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#Ugh I love Disney quotes. you think they’re meant to be happy but when you think about them they’re sad
Y’all know that quote of Fix-It-Felix talking about how he lies to himself every day to make himself believe everything is going to be okay?
Because I sure do and if that’s not a Sora mood then idk what is.
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barbecuedphoenix · 7 years
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Which chick movie do you think the Eldarya guys would (really, really, in a embarrassing way) love?
This was a fun request. ^u^
It’s just a shame that Idon’t know that many chick-flicks, so I included a few male-POV romances toround this out. I tried my best. :(
So, assuming that the guyswere spirited away to the 20th - 21st century humanrealm, and grew up here watching our movies…
Nevra
Are you kidding? He knows all the chick-flicks! Growing up with akid sister, he used to watch at least one romance a week. (Frankly, this started out as a way to keep her out oftrouble on weekends, but it morphed into a routine once she entered her tweens.Now, they still meet up for movie marathons every few weeks. It’s theirguilty pleasure.)
He is definitely not ashamedof watching chick movies. Their stories generally have more character and heartthan, say, testosterone-pumped action flicks that all guys are ‘supposed’ towatch. Not to mention that women’s movies have a much higher proportion of eye candy because of the female lead’sscreen time…
But the biggest real life benefit?Knowing and liking chick-flicks is a boonwhen a guy is picking up a date. You all wonder why Nevra is so popular withwomen? Blame his sister for training him up on their entertainment.
What he enjoys:
Powerful and ambitious,but flawed heroes with initially zero chance of ‘getting the girl’… and gettheir hearts stomped on at least once. Their common Achilles heel:loneliness.    
Plucky, but innocentheroines who unknowingly hold the power to twist their man’s heart. And ifthey’re smoking-hot on the screen, he’s got another good reason to watch themovie.
Power-games, schemes,and corporate backstabbing shenanigans, where there is no clear dividebetween wrong and right.
Snappy dialogue witha cynical touch
(Crazily) balancing life’s priorities: first sacrificing love on the altar for ambition, power,reputation, etc. And then sacrificing more to get it back.
Redemption andforgiveness for the lead(s).
Personaltransformation in order to get ahead in life, and then again to win or save arelationship. (i.e. rags-to-riches Cinderella themes)
High-budget movieswith A-list actors; he likes qualityentertainment, thank you. He’ll also watch anything with Harrison Ford init.
Favorite ‘chick’ movies:
Sabrina (the1995 remake): This movie embodies everything Nevra loves in a romantic-comedy.He loves the story, the dialogue, and all the actors. But he reallyfeels for the hero Linus (quote from the movie: ‘the world’s only living heartdonor’), who starts off seducing the heroine to save his family’s businessinterests and his brother’s engagement, only to fall in love with her.Then gets the door slammed in his face once the love-of-his-life learns hisreasons and leaves the country. …What? He swears that has never happened to him before.
The Devil Wears Prada (2006): This is more of a laugh-fest for Nevrathan a romance. Keeping your head above water using your wits in NYC, whilescurrying around for an ultra-glamorous, fire-breathing boss with personalissues? Andy isn’t the typical heroine he likes to follow, but he sure wisheshe has an employee like her. But he is nota fire-breathing boss! What are you implying?  
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast(1991): You read that correctly. Whether animated, live-action, or on Broadway,this classic holds a firm place in Nevra’s heart. This is also the one moviehe’s embarrassed to love. He was skeptical first at watching aG-rated movie—Karenn had dragged him to see it when she was a kid–, but he wasthe one who teared up when the Beast released Belle, thus doominghimself to life as a pariah and monster. (His mental dialogue during thatscene: “Of course he had to let her go! He loved her!”. His mental dialoguelater when the lynch mob arrived: “You bastards! Leave him alone! Hasn’t hesuffered enough?!”) Nevra still gets a reaction when Karenn starts humming theBeast’s solo– ‘If I Can’t Love Her’– from the musical.  
Ezarel
Chick-flicks?Ugh! Spare him the torture! There must be other types of brainlessentertainment you can subject him to.
