#johnny lawrence aesthetic

[bubblegumflavor]

This one smells like vanilla, gingerbread, cinnamon, hot chocolate and whatever Johnny is smoking to rock that glitter sweater ♡

[st4rrsillyy]

sneak peek to

- A Glimpse Into My Day

au of lawrusso like they old money and live in nyc ( and there married 😳) but im amidst of writing a fanfic with this moodboard

yall likey likey? 🤪😳 its supposed to give

Old money aesthetic, young and wealthy, wealthy and successful, millionaire and high school sweethearts, businessman and stay-at-home lover, etc.

anyways ima try my best to eat up since i lobe this pair but please forgive me if it doesn't make it up to yalls expectation of the story or if its rlly out of character i've never written for this pair until now

From my balcony, I overlook New York. It's huge, such a large city with endless opportunities I know that cause I’ve been there before, hustling through the busy streets of New York looking for opportunities, that well never came if we’re gonna be honest. - daniel larusso in my au A Glimpse Into My Day

[loomiseater]

80s/90s shows/movies

Zack Morris

Nothing yet, come back later :)

Danny Tanner

Nothing yet, come back later :)

Uncle Jesse

Nothing yet, come back later :)

Johnny Lawrence (young)

Nothing yet, come back later :)

Daniel LaRusso (young)

Nothing yet, come back later :)

Benny Rodriguez

Nothing yet, come back later :)

[lalalagirl7]

not mine

[nicolerichiesdiary]

[astroartsya]

Beauty placements in Astrology🌸💄 Part 1

(I am mostly talking about physical beauty in face and body but attractive/seductive placement are completely different topic) These are just the basic common ones.

🌠Neptune, Venus or Moon aspecting ascendant or in the first house. -

Neptune =Their aura is intresting and different. They can be like mirrors to other people and are idolized easily. People with this placement can be invisible if they want to but suddenly have everyone staring at them. They can be bit cartoonish. This can be difficult placement but it can give so much creativity and miracles to a person.

Looks: Can have looks that people deem as iconic. You can see their faces at peoples houses , public places and in paintings and in clothes. Unique but classic at the same time. They look dazzling in photos.

Archetype: Siren that lures you with gentle lullaby and turns into a monster. No one can resist the urge that they bring up.

Celebrity examples-->

//Neptune in the first house/ Conjunct//: Marilyn Monroe, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Ariana Grande, Scarlett Johansson, Nicole Kidman, Eminem, Tom Cruise, Chris Evans, Paris Hilton, Paul Mcartney, Paris Hilton, Bradley Cooper.

//Neptune opposite ascendant//: Audrey hepburn, Halle Berry, Adele, Lady Gaga, Christina Hendricks, Amy Adams, Jared Leto.

//Neptune trine ascendant//: Jim Morrison, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Heath Ledger, Jessica Alba, George Clooney, Cindy Crawford, Julia Roberts, Sophia Loren.

//Neptune square ascendant//: Elvis Presley, Britney Spears, Johnny Depp, Elizabeth Taylor, Rihanna, Dua Lipa, Jimi Hendrix, Birgitte Bardot, Ryan Gosling.

//Neptune sextile ascendant//: Madonna, Beyonce, Leonardo Dicaprio, Keanu Reeves, Kurt Cobain, Monica Bellucci, Christina Aguilera, Sharon Stone, Grace Kelly, Aaliyah, Khloe Kardashian.

They are magical, mysterious and etherial.

🎇 Venus= They are just gorgeous and have such a balanced body and face. People enjoy their company and they can become popular easily. Good placement in every aspect but vanity can occur so it's good to have something where to use that visual/artistic gift even as just a hobby.

Looks: They are very aesthetic and are often used as wallpapers for that reason.

Archetype: Aphrodite who bring pleasure and beauty that you can't get enough of. The senses are overwhelmed and lured you in.

