#like if you wanna buy bootlegs that’s one thing

[moghedien]

Friendly reminder not to buy Gameboy or DS games from GameStop now that they’re pushing the retro thing more because you have GameStop employees literally buying fake games and posting it online baffled that a person would accept a trade of only $100 for a bunch of bootleg games

Btw they were “missing crystal” because that’s the onlY GB Pokemon game where the shell can’t be reproduced so bootlegs are extra obvious

[civetside]

im bout to do my physical media rant baybe i keep trying to find some of my favorite cartoons n shit on DVD and SOO many of them only have like the first season and maybe the second physically and IM LIKE WHAT you went ahead and made a DVD for this series but couldn't be bothered to do like??? the rest of it??? and i ALMOST understand it ya know you wanna release the first season and see if it sells well before going and doing the rest, but also that's dumb? i don't wanna own only ONE SEASON if im going to buy a dvd for a series esp one that's already finished, i want to be sure it's THE WHOLE THING i'm not going to buy just a lil bit im going to wait for the full series to buy it so i know when im rewatching i don't have to like stop half way through and go watch the rest of it ONLINE GRRR GRRR do the full series or don't do it AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!! im about to start buying bootlegs

[musical-dash-trash]

I've been scared to ask. But please explain newsies to me, and tell me if I spelled it right too. I wanna learn about this :3

you don’t need to be scared to ask, i love talking about newsies/things in general!!

okay!! so. newsies is a musical (or movie) about the 1899 newsboys strike. newsboys/newsies are children who used to walk the streets selling newspapers. they would buy the papers (in this case, for half a penny) and then sell them for double that.

then, joseph pulitzer (i think that’s his name… anyway, he owns the newspapers that our main characters sell for) decides that he needs to raise the price that the newsies pay by one-tenth of a cent.

that seems like it’s just a little, but it adds up, and these kids are poor.

slight change in topic to introduce our main characters:

jack kelly: 17, leader of the manhattan/lower manhattan newsies, wants to go live in santa fe, new mexico.

david/davey: of ambiguous age (but probably around jack’s age), gives the newsies the idea of striking, one of the strike leaders. les’s (and sarah’s, in the movie) brother.

les: 10, almost. davey’s younger brother.

crutchie/crutchy: of ambiguous age, one of jack’s closest friends, walks with a crutch (probably because of polio)

katherine plumber: of ambiguous age, reporter, gets the strike into the newspapers, jack’s romantic interest. only in the musical.

racetrack/race: of ambiguous age, manhattan/lower manhattan’s second in command. has a larger role in the movie than the musical.

denton: of ambiguous age (but an adult), reporter, gets the strike into the newspapers. only in the movie.

okay yeah back to the story!!

so, the newsies strike. specifically the manhattan/lower manhattan newsies. of course, that just makes the newspaper lose money, so it hires new newsies to sell papers. the striking newsies end up getting them to join their cause!

the rest of the musical is about the difficulties and successes they have while striking! (spoiler: they succeed :D)

anyway! i hope this was helpful, i tried not to spoil the plot too much. i would absolutely recommend watching it (both the movie and the musical are on disney+, there are also bootlegs of them) if you’re interested!

[tostadamika]

Daniel Watches She-Ra & The Princesses Of Power

-S1E1- 'The Sword Part 1'

Today's She-Ra Watch Art: This shitty Glimmer doodle.

Look I promise they won't all be garbage ;-; I promise

Okay I wanna preface: Not every post is gonna be this detailed, I didn't even intend to go on this long with just one episode but I lost track of time. Some posts I'll be short & sweet. Some I'll be long winded to a comical degree. Depends on my feeling.

I think I'll just keep it to one paragraph per episode, & only pull out the long rambles when I finish a season. I think that'll work. Yeah.

Okay so I have no idea who any of these people are because I literally just started but one of these guys is a lizard. I'm a huge sucker for lizard people in anything ever so I immediately like this fucker. He's a lizard, that is all I need. He's just instantly cool because lizards are fucking rad as hell dude.

So Cat-Ra speaks, that first fucking line of hers.

The fucking "Hey Adora"

The first fucking thing I said to myself, out loud, was the immediate reaction I had to that line: "Oh so they're gay."

I don't know if it's like canon or not but one of the things I know about this show is people ship them a lot. I have no idea if that's actually like a canon thing in the show or not but I've seen a lot of fanart of them so I know people at the very least WANT them to kiss or hold hands or get married & buy a house in the suburbs & raise like 5 kids & watch Shrek on VHS & talk about doing their taxes or whatever idk.

That being an actual thing in the show itself? Uh I guess I'll see what happens so who the fuck knows man. Maybe they just explode idk.

But like....dude. DUDE. The fucking way Cat-Ra said it was just....

SO fucking extra like that immediately felt fruity to me. I'm already getting that vibe from her. On top of that, the way her & Adora continue to interact in the episode also give off a very distinct vibe, a rather, ahem, 'fruity' vibe. I think I'm already getting the idea of why this ship is popular. I do believe I see the vision.

Also, quick tangent, I LOVE the way the animators animated Cat-Ra like an actual cat. Her hair getting puffed up when she's agitated, her ears moving to reflect her mood. Her eyes dilating like how cat eyes actually do. THEY EVEN ALSO MADE HER PURR LIKE AN ACTUAL CAT, LIKE SHE AUDIBLY CAN BE HEARD PURRING. THAT'S SUCH AN ADORABLE DETAIL & IT MAKES HER IMMEDIATLEY ENDEARING AS FUCK.

Also I guess it makes sense Cat-Ra would be into women, yeah?

Because it makes sense that CAT-Ra would be interested in PUSSY.

(Please Laugh) (I'm desperate please think I'm funny I need this)

Now moving on, let me talk about this BITCH.

