#Widow Tweed

[disneyfemslash]

-I will love you until the end of time-

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I decided to headcanon that the heartbreaking scene where Widow Tweed left Tod in the woods WASN'T the last time they saw each other; one day on Tod's birthday she starts wondering how's he doing in the wild and decides to visit the game reserve to see if she can find him. When she does, she's happy to discover that he started a family of his own. They spot each other and tearfully smile at each other before parting ways, with Widow Tweed feeling joy and closure that Tod found happiness.

I may or may not have sobbed while drawing this (I did. I most definitely did).

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Quotable Disney Losers Bracket A Poll 6/8

***Please vote on the content of the quote not the format of the picture***

Captain Amelia Smollett, Treasure Planet 2001

Elisa Maza, Gargoyles The Movie 1996

Grunkle Stan, Gravity Falls; The Inconveniencing 2012

Widow Tweed, The Fox and the Hound 1981

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Widow Tweed from The Fox and the Hound (1981)

[michimonie]

Disney Recipe Poll Round 20

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The Fox and the Hound (1981)

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(Thrawn tries to kill baby Ezra when he learn that he was Born on Empire Day, arrives Widow Tweed)

Widow Tweed: Stop!

Tech: Cried the Widow Tweed

Thrawn: This is an unholy traitor

I'm sending to hell where it belongs

Widow Tweed: See there the innocent blood you have spilt On the steps of Lothal

Thrawn: I am guiltless, Mira gives him to birth, I accused her

Widow Tweed: Now you would add this child's blood to your guilt On the steps of Lothal

Thrawn: My conscience us clear

Widow Tweed: You can lie to yourself and your minions, You can claim that you haven't a qualm, But you never can, run from nor hide what you've done from the eyes, The very eyes of Darth Vader!

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[Image description: A 3-by-3 moodboard of Wodow Tweed and Adelaide Bonfamille. The first image is a screencap of Madame Adelaide, smiling. The second image is letter that days 'Your soul could never grow old, it's evergreen.' The third image is a cottage in a field of flowers. The fourth image is a painting of two women kissing. The fifth image is a fox and a black and white cat, sitting together. The sixth image is a letter that says 'Avery, darlin, darlin do I fall to pieces when I'm with you... fall to... is closer... all of my there are lipstick marks over the letter, and a tube of lipstick obscuring the words. The seventh image is the Effiel tower, from a distance, with a bush of white flowers and Paris in the foreground. The eighth image is a letter that says 'darling, you are all I ever wanted love to be. e.s' The ninth image is a screencap of Widow Tweed, smiling. There are clovers, flowers, and small stars overlaid on top of the moodboard. End ID]

Tweed x Bonfamille moodboard🌻🥀 - for @disneyfemslash <3 They are wonderful omg I love old ladies in love

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A Marvel Newcomer's Thoughts on The Avengers (2012)

>SPOILERS AHEAD<

It's been a while since I posted my last review (TLDR I now have a job). So on my week off, I decided to do a lil bit of catching up. And now dear GOD it's time to watch (and mayhap cringe) at The Avengers. Let's dive right in.

OK so first and foremost, what the FUCK are they doing to the Tesseract?? Secondly, how the FUCK is Loki alive??? I mean, he's a god and Asgardians are thought to be immortal, but holy shit.

For the "Robin Scherbatsky" comment at the end of my review on Captain America, Smulders played Agent Maria Hill. She was kind of a badass, but I have no fucking idea how the fuck she survived the cave collapsing around her in the beginning.

The movie was fast-paced and action-packed, just the way I like them. Every character was snarky and lovable... except for Thor (for the most part). I am not a huge fan of Thor. Not just the movie apparently; the whole character of Thor. His "he's adopted" line was GOLD, but his character was otherwise pretty dull. Yes, it was fascinating to watch him and Iron Man get in a fight and really cool to watch him light the Empire State Building up. Otherwise, anything with Thor was lowkey dull.

Loki, however, made for an entertaining villain. Him destroying the car was very amusing. I turned to my boyfriend and said "Damn, Loki really just said fuck the police" and he visibly cringed at my comment. Loki was very snarky and egotistical and amusing. The SFX for his armor were amazing.

Speaking of SFX... the Chitauri look absolutely terrifying, though I'm mad at their name. My phone kept auto-correcting them to "chianti" as I was taking notes, which is NOT the same thing. Maybe the Chitauri drink chianti, who knows? Chianti-Chitauri mix-ups aside (try saying THAT five times fast), there were so many tense scenes and amazing lines and funny moments throughout the film.

