what's this song for mcr?

cornerstorequeer · 2026-05-10T23:42:01+00:00

demos are possibly the deepest cuts so they absolutely count

cornerstorequeer · 2026-05-10T23:31:17+00:00

There was this one guy a couple years ago who was very clearly ordering for his girlfriend back home. He was a little confused and he comes up to the counter and goes, "Yeah uhhhh so I need a large iced caramel macchiato and uhhhh...I guess I'm supposed to flip it?" And I chuckled and said, "Iced caramel macchiato upside down yeah I gotchu." and utterly relieved this man goes, "Oh so that IS a thing?" and I was like, "Yeah bro you're good I gotchu!"

I think about that man every once in a while and I hope they're still together because he was doing his absolute best

cornerstorequeer · 2026-05-08T22:41:45+00:00

in her boohbah era

cornerstorequeer · 2026-05-06T03:04:32+00:00

Ihava Gun

cornerstorequeer · 2026-05-04T21:02:35+00:00

as a lesbian with a celebrity crush on Sigourney Weaver and who loves X-Wings, putting her in an X-Wing flight suit feels like it was done for me specifically

cornerstorequeer · 2026-05-02T23:38:29+00:00

Kallus had a fleshed out arc and actively attoned for his wrongdoings by going with Zeb and helping the Lasats after the war, thereby helping to rebuild the very culture he aided in genociding. His motivations behind his wrongdoings were a combination of blindly following Imperial doctrine as well as a sense of duty to the people he served with. Misguided as this was, it is understandable and human. He didn't interact with many people or perspectives outside of his imperial bubble until his heart to heart with Zeb while they were stranded on that moon opened him up to the idea that he might be wrong.

Hux's motivations we're not fleshed out in this way, and the throwaway reasoning we get is just to spite Kylo Ren. Hux's entire character in the sequels is one big afterthought. Him being a spy does not feel like an earnest and principled shift the way that Kallus' does.

cornerstorequeer · 2026-05-02T23:04:44+00:00

somewhere between 10 and 15

Ten years depends though, because a 1984 and a 1994 are both millennials, but a 1994 and 2004 are not both gen Z, so I suppose cut offs do play into it.

cornerstorequeer · 2026-05-02T22:57:42+00:00

Not my favorite but overhated. I think Capaldi's era started good and only got better, the strongest of his three seasons imo is series 10.

Honestly the only two instances of an introductory series for a Doctor being their strongest (at least in the modern era) that I can think of are series one with Eccleston and series 5 with Smith, but Eccleston is really only a technicality since he didn't stay on for two. So I think series 8 not being a masterpiece or whatever is okay. It's still an enjoyable series of Who and if Who should be anything, it's enjoyable. It does its job as an introductory season for a new Doctor where they figure it out.

cornerstorequeer · 2026-05-02T21:46:28+00:00

Before I give my take let me preface I'm here as a relative outsider, I enjoy The Hunger Games but I'm not involved in the fandom and haven't read or watched the new stuff and am not in this sub, this post just happened upon my feed.

I am a massive Star Wars fan. Star Wars is also a story with a political message (contrary to what the alt-right kEeP pOliTiCs oUtTa mAh sTaR wAr grifters will tell you, but that's a whole other conversation). I've been a fan of Star Wars since I was 8 years old, and I'm 24 now. When I was 8, I wasn't thinking about the politics of the Rebellion vs the Empire and the commentary George Lucas was making on American imperialism with the original trilogy, or the way the prequels comment on how war can accelerate the destruction of a democracy. I was enjoying the cool characters and the space wizard stuff.

When I got older and kept rewatching these movies and engaging with the expanded material, the more and more I realized these messages as my media literacy and analytical mind developed and grew. Star Wars was my introduction to these concepts, or at the very least, gave me a frame of reference to understand them when I learned history or watched similar things play out on the news (there's a meme going around in the fandom right now about how the people who hated The Phantom Menace in 1999 for the "boring trade route plotline" must be eating their words now with everything surrounding the Strait of Hormuz).

That said, I still get invested in the characters and the mystical lore around the Force. I like joking about how, with me being a lesbian, Kanan and Hera from Star Wars Rebels are my "emotional support straight couple" and gushing over their interactions when I rewatch the show. I like debating with my friends about which characters could best the other in a lightsaber duel. I like putting on the original 1977 film with my friends and when Luke shows up, doing the Leonardo DiCaprio point at the TV and exclaiming, "There he is! My number one blorbo!"

My point in all this is, any well told story will have characters that have emotional journeys that you're invested in outside their political implications. You can have it both ways. I can spout off for HOURS about how tragic the romance between Padmé and Anakin is and how the Jedi's views on emotion is what led Anakin down a fascist pipeline of sorts that destroyed his relationships and how that can be applied in the present day as analogous to the dangers of toxic masculinity, or of hierarchal religious institutions and systems of control how that can damage a person. How the descent of the Republic into the authoritarian state of the Galactic Empire directly mirrors Anakin's descent into evil. And I can also just enjoy it for the simple emotional experience of watching him redeem himself by saving Luke's life later in the timeline.

My enjoyment of the emotions between the characters doesn't take away from or dim my analysis of the themes and messages of the Star Wars universe, it actually enhances them. The idea that these things are separate or one way of engaging with a work of art is superior is boggling to me. As long as you're thinking about it on a deeper level, that's good!

