#in a perfect universe they couldve had so much

[canonically-a-genloser]

i miss randy (<- going insane)

[mxwhore]

watching the original lorax cartoon and holy shit

[novembermorgon]

(different myrielle anon) you do something i really like with ocs in that myrielle doesn't really exist to be happy does she. like you didn't create the perfect wife for aerion with the perfect sex life you just smashed 2 toys together but alas they're from different collections of mcdonald's happy meal toys so they aren't meant to be. but the Content. also does aerion die his canon death?

this is the funniest way you couldve said this anon i had a giggle . thank you very much ❤️ i'm happy to hear you say that because i do love a good twisted little marriage. i feel like to me when i'm thinking about ocs and marriage and relationships it's important to consider them as people first and relationship partners second. even in a universe like asoiaf where women especially kind of have to conform to what a wife should be - no matter how hard you try to twist it to work, sometimes people just clash kind of inherently because as people they're so unfit to be together. and if they're forced to live with each other anyway, isn't that a fun situation to ponder ........ how do you handle that, how do you find peace with each other (if you ever do).... The Content!!! i'm sorry to myrielle. she would have loved going to couple's therapy.

as for aerion ... yeah i imagine it'd be tough to shift him from his path of chugging wildfire eventually . i think it happens pretty similarly to canon but just a bit further down the timeline, so he's alive for a bit longer ... has to be available to cause issues for everyone around him

[thealmightyemprex]

Universal Month :Jaws 2

So this is my first official review of Universal month ,where I look at one of my favorite film studios ,Universal

Now where to start with universal,Well I am already working on a big project for the Universal Monsters so cant do that yet .I was gonna look at the silent classic Man Who Laughs ,but while thats still on the table ,Im gonna wait to do it

Of course there is a property very unimous with Universal and Summer ,the big blockbuster hit JAWS .....But I've talked about Jaws already ......But I havent talked about the sequels

In this 1978 film Police Chief Brody (Roy Schieder ) fears another shark is attacking Amity Island ,and things get tense when his own sons get involved in the danger

So before I go into the film I might as well share my thoughts on the franchise....A franchise that kind of is surprising it is one .The first film I actually recently revisited on the big screen and it is a perfect thriller ,great characters ,great suspense ,good scares ,and a nice mix of horror and adventure .While I had never seen Jaws 2 till today ,I had seen Jaws 3D which to my memory is shlocky fun and Jaws the Revenge which is...Bad....Just bad .I also wanna mention I rode the Jaws Ride at Universal Studios Florida THREE times,and I miss that ride cause it was cool

As for my thoughts on this film...There are things that work,,,,,,,But its more interested in being a greatest hits album

OK so sequels are a tricky thing to do .Basically a sequel is supposed to be like"Hey gang you like these characters and this world,are you curious what happens next " ......But often the reason for a sequel is less "We have a story to tell" as much as "Hey this made money ,I want more money ",and honestly its hard to think of a movie that lends itself least to a sequel then JAWS cause its pretty one and done ,its a very simple story :Big fish is eating people,three guys go to stop it ,the stop it .Thats it,and having ANORTHER shark attack with these same characters in this same location feels stale.Also for a seque to feel necesarry ,t must care about what happens to the character after the story is done.......And while I like Martin Brody,I just dont like him like that .To use another sequel others find unnecesary but I like ,Psycho II,where I totally care about what happens to Norman Bates after the first film and see potential in taking him in new directions.MArtin Brody however to me is a one and done character ,he beat the shark ,thats it

IRonically while I dont think Brodycoming back is that necesarry ......He is the best peart of the film,Roy Scheider is a damn great actor so he sells his paranois ,love for his family and the best scne in the movie is him after he is fired realizing he hsa no clue what to do next .Honestly the film does hit on a neat idea for a sequel ,as it couldve explored Brody's PTSD .He is clearly traumatised,and that is something I do wonder about after thrillers and monster movies,once the monster is slain how do you pick up the pieces after that .....But the trick is to do that well,the shark shouldve either all just be in Brodys head (Which as cool as the Shark just being a metaphor for Brody's trauma would be,theyd never do ,you need a real threat or else audiences will feel ripped off ) or make it ambiguious at first and reveal the Shark in the third act ......Which leads me to the movies big problem

So in the original film the Shark is not seen a lot,but it is built up like crazy,you FEEL its presence and when it does show up it is super scary ...Here it shows up too much ,it shows up early with little fanfare and frankly it doesnt look as good to me .It lacks presance and menace.Yeah it eats a helicopter and I think giving it burn scars to distinguish it from the first shark is neat ,but I dunno I didnt find this Shark that scary.Also the final fight with the Shark was a bit of a "Thats it ? " for me (Though I like how they kill it )

Cast is good,but I have nothing to say,as I really dont care for anyone except for Martin and Ellen.We have some teens in trouble who I didnt want them to get eaten ,but stil cant remember their names .The douchey Mayor is back,and while I love seeing Muarry Hamilton ,I struggle to believe this guy didnt learn his lesson after the first film...Then again,politician

Also I loathe South Park and the whole Member Berries thing that was popular for a few things.Call backs and nostalgia for a previous film arent bad things.....But maannnnn I was getting annoyed by the refrences to the first film"Oh remember the Orca ? Remember Hooper? Well they arent in this movie but we will bring them up"

I dunno.....Its not BAD ,its well made,and like I said I like seeing Schieder again but,,,,OK maybe this will make sense.This feels like a movie MADE to be shown on TV .Like your flipping channels ,spot Jaws 2,and are like"Eh Id rather watch the first one ,but this'll do " and just mindlessly watch it.

My final thoughtsa re it is a mediocre OK movie ,with a good performance.....That is overshadowed by a much better movie.I guess watch if your curious,but honestly just watch the first film

@ariel-seagull-wings @countesspetofi @piterelizabethdevries @the-blue-fairie @@themousefromfantasyland @princesssarisa @barbossas-wench @professorlehnsherr-almashy @amalthea9

[spacedlexi]

At first I was mixed about Lily's return but the more I think about the more it feels right.