OK, so, Tony Stark honestly should've been named Tony Snark because good LORD, that man knows how to fit in some great one-liners. He's witty and a lot more lovable than he was in Iron Man (2008). My favorite moment of his was either when he Jonah-ed the Chitauri ship or when he flew the nuke to the Chitauri. I was so scared for him and so glad when he woke up. And him adrenalized talking about shawarma... I was giggling like a maniac.

Hawkeye... I felt so bad for the poor guy in the beginning, so when he came back around I was cheering like crazy. He had some insane shots and funny moments, and God DAMN him shooting the Chitauri blind was GORGEOUS. And him shooting at Loki with the arrow... I fucking loved watching Loki catching it and then promptly getting exploded. He's an insane shot and an entertaining watch.

And Widow? WHAT. A. BADASS. I love her so much. Her beating the shit out of some Russian dudes while Coulson was on the phone was just hilarious. She outwitted Loki so beautifully that I was totally blown away. I lowkey ship her and Hawkeye TBH, but I suppose you never know with the MCU. Either way, she was an absolute unit. Her using Cap's shield to commandeer a Chitauri ship... what a moment!

TBH, my favorite hero is probably Cap. He's just... a guy. The $10 scenes between him and Fury were AMAZING. Him silently handing Fury the money was personally the funniest moment in the film. I will say, however, Cap's pre-costume outfit was ATROCIOUS. A plaid shirt with tweed pants?? WTF???? He saved so many civilians and showed down the cops when they challenged him in the process. The "Hulk? Smash." line was gold, and him using his shield to refract Iron Man's beam... what a genius idea. Cap is 100% one of my favorite characters in the MCU thus far.

My other candidate for favorite hero is the Hulk. Ho. Lee. Fuck. He's not quite as witty as Iron Man or as badass as Widow, but he seems very well-rounded overall. Him beating the shit out of Loki was one of my favorite moments by far, and him saving Iron Man had me in tears. I'd honestly forgotten all about him by that point. My notes for the Hulk saving Iron Man scene were as follows:

omg iron man sending the nuke to the chianti??? (fuck you autocorrect) TONY NOOOOO NUKE EM ALL BUT NOOOOO TONY YES HULLKKKKKK YESSSSSSSSSS TONY?!?! NO YESSS HULK I LOVE YOU please tell me nobody kissed me lmao

So yeah, Hulk is 100% in the A-tier of characters, possibly even S tier. I really need to make a tierlist now, huh?

Nick Fury has made his way into my higher-tier characters as well. Him telling the council that they made a stupid-ass decision made me cackle like a damn hyena. Him telling the Avengers about Coulson's cards had me broken up, but Hill calling him on his BS made me understand his motivation to assemble the Avengers. He's a bit crazy, pretty smart, and HELA (see what I did there with the Asgardian joke?!?!) entertaining.

The ending was something I should've predicted - a hidden safety in the device. It's an easily guessed plot "twist," but I genuinely didn't expect it. And Stark tower being Avengers tower... I should've seen THAT coming but it was still cool either way.

I'm adding a new segment just before my rating called "Tidbits in Rivals" for when I recognize a power, weapon, or random line that the say in the game. Here they are:

Loki's scepter

Loki's clones & stealth abilities

The "Puny God" achievement (I predicted the line before my boyfriend, and he's seen the film before)

Hawkeye/Black Widow having a team-up for reasons other than being snipers

Iron Man missiles

8/10 due to a MAGNIFICENT lack of elongated muskrats and stellar SFX. The writing was amazing and very intense, though slightly campy at parts. So much snark from Iron Man, Banner, Fury, Pepper, and Loki. RIP Coulson, you will be very much missed. Thank you for serving as the Avengers' catalyst though.

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Weekly roundup: 1st August - 31st August

(I know its technically a month, but like the last one, its just until I catch up lol)

I wrote 13 fics in August, totalling 88,453 words so im pretty proud of that.

As always, recs first and then my fics under the cuts <3

Ringbearers - CQueen - The Hobbit (2012) (Bilbo/Thorin, aftelrife shennigans!!!!)

Summary: Having crossed over to the afterlife together Frodo decides to play matchmaker and insists that he and his uncle must go on an adventure together. What do they seek? Why his uncle's long dead friends, particularly Thorin Oakenshield.

