The Early Bird Gets The Word Exchange Pinch Hits (Due June 22)
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pinchhitsEvent: The Early Bird Gets The Word Exchange
Event link:earlybirdgetstheword
Pinch hit link: Initial Pinch Hits Here
Due date: Sunday, June 22nd 23:00 EDT
To claim, please comment on the IPH post linked above.
( PH 1 - Animal Control (TV 2023), Degrassi the Next Generation, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (TV) )( PH 2 - Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, Masters of the Universe: Revelations/Revolution (Netflix Miniseries), Crossover Fandom, Voltron: Lion Force (1984), Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Jem and the Holograms (Cartoon), He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe (Cartoon), She-Ra: Princess Of Power (1985) )( PH 3 - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Dial M for Murder - Hatcher )( PH 4 - ケイ×ヤク | KeixYaku (TV), 御赐小仵作 | The Imperial Coroner (TV), 作りたい女と食べたい女 | Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna | She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat (TV) )( PH 5 - RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993), Thief (Video Game Original Series), BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games) )( PH 6 - Albion (Bluebyte Video Game), Are You Being Served?, Les fantômes du chapelier | The Hatter's Ghosts - Georges Simenon, Die Hölle von Manitoba | The Hell of Manitoba (1965) )( PH 7 - Artemis - Andy Weir, Inception (2010), Losin' It (1983), Fargo (TV), Santa Clarita Diet (TV), Havoc (2025), This Means War (2012) )( PH 8 - Tin Man (US TV 2007), Alice (TV 2009), Primeval (TV 2007), Sanctuary (Canada TV 2008) )( PH 9 - True Detective (TV 2014), Vibes (1988), Wolfs (2024) )( PH 10 - X -エックス- | X/1999, Shugo Chara!, Digimon Story Series | Digimon World Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, 十三機兵防衛圏 | 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Video Game) )( PH 11 - Blue Period (Manga), Akatsuki no Yona | Yona of the Dawn, Advance Wars (Video Games 2001-2005; 2023), Tales of Berseria, K (Anime), Sengoku Basara, Tales of Legendia, Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games) )
Event link:
earlybirdgetstheword Pinch hit link: Initial Pinch Hits Here
Due date: Sunday, June 22nd 23:00 EDT
To claim, please comment on the IPH post linked above.
( PH 1 - Animal Control (TV 2023), Degrassi the Next Generation, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (TV) )
( PH 2 - Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, Masters of the Universe: Revelations/Revolution (Netflix Miniseries), Crossover Fandom, Voltron: Lion Force (1984), Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Jem and the Holograms (Cartoon), He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe (Cartoon), She-Ra: Princess Of Power (1985) )
( PH 3 - Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), Dial M for Murder - Hatcher )
( PH 4 - ケイ×ヤク | KeixYaku (TV), 御赐小仵作 | The Imperial Coroner (TV), 作りたい女と食べたい女 | Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna | She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat (TV) )
( PH 5 - RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993), Thief (Video Game Original Series), BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games) )
( PH 6 - Albion (Bluebyte Video Game), Are You Being Served?, Les fantômes du chapelier | The Hatter's Ghosts - Georges Simenon, Die Hölle von Manitoba | The Hell of Manitoba (1965) )
( PH 7 - Artemis - Andy Weir, Inception (2010), Losin' It (1983), Fargo (TV), Santa Clarita Diet (TV), Havoc (2025), This Means War (2012) )
( PH 8 - Tin Man (US TV 2007), Alice (TV 2009), Primeval (TV 2007), Sanctuary (Canada TV 2008) )
( PH 9 - True Detective (TV 2014), Vibes (1988), Wolfs (2024) )
( PH 10 - X -エックス- | X/1999, Shugo Chara!, Digimon Story Series | Digimon World Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, 十三機兵防衛圏 | 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Video Game) )
( PH 11 - Blue Period (Manga), Akatsuki no Yona | Yona of the Dawn, Advance Wars (Video Games 2001-2005; 2023), Tales of Berseria, K (Anime), Sengoku Basara, Tales of Legendia, Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games) )Fluffity Fluff Exchange: Post-Deadline Pinch Hits due May 23