Celebrity examples--->

//Venus in first house/ Conjunct ascendant//: Angelica Jolie, Beyonce, Rihanna, Shakira,Bella Hadid, Charlize Theron, Anna Nicole Smith, George Clooney, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Cameron Diaz, Zayn Malik, Elizabet II, Audrey Hepburn, Kourtney Kardashian, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Blake Lively, Vanessa Paradis, Jude Law, Doja Cat.

//Venus opposite ascendant//: Kurt Cobain, Lana Del Rey, Prince, Marlond Brando, Russel Brand, Cindy Crawford, Muhammad Ali, Tyra Banks, Ru Paul, Willow Smith.

//Venus trine ascendant//: Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lawrence,John F Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, Kate Winslet, Sophia Loren, Meghan thee Stallion.

//Venus square ascendant//: Kim Kardashian, Billie Eilish, Gia Carangi, Birgitte Bardot, Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis, Uma Thurman, Richard Gere.

//Venus sextile ascendant//: Lady Gaga, Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton, Audrey Hepburn, Zac Efron, Dua Lipa, Kim Basinger, Amy Adams, Madison Beer.

Beautiful, stylish, symmetrical, sensual, artistic .

🌌Moon= Can reflect other peoples emotions and be very sensitive/emphatetic. Children and animals are drawn to these people. Just so adorable. Their style/makeup can be expression of their feelings.

Archetype: Nyx that in the dark evening shines mysteriously and brings nostalgia upon you and holds you dearly . You can be completely vulnerable you feel like a child again.

Celebrity examples--->

||Moon in 1st house/ Conjunct ascendant||: Madonna, Michael Jackson, Leonardo Dicaprio, Katy Perry, Whitney Houston, Audrey Hepburn, Bella Hadid, Aishwarya Rai, Anna Nicole Smith, Rihanna, Scarlett Johansson,George Harrsion

||Moon opposite ascendant||: Marilyn Monroe, Miley Cyrus, Birgitte Bardot, Jessica Alba , Gven Stefani, Liv Tyler, Uma Thurman, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali, Adele.

||Moon trine ascendant||: Kanye West, Kristen Stewart, Justin Timberlake, Paris Hilton, Sandra Bullock, Khloe Kardashian, Zac Efron, Vanessa Paradis, David Beckham.

||Moon square ascendant||: Lana Del Rey , Heath Ledger, Tom Cruise, Sharon Stone, Emma Watson, Zendaya, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jim Morrison, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder

||Moon sextile ascendant||: Robert Pattinson, Keanu Reeves,Jennifer Aniston, Kylie Jenner, Cameron Diaz, Ryan Gosling, Pamela Anderson, Kourtney Kardashian, Russel Brand, Rita Hayworth.

Feminine, soft, innocent, approachable, artistic.

[praetoravila]

INTRODUCTION POST

Jackson “Jack” Keene:

Faceclaim: Noah Jupe (Child!Jack), Dylan Everett (Teen!Jack)

Age: 15 (s1), 16 (s2), 17 (s3&4), 18 (s5&6)

Birthdate: February 4, 2002

Family: Johnathan “Johnny” Lawrence (Biological father), Shannon Keene (Biological mother), Robert “Robby” Keene (Twin brother)

Affilations: Miyagi-Do Karate, Eagle Fang Karate (Formerly), LaRusso Auto Group (Formerly), Cobra Kai Dojo (Formerly), West Valley High School (Student)

Personality: The brainiac to Robby’s brawn, Jack has always been a gifted child. While his brother was getting involved with the wrong crowd, Jack found himself burying himself into his schoolwork, viewing it as an opportunity for him to make a better life for himself. His loyalty and love for his brother however made it so that Jack often found himself digging Robby out of whatever scheme his twin had cooked up - something that always ended up biting him in the ass. Jack’s undiagnosed ADHD and severe anger issues didn’t help him with that either, resulting in a fight that leads to him getting kicked out of school on the same day that his brother gets kicked out as well.

