when i ask "why" i am not asking in the literal sense, i want you to instead substitute every why with "what did the director mean when he did this;". this is not meant to be condescending - i genuinely am asking these because i loved this movie because of how just absolutely choked with denseness it is, it is laser focused, and i want other people to be able to enjoy it the same way i do.

so without further ado;

why is clark dressed as a pirate when he runs a furniture store?

what were non-fictional pirates actually like?

as the owner-manager of a furniture store, where do clark's class interests lie? is he a laborer?

what about all the other characters in the movie that show up for more than a single scene? what are their class interests?

what are the genders of all the characters that react with fear to the backrooms? what are the genders of all the characters that react with awe/i-want-to-know-more of the backrooms? if there is a pattern, why would the director make there be one?

what is meant by the store title "captain clark's ottoman empire"? what was the ottoman empire, and, outside bad furniture pun, does it have any relevance to the story?

why do they mark the entrances off the wall in blue tape in particular? what might that mean?

spoiler questions;

Ok now put:

1: The name u go by online

2: Your most recent obsession

3: A fictional character (or multiple characters) that you desperately want to meet

4: Things that you could spend hours yapping about

Ok for me it's gotta be:

1: Vee

2: Epic The Musical (the songs from it are all that's stuck in my head helppp lol)

3: Nico Di Angelo and Ink Sans

4: Deltarune (theories, favorite characters and why, all that stuff), Undertale and Undertale aus, my ocs (if I can find the courage to tell people about them 💀)

Ok that's all someone please see this BYE!

Changeling lore..and Undertale...lots of Undertale

Nico di angelo, leo valdez, and.....dancetale papyrus and sans

Undertale, Undertale aus, my ocs, my friends ocs, my friends, musicals, and..hmm, probably any book or fanfic I read. Oh! Also FNAF and tadc

Not really obsession, but been watching a lot of gameplay of Phasmophobia and Town of Salem (both 1 and 2). Also, The Post-Traumatic Manifesto (album) by Weevildoing.

Toriel and Papyrus...

Undertale, Danganronpa, my ocs and personal projects, Goodbye Despair Musical (made by Twisted Minds Theater, it's on their YouTube channel)

2, Back into Yu-Gi-Oh Baby!!! Reading the ZeXal Manga rn.

3, Uhhh, Yuya, Yuma and Astral from the Yu-Gi-Oh Franchise and Sora & Ventus from Kingdom Hearts.

4, Kingdom Hearts, Undertale, Paperinik, Ducktales, FNAF and D.Gray-Man (though that one's older)

Also, just tagging random people more-or-less

@eman0neb @dragonwilbert @fangirlingpuggle @shima-draws

2. Project Sekai (and slowly getting back into TMNT)

3. Tsukasa Tenma, Kai from Ninjago, Leo from TMNT (2012 or 2018), Danny Phantom

4. mostly anything, but rn Project Sekai, Ninjago, or TMNT lore (my poor family’s been subject to this)

Nickel usually, but you can do Nikki if you're feeling a lil spicy

2. Fullmetal Alchemist (both shows too send help)

3. Kai from Ninjago, Edward Elric from FMA, Eren Jeager from Attack on Titan, Sonic the Hedgehog, Spider-Man

4. Any anime I've watched, particularly Fullmetal Alchemist, or Spider-Man (my friends and family have also been subject to this)

1. Usually Pinky to most mutuals. Xd

2. Most recently I've been obsessed with the series Will Trent, season 4 cannot be released soon enough in the UK. Also been getting into The Good place for the first time! Also Project Hail Mary (read the book first LOVED the movie). Its never a single obsession lol.

3. I guess definitely Strickler (Trollhunters), Archie (Wizards TOA), Hunter (The owl house), Toothless (HTTYD), Rocky (Project Hail Mary), Ekko (Arcane) and spider-man (Tom Holland's). Probably a LOT more but this is off the top of my head. 😅

4. I could (and have) spent hours yapping about Trollhunters. Xd Lucifer, Netflix show, The owl house and Arcane too. Also birds, and books I've read.

