#paul mescal can come too if he wants idk

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are u really a cinephile and dilf lover if u don't leave in the middle of your class and walk all the way to the movies bc there's an early screening of gladiator II??? respeten los rangos

[max--phillips]

Okay here goes

First, the spoiler free stuff:

Ridley Scott knows how to make a fucking film.

If I don’t see fics of Acacius x reader x Lucilla I will begin biting

If you are going in it for Pedro, I will warn you his character is very important but kind of… idk, shallow is too strong of a word, but not very fleshed out. I don’t think that’s an issue in the greater scheme of the movie though, it makes sense in the plot and doesn’t feel out of place or bad in the universe.

If you are going in it for Paul Mescal, you will not be disappointed.

Please watch the first movie first. The story will not make any fucking sense if you don’t.

Just the right amount of flashbacks and footage from the first movie . Chefs kiss

Ridley Scott really said “all emperors and tyrants are nasty little freaks with terrible vibes”

Oh also if you’re squeamish about gore and stuff like. It’s a movie about gladiators so set your expectations accordingly. There is an instance of a disembodied head used as a prop. So y’know

Okay, spoilery stuff below the cut

Arishat was hot :( rip

Monkeys at the beginning? Terrible. 0/10 did not enjoy that. Also did not enjoy seeing and hearing Mr. Mescal BITING ONE

I love Ravi I would watch a whole movie just about him tending to gladiators’ wounds quite frankly. Give me that story

We love to see bisexuality on screen (even though that wasn’t a social identity at the time but we’re not here to talk about that) what with the concubines and drunk as fuck Macrinus

Speaking of drunk as fuck Macrinus: that whole scene was so fucking funny. They’re like that meme about people getting high. You know the one

Speaking of Macrinus—Denzel Washington stole the show. When TIME magazine pushed a story to me today headlined “Gladiator II Belongs to Denzel Washington,” I was like, pshhhh, nah. But it really does. It’s not about him? But it’s his fucking show.

The politics . THE POLITICS

It feels a little heavy handed right now but that wasn’t probably how it was intended, given it was made before. Y’know. The election. But the whole dream of Rome being a place where everyone is equal and cared for but you can only whisper it or it’ll shatter? Yeah.

Oh, right, Acacius: that dude is so tired he does NOT want to be there. Let him go home to his hot wife. Alas, his hot wife is the way she is and like… no good deed goes unpunished.

And I fucking called it with my text post a few months ago. Two (2) movies now where Denzel Washington (either directly or indirectly) kills Pedro Pascal. Brilliant

Admittedly selfishly I would’ve liked to see more of him. But it felt like the correct thing in the context of the story. If he didn’t die then, if he wasn’t the inciting event for the uprising of the people of Rome, it wouldn’t have made sense and it would’ve just been fan service and “look, we got Pedro Pascal!” at that point.

I would’ve liked to see a more in-depth exploration of the change in relationship between Lucius and Lucilla—it seems like they went from Lucius screaming at her to get out to them hugging it out without any real development between the two of them specifically. Obviously a lot had happened in the world of the movie at that point but nonetheless

Macrinus shooting Lucilla was his Icarus moment. There was no coming back from that. “But what about Geta” “but what about Caracalla” no. It was Lucilla. If she’d gotten got by the praetorian guards or something else, it would’ve been fine. But because it was Macrinus there was nowhere he could go from there other than [checks notes] getting his hand chopped off and then gutted in a dirty irrigation ditch.

Remember kids, the people in power who are causing all of the things going wrong in the world have names and addresses and are mortal <3

Also another takeaway from the movie: imperialism, religious extremism, ableism, and authoritarianism will be the end of us all <3

Anyway. Good movie. Can’t wait to watch it again in my own home with subtitles so I can actually like… process everything everyone was saying LMAO and take better reaction notes.

I’m still sitting in the theater parking lot it’s been like 30 minutes LMAO okay thanks for coming to my tedtalk or whatever

[heatwayve]

A BOMBSHELL HAS ENTERED THE VILLA . . .

