No Bones About It

24. she/her

[winternetss-deactivated20230726]

I just want to also tell the girls who are non-conventional looking that you are gorgeous. You are beautiful. Your body big or small is fabulous. You have so much to offer and deserve so much love.

[ki11ustr4tions]

How yall feel bout werewolves

[dilfgifs]

ANTONY STARR as Homelander THE BOYS - Season One

[nagumoan]

It's so fucked up that you and I have to work, when we should be getting romanced by a handsome 2D guy instead

[adentollo]

[writingback]

Be picky! Whatever you want exists.

[wobblebees]

Being a notorious robotlover in the current state of "AI" is the worst. I love robots discovering how they process their feelings in fiction, but when a chatbot pretends it knows how to love it feels like an insult to the craft

[oxygen537art]

[aromanticduck]

I came up with this three-way table to help me (and now you, if you want) to rate things out of 5 stars. I was thinking of books and films when I made it, but you can probably use it for other stuff.

The idea is that you rate the thing on how much stuff you loved and how much stuff you hated, and those things weight against each other. There's only one way to get 5 stars or 1 star, so those should end up as the rarest ratings, wtih 3 stars being the most common.

'Spicy' means that the thing inspires emotion, whether positive or negative, while 'bland' means it doesn't affect you much either way.

An example of a 3-star (spicy) - for me personally - would be the Twilight series, because there's plenty of garbage in there but also some things that are like crack to me. I can't think of an example of a 3 star (bland) because by nature they don't stick in the mind.

(This also assumes giving 0 stars isn't allowed. That'd throw it out of whack...)

[thegrimcaptain95]

I absolutely love this bc it’s so like the risk assessment matrix for hazards

[aromanticduck]

Assessing your risk of enjoying a piece of media

[that-1-url]

I think what makes the Knives Out movies so good is that the main characters (Marta, Helen, Jud) all have flat arcs. They are unshakable, morally good people who will do anything to do the right thing. They still experience change and growth, but ultimately they are the same people as when they started: kind, honest, and moral. They wholeheartedly care about others above themselves. They are the ones who change Blanc's worldview. Everyone else around them changes so much, and tries to pull the leads into the whirlpool with them. Everyone is telling them: accept defeat (renounce the inheritance), accept defeat (give up your sister's rightful legacy), accept defeat (confess to a murder you didn't commit). But they refuse. They fight until the very end, and only when they feel it's time to give up does Blanc give them the final push. But most of the fighting is done by Marta, by Helen, by Jud. They know what's right from the very beginning, and they know what's right at the very end, because the truth hasn't changed, and neither should they.

They are statues in a raging storm, embedded in their foundations so deeply no wind or lightning could ever move or break them. I think that's a powerful message. No matter the circumstances, no matter how bad things may seem, not only should you not compromise the right thing, but you are not alone in doing so.

or smth, idk

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

Each Benoit Blanc film takes place in a different season and classic murder mystery setting.

Knives Out: Autumn in a country house

Glass Onion: Summer on a private island

Wake up Dead Man: Spring in a small town

So the next film in the cycle needs to be set in winter on a mode of transportation.

[amoretmorz]

oooor snowed in ski lodge/cabin with active killer on the loose...

[boobyte]

The duality of reviews on wake up dead man

[bellaskhakhiskirt]

They are both fairly accurate

[corvidcorgi]

With three movies to compare between, I really appreciate how each Knives Out movie explores justice from a different thematic angle, not based on the murder that was committed but based on the cruelty that led to that murder.

In Knives Out, a compassionate, ethical young woman treats everyone around her with generosity, and the people around her repeatedly try to take advantage of her kindness to force her into losing the fortune that was gifted to her by a dear friend. There, justice means that she keeps the fortune and decides that actually, she doesn't have to be kind and giving to people who've proven themselves assholes.

In Glass Onion, a woman loses her sister to a gang of wealthy, successful people who've sacrificed their principles for the sake of ambition and ego. There, justice means that everyone involved will be made notorious: whatever their other accomplishments, they will forever be known for being complicit in the burning of the most famous painting in history.

In Wake Up Dead Man, the church takes advantage of a young girl's loyalty and faith to place her under a lifelong burden and fill her with guilt, shame, and hatred. Justice means helping her understand what was done to her and the women around her, and giving her compassion so she can find peace.

This is cool because it means the movies contradict each other! The compassionate justice of Wake Up Dead Man would be totally misplaced in Knives Out, and so would the toppling-monuments justice of Glass Onion. And because each movie has something different to say, they all stand on their own and feel fresh.

This is also why Benoit Blanc is the uniting figure but never the protagonist of these movies. He's an agent of legal justice in that he's the detective and it's his job to figure out whodunnit, but the protagonist -- Marta, Helen, and now Jud -- is always the character who delivers thematic justice.

[to00fu]

itadori brothers who looks up to their oldest

[thememedaddy]

[jabesa0]

🌃 don’t worry, no one’s looking 🌃

[csny]

it’s a shame that video games are thought of as a kids thing because video games and substances is so crazy. we need to all quit our jobs and play video games high