[ID: a digital drawing of sam nightingale from dimension 20’s the seven. sam is a tall, thin water genasi with pale green skin, fin-like ears, and hair that gradients from dark green to pale blue like a wave. she’s standing with her back to the audience, looking over her right shoulder. she’s wearing an elaborately beaded blue and green 1920’s flapper dress, brown and yellow 1920’s heels, a headpiece that curls around her ear and a lot of pearl jewlery. she’s holding a large feathered fan in front of her and a small tasseled bag in her other hand. there is a sheer shawl with feathers at the bottom that is draped around her arms and falls by her feet. the background is a teal and gold art deco scale design with two boxes without the pattern in them centered behind the character. /END ID]
It was such an incredible film. It was so absurd and wacky but at the same time grounded in such real and raw truths. One minute I was bursting out laughing and the next I was trying to stop myself from crying. I can’t praise this team enough in how they were able to play at such extremes on both ends of the spectrum and make it work.
This film is such a wild ride but it’s worth going on. Also, the performances in this is amazing, especially Michelle Yeoh who carries this film with such power and tenderness. She is the core of this film and she’ll have you believing everything she does, regardless of the absurdity…and trust me, absurdity is putting it rather fucking mildly lol.
Go and watch this film if you can. This is a film that needs to be watched multiple times. If I didn’t have to work later today I would’ve happily paid to go and see it again straight afterwards. It was that good, and I wanted to see what I could catch the second time around. Even before it ended there were things that I picked up on later in the film that correlates to the beginning, and when you do find those details it makes everything so much richer. There’s also a lot of different topics that the film tackles: generational trauma, mental illness, queerness, family dynamics/issues, the idea of self, understanding one another, etc.. and all of it was done beautifully.
Again, I highly recommend going and supporting this film. You won’t regret it.
I will never not love Christina Grimmie. I wish I could put into words how emotional this is for me. But, I grew up watching her videos. She inspired me so much and she continues to even after her death. Nothing will change that.
Over on r/place. Took a long time. We were invaded and overrun and had to regroup elsewhere. Luckily we were able to make some allies. :) Maybe next year we’ll have enough people to do something bigger (like a lighthouse + kraken!)
