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tag drop - the vampire academy & from dusk till dawn
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closed starter for rose hathaway!! ( @vcndetta )
"rose, thank god you're here." sydney immediately scoops declan from where he's been playing on the ground, moving to greet the dhampir. "what the hell is going on?"
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"it's... certainly not something i like to think about." but she couldn't help fixating on everything that had happened, hoping to find some connection or common thread between it all that could help her figure this out. "i appreciate that, really."
"i can't even imagine." zoey hadn't even thought of seeing much of a future before. not with all the crazy thing she'd seen and been through. but that didn't mean she hadn't wanted it. "if you ever need any help with anything, you know i'm here, right?"
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My top 5 Crackships
Inspired by my top 5 8 characters thing going around, I want you all to vote on your favorite of my Top 5 Questionable Rare pairs
I will be providing excuses reasoning excuses below the poll, so if you feel like roasting me properly seeing my justifications, do that - or don't!
And remember, they're fictional characters, so it costs nothing to be normal about this and have fun
*Not all of these are controversial, but those that are? watch out!
Excuses:
Zuki:
If you follow me then you know I'm an OG Zutara fan, but on the rare occasions I'm feeling Cannon Compliant, Zuki is my go too ship. This has all to do with the comics, where basically Zuko's only confidant is Suki and you get wild panels of them looking at each other like this:
I was devistated when Korra came out and it seemed like Sokka and Suki didn't last, but if the above is why, then I'll take it.
Stobin:
I am going to get so much flack for this one I think. BUT. Consider: The cannon ships in the show are generally not well written. I like Hopper/Joyce, I like Max/Lucas, but Nancy/Jonathan and especially Mike/Eleven do literally nothing for me, they are so bland. I do see the irony that one of the things that makes Stobin well written is because its one sided on Steve's part because Robin is gay. But their interactions are literally the reason to watch the show if you ask me. Pushing past these excuses though, I just kinda dig the ship. In my head its an open poly situation for certain, but sexuality is so wild and fluid and weird, and Gold Star status is gatekeepy at best anyway, so like, why the fuck not. I had a great aunt who had an open marriage with a gay man, (big beard behavior) and they had kids and did everything together. Its like... Platonic soulmates + if you will. And that's what I want for Stobin. Platonic soulmates + and a big ole polycule surrounding them. Or maybe its just my incoherent bisexual ass talking
(If I could put fan-art with the polycule in it I would but I wouldn't repost someones art like that... so I'm stuck with cannon images)
Zacknei:
No one has played this game. When people think Zack, they either ship Cloud or Aerith, and honestly I ship both those as well (though ClAerTi will always be my top for them). But I love Cissnei. She has big Sydney Sage energy for me, and all of Zack's emotional beats in the second half of the game surround her (...or cloud) not Aerith (just for the record). Also if you join all the fanclubs and work hard you get invited to your own fanclub and I'm pretty sure there's evidence that Cissnei is the president which is hilarious. I just love their interactions and was DEVASTATED at the end. Analytical Girl & PuppyDogHimbo is a beautiful ship dynamic. Also Rick Gomez will always be my Zack Fair VA. I hate the new guy so much (and its not his fault!! Sorry man!)
Aquarella:
So the section is really short. But my god. Cinderella and Aqua have the most chemistry of any character in that game series bar none. I'm including Riku and Sora in this. I'm including Roxas and Axel. Ok, not really this is not the hill I want to die on. BUT. At least in Birth By Sleep, this is the emotional high-point. Aqua taking her hand like a gentleman at a ball? The way Aqua saves Cinderella from getting run over by her demonic carriage??? The way she lovingly protects Cindy's body with hers? Did you see Prince whats his face doing any of that ? NO. And then. If Aqua were a guy everyone would've seen it when this game came out (but I guess gay people weren't invented until 2015 or whatever.
look how devastated Aqua is when Cinderella goes to Charming at the end. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THEM.
