#sisterhood 2016

[wlwcatalogue]

A few sapphic film recs!

Just a few recommendations for sapphic films under 2 hours which may or may not have flown under the radar:

Moonlit Winter / 윤희에게 (1hr 45m, 2019, dir. Lim Dae-hyung)

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (1hr 48m, 2017, dir. Angela Robinson)

Who's the Woman, Who's the Man / 金枝玉葉 2 (1hr 50m, 1996, dir. Peter Ho-Sun Chan)

Sisterhood / 骨妹 (1hr 37m, 2016, dir. Tracy Choi)

DEBS (1hr 31m, 2004, dir. Angela Robinson)

Farewell, My Queen / Les adieux à la reine (1hr 40m, 2012, dir. Benoît Jacquot)

Bonus - short film: Love Does Human / 사람 하는 사랑 (24 mins, 2019, dir. Oh Seon-ju)

Commentary under the cut!

1. Moonlit Winter / 윤희에게 (1hr 45m, 2019, dir. Lim Dae-hyung) - IMDB | MyDramaList

This movie is about a daughter (Kim So-hye) who finds out about her divorced mother’s (Kim Hee-ae) past with another woman (Katase Jun), and how in encouraging her mother to reconnect, the two finally open up to each other as well. Dry stuff on paper, but there’s more to it: the mother and her former lover didn’t just break up, they were split apart by their families as teenagers and the mother was forced to marry a man against her will. In short, it deals with the aftermath of the typical “bad ending” of older stories featuring WLW characters, wherein schoolgirls in love would be separated and married off to preserve the heteronormative status quo.

Although the queer relationship does not get much screentime at all – the two characters share a single scene, there are no flashbacks, and there’s not even a hug – queerness remains at the heart of the movie. It’s a rare depiction of how the repression of queerness leaves scars on people which affect how they engage with the world, but which also shows that as long as they are alive, there is still hope that those scars can be healed. Also, despite the heavy-sounding subject matter, it’s a very gentle experience: there are no direct depictions of homophobia and no sensationalism, just a little story of human connection unfolding in a snow-cloaked Hokkaido.

2. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (1hr 48m, 2017, dir. Angela Robinson) - IMDB

The blurb on IMDB says that this movie is about “psychologist William Moulton Marston (Luke Evans), and his polyamorous relationship with his wife [Elizabeth] (Rebecca Hall) and their mistress [Olive] (Bella Heathcote) who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman”. As someone who is not particularly drawn to biopics, male protagonists, polyamory, BDSM, or Wonder Woman, I assumed that this movie wouldn’t be my jam and so didn’t watch it until quite a while later – which is when I discovered just how wrong I was.

First, the two women take up just as much of the movie’s focus as Marston. Elizabeth, Marston’s wife and fellow psychologist, is highly intelligent but equally highly-strung; she does not know how to deal with her husband’s attraction to new research assistant Olive, nor Olive’s attraction to both her husband and Elizabeth herself, and this internal conflict (even after the three enter into a polyamorous relationship) features heavily in the story. Second, although it declares itself to be “based on a true story”, the movie is not especially interested in recreating or representing the past. Rather, the historical elements are used as a framework to explore certain ideas: Diana’s Lasso of Truth symbolises how progress and healing must be first founded upon honesty, for example. The polyamory and BDSM is also not at all sordid or sensationalised, but rather presented in a nuanced (though still sexy!) manner. More than anything, this is a movie with a big heart and big ideas, and should be judged on its own merits.

3. Who's the Woman, Who's the Man / 金枝玉葉 2 (1hr 50m, 1996, dir. Peter Ho-Sun Chan) - IMDB | MyDramaList

All you need to know going into this sequel of 1994 movie He's a Woman, She's a Man (金枝玉葉) is that main character Wing (Anita Yuen) is a woman who has found both fame and (heterosexual) love while disguising herself as a male idol, and that her relationship with record producer Sam (Leslie Cheung) is known to the general public— although it is perceived as being homosexual in nature due to her persona. At this point, you might be wondering why an M/F romantic comedy is on this list, but this movie is a bit odd in that instead of focusing only on problems such Sam’s internalised homophobia and misogyny (both of which are addressed in the story), one of the new obstacles facing the couple is the female lead meeting female pop star Fong Yim Mui (Anita Mui)… and both starting to fall for each other.

I was surprised at how sensitively Wing and Fong Yim Mui’s respective arcs are handled, especially for a mainstream movie from the 90’s starring two of Hong Kong’s most popular performers at the time. Instead of giving the two women a meet-cute and leaving it at that, a lot of care is put into showing them processing and coming to terms with their feelings in their own time. Romantic and sexual attraction is also highlighted separately, which is refreshing given how they are usually depicted as inextricably linked even now… Obviously Wing and Fong Yim Mui don’t end up together, but their feelings aren’t dismissed and – relative to the narrative constraints – the ending is a warm, optimistic one. Also, Anita Mui gives an absolutely award-worthy performance in one of the scenes with her character and Wing, so fans of her should definitely give this movie a try.

Important note: Although there’s much that’s good about it, Who's the Woman, Who's the Man is far from perfect. Early on, there’s a masquerade party where two of the characters are wearing masks which look like racist caricatures, and the masks are crop up in multiple scenes in the film. More serious is the subplot about a male character who keeps trying to win over a lesbian, culminating in her agreeing to sleep with him once while he’s dressed as a woman (CW: transphobia, homophobia) – though this storyline ends with the man accepting that she really is gay and parting on friendly terms. That said, these problems are already mild compared to the actively hateful transphobic and homophobic jokes present in so many of its contemporaries, so if you’ve watched a 90’s Hong Kong comedy before, chances are that your tolerance level is more than high enough.

4. Sisterhood / 骨妹 (1hr 37m, 2016, dir. Tracy Choi) IMDB | MyDramaList

Sisterhood opens with tragedy. Originally from Macau, main character Sei (Gigi Leung) is living quietly in Taiwan with her husband after the 1999 Handover when her life is overturned by a newspaper personal ad informing her that her long-estranged friend and colleague Ling has passed away. The movie is shot through with flashbacks to earlier times, tracking a young Sei (Fish Liew) as she starts doing sex work and is taken under the wing of the more experienced Ling (Jennifer Yu) and her friends. Memories of togetherness and community are juxtaposed against sequences of present-day Sei struggling to navigate her grief, the tensions of the now-fractured friend group, and a Macau that has changed just as much as she has. The acting and script can be clunky in places but the sentiment shines through, especially after the first third, at which point the movie starts honing in on Sei and Ling’s relationship. It’s not a happy story, but nor is it defined by sadness; instead, it posits that the past is not merely to be mourned, that it is instead something that can shape and provide a foundation for the future. I won't talk too much about how queerness figures into this story, due to spoilers, but rest assured that it is present and important!

