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This is a personal blog and main hub of random interests... Current interest: Captain Marvel (DC) [asks are open; including for Captain Marvel (DC) prompts and questions :>]

[pantheonofcoffee]

Side note on going to the cinema: common sense.

Turn off your phones. If you can't handle the bare minimum, you need to stay at home and scroll TikTok.

The guy next to me was so badly addicted to his phone he compulsively kept checking his phone every ~5 minutes. The. Entire. Film. Opening random apps, only to immediately close them and open another one. We all know the signs. Don't be that guy. If you're addicted to your phone-turn it off or leave the theater. No one is compelling you to stay.

[pantheonofcoffee]

People seem to be enjoying Backrooms (2026) by Kane Pixels and it's well-deserved to be honest. It's actually refreshing to see a film that isn't bogged down with everything Hollywood has become. If you're familiar with Kane Pixel he was the then young teen that created one of the most popular "found footage" of the internet myth Backrooms. Which he has continued to add to over the years. (Not to be confused with fanwiki Backrooms although they are both based on the same viral internet post of the abandoned office building).

I'd say it's worth watching if you are into the myth, liminal spaces, or this particular genre of horror. It's starts with a hook, introduces the characters needed to explore this world, lowers the audience down a hole into the suspense, until finally the flow of action is closer to an adrenaline rush or a chase (as Kane loves to do in his short videos). Then it ends in a haunting discordant key and closes without lingering a second longer. (More under the cut-I believe still avoids any spoilers).

The Backrooms had great pacing and didn't get bogged down with BLOAT-trying to appeal to as many audiences as possible as per Hollywood's usual insistence. It's not overexplained but the answers are there if you're looking.

The characters are vehicles to explore the environment and sensation of the Backrooms. They are always mere vehicles to tell a story, to be clear, but this particular narrative's focus isn't on telling a standard hero's journey, romcom, or underdog tale where the characters every thought and feeling are important or wanted. Backrooms' characters hold depth and move the narrative forward without spoon-feeding the audience excessive "character exploration" beyond the confines of the plot.

If you like horror where the sound of footsteps triggers every instinct in your body to run, when something is uncanny and wrong, and nowhere feels safe to hide. Then yes, you'll like it.

[communist-hatsunemiku]

🪐 - Lil

[communist-hatsunemiku]

pixel_wash

[sheerballast]

🤔 for those who, like me, didn't know the reference:

MIZUKI vs ANDREZA GIANT PANDA

[pantheonofcoffee]

Legendary

[marybatson]

One week until Billy Batson Week 2026!

For day-to-day theme prompts, see main post ->

How to participate

On Tumblr (and elsewhere, if desired), use the hashtags #billybatsonweek and #bb86week simultaneously so that others might see and engage with your work. Late entries are always, always welcome. I’ll be sure to reblog all entries inside the tags for archival reasons, so please don’t hesitate to tag my blog!

The Archive of Our Own story collection is linked here.

[zaneisaweirdo]

I stopped reading after Rashta died, it's so boring now

[pantheonofcoffee]

I read a little longer after she died, and realized without her I couldn't care less about anyone left. Her death was the most impactful demise I read that year. It unsettled me realizing even in death she was not given even an ounce of love, respect, or basic dignity.

When I realized the author had no intention of bringing up this tragic ending and weaving it into the story going forward, content to pretend she was not pivotal to the emotional weight of the story, I can only say I was left feeling apathetic and bored.

[oneheadtoanother]

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[Image ID: Tweet from Hunty Otacon (@/ JustLet_MeLive) on 21 Sep 23 reading: u consumed that media so ethically, babe. you're so getting into heaven /End ID]

[dearuntoldruby]

Manhwa double standard on women be like:

A girl who is mentally 24-year-old mature woman! seduces a 16 year old teenage boy which is literally grooming—that boy is also her stepsister's fiancé—which means she is stealing another girl's partner purely to take “revenge” and provoke her, and yet she is supported and praised by the fandom

VS

a girl who was a slave, poor, raped, beated and abused married a king simply to survive her horrific life. Also Back then, refusing a king could lead to punishment or even death. And yet, despite her circumstances, she is hated by the fandom.