Sorayla:
I really do like Raylum, but this is a poll on my hot take rare-pairs, not cannon compliance. Let me start off by saying, no, I haven't seen this season yet, it only came out twelve hours ago whats wrong with you? This pair grew on me starting in Season 4 after the time skip. I think it goes along side my preoccupation with tough smart girls and their dumbass golden retriever himbos. They have a nice trajectory, and with Callum going a lil dark and edgy on us recently, I like their banter a lot. Especially in Season 4 I was surprised by them and I crave more adventures with the two of them alone. I don't think it will ever happen, but I like it none the less. They bring a certain... Sokka & Suki vibe to the party that I'm here for.
Anyway, I tag @ebbilayart @retiredficwriter & anyone who decides to do it!
And if no one feels like setting themselves up as a target, that's good too!
#rayla#soren#sorayla#the dragon prince#cinderella#aqua#kingdom hearts#kingdom hearts birth by sleep#cissnei#zack fair#zacknei#final fantasy 7#final fantasy 7 Crisis Core#Stranger Things#Robin Buckley#Steve Harrington#Stobin#Zuki#Zuko#Suki#Avatar the Last Airbender#I didnt really have runner ups because I was only picking rarepair ships#or kind controversial ones on purpose#just for fun#posts by me
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me? being tagged by @jetsteelyourheart ?? what an honor!
just like the top 5 favorite characters: Make a poll with 5 of your favorite rarepairs/crackships. See which one is everyone's favorite!
i became too invested in this. some of these ships i haven't thought in years, so it was nice to relive the times i was obsessed with them. i narrowed it to one ship per media/fandom and just like my tag-buddy, I'll provide my questionable reasons/propaganda.
REASONS/PROPAGANDA
Sydney Sage/Trey Juarez:
so when i was first reading bloodlines, i read online that sydney gets a human boyfriend in book 2. i had heard about brayden but never in the context of HIM being the boyfriend, so i thought he was the random dude in book 1 (wasn't he, unironically, called hayden??) who asked sydney out. i was theorizing who that boyfriend would be until my brain went: "omg.... IS IT TREY??" and got soo hyped. i loved their interaction in book 1 and thought exploring them in a romantic setting would be so interesting, especially with the implication of trey having a major role. they are so similar (growing up in a cult, daddy issues, both being smart) and yet, trey has some adrian-like traits?? charming, popular in the dating pool, laidback... and it would create some tension between sydrian??? imagine adrian watching trey and sydney date and feeling discouraged because she found a human "version" of him?? and with trey being a warrior, he would try to get sydney to have the alchemist side with them and push the "moroi are evil" narrative, creating more doubts for sydney to rebel! BUT THEN SYDNEY HELPS TREY REBEL AGAINST THE WARRIORS!!
i love their friendship as is, and know for a fact they wouldn't last that long but man... i would have eat up their failed romance.
bonus point for an adrian/sydney/trey polycule
Rachel Berry/Sam Evans:
ah yes. my first ever rarepair. since that one episode in season 2 where she and finn helped sam with his young siblings, i fell in love with them. if you were in the glee fandom, you know every single couple was problematic one way or the other (this is the writers' fault). yet somehow, every relationship sam was in, it was the healthiest the woman he was with ever had. and i wanted that for rachel! i ate all the crumbs this show gave me, which were... almost nonexistent. the big difference between this rarepair and the others on this poll is that, in the show's final season, THEY BECAME CANON. I WAS SO HAPPY. they were very unpopular because it came out of nowhere and the writers only put them together to give rachel a love interest for the final season (and give the storyline they planned for finn to someone else), which... fair. but he was so caring, encouraging her to follow her dreams and telling her the tough truth about things she didn't want to hear. it was so good to see rachel heal from finn and her failed broadway dreams while with sam. (also she was less insufferable with him).
but then, ha... they broke up on the third to last episode of the series. so she could be with jesse who showed up out of nowhere on that same episode, after he "left" 4-3 seasons ago. don't get me wrong - i love st. berry! jonathan groff and lea michelle have chemistry! love ambitious broadway wannabes being a power couple! but why not, i don't know, put the storyline she had with sam with jesse instead so it could be more organic and avoid crushing my dreams???
