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Margaret White Denied Entrance from Heaven

(Just after Margaret White died, she finds herself above the clouds in front of a golden gate, decorated with an eye. In front of said gates are Sera and Deerie. The former having a disgusted look on her face and the latter a smug one. Nonetheless, Margaret is excited.)

Margaret: Is this Heaven? Have I pleased the Lord enough to get here?

Sera: Think again, Mrs. White.

Deerie: Mmm yeah no, sorry. But I’m afraid your abuse of your daughter, manipulating her, before finally trying to kill her has cost you your ticket to enter. Yeah, no.

Margaret: WHAT!? What are you talking about? Everything I did was in Heaven’s name! I deserve to be here!

Sera: No you do not. All your beliefs are nothing but ridiculous lies just to keep your daughter in line. Most of them don’t even make any sense: “Acne being God’s way of chastising you”? “The first sin was intercourse”? I’ll have you know the first sin was in fact disobedience.

Margaret: Everything I did for my Carrie was to protect her, and when I stabbed her in the back with that knife, it was to free her from witchcraft and her sins.

(As Margaret keeps blabbering on, Sera facepalms in annoyance and Deerie files her hoof, uninterested in her excuse.)

Sera: It doesn’t matter, because of your sins and false beliefs in your religion, you are banned from ever entering Heaven’s gates.

(Shocked, slack-jawed, and wide-eyed, Margaret throws a tantrum; scratching herself and pulling her own hair as she did when trying to manipulate Carrie to not go to Prom.)

Margaret: NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! This cannot be! I did everything for Jesus! Let me into Heaven! You can’t do this to me!!!

(Sera, unamused at Margaret’s immature outburst, turns her back on her and is about to leave before commenting,)

Sera: You know, it’s delusional hypocrites like you who give Heaven a bad name.

Deerie: So yeah. Sorry to have to do this but… you’re going to Hell. Bye! ^_^

(A portal suddenly appears under Margaret’s feet, and she falls down, screaming as she does so.)

This one took a whole lot longer to work on, especially with having to get the details in Sera’s hair, wings, and dress right. I had thought about working on something like this for a while now. And let me tell you, watching Margaret getting denied by Sera is as satisfying as a big fat slice of catharsis pie! Not to mention I took a little inspiration from this piece from BlackWolfStar15: https://www.deviantart.com/blackwolfstar15/art/Contest-Entry-Margaret-Gets-Rejected-By-Heaven-884506113. Anyway, I hope you all like this. Like I said, it may have taken a lot more time and precision to get this done, but it was all worth it.

Margaret White from Carrie belongs to Stephen King and MGM

And Deerie and Sera from Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel respectively belong to Vivienne “Vivziepop” Medrano, A24, and Amazon Prime

I love 2013 Carrie

I have a few thoughts on the 2013 Carrie. I understand the dislike for 2013 Carrie, but I don't at the same time. To be fair, I was at least 8 years old when I saw the film and I had no clue that it was a book first and had 2 movies before it, but I loved the hell out of that film.

I remember the rage and relatability I felt with her character. Granted, it wasn't until secondary school that I was harshly bullied, but I still went through isolation and being berated for things that no one should've cared that much about (P.E, ect.).

Now to the films: In the 1976 and 2002 version, the prom massacre is presented in a way where Carrie loses her mind, the '76 (Spacek) seemingly hallucinating. 2013 everyone is actually laughing at her and Carrie consciously offs them. I'm not saying they deserved it but rent was due. As Shang Tsung would say, how deliciously cold blooded.

I remember finding out that people hated the 2013 version and being confused until I found out why. She wasn't accurate. Chloe Grace Moretz is very pretty, and she was a very pretty teenager (sorry if that sounds creepy). With the new found knowledge that I acquired it was hard to accept her as Carrie even though my 8 year old self had already accepted her.

According to Carrie | Anatomy of a Franchise (a youtube video), from what I remember Moretz wanted the role because of her sexuality, and that sense of being 'othered' from the people around her. Although I am not queer, I can understand this feeling of otherness. I showed that a person didn't have to be what society views as ugly to see themselves in Carrie, there could be anything about you and Carrie as a character could spark a mirror.

Looking back at the previous movies I can see why Moretz's version is not appealing to many people. Appearance aside, there was another thing wrong that I didn't realise until James A. Janisse pointed it out on his kill count. A normal girl acting like an outcast. Moretz didn't have Spacek's timidness or Bettis' shaking behaviour, nor did they attempt to make her look strange (dark circles under eyes, ect.). But the more I thought about it the more I came to my own conclusion.

At this point anyone can be Carrie, even though that's very far fetched. Hell, I would play Carrie if I was given the chance. I haven't read the book, yet, but I know Carrie's features. Some of them at least. She is plus sized/chubby, has pimples and bad skin. Sounds like me, except I lost some weight (according to my mum), and I wasn't really chubby. But my skin did occasionally go bad (my lips going monstrously dry and scabby during winter) and I have dandruff. My dandruff would build up and a bunch of tiny pieces would fall whenever I scratched my head, and get stuck under my fingernails. I would rarely cut my nails unless they chipped off by themselves somehow. I had bags under my eyes from lack of sleep. I still have pimples on my forehead.

I'm also a 19 year old (currently) who's been told that they look like 15 and have been confused for a 15 year old. I'm certain I could play teenager Carrie.

I know that's too much information and that it means that there was something wrong with me, in the sense that I wasn't taking good care of myself and may have been dealing with something mentally.

Why does this matter? Both Spacek and Bettis were past their early 20's unlike Moretz who was 15. Spacek and Bettis' appearance was nothing like the book's description of Carrie. Both are very skinny, with Bettis especially having sunken cheeks. But with this in mind it could imply that their movie versions were not very well fed, thus either highlighting the abuse from the hands of Margaret White or their low class background.

Ugly or not, odd or not, a person is still going to be targeted and othered. Spacek's Carrie is very beautiful, but she felt like a ghost in the mystical sense. Just there and seemingly existing, but being unfortunately disturbed by the ever so rude living humans. If you look at Spacek as an actress it would be hard to believe that she is Carrie.

The result of writing this: Something can be done and seen with any Carrie, no matter who she is.

I love 2013's Carrie. Another thing I really admire is the scene where Tommy asks Carrie out to the prom. It could be that cold tone that every 2010s horror movie had at the time, but it truly captured how unsafe and suspicious Carrie felt and how suspicious Tommy seemed. Tommy sort of had good intent, but he was being creepy with how persistent he was being. Something that isn't realised in the '76 film, considering consent wasn't much of a thing back then (major yikes). It was nothing sexual, but no means no and he kept dismissing that. Dude showed up to Carrie's house and everything. Also, he cheated on Sue with Carrie. Why aren't people irked?