May. 16th, 2025 09:42 pmchibifukurou posting in pinchhitsEvent: Fluffity Fluff Exchange
Event link:fluffityfluffexchange
Pinch hit link: Pinch Hit Claims
Due date: 11:59pm Central Time on Friday, May 23rd, 2025
PH # 1 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses; 殺し愛 | Koroshi Ai (Manga); Unwind Dystology - Neal Shusterman CLAIMED
PH # 6- Psychonauts (Video Games); Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry; Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry; Teen Titans (Animated Series)
PH # 10 - Dial M for Murder (1954), The Big Country (1958), Home Before Dark (1958), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), The Mating of Millie (1948)
PH # 11 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Dragon Age (Video Games) CLAIMED
PH # 12 - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)
Event link:
fluffityfluffexchange Pinch hit link: Pinch Hit Claims
Due date: 11:59pm Central Time on Friday, May 23rd, 2025
PH # 6- Psychonauts (Video Games); Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry; Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry; Teen Titans (Animated Series)
PH # 10 - Dial M for Murder (1954), The Big Country (1958), Home Before Dark (1958), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), The Mating of Millie (1948)
PH # 11 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Dragon Age (Video Games) CLAIMED
PH # 12 - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)
As The World Comes To An End, I'll Be Here To Hold Your Hand.
May. 16th, 2025 02:46 pmrionaleonhartWent to karaoke on Sunday! (At an actual karaoke place, rather than singing at home.) As ever, it was a lot of fun. My song picks:
- Busted, 'What I Go to School For'. I always try to do something ludicrous for my first song; it takes some of the pressure off. Everyone joined in on this one!
- Ricky Martin, 'Livin' La Vida Loca'. It is, it turns out, absolutely impossible not to dance while singing this song.
- High School Musical 3, 'Can I Have This Dance'. This was a duet with Rei; Rei played Troy and I played Gabriella, with all the sincerity we could muster. 'That was so cute,' we were informed afterwards.
- I did a few duets with Rei, actually! The other two, very tonally different from each other, were 'I'll Make a Man Out of You' from Mulan (my pick; Rei at one point grabbed my shirt collar to inform me I was unsuited for the rage of war, which is admittedly true) and 'Turn Back Time' by Aqua (Rei's pick; it's such an interestingly atypical Aqua song!).
- The Offspring, 'The Kids Aren't Alright'. Fun, but a little overwhelming, especially as most of the room didn't know it, so I had to do the 'whoa's as well as the lines! I lost the thread and dropped a couple of lines in the second verse.
- Vengaboys, 'Boom Boom Boom Boom'. There's always one song that gets stuck in my head for days after a karaoke session, and this was the culprit this time. At one point the whole room rebelled and added another chorus in a break, having apparently decided there just weren't enough booms.
- Of Monsters and Men, 'King and Lionheart'. Unexpectedly, nobody else knew this song, so I found myself doing an unanticipated solo right at the top of my range! Extremely intimidating. It went well, though; people were really nice about this one!
- Lady Gaga, 'Paparazzi'. Everyone joined in on this one, which was fun, but it really strained my voice!
I also joined in on a few picks by other people: 'In the End' by Linkin Park, 'Lay All Your Love on Me' by ABBA and 'Shake It Out' by Florence and the Machine. ('Shake It Out' was also quite a strain on my voice, it turned out, but it's a great song!) We all sang along to 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' by ABBA, and the entire room made a spirited attempt at 'Dragostea Din Tei' by O-Zone, despite our general inability to speak Romanian.
I really enjoyed Rei's dancing during 'Rasputin' by Boney M. Rei also performed 'Never Had a Friend Like Me' from Aladdin, which looked absolutely exhausting.
