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lisztful · 1 year ago

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GO Season 2 and fandom history ramblings

Spoilers for Good Omens season 2 to follow:

I've watched the second season of Good Omens twice by now, and several days later I am still thinking about it. I know many people are delighted, pained, moved, and excited by the storyline, but that's not the only thing that I keep coming back to. For me, it's the novel experience of seeing the subtext become text, after countless years of existing in fandom without any possibility of that occurring.

For context, I've been in fandom for about 15 years, which is certainly not as long as many other folks I know. There are friends in my circle who collected Kirk/Spock zines back in the old days of fandom, who watched Starsky and Hutch as it was airing and read in it the love that dared not speak its name. Personally, I was one of many people of my generation who entered slash fandom via Harry Potter and LiveJournal, and began writing in the Merlin fandom.

From the beginning of my time in fandom, it was exceedingly clear to me that slash pairings for these shows were never, ever going to be canon. Articles about the Merlin tv series touted the parallels between magic and gay identity as early as the first season, but the show included straight romances for just about every main character. I tend to characterize fandom from around this era in the following buckets:

Deny, create straight pairings.

Token queer rep.

Cultivate queer subtext

Queer story arcs

Good Omens season two, apparently a category of its own

***often one show can be in more than one bucket at once, or moves between them as discourse evolves.

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Deny the subtext, create straight canon pairings to dispel slash undertones, express discomfort with the very idea of slash pairings, and sometimes downright mock the idea:

The paired actors from Stargate Atlantis, Supernatural, LOTR, and Sherlock did this, repeatedly denying, expressing discomfort, and sometimes even mocking slash at conventions and in interviews. So too Merlin, the Harry Potter films, etc. Hugh Dancy of Hannibal expressed this discomfort in a number of interviews, though notably Misha Collins and Mads Mikkelson, speaking about Supernatural and Hannibal respectively, were more open to the possibility of homoeroticism. All of these pairings were given heterosexual romance arcs.

In many examples, as the writers became aware of the subtext, the characters were actually separated to try to prevent any potential subtext from being read into their interactions. In Teen Wolf, Hannibal, Supernatural, Captain America, and the Witcher, character arcs separated pairings who previously spent a lot of screen-time together, physically distancing them to reduce any opportunity for subtext.

2. In the next category, there are the creators who write in minor gay characters in the hopes of appeasing fandom or shifting their focus from the main slash pairing. See JK Rowling making Dumbledore gay, Felicia Day's character in Supernatural, Jaskier in the Witcher, etc. This kind of redirection is often an attempt to say, see, we're not homophobic, but also we have no interest in alienating middle-America cable viewers by asserting that a traditionally masculine lead could in fact be queer. See Watson's queer sister in Sherlock, even while the writers denied any queer subtext between the leads.

A more contemporary subcategory of this category involves giving a character a backstory that hints at or includes queerness, but doesn't show it on screen or allow it for the character's present day arc. I think the Loki tv show is an example of this, as is Valkyrie in the Thor films, although I haven't seen Loki and I think there was a cut scene with Valkyrie that made her bisexuality canon for the film verse. WWDITS does this a little as well, though I think it's much more self aware and also, is an unfinished story arc. The main characters are revealed to be queer but the pairing is not thus far canonical, though both Nandor and Guillermo are shown having on-screen queer relationships with other (or in fact the same) people.

3. The next category, which I believe begins to push the boundaries of fandom, are those shows that purposefully wrote in or allowed subtext to flourish, likely for financial reasons. Again, there was no chance the writing teams were going to make a slash pairing canon, but they would certainly wink and nod at it to appease fandom. And, largely, this worked. Fans noticed it, we liked it, we worked it into fic. Did we also feel mocked and disrespected by it? Certainly. But those liminal spaces were where our identities were allowed to live, and so we took those seeds and turned them into the vibrant culture of fandom.

One particularly egregious example of this comes from the Teen Wolf television show, which produced a viral video featuring the members of the slash pairing. The video showed the actors cuddled close on a boat, and opened with one of the actors saying, "We're on a ship, pun intended." The ad was intended to garner votes for an award for the show, and purposefully capitalized upon slash fandom to that end. However, the show also simultaneously wrote out the possibility of these characters having a romantic arc.

Some subtler examples have surfaced often during unscripted Q&A sessions with actors, for example Hannibal's Mads Mikkelson reacting humorously during a panel discussion in which Hugh Dancy describes Hannibal and Will's love as platonic, indicating that he disagrees. See also Misha Collins saying, "Also, Cas is gay" in an instagram post, after a canonical declaration of unrequited love from Castiel to Dean in Supernatural (or requited if you believe the Spanish subtitles, though there's still plausible deniability for this to be platonic love).

Hannibal I think begins to push the boundaries here, and some fans will say that the Hannibal/Will slash pairing is canon. While there is a ton of space to read that in the show, especially in season three and in creator Brian Fuller's statements since the end of the show, the show utilizes ambiguity both for artistic effect and (in my opinion) to avoid ever making the subtext into text. See for example this much quoted line from the second last episode of season 3:

Will Graham : "Is Hannibal in love with me?" Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier : "Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for you and find nourishment at the very sight of you? Yes. But do you... ache for him?"

We quote this scene all the time and say, it's canon! Hannibal loves Will! I am personally a gigantic Hannibal fan and I love the room for subtext in this writing, but note that while it certainly SEEMS like Bedelia is saying Hannibal is in love with Will, she does not explicitly say that it is romantic love. Also, Will doesn't reply! We can read many emotions into his facial expression, but we don't have explicit canonical confirmation.

Similarly, the show's climactic ending is often touted as a romantic embrace, but I would say it is not undeniably, explicitly romantic. I feel it has strong romantic undertones, but the writers chose not to make the subtext into explicit text. It's important to mention that this show aired on cable, and as such was beholden to network censorship and the need to target cable audience for ratings. The next category of shows is different.

4. As television production has moved into the realm of streaming services, there has of course been a rise of well-received queer television and film, Orange is the New Black being one of the early examples. There is of course a financial market for this stuff, and it's easier to tailor content to sympathetic audiences. I do think this stuff is also just becoming vastly more visible in general (in politics, on tiktok, etc.) and as such we've seen more and more representation from TV shows. These shows were all, from their inception, intended as queer stories. This category includes Heartstopper (a show much beloved by me), Gentleman Jack, and notably OFMD. I think Our Flag Means Death stands out because it took pains to dispel many of the characteristic elements of fandom queerbaiting, which while evidently unintentional on the part of creator and writer David Jenkins, was almost certainly an intentional choice from the overwhelmingly queer writer's room for the show. But again, though many fans were surprised to see the pairing made canon, it was intended from the original arc of the show. I think the remake of Interview with the Vampire also falls into this category of more fandom-aware, intentional queer stories.

5. And then there's Good Omens. In season one, I think the show fit into categories 2 and 3, containing queer and nonbinary representation and allowing a lot of space for subtext. Michael Sheen stated in interviews that he was playing Aziraphale as a person who was trying not to show someone that he loved them, but never explicitly stated this to be a romantic love. I know fandom read it that way, including myself, but technically it was never explicitly stated as romantic love. It seemed reasonably clear in the landscape of season one, and the other shows that were being made at the same time, that slash pairings do not become canon. Much was made of a line from the Good Omens book, reiterated by Neil Gaiman on tumblr that angels are agender. Several of the characters are in show canon only referred to by gender neutral pronouns, though not Aziraphale or Crowley. Much more still was made of Gaiman's references to conversations in which he and Terry Pratchett joked? discussed? the pairing living in a cottage in the South Downs together after the events of the book. There was a great deal of room left by Sheen and Gaiman's comments, and by the subtext of the show, in which to imagine a queer romance.

As I prepared to watch season two, I remarked to a friend that I was curious to see what, if any, impact fandoms like Hannibal and OFMD might have had on the series. Hannibal fandom seems to have largely convinced Brian Fuller of the viability of a queer romance, though he has been cagey about if it would happen in a hypothetical season 4 of Hannibal (I've seen several interviews in which Fuller states that it might not happen in season 4 because "Hannibal would want Will to be able to consent, and he would not be able to in the planned storyline for season 4").

OFMD's success seems to have paved the way for story-lines containing queer representation and romance that are not in fact centered around the experience of being queer. OFMD, in addition to showcasing many different kinds of queer relationships, worked hard to write a story that was not a Heartstopper style coming out story. So too, Hannibal and Good Omens season one are compelling as stories that happen to contain possible queer pairings, not as stories framed around the experience of being queer.

Additionally, through each of his recent television series but most notably with Sandman, Neil Gaiman made an explicit statement about including substantial queer representation in his work. He did not seem to be overly burdened with the requirements from the Terry Pratchett estate, or with any personal fear of writing queer narratives. If ever there was a moment to make a slash pairing canon, it seemed to be now.

As I watched season two, I felt much as I had watching OFMD - filled with a sense of disbelief that after countless fandoms in which there was no eventual queer arc, the subtext seemed suspiciously close to becoming text. I kept reminding myself not to get my hopes up, because that has basically never paid off in the past! I assumed the show would hint heavily but leave some room for ambiguity.

