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more matching icons, but this time for harry and hermione. i love these two so much.
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Hermione does not, in any way, overpower Tom Riddle, in any field.
For evidence purposes, I'll use all of their achievements from book one to book 7. Instead of going on a long, disorganized tangent, we'll cut them down into 3 categories: studies, wit, and talent/strength. (I swear theres a difference between wit + studies.)
Studies --
During school, Hermione:
Was referred to as the brightest witch of her school year by Lupin
Got 10 OWLS (2 less than Bill and Charlie)
Prefect
She did get Slughorn's favour to an extent
During school, Tom Riddle:
Was referred to as the brightest kid to step into Hogwarts (possibly ever) by Albus Dumbledore
His grades are never revealed, but it is implied time and time again that he was a model student with a spotless record
Prefect and Headboy
Got a Special Award For Services to the School (hes a rat 😭)
Slughorn's favorite despite being Muggleborn and broke
There is not much I can work on in the studies department, because there isn't much text to support their performances involving the school directly, but it's obvious that Tom Riddle takes the cake. With every bullet point presented, Riddle's side of achievments is always 3x more impressive. I would like to add that he thrived in DADA and didn't shy away from any dark subjects, while Hermione was too scared to put thought into DADA + was too impatient with Divination (which I don't blame her for.)
If I had to compare them involving other characters, I would say that Tom Riddle is right up there with Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, while Hermione falls below tier near James Potter and Severus Snape.
If Severus Snape is no match for Tom Riddle (atleast when he was sane), then Hermione isn't a match for Severus. Snape was the BEST potions boy to go to Hogwarts -- it could be argued that Lily was also up there but yk shes dead so we don't care about that -- and he wasn't scared to apply his studies in the Dark Arts to real life. He was a smart kid, and even though he was below Tom Riddle in terms of brilliance, he was pretty darn smart. If Hermione cannot even reach his level, it's kind of silly to compare her to Tom Riddle.
Wit --
This one is a no brainer. The thing that sets them apart is their ability to think outside of the box.
Tom Riddle believed in a world of magic. He believed there was not a limit in which magic could be stopped. He achieved GREAT things simply by letting his trust in his own magic and the wonders of the Wizarding World lead him to his goals.
Hermione is close minded. She believes what she wants to believe, and most of her information comes from her precious, reliable books. She was too close minded to believe in divination. She was too close minded to sit back and think that, perhaps, house elves were made a certain way in which they ENJOYED labour (which is a whole other discussion), she was too close minded to believe in the Death Hallows. She was too close minded to think that there could possibly be a better, alternative recipe to a potion that didn't come straight from the school book. Her refusal to simply believe held her back from many opportunities.
Hermione is studious. Tom Riddle is BRILLIANT. Most of Hermione's knowledge comes from what she's been taught at school, but Tom Riddle went out and learned his own knowledge. And that's not a bad thing. Being studious and smart already sets her apart from many, many people.
But Tom Riddle wasn't just a studious guy. He was a genius, a prodigy, kind of a psychopath. He learned at a young age how and exactly when to use his strengths to get what he wants. He carried himself up as social ladder reserved solely for purebloods before even finding out his heritage as the descendant of Salazar Slytherin. He made a grown adult women scared of him as a child. He didn't use his wit for good, no, but was he pretty damn smart? Yeah.
Talent and Strength --
When Hermione was a kid, she learned to utilize what she had around her to catch up with other kids. She taught herself the syllabus before even getting into school and even learned spells without being taught by Professors! She was always the first one to get the spell right and was quick on her feet in an argument. She had a lot of brewing talent in her. It is not easy to be thrown into a whole new world but she took all of it with grace.
She was amazing at spells. When the trio ran away during the 7th book, she was their rock to lean on--for strength, for protection, for guidance. She knew every spell in the book to hide them away from Voldemort.
Her duelling skills, while not on par with Harry's, were pretty darn good, too. She could hold her own in a duel if she really needed to get out of their alive, using her quick thinking and sometimes, deception. Ex. (When she changed Harry's face to not resemble him when they got caught by snatchers.)