Lily is cursed.

She is the woman in the comics that kills Lorie and her baby at the prison before snapping and killing the Governor.

She always follows people that in some twisted way remind her of her dad and in the end helps bring the end of whatever group she is apart of.

The Delta lost so many in Lily's attempt to get the kids all because of one she knew from so long ago. One from the first group she destroyed.

im gonna be honest when i say i ... really never understood all the hang ups people had about lily returning to fill the villain role for s4

like lily returning in s4 makes more sense to me than kenny returning in s2 im gonna be real with you all. lily was at worst left on the side of the road and at best had her own rv at least she wasnt left for dead in a walker infested alleyway. personally i was hoping for a christa return (because i dont want to admit she really died 💀 no body=no death) but lily made enough sense to me and i was excited by her reveal

clem knew lily at the beginning of the outbreak. before 8 years of it turned them into different people. clem isnt the scared little girl she used to be. shes grown up into an extremely capable fighter. and while lily at the beginning of the outbreak seemed like a tired woman trying to keep it together, but also felt the need to take charge and didnt like being questioned (who also cared too much about her awful father but we get more insight into that in s4), by s4 shes lost any shred of kindness she mightve had left. she was military before the outbreak and now given a position of power rules through fear and an iron fist (just like her father). but there are moments between her and clem where we can see just a Glimpse of that old lily ("we were family once..."). but all of that goes away once she realizes that clem is a genuine threat now. and lily recognizes that clem would be a perfect soldier if she can just break her the way she herself was broken so long ago. and if she cant break clem then she'll break aj instead

and then we have the lee element. lily is the Only other person left from that first group at the motel (she did not destroy that group btw ben did like cmon now and ben Keeps destroying it after lily isnt even around anymore). and while shes wrong to say she knew lee better than clem ever did, lee and lily (and kenny) were group leaders together while clem was eating her apple and coloring with chalk. like the adults were speaking. and depending on how you played s1 lee could have a decent relationship with lily. lily being able to sow those seeds of doubt in s4 clems head is just fun mind games

they have History. clem still wears the hair ties lily gave her all the way back in s1. she helped take care of clem for a time. looked out for her. and in a different universe clem Easily couldve ended up standing in minnies shoes instead

also in regards to the delta we Know they dont really want to be kidnapping kids to fight in a war that would probably kill most of them in the first 5 minutes. if they had the adults to be fighting instead they would be. it just shows us how dire the deltas situation really is. they were just expecting to find a bunch of kids for easy picking but clem turned them all into skilled enough fighters to successfully kill a few of them and raid their boat. clem is a big enough win that it doesnt even matter how skilled the rest of the kids are. plus lily was just leading the excursion. we dont know how high up the ladder she really was and how much power she really held. maybe she had something to prove back at the delta (my one real gripe is that we didnt get to actually See the delta. in my perfect world there were 5 episodes and ep 4 was about the delta 😔)

both lily and clem are just trying to save their communities. the difference is lily wants to uphold the status quo of fear and force and war, and clem is trying to build a safe community thats different from the many shes seen. she and the rest of the kids just want to carve out their own little safe haven in this dangerous and unforgiving world. they make a place truly worth fighting for

clem getting some form of closure with lily i feel might get to help her close the book so to speak on her history up until this point. clem has been fighting for so long... but she has a new home now. a new community. she can Chill a little bit. shes gonna grow into such an incredible leader 😭 (not that she isnt already 😭)

[danothan]

dc dreams i’ve had in 2023

highlights:

- reconnected with an old friend who asked what i’ve been up to lately and i immediately started showing him my (non-existent) flash collection, including but not limited to: flash jacket, flash lunchbox, and a flash figure (i need all of these now.)

- superman/GL crossover comic where clark kept outshining hal and hal was getting mad abt it but then clark gave him a big ol hug and it wasn’t such a big deal anymore

- my therapist made me annotate a batman comic bc they thought i would have a lot in common with him 😭 edit: the dream that diagnosed me w ocd.

- went to an ice creamery with jason who was begrudgingly playing a video game with damian bc dami wouldn’t stop yelling at him to over messages, but by the end of the dream he was proudly showing me his scores

- wally and martian manhunter’s nephew m’hammed were friends and wally was helping m’hammed disguise himself as human and hide in society and it took ages for anyone to pick up that “muhammed” was actually a martian. also wally was a kid but barry was already dead in this version :(

and the rest of em are below cut:

- nightwing/GL crossover comic where dick and hal were cowboys that came with cowboy trading cards

- dc pride parade where multiple alt universe barries showed up, one of them had the nonbinary flag painted on their face

- babysitting damian (twice recurring)

- halbarry making plans in the gc 🙄

- found a comic where hal was an orange lantern

- wonder woman was nimona’s mentor

- yja artemis finally became a character in the comics and they made a figure of her to celebrate!

- halcarol wedding in an airport

- brought my hal and superman plushies with me to go somewhere but i got confused why barry wasn’t with me :(

- tried to buy a christopher reeves’ superman vinyl for my sibling’s bday gift

- barry puppy plushies. 5 of them. woke up to have NONE.

