[vitariesocks]

just received the best text message I’ve ever had. from my mom

[vitariesocks]

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[rockshitty]

The amount of disbelief I’m willing to suspend is directly proportional to how entertaining the show is. If a show is barely able to hold my attention and has betrayed my trust before, fuck you, that’s not how cutting someone’s head off works.

If I’m glued to my seat every week and can’t stop watching, then yes, absolutely, the professional athlete in a blond wig is indistinguishable from the 17 year old lead actress.

[seasonofhorror]

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

1991, dir. Barry Sonnenfeld

[aya--bb]

genuinely I'm so sick of people wanting all fiction to be ethical. can we all just get a little gross with it. the point of fiction is that it's not real. we can be unethical in fiction; same goes with being perverted with fiction, being unrealistic with fiction, and being grotesque with fiction. not all fiction has to be ethical, not every character has to be ethical, and that's okay. can we stop with the puritanism. be gross. be unrealistic. be whatever. if I don't like it it's not my business as long as we're all clear that its fictional.

[notemily]

via ered.bsky.social, the only kinds of unethical fiction:

people in the replies are going "what about books glorifying unethical things" and "what if it's propaganda" and you, my friends, are who this comic was made for

[iamoboe]

I’m starting to think “I’m gonna wreck this scene uh huh” is less Michael Emerson getting ready to party and more LJ Benet admitting that he’s going to fuck something up at some point before the show ends

[no1michaelemersonfan]

the way ali sings “hey boy….”

[laufire]

people can be so easily fooled into believing soft power is remarkably effective, lasting, or ultimately "better" than the real deal... and one thing I appreciate about tvd is that it's really obvious these are all just beautiful lies we tell ourselves when we lack the alternative, but large parts of the audience were still unable to see it even in its most blatant, stark moments.

both the audience and Elena constantly overestimate her power over Damon. how far her "influence" and his desire to remain in her good graces actually reach. they can't make peace with the fact that it's all as flimsy as a tissue. Damon can force-fed Elena blood, if he chooses to. Damon can sexually assault Elena, if he chooses to. Damon can kill Elena's brother, if he chooses to. Damon can compel her if he catches her without her vervain necklace, if he chooses to. he's done all that and more, on screen, to Elena. the girl everyone was fooled into thinking was Too Special To Violate.

Damon has the power in this relationship. Elena is smarter than him. Elena is a better manipulator than him. Elena has outsmarted and has manipulated Damon before. and yet that all means SHIT. because he's stronger, hundred years older, and completely unaccountable. Damon has the power in this relationship because he's the one whose choices determine its state. Elena has to twist herself and juggle swords in order to survive it intact, and it only works insofar as he's willing to indulge it. that's what true power is like.

[moxiebustion]

"Maybe I'll kill that reporter who does all your interviews. Maybe I'll kill Clark Kent."

This is the most important line in the movie. I'm 100% serious. It tells you everything you need to know about Lex Luthor's character. It shows the audience that, despite being almost omnicognizant from the get-go, Luthor clearly has no fucking idea who Superman is, only what he does.

I've never seen anyone go from All-Knowing Evil to Absolute Fucking Loser so fast. In fifteen words he went from unstoppable criminal powerhouse to flailing manchild moron. He gave his Evil Dictator demonstration and then turned around, dropped his pants and showed his entire ass. He proclaimed his manifesto of unrelenting ego, turned around, slipped on a banana peel and landed on a whoopie cushion.

And he was so mired in his own sense of superiority that he never even knew it.

Lex Luthor, folks. Ten out of ten, no notes.

[assiraphales]

the crazy thing is if a historically accurate pirate movie came out it would be called woke propaganda. they were multi cultural crews that included black & indigenous men (and while some captains obviously held the prejudice of the time) a lot of crews treated them as equals. most ships were run on democratic systems of equal say, equal vote, equal share and they used to break pieces of jewelry apart so they’d all get the same amount of gold. they valued art (music and even put on plays) and had working conditions that were FAR better than the merchant ships and the british. piracy was in some cases a response an exploitive system and a lot of people who turned to the seas had been wronged by the rich, w sam bellamy’s crew even calling themselves robin hood’s men

[assiraphales]

honestly even pirates of the caribbean in today’s social climate would be considered “woke”, and to this day I mourn the cut scene where we essentially find out that jack used to work for the east india trading company until he refused to transport slaves

[magnificentcenturydaily]

Beren Saat as Kösem Sultan MAGNIFICENT CENTURY: KÖSEM (2015–2017)

[calellon]

we could be villains together…. think about it…

[lukearnold]

#married

[douglas-duke-keane]

[gameguy20100]

Nigel Farage: I won!

UK: Yeah. In a by election you called purely to stroke your own ego, where every other party refused to participate. The only other candidate was a satirical comedian who wears a bin on his head. And he still got about a third of the votes, and yet you still refused to show up to the announcement

Farage: But I won!

UK: Yeah, you won. Your prize is, we're still going to continue that investigation into the suspicious amount of money you were bribed with. You utter twat.

[therealgir1]

Speaking my truth. Doc Ock is hot as fuck.

[tvandfilm]

F•R•I•E•N•D•S, The One on the Last Night (S06E06)

[dragosballz]

movie called technically blonde where she goes to trade school instead

[inertial-reel]

No but you don't understand. Rocking up to Welding class with 100% barbie pink tools is such a POWER MOVE.

"Jeremy, I'd really like my orbital sander back ^_^"

"... didn't know it was yours..."

(Legit excited, no sarcasm) "Someone ELSE has the original Box 20-Volt Brushless Cordless Detail Sander with Dust Management?!?!?!?!"

"...no..."

Teacher walking up like "Miss Woods, is that a nail file"

(Elle, blasting compressed air to get rid of the nail file sand)

"Actually, its an emery board. But yes! :D It's a finer grit than what we have, and I've always found these easier to handle"

"...Ok, fair enough."

Elle making friends with the 6 year old daughter of one of her classmates. (Child care ain't cheap, I get it. Bring your kid to class)

Elle learning how to drive a forklift/motorcycle/semi-truck

Elle giving an impromptu lecture in the break room about what gifts to give their wives/girlfriends/mothers

Fucking laser cut "bless this mess" sign on her locker (I lied. It would totally be live, laugh, laser)

Elle's car breaks down and 20+ dudes coming out to show her how to fix it. (And realizing her mechanic is ripping her off)

Every single guy in the building filled with instant despair when she gets with one of the butch lesbians in the program.

Gimme plzzz

[kla1991]

Proposal: She takes her car to a mechanic and it's beat for beat like the original movie scene at the dress shop, where the mechanic *tries* to rip her off and she nods along and then eviscerates her with precise technical details.

The rest of Elle's class now shun that mechanics' shop and tell everyone else to as well, so that place ends up going out of businesss, which allows someone else in the class to open up a sparkling pink and perfectly trustworthy shop of his own.

[predishthefish]

[alexseanchai]

[image: reply by biomark: "Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny"]

[sweetmeatdale]

I’m reminded of the thing where people on construction sites will paint their tools bright pink so they don’t get stolen because

A lot of the workers are afraid of being emasculated and don’t want to touch the pink

Even if they do steal it, it’s bright pink and you can easily spot it

Because it’s an easy to spot color this is also handy if you drop or lose something(neon tape is also a popular thing for this reason in particular)