One member of the party picked 'Carry On, Wayward Son' by Kansas, which got the kind of reaction it can only have in a room full of Supernatural fans. Playing that song is a great way to expose everyone in the vicinity who's ever had a feeling about a Winchester. Later, in a second personal attack on Supernatural fans, Rei performed 'Bad Moon Rising' by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
(We're contemplating a Supernatural rewatch. Feels like a bad idea. That's not going to stop us.)
- Busted, 'What I Go to School For'. I always try to do something ludicrous for my first song; it takes some of the pressure off. Everyone joined in on this one!
- Ricky Martin, 'Livin' La Vida Loca'. It is, it turns out, absolutely impossible not to dance while singing this song.
- High School Musical 3, 'Can I Have This Dance'. This was a duet with Rei; Rei played Troy and I played Gabriella, with all the sincerity we could muster. 'That was so cute,' we were informed afterwards.
- I did a few duets with Rei, actually! The other two, very tonally different from each other, were 'I'll Make a Man Out of You' from Mulan (my pick; Rei at one point grabbed my shirt collar to inform me I was unsuited for the rage of war, which is admittedly true) and 'Turn Back Time' by Aqua (Rei's pick; it's such an interestingly atypical Aqua song!).
- The Offspring, 'The Kids Aren't Alright'. Fun, but a little overwhelming, especially as most of the room didn't know it, so I had to do the 'whoa's as well as the lines! I lost the thread and dropped a couple of lines in the second verse.
- Vengaboys, 'Boom Boom Boom Boom'. There's always one song that gets stuck in my head for days after a karaoke session, and this was the culprit this time. At one point the whole room rebelled and added another chorus in a break, having apparently decided there just weren't enough booms.
- Of Monsters and Men, 'King and Lionheart'. Unexpectedly, nobody else knew this song, so I found myself doing an unanticipated solo right at the top of my range! Extremely intimidating. It went well, though; people were really nice about this one!
- Lady Gaga, 'Paparazzi'. Everyone joined in on this one, which was fun, but it really strained my voice!
I also joined in on a few picks by other people: 'In the End' by Linkin Park, 'Lay All Your Love on Me' by ABBA and 'Shake It Out' by Florence and the Machine. ('Shake It Out' was also quite a strain on my voice, it turned out, but it's a great song!) We all sang along to 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' by ABBA, and the entire room made a spirited attempt at 'Dragostea Din Tei' by O-Zone, despite our general inability to speak Romanian.
I really enjoyed Rei's dancing during 'Rasputin' by Boney M. Rei also performed 'Never Had a Friend Like Me' from Aladdin, which looked absolutely exhausting.
One member of the party picked 'Carry On, Wayward Son' by Kansas, which got the kind of reaction it can only have in a room full of Supernatural fans. Playing that song is a great way to expose everyone in the vicinity who's ever had a feeling about a Winchester. Later, in a second personal attack on Supernatural fans, Rei performed 'Bad Moon Rising' by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
(We're contemplating a Supernatural rewatch. Feels like a bad idea. That's not going to stop us.)
Book Log: From a Certain Point of View
May. 16th, 2025 04:26 pmscaramoucheI got this Star Wars short story collection eight years ago! But delayed reading it I think because I was put off by one of the stories in The Legend of Luke Skywalker that I found weirdly mean-spirited and feared more of the same. But now I'm determined to clear my to-read shelf, and have also just finished watching Andor season 2 followed by a rewatch of Rogue One and Star Wars, so I am having those SW feelings right now. I just double-checked that the collection was published after Rogue One came out but before The Rise of Skywalker, so it has certain elements pretty fresh in the telling.
As a collection of short content from various authors, the majority being short prose fiction, that follows points of view of characters that aren't central to the plot of Star Wars, it is a mixed bag of:
(1) meandering retellings of SW events,
(2) less meandering retellings of SW events yet still do not add much to my understanding or appreciation of the SW universe,
(3) retellings of SW events that imply a greater hand of destiny/the Force in getting certain events to happen the way they do, as if coincidences cannot just be coincidence, and minor characters cannot just be minor characters whose lives happen to intersect with the heroes but instead whose very purpose of existence is to enable destiny to happen, which makes the world smaller and less interesting to me,
(4) stories that think they're gosh darn clever by being meta;
(5) actually interesting stories (to me!) that spin-off from SW events.
