#pavlove is also awesome

[cr33p-a-z01d]

FAV FOB SONG?

ok this one is actually kinda difficult BUT it's probably chigaco is so two years ago bc I LOVE THAT BRIDGE SO MUCH. it literally loves rent free in my head every single day

[maybeemden]

so I'm going to Tourdust in Berlin with a friend next month. she's been a fan of FOB longer than even me (for reference she's a millennial, got into them pre-hiatus and even saw them back in '08, her friend got a drumstick??). she has no FOB-related social media, so she has zero idea what this tour is all about, and she's asked me for no spoilers, so I can't tell her.

anyway, we were talking about tour expectations with our non-fobbie friends and she goes "oh I hope they play old songs. like sugar we're going down! :)"

y'all. guys. she has No Idea. Zero Idea. Good God

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[anotherfcknschlattsimp]

I saw you were out of asks to answer so I raise you this;

f!reader getting Schlatt to become a Sabrina Carpenter fan…

my personal sabrina carpenter song is still why because i dropped out of the pop music loop after that, and i feel like that heavily influences this

anyway, let's go

you will not turn it off

it? every fave sabrina carpenter song you have

he claims to hate it, but really just likes two songs and is stubborn as hell

you think about giving up until you catch him mouthing along one night

you like new york city in the daytime I like new york city in the nighttime you say you like sleeping with the air off i don't, i need it on

then you start pavloving the fuck outta this motherfucker

kisses everytime he lip syncs to the lyrics of songs, his favorite meal when he willingly listens to a new song

youre actually insane in this, but thats okay, we love you anyway

buys you so much merch

matching hoodies because "whatever makes ya happy toots", aka, he loves you so much that he'd consider not day 1 killing himself during the apocolypse but still doesnt want to let you on to the fact that he's also into her music

next time you get a promotion, or a holiday/birthday hits, he gets you three tickets to a carpenter concert

one for you, one for your best friend, and one for?...

...

HIM?!?!?!?!?! :D

he has the biggest grin ever plastered on his face as you freak out about how objectively awesome this is gonna be

youre running up and hugging and kissing the LIFE out of this man

(he hopes youre this happy when he proposes someday)

he keeps a countdown to the concert on the whiteboard and updates it every day, but still refuses to admit he's excited

bops along to every song and sings along to what he knows

you tease him the whole ride to the stupidly overpriced but not quite 4k hotel room that you guys booked to make a full date out of the day (your best friend is 3 doors down for soundproofing reasons)

he finally caves when you're getting ready for a shower

"fuck,, fine. maybe im yay big 'f a fan" he almost pinches his fingers together

you stand, mouth wide open, leg halfway in your pant, stunned and ecstatic

until you fall

then youre on the floor, mouth wide open, and leg still halfway in your pant

[earlgreytea68]

Every once in a while I get this twinge of guilt over the swan song books and how terrible I have been about making myself work on them and this morning during my commute I was renewing my vow to just sit down and DO THEM and it suddenly occurred to me, like --

I joined fall out boy fandom from inception, a wonderful, A+ fandom that has had no new canon in fifteen years and that was AWESOME tbh lol, and then I showed up in fall out boy just as mania was winding down and then honestly they did mostly nothing for years and I barely noticed because I was so used to quiet fandoms and so I thought I could just go about making plans for my life that were not about fall out boy.

And then we had, like, this astonishing year of our lives??????? Who knew this was coming????? I felt most of the time like the top of my head had been sliced off by these silly boys and everything they kept doing, and I think I *forgot* what an active fandom is like and how it eats your time. Which is not to say that I would trade a single second of this past year but more to say that I have decided to give myself grace hahaha how was I supposed to know this was suddenly going to happen?????

Anyway. I can't be too hard on myself when I spent this past year making sure to enjoy every single minute of it. And I did. I just finished a fic where Pete is so worried about living in the moment to remember all of it when it's over and I feel like that's what we all did for a full year, we just lived right here, in whatever absurd thing had happened now. Who could make plans? You never knew when Patrick might suddenly be playing the drums, or sliding up to pete to dissolve him into helpless giggles, or playing soul punk or pavlove or legendary or eowyg and whatever, how was I supposed to get novels edited in this environment hahahaha

Anyway, Pete Wentz, if you're still on Tumblr, thank you for the last year, which has been a blast from start to finish. I think you know we loved it but I'm just saying it again: We loved it. Not just the music, which was also great, and thank you especially for whatever you did to convince Patrick to have A Moment with his piano during the set. But also a special thanks from me for the gift of nightly Riff with Patrick, like, I will never get over that that just happened, over and over, and probably that really was about filling dead air while Patrick got ready for medley but whatever, it was a treasure trove of endless delight, thanks for that. Tell Patrick for us. (Also the interviews were all gold, too.)

