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Neutralised (1994) [3/?]: My Version of The Shared Universe

For those of you unfamiliar with 'Chicago Hope', it was actually set in a shared universe. Also, 'Suspiciously Similar' characters will be involved (Due to actors playing multiple roles). This is my take on that:

Shows:

Chicago Hope

Homicide: Life on the Street

Law & Order

Neutralised

Picket Fences

characters (I'm not listing anyone who was in 20 episodes or less) under the cut. Also technically these are not all the characters as I'm still writing stuff.

Chicago Hope - Characters (& Actors):

Doctor Aaron Shutt (Adam Arkin)

Doctor Phillip Watters (Hector Elizondo)

Doctor William 'Billy' Kronk (Peter Berg)

Doctor Dennis Hancock (Vlondie Curtis-Hall)

Doctor Diane Grad (Jayne Brook)

Doctor Keith Wilkes (Rocky Carroll)

Doctor Jack McNeil (Mark Harmon)

Doctor Daniel Nyland (Thomas Gibson)

Doctor Jeffrey Geiger (Mandy Patinkin)

Nurse Camille Shutt (Roxanne Hart)

Doctor Lisa Catera (Stacy Edwards)

Alan Birch (Peter MacNicol)

Doctor Joseph Cacaci (Bob Bancroft)

Doctor Robert Yeats (Eric Stoltz)

Doctor Gina Simon (Carla Gugino)

Doctor Jeremy Hanlon (Lauren Holly)

Doctor Francesca Alberghetti (Barbara Hershey)

Homicide: Life on the Street - Characters (& Actors)

Detective John Munch (Richard Belzer)

Detective Meldrick Lewis (Clark Johnson)

Lieutenant Alphonse Giardello (Yaphet Kotto)

Detective Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor)

Detective Frank Pembleton (Andre Braugher)

Detective / Sergeant Kay Howard (Melissa Leo)

Detective Mike Kellerman (Reed Diamond)

Officer/Detective/Lieutenant Stuart Gharty (Peter Gerety)

Detective Paul Falsone (Jon Seda)

Lieutenant/Captain/Detective Megan Russert (Isabella Hofman)

Detective Laura Ballard (Callie Thorne)

Detective Terri Stivers (Toni Lewis)

Captain/Colonel George Barnfather (Clayton LeBouef)

ASA Ed Danvers (Željko Ivanek)

J.H.Brodie (Max Perlich)

Detective Beau Felton (Daniel Baldwin)

Detective Stanley Bolander (Ned Beatty)

Dr Julianna Cox (Michelle Forbes)

FBT Agent/Officer Mike Giardello (Giancario Esposito)

Detective Rene Sheppard (Michael Michele)

Dr. Alyssa Dyer (Harlee McBride)

Detective/Captain Roger Gaffney (Walt MacPherson)

Law & Order - Characters (& Actors)

Sergeant Maxwell Greevey (George Dzundza)

Junior Detective Michael Logan (Chris Noth)

Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek)

Exex ADA Benjamin Stone (Michael Moriarty)

ADA Paul Robinette (Richard Brooks)

DA Adam Schiff (Steven Hill)

Sergeant Philip Cerreta (Paul Sorvino)

Dr Elizabeth Olivet (Carolyn McCormic)

Senior Detective Leonard W Briscoe (Jerry Orbach)

Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson)

ADA Claire Kincaid (Jill Hennessy)

Exec ADA/DA John McCoy (Sam Waterston)

Junior Detective Reynaldo Curtis (Benjamin Bratt)

ADA Jamie Ross (Carey Lowell)

ADA Abigail Carmichael (Angie Harmon)

Junior/Senior Detective Edward Green (Jesse L. Martin)

Interim DA Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest)

ADA Serena Southerlyn (Elisabeth Röhm)

DA Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson)

Neutralised - Characters (& Actors)

Abraham Machado (Alfred Molina)

Andreina Neri (Robin Wright)

Caleb Willow (Cary Elwes)

Dove Lewis (Alfre Woodard)

Esmé Verity (Janaeane Garofalo)

Faustus Sanchez (Hank Azaria)

Grayson Bryant (Harold Perrineau)

Hunter Kingsley (Chris Farley)

Ichabod Mortimer (Danny DeVito)

Jared Foster (Kirk Acevedo)

Kane Carter (Philip Seymour Hoffman)

Lance Carter (John Goodman)

Monday Duke (Patricia Arquette)

Noam Gold (Oliver Platt)

Omega Finch (Willem Dafoe)

Peyton Blythe (Regina King)

Russel Warszawski (Adam Sandler)

Sullivan Landon (Christopher Lloyd)

Tuesday Duke (Reese Witherspoon)

Victor Jamison (Mike Myers)

Winslow Warszawski (Brad Garrett)

Xavier Solomon (David Spade)

Yancy Haggard (Kiefer Sutherland)

Zoey Knight (Geena Davis)

OZ - Characters (& Actors)

Augustus Hill (Harold Perrineau)

Tobias Beecher (Lee Tergesen)

Ryan O'Reily (Dean Winters)

Kareem Saïd / Goodson Truman (Eamonn Walker)

Miguel Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo)

Vernon Schillinger (J.K. Simmons)

Simon Adebisi (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje)

Christopher Keller (Christopher Meloni)

Zahir Arif (Granville Adams)

Hamid Khan (Ernie Hudson Jr.)

Nacim Bismilla (Re Hanna)

Huseni Mershah / James Monroe Madison (Roger Guenvuer Smith)

Leroy Tidd / Salah Udeen (Jacues Smith)

Jefferson Keane (Leon)

Kenny Wangler (J.D. Williams)

Arnold 'Poet' Jackson (muMs the Schemer)

Paul Markstrom (O.L. Duke)

Junior Pierce (Malé-Lexington Alexander)

Malcolm 'Snake' Coyle (Treach)

Johnny Post (Tim McAdams)

James Robson (R.E. Rodgers)

Mark Mack (Leif Riddell)

Jaz Hoyt (Evan Seinfeld)

Scott Ross (Stephen Gevedon)

Andrew Schillinger (Frederick Koehler)

Nino Schibetta (Tony Schibetta)

Peter Schibetta (Eddie Malavarca)

Antonio Nappa (Mark Margolis)

Chucky Pancamo (Chuck Zito)

Dino Ortolani (Jon Seda)

Don Zanghi (John Palumbo)

Joey D'Angelo (Goodfella Mike G)

Mario Seggio (Todd Etelson)

Salvatore DeSanto (Phil Campanella)

Raoul 'El Cid' Hernandez (Luis Guzman)

Carmen 'Chico' Guerra (Otto Sanchez)

Carlos Martinez (Carlos Leon)

Carlo Ricardo (Juan Carlos Hernandez)

Cyril O'Reily (Scott William Winters)

Rev. Jeremiah Cloutier (Luke Perry)

Timmy Kirk (Sean Dugan)

Alonzo Torquemada (Bobby Cannavale)

Richie Hanlon (Jordan Lage)

Shirley Bellinger (Kathryn Erbe)

Bob Rebadow (George Morfogen)

Agamemnin Busmalis (Tom Mardirosian)

Donald Groves (Sean Whitesell)

Jackson Vahue (Rick Fox)

Desmond Mobay / John Basil (Lance Reddick)

Richard L'Italien (Eric Roberts)

Nikolai Stanislofsky (Phillip Casnoff)

William Giles (Austin Pendleton)

Henry Stanton (Thomas G. Waites)

Colonel Edward Galson (John Doman)

Eli Zabitz (David Johansen)

Kipekemie Jara (Zakes Mokae)

Dean Alvah Case (Charles S. Dutton)

Sean Murphy (Robert Clohessy)

Claire Howell (Kristin Rohde)

Diane Wittlesey (Edie Falco)

Clayton Hughes (Seth Gilliam)

Karl Metzger (Bill Fagerbakke)

Eddie Hunt (Murphy Guyer)

Lenny Burrano (Skipp Sudduth)

Father Ray Mukada (B.D Wong)

Doctor Gloria Nathan (Lauren Veldez)

Governor James Devlin (Željko Ivanek)

Martin Querns (Reg E. Cathey)

Doctor Frederick Garvey (Milo O'Shea)

Warden Leo Glynn (Ernie Hudson)

Tim McManus (Terry Kinney)

Sister Peter Marie Reimondo (Rita Moreno)

Picket Fences - Characters (& Actors)

Sheriff James 'Jimmy' Brock (Tom Skerritt)

Doctor Jill Brock (Kathy Baker)

Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs)

Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow)

Zachary 'Zach' Brock (Adam Wylie)

Deputy Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor)

