#this is poetic cinema. this is art. my jaw is on the floor

[mothric]

as if Stobotnik couldn't make me feel any more insane, I just found out this fun little piece of trivia about That scene toward the end (major Sonic 3 spoilers):

^ that landmark Agent Stone is standing in front of while he watches his beloved companion become a nebula after livestreaming his feelings to the entire world?

yeah, that's the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in London. and that figure adorning the top?

oh, that's just Anteros, GREEK GOD OF REQUITED LOVE AND SELFLESS LOVE. (source) (source) (source)

AND HE'S POINTED DIRECTLY AT IVO ROBOTNIK'S EXPLODED REMAINS IN THE NIGHT SKY WHILE STONE WATCHES ON WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES.

I'm just saying, they could have picked ANY landmark for this scene and they CHOSE this one, and they chose to frame it like THIS. there is simply no room left for plausible deniability. Stobotnik is canon.

[rainbowsky]

Fandom and Disappointment

I was expecting a huge backlash when I made my recent post of the performance GG did with Jackie Chan. I was wincing as I hit the post button, but not a single angry ask... while that's a bit of a relief, I still feel the need to talk a bit about why I made the post.

Heroes aren't always heroic

There are people who change our lives, who have a massive impact on us and on our live experience, who create characters and art and music and beauty that inspire us and help shape who we are as people, but who, unfortunately, disappoint us with their horrible ideas and horrible politics, and horrible behavior.

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood was a huge hero of mine. Still is in some complicated ways. He - some of the characters he created - had a huge impact on my life. He was my idea of a tough guy. Fashionable, sexy, vaguely twinkish, who overpowered the enemy by being smarter and having faster reflexes.

Yet Eastwood - despite having some progressive positions (he backs same-sex marriage, he's very anti-war, he is in favor of gun control), is in many ways a right wing nutbar who says and does some of the most embarrassingly politically fucked up things. Famously talking to a chair at the RNC in 2012, pretending to be berating Obama.

Morrissey

Morrissey, someone who I IDOLIZED growing up, whose music and poetry and Wilde-esque quips inspired me and almost single-handedly made me feel like it was OK to be a soft-hearted, emotional queer man... he grew up to be a xenophobic, racist, hateful shitbag. Who I still somehow love even as I absolutely hate him, or at best find him a joke 'that isn't funny anymore'.

The racism and misogyny he flirted with in his younger years, he is now fully and completely married to, and quite vocally. He rabidly, vociferously supports extreme right wing politics, he came out strongly against the MeToo movement (with some of the most cringey, hateful, misogynistic statements to come out in response to the movement) - he's quite frankly, awful in a way that's difficult to reconcile with the beautiful, witty songs he's created.

Mark Kozelek

Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon, solo work)... there's another man who has created some of the most heartfelt, beautiful, empathetic, poetic, gorgeous music in existence, who has a gift for reaching into people's hearts... but he's a shockingly misogynistic, nasty, hateful person who preys on female fans and whose in-between-songs banter at his shows is jaw-droppingly out of step with the spirit of the songs he sings.

I remember the first time I saw him play live, my jaw was on the floor. His heart would be poured into these heartbreakingly beautiful songs and he would embody the emotions so powerfully, and then the second the notes faded he'd be saying the most shocking things. He swore so much that even I - someone who believes that the stigma against swearing is classist and awful (and who swears as part of my natural manner of speaking) - was blushing at it.

The first time he came to town, several of my female friends told me stories about how he hit on them, saying sneering lascivious things to them, and overall just being a disgusting pig. And now multiple women have come forward accusing him of sexual misconduct, coercion and rape. The only thing surprising about this is that it didn't happen a lot sooner.

Jackie Chan

And then there's Jackie Chan... someone who brings humor and wit to one of my favorite genres of film, and some of the best and most entertaining fight scenes in cinema. Someone who has the awesome power to make me very, very happy, in just a matter of seconds.

And as funny as he is, he is a very serious actor who takes perfectionism to a whole new level. Here's a guy who routinely does dozens - even hundreds - of takes to give us the perfect moment, the perfect fight, the perfect scene.

He (quite famously) does his own stunts - some of them truly outrageous, such as jumping from a plane onto the top of a hot air balloon or sliding down the side of a 25 storey building. He's suffered multiple serious injuries including broken bones, dislocations, torn ligaments, and even a broken skull with bone shards in his brain.

And the dedication shows. The quality of work he puts out is absolutely incredible. His fights are beyond anything anyone else can even pretend to touch. They are clever, funny and hard-hitting, and his use of props is unparalleled.

But there's no getting around that he is hated, justifiably hated, by people who understand the significance of some of his political positions, and who know about some of his less praiseworthy attitudes and behavior. As a long-time Jackie fan, of course I know about all of it. I can't and won't try to defend any of it. There's really nothing that can be said.

So when I made my excited post about GG performing with Jackie I was fully expecting backlash. I've gotten a lot of extreme hate in the past for much, much less.

