#I think I have seen this film before… (insp)

Reblog this fat happy boy for a good night sleep tonight

Nothing bad happens if you don’t! Just a cute good luck charm

He brings no harm, only good fortune and good dreams

happy halloween 

part 2

[ID: Two Miraculous Ladybug comics. The first one starts with Chat Noir and Ladybug sitting together on a rooftop. Ladybug smiles indulgently as Chat sprawls out and plays with her yo-yo, saying: “… and that’s why the Naruto wig isn’t going to work. But anyway, Bug, do you have any Halloween plans?” Ladybug looks to the side and smiles as she says: “Actually, I’m going as Paris’ favorite kitty.” Chat freezes, staring up at her in awe, then winces as he accidentally lets go of the yo-yo and it bonks him in the face. Ladybug laughs, but she smiles as Chat sits up, beaming, and asks in awe: “Wait, really?” She says fondly: “Yeah.” Chat whispers: “Omg.”

Chat cocks his head with a self-satisfied smile and says: “You know, I bet I’d recognize you on sight.” Ladybug says: “Oh really?” Chat says confidently: “Of course. I mean, Paris’ prettiest lady in the world’s cutest costume?” Ladybug cocks an eyebrows challengingly and says: “Okay, kitty, tell you what: if you find me on Halloween, I’ll tell you if you were right.”

Chat scrambles to his feet and leans into Ladybug’s face, smiling with delight as he shouts: “FOR REAL???” Ladybug laughs and says: “I- psh, yeah, Chat. Okay, for real.” Chat continues to shout: “I can’t wait I’m gonna find you and you’re gonna be so cute.”

There is a banner that announces that it’s the next day, and Marinette and Alya speak to each other in class with Adrien and Nino below them. Marinette says: “Hey Alya, what if we both went as Chat Noir this year?” Alya smiles: “Haha okay.” In front of them, Adrien looks shocked. Marinette spreads her arms and continues: “ What if we got all of Paris to dress up as Chat Noir this year?” Alya turns to her phone and grins: “Omg I’ll put it on the Ladyblog.” Adrien turns around and demands: “NO don’t do that Chat Noir SUCKS.” Nino looks a little confused and annoyed.

Part two begins with Adrien’s speech bubble hovering over a crowd of people all dressed as Chat Noir. He says: “This… is…” The view turns to Adrien, who’s dressed as Naruto and looks distressed as he shouts: “Impossible!” He drops his face into his hands and moans: “I’m never gonna find her.” Plagg, smirking mischievously over his shoulder, says “Lol yeah.” Alya calls out “Hey Adrien!” from the side, and Adrien opens his jacket and hisses “Hide, Plagg.” Plagg hides inside it, closing his eyes and saying: “Into the pit.”

Adrien waves and says “Hey, guys!’ to Alya and Nino, who are holding hands and both dressed as Chat Noir. Alya says: "Hey Adrien!” Nino smiles: “Sup dude.” Adrien says: “It’s good to see you! But where’s…” Marinette comes in from the side, waving and shouting “Heyy!” She’s wearing a very accurate Chat Noir costume, and the details of her cat ears, boots, and bell are shown before the view goes to Adrien’s wide eyes.

Nino and Alya compliment her, saying “Haha nice dude” and “Girl meow omg.” Marinette laughs. Adrien looks stunned and says: “Marinette…” He approaches her, rubbing the back of his neck, and says: “You look…”

Marinette crosses her arms and smirks, raising her eyebrows. She finishes: “… Like Paris’ prettiest lady in the world’s cutest costume?” Adrien’s eyes go huge and shiny, and he shouts: “LAYDBUG?” Marinette laughs and says: “Haha yeah.” Behind them, Nino calls out: “She could not more obviously be Chat Noir.” End ID]

[ID: A digital comic of Miraculous Ladybug. Chat Noir and Marinette are in Marinette’s room. Chat is going through a box of yarn as Mari writes something at her desk. Chat looks at Mari and asks, “Hey, Marinette?” She turns around and replies, “Hm?”