5. D.E.B.S. (1hr 31m, 2004, dir. Angela Robinson) - IMDB

Okay, you've probably heard of this one before if not watched it already, but anyway! This was the first WLW movie I watched, and for a long time, the only one which I actually enjoyed. It’s about an elite spy (well, more like an honours student at spy school) (Sara Foster) and a criminal mastermind (Jordana Brewster) falling for each other, a premise which is just as fun and over-the-top as it sounds. The movie does a great job of mixing action, humor, and romance, and it doesn’t overstay its welcome – it’s got a nice compact runtime and a cracking pace. There’s still nothing quite like it in my opinion, though I’m very welcome to any recommendations in this line (my askbox is open if you have any!).

6. Farewell, My Queen / Les adieux à la reine (1hr 40m, 2012, dir. Benoît Jacquot) - IMDB

Loosely based on Chantal Thomas’ novel of the same name, Farewell, My Queen is a portrait of French nobility in decline, following maidservant Sidonie Labarde (Léa Seydoux) who is in the service of Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger). It's a beautiful, lavish production which effectively conveys the perspective of a servant locked in the gilded cage that is Versailles during the French Revolution, and is a rare case of a historical figure as famous as Antoinette being presented as queer in a serious historical drama.

That being said, the queerness is mostly background, coming mainly in the form of Antoinette’s crush on? relationship with? duchess Gabrielle de Polignac (Virginie Ledoyen)— though a case can be made for Sidonie, whose outward opacity belies an unwavering, almost unsettling, devotion to her queen. Also, be warned that the movie has many a dodgy shot of cleavage, and two instances of unnecessary and voyeuristic nudity... but other than that, it really does have gorgeous cinematography.

Fun fact: there really were rumours about Antoinette having a scandalous relationship with the duchess, although these have nearly always been written off as baseless reputation-smearing.

Bonus - short film: Love Does Human / 사람 하는 사랑 (24 mins, 2019, dir. Oh Seon-ju) - MyDramaList

Some say that the best science fiction puts a spotlight on some part of the human condition, and this short film does just that. Main character Tae Eun's (Kim Min-ju) girlfriend Joo An (Jang Sam-yi) no longer has a human body: after carrying out a medical operation which transferred her consciousness to a computer system, she now has a web-camera for her eyes, a speaker for her mouth, and control over their home's devices for her hands. And although the change was by Joo An's choice and Tae Eun was supportive, the pair struggle to adjust to this new reality, and are confronted with the need to communicate and to consider each other's perspectives. Love Does Human has a bit of a slow start, and there were points where I didn't understand why the characters were reacting in a certain way, but it all comes together beautifully in the end. Through its sci-fi premise, viewers are encouraged to think about real-life problems using a different angle, and the movie never gets too heavy. Also, shoutout to some excellent voice work from the two actors - Joo An is performed nearly entirely through voice but she feels deeply human and present, and Tae Eun's actor also has a standout scene featuring some great voice acting. All in all, it's a short film that's well worth checking out (especially since the director has made it available for free, with English subtitles, on Youtube - embedded above)!

#sapphic #lesbian #gay #wlw #wlw media #moonlit winter #professor marston and the wonder women #debs #farewell my queen #love does human #wlw recommendations #list #sapphic films #whos the woman whos the man #金枝玉葉2 #sisterhood 2016 #骨妹

[holly-natnicole]

Hazel: "I need to kill myself."

Reyna: *usual stoicism breaking into pieces* "HAZEL!!"

Hazel: "...Oops. I didn't know dat you're nearby. It was only a joke."

Reyna: "Don't make casual suicide jokes."

Hazel: "So I'm allowed to make serious suicide jokes?"

Reyna: "Hazel Levesque!!"

Hazel: *remembers his mum using that exact same tone of voice despite Reyna being only 3 years older than the enbe* *stiffens & ducks her head* "Sorry, Reyna."

Reyna: "We need to find a healthy conversational environment for your day to day life, to encourage a healthy mindset."

Hazel: "...I'm a child of Pluto. Where exactly do ya expect to find someone dat doesn't hate or fear me?"

Reyna: *holds up her sword* "At this Camp."

Hazel: "Please don't."

#if cha didn't understand #reyna implied she'll threaten some teens into being nice to hazel #protective big sis reyna #reyna de la fuerza #reyna avila ramirez arellano #reyna avila ramírez-arellano #hazel levesque #genderfluid hazel #hazel & reyna #brotp #reyna & hazel brotp #brother & sister #sisters #siblings #siblinghood #sisterhood #hoo incorrect quotes #pjo #incorrect quotes #pjo incorrect quotes #pjo hoo toa #trials of apollo #the trials of apollo (2016) #the heroes of olympus (2010) #the heroes of olympus #heroes of olympus #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians (2005) #percy jackson and the olympians (2023)

[doggogills]

let’s talk about moments in cinema that altered my brain chemistry

#this is the vector i was doing #and what i call mental illness #raw (2016) #it’s a good fucking movie #it’s about womanhood and sisterhood and the horrors of life #and coming of age #and also cannibalism #blood #art #drawing #my art #digital art #digital drawing #fanart #vector art #redraw #raw (2016) fanart

[elfaunos]

Okay hereditary cannibalism aside, how did she get the wax off her pussy

#raw 2016 #LITERALLY my only question #oh also why did they have to make the final scene so god damn lame #wow amazing horror film about sisterhood and horrible family secrets #the dad for his one line which is the worst final line they could've put in there: #'oh you'll find your soulmate eventually' #i was like. ?????? #but also. #how'd she get the wax off her fucking pussy skdmfmfmf

[featheredframingdevice]

I love Deadpool, and I love that Vanessa wears his jacket after he leaves, but y'all my suspension of disbelief is SHATTERED every time I see her wearing a version of his jacket that's been tailored to fit her instead.

I will gladly buy into superhero shenanigans all day long, but I did not sit down to watch Sisterhood of the Traveling Red Shearling, so I can't ignore it when the movie pretends that Morena Baccarin is as broad across the shoulders as Ryan Reynolds.

