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enlightenedrobot · 2 months

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May I ask, for the Betty Boop character free copyright, what versions of hers we can use? like if you don't mind be a little more specific for my dumbass self understands

Only if you don't mind ofc!

Wow, I never made a follow up clarifying the Betty Boop situation. So uh... the situation is complicated.

So like... to play things safe... Betty Boop actually *unambiguously* enters the public domain in 2 years. Which is to say the original version of Betty Boop as depicted in Dizzy Dishes will be free to use.

That said, I'm calling bull. There's dozens of variants of Betty Boop who don't look like the modern incarnation who have fallen into the public domain, and at times, it feels like there's more Betty Boop stuff in the domain than outside of it.

On top of that, the rights to Betty Boop are a complicated mess. From the wikipedia page:

Global Icons, btw, is the same company that also owns the rights to the images of serveral real life celebrities, including Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley... and like... that really sucks.

I'm not a legal expert by any means, but I think this all reads a bit familiar. Disney continues to claim ownership of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, even though that's a lie. The same can be said for DC and any of the Fawcett Comic characters.

What I can tell you is that there's definitely a single recognizable variant of Betty Boop who has fallen into the public domain, with one rather extreme deviation from most other versions of the character.

Betty Boop was a redhead for exactly one cartoon, and nobody talks about that. Poor Cinderella is a solid Betty Boop short, and it's free for anybody to use. And this version of Betty, at least to me, reads as a different incarnation of Betty not commonly used in modern merchandise.

Use her. Call her Cindy or just remove the "Boop" from her name. Put her next to her unambiguously Public Domain friends Bimbo and Koko the Clown. Have her meet Steamboat Willie Mickey and Minnie. Put her into the spiritual successor to Epic Mickey that everybody wants but nobody seems to know how to make.

But allow me to back up for a second.

Right now, as we speak, big AI companies are scraping the art of millions of artists without pay. Original stories aren't being picked up by big networks... everybody wants big IP and indie projects aren't allowed a spotlight. And none of this is going to change anytime soon.

Now more than ever, we are morally obligated to steal art. Not just pirate it. Steal it. Bend it to our whims. Make our own version. Take advantage of parody law and fair use and produce our own frankensteinian creations.

In the future, copyright should belong to the artist, not a corporation. Showrunners who pitch cartoons should own the cartoons they produce; there's no reason Rebecca Sugar and Dana Terrace should be denied royalties for the cartoons they came up with. And in the event of an artists death, the copyright for a character should only by the artists estate for a short amount of time.

I'm sick of Disney. I'm sick of the Marvin Gaye Estate. I'm sick of Global Icons. If they're gonna take advantage of our hard work as artists, then we're morally obligated to take advantage of their IP.

#Betty Boop #Disney #IP #Copyright #Public Domain #Poor CInderella #AI #Animation #Royalties #Copyleft

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adarkrainbow · 2 years

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Another short cartoon: Poor Cinderella

Everybody knows “Silly Symphonies”. Not as much people know “Color Classics”, often called a “cheap knock-off” or “weaker cousin/imitation” of Disney’s Silly Symphonies. And yet, Color Cartoons was a product of the Fleischer Studios... which means it was part of the cartoons featuring the cartoon iconic Betty Boop herself.

In fact the very first cartoon of this line was a Betty Boop-centered one. A retelling of “Cinderella” called... “Poor Cinderella”. 1934. To this day it is the only animated appearance of a colorized Betty Boop.

I will mention it beforehand: the fact the shoe used here is made of glass means I will compare this short to the French version of the tale, as told by Perrault. I’ll repeat that when dealing with Disney’s Cinderella, but I want to already mention it here: the Cinderella story everyone knows nowadays is the FRENCH one. Yes the Brothers Grimm wrote their own German version, but it is not the one adapted by cartoons and it is not the one everybody knows. The easiest difference to stop is that German Cinderella has gold shoes, not glass shoes.

# So already from the start: here the King organized a “public ball” to which he invites all the “good people” of his kingdom. A great over-exaggeration of the original tale, in which it was the Prince that organized the ball, and only for people of “quality” (aka, upper-class). Mind you, later we only see the Prince at the ball and no trace of a King, so maybe in this short the two are one and the same?

# Betty Boop plays a red-haired Cinderella who surprisingly isn’t covered in ashes despite her name. She is just in a ragged dress holding a broom - but they did keep an important element of the original story. The idea that Cinderella, even dirty and in rags, is much more beautiful than her step-sisters, no matter how well-dressed and jeweled they are. Here it is shown by Betty Boop’s natural “cute-and-sexy” figure, compared with (who I assume to be) her stepsisters being just big-nosed, tall, flat-chested, masculine, the very opposite of Betty’s curvy pin-up figure.