Now maybe I'll get some work done???? Unclear lol

[marleysfinest]

i hope that i am not late for the lovefest and even if i am i have snacks and copious amounts of alcohol so PLEASEEEEEEE let me in!!! pelase please oewijaflsijdfasdjf

okay anyway i love that you're doing this to begin with, it speaks to how wonderful you are so let's kick things off with the woman of honor - you!

muva marley, you are one of a kind in the most spectacular of ways. your heart is enormous. i would trust you with my keys, my banking app password, my social security number, my life...anything. you have a heart of solid gold and we are all better because we get to benefit from being around you. seeing the way you love your family, your friends, all the compassion you give, it makes me want to be a better person and i'm sure i'm far from the only one. as beautiful on the inside as you are out. i love you! so much! thank you for being in my life <333

and now i have a few more people i'd like to mention, i apologize for the length of this ask in advance:

@wyvernslovecake - oh cas, your inner light shines so bright. you are hilarious and clever and just an all around outstanding human being and it's my privilege to get to call you a friend. we went from anonymously talking about papa reiner (long may he live....) and grimmjow to now having the friendship we do and i'm so grateful. thank you for the fun! thank you for the laughter!

@sailorspica - we were destined to cross paths and i know it because how else would i find a fellow pisces with the best taste in toxic old men and music both? nowhere but here. it's so fortunate that we met here where we can truly match each other's freak. and as for that houseboat? i think we should. i think we could be like mob and reigen but somehow even better.

@quiveringdeer - nat! you have been with me for the full two years i've been here and while we've both come and gone and had our struggles and triumphs and time off and here both, it's like coming home to get to talk to you when i do. i truly feel rejuvenated even if it's just a short little back and forth about life and whatever. you have the biggest heart and the best vibes and i hope you know that about yourself and believe it.

@bloompompom bloomy wooms where do i begin?!!!!! you are the most beautiful soul! your heart is so big! you are creative and hilarious and so down to earth. you're the person i know i could get coffee but also tell my tragic life story to and be met with empathy and wit and something to carry with me after the convo is over and we've parted ways. you are a star! spectacular! i love you!!!

@ssslime - my home state mate <333 every time i think of you i get this fond little warmth in my chest because you are so good. inside and out, just good to your bones. thank you for being the most honest, kind, and hilarious person out there.

@pavloves-dog - the human equivalent of sunshine to be sure. you are supportive. you are intelligent and so funny and so easy to talk to. you have so much wisdom and im proud of you and proud to know you!!! thank u for being my friend and for being yourself

@p00pdev1l - jazz!!!! you are the best!!! never has a presence been mourned more than when you left and when you returned it was like the gates of heaven opened and granted us an angel again. just a person we should all aspire to be more like because you're grounded and patient and good to everyone and just ugh. thank u!!!! for returning to us

@daryascurse - what if we...held hands and kissed...what then...LSDFLSJDFJSDF but also hiiiii <333 you are awesome. beautiful, bold, talented, gonna change the world and probably pretty effortlessly although your work ethic is also beyond admirable. like idk how i even stumbled upon the luck that gave me the opportunity to have you in my life but i won't complain.

@neiptune - oh v!!!! oh beloved! you have the biggest heart and you do so much just by being yourself. you have a healing presence and i know that's a lot of pressure to have as a person but you wear it well and you are just wonderful. thank you for being in my life <3

@pisspope - genuinely the most clever and creative person i've ever met. you are a riot and i love the way you see the world and other people and i admire it very much. you see everyone for exactly who they are, no projections or frills, and i love love love that. you are awesome.

and finally, my belovedest @blondeboyfriend <333 tbh i don't even think i'd still be part of this community if it weren't for finn. like sometimes in life you meet a person that like completely changes things for you and even if we don't talk every single day, finn is that person for me. i love you and i'm so grateful we exist at the same time and someday we will indeed enjoy our creamsicles together watching a sunset.

okay that's all for me they're playing me off! i love everyone! i love you guys soooo much!!!!

we got KENDY in here with the luv!!!!!!!!!!! I love u so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!

spread the love with muvva's feel good 500!