But it didn't! And not only did it deliberately and explicitly state that the arc was a romantic one, it also referenced and validated subtext from season one, which I suspect was before anyone had a serious intention of making this pairing explicitly canonical. I cannot think of any other example of a fandom that began a story without an intended queer romantic arc for its main characters, and ended up writing one in. If there are any other shows out there I would love to know, but for now Good Omens stands alone as the first fandom I know of in history to do this. What a time to be alive, and part of fandom! I can't wait to see what happens next!

#meta #ramblings #GOSeason2Spoilers #Good omens meta #Hannigram #OFMD #this is exceedingly long

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five-rivers · 4 years ago

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Some things I've noticed or think are unique to the DP fandom:

1. We fuel more material through the fandom than we do with the source material. We've bled that show dry, and we're left with an evolving fandom to get more material from. Most of the stuff we see as canon might actually be fanon, but after writing about it for 16 years, who can really tell the difference?

2. I read somehwere that a perk of fanfiction is that everyone knows the source material so you don't have to bother with reading/writing backstory. In the DP fandom, we've all collectively agreed to read and write the backstory anyway. Other fandoms write perfectly wonderful, self sustaining fics without having to include the backstory, but here, we almost always include Danny's accident either in the beginning or as a flashback of some sort. So you don't have to watch the show to know what the show was about- you can find a fic, any fic, and know exactly what happens. There are writers for other fandoms with similar mindsets, but not at the rate we see here. (Not that it's a bad thing, I think it's cool seeing different takes on the same story. Especially since we don't really see the initial accident except through the theme song, so most takes on the accident are potentially unique anyway.)

3. Honestly? There's not as much gate keeping here than there is in other fandoms. I know it's not unique to DP, but it's interesting I think, because there's a stark contrast from this fandom to other fandoms where half the audience is trying to out-fan the others, while everyone here is like "oh hello you're new can I introduce you to a good fic?" It's a nice break from "i know more than you. Im the bigger fan."

4. We're more interested in reveal fics than other fandoms might be. Reveal fics are fun for all fandoms imo but it's fascinating how many reveal fics you can find in this fandom alone. I can't even come up with an explanation for it, I just think it's interesting.

5. We manage to adopt people into the fandom a lot and some reason we never leave or move on? People fall out of other fandoms all of the time, but when we join DP, we stick around a while.

Not to mention Phanniemay and Ectober, the fact that everyone hates Butch Hartman, the way we create and spread background characters so quickly, the phases the fandom has gone through, and the canon we have all agreed to ignore.

So in short, somehow we have created a community that inspires not just through the source material but also through itself and each other while also often abandoning the source material.

Sorry. I know this strays from your question about how other fandoms are unique, not how DP is unique from other fandoms, but these are all notable things that make DP such a wild fandom to join. What do you think?

Gosh, this is such an awesome analysis of the phandom that I can’t even begin to add on. This is so cool? So nice? And I get to post it? Criminal. Get up here anon and take credit (jk jk, you don’t have to).

But, yeah! I think you’ve hit a lot of the big points-- It’s certainly why I stayed after falling in out of sheer nostalgia. I suspect a lot of it is because we’re a ‘mature’ fandom... As in, it has been a long, long time since we got new content or a new influx of people and a lot of the drama’s already been had. Also, we’ve decided to kill ‘god.’ Except whatever’s going on with instagram cosplayers? I don’t know.

I’ve seen a lot about how our phandom is different, but this is my primary (only, really) fandom, so I haven’t really seen how others act and interact. Not firsthand. And these little snippets mean a lot to me. It’s just so interesting. Because we’re all on the surface the same type of thing, but there are so many little differences?

Anyway, thank you for sharing this with me!

#danny phantom #phandom meta #phandom #ask #answer

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thoughts-on-bangtan · 4 years ago

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Which member do you think is the most supportive of VMIN?

Admin 1: For a change I’ll be the one that’ll use comparatively few words since I don’t have that big of an opinion. As much as I enjoy joining in on the jokes about how Jimin is the president of the Namjinists (due to his April Fool’s Day joke tweet from years ago and other such things), I’ve never given much thought to who among the members might be the most supportive of vmin.

But perhaps I’d say it could be Hoseok due to his general fondness of both Jimin and Tae as individuals but also as them together, how he said his favorite song off of MOTS7 is Friends and even sung it during the FESTA karaoke with the iconic (very suggestive and heavy on the implications) hip thrust during Tae’s “hey, Jimin, oneul” part. I’m sure you know exactly what I mean. Also if we consider that Jimin and Hoseok were roommates for a long time, I guess it wouldn’t be too far-fetched of an assumption to make on my part that surely they had a number of deep late night talks over the years, and chances are Jimin would’ve sought out advice from Hoseok during one of them, perhaps even confided in him about his feelings for Tae (regardless which ones, both would be valid and something you’d talk about with a close friend).

Another option might be Namjoon, since he’s the leader and thus certainly the person who would have to know about such developments within the group for obvious reasons, but also it seems like Namjoon sought out consolation and advice from both Jimin (like that scene in BV4 around the bonfire off to the side from the group) and Tae (like the story he told at 5th Muster Seoul (?) about how he was kind of sad/feeling off so he talked to Tae before the encore and what Tae said made him feel better), meaning they are more than close enough to bring up certain topics with each other. So, based on that, it doesn’t seem too much of a stretch that he would stand up/look out for them if need be in conversations with BH etc.

That being said, regardless of how we interpret vmin and their bond, I think it’s safe to say that all the members are endlessly supportive of them, just like they are with any other duo within the group, though it’s easy to see that they do highlight vmin at times as something…special. A bond that’s noteworthy, stands out, even within a group as close as they are.

Admin 2: Chances are that what I think and am about to say might be a bit controversial. At the same time I’d like to note that this is only my personal opinion and theory, and not some kind of proven fact, yes? Perhaps no one will agree with me, but after putting many thoughts into this and looking at different content and events that have transpired over the years, as well as some other factors I’ll explain later, these are the conclusions I’ve drawn when it comes to the members and vmin. Furthermore, I don’t want to negate/comment on other ships since those don’t really play any role in this the way some might assume.

I think it’s important to remember that BTS basically exist in two version (though they are closely intertwined):

1: the idols on screen, who stand on stage, who share their music with us, who film content and who, to a certain degree, play a role, keep up an appearance that’s part honest and part mystery.

“I think V can show parts of Kim Taehyung and parts of V, but Kim Taehyung can’t show V. Kim Taehyung is Kim Taehyung. Kim Taehyung is someone who’s still filled with a lot of curiosity and he’s inquisitive about a lot of things. There are so many things he wants to do. Also I think there’s so many things he is curious about.” – Tae, Break the Silence: Persona

2: the real-life humans with private lives, private friendships and personalities that are similar but not quite the same as what we know and see.

Both of these are real in their own right, and both of them influence each other in more ways than one. So, when we look at vmin in the context of both, the question of support and showing certain things and how those affect version 1 and 2 are tricky, multifaceted and much more complex than some imagine or present it as. Because the moment we assume private life vmin are real, that sort of swift in dynamic ultimately also affects their work and demands adjustments from all parties involved, especially the other members. A large portion of what they do and say on screen or anywhere that we can see it is, to a certain degree, planned or has been discussed prior.

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In one of the Break the Silence episodes Namjoon spoke about how with the more recent tours they haven’t been really able to do as much “free style” stuff (as in moving freely around stage and being silly, that sort of thing) between songs with choreographies, as opposed to how it used to be in the early days, since much of the show is perfectly timed and planned down to every little detail and every single light surrounding the stage. Much the same way everything else sure is, too. Look at RUN, even there you can notice them looking at printed out pages that surely contain a short storyboard of how the episode should more or less go in general terms, since that makes editing and keeping things cohesive much easier, especially since BTS are seven people, therefore seven moving independent variables.

Keeping all of this in mind, I’ve come to the conclusion that, in my opinion, the biggest vmin supporter is JK, followed by Hobi and Namjoon. I don’t mean, by any means, that completely idiotic theory some have created that one ship hides another, because that isn’t at all what I am going for with this. Of course Tae and JK are T*ek*ok (a subunit name they’ve after all created themselves though that context of that moment has long been changed by people) and Jimin and JK are J*ko*k, and depending on the demand (from a PR point of view as well as those of fans) and situations, those ships are utilized/highlighted in certain ways to achieve certain things. With this I don’t mean to belittle the actual real-life bonds between the real-life members, merely the “fantasy” versions created in large parts by shippers.

But that isn’t what I mean. Let me explain.

There are several situations that I think support my theory/opinion, past and more recent, but for the sake of fresh memories that we’ll all be able to recall, I’ll use more recent ones. During their vlive when BE and Life Goes On were just released, the one where they wore PJs, had pizza and that cardboard cutout of Yoongi, there was a moment when Tae was supposed to put lipstick on Jimin. He pulled Jimin close with his arm around his shoulder while Jimin giggled and playfully pretended to try and push him away or stop him from doing it, despite seemingly holding on to his top to keep him close anyway. While that was happening, the other members checked what they were doing and notably JK, upon seeing what vmin were up to, moved a few steps away closer toward the cameras and stood as though between vmin and said cameras while holding that silver screen thing used for lighting in photography (I’m not sure how it’s called). Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but seeing as Namjoon, who carried the Yoongi cutout, joined him, it seemed like they were trying to hide vmin, which of course didn’t work out since the producers simply switched to a different camera.