i'm fine. not bitter at all. I'M FINE. I'M F-
Clarisse La Rue/Silena Beauregard (PJO):
this isn't a rarepair compared to the previous two, but within the pjo fandom, it isn't as popular (surprisingly?? at least in ao3. i'm so out of the loop). first time reading pjo, little old only thought of clarisse and silena as best friends. but as i got older and read more fan analysis of the series, i realized the tragedy of these two. either 1) clarisse had an unrequited crush 2) they dated and didn't work out 3) it was a failed situationship. the daughter of ares, the girl people in camp-half blood are so scared of because she is mean to everyone and can (and will) beat the shit out of them, had a wholesome friendship with the daughter of aphrodite, and one of the nicest people in the camp?? and this friendship appeared because silena helped clarisse with her "boy problems"??? and then clarisse basically protected and comforted silena after what happened with charlie?? no spoilers for those who haven't read the books, but they parallel a famous greek mythology couple and their ending hurts. still love silena/charlie, but god... poor clarisse...
can't wait to keep rereading the books and suffer once i get to their part!
Gary "Eggsy" Unwin/Roxy Morton (Kingsman)
everyone prefers hartwin and merlin/eggsy, but i can't help but love mortwin. i watched the first movie and loved their small moments. loved how they bonded over being the underdogs in the competition and, instead of becoming sworn enemies, they recognized each other as worthy opponents. their small fun, friendly-rivarly banter was cute. part of me was relieved they stayed as friends in the end... but i couldn't help but be soo disappointed. the chemistry? it was there!! even taron egerton said there was potential to explore a romance if given the chance! plus, i'm a sucker for well-developed friends-to-lovers.
never watched the sequel but after reading what the writers did to roxy, i'm glad i didn't and never will. i can now create my own sequel in my head and read fanfics of the story they deserve 😌
Bella Swan/Leah Clearwater (Twilight):
i want to thank this one brazilian fanfic i found years ago (and never wrote down the name and lost it 😔) for presenting me with this ship. everyone talks about bella/alice, bella/rosalie, bella/carlisle... but what about bella/leah??? think new moon, when bella has just been abandoned by edward, meeting the werewolves through jacob and therefore leah, who is still dealing with the whole paul/emily thing. they can still start out with leah hating bella but they can bond over being abandoned by their boyfriends and heal from it, and in the end realize they don't need them anymore - they can have each other!
i also love if edward still comes back and bella is conflicted, and it's a edward/bella/leah love triangle (apparently people ship edward/leah and how i never heard of it?! imagine the drama!!) i will take anything where jacob isn't involved
tagging @morocorra @forcebookish @artianaiolanthe @sydneysageivashkov + anyone who wants to do this!
#bloodlines#sydney sage#trey juarez#treydney#glee#samchel#pjo#ruegard#kingsman#mortwin#twilight#swanwater#is this their ship name?? idk let's go with it!#i didn't mean to write a dissertation 🫣#my rambles
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Intro <3
Hii!! Erm this is my first time doing a into so pls bare with me here😭 This isn’t my 1st time on here or first acc. I was jus getting bored of my old acc so yaur
Erm so ig i’ll tell u some basic info
Im black 😭(so erm if ur racist pls stay like 6 ft away/jk but if u r racist I could care less bc I hate black ppl too 🥰/its giving uncle ruckus)
My fav emojis r:😭😔😛🥰😝💀🤓😼🙁
My fav colour is blue but I have more like sage green, red(all kinda tbh)/ any pastel colours/ and ermm I actually forgot 🙁
I draw erm yeah lol
Im problematic if u couldn’t tell 😭 but guys I promise im nice
My bday:6/26