[snufflepup]

I mean it's good, I could've sworn I sent it last night, but I was super tired so maybe not lol. I do wanna get them for completionist reasons, but its likely they wont come back cause theyre collabs with companies. They did a sonic collab before i started playing, and i wish i played sooner cause itd be funny to have sonic and tails and shit. It's really cool! There's these phenomena that just turn back time in isolated spots on earth in random times and kill everyone that gets caught up in them. The mc is the timekeeper, the only person that's able to survive in the storm on her own. She's forced to work for the st. Pavlov foundation to find a way to stop the storms. (Forced, because she started working as a kid, and her immunity to the storm was found out when she tried to escape the foundation with some of her friends and all her friends died because they didnt have her immunity. Its really sad how sheltered they are and how badly they want to actually see the world outside the foundation). There's also this other group called manus vindictae, they're trying to speed up the storms happening to eradicate the humans and leave behind just arcanists that. Humans were historically super shitty and racist to arcanists, so the translation of their name "hands of vengence" makes sense! They used to have the only immunity to the storm, but in the most recent chapter, the st Pavlov foundation managed to find one out too, but their immunity item can protect humans too! God I'm so excited about this game!! The most recent patch (2.0) takes place in 1990 in San Francisco and it's so cool so far! We got the first adult guy character in a bit and he's so so hot and cool! It's gonna be a struggle to save up for him over mercuria, the other 6 star that got released in this patch before him. Oh There's also like a good couple canonical gay married npcs too! I love how casually they mention it and how respectful they are with it. A lot of the characters are girls, which I don't really prefer, but their designs are so gorgeous that i found myself actually liking them a lot^^ my favorite character is an italian half-blood arcanist named pavia! Hes so cool, though hes just a 3 star :P. My favorite 6 stars would be isolde, lucy, spathodea, Joe, and jiu niangzi! A cool thing about arcanists too is that theres awakened arcanists, items born from concepts and arcane! Lucy actually is one. Her core is a cog, and she came into existance when the first steam engine made a sound! And shes immortal as long as the concept behind her creation is alive. her concept would be progression and advancement, and omg thats soo cool to me, especially with how her representation of that concept was the first steam engine!! I could go on forever, i love this game so much, ive played since launch and im so glad i did! Things have gotten better with her, but I still think she's trying to limit how much we talk, so I'm gonna try and talk to her about it in a bit. I went trick or treating yesterday, so I wasn't really able to reply sooner, sorry. Did you do anything for Halloween? I walked around so much it still hurts lol.

-ike<3

aaa maybe ? Tumblr can . be a bit odd sometimes and mess up !! I understand how you feel, theres some games and things I like that I want to have everything in as well ! Those sound really awesome ! I'm sorry you missed out (◞ ⸝⸝ ◟ ) That sounds really interesting ! oh my god that's so sad :(( The manus vindictae group sounds really really cool too, I can understand why they would . hate humans after all that ! The story sounds really really amazing, I'm glad you like it so much ! I think it's nice you are so passionate over it ^–^ He sounds . expensive . good luck getting him and saving for him !!! aaa yay ! That's good then, it's always good when there are canonically queer characters ! Lucy sounds SO cool omg omg ! It sounds like the game did things in a really awesome and interesting way !!! I see. . . It sounds like a really hard situation, but I think you're doubg the right thing by talking about it with her ! It's okay !! Did you have a good time ? What did you dress up as ? If you did !! I didn't really . do anything for halloween . I planned to watch scary stuff, but I never actually got aroubd to it . and by the time I knew it Halloween was over !

[shunsao]

tribe nine tier list except i only explain the top 3 because it got too long and i love my faves lol

Kiyoshiro Haneda:

Kiyoshiro has stuck to me since the VERY beginning. He has always been one of, if not, my favourite Tribe Nine character of all time. On some of my socials I legit just have his name as a username.