This might be me going temporarily delulu but toward the end of that sequence there was a moment where we couldn’t see much of vmin save for the tops of their heads. At some point Tae made a move with his head which some (including myself) have interpreted as a potential smooch (as in an actual one or just him pretending/doing the motion of it, that’s up for debate) which caused Hobi to break out in loud laughter.

A second example is day two of MOTS ON:E when it was time for Dynamite. Usually vmin just walk past each other doing something funny or interacting in some way, but on that day instead Jimin pulled Tae closer, enough so that their foreheads touched, and they looked at each other in quite a meaningful way. At the same time JK stood right behind them, since he’s the one that opens the song, and watched what was happening. Just like with the above example, he stepped toward them and put his hand on the back of Tae’s head in a gesture that I interpreted as a form of safety measurement that IF vmin were to potentially do something…risky, he could intervene by quite literally pulling them apart/stopping them. This moment of course has been twisted and manipulated in many different ways to, for example, showcase some supposed jealousy or alike, but I think that’s just plain stupid.

I’d also like to show you a few other pictures that I think show us the kind of dynamic he really has with vmin, how he watches (over) his hyungs with affection and support, so to speak:

(the following pictures, left to right: JM, JK, TH)

The sole fact that three maknae ships can exist simultaneously, while vmin might be the likely one to be real, in my opinion shows that everything between the three of them must be more than okay, that there’s harmony and understanding between them, everyone knowing their place/role exactly, that there’s no jealousy or other negative emotions involved. Even more so when we consider the stakes that come with it all, at the top of it all being money, not only for the members but also BH (including everyone who invested money in stocks, as well as all their employees that need to be paid). And the fact that BTS aren’t rookies anymore, but instead they have a big and very relevant role in a broader sense when it comes to influence, power, and fame.

Look at how professional they are when it comes to being idols and everything that entails, including shipping. Just look at how despite Tae’s Weverse comment to that one shipper, and the conversation in In The Soop, they played their roles so convincingly that no one who is in favor of that ship is willing to believe them or consider that perhaps they were wrong. But, this is more of a topic for another post, so I’ll leave it at that.

Looking at all these moments, bigger and smaller ones, gestures that some didn’t even notice or did but interpreted in a completely different way for their own reasons, it brought me to the conclusion that JK is their biggest supporter.

Just like Admin 1 said, I also think that Hobi and Namjoon are big supporter as well. Although I can’t for the life of me remember the piece of content where he said this (if anyone knows, please do let me know), I recall a moment where Namjoon spoke to Tae and said that he’s his responsibility, which made me wonder if that perhaps meant that Namjoon gave his vote of confidence about Tae (and vmin) to BH or agreed to keep an eye on him/them to keep them in check. But that’s just a thought/theory.

At the end of the day, whatever our opinion may be, we have to remember that we know very little about their private life, a tiny percentage if even, so it’s important to stick to/pay attention to/based our opinions on the original material and what the members say, instead of taking into account edited videos on YT or opinions influenced by others agendas, but that, too, is something to be discussed in a different post.

Thank you for this interesting question!

#answered ask #answered ask by admin 1 #answered by admin 2 #vmin #bts #bangtan sonyeondan #a little discussion on the dynamic within the group in a vmin context #jimin #taehyung

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dumbassacademia · 5 years ago

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An Overly Complicated Analysis Of Costumes In Jesus Christ Superstar (2018)

For a little background on my love for JCS: I basically grew up on the 70′s movie. I think I was eight? When I watched it for the first time? And I loved it, way more than I expected to. I think it’s a great musical. And the 2018 version? When that happened, I was so excited I nearly lost it. I really don’t have a preference between the two, I see them both as very different shows and I love them both a lot. But anyway, the one I have lots of thoughts about the costuming of? 2018. So I guess this is happening purely because you want me to and not because I want to write it at all (jk I’ve thought about this nonstop since last night thank you all so much for actually wanting to read this). Also literally none of these pics are mine they’re just visual aids shamelessly stolen from google soooo... yeah. Full disclosure. Under the cut bc I’m about to get real long winded

So first of all, it’s pretty clear right from the start that there’s a lot of individuality to the way the costumes are done. Everyone has their own thing. But the other notable part? The colors. Everyone wears fairly muted colors, mostly black, with a few other shades of grey and things like that. Even their Jesus shirts, which are written in yellow, are done in a dark and dirty style. Also they just all look so badass? Like? Seriously? Amazing. Moment of appreciation for how wickedly punk rock the ensemble costuming is for this show.

The Pharisees also wear all black, but their all black is a uniform. They wear the exact same things. They’re uniform. They’re in line. They’re a force to be reckoned with, and they’re meant to be together. Everyone else’s clothes show rebellion, everyone else clearly goes against the grain and are different and unique. Jesus is a rebel and his followers were too, so it makes sense. The Pharisees weren’t rebels. They were like, the opposite of rebels. Hence uniforms. I really like the geometric details, also, the straight lines, the way it looks like it’s full of sharp edges even though it’s clearly not. Good use of patterns.

There are only like five exceptions who wear real colors in the show. Judas is one of the exceptions, in his red shirt. For most of the show it’s at least partially covered by his vest, but it is very present. It’s not the brightest shirt in the world, nothing is very bright there, but it’s red. Red really isn’t a surprising color choice for Judas, considering it’s very commonly associated with the bad or the evil, and that is how Judas is most commonly depicted. He’s the bad guy, he wears red, it tracks. Judas also wears silver at the end of the show, along with some ladies, because he’s a ghost and they’re? angels? I think? Doesn’t matter. He wears silver because it’s a heavenly color, and so do his backup dancers because they’re also heavenly. And it’s a fishnet style tank top and he’s covered head to toe in rhinestones. I just really vibe with him in that outfit which is why I attached pics of him in both.

Pontius Pilate is wearing rich person clothes. He’s got the gold and the vibrant, rich, deep red. He’s dressed kind of like a douche. He is kind of a douche. It fits.

King Herod, what a legend. He’s dressed in a completely gold suit. It’s sick. The cane? With a skull at the top? Sick. If you can’t tell, I really love King Herod’s character in JCS (and Alice Cooper is so good). He’s got his backup dancers who also have some gold, although of course not nearly as much. Gold is a good, royal, entitled color, and he’s royal and entitled, and his backup dancers are pretty and fabulous so they deserve it. Take another moment of appreciation for the incredible dancing in this show.

Jesus, of course, is dressed in white. Again, classic dichotomy of good vs bad includes the color white. White is good. White is pure. Jesus wears white. (He isn’t white, for the record, just his clothes). It a nice touch, the separation between Jesus and everyone else. But the more specific part of his costume that I really enjoy is his cardigan. First of all, I just love the mental imagery of Jesus in a cardigan. Cardigans rock. But also, I love the fact that his cardigan is grey. Blacks and greys, dark colors, muted colors, those are what the people wear. Jesus isn’t just divine, (although he is divine, which is why he wears white) he’s also a man. He is one of the people. The grey is that connection to the real world. And again, it’s a cardigan. Jesus in a cardigan? Rad.

And last but most certainly not least, my girl Mary Magdalene. Mary is, first of all, so precious. The part where she gives Judas her scarf? When she sees him sitting alone? Even though he’s been nothing but dickish to her through the whole show? So soft. So precious. I love her. Anyway. I think this personality is very heavily represented with her dress. Mary wears yellow. Not gold, not anything rich or fancy, but it’s also not muted or dark. She wears a yellow dress because she is warm, and she is caring, and she is soft. She cares about people. If you’ll notice her shoes, (top picture) also, you can see that Mary wears sandals. Pretty much everyone else in the show wears sneakers, with the exception of the dancers for Judas and Herod, who wear those awesome heels. Take another moment of appreciation for them being badasses who do their sick choreography, even in heels. Anyway, back to Mary. Everyone wears sneakers, (or sneaker equivalents, I’m not amazing at identifying specific shoes) or other athletically prepared shoes. They’re ready to run or fight or overall because they’re punk and rebellious and all that. But Mary wears sandals because she is a person of peace. When someone is angry, she tries to share peace. She brings a candle to the apostles. She goes to comfort Judas when he argues with Jesus, literally about her, because he’s upset and she knows it. She can wear her sandals because she has no need to be fast, has no need to be rebellious. She just is. She is dressed as a woman who respects herself and who genuinely cares about other people. Once again, if you can’t tell, I love Mary Magdalene. She’s one of my favorite characters in JCS.

Every person in this show is costumed so magnificently to the personality of their characters. The personal touches are incredible. Idk, I just really love everything they did with this show.

