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So since Elvis fans are discussing the new announcement…I guess I’ll talk about it

So for those who don’t know, it was announced that Sofia Coppola, acclaimed filmmaker and one that I actually kinda like, is making a bio-pic about Priscilla Presley, specifically about her memoir Elvis and Me (which is a great read btw).

But not only that, but casted in the role of Elvis is Jacob Elordi who dated Kaia Gerber who is currently dating Austin.

That’s the most I will ever talk about celebrity news.

Okay.

I love Sofia’s work. I think she’s a great filmmaker and I would love to see how she’d adapt the book with her style.

However.

The movie won’t be out for a while. Casting announcement means this thing is probably well into pre-production. And a big budget Hollywood bio-pic from a critically acclaimed director that will want to be an awards contender, won’t be out for a while. The guess being thrown around in the fandom is 2024.

However.

The casting announcement coming out practically three months after Elvis (2022)’s release while we’re still riding the high, and even the movie itself, feels like a deliberate cash grab to capitalize on all this new Elvis hype.

And that must suck for Austin and Jacob who are now going to be pitted against each other and constantly compared.

But also yeah. Austin worked his ass off for this role and now someone else is riding his high. That must be unfair.

And yeah. I’m not sure how Priscilla and Lisa Marie will take to this.

Idk how the book rights work with this whole thing. Like idk if Priscilla owns the book rights but the vibe I’m getting is she wasn’t consulted and I have no clue how true that is. But Elvis (2022) was the most accurate film on Elvis’s life and it was the one the family was the most happy with. So this does feel a little insulting that this announcement is riding the high of a film that was truly a passion project for those involved.

So what are my thoughts?

I don’t know dude. On one hand, I’m interested in another version of this story especially done by another pretty great filmmaker. But on the other, it feels so cash grabby and like a PR stunt. Like Jacob being cast is not a coincidence. And I don’t want to compare the two, even though I think Austin is probably going to be the better of the two

We’ll see what happens but yeah this whole thing does leave a bad taste in my mouth

This amazing man was overlooked today as was the whole Elvis cast and crew. I don’t usually post just sit in the background and read your amazing stories but today I’m so angry. Austin not only perfected Elvis once….he did it three times for each decade. The 50, 60, and then the 70s.

Austin had to learn to sing, dance, talk and act like Elvis in three different time periods. The mannerism, the underlying rage, the vulnerability and most of all the humanity. If after all that work and dedication he is not worthy of an Oscar then there is something seriously wrong with the Oscar’s …..it’s broken

Elvis was with Austin thought out this journey we all saw it…. Austin breathed life back in the most iconic rock and roll artist the world had ever seen and brought his to the attention of a whole new audience. Baz brought Austin to the attention of the world and we thank him for that. Elvis was done so proud and Austin worked so hard as did the whole Elvis crew. We also know now how flawed the system in Hollywood is.

I have loved sharing this Elvis journey with all of you here and will continue to eagerly look for your amazing stories to keep Elvis in my heart.. an Elvis girl through and through

We will continue to love and appreciate both of them but knowing that Austin’s time has past and he needs to move on with his life no matter how sad that makes us. Hugs ❤️🇦🇺

Will forever love Austin and his beautiful voice😘😘

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Wanna join a club?

How about you join ABVA (Austin Butler Voice Addicts)?

United in the joy of hearing his voice in interviews, podcasts, audiobooks.... anything really.

Raise your hand if your an ABVA too.

I am 100% calling out the Academy right now.

Are you gonna sit there and tell me that this man

THIS MAN

Didn’t deserve a fucking Oscar for his role? You’re going to look me in the face and tell me that a man who put his life ON HOLD for THREE GOD DAMN YEARS to throw himself into this larger than life piece of art deserves to lose? No. I’m calling bull shit.

Don’t misunderstand me, I respect the hell out of Brendan. He’s an amazing actor and an amazing man who had been through hell in his personal life and his career. I don’t deny that he did amazing in The Whale. But here’s the thing. Brendan came to set everyday and played a part. He read his lines, did his part, then went home. Austin didn’t do that. Austin never turned it off. Austin BECAME Elvis. He didn’t play a role, he became an icon. So much so that Elvis’s own family said that they wouldn’t be able to tell a difference at some points. I can somewhat overlook the disrespect the movie was shown in the other categories, but Austin deserved this. For him, for Baz, for Lisa, and for Elvis himself. I’m so unreasonably mad. I know people will disagree and that’s fine. Everyone has their right to an opinion. This just happens to be mine.

