#poster gal novel

[magicat1337]

random doodle from my novel in the art style of the main character

[dramashutup]

My 2024 dramas rating

I wanted to do 10 of these but it turns out that I've only watched 8 of 2024 dramas lol

Rewatched a few of my faves but I'm not rating those.

These will have spoilers. So here goes

1. Flex x Cop 10/10 !!

✅ This drama has a special place in my heart. It's crime, action-hero and it made me fall in love all over again with non-romance drama

✅ Park Ji Hyun as Lee Gang Hyun 🫡. (in another news I'm gonna go look up her latest work) I've only seen her as the annoying 2nd fl before this and she was great in this one. She broke the mold of annoying 2nd fl and is an independent, capable and cool-headed detective

✅ There's no dark past whatsoever. She just loves her job. And she may seem judgemental and prejudiced towards I Soo at first but she learned that I Soo is not just another arrogant chaebol as they work together; it's that he's actually an arrogant, smart, caring and resourceful chaebol lol

✅ Jin I Soo? I love him. Arrogant chaebol with a golden heart who has a clumsy way of showing he's not heartless definitely will have my heart. He's smart, he's funny and he's shameless 100/100 😂

✅ What makes a story much more interesting for me is banters. Yessss banters. Their relationship is fun even w/o romance. They trusted each other, even tho it all started on the wrong feet

✅ Gang Hyun's parents is also a highlight for this drama :))

Second season is coming !!! 🫡🙂‍↕️📢💕💕💕

Excited!!!

2. Eye Love You 3/10 (dropped)

I'm sorry. I tried to love this.

❌ I do watch jdramas and jmovies but this was just simply wasn't it for me.

❌ I wanted to love it because of Chae Jeong Hyeop, but bulldozer sunshine is not my vibe. I dropped it like halfway thru?

✅ The fl's office is really nice tho. And the fl is really funny, that, I remember well.

The suspension of disbelief simply wouldn't suspend the disbelief for me for this one :||

3. Serendipity's Embrace 6/10

❌ This could've been shorter. There I said it. XD. Yes shorter than 8

✅ I love love Hye Ji, Hong Joo's best friend.

✅Hoo Yeong's uncle was relatable, sad and single,

❌ tho I wish he didn't have that weird first love line thing with Hong Joo's boss too. That was just uncomfortable

❌ And what about Hoo Yeong, you ask? Well..... tbh..... I don't really like broody mls. I'm not a fan of those 'he treats her specially nice because he loves her but to everyone else he's just cold'. I'm not a fan of that because I am an anxiety-driven gal and this trait simply doesn't vibe with me

✅ It's funny that Hong Joo's ex was Kim So Hyun's rival in her previous drama tho (My Lovely Liar) Mr. Yoon Ji On 👀

Which leads me to....

4. Love Next Door 4/10

Ha ha ha hahaha

❌ As you can probably guess from the poster of this drama I used which is of the side character Jeong Mo Eum, I simply couldn't stand the main couple

❌ Actually I did loved the main couple initially. I even defended the ml after the first 4 episodes, but then... I took a step back metaphorically and realized that his behavior and the fl's family behavior grated my teeth so much

❌ They kept nagging at the fl. Everything the fl did was wrong to them. She was not allowed to have her own views or that they didn't want to see things from her perspective

❌ Personally, I've met these kind of people irl and the suspension of disbelief and rose colored glasses couldn't do their jobs for this drama for me

❌ I dislike both the family and the ml until the end. The ml is whiny and entitled. That's it.

I hope she divorces him and run away from the neighborhood in the future lol

✅ Kang Dan Ho and Jung Mo Eum were so cute tho. And as all the other side couples ever, they deserved more screen time and development.

I'm looking forward to future works of Yoon Ji On. He's the reason I started this drama initially lol

5. What Comes After Love 7/10

After the disappointment that was the previous drama, I watched this.

Ok, here's what I learned. I can read melodrama (?) novels, but I need to use 1.25/1.5x speed when I'm watching slow dramas. Is it the adhd? Probably

Anyway

✅ This drama is so pretty. The contrast between the flashbacks when the couple was younger in Japan and the grayer aesthetic in Korea after their breakup is ✨✨✨

✅ I envy Lee Se Young for being able to speak Japanese so well for the drama lol. She really made me believe she spent her younger days in Japan.

✅ i love the side characters at the shop she worked at. The boss? So tall 👀

👀 I'm just surprised the ending implies that they're back together. After all that pain and those sad lingering looks

6. Fangs of Fortune 8/10

I know I was basically rambling about this drama for weeks and therefore you'd think it'd get full marks

Okay

✅ It's a fantastic story.

✅ Costume? 💯 So effin beautiful. So beautiful.

✅ Humor? 💯

✅ Characters? 💯 I love the characters to pieces, you don't even know. This is my Six of Crows cdrama version

✅ OST? 💯

❌ But then it relies sm on dramatics. And tears. Oh so much tears.

❌ And I may also be side eyeing the ending. Some people say it's a good ending, but I will agree to disagree. 🙂‍↕️

Edit : yes I've watched the extra episode and I don't like it still. Death is a very permanent thing imo lol and while his soul does come back, it's no replacement for the real person to me. I've never liked the death trope.

It's a bit traumatizing tbh lol 😂

7. Family By Choice 9.5/10

Edit :

❌ I'm also dissatisfied with the development of the m/f main ship. I love them, they had the potential to be The OTP for me but then the didn't really get developed, possibly because they were kinda already established before the event of the story, in a way, and so the storyline focused more on ZYC and ZYZ flip flopping relationship....so yh. It's fantasy with a dash of romance

And I went into the drama after seeing cute spoiler scenes of Wen Xiao and ZYZ so yeah... I was on the Train bound for Disappointment Terminal

✅ This drama welcomed me like a loaf of warm bread, blanket and warm chocoa after the pain of FoF

✅ Yoon-sajang is the best dad in kdrama land. He's the president of Good Dads of Kdrama. 💐 💐 🫡

✅ Glad that Kim Sanha's mum was not redeemed at the end. She just backed away after being a complete and utter bitch with no self-awareness. Thank you for not redeeming her.

