#taking shape

[thegamingcatmom]

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Whose hallway do we have here? 🤔

[raspberry-ribcage]

sending this in anonymous because i’m a little embarrassed about saying this to your face but i came really hard to your ‘no homo’ fic, especially because of the allusion to breending kink at them…

oh, my sweet darling anon, I am so incredibly honoured to recieve this ask, you have no idea 🥹🥰 for me to know that I wrote something worthy of orgasm, let alone a seemingly very good orgasm, ugh! what an absolute gift <33

and thank you so much for appreciating the hint of breeding kink! I am nothing if not a little freak for it, I just feel strongly that cum should go in places 🙂‍↕️ I do have breeding kink listed on my kink prompts post if you'd be interested, you can request on anon too, if you'd like <3 (no pressure to request of course!)

for your bravery, and to commemorate your wonderful beautiful orgasm, I would like to present you with this very special badge! welcome to the club! <333

[battythejester]

7/4 WIP Weekend~!

I'm up, I'm off work, and I'm early! So once again, I am the one who tags!! Limiting myself to 4 works (Unless I magically finish 2CHH this weekend, then I'll add another since I technically have 6 WIPs right now -- when did that happen??)

Rules: Send me an emoji in an ask, and I'll write & share 3-ish sentences for that WIP!

🐾 Second Chances (Hellfire Hounds) (Chapter 18) <- Completed & LIVE!!

🍯 Taking Shape (One Shot For My Monsterfucker Series - Slime Eddie/Steve -- PWP/NSFW) <- Completed & LIVE!!

🩰 Survival In Motion (Chapter 2)

⚕️ There's More To Me Than You (Chapter 2)

Short Snippet from 2CHH

“Former roommate, darling.” Gabe squeezed her hand and leaned up on his tiptoes to kiss her cheek, “No one to worry about… Unless he’s spent the last 13 years trying to track me down.” “Yeah, no. Definitely not - thanks. We did just fine on our own.” He didn’t mean for his word to come out so acidic, he truly didn’t, however… “But since I’m here and you’re here, maybe we should talk, huh?” Gabe bristled but nodded, tearing a crumpled back of cigarettes from his pocked and nodding back toward the door. “Sure, lemme just… Let me explain to Lei first and I’ll be out in a minute.” He shifted uncomfortably; taking Leilani by the hand and saying a very quick hello to Jess and Matt, who were standing frozen by the stairs. Eddie’s vision panned back to Steve, eyes flitting side to side as the interaction and timeline synced in his head, “Is that…?” He hummed, leaning back into Steve’s arms and closing his own eyes for a moment, “Are you okay?” “Yeah, Stevie. I’m fine. Actually, this could be good for me. Closure, you know?” Steve’s arms tightened around him, “I promise, it’s okay. If it’s not, I’ll come get you.” “I… okay.” “You gonna be mad if I bum a cigarette off him?” Eddie tried to joke, “I think I might need one…” “Never.” Steve said, quickly, pressing a kiss to the crown of his head, “Hell, take a puff for me. Not every day you catch up with friends just to find the runaway other-parent of your kids, right?”

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[buttercupsfrocks]

Do you ever wonder what goes on in the mind of the average fatphobe, Tumblr? I do. I spend a lot of time going head to head with the blighters on Quora. Not in any hope of changing their mindset, obviously, because nothing short of a well aimed ice-pick is likely to do that. But perhaps I can change the mindset of a person like my younger self, who internalised their judgement as truth to her detriment, by showing them up for the irrational bullies they are. What can I say? It’s a hobby.

Seriously though, WTF is it these days with the endless accusations of “glamorising”, “promoting”,“normalising” – and even, on one occasion, “legitimizing” – obesity? Absolutely anything can trigger this response, from news that a high street clothing chain is slightly expanding its size range; to the use of plus-sized models to sell plus-sized clothes to plus-sized women; to featuring a fat runner making like a fat runner on the cover of Runner’s World. (Bad role model, incidentally, because fat). It’s all the Thin End of the Wedge for these pearl-clutching dipshits. And  make no mistake, they’re running scared. But from what exactly?

