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[bluntbambzie]

hiii drew more lottie lee !!!!!! there is nothing casual about them Ever

[elquiu]

IkeSoren week Encore Day 1 - Holidays or FEH alts idk xdxd

summer alt thems!

[lunex-the-cat]

💧Pretty eyes like rubies and sapphires🔥

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Reblogs are greatly appreciated!

[chichorie]

i was debating uploading this or not but why not...

Day 1: Ultimate talent / confession / exams

study dates are fun and all but theyre only useful if you actually study what’s going to be on the test instead of getting flustered over wanting to hold your dates hand the whole time instead

[solemnveloci]

COCO & BOOK OF LIFE Joint Review

Alright, lemme just get this out of the way.

I know that I’m gonna get some people saying “Hey, don’t compare them! They did a good job conveying two different stories, don’t be spiteful to one over the other!” and that’s a good point. I didn’t even intend on watching them back to back at first.

However, I needed a cleanser after the three straight Open Season movies I’d watched, and it made more sense to me to rewatch TBoL and to… first-watch Coco since they were both about the same holiday. So, worry not. I’ll get it over with quick in the beginning.

Let’s start! (obvious spoilers for both movies)

The Book of Life was practically strangled to death before its time by the multiple years in production until it was finally accepted by ReelFX. The creative minds behind the project were native Mexicans Jorge Gutierrez and Sandra Gutierrez, famous for such projects as El Tigre, Carmen Got Expelled, and with resident fish-kisser Guillermo Del Toro working as producer, they could finally bring their idea to fruition.

Then Lee Unkrich went to Mexico on holiday, mentioned sugar skulls to his higher-ups, and Pixar immediately grabbed him by the throat and said, “DUDE MAKE A MOVIE.” DisNepotism at its finest.

Of course, Disney proceeded to screw themselves over so hard they practically ripped their metaphorical cocks off when they tried to trademark DIA LOS MUERTOS so that no icky DreamWorks producer could get their paws on it. The blatancy of this dick movie rightfully pissed off about a million Latino people (Mexican or otherwise) and Disney realized that maybe they had the wrong priorities. In order to assuage the backlash, they threw about six Mexican creators at the script and creative departments and begged them to sew up the Austria-sized fuckup.

Coco now sits as the highest animated film of all time in Mexico. I’d say they helped a lot.

PROS

The Book of Life:

God, the voice acting is amazing. How the hell they got Channing Tatum in this, I’ll never know, but he nails his lines like he’s not even trying. Kate Del Castillo and Diego Luna are my two favorites, though, considering they dual-dubbed La Muerte and Manolo in both English and Latin American Spanish. This line in particular always gets me.

I adore the puppets as a framing device. There’s just something so cool about it, especially with how characters like Xibalba and the Candlemaker interact with them.

Joaquin shouting his own name like a Pokémon every time he does something.

The Mariachi brothers physically roll around sometimes instead of walking.

Both versions of Manolo’s love song are gorgeous and sweet. They’re a welcome addition to the jukebox musical style of the rest.

Placido Domingo as Manolo’s disabled, opera-singing, bullfighter great-grandpa.

*chuckles* “They crushed our dreams!”

Manolo’s mom is so darling, you guys.

“Being bullfighters, we often flirt with death.” “And that’s why there’s so many of you down here.”

Xibalba, the god of evil, pigging out on a giant table of food and causally telling Manolo that’s he’s been completely screwed over.

Something’s oddly funny about the fact that Chakal’s got a giant, untouched drawing of the medal in his Cave O’ Death.

“Hey! My arthritis is gone!”

“Hello… puddle.”

Manolo’s mom bitchslapping Chakal.

The scene where Manolo apologizes to all the bulls his family killed, and the way the bull just clams down and dissolves into marigolds, like its soul was just put to rest.

Luchadore Priest. Hell, just the whole fight scene.

The kiss between Manolo and Maria, not helped by the fact I though he was flipping Chakal off during it instead of raising a finger.

“Men! Typical.” I love that delivery. “WELP, SAW THIS SHIT COMIN’.”

The little goth kid passing out when La Muerte undisguises herself.

