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Head canon: Ray Stantz is autistic.
No, I'm not saying this because Dan Aykroyd is autistic, I have more to go on than that.
In both the films and comics, Ray is shown to be an easily excited individual, with fixations on things most people wouldn't find interesting, Ray also doesn't really understand social cues, or that most people don't understand the significance of his interests. The strongest piece of evidence for all four of these is the mass sponge migration that came to be in the IDW comics; Ray often times will go on about it or bring it up even when the situation doesn't require the story, and he doesn't get that most of the people he tells will not find such an event all that interesting.
Ray can be easily excited or distracted from more important subjects, such as when he, Egon, and Peter were looking at the firehouse; Ray is ecstatic about the firepole while Egon and Peter are looking at the structural integrity of the building, wanting to buy the building simply for the pole.
One of Ray's hyper fixations is, obviously, ghosts, wanting to know as much about them as possible, even opening a book store specifically for the occult so that he can easily reach whatever information he needs at the moment. And, as the Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer suggests, he still has the store, showing his fixation is stronger than a thirty year ghost drought.
Sometimes Ray can even infodump on subjects that people wouldn't normally understand, using terminology people don't understand, usually when informing random people on the class, history, and importance of a ghost he is currenting hunting.
And it would make sense that Ray, being portrayed by Aykroyd, would be autistic; Aykroyd co-wrote the films, so he would obviously write a character he could easily portray to a believable extent. Similar to Aykroyd's portrayal of Elwood Blues in Blues Brothers, a movie Aykroyd also co-wrote; Elwood has a hyper fixation on getting the band back together, even a fixation on keeping the car in the beginning of the film; he has an odd love of toast, and a manner of speaking that isn't extremely easy for most people to understand, but it's not hard either.
I think Aykroyd just likes to play characters that are more like him.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife review (minor spoilers)
My birthday is on Valentine's Day, and, as I do every year, I began pointing out some things my parents could get me, and being an avid Ghostbusters fanboy, I asked for the newly released Ghostbusters: Afterlife. A few days ago, as an early birthday present, my parents got it due to the whole family wanting to see it.
After watching it for the first time on Saturday, I'm super hyped still, and I want to talk about it, so review time.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife follows the estranged family of Egon Spengler, mainly his grandchildren Phoebe and Trevor, played by McKenna Grace and Finn Wolfhard respectively, as they try to solve the mysterious happenings around the small town they find themselves living in after Egon died suddenly. With the help of Podcast, Phoebe's mystery obsessed summer school classmate, and Lucky, Trevor's diner coworker and friend, they must save the world from the coming of Gozer with some of Egon's reworked Ghostbusting gadgets.
The characters are well written and interesting: Phoebe is an autistic mechanical engineer who does not connect with her mother easily and is awkward around everyone, Trevor is your typical angsty teenager who has some knowledge in car mechanics and is awkward around girls, Podcast is an oddball who has a podcast about the mysteries of the world and the occasional restaurant review, and Lucky is your carefree small-town teenager who helps the Spenglers retrieve their ghost gear from the police station. Phoebe and Trevor's mother, Callie, is your typical burnt-out single mother, tired of Phoebe's constant tampering with electronics in the house and Trevor's don't care attitude, and reluctantly moves the whole family into her father's old farmhouse when money becomes tight. Mr. Grooberson, Phoebe's summer school teacher, is a goofy/easily excited seismologist and Ghostbusters mega fan who helped her figure out just what was going on with her grandfather and his disappearance.
The soundtrack of the film is magical; all they do is keep the original soundtrack but update it a bit more for the most exciting parts, which is a fantastic way to go about this, it keeps the tone of the original film, but with a couple modern twists that don't ruin the original.
The effects are wonderfully done, a combination of practical and CG works fantastically for the Ghostbuster's universe, the effects of the traps and packs are a perfect update of the original and the sound design is spot on. The voices of the Terror dogs and Gozer are a bit off compared to the original but doesn't take away from the scenes. Gozer itself is actually pretty amazing; CGI gives Gozer a creepier look with updated spikes and fibrous body, along with an updated look to its face. The Terror dogs are also more updated, being a combination of CGI and physical, practical effects, looking just about identical to the originals.