Ermm i dont rlly have any preference for pronouns but im rlly jus used to she/her(not that im comfortable with those it’s just what my family uses bc ofc they would) but u can use any pronouns(actually no i do prefer he-him-they-them BUT ITS UP TO U GUYS BC IM A PPL PLEASER 😁😁😁😁😁😁)
Also u can call me by my real name Ari or some stupid nickname(pls make one for me) ALSO i have multiple little sonas like idk how to explain it like they’re all me/ for example:Adora Alex, Alex, Riri, Ri, Ira, Adora, and Axel and I think its more. Idk but like all them r the same person but in one IDK BC IDK IF ITS LIKE A DID THING OR NOT😭
I love-hate bugs like I made these lil comics with human designs for bugs and I love researching them but I hate seeing them irl😭 erm well im fine with grasshoppers and ants etc but others NO
Songs I like/love(NOT ALL BC WHO FINNA PUT ALL THAT)
(i love steve lacy/frank ocean/odd future/tyler, the creator/Dazey and the scouts/Destroy boys/AND LOITER SQUAD 😛😛)
ALSO IM NOT SHARING MY AGE ON HERE BC I DONT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH DOING SO 🥰🥰🥰
My interests
Proships
Eddsworld
Among us(okay guys dont bully me but erm I used to draw among us nsfw/ IT WAS LIKE 2 MONTHS AGO DAWG😭)
Dead plate
Mitski
Tyler, the Creator(im literally getting audio cd’s for Christmas of his albums and I already have his vinyls except for bastard and goblin 😛)
Melanie Martinez
Incredibox Sprunki
Countryhumans(unfortunately 🙁/im a victim fr😔)
Countryballs ig
Ybf/your bf game(okay guys im just joking 😭)
Dick figures(I love this fandom so much, also unrelated but literally NOONE OR NOTHING CAN GET ME TO LIKE HOMESTUCK😭)
Fnf
Fnaf
My oc’s 😛
Pasta(like I rlly like pasta)
Ao3-Archive of our own
Scp
Htf-Happy tree friends
Oddbods(ik they literally don’t say shit and it’s cringe BUT I DONT GIVE A FLYING erm flip i was gonna say flip, but yeah jeff is my pookie fr 🥰🥰)
Necrophilia-other philia’s ig(idk if thats how u even spell it)
Mr. Circus Papa:Ghost eyes/The finger game/and the rest of his comics-art(some of his comics r on webtoon and other apps and u can see some art on patreon)(also bc i dont feel like putting it anywhere else, I DO NOT SUPPORT IRL INCEST OR OTHER STUFF THAT I SAID I ONLY LIKE FICTIONAL THINGS)
Erm im running out of things so MOVING ON
Also a lil not so fun fact/ I wear glasses 🥲
OKAY SO ERM I DONT RLLY HAVE A DNI BUTT(lol “butt”) I WILL SAY THIS IF YOU R LIKE 20-54(okay thats not even a possible scenario) DO NOT INTERACT PLSS but other than that ily guys :3
ALSO PLS DO DONT COME LEAVING DEATH THREATS OR HATE COMMENTS BC I WILL RECORD ME KMS/jk❤��🩷💕��
Also this blog will be so boring and depressing 😭 like yk SH and vents and ED stuff ig but erm some other stuff this stuff will have ig(i dont wanna actually say bc yk digital footprint/lil bit too late for that bud)but like yk incest shotac0n and other crap idk im rlly lazy so I might not post at all(prob jus reblogs) OH WAIT ALSO I LIKE INVADER ZIM 🥰 forgot to mention that lol also I prob do have other interests too but idk oh I like coryxkenshin(idk how to spell his name😭) aphmau/SSSniperwolf/laurenzside and i kinda used to like inquisitor master(well I liked everyone besides her like yk sora, jaxx and etc.)
But erm guys I think that concludes this intro- OH MY OHIO SKIBIDI GYATT i forgot to tell yall, i know German 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 but erm yeah thx for reading like fr tho bc not even my friends read the stuff I write for them 🙁 but yaur (i dont think im ever doing a intro again I rather just yap irl-I hate texting 😭)
ALSO IF U WANNA BMF PLSSSSS SAY SOMETHING IM SO LONELY LIKE PLS ASK TO BE MY FRIEND IM SO FREAKING DEPRESSED( I promise im cool :३) (Also if u need to vent my DM’S r always opened! Even tho I may reply late)
I made this at 1:00-2:46 am listening to loyalty by Kendrick im going to be so tired tomorrow 😭🙏(I gotta get up at 5:00 😁)
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Do you have any muses which don't get much attention but you wish they did?
//Oh this could be a very looooong answer, as I have a lot of muses, and a lot tht I would love more interactions with.
