#when-did-this-become-difficult

[afro-elf]

have you read the paste magazine review of the album because it's magnificent sksksk

[luthienne]

I feel like a lot of Sansa Stark haters are misogynists in a way that also exposes that they're mad that Game of Thrones isn't just a bunch of power fantasies lmao. They're mad that she's selfish and shortsighted in the beginning, but duh, she's a child. Anyone would be selfish and shortsighted as a child. Even these guys. Then they're mad that she "doesn't do anything" (especially when they contrast her with Arya). It's just another one of those things where it's like, sorry my guy, sorry you were forced to acknowledge that in this world of power brokering and war, there are also other people who are forced into dreadful situations and who cannot Cut People's Throats to get out of it, I'm sorry that you find a realistic depiction of vulnerability and helplessness so unbearable and I wonder how you get on in real life with that. idk...they hate her so much for stuff that's mostly out of her control. it's her femininity and it's also her just being a child and it's also her not being physically violent and they came to this show just wanting it to be nonstop power and violence and like...sorry!!!!! Sorry a tv show forced you to be observe a human girl for once in your life and have it not be about her killing people! 🙃 (note: this is NOT a knock against Arya whomst I love. I just find that a lot of Sansa haters try to compare the sisters in a way that *they* think makes Sansa look bad but just has more to do with their own obsession with violence rly) anyways. sansa stark defense squad lives

!!!!!!! all of this, exactly — thank you for taking the time to write this out <3

[illgiveyouahint]

if we were to get another fire island esque queer austen adaptation, which book would you like to see adapted, who would direct, act, etc?

OOOH okay first of all LOVE love this question.

Have to think about it a bit. Okay so everyone always adapts pride and prejudice and emma. And like I get it. They're very adaptable to modern setting. But if I had to choose (and maybe it's 'cause I recently read it) it would be Northanger Abbey.

Like just imagine a girl who's like obsessed with modern crime shows suddenly meets a gal and all seems great until she meets the father of said gal and comes to the conclusion that the father killed his wife. She then becomes obsessed with trying to find the truth. There's also her new friend and her best friend (well in the book it's a brother) who at first hit it off but of course the new friend turns out to be bitch. Like I can just about see it and it would be hilarious. As for who'd direct it. It would have to be someone who knows how to handle comedy within horror, right? 'cause the entire book is basically just making fun of gothic novels. Maybe Halina Reijn who did Bodies Bodies Bodies. I feel like bodies and northanger are actually kinda similar in that the character invents their own horror story that actually isn't true. The only thing is that I think Halina might not be queer and I think I'd love someone openly queer to direct it. So maybe Emma Seligman? Either way it would have to star Rachel Sennott that's for sure. Oh OH and i know she's a bit older but I had the best thought which is to have the romantic interest be played by Natasha Negovanlis who played Carmilla in the web series. I mean just imagine it would be such a great nod to the webseries and its fans while at the same time having the vampire be in a film that mocks gothic novels? Just absolutely amazing. I'd also love to see any of the We Are Lady Parts gals there. Literally any of them. Oh Derry Girls gals are also an option. Or just you know just any of the queer actresses around the age of 30 would be good. I'ms struggling to come up with names. I think Hannah Gadsby should have like a cameo there. I'd love Indya Moore there somewhere but I don't think they'd go for it. Maybe MJ Rodriguez. Oh and Willem Dafoe would have to play the dad obviously.

Okay this took me a while. I was trying to search adequate actresses but I seem to be just blanking on who I'd want to the other characters. But there you have it. What would you like to see adapted to modern queer setting from the classics?

