clothing post for the first time in ages

[fahye]

Today I accomplished absolutely nothing in the realm of study, BUT, I had fun! It was bizarre! It was like a real weekend or something! ryokophoenix and I shopped for many things, and I spent waaaaay too much money on green eyeshadow and clothes from Review (<333).

I bought the same top in two different colours because it is a magical top, I swear to God, it is a top with superpowers.





See?? MAGIC. Reduced from $89 to $15, of course I had to buy two. The other one is purple.



And this jacket, reduced from $250 to $75. I do not think it was ever worth $250, to be frank -- Review is a lovely brand but FIENDISHLY EXPENSIVE -- but it is pretty smashing for $75. My mission to own mostly clothes that can best be described as 'smart' continues! Also, check out how much volume this haircut gives me, whoa. I have a better picture of how fair-and-vaguely-curly it is at the moment:



My hair straightener has been tossed aside with a cackle of gay abandon! I have WAVES! It's awesome.

Anyway.

What were we talking about. RIGHT.

After the shopping we saw Scott Pilgrim vs. The World which I enjoyed the hell out of. I mean, I had a couple of big problems with it which I will discuss with you if you so desire, but they did not interfere too much with the overall enjoyment.

And now I'm alternating between staring at my WIP and watching Dara O'Briain clips on YouTube.

Good day :)

Comments

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed Scott Pilgrim, too, but I would love to hear what problems you had with it.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Well, the major ones were:

- I didn't really care about Scott Pilgrim as a character. At all. I found him annoying, a bit of a douche, and without any attractive qualities. I liked Ramona a BIT more but again couldn't see anything really awesome about her. I think her flaws were presented in a more interesting way and she owned them a lot more, though.

- The straight guy ended up defeating the queer girl with...an orgasm? Really?

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

I think maybe that was the point of Scott--to be a "normal," not very interesting guy.

Yeah, that was kind of awkward. Maybe it was supposed to get around having Scott have to hit a girl, but it was still...weird.

What did you think of the ending?

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, but I like my protagonists to be people I can feel at least SOME kind of emotion about that isn't vague irritation. All of the supporting characters were so great and so interesting in comparison.

I would much rather he have hit her than used sex, that made me very uncomfortable. It's all very well for SCOTT to be all 'hur hur lesbian jokes', but that the rules of the canon universe allowed STRAIGHT MALE to defeat LESBIAN GIRL (or maybe bi, I don't think they ever specified past the 'bi-furious' joke) via a sexual act was extremely distateful to me.

I liked the ending! Knives got an apology (I would have liked the film a LOT LESS if that hadn't happened) and I didn't really care if Ramona and Scott ended up together or not, so...whatever, on that score?

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Yes, and it's even weirder and more disturbing when you think about the film as essentially real life dramatized with video game tropes. If battling the exes represents dealing with your partner's past, or some such, then defeating her ex-girlfriend by making her orgasm is just...baffling and creepy beyond all reason. Especially since Ramona suggested it.

Yeah, I was waiting all movie for him to apologize to Knives! But I felt bad for Knives. She sent Scott off to be with Ramona because he'd been fighting for her, but she'd been fighting just as hard for him.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I like to think that Knives is going to have many awesome relationships with people that appreciate her, and she will always tell the story of Scott Pilgrim as 'my first boyfriend was an ass who dated me because I was convenient and then cheated on me, and from this I learned NOT TO TAKE SHIT FROM MEN, because I am TOO COOL FOR THAT'.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

I like that idea.