#Source: Stuart Little

[gotta-love-dead-gay-wizards]

Evan, making fun: I could rub your tummy!

Barty, 100% serious: How’d you like to rub it from the inside, Rosie?

Evan: Sorry I-I’m a little confused-

[incorrect-blue-bloods]

10 Year Old Danny: Dad? Am I in trouble?

Frank: no, son. You’re in big trouble

[poems-of-a-lover]

none of u will know the true war zone that is the note in my notes app dedicated to henry fox

[mariocki]

Stuart Damon plays pretend as secret agent Vince in The Adventurer: Poor Little Rich Girl (1.2, ITC, 1972). Damon was initially cast as a recurring supporting character, one of a group of assistants that work with lead Gene Barry, but he was dropped from the series (almost certainly at Barry's behest) and appears in just two episodes

[incorrectlooneytunesquotes]

You've got guts, kid! And you've got sthpunk! Not to mention moxy! You've got guts, sthpunk, and moxy!

Daffy to Plucky Duck

[maboroshi-no]

Hamefura Anime Blu-ray S2 Vol 2 Special Booklet SS

Series: My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Source: Anime BluRay S2 Vol 2 Special Booklet Title / Character: Geordo & Alan Author: Satoru Yamaguchi Synopsis: Geordo and Alan are attending a party at the castle. They are approached by a noble from Jeffrey's faction. Translation: maboroshi-no

Geordo's POV

Noble Lady: You are so charming, Prince Geordo.

When the noble lady I was dancing with told me this with a mesmerized expression and tone, I, Geordo Stuart, returned my usual smile.

A ball at the castle. Entertaining this kind of noble lady was a pain and I wanted to end the dance and part with her immediately, but I couldn't because of my position. But if she had been Katarina, her words and smile would have been greatly welcomed. Speaking of Katarina, after dancing the first piece with me, she was immediately snatched by another man (Keith), and now she was happily dancing with yet another man (Nicol). Honestly, I wanted to get her back immediately but I couldn't ignore the other noble ladies waiting for my dance to end, so I was weathering it with a fabricated smile. I wanted to hurry to Katarina's side. As I was thinking this, the entertainment of the silent noble ladies I was strongly connected with came to an end. I was finally free. I could finally go to Katarina, so I hurriedly stepped forward, but…

Marquis: Hello Prince Geordo. It has been a long time.

A middle-aged man wearing overly gaudy ornaments on his loose fattened body called out to me like this.

Geordo: Yes, Marquis. It has been a long time.

I replied with a smile but inwardly clicked my tongue. It was a pain, but he called out to me.

Marquis: Your dance was splendid.

The marquis said this with a grinning face. He was part of my eldest brother Jeffrey's faction and someone who hated me, so…

Marquis: You are so splendid, Prince Geordo. Dance, swordplay, you can do anything to some extent. But this also means you don't have any outstanding ability.

He spoke a little sarcasm to me at each encounter. But of course, I had no reason to humor such people, so…

Geordo: I am honored by your praise.

When I answered this with a smile, the marquis's face twitched. 

It was a complete waste of time but this marquis was persistent and once caught, I could hardly get away.

Marquis: You can do anything to some extent but anything you do won't exceed that level.

The marquis started throwing remark after remark. I knew very well that I didn't have any outstanding ability nor surpassed others in anything. I was well aware that I could do anything to some extent but only that. After all this time, I wouldn't be bothered by it no matter how much he told me about it. But I just wanted to hurry to Katarina's location, and as I was enduring it with a smile while inwardly shouting at him to end his talk quickly…

Katarina: That's right! Prince Geordo can really do anything!

I heard the voice I had been yearning for coming from right behind me. When I turned around in surprise, Katarina was standing there with a plate of food in her hand. Then, she turned to the marquis, and…

Katarina: It is just as you said! He is skilled at studying, swordplay, and even dancing! 

She passionately spoke with sparkling eyes. Seemingly dumbfounded by Katarina's reaction, the marquis said "Well then, I must excuse myself" and hurriedly ran away.

Geordo: Umm, Katarina.

Could Katarina have said that to repel the marquis's sarcasm? When I looked at her with this question in mind…

Katarina: You are recognized by so many people. You are so amazing, Prince Geordo.

…She said with a grin. It seemed like she didn't have the intent I had imagined. It was Katarina after all, so chances were that she just didn't listen closely to the conversation. Even so, it was thanks to her that my chest felt somewhat refreshed.

Geordo: Thank you, Katarina.

When I said this, Katarina made a puzzled face. Then she suddenly realized something.

Katarina: This dish was so delicious so I wanted to recommend it to you.

After saying this, she offered the plate of food with a smile.

Today too, I was saved by her smile.

Alan's POV

A ball at the castle. I, Alan Stuart, was playing violin on stage as I was asked. When I cast my eyes toward her during it, I met sparkling aqua-blue eyes. I hurriedly looked away, then worried it might look strange, looked at her again. No, even without that, I couldn't help naturally chasing her with my eyes.

Katarina Claes, the fiancée of my older twin brother Geordo, and the one I was secretly in love with. Even so, I had no intention of making her mine. It was just that I couldn't erase my desire to stay even a little by her side, even a little longer. 

When I was little, I was tormented by an inferiority complex due to being inferior to the brilliant Geordo in everything, and then Katarina saved me.

Thanks to her, I was now able to perform my favorite music at ease like this. And seeing Katarina listen to my performance with sparkling eyes gave me tremendous happiness.

