#john green dream cast

[vivmaek]

POETRY FOR YOUR MOON SIGN

✰ my masterlist poems written by someone who has the same moon sign as you <3

☾PISCES☽

Edgar Allen Poe, A Dream Within a Dream

“Take this kiss upon the brow! / And, in parting from you now, / Thus much let me avow – / You are not wrong, who deem / That my days have been a dream; / Yet if hope has flown away / In a night, or in a day, / In a vision, or in none, / Is it therefore the less gone? / All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream.”

June Jordan, You Came with Shells

“You came with shells. And left them: / shells. / They lay beautiful on the table. / Now they lie on my desk / peculiar / extraordinary under 60 watts.”

Toni Morrison, It Comes Unadorned

“it comes / Unadorned / Like a phrase / Strong enough to cast a spell; / It comes / Unbidden, / Like the turn of sun through hills / Or stars in wheels of song. / The jeweled feet of women dance the earth. / Arousing it to spring. / Shoulders broad as a road bend to share the weight of years. / Profiles breach the distance and lean / Toward an ordinary kiss. / Bliss. / it comes naked into the world like a charm.”

☾AQUARIUS☽

W.B Yeats, A Coat

“I made my song a coat / Covered with embroideries / Out of old mythologies / From heel to throat; / But the fools caught it, / Wore it in the world’s eyes / As though they’d wrought it. / Song, let them take it / For there’s more enterprise / In walking naked.”

W.B Yeats, The Lover Tells of the Roses in His Heart

“All things uncomely and broken, all things worn out and old, / The cry of a child by the roadway, the creak of a lumbering cart, / The heavy steps of the ploughman, splashing the wintry mould, / Are wronging your image that blossoms a rose in the deeps of my heart. / The wrong of unshapely things is a wrong too great to be told; I hunger to build them anew and sit on a green knoll apart, / With the earth and the sky and the water, re-made, like a casket of gold / For my dreams of your image that blossoms a rose in the deeps of my heart.”

Louisa May Alcott, The Lay of a Golden Goose

“Oh! Be not rash,” her father said, / A mild Socratic bird; / Her mother begged her not to stray / With many a warning word. / But little goosey was perverse / And eagerly did cry, / “I’ve got a lovely pair of wings, / Of course I Ought to fly.”

☾CAPRICORN☽

John Milton, Sonnet 19

“When I consider how my light is spent, / Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, / And that one talent which is death to hide / Lodged with me useless, through my soul more bent / To serve therewith my Maker,”

Jala al-Din Rumi, The Guest House

“This being human is a guest house. / Every morning a new arrival. / A joy, a depression, a meanness, / some momentary awareness comes / As an unexpected visitor. / Welcome and entertain them all! / Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, / who violently sweep your house / empty of its furniture, / still treat each guest honorably. / He may be clearing you out / for some new delight. / The dark thought, the shame, the malice, / meet them at the door laughing, / and invite them in. / Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent / as a guide from beyond.”

Gwendolyn Brooks, a song in the front yard

“I’ve stayed in the front yard all my life. / I want a peek at the back / Where it’s rough and untended and hungry weed / grows. / A girl gets sick of a rose.”

☾SAGITTARIUS☽

Lewis Carroll, A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky

“In a Wonderland they lie, / Dreaming as the days go by, / Dreaming as the summers die: / Ever drifting down the stream – / Lingering in the golden gleam – / Life, what it is but a dream?”

Dante Alighieri, From “Inferno”

“It’s the pain / of the people down there that empties my / face. / It’s pity / that you’ve mistaken for fear. / And it’s the long way / that pushes us now. / Let’s go.”

Victor Hugo, Tomorrow, At Dawn

“Tomorrow, at dawn, at the hour when the countryside whitens, / I will set out. You see, I know that you wait for me. / I will go by the forest, I will go by the mountain. / I can no longer remain far from you. / I will walk with my eyes fixed on my thoughts, / Seeing nothing of outdoors, hearing no noise / Alone, unknown, my back curved, my hands crossed, / Sorrowed, and the day for me will be as night.”

☾SCORPIO☽

Sarojini Naid, Autumn Song

“Like a joy on the heart of a sorrow, / The sunset hangs on a cloud; / A golden storm of glittering sheaves, / Of fair and frail and fluttering leaves, / The wild wind blows in a cloud. / Hark to a voice that is calling / To my heart in the voice of the wind: / My heart is weary and sad and alone, / For its dreams like the fluttering leaves have gone, / And why should I stay behind?”

Shel Silverstein, Dreadful

“Someone ate the baby. / It’s absolutely clear / Someone ate the baby / ‘Cause the baby isn’t here. / We’ll give away her toys and clothes. / We’ll never have to wipe her nose. / Dad says, “That’s the way it goes.” / Someone ate the baby.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Aftermath

“When the summer fields are mown, / When the birds are fledged and flown, / And the dry leaves strew the path; / With the falling of the snow, / With the cawing of the crow, / Once again the fields we mow / And gather in the aftermath.”

☾LIBRA☽

Maya Angelou, Caged Bird

“A free bird leaps / on the back of the wind / and floats downstream / till the current ends / and dips his wing / in the orange sun rays / and dares to claim the sky.”

Emily Dickinson, Good Morning – Midnight

“Good Morning – Midnight – / I’m coming Home – / Day – got tired of Me – / How could I – of Him? / Sunshine was a sweet place – / I liked to stay – / But Morn – didn’t want me – now – / So – Goodnight – Day!”

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, My Heart and I

“You see we’re tired, my heart and I. / We dealt with books, we trusted men, / And in our own blood drenched the pen, / As is such colours could not fly. / We walked too straight for fortune’s end, / We loved too true to keep a friend ; / At last we’re tired, my heart and I.”

☾VIRGO☽

Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays

“Sundays too my father got up early / and put his clothes on in the blueback cold, / then with cracked hands that ached / from labor in the weekday weather made / banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him. / I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking / When the rooms were warm, he’d call, / and slowly I would rise and dress, / fearing the chronic angers of that house, / Speaking indifferently to him , / who had driven out the cold / and polished my good shoes well. / What did I know, what did I know / of love's austere and lonely offices?”

Jack Kerouac, How to Meditate

“Thinking’s just like not thinking- / So I don't have to think / any / more”

William Faulkner, Study

“Muted dreams for them / for me / Bitter science. Exams are near / And my thoughts uncontrollably / Wander, and I cannot hear / The voice telling me that work I must, / For everything will be the same when I’m dead / A thousand years. I wish I were a bust / All head.”

☾LEO☽

Walt Whitman, I sing the Body Electric

“I sing the body electric, / The armies of those I love engirth me and I engirth them,”

Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol

“Yet each man kills the thing he loves, / By each let this be heard, / Some do it with a bitter look, / Some with a flattering word, / The coward does it with a kiss, / The brave men with a sword!”

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friendship

“A ruddy drop of manly blood / The surging sea outweighs, / The world uncertain comes and goes; / The lover rooted stays. / I fancied he was fled, – / And, after many a year, / Glowed unexhausted kindliness, / Like daily sunrise there. / My careful heart was free again, / O friend, my bosom said, / Through thee alone the sky is arched, / Through thee the rose is red; / All things through thee take nobler form, / And look beyond the earth, / The mill-round of our fate appears / A sun-path in thy worth. / Me too thy nobleness had taught / To master my despair; / The fountains of my hidden life / Are through thy friendship fair.”

☾CANCER☽

Shakespear, Sonnet 147

“My love is as a fever, longing still / For that which longer nurseth the disease, / Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill,”

Robert Frost, Acquainted with the Night

“I have been one acquainted with the night. / I have walked out in rain – and back in rain. / I have outwalked the furthest city light. / I have looked down the saddest city lane. / I have passed by the watchman on his beat / And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. / I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet / When far away an interrupted cry / Came over houses from another street, / But not to call me back or say good-bye; / And further still at an unearthly height, / One luminary clock against the sky / Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. / I have been one acquainted with the night.”

