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“Day 6: Love 🐰❤️🐲”
I’m staying at home instead of went off to the program for Friday this week. My mother already off to work after talking things out, but also she won’t take me there with our car.
At least I’m staying with my older sister and grandma for awhile. I had plenty of time when going through other tasks without any hassle; hopefully.
Now for my latest Inktober artwork, a love between a wish dragon and a demonic rabbit like its nothing weird here. I’d normally if I do something creative, but having a classic Disney-style cosplay was the way I’m going for. At least nothing scary except having these two “lovebirds” together.
Iscream (as the White Rabbit) & (as Snow White) Fwench Fwy - “Chikn Nuggit” (2020) created by Kyra Kupetsky
Tagged: @murumokirby360 @carmenramcat @alexander1301 @rafacaz4lisam2k4 @paektu
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“Day 1: Looney 🐰🔨” - Link Here #1
“Day 2: Imposters 🕷️👉👈🕷️” - Link Here #2
“Day 3: Wild 🌲🐶” - Link Here #3
“Day 4: Thief 🐰💰” - Link Here #4
“Day 5: Moon 🌙🎣” - Link Here #5
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Disney could've taken a step further and had Belle create the Empire Waist Dress.
- Satisfies Emma's request to not wear a corset; with the type of silhouette one isn't required
- Enhances the animated movie's allegorical subtext for the French Revolution/End of Monarchy
- Signifies a new age which also is an allegory to new leadership in France irl
- Enhances the girl power message: Empire Dresses were said to be a symbol of freedom from strict, confined silhouettes
- Demonstrates Belle's inventive side & fits relaxed calm nature;
- also allegory to real life as Empire Dresses signified more relaxation after years of conflict
- Dress signified disconnecting from the overconsumption of the Rococo era
- Gives the movie dress a distinct motif from original (Rococo vs. Revolution)
- still aligns with inanimate objects theming as Empire Waist take cues from from ancient architecture (pillars)
- FITS THEME OF REBELLION! FASHION AS POLITICAL STATEMENT!!
- Includes the lack of gloves & layered fabric without looking like a stack of sliced American
- Satisfies the historian in me
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ashley tisdale & samantha droke at a halloween party in 2009 💞
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Tobin Powell Heath I adore you but these SHOES??
they're very much giving Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse
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An addendum needs to be made to my Belle dress ranking post…
Because of H.E.R.
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Pavé (Animal Crossing) and Ze need to meet up and have dance off.
This is such a guy omg
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Day 3 & 4 of New York Comic Con. We brought back our Disney Villains costumes from 10 yrs ago. This time, instead of fixing or replacing some pieces, both costumes were fully redone. The only items that remained from my previous Ursula costume were Flotsam & Jetsam, leggings, and shoes [which should be replaced soon]. The only item from Paul's Gaston is the quiver bag. The con crunch hit me hard on this one. Haven't experienced that in ages. Photo by John Ramirez of FunTimePix.com
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don’t get me wrong i absolutely love blue sargent and think fan artists are doing gods work but like. blue canonical wears weird fucking shit. not even like quirky-cool weird. like the costume department of disneys hit show Shake It Up (2010) starring bella thorne and zendaya level weird. attacking a sweater with a weed-whacker weird. she intentionally wears fuck-ass outfits and as much as i adore the eclectic indie girl aesthetic blue sargent’s style is weird and chaotic and diy and thrifted and anything less is blasphemy .
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I tried to answer this succinctly, but it turned into an essay. (Sorry.)
The Princess and the Frog was not accurate, strictly speaking, but dinging it for that would be like criticizing the Lion King for not being a realistic wildlife documentary. Accuracy wasn't really the point. Given the fantastical elements and fictional nations like “Maldonia”, I suppose we're meant to understand this as a bit removed from the real New Orleans. It's more a a jazz-flavored fairy tale than a historical fiction.
But for discussion's sake....
Is it fashion-accurate to its 1926 timeframe? Ehhh, sort of. It pays homage to 20s fashion trends with cloche hats, furs and feathery headpieces, but without fully committing to it. The waistline on almost all of Tiana's clothing is too high for the 20s, and the the shapes of her fancier costumes take a lot of liberties, or deviate wildly from the style of the period.
