bell, 26, she/her, writer

[narcissistcookbook]

i had a dream two nights ago where i was being shown around a fancy medieval port, and my guide said "this coast used to have two ports, Mangeet and Totoga, but in recent years we've combined them both into one - Port ManTo" and i actually woke up with a fucking start

[awkwardexxodus]

oh man the painting on this drawing is insa- fuck do you mean #minecraft build

[awkwardexxodus]

the specific build in question btw

[parchmentengineer]

I looked up some of the artist's other builds and they're all just absolutely incredible

[druidquest]

words of affirmation for those seeking a werewolf girlfriend

[t-auto]

[were-ralph]

[possumtion]

Annoying mites that bother you in your sleep

[cryptidjeepers]

just watched a star trek episode about a planet that relied so heavily on it's computer system that they all forgot the basics of their own knowledge. and that allowed them to miss the fact that they were being posioned with radiation and nearly ending their civilization. because they couldn't use their own knowledge to figure things out. i bring this up for no reason in particular

[ufonaut]

Beyond his art, Neal Adams is rightfully remembered as an eternal champion of creators’ rights and for the part he & his work played in the Comics Code revision of ‘71 but his contribution to John Stewart’s creation is – I think –  a rather underrated aspect of his career, especially as it’s such a great reminder of the kind of person he was. Taken from an interview conducted and transcribed by Allen W. Wright over at the Green Arrow: Bold Archer fansite, here’s Neal discussing John’s beginnings (x).

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[sexybritishllama]

idk man sometimes i like it when video game writers are allowed to plan a series of events that happen in a specific order and affect each other in turn to become an overarching narrative, and i don’t mind trusting those writers to take me through those events in the order that is emotionally effective. i don’t really care if a game forces me to go through the forest area first before i can attempt the icy area because maybe there’s things that happen in the forest area that inform later scenes in the icy area. maybe we don't need more superficial player choice open world concepts if it comes at the cost of the ability to write a story with actual significant plot events and character development in each section

[catgirltitties]

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[fandom-man]

[scholarlypidgeot]

@moethh don't hide this in the tags

[mask131]

With all this talk about an animated production being released in theaters by a small rising company very unlike the big media corporations... Let me make a proper introduction to the "Jim Queen" movie.

I already shared before a trailer of it without any context. You might have heard more about it recently because it was one of the midnight screenings of the Cannes Festival.

"Jim Queen", of its full name "Jim Queen and the quest for the Chloroqueer", is a gay satire-comedy cartoon produced by Bobbypills (in fact they are proud to present it as their first movie). They are known for various works such as "Peepoodo" or "Vermin", though I don't know much about them... But I DO know about THE work that boosted their fame in the first place: "Les Kassos" (which I think got an English translation at one point, as "The Wakos"? or maybe "The Dorks"?). An irreverent, very dark, very goofy and funny adult cartoon about the famous characters of children's media and entertainment become "social cases" as they passed their prime, and turning into grotesque caricatures of themselves. Lot of sex, lot of swears and lot of blood occurs as they all come in the office of the same tired social agent. Think a bit of it as a French spiritual successor to "Meet the Feebles" (though the Wikipedia page rather invites people to compare it to "Robot Chicken").

But back to Jim Queen: it shall get official theater screenings around mid June. It had an online funding in association with to ACT (Against Conversion Therapy) - though I heard some people say the funding campaign actually couldn't be completed despite the movie going out, so either they found the money elsewhere either they completed the cartoon with lower quality than what they intended? But you're not here to hear about money problem - you're here to see HUGE SEXY GAY MEN.

The story follows two protagonists. Jim Perfect, the most famous gay influencer of all of Paris, and Lucien, his twink self-proclaimed "number one follower". The two of them are forced into a quest for the mysterious remedy known as the "chloroqueer" (yes it is a chloroquine joke) when a mysterious epidemy spreads around queer people - the Heterosis, which turns homosexuals into heteros. And Jim just learned he contracted it - meaning soon he shall lose his fashion sense, his perfect-body obsession and his enjoyment of prostate-orgasm, in short everything that makes his identity. [Some clickbaity article made the plot sound very VERY different by just summing it up as "A gay influencer faces a virus" and stopped there]. In fact this is how Lucien will go from his first to his very last follower as his heterosexuality makes him lose everything and only Lucien is willing to remain by his side, even if he becomes... *shivers* an heterosexual.

