saying “can u not” to inanimate objects that are just following the laws of physics but in, like, inconvenient ways

this is purely for fun and I've certainly been guilty of a few of these things myself in my years of fic writing. don't be weird in the notes and don't use this as an excuse to insult someone's writing.

She is the poem - June Bates

I had a very interesting discussion about theater and film the other day. My parents and I were talking about Little Shop of Horrors and, specifically, about the ending of the musical versus the ending of the (1986) movie. In the musical, the story ends with the main characters getting eaten by the plant and everybody dying. The movie was originally going to end the same way, but audience reactions were so negative that they were forced to shoot a happy ending where the plant is destroyed and the main characters survive. Frank Oz, who directed the movie, later said something I think is very interesting:

I learned a lesson: in a stage play, you kill the leads and they come out for a bow — in a movie, they don���t come out for a bow, they’re dead. They’re gone and so the audience lost the people they loved, as opposed to the theater audience where they knew the two people who played Audrey and Seymour were still alive. They loved those people, and they hated us for it.

That’s a real gem of a thought in and of itself, a really interesting consequence of the fact that theater is alive in a way that film isn’t. A stage play always ends with a tangible reminder that it’s all just fiction, just a performance, and this serves to gently return the audience to the real world. Movies don’t have that, which really changes the way you’re affected by the story’s conclusion. Neat!

But here’s what’s really cool: I asked my dad (who is a dramaturge) what he had to say about it, and he pointed out that there is actually an equivalent technique in film: the blooper reel. When a movie plays bloopers while the credits are rolling, it’s accomplishing the exact same thing: it reminds you that the characters are actually just played by actors, who are alive and well and probably having a lot of fun, even if the fictional characters suffered. How cool is that!?

Now I’m really fascinated by the possibility of using bloopers to lessen the impact of a tragic ending in a tragicomedy…

Uh Oh, The One Other Guy Having The Same Problem As You Got Zero Replies To His Post On Reddit That He Made 5 Years Ago

Can't tell you how frequently I encounter posts on here for people with entirely opposite issues to me

hyperfixations are so embarrassing like nooo don’t look I have a crush. on this tv show

MNT has been trending in my mind lately.

You guys don't know this, but there's a meme going on in Mexico about how our economy is going to collapse because no one wants to use their new fifty pesos bill because no one wants to let go of their axolotls

Look at that dude

Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire (2008) Designed By: Henry Krokatsi

Cho Gi-Seok: Trauma (2023)

Alexander McQueen: Silver Crown of Thorns Headpiece, for the "Dante" runway show Autumn/Winter 1996

Ladybugs quench their thirst on raindrops mirroring the reflection of a nearby flower.