty, but I never saw them as a necessity. What would be a cool earring design? People come up with cool designs all the time now though. I’m completely sure there are a million versions of this now but I would love sriracha sauce earrings haha. What do you think of raccoons? No opinion as I’ve never encountered them. Any thoughts on the actor Paul Rudd? NEVER AGES Who is the better liar: your mother or your best friend? Mom. Gab will lie to me sometimes but I can always tell. Are breast implants something you'd consider? Why or why not? I considered it when I was a teenager because people used to pick on me for being flat-chested, as if I had a choice as to what size my body would end up being. Also, flat chests were the butt of so many jokes in the early 2010s so it made me insecure for a very long time. Nowadays the environment is a lot nicer and I’m seeing many flat-chest positivity posts (if that’s even a thing) so I’ve changed my mind about implants.  Besides nightmares, what is the scariest thing about sleeping? Sleep paralysis. You can wake up from nightmares. Do you find the phrase 'nom nom nom' annoying? Not as much as ‘rawr’ annoys me. Do you look better with red lipstick or black lipstick? I look good in neither but I would go with red. When was the last time you had chocolate milk? Oooooh it’s been a while :( I feel like that’s something people have to start selling more, honestly. I don’t see chocolate milk being sold other than at the grocery or convenience stores and ugh, I just want more restaurants to add it on their menus lol. That being said, the last time I had it was in January, during a journalism workshop that we hosted in a school in Marikina. The teachers offered us that and a Fudgee Bar as thank-you snacks :)
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piracytheorist · 5 years ago
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My Notes on Rewatching “Call Girl”
I amuse myself by thinking that watching this film is an important rite of passage for anyone who’s an all-in Colin fan, as in, one who’ll watch anything and everything he’s in, no matter the content, theme or quality.
I actually used to think that this was a pretty bad movie... but, as you might have seen from my last few posts, I recently realized this isn’t the case. Sure, it is not your average short film, but breaking it down you realize it’s doing most things right from a filmmaking point. I mean, you don’t have to love it, but it does a great job overall.
And I mean, it’s got Colin in it. How bad can it be? ;)
Beware of spoilers, if you haven’t seen the film. And if you do wanna see it, here it is :D
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I'm still surprised that... this is it. That's Colin freaking O'Donoghue right there. The pirate. The cowboy. The astronaut. The man the myth the legend.
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Ah, early 00's.
Wait. Ok let's make a breakdown of the decoration here. There's: 1) a heart anatomy poster 2) a frame with an undiscernible picture 3) IS THAT AN ASTRONAUT FIGURE? dun_dun_dun.mp3 4) a small penguin (?) plushie with a nautical (?) hat on it 5) are those... mantis figurines stuck on the sides of the screen????
Oooooh boy you sure have some very specific decorations on your desk.
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The music stops abruptly when Brendan's mother calls out to him to not close the door because she wants to see him studying. That's interesting. Also how old is Brennan supposed to be? Is he supposed to be in high school, or an adult in college? What was the age of consent in Ireland in 2003?
This vibe, though. White perfect shirt and dark vest...
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The look of "I'm gonna look at hot girls with my bedroom's door open while my parents argue across the hall" ALSO YES THAT'S A MANTIS
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This just makes me laugh so much. Can you imagine sweet innocent (mostly) virgin Brendan typing it and his heartbeat skyrocketing?
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Seriously though, that "Welcome back Brendan" thing. With one small addition you add a whole point in his backstory about him trying to deal with his urges.
Jesus I have forgotten so much. As soon as Brendan hears his mother coming, he immediately clicks "Dump her" on the "Virtual Babe" and it just... explodes. 
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With a full low-quality boom sound effect to boot. Like seriously if you were trying to hide why the f have your speakers on. You had one job, Brendan.
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A rare glimpse into Brendan's room, and I'm trying to understand what the pattern on his sheets are. Maybe I'm just confused by the astronaut figurine, but it looks... vaguely... about space? Like, if you squint, the circular thing on the top left looks like Saturn's rings. No?
Also, Brendan's mom being obsessed with disinfection. That was 2003.
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"I don't want filth getting into my house while I'm gone." And two hours later, her son has sex on her bed.
Oh wait, his father says "The only contact [Brendan] has with the outside world is through that bloody computer of his," in a... weird, tone? Like he's trying to placate the mother's fears of any rave party suddenly taking place in the house, but also with his tone (and maybe by using the word "bloody"? idk I'm no native speaker but it piques my interest) it doesn't seem like he's very... understanding and/or supportive of his probably very shy and/or socially awkward son.
Mom: That reminds me, block off the internet, will you? Dad: *scoffs* Why not lock him in a tower while you're at it?
He is sassy though!
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Lookit him though! So sad he won't be able to create and look at Virtual BabesTM while his parents are gone.
The parent's accents strike me more towards a British one and I got confused for a bit, but then I remembered that we see Brendan use euros later, lol.
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*hatching the plan to search in his father's briefcase for any cards for escort services*
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This is where I started feeling that this movie is better than I’d remembered. Like, it does the job of delivering Brendan's guilt over "tresspassing" into his parents room and disobeying his mother, as well as his fear of being discovered, even though he watched his parents drive away, so he'd hear the car if they came back, in a pretty well-done and clear way.
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I love how he immediately knows exactly where to look. His father's such an organized fella. Also those pills that he seems to not need immediately (thus leaving them behind for the weekend) are... something. They're put there for a reason and I wonder what that could have been.
There's not even a moment of hesitation, once he opens the briefcase. He doesn't put the card back in, he only looks briefly at his parents' photo but then he's like "Yeah. I'm doing it."
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That smile as he sees the card though, lol. 
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Casual reminder to have safe sex, lads.
And then the phone operator is like, full business mode. Brendan stutters for one (1) second and she's immediately like, "You want a girl?" She's like, I've had tons of people like you, lad, can't waste my time waiting until you find the courage to ask. You wanna hire or not?
OH MY GOD I JUST REALIZED The operator asks for the address, Brendan gives it, then asks how much does it cost. Then the operator says "Same as usual." BRUH she knew the address from how often his father used the service!
And then poor Brendan checks his savings and his "Uh..." says it all about how he wishes he could hire someone for longer than an hour. Bro, calm down. It's your first time.
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And then he's like, waiting all anxiously by the door. I've never hired an escort service but I feel ya dude.
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And of course Barbara the nosy neighbor, here to bring us to the edge of our seats, lol.
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Look at how organized their fridge is. Why is that chick suddenly so eager to cook something for him? There looks to be so much food already prepared in there.
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And dude. This movie has set-ups. Barbara tries to open a cupboard to like pick up ingredients to cook something, and Brendan, with a sudden "No!" rushes in and closes it. It only makes sense later, when we see that that's where he hid the money for the call girl.
Yikes she booped his nose as she left... what is he, ten? I mean even if he's supposed to be a teen here it's still... like... he's not a little boy to fucking boop his nose. No wonder her mother seems to trust her with taking care of him, with how both treat him like he's a child.
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Hi there! You're gonna die :D
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Shit I just noticed the portrait on the wall. Is that a... is that a fucking ruff collar his mother is wearing???? (btw I had to search to find that term with "shakespeare collar" XD)
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I mean... you can't help falling for it. At first you're like, she seems too... simple for a call girl. But then you're like, who else could it be who also knows his name?
I wonder what would've happened if she hadn't asked to use the bathroom, which prompted her to look at his parents' bedroom and him to... initiate contact. Would he have mustered the courage to actually ask her about it or would he have been so flustered until she'd say something? What would she say? "You know, your mother said you would [something]" and he would FREAK THE FUCK OUT because how does his mother know? Would they have stayed there in awkward silence long enough for his mother to call, him to pick up and find out what she was really there for?
I mean, look at that! I'm speculacting the "what-ifs"! Good fucking movie!
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That look, though. You suddenly go from "Aw you cute" to "WTF I know you're thirsty for it but that's... creepy"
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Look at that smile, though! She is pretty nosy!
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I just... I love everything about this. The way she's smiling at nosing in in her boss' bedroom. Him creeping behind her like the future killer that he is, actually scaring her. The way he says "This is my mother's room," so shy and collected. The fucking music, too. How it slowly builds up from the moment she spots the bedroom and it starts developing when Brendan kisses her.
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And that kiss. So chaste and shy and yet she's like, wow yeah let's have sex now.
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"You're not as shy as you look." LOL
For the pre-sex scene I just wanna link y'all to @killian-whump 's post about it, since it says it all.
Also dude the voicemail is set up from that moment too, but we've yet to hear what it includes, aside from his mother being bossy about the smallest things. "I hope you haven't gone back to bed." IF ONLY YOU KNEW. Not only what bed he's gone to, but also what he's doing on said bed.
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"You don't waste much time, do you?" Lol if only you knew. And again his first response is to apologize if he did anything wrong.
And you know what? Plot twists are a hell of a lot of fun and well made when they make you go back and see things with the new perspective. Like, how chill and simple she was, why she said the last line I mentioned, the newly-known reasons why she said it was kinky to have sex in his mother's bedroom... *slams hand on table* That's a great way to do a plot twist! A fucking plus!
Like seriously, this convo: B: Have you met my father? M: No, but a lot of the other girls have though.
Pre-plot twist viewer: Wow whAT how do you say it like that Post-plot twist viewer: Yeah makes sense
M: I think he gets sympathy from them, like, you know, cause his wife's such an old witch... *realizes* Oh, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have said that! *more failed excuses and then THAT face*
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And like, that's a bit inappropriate in any case but pre-plot twist you're like WTAF. And then you're like eh makes sense for frustrated employees to pity their bitchy boss' seemingly calm husband...
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And there's that set-up from before. Job well done, film.
And then their argument about the money. Brendan being confused about the amount, Mandy saying she'll come back and speak to his mother about it...
Seriously though what if he'd found out the voicemail after he'd had sex and before the "confrontation"? Would he like, have sent her on her merry way with all the money and then had more sex with the actual call girl?
And then his instinct, to try and make sure his mother won't find out, is to fucking threaten the woman with a knife. Wow, a little too much, Brendan. And then his first instinct, when they're fighting, is to search and grab the knife and fucking stab her. Lbr though that's just baby Colin finding his call for playing messed-up characters.
Also how did she die so quickly. Guess I found one weakness in the plot XD
And now you're like Jesus he just murdered her but when Barbara comes a-knocking and he looks at her and exasperatedly calls her name, you're like... same, bro.
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And the stupid bastard didn't even wash the blood off his arm. Like seriously, Brendan, either do a murder correctly or don't do it at all. At least you can't say he wasn't dedicated, bro sliced his own arm open. *pats head* you'll learn, my little murderous bean, you'll learn.
Brendan: I was doing the dishes. Barbara: Did your parents leave them for you to do? They must have left in a rush this morning.
Yes, Barbara, he can do the dishes, he's in an undetermined age between late teens and-
Barbara: They didn't even make their bed.
Wtf you nosy bitch.
See what I'm saying? Full character development for a character with like, two minutes of screentime.
And then the voicemail drops like an anvil. My first thought when his mother said that Mandy is nothing but trouble I was like "Yo look who's talking" but then I thought that... yeah she did creep in her boss' bedroom, actually had sex with her son in it, then pretty much talked dirt to him about her... I mean she definitely didn't deserve to die, but maybe his mother was a good judge of character for one (1) moment.
And then Lorraine appears.
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And Brendan's like "Now I have money for like, three hours with her. Maybe I'll even convince her to help me hide the body too."
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“OR MAYBE I’LL JUST KILL HER TOO.”
In conlusion, yup, I’m pretty glad I spent a good hour and a bit watching, analyzing, writing this review and screencapping this film. 10/10 would rewatch and review again.
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dreamterlude · 6 years ago
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druck s3e01, a review
As promised, here's the very long, very messy s3e01 review, clip by clip!
CLIP 1
Right from the start, I really like the way you can feel Matteo's solitude thanks to the use of the music and how it "stops" when the camera's on him, I think it's a really smart move to show how he feels, like he's worlds apart, detached from all what's happening around him.
Then the shot changes from a guy's hands, a girl with a gut tattoo (absolutely love it) and a girl's ass, Idk if this has any purpose but it's still a cool effect, so kudos to the cinematography.
