Carmen
@midwesternacademic.bsky.social
📓 English MA Graduate
⛏️Born, raised, and made to work in the mines but chose differently. (No elaboration)
✴️She/Her
⛏️Born, raised, and made to work in the mines but chose differently. (No elaboration)
✴️She/Her
In this economy it's the only way to afford packs 😅
January 8, 2026 at 11:24 PM
In this economy it's the only way to afford packs 😅
Yes this is a take on Stranger Things season 5 and that if this show came out any later, we may have had a lot more people generating "better" endings.
January 7, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Yes this is a take on Stranger Things season 5 and that if this show came out any later, we may have had a lot more people generating "better" endings.
If people start to generate shows to get THEIR perfect ending it will be the downfall of entertainment.
People need to be inconvenienced and experience shows not going exactly how they want. If not, it's going to be a hell of a lot harder to accept that not everything will go someone's way IRL.
People need to be inconvenienced and experience shows not going exactly how they want. If not, it's going to be a hell of a lot harder to accept that not everything will go someone's way IRL.
January 7, 2026 at 12:20 AM
If people start to generate shows to get THEIR perfect ending it will be the downfall of entertainment.
People need to be inconvenienced and experience shows not going exactly how they want. If not, it's going to be a hell of a lot harder to accept that not everything will go someone's way IRL.
People need to be inconvenienced and experience shows not going exactly how they want. If not, it's going to be a hell of a lot harder to accept that not everything will go someone's way IRL.
There's probably some other thoughts rattling in my head, but for now I'll leave it at that. If you read this far, please let me know what you thought!
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
There's probably some other thoughts rattling in my head, but for now I'll leave it at that. If you read this far, please let me know what you thought!
My only Horse Girl Complaints™ is that the unicorn walked down a flight of stairs at one point. Really broke my immersion. (Joke).
And that Ridley didn't get the genuine horse girl moment of riding a unicorn or pulling a How To Train Your Dragon hand to nose scene.
And that Ridley didn't get the genuine horse girl moment of riding a unicorn or pulling a How To Train Your Dragon hand to nose scene.
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
My only Horse Girl Complaints™ is that the unicorn walked down a flight of stairs at one point. Really broke my immersion. (Joke).
And that Ridley didn't get the genuine horse girl moment of riding a unicorn or pulling a How To Train Your Dragon hand to nose scene.
And that Ridley didn't get the genuine horse girl moment of riding a unicorn or pulling a How To Train Your Dragon hand to nose scene.
I'm a horse girl, I have horses, I've watched hundreds of horse girl movies. This felt like the "adult" version of those.
It had all the horse girl movie tropes that are from those tween movies and still made it horror.
It had all the horse girl movie tropes that are from those tween movies and still made it horror.
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I'm a horse girl, I have horses, I've watched hundreds of horse girl movies. This felt like the "adult" version of those.
It had all the horse girl movie tropes that are from those tween movies and still made it horror.
It had all the horse girl movie tropes that are from those tween movies and still made it horror.
Was it campy? A little.
Did the commentary it was trying to make feel heavy-handed at times? Yes.
But, honestly? It really worked in the movies favor.
I mean, it is a movie about carnivore unicorns and people capitalizing on them.
It's Jurassic Park x Unicorn + horror comedy.
And it WORKED
Did the commentary it was trying to make feel heavy-handed at times? Yes.
But, honestly? It really worked in the movies favor.
I mean, it is a movie about carnivore unicorns and people capitalizing on them.
It's Jurassic Park x Unicorn + horror comedy.
And it WORKED
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Was it campy? A little.
Did the commentary it was trying to make feel heavy-handed at times? Yes.
But, honestly? It really worked in the movies favor.
I mean, it is a movie about carnivore unicorns and people capitalizing on them.
It's Jurassic Park x Unicorn + horror comedy.
And it WORKED
Did the commentary it was trying to make feel heavy-handed at times? Yes.
But, honestly? It really worked in the movies favor.
I mean, it is a movie about carnivore unicorns and people capitalizing on them.
It's Jurassic Park x Unicorn + horror comedy.
And it WORKED
I also absolutely LOVED the use of the Unicorn Tapestries. The fact that it is REAL historical artwork and that Ridley was studying Art History. *Chefs Kiss*
It gave an allegory to how life imitates art and the IMPORTANCE of studying art and history to not repeat the past.
It gave an allegory to how life imitates art and the IMPORTANCE of studying art and history to not repeat the past.
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I also absolutely LOVED the use of the Unicorn Tapestries. The fact that it is REAL historical artwork and that Ridley was studying Art History. *Chefs Kiss*
It gave an allegory to how life imitates art and the IMPORTANCE of studying art and history to not repeat the past.
It gave an allegory to how life imitates art and the IMPORTANCE of studying art and history to not repeat the past.
(As someone in academia where people actively avoid the obvious statement, that outburst by Ridley was cathartic.)
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
(As someone in academia where people actively avoid the obvious statement, that outburst by Ridley was cathartic.)
(loose quote because I don't have the script for exact words)
"Well it's definitely a horse-like creature."
"Yes, with a growth protruding from its head."
"Very equine adjacent in form."
"That's a f*cking unicorn!"
Like YES! SAY THE OBVIOUS THING!
"Well it's definitely a horse-like creature."
"Yes, with a growth protruding from its head."
"Very equine adjacent in form."
"That's a f*cking unicorn!"
Like YES! SAY THE OBVIOUS THING!
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
(loose quote because I don't have the script for exact words)
"Well it's definitely a horse-like creature."
"Yes, with a growth protruding from its head."
"Very equine adjacent in form."
"That's a f*cking unicorn!"
Like YES! SAY THE OBVIOUS THING!
"Well it's definitely a horse-like creature."
"Yes, with a growth protruding from its head."
"Very equine adjacent in form."
"That's a f*cking unicorn!"
Like YES! SAY THE OBVIOUS THING!
The way the characters who were trying to monopolize on the unicorn and rationalize what they were doing is *exactly* what it feels like in academia. Trying to sound smart and push on without getting to the point
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The way the characters who were trying to monopolize on the unicorn and rationalize what they were doing is *exactly* what it feels like in academia. Trying to sound smart and push on without getting to the point