#idk I'm just such a fucking chump for this movie. i love it to bits i think abt it all the time

[welcometogrouchland]

I know we all already know this. But the "I'm still here" sequence from treasure planet is objectively an earth shaking piece of cinema

#ramblings of a lunatic #i don't have brains rn bc its late and I'm stupid but like friendly reminder im obsessed #like. okay first of all the fact that the song is crafted to fit Jim and his journey? phenomenal. more movies do this #bc yeah you can always try and get the rights to songs that already exist that kind of apply to your character/scene #but there's shrimp emotions stored in the craft and care that goes into making sure the song is imbued with the core of your movie #HE'S STILL HERE!! THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT #THE SMART AND SWEET KID HIS MOM REMEMBERS IS STILL THERE. HE JUST NEEDS THAT GUIDING PRESENCE THAT HE LOST #PARALLELING MOMENTS OF HIS DAD IGNORING AND ABANDONING HIM W/ SILVER BEGRUDGINGLY AND THEN OPENLY EMBRACING HIM #AUGH. I'M GOING SICKO MODE!!!!!!! #AND a lot of story and relationship development is told entirely in the visuals. which is always a treat to watch #AND the animation and cinematography is beautiful #idk I'm just such a fucking chump for this movie. i love it to bits i think abt it all the time #gonna go put im still here on a character playlist bc cringe is dead and i value my own enrichment now #everyone go watch treasure planet. please

[cyberprincehavoc]

In Defense of the Pointy Wizard Hat

I've been reading some Discworld and there's one thing I really love about it: pointy fucking hats.

Witches wear tall pointy hats, wizards wear tall pointy hats, everyone who does magic wear pointy hats. And that's because, in the Discworld, showing off one's magic is more important than making magic itself. You need to look the part of a witch or a wizard if you want to be taken seriously as one; that way, a witch can get away with not even making magic at all, just relying on good ol' psychology (or "headology" as one of the characters put it). Even in the Tiffany Aching series, where witches are being persecuted, Tiffany wears an imaginary pointy hat, and one of the witches has a normal hat that pointifies on command.

This, however, goes beyond "the magic-user has a compelling presence", it actually goes into territory of self-image, because no witch or wizard can take themselves seriously if they're not properly dressed for the part. Being a witch, after all, isn't just about doing magic; any chump can learn a thing or two about doing magic in most settings. But wearing black on black, pointy hat, and broom? Not only does that commands respect, it also convinces the wizard themselves that they're a magic-user. It comes with great responsibility y'know, it's kinda the Sword of Damocles of the wizard: you need to honor the hat. If you don't honor the hat, then what are you even doing? And that's why Tiffany getting an "imaginary hat" is such a powerful moment. It's not just that the hat makes the witch, it's also that having a pointy hat is as much as an internal mark of worth as it is external.

Pointy hats are how I measure when a setting is taking their mages way too seriously or not. Not every mage NEEDS to wear the pointy hat, but just the existence of someone with a mighty pointy hat is enough for me to know that the setting doesn't think of their mages as all hoity toity.

Take Lord of the Rings, for example. Gandalf appears with a hat. He does lose the hat in the middle of things (according to the movies, my headcanon is that Gandalf came back with a white pointy hat), but that's permissible because he doesn't need to prove his hat to anyone.

Now take Harry Potter, the later parts. As soon as Harry Potter starts taking itself way too seriously for its own good, the hats disappear; even McGonagall stops wearing them every once in a while. And it gets lamer because of it.

That is to say: pointy hats are a symbol of power. Having a mage without a pointy hat is like having a knight without a sword / horse. It makes the whole thing lamer because it subtly tells the audience that this work is simply "too good" for pointy hats.

I think that settings where there isn't really a full-on society or institution of witches, like idk, The Craft or The Witcher, and they may be persecuted, it's alright for them to not wear pointy hats, as long as the series doesn't get all smug about it. I'm reading Witch Hat Atelier rn and every witch has a pointy hat, I love it.

anyway i don't really have that many logical reasons for this. Pointy hats are cool. They can be a bit corny, but if you're ashamed of being a bit corny in a story involving magic, then it's a surefire indicator that your magic probably involves nondescript blasts of energy instead of creative applications of the thing, and I don't like that, personally.

tl;dr: witches and wizards wear pointy hats god DAMMIT. I won't take your book any more serious for not having them, I'll just assume you're a killjoy who hates fun and whimsy.