✅ plsssss I love Hwang in Yeop as this gentle boyfriend 👀🤗

✅ This is such a warm drama, a family drama of the year for me. I know I'll rewatch this a lot

My issues are only that

❌ I need more episodes 😔😔 xD

❌ Kim Sanha's issues didn't really have their own proper build up closure. The focus was too much on Hae Jun's 😔 when Sanha is also one of the main characters. Not to mention Juwon as one of the trio? ://

8. The Story of Pearl Girl 9/10

(my sister is obsessed with both Liu Yuning and Zhang Linghe and tried to get me to watch their dramas; Princess Royal, and My Journey to You and Story of Pearl Girl,

I can't watch another Edward Guo's drama for the time being so I chose Princess Royal which I haven't finished but I'm loving, and The Story of Pearl Girl which I have!)

What is it about cdramas and death of the main lead idek smh

✅ Ik this drama let a lot of people down for some reasons but I'm guessing it didn't let me down partly because I started it after it ended lol. So the binging was great!

✅ I think it fits that it's the story of pearl girl; that is Duanwu, we watch her grow from this hotheaded determined girl into a capable smart businesswoman Su Muzhe

✅ while Zhijing's story began with him being at the top of his game, hunting down the people who killed his family as a merchant, then he learned to love and learned that his actions have consequences to his loved one

✅ It's not his story, but it's the story of the pearl girl, so I guess goodbye was in due time. Poetic or something something

✅ The way they fell in love with Duanwu being the only person who questioned him and then kind of got under his skin. 🤌🏻🤌🏻

✅ I love how Kang Ju implied a couple times that Duanwu was growing more and more like Zhijing; calculating, resourceful, and smart, that by the end I think it's poetic that she becomes the successful businesswoman. Apart from her own very capable brains, she also learned from a lot of people who were basically not very good, who were good to her, and Zhijing himself; the strategist

✅ That 1.9m guy and the 1.6ish gal. Love the height difference 🤌🏻

✅ Kang Ju, the best not third wheel 😆

I was informed that in the novel Zhijing dies and afterwards Duanwu marries Zhang Jinran and they have a child. They didn't go down this route in the drama

And ngl, I quite like the novel ending. Zhang Jinran is a good guy and he's not an annoying 2ndml

Moving on is not a bad thing imo, it simply means the character found love again. It doesn't mean they've forgotten their previous love

And I'm quite partial to the idea that for the drama, Zhijing didn't die, but went on a journey to find an antidote with Kang Ju.

Pls... If they're not gonna straight up show him being buried or stabbed like ZYZ in FoF, I'm not gonna believe that he dies 😆 let me die on this hill.

____________________

I'm currently watching

1. Princess Royal

2. More rewatching of Story of Pearl Girl until the serotonin runs out

3. Brewing Love. Love this! Kim Sejeong! <3

4. I might go look for A Journey to Love next after finishing 1. and 3.

5. Light Shop!! So creepy!! So intriguing!!

If you're wondering why most of these don't have extensive explanation, that's because I have the memory of a mayfly. After some time I only remember the vibe 😀 unless it really gave me a lasting impression

[daisyachain]

Two types of misogyny in storytelling, alike in indignity. In your bog standard Anglosphere pop media (mostly USA) (basically USA), attitudes of misogyny manifest as the erasure of women from life. Women don’t exist, when they do exist it’s only as a sexual object or as a mother-like emotional support (as the girlfriend), and where they do exist, they should be dead if at all possible. We’re all familiar.

The mold of the 2000s-2010s Generic Hollywood Media Property targeted at teenagers is a cast of 5-8, including a maximum of 2 women, both of which will be romantically involved with male cast members. The female characters’ roles or professions will be less physical, less visceral, more cerebral, more emotional. In a cast of soldiers the woman will be a doctor or spy, in a cast of doctors the woman will be admin. The general messaging is that women belong in the household as domestic servants (they don’t belong in any place where Things Are Happening) and that women are both mentally and physically weak (even the exceptional women who can achieve anything must be romantically involved with a man and must be in a position that exerts no direct influence over the action).

Now, there are plenty of exceptions. Every era has its Chick Media made for women. Daytime television, romance, and now a lot of literary fiction/non-genre novels are by gals for gals. Hegemonies also change over time; the default popular film in Old Hollywood has more women than the current popular film, because the popular genre has shifted from romance (women required in order to not be gay) to action (no women required). I’m just talking in generalizations.

Switch media environments to your pop Japanese/to some extent Chinese media (can’t speak in detail as I haven’t watched many dramas at all) targeted at teenagers/young adults and you have…plenty of pieces that still follow that mold. Sports anime/action/etc do exactly the same thing. There are also exceptions; just as romance media offers a break to women in the western audience (except for me because I hate it), so are there female-targeted romances. What’s interesting though is that there’s a whole raft of extremely misogynistic, extremely popular media that put women at the forefront.

Fate, Seven Deadly Sins, CLANNAD, Eva, Haruhi Suzumiya, anywhere you got a hot-tempered tsundere in a skimpy outfit with a big gun, there are loads of properties that position women as legendary/powerful characters while also being paint-peelingly sexist. Why? How could a writer who hates women far more than your American Dick Wolf come out of a professional environment that is one of the most misogynistic of the wealthy nations, and create Tsunade?

Who knows. But using Fate as an example, it may come down to the position of women as the possessions of dudes. In American media, the idea of women in the workplace as people you might meet is so pervasive that people can only fantasize it away by forgetting they exist at all. You have to imagine women having lives, you can’t imagine a woman without imagining her being alive, so the best solution is to forget entirely or just make her hot to look at and nothing else.