# The short, for the sake of simplicity, greatly simplifies Cinderella’s family: it is now just her, and her wicked stepsisters, who are visibly twin (well I guess they are stepsisters, it is never actually said). There’s no step-mother, no father. We do see however Betty Boop/Cinderella preparing the clothes of her “sisters” for the ball (just like in the original tale), but there is a major difference in characterization. In the original story Cinderella just wants to go to the ball : but here, this is coupled by a bit more “in depth” look at her spirit. Cinderella keeps repeating her song through the short, which explains that 1- She feels like nobody loves her 2- She dreams of romance 3- She hopes to meet a Prince Charming (and in fact she dreams about meeting one) 4- She wants to be a princess. There is already a whole quest and desire for love and royalty that drives her to go to the ball in the first place, when in the original tale she just wanted to have fun, go out of the house and be restored to a more dignified lifestyle.

# Here the Fairy Godmother appears out of the flame of a candle, manifesting as a tall, slender, beautiful lady with small insect wings, a diadem in her high white hair, and a princess-like dress. An ornate, royal kind of fairy who explains her appearance to Cinderella for two reasons. 1) She came because she sensed that Cinderella was in a great state of distress, crying and depressed. 2) As a reward for her being a kind and gentle soul, she will allow her to go to the ball. Which is actually kind of sticking to the original tale, as the godmother first interacts with Cinderella upon seeing her cry, asking her what is wrong, and upon hearing she wants to go the ball she decides to make it come true because she is “such a good girl”.

# In the short, just like in the tale, the Godmother asks for a pumpkin, mice and lizards - though unlike in the original story where the pumpkin and lizards were found in the garden, here Cinderella-Boop fetches the pumpkin and the mice in their cage/trap from the basement, while the lizards just... arrive at some point, all on their own.

# Cinderella’s magical dress is of course a pin-up version of a fairytale dress, with bare arms and shoulders, and a skirt showing off the glass-shoes and the naked ankles above. In fact, to fully play on the “pin-up” act of Betty Boop, the Fairy Godmother starts by removing Cinderella’s rags, and then shrinking her underwears, BEFORE putting the dress on her. It is also interesting to see that the dress is also the polar opposite of her wicked stepsister’s outfits. Her dress is simple, short, revealing her curves, in white with just a few touches of color, and she has her hair bare with just a feather as a discreet ornament ; where her wicked stepsisters wear heavy, colorful dresses with a lot of padding and largeness to replace the curves they lack, and their hair is covered by big white wigs.

# For the shortness of the story, there is only one ball organized (unlike the several ones in both Perrault and Grimm versions), and... and I have to pause a bit on the Prince here because... was he made that effeminate on purpose? Is it part of the Fleischer cartoons typical style? If someone knows better about this, please enlighten me. Because on one side he has the deep masculine voice and the typial broad-chested tiny-waisted silhouette ; and on the other yes he has tight clothes with lots of frills on the chest and small high-heels, but that’s part of historical fashion, so it can be excused. HOWEVER... these small, delicate, feminine lips under a thin-pencil mustache, plus the long, feminine eyelashes and the fact he wears EYESHADOW makes him look like very effeminate if not... a little... queer. Now there are two ways I can see that. Either they dared to do an effeminate Prince Charming for their tale despite it being the 30s, so kudos for progress (and after all Betty Boop herself was a scandalous pin-up cartoon, so why not?) ; either it is part of some sort of Fleischer joke and then it is not really cool anymore. I don’t know, this design just... intrigues me.

# Several interesting choices here. 1) Cinderella is the first person the Prince sees... because she arrives at the same time HE in turns is announced at the ball, so that they basically cross path with each other. 2) I also think it an interesting choice to have Cinderella actually have hard time escaping the ball... because of the castle itself. I love this depiction of the castle beyond the ballroom as a maze of grand staircases, mirrors, courtyards and halls - to the point that from the first strike of midnight in the ballroom to the last one, even as she runs really hard, she can only reach the main gate of the castle before de-transforming. 3) If you look carefully, despite their limited use of colors, the makers of the cartoon made sure to play with them to show the fusion between the couple: Betty is in pure white, the Prince is in the same shade of green as his castle, but both are united by little touches of red (his belt and cape lining, her ribbons...). A green color for the prince that seems to answer the green of the fairy godmother’s dress, to show the “positive” side characters, against the brownish-red/ocre colors of the wicked stepsisters. 4) We have a “dreaming” sequence as Cinderella and the Prince dance during the ball - a sequence where the ballroom disappears and the two of them dance in the night sky under the moon... Which (correct me if i’m wrong) seems to have been made BEFORE Disney itself created any of its iconic “dreaming dances” sequences.

