#a rec

[sleepynegress]

The Bride (1985)

In this inventive remake of the original horror classic, Dr. Frankenstein a mad scientist obsessed with creating his idea of the perfect woman.

So, if you’re looking for a similar vibe to The Invitation... but FREE and an 80′s cult fave, I just found out that The Bride is on TubiTV. Starring Jennifer Beals, Sting, Clancy Brown, and Cary Elwes... Yep. It’s a remake of the Bride of Frankenstein, but 80′s horny gothic and with the same entitled controlling man issue.

[743ish]

u mentioned on twitter u were beta-ing a fic that was amazing. Can u share who the author is? Also any other new Captain America fic recs? Thanks!

Ohh my god! I'm so glad that my flail-tweeting has someone intrigued about this fic!

Yes, I can reveal that the author is the wonderful @icoulddthisallday

And listen: the worldbuilding. In this fic. Is so. Fucking. Good. SO GOOD. Y'all are in for such a treat. Stay tuned for a snippet later...

[hollyplays]

i’m sure you aren’t surprised, but the new Gorillaz is gooooooood

[wariowaretrans]

pissed @ myself for putting off listening to Janelle Monae for so long

[turtle-steverogers]

Regarding the climactic movie music, idk any of the songs on the playlist rn but I always thought Riot by Hollywood Undead would be a solid Suicide Squad kind of final battle song? Idk

OH 👀👀👀👀 i’m going to have to give it a listen👀👀👀👀 @technically-whizzy LOOK

[sarah-yyy]

Jie jie what is the novel you're reading?

it’s 魔君总是以为我暗恋他 (The Demon King Always Thinks I’m Secretly in Love with Him)! thank you @simpleredstar for rec-ing this to me! i was thoroughly entertained by dumb shenanigans today because of this novel! :DDD 

links: chinese // eng trans (incomplete; 66/104)

(chinese skill level: 1/5 - i read this faster than i did 妻为上 but that could just be because i didn’t have to work today, but in general the vocab was chill, i found it really easy to read)

brief summary: 

bai yang’s dad arranges for him to transmigrate into a popular novel to build his character. he was supposed to transmigrate into the protagonist, but by some glitch ends up in the body of a henchman to the demon king, ji zixuan (JUNSHANG <3). 

bai yang can’t transmigrate back into the real world until the protagonist ascends, and he apparently will die if the protagonist dies, so he keeps finding ways to leave the demon world to assist/save the protagonist. he doesn’t want junshang to suspect foul play, though, so he camouflages his trips by declaring that he went to the human world to kill the protagonist/save junshang’s life etc. 

the whole time this is happening, in junshang’s mind, he’s going:

junshang: i can’t believe he would do so much for me. i don’t feel the same way for him, he’s just a subordinate to me, but it is rather touching that he loves me so much! then: ah ah ahhhh he loves me so much??? maybe....... and this is just a wild thought.......... perhaps......i should love him back??????

and, when bai yang insists he’s not in love with junshang: but??? he must love me????? why would he do these things for me if he doesn’t love me desperately?????? then: he must be shy!!!! it’s okay!!!! i know how he feels about me!!!!!

he goes through entire journeys in his mind, it’s so fucking funny ohmygod.

i have been selling junshang’s character to every single rl friend i have who reads danmei as mobei jun from scum villain meets han shuo from the romance of tiger and rose. if you enjoyed either of these characters, you’ll love junshang.

there’s not too much plot in this beyond just junshang/bai yang shenanigans, which i appreciate! sometimes a girl just needs to sit down and read about two dumbasses being incredibly dumb about Feelings, and that’s valid!! there are some “twists” that are......incredibly obvious and greatly foreshadowed (this includes the resolution to the whole returning to the real world thing), but it didn’t detract from the read tbh, since i was really just in this for the whole 霸道魔君恋爱靠脑补 trope! :D

[sparklemotioneer]

for eloquent lwj you HAVE to go read twelve moons and a fortnight by stiltonbasket!!! he writes LONG love letters to wwx that are almost literal poetry and is so eloquent and open about his feelings even when he's just talking, it nearly killed me asdfhkjk

Wonderful, thank you kindly!