#hansel and gretel: witch hunters

[v0rd1g4n]

I know, I know. Nobody asked me this and it's like a month late, but here's my Shipcest Meme, in case you were wondering.

Credits goes to @familyromantic.

[grassangel]

I may have watched 12 episodes of Dungeon Meshi back to back and my brain has done some very vibes based web weaving/crossovers of my other fandoms in the 12 hours after, based mostly the fact the dungeon Changes You™ when you die, the Touden siblings are very cute and I have a case of Do Not Separate for them and Marcille

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters - similarly about enmeshed siblings and the group they pick up on their way, but with way more blood and guts. Laios absolutely would sleep on the floor clutching a boot while Falin (and/or Marcille) took the bed. Laios would also take the invective to fuck his sister way better, but only because he doesn't want to fuck anyone. Also fuck yeah the brothers also learning magic.

Mélusine & The Virtu - siblings that go on a journey that changes them for the worst. Featuring plenty of ghosts and abandoned buildings left by a long ago civilisation. Also inappropriate feelings develop between said siblings (unhealthy devotion on on side, sexual attraction on the other) and everyone else in the traveling party feels awkward about this (and how the older brother is okay with doing forbidden magic though Marcille would get along with Felix because he understands that black/forbidden magic doesn't always mean bad magic). Also this series also uses witchlights and so, borrowing an element from Meduse, for the drama I feel like Marcille's should be shaped like red spider lilies when you look at them closely.

Thara Celehar - a cursed dungeon made and left by ancient elves is exactly the kind of thing Thara would stumble across. There's also the thread of that in both - being able to see ghosts means you can do magic. Also the Ethuvereise emperors are the same kind of colonising elves as the ones in Dungeon Meshi. (And I can't stop reading Thistle as having the same kind of colouring as elves with goblin heritage. Even if goblins in DM are not the same as Katherine Addison goblins.)

The House of Hollow - Siblings coming back Different and Changed, death very much involved. Much more horror, less adventure.

The Scholomance - The dungeon and the Scholomance both have the same thaumaturgical architectural feel - aka absolutely packed full of monsters that want to eat you and your mana. The way Aadhya and Senshi use the corpses of killed monsters feels similar. Laios and Orion would get along I think. El on the other hand absolutely would not like any of the adventurers because they are all dead and came back wrong and on top of that Marcille is a malificer. She does like Senshi though.

[greatcometcas]

HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS (2013)

[madamebaggio]

Notes: Previously...

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“Now what?” Aramis asked as he sighed.

Gretel shrugged. “I guess we can only wait.”

He scratched his chin. “I guess I should be more patient, but…”

“You know…” She drawled. “For a priest, you’re not very virtuous.”

He gave her a flat look.

“Just saying.” She grinned up at him.

“These days I feel less and less like a priest.”

“Good to know I’m not going to hell for sleeping with a priest.”

He snorted. “No, it’ll probably be for a variety of other reasons.”

[filmesbrazil]

[airasilver]

Found some of my favorites. (I got to rewatch The Covenant. It got me into all the actors. Plus, I liked it and I really don’t like horror.)

Oklahoma! Is my favorite musical followed by Les Mis. Which I also have the movie. I found my copy of Adam Lambert and Val Kilmer’s The Ten Commandments Musical. I’ve been having fun putting them away and finding DVDs I forgot about.

[m34gs]

There was a 'put in the tags' post requesting people put in the tags a villain with a "good reason" to be evil...and I just thought that seems very subjective and also how can I just choose one...so I am gonna just ramble a little about some of my favourite villains/antagonists and why I like them so much :D (link to the 'in the tags' post here)

Not every villain needs a tragic backstory or a 'sympathetic' motivation, and I think you'll find that very few of my favourites actually do. It's 2023. Let the villains be actually evil. Potential for spoilers ahead.

These are not listed in any particular order; just listing them as I think of them:

Ursula (from The Little Mermaid)

I love Ursula. She's just so unapologetically herself. The only time she changes herself to fit 'societal norms' is to trick the prince. And even then, she isn't doing it out of lust for him or to fill some sort of need to fit in; she's doing it as a means to an end, that 'end' being having Ariel to use as a hostage against Triton. This lady is cunning, she is confident, and she takes what she wants. I loved her as much in the cartoon as I do in the recent live action movie; both versions were good. (whether you like the makeup or not, I don't care, the live-action Ursula was hilarious). She gets the trident, the power over the seas, and what is the First Thing she does? Tries to smite Ariel because she hates her, and also Ariel is the reason her beloved eels perished. Ursula wants immediate revenge. Love that for her. She has her priorities.