The moment Matteo stands up and goes to the bathroom but Sara stops him and kisses him really sets the tone of their relationship: Matteo's face when kissing Sara says a lot about his situation, like he's hugging her but at the same time he's not happy about it, his face shows apathy and resignation.
Really really loved the scene with the boys in the bathtub!! I think it does an awesome job at "introducing" (we already knew them) them. They talk about some sex position and act like dumbasses, but again Matteo feels like he's not there.
The shot of Matteo looking at himself in the mirror goes deeper into his confused and ausent kinda aura, it's as if he was wondering what is he doing there in that party, what is he doing with his life in general, which honestly? hella relatable.
HIGHLIGHTS: Boys gang's one common braincell, "Kiki is the hypotenuse", Dónde está mi gente playing in the background.
CLIP 2
First of all I love Matteo's room and I can't wait to see more of it!
The song choice is so on point for this scene like wow, it really helps the whole "lazy morning after" mood and also has a high melancholic vibe, which is (imo) very Matteo.
Also, the use of the lyrics!!! "I woke up but it didn't go away" right before Matteo sees his mother's message, "did you expect me to cry" when he's touching Jonas' hair and "will you not think of me tonight" when he sees the number on Jonas' arm. So far Druck has been exceptionally good at the song choices and the way they use them so I'm not exactly surprised at how good this was.
Bringing back the moment Matteo touched Jonas' hair because it was really important!! I made a post about this, but the fact that Matteo only shows this softer side of him because he's "alone" says a lot about himself and it's actually really sad. Not only that, this moment also shows that he's not over Jonas, and that makes a lot of sense for me, because he seemed to be really into him back in s1 (s2 too but especially s1).
HIGHLIGHTS: "Why are you in Matteo"s bed" "I could ask the same" " I was waiting for you", Matteo's tracksuit + grandpa jacket combination, we love a fashion icon.
CLIP 3
Right from the beginning, the absolute chaotic gay energy of Matteo replying to Sara's pic with "cool" and the shrug after that, he's not even trying, he doesn't know what to do or how he got himself into that situation.
Once again, when talking to his friends and the girls it seems like his body is there but hia mind is miles apart. Also!! when Sam tells him about how good the party was and he agrees even though it's clear (for the viewer) that he didn't have a good time, I think this is a good way to show the viewers Matteo's "wish" to fit in, and how he's always pretending.
And then!! The Scene!!!! I've talked about this on other posts but the way Matteo and David checked each other out was so not subtle, I loved it. The slow-motion, the song choice, the moment their stares connected, then again when both of them turned their heads to keep looking... what can I say except poetic cinema.
Also major kudos to Michelangelo for Matteo's slight facial change, it really shows that the encounter with David shook him up, even though he still doesn't know why.
HIGHLIGHTS: The way Hanna looked at Jonas! I love that Druck doesn't forget about past plots and instead continues them with little details like this.
Unrelated but Matteo I'm begging you please wear a fucking belt.
CLIP 4
First of all, what's up with the teachers not wearing bras??? I have nothing against women choosing not to wear bras but like, why is this a recurring theme for the "Isak" season?? I honestly don't get it.
I don't think there's a lot to comment in this clip, it's basically a way to introduce Matteo and Amira's friendship (something I'm hella excited for) and to set the date for The Meeting™.
That being said, there were little things that made me love this clip, like Matteo's body language. The way he shrugs and rolls his eyes, you can really feel how (physically and emotionally) tired he is just by looking at him. You don't have to understand german to know what he's thinking, you can get a sense of it based on the way he acts!! All this is thanks to Michelangelo for being so fucking good at acting, like wow.
Another thing I liked was Matteo's mood getting worse after seeing Jonas flirt with that girl, as I've said before I like that they're showing us that he's still not completely over him, it makes it more real to me.
HIGHLIGHTS: Amira looking like a goddess in that pink hijab, Matteo's "nein" when the teacher called him out, the masterpiece that is "Idk, a blowjob".
CLIP 5
Once again, I love Matteo's room!! That yoga cushion he was using? a comfortable king.
There are 4 things that I want to talk about in this clip, first, Matteo texting his friends that he's also "busy". As I've said in the clips above, he really feels that he has to pretend to be someone he isn't and that's such a realistic side of being in the closet, I feel like Druck is doing a good job in showing that.
Then, the fact that he doesn't close his eyes when kissing Sara. He's not invested in the kiss (for obvious reasons) and he just wishes it would end, but at the same time he doesn't neglect it? Like he's in a level of resignation where he doesn't care anymore.
I feel like I mention this way too much but!! the body language!!! it's so important in a character like Matteo, who (so far) doesn't seem to be very talkative. When Sara asks him if they're together, you can see how uncomfortable he is with the idea but at the same time it's like he's trying to convince himself that this (being with Sara) is how things are supposed to be. Which, not gonna lie, is sad as fuck.
And finally, the moment in which Matteo asks Sara if she wants to watch a movie with him. She was clearly expecting something else (her face says it all), but Matteo looks content, almost happy. Maybe because of the relief he feels since he doesn't have to kiss her?? or maybe because he has someone keeping him company, someone that likes him and is affectionate with him. In this sense, I feel like Matteo is using Sara not only to pretend he's straight, but also as an emotional support, sort of. Based on the scene in the 2nd clip, he seems like a very touch starved person, craving for some affection, and right now the one who can help with that is Sara.
HIGHLIGHTS: "Should I do some research?" Matteo you absolute disaster gay. Sara being cute and lovely (I really hope she's not like other Emmas).
CLIP 6 aka The Clip™
Okay with this clip I'm going straight to Matteo and David's interactions because this is getting really long, rip.
The way Matteo's whole aura changes around David!! He's really trying hard to come off as a cool guy but David is highkey having none of that shit, I love it. Like when Matteo puts the joint on his ear and says "come on", excuse me? who is this smooth motherfucker and what has he done to my gremlin son? For real now, I love that we got to see this side of Matteo, and I'm really really excited to see more of it.
But also the way David was checking Matteo out when he was looking for the joint like, wow, he seems to really like him already (and I don't even mean in a romantic way, not yet).
The whole conversation they had is a masterpiece and I could say a lot about it, but my favorite parts would be as they follow:
David saying he "murdered someone" (the metaphor is strong here) and the subsequent "I murdered my parents joke" that comes from it. Weird humor sense but Matteo seems to like it, in fact he laughs! for the first time since the season started he seems to be present, invested in the moment, laughing!! Rewatching the episode, the change in Matteo's behaviour is really noticeable, he went from being ausent around his friends and Sara to being incredibly "present" during his conversation with David. Let me just say: poetic cinema.
But also the fact that Matteo hides his smile really quick, like he's still being guarded, like he didn't expect David to make him feel.
The!! eyelash!! thing!! This was such a nice, kinda awkward moment, absolutely my favorite one. Matteo growing some confidence and asking if he gets to make a wish now, licking his lips while looking at David, like... wow. I absolutely love that David asked him what would he had wished for, because it gave us some insight to Matteo's situation: he just wants to go away, which considering all he's been through, makes a lot of sense.
It also gave us some information about David! he said he also wanted to get away and go to Detroit, since that was where the best music came from. I like that with this simple conversation we got to know more about both of them.
Then, the way David's mood changed when Sara came in and kissed Matteo, he looked so... disappointed? He was like "gtg". Also, something I noticed rewatching the episode: when he said goodbye he only looked at Matteo!!
And last but not least, when Sara said "that's him, the guy Leonie has a crush on" and Matteo replied with "no I think that's someone else", I'm genuinely curious about this?? What is Matteo trying to do here?? I guess we'll have to wait 👀
HIGHLIGHTS: Amira, Sam and Kiki looking pretty as always, Matteo's face when Kiki suggested hugging teachers, Photoshop Markus, David's smile.
Anyways, that's it!! This got really long but I had a lot to say!! Druck has officially become my favorite remake, so I might do a review per episode if you guys like it uwu ♡
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comicteaparty · 6 years ago
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May 9th, 2019 CTP Archive
The archive for the Comic Tea Party chat that occurred on May 9th, 2019, from 5PM - 7PM PDT.  The chat focused on Lodestar by SasstastiKim.
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RebelVampire
COMIC TEA PARTY- THURSDAY BOOK CLUB START!
Good evening, everyone~! This week’s Thursday Book Club is officially beginning! Today we are discussing Lodestar by SasstastiKim~! (http://lodestar.smackjeeves.com/)
Remember that Thursday discussions are completely freeform! However, every 30 minutes I will drop in OPTIONAL discussion questions in case you’d like a bit of a prompt. If you miss out on one of these prompts, you can find them pinned for the chat’s duration. Additionally, remember that while constructive criticism is allowed, our focus is fun and respectfully appreciating the comic. All that said, let’s begin!
QUESTION 1. What is your favorite scene in the comic so far and why?
Darkhalo4321
My favorite scene has to be... the coffee shop book place thingy. With taylor! Sarcasm max.
Letter Bee
Elliot being told to trust his new friends by his mother.
SpazztastiKim
Author note: chapter one is getting "remodeled" so any suggestions are welcome
Kabocha
My favorite scene? Probably be this one: http://lodestar.smackjeeves.com/comics/2597078/ch2-pg-17/ ...It's so atmospheric, and that is a very good and creepy looking heart. I'm into the atmosphere. Under @SpazztastiKim's cute artwork lies something deceptively dark...
Darkhalo4321
I looooooovethe backgrounds in that sequence
L O V E
Yes, very dark. >:3c
RebelVampire
yeah i got second that as my favorite scene. cause the atmosphere is to die for. and i love how contrasted it is from the previous scenes cause you go into it and immediately go "oh no a spooky dream"
Kabocha
Also, Kim -- if you are interested in critique, etc, I can throw you thoughts in private, but I didnt' like, make any notes or anything. It's your comic and I figured that you were doin' errything to have fun! (And get some good creepiness in there too)
SpazztastiKim
You are welcome to!
Kabocha
Okay. I'll do that offline and another day, then. But I do think you've got a good story here, so please don't feel obliged to open yourself up to such feedback!
SpazztastiKim
Thank you
Darkhalo4321
Let us gush over how superb becky's optimism is
SpazztastiKim
Lol
RebelVampire
im busy gushing over the dialogue on this page http://lodestar.smackjeeves.com/comics/2749604/ch3-pg10/
Kabocha
Honestly I just really like the magic effects, not gonna lie
RebelVampire
like its so silly and yet reminds me of youth
Kabocha
I'm looking forward to more magic and ghost stuff
RebelVampire
cause these are random convos i would have as a youth with ppl
Kabocha
YEAH
Darkhalo4321
Same here!
Kabocha
It's so dramatic, and... man,... I remember being like that when I was younger
I don't recall if it's stated in-comic, but how old is everyone?
SpazztastiKim
Not stated yet. You can guess tho XD
RebelVampire
elliot was a 30 year old man this entire time
SpazztastiKim
Oof XDD
Kabocha
Ahahaha. I was guessing 14~15
Darkhalo4321
Im not allowed to guess because i kinda know XD
SpazztastiKim
Lol
Kabocha
Either way, I'm guessing high school for all of them, but nobody's a senior XD
Darkhalo4321
Except for ally
Shes like younger, like idk maybe hr high ish?
I actually dont know for sure her age
RebelVampire
i wouldve guessed middle school personally. but its hard to tell cause i need to see more adults
Kabocha
Maybe? She throws me a little bit? XD She's probably 13ish?
Darkhalo4321
Shes a precious cinnamonroll and needs protected at all costs
RebelVampire
yeah id peg 13ish for ally personally too.
idk if she need the protecting. she is not the one who got tackled to the ground
Kabocha
I would not fight her
Darkhalo4321
No
She will tackle you to the ground in l o v e
Kabocha
I do also really like how everyone's designs are unique
So it's really easy to distinguish who's who (and I'm pretty sure if it was a greyscale comic, it'd still be very easy... Which is really good)
....ALSO WHAT WAS WITH THE POINTY EARS
Darkhalo4321
Yeah kim
S'plain
X'D
Kabocha
I'm getting the feeling that there are spoilers in that answer
SpazztastiKim
OP... someone noticed
Kabocha
but
I can't help but feel like there are some alternate world or reincarnation shenanigans afoot
RebelVampire
elliot was an elf in a past life and the birth he witnessed was from back then
ya know what scratch that
he was the elf prince
Kabocha
Okay so I'm not the only one that thought that though
RebelVampire
just make everyone a prince
SpazztastiKim
Pfft yes
Kabocha
What's with the lanterns though... hahaha
But I really do have to wonder what all is going on there. The wolf skeleton was warning him about a thing he... sealed away.
