#teenage ninja turtles behind the music

[siddyyyyyyyy]

Pretty Saviour

Dick Grayson x Metalhead!Reader

wc: 1.2 K summary: You save Nightwing and Batman one night in a close call, being stuck with Dick forever warnings: fluff, none, no y/n used a/n: (divider), i know that pic is probably overused but i'm still weak for it.

Ever since you‘ve spontaniously patrolled a new route in your neighbourhood and miraciously saved Nightwing and Batman, that blue bird has been attached by your hip. It‘s not like he annoys you, but sometimes you start to prefer the black bat rather than the overly happy-sunshine vigilante.

Like now, talking your ears off about his favourite band he used to listen to in his angsty teenage years. You don‘t interrupt him, not wanting to make him feel bad about getting some small facts wrong since that band is the most mainstream rock band you have ever seen and heard.

To avoid his constant yapping, you‘ve tried to change your patrol route completely, but it‘s no use. He always finds you and claims it‘s just ‚a lucky coincidence‘.

In reality, Dick has been completely smitten over you from the moment he saw you effortlessly take down several men in front of him who were about to kick his ass. You saved Batman‘s ass too, but he refuses to acknowledge either that fact or you.

Eventually, he continues to talk on and on about that super-cool and ultra-heavy band, really just making you smirk in amusement. There is no need for music at work when you have a walking podcast following you around and helping you take down muggers together with insanely impressive acrobatic skills. You still wonder how his bones move like that, because there‘s no way a normal human being is capable of the same things he does.

But he is just as amazed by you at the same time, always staring as subtly as he can, wanting to take in every detail of your unique suit and accessories you wear with it. Yes, he never saw your face before, but he is in love. It‘s gotten to that point where even Alfred awaits you for dinner any day.

At the moment, he is crouching down beside you at the edge of the rooftop, keeping watch over a troublesome area in this part of the neighbourhood. He glances at you every so often, finally catching a glimpse of your ear under your shagged hair. Dick keeps his eyes on the shiny piercings, eyes widening once he spots the stretched earlobe. It‘s not much, but adds an even extremer look to everything else.

»Woah, you have stretched ears?«

You share a glance at him, tucking some hair behind your ear for him to see better.

»Just noticed?«

He gives you a goofy smile in return and reaches up to lightly touch it, admiring the plug you have in it. It‘s shiny in the moonlight, seeing the spiral design on it. Dick smiles softly at it, keeping his eyes on you while poking it gently.

»Cool.«

He sounds like an amazed child who sees the ninja turtles for the first time. It‘s amusing and also flattering to know that someone as big and strong thinks you are cool.

The patrols always have some kind of routine between the two of you. You both take a break at some point, making him discover another small detail about you and asking questions for the rest of the few hours. He has also learnt about the bands you listen to from your various pins and patches on your vest, listening to some of their songs once he gets back home. Just to expand his music taste and playlist, of course.

But he won‘t lie; he loves every single detail and fact about you, likes how casual you are when explaining new stuff to him, or gets into your element if he luckily asks you about an interesting topic. Like, the evolution of the emo and metal scene throughout the years. It‘s as if you get even more passionate talking about those than beating and locking up criminals.

Dick has learned a lot from you already, considering himself an expert at this point because of how detailed you explain certain topics and bands to him. Even his brothers know some stuff about certain bands because he can‘t stop talking about you around them. Every time you aren‘t around, he misses you a lot more than he‘d like. It‘s a shame you haven‘t exchanged any kind of socials or numbers because of your safety. This is one thing he is starting to hate every day more and more about you. The fact that he can‘t contact you in any way is humiliatingly sad.

And every once in a while, he gets you small gifts. Such as new pins of that one band you once mentioned to him, new ear plugs with a cool design, and silly stickers he knows you‘ll like.

You have a total of fifteen pins, four pairs of new gauges for your ears, and an endless amount of stickers because they‘re too easy to find. All from Dick, from the past month.

These gifts and the way he always listens and remembers details about your interests make you fall harder and harder for him. At first, you didn‘t really see the appeal of him. But now, hanging out with him unwillingly, has shown you just how cute and attentive he really is. You even got him a shirt of his own favourite band one day, and it seemed like he would drop down to one knee and propose at any moment. But he held himself back, he still has some self-control after all.

Once he noticed the new style in your hair, he really tried to think of ways on how to impress you in more ways than knowledge. He tried to convince Alfred to dye his hair blue, or at least get some stripes into it, but he refused, saying he shouldn‘t make impulsive decisions like that. But once Dick mentioned it‘s because you got these silly stripes and racoon tails in your hair, he teased him for the rest of the evening of his painfully obvious crush.

»I just like their style!«

»That‘s what you have been telling us for the past three months.«

And it went on with Dick showing you endless tricks and athletics, explaining the theory of each move and how to not break your neck while doing so. You are impressed by his skills, it feels like being children again, showing each other what cool stuff you know and are able to do, getting still impressed by the easiest and normal stuff.

You both go on bike rides together from time to time, competing sometimes as well. He is able to do wheelies, but that‘s a little too dangerous for you to copy.

Eventually, your friendship got really close after those three months of patrolling together and sharing knowledge with each other, of Dick making a fool of himself just to impress you in some way, and endless small gifts.

Despite everything, you‘re trying to keep it professional with him some way. But it doesn‘t help when he is using every single opportunity to touch or stay close to you. It‘s not like you are complaining, you secretly enjoy him being more touchy and sweet to you. You mostly mask it with being playful and pretending to not get the subtle hints he is dropping at you.

There‘s still some sort of trust you have to gain from him in order for you to reveal your identity to him, even when he is smart enough to find it out himself. But he won‘t do it, both in respect towards you and in hopes you will actually trust him enough some time to reveal yourself.

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a/n: an open ending, how original. anyway, hope you enjoyed it!!

[will80sbyers]

Do you still have the list of movies that inspired ST4? I had a picture of it but I lost it and I haven't been able to find it since. Please and thank you in advance.

Yep!