One. Compared to the original Shadow Weaver, they sure did make her a way more intimidating villain.

Two. FUCK THIS BITCH??????

THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM YOU FUCKING BITCHY, INKBLOT LOOKING, WACKY WAVING TUBE MAN HAIR HAVING, WIZARD-WANNABE MOTHERFUCKER? LITERALLY SHUT UP

+ NO ONE CARES & ALSO YOU SMELL BAD

+ YOU LOOK LIKE A BOOTLEG ERMAC

+ YOU'RE MEAN TO CAT-RA, I MEAN HONESTLY, WHO THE FUCK JUST BULLIES A CAT?

IMAGINE BULLYING A FUCKING CAT. FUCK THIS BITCH.

I DO NOT CARE FOR THIS WOMAN.

HER SMUG AURA MOCKS ME.

Hi so I immediately love you?? Like instantly my favorite character just from the design alone. Glimmer is so real honestly.

I also like Bow, like, Bow is just so fucking cool & nice? He's such a real one, I wanna be best friends with him & hang out he's just so lovable like he's just awesome. I love this man immediately. He deserves all the good in the world actually.

Also holy shit the contrast between Bow in the original show vs this reboot design.

It's funny, the original design WAY more gay than the new one.

The new one that a lot of people (and by people I mean homophobic douchenozzles.) complained about, the design for Bow in this supposedly 'woke tumblr sjw cartoon' has a design that is far less homoerotic in it's design & feel.

The original Bow just outright looks like a fucking gay pornstar.

He's got the trademark 'Gay Porno Mustache™' & everything.

Okay so there's a magic sword or something, etc.

They mentioned Eternia.

Okay so, one of the reasons the original she-ra was lame as fuck compared to He-Man? No Skeletor.

Hordak & literally all the villains in the original show suck ass.

They fucking suck. Hordak is just Skeletor but boring & shitty.

Why the FUCK did they not take the oppurtunity to replace Hordak with Skeletor? You don't even need to add He-Man, I'm fine with that.

But You could have just taken She-Ra & added a better villain because Skeletor fucking rules. He calls people boobs. That's fucking awesome & cool. WHERE IS HE? WHERE THE FUCK IS SKELETOR? LOOK SHOW. HORDAK WAS FUCKING LAME AS FUCK.

SO IF THIS REBOOT IS GOING TO CONVINCE ME THAT HORDAK IS IN ANY WAY A LEGITIMATELY COOL VILLAIN, THEN THEY BETTER FUCKING PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT TO CONVINCE ME THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF JUST USING SKELETOR INSTEAD. LIKE, YOU BETTER FUCKING IMPRESS ME BECAUSE OTHERWISE, THE LACK OF SKELETOR IS GONNA BE A HUGE FLAW THAT YOU CANNOT OVERLOOK.

I mean, so far they managed to make me actually LIKE Cat-Ra, & the original Cat-Ra fucking sucks. Shadow Weaver sucked & so far at least this reboot Shadow Weaver is actually intimidating. But man, you better fuckin' impress me show, because the lack of Skeletor is felt deep within my soul.

OH wait hold on.

Okay I see why everyone said this show is gay now.

Anyways I didn't mean to ramble on this long about the show in just one episode, I promise this is gonna be a rare occurrence. I think from now on, I'll keep it shortened to just one paragraph per post. I'll only pull out these long posts when I finish a season or something.

Anyways uh:

-Glimmer is the best

-I'm sorry but I'm not over the skeletor thing WHY DID YOU NOT USE HIM HE WAS RIGHT THERE-

[azure-daybreak]

So I went to Miku Expo 2024 last night (the Vancouver show) and I wanted to talk about it while it's top of mind.

TL;DR I had a lot of fun, while there were some things I wish were different (mostly the screen), it wasn't a bad first Miku concert IMO (But I do wanna see more shows). More under the cut!

First of all, it was super cool to see all the different people there to see Miku and the other Vocaloids. Like, I've been to conventions before and it's always cool to see a horde of people dressed as various anime characters or animals, but to see everyone dressed specifically as Voicaloids and Project Sekai characters was new for me.

About the merch on sale at the concert, I was surprised that they were doing most of it outside and that the inside merch stand had barely anything- at least when I got in. That could just be bad timing on my end. If you're reading this and you wanna buy merch at one of the upcoming shows (especially a glowstick), make sure to get there early. For Vancouver, they did send out an email the day before saying that they were selling merch outside starting at 2pm, but I wasn't able to get there before then.

I did get the VIP package merch but it's kinda.... well it's not bad or anything, and I'm glad to have it but some of it feels a little cheap. For example, the hand fan is cute but feels flimsy, and the tote bag has a really nice design but the heat pressing makes me not wanna use it because I'm worried about cracking the art. On the other hand, I really like the lanyard that came with the package; The art was done by Socky and I liked it so much that I bought the backpack that also has that art.

Onto the show. You may have already heard this but yes, It wasn't the usual hologram, where they have a sheet of glass with the visual projected onto it, it was just a normal screen where they played the visual. It did feel like I was watching one of those hologram-ready videos on my phone but on a giant TV, but it was still cool to see.

Here's also a side-by-side of how the hologram looks vs the display using on the rocks from Magical Mirai 2021 and last night's show. While it's not fair to use a pro-shot vs what looks like a musical theater bootleg sime tutorial to show this, I hope it gets the point across. (Miku Expo 2024 on the left and Magical Mirai 2021 on the right)

I liked the setlist also, it can be found at this link here, but some standouts to me were, Miku by Anamanaguchi, The Vampire, Unknown Mother Goose, Childish War, On the Rocks, Sore ga Anata no Shiawase to Shite mo, Gimmie x Gimmie (Love this song so much), World is Mine (everyone screamed at the first "Sekai de" (including me)), the band introduction, Tell Your World (It's not my favorite or anything, but they shot out confetti at one point and that was cool.), and Intergalactic Bond.