After my scheduled musical performance ended, I got off the stage and looked for Katarina. There,

Marquis: Hello, Prince Alan. It has been a long time.

A middle-aged man wearing overly gaudy ornaments on his loose fattened body called out to me like this.

He was a marquis from my eldest brother Jeffrey's faction and a man who made caustic remarks at me whenever we met. I honestly didn't want to get involved with him but since he called me by name from a short distance, I couldn't ignore him.

Alan: It has been a long time.

I replied with just this and tried to leave with a hurriedly said "Well then", but…

Marquis: Aaaah~ Your musical performance was splendid. Your musical talent alone is amazing. But only your musical talent. How about stopping being a prince and becoming a musician instead?

He enthusiastically bombarded me with sarcasm.

I was kinda used to being told things like this by the nobles in my older brothers' factions. It was true that I wasn't as capable as my older brothers, Geordo included. I knew that better than anyone. But it didn't bother me and I had been okay with it ever since she taught me that each person was different. Still, listening to it wasn't pleasant. As I was enduring it while not expecting it to end soon,

Katarina: That's right. Prince Alan's performance was truly splendid!

When I turned around after hearing this carefree voice, Katarina was standing there with a grin.

Katarina: Prince Alan, your performance earlier was truly splendid. Just as this person said, it was better than the ones given by the other musicians.

Katarina said this with sparkling eyes. The marquis never said that, by the way. But since it was her, she most likely got carried away after hearing just bits of our conversation.

Then, Katarina started talking about how splendid my musical performance was. Looking at her, the marquis muttered "again" with a dull face, and maybe because he felt uncomfortable, said "Well then, I must excuse myself" and left in a hurry.

While looking at the marquis leaving,

Katarina: Oh... And I wanted to discuss more about the splendidness of your performance...

Looking at the blank Katarina who was missing the point, I inadvertently broke into laughter.

Alan: Hahaha! As usual, you're amazing!

She gave me a quizzical look, probably because she didn't understand anything. Looking at her puzzled expression, my chest suddenly felt light.

Correction. It wasn't only when we were little, Katarina is still saving me to this day.

Katarina: And so, about your performance earlier…

Katarina praised my performance again with sparkling eyes. Looking at her, I softly whispered in my heart only, "It was because you wanted to listen to it that I gave that musical performance".

[scotianostra]

Mary, Queen of Scots, was born at Linlithgow Palace, on December 8th 1542.

Mary’s father was at his beloved palace of Falkland, where he would in fact die aged thirty on 6 days later, having learned of the birth of his baby daughter. The true cause of the death of James V has never been satisfactorily explained, although all sources agree that the king underwent a physical and nervous collapse as a result of his humiliation and devastation at the Battle of Solway Moss. However as I posted two weeks ago the King missed the battle and was perhaps suffering from a fever beforehand, in my opinion it is being used as a poor excuse for his death.

The room in which Mary was born is now little more than a romantic ruin without a roof, however its location in the north-west portion of Linlithgow Palace, still enjoys the view out over the loch as it did when Mary’s mother Queen Mary of Guise, gave birth to her here.

History would in fact come full circle, with Mary’s own granddaughter, Elizabeth of Bohemia, the so-called “Winter Queen”, residing also at Linlithgow in her time. The near-lying St. Michael’s Church is traditionally thought to have been the setting for Mary’s christening. Mary in fact only remained some months at Linlithgow, being taken onwards to the castle of Stirling by Mary of Guise. Historical doubt has arisen over the accuracy of December 8 as the actual birthday of Mary Queen of Scots and it has been suggested that the event in reality may have taken place on December 7th, but that December 8th was used so that the day could coincide with the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mary herself however always referred to December 8 thas the day she regarded as being her birthday.

Indeed one historical works about Mary's life gave this short account.....

"The nation partook in Mary of Guise' misfortunes, when she lost both her sons, soon after the birth of the second. She had the consolation, however of bringing her husband, while he was dying of an afflicted spirit, a daughter, on the 7th of December 1542, in the palace of Linlithgow."

The birth of Mary Queen of Scots is commemorated annually by a short private ceremony at Westminster Abbey on her birthday, 8 thDecember, together with the laying of flowers in the Queen’s memory. The Marie Stuart Society raised funds to enable a statue of the Queen to be erected on the Peel at Linlithgow Palace, the place of her birth and I have heard some of them gather there now to remember Queen Mary.

I also think it sad that our Queen was buried in Westminster, the traditional burial setting for many of England’s monarchs and the setting for each royal coronation since her own death. Although Mary had herself requested to be buried in France, this wish was not granted by Elizabeth I and she was initially interred with great solemnity at Peterborough Cathedral in late 1587, where her body remained at rest for twenty five years. It was the eventual wish of James VI/I, that her body be removed from Peterborough Cathedral to Westminster Abbey in 1612, ordering a spectacular marble canopy tomb to his mother’s memory by the sculptors Cornelius and William Cure, today to be found opposite the tomb of Elizabeth I, in the Abbey’s south aisle of the Lady Chapel. The tomb is loaded with symbolism particular to Mary’s ancestry and life with a crowned Scottish lion, bearing a magnificent Latin mourning inscription written by Henry, Earl of Northampton and containing two verses from the Gospel book of Peter. Close to her tomb is that of her mother-in-law, Margaret, Countess of Lennox.