Long post warning lol

300

2001: A Space Odyssey

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

12 Monkeys

28 Days Later

13th Warrior

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Altered States

Amelie

American Sniper

Analyze This

Annihilation

Aristocats

Armageddon

Assassins Creed

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Arrival

Almost Famous

Batman Begins

Batman V. Superman

Basket Case

Battle at Big Rock

Beauty and the Beast

Beetlejuice

Behind Enemy Lines

Beverly Hills Cop

Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey

Billy Madison

Black Cauldron

Black Swan

Boondock Saints

Borat

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Burn After Reading

Broken Arrow

Blade Runner

C.H.U.D

Con Air

Cast Away

Congo

Constantine

Children of Men

Cabin in the Woods

Crank

Casablanca

Carrie

Crimson Tide

Clueless

Dukes of Hazzard

Don’t Breathe

Death to Smoochy

Doom

Dark Knight

Dogma

Deep Blue Sea

Dreamcatcher

Drop Dead Fred

Die Hard

Die Hard 2

Die Hard 3

Don’s Plum

Dances with Wolves

Dumb and Dumber

Edward Scissorhands

Enter the Void

Ex Machina

Event Horizon

Emma (2020)

Forrest Gump

Fargo

Fisher King

Full Metal Jacket

Ferris Bueller

Fallen

Fugitive

Ghost

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Ghostbusters

Good Fellas

Girl Interrupted

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Get Out

Good Will Hunting

Hackers

High Fidelity

Hellraiser 1

Hellraiser 2

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Hidden

High School Musical

Hurt Locker

Heat

Hunger Games

Highlander

Hell or High Water

Home Alone

I am Legend

It’s a Wonderful Life

In Cold Blood

Inception

I am a Fugitive from Chain Gang

Inside Out

Island of Doctor Moreau

It Follows

Interview with a Vampire

Inner Space

Into the Spiderverse

Independence Day

Jupiter Ascending

John Carter of Mars

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

James Bond (All Movies)

Julie

Karate Kid

Knives Out

Kingsmen

Little Miss Sunshine

Labyrinth

Long Kiss Goodnight

Lost Boys

Leon: The Professional

Let the Right One In

Little Women (1994)

Mad Max: Fury Road

Magnolia

Men in Black

Mimic

Matrix

Misery

My Cousin Vinny

Mystic River

Minority Report

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Neverending Story

Never Been Kissed

No Country for Old Men

Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

North by Northwest

Open Water

Orange County

Oceans 8

Oceans 11

Oceans 12

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Ordinary People

Paddington 2

Platoon

Pulp Fiction

Papillon

Pan’s Labyrinth

Pineapple Express

Peter Pan

Princess Bride

Paradise Lost

Primal Fear

Prisoners

Peter Jackson’s King Kong

Reservoir Dogs

Ravenous

Rushmore

Road Warrior

Rogue One

Reality Bites

Raider of the Lost Ark

Red Dragon

Robocop

Shooter

Sky High

Swingers

Sword in the Stone

Step Up 2

Spy Kids

Saving Private Ryan

Shape of Water

Swept Away

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Superbad

Society

Swordfish

Stoker

Splice

Silence of the Lambs

Source Code

Sicario

Se7en

Starship Troopers

Scrooged

Splash

Silver Bullet

Speed

The Visit

The Italian Job

The Mask of Zorro

True Lies

The Blair Witch Project

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Tangled

The Craft

The Guest

The Devil’s Advocate

The Graduate

The Prestige

The Rock

Titanic

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Fly

Tombstone

The Mummy

The Guardian

The Goofy Movie

The Peanut Butter Solution

Toy Story 4

The Ring

The Crazies

The Mist

The Revenant

The Perfect Storm

The Shining

Terminator 2

The Truman Show

Temple of Doom

The Cell

To Kill a Mockingbird

Timeline

The Good Son

The Orphan

The Birdcage

The Green Mile

The Raid

The Cider House Rules

The Lighthouse

The Book of Henry

The A-Team

The Crow

The Terminal

Thor Ragnarok

Twister

The Descent

The Birds

Total Recall

The Natural

The Fifth Element

True Romance

Terminator: Dark Fate

The Hobbit Trilogy

Unforgiven

Unbreakable

Unleashed

Very Bad Things

Wayne’s World

What Women Want

War Dogs

Wedding Crashers

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Welcome to Marwen

Wet Hot American Summer

What Lies Beneath

What Dreams May Come

War Games

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Weird Science

Willow

Wizard of Oz

Wanted

Young Sherlock Holmes

You’ve Got Mail

Zodiac

Zoolander

[acesgarden]

࿐࿔ Extended Info .ᐟ

BIO -> Ace ⋆ meet the artist ⋆ 6teen ⋆ bisexual disaster ⋆ enby ⋆ they/them ⋆ infp-t ⋆ april aries ⋆ aries sun; libra moon; virgo rising ⋆ writer ⋆ artist ⋆ reader ⋆ daisy, forget-me-nots, & dandelion girl ⋆ the person with the never ending tbr ⋆ romance lvr ⋆ book lvr ⋆ aesthetic lvr ⋆ yellow lvr & enthusiast ⋆ nickname enthusiast ⋆ moth enthusiast ⋆ wolf enthusiast ⋆ oc enthusiasts ⋆ rp enthusiasts ⋆ life romanticizing ⋆ dancing in the rain ⋆ stargazing time ⋆ cuddling with my plushies ⋆ made of stardust & dreams ⋆ weirdo and cringe at heart <3

LOVES -> books & fanfiction ⋆ plushies ⋆ art & writing ⋆ rain (scent) ⋆ my lovely mutuals ⋆ my boyfriend ⋆ daisies & forget-me-nots ⋆ ocs & self-inserts ⋆ affection & pda ⋆ my son

HATES -> mean people ⋆ drama ⋆ bigotry

BOOKS -> wings of fire ⋆ warriors ⋆ percy jackson and the olympians ⋆ heroes of olympus ⋆ heartstopper ⋆ the lunar chronicles ⋆ the legendborn cycle ⋆ shatter me ⋆ the summer i turned pretty ⋆ the outsiders ⋆ open to recs!

TV SHOWS & MOVIES -> teenage mutant ninja turtles ⋆ percy jackson and the olympians ⋆ ninjago ⋆ bridgerton ⋆ avatar: the last airbender ⋆ the legend of korra ⋆ outer banks ⋆ ever after high ⋆ monster high ⋆ ginny & georgia ⋆ along for the ride ⋆ moxie ⋆ princess diaries ⋆ A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder ⋆ open to recs!