I did really like some! The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction is a fun crime caper style evening in the Mos Eisley port, the Mon Mothma story by Alexander Freed especially hit well after watching Andor, and Stories in the Sand (about a curious Jawa) by Griffin McElroy is one of those outsider POV styles I like. There's a couple of others, but these particular stood out to me.
Also, shoutout to Of MSE-6 and Men by Glen Weldon, which I think might be Ground Zero of the Wilhuff-Tarkin-had-a-gay-affair-with-a-stormtrooper bit of canon that I've seen mentioned here and there? I had no idea, and double-taked when it got to that bit!
As a collection of short content from various authors, the majority being short prose fiction, that follows points of view of characters that aren't central to the plot of Star Wars, it is a mixed bag of:
(1) meandering retellings of SW events,
(2) less meandering retellings of SW events yet still do not add much to my understanding or appreciation of the SW universe,
(3) retellings of SW events that imply a greater hand of destiny/the Force in getting certain events to happen the way they do, as if coincidences cannot just be coincidence, and minor characters cannot just be minor characters whose lives happen to intersect with the heroes but instead whose very purpose of existence is to enable destiny to happen, which makes the world smaller and less interesting to me,
(4) stories that think they're gosh darn clever by being meta;
(5) actually interesting stories (to me!) that spin-off from SW events.
I did really like some! The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction is a fun crime caper style evening in the Mos Eisley port, the Mon Mothma story by Alexander Freed especially hit well after watching Andor, and Stories in the Sand (about a curious Jawa) by Griffin McElroy is one of those outsider POV styles I like. There's a couple of others, but these particular stood out to me.
Also, shoutout to Of MSE-6 and Men by Glen Weldon, which I think might be Ground Zero of the Wilhuff-Tarkin-had-a-gay-affair-with-a-stormtrooper bit of canon that I've seen mentioned here and there? I had no idea, and double-taked when it got to that bit!
WIP Wednesday
May. 14th, 2025 12:00 pmbedes posting in dunmeshiIt's WIP Wednesday! If you have any Dungeon Meshi fanworks being made, share a bit of your progress in the comments here! Whether it's a fanart sketch, a fanfic snippet you're particularly proud of, or a graphic you haven't quite nailed the colors of yet, we'd love to see it.
For the sake of not making the comments section multiple miles long, please put your WIP under a cut, and provide a description of what is underneath said cut! (Ships, characters, what type of fanwork, trigger warnings if applicable...) We all have preferences for subjects we'd like to see, and things we'd like to avoid.
Don't be afraid to ask for help, as well! If something isn't quite right about your piece, but you can't quite put your finger on what, getting fresh eyes on it can help narrow the problem down in record time! Just be sure to specify you are looking for help, and what area you need help with. (Example: "I need help with this Falin fanart. Could someone help me make the colors more cohesive?") You can also ask for resources, and anything else you may need help with!
And remember, once your WIP is no longer a WIP, to consider posting it here for the whole community to enjoy!
For the sake of not making the comments section multiple miles long, please put your WIP under a cut, and provide a description of what is underneath said cut! (Ships, characters, what type of fanwork, trigger warnings if applicable...) We all have preferences for subjects we'd like to see, and things we'd like to avoid.
Don't be afraid to ask for help, as well! If something isn't quite right about your piece, but you can't quite put your finger on what, getting fresh eyes on it can help narrow the problem down in record time! Just be sure to specify you are looking for help, and what area you need help with. (Example: "I need help with this Falin fanart. Could someone help me make the colors more cohesive?") You can also ask for resources, and anything else you may need help with!
And remember, once your WIP is no longer a WIP, to consider posting it here for the whole community to enjoy!
Boom Boom Boom Boom, Please Get Out Of My Room.
May. 12th, 2025 07:08 pmrionaleonhartMore of The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy! I've finished the cult route and taken a brief detour back to the Coming-of-Age route.