MILES O’SULLIVAN (cismale, he/him, paul mescal) is 25 and a FOOTBALLER from DUBLIN, but now they can be found in the CASA VILLA. they are known as THE CREDULOUS because they are SINCERE, but if things kick off, they can be a bit IMPRESSIONABLE. they’re BISEXUAL and are most interested in grafting MARCUS AND FRANKIE. one thing they want to accomplish in casa amor is FINDING THEIR PERSON, BUT SOME GOOD HEAD WOULD ALSO BE COOL. (gold necklaces and hawaiian shirts with half the buttons undone, waking up before the sun rises for a run, infectious laughter until your sides hurt because you love your friends and they’re so funny, spending longer creating an aesthetic fruit collage than it takes to eat the smoothie bowl, taking a nap instead of solving the problem) 

OVERVIEW ;

name: miles fionn o’sullivan

birthdate: august 5, 1997

age: twenty-five

occupation: athlete, football 

gender: cismale

pronouns: he/him

sexuality: bisexual

IN DEPTH ;

birth place: dublin, ireland

zodiac: leo 

current location: love island

known languages: english, irish/gaelic

family: seamus o’sullivan (father), ciara doyle (mother), james o’sullivan (older brother), & ava o’sullivan (older sister)

PHYSICAL ;

face claim: paul mescal

height: says 6ft but he is 5′11

hair color: brown

eye color: blue

tattoos: a rose on the inside of his left arm, there’s like a tiger, a moon, and some line from a cool poem on the right arm. a tree on his leg. probably other stupid tattoos idk. he keeps joking that he’s going to get a huge wolf on his chest and his bestie is like ‘stop, at this point i’m scared you’re going to do it.’

BACKGROUND ;

grew up right outside of dublin in bray, the third child to seamus and ciara o’sullivan – high school sweethearts who married a little too young after an accidental pregnancy resulting in miles’ brother, james. 

definitely the baby of the family, and was given a lot of attention in his family unit growing up. he also was shielded from many of the problems that went on, namely his parents marital issues – whenever his parents fought, his older siblings would often distract him. 

because of that, when the divorce came, miles felt pretty blindsided by something that everyone in the family had anticipated. his mother left and moved in with her coworker, who she was having an affair with. chasing the youth she never really had by leaving the family she built behind. 

his father began to slip into bad habits, drinking more and eventually resulting in the loss of his job. james took on the role of a parent for miles, and took on the responsibilities that came with it. he made sure the family was clipping coupons for groceries, counting coins for school supplies. basically, he did his best to ensure that miles and ava didn’t realize what they were missing. basically, miles grew up pretty poor but doesn’t hold any resentment bc he never really understood the extent of it.

his relationship with his dad has actually always been good ; they’re friends, and miles is the only one of his siblings that has a friendship with him since he’s never had to be responsible for him. he worries about his dad a lot though, who always seems like he’s doing better one year and worse the next. it’s a constant wave. 

when miles was twelve, a girl he had a crush on was really into football. he wanted to make the team at school to impress her, so james would run drills with him every day to practice after school until he made it. he dated that girl, hallie, for a year until she came out to him as gay, and then he dated her for nearly another year until she was ready to come out. hallie’s his best friend in the world and she is running his instagram while he’s in the villa, probably killing the game with her memes and embarrassing stories she knows about miles. 

miles had a real love for the sport, enjoyed being on a team and soon joined a youth league – something about team sports is like having another family, and he’s the kind of guy that puts his all in, every single day. and he became really good. he nearly dropped out of secondary school, but his brother insisted he finish before joining a club team. 

was on a third level team until he was about 20 when pictures of him kissing a boy were taken by someone and shared around the team. while some people on the team were accepting, there were members that really shunned/excluded him, hurting his performance and the team’s overall morale. he also hadn’t intended to come out yet, so it was hurtful. he wound up taking a break and moving back home for a bit. 

it was hallie that convinced miles to get back out there and not let a few negative people spoil everything he loves about the sport. 

ava’s worked hard to put herself through architecture school, and james recently got married and still lives in town, close to their dad to look after him. he works as a lineman. his wife has a baby on the way. no one else needs this family information but i need it bc i know i’m gonna forget and then have a continuity error. 

currently plays for like a second division team in althone but it’s the off season, baby !! a few of his teammates signed him up as a joke after watching him strike out 3 times on a night out and joked that he needed an environment where a bird couldn’t run away from him after a shit chat-up line. 