The Sheriff of Nottingham (from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)

He's played by Alan Rickman. That's it. That's the reason. LOL. I mean, I love the way that Mr. Rickman brought the character to life, I loved the comedy, the dry and dark humour he brings to the role. I just really love it. And he looked very handsome as the Sheriff, I must say. Also, the Sheriff's death scene always kinda makes me giggle just because it is So Drawn Out. Like, my dude. Die already!!!! But nope, gotta stumble around the Entire Tower Room first.

Eddie Gluskin (from Outlast: Whistleblower)

Eddie is, by the time Waylon Park stumbles across him, completely deranged, completely twisted, completely unhinged. He is running around chasing other prisoners to take them as 'brides', and cutting off the parts of them he doesn't desire. He makes a wedding dress. He has a tailored suit that he *wears*. He sings songs that he likely learned in his childhood, about marriage and love. Now, if there's one thing I love, it's a villain with a THEME. Also, this man did all this within the span of hours. HOURS. That is some crazy productivity...like holy shit. I know people who do less over the course of an entire week; AND get paid for it. Eddie was like 'hold up I got this' and prepared a wedding while doing some..."art"... on the side.

Usagi (from Juuni Taisen: Zodiac War)

Similar to Eddie, Usagi is just. Wild. A beast. I mean, it makes sense. He's in a 12-man battle royale where the winner gains whatever wish they desire. We don't get much on backstory for Usagi but I honestly think that's just fine. You can tell from his appearance and several of his voice lines that he hasn't had many friends...but when he kills the corpses reanimate and are completely under his control. "Friends" that can never run away. It's kind of fascinating to me, that he has so many trust issues he can't fathom having any friends that he can't 100% control. Also, he is in the skimpiest bunny outfit, complete with a giant tail to store his swords in, and stiletto heels. Iconic shit.

Sukuna (from JJK)

What I like about Sukuna is he is so evil and ready to kill and destroy...aaaaand he's stuck in the body of a teen who can somewhat limit his abilities and keep him locked away for the most part. Gotta love that frustration. Also, even though Yuuji has Sukuna inside him, they undoubtedly talk a lot, and pretty much have to be civil to each other...Sukuna still does not give Any Fucks about Yuuji's happiness. The cruel reminder comes when Sukuna refuses to save Junpei (My Baby!!!!😭😭😭), and honestly despite the fact it made me cry, I absolutely respect the writing that has a villain stand by his convictions. Don't get me wrong, I am a SUCKER, for character development and the villain becoming part of the Found Family whether they like it or not (which is how I write Sukuna in The Bar AU), but I also love and adore when a writer will Go There and be like "Yeah, no, you're not changing this guy so easily. He's evil." (I am nowhere near caught up with the manga but so far in my current observations this remains to be very true).

Azula (from Avatar: The Last Airbender)

This girl is so iconic. I love her methods. I love the outward confidence and the crazy consequences she doles out that are really just hiding a scared young girl with a perfection complex. I love that we get a such a rounded character; that we as the audience see her fail at flirting, see her lose her temper over trivial things, see her enjoy a day AT THE BEACH?! UNIRONICALLY???? Azula is just such a great character. When she loses her battle at the end and goes batshit spitting fire while bound...My heart. It aches for her. Even though I think she needs a whole lotta counselling. Truly.

The witches (from Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters)

I like the witches because they are just. Evil. (yes I know there's a 'good witch' in the story, but I'm not talking about her right now). I like that they fully commit to the evil. They feast on children. They kill without remorse. They cast disgusting and foul curses that cause some really gross gory scenes. I just like that return to a character who is just Evil and will never be good or be persuaded under any circumstances to act good. I thought, in an era of "pretty" witches who all seem to be "morally grey" at worst, it was fun and refreshing to have a witch just go "Nah, I want to eat a child" again.

Those are some of the ones I can think of right now. I just wanted to ramble a little about them. :D

[bestsiblingstournament]

Violet & Dash VS Hansel & Gretel

Part B, Round 1, Match-Up 5

[thatwritererinoriordan]

Have you ever watched "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters"? It's a funny movie. It's basically an absurdly dark comedy based on a classic fairy tale. I think there's elements of Blood Libel in it though?

I think you're right. I commented on a previous post about this movie: "All the "good" witches deemed worthy to live are thin, young, conventionally attractive, and Caucasian. All the women of color, women with disabilities, old women, plus-size women, and even, for f*ck's sake, two women who are conjoined twins are "evil" witches who deserve to be burned at the stake. Misogyny, racism, ableism, sizeism, ageism everywhere."

[brainfuzz]

My kid has Type 1 diabetes, and 1/2 of my grandparents had type 2 (I think another one would have developed it, but he died of a stroke first).