I used to think it was fear of having their favourite chew-toy prised out of their smack-talking jaws. For the last few decades hating on fat folk for our own good has been endemic in the west, but bit by bit, kickback is starting to inch into the mainstream. And if the majority ever starts to view us as human individuals rather than a faceless scourge, sizeism could become less acceptable, less defensible even, then before you know it, BOOM! it’s pick on someone your own size, sunshine. But while that may be a significant contributor to their unease, there are additional factors at play in these accusations of glorification and endorsement. For a kick off they’re a crock. We all know that droves of slim-to-average sized people aren’t declaring their intention to become as fat as possible, nor are fat people encouraging them to do so.

The fact is that weight neutrality and self-acceptance among fat individuals genuinely rattles our most vocal detractors, which is why they persistently misrepresent the Fat Acceptance movement and discredit Health At Every Size, despite it being a bona fide medically supported programme. It’s why, when faced with a fat person not actively engaged in trying to shrink their body their stock reaction is to yell, “glorifying obesity!” Their anxiety centres around what might happen if the belief that it’s not fat people’s bodies that need fixing but our toxic cultural climate, becomes more commonplace. Greater numbers of fat people speaking up – and, crucially, being listened to; the media our hater-base consumes perhaps taking a more liberal, weight-neutral stance in keeping with the changing times. More routine inclusion of people with fat bodies in fashion magazines; weight-blind casting for the big and small screens; fewer ‘Best And Worst Beach Body’ covers on the supermarket checkout rags. Possibly, (please God and over time), a cultural shift in the way the pursuit of optimum health is presented – no longer a moral obligation or even a universal possibility; simply a choice if that’s what floats your boat, no more or less moral than joining the local am-dram outfit, or collecting vintage snowglobes. But what would that mean for them?

It’s not just that the currency of hard won – or happenstantial – thinness is devalued if one type of body is no longer privileged over another. I’ve been around enough people with eating disorders and compulsive behaviours to recognise that the portion of society that fulminates at total strangers for opting out of a lifestyle they feel compelled to adhere to, is rife with both. Certainly many describe lives of extreme deprivation and Herculean self control. However liberating oneself from diet culture also takes tremendous strength of will and I suspect for all their censorious gum-flapping deep down they know that, and fear they mightn’t have the courage to free themselves from what seems to me an utterly joyless existence.

Just some thoughts currently swirling around in my head.

By the way, isn’t this a delightfully loud frock? It’s bamboo and soooo soft, and doesn’t appear to pill or fade or shrink or any other nasties. It’s the heaviest of the Taking Shape dresses I bought this year, and good for chillier days like today, with the addition of tights. It’s also capacious enough to layer beneath, so versatile as well as colourful.

[halloweentrickortreat]

[brokehorrorfan]

Book Review: Taking Shape II: The Lost Halloween Sequels

Dustin McNeill has found a unique niche as a non-fiction author with in-depth explorations of the making of genre films. After covering Phantasm (Phantasm Exhumed), Freddy vs. Jason (Slash of the Titans), and Jaws (Adventures in Amity), McNeill teamed with co-author Travis Mullins to tackle the entire Halloween franchise in last year's Taking Shape: Developing Halloween from Script to Scream. Because every great horror movie gets a sequel, so too does their book.

As the title suggests, Taking Shape II: The Lost Halloween Sequels examines the Halloween installments that never made it to the screen, from sequels and prequels to reboots and crossovers. 24 unmade projects are profiled chronologically over the course of the massive, 600-page paperback coffee table book. Equally as valuable as the breakdowns of each concept are the interviews with the creatives involved that conclude each chapter. The candid discussions bring clarity to many of the unanswered questions you may have while reading about the projects (like, "What were they thinking?!").

