#A CHRISTMAS CAROL

[femalegentleman-blog]

Still don't know how tumblr works but here's scrooge and marley

[draydelion]

I know the post mentions characters from classical literature in general, but I'll focus on 'antagonistic' characters because they have the most physical changes.

It depends on how you look at it. In the past, bad guys were always represented as 'UGLY' because they were the bad guys. And of course, the good ones are always the attractive ones.

Now, it's okay for them to vary; they won't always be 'ugly', and they won't always be 'handsome'. For me, it all depends on what character you're writing.

If you want a 'villain' who's a wolf in sheep's clothing, he'll be handsome. If your villain is a classic horror villain, he'll obviously be unpleasant to look at (like Nosferatu). But if the character's appearance doesn't affect (really) the story, use creative freedom.

I could use Erik from the Phantom of the Opera as an example, he has had so much physical evolution that he is summarized as a handsome talented guy with a defect on his face, but his appearance doesn't define him, but rather his actions, his personality. Whether he is 'handsome' or 'ugly', he's a tragic, questionable and pathetic man, I love him.

So, morally questionable people like Ebenezer Scrooge won't necessarily be scary or 'ugly' for being a greedy jerk. It depends on how you want your adaptation/version, just have fun.

Besides, I'm not going to compare the animation of the Disney movie, which is scary on its own, to the Netflix one, which is more cartoonish. They were different techniques. The Polar Express already scared me.

And I, who am obsessed with ACC, have seen all the adaptations (movies, plays, ballet...) that exist so far and for me, none of the Ebenezer Scrooge have seemed 'ugly', many are actually handsome (to me).

Disney created a stereotype and now popular culture thinks Ebenezer is like that.

I find it very interesting how designs and casting for classic literature characters have evolved from the earlier adaptations to the modern ones we see today.

A lot of that is definitely the target audience and how media has influenced how we see the characters.

However looking at actors and designs from 20th century retellings and comparing them to 2010’s tv shows, it just.

idk i feel like its kinda silly and fascinating to see how distanced we’ve come from the original text but not necessarily in a bad way

I mean just look:

A Christmas Carol's Ebenezer Scrooge (2009, 2022)

Edward Hyde (1931, 2015)

Sherlock Holmes (1939, 2022)

like idek dude

I guess we decided they needed to drink the yassification juice after a couple of decades and i kinda love it yet at the same time question mark ???

edit: also someone mentioned that TGS isn't a show and i sincerely apologize for not putting that in here my brain was lagging bad but i meant to refer to different types of media and it ended up looking out of place ;-;

anyways i just hope yall get my point lmao

[emilnikos]

jacorb

[citizen-zero]

WIBTA for taking advantage of my boss’ possible manic episode?

I know this already sounds bad but hear me out.

So I (30M) am the sole employee of this guy (62M) who’s honestly just a miserable boss and an even more miserable person. It sucks so bad working for him—the pay is horrendous, he’s verbally abusive, and the working conditions are awful (in the winter I literally have to stay bundled up the whole work day because he refuses to put the heat on in the office). He wouldn’t even give me holidays off if it wasn’t for the fact that there’s basically nothing to do those days because everywhere else is closed. I’m almost positive he unironically thinks poor people should die if they can’t work. His nephew (aka his only living relative and just the nicest guy) came by yesterday to invite him to Christmas dinner and he told him he’d see him in hell.

I cannot stress this enough—it’s BAD. I’d quit, but it’s been hard finding a better job and I’ve got four kids at home, including one with special needs.

Anyway, so here’s where I’m wondering if I’d be the asshole. Today was Christmas Day and he showed up at my house out of nowhere (huge red flag, I know). At first I thought he’d forgotten I had the day off and he was here to chew me out, which was worrying enough, but then his whole demeanor changed and he was super happy and excited and talking about how he was going to raise my salary. He even mentioned possibly making me a partner in the firm.

Now if that was it, I’d feel a little weird about the suddenness of it but it’d be fine. I’m not going to complain about having more money to feed my family. But then he started talking about how he wanted to pay our mortgage off. He talked about wanting to pay for our son to get the very expensive medical care that’s probably going to save his life. He mentioned at one point that he was going to be donating a huge amount of money to charity too—I knew he was rich but it staggered me. All this from a guy who doesn’t (didn’t?) even want to turn on the heat or the lights because it costs too much money.

It was such a sudden and drastic change that happened very literally overnight and now I’m kind of concerned he’s having a manic episode or something. I really, really want to accept his sudden generosity (I probably will; my wife is all for it and thinks he owes it to us), and I would love to believe that he’s truly had a sudden change of heart (an actual Christmas miracle lol) but I’m just worried about the possible consequences of accepting huge financial gifts like this from someone who I believe might be experiencing some kind of break from reality. Even if there’s nothing legally wrong with it, I’m worried about the ethics of it.

TLDR, my asshole boss might be in the middle of a mental breakdown. WIBTA if I accepted his offer to pay off my mortgage and my son’s medical expenses?

[autie-j]

"Scrooge only changed because he saw how nobody mourned him after his death" NO NO NO NO. You don't get it! The last spirit only worked because of the spirits that came before softening him up! If the spirits had shown him dead and ungrieved only it would not work. As the night goes on amid the visits Scrooge is already visibly changing. He's different after the first spirit and even more so after the second. And it's because of how much he's already changed that the final spirit is able to succeed

[em-quillx]

literally growling because i can’t do tenses. i go past present past present past

just like my life lol

[beggars-opera]

Years ago I remember reading an article with historians trying to figure out what the heck kind of disease would put Tiny Tim in a leg brace and eventually kill him but could magically be cured with a giant bag of money.

Rickets. The answer was rickets. This kid was dying of vitamin d deficiency he literally just needed some cod liver oil shoved down his gullet and a trip to the beach it makes me so mad

[puppetdaily]

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come from A Christmas Carol at Chichester Festival Theatre

[yubriamakesart]

"Scrooge said that he would see him—yes, indeed he did. He went the whole length of the expression, and said that he would see him in that extremity first." - Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

[steelbluehome]

[impostoradult]

you know what's funny about the all the supportive internet commentary re: the murdered health insurance exec? it's weirdly reminiscent of that scene in A Christmas Carol where the ghost of Christmas future shows Scrooge all those people who are bad-mouthing him after his death

like...bizarrely reminiscent

[drag0nalias0]

[island2citygirl]

I joy to hear @neil-gaiman read/perfom A Christmas Carol at The Town Hall in NYC 🎄

[gauntletqueen]

A Christmas Carol reimagined as a yuri dating sim, which of these ghosts will you choose by the end of the night?

Secret route is Bob Cratchit

[classicfilmblr]

A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1938 | dir. Edwin L. Marin