#gugu hat

[beehunni62]

Mongolian Women Series by Artist Su Ruya.

Mongolian Noble Women. Su Ruya. Painting, 2017 [image source].

Mongolian Woman No. 9, Mongolia Imagery Series. Su Ruya. Painting, 2002 [image source].

Mongolian Women No. 2, Mongolia Imagery Series. Su Ruya. Painting [image source].

Mongolian Women No. 1, Mongolia Imagery Series. Su Ruya. Painting, 1998. [image source].

Mongolian Woman No. 10, Mongolia Imagery Series. Su Ruya. Painting, 2002 [image source].

Golden Age. Su Ruya. Painting, 2014 [image source].

Mongolian Woman No. 15, Mongolia Imagery Series. Su Ruya. Painting, 2015 [image source].

Mongolian Woman No. 5, Mongolia Imagery Series. Su Ruya. Painting, 2000 [image source].

[diseaseriddencube]

nothing will ever be as funny to me as that Gugu from To Your Eternity spotify playlist that consists entirely of fnaf songs 💀

[bestest-dead-best-friend-bracket]

New Bracket Announcement!

This one is kind of huge compared to what I usually do, and it’s probably going to be a bit before there’s another one this big.

As such, I’ve divided it into four Blocks, which will each run separately before the winners of each block participate in the semifinals.

The theme this time is

Ambiguously Dead Friends

Since there are so many this time, the lineup will be below the cut, but I encourage you to see if anyone you know is there! Please reblog to spread the news and to remind yourself to come vote!

Round One of Block A starts this Monday.

Dead Best Friend Bracket

Block A

KK (Ghostwire Tokyo) vs Alma Karma (D.Gray Man)

Makise Kurisu (Steins;Gate) vs Kokonose Haruka (Kagerou Project)

Kofune Ushio (Summertime Rendering) vs Yami Yugi (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Bruno Bucciarati (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind) vs Iris Sagan (AI: The Somnium Files)

Marnie (When Marnie was There) vs Cassim (Magi)

The Snatcher (A Hat in Time) vs Professor Turo (Pokémon: Violet)

Asriel Dreemurr (Undertale) vs Sakurane Shoka (NEO: The World Ends with You)

Hayakawa Aki (Chainsaw Man) vs Fubuki Atsuya (Inazuma Eleven: Blizzard)

Block B

Audric (Dragalia Lost) vs Komikado Harumichi (Ohayou, Ibarahime)

Mondo Owada (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc) vs Brook (One Piece)

Kite (Hunter x Hunter) vs Yukine (Noragami)

Naruse Kakeru (Orange) vs Polterpup (Luigi’s Mansion)

Alear (Fire Emblem: Engage) vs Lief (Bug Fables)

Hoshino Ruby (Oshi no Ko) vs Lyman Banner (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)

Shizu (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime) vs Zera (Fairy Tail)

Acht (Splatoon 3) vs Honma Meiko (Anohana)

Block C

Gugu (To Your Eternity) vs Falin Touden (Dungeon Meshi)

Mia Fey (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) vs Natsuki Subaru (Re: Zero)

Tikal (Sonic Adventure) vs Hinazuki Kayo (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi)

Mari (OMORI) vs Sunny (Pokémon)

Sabito (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) vs Indou Hikaru (The Summer Hikaru Died)

Excellen Browning (Super Robot Wars) vs Dimple (Mob Psycho 100)

Daruk (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) vs Maria (Silent Hill 2)

Claire Foley (Professor Layton and the Unwound Future) vs Ethan Winters (Resident Evil)

Block D

Lemiel Silvamillion Clover (Black Clover) vs Hanako-kun (Toilet-bound Hanako-kun)

Pandoria (Xenoblade Chronicles 2) vs Brown (Rule of Rose)

Queen Sectonia (Kirby: Triple Deluxe) vs Joe Tazuna (Your Turn to Die)

Reginald Kastle (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal) vs Missile (Ghost Trick)

Shuu (Inazuma Eleven: GO) vs Yokomizo (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Sothis (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) vs Vanilla (World’s End Club)

Shirakumo Oboro (My Hero Academia) vs Auron (Final Fantasy X)

Dhurke Sahdmadhi (Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice) vs Sayori (Doki Doki Literature Club)

[monsterfucker-showdown]

characters in the showdown!