Chat goes “mmm” and looks to the side, reluctant to ask. She asks, “What is it?” He says, “Do you think… if I gave you some hats… that you could add holes in them? For my cat ears.“  Marinette processes his question, and then goes, “oh!”, a lightbulb popping above her head.

Some time later, Chat is laying on the floor of Mari’s room. Mari stands next to him and says, “Hey, kitty.” Chat says, “Hm?” She asks, “Remember those hats you gave me?” He tries to think of what she’s talking about, only to remember and exclaim, “You finished them?” It cuts to Chat holding a hat in his hands, looking at it in wonder. Mari says, “Yeah, I hope you like them! I added buttons so you can adjust the size if you want to.” He looks at her handiwork, thumb brushing over the buttons. Sparkles surround him as his eyes go wide. He hugs her and says, “Thank you so much! You’re really amazing.” She smiles into his shoulder and asks, “Aren’t you going to try them on?”

Chat poses in a mirror, hat and scarf on. He says, “I think I look pawstively dashing!” which gets an “ugh” out of Mari. He continues his thought, “Just in time for winter too.” He grabs his hat to take it off and puts it on a surprised Mari. Both of them look in the mirror. He says, “Looking pretty meowvelous yourself, Marinette.” She replies, “Whatever you say, Chat.”

Mari and Chat start posing in hats together. In the 1st panel, they’re both wearing cowboy hats and making finger guns. Chat is holding his tail as a lasso. Mari asks, “Why do you need a cowboy hat anyways?” He says, “What if there’s a cowboy themed akuma?” “Yeah, ‘cause you’re going to have time to get your hat for that.” “Maybe I will!” In the next panel, they both have on sunhats. Mari is wearing Chat’s scarf, and Chat has on a pink sparkly boa. He’s posing as Mari says, “Wait- let me get a picture!” and reaches into her purse for her phone. The next panel, they no longer have hats on, Mari’s holding the camera and taking a picture. Chat’s giving her bunny ears as she holds up a peace sign. She says, “Say cheese!” and he replies, “Ew.”

It cuts to Mari’s corkboard with pictures of her friends. All the pictures are blurred besides the picture of her and Chat, who are smiling. At the bottom, the text reads, “The End.” /End ID]

(longest image description i’ve ever written, but alt text would NOT let me put the amount of dialogue in this in under 200 characters.)

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hello dark mode users :)

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Dating Disney: Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast features my favorite love story and my favorite Disney Princess, so it holds a very special spot in my heart. So, it’s worth looking into the film to decide when the Movie is supposed to be set.

During the opening musical number “Belle”, Belle is telling the Baker about the book she’s been reading. She’s clearly describing Jack and the Beanstalk, the earliest version being the tale of “Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean” in 1734. But she also deliberately mentions an ogre, not a giant. Near as I could find, the only version with an ogre was written by Joseph Jacobs in 1890, making Belle nearly contemporary to modernity. Belle’s excitement over the book is likely a sign that this is a new story.

During the same musical number, we see a sign depicting a tobacco pipe, but unlike with the Calabash pipe from the Little Mermaid movie. I could place it to possibly be a Billiard type, but the exact era of creation escapes me. However, tobacco pipes have been around as long as Tobacco has been introduced to European trade, starting in the 16th century.

The history of colored printing goes as far back as the 16th century, and there are illustrations from the early 1700s with an impressive variety of color that help establish a stronger time period. The book also shows the words Le Prince Charmant or Prince Charming. Prince Charming started being used in 1697 in Charles Perrault’s version of Sleeping Beauty, although there, Prince Charming was not a name. Rather, Perrault stated that the Prince was charmed by her words. The first story to use Prince Charming as a name is the Tale of Pretty Goldilocks. It was written at some point in the 17th Century by Madame d’Aulnoy, but in her version the hero was named Avenant. It wasn’t until 1889 when Andrew Lang retold the story that Avenant was dubbed as Charming. One year later in 1890, Oscar Wilde used the term “Prince Charming” sarcastically in his novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, meaning that the term had gotten its more modern meaning by this point in time.

