#movie overture

[whaleiumsharkspeare]

Guys I went to Target today and I was expecting to hear the usual retail store Christmas music but they were literally playing the entire Wicked movie soundtrack

[avicecaro]

you read ootp and every other line is harry being like wow… i have been irreparably changed and damaged by the touch of a cruel man … what i’ve been through has surely made me an adult but no one will see it … only one man treats me like an adult but my friends keep warning me it’s creepy … oh look he has now violated my mind as well as my body and i can’t tell where i end and he begins … i must isolate myself from my friends so i don’t infect them … i am unclean and unworthy and everyone can tell … and he won’t look at me … the one man i look to for guidance has forsaken me … he can only send me away to yet another man who keeps threatening to roofie me btw

and then you watch the movie and it’s like look … 🥺 mistletoe 😚 oh and here’s lucius malfoy serving the only looks at the function for the twentieth year running 🐍💀

[psy-kylo-gy]

Finally, Act V Day 3 of A Day in the Life of TchaikovsKYLO Ren! Our favorite messy boy has at last renounced the dark side and reclaimed his true self: Ben Tchaikovsolo! Surprises await for both him and his headstrong waifu who is challenging Emperor Ovaltine all alone. Reylo chaos ensues but can love save the day?

Catch up with the entire series here

Well first off I'm so sorry for the wait on this, I had it 99% finished since 2020 but just lost the heart to post it during Covid and my subsequent depression. I really wanted the people who love this series to know that I haven't abandoned it, and the finale is mostly done as well and I'm so excited to bestow Reylo with a GOOD ENDING they deserve.

As always, I want to dedicate this to some special folks who've motivated me and given me such kindness and patience over the years. I'm SO grateful for the love and support and I really hope you enjoy this one, Ben is (of course) a lot of fun: @pandoraspocksao3 @blackeyedlily @violet1979 @missrenaeann-blog @maryloki3000 @fangiosfriend

[peachyjareth]

daylight | Phryne & Jack

I made my first phrack video! I absolutely adore these two.

[solradguy]

Tbh Dirge of Cerberus' actual gameplay isn't as bad as I was expecting it to be, like I'm almost 4 missions in and I still haven't died, but the gameplay getting interrupted every 5 minutes by some kind of micro cutscene is driving me up the wall. Did they really have to stop the action just to show a common model NPC walking out of scene. Was that 100% necessary

[herbofgraceandpeace]

You can say what you like about the Lone Ranger (2013), and fair enough, you probably should, but Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack SLAPS

[variousqueerthings]

what's this? another movie with an overture?

that's right it's...

[llycaons]

not a controversial opinion I just don't like old movies

[dolcesuono]

also.... justice for s.alieri like. go listen to 'les danaïdes' and tell me the man couldn't write a bop i dare you

[camellia-salazar]

Hearing "Stand clear of the closing doors, please." when I was watching Annie (2014) got my AJR loving ass to get all hyped up all because I heard the same damn voice saying the same damn thing from their "Making of Bang" video.

[cchapsticck]

UNTITLED RECORDING ca. 1987-1988 (7416 words) by cchapsticck Chapters: 4/13 Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson Characters: Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington, Jeff (Stranger Things), Gareth (Stranger Things), Unnamed Freak (Stranger Things), Robin Buckley, incidental OCs Additional Tags: Eddie Munson Lives, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Alternate Universe - Rock Band, Recreational Drug Use, Gay Eddie Munson, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Neurodivergent Eddie Munson, Period-Typical Homophobia, Period Typical Attitudes, Internalized Homophobia, Vignette Narrative Structure, Eddie Munson POV, Character Study, Relationship Study, Discussions of Parental Neglect, Self Referential Homophobic Language, In This House We Handwave Away The Vecna Situation Conclusion, Friends With Benefits, Friends With Benefits To Lovers But No One's Saying It, Implied/Referenced Parental Death Series: Part 1 of METALHEAD Summary:

Grosse Pointe is weird. To say the least. It’s right outside Detroit and you can tell exactly where Detroit ends and Grosse Pointe begins. A hard delineation from old brick buildings in disrepair with graffiti and bars on the windows and overgrown empty lots right into bright green manicured lawns of two story homes with little yappy dogs and little picket fences. It reminds him of Loch Nora to be honest, it probably reminds Steve of Loch Nora and it’s probably, like, some dogshit metaphor about the places we come from and the collision of lives therein that he doesn’t want to think too hard about but neither of them are saying it because they’re both having a good time right now.

[crispychaoscycle]

Boosting Mirrormask and Sandman Overtures! both are so surreal and dreamlike! I'm obsessed!

What other Neil Gaiman work might you like?

The biggest thing to know about Neil Gaiman is that each work of his is a mixture of horror, fantasy, and subtle comedy.

That being said, each of his projects is pretty distinct from one another and there might be some that are more up to your tastes than others.

I haven't read some of his newer stuff (because I largely stopped reading as much since the early 2010s), but I'll do my best to remember what matters in other works.

Horror

The Sandman is a great work for horror fans. It's also great for mythology fans and other nerds, but horror is a major push and pull factors.

The comic is probably the greatest body of work Gaiman produced and it's recommended if you're a goth at heart and are comfortable with themes of death and humans being gods' toys.

The Sandman (TV) is a great adaptation, but it's very short so far and doesn't cover the best stories.

Coraline is a horror story for children. It doesn't have anything that's not suitable for kids, but it can be viscerally scary to some people. Both the book and the film are great.

Mirrormask is my personal favourite, it's a low budget film with mindblowing surreal imagery and one of the best soundtracks ever.

It's about a teenage girl who has troubles with her parents (who run a circus, btw) and who gets swiped up by her imagination into a bizarre world that is being eaten by her depression. Not a scary film, per se, but it's disturbing. However, it's a very warm film and it always makes me feel better.

Fantasy

Neverwhere is set in a dimension of twisted London Underground where everything that's straightforward in our world becomes weird and too real.

It really tickled my imagination, I highly recommend the book.

Stardust is set in a more high fantasy setting.

It features kings, witches, ghosts, and a star that fell to the Earth. It has a young protagonist who's not exactly the best or the brightest person, so if you hate such things, stick to the adaptation. In my opinion, the book is just lovely.

American Gods is a darker fantasy that asks the questions: "What if every god people ever believed in became real through the power of their worship? And then what if that worship started fading?"

It's set in the USA and because that country is such a melting pot, there are many gods. And not all of them are happy. This is the book that gave Neil Gaiman his reputation of a writer who loves weird sex scenes.

Humour

Stardust the film is often compared to Princess Bride. It's lighthearted, funny, full of imaginative adventures.

Just a very nice film with an all-star cast.

Anansi Boys is a spin off of American Gods, but it's a lot more lighthearted.

Anansi is a trickster god, so you know things will get funky.

I haven't read The Graveyard Book and The Ocean at the End of the Lane yet, but I hear they're very good as well.

Also, short story collections or Norse Mythology might be a good place to start if you want to get a feel of Neil Gaiman as an author first.

[onetruechromosome]

Name me another film with an overture.

[bitchycasenthusiast]

what if i got the when harry met sally “when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible” ending speech permanently tattooed on my body