- some terrible stuff was happening idk, i was too busy infodumping abt barry to someone and making sure they wrote it down. archiving history as the world ends ig, that’s my contribution

- found an awful comic called darkseid warside (?? had nothing to do w darkseid) that was beautifully drawn and had sooo many fun characters details (ex: barry won the lottery and named his winning ticket betty, there was also a letter in his handwriting that was perfect for character studying, hal kept sneaking selfies to commemorate his time w carol, ollie and roy were simultaneously trying to figure out how to talk to each other again and it was sad + sweet, etc) but it was so horribly written. so so ooc, basically injustice again but so much more gory, thawne died in the first issue and it wasn’t even bc of the flash, it was superman ripping his body into two and there were intestines splayed out everywhere (in front of the young justice too). it was so awful, but the character details and panelling were so unique, everything i couldve asked for, so i lamented abt having to buy it. the clerk was like “you don’t have to” and i was like “but im gonna 😔”

[bonesandthebees]

THAT ONE SHOT IS PERFECT

ive been hoping someone will write something with tommy being a god ever since I saw that hc I swear and you fucking delivered everything I couldve hoped for

I love love love it so much

that clingyduo was so spot on for their whole marriage thing

also I get even more excited every time an egg uses sign language now that im learning it, but its funny every time someone asks why im learning sign language and im like uuuuuh for fun? (and definitely not bc of mcrp fanfics)

so late to answering this but thank you!!! I had such a fun time writing that silly thing and it was mostly bc I want more of god!tommy in the qsmp spouse pantheon. like, no disrespect to anyone who hcs qsmp and dsmp as taking place in the same universe, or the people who want sbi in there, but for me personally I think the absolute best place for tommy is as tubbo's annoying ass god husband who he hates. it's just so funny that way and I want more content to exist for that

so glad you enjoyed!!

(also very happy to hear you get excited when I reference the eggs signing it's at least one tiny way I can stretch my ASL knowledge after not using it for several years)

[seoafin]

I think Akutami is just going for a tragic end. Like, it's obvious he hates Gojo, and ending the series with Gojo being the last standing would add even more to the "Throughout the Heaves and earth, he alone is the strongest."

Which SUCKS bc even gojo wanted the kids to get strong!!! He wanted strong allies so he WONT be alone!!! Akutami could have kept him in there longer, and have the kids actually do something, since they couldn't fall back on gojo anymore. I wish Yuji had that win against Mahito, instead of Kenjaku just absorbing him like a Pokémon. Or better yet, NOBARA. LET HER GET A WIN. SHE COULDVE WON, AND SHE SHOULDVE. Killing off Yuki, for what? Sidelining shoko and miwa and every other female character except Maki?

And what was the point of the culling games? Bringung in military forces? If Gege has a plan and is somehow able to tie this all together I'll be impressed. But only if he finally utilizes his female characters the way they should have always been, like he did for Maki. He did SO good with her, what happened to the rest?

Sorry I'm still ranting, but to add on to Akutami's misuse of his female characters-- Shouldn't women in the jjk universe have an advantage?

Momo was talking about how woman in jjk need to be perfect, just to be accepted. Disobedient woman in the zenin clan can have their mouths sewed shut. Adding in the general woes of being a woman, wouldn't that lend for greater storage or a more unique type of cursed energy?

Add THAT onto what our female characters have faced. Miwa lost Mechamaru, and she even tried to go up against Kenjaku even when he warned against it. And he almost used that Uzumaki cursed thing (i believe) on her. Her brother is in one of the colonies. (Honestly I feel she's one of the most underutilized characters). Nobara isn't from a great clan like Megumi or freakishly fast and strong like Yuji, even if we haven't seen I'm sure she has some problems with feeling left behind, that little girl in her still searching for a grand escape, her Saori. Momo already has spoken of the troubles of women sorcerers, so I'm sure she's been battling this image and ideal for a while. Do I even need to mention Maki and Mai?

NO BUT I DO NEED TO MENTION SHOKO.

"I was there too you bastards." Like??? She was in the generation with the two greatest sorcerers! She bore witness to it all!! What about Riko??? The Star plasma vessel, who im sure wouldve completed the trio of the strongest sorceres had she lived, and then there's Shoko, again.

Why is it that even when Akutami uses his female cast they always end up as some sort of character growth or regression or stepping stool for the male cast? Yuki and choso. Riko and gojo/geto. Kenjaku and Tengen (who I think is female). Angel and Megumi. TSUMIKI and Megumi. Nobara and Yuji. Like????

no i agree it just doesn't make sense. like is the whole point of jjk not gojo ushering a new age with strong allies??? why would akutami bring him back when the students have barely begun to actually do anything without gojo's help. AND NOBARA'S STILL NOT BACK???? ig this is confirmation that she's never coming back ugh. akutami killing off characters when he has no more use for them is so detrimental to the narrative. i truly believe nanami should've survived. but oh well :/

i just feel like his unboxing reiterates how dependent everything is around gojo! it's to the extent that other characters begin to become static because of how much everything revolves around gojo's strength. i was really looking forward to the students getting more of a spotlight.

the thing about akutami is that im pretty sure it's not even as intentional as other mangakas. akutami follows a pretty perfunctory story structure and when it comes to utilizing his characters he seeks to have his characters perform a single purpose and then when he doesn't need them they're gone. instead of dynamic characters we get flat characters or they just die before they ever really get a chance to shine (nanami). it sucks all around tbh but i do think gojo is going to die. akutami's kinda sick like that so. i'd also rather gojo die than any students LOL

[michelleelizabethtanner]

what are some things rio couldve adopted to parallel beth's problem solving techniques?

Haha, Anon!!! Lol!!! I was actually wondering this to myself even as I wrote it, like, “What exactly would he have done to be more like her?” And I couldn’t think of anything good on the spot so I just shot that post out into the universe with no backup. So I appreciate this ask a lot because it’s making me think through what specifically could have been done differently. And I think my conclusion is that it probably weren’t overt displays of mimicry that would have done it for me. What I think I’m craving, are little-bitty subtle moments of Rio infusing his essence – his life performance – with just a touch of an Elizabeth flavor.

We see a lot of that changed essence in Beth. Her clothes, her technique, her not cutting her hair and allowing it to get longer because he said he liked it longer. This shot for shot, mimicking him exactly. But Rio stayed pretty true to himself. Mostly unyielding unless you’re really watching and reaching. The show could have made some tiny modifications that would have played into that final scene they were striving toward.