Ezarel won’t be caught deadwatching a romantic-comedy. Not unless it’s a very quirky, nontraditional,indie movie that’s more bittersweet than sentimental, makes fun of its owncharacters, and isn’t exclusively told from the female POV. That way, he’ll sayhe’s watching a screwball comedy instead. (So it has a little romance in it. What movie doesn’t, these days?)    
What he enjoys:
A cast ofcompletely-flawed, borderline obnoxious characters, who rarely get what theydeserve (good or bad).
An underdog leadingman (or woman), who’s the only smart one in the movie and frequently a lonelyoutcast. (He will not tolerate anair-headed protagonist.)
Fast-paced trollingdialogue, non-stop sarcastic humor, and screwball jokes. Pranks are a bonus.  
Realisticrelationships (i.e. with all the ugly baggage, awkwardness, and confusion thathappen in real life).
The constant struggleto overcome distance, misunderstanding, and social obstacles. (i.e. the ideathat people are completely unreliable, and that romance never makes sense.)
Unrequited love andbittersweet endings.  
Breaking movietraditions and the fourth wall. If a movie is serious from start-to-finish, andasks him to suspend disbelief for 90+ minutes, then Ez practically fallsasleep.  
Cult classics. A-Listblockbusters are pretentious, and plain boring.Give him weird animations, weirder stories, and bizarre camera angles anyday. 
Favorite Romantic Comedies:
Annie Hall(1977): Ezarel adores Woody Allen, and this movie is seen as ‘The Romance’ inhis collection. He can watch this film over and again just to catch allthe references and in-jokes. He also turns to this movie for general lessons onhow to cope with relationships. And you all wonder why he’s so salty.
What If (2013):One of the few modern romances with a happy ending that still has Ezarellaughing out of his seat. He knows the friend-zone very well, and how it’seasier (and more dignified) to stay there rather than to try to climb out. He certainly does not hope that what happens to Wallacehappens to him one day. He’ll gladly live life without falling for a friend andgetting punched down the stairs.  
Amelie (2001):He always turns beet-red when someone catches him watching this classic.Because he only watches it for the pranks and the deadpan narration, he swears!All right, so he feels a bit sorry for the quirky outcasts Amelie and Nino too,and he sort of likes the convoluted, pinball-machine way they finally find eachother. It doesn’t mean he enjoys thatlast, sugary scene of them laughing together like idiots on a bike. Tch. You never saw him watch this movie.
Valkyon
He’s quite neutral on romanticcomedies. To him, it’s just another movie genre that doesn’t fall on his listof favorites. Why spend 90+ minutes on a handful of little arguments that can technicallybe resolved in just 15 minutes? He doesn’t get it.
So the only romantic elementthat he can enjoy is if it’s tangled into a greater conflict that heunderstands. Like war, penance, and exile. That’s when it really hits home for him. (This also means that Valkyon is actually the weakest of the three guys for stories about‘true love’, so long as they’re packaged as epic sagas.)  
What he enjoys:
True heroes/heroines,who weather the curve-balls life throws at them without complaining, and try to hold onto their honor despite trying times.
Turbulent, large-scaleconflicts, but where there is still a clear divide between what’s wrong andright on the individual scale. (i.e. war dramas)
Crossing cultures andborders, and adapting to difficult new circumstances.
‘Pure love’ that is more seen and implied than spoken and argued about. And which enduresboth time and distance, despite great forces tearing the couple apart.
Dramatic reunions.
Tragic endings.  
Sweeping landscape shots and vistas. (Really, it’s the best way to immerse the audience in the story.)  
Historical accuracy.The story may be fictional, but it shouldn’t completely abandon reality; otherwise it’s pure fantasy orpropaganda. In the end, the most powerful stories come from real life.
Favorite (romantic) movies:
‘Atonement’ (2007):His favorite romance of all time, hands down. It’s also the most tragic film hehas ever seen. Don’t bother taking him to see the next installment in ‘FiftyShades’; this movie has inoculated Valkyon against all cheery/sexy romanticfilms. Most other romances are just so… pettycompared to what happened between Cecilia and Robbie. Other screen-writers shouldstart putting in more themes of loss in their plots.
