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11:02 am April 11th, 2011
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Characters: Tatum & Sera.
Setting: Sunday, at the Grande Theatre in NOLA.
Content: SFW but definite spoilers for Sucker Punch, just to be safe.
Summary: New Zack Snyder film that is basically action burlesque. Like, adorable girls with machine guns fighting steam-powered imperial Germans. How could Tatum not go and see this? Sera gets dragged along for company.


Tatum had been more or less dying to see Sucker Punch ever since she had seen the trailer before Black Swan. Which, before this, was the last movie that she had bothered to hassle Sera into coming to see with her. Black Swan had been good enough to download, and so was this. Her mind was still working over what she had just witnessed, and although she was pretty fried from the pre-movie joint, she was sure of several things.

First off, the girls and their battle costumes were sexy as hell. The action was mind-blowing, the soundtrack needed to be pirated immediately, she loved Abbie Cornish, she loved dragons, Baby Doll had the coolest sword ever, and the disjointed story of the whole movie actually wasn't half bad. It would have been the perfect film if there had been some kissing between the girls, but hey.. still a nine out of ten! At least!

She wasn't sure what Sera was thinking as they made their way out of the theatre with rest of the crowd. Her sister had never been one to talk during a movie. She was always shushing everyone, even people they didn't know, which always had Tatum sinking deeply into her chair in embarrassment. Now that they were finished though, she felt it might be a good time to ask. "So? Was it as stupid as you thought it'd be?" she asked curiously, glancing briefly toward the arcade by the entrance.

"I mean, it was at least clever. It's all imagined during a Trans-Orbital-Frontal-Lobotomy, which results in a black eye.. so like, I bet that's why it's called sucker punch. It's really the best twist a movie could have!"

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imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: April 17th, 2011 10:09 pm (UTC) (Link)
Sera hadn't really been expecting too much from the movie but it certainly didn't seem like it'd be the worse thing Tatum ever dragged her to. The previews looked okay, nothing spectacular but she was a fan of Emily Browning. Ever since she first saw A Series of Unfortunate Events, and in her opinion she'd only gotten hotter as a blond.

"No it wasn't quite as stupid as I thought." Sera admitted, frowning a little. She hated admitting she was wrong even over something so stupid. "It wasn't all during the lobotomy though." She added quickly. "I don't even think she was the one imagining most of that. It was definitely Sweet Pea."
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porcelinaofvast From: [info]porcelinaofvast Date: April 17th, 2011 10:21 pm (UTC) (Link)
"No way, dude. You think it was all Sweet Pea? I think just the brothel. Either way, obviously too deep for you," Tatum shot back, smiling just a little at her sister's admittance. It wasn't often that she could convince Sera to agree with her on something.

She stopped beside the change machine by the entrance to the arcade, feeding a five dollar bill into it instinctively without even asking Sera. She was pretty sure there was a pinball machine somewhere in there that would occupy the younger girl. "Don't think I didn't see you checking out Jena Malone, by the way.. a little scrunchy face for me, but to each girl her own," she teased.
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imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: April 17th, 2011 10:38 pm (UTC) (Link)
"It was not too deep for me. It didn't say I thought it was all Sweet Pea just that it wasn't all Baby Doll either. Like I don't think Baby doll imagined the dancing, that was Sweat Peas thing, they all had their own ways of coping."

Sera rolled her eyes instinctively glancing over at Tatum, there was no way it was too deep for her. Especially not if Tatum understood it totally fried. "The action stuff was all Baby Doll, no question. It really is sad though, Life must of been hell in there for them. I mean if dragons and battling entire armies seemed like the easy way out."
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porcelinaofvast From: [info]porcelinaofvast Date: April 17th, 2011 10:55 pm (UTC) (Link)
"It is pretty sad," Tatum agreed, holding out three game tokens for Sera to take from her. "Good thing they have their smoking hot good looks," she joked, turning and heading for the nearest game that caught her attention, Tekken Tag 2. Crouching down to drop her tokens into the slot on the front of the cabinet, she glanced over her shoulder at her sister.

"You can go ahead and play skeeball or pinball or whatever, if you don't think you can beat me."
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imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: April 17th, 2011 11:40 pm (UTC) (Link)
Sera took the tokens in her hand and followed behind Tatum. "At this?" Sera questioned glancing towards the Tekken game and moving forward so she was standing next to her sister.

"How do you even play?"
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porcelinaofvast From: [info]porcelinaofvast Date: April 17th, 2011 11:46 pm (UTC) (Link)
"You're my sister and you can't figure out Tekken? Well, first you put the coins in the little hole there," she instructed sarcastically, rolling her eyes as she leaned forward against the machine slightly.