In the 20s, dresses (including workaday stuff) tended to have a straight up-and-down shape to it - kind of a low-waisted rectangle that de-emphasized curves instead of highlighting them. There are valid reasons to play fast and loose with that, though (something I’m definitely guilty of as well). One of those reasons is communication.
For instance, speculatively, the filmmakers wrote Tiana as a hard-working waitress and wanted her to look the part, so they made the choice to clothe her in something familiar - that gingham dress of mid-century shape that we broadly associate with diner waitresses. Actual waitress uniforms of the 20s had a fair bit of overlap with maid uniforms at the time too, and I can see why they wouldn't want to risk the confusion. It's more important to communicate clearly with the larger audience than to appease a small faction of fashion nerds who'd notice or care about the precision.
I don't think it's a case of the designers failing to do their research - I'm sure they had piles of references, and maybe even consultants - but they also had to have priorities.
With her hat and coat on, she looks a lot more 1920s-shaped.
Pretty consistently, the indication of the characteristic 1920s drop waist is there, but the approach otherwise ignores the 20s silhouette. The clothes hug the body too much. This may be about appealing to a 2000s audience, visually speaking, but also could be an animation thing. Maybe both. For practical reasons, clothes in 2d animation are usually more a sort of second skin than something that wears or behaves like realistic fabric.
These are not in the 1920s ballpark at all. Tiana's blue gown looks like your basic Disney brand invention. Strapless things would have been extremely unusual and the overall shape is far out of step. Excusable, I guess, because it's a costume in context. Charlotte looks like she’s heading for a mimosa brunch in a modern maxi dress.
Charlotte's princess dress did seem to be calling back to the ultra-wide pannier side hoops of the 18th century - something that made a reappearance for part of the 20s, albeit in much milder form called robe de style. I'm not sure if the filmmakers were alluding to that at all, really, but either way, her dress is hilarious.
They only went about halfway with the cloche hats. The 1920s cloche really encapsulated the cranium, almost entirely covered bobbed hair, and obscured much of the face from certain angles, so it's easy to see why they've been somewhat reined in for the film. Still, it ends up looking more 1930s, where the hats started to recede away from the face, evolving in the direction of the pillbox.
Similarly, Tiana's hair is not very reminiscent of the bobbed, close-to-the-cranium style of the period, but I think that could legitimately be written off as characterization. She's not at all the type of person who'd fuss about going à la mode. Not everyone bobbed and finger-waved their hair.
The clothes Prince Naveen is introduced in are very 1920s collegiate in spirit - the wide-leg oxford bags, the sleeveless pullover sweater, the flat cap, and high, stiff collar. The ukulele and banjolele were pretty trendy instruments at the time too.
Definitely some Josephine Baker vibes here. Also, the look of this whole fantasy sequence was reportedly inspired by the works of Aaron Douglas, a luminary painter of the Harlem Renaissance known for his depictions of the lives of African-Americans. (The mural is in Topeka, Kansas.)
They pretty much nailed the Art Deco. It's gorgeous. Looks somewhat inspired by the interiors of some of the Ralph Walker-designed NYC architecture, plus some French Quarter balcony flair for the final manifestation of Tiana's Place. Her dress here does resemble some gauzy mid-1920s looks, too.
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Culturally speaking...
New Orleans is an unusual place. Because some of the colonial Spanish and French laws and conventions that New Orleans evolved under persisted even after its inception into the United States; because it was such a heterogeneous hub of indigenous and immigrant peoples; and because it had a considerable population of free people of color (mostly Creole), it did not function quite like the rest of the South leading up to the Civil War, nor for a while after. Its particular coalescence of cultures made it its own unique sort of culture within the country, within the region, within the state of Louisiana even. By the early 20th century, though, regardless of the not-very-binary nature of New Orleans, Jim Crow laws were enforcing a literal black-and-white distinction, and not an evenhanded one, by far. In that aspect, the city had begun to resemble the rest of the South.
