Fascism is a form of social cannibalism; it will eat us everywhere it takes root, and it cannot help our species long survive.
Fascism cannot fight climate change, because fascism will not admit limits to its control, not even self-evident limits imposed by basic properties of physics.
Fascism cannot save our children, because fascism is too busy eating them first. Fascism cannot save white people from their own fears of slave rebellions and economic overturns, because fascism will eat them too when fascism has finished eating the rest.
Everywhere fascism goes, it steals and gluts itself on the labor of the people it targets. It divides, and it eats, and it masturbates over its hollow assertions of power and purpose and ascendance.
Most human societies have strong taboos against cannibalism. The ones that don’t have equally strong limits on when it is socially appropriate, or they themselves don’t long survive.
Why do we allow cannibals to walk among us and openly pick their targets to maim and hurt and murder for their dinner tables?
After starring alongside Demi Moore in 2024’s The Substance, Margaret Qualley (Happy Gilmore 2, Honey Don’t, How to Make a Killing) could return to the horror genre for a remake of Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, with Callum Turner (Masters of the Air, The Boys in the Boat, Green Room) as her co-star. I say could because, as of this posting, their casting is nothing more than a rumor. According to Nexus Point News, a remake of Possession is in the works at Paramount with Qualley and Turner looking to star. The project finds Smile filmmaker Parker Finn getting behind the camera, in addition to a producing role. Previous reports say Finn is producing Possession with Robert Pattinson, but there are no signs that Pattinson will star.
What is Possession about?
Andrzej Żuławski released Possession in 1981. The psychological horror film revolves around a woman, Anna, who starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister. The film premiered at the 34th Cannes Film Festival, where Isabelle Adjani, who played Anna, won the Best Actress award.
What does Margaret Qualley have in the works?
Margaret Qualley’s Hollywood dance card is packed with upcoming projects, including How to Make a Killing, which recently completed filming. John Patton Ford directs How to Make a Killing from his own script, with Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Ed Harris, Topher Grace, and Jessica Henwick leading the cast. Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow (Glen Powell) will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way. How to Make a Killing arrives on February 20, 2026.
Details on Callum Turner’s next movie
Callum Turner recently starred alongside Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller in the feel-good romance Eternity. Hailed as one of the best romantic comedies in years, Eternity has the following synopsis: In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive. Turner’s next film is Karim Aïnouz’s Rosebush Pruning, a dramatic thriller about a family struggling with genetic illnesses living on a country estate. Personal drama develops amongst them in this intimate portrait.
I recall seeing the box art for Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession in video stores back in the day, but never thought to rent it. The premise sounds intriguing, but I’ll need to learn more before saying I’m on board. I enjoyed Margaret Qualley a great deal in The Substance, and I’ll be damned if my social media feed doesn’t show me Spike Jonze’s video for Kenzo World every couple of scrolls. Maybe I’ll give this one a shot after seeing a trailer. That’s if this news turns out to be true. It is just a rumor after all.
As usual, I have a lot of WIPs going. In January I've worked on fics for Arcane, DC, Frankenstein, Kingsman, Pride and Prejudice, Star Wars, and the Witcher.
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Hello, hello! Let's welcome in February with a nice little Lonely Prompts day, shall we? ^.^ If this is your first time at comment_fic on a Sunday, you can either request previous prompts to be filled or share your recent fills for prompts. (Or do both, of course!) ✎
How to look for prompts: We have plenty of prompts that might just nibble away at your brain today. You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^
Whichever you decide to do, prompt or fill (or both), please remember: 1. You can only request five prompts to be filled. 2. You can request no more than three prompts from a particular fandom. 3. You can, however, fill as many prompts in as many fandoms as you'd like! 4. In the subject line, be sure to say whether it is a request or a fill! 5. You must link back to wherever the prompt is in the community archive (whether filling or requesting), and, if you're filling the prompt, please post the fill as a reply to the original prompt. 6. If you are filling an "any/any" prompt, please let us know what fandom you've written it for (or if it's original!). 8. If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line! 7. If you've filled any lonely prompts in the past week, this is the place to share them! 9. Finally, please remember to add your prompt fills to our AO3 collection: Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this option here.