"Just button mash, hit whatever. Basically the same as you do every other time we play fighting games," she replied. "Your combos are up there though, if you think you can handle that," she added, motioning above the screen where there was the list of characters and button combinations listed beside them.
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imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: April 18th, 2011 06:54 pm (UTC) (Link)
"I know that much, shithead." Sera smirked, scrunching her nose up at Tatum, making a face. She leaned down and put the coins in the machine before facing her sister again. "Alright lets do this. You ready to get destroyed?" She joked, knowing Tatum would probably come out on top, but still not missing the opportunity to brag. She was actually pretty good at fighting games, even if she did just press buttons. She looked up at the combos then down at the buttons, trying to figure it all out. "Those look hard, i'll stick to mashing." She grinned.

"So is this like play station fighting games. Do we get to pick our characters and stuff?"
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porcelinaofvast From: [info]porcelinaofvast Date: April 20th, 2011 11:00 am (UTC) (Link)
"Yeah exactly like that," Tatum agreed, nodding. "Except Nina, I'm using her and you have to pick someone else. Just like playstation, I get first dibs.. anyway, whoever you pick, the combos aren't even hard. This game is pretty old as fuck," she explained.

"It's not even hard, you just need to know when you land your blows. Like, high kick, low kick, low kick, low punch, high punch, mix it up. You should also probably learn to block.. and don't be cheap. When you corner someone and pound them with the same move, it doesn't count, I don't care what Rath does."
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imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: April 21st, 2011 02:41 pm (UTC) (Link)
"Nina's the cute blond in the purple, isn't she?" Sera recalled remembering Tatum usually used her against Rath at Home. "She kinda reminds me of Jenny." Sera laughed, moving through the characters on screen. "Does this one have that King character, you know with the big guy with the jaguar head?"

Finally finding her character, she glanced back up that the combos. Rolling her eyes slightly. "I'm just pressing buttons, if I find a move that works I'm going to keep using it." Sera giggled. "Just like Rath."
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porcelinaofvast From: [info]porcelinaofvast Date: April 22nd, 2011 06:51 pm (UTC) (Link)
Tatum rolled her eyes, slumping slightly over the arcade machine. "You are so gay," she joked, laughing a little and giving the younger girl a playful shove with her shoulder.

"If you can corner me, you mean," she offered back with a little shrug, selecting the stage for them before dramatically cracking her knuckles. "I won't need to loosen up too much to beat you," she added.
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imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: April 22nd, 2011 09:27 pm (UTC) (Link)
"I'm not even, and besides you're one to talk, Dykzilla." Sera joked back, giving her sister a slight shove in return.

"I'll corner you, just watch." Sera grinned, getting her hands in position on the buttons. "Just don't bounce around too much I won't be able to catch you. That's cheating too."
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porcelinaofvast From: [info]porcelinaofvast Date: April 23rd, 2011 07:17 pm (UTC) (Link)
"That isn't cheating, that's strategy. Crucial difference," Tatum replied, raising her eyebrows. "Why do you think I usually try to pick the best jumpers? Zero Suit Samus anybody?"

It had been ages since she had played Brawl. She would need to do that as soon as she got home. "Ready?" she offered, as the versus screen in front of them announced their battle.
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imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: May 16th, 2011 11:45 pm (UTC) (Link)
"You mean that robot looking thing from Brawl? Is that like a girl or what?" Sera questioned, her hands still on the buttons. She'd figured out the right ones, she didn't want to lose her position now. When it came to video games she was pretty clueless. "Is that why your always the blond with the braids on Street fighter too? She laughed. "I still think its cheating though, and if its not then either is button mashing, that's my strategy."

Turning her attention back to the game, she starred at the screen waiting for the fight to begin. "Ready." Sera answered back, immediately starting to press as many buttons as she could, even before the battle officially began.

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porcelinaofvast From: [info]porcelinaofvast Date: May 17th, 2011 12:11 am (UTC) (Link)
"It's a girl. Like, probably the hottest girl in a video game that isn't made by Capcom," Tatum assured her, glancing quickly at her sister, taking in the stance of her sister's hands. She was about to warn her again about the button mashing, but Sera had started before Tatum could even speak.

"Hey!" she shouted, as the fight was finally announced and she was immediately ran into the corner of the screen with a series repetitive kicks. "Stop it, that's my strategy!"
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imperfectly From: [info]imperfectly Date: May 17th, 2011 12:27 am (UTC) (Link)
"I'm not stopping. I'm winning." Sera grinned widely, kind of proud of herself for cornering her sister.

"It's only a strategy if it actually works. Like your jumping strategy for example, doesn't work too well when you're trapped in the corner, does it?" Sera bragged, still just hitting the same buttons and not taking her eyes off the screen. She knew if Tatum managed to free her character she was toast but she still couldn't help but gloat for the time being.
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porcelinaofvast From: [info]porcelinaofvast Date: May 17th, 2011 01:42 am (UTC) (Link)
"Dude, fuck off! You're just spamming your ki-- oh come on!" Tatum practically yelped, slamming a small fist down onto the machine as 'KO' flashed across the screen. It hadn't even been a full minute on the clock, and Sera had put her through the motions. Cheap, but effective.

Hunching over the game, and looking at Sera with an irritated look, she frowned. "It's still two out of three. You're not gunna get me again," she warned, full attention back to the game as the count-down started again.
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