SpazztastiKim
Was it sealed tho?
Kabocha
.... Maybe not
Darkhalo4321
:0
Kabocha
but, I mean, it's hella vague I feel like the wolf is protecting Elliot tho
Darkhalo4321
I get that vibe too, wasnt nice atthe end tho >:T
Kabocha
No, but this probably has happened before
Darkhalo4321
Ya think?
RebelVampire
when you say this are you talking about the dream itself or like the sealed away creature thing?
Kabocha
http://lodestar.smackjeeves.com/comics/2612346/ch2-pg18/ Well, the wolf says that Elliot's been dragged away before
so the thing that's hunting Elliot in his dream proooooooooooooooooooooooooobably has gone after him before
unless the "Birth" in question means it manifested in physical form
Darkhalo4321
D:
OH
Kabocha
KIM IS THIS NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, AND ALL THESE KIDS ARE GONNA GET KILLED BY FREDDY
Darkhalo4321
Maybe
XD
MAYBE
SpazztastiKim
Pffft
RebelVampire
that theory did occur to me
cause of the dream themes
that this is basically monster in the dreams
rip everyone
Darkhalo4321
I mean, I know kim loves horror movies SO
Kabocha
Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Warriors II
RebelVampire
so the thing about the pointy ears that actually interests me the most is that elliot didnt seem to notice all that much or care. and like i know there was a bloody skeleton wolf scaring the crap outta him, but i feel like hed have at least been a little like "hey i am an elf boy now"
also the fact that the dream did not start off with pointy ears
they only showed up with wolf dude
Kabocha
It might be a sign of magic or something. Or maybe he and his ghost are just used to the pointed ears showing up
Darkhalo4321
Ooohh
I didn't notice tyhat!
Kabocha
I did have to re-read that part when I looked at this earlier this week -- it was like "waaaaaaaaaaait a minute"
SpazztastiKim
Hmm WHEN did the change happen again?
Darkhalo4321
Hm indeed
Kabocha
It seems to be a slow transition to be honest
Darkhalo4321
you know who we haven't mentioned yet- TOM my favorite character.
Kabocha
http://lodestar.smackjeeves.com/comics/2456424/ch2-pg11/ On this page, they start to look slightly pointed http://lodestar.smackjeeves.com/comics/2505393/ch2-pg12/ AND THEN He starts to hear things and cough... And magic shows up in the next page
mathtans
Here for the moment, the little one is being very fussy this evening. I think my favourite scene was in the night terror in chapter 2, where we just had the glowing eyes - and then Mandy's glowing hand. Creepy and atmospheric.
Scrolling back to read, I liked how Elliot was thankful not to be a hobbit when he woke.
Darkhalo4321
Right?
Imagine if he woke up and HAD POINTY EARS
the rest of the cast would have been howling
Kabocha
Also, he's focusing on the important things: Not being a dream zombie
RebelVampire
i will be surprised if that doesnt happen one day. that he wakes up with elf ears and has to explain to everyone that surprise, hes an elf now
QUESTION 2. Dreams seem to be central to the story at hand. How do you interpret Elliot’s latest dream? Was it a dream, or was it something more? Whose birth did Elliot supposedly witness, and what exactly is it hungering for? Who is the black wolf that delivers the warnings to Elliot, and why is Elliot the one tasked with helping to defeat whatever the wolf is warning him about? Additionally, if this is no simple dream, why doesn’t Elliot remember this supposed event? Last but not least, what do you make of Elliot’s appearance change within the dream, and what do you think the meaning of the lantern is?
mathtans
I don't think it's a nightmare on elm street kind of thing, because Crystal Lake was dropped as a reference, so these sorts of things already exist in the characters' universe.
Chapter 4, Elliot joins an elf help group.
RebelVampire
but see thats the genius of it. drop the refs, nobody thinks anything of it and is like "ah just a red herring"
and then boom
dream murderer
Kabocha
THE DREAM WAS A WARNING I don't know if the "Starve it" Though... well. Maybe it wants to eat his dreams. Dream eater. OH MY GOD ELLIOT'S BEING HUNTED BY A DROWZEE
Darkhalo4321
THAT PUN WAS GOLD
That would be sneaky!
mathtans
It can't be a simple dream either way. Mandy joined him. That can't be a normal thing for ghosts. Can it?
RebelVampire
yeah starve it really interesting. cause what do you have to deprive the creature or whatever it is of to starve it? is elliot just not supposed to get eaten? is it dreams? is it ghosts?
although maybe its the lantern
nah
no way that was just a dream
Kabocha
Maybe. The lantern did come out as danger started to come near
RebelVampire
that was a vision
Kabocha
what is Mandy anyway
didn't he say that she was never alive to begin with? Or was he speaking generally
....What if Mandy was a victim of the thing?
RebelVampire
or even worse
mandy is the thing
SpazztastiKim
Scary
Darkhalo4321
Mandi is an imaginary friend taken form because of El? Maybe? Like, Can El manifest things?
Without knowing it-
RebelVampire
that could also be true
but im now sticking to the she is the thing one
cause it would explain why the wolf kicked her out
and said "no dream warnings for you"
Darkhalo4321
Aw
I know she's not like... real but she HAS FEELINGS DREAM WOLF
OH, but aside from just El having that one nightmare, apparently it's a prevalent problem going on- so it's not just isolated.
RebelVampire
ya know, i just want to point out if the dream wolf is going around warning ppl, the strategy is not very effective. fear is not the answer wolf.
Kabocha
Based on the comic description... We'll have to see more about that though
I dunno, if you scare someone enough, they'll stay away
Darkhalo4321
maybe el gets royal treatment of being warned
Kabocha
maybe the wolf is protecting the place where "it" is
Darkhalo4321
while everyone else just gets stalked with EYES
Kabocha
it's because he's acutally Frodo Baggins
Darkhalo4321
YES
HE IS SHORT
Kabocha
and the thing after them is Melkor. Or Sauron.
SpazztastiKim
obviously its voldemort
Darkhalo4321
!!!
you mean, he who should not be named!
Kabocha
GASP!
What about the Babadook
SpazztastiKim
my bad
OOF
RebelVampire
where elliot lives the dream wolf is just how the letters are delivered
Darkhalo4321
Baba Yaga
RebelVampire
http://lodestar.smackjeeves.com/comics/2597078/ch2-pg-17/ so i wonder who all the creepy ppl are in the bg
mathtans
Maybe it's like regular dreams, you don't really remember them unless you're woken up in the middle. So the wolf is waking everyone up with love bites.
RebelVampire
like was the creature born cause ppl were like "yaay sacrifice"
Kabocha
Oh, great, the wolf is my cat
SpazztastiKim
pfft
Darkhalo4321
if that's what you call a LOVE bite...>>
RebelVampire
the wolf is reading the wrong book of how to talk to humans
SpazztastiKim
lol
mathtans
There were five witnesses to the birth maybe, Rebel. They were summoned to the place in dreams.
Superjustinbros
HELLO
Kabocha
I'mma go out on a limb and say the people in the BG were part of the creation. THE COUNCIL OF CREATION A bunch of high elves that decided one day, "hey, let's just do this whole thing and nothing can go wrong" And Elliot was like, "NOPE" And died and went into another world where it was nearly unleashed upon them.
Justin, what are your thoughts on the Wolf and the Five people on Chapter 2, Page 17?
mathtans
They're looking at a heart.
Superjustinbros
Can I bring it home and call it Maniac?
SpazztastiKim
good name for it
Superjustinbros
Anyways hey there, sorry I'm a bit late
Room's getting redesigned but to stray from going offtopic I wanted to drop in and hand out and see what we're all talknig about tonight
RebelVampire
they are looking at a heart. Elliot was the mage who betrayed the council and realized his magic was for healing not the dark arts
Kabocha
Yep. We're talking about this week's comic -- Lodestar. As is the usual thing on the Thursday Bookclub~
Superjustinbros
Oh yea
Kabocha
http://lodestar.smackjeeves.com/comics/2597078/ch2-pg-17/ But really, I wonder what "it" is. .... Maybe there was a ritual.
Superjustinbros
Is that white line it's eye
Kabocha
Also -- did Eliot's magical scratch appear when the lantern showed up I'm just noticing this Does magic have a price?
RebelVampire
i assum eyes, the white line is its eye
that page did have the atmosphere of ritual
mostly cause of the heart
you dont hold beating hearts unless youre doing a ritual
idk i couldnt figure out when the scratch showed up. id have to look again super close
Darkhalo4321
It's def. Skooky
Kabocha
http://lodestar.smackjeeves.com/comics/2547332/ch2-pg14/ It's this page, Rebel
Superjustinbros
I ruined the feel of this image
SpazztastiKim
pfft(edited)
meme material
Darkhalo4321
I mean- MAYBE the wolf thing, wants to be empathetci?
Kabocha
"The woods cried out: FEED ME pls can i haz yer dinner hoomin"
Darkhalo4321
also likes hoomin heartz
SpazztastiKim
GOOD LORD XDD
mathtans
The whole glowing eyes thing is pretty cool. Not sure how the effect is done, but nice.
Darkhalo4321
It's not like I LIKE you or anything! B-BAKA!
SpazztastiKim
TSUNDERE DEMON
Darkhalo4321
kiss kiss fall in the lake!
Kabocha
Also likes hoomin necks They are like beef, but more gamey
mathtans
Maybe the demon is actually that aunt, the one who made the tea.
SpazztastiKim
Nom nom
Darkhalo4321
D:
Taylor?!
Kabocha
... I mean, dreams can be representational
so you got a Mama Wolf protectin' her youngins
Darkhalo4321
maybe- el is part dream wolf?
SpazztastiKim
i'm dead
mathtans
Yis. Summoned Elliot into town so the ghost Mandy could help.
"My other form is also a wolf."
RebelVampire
elliot wasnt real all along
he was summon
Kabocha
Oh no
Darkhalo4321
MAYBE- el is the creation woooooo
Kabocha
This isn't Final Fantasy 10, Rebel
unless we're getting meta, and we need El's father to be the wolf -- a summon from a dream becomes a dreaming summoned beast...
Darkhalo4321
I mean like-
We haven't SEEN el's dad yet so
Superjustinbros
"Hey, you OK?" "Does this look "Okay" to you?!"
_okay I'm done
Back to the comic
RebelVampire
yeah i was just about to say this is really gonna mess up the archives if it continues since i cant include images XD
Superjustinbros
Yeah lol
I feel like the joke has run it's course anyways
SpazztastiKim
I'm crying
Superjustinbros
You can only hammer in a joke edit so many times before it stops being entertaining
RebelVampire
onto the scratch. i get more the impression that the scratch was gonna happen anyway and the lantern showed up saying "hey stop scratching my boy"
Kabocha
image: [Elliot: don't make me Tidus- I wanna be Cloud]
SpazztastiKim
asdfghjkl!!!!
Superjustinbros
you wanna be a Cloud?
Darkhalo4321
giant SWORD
Superjustinbros
Oh that Cloud
RebelVampire
QUESTION 3. Early on, we learn that Elliot is supposedly psychic or an empath. Do you think Elliot is telling the truth about mostly just seeing ghosts, or does he really have other psychic powers as the others accuse him of? Who exactly do you think Mandy is, and what do you make of her closeness with Elliot? In other words, how do you think the two met? Do you think Elliot was born with whatever powers he has, or does it somehow tie into the creature he was warned about in the dream? Overall, how do you think Elliot’s abilities will help or hinder him in his task? What about in general for his newfound life in the town?
Kabocha
Elliot would not be a good Cloud, honestly. He's got too much personality, and too little damage from experimentation
Superjustinbros
Well we've seen a demon and a ghost so...
Kabocha
I THINK Mandy is his sister from another life. Or his best friend. And she couldn't be reincarnated with him, so she stuck around.
RebelVampire
was gonna go with his stillborn sister who never was
Darkhalo4321
But she was stated as never having BEEN alive?
That she wasn't real?
Kabocha
She's real for sure
She could also be a magic spirit, so she was never alive in the sense that humans would comprehend
Darkhalo4321
Real blue
SpazztastiKim
Har
mathtans
Elliot is all digital. He's in the Cloud.