Relationships: Samantha “Sam” LaRusso (Girlfriend, s2-6), Robert “Robby” Keene (Best Friend and Twin Brother), Miguel Diaz (Best Friend, former Rival), Eli “Hawk” Moskowitz (Friend), Victoria “Tory” Nichols (Friend, basically his sister in law) and the remaining cast of Cobra Kai (Friends)

Theme Song: You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid by The Offspring

Favourite Colour: Cherry Red

Favourite Smell: Wood-chips and Sea Salt

Favourite Memory: Pre Canon, Jack’s favourite memory is his and Robby’s 8th birthday. Shannon’s boyfriend at the time took the two boys to the beach for the day and let them spend the day there before buying them ice cream for dinner. Canonwise, his favourite memory is winning the All Valley in s4, as well as going to Prom with Sam in s4 before the fight begins between Sam and Tory.

Aesthetic:

Playlist:

taglist: @raging-violets @ceruleanmusings @nolanhollogay @outerspacecarryon @naquey @rose-of-oz @bibaybe @kendelias @happinessismagicc

[urfavoritesecretadmirer]

Rant to me about literally anything about ur system

Omg okay so like it is so annoying when you come to front and you see food you are allergic to just already eaten (I’m calling you out Jonah /lh)

Like I look down and see some grapes eaten and I’m like ‘ah shit’ -🧿

Bro really said ‘not my problem’😭 -🧠

It’s also so cool to go on Pinterest and see a mix of so many aesthetics. I see clean girl, grunge, emo, scene, etc all in one board. It’s amazing. -🧿

We also have a lil reminder on our phone, so if we split or an alter comes out of dormancy they can go to the notes app and know what to do! -🧿

We also have decent communication, so that’s wonderful. I like to think of my OSDD1B as a cure rather than a curse, since I’m gonna have it my whole life yk. -🧿

Communication could def be better but fuck it we ball🤸 -🧠

Also, we can’t talk in a lot of discord servers because one of our main fronters source 🥲 -🧿

That’s meeee hiii :3 -🧠

We also absolutely love being out to our friends, because it’s basically (for them) like being the favorite person in the city! (High alter count joke)-🧿

Oh yeah speaking of high alter counts, we’re currently working on doing a head check! But that’s kinda hard when people tell us different numbers all the time. But we each have a different estimate/guess before we do an actual count. We also split really easily and we’ve always split really easily, and this is over the course of what, 9 years? Sooo that’s lovely. -🧿

My guess(Luc, host🧿): 50-60

Sal💙: 200-300

Ramona🎭: 400-450

Chandler☀️: 40-45

Chase🌕: 2,000-5,000 (I’m pretty sure he was being sarcastic but here lol)

Mary🧠: 300-400

I only know of about 43, or ig I should say I’ve only met 43? Or only 43 registered? Idk man😭 -🧠

Also I’m just gonna say it is so funny to hear Johnny Lawrence and Angel Dust fight over whether or not we wear foundation. -🧠

[bubblegumflavor]

Okay okay, maybe LaRusso isn't so bad after all... when he's asleep.

[jasonmacavoy]

(FINN COLE, CIS MALE, HE/HIM) Oh, is that JASON MACAVOY I heard the TWENTY SEVEN year old is LOYAL. But don’t let that pretty face fool you, they are also HOT HEADED. Makes sense seeing how they are an ENFORCER in the GHOST RIDERS MC gang. penned by ally.

stats.

full name:  jason thomas macavoy  nicknames: jay, jayjay birthday: april 5th age: twenty- seven birthplace: bronx, nyc star sign: ares gender: cis male pronouns: he/him sexuality: heterosexual gang: ghost riders rank: enforcer sargent at arms cover: strip club bouncer and occasional street fighter theme song: habits by mgk

appearance. 

face claim: finn cole hair color: dirty blonde eye color: blue height:  6ft weight: 185lbs build: big, burly, and muscular tattoos: yes, very tom hardy in the warrior scars: many, more scar than skin, each with a story. most notable a stab wound on his left side from the Halloscream event.

