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[olivermoss]

* I really enjoy Jamie Campbell Bower and want to see more of him. Typically, if I get into an actor I watch their older stuff no matter how obscure or dumb. But Jamie's IMDB is all... Twilight, Fantastic Beasts and City of whatever by Cassandra Claire. Yeah, I think I'll pass. I'll just enjoy tumblr gifs of him in that leather harness thingie and him talking about his creative process in interviews.

* I was watching a long form video essay on nostalgia in media and though it was really good, until the guy when on a political rant that talked about the Democrats being useless despite controlling all 3 branches of government right now and it's like... What? Like one being controlled by Not-Democrats has been a big news story recently. wtf yo? Why do some people who make otherwise good videos on topics wing up having bizarre-ass politics? Also I disagree with his takes on the 2016 election. Politics and nostalgia are inter-related and it's important to be aware of that when writing period stuff like I do. But, making good media insights doesn't necessarily mean you have a clue about politics.

This is why I rarely click videos from creators I don't know, unless they are retweeted by Dan Olsen or something.

Also my Youtube homepage was literally half re-uploads of Joe Quinn crying at London Comic Con at one point. The algorithm is good for music, but nothing else.

* Now to nap, yoga and write... what are the changes I'll actually manage have that be my plan for the evening?

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[shipperslist]

On Jamie: I saw an Insta reel (which is a copied clip of an YT vid of BTS extra or something) where he was sitting down in the rainbow room and chatting with the kids. He said back when he was young, he used to visit his mom at work and her assistant(?) used to call out ”Mrs Bower? Your daughter is here to see you.” He never corrected her but was all ”Well, I guess I am then! It’s okay!” The clip implied he told the kids this because they were small girls with buzzcuts and that made them sad.

It was a short clip but he was sitting on the floor and the kids were giggling at his story and it seemed like such a sweetheart thing to do.

[olivermoss]

I've seen that! It's very cute! He's very sweet and also sneered at the idea of gender in one of the fashion interviews he did.

[mistressofmuses]

He really does have... uh, quite the past filmography, haha.

Ugh, I hate when an unrelated video goes off on weird political takes. Bleh. Like... relevant info about political stuff, sure! But this does not sound like it was that at all.

And youtube has the WORST recommendations, I swear.

[olivermoss]

Yeah. In one of the interviews I've seen, he was asked what he'd been in previously and was nothing 'Nothing, nope nothing, moving on.' But that may have just been him trying to dodge commenting on the various Fantastic Beasts controversies.

Yeah, he was actually factually incorrect. Different opinions are one thing, but he was straight up talking out his ass.