I will be posting the brackets for part 1 soon

Characters in bracket

Part 1

Venom from Vemon

Sidon from BOTW

The Creature from The Shape of Water

Cthulu from H P Lovecraft

Ursula from The Little Mermaid

Rem from Death Note

Undyne from Undertale

Pyramid Head from Silent Hill

Dracula from Bram Stroker

The Kraken

Charon from Hades

Bowser from Super Mario

Goliath from Gargoyles

Harpy Eda from the Owl House

Smaug from The Hobbit

Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean

The Snatcher from A Hat In Time

Demona from Gargoyles

Emperor Belos from TOH

Billy from Hocus Pocus

Lunar Guardian Warwick from League of Legends

Slender man

The Xenomorph from Alien

zoe from monster prom

Medusa from mythology

Red Prince from Divinity 2: Original Sin

Winged Lion from Dungeon Meshi

the devil from the arcana

the high priesttess from the arcana

Angel of Death from Hellboy 2

punitto moe from overlord

zenberu gugu from overlord

shasuryu shasha from overlord

Yog Sothoth from hp lovecraft

the snake king from SnakeMan

jotunn from the ritual

William Birkin mutant form from Resident Evil

Hammerhead Sharkman from Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy

Radu from Seventh Son

Ghost Rider is from Ghost Rider

Drake from Blade Trinity

Sharktopus from Sharktopus vs Whalewolf

Felix Rosa the whalewolf from Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf

Scylla from Mamula

The Trench from Aquaman

Tao Tei from The Great Wall

White Spike from The Tomorrow War

Subject 20 from Forbidden World

The Gill-man from Creature from the Black Lagoon

surtur from Thor: Ragnarok

raiju from pacific rim

otachi from pacific rim

trespasser from pacific rim

knifehead from pacific rim

scunner from pacific rim

ink from bendy

the projectionist from bendy

Death from Discworld

Heavy from Alien Outpost

Leshy from COTL

Brooklyn from Gargoyles

Broadway from Gargoyles

monster x from godzilla final wars

gigan from godzilla final wars

Leomon from Digimon

Garudamon from Digimon

cave of wonders from Aladdin

azhdaha from Genshin Impact

osail from Genshin Impact

The Behemoth from Final Fantasy

Apollomon from Digimon

The Werewolf from the Doctor Who episode Tooth and Claw

The Beast from the Doctor Who episode The Satan Pit

Yugo Ogami from Bloody Roar

Venom possessed Thor from avengers assemble

Lake Yokai from Sailor Moon

Wither storm from Minecraft Story Mode

frankenstein's creature from mary Shelley

Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas

sloth from bayonetta

malphas from bayonetta

madama khepri from bayonetta

madama butterfly from bayonetta

labolas from bayonetta

gomorrah from bayonetta

diomedes from bayonetta

alraune from bayonetta

Hunson Abadeer from Adventure Time

Gummy from Gummy and the Doctor

Ln'eta from Sucker for Love

The crow mauler from fear and hunger

Te Ka from Moana

Alastair Crump from Haunted Mansion

Creeper from Minecraft

Springtrap from fnaf

The Headless Horseman from Sleepy Hollow

Clem from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Tuunbaq from the Terror

