Starseed

The clouds have cleared up

[meltedbrains]

I spent a lot of my time watching 'The Residence' wondering if the overwhelmingly poc cast was intentional or not. Was this the result of shondaland's famous 'colorblind casting', would it ever be addressed? Was it an accident, or intentional, that the 'political' roles (generally smaller parts) were white and the 'blue collar' (generally more important characters) roles were poc?

I should have had faith.

As we reach the denouement all the important characters are gathered to be given a run down of what happened in the ever popular trope of detective fiction. The characters refer to detective Cupp as 'Miss' and she has to correct them. There was no accidental casting.

The white head of the FBI believes he has jurisdiction over the black chief of police. The white political characters find detective Cupp's behaviour a nuisance at best and infuriating at worst; although she maintains her composure she fights tooth and nail to be taken seriously throughout the series.

And then, as we find out the murderer, the means, and the motive, it all becomes clear. This was not a political assassination, or a crime of passion.

This was a rich, entitled, white woman, who saw an opportunity to kill a black man, and took it. She couldn't stand not being able to do whatever she wanted and that he in particular stood in her way. In making the president gay (and the first gentleman indecisive) there were no other white women in positions of power above her. She was the most 'important' white woman in the building and the only person that could, and did, challenge her was a black man. He had to go.

She may have done the deed herself but this was a case of a white woman's tears killing a black man.

[bethanyactually]

The Residence + text posts (1/?)

💛💜 Happy (belated) birthday, Corissa!!! 💜💛

[asoftspotforangels]

some of my favorite woven tapestries, by Cecilia Blomberg:

Point Defiance Steps

Mates

Rising Tides

Vashon Steps

[riversongandthedaysthatnevercame]

WO.V.E.N???

[awildshinjiappears]

[weyesthisisthebreadstore]

Shinji:…huh, this ain’t nearly as bad as I thought I’d be.

[redstonedust]

love when you stop a cat from doing something and instead of understanding that they shouldnt be doing that theyre just like. ah sorry my good sir you seem to have interrupted me. no worries let me just shimmy past you and get a taste of that pan of hot oil. please.

[mocksyoucondescendingly]

[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

Plein Soleil (1960)

“I am not a star. I am an actor. I have been fighting for years to make people forget that I am just a pretty boy with a beautiful face. It's a hard fight, but I will win it. I want the public to realize that above all I am an actor, a very professional one who loves every minute of being in front of the camera. But one who becomes very miserable the instant the director shouts, 'Cut!”

- Alain Delon

[frikeyway]

Nothing in the world gives me secondhand embarrassment quite like Dickie walking in on Tom trying on his clothes. Without fail, each iteration of the scene truly makes me want to die.

[nottatastellata]

the talented mr. ripley + textposts pt. 2

part 1

ib this post

[ghostofanovelwriter]

Tom: I better act normal so that Dickie doesn’t get too suspicious of me.

Also Tom:

[super-nova5045]

i think essentially becoming and stealing your best friend’s identity after they died (because of YOU) is genuinely one of the most homoerotic things ever like fuck you mean in your deep gut wrenching grief you steal their life in order to be as physically close to them as possible

[uncahier]

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

i....found a rare shoegaze tape. legit. band does not exist online. tape is at least 20 years old. This is so Sam

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

rare tape.

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

ok ok....track for you from rare tape. ripped by me

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[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

I HAVE SOURCED MORE INFO!!!! from my friend who works at an nz audio archive and they HAVE THE TAPE THERE? COVER:

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

Final info ive put together after i have just looked over the insert notes (inside the other tape) sent to me by my friend:

This band had Steven Wells and Andrew Bain in it - they went on to be in a pretty popular NZ rock band called Fur Patrol from late 90s-2000s, so this is a precursor to that. in the notes they also thank Campbell Kneale, a prolific underground nz musician in bands like Birchville Cat Motel and Black Boned Angel. they also thank "Drinkwater".

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

alright everyone. after 33k+ notes on an obscure 90s indie song from Aotearoa i gotta admit many want to hear the rest, & as i cant think of a better format to supply this, here's the rest of the tape in this post. please let it stay here where it needs to be, don't spread it like its yours. its not mine either! i now present to you: Clayflower - Still (1993, Aotearoa, Cassette, Shoegaze/Indie Rock)

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beautiful and cool obscure music like this is everywhere if you just wanna look for it even for a few minutes. dont let yourself think someone has to come along and show it to you <3

[fagitsukareita]

the core message of saiki k is "you can be the biggest freak in the entire world and you will still be okay. you will find people who love you and they will see what a horrible freak you are and they will love you even more"

[wonkibrainrot]

If you don’t want to listen to me, listen to someone that has experience in the industry and SM!

[thememedaddy]

[alexanderwales]

Here's a legal PSA:

If you've committed a crime and a detective gathers everyone involved in the room, especially if he's not actually a detective and is instead a novelist, puzzle-setter, psychic, fake psychic, dog, chess grandmaster, etc. ...

YOU SHOULD NOT CONFESS.

Every year, hundreds of people are put away by non-traditional "detectives" who have either inserted themselves into the case or are working with the police in a dubiously legal capacity as advisor. In 99% of these cases, the murderer gives a full confession even though the evidence against them is circumstantial at best and often requires a long just-so story which can only guess at motive.

If this happens to you, stay quiet, do not attempt to defend yourself or talk your way out of it, only say "I want a lawyer".

Now if you find yourself being investigated by a boy genius, magician's assistant, anthropologist, classics scholar, or philosopher, it's likely that refusing to talk to the police (or investigator with no legal authority) is merely the end of the second act, and by the end of the third act they will have you dead to rights.

YOU SHOULD STILL NOT CONFESS.

Make them take it to court. Force the eccentric detective and his straight-laced police partner to take the stand and explain their methods to a jury of your peers. Have your lawyer look at the chain of custody on the evidence, especially if you believe it to have been handled by someone who has only bumbled into detective work through their natural charm and/or unique set of skills and outsider perspective that come in handy more often than they should.

Know your rights. Don't let eccentric detectives put you away.

[ur-daily-inspiration]