Like the scene where Rio gives his police statement in 4.02, for example. What a perfect opportunity to draw small parallels to 2.13, where Beth does the same.

What a missed opportunity to insert that Elizabeth essence into him. “My name is Elizabeth Irene Boland…” would have gone amazingly with, “My name is Christopher Fblmplblm Hmlmphm…”

Would we not have lost our minds? It would have achieved so much! 1) Rio would have had a name. 2) This would have contributed to that humanizing aspect the show attempted to achieve for him in season 4. 3) It would have been an unmistakable Elizabeth move. Despite him never having seen her do it, him behaving in ways she has previously behaved would have cemented for the viewer their unmistakable likeness and destiny.

If I were in that writer’s room I would have done this. I also would have added a small act of hospitality to imply Rio mimicking Beth’s baking a million pastries for her impending arrest. Like, I would have had him offer the cop a cigar as he walked out or something. Not as a bribe but just as a sign of being a good “guest.” Make a joke of it. Rio could pull one out for himself and then motion to the cop in offering. Then say something like, “Don’t worry, I don’t smoke Cubans.” Still Rio, still his confident irreverence, but infused with that Beth parallel of being a good host/guest.

There were probably a million more similar opportunities. Having Rio say, “I’m a father!” at her, all incredulously. Acknowledge that he sees her go-tos and create a moment of intimacy and teasing around it. Recreate the PF Chang’s speech with Rio and Nick, where Rio explains why Nick shouldn’t have fucked with her. Throw in the restaurant reference for the callback. He could have even used the “You’re an idiot” line. He could have even done it in that scene where he was laughing at Nick after Beth and Annie tricked his assistant and stole his files. “Guess you ain’t the smart business man you thought you was.”

I’m telling you, we would have lost our minds! It would have been so easy to do.

Basically, it didn’t have to be the big stuff. It could have been moments like, “You got it, boss,” where he acknowledges in increasing degrees of certainty throughout the season, leading up to that “boss” line, that he is like her and he’s choosing her.

[mbat]

i think the thing is that people want mature stories but most peoples idea of mature is just gore and sex or whatever. i blame adult swim for that skgjsnf theres probably a better thing to blame but still.

plenty of kids/family media prove you dont need those things to be mature. you just need to care. granted, theres restrictions on kids media that hold them back. thats the biggest issue fr.

when it comes to adult shows they dont put enough of those restraints on. they restrain other things though. like when morel orel created and aired an episode that was a major reason it got cancelled. the episode was fucked up.... but it cared. at least a little bit.

steven universe is mature. bluey is mature. id even consider multiple disney animated movies as mature.

the thing is... theyre also made for families of all ages.

they arent mature because of organs falling out of bodies on screen, or people having explicit sex for every viewer to see, or people foaming at the mouth from overdoses. theyre mature because they show humanity in a way that you can feel cares. they show people experiencing real feelings and getting through them in a way that feels real.

of course, its not all black and white. everything has its mature moments, and just because something doesnt do what ive said doesnt make it immature, its just different. inside out was mature for showing a girl running away and experiencing deep emotional pain until she decided to go back home to her parents and talk it out.

i wouldnt say moana was immature for not doing deep dives on the human experience in favor of having a fantastical story that had human moments more as a side dish. it has some amazing moments that are just as human, but theyre not the primary focus.

when i think of writing stories as mature, i think of having a dive into the human experience. i wrote a whole fic that was that and its still unfinished. the only part that could be considered adult is the way i added people cursing and vague references to sex.

when i think of a mature story i want on screen, i want one thats real, that tells human stories whether the characters are human or not, i want one that acknowledges the things we consider adult like violence/gore, sex, and sure, even drugs if it matters so much, but they arent some focal point for drama or shock. i dont want something that overtakes a story that couldve been good.

ive thought of many shows while writing this. many movies, just media in general. ones i love, ones i hate, ones ive experienced through other peoples words alone. maybe you have too.

hear me out here, a good example of what i consider a mature story i like on screen is stranger things. however, its also a horror franchise alongside its other genres, so of course it leans into gross things and gore a little bit, but never just because. it uses those elements to paint a world and further the story.

i also like the good place, too. a show that, from episode one, points at philosophy and ethics and runs with it. one that questions and attempts to answer things about humanity itself. its a comedy show so it can have its weird moments, but i honestly consider it a near perfect show personally. it also acknowledges sexual things without being in your face with them.

many shows do try to be mature but just go too far with some things. i mean, i think euphoria was trying to be mature? but when i watched it all i saw was oversexualized teenagers and so much talk about drugs that it got on my nerves from minute one. maybe its realistic to some people but it was a pain to get through for me.

and sigh. yes. i will acknowledge Velma. it shows close ups of brains falling out of heads. it opens on a shot of nude women in highschool only covered by conveniently placed bubbles and constantly talks about another students privates. it has a whole storyline about selling drugs. all of this is shock, all of this is immature 'adult' stuff. we been knew. its the type of stuff you see on family guy.

family guy is some of the worst about it all, only brought down the rankings of worst because its restrained from showing everything possible. also. admittedly. theres moments where family guy had, well, moments. its been years since ive watched the show but there were moments it got genuine and serious and you could feel they were trying, at least a little. but then the rest of the show is just... bad.

i dont know if ive gotten a point across or if my wording makes sense, but i just wanted to say all that considering conversations people have been having for a little while now.