Indrid Cold's Mothman form from The Adventure Zone Amnesty

Urskeks from The Dark Crystal

urZah from The Dark Crystal

SkekSil from The Dark Crystal

Shina from Bloody Roar

Roxanne from fnaf security breach

Yautja from Predator

Undersea Gal from The Nightmare Before Christmas

Uranus from Bloody Roar

Gado from Bloody Roar

Shenlong from Bloody Roar

Rengar from League of Legends

Lunar Guardian Nasus from League of Legends

Jon Talbain from Darkstalkers

Angela from Gargoyles

Minotaur from greek mythology

spot from across the spiderverse

Lord Arum from The Penumbra Podcast

Abathur from starcraft

The Beast from Over the Garden Wall

Ultimecia (final form) from FF8

M'aiq the Liar from Skyrim

MELON from Beastars

Garrus Vakarian from Mass Effect

Carnage from Marvel Comics

Blaidd from Elden Ring

Jzargo from Skyrim

Durnehviir from Skyrim

zinogre from monster hunter rise

scp 2521 from scp foundation

Part 2

werewolves from skyrim

the rajang from mhr

dimple from mob psycho 100

Maximus Lobo from X-Men

Bill Cipher from Gravity Falls

The Red Bull from The Last Unicorn

Lord english from homestuck

grim from the grim adventures of billy & mandy

the lorax

Stricklander from Tales of Arcadia

Darkness from Legend

Mr Mirrors from Fallen London

Kokushibo from Demon Slayer

Moon presence from bloodborne

Simone Lenoir from Scooby Doo on Zombie Island

Peitha from Guild Wars 2

the grinch (jim carry) from how the grinch stole Christmas

the aliens from space invaders

clickers from the last of us

goomba from Mario

the wendigos from until dawn

Sheeva from Mortal Kombat

The Stalk from Saga

Mileena from Mortal Kombat

King Ghidorah from Godzilla: King of the Monsters

kolivan from voltron legendary defender

spriggans from skyrim

Red Guy from dhmis

Dragon from Shrek

Mothman

The Pale Man from Pan’s Labyrinth

The Faun from Pan's Labyrinth

King Boo from Mario

Cerus from Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure

Orthax from The Legend of Vox Machina

The Balrog from The Fellowship of the Ring

Hexxus from Ferngully

beast from beauty and the beast

Lady Dimetrescu from resident evil village

Discord from My Little Pony

Narinder from Cult of The Lamb

cheshire from bayonetta

Asterius from Hades

The Emperor from Baldur’s Gate 3

lynels from botw

Sully from Monsters Inc

Paarthurnax from Skyrim

Ryuk from Death Note

Hermaeus Mora from Skyrim

Hellhound from Supernatural

Astaroth from Soul Calibur

Nemesis from Resident Evil 3

the faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home from Welcome to Night Vale

Audrey 2 from Little Shop of Horrors

astel, naturalborn of the void from Elden Ring

Kang and Kodos from The Simpsons

Licker from Resident Evil

Mr. X from Resident Evil

Mouth Of Sauron from Lord of the Rings

Laudna from Critical Role

Wiggly from Black Friday

Count Orlok from Nosferatu

Harry the werewolf from scary godmother

Barnaby from Billy Bust Up

Pride demon from dragon Age inquisition

Raziel from Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Draco from Dragonheart

The Unusual Hilichurl from Genshin Impact

Serleena from Men in Black II

The Devil from Good Omens

Koh from A:TLA

The Enderman from Minecraft

Medusa from Greek Mythology

Enjou from Genshin Impact

Roz from Monsters Inc.