Coco:

Again, the voice acting, fucking astounding. Props goes to Gael Garcia Benal, he pulls off his character so well! Disney/Pixar movies have sort of been lackluster with their voice acting (with a few exceptions) but this one was perfect.

*flashback to Ernesto getting flattened under a bell* “I wanna be just like him!”

“Miguel, vitamins are real.” “Well, now I’m thinking they might be!”

Hector’s facial expressions are so good, you guys.

Actually, I want to talk more about this. Not just him, but all the physical comedy with the skeletons. Like, they way they detach their limbs or heads, it’s so animated and weird. Reminds me of old cartoons.

If someone told me they watched this movie for Hector, I’d support them.

“Those aren’t the words!” “There are children present.”

I don’t care if all the acts were meant to be bad on purpose, I thought they were cute.

“Bring back the singing dogs!”

Seriously, the body language is incredible. Gael must have been having the time of his life recording this.

“HAVE YOU MET MY GRANDSON?”

“I hope you die very soon!”

Ernesto’s twist villainy is better than Big Hero Six and Frozen combined, fight me.

In fact, it’s the only way the villainy would have worked. Dammit, Disney! You made it look lazy!

Holy fuck, he just fell over. That’s… jarring.

Art theft is bad, you guys.

*sobbing*

*LOUDER SOBBING*

Awww! She’s dead! Wait, that sounds bad.

CONS

You scrolled down here for the negativity, didn’t you?

Book of Life: This movie gets shorter every time I watch it. Not kidding. Maybe it’s because I’m used to all the plot beats and twists. But… why is it soooo short?! Even like, two more scenes could have helped it along. I NEED MORE.

Coco: The inclusion of Frida Kahlo. This one kinda doesn’t count, but it does annoy me that she was used as just a quirky side-character, which is a huge slap in the face for all that she’d done as an artist and an activist.  The gag at the beginning with Hector wasn’t that bad, but if I could’ve changed it, I’d put the guy who invented Alebrijes in her place, Pedro Linares. You’d only have to do a little bit of tweaking, the Rivera family would dress as a giant Alebrije puppet to get backstage instead, Hector could disguise himself as one to sneak past Ernesto’s guards, and we could have this scene.

Ernesto: Ah, excuse me, sir! The stage is that way.

Hector: *takes off mask*

Ernesto: Hector. You’ve gotten back into performing, I see.

And now, for some rapid-fire nitpicks if that wasn’t enough negativity for you.

Why does the museum have a trick wall? Is it always there, or just there when La Muerte needs it? Is this their day job, or did they shapeshift into actual museum workers? Where’s Joaquin’s Mom? If she’s alive, why is she neglecting a child to live out in the streets? If she’s dead, who the hell raised him before Maria’s dad? Where’s Maria’s mom? Is nobody going to point out that Manolo is the only living member of his family left?!

Why didn’t Imelda just ban people seeking out musical careers and not all music? Are they not allowed to go to church? What do they do for parties? Quincenaras? Did nobody that Hector knew talk about the movie where his own death was ripped off? Did he never even overhear it? If you do something evil, do you only go to the Land of the Remembered if you never get caught?  What if you’re a serial killer who never got caught? Does that mean there’s a hell? DID CHICH GO TO HELL BECAUSE HE WAS FORGOTTEN? WHAT KIND OF FUCKED UP GHOST CAPITALISM DOES THE PIXAR-VERSE AFTERLIFE RUN ON

[saidtheredhead]

maman.

Originally posted June 11, 2017. Today is my mom's fiftieth birthday. 

50 Things About Sophie Chiche

As Best As I Can Remember (but don’t quote me on every single detail being 100% accurate)

At least once a year, Sophie pulled absolutely everything we owned out of absolutely every drawer and shelf to reorganize and declutter. No such thing as a "junk drawer" in our home.

Sophie is a woman of passionate drive--just watch her open a new Shape House, up at 5 am to get the right shaped plumbing joints for her industrial lighting with two little buns in her hair.

Sophie loves to dance, she has some great mom moves, grabbing her belt, kind of like Michael Jackson.

Sophie is not one for rules--I have never seen her follow a recipe or pay attention to the painted lines in the Target parking lot (when the best spot is to the left, not right!)

Sophie is intensely friendly. I’ve never seen anyone else collect immediate best friends like this woman.