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politicalprof · 5 years ago

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2019 in books:

David McCullough, 1776: A highly accessible, if somewhat naive, depiction of the year that defined the prospects for American independence. I wouldn’t go there for deep, critical analysis. But for a story of a year, it is well done.

Michael Palin, Erebus: HMS Erebus was a British naval vessel that spent much of its career in Arctic and Antarctic exploration. If you are interested in Victorian era explorations of hard places, a fascinating read.

Emilio Corsetti III, 35 Miles from Shore: The story of an airline crash in the early 1970s in the Caribbean. What happened, why, how, who survived and what we learned. Interesting if not brilliant.

Raymond Thorp, Crow Killer: Old-fashioned tale of the inspiration behind the Robert Redford movie Jeremiah Johnson. As much fantasy as history. But it offers a flavor of a time and a subgroup few Americans would know.

James Corey, Caliban’s War: The second book of “The Expanse” series. The protomolecule is working its mojo, and Earth, Mars and the Belters are none too happy with one another. A fun read of a massive space opera.

Walter Kempowski, All for Nothing: Set in the context of the collapsing Eastern Front during WWII, this story proceeds from the fractured point of view of the Germans who are about to be turned into refugees fleeing oncoming Soviet forces. The book, notably, does not make these Germans sources of sympathy: the mood is dissonant and disordered. A real piece of literature.

Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall: Because who doesn’t want a point-of-view account of a key counselor to Henry VIII, one who rose to extraordinary wealth and power despite his humble birth and then managed the, how shall we say, removal of Kathrine as Queen? Replaced by Anne Boleyn? Who wouldn’t want to read it? It’s excellent, by the way.

James Corey, Abaddon’s Gate: Book three of The Expanse, and the protomolecule has remade humanity’s relationship to the universe. But we’ll probably screw that up, too. Another good story, filled with actual thought about the problems of space travel and space living.

MIchael Krondl, The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice: Venice, Lisbon and Amsterdam each in their turn dominated the global spice trade -- a trade that was one of the main stimuli for early colonialism and imperial conquest, and which strongly influenced the rise of the modern corporation as a linch-pin of global capitalism. The book is not as good as it should be, but the story is one that few people know, but should.

Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies: Hey, it’s time to get rid of Anne Boleyn everyone! Or, at least, to separate her head from her body. And let’s manage the English Reformation, too ... all just a few years before losing our own head. Welcome to the early/middle 1500s in England everyone!

Leigh Perry, A Skeleton in the Family: Who doesn’t have a skeleton living in their house who helps solve mysteries. I mean, who doesn’t?

JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: So my son has started reading Harry Potter. So I have started reading Harry Potter. I liked this book: it’s tight, it’s focused, it’s a fun read. I see the appeal.

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The answer to the questions: “What if the angels and demons charged with over-seeing Earth as humans go from the Garden of Eden to Armageddon decide that they like Earth and don’t want Armageddon to happen (even if their allies do)? And what if the Anti-Christ were raised in a perfectly mundane family in a perfectly mundane English village? How might it all turn out?” To delightful and funny effect.

JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Meh. Okay. Not as good as book one. But still a good story.

Gilbert King, Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America: A broad pastiche of events surrounding one of the many civil rights cases of the 1940s and 50s: the abuses and murders of several African American men accused of raping a white woman in Lakeland, FL, in 1949. With a whole lot of associated discussions of other cases, the NAACP, corrupt and criminal law enforcement, race riots, and the like. A good read. And how can it be that the bastard George HW Bush, put Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court to fill a seat once held by the staggering legal figure that was Thurgood Marshall. Shameful is the only word.

JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Certainly better than the Chamber of Secrets. A darker turn. But beginning to get padded as readers demanded “more” if not “better.”

James Corey, Cibola Burn: Book 4 of The Expanse ... and I didn’t like it. It seemed like filler, a book written to a contract deadline. Maybe it will pay off in the end. But another one like that and I’m not going to care.

Tom Phillips, Humans: A Brief History of How We Fucked It All Up: Did you know our oldest known ancestor, Lucy, probably died by falling out of a tree? If stories about how people have messed things up, have suffered both intentional and unintentional consequences, turn you on, do I ever have the book for you. Schadenfreude much?

JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Dear lord is this book long. Why? No doubt because the fans wanted it to be. But it is as gratuitously padded as any book I have ever read. It’s okay. But I wasn’t particularly impressed. Perhaps another six Quidditch matches would have helped ....

Adam Higginbotham, Midnight in Chernobyl: Thought the HBO miniseries was scary? It was tame. I mean: the Soviets, with their level of “technical prowess” and their industrial “quality control checks” ran the facility. Heck, Chernobyl wasn’t even their first disaster. Let’s just put it this way: the actual fuel piles in each of the FOUR Chernobyl reactors were so big that: 1) different sections had different characteristics, and didn’t all operate at the same rates or temperatures; and 2) the monitoring equipment couldn’t record how all of the pile was operating at any time. Happy now? Russia still has 10 Chernobyl-style reactors in operation. Enjoy your good night’s sleep everyone!

JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Yes, yes: I know. This isn’t Order of the Phoenix. Well, I read Order of the Phoenix many years ago, and thought it was deeply annoying. A pile of words with little point. A way to keep the audience happy with long passages about very little.

Meanwhile, I, like my son, roared through Half-Blood Prince. A ripping good tale. Much tighter than the last several of the series.

JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: A fine read. A bit slow getting going: let’s go here! Let’s go there! Let’s recap the plot! But after the first 1/3 or so, the story got moving and I enjoyed it. Didn’t expect great literature; didn’t get great literature. But then again, I deeply appreciate how much pleasure my son got from this, and how excited my daughter is to engage with it. If it hadn’t been conceived and written, it seems like there’d be a Harry Potter sized hole in the universe.

Neil Gaiman, American Gods: In all honesty, I didn’t really like the first 2/3 of this book: too many tangents; too many sub-stories for the sake of sub-stories. And I’m still not sure I think it was a great book. But I really enjoyed the last third of it, and there were moments, vignettes, and sentences that truly blew me away. So I am glad I stayed with it.

Kameron Hurley, The Light Brigade: A sci fi story of soldiers apparently engaged in a war with Mars who are transported to the battlefield as beams of light. One gets unhinged from time. I am not sure it was worth the work, and I came to understand it was based on a short story and so, at times, it seemed a bit one-trick pony-ish. But it had its share of moments.

Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: A bit slow going at first, but it grows more compelling as it moved forward. This is the story of the 1936 crew (rowing) team at the University of Washington that went to Berlin and won the gold medal as Adolf Hitler watched. An interesting story about crew as a sport (about which I knew basically nothing), and life in Depression-era Washington state -- with a little, somewhat gratuitous, commentary about life in Nazi Germany layered in. One takeaway? The actor Hugh Laurie’s father was the lead oarsman on the British crew at Berlin in 1936. Hugh Laurie rowed crew at Cambridge as well.

James Corey, Nemesis Games: The next in the Expanse series. Much more enjoyable than the last one, but still a bit strained. One heck of a plot “twist.” A perfectly lovely way to relax; didn’t change my life. Some interesting character twists. But also a lot of “here are some giant developments (a lot of giant stuff) that give us lots of things to write about going forward!”

Alan Stern and David Grinspoon, Chasing New Horizons: the story of the New Horizons mission to Pluto. Interesting behind the scenes look at how the mission got funded, planned and implemented. Accessible in terms of the explanations; thick with bureaucratic story-telling and summary. It turns out this stuff is really, really hard. Interesting, but it didn’t blow me away.

And to end the year, I am reading: Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal: What if 13 year old Jesus had a buddy who, 2000 years later, wrote a gospel that filled in those missing years of Joshua’s (as Biff calls Jesus) life? Well, here’s your answer.

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wizardlogic · 5 years ago

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I want to talk about the Statute of Secrecy

Alternate Title: Please tell me about the late 1600s/early 1700s.

Okay so there is kind of a theme in the background of HP that like, the wizarding world withdrew into itself in the past and is in some ways still frozen in that time. It seems like the 20th century has shaken that up, but there are definitely still echoes of this history present in the culture. Like. How much though? I have a lot of ideas about how the Muggle 20th century bled into the wizarding world, because I know stuff about it, but what was it like before that?

- Wizards were keeping themselves de facto seperate in a lot of cases long before this, how much/how little overlap is there in wizard vs muggle cultures in the past?

- JK says a lot was in response to witch burning etc, but I always hear that that isn’t accurate to the period? What is the truth????

- How involved were wizards in like, British colonialism? Were they even aware of it?

- Comes to that, how different is the HP world from ours? Did some bits of history play out differently? It seems like it might have.

- Sir Isaac Newton was doing astronomy, calculus, and various alchemical research, and experimenting with gravity during this period, and was criticized for introducing "occult agencies" into science. He also went a little crazy during the 1690s and almost certainly had alchemy-related mercury poisoning. Make of this what you will.

-Pennsylvania founded in 1682. Just a fun fact that to me grounds what period this is in.

- August 25, 1682 – Following the Bideford witch trial, three women become the last known to be hanged for witchcraft in England, at Exeter.