However, the tomb of Mary Queen of Scots did not remain undisturbed following her reburial, nor was the peace of her final resting place unbroken. Mary would come to share her burial vault with many of her descendants, including her granddaughter Elizabeth of Bohemia, the unfortunate Arbella Stuart, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, the much lamented Henry Prince of Wales as well as ten infant children of James II and the eighteen babies of Queen Anne who died at birth. This search had been prompted by Dean Stanley in 1867, because the location of the coffin of Mary’s son James VI/I was at that time unknown. Logical thought led the searchers to assume that he may have been buried in the Stuart vault of his mother, although his lead coffin was eventually found in the vault of Henry VII, where he lay alongside the remains of his great-great-grandparents Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth of York.

So there you have it from her birth in 1542, to her death in 1587, I think I cover enough of her life throughout the year for you all to fill in the missing years, which as usual I will endeavour to do once more in the year 2020.

The pic is her portrait by the French artist François Clouet. she is thought to have been 16-18 years old at the time.

[candyunicornsateme]

Please feed me mccormick angst. Give me your headcanonssssssss

Okay so like my main usual ideas are not extremely grim but generally pretty dismal and depressing like.

Kevin to me is like the type to steal some money from Kenny for some random thing and maybe Carol will say "hey don't do that" but nothing comes of it and there's no getting it back. I also see him "borrowing" Kenny's stuff in general like his PSP and Kenny has to hide it from him. He's not really intentionally an asshole but he's kinda a pain in the ass stupid older brother that adds to Kenny's stress occasionally. Yanno what I mean.

Also just see Kevin as the one to move out and disappear as soon as he's old enough to. Probably has the most tension with their dad, because... he's white trash and fights back? I guess? Which is compounded by one of the few scenes of him there is in the show. There's really not much to go off of with him in the show either so there's that too, so I am generalizing to a degree.

Kenny's dad is almost always a major touchy spot and source of issues, not just for Kenny. Like it's kind of a given. Most of the physical fighting happens between his parents especially when alcohol is involved, but I really have a hard time not thinking there'd be a few incidents if shit gets really bad. Like booze and drugs??? Some shit's bound to really blow up.

I normally picture Kenny not having many, if any, physical altercations with his dad, but I think his dad would totally just start bitching at him a lot of times, being jaded and complaining about money and demanding shit ("you have so much time to go hang with your friends you could be making money to pay for all this food you kids fucking eat"). Kenny generally ignores him, but it's anxiety inducing and at worst extremely frustrating. There's a lot more negative memories than good and I always see Kenny having some really fucked up internalized anger because he would leave instead of lashing out. Even grown up he wouldn't confront unless it was to protect someone else from getting hurt.

Like Kenny doesn't hate him but he wishes both his dad and his mom could stop drinking and taking their anger out on each other at the very least.

But maybe sometimes he does hate him. We can have a little hate and violence as a treat.

Carol is just stuck and forced to pick up the slack working long evening shifts and stuff like that, so no one's around to make the kids dinner, and she's usually too tired or checked out drinking, or arguing with Stuart on other days, to do too much. So homecooked meals are very rare, cleaning is sparse, and most times she just looks so tired and defeated just barely getting by. She expresses love and affection more, and the worst she would intentionally do is smack Kenny's arm. Sometimes she gives Kenny some tough love type of scolding, which could be a little something he can relate to with Kyle. Sometimes she sounds so sad though when she says nice things like that Kenny's her "sweet little boy", like she knows he's forced to look after himself and help look after Karen.

Kenny will come home late at night from hanging with friends or anything and his mom will be passed out alone on the couch on her stomach, just the glow of the old TV flickering some late-night infomercial no one's watching and reflecting on empty bottles and crap on the coffee table and Kenny just sighs. (This scene has been on my drawing list for years but at this point fuck it lmao)

Given their parents being like that, Karen grows up very anxious and unsure, and Kenny really is her rock until she gets older. :(

And KenNY... The idea of him fucking taking on the parentified child role and having to keep his shit together because he's gotta look out for Karen. He's gotta do shit like get Karen medicine when she's sick. Goes to the laundromat to clean their clothes because they don't have functioning machines at home (been there, it sucks). And he doesn't say shit about any of it, not the bruises, not the severity of drinking, not the having to escape his house because of the yelling. Until suddenly one day out of the blue he'll laugh and say his dad would've beat his ass if he did xyz and then doesn't explain or mention it again.

Yeah. Like that :)

BUT DON'T GET ME WRONG. I think more wholesome, nice stuff with all them is good too lol. I promise. I don't want anyone to assume this means I think other ideas/interpretations are "wrong". Kevin could be a derpy well-meaning brother too. Yanno.

Like I wish I could look at them and not only think of domestic violence and not wanting to be home, but like I said in my other post, my old edgelord hcs of yesteryear remain most heavily in Kenny's family. I just really love me some Kenny angst like that lol.

[gimmiesophiebaek]

From The Glass Slipper to An Offer: an ode to Cinderella (long version)

I remember as a young girl, there were four movies that I would watch on repeat to the point I wear off the VCR. Hey it’s the 80s! It was Grease, La Bamba, and two versions of Cinderella: the 1950 Disney animated classic, and the 1965 Rodgers and Hammerstein adaptation. I would sing Jacques’ Cinderelly song as much as I laugh over the way the Prince shouts “silence” just as he realized he found Cinderella before putting the shoe on. 

This year will mark the 75th anniversary of the 1950 animated version. With the anticipation of Season 4 of Bridgerton, I decided to give a nice homage to all the Cinderellas that came before Sophie Baek. Some are well-known and stay true to the story while others stray to make it unique. But one thing for sure: Cinderella movies are always great to watch because in the end, the underdog gets her happy ending. 

