#white men are exhausting 🙄

[torturedpoetdean]

one of the most hilariously unrealistic things about supernatural isn't the demons or the angels or the monsters it's the fact that everyone believes sam and dean are fbi when they walk up in beat up flannel sam's shoulder length hair

[lkinguscara]

I'm crying because I love the idea of correspondence between the students leaving next year and I'd love to see more of it. The white day cards are so cute that I just want to elaborate (hc) on handwriting and maybe even writing quirks. Just Malleus (for now...)

Malleus would be really interested in how his partner writes, it's all so fascinating to him and he's a pattern noticer. The noticerrrr. And he sees so much that he even finds himself compiling all the repetitive actions you take when writing -not just what you're writing, and brings them to you to discuss further. The way you slant letters, when your pen lets up, if you type then the frequency of paragraph breaking, how you insert images, etc. I think it'd be something like "Did you know you tend to smudge the paper when you reach the furthest margin, are you perhaps left-handed? Oya, you are? I knew that to be the case." He says with a slight smile and downturned gaze because he knows he ate that. Sherlock Horns.

He would get overzealous about the fact that you're only a word away and would immediately call you with his archaic phone and pester you until you receive it. His Correspondence wouldn't actually be a surprise because you are usually visited by a heavy knock on your door and fae appropriate fanfare when it arrives, that's just etiquette when writing royalty. But, he always calls you the day he receives it so that you know he shall be returning post haste and he intends to dazzle you. In fact, you'll spend so long speaking to each other about what was written to him, that when you finally get his response, it's more or less just recapping what you spoke of two days prior. He can't hide his giddyness, even if he keeps a cool baritone while on the phone. Because you're a kind person, you pretend that his tail happily thumping against the ground is inaudible, because you know he can't help it.

He is going to surprise you by the emojis he uses because WHO taught you that!?!? He learned these from Cater and Lilia, but he doesn't change the way he speaks. It's "Good evening, How have you've been? The summer season of Briar Valley is particularly exhausting and hot💧, I am very bothered by the heat of it all.🥵🥵" and when Lilia intercepts it, he's like "that's a perfect sentence, go ahead and send it. Actually, one note, send more sweating emojis, it's really hot this summer, right?"

Your messages go through a diverse array of moderators and middle men. Those people being his Grandmother, who reminds him that he's a prince, Lilia and Silver (the two who initially opened the letter, and finally his transcriber and narrator, Sebek who scoffs at the quality of the smut you're peddling his young master, who shouldn't even be hearing this, but he'll read on against his better judgement. (It's literally benign, the furthest thing from smut, Malleus argues). His letters would look a little like this:

21.09.19XX Child, It's been nice knowing you.😌 Why do I say that? Since we've met, it seems as if Briar Valley has taken a lead in comedy and our collective temperament could not be more jovial. Your humorous description of your familiar, Grim child, was very well received by my Grandmother, as I was awoken early enough to the sounds of insects humming and birds chirping well into the night to read it aloud to me, guffawing as she spoke. (I apologize, I cannot stop her from opening my mail, but we're working on her problematic behavior, that's a fact.😉) She in particular has asked if she may keep it, you know how older individuals are with their chucklesome cat stories. 🙄 There's this understanding of the world that I just don't possess when it comes to what grabs the attention of the people's comedy, it continues to evade me. For instance, what is the humor of "surprise hot dog 🌭" and why must it be a surprise to be enjoyed? The children of Briar Valley seemingly shout this and end their sentences with it, and I am surprised and annoyed every time. It seems like you have an understanding in the matters of humor, so you are welcome to explain it to me. But I digress, If I sat down and listed to you all the things that escaped me, well, you might find yourself as old as I am by the time we've finished! 🤣The trees and wind must sense the happiness in our friendly union, and have planned accordingly to block out bad weather🌧️ and unforgiving spirits. The weather is nice enough that (forgive me I've overstretched my hand) planned your visit for sooner rather than later. Next time we meet in person, this shall be us ->🕺💃, as I've already made arrangements for a night in a cabaret club in the Capitol for us to partake in. It's a culture so far from the realm of possibility of establishing itself in our quiet little country, that I was astounded when I stumbled across its zoning request permits one day and I rushed to see it in person, paperwork be damned. The smaller fae who perform insist it to be a "cheeky, yet inoffensive showcase of the arts", and after witnessing it for myself, I knew it would be the type of entertainment you'd enjoy.🤫 Even now, it doesn't feel natural to write, like an odd mouth feel that doesn't change as I turn it over and over. A cabaret in Briar Valley, a music club in a quiet kingdom... it's as I've mentioned earlier, Briar Valley has surprisingly given itself wholly to the Joviality of life. Sincerely yours; Malleus Draconia, Heir to Briar Valley p.s Surprise hot dog 🌭