‘Zero Motivation’(2014): The only real ‘chick flick’that Valkyon actually likes, because it’s such a spot-on portrayal of the screwylife of military recruits (like the ones he commands). The first time he sawit, he smiled knowingly to himself throughout the whole movie. Because he haspersonally seen all the pranks, the sassing to superior officers, and thebarracks feuds that erupt from boredom, stress, a general refusal to getalong, and well, exactly zero motivation. It’s even funnier to see it up on thesilver screen.    
‘The Last Samurai’(2003): This movie used to be number one on Valkyon’s list… until someone broke it tohim that real samurai are a lot less romantic and used guns by the time theywere disbanded. That’s why he’s embarrassed to admit that he still loves thisfilm. In fact, the ‘armoring’ scene between Capt. Algren and the samurai’swidow he fell for, prior to the suicidal battle, had him squeezing his date’shand very hard in the dark of the movie theater (result: they yelped loudenough to disturb the whole row). Even now, Valkyon firmly believes that thescreenwriter meant for the captain toremain in Japan and find her again after the war.    
Edit: Whoops. Did you just say chick movie? As in, one? Looks like I went overboard again. >_> Nuts.
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just-a-re-blog · 7 years
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Question Tag
My homegirl @evangelene​ tagged me in this, so here goes--more than you’ll ever need to know about me RIP
Rules: answer all the questions, add one of your own and tag as many people as there are questions
1. coke or pepsi?
Coke 
2. disney or dreamworks?
Disney
3. coffee or tea?
Tea--but fancy good tea, like earl grey, not Lipton
4. books or movies?
Books bring me happy
5. windows or mac?
I only own Apple products
6. dc or marvel?
DC SAVED MY LIFE 5 YEARS AGO IN JUNE SO DC ABSOLUTELY DC
7. xbox or playstation?
Wii
8. dragon age or mass effect?
i don’t know what these are
9. night owl or early riser?
I like rising early, but I am at peace at 1 AM
10. cards or chess?
Cards, specifically ERS, but let me be clear--I am ALWAYS down for a game of Real Wizards’ Chess ™️
11. chocolate or vanilla?
le chocolat
12. vans or converse?
Adidas
13. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash or Adaar?
i don’t know what these are either. sorry.
14. fluff or angst?
Mafia and Soulmate AUs which include moments of both
15. beach or forest?
Redondo Beach and North Cascades National Park forest
16. dogs or cats?
I have always wanted a dog, but cats are my everything
17. clear skies or rain?
clear skies to do stuff in and rain to watch and listen to from the seat by the window like the emo fuck i am
18. cooking or eating out?
I am bad at it, but I like to cook!
19. spicy food or mild food?
listen, I like spicy food, but I never eat it because jalepenos bring my taste buds joy but bring my mouth great pain
20. halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas?
I celebrate Christmas from December 26th to December 25th
21. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot?
A little too cold. I love winter.
22. if you could have a superpower, what would it be?
GIVE ME FLIGHT
23. animation or live action?
I plead the Fifth
24. paragon or renegade?
I. DON’T. KNOW. WHAT. THESE. ARE.
25. baths or showers?
Showers
26. team cap or team ironman?
DC
27. fantasy or sci-fi?
Fantasy (looking at you, Bilbo)
28. do you have three or four favourite quotes, if so, what are they?
“It’s like when you are excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to always feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means that you’re happy, too.” ~Charlie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.” ~Marianne Williamson, Our Deepest Fear
“I am a weak person pretending to be strong.” ~Min Yoongi
“These wings came from pain, but they are wings headed for the light. Though it’s hard and it hurts, if I can fly, I will fly so I won’t be scared anymore.”  ~BTS,  A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone
29. youtube or netflix?
YouTube
30. harry potter or percy jackson?
