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medusaceratops-deactivated20210

i keep telling myself i can’t handle longer projects but in the last four days i wrote 23,377 words just totally by the seat of my pants

mirrorfalls

This is the Good Post of seat-of-your-pants inspiration, reblog so you too may add 23,377 words to your WIP without a single moment of hesitation or self-doubt

brawltogethernow

Bursts like this are like

haystarlight

I’ve been trying and failing to write an actual original novel for years to no avail. But I just wrote 6 full chapters of fanfiction in a week. So you know

gingerhastoomanyobsessions

Goncharov Lore Thus Far, based on the top tumblr post results

Main cast are Goncharov himself, his wife Katya (née Michailov), and Andrey

One side character is named Mario Ambrosini. He is described as a “sad boi” and is involved in gambling.

Set in Naples and involving a drug ring/mafia. The plot seems to involve Russian organized crime attempting to get a foothold in Italy.

There is a Boat Scene. Katya survives via resourcefulness.

Andrey and Goncharov have a substantial amount of homoeroticism. Andrey also has an internet in Katya. This forms a true love triangle.

At some point, Katya threatens to shoot Goncharov. This is framed as a Girlboss Moment.

There is also a Beer Bottle Scene.

Katya fakes her death.

gingerhastoomanyobsessions

heavy clock symbolism. A pivotal scene occurs at a clock tower, there is a grandfather clock in the background of some sets, etc

A supporting female character named Sofia makes an appearance, wearing a cocktail dress. Katya protects her at some point. They’re both in the Boat Scene. At one point they buy fruit together in a marketplace. This is lesbian shipping fuel.

The villain, likely Mario, has a sidekick named Icepick Joe. Joe commits a final act of heroism before being left for dead— after being killed by an Icepick. Perhaps he turned against Mario and was killed in retaliation?

Goncharov, played by DeNiro, has a very distinctive manner of walking.

Katya’s brother, Valery, makes an appearance.

moreofahorse-deactivated2024121

from posts I’ve witnessed (only mentioning things I’ve seen >5 blogs post about) - there is an Anchovies scene, and fish symbolism also plays a heavy role. at some point Katya is seen near a fish bowl full of goldfish, and this is important to the Boat Scene as well. - Goncharov and Andrey have homoerotic tension, and this is used to further statements about the cycle of repression and violence

gingerhastoomanyobsessions

The story involves Goncharov losing himself in a downward spiral. It is a tragedy of unbecoming.

There’s a Bridge Scene. This is the one with the clocktower chiming in the background.

There’s a scene involving a tank of anchovies.

Icepick Joe has a traumatic backstory

Katya betrays Goncharov AND Sofia. She’s well-intentioned, but it all comes crashing down, ending in her losing them both— losing Sofia emotionally and inadvertently causing Goncharov’s death

There’s a shootout in Pompeii in which Mario destroys historically significant architecture. This is representative of the destructive nature of nationalism.

imsotiredcanipleasegetabreak

The extra that eats a whole box of cookies by themselves in the background

hussyknee

i'm so confused rn, can you explain the goncharov thing?? i get off tumblr for five minutes

(This post will be kept pinned & periodically updated until 28 Nov)

Lmaoooo

Nah I getchu. So this post has been circulating for like a year:

Link to post.

But yesterday, it had inspired someone to do this:

Link to post.

Next thing I knew there were fake Letterboxed reviews.

Goncharov moodboards. Really good ones.

Link to post.

Meta analysis. So many fake meta essays. Disturbingly good ones. And of course the memes. (Edit: HAVE I SAID THIS SHIT IS DISTURBING)

As you can see, the myth just started to grow, characters and ships and tropes being added one after the other, almost bizzarely without contradiction, until there was enough of shape to the whole thing for people to start posting fanfic about it on AO3. "No beta we die like ice-pick Joe" is already a tag.

Link to post.

It was hilarious in the beginning, but the way it's developed within less than a day, kind of like it's being willed into existence, is freaking me out a bit. We're toying with powers beyond our comprehension. 😂😂😂

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Of course, there could be an ulterior motive as well.

Link to post (tags mine).

Edit: guys, please tag these posts "unreality" so people with disassociation issues can filter them out (not this one, this is an explainer). <3

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Edit 2: Aparently the boots in the original post are actually referring to a movie called Gomorrah that came out in 2008, directed by Mateo Garrone, based on the Scampia Feud. And other people had also been making posts about the fake movie for a while before the poster took off.

found by @thepotch

Edit 3: Explainer: why did those boots have this movie on them anyway?

Edit 4: Alt text added to all images courtesy of @valentineish ❤️

Edit 5: Turns out tumblr has done this kind of thing before. Nine years in this hell place and I had to have "Squiddles" and penis smp explained in the replies.

Edit 6: This post collects the Lore so far.

Edit 7: Lynda Carter (real one)/ earns more/ Tumblr cred.

Edit 8: Holy shit y'all we have the theme music. With sheet music. And it's on Spotify!

