Somewhere Quiet (2023) dir. Olivia West Lloyd

-Are you afraid of dying? -Everyone is. -Not everyone. Some people believe we go somewhere better. Other people think anywhere is better than here.

jesus christ

Somewhere Quiet

directed by Olivia West Lloyd, 2023

Somewhere Quiet review

We're back on the trauma horror wagon for Somewhere Quiet...a story that picks up where most horror movies leave off.

An unreliable protagonist looks to take a more active role in her story.

#60. Somewhere Quiet - Olivia West Lloyd

3.5/5

Every instance of my studio leaving me out of work is the instance of tf fandom being fed ahahah

8th year 🍏⚡

Prompt 247

Danny grumbles, going limp as the Spirit plucked him up, holding him out like some sort of stray cat. Their golden eyes stared across him, white hair shimmering and bloodied feathers rustling as they tilted their head. 

“You sure he’s not somehow ours?” Bludhaven asks again, setting him down once more to circle. Amity laughs, wild hair the color of wheat fluttering in a non-existent breeze and portal pulsing like a heart as she rests a hand on his head. 

“Well darlin’, I am asking if you would be open to adopting,” the Spirit laughs, the sound as familiar as the birds outside his window in the mornings. “Well, I suppose I could always ask your dear sister Arkham-” 

“No no, I would be honored,” Bludhaven smiled a literally sharp grin, something mischievous and violent about it in a way Danny was slowly growing used to. “I’m just- look at the little ghostling! He looks like he could be from ours! My hair, your eyes… he’s just missing markings…” 

“Markings he’ll get once you give me an answer darlin’...”

“OH- Yes, of course! Sorry, I got whelmed there.” 

“You have been stalking your vigilante a bit too much there Blud.” 

Someone's probably already pointed this out by now but I love how the game exercises the concept of the princess being "whatever you percieve her to be" before the game even begins.

After following one of the dialogue trees while questioning the Narrator you get the ability to ask why the Shifting Mound is, specifically, a princess. She is transformation, she is whatever she is perceived to be, the concept of change itself, death itself, etc. but why is she a princess? And the Narrator says that he does not know, just that there must be some reason why she appeared as a princess to you.

But the reason why she is a princess is because that's what was promised to you when you bought the game. If you take the blade, the princess will be just as suspicious and cautious as you are of her, something unsettling but not explicitly a threat yet. If you don't, she will trust you as you trust her not to be dangerous, and she will not display any indication that she can do you any harm. Her personality and mannerisms are variable based on how you play, however, she is, no matter what, a princess. Whether she is a vague idea of a princess (The Stranger, because you have not met her yet), a cold and only dubiously trustworthy princess, or a helpless and friendly princess, she is still a Princess, just because that's what you are going to believe she is just from the title of the game. The Shifting Mound is already taking form of what you are believing her to be, before you even meet her, and once she becomes known As the Shifting Mound, she becomes a shifting mound of, well, princesses. Because that is your first, "base" impression of her.

Idk I just think the entire concept of a character only taking form of what you Think they are is really cool and it was pulled off so well and this game makes me insane. (I can't find the specific dialogue but one of the potential ways you could've asked this question to the Narrator goes something like "Okay but why a princess? Why couldn't she have been a slice of bread or something?" (it wasn't that exactly but it was Something about bread). Slay the Bread Slice, and she would've been. A bread slice. Slay the Shifting Mound and she would've been an incomprehensible mound of, not princesses, but whatever the hell you believe that vague mound could've been made out of. I don't know I just think it's really cool and neat and this game is amazing. The Shifting Mound lives rent-free in my head

Steve truly is the best teacher when every Career's Day he manages to organise not just a world famous rockstar, editor in chief of the NYT and their best photographer, a NASA astronaut, a world famous basketball player, the power couple of the graphic novel world, a translator from the UN, the girl who coached Tony Hawk and the CEO of Domino's.

But also Erica Sinclair aka The President.

unbearable lightness of being

Selectively mute Roach gets handed the aux cord.

Roach, who learned all his music from his Deaf and HoH friends who listen to it for the bass: *puts on the most vile, hardcore, punk-emo song about killing someone for pleasure*

Roach, signing: ‘SONG THIS’ ‘I LOVE’

Roach: *kicks his feet and bobs his head as a kid might, smiling slightly to the beat*

The rest of the 141: “what the fuck…”

Rocket and Gamora are probably dead because of you! — I didn't know. Oh, you didn't know? When are you gonna stop using the excuse of being some big dumb clown for contributing nothing and the rest of us having to carry your slack!

bonus:

raspberry tangerine, honey (i can taste me on you)

Text Message from Ate Mitch: hey you’re not kehlani can you turn it down im trying to sleep Reply: sorry ate 🫠

Guys, I saw something and need to clarify somethig since someone might think the same, I don't beg for attention, I don't need attention (that's how I always lived, seriously, I am absolutely okay without any and I don't see anything wrong in not having any if it's not a work that demands it), a lot of posts constantly that just bury your dash might be annoying and that's why I've been telling to block me, not follow me, in fact a lot of attention exhausts me very quickly, all I do here I do for myself, I love what I do, I specifically don't put a lot of tags on some posts because I've been making them mostly for myself and someone specific (for them just to see it and know that I care and love what they do, not react on it. That's why I'm sometimes sad when people pressurely tell me that I didn't react on something they created for me or didn't interact with them, I'm deeply sorry, I can't answer on them all if I don't feel like it and hope you understand it) *polite bow*

I mean, guys, we all will walk on separated roads sooner or later, but for now I wanna have as much fun as I can 🧡

There are a lot of beautiful people over here who already told that they are okay with my chaos, but there might be some knew who will be confused XDDD

The White Tree 🌸🤍