# You know the rest of the story: the Prince declares he will have the shoe fitted on every girl’s feet to find out who owns it, and make her his queen (here the briefness of their encounter at the ball is balanced by the fact we literaly see Cupid abandon his bow and arrows to HIT THE PRINCE ON THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER, clearly showing a VERY intense love). Unlike in the original tale, where the shoe is brought to Cinderella’s home, here it is a public display - and it is explicitely shown here that the reason no other girl fits the shoe is because all of their feet are too big. Only Cinderella-Boop has feet small enough to match the shoe.

# However, unlike in Perrault’s tale where Cinderella forgives her stepsisters and allows her in the palace with her, here the two harpies are left locked out of the castle - and they promptly blame each other for their current situation before fighting each other physically. The end.

I unfortunately don’t have much more to say about this cartoon for now... There isn’t really some grand reimagining or message carried there - and while it is a landmark of cartoons, it isn’t like with Disney’s Three Little Pigs, who truly redefined the tale in the American mindset. This is here just a simplified, cute little pin-up Cinderella.

Except for the mystery of the effeminate prince... a breaker of gender-norms before his time, or just an unusually queer design? (We all know about Disney’s queer villains, but who knew about Fleischer’s queer princes, huh?)

#betty boop #cinderella #perrault fairytales #cartoon #short cartoon #color classics #poor cinderella #queerness in fairytales #disney #fleischer studios

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kawaiichibiart · 2 years

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I can't get Betty Boop's "Poor Cinderella" outta my head

"I'm just a poor Cinderella, nobody loves me it seems.

And like a poor Cinderella, I find my romance in dreams.

For that's where I meet Prince Charming, when I'm with him cares fade away.

I'm just a poor Cinderella, but I'll be a princess some day..."

#betty boop #poor cinderella #betty boop cinderella #betty boop poor cinderella #i saw clips of it on youtube shorts #and eventually i had to see the whole thing #and the song got stuck in my head 😭😭😭

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mikkeneko · 6 months

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watching Jiang antis go, as a Scum Villain reader, never ceases to be kind of wild

#I'm always like #why don't jiang antis just get into Scum Villain??#the story you seem to want Wei Wuxian to be in #where he is a poor little cinderella so bullied and abused by the jiang sect #who resent his brilliance and work to undermine and suppress him #and whip him for no reason and force him to sleep under the docks #we already have this story! this is luo binghe's story!!#luo binghe is the poor little meow meow you want!!#the elaborate revenge fantasies I sometimes see jiang anti fics devolve into #are right there on the page in SV #well... I suppose that's not true. it's not in Scum Villain.#it's there in PIDW #which the entire point of Scum Villain as a story #is devoted to exploring why those fantasies are shallow and hollow #why even the abusive characters are never really that simple #and why the trope of the poor little cinderella rising into an unstoppable crushing power fantasy machine #is an empty story in the end #okay maybe I know why jiang antis do not get into scum villain #mxtx extended universe

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clairewritesjjkxreader · 11 months

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Yakuza x Cinderella AU Part 1 (Sukuna x Reader)

A/N: I listened to Sukuna’s Russian voice dub while writing this. Gave me some cool gangster vibes.

Everyone would have understood if you shed the “Itadori” name after old man Wasuke passed away, and no one would have blamed you if you walked away from being Yuuji Itadori’s legal guardian. After all, you just started college, you didn’t need to be “burdened,” especially by a kid you weren’t even related to.

But there was no way you could leave eleven-year-old Yuuji alone. You grew up changing his diapers, taught him how to ride a bike, cleaned up his boo-boos, and threatened his bullies.

He was your family.

Prioritizing your baby brother and his future above your own, you decided to bartender at a fancy but sleazy bar. Although the majority of patrons were assholes and the place was too far from your house and the university, the pay was better than most other part-time jobs so you sucked it up.

Between your job, mandatory onsite classes, group assignments with lazy jerks, and taking care of Yuuji and the house, you could never afford to sleep for more than three hours a day.

But Yuuji was, of course, an angel.

He didn’t like to show it, but you knew he missed gramps, and you often caught him biting his lip to suppress his whimpers and wiping his eyes with his back turned to you. He did his best to appear strong, but you wished he’d rely on you more. But the little tiger never stopped doing his chores and liked offering to do yours.

“I can’t get a part-time job yet so all I can do is take care of the house and everything else!” When he said that, you swore an arrow pierced your heart and you almost died from fluffiness.

Seeing Yuji’s bright smile was the only thing that kept you going, especially after a long day at the bar.

That’s where you met Ryomen Sukuna. He was the single most irritating bastard you’ve ever had the misfortune of meeting. It wasn’t like he was a sleazebag per se–he was actually more of a silent, brooding type compared to the handsy, foul-mouthed drunkards you usually dealt with. At least, that was your first expression of him.