Contrast what I’ll call the Battle Bound Bikini Babe phenomenon. This also explains why misogynist weebs will have their walls covered in posters of girl-only shows. The idea goes: if women exist only as the possessions of men, as housebound servants or children or mothers who don’t exist or have a presence in the professional world, then obviously you’d want to have your possessions be top class. A powerful/genius woman isn’t a threat or competitor; she’s a status symbol. You want a luxury watch, you want a car, you want a designer suit, you want to fantasize about a top class kitted out girlfriend who is the heir to a dynasty of mages AND a mech pilot AND has big boobs. The male player of Fate (regardless of nationality) must not be able to conceptualize a world where Tohsaka Rin would ever be employed over him, would ever be promoted over him, would ever get a scholarship if he was denied one. That’s not a possibility that exists in his reality. So, her powers or her brains aren’t a threat, they’re a status symbol, and so she’s tolerable as a main-ish character where e.g. Buffy might get the boot

[howdykittyleroy-blog]

When I tell people the plot of my epic western trilogy, Alias Jeannie Delaney, they're often as keen as a miner who's struck gold, which is fabulous, considering the whole thing took me over thirty intermittent years to write.

Who says that the western is dead? That the space age has taken over? There's room on this planet for all, and the fact that my particular brand of western, in which my hero is a gal, is one of a comparatively new breed of western in which the protagonist gals are strong leaders who take on the same roles as John, Clint and Gary. Many years ago hubby pointed out to me a bus in Guildford, in the UK, sporting a poster advertising Sharon Stone's The Quick and the Dead. He quipped: 'They've filmed your story!' I hadn't yet finished my trilogy at the time.

Not everyone will enjoy the story. Fair enough. Some folks hate westerns. Some people - lovers of traditional westerns - may hate this kind of western. Some people won't approve (don't read it then). But so far I've encountered very little discordance. The majority of people think it's a fabulous idea, even if they're not particularly western fans.

Talking of fans, mine include two young male baristas in our local Costa. One of whom, a tall, handsome lad boasting a headfiul of black curly hair, responded with 'Yay! I love that! Bring it on!' Or words to that effect, when I explained what my story is about. The other barista sports a pony tail and wants to be a writer himself so regularly asks me how the marketing is going.

Another fan, to our surprise, is PA hubby's old boss. Who'd have thought? He's loving Book 2 - The Outlaw's Return.! He's a slow reader but he's getting there. Then there are two neighbours and a close friend who lives at the end of our road. I have readers who live in my locale in Hampshire, including two of our son's friends, and various family members. All this seems to prove that anyone and everyone might enjoy the story. When it's suggested that an author target their books towards the typical reader, and to describe their typical reader - I have no typical reader, and the people you would have thought wouldn't be interested in the subject - are interested.

These folks of course, friends and family, don't really count in the grand scheme of reader numbers or sales. What does count are the umpteen unknowns who are reading my words or have read them. I suppose six hundred and sixty-six plus (666+) readers includes all of them, and that's not a bad number, is it? I've had five star ratings and reviews, proving that it's a good - even great - story overall. My editor was the first professional to assure me that it wasn't a rubbish plot. My first reader was my PA husband, who went through the initial editing phase with me, and he's very objective and good at the job and knows his English grammar and doesn't praise the story just because I'm his missus. He loves the story on the whole, although he doesn't always like Jeannie, my protagonist. Well, who does, eh? He does gets very emotional when the plot is working. I'm currently working on Book 3 and it's coming along really well.

So, pick up the first novel, have a read and see what you think.

PS. Alias Jeannie Delaney is the life story of a devastating and charismatic pants-wearing cowgirl who's the fastest gun in the west and a magnificent lover to both men and women. This is her journey to find her true self on the wild frontier throughout deadly confrontations and personal tragedies. Will she find happiness or will her tomboy beauty, her powerful persona and her lethal gun finally be the death of her? Read the series and find out!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/West-Girl-Alias-Jeannie-Delaney-ebook/dp/B0C9YT6DVR/

[project1939]

100+ Films of 1952

Film number 102: 3 for Bedroom C

Release date: June 26th, 1952 

Studio: Warner Brothers 

Genre: comedy 

Director: Milton H. Bren 

Producer: Edward L. Alperson 

Actors: Gloria Swanson, James Warren, Fred Clark, Hans Conried 

Plot Summary: Ann Haven is an Oscar winning actress stowing away on a train to Hollywood with her young daughter. They wind up sharing a cabin with a famous chemist who helps them escape detection. Sparks fly between the two, but when Ann’s agent shows up in the dining car, their romance is interrupted. 

My Rating (out of five stars): **¾ 

Oh my god, I have been gleefully anticipating this one for a few weeks now! The title is so insane, and it’s a comedy in color starring Gloria Swanson fresh off Sunset Boulevard. Admittedly, it’s a pretty bad film, but I almost didn’t care because it’s just so novel and kitschy. It’s definitely entertaining as a sort of WTF?! experience. 

The Good: 

Gloria Swanson. I found her utterly charming in a comedy. Her natural speaking voice is warm and beautiful- nothing like Norma Desmond! There was a lightness in her face and mannerisms that was instantly appealing. 

Character actors. There were a lot of good character actors in the cast- especially Fred Clark, Hans Conried, and Margaret Dumont. 

The character Fred. He was so refreshing and cool- Fred was a black porter on the train who was college educated, intelligent, and kind. He was nothing like the racist stereotype of almost every porter in a Classic Hollywood film. His role was also quite large for a supporting character. 

I like movies set on old passenger trains, before flying was so common. It’s a vivid peek into a different time. 

The kitschy/campy factor.  

Some good/bad quotes. One example: “If a woman says she hates you and doesn’t cry, then she hates you. But if she says it and cries, then it’s a lead pipe cinch she loves you.” 

The title! The title! The title! It’s so bad it’s soooo good. Of course, a comedy called 3 for Bedroom C would never fly in 2024. Today it just sounds like bad erotica or old Skinemax sleaze. 

The fabulously cheesy poster sure loves its alliteration- "She clings! She clowns! She clicks again!" "Gloria in Glamourous Gowns, Glorious fun and Gorgeous color!"

The Bad: 

The color process was “Natural Color” and... it looked like someone tried to shoot in Technicolor, dipped the film in mud, and then left it out in the sun to fade. Granted, the print I saw was pretty low quality, but even so! 