- 1689, February: William III and Mary II are proclaimed co-rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland, deposing King James VII. Parts of Ireland does not recognize their authority, leading to a war, ended by the Treaty of Limerick in 1691. There is also some kind of resistance in Scotland.

- 1689 -International Confederation of Wizards signs the International Code of Wizarding Secrecy, to be implemented in 1692. First meeting was in France. Goblins wanted in and were refused. Notably, the title for the leader of the council is taken from an Algonquin word.

- Who was on the council? What countries? How connected was the wizarding world at this time? How connected is it now? The Scourers “formed due to the lack of any form of wizarding governance and law enforcement in the New World,” but MACUSA seems to be part of the statute now? What’s the deal with America? Do wizards recognize, for example, Iroquois, as a separate country still?

- China is in the Qing Dynasty when whatever portion of the wizarding world withdraws. This dynasty will not end IRL until the early 20th century. This is a pretty UK-centric history but this is just a thing that I know.

o In Great Britain, the newly-created Ministry of Magic attempted to liaise with the Muggle British Monarch (then jointly William III and Mary II) via a special Ministry Delegation, begging them for the protection of wizards under Muggle law. The failure of this attempt at official recognition and protection seems to have been the final straw that forced wizardkind to voluntarily move in the opposite direction toward secrecy.

o The Pro-Secrecy side wanted to peacefully withdraw and hide. The Anti-Secrecy side mostly wanted to declare war on the Muggles, except the Malfoys, who were Anti-Secrecy because they didn’t want to lose their political and business connections.

-A bunch of fictional towns are established, including Godric’s Hollow, as post-secrecy communities form. Worldbuilding implied but underutilized.

- Borders have changed enormously in response to non-magical politics, what does a world map look like drawn by wizards?

Theories? Thoughts? Historical knowledge?

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muchmorethanmusesarchived · 6 years ago

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happy munday~

PEOPLE I’D LIKE TO KNOW BETTER!

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tagging: Again, I’m lazy.

ONE ( ALIAS / NAME ): Christina - but y’all can call me anything and I’ll respond eventually. Susan is a big one. Wand, Wandy, Bun, Bunny, Harley-mun.

TWO ( BIRTHDAY ): 26th Nov

THREE ( ZODIAC SIGN ): Sagittarius

FOUR ( HEIGHT ): 5′smthn smthn - I think I’m deffo above five-two but Idk if I’m five three, or four, or four and a bit. Certainly not at five five

FIVE ( HOBBIES ): Tumblr / RP (& other writing, but barely), Video games - most notably Don’t Starve / DST, Movies and TV shows, Rare Baking. && That’s about it?

SIX ( FAVOURITE COLOUR(S) ): Black and Red. And then Halloween-esque colours.

SEVEN ( FAVOURITE BOOKS ): It’s probably easier for me to list authors so - JK Rowling, Jodi Piccoult, Stephen King, Darren Shan, Jacquline Wilson, Terry Pratchett, George RR Martin, R L Stein.

EIGHT ( LAST SONG LISTENED TO ): Ivan the Terrible Vs. Alexander the Great Epic Rap Battles of History

NINE ( LAST FILM WATCHED ): Think it may have been Pinnochio

TEN ( INSPIRATION FOR MUSE ): Varies muse to muse - obviously some are canon, so, source material... Some are just little magpie’d creations from things I like and find shiny.

ELEVEN ( MEANING BEHIND YOUR URL ): I made a multimuse for the D:BH video game and that was ‘much more than machines’ - when I decided I wanted to multimuse ALL my muses, I played off that and made it ‘much more than muses’ which is also tru bc catch me sobbing over my 60 children on this blog pretty regularly.

#[😈] Mun About #[😈] Mun Queue

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aion-rsa · 3 years ago

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Will Batgirl Give J.K. Simmons Something to Do in the DCEU?

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HBO Max’s Batgirl movie has finally started to take shape with last week’s casting of Leslie Grace as its central debutante vigilante, Barbara Gordon. Moreover, the other crucial element in the film’s dynamic was recently revealed by THR, which reports that J.K. Simmons will play the character’s father/foil, Commissioner James Gordon, reprising his role from 2017’s Justice League (and 2021 redux Zack Snyder’s Justice League, a.k.a. the Snyder Cut). Consequently, the casting essentially confirms the film’s place in the DC Extended Universe continuity. So, will Simmons’s Gordon get to field more than rooftop meetings this time around?

Simmons, an Oscar-winning actor, is already a staple in the comic book movie genre from his irreplaceable role as boisterously cantankerous paper editor J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy and a recently relaunched iteration of the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe set to take the spotlight in this December’s Spider-Man: No Way Home. Yet, he can also effectively play a frightening badass, as anyone who watched his run on 1997-2003 HBO prison drama Oz can attest. Pertinently, Simmons, upon the announcement of his Justice League James Gordon role, stoked serious hype for his then-upcoming contribution to the character’s long legacy with images of his buffed-up physique (then at 61 years of age,) posted by his trainer. Plus, a 2016 EW interview had him promising a more…let’s just say proactive version of Gordon than we’ve seen in the past.

“People of my generation remember Commissioner Gordon as this jolly, ineffectual Santa Claus type, and I think over the years in the comics there’s definitely much more of a badass side to him,” explained Simmons. “One of the things that’s interesting to me is investigating hopefully a little bit more of that badass [side]…You’re living in a universe where it’s pretty tough to be a badass compared to somebody like Batman, but in the universe of non-superheroes I like the idea of Commissioner Gordon as a guy that can take care of himself, a guy that’s a real partner to Batman, not just a guy that turns on the bat signal and goes, ‘Help! Help, Batman!’”

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Unfortunately, the Justice League gig didn’t get to live up to the hulking hype, and Simmons was relegated to a minor role, primarily for a scene in which Batman and the rest of the assembled heroes meet with Gordon in the familiar backdrop of a Bat-Signal-hosting Gotham rooftop. There, he mostly provided some expository dialogue and played the proverbial straight man in some of the sporadic superhero comic moments. Furthermore, all of Simmons’s social-media-showcased gym work ended up hidden underneath a suit and trenchcoat, leaving his “badass side” in storage for another day that wasn’t exactly promised to arrive. Indeed, it was an anticlimactic result that didn’t even live up to what was achieved with Gary Oldman’s version of the character in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy, who at least occasionally got out in the field to fight criminals, and even had his moment to help save the day in explosive fashion when driving the Tumbler Batmobile in the first film.

Now, with Batgirl, Simmons’s 2016 teases can prospectively come to fruition, belated as they may be. While no details about the plot have been confirmed as of yet, the definitive dynamic of Barbara Gordon has always prominently focused on how her surreptitious nocturnal flights of fancy affect James, who is initially oblivious to the idea that one of the junior vigilantes in Batman’s stable—with whom he regularly deals in his capacity as commissioner—happens to be his own daughter. It’s a potential powder keg dynamic that has been placed in the hands of up-and-coming directorial duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys for Life), who work off a screenplay by Christina Hodson (Birds of Prey, Bumblebee).

Thusly, it will be interesting to see what manifests from this team, especially since the course of the DCEU is now significantly altered from the vision initially set by dismissed story maestro Zack Snyder. Indeed, Snyder not only had grandiose ideas for Justice League to serve as the first part of a time-traversing trilogy, but his plans also involved expanding the roster of solo films, with Batgirl being one of the prominent entries. However, based on what details Snyder eventually divulged in an Esquire interview this past March about his now-nixed version of the story, Gordon’s action hero prospects were unlikely to improve.

“You see, I always wanted Barbara Gordon to come in the movies. Commissioner Gordon would be on the way out, and we’d have Barbara starting to play a bigger role,” explains Snyder. “My idea was that after Batman sacrificed himself [in the climax of his unrealized third Justice League movie], there would be a window where there was no Batman, and I thought Barbara could fill that until the child of Superman and Lois, who has no powers, would become Batman when he was of age.”

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That leaves us to wonder how much of Snyder’s story DNA will remain present in this current iteration of the Batgirl project. Of course, it has already been passed down by many creative hands in the lengthy gestation process, the most prominent of which was Joss Whedon, pinch-director of Justice League’s 2017 theatrical release, which is the version that Warner—despite the film’s underperforming status and Whedon’s personal controversies—still definitively considers canonical for the DCEU. Yet, in Snyder’s slow-burn Batgirl designs, James Gordon would have been in the eventually-realized solo movie just to be quickly phased out as Barbara fills the vigilante vacuum left in Batman’s wake. It wouldn’t exactly be promising for Barbara, either, since she was destined to be relegated—presumably after a time jump—to mentoring the powers-deprived son of Superman and Lois Lane, whose conception was subtly implied exclusively in the Snyder Cut with an ambiguously-worded congratulations to Clark Kent from Bruce Wayne after the latter “bought the bank.”