Gaston’s musket is a Blunderbuss, which was invented in the early 1600′s and remained popular through the 18th century before falling out of fashion in the middle of the 19th century. However, considering Belle states that this is a backwards town and Gaston is an old-fashioned, Primeval man, it’s possible he’s using a largely outdated weapon.

While there are no street lamps in the city, we can see in the background lanterns on the sides of buildings, which might allude to the movie taking place before the invention of gas lamps. However, gas lamps were invented in 1809, and if the version of Jack and the Beanstalk is from 1890, then by all accounts the town should have gas lamps. What this amounting evidence is leading me to believe is that the film is directly following the plot of the original fairy tale.

In the story, Beauty’s father is a merchant who loses his fortune due to a storm destroying his cargo. They’re forced to live on a farm until the merchant stumbles upon the Beast’s castle and kick starts the plot. In the opening song, Belle says “every morning’s just the same, since the morning that we came, to this poor, provincial town.” This could mean that she grew up in a much more modern, urban, and progressive town. Possibly even Paris. But that after Maurice suffered severe financial trouble, he was forced to move them to the small, backwards town that was practically living an entire century behind the rest of France, which is why she’s so bored and unimpressed by the little town. It helps explain why she’s so eager to want to get out of this town and see the world. She wants to be part of the modern world again.

Interestingly, I can support this theory with background information. According to some of my research, Belle’s village was based on the little town of Riquewihr, France, which still looks like it did in the 16th century to this day. So the idea that Belle’s little village lacks so many modern elements could be a nod to the architecture of this sleepy French village that has remained largely untouched by the march of time. Hence why it looks more like something out of the 1700s despite the many elements from the 1800s being present.

During the song “Be Our Guest”, Lumiere dances with a match stick. Match sticks were invented in 1805. Assuming the film still takes place in the 1890s, this would be concurrent with the other evidence we’ve seen thus far. Later in the same song, the silverware makes an Eiffel tower, which was constructed in 1889. Since Jack and the Beanstalk was written after that, it still fits within the suspected time frame.

During the climax of the battle, Cogsworth is wearing military garments reflective of Napoleonic styles. Napoleon was coronated in 1804 until 1814, had a brief return to power in 1815, and eventually died in 1821. So this is also congruent to the established time period.

In the Youtube Video “Fashion Expert Fact Checks Belle from Beauty and the Beast’s Costumes” by Glamour, April Calahan, a Fashion Historian from the Fashion Institute of Technology directly noted that Belle’s yellow gown lacks the shape of a proper 18th century dress, and more closely resembles the shape of 19th century dresses, fitting into the evidence that’s been mounting in support of a late 19th century setting.

As a part of his primary costume, Lefou wears a waistcoat and tailcoats, which came into vogue in the 1800s, namely from the 1840s through the 1850s.

But if the film is set in the 1800s, how can the Beast still be a prince after the French Revolution? Well something worth noting is that when he finds out that Belle isn’t coming to dinner, the Beast storms through the halls to her room as Cogsworth calls after him as “Your Eminence” and “Your Grace”. The address of “Your Eminence” is reserved for Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, and is an ecclesiastical style of address. “Your Grace” is noticeably an English style of address, but it’s being used by Cogsworth who is British, so I can chalk that up to just part of his culture. Although it was used for British monarchs, it fell out of use during the reign of King Henry VIII (1509-1547) and after that, the use of “Your Grace” became used to address archbishops and non-royal Dukes and Duchesses. Now clearly the Beast is not a cardinal or a bishop, especially if he is looking for the love of a woman to make him human, since it’s forbidden for Catholic priests to marry. So clearly that is not what is meant here. But the other answer actually does hold a bit of weight. Beast’s father was in fact, a Duke. So how is the Beast a prince? He’s not. Not entirely. See, there’s more than one kind of Prince in French nobility. There’s a Prince du Sang, or a Prince by Blood. Effectively, the Crown Prince, the sons of ruling monarchs. But the title is also given to lords in charge of a Principality, one of the smallest territorial sizes. The Beast’s principality probably only extends to having power over the little unnamed village. And with it being after the revolution, Beast might not even have the proper use of his title anymore. He’s effectively a rich kid in a fancy house with no real authority or power. He’s just old money from a by-gone era of human history. But if Beast’s address of “Your Grace” is accurate, that would mean that he’s a non-royal Duke, meaning he would not likely have been executed during the Revolution, as his family would have essentially been governors or senators than actual monarchs. They just had jurisdiction over a small piece of the Kingdom of France and reported back to and obeyed the orders of their King. Thus, he would not have been important enough to be killed or chased out of power by the townsfolk.