The plot was incredibly flimsy. Actress meets scientist on train, they fall in love, and her manager gets in the way with work. That’s literally it. The stakes are ridiculously low even for a light comedy. 

Quality-wise it felt like a B film, which was sad considering it had Gloria freaking Swanson in it.

Lack of ANY character depth with anyone.  

Two awful moments of racist stereotyping- a dumb childlike black porter and a mute “Indian” woman selling moccasins. The porter character was especially upsetting, given that the role of Fred was so much more progressive. At least the former only had one line, and Fred was a prominent role. 

The fact that the film went out of its way to tell you that even though Ann Haven was a famous actress, she was still a homey feminine gal. She wasn’t just... gasp!... a career woman. Here’s one of the “bad” quotes: “Sure, I have an exciting life, and it’s fine. But it happens that I’m primarily a woman. I like to cook, I want security, and I love children.” OMG, blech. 

A moment of 1950’s “Consent? What's consent?”: The male lead just roughly grabs Swanson, says, “I’m not gonna ask, I’m just gonna kiss you!” and shoves his face into hers. 

Did Swanson and James Warren have chemistry? I’m not sure. They were kind of cute together, though.

[conversationswiththemoon]

This or That

indoor plants or gardens (love to visit gardens, but cultivate indoor plants) // cloud-watching or star-gazing // water or fire // paperback or hardcover // running or hiking // sleeping with socks or without socks // fruit or vegetables // hanging plants or succulents // dark wood or light wood // handwritten or typed // instagram or pinterest // braids or pigtails // dc or marvel // books or movies (really depends on the story) // oceans or meadows // forests or fields // sweet or salty (sweet AND salty!) // ice cream or chocolate // hoodies or sweaters // long hair or short hair (depends on the person) // piercings or tattoos // summer or winter (but really, fall) // boots or sneakers // cars or motorcycles // curls or straight hair (depends on the person, but I've always been jealous of curlies) // castles or cottages // sunny days or storms (dmore of a light rain gal) // reptiles or birds // disney or nickelodeon // strawberries or watermelon // essay or posters // phones or laptops // glass or stone // dark or light // photos or painting (both) // circuses or theaters // reading or writing (both) // dogs or cats // poetry or novels // monsters or ghosts // thrift shops or libraries // fiction or non-fiction (both)

[cranity]

do you ever draw black ppl? I think they would look good in ur style

Yep! (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)

[eddieshellkitten]

Dear Diary,

Hi everyone! It has been a few years since I’ve wrote something, but I sincerely hope that you like reading this! This will be part of a series, I was formally known as CrowleysHellKitten and will post my old post if requested. Enjoy reading! 

March 3, 1986

Dear Diary,

I know it’s been a while, twenty-three days to be exact. But it’s been so busy with everything going on with the move and dad’s new job, things aren’t quite the same and there is something oddly strange about where we moved to. Of all places, why Hawkins, Indiana? What’s so special about Indiana? I feel like I left my consciousness back in North Carolina. But I'm here right now, starting over. I thought about going and exploring the town for the first night here, but I think I’ll wait and see if I make any friends at my new school. I start tomorrow at a place called Hawkins high school, ironic right? Of course it’s named after the town. Words for the future: be brave, be kind, and enjoy the fresh start. After all, it’s just a small town in Indiana right? 

March 4, 1986

Dear Diary,

We went and signed up for school today. Since it’s a Tuesday, they want us to start tomorrow, us being Britten and I. She will start in 8th grade while I’ll be in my sophomore year. They said as long as everything transfers over smoothly I should be good to continue on to the fall semester as a junior. Connor reached out today, he still isn’t taking the break up very well, but it was inevitable with me moving. No one else has really reached out but it’s only been a week, maybe I’ll hear from someone. It’s late so I should really go to bed, but I didn’t want to miss another day of writing, til tomorrow. 

March 6, 1986

Dear Diary,

Not much happened yesterday on the first day of school, I met some new friends though, Nancy Wheeler and Robin Buckley, great gals! But I also met, well I didn’t really meet but I saw the most incredible thing, or well person today. They called him ‘the freak’ but Robin said his actual name, or nickname is Eddie. He was straight out of one of my sisters posters, I don’t get how she can stand that music. But he was like pure sex on legs almost, I feel weird even saying that. I just want to run my hands through his hair and let them get tangled up. I feel like it would be thick but like he takes care of it at the same time. I’ve never felt this way about someone before when I’ve never even spoken to them. It’s straight out of one of my romance novels. It makes me look forward to tomorrow, I’ll have to ask Robin more about Eddie. 

[kaypeace21]

"Rebel robin" easterggs

- Robin's friend is a horror movie fan whos fav movie is evil dead (jonathan has a poster of it in his room)

- Robin's parent's car is the " dodge dart" a ref to Dustin's demodog-dart

-robin and her friends make analogies to zombies (like Will- the zombie boy).

- robin faints. And her friend milton says "blink once for yes twice for no". A ref to what Joyce said to Will in s1.

- robin's other friend has a little sister named el-ie who pretends to be a squirrel. A ref to el killing a squirrel in s2. This is also reminiscent of a scene from the st prequel novel ' suspicious minds' where young-kali pretended to be a tiger (the Hawkins school mascot) & a rabbit (Jonathan's hunting story).

- robin reminds me alot of the byers: she is into photography and rock like jonathan and even worked at the movie theatre like jonathan did in the og pilot. They both like David bowie and cook for their families. She also is poor and wears hand-me down clothes from relatives (like Will). She also is into existential philosophers. Which is also similar to jonathan who had a poster of the poet rimbaud in his room.

- robin is almost run over by a car by a bully while riding her bike: similar to Mike, Dustin, and Lucas in s2

- robin says the best accessory for a girl is her middle finger. Cue max giving the middle finger to billy in s2 XD

- robin (before Will dissapears) sees the quarry and gets uncomfortable and thinks of metaphorical monsters

- similar to how billy had baseball references (along with Will). Robin wears a baseball shirt

- her fav flavor of pie is cherry (like alexi and cherry slurpies). She also gets pissed at a guy sipping a cherry flavored drink- similar to hopper in s3 with alexi

- she cuts her hair and she describes it as looking like a lion. El and Will owned lion plushies in s1.