On the other hand, as confident as he is in your responses, he's always a little embarrassed to send something back. It's not fear of his ability, but rather, if you'll care to hear about the day to day of a crown prince who's routine is very boring and full of nothingburger drama. He doesn't understand that his 18 page assessment of his life is literally replacing the cable you can't afford, and when he describes the way the lion prince attacked him during a diplomatic meeting, the colorful language of his response makes you laugh, and then cry, and even gag because "how did he get close enough to gash you!?" You can see the face he's making as he writes this, pouty and angry and even chuckling when he describes the punishment that followed. Just like in his real life, Malleus has a hard time concealing his emotions. He's not shy about who he is as a person, and his writing is not either. The way it flows is a little different from traditional correspondence, if anything, he's sending you disjointed journal entries and prose while also clipping what you send him to respond directly. Your 2 page crapped out response filled with emojis and memes and inside jokes is returned in full by 20 pages of thoughtful dialogue, assessments of politics and fondness of your life, and even sketches of the things around him (okay... just gargoyles and Sebek, but those are things in all fairness.) He has a real zest that he doesn't try to contain, and even his handwriting gives it away. When he's in a good mood, it's very pristine, heavily slanted cursive that his heavy hand oppresses by not dotting his i's or crossing his t's. It's just understood between you two what he means. Likewise, when he's angry or melancholic it's surprisingly very light, almost inelligeble as if he was speaking through gritted teeth. He must be getting up and pacing, because of course he is. When upset or recounting something terrible, his handwriting is unusually neat, funnily enough the sentences are much shorter, as if he's hiding something or thinking long about what should be said next. He's a very wistful person, after all.

Malleus enjoys fine art that seeks to appease the senses and refine beauty, so attached to his letters will often be trinkets like necklaces, earrings, watches, and pocket squares that he found in shops in Briar Valley, or a ticket to a play or music shows that dazzled him. The heavier packages (these tend to come at random) are filled with small desserts, books on the anthropological history of different fae species, woven pieces from more aesthetically competent fae and their fashion, and of course, fragmented pieces of ancient gargoyles he found hiding in deserted rooms of the castle. <- He'll know if you've thrown it away, so hold on to the heavy, weird rock fragment, please.

[erischeatsdeath]

bullet train moments i 🫶 adore part 3

[part 1/2]

-the white death saying, "i will look into your eyes as i kill you. and your brother," and shocking tangerine into silence even after his vulgar "your son and your money" speech. tangerine just mournfullly muttering, "my brother.." the childhood flashback?? what if i cried.

-"it's my bad luck-- it's bad luck on acid."

-the white death playing russian roulette. shigeru staring into the barrel of the gun knowing he's lost.

"what's your plan, mate? you gonna fucking waltz up in here and blow my brains out in front of this whole fucking carriage of-- witnesses!" and then turning around to find the whole train empty 💀

-ladybug CONSTANTLY shit-talking carver. "carver? you picked me second to carver? man, what an ego! calling in sick, what is this, high school? 😡 talk about a candidate for self improvement 🙄" "fuck this job! fuck carver!" "if you meet a guy named carver, he's a dick... tell him i said so."

-THE KIMURA NURSE ASSASSIN

-ladybug flushing the boomslang down the toilet with his jacket.

-lemon pointing the gun at prince and complimenting her acting skills 😭

-TANGERINE JUMPING ON THE TRAIN AND BREAKING THE WINDSHIELD. literally iconic.