#filmmaking #costuming #movies #deadpool #2010s #2010s movies #2016 #deadpool (2016) #ryan reynolds #morena baccarin #sisterhood of the traveling pants #movie night #superhero movies #fox marvel movies #fox mcu #key gripe #featheredframingdevice

[berrys-blue]

on sisterhood

black widow (2021) // holly humberstone, deep end // fleabag (2016) // lin-manuel miranda, the reynolds pamphlet (hamilton) // little women (2019) // maisie peters, brooklyn // the hunger games: catching fire (2013) // dotan, home

#love that florence pugh is in two of these #webweaving #web weaving #sisterhood #sisters #black widow #yelena belova #natasha romanoff #yelena and natasha #holly humberstone #fleabag #hamilton #angelica schuyler #maisie peters #the hunger games #catching fire #katniss everdeen #prim everdeen #katniss and prim

[that-one-girls-blog-posts]

you're confused about your emotions ? me too babe, here's a quick reading

I chose random images from my pinterest to read into your energy so you can choose randomly aswell, whatever speaks to you♡ also Idk what's with the 2016 songs today but I kept hearing random ones throughout this reading maybe there's some resonance for you

Pile 1

The Moon🌜

first off I'm hearing that song "we don't talk anymore" by Charlie Puth. So maybe you're dealing with some kind of loss right now, maybe a breakup, a fight with a loved one, a new chapter meaning you have to leave someone behind a little... if this is the case, or similar, allow yourself to be "thrown off" a little, those kinds of situations take adjusting and remember that nothing has to be forever. where I come frome we say : "thunderstorms clear the air" meaning that after a fight there's great potential for healthy communications and solving problems once and for all, for a peaceful and harmonic environment♡ A reading about your emotional state and I pull the moon, how well fitting. The answer truly lays on the inside with this one. no one can tell you how you truly feel exept for yourself! (and maybe your therapist) I think for most of you there's a new season starting and you're realising that it can't be all returning characters. Take some time to heal your relationship with relationships and analyze what and who is truly of good value to your life. you got this!

Pile 2

four of swords🗡 and page of pentacles🪙

for you I'm hearing that song "cold water" with Justin Bieber. And you actually need to take a jump into cold water. There's something you've been manifesting and now that it's slowly getting closer you're resisting the change. Maybe by refusing to let go ? It's like little kids now around Christmas, you can actually watch this happen with slight alterations, all the time. Their parents take them to the toystore so they can see what they like, and they child ofcourse find something but their parents tell them okay now time to go home and wait and see if Santa will bring it. But the kid clings to the shelves and doesn't wanna leave behind the thing they so desperately wanted. Little does it now that their parents just need to get them out of sight so "Santa" can buy the gift and deliver it WHEN IT IS TIME. let go of obsessing, overthinking and trying to "go the right path" and just let the story unfold, take it step by step even if its a little scary and you'll find yourself where you're supposed to be, you're so close already♡

Pile 3

seven of swords🗡

It's too heavy darling you can't carry all of that. You might think you do and you think you're so strong and abundant and successful for "having" all of that but then you wouldn't be feeling like this, would you? A burden, too much responsibility, too many goals or to do's for a person who only has 24hours in a day. I know the card typically speaks about actual betrayal but in this case it feels a little paranoid, like you're desperately trying to do it all on your own because your scared of beeing betrayed or someone messing with your vision or even catching evil eye. For you I'm hearing "Lady Marmalade" yk from Moulin Rounge !? I'm not sure how that fits in here and I never watched the movie but oh well, maybe you know what to do with this information. There could be something about sisterhood and sharing a problem (could be workload or talking about problems...). You might have that lonely wolf mindset, but no matter how strong you are, out there, beeing alone can get you killed. I keep seeing pictures of spiritual communities and churches, you might wanna be looking for something like a mediation or yoga class, bible study group, a coven.... depending on your beliefsystem! you're right not everyone is your friend but also not everyone is your enemy!

ps. reading back this comes off a little weird and I feel like I need to say this. please don't join a cult lol. If you are in some kind of group and things feel off, please take care of yourself♡

hope that helped <3

#aa #free reading #selfcare #self love #tarot #emotional health #tarotblr #pick a card #pick a pile #pick a picture #manifestation #intuitive readings #selfhelp

[butch-reidentified]

1. What is a woman?

Argument for Using "Cis-Identifying"

And related: A conversation with a "NERF" about radical feminism, gender identity ideology, and what we/I actually believe.

2. Inform yourself on some of the work I've done for trans people before you continue the trend of cowardly hypocrisy.

3. My thread responding to the way much of the tumblr trans community handled my sharing my story of surviving the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting (often by stealing my lived trauma and removing my url) is easily one of the most - if not the most - important posts pertaining to trans discourse I've made to date, and Tumblr won't let me pin it. Of course. So here it is. And a bonus: This lovely ask.

4. Hope for Women (this is a very new project, WIP)

About Me:

I am a butch lesbian, married to a badass gnc (but not butch) radfem lesbian goddess whose misandry surpasses even my own; she does have tumblr but rarely uses it - @psychichologramnightmare is hers. I'm 27/Taurus/May baby, though I'll be real, I've never liked astrology and found my birth chart n whatnot always laughably wildly inaccurate to me (sorry astrology girlies). Former competitive rock climber, still in love with hiking and climbing. Wilderness survivalist. Trained & armed woman, advocate for female-only firearm ownership.

My wife and I run our own business, and bought our first home together at 24 & 25 respectively - it's a lovely 4/3 on a quarter acre where we have 5 mango trees and more, plan to start growing our own food and herbs, foster kittens, and provide free housing (and more) regularly for those in need. We do a LOT of IRL feminist action/work/organizing. I post about some of that work pretty often, but I couldn't possibly post about all of it (even if it were safe to do so). I am basically organizing (mostly offline, but some online as well) full-time now.

Survivor of abuse, CSA + captivity, trafficking in my teens where I was forced into porn as a minor, the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando 2016, and more. I am no longer affected by any of these in any negative psychological manner. I own my past, every moment of it, and wouldn't change a thing I've experienced. What I often tell people is, "I'm not glad it happened; I'm glad I was there."

I got my Bachelor's in Neuroscience/Neuropsych, used to work in a top neuro research lab, and have been a coauthor on a peer-reviewed scientific journal publication. I wrote my undergraduate thesis on POTS, ADHD, some of the relevant epigenetics, and norepinephrine dysregulation. I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos & POTS in 2015, before pretty much anyone had heard of them (including most doctors). My POTS is very well-managed now, but chronic pain from EDS is more of a struggle.

