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Rereading the Lord of the Rings series recently, and it's so fascinating to me how much the series is a denial of the typical juvenile power-fantasy that is associated with the fantasy genre.
Like, the power-fantasy is the temptation the Ring uses against people It tempts Boromir with becoming the "one true king" that could save his people with fantastic power. It tempts Sam with being the savior of Middle Earth and turning the ruin that is Mordor into a great garden. It tempts Gandalf and Galadriel with being the messianic figure of legend who brings salvation to Middle Earth and great glory to herself.
The things the Ring tempts people with are becoming the typical protagonists of fantasy stories that we expect to see. and over and over we see that accepting that role, that fantasy of being the benevolent all-powerful hero, is a bad thing. LotR is about how power, even power wielded with benevolent intent, is corrupting.
And its so fascinating how so much of modern fantasy buys into the very fantasy LotR denies. Most modern fantasy is about being that Heroic power-fantasy. About good amassing power to rival evil. But LotR dares not to. It dares to be honest that there is no world where anyone amasses that power and remains good.
I guess that's one of the reasons its so compelling.
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Luca Marinelli (and costars Elodie and Alberto Boubakar Malanchino) for MUFASA: IL RE LEONE / MUFASA: THE LION KING.
-Just like only men can portray Edna Turnblad in HAIRSPRAY, there should be a new rule now that from here on in only men with lovely eyes can voice Mufasa.
Aaron Pierre, the English language Mufasa.
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Ya know listening to 'I Will Follow You Into the Dark'... I cant help but think what a baseball bat to the kneecaps that song would be to The Old Guard team...
I just imagine them vibing during a long car ride and the radio being like 'Ah yes! The new Death Cab for Cutie song I'LL FOLLOW YOU INTO THE DARK' and then its starts and the four of them just quiet down and stare into the middle distance for the rest of the drive
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The look of Surprise. Yes mister we want pictures of you 馃檮馃槅
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genuinely fucked up that if i want to interact with someone online i have to say words and have a conversation instead of just mashing my face against them like a cat
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Mood
So yea, im gonna need you boys to come back ASAP
Need something good in my life right now
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Happy Luca is my favorite Luca.
Mino made me crack up馃槀馃槅
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When Joe鈥檚 bag gave way, spilling all its contents on the corridor floor, it took every ounce of willpower not to fall on his knees and weep like a child. Of course, Hana had finally settled down in her carrier, and she continued to sleep despite the crash of a half dozen cans of baby formula hitting the carpet, so Joe merely blinked back unshed tears and took a deep breath, finding his key and unlocking his flat. He left the door ajar as he carefully put Hana鈥檚 carrier on the sofa and quickly went back to retrieve the scattered cans.
After the tragic passing of his omega sibling, alpha Joe got custody of his newborn niece. Unfortunately, things weren鈥檛 progressing as well as they should and now Joe has found himself in dire need of a wet nurse.
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a heart like mine a slow burn JoeNicky omegaverse AU
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Lucaaaaa, you look like a homeless person 馃槀
And little Mino馃槏鈾ワ笍
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