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cherry valley forever
Keni
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Monterey Bay Aquarium
occasionally subtle
Acquired Stardust
PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH

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Stranger Things
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taylor price
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shark vs the universe
hello vonnie

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@basil-joy
Give me Grace (art only)
Link to the poem
my personal take on the matter
Another reason why trains would be good is that most people are not good at driving
(nods sagely) (nods basily) (nods rosemarily) (nods saltly) (nods star anisely)
Unoriginal sin. Derivative sin
does anyone want to see a really good picture of my kitty cat
not a cat, first off
snale
he’s made more than one of these and they’re making me insane because for two days i haven’t been able to stop saying ‘i knew it! he’s a vampire! i knew it! i knew it! he’s a vampire! i knew it! he’s’ (x)
dude, this is really scary, and liminal as well. It's like the bathrooms
I have just combined all rice in the world into a single rouse
Me the first half of The Backrooms: "oh I get it. He's a down on his luck failed architect and even more failed furniture store owner who's trying to better himself. He'll probably be fascinated with the furniture/architecture of the backrooms and start selling the items there for money + notoriety. And eventually he'll go deeper and deeper to get more and more items until he gets trapped and encounters The Horrors. A classic tale of hubris :) "
Me the second half of the backrooms:
the Backrooms spoilers ahead!!
my friend (@basil-joy) encouraged me to post this.
ok so Backrooms was a decent movie in my opinion, and to quote my other friend (who knows much more about the overall Backrooms lore) i'd give out a 3.5/5. i'm a pussy at horror so i probably missed some portions from covering my eyes out of sheer fear, but to once again quote my friend, the backrooms is concept that is better without focusing on specific characters (as is required of movies), as the focus is the fantastical aspect of the backrooms themselves.
BUTTTT the cinematography, atmosphere, and overall vibes(?) of the movie? immaculate—not to mention the focus of this rant: the themes of stagnation and nostalgia, specifically with Clark in the backrooms.
firstly, the backrooms are all about nostalgia, we've known this, we love this, Clark literally explains how the 'rooms are remembering things wrong, remembering less each time (our memories are only as strong and accurate as our last memory, we're constantly rewriting them via the process of consolidation). secondly, the whole theme of the movie, with Clark and Mary's first conversation, is about stagnation and staying the same, looping in the same patterns, wanting to regress to the same comfortable cycles. the backrooms physically show this, manifesting as almost cubical offices (which are stagnant), with musty yellow wallpaper (almost nostalgic, but definitely dusty and stagnant). the 'rooms themselves are stagnant in nature, as is nostalgia and regressing, and while the things within them change, they change as memories do, minutely, but ultimately static, stifling, giving an air that must be stale. it has good commentary on how we are always nostalgic of a time past, we want to go back to "the good old days". we dream of a past, we dream of time stopping, rewinding, and therefore the backrooms exist in a twisted remembrance of things.
i think Clark survives and is allowed to live and survive in the backrooms after the disaster with Bobby and Cat, because the Backrooms recognizes him as its own, where he deep down doesn't want to change, stays in his happy little routine and his happy hurtful ways. Cat and Bobby are young and ever-changing, and so they get merc'd. but, afterwards, i think the reason why his "alternative" (that i call Captain Clark) kills him after his talk with Mary is because even in accepting himself, allowing himself to not change in his destructive cycle (CLARK: i don't want to change. MARY: then don't.) is in itself too much of a change, the first step TO changing is that acceptance, that acknowledgement, that he is not part of the backrooms anymore, but once again, an ever-changing human, and so he is eliminated. he's not furniture anymore, he's not the same to Captain Clark anymore, predictable in his ways, because he's aware of the patterns, and that in itself fundamentally changes said patterns.
anyways, for any of it's perceived flaws, the Backrooms' brilliance is just part of this big year for indie horror, with Iron Lung and Obsession also being amazing—as well as just a big year for non-franchise movies, with the aforementioned, but also with Project Hail Mary.
could you imagine if it happened this pride month
happy pride month everyone 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇹
i named them cruelty of the heart and sickness of the mind