[pantheonofcoffee]

Critical media literacy is not as pervasive as I once thought. Especially in fandom spaces. Rashta would've easily been cheered on and Navier trashed if the protagonist was flipped.

It seems there is a large chunk of individuals in these spaces whose thoughts boil down to

if protagonist, protagonist= good=agreeable. If antagonist, antagonist=bad=hated.

It's okay to not like media where the protagonist is a terrible POS or enjoy media where an antagonist is an easy to hate villain, but participating in spaces and getting upset that the protag/antag does not fit these boxes is wack. Literacy is not just learning to read the words.

[pantheonofcoffee]

Why

[kenandeliza]

Shazam Wip

[lycanthology]

wish ppl understood the power nowadays in not giving something attention. things today are so focused on attention and reaction and #memes that the best way to shut literally anything down is simply not give it exactly what it wants. like you arent going to own that bigot on twitter youre going to boost their original message whether thats your intent or not and you arent just playing with ai for shits and giggles you are giving it free learning and data. just stop engaging with things that dont deserve it

[avakkins-alter]

😋😋 | 花落空.

[wolfsbanesparks]

This is a masterlist of all my Billytober fics! The whole collection can be found on ao3 under A Flash of Lightning, but you can read them here on tumblr at the links below!

Final Billy death counter: 10!

So I only killed him 1/3 of the time! Though there are a few ambiguous ones I didn't count.

Day 1: Bolt

Day 2: Magic

Day 3: Subway

Day 4: Siblings

Day 5: Zoo

Day 6: Disguise

Day 7: Secrets

Day 8: Pranks

Day 9: Wizard

Day 10: Radio (+Bonus story)

Day 11: Tiger

Day 12: Enemy

Day 13: Dreams

Day 14: Flight

Day 15: Wisdom

Day 16: Battles

Day 17: Theft

Day 18: Cave

Day 19: Twins

Day 20: Lies

Day 21: City

Day 22: Suit

Day 23: Nightmare

Day 24; Scars

Day 25: Study

Day 26: Meetings

Day 27: Gods

Day 28: Nature

Day 29: Explosion

Day 30: Scare

Day 31: Ritual

[pantheonofcoffee]

You've been working hard, wolfsbane. <3

The Billy death counter is such a golden addition.

*Meta Billy sensing he's been safe in 2 other fics*

[noirnil]

miside!!

[miseria-fortes-viros]

your weird obsession with moral purity is degrading your critical thinking skills and poisoning your ability to empathize with other people btw

[miseria-fortes-viros]

your weird obsession with moral purity is degrading your critical thinking skills and poisoning your ability to empathize with other people btw

[aethersea]

the question of fic comments is very straightforward actually. readers do not owe writers comments. writers do not owe readers fic. there is no bargain, no transaction, no debt.

fic is a gift. comments are a gift. gifts are exchanged between friends, out of love, not out of obligation.

I write for myself. I post it for others, as a gift, because their joy brings me joy. I read for myself. I comment for the author, as a gift, because their joy brings me joy. perhaps we were not friends before, but we are now, however fleetingly, because we have given each other gifts out of love.

[evil-beasty]

When I reblog posts about commenting on fics, I don't mean "comment because you have to", I mean "there are too many people who just don't think about commenting when they finish a fic they loved, if it's a fic you could comment on, don't forget or hesitate."

[lustcannibalism]

I thought everyone was against ai in majority but these bitches are using ai to make their ship kiss and it’s getting thousands of likes and engagement

[lustcannibalism]

COMMISSION AN ARTIST IN YOUR PRICE RANGE

[lustcannibalism]

DIY that shit 👍🏻

[pantheonofcoffee]

DIY that shit. It's a time-honored badge, you little shits