Edit 9: THERE IS A TRAILER WITH THE THEME MUSIC

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I made this post 18 hours after the movie poster went up. Closed edits 27 hours after first posting. So all of the above happened within 45 hours of the movie poster going up.

Edit 10: Google document live-compiling all the lore so far (Day 3)

Edit 11: Masterpost of Goncharov soundtracks (Day 3)

Edit 12: Entertainment news articles covering the Gonch-posting (real) (Contd from yday)

Edit 13: The music from the masterpost all compiled into a 31-minute original score with video edits on YouTube (edit: unfortunately taken down)

Edit 14: Staff's Goncharov art showcase for Tumblr Tuesday

As of closing on Day 3 there are 371 works in the AO3 tag.

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Updating with Day 3 shenanigans I missed yesterday:

Edit 15: Goncharov TV Tropes page

Edit 16: Ethics of Gonchposting

Important PSA 1 (how to reduce harm to Tumblr's neurodivergents)

Important PSA 2 (reality affirmation, anti-bullying)

Important PSA 3 (why you should stop trying to vandalise legit information sites)

Edit 17: Character lore from beezlebub whose poster they originated from

Edit 18: What we know about/ Director Matteo JWHJ0715 (#unreality)

Edit 19: Link to post with screenshotted and described NYT article (scroll down) and this golden exerpt from BuzzFeed: 💀

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End of Day 4 there are now 485 works in the Goncharov tag on AO3

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Didn't get to update this on Day 5, so these are the Day 5 doings:

More trailers!

Trailer 1 (My favourite)

Trailer 2

Trailer 3

Trailer 4

I also just found out about the Goncharov Game Jam.

It appears this opened a day after after the meme took off.

Goncharov was first entered into Wikipedia between Day 4 and 5 (attempts to vandalise it with fake info don't count, incidentally – please knock that shit off) under List of Internet Phenomena. This was then expanded into its own Wikipedia page at the end of Day 5 because, according to the talk history: "the topic now meets the notability threshold for its own artice due to significant coverage in The New York Times and other sources cited." We're on Wikipedia, people!

And then we made The Guardian half a day later. So while the meme is definitely dying down to embers by now, it still stays winning.

YouTube channels with episodes on the meme:

InformOverlord (4:30)

Lessons in Meme Culture (2:43)

End of Day of 5 there were 511 works on AO3, and End of Day 6 (today) there are 556.

🚨BREAKING 🚨 from Martin Scorsese's daughter's TikTok (real actual)

tw: unreality:

We did it you guys!

shortangrybi87

Ok, some black parents need to stop this notion that their child being depressed or suicidal ‘is a cry for attention’. Stop this attitude of ‘there ain’t nothing wrong with his/her ass, he/she just need his/her little ass whooped’, stop this mentality of depression or any other mental illness being ‘some white people bullshit’. Stop trivializing your child’s feelings and acting like you know what’s best for them. If your child is actually telling you they feel sad, and they’re self-harming, get them the fucking professional help they need instead of dismissing what they’re going through. Furthermore, don’t fucking reply with ‘what you got to be depressed about?’ That shit is tired and then you wonder why they never want to come to you and tell you shit.

h3avylove-deactivated20150526

becoming an adult cheat sheet!

learn to coupon

what to do when you can’t afford therapy

cleaning your bathroom

what to do when you can’t pay your bills

stress management

quick fix meals

find out if you’re paying too much for your cell phone bill

resume workshop

organize your closet

how to take care of yourself when you’re sick

what you should bring to a doctor’s appointment

what’s a mortgage?

how to pick a health insurance plan

hotlines list

your first gynecology appointment

what to do if the cops pull you over

things to have in your car in case of emergency

my moving out masterpost

how to make friends as an adult (video)

how to do taxes (video)

recommended reads for surviving adulthood (video)

change a flat tire (video)

how to do laundry (video)

opening a bank account (video)

laundry cheat sheet

recipes masterpost

tricks to help you sleep more

what the fuck should you make for dinner?

where should you go for drinks?

alcohol: know your limits

easy makeup tips

find seat maps for your flight

self-defense tips

prevent hangovers

workout masterpost

how to write a check

career builder

browse careers

birth control information

financial management software & app (free)

my mental health masterpost

my college applications masterpost

how to jumpstart a car

sex ed masterpost

sirflodgypodgy

reblogging for whomever needs it

givegeoffdeadflowers

Pucca is a fun show because everyone has canonical guardians except for Garu and Tobe and they just happen to be the only ones actively trying to kill eachother lmao

Like where are your parents

Plus Garu is 13 and Tobe is 15. So imagine being a high schooler with what is essentially a gang getting regularly beat up by a middle schooler. And on the off chance that the middle schooler loses, an even younger middle schooler comes and beats your asses

ryuuna

cactus beatdowns are definitely the answer to ppl making her sister do unnecessary labor

loquaciousliterature

Drawing this was emotionally taxing.

