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MY APOLOGIES FOR THE INCONVENIENCE BUT THIS BLOG IS AGAIN AN ARCHIVE. it had a limited run but the three sets of tags clogging things up is kind of a nightmare to deal with.
i am, however, keeping all current interactions, i intend to do my damn drafts on the new blog. thanks very much for your patience, you can find me here.
we’re going to talk about “dont worry, honey. most guys think what you was thinking, first time they see me.” today and i’m not excited about it but i really don’t want my stance on the really ugly undertones in fantastic beasts to be spread out across more than one post. it’s all happening here.
we’re just going to call this issue a.
while i love the fact that queenie is introduced to the audience in a setting that’s comfortable for her, it’s so riddled with the male-gaze that it’s a little sick. i love that she’s happy in her own skin, wandering around her apartment in her cute slip and not really caring when two strange men show up. i think it’s fun.
what’s not fun is the way that joanne uses this as the first meeting for the back-burner couple that can give the audience a dose of old-fashioned romance while newtina slow-burns. it’s uncomfortable, both what jacob thinks about queenie and how queenie responds.
because no human woman would ever be okay with guys creeping on them. i don’t care how “used to it” she is, do you know how depressing that sounds? her wording is also very specific.
don’t worry. most guys. this line dismisses any real, serious negative implications her powers have. this line allows jacob to be accountability-free for his thoughts because most guys do it. not because she likes it, not because she finds it cute.
i understand that we aren’t in control of our thoughts, honestly. i understand he’s not expecting her to actually hear them. but he never apologizes, only is allowed to feel ashamed for a second before the focus turns elsewhere. i wouldn’t care if the script didn’t acknowledge that there was a problem only to do absolutely nothing with it.
it’s disrespectful to queenie, a character who is repeatedly one put down by herself and others. i don’t know why it would be so unrealistic to have a man meet a pretty woman and think something that would not mortify him but evidently that’s too much to ask.
issue b.
this is a smaller issue i suppose but it deals with the unfortunate implications of a certain deleted scene.
on the left is jacob’s ex-fiancée, cut from the movie. on the right is queenie. the implications that this deleted scene gives to the entire function of jacqueenie is staggering and calls into question a lot of his behaviour.
i honestly wish they’d left this in. it would’ve thrown a woman under the bus unnecessarily but it would’ve also given jacob and queenie something approaching an arc.
because it makes sense with this why he falls for her so fast. queenie bears a marked physical similarity to a woman he’s just been broken up with. it would’ve been fascinating to see him be initially attracted to queenie because of this, only to realize that there’s not much similarity at all.
this would give him a chance to learn and grow, to find out more about the woman he’ll end up married to by the next film. more focus would be put on what queenie says and does that makes her different. that would require more time spent on these characters however which is again too much to ask for.
so if the intention was never to really develop jacob and queenie, i understand why this scene was cut. if she looks just like his fiancée with no real effort to distinguish one from the other, it absolutely reads like jacob just replacing one blonde woman with a physically similar duplicate.
i take it back, i’m glad this was cut.
uhhh how many of you would kill me if i archived and moved this blog...
i have a starter call that’s totally dying somewhere , buried by all my other posts but since i want to do some quicker things : like this for a media starter !!
❝ when i was little , my pop would get me’ta help him nail in new plywood shelves for the owls . did it more’n more the older i got ‘cause’a his arthritis . ❞
she doesn’t mean to treat her kitchen like a dance floor , rocking back and forth on high heels and spinning to whatever he puts on . she’s learned a lot since knowing him , the most important of which in her opinion , that she isn’t afraid of the sight of blood . and that she likes the ramones .
❝ i’d get all blistered , i still hate splinters. but it taught me that some things are just brittle . ❞
wiggling her fingers at him in a mockery of a spell , queenie giggles and goes back to the stove . blood in a cast - iron pot stays just below boiling .
❝ so i don’t mind this , honey . i don’t . ‘cause if i care to much about everybody --- ❞
translation : more than just him ,
❝ i crack like plywood along the grain when you hammer it too hard . ❞
* ♡ ── ⎛ @colubras . ⎠
“ i’m tired ”
❝ you don’t say , superhero ? ❞
maybe there’s a little smile in her voice as she pulls her friend closer to her . maybe she sounds smug , unsurprised . his armoured shoulder collides with her own , making her wince . but her arm around his shoulder only tightens , refusing to let him pull away .
