The Captive Muse

“I’m Ryan P. Conway, a 22-year-old filmmaker with 500 YouTube subs, pitching The Captive Muse, a mockumentary about a film student’s viral Jenna Ortega short…until SHE directs it. Join my birthday quest: August 5th at the Wednesday S2 NYC screening! #TheCaptiveMuse”

[twiligh7sep]

bath time with rumi and her emotional support ducks

[ao3feed-peterparker]

This is why we don't listen to Valentina.

by OSCGOAT45 Alone and forgotten, Peter Parker carries the crushing weight of a world that no longer remembers him. With no one left to rely on, the nineteen-year-old buries himself in being Spider-Man, slowly losing himself beneath the mask. Seeing an opportunity, Valentina orders a unenthusiastic New Avengers to track down the elusive vigilante for a PR win. Can the freshly New Avengers save him before Peter completely spirals? Words: 1584, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Thunderbolts Team Members (Marvel), Yelena Belova, James "Bucky" Barnes, John Walker (Marvel), Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Ava Starr, Alexei Shostakov, Peter Parker, Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel) Relationships: Thunderbolts Team Members & Peter Parker Additional Tags: Thunderbolts Team Members as Family (Marvel), Domestic Thunderbolts Team (Marvel), Protective Thunderbolts Team (Marvel), Thunderbolts Team Members Live in the Watchtower | New Avengers Tower (Marvel), Post-Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Peter Parker is a Mess, Hurt Peter Parker, Peter Parker Gets a Hug, Fluff and Angst, Humor via https://ift.tt/NiBOA8Y

[starsandwhales]

Brucie and his babies (and oh no he forgot he invited Clark and Diana oh no-)

[hatersmad]

thinking about that one wordless calvin and hobbes sunday strip thats just calvins dad ditching his work to go play in the snow... its going to make me cry

[hatersmad]

ohhhh my god

[faithful-grigori]

”#I LOVE that the comic keeps the lens on Calvin’s dad to the degree of not even showing Calvin’s excited face when his dad surprises him, #You can see the joy and excitement of the moment in his pose and reflected in his dad’s expression, #it’s a great little artistic decision, #I realized what gets me about it it’s the hat covering his dad’s head and hair so the dad just looks like Calvin. #you don’t HAVE to show Calvin! You already see him in the dad becoming a kid for a moment you only have to draw that once”

[inkrrred]

Training days

[meravigliarosso]

JENNA ORTEGA for adidas Originals 2023

[thecaptivemuse]

…I was so close

[m-e-stanley]

Wednesday season 2 ⏳

The Wednesday cast at the season 2 screening in NYC

[thecaptivemuse]

4 Days To Go. Back to Freaking Out + A New Development

I stayed up until 1:30 AM watching Seth Meyers, waiting to see if Jenna would be announced for Monday’s show. Nothing was said there. But when I was violently refreshing my 1Iota account to see where my ticket requests were in the queue, I saw this:

I don’t think I’ve seen anyone else report on this. But this is crazy! I don’t know how I can work this in…or if I CAN work this in. But TWO chances to pitch The Captive Muse adjacent to Jenna?!

…geez…

What I have in my Google Drive QR code. Want to see it?

[avyc02]

Bobby appreciation post! 🥳🥳🥳

[thecaptivemuse]

5 Days To Go. Still Freaking Out.

Okay, we've gone through two big premieres: London and Paris. In five days, they're gonna pass through NYC.

I still cannot believe I'm doing this. I don't even know what'll happen. I could crash and burn. I could become famous. Maybe infamous. Maybe I'll get to meet Jenna. Perhaps I'll be too drowned out in the crowd. Or maybe she'll give me a polite smile and move on, never to think of me again.

What you see above is the design of the business cards I'll be handing out, should people give me the okay. Maybe people will keep them, or perhaps they'll go into one of the giant trash piles that make up Manhattan. There are just...so many variables. So many what-ifs. I wonder if anyone else attending the NYC screening has a similar story. Not a story where they shoot for the moon with their idea, but where they feel something could happen, where they meet their idol (Jenna, Emma, etc.), or someone who will change their life.

I'm gonna be up late watching Seth Meyers to see if that one random Twitter account was right about Jenna being on Meyers on the 4th. If you see this and you're also staying up late, feel free to HMU.

Or, if you want to see what more of what I'm cooking, here's what my QR code leads to.

5 days...I'm gonna die, aren't I?

[thecaptivemuse]

A week away. I'm freaking out.

One week to go until the Paris Theatre screening. And things have gotten real. Let's talk about it.

I've been slowly building up to things. Mapping my route to the theatre, checking the weather, and making final tweaks to the necessary documents. I've even been going through the first season of Wednesday to look for some last-second to my work. I thought I was ready.

But then, as I was enjoying a post-work Starbucks drink, I got this Twitter notification:

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! I thought that my script, somehow floating to Jenna's people, was a pipe dream. And there was a random Twitter account saying she'd be in NYC the day before to do Seth Meyers. But she's gonna be there...the chances have gone from, like, 0.01% to a solid 1%, people!

I'm hoping to get into the cast arrival event. I put in a ticket request at 1iota for myself and my friend, Alex, who's gonna help me with this whole script thing. So maybe I'll get into that. But if not, there's still the screening...which I realize I'm not guaranteed to get into, but at least the pass offers me the chance.