- robin refs Chicago (kali lives there) and NYC (hopper used to live there), and California (where max and billy used to live).

-tammy's fav song is total eclipse of the heart: the song Robin and Steve sang in s3. Tammy would often sing the song in robin and Steve's class.

- they make references to the hellfire club: she describes a time where she dresses like a cross between a nerd and a rebel. And a mom yells at her appearance saying she looks "goddless' . And another of Robin's friend (kate) is told ' what demon is possessing you, kate?" (hinting at the satanic panic). Meanwhile someone describes Mike and his friends as "hellions' as another hint to this. We also see how alot of parents got paranoid and a bit crazy when Will and barb dissappeared- prob foreshadowing the chaos that will happen if more kids dissappear in s4. Along with the satanic panic

-Robin is visiting her friend Kate at her house. Kate wanted to listen to Madonna together. Max and el listened to Madonna at el's.

- Robin's friend (kate) says "I dumped his ass" in reference to her cheating bf. A little nod to the m*leven breakup

- robin (like Will) felt excluded during the summer cause her friends kate and dash (Kate's now ex bf) were always making out . Sound familiar- cough m*leven

- robin annoyed says " makeouts, breakups and declarations of love all in the span of a week". Wow if that ain't a diss to certain pairing we know in s3 XD

- kate (like mike) says to Robin dating the opposite sex is a part of growing up . Which scares Robin (and Will in s3).

- robin has a nightmare of running down the school hallway with short hair (like el in s2 via the upsidedown)

- robin contemplates shaving her head (like el)

- robin says she likes to sometimes dress androgynous . And found a cool suit. Which we saw in s4 bts pics I assume.

- robin watches a music video where there are duplicate indianna joneses (could be a ref to all the billy duplicates in s3?)

- robin says " I stare at the ceiling. The ceiling stares back. I'm stuck and don't know what to do" a ref to the s3 song with robin called "the ceiling is beautiful"

- a character named Sheena reminds me a bit of Will or el . She is very quiet, queercoded, and is often bullied. And she finds mean notes and other things in her locker- placed there by bullies. A bit like how Will found the zombieboy note in his locker. But sheena can be another name for Jane so ...maybe foreshadowing of el/jane being bullied in highscool?

- when robin hears a hom*phobic comment on tv- she describes the anxiety like a ' thundercloud in a big open sky' and a "chill". Which reminds me of the mf being associated with clouds, thunder, and lightning. And the mf liking it cold.

- robin constantly describes the monster or shadow in her life- whether it be her talking about conformity or the problems of consumerism while she is poor (themes of s3).

- robin before realizing she was gay/crushing on tammy just says " I don't get crushes' which reminds me a bit of Will saying " I'm not going to fall in love" (as the lyrics are " love thats new to you, you open up the door')

-robin on her bike hears something (demogorgan) and runs back to her house , locks the door, and calls her friend- and the phone gets electrocuted. The next day Will is said to be missing. (Another Will paralllel).

- i was right about robin being in theatre. So we most likely will see robin in theatre in s4 (she also auditioned with a friend in the book). So for s4 my guess is she may be in the drama club with dustin- cause in s1 he had a drama shirt

- one of her friends is named milton. Since the documentary 'paradise lost' was on the s4 movie list. Its prob a ref to John milton who wrote the fictional 'paradise lost'. The character Sheena may be a ref to the 80s film/movies *where sheena (jane) was psychic

-Robin's gal pal (kate) and Robin eat m&ms and candies together. Kate jokes m&ms and candy bars are 'foods of the gods'. El ate m&ms in s3. They joke how talking about plural gods (instead of 1) would get them in trouble. In case you are unaware- kali (is the name of a Hindu goddess) and el (is the name of a cannanite god) .

-Robin also mentions hopper's car smells like eggos.

- robin tries running away (like el in s2, max in her novel, and jonathan also wrongfully assumed Will ranaway in s1 too).

-robin tries to get a job at Joyce's, than Bob's, and later gets a job where jonathan used to work

-bob newby describes the byers family as his "home" . Similar to how El describes the Hawkins gang as "home".

- robin says she was friends with barb before nancy. Suspiciously right after she says this- barb grabs Robin's hallpass that says ' glitch in the time space continuim. " the teacher who wrote this called robin a "glitch". Which makes me wonder if my did theory is right- but ...that certain powers at be may also alter memories or things so people assume said people have always been around.Mentioning it cause it seemed suspicious.

-not an eastegg but robin can't believe how nice Bob is. And Bob says the byers filled a hole in his life 😭 . She also felt an instant connection with Will and saw alot of herself in him.And asked if Joyce ever thought of moving like everyone suggested . One of the reasons Robin didn't like steve was because Steve never mentioned how Jonathan took innapropriate photos of Nancy. So everyone at school just knew jonathan as the quiet kid who takes pictures. So to everyone it just seemed like- wow you're bullying the quiet kid who's brother is missing and take away the one thing still left in his life that makes him happy. Which is why everyone assumes jonathan beat up steve later. Interesting to know how general Hawkins (not in the loop) viewed things

- the book referenced alot of previously mentioned movies on the s4 list or from prior duffer interviews...along with a few NEW movies ,books, plays, singers, and songs that I have to analyze for another day ...