-maria calming ladybug down after the hornet incident!! >>>

-"tell tangerine that.. tell tangerine.. tangerine.. he's got-- tangerine."

-the dramatic ass howling sound effect when ladybug says, "so the wolf was here to kill the hornet.."

-the little quirk in prince's eyebrows when she tells lemon, "just lucky, i guess"

-tangerine's disheveled, pissed off walk (channing tatum saying "god, he's got a great walk")

-"everyone.. loves lemons--" [fucking passes out]

-shigeru saying some serious shit into his phone thinking yuichi still has it only for ladybug to go "i think yuichi dropped his phone on the bullet train--" and tell him him about tangerine's find my phone app. then hanging up on him.

-"DON'T-- CALL ME-- BRO!!" being the last words of the scariest most dangerous crime boss in the world 😭

-ladybug stealing the wolf's knife and using it to save lemon <33

-"oh, the cat's out the bag now, innit?" [...] "you know, i don't know a thing or two about being a parent, but you know what i would do? being that it's your son, and your money, i'd stop crying about your dead wife, get off your fucking lazy arse, and finish the job yourself. but now that we're having a little heart-to-heart, i've got a couple things to tell ya! your sons a complete bellend and he fucking deserves to be bleeding out of his eye sockets. and as for your case, i have seen it since tokyo, and i hope someone's found it, put it all on red, and is having a fucking wonderful time!" "i will meet you at kyoto station." "oh, how fucking wonderful, i can't wait!

-THE PART WHERE LADYBUG GETS BIT BY THE BOOMSLANG. LADYBUG FLAILING AROUND SCREAMING?? shigeru blankly watching and prince going, "... was that a snake?"

-the shot of shigeru at the station waiting for the train. he's so badass actually.

-everyone saying cool one-liners before/after kills (or attempts) and ladybug just saying dumb shit like "let this be a lesson on the toxicity of anger.." and a defeated, confounded "karma's a bitch--!"

-shigeru stopping when he hears the prince say "be honest" and remembering the voice on the phone. him sitting down next to them and ladybug being so confused and so exhausted.

-THE FUCKING WATER BOTTLE

-"we're on the wrong track!" and everyone-- ladybug, lemon, the white death's men etc.-- bracing as the trains collide. the whole sequence when the train is half-destroyed.

-i love the soundtrack, actually. just though i'd mention it.

-prince frantically running by ladybug going, "i'll fucking kill him myself!" and ladybug's "??"

[destinyc1020]

The conversation about the whether Z will ever be in a movie that's "for the culture" is interesting. There's a lot to unpack there. In films, black woman characters are usually caricatures of a sort. And I would understand Z not wanting to be pigeonholed in a way. And taking it out of film, even in the black community there's an "acceptable" form of being black or a black girl/woman. Which Z already gets backlash on. Thoughts?

No, I definitely agree with you. I can see her not wanting to be pigeon-holed in certain roles that are made for black women by black creatives. But I won't say that ALL roles made for women by black creatives are necessarily "negative" either though.

Are there "acceptable" forms of being black in the black community? Yea, sure .... Sometimes there are. I have TWO black parents and even I have been told I'm not "black enough" before by other black people (which is completely ridiculous to me😒🙄).

So yea, I def think there's this totally rigid way in which black people (unfortunately) view each other, and sometimes it feels like you have to fit into this neat little "black box" and fit certain criteria, otherwise, you're just "not black enough". 😒 It's exhausting, and honestly a bit insulting. 🥴

Then, there's also the flipside as well though, because by Hollywood's standards, Zendaya is also the "acceptable" form of a "black woman" who will be garnered certain roles due to the her looks, her hair texture, etc. And it's not just in the black community that this happens. They do it to Asian men as well, Latina women, etc. If you have some white "admixture", you're acceptable for a certain type of film/role in Hollywood.