I want to expand a bit on the band introduction and them as a whole, I loved that the band got attention and their names were shown. I watched some Magical Mirai videos and I see that this practice might be from that, so I'm glad that was carried over. They all were stellar and watching them was really exciting, the drummer- Dylan was always so cool to look at, Tobias the keyboardist was dancing near the beginning of Gimmie x Gimmie and that was a vibe, the bassist and guitarist- Leanne and Vixen's Diary respectively were fun to watch when they would get into the song and headbang and bounce around.

Lastly, I was surprised that Luka only got 2 songs (one of them was a duet with Miku). I (very sadly) expect MEIKO and KAITO to get shafted when it comes to songs, but not Luka!

Quick shout-outs to some specific concert goers; Shieonn, who made stickers and was handing them out before the show (Here's her Twitter!),

The person near me who shouted either "I LOVE YOU JERMA!" or "I LOVE YOU DRUMMER!" at the end of one of the songs (I think it was World is Mine), the girl near me who was trying to get pictures and video of the show using her 3DS, and this one person I saw outside the venue entrance as the show was letting out who was dressed up as Sonic Miku, I wanted to say that I loved the fit, but I didn't wanna just walk up to you randomly at almost 10PM and possibly freak you out.

Overall, I'd go again but please for the love of god, don't just have a screen for the Vocaloids!

[femmesandhoney]

this isn’t me trying, as someone from europe, to be like “DAMN YOU AMERICA!”*shakes fist* but more so confused and incredulous as to why america is so american centric in areas where it makes no sense, it’s in fact even detrimental to them.

what am i talking about? tv. why is the series From impossible to watch further than season one as a non american? Because the network tho makes it refuses to give rights to international streaming sites beyond season one. Which is fucking DUMB. It’s an awesome series! Great premises and mystery. And yet the only places I can watch it only had what’s basically a taste test of the show. What’s the thought process behind this? I can’t subscribe to that network. It doesn’t allow foreigners. Same with shows from Hulu. I can’t use Hulu. It’s such a common thing for american shows and i’m so stumped by it each time. Shouldn’t you want a further reach? Not saying you necessarily need the shows available on ten different streaming platforms but why not at least one that’s available internationally. Like netflix or whatever.

Well theres a lots of reasons a show isn't internationally available or carried, theres tons of stuff I cannot watch on netflix or hulu w/o a VPN, and if a show is an original to a platform moving it to other streaming sites requires contracts i think, and From is still relatively small. It took ages for Netflix to even carry IWTV despite its niche popularity and critical reception, MGM and AMC are just studios and streaming platforms most people don't gravitate to (if they even know em), so the shows just aren't as often popular enough for studios to want to spend the time and money getting them on other American tables, much less international releases is my guess.

From I thought had a few dif places you could watch if you were willing to pay, I'm surprised Amazon or even Youtube doesn't let you? If you use a VPN, would it let you access any of the "usual" routes for the show? I was also pissed too that they had S1 for free and then realized the rest was paid sub only so I feel you :( i hate subscription services and try to limit what I use, buying it for one show always sucks. Ik they over a lot of free week trials if you wanna try that and a VPN combo might work? Good luck, From is such a good show 😓 i hope you can find a way or some good bootleg shit somewhere

[melonthesprigatito]

Had a pretty strange thing happen to me yesterday. I was googling "Espurr Plush Pattern" because I was thinking of maybe making a Shiny Espurr plushie to celebrate the announcement of Legends Z-A (went out and bought fabric and everything too. The pink fabric was hanging on the top shelf and I spent ten minutes jumping and yanking on it to try to pull it down because I couldn't reach it but that's a different story)

As I was scrolling through Google Images I stumbled across this site that was selling an Espurr plushie using this exact photo

Reverse image search yielded the information that a few other sites with gibberish URLs are also using this image so there's no way this is legit. (I saw it once but for some reason I couldn't get reverse image search to work properly again, it just shows random Espurr images, not every site thats using this image so I couldn't get a screenshot and I'm mad about it)

Wanna know why else this is 100% not legit and the seller isn't selling the Espurr in this photo?

BECAUSE ITS THE PHOTO I TOOK OF MY OWN ESPURR PLUSH

In case you need further proof that photo is mine.

She is called Iris, named after my Meowstic from Pokémon Sword and boy was she a fixer upper. Here's the rest of the images from that r/sewing post, she came with a lot of flaws

I have since patched her up with emergency plush surgery to fix her holes and rearrange her arm and tail to their correct positions.

This is her now and she is doing ok. :)

It was a little disappointing that I got scammed with a damaged bootleg plushie, but Espurr is already one of the scrunkliest Pokémon so those flaws make her more scrunkly and more endearing.

Back to my main point, I'm 100% that scam sellers are using this photo as a reference image to trick people into buying. But the fact that they're using a photo of an Espurr that is A) extremely bootlegged and B) DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE THAT ANYMORE, certainly is a Choice™.

(also $25.99??? What a ripoff, I got mine for £10 from eBay)

[turoce]

moe dynamoe

-i think he's really, really proud of his hair swirl. it's like a "signature style" like how a cartoon character has a certain attribute that makes them stand out from the rest of the cast. and it does make him stand out! aside from being the comic guy, it's the other thing he's most known for. i still don't get how Ninjoy hasn't realized who Dynamoe is.

-Moe is the one who officially sells Dynamoe merch, and it's actually his biggest income at the moment. how do people know it's official? one night, he graffiti'd a link to a site that would lead to a Dynamoe themed shop. some (not the police, to note) have tried to catch him through the link, but efforts have been fruitless.