The film nods at the wealth disparity, but goes on to paint a pretty rosy picture of race and class relations at the time. Still it's not unbelievable that some people were exceptions to the rules. You could probably find a few compartments of old New Orleans society that resisted segregation or certain prejudicial norms, preferring to do things their own way. That aside, the film wasn't trying to confront these topics. Not every piece of media should have to. Sometimes breaking away from miserable period piece stereotypes is refreshing. I'm not sure it could have handled that meaningfully given the running time, narrow story focus, and intended audience, anyhow. (But you could perhaps also make a case that family films habitually underestimate younger audiences in this way.)
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Raymond the firefly I guess is the film's Cajun representation. There's not much to say about it, except perhaps to note that Evangeline is a reference to the heroine of a Longfellow poem of the same name. The poem is an epic romance set during the expulsion of the Acadians from the eastern provinces of Canada and the northernmost reaches of the American colonies (now Maine) by the British in the mid-1700s. Many exiled Acadians gradually migrated south to francophone-friendly Louisiana, settling into the prairies and bayous, where 'Acadian' truncated into the pronunciation 'Cajun'. Evangeline - who is only finally reunited with her love when he’s on his deathbed - has become an emblem of the heartbreak, separation and faithful hope of that cultural history, and there are parishes, statues and other landmarks named after the her throughout Louisiana.
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Voodoo does have a very historical presence in New Orleans, having arrived both directly from West Africa and by way of the Haitian diaspora (where it would more properly be called Vodou). While I don't think Disney's treatment of it was especially sensitive or serious, it also wasn't the grotesquely off-base sort of thing that media of the past has been known to do. It was largely whittled down to a magical plot component, but it wasn't so fully repurposed that it didn't resemble Voodoo at all either - and that's mostly owing to the characters, because it does appear the writers pulled from history there.
It’s apparently widely held that Dr. Facilier is a Baron Samedi caricature - and likely that's true, in part - but I have the impression he's also influenced by Doctor John. Not the 20th century funk musician, but the antebellum “Voodoo King” of New Orleans. Doctor John (also called Bayou John, Jean La Ficelle, and other aliases) claimed to be a Senegalese prince. He became well known as a potion man and romance-focused prognosticator to people from all corners of society. Though highly celebrated and financially successful at his peak, he seems ultimately remembered as an exploitative villain.
To my recollection, the film sort of gingerly avoids referring to Facilier as a Voodoo practitioner directly (I think he's more generically called a witch doctor in the script?) but it does seem to imply his 'friends on the other side' are a consortium of loa. It's mostly abbreviated into nebulously evil-seeming special FX, glazing over any specificity or dimensionality, but it does also loop back around as a vehicle of moral justice. Loa are all very individualistic and multi-faceted, but they do have reciprocal rules for asking favors of them.
There's also the benevolent counterpart in Mama Odie's character. Her wearing ritual whites has a definite basis in Voodoo/Vodou practice, and her depiction as a fairy godmother-like figure isn't entirely out of step with how a mambo may have been perceived...in a very general sense. They were/are ceremonial leaders and community bastions who people would seek out for help, advice and spiritual guidance. More than just emanating matronly good vibes, though, some have wielded considerable political and economic power.
(Just my opinions here. I've done a lot of reading on the subject for research but I'm no authority with any special insider understanding of Voodoo, and I really shouldn't be relied upon as an arbiter of who has or hasn't done it justice in fiction.)
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In summary--
Culturally, I think the film is respectably informed but paints a superficially genteel picture. The set pieces are gorgeous, but the story mostly delivers a sort of veneer of New Orleanishness. And as for fashion, well, it’s the 1920s run through a Disney filter. It’s very pretty, but it’s only as proximally accurate as seemed practical.
I don’t know that any of that really matters so much as whether or not it achieved what it intended, though. As a charming yarn and as a tribute to New Orleans and the Jazz age, I think it’s mostly successful. It’s also really beautifully animated!
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me when i go shopping for a halloween costume this weekend
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Hi! Im not sure, feel free to completely ignore! But I love your writing and I saw this tiktok and it made me think about reader being exited for trick or treat but not a lot of kids come by so Bucky does something special? Or they go out to give out candy?
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMjtSWwmp/
Thank you so much in advance if you decide to write something related to this!
Have a nice day/night
Trick or Treat.