[actuallylorelaigilmore]

tagged by: @when-did-this-become-difficult. thanks to you i just learned there is such a thing as a 'repeat playlist' lol so that's fun.

rules: shuffle your repeat playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag ten people.

look at us now (honeycomb) - daisy jones & the six

the river (featuring simone jackson) - daisy jones & the six

willow - taylor swift

ooh la la (cassette singalong) - daisy jones & the six

falling - harry styles

regret me - daisy jones & the six

it was always you - daisy jones & the six

the arena - lindsey stirling

the phoenix - lindsey stirling

type of guy - daisy jones & the six

i listen to podcasts most of the time now and just have not been checking out new music (besides daisy jones which i didn't listen to so much as fully absorb into my personality), that's my only explanation for this lineup.

tagging: anybody who wants to do this one!! ilu all

[neechees]

I never really interact with it but I do love that you do scambusting because it trained me in what to look for. I got an ask recently that was like will you donate to my cat??? and sure enough when I looked at their archive (a trick I learned from you), they'd only posted stuff within the previous one or two weeks. Like no. I think I will pass on this particular one s;alfkjjdaf;jdsf anyways thumbs up from me on the scambusting

That's good! I've noticed a lot of other people seem to have caught on as well :) I'm not the only person who does this, but I'm glad my and others' efforts have been able to help people! And thank you so much!

[userparamore]

your edits for the bear are so good i would send a package of my family's semi secret recipe sticky rice directly to your house if possible have a good day <3

bahahahah omg! thank you lovely 💓💓 i was gonna make a third for michael but i also could not watch that episode again lol

[greta--gill]

the godlight + uswst edit is AMAZING, from the bottom of my heart, AMAZING!

thank you so much! this is so nice and i’m glad you like it!

[losthavenmine]

the Russell Crowe Filmography Series...you're so right for that good work <333

Damn you made my evening with this, thank you very much 😊

[amariemelody]

YES SWIM CLASS GRADUATION!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!! 💪🥳✨🍾

AWWWWWW, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank yooooooooouuuuuuu!!!

I be so, so very proud of myself for sure!

[radicalrascals]

your commitment to providing wagner moura gifs is unparalleled and your work is appreciated 🫡👍💝

Thank you, thank you, thank you so much! Your message totally made my day! ❤️ There's deffo a whole new batch of Wagner gifs waiting for when I'm back from my holidays. 😉

[cowardlykrow]

"That is where you are wrong, my boy!"

@ratb4stard3 and I deliver another Cowardlyghostbro's(™) collab ✨💛

[afro-elf]

genuinely I want taylor swift to date that one kennedy that's trying to run for pres as a democrat rn (he's clearly gonna flop because he's antivax and dems might not have many standards but that is one (1) they do have) I would like to see the pretzels ppl get into trying to deal with that, I think it'd be funny

i don't think she's going to date 69 year old robert f kennedy jr but i love the way your mind works

[psychomusic]

oc time again! + her town & culture (heavily inspired by pre-roman italic populations)

she is suri sauthon. her story is linked to my swtor imperial agent, tar'x, but most of her life except for the one year away where she meets him, is spent in a town in the mountains of mirial.

despite mirial being cold and desert, and many cities developing underground, her town flourishes thanks to a force nexus, venerated in the form of an ancient, sacred, alive crystal. the ecosystem of that mountain depended on what "the horned crystal" was capable of giving them, but mirialans couldn't live off of that alone, so they developed trade and some rudimental technology, even if oftentimes it was bought thanks to the highly profitable trade of a plant used to make medicines that slowed down aging and had overall healing properties.

note: everything that's generated by this nexus has these healing properties BUT they have to be processed, except for those who bathed in the waters of the cavity under the crystal - the "real" nexus, but not the worshipped one. the waters were sacred but they were not thought to be miraculous, unlike the crystal, who instead was thought of as the keystone of the ecosystem: without it, everything would fall apart (and that is partially true: the cavity was the "real" nexus but thanks to the crystal, also strong in the force, the properties were spread all over the mountains). those who bathed in the cavity's waters - so, all of the town, who had a sort of baptism there - could eat the plant, make whatever food with it, and not only that plant, but everything generated by the nexus, that, again, had similar properties. this allowed people to live up to normal life-spans without advanced medicines or, much, really. to those who didn't live there, though, after the processing, had incredible effects, slowing down aging - for those who took it regularly - and making people able to live up to half a century more than the average]

