Stardust

[madamdarcy]

New multichap from me: Two Weeks Notice, where Helly and the rest of MDR learn that Mark's outie has tendered his resignation, and they only have two weeks to do something about it.

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

I love this story! Soooo cute! Can’t wait for the update!

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

I keep thinking about oMark getting Helly’s name wrong. It’s such an obvious thing to avoid. Especially since Mark very recently turned against someone for getting Gemma’s name wrong. He has to know that this is probably also a sore spot for his innie. Plus, Helleny? Really? If he had said Kelly, you could maybe think he just misheard. As it stands, this “mistake” had to have been on purpose. But, not unreasonably, it’s a huge blunder since it’s the moment where iMark decides not to help him. So, why did he do it? Why did he purposefully mess up Helly’s name? I can think of 3 possible explanations:

One- He doesn’t care about his innie enough to remember trivial details like names.

True enough, but he’s trying to endear himself to iMark. You would think that now of all times would be the moment oMark actually listens. After all, this single conversation is kind of important for him.

Two- He’s purposefully trying to belittle iMark.

Plenty of what oMark says in this video recording is belittling, enfantalizing, and condescending. He makes iMark and Helly’s relationship sound marginally more passionate than a middle school crush. However, I don’t think it was on purpose. After all, he’s trying to get iMark to help him.

Three- Cobel told Mark the wrong name on purpose.

Yes. This one. Cobel said the wrong name because she knew it would set off iMark. She doesn’t really want to help Mark because she’s still loyal to Lumen and their nefariousness. Either that, or she just likes sowing chaos. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Regardless, this is the only explanation that makes even a little sense to me.

[staticwaffles]

ANDOR: 2x08 "WHO ARE YOU?" (2025) // ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (2016)

[roseofsherwood]

Rebellions are built on hope

[patrick-stewart]

I am hopeful that those of you who know me will vouch for my credibility in the days to come. I stand this morning with a difficult message... ANDOR | 2.09

[deleteriousmouse]

Selena Gomez from Vogue, April 2021: Pencil

[calkestis]

#rebellions are built on hope alcohol consumption that makes the unbearable weight of a fascist regime somehow manageable 

[megmca]

Kleya just chugging whatever’s up on the bar.

[unmarked-credits]

What kind of shots are those? Syrup? Yikes

Or maybe it's a prop trick glass but they appear to fill back up when she puts them down

[skyshipper]

HAPPY STAR WARS DAY! MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

The Kelly Awards 2024

Best Picture

Wicked

Best Actor

Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Best Actress

Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez

Best Supporting Actor

Jonathan Bailey, Wicked

Best Supporting Actress

Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Perez

Best Animated Film

The Wild Robot

Best Voice Actor

Lupita Nyong'o, The Wild Robot

Best Score

Emilia Perez

Best Song

Bienvenida

Most Important

A Different Man

Best Trailer

The Wild Robot

Best Costumes

Wicked

Best Hair/Make-Up

A Different Man

Best Couple

Sofia Boutella and Michiel Huisman, Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver

Most Nominations: Emilia Perez (10)

Most Wins: Emilia Perez (4)

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

The Kelly Awards 2023

Best Picture

Oppenheimer

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan, Maestro

Best Supporting Actor

Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

Best Young Actor

Madeleine Yuna Voyles, The Creator

Best Animated Film

Elemental

Best Voice Actor

Bradley Cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Best Score

Ludwig Goransson, Oppenheimer

Best Song

"For the First Time" from The Little Mermaid

Best LGBT Film

Nimona

Most Important

Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Trailer

Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Costumes

Barbie

Best Hair/Make-Up

Maestro

Best Couple

Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athie, Elemental

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

I spent all day thinking about Annabeth Chase. Who am I, Percy Jackson?

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

Percy Jackson is not straight. But he’s not gay, either. He’s Annabeth-sexual. And I love that for him.

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

After her therapy session, Ahsoka acts the most like Anakin Skywalker (besides the man himself) anyone has ever acted.

“It could go anywhere”

“I know, that’s better than going nowhere”

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

I saw Cursed Child in London this summer without knowing what to expect (never read the script). I fucking loved it. I traveled to Munich, Paris, Euro Disney, Stratford-upon-Avon and London over the course of a month. I saw old friends and spent time with family. Cursed Child was hands-down the highlight of the whole trip. Certainly the thing that stuck with me the longest. Did the plot make sense? No. Did that subtract from my experience even a little bit? Absolutely not.

Harry Potter was never the reason I breathed like it was for some people. It wasn’t even my main fandom. But I grew up with it. I loved it. Deathly Hallows Part II came out the year I graduated high school. Afterwards, I moved on without much difficulty. Thought about it from time to time because nothing epitomized my childhood and growing up like Harry Potter. And then the opportunity arose to see Cursed Child and I took it. Insisted upon it to my family. One of the best things I ever did.

