#standing too close

[reecedarlene]

Imagine

I imagine small moments with you

Lingering touches no one else notices

Sly glances no one else sees

Inside jokes no one else interprets

Imagine me standing just a little too close to you

But you don’t move away so I stay still

Imagine our hands colliding

And hesitating before letting go

Imagine legs pressed against one another

Under the guise of not enough room

Imagine shared song lyrics as secret notes

Moments between us no one else knows

Imagine each of us hoping for a message

Searching for reasons to reach out

Imagine you craving the contact

Me smiling at the thought of your satisfaction

Imagine the timbre of your voice buzzing through me

Me enraptured by the rhythm of your words

Imagine your light being the only thing I can see

To pull me out of this darkness I’ve been coasting in

Imagine you knowing exactly what I mean, how I feel

You giving me the courage the grow and the strength to do what I must

Imagine these tiny flickers of affection

Becoming all consuming flames devouring our senses

Imagine our passions overpowering our reason

We’ll have ask forgiveness since we never asked for permission

Imagine this being reality instead of a fantasy

Growing inside the part of me I thought had been snuffed out

I imagine small moments with you

Can you imagine?

[silveragelovechild]

Short Review:

If you like John Wick style fight scenes, you’ll probably like it… but after the third or fourth time he single handedly fought dozens of henchmen alone and survived, my interest waned (and that was only 1/2 way through the movie).

Spoiler Filled Review:

A trailer for Ryan Gosling’s “Fallguy” was shown before the screening of “Monkey man”. In one scene, Gosling is holding a gun on one of the film’s villains. But he’s standing too close and the villain easily takes the gun from Gosling. You’d think that is might be better to not stand so close. But that a well worn trope in most action films.

In fact, it’s such a well worn trope, “Monkey Man” uses it not once but twice in its 2 hour run time.

“Monkey man” stars Dev Patel, who also directs and co-wrote the script. He plays a young man out for revenge against the corrupt cop who yadda yadda yadda.

I enjoyed the first Wick movie but the sequels were overkill - literally as John Wick kills dozen of henchmen men sent after him. “Monkey Man” is more of the same - in his quest for revenge Patel kills dozens and dozens of henchmen, narrowly surviving each encounter, then he killing dozens more. After the third or fourth time I started to lose interest. BUT the movie was only half way through.

When Patel is finally ready to pull the trigger and get his revenge on the corrupt cop, he’s standing too close and pretty soon the cop takes the gun. There’s an extended fight sequence (very similar to the bathroom fight in “Mission: Impossible – Fallout”) and Patel barely makes it out alive.

At that point Patel’s bullet riddled body is fished out of a polluted river and sewn back together by a tribe of transgender people living in a monetary. There Patel gets his mojo back during an extended training sequence with the help with the help of the bongo playing leader of the tribe.

Now Patel is ready to take on the corrupt cop AND the corrupt religious leader who who is introduced as the villain behind the villain. Again Patel fights and kills dozens of of henchmen. He gets a little help from the transgender tribe, before finally killing the cop.

Then he corners the corrupt religious leader… BUT he stands too close and… (You’d think he’d have learned his lesson after the first time!)

I think “Monkey Man” would have been a better movie if it was more tightly edited, cutting 20 to 30 minutes of its 2 hour run time.

[tendermiasma]

I made this at 2am because it was an emergency

[anouchard]

PSA: @jonnywaistcoat just threatened to kill Gwen off because I kept punning in the @macguffinandco stream, so if Gwen just ... disappears, please know that I am sorry, I love her, I have only myself to blame, and I went down laughing.

[vaxxman]

height ahh difference

[miyano-shiho4869]

so. you're telling me these girls are straight and both have male love interests? sounds kind of fake ngl.

[idle-compy]

edge of town - middle kids

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

#I’m Richie

[pngheavy]

[leonardalphachurch]

I've never heard of a grown man asking for so many piggyback rides. Hey, I already told you-- that was for science.

[babsaros]

they talk about testosterone gel like it’s the fentanyl of hrt

[lelslizzylebs]

I have two (2) Chilchuck thoughts:

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Perhaps even,,, pink LaughingStock,,,,? 👀👀👀

ough....yeab....

[lucky-slice]

i am convinced that kevin is simultaneously hyper aware of how tall he is but also somehow completely oblivious. like he's banging his head on open cabinets and sitting in the car with the seat pulled all the way forward. he thinks andrew is the same height as him despite having a constant 0.5 lense view

[comradekiwi]

the thing is. the thing is I never see platonic physical intimacy/affection in shounen to the degree that I want to see it, like sustained hugs and cuddling and constant casual skinship, so power and denji’s sibling-level comfort with each other is so, so affirming to me. I adore it. and (manga spoilers) when power becomes that clingy with denji and denji allows it, cares for her bc he loves her she’s his family, it was everything to me. just hanging off each other (which they already did to an extent already!!!! i love this manga!!!!!) and denji even explicitly says it doesn’t feel sexual or “naughty,” and ik the context for why they were like that is god awful but honestly I was wary at first expecting it to still turn into female objectification AND THEN IT DIDNT. IT STAYED AUTHENTIC AND HANDLED WITH LOVE AND CARE. it remained a genuine, actual friendship between a male character (protag at that!!) and a female character (lead female too!!!). GAHHHH I LOVE M/F FRIENDSHIPS THAT ARE STRONG, FULLY PLATONIC, DEVELOPED, FICTIONAL M/M LEVEL FRIENDSHIPS GRAHHHHH it truly lets a story explore the sheer depth and value of nonromantic relationships. and I think chainsaw man does a lot with that theme anyway so yeah. yeah this is a great manga

[zaacoy]

We don't get to see them in their winter outfits enough they're so cozy I miss them :(( should draw them in these more often tbh, comfy comfy forevah