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º(˶◉ᴗ◉˶)º ZOEY HUNTRIX BEHAVE YOURSELF

So, I'm not sure from this if you've seen Barry Lyndon, but for anyone reading who has not, Lord Bullingdon (I can't spell!) becomes Redmond Barry's stepson when he marries Bullingdon's mother very shortly after his father's death. Redmond tries to make nice with Lord Bullingdon at first, but even as a child Bullingdon is like, "uh, no. I know what you are." And the battle of wills escalates between them as Bullingdon grows up, culminating with him insulting Redmond in front of a gathering of gentlemen he is trying to impress and Redmond beating the absolute shit out of him. Bullingdon is exiled from his home after this, but Redmond's reputation is in shambles.

In many respects, these two men are polar opposites. Redmond is the son of an Irish gentlemen, but due to circumstances too lengthy to mention here, he has to make his own way in the world, which is does through feats of physical courage as a soldier and also some chicanery. Bullingdon is the son of an English lord educated with the sole view of inheriting his property, which is now being squandered by Redmond. So, you can see where the bad blood arises even before we factor in Redmond's fiery temper and Bullingdon's epic gay sass. A favorite moment of mind comes when child Bullingdon refuses to kiss Redmond in greeting or call him "father." His mother childes him with "Lord Bullingdon, you have insulted your father," and he replies, "Madam, YOU have insulted my father."

One thing I don't think is appreciated enough about Barry Lyndon is how queer it is. Very early in the story, Redmond steals the identity of a gay British officer while he is having a romantic moment with his lover in the middle of a lake, an act that sets him on the path to becoming Barry Lyndon. However, he finds his ascendency challenged by two gay men possessed of fierce devotion to his new wife, Bullingdon and her Ladyship's chaplain, Reverent Runt, who is my favorite fictional clergyman by a wide, wide margin for reasons that will become clear soon.

So, after Bullingdon's departure, things go all kind of pear-shaped for Redmond. His creditors all demand payment at once, and his repayments are eating up the estate he married into, and worse his single child is killed in a horrific horse riding accident. Redmond's mother, who is now living with them, attempts to downsize her son's household by firing Runt even though Lady Lyndon is suicidally depressed over son's death and all of the everything. Runt says, "Bitch, we'll see who gets downsized!" and goes to see Lord Bullingdon. He gets him motivated through what I can only assume was the 18th C version of, "Girl, you better get your shit together before these Irish hoes murder your mother." So Bullingdon returns, goes to the establishment where Redmond is blackout drunk, and challenges him to the duel I mentioned in those tags.

All through this process, Bullingdon is an absolute nervous wreck. Even though he owns a pair of dueling pistols, whether he has ever fired one in his life seems extremely dubious. As the offended party, he is allowed to take the first shot, but due to his inexperience and acute stress, he misfires, which means he has to stand for Redmond to fire at him. Now, Redmond has been so broken by grief that he has no room for animosity towards his stepson, and he fires into the floor deliberately. Redmond's second, delighted by his magnanimity, asks Bullingdon if he is satisfied. Bullingdon says no, and shoots Redmond in the knee.

Not only does Bullingdon display absolute god-tier pettiness, but disabling Redmond actually does solve all his problems. He gets Redmond out of his house and away from his mother while his wound is being treated. He gets Redmond's mother out of his house and away from his mother while she nurses her sons. He sends the family lawyer over with an offer that he will pay Redmond a yearly stipend for the rest of his life provided he never sees Lady Lyndon again, and if he refuses, Bullilngdon will see that all his creditors demand payment at once, which would bankrupt him and land him in jail. The audience finds out about most of this through Bullingdon's explanation to the lawyer while they are riding back to the estate while Runt, who is also in the carriage, wears the smuggest smirk you've ever seen in your life.

Do NOT do this!

But also let's not forget that Star Wars has The Worst time naming background characters (which is something that should really be a little bit more thought out than it is) to the point that they have a character who appears in a film for like 5 seconds whom they gave an actually kind of detailed backstory for a five second appearance, and his name is still some fuckassed improv shit. His name is Sleazebaggano, and he's basically a crack dealer. What the fuck. The character naming guy must've been sick that day, because coming up with names that don't fucking suck is very much not an issue with your prop budget.

I haven't seen anyone talking about this and just wanted to make a quick post on here.

Akihiro Miwa recently passed away peacefully june 20th, and was not only a drag queen and a queer icon, but also the japanese voice of Arceus in the movie Arceus and the jewel of life, as well as the witch from Howl's moving castle and Moro from Princess Mononke.

casual reminder the MCU is the work of the devil