Swamp Thing from Swamp Thing

Cheetah from Wonder Woman

Killer Croc from DC Comics

Juggernaut from Deadpool 2

Hellboy from Hellboy

Hraesvelgr from Final Fantasy XIV

e. aster bunnymund from rotg

Toothiana from rotg

Lorelai from Vainglory

Amael from Vainglory

Phinn from Vainglory

Toothless from HTTYD

Papa Titan from The Owl House

The vampire from the Halloween Ring Pops box

Odahviing from Skyrim

Ganondorf from Tears of the Kingdom

Randall from Monster Inc

Papyrus from Undertale

Mettaton from Undertale

Jack from Jack in the Box

WereGarurumon from Digimon Adventure

Stormfly from HTTYD

zubeia from the dragon prince

Revali from BOTW

Mipha from BOTW

Red Dragon from Dungeons and Dragons

Black Dragon from Dungeons and Dragons

Silver Dragon from Dungeons and Dragons

Brass Dragon from Dungeons and Dragons

Baphomet from Dungeons and Dragons

Count Strahd von Zarovich from Dungeons and Dragons

Lolth from Dungeons and Dragons

Asmodeus from Dungeons and Dragons

Demogorgon from Dungeons and Dragons

Chernabog from Fantasia

Glamrock Freddy from fnaf

Mind Flayer from Dungeons and Dragons

elijah volkov from camp here and there

Abe Sapien from the Hellboy

The Wood Sprite from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Battle Beast from Invincible

Skelly Schelemeus from Hades

Kugo Sakamata from BNHA!

Genn Greymane from World of Warcraft

Dragon form Zhongli from Genshin Impact

Francoeur from A Monster in Paris

Childe foul legacy form from Genshin Impact

The Corinthian from The Sandman

Death from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Kaiju No. 8 from Kaiju No. 8

Sabrewulf from Killer Instinct

Piccolo from Dragon Ball

Sans from Undertale

[eddysocs]

Introducing: Loretta Butler

Fandom: Carol

Face Claim: Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Full Name: Loretta Jane Butler

Nickname/Alias/Pet Names: Rhett

Age: 27

Myers Briggs Type: ISFJ

Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff

Love Interest: Carol Aird

Occupation: Seamstress

Collections: Hat Pins

Style/Clothing: Loretta has the classic and elegant style of a film actress, though most of her clothes she’s made by hand rather than bought from pricey shops.

Signature Quote: "I’ve never been a risk taker, but I don’t think there’s a single thing I wouldn’t risk for you and that terrifies me."

Plot Summary: During a fight with Harge, Carol's favorite dress is ripped. She changes into something else and leaves the house in a huff, taking the torn dress with her and driving until she finds a tailor a couple of towns over. Whether fate or coincidence, her need to escape brings her to Loretta Butler. Loretta promises she can have the dress repaired in an hour or so, with it being a slow day. When Carol asks if she can stay and watch her work, since she’d rather be anywhere than home, it kicks off an affair that could have dire consequences for both of them.

Forever Tag: @arrthurpendragon, @borg-queer, @foxesandmagic, @carmens-garden, @chickensarentcheap, @endless-oc-creations, @unheolycs-ocs, @fawera, @themaradaniels

[vernalloy]

If I had the time I’d draw swordsmachine Ultrakill gugu hat

[ranpo-beloved]

Bungo Stray Dogs:

Dazai: Zai, Maniac, whore, fucker

Atsushi: my son, weretiger/jinko, baby, bitch, brat

Ranpo: my son, brat, thief, baby, the smart one

Natsume: cat boy

Akutugawa: Gugu, Aku, bitch

Chuuya: shorty (I'm an inch taller than him), brat, Mr. Hat, bitch, fucker, Chuu Chuu, Chuu

Kunikida: wife, king, the responsible one, Kuni, Kida

Motojiro: lemons

Junichro: Juni, churro (rare), my child, fucker, hologram, helicopter pilot

Naomi: incest, cutey, lovely, girly

Katai: the one who is married to his blanket/tatami

Kenji: sunshine, my literal child, Ken, Kenny, *casually throws people out the window*

Lucy: child, queen, lovely

Jujutsu Kaisen:

Yuuji: finger eater, host of a demon

Gojo: Dazai's voice actor, whore

Inumaki: the one who speaks in food, my child

Panda: my son

Genshin Impact:

Kaeya: Kae, Kaekae, bitch

Paimon: Pai, magical being who decided to stay with a sad traveler

Zhongli: fire dude who has been alive for centuries

Lily: queen, witch

Amber: queen, sister (she has the same name as my older sister)

Gorillaz:

2D: victim of Murdoc's crime, my son

Murdoc: "How to Draw Murdoc: gather pictures of the Beatles, put them in separate layers, merge the layers, color it green, change the eye color, now you have Murdoc", the bath!