William Blake, Auguries of innocence

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a wild flower / Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And eternity in an hour”

☾GEMINI☽

Rudyard Kipling, Blue Roses

“Half the world I wandered through, / Seeking where such flowers grew. / Half the world unto my quest / Answered me with laugh and jest. / Home I came at wintertide, / But my silly love had died / Seeking with her latest breath / Roses from the arms of Death.”

John Keats, To Sleep

“Save me from curious Conscience, that still lords / Its strength for darkness, burrowing like a mole; / Turn the key deftly into the oiled wards, / And seal the hushed Casket of my soul.”

Lord Tennyson, The Eagle

“He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, / Ring’d with the azure world, he stands. / The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; / He watches from his mountain walls, / And like thunderbolt he falls.”

☾TAURUS☽

John Donne, Air and Angels

“Twice or thrice had I lov’d thee, / Before I knew thy face or name; / So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame / Angels affects us oft, and worshipp’d be;”

Audre Lorde, Recreation

“my body / writes into your flesh / the poem / you make of me. / Touching you I catch midnight / as moon fires set in my throat / I love you flesh into blossom / I made you / and take you made / into me.”

Margaret Walker, Lineage

“My grandmothers were strong. / They followed plows and bent to toil. / They moved through fields sowing seed. / They touched earth and grain grew. / They were full of sturdiness and singing. / My grandmothers were strong. / My grandmothers are full of memories / Smelling of soap and onions and wet clay / With veins rolling roughly over quick hands / They have many clean words to say. / My grandmothers were strong. / Why am I not as they?”

☾ARIES☽

E.E Cummings, Love is more thicker than forget

“love is more thicker than forget / more thinner than recall / more seldom than a wave is wet / more frequent than to fail”

Mark Twain, Genius

“But above all things, / to deftly throw the incoherent ravings of insanity into verse / and then rush off and get booming drunk, / is the surest of all the different signs / of genius.”

Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ships that Pass in the Night

“Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing; / I look far out into the pregnant night, / Where I can hear a solemn booming gun / And I catch the gleaming of a random light, / That tells me that the ship I seek is passing, passing.”

[silverzoomies]

hello !!! i was just wondering if you think there are any other bands peter would like besides nirvana, pink floyd, and rush ?? he gives me classic rock (& just rock in general) vibes tbh !!

anon you just opened up a can of worms !!

i once did extensive research into this. way more than anyone should for a character way past his relevance. and i'm still discovering new tunes i think he'd be into all the time !! i'll try not make this long winded (it will be). but for now...

🎶👾 peter maximoff's (potential) favorite tunes 👾🎶

we already know pink floyd, rush, and nirvana are included. they're shown through the shirts he wears !!

rush is a major one. because unlike the other two, apocalypse era peter has rush all around him !! the rush posters in his basement. the leg cast with "i luv rush." it's safe to say he's kind of a rush fanboy (and he's so real for that because rush is rad as hell).

i have a list of bands/artists i can confirm he canonically likes, as they've been referenced before. whether it be through background clues (posters, background music, etc), or because they were explicitly mentioned by people involved in making the films.

🎶 yardbirds 🎶 the doors 🎶 led zeppelin 🎶 buffalo springfield 🎶 alice cooper 🎶 jim croce 🎶 neil diamond

and while we know he listens to eurythmics (sweet dreams), i don't necessarily include them as a band. just because i personally feel this has less to do with the artist, and more about whatever was mainstream in 1983 (but you can choose to include them if you want !! after all, people mostly listened to whole albums back then).

peter definitely enjoys rock overall. but he doesn't seem averse to mainstream pop either. so we can probably assume he'll listen to anything, as long as it's catchy !!

here's some bands/artists we can assume he likes based on what we already know:

🎶 jimi hendrix 🎶 cream 🎶 the beatles 🎶 fleetwood mac 🎶 queen 🎶 david bowie 🎶 tom petty 🎶 ac/dc 🎶 bon jovi 🎶 journey 🎶 guns n roses 🎶 the eagles 🎶 joan jett & the blackhearts 🎶 deff leppard 🎶 tears for fears 🎶 michael jackson

and if there's some other classics i missed (from the 60's/70's/80's) you think he might like - please feel free to drop me an ask !! i'd love to add more to the list !!

lastly, i'm gonna drop some bands/artists i personally like to think he might listen to. mostly because it's fun to imagine so:

🎶 iggy pop 🎶 bee gees 🎶 thin lizzy 🎶 toto 🎶 a flock of seagulls 🎶 elton john 🎶 u2 🎶 redbone 🎶 madonna (i 100% believe it, you can't convince me otherwise) 🎶 pearl jam 🎶 radiohead 🎶 red hot chili peppers 🎶 green day 🎶 my chemical romance ���� beastie boys 🎶 smash mouth 🎶 nickelback (fight me, i dare you)

if you're looking for any specific songs, there's a really awesome playlist i listen to religiously. chai_vibes's "songs peter maximoff would unironically listen to" is so peak !! and i'll go ahead and drop my own peter maximoff playlist too, just because i worked really hard on it !! lol

happy listening !! thanks for hearin' me out !!

[d-criss-news]

From Hedwig to Helperbot: Darren Criss Looks Back on His Stage Journey

It’s nap time for Darren Criss’s newborn son, Brother, when the Glee star hops on our video chat. The camera’s off, but he quickly turns it on to say hello face-to-face dressed in workout clothes — a green sleeveless top and a ball cap — as he tries to do some chores at the same time.

Criss has a limited window at home as he prepares to star in the new musical Maybe Happy Ending, now playing at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre. The story, with book, music, and lyrics by Will Aronson and Hue Park, takes place 100 years in the future in Seoul, South Korea. Criss plays Oliver, an obsolete Belperbot along the lines of Siri or Google, “except more human-like, who is definitely past his prime and has been just waiting [in a Helperbot retirement facility] for his owner to pick him up,” Criss describes to Broadway Direct of the role. He stars opposite rising star Helen J Shen, who plays Oliver’s retired Helperbot neighbor. “It almost feels like two people in an old-folks’ home trying to connect with a family member.”

The plot sounds dramatic, but “make no mistake: This is a musical. It’s a musical comedy,” says Criss. “It has a lot of heart and a lot of joy and a lot of humor and amazing music, and it’s a hell of a spectacle.”

His friend Michael Arden, who won a Tony Award for his direction of Parade, was a big reason for Criss to sign on to the project — and serve as an executive producer as well. Arden brought the show to Criss’s attention many years ago, and again recently when Criss was starring in Little Shop of Horrors Off-Broadway.

“This had been kind of percolating for a while, and between the pandemic and strikes and just a lot of other things, that really comes down to timing. So the stars just kind of aligned,” Criss says.

Criss, a figure on Broadway for well over a decade, started to gather a following while at University of Michigan as a founding member of Team StarKid, the student-run theater company behind the viral Harry Potter musical parody A Very Potter Musical. His big break came on the hit Fox TV show Glee back in 2010. The show had already aired for a full season before he was cast as Warbler Blaine Anderson and future love interest to Chris Colfer’s Kurt Hummel. If not for Glee, he believes his career would not have had the same trajectory.

“I felt like this was my master’s in performance of music on camera,” Criss says, admitting that, until Glee, he didn’t consider himself a singer — rather, a musician who acted. “I have that show to thank for giving me any headway in the musical-theater space.”

In the middle of filming Glee in 2012, his Broadway debut called. Criss was asked to succeed Daniel Radcliffe in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying for three weeks during a winter break from filming Glee. “I left on, like, a Friday night from my last day of shooting. I started rehearsal on a Saturday. Within 10 days, I was on a Broadway stage. I left my Sunday matinee, got on the plane, and went to work [at Glee] Monday morning as if nothing had happened. So it was a bit of a fever dream. It goes by as quickly as it came, like all other moments in life.”

Three years later, Criss stepped into his next Broadway role. This time, he played Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch for about two and half months, succeeding John Cameron Mitchell. “People always ask me, ‘What’s your dream role?’ I’m like, ‘I kind of did it,’” he says of the opportunity. “Hedwig was a role I always loved so much when I was a teenager, and getting to jump into it was so special to me and my wife. We both love Hedwig so much. It’s a big part of our relationship.”

