

KARKAT VANTAS
@creaticGoeticist
THE GUY WITH THE BEST FUCKING MOVIE BLOG IN THE INCIPISPHERE *AND* CO-HOST OF THE ADORABLOODTHIRSTY CINEMASSACRE CLUB, GMT/BST. >> THE BLOG: https://letterboxd.com/CGeneticist/ <<

THIS WAS… A REALLY, REALLY GOOD NIGHT. AND SURPRISE EVERYONE, AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED, I DIDN’T PUT MY STRUT POD IN MY CHITINOUS WINDHOLE. I EVEN HELPED COOK DINNER LIKE A GOOD SOUS CHEF. THANKS GABE, FOR THE PICTURE OF US. THIS IS BEING FRAMED.

I Am Now Being Taunted By The General Public. As Much As This Is Cruel, It Is Not Unusual. #woe

@AMBIVALENTGANGSTA IS HOSTING A BONFIRE TONIGHT. WHO’S COMING? I NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE *VERY GOOD AND NOT BURNT* COOKIES TO BRING.

Hey all, gonna be having a bonfire party tomorrow in my backyard. There's gonna be some hotdogs and burgers and some kebabs. Gonna have some vegan versions too! There'll be drinks, and a big bonfire of course. If you need help getting here, I do have a transportalizer and I can share the coords with folks. Anyone else, I can open a space between where you're at and mine to help you get here. Anyway that'll be at 2pm PST/5 pm EST or 9pm GMT tomorrow! I'll post about it again beforehand tomorrow, and if you can't make it it's not biggie. This is kind of a last minute thing after all!

WHAT IF I HAD BLUE HUMAN EYES. AND THE WORLD SHUDDERED.

OCCUPYING MY TIME AT @DOOMSDAYDOUBLED ’S HIVE, BECAUSE HE KEEPS BEATING ME AT SMASH AND I’M FUCKING SICK OF IT.

daves brief note on "camp" camp is the feast of the visual for the sake of it man. its the active choice to lean into the fantastical and silly with disregard to if its cringe unrealistic or nonsensical. actually nonsensical is the point. its taking an idea and just "yes and"-ing it into something bonkers as fuck, purely for the joy of it. usually used with comedic spins to entertain. moulin rouge is camp, rocky horror is camp, suckerpunch is camp, could you feasibly tell me what the actual plotlines of those movies really were after a first time watch? no. but you know those visuals and those songs are gonna stick in your brain. at the end of it really camp is highly subjective because to one person it comes across gauche as fuck and to another as whimsically strange and enjoyable also side note thats my submission to #abcc to make daves #campweek lineup with moulin rouge, rocky horror picture show and suckerpunch

I’M STARTING A DISCUSSION OVER ON THE #ABCC AFTER-FILM FORUM, AND YOU NOW HAVE THE RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME, KARKAT VANTAS, TO LISTEN TO YOU. THE QUESTION: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE DEFINITION OF CAMP IS? WHAT’S TOEING THE LINE THERE, AND WHAT QUALIFIES? AND GIVE SOME GOOD EXAMPLES. HEAD OVER TO THE CHAT AND WEIGH IN. I’M BEING SO CHARITABLE IN LETTING YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

I’M FUCKING CRYING LAUGHING. GENUINELY THERE ARE HOT, WET TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS. @CRYHOUNDCOLORATURA THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST REGULAR OLD PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, AND FULLY JUMPED OUT OF HIS SEAT WHEN HE SAW THE FIRST ZOMBIE. THIS IS WHY READING COMPREHENSION WILL DO YOU ALL WELL. LEARN FROM THIS.