Noodles: child, the normal one

Russel: beholder of a ghost

Dungeon Meshi:

Laois (?): monster eater, the autistic one, hyper fixation in physical form

Marcille: queen, sweetheart, lovely, girly, sweet, elf, dark mage

Senshi: honorary father-figure, chef, dwarf

Chilchuck: hates his life, misses his kids, actual father, looks like a child is not a child, will commit a crime

Itzusumi (?): baby girl, cat/kitty, lovely, fluffy

Thistle: the dark elf, tree (idk), fucker

Falin: lovely, queen, sweetheart, could do no wrong

Y'all wanna hear the wild nicknames I have for characters?

[fottutifiglidiputtana]

Idk but he gives me Mario Bros vibes 🥸

[judyismyhero]

Gugu for Tatler Magazine.

(Me: a simple lesbian, losing all composure over that hat pic)

[beehunni62]

Married Mongolian Women’s Hairstyle in the Yuan Dynasty

Mongolians have a long history of shaving and cutting their hair in specific styles to signal socioeconomic, marital, and ethnic status that spans thousands of years. The cutting and shaving of the hair was also regarded as an important symbol of change and transition. No Mongolian tradition exemplifies this better than the first haircut a child receives called Daah Urgeeh, khüükhdiin üs avakh (cutting the child’s hair), or örövlög ürgeekh (clipping the child’s crest) (Mongulai, 2018)

The custom is practiced for boys when they are at age 3 or 5, and for girls at age 2 or 4. This is due to the Mongols’ traditional belief in odd numbers as arga (method) [also known as action, ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ, арга] and even numbers as bilig (wisdom) [ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ, билиг].

Mongulai, 2018.

The Mongolian concept of arga bilig (see above) represents the belief that opposite forces, in this case action [external] and wisdom [internal], need to co-exist in stability to achieve harmony. Although one may be tempted to call it the Mongolian version of Yin-Yang, arga bilig is a separate concept altogether with roots found not in Chinese philosophy nor Daoism, but Eurasian shamanism.

However, Mongolian men were not the only ones who shaved their hair. Mongolian women did as well.

Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer, William of Rubruck [Willem van Ruysbroeck] (1220-1293) was among the earliest Westerners to make detailed records about the Mongol Empire, its court, and people. In one of his accounts he states the following:

But on the day following her marriage, (a woman) shaves the front half of her head, and puts on a tunic as wide as a nun's gown, but everyway larger and longer, open before, and tied on the right side. […] Furthermore, they have a head-dress which they call bocca [boqtaq/gugu hat] made of bark, or such other light material as they can find, and it is big and as much as two hands can span around, and is a cubit and more high, and square like the capital of a column. This bocca they cover with costly silk stuff, and it is hollow inside, and on top of the capital, or the square on it, they put a tuft of quills or light canes also a cubit or more in length. And this tuft they ornament at the top with peacock feathers, and round the edge (of the top) with feathers from the mallard's tail, and also with precious stones. The wealthy ladies wear such an ornament on their heads, and fasten it down tightly with an amess [J: a fur hood], for which there is an opening in the top for that purpose, and inside they stuff their hair, gathering it together on the back of the tops of their heads in a kind of knot, and putting it in the bocca, which they afterwards tie down tightly under the chin.

Ruysbroeck, 1900

TLDR: Mongolian women shaved the front half of their head and covered it with a boqta, the tall Mongolian headdress worn by noblewomen throughout the Mongol empire. Rubruck observed this hairstyle in noblewomen (boqta was reserved only for noblewomen). It’s not clear whether all women, regardless of status, shaved the front of their heads after marriage and whether it was limited to certain ethnic groups.