[cassyapper]

i got encouragement thanks tony so okay here’s my whole spiel i think a lot about how jotaro and joseph start part 3 as essentially strangers. holly had to remind jotaro of who joseph even was cause he did not recognize him by looks alone. joseph probably didn’t visit a lot if at all (at the very least, not recently)

i think a lot about how joseph is like the personification of all the things that have suddenly gone so so wrong in jotaro’s life (the appearance of stands, his mom getting ill, dio, destiny and bloodlines) and jotaro hates it and by extension hates him i think about how joseph probably blames jotaro for being the reason his daughter moved halfway across the world from him and sees jotaro more as an extension/obstacle to holly than his own person than as family

i think about how on the course of the journey, this gets rectified. i think about how they get closer, starting from jotaro insulting joseph every chance he gets and joseph poking at and criticizing everything he doesnt understand about jotaro

to jotaro preferring being beaten with a rock over his head to hurting joseph, and joseph screaming and running towards him when it happens, cause that’s his grandson, that’s his family now

to jotaro asking for his grandpa to come help him when he’s wounded, cause he trusts joseph, cause he knows joseph will take care of him

to joseph begging jotaro to run from dio, to save himself, even if it means holly will die, even if it means dio wins, even if it means he doesnt get comfort in his last moments, because so long as his grandson is safe, he doesn’t care, he dies trying to rely the information that will keep jotaro safe, he wants him SAFE

to dio disrespecting joseph’s corpse being the final push jotaro needed to see fucking red and attack like a wild dog tears through meat

i think about how jotaro looked in the ambulance after it’s all over, how he’s wounded and aching and he just found out he has the ability for timestop and he doesn’t even know if his mother is alive yet, but his first priority is saving his grandpa, please he needs to be alive, he has to be alive

i think about how joseph is one of the only ones that can read jotaro as easily as breathing in part 4. i think about how jotaro is willing to be honest with him about it

just. the development of their relationship. is what i think about. i think about jotaro loving his grandpa i think about joseph caring so much for jotaro i think about them establishing a bond and sure it’s not perfect it’ll never be perfect especially because theyre both mentally ill and the nature of their family but it’s good. i think it’s so good. i think theyre both lifelines for each other and i can’t imagine how joseph would’ve felt if the universe didnt reset and he had to deal with jotaro’s death. how he outlasted yet another one of his loved ones

i think so much about the little moments that couldve contributed to this bond i think about them leaning on each other after egypt (well, as much as jotaro would’ve allowed), i just. i jsut. 

[immortal-crow-mama]

opinions?

Honestly i think the fnaf 6 ending (henrys speech) shouldve been the ending for fnaf- like it was a perfect ending but noooo we js had to keep dragging it out and fucking up the timeline and stuff even more >:[

Like everything after fnaf 6 shouldve been an alternative universe- kinda like how the books dont rlly follow the game lore that much and the movie-- or like the next games couldve been an introduction to a copycat killer (vanny) and not be afton brainwashing somebody like the copycat killer vanny idea wouldve been so much better!

I feel like fnaf needs to be put on hold and have all its issues fixed- like WHERE TF DOES SISTER LOCATION BELONG IN THE TIME LINE?????? And what is CC's actual name? I thought it could be cassidy but with how jumbled and broken the games and timeline and shit is it just makes mo sense....

Like are the withered animatronics the same animatronics we see in the og game just fallen apart??? Cause ive heard theories saying The withers are different animatronics and that the ones from the og game are updated models from the withers like we need this universe to be fixed and have the loose ends explained

Like that fucking chest- trunk thing in fnaf 4??? What is it?? Whats is purpose other than to confuse us

Are the glamrocks possessed? Like it could just be really advanced AI but then they could also be possesed too because how humanistic and complicated their personalities and emotions seem.

Theres just so much that i NEED to know that will prob never be directly answered

[thealmightyemprex]

Sci Fi Month :I read the Canon Spider Man script by Ted Newsome and John Brancato

So for those not in the know ,in the 80's -the 90's there were several attempts at a Spider- Man movie,most of which were done by Cannon ,best known for low budget fair ,though they attempted both prestige and blockbusters .Now they went through several scripts but this is the one that got the closest to being made from what my research tells me .

So Dr Otto Octavious makes a device that shifts reality that goes wrong ,fusing him to metal appertauses and mutating a spider which bites wannabe photographer Peter Parker.As Octavious descends to murder,madness and crime ,PArker attempts to use his abilities for fame and fortune till through tragedy he learns with great power comes great responsibility

So I mostly really liked this ,this is one of the better unmade scripts Ive read .....It is a first draft so there are things that seem to ambitious and definately thing that needed to be ironed out

Peter/Spiderman himself is pretty well handled,they got the quips and cleverness and the orgin is pretty faithful to the comics ,no real notes

Doc Ock is well written ,a broody obsessive who is driven to complete his experiment at the cost of humanity .Now I liek how Ocks and Spidey orgins are intertwined ...But their is no dynamic to them :To Peter ,Ock is just a crazy guy ,to Ock ,Spidey is a mere annoyance .....And there are two perfect ways the script couldve fixed that.Simple way is instead of making Ock just annoyed with Spidey,have him monologue and really go into his God complex .In the comics Ock is VERY verbose and Spidey is infamously chatty,so really lean into adding some heroo-villain banter .Option 2 is Octavious is a professor at Peters university ......And it does nothing with that.Well how about make Otto a mentor to Peter,or the one student he likes ,hell later versions really lean into that dynamic for good effect ,it adds a sense of tragedy.Speaking of later versions ,Octavius's motive is similar to 2004's Spider Man 2 ,so am curious if they took some inspiration from this script

Harry is kind of typical 80's weird friend but the friendship feels genuine and I liked him

This Aunt May feels more modern,more of a stylish cool old lady then the doddering oldwoman about to keel over every 5 minutes from the comics

Uncle Ben is not in much of it but he is a kind if not bright guy who tries his best to show he cares about Peter

I am conflicted on Liz Allen ,I like the clever duel she has with Peter but as a love interest the film feels like it is juggling so much stuff it feels out of place ,though the last scene is swweet

Jameson is typical Jameson thogh with non nuance hes pure comic relief

As for the rest of the script the action is well described ,comedy is pretty funny,drama hits,and Ocks murder scenes are effectivel menacing .The only real oddity is some of the 80's pop culture refrences ,like David Letterman and Hulk Hogan are characters in the film

