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I FINISHED MY FIRST DRAFT.

My brain has stopped forming words. Thank god it's done because editing is so much better than a blank page. The word count is not high but that's because it's not prose it's a script.

But let this be some motivation. I hope you all also finish whatever you're working on!

Dear Readers

Guess I should finally say hello!

Hello.

haha

About Me

I'm a twenty-something adult unsure about life like most of us out there who seemingly has no life unless it revolves around writing and watching film/television. I studied philosophy, English, and editing in university so I get to have proper existential crises every time I edit my works!

About My Writing

I used to write fanfiction, a lot of fanfiction, which eventually led to my love of screenwriting, scriptwriting, and playwriting. I'm also attempting to get back into prose little by little but because I'm so very good about dropping projects and never looking back, we'll see how that goes.

In terms of genre, I love writing mysteries and supernatural-esque stories. Most of my themes revolve around uncovering truth in the world and ethical dilemmas that stem from the discovery. I read pretty much everything besides straight romance.

About This Blog

This is just a page I've had for a while, but I finally decided to put it to good use. I love discussing TV shows so instead of being that annoying person who shouts at the screen over the dialogue, I dump my thoughts here now.

It's also now a place for me to vent about writing and if I vent, you should vent too. Messages are open to chat, brainstorm etc. At some point I may be open to editing manuscripts.

Anyways, always remember that blank page isn't going to write itself.

Sincerely,

S

Spent 24 hours not writing to cleanse the brain and take a break.

I hated it.

writing a screenplay makes me feel...

S T R O N G

M A T U R E

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C O O L

while i do love watching old sci-fi and horror, it really does feel fifty fifty on either “omg this is the best thing ever, why is no one talking about it?” or “ah, this is the worst thing ever, i get why no one is talking about it”.

like i’ll be watching one thinking “this is actually relatively progressive for the time” the all of a sudden there’s a blatant disregard for women’s autonomy and/or consent.

i think more filmmakers should recreate old sci-fi, but like, not racist or sexist. ooo, and make it gay!

A particular subset of fart contest scenes that I find very underrated and not shown nearly enough in mainstream media is when one or more person is bearing witness to said fart contest taking place and reacts in accordance with how their character(s) are written.

One such example I can think of is your typical high school/college party scene in which there will be either be two best friends or the main character and their love interest talking to each other off to the side of where all the action is happening.

At one point in their conversation, there will be a moment where one of the characters will ask something to the effect of:

"Why do you even come to these things?" or "What are we even doing here?" depending on the characters' relationship.

To which the other person will sarcastically reply something like:

"Oh, you know how much I love to see [two male names] show off their party tricks" or "I just think the vibe here is really cool."

The camera will then pan to where all the action is taking to show two minor male characters characterized as class clowns taking turns showing off their displays of flatulence, typically on the floor, while holding both legs in the air, or bent over with their rears extended. The crowd of extras that has formed around these two will then cheer as the camera quickly switches back to the two earlier characters who will carry on their conversation.

In some instances, the two male characters will engage in fire flatulence, and will attempt to best each other in flame size by holding up a lighter to their behinds.

I wish there were more fart scenes in entertainment similar to the two from Bio-Dome where Bud and Doyle guess what each other ate before to make their farts smell like that.

Similarly, I wish that more scenes, along with those that currently exist, better conveyed the idea of people being disgusted by how shameless a character's display of flatulence is.

I can imagine a scene that's like a fusion of the "Back at Cha!" one from White Chicks, the two from Bio-Dome, and the many instances of Scooby and Shaggy gorging on food, where you have two or more guy friends sitting in some sort of eatery adjacent establishment, and they put their skills of being "fart connoisseurs" to the test, much to the dismay of the public around them.

The context of the film, along with how far the screenwriters wanted to lean into the idea that these characters aren't at all concerned with how they're perceived, would determine the setting, along with how increasingly annoyed of a response people around them would have.

For instance, for a film following a character who gradually outgrows his slacker best friend from childhood, you could have a flashback sequence of all the shenanigans they've been through.

One of said experiences would be the two ordering a bunch of food at an upscale restaurant, getting really stuffed, and then, in a mockingly posh accent, guessing what they ate while the patrons around them become more angry leading to them being thrown out the restaurant.

Another scenario I can think of this being used would be if we are meant to align ourselves with these characters — despite how uncouth they are — against the antagonist of the film.

