#markets rating

[generic-whumperz]

Babe, stop bothering me, can’t you see that I’m busy daydreaming about putting pretty fictional men though hell?

[alwaysbewoke]

[tanadrin]

Every single licensed piece of LOTR media after the original Peter Jackson trilogy has been absolute dogshit, and I am rather glad about that—it means that as the years go by, the odds of having to endure a remake are pretty low, and the original cultural place of the books will never quite be displaced. I think it also keeps the churn of Extruded Lord of the Rings Product down—unlike Star Wars, where everybody is hoping to make the next Andor or Rogue One, hopefully nobody has any illusions their LOTR project doesn’t fucking suck. And it’s only 20 years until LOTR enters the public domain, and people can do whatever they want with it.

Also helps that the bar is quite high—not only were the Jackson films pretty darn good, the books are genuinely terrific. Star Wars, Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and a lot of other stabs at the Next Big IP are fundamentally medium-to-bad in a way that establishes the bar for a “good” entry in the series pretty low. I like the original Star Trek a lot, for instance, but it’s not exactly one of the all time best written and produced TV shows! Whereas the LOTR books are well written enough there’s a noticeable disjunction in quality even just between bits of the movies that quote them or adapt them closely and bits Jackson made up—and that gulf becomes titanic in the hands of writers and directors who are even worse at Tolkien pastiche than 2000s Jackson (like, say, 2010s Jackson).

[not-gray-politics]

Trans women. I'm grabbing you by the shoulders and yelling. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE SKINNY TO BE FEMININE AND PRETTY AND CUTE. PLEASE STOP MAKING DIETS PART OF YOUR TRANSITION GOALS. WEIGHT LOSS IS A SCAM. I LOVE YOU. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES. YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.

[steddieunderdogfics]

For no Upside Down weekend, can’t rec this one enough!! It’s absolutely fantastic, atalia is an outstanding author.

“the edges of your soul I haven’t seen yet” by Atalia_Gold

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57873856

the edges of your soul I haven't seen yet by Atalia_Gold

@ataliagold

Rating: Teens and Up

60,057 words, 25/25 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Autistic Steve Harrington, First Meetings, Strangers to Lovers, Steve Harrington has a service cat, Platonic Soulmates Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, farmers market, Steve Harrington has a Baking Stall, Eddie works at Wayne's produce stall, naturally they fall in love, Stimming, autistic meltdown/shutdown, Service Animals, Eddie Munson is a Sweetheart, Panic Attacks, Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents, Eddie Munson Takes Care of Steve Harrington, Steve Harrington Wears Glasses, Eddie Munson is Lonely, Good Uncle Wayne Munson, Robin Buckley Has a Crush on Nancy Wheeler, Museum Date, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Frodo the cat is sick for one chapter, No Animal Deaths, Referenced death of parents, Assault, Hurt Steve Harrington, zoo date

Summary:

Steve ignores the cat, at first. He’s digging a thumbnail into the meat of his palm, shuffling from foot to foot every so often, dragging a lip so hard between his teeth that Eddie’s worried he’s gonna make it bleed, and Eddie isn’t sure what to do. He wants to help, wants to somehow soothe the boy, but he isn’t sure how, thinks if he gets any closer to him he’ll only make things worse. The cats meows again. Presses itself harder up against Steve, stretches up so its little front paws are against his thigh, kneading insistently, refusing to be ignored. Steve sags a little. Reaches down with a trembling hand, strokes it across the cat’s head, and Eddie can hear the rumbling purr start up from the little creature. He watches as Steve loosens up, as his fingers unclench and his teeth release his lip and the frown fades slowly from his lovely face. ***** Eddie's reluctantly helping Wayne with his produce stall at the farmers' market. He's resigned himself to a boring summer - until a new face shows up at the market to run a baking stall with his best friend. Steve is...odd, like no one Eddie's ever met. And it doesn't take him long to fall head over heels for him.

Thanks for the rec!

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[therogerclarkfanclub]

I FVCKING CAN'T 😭🥵💦

[evansbby]

my opinion on the Blake lively situation

[frogeyedape]

I am so unbelievably pissed off. FUCK HOAs

Oh, my trash/recycling bin can't be visible except on pickup day? Ok whatever fine I hate you but I can deal with this

Weekly inspections?????? FU FU FU FU FU

SECOND NOTICE ALSO WE'RE CHARGING YOU MONEY TO SEND YOU CERTIFIED MAIL OF THIS TOTALLY LEGIT TOTALLY SECOND NOTICE OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY A VIOLATION cue me: checks notes. Hmm. My recycling bin was. on the curb. on recycling pickup day. You know. The day it has to be out. The day it is motherfucking ALLOWED TO BE FUCKING OUT AND VISIBLE.

so. 1) not a violation

I have sent them the trash AND recycling pickup schedules, which are DIFFERENT, btw

I have disputed the fact of the violation

I have disputed the linking of this "violation" to a previous violation MONTHS AGO--their "first notice" in this case was a "Courtesy Notice" LITERALLY 5 MONTHS AGO and they've done so many inspections since then and my bin CLEARLY WASN'T OUT IN THOSE INTERVENING MONTHS so WTMFH

So I am posting like a crazy person here instead of sending the absolutely deranged email I almost sent (I did send a slightly less deranged version with the disputes, and requesting a hearing)

OMG. It has been. Less than one hour since I learned this fun fun news. My bin was out YESTERDAY, y'all. YESTERDAY. I am going to blow a gasket

[jeromepowell]

-50 beeps??? I dont know what to say...

How about “thank you”?

[lesbinewren]

i’m sad about the acolyte being cancelled and i don’t think it was the right call but this is absolutely NOT an example of a show being under-marketed and set up to fail. a star wars show has not been as advertised as much as this was since obi-wan kenobi, honestly maybe even mando season 2.

[factcheckdotorg]

Biden's Numbers, October 2023 Update

Today we take a look at the most recent statistical measures of how the U.S. has changed since President Biden took office.

[pharawee]

The trailer for Secret Love is out but we still don't have a release date & platform. Save us gagaoolala. Gagaoolala save us. 🙏

[fake-destiel-news]

Means stock market bros listen to his podcast because otherwise they wouldn’t know

Here’s the clip where he says it and the article from stock magazine

[demento-mori]

Alright. This is it. Todays the day for sure!!

[punisheddonjuan]

Fuckin' pigs are dismantling the tents set up in the little parkette on our street. They haven't been there very long, a few weeks at most. I guess that's all we're going to do to solve the housing crisis in this city, just continually harass these people and force them to decamp for somewhere else over and over again like some twisted version of musical chairs.

[dancesingay]

So you want to replicate the success of Barbie...

An analysis for marketing research teams:

What we like of the Barbie Movie:

-Fun color pallet

-Female Director

-Trans Inclusive

-Feminist Message

-Passes the Bechdel test

-Fun, makes you feel.

-Bonus: References and easter eggs.

-Excellent Soundtrack

-America Ferrera

What we didn't like of the Barbie movie/Don't care about:

-The fact that it's a movie based on a toy

-Please stop making toy themed movies and start making movies that serve cunt.

-If the Lego, minecraft, monopoly movies serve cunt, fine, but if not, get them out of here. Nobody want's that.