More recently on Broadway, Criss starred in the play American Buffalo with Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell in 2022 for a three-month limited run. “I completely idolized them,” he says of his scene partners. “I mean, if you see a pattern here, I recommend this to everybody, to just chase their heroes. I’ve just been chasing my heroes my whole life, and I’m not being bashful about it at all.”

Getting Rachel Evan Wood to play Audrey opposite Criss’s Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors at the Westside Theatre earlier this year was something that he says was his idea.

“I pitched her pretty hard,” he said of getting casting directors to choose the Westworld actress as his costar. “When they heard her sing, I think it was very clear that this wasn’t like a favor to anybody. She was doing us a favor. The fact that she said yes just blew my mind.” The role of the nerdy floral shop worker wasn’t something Criss thought he’d get the opportunity to add to his résumé “because it just was never something that I thought anybody would let me do. … I wasn’t sprinting to that in the way that I was the other things in my life.”

Criss welcomed Brother, his second baby, this past June with his wife Mia. The timing couldn’t be more coincidental, since their first, Bluesy, was born during his run of American Buffalo.

As our conversation comes to a close, Criss says he kind of got all of his chores done and haphazardly put things away and folded laundry. The next project he wants to pursue is his writing, something he hasn’t tackled much in five years. Until then, he’s reveling in Maybe Happy Ending.

“I do find myself at a loss for words, trying to truly put into words how special this experience has been,” he adds. “I think it really is a thing of beauty that can really add quite a bit of ornamentation in perhaps a grim world.”

[sapphirelotus]

✨witch tip✨

did you know that each day of the week is magical? literally. each day of the week is ruled by a different planet and are associated with certain plants and herbs, crystals, incense, spell work, colors, deities, and elements! if you honor any deities in this list, this is a great way to honor them on the day they’re associated with!

Poster’s Note: if i left anything out or if i made any mistakes in this post please let me know and i will edit this post accordingly! 💕

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•Monday

Ruled by: the moon

Element: water

Deities: Selene (Greek), Luna (Roman), Khonsu (Egyptian), Chandra (Hindu)

Colors: light gray, dark gray, light blue, purple

Crystals: opal, pearl, selenite, moonstone

Cast Spells For: intuition, justice, psychic work, fertility and femininity, healing, peace, spirit work/divination, sleep and dreaming

Plants/Herbs: chamomile*, water lily, orris, lotus, mint

Incense: sage, lavender, mugwort, lotus

•Tuesday

Ruled by: Mars

Element: fire

Deities: Ares (Greek), Mars (Roman), Tyr (Norse), Kali (Hindu), Lilith (Judaic/Hebrew)

Colors: red, orange, pink, black

Crystals: ruby, garnet, bloodstone, rhodonite

Cast Spells For: success, conflict/war/revenge, victory, breaking hexes and curses, protection, strength and courage

Plants/Herbs: holly, thistle, cactus, basil, coneflower

Incense: basil, patchouli, ginger, dragon’s blood

•Wednesday

Ruled by: Mercury

Element: air

Deities: Hermes (Greek), Mercury (Roman), Odin (Norse), Thoth (Egyptian), Krishna (Hindu), Lugus (Celtic)

Crystals: agate, citrine, sodalite, aventurine

Colors: orange, yellow, blue, purple

Cast Spells For: wisdom, healing, communication, money matters, art and creativity, travel and business, study and knowledge

Plants/Herbs: lilies, fern, eucalyptus, lavender, aspen

Incense: lavender, rosemary, cherry, clove

•Thursday

Ruled by: Jupiter

Element: earth

Deities: Zeus (Greek), Jupiter (Roman), Thor (Norse), Vishnu (Hindu)

Crystals: amethyst, turquoise, lepidolite, lapis lazuli

Colors: yellow, green, blue, purple

Cast Spells For: luck, ambition, success, happiness, abundance, wealth and prosperity, business and travel, loyalty and honor

Plants/Herbs: oak, honeysuckle, clove, sage, cinquefoil

Incense: cedar, sage, musk, cinnamon

•Friday

Ruled by: Venus

Element: water

Deities: Aphrodite (Greek), Venus (Roman), Freya (Norse), Hathor (Egyptian), Shukra (Hindu), Brigid (Celtic)

Crystals: jade, peridot, emerald, rose quartz

Colors: pink, blue, light gray, seafoam green

Cast Spells For: love and passion, harmony, balance, nature, fertility/motherhood, beauty and glamour

Plants/Herbs: saffron, coltsfoot, feverfew, pink rose, apple blossom

Incense: rose, apple, clove, strawberry

•Saturday

Ruled by: Saturn

Element: all elements

Deities: Kronos (Greek), Saturn (Roman), Loki (Norse), Geb (Egyptian), Shani (Hindu)

Crystals: obsidian, hematite, serpentine, apache tear

Colors: red, purple, light gray, black

Cast Spells For: banishing, protection, defense, cleansing, finding lost items, spirituality, wisdom, transformation, psychic attacks

Plants/Herbs: cypress, thyme, hemlock, myrrh, mullein

Incense: sage, opium, myrrh, sandalwood

•Sunday

Ruled by: the sun

Element: fire

Deities: Helios (Greek), Sol (Roman), Ra (Egyptian), Surya (Hindu), Lugh (Celtic)

Crystals: citrine, carnelian, amber, tigers eye

Colors: red, orange, yellow, gold

Cast Spells For: breaking habits, growth, success, decision making, confidence and strength, health and healing, self expression, prosperity and wealth

Plants/Herbs: sunflower, marigold, hibiscus, cinnamon, st. john’s wort*

Incense: lemon, cinnamon, opium, frankincense

*if you are currently taking birth control pills, DO NOT ingest the herbs with an asterisk next to them as they can make the pills less effective; i will have a list of what herbs and medications can make the pills less effective in a separate post!

[will80sbyers]

Do you still have the list of movies that inspired ST4? I had a picture of it but I lost it and I haven't been able to find it since. Please and thank you in advance.

Yep!

Long post warning lol

300

2001: A Space Odyssey

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

12 Monkeys

28 Days Later

13th Warrior

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Altered States

Amelie

American Sniper

Analyze This

Annihilation

Aristocats

Armageddon

Assassins Creed

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Arrival

Almost Famous

Batman Begins

Batman V. Superman

Basket Case

Battle at Big Rock

Beauty and the Beast

Beetlejuice

Behind Enemy Lines

Beverly Hills Cop

Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey

Billy Madison

Black Cauldron

Black Swan

Boondock Saints

Borat

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Burn After Reading

Broken Arrow

Blade Runner

C.H.U.D

Con Air

Cast Away

Congo

Constantine

Children of Men

Cabin in the Woods

Crank

Casablanca

Carrie

Crimson Tide

Clueless

Dukes of Hazzard

Don’t Breathe

Death to Smoochy

Doom

Dark Knight

Dogma

Deep Blue Sea

Dreamcatcher

Drop Dead Fred

Die Hard

Die Hard 2

Die Hard 3

Don’s Plum

Dances with Wolves

Dumb and Dumber

Edward Scissorhands

Enter the Void

Ex Machina

Event Horizon

Emma (2020)

Forrest Gump

Fargo

Fisher King

Full Metal Jacket

Ferris Bueller

Fallen

Fugitive

Ghost

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Ghostbusters

Good Fellas

Girl Interrupted

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Get Out

Good Will Hunting

Hackers

High Fidelity

Hellraiser 1

Hellraiser 2

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Hidden

High School Musical

Hurt Locker

Heat

Hunger Games

Highlander

Hell or High Water

Home Alone

I am Legend

It’s a Wonderful Life

In Cold Blood

Inception

I am a Fugitive from Chain Gang

Inside Out

Island of Doctor Moreau

It Follows

Interview with a Vampire

Inner Space

Into the Spiderverse

Independence Day

Jupiter Ascending

John Carter of Mars

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

James Bond (All Movies)

Julie

Karate Kid

Knives Out

Kingsmen

Little Miss Sunshine

Labyrinth

Long Kiss Goodnight

Lost Boys

Leon: The Professional

Let the Right One In

Little Women (1994)