You could have them sabotage their very important individual performance such as a recital or a musical/play by having these two characters take turns farting whenever the antagonist tries to perform, with the farts getting louder with each attempt they make to try to perform again until they are eventually laughed off the stage.

I've talked about this before, but it leaves such a bad taste in my mouth whenever the character in a movie or series who is meant to be the comedic relief due to his constant flatulence is fat.

Not because — as some of you might incorrectly and sensitively assume — I think the idea of something as innocuous as fart humor should be limited to a certain body type, but because it feels so in line with the "Fat Slob" trope that assigns most, if not all unpleasant bodily functions to those characters who are not conventionally attractive.

It goes without saying that gross actions like burping, farting, sweating, etc., are things that everyone does, so I needn't write an entire think piece explaining how much more socially conscious we should be.

However, what I find funny is that if we are to employ the logic that the reason why fat people do these things more often because of their "worse" diet, there are so many food choices that thinner, conventionally attractive make that cause them to do exactly the same things.

For example, it's a commonly used joke amongst those who frequent the gym especially on social media, that in order to build muscle you have to eat a lot of protein and that this often involves adding lots of whey powder to things which makes people gassy given that it's a component of dairy products.

There's already many depictions in media of the typical douchey, frat-bro, jock gymbro who in some instances uses bodily functions as a way to convey his arrogance (namely in the form of belching loudly in someone's face after drinking a beer). How hard would it be to extend this concept to men like this that lack these antagonistic qualities?

I know subversions of the "Fat Slob" trope are already out there, but I think it would be a great way to continue this subversion as well as contributing to more range and inclusivity in plus-sized characters.

Imagine a friendship or relationship where it's the guy who's 6'2 with 6-pack abs, bulging biceps, and thick legs who blushes whenever he accidentally lets one go and people chastise him for it?

It's worth noting that the series Tacoma F.D. does a great job of accomplishing this with it's predominately male cast that has many muscled-up, in shape guys, and an abundance of fart scenes when compared to other shows.

Take notes Hollywood.

After learning that TruTV has canceled Tacoma F.D. and is not renewing it for a 5th season, I would like to say that I think it would've been perfect, and it's such a missed opportunity that they never had a fart contest scene in the show's running.

I will say I'm glad that they had every main male cast member fart at least once, but given how much they reference and take pride in their constant flatulence, it would've made so much sense for the sendoff to have been them all putting their skills to the test for the last time.

Say, for instance, by having some sort of contest like in the first season, where they all compete to win the Fart Jar, but this time there's a montage where they all go around in a circle for an extended period of time all emptying their tanks until the last person has nothing left.

This could've also been a great way for them to do the standard trope of showing a girl's fart be louder and more impressive than all the guys by having Lucy be the final fart when all the guys have finished, much to all of their shock.

Glad someone brought up how underrated underwater farts are!

Off the top of my head, I can think of a few scenes in entertainment where they play with the idea, but for the most part they're very hard to come by.

The most notable of these I can think of these actually combines both this, and a fart competition, and it's the hot tub scene from Downhill Willie (1996). All the guys go around showing off because the jets just so happen to stop working, and they all have gas as a side effect of drinking the Jock Pop soda they have to promote.

I know people often write off this distinct style of low-brow "poop and fart, stoner and weed joke" humor that was prevalent in the late 90s and early 2000s because of how low-effort it is, but it feels like something that could've been written by one of us on here, and for the reason feels like such a gift from the past.

Another great example (that also involves a hot tub) is the Battle of the Bands episode of Good Luck Charlie, where in the outro Gabe and Bob are sitting in the hot tub hanging out, and suddenly the jets come on. Gabe confusedly says that he doesn't remember turning on the bubbles, to which Bob pridefully remarks that with "three trays of tacos, you gonna get some bubbles".

No fart sounds are used in the scene, but nevertheless, it's such a hot scene to me because of how proud of himself he is despite Gabe's disgust.

Pool farts🥰 Underwater farts. The ones where you can see the bubbles in the water. Idk i just wanted to talk about farts underwater coz they're underrated.

THEY ARE!!!!!!

God you get it, you so get it!!!!! I wish I had a bathtub (I only have a shower) bc then that's all I would do heheheheheh I do have a lot of bath tub fart dreams though or dreams where I fart in the shower

Just the way the bubbles come up ooooooh god I need to write some little scenario prompts about this. It's especially good with an embarrassed person farting! no way to hide it when it slips even when it's silent heheheheh 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