Although his character seems to be revolving around Sonoda most of the time, you can determine most of his personality if you truly look into his character. Kiyoshiro is a very smart and analytic person when he takes his time to do stuff and not just rush to it like he always rushes to kill Sonoda. He is also a generally good person who wants the best for his - i assume - hometown, even if he takes weird or drastic measures to get to that point, since he has to blend in with the rest if he wants to even survive. But even if he's a good guy he doesn't seem the type to be too optimistic about things, he seems more on the pessimistic side of things. Which makes him all the more realistic given the circumstances of his lifestyle. There is absolutely no insight on his backstory, however, so there's not much to talk about here.

But there's also little things I like about his character, too. For example, he is paaaaaaaaaathetic!! I mean, really, but it's cute honestly. For instance, this guy is afraid of snails!! Can you imagine this. Living in a lawless, chaotic, pollution-filled city full of criminals, where you know you could meet your demise at any point in time... and the thing you're afraid of is snails??

Don't even get me started on the way he can't tell jokes. Like at all. On Kai's birthday he told him a bunch of jokes that were so offensive/unfunny Kai had to pause and look at him like 😐 . IT'S SO FUCKING FUNNY?? Like that guy laughs at everything and nothing all at once. How did it come to this... I'm so curious now I really wanna hear those jokes

And don't even get me started on how insane he is about Sonoda. He sees BUTTERFLIES and starts to think about him because of the design on the back of his coat

(did you know that pattern has significance to Sonoda's character?? because of the butterfly effect in the chaos theory?? Okay well now you do. The GAREKI WAR edit also represents him mostly but also Ota tribe in general, obviously it is their theme so).

It's like the Pavlov's dog experiment, the one where they conditioned the dog to salivate at the sound of a bell if that sound was presented at the same time it was given food. Yeah it's like that but with Kiyo and butterflies/Sonoda.

Anyway, another thing I adore about him is his voice, both in the sub and dub. It fits him perfectly and I think Nozuyama and Zach did amazing jobs. I love both of them but his dubbed voice is sassier and funnier to me. Fav line was ''But just look at me now, carting the goods around like his personal errand boy!'', because it is so ironic that he says that as he is literally doing what Sonoda wants, and I'm assuming this and the robbery/bombing at Setagaya wasn't the first time he's been doing it. You really are an errand boy Kiyo. And the tone he said this in was so fucking funny to me

Oh and his design is absolutely great. He is so ugly especially in the anime version. His shit is so fucked up too. I love him to death he's so cute I wanna squish his cheeks.

Last but not least, his name, Kiyoshiro is also very intriguing to me, because if you look at it's etymology, you'll find that his name quite literally means "Pure Death", which could mean a lot of things. The way I see it, it could be a reference to how he lives his life in Ota as an assassin (Death), but has (Pure) intentions. Maybe I'm looking too much into it but if not then hey that's an awesome detail

Taiga:

On God this guy is the most mentally mistreated character in all of Tribe Nine history. And what I mean by that is how the Minato tribe treats him like a huge joke. Nobody takes him seriously, nobody even tries to help him, nobody praises him (sincerely) when he gets better and treats it like it's a one-time thing when he is actively learning and trying to better himself. The complete opposite effect of how they treat Haru, honestly. I think the Minato tribe doesn't understand the concept of a person changing, because they just took their first impression of Taiga from when they first met and ran with it.

He becomes the butt of the joke very often and I genuinely don't get why the closest thing to snapping he did was tell Haru to fuck off after Haru tried to help him and threw his bat on the ground AFTER he left.

But honestly, when I think about it, it shows how despite being a usually emotionally-driven guy, he can show to be emotionally mature at times. I think he changed this aspect of himself a lot after Shun's death. And even more after he became Hanafuda's pupil and after Ojiro took the crown and changed the rules of XB.

If you study his behaviors after episode 8 (especially in episode 10), you'll understand what I mean by this. He goes from being a man who makes idiotic and selfish decisions and doesn't ask for anybody's advice, to relying on and opening up to people when he needs to and tries his best at helping the people he now cherishes deeply.

I don't have any picture to provide here really just please rewatch the episodes I mentioned!!!

His character growth is just amazing and that's just one of the many things I like about him because with that he is one of the most relatable characters in Tribe Nine to me.