(sidenote: Ninjoy doesn't have an official merch store, and most things you'll find on shops are bootlegs or fan merch. besides, she's a menace according to the news, so why the hell do you wanna buy merch of her, huh?)

-you've all waited long enough. behold, the second worst love square of all time. made around like June, but aside from my art style i haven't changed my thoughts on it at all.

[endy2eepy]

Haiii <333 I'm Ender or Coy (or Rose when I'm regressed!) Welcome to my agere blog 🌙

✨ Here's (under the cut) some stuff you should know about me before interacting, following, or if you wanna be friends! ✨

The information listed is:

my DNI and a misc important section- you MUST read these before following/messaging/commenting.

a section for if you wanna be friends- you MUST read this if you wanna message to be friends

my wishlists- just for fun but if you gimme gifts I will love your forever and ever

my likes/dislikes- you should read this to make sure there's nothing on my page that may make you uncomfy, but you don't have to

my tags- these will help you find posts you're looking for

(this DNI banner is free to use if you want, idm)

DNI List

🌙 Actually, I don't really have much of one but:

⭐ Basic stuff, obviously, like no NSFW (abdl and other kink variants included) and no homophobes/racists/ect on my page.

💛 I'd also prefer AI "art" users stay off my page, but I probably won't block or even notice if you're not heavily interacting!

✨ Other than that, I'll just block anyone who makes me uncomfy... it's usually nothing personal <3

Important About Me

🌙 I like media from problematic creators.

⭐ I won't take it personally if you block me over that, I know it may make some people uncomfy!

💛 I will not, however, let you fight me on it... I'll just block you first.

✨ When I say separate the art from the artist, I don't mean give them money and pretend nothing happened- I mean piracy is easy and bootleg/second hand merch is abundant!

🌙 I will block people who post slander on things I enjoy, but not people who simply hold the creators accountable or are just slightly critical.

⭐ It's hard for me to understand heavy baby talk or typing quirks, especially when I'm regressed.

💛 If you message/comment with them, there's a fair chance I'll ignore it since I can't read it. It's nothing personal, just try to add a translation if I ignore you the first time!

Wanna be my friend?

✨ My DMs are open, but I'm a bit shy and I've never been the greatest at making friends or responding to messages, so please be patient with me!

🌙 I'd prefer only to be friends with people who are 17-21 bodily, and 16 and 25 are my absolute limits (I'm 18).

⭐ If you don't want to be friends with me outside of little space, I'd prefer not to be friends at all. This is a pretty small (hehe) part of my life after all!

Wanna buy me something?

No you don't! Here are my wishlists anyways :3

main:

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art:

Likes/Interests

💛 Big:

Shows: Hazbin Hotel, The Amazing Digital Circus, Don't Hug Me i'm Scared, Boy Meets World

Movies: Dead Poets Society

Games: OMORI, The Sims, Fortnite, Overwatch, Cukt of The Lamb, D&D, MTG (sometimes), Cards Against Humanity

Books/Comics: Boyfriends (WEBTOON), If I Stay, All The Bright Places, The Art of Being Normal

Misc: Reborn Dolls, Character Design, some things not suitable for this account lol

✨ Big and Little:

Shows: The Owl House, Angel Hare (YouTube Series), Centaurworld

Movies: The Velveteen Rabbit, The American Girl Historical Collection

Games: Just Dance, The Wii series, EA Playground, Minecraft, Roblox, Old Flash Games, Candyland, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Books/Comics: Heartstopper (more big but little too), The American Girl Historical Collection

Misc: Arts & Crafts, Collecting things (sunglasses, sloth stuff, and stickers), American Girl Dolls, MCYT, Playing Dress-up, Fashion Design

🌙 Little: (my little age fluctuates a lot so there's a lot of different age ranges in here)

Shows: Too many to list! Word Party and Bluey for modern stuff, and then 2003-2010 PBS kids and Nick/Disney Jr. The goodnight show with Nina and Star!!! Also, veggie tales!

Movies: N/A?

Games: The Imagine Series

Books/Comics: The Monster at The End of This Book, Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, anything by Kate DiCamilo, Dork Diaries/Diary of a Wimpy Kid/Dear Dumb Diary

Misc: hmmm I don't think there's any

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[gnczhanna]

I’ve written a few obituary posts already and I know I don’t have to I just feel very strongly that I have to express these things? I’m copypasting a longer post I wrote on fb for under the cut but my grandmother died this past Monday and its something I knew was on the horizon but I couldn’t have ever imagined how devastating and like. earthshattering it feels. My grandma was like a second mom to me, I spent so many summers at her house in PR, we spent years after that living at my moms house. She was a constant? And it’s funny to think like. a woman who was born to a rural, coffee picking family in PR, who almost died as a toddler because the ship that took her to NYC was being followed by u-boats, would take me to the beach and listen to me ramble abt shit she did not have any concept of and buy me bootleg Sailor Moon figurines in San Juan because I said I liked that show. Like our dedication to trying to know each other is something I’m going to miss the most. 