When I learned about that piece of information, I was simply going to leave it at that but, what actually motivated me to write this post is to show what I believe to be evidence of what Rubruck described. By sheer coincidence, I came across these Yuan Dynasty empress paintings:

Portrait of Empress Dowager Taji Khatun [ᠲᠠᠵᠢ ᠬᠠᠲᠤᠨ, Тажи xатан], also known as Empress Zhaoxian Yuansheng [昭獻元聖皇后] (1262 - 1322) from album of Portraits of Empresses. Artist Unknown. Ink and color on silk, Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368). National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan [image source].

Portrait of Unnamed Imperial Consort from album Portraits of Empresses. Artist Unknown. Ink and color on silk. Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368). National Palace Mueum in Taiper, Taiwan [image source].

Portrait of unnamed wife of Gegeen Khan [ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ, Гэгээн хаан], also known as Shidibala [ᠰᠢᠳᠡᠪᠠᠯᠠ, 碩德八剌] and Emperor Yingzong of Yuan [英宗皇帝] (1302-1323) from album Portraits of Empresses. Artist Unknown. Ink and color on silk. Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368), early 14th century. National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan [image source].

To me, it’s evident that the hair of those women is shaved at the front. The transparent gauze strip allows us to clearly see their hairstyle. The other Yuan empress portraits have the front part of the head covered, making it impossible to discern which hairstyle they had. I wonder if the transparent gauze was a personal style choice or if it was part of the tradition such that, after shaving the hair, the women had to show that they were now married by showcasing the shaved part.

As shaving or cutting the hair was a practice linked by nomads with transitioning or changing from one state to another (going from being single to married, for example), it would not be a surprise if the women regrew it.

References:

Mongulai. (2018, April 19). Tradition of cutting the hair of the child for the first time.

Ruysbroeck, W. V. & Giovanni, D. P. D. C., Rockhill, W. W., ed. (1900) The journey of William of Rubruck to the eastern parts of the world, 1253-55, as narrated by himself, with two accounts of the earlier journey of John of Pian de Carpine. Hakluyt Society London. Retrieved from the University of Washington’s Silk Road texts.

[astral-multiverse]

"Hehe, thanks~ Amy thought it would add to the murder mystery game if we dressed up~!" Arle said as she was wearing a blue and white magician's outfit, Carbuncle wearing a bunny suit as he pops out of her top hat

"Gugu~!" Carbuncle cheers

"I still don't know why I have to wear this leotard..." Schezo said, wearing a purple leotard along with matching bands on his wrists and white boots

Team Trinity Side Stories: A Murder Mystery on Rails

@smashingveteransandnewcomers

The Mirage Express, a high class express train that is well known for its excellent service and even its top of the line train. They're also famous for holding interactive murder mystery parties and escape rooms. Pretty much everyone has heard about it. But today is a day that everyone on board this train will never forget. Especially the newest recruit to the express train's staff, a quokka named Barry. They were just arriving in the Dining Car as they finished writing their name on their nametag

"I hope people can read my chicken scratch... But at least I seem to be early... I was afraid Inwas going to be late..." Barry mumbled to themselves before they looked around the car

[gugulin]

guanlin baseball cap appreciation post

[leighlim]

Whoa....Matthew really did well in this scene! One of the best examples of how to hit the right emotional beats!

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After a loooooong...long wait...I finally got to watch the film with captions! I noticed that the On Demand title on SBS doesn't have captions...which is odd (maybe in a couple of days...they'll load it?). Every time I spot this in the TV guide...I instantly get it onto the DVR and of course...I'd be disappointed that there wasn't captions. This one was different though...as I noticed that there was Audio description...

...and of course...I hoped that it also meant that it included captions!!!! Glad I took a chance...even the DVR was filling up again (I'm down to 1 hour of space! So...I'll have to frantically delete!!!)

I did not expect how watchable this would be. I mean...maybe because I was lucky that my first Gugu film was 'Miss Sloane'? There are definitely other roles that she wasn't able to stretch.

