things that will get me to check out a canon
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things that will get me to check out a canon
things that will get me to check out a canon
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1. tortured male villain on a slippery slope of redemption? CATNIP TO ME.
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2. a good old fashioned enemies to lovers tale
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3. there is more than one female character and they actually do things! they're not just a love interest, they're well written!
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4. quirky offbeat humor - this one is kind of hard because there are times its just GRATING but done right it can be really fun
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think like, pushing daisies or the good place
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5. flawed characters - keep your perfect cinnamon rolls, i want problematic, flawed characters
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i guess this can tie into redemption arcs and # 1 on this list, but this one is not specific to villains or male characters
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6. horror. i love ghost stories, movies that are more subtle than GORE FESTS AW YEAH or JUMPSCARES JUMPSCARES AND JUMPSCARES
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i love movies where it's more about the build up, the fear that there's something lurking just off screen and you're just waiting for it
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the first conjuring movie, which only had a few major jumpscares but had moments of tension and fear and then throws you into shit
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the first time i saw it i was high on cold medicine and let me tell you, it FUCKED ME UP
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i didn't sleep for a god damn week, it felt like
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gimme your horror recs
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I don't like gore or too many jump scares either
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sometimes the jump scare ladden movies are fun too like - grave encounters is full of them but its one of the few found footage movies i didn't hate
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I had HIGH HOPES for The Woman in Black and then it was just 800 jump scares.
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OH. movies where the house/setting is almost as much of a character and central to the plot - think crimson peak
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have you watched Haunting of Hill House/Bly Manor yet
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i liked the woman in black but it didn't need 9000 of them
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not yet!!
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you must
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there are ghosts, tragedy, and everyone's a disaster
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i've heard its up my alley, i dont know why i never checked it out tbh
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the first one is literally a comfort watch for me
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I'll watch it again with you anytime
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i'll check it out, i'm terrible at watching shows rn unless its with someone else
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hmmmm
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WHAT ELSE
cricketussy
It suddenly occurs to me that I don't think I've recced Nirvana in Fire to you and it has a wonderful cast of flawed characters and many kickass women in it. But it's also subtitled and dense enough to require some focus so right now is probably not the ideal time for it.
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cricketussy
: LMAO YEAH if i gotta pay too much attention to it i probably cant do it at the moment
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But def one of my favorite shows ever.
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like i've watched kdramas and whatnot before but now i feel like i cant focus
cricketussy
Yeah same. I had started watching the sequel to Nirvana in Fire in early 2020 and then stuff happened and the person I was watching with and I were both like nope we'll do this later
cricketussy
I haven't had the focus to even read subtitles this past year, much less follow complex plots with them
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i watch things better when i'm watching with someone else. i watched the first 3 seasons of the expanse with a group and i havent been able to check the last 2 because i dont want to do it alone
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Yeah, I hear that.