Pairing - Bucky Barnes x Female Reader
Warnings - none!! just bucky being a sweetheart in love
Word Count - under 1k
Author's Note - thank you for this request, it's so lovely!! seeing as we've just passed halloween, thought i'd write something short and sweet. hope you enjoy.
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You've been sat on your front steps for hours.
Bowl of candy in hand, goodie bags made up, decorations hung and ready. You've always loved Halloween, for as long as you can remember. Now you're older, the highlight is getting to see all the neighbourhood kids dressed up as they trick or treat.
Not this year. You and Bucky moved apartments last year, and you were ridiculously excited to get to give out candy on your new block. Turns out, no one really passes by your place.
"Baby," comes a voice from the front door behind you. "You're gonna catch your death. It's freezing."
Bucky sits down next to you, wrapping a blanket around your shoulders and pulling you into his side.
"You wanna come inside? We can watch those old Disney Halloween movies you love."
You rest your head on his shoulder, revelling in his warmth.
"Not yet, Buck. Just gonna wait a little longer."
It's breaking his heart seeing you so defeated. You've been looking forward to the holiday for weeks, and it certainly hasn't turned out the way either of you hoped.
"Do you think there just aren't any kids around here? I've literally seen none."
"I don't know, baby. I'm just as confused as you are."
He presses a kiss to the top of your head, arms tightening around you.
He is confused. In your old apartment, you'd have dozens of kids come by, eager for candy and the cookies you'd make. You and Bucky would sit out on the front steps and give out goodie bags for hours, striking up conversations with parents and celebrating all of the costumes.
"Maybe we should go inside," you say quietly, starting to shiver. "We'll have to ask Sam tomorrow if he got any trick or treaters. Maybe it's going out of style."
Sam.
Bucky has a sudden eureka moment, jumping up from his spot next to you.
"Wait here, baby. One minute."
He runs inside, leaving you disorientated on the steps. He's back within thirty seconds, your bag in his hand.
"Come on. We're going out."
"Where?"
"It's a surprise. You'll see."
You pile into the car as Bucky loads all the candy into the trunk, trying to be as subtle as possible. He climbs in and presses a kiss to your knuckles before holding your hand for the entire journey, humming along to the radio as he drives.
You suddenly begin to recognise your whereabouts, more confused than ever.
"Why are we in Sam's neighbourhood, Buck?"
He winks.
"You'll see."
As soon as you pull up to Sam's house, he's striding out of the front door and towards you.
"Thank God you're here. I can't do it anymore. Why didn't we just do this in the first place?"
"Do what?"
"I remember Sam telling me about the, quote on quote, 'obscene amount of trick or treaters' that he gets at his house every year. And he hates Halloween -"
"It's true!" Sam interjects.
"- so I thought you could save him from his misery, and you get to give out candy like you wanted."
You're grinning at him from ear to ear, practically bouncing on the soles of your feet.
"You're a genius," you whisper, leaning up to press your lips to his softly. "I love you."
"I love you too," he smiles, stealing another kiss or four.
"I'm gonna head upstairs and watch the football game. You guys have fun out here!"
Sam throws you a thumbs up before retreating inside, closing the door behind him. You and Bucky bring all of your goodies from the car and set up on the porch, ready and waiting.
Before you know it, there are dozens of groups of kids on the street, all of them adorned in spooky costumes. They practically skip up the pathway towards you, excited and giddy.
"Trick or treat!"
"Woah, you're all super scary... I like your makeup! And your wig! Hey, your shirt is super cool!"
You're placing candy in their bags, so you can't see Bucky beaming behind you, light radiating off of him in all directions.
He'd find a way make it Halloween everyday if it meant he could see you smile like this.
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POKESHIPPING WEEK 2024!
It's that time again, pokeshippers!
Last year, we announced that the format of Pokeshipping Week - one theme per day - was getting retired. We also said that we'd still put on a celebration of some kind going forward. Well, the time is here, and I'm happy to announce that we are planning a pokeshipping zine...next year!
If you'll forgive the bait-and-switch there, we have seriously talked about doing a zine, but time got away from us this summer. So, while we do hope to tackle that undertaking in 2025, for this year, we're planning what you might call an open Pokeshipping Week!
