Character Misses Their Shot And The Villain Goes "ha! You Missed." And The Main Character Goes "did I?"

matt stone and trey parker made me a considerably worse and more insane person

I appreciate that even people who don't ship batjokes still agree that they were very, very gay in the Lego Batman movie. like that's just practically canon.

(proof: my friend in drama class)

the link doesnt work anymore :(

if anyone ever finds a Gutenberg! The Musical “slime tutorial” that’s not just the audio, please send me in that direction. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

I'm re-reading Batman: The World for uh... Batman Day related reasons and I'm losing it because:

Batman: The World -- Global City

Meanwhile, Bruce describing Gotham in a different comic:

Batman: City of Crime

First of all, Bruce's description of Gotham as a laughing madwoman he needs to tame with his fists is eerily reminiscent of the way he talks about a certain someone -- ahem -- but secondly, Azzarello writing Bruce comparing the city to his wife... you know, the same writer who made Martha Wayne the Joker in Flashpoint, and literally Batman's wife.

Me right now:

OMEGA DOWN 💔

The Talented Mr. Ripley is the the most homosexual movie I’ve ever seen

Quick Thoughts on Rent

It is simply very weird, as put by Lindsay Ellis in her video on Rent, that the machine which the characters are raging against in the midst of the AIDS crisis isn’t the pharmaceutical companies, healthcare system, select politicians, or hell, even the government itself, which failed especially the queer community but also all individuals in need at the time and deserved much raging against. Instead, the characters rage against their landlord. Jonathan Larson made most of the characters petty, artsy, and privileged, and selectively gave some of them AIDS for dramatic effect or to no avail. He also created two characters who (actually) suffer in poverty and are dying of AIDS (literally, one of them dies) and decided to instead center the story on a couple of the aforementioned privileged asshole artists. I find those creative choices quite weird as well.

It is functionally strange that this musical pays such little respect to poverty, queer identity, and illness, despite those being the central themes. A musical that would’ve handled those topics more appropriately obviously wouldn’t have changed the world or stopped the AIDS crisis – entertainment such as Broadway musicals mostly tries to appeal to mainstream audiences to garner more profit (which is why no mainstream show or movie is ever particularly politically radical!) – but that hypothetical musical might’ve raised awareness amongst the massive audience it did get. It might’ve shown a more real kind of suffering coming from poverty, instead of mostly showing characters that chose to live in poverty and complained about it. It could’ve offered a representation of a bisexual character who isn’t incredibly promiscuous and disloyal. Maybe it might’ve even encouraged some audience members to get mad at the horrible institutions that were letting a pandemic fly by for several years, and who knows, those audience members might’ve also joined an AIDS protest or two. Although any change from the actual reality of Rent would’ve been good.

I don’t really hate Rent, but I think that it’s good to recognize that despite the fact that it can be enjoyable, it’s not very good and extremely inappropriate for its time period. If you’re looking for a musical that has queer characters and actually gives a meaningful sociopolitical message, Falsettos talks about similar topics, and Cabaret is great as well!

I'm neurotypical i just do all this stuff cause i want to