It was nine pm and your five minute break was almost over so you sent Yuji a good night text and a reminder to lock the doors and windows. You brushed your hair and went to your post behind the bar.

This place was in the inner city, far from most schools, so it was rare to find college students here, but it was a Friday and the end of finals week so the place was jam-packed with depressed people. You didn’t mind. Actually, you preferred having a bar full of university kids over a bar full of working adults. You liked college students. They were… nicer, more polite and patient compared to their older counterparts, who were usually middle-aged career men and women whose dreams have been shattered by the real world. Your regulars were broken and pathetic, and they often liked making their problem yours. You’d “listen” to their ramblings, nod and pretend to care, when in reality their words just went in one ear and left straight out the other.

You didn’t like talking or socializing. You left that part up to the waitstaff and prepared the drinks as quietly as possible in order to avoid trouble.

It was nearing one am, almost time for you to go home. You finished wiping the last piece of glassware when the store bell rang. You didn’t bother to even pretend to be polite this time and continued cleaning up, waiting for one of the waiters to tell the guest that the bar was already closed. But that didn’t happen.

“The VIP room is a little unclean right now, so if you’re willing to wait–”

“What do you mean unclean? You should always keep it ready,” a cold, androgynous voice reprimanded.

You were annoyed. And a bit confused. You’ve been here for several weeks now and you just found out about this so-called VIP room. And up until now, the personnel here always shooed away all customers during closing.

“It’s fine, Uraume,” a deep, husky voice interrupted. “I’m fine waiting here. Just get me my drink.”

You raised your eyes and saw a tall man in a white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, bringing attention to his… big veiny hands and sinewy arms, lined with black tattoos.

“O-of course!” Your boss clasped her hands together. “Please excuse me, I’ll get the sake ready in a bit.”

As if sensing your gaze, your tall, red-haired stranger turned his head, revealing a face also full of tattoos. You blushed but composed yourself and bowed in greeting. You refused to make eye contact again though, too embarrassed that you were caught ogling. He was more gorgeous than most idols and sports players that showed up on TV.

“On second thought, I think I’ll sit at the bar.”

Ah, crap.

“Oh, um…!” Your boss fumbled towards you, putting a hand over your shoulder. “Th-this is Y/N. She’s new. Really new, I don’t think you’ve met yet.” It felt odd watching your usually calm and charming boss act like this. She was the one who dealt with perverts and other difficult clients, all without getting too emotional or stuttering, but she seemed almost afraid of this man. “Y/N, this is Mr. Ryomen Sukuna, he owns this bar.”

That name certainly felt familiar, but you sucked at names, and as for his face… you glanced up at his smirking face. Yeah, there was no way you’d forget a guy like him. Even if you just saw him walking down the street for a split second you would remember him for sure.

Your boss squeezed you and you quickly bowed your head again. “Um, hello, thank you for the opportunity.”

“You seemed irritated when my companion and I walked in.”

“No, you must be mistaken.”

“Really? You couldn’t even be bothered to greet us. Bartenders are supposed to be friendly.”

You just tilted your head, contemplating on what to say next when your phone started ringing from the counter. Mr. Sukuna swiped it before you could blink.

“Hey!” Your sudden burst of energy shocked you and your boss. You slapped a hand over your mouth. “Er. I mean… I apologize.”

“Shouldn’t phones be on vibrate during work hours?”

“It was on vibrate. We’re supposed to be closed now.” Welp. You were already as good as fired so you didn’t try to cover up your weariness. Yuji sometimes woke up randomly in the middle of the night. He was probably wondering where you were. You held out your hand. “Can I please have it back now? Sir?”

Like you just told the world’s funniest joke, he threw his head back, laughing heartily.

Despite your boss almost fainting on the spot thanks to your little stunt, you didn’t get fired. Sukuna seemed absolutely smitten with you–that is, as much as an owner can be smitten by a pet hamster.

It was the beginning of an irritating, one-sided relationship.

Ever since that day, Sukuna began frequenting the bar more often. Sometimes three times a week, other times almost daily. Rather than stay at the VIP room, he’d hang out by the bar and find many ways to piss you off, like hitting on you, annoying you until you talked about either Yuji or your classes, and asking you to make some complicated cocktail he heard from a business partner, only to then insult it (he’d always finish the thing though). At the very least, he didn’t try touching you inappropriately. And plus, his childish fascination with you meant he demanded you hang out with him immediately after you finished preparing someone else’s drink, so you didn’t have to listen to other people whine about their lives and you didn’t have to make up excuses with the more gropey customers.

To be continued…

#jujutsu kaisen #sukuna x y/n #sukuna x reader #sukuna #sukuna ryoumen #y/n #sukuna ryomen #reader #yakuza #gangster #mafia #yakuza au #cinderella au #minor age gap i guess?#rich guy poor girl/guy #yuji is baby

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