❝ come on , you’re totally a superhero . ❞
the helmet watches her from the coffee table . the horns are a choice , she’s not certain if they’re a good one . matt’s head fits into the crook of her neck a little too well , like this is only natural for them .
her gut instinct to touch his hair also comes as no surprise . turning slightly towards him , queenie breaks eye contact with the glassy eyes of the mask . she kisses the top of matt’s head .
❝ let’s get’cha to bed , okay , honey ? you poor thing — but you promise you ain’t hurt ? ❞
* 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 . ── ⎛ @vigilawyer . ⎠
“ that’s bad. ”
she shrugs , wrapping the spider in the tissue paper but refusing to apply anything but gentle pressure . nevertheless , she makes a beeline for the nearest window , motioning for norman to open it or else .
emptying the contents of the paper , queenie can’t help but smile when the confused , little thing scuttles off down the brick wall .
❝ it’s not great , but i don’t hate spiders . they ain’t so bad . ❞
but in this magnitude , with the hudson sprawling before her front window —
❝ but maybe i should talk’ta the landlord about someone comin’ta deal with the problem . tina’s been tellin’ me , too . ❞
queenie flounces back into the kitchen , picking up the discarded wooden spoon from the counter and using it to stir the beef stew at a rolling boil on the hob .
❝ i promise that nothin’ i’ll serve you’s gonna involve anythin’ eight - legged , though . ❞
* 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 . ── ⎛ @overindulges . ⎠
oh shit I’ve definitely talked about this before but absolutely gimme a thing similar to that scene with mantis and drax in gotg2. queenie touching someone who seems outwardly fine but the crushing weight of their emotional pain makes her cry.
who’s gonna let drunk queenie sit in their lap while she sings them abba songs in a soft, loving voice
we’re going to talk about “dont worry, honey. most guys think what you was thinking, first time they see me.” today and i’m not excited about it but i really don’t want my stance on the really ugly undertones in fantastic beasts to be spread out across more than one post. it’s all happening here.
we’re just going to call this issue a.
while i love the fact that queenie is introduced to the audience in a setting that’s comfortable for her, it’s so riddled with the male-gaze that it’s a little sick. i love that she’s happy in her own skin, wandering around her apartment in her cute slip and not really caring when two strange men show up. i think it’s fun.
what’s not fun is the way that joanne uses this as the first meeting for the back-burner couple that can give the audience a dose of old-fashioned romance while newtina slow-burns. it’s uncomfortable, both what jacob thinks about queenie and how queenie responds.
because no human woman would ever be okay with guys creeping on them. i don’t care how “used to it” she is, do you know how depressing that sounds? her wording is also very specific.
don’t worry. most guys. this line dismisses any real, serious negative implications her powers have. this line allows jacob to be accountability-free for his thoughts because most guys do it. not because she likes it, not because she finds it cute.
i understand that we aren’t in control of our thoughts, honestly. i understand he’s not expecting her to actually hear them. but he never apologizes, only is allowed to feel ashamed for a second before the focus turns elsewhere. i wouldn’t care if the script didn’t acknowledge that there was a problem only to do absolutely nothing with it.
it’s disrespectful to queenie, a character who is repeatedly one put down by herself and others. i don’t know why it would be so unrealistic to have a man meet a pretty woman and think something that would not mortify him but evidently that’s too much to ask.
issue b.
this is a smaller issue i suppose but it deals with the unfortunate implications of a certain deleted scene.
on the left is jacob’s ex-fiancée, cut from the movie. on the right is queenie. the implications that this deleted scene gives to the entire function of jacqueenie is staggering and calls into question a lot of his behaviour.
i honestly wish they’d left this in. it would’ve thrown a woman under the bus unnecessarily but it would’ve also given jacob and queenie something approaching an arc.
because it makes sense with this why he falls for her so fast. queenie bears a marked physical similarity to a woman he’s just been broken up with. it would’ve been fascinating to see him be initially attracted to queenie because of this, only to realize that there’s not much similarity at all.
this would give him a chance to learn and grow, to find out more about the woman he’ll end up married to by the next film. more focus would be put on what queenie says and does that makes her different. that would require more time spent on these characters however which is again too much to ask for.
so if the intention was never to really develop jacob and queenie, i understand why this scene was cut. if she looks just like his fiancée with no real effort to distinguish one from the other, it absolutely reads like jacob just replacing one blonde woman with a physically similar duplicate.
i take it back, i’m glad this was cut.