How does it work, you ask? Simple: over the years, you all have submitted a lot of potential themes for Pokeshipping Week. For every seven that got chosen each year, plenty were left behind. Well, now you can fill November 1 to 7 with art, fics, AMVs, GIFs, graphics, etc., all about our favorite Poke-couple, using any seven you'd like from the unused themes list.
Any and all contributions are welcome, and if they're tagged #pokeshipping week 2024, we'll reblog them here and on the main @pokeshipping blog. Besides Tumblr, we’ll keep our eyes out for the tag on Twitter and DeviantART for artwork, for fanfics on FF.Net and AO3, and for AMVs on YouTube (no NSFW, please).
The full list of unused themes (from years 2020 through 2023) is below the "Read More" break. Use, combine, and create as your heart desires, and we'll see you November 1!
A bad fight
A day in the life
A never-ending road
A ship full of shippers
Alola sunset scene
Amusement park
Anime characters meet their game/manga counterparts
Anniversary
Art classes together/Drawing each other
Ash and Misty in Sinnoh
Ash’s hat
Avatar: The Last Airbender AU
Birthdays
Breakup
Cameran Palace ball (as in Movie 8)
Celebrating
Celebrities
Champions/Masters
Cheerleader Misty
Childhood sweethearts
Chocolate
Comfort during a natural disaster
Comforting each other
Competition
Confiding in one another
Cooking disaster
Costumes
Criminal/Detective
Crossover
Crossover with game/manga-verse
D&D
Dealing with Team Rocket’s teasing in “A Scare in the Air”
Dewpider/Araquanid
Different hairstyle
Disaster dates
Disney AU
Double dating
Elder years
Elders Ash and Misty
Evolution
Fairy tales/Fantasy AU
Fankids
Fireworks
First day on the job
Food
Fortune-telling/foresight
Game of Thrones AU
Giving advice to a younger generation
Grey hair
Gym leader Ash/beginner Misty
Halloween/horror/ghost story
Hanahaki disease
Handkerchief
Happily Ever After/Fairy Tales
Hiding
Hogwarts AU
Horizons
Hot tub/Hot springs
If Ash heard Misty’s Song
If Ash or Misty weren’t from Kanto
If Ash started his journey at 16 or older
If Ash’s journey had ended after winning the Indigo League (in season 1)
If Misty caught Lapras
If one came from another region
If their parents met
If they didn’t meet on Ash’s first day
In-universe Pokéshippers
Intimacy
Japanese-style confessional love letter
JRPG AU (ie, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter, etc.)
Karaoke
Ladybug and Chat Noir
Last goodbyes
Learning a different language
Lost Pikachu
Love Letter
Love triangle
Lovers across the multiverse
Lovestruck (if Ash acted like Brock)
Meeting the parents/relatives
Mewtwo Strikes Back alternate ending
Misty and other Pokégirls discuss their loved ones together
Misty meets Goh and Chloe
Misty overcoming her fear of Bug-types
Misty the coordinator
Misty’s Bug-type phobia
Mixtape/playlist
Mystery dungeon
Nervous Ash
Never have I ever
Other Pokemon games AU (Detective Pikachu/Pokemon Masters/etc)
Out of their element
Overprotective Misty
Perspective of Oak Ranch Pokémon on their relationship
Photo shoot
Pirates
Plot twist
Pokemon daycare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon AU
PokéNav communication/Video calling
Possessed/evil Misty
Pregnancy/Birth
Pro-gamers
Puberty
Reappearance of Ash’s father and/or Misty’s parents
Regency Era Romance
Return to Orange Islands
Romeo and Juliet
Sci-fi AU
Scuba diving
Secret identity/superhero AU
Slow
Slumber party
Spies AU
Stargazing
Studio Ghibli AU
Sunshine and Rain
Superhero AU
Swimming lessons
Sygna suits
Tabletop RPG AU
Taller (height differences)
Tauros ranchers Ash and Misty
Time capsule
Training together
Umbrella
Vacation
Visiting Oak’s ranch
Water and electricity/water and fire
What if Ash didn’t take Misty’s bike?
Yoga together
Z-ring/Mega Stone
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