Best Witches

Best Witches

Discworld series by Terry Pratchett (rural, realistic, last-minute gender confusion)

Häxan (1922) (weird, intricate, humanist)

His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman (badass, bisexual, political)

Suspiria (1977) (scary, fucked-up, retro)

Madoka Part III: Rebellion (2013) (unfair, intense, lesbian)

Best Angels:

"Sail On! Sail On!" by Philip José Farmer (so fucking clever)

A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (awesome, low-key feminist, fruity)

His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman (mysterious, bizarre, gay)

"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel García Márquez (odd, pitiful, mysterious)

"Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang (destructive, terrible, desired)

Best Demons:

Evil Dead 2 (1987) (existential terror + comedy)

Slumber Party Massacre II (also 1987) (similar)

"The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe (unfathomably cruel)

The Wolf House (2018) (sinister, subtle, real)

The Wailing (2016) (scary, cool, funny)

Best Robots:

Robot series by Isaac Asimov (good, logical, gay)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-94) (similar)

Mockingbird by Walter Tevis (depressed, intelligent, bitter but caring)

Blade Runner (1982) (sad, weird, cool)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) (tragic, lovable, fucked-up)

Best Vampires:

Interview with the Vampire (2022-) (sexy, scary, tragic)

Discworld series by Terry Pratchett (funny, sympathetic, occasionally caffeine-addicted)

Dracula (1931) (spooky, iconic, swag)

Best Fairies:

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (scary, mysterious, greedy)

"The Elves" by Ludwig Tieck (selfish, environmental, lesbian)

Best Ghosts:

Lake Mungo (2008) (desperately sad)

The Innocents (1961) (creepy, ambiguous, clever)

Pulse (2001) (tragic, mysterious, intriguing)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) (adorable, romantic, fun)

Opening Night (1977) (unusual, unsettling, mirrored)

Best Giants:

Shadow of the Colossus (2005) (epic, sad, environmental)

The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells (cool, sympathetic, socialist)

Fantastic Planet (1973) (weird, vivid, retro)

Best Aliens:

Alien (1979) (scary, weird, fucked-up)

The Man who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis (longing, sympathetic, smart)

Remembrance of Earth's Past series by Liu Cixin (terrifying, cold, pessimistic)

The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (fun with gender and physics)

"Mother" by Philip José Farmer (greedy, intense, Freudian)

Best Monster Boyfriends:

La Belle et la Bête (1946) (pathetic, scary, romantic)

The Shape of Water (2017) (intricate, sympathetic, subversive)

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (funny, unusual, adorable)

Best Werewolves:

Ginger Snaps (2000) (sad, loving, funny)

Discworld series by Terry Pratchett (funny, unexpected, cute)

Nope i wont accept it

No way

Not with the way the crowd was chanting käärijä and cha cha cha

get rid of the 50/50 jury, give us 75/25! More power to the public! Everyone saw! Finland got almost 200 more votes from the public! Everyone heard the audience chanting!

Okay but when Con O'Neill as Izzy Hands came out onto the deck of that party boat in dramatic drag makeup and sung the most beautiful love song so the crew could dance my middle-aged, late-coming-out heart grew three queer fucking sizes, I would lay down my life for this man

Jesus, after coming back from the dead: hey guys it’s me Jesus, just look at the scars on my hands

Thomas, a known freak: show us the feet as well please

This is so cute I love it when athletes pretend to be equally matched to a little kid

Background: this is stage fighting! No one was seriously hurt. The girls name is Hakura, a child wrestler who is now retired.