The gear is amazing, the Proton Packs look fantastic, and I'm assuming they took a few details from the experimental pack from the video game as we get a closeup of the upgraded pack when Phoebe is testing it. The traps are accurately built even if they look weathered and well used, and the old Ecto-goggles are really well made, though the camera built into it is new to me, so either it was never used in any media or Egon made it to archive his progress without an actual camera getting in the way. The Ecto-1 is a beautiful car, and the weathered broken look is made all the better knowing it was the original Ecto-1A from Ghostbusters 2 that was just sitting in storage for the last thirty years, so the damage isn't faked. The Ecto's gear has a cool design, looking like a combination of experimental tech and eighties future, and the remote-controlled trap is actually a really good idea, especially since we know from the game that air bound ghosts are a thing. Combined with the gunner's seat, a feature that I don't think I've seen since the cartoon, is an interesting tool for the Ecto, and is actually really cool; rather than chase a ghost for who knows how long until it stops, the Ghostbusters can try and trap the ghost on the road.
The set design is well thought through as well; Egons house really shows that it was owned by a guy who cared more about his work than keeping his house in good condition, the paint is peeling off, the barn is in the midst of collapsing, and the bedrooms are weathered and yellow from age. The lab has amazing attention to detail, with Egons diplomas, his designs, old computers, and even his mold and spore collection scattered about the area; Egons penchant for snack foods is shown as well, with an old Crunch wrapper in the pocket of Egon's jumpsuit and a Twinkie in the glove box of the Ecto-1 that has most likely been there for the last thirty years.
The action is well done, the first hunt of the movie kept me on the edge of my seat, beautifully combining a ghost hunt and a car chase that goes through the town, utilizing the gunner's seat and the remote trap. The final battle is also extremely well done, with another short car chase and an interesting battle with Gozer.
The actors are also well cast; McKenna Grace plays the awkward autistic really well, and believably portrays an engineering prodigy. Finn Wolfhard is a great actor and has great chemistry with Grace, making the portrayal of the sibling duo very believable. Logan Kim plays Podcast wonderfully, bringing a young boy in wonder of the world's oddities to the unlikely crew. And as always, Paul Rudd is amazing in just about anything.
Knowing Jason Reitman, the son of original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, co-wrote and directed this film makes the love letter to the franchise all the sweeter; yes, there is a lot of fanservice to the film, but that makes it better since it is a legacy film, it needs to reference the two that came before it, so the new characters understand what happened before and why it's important.
One bit that nearly made me cry was at the end; the camera pans up to the starry sky as "For Harold" fades into view. Harold Ramis wanted to produce a third Ghostbusters film for years, but neither the actors nor the producers ever wanted to get on board; but, in 2005, Ramis and Dan Aykroyd co-wrote the famous Ghostbusters video game that so many consider to be the honorary third film. Knowing that Ghostbusters: Afterlife wasn't written in memory of Harold Ramis, but for him, so that the franchise could have the proper conclusion that he wanted for it, makes this film all the better.
The film isn't perfect; there are many things that could be written better, or the effects could be a bit more polished, there are even a few parts that could have been explored more. But as the ending to a forty-year franchise, it does it well. And, while I know the story has been told, the big bad defeated, and Egon's life lived well, I can't help but wonder if Rietman is going to make another because of the fans, or if he'll leave it be as the proper ending to a franchise that started as a joke concept.
Winston Zeddemore: Is there a word that’s a mix between angry and sad?
Egon Spengler: Miscontented, disgruntled, miserable, desolated–
Peter Venkman: Smad.
So when are we going to admit Winston is the best character? I’m waiting.