family.

mother: Heidi Macavoy, estranged stepfather: Tommy fowler, deceased father: unknown (but could make for a fun potential connection tho!) siblings: bellamy moore, but doesn't know it pets: none

personality. 

positives (+): determined, dauntless, loyal, strong negatives (-): reckless, hot headed, stubborn, uncouth   MBTI: ISTP fears: psssh none dancing & losing the people closest to him zodiac: aries  element: fire hogwarts house: gryffindor drugs/ alcohol/ smoking: rarely, thinks it throw off his fighting game/ yes/ yes aesthetics: a string of purpling bruises fresh from a fight, a pack of marlboro reds to take the edge off, raw knuckles, broken beer bottles, cigarette smoke, gaping holes in the wall, more scar than skin, & a thick layer of sweat sheathing toned muscles character inpso: tom conlon (warrior), ryan atwood (the oc), will turner (pirates), rip wheeler (yellowstone), billy hope (southpaw), j cody (animal kingdom), johnny lawrence (cobra kai), frank farmer (the bodyguard), jon snow (GoT)

biography.

TW: fighting, death, toxic masculinity

Jason Macavoy came into the world fighting, and he had been fighting ever since. His mother, a struggling fashion designer, had just stepped on set for an athleisure shoot she designed when her first born son barreled into the world with clenched fists and a battle cry that would make his father proud. Not the washed up middleweight champ who couldn’t make it to the hospital on such short notice —the one Jason would grow up calling father— but the one night stand who knocked up Heidi Macavoy all those years ago Growing up in the Bronx Jason was a handful: rambunctious, brimming with unbridled energy, and a temper that would only grow with time. He had trouble learning how to read and was easily set off by a poor test score or an off-handed taunt made by a classmate, landing him in several schoolyard scuffles. By the time Jason was seven, his mother fled to pursue the career and the life she had always dreamed of, leaving Jason in the care of his wayward step-father.  His step-father wasn’t good for much anymore except for drinking and coaching, but Tommy was there and he was the only one who recognized Jason’s potential. He saw that for what his step-son lacked in brains, he made up for in athletics. Young Jason was a natural talent when it came to sports, and Tommy helped channel all his energy and anger into UFC in particular. He bloomed into a wrestling prodigy at the local public school. His determination was feral, and the boy wanted nothing more than to prove himself worthy of his mother’s love, one victory he’d never be able to manage. As Jason’s athletic abilities continued to grow, so did his competitive edge and hot temper that continued to get him into trouble on and off the mat. During a championship tournament of his professional career, Jason had made a spectacle allowing a foul to the boy’s side to ignite a wrath in him he didn’t even know he had. He went wild, shouting and swearing at the referee for the unfair call before striking him and leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. He was disqualified from competition and barred from the league.  Not long after Jason was banned from competition, his step-father succumbed to the bottle while his mother still wanted nothing to do with him. More lost than ever Jason turned to underground street fighting to get his fix. It was then Jason found the Ghost Riders or rather they found him smack in the middle of a bar brawl at the tender age of seventeen. Young and hungry for a place that could appreciate and refine his raw potential, Jason pledged his loyalty to the Ghost Riders in exchange for covering up a bar fight gone wrong. More info HERE He now works as a bouncer at a strip club and has spent the last ten years with Ghost Riders, becoming one of their most loyal enforcers and fighters, growing more and more accustomed to the gritty underground lifestyle, the brawls, the arguments, the booze. His step-father’s voice in his head had never been more clear to him: fight.

PINTEREST || SPOTIFY

[yenforfairytales]

"And since Terry is extremely cultured and intelligent I must believe that he's aware of LaRusso being Italian for Red. Originally Latin for someone being redhaired or red of complexion(Danny boyyyy)."

Oh, Danny-boy will be red of complexion indeed when Terry's done...hehe. Flushed!Daniel is best Daniel!