I give Hermione a lot of credit in the book. She was stronger than she needed to be at a young age, and she handled it better than most people did.
Tom Riddle on the other hand...
His talent is unmatched when it comes to anybody else.
He learned to get a hold on his magic and command it like the king that he is at the baby age of one digits. Because of all the instances at Wool's Orphanage, it isn't crazy to assume that this wasn't just a case of accidental magic. He knew exactly what he was doing, and he knew exactly how to call onto his magic to do his bidding. I don't think even Dumbledore could have said he was able to do that.
He was a parselmouth. It's less a talent and more a skill, but he used his hereditary trait to manipulate and use another type of magic to do what he wanted. Speaking to snakes is one thing--getting them to actually listen to you has to count for something.
He made horcruxes at the age of 16. That is a type of deadly, deadly magic. It is so forbidden it doesn't even fall under Forbidden magic because it's blasphemous to even think to do it. The fact that his magic was so strong that he could go through that process and come our alive is actually crazy.
He made a whole persona for himself, under Lord Voldemort, and got a whole race of people to follow him blindly. He wasn't even a pureblood and he still had them down on their knees. That's talent.
He could perform all forbidden curses with ease and not get drained. Moody says that you have to mean your intent and that nobody can *just* cast the curses. You have to have the willpower and strength to cast them--the fact that Voldemort could cast dozens of them at a time without thinking about it already sets him apart in strength from Hermione. I doubt even Snape, as he brilliant as he is, would dare push his limits like that.
I don't want this to get SUPER long, but here are some things I left out about Riddle and didn't know how to add on the list.
He found the long lost Chamber of Secrets during his time at Hogwarts. It was there for millions of years--he can't have been the ONLY descendant. It's safe to say he was one of the first people to open it and actually use it for his own gain.
He acquired the Elder Wand. I mean, so did Harry and Dumbledore, but it doesn't change the fact that he did. He was kind of dumb when he grew up and became all insane but that's impressive, too.
It is implied that he was at the brink of winning the war before Harry killed him on Halloween. If he hadn't taken the bait, maybe we'd see a world overrun by his power.
He didn't inspire fear in just Britain. He inspired fear across the world. Harry Potter was known across every wizarding community, such as Bulgaria. That means they must've known Voldemort too. There was lots of foreign people at the world cup, but every single one of them ran at the sight of the Death Eaters--which means they recognize his sign in some sort of way. The Gregrovitch family recognizes him, as does the German witch does when she sees him in folds in fear.
Sorry, this became a long rant of Voldemort's powers and not just a comparison, but it does go to show that Hermione being even near his level. It's just not plausible.
You're welcome to argue with me or correct me on my oversights! I haven't fact checked everything and I won't be offended if you correct some points. (Also there is a lot of typos and I have a cut on my finger so please dont kill me for my grammar 😭)
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harry potter saga. 📜
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18,035 icons made of Emma Watson in her other roles,,, done and completed for my personal set,,,
COMPLETE I AM READY TO WRITE
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Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman and all those are iconic in their roles in Harry Potter, but I’ll always be a bit sad about that casting, because having that ‘Marauders era’ cast be age appropriate would’ve just been so much better for the story.
Sirius wasn’t this old man who spent 12 years in Azkaban, no he got locked up at 21. He spent almost third of his life in a cell. He wasn’t this wise father figure to Harry, he was a reckless thirty-something who never really got the chance to mature past 21.
Remus was an exhausted, bone deep tired man carrying both physical and mental scars from the suffering he went through. Because he’s a werewolf, because of the war, because he lost all of his friends. And he’s only 33 when first introduced.