ANIMES & MANGAS -> boku no hero academia/my hero academia ⋆ haikyuu ⋆ prettycure! ⋆ tokyo new mew ⋆ sailor moon ⋆ pokémon ⋆ spyxfamily ⋆ toilet-bound hanako-kun ⋆ catch these hands ⋆ a whisker away ⋆ words bubble up like sodapop ⋆ one piece ⋆ demon slayer ⋆ open to recs!

DRAMAS -> behind your touch ⋆ because this is my first life ⋆ open to recs!

WEBTOONS -> school bus graveyard ⋆ high class homos ⋆ heartstopper ⋆ an age of arrogance ⋆ open to recs!

MUSIC -> the oh hellos ⋆ the crane wives ⋆ taylor swift ⋆ olivia rodrigo ⋆ sabrina carpenter ⋆ laufey ⋆ billie eilish ⋆ chappell roan ⋆ dodie ⋆ phoebe bridgers ⋆ kimya dawson ⋆ stray kids ⋆ newjeans ⋆ g-idle ⋆ twice ⋆ red velvet ⋆ black pink ⋆ iu ⋆ beabadoobee ⋆ clairo ⋆ wallows ⋆ tyler, the creator ⋆ hozier ⋆ isabel larosa ⋆ gigi perez ⋆ kesha ⋆ open to recs!

THIS USER -> Part 1 2

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

violently smashing my two major fandoms with an F together as a form of procrastination

A question for the ages: WHICH Avatar character matches up with WHICH Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle one and WHY the fuck should anyone (besides me) care? We'll answer at least one of those questions for you tonight, dear viewers!!!!

First up

Neteyam - Leo

Eldest son, blue theme (like I could say this for all the Sullys, but shush), can do no wrong except when one of the siblings stubs a toe and then the Guilt, daddy's favorite solider who's also a huge dork (like we don't see a lot of evidence of this in canon for Neteyam but let me have this), Neteyam's Untimely End vs Leo getting treated as such a punching bag by each TMNT iteration that throwing him through a goddamn window is an established franchise staple by now.

Kiri - Donnie

A case can be made for April-Kiri parallels (particularly for psychic powers re 2012 April, my beloved, and dead mom syndrome) and also Karai-Kiri (for dead mom syndrome, how often I've mixed up their fucking names while writing), but Kiri-Donnie fits the siblings theme, so there. They're tech nerd-nature nerd solidarity, autistic Entities of unparalleled death and destruction, happy to destroy government property, younger siblings pretending to be above the Chaos while very much not, and in desperate need of a nap and a stiff drink.

Lo'ak - Raph

Rage issues. Daddy issues. Big brother issues. Relatively smol and Keenly aware of that fact. Adored by the (smart) fans, cursed by Eywa/God. Makes strong bonds with animal fwends and also collects traumatic experiences like magnets collect nails. 100% either in a fistfight or sobbing into his pillow rn. In a family living at the bottom of a fucking sewer and/or on the run from the government, still manages to feel like an odd one out. Someone needs to introduce Lo'ak to emo music, it would fuck him up so much /pos.

Tuk - Mikey

Youngest and most excitable sibling, heart of gold and jaws of steel. Optimism that remains in the face of innocence slowly being shaved away by Events. Hates being left out or left behind, committed to various Schemes and Plans with historically mixed outcomes. Has definitely either killed a man or will do so as soon as the opportunity presents itself.

Spider - Karai and April

Spider's kind of an unholy amalgamation of April's Token Human We've Shared Traumatic Experiences With journey and Karai's At Odds With Creepy Undead Father Figure And Complex Relationship With Less Creepy Father Figure (see below) arcs. Basically part of my ongoing psyops plans to Feminize That Boy (don't worry Karai-Kiri and April-Kiri parallels, I still love you). Also, Leorai/Apritello and Speteyam/Spiri (mix and match at will) have exciting interspecies and/or vaguely incestous vibes we should all strive for in our weird fanfics.

Jake - Splinter/Hamato Yoshi

Tired dads trying their best and just so happening to raise The Kids as soldiers-warriors along the way. Exciting and confusing relationships with the concept of this thing you call "death." Shameless species hoppers, even though Jake did it on purpose while TMNT writers in various iterations have to come up with increasingly more convoluted ways for it to happen to Yoshi against his will. Is not afraid of violence, especially when it comes to their homoerotically homicidal relationship with

Quaritch - Shredder

Big Bad of the story, or at least the one everybody pays attention to. The Bitch Who Refuses To Die. Unhealthy, possessive, genuinely quite creepy (/pos) obsession with sort-of-kid who ended up in his care through Unfortunate Means. Will destroy everything he remotely cares about and sit in the ashes with surprised Pichaku face before finding someone to blame. Refuses to let go of a fucking grudge, be it with aforementioned homoerotic-homicide buddy or various children.

Neytiri

Technically the best Neytiri parallel in terms of family relationships would be Tang Shen, Splinter's wife and the pseudo/actual (depending on the iteration) mother of his children. However, Tang Shen has an unfortunate history of being Dead Girled and Ghost-Momed in a way that puts her more in common with Grace or Tom Sully (rip). Still, Neytiri has a lot in common with the vengeful demon ghost version of Tang Shen that exists primarily in my head.

BONUS

Payakan - Casey Jones

Outcast from society, defender of the weak, wanted by the authorities. Combines genuinely passionate belief in justice/revenge with an equally genuine talent for wanton violence and destruction. Has an interspecies bromance with Lo'ak/Raph that puts Achilles and Patrocles to shame. Someone definitely needs to introduce Payakan to emo music, too, not to mention death metal--he'd start a band to put those Little Mermaid fuckers to shame.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Arguments? (you're all wrong btw) Only know me from one of these fandoms and have no idea what the hell I'm taking about? Hit me up in the reblogs!

[fandom]

This is the way.

The Mandalorian is back, babeeeey, and Star Wars fans are thrilled. Joel and Ellie are continuing their journey in The Last of Us and, well, best of luck to them. Everything Everywhere All at Once and its cast won four Screen Actors Guild Awards, the most for a film in SAG Awards history. Twisted Wonderland's Multi-Dorm Training Camp and Genshin Impact's Windblume Festival both launched and players are having a blast. The first three episodes of Daisy Jones & The Six are bringing plenty of drama behind the music. Finally, no one is prepared for what's happening on 9-1-1, Buddie shippers especially. This is Tumblr's Week in Review.