CONCLUSION

The movie is set between the late autumn and early-to-mid winter of 1890. Although the snow is gone when Belle returns to the village, the trees are still bare, signaling that it may just be unseasonably warm, though it could be the very early spring of 1891 between the receding of the snow and the blossoming of new spring foliage. Between the books, clothing, and references made, my conclusion is that Belle is a very modern girl living in a backwards little town stuck in the past, thus why a village in 1890 looks so completely lacking in modern technology despite the era. The Prince is nothing more than a fancy title as the son of a Duke, and he likely has very little if any actual government authority. Essentially, Belle married into wealth, not power, and will never be a proper queen, and I’m not sure if the wife of a lord ruling a principality is a princess or not, but I suspect the answer is no. Making Belle, like Mulan, a Disney Princess who did not marry royalty, was not born royalty, and thus, cannot be called a Disney Princess. She’s definitely a noblewoman, but she’s not royal by any means.

SETTING: Riquewihr, France

KINGDOM: The French Republic (France)

YEAR: Autumn, 1890 - Spring, 1891

PERIOD: The Third Republic (1870-1940)

LANGUAGE: French

This would also explain why no one in the town seems to care that their regent hasn’t been seen in years. 

i’m losing my mind at the concept that Belle will very likely live to see the first World War, barring other catastrophe.

Belle is 17 years old at the beginning of the film. If the film takes place in 1890, she’ll only be 41 years old when Duke Ferdinand is shot some 800 miles away. The Beast is barely four years older than Belle. He’ll be 45. 

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica (by way of Wikipedia), “costly battles on the Western Front forced France to conscript men up to the age of 45.” It’s not impossible that The Beast sees combat during WWI. Trench warfare, gas warfare, no man’s land, all the horrors of front line at the dawn of the 20th century. It’s entirely possible that Belle signs up with the Red Cross as a nurse, maybe utilizing a mechanical aptitude inherited from her father to aid in the war effort.

When Germany invades Poland, Belle and The Beast will be 56 and 60, respectively. In the spring of the following year, the Nazis invades France. They occupy castles and large estates across France, to use as both bases of operation and as strongholds to hoard stolen wealth (in the form of gold and art) and political hostages.

Would Belle and the Beast fight off Nazi invaders from their home? They’ve defended it before, but is there enough magic left in those old walls to mount a defense? Or would they flee their chateau, go underground, and use what remaining assets they have to aid La Résistance?

Do they have children, and if so what’s become of them in this time of war?

Listen, what I’m getting at here is that since they’re both Disney properties, there’s an entirely justifiable team up between Beauty and the Beast and Captain America.

Came for the analysis, rebligged for that last sentence.

The Stormlight Archive: Secret History

(video by nathanthecatlady)

Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton

Writing Tip June 4th

A list of body language phrases.

I’ve included a very comprehensive list, organized by the type of body movement, hand and arm movements, facial expressions etc. In some cases, a phrase fits more than one heading, so it may appear twice. Possible emotions are given after each BL phrase unless the emotion is indicated within the phrase. (They are underlined for emphasis, not due to a hyperlink.)

Note: I’ve included a few body postures and body conditions as they are non-verbal testimony to the character’s physical condition.

Have fun and generate your own ideas.:-)

Eyes, Brows and Forehead

Place To Place, Stationary Or Posture

Head Movement

Mouth And Jaw

Nose

Face in General

Arm and Hand

Sitting or Rising

Recline

Entire body and General

-Sharla Rae

Only 90s kids understand

Finally, an only 90's kid post with things actually limited to the 90's and not things I was experiencing in 2012.

