#With Beauty and Sorrow

[celluloidrainbow]

美しさと哀しみと | WITH BEAUTY AND SORROW (1965) dir. Masahiro Shinoda When Ōki, the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager and then wrote a bestselling novel about it, reappears in her life, Otoko's pupil and lover Keiko hatches a plot to destroy the man and his family from the inside, starting with Ōki himself and moving to his son, Taichiro. Based on the novel Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata. (link in title)

[egophiliac]

What do you think of Rook's savanaclaw card? <333

I didn't get him (and I need to save my keys for Silver's birthday, sob) so I looked up his groovy, and I'm not over how incredibly dramatic and epic and cool it looks in direct contrast to the absolutely ridiculous context. just look at that dynamic action and his majestic sparkling tears and keep in mind that this is pretty much right after a bunch of characters have been dance battling for his soul.

and then even the actual moment of the groovy is just like

this is NOT a negative in the slightest, I love it all, this truly was an incredible update in so many ways

[zegalba]

Frédéric Molenac: Lady of Sorrows (2024)

[boar-cry]

after death ; life again.

what a lovely bouquet! what's the occasion?

[nicstylus]

Two sides of the same coin

[exposingmyveins]

my pillows have felt more sorrow from me than any person will ever know.

v. || exposingmyveins

[strwbrryfire]

we were born to be national treasures

or, 8104 (taylor's version) — willow / i'm only me when i'm with you / mary's song (oh my my my)

[bedforddanes75]

hello how have i never seen this before i need to bite him

[acknowledgetheabsurd]

I understand your discouragements, your sorrows...  If you can't write anymore, do what you want, I will always understand. Of course, it will be sad on days without you. But I trust and love you. Don't let yourself go too far into inertia though. Don't forget me completely. In any case, give up your imaginations about your platitudes or your wrongdoings. I want your letters and I am only looking for the palpitation, the flame, the impetus. I am looking for the signs, the secret that runs through your beautiful face.

Albert Camus to Maria Casarès, Correspondance, February 9, 1950 [#181]

[sirenspells]

Mari jumpscare

More experimenting with characters' hair. Also gave her a beauty mark for fun :3 (her headspace counterpart not having one is intentional)

[musouie]

i propose we all just be one huge harem and i take turns kissing your beautiful faces by the hour

[daddy-long-legssss]

All My Own Stunts

Josh [Homme] comes and sings on this one. He’s very dominant, his voice. When you record his voice it just sort of leaps out, it’s great. What else can I tell you about that one? It’s got another reference to cowboy films. It just says, “I’ve been watching cowboy films on gloomy afternoons” which were something I were doing at the time. It’s also where we let ourselves have a bit of a wig-out.

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[mikefrawley]

Your Beautiful Innocence

One day you'll find all you've been looking for even if you can't yet see it, love is always true she's ever searching for kind and gentle spirits and she could find no one more worthy than you Yes there have certainly been dark days indeed when weary eyes perceived no trace of light yet even in the many lost and lonely moments your beautiful innocence was shining bright So please remember though it may hurt today and you fear you will find no end to your sorrow love will surely reach you when the time is right and lift you up to a kinder and gentler tomorrow

[wildsaltair]

do y’all ever think about how Maximus’ main joys are things that involve creating and nurturing life? he’s a farmer who loves tending crops. he’s a husband who adores his wife and probably wanted to have more children eventually. he’s a father who adores his son and wants to raise him. his leadership techniques are encouragement and kindness. he treasures the lives of family, his men, and even his enemies to a certain degree.

and still, he is constantly expected to kill and destroy simply because he’s good at it. I can imagine he joined the army because, like most young boys, he saw the glory and excitement of it. he’s a natural born killer with his foresight in battle and his ability to size up opponents in an instant. he’s brilliant at what he does.

but. that’s not what makes him rise in the ranks everywhere he goes.

as a soldier, it’s obvious he’s won the respect and loyalty of his men because he is honest, devoted, and caring toward them. he does not cast them into battle as pawns; he rides alongside them and supports them as equals in battle. Marcus wants him to be the next Emperor because he knows Maximus’ nature is not to be power-hungry.

even as a gladiator, it’s his refusal to kill Tigris that really puts him over the top in favor with the people. they love him for his ability to kill, but even more for his choice not to. he befriends his fellow gladiators instead of seeing them as obstacles to his freedom. he treasures the memory of his family by carrying their statues with him everywhere he goes. his last act of killing Commodus is not just to get revenge and set the city to rights — it’s protecting and nurturing the life of a little boy who reminds him of his own son, the grandson of the man he thought of as his own father.

and I just think there’s something so powerful in the way everyone recognizes Maximus’ humility and kindness and mercy just as much as his courage, prowess in battle, ferocity, etc. he stands out because he doesn’t glory in killing, he doesn’t relish in destroying lives. he mourns life lost. he longs to live peacefully and foster life.

how tragic? that it’s people’s obsession with his natural skillset that prevents him from doing what he wants most?? Marcus won’t let him go home, Commodus won’t let him go home, Proximo forces him to kill, the mob loves him when he kills.

and how ironic? that they all recognize his goodness and refuse to let him live accordingly? how ironic that all he wanted to do was be kind and the people who recognized that still forced him to be harsh?

[wheniseeyoucry]

I will always choose you because at the end of the day you're the person i want to come home to . You're the person i want to tell how my day went . You're the person i want to share my happiness , sadness , frustration , and success with

[feychild1225]

Jin Bao’s first impression of Siming and Xiao Bao’s first impression of Huai En.