The movie presents itself as dedicated to the Parisian queer scene, and the adventures of the duo will take them through caricatural versions of some of the "most famous landmarks of the gay community" in Paris, according to what was promised on the funding page. One of the two main creators of the movie, Marco Nguyen, also proudly claims he is the co-creator of the "MercrediX" and "VendrediX", the "hottest gay afterworks of Paris" which... I'll have to trust his word onto, I haven't been in Paris in a WHILE. At least in this part of Paris. Last time I went there it was to go in a bookshop-spree and I almost got hit by bikes four times in a row - and only twice was I actually near a road. Parisian bike-riders are the most dangerous bike-riders of France, let me tell you that. Foutus vélos parisiens va... Enfin bref.

So this was their project: to create, in their own words, a "politically incorrect, irreverent comedy for all to gather around, heteros or LGBTQIA+" which shall reveal "all what the gay people live through and that nobody dares to tell". (Have I mentionned that one scene included some BDSM-elderly-Nazi-styled guy locking up someone in an Iron Maiden with dildos instead of spikes? And that the bears in this movie are ACTUAL humanoid bears?).

They also managed to bring on the cast Elisabeth Wiener, who is quite a famous voice actor in France for doing the roles of Cruella, Yzma or Winifred Sanderson. She plays Lucien's mother, an homophobic health minister who is the main reason Lucien stays in the closet and is basically an awkward "first-time gay"... (A thinly-veiled caricature of Christine Boutin). La Briochée is also part of the cast, this drag queen that you might know for being the French voice of Angel Dust. And there's also Philippe Katerine who you might (unfortunately) know from that one Olympic Games performance... (Before he was more better known for his song "Louxor j'adore") - he plays *puts on glasses*... Lucien's prostate. No that's not a type, Lucien actually has a scene during which his prostate appears to him in a divine vision. It is that type of movie.

Their funding page included quite interesting bonuses specifically for animation fans - as in, traditional animation fans, because while computers and tablets replaced a lot of the paper-work, they offered to recreate animatons cellulos based on the animation files so people could have them for supporting the movie, with a certificate of authenticity.

Of course I can't say any more given the movie is not yet released to the public and I was not at the Cannes festival... But as I said before, it has been announced as THE gay comedy of France this year, so we shall see!

[miyakuli]

I went to see a French animated film today that was screened at the Annecy Festival and that I'd been hearing a lot about lately, and gay...SUPER GAY. GAY GAY GAY GAY lmfao x)

For real though, this movie is such a feel good film, genuinely hilarious and packed with tons of refs of pop culture, movies, and even anime like DBZ. And it has songs ;)

The humor is carried by a simple but incredibly expressive animation style that works so well, and even the sex jokes (which I'm usually not a fan of) landed perfectly x)

Also, a few of well known French figures from the queer community participated to it :) and you really can tell the creators know what they're talking about bcs they lovingly parody different gay communities while also not shying away from showing some of their less flattering sides. And oc, it goes HARD on the far right politicians XD Between the conversion therapy jokes, the role reversal where straight people are the ones getting hate, and all the other satirical digs, they really don't hold back and it's glorious x))

I'm reaaaally happy that a movie like this is getting a theatrical release, especially considering it was made possible through crowdfunding.

This month has sadly been marked by several homophobic incidents here in France, and today's Pride march was also canceled bcs of the heat (such an excuse when they hadn't gone ahead with other events this week on days that were even hotter). So this movie feels like one big fuc* you to all the hateful people out there ;p

LOVE WINS❤️ And go support this movie if you can :DD

[12romy]

Everyone needs to watch that movie, I've been waiting for it since the kickstarter last year and holy shit I am NOT disappointed !

Funniest movie I watched in a while, it was just incredible. I really hope it won't just stay in France cause I can tell people on Tumblr would love this one, I'm not kidding

[circumgutter]

[it-appears-that-bruno-has-deact]

ok i regret not unmuting this earlier

[6qubed]

the wailing phantom

[kitten-kin]

Among my acquaintances, I am one of the better bakers. Therefore I am “the one who bakes”. Gathering of the Dutch-Indo elders? I will produce a spekkoek with no less than twenty layers. Nephew’s special day? I will make his favorite; macarons filled with chocolate ganache. Teen wistfully wishes for a Minecraft cake? I gotchu fam.

No one ever said “she’s already baked a dessert once and we loved it, so obviously we won’t ask her to bake again; tell her to make spaghetti this time”.

Write that trope again.

[cicerfics]

“Wow! I loved this story! I hope the author never writes anything remotely like it ever again!!” - Words that have never come out of any reader’s mouth, ever

[muffinlance]

…Okay yeah that’s a good reminder

[ferrettaur]

So like an hour ago I just lear🪨︵︵ned that— what the fuck was that. Someone just skipped a rock across my post did you see that

[kikmessenger]

sits on my own blog like it’s the edge of a lake wistfully

[kikmessenger]

skips a stone over a few posts