i’m no film expert so i may be way off base here but seeing a lot of ppl repeating this “death of film lighting” narrative about glass onion and like … did we watch the same movie because the way they used lighting was insane!!! movies are allowed to be dark for a few scenes without it being part of this whole death of good movie lighting that suddenly everyone has decided they’re an expert on. like… hate to say it about a netflix production but the lighting was actually very important to the visual story ?? it had a lot of significance?? also the use of practical effects instead of sfx like … you ppl learned about old movie lighting and the death of art in film from tik tok and decided nothing modern can be good or something idk
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I know people like to joke about Vox causing power outages frequently when he thinks of Alastor, but consider: I think it's almost funnier if it doesn't happen often, especially if the first time it happened was in Stayed Gone. Alastor coming back after 7 years and taunting him really bothered him THAT much, more than anything else ever had or could. Poor pathetic TV man.
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Yo so I checked ao3 and apparently there's ZERO 2012 Donnie/reader coffee shop au fics??? Not even one??? Which is honestly a crime imo
SO I decided to do it myself. But I'm not currently proficient enough in writing fics to actually make anything. Maybe I just need to think about it more/harder...
So I'm writing a.. drabble.. headcannon.. thingamajiggy.. idk what they're called, honestly.
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2012 TMNT Donatello x Reader Coffee shop au ✨
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You work at a café, maybe a small mom and pop place, maybe one of a corporate line.
Maybe the café you work at is in a poorly-maintained area of the city and there's frequent power glitches.
(The café is used to this and is prepped for this scenario with at least one generator for all the appliances. As well as an abundance of candles and flashlights, which don't provide Fantastic lighting but it's enough to make by while they wait for power to come back.)
Donnie comes more often and stays a bit longer during these black outs. Otherwise he has only ever ordered to-go.
Donnie also prefers to come when it's less busy. Which is understandable, you don't like large amounts of people either.
Donnie disguises himself with a large hoodie (+ face mask?) and probably pants too. Or maybe a skirt, that'd be cute, I think.
Maybe he hides his hands with mittens or gloves. He'll play off the lack of fingers, if he's wearing gloves, saying it's because of an accident.
If he doesn't wear gloves or mittens he'll keep his hands in his pockets most of the time.
His skin is "like that because of a skin condition" he'll say. He only has 3 fingers because of a deformity, he'll say.
He either pays with straight cash or with a cash-app card. (Because how is a turtle gonna get money??) (The cash is taken from villains or found on the streets)
You don't question his behavior much, writing it off as him being insecure or shy or something.
After he returns a few more times you guys chat more and he meets you on your break to talk more.
After weeks, maybe months of him coming by to get his caffeine hit, it becomes your guy's normal to chill and chat on your breaks.
He also visits and hangs out before the café opens and after it closes sometimes.
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