I do think if this had a bit more work it could be a good script for a film.I very much enjoyed this

@ariel-seagull-wings @piterelizabethdevries @the-blue-fairie @themousefromfantasyland @theancientvaleofsoulmaking @princesssarisa @countesspetofi @filmcityworld1

[olivieraa]

y'know, I'll never not be upset about Orange is the new black and Lost

ive been saying it since forever what my top 5 shows are, but Ive only ever had a top 4 shows and then I get a bit... like I say the 5th one and have to explain that that one can be pushed out if I ever find somethng else

so like, sex and the city is in there bc, and I know I shouldnt have been, but it came out in the 90s and I watched it in the 90s, when I was way too young. then I rewatched it as a teen, rewatched it many times in my 20s, last rewatch was proooooooobably 2020. I'm due another rewatch. I legitimately never get tired of it

next fave is Avatar. its perfection. I've rewatched it almost as mutch as sex and the city

next is stranger things, started that... a few months after season 1 aired. I thought it was perfection as well.

and then we have Barry, my number one show of all. watched that not long after it was released. its extremely unknown over here, but when people do watch it they're amazed.

but the 5th spot, when asked, I always say "well it was Lost but eh..." or "I mean I'm not opposed to saying its Orange is the new black..."

I consider my top 4 to be flawless. yes I have my critiques of them for sure but they're just... they make me very happy.

I have... too much to say about Lost and OITNB. I mean Lost ended terribly, that's universally known. the finale came out at the same time around the world (5am for me), and the next day in school it was a huge topic and most of us agreed that, yeah............ that couldve gone better

I never rewatched Lost since. but I do remember, when becoming a feminist, I saw Lost in a post on here talking about how, they're trapped on this island for months, and yet, the women had shaved pits and legs (and more obviously) which made no sense and it went to show that, the men could look any way they wanted, and people could be killed, and animals killed and babies kidnapped but GOD FORBID a hot woman look "unnattractive" with some hair under her arms

I also remember thinking she was the prettiest woman in the world bc she was so naturally pretty, no makeup!! psh.

so yeah it kinda turned me off the show, never going back to really see if there were any other flaws. the above and the ending alone were kind of... enough.

and then with OITNB, another terrible ending. but what made me so sad was that, the show had a shift moment. either season 4 or season 5. it felt like new writers took over.

half the cast wasnt in it any more and the show became depressing. a depressing lesbian show.

and oitnb was KNOWN as the mainstream lesbian show. it had so much popularity and everyone watched it and it won loads of awards. but no, I was not surprised when people stopped talking about it and it wasnt nominated for awards anymore. it really and truly went off track.

I would love to have had OITNB as my fifth fave shows, cause my shows are all feminist. but I think OITNB just didn't know what it was doing in the latter half and it makes me sad

[sunfortune]

anyway now that i got my jokes out my actual thots on the batman (2022). wanna preface this by saying i love that bitch. even when they do stupid shit with him im like 😔....ok but thats still the bestie tho... i am not immune to stupid depressed goth man. that being said: he is a stupid depressed goth man and we need to keep that in mind

bruces first appearance walking through the line of cops and they are just quietly letting him pass.....immediately had me like...not this </3...i JUST sat down. it reminded me of the tfatws finale (hate crime) when the cops let bucky through and call him sergeant or whatever the hell. was sitting there 5 mins in like [deflated balloon]

BUT then they show how the other higher up cop man was not cool with him at all. and this was not something that was in the norm so i was like mmmh. okay not so bad... [will get back to this]

i LOVED loved the first look at gotham. the pan from "manhattan" to "newark" to the wayne building in the center establishing gotham. litchrally <333333. im biased but SO big brained to me that this rendition of gotham was new york AND new jersey. they said THE worst of both worlds. love wins <3

i really loved bruce and jim. i feel like Sooo few people have actually talked about them which is ??? bc they were So funny. (also probably the most grounded relationship he had). they were litchrally like that not to worry i have a permit ron swanson meme but it was bruce saying "not to worry i have a permit" and then jim stepping out from behind him and saying "he can do what he wants" lfmdgjnjhdf

back to the cop point. unfortunately my earlier "oh this is just a one time thing. its alright <3." desperate cling to hope was dashed as the movie went on bc it was not a one time thing

i wish it was more hush hush with just him and jim. and not him and jim with 20 other cops casually also there

like the reason jims character is so important in just the batman universe in general is bc hes the ONLY one remotely trustworthy in a completely corrupt system. and when you have scenes like the "not all cops" as a hopeful anecdote with like 150 cops. and then THE BATMAN bringing the bad guy or whatever out to Them. its like come on....

i had some minor qualms about some of the detective stuff being too tell instead of show. where bruce is just super smart so he knows the answer immediately and then he just states it and thats that. but that honestly didnt really diminish my overall experience with the movie.

i WISH they gave selina more

feel like selinas backstory was not only interesting but also a crucial part of the plot on paper but i feel like they just didnt really give her character the care it couldve had in execution...?

one thing especially was some of the dialogue they gave her felt like a first draft that they were gonna come back and brush up. but then they DONT. and just send her out there like that

there first meeting as the bat and the cat when he catches her in that house and they fight was SOO Good tho

also maybeeee gonna give them the benefit of the doubt there bc it is the First movie. if batman is in his cringe and fail era. selina can be in her early days too. but like i really REALLY hope they do give her more in the future. bc the potential is sooo untapped

also i complain about this always but. society when directors put some effort into their romantic subplots...come on </3 😔 stop letting sexy people go to waste

saw an interview clip of rob pattinson and zoe kravitz earlier and theyre actually so fun and had so much chemistry but so little of that was utilized in the actual movie </3 even tho matt reeves had Every Thing at his disposal to make it really hit </3333 why would you do that to meeee

next. i kind of Loved the reveal that thomas wayne got caught up in some bullshit. i just think the "bruces parents were perfect" narrative was kind of boring. and i like how they maintained that they were good people but. gotham is gotham. stuff happens