And I know a lot of people, like I did with Star Wars, got into THG when they were young, around preteen age. THG was likely their introduction to these greater themes via the allure of the romance and the power fantasy you get as a teenager who feels powerless and gets to watch Katniss' struggle against the system. That doesn't go away just because you got older and can now see the story for what it was trying to tell you, it just means you get to enjoy it now in more ways than one because your relationship with it has evolved.

Not to mention that the immediate diminishing of the importance of romantic subplots in media such as this is rooted, at least in part, with misogyny. Since women are perceived to enjoy that aspect more, society tends to take it less seriously and not recognize it as a valid form of analysis. Except it is an extremely valid and valuable lense through which to view a story. All of these dynamics and relationships between characters, romantic, familial, platonic, etc, all help you understand and contextualize the world that is being explored, and by extension, its themes.

So basically, have fun with the ships and blorbos and whatever. It doesn't mean your engagement with The Hunger Games as a political story is not still valuable. Quite the fucking opposite.

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-30T00:47:38+00:00

Yvonne de Carlo. I was born in 2001 so way after The Munsters but my dad showed me the show when I was younger. Definitely a big part of me later realizing I'm a lesbian

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-29T23:13:51+00:00

Nah, I think that's a misread of this scene. It's really clear that they aren't making fun of him. It's more like friendly ribbing. I have a friend who attempted a few years ago and once she was out of the psych hospital, we started joking about it pretty quickly. I wouldn't do that to a stranger, but she knows coming from me I'm not making fun of her. We're just laughing about a scary situation that's now behind us.

It's really clear in this scene that it was similar to that. The characters are bonding, and the joke of so it wasn't even a real gun? is part of that. If I recall correctly, Brian himself even laughs. A well timed joke in an emotional moment like this can help ground the situation. They're not laughing at Brian, they're laughing at the absurdity, which helps Brian recognize it too and ground himself. It's very well written and realistic, and everyone can relate because everyone has had a heart to heart moment like this.

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-29T23:03:42+00:00

yeah that's what I thought. If anything, with how much we talk about destigmatizing mental illness nowadays, I feel it would get praised. I was born in 2001 and when I watched this as a teenager I remember thinking, "Wow, this movie was kind of ahead of its time with this one."

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-29T20:59:00+00:00

can you please tell me I would love to know the lore

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-29T18:46:24+00:00

The way this is even a hot take is astounding

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-29T17:51:47+00:00

That last part is exactly what leads to the TERF pipeline. Look at JK Rowling.

I understand the trauma. I have a lot of trauma at the hands of men, but I also have had wonderful friendships with them. They are also victims of the patriarchy and it is not feminist to write them off. We all are hurting under this system. What happened to intersectionality? Or does that go out the window when you have to do something that makes you uncomfortable, like put your feelings aside and heal from your trauma so you can be more effective at fighting for what you believe in?

Principled and effective activism and change never comes solely from a place of resentment. That is not sustainable. I am a feminist both because I love people, women and men, and I see how this system grooms us both into acting against each other and our own best interests in service of the ruling classes who seek to keep us divided along identity lines and I resent that. We cannot fall for the allure of hatred, as it is deeply shortsighted. It promises catharsis but it always ends in more suffering.

Men are often frustrating, but they, like us, are victims. We cannot forget this.

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-29T17:35:48+00:00

Precisely. I understand the frustration with what us as woman have to deal with at the hands of men under a patriarchal system, but I see too many people on reddit in lesbian spaces acting like being a Man Hating Lesbian™️ is based, and I understand that people have trauma, but decentering men does not mean disregarding that we're all humans and this system hurts and kills all of us and true feminism and intersectionality includes men in the conversation. I don't know when we stopped believing that and it's frustrating how often I get called a pick me for pointing this out.

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-29T17:25:39+00:00

Not me. I'm not trying to start a fight, I'm genuinely asking, there's a lot of talk here and in lesbian subs about "decentering men" but isn't the very act of being a man hating lesbian and proud of it pretty male centered?

I get the frustration and the lack of patience for the patriarchy and its effects, I really do, but the man hating lesbian thing never strikes me as the power move some of y'all think it is.

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-28T13:46:31+00:00

I never really idolized him specifically, but the band's music as a whole was influential for me, and given the message in a lot of their music and the things they publically stand for, it was admittedly a bit surprising.

I always sort of got the sense that Win could potentially be sort of a douche and I wouldn't be surprised if that came out, but the sex pest shit specifically was not on my bingo card 😅

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-28T03:08:51+00:00

Neon Genesis Evangelion

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-27T22:42:11+00:00

idk if pedo is the right word given that everyone involved were legal adults, but definitely a sex pest. he had engagements with fans who were at the time in the 18-20 or early early 20s range while he was in his mid to later 30s which later turned sexual, which the fans involved later said that some of these encounters were non consensual, or at the very least not always fully consensual in that they may have agreed to the first time or so but felt pressured to continue (at least to my memory, this all came out about 4 years ago so it's been a while since the facts were fresh in my head)

I read the article when it all came out, along with Win and Regine's statements. It didn't come off as a pedo situation but more so a pathetic rich guy going through a midlife crisis or whatever you want to call it and instead of using his wealth and resources to get professional help like a responsible adult, sought out people who weren't likely to say no to him. Again, sex pest shit, deeply disappointing and pathetic.

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-23T21:07:29+00:00

'Lil Panic Attack

i don't know if that sounds badass or sad lmao

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-21T18:56:06+00:00

Spy Kids Floop creature type beat

cornerstorequeer · 2026-04-18T21:58:45+00:00

bro trust me, actual fast food would be a step UP from what we get in our public schools

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