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the homophobic boy detective

@gaorush.bsky.social

do i cop

November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM

Dallas

@alstorotter.bsky.social

Got clocked by Umamusume again

Dialogue text boxes from "Umamusume: Pretty Derby." Agnes Digital is speaking in all three boxes.

"Uh, um, I-I don't know if I would say 'I'm afraid.' I just feel it's kind of impudent to make them notice me."

"I'm perfectly content to watch everyone from the quiet comfort of a priv account they can't see."

"So please, pay me no mind! I just want you excellent people to enjoy a conversation amongst yourselves."

November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM

Dallas

@alstorotter.bsky.social

Custom-made Genius lyric card of Magdalena Bay's "Unoriginal." The lyric is "I'm at the store." The photo is of Mica and Matt of Magdalena Bay wearing business wear and looking at the viewer with a dark cityscape in the background (the music video from "Second Sleep.")

November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM

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Clyde K.

@dogpoison.industries

truly sorry, i see clearly
calmly crashing, i pace faster than anyone
hinges rusting, they swing louder than anything
truly lonely, this place is flatter than it seems
#art #furryart

December 17, 2024 at 2:36 PM

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Dallas

@alstorotter.bsky.social

October 18
[MOVIE]
FUN SIZE dir. Josh Schwartz (2012)

Absolutely gibberish movie, but I'm still stunned Nickelodeon made it. "Bitch" and "prostitution" are said out loud, titties get grabbed and there's an extended bit about someone using Nair on their asshole.

Score: 1.5/5

My 1.5/5 Letterboxd review

"Absolute gibberish movie, but I'm stunned for two reasons:

1. This being filmed in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland means there are locations I've been to dozens of times.

2. This is the first Nickelodeon movie I've ever seen where the words 'bitch' and 'prostitution' are used, people grab other people's titties and there's an extended gag involving someone using Nair on their asshole."

November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM

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Dallas

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October 17
[MOVIE]
TRICK 'R TREAT dir. Michael Dougherty (2007)

Honestly, it was pretty forgettable and generic as a horror, "Goosebumps"-like anthology outside of two really good scenes at the end. Also some insanely good puppet work in those two scenes as well.

Score: 3/5

My 3/5 Letterboxd review

"This feels a lot more like an older 'Goosebumps for older people' movie in a way the 'Fear Street' movies aren't, despite being written to be that. Honestly was pretty forgettable and generic as a horror anthology outside of two really good scenes at the end. Also some insanely good puppet work in those two scenes as well. Those bump it up to 3/5 for me."

November 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM

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Dallas

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October 11
[TV, SERIES]
THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA by Kyoto Animation (2006-09)

When the show remembers what it's about (a meta action series), it's actually kind of fun. Sucks that this is a minority of the time. Lots of big swings miss, and lots of gags are actually putrid.

Score: 2/5

Promo image for "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" by Kyoto Animations (2006-09)

(Note that I was shown this series in the show’s chronological order, which meant going out of broadcast order. This is why I’m counting this as the whole series instead of doing seasons one and two separately.)

What I can respect about this series is the big swings it would occasionally take to try and do something different with storytelling. Even as the “Endless Eight” storyline was needlessly stretched out to the point of being redundant, it at least was a good experiment for KyoAni to try and adapt a strange manga arc. And when the show remembered what it was about, it was a fun exercise in meta storytelling. It should have happened way more often and shouldn’t have been relegated to mostly filler episodes, but remembering that Haruhi is almost god helped the series’s writers.

What I cannot respect is both how boring this anime gets and how gross it’s willing to be to its characters. Including episode 00, the first three episodes are some of the most generic and yawn-inducing I’ve ever seen of any series of media. I would have dropped the series if it wasn’t marathoned in a group. And the way that the story treats Mikuru, especially at the end, is gross even by sex-crazed, teenage boy, anime standards. It surpasses just being a meta version of fan service. The whole thing is just frustrating and disappointing.

November 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM

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Dallas

@alstorotter.bsky.social

October 5
[MOVIE]
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 dir. Genndy Tartakovsky (2015)

Not as bad as I thought it was gonna be. But just as I predicted, I forgot everything that happened in this movie the day after.

Score: 2.5/5

Poster for "Hotel Transylvania 2" (2015)

November 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM

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Dallas

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October 4
[MOVIE]
HALLOWEEN dir. David Gordon Green (2018)

An insanely smart horror film, especially for a requel. Probably the most scared I've felt about the Shape ever.

Score: 4/5

My 4/5 Letterboxd review

"An insanely smart horror film, especially for a requel. There's a lot of benefit in viewing at least the first film (maybe too much benefit), but it focuses on being tense as hell first. Probably the most scared I've felt about the Shape ever."

November 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM

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Dallas

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September 30
[MUSIC, ALBUM]
THERE EXISTED AN ADDICTION TO BLOOD by clipping. (2019)

This is a much more polished and confident version of "CLPPNG" from five years prior. As enjoyable as horrorcore can be. But I think a lot of the noise bookending the songs was a bit meaningless.

Score: 3.5/5

Cover for "There Existed an Addiction to Blood" by clipping. (2019)

This is my first clipping. album that’s both not a concept album along with being good, making it a normal clipping. release. It’s much better executed and focused than “CLPPNG” was; the three of them seemingly figured out how to do the horrorcore schtick without it being completely corny or approaching Insane Clown Posse’s territory.

I think my hangups here are partially in my skepticism towards the genre and partially towards a lot of unfocused noise. Making absolutely grating noise and music is part of what they’re aiming for, and they would get an A+ if this were a homework assignment on just that. But when most songs take a good narrative concept and drown it in noise at the end, then why bother with the first half of these songs at all? Even with mostly good music, those parts make this album a bit overrated for me.

I will say that “The Show” is the only song in the world that almost made me faint. I get clipping. is a horrorcore trio that tries to hit every genre of horror. But did we really need an insanely detailed account of torture, nerve manipulation and amputation in a song that’s already disgusting in nature?

Favorite tracks: Club Down, He Dead

Least favorite track: The Show

November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM

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Schwarz

@schwarzcrow.bsky.social

Austin Powers: The Twink That Ghosted Me

November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM

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Gianmarco Soresi

@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

Should I buy a fursuit?

November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM

Dallas

@alstorotter.bsky.social

Malding because there's been a radiator in our apartment that's been permanently turned on ever since we moved here, and the plumbers refused to fix it THREE TIMES NOW

November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM

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Hushpuppy Art

@hushpuppyart.bsky.social

I will cast abominable filth upon you, make you vile, and make you a spectacle.

October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM

Dallas

@alstorotter.bsky.social

My broken right canine tooth has finally been fixed after 1.66 years yessss

November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM

Dallas

@alstorotter.bsky.social

Survivor sucks when one person just sort of bowls over the other people because they're surrounded by idiots.

Unless that one person is someone I like. Then Survivor is awesome.

November 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM

Dallas

@alstorotter.bsky.social

( #Survivor 49 live thread)

Rizo's Christmas miracle versus Q canceling Christmas

November 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM

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Dallas

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September 27
[MOVIE]
HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS dir. Dominique Othenin-Girard (1989)

I think there are more Michael Myers fakeouts in this film than actual Michael Myers appearances.

Score: 1/5

Promo poster for "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers" (1989)

November 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM

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Dallas

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September 26
[MUSIC, ALBUM]
VIE by Doja Cat (2025)

Quite literally the only reason my score is this high is because Doja is a generational talent at being multi-talented, and this album has more of that. It's sad she had to do it on mostly Jack Antonoff reject tracks.

Score: 3/5