what i did NOT like about the thomas wayne reveal was the implication that the waynes murders were a result of him getting caught up in that mess?? i think the "they were mugged by a random guy. wrong place wrong time" is integral to the entirety of the mess that is BATMAN so that implication was just personally not my cup of tea. even if it was just speculation

there is some ways the conclusion kind of needed more for me. ill probably make another post for that. but i think like there shouldve been some realization that bruce wayne can also help gotham with his money. not just the batman with his fists. there were too many points heavily implying it throughout (the mayor, the riddlers bit about his dads promise, selina talking about the rich) and then it never happened (but also maybe next movie bc they prolly wanted to focus more on /the batman/ in this one)

i did Love the concluding point that violence will not heal gotham

i loved the juxtaposition between when he helped that man in the train station in the beginning and he said “don’t hurt me!” even tho he was trying to /help him/ bc of how he worked and presented himself with the ending when he used the flare to guide everyone to safety and then that women on the stretcher not wanting to let his hand go bc she trusted he Would keep her safe and he also held on to her as long as he could🥺

next. i LOVED bruces characterization. despite all my points its what made me Still love the movie so much.

reiterating. i am not immune to stupid depressed goth man.

the scene where the bat mobile lit up in the dark alley. was litchrally sitting there like 😭💖💘💕💓💕❣️❤️ my best friend for real

him being so standoffish and uncomfortable as bruce wayne while everyone is like omg its gothams prince. hiiiiii <3

the scene where he goes in for the kiss with selina but then gets awkward and cant go through with it. obsessed. lmfao

less suave playboy more awkward loser.

i think his characterization is the biggest brained aspect of this interpretation of batman

it makes the entire movie for me

in conclusion i had so much fun with it even if it wasnt like perfect. though i think i do get people who didn't like it. i dont know how i wouldve felt about if i didnt already love batman. and thats like a valid criticism. especially in the franchise saturated market rn where you already need to have an investment to really enjoy something that is seemingly new. but i mean thats DCs problem. i had fun and thats whats really important <3

[inosukeslefttoe]

SO i just finished wonder egg priority and i think that with confidence i can say it has been one of my favorite animes like... ever ?? and not even from hyperfixation or obsession over it just... its so fucking real yet so simple in a way that i havent rlly seen shown in any other shows you feel ??

but first i wanna talk about how sexy the art and animation is real quick... HOMIE ITS SO GOOD LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT JUST... serotonin... the characters are all so unique and iconic and fun but not over the top in their designs yknow ??? they seem like regular every day girls but they stand out and theyre all sO CUTE !!!! also i love how the style is like this soft bubbly slice of life lookin stuff with bright happy colors and the most beautiful scenes you could find but they also have the SICKEST fight scenes complete with whimsical animal helpers and terrifying villains and crazy weapons unique to each character. and the animation. god DAMN shawty i am obsessed with everything in this show. i might make a post solely about the art later lol bc i wanna get into the other stuff.

so the themes in the show right ?? it starts just as this cute lil magical girl kinda deal but within the first episode we see that like.. oh damn... thats kinda heavy... tbh i was a little shocked and thought about stopping bc yknow bad mental health BUT i was so intrigued that i had to keep going and i am SO GLAD that i did. because this show just so beautifully discusses all these heavy topics in such an eloquent and artistically expressive way. and also like, , the juxtaposition of the charming childlike vibe with bright colors and 14 yr old girl protagonists against the dark themes of suicide and so much else,, i think is just perfect. bc a lot of heavy animes are more of the seinen genre and have some middle aged dude as a protag or make the entire color palette dim or offer little relief to the pain of these heavy themes right ?? but NO not wonder egg bitches B) because these problems arent just things that ppl face later in life or just problems that need to be talked about among adults or the edgy seinen watching squad,, these are REAL problems that face people of every age, gender etc and i think its awesome that wonder egg addresses that. some may cringe at the thought of their high schooler watching animes that discuss sexual harassment, suicide, abuse, self harm, eating disorders etc,, but in reality it is the most comforting thing i have ever come across and is basically jsut free anime therapy. because not only does wonder egg present these themes to the viewers as something real that happens to all kinds of people (making said people feel heard in a way that maybe they hadnt before), but it also makes sure to vanquish all of these forms of trauma. and the way the trauma is vanquished isnt always beautiful and it isnt always just magically gone with a poof. the struggles of overcoming or living with that sort of thing are shown in such a real and relatable way that addresses every hardship trauma survivors have to go through. and i just. god i cry bro. 

