decisions and revisions

Joanna. 35. polish. avid reader, sometimes writer, all around nerd. would die for baby yoda. a study in hyperfixations. she/her. ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/hothcouture

[cassianandfenrysaremyboyos]

So many highlights in fake Marquis mock trial scene but my absolute favourite part is Wu's facial expressions lmao

[romantic-revolution-romy]

Where the light is…🧡

[artist-rat]

[anxeious]

[hmslusitania]

When you’re writing science fiction, THE most important thing to ask yourself isn’t how soft or hard you want the science to be, but to ask yourself “who would Shohreh Aghdashloo play in this story” and if you do not have an answer, re-evaluate

[nnschneider]

[canadianbakinblr]

😍

[english-history-trip]

[o-craven-canto]

It might seem weird and strange, or even vexing and annoying, but there is a tale and cause for the whole and totality of it.

[o-craven-canto]

curse and damn it, this is way too fun and amusing. It should be done with care and attention before it stains and ruins my whole speech and language

[faunary]

not only should sex scenes be in every movie but they should be sick, perverted, obscene. they should be sexualizing things you’ve never even heard of.

[satinvenus]

- David Cronenberg

[romantic-revolution-romy]

Gareth and Diego during the filming of Rogue One.

[ignisgayentia]

insp

[rabbitscreams]

we need to invent a way to explain how deep running and pervasive and subliminal racism and antiblackness is without immediately sounding like an insane conspiracy theorist

[rabbitscreams]

female characters are always lighter than male characters. strong characters are almost always dark. aggressive characters are almost always dark. peaceful and intelligent characters are almost always light. even amongst darker characters the lightest one is usually either the leader or the girls. dark is evil and light is good.

[rabbitscreams]

if you try to explain this to a white person they look at you like youre insane

[gay-milton-quotes]

briefly pursuing a career in animation radicalized me on this. So many stories from the industry about how you have to start with your character design as dark as possible, because INEVITABLY you'll get "notes" from higher-ups asking you to make them lighter.

In a class about making a pitch bible my teacher once role-played as a shitty executive with a classmate, pressing them in intentionally abrasive ways about why they made their characters diverse. He emphasized that we had to learn to defend these things, because the racism in the industry is extremely deliberate.

[vforvalensa]

Ronald Wimberly's comic essay, Lighten Up, stays evergreen

[stuck-in-jelly]

I don’t think I’m ever going to be over Edi Gathegi and can’t help but feel so happy for him with his role in James Gunn’s Superman

For those of you who don’t know Edi Gathegi starred in X-Men First Class as the character Dawrin (aka Armando Muñoz)

Dawrin’s powers are literally super adaptation, his body changes to every possible scenario in order to survive.

Gills to breath under water and fins when submerged

Stone skin when struck with an attack

In space his body will change to be able to breathe, when fire is directed at him he will become fire proof, etc. he is essentially unkillable dude to his mutation!

And yet in the movie he gets introduced solely to be killed

The unkillable, Black, Hispanic, Male, character literally gets killed first and acts as a ‘motivator’ for the rest of the cast even though they hardly mention him after his death.

Edi Gathegi even voiced his concerns, only for the studio to promise him that Darwin would eventually come back and be resurrected in future movies but surprise surprise. That never happened.

Years later James Gunn reaches out and askes him to audition to the point he sees 200 people and still ask if Edi Gathegi’s tape has come in.

Edi Gathegi despite his hesitation due to his last super hero movie experience decided to give it a shot and what a way to right a broken promise from the past!!

He not only doesn’t die but plays a vital role in the story, he’s been praised as a scene stealer being one of the most liked characters right behind Superman

Edi has been open in interviews about what this means to him and how happy he was to have this opportunity

Its great to see this come full circle

[experienceandobservation]

Manny Jacinto | "Freakier Friday" UK Premiere | July 31, 2025

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

[shegiles]

The Wedding Banquet (2025) dir. by Andrew Ahn

[spaceprincessleia]

He always used to say ... "Know your way out before you go in." (Andor 2x12)

[experienceandobservation]

Manny Jacinto | Kitchen Convos | August 08, 2025

[respectthepetty]

I live here now.

[podcastwizard]

affirmations for writers: i know how to write. i have seen sentences before, and i know how to make one. i can identify up to several words and their meanings. i am not afraid of semicolons.

[secondlina]

Time to wiggle like you have never wiggled before.