Heads-up: this entry mentions (fictional) consent issues, to put it mildly.
( Notes on The Hundred Line. )
I can't believe how much of this game there is. There are a hundred endings, apparently. Having played for fifty hours, we've seen six of them.
Heads-up: this entry mentions (fictional) consent issues, to put it mildly.
( Notes on The Hundred Line. )
I can't believe how much of this game there is. There are a hundred endings, apparently. Having played for fifty hours, we've seen six of them.
My Dragon Phase Predated This Blog, But I Was Extremely Into Dragons.
May. 12th, 2025 11:58 amrionaleonhartOn Saturday, I wandered down to a park and discovered there was a Polish cultural festival going on!
I had an ice cream, listened to some singing, watched some dancing, admired some traditional dress, wandered around the stalls. Did a definite double-take when I heard Hatsune Miku's version of the Finnish song 'Ievan Polkka', although I think that might have been someone playing music on their phone, rather than an official song choice of the Polish heritage festival.
I wasn't certain of the cultural relevance of Sonic the Hedgehog, but, hey, always happy to see him.
It felt impolite to photograph Sonic without buying something from the stall, so, in honour of the fact that I've been revisiting the Dragonriders of Pern series, I picked up a flexible little 3D-printed dragon!
Top: my dragon pictured with one of my paintings (my first painting, actually: the one that got me into painting!), the chunk of rose quartz I picked up when I visited the Science Museum withnecrophilia, and the beautiful cross-stitch of James Sunderland that Tem gave me for Christmas.
Bottom: my dragon pictured with our cat Zuko, who does not understand why he's not allowed to bite it.
I've named my dragon Zephyrith, after the dragon I rode in an ILLEGAL PERN ROLEPLAYING GUILD on Neopets when I was a kid. (Anne McCaffrey didn't approve of fanfiction or roleplaying at the time, although she later relaxed her stance, so there was an illegal underground Pern roleplaying scene for a while.)
I brought Zephyrith home and showed her to my housemates, and they all wanted dragons of their own! So I quickly hurried back to the festival and bought three more dragons. We're a houseful of dragonriders now. Wait, does that make us a Weyr? We're a Weyr.
I had an ice cream, listened to some singing, watched some dancing, admired some traditional dress, wandered around the stalls. Did a definite double-take when I heard Hatsune Miku's version of the Finnish song 'Ievan Polkka', although I think that might have been someone playing music on their phone, rather than an official song choice of the Polish heritage festival.
I wasn't certain of the cultural relevance of Sonic the Hedgehog, but, hey, always happy to see him.
It felt impolite to photograph Sonic without buying something from the stall, so, in honour of the fact that I've been revisiting the Dragonriders of Pern series, I picked up a flexible little 3D-printed dragon!
Top: my dragon pictured with one of my paintings (my first painting, actually: the one that got me into painting!), the chunk of rose quartz I picked up when I visited the Science Museum with
necrophilia, and the beautiful cross-stitch of James Sunderland that Tem gave me for Christmas.Bottom: my dragon pictured with our cat Zuko, who does not understand why he's not allowed to bite it.
I've named my dragon Zephyrith, after the dragon I rode in an ILLEGAL PERN ROLEPLAYING GUILD on Neopets when I was a kid. (Anne McCaffrey didn't approve of fanfiction or roleplaying at the time, although she later relaxed her stance, so there was an illegal underground Pern roleplaying scene for a while.)
I brought Zephyrith home and showed her to my housemates, and they all wanted dragons of their own! So I quickly hurried back to the festival and bought three more dragons. We're a houseful of dragonriders now. Wait, does that make us a Weyr? We're a Weyr.
Seasons of Drabbles: Post-Deadline Pinch Hits due May 16 (or negotiable)
May. 12th, 2025 12:15 amlittlefics posting in pinchhitsEvent: Seasons of Drabbles is an exchange for the creation of drabbles and drabble variants.