oh m y GOD and the lgbtq+ rep in this show ?? like shawty... as soon as i saw episode one i was picking up on some gay/lesbian themes but then again im sapphic and project that a lot so i tend to see that sort of stuff like... everywhere... but NE WAYS... episode ten made me FUKCING CRY BRO LIke i cant believe there was a whole trans character with a whole trans pride hoodie like LKGHKDGH my heart is just so.. so fucking full thinking about him. bc like yeah i know there are trans characters in anime but i feel like theyre always very ambiguous about actually being trans or not or erased or portrayed as a harmful stereotype or theyre constantly misgendered and still refered to as their assigned gender at birth and i hate it. HOWEVEr... Kaoru.. *chefs kiss* it was so amazing to see a character straight up say “yeah im trans” in such a casual yet powerful way bc i personally have never seen that before. and i love love loved how he went into his backstory and talked to momoe about gender bc i think thats what she rlly needed and that it helped her find herself and it makes me so happy oh my god,, and the way they talked about it never seemed forced or like it was the focal point of his existence yknow ?? like yeah he existed to help momoe overcome some of her trauma but he also just existed to be HIM yknow ?? also... personally, i headcanon momoe as a trans girl even though i dont remember it being explicitly stated plus the school scenes of her and stuff would seem like they suggest otherwise ??but,,, SHAWTY THE AMOUNT OF SUBTEXT and her complicated relationship w gender is... something i feel like a cis girl would not go through so harshly yknow ?? with all of the questioning and feeling detached from femininity or feeling like ppl dont see her as an actual girl and only like her as a guy or for her masculine traits,,, but dont take my word on this bc i myself am a cis girl but that was just my take on it as someone in the lgbtq+ community trying to educate myself on the transgender community :) either way,, wonder eggs portrayal of momoe and kaoru and the way that momoe becomes so passionate about expressing herself the way she wants to as a girl is just... good lord im gonna cry its so perfect,,,.so ... i just love this show way too much. i also am honestly super lost about the relationship btwn acca and ura-acca ?? bc i was gonna mention ura-acca as a canonically gay guy bc when i was watching i interpreted ep 11 as him being in love with acca and being jealous of Azusa (bc i mean,, they lived together (i swear to god there was only one bed in that apartment) and had a daughter together and def loved each other and also when Frill said they were husbands and then when ura-acca said he wasnt attracted to azusa but he was def jealous of their relationship ??) but then i saw somewhere that theyre brothers ?? which would make sense ig since they look kinda similar and accas daughter called ura-acca “uncle”.. but at the same time its ANIME SO THEY ALL LOOK SIMILAR and referring to gay couples as siblings is an EXTREMELY common euphemism soooo... IM JUST LOST HERE... but yeah i tried doing research and found different things so i cant say anything for sure >:( however,,, if they are canonically a lil fruity for each other... when frill refered to acca as ura-accas husband i imploded dude you never hear that sort of wording in anime.. but if theyre related i am so sorry. 

god this is so much longer than i planned it to be oops but i also love the theme about like.. relying on friends to help carry your weight but at the same time not becoming completely dependent on those friends and using their support to learn how to love yourself and rely on yourself yknow ?? bc that is exactly what healthy friendships look like. bc i think ai sort of had a codependency thing goin on with koito maybe ?? but now she has a whole squad of funky friends that are so so different but all struggle with different kinds of trauma and although they fight over it, they always get through it with each other together. and they push each other no matter what to be the best versions of themselves and they teach other that getting hurt is okay because theyre always gonna be there to pick up the pieces no matter what happens. they can give each other space when they need and adapt to meet each others needs but theyre always able to balance it out with their own needs and thats such a beautiful thing in friendships especially at their age like damn i wish i had that maturity when i was 14 but no all i had was depression. another thing is that through these friendships you get to see all the different sides of each girl; you get to see them being strong or a shining light to their friends when theyre hurting but you also get to see them being hurt and weak and allowing themselves to be on the receiving end of the comfort. their friendships allows them to have weaknesses but it also allows them to highlight their strengths and thrive off of each others. I LOVE FRIENDSHIP DUDE

next i wanna briefly mention some of the themes connected to suicide that ive noticed. a big one is the survivors guilt that ai feels once koito is dead. several times she screams that she wishes she couldve gone with koito and she dreams of a “perfect world” where they committed a double suicide. one of the main reasons for her troubles is that she blames herself for koitos death and feels like it should be her thats dead... but at the same time she feels like too much of a coward to do anything now that koito is gone. she just has all these complex and contradicting feelings that wear away at her in ways that ppl that havent gone through the suicide of a loved one could never imagine. a lot of the times when things like this are portrayed in media i feel like its more in a way thats meant to guilt trip those that have taken their own lives and paint suicide as this selfish sin thats unforgivable but... not only does wonder egg reject that idea and instead portray it as a heartbreaking tragedy with,,, so so many terrible reasons, but it focuses on the feelings of ai separate from koito without blaming her in any way. not once did i feel like the show antagonized koito or that ai blamed koito for doing any of this, but they simply mourned her loss and touched on ais reaction towards the event but separate from koito herself if that makes sense. and i think that discussing survivors guilt without painting koito as the bad guy is something so beautifully done in wonder egg that can really resonate with those that have lost a loved one to suicide and have struggled with these same things.

okay i think this is the last thing ill mention,,, but HOMIE THE PARALLEL UNIVERSE BIT AT THE END. I AM. OBSESSED. i am such a whore for anything about the multiverse okay n e ways...,, not only did this make a super epic trippy ending of season one and add a little bit more magical girl whimsy to the show,, but it had such a powerful message. from the perspective of og ai,, finding out that you killed yourself in another world is... i mean its definitely not a surprise but at the same time it rlly makes you think how close og ai herself couldve been to that point and what decisions led her out of that dark place in her life. if i were in her shoes i would be terrified and id cry bc the thought of going back to such a dark place and actually going through with something like that is my worst fear and probably something that ai fears too. but at the same time,,, think from the perspective of ai two !!! like yeah its true that theres this awful terrible version of ai that dies but theres also a whole version of ai that is a superhero magical girl fighting off monsters to save countless ppls lives !! and she has a badass lizard and a gang of awesome friends !!! at first i was worried that ai two would be jealous of og ai and compare herself to her and feel inferior but like.. THEYRE LITERALLY THE SAME PERSON AND CAPABLE OF THE SAME THINGS !!! and ai two realized that !! just within the span of one episode, she went from the version of ai who took her life,, to the version of ai jumping in front of a friend to take a bullet for them and save their life. and that just inspired THE SHIT OUT OF ME. i think that ai was sent another version of herself to sort of beat her own worst enemy yknow ?? those doubts and fears that shes no good or that shes that same bystander from episode one and that she hasnt changed at all. but getting to interact with her parallel self and see her grow was just what she needed to realize that while yeah sometimes the worst thing can happen and things can be terrible but on the other hand sometimes the most wonderful thing imaginable can happen because she has the power to do either. 

so im gonna go ahead and stop rambling bc i got all my thoughts out that i wanted to for this post :D but yeah lol i might make another if i feel like it sometime. long story short: this show is perfect and it is going on my favorite of all times.