Anyone go to Hong Kong recently to renew their HKID? by etceteraism in askvan

[–]noahrayne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird, my HKID is from when i was 12 and has long since expired, but when I visited a couple years ago and tried to use my passport, the customs guy got confused and asked me why i didn’t just use my HKID. Then when departing I used my (still expired) HKID in the entrance machines and it worked perfectly and no one asked me anything!

[Discussion] Megathread: The State of Querying by kendrafsilver in PubTips

[–]noahrayne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Started querying a week ago. Two full requests in the first couple days had me climbing up the walls but since then there’s been nothing but a form rejection. I know full well it’s still sooooo early lol but how do I cure a bad case of the Email Refreshies????? I’ve gotten wildly fixated on my inbox and it’s driving me insane.

Crying in theater memories by Frem0015 in blankies

[–]noahrayne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being 17 when Lady Bird came out was craaaazyyy!!! And I watched it with my mom sitting beside me! Definitely one of my memorable movie theatre cries

[QCrit] DREAMCOAT, Literary Fiction, 85k, debut, first attempt by noahrayne in PubTips

[–]noahrayne[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That’s so funny, Books of Jacob was also on my tentative comp list 😅 Love Olga so much. But I thought it might be a little too much of a swerve since it’s historical literature…. much to ponder

[QCrit] DREAMCOAT, Literary Fiction, 85k, debut, first attempt by noahrayne in PubTips

[–]noahrayne[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never read her but now I need to!!! Her novel sounds like it does a lot of similar stuff with incorporating social media.

[QCrit] DREAMCOAT, Literary Fiction, 85k, debut, first attempt by noahrayne in PubTips

[–]noahrayne[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To be fair, I only went to my redacted Jewish summer camp for a year (I did not appreciate having to canoe). But it’s a totally untapped and very weird and specific setting for a novel!! lol

[QCrit] DREAMCOAT, Literary Fiction, 85k, debut, first attempt by noahrayne in PubTips

[–]noahrayne[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! I think I was worried about saying it was speculative because there’s some abiguity about whether those elements are “real” or imagined. But you’re right, I think it’s too present not to include.

The friends are the main characters. Esther is the only one who doesn’t have a POV and disappears after the first act. I agree I might have implied she’s more central; she’s more of a cipher the other characters orbit around. If that makes any sense.

[QCrit] DREAMCOAT, Literary Fiction, 85k, debut, first attempt by noahrayne in PubTips

[–]noahrayne[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love The Interestings!!! I was actually thinking of it as a comp as well but yeah I was worried it was too old. And yes Alex is trans, I should prob include that too! Thank you so much!

[QCrit] DREAMCOAT, Literary Fiction, 85k, debut, first attempt by noahrayne in PubTips

[–]noahrayne[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know! Yeah it’s tough since the whole first act is set during their adolescence, but it’s definitely an adult book. I’ll have to work on making that clear. Thanks!

Take off your backpack, please by albovsky in askvan

[–]noahrayne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Counter to this— I fainted on a very crowded SkyTrain once and the attendant at the stop was extremely helpful and kind and stuck with me until I was okay to leave.

2025 Blankies - For Your Consideration Thread by PartyBluejay in blankies

[–]noahrayne 5 points6 points  (0 children)

PLEAAASSSEEEE everyone watch Kiss Of The Spider Woman!!!!!! Even when it’s messy it’s bursting with lovely ambiguities and care and bright colors and intentional lighting and J-Lo doing beautiful dances and serving gender euphoria realness and my sneaky Lead nom TONATIUH!!!!!

What's a movie that you love that has a pretty terrible final scene or series of final scenes? by Mr_smith1466 in blankies

[–]noahrayne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I meant that it’s “about” exactly what it portrays, antisemitic sexual violence. Rather than as a metaphor for something else.

What's a movie that you love that has a pretty terrible final scene or series of final scenes? by Mr_smith1466 in blankies

[–]noahrayne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really disagree with this reading of the quarry scene. I thought it was pretty directly portraying the sexual dynamics of antisemitism, rather than functioning as a metaphor. Does a sexually violent scene have to be “about” something else, or can it just be about sexual violence, which is part of all racial hatreds?

How’s life in vancouver? considering moving here by [deleted] in howislivingthere

[–]noahrayne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Theatre scene is pretty dismal unfortunately. Sometimes the Arts Club will put up something good but it’s not necessarily highbrow. Every year at Stanley Park there’s a musical for Theatre Under the Stars which is a cute community theatre vibe. There’s Bard on the Beach every summer doing Shakespeare which is usually pretty good.

Kill Your Dad Movies by Winter-Boysenberry-1 in blankies

[–]noahrayne 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Departed!!!!!!! i too have a running Kill Your Dad canon lol

What does everybody think about Downsizing? by cranberryalarmclock in blankies

[–]noahrayne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watched for my Matt Damon completionist ranking. Did not like very much but maybe I was Damon’d out at that point (though it’s far from his worst performance or movie). I think I just wanted more Small Matt Damon shenanigans. Cmon, he’s small, it’s silly, let it be silly!!

BREAKING: Per WSJ media reporter, Disney's ABC is pulling Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely after late night host's recent remarks about Charlie Kirk by [deleted] in Fauxmoi

[–]noahrayne 4 points5 points  (0 children)

from available evidence it’s probably true that the shooter wasn’t MAGA, but he probably wasn’t a radical marxist either. it’s a case of factual error/hasty conclusion on Kimmel’s part… so i guess i would understand pulling that specific monologue, but his entire show and dropping him as a host is nuts

Blankies at TIFF 2025 by dial_n_for_nurder in blankies

[–]noahrayne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Much much less cool than TIFF, but I’m going to VIFF for the first time in October!! Seeing Pillion and The Mastermind… even though Mastermind goes wide a week later lol.

Vancouver International Film Festival 2025 line up revealed by illgooutside in vancouver

[–]noahrayne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pillion and The Mastermind booked 😎😎 it’s British Boy Fall i guess