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This blog is primarily a place for seisub, but may, from time to time, feature digressions into other CLAMP works, Terry Pratchett, musical theater, and whatever other fandom or random musings tickle my fancy

[invaderxan]

[victusinveritas]

[i-know-the-enddc]

what I fucking love is how tvl was written in the 80s and lestat is constantly sayinf shit like “as the kids say 🤪 that’s so rad!!” or whatever, and to me, reader of the vampire lestat in this modern age, that does NOT register the way anne rice intended it.

like it is supposed to feel jarring and insane. it is supposed to feel like lestat has been violently submerged in modern young people trends and culture and is now repeating all the new words he learned like a beautiful fresh baby. but because the book is from 1985, all I think is oh interesting huh I didn’t know that slang term even originated in the 80s how vintage how retro how lestat wow he’s so embarrassing aw aw so cute.

but amc in all their incredible genius decided that honoring anne rice’s original vision of writing an extremely modern and weird book that fully embodied the era it was written in was more important then bringing back the 80s nostalgia thing that streaming services love and it’s incredible to me. now I get to listen to lestat say shit like “labubu FOMO cosplay reddit discord Gen Z more like gen SNOOZE 🤪🤪🤪 safe space pronouns donald trump labubu tiktok dance 🕺🏻” and suddenly I understand what it felt like to be a young anne rice reader in 1985. God…. I understand.

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

my toxic xennial trait is that i believe something should either be software (in which case after i download it i shouldn't need to be connected to use it) or a web page (which shouldn't require me to download anything to use it, however badly, in a browser). fuck your mandatory single function constant connection apps

[elodieunderglass]

You’re so right. Say more

[dirtfilms]

this better not be permanent... i need two glowing orbs not just one...im greedy

[kink-tomato]

Do you think Mekare’s got it. Or are they giving him Memnoch story beats. Or do the writers lack foresight (hah).

[lierdumoa]

Every time an author reassures readers that the smut is skippable I sigh a disappointed sigh. This is not a reassurance. Why would anybody who likes smut want to read smut that was only included as an afterthought and has no impact on the narrative? Insulting. Just don't write it at all if you're not going to make it matter.

[lierdumoa]

#on the one hand I understand that some people don’t want to read smut

Like 85% of tumblr users hate and loathe embarrassment based comedy with every fiber of their beings, but never in my life have I ever seen an author reassure their audience that the embarrassing scenes are skippable.

Lots of people dislike tragedy but never in my life have I ever seen an author reassure the audience that the death and grieving scenes are skippable.

Stop trying to pass off self-censorship as “accommodation.” Stop trying to pass off pandering as “inclusivity.”

Your audience can smell your fear, and it smells rancid.

[anonyymoose]

piece of media you feel crazy about at formative age is truly like the hotel california. you can check out but you can never leave

[moth-amphetamine]

thought I was going to a concert to see the cure ? but it was actually placebo??? fml

[fellator]

this fetish stuff is getting out of hand what the fuck is word play

[marithlizard]

It's been a while since I said "this person wins the internet", but today it is merited.

(via bsky)

(The classic XKCD comic)

[starleska]

this scene had me in tears 😂😂

[tarmairons]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022-) | S03E01

[sugarcarnation]

MY SHOW

[penny-anna]

they should have made another search engine called Ask Wooster where it gives you the wrong answer every time

[elodieunderglass]

We’re not exactly the wrong answer, just a jaunty, hopeful and well-intentioned answer that offers a pleasant journey but takes you in the wrong direction

[she-ramen]

the she-ra reboot makes this video relevant again which means we are in the best timeline

[she-ramen]

the kids these days dont know this masterpiece…they will learn

[logan-exe]

the Masters of the Universe remake makes this video relevant again which means we are in the best timeline

[themidnightcircusshow]

I've been seeing a few takes about Subaru healing from Seishirou and whether he'd even want to, CLAMP's thesis on how happiness is different for everyone, etc. The problem is whenever these debates happen it drives me a little crazy, because, like...

You remember that meeting Seishirou was arguably the best case scenario, right?

I swear, whenever this issue comes up people forget that Hokuto's entire motivation for getting Subaru and Seishirou together, despite knowing that it'd probably end badly, and still wanting them to be together in the end, is that Subaru was an empty shell of a human being who would either spend his life being that empty shell or wind up the same way as his ghosts. As much as readers like to fantasise, there was no reality where Subaru was going to end up as a zookeeper with a sweet and caring boyfriend while occasionally going off to cleanse some spirits. He was already crumbling under the weight of being the clan head, physically and mentally driving himself to collapse because of the toll of his job, and doing things like letting a woman stab him to make herself feel better. Seishirou has to jump in to save Subaru's life at several points because Subaru would rather die than hurt someone. And sooner than later, he probably would have.

Did Seishirou screw up a perfectly good onmyouji? Obviously. But Subaru already had the anxiety (and several other severe mental illnesses). It's a very important part of his (an arguably an even more important part of Hokuto's) character that Subaru was not doing well. Yes, he's sweet, and lovely, and colourful, but he wasn't living. Unfortunately, with Seishirou, he was.

That's why it's a tragedy.

[fostersffff]

Can you tell this dub was recorded in South Carolina, and in 1995?

[sigmaufo]

Allegedly, the Japanese producers enjoyed the English dub so much (especially of Natsumi), that when they recorded the TV series, they showed the English OVA dub to the Japanese actors in order to inspire their acting.

Coastal Carolina didn’t make many English dubs, but those they did make are a treat. Besides You’re Under Arrest, I also enjoy Shinesman and Elf Princess Rane. And many of the same personnel later reformed as another company and did the dub of Miami Guns.

[prokopetz]

I can’t believe I never realised before this exact moment that the very specific vocal characterisation that’s indelibly burned into the brains of an entire generation of English-speaking nerds as the 90s Anime Dub Voice™ is literally just a Carolina accent.