Let me think
Morgan
Tallulah
Alana
Gabriella
Kate
Mika
Rosalia
Faye
Heather
Adrian
Sadie
Nicola (Still working on her bio, but Multifandom)
Canon wise
Letha (Hemlock Grove)
Paloma (James Bond)
Astrid (Crazy Rich Asians)
Gretel (Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters)
Mina Harker (Mixed from Various Dracula lore)
Cora Hale (Teen Wolf)
Laura Hale (Teen Wolf)
Elena Michaels (Bitten)
Lally Hicks (Fantastic Beasts)
Rose Hathaway (Vampire Academy)
Sydney Sage (Vampire Academy)
Lissa Dragomir (Vampire Academy)
Cindy Berman (Fear Street)
Diana Meade (Secret Circle- Book based)
Wednesday Addams (Wednesday)
There are a lot that I am very happy to do crossovers with, and such, so just feel free to come say hi, and we can discuss :D
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hi guys ! i’m sage ( twenty five , she / they , est ) and i’m so excited to be here ! as far as my pronouns go , please feel free to use either ; if you only want to use one exclusively or use both interchangeably , i’m perfectly okay with either choice . i’m super excited to introduce you all to hana , a relatively new muse of mine but a little mix of muses i wanted to write in the past ! super excited to have filled such a Messy™ wanted connection , and i can’t wait to plot with everyone ! 🤍
( — ) ★ spotted !! HANA YUN on the cover of this week’s most recent tabloid ! many say that the TWENTY SIX year old looks like PARK CHAEYOUNG , but i don’t really see it . while the SOCIALITE & HEIRESS is known for being SPELLBINDING my inside sources say that they have a tendency to be VITRIOLIC i swear , every time i think of them , i hear the song CONCEITED BY FLO MILLI .
biography.
the yun family is everything that everyone else wants to be . prim and proper , poised and perfect . rich beyond their means with a current net worth of seven billion dollars , there’s nothing that this family lacks . yun hana’s father is her grandparents’ only son , who passed away after a short losing battle with pneumonia . her mother , a woman that her father planned to propose to before his death , ran off only a month after she was born and immediately married a man living in canada . hana was adopted by her grandparents , and has seen them as her parents ever since .
the yun household is a household where power equaled money and money equaled fame . their massive and untouchable net worth stems from owning stocks in various korean businesses ( most notably , samsung ) , owning a number of office buildings within gangnam - gu , owning three properties in pyeongchang , and five luxury apartment buildings in yongsan . they bought , flipped , and sold various properties in new york as well .
they settled in los angeles when hana was thirteen , and she attended the best schools that money could buy . she made her grandparents happy by bringing home the highest grades in her class . was a naturally gifted student academically , socially , and athletically . oft was the subject of rumors and scandals , most notably alleged to have hooked up with with the quarterback of the rival school with pictures hidden away somewhere in her luxurious bedroom . she was also known for her flamboyant nature when interacting with those of the same and opposite sex .
graduated from her high school as valedictorian , prom queen , and with a reputation that needed no introduction . not afraid to confront those who start rumors about her , but has a tendency of starting rumors to manipulate fate into her favor . she begins to vacation all over the world to flaunt her wealth , but will forever call sydney home . promptly makes a living by sitting on her ass and being seen , rising in the ranks of socialites in the city with clear ease . has a sped up graduation from barnard college due in part to doubling down with classes , and has a degree in gender and sexuality studies .
returned to los angeles with a higher social standing , having become known for her beauty and for her graduation pictures going viral . oft the subject of debate in terms of wondering if she’s gotten plastic surgery or not , but has a love for trolling comments she receives on instagram .
headcanons.
hana is well known for her long hair , which she dyed blonde when she was twenty . she has kept her hair primarily blonde , but she will sometimes dye it pink or lilac ( click colors for visuals ) . her hair is kept at tailbone length .
she has always been the type who was able to hide her emotions well . this isn’t to say that she won’t let someone in if they ask if she’s okay , but she doesn’t readily show if she is or isn’t .
since she’s from sydney , hana’s accent isn’t as thick as it once was . she’s been living in the us since she was thirteen , so the accent has faded a little bit over time , but it’s still very prominent .
hana lives comfortably in the hollywood hills . she lives in one of the many homes that her grandparents have purchased over the years , and she has a number of staff waiting on her at any given time . i love useless details , so she drives an electric 2023 porsche taycan .