(Note: I am going to leave out the 1950 version and any animated adaptions, so don’t hate me)

The Glass Slipper (1955)

Couple: Ella (Leslie Caron) and Prince Charles (Michael Wilding, RIP)

Where to watch: YouTube Premium 

We have outcast but proud Ella being charmed by Charles disguised as a palace chef. And that’s all before the ball even happened. But the kiss Charles gave to Ella after teaching her to dance and handing the invite shook her to the core. Take away all the ballet parts, its a cute movie for the era. 

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1957, 1965, and 1997)

Couples  1957: Cinderella (Julie Andrews) and Prince Christopher (Jon Cypher)

1965: Cinderella (Lesley Ann Warren) and Prince Christoper (Stuart Damon, RIP)

1997: Cinderella (Brandy Norwood) and Prince Christopher (Paolo Montaban)

Where to watch: YouTube (1957), Disney Plus (1965 and 1997)

Ten minutes ago, I was planning my lunch, not hearing the sweetest sounds or that the Prince is giving a ball. So in my own little corner, I’m writing my love for all three versions of R&H’s adaptation. 

For the original, it was unprecedented at the time as it was completely live and worked out beautifully. The world got to know Julie Andrews prior to being Mary Poppins, Maria von Trapp, Queen Clarice, and the voice of Lady Whistledown and were so glad not only she’s still with us but still within the Bridgerton family. I’m manifesting an actual cameo from her in Season 4. Please make it happen, Netflix!

For the version I grew up with, I love the meet-cute of her offering Chris well water while thinking he’s just fighting dragons, rescuing maidens, and finding his true love. It was a nice call back in the end when he figured out who she was before putting on the slipper. But the best part is when Cinderella’s stepmom tries to stop her, he shouts out “SILENCE!” Bonus that the legendary Ginger Rodgers is the Queen in this. 

And then there’s the Brandy version: it exceeded expectations, from the colorblind casting to Brandy and Paolo’s chemistry, to Bernadette Peters being delish as the stepmom. 

Three Wishes For Cinderella (1973 Czech version and 2021 Norwegian version)

Couples:  1973: Popelka (Libuše Šafránková, RIP) and The Prince (Pavel Trávníček)

2021: Askepott (Astrid Smeplass) and The Prince (Cengiz Al)

Where to watch: YouTube (Czech with English subs, free), Amazon Prime Video (Norwegian with English dub)

The cheeks are soiled with ashes, but a chimney sweep it is not.

A hat with feathers, the crossbow over the shoulder, but the a hunter it is not.

A silver dress with train at a ball, but a princess it is not.

Figure this out, and you will get yourself a himbo Bohemian or Nordic prince! I can see why this is a Christmas classic in Eastern Europe. Though I am partial to the Norwegian version as our heroine saved the Prince from imminent doom.  

The Slipper and The Rose (1976)

Couple: Cinderella (Gemma Craven) and Prince Edward of Euphrania (Richard Chamberlain)

Where to watch: Peacock and Amazon Prime Video

While it mostly stays true to the source material, the stakes are higher in this musical as our Prince must marry someone from a neighboring kingdom to form an alliance and be "protocoligorically correct”. But true love wins in the end as Cinderella crashes the wedding, no matter how much the King and Lord Chamberlain can bribe her (with regret) in exile. 

Cindy (1978)

Couple: Cindy (Charlayne Woodard), Captain Joe Prince (Clifton Davis), and Michael (Cleavant Derricks)

Where to watch: YouTube (free)

Before Brandy, there’s Charlayne! In this late 70s African-American adaptation set in post-WW2 Harlem, Cindy is headstrong but kind (and really good at double-dutch) when she gets her life turned upside down when she meets a captain with the help (and dismay) of her draft-dodging neighbor. But sometimes the prince doesn’t get the girl as our Cinderella follows her heart and would rather be poor and happy with a maturing Michael.

Fairie Tale Theatre’s Cinderella (1985)

Couple: Cinderella (Jennifer Beals) and Prince Henry (Matthew Broderick)

Where to watch: YouTube (free)

55 minutes and no sign of Cinderella breaking into a flash dance for the ages or the Prince breaking into song that causes the kingdom to twist and shout? I demand my time back!!! Just kidding. It’s a nice faithful adaptation for less than an hour of your time!

Ever After (1998)

Couple: Danielle de Barbarac (Drew Barrymore) and Prince Henry of France (Dougray Scott)

Where to watch: Disney Plus 

The definitive millennial Cinderella story! Throwing apples at the Prince as a meet-cute? Check. Quoting Utopia under a disguise to save an elderly servant? Check. Carrying the Prince to prove to the gypsies? Check. Da Vinci as your fairy godparent? Massive check. And that’s before hitting the buffet table because you’re here for the food! And it’s the ultimate comeuppance towards the Baroness and her awful daughter Marguerite? Chef’s kiss. No wonder why everyone has this as at least their Top 3 movie adaptations ever. 

Cinderella (2000)

Couple: Zezolla (Marcella Pluckett) and Prince Valiant (Gideon Turner)

Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video

One word to describe it: BIZZARE!  While it stays true to the source material, the godmother is now portrayed by Queen Mab (Jane Birkin), the glass slippers are now made out of flower petals, and the Prince’s song is just… enjoy it for the mayhem! 

