I moved back home after finishing my exams in mid-March, and was wondering, just how do you spend half a year of time when the entire world around you slows down to a crawl? Well, apparently it is possible, because now with less than two weeks left until the next chapter starts, it seems I have. Wild.

Anyway, the movies!


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So, quite some time ago, I saw the trailer for the new Chinese martial arts extravaganza by the director of Hero and House of Flying Daggers, Shadow.

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Even though I'm always somewhat apprehensive because eVERYONE YOU CARE ABOUT WILL DIE endings, the whole thing looked just to utterly bonkers to dismiss instantly. However, considering these movies ( Read more... )

I did a post for everything within winter season, but nothing past, partially because... I just didn't... watch a lot of things. In between thesis tears of doom, Anvengers burnout and overall lackluster lineup, the list I was left with was quite short, but because my memory is awful, I will collect things here for posterity regardless.

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Since my secret santa frausorge is awesome, her package of lovelies arrived super early, and I couldn't resist opening it when I was home last week (rather than wait until Christmas proper). And what a package it was!!


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Last time on ~It’s not gay if it’s on the Mississipppi~: A ship exploded, but sadly did not sink the awful ship that is our two main characters together. After eleven chapters, they finally had a conversation, at least, and Nicholas decided to help Silver get Etaine back.

If you want to read the whole debacle from the get-go, start here.

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Last time on ~It’s not gay if it’s on the Mississipppi~: Bassinger dares Nicky to race him to New Orleans, although in either case Silver will be subjected to lots of abuse. Fun! He starts whipping her on his ship, but because he sucks at being a ship owner, he accidentally explodes it by going to fast. Whoops!

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Last time on ~It’s not gay if it’s on the Mississipppi~: Silver reaches the circus, only to be instantly abducted again by Nicky. They bang in the coach rather than finally answer some pressing questions, and then Nicky is suddenly knocked out by Bassinger. Thrilling things, all of them.

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Last time on ~It’s not gay if it’s on the Mississipppi~: Nicky is a controlling jerk, and Silver is waffling about whether he’s hot or hot. Same old so far. But then finally something happens to break this boring status quo, namely Bassinger breaks her out, only to capture him himself. But she manages to get away off-screen, and now we’re with ( Read more... )

Last time on ~It’s not gay if it’s on the Mississipppi~: Our charming lovebirds had sex in the homely Louisiana swamp, and then got rescued by this narrative’s actual best boys, Mikhail and Valya. And I guess there’s still the whole cousin-murder and circus-kid plot in here, somewhere.

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