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merthur (merlin/arthur bbc merlin) srry :/

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yay

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“Passages” (2023), also known as “me having to grapple with mean Franz Ragowski-crop-top-envy.”

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Now I’m trying to figure out what needledrop should have been added to Passages. I liked the opening club scene and thought the music was good, but not good enough that I remembered to look it up afterward. Whereas the tracks from the James Gray club scenes are burned into my brain. Now I’m also trying to figure out what James Gray has lifted from Fassbinder. I’m sure he likes the movies but not necessarily in a “one of his guys” way.

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does Fassbinder show up in the James Gray namedrop montage vid?

I'll say it: Passages needed a Tove Lo song

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have you considered that red white and royal blue is really good?

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yes

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Loved Passages, but I def think that seeing it in a theater with people added to the experience. At that Q&A the moderator asked Sachs if he knew he was making a comedy when he was going into it, and Sachs said he didn't know it was a comedy til he watched it with an audience lol

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I've heard quite a few reports of social network fanfic (rpf?) but I haven't googled to confirm as I don't want that in my search history

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i have already damaged my own search history w this info :(

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RIP

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rlly hate to know this/say this, but the alleged fanfic is for The Social Network rpf...

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this does seem to be the prevailing theory but I do keep hearing of others!! wanted to see what the Fran Mag readership was believing... hard for me to tell which first son/prince is which tech boy...

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As an insane bisexual man loved this issue! Passages is def less sexy and funnier than i anticipated but loved it. Regarding Get Low hearing it brings me back to shitty high school dances but im an older millennial. Have a good week fran!

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