#allan appreciation

[twilight-zoned-out]

Some things about Allan:

He’s the only one who reacts to the narrator

He’s the only doll (besides the Weird House) who isn’t swayed in some way by Ken’s takeover

He also declares himself as “Ken's buddy" (making canon his official box description) which makes his inability to be swayed more interesting

He has bendable legs (probably the only reason he tries to jump the fence instead of going around like everyone else)

He easily decked a half-dozen construction Kens and could probably singlehandedly win the Ken fight

He seems to know more about the real world than most Barbies

He knows what NSYNC is 

He knows about other Allan copies living in the real world (I’m trying to figure out if he made this up to convince the humans he can live in the real world, but even if he did, how does he know what NSYNC is???)

There are no other Allan models

#barbie movie #barbie 2023 #barbie #allan barbie #allan appreciation #the other barbies undervalue him but he's kind of OP #if they make a sequel it better be about him #I get why he has his own poster now #he's unappreciated by everyone in Barbie land #he might as well get a poster of appreciation #twilight-zoned-out #barbie movie spoilers #barbie spoilers #I also noticed that during Barbie's big dance celebration he was just there dancing? Did she invite Allan but not Ken? #Or did Allan come with the other Kens and just not join their routine? #just some thoughts

[just-a-girl-who-likes-sharks]

“In a world of Kens, be an Allan”

Yes, but the problem is that most Kens don’t realize they’re a Ken and think of themselves as an Allan

#allan appreciation #be an allan #greta gerwing barbie #allan barbie #barbie 2023 #barbie movie

[kyouka-supremacy]

Babe you're not gonna believe who showed up at Eurovision last night

#Finished making this at 4am → can't post it because what's the point if all europeans are asleep 😭😭😭 #Please appreciate #edgar allan poe #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd memes #mine #eurovision #esc 2023

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

The camaraderie between Vincent Price and Peter Lorre ❤️🖤❤️🦇❤️🖤❤️

#vincent price #Peter lorre #appreciation post #friendship #friends #vp is so sexy #im fine. this is fine #pl is so cute #i love these guys #the raven #the comedy of terrors #tales of terror #edgar Allan poe #horror #old horror movies #the big circus #left fist of David #vintage #movie #actor #handsome #gif #gifs made by me #gif set #gifs

[cinnamoncascadian]

Bucky in that rainbow shirt

Posted with @lokewolf82's permission from:

https://x.com/little_wolf82/status/1644765029445562371?s=20

2023-04-06

#fanartist appreciation queue #lokewolf82 #stucky fanart #prewar stucky #brooklyn boys #this barbie is allan :-) #coney island #beachwear

[spinning-angel]

BRO!!!

Bro.

A Batman fanfiction called ‘Must Have Been the Wind’ about Tim Drake leaving Gotham to pursue self-betterment after realizing how badly the batfamily treats him. Dick was nice at first before Dick wanted to send him to Arkham for his ‘mental instability’ and Tim Drake is desperate for love from being so starved of it from his own family. He’s used to being treated badly, explains it away, and even expects it because he’s never known better in his life ever.

Bruce is always too late, for being a detective he is rather blind to actual problems until they have already occurred. He can solve a murder, but he can’t save anyone. He deals in facts, not sensitivities.

Alfred is either silent or an appeaser to both sides.

Dick tries to send him away to Arkham.

Jason tries to murder him.

Cass tried to murder him in the beginning, and even with their now good relationship she abandons him to go to Hong Kong when he needs her most.

Damian tries to murder him multiple times, actively antagonizes him, and still hates him.

I’d like to think he’s scared of anything else at first because he’s used to silently suffering, and something new is much scarier than something familiar. Tim thought it was normal, that his life with his parents and the Wayne’s was love, but ever the detective he starts to question things when he goes to Ives’ house. He has so many questions; like why do his parents ask about his day? Lean in close, rub his shoulder, look at him so affectionately? Playful arguments, laughing at the dinner table, helping each other with dishes, taking care of the other when they’re sick? Why do they want him when to Tim, children should only be around when they are needed without exception? To Tim, children are a necessity because they are expected, not wanted, because Tim is and feels unwanted so much and seeing a family acting like this..he gets a little emotional and confused.

He might act out, yell rage and scream, ‘why do your parents love you, but mine never did!??!!’ And cry while being hugged and soothed. Or he might watch on with scientific integrity, with no spoken opinion, only to politely ask Ives carefully formed questions later in the comfort of only his presence so no one else will be able to hear his voice tremble, see him break whilst his theories are confirmed. He has been abused. By both his parents and Bruce, and not in entirely dissimilar ways either which is probably why he didn’t notice. If Bruce hit him he would have said something, if Bruce touched him he would have went to Dick who would keep him safe, but Bruce hurts him with his inaction. He hold back on touch, love, affection, everything Tim has already been deprived of. Dick gives plenty of hugs, but it’s different from someone who’s supposed to be your father, it is something Tim has never experienced before and fears he never will.