RebelVampire
Elliot: I'm sorry Mandy but you're not real. Mandy: I'm...I'm floating right here and we're talking. Elliot: No, still not real.
Darkhalo4321
Maybe- El got the magic powers? ? From his last enounter that almost took him? And maybe mandi is some form of like... side kick from that?
Superjustinbros
Cloud saves? @mathtans
mathtans
I do think Elliot probably has other powers, but I don't think he actually knows about them. As to Mandy, I like Rebel's theory.(edited)
Kabocha
El goes on Dr. Phil, gets told "Perception is reality" Mandy laughs because... well
RebelVampire
so basically mandy is his familiar?
Superjustinbros
>Dr Phil I haven't heard that in a long time
Seems like it
Darkhalo4321
honestly, El would just sass his way out of dr. phil's show. they'd be like plz leave
Maybe?
RebelVampire
thats when they send him to jerry springer
mathtans
How did Mandy get her name? She must have existed at some point. Elliot doesn't seem like the type to just come up with that name, he's too introverted.
Kabocha
Maybe she has some sort of secret magic name
Darkhalo4321
Maybe Mandi named herself?
or came with a name?
Kabocha
and "Mandy" is just short for like Almandiasoriginamyeriath
mathtans
Bless you.
Darkhalo4321
cough kabo that's... I'm dying XD
Kabocha
HEY I know what "Bless you" means in some places!
Darkhalo4321
Salude
SpazztastiKim
ME TOO
Superjustinbros
Gesundheit.
RebelVampire
if we go with reincarnation being in this, maybe mandy isnt real cause she hasnt moved on in this life, has no memories of her past, and is basically just an empty shell floating around
Darkhalo4321
Oooh?
That's an interesting theory
Superjustinbros
I've seen stories with spirits like this
Kabocha
I'm curious to see what Mandy is later in the story, though. Like, if she's not real, then what is she. I'm pretty sure if she got kicked out of the dream, she's got some substance to her.
Superjustinbros
Yeah..
RebelVampire
well i guess it largely depends on what elliot's definition of real is
Darkhalo4321
:0
RebelVampire
i could also argue elliot is just deluding himself as to whether shes real or not because its how he protects his sanity
cause elliot doesnt seem fond of the idea that he has powers
so if he pretends none of its real its fine
Darkhalo4321
Yeah considering that he got REAL dark real fast when Becky kind of prodded him about the idea of it being... odd-
but thank god for Mandi she reeled that back in fast.
Kabocha
Elliot's been through some crap, hasn't he
Darkhalo4321
I FEEL like it- He's been through something- :/ but what? WHO knows-
RebelVampire
Elliot remembers the great elf war
Darkhalo4321
maybe el is actually an elf from another world, and this is an isekai story and we have no idea
Kabocha
"Remembers" only in his dreams
I AM DOWN FOR THIS
Darkhalo4321
reverse isekai?
RebelVampire
i am ok with this
Kabocha
YEP.
SpazztastiKim
Y'all would be great at DnD
Darkhalo4321
I'm going to get yelled at aren't I?
Superjustinbros
is not a DnD player(edited)
Kabocha
I'm also cool with it being a reincarnation story, or just that El gets to see all sorts of monstrous things because he's got some sort of magic shenanigans going on
Darkhalo4321
poor unfortunate soooooul
RebelVampire
im ok as long as elliot lives to tell the story cause the world would be a lesser place without his snark
Darkhalo4321
I would cry
SpazztastiKim
X'D
Darkhalo4321
I would actually FLY TO KIM'S AND we'd have a long talk
>:T
#teamelliotlives
SpazztastiKim
-tosses the idea pretending I never planned it-
mathtans
Maybe Mandy will start possessing people. Suddenly Becky gets real mellow. Suspicious.
SpazztastiKim
pfft
Superjustinbros
Oh good just what we need
Ghosts doing ghost stuff
RebelVampire
wait maybe mandy is just the manifestation of elliot's lantern hence why she was never alive and isnt real
Kabocha
WAIT, Is there a risk of people actually dying in this story ... ...Kim are you going to kill off Elliot
SpazztastiKim
no
Darkhalo4321
I feel like Becky would out.... do a ghost?
SpazztastiKim
HA
Darkhalo4321
SHE IS JUST TOO MUICH spirit for them XD
RebelVampire
Tom though is probably doomed for possession
SpazztastiKim
Poor Tom
Kabocha
.... Oh god you're probably right Rebel
Darkhalo4321
Becky is the one that would go " NO YOU DONT! " and unpossess herself with will power
Kabocha
Tom gets possessed and he seese EVERY HORRIBLE THING he's forced to do to feed the hunger
Darkhalo4321
NOT TOM
Kabocha
turns out the hunger is just really into chocolates
SpazztastiKim
PFFT
Darkhalo4321
NOOOO
Kabocha
They break into a Godiva shop with Tom's body
Superjustinbros
Did someone say chocolates?
Darkhalo4321
CHOCOLATE?!
Superjustinbros
http://lodestar.smackjeeves.com/comics/2771909/ch3-pg14/ I wonder what flavor everyone's getting then
Kabocha
The Wolf isn't super keen on the whole Chocolates thing though, because, y'know, theobromine poisoning...
SpazztastiKim
hehe
Darkhalo4321
so that's why the wolf says STARVE it
Superjustinbros
Tsundre wolf cannot consume ice cream
RebelVampire
well at least a chocolate quest would be more pleasant than alternatives XD
Darkhalo4321
TRUE
Superjustinbros
XD
Chocolate Ice Cream? :3
RebelVampire
thats going too far in the sweets department questing O_O
Kabocha
Hey, at least Tom won't have to gorge himself on other things. But they do find out their local big box store was robbed of all its chocolate rabbits around easter...
SpazztastiKim
Truly the worst that could happen to this town(edited)
RebelVampire
but after Tom is freed hed never want to eat chocolate ever again
Kabocha
That's a tragedy.
Superjustinbros
RIP Chocolate rabbits.
RebelVampire
i want to see more tom though. i appreciate his calm demeanor in the face of the girls rampant amounts of energy
Darkhalo4321
Yes
Tom seems like the, solid rock founddation of the group type
mathtans
I like that idea that Mandy is just the manifestation of some object. Maybe something Elliot carries with him. A watch? He was good at pegging tea time.
RebelVampire
also cause tom is the useful one. cause becky is like "FARM FESTIVAL" and Ally is like "SWIMMING AND ICE CREAM" meanwhile tom is being a good boy and researching stuff for elliot
mathtans
Tom is a good counterpoint. He understands all the characters too.
Darkhalo4321
Like Hey let's do the job our club is suppose to do, shall we?
RebelVampire
Elliot is a time lord
mathtans
Oh yeah, the Farm Festival is sure to be a plot point. It's a metaphor for something.
RebelVampire
mystery solved(edited)
Darkhalo4321
I mean, if this were ouran host club, he's kyouya ... the only one that keeps the club on TASK
mathtans
Elliot's consciousness is trapped in a pocketwatch. With Mandy.
RebelVampire
ya know i could dig time lord elliot tho for reals. cause it explains why hes an elf or something. he just time travels and forgets he time travels. but why he knows how to save ppl from falling stuff
Kabocha
The farm festival will be... full of lore. About how they had the festival to appease a hungry beast.
Superjustinbros
oh boy
Darkhalo4321
Maybe
They farm
hearts
SpazztastiKim
HA
gross
Kabocha
Hey, the heart could have been a Deer Heart
Darkhalo4321
was it though?
Kabocha
Coulda been.
RebelVampire
QUESTION 4. As the comic opens up, we meet a slew of characters and learn some notable things in regards to dream. What do you make of the fact another person is supposedly having intense dreams similar to Elliot’s? Does this have anything to do with the creature, or is it simply a red herring? If it does have something to do with it, what do you think Elliot will have to do about it to help the victim? In general, how do you think the dream club Elliot joined will help him in his overall task? Moving on from Elliot, which of Elliot’s friends are you looking forward to learning more about? In what ways do you think these friends might help Elliot deal with his problems and his quest?
Superjustinbros
How intense we talking? Like, Math Test insane?
Darkhalo4321
WELL Becky has every intention of making sure el has a social life, some what-
Tom will probably ensure no one dies- or he'll die trying.
RebelVampire
dark no
dont even suggest tom dies
Darkhalo4321
What if
he does die tho
RebelVampire
protect that child
Darkhalo4321
D:
RebelVampire
no protect that child
Darkhalo4321
Ally tho
RebelVampire
or dont and be optimistic and assume him becoming a ghost will make him the most powerful being
Darkhalo4321
:0
Ghost Tom
mathtans
Elliot's the replacement Chosen One. The current one in town is having trouble.
Darkhalo4321
current one?
Superjustinbros
?
SpazztastiKim
esplain Mathans
Kabocha
So, if we were to categorize these characters as horror characters...
Darkhalo4321
NOOOO
like horror movie horror, or like scary movie parody horror?
SpazztastiKim
Yes
Superjustinbros
Oh dear, this is gonna be fun >:3
Kabocha
.... Elliot's our Canary, though sometimes the canary lives Tom's dead. I'm sorry. Becky will be scarred for life, but probably will be the one carrying the plot and making sure everyone survives. Allison... She will not be in the horror parts. She'll be the character that calls the cops at the end.
Superjustinbros
rip Tom.
RebelVampire
no all of you need to stop killing off tom
SpazztastiKim
Just straight up kill off Tom
RebelVampire
the next page of the comic is literally just a dagger flying through the window and stabbing tom in the heart
Darkhalo4321
I'm pretty sure I saw the next page, can confirm
Superjustinbros
oof
Darkhalo4321
tom actually falls backwards out of his chair and LANDS on a dagger. effectively killing him off. Then the comic ends. Tom was the danger ALL ALONG(edited)
Superjustinbros
Dear god
That's cold
SpazztastiKim
A twist to make m night shyamalan proud
Kabocha
Lol Justin if you believe that you obviously haven't read through this comic
RebelVampire
no no the comic continues. the wolf comes back and is like "bro i told you to starve it not kill it. youre under arrest. this is a sting operation"
Darkhalo4321
XD
SpazztastiKim
-wheeze-
Darkhalo4321
Elliot gets hauled off to DREAM JAIL
Mandi is denied visitation rights
Becky becomes his laywer
RebelVampire
then elliot becomes a dream defense attorney and has to prove his own innocence
becky would be a scary lawyer
like
i could just see her taking the floor and talking for hours
and her client is found innocent just cause the jury wants to go home
Darkhalo4321
She'd probably make a good case though-
Superjustinbros
@Kabocha Even if I did that's still pretty cold lol
Darkhalo4321
Jury: She talked for 5 hours, but... she wasn't wrong innocent!
Wolf thing : damn it!
SpazztastiKim
Ghost Tom: Language...
Darkhalo4321
Elliot: @#$% the establishment! throws a chair
Everyone just has the surprised pikachu face, after that!
SpazztastiKim
HA
Superjustinbros
That face is glorious
RebelVampire
at this point i think were just all drunk and have gone mad with power
SpazztastiKim
lol probably
RebelVampire
im really curious to see what happens at the farm festival tho. mostly just cause maybe nothing bad will happen and theyll just have fun. like go on a nice hay ride
that will not trigger unpleasant memories and not start a fire to the whole festival
SpazztastiKim
hay rides are included tho
Kabocha
Maybe we'll find out that they have a sleep study at the contest
erm
festival
Darkhalo4321
And then after it's been ALL good- and it's all fun and stuff-
Kabocha
why am I thinking contest
Darkhalo4321
THEN
Superjustinbros
Oh god what's happennig here now
Darkhalo4321
then it will go downhill
Kabocha
Yep. It'll be a hot mess. AND FREDDY RETUR--- wrong series
RebelVampire
id really want to see elliot in a sleep study now tho
just imagine the scientists face afterwards
as theyre like wtf are these readings
Superjustinbros
oh boy
Kabocha
"This boy never enters REM sleep!?"
RebelVampire
what is life
Kabocha
"How is he alive?!"
Darkhalo4321
Right?
my question exactly ^^^ lol(edited)
RebelVampire
elliot was the one to have never been alive to begin with. the whole mandy thing is him projecting
Darkhalo4321
it would explain why some scenes have her split off of him?
Kabocha
oh that would be a twist.