Deputy Maxine 'Max' Stewart (Lauren Holly)

Carter Pike (Kelly Connell)

Ginny Weedon (Zelda Rubinstein)

Douglas Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel)

Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston)

DA John Littleton (Don Cheadle)

DA Barnaby Wood (Peter Frechette)

ADA Petrovic (Jason Beghe)

Father Gary Barrett (Roy Dotrice)

Laurie Bey (Marlee Matlin)

Howard Buss (Robert Cornthwaite)

Doctor Joanna 'Joey' Diamond (Amy Aquino)

Lisa Fenn (Alexandra Lee)

Frank (David Proval)

Rachel Harris (Leigh Taylor-Young)

Ed Lawson (Richard Masur)

Peter Lebeck (Michael Jeter)

Milton Lebeck (Chris Owen)

Reverend Henry Novotny (Dabbs Greer)

Principal Michael Oslo (Roy Brocksmith)

Cynthia Parks (Elisabeth Moss)

Bill Pugen (Michael Keenan)

Lydia Brock (Cristine Rose)

Aiesha Campbell (Bruklin Harris)

Brian Latham (Gregory Vignolle)

Agent Donald Morrell (Sam Anderson)

#original character #original characters #original writing #original series #Neutralised #chicago hope #homicide life on the street #law & order #oz #hbo oz #picket fences #shared universe #very long post #alfred molina #tagging only alfred because i hope the molina girlies like bram

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bookthroneking · 10 months

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Six Spooky September Recs

I know, it's not September yet, but it's coming soon, and I always feel like the beginning of autumn is a perfectly good time to start getting into the Halloween mood. So I'm recommending six books to help you get this year's spooky season going. I've tried to restrict myself to less famous or more contemporary works (we all love The Haunting of Hill House, yes, yours truly included, but it's a pretty well-known novel), and only picked books that really stayed with me. Mind the content warnings on StoryGraph for each of these.

The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan is a very, very good eldritch horror novel with a complex and deeply flawed lesbian protagonist; it's also an unsubtle but insightful examination of mental illness, toxic relationships, and the way people sometimes just can't do right by each other. Lots of hypnotic prose, bitter dialogue, and some nightmarishly beautiful imagery.

Sisters by Daisy Johnson is a very sharp, contemporary literary thriller that puts a new spin on the 'woman who has something wrong with her moves into house that has something wrong with it' Gothic trope. I picked this book up just on a whim and got completely hypnotized by the corrosive character dynamics and the haunting atmosphere.

Cast a Cold Eye by Alan Ryan is, simply put, my favorite ghost story. Set in a remote Irish village, it's the slowest of slow burns but utterly terrifying sometimes, written in literary, imaginative prose and threaded with themes of community, history and tradition examined thoughtfully through literal and metaphorical hauntings. Also, the writing is just genuinely beautiful.

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll: THE horror comic book for me. Gorgeous art and terrifying little tales (including the celebrated His Face All Red), what more do you need?

Experimental Film by Gemma Files is another excellent eldritch horror story told through a very unique perspective. The novel is about Lois, a bitter film critic who is trying to balance a difficult family life with the disappointment of her professional career, until she stumbles across a mystery in cinematic history that leads her to something terrifying. I'm pretty hard to freak out, but man, this book always does the trick. (For bonus nightmares, also read her short story each thing i show you is a piece of my death, which explains a certain side character's backstory and is literally the scariest goddamn thing I've ever read.)

And finally, Killer Verse: Poems of Murder and Mayhem is exactly what it sounds like: a poetry anthology examining the act of murder, from old ballads to contemporary poetry and through various points of view. Some of the poems are horrifying, some are bleak and some are really sad, but they all make for a hell of a read.

Happy haunting, fellow bookworms!

#book recs #horror #poetry #literary fiction #scary books #book recommendations #spooky season #bookblr #my posts #bookworm

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dear-indies · 8 months

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Hey there! I've got an odd sort of request and was hoping you could help! I'm looking for any faceclaim (literally any gender, ethnicity, age, etc.) that has roles where they're wearing a mask (ie; V for Vendetta, Michael Myers, Zorro etc.). I'd greatly the help because I'm having trouble finding what I'm looking for! Thank you!!! ^.^

Hiroyuki Sanada (1960) Japanese - Mortal Kombat.

Temuera Morrison (1960) Māori, with some Scottish, Irish, and English, remote French Breton - The Book of Boba Fett.

Jackie Earle Haley (1961) - Watchmen.

John Carroll Lynch (1963) - American Horror Story - Twisty the Clown.

Peter Outerbridge (1966) - Batwoman.

Ethan Hawke (1970) - The Black Phone.

Regina King (1971) African-American - Watchmen.

James Duval (1972) French-Vietnamese / French, Irish, Unspecifed Native American - Donnie Darko.

Karl Urban (1972) - Dredd.

Pedro Pascal (1975) White Chilean - The Mandalorian.

Ryan Hurst (1976) - The Walking Dead.

Steve Byers (1979) - Slasher.

Danko Jordanov (1979) - The Hills Run Red.

Ben Barnes (1981) - The Punisher.

Jo Han Sun (1981) Korean - Tiger Mask.

Kim Ji-hoon (1981) Korean - Money Heist Korea.

Park Hae-soo (1981) Korean - Money Heist Korea.

Joe Taslim (1981) Chinese Indonesian - Mortal Kombat.

Katie McGrath (1983) - The Continental.

John Gallagher Jr. (1984) - Hush.

Alba Flores (1986) Romani and Spanish - is a lesbian - Money Heist.

Ruby Rose (1986) - is genderfluid and a lesbian - Batwoman.

Robert Pattinson (1986) - Batman.

Javicia Leslie (1987) African-American - is biseuxal - Batwoman.

Hera Hilmar (1988) - Mortal Engines.

Daniel Nelson (1988) - Mortal Kombat.

Úrsula Corberó (1989) - Money Heist.

Kim Woo-bin (1989) Korean - Black Knight.

Lee Joo-bin (1989) Korean - Money Heist Korea.

Lim Ji-yeon (1990) Korean - Money Heist Korea.

Wi Ha-joon (1991) Korean - Squid Game.

Lee Han-byeol (1992) Korean - Mask Girl.

Lee Hyun-woo (1993) Korean - Money Heist Korea.

Jeon Jong-seo (1994) Korean - Money Heist Korea.

Miguel Herrán (1996) - Money Heist.

Trey Butler (?) - Watchmen.

There's also of course everyone who has played Ghostface, fsociety, Bayfield Babyface Killer, Shadyside Killers, and the masked characters from The Purge!

With thanks to @krakhatoa and @rey1x1!

#fc help #rph #rpc #not to be dramatic but i was made for this ask

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samprestonbigbadabruce · 1 year

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“Monster” Series 2 and 3?

To the surprise of pretty much nobody, Netflix announced that the success of Monster - The Jeffrey Dahmer Story meant they were were renewing the show as a new anthology show for at least two seasons, Monster, slightly akin to how American Horror Story season one become AHS - Murder House retrospectively.

Evan Peters was impressive in the eponymous role of Dahmer, after having gained prominence in the AHS universe for main roles in nine out of the eleven seasons completed to this date (the only two missing were 1984 and NYC). So I began to wonder, what two monsters could feature in the next two seasons, and what Ryan Murphy favourites could feature in the roles?

I was going to do a build-up of anticipation, but instead I’ll skip it and jump straight to the monsters, which I believe will be John Wayne Gacy and Ed Gein. Both are not only famous serial killers memorable just as much as Dahmer, but both men featured in brief appearances in the Dahmer season, and Murphy has a habit of foreshadowing future seasons in AHS. Examples include references to ‘crazy’ in Murder House as a foreshadow to the setting of an asylum in, well, Asylum, which itself mentions ‘witches’ and has someone demonstrate telekinesis, both of which appear in season three Coven.

The question may be who will play Gacy and Gein respectively, and starting with Gacy, it probably won’t surprise many that I reckon John Carroll Lynch is perfect for the role. Lynch has not only impressed as the main suspect for the eponymous killer in Zodiac, but has appeared as both Gacy himself and the terrifying Twisty The Clown in American Horror Story. He’s a tremendous character actor who can balance that genial nature that made him seem so unthreatening and then that shift into terror. His work alone in Zodiac and the scene below demonstrates that:

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The one I’m curious about is who could play Ed Gein, as despite being a major inspiration for many famous movie serial killers (Leatherface, Norman Bates, Buffalo Bill), there’s never been a major film or television production that focused on the original killer. For me, I’m kind of torn between two actors, one is Joseph Fiennes, who could demonstrate the younger version of Gein but may be too clean cut for the role. The other, and possibly more likely, could be Denis O’Hare, whose physicality and older looking appearance may be better suited in the role of Ed Gein, especially as the main focus would likely be in Gein’s 40s-50s.