The Mandalorian

The Last of Us

Critical Role

Pokémon

The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Pedro Pascal

Artists on Tumblr

Bella Ramsey

Twisted Wonderland

Ellie Williams | The Last of Us

Attack on Titan

9-1-1

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Trafficblr

Star Wars

Daisy Jones & The Six

Joel Miller | The Last of Us

RWBY

Genshin Impact

Stranger Things

[kyberrebel]

Thing that went through my mind during Ahsoka Episode 7

“No, I protect the New Republic by ignoring you” XD I’m so happy we get more Hera this week

I also always enjoy more Coruscant content

Since we’re hanging out with the New Republic, is there a chance for a Leia cameo??? (Ik probably not)

I hate this dickhead Senator so much

C-3PO!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

They’re getting out of a Leia cameo by sending in Threepio. I’m definitely not mad, though. And it’s nice to get a glimpse of what she’s up to around this time

Chopper is straight-up cursing at Senator Dickhead for trash-talking droids and I love it

MORE ANAKIN CONTENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know I said this a couple of episodes ago, but he looks so good with his TCW hair and outfit in live-action

"He was a good Master" Hearing Ahsoka call Anakin a good master despite everything is so important to me.

“I think the odds are pretty good” “No- No, in fact they’re terrible! Astronomically terrible!” Huyang is acting like Threepio on crack right now

Well now we know how the Star Whale graveyard got there

Or should I say WHALE now we know? No? No one? Okay…

“Her Master was General Anakin Skywalker?” Thrawn is probably having flashbacks of the times he had to work with Anakin/Vader

I wish we could have seen Ezra’s initial reactions to Sabine catching him up on everything, but I guess this is good enough

“How did you find me? You never said” OH BOY this will be a doozie

AND I KNOW I probably said this last week, but damn does Ezra look good in live-action. I’m so happy they remembered the scars on his cheek!

Oh, right. Sabine doesn’t even know Ahsoka is coming

I’m happy they’re using force telepathy. I always thought it was underutilized, especially in the new canon.

Sabine hearing Ahsoka means she isn’t as weak with the Force as Huyang thought!

I can’t tell if this is normal Master/Apprentice type of slight bickering, or if Shin is eventually going to go on a separate path from Baylon. It would be cool to see her switch sides and help the protagonists in the end.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’s slingshots are so cute, even if useless

I didn’t expect Baylon vs. Ahsoka round 2 this soon, tbh

JUST TAKE YOUR LIGHTSABER BACK, EZRA I really want to see him use it in live-action

I’m happy he has at least been keeping up with his Force wielding practices

Ahsoka literally rolling in at just the right time!

DAMN I was really hoping Shin would surrender just so she could spend more time with Sabine

YAY More happy reunions

I actually think this is the first time we’ve heard Ahsoka laugh, post-TCW

This show continues to be amazing. It’s definitely one of my top three favorite Star Wars shows, at this point.

Also, as I type this listening to the credits roll, shout-out to Kevin Kiner, the man behind the music for this show. The soundtrack is amazing, and definitely further elevates the show.

Oh yeah, and the last episode is next week... I'm not ready but also can't wait

[brb-on-a-quest]

What's one of your favorite childhood memories?

Hello, friend, good to see you, even if you do hide in the shadows. Hope you are well. <3

Let me tell you about a time I fell in love with storytelling all over again. I grew up on stories; I loved having my dad read to me when I was little (we read Narnia books, the Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings, Robin Hood, etc. I loved *all* of it). I loved the stories of found families and tight friendships like it was my bread and butter because I hadn't made any friends I could get closed to bc family moved around a lot (a decision I don't resent my family for now, but despised as a kid), and I wasn't really *that* close to my family either due to probably a variety of factors, not excluding mental health issues. I won't delve for the sake of length, you get the point. I was a sad and lonely child and my closest friends were imaginary. Anyway back to more concrete events:

We had just moved from Florida to Virginia, which is about 1000 miles away and over 13 hour drive (for context), and we had just started a new co-op (think like homeschool school, but it only met like once a week, it was one of the ways we'd start building up a new social circle or something). And one of the classes I took in was something music (more likely theater? related but that might have a different semester) and the first week of this co-op I remember they gave us a bingo card with a bunch of famous movie soundtracks and they told us we were going to identify the movie based on the song alone.

I got 2/20 or something bc I hadn't even heard of most of these movies bc i just hadn't been exposed to it. It was things like Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, maybe spongebob- pop culture stuff that I just hadn't seen. So everyone else was getting excited and I was feeling more and more out of the loop and alone.

I swear this turns happy at the end, bear with me, anon. They play the final music track and I don't recognize it at all but it fills me with such great joy and a call for a new adventure that I hadn't even realized music could do that before (we didn't listen to a lot of our own music growing up, it was mainly whatever my parents found appropriate or what my dad liked).

It was How To Train Your Dragon. Test Drive. John Powell. And then like the musical scores, they showed the scene it was from. A boy and his dragon racing, flying through the air. And I fell in love With the characters arcs per se, but I could tell there was a deep lore there and a story of friendship that I craved so much. It was also right up my alley with stories my Dad had read me so there was also that. But like the music was fantastic, I really liked the visuals at the time (i usually hate most 3D animation films, HTTYD is the exception), and I craved the story behind it.

I saved up money from Birthday and Christmas and ended up buying it. And I watched it. And I fell in love even harder. Cause, in some sense, I related to hiccup too much. I was a creative person, like he was, I had very little friends like he did at the beginning, we had similar senses of humor at some points, and he was fascinated with knowing and learning things. And he had a big dragon friend and i again craved that friendship deeply. So he added to the crew of imaginary friends and I went on many imaginary adventures with Hiccup and Toothless and told myself so many stories that I wish I could remember now for writing inspo.

I ended up moving from Virginia to middle of nowhere Midwest US (not saying where in case the Fey Find Out), and I did end up meeting my IRL Toothless. A little bit scary on the outside at firsts, but with an actual heart of a silly, goofy, dragon. (brb, im getting emotional just thinking about it. It'd be about 7 years now? Coming up? I may be bad at math. I feel old and happy and content.)