[girlthings48]

Omg i'm done with this whole fucking world. Polio in NYC? Cdc says no one has to quarantine anymore? Fuck off. You don't want this even in its "mild" form. i just saw a video of a mom training their kid at home with their bulletproof backpack. The fucking primaries. Abortion. The guy in New Mexico killing Muslim men which is just going to turn into another "see?! ____ on ____ violence! White people aren't the problem!" 🙄 Global warming. The earth spinning faster. When the fuck does it end? Why are people so insistent on controlling other people? Moving to another country hardly solves this problem because holy fuck there are people like this in Australia too, it's just overt in a different way moreso than in the US. Heaven forbid moving to England, who tf do you think the US & Aus got their ideas from? What is even the point of existing anymore? i haven't felt positive about the future since the day i turned 18, and it's only getting worse for future generations. Existing in a world like this is so exhausting.

[foegs]

every time I start a new job I am in awe at the way every white person reads me as full chinese and every east asian assigns me Full White Girl

the only people who clock me right are other wasians and white men with yellow fever and racist families

it's like: who want me

men looking for an acceptably white yet asian gf: 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️

me: not you 🙄

I have literally no words to explain how exhausting it is to never be claimed

[itsgameofthronesimagines]

Needle’s Legacy

(Gif not mine)

Request: Will you write a fic where Jon finds out from Sansa that Arya was alive from Brienne? Like just a little quick bit that we should’ve gotten in season 6 but they didn’t 🙄. From Jon’s POV where he hears that Arya lived and still had her sword 😌

Note: This will satisfy me as well cause it kind of bugged me that they didn’t do this in Season 6. Feel free to leave more requests like this!

Warning: Short lol

(I do not consent my works to be reposted/copied)

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It was another night where Jon found himself eating by a fire with his sister instead of the rest of the men. Sansa was still exhausted from her restless travel to Castle Black after barely escaping the Bolton’s back at Winterfell. For the moment, Sansa only trusted Jon, Brienne, and Podrick to be around her, so Jon preferred that she ate with him instead of alone.

Keeping herself locked in her room wasn’t necessarily healthy, but Jon understood that she was just trying to heal and feel safe again, so he didn’t force her from anything she was comfortable with. In silence, they sat and ate until one of them could think of something to talk about.

“Do you remember when we would play King of the Rock?” Jon asked her.

He felt triumphant when Sansa smiled at the flames she was staring longingly at, “That was before Rickon was born... before I started playing less and started sewing inside. Robb was always able to pick me up from the rock and set me down on the ground. He used to win all the time. You were just as capable but Robb was stronger and was able to keep the rock for most of the games. And Arya...” she trailed off as a warm feeling floated through her heart and she smiled warmly, “Arya was so little... but still so tough as always. She would stand on that rock and pushed any of us who tried to take it from her into the mud. I remember crying when she did so and that was the last time I played. Robb let her have it, of course, too afraid to pick her up and make her scream.”

Jon huffed in amusement while turning back to stare into the fire, his smile not quite reaching his eyes. The smile slowly faded however as dark thoughts entered his mind and he sighs, “I can’t even start to imagine what might have happened to her...”

Sansa finally looks up from the fire, eyebrows scrunched together in confusion before her mouth opened, “Jon... You don’t know?”

Jon looked up, just as confused, “Know what?”

“Arya is alive.”

The words stun him, Jon feeling as though someone had just punched him straight through the gut with a war hammer. If his skin wasn’t pale enough already, Sansa could swear he was almost as white as Ghost. Jon’s mind began to slow as if trudging through molasses. How is it possible that his beloved little sister, so fierce and so bright, still be alive in this terrible world... alone?

Jon didn’t know how to react besides leaning forward in his seat, heart squeezing so tightly he thought he’d burst, “Are you sure?”

“Well, I’m not saying I saw her myself. But Brienne told me she found her before she found me.”

“Brienne of Tarth!” Jon called out towards the closed door, where he knew Sansa’s sellsword was standing just outside.

The big woman opens the door and steps inside, closing the door behind her. She bows in greeting, hand always rested on the hilt of her sword, “My lord.”

“My sister says you found Arya,” Jon begins, “And yet she’s not here with us. Did you not swear to Catelyn Stark to keep both of her daughters safe?”