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This weekend is a major event for genre movie fans, as legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi returns to theaters with Send Help. The film marks Raimi’s first R-rated release since The Gift twenty-six years ago. A towering figure in the horror community, Raimi made his debut with The Evil Dead, a movie that has stood the test of time as a genre classic. While some horror directors make a big splash with their first film only to taper off in later years, that was never the see for Raimi. Evil Dead II is widely regarded as one of the rare sequels that improves on the original, while its follow-up, Army of Darkness, remains a fan favorite (even if it’s significantly tamer than the others).
What’s always set Raimi apart, though, is that he never allowed himself to be defined solely as a horror director. As early as 1990, he was already branching out into larger-scale action filmmaking with Darkman, a movie that now feels like a clear precursor to his biggest successes: the Spider-Man trilogy, which arguably helped define the modern superhero movie. Even so, Raimi continued to experiment and take creative risks throughout his career. Several of his films remain underrated, including the kinetic Western The Quick and the Dead, starring Sharon Stone and featuring early, star-making performances from Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio. His 1998 thriller A Simple Plan may be one of the most criminally overlooked films of the decade—it’s essentially the best Coen Bros. movie the duo never made.
With that in mind, we want to know: what is the best Sam Raimi movie? This poll feels like it could turn into a two-way battle between Raimi’s horror fans, who may gravitate toward the first two Evil Dead films, and superhero fans, who will likely champion one of the first two Spider-Man movies. Take the poll below and let us know what you think.
Spurred on by the tribulations of endless rain and a leaky tent, Maglor and Maedhros find a house for Elrond, Elros and themselves to live in. However, moving is complicated by the emergence of memories of home, and a scare from Elros. Written for the SWG's New Year's Resolution Amnesty and March Challenge: Birthday Bash for the prompt word 'displaced' and the poem: Yesterday I lost a country.I was in a hurry,and didn't notice when it fell from melike a broken branch from a forgetful tree.I Was in a Hurry by Dunya Mikhail, translated by Elizabeth Winslow
Here are items with dates between Sunday, February 1st and Saturday, February 7th, as well as items added recently that started this past week. Remember, you can comment here on new items that need to be added to the list.
Items starting since the last update & this coming week
Challenge #74: Undercover Eggplant, a Fake Relationship AU Fest Note: This is open until the next cycle, but there are no true deadlines for this community.
So this year, I decided to change up my home desk calendar a little bit. It's the same basic layout, but I made the box for the days/dates a little different, and I haven't bothered with any of the tracking stuff I was using, so I dropped all that in favor of a One Line A Day page and boxes for books, movies, and household notes (like "new contact lenses" or "changed furnace filter").
Also, every year since I have started doing this, I've run into a month where I ran out of time to decorate the pages and ended up grabbing some old Far Side Page-A-Day calendar pages and used those. This year, I colored them in with colored pencils.
So I had to take a break from posting because my eyes decided to act up (After a Deeply Stupid Eye Injury back in college, my left eye likes to throw the occasional tantrum to remind me it's got its eye on me, boyo) but I'm back with challenge #7.
Challenge #7
LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.
Okay! Three things, huh? I'm going to go with one physical thing, one skill, and one emotional thing.
1. I try really hard to be kind.
Especially in the world we live in, where it's so easy to fall into snark, or into the trap of valuing nonexistent moral purity over imperfect action towards a better present and future, this is one of the things I like best about myself. So while I have certain bedrock principles I won't deviate from, I try very hard to give people grace, both IRL and in fandom. At the end of it, you've gotta be kind.
2. I am a good writer.
There's a Discord I'm in with a writing vent channel, and it always discomfits me a little to hear people tear their own writing down. Now, am I a literary great? Ha, nope. But I am a skilled writer, enough so that I enjoy rereading my own work, lol. Perhaps once Snowflake is over I'll create a self-rec list?
3. I like how my face looks.
So I grew up in a deeply colourist society, although I've been lucky in that my immediate family has never held with that or given me crap for it. What I didn't like about my face was that I don't have the kind of open-mouthed smile that is considered classically beautiful. (My teeth are fine, just small.) Add to that some baby fat that stubbornly stuck around, and nope. It took the pandemic, and seeing my face on Zoom for hours on end to realize that hey, just because I don't photograph well, it doesn't mean there aren't nice things about my face - how my eyes crinkle when I smile, how animated my expressions get when I'm excited about something, how well bright red lipstick contrasts with my dark skin. So yeah. It took a while, but I can safely say that I love my face.
M, Boycritter, and I went down to the nearest Hobbytown (about an hour away) for Bandai Builders Day yesterday. This Hobbytown just became the only Bandai Builders certified shop in the state, so I definitely wanted to support them and their events. (Hobbytowns are franchise shops and each individual one is locally owned.)