Of course, while directors El Arbi and Fallah certainly stand to place their own creative imprint onto the mythos, Hodson was hired to pen the Batgirl script back in April of 2018, a time that may have been after Snyder’s tenure came to its abrupt end behind the scenes, but still had Warner working with the immediate aftermath of his playbook. This was notably the case with Aquaman, which featured the key character of Amber Heard’s Mera, who Snyder introduced with his initial work on Justice League, and the Snyder Cut also notably served as the retroactive introduction of Willem Dafoe’s Vulko. Yet, Simmons, even after the disappointing Justice League role, has expressed enthusiasm about returning as Jim Gordon. Perhaps what he’s read of the Batgirl script has given him reason to be optimistic about his desired action prospects.

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Batgirl doesn’t have a firm release date to reveal, but the film is set for an exclusive streaming premiere on HBO Max in 2022 or 2023. However, by that point, Warner will have already debuted a different version of Commissioner James Gordon, as played by Jeffrey Wright in the Earth-2-set reboot movie, The Batman, which is currently scheduled to hit theaters on March 4, 2022.

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erlie · 7 years ago

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Book thing

I saw this floating around my dash, and I wanted to do it, even though nobody tagged me. But I do love books!

I talk about books frequently on my twitter, so consider following!

1. First things first, what is your MBTI type? - INFP

2. When did you learn to read? - On the first grade, so I think I was seven?

3. What languages can you read in? - Finnish and English. I read mainly English these days, to keep up the language, expand the vocabulary and most of the books I read are written in English in the first place.

4. What books are you currently reading or most recently read? - I am currently in the middle of Karin Lowachee’s “Burndive”, second book of the Warboy series. I am enjoying it greatly! I also very recently finished my ordeal with TJ Klune’s Tales from Verania series.

5. Name 3 books you never finished: - There are probably quite a few... But what notably comes to mind: Leo Toltstoi’s “War and Peace”, JRR Tolkien’s “Silmarillion” and JK Rowling’s “Casual Vacancy”.

6. What are your favorite books from childhood? - All the children’s books Mauri Kunnas ever managed to made. Variety of horse themed books by Merja and Marvi Jalo. Potters, obviously.

And as for comics, Donald Duck was a big one, but W.I.T.C.H. and horse comics by Lena Furberg were the biggest influencers of all.

7. What are your current favorite books? - Potters stayed up there, certainly. But “Good Omens” by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater, The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, “Neverwhere” by Neil Gaiman... There are so many!

8. Your favorite genres: Mystery / Sci-fi / Chick Lit / Young Adult / Horror / Nonfiction / Memoirs / Dystopias / Poetry / Self-Help / Historical Fiction / Fanfiction / Realistic Fiction / Biographies / Satire-Black Comedy / Philosophy / Fantasy / Manga

9. Your opinion on rereading books: I do it all the time / I really love books but I have very little time / It has to be a really good book / I can’t stand it / I haven’t done it since I was a child / I only reread my favorite sections.

10. How long does it take you to read one book on average? - Depends on the book a lot. A silly romance book takes maximum of three day (I mostly read on the bus and just before I go to sleep), but bigger, more serious book can take a week or two, even if it is good.

11. How do you typically read? - On the bus, with instrumental music in my headphones or in bed. Sometimes curled up to the corner of the couch.

12. How many books do you typically read in a year? None or 1/About 1 to 3/Maybe 4 to 10/At least more than 10/Between 10 and 50/ At least 50/ Too much.

13. For school assigned books, what type of student are/were you? - I read most of them, though through gritted teeth because I can’t remember liking a single one of them. And every time we had the option of “free choice, just run it by teacher”, I took it. But, I dutifully did my reports, and critiqued the books on the parts I didn’t like. Teachers loved me.

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angelic-guardienne · 7 years ago

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Oh, wow. It’s the end of the year already. Considering I created this blog early January (the 4th, I think) that means we’ve been hanging out here for 12 whole months... and what a blessing it’s been.

In honor of the occasion, I decided I was gonna hoof it through my archive and pick out my most popular post of each month and the writing I was most proud (proudest?) of that month jk we’re doing the top two because I’m indecisive. Let’s mosey!

January:

Most Popular: Prompto Argentum Headcanons

Top Two: Stand By Me, Chocobro Style and Gladio and Iris Training Together

February:

Most Popular: Bits of Fluff

Top Two Three: Darkest Minds II, “No, Whote,” and Still Prefer Tea

There are 124 things on the Masterlist. How on Earth did all those get there.

So, with 1025 posts and 124 things on the Masterlist, that’s about 85 posts per month and about 10 writings per month. Wow. Certainly there are outliers, haha.

My writing rate is incredibly inconsistent, so I really appreciate all of you sticking around through the dry months. In fact, I just appreciate you being here in general and offering me so much support. It’s been a lovely year, and honestly, probably one of my best years, writing-wise at least. There’s always room for improvement, of course (I have 23 or so things in my inbox and 37 things in my drafts, and this is not including things I have saved outside of Tumblr, for a reference point) but I do feel like this year had shown the most growth for me.

You guys are a big part of that. I hope you know that. I wouldn’t be where I am right now without y’all supporting me at every step of the way and giving me feedback and sometimes just straight validation... You’ve helped me create a really amazing thing here, and I’m forever grateful for that. I love you guys so much.

Again, thank you for such a wonderful year! May next year be even better!!

A little prompt for y’all: What’s your favorite thing of mine?

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theprocrastinatingalien · 8 years ago

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2017 Superhero Movies

We have four big superhero releases coming this year, one entry from 20th Century Fox, two from Warner Bros for the DC Cinematic Universe (or 'Extended Universe' as it's apparently being called) and 2017 marks the first time we get three entries for the MCU.

So, what have we got?

LOGAN

Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that Hugh Jackman is finally hanging up his claws. Jackman has played Wolverine in every film to from the first X-MEN back in 2000, to the most recent X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. He's only missed an appearance in DEADPOOL, which was a bit of shame, but in his 17th year of playing the cigar-chomping Canadian mutant, Jackman has decided enough is enough. Director James Mangold returns from the last solo outing for the character (THE WOLVERINE), but this film looks like a very different beast.

The trailers and pictures popping up here and there online, show something more arty, perhaps? There's an aged tension there, with a beared Logan looking after a weakened Charles Xavier (played once again by Patrick Stewart, possibly in his last appearance for the franchise too).

For a simple explanation I'll now attach a poster, that Jackman himself put up on his twitter.

Whilst I completely understand Jackman's decision to retire (he's an aging actor that plays a character that's essentially immortal (*essentially*), but 20th Century Fox but realise they're about to suffer a huge loss. Sure they've now got Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, but we don't know how effectively they can sync the 'merc with a mouth' in with the rest of the X-Men team. They seem to be putting a few eggs in the Channing Tatum starring GAMBIT film (that was originally slated to debut in 2016 btw), and those rumours of Jennifer Lawrence making some solo turns as Mystique seem to have dissolved. Let's hope Jackman's last swan song is a fitting tribute to his previous appearances.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2

I'll be straight up with this one - THIS is the film I'm looking forward to the most in 2017 (at least when it comes to the big SH franchises). GOTG was a massively entertaining film and will certainly be a hard one to top. Director James Gunn certainly seems up to the task, with the first couple of trailers showing little, but entertaining a lot. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista reprise their roles has Star-Lord, Gamora and Drax respectively. Bradley Cooper also returns as the voice of Rocket Raccon, but already the star of the show looks to be Baby Groot (again voiced by Vin Diesel)

Michael Rooker (Yondu) and Karen Gillan (Nebula), both villains in the first one are reportedly to join the gang this time around, and we have lots of new characters to look forward to - Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha and Kurt Russell as Ego the living planet. (although, apparently we won't be seeing him as a planet?). There are also rumours that fanboy favourite Nathan Fillion will appear as Wonder Man, and Sly Stallone has a role! I, for one, cannot wait - and let's not forget, this is only the first of this year's MCU offerings! (Also remember, next year we finally get the team up we've all been waiting for, as the guardians appear in AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, so it'll be very interesting to see when Gunn leaves these characters at the end of this film. Exciting!)

WONDER WOMAN

Okay, let's be honest, BATMAN V SUPERMAN was not the film anyone hoped it would be. One positive to come from the film though was Gal Gadot's turn as Diana Prince.

The DC Extended Universe has got off to a rocky start so far, but WONDER WOMAN may turn that around. It's certainly been a long time coming, but Gal Gadot does have the honour of releasing the first proper female-lead superflick. It's fitting that it should be WW. The trailer's look like we might be getting a sort of Captain America/Thor cross, with some dark and dank war-torn scenery contrasting some beautiful Amazonian imagery. STAR TREK actor Chris Pine gets to play Diana's love interest, and we have major roles for Robin Wright (HOUSE OF CARDS), Danny Huston (X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE) with Connie Nielsen playing Diana's mother Queen Hippolyta. Comedy will be coming from Lucy Davis (THE OFFICE - the UK version). With WONDER WOMAN the last entry before JUSTICE LEAGUE, it'll be interesting to see how direct a lead in it will be... and whether Ben Affleck has filmed any secret cameos?

Note: Director Patty Jenkins was originally meant to direct Marvel's THOR: THE DARK WORLD, but it didn't pan out for whatever reason.