Sophie has a rapid-fire tongue for languages, seamlessly switching between chatting with her family on the phone in Français, answering my question in English, and asking someone for directions in Español.

Sophie is an UNO fiend!

Sophie gets into obsessive fads--like that month of eating hamburger patties and fried eggs, or listening to Ben Folds and Regina Spektor sing “You Don’t Know Me” a thousand times.

Sophie finds giraffes everywhere. (After all, she is Sophie la Girafe!)

In the past year or so, she also finds lighthouses everywhere.

Sophie has an impeccable eye for design.

Every house she has decorated (whether personal homes or of the “Shape” variety) is a masterpiece.

I love her fashion style, Sophie sure knows how to layer long necklaces with knee-high boots.

Even though Sophie never follows recipes, she always whips up something delicious.

One of my favorite food fads of Sophie's was the savory oatmeal phase with homemade macadamia nut pesto.

I think I have only seen Sophie with our matching natural curly hair maybe three times in my entire life.

Sophie is the opposite of a hoarder, but over time, she has collected a few gorgeous old pieces that fit perfectly, no matter how many times she moves, like the old telephone box or the long piece of wood that look like a mancala board.

Sophie can whup your ass in Backgammon.

Sophie is an amazingly inventive collage artist. At our old house, she collaged and mod-podged the front of the stairway.

Sophie was a little rebel. On one of our Paris trips when I was very young, she showed me around to all the schools she went to, almost one per year. I asked her if they switched schools every year in France, and she replied, “No, I just got kicked out of all of them.”

Sophie is a collector of skills and jobs. I’ve been around to see her create two amazing businesses, LifeByMe.com and the sweaty adventure Shape House.

Did you know that Sophie went to clowning school? I’ve heard some great stories about that time.

At least once per semester, I have an existential crisis where I doubt my place in academia and convince myself of my failure and Sophie always laughs and tries to remind me how we have the same exact conversation 2-4 times a year and I still manage to get perfect grades at the end of the day.

As a parent, Sophie believed in allowing space for children to have agency and be their own autonomous human.

Sophie once had a casual chat with a friend about how he unschooled his kids, and mentioned it to me with no ulterior motives and two weeks later I was out of school.

If everyone is six degrees from Kevin Bacon, they are four degrees from Sophie Chiche.

Anytime Sophie meets someone, she figures out immediately where they are on their life trajectory and does what she can to move the game along.

Sophie knows what she wants and doesn’t settle for less. I don’t think I have ever seen Sophie order something directly off a menu with no substitutions.

Her most (and only) Mom™ action: every time she sees me, she automatically pulls the filthy glasses off my face and cleans them, even if she is actively driving...

Sophie has the most vague and teasing social media presence, but such an interesting eye for piles of things.

Sophie moved to the United States, got set on a blind date with my francophile dad, dated him, got engaged, got married, got pregnant, had me, and got divorced within 3-ish years (two of which were after I was born).

Sophie got emotionally and physically invested in American democracy before she was a citizen by volunteering during Obama’s first presidential election. (Her first vote as a citizen was for Obama’s second term! She cried.)

Sophie has a great collection of shoes (and we excitedly share the same foot size!)

People used to think my ex-step-sister Sarah was actually her daughter instead of me, because they share the same coloring and hair. But even after the divorce, we are still all family. We call ourselves the “permanent party” and go on adventures, like spending a week in Joshua Tree.

Though my red hair skipped a generation with ma and pa, if you compare baby pics (and current pics) of Sophie and I, we have the same lips and face, just different colors.

I don’t think Sophie has a French accent, but people often think she’s Spanish or Israeli.

I was mean and used to make fun of Sophie for her French idiosyncrasies in English, like saying “shrimps” or never being able to pronounce “ew”. But if I ever made fun of her, she would say back, “uh-huh, and come back to me when you can say it in French!” In fact, when I was a kid, I used to give Sophie little English exams that I would hand-write and grade.

Her most Jewish mom phrase: “May that be the worst thing that ever happens to you!” any time I complained about something.

(Even though I do wish I had learned French--and Spanish!--while my brain was more plastic) I am very grateful that Sophie did not force me into learning it while it was still kind of traumatic for me.