Daughter of Apollo with the heart of a Hufflepuff who was sorted into Gryffindor. Yep.
31. when do you feel accomplished?
Those rare moments when I FINALLY finish a chapter/story
32. star wars or star trek?
Give my son my lightsaber.
33. paperback or hardback books?
Hardback yo. I am a destructive human being that can only be trusted to handle things that are sturdily constructed.
34. horror or rom-com?
Hit me up to watch The Proposal any day--I live my love life vicariously through others.
35. tv shows or movies?
TV shows...like I have time to watch them...
36. favourite animal?
Giraffes are great, but I also like elephants. And bears. And dolphins. And I am forever in love with the indomitable banana slug. Also, I like Pikachu. A lot.
37. favourite genres of music?
Classical piano, K-pop, J-pop, Chinese pop (my sister who is Chinese told me not to call it C-pop or Mando pop), soundtracks, 70s singer-songwriters, 80s rock, 90s rap (yes, I know those lyrics are the definition of misogyny, it’s not a perfect art form), 2000s pop, Keith Urban style country (yes, I said it), James Ingram/Yolanda Adams style gospel, Casting Crowns style Christian, WALK THE MOON/The Fold style indie rock/alternative, Charlie Wilson style R&B
38. least favourite book?
Ugh, Matched. I was just really not a fan. Or Gulliver’s Travels. I hate that book.
39. favourite season?
I don’t really have one, actually! There’s good and bad that comes with each. But I guess I’m pretty partial to winter because snow and, you know, Christmas
40. song that’s currently stuck in your head?
Californication by the Red Hot Chili Peppers???
41. what kind of pyjama’s do you wear?
whatever’s on top in my drawer (or in front in my closet if I need flannel)
42. how many existential crises do you have on an average day?
i live in a constant state of existential crisis. my brand is crisis
43. if you can only choose one song to be played at your funeral, what would it be?
I choose my favorite song of all time--Young Forever. 
44. favourite theme song to a TV show?
That’s a three-way tie between the Teen Titans theme song, the 1960s Batman theme song, and the opening theme of the Chinese drama Eternal Love
45. harry potter movies or books?
I love the books, but literally nothing in this world can top sassy 11-year-old Emma Watson (”It’s Wingardium Levi-o-sa. Not Levio-sa.”) and clueless, lovable 11-year-old Rupert Grint (“Yes, Hermione, I think this is gonna be exactly like real Wizards’ Chess.”).
46. you can make your OTP become canon but you’ll forget that tumblr exists. will you do it?
Look, if Min Yoongi and Jung Hoseok can finally get together like they’ve always been meant to, then my knowledge of tumblr is a small price to pay
47. do you play an instrument and if so, what is it? 
Once upon a time I played viola. Then I played French Horn. Now I sing, and I’ve been playing piano for almost 9 years.
48. what is the worst way to die?
Being eaten. I have had countless nightmares about something consuming me and just the thought of being eaten alive, I goTTa gO
49. if you could be entirely invisible for a day, what would you do?
Probably do cute lil things to make my friends’ days better like flip their textbooks to the right pages when they’re not looking or leave them coffee at their table when they get up to go to the bathroom. i is too cowardly to do those things for my crush, so it would be nice to be invisible
50. What are you planning on doing with your life?
Imma be a music video producer, y’all. Catch my name in the tiny credits
51. Favorite Disney movie?
HOW DO I PICK BETWEEN THE INCREDIBLES BIG HERO 6 AND MOANA
52. One must have item you always carry with you?
A necklace my sister gave me. It is my security blanket.
53. Drawing or telling stories?
Telling stories because I can do it through so many mediums, ya know?
54. If you could have a superhero sidekick, what animal would it be and what would you name it?
Y’all already saw this coming--THE INDOMITABLE BANANA SLUG NAMED MARVELOUS MAVEN WOULD BE MY SIDEKICK
My question: Stuffed animals or figurines?
Tags: @thatirishgirl078 @bts-exo-seouls @callmyexodus @whysoinvisible
Joke’s on you if you thought I was really about to tag 53 people
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