Mad Max: Fury Road

Magnolia

Men in Black

Mimic

Matrix

Misery

My Cousin Vinny

Mystic River

Minority Report

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Neverending Story

Never Been Kissed

No Country for Old Men

Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

North by Northwest

Open Water

Orange County

Oceans 8

Oceans 11

Oceans 12

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Ordinary People

Paddington 2

Platoon

Pulp Fiction

Papillon

Pan’s Labyrinth

Pineapple Express

Peter Pan

Princess Bride

Paradise Lost

Primal Fear

Prisoners

Peter Jackson’s King Kong

Reservoir Dogs

Ravenous

Rushmore

Road Warrior

Rogue One

Reality Bites

Raider of the Lost Ark

Red Dragon

Robocop

Shooter

Sky High

Swingers

Sword in the Stone

Step Up 2

Spy Kids

Saving Private Ryan

Shape of Water

Swept Away

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Superbad

Society

Swordfish

Stoker

Splice

Silence of the Lambs

Source Code

Sicario

Se7en

Starship Troopers

Scrooged

Splash

Silver Bullet

Speed

The Visit

The Italian Job

The Mask of Zorro

True Lies

The Blair Witch Project

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Tangled

The Craft

The Guest

The Devil’s Advocate

The Graduate

The Prestige

The Rock

Titanic

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Fly

Tombstone

The Mummy

The Guardian

The Goofy Movie

The Peanut Butter Solution

Toy Story 4

The Ring

The Crazies

The Mist

The Revenant

The Perfect Storm

The Shining

Terminator 2

The Truman Show

Temple of Doom

The Cell

To Kill a Mockingbird

Timeline

The Good Son

The Orphan

The Birdcage

The Green Mile

The Raid

The Cider House Rules

The Lighthouse

The Book of Henry

The A-Team

The Crow

The Terminal

Thor Ragnarok

Twister

The Descent

The Birds

Total Recall

The Natural

The Fifth Element

True Romance

Terminator: Dark Fate

The Hobbit Trilogy

Unforgiven

Unbreakable

Unleashed

Very Bad Things

Wayne’s World

What Women Want

War Dogs

Wedding Crashers

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Welcome to Marwen

Wet Hot American Summer

What Lies Beneath

What Dreams May Come

War Games

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Weird Science

Willow

Wizard of Oz

Wanted

Young Sherlock Holmes

You’ve Got Mail

Zodiac

Zoolander

[edutainer2022]

Many thanks to @janetm74 for her deeply moving and insightful story Grief: The Compass, and for putting up with my ramblings about the symbolism of Grandpa's compass and its meaning to Scott, as well as to Scott and Virgil going forward (especially after the revelations of Recharge). I had this little dream-like sequence in mind since the very early days of my return to TAG fandom as a intro to a larger story. Scott Tracy is, of course, very much not okay. It might not be obvious from the start, but it's true. He needs to find his way.

TRUE NORTH

The wind was ruffling early blossoms in the trees and his hair, as he jogged eagerly across the front yard to the farmhouse. Soft spring grass was tickling his bare feet. Mom was inside, he knew. He was so excited to see her.

The quiet hallway was filled with a soothing scent of cinamon and ripe late summer apples. Mom was probably in the kitchen, baking an apple pie. His favorite. He followed the wiffs of delicious smells, but the kitchen was empty. Each utensil in its place, exactly as Mom liked it. He needed to find Mom. The sense of urgency increased, as he passed the sunlit kitchen to the backdoor, out onto the porch and across the backyard. He shivered once, then twice, as a gust of vicious wind threw a handful of fallen leaves into his face. Golden and red, just like Mom's hair. Mom wasn't out back either and he was anxious now. On instinct, he followed the well-worn path to the meadow, stretching behind their old farmhouse in Kansas. Rough edges of pebbles dug into his feet so they were probably bleeding, but he kept going. He needed to find Mom!

His frantic paces came to a halt at the very edge of the meadow, though. As far as eye could see was cast in a swathe of pristine white. Snow. He knew deep down in his soul Mom was across that expanse of white. But he had no clue which way to go. Where to start. He stood at a loss, shivering, at the very edge of ice, licking his bare toes, the freezing numbness creeping up from the ground to his heart.

Then he remembered! Grandpa's old compass that Virgil made a point to give him for the duration of a rescue, would show the way. Ever since their heart to heart in the Arctic, Virgil would  give him the compass before each mission so he would find his way home safely. Just like that day. He was home now, but Mom wasn't there. He dug into a pocket, and, sure enough, his fingers curled around a solid cool weight of the antique gadget. Grandpa's compass would show him the way to Mom! But something odd was happening. As soon as he opened the lid, the arrow went haywire, turning in place, never resting on any one point. Despair and exhaustion nearly choked him and his knees were ready to give. He couldn't get to Mom no matter how much he longed to! No matter how much he missed her!

He was about ready to step into the unforgiving snow and take his chances, when heavy hands landed on his shoulders, pinning him in place.

"It's not yet time, Bluejay!"

The husky whisper was close to his ear. Dad!

"It's too soon, kiddo! You have to let me go first. You can then follow in my footsteps, but not just yet! Not for a long, long time. How about we go home now, son, eh?"

He wanted to protest. Mom was there, all alone, across the field of snow. He could find her, even if the stupid compass was not helping! He needed to be with Mom! But the voice failed him, caught up on a blinding pain in his chest. Strong arms were already steering him back to face the farmhouse again.

Even from afar, he could see all his brothers standing on the back porch, watching him. Allie seemed so scared, baby blue eyes wide and full of tears, clutching the railing. Gordon was standing apart, hunched over, his face dark and lost - he appeared so small and so young. John was ghostly pale, his eyes a green sea of pain. Scott could swear his ginger brother was swaying with each gust of wind. But it was Virgil who made him gasp. Standing one step down the porch stairs, his best friend was glaring daggers at him - the always soft face contorted with fury and anguish, kind brown eyes brimming with liquid fire. What made Virgil so angry? Had he done something stupid? He hadn't lost Grandpa's Compass! Right! The Compass! He looked down at his hand, still clutching the brass shell, and the arrow had miraculously settled, pointing due North. At the center of the porch of their home. At Virgil.

He felt an insistent nudge to start moving, as the voice by his ear spoke again, soft, but urgent.

"Let's go home now, Bluejay! Just like that, one step at a time! Your brothers are waiting."

He tried once more to twist and catch the sight of Dad, but thought better of it as a sharp pain pierced through his torso again. He still needed to make it home and give Virgil back the compass, so Virgil wouldn't be so angry with him. So Virgil wouldn't go looking for him all the way by the desolate cold white meadow. He also needed to find out what made John so upset, and he certainly needed to hug the Tinies. He sneaked a peek at the compass again - it was pointing firmly Home.

[dcdreamblog]

US: "Now we can get one thing straight, lad." *Sam says, leaning forward against the table, placing his elbows upon it and resting his chin in the steeple of his fingers* "The PEOPLE of this country have never fallen short of my dream. In groups, maybe even in a visible seeming majority but never in totality." "Even when slavery was the order of the day, not only were those slaves just as much part of my makeup as anyone else. There were also those who risked and paid everything to free them from bondage. Either along the underground railroad or marching toward Columbia dressed in muddy blue coats." *Sam hums a few bars of Battle Hymn of the Republic but what I think is actually meant to be John Brown's Body* "THAT is how I go on. Because my body...the body politic is not made up in whole or in largest part of those who direct their power through anger, bigotry and fear. MY body is formed most strongly from those who struggle under the boot of tyranny and who join themselves shoulder to shoulder to lift it." *He takes on a serious look* "Those who disappoint me, who fail the ideals of mine, of ours. They are neither as widespread or as powerful as they would like us all to think."

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US: "Oh good lordie you haven't told them" *He says, rubbing over his face with one hand, exasperated* Me: "I would never DREAM of stealing your "opportunity" to explain those men to them, sir" *I say with a broad, knowing grin* US: "Well thank-you-kindly." *He rolls his eyes* "The poor Spy Smasher, by god. I swear he got the worst of 'em. Alan Armstrong. He was as tough as nails and quick as a whip but its like the rats were just tossing all the wash outs at his feet. It was hardly fair." Me: "I think I know which one is the worst. Do you?" US: "Had to be that disgusting man they called 'Dr. Blizzard'. He could make cold and wind, alright, but only because he was stuck with some permanent head cold. Blowing his own ice cold snot around it was ungodly! I mean the mess and the germs alone!"