So yeh, in short it was a very much right place, right time kind of story and film. I still watch it a lot whenever I need a comfort film that's not as long as LOTR or something. I love the soundtrack and all of the things about it. Sorry, this was probably way longer than it should've been but IDK how to describe my love for this story without giving you some context.

[cozywriter]

🥮 ~ Cozy Corner’s Grand Menu ~ 🥮

🥮🧋🥮🧋🥮🧋🥮🧋🥮🧋🥮🧋🥮🧋🥮🧋🥮🧋🥮🧋🥮🧋🥮 You were walking down the cobblestone pathway of your town, adjusting the strap of your bag as the hustle and bustle of the street puts you on edge. Sure, there were the everyday pickpockets and thieves, but you couldn’t be too careful nowadays. Every street you turned down, it seemed to get busier and busier, which meant more people. And more people meant the increasing inevitability of trouble. Not wanting to get swept up by the crowd — or worse, stuck in it — you quickly spotted a little café. It was tucked away in its own little corner along the road and from the looks of it, no one else was in there. Deciding to wait for the masses to pass before making your way back home, you quickly made your way through what little space the people left for others to pass by and started shuffling hurriedly towards the café’s doors.

Upon entering its threshold, a soft chime rang through the empty establishment. The scent of fresh bread and coffee wafting through the air. You look around and quickly realize no one is here. Not one customer, barista or baker in sight. You step further into the shop, only to realize you don’t hear the busy clamor of the outside world. No honking cars, no muffled speech from passersby behind the door. Not even shadows crossing the color tainted glass windows. You decide to book it before some psycho pops out from behind the counter, but just as you turn on your heels to run for the door, all you see is white.

In a panic, you stumble backwards, only for the next thing you see to be the mahogany ceiling, a stinging pain making from your bum making itself known. Groaning softly, you sit up, trying to rub the pain away, cussing out some choice words. Slowly rising to your feet, you’re met with a small circular coffee table that seats one, your bag already propped on top of it and leaning against the dirty green walls. Utterly confused and a tad perturbed, you whip your head around, still finding the cafe empty. Hesitantly, you look back and blink twice as you find a leather bound menu, conveniently placed so that the establishment’s brand faces you. 

Figuring that one peak couldn’t hurt, you hesitantly sit down on the wooden stool that had been previously pushed in before opening the menu, reading it over…

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🥮 ~ Legend ~ 🥮

🎂Made to Order = Commissioned Requests

🍡Manager’s Pick = Self Commissioned 

🍓Spicy = Smut

🍨Sweet = Fluff

🍹Strong = Angst

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🥮 ~ Appetizers and Soups ~ 🥮

Green Tea Ochazuke (Bungo Stray Dogs) Ciorba de Burta (Castlevania) Beef Wantons (Lego Monkie Kid)

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🥮 ~ Main Dishes ~ 🥮 Moussaka (EPIC: The Musical)  Fish and Chips (Moriarty the Patriot) Boeuf Bourguignon (The Case Study of Vanitas) Traditional Pepperoni Pizza (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Deep Fried Arctic Char (Fate/Grand Order)

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🥮 ~ Drinks ~ 🥮

Matcha and Cherry Fizzy Soda (Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign) Bloody Mary Cocktail (Blood Blockade Battlefront) Red Mystic Liquor (Bastard Warrior)

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🥮 ~ Desserts ~ 🥮

Jelly filled Donuts (Trigun: Stampede) Manju (PROGENITOR on YT) Dark Chocolate Pie (Bastards VS Zombies)

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🥮 ~ Manager’s Notes ~ 🥮

~ The Staff have the right to turn down any dish if it makes them uncomfortable to make.  ~ Kindly keep any and all orders relating to politics and religion out of this establishment. This is meant to be a safe space you can unwind and have fun. ~ Other than that, please enjoy your meal!

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Although the cafe’s food choices were… random, at least they had variety, right…? I guess now, all that’s left to do is place an order…

[jonbutter]

All the Movies I Saw This Year, Ranked

and i saw a lot of movies

Past Lives

Bottoms

The Holdovers

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Poor Things

M3GAN

Creed III

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Asteroid City

Barbie

Godzilla Minus One

Beau is Afraid

Killers of the Flower Moon

Infinity Pool

May December

No One Will Save You

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Blue Beetle

BlackBerry

Oppenheimer

Joy Ride

Napoleon

Evil Dead Rise

Saltburn

No Hard Feelings

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

Mafia Mamma

The Killer

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Fool's Paradise

Fast X

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Scream VI

The Blackening

Strays

Book Club: The Next Chapter

Good Burger 2

Knock at the Cabin

Ferrari

Saw X

Meg 2: The Trench

Talk to Me

Dicks: the Musical

Wonka

The Little Mermaid

Elemental

Priscilla

A Good Person

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Cocaine Bear

House Party

Reinfeild

Missing

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Mystery

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Dumb Money

Leave the World Behind

Retribution

The Exorcist: Believer

Skinamarink

Family Switch

The Wrath of Becky

[jasminegazer]

List five things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last ten people who liked or reblogged something from you! Get to know your followers, mutuals, and all the wonderful people on here! \(˵ˆ ³ˆ˵)/

Hey, Jasmine!! :)

ohmigosh hi Melissa!! ;3

ok 5 things that make me happy

🎶Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Heroes in a half shell TURTLE POWR!!🎶 This is the first fandom I’ve joined and will definitely remain my favorite for many years to come thanks to the hospitality of many from it

2. CHOCOLATE!!!

3. Family and Friends

4. Verbal or Physical recognition from others of my efforts/work. It’s nice to know that people like that I’m here and it makes me happy to see it

5. Music and art with deep meanings behind it. Our world is large and beautiful with many struggles and joys that deserve more attention. Sometimes the only way to do so is through sounds or sights of art.

Thanks for the ask as I said before I like when people do it and happiness is precious in a world like ours so remember the things that bring it big or small.

[morninkim]

Character Breakdowns

Realised I just posted my MMPR designs the other day and didn’t include any further information than that.

The goal of this series is to reimagine MMPR as an action comedy animated series in the vein of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with splashes of drama in there to keep things interesting (hence the series title lmao)

Elements from several different sources are included (Show, Comics, Movies, etc.) with some extra new elements added that’ll be revealed as I get further into the design series and reveal more lore.

