#and then guillermo del toro was just like

[theinternetisaweboflies]

Pacific Rim (2013)

[stormingfrost]

guardians ages?

I have been a bit curious (and in desperate need of some fun facts about these characters) so have some canonical info about these characters ages and the frustrating inconsistencies in some of them (oh inconsistent lore, how I loathe you)

Sophie Bennett - she is 2 years old (rotg script and rotg movie novelization

Jamie Bennett - he is both 8 and 10 years old (the art of rotg and worlds of wonder)

Jack Frost - he is 14, 17, and 18 (and in the books, he can manipulate his age from 11 to 18) (William Joyce, Peter Ramsey, the rotg app, worlds of wonder, guide to the guardians, McDonalds profile card, book five of the Goc series, and William Joyce again)

Katherine - she grows up to be 25, and can manipulate her age from 12 to 25 (book five of the Goc series) she’s also dating Jack (which makes the scene of them arguing and him getting younger and her getting older just. So weird. Why, Joyce, why?)

Sandy - he is the oldest and wisest of the guardians (worlds of wonder, McDonald’s profile card, the art of rotg, and guide to the guardians)

North - in the goc books, he doesn’t know his age (book one in the goc series)

Tooth - younger than the wind but as old as the mountains and her implied age to be closer to whatever Jack is supposed to be (the rotg app, art of rise of the guardians, and the rotg script)

(Video description: a clip of the Filmmaker’s commentary. Peter Ramsey is talking over a clip of the movie when the Guardians collect teeth and Jack and Tooth interact. Peter Ramsey is saying ‘Jack and Tooth have a little semi flirtation, Guillermo Del Toro was always like, ‘come on, we got to give them a love story! Jack’s got to be a heartthrob, I urge you!’ End description)

[greenerteacups]

hi GT!

Lionheart had me the moment you kicked it off with “it’s a nice day to start again.” Might i ask why you chose that particular line?

And, if you havent already answered to this emoji:

❄️

P.s: you have my eternal gratitude for creating the most brilliant piece of writing i’ll ever read. I shout about it from the rooftops, share it on my socials, requested my spouse to read it so we may discuss it together (in lieu of a present for my 30th birthday), et cetera.

I see from your URL you are a fellow lad of taste.

There's a couple things going on in the epigraph for Book 1. On one level, it's a lyric from the first muggle song I picture Draco listening to on his walkman at the end of the book, so there's a cute full-circle thing there. The second layer is the theme of change and redemption, which, in Lionheart, doesn't so much come from major moments or self-sacrifice, but from the slow, grueling, everyday work of living, and living better. It's a nice day to start again because every day is. You always have the opportunity to start making better choices, no matter what lies behind you. That's the thesis of any Draco redemption arc, right? You have to imagine that he could have chosen to be better.

And then thirdly, there's the audacity of doing a full Hogwarts canon rewrite, a good 30 years after the original books came out, millions upon millions of words of fanfic later, and basically asking everyone to read the same story they did the first time around, only different. So it's a kind of winking entreaty. It's saying to readers, many of whom are understandably wary of doing it over, zeroing out the characters to starting positions, and starting from the beginning with 11-year-olds all over again. It's going: "hey. That was fun, right? Why not do it again?"

[gay-strawberry]

bitches dont talk to you for months because of "anxiety" then you suddenly get a text and shes asking if you think its weird shes never seen any fanart of hellboy and abe kissing on this app

[isablooo]

every time i blink theyre doing another terrible adaptation of a gothic novel will i ever be free

[norasghost]

can we please stop fucking around and just let guillermo del toro do his justice league dark live action movie???? come on?????????

[blackhholes]

the blinding of the self

oedipus rex sophocles / guilermo del toro's cabinet of curiosities the autopsy / self-destruction in oedipus rex by m. d. faber / nancy drew the demon of piper beach / sight and blindness imagery in oedipus coloneus by m. g. shields / teen wolf the wolves of war

[geronimostiltonofficial]

god im so glad that pinocchio won best animated picture. like we could have been stuck with another soulless cash grab but instead something smart and powerful that pushes the medium to its breaking point won. god bless

[comeback-from-the-dead]

Hear me out.....a Scarlet Witch Solo movie.... directed by Guillermo del Toro

[cogentranting]

No one told me that Guillermo del Toro is making a Frankenstein adaptation coming out next year, starring Oscar Isaac as Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the Creature. I am dubious but intrigued.

[svankmajerbaby]

ok, so a casting change and a bunch of new additions!

[ladyloveandjustice]

Love that it's canon in Girl Genius that most of the population would probably be down to not just bang, but marry the creature of the Black Lagoon.

[dopesotherstuff]

Dracula but...

...when he comes out with his spooky lantern to give his speech of welcome to his new chew toy solicitor the courtyard's packed with 500 horny fans and Guillermo del Toro

[desirableendings]

What’s INSANE to me is how blind studios are to what actually sells. This and Mattel’s desire to have a MCU for themselves, convinced that what sells is their thousand IPs…

Girl (gender neutral), what made Barbie sell was Greta Gerwig, and a sort of original take on what could have been just a two-hour long publicity stunt, but instead cared about telling a story and having a strong point of view (and a bunch of investment on marketing, not gonna lie... which only means that if you market your original films smartly you can also have a good revenue).

Elemental (an original animated movie) sold way more than Lightyear or The Flash! After a soft opening, the box office remained steady, because, who would have thought, if you give original content time it will grow an audience ! ! !

It's not about original movies being risky, it's about the amount of investment being put in mediocre productions just because the executives in high power believe they understand how the industry works, when they don't. THEY DON'T.

[sk8thatsk8edaway]

I finished this before I went to my first ever con!!! It was so much funnnnn

The Book of Life is so damn underrated, and La Muerte has always been my favorite, maybe I'll do Xibalba when I have the time. I was experimenting a bit with screentones since I recently downloaded like a crappp ton of new brushes to use with coloring, which was fun to play around with and then finalize here

[himydogsayswoof]

Congrats to Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio for winning best animated feature!