#rebeccabaxter

[lavenderfables]

What are your thoughts on the newest Emma adaptation?

I really loved Emma 2020!

I think Anya Taylor-Joy did an amazing job; I very much appreciated this film not pulling punches when it came to Emma’s characterization. Though I absolutely adore Emma 2009, Emma presents a lot softer and tender. I think that’s a very valid take, but I love that Emma in the 2020 version got to be a jerk. A well-meaning jerk but still a jerk.

Also, the visuals were stunning. The colours! At last, a feast for my eyes! About the only gripe I had visually is with some of the costumes. There were some odd choices that I didn’t understand, even on a visual rather than historic level. For the most part though, beautiful!

I also enjoyed the dynamic between Emma and Knightley. I always do! I love their banter. The addition of the nose bleed in the confession scene was great. I feel like Jane Austen would have appreciated it, both from a comic standpoint and a characterization one.

Oh, and Mr Woodhouse! His moments were such a delight.

And the servants too! I adored the servants. They added both grounding and comedy. In Jane Austen adaptions (even in the books, really), servants are ‘invisible’ and do not feature. The servants in Emma 2020, though lacking dialogue felt like they at least got telling Moments, you know?

As you can probably tell, I really loved Emma 2020. I’m so glad I got to see it in theatres before NZ went on lockdown!

Send anons please

[crowley-anthony]

that yennefer edit you made for your ten year celebration blows my damn mind!!! the colours, the shapes, the text??? legitimately your ps skills are so powerful 😯❤

Aw thank you so much, that’s so kind of you 😭💖

[macperalta]

the witcher!

Nah | haven’t seen yet | didn’t like/gave up | like it | love it | highly recommend.

a reason why: just not my thing. my friend kept telling me to watch it because of Hot people lmaoo but nope sorry!

send me a tv series or movie!

[annhathaway]

hi! i was recommended your blog by mallahanmoxie and i really love it :) hope you're having a great day!

omg thank you! this is such a sweet message, it really made my night 💕 i hope you’re having a lovely day/evening as well!

[mallahanmoxie]

bless ya for liking that post. thought you could use some inbox energy too: so please feel free to share your current thoughts with the internet on anything you'd like cause we'd love to hear

its bc ur a relatable sweetheart we all love and our inboxes live very similar lives

i have very many thoughts on a lot of things but im coming up blank on any interesting topics and i dont think u want an incoherent and weepy loona best girls rant SO instead im listing things im enjoying in these ongoing times

waking up early and doing chores which seems laughable really but i have nothing else to do other than that and i vibe with nature in the morning. also i like washing dishes. i really do. i monologue while drying the cups

so much harry potter fic. so much. it started with running on air like a year ago and i haven’t looked back since. yesterday i almost cry because harry got hermione pregnant and then ron kicked him out of the house bc he was jealous when the prophet took a picture of them and didn’t include HIM holding the door to st. mungo’s maternity ward and WHY wouldn’t ron UNDERSTAND that harry loved him TOO???? so yeah

watermelon. such a fine fruit. juicy. my uncle has been going over to his not-mother in law to see my cousin and he keeps bringing back fruit and sometimes vegetables. so far we’ve eaten three watermelons, a bunch of corn, one and a half melons and so much papaya. my grandma keeps bringing apples over too. also on the topic of fruit, the magic tomato plant has given us so many i wanna squash them all and make ragu but idk when. maybe tomorrow.

[intercom voice] a brief intermission to rec you all the music i’m listening to right now. eight by iu is a very nostalgic, dreamy kinda song. it is about memory. and there was no one left by dreamcatcher is an electronic-y kinda witchy song that feels like it would fit on a tumblr playlist about a YA series i’ve never read. exist for love by aurora is the BEST romantic song i have heard, it’s on repeat when it came out i didnt listen to anything else for two days straight 

fave bts: the newly released yoongi/agust d mixtape, d-2. it’s a masterpiece that you can download for free here. fave loona: oh! (yes i am) ITS SO CUTE AND FUNKY LISTEN TO IT GROW SOME TASTE i miss my wife haseul so much

the half of it is gonna be my movie/tv rec for this. it’s definitely the best thing i’ve watched in a while, besides atla (but we all know and love it). it left me feeling very bereft but idk of what. still loved it. i dont think anything else i watched deserves a rec? other than portrait of a lady on fire, which is very good, but didn’t dent me.

KIMCHI. made some last week, started digging in yesterday and it is so good, you guys. it is so good. none of my family has taste. it is so good. whenever the next grocery run is imma go buy some ramyeon to eat it with. im already salivating. 

[ajmichalka]

I stand in solidarity with your gay dickinson headcanons ✊

[robb-stark]

@rebeccabaxter replied to your post “Help me, Tumblr-Wan Kenobi.”

I watched all of GLOW and I still don't know if i like it. But it wouldnt be my go to for a feel good tv. I would recommend one day at a time! Or b99 if you haven't watched it (or even if you have!). I can also totally recommend some fun, "family friendly" animated flicks if that's more your speed :)

How could I forget: i could also recommend some really bad movies that are just fun to watch. I'm real good at finding those on Netflix :) just let me know!

It’s good to know I’m not the only one confused about GLOW! Thank you so much for the suggestions. I’m going to check out One Day At a Time, I think, because I know @rinielle likes it too and sadly Brooklyn 99 isn’t on American Netflix.

[bannana-reneesberry]

Rebecca “Bex” Baxter the chillest badass gallagher girl