I think for people who haven't had a close relationship with a grandparent before it's very hard to explain just how beautiful and alien it is? To be an 00's kid from the suburbs and hold a conversation with someone who's life and experiences were so much different than your own and to still find ways to relate to each other. To joke around with each other. To spend an afternoon together line-drying clothes in her backyard and an evening quipping about novelas over dinner. To sit on the beach and talk about people I'd never meet, about a Bronx, New York and Puerto Rico that were already decades out of reach. I can't stop thinking about our wacky misadventures, all the hurricanes we waited out together, how funny it was to try to convey whatever extremely niche tween/teen hyperfixation I was having at the moment only for her to give the most barely related, completely out of context reply possible because of course she had no idea what I was talking about but she did want to have a conversation with me. I feel like anyone who is a child of immigrants knows what it's like to lose a family member and feel like you've lost a tether to your heritage. One of the bodies that made my body, that carried resilience and wisdom into my mother and into me, is not with us anymore. And that hurts me so deeply. I genuinely can't imagine who I'd be without my grandma; as I write this I can hear the windchimes on my balcony and see about a dozen different PRican souvenir trinkets scattered around my living room. I know that she's the reason I love to tell funny stories, that I tap on jar lids with the back of a knife to get them loose, that I stay mad as hell. It's wild that someone can be a fully complex and nuanced human person and also be your mom's mom. I feel like I've lost my second mother. I'm so grateful I got to see you last month, I want nothing more than to sit with you again and bitch about the same old novelas they still put on tv. I want nothing more than to sit in the carport of the house in PR with you and watch the rain. I don't know how to end this so here are some fun facts about my grandma: - She used to wear perfume to bed sometimes and when I asked her why she was like "I don't wanna waste them" - The ship that brought her to NYC in the 40s got torpedoed later that year by a german U-boat - One time we went to an outdoor movie thing and they were showing the Good Dinosaur and right after the scene where the dinosaur's dad tragically dies and it's like pitch black and silent for a second she started laughing so hard for some reason and at the time I was confused but honestly that was so fucking funny of her and I think about it all the time

[moghedien]

converted all my kindle books to epub and ordered a kobo and I think this officially ends my being stuck with anything in the amazon ecosystem

might finally bite the bullet and replace my kindle with a kobo

[peterlorres21stcentury]

Films that should be great, but ain't

so uh, with that amazing title in mind, does anybody wanna discuss "The Constant Nymph"?

file photo: the most important yet most underused character ever

Back when I was a younger, even stupider fangirl, this movie represented the second holy grail in terms of lost media (the first was Der Verlorene). I should say difficult-to-find media, as The Constant Nymph was never exactly lost, but it was unavailable on home release or even general theater showings for 70 years. No really. The author's will stated that "the film could be shown only at universities and museums after its original theatrical run ended" (from Wiki). Don't ask me how Margaret Kennedy maintained that much fucking power over a juggernaut like Warner Brothers but it must have been one hell of a rights agreement.

As such, this was one of those movies that was simply unavailable to me for a long time, so when it was finally released from its long purgatory with a DVD home release, I was over the moon. Finally I could see Peter in the sort of lush romantic role he always deserved. Sure, I knew from my reading that much of his subplot was cut, but it couldn't be that bad, right? This movie has everything--a superb cast, a popular source novel, a moving musical score by Korngold. What could go wrong?

...I shouldn't ask that question because the answer is "everything" (with the exception of Korngold, his music can do no wrong). I knew things were off to a great start when the disc wouldn't even play in my computer--the official WB disc, not some cheapo bootleg, mind you--until I turned the optical drive upside down. Things didn't get much better from there. I'll let myself speak (if I may, haw haw), and repeat what I shared in my facebook group two years ago after my first viewing:

"I don't care how they chose to dress it up; it's the story of a grown man falling in love with a teenage girl who has a big crush on him. Sure, he claims not to be interested in Tessa romantically, but how does he explain his seeking her out at literally EVERY opportunity, and how he's much happier with Tessa than he is with his own wife? And the fact that we're supposed to see his wife Florence as a bad person because she's jealous of Tessa… no! Florence didn't do anything wrong! But instead she actually tries to apologize to Lewis for not understanding his "inner world" with Tessa. Ugggh. The whole thing was just super questionable, even for the 1940s, and I did not find it romantic at all.

Oh, and Peter was not in this movie nearly enough. We don't even get to find out about Fritz and Toni's baby! I wanted to see more of their marriage, even if Toni didn't seem to care very much for Fritz apart from what he could buy her." 😕

26-year-old Joan Fontaine fails to convince anybody she is supposed to be 14, while a concerned Peter Lorre looks on

So yeah. I could say a lot more, but I'll let it go for now. This is one of those films that has all the ingredients of a true classic, except somewhere along the way the director, screenwriter, and editor all tripped over each other and sent everything sprawling into the undignified void, leaving us with the awkward result.

[blackhakumen]

Mini Fanfic #1091: Enter Boshi (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)

2:17 p.m. at the Smash Direct Mall...........

Yoshi: (Walking out of the Phone Store Along with Daisy While Holding a Mini Shopping Bag in his Hand) Thanks for helping me buy a new phone, mom. I know it's the last thing you wanna to do on our outing together.

Daisy: (Gives Yoshi a Bright Smile) Nah, it's no biggie! (Wraps her Her Arm Around Yoshi's Shoulders) You know I always got you and your pops back if either of you needed anything.

Yoshi: Yeah, but you and rest of the moms, for that matter, seem to do almost everything for us over years. (Raises his Hands Up a Bit) N-Not that we don't appericate it or anything, we really do, it's just......I dunno. Does the whole ordeal ever feel.....exhausted to any of you? Like at all?

Daisy: Oh yeah, big time. But we all knew what were getting ourselves into the moment each of us stepped up to parenthood. And even then, that still won't stop us from being there and loving you kiddos to-

?????: Well, well, well.

The mom and son duo stopped walking as they turn around and see a blue Yoshi wearing sunglasses, a black leather coat, and torn up shoes stepping out from the corner of the Phone Store's entrance.

?????: Look at Mr. Karate Boy ovah here.

Yoshi: (Groans at the Soght of the Blue Yoshi) Oh God it's you......

Daisy: (Turns to Yoshi) You know him?

Yoshi: Unfortunately. His name's Boshi and he's-

Boshi: (Puts on a Cocky Smirk on his Face) The fastest, coolest devil in blue that this world has to offa'! (Winks at the Duo)

Yoshi: (Raises an Eyebrow) So a bootleg Sonic?