Event link: Dreamwidth | AO3 Collection
Due date: Friday, May 16, noon Eastern time (Countdown), though we can be flexible if needed.
Pinch hit link: Please view the details of pinch hits and claim them at this post.
PH 6 - Succession (TV 2018), O Fantasma (2000), The Sergeant (1968), Fireworks (1947)/Succession (TV 2018)
PH 11 - ロマンティック・キラー | Romantic Killer (Anime), Café Enchanté (Visual Novel), Syberia (Video Game), Palia (Video Game), ヲタクに恋は難しい | Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii | Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (Anime), 休日のわるものさん | Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san | Mr. Villain's Day Off (Anime), Doctor Who (2005), My Time At Portia (Video Game)
Event link: Dreamwidth | AO3 Collection
Due date: Friday, May 16, noon Eastern time (Countdown), though we can be flexible if needed.
Pinch hit link: Please view the details of pinch hits and claim them at this post.
PH 6 - Succession (TV 2018), O Fantasma (2000), The Sergeant (1968), Fireworks (1947)/Succession (TV 2018)
PH 11 - ロマンティック・キラー | Romantic Killer (Anime), Café Enchanté (Visual Novel), Syberia (Video Game), Palia (Video Game), ヲタクに恋は難しい | Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii | Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (Anime), 休日のわるものさん | Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san | Mr. Villain's Day Off (Anime), Doctor Who (2005), My Time At Portia (Video Game)
things I update
May. 11th, 2025 09:30 pmsnickficI have a couple of Big Posts Of Stuff that I still update regularly. They're linked in the sidebar, but IDK if people look there, so I figure I'll point them out in case people are interested.
Ongoing horror watch (and reading) list. A giant post of all the horror I consume, sorted into Loved It, Like Some of It, Disliked It, DNFed. I use this list all the time when looking for recs for people. I put an * for stuff that has explicitly queer themes or major characters.
(Obviously some of these are judgment calls, like is Mindy Meeks-Martin in Scream 5 significant enough to get an asterisk? I decided not.)
The Epic Mpreg Recs List. I made the main list six years ago, sorted lovingly into my own idiosyncratic categories, but I do occasionally add new stuff at the bottom.
Ongoing horror watch (and reading) list. A giant post of all the horror I consume, sorted into Loved It, Like Some of It, Disliked It, DNFed. I use this list all the time when looking for recs for people. I put an * for stuff that has explicitly queer themes or major characters.
(Obviously some of these are judgment calls, like is Mindy Meeks-Martin in Scream 5 significant enough to get an asterisk? I decided not.)
The Epic Mpreg Recs List. I made the main list six years ago, sorted lovingly into my own idiosyncratic categories, but I do occasionally add new stuff at the bottom.
Coffee Social Sunday
May. 11th, 2025 01:30 pmbedes posting in dunmeshiCoffee Social Sunday is a weekly post for low-pressure chit-chat about anything on your mind in the Dunmeshi universe! Is there anything you're currently reading, creating, thinking about, considering creating, watching or rewatching? Tell us! But remember to hold onto your specific fanwork recs to instead share under the current Quick Recs post.
If you're new, this is also a good place to introduce yourself! We have a suggested template for this, but we emphasize the 'suggested' part. Disregard it if you'd like!
Please note that the comments on this post may contain spoilers for anime-onlys, per our spoiler policy. As for everyone else: if possible, try to mark your spoilers clearly!
Share your thoughts, ask for help, and cheer your fellow fans on!Now, what monsters would be good ingredients for coffee...
If you're new, this is also a good place to introduce yourself! We have a suggested template for this, but we emphasize the 'suggested' part. Disregard it if you'd like!
Please note that the comments on this post may contain spoilers for anime-onlys, per our spoiler policy. As for everyone else: if possible, try to mark your spoilers clearly!