(An image of Dr. Blizzard taken from a 1942 propaganda comic) Me: "No, no it has to be "The Vulture". Tried to lead a zeppelin bombing raid on New York. In 1943! Like a free fireworks show! And they sent him out in a green cape, grey boiler suit and a cast iron beak strapped to his ugly mug!"

(The Vulture, also from a 1943 propaganda comic) US: *Smacks his forehead with the butt of his hand* "I FORGOT about that one. My god its like no one explained to that man the fact that zeppelins went out of fashion with the last war. Because now we had the chance to SHOOT DOWN massive bags full of explosive gas!"

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US: "Me, me and...me, in that order." *He says, leaning back from my phone where I showed him the question* Me: "I know the Brother Jonathan identity was probably you, but Columbia and Lady Liberty are both women. Or at least female presenting" US: *Rolls his eyes a bit, clicking his fingers and shifting first into a man in a black silk tophat and blue pin stripe pants. Then a large bodied woman in a golden helm and draped in an American flag. Then finally a woman who is a spitting image for the statue of liberty, first brown and then green in color before he shifts back to himself* "I'm not a human being. This body. *He motions to himself* "Is a projection. Its how I choose to shape the energy I'm made of. Or rather, how YOU choose to shape me." Me: "So all of those previous identities were...just how people saw you back then?" US: "Not even in different times. Sometimes just in different places. Brother Jonathan was just the image of New England. And if I hang around in the Big Apple too long I can catch myself turning green when I stop paying attention. I'm an idea, whatever looking glass people put me under is what I am in that place and time." Me: "So why has this one stuck?" US: *Straightens his lapels* "Once I became a "mystery man" during the big one. News reels, front page of the paper, propaganda posters. I had friends, colleagues, partners for the first time. It made me more visible as a single man, an individual image rather than a free floating idea. Plus, I think I look plum handsome." Me: "...Does that mean you could turn into a countryba-" US: "Son, do not finish that sentence." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

US: "Since the Freedom Fighters are stuck as mostly a legacy organization these days I'd try to limit myself to "recruiting" inside that category. So there's two that come to mind." Me: "I bet you 10 green back American bills I can guess." US: "Oh come on now, son, I'm not that predi-" Me: "Stargirl and Blue Beetle." US: *Stares agape at me for 15 uninterrupted seconds. Slowly reaching into his inner coat pocket and placing a 10 dollar bill in front of me* "How on EARTH did you know?" Me: "They're THE tip of the spear when it comes to the youngest generation of superheroes. Their personal popularity is always through the roof, they're tied for the most followers on basically any social media you could choose to name...plus, I think you'd shoot as much as you can for some diversity in the line up if you could get it." US: "Took the words out of my mouth. Those two are doing the good work out there and they're, mark my words, going to be the star quarterbacks of the next generation. If those Teen Titans, Beast Boy and Starfire were the first superheroes to fully start the social media wave, Stargirl and Blue Beetle have been riding it high. They...connect with people in a way I've never seen before. And yes, having a young lady like her and a respectable latino like him would make me right proud of any team. The good parts of the past guiding the best of the future."

[toytle]

I don't really watch the dc live action films but apparently they're gonna have Green Lantern again and Kyle Chandler was cast as Hal, was wondering what you thought about that??

i’m not personally familiar w his works and i can’t have a full opinion until i see his hal acting, but for first impressions alone… i get the vision. he’s not my first choice, but apparently he wasn’t their first choice either, and considering the other controversial names that were floating around (*cough* ryanreynolds *cough* joshbrolin), i can only sigh in relief that the role went to literally anyone else

visually, i would have to get used to the idea of him as hal, not bc they’re portraying him as an older man this time (which should not be so contentious?? hal is old), but mostly bc he’s a real person and hal looks in my head like how i draw him ☺️ also kyle chandler has incredibly distinct eyes that i don’t associate w hal, but i’m excited to have my mind changed abt it if only for a single show

but like i said, i see the vision. i tried to watch some of his works to get a sense of his acting, and idk how they’re going to write hal in this, but kyle def has the range to play charismatic characters as well as comedic ones, so i’m rly curious for how this will play out. if i had to nitpick, i think his voice is jarring for hal, but that’s bc hal’s voice is one of his most distinct and defining traits to me. i literally had a dream once that they made a new GL movie and the whole time i was trying to judge whether or not the the actor’s voice sounded enough like hal, so obviously i have my priorities straight lol

all in all, i like this casting so far! less psyched abt guy’s (he was my perfect hal voice T__T), but i’m excited to see how aaron pierre plays john! apparently it was between him and stephan james, but aaron had better chemistry w kyle, so maybe that means more john and hal interactions! also he was on the beach that makes you old, which has nothing to do w anything, but i just found out and it made me laugh so i’m sharing this information w you too

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

I find these polls so interesting! There are some really obscure (to me!) artists/bands. I saw someone ask which was the least known artist/band? Has anyone asked which is the most known? If so could you repost it? If not, I’d super curious! Thanks!

We haven't answered this question before! In artists/bands, we can only really look at this through the lens of our albums, but here's some of the artists with the highest average album rankings:

* Did not majorly break containment (more reliable data, polls with <=700 votes) † Multiple album submissions

Artists by Highest Average of Albums At Least Heard Of

AC/DC - 98.8% * (Highway to Hell)

Wham! - 96.1% (Make It Big)

The Killers - 95.6% (Hot Fuss)

Lil Nas X - 95.5% * (Montero)

Nirvana - 94.1% †

Ke$ha - 94% (Animal + Cannibal [Deluxe Edition])

Prince and the Revolution - 93.8% (Purple Rain)

Smash Mouth - 93.3% (Astro Lounge)

Arctic Monkeys - 93.3% (AM)

One Direction - 92.8% (Up All Night)

Green Day - 92.7% †

Eurythmics - 91.7% * (Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This))

Marina and the Diamonds - 91.4% †

Owl City - 91% †

Lady Gaga - 90.6% †

The Beatles - 90.3% †

High School Musical 2 Cast - 89.7% * (High School Musical 2 (Original Soundtrack))

Elton John - 89.5% †

Fleetwood Mac - 89.4% †

Kelly Clarkson - 89.2% * (Breakaway)

More below the cut, but we'll be following up this with additions!

Artists by Highest Average of Albums Listened to in Part or in Whole

AC/DC - 93.6% * (Highway to Hell)

Wham! - 92.2% (Make It Big)

The Killers - 92% (Hot Fuss)

Ke$ha - 91.2% (Animal + Cannibal [Deluxe Edition])

Eurythmics - 89% * (Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This))

Smash Mouth - 87.2% (Astro Lounge)

Nirvana - 86.1% †

Kelly Clarkson - 85.5% * (Breakaway)

Owl City - 85.5% †

Arctic Monkeys - 85.4% (AM)

Cascada - 85% (Everytime We Touch)

Green Day - 84.5% †

Gwen Stefani - 83.8% (Love. Angel. Music. Baby.)

One Direction - 83.1% (Up All Night)

Marina and the Diamonds - 82.9% †

Elton John - 82.7% †

Lil Nas X - 82% * (Montero)

Lady Gaga - 81.8% †

The Beatles - 79.9% †

Fleetwood Mac - 79.8% †

Artists by Highest Average of Albums Listened to All the Way Through

My Chemical Romance - 58.3% †

Panic at the Disco - 53.4% (Pretty. Odd.)