‘ your loss, not mine. ’
horror fell out of her pocket in the pell - mell sprint to escape the quiet . it came , not as swift as the rain of bombs but it was dragged in by a cat sporting three heads .
devorah feels only the lashing sadness , it belongs to her only . there’s nothing left . so many people , the contents of their hearts burned until nonexistent .
she’s in mourning , the stages of grief as keenly painful as being drawn and quartered .
but through it , burning hotter than radiation and the scattered human suffering is hatred . she doesn’t contain hurricanes , she’s not as natural as this disaster .
❝ you could’a saved them !! you could’a saved everyone , you could’a done somethin’ right !! ❞
her single voice suddenly sounds like seven million , urged from a part of her that lies dormant . anger unknown even to herself buzzes around her head . she struggles for a moment , choking on a scream or a sob . devorah sinks into an armchair . her hands cover her face , she’s muffled .
❝ but why would you ? ❞
* 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 . ── ⎛ @ofbaphomet . ⎠
i hate and actively avoid queenie as a someone especially??? “special”. she’s a nice girl, her powers are kinda weird but she’s never considered herself to be anything but another person toughing out life and trying to find a purpose. i love her not being super important, not perceived as worthy of attention until people take a closer look and realize that there exists a goodness in her that can remind someone of how great planet earth can be.
if she must be special, it’s not because she’s good at legilimency. it’s not because she’s an empath in my case. it’s not even because she’s so endlessly loyal and kind. it’s because being around her makes others remember that hope and beauty exist beyond just her. all she does is reflect it.
devorah “ queenie ” goldstein + imagery . ↳ she's ... just a girl , you know . like most girls : something and nothing .
' thank you. ' 🖤
she’s twenty - three , sitting on the armrest of her sofa and watching the dead move . queenie doesn’t find the whole affair interesting in and of itself any more , a fact she’s sure that louis’ pleased with . but looking at him with a glimmer of her former awe is a given .
you’re stronger than you think .
queenie made the mistake of saying it lightly , unaware of the weight behind the compliment as she inspected her manicured nails .
❝ i mean , you're welcome . it’s true , you know . ❞
she doesn’t give him the option to refuse by phrasing it like a question . he is . queenie stands up , deciding she’d like a cup of coffee . it’s everything in her to remember not to offer the same to her guest .
❝ what else am i gonna do for you but that ? i’m your friend , i ain’t runnin’ an open blood drive outta my apartment . not that you’d ever ask me to . ❞
leaning with her lower back pressed to the counter island , she grins .
❝ sure i can’t get’cha nothin’ , honey ? ❞
* ♡ ── ⎛ @bloodcried . ⎠
two word starters
“ don’t stop ”
“ please don’t ”
“ don’t shoot ”
“ give it ”
“ shut up ”
“ damn it! ”
“ stop it! ”
“ you’re crazy ”
“ that’s insane ”
“ get out! ”
“ don’t leave ”
“ i’m tired ”
“ that’s bad ”
“ be honest ”
“ be careful ”
“ be nice ”
“ you’re wrong ”
“ go home ”
“ watch it ”
“ fuck me ”
“ kiss me ”
“ we can’t… ”
“ we shouldn’t… ”
“ you’re perfect ”
“ that’s awful ”
✥ mwah !
lucky star // madonna .this is such an upbeat bop , honestly and it’s something queenie would put on in her car and aggressively lip synch at tammy . it’s cute , a classic , and who doesn’t love madonna ? it’s a good anthem for this gay softness .
‘ you may be my lucky star , but i’m the luckiest by far ’
i mean ….. come on , it’s them .
* 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠 . ── ⎛ @fencetm . ⎠
„You‘re crazy.“
❝ oh , really ? ❞
she leans against the door to the prefect’s bathroom , looking smug . her eyes have gotten mostly used to the dark , the sight of oliver in his pyjamas shivering in the abandoned hall a little sweeter than she would’ve initially thought .
he’s nervous , watching her as she turns and speaks the password that he said would let them in . it works like a charm . queenie glances back , tossing her blonde hair and looking very pleased with herself .
❝ you come here all the time , though . ❞
she sounds innocent enough , as if she’s daring him to retort that it’s nearly two in the morning . time is but a number . queenie grabs for his hand , pushing the door open wider .
❝ come on , it’ll be fun . ❞
* 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 . ── ⎛ @broomobsessed . ⎠