I practice witchcraft as a form of artistic expression. I don't consider myself spiritual as I've had a lifelong inability to "believe," but I am particularly passionate about lesbian-centered/lesbian-exclusive (esp butch & gnc lesbian) witchcraft. I am open to commissions for spell jars/sachets on a purely donation basis (we recently were victims of identity theft and are still struggling to recover, but I'll do them for free happily). This is essentially artistic expression to me, something to express love and sisterhood - why I'm not actually charging or anything and will even pay shipping and materials myself if you'd like one but don't want to/can't donate. To me, it's very similar to commissioning a painting or something of the sort, and I deeply enjoy the process of making them, esp for other women, the love that goes into doing so. See tags: #witchcraft, #brujeria.

Adoptee with complex history. Adoption-critical but not abolitionist - I plan to adopt with my wife in a couple years. I've talked a fair bit about my experiences, adoption trauma, ethical adoption, and more. Check out my tags such as #ethical adoption, #adopted, #adoptee, and so forth (tagged on this post for easy accessibility).

I spent many years surrounded by majority-trans-identifying friends/acquaintances both irl and online, deeply involved in trans spaces & activism, and even identified for a bit & was on T for a while. I am not "uneducated" or unfamiliar with trans-identifying people, their experiences, or gender identity ideology in general. You, like me back then, very probably have been lied to about radfems ("terfs") and what we believe and fight for. I am happy to talk in good faith (provided you do the same) 1 on 1 with anyone who is curious about what we actually believe and what we stand for, what common radfem takes on gender identity ideology & trans identity actually are and why.

I have a history of purely physical sex dysphoria (physical sensation like pain or itching). I got "top surgery" (elective mastectomy) due to this and other reasons: constant painful breast cysts & very large breasts (DDD even when I weighed under 100 lbs). I was not trans-identifying by the time I got this surgery (though I tried to briefly identify as nb/transmasc just bc I felt obligated, but hated it). I have never wanted to be a man socially and genuinely hated the very thought. I came out the womb feminist, got in trouble throughout primary school for fighting boys who tried to pull sexist bullshit, always lowkey believed in female superiority (I mean just look at our biology, lifespans, pain tolerance, the things we've done throughout history despite violent patriarchal oppression...). I spent years preparing myself. I read from & spoke to women who regretted this surgery, challenged myself at every turn, dove deep into my mind and thought processes, tried alternative treatment attempts, worked with a non-affirming therapist, made sure my past traumas were fully healed, and waited until I was in my mid-twenties so my brain was more or less fully matured. I have no regrets about it. I still have some (still purely physical sensation) dysphoria ("phantom male genitals" type of thing) at times, but have come to manage this very well. More on this here.

Formally assessed psychopath & participant in research by leading psychopathy experts (read on before jumping to conclusions). Check out this post and my #psychopathy tag (tagged on this post for easy accessibility) for info, particularly about high-EQ female psychopathy, & to find out everything you think you know about us is wrong 💕 (what you know about male psychopaths is usually right tho 💀)

Note: When it comes to politics, I strive to discuss exclusively that about which I am *uniquely knowledgeable* - by which I mean, essentially, that I (believe I) have something to contribute that is unlikely to be found on every other blog. I do not and will not make posts or reblog posts about topics I do not feel this way about. You are not entitled to know my views on every hot-button issue, and I have no intention of speaking on that which I know little about, or that I don't know enough about (through study or personal experiences) to contribute something you can't get a thousand other places.

Tag Guide (WIP):

#mine -> original posts, including ask responses

#ask -> ask responses only

#anon hate, #anon love -> should be self-explanatory. anon love does include some non-anon love for simplicity.

#catposting, #dogposting, #petposting -> images of cats, dogs, and both, respectively (not always my own)

#Wilder wives -> posts pertaining to me & my wife (last name Wilder)

#mvawg, #mvaw, #male violence -> male violence against women/girls

#ethical adoption -> my takes as an adoptee on the issues within the adoption industry & how adoption can be done ethically

#what we believe -> fairly new tag for posts trying to educate on what radfeminism is actually about/damage control for disinformation & misinformation about it

#trans violence -> violence committed by trans-identifying people, including threats of and graphic violent fantasies (primarily misogynistic ones)

#trans misogyny, #trans lesbophobia, #woke misogyny, #woke homophobia, #woke lesbophobia, etc. -> what it says on the tin

#mine #pinned #hope for Women #ethical adoption #adoptee #adopted #ntsd #neurological type sex dysphoria #sex dysphoria #witchcraft #brujeria #tra receipts #trans violence #male violence #mvawg #trans misogyny #pinned post #about me #what we believe

[lettheladylead]

Hi! I was looking through Magica De Spell’s Wikipedia page today and it says that Magica has a sister named the Wicked Witch of the West, who has children named Witch Child and Warlock. I couldn’t find any information of them online so I was wondering if you knew anything about them, if they exist at all.

If they don’t, do you think you could instead do a character post on Magica’s cousin Matilda? Your old family tree posts helped me a lot in understanding Duck lore.

Aw I'm glad those posts help!! I'm still down for making them 'cause it's a lot of fun for me to find old comics and do some research.

So before I talk about Witch Child, I wanna clarify some things that are relevant to the character.

This is another case where Americans can't stop themselves from taking "sister" and "aunt" literally. Aunt can be used to refer to any older woman in someone's life. Sister is frequently used in stories about witches (because a coven is like a sisterhood/sorority, it's a whole thing). Neither imply blood relation! Even "cousin" is often used to refer to friends/neighbors. Different cultures and languages treat words like that very differently than Americans do.

Witch Child, Warlock, & Witch of the West are all from a very specific time period of Brazilian duck comics where Magica and Madam Mim (from The Sword and the Stone) were living together/dating/???? and interacted with other Disney movie characters. In this specific timeline, the ducks live amongst regular humans which is very strange but you just gotta accept it. Magica also lives in Duckburg I think? It seems like she and Scrooge just run into each other randomly so I believe she and Mim have a house in Duckburg for whatever reason

"Witch Child" is not her name and I don't know why she's referred to like that on InDucks/other wikias. Her name in Brazil (where she was created) is Magali, in Italian she's Maghetta/Maghina/Streghella (inconsistent names in translations are very common), and in French she's Seraphine. None of her comics have an official English publication so again idk where "Witch Child" comes from! But I'll probably refer to her as Streghella for the remainder of this post 'cause it's easier that way.