personality wise , she’s known as someone who’s able to get what she wants with the point of a finger and the bat of a lash . has a strong interest in people as a whole regardless of their identifying gender . she’s a jealous person , and doesn’t like when someone’s she’s interested in flirts with someone else even if they haven’t reached that level of exclusivity .
she’s more than likely the one who burns bridges with former friends , but somehow always has a reason for doing so . dislikes being told what to do and hasn’t shaken the desire for confrontation . expect twitter fingers , but receipts . expect shade , but it’s straight to your face . known for her resting bitch face which is not a facade to who she really is .
following the drop of the sex tape , hana went radio silent on all of her socials , so it’s not a shock that it was believed that she leaked the tape because she was angry . she hadn’t leaked the tape , but she was instead trying to figure out if what the media had been saying was true . publicly humiliated and completely embarrassed by the situation , hana quickly boarded her family’s private jet and went to stay with her parents in seoul .
she returned after a couple of weeks , and she saw a rise in her already high social standing since the public was rather sympathetic towards her . not everyone liked her afterward because they assumed she leaked the tape / was looking for publicity , but she was deeply affected by the tape and betrayal .
career.
hana is every inch a nepotism baby turned socialite turned influencer , but she’s not annoying about it . most things about her life is relatively private especially considering that her grandparents live worlds away in south korea and are primarily in the media for their business ventures and not their private lives .
her parents were initially against her living such a public life , but once brands deals began coming through for her , their minds changed . hana has a number of brand deals and magazine covers under her belt , but she is not considered a model .
she has done a collaboration with the meditation / sleep app calm titled ‘ grounded with hana ’ .
was selected as model for korean retail store homeplus’ 25th anniversary .
the current global ambassador for yves saint laurent and was chosen as the muse for yves saint laurent beauté . she represented the brand when she attended the 2021 met gala for the first time .
the current global ambassador for tiffany & co. , and later became the fact of tiffany hardwear .
hana has modeled for a number of magazines such as elle korea , dazed korea , w korea , vogue australia , rolling stone , vogue korea , cosmopolitan , dazed china , and many others .
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Which format do we like the most? The key is to keep it simple since I tend to go over the top and hate it shortly after. Also, what do we think about having one tag for everything muse-related instead of a separate tag for fc, about, hc, interactions etc. I have so many characters that I don't uh wanna make 100+ tags...
♡ ⁄ SYDNEY SAGE SYDNEY SAGE ⁄ ♡ &. SYDNEY SAGE ⁄ ♡ ⸻ SYDNEY SAGE ⁄ ♡
⸻ ♡ SYDNEY SAGE
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closed starter for vasilisa dragomir!! ( @drvcxrys )
"lissa?" she'd known the moroi queen was in this world, but she hadn't expected to run into her randomly. more rose getting the two of them in the same room out of sheer force of will. "it's good to see you."
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# aureumlilium an independent, literate, and highly selective multi muse roleplay blog with muses from the vampire diaries, bloodlines, vampire academy, the cruel prince & the stolen heir etc. Scripted by Chrissie ( she / her / they, twenty-three years old, GMT + 3 ). This blog will contain nsfw and adult themes so minors do not interact. personals and non-mutuals do not interact as well. majorly anti julie plec.
find me also on: @dhampirslays ( low activity ) & @cruelprincae ( high activity )
this blog operates on beta & xkit rewritten.
carrd
muses for mobile navigation: hope mikaelson | the vampire diaries sydney sage | bloodlines rose hathaway | vampire academy, book based suren | the stolen heir oak greenbriar | the cruel prince / the stolen heir rhyia greenbriar | the cruel prince
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research notes on: Enthusiastic amateurs: Australia's film societies and the birth of audience-driven film festivals in post-war Melbourne by Kirsten Stevens
film festivals were a purely European phenomenon during this period’ (de Valck 2007, 49) (PAGE 23)
De Valck, Marjike. 2007. Film Festivals: From European Geopolitics to Global Cinephilia. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Film festivals emerged in the post-war decades for different reasons and as a result of diverse local and international pressures.