Washing Day - StupidFatPenguin - The Hobbit - All Media Types (Bilbo/Thorin, Viking au!)

Summary: “What do you mean you bathe more than once per season?”

After only a short while of travelling with his heathen captors, Bilbo discovers that the tales of the fearsome, filthy and savage Northmen from his childhood might be much closer to great inaccuracy than the actual truth.

Dwalin Guards Thorin's Heart - SunnyRose - The Hobbit - All Media Types (Bilbo/Thorin, Dwalin & Bilbo, as always, @sunnyrosewritesstuff's fics are amaing!)

Summary: After the Carrock, Thorin pulls Dwalin aside asking him to protect his One from harm. Dwalin had no idea how difficult a task this was going to be, but the Burglar is an accident magnet!

The Tweed Fairy - lisellelascelles - The Hobbit (Jackson Movies) (Bilbo/Thorin, I rarely read smut, but when i do, its usually @lisellelascelles as it i smut with feelings, the only kind I like, and I adore this one!)

Summary: After working in the States for more than a decade, Thorin goes back to England to help his recently widowed older sister, and reconnect with his extended family. It’s early summer, the UEFA championship is firing up, and everyone meets in the local pub to watch the historic England vs. Scotland match. There he sees a small fellow all dolled up with tweed trousers and braces and a ridiculous retro football T-shirt underneath. He mocks him, coming across as a massive twat and a bigot to boot, without knowing the man is his cousin’s boyfriend’s best friend. When he later has an opportunity to redeem himself, what can he do but grab it and squeeze it…?

Take me as I am - phiaura - The Witcher (TV) (Geralt/Jaksier, please mind the tags, but it is SO good!)

Summary: Thus, a deal was struck, a treaty agreed upon. Rivia would not take military action against any allied kingdom and in turn, the kingdoms would provide the king of Rivia with a consort. So far, that last bit was the part of the treaty that had gone to shit. As far as Jaskier had understood, up to now the White Wolf had turned down all the proffered brides. If a consort was not approved, the treaty would be null and void.

Where Jaskier is the last chance of fulfilling the requirements of a treaty between the warlord of Rivia, and the allied kingdoms. Will it prove to be his rescue or his doom?

Pieces Tossed Aside - Anagrrl - Firefly (Malcom/Simon, aplocalypse au,)

Summary: Paquin goes silent. Everything else follows. AU set after the TV series.

I hope theres at least on foc for you all to enjoy, have a good week <3

Now for my fics, bare with me, when we get back to actual weekly roundups these lists will be much smaller lol.

The gold of your eyes is worth more then all of my medals (Sirius/Remus, olympics Au)

Summary: After a disastorous drunk driving crash caused by Siirus he ran from Remus, the love of his life.

10 years later and Remus is watching as the only man he has ever loved gains his fourth Olympic gold medal, now if only he owuld smile at Remus the way he is at the camera.

The Babes of War (Gen fic, pleae mind the tags, it tooks of child soldiers, im still not over the fact that 16 year old Gloin was at war!!!, also thank you so much to @mrkida-art for all the Tolkein canon information they provided which helped me write this fic)

Summary: Thror has taken to many dwarves to fight at Azanulbizar. This includes a 16 year old Gloin and his cousins, none of whom are of age.

A story of child soldiers whose whole world changes after one disatorous battle caused by a gold mad king.

Not Dorcas the Orca, two of three Marauders and a jail cell (Sirius/Remus, James Potter. Another self indulgant fic for my Wolfstar fandom family, they know who they are <3)

Summary: Sirius and James once again find themselfs in a jail cell with Dorcas (who was once an orce in this very same cell) only this isn't really Dorcas, even though they look exactly like them, huh?

Gollum's song (Bilbo & Gollum, mind the tags, MCDs)

Summary: Bilbo's heart is broken as he tries to recover as much as possible at Beorn's after BOFTA. He needs all the strenght he can regain because he has a new Quest to go on.

One where he may save another lost to the darkness the Ring causes.

That house was not a home:I never meant to leave you there alone (Sirius/Remus, Sirius & Regulus, Minor character death, grief)

Summary: Sirius wakes up in morning, reads the Daily Prophet and his whole life was suddenly changed.

The world is cruel and dark and he needs his brother who is forever gone.