If you wanna take a look at the designs themselves, they and any future designs for this series will be under #rotmmpr on my blog!

Anyway, under the cut are the basic rundowns of each main character, enjoy:

Jason Lee-Scott - 17, Junior Year, Red Ranger

- A young man of mixed Chinese and White descent, Jason is the quarterback of the Angel Grove High School Football team and a weekend karate teacher for Elementary Schoolers at the local Youth Centre. He is charming and charismatic, giving off an air that eases anyone he speaks with.

- Jason has been best friends with Zack since the two were small children, their parents having met and bonded over their shared experience as immigrants to the US when their families moved to the same cul de sac around the same time. He also went to Elementary School with Kimberly, however the two went to different Middle Schools and fell in with different crowds, however they are on friendly terms.

- Jason’s Ranger suit grants him enhanced strength he can use to lift many times more than his body weight and grapple with even the strongest monster thrown at him. However, he must be careful with this ability, as it can wear his energy down if he is not careful and render him helpless.

Zack Taylor - 17, Junior Year, Black Ranger

- Zack is an eccentric and energetic teenager with a passion for dance and performance, who also serves as fullback on the AGHS Football team. He developed his own fighting style he dubbed “Hip Hop Kido” from sitting in on Jason’s karate lessons, watching anime and seeing concerts growing up.

- Many would consider the young man the most approachable student at Angel Grove High, greeting almost everyone in the halls with a specific and personal secret handshake for each person. However, under his upbeat attitude lies deep concern and worry for those close to him. With his father gone, he usually spends his nights and any time off from school caring for his mother, who has been bedridden for several years due to illness. There is no one Zack loves more in the world than her, and he is not afraid to express it.

- Zack is fiercely protective of his friends, which manifests in his Ranger suit giving him extra plating and bulk, as well as the ability to create a forcefield when in danger. Creating a forcefield, while great for defense, does leave him vulnerable to attacks from behind. They can also be broken, with enough force.

Billy Cranston - 14, Freshman Year, Blue Ranger

- Considered by many to be a bit of an oddball, Billy Cranston is a boy who grew up homeschooled for most of his life, due to his parents not trusting the school system with their autistic son. However, with his parents having to work more and more to make ends meet, they were unable to continue teaching him from home and had to start him at Angel Grove High School for Freshman Year. Halfway in, he has not quite settled and mostly keeps to himself, preferring to tinker with his tools and contraptions he keeps in his large backpack.

- While tinkering, he has noticed that Trini Gomez has started to sit near him. Not too close, but close enough that he can hear the loud music playing from her headphones. Billy is also passing acquaintances with Jason and Zack, the latter of which making his week when the two came up with their personal handshake. Billy practiced it for several hours that same night, ending up sleeping in the next day and missing Shop Class, but he performed it flawlessly when prompted nonetheless. Perhaps Zack reminds him of his older brother, who moved out of town a few years prior. Nothing brings Billy more joy than hearing his brother is going to be visiting, even if it’s for just a day.

- Billy’s Ranger suit has a pack on the back, in which he can store tech to retrieve at a moment’s notice in a fight. He can also use it as a jetpack to gain higher ground or get out of a sticky situation.

Trini Gomez - 18, Junior Year, Yellow Ranger

- Trini has had a rough time of it. Her parents split when she was about to start Middle School, which ended up dropping her grades, forcing her to repeat a grade due to absences from looking out for her two little brothers in the midst of all of that. She spends the majority of her time at her mother’s place, who works late more often than not, leaving Trini to provide dinners for her brothers and make sure they get to bed on time. She prefers to keep to herself, with others at school more than happy to leave her be.

- She gravitates to sitting near anyone else who may be on their own, not ever really saying anything, just keeping close enough that she doesn’t feel completely isolated. Some people will get up and leave, however Billy Cranston hasn’t so far, and she does enjoy seeing whatever little thing he’s working on on any given day. Trini is most comfortable at her father’s place in Stone Canyon, where she’s able to pretend for just a weekend that she isn’t practically raising her brothers by herself. Her dad is also one of the few people she is out to, with her mother and brothers not yet knowing that she’s gay, and she’d like to keep it that way for the moment.

- Trini’s Ranger suit allows her to move at great speeds, however she must be careful to time her stops, as she can quickly lose control of her gathered momentum.

Kimberly Hart - 16, Sophmore Year, Pink Ranger

- Kimberly is the daughter of an artist and a successful LA businessman. As a result of her upbringing, she hadn’t really ever experienced anything but comfort and security in her life, meaning she can be a bit naive at times. However, she is much smarter than one might assume, with a ruthlessness to match if crossed or taken advantage of. While driven and passionate about her interests - particularly gymnastics - she can be superficial and a perfectionist, holding herself to a much higher standard than she may others. She is also kind of squeamish and doesn’t much like to get her hands dirty, but, if she must, she will suck it up and get the job done. She’s not one to leave anything unfinished.

- Despite her friendliness and sociable attitude, Kimberly doesn’t really have a set group of friends she spends her time with. If asked, chances are she will say that her Mother is her best friend, sharing anything and everything with her. She is on friendly terms with Jason - Zack too, by extension - and is... puzzled and intrigued by the new girl in the green jacket who just moved to Angel Grove from Reefside.

- Kimberly’s Pink Ranger suit has a hang-glider-like device stored on her back that she can utilize to glide short distances, and even as a weapon in certain situations.

[imaginethat0327]

Get to know us!

Hey everybody!  IJustLiveHere and I decided it might be kinda nice to share some info about us, so we can all be a little more personal with each other. We each made a little list of stuff we thought might be kinda fun to share :D 

ImagineThat 🦜: 

21 years old, pronouns she/her

Lives in the USA

Loves to sing, and enjoys pretty much all genres of music (from the Oh Hellos to the All-American Rejects, from cinematic instrumental to rap :D)

I’m an ENFJ and an Enneagram 9. My top love languages are Quality Time and Words of Affirmation.

Likes: Chocolate, coffee, sunshine, animals (especially cats and birds!), talking with people, having long, complex conversations, encouraging others, drawing (mostly digital art), all types of food (Italian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Greek, Halal, Indian, American, Mexican…. It goes on and on), Christmas (THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR), sharing my interests with other people, and watching movies (All the movies, all the movie quotes, lets goooo.) 