I do believe his backstory should be more looked into though. All we know about Taiga's backstory is that he's been a fisherman most of his life and that he comes from overseas (presumably Ireland? given his accent) to become the "strongest man in the world". That last part feels very loosely written to me and I think should be talked about. I mean come on he is literally the main character alongside Haru. I also believe he is very much implied to be AroAce, given the fact that he refutes many of the romantic/sexual advances that have been made towards him throughout the show. (This could also be read as gay coding, since women are mostly the ones trying to engage with him romantically/sexually but I feel like AroAce describes him more since he doesn't try to get with men in the show either. Or anyone for that matter.) But I won't go too much into it considering it's not explicitly canon (and I doubt it ever will be, sadly) and this is just a sort of headcanon based on stuff that happened in the show. And the things that happen in it can be interpreted differently from person to person. I do however think it's a cool thing about him

Anyway, another thing I liked about him was his short-lived one-sided rivalry with Shun, it was pretty funny to me and they had an awesome dynamic.

Since my explanation was rather brief here's a video of them (I can't download anything in the sub so uh have this compilation from squiddy_t on twt)

Speaking of awesome dynamics, his friendship with Haru is SOOOOO good. When I think about it for a second I don't think they were all that involved with each other much (at least positively) in the beginning of the show, although I did cherish their little interactions from time to time, but once Taiga became stronger after his training and saved Haru from getting killed, that was the start of it all really

Their little duo and everythinggg..!!! I especially loved them in episode 12, their little conversation on their train was so sweet and Taiga trying to comfort Haru after being rejected by Saori at the end made my heart tear up a little.

Ouuughhh I know I said I didn't like Haru but their friendship everything to me.

They are also very silly in the official arts. Taiga always trying to grab something from Haru's hands is so silly to me. Taiga is so silly to me.

Back to just Taiga, his design is cool too, my favourite thing about it is his tattoos. What could they mean?? Maybe he got that as a stylistic choice given he always has his chest out to show off his tattoo even in other outfits he wears.

Edit: Just did a google search. ''Often representing wisdom, freedom, and strength, an Eastern-style dragon tattoo is a symbol of power.'' Yeah pretty much represents him well.

Also many people may not agree on this one but I love his dubbed voice. I think it's a nice detail that Taiga has another accent other than an American accent or whatever. It makes it realistic since he does come from overseas. I also like his sub voice because 1 I'm a big TWEWY fan and he shares the same voice actor as Fret and 2 it fits him very well, maybe I'm also just used to it but there's this spark in his voice I can't really describe that makes it fitting.

Yui Kamiki:

I can't quite explain it completely but she is so interesting to me. I truly hope she makes a comeback in the game and becomes the main antagonist because she is just amazing.

Kamiki is a woman who looks nice and loyal to her co-workers/tribe members, but is rotten and evil-scheming on the inside. The reasons for her trying to govern Neo-Tokyo from the shadows is currently unknown, but I think one of the reasons why might be a hunger for power. The hunger for such power may come from an inner conviction of lack of self worth or a lack of feeling acknowledged that probably stems from something that happened to her in her life, or the fact that she's been just a secretary to the Chiyoda government for so long.

To cut this short, she is a very mysterious character with an extremely mysterious motive for her goals. And I love mystery characters. A lot. Which is why she is on my top 3.

She was already there before the Chiyoda illustration novel came out, and after its release, well lets just say I loved her even more! Kamiki is sketchy and that is my favourite attribute to her because you never know what she might do. Which makes her an amazing antagonist,

With the novel's release, I also was able to a better look on the enemy relationship between her and Kazuki, and I am obsessed with it. They had such an impact on me after reading it that I kept thinking about the both them for weeks. I beg of you to read it even if the translation will probably get messed up a little.

Link: https://tribenine.tokyo/news/873/

I beg of you to read all the novels actually if you think the story of Tribe Nine is lacking in content.

Much like Kiyoshiro and Taiga, I love her voice, both sub and dub. Her voice is soft and smooth and the tone of her voice makes you kinda get that vibe from her that she is up to something somehow. Thank you Amber-Lee and Komatsu. 🙏

Don't even get me started on her design, she rocks both the Chiyoda uniform and the XB gear. Period.

Her carrying a gun is such a nice detail to me. Because she can easily enforce her authority onto others with a simple weapon, which makes her character all the more better. Because even though she is clearly very strong, and even trains for it every single morning, she still wants to ensure she is superior to others.