And Snape. Snape wasn’t an old bitter man who just hated everyone and enjoyed being antagonistic. He was 31 in Harry’s first year. He began to work for Voldemort as a teen, and as a double agent at 20. He’s a thirty-something bitter man, who never got to really live or make real connections. From Harry’s perspective he’s scary and intimidating, but really he’s just kinda…sad and pathetic. And then especially that scene where Snape is begging Dumbledore to help save Lily, and promising anything in return. (Because apparently Dumbledore needs something in return…for saving people.) He’s twenty. Barely out of his teens. Rickman was good in that scene, but having someone who actually looks twenty, would better show how scared, young, guilty and just desperate he was. That might not put Dumbledore in such a good light, though.
And then, the characters I think would’ve been the most important to cast age appropriately. And most people probably already agree and know who I’m talking about. James and Lily. They were 21 when they died. When Harry sees them in the mirror of Erised, they’re 10 years older than him. That’s the age difference Ron has with Bill. In that scene I might understand somewhat them being in their thirties, because that’s what Harry wants. He wants his life with his parents, he wants to have been raised by them. Though, I don’t know if the mirror could know what they might’ve looked like in their thirties, since they didn’t live that long. But then, in the cemetery when Voldemort’s wand spits the last spells cast, we see Lily and James as they were. 21. They’re telling their son to hold on just a moment longer. And they are 7 years older than him. In Deathly Hallows, Harry sees Voldemort kill them. They’re not this happy couple who’s got to love each other for a long time, only to have that happiness torn from them, no they started at Hogwarts ten years ago. They’re 21, and they’ve barely tasted that happiness. At the end of the book Harry talks to his parents. They comfort him and promise to stay with him, as he goes to die. Harry’s seventeen. James and Lily are four years older than him.
It wouldn’t have felt as nice. Harry being comforted by someone who looks almost his age. But it wasn’t nice. It was pretty tragic. Casting people who look 21, would’ve really made it land on the audience. It was a tragedy. They were barely adults.
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Just read your meta on Tom Riddle & sexual abuse - brilliant as usual. I interpret Billy Stubbs the same way. I was wondering where in canon you're getting that Voldemort had an irregular heartbeat? The only thing that's coming to my mind is the visions Harry had in ootp where it says his heart is beating faster but that's not even real. Sorry this is the most niche question ever lol but I have an obsession with Voldemort's body
thank you very much for the ask, anon!
it's something which i've arrived at via a leap from deathly hallows - in which the locket-horcrux is mentioned as having a pulse which "beats irregularly alongside [harry's] own", which beats so fast that - from voldemort's perspective - it feels like it's "banging outside his chest", and which is also described as rattling, racing, etc.
the locket is the only horcrux which seems to have these pseudo-bodily functions - and it also, when harry opens it, has eyes. this is, i think, largely a narrative device to hint to the reader that harry is also a horcrux, by allowing us to picture a horcrux as something living - and the locket gets the honour because it's the only horcrux we spend any meaningful amount of time with in either of the last two books.
[the diary - the only other horcrux harry spends any real time interacting with - doesn't get any such description.]
the locket's abnormal heartbeat is - of course - clearly intended by the doylist text to illustrate [just like the comment in goblet of fire that voldemort has unnaturally cold hands when he touches harry] the abnormality of voldemort's mutilated soul, and the way this has ruined and corrupted his body.
but this doesn't align with how the text understands the soul as separate from the body - the mutilation of voldemort's soul should, by the series' own logic, have no affect on his body [other than - maybe - on his eyes, "the window to the soul"].
and so i think it's fun - as someone committed to the idea that voldemort's fear of death and obsession with magic is made worse by a certain physical fragility - to accept the idea that all horcruxes feel semi-"alive" [as in, they all have these pseudo-bodily functions like pulses] but also to imagine that the locket's irregular heartbeat is something voldemort has always had wrong with him, rather than something caused by the damage he does to his soul.
an irregular heartbeat which is generally too fast - as the locket's is - might be a sign of something called atrial fibrillation, which can be either temporary or chronic. triggers for any manifestation of the condition can include:
physical and emotional stress [from - y'know - living in an orphanage, never having your cavernous grief over that fact acknowledged, and potentially being a victim of sexual abuse].
chronic lung conditions such as asthma [voldemort's soft voice is because he's a respiratorily-challenged icon, change my mind].
pericarditis, a temporary heart condition often triggered by a serious viral infection, like influenza [which might have nearly finished off a child who was already sickly, only making him more afraid of dying...].
smoking [which everyone did in the forties], not eating properly [the man is famously thin], and frequently being incandescent with murderous rage [no explanation needed] are all additional things that wouldn't help... as would not bothering to take your health seriously because you can't die.