And you can't tell me that Terry, with his eternally stylish wardrobe, isn't deeply irked at the thought and sight of Daniel constantly wearing blue/any other non-red color when he's SUCH a red guy.

Damn those CK writers giving Johnny Lawrence all the red.

Anyway, Terry's probably itching to get him to wear red, scarlet, crimson!! And then rip it all off, of course. Doesn't his boy Daniel know how lovely he is in red?! How it sets off his dark hair, his dark eyes, his tan skin tone?! How it fits his warm, spitfire nature?!

This is why Daniel needs Terry in his life, damn it! Someone's gotta make sure Danny looks damn good all the time!

(And also for the aesthetically pleasing Red Riding Hood and Wolf thing they have going on...)

(continuing the heathening from this askening)

And also for the aesthetically pleasing Red Riding Hood and Wolf thing they have going on...

HELLO??? IT'S THEM 🐺❤

It's darkly romantic and intoxicating

The mutual obsession kings. Because they do love each other. The good and the bad. And they can't reconcile that

But you so right. Terry has impeccable fashion sense and resources. Bring this Daniel back:

Terry's boy is a renaissance painting and we all know he collects fine ass arts

I mean. Jesus. 🍒

It's- it's a good look.

What a tragedy that Daniel never got to wear the black and red Cobra Kai gi at least once. Terry imagined Daniel's kids in them, but not their hot dad? YEA right.

I just want to add that the one time we got to see them both dressed up together(a party at Terry's house no less. What in the name of fanfiction-) that Terry takes the opportunity to ogle Daniel lmao.

What even. He's like, "Really, Danny? Blue?"

Stop undressing him with your eyes, you whore!!! use your hands and mouth instead

Here's to hoping Season 6 gives us some more of that good food. And more complimentary couple outfits...

[catzy88]

THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

✨ ACTORS ✨

★ Actors (general actor/actress tag) ★ Cillian Murphy ★ Daniel Brühl ★ Joey Batey ★ Ralph Macchio ★ William Zabka

🏮 ANIME & MANGA 🏮

★ Naruto     - Hatake Kakashi     - Uchiha Obito     - Uchiha Sasuke     - Uzumaki Naruto

🎭 CHARACTERS 🎭

★ Antonio Salieri ★ Baron Helmut Zemo ★ Geralt of Rivia ★ Girolamo Riario ★ Homelander ★ Jaskier ★ Johnny Lawrence

🏒 ICE HOCKEY 🏒

★ Ice Hockey (general hockey tag) ★ NHL (general league tag) TEAMS ★ Colorado Avalanche ★ Florida Panthers ★ Leijonat (Team Finland) ★ Philadelphia Flyers PLAYERS ★ Artturi Lehkonen ★ Brad Marchand ★ Claude Giroux ★ Connor McDavid ★ Leon Draisaitl ★ Matthew Tkachuk ★ Sidney Crosby ★ Travis Konecny

🎀 MISC. 🎀

★ Aesthetic ★ Funny Posts ★ Memes/Tests/Quizzes ★ Photography

🎬 MOVIES & THEATER 🎬

★ Amadeus ★ Harry Potter ★ Horror (general horror movie tag) ★ The Karate Kid ★ The Lord of the Rings ★ Marvel Cinematic Universe ★ Movies (general movie tag) ★ Mozart l'Opéra Rock ★ Saw franchise

🎧 MUSIC 🎧

★ The Beatles ★ Jimmy Page ★ Led Zeppelin ★ Music (general music tag) ★ Oasis ★ Paul McCartney ★ Queen

🖋️ MY WRITING 🖋️

★ Fics & imagines & headcanons & etc.