This event had a free 30 Minute Fantasy kit, unique to this event! We got there a smidge early, did our check-in (and skewed their demographics, ha!), and got our kits. It was a pretty simplified kit, so I think it only took about 15-20 minutes to build. We chatted with other folks who turned up and posed for some photos while working, lol. By the time we were done, other people were arriving and waiting for our seats. Yay for a good turnout! By the time we'd finished shopping, maybe 2/3 of their stock of the event kit was gone.
(I picked up a 30MF accessory set, HG Abyss, HG 0 Gundam ACD, and HG Murasame Kai as well. M got a ton of paint for his tanks - though he did like the event kit and might pick up some 30MF stuff. Boycritter got a RG RX-78-2 Gramps and HG Sazabi.)
From there we went up to the conveyor sushi place and ate ourselves broke. So tasty! I tried to be a little more adventurous and found a few things I really liked. Next time I want to try more. ^_^
Details aren't entirely available yet, but there's some sort of 30 Minute Label competition in March and I'm interested, but that's also not a lot of time to come up with something, get a kit, and build. So I guess we'll see. But then again, I'd really like to enter for the fun of entering. Hmm.
I don't usually do yearly goals or whatever because I inevitably get bored and give up on them, but I think I'd at least like to make a list of things I'd ideally like to do for this year, and keep them in the back of my mind.
Here's what I've got:
1. Don't shop on Amazon, with an exception for a Kindle Unlimited sub if/when I get a discount offer 2. Buying used is preferable, when possible 3. $50/month allowance for books (paper or ebook) 4. Learn new skills (tbd) 5. Go on walks 6. Try something new/be open to new experiences ✨️ 8. Don't worry about money
Some of my though processes for these under here: ( Read more... )
Producer Charles Roven has been involved in a few flicks you all very likely love. Roven has been involved with Oppenheimer, as well as Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy. For his latest, Mercy, he had the chance to work with Timur Bekmambetov, as well as Chris Pratt. Currently sitting on the top of the weekends box office chart, Roven and crew have something to celebrate. You can check out my interview with Pratt, Bekmambetov, and Kali Reis here.
Last week, I had the distinct pleasure to chat over Zoom with Charles. We had a terrific conversation about AI, and the charms of Chris Pratt. As well as some of his past successes. It was such genuinely enjoyable chat. And if you haven’t seen Mercy as of yet, it is currently in theatres.
Charles Roven: Hey, Jimmy, how are you? Nice to meet you over Zoom.
Nice to meet you over Zoom as well. I’ve got to say, man, obviously you’ve been a part of some very, very impressive films and ones that have obviously been a huge part of JoBlo. What is it about this story, Mercy, and working with Timur, and finding this kind of examination of this world of AI?
Charles Roven: I mean, there are a number of things, but first and foremost, I think that it is something that we’re probably, I think we’ll look back on and say, wow, this was prescient, or sadly it was prescient. I’m not sure.
We don’t know yet.
Charles Roven: We don’t know yet. Exactly. And that’s kind of what I love about what we’re able to accomplish in the screenplay and ultimately in what the movie is. You’ve obviously seen the whole movie now, right?
Yeah, last night.
Charles Roven: So it leaves you in a place where I think you are satisfied, but also it’s something you can talk about.
For sure. For sure. You have this world, and it’s very prevalent. It feels like it’s fitting in today’s society.
Charles Roven: Exactly.
So I assume that was part of your interest in exploring what’s going on.
Charles Roven: I’ll tell you what was really so interesting: when we started to develop this, it was just like, oh yeah, AI, it’s going to happen at some point. And then all of a sudden, when we had the screenplay finished, and Timor was part of the package, and Chris and Rebecca were part of the package, and we were going out in the marketplace, the whole thing just exploded.
I assume also that that must be kind of a good feeling too, to be creating original material.
Charles Roven: It is, and I’ve been a fan of Timur’s work for a long time, and in particular, I’ve really admired what he calls his screen life movies that he’s both directed and produced. Right. I’m sure you’ve seen those. And so when we started talking about the project, and it was really Majd Nassif, who is a producer on the movie, but was working with Timor’s company and Rob, who is a creative executive, well, he’s actually executive vice president of Atlas Entertainment. When those two guys got together and brought the project to Timor, it was like, Hmm, this is really interesting, and it gets to use this invention of teamwork and really actually expand on it in a really great way. So I was excited about that too. You don’t see too many movies that are fashioned this way
For sure. That’s absolutely true. I want to talk about Chris. Was involved from the beginning? Why do you think it is about him that just represents the everyday man?