Share your thoughts, ask for help, and cheer your fellow fans on!
horror movies: The Shining, Until Dawn, Clown in a Cornfield
May. 10th, 2025 10:21 pmsnickficThe Shining (1980). I honestly can't find much to say about this. It's beautiful; the sets are amazing, there's a lot of gorgeous shots. It felt very ~cinematic. It's too bad about the Jack Nicholson of it all! I could have done with at least 80% less Jack Nicholson. Every time he was on screen I was like, we could doing literally anything else.
The kid actor was good, and after all the shit I'd vaguely osmosed about Wendy Torrance (or just about the actress), I was extremely impressed with how effectively she protected herself and her kid, even when she was scared out of her mind.
Honestly I mainly watched this so I could finally watch Doctor Sleep. Mission accomplished, I guess. I also want to reread the novel now.
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Until Dawn (2025). On a road trip to find closure over a friend who went missing, a group of five twenty-somethings stumble into a house that traps them and kills them over and over.
This movie tried to do too many things and half-assed most of them. The characters got at most half a personality characteristic each. The monsters were boring. The plot/explanation got increasingly convoluted, with more and more stuff stuck onto it. The main sets around the house all felt weirdly artificial. There were a handful of great horror reveals (the bulletin board, the guest book), but the movie didn't really know how to capitalize on them.
I did like ( spoilers )
There were some okay kills, if that's your thing. There's one particular kill that I was not expecting at all, and the movie made a lot of hay out of it. It's like they found One Cool Trick and kept hitting that button, for better or for worse.
In conclusion: big meh.
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Clown in a Cornfield (2025). In a tiny midwestern town, sometimes a clown murders one or more people in a cornfield. Enter Quinn, a high schooler who's just moved to town with her father while they both grieve her mother's death.
This was completely delightful. The novel this was adapted from was written by a high school teacher, and I think that really shows in the affection for the teen characters. The fraught father/daughter relationship is good too, though! I also really enjoyed the romance, which I thought was very sweet.
There's also themes! A late stage reveal that made me think of a completely different movie that I will not spoil you for! Lots of fun kills!
This is far and away my favorite of these three movies, but it's hard to articulate why except that it's a lot of fun and the characters feel like real people with real relationships, which is saying something in a movie about a killer clown. The clown gets the marquee, but the characters make the movie. If this sounds like your jam at all, I highly recommend you check it out.
The kid actor was good, and after all the shit I'd vaguely osmosed about Wendy Torrance (or just about the actress), I was extremely impressed with how effectively she protected herself and her kid, even when she was scared out of her mind.
Honestly I mainly watched this so I could finally watch Doctor Sleep. Mission accomplished, I guess. I also want to reread the novel now.
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Until Dawn (2025). On a road trip to find closure over a friend who went missing, a group of five twenty-somethings stumble into a house that traps them and kills them over and over.
This movie tried to do too many things and half-assed most of them. The characters got at most half a personality characteristic each. The monsters were boring. The plot/explanation got increasingly convoluted, with more and more stuff stuck onto it. The main sets around the house all felt weirdly artificial. There were a handful of great horror reveals (the bulletin board, the guest book), but the movie didn't really know how to capitalize on them.
I did like ( spoilers )
There were some okay kills, if that's your thing. There's one particular kill that I was not expecting at all, and the movie made a lot of hay out of it. It's like they found One Cool Trick and kept hitting that button, for better or for worse.
In conclusion: big meh.
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Clown in a Cornfield (2025). In a tiny midwestern town, sometimes a clown murders one or more people in a cornfield. Enter Quinn, a high schooler who's just moved to town with her father while they both grieve her mother's death.
This was completely delightful. The novel this was adapted from was written by a high school teacher, and I think that really shows in the affection for the teen characters. The fraught father/daughter relationship is good too, though! I also really enjoyed the romance, which I thought was very sweet.
There's also themes! A late stage reveal that made me think of a completely different movie that I will not spoil you for! Lots of fun kills!
This is far and away my favorite of these three movies, but it's hard to articulate why except that it's a lot of fun and the characters feel like real people with real relationships, which is saying something in a movie about a killer clown. The clown gets the marquee, but the characters make the movie. If this sounds like your jam at all, I highly recommend you check it out.