My heart is beating like a drum. I'm trying not to have a panic attack. This is what I've been building toward for a month now. And now, things feel...real.

Thoughts? Questions about my sanity?

[thecaptivemuse]

Two weeks to go...

I've been putting in a lot of effort into this screening. Sweat, grey bags under my eyes from sleepless nights. My mind going a mile a minute.

I finalized the script after six revisions. I submitted the final version to Slamdance. I spent two hours last night designing business cards to hand out. I spent an embarrassing amount on shipping. Wednesday herself would find the shipping rates too torturous.

No matter what happens on August 5th, whether I get people to see the script, to network it, or even if by some miracle its inspiration sees it, I won't have regretted it. If anything, it's one hell of a way to spend the day before you turn 23!

My asks and DMs are open. You want to see the one-sheet? A preview of the script? Want to just roast me? Would love to hear from you :)

[thecaptivemuse]

The Captive Muse-some updates.

Hello, everyone! I hope we're all doing well and hyped as hell for S2 of Wednesday coming up. I wanted to share with you more updates on my script 'The Captive Muse,' which I plan on pitching and networking during the advanced screening on Aug. 5th at NYC's Paris Theatre:

-The script previously featured the idea of Jenna Ortega playing herself. But I realized that swapping her for an entirely fictitious character made it more respectful to the inspirational source, made it easier to shop around to others, and made everything less...lawsuit-inviting. Meet April Vega, who still has Jenna's DNA, but it is easier for the satire to shine through.

-I pitched my marketing idea/gimmick to Reddit. That did NOT go well for me, LMAO. I got a lot of great feedback about the film industry and how things work. It was a great and needed reality check to not expect a miracle.

-I've developed a one-sheet to show off and am in the process of creating a pitch deck. HMU if you want to see a one-shot preview or even a preview of the script.

-Speaking of the script, I'm going to try to submit it to Slamdance. It's my first time trying something like that, and I doubt it'll go very far, but I'm excited to see how it goes!

I'm 23 days away from the screening, where I'll be handing out to pitch (disclaimer: I'll be doing this QUIETLY and only to those who ask to see it. I won't be hijacking anything, so don't worry). But...yeah. Feel free to hit up my inbox if you want to learn more or if you want to call me out on my delusional ambitions.

[thecaptivemuse]

Just saw the Wednesday S2 trailer…

Just saw the Wednesday S2 trailer… …and yep. That’s the vibe. That’s the tone. That’s exactly why I made my thing. As I said in my past posts, I wrote a short mockumentary called The Captive Muse. It’s about a delusional film student who tricks a scream queen into starring in his no-budget art film and finds out the hard way what happens when the 'muse' takes back the narrative. The actress in the script is now fictional: April Vega. The change made things more respectful to real-life parties, the story cleaner and sharper, and everything less legally-iffy. Still, the spirit of Jenna and Wednesday remains. I’ll be pitching this script in person at the NYC Paris Theatre on Wednesday, August 5th, during the advanced S2 screening. More to come soon. Wish me luck. Because I'm going to do this...

[thecaptivemuse]

What Is The Captive Muse Actually About?

Now that I have your attention, let’s talk plot. What am I bringing to the August 5th screening?

The Captive Muse is a 15-page short film mockumentary. It’s about a young, unknown filmmaker who somehow convinces Jenna Ortega to star in his no-budget art film.

The catch? He says it’s about “celebrity, silence, and fame as bondage for those on the screen.” She says it’s pretentious nonsense and deadpan snarks between takes while they both trend on Twitter/X.

Halfway through the shoot, she literally flips the script and takes over as director. He then disappears. The internet explodes.

It’s part Blair Witch Project, part Bo Burnham's Inside, part Misery, and part Wednesday. That is, if Wednesday Addams decided she’d had enough of indie film bros, took the camera herself, and made the film bros watch the project from inside a body bag.

It’s a satire. It’s kooky. It’s maybe too honest about my IRL life. And I’m taking it to the Wednesday Season 2 screening in NYC.

Not because I think she’ll see it. But because I wrote it like I needed to say something and get people to hear it. Because I do.

Follow this blog for more updates, behind-the-scenes peeks, and overthinking. And if you’re curious about the script, my ask box is always open.

[thecaptivemuse]

I Have A Confession

Hello. My name is Ryan P. Conway, and I have something to confess.

I’m going to a screening of Wednesday Season 2 this August in NYC.

And I’m bringing a script.

It’s called The Captive Muse, a short mockumentary about a delusional young filmmaker who convinces a certain scream queen to star in his no-budget art film about parasocial obsession, creative control, and what ends up happening when the muse directs herself.

It’s satire. It’s dark. It’s me.

I won’t sugarcoat it: I’m not famous. I don’t have industry connections. I have less than 600 YouTube subscribers, and most of them are here for weird reasons.

But I wrote this script like my life depended on it. And now I’m taking it to the one place where maybe, just maybe, it’ll be seen. Not by her, as I severely suspect neither her nor anyone in her orbit will be attending. But by fellow filmmakers, fans…someone.

Stay tuned to this blog to follow my journey, to learn more about my vision…or just to see my crash-out if this all fails.

Leave a like, drop an ask, or even give me a follow…or stay out of the lens. Your choice.