originally, there were four tribes of nomads that lived thanks to horned farm animals that decided to settle down into one bigger town and other smaller settlements, to live off of transhumance. this division of the tribes stayed into the political and social organization: every person belonged to one tribe specifically, and had slightly different rituals and culture. for examples, each tribe had their own priests and healers, with different techniques and traditions. the town, tho, was guided by a group of people in the high priesthood, a position you could reach only by having earned the trust of all tribes. those high priests had many roles: they guided the people into sacred processions common to all the tribes, they managed the trading with outsiders, they did the maintenance of the temple of the summit (the one that functioned as casket to the crystal) and created a special liquid to offer the crystal that helps it grow.

this particular temple was important because 1. it was very visible, from every angle of the town, and it became an important identity symbol; 2. it stored the venerated horned crystal; 3. it had the altar where sacrifices were made for the crystals. that altar had a hole connected to the cavity, that allowed the liquids to reach the underground; 4. it had various symbols: statues representing each tribe + the high priesthood, and typical mirialan tattoos carved into the wood of the trees that served as columns for the temple, symbolizing 8 values that who dared to enter HAD to have; 5. it was on the way to an important lake (called "mother lake" because the lake the town was built around to depended on the waters of that other lake) where they traveled to in important processions; 6. it was said that a the wizard who unified the tribes made it with its magic, making the plant grow to hold the temple's roof. this wizard was, actually, a force user, obv.

BACK TO HER THOUGH: she's daughter of one of the high priests, who was in charge of managing the trades with outsiders, and lives in a house on the mountains with her mother and him. her parents are from different tribes (that's one of the things that earned him trust from the 4 tribes): when a child is born from two different tribes, they don't pick one to allign to, but they're usually linked automatically to the one with more relatives in it (in her case, the father's tribe: she had many uncles and aunts on his side while her mom only had one sister).

later, though, she got quite tied to her mother's tribe due to a mysterious illness that only her mother's tribe healer was able to cure. she spent 4 years (from 10 to 14 years old) living with the healer and learned her secrets. to better study, she wrote them down. when she returned home, she studied to become a priestess with her father. at 22 (the average age: you can't become priest before your 20s), she was supposed to take a test and become a priestess, but the healer of her mother's tribe died and the tribe asked her to take her place. she couldn't technically do that, but both tribes estimated both her and her parents and she was allowed to become both. she then decided to try to become a high priestess, and became one at 25 (a quite young age). being part of the council, she tried to convince the various tribe healers to unite their knowledges and write them down, and eventually made it. healers still remained tribe based but they now had an "upper, inter-tribe level" similar to high priesthood.

years later, the sacred horned crystal is stolen from the temple by some Hutt mercenaries looking for a profit. given the trust she has earned from all the tribes and the fact that her father is the high priest that deals with outsiders (and she's been hearing stories and advice about it since she was little), she is the one tasked with getting it back. without the growing crystal, the keystone to their ecosystem, the village would have lasted only a few years. in hrr quest, she meets imperial intelligence agent tar'x laran and, as they "solve the mystery" and fight to have it back, they get closer. they'll get married and have a daughter, Vegoia (who's the only one who actually will get to the plot of my story. this was all background)

[milolunde]

We all know Timmy is Wanda’s mama’s boy but we need to keep in mind he’s still Cosmo’s kid too and that Cosmo would love him just as vehemently as Wanda

[silkjade]

i haven’t been here much recently, and i’m sorry i’ve only been negative on the off chance i’ve been online, but let me just say one last piece before the end of this month, so that maybe the next might be better….

[monstermoviedean]

"it's the same in other countries" no the fuck it is not. "yeah in my entirely different field it's exactly the same" no the fuck it is not. literally any anecdote i tell about my (limited!) teaching experience gets me a starbucks drive thru meme response. it is NOT the same. you do not fucking get it.