Her name also fits her in that regard, You see, in Kamiki, the "Kami" (神) part meaning "god/deity" reflects her superiority complex over others. Which I find to be an amazing detail. It fuels my headcanon of her having a God complex at least a little bit. Last but not least I love her appearance in the webtoon more than the anime. And by that I mean her role in it and how she is depicted.

She is more often by Ojiro's side here than in the anime. Which makes you really see her role in the story before her whole ordeal.

With that, this essay is done and over with. Throughout the writing of this I realized how lengthy this post was and decided to only include my top 3. I am exhausted, frankly, but hey at least I'm getting my thoughts out there. I've been mostly quiet about my Tribe Nine opinions for years so it's nice to do so now.

[justapillowpetpanda]

Horror Roundup: Longlegs, Trap, Cuckoo & More Trailers!

Horror is already having a fantastic 2024 with films like Lisa Frankenstein, Abigail, Stopmotion, Late Night with the Devil, and others premiering since January. In this unique edition of Horror Roundup, we're grabbing and looking through a collection of recent trailers, key art, and more released for upcoming films in the genre. The indie horror corner also has some upcoming releases worth checking out (as if they don't have some of the best releases) but I'll be diving into those in a separate article. Let's dive in and freak out like totally normal people about some awesome horror films!

'In A Violent Nature' Trailer - Killer POV

Credit: IFC Films The enigmatic resurrection, rampage, and retribution of an undead monster in a remote wilderness unleashes an iconic new killer after a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower that entombed its rotting corpse. In a Violent Nature is directed and written by Chris Nash.  The IFC film stars Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love, and others. The film arrives in theaters on May 31st. https://youtu.be/WyXuRmXbS7U

'Longlegs' Trailer - Best Horror of 2024??

In Longlegs, FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again. The film is directed and written by Oz Perkins and stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt. Longlegs arrives in theaters this summer on July 12th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORe5cAnpTFQ

'Cuckoo' Trailer - Isolation Strikes

Credit: Neon Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König, her father's boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen's mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn't seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family. https://youtu.be/NuON7HH0UkQ Cuckoo is directed by Tilman Singer and stars Hunter Schafer, Jessica Henwick, Dan Stevens, Marton Csokas, and Mila Lieu. The trailer makes me think of multiple iconic films in the horror genre that surround the fears of not being believed, paranoia, and potential exclusion and isolation. The film is set to release in theaters on August 8th.

Pictured: Hunter Schafer, Credit: Neon

'Trap' Trailer - Killer Concert

In Trap, a father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, “Trap” stars Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills and Allison Pill. The film is produced by Ashwin Rajan, Marc Bienstock and M. Night Shyamalan. The executive producer is Steven Schneider. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auNZNk7quaE

Trap will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, in theaters only nationwide on August 9, 2024 and internationally beginning on 1 August, 2024.

'I Saw The TV Glow' Trailer - Surreal Horrors

The subdued and crushingly familiar surface of the suburban existence that teenaged Owen (Justice Smith) knows all too well begins to crack the moment he encounters the late-night television program The Pink Opaque. Steeped in mysterious visions of the supernatural, the show becomes a point of bonding between him and a classmate (Brigette Lundy-Paine)—and, years later, when it’s abruptly canceled, the unnerving alternate universe it envisioned begins to seep into the duo’s everyday reality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kymDzCgPwj0

I Saw The TV Glow is directed and written by Jane Schoenbrun, who will appear at a member-only preview of the film on April 26th at the Metrograph Theater in NYC. The film releases in theaters on Friday May 3, 2024 (Limited) and Friday May 17, 2024 (Nationwide). Read the full article

[dudeshusband]

I think you're really cool! I've seen that you're into Fall Out Boy, I'm into Fall Out Boy too and I've been meaning to try and connect with you over that since that's really the main thing we have in common, but I haven't figured out a way to reach out that doesn't seem weird. Anyway my underrated faves are Heaven's Gate and I Am My Own Muse, what are your favorites?

