Guys We Finally Got What We Wanted And We're Not Talking About It Enough

Oh the struggle of restraining yourself from falling for a straight girl..

I think one of the most incredible things about gmmtvs artistic direction *is* their dedication towards the commonplace the steady the familiar. Not only do they make boring gay shows (in addition to the exciting and interesting imo) but they do it consistently every single year. Every single year they make terrible shows and boring shows; shows you can put on in the background and promptly fall asleep during shows that I consistently forget exists or even aired (in addition to the great!).

Will P’Golf ever stick the landing in their shows? idk but they certainly will be directing till we find out 😂 Is New Siwaj on some quest to turn his low stakes college anthology style into like a degrassi or skins-esque staple? idk gonna find out during gmmtv2026. Which formative media for Jojo is going to become his next aesthetic centerpoint? Idk but we gonna find out. Will Aof Nopparnach ever stop directing like he wished he was making lakorns instead? maybe if it’s RPF but idk we gotta find out.

Like??? I am following pioneer creators on their creative journey *as* they’re taking it. I’m watching them fumble and pirouette as they sculpt their pieces; flaws and all.

man what an incredible place for queer media to be and what good luck to be experiencing it when I am

Guys, if you want to be a good artist and storyteller you need to absorb other media and influences beyond popular comics and movies and video games. Hell, even beyond visual art. Read novels, science articles, history books. Listen to podcasts, watch documentaries. Dip into different disciplines. Explore stuff outside your everyday. What you create and the pool of ideas you can pull out of is expanded by the knowledge you gain. Don’t do yourself a disservice by limiting your library. You never know when some weird shit you read about mushrooms could end up inspiring you or helping you solve a design/story problem.

Ray is like "Oh yeah my boyfriend is still in love with his ex" after watching Sand go into complete autopilot and giving the most dead fish kiss to Boeing

Like bro he kissed you right after that and it was like he was deprived of oxygen and you were his oxygen mask

If I was the person interrogating Ani I’d literally be like “can you please stop talking like you’re in a 1940′s crime noir film and just tell me what the fuck happened to Bryce Walker?”

Richard Papen is so stupid

His shady friends were like “Hey let’s go for a ride in the night” after they had confided in him that they’d MURDERED someone and didn’t plan on going to jail for it and he was one of the two people that knew about it and Richard was like “yeah sure why not what can POSSIBLY go wrong”

I usually can’t stick to one aesthetic but maaan this is tempting 

a guild to the dark academia aesthetic

what to wear:

TWEED

trench coats

dark colours

black turtle necks

plaid pants/skirts

scarfs

three piece suits

button ups and collard tops 

old watches

lockets

rings

glasses

knit wear

decor/furniture:

desks (preferably cherry or mahogany)

towering bookcases

record players

art depicting tarot cards or deities

old photographs

books e v e r y w h e r e

vintage tea cups with roses on them

candles

old wine bottles

a chess board

a skull

at least one ash tray (even if u don’t smoke!)

make-up/hair

red lipstick

brow gel

any dark lipstick

bangs

long hair

red lipstick

or collar bone length

undercuts r also rly rad

oh and did i mention red lipstick?

food:

red wine

gin

whiskey

champagne

coffee

tea

blackberries

pomegranates

bloody steak

mushrooms

candied ginger

toast-plain toast

soup

walnuts

what to read:

the secret history (obvi)

if we were villains

the golden finch

anything by V.E schwab

shakespeare

aeschylus

homer

plato

anything by oscar wilde

ninth house

song of achilles

harry potter (don’t @ me it’s da)

truly devious

edgar allan poe

(this list could go on forever but these of some of my faves)

music

hozier

lorde

tears for fears

depeche mode

any classical

lana del ray

the smiths

the cranberries

velvet underground

(again this list could go on forever)

partially inspired by this post

Dark Academia

Dark Academia

Foods/Meals you would consider having a ‘Dark Academia’ vibe? 1) mushrooms (lol) 2) bloody steaks 3) a single apple 4) roasting a whole pig

I wish my life were a quick and aesthetically pleasing montage to a cool soundtrack

Like I want to live in a feel-good Hollywood movie not a fucking indie

Tumblr is just a nice little place where you can take off your ‘real person’ face and roll around in piles of garbage tailored to your unhinged hyperfocus five minutes before you stand up and go back to your zoom meeting