Parsley Rose
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Just a small town girl, living in a dystopian wasteland, trying to survive the next big Feral Ghoul attack. I'm from a vault that ran questionable operations on sick and injured prewar to postnuclear apocalypse vault dwellers. I like stars.
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So I watched Allegiant (2016)
Allegiant, released in 2016, occupies a unique and unfortunate position in franchise history: it was designed as the penultimate chapter of the Divergent series, the first half of a split finale that would conclude with Ascendant. Instead, due to poor box office performance and audience apathy, it became the accidental endpoint of a franchise that never received proper closure. This dual identity—intended setup piece and unintentional finale—haunts every aspect of the film, resulting in a viewing experience that feels simultaneously incomplete and exhausting.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in Critique
I Sat Down and Watched Insurgent (2015)
Insurgent, the 2015 sequel to Divergent, arrives with the unenviable task of expanding upon a world that was already thinly constructed while advancing a story toward increasingly convoluted territory. Directed by Robert Schwentke (replacing Neil Burger from the first film), Insurgent represents both the best and worst tendencies of middle-chapter sequels: it's more visually ambitious and action-packed than its predecessor, yet it also feels narratively hollow, trading character development for spectacle and coherent world-building for escalating confusion. The result is a film that simultaneously improves upon and regresses from Divergent, creating a frustratingly inconsistent viewing experience.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in Critique
I Finally Sat Down and Watched Divergent (2014)
Divergent, directed by Neil Burger and released in 2014, arrived during the peak of the young adult dystopian film craze, following in the footsteps of The Hunger Games but struggling to establish its own distinct identity. Based on Veronica Roth's bestselling novel, the film presents an ambitious world where society is divided into five factions based on human virtues. While the movie demonstrates genuine strengths in certain areas, it ultimately delivers an uneven experience that both succeeds and stumbles in equal measure.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in Critique
The Reclamation
The entrance gates hang askew, rust bleeding down their painted iron like wounds that never quite healed. You step through where children once ran, their ticket stubs and cotton candy dreams scattered to decades of wind. The turnstile is frozen in place, wrapped in morning glory vines that have wound through its mechanical heart.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in Earth
So I watched M3GAN 2.0 (2025)
M3GAN 2.0 (2025), directed by Gerard Johnstone, arrives with the challenging task of following up the surprise hit of 2023. Where the original film carved out a unique niche blending campy horror with surprising emotional depth and sharp social commentary on technology and parenting, the sequel makes a decisive shift in tone and genre that proves to be both its greatest strength and most significant weakness.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in Critique
Roxy Makaveli and the Shimmering Path
Chapter 1: The Silver Star The morning sun cast golden rays across the Kalos countryside as Roxy Makaveli adjusted the red bandana tied around her dark curls. Her leather jacket, adorned with pins from every region she'd visited, creaked slightly as she knelt down beside her most precious companion.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in Chapters
Finally Sat Down to Watch Midsommar (2019)
Ari Aster's 2019 film Midsommar represents an ambitious and polarizing entry in contemporary horror cinema. Following his acclaimed debut *Hereditary*, Aster crafts a folk horror experience that deliberately inverts the genre's visual conventions while exploring the dissolution of a toxic relationship against the backdrop of a Swedish pagan festival. The result is a film that is simultaneously beautiful and disturbing, meditative and visceral, earning both ardent admirers and vocal detractors.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in Critique
The Truth About Shadow
When I was really small and the world was really big and scary, I had an imaginary friend who I had become very reliant on. His name was Shadow and it was kind of a play on Peter Pan's Shadow, and how Peter always had to sew his Shadow back onto the soles of his feet. As a child, surrounded by other children who also loved Peter Pan, the pre-woke generation that didn't see the Racism depicted in it, I felt safe enough to bring my Shadow everywhere.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in Psyche
Joy's Persistence
Tears become starlight through the cracks, joy finds its way, blooming from the ache. This captures how laughter can emerge even in moments of suffering, transforming pain into something luminous. The image of cracks suggests vulnerability, but also how light (joy) can enter through our broken places.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in Poets
The Criousity of The Finch App
An intro When I needed something to help me count and credit the days during the worst depression episodes of my life (so roughly my late twenties early thirties); Finch App was that daily boost of care. I found real succeess monitoring my Mental Health.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in Critique
The Metamorphosis of Bird. Top Story - September 2025.
Bird first noticed it in the mirror on Tuesday morning—a small dark spot on her left palm, like a beauty mark she'd never had before. She picked at it with her fingernail, but it wouldn't budge. It felt hard beneath her skin, like a seed waiting to sprout.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in Horror
About this Space
Hey there, reader. Pull up a chair. Get comfortable. Maybe grab a cup of coffee or tea—this is where I explore the strange, the surreal, and the stories that live in the spaces between waking and dreaming. This is a place for the curious, the night owls, the dreamers, and anyone who's ever wondered what's lurking just beyond the edge of reality.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in 01