He didn’t mean to sound rude, but it did worry him that Sansa was the only Stark girl Brienne brought back to him, even though she claims to have seen Arya-- alive. The sellsword woman nods in confirmation and tries to explain the best she could,

“I did find Arya first. She was traveling with the Hound, Sandor Clegane when I stumbled upon them. Arya didn’t appear to want to come with me, and the Hound didn’t seem keen on letting her go.”

Sansa looks away from Brienne at the mention of Clegane, but either Jon was oblivious or just didn’t care on the matter, “And...? How was she?”

“She looked good. Still small in size but she looked healthy despite the odds,” Brienne assured, “Her hair was cut and she wore trousers, but all the same she appeared unharmed. I fought the Hound and won when I tried protecting her, but she just ran off all the same. She was heading East if I remember correctly, disappearing with her tiny little sword at her side.

“What sword?” Jon’s eyebrows rose, disbelief awoken in his eyes.

“She had a small sword that fit her size, but it was much too thin looking for combat,” Brienne scoffed slightly with a small smile as she remembered it, “She had a silly name for it, too. I barely caught her saying it... What was it...?” She trailed off, trying to will herself to remember.

“Needle,” Jon barely managed to let it out when his throat felt tight and his eyes felt warm when he smiled proudly, “She called it Needle.”

[papirouge]

I'm not sure what Amber Heard being white has to do at all with anything considering that Depp is also white (and a white man at that) and "white woman tears" work against poc, NOT other, more priveleged white people.

I really hope it won't come off rude but.... are you White, anon?💀 It feels so... because for Black people, White women have this bad rep of being unnecessary dramatic and manipulative with their performance tears. It doesn't have to involve any POC (but when it does, the Karen meme has a purpose... but we all know it got the whitefem pressedt lmao). White men don't do that. They don't tear up once they get caught up with their racism. And it's about time Whitefem stop hiding behind White men toxicity to deflect about their own. (Black) People clowning Heard & the delulu whitefem defending her aren't doing so out of defense of Depp or men. Most Blacks watch this trial as White on White crime 💀 That's right : they will see the Depp/Heard trial, see 2 messy White people, realize they don't have a dog and this fight and leave. That's not misogyny.

And let's not forget the very specific entitlement White radfem to NEVER TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY for their toxic behavior. Ever wondered why movements such as the shoplifting community was championed by White girls? Why you only see White radfem girlbossify serial killers or murderers like Aileen Wuornos orJodi Arias? Straight up calling them "victims" and all? Sorry but I've never seen Black women entertain that type of glorification of such horrendous things. Why? Probably bc we get early on in life that society won't be as forgiving with us, as it is with you. We don't glorify the hassle of sucking up violently to mEn because being Black is already exhausting enough.. We aren't out there defending Black female serial killers and getting pissy at the world for hating them neither because we're not delusional and know our place in the world.. Regardless what whitefem say, their whole behavior screams entitlement to less accountability, because that's how society treats them like. Hence defending murderers or abusers like Heard and calling them "victims". Black women could never. And despite their endless corny tantrums online, Heard wk aren't entitled to our ally ship in that deranged fight.

...then Whitefem may argue back that "yOu dOnt HavE tO Be pErFecT to Be a ViCtIm" but they don't understand that 1) it still doesn't make you entitled to anyone's defense or support. People will always be more inclined to show compassion with non violent people being victim of abuse than someone who's actually been an abuser themselves getting their butt bitten back by karma. It's really not rocket science. And it's not misogyny. 2) this argument could be said about Depp but watch his antis bring out him being an addict and dating younger women as aggravating "evidence" to discredit him.... So he has to be perfect/not problematic to be credible as a victim of domestic violence, but not Heard?🤔 I hate this hypocrisy.

For the most part, Black women don't care about this whole trial..exactly like Whitefem don't care when highly publicized Black female struggle with Black men violence (interesting how we didn't have these whitefem writing tantrums about abused women credibility & demonization when Megan Thee Stallion beside NOT being an abuser herself like Heard got her bloody foot shoot by her bf at a party with other A+ celebrities and that the whole internet clowned her for making everything up... 🙃)

Whitefem need to stop acting everything had to be misogyny and grasp that their girlboss abusive White queen isn't entitled to ALL women's defense. They'll clown Depp wk for simping after rich White men but do the same with Heard (especially since a bunch of radfem are bi/lesbians) thinking they're so much better...🙄 That's why Blacks/POC/normie White women are clowning you all. Both sides are doing too much. If everyone took their meds, they would be on a better place.

