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StarlessMistake

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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
HAVOC IS COMING OUT ON THE 25TH APRIL!!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
i'm obsessed with them. #loveofthedivinetree
A meme from the office. The top picture is a comparison of Su Yishui from Love of the Divine Tree. He is compared against a bedraggled wet kitten. Yellow text reads "Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture."

The bottom picture is of Mu Qingge. Yellow text reads "They're the same picture."
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
i'm currently holding space for the lyrics "no cheeses for us meeces"
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Spoilers for supposed #AvatarLeaks #AtLA I've had Avatar Pavi for fifteen minutes and if anything happens to her I will destroy everybody on this site and then myself
Spoilers for Avatar: 
Avatar Pavi (right) and her air bender guardian (left). Pavi is a young girl (no older than 10) with dark skin, black hair and green eyes. She wears a coral tunic and a torn pale green cloak. Her left leg is missing and replaced with a prosthetic.

Her guardian has light skin and black hair. He is twice Pavi's height and he wears a futuristic looking orange uniform.
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
top 0.5% chappell fan!!
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
It's been a good month
Dozens of cardinals from the movie Conclave dressed in red and white. They are each holding white umbrellas that obscure their faces. A black and white screenshot of Bette Davis in the movie All About Eve. She stands on a staircase and looks down at someone out of frame.Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce as Pope Benedict and Pope Francis in the Two Popes. They are both dressed in white and sat side by side on a sofa. Pryce is wearing an Argentinian football scarf and is celebrating. Elphaba's hat from the movie. The hat is placed at the edge of a puddle and its reflection is visible.
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
My thoughts below! Marked sensitive for spoilers.
I'm conflicted. In many ways it was better than I was expecting, and I definitely enjoyed myself while watching it. 

On the other hand, there were so many things that could have easily been changed that would have made it so much better - the big ones being the sound and lighting. 

I'll start with the positives. Cynthia was fantastic - I can't think of anyone that could have played Elphaba better.

The orchestrations were gorgeous. And the movie was surprisingly well paced considering it's so long. I can't think of anything I'd cut (except Sentimental Man, but I can't begrudge Jeff Goldblum his moment).Unfortunately, it was difficult to enjoy the brilliant orchestrations most of the time because the sound mixing was so poor. It's most egregious when characters are mixing between speaking and singing because the sudden difference was time they switch is so jarring.

And then there's the lighting. Unlike most modern films that suffer from the issue of too little lighting, this film suffers from too much. Or should I say, too much in the wrong places. Throughout the movie there's only ever two kinds of lighting used - a bright backlight that casts a shadow over anything in the foreground, or completely flat lighting that does nothing to distinguish the principle characters. 

The biggest offender for this is the Ozdust ballroom scene in Dancing Through Life, where absolutely nothing is done to separate Elphaba from the rest of the partygoers. Even her green skin disappears into the wash of blue lighting. A single spotlight could have done so much for this film, and I'm confused as to what John M. Chu was thinking with the lighting choices he made.
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Seeing Wicked in T-minus 2 hours. Will report back with thoughts.
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The view from the office is dizzying. That and thirty-six hours of no sleep is to blame for her loose tongue. "Am I being fired?" Mr Morozov frowns. "You're the reason this firm is still trading." He leans back in his chair, whisky in hand. "Sweetheart, you're getting promoted."
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Since I can't seem to share GIFs atm, I will reshare some of my favourite colour-edits. #darklina #alinastarkov
An edited photo of Alina Starkov wearing a black and gold gown and jeweled crownA photo of Jessie Mei Li wearing Alina's nightgown. The photo has been painstakingly edited to remove an arm and clapper that were in frame.An edited photo of Alina Starkov from season 2 of shadow and bone. She is wearing a black nightgown instead of a cream nightgown.An edited photo of Ben Barnes carrying Jessie Mei Li. Jessie is wearing a black kefta instead of brown, and they are standing in front of the fountain from season 1.
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Liberty of London is doing a really cool Wicked collab. Which I would be much more excited about if there weren't so many pointless and dumb Wicked collabs
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
What if I just try one?
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Currently figuring out how bluesky handles GIFs. Have some Alina in her pretty keftas.
A gif of Alina Starkov wearing a blue and gold kefta.A gif of Alina Starkov wearing a red kefta.A gif of Alina Starkov wearing a black and gold kefta.A gif of Alina Starkov in the Fold wearing a gold kefta.
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StarlessMistake @starless.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
fruity little birthday drinks (with @artemisscribe.bsky.social)!!
Two glasses of fruit mocktail on a table
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