PERSONALITY ;

number one hype man !! he just loves his friends and has a lot of genuine adoration for the people in his life. he’s the guy in your friend group that laughs at everything because he thinks everything is so damn funny. 

really health-conscious, will be awake before they even turn the lights on to get a workout in and make a smoothie. he’s a morning person who loves his mid-afternoon power naps. 

slut !!!!! like, both physically and emotionally. he will fall in and out of love in a single night, would chase down a pretty girl he saw at the train station to ask for her number, is not afraid to take risks with his heart. that’s probably why he does statistically have quite a few misses, because he doesn’t fear putting himself out there ? he’d rather take the chance than miss out. he’s got a big dick and he thinks he’s hilarious, what does he have to fear exactly. full of terrible first date stories. 

equally, he loves making new friends, really outgoing ... obnoxiously extroverted, basically. 

he’s been the baby boy of the family, will be the baby of the group. 

goofy :) 

knows he’s pretty. u will catch him checking himself out in the mirror, probs more than once. 

is a big naive and tends to hope for the best in people, however his experience on his first league definitely shaped him in a way that has made him less afraid to speak up on shit. he really doesn’t stand for bullying or when someone’s kicking someone that’s down, really altruistic in that sense. doing what he thinks is right actually surpasses loyalty for him, because he’s seen how some people’s loyalty has caused them to reinforce bigotry or other hurtful values. morals > loyalty has lost him friends before tho.

^^ there’s a specific love island chris hughes moment i’m thinking of that’s the PERFECT example of what miles would do but i dont want to spoil the drama of it for lyndsay (its the way he acts after the georgia thing iykyk) 

but he would like you to like him. overly friendly, extremely welcoming. 

annoying, generally.

really would like to find someone in this but like if not he’s happy with having a good time :) 

he’s most interested in frankie and marcus bc they seem like laid back / fun / chill people which is really his vibe and so he’s been developing some parasocial crushes but he’s trying not to get his hopes up. it’s hard. 

inspo : chris huges (s3), toby aromolaran (s7), the movie sing street, weird jack grealish clips that kit sends me, general ted lasso energy

[notebookmusical]

Hi! I hope you've had a good week and weekend. I am not as stressed as before like a few months ago and I think things are going to get better compared to the last month. It's mainly just been lonely I think cuz my sister hadn't been living with me. Omg that's fun..what shows are you going to see? It's so hard to choose lol. You'll have to let me know how they are.

Oh ya last year's Tony's I didn't watch either because I didn't have an antenna but I had one for this year. I still missed parts of the opening though and drank while watching. Oh no... that's an awful time to get it cuz it probably ruins the memory. I remember listening to the cast album of Pretty Woman before..maybe once but that's about it. What did you think of the show if you remember? It does not seem like a show you would want to go to based on some musicals you like lol but I hope it was okay. You can always share some more stories with me! :) I can't remember what else he's been in besides Company though.

Honestly the Cabaret performance was fine to me but you're right about it being polarizing and I'm not sure why. I honestly think that's just how the character of the Emcee is supposed to be. I really like Joel Greys and Alan Cummings versions but I like that he at least tried something a little different. I wonder how he interprets some other parts based on knowing the show. Oh I hope you are able to see The Notebook again on your trip. I heard about the Merrily proshot and am excited and think it's great. It will probably be better than the movie musical they're making at least. I don't know much about the musical but also don't know how to feel about it. I think they cast Paul Mescal and I'm not even sure he can sing lol but I don't remember too much about it. Except they are filming it over 20 years..which is something that could be cool or just off and not translate on screen so idk. What do you think about it? I can't really have an opinion cuz I'm not as familiar with the show and only know two songs I think. I don't know when I will watch the show but I would definitely wanna watch the proshot.

I am still listening to Broadway stuff for now so I am a little behind. I've listened to Outsiders, Hells Kitchen, Stereophonic and Suffs so far. I love Outsiders and Stereophonic. Stereophonic is just the kind of music I like and the Outsiders music fits the story pretty well. I am also biased because of the story haha, but idk if I would recommend it without knowing it. Like there was one part that they didn't have a song about and idk if I would've known about it without knowing it. So in that way it made me miss watching bootlegs! I wish I could watch a bootleg of this one specifically cuz it has a lot of cool effects, but I honestly don't know much about finding bootlegs anymore unless it's random. I mostly see full audio bootlegs with dialogue but eh. I think I saw a Lempicka video come up on my YouTube page so I might be able to watch it and then listen to the cast album which is what we used to do lol. Same with Hells Kitchen..I think I kinda was able to follow it but it' would be more fun to watch in my opinion..oh well. Suffs was one that I just let play and actually couldn't follow the story as much and was just paying attention to the music first so idk. I know a lot of people wanted it to win best musical over Outsiders but it didn't exactly impress me, but the plot is probably not for me either. I still have to listen to the Notebook, Water For Elephants, Illinoise, and yes, Gatsby..if only for Jeremy and Eva, so I'll let you know what I think. I've also listened to a few songs from Spring Awakening, and Sunday, and West Side Story this week. I realized how similar The Outsiders is to West Side Story mixed with like Newsies. I love the new url too haha.