Who would you have feature in the next two seasons of Monster? Do you think there could be further seasons? A season dedicated to Albert Fish could be massively disturbing...

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byneddiedingo · 2 years

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Robert Ryan and Barbara Stanwyck in Clash by Night (Fritz Lang, 1952) Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe, Keith Andes, J. Carrol Naish, Silvio Minciotti. Screenplay: Alfred Hayes, based on a play by Clifford Odets. Cinematography: Nicholas Musuraca. Art direction: Carroll Clark, Albert S. D'Agostino. Film editing: George Amy. Music: Roy Webb. There's a wonderful moment in the middle of Fritz Lang's Clash by Night that almost makes up for the talky melodrama of the rest of the film: Stealing from the romantic gesture executed by Paul Henreid in Now, Voyager (Irving Rapper, 1942), Lang has Earl Pfeiffer (Robert Ryan) light two cigarettes at once and hand one of them to Mae Doyle (Barbara Stanwyck). She looks at it with distaste for a moment, then tosses it over her shoulder, takes out her own pack of cigarettes, and lights one herself. It's possible that the moment is spelled out in Alfred Hayes's screenplay, or in the play by Clifford Odets on which it's based, but it's the perfect embodiment of Stanwyck's great gift for playing women in charge. In fact, Stanwyck's character is hardly ever fully in charge -- Mae Doyle can't control her life because of the men in it, which she describes as either "all little and nervous like sparrows or big and worried like sick bears." The problem with Clash by Night is not the cast, which is uniformly watchable, or the direction, which does what it can with the material, particularly by exploiting the film's setting -- Monterey, the bay, the fishing fleet, and Cannery Row -- but the screenplay. It's full of Odets characters who can't resolve their internal conflicts but also can't stop talking about them. Even the secondary characters, like Jerry D'Amato's father and uncle, can't help putting in their two cents, often in florid Odetsian metaphor. The title of the film comes from Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach," in which the speaker laments the loss of faith in a world that has "neither joy, nor love, nor light, / Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain." It's a place where "ignorant armies clash by night." That bleak Victorian pessimism, however, doesn't translate very well to a story in which the clashing armies are men and women, a battle of the sexes that's a little too conventional in concept. Mae returns to her family home in Monterey, and immediately starts making a mess of things by attracting not only the good-hearted Jerry but also his cynical burnt-out friend Earl. Since Jerry is played by the somewhat schlubby Paul Douglas and Earl by the handsome Ryan, we can see immediately where this is going to go, and the wait for it to get there gets a little tedious. There's also a rather pointless secondary plot involving Mae's brother, Joe, and his girlfriend, Peggy, who are played by Keith Andes and Marilyn Monroe. The backstories that stars and their personae bring to the roles they play are often valuable. Here, however, Marilyn's presence in the cast has unbalanced our subsequent reaction to the film, which can never be watched without the irrelevant knowledge of the actress's skyrocketing career, troubled relationship with her directors (including Lang, who terrified her so much that she vomited before performing a scene), and pitiable demise. Peggy is a small role, and she plays it well, but it was never meant to be the principal reason many people watch Clash by Night.

#Clash by Night #Fritz Lang #Barbara Stanwyck #Robert Ryan

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blackfemmecharacterdependency · 10 months

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JULY Celebrity Birthdays & Events

All Month Long: Disability Pride Month: Disabled Characters Masterlist | National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

July Birthdays

Cancer Stars (June 21-July22) 1: Storm Reid 2: Vanessa Lee Chester 3: Audra McDonald 5: Alyah Chanelle Scott 4: Edmonia Lewis, Laci Mosley 5: Ellen Bendu 6: Della Reese, Little Miss Flint, Tia Mowry 7: Cree Summer, Akira Golz 8: Riele Downs, Taja V. Simpson 9: Shanice Williams, Lolo Spencer 10: Angel Haze, Kelly McCreary, Skye P. Marshall 11: Lil’ Kim, Aida Osman, Annarah Cymone, Aerial Hull (Big Swole) 12: Lisa Nicole Carson 14: Alisha Wainwright, Angela Lewis, Geretta Geretta, Kelly Jo Minter 15: Shari Headley, Kelcey Mawema 16: Sydelle Noel, Robinne Lee, Tenika Davis 17: Amanda Warren, Asjha Cooper, Diahann Carroll 18: Anne-Marie Johnson, Taylor Russell 20: Paige Hurd 22: Lonette McKee, Parisa Fitz-Henley

Leo Stars (July 23-Aug 22) 23: Pippa Bennett Warner, Rochenda Sandall 24: Brenda Crichlow, Herizen Guardiola 25: Iman, Jajube Mandiela 26: Grace Byers, Tembi Locke 27: Gabrielle Graham, Jordan Alexander, Tahirah Sharif, Savannah Smith 29: Sweet LD, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Sasha Frost 30: Vivica A. Fox, Zolee Griggs 31: Wunmi Mosaku, Bukamina Cebekhulu

July Events:

#placeholder tag #July #BFCD Calendar #JULY Celebrity Birthdays & Events #July Masterlist #Celebrity Birthdays & Events

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cyrah-is-cool101 · 1 year

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The Adventures of Ocean Breeze #3 (Part 2): The Rogues Gallery

Introducing the secondary villains of Ocean Breeze's Rogues Gallery, Part 2!

6. Lucky March Hare

Character Inspiration:

Mad Hatter (DC/Batman) and Aran Ryan (Punch Out!)

Name: Lucky March Hare

Real Name: Cillian O'Sullivan

Age: 28

Personality: Love sick, delusional, feral, intelligent, masochistic, insane

Relationships: Ocean Breeze (Enemy/His 'Alice')

Residence: Fairytale Land Amusement Park

Powers/Abilities/Weapon/s of Choice: Mind control bow (see picture above), Dagger

Gun

Bio:

Cillian O'Sullivan, an Irish research scientist who was smitten with the works of Lewis Carrol, becoming Lucky March Hare. As his criminal name indicates, he takes the appearance of the March Hare from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He is an insane and masochistic neuroscientist, developed a special bow tie that can control the brain and induce a hypnotic state. Hare (a nickname by Ocean) is always for girls who remind him as the protagonist of Lewis Carrol, Alice, especially Ocean because of her ocean blue eyes. Hare is also a bit of an alcoholic and carries lucky charms to bring him luck/fashioning them as weapons.

7. Tidal Wave

Character Inspiration:

Liquidator (Darkwing Duck)

Name: Tidal Wave

Real Name: Randy Binks

Age: 25

Personality: Short-tempered, impatient, considerate (sometimes)

Relationships: Ocean Breeze (Enemy/Rival), His manager (Mentor)

Residence: 43 Jade Boulevard

Powers/Abilities/Weapon/s of Choice: Water Powers

Bio:

Randy Binks was another water user like Pearl but he was the descendant of Polaris, Neptune's step brother. Randy was a professional boxer who is trying his best to win the top of being the champion but he found out his manager was in debt of money with the Saichi Group, a Yakuza group similar to the Osamu Clan, however they're notorious for their drug smuggling rings. Randy tried to defend his manager but he was then tied up and thrown into the bay, that's when he discover his water powers, becoming Ocean's male doppelganger, Tidal Wave. Tidal Wave has similar powers like Ocean Breeze but they both have different auras: Ocean is sky blue and Tidal's has dark blue. Tidal Wave is hellbent on revenge of the Saichi Group and swore he will eliminate all of them.

8. Sweet Queen Candy

Character Inspiration:

Baroness Von Bon Bon (Cuphead)

Name: Sweet Queen Candy

Real Name: Mandy Sweet (Name inspired by Coach Candy Sweet from Totally Spies)

Age: 26

Relationships: Pink Cupid (Ally), Dan Despicable (Ally), Ocean Breeze (Enemy)

Personality: Overall sweet, crazy, psychotic, snobbish

Residence: Candyland Factory

Powers/Abilities/Weapon/s of Choice: Glycopoeia, the power to transform matter into candy/sweets, Whip (see picture above), Candy Gun

Bio:

Mandy Sweet is the owner of Candyland Factory and has a bit of a sweet tooth. One day, she was inspecting the vats of bubblegum but then, she accidentally tripped into the vat of bubblegum, that turns her skin pink and lost her mind, turning into Sweet Queen Candy. Queen Candy (as she likes to call herself) has the power to turn anything into candy but not humans though only physical objects and she also has a whip and a candy gun that shoots gumballs instead of bullets. Queen Candy is snobby, crazy and particularly hates anything fatty or greasy, especially fast food. Ocean thought her sugar craze was a bit, no too much to be addicting that her health might be in danger, unfortunately Queen Candy didn't care.