Two souls one body?
Darkhalo4321
THAT IS MY JAM
RebelVampire
i had considered that as a realistic possibility. or more that mandy is just an aspect of elliot's soul
SpazztastiKim
-watches with entertained glee-
Darkhalo4321
Oh maybe?
RebelVampire
http://lodestar.smackjeeves.com/comics/2704817/ch3-pg4/ off topic but i just noticed that computer has a pear on it and that makes me laugh
Darkhalo4321
Like the NICE version of who El is, and all the snark remained in the actual body
El is just Snark
that's it
TOM HOW CAN YOU
Superjustinbros
Shoutouts to Pear Products
mathtans
Sorry, called to crib. Have we talked about the title yet? With "lode"star? Is that like a metaphor for Elliot's powers, or something else?
RebelVampire
we have not talked about it.
mathtans
(As to explaining about the chosen one thing, the person with night terrors in town wasn't responding properly, so that's how Elliot ended up in town too.)
Darkhalo4321
We havent'
RebelVampire
i assumed it was a play on a lodestone
Darkhalo4321
I don't actually know about the title so much
PROBABLY
What is a lodestone?
RebelVampire
“A lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite. They are naturally occurring magnets, which can attract iron. The property of magnetism was first discovered in antiquity through lodestones.”
Darkhalo4321
Hm
RebelVampire
elliot is the attracter of evil
Darkhalo4321
PROBABLY
el is an unlucky person
Kabocha
MAGNETIC SOUL
SpazztastiKim
poor kid
mathtans
Mandy being part of his soul is interesting. It reminds me, I liked in the first chapter how there were hints of her at times, and eventually it became clear.
Oh yeah, and I loved the Pear Computer, Rebel. Glad you remembered to mention it.
Yeah, I thought it was like lodestone, but being a star, maybe it's good somehow even though there's a burden involved.
RebelVampire
i liked the small hints but at the same time i was confused and wondered if he was communicating telepathically with becky XD
Kabocha
I'm curious to see where this all goes. There's not enough information to really like, get super crazy with fandom yet
mathtans
I did wonder where the thoughts were coming from.
Also, before the end, gotta mention the Becky and Ally ship. Those two can feed off each others' energy, it's sweet.
Darkhalo4321
they can power the entire town with their energy
RebelVampire
i will support the elliot/tom ship
Superjustinbros
Since the CTP is ending in a bit, thanks for the CTR, and thanks for the cool comic as well @SpazztastiKim, it was fun checking it out
mathtans
There you go. Can't ship Tom with his sister, after all.
Darkhalo4321
El == shippable with everyone honestly
mathtans
El is shippable with the wolf?
Darkhalo4321
...
SpazztastiKim
asdfghjkl
Kabocha
...yes
RebelVampire
yes
Darkhalo4321
I MEAN, as Friends?
Kabocha
BFFS
Darkhalo4321
El seems like he needs more FRIENDS
Kabocha
Anyway! Thank you Kim! I look forward to seeing where this comic goes~
Darkhalo4321
and boy and his aggressive wolf friend
mathtans
Wolf's name is probably Lodestar. Got it from a book.
Best with it, Kim!
RebelVampire
COMIC TEA PARTY- THURSDAY BOOK CLUB END!
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hmspogue · 7 years ago
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Stranger Things Season 2 trailer shot by shot run down
I do not claim or own any of these screenshots all rights to Netflix
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aw look at my children doing normal children things can’t wait to see how long that’s going to last 
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so, the way that Dungeons and Dragons was sort of the running analogy last season, my guess is that this game is going to be the overlying symbolism for this season.
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my boys all back together and happy again can’t wait to see how long that’ll last :’)
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so if this is the analogy I’m guessing the “sword” is going to be the key to slaying the monster
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again, the dragon probably = the monster
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and if so, the fact that Dustin seemingly LOST this game sort of worries me...
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case in point
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this trailer took approximately 15 seconds to get me to say “oh no”
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AS I WAS SAYING (okay so obviously from what we left off on last season and the trailers/ teaser we’ve gotten. we now know this season is going to deal with the aftermath of the Upside Down for Will as well as the entire community as rifts have been opened to other worlds)
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so i’m assuming Will’s main arc this season is going to be his struggle with being split between two worlds, and though I understand why they did it I wish we could see more of Will apart from that but oh well)
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me too buddy, me too.
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and thus, we have our big bad for the season *rubs hands together*
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mike he is obviously not okay but thanks for being concerned
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correct me if i’m wrong but is that Jonathan’s car? why is he leaving?
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sooooo why isn’t Will at school?
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stancy break up/ tension possibly? nothing good ever really comes from their meeting in this ally
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aw...is this why he wasn’t in school? Joyce obviously knows something is up. (side note: is that Hopper behind them?)
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oh come on-
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these SOBs again?
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so i guess maybe the Upside Down;s bleeding over to our world effect crops too???????
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Hopper and Joyce as parents yes please (also Will is not okay)
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“I felt it everywhere” wtf is that supposed to mean that’s terrifying
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please just let the Byers family live someone give them a break
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why do they look so suspect? who are they looking at?
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honestly I’m loving the Halloween time theme I can’t wait for the aesthetics they’re going to be implementing
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my connection/ insider I have previously hinted to me about a Steve/ kids dynamic that was going to be happening this season, but I’m actually very interested to see where this goes and the relationships that’ll come out of it
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again with the aesthetics !!! yes !!! please!!! and !!! thank !!! you !!!
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when the scientists are worried, it’s really time to get worried
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uuuhhhhh yikes? blood is never a good sign?
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ESPECIALLY AROUND DUSTIN NO DO NOT WANT THIS TRAILER IS MAKING ME REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HIS SAFETY AS A CHARACTER
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ah yes all is probably not well at the Wheeler household 
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of course my dork sons all go trick or treating in matching Ghost Busters costumes I love them
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it looks like he’s tracking something. buuuuut what?
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HOP!! I MISSED YOU AND YOUR PERPETUALLY CONFUSED EYEBROWS
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oooohhhhhh these boys look like they’re crushing on the new giiirrrllll 👀 (mainly Lucas and Dustin? maybe Will I can’t tell) (except for Mike because they really are doing everything they can to bury me in Mileven feels)
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I can literally feel her angst radiating off the screen and I have a feeling I’m going to stan her unless the writers use her as a devise to cause tension or rivalry among the boys in which case someone is going to die
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“Sometimes I feel like I can still see her” WHY DO THE WRITERS FEEL THE NEED TO HURT ME LIKE THIS GAH I MISS MILEVEN HE EVEN KEPT HER BLANKET FORT UP  (because also it’s important to note that this is the same shirt from the screenshot of them watching the girl walk in. so if Mike goes home and realizes he still misses I’m going to choke)
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can’t wait for this to most likely just be a cat jump scare
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they’re building something don’t ask me what
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if I had to guess I would say some sort of device that picks up on signals from the Upside Down maybe? like some sort of crystal radio?
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but why does Mike kind of look like hes going to smash it with the speaker?
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new girl seems to be working with them/ part of the group now. but the box opened? idk this part is confusing
-EDIT/ UPDATE THANKS TO @disneyprincesskatherine apparently this is a reference to Ghostbusters! the box is similar to a device they use in the movies to catch ghost (i’m uncultured I’m so sorry). she also speculates this is the capture of the sort of “pet” Dustin gets that Gaten talked about (could also be why there is blood on Dustin’s chair)
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okay but where is #4? they’re still in their Halloween costumes so we can assume it’s either the day of or the morning after, though on what looked to be Halloween night in one of the previous screencaps, all 4 were present soooo
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more evidence of the world meshing
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YOU BEST BELIEVE I SCREAMED OUT LOUD I MISSED THEM (they both looks so good I‘m loving the haircuts) (and is this them breaking into the lab?)
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even though this is a gross slimy portal to another dimension, i’m still digging the aesthetics
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Will is not okay part 87450507
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this is either a drawing of a map of the Upside Down or all connecting tree roots. either way wtf Will?
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This time on: OTPs With Unreal Height Differences 
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it kind of looks like the same “tree roots” on the ground as there were at the gas station shot so yeah, I think Will was drawing a giant root system
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🎶 you’re my daaad, you’re my dad, boogie woogie woogie 🎶
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DREAM TEAM (Mike, Nancy, Jonathan, Joyce) (also can we laugh at the fact that Mike is armed with a candle holder while he stands next to his sister literally holding a shot gun)
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Hop digging my grave for when I finish the season
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*cues classic 80′s teen movie party montage*
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my girl wildin out (and Steve’s there too I guess)
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TELL ME WHO HURT YOU (this is a different outfit from the party though, so it’s not the same scene)
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a new weapon? perhaps the “sword”?
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!!!!!!
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OH GOD TELL ME HOP IS OKAY
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everyone in this trailer looks as shook as I feel watching it
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Will Is Not Okay: The Saga Continues
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same shirt so most likely what he’s experiencing on the other side. I’m almost certain he’s going to play a big role in Eleven being able to come back to the other side
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Journey To The Center of the Earth (2008)
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well well well, Samwise Gamgee, what’s poppin’
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why does Steve have Jonathan’s bat?
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as far as I can tell this treck into the Upside Down consists of Mike, Dustin, Joyce, and I can’t tell who the others are 
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“ABORT ABORT!!!” (this is a different scene from the one above so I wonder what this is in reference to)
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another shot of Will being scared out of his mind, this kid doesn’t ever get a break (though the background looks almost like the lab as opposed to the upside down. I could be wrong)
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...well that’s concerning (kind of looks like that giant monster is chasing him)
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“If you’re out there, please just give me a sign”
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so this looks to be back in the Upside Down equivalent to the classroom where Eleven defeated the Demegorgan. and based on the look on her face and the previous shot above, it seems she JUST woke up
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YES MY BADASS CHILD I NEVER DOUBTED YOU FOR A SECOND
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yES HER RETURN IS ABOUT TO BE ICONIC
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YALL MIND IF I WILD OUT OVER THESE AESTHETICS AGAIN
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I’m so freaking happy for her return to Mike us
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Lord almighty this season looks amazing.
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queen-of-the-crows · 7 years ago
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11 Questions Tag
Okay so I was tagged by like 5 different people and I'm just gonna answer all in one post cause that's the easiest way to do it. Huge thank you to all my loves who tagged me in this @annorarutherford @heraldofwho @sassylavellen @enchantment1385 (twice :P) @elevanetheirin :)
Buckle up cause this is gonna be a long ride!
@annorarutherford questions
1. Biggest fear? Feeling like I've done nothing with my life and that I've been a failure
2. Favorite flower/plant? I'm not a nature person, that's just not my thing but a black rose
3. Are you close to your family? Sorta, some of them anyway, depends on alot honestly
4. Your deepest wish? Not to be rich but to be able to pay all my bills and still have a good amount of money left over to save and buy fun stuff
5. What's something that always calms you? No one thing always works, it depends on why I'm not calm. Video games work often, some times reading, sometimes writing, sometimes drinking
6. Some movies you love? Love this question! Jaws, Jurassic Park series, Alien series, Beauty and the Beast, Dracula, The Crow, and many others
7. Guilty pleasure song? I'm not really ashamed of anything I listen to but alot of people judge me for loving Fall Out Boy so I'll say anything by them, I have an entire playlist
8. Favorite weird smell? Professional hair color, I fucking love it. Also the green soap they use in tattoo shops
9. Game that has changed your life and how? Dragon Age. It introduced me to my love of gaming and are me fall in love with Thedas and the characters
10. Someone(s) on Tumblr you really admire/like? All my usual lovelies of course @annorarutherford @a-shakespearean-in-paris @sassylavellen @enchantment1385 @aban-asaara @heraldofwho also love seeing posts from @jawsandbones @andrastini @fyeahfenrisxfhawke @laraslandlockedblues @nevertrustamage and others
11. Worst personality traits someone can have? Always down on themselves, put down everyone around them, bad hygiene! (Not a personality trait but seriously bathe), being insanely cocky and thinking they can get whoever they want
@heraldofwho questions
1. When you get butterflies in your stomach what color are they? Blues and purples
2. If spiders could talk what would their voices sound like? I think they'd sound alot like Flemeth
3. How do you like your coffee or tea? In the trash lol I hate them both
4. If you could learn any language instantly, which one would you choose? Oh man, there's so many cool ones. Probably Russian, I love the sound of it
5. If they made a DA/ME film or series about YOUR protagonist- which OC would you choose and who should play them? Oh shit, I love them all so much!!! Probably Clea cause I think her and Zevran's story would be the most interesting. I would cast Megan Fox as Clea, she's my face claim for her and she plays a pretty good badass.