Maid In Manhattan (2002)

Couple: Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) and Chris Marshall (Ralph Fiennes)

Where To Watch: Netflix 

Yes, even JLo had her Cinderella moment. But she and future Oscar™️ winner Ralph Fiennes got some chemistry here in a case of mistaken identity and class divide. Plus, the movie did spawn a Telemundo adaptation AND Stanley Tucci, Tyler Posey, and Natasha Richardson (RIP) are in this movie. 

A Cinderella Story (2004)

Couple: Samantha Montgomery  (Hillary Duff) and Austin Ames (Chad Michael Murray)

Where to watch: Roku Channel

Diner Girl + Quarterback who wants to go to Princeton + lost cell phone + Jennifer Coolege as your stepmom? It’s a nice retelling in drought stricken LA. 

Ella Enchanted (2004)

Couple: Ella of Frell (Anne Hathaway) and Prince Charmont of Lamia (Hugh Dancy)

Where to watch: Paramount Plus

This takes the spirit of the story and shakes things up. Right from the beginning, it mixed in with Sleeping Beauty as Ella being “cursed” with obedience. Plus, our heroine and prince goes on a journey (along with a talking magic book and an elf) to reverse the curse like it’s The Wizard of Oz. Funny thing is this movie had Ella singing “Somebody To Love” and it won’t be the last time the song would be used for a Cinderella adaptation. 

The “A Cinderella Story” franchise (2008-2021)

Couples: 

Another Cinderella Story (2008): Mary Santiago (Selena Gomez) and Joey Parker (Drew Seeley)

Once Upon A Song (2011): Katie Gibbs (Lucy Hale) and Luke Morgan (Freddie Stroma… yep Prince Friedrich was the “Prince” here)

If The Shoe Fits (2016): Tessa Golding (Sofia Carson) and Reed West (Thomas Law)

Christmas Wish (2019): Kat Decker (Laura Marano) and Nick Wintergarden (Gregg Sulkin)

Starstruck (2021): Finley Tremaine (Bailee Madison) and Jackson Stone (Michael Evans Behling)

Where to watch: Max (2021), YouTube Premium (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019)

So while Sam and Austin drove away to Princeton, we were fed with five different Cinderella stories. We see our heroine dance, exposed as the real singer, being the star of the musical as herself, and giving acting a shot. Cinderella is a mechanic, a farm girl, and worked at a Christmas amusement park. But all end the same and happy! However, if Jane Lynch was my stepmom, I would be scared. No wonder why her next big role was Sue in Glee. 

Cenerentola (2011)

Couple: Aurora DeLuca (Vanessa Hessler) and Sebastian von Ausperg (Flavio Parenti)

Where to watch: Roku Channel

While most Cinderellas meet their Prince at adulthood, Aurora and Sebastian meet on the best (and her worst) day of Aurora’s life. She dreams of being a concert pianist like her father while he loves writing short stories. Eight years later and Aurora is at the mercy of her conniving stepmom in her own home turned hotel while Sebastian is now the heir (after his older brother dies) and part of a bargaining chip to close the deal by dating the daughter of their business partner. But with the help of Aurora’s long lost American grandma and support of the hotel staff, the childhood sweethearts found their way to each other. And the added bonus: she was able to resume her dreams of being a concert pianist. Double win for Aurora! 

Into The Woods (2014)

Couple: Cinderella (Anna Kendrick) and The Prince (Chris Pine)

Where to watch: Disney Plus

While this is just a fraction of the whole musical, what’s memorable about it is how the Prince is actually a douche. With that said, who hasn’t seen the “Agony” scene on repeat and laughed? 

Cinderella (2021)

Couple: Ella (Camila Cabello) and Prince Robert (Nicholas Galitzine)

Changes to the story: Amazon Prime Video

Before becoming a British prince in love with the first son of the US or a boy bander wooing a single mom who in another life was Ella of Frell, Nicholas Galitzine is the heir to the throne (and belts “Somebody To Love”) and falls in love with our dress designing heroine while dueting to Ed Sheeran. And to think the Prince’s mom was the aforementioned Ella of Frell’s fairy/caretaker in another life.

So now we’re up to Benedict and Sophie in 2025 (or 2026, but I’m still hoping for this year) and while their story starts as a Cinderella, we’re in for a treat full of drama, laughs, and true love! And wherever it lands within the Cinderellas of the past, it promises to be a memorable one.

[emry-stars-art]

I didnt mean to rediscover how much I like brainstorming and world building stuff but here we are - this time it’s (mostly) pirate Neil and shark Andrew flavored!

@tell-me-your-vision had some very good tags on the last post like this so of course I started thinking harder about it lol, you all know by now that the best way to get me to draw more is to leave ideas and questions in your tags 😘 it’s very interesting figuring out what parts I want to be drawn directly from the source animal and what I want to have artistic liberty with! Sometimes you just gotta say “it’s this way because I decided it is” and offer no more explanation, not even to yourself.

That being said. If the snippet interested you, find more of the unfinished scene here :D (and if you want to leave a comment… 👀)

I don’t know how clear this image is going to end up being, so here’s the important notes typed up:

Does [Andrew’s] missing fin cause maneuverability problems? Yep. Fins keep the body stable and streamlined in the water. No fin/half detached fins means Andrew spends a lot more energy to be equally as efficient while swimming. (That’s part of why he had more upper body strength than most mers.)

Does jelly Neil feel pain like humans? Not at all. Pain vs nociception - the detection of averse stimulus. So Neil can sense and respond to ‘painful’ stimuli, and he does feel some pain like a person would in his upper half, but it’s mostly just a sensation that he responds to. (This is dangerous. Less pain means he doesn’t realize how dire a situation may be.)