Aus, honey, you did amazing. So many people are so proud of how well you portrayed such a monumental role. No one could have done what you did. I’m proud, your fans are proud, and I know your mom, Lisa, and Elvis are all looking down so incredibly proud of everything that you’ve accomplished. You deserved better, but don’t let this discourage you. In our hearts you won that award tonight. We love you. Take the break you deserve.

I just have so many emotions happening all at once. So, I’m just going to say this..

Austin, Baz, and the whole Elvis cast and crew put so much hard work and effort into such an amazing film. I’ve have never felt so emotional about a movie the way I do with this one. I will never forget seeing this movie on the day it came out and feeling so many emotions toward the end, that I had to sit in the theater even as the movie was over because I couldn’t stop crying. It truly was an experience. A cinematic experience that I’ve never had before. I wish I could relive it.

It’s made me completely fall in love with such an incredible human being and love him for all of his flaws. That sometimes it feels like I’ve known Elvis personally because of how emotional I get over him. Is the obsession I have normal? Probably not. But if it wasn’t for this movie or the obsession, I wouldn’t have streamed his movies for everyone on tiktok all summer. Met so many Elvis besties that I love so much or been in Elvis group chats, making Elvis edits or even start writing fanfic. Hell I got into so many tiktok fights defending this man with my life, it’s crazy.

This movie was so impactful for so many damn people and younger generations who now love and appreciate Elvis so much. Austin, Baz and everyone else who worked on that film DID THAT. So yeah, I’m a little hurt they were snubbed. But I’m proud of them all either way for making such an unforgettable film and bringing so many people together.

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i will say this. had it not been for austin or that whole movie in general, i wouldn't have ever fallen in love with elvis. i never would have gone home and looked him up, read up on him and finally see how amazing he actually is as a human being. and on top of that, i wouldn't have made this account or met any of y'all and im truly thankful for that. this movie saved my life in so many ways and i'm just forever grateful to baz and everyone who made this movie possible. elvis (2022) forever.

It wasn’t for nothing. But it is extremely disappointing that the academy awards didn’t appreciate the immense amount of effort that went into creating Elvis

I will never get over the fact that Austin Butler really talked like that for 3 years, all for nothing

This is only the beginning for Austin. I wish him much success with his upcoming projects and carrying on with his career. He was nominated and that was bigger than he could ever imagine.

I just think the academy completely overlooked Elvis full stop. I’m so upset. It’s nearly 4am and I have uni at 9 and I’m trying so hard not to cry myself to sleep for a man who doesn’t even know I exist😭😭😭

Oh and by the way ACADEMY AWARDS!!!

Okay after the other nights Oscar results, I just wanna say that I am so proud of Austin, Baz, Catherine and everyone else that put so much hard work into Elvis. You all totally deserved to win and it is so unfair that they robbed you of that.

This won’t change how much me and the rest of the Elvis fandom love you all 😘😘

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Confession & Connection Time

I know many of us are shaken to the core about the sudden death of Lisa Marie.

I read the tribute from her friend who was also a grief counselor and in it, he wrote about Lisa dedicating herself to supporting other grieving parents, including their plans to do a podcast. It inspired me to go out of my comfort zone in her honor and in honor of that commitment.

I am tremendously upset by Lisa’s death and cannot stop thinking of Priscilla and bursting into tears. Because I know what it is to lose a daughter. My only child was killed in a wreck two decades ago and I have never been the same. I almost didn’t survive it and was fully incapacitated for many, many years. In the past few years I have been coming into a promising new phase of grief and life, one that is difficult to navigate but one for which I am grateful. But any time I hear of a parent losing a child — whether it’s someone I know personally or not — it affects me tremendously. School shootings and celebrity deaths can be just as upsetting for me as for someone I know, albeit shorter lived since someone I do not know is not connected to me daily. But the universality is still there. Only other parents whose children have died know the suffering when their child is gone before them, regardless of circumstances and regardless of age.