Fall Out Boy - 51.4% †

Gerard Way - 46.3% (Hesitant Alien)

High School Musical 2 Cast - 43.8% * (High School Musical 2 (Original Soundtrack))

Marina and the Diamonds - 42.6% †

Hozier - 39.6% †

Nirvana - 38.3% †

Arctic Monkeys - 36.5% (AM)

The Beatles - 36% †

Frank Iero and The Future Violents - 35.9% (Barriers)

Green Day - 35.5% †

Pink Floyd - 35.5% †

toby fox - 35.4% *†

Lorde - 35.4% †

Patrick Stump - 35.2% (Soul Punk [Deluxe Version])

Louis Tomlinson - 34.7% †

One Direction - 34.2% (Up All Night)

The Killers - 34.1% (Hot Fuss)

Paramore - 32.6% †

[wingsoverlagos]

Lewisohn vs. Shepherd

I'm still at work on the whole Kim Bennett thing, but here's a quick Lewisohn vs. post to spice things up. Actually, the book from which I was cross-referencing was due at the library, so I started work on this, quickly realized the source was also readily availble online, but decided to finish it anyway.

The source at hand is Jean Shepherd’s October 28th, 1964 interview with the Beatles, published in the February 1965 issue of Playboy. You can find a transcribed version here or a scanned copy here. It’s a great, quick read - seven pages sparkling with Beatles wit and a concerted effort by George to convince the interviewer he's in love with Ringo. Small tw for transphobia in the form of a tired pronoun joke at the expense of April Ashley.

Tune In pulls three quotes from Shepherd's interview. Two of them are below the cut - their are minor changes (one exceedingly minor) to those quotes, but the first quote I'll address is taken wildly out of context. It's not the most offensive distortion of history that Lewisohn has put forward, but its maddeningly blatant - and pointless.

Tune In 26-20 vs. Shepherd 1965, p.54

The quote of interest is highlighted in green, but I included the preceding paragraph because the context matters greatly here. The Beatles & Brian were down in the dumps, having struck out with every record company with any semblance of artistic merit. Lewisohn highlights that John and Paul in particular were down in the dumps, but that “their young friend George stayed optimistic. He rallied them, he showed them that while they might be thinking the worst, he was remaining hopeful.” His evidence for this is the quote highlighted in green, in which John says Brian and George knew they would make it big.

Well. Let’s check the source.

If you look at the quote, once again in green, it’s almost correct—Lewisohn drops “our manager”, but it’s close by Tune In’s standards. Take a look at what’s around the quote, and you’ll see it’s taken wildly out of context. John isn’t talking about George’s confidence in the Beatles ability to score a record contract in 1962; he is unambiguously referring to George’s confidence that the Beatles will succeed in America in 1964. And that confidence didn’t stem from “the Beatles’ mantra” that “Something’ll turn up”—George thought they’d be successful in the states because he was aware of their U.S. record sales.

The thing that gets me here is that it’s so unnecessary. As a historian writing for a general audience, the Beatles must be a dream: you have a core group of four complex, interesting, musically gifted people whose personal and artistic growth played out in the public eye, exhaustively documented. They were surrounded by a supporting cast of vibrant characters to root for or revile, who all played a role in a story brimming with friendship, romance, rivalry, wit, and tragedy. There's no reason to rewrite history for the Beatles - their story can be both factually correct and narratively compelling, yet Lewisohn joins a storied list of authors who have felt the need to gild the lily.

What does this add to the Beatles story? How does it benefit the narrative to portray George Harrison as a plucky kid from an afterschool special, cheering on his elders with unflagging optimism when things look bleak? It’s trite, and it’s fake. It's not the Beatles.

This isn’t the most earth-shattering act of historical revisionism Lewisohn has committed to print, but its brazenness is galling. In the introduction to Tune In, Lewisohn states, “I’ve wanted a history of deep-level inquiry where the information is tested accurate, and free of airbrushing, embellishment and guesswork, written with an open mind and even hands, one that unfolds lives and events in context and without hindsight, the way they occurred…” And yet we get this. He knowingly took this quote two years and a whole Atlantic Ocean out of context, and he had the audacity to tout his book as “tested accurate, and free of airbrushing, embellishment and guesswork.”

He's pissing on our feet and telling us it's raining, folks.

Tune In 29-4 vs. Shepherd 1965, p.56

An impressive number of little deletions and changes for such a small quote.

Tune In 33-1 vs. Shepherd 1965, p.54

This one almost isn’t worth mentioning. The only change is the emphasis removed from Ringo’s “them” in the original quote.

Sources:

Lewisohn M. 2013. The Beatles: All These Years Vol. 1: Tune In. New York (NY): Crown Archetype. [ebook]

Shepherd J. 1965 Feb. Playboy Interview: The Beatles. Playboy 12:51-60. Accessed online 2024 Mar. Available from: https://imgur.com/a/HY2Ji

[hadesoftheladies]

FEMALE MOVIE/TV RECS (PART 9 / ADULT & FAMILY ANIMATION)

got inspired from a recommendation post so decided to make a list of movies and shows with female-centric stories/female protagonists. since i can't post all of the genres in one post, i'll split it into multiple posts and y'all can save or add to the list as you wish. (disclaimer: i have watched most of these, but i only know about the existence of others. not every movie/show on these lists will be my recommendation. my recommendations will be beneath the list with reasons. also some of these are way better than others in terms of storytelling/performance--which is why i'll list my faves separately):

Common Themes/Tropes:

-Woman/girl is OP and gets bullshit from other people for it

-Heroine tries desperately to fix the world

-Leaving home to go on adventures for the sake of a dream or doing the right thing

-Sisters are a lifeline

-Women/girls can literally do or be anything

-Violence is the only answer men will understand

-The world is so big, grand and beautiful and she wants to see more of it

-Girls being the conscience of an entire society

-Things going ham when she reaches Boss Level

-Magic (and violence) are good things, especially paired together

-A man (usually a father or guy friend) is the only conscience she has left

-F*ck marriage there's bigger problems TM

-I must save my father/sister

-Serious mommy issues

-Has an animal companion or IS the animal companion (robots also count as animal companions in terms of function imo)

-Making friends with the monster

OF WHICH ARE FOR ADULT AUDIENCES:

Pantheon

Scavenger's Reign

Blue Eye Samurai

Arcane: League of Legends

Trese

HAVEN'T WATCHED:

Pantheon

Lilo & Stitch

Fiona & Cake

Star Vs. The Forces of Evil

Trese

Princess Mononoke

Green Snake

The Breadwinner

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Violet Evergarden

Barbie in The Diamond Castle

Monsters Vs Aliens

Epic

Finding Dory

Encanto

The Incredibles II

Tinkerbell: Legend of The Neverbeast

Brave

WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND:

Blue Eye Samurai (10/10) (super gritty, but the perfect revenge story, puts John Wick to shame)

Scavenger's Reign (8/10) (split story, but two of the main characters are women, and one is a black lesbian! fantastic animation, though don't watch if you're intensely trypophobic, it can be sci-fi horror)

Mulan (9/10) (one of the most perfect animated Disney classics)

Turning Red (8/10) (this movie remembered the tween era)

Tinkerbell (if you crave matriarchy, sisterhood, magic and female centric society and story, then you need to watch the Tinkerbell movies)

Wolfwalkers (7.5/10) (an anti-colonial, anti patriarchal, pro-pagan fantasy movie with beautiful animation and a very touching, female-centric story)

Arcane: League of Legends (10/10) (gorgeous animation, amazing writing, incredible performances, and don't get me started on the sisters that take centre stage--also, lesbianism and gender nonconformity!)

The Legend of Korra (8/10) (good writing, a badass protagonist, a fantastic cast of characters, beautiful scoring, beautiful animation, amazing action sequences)

PERSONAL NOTES

The Mitchells Vs The Machines is basically a drama between a lesbian girl and her dad who have to figure their relationship out while they're running from robots. It was full of heart and fun and had some good jokes in there. I'd definitely recommend it.

Raya & The Last Dragon is the first Disney movie with a gender non-conforming princess! It also has some of the best action sequences in any Disney animated movie, however it doesn't hold a candle to The Incredibles II, which stars Helen Parr as the main character of the film. It's one of my favourite films of all time because of how they depict Helen and the main villain of the story (a badass genius of a woman). Really pro-female films, even for all their flaws.