A second eyelid - like a crocodile/etc; a clear secondary eyelid that closes horizontally beneath the primary eyelid, developed to keep the eye safe and clear underwater. Why jelly Neil rarely ‘actually’ blinks

Pirate Neil’s prosthesis. Most of it is always hidden under clothes; it’s made of leather, copper, rubber, and cumaru wood. It was given to him by Stuart as soon as the man found out that Neil had lost his leg, and Stuart had it custom made through his vast connections. At one point in the timeline, Neil angrily takes it off to show a wary and lashing-out sharkDrew that he has also once been on the wrong end of a ‘whaler’s’ knife.

The tiny two panel comic in the bottom right corner: pirate Neil says “stop trying to stab me in the leg” while sharkDrew was fairly certain he just took out this pirate’s kneecap with his sharp rock

The snippet:

“And it was terrified. It’s second eyelids fluttered, it’s eyes were hazy. It held the rough stone ready in case Neil tried to get close again. It still wasn’t breathing right. It was still bleeding.

“Okay,” Neil said softly. He held his own hands out a little to the side. “I’m not going to hurt you more.”

The shark snarled, though it’s mouth never opened.

“I didn’t hurt you in the first place. They’re still finning mers?”

Neil tried to step in, slowly, and was met with another vicious swing. He was ready this time, avoiding the sharp stone neatly.

“Hey, thing. Keep moving like that and you’ll bleed to death.”

Another attempt, and another swing. Neil looked at the place it’s fin had been, now a horrible, gaping wound on its back. He could see the meat beneath the blood. If he didn’t help soon, the shark would go into shock, if not simply die here on the rocks.

“Do you even realize what’s at stake for you?”

[bambi-kinos]

I really enjoy your meta and look forward to more mclennon analysis. Out of curiosity, you mentioned that you think they started being physical in 1964 - is there a reason why that year specifically? Personally, I've always thought they started sleeping together in 1963, and my reasoning for that is they seem much closer in videos/photos, not to mention it was the year they "broke through", so to speak.

Would love to hear your thoughts on that!

Hmm well I guess it depends on how they, and we, define their sex life. John and Paul were sexually intimate starting since they were teenagers because John brought Paul into the group wanks. (tbh it's a miracle Paul didn't brain John with something heavy thanks to all that Winston Churchilling.) There's really no telling how it progressed from there, anything is possible with these two. Until Paul tells us the details (and I do not put it past him) then he and John could have been hooking up at literally any point in their relationship. When I think of them getting physical with each other, I'm thinking of them getting each other off with intent and purpose, and considering the style of the time this would mean penetration. Everything else can be handwaved away.

I pick 1964 because of this post: https://www.tumblr.com/got-ticket-to-ride/739464905120497664/its-the-anniversary-day-of-john-and-paul-in-paris?source=share

It's just something about it, y'know. John and Paul are in their city. They stayed up all night and well into the morning and then slept deep into the afternoon, almost evening. And then as GTTR says, "And then they emerge from their hotel room looking like a newlywed couple."

Well, there's just a certain satisfaction radiating off them isn't there?

But I do see your point: why wouldn't they be hooking up earlier? Why wouldn't it escalate physically before this? Why would they wait until Paris 1964?

I have a few reasons, they are admittedly flimsy but since we are all just making shit up then it's fine, right?

Julian was born in 1963. I've read bits and pieces of Beatles 1963 by Rees and that book is full of little chunks about John running home to see Cynthia and the baby (usually not even for a full night/day because he was so busy.) Their schedule is also packed, they are constantly on the move especially during the night because this is where they had to start being smuggled out of theaters and such. So I genuinely think that John and Paul did not have the time or the space to have sex with each other. I know I am saying this when they had time to hook up with groupies between shows but considering who John and Paul are, and what they mean to one another, I just struggle to imagine them acting that way with one another. They would want to take their time with one another and get it right. They're hopeless romantics at heart, they're both deeply enamored with the idea of "you're special, you're different" so I genuinely think they would want to take their time with each other physically and do it right. I don't think they had that time in 1963 with the way they're running all over the UK.

Then there's the Absolute State of John and Paul's relationship in 1963. Remember that the halcyon days of Paris are way in the rearview mirror at this point. In 1962 Stuart died, Cynthia got pregnant, and John had to get married to save her reputation. I can't imagine Paul reacting well to any of this though I'm sure he put his cheery stoic mask on. Then in 1963, Julian is born. Barcelona happens and John seduces Brian to get the songwriting credit that he wanted and screws Paul out of their deal. Considering this is something Paul is still angry about to this day, I can't imagine how he blew his fucking top at John when he found out that May:

I don't think Paul was in the mood for any hooking up in 1963. John has a baby with a woman, is married, then he fucks off to have a gay experience with their manager and then when he comes back he's screwed Paul's side of the business on the downlow? I would be on the fucking six o' clock news lmao, John would not have escaped my wrath. It's really no wonder Paul made a specific point of hooking up with Jane Asher isn't it? He was making a point to John specifically and John seethed about it.

However I do think that something happened in 1963 that healed the rift in the Lennon-McCartney relationship:

Paul got sick from the gastric flu and he fainted dead away in the dressing room. John was very upset and was seen pacing the room when the doctor arrived to check on Paul. This is how we know that Paul actually fainted for real, if he was just feeling feverish John would be concerned but maybe not like that. @james-winston has a pair of really fantastic posts about the aftermath of the fainting incident that I have taken as gospel and I fully apply this to any McLennon analysis I write about this period. The key point though is this:

I have a headcanon that Paul being sick caused something to happen between John and Paul that left them both feeling awkward around each other. I don't think it is was sexual, I think it was more likely that John (who thought he was cursed to have all the men he loved die on him) was afraid something might happen to Paul, and reacted emotionally to it.

