justyouraverageonwardenthusiast

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Congratulations Onward for winning the best family movie!

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this is my primary blog, but I'm almost never on here anymore so here are my secondaries in case anyone cares to check them out:

@fandoms-are-my-therapy - all of my fandoms (moderately active)

@okeatingmycaptain - Dead Poets Society (most active)

@justyouraverageonwardenthusiast - Onward and what it means to me (almost never active)

@mydearwatson1899 - Sherlock Holmes, mostly the Jeremy Brett/David Burke version since it's my favorite (almost never active)

@thoughts-of-an-english-major - English Lit and History thoughts as I work on my degree/studyblr (moderately active)

@marlins-and-the-trout - The Social Network (almost never active)

@even-so-he-is-good - Christian thoughts and reflections (never active)

so if I respond to your comment on any of these and you see this account it's still me :))

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this is the offical ‘i care’ symbol this is how it works: basically you reblog this and your followers know that you care and that they can message you about anything anon or not and you will reply back or at least look at there message. if you care about your followers please reblog

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endless list of pixar characters → barley lightfoot (onward)

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“And if today, all you did was hold yourself together, I am proud of you.”

— Unknown

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🧡🧡🎃 Autumn season 🎃🧡🧡 Don’t forget to walk with your dragon in this fine autumn vibe 🧡

Art Tag | Ko-fi | Artstation | Deviantart | Twitter | Youtube

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ロリコンだってインフルエンザになれば死ぬみたいな格言なかった？

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“I have learned that when sadness comes to visit me, all I can do is say “I see you.” I spend some time with it, get up, and say goodbye. I don’t push it away, I own it. And because I own it, I let it go.”

-Carolina Zacaria, The Artidote

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the world may be unkind, but that doesn’t mean you have to be.

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Pixar Dynamics → Barley & Ian (Onward)

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I wanna take the time to talk about the relationship between Wilden Lightfoot and Laurel. The only glimpse we have of them together in the film was this picture and the cassette recording of Wilden and Laurel’s conversation. In that cassette we hear a little of how they usually respond to each other as a couple.

At the beginning of the recording, Laurel mentioned to Wilden that the recording was not gonna work but she does this in a more playful manner. Wilden just rubs it off that silly comment and persisted in trying the recording while still talking to Laurel in the background. We later hear more of Laurel’s comments and Wilden calmly laughs it off but still listens to her. At the end, Laurel questioned Wilden, “Is it really working?” As she is surprised that maybe he actually made it work. Wilden playfully replied, “Well, lets find out!”

I like this conversation because we can get a glimpse of how they were together. To me Laurel is definitely the talker and assertive person in the relationship. If there is something that she thinks she needs to say or do she will not hesitate—she has a lot of spunk is what I am saying. As for WIlden, I do see him as the more mature version of Ian. Wilden has this quiet confidence yet strong determination that what he believes will work. They kinda complemented each other. Laurel gives Wilden the playful tackles while Wilden just rolls with it. I think that was one aspect why Laurel loved him because Wilden had always surprised her with his self-confidence. And Wilden of course loved Laurel because she is the spark that makes life so interesting and never dull.

Then Wilden gave Laurel a gift of two boys:

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that moment when you can feel yourself getting bad again but you don't know how to stop it so you just watch your mental state slowly deteriorate

I just

I miss my dad you guys

I miss him a lot

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Ian lightfoot sketch 1 :-)

original post:

https://hectorisagoodboy.tumblr.com/post/620258511407988736/hector-wow-wait-wait-wait-ey-chamaco-is

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I found this screenshot (below) of Barley and it is way too adorable I had to try to draw it in my style :’D

Barley Lightfoot/Onward fanart by @thebadgerfoxdraws​ 05/10 2020 - please keep the credit 

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Barley and Wilden headcanons

Wilden used to play Quests of Yore as well and Barley when he was older found his old collection and that's how he got introduced to the game.

Wilden would tell Barley plenty of stories about the past and how magical the world was.

Barley used to pull Wilden's beard.

On Halloween Wilden would dress up along with with Barley and they'd go trick or treating together.

Barley was the first to find the tape and he'd talk to it too until he gifted it to Ian.

Wilden has the same taste in music as Barley.

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I love Onward because it’s not one of those stories where someone brings a loved one back and the loved on knows they passed on and it’s not their time or place so they become despondent, depressed, and not themselves. Most stories about bringing a loved one back are about the protagonists acting selfishly because of their pain, and it has consequences. Onward does have consequences for bringing their dad back, but not one where they regret seeing him again. They treasure their time, they see him again, and Barley gets to properly say goodbye. Their dad gets to tell Barley (and consequently to Ian) what he wanted to, what he was always waiting for before he died. And though they’ve loved him their whole lives, and Ian never even knew him, they aren’t hateful about saying goodbye, and he’s not hateful for the time they brought him back. There’s just love. And it shows that grief is fucking valid.