The tome begins with a foreword by Halloween: 25 Years of Terror producer Anthony Masi, who traces his history with the series from a fansite in the dial-up internet days, to creating the first Halloween reunion convention, to making the documentary, to webmastering the official Halloween website. It's followed by a brief message from McNeill and Mullins, who explain that the book began as an appendix to the first Taking Shape before they realized they had enough material for a separate book. The authors then set the stage with a prologue before diving in.

Upon the exit from the franchise by John Carpenter and Debra Hill - the guiding voices of the first two sequels - the direction of the series was unclear. All that was certain was that Michael Myers would return following his absence in Halloween III, and an open call for Halloween 4 story pitches was held. The first stab came from Dennis Etchison, who wrote the novelizations of Halloween II and III, among others. Despite his familiarity with the material, his effort has several glaring curiosities. Tommy Doyle and Lindsey Wallace are prominently featured, but so is a 12-foot Michael Myers for no apparent reason.

Another take, this one heavily indebted to MTV's inspiration, would have resurrected Laurie Strode - now a happily married mother of 6-year-old daughter in Chicago - despite Jamie Lee Curtis having long since moved on from horror. Shem Bitterman, who would go on to co-write Halloween 5, pitched a version of Halloween 4 in which The Shape dons clerical clothing rather than his traditional coveralls. His original concept for Halloween 5 is also discussed; he wanted to dig into young Jamie Lloyd's psyche following the events of the previous film.

Halloween 6 was a famously troubled production, so it's no surprise that it spawned a number of wildly different drafts - including one that was nearly produced by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Scott Spiegel (Intruder) and another that relied on virtual reality technology. Halloween 6's ultimate scribe, Daniel Farrands, also penned a treatment for a direct sequel (tentatively titled Michael Myers: Lord of the Dead) before the powers that be decided not to continue the storyline. The first attempt at a blank slate was Halloween 7: Two Faces of Evil, written by Robert Zappia, who went on to co-write Halloween H20.

Various attempts to continue the Halloween: Resurrection storyline were made prior to Rob Zombie's remake, Many involved returning characters from previous sequels, since it would be the first without Laurie or Loomis, and one would have seen an early blizzard blanketing Haddonfield in snow on Halloween. Later, Jake Wade Wall (When a Stranger Calls remake) wrote a prequel-sequel hybrid that would have accounted for Michael's childhood as well as his whereabouts during Halloween III.

While the Halloween/Hellraiser crossover was bandied around following the smashing success of Freddy vs. Jason, it was first conceived in 1998 by Dave Parker (House of the Dead). A later pitch, co-written by Josh Stolberg (Jigsaw), would have seen John Carpenter and Clive Barker on board to participate plus Doug Bradley reprising his role as Pinhead.

Following the remake and its followup, several more ideas were considered before 2018's Halloween was produced. Todd Farmer & Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine) had two significant pitches: one a 3D sequel to Rob Zombie's films and the other an intriguing "what if" concept based on the 1978 film. Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes was courting the studio for a reboot with a treatment by Scott Milam (Mother's Day). Finally, Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton (Saw IV-VII) nearly "recalibrated" the franchise with their own direct sequel to the original.

Taking Shape II: The Lost Halloween Sequels makes the extended wait for Halloween Kills a little easier to bear. McNeill and Mullins' meticulous research uncovers information that will be new to even the most diehard of Halloween fans. While it's easy to understand why many of the films didn't come to fruition, there are ample intriguing concepts, clever ideas, and inventive set pieces that never saw the light of day. The exhaustively detailed summary of each project, supplemented by input from the original writer when possible, is fascinating. Both Taking Shape books deserve to be used as the framework for an in-depth documentary counterpart a la Crystal Lake Memories.

Taking Shape II: The Lost Halloween Sequels by Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins is available now in paperback and e-book via Harker Press.

[stefaniamodel]