There's no way out: the door is barred by the demon in my lovers skin (Bilbo/Thorin, please mind the tags, MCD, DD:DE!)

Summary: Thorin has never recovered from the Dragon sickness and ow it is Bilbo who is suffering because of it.

He is trapped and alone under Thorin's thumb and fists.

Bilbo just wants his dwarf back, instead he has a monster wearing Thorin's face hurting him.

It Was Never What It Seemed (Bilbo/Thorin, please mind the tags, it has some upsetting themes, but this, THIS is a fic i sent moe than a year on. If i never wrote anythig again, it would be ok because I managed to write and finish this particular fic A huge thank you to @sunnyrosewritesstuff for all their help writing it and for the title itself, and to @brandileigh2003 for all the emotional support i needed when writing the heavier hitting chaps. Thank you both, i appreciate it so much <3)

Summary: It has been 8 years since Bilbo has lest stepped foot in Erebor. He needs to talk to his husband, especially as he is now about to marry another. Another who is not Bilbo.

Bilbo left and when he did he left Thorin broken hearted. Now he is to marry a Blacklock Princess, consequences be damned.

Follow along with our favourite dwarf and hobbit as they find their way back to one another, No matter how painful the journey is.

Violets for the one I adore (Percy/Viktor, written for @flashfictionfridayofficial's prompt - Gifted violets)

Summary: Viktor has been a retired house husband and stay-at-home dad for 4 months now. Percy has never been happier.

There's a monster under my bed (Gen fic, Percy & Fred & George Weasley, written for the @change-is-perceivable fest)

Summary: There's a monster in Percy's room and no one will help him deal with it. Instead he is facing his bedroom door, wondering if anyone will care if the monster eats him.

It's hard being the good boy in such a large, chaotic family sometimes.

Don't try and drink your grief away (Gen fic, Percy & Geroge & Harry, grief, alcoholism, also written for the @change-is-perceivable fest)

Summary: Percy is blaming himself for Fred's death, after all he is the one who spoke to him, joked with him last.

He isn't coping well and has resorted to drinking.

Drunk Percy does something unthinkingly. Something he can't remember doing.

Destined Embrace: The Love That Healed the Noldor (Fingon/Maedhros (Tolkien), written for the @tolkienrsb, wih amaing art form the talented @wisteria53)

Summary: Fingon is going to rescue his best friend, his possibly something more, Maedhros, no matter what it takes.

Fingon is going to rescue his best friend, his possibly something more, Maedhros, no matter what it takes.

He is going to take him home to Gondolin and keep him safe. Maybe their friendship will grow along with their feelings of safety.

In the Darkness, You are My Shining Star (Gimli/Legolas, also written for @tolkienrsb, but this one has amazing art from @babybat98. I was paired with another amazing artist <3)

Summary: The Trope of Thorin Oakeshield are excavation miners in the depths of space working hard to feed and support their fledgling colony.

The neweest recruits have been allowed into space. Gimli Gloinson is one of those recruits. he is oging to learn how scary space can be, but also how very rewarding it can be too.

Back to where we belong (Ron/Hermione, as part of the Love of Fest Discord server, for the flash comp - Back to roots fest)

Summary: It's time to pick this years family holiday.

Ron knows where he wants to go. He wants to go back, he wants to go home.

[earthling-wolf]

Disney's INFPs (by Berx)

All the credit to Berx from PDB

big fan :)

note: this list only goes up to Treasure Planet (2002)

"The Fi function is on a quest to find the living principles lying at the core of the universe and nature, and to live in harmony with these ideals. This journey unfolds internally, guided by a profound connection to a deeper, often spiritual, essence that leads them towards the authenticity of their true selves. This includes removing internal emotional distortions that dissalow them from being well attuned to the divine spirit residing within them. As they search, many Fi users find in their core something raw, wild and untamed, leading them embody that nature in idiosyncratic artistic expressions." - Cognitive Typology

INFPs (Standard)

Bashful from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Blue Fairy from Pinocchio

Dumbo from Dumbo

Flower from Bambi

Darling from Lady and the Tramp

Nanny from One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Widow Tweed from The Fox and the Hound

Eilonwy from The Black Cauldron

Dallben from The Black Cauldron

Kala from Tarzan

Ballerina from Fantasia 2000

Spring Sprite from Fantasia 2000

Disagreeable INFPs (Standard)

Eeyore from the Winnie the Pooh movies

INFPs with developed Ne (Etherealists)

Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Cinderella from Cinderella

Aurora from Sleeping Beauty

Christopher Robin from the Winnie the Pooh movies

Penny from The Rescuers

Jenny Foxworth from Oliver & Company

Disagreeable INFPs with developed Ne (Etherealists)

Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty

INFPs with developed Si (Druidists)

Piglet from the Winnie the Pooh movies

Grandmother Willow from Pocahontas

Disagreeable INFPs with developed Ne and Si (P Heavy)

Lilo Pelekai from Lilo & Stitch

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Descendants Background Characters Names (Redone) Part 2;

Zaahir Bint Aladdin Bin Cassim Al Hamed of Agrabah, son of Jasmine and Aladdin.

(Picture removed because rumor has it the actress no longer wants people to use her photos, as I've heard. May or may not be replaced with a background character/fancast later if it does turn out to be true).

Zellie Emery Fitzherbert of Corona, daughter of Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert/Horace/Flynn Rider (I'm not counting her as Rapunzel and in my rewrite she will be younger. I'm counting her here as a background character cause she was barely in the movie and we don't know anything concrete about her yet).

Meadow Dawn Fitzherbert of Corona, daughter of Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert/Horace/Flynn Rider (I'm not counting her as Rapunzel and in my rewrite she will be younger. I'm counting her here as a background character cause she was barely in the movie and we don't know anything concrete about her yet). She's Zellie's twin.

Bradley, Son of Lady Bane and Duke Sigmund.

Hap, son of Happy.

Jamie Darling, son of John Darling.

Kelemon, daughter of Sir Kay and stepdaughter of Fabiana.

Lucianna du Lac, daughter of Sir Lancelot.

Stella Rabbit, daughter of Skippy Rabbit.

William Darling, middle child of Wendy Darling.

Chi-Li, adoptive son of Chi-Fu.

Miguel Melchor Marquez-Madrigal Jr., son of Isabella Madrigal and Bubo Marquez.

Tyrone Rogers of Maldonia, son of Tiana Rogers and Naveen.

Akio, son of Tomiko.

Emir, son of Aladdin and Jasmine.

Taylor Porter, son of Tarzan and Jane Porter.

Princess Roanne, girlfriend of Scarlet Bluefairy of Llyr. Named by @askauradonprep .

Prince Hans 'Hodge' Westergaard La Bouf of the Southern Isles Jr, son of Charlotte 'Lotte' La Bouf and Lars Westergaard of the Southern Isles.

Finn Tweed, adoptive son of Widow Tweed.

Boy in Silver is Chi-Li, adoptive son of Chi-Fu, from the Tourney Team.

Girl with red head is Blair, daughter of Merida.

The boy in the pink and grey suit is Akio, son of Tomiko, from the Tourney Team.

Behind Elle's head is Prince Brendan Westergaard La Bouf of the Southern Isles, son of Prince Lars Westergaard and Charlotte La Bouf.

The boy behind Elle is Billy, son of Little John.

The girl with the long ponytail is his twin sister, Stacy.

Behind them is Kelemon, daughter of Sir Kay and stepdaughter of Fabiana.

Thanks @casinotrio1965 and @igetthedisneybox . I'll have a part three out soon. If you see any background comic, book, or show/movie character that's unnamed LMK, and I'll try and name them. Also check out this post that helped me figure out who the tourney players (minus Taylor) were.

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October 3rd 1357 saw the Treaty of Berwick, freeing David II from imprisonment by the English.

A wee bit of a spoiler here, David II was captured at The Battle of Neville’s Cross on October 17th 1346, more of that two come in two weeks time!

David II was born on 5 March 1324 after his parents had been married for 22 years. He was only four when he himself was married to Princess Joanna of England in accordance with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton.

The following year, he became Scotland’s first anointed king on the death of his father. Taking advantage of this royal minority, and a series of Regents, the English made several attempts to replace him with Edward Balliol (son of ‘Toom Tabard’).

After Edward III defeated the Scots at the Battle of Halidon Hill near Berwick in 1333, David and Joanna were sent to the safety of France, where they remained until 1341, when it was judged safe for them to come home.

On 26 August 1346, Edward III defeated France at the battle of Crecy. David II, now aged 17, decided to invade England in support of his ally, France, but he was defeated and captured

by John Coupeland at the Battle of Neville’s Cross, near Durham, on 17 October 1346. David spent the next 11 years as a prisoner, although it is said he was treated as a royal guest rather than in any harsh way, living principally in London, at Odiham Castle in Hampshire and Windsor Castle in Berkshire.