💞 SHIPS 💞

★ Billy Butcher/Homelander (The Boys) ★ Daniel LaRusso/Johnny Lawrence (The Karate Kid, Cobra Kai) ★ Eddie Munson/Jason Carver (Stranger Things) ★ Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier (The Witcher) ★ Jack Eichel/Connor McDavid (Hockey RPF) ★ James “Bucky” Barnes/Helmut Zemo (MCU) ★ John Lennon/Paul McCartney (The Beatles RPF) ★ Lawrence Gordon/Adam Faulkner-Stanheight (Saw franchise) ★ Leon Draisaitl/Matthew Tkachuck (Hockey RPF) ★ Leonardo da Vinci/Girolamo Riario (Da Vinci's Demons) ★ Liam Gallagher/Noel Gallagher (Oasis RPF) ★ Malcolm Tucker/Ollie Reeder (The Thick of It) ★ Nathan MacKinnon/Artturi Lehkonen (Hockey RPF) ★ Peter Strahm/Mark Hoffman (Saw franchise) ★ Sherlock Holmes/John Watson (BBC Sherlock etc.) ★ Sidney Crosby/Claude Giroux (Hockey RPF) ★ Uchiha Obito/Hatake Kakashi (Naruto) ★ Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto) ★ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Antonio Salieri (Amadeus 1984, Mozart l'Opéra Rock 2009)

📺 TV SHOWS 📺

★ BBC Sherlock ★ The Boys ★ Cobra Kai ★ Da Vinci's Demons ★ Doctor Who ★ The Falcon And The Winter Soldier ★ Midnight Mass ★ The Thick Of It ★ TV Shows (general tv show tag) ★ The Witcher

[leohtttbriar]

7, 12, 16, 18, 20 - that's a lot so take your pick, I just always like seeing your opinions

right back at you! was secretly hoping you would reblog the game :)

7. what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

never really encountered this phenomena before cobra kai except for the vaguest hint of an aversion to samwise gamgee after everyone kept calling him the "real hero," but that aversion never took, and i'm ashamed to admit such weakness even now.

johnny lawrence was one of my favorite characters in cobra kai season one and then i logged onto tumblr and now i just Do Not Get It. a feeling i think from pre-season 3, even, when he was still a good and consistent character in the show. another character was robby. predictably, he was a bit babygirlified and he got soooo much more attention than sam and tory and even miguel and tbh, that made me pout massively. like. i don't care about him :(

i could be intellectual about this (and, okay, clearly the root of this petty hate is that particular sort of frustration that comes over a girl when all the boys in her fourth grade gym class get mad at her for being faster than them and then they refuse to let her play in their recess soccer game even though she's the best player--and it then sticks with her for the rest of her life) but in a vacuum i probably wouldn't feel the way i do. like, my ire is definitely in response to how other people feel about the bully character from 80's sports movie karate kid.

12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

you can bet that any female character that has ever been called annoying is at the top of this list. feels like girls like that are always popping up and torturing pop-culture consumers. the only one i can name right now is sam larusso, since that's the most recent model.

but also i read pride and prejudice in seventh grade. didn't get a single word of it, but i did understand that mrs. bennett was extremely annoying. then i read it again a few years later and have been her fierce defender ever since. female characters with high-pitched voices and anxiety: i adore. if you don't like those characters, in my head im thinking you're only as intelligent as me at 13.

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

any sort of portrayal of spock as someone who is violent and angry and just holding it back constantly bc he hates being half human--i do Not Get It. any sort portrayal of an alien species on star trek in which the aliens learn to embrace their humanity, or something. like, i can't stand it.

i want spock to be super-duper logical and stoic. i want that to be a good thing. i want all alien characteristics to be embraced and explored. i want the weirdness. new trek just isn't doing weirdness enough! and if human morality and social structures are so universally important, stop being cowardly and explain whyyyyy.

this also applies to fanfic which is, in fact, disastrously worse on this subject. especially fanfic based on the 2009 star trek movie.

