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kraken17 · 8 hours

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MNT has been trending in my mind lately.

#tmnt #tmnt fanart #teenage mutant ninja turtles #leonardo #raphael #michelangelo #donatello #tmnt leonardo #tmnt raphael #tmnt michelangelo #tmnt donatello #reblog

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its rude to reblog things from people you arent mutuals with fyi. :/

💀 my brother in christopher

#reblog!#reblog til judgement day!

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That moment when you go from seeing a character as a cool badass and start seeing them as a kid who needs to be protected and doesn't deserve to deal with the bullshit that gets thrown at them.

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

#its melancholic #coming of age #reblog

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kraken17 · 9 hours

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Perfectly understandable.

"Well, I finally have the Predator film series complete!" "But you're missing the fourth movie…" "Fourth movie? What fourth movie? There is no fourth movie in Ba Sing Se."

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Chapter 49. The aftermath... we're near the end :_)

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Reblog for larger sample size. Feel free to indicate in the comments your generation, approximate region of residence, your length of experience with fan fiction, or when/where you first encountered these terms.

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it really is insane to me how in the mid 2010s netflix had a reputation of making cool, inclusive series as well as saving tv shows after their networks cancelled them, and now here we are today with every halfway decent netflix original show getting cancelled after 1-2 seasons and a bajillion episodes of bigmouth

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Godzillathon - The Showa Era

This month I started a Godzillathon, a series of reviews of all the King of the Monsters movies from Toho Studios. In my Letterboxd you have the reviews with more detail (in Spanish), but since I just finished with the Showa era, I thought I'd share some brief comments here.

Godzilla (1954) - ★★★★★ (10/10)

The original. An undisputed classic. A masterpiece. Terrifying, embracing its idea of the monster as a metaphor for the horror of the atomic bomb and its consequences. Top 5 of the whole kaiju eiga genre.

Godzilla Raids Again (1955) - ★★ (4/10)

In hardly less than a year we went from metaphorical horror to the most generic monster mash. It wouldn't be a problem if it weren't so bland/boring. Tremendous downgrade. Anguirus is cool, though.

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) - ★★★ (6/10)

Basically a Kong movie with Godzilla as a guest antagonist (the real villain is capitalism). It has things that have aged very badly (the racial representation and use of blackface) and unbalanced pacing. It is saved by its last ten minutes. The US cut adds extra hilarity.

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) - ★★★★ (8/10)

Mothra is made of awesomeness. Godzilla is a charismatic asshole. Once again, the real villain is capitalism. The main metaphor gives way now to a satire of the Japanese economic boom of the 1960s and its ecological impact. Fun from start to finish.

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) - ★★★½ (7/10)

We lose the satire and social commentary, but we gain an iconic villain and embrace space opera and sci-fi without qualms. Fun monster mash and Godzilla's first step in his transition to an anti-hero status. He's still a jerk, but he's our jerk.

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) - ★★★ (6/10)

The spectacle wins out over any subtext, which has all but disappeared. It introduces what will be a recurring element of alien invaders making use of giant monsters. Memorable for being overall a fun film and perhaps the craziest of what we've seen so far, but not much more. Also, Godzilla dances.

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) - ★★½ (5/10)

Originally a Kong movie rewritten for Godzilla and it shows. Tropical jungle island adventure. Villains that could come out of a Bond movie. Godzilla in full heroic mode. GIANT LOBSTER. Fun, but doesn't leave much of a lasting impression, although Ebirah has its fans.

Son of Godzilla (1967) - ★★ (4/10)

Not as horribly bad as I feared, but not a good movie. Horrible design decisions, unremarkable antagonists (except for the giant spider because it’s a giant spider), and abusive monster parenting. It tries to squeeze in a bit of environmental commentary, but it's dull and infantilizing.

Destroy All Monsters (1968) - ★★★ (6/10)

The Avengers of the franchise. I wanted to like this movie more than I did. Two very uneven first and second acts of a story with a recycled plot (aliens + monsters under mind control) saved by a resolution that is memorable as fuck. You almost feel sorry for Ghidorah. Almost.

All Monsters Attack (1969) - ★½ (3/10)

The absolute low point of the franchise. It's like a bad dream/recap episode. Tries to do some slice of life with the monsters as a metaphor for childhood anxieties in a plot that shoehorns gratuitous kidnappings into it. Good intention but disastrous execution.

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) - ★★★★ (8/10)

A return to form! Hedorah is an excellent metaphor for uncontrolled pollution and contamination. A bit dissonant, with Godzilla as a kid friendly hero (he flies!) in a terrifying plot, with body horror, human casualties in large numbers and an apocalyptic feeling. And that poor kitty...

Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) - ★★★ (6/10)

Recycled plot of aliens (cockroaches!) using a giant monster. AGAIN. But it's fun and Gigan is memorable as one of Toho's most extravagant kaiju designs: anthropomorphic alien chicken with cool visor instead of eyes and knives. How many knives? All the knives.

Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) - ★★ (4/10)

What the fuck. Total drift to Saturday morning cartoon standards, but poorly done. It's basically a pilot episode for Jet Jaguar, which is endearingly crappy. The plot? The usual, but swap aliens for ancient underwater civilization. Godzilla looks almost too adorable. Note, it actually has a message: nuclear testing is bad.

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) - ★★★½ (7/10)

Twentieth anniversary and introduction of an iconic villain! And the plot... Guess what the plot is? Take a fucking guess. The aliens are now gorillas, just because. At least it's well executed, it's good fun. Also, King Caesar. I like King Caesar, even though he feels like a discount version of Mothra at times. Surprisingly gory in the fights.

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) - ★★★½ (7/10)

Direct sequel to the previous one. The end of the Showa era is a fun but a bit uneven film. Too much focus on a boring Titanosaurus (one of Toho's blandest kaiju designs). Good balance of monster fights and a human plot with touches of humanism and trans-humanism, and a tragic sacrificial ending.

#Godzilla #godzilla showa #showa era #Gojira #Gojira 1954 #godzilla raids again #king kong vs. godzilla #mothra vs. godzilla #ghidorah the three headed monster #invasion of astro monster #ebirah terror of the deep #son of godzilla #destroy all monsters #all monsters attack #godzilla vs hedorah #godzilla vs gigan #godzilla vs megalon #godzilla vs mechagodzilla #terror of mechagodzilla

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kraken17 · 3 days

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I would like to add an honorable mention for Erin Harson, from You're Next (2011/2013).

@scarymovies' four favorite modern final girls:

Sam Carpenter (Scream (2022) & Scream VI)

Tree Gelbman (Happy Death Day & Happy Death Day 2U)

Grace Le Domas (Ready or Not)

Mia Allen (Evil Dead 2013)

#reblog #erin harson #you're next #sam carpenter #scream #tree gelbman #happy death day #grace le domas #ready or not #mia allen #evil dead 2013

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kraken17 · 3 days

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Next chapter tomorrow Friday or early Saturday 😉

"Heh. Look at that," she said, "It seems there was still a heart in here after all."

-Excerpt from Kooky Spooky (or, Across the Wednesday-Verse), Chapter 48: There Was Still a Heart.

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#wednesday addams #enid sinclair #the addams family #fanart #wednesday x enid #wenclair #reblog

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kraken17 · 4 days

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Part 1 of doodles for HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES which is a whole ass novel with so many excellent scenes I need to draw I will be stuck on this for weeks. Holmes is showering Watson with compliments in the beginning for SOME REASONNNN and I can’t stand it

(pt 2) (pt 3) (pt 4)(pt 5) (pt 6) (pt 7)

(This is part of the Watson’s sketchbook series)

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kraken17 · 4 days

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Damn it, Melissa Barrera. No one should look that good covered in blood from head to toe.

#just saw Abigail today #go see it -- it's a blast #Radio Silence really likes people exploding #I'm so glad that the use of Swan Lake was not only exclusive to the trailer #Abigail #Melissa Barrera

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Reblog if you didn’t write My Immortal

We’re going to find the author by process of elimination.

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Thinking of the larger context of LOTR and like, the fellowship swapping old war stories and shit and Sam just says “Yeah I killed a huge spider…Shelob, I think?”

And Gandalf just blinks and is like, “You what now?”

“Yeah, killed it. Had to save Frodo”

Gandalf elects not to tell Sam that he killed the spawn of a primordial demon.

#lotr #lord of the rings

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kraken17 · 7 days

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Reminder that I've created a separate website (well, a blogspot) for my Wednesday fanfics Altogether Ooky and Kooky Spooky in case there's another AO3 blackout, either due to malicious acts of a third party or because of maintenance.

Or if you just want to read them in a different place than Archive of our Own.

Feel free to visit!

UPDATE 22/04/2024:

I have decided to list here all the places where you can find the fics, including the translations made by fans.

Altogether Ooky (or, Into the Wednesday-Verse): AO3 (English) / Blog (English) / Fanfiction.net (English) / Wattpad (Spanish) / Ficbook (Russian) Kooky Spooky (or, Across the Wednesday-Verse): AO3 (English) / Blog (English) / Wattpad (Spanish) / Ficbook (Russian)

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