“The early European festival tapped into the particular interactions of pre and post-second world war geopolitics that utilised the exhibition of national culture at international forums as a means of establishing the strength of nations and they national identities. (Harboured 2002, 64; de Vlack 2007) (PAGE 23)
Harbord, Janet. 2002. Film Cultures. London. Sage.
These events were sprung about by the desire to replicate the template set by the early geopolitically motivated European events but rather they rather they responded to the needs and conditions of their local environments. (PAGE 23)
TRANSLATION: The Melbourne film festival launching in a small town in 1952 was their way of showing films that weren’t likely to be seen at local cinemas, but also as an example of the type of stuff their country needed, comparing their environment and Europe’s.
In this article they are basing their belief off of the idea of the “inherent Euro-centrality of early film festivals”.(PAGE 24) Using de Valck (2007), and her three historical phases off international film development.
“It reveals the inherently local conditions that instigated MFF’s development and conditioned its operation.” (PAGE 24)
Chapter called “The Road to Olinda”
The society movement in Australia was fuelled by a demand for films of a different nature; explicitly these films produced outside of the hollywood studio system. (PAGE 25)
The societies responded to a growing interest in Australia of viewing film as an art form and sought to reposition the movies away from their categorisation as leisure activitiy, conspiring instead to activate an engaged film culture that existed outside the parameters of mass entertainment (PAGE 25)
In the words of Gerry Harant, early society member and later technical adviser to MFF, the societies marked ‘a protest movement against the domination of Australian screens by the Hollywood product and against the misuse of what we perceived as a valuable medium’ (2001, 93)
Harant, Gerry. 2001. ‘Melbourne Film Festival, 1952–2001’ Overland 164: 92–96.
“The perceived “misuse” of the filmic medium by commercial cinema lies at the heart of the Australian film society movement” (PAGE 25)
“The societies viewed cinema as an important social and historical artefact, considering it both an art form as well as a means of facilitating international understanding and social change” (PAGE 25)
“The society movement sough to engender the reception of cinema through a critically engaged and culturally legitimised framework of film appreciation” (PAGE 26)
“The society thus also took on the role of custodians for a new and engaged film culture” (PAGE 26)
Through the screening of films of social and formal consequence, broadly identified as documentaries, scientific and educational film, as well as left-wing cinema and European narrative cinema (Hodsdon 2001, 62–63), the societies sought to provide epistemological access to cinema as an artistic endeavour of social and moral significance
“Not only would the anti-hollywoods focus be maintained by the Melbourne even, but Olinda’s emphasis on short films, documentaries and quality international (primarily European0 features, as well as its overt promotion of a society-based film culture, would characterise MFF for decades to come” (PAGE 28)
“Australia was geographically, culturally and cinematically remote from what was occurring in the rest of the world during the 1950’s (Webber 2005)”
Webber, Pauline. 2005. History of Sydney film festival 1954-1983. Sydney, MA:University of Technology, 2005.
“Demonstrate the importance of considering global film festival development as the combined expression go local as well as international pressured, rather than a single movement characterised by the quality of its most visible parts.” (PAGE 30)
The European festivals were charcterised by their political allegiances and their top-down organisational structures. With their activities heavily dedicated to government agendas the became more focused on the pursuit of national rather than cinematic concerns. (PAGE 31)
“The focus of festivals became the self-presentation of nationhood” (page 31)
Hodsdon, J. Barrett. 2001. Straight Roads and Crossed Lines: The Quest for Film Culture in Australia from the 1960s? Shenton Park, WA: Bernt Porridge Group.
While the lack of external funding meant that the festival lacked the glamour and polish of contemporaneous international events, it also meant that the festival was freed from the demands of industry and national politics, allowing it to focus proceedings squarely on the appreciation of cinema as it existed outside of the commercial Hollywood sphere- their own funding meant that they were free to do as they wished without any added pressure from government systems.
Included within the offerings were documentaries produced by the Australian Army, examples of the European Avant Garde,
The festival’s opposition to notions of industry, as the binary other of culture, and its focus on screening those films ignored by commercial exhibitors provided the unifying thread to the event’s programme (Hope and Dickerson 2006).
Hope, Cathy, and Adam, Dickerson. 2006. ‘“Films for the Intelligent Layman”: The Origins of the Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals (1952–1958)’. Screening the Past, 19.
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