Credit: @pet_foolery

I think I already reblogged this but im gonna do it again because this is a good reminder on how toxic gatekeeping it.

I’m reblogging this for the amount of thought that was put into figuring out the necessary configuration for a mertaur wheelchair.

MMMMM, the LAYERS to this. 

She’s technically a monster too. She might not look it at first glance and seems mostly human, but it isn’t deniable even despite her looks compared to the other monsters. 

But she realizes that she is still not like the rest of the monsters either and may not have entirely the same experiences as them, which is why she feels that she might not belong to or deserve to go to the support group. By sometimes passing as human, she feels she isn’t worthy of the space. 

The sad reality though is even though she’s mostly human in appearance, that tail she has undeniably would still cause her some struggle. Humans are still gonna look at that tail and think she’s a freak. There are probably still accommodations she needs because of the tail that she may still struggle to have access to. Even if it is just the tail, that tail is still enough to other her from humans and cause her problems and discrimination. 

She should get to belong in that support group even if she gets told she’s not monster “enough”. She still shares some of the same struggles as them that are caused by being a monster, and needs support. 

This is an excellent demonstration of the flaws in the concept of passing privilege. Bravo to the artist. 

NOW I will reblog this.

Image description: A comic in seven panels

Panel 1: A wolf man wearing a pale blue polo shirt and dark blue pants faces the viewer. He is saying, “Uh… I’m sorry ma’am, but this is a support group for monsters only.” With his right hand, he gestures to a group of monsters sitting around a table in the background. The monsters are a giant bat, a gorilla, and a dragon. They are facing away from the viewer.

Panel 2: A white woman with blonde hair wearing a pink striped shirt and dark capri pants says with a smile, “Well, actually, I AM a monster.” The wolf man replies, looking skeptically, “… How?”

Panel 3: The woman responds, while looking at the viewer, “Well, you see, my mother was a mermaid and my father was a minotaur.” Above her head, there is a thought cloud depicting a mermaid in a tank holding hands and looking lovingly at a Minotaur who is standing outside of the tank.

Panel 4: The wolf man, still looking dismissive, says, “Riiight. And let me guess: You got the human half from both of them.” The woman responds, “Exactly!” The wolf man says, “Gotcha. Hardy har har.”

Panel 5: The wolf man points and makes a snarling face at the woman, saying, “Ya know, it’s insensitive mockery like this that makes us need these groups in the first place.” The woman holds up her hands defensively, leaning away and looking surprised. She says, “Huh?”

Panel 6: The woman says, “Listen sir, I’m just here to drop off my brother and I’ll be on my way.” She still has a worried expression and gestures to her brother behind her. Her brother has a Minotaur upper half and a fish lower half. He is riding a mobility device. He says, “This guy buggin’ you sis?” while raising an eyebrow.” The wolf man looks astonished.

Panel 7: The woman is shown walking off-panel to the left. She says over her shoulder, “I’ll be back to pick you up at seven.” Since her back is to the viewer, we can now see that she has a tail. Her brother says, “Sounds good, thanks.” The wolf man continues to look astonished.”

End ID

Thanks for the image description!

This comic really sums up how I feel as a white passing mixed person

this comic is how I feel as a white passing mixed person, how I feel as an invisibly disabled person, and how I feel as a queer people with complicated/contradictory labels

Damn it. I’m supposed to be watching a TV show and now I’m crying.

This is how I feel as a dynamically disabled person.

I’ve never had the words to describe this like the comic described this.

-fae

Heaven Gaia spring 2022 couture

my nephew, who is like 11 or 12, is playing “5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel”, which is exactly what it says on the tin, and I have never been more terrified of the youth of today

here’s a sample picture from the Steam page:

what the hell is this

Always reblog the 5D chess with multiverse time travel horror

well if there's old classic loki then there should be old classic sigyn

my gender is picking “woman” on a form but feeling kinda weird about it

my gender is hovering over “other” on a form, feeling weird about it, then picking “woman”, then still feeling weird about it

Thank you, Tumblr.

You're all are describing me once again.