My longest sustained shot in Midnight Gospel was an interesting way to play with some more subtle acting. I’m thankful to Titmouse for allowing me to play with all the ways Clancy could fidget. His outburst at the end was especially fun since he’s usually such a chill bro. You’ll probably noticed that I chopped up the audio here a bit. The finished version of this scene looks to be slightly re-timed, so I did some sloppy editing to keep the A/V synchronized. (From episode 6)
“You and this perfect person, who you’ve never met before, to come out of nowhere, fit into your life perfectly, complete you, and make you whole for the first time in your life, like your mother did for me.”
And even though what he said sounds sweet and whatever, the way it manifested to my seven-year-old self is, “If you are not with someone, you are broken. If you are not with someone, you are incomplete. If you are not with someone, you are not whole.”
And that’s not just something that my dad made me feel, that’s something that we as a society for the last 40 years has made every single child feel. Every Disney prince has a princess, every princess has a prince, and every television show or movie always has a character in it that doesn’t want to be in a relationship. They’re happy with who they are. But guess what, by the end of the series? They were wrong! They were wrong for wanting to be alone, the fucking idiot!
It’s all to do with love. Everyone needs someone. And when you raise children in that world, where everything points towards love, when you’ve raised them for 18 fucking years, when you become an adult for the first time in your late teens and early 20’s, we’re so terrified.
We’re so trying to be an adult that some of us will take the wrong person, the wrong jigsaw, and force them into our jigsaws anyway. I’m going to force this fucking person into our lives because it’s much better to have something than nothing.
Then five years later, you’re stood looking at this jigsaw you don’t recognize, being like, “Ah! There’s a fucking cunt in the middle of this!” And in that moment, you have a very, very difficult question to ask yourself. Do I admit the last five years of my life have been a waste? Do I waste the rest of my life?
My generation has become so obsessed with starting the rest of their lives that they give up the one that they’re currently living. We have romanticized the idea of romance, and it is cancerous. People are more in love with the idea of love than they are with the person they are with. The worst thing you can do with your life is to spend it with the wrong human being.
I keep saying it but it bears repeating, especially since white allies arent listening:
STOP. BRAGGING.
Stop trying to give credit to people on the front lines of these protests.
I need to stress this, you are doing the cops job for them.
Those masks you’re wearing at these protests? They’re not just to keep you from catching the rona. Its to conceal your identity.
And that entire purpose is destroyed the second you try to take or give credit for being on the front lines.
STOP. BRAGGING.
Cops are monitoring social media. The second you name someone on the ground, that person is now a target.
Now is NOT the time to be taking credit for your actions.
Keeping each other safe means keeping your mouth shut.
Do not name ANYONE on the front lines. Do not name ANYONE at the protests.
The ONLY exception to this rule is when you are outing a white supremacist or undercover cop trying to instigate more violence.
Do not name your fellow protestors. Don’t even discuss who may have done what. Stop doing the cops job for them.
Filling their snitch lines and apps with junk is great, but if you’re simultaneously going around and naming protestors, you’re not helping at all.
Stop. Bragging.
White allies, this is not the time to be taking credit.
THIS IS NOT A GAME!
Do you remember this man? Edward Crawford? He’s dead. They ruled it a suicide. Except he had four children, a new apartment, and a new job. His own father believes it wasn’t suicide. NBC quotes “It’s not the first time a notable Ferguson protester has died from gunfire.”. Darren Seals, a Ferguson protest leader, was found shot to death inside a burning car.
They can and WILL find, murder, and cover up more Black bodies. Cop watch , know your rights, FILM COPS, DO NOT POINT YOUR CAMERA AT PROTESTERS/THEIR FACES.
Excellent addition! Thank you for the links too.
Guys PLEASE. This isn’t the time. Anonymity is CRUCIAL. There is military personnel in the streets right now, you NEED to keep your mouths SHUT.
Stop naming protestors. Stop filming/photographing protestors faces. Learn to block out your photos and videos to conceal obvious characteristics like tattoos or unusual/noticeable hair styles/colours.