Dr. Nerdington's Commonplace Book

The Man The Myth The Legend

i'd like to believe that the entity will stop attacking ryan and naim bc it seems like when they show it love rather than fear, it stops. even if it's just for a brief moment.

Ooohhhh this is a good take.

God I've been thinking about leviticus nonstop since I saw it and the main thing I just cannot let go of is naim's mom picking the olives off of his pizza !!!!! Like just days ago so sat there while he screamed for her because she hated a part of him and wanted to make it go away. And now she's picking the olives off of his pizza because that is her son and she knows he doesn't like olives and she's his MOM. and those things can and do coexist. that fucked me up more than any of the gore or jump scares. that was the horror for me

It really is a masterclass in “that’s true, too.” She loves him and she profoundly, deliberately harms him. Church offers community and destruction. Queer joy and love coexist with fear and shame. We transcend it and we can’t escape it. So rare to see a film that holds all the contradictions without offering facile resolution, even in horror. It’s so well done.

Leviticus really said yes life will be harder because I choose to be with you but I choose to be with you despite it all

Loved that the film lets love and fear exist together, without easy resolution.

i cant. i love them so bad.

One of my favorite interpretations of the Garashir Lunch Debates is that Bashir knows full well that he’s flirting with Garak. Garak, on the other hand, thinks that he’s really lucky that Bashir definitely doesn’t know that he’s been flirting with him. This obviously leads to a situation where Bashir thinks they have a will-they-won’t-they romcom-type thing going, and Garak thinks he’s in a devastating tale of unrequited love and he’s the tragic heroine who will suffer for his beloved.

when your erotica ends with a bibliography of works cited

to me, correctly using 5+ commas in a single sentence is like perfectly executing a combo in a fighting game. to me.

if you think a sentence needs 5+ commas it should be two sentences

it’s not about what the sentence needs, i’m afraid, nor is it about economy, clarity, or style. it’s about winning, little-theatre-fairy.