Trollhunters and

Claire Jim toby Strickler Blinky and most of the major characters in Trollhunters that aren't Villains

4 Trollhunters mainly Claire :D She is my baby.

@cermblka @artnijna @azure-za-raid @thdchk @princess-pathetic-112898 @almosttroll @aevykcreates @icydeku14 @annabelle-creart

1. My socials are all ihaveglitterbombs, but as for name I go by charlie (or charles, charlotte, call me whatever idrc 💗)

2. Currently it’s gonna have to be bungo stray dogs :p I’ve been having a lot of fun watching the anime + reading the manga

3. Aaaa okay I’d love to meet Kendra Sorensen (from fablehaven dragonwatch) just because I need to give her some advice. BRACKEN IS A CREEEEP HES A WEIRDOOOO STAY AWAY FROM HIIIM

4. I could probably talk about books for days on end. Any books I’ve read, or just the concept of books and reading in general, I love it a lot, if you ever see me leave my house without a book (or at least an ebook on my phone 😭) IVE BEEN REPLACED BY A SKINWALKER, RUN!!!

m yeah no pressure tags!! Just reply if u feel like it cs I have no idea who to tag 😭

I go by Leahthetincan on most things online

I’ve been obsessed with playing cookie Run kingdom lately even if I don’t post about it (I’m not very far along and the fandom scares me) Also the cosmere I’ve just gotten into the whole cosmere RP blog thing here on tumblr

marsh from mistborn, mitsuri kanroji from demon slayer and Dark cacao cookie

character designs for my ocs, or Shakespeare, I’ve been taking a Shakespeare class for the past 2 years and I am obsessed

For my tags I’m asking,

@inferno-the-skywing @1kit @karochlebek @hunter-randolph-enthusiast

i actually go by scathach on most platforms, hunter-randolph-enthusiast is a close second

i lowkey spend all my time obsessing over my bestfrind, but aside frim that i think it mught be the one peice live action

i would loveeeeee to meet grimalkin (tla) or vega (wereworld) two very insanley tuff people

my bestfriend, oh and what alice and tom couldve been

oh and imma tag people that think are cool and lowkey wanna know more about!

1. Funnily enough most of my online friends call me Kendra, so thats what I usually call myself online

2. My most recent obsession... not too sure tbh. Maybe French in general? I think it would be the new Tomodachi Game tho if I had the game and a switch

3. Kendra and Seth (and honestly js abt everyone), from Fablehaven, Ferrin from Beyonders, Rapunzel

4. Could easily yap about Fablehaven for hours. Same with the Hunger Games or any Brandon Mull book or the Lunar Chronicles

My tags:

1. It changes semi frequently, rn I am hxvnsxnt!

2. Most recent obsession is somewhere in between Jujutsu Kaisen, shoegaze rock, or various muslim and arabic cultures. I've been super interested in studying the Tuareg lately!

3. I want to meet Makima from Chainsaw Man and Kenjaku from JJK, even though both of those options are somewhat.... less than advantageous to my health.

4. Any sort of literary oranalysis. I loveee talking about themes and character arcs and motifs and all that good stuff!

My tags:

the kid who replaced his hard G sounds with soft ones, leaving me incapable of thinking of glasses as anything other than jlasses

kid who would holler "DID" any time she finished her work no matter how many times we told her to just raise her hand

kid who began her scary stories with "once a time" and her friend who began his with "paw time"

middle schooler i had during student teaching who pronounced magritte as "mah-gritty"

the kid who said "i got boogies comin out my nose" while sobbing and the kid who said "theres his puddle of cry" while describing a drawing, both of whom i think of when im crying

kid who said that if he was 80 he would get big and turn grandpa

kid who, for no reason in particular, would just say "like a little feet" as a standalone phrase in relation to nothing

kid who called snakes "nakes"

kid who called calculators "cockulators"

my little cousin who referred to anything he didn't have an immediate answer to as "vewy mystewious"