#an old favourite

[knightofleo]

Queenadreena | Medicine Jar

[bacchuschucklefuck]

couldnt draw my thang for mid-autumn so treated myself to a calne redesign instead

[teafiend]

Once in a blue moon, I reminisce on this nostalgic favourite from a time I can scarcely recall now. I rewatched it a while back, and while it is too melodramatic and sappy for my tastes now, the reasons remain for the whys-of-love for this movie.

There was redemption, there was agency and there was a happy ending in the truest sense of the word, coming to terms with one’s choices and moving forward with those choices. Healing.

All those elements are still what I look for in my fiction now.

The attraction was too dangerous and all consuming, not at all realistic for a healthy long term relationship, but the ending was so hopeful about the feelings/dreams-of-possibilities these two ‘strangers’ still haboured for each other years after the fact, and how much they had changed in the intervening years that when the ending came, as abrupt as it seemed, you truly do believe that this time, they had a good shot of making something out of that compelling attraction they had felt all those years ago. I could not ask for more from a (melo)ROMANCE, truly.

(Although this was less a romance than the story of love redeeming a “bad boy” and the broken relationship between a father and son, and how that was mended).

So did I think the movie successfully achieved what it wanted to convey despite the melodrama and cringe? YES.

Not saying that they executed the narrative and emotional beats brilliantly because the movie was choppy and overly dramatic in many of its emotional moments, but the narrative big picture came true well in my estimation, and for that I could still attempt a rewatch now and remember why I loved and rewatched the movie so many times decades prior. Little to complain with regards to toxicity or problematic representations of love/attraction because it was already sort of addressed by the movie itself. The main love protagonist was not a nice or good man, and until and unless he redeemed himself, their love/attraction could not bear fruit. Would this be a problem for some viewers? Maybe. But I love redemption in my stories/fiction, so it worked for me, at least.

It is wonderful when one can look back at an old favourite and still fondly consider it a favourite. (Or an indictment that one has not matured/grown up much. Whichever fits 😜🤪😆)

[mischievous-thunder]

It's a special skill set, Logan. Wade wants you to make good use of it over and over again!

[my-little-black-heart]

[ferociouslycreativemystery]

En såndär bockjävel eller vad fan det heter

↳ sytråd och virknål 0,6 mm + bonus: biblically accurate julbock

Note: I moved this under a read more since donations can no longer be made here. Feel free to make some to a charity of your choice though!

Did you know it used to be the Christmas goat that brought you your presents in Sweden?

To keep the spirit alive, you can officially make a donation in the name of this little crochet goat to support everyone's right to survive their pregnancy! Just go to this link and follow these steps:

Please note that this collection only remains active until 15 Dec 2024! More information about the organisers can be found at the bottom of this post.

On the right hand side/top of the linked page, you can see the current sum of donations. Below that are some options we need to fill out to make a donation of our own.

First we need to disclose whether the donation is being made by a private individual (Privatperson) or a business (Företag). I'm assuming you're a private individual, so leave the first option selected (on the left).

Next we choose the method of payment. "Swish" is a Swedish payment service that won't work for foreigners, and if you're Swedish I'm assuming you already know how it works. Foreigners, please choose the second option to pay by card (Kort).

Now for the fun bit! How much do you want to donate? The standard options are presented in Swedish krona (kr). I have put the rough exchange rates to US dollars for each option below:

50 kr ≈ $4.56 | 100 kr ≈ $9.13 | 300 kr ≈ $27.38

You can convert from your currency to Swedish krona using this tool. Just choose your own currency in the first drop-down menu ("from").

In the final field you have the option to instead enter your own amount, if you want to give less or more or in between any of the previous options. Note that the amount you enter is in Swedish krona, so look up the exchange rates so that you know how much you are giving if you choose this option!!

The final two check boxes are options that relate to the public display of your donation (see the bottom of the page). If you don't check either option, your donation amount will be visible but your name will not be.

Check the first box if you want your name to show up in the public list of donations, leave it unchecked to remain anonymous. Check the second box if you want to hide the amount you've donated, leave it unchecked to show the world your donation amount.

Finally, hit the red button to be taken to the payment page. Fulfil the payment, and be sure to double check the amount you're donating. Note that we use commas instead of dots to separate decimals in Swedish, so 50,00 kr means simply 50 kr.

And that's it! Thank you so much for your donation!! 🥳🐐

Please reblog this post so that more people will hopefully donate, or at least get to enjoy a tiny Gävlebock!

What is this charity thing?

Musikhjälpen is an annual charity event organised by the Swedish public broadcasters. Every year in December, 3 hosts are locked in a glass cage for a week and they broadcast in shifts, nonstop for 144 hours (6 days, 24 hours per day) to create an occasion for charity donations. They are visited by various music artist, celebrities, and talk to people who have special knowledge about the donation theme of the year or who organise initiatives for donations. You can watch clips of previous performances on their youtube channel here.

The event's official donations website also allows the public to set up their own "initiatives", to which donations can be made. This is what I have done! The money goes directly to the event organisers (the public broadcasters' aid agency, Radiohjälpen), who then pool all the money that is collected during the week. After the week is done they will begin portioning it out to trusted charities that are relevant to this year's theme. This year's theme is Alla har rätt att överleva sin graviditet, or in English: Everyone Has a Right to Survive Their Pregnancy.

Learn more about musikhjälpen on English Wikipedia or on Sveriges radio's website (in Swedish).

Or

If you prefer, the goat will be just as happy if you make a donation to a charity of your choice. You'll have to find links to other causes on your own though! 😊

I should probably also mention that I am in no way officially affiliated with Gävlebocken, I just crocheted a little guy and thought it would be nice to spread some constructive spirit among all the calls for arson. 😇

[paintedcrows]

Introducing RoyalAuthor! ...I cannot stop thinking about these old man scientists...

[moonjellybeans]

"Be careful venturing too deep, darling, things aren't always what they seem in the dark..." I remember reading a note in one of the art books that the eels' body is luminescent since they live in the deep sea and I just...went a little out of control again and my victim is Jade.

This was so HARD, I don't draw underwater things, but I think this turned out really nice <3 I especially had fun adding the speckles to Jade's body.

[dilfslayer1080p]

benrey should look like this more

[queenofshilla]

LINDA HAMILTON as Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (dir. James Cameron)

[youre-dreaming-302]

[knightofleo]

Sa DingDing | Yun Yun Nan Nan

[njere]

△ last stop!! ▽

[rannnem]

TWINRUNES FANART I SPENT ALL AFTERNOON ON!

It's how I think Kris would look like as a 16-17 year old (iirc they're roughly 14 in TR). I'm dying to do more fanart of this slightly older TR!Kris design so I'll totally make more

Twin Runes by @akanemnon their artstyle is so gorgeous i hope I did it justice

[forestofsprites]

tail end of season seven you will always be famous

[mischievous-thunder]

When both you and your variant want to flirt with your favourite Honey Badger variant in your typical chaotic style