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kel | '97 | nb tme lesbian | white | finland avoid pronouns/they [art tag] personal blog + posting my (fan)art sometimes, occasionally nsfw so minors don't follow please

[mountainfucker69]

my goth claudia + madeleine piece for the blood & brocade zine of @thevelvetcompote (the digital version is available and all proceeds go to PCRF!)

bonus closeup under the cut

[lakevida]

I was born in 2003 is that normal

literally no

[ykhmblues]

HEEEEEELP this is so funny 😭99.76% accuracy

[0dubiousexistence0]

[heartsduel]

[yusiyomogi]

I might be a bit too optimistic and maybe naive in trusting the showrunners but could all this promo be meta? I keep thinking about Daniel in the first teaser saying that people care more about the white guy. And then Sam saying something recently about the oversaturation of his image. Just a thought but I feel like all of it is a bit too on the nose.

when i encounter some sort of ironic metatextual thing/commentary, i always ask myself: is there material difference between endorsement and criticism in this case? or in other words, what exactly this meta thing is trying to achieve and is this artistic decision more important than material consequences? because if the end result is the same, i don't think it matters if this was an ironic "meta" thing or simply a bad (racist/misogynistic/homophobic etc) decision.

the marketing could be meta. or it could be not meta. the end result is the same: actors of color do not get recognition and attention on the same level the main white actor does. s1&2 did everything to boost sam reid's presence in the show and marketing, even when lestat barely had any reason to be in the narrative. s3 marketing does everything to downplay the importance of jacob, assad and delainey and there are very clear negative consequences to it.

if amc respected bipoc, it'd find a way to keep their presence in the marketing without hurting any kind of "meta" vision of it. they could put up ominous clips of ghost or hallucination of claudia lurking behind lestat or haunting louis. they could make more silly in-character interviews like they did with "documentary outtakes". they still could show more of louis and armand in the official trailer. they simply could talk more about the first two seasons and encourage people to watch it instead of downplaying any connection between iwtv and tvl.

as it is now, the actors of color who carried this show do not get nearly as much exposure, attention from the news outlets, public and industry professionals. they're all actors, it’s how they get new interesting big roles and recognition for their work. do you see the problem here? no matter the intention, the material result still sucks ass. in fact, i believe many networks has started covering their asses with "meta" excuses and that's why i no longer fall for them.

[wutheringheightsfilm]

every day it just concerns me how little compassion people have. no compassion for those living in the global south. no compassion for immigrants. no compassion for disabled ppl. no compassion for addicts. no compassion for prisoners. no compassion for children. like holy shit ...

[wutheringheightsfilm]

i made a separate post about this but actually there are plenty of people cough white people who care about animals more than they ever do human people . not what i'm talking about make your own post

[nourishedbytime]

[thecryptkeeper]

[bogleech]

"you only deserve food and shelter if you contribute to society" says people living in countries where nobody's labor actually feeds or benefits their neighbors anymore but exclusively benefits the companies keeping the food and shelter behind the artificial paywalls

You're not nomads relying on each other to hunt and gather anymore, you're talking about stocking shelves for fucking wal marts

And even the oldest societies on earth all took care of the elderly or sick anyway

[caroline-vibecheck]

dudes will be like "if you don't Contribute To Society you don't get to live, that's the simple facts" meanwhile their job is like Marketing and Brand Development Specialist

[loveridden1999]

the thing about phone in bed is that it's so awesome. almost makes you feel like betraying & destroying yourself for nothing isn't all so bad

[userarmand]

it's been bothering me how we apparently can't discuss the optics of the promo materials clearly aiming to lure in more viewers by leaning into a hetero rockstar fantasy thing (which isn't to say the show itself will be doing that)

like whenever anyone tries to bring it up we're told we're tripping because it looks so queer but... not really? obviously it's not like super hetero but visually it's very much a 70s-80s throwback to glam rock which was mostly very straight, underneath all the glitter and posturing about sexual experimentation. plus people acting like m/f incest would horrify and turn off straight audiences are killing me. since when? game of thrones was full of it. it's an extremely popular porn category (unfortunately) cishet men love that shit!

we've got women shooting ping pong balls out of their coochies, women kissing (which yes, queer, but also titillating to straight men), women and men kissing, a guy appearing to eat out a woman, female strippers. i'm not saying i'm not entertained but these are not the kind of visuals that turn away straight audiences. they're "shocking" in a safe way. i keep thinking my homophobic dad would probably watch the show based on the trailers and teasers we've had so far, whereas the season 1 trailer with louis sucking on lestat's thumb would've made him throw the remote at the tv in anger.

that doesn't make the characters any less queer, nor is it bi erasure (something i, a bisexual, was accused of by a straight lestat fan lol) to point out that to the general audience who aren't familiar with the show, you wouldn't necessarily get an accurate impression of just how gay it is

it just feels silly to me to pretend this show exists in a bubble and that the marketing wouldn't be influenced by the current political climate in any way, as if it's not a huge operation with tons of people behind the scenes, and as if they wouldn't try to get their viewing figures up

like i'm a bisexual transmasc here who dresses fruity as fuck but can we have a sensible and serious conversation about the way in which the show is being promoted (which, again, doesn't necessarily reflect the content of the show itself)

as for gabi, i'm still holding out hope that there will be some kind of twist or that things aren't quite the way they seem based on the promos

you're not alone in thinking that the promo has been noticeably lacking queerness and unfortunately i do think that's gonna carry over into the season itself

[bifauxnenarmand]

[gloomsday]

sent this message to my coworker today and he sent me this screenshot with microsoft teams's suggested replies... incredible 10/10 no notes.

[mountainfucker69]

every time i'm forced to experience a deliberately loud vehicle i can't help but think that maybe gansey and ronan deserved to die young

[thedreadpiratecam]

microdosing hell by being awake and literate

[connorsjorts]

i've never played dragon age and don't know anything about it but what i do know is that that solas guy looks exactly like if astarion and wulbren bongle had a baby

[connorsjorts]

this is an animorphs cover

[pointnclick]

new DB Cooper theory: he’s still falling

[adding-girls-to-posts]

new DB Cooper theory: she’s still falling