[destinyc1020]

this post from Z was sweet as she is. Some people love to put her as a kind of frigid woman, strong in the sense of never being shaken by anything and we know that this goes through the racial issue but I've always seen her so sweet, sensitive even fragile in a sense that she deserves care too and have seen your post yesterday confirmed this perception that I already had of her and confirmed how people read her wrong

Yea, I definitely think that a LOT of people read Zendaya wrong. And YES, I definitely think there is a racial element/aspect to it all. I have always felt that Zendaya is a lot more soft than people think she is. She's smart, out-spoken, successful, YES.... but she's also shy, kind of awkward, goofy, sweet, kind, loving, sweet, and thoughtful. A lot of times, women of color (BLACK women especially), are so misunderstood and misconstrued in the media/in society, and are criticized just for breathing. It gets exhausting. The fact that some anons/fans have tried to present her as this frigid, cold, unfeeling woman who "did Tom wrong", when we know good and well that pictures, videos, and TONS of first-hand accounts paint Zendaya as anything BUT "Cold" and "evil", is just yet again a s

Don't think that the calculated smear campaign against Meghan Markle (who, yet again, is a woc) is not due to underlying racial elements. That is the title we're ALWAYS given... Especially if we "over-step" our "boundaries" and dare to date white men who are popular in the public eye. 🙄🙄 I see it time and time again. Women in general (regardless of race) are given a hard time just anyway for dating popular white men in the public eye, even by their own fellow white women! It's nuts! So of course, by extension, Black women (woc) are given an even HARDER time, and are painted as being "mean"/"rude"/"arrogant"/or "cold" even though pictures, videos, and first-hand accounts say the complete opposite. Believe me Anon, that is not lost on me.

[destinyc1020]

My Malcolm & Marie Review

***Disclaimer*** - Please keep in mind that these are only my own PERSONAL thoughts and feelings about this movie, so it doesn’t make it “law”.  These are just my personal opinions.  If you disagree, then that’s fine, but just know that a pro OR a con is not a reflection on how I feel about the actors as individuals in this film at all.  

Okay....Where do I even begin..... (Hope you have a comfortable chair) 

PROS: 

Loved the b&w theme aspect of the film.  I can’t even imagine a film like this done in color tbh.  Great choice. 

The music in this film was... 👏🔥

Z stepped more into her “adult” self with this movie, and I liked seeing her get out of her “shy girl” persona and be a little more “commanding” onscreen.

JDW looked goooood in black and white lol... 😍 ‘Nuff said

Believe it or not, I much more preferred JDW’s acting in this film compared to TENET. 

LOVED Z’s final speech at the end...  👏 To me, that part (and her scenes in the beginning of the movie) were some of her best scenes (imo).  

I liked the “old classic Hollywood” feel of the film. 

CONS:  

The writing... Lawwwd the WRITING! My gosh... the writing was okay in some parts, but in most parts, it was all over the place. 🥴

I feel like the arguing was a little too much.  It made the film feel a bit exhausting at times.  At one point, I was looking to see how much more time was left in the movie lol. 

The long, drawn-out monologues were a bit much. I was expecting long monologues (thankfully), but Sam really took it to the extreme imo.  It was hard to sometimes keep up because they were speaking so fast sometimes.  Like, at times there was no taking a break!  In one scene, JDW is talking so much, I think he nearly ran out of breath lol.🤣

The age difference btwn Z and JDW didn’t bother me, but there were several scenes where Z looked (and sounded) like a kid compared to him lol... especially when she took off her makeup.

Can we also talk about how toxic unhealthy Malcolm & Marie’s relationship was?? At one point in the movie I just wanted to say: “Why are you two even together if this is how you feel about each other lol?”  It’s almost like they both get off on having a weird, unhealthy relationship w/each other.  