ATTENTION, WORTHLESS CINEPHILES, CINEASTES, CINEMANIACS, AND ANY OTHER VACUOUS SHITWIGGLER EVER TO SQUEAK TOGETHER THE SPONGECELLS TO HIT "FOLLOW" ON THE #ABCC AND #WATCHPARTY TAGS. THIS IS YOUR *ORIGINAL* #ABCC-FILMLEADER SPEAKING. GOOD GALVANIC GRUBSHIT, AM I EXCITED TO WATCH THIS ONE AGAIN. THE CULMINATING FINAL FEATURE OF #MEATWEEK. A FILM WHOSE MEAT IS NOT ONLY IN ITS RIVETING PRACTICAL EFFECTS OR ITS EXPLORATION OF VISCERA AS THE MEDIUM OF THE DIVINE, PROFANED BY MAN — BUT IN THE SHEER VOLUME OF ITS SATISFYING, JUICY NARRATIVE SUBSTANCE, HATCHED FIRST BY A VISIONARY IN THE PRIME OF HER YOUTH AND REIMAGINED BY A CULTURAL LUSUS FIGURE IN HIS SUNSET SWEEPS. DEL TORO'S UNQUESTIONABLE MAGNUM OPUS. HIS FINAL HORCRUX. THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY THAT EMBODIES HIS MORBID, GRINNING, CHICANEROUS SOUL. HIS LOVE LETTER — YES, IT'S A ROMANCE FOR THIS REASON, AMONG OTHERS — TO HUMAN MARY SHELLEY HERSELF. THE MODERN PROMETHEUS. TONIGHT, FOR #ABCC-PST, I WILL BE RETURNING TO MY FILMLEADERLY DUTIES AT THE ADORABLOODTHIRSTY CINEMASSACRE CLUB TO HOST GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S 2025 ADAPTATION OF FRANKENSTEIN. THIS FILM IS RATED R (RIP THIS TOWN A NEW WASTE CHUTE) FOR SOME GRISLY, FLAGRANTLY #NSFW VISUALS AND SEVERE #VIOLENCE. FULL CONTENT WARNING BELOW THE CUT. REMINDER THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE #SUBSTANCE NIGHT FOR *EVERY* FRIDAY ABCC SHOWTIME (SEE: TAKE SOME FUCKING INITIATIVE AND HOST YOUR OWN, BELOW), BUT I'M HOSTING THIS ONE. SO IT'S SUBSTANCE NIGHT. GET SUBSTANCED ABOUT IT, IF YOU WANT. GO CRAZY, GO SHITHIVE MAGGOTS. WE'LL BE STARTING AT 7 PM PST SHARP AT THE FLAGSHIP LINK [ https://hyperbeam.com/v/abcc ] [SPONSORED BY FELLOW ABCC FILMLEADER AND SUSPICIOUSLY WEALTHY SPONSOR, LA PRINCESA BARKBUXX @XXSCENEGRLXX ]. HOP ON THE #ABCC-CHATTR AND #ABCC-PST TAGS DURING AND AFTER THE FILM TO YAP TO YOUR PUSHER'S CONTENT ABOUT ALL YOUR RIVETING THOUGHTS ON THIS HONEST-TO-MOTHERGRUB GEM OF MODERN STORYTELLING. TRUST ME. THIS IS THE ONE YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS. AND IN THE EVENT THAT THE STREAM IS FULL TO BURSTING WITH OUR RA, SEE THE ABCC WEBSITE ON HOW TO HOST YOUR OWN. IF THERE WAS EVER A REASON TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE OF ABCC FILMLEADERSHIP, THIS WOULD BE IT. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MOVIE SUGGESTIONS? EITHER SHOVE THEM UP YOUR CHUTE, OR SHOVE THEM IN THE ABCC SUGGESTION BOX/OUR MAILBOX, IF YOU GIVE A SHIT. FEEL FREE TO JOIN THE DISCUSSION ROOM (ABCC FILM CLUB) HOSTED BY MY BARELY TOLERABLE CO-LEADER @CREATICGOETICIST VIA THE LINK BELOW, AFTER THE SHOWING. NOW GO. GET IN THE COMMENTS. RSVP WHILE YOU STILL CAN, YOU DUMBFUCKS. SEATS WILL FLY FAST. THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG ONES. SO ONCE MORE. WITH FEELING. #GETIN.


GO FORTH, MY ABCC-LINGS. #ABCC #ABCC-GMT WATCHPARTY IS NOW OPEN VIA THE LINK BELOW.

HALF AN HOUR BEFORE THE GATES OF HELL OPEN TO #ABCC-GMT #ABCC’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES SHOWING. FUCK, THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL.