OKAY now for details:

In Streghella's first comic, Magica gets a letter from a friend asking her and Madam Mim to babysit her friend's daughter. Streghella is whiny and rude and a troublemaker. She ruins a magical career opportunity for Magica and it's pretty funny

Then there's a whole bunch of comics where she just appears for no reason, making trouble. She's a surprisingly powerful witch but she just loves to piss everyone off, especially Mim.

Another important note about Streghella - she was only really drawn by two comic artists during the height of her appearances (in the 70s, pretty much). The above drawings were all done by an artist named Jim Fletcher. But she had a lot of appearances drawn by an artist named Glenn Schmitz, who drew her completely differently.

I don't know if I would've realized these were even the same character if it wasn't documented lol but y'know they didn't have the same resources in the 70s that we have now so they did what they could.

Anyway, from what I can tell her personality stayed mostly in tact through most of these comics. Whiny, stuck-up, nosy, but also very funny and magically powerful. She would occasionally interact with Scrooge or HDL but mostly her appearances were in Magica and Mim comics.

Oh there's one comic where she looks like this for some reason?

BUT THEN what's interesting is Streghella making a few appearances years after her comics all came out. First there was one comic in 1995, then twice in 2011 and once more in 2016. There's also apparently a 2020 appearance but I couldn't get my hands on it :(

In her 1995 appearance she looks really cute but her personality is, well. Personality-wise she's completely unrecognizable. Now Magica makes comments about Streghella always trying to be good and getting in trouble for being good all the time.

(Ignore the bad english translation I was just popping pages into google translate lol)

She's still a troublemaker in the sense that she tries to trick Magica and Mim into consuming a potion that will make them good, kind people. But then the comic ends with Magica doing something nice by choice and it's cute but yeah the character is nothing like her original self.

Her first 2011 comic is where she...wants to go to a Jonas Brothers concert and chats with April May & June online to try and make it happen. Something like that. It follows along with "Streghella is too kind and Magica tries to teach her to be evil" from the '95 comic, but for some reason the colorist made Streghella a brunette. Idk! They also forgot her iconic hat!

Next 2011 comic has Huey Dewey and Louie accidentally traveling to a magic academy. It's very Harry Potter-y? I guess? Streghella is friendly and does some magic. You can tell it's her 'cause of the pigtails and bows. But still no hat :(

In her 2016 appearance, she's been reading April May and June's blog and wants to help them with some problem. Magica is like no be mean and Streghella's like no I want to help! You get it.

This comic is pretty fun. Magica turns herself into Grandma Duck and puts a truth potion into some cake Streghella bakes for the Duck Family and gets a bunch of secrets out of them.

There's also a joke at the end where Daisy accidentally reveals Brigitta's age to everyone (we don't get to see it) but according to this comic, Brigitta is much older than she looks lol Not that we didn't already know that.

Anyway so that's all there is to know about Witch Child/Streghella. She's cute!

Warlock time!

Warlock is Streghella's brother. He's only in four comics total and they're mostly very early comics - his real name is just whatever Streghella's name was at the time but with an -o at the end. If she's Maghetta, he's Maghetto. If she's Maghina, he's Maghino. You get it. He'd probably be Streghello if he had a named appearance more recently.

His personality is not very distinct from Streghella's. He's also magical and a troublemaker. In his first comic he arrives in the mail, in a, like...little jail cell? Crate? Idk? And then Magica and Mim eventually box both kids up into the crate and ship them away.

(Yes that's supposed to be him, apparently.)

He appears in the magic school comic as well...

And that's it! There's not really anything else to know about him.

Last but not least...the Witch of the West! Actually, that's a lie. Least. She appears just the one time. And I'm gonna be honest. I don't think she's the biological mother of these bird children.

'Cause yeah she's a human witch. Idk if she's from another Disney property or if she's supposed to be the witch from the Wizard of Oz. Idk man. But Streghella calls her "mama" and she refers to Streghella as her daughter so I'll take those ones literally.

There's nothing much to say about her - she doesn't have a name and all she does is drop her kid off with Magica and then reappear when Mim and Magica threaten to lock Streghella inside a bottle.

NOW if you're wondering...how do these characters connect to the previously known characters that are related to Magica De Spell?

They do not! The fact that Streghella has made a few recent appearances means you can decide how you want her to fit in, but trying to blend these different canons will not be seamless. You just gotta take what you like. Streghella frequently refers to herself as Magica's apprentice so you can always take that route, too.

Aaaaaaaaaand since you asked, I'm happy to talk about Matilda! God there are too many Matildas in duck comics. I have never met a woman named Matilda in my life. It's fine.

Matilda De Spell (not an official name but I call her that anyway) - Magica's teenage cousin! Is she actually, biologically, Magica's cousin? Probably not. But it's fiiiiiiine.

I did actually scanlate all three comics that Matilda appears in, so you can read them if you'd like:

There's not really anything to know about her outside of these comics. She's tomboyish, spunky, fun. Really looks up to Magica. I think their dynamic is fun and I always like to see more teen characters lol I think I've portrayed Matilda as Amelia De Spell's younger sister but that's definitely not canon, just me trying to stick the blondes together.

Anyway sorry this ended up being such a long response. I haven't had the opportunity to research random duck characters in a while. I hope this has the answers you wanted :)

#streghella de spell #matilda de spell #magica de spell #madam mim #streghello de spell #duck comics #topolino #thekrakenexperiment #carro answers #family tree #duck family tree

[thechills]

SISTERHOOD IN HORROR

raw (2016) / toni morrison / mama (2013) / ginger snaps (2000) / “sisters” by adrienne rich / we are what we are (2013) / manchester orchestra / the uninvited (2009)

#more sisters in horror! so many movies have brother/sister duos #we need more sisters guys #notes from the chills #web weaving #horroredit #horror #raw 2016 #mama 2013 #sisters #ginger snaps 2000 #parallels #we are what we are 2013 #the uninvited 2009 #genre notes #feminist horror

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: A young woman, studying to be a vet, develops a craving for human flesh.

The mod hasn't seen this but it looks so fucking good! Sisterhood, cannibalism, coming-of-age, it looks great!

#raw (2016) #body horror #2010s #france #belgium #european movie #mentionable warning #animal death #(vet medicine) #horror #movies #poll

[ukrfeminism]

Named by Rape Crisis Scotland as a “seismic” development in securing justice for survivors, a ruling last week meant the process to establish corroboration in rape and all other crimes involving corroboration has been simplified.

Under the previous rules, corroboration required two forms of evidence that penetration took place, two forms of evidence that consent was not given and two forms of evidence that the accused knew consent was not given. 