[theodoraflowerday]

heartstopper s1e2 live reaction post

NELLIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

the resistance poster is going to keep me up for the next eight weeks

90% of scientists can't tell the difference between this boy and this cat WHAT A GIANT ASS MOOD

oh good lord that was unsettling as fuck

"please don't talk to Ben anymore lol" me

those drums are making my heart race

the freckles in nick's face happy sighs

I would straight up die for nellie

I'm incredibly happy about the integrity of the text messages in comparison to the novel. lil detail but it makes my heart happy

good lord charlie is so cute i want to keep joe locke in my pocket

nick's willingness to drop all his friends for charlie >>>

MY SUPPORTIVE STRAIGHT FRIENDBSKFJSKFJ NO BABY

oh nick's having a breakdown over a tiny red heart emoji what a mood

TARA AND D'ARCY MY ACTUAL BABIES

lowkey like this backstory of tara and darcy becoming friends with elle a liiiiiiiittle more than the novel story

"you only need to glance at him to see he's a massive heterosexual" oh tao

NO OFFENSE BUT YOU'RE NOT EXACTLY THE AUTHORITY ON WORKING OUT WHO ISN'T AND ISN'T GAY LMAOOO JDKFJSKFJSKFJDKFK

AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE EXIST!!!!

"no he was horrible this is someone else" from an adult perspective I can say mr ajayi is a goddamn saint, if I had a tiny gay following me around and throwing information at me like this I wouldn't know how to cope

"I just repressed it and suffered" "that doesn't sound very healthy" ah yes, charlie spring, the beacon of healthy coping mechanisms

charlie going NOPE at the idea of distancing himself from nick oh no I'm losing my mind

"I'm not even gonna try and lie to you at this point" my sweet darcy

BEST GAL PALS

nellie is the main character of this episode isn't she ilynn I love you nellie nelson

victoria annabel spring you are my love my darling

WAIT SHIT THE HAIR COMMENT OH GOD IS IT GONNA HAPPEN

nick keeps doing no homo things and it's killing me lmao this kid (though I WAS hoping for a tender caress of charlie's face but w/e)

PROPER LITTLE NERD

pause for a deep breath and a tiny squeal

another lil disappointment: wish we'd seen nellie in her widdle snow coat

lmao I'm in tears that is the sweetest scene I've ever seen

SARAH

oh come the FUCK on my darling baby

"I'm not getting my hopes up but I just think like maybe there's a chance" is that not getting your hopes up though char (100% justified but)

oh please

TOKEN STRAIGHT

how are all y'alls gaydars this WRONG oh my god i hope when nick and charlie get married they spend a whole hour of the reception bullying their friends who kept saying nick was straight

nick's little lopsided smile is my favorite thing in the world

I WAS JUST ADMIRING TARA'S HANDS LAKSKSJSLFKSLFK GAL PALS

THAT'S THE GAYEST EXCUSE I'VE HEARD IN MY LIFE

you've befriended the school lesbians 🥺

charlie held nick's hands and now nick is having like a hundred consecutive breakdowns and they're all colored pink purple and blue

proper full on gay crisis huh

THE LITTLE SPARK IM

the squeal I just let out there's tears in my eyes

nick keeps no homo-ing

VICTORIA MY LOVE

the song is called "why am I like this"?????????? oh my god

Hot Straight Boy™

oh my darling baby nick boy i am crying along with you

my review: i keep tearing up at inappropriate moments this is the most wonderful show i have ever seen in my life

[the-fall-of-armie-hammer]

there's a new D Listed article about Hammer and Death on the Nile. It mentions the comments his fans are leaving on social media and it's absolutely hilarious. I hope his fans are happy for making him seem like even more of a joke!

OMG, the cringe is next level. Karma came for Armie with no mercy. He loathed those fans and now they are all he has left.

Death On The Nile is out on February 11th only in theatres and a new special look trailer has been released, as have character posters for all the major players–EXCEPT ONE! You guessed it, alleged predator and abuser, Armie Hammer, is noticeably missing from the character posters, despite being part of the main cast and playing Gal Gadot‘s newly married husband. But apart from that screen-grab from the trailer above, he’s been erased from most of the movie’s marketing.

Armie Hammer is experiencing what the people in Avenger’s Infinity War did when Thanos snapped and they started evaporating because he’s nowhere to be found. Last year, multiple women came forward with allegations that Armie was abusive, talked about eating their ribs, ignored safe words, branded an ex of his, and was an all-around psychotic creep. Armie went to rehab for several months for his sex issues anyway, but not before he got dropped from his talent agency and dropped from movies. And since I’m assuming they can’t recut DOTN to not include him, he’s being hidden somewhere in the back.

DOTN is based on the 1937 Agatha Christie novel of the same name and is the sequel to 2017’s Murder On the Orient Express also directed by Kenneth Branagh who also stars as Hercule Poirot, in the films. It follows the murder mystery of a newlywed trip in Egypt gone south and also stars Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, and Letitia Wright. The character posters are out and they give each character a label like Annette Bening is “The Mother” and Letitia is “The Vector Of Infection.” Just kidding! Letitia is actually playing “The Manager.” Here are the posters and no, there’s no poster for Armie:

If you scroll through the comments section of that post, you’ll see people are quite mad about it. The Armie fans (or Armie himself since he has the time) came out in droves:

“WE NEED ARMIE HAMMER IN PROMO!! He deserves to be involved in promoting the film.”

“I hope you will correct this injustice and will include Armie Hammer in the upcoming promo. He hasn’t been charged with any crime, he is innocent and he is an essential part of this cast.”

“WE’RE ONLY HERE FOR ARMIE.”

“Excited to see Armie Hammer!”

“The only reason I’d see this movie is for Armie, y’all are sleeping on this.”

[magicat1337]

Anyways, here's two absolutely fucking insane things that happen in my book that have ACTUALLY happened to me at my school (it's kinda a semiautobiography lol)

A teacher getting caught reading LOTR slash on a school computer attached to the school's internet.

He was never fired btw, iof you want to know what it was, it was Legolas X Gimli, though for a long time everyone thought it was Frodo x Sam

A teacher teaching a homophobic kid a lesson

I though I'd describe this one for you because just putting it in the title would ruin the fun:

One year I had this very awesome teacher (we'll call her Miss N) who had the same music taste I did, and everyone loved her. Except for this one kid that I'll call Edgar because that's the name of the character in my book inspired by him.