6. What change the nature of a person? Anything really depending on the person, death seems to be a big one, break ups, being broken
7. What musical instrument do you play? What instrument would you like to learn? I play piano and I sing. I'd like to have a piano so I can practice more but I wanna learn guitar also
8. Pick any aspect of your life or personality and choose a theme song for it. You Call Me A Bitch Like Its A Bad Thing by Halestorm because I'm very much fuck you and your opinions of me, i don't find being called a bitch insulting
9. Can you cook or bake? What's your speciality? I love baking and I can cook too. Cakes are my favorite thing to make
10. Got any dead crushes? Heath Ledger, Brandon Lee, Paul Walker, and Gary Oldman (I mean him in Dracula is to die for)
11. What is your quirkiest hobby or interest? I don't have many so probably writing fanfic
@sassylavellen questions
1. Do you have a favorite soundtrack from a movie or video game? Oh yes, Queen of the Damned. Best soundtrack ever created
2. What was the first video game you remember playing? Either Super Smash Bros or Mario Kart way back on Game Cube
3. If you could have any kind of food right now what would it be? Chocolate cake or Panda Express, maybe both
4. Are you a good cook? Oh yes
5. Do you have or want any exotic pets? I would love to have an iguana. Snakes are cool too
6. What fictional character would you love to be friends with? Oh so many, strictly friends with no somatic interest: Dorian, Varric, Cassandra, Shale, Charlie from Supernatural, The Doctor, Lisbeth Salandar, and Scout Harding
7. If you could have any superpower what would it be? Telekinesis and mind control
8. What movie could you watch and enjoy every single time? So many. Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, and Big Hero 6 are probably my tops though
9. Favorite color combinations? Black crimson and white, black grey and blue, black and deep purple, basically dark combinations
10. When you play games do you use armor sets that have good stats but looks bad or armor that looks good with bad stats? Definitely looks good with bad stats but I keep the ugly with good stats to change into for particularly challenging encounters. I love the story aspect of games and put so much time into my characters I like them to look good
11. Favorite genre of music? Rock and metal. KoRn and Rob Zombie are my absolute favorites if that helps explain it
@enchantment1385 first set of questions
1. Favorite fandom and why? Dragon Age. Best game series ever, the characters, the play through, the environment, the choices, the romance. And the people I interact with here are amazing
2. What's your Pokemon team? I played Black 2 so my favorite team was Zoroark, Arcanine, Banette, Lapras, Hydreigon, and Virizion
3. Favorite team in Dragon Age or Mass Effect? Depends on my class honestly but my favorite is dual weapon rogue so I'll answer for that. Origins- Alistair, Morrigan, either Shale or Zevran. DA2- Fenris, Aveline, either Varric or Anders or Merrill. Inquisition- Cassandra, Dorian, either Cole or Iron Bull
4. Favorite nonBioware game? Dishonored
5. OTP? Alistair and Cousland, Zevran and Mahariel, Fenris and Hawke, Cullen and Lavellan. None DA OTPs Mulder and Scully, Elizabeth Swan and Will Turner, Emma Swan and Captain Hook, Rose Tyler and the 10th Doctor
6. What is your guilty pleasure? I really don't have one that I know. Reading smutty fan fic maybe?
7. A food you can't get enough of? Cheese pizza, mac and cheese, spaghetti
8. What can you see right now? I'm in class so classroom stuff
9. Something I don't know about you? Alot. I'm coloring my hair white, I have a huge Fenris and femhawke in progress back piece, I'm in cosmetology school, I have a tattoo appointment with Sarah Miller
10. Most loved OC and why? As hard as it to choose between all my loves, I choose Clea. She's the most like me or rather I see the most of myself in her and that was an accident. I love her attitude, her sarcasm, her badassness, her relationship with Zevran, her goals, how she carries herself and how she just is.
11. What song is stuck in your head right now? Hold Me Tight Or Don't by Fall Out Boy
@enchantment1385 second set of questions
1. What does your name mean? Do you think the meaning is anything like you? Like our usernames? Queen of the Crows is a reference to Clea who takes over the Antivan Crows with Zevran and they do some reforming of the guild. She's one of the leaders so she's the queen of the Antivan Crows, hence queen of the Crows. Is that anything like me? Well I mean she's my OC and I'm alot like her so I would hope to be that badass if I was in Thedas.
2. First celebrity crush? Max Thieriot, he's still good looking too
3. If you could live in one fictional world, which one would you choose and why? Come on love, guess :P lol definitely Thedas. Learn archery and dual wield, find one of my favorite romances and fall in love. Oh yes! Second choice would be Westoros provided I could be with Jon Snow of course
4. Why did the chicken cross the road? His life bored him and he needed change
5. You can have one superpower, what do you choose? Answered this already but since this says only 1 I choose telekinesis
6. Biggest pet peeve? When people can't do simple things
7. 1 fictional character you would meet for a day if you could? Hmmmm I wanna meet alot. If I only have a day I think I'd choose Iron Bull, I'd be in for an adventure all day
8. First game you ever completed? Dishonored
9. Which class in game do you enjoy playing the most? Definitely rogue. Idk what it is but I love rogues especially dual weapon although I've recently gotten into playing archery as well
10. Favorite fictional villain and why? I love Maleficient. She turns into a fucking Dragon and is bitter for not being invited to a party. And the movie really goes into depth about how she became how she was and it shows that good people can be broken so badly they become bitter heartless and evil
11. Creepiest experience? I'm not really sure, I try to avoid that sort of thing. I've been hit on by creepy weirdos though
@elevanetheirin questions
1. Coffee or tea? I hate them both. I'm a soda junkie though and love energy drinks
2. What is your favorite book or book series? I have a few. Dracula (this is my all time favorite), A Song of Ice and Fire by George R R Martin (aka GoT series), Millennium series by Stieg Larsson (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and The Meg series by Steve Alten
3. Do you have a hidden talent? Most people don't know I can play piano
4. Who is your favorite author? George R R Martin, Steve Alten, Michael Crichton, Ellen Hopkins, Stieg Larsson
5. Favorite type of cookie? Chocolate chip, I know I'm boring
6. Brotp? Varric and Hawke, Sara Lance and Mick Rory, Meredith Grey and Alex Kerev, Sherlock and Watson, Tony Stark and Bruce Banner
7. Did you have a nickname in school? I've never really had a nickname ever. My love in high school called me his muse cause he's an artist. Lots of classmates called me that weird goth girl cause I was always quiet, very smart, read for fun, and was goth.
8. Do you have resting bitch face? Oh fuck yes I do haha I love it though
9. What makes you smile? Alot. My stupid cats, my boyfriend, my favorite shows and movies, funny gaming videos, video games, reading, SLEEP, FOOD
10. What one thing do you like most about yourself? The fact that I don't give a shit what anyone else thinks about me. Looks wise probably my eyes
11. The best part of your day yesterday? Getting paid so I had money for chicken nuggets
Finished them all!!!! My 11 questions
1. If you could switch places with one fictional character who would it be and why? (Besides your OCs)
2. If you could choose one fictional character to be your love interest forever who would it be and why?
3. Least favorite video game you've ever played?
4. How did you get introduced into the Dragon Age fandom?
5. Which of your OCs is the most like you and how?
6. If you could only watch one genre of movie for the rest of your life which one would you choose?
7. One tattoo you plan on getting someday?
8. Xbox, PlayStation, or PC?
9. Do you have any exes you would take back if they ever asked?
10. Favorite quest in the Dragon Age series?
11. Favorite ship or OTP?
I'm not tagging anyone cause most you already tagged me but if you wanna answer my questions then go for it!
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surveysonfleek · 7 years ago
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415.
1. First of all, what do you prefer to be called? d.
2. What is your favorite form of creative expression? art. i love art galleries/museums.
3. How do you like your coffee OR if you don’t like it, why?: i hardly drink coffee coz it gives me jitters and stomach aches. i do love an iced coffee though.
4. What is the least desirable thing, in your opinion, to put on a pizza that you have heard of people actually eating?: tbh i’ve never had anchovies on a pizza. i wouldn’t mind trying it though.
5. Would you rather witness the beginning or the end of the universe?: beginning.
6. Describe your favourite pair of socks:  those invisible socks, doesn’t matter what colour since they can’t be seen.
7. What is the current or last song you are listening/listened to, and does it have any special significance to you?:  nah i just love the song.
8. Do you prefer rainbows or stars?: stars.
9. Describe the best day of your life NOT in terms of events, but in terms of your feelings: hmmm just being in love i guess.
10. Would you rather go to a planetarium or an aquarium?: aquarium.
11. Do you know the reason that 11:11 is considered to be auspicious?: no idea.
12. What decorations are hanging on your walls?: none in this room, just a corkboard pinned with random photos, ticket stubs etc.
13. What is your favourite planet in our solar system?: earth.
14. How do you express love?: being affectionate, doing nice things for them etc.
15. Do you consider yourself to be more spiritual or scientific?: in between tbh.
16. If you had a lava lamp, what color would you want it to be?: purple or pink.
17. Would you rather be able to revisit your past to simply re-experience a positive moment or revisit your past in order to change things and risk the consequences?: re-experience. i don’t wna change anything in case that changes things in the future.
18. Have you ever had a past-life regression or memory?: no.
19. What is your favourite holiday and why?: christmas. gifts, family and food + end of year.
20. Are you better with remembering dates or names?: ummm neither. faces i guess. with dates i’ll remember months and not actual dates lol.
21. What was your favourite book that you had to read for a class?: to kill a mockingbird.
22. What is your favourite number and why is it significant to you?: 7. it’s my boyfriend and i’s anniversary date.
23. Would you rather explore space or the ocean?:  neither haha. i’m a bit scared of the unknown.
24. What prompted you to call the last person you called?: i forgot who i called last.
25. Star Trek or Star Wars?: neither.
26. Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter?: harry potter.
27. What is your favourite band and why?: i don’t have one.
28. What colour best resonates with your best friend(s)?: yellow? idk lol.
29. Where do you work and why do you work there?: at the casino. i only work there coz it pays well, i hate it.
30. Have you ever gone to a public karaoke facility, and what did you sing?:  yep. it wasn’t really public, it was a karaoke bar with private rooms. i sang whatever.
31. What animal do you feel most connected with?: none haha.
32. Have you ever had “special brownies” or any other kind of “special” treat?: nope.
33. What book are you reading at the moment?: sometimes i lie.
34. What is the funniest thing that you have done at a fast food restaurant? umm at pizza hut the soft serve ice cream machine didn’t stop when i got my own ice cream lol. i was still a kid.
35. Do you enjoy listening to music that is sung in another language?: sometimes.
36. Quote the last movie you watched: idk lol.
37. Do you know more than just your sun sign (like your ascending sign or moon sign etc.)?: i have noooo idea.
38. Do you have any jewelery on you that holds significance, and if so, what is it and why is it significant?: my bracelet i guess. my boyfriend bought it for me after our eurotrip.
39. What is your favorite kind of cheesecake?: nutella.
40. Why did you last feel warm and fuzzy inside?: i was spending time with my boyfriend.
41. What band that no longer performs together do you wish would have a reunion tour?:  idk tbh.
42. What band that IS still together do you wish would perform in your area?: boyz ii men.
43. Have you ever been in a band, and what role did you play in it?: no.
44. What has been the single most frightening experience of your life?: idk tbh.
45. Who is/was your favourite Spice Girl?: posh.
46. Do you prefer free verse or poetry set in a form?: neither.
47. In a hotel, would you choose to go in the hot tub, the sauna, the workout room, or the pool?: pool.
48. Imagine that you are exploring space. Who would you want with you and what would you want to explore, assuming you are not limited in any way?: my boyfriend i guess. cool date lol.
49. Have you ever astral projected?: no.
50. What is your favourite song by the group t.A.T.u?: none.
51. Describe what you envision as “paradise”:  being in an all inclusive resort in a tropical place with my own private pool.
52. What element do you feel most connected to?: idk.
53. What is a cause that you feel very strongly about and why?: a lot. equality tbh.
54. What was your favourite class from the last year that you were in school?: omg no idea. i already forgot what subjects we did lmao.