So he leaves, keeps in touch with Ives who showed him what a loving family should act like and anyone else who he thinks would care (Kon, Bart, Cassie, even Duke!!), then disappears into the winds one day. No one notices for months, could even be years, it’s not like Tim is keeping track. At first though, he does. He dreads the fact he left immediately, starts counting the days from the first, hoping and wistfully wondering if one of them is frantically searching for him…but after a while those feelings fade away and he is left feeling utterly content in the knowledge that he got away before he became another dead robin. It was all he would have been in the end, no name, no Tim Drake, Tim Wayne, or just Tim.

He’d have been another faceless robin who died at a time when he should have been going to friends houses, going through puberty, going to parties, teenage angst, petty arguments, hate, love love love —having a life that didn’t revolve around covering up broken bones and bruises in time for school with 30 missing assignments cause he was too busy fighting crime— normal kid things. Instead, he was given two parents who were never around enough to care about him, and gained a brother and a father who only saw his dead successor in everything he did. It made him feel fake, a complete fraud, inhuman. He had to earn their love when he should have already had it.

Now he’s willingly lost everything to start over again, and he’s okay with that. Tim has accepted that sometimes you need to let things go to let other things in. Two steps back to take five steps forward.

Present day, Tim lives in a nice suburban neighborhood where everyone knows each other and the community is small but strong. The type of community where you’ll walk your dog and everyone who passes by will wave and ask about your day, even invite you to their house for dinner. It’s not what his parents would have wanted, but it’s what Tim wants and Tim doesn’t think he has ever had the chance to freely want something before coming here.

He’s not hiding either, he still goes by Tim Drake, Ives comes to visit him when he feels well enough to, Kon, Bart, and Cassie call weekly to talk about life sans superheroing. Even Duke visits in the evenings on weekends and sleeps over on saturdays before leaving late on Sunday because he’s got school tomorrow.

Anyone could find him anytime, but no one has—Dick, Jason, Cass, Damian, Bruce— because they don’t realize they lost him. One day they might finally understand, or attempt to make amends when they try to become better.

Bruce might hug him and say he loves him

Alfred might call him ‘dear boy’ and ask if he’s been eating

Dick might congratulate him for finding peace

Jason might apologize and make it up to him by cooking one of alfreds recipes

Cass might come home permanently and just lie down next to him, no words needed

Damian might pet his dog and call him Timothy

Though, for now Tim doesn’t worry about waiting because the only thing he’s waiting for everyday is walking his dog in the morning and talking to friends who love him. That’s all he needs.

SUMMARY: fanfiction idea about tim healing from toxic family relations and learning how to love and appreciate himself the way he shouldve since the beginning, but he went from shitty parents to even shittier parent so he never had the time to take a breather and think that he doesnt deserve this treatment

#batman #tim drake #batfam #dcu #dc comcis #bruce wayne #alfred pennyworth #dick grayson #damian wayne #tim drake needs a hug #tim drake deserves better #jason todd #kon el #bart allan #cassie sandsmark #duke thomas #fanfic #fanfic ideas #batfamily #Tim drake deserves love and appreciation from the people he loves #thanks for reading #thanks for coming to this ted talk #7 paged essay on why Tim drake deserves the world and more #his friends will give him it too if he just asks

[liliana-von-k]

Because of the Allan rant I just went on, I thought I'd post the one photo I have of the Allan--and one of the many Midges--that I own. We used them as a very-on-brand-for-me decoration at the entrance to our wedding.

#barbie #allan #midge #(this photo was taken by our best man howard--truly the best of men--who is battling cancer right now so good thoughts appreciated) #personal

[reflectismo]

Paul later offered an analytical view of [Henry] McCullough’s and [Danny] Seiwell’s departures, but his analysis showed that he had not quite internalized the lesson of the band’s disintegration; in fact, he remained in denial about the musical issues behind McCullough’s and Seiwell’s resignations.

“When I came out of the Beatles, I got slated for being a bit too heavy with the other guys in the band,” he said. “It was a bit as if I was taking over as the manager. I thought with the new band, I’ll give them total freedom, so no one can accuse me of that again . . . and you can’t do that either. You started to have people saying, ‘Hey man, c’mon, produce us.’ No one would take up the baton, the role. So I came back to that. “The whole of ‘Wings Mark I’ was to see if that could be done. But there was too much indecision, and I wasn’t willing enough to take the thing by the scruff of the neck and say, ‘Look, I think we’ve gotta organize the solos you’re gonna play.’ It was a bit like we’re gonna be the Grateful Dead and we’re just gonna play what comes up. But to do that you’ve gotta know each other for a long time.”

[…]

Henry was surprised when Paul telephoned, but he agreed to a meeting at MPL. They smoked a couple of joints and downed half a bottle of whisky, while Paul asked Henry what he was up to and told him some tales of Lagos. “Look,” Paul said, “I know we’ve had our differences, but I really appreciate the time you’ve been with the band, and I want you to have this.” He handed Henry a check for £5,000 ($12,000) and a flight case full of guitar strings.

McCullough was touched by the gesture, but he was bemused by Paul’s indifference to whether the fracturing of Wings suggested problems with his approach to running a band. “Two of the band members in Wings walked out in the same week for different reasons, and he never asked why,” Henry mused. “You can take from that what you want.”