I will definitely check out the updates. I always love your new recommendations. I definitely plan to listen to those albums maybe sometime this week. I have heard the song featuring Taylor and enjoyed it and they performed it live. I loved Taylor playing the mashup of the Lakes and I Hate It Here especially. I think she's just okay honestly..maybe because she's a nepo baby, but I did enjoy her last album. I heard a few of Charli's singles but it seems there's more production compared to her last album and idk what to think yet. I loved your album! What did you think of the albums? I hope you have an amazing week too and hope things are getting better in case they've been stressful or hard lately.

hi friend!!! happy july! i hope yours is off to a good start! do you have anything fun planned this month? i'm glad things are getting better or are a little more manageable!

i've currently only got tickets to see moulin rouge, but will be buying my stereophonic tickets soon hopefully! i think i'll go see the notebook if it's still open when i'm there (hopefully it is!) but am unsure if i want to also do a saturday matinee or if i'd rather just go see friends and go places! i just never have enough time in the city and i feel like there's not a whole lot on broadway that i want to see right now — if i wasn't going to see wicked on tour in november, i'd probably finally go see it on broadway! and same with back to the future; it's coming in december, i'm likely going to see it in december, i don't particularly mind waiting to see it. anddd the same with both six, and & juliet — they're both part of the upcoming season so i don't feel a huge desire to go see them!

i don't have an antenna either! i got a free showtime subscription i think? to watch it this year and in the past years i've just 🏴‍☠️d it haha. that was actually my second time seeing it! i saw it on broadway with the original cast in march 2019 — i think i liked the broadway cast more than the tour (the guy who played edward came across much older than vivian and they had very little chemistry and just felt very ... awkward and creepy haha) but i didn't love it by any means! just a fun night, which is fine!

ooh okay my favorite matt doyle story <333 he came to seattle to do an out of town tryout for a show called jasper in deadland (terrible show that i love love love dearly, saw it three times) and he was just the nicest, loveliest person at stagedoor (even though he was not having a good time here in seattle). just so so sweet. one of my friends loved the show and saw it 8 times and in jasper, his character has a little ... alter ego-y persona with a different voice and so i asked if he'd record a video in that voice saying happy birthday to her and he did and was sooo sweet about it. he was also in book of mormon and sweeney todd off-broadway for a hot minute!! and little shop! and he was in gossip girl haha.

i wonder if people would like cabaret more if they cast ... a stronger ... singer... ? it's really interesting to see how a lot of shows that do really well on the west end aren't necessarily received very well here and vice versa. like this production of cabaret is SO well-received there! and yes! they cast paul mescal, who can sing fine —here's a clip of him singing stars from les mis from back in the day! i think it's interesting they're filming over 20 years but also am worried about ... it taking 20 years? if that makes sense? like it's cool, sure, but ... will it work out? will everyone stay committed? will everyone still be available? just feels like a logistical nightmare... how is this being funded? etc.

i'm soooo excited to see stereophonic !!! ahhh !!!!! it's one of the main reasons i decided to take this trip (vs. going next season)! i'm happy to help you find bootlegs — just send me a message off anon/over dms hehe <333 i haven't listened to hells kitchen yet, but i want to soon! did you watch / do you watch the jimmys awards? i watched them the other day and was sooooo impressed by how talented everyone was! i am actually not a fan of suffs haha. my best friend loves it and keeps trying to get me to get into it but i ... do not want to! it's just not my thing! and thank you for the url compliment :") wait have you ever listened to spring awakening in full? i love it a lot but it's also quite heavy so please take care of yourself when listening!

i just watched spring awakening like two weeks ago in person and the production was .... not great !!!!!!! but i still love the show so dearly. i'm glad i went. even if that production was ... something. and yay!! i'm so glad you like my recommendations 🥺 i always love hearing yours as well and hearing from you! i really loved brat, and i do think the secret of us is growing on me but not my favorite gracie album! my favorite of hers is still minor, and then this is what it feels like and then good riddance!

hope you're doing well and staying safe my friend <3333 and staying cool!