This all took place in November, after the Wooler thing, after the burn from Barcelona has had a chance to soften, after they both have had time to get used to the idea that Julian exists and has a place in their lives now. I think this was enough to mend things between them. And you know what else happened the night Paul fainted? Brian secured The Beatles their spot on Ed Sullivan:

So once Brian comes back and tells them the news, John and Paul flip right back into the honeymoon phase. The wounds of the past are forgotten (for now) and they're right back in each other's pockets. I think it's around this time period that Paul was taking photos that now make up Eye of the Storm.

TBH I can imagine John and Paul hooking up at this date. If someone looked at this and said "well this looks like a prelude to sweet love making to me" then that's perfectly reasonable. There's some suggestive photos in Eye of the Storm where Paul is taking John's picture from what looks to be a bathtub while John makes faces at him. It could have been then, absolutely.

But I like the idea that Paul wanted to wait until the next year. 1963 was rough on all of them and he and John are both big on getting new starts. Wait for 1964 to roll around. Brian says we're going to Paris in February. I can wait until then.

And just this once, it was worth it.

[iwozlegit]

Incorrect Huskerdust quotes

Angel: I can rub your tummy…

Husk: (drunk af) How’d you like to rub it from the inside, Spider boy?

Angel:

(Source: Stuart Little)

[traintrainingmontage]

CW: alcohol, smoking

Ok, but TTTE bar/cafe AU.

The most popular cafe/restaurant on the entire island is the Wild Nor'Wester, owned and operated by Sir Topham Hatt. He has several employees, with Thomas (the face of the place), James, Emily, and Percy as the waitstaff and Gordon, Henry, Toby, and Edward cooking up a storm in the kitchen.

Gordon is the head chef, and he knows it. This often brings him into conflict with Thomas, who is none too pleased with how he treats the front of house, but they manage to strike up an alliance. Gordon and Percy, on the other hand, really don't see eye to eye on most anything.