Daisy: (Starts Snickering a Bit)

Boshi: (Immediately Glares at Yoshi) 'Ey! Screw you, I am WAY more faster and cool than that blue porcupine wishes he can be!

Yoshi: (Crosses his Arms) Really? Then why not challenge him to a race then?

Boshi: I'll challenge him when I feel like it! And we ain't talkin' about him right now.

Yoshi: ('Sigh') Alright, then what DO you want to talk about then?

Boshi: (Starts Smirking Again) 'Bout how you and that edgelord angel dofus got both of your asses handed to you in the streets couple of days ago.

Yoshi: I mean, it really wasn't that much of fight. We were mostly jumped if anything.....

Daisy: Also.....(Raises an Eyebrow in Confusion) How did you even know about all of that anyways?

Boshi: I got info from the internet. (Takes his Phone Out of his Jacket Pocket and Uses it Search Up Something) Some guy with the weird, fire looking hair and crap eating grin posted a picture of you losers licking your own wounds. See? (Shows the Duo a Picture of Hades Taking a Selfie of Himself Smiling While One Arm Hugging an Annoyed, Bruised Yoshi and Pitto)

Yoshi/Daisy: (Groans at the Picture in Question) Hades........

Daisy: (Turns to Yoshi Next to Her) Remind me to kick his butt to the crub later......

Boshi: (Puts his Phone Back into his Coat Pocket) Yeeeup. It's been doing numbers as of late. (Shrugs With a Smug Look on his Face) Not that I'm surprised mind ya. Poor Green Yoshi! (Crosses his Arms) Couldn't even last a minute in a half in a group fight.

Yoshi: (Already Getting Irriated) Again, we were jumped out of nowhere. We really couldn't do much other than defending ourselves.

Boshi: Sounds like a you have no skills problem. (Uses his Thumb to Point at Himself While Puttong on an Overly Cocky Smile) I'd moped the floor with all of those those chumps ten seconds flat if I were in you losers' shoes

Daisy: (Gives Boshi a Deadpinned Look on her Face) You really wanna be Sonic 2.0 that badly, huh kid?

Boshi: (Angrily Points at Daisy) Says you, Mrs. Princess of Sarasaland! If that's what ya really are!!

Yoshi: Dude, what are you going on about? My mom has just as much royalty as Momma Peach and Rosalina.

Boshi: Oh really? Then how come her so called "kingdom" hardly been talked about in these parks, huh?

Daisy: (Raises an Eyebrow in a Bit of Confusion) Because no one really asked about it all that much? At least not compared to my peers.

Boshi: Which proves my point exactly! You ain't no princess!! You're just a wannabe poser no one takes seriously!

Yoshi: (Glares at Boshi) Alright, I had it up to here with your-

Daisy: Yeeeuuup, guess you're right.

Yoshi: (Turns Back to Daisy) Wha- M-Mom!

Daisy: I means, there's nooooo possible way I could call myself a princess when I have.four kingdoms to rule over.

Boshi: EXACTLY- Wait what?

Yoshi: Huh?

Daisy: Oh you didn't know? Yeah, back in my country, we have four kingdoms: Birabuto, Muda, Easton, and Chai. All of which are run by four of the most powerful, fearsome protectors youu would have the displeasure of meeting and they all take orders from me. (Crosses her Arms With a Smirk on her Face) Their empress.

Boshi: (Eyes Widened in Complete Disbelief) Empress!? (Shakingly Points at Daisy) Y-Y-You?

Daisy: Yep. I'm Empress Daisy, at your service~ (Playfully Winks at the Flabbergasted Blue Yoshi)

Yoshi: (Eyes Widened in Genuine Surprise) Woah.

Boshi: Y-Yeah? Well....If that's the case, then why does the big bad King of Koopas himself never bothered to kidnap you before, huh!?

Daisy: Oh, you're talking about Bowser? The same Big Bad King Koopa sent flying to the skies? And never dared to try and cross me since?

Boshi: (Glares at Daisy Again) Okay, now I know your messin' with me! Ain't no way in hell you would go that far as to send Bowser flyin-

Daisy shows Boshi a video of her bitch slapping Bowser towards the distant skies at relative ease on her phone. Instantly causing the blue, edgy yoshi to be flabbergasted once again.

Boshi: ...............HOW!?

Daisy: (Shrugs Casually) What can I say? He's lightweight compared to me. (Gives Boshi a Stern, Warning Glare While Cracking her Knuckles Slowly) And unless you too wanna know what it feels like to sent off into orbit, I advise you to watch what you say about my friends and family. Including my son-

Boshi: (Quickly Runs Off at the Speed of Light in Complete Fear) I'M SORRRRRYYYYYYYYY!

Daisy: ......Huh. Well, whaddya know? (Turns to Yoshi Cheeky Smile on her Face) I guess he really us a bootleg Sonic after all~

Yoshi: (Almost at a Loss For Words) Mom......Were everything you said just now is true?......

Daisy: (Happily Nodded) Yep!.....Well, the Sarasaland having four separate kingdoms part is true, your granddad's still emperor. (Grabs her Chin While Thinking) We should really stop by and visiting him one of these days though.....

Yoshi: So does that means you're gonna be an actual empress soneday?

Daisy: ('Sigh') I dunno, maybe? It's gonna be long while till my old man give his title up for anyone. But really, I'd rather not think too deeply on the possibility just yet. (Smiles Softly) Right now, I wanna spend my time here with the people I love.....(Playfully Gives Yoshi a Noogie) And best dino son I could ever ask for, yes you are!~

Yoshi: (Chuckles Ticklishly) Okay, okay, I'm the best~ Now, quit it, will ya? Our day isn't even over yet!

Daisy: (Finally Cease her Antics) Oh alright. I'll stop for not. Let's head to the Fashion Passion Shop next. Lili needs a new pair of shades.