— The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1: 1969 – 1973 by Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair (2022)

#Paul McCartney #Wings #(As a fan really appreciate this insight) #(Really puts into perspective the valid criticisms George especially had during the last few Beatle years) #(My friend Paul you needed to give up control from time to time and really listen) #(As Lennon once said - they all had egos) #The McCartney Legacy #Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair #Henry McCullough #Denny Seiwell

[thepringlesofblood]

*barbie movie spoilers*

the reason allan in the barbie movie is unaffected by brainwashing is because he has never had to live up to any reputation except his own. he doesn't have the pressure of being Barbie or being Ken. he's just allan. he is immune to the system bc he defies it. even skipper and midge have copies and reputations: allan is the only allan, and he has never had to be anything else. thus, he is the only vaguely well-adjusted person in barbieland, because he is the only individual identity.

this a (possibly unintentional) metaphor for how the only way to combat the confines of the gender binary and gendered expectations is to define what your gender identity means for you. maybe you're a girl, but what does girl mean for you. both in a practical, everyday sense (what clothes make you feel good, how do you want your body to look, what pronouns you use) and in an existential way (what communities do you identify with, how do you feel when people treat you like a boy/girl, what words feel accurate and/or good, what labels you want to claim, if any).

A cis straight man still has a gender journey to go on to figure out what "man" means for them personally (like ken definitely has a gender journey, tbh moreso than barbie, jesus christ ryan gosling killed it).

ALSO

trying to get allan lore i keep seeing articles that are like 'oh ya allan debuted in 1964 and was then pulled shortly after, but he re-appears in the 90s as Midge's husband'

you fools. that's alan. not allan. some sources say spelling is "inconsistent", some just say the spelling was changed, but i disagree. maybe its not important to you but its important to me that they are two separate entities and individuals.

also if alan exists in barbie land he probably lives in weird house bc as midge's husband he was recalled after the whole 'pregnant barbie' scare and never reappeared. rip.

plus catch GQ writing an article basically saying "don't worry mr allan i saw your chanel boots"

#barbie movie #barbie #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtq+ #ken #allan #no clue what to tag this with #i just saw the barbie movie last night and have many nonbinary feelings #like this movie was very clearly focusing on the toxic aspects of heterosexuality and that's fine it was making its point #and allan isn't like. enby representation (i keep seeing ppl say he is??? he's just a guy??) #but i do get why some enbies are identifying with him #barbie/ken is v much allegorical for women/men in the gender binary #and he's. not that. #which is great. tbh i appreciate including him in the plot so much if only to represent men who aren't Ken #there's a LOT of diversity in barbies obvs #but most of the kens are shredded sportsmen #so it was good to see a guy whos just. a guy #sorry for rambling #original post #barbie spoilers

[ranpos-rival]

you ever just get a headache so bad it makes you reconsider your decisions of starting a cult

what

#Ooc: don’t appreciate cult talk here <3 #poe rp bsd #bsd roleplay #bsd rp #poe bungou stray dogs #edgar allan poe bsd #bungo stray dogs #poe bsd #bungou stray dogs

[googlylies]

hey so when are we gonna talk about Allan

#allan #barbie movie #this is an allan appreciation blog

[millythegoat]

Rangers match silly moments

If there’s Milly there’ll be Robbo ❤ (also Krawietz face 💀)

Petty ref is petty (Thiago got bollocking just because he doing his stretches while outside the line)

meanwhile Robbo:

"what a massive twat”

Milly clapping his old Villa buddy (they played together 17 years ago!)

#james milner #andy robertson #thiago alcantara #mo salah #arthur melo #liverpool fc #lfc #allan mcgregor #darwin nunez #cakez appreciation post

[doriangrayisbosie]

No one really knows how the parties get to "Yes"

The pieces that are sacrificed in every game of chess

We just assume that it happens

But no else is in the room where it happens

#dark academia #art #dark aesthetic #photography #gothic #books #literature #reading #academia #fall aesthetic #poetry #dead poets society #oscarwilde #poem #deadpoetswilde #edgar allan poe #lyrics #alexander hamilton #the room where it happens #lin manuel appreciation post #chesscom #chess knight #chess #arthur miller #death of a salesman #anna karenina #dracula novel #harry potter

[fermencja]

Aidan Gillen as Stuart Allan Jones (Queer as Folk UK, Series 2)

#aidan gillen #stuart allan jones #queer as folk #aidan's profile #stuart allan jones appreciation #queer as folk UK

[m00nj3w3l]

Nothing will be as funny to me as my friend (who knows nothing of BSD yet) just sharing a message from an anime Telegram group about Poe's birthday and then going "why the fuck does Edgar Allan Poe have a racoon"

#i also found it kinda sweet ngl #he knows I like the series so he decided to share that and I appreciate the thought #but it was funny as hell #bungou stray dogs #edgar allan poe

[marigoldgloriaswansong]

tribute to my uncle harold 🙏

#allan clarke #special thanks to geneclarksboobs btw i dont know where on earth you find these photos but i appreciate them very much