[uwusillygirl]

i truly loved reading your thoughts about this. it would be so fun if maybe you could occasionally post recs of your favorite books/movies/shows and maybe briefly share opinions on them? only if that would be fun for you of course! i'm just saying i, and i'm positive many of your readers/followers, would be delighted to see them!

you are absolutely right regarding NP featuring a parade of horrifying clueless men masquerading as doms where all of marianne's masochistic tendencies seem to get repeatedly exploited without the scenes being "resolved" in any meaningful or helpful way. & instead of an ideal result of her feeling somewhat better and at peace, they leave her the same raw bleeding wound of a girl. and your take on connell needing to prove to himself he's good and good TO marianne when in reality many times he has been anything but... really brilliant. i don't think i've ever thought of it that way, as lost as i was in my harrumphing about what i took as rooney's repeated portrayal of slow vanilla sex being equated to true quasi-soulmate-bond love and affection. though i am first to admit i am a very sensitive girl who will immediately take things to heart if i see myself in a piece of fiction, and sometimes miss the bigger literary analysis picture. i'm so glad i sent an ask! also lol @ paul and daisy definitely sacrificing some canon information to say get behind me BDSM baddies of all types we got y'all. (also idk if you've seen/heard but paul mescal is in a film called "aftersun" that i believe is playing in select theaters right now which from my understanding is a very dreamy and melancholy potentially-hysterical-tear-inducing two hours of him being a young girl dad. i have not seen it yet because i think it might actually break my brain in a very dangerous way that i am not equipped for atm, and i am already pre-mourning my sanity and emotional stability for when i finally bite the bullet)

also as someone who has full on sobbed to your beautiful cathartic words many times over, i am grateful to you for exploring freaky mentally unstable girls who maybe should re-evaluate their relationship to sex but also maybe shouldn't because sometimes it's ok to be insane and slutty if you have a partner to support you through it! if drugs can't fix you maybe having 15 orgasms in a row can! even though i think i am different from your chrissy in many ways, i have never felt so validated by a character and never felt so hopeful and fulfilled seeing her clawing her way to happiness. sometimes it feels like you've taken stuff from the darkest stickiest ugliest parts of my brain and put it on paper and i'm like ok well now i've got to have a three week crisis to deal with this now, except it usually ends in some necessary acceptance and potential healing and always at least a temporary period of bright hope for the future (which is so difficult to come by some days). so thank YOU!

i loved reading what you had to say, as well! thank you so much for sharing (u actually got my brain all crazy and now i'm writing a little something that'll hopefully be up tonight lmao)! i would be SO happy to share recs (including ones tailored to specific interests!) if that's something people would like! anyone can lmk! i watch and read a shit ton for my work, actually, so i'm always so happy to share thoughts. it'll give my loved ones a break from my random excitable rants, too.

going a little out of order here, but i have found that the day i let go of trying to understand, rid of, or narrativize my sexuality, gender expression, and sexual interests and just say "whether it came from some event or is inherent or is a choice, it just is what it is, and that's okay" it paradoxically became way less of an issue for me, and way easier to express what i like and want just for the sake of it. in my opinion, there's only so much exploring we can do before it becomes a sort of ouroboros of "i'm trying to work stuff out for me" turning into "i'm trying to be sexually palatable in a new way".

"get behind me bdsm baddies" is so fucking funny. i have actually seen aftersun and was one of the original hysterical criers over it. i can confirm it is a life ruiner, and yet i'm going in for a rewatch on sunday. best movie of the year in my opinion!

i am so flattered that first one's free has moved you! it's more than okay to be insane and slutty! i don't know you, but can pretty confidently say that your darkest stickiest ugliest parts of your brain are not that bad if my chrissy expresses them - she may think she's a mess but i think she (and anyone who resonates with her) is doing just great and is a good person deserving of good things <3 if i didn't believe that then i'd also be so fucked lmao.

hope the near future brings you those good things! glad to hear you're finding spaces to feel hopeful.

please send an ask whenever, i'm so glad you reached out!

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hanno stronger than me cause i would've let acacius shove his sword in me and showed rome some real entertainment