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darkprincessw · 10 months
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I really fucking hate working at a corporation. Now I’m being told I’m not allowed to wear graphic tees to work.
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alectology-archive · 1 year
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most annoying breed of author is actually someone who doesn’t respect a genre and sets out to subvert it.
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Say what you will about Van Helsing 2004; hate it, love it, be indifferent, But the All-Hallow's masquerade ball went sooooo hard and it had zero right to do so! It's a fun, campy, monster mash movie with wonderfully dated ( and expensive) cgi and non-stop action meant to be a popcorn flick one takes out to watch around spooky season. And it has this* chef's kiss* GORGEOUS 6 minute sequence plopped arbitrarily in the second act, which unexpectedly surpasses nearly every other ball in the last 30+ years of film( notable exception being the Cinderella 2015 ball) for literally no reason other than to be dramatic af.
Like feast your eyes on this Gothic masterpiece!!! Who doesn't want to immediately live in this picture?!??
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They used those candles with oil in them so that they would have real candles, real string orchestra( I believe), probably around 100 real life extras( something which is tragically absent in modern film), said extras are all in beautiful fully decked-out costumes( which are in luxuriously dark colours, but nearly no fully black, another thing you cannot say for much modern cinema), REAL CIRQUE DU SOLEIL PERFORMERS for all the acrobatics!!!! Hell, instead of filming in a sound stage, where they could control the reverb and the acoustics and the size of the set and the bloody lighting ( they apparently had a heck of a time emulating the firelight for this sequence) and the temperature( it's very cold in stone churches!) better, they filmed in a Baroque church in Prague! As I said, peak dramatic splendour, jfc...
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Think about that a second...They filmed a vampire masquerade in a Baroque Catholic Church( St. Nicholas' in Lesser Town, if you were curious) with amazing over-the-top acoustics and marble statues and real, tiled floors and marble pillars and a choir loft which they very much utilized, covered the pipe organ and the altar with a grand brocade curtain so it wouldn't be so obviously a, you know, a church! And there's a gold gilt elevated and canopied pulpit into which they put two vampire kiddies for, again, the sake of being dramatic.
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And the costumes! They remind me of the 25th anniversary Phantom of the Opera Masquerade costumes. Same quality, like they're old, well-cared-for costumes pulled out of a warehouse, instead of fast industry churn-outs. With lots of trim and colour and masks and lace and feathers and..just...ugh.. they are all perfect! Just look at all the head pieces on the ladies and the hats on all the gentleman ( save Dracula of course) and the powdered wigs on the musicians. ANNNNDD! The dresses are historically correct!!!!!! It's the 80's bustle era! Nobody does the 80's bustle era in film anymore and it's a bummer. Oh and one other thing! Anna's ( and other women's) hair, at least here in the ball, is also historically accurate because it's all pinned up! None of those fucken modern beachwaves at a ball! Everybody's got updo's!
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Gah, I swear, Dracula in his gold cloak really does things to me in this scene!
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By the way, the acrobatics are bonkers in here for just background stuff!! Especially the random guys on unicycles and the dude playing the violin whilst standing on a ball...Like....WHAT?
Anyways, all this to say, that this masquerade ball feels sooo real and tangible and because of that it blows every other film out of the water, and no, I will not change my mind!!!!!
Here's a few more gifs, bcuz, why the hell not, this scene is sexy as fuu*ck?
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Alright I need to go to bed now.
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story-book-sillies · 1 year
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Hey!
So, some of my posts are starting to gain attention, which it great, but something is bothering me. Please remember that this is a SFW age regression and tickle blog!! I use this blog as a coping mechanism for anxiety and trauma! I’ve noticed a lot of kink blogs interacting with my stuff lately, and even though I know I can’t prevent those blogs from interacting with my stuff, I’d like to prevent it as much as possible. It puts me in a bad mindset and triggers my anxiety. I’m having to block so many people, it’s not even funny. It’s just tiring at this point. So PLEASE remember that if you are a NSFW/18+/kink blog, DNI!! This is a safe space for me! Please respect that!
Sorry for the rant, but I needed to get that out of my system. I’ll go back to posting my regular content tomorrow, but for now, I’m going to deal with this stuff.
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I’m not British, nor a royal family fan, but I must say my piece.
My mother had a tumor, a few years ago. It was benign, but we did not find out until months after the diagnosis. Those were dark, ugly times for my family and I. If my mother’s colleagues or acquaintances treated her the way you treated Kate, I would have not spared any kind words for them. So I am doing the same here.