9. Agent Silver X

Character Inspiration:

Steelbeak (Darkwing Duck)

Name: Agent Silver X

Real Name: Gideon Griffon

Age: ?? (Probably Early 20s)

Personality: Suave, chauvinist, cocky

Residence: Unknown

Powers/Abilities/Weapon/s of Choice: Martian arts, Gun

Grappling hook

Bio:

Gideon Griffon, better known as Agent Silver X, is an espionage agent/assassin that works under the notorious crime family, the Connellys. Agent Silver X is handsome, dashing and a male chauvinist, who thinks Ocean Breeze does not have guts to be responsible as a hero but Ocean responds to it was punching his lights out. Silver X has different gadgets and weapons to fulfill his crime missions.

10. Scorpio

Character Inspiration:

Red Scorpion (Kaitou Joker)

Name: Scorpion

Real Name: Samar Patel

Age: ?? (Around 20's)

Personality: Quiet, brutal, tricky (sometimes)

Relationships: N/A

Residence: Unknown

Powers/Abilities/Weapon/s of Choice: Black magic, Dagger

Knives

Needles

Bio:

An Indian man born with dark magic, Samar Patel, aka Scorpio, is quick but deadly with knives and needles filled with poison that will make you unconscious or sleepy. Scorpio is fast but he's always too quick to think, jumping into the wrong conclusions and is always clumsy when his feet are light for the ground. Ocean sometimes calls him 'Speedy' due to his speed and agility, which vert much annoys Scorpio, who thought Ocean was too patient with her actions and strategies but Ocean always proves him wrong.

#the adventures of ocean breeze #rogues gallery

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flicksnfilms · 1 year

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Big Sky: Season 2 (2021-2022)

Plot premise: Cassie is still trying to locate Ronald, as Jenny decides she can operate better by rejoining the county sheriff department and later finds herself catching up with an old friend who is currently undercover in a drug ring. She investigates a truck crash that results in missing drugs and money, while Cassie, Mark, and Jerrie locate the MHP officer who helped Scarlet, only to later find him murdered. Unknown to the detectives, four teens who were at the crash scene took the drugs and money. Meanwhile, Ronald has been chained up and imprisoned by someone who appears to be Legarski's twin brother. Based on the series of books by C.J. Box.

Network: ABC Episodes (and episode length): 18 (42-43 mins) Creator: David E. Kelley Cast: Katheryn Winnick, Kylie Bunbury, Dedee Pfeiffer, Brian Geraghty, Jesse James Keitel, John Carroll Lynch, Patrick Gallagher, J. Anthony Pena, Anja Savcic, Omar Metwally, Janina Gavankar, Ryan O'Nan, Logan Marshall-Green, Zoë Noelle Baker, Jamie-Lynn Sigler IMDB | RottenTomatoes

± The story's not bad but the writing is, sometimes. The teens are still always inconsistent and the conversations and character consistency is kind of awful. [SPOILERS AHEAD] I do very much appreciate that Ronald's dead, cause seriously no one can friggin' defeat this lanky dork that there's a trail of bodies behind him. And there's finally characters i like; Ren and Donno are super specifically weird and i like it. There's Jerrie, of course, but she's super low key.

I knew that Travis wasn't gonna be a bad guy --gone rogue maybe-- but not an inherently bad guy, cause all of the "bad" people so far have avoided the traditionally attractive casting. :)))

And, of course, i've finally caught up to the reason i started watching in the first place, Sheriff Beau Arlen: very Texan, very unf. I wonder if when they closed on the contract with Jensen was when they decided to include Carry On Wayward Son several episodes prior to his appearance. :))

#tv series #Big Sky

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thefirstarchitect · 5 years

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Ryan Guzman as Rio in Jem and the Holograms (2015).

#ryan guzman #ryanguzmanedit #rguzmanedit #**#i am baffled as to why there aren't more gifs of you good sir.#baffled.#anyways.#the loml ryan guzman everyone #character: ryan carroll

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deviliciousdev · 3 years

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✨MBTI Types as Movie Characters🎥

The Analysts🔍🧠 (NTs)

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ENTJ, The Commander

Miranda Priestly // The Devil Wears Prada

One of my favorite movies. The Alpha Bitch, Editor and Chief of Runway, played by the always incredible Meryl Streep, is definitely an ENTJ. She's ambitious, intelligent, and a strong, but suave leader who values efficiency and expects people to be at their best. All stacking up to create a chic as all shit powerhouse of success. Some find her cold and even heartless, but as we see later in the movie, she's actually a sensitive person who secretly doesn't like her ice queen reputation, but deals with it as a part of having haters. Another very ENTJ aspect to her character is the fierce love she has for her family (especially her daughters, whom she'd kill for) and her closest friends. Lastly let's not for get her smooth talking ability to burn people with some seriously clever and iconic lines.

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ENTP, The Debater

Wade Wilson // Deadpool & Deadpool 2

In my opinion, hands down the best superhero movie(s). Played and directed by Canada's Golden Boy, Ryan Reynolds, Wade Wilson, the lovable and hilarious antihero, known by his alias Deadpool, is a classic ENTP. Yes his trademark blunt wit and chaotic style alone give off serious ENTP vibes, but what really sells his character as The Debater is his determination. No matter if its something small like being screwed on an unfair coupon policy, a deep meaningful principle, or fighting for someone they love, either their determination wins out or they'll die trying. This characteristic is actually the driving force of BOTH movies. In the first installment we see Wade fighting to save the love of his life from his old nemesis (in typical superhero fashion), but Wade's ENTP-ness gets a huge boost in the second installment where we see him fight to protect a mutant boy, he barely knows, who he first meets at a mutant reform school, which lets be honest is just an allegory for conversion therapy camp.

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INTJ, The Architect

Clarice Starling // The Silence of the Lambs

Award winning, continuously suspenseful, and tastefully creepy, this horror thriller is one the best. Jodi Foster won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as FBI Cadet, Clarice Starling. A more underrated INTJ fictional character, but a perfect fit nonetheless. The mere fact that Clarice is not even an actual agent yet and is already pulled onto a serial killer case, by the head of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit (now the Behavioral Analysis Unit) is a clear mark of an INTJ. The Architect's famous organized intellect trait is the catalyst (the reason she was chosen) for Clarice's decent into the madness of the Buffalo Bill Case. Tasked with interviewing psychiatrist and serial killer (with a genius level IQ) Dr. Hannibal Lecter aka Hannibal the Cannibal, to get his view on the case. Clarice keeps completely calm and focused as Lecter attempts to manipulate and rattle her. Not only solving the breadcrumb puzzle Lecter sends her on to find Buffalo Bill, but at one point even being a step ahead of the genius psychopath. And let's not forget her super INTJ moment in where we see her her breaking down next to her car and crying from the immense stress she's under, to immediately compartmentalizing and getting a 10/10 score at the FBI shooting range.

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INTP, The Logician

Alice Kingsley// Alice in Wonderland (2010)

One of my all time favorite movies, Tim Burton's 2010 continuation to the original story, (written by Lewis Carrol and made into a Disney animated movie) takes Alice's character from a simple curious little girl to a deeper young adult character. Mia Wasikowska plays a nineteen year old Alice who finds herself (to her chagrin) at her surprise engagement party where a boring and utterly obnoxious young Lord is to propose. After several awkward interactions: from her crazy Aunt, to her aristocratic future mother in-law, and finding her sister's husband with another woman, she ends up in front of the entire party being proposed to. And in true INTP fashion she makes a faint excuse and physically runs from her problems. Eventually falling down the rabbit hole, a good metaphor for the chaotic inter working of an INTP's mind, she finds herself in a place called Underland. Alice's personal objective in the movie (unlike most who's objective would be to escape the weird world) is to discover if she's dreaming, going mad, or if she's actually been there before, stopping every now and then to do a few rebellious acts to help her friends. There were many characters I've seen for the INTP, all are well thought out and accurate, however I think Logicians can relate the most to Alice's need for independence, intense curiosity, loath for societal expectations, awkward but confident demeanor and increasingly out of the box thinking.

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[note: stay tuned for the intuitive feelers and more]

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toukenramblings · 3 years

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Storyteller: Mikazuki Munechika, Kogitsunemaru, Nikkari Aoe

Sorry this took so long, love~! But here I am with these headcanons! I hope you love em!