Yoshi: (Raises an Eyebrow in Confusion as He Starts Walking With to his Mother to Their Next Destination) Lili?

Daisy: Ohhh right! I didn't tell you about her yet....Okay, so, remember that time when your dad and I went off to some old spooky mansion a month or two ago?

Yoshi: Was Death living there or something?

Daisy: ('Scoffs') I wish. But no. Instead, it was owned by a nun.

@cyber-wildcat

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[rinnstars]

OMG YAYAYA WE ARE LITERALLY MATCHING GANF

I BUY MY STUFF FROM ALIEXPRESS BUT LIKE I FEEL LIEK SOME SELLERS ARE REALLY SKETCHY SO LOOK AT REVIEWS BEFORE ACTUALLY BUYING THINGS 💔💔 and also bootlegs and like fake figures are so common like if you see a 14 dollar nagi look up its 100% fake bc i have it … I HONESTLY JUST DIDNT WANNA GET THE REAL ONE AND IT LOOKS THE EXACT SAME SO ITS FINE FOR ME 💔 and also sometimes they drop the price of smth bc its damaged or funky looking like i bought an itadori look up figure for like 45?? dollars (originally it was 70+) and i legit got one that was scratched and not even packaged properly 😭😭 i obviously gave like a two star review cuz at least its actually came i guess we jsut gotta ignore how he looks like he just went through war and back. AND RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT IT THEY BROUGHT IT BACK UP TO 70?? i felt so emo after

SO IF YOU USE ALIEXPRESS JUST BE CAREFUL BC SOME SELLERS R REALLY BAD LIKE I REMEMBER ORDERING KNY FIGURES and they just never shipped it and waited like 5 months but i got a refund 🙏🙏

FOR MANGA I HAVE EVERYTHING THATS LIKE.. AVAILABLE??? IN MY COUNTRY LIKE I HAVE 1-14 AND NOW IM JUST WAITING UNTIL EVERYTHING ELSE COMES OUT SLOWLY… help im like counting down the days until the sae manga comes out here…… i must stay strong for my glorious blue eyed king. and i also have the first ep nagi manga so im waiting on the other ones too.. 💔

I ACC JUST ORDERED A SAE 40CM PLUSH mueheueh HELP MY MOM ACTUALLY WANTED IT SO SHE PAID FOR IT 😈 she likes rin too actually shes so hashtag Real.

fun fact i also did all the calculations and by 2027 i will have spent an estimated 900 dollars on bluelock merch which honestly doesnt seem too bad in like two years but thats like the most ive ever spent on any animanga 💔

i have beef w tumblr cuz i wanna show my manga setup but I CANR SEND IMGS AS AN ANON … i must stay mysterious and be an alpha.. 👿

- 🐙

OMG ALIEXPRESS…😓😓😓 I HAVE NVR USED IT COS MY SISTER WHO HELPS ME BUY (my parent sdont let me get a card #emo) DONT RUST LOLLLL 😭😭😭😭 BUT SAME THING LOWKEY W TAOBAO HAHAHAH N OMG SO REAL NEED TO STAY STRONG FOR SAE MANGA!!!!!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻URE SO REAL FOR THAT BRW RN IM WAITING FOR MY RIN LOOK UP FIGURE I PREORDERED FROM THIS TAOBAO STORE.. 31 OCTOBER PLS COME SOONNN… 😢💔if it helps i spent a total of $400 in total for rin… $420 soon if i buy his cosplay! 😝😝😝LOLZZZ i havent had school tood in weeks aftlly kind of HAHAHAHHA ITS ACTLLY THE MOST IVE SPENT FOR A CHARACTER SPECIFICALLY but all for rin ❤️❤️

[nel-world]

hi

Hey, everyone! Wow, it’s good to be here. You know, I just got to America, and I have to say… I thought I knew what America was all about from watching TV, but man, this place is something else! I mean, I watched all the music videos before coming here, and it looked like a nonstop party! I was ready for it! I was like, ‘Yeah, I wanna be like these guys! I wanna be like Drake, Kendrick Lamar…’ You know, just have people think I’m cool for once in my life.

So, I get here, and I’m thinking, ‘Alright, I’m gonna do this! I’m gonna bring that Drake vibe everywhere!’ I’m at school, walking down the hall like I’m in the “Hotline Bling” video. I start singing, ‘You used to call me on my cell phone… late night when you need… a tutor for your math homework…’ And my classmates are just staring at me like, ‘Did this Indian kid just remix Drake to ask for homework help?’

And inside, I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’m not just some kid who only knows Bollywood! I’m out here, listening to Kendrick Lamar, motherfuckers!’

Then, one day, I’m walking around the school, feeling all confident, singing ‘Ever since I left the city, you…’ Like I actually left a city, you know? I’m thinking I’m Drake, but my life looks more like a Bollywood movie, dancing around trees and hoping my crush notices me.

Now, I couldn’t rap or dance to save my life, but I was committed to living that superstar lifestyle. My cousin, he gets this bootleg copy of some beat-making software, and I’m like, ‘This is it! We’re gonna be the next big thing!’ We set up his living room as our “studio”—which was really just some blankets over the windows and a karaoke mic we found in his garage. We call ourselves ‘Desi Dreams’ because we had dreams… big dreams.

Well, as big as dreams can be when your beats are made with a keyboard that plays ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ in the background.

Meanwhile, my dad… oh, my dad, he had his own vision of America. To him, America is like the biggest buffet in the world, and he’s got a VIP pass. This guy would buy anything on sale. ‘Buy one, get one free?’ My dad’s first in line. ‘Buy two, get the third 50% off?’ He’s loading up the trunk.

