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[medusas-daughter]

Sinners is what happens when directors are allowed to experiment with the genres like a horror musical that puts you in a trance and makes you question your existence while also being campy and funny but also breathtakingly beautiful but also haunting and terrifying? Yes please I literally did not want to leave the theater I wanted to just stay there and keep watching it over and over

[faitokie]

I know the truth hurts

[windflowermary]

girls r like "but he's my comfort character" and then it's literally the most emotionally traumatized man you have ever seen ever

[just-another-earthling4004]

Uh-

just found out my cousin (who lives in England) is in the art department of a bunch of shows??? And she worked oN DOCTOR WHO? AND HAD LUNCH WITH DAVID TENNANT???? and she just told me so casually because she's interested in the art, not the show? I mean, excuse me? She worked on SHERLOCK???? FOR A WHOLE SEASON?? She worked on Peaky Blinders and Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones??? And probably other things because she has a shitty memory and according to her everything is a blur?? AND AT ONE POINT SHE WAS LIKE: "oh and have you ever heard of Neil Gaiman?" And I was trying not to scream, because yes, of course I've heard of Neil, he's only my favorite author, I've only read like all of his books multiple times, and if you say you worked on Good Omens or the Sandman I'm going to lose it completely. So I said "yeah I've read a couple of his books," -you know, like a liar- "what about him?" and she goes "well I worked on one of his shows and he's brilliant i just can't remember which one" and i go "w-what do you mean he's brilliant? You're.. you're talking about his writing... his writing is brilliant, right?" And she cheerfully says "oh no I don't read books, I ment he was really nice and brilliant when I talked to him" and i go "WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT" and she thinks for a moment and goes "oh! BRICKS" WHAT IN THE WORLD YES NO THAT MAKES SENSE YOU GET TO WORK AND TALK WITH NEIL FUCKING GAIMAN AND YOU TALK ABOUT BRICKS? NO THAT'S TOTALLY NORMAL I'M NOT MAD ".... it was what I was designing at the time, I needed to know what vibe the bricks should have. Anyway want to see the spinning fireplace I made for doctor who" WHAT THE FUCK.

@neil-gaiman do you remember any brick conversations by any chance

[ifuckinlovebats]

you dropped that spinning fireplace bomb so casually hello???

[lierdumoa]

Cringe started as a verb describing a physical reaction, i.e.: "I cringe when I see [x]."

Modern slang has turned cringe into an adjective describing anything to which a person might have such a reaction.

.

This shift in language is illustrative of a shift in culture.

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For a while there, in the early 2000s, there was this big sex positivity movement and we talked openly about kink and queer sexuality and creating a culture of consent that broke away from traditional conservative ideas of moral respectability.

And now we are in the midst of this giant purity culture backlash, this giant push for rigid conformity all over the internet. Anything that deviates from the norm even remotely is ridiculed.

And this cultural shift is perfectly encapsulated in this singular linguistic shift, this verb becoming a noun.

The Revenge of the Pearl Clutchers

That's what "cringing" is. It's pearl clutching.

When the pearl clutchers turned cringe into an adjective, they turned a reaction into an accusation. The pearl clutchers don't want to take responsibility for their own kneejerk emotions. They want to blame YOU.

They are saying, "My disgust isn't the fault of my own backwards prejudices. It is YOU who are inherently disgusting. My inability to cope with even the slightest deviation from norm is not the problem here. YOUR refusal to rigidly conform is the problem. I am not the one who is cringing. YOU are the one who is cringe."

Fuck 'em.

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Take the word back.

Cringe is not something people are.

It's something judgmental assholes do.

[dduane]

This. THANK YOU.

[memorypuddle]

And if I said Mike’s heroic tendencies is rooted in survivors guilt…

[alphacrone]

petition to shorten "classic literature" to "clit"

[flipocrite]

my local bookstore did this with their classic lit section but now no one can find it

[kaelio]

"Lestat needs to learn--" let me stop you. no he doesn't.

[enterprisery]

tbh. the thought that we will see assad zaman's armand in colours other than black next season? has me a little unwell.

[midnighttreasureseeking]

we're also gonna see him with vampire teeth, have you thought about that?

[eosphoroz]

Anne Rice talking about the profile of the actor she wanted for Lestat... and yes, ma'am, you GOT HIM.

[matrixwhore]

louis de pointe du lac blowing cigarette smoke out of his nose, looking like that, saying “hello” in the 70s

[blackgirlasis]

It’s so rude.

[butchdotgov]

So sorry to keep twitter posting but this had me dead

[damazcuz]

Certain words can change your brain forever and ever so you do have to be very careful about it.

[virgin-martyr]

Caroline Bynum, excerpt from Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion

[aropride]

"nothing is real atoms never touch each other youve never touched anything in your life" ok. well when i pet my dog he is soft and when he licks my hand it is wet and that is far more real to me than whatevers going on at an atomic level

[buddwyer]

every time i see a marine veteran bumper sticker on the road i want to follow dangerously close and honk on the horn as fast as i can while flashing my car's highbeams

[buddwyer]

this might be latent anger towards my father but the prey drive in me almost takes over and i want to just for a second send that man back to helmand province

[buddwyer]

this world can be so beautiful

[paprikapony-deactivated20210526]

[nick-nonya]

reblog if you’re obsessed with imagery and symbolism and also are a homo