55. What is a topic that you study independently for your own interest?: none.
56. Describe what you would want to wear if you were getting married, handfasted, or having some kind of “love celebration” or “commitment” ceremony between yourself and another? no idea. i’d need to plan this out properly.
57. What song do you want played at your funeral?: yesterday - leona lewis.
58. Would you rather alphabetize or put things in order according to numbers?: numbers.
59. What medication do you dislike the most?: anything with side effects.
60. Would you rather write a story or a poem?: story.
61. Do you believe in non-physical entities, and if so have you ever communicated with one?: no.
62. What invention or discovery do you think that the scientific community should focus on?: cure for cancer.
63. If you could go anywhere, where would you go and why?:  the bahamas.
64. What skill do people often compliment you on?: my photography or desserts.
65. What are three facets of your personality or thinking patterns that you want to improve?: my laziness, motivation and being too comfortable.
66. What is your favourite symbol?: heart.
67. Name an unusual shortcut or file that’s on your desktop: idk lol.
68. What do you smell like right now?: nail polis, just did my nails.
69. You get to have a theme party of your choice, just for fun. What theme do you choose?: hmm 90s? lol.
70. Have you ever been in the depths of a cave?: yes i have.
71. How do you deal with the dark side of yourself?: think before i speak.
72. Name something that you can’t help but save: restaurant business cards.
73. What is your addiction?: smoking.
74. If you could wish something for three people, but not for yourself, who would the wishes be for and what would they be?: happiness for my entire family, success for my boyfriend and friends.
75. Would you rather send a message in a bottle or on a balloon?: balloon.
76. What did you dream last night?: i forgot.
77. What is one of your most frequent daydreams?: vacationing.
78. What is your favourite stuffed animal?: i don’t have one.
79. If you could have a conversation with any well-known figure of the past or present, who would it be and what would you want to talk about?: no idea. i’d have to make a list lol.
80. If you could bring anyone back to life, who would it be?: any of my grandparents.
81. Are you affectionate?: yes. 82. Name one thing that each of your best friends is really good at: my boyfriend is hilarious.
83. What are you a perfectionist with?: washing my car lmao.
84. Could you see yourself being able to carry on a long distance relationship?: tbh probably not. it would depend if it were temporary.
85. If you could be anything but human, including anything mythical, what would you be?: a fairy. or genie.
86. Have you ever meditated? If so, what is your method, and if not, what do you do to relax?: i nap to relax lol.
87. What is something about yourself that you feel no one else understands?: idk. 
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dear-mrs-otome · 7 years ago
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50 More Interesting Questions
The last list of questions that made the rounds sucked, so I (@cavern-of-bells) made my own list! I’ll fill this out myself later, but here’s the blank one to get the ball rolling. The rule is: fill this out and tag at least one person you’d like to know more about! Or just fill it out! Or don’t! Answer only some of them! Make up your own questions! “What kind of requirement is that”, you ask? A reasonable one! Who am I to tell you what to do? Anything goes!
1. What kind of food can’t you stand?: Applesauce. I can eat just about anything, and I’ll try darn near anything once, but applesauce slays me. IDK man, the texture just....*shudder* 2. If you could choose one minor inconvenience to never have to deal with again, what would you pick?: When your sheets do that thing in the middle of the night, and the corner comes loose and you gotta fix it when you’re all groggy or else just sleep on bare mattress? Drives me crazy. 3. Have you got any useless talents?: I play a mean hand whistle, and abuse it liberally to play the theme to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Also I can wiggle my ears up, down, and in circles. 4. If you could be really really good at one thing, what would it be?: I always wanted to be a dancer. Too short though, and never did it as a kid. Too old now. 5. Name a few people you think are extremely good-looking: Tom Hiddleston. Mila Kunis. Natalie Portman. Idris Elba. Cha Seung-won 6. What was your favorite way to pass the time as a kid?: Reading. I used to get in trouble for reading too much - I’d sit up in my window at all hours of the night, reading by the light of our neighbor’s porch lamp. The worst punishment my parents ever came up with was taking all the books out of my room. 7. What is something you’re proud of?: I’ve had a couple of short stories published in a literary journal. I also worked as an editor for one, briefly. 8. What’s one character flaw in people that you just can’t tolerate?: Being chronically late. It’s so disrespectful, and just says that you care more about yourself than others. 9. Do you consider yourself to be more of a leader or a follower?: Neither? I tend to do my own thing, frankly. I’m happy doing either though. 10. What kind of student are/were you?: I was always fairly good, though I have a real problem with procrastination.  11. Butterfly effect question! Has there ever been a seemingly minor decision you’ve made (at the time) that ended up having a profound influence on your life?: On a whim, I sent a Myspace (remember that?) message to my old dorm friend from college years after graduation, a boy who lived on the floor above me and who I spent most of my freshman year pining after his roommate. When we finally connected, ostensibly for coffee just to catch up, he asked me if I wanted to actually go to coffee, or if I wanted to take a chance on the ‘Mystery Option’, as he put it.
I chose the Mystery Option, and we’ve been together for 11 years now.
12. Name your most irrational fear/aversion: I hate anything related to parasites. Like, run screaming from the room if they’re in a movie or on TV. I still haven’t been able to watch any Aliens movie. 13. Are there any fictional characters you find especially relatable?: Jane Foster, from the Marvel cinematic universe. She’s earnest and awkward and passionate and smart, and I love her so, so much. 14. If you drink, what kind of drunk are you? Alternatively, what sort of person are you at parties?: I’m usually a happy drunk, who gets up to shenanigans.  15. Do you fall in love easily? Or does it usually take a long time for you to trust someone?: It takes me a long time. All of the men who’ve confessed to me have done so so? Fast? And I’m just...really? I never can reciprocate right away. 16. Would you rather have one close friend or 100 casual friends?: One close friend is worth a thousand casuals. 17. Do you consider yourself to be more of a slob or a neat-freak?: A bit of both. When it comes to certain things I’m a chaotic mess, and other things I’m a complete organizational neat freak. It’s mostly just a matter of how important it is to me. That being said, I can’t abide clutter for long. After awhile I lose my GD mind and have to straighten things up. 18. Describe a place (imaginary or real) that you would find incredibly cozy: An overstuffed window seat in an old Victorian manor, with a view of a rainstorm outside, with a pot of tea and a good book in hand. 19. Do you have kids? If not, do you want them someday?: I have 3. One is thirteen, one is six, and one is two. 20. What was your favorite book as a child? Beauty, by Robin McKinley 21. Name one thing you just don’t get what all the hype is about: 50 Shades of Gray. And all of the Transformers movies, those look awful. 22. Name one thing that you think is tragically underrated: Being alone. Driving a fast car on a warm summer’s night on a windy country road, with the windows down, radio up, just me and my thoughts and my hair loose in the wind. It’s one of my favorite things in the world. 23. If you had to be glued to a person for a month, real or fictional (who you have never met), who would you choose?: Barack Obama. I think he probably would make for fascinating conversation, and he’d handle the entire situation with grace and aplomb. 24. What’s something you’d like the chance to do someday?: Take a very specific trip in Asia - fly in to Sapporo, ride the trains and such south through Japan, and take a ferry from Osaka to Busan, to fly home from Seoul. We have tentative plans for 2019, let’s see if those pan out! 25. Do you typically speak your mind when you have a controversial opinion? Or do generally prefer to not rock the boat?: I tend to keep my opinions to myself, unless I feel pretty comfortable with the people I’m talking to. I don’t handle conflict well. 26. What’s the dumbest fad you’ve been caught up in?: Oh man, I tend to avoid most but...in the early aughts I had a terrible haircut, long in the front and super short and spiky in the back, and I thought it was so punk and cool. 27. What’s something you thought was cool as a kid/adolescent, but now cringe at yourself for?: See the above answer ^ 28. What’s a trait you consider to be very admirable?: People who can make small talk easily. My husband is one of those, and I usually just stand back and watch in awe as he makes anyone comfortable in about ten seconds flat. He’s a champion schmoozer. 29. Is there a particular kind of item people always tend to give you as gifts? (For instance, people always get you things with ducks on them because you like ducks, etc.): People always default to kitchen gadgets for me, and I’m 100% ok with this. I have the best stocked kitchen I know. 30. Do you speak multiple languages? Which ones?: Sadly, no. I can still speak a smattering of French and Spanish, but nothing resembling conversational fluency. 31. Would you rather live in the big city or the countryside?: Sometimes both. I love the outdoors and the silence and solitude of it all, especially a thick mossy forest of towering fir trees. (I blame being from the Northwest) But at the same time, I love the energy of a city and all the experiences you can have there. I’d die without new restaurants to try, or having a plethora of grocery stores to find whatever obscure ingredient I want from. 32. Has there ever been something you were certain you’d hate, but ended up loving?: Snorkeling. I am a passable swimmer at best, and deep water scares me, but there was just so much to look at! And TURTLES! I was too busy looking at everything to be even remotely nervous. 33. Do you mind being the center of attention, or do you prefer the spotlight to be on someone else?: Absolutely not. I’d rather crawl into a hole and die - I leave making a spectacle of himself to Mr. Otome, and I just watch with amusement from the sidelines. 34. Favorite holiday?: Halloween, all the way. We go big, decorate like mad, have a huge party, get hundreds of trick or treaters. I LOVE IT ALL. 35. Are you a more go-with-the-flow type of person, or do you need to have things planned meticulously?: I’m a planner, at least for the big picture. I can fudge the details but I gotta have a framework or I go crazy. 36. Is there something you loved so much you wish you could forget it and experience it all over again? (A tv show, book, series–anything.) : I wish I could experience Mass Effect all over again, from the start. I’d still fall in love with my awkward digital alien husband Garrus, I know, but it’d be nice to do it all fresh. 37. What hobbies do you have?: I cook and bake, obviously. I sew, do a bit of cosplay, and I knit. I read anything I can get my hands on, run semi-regularly, and also enjoy writing.  38. If you could have a superpower, but it was only mildly useful, what ability would you want to have?: The ability to find lost things. I’m not even talking Important Stuff like the Ark of the Covenant or Amelia Earhart - I’d just like to reliably know where the eff I put my car keys most days. 39. Something people are always surprised to learn about you: That I can sing so well. My speaking voice is meh and one of the things I like the least about myself, so when I do sing people are always shocked. 40. Something that took you way too long to figure out: That you have to live life for yourself. You can’t go about it deferring to other people’s whims or wishes - and there’s a time and a place to put your foot down and say, enough. There’s a difference between looking out for yourself, and being selfish.  41. Worst injury you’ve had? I’ve lived a pretty charmed life in this department. Maybe the time my little brother broke two of my fingers as a kid, smashing them with a rock. 42. Any morbid fascinations?: Serial killers and true crime stories. It’s awful and I cringe, but I love listening to those sorts of podcasts while I knit. 43. Describe your sense of humor: Dry and sarcastic. I’m the one who’s quiet for an entire conversation, and then comes in at the end with the cutting remark that has everyone both laughing and wondering where the heck I’d been the whole time. 44. If you had to be born in another era/place, which would you choose?: Honestly, as romantic as the past sounds, I know objectively how awful it all was for one reason or another. Whether it’s because health care was a joke, or women were treated horribly...but if I could have a perfect, romanticized version of the past, I’d say maybe 9th or 10th century Scandinavia. I love Vikings and Norse mythology. 45. Something you are irredeemably bad at: Opening beer bottles. I haven’t the foggiest clue why, but I always have to have someone else do it, or else I’ll end up wearing most of it. 46. Something that sucked but you’re glad you went through: My first marriage. It didn’t even suck for any dramatic reason, it was just a bad decision and a mistake for the both of us, a couple of dumb kids - but like all of the best sorts of mistakes I learned an inconceivable amount, about myself and life. And I got a pretty killer son out of it. I’d never trade a sad day of it for anything. 47. Would you rather have a really godawful ugly tattoo in a place that is only slightly inconvenient to conceal with clothing (upper arm, thigh, etc.), or the coolest, most beautiful tattoo ever in the middle of your face? (Neither tattoo can be removed or concealed with makeup, and the ugly tattoo will deeply offend anyone who sees it.): Ugly tattoo all the way, I think. I could always have it modified later maybe? 48. Are you more of an optimist or a pessimist?: I think I’m pretty optimistic actually. Or maybe just realistic. I don’t get flustered or worked up over much, because I definitely tend towards the ‘I’ve done what I can - what happens now will happen and there’s no sense wasting energy worrying over what I personally can’t change.’ 49. What would be the most flattering compliment someone could give you?: Compliment me on something I chose, or thought, or created. Compliments on looks are meaningless, since they’re entirely out of your control. 50. Something you feel people often misunderstand about you: I’m always labeled the quiet one, and some people let that mistakenly translate to apathy or disinterest.