Sadly, ironically, this is why I blurred out the letter I wrote for Elvis’s birthday when I posted it. After thanking him for his life and talent, I asked Elvis to hug my little girl for me. I think we all know he of course would do that. It’s making me cry again to write this now, imagining him scooping up my precious sweetheart (she was only 8) in his fatherly arms. I also asked him to find my mom and to tell them both I feel them with me always. As sensitive and kind as everyone is in our fandom, it felt too personal and vulnerable to share these details among a cyber community.

But here we are now. Lisa is dead. Priscilla’s heart is shattered. The family is devastated. The Elvis film family is floored. And the world is in shock. And I imagine that Austin is grieving in a strange and unique way, having come to love her as a “daughter” through his character work but also by feeling a maternal bond from her as well after they met. I acknowledge my thoughts about Austin are speculation on my part and I do not want to suggest I actually know what he is feeling. I don’t want to disrespect him with a formal assumption. Only to share that these thoughts and feelings have bubbled up for me by way of concern for his tender soul, whether or not they are accurate, and I’m sad for him, too.

Personally I must and do believe Lisa is in her father’s loving and long-awaited embrace and that she is also reunited with her beloved son. I know that I long for the day I will be with my daughter again on the same energetic plane — even though I connect to her constantly across the ethers. It was, in fact, that intense pull to be with her that made my life so precarious for so long after her death. And something I deeply understood about Lisa when she referred to how hard it was for her without Benjamin, including her intense feelings of guilt.

I decided to post this in case there are any others in the fandom who have survived a child and who need the extra support & understanding that a fellow bereaved parent shares. Also, after seeing Mel make a post about caring for ourselves and each other, and the many other anguished tributes that are showing up in my blog. Amongst the many posts I have spotted a few comments, tags, and reblogs that have the resonance of someone who knows a parent’s grief. So just in case someone else here is facing that, too, and in honor of Lisa, I decided to bare my soul.

Please feel free to comment, reblog, DM, or send me an ask. In between my own self care (which includes pacing myself on social media), I am also in ongoing recovery from a recent hospitalization, which is a factor in the amount of time I’m on tumblr right now. Otherwise I am available and at your service in compassion and solidarity.

I want to acknowledge a few of my fandom anchors @karamelcoveredolicity @ash-omalley @troubleinapinksuit @burninlovebutler @succsessions and everyone else who is posting, caring, sharing, and hurting. To any other bereaved parents, we know there are no words that adequately convey our experience. We only have the recognition and companionship of one another as fellow travelers on a journey we never, ever imagined we would be forced to take.

Love,

MJ

We are all with you Priscilla and the rest of the Presley family ❤️❤️

i’m taking the night to mourn and process. just know that i am breathless in my grief, and i have not felt pain this indescribable in a while. i am genuinely devastated to the point where i find it difficult to do much else other than cry. i am with you all, and your feelings of immense loss are completely valid.

I pity anyone who doesn't believe in the power of art and human connection. They're truly missing out on the tremendous beauty and depth of life. If I had never watched Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, this past week would've just been another average week in January, and frankly a rather frustrating start to the new year. Instead, it's been an emotional roller coaster ride filled with overwhelming joy, opportunity, exhilaration, celebration, disbelief and now heartache. Tonight once again I'm reminded of how incredible this community is and how lucky we all are to have found each other; strangers on the internet whose hearts have been strung together by chance. Because while all our stories are different, it's the emotional resonance of one man's artistry that has led us here to each other in some way, shape or form. We're connected now, even if it doesn't always feel that way gazing into our screens. But the collective outpouring of emotional highs and lows I've witnessed this week is almost unbelievable. Art truly brings people together in profound ways and I'm so grateful to be on this journey with you all.

And to think I wouldn't be here, feeling all the things I'm feeling right now... if I hadn't gone to the movies last June. That's wild.

I'm torn between the cottagecore aesthetic and dark academia aesthetic. Like, do I want to gather daisies in a wildflower field or wander around a gothic building? Decorate my room with flowers and patchwork or old books and candles? Wear floaty dresses or turtlenecks? Do some embroidery or commit and mysterious and inexplicable murder??