January 17, 1357, the Scots sent ambassadors to England to negotiate the return of their king. In August the preliminaries were agreed upon and the terms were ratified by the Scots Parliament. Joan does not appear in any of the documents regarding the discussions for David’s release. The marriage faltered while in England and David took a mistress, by the name of Katherine Mortimer and apparently was deeply in love with her. For all intents and purposes, Joan and David severed their relationship and Joan would spend the rest of her life in England. King Edward gave Joan a pension of £200 per annum. Katherine Mortimer was murdered in Soutra, Scotland in the summer of 1360 by being stabbed at the instigation of jealous Scottish lords. David then took up with Margaret Drummond, the daughter of Sir John Drummond and the widow of Sir John Logie, but that too wouldn’t last.

Eventually, on 3 October 1357, after several interruptions, a treaty was signed at Berwick-upon-Tweed by which the Scottish estates undertook to pay 100,000 marks as a ransom for their king. This was ratified by parliament at Scone on 6 November 1357.

David returned at once to Scotland; but owing to the poverty of the kingdom it was found impossible to raise the ransom. A few instalments were paid, but the king sought to get rid of the liability by offering to make Edward III, or one of his sons, his successor in Scotland, a notion that would have had has his father, Robert the Bruce, turning in his grave. Some historians have said David knew that it would never be ratified and was merely playing for time.

In 1364 the Scottish parliament indignantly rejected a proposal to make Lionel, Duke of Clarence, the next king; but David negotiated secretly with Edward III over this matter, after he had suppressed a rising of some of his unruly nobles.

David II died unexpectedly, and at the height of his power, in Edinburgh Castle on 22 February 1371. He was buried in Holyrood Abbey. At the time of his death, it is said he was planning to marry his mistress, Agnes Dunbar, the niece of Agnes Randolph, who was known as “Black Agnes of Dunbar”. He left no children and was succeeded by his nephew, Robert II, the son of David’s half-sister Marjorie Bruce.

He was the last male of the short lived House of Bruce.

The pictures shows David II, King of Scots (pictured left) and Edward III, King of England from an excerpt from folio 66v of British Library MS Cotton Nero D VI medieval manuscript “Edward III and David II of Scotland, in a Historical Compilation" and t he map depicts the English west march adjoining Scotland, about 1590. It contains a detailed description of the course of the border, and was probably drawn by a border official to explain how and why English influence fluctuated in the march.

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Quotable Disney Round 1 Group 3 Poll 8/8

***Please vote on the content of the quote not the format of the picture***

Widow Tweed:

A great classic. Absolutely gut-wrenching. you try listening to this song and not cry, and if that doesn’t work then try listening to this song within the context of the movie (where a lady returns a wild fox she cared for as a pet to the forest, knowing that the fox is now at risk of being hunted by her neighbor and his dogs)

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Full Quotes Below:

"If you can't say somethin' nice, don't say nothin' at all."

~Thumper, Bambi (1942)

"We met it seems, such a short time ago. You looked at me, needing me so. Yet from your sadness, our happiness grew. Then I found out, I need you, too. I remember how we used to play. I recall those rainy days, the fires glowed, that kept us warm. And now I find, we're both alone. Goodbye may seem forever, farewell is like the end. But in my heart's a memory, and there you'll always be."

~Widow Tweed, The Fox and the Hound (1981)

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Disney Recipe Poll Round 21

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Got any lupin appearance hcs?

David Thewlis does such a good job at portraying most of who Remus is to me. But David is not Remus. He is David. It is very unfortunate, I know. If he WAS Remus then Remus would be real. For one thing he is too tall. For another - no grey hairs? Get older, dweeb. But he is the 'vibe'. He is the general framework. Did you want more HC than that? Alrighty then here's 2,000 words.

(Overview) Approaching Remus... nothing sticks out about his appearance or mannerisms. He stands casually, back hunched as he checks over his class notes. He's on the taller end of average, about 5'9"/175cm, but still average. His hair looks soft - a honey brown with light greys around his temples. He keeps it neatly combed, the part well defined - not bothering to hide how his hairline is receding in a widows peak.