Warnings: Nikkari can and will tell ghost stories, it’s basically Buzzfeed Unsolved but 100% more creepier. Mikazuki is a lil shit. Kogi is probs the only trustworthy one. Short general headcanons for da boysssss

Mikazuki Munechika

Oh ask Mikazuki to tell you a story he will smile softly, pat his lap (if you two are dating) or at the spot beside him, and will asking, “What kind, master? I know many.” and he does.

He may look like a simple little jiji but this man has GOSSIP. He knows what the hell is going on in the citadel somehow, either by word of mouth or spying on everything and seeing whatever the hell they are doing. Maybe he’ll embellish the stories just to cause some chaos in the citadel and just to see you or a little one laugh, but Mikazuki does aim to please.

Lord help you if there is some romance going on in the citadel. Mikazuki is always somehow the first to know who is in love with who, even worse when he can tease them about it. Especially when it comes to you. He may let out some subtle hints that he knows what the hell is going on before full on explaining that he will do his best to help you get together with that person. If you’re in love with him however, jiji just blurts it out no qualms here.

Oh he adores telling stories to the little ones. Those stories are always of lil shenanigans around the citadel, and probably fairytales and folktales. He will happily read to the little ones from a storybook. The thing is, as a storyteller, he may pause and try to keep the suspense, a guessing game in a way.

“Ho ho ho, do try and guess what happens next.” he would say with a smirk.

And then there are times when he will ‘forget’ a part of a story and just make up shit on the fly. He’s really good at that. Along with sounding convincing most of time, you can’t tell if his little gossip stories are real or not at times. He’s very vague at times, probably because he’s a lil shit and will blame his forgetfulness on his old age.

Jiji also tells stories that have a moral behind them, mostly for the younger generation. It’s good to tell stories and cautionary tales at time ya know? Especially the ones with a little violence. He will tone it down depending on who is present but will not hesitate to go into the gorey details if it suits him/trying to give someone a good scare.

Finds horror stories hilarious, can and will read some to everyone. Don’t go to him at night, he’s up reading horror stories. Will tell you all about them/tell anyone who is listening to him. No one is sleeping tonight, for better or for worse.

Even his master is not safe from the gossip stories that Mikazuki will say, you have been warned.

Kogitsunemaru

Animal stories. Nothing but animal stories. Fairytales, folktales, myths, all of the above. Maybe it’s because he can relate to the said creatures of the world, forged by the god Inari and all. He has a soft spot for animal based tales.

But telling stories is something that Kogi adores! The minute you ask him, his eyes will light up and will jovially pat his lap or the spot beside him. The minute you or a little one sits down, he will oh so happily go rant about whatever was on his mind.

He doesn’t tell stories of the others around the citadel no that’s mikazuki’s job but if he does talk about his day, it’s always lighthearted and sweet. Full of nothing but praise for their coworkers but also sometimes he will have a dig at them. Perhaps it’s Mikazuki’s influence? Maybe Kogi want’s to go apeshit? Who knows? No one knows, only Kogitsunemaru.

Kogi lives for making people smile, ruffling their hair as he tells them stories. He will only pick out stories that have happy endings and that is a fact.

Will make up funny voices for each character/imitate the voices of the other people around the citadel.

See while Mikazuki will gossip to inflict 70-80% psychic damage and 20% to help, Kogitsunemaru’s gossip are at least 50/50, they are meant to help but sometimes he does give out psychic damage.

Only wholesome ghost stories in this house. No way is he going to tell the more terrifying ones that will cause a ho to stay up past their bed time because ghosts scary.

Is also slightly into conspiracy theories for shits and giggles.

Nikkari Aoe

SAY GOODBYE TO SLEEPING IF YOU ASK HIM TO TELL YOU A STORY. GOD FORBID HE TELLS YOU A GHOST STORY.

Nikkari always seems to know the best ghost stories. If you happen to be into that kind of thing. Stories you haven’t heard of before, tall tales, cautionary tales, folk tales. So on and so forth.

Despite this, Nikkari knows to tone down his stories for the little ones and you if you lot cannot handle ghost stories.

Nikkari may know a lot of stories, but he will try his best not to scare anyone around him. Because of this, he will pick up stories from the other swords or even from books he has to read.

But Nikkari is really good at making up stories too, his stories are almost unorthodox. Think Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland kind of nonsense. You can still make out what the hell is going on, but he paints such a strange and vivid scene that you cannot help but admire the poetic words that pour of his mouth in utter awe.

Of course, if you or another one asks to hear a different story, a more wholesome one, Nikkari will do his best. It will be wholesome but it’s just full of so many twists and turns! He knows what to do to make your hair stand on its end, for a good reason this time. His voice is super nice after all, you can fall asleep to that shit.

Will happily read a story to the tantous or you! As said before, Nikkari has a very soft voice. He becomes a wonderful reader of like sweet wholesome bedtime stories as he strokes the head of anyone who is with him at the time.

He is also very much into conspiracy theories. Think Ryan Bergara energy but with Shane’s snark.

#touken ranbu #touken danshi #touken ranbu x reader #touken ranbu imagine #tkrb #tkrb x reader #tkrb imagine #mikazuki munechika #mikazuki munechika imagine #mikazuki munechika x reader #kogitsunemaru #kogitsunemaru x reader #kogitsunemaru imagine #nikkari aoe #nikkari aoe x reader #nikkari aoe imagine #my writing #https://toukenramblings.tumblr.com/tagged/Chaotic%20Citadel%20Correspondences #Chaotic Citadel Correspondences

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nichehouse · 2 years

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Best Movies To Binge Watch this Valentine's Day

There's something special about going to the movies. The big screen, the surround sound, the suspenseful silence as everyone watches the unfolding story... But let's be honest, going to the movies can be a bit of a pain. Dealing with long lines, overpriced snacks, and noisy crowds is enough to ruin any romantic mood.

This year, why not celebrate Valentine's Day by binge-watching your favorite movie at home? You can make popcorn in the microwave, raid the fridge for snacks, and cuddle up on the couch with your loved one. Best of all, you won't have to worry about someone kicking your seat or talking during the film.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith is the perfect film for a date night. The story follows a married couple who discover that they are both assassins working for competing agencies. As they attempt to kill each other, they also start to fall in love all over again. The film is full of action, romance, and comedy, so there's something for everyone.

And with a runtime of only 105 minutes, it's the perfect length for a date night. So if you're looking for a fun and unique movie to watch with your partner, Mr. & Mrs. Smith is the perfect choice.

50 First Dates (2004)

If you're looking for a great romantic comedy to watch on your next movie date night, you can't go wrong with 50 First Dates. The film stars Adam Sandler as Henry, a marine researcher, and Drew Barrymore as Lucy Whitmore, a patient suffering from short-term memory loss.

Together, the two characters navigate the ups and downs of their relationship as they try to find a way to connect with each other.

Aside from the touching story, you'll also fall in love with the beautiful location of Oahu, Hawaii, where the film is set. So if you're looking for a romantic comedy that will make you laugh and warm your heart, be sure to check out 50 First Dates.

Valentine’s Day (2010)

Valentine's Day is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. The film stars an ensemble cast including Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner, Patrick Dempsey, Eric Dane, Jamie Foxx, and Topher Grace.

The plot follows a group of young Los Angeles urbanites as they navigate the pressures and expectations that come with the holiday season. Breakups, make-ups, tears, joy, and everything in between are all here.

Valentine's Day was a box office success, grossing over $216 million worldwide. Critics were divided on the film, with some praising its light-hearted tone and charming cast, while others found it to be formulaic and unoriginal. Regardless of its mixed reception, the film is sure to be a hit with audiences looking for a romantic movie to watch with their own valentines.

Flipped (2010)

Do you remember your first crush? The butterflies in your stomach, the constant daydreaming, the way your heart skip a beat when they walked into the room? Flipped is a movie that captures all of those first love feels. Juli Baker (Madeline Carroll) has been in love with Bryce Loski (Callan McAuliffe) since the second grade, when he moved in next door.

Bryce, on the other hand, has never given Juli so much as a second glance. But as they enter seventh grade, things begin to change. Slowly but surely, Bryce starts to see Juli in a new light and begins to return her affections.

Flipped is the perfect movie for anyone who loves a good romantic comedy. It's sweet, funny, and will leave you feeling nostalgic for those wide-eyed days of young love. So cuddle up with your special someone this Valentine's Day and enjoy a trip down memory lane with Flipped.

