#Will Collins

[roskirambles]

Animated Movie of the Day: Wolfwalkers (2020)

Wolves have a strange relationship with humans. As the ancestors of the domestic dog, these animals are often still seen as a predator with an adversarial approach to our kin. This closeness and fascination has been the source of many legends, including those of the wolfwalkers: once human, they become wolves at night. So when the wolfhunter's daughter Robyn is met by a girl who can do exactly that, she's forced to see the world from their perspective, where the woodlands are being destroyed on a daily basis under the authoritarian reign of Lord Protector (obviously based on Oliver Cromwell). And finding herself turned into a wolf, she must now make a choice.

While not the most original take on this variant of Man VS Nature(nor the story of a fish out of water defying societal expectations), the emotional earnestness more than makes up for it with a childlike perspective that doesn't belittle the younger point of view but treats it as equally valid as the concerned adults. There's also the endearing bond of Robyn and Mehb. The sapphic aspect of their blossoming friendship may have been accidental, but it's nonetheless wholesome.

Then, there's the animation. Following on the tracks of Song of the Sea and The Breadwinner, the folks at Cartoon Saloon keep finding ways to advance their craft and approach to the medium as the visual language here subtly morphs with each scene to strengthen the respective mood. The line quality, coloring style, framing and aspect ratio are all subject to change for the sake of enhancing the narrative, and the well integrated uses of 3D(which was turned back into hand drawn animation) just seal the package. It revels on it's folklore inspirations and the value of drawing as an artform.

An audiovisual delight it embraces the value of one's individuality, a denouncement of colonialism and a beautiful tale of finding community where it matters instead of where you're expected to.

[pansexual-lilychen]

[angel-fruitcake]

[demonicseries]

imagine it. The night is November 5th, 2024. The election results are in. Misha Collins post a video. The camera is facing him, as he says “I love you.” Then it pans to the other person in the room, Jensen Ackles. He responds with “Kamala Harris is the next present for the United States”

[transgendercastiel]

[booksandpaperss]

Suzanne collins wrote a trilogy where a main media propaganda strategy was to market a horrific act of violence as a love story to distract ppl and then it got adapted into a box office breaking movie and ppl made it all about the love triangle. so then since they didn’t get the point the first time Suzanne collins wrote a prequel story about the main dictator and she makes it so that you as a reader want it to be a genuine love story so badly even tho it’s so very clearly not and instead feels extremely unsettling to make her point even more meta which then gets adapted into another box office breaking film and now ppl are making romantic snowbaird tik toks. do u think she’s gonna write another book that’s somehow even more blatant or just give up and start executing ppl? hard to say but I wouldn’t blame her for the second one

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[casmick-consequences]

Happy halloween, tumblr dot com!!!

[shinynewmemories]

No but the Hunger Games really said "what do you hate more- the atrocities or the people who commit them against you? Because like it or not there IS a difference. If you hate the people who commit acts of pure evil more than you hate the acts themselves, what will stop you from becoming just like your enemies in your pursuit of justice? What will keep you from commiting those very same acts against THEM when the opportunity arises? And what then? The cycle of pain and suffering will never stop. Round and round it'll go. Nothing will ever change. But. BUT. If you hate the atrocities. If you hate the vile, senseless acts MORE than you hate the people who did them to you. If you are able to see that evil is evil regardless of who does it... The cycle ends with you. No, you may never get justice. But you will never be responsible for making others, even your enemies, suffer the same crimes you have. The atrocities will never be committed by you, never by your hand. And that's the way you change the world. It's the ONLY way" and that's why I am sure it will never stop being one of the most relevant works of fiction ever created

[randomfansstuff]

crying

[goldenispunk]

[eldestnightwingsyndrome]

[angel-fruitcake]

[dollopheadz]

november 5th you will always be famous

[destiel-news-channel]

Imagine it: It's the 5th of November, 2024 and it's election day in the US. While everyone is waiting with bated breath for the election results, Jensen Ackles, (in)famous supernatural actor, releases the tapes (unedited recordings of Castiel's confession scene made with Jensen's phone). At the same Vladimir Putin drops dead from sudden failure of body that just couldn't take all the evilness anymore. Everyone is rejoicing when, suddenly, Steven Moffat appears on TV in all countries and announces Sherlock season 5. Furthermore King Charles abolishes the monarchy on a whim, the pope twerks and the mystery of the Mary Celeste is solved once and for all. While you're processing this information, you remember the ongoing election and learn that Georgia has just turned blue and Kamala Harris is president of the United States. Now, if you can picture all this in your mind, exponentially amplify the feelings you have right now and then you might even get close to feeling what everyone was feeling on DestielPutinElectionDay, November 5th, 2020.