A lot of the people I’d tag were already done, but I’d like to see answers from @deathatintervals @catchthespade @amigoingbananas and @fooljshgirl
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indi-flying-with-dragons · 8 years ago
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(Get ready!) 1. Any scars? 4. Kissed anyone? 5. Coke or Pepsi? 6. Someone you hate? 7. Best friends? 8. Have you ever done alcohol or drugs? 9. What’s your dream job? 13. Height? 18. Obsession? 19. If you had one wish, what would it be? 21. Kiss or hug? 22. Nicknames people call you? 23. Favorite song? 24. Favorite band? 26. Best thing that has ever happened to you? 27. Something you would change about yourself? 30. Watch the movie or read the book? 32. Favorite show?
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(Same anon continued!) 35. Do you wish you could ever start over? 36. Any bad habits? 37. Ever had a near death experience? 38. Someone you can tell anything to? 41. Someone you hate/dislike? 42. Are you okay?
WOW… you’re certainly a…. enthusiastic anon eh? e.o *mind boggled* Let me… let me reply to all these. As brief as possible. E^E….Geesh. 24 different questions. Damn… My apologies to everyone. This is gonna be a LONG POST. e.o
Btw THANKS FOR ASKING :D *GLOMPAGES* X3 *hug-SQUISH*
Long post below! O.e
1. Any scars?
Um, I have two on my head, right behind my ears at different heights from my two different cochlear implant surgeries to install the internal parts into my head so the external processors will work. When my hair is short it looks like someone purposefully buzzed a line through my hair there, lol, but it’s natural from the surgery when I was 7 and 11 years old respectively.
And since I heal very well, my scars are real hard to see. I still have a faint one on my thumb, at the base of the last joint to the front of it, and one along the left side of my middle finger (both fingers on my right hand) that is still rough and keeps peeling a lot even now, years after the event.
Those I got from a random-ass exploding lightbulb that I was screwing in, had MADE SURE the lamp was off both at the wall and at the lamp itself (though I didn’t unplug it because I didn’t think I needed to…), but nope I had screwed it in one too many times, saw a BRIGHT FLASH OF LIGHT, and then it exploded, glass everywhere, and somehow only got hit on my index finger, middle finger, and thumb. ONLY there! Even to this day my engineer mother is completely baffled as to how that happened.
4. Kissed anyone?
Yes. My first ever kiss[es] was with an enthusiastic sloppy and awkward boy during a yearly dance when I was in highschool (I was unschooling and going to the Voyagers Homeschooling Co-op and they hosted yearly dances). Five French kisses are not my idea of a good first kiss ever!
My second ever person to kiss was … well. *blush and funny deadpan with crossed arms* He knows who he is. Since apparently I keep totally forgetting it somehow until he mentions it in a teasing fashion and yes we did date for a short while there before breaking up and remaining friends.
My third and remainder of kisses are thoroughly claimed by my handsome, hot boyfriend. -w-
5. Coke or Pepsi?
Coke. ALL. THE. WAY.
Blame my awesome grandmother (R.I.P.) who had 4 pm be coca cola time every day. :D She got me on coke early. …NOT COCAINE! Yeesh. Dirty minds. She also introduced me to my love of dragons and she was awesomely supportive and adoring of my artwork. :3 Since she was hard of hearing from old age and I was born hard of hearing, we got along well with having the TV on a comfortable loudness (for us). x3
…Damn just thinking about coca cola makes me think of her. :,) I even drank a whole 1 liter glass bottle of coke we got at a Mexican food store nearby for her funeral fiesta since she wanted a party for a funeral, not a sad dirge. :3 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ea/51/da/ea51da750fc136a655021c558b7c28c5.jpg Yes this one. XD I drank it all in under an hour in her honor and memory. I was so thirsty and so proud. XD I still have the empty bottle. x3
6. Someone you hate?
IDK… Hmm… I’m not one to really hate people. It’s such a strong emotion… I always thought of it as a “I want you to instantly die, right here and right now!” kind of emotion. So I don’t really hate people.
…I DO know of someone I would… honestly NOT be sad if she died. Considering she caused a hellava LOT of suffering and torment for my friend. I’d be sad because my friend would be sad, BUT I wouldn’t be sad because I actually missed her or regretted her death in any way.
7. Best friends?
Oh gosh. :3 Off the top of my head @destan-of-the-shadows and @faes-hiding-place :D my boyfriend counts too! Two RL friends I can meet with at times are more friends than “best” friends but I still count them as my friends because we’ve been friends since like 5th or 6th Grade in Middle School when we were all like 11 or 12 years old. :D I’m 22 now so see how long we’ve been friends. :D
8. Have you ever done alcohol or drugs?
NO drugs! The only thing that counts as alcohol is that couple sips of champagne at my cousin’s wedding when the servers mistakenly forgot to give us kids sparkling apple cider instead of champagne. Oops. XD We of course took great advantage of sipping as much as we could before they removed it. ;D It tasted HORRIBLE though. X_X What’s the appeal? IDK!
I drank some sips of other people’s drinks when I turned 21 but I absolutely HATE and CANNOT STAND the horribly bitter taste of alcohol (even in the sweetest mixed drinks it is strong and proud there when nobody else can taste it). Even if it’s burned off when used in a cheese fondue, that HORRIBLE bitterness remains. Bitter like the rotting corpse of a dying animal.
No thank you. I don’t ever want to drink again. X_X
9. What’s your dream job?
…. :,,,( I’ve not thought about this in ages… since I had to give up a lot of my “dream jobs” and “dream life” in order to make peace with the chronically ill life I have now. The grieving process was hard.
Goodbye my aspirations of being a geneticist, a psychologist, or even a therapist. Hello my life goals of being a professional artist and published author. :3
13. Height? 
5'10". 5 feet, 10 inches. -w- … I really wish I was taller than my dad though. *grumble* He’s 6 feet. At least I’m an inch taller than my MOM. -^-
18. Obsession? 
Oh dear. Which one? XD Take your pick. ;D I have: dragons, wings, flight, flying, cats/felines, biology, psychology, discussing the universe, astrology, culture, world-building, magic, art (as in drawing and coloring), writing, daydreaming, reading, listening to music, and cuddling with my boyfriend in a literal Netflix and chill. -w-
19. If you had one wish, what would it be?
…. *blinks and sighs* … It’d either be to be healthy again so I wouldn’t have this chronic illness (but would still keep my being deaf and hard of hearing because I LIKE THAT PART)… or to go back home, to my home world where my soul came from.
Yeah. XP
21. Kiss or hug? 
Hug. :3 Preferably cuddle. :D  
22. Nicknames people call you?
Indi-bindy-bo (You know who you are
23. Favorite song?
OH GEEZE. Hard to answer! XD … My favorite song of ALL time that I will ALWAYS love, have always loved, and might as well be my theme song for the sake of it? xD “Can’t Take Me (I’m Free!)” by Bryon Adams, from the Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron movie. xD
24. Favorite band?
My favorite singer is Michael Jackson. :3 He’s the only one I really know a lot about. All other bands and singers I just like some of their songs but know nothing about them as people, not even what they LOOK like a lot of times. -////- I prefer to respect their privacy. :)
26. Best thing that has ever happened to you?
Oh… Oh GOSH. IDK… XD … :3 Meeting my boyfriend, @destan-of-the-shadows and @faes-hiding-place :3
27. Something you would change about yourself?
See my wish above. -.- I’d LOVE to change that chronic illness of myself. … If I can’t then my persistent anxiety, or to somehow grow wings (like this third would be more likely than the other two? XD Hell, I can still ask! XD)
30. Watch the movie or read the book?
I’d rather read the book. :3 Unless the book is so horrible, that I wanna see why people think it’s so horrible, then I watch the movie because they usually try to tone things like that down. If the movie is horrible in many of the ways that I’ve heard criticism of the book itself… then I know never to touch that book. E^E 
32. Favorite show? 
Of all time? Avatar: The Last Airbender, Gargoyles, and Seconds from Disaster. >:D
Right now? XD Air Disasters. -w-
35. Do you wish you could ever start over?
Start what over? This life? Blegh. Don’t make me go through puberty TWICE!
… *looks at the side effects of taking testosterone HRT* Oh wait, I’m already doing that! -p-
… Make that don’t make me go through it a THIRD time. xD Even if that means I’d be able to be in a male body from day one, as opposed to having to be trans. XP
36. Any bad habits?
Which one do you wanna know? -x- Anxiety, hyper-focusing on a thing in my mind and then having the mind get stuck and not concentrate on anything else until I yank it off that… Staying quiet about things that affect me because I don’t want to hurt others or be a burden? Often opting to be quiet instead of confronting things that could make the relationship better in the long run? Being intensely private? Judging the strength of my relationships based on how much of my inner self I truly share? Doing subtle tests as I get to know someone to see which subject is “safe” to talk about and which I should just shut up about without them ever knowing? Over-thinking things a ton? Apparently my not needing to talk to others for a while is a weird-ass thing? … I can go on. -x-
Oh wait, were you asking about like little quirks like twirling hair or picking at the skin kinda bad habits? My apologies. -x-;;
37. Ever had a near death experience?
Yes. Waking up to being strangled by a spirit counts as that.
No, I’ve had an occasion of sleep paralysis before. I know what that feels like. You can’t move anything.
This was where I CAN move. I could move my hands and arms and everything else. It’s just something invisible and mostly intangible was strangling the life out my throat. Not from the inside choking, because I know what that feels like too. (My Life…) but from the outside suffocation and pressure and constriction on the outside of my neck.
Being strangled to near death in my spirit form by another spirit meant my physical body could feel that too, panicked the FUCK OUT at the feel of almost dying, and I literally felt my awareness fading away into a black nothingness with the faint but faltering heartbeats starting to skip and take longer and longer between each beat. Gasping and choking and then going still…
Thankfully helpful spirits got the negative one off and thoroughly destroyed it. They could heal my spirit form and with that healed, my body was able to come back too.
Never want to do that EVER. AGAIN. *shuddering* Those spirit attacks over the course of those three years were HELL on Earth. *holds self tight* 
38. Someone you can tell anything to?
My boyfriend. I’m still working on being more honest with my two close friends @destan-of-the-shadows and @faes-hiding-place but I’ve made a lot of progress over the years thankfully. :3
41. Someone you hate/dislike?
Try that woman I mentioned far above that I hate.
As for actively dislike? Trumperdink. Bigoted assholes. TRUSCUM, TERFS, SWERFS, rapists, rape-apologists, racists, ableist assholes, murderers, serial killers, homophobes, aphobes, transphobes, and all the rest of that shit. I really dislike and don’t trust the police force in this country. And the vast majority of politicians too.
My country is a dystopian nightmare the tyrannical capitalist US of A. x.= Save me.
42. Are you okay?
Umm…Today was a bit hellish. I survived though. *grins a bit too widely and eyetwtiches* My life is just…………. very…… VERY………. interesting. *twitch*
… I still stand by my previous opinion of laughing my ass off at the utter ridiculousness of how people try to portray those “superhero teenagers” as somehow balancing a “regular life” with “crime fighting on the side with a secret identity” and somehow NOT having the crime fighting life interfere with their regular life outside of those “special two episodes.”
Yeah the fuck right.
Obviously written by those who have NO idea what balancing two different lives are like. X_X In my case it’s nothing so noble as a superhero identity, but it’s the difference of my spirit life and physical life.
And above, in my near-death-experiences… you saw just ONE of the many manifestations of that clash. -x- …Not. ….Fun.
I high-key DO NOT RECOMMEND. -x-
Most days these days (since the spirit attacks ended WHOOT WHOOT!) I can have a normal calm life. Then SOMETHING comes up and I’m like “what the shit-fuck is my entire existence right now??”
Yeah. -x-
… Can I have a hug? ;;;n;;;
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