Because sometime in my 20s I realized I was gay. And as I now know, that’s something I have in common with Albus Potter. Harry Potter’s son, my childhood hero’s son, was gay. As far as me and my 65 year old father are concerned, Albus and Scorpius are as canon as Ron and Hermione. And that matters. It’s more than LGBT representation in Harry Potter. The fact that Harry’s own son is in love with Draco’s son matters so fucking much. It feels good thematically and it feels good for me personally. When it comes to that show, Delfini being Voldemort’s daughter doesn’t matter. A cliche time travel plot doesn’t matter. Voldemort/Bellatrix doesn’t matter. Albus and Scorpius matter. Their love story is the only thing that matters.

I’m sad that even post-covid audiences wanted more from them. Could they have kissed? Sure. Would i have wanted it? Of course, but they also didn’t need to. What I was already given was enough. More than enough. More than I ever thought to ask for or dare to hope for. I’m happy for Albus. So happy. Happy in a way that I wish I could be happy for myself. Not just for having a boyfriend but a best friend. I have been lonely in a way that Albus and Scorpius never had to be. And that makes me happy…and maybe a little bit sad.

Anyway, all this to say, I’ve spent the 5 weeks since I’ve been home losing myself in Scorbus fan fiction. I even wake up early so I can read before work. So if any of my fellow shippers have any recommendations, I would be very grateful.

(Yes, this long emotional post is just an elaborate way to ask for fic recs. Life’s too short for reading mediocre fan fiction. 😉)

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

Me, sometime in the future, boiling water on the stove:

THEIR LOVE IS TOO BEAUTIFUL

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

WHERE IS KALLUS?!?!?

[mayyourshipsbewithyou]

The Kelly Awards 2022

Best Picture

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Actor

Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in Elvis

Best Actress

Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde

Best Supporting Actor

Ke Huy Quan as Waymond Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actress

Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Young Actor

Alisha Weir as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda the Musical

Best Animated Film

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

Best Voice Actor

Florence Pugh as Goldilocks in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Best Score

Simon Franglen, Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Song

"Still Holding My Hand" from Matilda the Musical

Best LGBT Film

Strange World

Most Important

Navalny

Best Trailer

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Costumes

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Hair/Make-Up

All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Couple

Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing in Jurassic World: Dominion

Most Nominations (7)

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Most Wins (4)

Everything Everywhere All At Once

[louistonehill]

Commentary on the references to occupied Palestine and Israeli war crimes in Andor by @sustheories on Twitter

Source: https://twitter.com/sustheories/status/1596343515751284737

(because I've seen a lot of people complain about the way some of these scenes were portrayed and here you have "historical" context)

Text:

Ok here it is: the parallels to Palestine in #Andor Tony Gilroy recently said the finale was partly inspired by anti-apartheid protests in Palestine, but the finale isn't the first or only time they've made parallels. So here's a list off the top of my head keen's story about imps taking over his brothers tree farm is what has continuously happened to olive tree farmers in Palestine. The family land, where they've lived for generations, gets taken by force and they're kicked out (if they're lucky) or killed.

The empire taking over and destroying the Aldhani's holy site, is just like what happens yearly in the Al Aqsa Mosque where worshippers are prevented from going, then attacked during holy days with tear gas & rubber bullets. The mosque windows and walls also get ruined.

Protestors in Ferrix throwing stones at troopers, Clem Andor being captured & hung trying to keep the peace. Palestinians use stones to fight back with against a fully decked out occupying force, and simply being in the vicinity of any protest can get you detained or killed.

Cassian, as a young man, running at troopers with his stick for what they did to his father, leading to his arrest & imprisonment. This is what Palestinian youth deal with: men in the family constantly being detained or killed. They try to fight back & receive the same punishment.

Cassian simply walking on the beach being arrested because a trooper thought he was suspicious, held by his neck, then imprisoned without due process is how most Palestinians get detained. The "tactic" to hold people by their necks, whether using hands or knees, is commonly used against Palestinians (and was taught to the US by those soldiers). Most Palestinians are held without charges or trial, in brutal conditions including torture.

In the finale, the way Ferrix locals were fighting with their hands, rocks, bricks, while imps had full gear, snipers, automatic weapons, fired at will, & snatched people from the crowd to detain them, is exactly how Palestinians are treated, abused, and killed on a daily basis.

What Wilmon Paak did with his homemade device would cause an entire city block in the West Bank to be razed to the ground as retaliation.

The way Bix was detained and tortured brutally, using experimental techniques, happens to Palestinians who are detained to get info, without charges or trial. They can get experimented on and the resulting tactics gets sold to militaries and police forces around the world...

This is a long and heavy post, but needed to be said. Seeing these events on screen, the riot tactics, ethnic cleansing, dehumanization of native peoples, abuse of power, etc is necessary. I hope people can connect the dots and understand the commentary that #Andor is making

My notes: For those not well versed in Palestinian history or what is happening right now, Ilan Pappe's books are a great source (which you can find free on Scribd) as is AlJazeera news