All of their ingredients are sourced from Little Western Farms, run by a kind fellow known as Duck. He often brings over the ingredients personally, although sometimes the other farmworker, Oliver, will deliver them. If not those two, then it'll be Donald and/or Douglas, who run a cargo/shipping service spanning across the island and work closely with Little Western.

~~~

On the other side of Sodor is The Skarloey, which is the oldest standing bar on the island and was established in 1865. It's managed by Mr. Peter Sam, and owned by Sir Handel Brown II. Mr. Ivo Hugh, who runs the Crovan's Gate Handyman Service, is a frequent patron.

The bartenders are brothers Skarloey "Karl" and Rheneas "Rhen" Fletcher, named for landmarks in the area, and they've been working the bar forever. Training under them are Handel Falcon (teasingly nicknamed "Sir") and Peter Sam Kerr-Stuart, which caused no end of confusion when he met the manager for the first time.

In the back kitchen is Ruston "Rusty" Hornsby, a young cook doing their best, and their coworker Duncan Barclay, who smokes too much. Although the kitchen is mainly for making light appetizers to accompany the drinks, Duncan often feels overworked and under-appreciated... at least until The Skarloey gets a surprise hire in the form of Duke England-Holland, who used to be employed as a chef by the richest family on the island. He'd been in retirement for years, but decided that he needed some stimulation in his life again and got hired on at The Skarloey. He manages the kitchen exceedingly well.

With Ivo Hugh's adopted son Fred and his grandson, Ivo Hugh II, also working at The Skarloey, business is better than ever!

[mangle-my-mind]

Todd Haynes on Arthur Stuart

OM: I think you would agree that the character who most personalizes the film and makes it so emotional is Arthur. He's not just the guy who walks around asking what Rosebud is.

TH: Arthur is me. He's you. He's the fan who becomes part of the story, the silhouette who has the light turned onto him. I still have a crush on him, the character, and it's largely due to Christian [Bale's] performance - there's just something so heartbreaking about it. I still can't be completely objective about Arthur. It is a very difficult part to play, and much less inviting than the more colorful roles in the film. But the weight on that character/actor to carry the film and ground you emotionally, and give you a consistent point of entry into the story - through all of these flashbacks and dizzying whirlwind of memories - was enormous. I think Christian rose to the occasion and presented us with a consistent point of ourselves as the public who buys the music. The film had to have a really strong fan point of view, not just as a framework for letting Mandy and the rest tell the story. He is there for us as a reminder of our place in the cycle of pop and consumer culture, that we're really central to it. Something about that cycle - where the kiss between Brian and Curt is photographed, the photograph gets printed, it goes through the press, it gets sold at the newsstand, some little kid in Manchester buys it, he takes it home, he opens it up, and it gives him an erection - is very real. There's something palpable about intercutting the public sexuality of the rock stars with the very private, unknown sexuality of the consumer, and how one directly affects the other. I think it all has to do with the tremendous joy that rock performers get from performing their music, the sexual connection to the audience, which film-makers cannot experience. To have lived a live moment with an audience, where some kind of charge is being let out on one end and taken in on the other, is pretty amazing. It's also why rock speaks to adolescents. They are most in need and most open to all kinds of charges like that, because it's not yet codified, or genderized or labelled.

Source - Superstardust: Talking Glam with Todd Haynes, Oren Moverman

Emphasis my own :)

[deadlydelicious]

ok not to be a fucking British history nerd on main but yall

Henry's royal house is 'Hanover-Stuart' - implying he comes from the House of Hanover

but the last Hanover monarch was Queen Victoria. Her children inherited their father (her cousin's) house- Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After that the British line of Hanover effectively ended

So the persistence of the name then implies that in the Red White and Royal Blue universe, Queen Victoria - who we know exists as a Queen in universe because of the food fight joke- was either succeed by a much more distantly related Hanover- implying her children either didn't exist or were somehow removed from the line of succession (hello new fictional civil war of 1901), OR it implies that Queen Victoria somehow, in 1840- changed the entire system of patralineage into a matralineage so her children would inherit the Hanover title. This would then in turn imply that the female line would have to be acknowledged as the stronger claimant to the throne meaning the heir to Victoria's throne would NOT have been Edward VII, but instead Victoria's first born- a daughter also called Victoria (hereafter referred to as V2 for clarity).

But in real life V2 went on to become the empress of Germany and the mother of the last German Kaiser - you know the one who was CREEPILY almost incestuously obsessed with his mothers hands and who ALSO LARGELY CAUSED WW1 BY MAKING 1910s GERMANY AN EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE MILITARY POWER TO RESOLVE IS DADDY ISSUES?! But if in RW&RB V2 never became the German Empress, she never would have had Wilhelm II, and would instead have married a man of lower station and went on to continue the Hanover line in England, meaning there would be no Willhelm II - whos infamously erratic and hostile foreign policy led to the destabilization of Germany's position in Europe and was likely the main contributor to the reactionary foreign policies of other European powers that then caused the beginning of the conflict that became WW1.

SO IN RW&RB, IS THERE NO WW1?!

and that's not even getting into the Stuart of it all - a Royal line that ended IN 1714 AND WAS THE WHOLE SOURCE OF THE JACOBITE UPRISINGS. like if the Stuart line continued in the name, that implies that instead of it dying out with Anne, and the distant relatives of James II then forming the Jacobites to reclaim the throne, they somehow wove them back into the family tree?!

So were there no Jacobite Uprisings in RW&RB?

Is that why Henry is able to be styled as Prince of Wales, despite him not being the Crown Prince- because in this universe with the Stuarts still part of the royal family the Crown Prince's seat now becomes Prince of Scotland, also implying that Scotland has also now become a principality rather than a kingdom?! And how did the Stuart line stay in? Did Victoria NOT marry Albert, but instead marry a Stuart? But no, because the last Stuart was literally a fatherless priest who died 20 years before she was born, and the V&A still exists in universe, so Victoria still definitely married Albert. So did V2 get married off to some distant Stuart (most likely Francis V of Modena)? IS SCOTLAND A PRINCIPALITY NOW?! WHO CAUSED WW1?! WAS IT BECAUSE OF THE FICTIONAL BRITISH CIVIL WAR OF 1901?!

WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS AMAZON. YOUR SILLY LITTLE CHANGE TO AVOID PISSING OF PONCEY KING CHAZ IS GOING TO EAT HOLES IN MY BRAIN

pictured here: my mental state rn

[quirkwizard]

Pretty niche question, but based on the ide super hero vehicles, how would you design a super car for your chosen hero. For example, I thought of a jet ski for honenuki that lets him spray the “mud” he makes, along with a protective glass for a “Dive Mode”.

So I know this was for a single hero, but I had quiet a few ideas for this, so I'm going to lay out all of them. I will give an honorable mention to Tenya here. As funny as I think it would be to give them a car, they would obviously have something leg powered like the Flintstones.

Denki: He would definitely have a sports car, preferably one he could charge with his power. It could be used to carry spare batteries for him to recharge with, but I just think this would be something Denki would have given his personality, something big and impractical to get attention.

Gang Orca: We could give him an orca theme ship or submarine. It may sound silly to give him that, but if has to do a water rescue mission, not everyone he's working with or saving is going to be able to breath under water, so it's good to have a home base.

Kuriorio: This depends a lot on how you interpret how his Quirk works, but I like to think that he could take over something like a car and make it move. Maybe not something like a full sized vehicle, something more drone sized would suit him better, but it could still help him.

Fat Gum: I really like the idea of Fat Gum with a food truck. Not only would it help get him and his sidekicks around and work as a source of fuel for his power, it just feels so in character for him. I could easily see Fat Gum rolling in with a food truck to help feed people and raise morale.

Reiko: A pretty standard motorcycle. The big benefit would be that she could take it apart and put it back together, always having something to use an ammunition and taking it apart and putting it back together to get around tight spots, similar to Josuke from Jojo. Plus it fits with the idea of a ghostly rider coming after you.

Nezu: As tempted as I was to give him a teched out hamster ball or Stuart Little car, I like to give him something like a high tech van, preferably driven by one of his robots. This would effectively act as his mobile command center with various pieces of tech from where he could monitor and command any heroes in the area.

Best Jeanist: You know those massive cables that Jeansist used on Gigantomachia? What if he had something like that with his car of choice? There could be those metal fibers hidden all around the car. Not only could he fight more effeiceny with them, but pull off sick stunts like swinging from building to build in a car.

Uraraka: I think a kind of hover bike would be neat. Instead of having any advanced tech, Uraraka would make it float with her power, with the wheels being replaced by fans to push her around. Maybe she could have cables in the bike as well to pick things up and help move it around, similar to her own costume.