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Pray tell, what is the point of rebooting a beloved saga whose last movie was released not even 15 years ago?
The movies are far from perfect in terms of book fidelity (although I still think the first three are absolute gems) and I get that a series of seven seasons would give the books proper justice but the Wizarding World is NOT just about Harry, Ron and Hermione.
There are so many interesting stories, so many things the movies failed or didn’t have time to show. Yes, Tom Riddle, I’m looking at you baby.
Besides, Daniel, Emma and Rupert (as well as many other actors) are so iconic in the collective imagination that a recast is an absolute suicide imo.
This is what I meant when I said I will hunt down HBO if they recast young grindeldore in the Deathly Hallows. Someone said “well Jamie and Toby are too old” duh?! I know they’re too old to play teenagers, I simply meant i can’t and won’t imagine or consider anyone else playing Albus and Gellert.
Also RIP Fantastic Beasts, I guess.
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misc spoilerous saltburn thoughts
love how oliver went off and mordered two people in two days but then sat on his ass for however many years waiting for the dad to die of natural causes. love how they came JUSSSST short of implying he long distance assassinated him
speaking of, the dad is the only family member oliver didn't manage to fuck in some way. come on man. commit
it's weird how the story couldn't commit to anything strong enough to make it interesting... like the absurdly rich family has a few satirical moments but isn't rich people satire in the end because too much of their screentime is spent being kind of realistic. oliver doesn't come across as sinister or evil because he has those scenes at the very beginning of him being pathetic and unpopular before he had any reason to put on an act. like if he actually knows how to act normal and comb his hair well... why doesnt he.... i was kind of waiting for a parasiteesque 'rich people can afford to be nice but poor people have to be cruel to survive' but then that wasnt the case. it could have done a secret historyesque thing where the ugliness of poverty is contrasted with the allure of the beauty of wealth but then he wasn't actually poor. i could have vibed with a 'boy is ashamed of boring middle class upbringing, sees allure both in extreme wealth and extreme poverty' sort of commentary but that is not even hinted at. it's just so mid, like some of the visuals go hard but the only thing the story commits to is various kinds of shock value, nothing of real substance
farleigh was like by far the most compelling part of the whole film like???
the scene with him and felix is FAR more interesting and nuanced than the rest of the plot put together. the way it makes you think about their relationship growing up and how it might have felt. the way it shines a light onto the fraughtness of farleigh's own position in the family, paralleling oliver's. the way farleigh brings up the racial context, clearly a bit hesitant, and the way felix reacts (one of the few moments where he's actually less than perfect. maybe the only one once the story moves on from oxford??). the way felix, despite often being the one to chastise or criticise his family's inappropriate behaviour, now comes not only to side but to identify with his family (esp his father) and its decisions (he shifts from 'my father has been beyond generous' to 'maybe we have done all we can')
his confrontation with oliver at the party where he shows full confidence he'll be accepted back into the family despite causing them serious trouble, simply because he belongs and oliver doesn't? genuinely interesting, especially in contrast with that earlier scene with felix where he appeared uncertain
only family member to make it out alive. icon
love how oliver tried to get him on his side and he just responded with ultimate cunt move
ok moving on. did anyone else notice that in that little montage of oliver settling in at saltburn and being more at ease, all the three saltburn kids take turns to read deathly hallows?? lol
i have to say after farleigh the mom was my favourite part of the movie. she got most of those rare satirical lines and she delivered them perfectly. times new roman queen
love how oliver bothered to actually kill felix but with venetia he just left her those razors and she went hmmm guess i might as well
what is the fucking point of having a labirynth in your movie if no one is gonna get lost in it????? no random police officers dont count
and what was the point of venetia saying ooh the full moon is gonna make us all crazy. that had nothing to do with anything. i was really expecting the family to ritually sacrifice oliver and to have done so with felix's previous friends but no that'd be too interesting
are those glasses even prescription?
