the day that the lotus hotel episode of the percy jackson series airs gay people online will become more annoying than ever before. people zooming in on grainy images of extras. people screaming when they see someone with dark hair. the specter of nico di angelo shall be upon us
you gotta be able to say "die"
you gotta be able to say "suicide"
you gotta be able to talk about "sex"
they're uncomfortable topics, YEAH for SURE
because LIFE is uncomfortable. Death and suicide and sex and pain are straight up going to happen. not having words for the way it discomforts you doesn't make it more comfortable, it just makes you less able to reach out about it.
even more vital, you gotta be able to say words like "rape", "abuse", "queer" or "racist". cause we fought fucking hard to name those experiences. to identify "rape" as distinct from "sex" and "racism" as distinct from "acceptable behaviour" and "queer" as distinct from "invert"
like the function of communication is not to minimise immediate discomfort. we gotta be able to talk about stuff that's hard or sucks or causes difficult conversations.
I'm afraid that I have the worldbuilder's disease and it is terminal.
Fascinating. And where did this disease come from, how is it spread, and what demographics does it affect the most?
romeoandjulietfan
Romeo + Juliet (1996) Trivia: Shakespeare described Tybalt swordsmanship as “showy”. To transform this into flamboyant gunplay, John Leguizamo worked with choreographer John ‘Cha Cha’ O'Connell to create a flamenco-inspired style.
This is the new gender John Leguizamo invented that one time in case anyone was curious
mlb is addicting to watch even when its bad bc it just has the Audacity
no i will not be elaborating any further
Forever mad we never got the Rena Rouge vs Volpina smackdown we deserved
One of my favourite bits of media history trivia is that back in the Elizabethan period, people used to publish unauthorised copies of plays by sending someone who was good with shorthand to discretely write down all of the play's dialogue while they watched it, then reconstructing the play by combining those notes with audience interviews to recover the stage directions; in some cases, these unauthorised copies are the only record of a given play that survives to the present day. It's one of my favourites for two reasons:
- It demonstrates that piracy has always lay at the heart of media preservation; and
- Imagine being the 1603 equivalent of the guy with the cell phone camera in the movie theatre, furtively scribbling down notes in a little book and hoping Shakespeare himself doesn't catch you.
Activists in Tasmania have stuck up more honest promo stickers inside Coles & Woolworths stores, the two dominant supermarket chains in Australia.
History, huh? Bet we could make some.
Leaving aside the romantic declarations and public adoration and bravery here - I love that Henry looks tired.
Kudos to make up, honestly; he looks like he's spent days and days not sleeping, stressed out, depressed, needing Alex to come and even then worried about the king.
I will now be imagining that he instantly falls asleep on Alex's shoulder in the car on the way back from Buckingham Palace.
Carlos, preparing for his first date with Jay: “Can I tell him I like him?”
Evie, picking out his jacket: “Of course!”
Carlos: “Can I tell him about all the dates I have planned for us?”
Evie: “Maybe, if he asks.”
Carlos: “Can I show him an oil painting I made of us surrounded by our future 3 cats and 4 dogs?”
Evie: “I’d save that for later.”