La La Land (2016)

La La Land is a 2016 American musical romantic drama film directed by Damien Chazelle and written by Chazelle, Justin Hurwitz and Benj Pasek. The film stars Ryan Gosling as a jazz pianist and Emma Stone as an aspiring actress, who meet and fall in love while pursuing their dreams in Los Angeles. Jacob Benjamin "JB" Smoove as Keith, John Legend as Keith's friend, Rosemarie DeWitt as Mia's co-star and Finn Wittrock as an actor Mia meets.

First of all, the visuals are gorgeous. Every shot is like a beautiful painting coming to life. The colors are so vibrant that they almost jump off the screen. Secondly, the acting is superb. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling have great chemistry together and their performances are both grounded and full of heart.

And finally, the music is just outstanding. Justin Hurwitz' score is gorgeous and inventive, and the songs are all catchy and will stay stuck in your head for days. La La Land is simply a joy to watch from beginning to end. It's a love letter to the city of Los Angeles, to the history of Hollywood musicals, and to the power of dreams.

Binge-watch this movie this year in the comfort of your own home

There's something special about cuddling up on the couch with your loved one and watching a good movie. This Valentine's Day, why not ditch the crowded theaters and expensive tickets, and binge-watch a movie at home instead?

You can make your own popcorn, grab your favorite drinks, and snuggle up together without having to worry about other people. Plus, you can pause the movie whenever you want!

Whether you're looking for a romantic comedy, a tearjerker, or an action-packed adventure, there's sure to be a movie that you'll both enjoy.

So curl up together this Valentine's Day and have a marathon watch party. It'll be one of the best ways to spend the day!

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wellhalesbells · 3 years

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✨✨ TOP FIVES FOR 2020 ✨✨

2020 was, i think we can all agree, a massively chaotic year but i have never consumed as much media before in my life, so i thought others might benefit from my slothery uh, connoisseur.... ship? yes, that. below are the books, comics, shows, and movies that got me through!

B O O K S .

the starless sea, by erin morgenstern - i loooove this book because it loves me back. it says: ‘oh, you’re a reader, well i have just the thing for you.’ it luxuriates in language and story and riddles and fairy tales and it feels like an entire library in a single tome.

they never learn, by layne fargo - oh fuuuuuck, this was satisfying. i thought it might feel a little exploitative as it is very aware of the zeitgeist and likely would not exist without the #metoo movement but it never ever did. this was a fucking ROMP, period. reading about a woman getting away with murdering skeezy guy after rapey guy after shitty human just made me happier and happier.

moonflower murders, by anthony horowitz - this is the second in the susan ryeland series (and the first was hardcore good fun too) and really feels very classic mystery with the artful twist of catering to the literary community. mainly because: susan isn’t a detective, she’s an editor and she gets drafted in this time because the clue to what happened to a missing woman is in a book she edited, if she can find it. both of the books in this series have such an excellent coming together moment that is rare af to find.

the invisible life of addie larue, by v.e. schwab - the writing in this is just so good. it has that feel to me where i just want to drop the book and open up my own page and let my fingers fly. it’s that inspiring kind of writing that reminds you of all the things language can do.

crown of feathers/heart of flames, by nicki pau preto - aaahhh, this series is SO FREAKING GOOD! why is there not more of a fandom for it, why???? it is so many of my favorite tropes all resting perfectly together to the point where you almost forget they’re tropes because they just so naturally evolved there. ugh, it’s just.... it’s so heart-bursty good.

.... number 5, part 2? raybearer, by jordan ifueko - this was just so original and i was invested af. like, what a brilliant idea though and an even better execution?? i loved every character and am so looking forward to the next in the series so i can get to know them even better!!

honorable mentions (sh*t i still liked a whole heckuva lot): you/hidden bodies, by caroline kepnes // writers & lovers, by lily king // i’ll be gone in the dark, by michelle mcnamara // the faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home, by joseph fink & jeffrey cranor // girl, serpent, thorn, by melissa bashardoust // a little life, by hanya yanagihara // the guinevere deception, by kiersten white // obsidio (and the entire illuminae series), by amie kaufman & jay kristoff // the bone houses, by emily lloyd-jones // house of salt and sorrows, by erin a. craig // we hunt the flame, by hafsah faizal // savage legion, by matt wallace // blacktop wasteland, by s.a. cosby // crier’s war, by nina varela // the empress of salt and fortune/when the tiger came down the mountain, by nghi vo // upright women wanted, by sarah gailey // the monster of elendhaven, by jennifer giesbrecht // a deadly education, by naomi novik // you let me in, by camilla bruce // when you ask me where i’m going, by jasmin kaur // the lights go out in lychford/last stand in lychford (and the entire lychford series), by paul cornell // the devil and the dark water, by stuart turton // serpent & dove, by shelby mahurin // one by one, by ruth ware // ruthless gods (this was SUCH an upshot from the first book - it’s worth sticking with if you’re on the fence), by emily a. duncan // cemetery boys, by aiden thomas // the inheritance games, by jennifer lynn barnes // the fortunate ones (2021 release), by ed tarkington

C O M I C S .

cosmoknights, by hannah templer - the art was gorgeous, the gayness was glorious, and just.... hot HOOOOOOOOT lady knights in space?! a princess winning her own hand? find something not to love in there, i dare you.

don’t go without me, by rosemary valero-o’connell - wow. wow wow wow wow wow. the writing was stunning, so lyrical and atmospheric and deep, and rosemary has to be one of my favorite artists but even that managed to come as a beautiful surprise because it was just so freaking bold.

through the woods, by emily carroll - i loooove emily carroll, the convergence of spine-tingling horror and art that feeds into it, that is both visually and aesthetically pleasing, is hard to beat! p.s. i also read beneath the dead oak tree from her this year and it was also a BANGER.

the impending blindness of billie scott, by zoe thorogood - zoe is someone that i just want to follow. she’s just starting and i want to be there for every single step. i love her art style and her ability to tell a story with it.

above the clouds, by melissa pagluica - this was so unique, and such a baller concept, as nearly half the entire book is conveyed only through the art and yet you’re never once lost, never once confused as to what any character is thinking or feeling. it’s a story within a story and only one of those gets words though they both are chock full of emotion!

um.... number 5, part 2? crowded, by christopher sebela - everything about this series is fun af. crowd-funded assassination and a hirable bodyguard who’s rated like an uber driver??? and the chemistry between the two mains is so great and gay!!

honorable mentions: monster and the beast, by renji // long exposure, by kam ‘mars’ heyward // fence, by c.s. pacat // invisible kingdom, by g. willow wilson // ms. marvel, by g. willow wilson // heathen, by natasha alterici // not drunk enough, by tess stone // giant days, by john allison // die, by kieron gillen // be prepared, by vera brosgol // ascender (sequel to descender, which is also great), by jeff lemire // the unbeatable squirrel girl, by ryan north // bang! bang! boom!, by melanie schoen // gideon falls, by jeff lemire // life of melody, by mari costa // cry wolf girl, by ariel slamet ries // the tea dragon society, by katie o’neill // ptsd, by guillaume singelin // heartstopper, by alice oseman // solutions and other problems, by allie brosh // finding home, by hari conner // the magic fish, by trung le nguyen // something is killing the children, by james tynion iv // the weight of them, by noelle stevenson // spill zone, by scott westerfeld // skyward, by joe henderson // miles morales, by saladin ahmed

F I L M S.

parasite, dir. bong joon ho - oh it was satisfying, oh it was suspenseful, oh i had to watch some of it through my fingers but i loooooooved it. such a good story and so well made.

knives out, dir. rian johnson - okay, everything about this movie was amazing. every single character was fun as hell and i could’ve watched an entire movie about each of them. what a great fucking mystery!

blindspotting, dir. carlos lopez estrada - this made my heart hurt so damn much. what glorious writing, acting, and story!

portrait of a lady on fire, dir. celine sciamma - gooooorgeous cinematography, amazing chemistry, and such a soft, atmospheric film.

the farewell, dir. lulu wang - i cried and my heart felt so full and i love it so so much.

um.... number 5, part 2? someone great, dir. jennifer kaytin robinson - no part of me expected to love a netflix movie this much but it’s a love story that doesn’t get told that often?? the end of a relationship and the true love of friendship and i love these girls and i love jenny and nate’s broken relationship.