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the first matching icons of hermione and harry is my post with the most notes, so i figured i’d make more. ♡
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Been busy today just being creative, I made Harry's iconic deathly hallows part two battle outfit!!! And 1st book/film harrys invisibility cloak which the fabric is beautiful but a nightmare to work with. Lol ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️
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What's your top 5 Harry Potter favourite characters and favourite book?
Thank you so much for this amazing ask, anon!!
This is a really hard question for me to answer. I think I'll go with the following:
1. Harry Potter. I just love him so much. The more I reread the books and rewatch the movies, the more I appreciate him and his sass and his entire character. I feel like he's often underlooked and overhated!
2. George Weasley (the Weasley twins in general, but I like George a little bit more). He's just so iconic and I always love whenever he's on screen/on the page, it always brightens up everything.
3. Oliver Wood. My love. He's so iconic and hilarious 😂 it doesn't show quite as much in the movies but still
4. Cedric Diggory. My boy!! Cedric was honestly such an amazing character, kind, handsome, brave, talented, what more could you want? (For him to live 😪) He deserved so much better than what he got and I wish we'd seen more of him!
5. I'm tying this between McGonagall and Hermione. I like them both but both of them have traits that really really annoy me. McGonagall is just an iconic character with some of the most badass lines in the whole franchise, but she's also too strict in my opinion. And Hermione used to be my favourite but the more I reread/rewatch HP, the less I like her, sadly. She's just so narrow-minded and arrogant and lawful lmao, it's a bit tiring at times. And those parts of her aren't portrayed that much in the films where she's more of this hyper-intellectual, infallible genius and Ron's the dumb comic relief character. But she very much shaped me and is still a big part of who I am so she definitely deserves to be on this list!
But those are just the canon characters, as for fanfiction characterisations I have a whole bunch of other characters that have too little appearances in the books to have a canonically shaped out personality :D
As for my favourite book, that's tough too cause I really love them all. It's one of those rare franchises where the books don't get worse but stay consistently good or even get better. I'd go with Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban or Goblet of Fire (but gahh OotP!! Deathly Hallows!! 1 and 6 are amazing too) so yeah it's really hard to narrow down 🤣 but yes I'd say 2, 3 and 4, they're my comfort books
Thanks again, I enjoyed this so much! Hope you have a nice day <3
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Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 to you
The Iconic Young & Magical 🇬🇧 British Actor Of The Early 2000's Who Became A Worldwide Sensation & Role Model To Children Everywhere
The Boy👦 Who Lived and Became The Greatest Wizard Of All Times.
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in Hammersmith, London, England on 23 July 1989,
He is an English 🇬🇧 actor. He rose to fame at age 12 when he began portraying Harry Potter in the film series of the same name. Radcliffe portrayed Potter in all eight films in the series, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and concluding with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011).
Radcliffe branched out to stage acting in 2007, starring in the West End and Broadway productions of Equus. He returned to Broadway in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2011), earning a Grammy Award nomination. His other Broadway roles include Martin McDonagh's drama The Cripple of Inishmaan (2014) and Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along (2023), the latter of which earned him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. His other London theatre roles were in revivals of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (2017) and Samuel Becket's Endgame (2020).
Radcliffe also expanded his film roles, acting in a variety of genres such as the horror film The Woman in Black (2012), surreal drama Swiss Army Man (2016), thriller Now You See Me 2 (2016), and comedy The Lost City (2022). He also portrayed Allen Ginsberg in the biopic Kill Your Darlings (2013) and "Weird Al" Yankovic in the musical parody Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022). The latter earned him nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a British Academy Television Award. He also played multiple roles in the anthology comedy television series Miracle Workers from 2019 to 2023.