So I wanted to make a post about this for anyone who felt uncomfortable and didn't have the guts to write me about it, and for anyone who was unaware of the politics Jackie espouses. I think it's something that bears mentioning.

I posted about Jackie because I was excited for GG, and because there was something really special about seeing GG and Jackie together, in spite of the fact that there was a dark side that made me uncomfortable. I was excited to see GG on a stage like that, which is a big vote of confidence that he is in a good position, (despite many fans fears).

But mostly it was just exciting for me to see two people I admire sharing a stage like that. As a fan, it was a big moment.

And yes, I still admire Jackie. I still admire Mark Kozelek, Clint Eastwood, Morrissey and many of the other problematic artists who have touched my life in good ways alongside the bad. The fact that they are in some ways - and to varying degrees - awful doesn't change what they've created, nor does it take away the impact they've had on my life.

Compartmentalization is something I've developed a lot of skill in as someone who grew up in such difficult circumstances. I wouldn't even call it compartmentalization. It's just a decision I made a long time ago, as a human being, to love what I love and acknowledge what I dislike, and to try to take what joy from things I can.

I apologize if anyone felt uncomfortable or was upset by the posts. Please know my inbox is open and you're always free to message me. I am open to hearing about impacts and to making changes if that proves necessary.

Also, I tag absolutely everything, so you can feel confident that you won't need to be exposed to anything that makes you squirm. Political posts are always tagged 'your political disengagement is a weapon against you'. Posts touching on the party are tagged 'brotherhood and stuff'.

[partyinthemysterymachine]

TUMBLR USER EVERYE I SWEAR TO FUCK

legit i’m. i’ve been sitting here for well over twenty minutes trying to figure out what to say and then HOW to say it because i’m floored, i’m dead, i’m in the fibers and grains, i’m gobsmacked and aflame with outrageous adoration and respect and my heart is expanding by the millisecond and throbbing with gratitude and LEGIT i’m beside myself i’m just COMPLETELY and utterly gonna have to go outside and have a cigarette in a minute here and recoup and oh yeah

--- listen it’s been over an hour now since beginning this reblog and i STILL am trying to scrape my jaw off the floor. this gave me a surge of inspiration and motivation for GOOMT and i have been downright stuck in tar since the last update in october 2021 (due to the upcoming bit i’ve been calling the “library arc” and oh my goddddd) and everye, i got work done today, and i had gotten some stuff done earlier before this was posted and i got some stuff done AFTER and i’m hyped for myself and for GOOMT and THANK YOU FOR THE POWER SURGE/HEART ROCKET BURST!!! 

i cannot possibly fucking pull together words about what this means to me and that you remembered Harry’s birthday (gonna be honest right now alkdhfalig i FORGOT today was Harry’s birthday so you can iMAGINE my stupid shock and downright personal embarrassment LMFAO), my boy means SO MUCH TO ME and i’ve wanted to commission you for him for a long damn time and HERE HE IS!!!! i’m fucking CHORTLING over his fat squat little troll ass, you DID nail their personalities that aws so fucking fUNNY and please james’s squidward lips are so fucking HYSTERICAL and his stupid fucking bangs are PERFECT! 

your expressions have always been TOP GODDAMN TIER and ABSOLUTE art goals for me (like in fact your whole dynamic prowess with expression and movement is something i gargle to the gods about on the regular, you KNOW how i feel about those), and GOD you have gotten my boys RIGHT on the nose!! their personalities shine and FUCK what an honor and fucking privilege it is to see that from YOUR hand in YOUR art and style i could sob, i’m gonna need some antacids for my emotional indigestion and then you drew THE HANDHOLDING™️ and fuck. fuck you did The Handholding™️©️®️ and the very beginning instances of it and dude it may seem funny (and i guess it kinda is LOL) but you got any idea what htat means to me?? LORD have mercy. lord have mercy upon my wayward soul i s2g

everye i owe YOU my entire life, this has given ME so many gentle and impassioned and stuffing five cigarettes into my mouth at once and lighting them with a trembling hand whilst mascara runs down my cheeks poetic cinema status and listen. listen. i love you you’re perfect and i’m downright humbled and grateful and crawling on the floor THANK YOU FOR YOU and THANK YOU for thinking of me and my boy Harry, and for being so fucking legendary and sweet and gorgeously spirited and i’m so glad you’re with us, you keep doing what you’re doing because i want to see what you bring us along for next you are amazing and incredible and i am THROWING eggs at your house in a very earnestly heartfelt way and sobbing continually i SWEAR

🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖❤️❤️🙏🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥺😭😭🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺💖❤️❤️💖 THANK YOU EVERYE YOU MAGNFICENCE 

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HARRY “GET OUT OF MY TOWN” MASON

it's finally february the 6th !!

SOO-

@partyinthemysterymachine,

i wish a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to goomt! harry 🥳✨✨✨

and in the honour of that lemme offer my humble gift - sum illustrations to Get Out Of My Town

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bonus sketch i did 2 make sure i got their vibes correct lol