(Vibe) Just an average-looking man in his 40s. (It's surprising that he is in his 30s.) And he IS average-looking. A slightly larger rounded nose, thin lips, a weak chin... as he looks down his jaw disappears into his neck. He doesn't look bad by any means. 'Handsome' would be a decent descriptor - but its not the first word most people would jump to, even if they agreed with it. He is fine. Plain. Acceptable. Agreeable. Just a guy. You're likely to forget how he looks the moment you turn your head away.

(Clothes) Even his clothes aren't particularly memorable: Brown tweed suit with a tie... notable only in that it is clearly muggle clothing and looks a little worn. (muggle second-hand clothes are cheap and more available. A smaller population of wizards means less consumption - most robes are custom fitted.) But a simple addition of a teachers cloak (or a cravat, tailcoat jacket, patterned waistcoat, velvet cap, pointed hat...) would be enough to blend in. At your first glance he looks like an enthusiastic Muggle Studies professor, or a traveling Ministry employee.

(Eyes) It's his first glance that shows off whats memorable about him: Big open eyes, a hazel where the outer, blueish rim is stronger in bright light - the honey-brown middle dominant when dim. They catch sight of you, his brows raising in gentle surprise - accentuating the lines on his forehead... and morphing the shape of his scars.

(Scars) Deep, red - but not angry. They seem both old and oddly recent: They don't look like they hurt anymore, nor are they likely to split and bleed, but they aren't the puffy, pale look you would expect. Some creature, probably magical, has torn his face apart. If you are well studied you can probably spot the telltale signs of a werewolf scar. Most people can't.

The largest is diagonal, splitting his eyebrow, crossing the bridge of his nose and onto the opposite cheek. How lucky it missed his eye. Another has split his bottom lip, making a divot - but has missed his upper lip. His neat-and-tidy pencil mustache grows uninterrupted - and accentuates the friendly smile he rests on when looking at you.

The savagery of his scars is the one thing about him that doesn't seem soft... the one thing thats sharp - other than his gaze.

(Manner) "Hello there! Is there something in particular you need...?" His smile doesn't waiver for even a moment. There's something wrong with it. His teeth are fine, straight enough, a normal yellow-white... but it's too steady. Too friendly. There's something in his bright eyes that is trying desperately to glimmer with playfulness... but instead looks wary and guarded. They don't dart about the room nervously, or stare fearfully - they are just so steady. The places he looks are calculated, making judgements... and keeping his conclusions hidden.

"...Very well. I apologize for not being a better host, but I'm rather busy I'm afraid. Please - make yourself at home." He turns back to his papers, flicking through them... before walking to his chair and sitting down. His gait is purposeful, letting his shoes clack loudly on the hard floor.

He tugs his sleeves up, revealing slender (and hairy) wrists from the baggy sleeves - and dips his quill to write.

(Hands) ...The fingers gripping the quill are wrong, too. Thin white scars. Fresh cuts. His knuckles all seem to stick out - some slightly angled in directions they shouldn't be. Some fingers can't quite close properly - and two are taped together, healing from a minor break. White callouses cover the pads of his fingers, like he has rubbed them on grit for years.

The thin wrists disappearing into his tweed jacket... equally thin ankles covered by socks peeking out from under his trousers... This man is skinnier than he appears, his clothes a little big on him.

By themselves these oddities are easy enough to pass off as a part of his job. He is a slightly awkward, poor, skinny guy who enjoys giving practical lessons and is quite the talented spell-slinger. He must be more a 'man of action' than first impressions let on. He gets into more scrapes than he should in the name of enthusiasm... . . . ... If you were to ever see him undressed... a different story is told. (Which is why he never undresses. Even in summer - two layers at all times.)

(Body Hair) He unbuttons and takes off his shirt, refusing to look anywhere but the floor. He is very hairy. Honey-brown peppered with patches of grey - covering him to a nearly comical degree. Enough to make you snort with surprise. ...He doesn't see the humor in it.

Covering his chest up to his collarbone - down over his entire stomach and groin... it only thins out a little as it crosses the crease to his thighs and down his legs, thinning out at the line where his socks grind on his shins. He's hairy on his back and ass too, though thinner - the underside of his arms are still hairless though, as are his sides... though the upper side of his arms are thick and brown. His pits impressively dense and grey.

If he wasn't so embarrassed he might tell you he has long given up on shaving. It was too itchy. You can see why - in some places the hair is thick enough to be called fur.