But his favorite? Pizza. And not just any pizza—he wants to try every type of pizza out there. So, I say, ‘Dad, how about some pepperoni?’ And he looks at me like I just insulted the family honor. He’s like, ‘Pepperoni? Pepperoni? We didn’t come to America for you to eat plain pepperoni pizza, yaar! There’s barbecue chicken, Philly cheesesteak, even mac and cheese pizza! How can you settle for pepperoni?’

Then he gets these crazy ideas. One day, he’s watching the Food Network, and suddenly, he’s like, ‘I’ve got it! We’re gonna make a pizza with naan crust, topped with butter chicken, but wait, that’s not all! We’ll drizzle it with mango chutney and put crushed papadums on top for crunch! And for dessert, a pizza with gulab jamun slices. Sweet and savory in one bite—nobody’s done it!’

And I’m like, (singing) ‘No one, no one, no o-o-one…’ like Alicia Keys, ‘…has ever thought of gulab jamun pizza!’ Because, yeah, there’s a reason for that, Dad!

But he doesn’t stop there. Oh, no. ‘We’ll have a pizza with layers like a biryani! Imagine, rice, chicken, spices, all on a crust! We’ll call it "Biryani-Zza!" And for drinks, we’ll have lassi slushies and masala chai floats. Why stop there? Samosa calzones! Paneer tikka bagels! We’re gonna revolutionize American fast food!’

He’s running around the house like a mad scientist with naan in one hand and a blender in the other, shouting, ‘I will make the world’s first Butter Chicken Smoothie! Protein-packed and delicious!’

He even wants to install a “Chaat Fountain.” You know, like those chocolate fountains, but instead of chocolate, it’s just chutney flowing in all directions, with samosas on sticks to dip into it.

(Singing like Drake) ‘Started from the bottom, now we’re here… building a chutney fountain for our pizza joint, yeah!’

I’m just standing there, thinking, ‘Dad, I don’t think Americans are ready for a fountain of tamarind sauce at their pizza party.’ But hey, you gotta admire the enthusiasm, right?

And he starts calling all our relatives back in India, pitching this plan like he’s about to open the next big franchise. (Singing like Taylor Swift) ‘Look what you made me do, look what you made me do—made me wanna sell paneer tikka tacos too!’

But he’s not done. Oh no, my dad goes full-on Willy Wonka. He’s like, ‘You know what the world needs? A pizza with pakoras baked into the crust! And for breakfast, we’ll do pizza parathas—stuffed with aloo, gobi, and whatever else we can think of! And get this: "Tandoori Tater Tots." No one’s seen it coming!’

And he’s not stopping there. ‘We’ll open a chain of food trucks,’ he says, ‘with crazy combos like Vindaloo Vada Pav! And the pièce de résistance—a pizza cone filled with chicken tikka, topped with melted paneer, and a sprinkle of chat masala. Mobile dining meets Indian street food meets Italian cuisine. It’s genius!’

(Singing like Kendrick Lamar) ‘We gon' be alright!’ Except by “alright,” he means serving pizza cones filled with chicken tikka out of a truck shaped like an auto-rickshaw.

At this point, I’m starting to wonder if my dad is secretly planning to take over the world, one insane food idea at a time. ‘Dad,’ I tell him, ‘You’re basically describing a food court from a parallel universe where everything is mixed with everything else!’

But you know what? He’s so committed, he starts designing the restaurant himself. ‘Picture this,’ he says, ‘The walls will be painted like Bollywood sets, with neon signs quoting Drake lyrics in Hindi. And the tables? They’ll be repurposed tuk-tuks. Customers can sit in them while eating their masala mac and cheese pizza!’

(Singing like Bruno Mars) ‘Treasure! That is what you are… a repurposed tuk-tuk to eat in, by far!’

And don’t even get me started on his dessert ideas. He’s like, ‘We’ll have a section called "Drake’s Sweet Spot"—with gulab jamun-stuffed donuts, rasmalai cheesecake, and kulfi milkshakes named after Kendrick’s greatest hits. And, for the adventurous, paan-flavored ice cream sandwiches. We’ll take the Instagram world by storm!’

By now, I’m just imagining people walking into this crazy fusion restaurant, not knowing whether they’re supposed to eat the food or take selfies with it. And my dad? He’s standing there like some culinary superhero, cape made of naan, ready to save the world from boring food.

So, the night before he’s supposed to sign the lease, he goes all out with this enormous dinner—biryani, samosas, and yes, the infamous butter chicken pizza with mango chutney. And he’s like, ‘Do you see this pizza? Do you know what it’s saying to us?’

And we’re like, ‘No, what, Dad?’

And he goes, (Singing dramatically like an opera) ‘It’s saying, "I am the future of foooood! I will unite nations, I will bring peace to the world—one slice at a tiiiime!" Like Kendrick, I will bring people together with a message!’

You gotta hand it to him. My dad had dreams bigger than Kanye’s ego. He thought he’d cracked the secret: just combine everything—food, culture, and a whole lot of chutney.

And that’s what America is, right? One big, over-the-top experiment that we’re all trying to find our place in. Whether you're starting a rap career in your cousin’s living room or opening a restaurant that’ll change the world with samosa-stuffed pizza crusts.

So here I am, in this fusion food, hip-hop fantasy, trying to find my own flavor.

(Singing like Kendrick Lamar) ‘And we gon' be… alright!’

[the-peddito-and-doise-show]

Yay !!! Now i wanna ask the same things to Nick and Meister Stiff

Nick: “Can’t you see that I’m busy here breaking laws and rules while kicking gum and chewing ass? I don’t have time to answer your dumb questions!”

Nick: “…”

Nick: “Someday I’ll like to go to Russia while eating black licorice and drinking black wine there.”

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Meister Stiff: “Hmmm… well, I’ll tell you—but only if you buy one of my bootleg DVDs. It’s up for sale!”

(His ass is not going to tell you anyways if you buy the DVD or not).