#especially our song!!

[lucreziaces]

just came back from seeing the movie.....my theater was mostly locals and children i fear (not the children-- they were adorable and started dancing during the 1989 set through to the end of the midnights set soo cute, btw) so it was kinda quiet but i sang the whole time and my sister seems to have had a lot of fun :DD

but i made thirteen friendship bracelets and no one traded so that was a tad disappointing (but secretly i only was willing to trade two or three anyway so maybe a blessing in disguise lol)

the movie itself was SPECTACTULAR like there's so MANY things that watching through a grainy live screen just does not/cannot capture and so many angles we've never seen and yeah just overall it was amazing. 13/10 experience would love to view it again (but sadly will not be able to until it's on streaming)

[stillgotscars]

oh i just saw that today is international country music day… happy i was ridin’ shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car day to all those who celebrate

[luck-of-the-drawings]

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saw alot of comments on prev pages; saying 'i HATE that mean teacher! im gonna FIGHT HIM!!' & i LOVE the energy!! it WOULD be nice. to have that catharsis. but the story of young tidestrider is Not one of catharsis. it is a story of being so small and so special and sucking so bad.

[crystallizsch]

making a ship playlist was a mistake now i can’t listen to music anymore without thinking of *them*

[dirtytransmasc]

cw - minor vent/irl grief

[thewhizzyhead]

warriors 2024 and the art of giving meaning to struggle

alrighty ramble time: let's talk about luther and how he managed to fuck up NYC for good. if luther were like i dunno lex luthor, i'd say his move to destabilize gang relations in nyc is a very fucking calculated move because i really do have to give credit to him in actually achieving the goal he set out for himself because his decision to kill cyrus,,,,aka the one that organized the "Please No Gang Fighting" summit that aimed to unite everyone against the bigger baddies of NYC,,,essentially fucking killed any and all chance of such a peace summit and unity initiative from ever happening again. because, like, after seeing a beloved and seemingly untouchable leader be murdered in front of all of you despite explicit instructions to Not Bring Weapons, would you even risk witnessing that chaos again in another summit? would you trust that forming a united force work after such a tragedy? is there even a possibility of finding trust among other NYC gangs if someone among their number killed your very hope? so yea knowing how the movie ends with just the gramercy riffs saying that the warriors (with two dead people and one arrestee in tow) are off the hook because someone else witnessed luther killing cyrus,,,the original ending is actually quite hopeless when you think about it in their shoes. in the words of movie swan himself in the movie, is what they end up with all their night of sleepless fighting and struggle is worth? hence, i now really see why warriors (2024) decided to make what I consider to be the 2nd biggest diversion outside of the genderswap: making cleon live - because otherwise, the warriors' struggles surviving the night can be said to be struggle for solely struggle's sake.

in the musical, cleon is an astute believer in cyrus and the future cyrus envisions for all of NYC - thus, she becomes the harbinger of cyrus' hope in the form of still breathin' and somewhere in the city. her being alive doesn't detract from the widespread tragedy faced by the NYC gangs - i still really believe that no matter what, luther effectively killed their one shot at true unity and trust - but in cleon's own words: "What do you do when they kill everything you believe in? Give it meanin." the decision to keep cleon alive is warriors (2024) counteractive measure at the absolute shithole luther placed NYC in because in her message of keeping the dream alive despite situations that are, realistically speaking, impossible to wholly recover from, gives their struggle meaning, purpose, and direction - the end goal being hope. that theme of hope despite and in spite of adversity now becomes evident on as to why we are made to be invested in the warriors' journey home and their subsequent growth. in mercy's decision to leave the orphans for a place of belonging and pride that can make her finally hold her head up high. in ajax's and fox's decisions to retaliate against their pursuants among sleazy old men in blue. in swan's persistence in getting the rest of her crew home alive despite still reeling from the loss of her leader and her fellow warriors. all attribute their own reasons to why they resist and rebel because they ultimately hope for something fucking better. ultimately, warriors (2024) exists because of the want to give more meaning to struggle in the form of hope amidst hopelessness. in the movie, the warriors find their meaning in the sweet simple bliss of survival - in making to coney island's sunrise. but in the album, another meaning is emphasized among not just the warriors, but the marginalized communities of NYC in general: their meaning of struggle goes beyond surviving the night - because they carry on and carry forth the dream of one day having a city where they all come home alive. because after all, isn't the formation of grassroots rooted in resistance - and isn't resistance born out of the want and hope for something better?

[thedisablednaturalist]

Apparently federal employees are the new scapegoat for the downfall of the United States..because we have more holidays and sick leave (which is still less than what other countries have) than most working class folks... Guess I'm part of the ruling class now guys 😔

[sunmisbf]

these were my top 5 songs n artists btw <3

[yan-springlove]

Still not over the fact that vi and jinx/powder had a love song in Arcane tbh

[mechanichuntsman]

[asha-mage]

The thing about the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda is that it's not like they're some sort of codified religious text. They're collections of stories and poems written down centuries after the Norse religion had died out, and in the case of the Prose Edda, were more popular as a poetry instruction manual with the myths being used primarily as examples. What they can tell us about the mythology, the religion, and the roles the gods played in the day to day lives of the Norse is actually pretty limited.

It would be like if future and/or alien scholars where trying to piece together an idea of what the Hellenistic mythology, religion, and tradition looked like, but with only Percy Jackson and The Olympians, Supergiant's Hades, and The Song of Achilles for sources- three works that all broadly agree on the Big Picture stuff, but diverge hugely in the details and just far enough to start scholars fist fighting each other.

(Which by the way, if I ever get time travel powers one of my first stops would be a future university panels where I can listen some of those shouting matches cause they would be lit as hell).

All this to say, getting hung up on canon for any mythology is already a doomed endeavor, but it's an especially doomed one for Norse mythology- and criticizing modern works that draw on those myths for not being accurate enough is silly, because at the bare minimum they are adaptions of an adaption. The best anyone can do is get the vibe right and hope for the best.

[xcziel]

has anybody else thought about how jk could easily manage sofia's parts of slow dance or is it just me?

[surrealsunset]

the sun always shines on TV

[black-and-yellow]

I am once again. Once again thinking about @ifyougoillfollow 's Loudspeaker one-shot.

Close up of my boy:

[dirtytransmasc]

cw - minor vent/irl grief

[healerqueen]

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