I don't really understand the fascination with Dean Martin myself, but I'm glad he makes you so happy! The same with Chase from House and all your other dudes, not my cup of tea but it makes me happy to see you finding enjoyment in those characters

I think you're a really neat person and you need to have more confidence in yourself, you're a wonderful human being and you deserve all the good things! And i love the new orange hair, it looks fire 🔥🔥🔥

my absolute favorite will always be hum hallelujah

but i also love (coffee's for closers) and pavlove a whole lot. oh and you're crashing but you're no wave (i think that one is AWESOME in absolutely every way). and of their newer stuff i love sunshine riptide best. i haven't had the newest album of repeat enough to pick a fave (dean martin brainrot lol).

i wouldn't say i have any "underrated" faves because i don't know what's underrated and what's not. i like what i like and they're appreciated by me and that's what matters.

well. that's understandable. I'm not sure i fully understand my fascination myself. what i do know is that his voice is very pleasant and really comforting to me. also i think he was very funny and quite the actor. and then of course for whatever reason i think he was absolutely gorgeous. it really caught me by surprise. i think there's some black magic in that voice of his or something...

I'm changing my hair because i simply don't like it. it's not the color i was hoping for (kind of a watermelon color). but! it's not bad.

anonymously tell me what you think of me

[laf-outloud]

https://twitter.com/SAMPlRES/status/1636135223284076545

Keeping aside certain weird, hateful & toxic Padalecki solo stans in the quotes, thank you so SO much for this… When J2 worked together again with Jensen directing for Jared - it was SOOO AWESOME. Loved reading the rest so much too. 💞💕

And look who is sucking up to Monica (this was in response to her Kale interview tweet). And I checked the quotes on her tweet for "certain weird, hateful & toxic Padalecki solo stans " and I found ONE and all it said was:

There were so many good directors in walker and they keep asking about that one, literaly no one cares

That was the extent of the hateful and toxic Jared fans. One did mention asking about Austin like we talked about but there was absolutely nothing negative about that one. (you can check out the qt's yourself here: https://twitter.com/Monica1236/status/1635735290005291010)

But like, "When J2 worked together again with Jensen directing for Jared - it was SOOO AWESOME" ok but that was LAST SEASON. It has been talked about sooo many times. There were a ton of articles for at least a week after the ep aired (and before it aired) talking about it. Now we should be talking about this season, which Jensen has nothing to do with... Also it was one of the most boring episodes, he didn't do all that great with it....

This sampires person is so f*cking annoying. They claim to like J2 but they OBSESSIVELY defend Jensen (I don't know if I've seen someone so voraciously defend him, even his craziest stans) from every even mildly critical tweet they see but its always crickets about Jared... OR they actively are negative about Jared themselves. Stop lying and just admit you're an AA. It just looks pathetic and obvious at this point.

Oh yes, it's so toxic to point out that Walker has other directors. /s/

That person is a blatant AA and all the Jared fans I follow on Twitter know it. Sampires simply cannot handle anything that's even in the vicinity of a slight against Jensen.

As for the so-called journalist, I'm guessing that part of her bringing up Jensen is because of her obsession, but also because she saw how much attention she got a few weeks back when she baited AAs with Jensen's supposed press release (that never materialized). Just mention his name, and the AAs come running like Pavlov's dogs. Never mind that they don't even watch Walker or probably even know who Kale is.

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[whetstonefires]

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tagged in by @karlyanalora hey

Currently Reading: I cannot read one book at a time anymore I cycle through a stack like a tiger in a cage. Currently re-reading The Last Graduate from the Scholomance trilogy, still working on Trees which is about trees, and a book of poems by Richard Thomas (like that's the title, i assume it's in the spirit of a Best Of collection), and my physical library book atm is The Spear Cuts Through Water.

Favorite Color: Forest green

Last Song: Like that I listened to? No idea. Got 'Holding Out For A Hero' doing the brain loop because of that male pornbot lyrics parody i reblogged this morning though.

Last Movie: Glass Onion

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Savory, though the others aren't bad.

Currently Working On: A bunch of fics, very slowly. That porn study I started a year ago developed enough plot elements that I'm wrestling with certain narrative transitions 50k in so it's been on hiatus since October. Also my 2020 nano novel i posted those character study ask game answers for last week.

Also I am knitting a sock. It will not be a good sock; I took none of the recommended steps to choose the right yarn and so forth, because you see the goal here is to learn to turn a heel and I don't learn as well if I'm worried about ruining something that Had Great Potential up to this point. Stupid problems require stupid solutions.

- Bonus -

A TF Character + Beast Mode combo you think would be awesome: I only understand this question enough to not understand it. My approach to Transformers has always been to know as little as possible about them so I can enjoy absolutely any decontextualized nonsense that gets slung my way.