(Breaks) The hair might be a blessing in disguise - it obscures what else is wrong with him. Deep bruises of varying stages of healing sit around what you can see of his ribs... which are crooked. They stick out - he is thin after all - and they aren't parallel curves anymore. If you trailed your finger along them you could feel the cracks, the breaks that settled and reformed incorrectly.

A well-fed, healthy werewolf doesn't shatter on the full moon. They get ravenously hungry and hormonal - their body using the nutrients to shift smoothly and grow specific new muscles to help with the process. As they get older and experience more and more shifts - their body changes to be something in-between werewolf and man.

But Remus is not a well-fed, healthy werewolf. He keeps himself starved for a reason beyond simply being too poor to afford good food all the time: (Humanity) Ask any werewolf how long ago they think Remus was bitten and they'll say 10 years maximum. "He's got the body hair - but the backs of his ears aren't hairy yet. His nails still grow flat and he walks heel-to-toe. He's collected a good number of scars, but his body's still not used to shifting..." ...Jaws drop when you tell them its 30 years. There are teenagers more wolf-like than him.

He looks more human than he should... but at the cost of his physical condition. He is brittle, weak and always in joint pain somewhere.

(Body Scars) If you thought the scar on his face was deep - my god, his body... Splitting the hair on his torso like rips in shag carpet are long cross-crossing scars. Deep like the ones on his face, but larger. More.

He hurts himself some full moons - the smell of blood and the pain soothes his violent mind. The easiest, meatiest places to reach? His waist and thighs. Horizontal gashes in his ribs and waist. Vertical on the sides and front of his thighs. Diagonal on his hips and ass. He has a few other scars dotted here and there from others, mostly from his days as a spy. He has a few pale, fully-healed scars from his friends, too: Prongs' antlers and Padfoots teeth and claws. Nothing nearly as savage as what he has done to himself, though.

(Bite) He has tooth marks on his forearms and calves from chewing his own limbs, though they aren't as bad as the massive, stretched, warped punctures around his shoulder. "I was laying on my side when he climbed into my bedroom and sank his jaws into me. I suppose they look a little strange now, not muzzle-shaped at all... I've grown since I was 5." He will tell you. Out of any cut, bite or scratch those tooth marks look the reddest, the rawest, the angriest... and Remus says "Just standing under the moonlight is enough to make them sting."

(Body) He is right, he has grown since he was 5. In more ways than growing up. To shift into a werewolf is to shift into something bigger than you are – that changes your human body, too. Little by little. Older werewolves, the few that there are, get so hairy, misshapen and large that they can't remain in regular society at all. They either lash out bad enough after years of exclusion that they are sent to Azkaban, killed in 'self defense' – or embrace living in the wild like an animal at all times of the month. Hermits. (Sometimes they are spotted by muggles who mistakenly call them Sasquatch.) While Remus is 5'9"/175cm, if he weren't a werewolf he would likely be 5'7”/170cm or so. His spine has stretched – and as he isn't bulking up like most werewolves would, so he looks stretched. The bones bump out on his neck and upper back when he hunches, so he keeps the best posture he can to 'suck them in'. But to him it is worth it, because it means he is broken... but safe. (Werewolf) If you open a textbook, you will see photos and drawings of towering beasts - long like a man, but shaped like a canine. A muzzle overstuffed with wild teeth, forward-facing amber eyes, long fingers that end in savage claws, walking on the balls of their feet with a high hock - and a draping furred tail. They walk on all fours in an awkward loping gait - often standing up on two, their arms curled in, to sniff the air and howl. They aren't the most graceful beast, but have the strength of a bear due to their sheer size. You wouldn't want to be chased by one. ... Unless it was Remus. His body almost goes into shock every full moon, unable to draw on the energy and nutrients he needs. He doesn't grow a full pelt of fur. - so he looks diseased and bare. His skin stretches and sticks like wet leather to his bones. Just standing up on two legs takes enough effort to leave him panting. After a burst of adrenaline at moon-rise, he spends the rest of the night pottering about on all fours, laying down frequently to catching his breath and whimper with pain and hunger. But he knows what he is when he is well fed. When he was a teenager going on adventures with his friends, he was well fed on Hogwarts meals... and he was strong. Strong enough that a buck and a large hound were only just enough to drive him away from places he shouldn't go - the wounds he's get from them showed desperation. How irresponsible he was. Better a quivering heap... better a quivering man.