Serenity And Syrup

it’s just a mess

[makomoriz]

no i don't. cheers

[ramshacklefey]

I want to live in whatever world that person is in where So Many Stories have main characters with zero interest in romance.

[praziluk]

theyre called broad shoulders because theyre for women

[serenity-and-syrup]

@multicollinearity FUCK I WAS GOING TO SEND THIS TO YOU

[unhappy-sometimes]

just saw a billboard for a realtor named Dick House

[valtsv]

Hi Mr Loveless!! Sorry to bother you but I wanted to ask for your favourite horror movies? I've been watching a lot of them that I've not seen before but with streaming there's so many options and not all of them are interesting. I've always appreciated your takes on horror as a genre, so I'd love some recommendations!

(You don't have to, of course, as this is a bit out of the blue)

Thanks either way tho!!!

i have so many that i've tried to organise them by "genre" (as catalogued by me) for you. some of them overlap. here you go.

BODY HORROR: the substance, videodrome, titane, malignant, suspiria, black swan, the thing, prometheus, martyrs, raw, annihilation, the cloverfield paradox, antiviral

RELIGIOUS HORROR: saint maud, constantine, midsommar

SURVIVAL HORROR: the thing, the ritual, the descent, the long walk, the shining, 28 days later, 28 years later, the cloverfield paradox, train to busan

FOUND FOOTAGE: tunnels, the blair witch project, as above so below, cloverfield, lake mungo

I'M GONNA GETCHA! I'M THE ALIEN: alien + the alien franchise in general (obviously), nope, the thing, prey (2022)

MONSTROUS FEMININITY: ginger snaps, jennifer's body, pearl, the neon demon, carrie

CHILDHOOD IS TERRIFYING: the babadook, bring her back, skinamarink, it (2017), let the right one in, the shining, doctor sleep

BLACK/RACIAL HORROR: candyman (the original one), get out, sinners, prey (2022)

RELATIONSHIP AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE HORROR: obsession, jennifer's body, X, maXXXine, the neon demon, the silence of the lambs, possession (1981), the brood, it follows, the invisible man, nosferatu (2024), ginger snaps, teeth, crimson peak, perfect blue, fire walk with me, end of evangelion, a girl walks home alone at night, midsommar

WHAT IF THERE WAS A GUY: longlegs, scream, black christmas, the invisible man

ENTERTAININGLY BAD: alien: covenant, malignant, v/h/s, saw, as above so below

OTHER: pulse (回路), antiviral, paprika, the lighthouse

HONOURABLE TV SHOW/WEB SERIAL CATEGORY: westworld, midnight mass, marble hornets, sharp objects, the terror, interview with the vampire, neon genesis evangelion, hannibal, dark, yellowjackets s1, castlevania, kane pixels' backrooms, the mandela catalogue

[fandom-man]

[ty-for-listening]

*grabs hand Actually, your honor, I was a part of this as well!

...they were hit with a WEhaul

[serenity-and-syrup]

Happy pride month to the biggest queerbait I’ve ever met @unhappy-sometimes

[tofupixel]

any indie pixel games that are surreal and will destroy my soul

need recommendations for required reading / homework for my game

[omtai]

Normal groceries like milk or bread or whatever running out is whatever. Just anotha day. But when stuff like salt or cooking oil or rice runs out it feels like You’re supposed to be here for me and you’re leaving. You’re just like everyone else

[gayhockeyshow]

Hey…. Hey… Characters covered in blood, okay? You remember characters covered in blood?? You used to love characters covered in blood

[ty-for-listening]

@serenity-and-syrup

[serenity-and-syrup]

Armando look out, I’m coming back to my roots @unhappy-sometimes

[buttercupbaby03]

A BloodyMary thought for your consideration

Tw for trauma response, fear of punishment ⚠️

I see a lot of "Simon meeting Grace and Rocky, and immediately body slams Grace to the floor". I see a lot of "Simon meeting Grace and Rocky and believing that he'd dead/Grace is an angel". There's nothing wrong with either option, both are equally fun to play around with.

But you know what I want to see?

Simon behaving.

Simon cooperating, following every 'command' (aka, Grace asking Simon to let them help). Simon staying in the med bay. Letting Armando patch his wounds. Answering Grace and Rocky's questions even if it makes him uncomfortable. Simon being willing to do anything they ask, no matter how scared or confused he is.

Bonus points if they pull him from the SM-13 and keep it on board. They actually just want to study it, but Simon is fully convinced that it's an unspoken threat. 'Behave, or we'll put you back.'

Give me a Simon who spent the last days of his 'life' fighting those who were giving him orders. Days battling, days growling and snarling and snapping at anything that got too close. Give me a Simon who's tired. Who just wants to be left alone, but who suddenly has this guy asking him all kinds of uncomfortable questions about what happened to him. Who's terrified of Rocky, but lets the alien watch him sleep because heck, he wouldn't trust himself either.

Give me a broken abused shelter dog of a man, who bows his head and follows the one holding the leash because he's too exhausted to fight a losing battle anymore. A Simon who doesn't realize that Grace isn't holding any leash. Give me a Simon who, despite Grace's best efforts, responds to any and all requests with a meek "Yes, Sir." because he doesn't want to know what these strangers will do to him if he doesn't address them with proper respect.

He doesn't want to go back. He never wants to go back. And he'll do whatever these strangers want to ensure they never have a reason to punish him. The first time he breaks, the first time he says no to someone, Simon is screaming, crying, tucking himself into a corner as tightly as he can, all while begging Grace and Rocky not to send him back. And that's when Grace realizes.

Simon doesn't listen because he trusts them.

Simon listens because he's afraid of them.

[martys-hocket-pocket]

Abby...

[nottobeborne]

our tiger

who art in heaven

powered be thy play

[bat-bleed]

When blood cries for blood

[callizinc]

When the story has a sequence where the characters each get personally tortured with their exact personalized greatest fears and traumas

[toastyglow]

when the writers wimp out and make the comic relief character's greatest fear/trauma goofy and unserious

[minusboy]

i think something that is often overlooked in conversations about platonic and romantic relationships in media and the argument that “two people can just be friends” is that a big part of being queer, for me personally at least, is that i am deeply in love with my friends and would do absolutely anything for them and this sentiment alone opposes the heteronormative idea that your friends are supposed to play a secondary role in your life after a certain point. my friends are not just my friends. they’re not just anything. they’re my friends.

[valtsv]

i just think it's important to understand that love is not the antithesis of horror in fact it's often the catalyst

[valtsv]

"but if it's horrifying then it's not really love it's corruption it's lust it's obsession" you are not only wrong but you are also boring. go away.

[ashoss]

the sheer possibilities