Incredibly violent take of mine but I actually don’t think you need to relate to a story in any way to enjoy it. You can enjoy a story even if you can’t point at a character and insert some aspect of your personality or identity into them. In fact I would argue the need for a character like that to be present in every single story you experience is a sign of stunted growth.

i do think it’s funny when you’ve been into a thing long enough that you’ve done all the serious analysis you can do so now you’re mostly just thinking up looney tunes scenarios to put the characters in

looney tunes scenarios which are most importantly still impeccably in-character because of all the aforementioned serious analysis

being in a fandom long term: urrrrrrrrrrgh not this shitty argument again we’ve covered this

knowing that Viola Davis writes extensive backstories for all her characters is information I should not be privy to because that means she has a Volumnia Gaul prequel fic somewhere in her possession that I don’t get to read. Viola please give me the fic

i dislike the whole “horror is so back” narrative people are throwing around recently with obsession and backrooms. both are great movies, but horror was also so back with the long walk. and sinners. and the substance. and nosferatu. and literally anything directed by jordan peele. horror as a genre will always have its flops. but there will always be those few that revive the hype.

Let’s be real here. When people say “horror is so back” what they mean is “here is a horror film that I find palatable as someone who does not normally enjoy horror”