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[chocolatecakecas]

this literally could have been final girl mary winchester killing monsters, covered in blood, listening to stevie nicks and springsteen and heart in her cool car but NO. im gonna commit a crime

[spacehorrors]

in better news I have crossbow earrings :)

[sacredslaycdd]

[aloneinneotokyo]

My ultimate weight training goal is to be strong enough to throw a man across a moderately sized room

[shayveridekidd]

Number 3 for the tv show asks (Have you ever quit a tv show halfway through)

all the fucking time😭😭 it’s not even that i don’t like the shows, i just get distracted super easily.

so i’ll have a show i absolutely love, but then start another show & end up watching that and when i try to go back to the show i paused i usually left off in a weird place and can’t get back into it or need to rewatch because it had been too long💀

[sorryshutthefuckup]

I’m a die hard cat person but their tongues literally freak me the fuck out and I hope I never have to see one ever again.

[cakeisnotpie]

A Rant about the Emmy Awards

Here I sit in the US on the Sunday night of the Emmy Awards. Now, normally, I’d be watching the awards, starting with the red carpet arrivals and the opening monologue. But this year, I’m not. As I watch a cooking show instead, I’m asking myself what happened to the girl who used to have at least one show every night that was appointment television, who read Entertainment Weekly and Variety for fun, who poured over the TV Guide Fall Preview issues to see what was new and when it premiered. I’ve come to the realization that Hollywood needs to get its shit together or there will be more and more people like me who feel alienated and tune out. 

First, TV bigwigs need to get their heads out of their asses and join the 21st century. Audiences are tired of the same old sexist and racist crap storylines.  How many of the “new” fall shows are just tired retreads of the same old “white guy is a detective/doctor/fire fighter/superhero/lawyer who’s misunderstood while being brilliant” trope. Good God, we don’t need another show about nerdy genuises or a team that shouldn’t work but does (with the one woman and one black guy for “balance”).

But don’t go the opposite way and give us shows that are so narrowly defined that the only reason they stay on air is because the Emmy voters LOVE to award risky shows whether they deserve them or not. Trans people, gay people, Asians ... the point is to create shows that are funny, touching, exciting, entertaining not check a box and pat yourself on the back. I want plots where the trans character is the hero or the Asian woman is the computer geek or the nerd is a bisexual. Stop thinking of it as a “show about an asexual” and think of it as a science fiction show. 

And while we’re on that note, for GOD’S SAKE, stop with the dark themes of drugs, prostitution, death, gangs, murder, and serial killers. Enough is enough. No more cops/FBI/Pscyhologist/whatever who track down men who kill women they think are bad/evil/slutty. No more drug dealers who kill their rival’s girlfriend while self-destructing.  No more bleak future sci-fi where evil old white men torture and kill women and get away with it. I just want some balance with fun shows, fluffy shows, funny shows.  And all those superheroes shows? There’s something to be said for the cheesy goodness of comic books. I’m happy that the best writers and actors have moved to cable/pay TV, but that doesn’t mean I want all my shows to be deeply introspective and artistic. Take chances, sure, but give me more of The Tick or Lucifer or Lethal Weapon that I can just enjoy and not feel preached to or have to warp my brain to understand. 

Since it’s the Emmy’s that occasioned this rant, can the Emmy votes get a clue and stop giving the awards to the same actors and shows. I can predict who’s going to win in 95% of the catagories without ever seeing the shows. Is it the show that gets written up in all the daily publications? Does it tackle a “social issue”? Is the actor/star well-liked in Hollywood? Despite all the efforts to diversify the academy voters, I highly doubt they watch everything nominated. They vote for their friends (or against those they don’t like) and want to seem “with it.” Look, I’ve watched Modern Family once or twice. It seems nice enough, but seven years running? Julia Louie Dryfus is funny but is she the only comedian out there who deserves an award? Yeah, yeah, Westworld was ... edgy, dark with lots of violence against women, but ... 

I just want shows that make me fall in love with characters, that integrate a diverse cast, and entertain me. Is that so much to ask?

[orangeree]

literally all I want in life is the ability to absolutely destroy anyone in hand to hand combat like boom boom pow bitch