Radcliffe has contributed to many charities, including Demelza Hospice Care for Children and the Trevor Project; the latter awarded him its Hero Award in 2011 for his advocacy with LGBTQ youth.
PLEASE WISH THIS MOST AMAZING & WIZARDING ACTOR OF THE EARLY 2000'S A MAGICAL BIRTHDAY 🎂 ✨
YOU KNOW HIM
YOU SEEN HIM IN THE BIG SCREEN SINCE HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD
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I changed my icon but I still love these photos of Hayden Panettiere reading Deathly Hallows so I wanted to post them :)
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Lotte Reiniger (1920s): An Inspiration to Modern Animation Directors
(10 minutes reading)
By Sofi Ojeda
Lotte Reiniger was a talented German artist born in Berlin, she displayed remarkable, self-taught skills in creating intricate paper silhouettes from an early age. She incorporated these silhouettes into her homemade shadow theater with the influences she drew from traditional Asian shadow plays. Reiniger's talent led to an introduction to her later partner Koch, who not only designed her animation studio but also served as her producer and camera operator until his death in 1963.
Reiniger's enduring fascination with timeless fairy tales permeated her animations, including notable works such as "Aschenputtel" (Cinderella) and "Dornröschen" (The Sleeping Beauty) from 1922. However, her most remarkable achievement was "The Adventures of Prince Achmed," a pioneering project created in collaboration with her husband and others over three years, celebrated as the first full-length animated film in history.
Although, Reiniger created various works in different countries before and after the war, she never ventured into another full-length feature film. Nevertheless, her unique animation style continues to exert a profound influence on a diverse range of cinematic creations, from Disney classics to the enchanting world of Harry Potter, leaving an indelible mark on the realm of animation.
Pioneering Techniques
Furthermore, Reiniger's legacy transcends her era, as her pioneering techniques, including cut-out animation (where body parts are separated and manipulated with anchor points and a skeletal structure). And her silhouette art underscores one of the most recognized design principles—silhouette—in character design and object recognition. This principle facilitates viewers' comprehension of visual information and enhances their grasp of the narrative.
Having gained insight into her techniques, let's explore some examples of her influence.
Inspiration to Animation Directors Over Time
Reiniger influence on Walt Disney
She inspired Disney to incorporate the concept of the multiplane camera into animation. This innovative camera technique involved the use of multiple layers of drawings moving at varying speeds, effectively creating a sense of depth and dimension in the video.
Reiniger influence on Tim Burton
In Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" (2004), a traditional interpretation of Reiniger's style surfaces in a scene during the musical number 'Remains of the Day.' Utilizing silhouettes set against vibrant green backgrounds, the narrative unfolds, reminiscent of Reiniger's shadow animations.
Reiniger influence in Ford Coppola
The opening scene of Francis Ford Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) serves as a clear illustration of this phenomenon. It involves the recounting of Vlad 'The Impaler' Dracula's history, shifting from a live-action sequence to a battle montage that adopts Reiniger's distinctive artistic style.
Lotte R. influence in Harry Potter
In "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" (2010), there's a noteworthy transition from live-action to animation as Harry, Ron, and Hermione delve into 'The Tale of the Three Brothers.' To honor Reiniger's iconic storytelling style, which often resembled classic fables, the filmmakers opted for this approach
Conclution
From a gender perspective, it appears that Lotte Reiniger existed in a parallel world where her voice as a woman was not only acknowledged but also illuminated across time to the present day. It's worth noting that she seemed to be the sole practitioner of her unique animation technique, and had she worked in a male-dominated field, the course of history might have unfolded quite differently. However, I am not implying that she didn't face the challenges that were prevalent in her time.
In summation, Lotte Reiniger's contributions to the world of animation stand as a testament to her inventive spirit and pioneering endeavors. Her mastery of shadow animation, her lasting impact on modern animation techniques, and her feminist legacy collectively leave an enduring impression on the cinematic landscape. Her influence continues to inspire filmmakers and animators to this day.
Bibliography
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/528134/index.html
https://www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-ideas/lasting-legacy-lotte-reiniger/
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