My kid was diagnosed at 9, he did not eat a lot of sugar, or candy, or cookies, of whatever bullshit people say gives kids diabetes. In fact, most of the time when offered a choice between cookies or an apple, he'd take the apple.Fifteen years later and that's still true. He has T1 because he has shit genetics, and sometime during the winter of 08-09, he got sick, which for some reason kicked his immune system into overdrive, and when it didn't have cold germs to fight anymore, it decided his pancreas was an invader and attacked it instead. There is no cure; no amount of cinnamon or apple cider vinegar will remove his dependence on insulin.

My grandmother died from complications of type 2 diabetes, specifically cardiovascular complications. She was thin as a rail and always had been. She lived alone for the last 20 years of her life, and did not have a driver's license, and she walked everywhere. Bottom line is she was not overweight, and she was active. She still got diabetes.

My grandfather, on the other side of my family, was also thin, also worked outside constantly and was very active, and also had type 2.

Diabetes is not by what you eat, how much you weigh, or how active you are. All of those things can help treat diabetes and help keep your blood sugar better regulated, but they won't cause diabetes, nor will they "cure" it. Diabetes is shit genetics. That's it.

I saw a comment on your blog that says 'the way you eat does not cause diabetes'...are you able to expand on that or provide a source I could read? I've been told by doctors that my pre-diabetes was due to weight gain because I get more hungry on my anti psychotics and I'd like to fact check what they've told me! Thank you so much!

Pre-diabetes was rejected as a diagnosis by the World Health Organization (although it is used by the US and UK) - the correct term for the condition is impaired glucose tolerance. Approximately 2% of people with "pre-diabetes" go on to develop diabetes per year. You heard that right - TWO PERCENT. Most diabetics actually skip the pre-diabetic phase.

There are currently no treatments for pre-diabetes besides intentional weight loss. (Hmm, that's convenient, right?) There has yet to be evidence that losing weight prevents progression from pre-diabetes to T2DM beyond a year. Interestingly, drug companies are trying to persuade the medical world to start treating patients earlier and earlier. They are using the term “pre-diabetes” to sell their drugs (including Wegovy, a weight-loss drug). Surgeons are using it to sell weight loss surgery. Everyone’s a winner, right? Not patients. Especially fat patients.

Check out these articles:

Prediabetes: The epidemic that never was, and shouldn’t be

The war on ‘prediabetes' could be a boon for pharma—but is it good medicine?

Also - I love what Dr. Asher Larmie @fatdoctorUK has to say about T2DM and insulin resistance, so here's one of their threads I pulled from Twitter:

1️⃣ You can't prevent insulin resistance. It's coded in your DNA. It may be impacted by your environment. Studies have shown it has nothing to do with your BMI.

2️⃣ The term "pre-diabetes" is a PR stunt. The correct term is impaired glucose tolerance (or impaired fasting glucose) which is sometimes referred to as intermittent hyperglycemia. It does not predict T2DM. It is best ignored and tested for every 3-5yrs.

3️⃣ there is no evidence that losing weight prevents diabetes. That's because you can't reverse insulin resistance. You can possibly postpone it by 2yrs? Furthermore there is evidence that those who are fat at the time of diagnosis fair much better than those who are thin.

4️⃣ Weight loss does not reverse diabetes in the VAST majority of people. Those that do reverse it are usually thinner with recent onset T2DM and a low A1c. Only a tiny minority can sustain that over 2yrs. Weight loss does not improve A1c levels beyond 2 yrs either.

5️⃣ Weight loss in T2DM does not improve macrovascular or microvascular health outcomes beyond 2 years. In fact, weight loss in diabetics is associated with increased mortality and morbidity (although it is not clear why). Weight cycling is known to impacts A1c levels.

6️⃣ Weight GAIN does NOT increase the risk of cardiovascular OR all causes mortality in diabetics. In fact, one might even go so far as to say that it's better to be fat and diabetic than to be thin and diabetic.

Dr. Larmie cites 18 peer reviewed journal articles (most from the last decade) that are included in their webinar on the subject, linked below.

[adalindofcabinsix]

they don't make movies like this anymore

[christotokos]

GEMMA ARTERTON GRETEL, HANSEL AND GRETEL WITCH HUNTERS, 2013

[v0rd1g4n]

Damn! Those two... 😈

Even that witch knew!

[madamebaggio]

Notes: Previously...

Also, remember you can find the snippets for these two here.

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“You’re not going to war over me!” Gretel hissed at Nuada.

“I wouldn’t have to if you had heard me.” Nuada told her easily.

“It doesn’t matter. I traded my freedom for my brother’s. This is none of your business.”

“Well, I disagree. And so does your brother.” He informed her.

“You did not bring him back here!”

“Of course not.” He scoffed. “He’s waiting back in the village.”

“Waiting for what?”

“Our marriage license.”

“OUR WHAT?”

[fanofspooky]

Scream Queen - Famke Janssen

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres • action horror

action horror is elements of horror combined with more action packed scenes maybe with some scares or not scares at all.