Dislikes: Sweet potatoes, most types of squash, mushrooms, disrespect towards others (HUGE pet peeve, especially when it’s directed towards parents or elders), bugs (unless in a documentary), rudeness, hypocrites, cold temperatures, unnecessary/over-the-top gore or crass language (unless I’m writing Bakugo or a character for which swearing is normal for them), horror films (they give me nightmares. I like a good psychological thriller, though) being ignored or otherwise deemed unimportant *sad face*, upsetting others. 

Fav Fandoms: My Hero Academia, Sherlock, Doctor Who, Stranger Things, How to Train Your Dragon (films), Lord of the Rings (films and books), Owl House, Avatar the Last Airbender, Star Trek TNG and DS9, Disney (especially pixar, but like the older movies cause the most recent ones are sorta meh), Marvel (not as much any more, gotta admit, although Guardians of the Galaxy 3 SLAPPED) and Hermitcraft 

Other fun stuff: I have a fairly big family, two dogs, and I’ve moved seven times in my life. I’ve traveled to nearly every US state and several other countries. I know how to passibly juggle, was once on a swim team (my record for breath holding about 4-5 years ago was 2 minutes!), and I rode horses for a while. My personal mission statement for life is to fight cynicism and negative views, always try to be open-minded and wise, and to always keep improving myself. 

IJustLiveHere 🍓:

20, she/they

Based in the USA 

I’m a theater person, and love both acting and working behind the scenes. (Like ImagineThat, I also appreciate all music genres)

INFP and Enneagram type 2. My top love languages are Physical Touch and Quality Time, although I appreciate all of them in my own way

Likes: Video games, dnd (playing and streams), sweet things, watermelon (my favorite fruit -despite what my sona may tell you- and I can eat entire melons in one sitting), snow, pretty much all animals, baking, platonic displays of affection, getting clear directions about something, talking about things I love, and listening to people rant about things they’re passionate about

Dislikes: Horror films (I’m really squeamish unless it’s animated or drawn, and spook super easily), pork and things that sneak food dye into it (allergic and makes me sick), the sun (also makes me sick), hot temperatures (haha makes me sick too), making on the spot decisions, and watching things that give me second-hand embarrassment

Fav Fandoms - Anime/Manga: One Piece, My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, Haikyuu, Dr. Stone, Fire Force, Hunter X Hunter, Chainsaw Man, Dorohedoro, Assasination Classroom, Mob Psycho 100, Hell’s Paradise, Kaiju no.8… (a whole lot more but the list would be waaaayyy too long if I added them all. Name it and I most likely will be into it)

Fav Fandoms - Cartoons/Shows: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (but I like the other iterations too), Lego Monkie Kid, Avatar the last Airbender, OG Teen Titans, Marvel (more of a casual fan), Dimension 20 (most definitely not a casual fan… it’s a problem), Critical Role, and Firefly 

Other Fun Stuff: Ok some fun facts about me. [1] I tend to get injured in weird ways. For instance: I once cut myself on the round orange part of a pumpkin, and I've accidentally cut myself on a box cutter… by falling onto it face first. (She also somehow managed to stab herself in the hand with a knife while cutting a bagel, then drop the knife on her foot blade-first -ImagineThat). [2] I also rode horses! It was very fun. Unfortunately I had to stop when COVID rolled around 🙁. [3] My favorite number is 13, mostly because I just think it’s neat but also I was 13 years old when I moved out of my home state. [4] I love to bake, but I honestly know nothing about cooking lol. [5] I am a dice gremlin and have more dnd dice sets than any one person probably should, and the same goes for earrings! I love funky dangly earrings and probably have somewhere in the hundreds of pairs. [6] I want to go to Ren Fair or a Cosplay Convention one day but I don’t have the stylish outfits to do so *sigh*. [7] I honestly had never heard of Hermitcraft or Empires until I started beta-ing for Imagine. I’m hooked on those silly little guys now and even though I don’t actually watch the streams Imagine keeps me updated on everything that goes on with them (which I look forward to hearing every time)

[postwarlevi]

If you get this, answer w/ three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs. anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog!

Eliza, wanna play? 🤭

Hello my friend!! Yes I do it just took me days oops!

1 I am very organized at work and do well with time management, yet cannot figure it out at home hahaha. Maybe there's just too many distractions?

2 I am very eclectic when it comes to movies, I like 1940s noir, 1960s musicals, 1990s romcom, 2020s superhero movies. And Disney animated everything, of course :D ps if you like classic films or Disney send me things

3 When I was in pre-school, so around 4, at the graduation the kids said what they wanted to be when they grew up, and they refused to let me say a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Maybe I just meant superhero, but they made me change it, and so I said a ballerina. That was a lie LOL.

[hsavinien]

9 ringwraiths people you would like to get to know better:

Tagged by @tathrin while I was on vacation, so this is slightly belated, but thank you!

three ships: Eda Clawthorne/Raine Whispers (The Owl House) surprising nobody who's seen my tumblr in the last eight months, Joe/Nicky (The Old Guard), Chirrut Imwe/Baze Malbus (Star Wars: Rogue One). Uhhh. That's a lot of older, antifascist queers. Huh.

first ever ship: Absolutely no idea. First written was Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens).

last song: Something orchestral on the classical music radio station.

last movie: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Madness. Pretty cute, good animation.

currently reading: Listening to Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells for the ???th time, reading A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by KJ Charles.

currently watching: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (VERY far behind).

currently consuming: At work, masked, n/a.

currently craving: Time for my serials!

9 people to tag: @weareallkenough, @zeromorph, @asparklethatisblue, @jackymedan, @everstriving, @drownedinlight, @wheremermaidsdwell, @intosnarkness, @kittydorkling

[soothingmelody]

Video Essays, Jealousy, Melancholy and Lies

Have you ever found yourself living a lie?

This question has been stuck in my head ever since I started therapy earlier this year. And I don't mean it in some grand way of being a kind of double agent or stringing an elaborate web of lies to trick your childhood friend into playing sudoku to save your past self from burning down in an incinerator, but... Something much more mundane. 

