an important update:
Thank you gritty meme for that important addition.
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DERRY GIRLS: 206 Created by Lisa McGee
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the only funny thing in the past week or so has been: that time in vancouver that two indigenous women at a restaurant spotted trudeau also eating there, and without hesitation, started up a "ceasefire now" call that got picked up by more people in the restaurant, and forced trudeau to slink out in shame.
also they have a store where they sell nice soaps and skincare and stuff! while i'm sure they weren't doing this for The Clout, it's good to support small businesses, especially when they take a stand like this that could expose them to risk. go check it out and support them if you can!
This is what No Justice, No Peace means
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“I didn’t give you much room to be a person” what if I screamed for ever and ever about this line? Like, Ms Marvel the series went into a lot of detail about how cute and wholesome and inspiring having a hero can be, and I loved it. But The Marvels, far from being a “never meet your heroes, they’ll let you down” type story, instead went with this. “I didn’t give you much room to be a person.” Something about putting celebrities on pedestals so high any fall would be disastrous and holding them to a standard no human can possibly hope to achieve. And something about Carol actually trying so hard to be that for her, this girl who hero worships her, but she can’t, of course she can’t maintain that forever, she’s a person, a real messy human person. And Kamala recognising that. Recognising her. The woman beneath the super hero mantle. The person beneath the persona. Like, wow. That was amazing and that line and moment was amazing
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how to write a likeable grumpy character
- consistency : this is applicable to all your characters but becomes specifically important while writing one that might not appeal to the audience because of certain traits. you should know when to balance out their grumpiness to other behaviours– being a grinch cannot make up their entire personality!
- body language : their irritability can be expressed not just through dialogues and expressions, body language plays an important role as well. a descriptive narration of acts such as crossed arms, huffs, a perpetual scowl or the good old eye-roll could create a similar effect without annoying and the reader as much.
- internal thoughts and beliefs : it is very often noticed how a grumpy character's inner ideals are on a comparatively 'softer' and vulnerable side, which allows room for the reader to sympathize with them. maybe this side could be shown to a particular character while it remains hidden to others. if you're thinking about luke and lorelai, congratulations because so am i.
- humor : their grumpy behaviour can always be used to provide hilarity in otherwise tense scenarios. give them some witty comebacks, a fair amount of sarcasm or some self-deprecating humor and watch the audience fall in love with them.
- contrast : establish scenes that provide a contrast between their gruff nature and hidden benevolent traits. interactions with characters that they feel safe around, acts of kindness and a demonstration of their protective instincts shows a caring side behind the grumpy facade.
- reasons : although this isn't necessary, it can be used according to your will and pleasure. find a (realistic) reason behind your character's irritable behaviour– maybe certain events trigger it more often, a backstory, out of spite from certain other characters, personal struggles etc.
- self-awareness : allow them to be conscious of their actions and behaviour, maybe even learn from them. their willingness to do better (or at least attempting to) creates a sense of liking for the audience. this awareness along with their internal struggles as mentioned earlier would add layers to their personality and thus help in character growth.
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Teyonah Parris, Brie Larson and Iman Vellani in (The Marvels) 2023
society really lost the war when dressing nice / slutty = “gay” “metrosexual” “is he 💅🏻”. we had decades of men wearing crop tops and short shorts without blinking an eye and now it’s ye ole pilgrim standards and talk of scandal if they show their knees
they were FASHIONISTAS!!! and we SHAMED them!!!
the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire
- icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down
- cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)
feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated
• arachnean task: one that you enter into smugly believing your skills will suffice, but everyone around you knows that they won’t and that it will land you in deep trouble
- Achillean task: one that you’re refusing to undertake purely out of spite. Alternatively, one you’re only doing because you’re pissed as hell and it won’t end well as a result.
- Odyssean task: a task you plan to MacGyver the hell out of. You’re totally cheesing this, but it works.
- Thesean task: a task that you successfully completed. However, you forgot to tell anyone that you had, and it went poorly.
- Antigonean task: when you say “fuck the authorities” and do what’s right anyway.
- Oedipal task: When someone predicts you're going to fuck up spectacularly, and any attempt to avert it leads you to do exactly that.
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i’m obsessed with the mum from ponyo. driving single lane on a cliff edge? drift those turns in your nissan cube. husband has to work an extra shift? tell him to fuck off in morse code. pet fish turned into a child on your driveway? adopt her. town drowned in a tsunami? leave your 5 year old in charge, he’s the man of the house now
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Bob’s Burgers, Christmas in the Car (S04E08)
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Toni Morrison? Alice Walker? Zora Neale Hurston? Ralph Ellison? James Baldwin? Lorraine Hansbury? Maya Angelou? Octavia Butler? Langston Hughes? Bell Hooks? Many many many many others? Go fuck yourself you lazy, anti-intellectual asshole
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it's always nice to see someone do the thing they were born to do
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hey did you know that uhh
- i. the monster's body is a cultural body
- ii. the monster always escapes
- iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis
- iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference
- v. the monster polices the borders of the possible
- vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire
- vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming
oh shit i didn't expect this to actually get notes lmao
these are all direct quotes from jeffrey jerome cohen's "monster culture (seven theses)" (full pdf linked) i highly encourage you to read it yourself!
that said, while i think cohen's writing is evocative, it can be a little dense, so while i'm here, here's my capsule summary (you can also hear me talk about this in the first episode of my podcast) (listen to @ghostswerepeopletoo)
- i. the monster's body is a cultural body - The monster is a work of fiction to be analyzed through tools of literary and sociological theory.
- ii. the monster always escapes - As long as the cultural fear from which the monster stems persists, the monster will reappear in retellings, reimaginings, and sequels.
- iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis - Monsters defy binaries and challenge easy comprehension or categorization.
- iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference - The monster represents the Other.
- v. the monster polices the borders of the possible - Tales of the monster exist to discourage unacceptable or taboo behaviors.
- vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire - Subjects can vicariously participate in the disruption of the social order through the monster.
- vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming - Within the monster we find information about the self.
Cool as fuck
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