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

Well, it's been a rocky road for our friendly neighbourhood webslinger, hasn't it? First Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN and SPIDER-MAN 2 were loved by all, but then SPIDER-MAN 3 didn't live up to expectations. Rather that soldier on, and make the best SPIDER-MAN 4 they could, Sony cut and run... running straight into an ill-advised reboot, with Andrew Garfield replacing Tobey Maguire in a much darker toned take. If there's one good thing from it, it was the very workable onscreen chemistry between Peter Paker and Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy, but the dismal THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 shattered the studio's hopes of a 'shared universe' and the two sequels and possible spin-offs very all scrapped. It was sad, but also... lead to the most famous Marvel character being allowed to play in the same sandbox as the majority of all the other Marvel characters (minus X-Men and Fantastic Four, of course).

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING will be the first co-adventure between Sony and Marvel Studios, with Tom Holland having had a little try out in CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR. To prove that's a two-way process, Robert Downey Jr will be appearing as Iron Man (joined by Happy Hogan - Jon Favreau returning to the role for the first time since IRON MAN 3). Marisa Tomei will continue to play the hottest Aunt May we've seen on film, and whilst little is known about the story, we do know that Michael Keaton (BATMAN) will be playing the main villain, Vulture.

Of course, the main USP of the MCU's take on Spidey, is that they've actually cast a teenager as Parker, allowing for more school-time adventures... so it should come as no surprise a lot of the announced cast are 'young adults'. There are plenty of known actors in the mix too - notably Bokeem Woodbine, who will be playing Shocker, and Donald Glover, perhaps a nod to the fact he voiced Miles Morales, the next Spider-Man! (Don't expect him to play that character though). No sign of J Jonah Jameson yet, surely a character Marvel would wish to bring in asap. Or maybe have they already? They've been known to take liberties with race and gender (RE: Tilda Swinton in DOCTOR STRANGE), and let's be honest... we don't know who Tyne Daly is playing yet? Just saying...

THOR: RAGNAROK

I really liked THOR, it was a nice surprised. THOR: THE DARK WORLD, though... lacked something. So far though, everything points to RAGNAROK as being the best of the trilogy... and an all round solid entry for the MCU.

'Ragnarok' is, essentially, known as the Asgardian apocalypse, where pretty much all the Asgardians are likely die... all except Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and possibly Loki (Tom Hiddleston). That's a pretty big promise. Another promise is that we're not likely to spend as much time on Earth as we have in the previous films. This is good. It also means though we can expect no appearances from Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard or Kat Dennings on this occasion.

But don't be too upset, because who we're getting instead is far more impressive. Thor's fellow Avenger Dr Bruce Banner aka The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) will be featured heavily, in what very much sounds like a loose adaption of PLANET HULK, a popular story in the comics. Yep, we're going to see Thor v Hulk in a gladiatorial style arena. Brilliant. Also brilliant, as hinted at in a previous film, Benedict Cumberbatch will be appearing as Doctor Strange!

Aside from returning actors Idris Elba, Anthony Hopkins and Jaimie Alexander (Heimdall, Odin and Sif, respectively), we get new blood in Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Karl Urban as Skurge, Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster and Cate Blanchett as Hela!

Everything points to this film being epic, and a very important entry as we move closer to the epic AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR. Rumours continue that Blanchett's Hela may stand in for Death... ie, Thanos' true love, the one he wants to get the Infinity stones for etc... interesting. Very interesting.

But on to our last Superhero entry for 2017...

JUSTICE LEAGUE

As I've already mentioned, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE was a bit of a disappointment. Too dark for it's own good, little humour, and some silly plot devices. Apparently director Zack Snyder and writer Chris Terrio have learnt their lessons and JUSTICE LEAGUE will be lighter in tone... but will still be BIG. And so it should be!

For many, this is the big one. This is the one Warner Bros and the DCEU need to get right. Joss Whedon delivered one hell of a film when he turned in THE AVENGERS for MCU, and now Zack Snyder needs to do the same. As you can see in the picture, we've got Ben Affleck returning as Batman, Gal Gadot back as Wonder Woman, and our first true looks at Ray Fisher's Cyborg, Ezra Miller's Flash and Jason Mamoa's Aquaman.

Let's not forget Henry Cavill's Superman will be back from the dead, and we've got a lot of other familiar faces returning too... Amy Adams' Lois Lane is likely to play a key role again, Jeremy Irons returns as Alfred, Diane Lane will be back as Martha Kent and Jesse Eisenberg is confirmed to return as Lex Luther (*grumble*, serious the worst casting it annoys me to even write it). We have new characters too, such as Amber Heard's Mera, Ciaran Hinds' Steppenwolf and JK Simmons brings us Commissioner Gordon, amongst others.

We don't really know the plot yet, but that's okay. Fingers crossed they nail it. Quite frankly, the rest of their film franchise may well be resting on it.

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theliterateape · 7 years ago

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year for Netflix

By Don Hall

As we roll into the Christmas Season, we are confronted with the dichotomy of being the fat, lazy, imperialist nation of consuming hordes that we are with the presence of unprecedented generosity of spirit that the holiday tends to bring out in the best of us. We are slapped in the jaw with the fact that we love our families even if we ignore them for most of the year. We look around and figure out ways to show appreciation to those we love and mercy for those we don't.

And we watch movies about how other people deal with this state.

I love Christmas and I love movies about Christmas. Here's my list of the movies about this time of year that I truly love.

5) Bad Santa This film embraces the cynicism of the holiday without reservation. Billy Bob Thornton is an unapologetic drunken criminal who, with the help of a black midget, dresses as Santa Claus in order to steal all the meaningless consumer goods trolled out for the locust-like shoppers.

At the heart of this dismal, hysterically dark film is the relationship between Thornton and the fat, pathetic, snot-nosed and possibly autistic kid he unwillingly takes under his soiled, boozey wing. Also notable are genuinely funny performances by the late Bernie Mac and John Ritter.

4) Scrooged My personal favorite spin on the Dickens classic, Bill Murray is the morally stunted Scrooge who happens to run a FOX-like network and is visited by all the ghosts one expects but with twists that play to Murray's pre-Wes Anderson talents.

Who can resist a snarky Christmas movie that includes Carol Kane, Buster Poindexter and Buddy Hackett?

3) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation In my opinion, the best of the Vacation movies and the one that speaks most clearly my own personal Christmas experiences. Cousin Eddie is like half of my family and the relentless desire of Chevy Chase's Clark to make sure that everyone in his family have a great goddamn Christmas no matter what the personal and collective sacrifice reminds me of my mother when I was a kid.

My family watches this every Christmas—it's a holiday staple—and nothing is more warming come Christmas Eve than hearing my dad cackle with laughter at classic holiday lines like:

Ellen: What are you looking at?

Clark: Oh, the silent majesty of a winter's morn... the clean, cool chill of the holiday air... an asshole in his bathrobe, emptying a chemical toilet into my sewer...

[Eddie, in the driveway, is draining the RV's toilet]

Eddie: Shitter was full.

and

Eddie: You surprised to see us, Clark?

Clark: Oh, Eddie... If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am now.

and the best Christmas rant in history

Clark: Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?

2) The Ref By far, one of my favorites on this list. Denis Leary is a burglar who ends up stuck with the most dysfunctional family on Planet Crazy—Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey take bickering to an artistic height and Leary's grim, angry, impatient asshole teaches them the meaning of Christmas rather than the family teaching it to him.

NOTE: I understand the knee-jerk desire to eradicate Spacey from the face of the planet but, for chrissakes, this is still one hysterical film and I an a grown-up, which means I can divorce the man from the character.

Once again, an incredible cast (JK Simmons, Christine Baranski, Raymond J. Barry, Glynis Johns and Bill Raymond as a lactose intolerant Santa) all headed by three of the funniest, angriest performances you're likely to see in movies not about Christmas.

Gus: You know what, lady? I'd like to tie you to the back of a fucking truck.

Rose: You don't have the balls.

[Gus leaps up from his chair toward Rose and is intercepted by Lloyd]

Lloyd: Don't do it! It's not worth it.

Gus: I fucking hate her, Lloyd!

Lloyd: I know, I know.

Gus: What is the matter with you? I thought Mothers were sweet and nice a-a-and patient. I know loan sharks who are more forgiving than you. Your husband ain't dead, lady. He's hiding.

and

Gus: Caroline and Loyd, will get the coffee and deserts then we'll be opening presents.

Connie Chasseur: We can't open presents til midnight.

Gus: Why not?

Connie Chasseur: Because it's not Christmas until midnight!

Gus: We'll be changing the rules, a little bit. We are opening the presents now. Not later, now. Why? We're adults, and we can open our presents, WHENEVER WE WANT!

and, of course

Lloyd: You know, you and my wife have a lot in common. You both think you have some right to life working out the way you want it to, and when it doesn't, you get to act the way you want. The only trouble with that is someone has to be responsible. I'd love to run around and take classes and play with my inner-self! I'd love the freedom to be some pissed-off criminal with no responsibilities, except I don't have the time! But you don't see me with a gun. And you don't see me sleeping with someone else. You think my life turned out the way I wanted because I live in this house? You think every morning I wake up, look in the mirror and say "Gee I'm glad I'm me and not some 19-year-old billionaire rockstar with the body of an athlete and a 24-hour erection!" No I don't! So just excuse the shit out of me!