The way you all speculated, mocked, derided, made a meme out of this and wished all the worse things to Kate Middleton simply because she disappeared from the public eye for a while, something Windsor and the royal staff had already stated, is astonishingly embarrassing.
The media team repeated multiple times that she would go back to her duties after Easter, and needed to rest, but instead of respecting this you made fun of her and made her into a joke. And maybe the monarchy in this day and age is nothing more than a joke, who knows. But those people are real. They are humans as much as you and me.
To those who bullied Kate Middleton into making a message to talk about something so delicate as cancer, something she did not want to do to protect her children: you disgust me. I hope you had your fun, because now you are covered in shame. An embarrassment.
A woman might be a princess, the future queen, but she is still a mother and a human. And facing cancer, we are all the same. Some are luckier, some aren’t. Some have access to treatment, some don’t. But cancer is still cancer, and if anything it makes her just like anyone else. Human. Not an unreachable queen or myth.
I hope now you will realize your cruelty in the past days and weeks. You might not like her, but she is not undeserving of respect. Out of all the royals, not her. And if your blind hate can’t possibly get past this, it’s your problem, and your lack of empathy.
My condolences to the princess of Wales and her family.
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sullyfortress · 4 months
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Disney gives us all this garbage that nobody asked for - remakes and money grabs that make me cringe - but what I need - we NEED
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I NEED A MOVIE ABOUT YOUNG QUEEN CLARRISE TEARING IT UP IN GENOVIA.
Think about it, shes a dutiful young princess who has an arranged marriage to the young handsome King Rupert, but odd sexual attraction between her and her new bodyguard Joseph.
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It writes itself.
Headcannon Rupert and Jo are best friends and Rupert knows that they are basically a throuple- and is on board.
I will be drawing the fanart
Disney why do I have to do you job for you.
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Loid is so funny to me. Because when we first get into spy x family and see this ulter cool super awesome top spy, we would think that that's going to be his character. Like his personality would be all mysterious and spy like but then we start reading and come to understand that he is infact a normal man who adores his family, an anxiety dad trying his best if you will, even though he won't out rightly admit it because he's still scared of being attached to anyone or anything he loves in fear of losing it because of his childhood.
But I adore those moments when he's like, "Yes, I'm going to adopt this child and raise her in the most supportive and healthy way possible....FOR THE MISSION."
"Yes, I'm gonna think my wife is the most amazing woman ever and look at her with heart eyes....FOR THE MISSION."
"Yes, I'm gonna be the best and most supportive husband to ever husband....FOR THE MISSION."
"Yes, I'm going to spoil my daughter and give her anything she asks for....FOR THE MISSION"
"Yes, I'm going to walk around with the photo of my family and show it to my co-worker and gush (brag) about them....FOR THE MISSION"
He's just so dumb, I love him.
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sayhoneysiren · 6 months
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Venus in 8th/Scorpio people, can be highly sexually confident yet always feel judged by others for expressing their sexual energy.
Others seem to want to shame them and bring them down.
They must learn to praise themselves and give themselves their own value.
🖤
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They can completely change people when they're in relationship. They hold an unseen power over others that people either run from it or succumb to.
They are drawn to the darker sides of people since they too can relate to their darkness.. (Not specifically toxic).
Their sex appeal very alluring. They are the ultimate Femme Fatales. Flirting, tempting and coquetry are how they magnetize their lovers.
They take pleasure in indulging in their desires and enjoy being in altered states of consciousness.
Their own power can isolate them because it causes intense reactions.
Can gain global recognition easily.
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These people have a daredevil spirit within'.
They live exploring danger and the forbidden.
When it comes to any relationship they desire 'All or Nothing'
They don't trust easily and have strong defenses.
They could dabble in witchcraft and can be cunning and patient until they get what they want.
These people are impossible to control and refuse to become victims under someone else's control.
Make amazing detectives *stalkers* and help people uncover secrets.
