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Faintdreams

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Geek. Curious. #Critter. Cross-Platform User. Occasionally sweary.
Likes Problematic (so most) Disney films.
Bippity boppity back the fuck up.
Pronouns: She/They

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Faintdreams, to languagelearning
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Pushing back on (usually unthinking) abelist / racist / misogynistic language is difficult but frequently is worth the effort.

#KnowBetterDoBetter
#LoveYourself
#LoveOthers
#Language
#Linguistics

Faintdreams, (edited ) to DoctorWho
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The overall season - so far - ratings for Gatwa's Doctor who.. are sadly lacking.

It started with just over 7.4 million (The church on Ruby Road) and most recent episode, Rogue seems to be just over 2.1 million.

I hope the ratings pick up. Gatwa and team deserve more than 2 seasons (apparently season 2 has already been filmed and is in post production).

Faintdreams, to random
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Legend of Vox Machina : Season 3 - Opening animation

Airs October 3rd 2024

Amazon Prime

#CriticalRole #VoxMachina

https://youtu.be/MCmiaV3Lxm4?si=fzMeDKZD1rqM_zZF

Faintdreams, to random
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Summer Games Fest 2024

You get a murder sim, and You get a murder sim, and YOU, YES YOU ! get a MASS MURDER Sim.

Aren't you glad at the variety and diversity of big studio games available now?

🤨

[and I say that as someone who enjoys Vampire Survivors - but every game just being a murder sim is depressing]

Faintdreams, (edited ) to gaming
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The Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2024 was (as it consistently is) excellent this year.

I look forward to most of the games - although I'll have to wait for whichever ones percolate onto the Nintendo Switch:

https://youtu.be/xU5mgSRVmH8?si=jafmKN4dS2xXlsN7

Faintdreams, to random
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Can't decide whether to watch the Summer Games Fest 2024 live when I know most of the Triple A games will just be ..

"You do X.. with a GUN!"

I mean it IS Funny.. but also .. Not.
🎮

Faintdreams, to random
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I somehow have 98 books on my wish list for 2024 ..

And it's only June !

Ce la Vie.. 😁 📚

Faintdreams, to random
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@munroe here's a curveball question for ya.

Are there any films which aren't considered to be vampire / supernatural adjacent which you would argue absolutely fit the criteria?

I consider Dangerous Liaisons (1988): Directed by Stephen Frears Starring - a host of people but including - Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer is TOTALLY a film about a bunch of vampires who feed on emotions.

Faintdreams, (edited )
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@munroe @humanadverb also there is a comic / graphic novel series called Phonogram where Phonomancers can feed off peoples reaction to music - they can also influence people through that music /crowd magic .

Written by Kieron Gillen and drawn by Jamie McKelvie. It is published by American company Image Comics.

Faintdreams,
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@humanadverb Thanks!

I'm not a Dude though.

👍🏾

Faintdreams,
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@humanadverb no probs. I knew what you meant but just had to make sure. 😉

Faintdreams,
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@FoxMime it really was!

Faintdreams,
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@munroe @humanadverb
I.
LOVED.
Lost Girl

I have entire thing on dvd and should really do a rewatch. There's a show that knew how to do consistent world-building!

And yes, on reflection - most of the creatures involved either ate or fed off humans in some way.

Faintdreams,
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@munroe The film In Time, great concept - poorly executed - also Timberlake just can't act.

But yes I see what you mean. Elites, immortal, gain time essentially by leaching off the poor - great vampire parallels !

Faintdreams,
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@munroe all Dark Fey fed off HUmans - or other fey, not all Light ones.

The Dark /Light split was about eh only major problem i had with that show .. but even then within the show they explored why that social setup was .. less than ideal.

Faintdreams, to random
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So vampire TV reccs in no particular order

The Originals: What if Shakespeare got smushed together with a Soap Opera and there were dynasties of Vamps, Werewolves and Witches ?

Blood Ties: Very Myopic ex cop/ Private Eye has Vamp Partner (who's also a famous historical character). Has a love Triangle

Ultraviolet: UK TV show. Slow burn tension lots of intense acting. With a young Idris Elba

Being Human UK: A Ghost a vampire & a werewolf end up flat sharing. Funny but not a sitcom

:)
@munroe

Faintdreams,
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@gluesticks looking back now, the talent stack in the show Ultraviolet was ridiculous..

Faintdreams,
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For anyone trying to track any of these down:

The Originals: 2013-2018
5 Seasons 92 episodes. (I'd say skip season 5)
Currently all on Netflix

Blood Ties: 2007
2 seasons. 22 Eps
Various streaming services & DVD

Ultraviolet UK 1998
6 episodes Various streaming service Ch4 Uk and Amz Prime

Being Human UK: 2008- 2013
5 seasons 37 Episodes
Various streaming services

Faintdreams, (edited )
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@munroe The originals is very.. High gloss. It's a vibe shared with lots of other (originally aired on CW Network) shows: Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, The Flash, Smallville - I can totally understand some people bouncing off of that.

For me the Originals leaned into the melodrama but very much acknowledged the type of Genre show it was without being all wink wink meta about it.

Warring siblings dynamics combined with having to co-exist for centuries together - appeals to me

Faintdreams, (edited )
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@munroe I have had the strain recommended to me before, unfortunately I'm not into Del Torro's horror aesthetics.

Blade 2's VFX was to 'sticky' for me.

I know it's contradictory but as much as I love Vampire media, I'm not very much into the visceral / physical horror aspects

Faintdreams,
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@munroe There's a 2009 film called Daybreakers - Ethan Hawke and Sam Neil are two of the main cast - and it explored just that Vampire Elite and Vampires as Monsters - I can't articulate why but the Daybreakers monster vfx did not squick me out like the Blade 2 'mutli petaled mouths' did.

Faintdreams,
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@munroe I enjoyed Blade 2 - but felt it fell into the Rule of Cool over Narrative sense, a lot more than the first film did.

Faintdreams,
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@munroe I was an intense Supernatural fan right up until a certain Female character was Fridged just to give Dean something to do.

Also the dynamic brother duo (plus later additional Angel) became untouchable so the stories seemed predictable and boring.

Death meant literally nothing to the main cast

Faintdreams, to conservative
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My literal minded-ness has always rubbed people the wrong way but there are some things I won't budge on for anyone.

Are you a sibling (or near as) to my Mother or Father?

Then you Ain't my Uncle nor My Aunt.

Are you the child of my Uncle or Aunt?

Then you Ain't my Cousin.

This has gotten me uninvited from family gatherings & also kept me out of many sketchy situations.

Don't let 'Tradition' batter you into accepting things you feel aren't right

Faintdreams, to random
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Calling it now. I predict the big bad in the Acolyte is John Cena.

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