(Thanks you talking-bird-jessie for suggesting this scene from Order of the Phoenix!)

hollywoodhubbies

Reblogging because this is beautiful and totally should’ve been in the movie

lumos63-blog

Why are moments like this not in the movies? :’(

insaneantics

I have this headcanon that after Neville proposed to Hannah Abbott, he went to his parents at St. Mungo’s and sat with them. Even though he was sure she wouldn’t understand or remember, he held his mother’s hands and told her, “I’m getting married, Mum. She’s great. You’ll really like her.” Alice just hummed and stared off into the distance. No reaction. Neville still stayed, telling his parents all about Hannah and their plans, and how she wanted so badly to come meet them and he would bring her next time.

Then, as he put his hand on the door handle to leave, he felt a hand on his shoulder. It was Alice. She held out her hand as she had done so many times before. Expecting a candy wrapper, Neville held out his hand but felt something heavier drop into it.

When he looked down, there were two rings. And when he glanced to his mother’s hand, there was an indent where her wedding ring had once rested but was no longer there.

hogwartsaheadcanon

Is everything in this post designed to make me fucking sob?

blacknerdscreate

What is with thudbdamb post odf emotion???

brimalandro

i think about this a lot

dashaibo

The guy got his life and career destroyed by his divorce, cut him some slack.

ninja-pyro

he was also sexually assaulted by a man who could destroy his career

ima-fuckingt4ble

protect him

unlimited-shitpost-works-deacti

reblog if the man on the right is just as beautiful as the man on the left

konigstigerr

people grow old? like, that’s a thing that happens? leave my guy alone.

rikzpt-deactivated20191229

This man deserves everything let him he happy

rikzpt-deactivated20191229

Ok… This is what happened to Fraser

-His wife ditched him and asked for 900k a year,

-He was sexually assaulted which he said kicked him into a deep depression

-He stated that the stunts from the 3rd Mummy movie completely destroyed his body and he was in and out of the hospital for 7 years even having to get surgery to repair his vocal cords.

-He apparently blamed himself for all this which only worsened his depression.

This man has literally been through hell this past decade so please lets cut him some slack and wish him the best

kakaphoe

All this but also that picture on the right is a really bad paparazzi photo compared with a professional quality movie promo still. No one looks good when some random person snaps you on the street, regardless of who you are.

Compare with this image from the GQ article last February:

Proper lighting, professional setting, good angles etc.

The dude is 49 and has had a rough couple of decades, but he’s still lovely to look at, and I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise.

dreaming-yeen

Plus, now he’s in Doom Patrol, which makes me happy af.

lessonsintrance

And let’s not forget he was probably slightly to severely dehydrated to look that buff in he first photo. And I’m so pleased he got work again he seems like a good sort, and from the stealth pilot in Titans, Doom Patrol looks like it should be good.

asubmissiveview

It shouldn’t even matter what he’s been through. Body shaming of ANYONE is wrong.

theladyjanedoe-deactivated20221

ALL OF THIS

Plus

2019 Brendan is still slaying, so btfu

simiperfect

This post keeps getting better and I’m here for it

velvet74sub

I love this whole thread

watart

The last time I saw this it was only at the first ‘cut him some slack’ part and it just progressively gets better each time.

thattimdrakeguy

We support this Brendan Fraser in this home

yespumpkindoodlesthings

I’ll say it again, the blue sweater photo in the OP was chosen because it was the most unflattering photo of him from that day. It’s a hatchet job! The same day:

I mean, look at this adorable face:

angiethewitch

he looks like a really kind dad who would give good hugs and watch rubbish movies with me

babysimpala

Every time I see this it’s 1000 times better.

ALWAYS REBLOG to protect this man. He deserves it.

ladywinchester1967

Must be protected at all costs.

cavillstanpascal-deactivated202

Protect Brendan Fraser.

callmebliss-got-swamped

hhhhhhhhhhug Brendan Fraser?

jimweave

lauenmarte

so i just watched the stage version of MPGIS and...

i am not done advocating for buff deandra

whencartoonsruletheworld

Concept: a school year where the Heathers from Heathers, the Plastics from Mean Girls and the Overland Park Cheer Squad from The Most Popular Girls in School are all released into the same High School. They have to fight to see who is the most popular clique by the end of the year.

The Plastics seem like they are at an obvious disadvantage, as none of them have killed a man nor been allowed to say fuck, BUT they have Cady, who is the only one who can bring the Pacifist Ending. Should Veronica or Brittnay kill her, there is no way to keep the school from descending into chaos.

disappointingcake

camreapher

JUST LETTING Y'ALL KNOW WHERE THIS BLOG STANDS.

yafavmilf

Reblog every time it hits my Dash

asfdhgsdkjhgb

shout out to all the people who identify with gifted kid burnout syndrome who are probably just neurodivergent but werent diagnosed as a child, who used to devour books like it was nothing and never really understood why the protagonist would leave their cool fantasy world behind to go back home at the end of the story, and who are now extremely disappointed in reality and use escapism as their primary coping mechanism. how’s that bisexuality and deep-rooted anger at the school system going for you?