Cinema Bitch

War Criminal

[waffowo]

Welcome!

Hello Everyone! This isn’t my first Tumblr account? But the first time I’m using this account as more than just liking content! I’m Wafflez/Waff/Duck (he/him).

I post about anything that I’m hyperfixated on or majorly interested in. Will barely talk negatively about anything I ingest unless it is that awful. If it is something I like, I will try not to say anything overtly negative. I particularly enjoy writing academically or making shitposts.

My Current Interests Include:

Film/Movies

Doctor Who (12th’s era in particular, watching the new series)

Television Shows (Particularly Voltron/Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul/The Sopranos/Avatar The Last Airbender/Bee and Puppycat)

Anime (Particularly Neon Genesis Evangelion/Haikyuu/JJBA/Chainsaw Man/Hunter x Hunter)

Literature (Any kind but for more mainstream stuff, Homestuck, The All For The Game trilogy and the Percy Jackson Series)

The Occasional Gaming/Analysis YouTubers (I won’t talk about gaming because I won’t be using this blog to talk about that honestly, but for analysis Jenny Nicholson Good!)

Games (Metal Gear Solid franchise/Ace Attorney/Danganronpa)

Any ship I’m hyperfixated on/invested in (Andreil/Kaishin/Killugon/Solangelo/BBKaz/Dirkjake/Davekat/Kawoshin/Otasune/McWexler/12Clara)

Academia In General or just Pop Culture not really pertaining to YouTube

I may talk about anything mostly related to those categories, my interests extend to so much more. I’m just doing this cause Tumblr is a pretty chill space where I can get my fix.

Socials:

Letterboxd

Serializd

[waffowo]

Ralsei tells Kris to kill the Titan like he just saw a cockroach on the bathroom floor

[waffowo]

The first thing I have to say back on this account is to be controversial (maybe, I don’t know but it seems to be the case on etc Reddit) that overthinking the semantics of the Prophecy in Deltarune Chapter 4 imo undermines the sheer emotional force behind the Susie scenes in the Second Sanctuary.

When the Prophecy says “love finds the girl” I understand the compulsion to read love as defined by Undertale (however, I will say that I’m inclined towards this reading of the word on the Weird Route), I am thinking about how that element of the prophecy has already been fulfilled. Susie doesn’t realise it but love HAS found the girl: Kris, Ralsei, Lancer, Noelle, Gerson and hell, even Toriel, have shown her their love for her. She’s an adolescent who’s been outcast, loveless for the most of her life. She’s someone who used to believe that she was unredeemable, unlovable, and something abject. Of course, this is not justifying her more mean acts pre Chapter 1 (and during it) but you can’t deny that you can’t see how she became the person she was before getting close to Kris and Ralsei.

To me when I see “love comes to the girl”, it’s something so redemptive, that Susie, despite all her flaws, all her mistakes, is capable of not just being loved BUT loving so deeply, that she can be forgiven, makes me so emotional. This is a girl that is finally realises how deeply she feels, how deeply she loves, and with her white pen of her hope she will be able to read between the lines and create a future so loving and liberating.

And this is supported by how the icon of the girl is replicated ad infinitum, it’s everywhere, it follows Susie. Her immense capacity for love is multiplied everywhere that it is OVERWHELMING. It’s of course easy to read this with scepticism (though the appearance argument is the one argument I’m against) especially with how some of the icons display the soul, but I think at least for now, in isolation, I think to me it’s a scene that plays so sincerely and with such great love for Susie, that I struggle reading it in even a negative light.

[waffowo]

Properly learnt about a Watsonian/Doylist analysis means and while I do have my problems with the terminology (I have thoughts my own thoughts about the idea of a Doylist analysis) but I think it’s such a fascinating instance of how character-narrative (in the sense of in-universe lore) centric interpretations appear to be more privileged in fandom spaces (nothing bad! I just think it’s interesting!)

[waffowo]

Shoutout to Joanna Newsom’s hit song Have One On Me for being my main source of inspiration these few days. Please listen to the song if not the album if u haven’t. Genuinely one of the most poetic songs ever.