Charles Roven: Well, that is it, isn’t it?
Yeah, I guess.
Charles Roven: So. The everyday man, but he’s still even within representing the everyday man, he’s still funny, smart, compassionate, and badass.
It’s a good combination.
Charles Roven: And he’s not without his flaws as a human, and he can play really great leading guys that have some flaws. We all do. You know what I’m saying? So he is every man.
Yeah, that’s true. Now, one of the things I feel like this builds, you could easily have a sequel to this. You could easily have a franchise of this. Is that in the talks, or is this just, let’s just do this flick, see how it goes?
Charles Roven: I think right now we are. Hey, we think we’ve got something that’s very special. We hope people agree with us when they see it. And I’m a producer who likes to have the demand of, Hey, can we get more? And if that happens, I would be happy to move forward on it, but I don’t want to be presumptuous.
Well, I mean, you have been a part of some pretty impressive projects like The Dark Knight.
Charles Rover: And I’m amazingly happy to be part of it, but it did take Batman Begins to bring about The Dark Knight.
It did. It did. Very much so. I mean, it would be curious because there does seem to be room to continue.
Charles Roven: Yeah. I mean, that was the other thing we had to come to a conclusion on: I don’t want to speak about the ending.
Yeah, no, don’t give anything away. Don’t give anything away. Timur has such an, you mentioned you’re a fan of his. He is such a visionary, such an interesting filmmaker. What is it to you that you really enjoy working with and finding that connection?
Charles Roven: It is that interesting thing. He never stops thinking about what he’s doing, never stops thinking about possibilities of how he can make it better. And so that’s both fantastic and enjoyable to talk about, but it’s also challenging. Is this particular idea that’s an invention of yours, a really good idea, or is it something that we should be careful about? And so as a producer, I’ve got to make sure that in working with a director like that, I’m giving him all the space that he can handle. Right. But at a certain point, I’ve got to say, we’ve got to finish the movie now.
Sure. Well, it was an absolute pleasure talking, sir. Congratulations on the film.
Charles Roven: Thanks so much. Really nice talking to you too.
The days of February are very pleasingly aligned this year -- starts on a Sunday, ends on a Saturday. A visually appealing rectangle on the calendar. Well, done, February! What an absolute unit of a month!
Bring Her Bleeding Heart to Me { a dark femslash commentfic meme for femslash february }
Year eight! And ya ghoul's still using the promo graphics she made in 2018! Do not worry about it! You know the drill by now, February is a dreich month redeemed by the existence of Femslash February, let's celebrate our redemption from the weather by creating dark femslash! If we suffer our faves should suffer, or something like that, and also the purity brigade gets more annoying by the year.
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Sorry, resolution is ass this time because I'm working from laptop and need to do things quick and then get to the convention I'm vending at, so no taking extra time to break up the image, sorry. Anyway, y'all know the drill - favorites are in bold, queer titles are marked with a 🏳️🌈. ( Read more... )
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Lonely Prompts Sunday, Week 5 [DW Edition]
Feb. 1st, 2026 10:44 am↑↑↑ Available dates:
February 17 & 19
February 24 & 26
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Hello, hello! Let's welcome in February with a nice little Lonely Prompts day, shall we? ^.^ If this is your first time at
How to look for prompts:
We have plenty of prompts that might just nibble away at your brain today. You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^
Whichever you decide to do, prompt or fill (or both), please remember:
1. You can only request five prompts to be filled.
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3. You can, however, fill as many prompts in as many fandoms as you'd like!
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5. You must link back to wherever the prompt is in the community archive (whether filling or requesting), and, if you're filling the prompt, please post the fill as a reply to the original prompt.
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8. If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!
7. If you've filled any lonely prompts in the past week, this is the place to share them!
9. Finally, please remember to add your prompt fills to our AO3 collection: Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this option here.
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[a href="http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/449155.html?thread=70682755#t70682755">MCU, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, She's wearing daisy dukes and one of his button-down shirts.[/a]
(change the brackets to "<" and ">" respectively)
or:
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/139897.html?thread=30155641#t30155641
Burn Notice, Sam/Michael/Fi, "It's always been you. And it's always gonna be you."
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