honorable mentions: eighth grade, dir. bo burnham // booksmart, dir. olivia wilde // midsommar, dir. ari aster // the curse of la llorona, dir. michael chaves // the secret life of pets 2, dirs. chris renaud & jonathan del val // jojo rabbit, dir. taika waititi // the invisible man, dir. leigh whannell // the favourite, dir. yorgos lanthimos // can you ever forgive me?, dir. marielle heller // troop zero, dirs. bert & bertie // ready or not, dirs. matt bettinelli-olpin & tyler gillett // brave, dirs. mark andrews & brenda chapman & steve purcell // the half of it, dir. alice wu // palm springs, dir. max barbakow // doctor sleep, dir. mike flanaghan // uncut gems, dirs. benny sadfie & josh sadfie // birds of prey, dir. cathy van // bloodshot, dir. dave wilson // the old guard, dir. gina prince-bythewood // enola holmes, dir. harry bradbeer // hocus pocus, dir. kenny ortega // always be my maybe, dir. nahnatchka khan // finding dory, dirs. andrew stanton & angus maclane // die hard, dir. john mctiernan

S H O W S .

black sails (2014) - this show, this shooooooooow. i cannot, it just makes me want to cry with how good it is. the characters, the EMOTIONS, the story, the plaaaaaan. like, the creators clearly had a plan for every single step of this show and it was a gOOD, GOOD PLAN.

the untamed (2019) - truly, cheesy good fun with one of the best gay romances ever. i love these characters and their relationships to each other and the way it glories in its own ridiculousness.

the righteous gemstones (2019) - one of the things that bothered me about my next choice (the ratio of female to male nudity) was so much more realistic in this one (i mean, we’ve all gotten five thousand dick pics and i know like three people? so the fact that there is so rarely male nudity in shows when there are tits everywhere..... no, how does that even make a tiny bit of sense?). this show was such great, wonderful, awful fun. they’re not great people and the show is under no delusion about that and it’s GLORIOUS!

the witcher (2019) - this was just hella fun, i loved the characters and the fantasy elements. i’m excited for the next season, it’s just entertaining swashbuckling through and through!

fargo (2014) - all of this was really very enjoyable with the through line being somebody fucks shit up and gets involved in something they really shouldn’t be involved in that’s going to swallow them whole. season one and season three were my stand-out favorites but they were all so violent, clever, and vicious!

um.... number 5, part 2? central park (2020) - um..... so many of the hamilton actors in a muscial cartoon drawn and written by the bob’s burgers team? WHAT ABOUT THAT DOESN’T SOUND AMAZING?! it was such a joy to hear daveed diggs and leslie odom jr.’s voices again!!

honorable mentions: schitt’s creek // the mandalorian // mr. robot // broadchurch // mindhunter // jack ryan // the good place // the end of the f***ing world // big little lies // elite // kidding // servant // letterkenny // curb your enthusiasm // i am not okay with this // ozark // buzzfeed unsolved: true crime/supernatural // you // runaways // dear white people // dickinson // brooklyn nine-nine // will & grace // 9-1-1 // dead to me // solar opposites // never have i ever // killing eve // what we do in the shadows // grace and frankie // avenue 5 // roswell, new mexico // the bold type // evil // tuca & bertie // impulse // the umbrella academy // watchmen // infinity train // corporate // search party // on becoming a god in central florida // a.p. bio // criminal: uk // the morning show // mythic quest // last week tonight // prodigal son // the great

#the starless sea #the invisible life of addie larue #the untamed #knives out #2020 favorites list!!#i tried to stick to shows i both started and finished in 2020 otherwise like schitt's creek and the good place would be in top five #same for comics #uh oh i've found the keyboard again

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fearsmagazine · 3 years

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CRYPTOZOO (Animated) - Review

DISTRIBUTOR: Magnolia Pictures

SYNOPSIS: Cryptozookeepers struggle to capture a baku, a legendary dream-eating hybrid creature. A Cryptid expert has been hired by the military to track down and capture these elusive creatures so they can be exploited for their military potential. Lauren Grey, a Cryptid hunter who works for the zoo, begins to wonder if they should display these rare beasts in the confines of a zoo, or if these mythical creatures should remain hidden and unknown.

REVIEW: I was raised on Disney Animation. In 1977 I saw Ralph Bakshi’s “Wizards” and my whole world changed. In the 1990’s my friends and I became devotees of Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation. We reconnected with some animated shorts we had encountered in college and were exposed to so many new filmmakers. Of course we were big fans of “Yellow Submarine,” which we had the pleasure to watch in these very same small arthouse cinemas that offered the many installments of Spike & Mike’s. From the goofy, social commentary, cerebral or political, I cultivated a diverse appreciation for the potential and power of animation.

Over the last few decades, there has been a decline, almost a loss, of the gritty hand drawn animation style. Many are computer generated, or computers are used to clean up the work of the hand drawn work. Also, the stories seem less fantastical as the films are directed towards children and pre-teens, with a large emphasis on licensing and merchandising. Some of them are cool, such as “The Incredibles,” but there are almost no adult animated shorts, much less features.

Dash Shaw’s CRYPTOZOO is a film that stands on the shoulders and pays homage to those films of the 70’s and 80’s in both it’s narrative and look. Shaw, a visionary comic book writer, artist and filmmaker crafts a dreamlike story of opposing sides on different quests to secure these mythological creatures. The images are this raw, hallucinatory style that at times feel like “Yellow Submarine,” minus the musical numbers. There are some classic creatures and some new hybrids that are a mesmerizing mix of design and color.

I really enjoyed the score by John Carroll Kirby. It is not your typical animated score that overly supports the action in the film. It adds substance to the themes and enhances the appearance of the cryptids. He crafts a variety of musical styles and themes that give an earthiness to the visuals and narratives. It adds another dream-like magical element to the film.

The visuals are supported by a classic, universal story of humanity and its place in nature. Powerful as ever, it focuses on the character of Lauren Gray, who is in partnership with Joan, who founded the CRYPTOZOO. Her nemesis Nick shares a similar background, however he views these cryptids as dangerous, while Lauren and Joan feel if people were exposed to them they would be more accepting and less fearful. When Lauren meets a psychic, who predicts what is to come, the medium asks Lauren, “Don’t somethings need to remain hidden?” to which Lauren responds, “That is how they become lost.” The very unique element of Shaw’s tale is that the zoo and the people in charge are mostly female. So there is the added element of the father figure vs. the mother figure in their different philosophies to reside over nature. In the film’s climax he presents a compelling argument as to what the ramifications of the control can take, regardless of positive or negative. He even injects an Eve-like character that stumbles upon the zoo and becomes a catalyst for the story’s climax. He presents a complex narrative when it comes to the feminine through the actions of Lauren, Joan, and the Eve-like character that is interesting in today’s socio-political climate.

From the animation to the narrative, Dash Shaw’s CRYPTOZOO is a refreshing, hypnotic and adult animated parable that is a delight. That it is rough and raw in its style is sure to make it endearing to many animation fans who grew up with those animated films, such as those that appeared under the banner of MTV Animation. You can feel the passion of the filmmakers in every frame and it would be a damn shame if CRYPTOZOO was not nominated for, and won, several awards this season.

CAST (voices): Lake Bell, Zoe Kazan, Michael Cera, Louisa Krause, Peter Stormare, Thomas Jay Ryan, Emily Davis, Irene Muscara, Grace Zabriskie and Angeliki Papoulia CREW: Director/Screenplay - Dash Shaw;Producers - Tyler Davidson, Kyle Martin, Jane Samborski, Bill Way and William G. Way; Score - John Carroll Kirby; Editors - Alex Abrahams and Lance Edmands; Animation Director - Jane Samborski; Lead Animator - Emily Wolver; Sound Designer - Ryan M. Price. OFFICIAL: www.magpictures.com/cryptozoo FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/cryptozoofilm TWITTER: twitter.com/cryptozoofilm TRAILER: https://youtu.be/bAQLmea2ocg RELEASE DATE: Everywhere August 20th, 2021

**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay), or 👎 (Dislike)

Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri

#film review #movie review #animated #cryptozoo #cryptozoomovie #cryptids #mythical creatures #miltary #dash shaw #lake bell #michael cera #peter stormare #joseph mauceri #joseph b mauceri

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Season 1 Gilmore Girls References (Breakdown)

Yay! All the season 1 references have been posted. Before I start posting season 2, I wanted to post this little breakdown for your enjoyment :) It starts with some statistics and then below the cut is a list of all the specific references.

Overall amount of references in season 1: 605

Top 10 Most Common References: NSYNC (5), Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (5), Taylor Hanson (6), Leo Tolstoy (7), Lucky Spencer (7), Marcel Proust (7), PJ Harvey (7), The Bangles (8), The Donna Reed Show (8), William Shakespeare (10)

Which episodes had the most references: #1 is That Damn Donna Reed with 55 references. #2 is Christopher Returns with 44 references

What characters made the most references (Only including characters/actors who were in the opening credits): Lorelai had the most with 237 references, Rory had second most with 118, and Lane had third most with 48.