Edgar was really homophobic and would start preaching the nastiest shit you've ever heard in the middle of class. One day, he straight up changed his computer wallpaper to a photo of the nazi flag. I don't now if he still does this, but I don't have many doubts that he still does

Miss N's way of dealing with misbehaving students was (and might still be) to take their computer and download My Little Pony pictures onto it. She did the regular with this kid, but then she took it one step further and changed his wallpaper to a photo of two buff men kissing eachother

I wish I could remember his exact reaction to it, but I swear at the time the picture she changed it too was a popular internet meme, or its meme status came a little while later

[syncingships]

Pearl is an elderly alien belonging to a race of shapeshifters

Conversation about this could be opened by the player noting the difference between her appearance and her care plan photo

While Pearl could once shapeshift at will, her age and deteriorating health have made her ability more unstable – she may appear with different features and characteristics on different days. She presents with antlers for this prototype.

Shapeshifters are fairly uncommon in this time period. Despite her frailty, due to her ability, some staff and fellow clients view her as untrustworthy and “false.”

Very kind and gentle demeanour, but has a playful sense of humour – player can point out that even with her lack of control over her ability, she rarely presents as a predator, instead mimicking prey animals such as fish, deer and rabbits.

Pearl makes a conscious effort to dress and appear as humanoid and “normal” as possible, to help staff feel more at ease.

Loves photography, cinema and nature documentaries.

Previously worked as a model; was highly sought after in some circles due to her shapeshifting

In her younger days with more control over her ability, she adored the ocean and so enjoyed her aquatic forms the most; fish, turtles, dolphins, etc. Could be reflected in her room decor with an ocean/aquatic motif

Photographs/framed posters in her room could be examined for dialogue options, ask about previous work/family

“Pearl” is not her real name, real name is redacted from her care plan; could be a running theme with clients for a possible darker undercurrent to story, erasing clients’ previous identities

---

Lore dump for a character in my new university assignment; set in a nursing home for monsters/aliens/other creatures, I love visual novels and I love a cute bouncy anime waifu as much as the next gal but where’s the love for elderly extraterrestrials

Please note the elderly extraterrestrials will not be romancable, but will definitely appreciate you spending time with them and maybe doing a jigsaw puzzle or two and maybe getting to the bottom of why no staff are allowed up to the second floor

x

[dangit-jacques]

Have a week to binge watch for free 1987 “Beauty and the Beast” with hunky Ron Perlman as Vincent. Ahh where can a gal get a human/lion man to save her life and whisk her down to some underground library/museum. I have a balcony, he can totally visit, urgently whispering my name like he does in the show. Lol

I don’t know why I suddenly remembered this show. My mom was a fan and watched it when I was little. She had the novel, book markers and posters from the show. Let’s see if it still holds up and gets me though meal prep day.

[pookiepoodle]

Reading Headcanons: Bakugo, Tamaki and Mt. Lady

Bakugo

- The first time you go to his room or dorm, you are surprised by the amount of books he has. 

- Like, you expected the All Might poster, the weights but not the mini shelf stuffed with books.

- When you ask him about it, he scoffs and calls you a dumbass. He believes that a good hero isn’t just a strong one physically; it’s also someone who is intelligent. 

- So, yeah, the boy likes to read.

- He loves the classics, which surprises you. 

- But what really gets his blood going is crime fiction. But not the cheesy ones you find in any old charity shop. No, he loves works by Agatha Christie for example. Why? Because as he reads each book, he’ll tell you who he thinks committed each crime and is pleased as punch when he’s right. 

- He hates romance books. They’re complete and utter nonsense.

- Bakugo, due to his strict sleep schedule and workout routine, can’t read as much as he wants, but whenever there’s a peaceful moment, he’ll take the chance to read.

- However, he needs peace and quiet to read. The last time he read with his friends nearby, Denki ended up getting a concussion after Bakugo threw the book at him for not shutting up. 

Tamaki

- Oml, Baby Boy loves to read!!!

- You first discover your boyfriend’s passion for reading when you go on a beach trip with him, Nejire and Mirio. 

- Mirio and Nejire were playing some strange game of tag and volleyball (don’t even ask…) and your boyfriend was sitting under the umbrella, reading a book. 

- You’d gone over and sat next to him, watching him read until he finally noticed you, panicking and feeling awful for making you wait for whatever it was you needed

- He loves to read since it takes him into another world where he can just be a spectator and not the star.

- He loves fantasy books and also is interested in books about animals. After all, the more he knows, the better he can use his quirk. But fantasy is definitely his favorite genre. Pixies, wizards, princesses, goblins, dragons, orks, you name it, he reads it.

- He doesn’t like horror books, since they make him scared, sweet baby. But what he hates is those erotic novels. He hasn’t ever tried to read one, just the titles and covers make him stammer and hide in the corner.

- As one of the Big Three, Tamaki doesn’t get the chance to read as much as he wants to, especially with his work placement. But, since he doesn’t really have a massive social life, if he can get a moment of peace, he will find the time to read.

- Reading for this boy is a literal ritual. He hates being caught reading as people ask too many questions about the books. So he tends to go to his room, light a candle, dim the lighting. He even makes a cup of herbal tea and will read for as long as he likes.

Mount Lady aka Yu Takeyama

- For the Giant Goddess, I’m afraid to say she isn’t a massive reader

- But if she is reading anything, it’s a magazine.

- Sorry! I just don’t see her being the kinda gal who wants to curl up with a book when she could be out having fun.

[watching-pictures-move]

Put On Your Raincoats #13 | The Pink Ladies (Watkins, 1979)

This review contains mild spoilers.

Roger Watkins first delved into directing pornography with Her Name Was Lisa. It was apparently successful, and is in my humble opinion a very good film, but was perhaps a little too intense for producer Dave Darby, who insisted that Watkins make something a little lighter. The Pink Ladies was the result. For those familiar only with Watkins' most famous film, Last House on Dead End Street, it can be quite a shock to see something this lighthearted. While it doesn't contain any of the better known film's bad vibes and was apparently disliked by Watkins himself, it is not without its qualities. The opening credits show the main characters playing raquetball. They are framed individually, their shared space fractured as if to render their actions abstract, even if the leering gaze of the gym's attendant gives them a vague sense of connection. The hazy cinematography casts over this the feeling of a dream, and what follows does not rest strictly in the realm of reality.