but okay it's like---the roswell conspiracy is really fun and stuff cause it is really just the government stoking some nonsense so the russians can't figure out all the special-stupid weapons and spy-equipment they're making. and then it means that everything in roswell, nm is alien themed: little green faces everywhere, three-fingered hands waving at you on billboards, "greetings earthlings," 50's era space-art, and so on. I am very into that aesthetic, especially in the middle of nowhere southwest desert with not a mountain or forest for hundred of miles. of course people were looking up and being like "there must be Something out there. look how big."

all good, yes, and silly. but people really believe it and they really believe that the aliens look the way they do! the way the "witnesses" described little looking men with big ol eyes in a big ol head and extra long arms. sweeties! that's a primate! that's an earth-creature! there's no imagination! there's no weirdness! what if the aliens didn't have a face. what if they didn't have eyes! what if they were made of a chalky substance that molted every few minutes to maintain a needed basic pH and their way of observing electromagnetic radiation was not light projected thru a lens but like little pores of mucous all over their body like the one's on sharks (ampullae of lorenzini) that absorb electromagnetic radiation and also give the creature poles which means they can block all visible light with special mind powers and maybe photosynthesize or something.

i realize that fanfiction is largely concerned with two attractive men going at it, but for all that people claim to be "monster fuckers," that really hasn't borne out in star trek fanfic. explore eroticism with the weird, with the actually alien. i want that. that'd be great. i know octavia butler and others already Did That but i want to see a star trek go boldly, you know what i mean. also, i want something more like eroticism for the sake of the erotic--not as metaphor about feminine subjugation or something (no offense ms. butler).

even if that doesn't happen, would love to read a fanfic or watch a tv show in which, for example, spock's journey is not about how oppressive being a vulcan is, or whatever.

[back-and-totheleft]

Rousing bleeding-heart majesty

Oliver Stone employs his hyper-stylized aesthetics for a titanic, from-all-angles portrait of professional football in Any Given Sunday, an all-star 1999 film that brazenly strives for Shakespearean grandeur, thanks in part to the scripting of playwright-turned-screenwriter John Logan. At the center of this gladiatorial gridiron epic is Tony D’Amato (Al Pacino), wearied championship coach of the Miami Sharks, who’s grappling with numerous dilemmas, from the disloyalty of owner Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz) to his lovelorn loneliness to—most crucially of all—a severe injury to his veteran quarterback Cap Rooney (Dennis Quaid). The last of those problems manifests itself in the opening sequence, and sets the stage for the emergence of third-string QB “Steamin’” Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx), an arrogant bad boy who quickly becomes a league and media sensation, even as he slowly alienates his coach and teammates—including Lawrence Taylor’s linebacker and LL Cool J’s running back—with his me-first attitude.

Those are only a few of the issues tackled by Any Given Sunday, which manages to touch upon the myriad ways that money, sex, race, gender, fame, ego, fear, amorality, and greed factor into the sport. Throughout, Stone and Logan critique the league’s shadier aspects (and types of personalities) with North Dallas Forty-grade bluntness. Yet they refuse to outright condemn football for its failings, instead elevating it to the realm of myth, replete with images of players’ silhouettes cast against heavenly clouds, schizoid montages equating modern athletes with former icons, cameos from NFL greats (including Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas, and Y.A. Tittle), and a sequence that cross-cuts between D’Amato and Beamen arguing and scenes from Ben-Hur—followed by an appearance by Charlton Heston, no less.

Stone’s bruising, blistering game footage is some of the best ever committed to film, and his frenzied montages further lend the action concussive energy. Brimming with well-drawn characters and reverence for its subject matter (flaws and all), it’s an epic that captures a 360-degree view of modern football. It also features one of Pacino’s great late performances, all exhausted-king sorrow and inspiration, which climaxes with a motivational speech about life, sacrifice, and battlefield camaraderie. Its rousing bleeding-heart majesty would surely please the Bard.

-Nick Schager, The AV Club, Nov 14 2016 [x]

[ohnoitsthebat]

Vampire!Johnny moodboard for @grumpybluefairy

[mylittlepluk]

1000 picspam challenge

#43 Cobra Kai: Johnny Lawrence