Literally going to sell my soul for a continuation of this fic
How you get the ghostbusters back for trapping you
Warnings: reader is super petty, non canon events, the guys are assholes in this, aggression
After being trapped for three months in that stupid ghost trap, you are severely pissed off with the ghostbusters
You’d spend months beforehand innocently haunting them and building individual bonds with them
All for them to take your one mistake as reason to punish you, you never meant to hurt Dana so why were you punished so severely
You, being as stubborn and strong willed as you are, expected them to be begging for forgiveness considering what they put you through
But they all acted like everything was going to go back to the way it was before, they didn’t even offer you the slightest apology for what they did
This did not bode well with you
In fact, it only seemed to enrage you further
You started off with your usual pettiness, but it lacked your standard playful style and just came off malicious
But the ghostbusters still found a way to make it a joke
You would mess with Egon’s lab equipment and experiments, but he’d just laugh it off in an Egon fashion and then suggest to your invisible figure that the two of you play chess again like you used to do so you could get your anger out
You’d hide the traps Winston was cleaning and storing in ridiculous hiding places, but Winston would just laugh and ask if you were playing hide and seek again
You’d turn off and change Ray’s music on his radio to something aggressive, but the only reaction you received was Ray joking that your music taste had definitely changed since you last played music together
Whenever Venkman would read the crossword prompts out to you and hold his pen out expectingly, you would write profanity in all the gaps
But venkman only sarcastically commented that “that’s definitely doesn’t fit the hint”
It infuriated you, they turned your anger into a joke and treated you like a pet who did a cute trick instead of a (spirit) person
You started to retract yourself from showing your presence to them out of embarrassment that your anger and their reaction caused you
You felt like an embarrassed child who had just been scolded rather than someone who underwent a painful and traumatic process of your spirit being caged to a small confined trap
You stopped showing yourself and kept to yourself next to janine’s desk so you could listen to her conversations on the phone as your only source of entertainment
You even tried to leave the ghostbusters HQ but found yourself unable to leave the building without attaching yourself to a human person, and you weren’t going to follow any of the ghostbusters around anymore
Despite janine working for the ghostbusters and Dana being the reason you were put in the trap, you never treated them unkindly
You understood them both and you knew that your anger wasn’t directed at them and they were just coincidental bystanders
You let your anger simmer but eventually it bubbled over the top
You heard the boys joking that soon you’d be over your “tantrum” and would come back to hang out with them
They joked about how they could ever think you were dangerous when all you’ve pulled are childish stunts
You felt yourself twist and twitch in anger and embarrassment as you heard them mock your very real emotions as if you weren’t once breathing like them
You decided that if you were originally going to be labelled as dangerous, then you would become dangerous to them
Instead of messing with Egons equipment to ruin his test results, you’d smash it to pieces and throw them at him
Instead of hiding the traps that Winston was cleaning and storing, you’d smash them to pieces and release the spirits inside to cause chaos in the HQ
Instead of messing with the radio of the car that Ray was cleaning, you’d blast loud screaming music in his ears before smashing the windows of the car
Instead of writing profanity on Venkmans crosswords, you tore his office apart and disposed of important documents before writing “fuck you ghostbusters” on his desk
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and you were living (dead) proof of that
Your anger infected you and turned you violent in a way you hadn’t been in your entire stay with the ghostbusters
And the ghostbusters weren’t sure what to do
They didn’t want to put you back into a trap considering that’s what caused this mess in the first place, and they missed you dearly when you were gone
But your aggression was getting out of hand
They decided that the best plan of action would be to find out more about your life when you were alive to appeal to your human side
And until they found something they could use, they had better get better at dodging thrown items…..
I wanna write ghostbusters fanfiction
Is that something you guys would like?
Got some new earrings today
Gonna wear them probably tomorrow
(Pics aren't the best quality but it's the best I can do rn)
Ngl I found this on pintrest but is so stupid it's funny lmao
If you’re watching an 80s sci-fi/horror movie and one of the main characters looks like this
You know you’re in for a TREAT
Egon holding fungus
(based off that one meme)
Some angst art inspired by https://archiveofourown.org/works/35435521 Tw// blood and bruises
bak at it again with them
love them
Slightly Inspired by a fic
2 days too many.
Inspired by this fic:
Just while you wait for my comic to be done, have some stantzler
terrible quality but more art :)
Finally got the colouring of this panel done after like months of not working on this comic for some reason..... Rest is coming soon!
Part 2!! Read top right to left :))