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jxsterr · 6 months
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the craziest thing about this quote i find is, again, not only is this Not touched upon in the game in the slightest, but how totk actively goes against this. i find it genuinely odd how going back in time to see her ancestors is “what changed her mind”
because if we think about this. right. with the fall of the kingdom after the calamity and the destruction of the castle and the castle town, zelda choses to put her people first and channel all of her energy into rebuilding the World rather than rebuilding the Monarchy. she chooses to rule amongst her people rather than Above in a fancy castle, something which the npcs in totk illustrate works so much better because of how much they love and adore her. zelda has so much more influence over her people and can help and do so much more as a princess on the Ground without any royal escorts breathing down her neck telling her what is and isnt a good idea. which directly shows that hyrule as a kingdom is stronger and much more united without an official monarchy. because people come together at the disappearance of link and zelda to find them, they build lookout landing specifically for it and work together to keep each other safe through the motivation of finding their heros because they’ve actually been given the chance to know them rather than a figurehead of them. in botw nobody really knows how to protect themselves, only a few travellers brave it in the wild and the majority stay comfortable in their towns until monsters start trying to intrude, but then in totk, after zelda’s Direct influence, they band together to protect one another AS WELL AS link and zelda. the people want to protect them because of how personal zelda’s help is
she has more power as a wandering princess than stationed in a castle!!!!!
pre calamity we know that realistically most people wouldnt have even known what she looked like, nor what she wanted for the kingdom or even her character since it was constantly getting smeared by gossipers around the castle, which would inevitably spread around. she was hidden behind doors in the castle as True Royalty and thus struggled to have any real impact on the world like she so desperately did. she tore herself to shreds trying to awaken her power just so she could help her people because there was nothing more she was allowed to do to help. and you’re telling me she would willingly choose to rebuild the monarchy and the kingdom as it was beforehand knowing that she can do so much more to help without the constraints of royalty??? doesn’t that just disregard all of her character development?????????
god knows if any of this makes sense
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dulcealuf · 7 months
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A while ago, I finished my mandatory She-are and the Princesses of Power rewatch.
So, I decided to redraw one of my old Catradora pieces. These two mean the entire world to me 💕
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ghost-in-the-corner · 4 months
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Man, Disney's Wish just breaks my heart. Like, they began with some fascinating concepts, stuff that subverted many of their established tropes but keeps true to the image of a Disney Princess story. Actual Starboy, evil King and Queen, animation jumping between classical Disney and modern Disney; this film had so much potential to be something that not only encapsulated the company's history but also opened up artistic avenues for the future. But nah, they squandered all that potential just cause they wanted something marketable.
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obsmiechujek · 7 months
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Bubbline with some bubbles
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chroniccomplainerlol · 4 months
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Really unpopular opinion that arose after rewatching season 3 and 4 of LMK, but it annoys me to no end that Macaque barely did anything to improve (hasn't even apologized to MK lol) and basically got no consequences for his actions and yet he still got his redemption served to him on a silver platter.
Not to mention how much the fandom sugarcoats what he did, but I can't really blame them because the show is kinda doing it by itself considering the other characters' reactions. Like, you mean to tell me that Mei, of all people, would gladly fight side by side with Macaque?
Actually, why is the entire group so… casual around him as if they didn't watch the mf beat the shit out of MK right in front of them?
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Highlight to Mei and Pigsy cause they are the first ones to call out Wukong about his mistakes, and them doing that while also giving Macaque a pass after everything he did to them makes no sense.
And it annoys me even more because there were villains/antagonists who could have easily had a redemption arc but got killed off instead.
Also the same thing happened with the Demon Bull Family: They hurt and tried to kill MK and many lives were at risk because of them, but guess what? No consequences lmao they're all besties now.
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impernious · 9 months
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I'm going to make a few observations that should be obvious, but maybe they aren't. Anyway, this is inspired by some of my friends talking about DnD.
What you do with a game can have absolutely nothing to do with what the game wants you to do. And that's perfectly fine.
With that said, just because you do things with that game, does not make that game about those things. If I tell you that I use chess to woo strangers, this does not make chess an inherently romantic game.
A game is about whatever it lets you do with its mechanics. If the mechanics facilitate you doing a thing, then the game might indeed be about that. If they actively stand in the way of you doing a thing, then it is definitely not about that.
A game that does not help you contextualize your imaginative roleplay is definitely not doing you any favors. By all means, keep doing what you love, but there might be a game out there that absolutely helps you and facilitates the thing you want to do without leaving you out in the cold to make it all up on your own.
It is perfectly fine to houserule a game to oblivion and back to get it to facilitate the things you want to do. But at some point, you must admit you aren't actually playing that game anymore.
Don't encourage people to play a game without including the context that you are playing an entirely different version of it to have fun.
Read more games.
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seren-knight01 · 9 months
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The dichotomy of Ganondorf thinking that his strength, power, authority, and identity comes from conquest versus Rauru’s identity and power coming from his willingness to lay down his life and soul to protect those Ganondorf deems too “weak” to deserve to live.