Plus Tom! Wow! Come on....he was also killing it!!!

PS: The English so scandalised when it's revealed that their kids speak French (or at least show off their French fluency)!

PPS: It's a shame that we don't see Gugu and Matthew have a scene together...that would have been really interesting to see how capable Matthew is (which I know he is!).

PPPS: I did not expect the number of times I found certain scenes and dialogue funny! Was expecting really...dramatic moments (which there are...but at least it's not...well...the kind that I need to pick myself up sobbing on the floor...or having gone through a mountain of tissue like 'Beautiful Boy'

PPPPS: I considered cutting off the highlight 'Screen To Script' right when John says: "It's about all of us. It's about everything. Everything that's important." --- but then decided to go until the scene finishes as it's a reminder that sometimes...we have made an impact...but it isn't obvious that we have.

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EXT. HOUSE OF COMMONS - DAY

JOHN catches up to LORD MANSFIELD as he approaches his carriage.

JOHN

M'lord if you find for the traders you would be formalising the law of the concept of insuring human cargo.

LORD MANSFIELD gives JOHN a glance, takes off his hat---

LORD MANSFIELD

That's correct.

---- puts his hat on the seat, turns to the chauffer ---

LORD MANSFIELD

Drive.

--- then climbs into the carriage.

The driver closes the door and goes to take his place. JOHN steps closer.

JOHN

Then know when you are gone, your legacy would have left Miss Lidnsay in a world worth more dead than alive.

The carriage starts moving.

LORD MANSFIELD

Miss Lindsay is not a slave.

JOHN starts walking to keep up.

JOHN

By the very grace of God!

LORD MANSFIELD gives the roof two knocks and the carriage stops.

LORD MANSFIELD

This is not about Miss Lindsay.

JOHN

Of course it is.

The nobleman stares back, seemingly stoically. But those eyes are drawn to fellow human equally as passionate about justice. A human teetering between anger and tears.

JOHN

It's about all of us. It's about everything. Everything that's important.

The father looks into the eyes of this young man intently. Searching. Clearly moved.

JOHN just stares back. Earnest.

LORD MANSFIELD breaks it. A small smile escapes as he considers what's been said.

LORD MANSFIELD

Mr. Davinier...

He stares at the youngster dead in the eye.

LORD MANSFIELD

...The world is a devastating place. You must learn to protect your emotions if you wish to prevent both matter of the law and love from devastating you.

JOHN casts his eyes down. Defeated. -------- My verdict of the film: 7/10 Link to the timestamp commentary: I was tempted to do one as I had a couple of reactions but then decided to just watch the whole way through (I'll put one up if there are requests for it! A Formal Review: None More of my comments about the film: None Instagram Entries: TBA? (Maybe? Maybe not?)

[bestbonnist]

✿ Hylo

[bestbonnist]

Chapter 148.2

Losing my mind a little right now. We FINALLY know what happened to Rynn and it's pretty much exactly what I thought, but somehow having it confirmed—in front of Gugu no less—makes it worse. Still, I am glad to see that she, beer gramps, and Shin seemed to be happy together. Just because they never stopped mourning Gugu doesn't mean they weren't able to live fulfilling lives.

Back to the beginning of the chapter, Fushi kind of has a history of violent outbursts, so them storming off to get into a fight is par for the course. Arguably the existence of knockers as a whole was a nice excuse to exert force and feel better about themselves, but the Renryrr arc had that scene after Kai, Hylo, and Messar died where they were definitely killing knockers not because they had to, but because they wanted to. They keep jumping to kill knockers in the present era at the drop of a hat, and if you recall there was one point where they pushed Satoru hard enough to knock him over (and there're tons of other times where they've handled him really forcefully). Anyways Fushi has anger issues, thanks for coming to my TedTalk.

