But Something Next to Normal Would Be Ok

Margaux, 28, French. I haven't been here in a couple of years. Sidebar by the talented alicexz.

[enchantedbook]

'The Witch' by William Mortensen, 1900s

[brandonlees]

THE PRINCESS BRIDE 1987, dir. Rob Reiner

[userarmand]

gentlebeard + hands

[triflesandparsnips]

An abbreviated list of the many, many reasons I love that the season 2 OFMD episodes are being released more closely to a regular television schedule than a single huge binge drop:

1. It allows for this cumulative building wave of meta and art and conversation to develop between episodes, growing higher and higher, yes, but also wider, broader, bringing in people who might have otherwise been missed in some big there-and-gone surge, creating (when in any fandom where new canon drives enormous fan engagement and creativity) an experience that I consider to be the greatest benefit of being in a live, active fandom: immersive fannish compersion.

2. It gives time for people to come up with theories based on one ep, and then have those theories absolutely smashed with the next (an important part of learning to play in the tidepool of media analysis rather than making oneself stationed there).

3. It gives time for us to literally feel time-- as Stede and Ed must spend time apart in the narrative, we must spend time watching them apart in real life, providing an element of emotional consonance that heightens our understanding of the characters and our engagement with the text. (In game design theory this is called ludonarrative consonance, btw, and it's fucking fascinating.)

4. And relating all this together, the slower release helps with the long tail effect, where the longer OFMD is out there and being actively engaged with, the longer there's space for new fans to enter into the fandom while fan activity is at its most FOMO height-- thereby increasing the show's overall reach (in terms of accessibility to new viewers through word of mouth and shared experience) and depth (through fan engagement and iteration on the canon and one another's work).

[elinordash]

COUNTDOWN TO OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH S2 | 4 days

You know, Ed… I don't know if I, well, agree that a ship can only have one captain.

[silverscreencaps]

Harold and Maude (1971) dir. Hal Ashby

[djarin]

And what makes Ed happy? These past few weeks have been the most fun I've had in ages, years. Maybe ever. So... So, uh, I reckon what makes Ed happy... is... you.

[whenyavoguingfem]

lost legends of paris is burning dir. jennie livingston [1990]

[alatariiels]

Period Drama + Women Making an Entrance

[strangeseasons]

studio bitnaneun’s special Korean posters for Moonlight, featuring quotes from director Barry Jenkins  drawings by Seongjin Kim | designed by bitnaneun 

[lettherebemusicblog]

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Listen to the wind blow Watch the sun rise Run in the shadows Damn your love Damn your lies…

[parallel-fields-deactivated2017]

2016 is feeling more and more like that bit in movies where the time traveller accidentally kills a bug and when they return the world is Not Quite Right

[margauxbrooke]

[annaleighashford]

Cabaret on the Tony Awards // 1998 & 2014

[aescribe]

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

RIP Alan Rickman February 21 1946 - January 14 2016

[commotiontv]

The stars look very different today…

[tohubohu]

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blue, blue, electric blue

that’s the color of my home where i will live

blue, blue