Ganondorf’s very masculinity coming from the dominion over others; his birthright to royal power being tied to said masculinity. Ganondorf, thinking that a harsh world is needed to produce powerful people with “fighting spirit” while Rauru nurtures and protects in order to grow greatness. Gentleness and compassion being mistaken for cowardice and weakness rather than true strength. Ganondorf’s masculinity is based on conquest, subjugation, and utter domination.
“Do not look away: you witness a king’s revival!”
And Rauru’s based on selflessness, sacrifice, and compassion. Rauru’s masculinity founded upon love, wisdom, and determination to protect those who needed him. Rauru knows exactly who he is and what he’s capable of, and what responsibly he bears to those who do not have such power as he does.
“We are the king and queen who founded Hyrule, or we were the last time I checked.”
They are such perfect foils for one another, and Link is Rauru’s true successor in that regard. The masculinity that is selfless, that is built upon integrity and kindness and the willingness to be helpful and protective instead of an all-powerful conqueror. Link (and Rauru) fight for Hyrule’s future, knowing that he is strongest with his friends by his side, and that he fights for the safety and happiness of those who are not as strong as he is. Both Link and Rauru know that they cannot succeed alone.
Oh, the poetry that gentle, kind, fierce Rauru is the one who wins in the end.
Tl;dr: Rauru and Link are pinnacles of masculinity and Ganondorf views them as a primal threat to his very identity and that’s why he resorts to such desperate measures throughout Hyrule’s history, right to the end.
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littlestpersimmon · 3 months
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Had this weird story idea about a big dragon with runes all over him, and he's like a paper accordion that could unwind for thousands of miles, and the only way you could defeat him was if you were able to read every single rune on the dragon's papery body, and discern the long riddle of the princess who turned her labyrinthine library into her living armor in the form of a colossal and endless dragon . So far every knight that tried to off the dragon with fire, rain, whatever, was met with *death by a thousand paper cuts*. But the dragon don't really kill them, bc dragon is actually squeamish Lol. But since the entire kingdom is enrobed by the pages of a large dragon, there are entire university branches dedicated to discerning the riddle of the princess, why, why did she turn into a dragon, why is this her curse. And their culture shifts around literature, books and academia being treated as the holiest, most venerable form of knowledge. But anyway a cringefail and autistic kitchen boy loves math. He had come from a long line of dedicated scholars of the book. Boring and trifling matters like arithmetic were considered ignoble when in comparison to the mystery of the paper dragon. And the boy disagreed, of course. He loved books and all but was easily frustrated by them, he cannot focus on it, he needs the abstract to become concrete in his mind, he is the kind of boy who looks at a bridge and marvels at the sheer architecture it took to build a bridge before he is astounded by the bas relief;
he loves the world as it is and wants to tease out the blueprints. Anyway, when he was a boy, his mama used to tell him the story of the paper dragon, with only the first two pages of the dragons body being successfully interpreted by scribes. It had been about a princess who loved looking towards the stars and recording the sun's positions through refracted telescopes. And how she had a library filled with endless knowledge.
And the boy read and read the two pages and was enchanted by the mystery of the princess' riddle. In his teenaged life the boy would see the dragon flying above him while he was climbing an almond tree, and he makes out one of the pages along its infinite body as having similar lyrics to the known pages.
And it bothers the boy, all day he'd think about it. And he thinks about the princess who locked herself in her tower, watching the sun through refracted telescopes, and made dedicated sketches and notes every day to discern where the sun had spots; and it sort of connects in his mind that those sunspot sketches helped form an image of the sun, in a way, so he does the same.
Every day he'd just watch the dragon, and waited for the repeating lyric, and noted it down, until he had a long and fucked up diorama of the dragon; It takes him 12 years to be able to reliably predict where on the dragon's body the lyric shows up again.
when folded a certain way, in accordance to where the lyric shows up, the dragon's papery accordion body, the dragon forms a star at its core.
written in a spiral, the story forms into an answer to the princess' riddle; "I want to be free, I want to be free, I want to be free, I want to be free,"
over and over and over. In all aspects the princess who was a prince all along had wanted to be free, and the only way he could think of escaping the confines of his life and the fear of misunderstanding, of everyone wanting to harm him or to treat him as unnuanced a person for wanting to be something else...... was to transform into a paper dragon, more unquestionable than a normal human boy who loved drawing pictures of the sun-
The boy who loved math looked at the folded piece of paper in his hands, now he held the answer to the riddle of the prince, and he'd look to the sky to see the dragon flying above him like an endless kite. And he'd smile up at the dragon, scrunching the paper star in his hands. And hed whisper, I love you, I know you. I see you .
And he could have sworn the dragon smiled back at him.
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