I think most of my meta for Chapter 148.1 still stands, but there are some parts I'd like to alter in light of the new information we got from Gugu's flashback to Takunaha. I previously introduced the concept of Gugu's rules and how he finds it easier to follow them in Takunaha than in Yanome. I can't remember if I said so, but I guessed that something happened to Gugu in Takunaha after he was resurrected. Because he was walking towards Shin's reincarnation, so presumably they would talk. The scene just felt like it was building up to something. Anyways I thought if there was a reveal about that it would be something like "oh I was offered a job, I can go back to my old life almost exactly only without all of the people who made it great." But this was not that. This is people celebrating Gugu for being who he is, saying that there's a place for him here, because the people who loved him worked to create that place all their lives.

I wasn't very clear about this in my last meta, but what I think, and what Ooima's probably alluding to, is that the best thing for Gugu right now is to be with people who embrace him for who he is, and that place isn't Yanome. His acceptance of himself will come naturally after that. But even though Gugu wants to go back, the one thing he absolutely can't do is abandon Fushi like Shin abandoned him. Even though the circumstances are completely different, his rules are still holding him back.

Other than that, this chapter was really heavily focused on Gugu with much less time devoted to Fushi, but they were there reacting to his story, even if we couldn't see it. Rynn and beer gramps were their family too, so hearing more about their lives after they parted ways must have been painful as well. In between making sure their alive friends are happy, Fushi's also trying to honor their dead friends' wishes. Since Rynn and beer gramps would clearly want for Gugu to stay in Takunaha, by that logic Fushi should let him go. The other big thing is Fushi, despite believing they're "above" depending on their friends for help after the horrible experience of the Renryrr arc, is still receiving help from their big brother like always. In the same way that they're trying to protect Gugu, he's trying to protect them, and instead of realizing that no matter what, Gugu will always worry about them because he loves them, Fushi hears this and thinks "well I'm just not trying hard enough."

Despite this huge leap in the wrong direction, I think that Fushi is in the process of relearning how to practice their empathy again. Although they tried out a very literal method of seeing things from someone else's point of view, it worked, and after witnessing the effort they put in Gugu decided to be honest and tell them what's going on like Messar suggested.

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Some of the funniest stuff to happen as a result of BatB2017

It was revealed that Dan Stevens didn’t know the lyrics to the movie’s title song.

Luke Evans was nominated for Choice Hissy Fit in the 2017 Teen Choice Awards.

Josh Gad got to play Lumiere in a Crossroad Musical.

In that same musical, Dan Stevens wore a Beast hat and danced with James Corden, who was in the full 1991 dress and wig.

Rebel Wilson played a parody version of Mrs. Potts.

Stanley Tucci was in denial about singing for the film, even in the presence of his insistent co-stars.

Dan Stevens and Luke Evans discussed how they and the rest of the cast could form a superhero team because of the other roles they had played (Luke/Bard the Bowman, Dan/Legion, Emma/Hermione, etc.)

Josh Gad tried to act like he was British in many of the marketing videos, to the eternal chagrin of Luke and Emma.

Luke, Emma, and Josh made snow angels out of rose petals.

Audra could not move through doors, nor could she sit down on any chair with a backing while in the Garderobe costume.

Apparently, there is a deleted scene where Gaston hands his rifle to Lefou and it goes off in Lefou’s hands, quickly followed by the distant sound of a dying cow.

Josh Gad’s horse misbehaved every time Josh mounted it that Josh has insisted it was an anti-semitic horse.  His words, not mine.

At first, Ewan McGregor’s French accent sounded so Mexican that the directors had a small panic attack.  

Josh Gad joked that his slightly manic expression on the poster of Lefou makes him look like “overweight Jack Nicholson.”

Dan and Emma were interviewed by mini versions of Belle and the Beast.

Josh Gad hosted a Disney trivia, but in reality, it was a chance for Gugu to quickly climb the ladder and become Josh’s favorite co-star.

Josh and Luke played a prank with BBC Radio 1.

Luke Evans had a Gaston sing-off with Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton.