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also i liked it a lot that when ellen does a scary face, it is not achieved with cgi or makeup but mostly by the face expression. they didn't rely on something unrealistic and did what a human is capable of in reality instead which is always cool imo.

my impressions about the new nosferatu movie (spoilers ahead)

first of all, i see it as a movie about a woman who didn't get enough love and appreciation from society and whose wishes weren't prioritised by her husband (and society in general) as much as she liked, so she got herself a powerful demonic lover whose sole purpose for being in this world is to please her and he is ready to sail the sea in a coffin and kill entire city with plague to get her to willingly (as much as possible under aforementioned things) consent to be with him, and dies a hero saving everyone when no one else could, rather than lives a life of a person disregarded and deemed hysterical and of secondary importance. she is the most informed and in control in this situation (the doctor finds out a lot too but she already knows everything he knows), as opposed to before the plague, when her worries were disregarded and she was considered hysterical. her wishes and her role in defeating the nosferatu seem to be different from a typical male oriented fantasy, so i wasn't the assumed target audience and the most relatable character was friedrich harding who was unable to adapt to the irrational and occult stuff, got exhausted and died lol, but i still enjoyed the movie. i am not a woman and only know about feminine traditions in horror genre from youtube videos on "wicker mag" channel and podcasts by the same person, so sorry if i am misinterpreting it.

second thing is the vampire metaphor. rather than being an image of a feudalism related class fears, in this movie (in the first half of ot) nosferatu rather seems to embody immigrants related fear. i am not xenophobic and haven't moved out of my country of origin myself but i assume that this correlates with some real and popular fears: a guy goes to a foreign country that is considered less civilised and is frightened by local customs, he then meets a person who he must invite to become his neighbour, and is even more terrified by him. despite the count being not fond of local scary customs too, it's not hard to imagine the guy might think now that there's a reason behind them. after arriving to the other country where everything seems to be going well, the immigrant then immediately contaminates it with plague and tries his best to have sex with the guy's wife. looks like exaggerated real fears about immigrants that i don't personally have or approve of but that might be popular enough to be reflected in a movie.

third, the cat was in the room during the final epic hot kamikaze sex, very funny, i laughed aloud in the cinema.

fourth, ellen hutter reminded me about real person behaviour. when a person was unable to get the love they need and safe reliable relationship, and it has effect on them (in the movie it was her summoning the demon) which helps to cope at first but becomes not fun later, and when they finally meet a person who loves them and wants to be with them, they get very close (like the movie character wanted her husband to disregard work and chill with her) and the next moment they push them away (like she said she's unworthy of his love bc she sinned or smth). it's a cruel irony, people being unable to maintain a relationship with no complications precisely as a consequence of needing it very much and that need being unfulfilled for a long time. this was probably the scariest part of the movie for me personally bc although young husband tried better than me he failed anyway, either being unable to protect his wife or being a less preferable partner for her than the vampire depending on how you interpret her decision.

fifth, epic of nosferatu to disregard the impending sunrise to get his partner off for the 9999th time. and funny that there is a scene of him literally bouncing on a man's pelvis (clothed) and moaning. it is also amusing that in this movie nosferatu seems to be an incubus (yet the ladies sitting next to me seemed to find him unattractive lol - although i'm sure there are people who disagree)

also could anyone tell me what lilac means in the movie? thomas hutter brought a bouquet to ellen hutter in the beginning, nosferatu said ellen's hair lock smells like it and the doctor put it on the bed in the end. is there some symbolism in this flower?

i hope this post was interesting, feel free to engage in any form, share your own thoughts or criticise or correct me

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today really was one of the days of all times... did 30 minutes instead of usual 60, not saying anything about these

2025 is a good number, it’s a quarter of the way through the 20 hundreds and it’s got that nice set of 2s separated by only a 0. not bad. whatever happens this year at least it’ll be happening during a good number 😌

i am honored <3

having friends is great sometimes they draw naked women for you

a bit of line of action on the train. i picked 30 minutes but don't have time to finish it before arrival anyway, so the longest one is 6 minutes. l like drawing this smiling lady ever since i started doing this exercise, it brings me joy to be able to convey more and more of the beauty of her curvy body and sparkling smile as my skill develops.

was searching stuff about saddam hussein on youtube and noticed that many videos are styled similar to the true crime videos my lady (and feminine presenting) friends enjoy.

f/m date idea: watching videos about war criminals together

raiden was annoying to me in mgs2 bc he is like subversion of player's expectation set by snake: bitching about difficulties from the very start, initially refusing to do stuff he wasn't trained to (deactivate bombs), has emotional conversations with his gf about their relationship etc. none of which is bad tbh but it is the opposite of what i expected after mgs1. but that's why he's a fun protagonist, teasing the player a bit. i am glad he's still annoying in rising (like bothering kevin with unsolicited marriage talk, the courtney codec calls if you don't save etc) and lowkey evokes cringe reaction from the voice he definitely does on purpose, the whole the "i get off to shredding dudes" ripper thing. they really integrated devs trying to make him more appealing to audience into his character development. but tbh to me, mgrr raiden is more cringe than mgs2 raiden (and that's a big part why rising is fun). in mgs4 there are fun moments which are definitely meta jokes (like the timing of the raiden in hospital scene, i am sure it was set up for player to expect seeing snake, or the voice) but it's serious so there's less room for fun. it's a shame tho that the devs seem to shy away from the mgs2 raiden, should've embraced him more and admit that players who hate on him just don't get it or aren't into it, he already was a well designed character.

and rosemary hate is wild, ofc it's bad to violate people's trust and their relationship is edgy and creepy but by mgs standards it's pretty wholesome and full of hope (except for raiden hitting her). idk what do they mean by ruining raiden's life, he literally brags about how much he loves his family in rising

i will say tho adding onto the post i reblogged before last like. raiden was also generally not well received on the launch of 2 for like multiple reasons but i imagine being annoying was one of them and i think its really only because of rising a good portion of people like him. yknow after they made him a cool robot with that deeper voice and other shit i havent played rising. rose still gets treated infinitely worst by fans tho for shit she didnt do

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did one hour today instead of the usual 1.5. i like the 5 minute pieces.

after the practice was finished, my mate did some corrections to the final one and gave some advice. i doubt i will be able to apply what he told me about faces for now, but at least legs should improve if i remember his tips.

i am not surprised with bad faces bc i am only learning, but i am surprised that i deprived the big back woman of her back and didn't notice it at all until it was pointed out.

a while ago i had fun drawing a blogger but making her muscles even bigger using a muscles anatomy picture reference. might have to do some anatomy practice now (not only muscles but bones too) bc i have little understanding how a human is built and it becomes a prominent enough issue to try to fix it.

also i enjoyed using a pen again.