Abominable has some of the most gorgeous visuals I've seen outside of a Disney animation. The texturing and coloring is so vivid it makes my mouth water. It's far better than Over The Moon, but both have their own charm. Abominable and Home have very similar plots. Also, the girl in Home is voiced by Rihanna while Beyonce voices the queen of the faeries in Epic.

One movie that shares a similar theme (kindness to animals even if we don't understand them or they scare us) with Abominable is The Sea Beast. The Sea Beast is one of the best animations with a black female girl as a lead I've ever seen. There's also a badass black woman pirate. There are some scenes that could have been written (or colored) better, but I loved it either way. I think it was the first animated film to depict shrinkage for black hair! And it didn't lighten the skin or whiten the features of the black characters!

Many people view Frozen II and Brave as "almost" masterpieces whose writers ultimately failed them, and I can say that I agree to some extent. There are many things technically wrong with the movies. Minor details that set the pacing off or take away from the immersion. However, I still love both of them. I really love daughter vs mother and sister vs sister stories (that includes Tinkerbell: The Secret of The Wings) because there's so much to explore in such relationships. They also both have some killer soundtracks, some amazing visuals and well-executed action sequences. I've truly seen way worse than these two films, and the characters are mostly loveable.

The Breadwinner is an animated film about a girl dressing up like a boy under the rule of the Taliban so she can earn some money to help feed her family. It's scored very high by critics.

I'd also recommend The Owl House (even though there's some appeal to genderism in later seasons). It's the first time I've seen a bisexual animated character and the enemies to lovers arc with Luz and Amity is unmatched in cannon magic school stories. I also really love the depiction of The Owl Lady who is treated like a male character in that she is allowed to be non-maternal, single and old (and wrinkled), arrogant and boastful, all without the show trying to punish her for it. The Boiling Isles are also fascinating as a setting.

If you like The Owl House, there's a chance you'll love She-Ra. There were many things I found annoying about She-Ra, but my experience was mostly positive. I'm not the biggest fan of Catradora, but I do appreciate the drama. I loved the world-building and magic system mainly, so the character quirks didn't get to me as much as they have others. Also, amazing antagonists in this series. It could have been more mature, but it's still entertaining.

I also definitely recommend Home on The Range. It's a whole movie with talking animals, but there's no tomboy like the main female protagonist in a Disney movie. She is one of the most tomboy characters Disney ever made. Also, I love 2D animation and this film reminds me why. Also, the idea of a feminine, micromanaging old heifer, a bull-headed, roughhouse new girl cow, and a young airhead cow that can't sing going on an adventure across the wild west to save their human's (a sweet old lady with some bark and bite) farm? And they have to compete with a hotshot, asshole male horse who is young and fast? It's like the perfect western comedy but with cows!

Anyways, if you can't tell, I love animated stuff and a lot of these are my comfort movies.

[davekat-sucks]

(Found this image on Twitter)

I really don't like the Omega kids. I take them as seriously as I take the alphasprites, they don't exist to me. Hearing you guys talk about these little mistakes feels like watching everyone talk about a hypothetical scenario or dream some guy had once... which is the Homestuck experience now.

I dislike them, but it's not just because their stories stem from terrible couples, it's because they're so over designed but there is no meaning to anything.

It's cute Tavros has a bow tie and that Harry has a bandana but those feel like little trinkets that should have been added on later after we get used to seeing them. Show me their personalities first before you overload a character with this much clothing. Yiffy is the worst of these. It's too much. For some reason Eridan feels like a simpler design than this avril lavigne clone. There is something less cohesive and more busy about these designs than the original cast. Maybe it's because it has too many different grays and blacks. She looks more like a vast error character than a Homestuck one.

Look at how simple the character designs start out as, and then they purposely make their own outfits that fit their interests and personalities. Dirk may be a bit of an exception here actually, he changes his clothes right after he is introduced. Which introduces him as anal.

There is meaning here. There is a purpose that the story shares throughout it's run. Look at Rose's dress it was made from the velvet pillow introduced when her mom one-upped her and Roxy's outfit here clearly being a reference to her mom's love of knitting. There is a reason Jade wears blue and John wears green even though that isn't their colors. Dave's shades are a gift from John. John is wearing a bootlegged slimer shirt. I'm not saying the Omega kids need every article of clothing to have a backstory, but if they wear this much clothing it doesn't tell me much.

Why does Yiffy wear cleats if she was hidden away from the world? Did she run around in a backyard like a dog or something? I don't even remember if that is her story or not, I forgot so much about her because I was more focused on how she was a child that Rose had behind her wife's back. They're overloaded with drama too.

To add to that. I haven't placed much thought in it but I don't know what the Omega kids color scheme is supposed to be. I assume the Beta kids colors come from basic web colors. If you invert the beta kid's colors you get the Alpha kids color scheme.

The Omega kids just feel scattered and unorganized. It makes them feel even more meaningless because they don't fit in. If that is the point then why not have five kids to really fuck with the system here? The writers should have really ran with the whole "we're flipping the script and subverting expectations" thing.

I also don't give a shit if this is nitpicky, I'm sure you guys can all see there is something off about the omega kids.

I agree about the accessories doesn't really show they are connected with the Beta Kid adults. If the bandana is suppose to be like a replacement to how Roxy wears a scarf, then let the boy wear a scarf and not a stupid gay bandana. You think that Kanaya, who is a fashionista herself, would be critical of what her daughter, Vrissy wears. And if you are saying she would never reprimand her daughter because she looks like her crush, then that brings up a worse implication that she really is grooming her to be like Vriska by enabling her bad habits. What confuses me is Tavvy's overshirt has the matching color of Gamzee, the one who MOLESTED HIM. You think after his death, he would never wear that color and be disgusted by any shade of purple that's within his sight. Unless him still wearing that purple vest now is still symbolizing he is still bound by Gamzee or can't move on after what he did to him.

But yeah, nothing about the Omega Kids designs makes sense. And I still am on the side that laughs at Yiffany looking more like Nostalgia Critic.

[foxes-that-run]

Daydreaming

The title is the verb daydreaming, although the song only ever uses it as a noun. To me that sums up the desire for a fleeting moment to last, feeling like once Harry reaches a feeling it is already gone because he is in constant motion.

Love on Tour Opener

Daydreaming opened Love on Tour after HH's release. It is the perfect song for that, happy, light, upbeat with a fast tempo to dispel some of the crowds anxious energy to see Harry. He bounced out triumphantly to it too, it's such a fun moment. The screens showed Harry's house on a journey through London, Paris and New York:

He used parts of an Alan Watts 1969 lecture 'Out of Your Mind' here. That piece delved into perception of reality. The part Harry chose is saying that we are not seperate entities but rather interconnected in the universe. So many songs on HH are about the theme of connectedness and also perception vs reality, this song included. As the tour opener I take this part as a message to his audience that Love on Tour was about coming together, shared joy. Harry used part of his final show speech in Love on Tour, Forever and said 'none of you are alone, I feel what it that you create together.

When was it written / who worked on it

Daydreaming is from the first group of songs for the Harry's House sessions, before he went to UK, before he joined the DWD cast. Harry said at the ONO in NYC: "Tyler first sent me a voice note when I was driving from Palm Springs to LA & since that point, I think it was called 'idea on the 101 rough'. It's no longer called that, thank God, but I haven't stopped singing it since".

It and Satellite are the only songs recorded in The Cave Studios, Tylers Nashville home only now do I realise Satellite’s recording there could be Tylers contribution done remote

It is another song that Pino Palladino played Bass on and John Mayer played guitar. As I have in detail in the post about them in Cinema. Harry told Howard Stern that he was across the corridor from JM and spoke about Daydreaming and Cinema together:

The horns are interesting, there are two horn players:

Ivan Jackson, of Brasstracks, also plays on MFASR from this same first set of songs as well as Watermelon Sugar and lights up on fine line.

Cole Kamen-Green of The Superpower Horns. He is in demand and also played horns on Taylor’s re-records, they met through Jack.

Daydreaming samples "Ain't We Funkin' Now." from 1978 so includes co-writing credits for Louis Johnson, Valerie Johnson, Alex Weir, Quincy Jones and Tom Bahler accordingly.

