Okay so here’s the thing. If I see one more “who cares about historical accuracy in a historical piece of media” I am truly going to lose my entire mind. I’m not asking for TOTAL accuracy down to the detail (I don’t strive for that, and things should connect with a modern reader) but I AM asking that books and shows and movies ENGAGE WITH THE PERIOD THEY’RE SUPPOSEDLY SET IN. The new Persuasion is just the newest (and one of the most egregious) instances of this, but I’ve seen this sentiment a lot, recently. If you don’t care about historical stuff, then why create or engage with historical media? The goal should not be to “modernize” historical fiction, but to create and engage with more diverse historical media. Different settings and periods! More stories about queer and BIPOC folks! Historical fiction has so so much to offer without stripping it of all historical context. I’m tired. 

people actually went on about how game of thrones made it socially acceptable to be a fantasy nerd, as though the lord of the rings movies hadn't been released less than a decade earlier and left far greater cultural ripples and i am just

got may have made the adults feel better about liking fantasy, but lotr got into the kids' heads when they (we) were just young and impressionable enough to be absolutely transported and emotionally rewritten by don't you leave him, samwise gamgee and my brother, my captain, my king and and rohan will answer

lotr was rewriting entire generations' brain chemistry long before asoiaf and so obviously it's not fair to compare any post-lotr fantasy novel to it, and each book series was trying to do different things within their own spheres and so that also is not a fair comparison, but in terms of the cultural impact of the adaptations that came out within a decade of each other, saying that it was game of thrones that made fantasy mainstream is baffling

game of thrones could only run because the lord of the rings movies laid the path, and i will die on this hill

Fire Island will go down as one of the best adaptations of Jane Austen's work, right next to Clueless.

I have a big google doc thing where I keep track of media and stuff (putting everything in loosely ranked categories), which is mostly just for my own reference so I know what tv shows I've already seen before, etc. and I never really look back through it, typically just a quick "okay, watched two movie in the past 8 months, need to quickly slap them somewhere in the lists. okay. done. save document. exit". But today I was actually reading through some of the old notes and there are like... MULTIPLE places where my comment is basically "It would have been good if it were about elves" or "I wish there was a fantasy show made in this same style" or "It's well made, but I just keep thinking about how I would like it more if everyone was an elf or was in old 1700s costumes" or etc like...... lol.... Most biased media ranking system on earth blatantly made by someone with an extremely hyperspecific range of narrow interests. It'd be like if a food reviewer only had 5 foods they actually liked, so they'd just go to a pizza place and be like "eh, the pizza was okay, but I just think it would be better if it was cereal instead. :/ ...2 out of 10"

doug eiffel is a radio guy in every sense. eiffel still listens to music on the radio and he complains about what they play, but no matter how many times people tell him he can just listen to his own music instead, he wants to listen to the radio and complain about it, so he won’t stop. eiffel thinks it’s sacrilege when classic rock stations play anything more recent than the 80s.

the fact that we will get a movie with Adam N as Jesus----

i can't stop thinking about it, this makes me so damn insane kshdisgdjdbd. so i have a little sketch! it might be fun i think

napoleon movie was not good tbh

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We complain a lot about bad adaptations and unnecessary changes but shoutout to when the writers of an adaptation make a change that makes the adaptation so much better than if they'd just directly copied the original

Man. I think the reason why I like 80s movies so much is the fact that they used real sets and practical effects instead of CGI for everything (and only used it in special cases), and they were brighter, more colorful and vibrant. Most movies nowadays are too dark to see anything in them. :/

lol your ask game

"paper" haha

OHHHH!! lmao (>w<) I figured it had to be ask game related but i kept looking for like.. "note" or "memo" or something lol paper - favorite children’s book?

hmmm- i actually dont remember too well which were my favorites.. especially since apparently the books that left an impression on me before reading was ruined by school were.. young adult books?? according to wikipedia?? (Dragonsong by Anne McCaffery and A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle) both are juvenile according to my library tho so they can count i think?? if it has to be a picture book im going to go with Be Nice To Spiders by Margaret Bloy Graham because its nice and helped me be less afraid of buggies pretty early on i think :)

i know i'm asking alot of that one lil scene 😭 this is what happens when you fall for a character with little screen time. learn from me. no matter how much they draw you to them, DO NOT fall for the minor character! IT'S A TRAP

My issue is that I'm a hater but the current horror movie landscape rn has me feeling like this fucking image

@604 (i love u mwah 😘) tagged me to list 7 of my favorite comfort movies:

the secret life of walter mitty: my favorite movie of all time, i’ve gone so many places and tried so many things that i never would have had the courage to do if i hadnt watched this movie

howl’s moving castle: thee number one comfort movie on this list, this movie has it all. weird family, hot wizard, beautiful visuals and music, themes of hard work and anti-war and self-acceptance and becoming whole again!!

interstellar: my first real intro to sci-fi and it knocked me flat on my back when i was 15 and ms hathaway’s character says that love is the one thing that can transcend all distance and time and death and universes. do not go gentle into that good night.

shrek 2 LMAOOOOOOOO sorry but it’s true. one of the only sequels that outshines its original & i have such fond memories of watching this with ryan and beatrice and the homies before i moved away :(

phantom of the opera 25th anniversary at the royal albert hall: every so often i remember that this version of phantom exists and i cant believe it’s real and i watch it and go insane for a few hours and make heart eyes at the insanely beautiful cast

mad max fury road: GOATED. FILM. incredible story about women for women featuring big guns and bright colors and autistic-coded tom hardy and real exploding cars

im bending the rules and giving this spot to both princess mononoke and spirited away because they evoke the same hard-to-conjure hard-to-explain emotion in me. something about the bigness of the movies and the smallness of the characters within a sweeping green dangerous enchanting historical-mythological setting makes my heart ache

tagging anyone who is currently in bed

watched the book of eli last night. yep this one is going on my fave apunkalypse aesthetic movies list. danngngngn. ghngnhghghghhhh

FINALLY watched Ready Or Not (2019) with the fam and FUCCCCKKKKKK FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT WHEN WOMEN ARE COVERED IN BLOOD AND FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES TOOTH AND NAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELL FUCKING YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!