On that note, I am so grateful that Sophie did not force me into any activity. I tried plenty of things, but groped around until I found my passions and developed a severe work ethic in the theatre.

I was a goody-two-shoes uptight nerd, and sometimes I felt like we switched roles. On many an occasion, Sophie would suggest playing hooky for the day and I would reply, “Moooooom, I can’t! I have school!”

But when I did need/want it, Sophie was very supportive of taking mental health days.

As a mom, Sophie struck a great balance between letting me live my life but swooping in whenever I rang the 911 call.

Sophie is an avid TV watcher, and I love her recommendations even if I take years to finally get on board.

Sophie is also into a lot of hokey self-help treatments and food programs and spiritual audio tapes and so on. I give her a lot of shit, but they work for her (and usually me too, whenever I do actually try them.)

No matter how hokey I think her things are, somehow they always magically align for her. If she needs to find a man with duck feet and an umbrella hat, she will randomly strike up a conversation with the person buying candles next to her who will mention his neighbor who happens to have duck feet and an umbrella hat. Every single time, without fail.

As a Parisian, Sophie is a wild driver. I often cling to the armrest in anxiety. I know that she can handle the car impeccably, but I worry about everyone else around her sporadic speed and turns.

Sophie always has a gorgeously stocked arts and crafts room that makes me swoon. She currently has two boxes overflowing with rolls of washi tape. (See where I get it from?)

Sophie takes all of my friends (who she has met) under her wing. Our beloved house on Nichols Canyon was home to all of my friends and many a theatre kid slumber party.  

Sophie is Wonder Woman.

Je t'aime, maman! 

[madat-55]

Cany you check zigi(.)af on insta. There is a pic of Zayn she *thinks* he is naked in Gigi's apartment because he is standing right in front of that stupid art work in her house. I don't know where she got it from. But you need to check. Also on her account check the screen shot of Gigi's comment under Zayn's IDWLF acoustic video. She has posted tongue emojis! eww! How thirsty! And now the zigi's are making a connection with his naked picture and her tongue emojis and his dick tweet.

Hello my Anon and thank you for the laugh! The ZiGistan is truly on fire! Insert fireman Liam here!

First of all, the screencap is from the videoclip of the acoustic version that Zayn uploaded on his personal youtube account (you can find it here) which (from what it seems) is not label related and you can find it on 2.58 .  Here is an excellent post by @ziamgreatesthits where you can see it clearly.

It is supposed to show Zayn in Gigi’s flat parading around  naked (because this is what the deleted now photo implied), or in his underwear. And I am asking you, my Nonnie, how would you react if you saw your bf in the house horsing around and singing wearing a pair of STAR WARS boxers??? Is the spectacle sexual or erotic or it would make you start laughing? 

What I found truly disgusting is Gigi’s comment on Zayn’s IG:

Apart from everything else, this comment is completely irrelevant to what Zayn posted (an accoustic version of a song). This leads me to believe that gigi tries to “insert” herself in the picture. Last night was the premiere and after party of the FSD movie. I haven’t seen photos from the premiere bt Zayn did attend the afterparty and once againhe was Gigi-less (but he did have a new “minder”!). Gigi apparently was feeling the need to stay relevant lonely, so she posted that... chich and classy comment!

P.S. Imagine a guy like Zayn who in reality is very closed up about his personal life, seeing this comment left by his “gf” on a video he had posted and now imagine the same closed-up guy posting the infamous dick tweet. Now tell me if anyone in their right mind who has relationship experience thinks this is real....

PPS. I just saw your last message...

[bluntbambzie]

pre crash tai & lottie !!

[bluntbambzie]

“i think we need to get you out of here”

[bluntbambzie]

keeping warm on cold nights

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inspired by the first night in the wilderness they mean so much to me i feel like laura would be the one to try and warm up lottie’s fingers and lottie would be super shy about it

[bluntbambzie]

hope i did them justice 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[bluntbambzie]

me when i crash the ship

hope i did them justice because i haven’t drawn in forever

[bluntbambzie]

sammy boy

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[bluntbambzie]

I’m really proud of this one >_< LOOK AT THEIR CUPS!!!!!!!

[bluntbambzie]

bloodhounds coming near you !!!! >_>