retrozombi [she/her, they/them]

Seconding the rec for The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. His lengthy silent 2-parter Dr. Mabuse, Gambler is also pretty great. I went pretty yarnboard after seeing those, drawing connections from Sherlock Holmes stories to the silent French crime serials Fantômas and Les Vampires, through the Mabuse films down to 60s spy stuff

Also, since I’m a Ray Milland superfan, Lang’s film Ministry of Fear is good noir fun

Going in for my first appointment at the clinic was so great. Everyone was beyond considerate, just really happy for me and encouraging

No, no. Doctor is the clear winner

Mine works just often enough to remind me how broken it usually is

I do like spiders…

Triple cups, yeah

I mean, this hat alone is worth seeing

If you’re into old sci-fi films, you could track down a copy of “Aelita, the Queen of Mars” from 1924. Cool visuals, and a rather pointed treatment of the working class as units to be deployed. Sadly, the spiders from the book weren’t included

I would avoid dad completely, since that is gendered. Having a bad parent sucks, and if you don’t want to acknowledge her as a parent you shouldn’t. But if you must acknowledge, I’d also avoid the genderless “parent”. It feels like how people call trans women with she/her pronouns “they” as a way to deny gender. Maybe using the more formal “mother” to imply distance?

“Bunnies?!”

Blue. But I aspire to purple. I look good in purple so

The ability of my therapist to keep on top of my bullshit is astonishing. He’ll mention something from the previous session and ask how that’s going, and I’m “What? That? Oh yeah…”

Loved Red Dwarf when I discovered it. Haven’t revisited recently, but I still think about it all the time.