The decision from seven appeal court judges earlier this month now means that distress - seen by an independent witness - can corroborate penetration on its own. 

This is the story of the three women who spearheaded that change. 

The ‘sisterhood’ who fought for change to corroboration laws in Scotland 

The story of three women who led the way in changing the law around proving corroboration in Scotland. 

Aged just 14, Emma Bryson reported to the police she had been raped and sexually abused for years as a child.

The attacks happened while she was aged between ten and 13 but police told her they couldn't take her case on.

After high-profile sexual abuse reports against the notorious paedophile Jimmy Savile, Emma, now an adult, decided to report once more in 2016. 

This time it resulted in a year-long investigation but she was told the evidence “did not meet the requirements of corroboration” when it came to sexual penetration.  

“I just came away thinking how is that right?" she told STV News. 

"How is that even possible that you can have all this evidence but it doesn’t tick these really tiny little boxes so they just drop the case?” 

“I really struggled to cope with it,” Emma, who is now 51, told STV News. “That sense of failure, being let down. I put my heart and soul into it and then I didn’t get a prosecution. 

“It was a little while later that I decided I needed to do something to move on.” 

And she did. Not alone but as a team.

Named by Rape Crisis Scotland as a “seismic” development in securing justice for survivors, a ruling last week meant the process to establish corroboration in rape and all other crimes involving corroboration has been simplified.

Under the previous rules, corroboration required two forms of evidence that penetration took place, two forms of evidence that consent was not given and two forms of evidence that the accused knew consent was not given. 

The decision from seven appeal court judges earlier this month now means that distress - seen by an independent witness - can corroborate penetration on its own. 

This is the story of the three women who spearheaded that change. 

In 2018, Emma met Suzy Angus and Shirley Ross through Rape Crisis Scotland and established the Speak Out Survivors group to tackle their shared issues on proving corroboration in child sexual abuse cases. 

Like Emma, both Suzy and Shirley were told their evidence could not be corroborated. All of their cases were dropped and did not make it to court.

“My journey began back in 2006 when I first reported,” Shirley told STV News.

The 45-year-old said: “I was told after hours of interviews that no charges could be brought forward as it was my word against his - 14 years of abuse I was subjected to wasn’t enough. 

"He needed to abuse someone else for my experience to be corroborated. I walked away from the experience more broken than from the abuse I had already experienced.” 

Suzy, who is now 65, said she was raped as a child by a group of adult men. She did not report the attack until decades later.  

Suzy told STV News, “What we all endured was horrific but out of that trauma we found each other and hopefully have made a difference for others.” 

Speaking about the impact of coming together through Speak Out Survivors, Emma said: “It’s been life-changing for all of us. 

"Suzy is calm and measured. I’ve always been a bit more direct and focused. Shirley shoots from the hip. We’ve done this as a team every step of the way. It really is a sisterhood.” 

In 2020, Emma sent a proposal to reform corroboration in Scotland to the Scottish Government and those in the legal community. 

The proposal suggested removing the requirement of corroboration for penetration and introducing corroboration of distress as standard to confirm lack of consent. 

“It was a bit of a slow burner,” Emma said.

“When we first engaged with the legal community, all of them at first were pretty much against any suggestion that corroboration should be reformed or removed so we always knew we were up against it.” 

Eventually, the dial shifted. By the end of 2022, in consultation to their proposal, judges sitting on the Supreme Court agreed that corroboration needed reforming. 

The group also secured a commitment from all political parties that, in theory, they were willing to come together and consider how corroboration could be reformed. And in draft forms of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill, the group’s proposal was included. 

“But on the day they published the bill, there was absolutely no mention of corroboration in there at all,” Emma said. “We were absolutely gutted. It felt like we were ghosted by the Scottish Government. They said there was no support but this didn’t make sense to us. We all had to take a bit of time to recoup.” 

However, while this was happening, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC was looking into how corroboration laws could be changed in Scotland. 

Emma said: “We wrote to her in November 2021 about the proposal and she agreed. 

“In the meeting, she was really positive and broadly supportive. She said to us, 'Speak Out Survivors are the way forward' and this was huge.”

Then, finally, the change came. 

Earlier this year, the Lord Advocate urged the Appeal Court to re-examine an Aberdeen High Court case in 2022 (HMA vs CLB), where the verdict was not proven. 

In reference to this case in the recent judgment, it stated: “The jury’s reasonable doubt may have been prompted by…the inability of distress to corroborate penetration”. 

The judges concluded “distress, which is observed by a third party… is capable of corroborating a complainer’s account that she has been raped…The penetration does not require to be corroborated separately". 

The Lord Advocate said this ruling would now be considered by the Crown Office with prosecutors considering what this means for their work in future cases.

The opinions expressed by the court in response to the reference do not affect the original verdict. Instead, it serves to clarify or develop the interpretation of a particular point of law for the benefit of future proceedings.  

Speaking to STV’s Scotland Tonight, defence advocate Thomas Ross KC said: “The biggest change it will make is that in cases, which at the moment cannot be prosecuted because there’s insufficient evidence, [those cases] will be able to be taken forward.

“The big change will not be in relation to cases that we see in court at the moment but it will relate to cases that would never have been taken to court but could now be due to this rule change.” 

Sandy Brindley, from Rape Crisis Scotland, told Scotland Tonight: “Up until now, unless there were other complainers of the same perpetrator, somebody in these circumstances had no possibility of seeing their case in court. 

“So I think in terms of removing a barrier to possible justice and certainly a barrier to cases getting to court this is a really positive development.” 

Yet, some lawyers raised concerns about changing the law, arguing that evidence of distress "tells one nothing about the mode of assault".

In a submission to the court put forward by a legal team led by Roddy Dunlop KC, the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, they argued that changing the law would "raise the real possibility of convictions which are simply not merited."

However, Emma, who now works for the police in a victim support unit, said this ruling has been a long time coming. 

“The outcome of that judgment echoes what we put into that proposal we submitted years ago,” Emma said, “The issue with corroboration formerly is that it was misinterpreted, misapplied and inconsistent. We can’t claim all the credit but we made a really significant contribution to changing that dialogue."

The next steps for the group are pressing for a meeting with the Lord Advocate and continuing to support survivors of rape and sexual assault. 

Emma said through tears: “Sorry I’m getting quite emotional but we don’t want survivors to go through what we’ve gone through.

"We hope, in the future, there won’t be any more Emmas, Shirleys and Suzys falling into a black hole.” 

