I would literally be so pretty if i wasnt fat 😐
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The Raincoats as photographed by Janette Beckman for Rough Trade records while rehearsing in London for their 1979 debut album. As the photographer recalls: "...I went to shoot them at their rehearsal space, but if you look at that picture, you can see that it's a toilet. They were literally in the bathroom practicing. It's just so punk and the place is kind of a wreck."
Ana da Silva and Gina Birch formed the group in 1977 after seeing the Slits perform. As Birch stated in an interview, "It was as if suddenly I was given permission. It never occurred to me that I could be in a band. Girls didn’t do that. But when I saw The Slits doing it, I thought, ‘This is me. This is mine.’ Palmolive, the Slits' ex-drummer at the time, actually joined them in '78, performing with the line-up that played live and recorded the debut album.
A weird fact for this all-girl band that was influential for so many female artists, is that it actually took a guy to help younger generations re-appreciate them and that's why the Raincoats somehow always seem to be mentioned along with Curt Cobain, since his enthusiasm for their music brought them back from obscurity in the '90s after citing them as one of his favourite bands and writing the liner notes for the reissues of their albums.
If you ask me, I think ol' Johnny Rotten was spot on when he said that: "The Raincoats offered a completely different way of doing things, as did X-Ray Spex and all the books about punk have failed to realise that these women were involved for no other reason than that they were good and original".
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Shigaraki's Mall Scene is actually SUPER SAD!
I want to write some thoughts about Shigaraki's mall scene. It's always been a sad one to me.
The more you find out about what AFO did to him the more you realize that it's not the turning point he thinks it is; it's proof of his indoctrination.
When I first watched/read this scene, I always thought it was odd how Tomura shows up hating and wanting to kill All Might, and then somehow has a moment of clarity later…about the same thing?
Why would he be excited to find out that nothing has changed?
In the context of a cult though, it makes total sense.
the victim learns the doctrine and parrots it.
they are challeged by someone, and cognitive dissonance kicks in.
Tomura's cognitive dissonance moment was Stain.
Some cult victims go through "consolidation".
It's when the victim decides to take ownership of the cult's ideals as their /own/ in order to gain relief from challenge.
This is MY conclusion.
These are MY thoughts and I've ALWAYS felt this way.
In reality, this wasn't some big revelation moment for Tomura. He consolidated AFO's indoctrination as his own.
That is a devastating step in AFO's favor, and that is why it is sad. Honestly I doubt Tomura had any other choice here but to consolidate for his own comfort.
And that's why mha379 is important. It's when Tomura breaks free from AFO's doctrine for good.
It's no longer about All Might or society, it's about That House. The thing that speaks to Tomura the most.
HIS thoughts and HIS hopes alone.
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Oh my. I've obsessed over the Ana-visits-the-fire-station-scene before but I hadn't even realised how much Eddie really keeps staring at Buck until today when I watched it super slow. I wanted still pictures to really showcase where Eddie is looking and how many times his gaze returns to Buck, but the picture limit makes that impossible.
Anyway, Eddie is absolutely staring and struggles to stop. There was even this one sliding shot where the frame first includes both Buck and Ravi about equally much... But then it's like Eddie's eyes just can't stop drifting more and more on Buck - so the shot that's obviously Eddie's POV just wanders more and more to the left, towards Buck, until Ravi almost disappears from the frame.
Okay, I've skipped the very beginning, Ana arriving (+ Eddie kissing her cheek like Ana's his abuelita or something) and bringing three salads to Eddie.
Buck runs up to them, calls Chris their new chief and lifts him up to hug him. It's a tight, long hug, like they haven't seen in a while and Buck has really missed him. Buck asks Christopher how he is.
Let's focus on Eddie's reactions.
(Looks like he's thinking: They're so cute together.. Buck is so good with him. 🥰)
Buck asks Chris how he is. Eddie gathers his wits, well kinda, and introduces Chris to Ravi... Eddie also forgets to introduce Ana to Ravi. Pays no attention to Ana.
Chris asks Ravi if he's a firefighter. Ravi tells Chris that he's a probationary firefighter. Chris asks him if he did something wrong. Buck (who was quite ridiculously invested in Ravi's training) quips "constantly!", then smiles. Eddie looks at Buck...
And finds that hilarious, ducks his head and smiles to himself like he's remembering something....
And then he just keeps grinning like a besotted fool, totally in a world of his own. Ana and Ravi are waiting for Eddie to introduce them to each other, it becomes awkward.
Finally Ana just goes "I'm Ana!" which startles Eddie out of his daydreams. Eddie's gaze drifts to Buck who is frowning like "wtf Eddie?"
Eddie quickly looks away.
... And then Eddie just needs to look again...
(Right then Ravi assumes that Ana is Eddie's wife and Christopher quips "not yet!" to Ravi's assumption. Ana and Eddie lose their smiles...)
(My headcanon: No, how could I marry her when I don't love her, I'd be happier with...)
Oh. Buck.
Like arranging a cherry on top of the cake Ana then says:
"So... Even in the darkness this place is amazing."
Not that we see her say it because Eddie's attention is once again on Buck, looking back at Eddie, in the dark room...
Eddie, panicking, delegates Ana's fire station tour to Ravi, then Eddie's eyes again seek Buck's and linger on Buck while Eddie mutters that he'll "put these up there" (salads Ana brought),
then Eddie, eyes flitting between Ana and Buck, rambles "I don't want these things to wilt!" and skedaddles.
...
If there's a heterosexual explanation to this all then I can't fucking find it!!
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