The main characters are a group of friends who vary in the level of cattiness. The cattiest of the bunch is Samantha Fox, who played the lead in Lisa, followed by Robin Byrd, who played one of her abusers in the former movie, then Kandi Barbour, who's taken permanent residence in my head thanks to a certain pool scene in Neon Nights. Least catty is Christine De Shaffer, who is distinguished by her benign stupidity and incompetence at sports, the latter quality immediately making her my favourite character. After the characters finish playing, griping about De Shaffer's performance (she rightfully insists that it's not about winning or losing, solidifying her position in the rankings), they go off to the showers. We get an eyeful, as does the attendant, who starts fantasizing about what can be delicately referred to as a reverse gangbang. "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Emerson, Lake and Palmer plays on the soundtrack, and one could argue that for this man, the fanfare has taken on a more tangible, not unpleasing form. For the non-prurient-minded, it's worth noting that even in the fantasy De Shaffer is terrible at raquetball.

The girls discuss plans for later in the week, which include a trip to the theatre to see Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh ("Oooh, sounds dirty"). They then split up, and we get to spend some time with Robert Kerman, playing one of their husbands. Kerman is a Yankees fan, which you can tell by him wearing a Yankees cap and shirt with his extremely unflattering yellow short shorts and eating stale pizza as a he listens to the game. Even when Kerman drifts off into fantasy, as he does when spying on an eager young couple in the act, he stays in character, ensuring that he doesn't miss the Yankees game as a result. A Humphrey Bogart poster provides some deadpan reaction shots. Unfortunately, he gets distracted by De Shaffer, who insists on chatting him up and singing "Moon River". (Quite badly, I should add, showing a lack of talent in multiple disciplines. Whatever the opposite of a polymath is, she's it.)

Next we move to Robin Byrd, sitting in bed and wolfing down popcorn next to her husband while watching a movie about a carnival, which inspires a fantasy sequence of her own where she's tag teamed by three guys in Aladdin Sane makeup and glitter while "March of the Gladiators" plays on the soundtrack. (Given that I associate this music most closely with the educational video game Math Circus, the effect is a bit jarring.) It's worth noting that one of these men is played by Ron Jeremy, who spends most of the scene sucking his own dick. Of course, when her husband suggests they get it on, she turns him down as she's not in the mood. I guess Ron Jeremy autofellatio will do that to you.

Kandi Barbour's fantasy is a bit more palatable, inspired by the bodice-ripping historical romance novel she leafs through before bed. Christine De Shaffer, treated as a punchline for much of the movie, doesn't even get her own fantasy. Rather, as she's putting on a ludicrous amount of facial cream (not like that, you preverts), her husband sneaks off to the bathroom to jerk off to a BDSM magazine and then imagines being dominated by his wife, who wears silver face paint like an extraneous member of KISS. Apparently the movie was released in a version without this scene as it was considered a bit too extreme, but honestly, without revealing anything about my viewing habits, I didn't think it was too bad. (It was also apparently Watkins' favourite scene in the movie.) Perhaps I've been desensitized by a week long Phil Prince binge, but without cataloguing the exact acts depicted, there's nothing too wild shown. The husband is played by Alan Adrian, who played Mistress Candice's willing slave in one of the more tolerable scenes in Prince's filmography. Adrian was into this kind of thing in his personal life and even suggested nailing his scrotum to the floor, which Darby thankfully shot down. Sometimes the money man is right. (Adrian is interviewed on the Vinegar Syndrome release of the movie and is unclothed without comment the entire time.) Of course, when his character approaches his wife after with the idea of trying this stuff out, she brushes him off.

The next morning, the husbands all wait for the train and see Vanessa Del Rio sitting on the other side of the tracks. Naturally, they start getting all worked up and start amusing themselves with what they'd get up to with her if they had the opportunity. Kerman's involves Del Rio as a schoolgirl, which is about as convincing as Steve Buscemi's "How do you do, fellow kids?" moment. Even Adrian, who claims that he never indulges in fantasies (he claims "they drain the life fluids", a statement that causes the other three men to immediately shift away from him on the bench), entertains the idea, although (depending on your proclivities) it's disappointingly not that distinct from the others in terms of tone or the acts featured. Del Rio's role is mostly silent, but she makes an impact in other ways (*raises eyebrows*).

We then move to a restaurant where the girls are biding their time, with Fox being especially rude to the waiter. It's then revealed that De Shaffer forgot their tickets to the The Iceman Cometh and is coldly made to walk home, which she does by crying and looking at ducks while sad music plays, finding new ways to put the audience on her side. (I too am a fan of ducks.) The rest of the ladies go to the gym to blow off steam, and Fox, angrily cycling away on an exercise bike, pictures her and the gals getting in an orgy with the other patrons of the gym, all of whom are covered in body paint and wearing goggles and swim caps. The same year that Francis Ford Coppola used "Ride of the Valkyries" to lend operatic dimensions to a helicopter siege, Watkins uses it to cheekier effect in a very different context. Lest you think this is all that's left, the final moments have the real heroine getting her revenge in a manner appropriate to the genre. High five, Ms. De Shaffer! Suck it, Mmes Fox, Byrd and Barbour.

Look, this is all very slight and I can understand why Watkins, given how dark his movies can get, didn't care for the end result, but I had a pretty good time. I think when trying to watch these movies as actual movies, lighter fare can be a bit of a challenge as they can lack the tension inherent in darker material (I imagine Her Name Was Lisa and Corruption might play better for most viewers, despite the disturbing content), but I can appreciate that this is executed with a good deal of style. It features a game cast who sink their teeth into their roles, particularly De Shaffer giving a very funny and endearing performance. (Fox and Del Rio don't quite make the same impact they did in Lisa, but are still effective in their less demanding roles.) Watkins' disregard for music rights results in some striking uses of music (he gets in Iggy Pop's "Sister Midnight" in between the aforementioned needle drops). And even between the sex scenes the movie is well visualized, translating the fantasy theme into atmosphere and finding images to match the humour.