#Articles #MVAWG #law

[cherietalk]

╰ 𑄽𑄺ྀ ˖ ⁩ ۫ CHÉRIE’s main introduction

WHO ARE THEY?

🃏 ─── chérie became a subunit of seventeen once pledis saw the popularity between the females. in order to capitalize on the growing success, they made the decision to put them in a “separate” group. to this day, they remain as one of the prominent figures in kpop and their ongoing sisterhood shows no bounds.

ೄྀ ۫։ 🃏   ─── BASICS ˓𓄹 ࣪˖

MANAGEMENT ─ PLEDIS ENTERTAINMENT / HYBE LABELS

DEBUT DATE ─ FEBRUARY 14TH, 2016

GREETING ─ SAY THE NAME! SEVENTEEN

LINEUP ─ MINJI, NAEUN, YURI, MEI

FANDOM NAME ─ CARATS

FANDOM COLOR ─ ROSE QUARTZ & SERENITY

DEBUT ALBUM ─ CHÉRIE

ೄྀ ۫։ 🃏   ─── LINEUP ˓𓄹 ࣪˖

❪ 1 ❫ yoo naeun ─── 1995.

╰ leader, lead vocalist, face of the group, lead dancer

❪ 2 ❫ doi mizuki ─── 1995.

╰ main dancer, sub vocalist, sub rapper

❪ 3 ❫ akiyama yuri ─── 1999.

╰ lead rapper, lead dancer, sub vocalist, visual

❪ 4 ❫ zhou mei ─── 2001.

╰ main vocalist, lead dancer, maknae

ೄྀ ۫։ 🃏   ─── MUSIC ˓𓄹 ࣪˖

CHÉRIE ❪ 1ST EP ❫ ─── 2016

MON ANGE ❪ 1ST SINGLE ❫ ─── 2017

JE T’AIME ❪ 2ND EP ❫ ─── 2018

OUR RENDEZVOUS ❪ 1ST ALBUM ❫ ─── 2019

LA BELLEZA ❪ 2ND SINGLE ❫ ─── 2020

ENVIE ❪ 3RD SINGLE ❫ ─── 2021

YEUX D’ANGE ❪ 2ND ALBUM ❫ ─── 2022

AURA ❪ JAPAN ALBUM ❫ ─── 2022

L♡VE TOUCH ❪ 3RD EP ❫ ─── 2023

ೄྀ ۫։ 🃏   ─── SHOWCASES ˓𓄹 ࣪˖

CHÉRIE: UNE ─── 2017

CHÉRIE: SEPT ─── 2024

an. putting my 0.05% french heritage to use 🤭 basic is done for now..

#cherietalk #ct:minji #ct:naeun #ct:yuri #ct:mei #fictional kpop idol #fictional kpop oc #kpop x oc #kpop oc group #kpop gg #kpop oc #kpop original character #kpop addition #kpop added member #kpop #fictional idol group #fictional idol oc #fictional idol community #seventeen x oc #seventeen subunit #seventeen added member #seventeen addition #seventeen #seventeen 14th member #seventeen female member #seventeen female oc #seventeen female addition

[riddlerosehearts]

got myself thinking about my own personal experiences with frozen, and why the first movie means enough to me to be my favorite of all time, and thought i might as well just go ahead and post about it in case there's anyone who wants to read it. although i'm not great with words, so this post will probably be too long and feel too silly and over the top, and i should also warn that this is a lot of very personal information, but:

i saw frozen in theaters on its opening weekend in 2013. i hadn't listened to any of the songs in advance at all--i've avoided listening to the soundtracks for new disney movies prior to seeing them in theaters ever since i saw princess and the frog in 2009, because i feel like i enjoy my first experience with the movie and the music more that way. although i may have already overheard snippets of let it go back then just because it was so popular. i honestly don't remember too clearly because my strongest memory by far of hearing let it go for the first time is being absolutely blown away by it in the theater.

so. i've had depression and social anxiety since i was a kid, and, although i didn't know this until several years after frozen was released, i'm autistic as well. so dealing with all of these things at once, combined with the fact that i had no idea i was autistic, made me think i just couldn't ever fit in with anyone because i was weird and there was something wrong with me. for most of my life i never had any friends and i thought i had to hide from people as much as possible. which i do think is at least a little justified by the fact that the whole time i was in school from fifth grade through tenth grade--after tenth grade my parents finally pulled me out of public school and i was homeschooled, something i'd honesty been begging them to do--i was bullied and betrayed by friends in various ways because i was weird and didn't fit in. i won't go into details, but the fact that i knew while still in public school that i was bisexual also played into this.

so seeing elsa's parents hide her from the world because she had something that made her different from others, seeing her be taught to "conceal, don't feel" and called a monster, just hit me very hard when i first saw the movie. i interpreted her as having developed depression and anxiety like i did (and now, ever since 2016 when i discovered that i was autistic, i've also liked to headcanon her as such) and just felt so incredibly happy to see her proudly proclaim that she wasn't going to hold back and hide who she was anymore, letting herself freely use her powers, and decide that even if she had to be alone, at least she was free.

and then, seeing how anna fought so hard to get elsa to come home and make sure she knew that she didn't have to be alone and that she wasn't unloved, and seeing the people of arendelle accept her wholeheartedly as she created an ice skating rink at the end, gave me so much hope for myself. as did reading the "sisterhood is the strongest magic" books and other things like the various frozen comics, and watching frozen fever and olaf's frozen adventure, and seeing that elsa truly was accepted by her people, that she was capable and loved as queen and had a home, that anna and kristoff and all the people of arendelle appreciated her as she was, would be there when she felt anxious or needed a shoulder to cry on, and didn't at all believe that her powers made her weird and out of place with them. all of this just gave me so, so much comfort throughout the years and still does all of this time later.

i know a lot of people are sick of frozen and find it to be overhyped, and everyone certainly has the right to their opinion! but elsa is basically tied with one other fictional character as my favorite of all time, i love anna and kristoff and yes, even olaf, very dearly, and i do believe that the movie deserves all of the love it gets. i find it so beautiful that people can read elsa's powers and her story as an allegory for so many different things and connect with her and find comfort in her in so many different ways. i can hardly believe that it's been over 10 years since the movie came out, over 10 years since i saw elsa transform her stuffy coronation gown into that beautiful flowing ice dress and sing about finally letting herself be who she really was. maybe loving frozen even half as much as i do is "cringy", but this is my own personal tumblr blog and i will be as cringy as i want! and besides, the cold never bothered me anyway. i'm sorry, i couldn't resist saying that.