I guess I should start from the beginning, cause otherwise the title of this post won't make too much sense. 

It is interesting how much we can experience through communication. Be it a Discord message, a Tumblr blog post like this, a tweet or a meticulously put together video essay, finding out about other people's experiences has been one of my favorite things throughout my life. I find people endlessly fascinating. I love it when people talk about their lives and their life experiences, so to me, the long winded, sort of pretentious format of the video essay is right up my alley. 

So, this morning, while enjoying a bowl of instant-ramen with some haphazardly cut green onions and a creamy eggy broth, I was watching this one video essay that one of my good friends had recommended to me the night before. Said video essay was about the appeal of Elfen Leid and the video itself, I found quite entertaining and very interesting. But, it did leave me feeling a tinge melancholic and I realized that this is far from the only video essay that has had that sort of effect on me. 

Growing up in Ukraine, a land ravaged by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of uncontrolled capitalism, where you could easily find syringes behind a children's playground and your average neighborhood screamed "Half-Life 2 Level", I was a pretty quiet kid, despite my extremely extroverted nature. I do think a lot of these issues start here, which is why I wanted to mention this. I was bullied from a pretty young age, disregarded by people I found important to me and disregarded by people I called friends. To me, it was always a feeling of being not "cool enough". I wasn't into Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I wasn't into Transformers, being "girly" for a "boy" such as myself was seen as disgusting, was met with slurs and even more bullying. And in this environment, I was just a quiet kid, with a big heart, who'd sit at the back of the class and draw his funny Sonic the Hedgehog comics.

All of this is to say that I grew up in a pretty cynical place, where cringe culture was way more commonplace and I could only find respite in the internet, mainly the russian Sonic forums of the era, where plenty of judgemental people remained still. That cynicism has really seeped through me and followed me through so much of my life. There were so many times when I would do something that felt natural to me, that didn’t hurt anyone and I would be shut down even by people I trusted the most and I would once again retreat into my own shell. 

This constant environment led me to not really participate in many subcultures actively in fear of being seen as weird and cringy, this constant environment led me to not stand out to much, to not take opportunities that would’ve led me to a more interesting life and left me with barely any skills to express myself, besides music or art. It made me afraid of my own queerness that I had to come to terms with and understand for many many years, dealing with my own toxic masculinity, finding out that I was not really straight or that I am not even truly a “man”.

And now looking back, when I am more mature and have changed and grown so much, that I finally managed to open myself up somewhat and “be cringe and free”, honestly, there is a strong melancholy there. There’s a regret. I wish I’ve done so much over my teens that I sadly cannot turn back anymore. To please those people that were holding me back, I gave up so much. That I am having my self indulgent phase when I am in my early 20s and not my early 10s. And I am still a work in progress, I have no idea if I am still living some sort of lie, cause that is stuff you admit to yourself down the road and figure out with hindsight. But I am happier today. But, for how sad this all may sound, I wanted to tell you, the reader, that it is never really too late to change and open up a bit.

It is however interesting, that even with all of this said and this regret that I do bear, I consider that my experience was still rather valuable. I met many people, I developed in my own way and now I love who I am. Maybe that regret, a desire for a better teenage life is yet just another lie, me trying to conform. But, that will be for future me to decide in hindsight. 

If you relate to anything I’ve said in this little self indulgent post, please remember, that no matter what, if you are not hurting anyone, you should be free to do whatever you want and nobody has the right to take that away from you. If they laugh, let them, you are the master of your own life, so go and be cringe. Go buy that anime figurine. Go write poetry. Go ask out someone you like. Do something that will make you happy today and maybe you won’t be stuck writing long Tumblr posts. 

Stop living a lie. Be yourself.

[quoththemaven]

2023 Favoritest Flicks

Take out your five faves and it'd still be a dynamite year for movies. My tops = Poor Things. Fave performance = Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers. Fave score = Poor Things. Fave G'lord WTF is This Wild Gem = Dug Dug. The movie I liked a lot more than I expected to = Air. The Can't Wait for Their Next One = Kristoffer Borgli's Dream Scenario. Congratulations to all winners, you've won special mention on this Tumblr page 🏆

Loved!

Air

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Asteroid City

Barbie

Beau is Afraid

Blackberry

Bottoms

Dream Scenario

Dug Dug

Ferrari

Godzilla Minus One

How to Blow up a Pipeline

Knock at the Cabin

M3GAN

May December

Napoleon

Oldboy (20th Anniversary Remastered)

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

Saltburn

Society of the Snow

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Stop Making Sense (rerelease)

The Boy and the Heron

The Holdovers

The Iron Claw

The Killer

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan, The Rat Catcher, Poison

The Zone of Interest

Liked!

65

A Haunting in Venice

A Thousand and One

Alice Darling

AKA

All of Us Strangers

Ballerina

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020)

Biosphere

Blue Beetle

Boston Strangler

Broker

The Burial

Cassandro

Cat Person

Creed III

Dark Harvest

Dicks: The Musical

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Dogleg

Dumb Money

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Eileen

El Conde

Elemental

Evil Dead Rise

Fair Play

Fallen Leaves

Fast X

Fingernails

Five Nights at Freddy’s

Flora and Son

Good Grief

Gran Turismo

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Halfway Home

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

If You Were the Last

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Inside

It’s a Wonderful Knife

John Wick 4

Joy Ride

Landscape with Invisible Hand

Leave the World Behind

Little Bone Lodge

Luther: The Fallen Sun

Lyla

Maaveeran

Maestro

Maggie Moore(s)

Missing

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mountain Woman

Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie

Mutt

Nairobby

Nimona

No One Will Save You

Nowhere

Nyad

Origin

Paint

Para Betina Pengikut Iblis

Plane

Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

Priscilla

Quiz Lady

Raging Grace

Renfield

River

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Sanctuary

Self-Reliance

Sharper

Shin Kamen Rider

Showing Up

Sisu

Skinamarink

Sometimes I Think About Dying

Starling Girl

Still Time

Strays

Suzume

Talk to Me

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Tetris

The Boogeyman

The Book of Clarence

The Call

The Covenant

The Kitchen

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

The Machine

The Royal Hotel

The Strays

Theater Camp

There’s Something Wrong With the Children

They Cloned Tyrone

To Leslie

Vesper

Wil

You Hurt My Feelings