Lyrics

Ooh-ooh Ooh Livin' in a daydream She said, "Love me like you paid me" You know I'll be gone for so long So give me all of your love, give me something to dream about

Daydream and dreams are in several of Harry's songs and daydream is also in Boyfriends on this album. In both songs it means lying to yourself, or rather ignoring that something is fleeting because you want it to last, a theme on Harry's House.

'Paid me' is a theme in Harry's songs, and a Haylor theme also. Here it means that it's transactional, she wants all of Harry now because he is leaving and will be gone for so long. This line conjures up for me leaving to go on tour, which is the same premise as One Directions Back for You which Harry wrote on, though Daydreaming is more mature and jaded. It could equally be parting to go back to England in the Pandemic.

Ooh-ooh Stay until the morning 'Cause, baby, loving you's the real thing It just feels right When you give me all of your love, give me something to dream about (All of your love, give me something to dream about) So give me all of your love, give me something to dream about

Real is so interesting for Harry, in other songs (other than 'Something I've been waiting for) love has not been real, like in Two Ghosts "Tastes so sweet, looks so real" and Fool's Gold - "Yeah I know your love's not real" here he is staying longer than he should because the love is real, but if that is the case why should he leave sooner and the song's premise is that he knows it's a fleeting daydream.

"it just feels right" reminds me of Cinema's 'Don't know why, but it feels so right to me" but also Back for You which the setting of this song (in my mind) is the same as Back for You, Harry is leaving a love to go on tour.

"Give me something to dream about" reminds me of Perfect's "If you like to do whatever you've been dreaming about" - but a reverse.

Ooh-ooh Livin' in a daydream x3 Give me all of your love, give me something to dream about Livin' in a daydream x4 Livin' in a daydream (it's alright) Livin' in a daydream Give me all of your love Give me something to dream about (give me all of your love, ooh-ooh)

Harry sings about 'Alright' a lot, like an anxiety bubbling up, he never sounds sure it will be even when he says it is. Here it's almost like he is saying it's OK that it's a daydream, that he knows it is fleeting and that is OK.

The outtro is repeating 'Living in a daydream' the whole song is one last night with someone before time apart, accepting you will part and pretending it is real and forever when he knows it is not.

[greenlikethesea]

hii! top 5 media in any form you'd love to make everyone experience if you could?

or alternatively, top 5 favorite songs to sing? ^^

i'll answer both of these, because why not!

i want every human on planet earth to read the anthropocene reviewed by john green. i'm so serious. i read it during the height of the pandemic and it changed my entire perspective. rating the human experience on a five star scale. genuinely, what a concept. the man is wasted in YA -- this is what he's really good at.

rocky horror shadow cast! an essential queer experience, imo. every kind of freak is there and having fun, and you're encouraged to be vile, which is so rare in our world that is obsessed with politeness.

i hope that everyone wherever they live can experience large scale sculpture and light installations at places like the dia beacon and storm king art center. seeing art at that level and on that scale really puts your own existence into perspective.

a gospel concert, especially held by an established choir. once again, i am so serious. even if you are an atheist, or not christian, the power and passion of the music, and the enormity of the compositions, is deeply moving and will make you feel things you haven't felt in a long time!

this one is often a hard sell, but you asked: see a community theater production at least once a year. supporting amateur art is essential to keeping your community alive, and i guarantee that you will be surprised by some element of what you see. there are always diamonds in the rough, and the dedication of the entire cast and crew should be lauded!

now i love to sing, and i sing a variety of songs literally daily, so i'll give you top 5 songs to sing at karaoke at the present moment:

dreams by fleetwood mac!

sunday morning by no doubt! also bathwater so we'll count this as one entry!

(i wanna) dance with somebody by whitney houston!

breezeblocks by alt-j!

tears dry on their own by amy winehouse!

[ask-captain-keating]

What are some of your favorite poems, Captain? (Besides o captain my captain ofc) <3

Anon,

What a wonderful question! I'd be delighted to share a few of my favorites with you all.

To start, my all time favorite is titled "Clair de lune" (translates to "Moonlight") by Paul Verlaine, written in 1896. Those with a keen eye may recognise the title from Claude Debussy's song of the same title, which was a piece inspired by the poem. The original work is in French, but I will provide an English translation by Chris Routledge.

Moonlight

Your soul is a select landscape

Where charming masqueraders and bergamaskers go

Playing the lute and dancing and almost

Sad beneath their fantastic disguises.

All sing in a minor key

Of victorious love and the opportune life,

They do not seem to believe in their happiness

And their song mingles with the moonlight,

With the still moonlight, sad and beautiful,

That sets the birds dreaming in the trees

And the fountains sobbing in ecstasy,

The tall slender fountains among marble statues.

Paul Verlaine, 1869

Another one of my favorites, also by Uncle Walt, is called "O Living Always, Always Dying" from his poetry collection titled Leaves of Grass. Leaves of Grass was published in 1855, but he continuously edited and reworked it until he passed in 1892.

O Living Always, Always Dying

O LIVING always, always dying!

O the burials of me past and present,

O me while I stride ahead, material, visible, imperious as ever;

O me, what I was for years, now dead, (I lament not, I am content;)

O to disengage myself from those corpses of me, which I turn and look at where I cast them,

To pass on, (O living! always living!) and leave the corpses behind.

Walt Whitman, 1855

The last one I'll share is titled "Love Lives Beyond the Tomb" by John Clare. I only found this poem very recently, so unfortunately I don't know when it was published.

Love Lives Beyond the Tomb

Love lives beyond

The tomb, the earth, which fades like dew—

I love the fond,

The faithful, and the true

Love lives in sleep,

'Tis happiness of healthy dreams

Eve’s dews may weep,

But love delightful seems.

'Tis seen in flowers,

And in the even's pearly dew

On earth's green hours,

And in the heaven's eternal blue.

‘Tis heard in spring

When light and sunbeams, warm and kind,

On angels’ wing

Bring love and music to the wind.

And where is voice,

So young, so beautiful and sweet

As nature’s choice,

Where Spring and lovers meet?

Love lives beyond

The tomb, the earth, the flowers, and dew.

I love the fond,

The faithful, young and true.

John Clare

Another one of my favorite poems was written (or verbalised I suppose?) by a student of mine. Neither he nor I got the chance to write it down, and I most definitely do not have permission to share it. No sleep lost over it, sometimes the best poems are the ones you only hear once! Thank you very much for the question.

Best,

John Keating

[dcbtv]

Title: Sweet is the Dream that Leads Me to You

Author: Say_It_In_Enochian

Artist: Scarlettmichkat

Song: Today Was A Fairytale

Posting date: September 16th 2023

Rating: Explicit

Any archive warnings: No Archive Warnings

Top 10 main tags:

Alternate Universe - Medieval, Fairy Tale Elements, Virgin Castiel, Comfortably Bisexual Dean Winchester, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Mutual Pining, Dean Winchester Teaches Castiel About Sex, Falling In Love, Happy Ending, Tooth-Rotting Fluff

Summary:

From a crumbling fortress hidden in a deep green wood, Castiel watches a world he is destined never to join. It’s a solitary existence, but he is for the most part content. The companionship of his friends, the wolf, and the crow is enough.

At least, it has been, for as long as he can remember. Until one night the unthinkable happens and a strange man finds his way into Castiel’s sanctuary. A man whose presence makes his heart seem to beat for the first time…who makes him begin to question everything about his strange secluded world.

As one of King Arthur’s most trusted warriors, Dean’s future was bright and his path clearly laid out for him. He would be knighted, then married, fulfilling his obligation to his father and the destiny John had chosen for him.

It seemed a perfectly good plan, until the night Dean dreams of a young man with full lips and kind eyes….eyes that make him want to cast destiny aside and live in his dreams.

Can Cas convince Dean he’s not just a dream? Can Dean defy his father and choose his own destiny? And can they both solve the mystery of Castiel’s curse before it threatens their love and Camelot’s future?

Author tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/inenochian

Link to Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49465972/chapters/124839889

Artist tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/scarlettmichkat

Link to Art:

https://www.tumblr.com/scarlettmichkat/728584544794689536/sweet-is-the-dream-that-leads-me-to-you?source=share