#frozen #disney #i'm lowkey embarrassed to put this in the tags LMAO but if i don't i'll never be able to find it again

[aijamisespava]

List Of Opinions For Semi-Final 2

Just as I thought, there's a LOT for me to unpack about this semi...like a LOT so I'll just get to it.

To begin with, I'll open with an iconic quote from my sister about a performance I'm sure you'll know exactly which one I'm talking about: HE THREW HIS GUITAR LIKE 10FT IN THE AIR!

Both Latvia and Georgia snapped their NQ streaks! Both of them haven't qualified since 2016, and with that, the longest NQ streaks have snapped (Ireland was second I think, but that got snapped too. Feel free to correct me if I missed anything)

Lots of surprises, it was a very intense semi-final, which will lead to a more intense grand final.

Honestly, Latvia was a shock Q for me, as it was for a lot of people I bet. But again, in a year with high-energy songs, it will be good to have a song be our break.

BELGIUM NQ?! So, you know how that's my winner right? Right. I was pretty sure Mustii was as good as in. I for one loved the performance, AND HE DOESN'T QUALIFY?! Needless to say, shock NQ of the year, and likely biggest robbery this year imo.

I'd be foolish to note that my sister's winner (Armenia) did make it and it was an intense moment for both of us. We're good, don't worry. We won't let this affect our sisterhood.

My mom walked in to see the Netherlands perform...and saw the end (he did the VERY emotional outro for his parents which makes me tear up every time I think about it). We cried.

For some reason, I had seen word floating around a month or so ago that people were worried about Estonia qualifying? Needless to say don't worry about that; they made it...that was a fun performance (as in I was doing the dance!)!

As more of a call to action to wrap up: I'm not going to repeat myself. You all have probably seen the news of Italy's result leak AND might have seen the odds. Worst case scenario, I won't return next year (as may the contest...something the EBU brought upon themselves). I'll be revealing a 2nd tumblr page on Saturday no matter what happens, but keep that in mind. Hopefully, it won't turn that way, but figured I'd give you my side. If you read my statement you'll know where I stand.

#eurovision song contest #eurovision #esc #esc2024 #eurovision 2024 #semi final 2

[aimlessgeology]

The Magic of Sisterhood: Panel Presentation

Gliding on the coattails of Buffy, Charmed (1998-2006) follows the lives of three sister witches, navigating their newfound powers and defeating evil from the other side, all while balancing their delicate bonds with one another.

Tensions between the Halliwell sisters are high at the outset of the series, when Prue (Shannon Doughtery) and Piper’s (Holly Marie Combs) youngest sister Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) returns to their inherited home in San Francisco after a long time away. The sisters fill the archetypes of their ages. Prue, the eldest, is responsible and uptight. Piper the middle child is a fantastic mediator in clashes involving little Phoebe’s free-spirited, naive and reckless tendencies. 

The main point of the series is the ever-deepening bond between the sisters (“The power of three will set us free!” S1:E1.). The sisters act as mirrors to one another and ultimately they all provide council to one another in differing but all-important ways. 

Katherine Whitehurst wrote the piece “Growing Up in Magical Time” dissecting the female development in the magical fantasy world of the ABC series Once Upon a Time (2011-2016), specifically discussing “what ‘ideal’ female development looks like, framing the ideal female as self-sacrificial and benevolent” (11) and the show’s complex structure that includes both episodic and non chronological storytelling which assists in the complex development of female characters. 

As a product of the 1990s, Charmed is not, so far as I’ve seen it, super complex or boundary-breaking when it comes to female character development or any other issue for that matter; it’s a fairly white-bread fantasy romance comedy show, starring three attractive white women, who date a rotating cast of square-faced men, as they fight evil beings and then go home after the battle to their impossibly whimsical three-story manor in San Francisco.

That being said, there is some interesting character development and relationship dynamism at play in the series. Whitehurst’s point about the effects of ‘magical time’ in Once Upon a Time, where happenings in the magic realm lead to unpredictable, nonlinear change for the characters, applies to Charmed as well. 

The Halliwell Sisters’ change into witches marks a transition into magical time where their characters and relationships develop rapidly. They are given emotional depth because they’re grieving the recent death of their mother. The introduction of magic intensifies their lives.

The Halliwell Sisters have it all AND THEN SOME… They are magical witches, specifically “the most powerful good witches of all time,” which seems like a big thing to just… Become. 

Appropriately, all the sisters struggle with some form of imposter syndrome, though they don’t suffer equally. By the 2nd episode, Prue, the eldest, has implored Phoebe, the youngest, to not use her powers under any circumstances (even though none of them can control it).

In the 2nd episode, Prue has a fun night with square-faced man and afterwards her sisters slut-shame her (in an "empowering" way?), suggesting judgement about ideal female sexuality and what's socially acceptable for Prue, a well-to-do white lady in the 90s.

Not only does this scene reveal some of the values of the time concerning women and casual dating, but it also shows the tension that surrounds the sisters’ newfound powers. Here, their powers divide them. They can’t even agree on how to talk about it. They’re judgemental towards one another about their magic and their sex lives; typical catty ladies, amIRight?

By the end of the episode, however, Piper and Phoebe strike a different tone. Phoebe, generally the naive one, offers some sound and comforting advice to her older sister, who is struggling with the transition into being a witch. It’s kind of like the Halliwell sisters enter a sort of puberty all at the same time, which is different then the way they would have experienced such a profound change in their human lives, as they all occupy different ages, and therefore different roles.

To Whitehurst’s point that the flashback structure of Once Upon a Time shows “how the past and present resonate in unison when considered beyond a linear and ordered temporality” (9), despite Charmed being entirely episodic and mostly chronological thus far (not including the premonitions experienced by Phoebe), the text develops a language of nonlinear development by having the sisters operate as a system, whose different parts and actions influence each other in nuanced ways. The sisters experience growth together that they wouldn’t be able to separately. It is also explained that their powers continue to grow and change. For eight seasons!

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS:

What does a piece’s character development writ large say about the message of a text? Are there good and bad kinds of development? Does a narrative benefit from development in one direction or another, or is a balance necessary?

What does the protagonists’ positionality as privileged women contribute to their character development? Does their privileged status have a connection to the assertion that they are “good” witches? 

Charmed doesn’t do very much in the way of challenging the status quo. What components of the show do you think would be different if it was interested in exploring an ideology different from the dominant white and western perspective it represents?

--Melissa (aimlessgeology)

@theuncannyprofessoro

#oxyspeculativetv #charmed #Youtube