#it doesn't need to be an ACTUAL pointy hat; a hennin or mask would be cool too #“uuh i want my wizard to look like Littlefinger” UUUGH why even play a wizard then #rpg #tabletop rpg #trpg #rant post #fantasy worldbuilding #worldbuilding

[wildcatofgreen]

“Dear Diary”

Send “Dear Diary” to read a random entry of my muses diary/journal.

"I do not like you people. I really, truly, do not like you people."

With a sigh, she wandered over to her closet. Pushed a lot of clothes out of the way, to reveal a big box. Inside the box? Snack stash. She loves her trusty snack stash.

But under the snack stash, if you dug hard enough, was another box--a small chest, locked by a lock.

She took out the chest, and with an extended claw, she messed with the lock for a while until she heard it click open.

Inside the chest? Another box! This time with a combination lock.

She enters in a set of numbers that may or may not correspond with Lilac's birthday.

And with another click, the box is opened to reveaaaaal:

Two HEFTY books, one marked "Avalice/Burn Book", the other marked "Mobius". The Avalice book had some... weird, soft purple thing wrapped around it? Had a couple of pins on it too, but she didn't pay it much mind. She slipped it off, then wandered back over to her chair with both books. Let them drop on the table.

"Aight, here's the deal. I roll a 7 sided die. If it lands on 1, y'all get a random gossip. 2 to 4, y'all get Mobius diary. 5 to 7, Avalice diary. This is the only way I'm doing this, 'cause I ain't lettin' some chumps know my deepest darkest secrets without me havin' any say in it, capische?"

She'll grab in a little pen holder, a purple seven sided die with green dots representing the numbers.

Then, she'll just roll it.

"Mobius. Cool. Aight, gimmie a second."

Flips open to a random page, then, she'll read.

"dear diary "mobius is kinda like avalice. its pretty cool, but its cities are kinda lamer. me and sonyar went out to go eat something today and some of the food was based off of sonic!!! thats kinda cool--idk is like some sort of hero? that'd be sick. id know a REAL HERO. "i mean i already know myself and im the coolest hero around. but nobody really KNOWS that. SOME people do, but i gotta remind people that i saved the world at some point. and now on mobius nobody even KNOWS ME ITS REALLY LAME. I CANT SAY I SAVED THE WORLD THEYRE GONNA THINK IM LYING. "fuckin, some of the people here are way taller than they are in avalice. like bunnies are super short in avalice but here on mobius theyre like, normal sized? and there's bee people? ive never seen a bee person on avalice i never thought bees could be considered ''feral''. maybe ill look for a bee person on avalice when i get back home. "speaking of home this STUPID EMERALD IS PISSING ME OFF. IM TRYING TO USE IT LIKE BLACK DOOM SAID BUT NOTHING IS WORKING I DONT FUCKING GET ITTTTTTTTT. IT WHISKS ME TO RANDOM PLACES AND NOW IT DOESNT EVEN WANNA WORK I DONT GET IT I HATE THIS STUPID THING. i swear this is the longest ive ever been stuck somewhere its making me really miss home 3: "im glad im with someone i can trust but fuck dude, i miss lilac. and milla. they must be worried sick about me damn it. "fuck. im sure this isnt forever. im sure once i figure this stupid thing out i can take me and sonar back to avalice and id show him around and stuff. show him the big cities!!! shang tu's gonna WOW HIM TO DEATH BITS AND PIECES!!! "carol"

"Man I really ramble, huh?

"Me an' Sony used'ta go on little dates before we called them dates. Mostly 'cause I hated stayin' in one place and wanted to explore. Saw movies, wandered around town, did this that and the other.

"It was fun, but I was always homesick. Bein' with Sony was perfect, but if I could do it back home then I'd love it way more.

"Guess you could consider me lucky~.

"Think I prefer Avalice, though. More used to the terrain."

#carol's cruisings #rxbelling-hxrald #asks #meme answers #long time no see dragon girl