1) It's a Wonderful Life C'mon. Most people only remember the part where George Bailey remembers his life without him and how much his presence made a difference. They forget that this is the fever dream of a man about to commit suicide because his life has slowly but certainly spun down the toilet and in one greedy moment, the town Republican takes advantage of George's dim-witted uncle and, like a McConnell or a Ryan, tries to shut down the one bank that isn't a shitty, profit-driven monstrosity.

This is a beautiful movie filled with rage and despair and evil as well as romance, good will and a message each person alive should heed. Merry Christmas, Bedford Falls!

Yes, yes. I'm leaving out all the Rankin and Bass TV shows and the Charlie Brown Special and even A Christmas Story—sue me. I like it dark, fraught with peril and genuine sadness to balance out the saccharine nature of the commercial end of the holidays and the moralistic bent coming from the religious types. If it makes you feel better, I left out the Die Hard movies, too.

#Bad Santa #Scrooged #Christmas Vacation #The Ref #It's A Wonderful Life #film #Christmas movies #Die Hard

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itsthefishdoctor-blog · 8 years ago

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Bet you can’t guess what this is about #NastyWoman

I thought I’d start this very overdue blog talking about the thing on everyone’s mind: the Super Bowl.

Lol jk.

So it’s block weekend and I have way more pressing things to do than write a blog. I really, really should have been studying instead of sitting here typing this post. I was going to wait until after my exam tomorrow but I’ve honestly been too worked up all weekend and there was no way I was going to make it through the rest of the day without saying something about the women’s march on washington.

Before I even get started on what’s going on now, I think it’s important to have quick recap/history lesson so we’re all on the same page here.

I’m going old school here and starting with a brief recap of The Constitution, ya know, that super old document our President just swore to “preserve, uphold, and protect”. In case you had forgotten or idk, never learned it, our constitution has a nifty first amendment stating: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” That is literally the first amendment. Right there at the top. Just a friendly reminder of that stuff you learned in high school government class that everyone seems to now have an issue with.

Onto the next history topic. Marches on Washington date as far back 1894 beginning with a march literally from Ohio (you go boys) for workers rights. The more notable marches include the women’s suffrage march in 1913, the Klu Klux Klan march in 1925 (yea, that happened), and the march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 (more affectionately known as the Civil Rights March). While each of those three marches deserve some recognition for various reasons, I’m gonna talk about the Civil Rights march. This is where MLK Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. This is where “10 demands” were made calling for equality in employment, wages, and education. This is where the country came together giving, a face to injustice, racism, and division. This is the march that showed the power of peaceful demonstration and unity. Fast forward 50 or so years and hundred of thousands of women have gathered in Washington D.C. (And other major cities across the globe) to peacefully protest. To stand together, united in our outrage, our embarrassment, our fear. Many people are, again, calling them crybabies or sore losers. Many people think they’re are being dramatic and have no cause to protest. Many people don’t think protesting serves a point. I hope some of those people are reading this because honestly, I want you to hear this and I want to hear your reply because I want to understand. I want to understand how you don’t understand this march. I want to understand how you can mock and belittle these hundreds of thousands of women standing up for what they believe in. I want to understand how you can see something like this and not even try to understand what it must have taken for so many women to be a part of it. I want to understand how you don’t understand, really I do. I wish I didn’t understand. I wish I didn’t feel the same thing these women do or could stop myself from empathizing with the other groups of people they march for. I wish my privilege of being a white, upper-class woman made me oblivious to the injustices faced by so many in our country. But I do understand, because it doesn’t. Donald Trump is the president of the United States. This is a fact. He is the president of my country, a country I am so honored and proud to belong to. I, and the majority of the country, am not happy about this fact. I am not unhappy because he is a Republican. I am not unhappy because Hilary Clinton lost. I am unhappy because this man is not MY president. I get how this is a hard statement for people to swallow. Really, truly I do. When I first heard it, I was a little put off by it as well because, well, he is the president. And even though he is a master at denying facts, I can appreciate that a fact is a fact. But even though he is THE president, I do not have to claim him as mine. He does not belong to me and he sure as hell does not represent me. I’d like to think he doesn’t represent most of us, even people who voted for him. I’d like to believe MY country does not relate to a LYING, racist, homophobic, ignorant, narcissistic, deceitful, close-minded, accused sex offender. But ya’ll really are making it hard. I get why some of you felt like you had to vote for him. I get how you felt like you had no choice to look past those qualities he embodies and chose to make him president. I don’t understand how you of all people aren’t standing out there with these women or, even worse, are criticizing them for criticizing him. And maybe you don’t fully understand the point of the protest. I’ve actually seen a couple of people who genuinely seem to be trying to understand what the goal of these women is so I’ll address that now. First off, they aren’t trying to get Trump removed from office. Seriously. Even if that was possible by a simple march, no one wants to get stuck with Mike freaking Pence as our president. They aren’t trying to demand “special privileges” or “throw a tantrum” because they didn’t get what they wanted. Hundreds of thousands of women all over the world did not give up their precious time just to throw a damn fit. Come on guys. These women are marching as a statement to the new president and to the world. They are marching for their rights and the rights of their daughters and minorities, and the LGBTQ community, and immigrants, and every other group of people who Donald Trump has at some point in time been made to feel less human and less important. They are marching to show that no matter who lives in the white house, our country will not stay silent to injustice, inequality, and hate. We will not allow anyone to take away rights from our fellow citizens. We will not allow rape culture and sexual assault to be normalized and accepted. We will not allow racism and xenophobia to be a part of our society. We will not allow the values that President Trump has exhibited to be the culture of our country. We will not allow anyone, including President Trump, to silence us. And we will absolutely not allow the world to ignore the already great nation we are so lucky to live in. I am so proud of these women. I wish I could be there to join their force but am so thrilled to watch this historic and powerful event unfold. I am so lucky to belong to a generation of such bad-ass women who refuse to be ignored. It is such an honor to live in a country where we are guaranteed the freedom to peacefully assemble and make our voices, our concerns heard. So to all my fellow nasty women and their supporters, THANK YOU. Thank you for standing up for my right to my body, for my children’s right to love whoever the hell they want, for my friends’ of any ethnicity and their right to feel safe and valued. Thank you for not forcing those less financially privileged from choosing whether to have a lump in their breast examined or feed their family for a week. Thank you for demanding that my work be just as valuable and well-compensated as my male co-workers. Thank you for showing future generations of women that they are beautiful and important no matter what size they wear. Thank you for showing the world that no man has the right to touch any woman without her consent. Thank you for being an inspiration in a time where so many of us feel so little hope. To those of you who are rolling your eyes at these protests and belittling these women, I also want to thank you. It is because of people like you that this march even existed and this will certainly be an event that history will applaud. Its definitely one I’m so proud to witness. I also hope at some point you can understand why this is necessary. I hope you can understand that these women are fighting for your right to be either pro-life or pro-choice, fighting for your right to make decisions about your own body. I hope you never need to utilized Planned Parenthood’s services and are never forced to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. I hope you one day understand that demanding that women make as much money as their male counterparts is nothing but common sense. I hope you understand the irony of taxing feminine hygiene products because they aren’t a medication but not drugs like Viagra, Rogaine, or Testosterone. I hope you never fall in love with someone of the same sex and are told you can’t marry them. I hope your religion always stays in the majority and is never the one being told to sign up for registries. I hope you never feel persecuted for your race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. I hope you understand how blessed you must be to not feel these inequalities on a personal level. I also want you to understand that this is what protests are for. The men who founded our country did so because they were unhappy with their leadership. They made this a country founded on freedom and justice and guaranteed everyone of us the right to criticize our government peacefully; exactly as these women are doing. This is their right and it is a right that has been exercised before to produce great change in our nation. Great change is about to unfold. No one is rooting for President Trump more than me. I am rooting for my country. I am rooting for the rights of every single citizen, even those who didn’t vote the same way as me. That is the beauty of our country. This march is the beauty of our country. Equal rights is the beauty of our country. Donald Trump will not decide our America for the next four years. No matter what policies he implements or ridiculous things he says, he will never be a representation of our United States. It’s up to us to show our children, our sisters, our brothers, our friends, our world that we are not Donald Trump. We are stronger together y'all, we have always been stronger together and we never needed Hillary in office for that to be true. We are one nation and we have to take care of each other. We have to stand up for each other. We have to demand that everyone be treated fairly. We have to protect our freedoms and show the world that America has always been, and will always be the greatest nation in the world. I hope there are so many more marches to come. I hope there are so many different people we get to celebrate and support. I hope everyone gets to exercise their freedoms and stand up for those who need it. I hope this election has inspired people like it has inspired me. I hope there’s a whole generation inspired to be the type of nasty women who know they can do anything they want, even if that’s to run for president. “Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.”

#strongwomen #nastywoman #strongertogether #equality #equal rights

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