First reference of the season: Jack Kerouac referenced by Lorelai

Final reference of the season: Adolf Eichmann referenced by Michel

Movies/TV Shows/Episodes/Characters, Commercials, Cartoons/Cartoon Characters, Plays, Documentaries:

9 1/2 Weeks, Alex Stone, Alfalfa, An Affair To Remember, A Streetcar Named Desire, Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman, Avon Commercials, Bambi, Beethoven, Boogie Nights, Cabaret, Casablanca, Charlie's Angels, Charlie Brown cartoons, Christine, Cinderella, Citizen Kane, Daisy Duke, Damien Thorn, Dawson Leery, Donna Stone, Double Indemnity, Double Mint Commercials, Ethel Mertz, Everest, Felix Unger, Fiddler On The Roof, Footloose, Freaky Friday, Fred Mertz, Gaslight, General Hospital, G.I. Jane, Gone With The Wind, Grease, Hamlet, Heathers, Hee Haw, House On Haunted Hill, Ice Castles, I Love Lucy, Iron Chef, Ishtar, Jeff Stone, Joanie Loves Chachi, John Shaft, Lady And The Tramp, Life With Judy Garland: Me And My Shadows, Love Story, Lucky Spencer, Lucy Raises Chickens, Lucy Ricardo, Lucy Van Pelt, Macbeth, Magnolia, Mary Stone, Mask, Midnight Express, Misery, Norman Bates, Officer Krupke, Oompa Loompas, Old Yeller, Oscar Madison, Out Of Africa, Patton, Pepe Le Pew, Peyton Place, Pink Ladies, Pinky Tuscadero, Ponyboy, Psycho, Queen Of Outer Space, Rapunzel, Richard III, Ricky Ricardo, Rocky Dennis, Romeo And Juliet, Rosemary's Baby, Sandy Olsson, Saved By The Bell, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Schroeder, Sesame Street, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Sex And The City, Sixteen Candles, Sleeping Beauty, Star Trek, Stanley Kowalski, Stella Kowalski, Stretch Cunningham, The Champ, The Comedy Of Errors, The Crucible, The Donna Reed Show, The Duke's Of Hazzard, The Fly, The Great Santini, The Little Match Girl, The Matrix, The Miracle Worker, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Outsiders, The Shining, The Sixth Sense, The View, The Waltons, The Way We Were, The Scarecrow, This Old House, V.I.P., Valley Of The Dolls, Vulcans, Wild Kingdom, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Wheel Of Fortune, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, Working Girl, Yogi Bear, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

Bands, Songs, CDs:

98 Degrees, Air Supply, Apple Venus Volume 2, Backstreet Boys, Bee Gees, Black Sabbath, Blue Man Group, Blur, Bon Jovi, Boston, Bush, Duran Duran, Everlong, Foo Fighters, Fugazi, Grandaddy, Hanson, I'm Too Sexy, Joy Division, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Kraftwerk, Like A Virgin, Livin La Vida Loca, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Man I Feel Like A Woman, Metallica, Money Money, My Ding-A-Ling, NSYNC, On The Good Ship Lollipop, Pink Moon, Queen, Rancid, Sergeant Pepper, Shake Your Bon Bon, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Sister Sledge, Smoke On The Water, Steely Dan, Suppertime, Tambourine Man, The B-52s, The Bangles, The Beatles, The Best Of Blondie, The Cranberries, The Cure, The Offspring, The Sugarplastic, The Wallflowers, The Velvet Underground, Walk Like An Egyptian, XTC, Ya Got Trouble, Young Marble Giants

Books/Book Characters, Comic Books/Comic Book Characters, Comic Strips:

A Mencken Chrestomathy, A Tale Of Two Cities, Anna Karenina, Belle Watling, Boo Radley, Carrie, David Copperfield, Dick Tracy, Dopey (One of the seven dwarfs) Goofus And Gallant, Great Expectations, Grinch, Hannibal Lecter, Hansel And Gretel, Harry Potter (book as well as character referenced), Huckleberry Finn, Little Dorrit, Madame Bovary, Moby Dick, Mommie Dearest, Moose Mason, Nancy Drew, Out Of Africa, Pinocchio, Swann's Way, The Amityville Horror, The Art Of Fiction, The Bell Jar, The Grapes Of Wrath, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The Lost Weekend, The Metamorphosis, The Portable Dorothy Parker, The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath, The Witch Tree Symbol, There's A Certain Slant Of Light, Tuesdays With Morrie, War And Peace, Wonder Woman

Public Figures:

Adolf Eichmann, Alfred Hitchcock, Angelina Jolie, Anna Nicole Smith, Annie Oakley, Antonio Banderas, Arthur Miller, Artie Shaw, Barbara Hutton, Barbara Stanwyck, Barbra Streisand, Beck, Ben Jonson, Benito Mussolini, Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Crudup, Bob Barker, Brad Pitt, Britney Spears, Catherine The Great, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Charles I, Charles Dickens, Charles Manson, Charlie Parker, Charlotte Bronte, Charlton Heston, Charo, Cher, Cheryl Ladd, Chris Penn, Christiane Amanpour, Christopher Marlowe, Chuck Berry, Claudine Longet, Cleopatra, Cokie Roberts, Courtney Love, Dalai Lama, Damon Albarn, Dante Alighieri, David Mamet, Donna Reed, Edith Wharton, Edna O'Brien, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Webber, Elle Macpherson, Elsa Klensch, Elvis, Emeril Lagasse, Emily Dickinson, Emily Post, Eminem, Emma Goldman, Errol Flynn, Fabio, Farrah Fawcett, Fawn Hall, Flo Jo, Francis Bacon, Frank Sinatra, Franz Kafka, Fred MacMurray, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gene Hackman, Gene Wilder, George Clooney, George Sand, George W. Bush, Harry Houdini, Harvey Fierstein, Henny Youngman, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, Henry VIII, Herman Melville, Homer, Honore De Balzac, Howard Cosell, Hugh Grant, Hunter Thompson, Jack Kerouac, Jaclyn Smith, James Dean, Jane Austen, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Tandy, Jim Carey, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hoffa, Joan Of Arc, Joan Rivers, Jocelyn Wildenstein, Joel Grey, John Cage, John Gardner, John Muir, John Paul II, John Webster, Johnny Cash, Johnny Depp, Joseph Merrick AKA Elephant Man, Judy Blume, Judy Garland, Julian Lennon, Justin Timberlake, Karen Blixen AKA Isak Dinesen, Kate Jackson, Kathy Bates, Kevin Bacon, Kreskin, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leo Tolstoy, Leopold and Loeb, Lewis Carroll, Linda McCartney, Liz Phair, Liza Minnelli, Lou Reed, M Night Shyamalan, Macy Gray, Madonna, Marcel Marceau, Marcel Proust, Margot Kidder, Marie Antoinette, Marie Curie, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Twain, Mark Wahlberg, Marlin Perkins, Martha Stewart, Martha Washington, Martin Luther, Mary Kay Letourneau, Maurice Chevalier, Melissa Rivers, Meryl Streep, Michael Crichton, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Miguel De Cervantes, Miss Manners, Mozart, Nancy Kerrigan, Nancy Walker, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Nico, Oliver North, Oprah Winfrey, Oscar Levant, Pat Benatar, Paul McCartney, Peter III Of Russia, Peter Frampton, Philip Glass, PJ Harvey, Prince, Queen Elizabeth I, Regis, Richard Simmons, Rick James, Ricky Martin, Robert Duvall, Robert Redford, Robert Smith, Robin Leach, Rosie O'Donnell, Ru Paul, Ruth Gordon, Samuel Barber, Sarah Duchess Of York, Sean Lennon, Sean Penn, Shania Twain, Shelley Hack, Sigmund Freud, Squeaky Fromme, Stephen King, Steven Tyler, Susan Faludi, Susanna Hoffs, Tanya Roberts, Taylor Hanson, Theodore Kaczynski AKA The Unabomber, The Kennedy Family, Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo, and Gummo Marx AKA The Marx Brothers, Venus and Serena Williams (The reference was "The Williams Sisters"),Thelonious Monk, Tiger Woods, Tito Puente, Tom Waits, Tony Randall, Tonya Harding, Vaclav Havel, Vanna White, Vivien Leigh, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, William Shatner, Yoko Ono, Zsa Zsa Gabor

Misc:

Camelot, Chernobyl Disaster, Cone Of Silence, Hindenburg Disaster, Iran-Contra Affair, Paul Bunyan, The Menendez Murders, Tribbles, Vulcan Death Grip, Whoville, Winchester Mystery House

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