[jjjjjjjjoey]

When ur mutuals w/ some cool ass people rb if u agree

[waffowo]

To spread some positivity, I will advertise a Doctor Who audio all of you should listen to. I deliberated for a bit but if you really want to have a feel of the quality of early Big Finish, please have a listen to the 8th Doctor audio story of The Chimes Of Midnight (MR #27).

One of the greatest Doctor Who stories and I say this as someone who does struggle to listen to audio (so when the BF stories hit I mean they HIT). It’s a mystery that’s basically dependent on a series of audio cues (which means any visual adaptation will be different) and is one of the most concise Doctor Who stories. I think it works better if you start from the top for 8th and listen to a few audios but even as a beginner audio I still say it comes highly recommended

[harleycao]

Any nuwho recs? Haven't gotten around to watching much of classic and so I don't want to listen to the classic audios quite yet, though I definitely will, eventually.

You seem to be knowledgeable, so I figured I'd ask.

[waffowo]

Death and the Queen was p good iirc! Also I heard the 11th Doctor audio adventures were good too! But tbh Big Finish is less about NuWho (and even so, it’s more Torchwood and Unit orientated) and more about ClassicWho.

[waffowo]

To spread some positivity, I will advertise a Doctor Who audio all of you should listen to. I deliberated for a bit but if you really want to have a feel of the quality of early Big Finish, please have a listen to the 8th Doctor audio story of The Chimes Of Midnight (MR #27).

One of the greatest Doctor Who stories and I say this as someone who does struggle to listen to audio (so when the BF stories hit I mean they HIT). It’s a mystery that’s basically dependent on a series of audio cues (which means any visual adaptation will be different) and is one of the most concise Doctor Who stories. I think it works better if you start from the top for 8th and listen to a few audios but even as a beginner audio I still say it comes highly recommended

[natequarter]

"why are you still watching doctor who if you don't like it?" because i love doctor who? because i would really like to see it do interesting things? i can be critical of it and enjoy it!

[waffowo]

The most awful thing about this show is how is how it gets anyone who comes too close to it. Like this show should rightfully not be on my mind at all but unfortunately…it rly does have something for everyone. Like I can’t leave so ofc I’m going to complain!!! It’s my right as a captive!!!

[waffowo]

Posted it elsewhere but I thought to myself to also post it on my main blog as a way to remember what my current top 20 is for Doctor Who (ignore the fact that I’m cheating by counting certain 2 parters as singular parts, I promise it’s just because I’m lazy)

It’s a good way to archive what my thoughts were! Also I plan on writing in-depth ob at least each story here LMAO

I’ve yet to see:

1. Torchwood

2. Most of 1st, 3rd, 4th

3. Some of 2nd

4. A lot of Big Finish Main Range + Other Audios

5. Lots of novels

6. I’ve yet to rewatch Series 1

[bluraycharles]

[waffowo]

A bit sad that Omega didn’t get more meat in the finale because Omega really is to me, and relative to NuWho, what should be a final final boss. Like he was literally cast off to the damn antimatter dimension by 5th. Like we should have gotten Zagreus 2 where the narrative goes into absolute nightmare, surreal batshit territory to reflect the Lovecraftian horror Omega has become. But that didn’t happen 💔

[natequarter]

i dunno, i think it's possible to acknowledge that steven moffat's era of doctor who did have issues with misogyny because of course it fucking did, he's a cis middle-aged white guy who primarily hired cis middle-aged white guys as writers, whilst also acknowledging that the guy is a good writer who does generally try his best

[jenny-holzer]

[melbush]

this is a great time for you all to start watching classic who and listening to big finish audios and reading the novels and-[I AM DRAGGED OFFSTAGE]

[mulderscully]

okay. i need people to understand the main issue here. ncuti gatwa is the first (full time) black doctor. his entrance was overshadowed by david tennant. his entire run has been the least watched run, many of you admit you did not watch his era. now, after only 16 episodes and a few specials he has regenerated and all people are talking about is billie piper. do you really not see the issue at all? and don't even get me started on what they did to belinda! i'm so BOGGLED by the amount of disrespect thrown at fifteen. he barely got to BE HIS OWN CHARACTER. we barely know him and he's gone. unreal.

[waffowo]

I lowkey never want any of you to utter a WORD against Moffat again like I like RTD but MAN