A friend who has the exact opposite relationship with the franchise has however been doing a page-by-page breakdown of a particularly iconic and grimdark stretch of the comics run on discord recently, so now I know enough to not be able to enjoy Transformers in idiot mode anymore but not nearly enough to answer this kind of query.

hhhhhhh

@brawltogethernow @pavlovs-pigeon @audreycritter @cineresis @phantomchick @ramblebrambleamble @missoyashirou whose name i always read as misao, @wolffyluna and @wearethekat who recently sent me asks 😂 there that's 9

[koharuowu]

Dudes, I banged a lady, I now have had my sapphic attractions confirmed 😎👊😭 for years I've been in my head about "what if I'm not really pan" ( I haven't had a gf since 8th grade, and I hadn't had sex with a women till NOW) but no. I now know I'm fucking pansexual, I'm gonna fuck the shit out of her again, both of us.

So I've become involved with a couple that I've been hanging out with for months (actually used to work with the dude, and I've been buying weed off him for like a year), like since August?? Maybe earlier.. idk, but they've been really awesome,, i embarrassed myself the first time I really drank with them. And they just, instantly took care of me, they took me to my first concert the next week,they've been trying to help me get my job back.. we hangout at least once a week, and today, idk shit just happened. I had said something while drunk about how they were "pavloving me" which was a misuse of that term but for the last month and a half they've been trying to pry the fact that I'd formed crushes on them, out of me. And I just,, idk, I've gotten in too deep with them now, but I'm flying to go see this other dude, I'm pretty sure he'd be fine with a poly/open relationship tbh, we had discussed if we were talking to anyone else when we first started really talking, and it was framed in a way of it'd have been okay. but also I'm a POS

I just like people too much. As much as I despise, and I mean despise, people. I also find a select few just oh so interesting. And people themselves are interesting, the ingenuity and tenacity of man is a thing to behold. But people are also cruel, in my experience at least. They do things just cause they can, not for a purpose. When animals bite, claw, it's for a reason. but man will bite man just to show he can. And I find many many many people attractive, of both sexes and all genders, Ive caught feelings for many different types of people in my 23 years of life. And it's always been that way, though androgyny in general has always had a choke hold on me. Like tomboys and effeminate dudes.. huff.. but I'm also attracted to big bears of men, and lanky nerds, jocks and outdoorsmen.. and then fuck tall women.. TALL WOMEN WITH HEELS ON,!!! fuckin.. short girls with big thighs and soft tummies.. literally any type of alternative woman tooo and men, alt men and theys can hit too, always assume, theys can hit...... Please .. I literally.. you saw how this paragraph started. I'll fucking kiss you, peg you, and let you rail me into oblivion. I am a different breed

I am autistic

[i-have-41-protons]

It’s 2AM and this is a crazy idea but HEAR ME OUT OK

I think I found a way to make love potions SCIENTIFICALLY

So the thing IS you could microchip a human and make the chip recognize you/some other specific person by microchipping yourself and making the chip in the other human see your location,,,,,,,,,, and when you’re right next to the person, there should be some weird mechanism that will inject the happiness/love/whatever hormone into that human,,,,,,,,, so they will get the Pavlov reaction to you, but you won’t actually have to do anything except somehow get them microchipped and invent that weird mechanism, but I’m not gonna get into that unless I become a rich evil genius scientist (which is quite likely at this rate, and if I get the chance, I will grab it with all my five limbs — yes, the head too, I will bite the chance to become an evil scientist with unlimited funding)

SO!!! This would also be great for corrupted rich bitches that dare call themselves parents, who want to get their kids into an arranged marriage!! Like they could do this from their very birth and then said kids would just think they’ve got a huge crush on each other!!!!!!!!!! Isn’t that awesome

However there might be some problems with their health? But I’m only starting my year ten so I don’t rlly know rn……..,,,,,,………

Anyways, enjoy being an evil genius if you are one, and good night and every other time of day to people around the world!

[orkidays]

since the year is about to end I want to thank all the amazing people I've met this year you guys have made my time in this fandom so much better (and sorry we don't interact much im too shy)

also thank you to all the people that like my art its surreal to me that so many people like it it really motivates me to draw more :] I'll try to draw more next year

so grateful for all of you and excited for 2022 :)