I swear, if they mentioned the “white woman from the LA Times” one more time, I think I would have called the nut house to come and cart me away with the men in white coats.  

I’m sorry, but Malcolm came off as kind of abusive to me. They both were hitting below the belt, but some of the stuff Malcolm was saying to Marie (when all she wanted was a simple “thank you”) was just really low blows... 😔  I actually felt sorry that Marie was in such an abusive rlshp tbh.

Sam is going to have to come up with a different verb other than the F-word. I’m sorry, but just because your script is riddled with F-bombs throughout, it doesn’t make your film “edgy”, “brilliant”, or “artsy”. 🙄 It just makes me think that you don’t have a good vocabulary lol.  I would have preferred less F-bombs, and actual better writing. 

I felt like it would have been good to see the couple more in their “normal” day to day life? Or, at least being more “normal” w/each other before their blow-up.  

Z’s acting was good in some parts, but in others....I have to say, I think she needed a little more work.  🙈  I think her crying scenes seemed to lack believability to me. Her crying scene at the END was awesome.  But the ones sprinkled throughout didn’t seem real to me. 

Also... ZERO CHEMISTRY did I feel btwn Z and JDW!  I was a bit shocked since they’re both good-looking people. But nope!  Not even with all of the kissing, sensual rubbing, dry humping, and rolling around in the bed...  Like, they just have like NO romantic chemistry whatsoever.😂 I almost felt like I was watching two friends (or even an older brother and younger sister) having an argument lol.   I know I always complain about  the “chemistry” btwn Tom & Z in the Spider-Man films, but tbh, Tom and Zendaya had WAAAY more onscreen chemistry in their FFH film even despite their awkward little teenage kiss scene, than Z and JDW had in their ENTIRE M&M film!   Like I said...I was shocked.  I think Z even had more chemistry with Zac in TGS!! 🤣

OVERALL TAKE: 

Overall, the movie isn’t a “bad” one, but it’s not really an “enjoyable” one for me either.  Like, it’s hard to describe this movie lol.  Like, I didn’t hate it, but I def didn’t “love it” either.  It was somewhere in the middle for me.  On a scale from 1-10 (10 being amazing), I think I would give it a 6.5.  I just felt like (no offense) Z would have done better with a younger actor, and JDW would have done better with an older actress. It’s not that I felt that Z was “too young” for JDW, but more so that I think she would have been more believable with a younger actor.  

The writing is ultimately what KILLED this movie for me.   🥴  I liked the camera work, but hated some of the writing.  It was way too verbose.  Not only that, but it felt a bit pretentious.  I almost felt like this was Sam’s way of getting back at some lady who works at the LA Times for giving him a bad review.  It was THAT weird. The review wasn’t even “bad” (in the film), but the way JDW’s character just obliterates her is just crazy...  🥴  I didn’t care for how he was speaking to Marie either!  With M&M it was weird because I felt like they went from fighting, to almost-love-making, to fighting, to almost-love-making, to back to fighting again... Whew...It was exhausting.   Overall though, I am SO glad that Z had this experience to work on a project during quarantine, and to really push her acting skills. 😃 I think she’s ready to play some  more “adult” roles, but maybe having her act opposite actors closer to her own age would be best though...at least for right now.  I really think it was the writing and exhausting monologues that ruined the movie for me.  But I’m so proud of Z for making this film, and helping to finance it...like girl is doing big things!  I’m glad she’s working on being more vulnerable onscreen as well.   Tbh... If you all want to see a GOOD movie about a couple that’s having relationship issues, I HIGHLY recommend you all see “Revolutionary Road” with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Now THAT movie was whewww!  Let me tell you.... The acting was AMAZING.  👏 MUCH better writing, MUCH better chemistry (I actually bought that Leo and Kate were a married couple...they just have AMAZING chemistry together onscreen), and there was more subtlety in the acting.  They were hitting each other with low blows, but the writing and the execution was just overall waaay better.  

Watching M&M just made me want to re-watch “Revolutionary Road” again honestly  lol.😅🤣

MY SCORE: 6.5/10