GOOD AFTERNOON, FUCKERS AND FUCKERS-IN-LAW OF #ABCC. SPECIFICALLY THE CINEMANIACS OF #ABCC-GMT. GET READY TO FUCKING GET CINEMANIACAL ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEK FOR THE KICKOFF OF #MEATWEEK. I AM, AS ALWAYS EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE TIME WHERE I FORGOT (AND I’M STILL SELF FLAGELLATING OVER THAT, LET ME HAVE THIS), YOUR #ABCC-FILMLEADER HOSTING THE #ABCC-GMT #WATCHPARTY OF: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES (2016). I THINK THIS MOVIE SUCKS IN THAT UNIQUE WAY THAT I HONESTLY FUCKING LOVE. PICTURE THIS: 19TH CENTURY ENGLAND (SHOUT OUT TO MY BEFORISH COUSIN @ ), OVERRUN WITH THE LIVING DEAD. YEAH, IT’S FUCKING AWESOME, AND THE PERFECT WAY TO KICK OFF OUR THEMING FOR THIS WEEK. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS MONSTROSITY GROSSED ALMOST 11 MILLION BOONDOLLARS IN ITS RELEASE??? YOU PEOPLE ARE FUCKING OFF YOUR NUG FOR THAT. ANYWAY. WE'LL BE STARTING AT 21:00 (9PM) SHARP ON FRIDAY FOR OUR GHASTLY MIST VIEWERS, THEN ONTO 7 PM EST FOR SWEENEY TODD, AND 7 PM PST FOR FRANKENSTEIN. HOP ON THE #ABCC-CHATTR TAG AN #ABCC-GMT TAG TO LIVEBLOG WITH YOUR FELLOW CHITTRERS, ETC ETC BLAH BLAH FUCKING BLAH. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR A MOVIE SUGGESTION OF YOUR OWN, HEAD TO ABCC'S WEBSITE, LINKED BELOW. I’VE ALSO LINKED A CHAT BOX FOR ONGOING MOVIE DISCUSSIONS IN THE FORUM STYLE, SO WE CAN ALL DEBRIEF. YOU KNOW I LOVE A DEBRIEF. AND A BRIEF. RSVP IN THE COMMENTS NOW. #GETIN.


I HAVE LITERALLY NOT STOPPED MOVING FOR TWELVE FULL HOURS. I THINK MY FRONDS ARE GOING TO GIVE OUT.

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WAKE THE FUCK UP OUT OF YOUR BURIAL SITES, EVERYBODY. START GROANING AND HOLDING YOUR FRONDS OUT IN FRONT OF YOU AND STUMBLING AROUND LIKE A BUNCH OF IMPUDENT CHIMPS WITH BALANCE ISSUES. CINEMANIACS OF #ABCC. GET READY TO FUCKING GET CINEMANIACAL ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEK FOR WHAT OUR FILM LEADERS HAVE DUBBED AS “MEAT” WEEK. WHY MEAT? BECAUSE THESE MOVIES ARE FUCKING MEATY, IS THE EXPLANATION I GOT BEFORE POSTING THIS. WE ARE SO GODDAMN WITTY. WE’VE GOT ONE HELL OF A LINEUP FOR YOU. TAKE A LOOK: #GMT-ABCC IS HOSTING PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES (2016). #EST-ABCC IS HOSTING SWEENEY TODD (2007). #PST-ABCC IS HOSTING FRANKENSTEIN (2025). YOU SHOULDN’T MISS ANY OF THESE FILMS, AS IF YOU DON’T GET THE COMPLETE MOVIE MARATHON, YOU REALLY AREN’T TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE COMPLEX SYSTEM AND NETWORK OF JUICY FILM BRO CONTENT WE’VE PUT IN PLACE FOR YOU. THANK YOUR FELLOW FILM LEADERS, YEAH? THEY (*WE*) WORK HARD TO CURATE THESE MOVIES FOR YOU ALL. ANYWAY. WE'LL BE STARTING AT 21:00 (9PM) SHARP ON FRIDAY FOR OUR GHASTLY MIST VIEWERS, THEN ONTO 7 PM EST FOR SWEENEY TODD, AND 7 PM PST FOR FRANKENSTEIN. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONFUSED ON THE TIMING FOR MY SPECIFIC SHOWINGS ON FRIDAY, AND TO THIS I SAY: I HAVE A FUCKING JOB, AND THAT JOB REQUIRES ME TO USE MY SPONGE FOR IT, AND THEN I HAVE A LIFE BEFORE 9 PM AFTER I GET HOME FROM SAID JOB. #EMPLOYEDPROBLEMS. #MAKINGDINNERANDSHOWERINGPROBLEMS. SO, I HUMBLY ASK YOU TO SUCK IT THE FUCK UP AND DEAL WITH MY TIME CHANGE. THE WEBSITE WILL REFLECT THIS. HOP ON THE #ABCC-CHATTR TAG AN #ABCC-GMT TAG TO LIVEBLOG WITH YOUR FELLOW CHITTRERS, ETC ETC BLAH BLAH FUCKING BLAH. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR A MOVIE SUGGESTION OF YOUR OWN, HEAD TO ABCC'S WEBSITE, LINKED BELOW. I’VE ALSO LINKED A CHAT BOX FOR ONGOING MOVIE DISCUSSIONS IN THE FORUM STYLE, SO WE CAN ALL DEBRIEF OR PREBRIEF WITHOUT CLOGGING THE FEED. SOME PEOPLE DON’T WANNA SEE THAT SHIT. THEY’RE MISSING OUT, BUT FAIR IS FAIR. RSVP IN THE COMMENTS NOW WITH YOUR PREFERRED SHOWING(S). #GETIN.


DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS, CHITTR USERS, THAT I AM “CHARMING”. TRYING TO PROVE OR DISPROVE SOMETHING HERE. DOES EVERYBODY *REALLY* LOVE KARKAT?

OKAY, SCRATCH MY FIRST IDEAS. I HAVE ROUND TWO OF HALLOWEEN COSTUME IDEAS FOR YOU ALL TO VOTE FOR. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA DID WIN BY A LANDSLIDE, BUT LET’S SEE HOW IT DOES WITH THESE OTHER TITANS. <3: PHANTOM, AGAIN. <>: DRACULA (APROPOS FOR #ABCC’S DRACWEEK). <3<: A CAT. JUST A FUCKING BLACK CAT. C3<: ASH KETCHUM. BECAUSE I’VE BEEN ADDICTED TO PLAYING POKÉMON RECENTLY, THANKS TO SOLLUX.

FROM THE MOMENT THE NAME "CHALKBOX" WAS SEARED ONTO MY CHITTR PROFILE LIKE A DIGITAL BRANDING IRON, I HAVE CHAFED BENEATH IT. SOME OF YOU KNOW ME BY THIS TITLE AND NOTHING ELSE. TO SOME OF YOU, I STOPPED BEING "KARKAT" A LONG TIME AGO. AND ONCE UPON A TIME, I WOULD HAVE TOLD THOSE JACKOFFS TO KISS MY HEMOANONYMOUS ASS. BUT THAT OFFER IS NO LONGER VALID. THIS ASS HAS SINCE APPRECIATED IN VALUE BEYOND WHAT YOUR POCKET CAEGARS CAN AFFORD. IT'S BEEN THROUGH THE MOST BRUTAL AND CUTTHROAT OF ALL WORKPLACE RELATIONSHIPS — THE PRIME TIME SOAP OPERA OF COWORKERLY PLOT TWISTS. A MERGER. A MERGING OF ALLIANCES. PUBLICLY. IN THE TOWN SQUARE. PLAIN AS THE STUPID ON YOUR FACE. A FIRM, MEATY PRONGSHAKE BETWEEN TWO SHITBAGS FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE WHO HAVE SOMEHOW ENDED UP IN THE SAME COSMIC LANDFILL, ANYWAY. TWO FUCKWITS WHO HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN I OR ANYONE ELSE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT. TWO FECULENT NOOKSTAINS WHO KNOW THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESS-GANGED INTO SERVICE IN THE WORST JOB IN EXISTENCE, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN STYLE. TO THE FELT. TO *ALL* OF THE FELT. YES, INCLUDING YOU, @handMaid. BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS, PERSONALLY. MAY THE GLOWING-HOT PROD OF MY ENMITY REND ITSELF UPON THE MEMBRANE OF YOUR GANDERBULBS WITH SIZZLING, BUBBLING AMUSEMENT. BECAUSE, AND I QUOTE, "ALL MEN KNOW HOW TO DO IS LIE AND STEAL AND FUCKING BETRAY." AND MOST OF ALL, TO MY COWORKERS. TO MY TEAM. TO THE FECKLESS, MISERABLE SHITHEELS WHO EVER HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO GET THE JOB ALONGSIDE ME. TO THE ONES WHO NEVER GAVE UP. THE ONES FOR WHOM "CHALKBOX" WAS NEVER A BAD WORD. @comedyGold. @gullibleColumnist. @terribleFate, YOU TOO, YOU FUCKING WEIRDO. AND WHY THE FUCK NOT — @veritysGleam, MY LOYAL MAIDLING. @terminatedRegalia WANTS YOU TO REPORT TO A LEADER? YOU'RE SURE AS FUCK GOING TO GET ONE. SO HERE. FOR ALL YOU ANNOYING CHUTEMAGGOTS WHO EVER BUSTED MY GLOBES ABOUT NOT "COMMITTING TO THE WORKPLACE TEAM SPIRIT. FINE. YOU WIN. THIS IS THE PATHETIC, MICROSCOPIC CRUMB OF MY CONCESSION. @scratchDoctor. SINCE THE MOMENT YOU SIGNED MY EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, I ONLY EVER WORE A SHRED OF THE COLOR TO SPITE YOUR DUMBFUCK ANTIQUATED DRESS CODE. EVERY TIME I YANK THE TIE OFF, IT'S WITH MY MIDDLE PRONGSTUB. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DIRECTION I POINT IT IN — I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS FACING YOU. I HAVE IMBUED THAT TIE WITH ALL OF MY HATE. ALL OF MY RAGE. ALL OF THE BITTER, FULMINATING CHAGRIN IN MY EVERY PULSING LIFE FIBER. I PLAN TO DO THE SAME WITH THIS ONE, FOR THE RECORD. SO FEAST YOUR SMOOTH, BALD HEAD (IN PLACE OF ANY DISCERNIBLE GANDERBULBS) ON THE COLOR YOU SO CLEARLY WANT YOUR COVEN OF INTERDIMENSIONAL RAINBOW DRINKER COSPLAYERS TO WEAR. GO AHEAD. GLOAT LIKE YOU WON ME OVER, EVENTUALLY. LIKE I DECIDED TO REP THE COMPANY COLORS, FOR ONCE. IT IS MY HATE-FILLED, SPITE-FUELED, IRONIC GESTURE OF PROTEST TO YOU AND THE MALDING GREEN MANLET @caliBorn HIMSELF. YOU TWO, BY VIRTUE OF SIGNING MY CHECKS, HAVE SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE TO KISS MY ASS. THE FELT IS MORE THAN A NINE TO FIVE. MORE THAN A HIVE WHERE I KICK UP MY FRONDS AFTER A GRUELING ETERNITY OF TOIL, WHETHER IT'S IN THIS TIME PERIOD OR IN AN ISEKAI TO THE FAR-FLUNG PAST. MORE THAN A PRISON TO CONTAIN A HATRED THAT PARADOX SPACE ITSELF HAS BEEN TRYING TO SQUASH FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN WEARING GRAY, AND IT STILL HASN'T CULLED ME YET. THE FELT IS WHERE I BELONG. FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE. SO GO AHEAD. FUCK IT. WHO CARES WHAT YOU CALL ME. KARKAT. CHALKBOX. CHALKY. OR ANOTHER TITLE THAT I'LL UNVEIL IN ANOTHER, SEPARATE CHITT, RELATED TO HAVING FINALLY PUT A CERTAIN CHICANEROUS PURRBEAST IN HER PLACE IN REGARD TO WHO THE *SUPERIOR ROMANTIC CINEASTE* IS. IT DOESN'T MATTER. IF I'M HERE FOREVER, I'M DOING IT MY WAY. OR IN THIS CASE, A SORT OF JOINT-PARTNERSHIP WAY. BESPOKE NEW UNIFORM COURTESY OF @charmeuseCaressing. TAILORED BY THE FELT, YES, BUT ON *MY* TERMS. BECAUSE YOU DRESS FOR THE JOB YOU WANT, NOT THE ONE YOU HAVE. AND MARA. IF YOU'RE READING THIS. AND I KNOW YOU ARE, BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HELP YOURSELF. I WANT THAT PAIR OF NEEDLES YOU VANDALIZED OUT OF ROTTING GREEN COMPANY PROPERTY. NOT BECAUSE I GIVE A SHIT. BUT BECAUSE I KNOW AN OBNOXIOUS, OMNIPOTENT DIPSHIT WHO DOES. HOW MANY ZEROES WILL BE ON THE CHECK HE SIGNS WHEN I BRING BACK HIS SISTER'S THORASSIC BONE CURVATURE, I WONDER. ESPECIALLY WHEN I PRY IT FROM YOUR HOT, WHORELY HANDS. WHEN I'M THROUGH WITH YOU AND EVERY OTHER POMPOUS, JACKBOOTED SHITHEEL WHO KEPT ME DOWN HERE, I'LL STAB THEM STRAIGHT THROUGH YOUR WORKPLACE ORGANIZATION CHART AND TEAR IT A GAPING NEW WASTE CHUTE. THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME FUCKDAMN *CHANGES* AROUND HERE. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME LAMENTING THE LOSS OF YOUR UNDERLING, *MANAGER.* BECAUSE THAT PROMOTION. IS #ALREADYHERE.

Maybe I Should Dip Into Older Horror Films Featuring Human Vampires Specifically. #abcc


































